The Independent-News, Volume 117, Number 33, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 January 1992 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - JANUARY 9, 1992

I EDITORIALS I

B-3; 1-19; N-38; G-51; 0-65 Bingo! That has become quite a controversial word in our area recently. And the subject is also on the venue of some legislators now in session in Indianapolis. A few years back, when Indiana was in such a frenzy to get a state lottery going, an amendment to legalize the lottery did much more than that, it opened the door to legalized gambling. In the time since this was approved by the voters, different aspects of gambling have arisen and the legislators have made decisions in some cases that probably were made in either too much haste or without acquiring the proper knowledge of just what they were getting into. Consequently, there has been more than just a little concern in these lines and bingo is the one form of gambling that was legalized to a degree. Since July of 1990, bingo has been legal for “not-for-profit” organizations with limitations on the size of prizes that can be given. This was passed to allow churches and other organizations the right to run bingo games as an important source of raising money These same organizations had been doing it “illegally” for years, but now that gambling was legal, the restrictions were set in place. However, the lawmakers have found out that what they call loopholes exist. The so-called intended organizations that would benefit from this move, are often being pushed aside by much larger, more lucrative games. This is the problem in the South Bend-Mishawaka area. This area had long been a hotbed for bingo, mainly by churches and a few other charities, but now the feeling is professionals have moved in to take the largest piece of the pie. Charities are still benefiting from these games, but not as the lawmakers who were behind this move had planned. Now the fight is on to change this once again. In all the pros and cons about bingo, what has really surprised some is that the legislators have never really seem to consider using this form of gambling as a money maker. The object of legalizing gambling was to make money for the state through the lottery and other issues are still hot including pari-mutual betting, casino gambling, riverboat gambling, race tracks, dog tracks, etc. Why not raise some money from the bingo? In the situation that is making the most news in our area right now, the group being challenged in Mishawaka, in general figures, had taken in approximately $l.B million in 11 months and paid $1.27 million in prizes. This is where the rub comes in. Those investigating this situation claim not enough money is going for the charities. This group has said over SIOO,OOO has been given to charities in this time. However, profits have been made through rent, promotion, etc., that doesn’t satisfy the critics. And this is just one of the big games in Indiana. If the winnings of bingo were taxed at the time at even the sales tax rate of 5 percent, our figures come out that on the $1.27 million of prizes, $63,500 would have been withheld for taxes. And yet the winners would not have been drained to the point of no interest. On the top limit jackpot of $1,500. the winner would have still gotten $1,425. Il figures out to just $5.00 each hundred won, which in not going to be a deterent to those faithful bingo players. People are going to play bingo. The great desire of many people to gamble isn’t going to die. And the ability to find ways to continue running games isn’t going away either. We see where a new list of restrictions has been introduced as an amendment to a pan-mutual betting bill that has already cleared the committee by a favorable vote. These restrictions would help, but would not be the answer. We are not against bingo, in fact we feel it is a much better form of gambling than most. We are not against the smaller organizations trying to raise money by this means. But we also cannot truthfully be against the larger operations if they run legitimate games according to the law. Our legislators are going to have to go a long ways to get ahead of the enterprising public. They should find it difficult to say one charity can share in bingo receipts while another cannot, regardless of who is running the games. And how about taxes ... in a time when revenues are well down for the state and many things are being set aside because of funding, taxing the bingo games, large and small, would add revenue, not enough to offset any big problems, but certainly as long as bingo is going to continue as a form of gambling, why not take advantage of it. r KIBEP" ' the junior or senior class. * Y/HEF ~ Ray Kenny s Super Valu an- *** Bounces the retirement of Mr. Richard Moreau as their meat manager effective January 3, 1987. lim Pontius, son of Wayne and Mr. Moreau has worked in the Carol Pontius. Rural Route 1, Box supermarket profession for over 30 346 B. Walkerton, a graduate of years and takes with him a wealth John Glenn High School and a of experience. senior, an electrical engineering 1982 major, has recently been initiated Citizens of Tomorrow, a new into Rose Hulman Institute of feature to “The IndependentTechnology's chapter of Blue Key News" this week, will run for National Fraternity. Membership several weeks featuring the childinto Blue Key requires academic ren who had their pictures taken standing in the top 30 percent of this fail at Walkerton and Koontz

Lake from the Woltz Studios, photographers. We hope that you will enjoy this new feature. The John Glenn Falcons will meet the newest member of the BiCounty Tourney field this year in their opening game. The OregonDavis Bobcats, the replacement that filled the hole left by the closing of North Liberty High School, will meet the Falcons in the first game on Thursday, January 21. The National Arbor Day Foundation is giving two free White Dogwood trees to all new Foundation memebers joining during Janurary, 1982. The free trees are part of the Foundation’s effort to promote tree planting during 1982. the 100th Anniversarv of the first observance of Arbor Day in schools. The GWFC Woman's Community Club of Walkerton won first place honors in Cass II of the 56th annual Program Contest sponsored by the Indianapolis Star. In Gass Il the subject was optional and the Walkerton club chose a simple theme, “Getting To Know You," and carried it out with a program which “offered intriguing variety and sounded like fun," according to the judge. 1972 The new offices of the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce were announced as follows: Ed Walz, president; Leo Mahoney, vicepresident; Dr. Edward M. Powell, secretary; and Bill Elkin, treasurer. The annual membership drive is on with individual memberships at SIO.OO and $35.00 for businesses or retail memberships. Registration for the second semester Adult Education classes is being taken at John Glenn High School. Gasses offered will be office machines, English. U.S. History, Psychology, Government, French, typing I and 11, bookkeeping I and 11, industrial arts I, art, bridge and women and men’s recreation. At the market pork steak was selling for 69 cents a pound; rolled pork roast at 69 cents a pound; beef liver at 59 cents a pound; bacon at 49 cents a pound; minced ham at $1.09 a pound; stuffed sausage at 69 cents a pound; 10 inch cherry pie for 99 cents; three rolls of Scot towels for 89 cents; two pound can of Folger's coffee for $1.49; a dozen large eggs for 45 cents; a pint of ice cream for 15 cents; five loaves of Bonnie bread for 89 cents; lettuce at 29 cents a head; and 20 pounds of Idaho potatoes for $1.59. 1952 Markets offered sliced bacon at 49 cents a pound; pork sausage at 55 cents a pound; pork butts at 49 cents a pound; chunk pineapple at 39 cents for a 2’4 size can; two number 2 cans of pork and beans for 25 cents; Alaska salmon at 39 cents for a pound can; pound bag of noodles for 25 cents; two packages of rice krispies for 31 cents; 46 ounce can of orange juice for 25 cents; two number 303 size cans of applesauce for 23 cents; colby longhorn cheese at 69 cents a pound; grapes at two pounds for 29 cents; and a dozen tangerines for 59 cents. A picture of Cotton Ball, the prize Volpino owned by Shady Haven Kennels, Walkerton, will appear in the "Harper’s" Album of Beautiful Dogs. 1942 Due to the fact that tire rationing has become a reality and all retail stores are asked to curtail their delivery service as much as possible. the LaFeber store is inaugurating a new policy on Monday, January 12. They ask three things: that their customers refrain from demanding "extra" orders when fewer but larger orders will suffice; that more time is allowed for delivery service and that all orders for delivery be placed as early in the day as possible and never later than 4:00 p.m. for delivery the same day. With the federal housing project in Walkerton 95 percent completed January the first, two families

, moved into the West York homes i on Friday. Other families followed in the next few days and now, ten I have arrived and taken up their residence while employed at the i Kingsbury Ordinance Plant. The sub-zero cold snap which has gripped Northern Indiana for : the past five days shows signs of i letting up as the mercury shot up to 10 degrees above zero. r 1937 “The Trucker's News" is the name of the new monthly newspaper published in Walkerton by i Bob & Hazel Case and the Walkerton Oil Company, and printed by the Independent-News Co. The ■ last copy, which is the fifth one i issued by the newspaper, came off the press Tuesday and has been put into circulation all along the National highways where trucks operate. Ten thousand copies of eight pages, tabloid size, make up the last edition. The paper started last September with 3,000 copies of four pages. It has increased in circulation with each number until now the number of copies has more than tripled, and the size has doubled. The legal battle between the Town of Walkerton and the Nickel Plate Railroad over the installation and operation so electric flasher signals at four street crossings in the town, bobbed up again this week, this time in the LaPorte Circuit Court, where it was venued from Superior Court No. 1 of St. Joseph County. Warnings of a possible heavy infestation of grasshoppers in 1937 hold a menace to poultry flocks as well as field crips. Grasshoppers have been found to be the intermediate host for at least three poultry parasites, chief of which are tapeworms and round worms.

“A New Beginning” Well, we made it through 1991 and we are beginning 1992. Hopefully, all of you had only pleasant holidays. We had a busy time with our family and friends during the holiday season. 1 gained another year last month and it seems that time flies faster and faster each year. We ate brussel sprouts, some of the nicest ones that 1 have eaten for a long time, on New Year's eve. Then our guests and we played dominoes. Yes, I lost! The nice thing about a new year is that you get a new chance on making the same mistakes as last year! The Koontz Lake Laundry has been purchased by the Davis’ of Koontz House Bed and Breakfast fame. Good luck on your new endeavor. You can get some mighty good buys at the Brass Lion. Ron and Sally told me that they don’t want to haul anything over to their new stores opening up town. With all the mergings and movings in town, we must work to fill up the open areas with new business and industry. I'm sure that Mr. Behr is working hard at this and that soon we will see several new faces in the area. Walkerton is the largest town in the county and there should be many entrepreneurs willing to expand in this four county comer area. Remember that St. Pats’ pancake and sausage breakfast will be held at St. Pat's school on January 19th. I really enjoy watching these guys fix the meal and do the clean up after. Good food too! I took my trip to North Liberty, and I think that dinner at Nancee's and then a sundae at the Emporium is almost too much in one day. My next sortie to North Liberty will be to have a hamburger at Merrill’s and then raisin pie at the Pit Stop. We need to remember that this town is also in need of our support. They are part of our school system and they do pay taxes for its

upkeep. You know that you’ve been married a long time when your husband tells you “I wouldn't spend nineteen dollars for a watch for myself, but you are worth it." My wrist must be getting fat because it didn't fit and he had to take it back. Bud of Budd’s Bargain Bam was very accomadating and did replace it with another. Thank you, Roy, for a nice gift. Time being relevant, 1 need to get this letter to the paper. Sincerly, Nedra Williams “A Letter Os Appreciation” 1 would like to thank all of the parents of students at North Liberty Elementary School who contributed items for costumes, props and/or who made monetary donations toward our December Giristmas program. lam also thankful for the cards, gifts and kind words 1 received from many families following the program. Both the success of the program and the appreciation of our patrons started my holiday vacation off beautifully. Thank you. Mrs. Cathy VanDuyne North Liberty School Music Department YOU AND YOUR PET Dear Dr. Wise: One day our cat Lulu seemed stiff and sore so I gave her a child's Tylenol. It wasn’t long before she started vomitting and her face became puffy. We got her to the veterinarian in time for her to be treated successfully. We were lucky she didn’t die. I wonder how many other cat owners, like me, assume that a drug used by babies is safe for a fullgrown cat. Answer: I appreaciate your bringing up the subject. We see too many cases of acetaminophen (Tylenol is the most common source) poisoning. Cat owners should be aware that the drug is dangerous — that cats cannot adequately remove it from their systems. You have described some of the signs of poisoning: labored breathing. swollen face, purple mucous membrane and upset stomach. The severity of the symptoms depends on the amount of acetaminophen swallowed and the length of time it has been in the body. The drug is so toxic to cats that a veterinarian or animal emergency hospital should be called on the slightest suspicion that the cat has swallowed the drug. If caught within four hours, the veterinarian will clean out the cat’s stomach. He then will give the cat a substance that will prevent the poison from being absorbed and will move it through the intestinal tract. If untreated with four hours, the veterinarian will give the cat a substance to prevent further absorption of the drug. Aspirin is not as poisonous to cats as Tylenol. Even so. you should never give it without direction from your veterinarian. Aspirin’s active ingredient, sodium acetylsalicylate, often causes stomach inflammation. On the rare occasions when aspirin is used, it is given in small doses and with food or immediately after eating. The safest pain killer for cats is ascriptin because it contains an antacid protectant. If you have a question about your pet, write Dr. Wise. Indiana Veterinary Medical Association. 3802 Springfield Overlook. Indianapolis. IN 46234, BUSINESS CARDS Large Variety Os Samples And Colors To Choose From Independent-News 601 Roosevelt Rd., Walkerton