The Independent-News, Volume 116, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 August 1990 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - AUGUST 2, 1990

IDI 11 h !■ 1111 I^l Id NOW IS THE TIME The month of August brings with it one period of time that no other month of the year has to offer. That is the publishing of budgets and tax levies for the coming year for the various governmental units spending our tax dollars. Included in this are the towns, schools, townships and library which is directly associated with the taxpayers of our immediate area. The proposed budgets for 1991 for most of these units are published in today’s edition. The big increase is asked by the John Glenn School Corporation, mainly to start raising funds for the construction of a new middle school in the near future. This has resulted in a proposed tax levy of 7.3724 for 1991 which includes an additional SI.OO for the new building. In all of these published budgets, a date is set for a hearing and also for adoption of the budget following the hearing. If a taxpayer has any questions or objections, this is the time to be heard. Hearings usually attract no one other than those who would be going to the meeting for other reasons. But wait until all has been finalized, then you can hear complaints about the new rates to be charged. It is doubtful that these budgets will be changed other than the changes ordered by the State Board of Tax Commissioners. As far as an individual questioning or complaining about a proposed levy forcing a change, that would be something to talk about. However, questions can be asked and this is the time they should be asked. Proceedures for further action are explained in the closing of all of these budgets should a group of taxpayers really want to try and force the issue. Budgets are usually set a little high. They can be trimmed at the state hearings, but not increased. Consequently, a little margin for change is usually allowed for. But you can believe that the published levies in the advertised 1991 budgets will be close to what the final figure has to say. Remember, this is your money as a taxpayer that is being spent and these people on the various boards are elected by the public to serve the people. This is one opportunity you have to ask and question anything concerning the budgets you don’t understand or oppose. Take a little time and read the budgets that will affect your tax rates in several governmental units. it. WHEN...

1985 Last Saturday, three Walkerton area teams traveled to Elkhart to compete in the Slow Pitch Class C Women’s Semi-State Softball Tournament. Mr. G’s and Lea’s House of Pizza went undefeated to capture the crown, stopping the Area Merchants of Elkhart, 8-6, in the championship game. Players are Vickie Matz, Connie Knowlton. Fran Lockridge. Karen Moore, Jo Kuzubik, Jean Roberts, Karen Keeling, Teresa Kemp, Joy Gine, Julie Pritchard, Jo Ellen Godfelter. and Joni Knowlton, coached by Gene Knowlton and Dave Hahn. Jeff Traub, Jerry Merkel, Patricia Farrar and Tonya Boise, all of Walkerton, have been placed on the Dean’s List for the spring quaarter, at Ball State University, Muncie. The fifth annual Spud Run will be held at North Liberty at 9:00 a.m., on August 10. A one mile fun run will follow at 10:30 a.m. The race, which is held during the two-day Potato Creek Festival, draws runners from much of northern Indiana and southern Michigan. 1975 The assessed valuation of St. Joseph County has jumped up $25 million over last year according to figures released last week by the County Auditor, Stephen M. Egyhazi. The total valuation for 1975 in the county payable in 1976 is $548.7 million. At the market sirloin steak was selling for $1.99 a pound; T-bone steak at $2.19 a pound; porterhouse steak at $2.19; New York strip steak at $3.79 a pound; smoked picnics at 89 cents a pound; platter bacon at $1.49 a pound; franks at 99 cents a pound; honey loaf at $1.69 a pound; braunschweiger at 69 cents a pound; a half gallon of ice cream at 79 cents; two 16 ounce cans of frozen orange juice for $1.00; a gallon of Vim for $1.19; 24

ounce carton of cottage cheese for 79 cents; hungry jack potatoes at 79 cents for a 16 ounce box; town house crackers at 59 cents for a 16 ounce box; three pound can of Hills Bros, coffee for $2.79; three heads of lettuce for 89 cents; three pounds of home grown tomatoes for 89 cents; green peppers and cucumbers at 9 cents each; and 10 pounds of Michigan potatoes for $1.19. The Teegarden Elevator burned to the ground on Saturday afternoon, July 26. The fire was discovered by a neighbor when an explosion aroused his curiousity. In .all 20 units were on the scene and 75 firemen fighting the blaze. Two firemen were hurt in the fire and hospitalized. 1970 Loren Capek, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Capek, Jr., Walkerton, a member of the Lincoln Twp. 4-H’ers is the originator of the 44th annual 4-H Fair title with his entry. “4-H ’7O Style.” He was chosen out of 25 other contestants that competed for the theme and program cover ideas for the St. Joseph County 4-H Fair. Tom McGee pitched no no-hitter on Tuesday striking out seven, walking three, when the John Glenn team played Triton in the Marshall County Tournament. Open house will be held Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25, at Guy Rizek Plumbing-Heating-Cool-ing. State Road 23 South. North Liberty. Their new building was recently completed. At the market a five pound canned Agar ham was selling for $4.69; T-bone steak at $1.29 a pound as well as sirloin at $1.29 a pound; chuck steak at 69 cents a pound; franks at 79 cents a pound; braunschweiger at 59 cents a pound; smokie links at 79 cents for a 12 ounce package; slender slice meats at three for $1.00; bulk bacon at 79 cents a pound; a half

gallon of ice cream for 65 cents; two pound carton of cottage cheese for 59 cents; two bars of Zest soap for 19 cents; two pound can of Maxwell House coffee for $1.39; 24 pak of twin pops for 79 cents; cantaloupe at three for $1.00; and three dozen ears of sweet corn for SI.OO. 1965 The Board of Trustees of the Polk-Lincoln-Johnson Schools selected the architectural firm of Kellam and Foley as school architects for the coming year. The Orville Easterday Post 189 American Legion of Walkerton, will host a flag burning ceremony at Woodlawn Cemetery, on Sunday, Julv 26. at 6:00 p.m. 1960 The naming of a principal, a coach and three other teachers for Walkerton High School and Elementary Schools, brings the faculty for the coming year pretty close to being complete. Leonard O. Hewitt, presently of Swayzee. Indiana, has been selected to be high school principal at Walkerton. James Howard is the coach for the high school and Miss Janice Helm will teach home ec. At the regular meeting of the Walkerton Town Board Tuesday night. Howard Gingenpeel was re-appointed to the Walkerton School Board for another two years running from August 1. 1960 to July 31. 1962. Gingenpeel is a Republican from Lincoln Tow-nship, to comply with the balance of the board, a Democrat from the town proper and the elected trustee. Paula Divine. Ken Ryan. Mary Tunis, Judy Ullery and Jack Watkins will be at the Indiana High School musicians clinic at Indiana State Teachers College, for two weeks from July 25 to August 5. 1950 Virgil Snyder. North Liberty, has purchased the Welcome Inn Tavern. Walkerton, from Ambrose Jackson and is seeking to obtain a license to operate same. Johnson Township again was fortunate to have two girls win trips to Purdue Round-Up and they are Diana Huhnke and Sue Burch. 1945 “Unless we can get supplimentary red meat points, we will have to close our place for three weeks in August” said Ed Sester, proprietor of Sester’s Steak House, in Walkerton. this week “We were cut 35 percent in our points for this quarter, and that means we just can’t operate,” he continued. Two other Walkerton restaurants, the C. & M. Case and Adelle’s received similar cuts in points and will be hard pressed to have meat to serve. At the present time the restaurants are serving meat only three days a week, since they are observing Friday as meatless day and are closed one day and serve only chicken and fish on Sundays. Observing its fourth anniversary, the Community Church of Koontz Lake plans a three-day celebration, July 27. 28 and 29. A series of services is being arranged to commemorate the occasion of its founding in November of 1940 and the subsequent formal dedication in July of 1941. The managers and owners of local locker plants over the country are getting signatures on petitions asking for relief from OPA requirements which demand grading of a farmer’s own meat when he has the meat animal slaughtered for him and the carcass is temporarily in the possession of the locker plant for storage in the chill room. Likewise. when the locker plant processes the meat by cutting it. wrapping it. quick freezing it and then putting in the patron’s individual locker box, OPA insists that the meat must bear a grade label. Playing at the Walkerton Rialto Theatre on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. July 22-24, will be "National Velvet” with Mickey Rooney. Elizabeth Taylor. Donald Crisp. Jackie Jenkins, Anne Revere and Angela Lansbury. Wednesday and Thursday will show "Wing And A Prayer" with Dana Andrews. William

Evihe and Don Ameche. 1940 St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran church. Riley and Pine roads. Liberty township, will lay the corner stone for a new church Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. Rev. Edward M. Miller, the pastor, will be in charge of the services. Round trip tickets for the Wendell Willkie Special Train from South Bend to Ellwood, for the Willkie Acceptance Speech, on August 17. are on sale at Houser’s Hardware. The price is $2.50 for the round trip. Persons desiring to make the trip, should see Louis Houser at once for reservations. At the market, center cut pork chops was selling for 23 cents a pound; slab bacon at 18 cents a pound; 2 pounds of fresh ground beef for 35 cents; twelve 20 ounce cans of tomato juice for 99 cents: a quart of Good Luck salad dressing for 29 cents; 2 heads of lettuce for 15 cents and cabbage at 3 pounds for 10 cents. Also a copy of the Walkerton Independent cost five cents. CAREER IN SECRETARIAL AT ANCILLA Secretaries with good skills and business training are needed in today’s competitive job market. For individuals seeking top-level secretarial positions, confined education beyond high school is a must. Ancilla incorporates a liberal arts philosophy, with a two-year Executive Secretarial Piogram, which concentrates on business, computer. and secretarial courses. A special feature of the two-year program is the practicum, an on-the-job work experience. Courses offered this fall are: beginning typing, typing I and 11, beginning shorthand I. wordprocessing, and accounting I. For further information on the secretarial program or on othr programs offered at Ancilla College at 936-8898. "Summertime In Walkerton” Dear Nedra, Walkerton, in great need of activities’ Do you have any children? I have six and we are so busy with all that this area has to offer, that we have to pick and choose. There is no way we could participate in everything. As soon as school is out. the summer school program starts offering a wide range of classes and sports camps covering interests in every area. Then by the looks of the paper, the Walkerton little league keeps kids running with games and practices. I know the 4-H programs as you mentioned could keep a kid busy in itself alone for the entire summer. Boy scouts, girl scouts. Bible marketplace. 4th of July activities, movies at the library, summer reading program, swimming and lessons at Potato Creek, sidewalk days, and detasseling com! Walkerton even has its own band to entertain us now. And that’s just a taste of the summer. Once school starts, then we’re really on a roll. I grew up in South Bend and am very glad to be able to raise my family in Walkerton. Thanks, Walkerton Tammy Pairitz Dear Friends & Colleagues: Just received word that both sides in our arbitration have received the court transcript of the July Sth hearing. Now summary bnets must be submitted to the arbitrator by August 13th. After the arbitrator receives the briefs, he then has 30 days to render a decision to all concerned parties. The court transcript cost $1,800.00

and will be shared equally by both sides. We hope a decision can be received before school begins so that our uncertainity can become certain. We have all waited a long time and will wait until a fair decision is determined. Thanks to all for your continued support and prayers. Love to all. Dick Kickbush "Spending” In the 1960’5, the Supreme Court made decisions which limited discipline in our schools. Also in the 60’s. a wave of school consolidations took place all across the nation. And ever since. SAT scores have decreased and it is generally agreed other test scores have not improved.Yet, while the consumer price index has gone up about 3 times, school spending is 6 times as great. Now we are faced with a 15 million dollar building program. The North Liberty Middle School kids should never have been sent to Urey and if any money is to be spent, it should be spent in restoring North Liberty. Did it really make sense to do away with the Tyner Elementary School? “Walkerton Tightwad” SUMMERTIME Whoever wrote “Summertime and the liven is easy” never spent summer around here. The beans are ready to can and com is coming on. Then will come the tomatoes. I’ve got to get them canned or Roy will take my jars to the sale on Monday. He’s been grumbling that he doesn’t have any jelly or jam. I'll have to make crabapple jelly for him. We have one more fair to attend. Granddaughter Catherine is entered in the St. Joseph Co. Fair. Last week we attended the LaPorte Co. Fair. A local boy. Ron Chapman, did very well racing at the harness races. On Saturday. Josephine and Sidney Smith, our kids, Greg and Debbie along with Catherine and Adam, joined us in watching the projects at the buildings. There were a lot of nice entries and a lot of people to enjoy them. The J. B. Williams family had their reunion at Potato Creek Park, on Saturday. BurdeH. George. Roy. Emily. Maxine and three generations including Henrietta. Brenda and Shelly, from Minn., joined us for an interesting day. There were various members of the siblings family present. Cousins LaVonne and Ray Lang joined in the festivities. I think I hurt my arm pitching horseshoes (I lost). Much food and talking was enjoyed by all. Only Huldah and Annabelle were unable to attend. A few weeks ago. Roy told me that he would be taking me out to dinner on the 30th of the month. On Monday night he did to an 1.0.0. F. meeting and dinner held at Al’s Diner, at the lake. Thanks Herta for having cabbage rolls, they were delicious! John Wathen gave a short talk on the changes in the tax laws and how they affect our tax returns. Otherwise we had a pleasant evening (just kidding John). Our waitress for the evening. Robin, was her normal mean self, but I. even have to admit that she did an excellent job. I left my normal penny tip. Tonight, we are going to have barbecued ribs cooked with the excellent Smokey’s barbecue sauce made and bottled right here in Walkerton. It’s on the shelf at your favorite grocery. If it isn’t tell your grocer to get some. It’s good stuff! I enjoyed the Walkerton Sidewalk Days. It is fun just talking to people that you don’t always see. The car Mr. Mahoney has donated to the WIN campaign was on display. Maybe I had better buy my coupon book. They are available at many stores in town as well as the Chamber office. I had better close, the crabapples and beans are staring at me. Sincerely, Nedra Williams