The Independent-News, Volume 111, Number 32, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 January 1986 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 111; NUMBER 32

Falcons Draw CMA In 81-County On Wedn., Jan. 22 The pairings for the annual BiCounty Tourney were held Saturday morning and the John Glenn Falcons will open the action on Wednesday. January 22 at 6:30 p.m. when they meet Culver Military Academy. The tourney will have a little different format this year as the girls will also play an eight-team blind draw tourney and no junior varsity competition will beheld. In the boys division, in addition to the Glenn and CMA battle. Argos and New Prairie will meet in Wednesday's second game. On Thursday night, at 6:30 p.m., LaVille and Culver Community will meet in the opening game and following with be the Bremen Lions and Oregon-Davis Bobcats. The regular format of semi-finals on Friday at 7:00 with the two Wednesday winners meeting first and then the two Thursday winners at 8:30 will be followed with the finals at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night, all these games of course at LaVille High School. In the girls division, the games will all be held at Bremen’s two gyms except the finals on Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. at LaVille High School. Starting on Mondav, January 20. in the girls gym. it will be Argos and Oregon-Davis and Culver and New Prairie. These games are set for 6:30 and 8:00 p.m. At the same time in the main gym. or boys gym. LaVille and CMA will meet first followed by Glenn and Bremen. Looking over the pairings and the teams, despite the fact that most will be playing three or four more games prior to the tourney, this year’s boys tourney appears to have a little more parity than normal. There are some very good teams, but not that one or two dominate teams that have often been the case. Four of the teams now have winning records, Argos leading the way with 6-1, LaVille 5-1, Bremen 5-2 and Oregon-Davis 5-3. The strength of the schedules favors Bremen and LaVille, who along with Oregon-Davis are all paired in the lower bracket to put three of the four winning records in that bracket. Meanwhile, Argos is in a bracket with three teams that presently have losing records, but both Glenn and New Prairie could be winners by the time the action takes place. Here New Prairie has a very definitely stronger schedule as they have met some city teams that have high state recognition. They of course meet Argos, with the best overall record in first round play. Glenn has a 3-4 record at present but with the easiest part of their schedule right before them prior to the Bi-County, Gordon Mos son could easily have a winning record by the start of the tourney in two weeks. However, it must be remembered, both Argos and New Prairie beat the Falcons convincingly in their action to date. LaVille and Bremen would rate as favorites in the opening round but the Lions certainly can't take the Bobcats of O-D lightly. The young charges of coach Dan Warkentien have a lot of potential that should grow almost with each game. And one must remember Culver, despite a meager 2-6

WALKERTON INDUSTRIAL FUND, INC. WILL MEET MONDAY, JANUARY 13 The annual meeting of the members of the Walkerton Industrial Fund, Inc., will be held Monday, January 13. at 7:30 p.m., in the Community Building. WALKERTON ELEMENTARY P.T.A. TO MEET THURSDAY The Walkerton Elementary P.T.A. will meet Thursday, January 16. We will have a short business meeting starting at 7:00 p.m. Starting at 7:15 and lasting I until 8:30, we will have the Reflections contest entries on display in the school cafeteria for everyone to see. The public is invited. So plan to attend and see all of the talent we have at the Elementary School. Refreshments will be served. record, did upset North Judson earlier this year. In the girls division, the history of this tournament has been one of streaks. Glenn was the dominate team early and won the first two titles. Then came Culver Community for a couple of years as they had a strong team that claimed two titles. New Prairie got one title and was runner up on each side of their 1981 championship and the Bremen team of Marty Huber has really dominated since, winning the last four titles in a row. Bremen is strong again this year, although they have been beaten by LaVille in an early season game. The Lady Lions also defeated Glenn in early season play and it looks like almost all the power is centered in the same bracket here with Bremen. LaVille and Glenn along with CMA. New Prairie could be the best of the other bracket, however, with the strength not as strong anyone could win a game or two in ' that bracket. Tickets for the tourney again will 1 be sold at each participating school and at the door at LaVille. For i $6.00 one can see all four nights of boys action and the girls finals, a real bargain for some good basketball. Single session tickets at the door are $2.50 per night and are 1 only sold at the door. Seats are not ’ reserved, but sections are indicated I for the participating teams each 1 evening with the others filling in 1 around and behind tne blocks ot the 1 participating schools. In the 20 years of boys competition, Glenn leads with five titles । including the victory last year as 1 they are the defending champion. 1 Bremen and Argos have each won four titles with Argos getting their 1 four in a row from 1978 through 1981 in their real glory years. La--1 Ville follows with three while New 1 Prairie and Culver each have one as did North Liberty and Triton before 1 North Liberty was merged with Glenn and Triton voluntarily drop- * ped out in the early 70's. Oregon--1 Davis has only been in the meet * since the closing of the North * Liberty school and although not yet a winner, has been a real com- ' petitor and were in one of the most thrilling finals ever when they lost in double overtime to Glenn 59-58 ‘ in 1983. Culver Military Academy I has had almost no success in this tourney, and have competed for some 12 years since Triton withdrew from the meet. Anything can 1 happen, and much certainly will 1 as another great Bi-County tourney unfolds the week of January 20 * through the 25.

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ENGAGED Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Griffin, North Liberty, announce the engagement of their daughter, Debra, to Tom Kujawski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Kujawski. South Bend. The bride-elect is a 1984 graduate of John Glenn High School and she is employed at Whiteford National Lease, in South Bend. The prospective groom is a 1981 graduate of Penn High School. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps for three years and is employed by Berliner & Marx, Inc., South Bend. A May 10th wedding is being planned. ENGAGED J J Al and Sue Slaby, South Bend, announce the engagement of their daughter, Amy Ulrich, to John Flaugher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Flaugher, Walkerton. The bride-elect is a 1984 graduate of Community Baptist Christian School and she is attending Bob Jones University. The prospective groom is a 1983 graduate of Community Baptist Christian School and is also attending Bob Jones University. A July 12th wedding is being planned. PARENTS NIGHT TONIGHT FOR FALCON WRESTLERS The Falcon Wrestling Club would like to announce Parents Night at the home meet, Glenn versus North Judson, on Thursday, January 9. All parents will be honored. Wrestlers and mat maids parents ' are invited. Coach Eugene Bailey will do the honors of presenting the • mothers with roses. Everyone is invited. i I REGISTER TO VOTE ' Those who are not registered to ) vote can do so at the Walkerton License Branch.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1986

WALKERTON TOWN BOARD j MINUTES The Walkerton Town Board met on December 23. 1985. with the following board members present: Edward Bracich, Margaret Gaddis, Clifford Ward and Gregory Williams. James Clevenger, town attorney. and Kathryn Chrapliwy, clerk-treasurer, were also present. The minutes of the December 9th meeting were approved as written. Three bids were taken for a 12 gauge Coast to Coast shotgun; Randy Verkier, $25.00; Jollie Back, $36.00; George Laizure, $51.00. George Laizure’s bid was accepted on a motion by Cliff Ward, seconded by Ed Bracich. Larry Dill was present to present three proposals on a Co-Ra Vacheating system for the fire department: Dye Plumbing & Heating. LaPorte. Ind., $8,934.00; PHA Company, Mishawaka. Ind., $6,866.00; Ideal Consolidated, South Bend. Ind.. $5,907.58. The type of heating system proposed was explained to be quite unique in that the temperature did not vary more than 3 degrees from floor to ceiling. Cliff Ward made a motion to accept the lowest proposal. that being Ideal Consolidated. Margaret Gaddis seconded the motion and all agreed. OLD BUSINESS: The lawyer informed the Board that the ordinancec were still not finished. The lawyer has spoken to a railroad official on the easement for Dr. Bottorff property and more information is forthcoming. A list of property owners will be prepared for the town attorney in conjunction with the vacating of a portion of Georgia Street. A section of a privatge sewer was left open because someone was repairing and replacing his line. Ed Bracich made a motion that something be done immediately to get that section fixed. Cliff Ward seconded the motion and all agreed. NEW BUSINESS: A resolution to transfer monies from one account to another was passed on a motion by Bracich, seconded by Ward. An open paper balloting was done for the President and Vice President of the Board starting 1986. The balloting was as follows: President: Williams voted for Williams; Ward voted for Williams; Bracich voted for Heemer; Gaddis voted for Williams; Heemer (absent) Vice President: Williams voted for Ward; Ward voted for Ward, Bracich voted for Bracich; Gaddis voted for Ward; Heemer (absent). Ward made a motion to accept the balloting thereby having Greg Williams and Gifford Ward serve as president and vice president for 1986. Gaddis seconded the motion and all agreed The salary ^ordinance for 1986-1 was passed on a three to one vote. Ward, yea; Williams, yea; Gaddis, yea; Bracich, nay. Warner Clark was present to complain about his fire hydrant not

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Falcons Play Twice This Week, Away Fri.; At Home Sat. The John Glenn Falcons will return to action this weekend with two games, one at home and one on the road as the 1985-86 basketball season swings into the heavy part of the schedule. Having plav?d their last game on Friday, December 20. it will be three full weeks for the Falcons as they travel • to North Judson this Friday for a date with the Bluejays, featuring ■ Kirk Manns, the state's leading ; scorer last season. The Jays have a 6-1 record to date, being upset by Culver. Glenn, with a 3-4 mark after dropping the title game of the Culver Holiday Tourney to Argos, will have their hands full in the game scheduled to start with B-Team action at 7:00 p.m. in the Bluejays gym. On Saturday night, the Falcons will return home to battle the Triton Trojans in a Northern State Conference game. The young Trojans fell to Glenn 72-50 in the opening round of the Culver Holiday tourney but did come back in I the consolation game to win their । first game of the season over the i host Cavaliers. B-Team action will begin at 6:30 for this game I WALKERTON CHAMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO MEET MONDAY I The Walkerton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will meet at 12.00 noon, on Monday, January--13, at the Walkerton Public Library . Tourney Tickets i To Go On Silo Monday, Jan. 13 LaVille Bi-County all-session tickets go on sale at John Glenn High School on Monday, January 13. until Tuesday noon on January . 21. The price is $6.00. “SLIM CHANCE” REUNION IN LAPORTE JANUARY 15 A “Slim Chance" reunion is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. January 15. at LaPorte Hospital’s Health Quarters. 919 Lincolnway. The monthly fbliow-up meetings are conducted to monitor progress and provide continued information and support for participants of the 12-week weight loss program. Rita Fields. RD., manager of food and nutritional services, will be conducting these meetings. There is no fee or pre-registra-tion required. being fixed. Mr. Greg Williams said the special hydrant was ordered and has come in but that it was too cold to flood the hole in order to get it fixed, therefore it would have to be springtime before the men could fix it. All claims presented were passed on a motion by Bracich, seconded bv Ward. Gaims 1361 to 1426. With no further business to come before the Board the meeting adjourned on a motion by Bracich, seconded by Gaddis. (Salary ordinance listed on page 4.)