The Independent-News, Volume 114, Number 43, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 March 1989 — Page 2

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- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - MARCH 23. 1989

WALKERTON TOWN BOARD MINUTES The Walkerton Town Board met on March 6. 1989. at ' 00 pm. with the following members pres ent Chers I Rizek. Maggie Gaddis. Greg Williams. Walter Heil and Leonard Jaske Attorney. David Homes, and clerk-treasurer. Juds Hilcr were also present Die minutes were approved as read. A two week extension has been requested for Rod Romeo s rezoning petition. The Board will not hear the rezoning petition until the March 20th Board Meeting. Cl UZI NS INPUT A woman lodged a complaint against neighbors who have put their trash can direct!) in front of her newspaper box. and will not move it Maggie Gaddis is going to contact the neighbor's landlord. The question was asked that if a person opposes the rezoning petition, do they need to come to the next Town Board meeting. Greg Williams answered that yes if they wish to speak against it. they should voice their opinions at that meeting. Stop signs were requested for several intersections which are considered hazardous. The intersections are: Harrison and Illinois, Tyler and Illinois, and Jackson and Illinois. The Town superintendent and the Police Chief are to check these intersections out. and bang their recommendations to the next meeting. Motion to table a decision on stop signs, until the next meeting, was made bv Walt Heil. Seconded by Len Jaske. Carried. Another complaint was made about cars and semis parking on proper!) by the grain elevator, and it was also said that the property is being used as a playground by kids in cars. This is railroad property, and it is trespassing to be on it. OLD BUSINESS: A motion was made by Len Jaske to run an ad in the paper to see if anyone is interested in being on the Plan Commission. Seconded bv Cheryl Rizek. Carried. Blue Cross Blue Shield is to quote group insurance premiums at the next meeting. Chers I Rizek reported on how the ambulance service is doing Thev are starting a new training class tonight. This new class has eight members. A problem has arisen, in that a couple of WEMSA members. who were previously on the ambulance service, have taken a television, a VCR. and a microwave oven from the ambulance bav. It was also brought up that they have a Certificate of Deposit which has been cashed in. to be distributed to previous WEMSA members. Chery l asked the Board how they would like to handle the situation. Attorney Holmes said that there are a number of questions involved, that there is also the matter of some equipment not turned over to the ambulance service bv people who are no longer making runs. The former organization (WEMSA) was a not for profit corporation. He said that typically a not for profit corporation provides, in their by-laws and articles, as to how the profit belonging to that organisation is distributed And. it is not usually distributed to the members of that organization, but to another not for profit organization If the people who removed the items from the ambulance bay were unauthorized. they should have had permission from the ambluance service or the Town Board Mrs Rizek stated (hat letters were sent asking for the return of the properly, and their reply was that they would not return the items They intend to hire their own attorney Attornev Holmes added that when the items were purchased and donations were made, they were for emergency

medical service. Mrs. Rizek said that the television set and the VCR arc needed to help tram the new class which started tonight. President Williams said that he cannot see that an) properly purchased with donated funds should become the propertv of an) indivdual He feels that those items pur<hased with donated funds become the proper!) of the taxpavers since the) have so generously made donations. Williams reviewed an analysis of our 19Mb electrical department. Total kilowats purchased from NIPSCO was 22.535.881 and net billed to Walkerton from NIPSCO was 5948.818.20. The report also showed the total kilowat hours, the dollars billed, and collected dollars. Billed dollars not collected was computed to be 5.3%. Line loss for 1988 was 2.472.306 KWHs of 10.9'%. A study for setting the electric rates beginning in February 1990 was also included in the report. Resolution No. 1989-C honoring the John Glenn High School VarsityBasketball Team for winning the 1989 Sectional Championship was read. Motion to accept Resolution No. 1989-C was made by Cheryl Rizek. Seconded by Walt Heil. Carried. NEW BUSINESS: A letter from Randy Vcrkler thanking the Town employees who trimmed the trees and brush from along Willow Road was read by president Williams. Williams had received a letter asking the Town to endorse Senate No. 23. and read Resolution No. 1989-D. Motion to accept Resolution No. 1989-D was made by Cheryl Rizek. Seconded by Maggie Gaddis. Carried. RESOLUTION 1989-0 TO EXPRESS THE TOWN OF WALKERTON'S SUPPORT FOR THE INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PROVIDE sll MIL LION IN THE STATE S 1989-91 BUDGET TO FUND THE 'HOME TOWN INDIANA GRANT PRO GRAM ". WHICH WAS CREATED BY THE 1988 GENERAL ASSEMBIYIN SENATE BILL 23. WHEREAS, the 1988 session of the Indiana General Assembly overwhelmingly supported the creation of the Hometown Indiana Grant Program when it passed Senate Bill 23; and WHEREAS, the Hometown Indiana Grant Program will support Indiana communities and counties through the provision of a 50-50 matching fund program for the acquisition, development and renovation of historic sites and structures, and community forestryplanting and education projects; and WHEREAS, local agencies will match grant funds with an equal amount of their own or donations of funds, labor, materials, equipment or land; and WHEREAS. sll million is a conservative funding level, based on federal funding amounts a decade ago with no additions for inflation or increases in demand; and WHEREAS, outdoor recreation, historic preservation, and com munity forestry are important in promoting tourism, economic development, and the quality of life in our state; and WHEREAS, the health, educat tonal and cultural benefits to our citizenry as a result of parks, histone sites, and street trees, arc assential to our community's vitality and futurr growth. and WHEREAS, federal support pro grams which have encouraged local government to provide these valued services, have virtually been eliminated, and WHEREAS, the loss of these federal programs has created a venous burden on kcal government to provide even the most basic services. NOW THEREFORE. BE IT RE SOLVED BY The Town of Walker ton. St Joseph County. Indiana, that:

1. The Town of Walkerton expresses its support for funding of sll million tn (he state's 1989-91 biennial budget for the Hometown Indiana Grant Program. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Trustees. Town of Walk erton. upon this 6th dav of March. 1989. Gregorv A. Williams Maggie Gaddis Chervl A Rizek Walter L. Heil Leonard S. Jaske Walt Heil had been asked bv Lloyd Stephenson if one of his sewer rates could be dropped. Mr. Stephenson pays two sewer rates one of which is for an unoccupied upstairs apartment. The Board decided to drop the sew ere charge for the apartment. Mr. Stephenson is to certify in writing to the Clerk's office that the apartment is unoccupied and is to also let us know when there is occupancy. Motion to allow Lloyd Stephenson to pay one sewer charge was made by Cheryl Rizek. Seconded by Walt Heil. Carried. The question was asked about what could be done to finish developing the subdivision on Willow Road, and who is responsible for extending the sewer lines. Attorney Holmes answered that the developer has to submit plans for the Town's approval for hooking up to the water and sewer. It is the developer's responsibility to pay for extensions, if the line services other people, they can be required to pay a portion of the expense of the extension. The monthly Police and work order reports were reviewed by the Board. Motion to accept both reports was made by Len Jaske. Seconded by Walt Heil. Carried. Gaims 212 through 273 for $49,152.26. and payroll claims for $15,941 91 were reviewed by the Board. Motion to accept the claims was made by Len Jaske. seconded by Cheryl Rizek. Motion to adjourn was made by Maggie Gaddis. Seconded by Cheryl Rizek. Carried. Community Club Gathers On St. Patrick’s Day "It’s always good weather when good friends get together" was the old adage with which Freda Meyer opened the meeting of the GFWC Woman's Community Gub on a cloudy, dreary Friday afternoon. The group met at the Walkerton Community Building at 1:00 p.m. on the 17th, 32 members and three guests, many of them in green for St. Patrick’s Day. Esther Smith said the opening prayer and Dons Vasil the devotions. The speaker was Sheila Harris, a consumer education specialist from the Indiana Attorney General’s office. She informed the audience that her office handles all the state's legal problems. There arc 40 people on the staff. She listed the consumer problems that they handle, among which is molestation of patients by doctors, unlicensed fundraisers, mail fraud, and home improvement fraud. She warned the women that senior citizens are particularly vuncrable and gave them some advice on handling these con artists. It is very important that the victims report these frauds as quickly as pos sible, for their sake as well as others whom they may bilk. She gave the members pamphlets on consumer education. The Woman’s Community Cub president, Mildred Casey, has returned home from Washington after undergoing knee surgery She was unable to attend the con vention on Monday in South Bend, but expects to be at the April meeting Josephine Nowakowski, Sunshine chairman, reported having vent a sympathy card to Chet Smith, Anne Gray and Evelyn Froyck and a get well card to Jane Keefe ( orrespondence was read

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by the secretary. Mildred McKesson. from Kathryn Kramer. Catherine Hergenrother. Viola Guard and Kathryn Lew is. Birthday ladies were Lucille Dipert, Pauline Stanley. Helen Bowman, Ruth Ulicry. Margaret Moravek. Helen Bowles. Violet Drake. Ella Remus and Alfreda Onika. EJIa won the present. Cards from members filled a beautiful greeting card file which will be given to the president of the club. Gerry Cobb announced that a china painting statewide convention and show will be held at the Holiday Inn in LaPorte on April 21. 22 and 23. Jane Hurley and Gerry Cobb were voted in as members. Mrs. Cobb had been a member at one time. Twelve new members have been inducted into the club this year, thanks to the diligent efforts of Membership chairman. Helen Bowman. A St. Patrick’s Day dessert and coffee or tea w as served by hostesses Esther Smith. Carma Ijirson. Mildred Nolcheff and Natali Jachimezak. The next meeting will be a breakfast at the First Presbyterian Church of Walkerton. Sharon Klinedinst will have her class entertain the dub

OBITUARIES

CHARLES (CODGE) HARNESS Charles "Codge" Harness, 59, of 607 Virginia Street. Walkerton, passed away on Thursday. March 16. at his home. He was born on December 5. 1929. in South Bend to Garencc and Gara (Thompson) Harness On November 12. 1951. he married Helen Williams, in Walkerton, who survives. He was employed by Plas Steel Products. Walkerton. Surviving along with his wife arc one daughter, Connie Gross, of Plymouth; two sons, John, of North Liberty, and Joe, of Jacksonville. Illinois; and two grandchildren. Services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Rannells Funeral Home, Koontz Lake Chapel, with Rev. Thomas Bowman officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery. Walkerton, where military rites by the American Legion Post 189 were held. He was aU. S. Army veteran of Korea and a member of the Walkerton American Legion. DAVID A. SPRIGGS David A. Spriggs. 27. of Fort Wayne, formerly of South Bend and North Liberty, passed away at 2:45 p.m. March 7, in St. Joseph Medical Center Burn Unit. Fort Wayne, following an automobile accident March 3 near Larwill. According to the Whitley County Sheriffs Department, the accident occured about 6:40 am., March 3. at U. S. 30 and Indiana 5. Spriggs was driving west on U. S. 30 when a northbound semi pulled into his path. The truck driver. Glen L. Miller. 57, Larwill, pulled Spnggs from the burning car according to the police. Allen County Coroner’s office said Spriggs died of massive head injuries and bums. He was born on June 13. 1961. in South Bend, to Paul and Gail SP r ’WP- North Liberty. He married Jill Ann Genung, in 1983, in Hartford, who survives. Also surviving are his parents, a sister. Valerie Rumps. of Granger; two

brothers. Dennis, of South Bend and Charles, of Seattle; his grand parents. Ina Whithall, of Hyatts villc. Maryland, and Louise Spnggs, of North Liberty. Services were held at 10:00 a m on Saturday, March 11. at New Apostolic Church. Fort Wayne. Burial was in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Fort Wayne. He graduated from North Liberty High School in 1979 and from Purdue Univcsity in 1988. He was a member of the church and Institute of Industial Engineers. Memorial contnbu lions may be made to New Apos tolic Church. 3401 Terry Lane, Fort Wayne. IN 46835. DARRELL E. HUGGINS Darrell E. Huggins. 27, of 330 Merlville St.. Rensselcar. Indiana, formerly of Hamlet, died Sundas, March 19. in Walkerton. Death was ruled suicide due to a drug overdose according to Dr. James MtMeel. St. Joseph County Coroner. He was born September 28. 1961. in Gary, to Leonard and Joyce (Ballard) Huggins and lived in Rensselaer eight months, mov mg there from Hamlet. On Au gust 29. in Jasper County, he married Theresa Ravotti. who sur vives. Alvo surviving are his father. Leonard, of Knox; his mother, Joyce, of Corinth, Mississippi; two sisters, Rachel Antich, of Grovertown. and Deborah Ginens, of Walkerton; two brothers, Michael, of Knox, and Bobby Joe. of Tulsa. Oklahoma; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Ran nells Funeral Home. Koontz Lake, with Roger Burchell officiating Burial was in the Grovertown Cemetery. lean Minisol Exercise regular Association Install Smoke Detectors ieciiM Iretai cu f« wp la MMke. XB MMMmZ