The Independent-News, Volume 111, Number 41, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 13 March 1986 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 111; NUMBER 41

Falcons Fall In Two Ovortlmos In Soctlonal Tourney The John Glenn Falcons ended the 1985-86 basketball campaign on Friday night with an heartbreaking double overtime loss in the Plymouth Sectional tourney. The 62-60 decision to Culver Military Academy ended the year with a 7-14 record and the only losing season in the tenure of Gordon Mosson as head coach. The season was expected to be a complete rebuilding season, but after compiling a 7-5 margin one game into the Bi-Coun-ty tourney, to finish 7-14 was very disappointing as almost all of the games were close games until possibly the last few minutes. Many Falcon fans could see the possibility of a reversal of last year's sectional when a favored Glenn team defeated Plymouth in a very emotional and hard game on Friday night to then lose to the LaVlille Lancers in the championship game on Saturday. This year the role was reversed, Glenn and CMA had the break of the draw, with the four teams all given a chance to win the title bumping heads on Wednesday and then the winners again on Friday. As it resulted, the Lancers defended their crown with two exceptional efforts on Wednesday and Friday and didn’t have much trouble disposing of CMA on Saturday. Both teams had several chances to win the game outright. Things looked good for Glenn and gloomy for Culver when the Falcons took a four point lead. 54-50 with 17 seconds left in regulation time and Sam Borton on the free throw line after hitting his first attempt. He missed the second and the Eagles took the ball right down floor and Bland Matthews put a missed CMA shot back in for a rebound basket and the Eagles quickly called a timeout. With :08 showing and a lot of pressure, the inbounds pass found the Falcons moving toward the pass and stepping on the line, giving the ball back to Culver with seven seconds now left. The inbounds pass to Todd Deery was returned to Matthews on the baseline about 13 feet out and he flipped up a jumper that went through cleanly as the clock ticked from :03 to :02 and Glenn got a timeout. After the timeout, a halfcourt desperation shot by Wes Pavey missed and the crowd settled back for an overtime period. In the three minute extra period, the Falcons got the ball and kept the ball on the outside, not really forcing any action and the Eagles were content to set back and wait. However, after a minute and 20 seconds had passed, Deery broke from the middle of the zone to intercept a pass out front and drove for an uncontested lay-in and a 56-54 lead. Pavey came right back with a medium length baseline jumper as the time read 1:15. After the inbounds, CMA was unable to get the ball across the time line in 10 seconds and Glenn had the ball again, but was unable to score and the last frantic seconds found the Eagles really blowing a chance when an intercepted pass with about five seconds left gave Tom Mortell a break away, but not knowing how much time was left he threw up a very poor attempt with about three ticks left (continued on Page 5)

SELECT THREE DELEGATES TO GIRLS STATE At a recent meeting, Edward Sousley Unit 365 North Liberty, and Orville Easterday Unit 189, Walkerton, the American Legion Auxiliary, selected three delegates to Hoosier Girls State, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary Chosen as delegate sponsored by the North Liberty Unit is Mindy S. Salyer, the 16-year-old daughter of James and Lillian Salyer, 24550 Riley Road, North Liberty. Mindy is on the Student Council, the Junior Board of Directors and participates in the sports of volleyball, basketball and tennis. She is a member of the National Honor Society and attends St. John's Lutheran Church. Her plans are to attend Indiana University to study law. The delegates sponsored by the Walkerton Unit are Cindy Beghtel and Cynthia D. Wright. Cindy, 17 years old, is the daughter ot Robert and Nancy Beghtel, Rural Route 1. Box 57, Walkerton. Her extracurricular activities include acting as camp counselor for North Liberty Bth grade campout, an office aide at John Glenn High School and participates in the sports of volleyball, tennis and is a member of the Varsity Club. W‘7 Mk I Cindy’s hobbies include crocheting, knitting, reading and any kind of sports. Her favorite classes in school are history, chemistry and accounting. The St. John’s Lutheran Church is the church of her choice. Cindy plans to attend IUSB for one semester after graduation in 1987, after which she plans to study Business at Purdue University in which she would like to get a doctor’s degree. Cynthia (Cindy) is 16 and the daughter of Donna Wright, Granite City, Illinois, and Jean Wright, Rural Route 1, Box 396, Walkerton. She is a member of the Lincoln

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1986 WIN COMMITTEE ORGANIZED The 1986 WIN Committee met on two occasions to formulate the committee for the new campaign which will be kicking-off shortly. Serving on the committee chaired by Susan Urbin are Larry Hiler, contributions and industrial; Jay Potts, distribution; Mary Ann Christensen, Betty King and Urbin, promotion; Mavm Daube and Bill Allen. The committee will meet on Friday, March 21, at 10:00 a.m. at Welco. TO ALL PROJECT SAFE PARTICIPANTS Effective March 15, 1986, Project Safe will no longer protect you from being shut off for non-payment. All recipients who have not paid any and all previous balances with the Town of Walkerton Utility Company will be shut off the morning of March 17, 1986. Also, those people who have violated contracts while on Project Safe will no longer be eligibile for contracts and ex pected to pay in full to have their service continue uninterrupted. Town Os Walkerton NOTICE OF MEETING The Walkerton Fourth of July committee will meet on Thursday, March 20, at 7:00 p.m., at the Youth Building. COUNTY UNE CLUB TO MEET MONDAY The County Line Club will meet on Monday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Laura Hathaway, with Mrs. Calvin Kronk assisting. r 1 I i i i i Twp. 4-H Club and is a member of the Grace Baptist Church. The alternate for both Units is Veronica Clark, 16, the daughther of Eileen Clark and the late Mr. David Clark, 29351 Rankert Rd., North Liberty. Hoosier's Girls’ State will be June 15-22 at Indiana State University, Terre Haute. The purpose of Girls' State is to educate young women in the duties, privileges, rights and responsibilities of American Citizenship. Special emphasis is upon the contribution women can make in local, county and state government. Hoosiers Girls' State is a school of government and practical politics that is non-parti-san and non-political. The American Legion Auxiliary urges the Girl State delegates to return to their respective schools as a senior and conduct a similar mock campaign to elect officials.

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Basketball Tourney On Saturday At North Liberty The North Liberty seventh and eighth grade basketball tourney will be held on Saturday, March 15 at the school with New Prairie, LaVille and Urey participating. The tourney will begin at 9:00 a.m. The pairings for the eighth grade teams is as follows: 9:00 a.m. Urey and North Liberty followed at 10:30 by the New Prairie and LaVille game. The championship game will be at 2:30 p.m. in the gymnasium. The seventh grade pairings beginning at 9:00 a.m. will have New Prairie and LaVille playing followed at 10:30 by the Urey and North Liberty game. The championship game will be at 1:00 p.m. in the multipurpose room. Admission is $2.00 for adults; SI.OO for students and pre-school-ers, free. Tri Kappa Art Festival Set For April 19 & 20 The Arts and Crafts Festival, sponsored by two area Tri Kappa chapters. Epsilon Chi of Walkerton and Zeta Pi of North Liberty, is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday April 19 and 20 in the John Glenn High School dining commons. The show will feature art work and crafts by residents of the John Glenn School Corporation from kindergarten to adult. Viewing of the work will be 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m on Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. The John Glenn High School Jazz Band and Swing Choir will also be performing on Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00, along with other John Glenn School Corporation students. John Glenn High School students will, once again, feature their literary magazine, the “Aerial”. Limited copies will be available at the Festival for SI.OO a copy. Participants in the arts, crafts and photography sector of the show should bring their entries to the John Glenn High School dining commons between 9:00 a.m and 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 19. NORTH LIBERTY YOUTH LEAGUE REGISTRATION The North Liberty Youth League registration will be held on Saturday, March 8, and March 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the V.F.W. Post, Tamarack Road. North Liberty. Registration is for T-Ball, baseball and softball. BUS DRIVER TRAINING The State Department of Education, through the Division of School Traffic and Emergency Planning, offers a School Bus Driver Training Program. When sponsored by a school corporation, individuals mas attend a training course to become certified to drive a school bus. John Glenn School Corporation is in need of substitute, school bus drivers and would like to speak with interested individuals. For more information, please call the superintendent’s office, 586-3129.

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Retail Merchants Committee Elects Chairman The Retail Merchants Committee met on Thursday, March 6, at Lea’s House of Pizza, at 12:00 noon, to organize for the year. Being elected chairman was Kenny Chapman and co-chairman, Ron Fox. The group has hired Bill Stevens of Steven’s Info Service as bookkeeper. Mary Ann Christensen is advertising manager. Several promotions have been set up by the committee with Dollar Days to be held on April 17, 18 and 19; a Mother's Day and Father's Day promotion planned. Serving on the committee along with Chapman and Fox are Jack Wardman. Mary Ann Christensen, Pattv Jacob. Sue Urbin and Clvde Bick. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Dale Merkel. Rural Route 2, Walkerton, are the proud parents of a son, Dustin Joseph, born on Saturday, March 8. in Memorial Hospital. South Bend. He weighed in at seven pounds and eight ounces. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Scott, of Dyer; paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Larry Merkel. Walkerton; and paternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Merkel, Walkerton, and Louis Guise, Oceanside. California. Steve and Barbara (Rundle) Hampton, Cerritos, California, are the parents of a baby girl, born on Wednesday, March 5. She has been named Katy Meredith Grandparents are Mr. and mrs. Milne Rundle. Koontz Lake. Mark and Kim (Dunnuck) McDanell, Phoenix. Arizona, announce the arrival of a daughter, Lauren Dianne, born on Fridav, March 7. Maternal grandparents are Ike and Carolyn Dunnuck, of North Liberty, and maternal great grandmother is Mrs. Lucile Lutz, of North Liberty. DIABETIC SCREENING AT KOONTZ LAKE MARCH 26 Diabetic screening will be held at the Koontz Lake Clinic, on Wednesday. March 26, from 10:00 a m. to 12:00 noon. Everyone over 21 years of age is welcome. This is free of charge. For further information contact Marv Ann Bomba getti at 772-4458 or 772-6231, ext. 250, Knox. WALKERTON LIONS TO MEET The Walkerton Lions Club will hold its regular meeting Monday evening. March 17. at 6:30. at Lea's House of Pizza. ATTENTION WOMEN’S SLOW-PITCH PLAYERS We are looking for any individuals or new teams who would be interested in playing in the Walkerton Women's League. If you are interested please contact Pam O'Dell at 586-2261 or Connie Knowlton at 586-3086 as soon as possible. VOTER REGISTRATION If you are not registered to vote, you may do so at the Walkerton License Branch by March 22.