The Independent-News, Volume 111, Number 33, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 January 1986 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 111; NUMBER 33

WALKERTON TOWN BOARD MINUTES The Walkerton Town Board met on January 13. 1986 with the following members present: Arthur D. M. Heemer, M. Edward Bracich, Gregory Williams. Margaret Gaddis and E. Gifford Ward. Kathryn Tiede Chrapliwy and James Clevenger were also present representing the clerk-treasurer and town attorney. Mr. Williams made a correction to the minutes of December 23rd. He advised the Board that a difference of 7% from ceiling to floor on heat was the general rule instead of 3% as he stated when referring to the new heating system for the fire department. Minutes were approved as corrected for the December 23rd meeting. The Historical Society appointments were announced by the president of the board, they were: Betty King, three year term; Mary Jane Beaty, three year term; and Leonard Northam, three year term. The Park and Recreation Department announced their new president for 1986. The new president will be Leonard Northam. Dirk Pletcher was also appointed for another term as Park Board Trustee. Jeff Zehner was a spokesman for the Utilities Department. He informed the Board that they had received 22 applications for the newly established position on the sewer and street department. The men had interviewed three people from the applications and were prepared to recommend Mr. Kent Van Dyne. Mr. Van Dyne is a Walkerton resident and resides at 120 Grissom Drive. Margaret Gaddis made a motion to hire Mr. Kent Van Dyne. Gifford Ward seconded the motion. Voting: Ward, yea; Gaddis, yea; Heemer. yea; Williams, yea; Bracich, abstain. The vote carried in favor of Mr. Kent Van Dyne and the starting date is February 3. 1986. CITIZEN'S INPUT: Nedra Williams introduced herself as the newly appointed president of the 4th of July Committee. She expressed a desire to work with the Town Board on any problem that either might have and asked the Board to call on her for any questions that they might have concerning the 4th of July celebration. Elsie Heimer asked why the clerk-treasurer's office closed from noon till one during the week. The board president said that the board had established particular working hours a few months back when the Fair Labor Standards Act said that cities and towns would also fall under their guidelines. At that time an established work week was set into effect. That work week was to determine that each department would start and stop at a designated time. In this particular department 8:00 to 12:00 and 1:00 tO 5:00 were the times that were set. The board president said that if the public would like he would request the lawyer to research the facts for them. Mr. Heemer asked that perhaps a press release announcing the hours would be the appropriate step to (continued on page 3)

JOHN GLENN ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM & S .... • • Pictured above are the members of John Glenn’s first Academic Decathlon team and their coaches, seated from left to right are team members David Fugate, Loretta Traversa, Ivan Singleton, Tori Hall, Jeff Ludwig and Deb Thompson. Standing: coach Shirley Ross, alternates Angie McKesson, David Belkiewitz, Jennifer Price, Mark Menges, Jill Richmond, Robert Kaercher and coach Linda Parker.

John Glenn High School is one of 52 high schools in Indiana competing in the 1986 United States Academic Decathlon. This acacemic program originated in California in 1968 and became a national competition in 1982. In the past three years the Academic Decathlon has spread to 45 states. This is Indiana's first year to host regional and state competition. John Glenn will compete against six other schools in the day-long regional competition held at Delphi High School on January 18. Schools competing at Delphi’s regional will be South Bend LaSalle High School, Lafayette Harrison High School. Logansport High School, Delphi High School, John Glenn High School, Ginton-Central High School and Crawfordsville High School. The five other regional sites in the state will be Arsenal Tech in Indianapolis, Lawrenceburg, Jasper, Martinsville and Merrillville. The team of juniors and seniors chosen by the John Glenn faculty has been preparing for regional competition for the past two months. Many faculty members have conducted one-hour lecture sessions after school and threehour lecture sessions on Saturdays. What makes the Academic Decathlon so special? First, it’s not just for the academic "elite”. All teams consist of A, B, and C or below grade level students. Second, USAD promotes well-rounded academic experiences. Every team must compete in all ten events. Third, USAD promotes the spirit of team play much like an athletic event. The Super Quiz — the exciting clumination of the day’s activities — generates as much spirit and noise as you'll hear at an exciting basketball game. In addition to the Super Quiz, students are tested in the areas of economics, science, mathematics, fine arts, social science, language and literature. Also, each student must write an essay, give a speech and be interviewed by the business community representatives. As a result of regional competition on January 18, 20 teams will qualify for the State Finals to be

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held on February 15. 1986 at Indiana Central University. Those 20 teams will be competing for the right to represent the state of Indiana at the 1986 National Finals to be held on April 3 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. The Athletic Decathlon is being administered by the Indiana Academic Competitions for Excellence (lACE), a program of the Division of Student Activities of the Indiana Secondary School Administrators. The Decathlon is one of several competitions sponsored by the Indiana Congress of Education and is funded by Lilly Endowment, Inc. FAN BUS FOR KNOX GAME THIS FRIDAY The fan bus for the boys basketball game on Friday, January 17, at Knox, will leave Tyner and North Liberty at 5:45 and Glenn at 6:00 p.m. Adults, $1.00; and students, 50 cents. 81-COUNTY TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT JOHN GLENN LaVilie Bi-County all-session tickets are on sale at John Glenn High School until Tuesday noon on January 21. The price is $6.00. Glenn will play Culver Military Academy in the Bi-County on Wednesday. January 22. at 6:30 p.m. The fan bus will leave Tyner and North Liberty at 5:30 and Glenn at 5:45 p.m. P.T.A. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING TONIGHT AT UREY MIDDLE SCHOOL There will be a P.T.A. organizational meeting for any interested parents at Urey Middle School on Wednesday, January 25 (tonight). The meeting will be held in the library and will begin at 7:00 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact the main office at Urey. LIBERTY HOMEMAKERS TO MEET JANUARY 20 The Liberty Homemakers will meet Monday, January 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Pat Mortakis. Our Happy Ads only $1 50!

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1986

Bi-County Tourney Action AH Week January 20 - 25 The John Glenn teams schedule for the opening round of the BiCounty Tourney action is as follows: The Glenn girls will meet the Bremen team in the main gym at 8:00 p.m. Monday, following the LaVilie and Culver Giris Academy game. If a victor, they will return to the same gym on Tuesday night, to play the second game, also at approximately 8:00 p.m. The Glenn boys will open the tourney action at LaVilie as they play a 6:30 game on Wednesday with the Culver Military Academy Eagles. New Prairie and Argos will play the second game with these two winners forming the opponents for the 7:00 p.m. game Friday night. DAVID RUPEL IN HOSPITAL WITH GUNSHOT INJURY David Rupel. 16. 29400 Lath Trail. North Liberty, a junior at John Glenn High School, was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, with a gunshot wound in the abdomen suffered about 6:30 p.m. Sunday. North Liberty Police Chief Richard Blieley stated the shooting is being treated as an accidental shooting but remains under investigation. The shooting occured at Rupel’s mother’s home at 205 S. Maple Street, North Liberty. No one else was present at the time of the shooting and Rupel told police the gun fired accidentlly. 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 until 8:30, we will have the Reflections contest entries on display in the school cafeteria for everyone to see. The public is invited.

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JOHN GLENN SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES The Board of Trustees of the John Glenn School Corporation met on January 7, 1986 in the library of Urey Middle School. The meeting convened at 7:30 p.m. with all members present with the exception of Mrs. Manuel. The superintendent and 14 observers were also present at the meeting Following a motion by Mr. Peddycord. seconded by Mrs. Beem, the Board voted six to zero to approve the minutes of the December 10, 1985 meeting. In moving to approve the minutes Mr. Pcddycord stated that he . . . "would like to compliment the superintendent and his staff for the organization of the same and how articulate the minutes are. " The superintendent accepted that compliment for the central office staff. Following a motion by Mr. Stull, seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted six to zero to approve claims numbered 1 through 83. OLD BUSINESS A. Amendments to Board Policy: Following discussion and a motion by Mr. Hostetler, seconded by Mr. Peddycord. the Board voted six to zero to approve the following amenedments to Board Policy: 1. BP-1130.5 — Make Up Days, Due to Emergency Gosings of School. 2. BP-6220 — Promotion of Students. 3. BP-6260 — Enrolling Students from Non-Accredited Schools. Copies of these amendments attached to the minutes (published at the end of this report). B. Establish Position of Elementary/Middle School Athletic Director: Following discussion, the Board directed the superintendent to discuss this position with the John Glenn Education Association with regard to including it as a part of extra-curricular duties and not an administrative position. Mr. Stull recommended that a Board member participate in later discussions of the position and report back to the Board. The superintendent and John Glenn Education Association president will report to the Board regarding short-term provisions for this position following their discussions. NEW BUSINESS A. Unpaid Leave: Following a motion by Mr. Ludwig, seconded by Mrs. Beem, the Board voted six to zero to permit Mrs. Diane South, assistant cook at John Glenn High School, to take an unpaid leave February 3 through February 7, 1986. B. Rule 4 Waiver Request: Fol lowing a motion by Mrs. Beem. seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted six to zero to permit the Corporation to file a Rule 4 Waiver Request for the Gifted and Talented Program with the Indiana Department of Education. Mrs Judy New, Gifted and Talented Coordinator, explained to the Board that the purpose of this waiver is to allow the Corporation to grant high school credit to students that have taken courses in the Gifted and Talented Program. At the present time this would only involve algebra which is taught at the eighth grade level. However, in the future the program may be expand (continued on page 3)