The Independent-News, Volume 104, Number 1, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 June 1978 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 104; NUMBER 1

All-Star Basketball Classic Friday On Friday, .lune 9, the 6th annual Winamac All-Star Basketball Classic will be held at Winamac High School. The game is sponsored by the Winamac Kiwanis Club and the Winamac Rotary Club and will feature graduating seniors from 14 area high schools. Game 1, beginning at 6:30 p.m., will involve senior girls from the area schools for the first time. Representing the North All-Stars will be: Diane Adamiecand Barb Rice, of Knox Shawana Warne and Michelle Abshire, of South Central Kathy Metzger and Sally Thompson. of Argos Debbie Miller and Beth Zehner, of Culver High School Cindy Bertsch and Lori Spiess. of LaCrosse Kerri Gardner and Julie Ryan, of John Glenn The North coaches are Marge Riley, of LaCrosse, and Barb Osowski, of John Glenn. Representing the South All-Stars will be: Chris Lemke and Kathy Bejas, of North Judson Kim Watt and Tara Nisius. of Kankakee Valley Melissa Swartzel and Beth Williams, of Caston Janet Kirkpatrick, Rhonda Jackson and Gwen Anliker, of West Central Sara Nuffer, of Winamac Kelly Good, of Kewanna Tammy Nicoll, of Pioneer The coaches are Joe Good, of Kewanna, and Richard Crowe, of West Central. Game two, at approximately 8:00 p.m., will feature the senior boys from the area schools. Representing the North All-Stars will be: Roger Osborn, Culver Keith Reinhold and Don Carlson, of Knox Bruce Grossman and Dale Prochno, of Argos Scott Doll, of John Glenn Bob Cunningham and Rick Kensinger. of Oregon-Davis Al Singleton, of LaCrosse Norman Timm, Andy Mixis and Fred Ames, of South Central. The coaches for the North will be Jamie Gill. Oregon-Davis, and John McNeil, of John Glenn. Representing the South All-Stars will be: Dean Spence and Bill Ricks, West Central Don Bennett, of Kewanna Dale Hcrrold and Kerry Walsh, of Caston Doug Shorter, of Winamac Danny Myers and Scott Green, of Kankakee Valley Brad Berry and Ron Russell, of Pioneer W'arren Gappa and Rick Caudill, of North Judson. Coaches for the South will be Skip Speece, of West Central, and Wayne Pearl, of Kewanna. At the conclusion of each game, a most valuable player will be chosen. In last year’s game Barry Heim, of John Glenn, was chosen as MVP. A donation of $2.00 for adults and SI.OO for students will be accepted at the door. NOTICE When you see a vehicle with a flashing green light — this is an EMT going to an ambulance call. Please give this vehicle the right of way. Thank you.

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June 2. 1978, was an exciting day tor the North Liberty and Walkerton Head Start children and families. Iwcnty-one four and five year olds in the North Liberty class completed a year of educational experiences and fun with their teachers, Mrs. Mary Ann Sobieralski. Mrs. Mary Jo Golubski and Mrs. Ann Tuttle. Donned in caps and capes, made by the children’s parents, the class received certificates and awards for their efforts. Many of the children will be entering Kindergarten with a "Head Start experience’’ behind them in the fall. The 12 three-year olds in the Walkerton class received certificates of completion from their teachers Mrs. Karen Best and Mrs. Delores Campion and will continue in Head Start in the North Liberty class in the fall. Head start is in the process of recruiting classes for the fall throughout the entire St. Joseph County area. Contact Mrs. Candi Baker, at 287-6573, if you know of a child that will be four on or before August 31 in Walkerton and October 1 in the South Bend School area. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BANQUET SET JUNE 17 On June 17, at 6:30 p.m., there will be a banquet held at the Church of Christ. North Liberty, to honor all of the mothers and daughters. The men of the church have planned the banquet and will be preparing and serving the meal. The theme that they have chosen for the occassion is, Rainbow In Your Life". Mrs. John (Connie) Snyder is the guest speaker for the evening It vou would like to attend the banquet, and haven t as yet signed up. we ask that you call either of the following numbers to make your reservation. 656-4632 or 656-4636. J.G. Alumni To Meet At The Century Center The John Glenn Alumni Banquet will be held at the ( entury Center. South Bend, on Saturday. July 22. Reservations are a must and should be accompanied with your check for SB.OO to Linda Roush or Linda Truhler, Walkerton. This year your reservaliens must be paid in advance The deadline for reservations is June 10.

WALKERTON, INDIANA THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1978

WALKERTON TOWN BOARD NEWS The Walkerton Town Board met in regular session Monday, June 5 with O. C. White, Jack Rizek and Gladys Prentice in attendance. Peter Hodapp. a representative of Clyde E. Williams and Associates, spoke to the board on another system for sewage disposal, less expensive than the original proposal and perhaps easier to receive a grant on. The town will need necessary information if they are to qualify for grant funding money. Mr. Hodapp submitted a questionnaire that would have to be filled out by each home dweller but no further action was taken at this time. Mrs. Amy Wardman, representing the Orville Easterday Unit 189 American Legion Auxiliary, read a proclamation for Flag Day which will be celebrated June 14 at 12:00 noon at the Urey Park downtown. Everyone is invited to attend and the proclamation was declared by the Town Board. Police chief Lewis Whitaker, read a letter of resignation of patrolman Ed Brachich, effective immediately. A motion was made by Prentis, seconded by Rizek and carried, to accept the resignation. Mr. Whitaker then recommended two men to join the police force, they being Kenny Graves and Ralph Compion Sr. A motion was also made by Prentis, seconded by Rizek and carried to accept these recommendations. Gene Brems, fire chief of the volunteer fire department, gave his monthly report for the department. There were six calls, 67 J /« man hours. 2 training programs. 1 false alarm, 1 fire, 2 assists and 1 pool filling. Mrs. Robert Bow man, representing the Woman’s Community Club, stated they would like to purchase some equipment for the Communiity Building. They had in mind some new formica top tables, refinishing some of the old tables and a 100 cup coffee pot would be some items that the building could use. The Board accepted the offer and thanked the club for their generosity. The Clerk-Treasurer reported to the Board that she had met with the Indiana State Board of Accounts and they informed her of the specific responsibilities of both the town board and Ambulance com-

North Liberty Basebailers Win Sectional Title The North Liberty Shamrocks captured their first-ever sectional title Saturday night as their baseball team dropped the host Plymouth nine by a 6-5 score in a game that featured the hitting of the Shamrocks. Advancing on to the LaPorte regional Saturday to meet Chesterton, the Portage sectional winner, the Shamrocks will compete as a team at the regional level for the first time in any sport. They will take a 20-11 record with them in the very tough LaPorte regional when they play the second game. The Shamrocks just used the bats too well for Plymouth in this title game and despite some miscues in fielding that allowed the Pilgrims to score three unearned runs, the bats backed up the combined pitching effort of Mark Krallman and Bob Downs for the exciting 6-5 win. And the old story of the game not being over until the final man is out was particularly true as the hosts had the tying run at third and the potential winning run on first when reliever Downs got Mark Jeffirs to fly out to center to end the game. The Shamrocks, as they had in each of their previous games, jumped off to a lead in the first inning, this time getting two runs for a quick 2-0 lead. However, Plymouth came back to take the lead in the second as one hit. a hit batsman, two walks and an error let three runs cross the plate. The Shamrocks then took the lead again as they pushed four runs across in the top of the fifth. This made it 6-3 but the Plymouth team again came back in the bottom of the sixth to score two runs and pull within one, to set up the exciting climax in the final inning. Rob Moreno was responsible for the Shamrocks first two runs w ith a two run homer in the first while catcher Dave Reed was 3 for 3 and Donathen and Rob Moreno had two hits each for the winners. Line Score N.L. 200 040 0 — 6 9 4 Plymouth 030 002 0 — 5 5 1 NORTH LIBERTY: Krallman. Downs (5) and Reed; PLYMOUTH Buchanan and Jeffirs. mittee board in regards to the operation of the ambulance. It was approved that the clerktreasurer's office would be closed on Monday and Tuesday, July 3 and 4.

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Flag Day Program Set In Walkerton Once again, the Town of Walkerton will be observing Flag Day with an official Flag Day program The American Legion Auxiliary in Walkerton will be making the arrangements. An open invitation is extended to all clubs, organizations. churches, and individuals to participate by taking their clubs own flag and their U.S. flag to the downtown Urey Park. June 14 is the date. 12:00 noon is the time and again, the place, downtown Urey Park. If further information is needed, please contact Mrs. Robert Wardman. 810 Ohio Street, 586-3516. Let us all fly our flag proudly and attend the official program. Mrs. Nadine Keiper, librarian of the Koontz Lake Liberty, will deliver the main flag day address. Participating along with Mrs. Keiper will be Dan Huffstetter from the St. Patrick School and also, Dan Sarber from Tyner, a student at John Glenn High School, both of whom will give a patriotic poem or reading. The local Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts will assist in the Flag Day flag raising and the pledge to our flag. They will also attend with their Scout flags and their American flags. The Junior Auxiliary and the Senior Auxiliary of the American Legion Auxiliary and the American Legion will participate. P-L-J SCHOOL BOARD NEWS The Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Board met in regular session Tuesday, June 6 in the administration Building. The superintendent, Harold R. Muncie, announced that the hearing with the Board of Tax Commissioners on the $65,000 additional appropriation from the cumulative building fund for construction of the five tennis courts at John Glenn High School and the converting of the stage into a music room at Urey Middle School will be held June 7. Final approval to spend the additional appropriation should come in tw o w eeks. The board approved conference requests for: Jenny Coffin, to Purdue University on July 3-6 tor a Universal Cheerleaders Association meeting, Jerry Fleischer, to Brown County State Park on July 26-28 for a Pupil Personnel Annual Workshop; and Richard Kickbush, to Indiana State University on lub 28-30 for a tennis conference. The Board received resignations from the following employees Gene Eggleston, business and phy sical education teacher at John Glenn High School; Susasn Kralovansky, physical education teacher at Urey Middle School Martha Elkin, bus driver; and Harriett Nixon, bus driver. William Norris, industrial arts teacher at Urey Middle School, gave a summary to the board on his first year’s World of Construction program for seventh graders. The board extended appreciation to Norris for the success of this new program into the industrial arts curriculum at Urey. The superintendent also announced that the third negotiations meeting for the 1978- 7 9 agreement with the teachers will take place on June 12.