The Independent-News, Volume 118, Number 18, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 September 1992 — Page 9

"[On The Housef* Managing Your Biggest Investment Finding The Kind Os Help You Really Need Whether you’re planning to sell your house, sell your house and buy another, or become a homeowner for the first time, the support of a good agent backed by a strong system can make all the difference. How do you go about finding a good broker? You can hardly do better than by starting with what your eyes and ears tell you in your own neighborhood or home town. If you see a brokerage that's well established and apparently involved in a good many listings and sales, that’s a good preliminary sign. If you ask around and hear good things about a broker or agent, that too is a good sign. If your inquiries turn up evidence pointing to a history of good business performance and high integrity, you're probably on the trail of someone worth talking with. And that’s the logical next step: to visit and talk with the people who seem most impressive on the basis of what you've seen and heard. Conduct your appointments with agents and brokers as interviews, remembering that you’re the prospective employer and the broker or agent is the applicant. You’re in charge — or should be. Don’t be shy about asking questions that really dig in. Ask the people you talk with about their experience — how many listings they’ve had in the past two or three years, how many houses they’ve sold in the same period, how much of the local market they handle. Ask for references, and check them out. If you have some knowledge of contracts, financing, closing procedures and the like, put that knowledge into questions that will help you see who really is knowledgeable and who isn’t. Ask something that will require getting back to you later — and see who’s responsive and who isn’t. Ask if the office you’re visiting is connected in some way with a national relocation service. Such a connection can send lots of highly motivated buyers in your direction. And don’t fail to ask about your project. If you’re looking for someone to sell your house, ask for recommended prices. Then ask for facts that justify any recommendations you don’t understand. Ask for ideas on how to market your house. Ask whether that marketing will include open houses — and, if so, how soon and how often. Watch for evidence of enthusiasm, creativity, and the kind of optimism that’s firmly rooted in the realities of the situation. You want an optimist, but not a cockeyed optimist. Finally, ask for a quarantee that everything promised will be delivered. And ask for that guarantee to be put in writing, with a written assurance that non-performance will free you from any and all contractual obligations. Does this sound complicated and more time-consuming than just handing the job over to somebody you sister-in-law's manicurist recommended last year? Well, it is more complicated. And it does take more time — in the beginning. But it can pay off a hundredfold over the long term. By Leo A. Savoie, Jr. CREA President CENTURY 21 SAVOICE & ASSOC. The wise man doesn't expect to find life worth living; he makes it that way. She was my secretary before we were married. Now she’s the treasurer. Not everyone repeats gossip. Some improve it.

, MARRIED JU Sallie Ann Stover and Timothy Hanson were married August 8, at the First Presbyterian Church, Nappanee. Sallie is the daughter of Bob and Jill Stover, Nappanee, and Tim is the son of Vern and Shirley Hanson, Walkerton. Sallie and Tim are in their third year as graduate students at the University of Nevada and will receive their master of fine arts degree in May of 1993. You And Your Pet Dear Dr. Wise: We were horrified yesterday when we saw a car hit our neighbor’s cat. Today she is sore but being treated for only cuts and bruises. The proglem is she won’t eat. Her veterinarian said to try baby food. Do you have any other suggestions? Answert Your question is well timed. There is a new product that is a pudding-textured, nutritious food for dogs and cats with serious disease or injuries. It is made by Hills Pet Products, which produces many types of prescription foods for dogs and cats. This new, highly specialized food called a/d, has just now become available through veterinarians. The nutrients are the key to the product. It has a high caloric content as well as certain amino acids and fatty acids which are critical to sick animals. It also contains citrates and carbyhydrates to promote normal blood and urine pH and an enhanced amount oi zinc, B vitamins and 4 and E. Critical care animals often are too weak or feel sick to eat. But we need to force them to eat to get better. They can begin to lose lean body tissue in just 24 hours if they lack correct nutrition and nutrient proportions. Usually when they are so sick, they have an added need for nutrients —a condition called "hypermetabolism”. They many become temporarily pseudodiabetic and more dependent on protein and fat for energy. I think you can see why this food would be perfect for your neighbor’s cat. In the past, we’ve recommended mashed canned food or baby food. But a/d contains the exact nutrients needed by critically ill patients. Its formula also is beneficial for patients with cancer, bums, severe parasite infections and starvation as well as those recovering from surgery. The pudding texture makes it easy for animals to eat and east to administer with a syringe. The new food is not intended for long-term maintenance. It should be offered just to restore the body’s critical nutrients during the critical phase of the animal’s illness. Whenever possible, oral feeding of both nutrients and water are always preferred over intravenous feeding. Note: Now is the time to have your dog tested and started on preventive heartworm medicine. If you have a question about your pet, write to Dr. Wise, Indiana Veterinary Medical Association, 3802 Springfield Overlook, Indianapolis, IN 46234.

Thursday Night I Live Begins September 24 Are you "dragging” by the middle of the week? Never have time to recharge, renew or relax? Think you have an hour and a half available once a week? Come join us! Thursday Night Live is family night at the North Liberty United Methodist Church. Bring the kids (if you have any), take a midweek break, and have some fun. There are activities for everyone. Jointly sponsored with St. John’s Lutheran Church, it will be held in the education wing of the North Liberty United Methodist Church. Babysitting will be available. The evening starts with a potluck supper from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Bring a dish to pass — salad, desert, vegetable, etc. We’ll all take turns bringing the main meat dish. Relax and share a recipe, share a table and share some laughs as you meet old and new friends. From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. is group time. The Kingdom Kids Gub is for children preschool to grade 6. Teachers Laura Stasiak and Bonnie Salyer promises learning, crafts, projects and music - plus lots of fun! New this year is a Junior and Senior High Gub for grades 7 to 12. The new youth director starts November 7 with plenty of energy for all kinds of activities! Let us know what you’d like to do most — this is your club! Adults can choose from two classes. A Christian parenting class with Rev. James Stansell of the North Liberty United Methodist Church will focus on how to improve the emotional environment for children at home by improving our attitudes as parents. What are some negative behaviors that children may see in Mom and Dad? How do you continue the court ship? What are three ways to show love to our children? How do we encourage self-esteem? How to discipline your child in a positive way, and what to do if you lose your cool. Have you given your child a foundation to cope with the many moral conflicts he is facing? How can you make sure your children keep your values? Adult Bible study with Rev. Bert Pauluhn of St. John's Lutheran Church will discuss current tropic, ranging from feminism, teenage suicide, nuclear arms, "functional forgiveness,” apartheid and Biblical literalism to the right to die. So come on, give it a try! You don’t need to bring kids or have kids to come. Thursday Night Live is time for everyone! THE OBJECT OF P.T.A. The objects of the P.T.A. are: To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community and place of worship. To raise the standards of home life. To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth. To bring into doser relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth. To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education. JOHNSON TOWNSHIP REUNION THIS SUNDAY The 54th annual Johnson Township Reunion will be held on Sunday, September 27, at the Community Building. Dinner will be at 12:30 p.m. Bring a covered dish, your own table service and something for the White Elephant Sale.

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Historical Society To Display At Pumpkin Festival The Walkerton Historical Society historical items of the area will again be on display during the Great Pumpkin Festival. On display at the Masonic Temple will be many pictures and postcards of the Walkerton area of the past, school books, school pictures, school yearbooks and programs, Chinese items of Missionary Winnie Cripe of the North Liberty area when she served in the Shansi Province, China, for 20 years. The society was pleased to receive caricature drawings of local people, the artistry of the late Grover Oplinger, of which will be on display during the festival. These displays and more will be shown on Friday, October 2 and Saturday, October 3 during the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in the Masonic Temple. If anyone is interested in sharing a possession of past history during these days, please call Amybelle Wardman, 586-3516. Won’t you join us at our regular meetings at 7:00 p.m. on the first Monday of each month at the Public Library, and also, at our display at the Masonic Temple during the Festival. Ooc Severinsen, Ex-Tonight Show Band In Plymouth Doc Severinsen, best known as the "Tonight Show’s” flamboyant Grammy Award-winning musical director, will perform at the Plymouth High School auditorium in Plymouth on Sunday, October 4, at 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Plymouth Arts Commission, Doc and the entire ex-Tonight Show Band will kick off the 1992-1993 Performing Arts Series with big band sounds. Severinsen directed the band on Johnny Carson’s "Tonight Show" since 1967 —a span of 25 years. Now that Carson has said farewell to the show, Doc and the ex-Tonight Show band have taken to the road on a national tour that includes Plymouth, Indiana as one of their stops. Doc Severinsen’s most recent recordings include the Grammy-nom-inated “Once More With Feeling" album. While Severinsen’s signature has been his original style of dress and quick-witted banter with Carson, he should best be recognized for his superb trumpet playing. In a career that spans over 40 years, Doc Severinsen has recorded over 30 albums, ranging in style from Big Band, to Jazz Fusion, to Gassical. In addition, Doc is principal Pops Conductor of the Phoenix Symphony, a post he has held since 1983 and was recently named principal Pops Conductor with the Buffalo Philharmonic. The last of the big bands on network television, Doc and his exTonight Show musicians will fill the Plymouth School auditorium with sounds that range from brash and brassy to soulful and sentimental. Tickets are $20.00 for adults and $15.00 for students and can be obtained in advance by calling the Plymouth Arts Commission at 9354987. The Plymouth Chamber of Commerce and the Holiday Inn in Plymouth will be local ticket outlets. Pickets may also be purchased at the door before the per formance. GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL RECEIVES 51.4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS Members of the Governor’s Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving convened their quarterly meeting September 9 at the I.S.T.A. Building in Indianapolis to

discuss topics related to traffic safety issues. Jeff Modisett, Marion County Prosecutor and Chairman of the Council, announced Indiana as one of only two states in the U. S. to receive Section 410 alcohol-count-ermeasures dollars from the U. S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 1992. Ninety-five percent of the $1.4 million dollars will be used to provide additional resources to combat drunk and drugged driving through state and local projects. The Council plans a state-wide effort to reduce deaths and injuries by promoting awareness about traffic safety issues. Reminders of the importance of speed limits, substance-free driving, seat belt usage, driver courtesy and pedestrian safety will be appearing in local media. The messages will also be delivered by civic leaders and through public service announcements. Additional preventive measures to reduce the alarming number of traffic crashes in Indiana will be pursued through the Council by urging the 1993 Indiana General Assembly to make legislative changes in the following: • Open container law: Prohibits persons from consuming alcoholic beverages or possessing alcoholic beverage containers while in motor vehicles that are being operated upon public highways. Makes the operator or owner of a motor vehicle in which there is an open container subject to a penalty. Exempts persons who are not in the driver’s seat in certain recreational vehicles, vans and buses. • Redaction of Blood Alcohol content to .08%: Reduces from .10% to .08% the percentage of alcohol by weight in a person’s blood that is necessary to constitute evidence of intoxication in a prosecution for operating a motor vehicle or watercraft while intoxicated. • Zero tolerance for minora: Ability to suspend the drivers licenses and fine offenders under 21 years of age who drive with a blood alcohol content of more than .01% but less than .10%. Gass C infraction instead of misdemeanor. • Primary safety belt law: Ability for law enforcement to stop violators solely for non-compliance. • Drunk Driving multiple convictions: Allows a court to impose multiple convictions (thus allowing consecutive sentencing) on drunk drivers who cause serious bodily injury to more than one person or more than one death in a single accidents. • Unlawful pick-up truck transportation: Prohibit the transportation, in pick-up truck beds, of passengers under the age of 18, with exceptions of vehicles in parades, vehicles on farms, and vehicles equipped with seat belts. Modisett said, "In 1991, traffic facilities decreased to the lowest level in three years. Total accidents were down by 12%, and injuries by 10% from the previous year, and most significantly, alcohol involved accidents were drastically reduced by 25%. Still, nearly 1,000 people were killed and over 69,000 were injured in traffic crashes in Indiana last year." "Though we have made great strides in toughening laws, educating the public and working with young people, the fight needs to continue," said Modisett. "In order to intensify our efforts and emphasize the importance of traffic safety, the Governor’s Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving will collaborate and cooperate with other state agencies and nurture new constituencies on a statewide basis " Modisett concluded, "Gearly. the federal funds received, along with intensified efforts, will help us to achieve our goal of reducing deaths and injuries on Indiana roadways."

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