The Independent-News, Volume 120, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 July 1994 — Page 1

The Independent-News

VOLUME 120; NUMBER 8

WALKERTON TOWN COURT NEWS Record of judgements and orders form the Walkerton Town Court. Cynthia A. McCan, Lakeville, Indiana, speeding 50/35, LPD, plead guilty TVB, court costs and fines $69.00. Bruce A. Harris, Jr., South Bend, Indiana, speeding 50/35, LPD, failure to appear, guilty by default, court costs and fines $89.00. Jessica L. Foley, Walkerton, operating on expired plates, ISP, plead guilty TVB, court costs and fines $79.00. Ross W. Rann ells, Gro vert own, speeding 50/35 LPD, failure to appear, guilty by default, court cost and fines $89.00. Marlene A. Johnston, South Bend, speeding, 50/35, LPD, plead quilty TVB, court costs and fines $69.00. Cheryl A. Quoigue, South Bend, speeding 50/35 LPD, plead quilty TVB, court costs and fines $69.00. Donald R. Kincaid, Toledo, Ohio, speeding 57/45 WPD, plead not quilty by counsel, continued 7-21-94. Christopher D. Sturgeon, N. Kings tong, RI, speeding, 50/35, LPD, failure to appear, guilty by default, court costs and fines $89.00. Jamie Harmes, Walkerton, no registration plate, WPD, plead gulity TVB, court costs and fines $79.00. Jamie Harmes, Walkerton, no operator’s license, WPD, plead guilty, TVB, court costs waived, fines $15.00. Dennis J. Kurzhal, North Liberty, no registration plate, WPD, appeared plead guilty, court costs and fines $79.00. Dennis Kurzhal, North Liberty, false/ficticious registration, WPD, appeared plead guilty, court costs and fines $79.00. Dennis J. Kurzhal, North Liberty, violation motorcycle learner’s permit (no helmet), WPD, dismissed. Dennis J. Kurzhal, North Liberty, violation motorcycle learner’s permit (carrying passenger), WPD, dismissed. John R. Glowicki, Tinley Park, Illinois, speeding 49/35 WPD, plead guilty TVB, court costs and fines $68.00. Melonie Coday, Walkerton, parking violation, WPD, plead quilty, TVB, fines $5.00. Michael L. Mathes, South Bend, failure to carry fishing license on person, IDNR, plead guilty, TVB, court costs and fines $55.00. Virgil Kurtz, Walkerton, parking violation, WPD, appeared plead guilty, fines $5.00. Gene O. Cormican, Walkerton, loud muffler, excessive noise, WPD, failure to appear, guilty by default, court costs and fines $84.00. Davy Szymanski, South Bend, failure to display a valid trailer registration plate, IDNR, plead quilty, TVB, court costs and fines SIB.OO. Robbie A. Ziessler, South Bend, insufficient number of U.S.C.G. approved lifesaving devices, IDNR, plead quilty, TVB, court costs and fines $79.00. Walter C. Ruzkowski, South Bend, operating motorboat without a valid registration, IDNR, failure to appear, guilty by default, court

CIRCUS IS COMING TO WALKERTON PARK JULY 16 S: k, ft 4 - ■'ll J ..

Royal Bengal Tigers, now on the endangered species list is one of the features of Franzen Bros. Circus. The circus is doing its part in preserving this beautiful species. Have you ever been just 30 feet from 10 lions and tigers? According to circus personnel, there is no such thing as a bad seat at the Franzen show. All seats are located within 30 feet of the circus ring. Many shows today just don’t have the large display of animals that Franzen has. When you ask if they have lions and tigers, they might tell you something like, "With today’s expenses, circuses just cant afford to carry big lion and tiger acts”. They might try to blame it on insurance or just about anything. The truth of the matter is, they are just not willing to go the extra mile and offer a show that the circus going crowd wants to see. Jumping, rolling and climbing are just a few of the many tricks these jungle cats will be doing for you. Mark you calendar! The circus will only be in Walkerton one day, Friday, July 15. There have been two shows scheduled at 4:30 and 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $5.00 if purchased in advance and $7.00 if you want and buy them the day of the circus. You cannot purchase advance tickets on costs and fines $99.00. Melvin W. Shupert, Louisville, Kentucky, speeding 55/35, LPD, failure to appear, guilty by default, court costs and fines $114.00. David L. Muller, West Lafayette, Indiana, speeding 50/35, LPD, failure to appear, guilty by default, court costs and fines $89.00. Sabina L. Rex, Plymouth, speeding 50/35, LPD, failure to appear, guilty by default, court costs and fines $89.00. Scott I. Washington, Mishawaka, failure to procure a fishing license, IDNR, failure to appear, guilty by default, court costs and fines $158.00, bench warrant issued. Eric D. Hunter, South Bend, possession of illegal fish: largemouth bass less than 14”, IDNR, failure to appear, guilty by default, court costs and fines $158.00, bench warrant issued. Gene Patrick, Walkerton, shooting from roadway/aiding an offense, IDNR, plead quilty, TVB, court costs and fines $138.00. Kevin W. Solmos, Walkerton, shooting from roadway, plead quilty, TVB, court costs and fines $138.00,

WALKERTON, INDIANA 46574 THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1994

the day of the circus. Tickets are available now for $5.00. Contact Connie Medich at 586-3100 for these.

Falcon 500 Club Announces Holiday Bonus Drawing Members of the Falcon 500 Club who have paid their dues for 6 consecutive months in 1994 are eligible for the SSOO Holiday Bonus Draw to be held in December. The Falcon 500 Club is a nonprofit organization to aid John Glenn School Corporation extracurricular activities, which under Indiana state tax laws, are not funded by public funding or tax monies. Since 1985, the Falcon 500 Gub has raised nearly $175,000. The membership fee is $5.00 per month. Members are assigned a number and will be included in the monthly drawing. The prize awards are based on monthly membership numbers. Half of the money taken in is awarded as prizes for that month and the other half is donated to honor requests from John Glenn School Corporation staff members. If you are not a member and wish to join, send your $30.00 (6 month subscription) contribution by July 8 to Falcon 500 Gub, P.O. Box 295, North Liberty, IN 46554. You will be assigned a number. For more information, contact one so the following Falcon 500 captains: Ruth Roush, Diana and Tim Davis, Greg Gratner, Lana and Will Hostrawser, Susan and Bill Groves, Barb Gunn, Josie Snell, Dan Snider, Linda and John Wiegand, or Pam Osborn, treasurer. Epsilon Chi Tri Kappa Honors Two Bth Grade Students Walkerton Epsilon Chi Chapter of Tri Kappa was pleased to present a plaque and a $50.00 savings bond to the top Bth grade boy and girl. This year there were ties in both of the boy and girl awards. These students were voted on by the faculty at Urey Middle School and chosen for their honor, character and scholastic abilities. The two top Bth grade girls were Sarah Cole and Amanda Hummel. The top Bth grade boys were Ben Long and Shawn Alspaugh. Congratulations to them and the best to them at John Glenn High School!

More Services Offered For Single Parent The YWCA of St. Joseph County announce new office hours to better serve the Walkerton/North Liberty communities. The YWCA's Self-Sufficiency Outreach program offers case management services to single parents, addressing goals of career exploration, employment search, educational assistance, locating child care, building self-esteem, and budgeting. Office hours at the Walkerton Presbyterian Church are every Thursday from 9:00 a.m - 12:00 noon and at the North Liberty WIC office the 3rd Monday of each month from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. For more information, either apply during office hours or call the YWCA at (219) 233-9491 and ask for a case manager with the SelfSufficiency Outreach program.

96 Girls Attend Basketball Camp At John Glenn A record number of girls attended this year's basketball camp under the direction of head girls coach Scott Hostetler. The two week camp covered the basic fundamentals of basketball, individual skills and team play. Coach Hostetler would like to thank the folloiwng businesses for the daily awards given to the campers: Ray & Kenny’s Super Valu, McDonald’s of LaPaz, South Bend Silver Hawks and Plymouth Pizza Hut. Thanks also goes to J.V. coach Dan Hutton, Tracey Legge, Crystal Brooke and Lindsay O’Connor for their help in ensuring a successful camp program. Individual award winners are: Ballhandling — Ashley Berg, Katie Hostetler, Brandi Davis, Katie Pletcher, Alissa Fuentes and Bridget Honaker. Free throw — Amy Stull, Brandi Brodzinski, Laura Lung, Lindsay Maze, Jennifer Traub, Holly Legge. Falcon award — Sarah Keeling, Elizabeth Brown and Rebecca Strahm. Hot shot winners — Angela Nifong, Amber Pflugshaupt, Betsy Hummel, Sarah Cooper, Beth Honaker and Heidi Wasteny. Congratulations to all campers on a job well done. See you next summer. Bubbles And Cricket At The N. L. Library Bubbles and Cricket, the clowns ; will be-at the North Liberty Library this Thursday, July 7 at 4:00 p.m. Last summer the clowns visited us and performed a great magic show. For those of you who missed last summer’s show or for those of you who really enjoyed them, stop by and have fun! All ages are invited. “ITS MAGIC” AT NORTH LIBERTY LIBRARY Continuing with our week long magic theme, magician Kevin Wilson will visit the library on Saturday, July 9 at 10:30 a.m. He will perform colorful magic tricks and tell stories about magic. All ages are invited.

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WALKERTON TOWN COUNCIL MINUTES June 20, 1994 The Walkerton Town Council met at 7:00 p.m. on June 20, 1994 with the following members pressent: Cheryl Rizek, Gordon Hartsell. Gene Reese, Leonard Jaske and Walt Heil. Attorney David Holmes, clerk-treasurer Judy Hiler and deputy clerk-treasurer Sue DeMien were also present. The minutes for the June 6th meeting will be ready for the July 6th Council meeting. Todd Samuelson gave each Council member an updated study report of the rates and charges for the Walkerton Municipal Sewage Works and the sewage works inprovement project. Ken Jones from Whitman-Petrie then reported that the north project is being processed at Farmers Home. They need to make one more review of the project which includes the contract specifications and the project plans. WhitmanPetrie is expecting a July Ist approval. Advertising for bids cannot be done until the review is finished by Farmers Home Engineers. Ken is going to call Bob Deal tomorrow morning and check on the review period and how soon Whitman can submit for their review which will be after July Ist. At this time we need to prepare for their submittal. We need to incorporate their formal plan contract documents which are different from what is already on the specifications. The specifications currently have contract documents that are standard municipal contract between a municipality and the contractor. The federal body requires a little bit different copy. The plans will go in exactly the way they are, there may be some minor changes Farmers Home may want to make in the plans that may be a reason to stall payment. All the permits are in place except for one which is INDOT which is a right of way permit that easement will be required to do any construction along State Road 23 which takes about six weeks. Ken stated they are going to go ahead and submit this now for their review. Then Whitman-Petrie will come before the Town Council for a permit bond on the project to work in the right of way. The South Bound project has been slit at item per Ken Jones. We have received comments from them on Wednesday of last week that were minor in nature and they have been corrected. This permit should be ready by the end of the first week of July, there will be a 14 day remonstrance period after the permit is approved. WhitmanPetrie doesn’t know of any problems at this time. The project will be ready for construction after this is done. Ken Jones recommended that if the Town were to pursue the bid writing on either one of the projects, the first would be the south project which would be ready for construction first. Todd Samuelson, from H. J. Umbaugh & Associates, Certified Public Accountants, reported on what was necessary to get our rates back to the approved structure format that was previously approved by the EPA in 1982 when grants were received at that time. The report that you have before you gets your (continued on Page 8)