The Independent-News, Volume 104, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 10 August 1978 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 104; NUMBER 10

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A group of interns representing the Indiana Tourism Development Division of Indiana's Department of Commerce will be in North Liberty for the "Potato Creek Festival” on Friday and Saturday. August 11 and 12. Their Mobile Tourist Information Center will be located at the intersection of State Road 23 (Main Street) and route 4. Dr. Gaylord Saltzgaber, chairman of the two-day festival announced that no more applications for booths or exhibits are being accepted. There are now over 50 entries. Facilities for public parking has been a principal concern for the committee and progress has been made and is being made in this area. A major parking lot will be the Liberty Heights Subdivision west of town. Visitors are instructed to proceed on route 4. west of the center of town to Williams Street, then south Signs will be visible. A shuttle service of two hay wagons, pulled bv tractors will take people to and from the parking area. Other parking lots throughout the area will be marked by signs and visitors will be directed there. The 100 block between route 4 (Center St.) and Harrison St., of State route 23 (Main Street) will be closed off to all but pedestrian traf Tic Fridas and Saturdas North south and cast west traffic around North Liberts will be rerouted and additional police will be working in the area. The festival will run from Fridas morning at 9 00 to Saturdas even mg at 11 (M) p.m. Stores will remain open with special bargains and promotional events. Ihe 50 b<x>ths and exhibits will include arts and crafts, quilts home baked goods, garden fresh pnxlucc. cer amics. dolls, antiques, children’s art contest, hand blown glass, lea-ther-working. potato cands. potato soup, rock jewelry, and mans other tourist attractions. Diners will appreciate the varied cuisine. Ihe North Liberts United Methodist Church will feature home-made ice cream and sand wkhes. as well as sandwiches, cake, pic, am! drinks on Fridas from 4 to 8 p.m. and on Saturdas from I ! :30 amto 7 p m I his will take place in the church parking lot on route 23. The Beaver ( reek Wesleyan Church will conduct a Fish Frs at the Commumts Build-

ing on Fridas from sto 8 p.m. The members of REAL Services will hold another Grandma s Bake Shop in the Community building on Friday morning from 9to II a m. The North Liberty Masons will serve Potato Soup on Fridas and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Saturday the North Liberts American Legion will serve breakfast from 7to 11 am. in the post home. The North Liberty High School Band Boosters Club will serve a chicken barbecue on Saturday from II a.m. toB p.m. in the Community Building. The Liberty Township Lions Club will be conducting children's games and competition on the law n in back of the Community building from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 to 4 p.m. both Friday and Saturday. "Little Roger's Dixieland Giants”, directed by Roger Kronk, will be in concert on Fridas evening, from 9 to 11 p.m. The "Baugo Creek Muzzle Loaders”, fresh from their big hit at Bendix Wtxxls will be camped behind Harvey's store both Fridas and Saturday They will demonstrate muzzle loading, as well as shixiting. They will also afford the public the opportunity to shixit the muzzle loaders and to throw tomahawks. Entries are coming in at this writing for the " I ater I rot” mara thon race to be run off on Saturdas morning at 10 a.m Harry Griffey is in charge and announced that the runners will depart from Beaver ( reck Wesleyan Church parking lot at 10, pnxeed to Potato ( reck Recreation Area, then come to North 1 iberts lor the finish. On Saturdas evening the South Bend Shrine Club Band will be pre vented in concert on the bank parking lot I his will be followed bs the "Vallesaires" barber shop singers from ”to 8 p.m The south will also be "served as a teen dame will take place on the bank parking lot from Bto 10 p.m. There will be two phases to the dance. /V "live” band will play and alternate w ith "disco” music. There will be an Antique (ar show on the "school street ”, along the west side of North I iberts High Schixil Ihe 1 hunderbird Club will be among those in the exhibit. I his will take place on Saturdas only Ihe Festival Committee Bixith will be in the service entrance to Gene's Sunoco Station on the south

WALKERTON, INDIANA THURSDAY. AUGUST 10. 1978

west corner of Main street and route 4. Persons in the booth will provide information to visitors con cerning events and the locations of various activities. There will also be balloons on sticks for sale in the booth, as well as Potato Creek Park bumper stickers. The book. "Genesis of North Liberty”, by Dr. Saltzgaber will be for sale in the booth. Visitors may pick up free maps with festival schedules on the reverse side at the booth. The book by Dr Saltzgaber. as well as tickets sold on the aluminum boat and electric motor financed the second observance of North Liberty's "Potato Creek Festival”. The public is cordially invited to enjoy the rustic experience of a small tow n arts and crafts festival. NOTICE TO UREY FOOTBALL PLAYERS Ancone interested m obtaining physical slips for the Urey Junior High Schixil hxitball team may pick them up between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. on August 10 at the school. GLENN CROSS COUNTRY TEAM TO BEGIN PRACTICE The John Glenn High School cross country team meeting will be* held on Mondav. August 14, at 6:30 p.m in the high school gvm. Those interested are asked to bring a physical examination form and practice will begin on I uesdav. August 15. VOLLEYBALL MEETING SET AT NORTH LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL A volleyball meeting will be held on Tuesday. August 15 at fr:00 p.m. tor all girls interested in placing at the high school gym JOHN GLENN TENNIS TEAM PRACTICE SET The John Glenn High Schixd boys tennis team practice will be held on Thursday, August 10, t>:00 p. m. at the Walkerton tennis courts, beside the fire station, Washington Street Boys arc to bring their completed physical forms and if you need a form vou mav obtain one at the high school office C ome readv to plus "We ate all insane, anyway Note the mountain climbers.” Mark Twain

Nora Wilson’s Art At Koontz Lake Library Ihe w atercolors and drv brush art of Nora Wilson is now being displayed at the Koontz Lake Library. Many of the pictures are of local scenes. Miss Wilson is rapidly becoming a very popular artist in and about Northern Indiana. Miss Wilson was Artist-of-the-Month in July at the Gallery-in-the-Garret at the 1(X) Center in Mishawaka She is a member of the Northern Indiana Artist, the St. Joe Watercolor Society and the Art Center in Century Center. She is one of thirty artists w ho operate the Gallery -in the-Garret. PLJ Board Hires Jim Waller As Basketball Coach I he Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Board met in special session Tuesdav. August 8. and tcxik care of several of the vacancies in their teaching and extra-curricular vacancies. Jim Waller, varsity assistant coach at John Adams High School the past three years, was given the head basketball coaching position and will be an English teacher at John Glenn High School for the 1978-79 school year. Waller is a 1951 graduate of Tyner High School and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Notre Dame University in 1955. He has coached the last 22 years in the elementarv, junior high and high school levels. The last eleven scars, coach Waller has been in the South Bend Communits School Ssstem at Muesscl Junior High, Central Junior High. Clav High School and John Adams. His record for 22 sears of coaching at all levels is 245 wins and 153 losses. Jim and his wife, Rose, plan to move to the commumts in the near future. The board also named ( harles Mellon as administrative assistant and athletic director at John Glenn High School for the 19’N 'Q schcxsl scar Mr. Mellon has taught and coached for seven vears Prior to coming to Glenn, Mr Mellon was freshman basketball coach at Ross ville High Sshcxil for two vears. and the last five vears was B team coach at Winamac High School. I he board also made the follow ing coaching appointments at the high schcxil for Wb-'M Barrv Clavwell. wrestling; Gordon Mos son, B-tcam basketball; and ( arol Huffstetter, assistant vollev ball Ihe board also named Frances Jackson as secretary at John Glenn High School, and Ellen and Mich ael Mollenhauer as bus drivers tor the Johnson I ownship area All non-certified positions have been filled for the coming school vear One teaching vacancv for a social studies teacher who can coach bovs basketball tor Urev Middle School still exists. Ihe superintendent announced to the board that the asphalt tor the five tennis courts and the track field events has been laid al the high schcxil and that the tentative completion date for the tennis courts is August 31 Ihe next meeting of the board will be a regular meeting on lues dav. August 15. at ":00 p m in the administration building

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P-L-J Schools To Open On Friday, Aug. 25 Students in the Polk Lincoln Johnson School ( orporation will attend their first dav of classes on Fridav. August 25. from 8:15 a.m. to I 1 :(X) a.m. Mondav. August 28. will be the first full dav of attendance and the first dav for lunches. Wecklv lunches, same as last vear. will cost $2.25 at the Walkerton Elementarv and Urey Middle School, and $2.50 at John Glenn High School. Students attending John Glenn High School will register at the high school on the following davs between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; Seniors on August lb; Juniors, August I'; Sophomores. August 18; and Freshmen. August 21. While registering, students are encouraged to pay their b<x>k rental in the principal s office Bixik rental will be' $28.00, plus fees, for the schcxd vear Students attending Urev Middle Schixd will register at the school on the following days between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; Eighth grade on August 21; Seventh grade. August 22; and Sixth grade. August 23. Students are encouraged to pay their book rental while registering. Bcxvk rental charge will be $2" 00. which includes fees for the schixd year. Bcxik rental costs will be accepted at the Walkerton Elementarv building between 800 a m and 4:00 p m starting August 21 Book rental for kindergarten is $12.00. including tees, and for grades one through five the cost is $24.00 including fees. All students in the corporation will be given the opportunitv to purchase school insurance if thev so desire. Prices, which are the same as last year, will be $3.00 for grades K 12; $4.50 for K-12 which includes a dental premium. sl4 00 for grades K 12 who want the twentv four hour coverage, and $15.50 tor grades K-12 who want the twentv four hour coverage that includes dental premiums New students to the corporation must register at their respective school building during the week of August 14 All elementarv students in grades kindergarten through five are required by law to be immunized against diphtheria, w hexiping cough, tetanus, measles, rebella. and pohomvelitis. Kindergarten students or students enrolling in this school corporation for the first time m grades one through five will not be permitted to attend school for more than thirtv davs bevend the date of their enrollment unless thev are either ia) fully immunized. or (b) have begun their immunization and produced a schedule for the completion There must be documentation of the re ceipt ot vaccine Students enrolling in kindergarten must be five vears ot age on or before August 31 and must submit a birth certificate issued bv the (ountv Board of Health from the countv ot their birth FREE Bl DOD PRESSI RE (LINK AT KOONTZ LAKE A tree blood pressure clinic will be held on Wednesday. August lb from 12 W to 2 (X) p m at the Starke (ountv Nutrition Site, the K*x>ntz lake Conservation club house