Vidette-Messenger of Porter County from Valparaiso, Indiana • 13

Local news July 2, 1986 Page 13 Portage residents do slow burn over proposed law refuse within city limits and permitted fires only for cooking, recreational or ceremonial purposes. Several residents vho want to burn leaves instead of raking or bagging them complained that the city street department would not be able to keep up with the amount of leaves set out on curbs during the fall. Street department superintendent Harry Elkins said his department would pick up all by Elizabeth Cloyd Staff writer PORTAGE An ordinance that would prohibit the burning of leaves and trash within city limits is turning out to be a burning fssue for residents. The City Council Tuesday again postponed a vote on the ordinance because of complaints from residents. Councilman William West-ergreen had sought to table the the leaves, but it may several weeks.

Kenneth Dailey, who lives on Peach Street, told the council that since he does not own a one-acre lot, but his neighbors do, he would have to deal with their smoke but not be allowed to burn his leaves. He said to eliminate his leaf problems, he would have to spend $6,000 to have his trees removed. Resident Terry Kegebein, resident, who asked that he not be identified, said Portage is polluted from all directions by local industries and that burning should be prohibited to help clean up the environment. The man said he has bronchial asthma and can't tolerate the smoke. Some of the residents who want to be allowed to burn their leaves said that burning trash should be prohibited.

ordinance until the August meeting before discussion began, but his motion was not approved. In response to complaints aired during the June council meeting, an amended ordinance, which would allow people who own one acre or more to burn leaves 100 feet from the road, was presented. The original ordinance prohibited burning leaves or other who has several oak trees on his property, said the amended ordinance would create a fire hazard because leaves would accumulate on his property. He said if the ordinance were passed, he would take the city to court to have it repealed. Donna Lynch, who presented a petition supporting the ordinance at the June meeting, presented another petition signed by 160 people.

Another City workers may get 5 percent raise Around the area proved, it will be the first raise employees have been given since 1985, and the largest increase many have had since 1984. In 1985, employees ceived an across-the-board $900 raise, which amounted to about 4 percent for most workers, according to Goin. Salaries of city workers were frozen at the 1985 rate this year. Several Park Department employees will receive a 10 Man found shot to death A Starke County man was found shot to death in his home Tuesday, state police said. William Holland, 37, of rural Walkerton, was found in his home along Koontz Lake by his son and a LaPorte County deputy.

Police said he was shot twice in the head. An autopsy will be conducted today. Dentist in court A Chesterton dentist, now serving a four-year sentence for felony drunken driving, was being tried today in Porter County Court in Portage on two counts of harassment and one count of battery to a former employee. Dr. William Eskew, 55, of 117 N.

15th operated the Broadway Dental Clinic in Chesterton. Eskew has been arrested 11 times since 1951 for drunken driving and 24 times on charges including reckless driving, harassment and public indecency. Fred Kruger leaving VU post Dorothy Smith will replace him in business affairs job Two hurt in separate accidents Portage woman was rter Memorial Hosnital after her car struck a narked truck listed in fair condition today in said. Nancy Koenig, 37, of 808 8th Tuesday on U.S. 20, police by Elizabeth Cloyd Staff writer PORTAGE Many non-elected city" employees could receive a 5 percent pay raise next year.

Mayor Robert Goin released his 1987 salary ordinance Tuesday. The City Council will decide in August whether city employees will receive the raise. If the pay increase is ap- Noise bothers residents PORTAGE Noise from rumble strips at the Indiana Toll Road exit in Portage is bothering people who live almost a mile away, the City Council learned Tuesday. Aris Psimos, who lives on Airport Road, presented a petition signed by 105 people who live in the vicinity of the Toll Road. He said one resident told him when trucks hit the rumble strips all the fixtures in her house shake.

Psimos said he has been bothered by the noise from the Toll Road for three years and added it is difficult for people in the area to relax in the evenings because of the noise. Mayor Robert Goin said the Toll Road will not remove the rumble strips because they are used to alert drivers to a toll gate not yet in operation. Goin said the agency will move the strips, but not remove them. City engineer Charles Ray told the council that Toll Road officials will not address noise problems caused by the rumble strips, but will investigate excessive traffic noise and consider solutions to that problem. Valparaiso University's vice president for business affairs will retire from that position Dec.

31. Fred Kruger, a Valparaiso city councilman and a former Plan Commission member, has held the university post since 1974. VU President Robert Schnabel said he appointed Dorothy Smith, vice president for admissions and financial aid, to succeed Kruger. James Albers, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will assume Smith's position. In making the announcement, Schnabel said, "We have profound appreciation for the excellent academic and administrative leadership and services Fred Kruger has rendered for the last 39 years.

They have been of highest significance and benefit to the university. He surely ranks among the group of key faculty members and administrators whose pr fessional competence, commitment and contributions have shaped and blessed the university." Schnabel called Smith "marvelously-well-prepared to assume the responsibility of vice president for business affairs at a time when acute fiscal planning and manage- percent salary raise if the ordinance is approved. Goin said park personnel salaries are being boosted higher than others because a survey of other local park departments showed that the Portage administrators were underpaid. The superintendent, utility director, recreation director and clerks are scheduled for the 10 percent raises. ment remains of highest importance to the university's continued financial well-being." Albers, Schnabel said, has the qualifications and experience to lead the staff of the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid.

"Together they will face the challenges of a reduced pool of students with capability and continued effectiveness," Schnabel said. Kruger will take a sabbatical leave in the 1987 spring semester, after which he will continue his ties with the university and the College of Engineering by offering his advice and possibly teaching an engineering course. He joined the VU faculty in 1947 and served as dean of the College of Engineering from 1965-72. Before that, he had served as associate dean and assistant dean. As vice president, his responsibilities have included overseeing the physical plant operations, new construption and business affairs.

Kruger, a professor of mechanical engineering, holds degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering from Purdue University and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University Cable firm by Tom Mote; Intern Alan Shaw, Lakeshore Cab-levision general manager, told the Cable Television Committee Tuesday that his company will seek a rate increase in return for more basic cable programming. Basic cable service now costs $9.30 a month, including tax. Shaw said his company plans to replace four current basic channels and add four or five new channels. The new programming has been requested by a number of customers, Shaw said. He said the instal Park recreation director Nancy Willard may also receive the $900 raise she didn't receive in 1985.

The Park Department tried to have Willard paid the $900 this year, but the council denied the request. According to the ordinance, city planner Jerry Gies will also receive a 10 percent raise, so his salary will remain the same as the park superintendent's. of Notre Dame. Smith has been a member pi the VU faculty since l7She was founding dean ofthe newly established Collegeof Nursing and continued in that position until 1982. She also served as acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences during 1980-81 while continuing her role as dean of the nursing college.

In 1982, she was appointed special assistant to the president and in 1983 was named vice president. Albers, a professor of theology, joined the VU faculty in 1965. He has served as a member of the staff and director of the Residential Ministry Program of the Chapel of the Resurrection, as director of the study center in Reutlingen, Germany, and as acting foreign student advisor. He was appointed associate dean of arts and sciences in 1984. In addition to teaching and scholarly research, Albers has served on various university committees and participated in regular activities of the Admissions Office in its recruiting efforts.

He is author of "From Centennial to Golden Anniversary," the history of VU from 1959-1975. lation of new converter boxes has nothing to do with the increase. Shaw said he did not know how much the increase would be because the programming distributors have not yet given him prices on the new channels. Jim Klungness, principal owner of Lakeshore Cablevi-sion, will discuss the increase with the City Council, probably later this month. After Jan.

1, the company will be deregulated and will no longer need council approval for; rate increases. "Mrs. Nixon joins me in extending our deepest condolences to his family," said Nixon. Several Porter County sources have said Landgrebe, a former state senator, lost to Democrat Floyd Flthian in 1974 because of his support of Nixon during the Watergate controversy. Landgrebe was quoted Mifficious the early '70s in support of Nixon while other House and Senate members and the press were calling for impeachment.

Nixon will not attend Land-grebe's funeral Thursday in Crown Point because of a previous commitment, said John Taylor, Nixon's top aide. Gov. Robert Orr nor Lt. Gov. John Mutz will not attend the funeral, according to aides.

The gbvernor sent a letter of condolence to Landgrebe's family. suffered facial injuries in the accident. A Hebron man suffered a fractured jaw after his car struck a tree Tuesday. Jeffrey Cannon, 32, of 81 S. County Road 675W, was driving on CR50N in Union Township.

A witness told police he found xPannon wandering around after the accident. Cannon was listed in fair condition today in Porter Memorial Hospital. Marathon unsure of liability MICHIGAN CITY (AP) A spokesman for Marathon Oil Co. says it's too soon to tell if the company is fully responsible for damages from an oil spill and fire in Trail Creek that killed wildlife. The company was still studying last week's diesel-oil spill and fire, said Marathon media representative William Ryder.

The state Division of Natural Resources and local governmental officials believe the company bears sole liability for all damages. "No, I do not think we can say that at this time. I think there is going to be a lot of determination on what caused certain things to happen, and it will be some time before total liability is determined," Ryder said. The spill occurred Thursday when a pipeline three miles southeast of Michigan City burst and poured 40,000 gallons of diesel oil into Trail Creek. A generation of fish was killed, and the river's ecological system has been described as a disaster by DNR biologist Dan Brazo.

Ryder said Marathon crews have removed and replaced the section of damaged pipeline. The company has been working around the clock to remove oil from the river, Ryder said. Policeman seeks disability pay PORTAGE Martin Rogness, the Portage police officer dismissed in 1981 for behavior unbecoming an officer and reinstated last year, is being investigated by the Public Employees Retirement Fund in connection with a back injury Rogness said he suffered while on duty in 1981. Councilman William Westergreen said Rogness did not mention the injury when he was rehired in March 1985, but has named it as the reason for seeking disability pay. After being dismissed in 1981, Rogness sued the city.

In exchange for dropping the suit, the Board of Works rehired Rogness and paid him $30,000 in back wages. The Board of Works found that the punishment given Rogness in 1981 was too harsh. Charged with bilking limousine" firm A Chesterton man was arrested Monday on charges that he stole a day's service from Timms Black Tie Limousine Service of Hobart, Chesterton police said. Thomas Handzlik, 19, of 433 S. 2nd Chesterton, was charged with forgery and credit card Police said he had rented the chauffeur-driven limousine and told the company his uncle would pay for the ride.

Handzlik gave the company a false name and false address, police said. Carriage rides for the Fourth Horse-drawn carriage rides will be part of the Fourth of July fun in Valparaiso. The Park Department will offer carriage rides from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Rogers-Lakewood Park. Rides will cost $3 for adults and $1 for children.

The 20-25-minute rides will be through the back portion of Lakewood Park. Jeff Christensen of Christensen Carriage will operate the rides. County roads will be closed County Road 75W will be closed Thursday between U.S. 6 Nixon praises Landgrebe for 'support and counsel' by Charles Knebl Staff writer Former President Richard Nixon Tuesday praised the late Earl Landgrebe for the former congressman's support and guidance in Washington during the late 1960s and Watergate scandal years that ended both their careers. Landgrebe, 70, Center Town-shfp, died Sunday night of a heart attack.

He represented the old 2nd District including Porter County in Congress from 1968 to 1974. "Earl Landgrebe served his district, state of Indiana and the nation with great dedication. I will always be grateful for his loyal support and wise counsel during the years we served together in Washington," said Nixon, i A statement was released Tuesday by the former president's New York City office. CR 100W while road, crews install paving. Cause sought for trucker's death Additional tests are being run to try to determine the cause of death of a Tulsa truckdriver, who died Tuesday after he was found slumped in the cab of his truck near Interstate 94 at 1:30 a.m.

County Coroner John Evans said an autopsy showed no anatomical cause for the death of Stanley Tubbs, 30. Evans has ordered tests to determine if there was a topological cause for the trucker's death and he expects a report within five days. Car hits boy on bike An 11-year-old Valparaiso boy was listed in stable condition today in Porter Memorial Hospital after he was hit by a car Tuesday, police said. Christopher Bain, 1710 Worthington Drive, suffered a head injury when he was struck by a car while he was crossing 'Calumet Avenue on a bicycle just north of McCord Road. Denise Dennett, 3003 Winchester, was the driver Of the car, police said.

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