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THE MUNCIE STAR. SUNDAY. JULY 17, 1983 Tiger Band Ends Wapahani's Streak (Picture on Page 1A) ifMm My isr 1 By NANCY HANEY Sur SuR Reporter PORTLAND, Ind. The Alexandria-Monroe Tiger Band and Guard put an end to Wapahani's winning streak at the Jay County Fair Band Contest Saturday. Under the direction of James E.

Furr, the band from Alexandria took home $750 and a 6-foot traveling trophy donated by Ludwig's of Portland. Alexandria scored 135 points to easily capture first place from the other three competing bands. Delta's Golden Eagle Band came in second with 125.S points, and Muncie Southside, third, with 110.5 points. Not even Wapahani's ever-faithful parachute could bail the band out of the last place spot with 110 points. "I love it," Furr said of his Tiger band's showing.

"We've never won a first in the summer." Alexandria's performance was by far the most polished of the bands in the contest, which kicked off a summer of competitions that will lead to the Indiana State Fair in August. The Tiger band's musical selections were Black Saddle, Coney Island Washboard, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, and a flashy finish to Danny Boy, which has become a traditional closer for the band. Delta's Bill Caine said he was happy with his band's performance. "1 thought they performed well for what we had prepared." He said the band has been practicing for just the past three weeks. Delta won $500 and a trophy with its medley of southern songs.

Muncie Southside won $350 and a trophy under the first-time direction of Mike Ragan. Wapahani's show included selections from James Bond movies. The traditional British ending was marred when half the band was playing a couple of beats ahead of the other half. The host Jay County Patriot Band performed in exhibition. The bands in Saturday's contest, along with several other area bands, will compete Saturday in Anderson, and the following week at the Delaware Lions Fair and the Winchester Old Timer's Band SECTION D-PAGE 3 Mud Flies When Lady Wrestlers Hit Town By LARRY E.

SMITH Star Sufi Reporter PORTLAND, Ind. The Tazman-ian Devil hit town Friday night. So did Luscious Lisa, Golden Fox, Midnight Angel, Renegade, Pink Champagne and Rockin' Robin. And when a crowd like that gets together, you can expect the mud to fly-Especially since all of the characters are members of the Chicago Knockers mud wrestling team. The all-female troupe was the featured attraction at the Jay County Fair Friday night.

Most of the wrestlers are from the Chicago area and their average age Is about 22 years old. All the women are single. Sandy Pomykal of Joliet, 111., is the eighth wrestler on the team and serves as master of ceremonies during the matches. She joined the Knockers after seeing the group at a lounge where she worked. "They were so great," she said.

"My mother wanted me to join up. She said 'You'll get to travel and if you don't like it, you can come The Knockers have a schedule that runs 12 months during the year, but the girls work only 11 months. But the time off is scheduled two or three days at a time. When they're on the road, matches are scheduled almost every night. The team will be returning to Chicago for two days off after their Jay County appearance.

Then they begin a 14-day schedule that takes them to Michigan, Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin and Kentucky, including a stop at the Delaware County Fair July 24. Dateline Data at New Castle-Henry County Public Library opens at 7:30 a.m. and closes when supplies run out. (Star Photo by Jeff Mastin) FARMERS' MARKET Margaret Shaw buys some Irish potatoes from Gilbert Tutterow of Hagerstown at the Farmers' Market. The market held every Saturday morning in the parking lot The State HARTFORD CITY The Nickel Plate Railroad steam locomotive No.

765 will come through town at 12:30 p.m. and 2:35 p.m. today. Two trains, the All-America City Special and the All-America City Limited, will take a round trip from Fort Wayne to Muncie, and will travel through- New Haven, Bluffton and Hartford City. The trains depart East Wayne Terminal at New Haven at 9 a.m.

on the former Wabash alignment through Fort Wayne until they reach Hugo, when they switch southward onto the newly rebuilt line to Muncie. HARTFORD CITY Entries for the 1983 4-H Fair Parade, which is set for 6:30 p.m. July 25 are being accepted in the county extension office. Theme of this year's parade is Country Fun. It will form at the corner of Jefferson and Washington streets and proceed north on Jefferson Street to Park Avenue.

For information, call the county exten The wrestlers travel by motor home, catching sleep between matches. Cher Siegel, David Sauter and Rob Carson, all from Chicago, are the road managers. "Sometimes it doesn't seem like I i even get a day off," Siegel said. "But that's not a complaint. I love the work." will seek the same penalty against Norris.

Employees Sandy Taylor and James Bybee pleaded guilty to perjury. Pope said punishment is up to the judge but he expects them to receive probation because they have no criminal records. ANDERSON The Madison Heights Band of Pirates of Anderson will host a contest at 7 p.m. Saturday at Athletic Park. Nine bands will compete including Alexandria, Southmont, Wabash and Yorktown in Class and Muncie South, Muncie Central, Delta, Jay County and Carmel in Class A.

Tickets are $3 and can be purchased at Madison Heights band practice or the night of the contest at the gate. The grandstand will open at 5 p.m. WINCHESTER The Randolph County Hospital board of trustees will meet in regular session at 7:30 p.m. at the hospital. An executive session will precede the regular meeting.

NEW CASTLE New Castle City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday after a federal revenue sharing hearing at 7 p.m. Budget matters will be included on the agenda. PORTLAND The Jay County Hospital board of trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the hospital conference room.

MIDDLETOWN An executive session of the Northwestern School Corporation board of trustees will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday preceding the regular board meeting at 7 p.m. The executive session will reconvene after the regular session to discuss pending litigation. HARTFORD CITY Blackford County Board of School Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the high school.

PORTLAND Jay School Corporation trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the board room at 200 S. Wayne St. An executive ses Woman Injures Assailant With Car By United Press International A woman told police she was raped and abducted from South Bend, to near Dowagiac, Saturday where she managed to take over the car her assailant used and drag him behind it. Police said the 26-year-old woman was treated for stab wounds and the man with her was hospitalized for injuries he suffered when dragged several hundred feet by the car.

She drove the car to the Dowagiac Police Department, authorities said. Police said they would question the injured man, tentatively identified as Nelson Edgar Woods, of South Bend. Accounts from the two police agencies were not completely clear, but early reports said a man entered a home in South Bend, tied up two men and two children, assaulted two women and took one with him as a hostage. Police said the woman taken to Michigan was a Kalamazoo, resident who was visiting the South Bend home. They said she told them she was raped in South Bend and again in Michigan before escaping.

St. Joseph County, and Cass County, prosecutors will confer Monday on possible charges, said Cass County Sheriff James Northrop. sion office, 348-3213. HARTFORD CITY Future Farmers of America will meet at 7 p.m. today in the 4-H building.

Plans for the 4-H fair will be discussed. HARTFORD CITY The Hartford City High School class of 1973 will have its 10th class reunion at 8 p.m. Aug. 6 in the Elks Lodge. Cost is $7 a person.

Call Mark Townsend, 348-0478 for reservation information, HARTFORD CITY The Blackford County Animal Control Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the mayor's office. UNION CITY The Union City United Way has learned it is eligible for $16,291.16 in national United Way funds. The money will be used for those in need of food andor shelter. Rev.

Roberta Hart is chairman of a special committee to administer the funds. Representatives of agencies in the county that provide assistance to the needy: will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Senior Citizens Center, lm W. Oak St. They will discuss distribution of the funds.

For more information, call 964- 5405. Stokely to Decide on Buyout INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Stokely-Van Camp Inc. officials were expected to make an announcement Monday on the outcome of a board of directors meeting held to discuss buyout offers. The board of the giant Indianapolis-based food processing firm met Friday, but officials did not disclose details of the meeting. Stokely has resisted a takeover attempt by Pills-bury.

The firm filed suit in federal court charging that a takeover by Pilisbury would violate anti-trust laws. The Minneapolis-based Pilisbury has filed another suit in U.S. District Court charging Indiana's laws regulating corporate takeovers are unconstitutional. Pilisbury has offered to buy all Stokely's stock at $62 a share. Quaker Oats based in Chicago, was considered to be a firm that may enter the bidding for Stokely.

Quaker officials have declined comment. Stokely's stock closed Thursday at $69.25. The stock did not open Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. Hoosier Firm Builds Cruise Ship JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (UPI) Jeffboat the nation's largest inland shipbuilding firm but hard-hit by the recession, marked the launching Saturday of the $8.5 million cruise ship Newport Clipper at its Ohio River shipdocks.

An invitation-only crowd turned out for special ship tours and the launching amid hazy, hot summer weather which dulled the view of the Louisville, skyline on the opposite shore. The 207-foot luxury cruise ship was built for Clipper Cruise Line of St. Louis, which plans to operate the 100-passenger ship along the Atlantic Coast. 2 Plead Guilty to Odometer Rollback INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Two former auto dealers and two employees have pleaded guilty to rolling back car odometers in a crackdown on the practice. Marion County Prosecutor Stephen Goldsmith said the theft charges against the four were among the first ever in Indiana for selling cars with false mileage.

Another auto dealer, Norman Norris, pleaded guilty to similar charges last week. Bill Keeton of Kee Kars Inc. and Gillis Burd of Burd Motors confessed to theft charges Friday in Marion Criminal Court. Marion County Deputy Prosecutor Frank Pope said the state will ask for the maximum $20,000 fine for each as an example to other dealers. He said the state sion to discuss employee matters will be conducted at 6:30 p.m.

At the regular meeting, permission will be sought to advertise to sell the former school administration building. UPLAND Bus bids will be reviewed and acted upon at the meeting of the Eastbrook Community Schools Corp. at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the administration office. The Knockers have been featured on televison shows like Real People, That's Life and That's Incredible, in addition to hundreds of local radio and TV stations.

Their travels have taken them to mud pits in Puerto Rico and will lead then to the Bahamas in September. There are two troupes of wrestlers, the second one now in Colorado. The group that visted Jay County has been together for about four years. Sandy said children are the team's favorite audience because they become so involved in the matches. "We all really love to have the entire audience get involved and root for one of us," she said.

Jay County Fair Results PORTLAND, Ind. Several grand champions were chosen in numerous 4-H divisions earlier this week at the Jay County Fair. In the dairy division the winners were: Dan Powell, Stacey Phllps, Steve Houser, Dennis Chenoweth, Janet Davidson, Don Daugherty, Dan Powell, Perry WUhelm, Kevin Degler, Dennis Chenoweth, John Hemelgan, Don Daugherty, Susan Houser and Steve Houser. RESERVE CHAMPIONS In the dairy division were: Susan Howell, Scott Forl-trofer, Steve Houser, Tricla Walter, Steve Houser, Susan Howell, Laura Isenhart and Tricla Walter. BLUE RIBBON WINNERS in the dairy division were: David Rigby, Michael Hem, Perry Wilnelm, Laura Isenhart, Sherry Geisaman, Tom Brunswick, Tricla Walter, Bill Marsh, Melanie Marsh, David Hemelgan, Stacy Philps, Scott Forthofer, Steve Houser, Matthew Claycomb, Dennis Chenoweth, Becky Kllrgel, Ray Langenkamp, Susan Howell, Janet Davidson, Denise Phelps, Mary Confer, Dan Powell, Kevin Degler, Shannon Michael, Becky Klirgel, Don Daugherty, Terry Prescott, Lisa Prescott, John Hemelgan, Michael Hemelgan and David Hemelgan.

Angie Paxson was the Grand Champion winner in the poultry division. Champions winners were: Jerry Hummer, BoUers; Joe Schwteter-man, Market Eggs; Trent Paxson, Family Table Flock; Angie Paxson, Brooding and Raising Pullets; Trent Paxson, Standard Cockerel; Jerry Hummer, Standard Cockerel; Sally Cain, Bantan Hen; Shelly Phillips, Bantan Cockerel; Nick Phillips and Amy Reidt. POULTRY DIVISION BLUE RIBBON winners were: M. Hamilton, L. Kunk, Matt Pearson, Mike Alig, Lisa Todd, Shane Geesaman, Susie Phillips, Bobbi Jo Dann, S.

Schwieterman, Angie Paxson, Jerry Hummer, S. Coufer, Trent Paxson, Sally Cain, Perry Whllhelm, Jason Walker and Amy Reidt. IN THE RABBIT DIVISION, winners were: Kelly WUson, Brian Van Skyock, Rodney Ferrell, Lisa Park, JUI Park, Rachael Kunk, Joe Van Skyock, Amy Brinkerhoff, Ben Dillie, Charleen Hummer, Andrew Kunk, Ann Reidt, Jeni Walker, Jozette Cullen, Heidi Stone, Shane Geesaman, Kevin Van Skyock and Jennifer Miller. Completes Basic Pvt. Jeffrey S.

Pence, son of David R. and Patricia F. Pence, 5208 Cork Drive, has completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Anti-Cheating in Effect Rigging the Carny Games Stopping deception before it occurs is the key to making sure fair and festival goers don't waste hundreds of dollars, Foiey said, because "by the time these guys get charged they're gone." Carnival scam operators can trick the public in three ways. Games can be unfair because of a mechanical device, sabotaged by operator manipulation or made unfair by deceptive appearance.

The duck pond is a good example of a game that looks easy, but is easy to rig. The game consists of a rectangular trough containing water that is circulated by an electric pump. Half of the trough is covered by a shed and the other half is open. The customer pays for a chance to pick up a duck and look at the bottom of the duck for a number, which determines the prize. The operator can rig the game by failing to put large numbers on any of the ducks or placing winning numbers on ducks with magnets in them, stuck upside down on the roof of the shed.

If police come to inspect the game, a tap on the shed knocks the duck into the water. By ANDREA NEAL United Press International INDIANAPOLIS Ever played a game at a county fair and, after what seemed like a hundred tries, left in a fury, convinced the game is impossible to win? If the game really is impossible to win, it's being run illegally, says a spokesmai for the attorney general's office. "If they: fix it so you can't win, it's illegal," said Dan Foley, press secretary to Attorney General Linley Pearson. "It has to be possible for y6u, from where you are playing it. to win it." Last year the attorney general's office and Outdoor Amusement Business 'Association developed a set of guidelines to ensure carnival games at fairs are operated fairly.

This is the first summer the guidelines are in effect. "We have forwarded carnival game manuals, which outline the most prevalent type of carnival game fixing, to county fair boards all over Indiana and to members of the Foley said. Familiarizing the public with the problem discourage some would-be carnival game operators from attempting to fix games," he said. The guidelines include: The operator must place in a conspicuous place a sign stating the name of the game, the cost of play, an explanation of how the game is played and how prizes are awarded. The game must be winnable under the rules from the position of the player.

No prize shall be displayed that cannot be won. All prizes that can be won should be displayed. Award systems that require a player to give up a previously won prize in exchange for another play are prohibited. No conversion charts, score cards or punchboards can be used to play the game. Foley said it's impossible to know just how widespread the problem of carnival game fraud is.

The attorney general's office conducted a survey last year, assisted by an FBI expert, and "we discovered that virtually every carnival game has the potential of being rigged and that at some point every one has been rigged," Foley said. THEY'RE PALS Amy Reidt, 12, Portland, cuddles her pal, Buggs (that's right, Buggs Bunny) at the Jay County 4-H Fair. The fair closed Saturday night. (Star Photo by Terry Clark) i.