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TTlMES Food Comics 21 46,47 17 Thursday, Februarys 1978 Service Protection Gets House OK tad Council and Munster Town Board. Until the sewer users tax was adopted last year, the major source of revenue of the sanitary district was a rate on the real estate tax bill. The new sewer tax produces tw ice as much revenue as the real estate tax. Tax rates in Indiana are frozen. The new sewer users tax for the sanitary district isn't frozen.

The tax was required by the federal government to qualify for federal funds to improve the sanitary district. The amount of the tax was established by the Hammond City Food Authorization Deadline Extended It takes more than snow plows to clear Calumet Region streets, including thos in Dyer. In the Nor-thgate subdivision, Dyer crews had to use bulldozers to lift the mounds of snow into trucks to be carted away. No Easy Job Budget for Science Fair: 86,000 GARY The blizzard that hit the Calumet Region last week forced the Lake County Department of Public Welfare to extend the deadline for submission of food stamp authorization cards. It has also led to some questions regarding the procedures in closing the welfare department in emergency situations.

Lake Welfare Director John D. Kelley said Wednesday the ATP cards which must be turned in before an applicant can receive food stamps will be accepted through Feb. 10. The original deadline for January ATP cards was Jan. 31.

Special windows have been set up in Gary, Hammond, East Chicago to to sell the January stamps. A special "outreach issuance" developed for the extension allows Cedar Lake stamp applicants to submit their cards today; Hobart, Friday; Black Oak, Monday; Cedar Lake, Tuesday; senior citizens. Wednesday; Black Oak, Feb. and particular aptitude in science. Top award of the annual fair is a $500 college scholarship donated by The Times to the outstanding individual winner.

The Calumet Region event, held in conjunction with an Associated Art Exhibit, is one of the most successful in the nation, probably because of the community-wide influence of the technical and scientific nature of heavy region industry. There is no exact count of those affected, because many schools conduct in-house science fairs stimulated by but not officially affiliated with the Region show. By THOMAS INKLEY Times Staff Writer INDIANAPOLIS A bill designed to protect Munster from paying for Hammond city services cleared the House Wednesday. The measure was approved by a 79-11 vote. The bill's future in the Democratically controlled Senate is questionable because the two Democratic Hammond representatives Paul Hric and Arthur Murakowski voted against the bill.

Those "no" votes indicated Hammond Mayor Edward J. Raskosky isn't happy with the bill. The bill, H.B. 1191, is co-sponsored by Republican representatives Jerome Reppa of Munster and Elwood Fifield of Crown Point. The only other representatives from Lake County voting against the bill were Democrats Rayfield Fisher of Gary and Tony Zaleski of East Chicago.

Hammond and Munster have the only commonly owned sanitary district in the state. Under the existing legal setup of the sanitary district, Munster's government nor taxpayers have any formal control over the taxing unit. The three sanitary district trustees are appointed by Hammond's mayor with one technically representing Munster. The proposed bill would give Munster "coequal power" to the sanitary district trustees and the Hammond Board of Works. The existing arrangement between the two communities was acceptable until Hammond transferred three city departments into the sanitary district.

The transfer of the garbage, street and alley and animal control departments freed more than $2 million in Hammond's general fund. Taxpayers in Hammond apparently won't see their city real estate tax rates decreased to reflect the "un-needed" funds. Those funds are now being used in other areas, such as providing pay increases for city employees. HYDRANTS MUST SHOW DYER Fire Chief Ewald Riet-mann is requesting that residents having fire hydrants in the area of their homes to cooperate with the fire department by shoveling snow away from them. He said the effort will help keep hydrants visible and accessible in an emergency.

Suspect Arrested MUNSTER Munster Police have charged a Whiting man with possession of a stolen car and driving on a suspended license. Randy A. Quisenberry, 22, of 1309 Stanton is being held in Lake County Jail. Bond was set at $3,000. Costs Exorbitant Special Ed Coop Saves Money for Program At least 72 schools public and private registered 548 entrants in the Regional finals in 1977.

There are at least 25,000 students registered in those 50 grammar, 8 junior high and 14 high schools. Participants come from both Illinois and Indiana; from communities as far apart as Gary and South Holland, Merrillville and Burnham, Crown Point and Whiting. The Science Fair is supported by donations from area businessmen and industry leaders, from educational institutions and through participants' fees. and Financial Federal. The first priority of the neighborhood group with funds already collected is to buy a specially equipped van the Batzeks will use to transport Jim while he is in his wheelchair, Mrs.

Riddering said. She said estimates for the van, which will have a hydraulic lift installed, have run in the area of Along with distributing the buttons. Financial Federal, in cooperation with Dominick's Finer Foods, has planned a fundraiser for Jim's account at the bank. Dominick's, located at 1968 Sibley Calumet City, will sponsor a "Benefit Day" in which the grocery will donate 5 percent of its proceeds when customers turn in a special receipt and their sales receipt to the customer service desk when they have completed their shopping. The receipts are available at Financial Federal.

The scheduled receipt days are Saturday, March 21 and April 24. Other persons wishing to make donations to Jim's fund may do so sending their checks to Financial Federal, in care of the Benefit Account for James Batzek. Other fundraising events will be announced as they are scheduled. Hobart, Feb. 10.

The extenion results from the department's decision to close all offices at 10 a.m. last Thursday and all day Friday. That decision brought problems for Kelley. Quentin Smith, welfare board president, Wednesday criticized departmental regulations governing the closing of welfare offices. Smilh told Kelley that guidelines should be developed to outline what circumstances should constitute closing, when employes should be allowed to stay home in emergency situations, and when compensatory time off should be accorded to workers who show up during emergencies.

Smith also urged Kelley to report the department's closing to the news media as early as possible preferably before 7 a.m. After lengthy discussion about Smith's requests, the board tabled the issue until the next meeting. program to May 20," Keller said. Arthur Collins, the Merrillville School Corporation's cooperative representative, made the suggestion to offer the reduced rent. Collins said, "It's my opinion the public should be able to use these facilities.

About half of the kids in this program are from our cooperative and it seems the reduced rate is appropriate," Collins said. The cooperative serves students from the. Tri-Creek, Hobart, Griffith, Merrillville, Crown Point, Lake Ridge, Hanover, Highland, Lake Station and Hobart Township school corporations. Keller said children from the Hammond and East Chicago area will also participate. The cooperative' will charge the program $2,070 to use four classrooms, the gym.

cafeteria and pool. A $825 custodial fee is also included in the charge. If the cooperative charged its customary fees of $25 for the classrooms, $50 for the gym and cafeteria and $35 for the pool, the program would have been charged $3,315. papers for the justice of the peace. If persons are elected they would hold the office without pay.

Clyde V. Colgrove filed for the Hammond School Board. Filings close at noon on March 3. uith Mudell Srlnceitser HAMMOND Calumet Region Science Fair directors have approved a $6,000 budget for 1978. This year's Regional Finals will be staged at Purdue University-Calumet April 7, 8 and 9.

Competition leading toward the regionals can begin in grammar, junior and senior high schools as soon as they have registered with Science Fair officers. Science Fair President Henry Hosek, a mathematics professor at Purdue-Cal, said Regional winners will share in more than $2,000 in prizes most of them scholarships to further education for those with Therapy By TIMOTHY BANNON Times Staff Writer CALUMET CITY Jim Batzek was paralyzed from the neck down when he fell from a tree in July, 1977. Batzek, 15, who would have been a sophomore at Thornwood High School, is undergoing rigorous treatments at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, a division of Northwestern University Memorial Hospital. The cost of the specialized therapy is exhorbitant. Already, Jim's parents, Mrs.

and Mrs. Joseph Batzek, of 379 Ogelsby Calumet City, have been billed for almost $100,000 for their son's treatments, hospital and doctors' fees. Some weekly bills have amounted Minister Conducts Pet Count MUNSTER Town water meter readers will start taking a new pet census The census, requested by the animal control commission, will be similar to the one conducted in 1976. The commission has become alarmed about the lack of response from residents to license their animals as required by the animal control ordinance. Although the 1976 census showed about 2,400 animals, no more than 700 have been licensed.

1977 licenses dropped to 600 or about 25 percent of the total population. John Mybeck, town board liaison to the animal control commission, said Wednesday night that it was not fair to those residents who complied with the ordinance not to enforce the license requirement. Commission President John Kouris noted the commission cannot use the pet census to prosecute anyone who has not licensed their animals. "All we are attempting to do is get an accurate count of the animals in town," he said. "The only way we can issue tickets for unlicensed dogs is to catch them in a public place." Mybeck added the town board has extended the license deadline from March 1 to April 1 before a penalty is added to the license cost.

"The town board has already talked to Town Attorney Eugene Feingold about prosecuting cases of unlicensed animals," Mybeck said. In a related item the commission approved advertising for a second part-time animal control officer. Mybeck said the town board has approved a second officer if the commission does not increase its 1978 budget. Battles Emerge As Candidates File to $7,000. Batzek, a diver on the high school swim team before his accident, has made remarkable progress during his therapy sessions.

His parents expect he might be released from RIC in March. But the cost of the equipment Jim will need just to get by from day to day is astronomical: $300 for an electric wheelchair, $1,000 for a special bed, and from $10,000 to $15,000 for a specially equipped van. But the Batzek's are getting help. The Concerned Neighborhood Parents and Friends of James Batzek started with a few neighbors chipping in $10 or $15 here and there for Jim's medical costs. But that wasn't going to be the way to raise funds for the things Jim needed, said Mrs.

Monty Riddering, a volunteer worker for the group. The organization has collected, thus far, about $1,800 to help defray the cost of Jim's rehabilitation. The money collected is deposited in an account at the Financial Federal Savings and Loan, 1901 Sibley Calumet City. The group first started distributing lapel buttons bearing Jim's picture for a $1 donation. That program has now been assumed by Jim's Boy Scout Troop 266 of Calumet City Political CROWN POINT A few political battles were lined up Wednesday by candidates seeking Democratic Party nominations in the May 2 Primary Election.

Robert L. Freeland, filed for a rematch with Lake County Commissioner N. Atterson Spann, Jr. in the 1st District. Spann, with backing of the party machine, beat Freeland four years ago although Freeland, a former state representative, was better know-n when the campaign opened.

1 Freeland, now a Gary councilman, had the backing of Gary Mayor Richard G. Hatcher. Rudolph Clay, also a former state representative, filed in the 4th county council district race in hopes of taking the post now held by Frank Perry. Lake County Sheriff Leslie O. Pruitt filed in the auditor's race against Chief Deputy Donald Genis.

Genis is supported by Auditor Jose Arredondo and Commissioner Nick Angel. In the typical game of "political chairs," Arredondo filed for county sheriff. Neither Pruitt nor Arredondo can serve additional terms in the offices they now hold because they are limited by Indiana law. Lake County Policeman Chris Anton and Carl Jacobs, Lake Station mayor, also filed in the sheriff's race. Johnny McWilliams of Gary, filed in the 3rd Council District race for the post now held by Clark A.

CROWN POINT The Northwest Indiana Special Education Cooperative saved money Wednesday for a program for disturbed children. The cooperative's board of directors voted to provide the program with the cooperative's center facilities at half its usual rental price. The reduced rate will result in a savings of approximately $1,245 to the program offered through the Tri-City Community Mental Health Center of East Chicago. The program, which starts Saturday, will provide activities such as roller skating, swimming and bicycling to 24 children in the region. The activities will be 9 a.m.

to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays until May 20. Russ Keller, who is supervising the program, said it will be funded by Tri-City Mental Health, the Trade Winds Rehabilitation Center of Gary and with federal funds through the Comprehensive Employment Training Act and a Title 20 grant. He said it will cost $28,000 through July. "That figure overlaps with the summer program.

I don't have a breakdown for just the winter Assembly passes a law which would become effective before the election. When the offices of justices of the peace were phased out the law neglected to remove the office of constables. The constables served his vandiduryfur county vlvrk Republicans were Hillard L. Wit-ten, Crown Point, Center Township trustee and Richard D. Sycle, Hebron, Eagle Creek Township constable.

Constables must be included on ballots unless the Indiana General Edward Lukainki files I i i Metzwho is rumored to be interested in the Calumet Township Assessor race. Also filing in the township assessor race were Steve Morris and Theodore G. Karras, both Democrats of Gary. Other Democrats who filed after the early morning rush were: Gerry J. Scheub, Schererville, St.

John Township trustee; Joseph A. Rokosz, Dyer, St. John Township assessor; Billy Joe Rosser, Lake Station, Hobart Township trustee; Nurisha M. Lail, Dyer, St. John Township trustee, and John F.

Pers, Hammond, North Township assessor. Robert F. Luckiewicz, Merrillville, Ross Township trustee; John J. Poxon, Merrillville, Ross Township advisory board; Leland Lawrence Ladd, Gary, Calumet Township advisory board and Peter Basich, Gary, Calumet Township advisory board. CASH TAKEN FROM STORE The Thrif-T-Mart Store at 1301 Chicago Ave.

was robbed of an undetermined amount of cash Wednesday. A clerk told pojice a man came in pointing a gun and demanding money. He emptied her cash register and then fled..