The Independent-News, Volume 115, Number 6, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 July 1989 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - JULY 8, 1968

[EDITORIALS]

NEW LAWS FOR INDIANA The Indiana General Assembly passed more than 300 laws during its last session, many of which will have an effect on the daily lives of Hoosiers. A good number of these laws went into effect the first of July. More will follow at later dates, depending on several factors of the various laws. Touching briefly on some that are now in effect, several will affect nearly all Hoosiers who drive a car. Among those are: All drivers will be required to furnish proof of financial responsibility, or insurance. Drivers will be required to carry with them or in their cars, their insurance policy number or bond posted instead. Indiana residents who buy new cars now have 31 days to apply for a new title for that vehicle. The new law gives Hoosiers and extra 10 days to get that job completed. Another new law prohibits sunscreening on vehicles which obstructs the driver’s view of the road. The law also prohibits dark tinting or sunscreening on a car if the occupants of the car cannot be easily identified through the window from outside. Hoosiers involved in property damage accidents do not have to make a state police report unless the damage exceeds $750. That changes the old law which required a police report if the damages were S2OO or more. Children under the age of 18 who have been suspended, expelled or excluded from school cannot receive an operator’s license. The law also allows juvenile courts to recommend to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles that the license of a delinquent juvenile be suspended for a certain period of time. If you rent a car in Indiana, rental car companies must tell you that it is not necessary to purchase collision damage waiver insurance from the rental car company. That item can significantly increase the cost of the rental car and can be unnecessary because a driver’s automobile insurance often covers rental cars. A few other objects covered when the new laws went into effect on July 1 include: because of a recent United States Supreme Court ruling, the fundraising law was modified. Indiana law required fundraisers to tell consumers the percentage of their donation actually going to the charity. The court struck down a similar North Carolina law, causing Indiana to make changes. The new law requires fundraisers to disclose to the attorney general’s office the percentage of donations that actually reach the charity. Hoosiers who buy health spa memberships should be aware that they can recover some of their investment if the health spa stops offering certain services. It is now required that health spas make pro-rated refunds to consumers if the spa closes a service offered when the membership was sold. Legislation was passed requiring landlords to return security deposits to tenants 45 days after the termination of the lease. This was necessary because many Hoosiers who rent thendwellings were unable to get the landlord to return the deposit. They often kept the deposit to pay for routine maintenance. This legislation allows the landlord to keep the deposit only if the property is damaged. Another law affects companies who send prize and promotional sweepstakes to Hoosiers. Everyone has received prize and promotion letters and postcards telling us they’ve won a new car, a new TV or valuable jewelry. Many times consumers take the bait and send redemption fees to claim the prize only to receive a cheap trinket or nothing. The new legislation requires the companies to disclose how many prizes are to be awarded in each category and the odds a consumer has of winning each prize. Much more was done this year than legalize and organize a state run lottery. More laws will becoming into effect as time passes, and we will try to pass more of this type of information along to you as it happens. Despite the fact that both the federal and state laws and constitutions were very adequate at the time, as times change, changes also have to be made tor the protection of the general public. This is just some examples of government in action for your benefit.

I*4 The John Glenn School Corporation ha* hired two new principals, Mike Shuler will be at Urey Middle School and Donald L. Zeller will be at John Glenn High School begin* mng in August Wmners in their age groups in the local Knights of Columbus Pitch. Hit and Throw contest held recently m Walkerton are: John Weigand. Barry Sauer. Lua Robinson. Jenny Robinson. Aaron Casled and Jason Grove* Each won a baseball bat. Walkerton's Leßoy Skiles is having a dream season this year at the New Pans and Plymouth Speedways. The tidied Sides has a new

car this season owned by Ron Tanner and AAR Motors 1474 The Board of School Trustees of the Oregon-Davis School Corporation has announced the appointment of John R Slusher as the new high school principal of the Ore-gon-Davis High School at Hamlet. Free Red Cross swimming lessons by the Koontz Lake Lions Club will be given July 1 through July 12 with a second session July IS through July 26. All levels of instruction including Life Saving will be given. Raying at the Rialto Theatre tn Walkerton Friday through Sunday is a double feature with the first to be Alice In Wonderland followed by Charley And The Angel. Showtimes are 5:00 and 7:45 for the first

feture and 6:15 and 9:00 p.m. for the second feature. At the market blade cut chuck roast was selling for 69 cents a pound; center cut chuck roast at $1.39 a pound; swiss steak at $1.19 a pound; family steak at $1.49 a pound; stew beef at $1.29 a pound; short ribs of beef at 69 cents a pound; ground beef patties in a five pound box for $4.99; a five pound canned ham for $5.49; smoked sausage at 89 cents a pound; thin sliced meats at two four ounce packages for 89 cents; franks at $1.09 a pound; honey loaf at $1.69 a pound; baked beans at 69 cents a pound; potato salad at 49 cents a pound; three 12 ounce cans of lemonade at 89 cents; four Kraft macaroni and cheese dinners for $1.00; 32 ounce jar of Smuckers grape jelly at 79 cents; 32 ounce bottle of Joy liquid at 74 cents; a gallon of one percent milk at $1.09; a two pound box of Velveeta cheese for $1.49; Parkay margarine at 59 cents a pound; eight boxes of Jello for $1.00; three 18 ounce bottles of Kraft barbecue sauce for $1.00; and 10 ears of sweet com for 99 cents. 1969 The mandatory portion of Indiana's Vehicle Inspection program becomes effective this coming August. Willard Walls, administrator of the Indiana Department of Vehicle Inspection, stated that voluntary inspection continues at a rapid rate with approximately 600.000 vehicles passed through the inspection process during the first five months this year. Indiana currently has about 2.2 million more vehicles which will require inspection by the end of the year. At the market whole fryers were selling for 33 cents a pound; legs and thighs at 49 cents a pound as well as breasts and giblets while wings were selling at 29 cents a pound; pork steak at 69 cents a pound; pork tenderettes at 69 cents a pound; beef liver at 49 cents a pound; wieners at 69 cents a pound; minced ham at 98 cent* a pound; Hawaiian delight salad at 69 cents a pound; a half gallon of ice cream at 59 cents; a 25 pound bag of Friskies dog food for $1.99; a pound bag of onion rings for 69 cents; dinner rolls at 59 cents a dozen; an eight inch rhubarb pie for 79 cents; cabbage at 10 cent* a pound; cucumbers at three for 29 cents; and four pounds of fresh peaches for SI .00. 1959 For the past several years there has been considerable agitation to move the St. Joseph County 4-H Fair to a new location outside of South Bend. After careful study of the county the directors of the 4-H Fair Board visualized and purchased 40 acres at the corner of Jackson and ironwood Roads for this purpose. Muck crop fanners on June 18 were pondering what to do after a freak freeze early Sunday destroyed hundreds of acres of com, potatoes and peppermint. The total damage had not been estimated. The farmers said that temperatures dropped to 28 degrees in the low marsh areas. The Methodist Church of North Liberty held a farewell party for Rev. Mills and his family last Thursday evening at the church. The Mills are moving to Rochester. Indiana homeowners beware — the termite season is at hand. Large numbers of small black insect* with four wings of equal length and about twice as long as the body will appear at basement windows, door casing* or in some other part of the house. Take remedial action immediately. 1944 The State Police and FBI of Northern Indiana staged a blitz bank robber campaign last Saturday and Sunday which resulted in the capture and signed confession of Michael Oresz, 29, an employee of the Bendix Corp., South Bend, within 30 hour* after the one-man hold up at the Walkerton Branch of the Farmer* State Bank of Wyatt, which look place at three o'clock.

Oresz, who got away with $3,078.17 in cash, was apprehended by State Troopers and FBI agents in a hospital in Lafayette, as he was visiting a lady friend, for who he stated he had needed the extra money. He was taken to South Bend where he will be arraigned on a charge of bank robbery. which carries with it a possible sentence of 10 to 20 years. Oresz visited the bank twice on Saturday then returned at closing time to puli his .38 caliber pistol on L. W. Gerber, bank cashier, and employees Miss Doris Huhnke and Miss Helen Rhodes. They were put in the vault and he then rifled Mr. Gerber’s cash drawer, not touching the other tellers cash drawers. He left the bank by the rear door and down a block west to the Quality Dairy, turning north and crossing Rooselvelt Road as fast as he could run to the alley back of the Shell Filling Station where he dropped a package of nickles. he then entered the rear entrance of Arbie Gardner's rooming flat where he hid most of the money in the room. He changed clothing, removed a fake mustache, dark sun glasses and some face makeup, left the building and walked down main street of town crossing to Ewing's Barber Shop where he was shaved. He then went to Chaney's Drug Store for a coke and then left town. This is the second holdup the branch has experience in Walkerton, the other one taking place in 1933 when five men escapped with $1,490. 1939 The O. K. Dress Shop (over Buick Garage) has an extra special this week. Just came in today . . . Summer Sheer, Tea Time, Organdy*, Dimities and many others, sizes 12 to 52. Special, SI.OO. Alterations free. The West End Merchants, led on by the formidable A. J. Kennedy, who hurled the winning balls, took the challengeing East End Tigers down several paces last Thursday evening in the opening meeting of the five game series, by the count of 10 to 3. Loing and lean and lanky Nels Walz, who opened fire for Scotchie's men. wasn’t effective against the slugging Rats, and was forced to give way to Big Bill Baker who did valient mound duty for the remainder of the fracus. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE "Trteming Treea” 1 think it’s time the Town of Walkerton finds someone who knows how to trim trees instead of butchering them. A Tree Lover P.S. Through word of mouth within one hour the trees were cleaned up. Thanks John and Mr. Pontius. WHAT’S HAPPENING TAP-DANCING RHYTHM KINGS ft 6T* ROCK AT FIREFLY It’s "Your Turn To Dance" at the Firefly Festival for the Performing Arts on Saturday, July 8, with the kind of music that’s hard to resist. In an evening featuring moonlight and nostalgia, the dapper Manhattan Rhythm Kings will take center stage at St. Patrick’s County Park at 8:00 p.m., followed by the ebullient Vogues at 9:00. When the Vogues appreared at Firefly in 'B7, fan* of all ages leapt to their feet and moved to their music. This year. Firefly will provide a romantic, lantern-lit area on the hillside for dance enthusiast*. The Manhattan Rhythm Kings provide their own motion. Their upbeat energy takes audiences back to the time when entertainer* did it all: sing, dance, play and make you laugh. Master* of time travel, these dapper gentlemen transport audiences back to the era

of the nightclubs of the '2os. '3os and '4os with humor and nostalgia. Trip Hanson, Hal Shane and Brian Naiepka have starred in clubs from New York to Beverly Hills, from Acapulco to Bomba\ and have performed with major symphony orchestras and celebrities of the entertainment world In 1984. Boardway star Tomrm Tune caught their act and asked the trio to help him put together a revue based on songs written b\ Fred Astaire. The trio’s appearances include a recent performance on the Pat Sajak Show. Singing lush three-part harmony in the manner of the Mills Brothers and Paul Whiteman’s Rhythrr Boys, the Manhattan Rhythm Kings concentrate on tunes from the '2os, ’3os and '4os. Each member plays an impressive variety of instruments, but it’s the group’s tap dance numbers that always bring down the house. The trio’s music ranges from the snappy rhythms of "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" and “The Rhythm Kings" to the schmaltzy "I’ll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time” to two versions of that grand old chestnut "Glow, Little Glow Worm" (perfect fare for a Festival known as “Firefly”). Rounding out the sound this summer will be top-notch pianist Dave Remington and Midwest percussion virtuoso Leo Murphy. At 9:00, nostalgia moves on into the '6os. The original Vogues grew up together in a small town near Pittsburgh and formed a rock ’n’ roll teen-age band. After recording an old Petula Clark “You're The One”, they began to make a name for themselves, soon reaching the top five on the charts. In 1968, they signed with Reprise Records and changed musical direction, starting with Glen Camp bell’s "Turn Around. Look At Me", which climbed to number one in the U. S. and abroad and earned a gold-record award. A series of best-selling singles followed, including "Moments To Remember". "My Special Angel", "No, Not Much”, "Five O’clock World” and “Magic Town”. They went on to record more hit singles and albums and became one of the steadiest attractions on the nightclub and college circuits here and abroad, often appearing on network TV as well. Today’s Vogues perform the greatest hits of the '6os along with contemporary material for a show that combines music and memor ies. The Firefly Festival takes place on weekends at St. Patrick's County Park, located at 50651 Laurel Road. South Bend. From 31/33 north of downtown South Bend, turn west on Auten Road and then north on Laurel at the Firefly sign. Parking is free, and assistance for disabled persons is available. In the event of bad weather, the rain site is O'Laughlin Auditorium. Saint Mary's College, off Route 31/33. Ticket iafecuMtlaa “Your Turn To Dance”, adults SIO.OO in advance; $7.00 at gate. Youth tickets, ages 6-16. $2.00; under age 6, free. Group discounts for 15 or more adults, contact Firefly Festival (288-3472). Box offices. South Bend Century Center; Elkhart, Templin's; Niles. Majerek's Hall Os Cards and Books. SERVICE NOTES June 26 (FHTNC) — Marine Sgt. Kevin D. Grisamore, son of Francis R. Grisamore. of Rural Route 2, Walkerton, has been awarded a Meritorious Mast while serving at Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma. Arizona. A Meritorious Mast is an official recognition from a Marine’s commanding officer for superior individual performance. It is issued in the form of a bulletin published throughout the command, and a copy is entered in the Marine's permanent service record*. He joined the Marine Corps in May 1984.