The Independent-News, Volume 104, Number 36, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 15 February 1979 — Page 9

Happy Valentine’s Day GRANDMA & GRANDPA Love DEBBIE. SONNY. CINDY. LAURA & MARY Happy Valentine’s Day MA, PA, DONNY, DANA, CANDY & JEMI Love You Very Much SHERRI & SAM Congratulations TINA For Winning Hoosier Girls State. I’m Proud Os You Love MOM Happy Valentine’s Day MOM. DAD, DENISE. BRIAN. GRANDMA & GRANDPA SPIER. GREG, LOU LOU & LITTLE GREG Love You Much SHERRI de SAM North Liberty Sneaks Past Culver Military By Harn Griffey For about an hour before game time the Shamrocks had a team meeting that brought to surface some of the inner problems and frustrations they have had. Coach Glen Keel listened as well as talked and then sent his team out onto the court with a different outlook. They were to face a tough Culver Military Academy team that were very impressive against Argos in the Bi County. Even though they were playing w ithout all-every thing John Mosley, for disciplinary reasons, they proved to be a formidable opponent. The Shamrocks were a little shaky in the opening stanza as they turned the ball over a number of times, it wasn't until about 5:40 that Jeff Martin got his own re bound and put it up and in that Liberty got on the scoreboard. Wayne Cole got his second of the

period putting the Eagles out in front 6-2. Bruce Griffey got a rebound basket and Martin two freebees to knot the game with four minutes remaining. It was about 2:30 with Griffey hitting two free throws that the Shamrocks again scored. The Eagles added eight points and only Summers was able to tally for Liberty before the quarter ended with C.M.A. on top 18-10. In the second period the Eagles got two buckets to make it 22-10 with a little over a minute gone. The Shamrocks had four tries at the free throw line and missed them all before Martin popped one in from the side. They finally got one free throw when Vanderhagen hit the front end of a one plus one at 4:38. Randy Chube of the Eagles, and Jeff Martin of the Shamrocks, traded baskets, but Andre Guyton connected on a three point play making their lead 12 at 3:28. After a time out by Liberty, things began to happen. You couldn’t see a phone booth around for him to change clothes in, but Gene Davis came into the game and played like Superman. Davis got two baskets using his muscle underneath and Todd Allsop one to pull within eight. The strongman scored again but this time from the side. Martin got a three pointer and Vanderhagen s jumper from the top of the key gave Liberty 28 to Culver’s 33 at the half. At halftime, the parents of the varsity, cheerleaders and managers were presented. A sad note that this would be the last home game for all the seniors. Davis got things going with a rebound bucket and Martin hit a free throw. Davis tied the score with one from underneath. The Eagles got three more before Griffey popped one in to pull them to within one. Guyton got two more but Davis stole the ball for a basket and "Squeeky" Larry O’Connor found Griffey open again to pull within one. Dard Hutchinson missed the front of a free throw with Liberty getting the rebound and Griffey putting the Shamrocks ahead on a six footer. Davis answered from underneath. Martin got a free throw and O’Connor drove the lane and sank one to put Liberty on top 46-40. Cole got a three point play when Griffey got a piece of him as he shot, but a Davis drive just before the buzzer made it 48-43 with Liberty on top. In the final stanza things got hot and heavy as both teams played aggressively and did some fouling. C.M A. converted on 6 of 12 while the usually poor free throw shooting Shamrocks hit 7of 10. Summers canned one to get things going for Liberty while C.M.A. had five free throws and managed to sink only two. Griffey fed Davis the ball for two and he hit a free throw for the three point play. The Gene Davis show continued as he drove hard to put in another one. After a Shamrock time out the Eagles pulled within three but Davis got a freebee and Griffey hit one at 3:43. The Eagles tied the game at 58 with 1:50 remaining on the clock. Summers took the lead back with a free throw but again the Eagles got the lead again on free throws. Again the lead seesawed back and forth until :58 when Martin got a pair giving Liberty the lead for good. The Eagles took a shot but the rebound went to the Shamrocks and at :15 Gouker found John Summers open for a basket and a three point lead. On the ensuing Eagle play the Shamrocks harrassed only enough to use the clock but backed off as Dard Hutchinson scored and the Eagles called a time out at :02 but to no avail as the Shamrocks held onto the ball to let the clock run out giving them their seventh win against 10 losses. Davis paced the Liberty attack with 23 points followed by Martin s 14 and Griffey's 12 Guyton and Tom Dunstan paced the losers with 22 and 20 respectively.

UREY SEVENTH GRADE WINS TOURNEY I AJk a a ju a K J W l3 J 3 4 ,0 M ap Br * — photo by Michael Pearish The Urey Panthers seventh grade basektball team won the four-way tourney held at LaVille on Saturday, February 10, by first defeating New Prairie 33-28 and in the championship game they played LaVille winning 28-24 for the crown. Members of the team and cheerleaders are from left to right, first row: A. Zekucia, J. Capek, manager. D. Huffstetter, M. Kinney, D. Skiles, J. Verhaeghe, B. Bottorff and T. Duff. Second row from the left. J. Casteel, C. Johnson, M. Haynes, M. Klinedinst, J. Godwin. S. Thompson. T. Davis, T. Miller and D. Pletcher. Back row: Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Arnett, M. Dill. T. Cummins, S. Pontius. J. Hurford, J. Laizure. Mr. Byrd and Mr. Brow n. The eighth grade team also played and lost in their opening game to LaVille. 47-39.

B-Team Overpowers C.M.A. Jeff Donathen and Rick Stepaniak each had nine points with Dave Hartsough adding eight to lead the Shamrock B-Team to their 14th win of the season against six losses. Box Score North Liberty 1g ft ft* p Griffey -5 2 2 4 Summers 3 13 4 Allsop 10 3 4 Gouker 0 2 3 1 Martin 4 6 7 4 Vanderhagen 112 3 Price 0 0 0 1 Davis 10 3 5 4 O’Connor 10 0 1 TOTALS 25 15 25 26 Culver Military Guyton 8 6 8 2 Cole 4 12 4 Dunston 7 6 10 4 D. Hutchinson 2 13 3 Schmidt 10 0 3 Chube 2 0 0 3 S. Hutchinson 0 2 4 1 TOTALS 24 16 27 20 Score By Quarters C.M.A. 18 33 43 64 North Liberty 10 28 48 65 NOTICE OF MEETING The Walkerton Firemen's Auxiliary will meet on Tuesday, February 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the fire station. FREE CLINIC A free blood pressure clinic for Starke County senior citizens will be held at the Koontz Lake Conservation club house on Thursday, February 22 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. C.S.T. NOTICE OF COMMUNITY CLUB MEETING On Friday, February 16, the Women's Community Club will meet at Miller's Merry Manor at 1:00 p.m. They will sponsor a bingo game for the residents and refreshments will be served. Virginia Waldron is hostess chairman. WILDLIFE TODAY By Jim New Wildlife Biologist Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife We biologists are very concerned about our wildlife surviving the winter. We do realize that the animals that do make it will have some woodlands to live and reproduce in come spring. But what if the winter got so severe that the trees could not survive? That might sound ridiculous, but it isn't. It happens all the time. There are three basic methods trees have developed to survive the winters. The first is by far the simplest.

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Trees such as the palms and banana never adapted. They once grew in our area when the weather here was tropical and as this part of the continent cooled and freezing occured they died out. To this day they exist only where freezing does not occur or where air temperatures seldom drop to 30°F. The second means of survival is common to most of our native hardwoods. Northern hardwoods have the ability to condense their fluids by separating the water from other fluids in the tree. Some trees, such as the white oak, can effectively purify its water so well that the trees can survive temperature drops to -40°F. (Did you know that pure water freezes at -40°F?) One can map the northern range of hardwoods by simply examining a map plotted with yearly low temperatures. Once the temperature drops below -40 F the water vessels in the trees rupture and the trees die. If this temperature drop occurs once every 10 years or so, the small seedlings (under the snow) will not have enough time to mature and the hardwood population will die out. The third method of survival is probably the least understood. Somehow a few species have the ability to dehydrate to a point where there is no damage to the plant tissue even though all liquids have frozen. Some of these species are blue spruce. Eastern white pine, quaking aspen and red-osier dogwood. Paper birch and red-

DONATE CPR EQUIPMENT —■&-—. n I' Wi \ 14T* oL ? .: «B ■ • B Ie OnSBvU &- a w I 1 i !111. H I t I; 1 — photo by Michael Pearish From left to right are: John McGee, Mrs. Robert Bowman, Mrs. Robert Wardman. Mrs. Morris Searfoss and Mr. Hal Muncie, representatives of local groups who contributed to the purchasing of the CPR equipment for the Polk-Lincoln-Johnson community. The groups that contributed were the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary. Lions Club, Jaycees, Evening Star Rebekah Lodge and the Woman's Community Club.

osier dogwood. after being cold hardened in the wild can be immersed in liquid nitrogen (-321 °F), thawed out and will survive with little damage. Cold itself is not a limiting factor. Why should a biologist be concerned? This morning it was-21 °F outside. That is just 10°F from the end of our hardwoods. Acorns are by far the most abundant wildlife food in this region, and everyone understands the implications. Enough about that. Do your part to help wildlife, leave some high-quality nesting cover this spring. The few animals that survive this winter desperately need your help. Times are changing: they have a new sign for highway shoulders — "keep of the gas!" _ IMPORTANT NEWS FOR BACKACHE SUFFERERS! MOMENTUM" Tablets are 50% stronger than Doan s. Before you take Duans Pills I .r muscular backache remember this MOMENTUM Tablets are 50% stronqe' than (kaus That means MUMf NT jM gives you 50% more pain relieve* per I dose ' । relieve backache ’ reduce pain soothe inflammation ; s "usdes loosen you can move more tree*, n minutes' Theres no stronger baow re mediation you can buy * th o..'a ;ires<np!iui than MOMENT V Tablets Take only as due ted