The Independent-News, Volume 112, Number 41, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 March 1987 — Page 4

THE INDEPENDENTNEWS - MARCH 12, 1987

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IT’S CRUNCH TIME The Indiana Legisulature is nearing the “crunch” time of the 1987 long session. The two houses are just completing the work on the many bills in their houses of origin and all the successful bills will be crossing over to the opposite houses for their consideration. Then after a period of time of action on these bills, with all the changes that come about, the two houses will have joint committees to pound out the final manner in which the bills will either be accepted or rejected in this session. The education legislation and the budget for the next two years are top drawer items for the remaining working period of the legislature. Almost everyone has had some comments, changes, proposals, etc., for the education package, which does take a major share of the tax dollars of Indiana. The concentrated effort of first the governor, and the legislators alike, to come up with a new program in education, has been the hottest topic this entire session. The various plans and the ways to fund the eventual program, are the key items for the legislators to contend with this year. There are still hundreds of bills alive in one form or another, each and everyone affecting one special interest group or another, or the state as a whole. Your legislators in Indianapolis still want your input on pending legislation. Your voice can be heard in the State House and it is as simple as a telephone call on the toll free numbers provided, or a letter to your representative or senator. They do appreciate the feelings of their constituents. Remember, the toll free numbers for the Senate and House are: Senate, 1-800-382-9467; House: 1-800-382-9841 or 1-800-382-9842. Please call before 4:30 p.m. By mail, just send your inquiries to the State House, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. Please direct all calls or correspondence to your Senator or Representative by name. They are anxious to hear from you.

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1972 The Misses Ann Thompson and Sue Moore were selected as the delegates to Girls Statge this summer and Miss Vicki Taylor and Mary Jo Keiser are the first and second alternates chosen at the American Legion Auxiliary meeting held on Thursday, March 2, in Walkerton. The Girl Scouts of Troop 333 extend a cordial invitiation to all to attend the Girl Scouts Open House on Sunday, March 19, from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at Stephen Center, South Bend. The Y-Go-By Restaurant will be opening for the season on Sunday, March 19, with the following as the specials for the day, roast turkey and dressing; jumbo fantail shrimp; Indiana filed chicken of lake perch. The restaurant is located on Sate Road 23 at Koontz Lake. At the market chuck roast was selling for 59 cents a pound; swiss steak at 99 cents a pound; boiling beef at 69 cents a pound; boneless ham at 99 cents a pound; bacon at 79 cents a pound; seven loaves of Bonnie white bread for $1.00; Scot Lad marmgarine, five pounds for $1.00; Maxwell House coffee, two pounds for $1.15; two pounds of frozen ocean perch for $1.00; cabbage at 10 cents a pound; and mushrooms at 89 cents a pound. 1952 A challenging program and varied entertainment are planned for the second annual Christian Farmers Institute, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, March 5-7 at the Polk Township High School, in Tyner. William Hawthorne, director of music in the Walkerton schools, will present the Junior and Senior bands in concert on Sunday afternoon at 2:15 in the high school auditorium. Rev. Henry M. Braun, former pastor of the Walkerton Methodist Church, lost his church at Ben Davis by fire on Sunday morning as the worship service was in progress. The blaze started in the basement of the Mt. Olive Church

after Sunday School had been dismissed. About 100 worshippers escaped and the buidling was a total loss. Ben Davis is 10 miles southwest of Indianapolis. At the area markets pork loin roast was selling for 51 cents a pound; pork chops at 55 cents a pound; skinless wieners at 49 cents a pound; breaded shrimp at 69 cents for a 10 ounce box; dozen eggs for 42 cents; longhorn cheese at 49 cents a pound; a pound box of soda crackers at 23 cents; gallon of bleach at 39 cents; four boxes of jello for 33 cents; and an eight pound bag of Florida oranges for 49 cents. 1942 The Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, which mushroomed out of the fertile soil of the Kankakee River valley west of Walkerton, is completed after 16 months of feverish activity, which completely transformed a peaceful, rural community into a vast arsenal of war. The Williams Dairy of North Liberty which has served Walkerton and Koontz Lake very acceptably for many years, has ceased operations in Walkerton due to the help situation. They will continue to serve North Liberty. Approximately 100 West York and Walkerton residents are telling their friends that a small USO party is just as much fun as a large one. The occasion for these comments was a USO Saturday Night Square Dance held at the Walkerton school on February 28. Announcement of the party was made on Thursday in the Walkerton Independent. Another one is planned with Fred Wolfe, outstanding square dance caller, to be on hand. Contract for the new high school building for Walkerton was let on Monday, March 2, to the James I. Barnes Construction Company, of Culver, for $239,000, according to superintendent John M. Sellers. Final acceptance of the contract was not made until this morning until word was received from the Defense Public Works office, in Chicago. The new school will face Place Park with an entrance to the

north on Adams Street, which leads to Roosevelt Road. Work on the new building will start shortly as the contract provides for its conception within 180 days from March 2nd. A penalty of $50.00 per day is attached for every day over the prescribed limit. Oberly Brothers, of Wyatt, who have owned the business block at 613 Roosevelt Road for several years, sold the north half of the same building of Mrs. Blanche Smith. The Leslie pin-ball amusement parlor which occupies the ground floor of the building, will remain tenants of the new owner and upstairs will be converted into flats. Arbie Gardner, of North Liberty, is remodeling the room formerly occupied by Milady Shoppe, for restaurant purposes. 1937 Sunday, April 18, has been set as the time for the dedication of the new Methodist Church in Walkerton, according to an announcement by Rev. Walter T. Wilson, pastor of the church. The church was completed in January and has been in use since that time. Bishop Edgar Blake, of Detroit, Michigan; Bishop of Indiana and Michigan, and Rev. Homer P. Ivey, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, District Superintendent of the Crawfordsville district and pastor of the Walkerton congregation when the cobblestone church was built and dedicated, win be the principle speakers. It is only playing safe to lock your car and take thekey with yhou when parking it away from home. Especially is this true when parking on the streets. Many people report the loss of groceries taken from their cars; sometimes the car itself is tampered with. This can usually be avoided if car owners will take a little extra precaution and lock their cars. An express package containing clothing to the value of about $125 was stolen from the express company office at the Nickle Plate Railroad depot in Walkerton last Thursday afternoon. day afternoon. The loss was first discovered when Sam Baker, expressman drove to the depot and noticed a car drive away from the loading platform. The package was a shipment from the Globe Clothiers to a Chicago firm. Station “PUNK”, affiliated with the Community Club hook-up, will offer its Walkerton initial program to guests assembled in its studio at the Masonic Lodge Friday evening. Special invitations have been issued to the members of the Community Club and their husbands to attend the premier performance. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE “Attention Animal Lovers” I called the paper about the article concerning violence towards dogs. They told me that it was a joke. This is very sad. They even used Ed Lowe’s name. This man is a lover of cats. I am sending this article to him to see if he thinks it’s funny. Obviously this is a sick joke because animals are the innocent victims of man’s cruelty toward them. The writer of the article must not like his neighbor's dogs. But if you stop to think about how much noise man makes maybe the animals wish we were gone! Besides that, they were here first! A Very Sincere Lover of Animals (Editor’s note: The Voice of the People article referred to was submitted by an individual who requested their name be withheld. This paper did not then nor now think of this as a joke, but felt it was written with tongue in cheek, trying in their own way to convey a thought. In no way did the article in question display the sentiments of this newspaper, just the one submitting the article.)

MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS NEWS The Urey girls 7th grade basketball team lost to the LaPorte Kessling girls by a score of 27-10 on March 3. Rausch, Boswell,. T. Hill, M. Hill and Miller scored for the Falcons. Their record dropped to 0-6 with the loss. The Urey Bth grade girls won their fourth game in six decisions on March 3 over LaPorte Kessling by a 27-15 score. Sheri Fansler and Patti Christensen were the leading scorers for the Falcons. Fansler, Cristi Osborn, Tracy Chase and Stacie Haines all made numerous steals to lead the defensive efforts for the Falcons. North Liberty Sth grade girls basketball team played at Triton on March 5 and were beaten by the host team 16-5. Penny Perilling, 2; Kelly Stedman, 2; and Renee Fisher with 1 had the North Liberty points. The girls couldn't hit their shots in this game and their record dropped to 0-4 for the season. The North Liberty girls 6th grade team fell to Triton 17-7. Gwen Kelly, 2; Stacy Butler, 2; Tracy Boxell, 2; and Emily Klinedinst had one point for the losers, whose record fell to 0-3. The girls had a good defensive game but couldn’t hit their shots in the losing effort. INDIANA SENATE WEEKLY WRAP-UP SENATOR V. RICHARD MILLER During this week prior to the deadline for all bills to be approved by their house of origin, the Senate took action on legislation focusing on a wide variety of issues including civil liability, the funding of amateur athletics and actions the state may take to improve the Hoosier fanning economy. In order to remain eligible for enactment in 1987, all Senate bills introduced this year must gain the body’s approval by March 12. Legislation which would allow a jury to award compensation for pain and suffering to a parent whose child dies as a result of the wrongful act or negligence of another person continues to work its way through the legislative process. Financial restrictions placed on Senate Bill 2 cap awards at SIOO,OOO and require the jury to figure in the child-rearing expenses which the parent would no longer be expending when determining the reasonable amount of compensation. An effort to help Indiana athletes pay for training and traveling expenses incurred while preparing for Olympic competition gained Senate approval this week and will now be sent to the House of Representatives for consideration. Under the proposal, individual and joint return taxpayers will have the opportunity to earmark SI.OO or $2.00 respectively from any state tax refund to the U. S. Olympic Fund of Indiana. Prior to the Senate’s endorsement of the measure, supporters presented the bill as a very small way to make a very big difference in the backing of our hometown athletes. The creation of a state Center for Value-Added Research which will help develop new markets for Indiana’s agricultural products and an Indiana Corn Marketing Council designed to research and promote more uses for the corn crop specifically have gained the approval of Senate members. Both bills axe an attempt by representatives of Indiana’s agricultural community to increase the economic returns derived from crop production and processing and hopefully, help farmers help themselves. All of us who have experienced the uncomfortable feeling a trip to the dentist’s chair can create will be interested in a bill debated and approved by the Senate this week. Senate Bill 262 would require dent-

ists to acquire a special permit to administer general anesthesia or certain other types of sedation often used to reduce a patient’s pain and/or anxiety when undergoing dental procedures. Dentists would have to meet established educational and training requirements before obtaining the permit if the bill becomes law. The bill, hailed by supporters as a consumer protection measure but tagged by opponents as trade restriction, would allow the requirement to be waived for dentists who have completely used the designated methods for fine years or more. Fraternity members involved in hazing activities which cause injury or create the substantial risk of bodily injury will face up to 180 days in jail in Senate BUI 212 becomes law. Unanimously approved by Senate members, the proposal was introduced in response to an alarming rise in the number of hazing incidents nationwide which have resulted in injury or death. Under the terms of SB 212, hazing incidents nationwide which have resulted in injury or death. Under the terms of SB 212, hazing that results in serious bodily injury could lead to a prison term of up to four years. Other legislation updating our state’s election statutes and seeking to amend the sections of our state constitution establishing the makeup of the legislative bodies continues to receive the careful consideration of lawmakers. As we near the mid-point in the process, I urge you to contact me at the Statehouse with your opinions. Your input is a vital part of Indiana’s legislative process. SERVICE NOTES February 18 (FHTNC) — Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Andrew A. Ftnlev. son of Beniamin H. and Martha C. Finley, of Rural Route 4, Walkerton, recently reported for duty at Fourteenth Coast Guard District Honolulu. A 1975 graduage of OregonDavis High School, he joined the Coast Guard in January 1978. February 17 (HFTNC) — Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Laurence E. Tribbev, son of Paul and Mildred W. Tribbey, of 307 Maple St., Walkerton, recently departed* to the Western Pacific aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Belleau Wood, homeported in San Diego. During the six-month deployment, Tribbey will make ports to Korea, Japan and the Philipines. A 1958 graduate of Lakeville High School, he joined the Navy in June 1958. ARMY & AIR FORCE HOMETOWN NEWS - Pvt. Keith L. Clark, son of Randall R. and Peggy S. Clark, of 309 Roosevelt Road, Walkerton, has completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. During the training, students received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, first aid and Army history and traditions. ARMY & AIRFORCE HOMETOWN NEWS — Army Sgt. Ervin R. Linse, whose wife, Cindy, is the daughter of Clcatis and Rose Allen, of Rural Route 4, Walkerton, has arrived for duty with the 7th Signal Command, Fort Ritchie, Md. Linse is a wire systems operator. It’s easy to make promises. ®’.piOrQ*. Don’t Go Out Without It