The Independent-News, Volume 107, Number 29, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 December 1981 — Page 8

- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - DECEMBER 24, IMI

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WALKERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENJOYS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The fourth grade at Walkerton Elementary School presented a musical play, ‘‘Santa Claus’ Workship” to a capacity crowd December 16. The kindergarten acted out the Nativity and the third-grade sang Christmas selections.

Triton Pulls Upset, Tops Glenn 58-54 The I riton Trojans pulled what had to be considered quite an upset Fridas night as they used a g<xxl hard defense, sonic pretty well disciplined offense and a lot of emotion to top the John Glenn Falcons 58-54 in the final game of the

[lst SOURCE BANK ‘ ' WALKERTON BRANCH [ Ringing Out Good Tidings To Folks Out There ; ' 4 Joy Filled Yule To You And Your Family 1 | SEASON’S GREETINGS : j from everyone at the Ist Source i f JOHN NATALI - BARBARA LAWRENCE - CATHY HOSTETLER ' I NANCY WATSON - SANDY EASTEROAY J | HOLIDAY HOURS: Thun., Dec. 24 9:00 i.m. - Noon > | Frl., Dec. 25 - Closed { | Sit., Dec. 26 - 9:00 - Noon f Bob’s by the Lake SCENIC KOONTZ LAKE 808 4 CHERYL FLAUGHER CHRISTMAS EVE OPEN HOUSE 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. We Will Be Closed Christmas Day ^FeFsATURDAY, DEC. 26 SANDWICHES & CHILI Served All Day DINNERS SERVED From 5:00 -1 1:00 p.m. New Year’s Eve Party 10:30 p.m. - ? SHARON HAYNES AT THE ORGAN DINNERS WILL BE SERVED

Culver Tourney. Some may say it was a let-down on Glenn's part, some may say it was the emotion caused by the Triton starting center receiving a severe injury in the second quarter, but whales er thes say. it was g<xxi hard basketball with the real good defensive effort that pulled the upset in the champ lonship game. Much had been written about the Falcons kmxking off Argos the night before, possibly too much, but in any respect, the games still

come one at a time and have to be played one at a time. Once the opening tip-off uas tossed up it was the Falcons and I rojans battling for 32 minutes for the win and the crown of the Hohdas lourney. flu loss w as (ik nn's second in fisc games while I riton advanced their record to 4 5 with the victors And kind of ironic, both teams hase a long break until thes meet again on (ik nn's flour in a Northern State ( onfcrencc game on January 9 I he game didn't start too much different than expected. Glenn jumped to a 5-0 lead and after Triton got their first bucket. Glenn hit again to rt on their was. By the end of th • quarter the much bigger Falcons were ahead 15-11 and seemed to hase things going their was. The second quarter found the Falcons cooling off. In fact, extend this quarter into the second half, and Glenn turned super cold with part of the credit hasing to go to the Triton defense. However, with the muscle and depth thes hase. the Falcons were not to pick up a basket by their front line in these two quarters. Things moved a little slow for both teams in this peruxi as something just seemed to be missing, that spark that makes lor g<x»d basketball. 1 he big turning point seemed to grow out of almost disaster for the Trojans. Trailing 22-1 7 . Triton's senior center and only player over 6'o". Jim K<x»ntz. went up for a shot that he made but came down on someone else's foot and suffered what appeared to be a sevcrly broken ankle. It later was diagnosed as a severe dislocation and required a cast. However, after lasing on the fkx»r for quite sonic time and then being taken directly to the hospital b\ ambulance, the game resumed. After the injury things turned around. Ihe I riton coach received a technical foul 12 seconds after play resumed and Mike Arnett hit both ends of the bench technical for a 24 19 lead. However, the last seven points were Triton's as thes moved to their first lead of the game 26-24 bs halftime. The third quarter was just as bad. Ihe two teams kind of traded points until late in the quarter the Falcons pulled to within one with 1:41 left In that final 1:41. Triton blew it open to take charge of the game. Tim Smith hit a lay-in. Brett Welts one of two from the line and Tim Stouder hit a pair of charity tosses. Then to cap the late spurt. Jeff Deaton ux>k a missed Falcon shot down court and hit a great long jumper at the buzzer for a 40-32 lead This appeared later to be the final nail in the coffin. In the final stanza. Glenn, despite breaking a little out of their two peruxi slump, never really challenged the I rojans who lead bs as mans as 10 points on several different invasions. It nothing else it forced Glenn to change their sts Ie but the shooting had been cold and didn't warm up that much. Add to this a fine job of handling the ball bs Deaton and Curt Anders and the scrambling Falcons just couldn’t change the floss of the game to get back into it. Only late points, including a basket at the final gun bs Arnett, pulled the Falcons to within four, the final being 58-54 Triton earned a great team victors and it was reflected as one t<x>k the game apart piece by piece. Anders and Deaton controlled the pace of the game and hit 14 points each with Welts chipping in with II Ihe Falcons were paced by their guards, Arnett and Phil Groses although their shooting didn’t match the previous few games Arnett had 16 and Groses 12 with no other Falcon reaching double figures B<> x Score Triton fg ft fta p Montalbano 0 0 0 J Welts 5 15 4 Koontz 3 () 0 2 Deaton 5473 Anders 6 2 5 3

MERRY CHRISTMAS i-w - < t < " ereWMBVWU > y * 1 . Inr* an J - g‘ —— lij, »£ a w «<• eKIOI PT*' tart fl 11 1 ^ta4fl| Do 1919K1 Ina Bell Fitzgerald, Walkerton, pictured above with Chuck Dobis at Hook’s Drugs, Walkerton, was the winner of the $300.00 “Pepsi-Mattel Toy Giveaway”. Mrs. Fitzgerald’s family will certainly be very happy this Christmas.

Stouder 14 4 1 Smith 3 13 5 Flcnar 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 23 12 24 21 Glenn Harness 2 3 5 4 Tinkey 3344 Elkin 2 I 5 4 Arnett 7 2 2 2 Groves 5 2 2 5 Jacobson 0 J 4 | Franklin 0 0 0 1 Drecsscn 1000 TOI AIS 20 14 22 21 Score By Quarter* Glenn 15 24 32 54 1 nton || 2b 4() $g ( A R E. FOR THE HOLIDAYS Ihe Indiana State Police will enact Operation CA R I during the ( hnstmas holiday, Thursday. December 24; Saturday. December 26 and Sunday. December 2". an nounced Indiana State Police Su perintcndent John I Shettlc. Operation ( ARI (Combined Antdent Reduction Effort), a fed cralh funded project dedicated to .Hudent reduction, provides T roop cr’s salaries for working their regularly scheduled day off During Operation ( A.R E.. Troopers will patrol all interestate highways (1-64 , 65 . 69. "0. 74. 80. 90. 94 and 465). as well as U. S. 31

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and State Road 37. Approximately 200 troopers will work during Operation (ARI Past studies show that December 24. 26 and 2" arc the most traveled days during the Christmas weekend. I he extra patrols used in Opera lion ( A.R I will allow regular!, scheduled Troopers to patrol Stat< and County Roads When Oper ation (ARI. was used last ( hnstmas. 249 | roopers partici paled, and during the project then were no fatalities, seven persona injury accidents. 12 injured, and 51 property damage accidents. I he Indiana State Police ask tha ry cry one buckle their seatbelts observe the traffic laws and dnv< safely The song, "America/' written to the tune of "God Save the King/' was first performed in Boston in 1833, continuing until 1950. Light Ye Candle* Then be ye glad, good people. This night of all the year, And light up your candles, For His star it shineth Clear. — Old English carol