The Independent-News, Volume 111, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 January 1986 — Page 4

- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - JANUARY JO, 1966

EDITORIALS

TRAGEDY IN SPACE Tuesday, January 28, 1986, will be long remembered as the day of the tragedy in space. The shocking news and views to millions of people of the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger hit the public the hardest of anv one incident since the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. This space tragedy had an extra chapter written into its history by the fact that a citizen, Christa McAuliffe, was aboard along with the six other trained astronauts. The United States has put people in space on 55 different occasions since the beginning of their space program, and put the shuttles up 24 times before, very successfully in each case as all those aboard have returned to earth, sometimes with some incidents, but always safely. One accident did take the lives of three astronauts, back in 1967, but this was in an accident on the ground, not in the realms of space. With the space programs being 100 percent open in this country, taking off and landing time and time again in front of millions and millions on television, it has come to be something that is taken for granted. There is always interest in the blast-off of a space vehicle, whether it be one of the shuttles or the earlier space capsules, but with 24 successful missions of the shuttle program history, each one ending in a safe return, we have begun to take these missions for granted. Despite the fact that the main purpose of the missions continues to learn more about and do more in space, these are still dangerous missions that too many people take for granted. This is a trait of the human race in many instances, too much is taken for granted and the risks and dangers involved are overlooked by the past histories of such events. The Tuesday tragedy has put the shuttle missions on hold, and this was to be by far the busiest year as no less than 15 missions were scheduled for 1986. This will not be the end of the space program, but certainly until a thorough investigation is completed and the safety of future flights is more assured, the program will be delayed. When one reflects back on the twenty-some years of the space program, it is amazing just how far our technology has progressed and the results that have been realized. It hasn’t even been that long that air travel was born, let alone improved and extended to flights into what we know as outer space. The importance of such a program has often been questioned, but certainly this is an area that exploration and more knowledge of must come. The tragedy of Tuesday does bring one back to reality however. One should think when the talks about nuclear wars and defenses is mentioned, what kind of tragedy would we have if an accident such as this involved a nuclear weapon. The battle for superiority in space will continue, the progress made will be continued and deservedly so. However, the memory of the tragic explosion of Tuesday’s space shuttle will live long in the minds and hearts of Americans and people the world over. WHEK...

1981 Headlines all over the United States read: "52 Hostages Freed At Last!" The 52 American hostages. 50 men and two women, were freed from Iran On Tuesday, January 20. The hostages were captured when Iranian militants overran the U. S. Embasy in Tehran, on November 4, 1979. The 444 day capture of the hostages included communications specialists, diplomats, teachers. Marine guards, businessmen and servicemen, rangning age from 20 to 04, were the remaining hostages from among 98 captured by the Moslem revolutionaries The Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Board approved a resolution in conjunction with the South Bend Community School Corp annexing Liberty Township, St. Joseph County, to the Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Corp, effective 30 days after the last publication notice has been ad vertiaed. The resolution states that all Liberty Township students will be PlJ's responsibility after June 8, 1981. The New Walkerton Lanes. 508 Roosevelt Road. Walkerton. was purchased by Mel and Kathryn Chrapliwy, of Walkerton, from Mr and Mrs B F "Bunny" Williams on Thursday, January 15. The new owners plan to extend the menu of the restaurant and add dinners for the evening hours.

1971 The John Glenn Falcons met the Bremen Lions in the opening round of the Bi-County Tourney on Wednesday night and the two teams combined for 30 minutes of boredom and two minutes of excitement as Bremen outlasted a late Glenn drive to win 41-39. A free throw by Bruce Nickerson after time had run out broke a 50-50 tie Thursday night and handed the North Liberty Shamrocks a defeat in their opening round of the BiCounty Tourney to New Prairie. Second semester Adult Education classes at John Glenn will be gin on February 1. A new class offered is beginning bridge, taught by Mrs. Jo Ellen Walmoth. 1966 A benefit basketball game will be held Tuesday. February 8. at North Liberty. This game will pit the Beatty Memorial Hospital basket ball team agains the North Liberty independents The game will be a benefit for the hospital. At the market pork steak was selling for 69 cents a pound; bacon at 79 cents a pound; hamburger buns at 19 cents for a package; wieners at 99 cents for two pounds and six ice cream bars for 29 cents 1961 After the mid-term exams which are now in progress at St. Pat nek's School, Pare nt-Teacher conferenc es will be held on Sunday and

throughout the evening of next week, if necessary. The Walkerton Lions Gub will hold a Ladies Night meeting this Tuesday with guests also present from New Carlisle Lions Gub. Statistics released by the Chicago office of Dun and Bradstreet reflect the growth of the business population in St. Joseph County during the past year. Figures obtained form a physical count of the firm reference books for January totaled 3,322 manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers in this area as compared to 3,315 in January of 1960. 1956 The newly crowned Champions let their emotions be known after downing Lakeville 55-45 for the title on Saturday night. The newly crowned team from Walkerton is overjoyed. Team members are Terry Anderson, Jim Guttman, Jerry DePoy, Jerry Cotton, Tom McMahon, Kenny Baker, Denny Groves, Fred Shultz, Jerry Johnson, Bob Hopper, Jim Martin and Tom Ward. The boys are coached by Grover Smith. 1951 Saturday, January 27, will be known as “All Degree Day” for the Masonic Lodges of St. Joseph County. On that day. all eight lodges of the county will meet together to confer the three degrees of the order in a special ceremonial to be staged in the North Liberty High School gym. A long fire alarm of a dozen or more blasts, repeated at intervals had everybody in town up at five o'clock Monday morning. So emphatic were the blasts that folks through the whole town must be afire, of that Joe Stalin & Company had arrived with a plane load of A bombs. The telephone office had received no call for help; nor had fire chief Charles Cripe. Finally the fire department made a run two miles east of town where they found a truck on fire. It seems that police officer Lowell Good, who is new on the force, got a bit “trigger"' happy with the alarm and over did his duty a trifle. No harm done, but a lot of folks lost some needed sleep. The North Liberty Machinery. Inc., will have its annual free party and stage show at the school building on next Wednesday evening, January 31. The fine show will begin at 7:30 p.m. which is geared for the whole family with clean and lively entertainment. Radio, stage and television favorites will present numebers that have been big hits all over the country. 1946 The drive for the voluntary funds in support of the Walkerton Youth Center will formally end on February 12, according to F. S. Leßoy, who is in charge of the project. The Youth Center was taken over by a voluntary committee of local people on December first and the campaign for funds was started at that time. 1931 Attention of farmers is called to the fact that all seed advertised for sale, either through sale bills or newspapers, must be tagged with Indiana seed tags, according to information sent out by H. R. Kraybill, state chemist and seed commissioner. The County Basketball tournament will be held on January 30 and 31 at the North Liberty School. At the market homemade sauerkraut was selling for 25 cents for a four pound container; two pounds of frankfurters for 37 cents; a pound of butter for 32 cents; 24‘/i pounds of White Star flour for 55 cents; a pound of Colby cheese for 25 cents; five pounds of buckwheat for 29 cents; Peaberry coffee at 20 cents a pound; three heads of lettuce for 25 cents; and foursewed. plain handle, wonderful value brooms for only 39 cents. Be a careful driver always! Th* nations of teatand, Costa Rica and Lichtan •tain have no armed forcea

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Pornography Hanna Us All I heard recently on television that 80% of the pornographic magazines end up in children's hands. 1 believe we all should know pornography promotes and encourages immorality. Immorality whether it's in magazines or television, etc., harms us all. I’m against pornography, which some people call garbage, for the same reason I’m against throwing raw garbage around uncontained. They both breed disease. May I remind Americans, the more immoral our beloved country becomes, the more social problems we have. The more social problems we have, the more laws and tax money are needed to try to solve them. This all directly affects all of us. May I ask those, who believe they have a right to have pornography to do an in depth, nobbias study in our beloved Country's history. I'm sure you would find that most of our laws derived from Biblical morals, which became known as our traditional morals. Therefore, we became known as a Christian nation. Christianity has given us more rights and more freedom than man has ever known. Some people say the Old Testament of the Bible is a pornographic book. Say this was true, please remember, the Bible comes out strongly against all immorality.

EASY ENTERTAINING STARTS WITH SIMPLE, ELEGANT RECIPES

The pleasun* of entertaining at home is sharing time with welcome friends But preparing the food is often so time-consuming that a host can spend only moments with dinner guests' Home dinner parties needn't be frantic The key is selecting recipes that can be prepared ahead of time and whisked onto the table in a flash Main dish casseroles that go from oven to table are good choices, as are side dishes that can be partially cooked and warmed briefly before serving And remember to use convenience appliances- -microwaves for vegetables, blenders for quick mixing The Canned Food Information Council also suggests taking advantage of some of the 1,500 different canned products that save work for you This marinated antipasta is great as either salad or appetizer, takes only minutes to prepare and is served directly from the refrigerator Antipasta 1 16-ounce can sliced carrots 1 17-ou nee can lima beans 1 16 1/2-ounce can garbanzo or kidney beans I 16-ounce can xucchini in tomato sauce 2 4-ounce mushroom pieces

“Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people’’, (Proverbs 14:34). For those who still believe they have a right to pornography, may I ask you, would you still feel the same if a man became sexually aroused by pornography, and raped your wife or daughter? Please don't say this doesn't happen, because it does. Also since pornography will directly affect my family, 1 believe my rights to protect my family, supercedes your rights to pornography. In other words, your rights end where my rights begin. Chauncey L. Bennett Help as much as you can. + • Ww

J 13 3/4-ounce can artichoke hearts 1 12-ounce can tuna in oil 1 6-ounee can orange juice (2/3 cup) 2 tablespoons cooking oil 2 tablespoons wine vinegar 2 tablespoons each, chopped green onion and parsley 1/2 teaspoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon each. tarragon, basil, chervil, dry mustard and salt 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Drain vegetables thoroughly; cut artichoke hearts into sixths. Drain tuna, reserving oil — add tuna oil to remaining ingredients and mix well. Place vegetables and tuna on a deep serving platter or in a shallow baking dish. Pour marinade over vegetables and tuna. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Serve as appetiser or salad. Serve with Italian bread or sesame crackers. Makes 36-40 appetiser servings or 8-10 main dish salads NOTE: For half the servings, omit 1 can lima or garbanzo beans, 1 can mushrooms and artichoke hearts—use 1 6-ounce can tuna and 1-8 ounce can carrots. Cut marinade ingredients in halt.