The Independent-News, Volume 111, Number 42, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 20 March 1986 — Page 2

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JOHN GLENN SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES (continued from page 1) erintendent presented to the Board a list of items gathered from all four Corporation school buildings which will be placed on sale to be conducted by Kaser Auction Service as earlier directed by the Board C. Award Bid For Bus #l9 Sale: Following a motion by Mr. Stull, seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted five to zero to accept the $35.00 bid by Mr. Henry Haag for bus body #l9. A bid of $25.00 was also received from Mr. Joseph Snyder. NEW BUSINESS A. Request For Medical Leave: Following a motion by Mrs. Beem, seconded by Mr. Stull, the Board voted five to zero to grant the request of Mrs. Martha Keeling, John Glenn High School cook, for a medical leave of approximately five weeks. Mrs. Keeling will utilize her accumulated sick leave and personal days before being placed on nonpaid status. B. Appointments — Following a motion by Mr. Hostetler, seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted five to zero to appoint Julie Knepp as temporary cook at John Glenn High School. Following a motion by Mr. Stull, seconded by Mrs. Beem, the Board voted five to zero to appoint Gene Davis as middle school girls track coach for the 1986 season. C. Permission To Advertise For School Bus(es): The superintendent submitted to the Board a report detailing all School Corporation buses, year, make and mileage. The Board discussed the age and relative condition of both the School Corporation owned and driver owned fleet. Following a motion by Mr. Hostetler, seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted five to zero to authorize the superintendent to advertise for the purchase of one or more 66 passenger school buses, according to the specifications as presented to the Board. Bids will be taken at the April 8 meeting and awarded at a later date. D. Conference Requests: Following a motion by Mr. Stull, seconded by Mrs. Beem, the Board voted five to zero to grant the following faculty conference requests: 1. Dennis Rippy, John Glenn High School, “Indiana Football Coaches Association Qinic”, Indianapolis, March 21,1986. 2. Linda Kahn and Nancy Hindman, John Glenn High School, “Previewing Software”, Elkhart Career Center, March 14,1986. 3. Linda Larson, North Liberty School; Chris Lyle, Urey Middle School; Mary Jo Cunningham, Bruce Fleming, John Glenn High School, “G/T Math Consultation”, Walkerton Elementary School, April 3, 1986. 4. Deb Pickerel!, North Liberty School, "Frank Schaffer Seminar”, South Bend, April 15, 1986. 5. Brunette Mihail. Barbara Flosenzier, Walkerton Elementary School, "Junior Great Books Leader Training”, Mishawaka, May 15-16,1986. 6. Linda Parker and Bruce Fleming, John Glenn High School, "Curriculum Development In Science And Mathematics For G/T”, Indianapolis, April 11, 1986. 7. Carolyn Park, North Liberty School, "What You Need To Know About Preventing Teenage Suicide”, Goshen College, March 13, 1986 E. Conference Reports: The Board accepted written conference reports from the following faculty members: 1. Brent Kaufman, Sandra Savoie, Carol Whitmer, North Liberty School; Teresa Hensler, Walkerton Elementary School, "Math Curricuium Review”.

2. Jan Hayes, North Liberty School, "NCA Visitation At Brownsburg”. F. World’s Longest Note: Following a motion by Mr. Hostetler, seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted five to zero to authorize the Board secretary to write and direct a letter to the Guinness Book of World Records organization in order to document the Walkerton Elementary School Choir effort at setting the record for the World’s Longest Note on February 14, 1986. G. North Liberty School — NCA Visitation Report: Mr. Kaufman, principal at North Liberty School, and Mrs. Hayes, chairperson of the NCA Steering Committee, reported to the Board concerning the upcoming visitation on April 15-18, 1986. A copy of the schedule and self-study documents were presented to the Board. Mr. Kaufman stated that he wished to compliment the entire North Liberty School staff for their efforts in compiling the self-study report and preparing for the visitation team. All staff members are anxious to receive recommendations from the visiting team. H. Indiana State Board Os Education — Major Goals: The superintendent submitted to the Board a document of the Indiana State Board of Education listing its six major goals as adopted on February 5, 1986. The superintendent and Board members commented on the scope of these goals and their strong support for the ongoing efforts of the State Board of Education. I. Others: 1. Farm Bureau Meeting: Mr. Millar, Mrs. Beem and Dr. Smith will attend the St. Joseph County Farm Bureau "Local Affairs School Board Meeting on March 20, 1986. 2. Property And Liability Insurance: Dr. Smith presented information to the Board concerning the type and cost of Corporation insurance that is due for renewal in June of this year. The Board directed the superintendent to solicit a renewal quote from the current carrier, John Smail Agency. If that quote is determined not to be satisfactory in light of the current insurance market, the Board will request an extension of current coverages and solicit bids on all insurance that is up for renewal. Dr. Smith also explained to the Board that he has been engaged in investigation of the feasibility of group insurance purchases for all types of insurance utilized by the Corporation. The Board directed the superintendent to continue those investigations and in the near future to return to the Board with a recommendation on the feasibility of joining an insurance trust for group purchases. 3. Music Contest Winners: The Board congratulated Mr. Jim Perry, instrumental director, and Mrs. Jill Hostetler, vocal director, and their music students on recent state contest results. ( A list of student names and contest results are published elsewhere in this issue.) 4. ISBA Legislative Meeting: Due to a conflict with the NCA Visitation schedule at North Liberty School, the Board directed the superintendent to find a different location and date to attend the ISBA Legislative meeting in April. NEXT MEETING DATE The Board will meet in regular session on March 25, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in the library of John Glenn High School. ADJOURNMENT Following a motion by Mr. Ludwig, seconded by Mr. Stull, the Board voted five to zero to adjourn at 9:25 p.m. WALKERTON MONS MEET The Walkerton Lions Club met for their regular monthly meeting Monday, March 17, at Lea's House of Pizza. The meeting was opened by president, Joe Lowry. Secre-tary-treasurer, Don King, gave the final report for the birthday calen-

dar. The Lions voted to provide examination and glasses for twn Walkerton Elementary students. Lion Horace Fields reported that old glasses are being collected by the Lions for re-use around the world. Anyone wishing to contribute old glasses should give them to Horace Fields. Plans are being made for the sale of gas raffle tickets during the month of June. All Lions will have tickets for sale. The next business meeting of the club will be held at Welco on Saturday, April 5, at 7:30 a.m. and the next regular meeting will be on Monday, April 21, at 6:30 p.m. at Lea's House of Pizza. Art Festival Set For April 19 & 20 At JGHS With less than a month to go, plans are rounding down for this year’s Fine Arts Festival, sponsored by Epsilon Chi and Zeta Pi, the Walkerton and North Liberty chapters of Tri Kappa. The festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and 20, at the John Glenn High School, in the dining commons. Rules for the contest are stated as follows: CONTEST RULES 1. Entries should be brought to the John Glenn High School gymnasium on Saturday, April 19, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. 2. The public showing of art and craft entries will be in the John Glenn High School gymnasium beginning Saturday evening, April 19 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoon, April 20th, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. 3. Students in kindergarten through grade 12 and any adults may participate. 4. Contestants are limited to three entries for high school students and adults; two entries for kindergarten through Bth grade. 5. Each entry should have contestant’s name, school, grade and media on the entry blank. Media is the material used in the art such as watercolor, oil, crayon, ink, pencil, charcoal, etc. Labels may be obtained from the schools’ art teachers or local newspaper, or on Saturday, April 19th. Adult entry blanks are in the local paper. 6. Art or craft not labeled as such will be labeled at the discretion of the art show committee. Unidentifiable work will be ineligible. 7. Adults will be judged separately from students and should include address on entry blanks. 8. All work submitted must have been done by the contestants themselves since July 1, 1985. 9. Three-dimensional work is considered a craft unless the contest committee is advised differently. The work will be categorized at the discretion of the contest committee. 10. Painting-by-numbers, tracing, kits, molds or any other direct copying will not be permitted. Committee’s decision is final. 11. Photos are accepted if taken by the participant since the last contest and if they fulfill purposes of the art contest as determined by the committee. Photos may be black and white or color and at least 30 square inches in size. Photos should be matted or framed. 12. Judging will be done on the basis of originality, composition, color and neatness. Mounted or matted work has the best appearance. 13. Each grade will be judged separately from another for kindergarten through grade 8. 14. Consultation is permissible as long as the art submitted is the contestant’s own work. 15. Adult entries should be claimed immediately after the public showing at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, April 20.

16. Liability —AH entries and accepted works are submitted at the owner’s risk. The art committee will do its best to care for the art work. A committee member will be present from the time the work is brought in on Saturday morning until after the showing on Sunday, or the building is locked. TRI KAPPA NEWS The March 12th meeting of the Zeta Pi Chapter of Tri Kappa was held at the home of Julie Knepp, with 20 members in attendance. Tish West presided. The guest speaker of the evening was Sharon Melton, president of Epsilon Lambda Chapter of South Bend. She explained the work of the annual drama presented each year by the joint efforts of their chapter and IUSB. They have sponsored it for 20 years, with this year's production being "Rumplestiltskin”. Area students have enjoyed the play through the years and it is hoped more of them can attend future ones. Julie Carr, State Fine Arts Chairman, showed the pictorai edition of Tri Kappa's paintings which are housed at the Rose Hulman Institute in Terre Haute. She also reminded everyone of the upcoming Fine Arts Festival which will be held in conjunction with the Epsilon Chi Chapter of Walkerton, on April 19 and 20 at the John Glenn High School. The annual Easter Breakfast will be held at the North Liberty Elementary School on March 22 at 10:00 a.m. for children pre-school age through third grade. Entertainment will be provided. In keeping with the anniversary theme a beautifully decorated cake was served at the close of the meeting by the co-hostesses, Karen Warner and Mary Kay Stedman, as this was the chapter’s 17th anniversary. The next meeting will be Apirl 9 at the home of Joyce Liggett with Julie Carr and Wiiladene Malstaff as co-hostesses. SENIOR CITIZEN BOWLING NEWS With a few returning "Sun Birds", the ranks of the Senior Bowlers increased this past week. Eleven ladies and 12 gents were out and were urged on to make the pins fly by two spectators. Liz Moreau really got her game going this weekl Her 177 was high game winner and her 253 high handicap game was best by far among the ladies. "Grandma” Norine Divine took high series honors by totaling a 402. All the ladies enjoyed lots of exercise as they roiled the second ball almost every frame! What a day the gents had as some very real contests developed I High game was rolled by Marion Anderson with a 210, iust besting Harold Schweder’s 208. There were five gents in the battle for high handicap game. Bud Weinman totaled a 223, Harold Schweder a 227, Jim Martin a 228, Lou Brandenburg a 230 and Marion Anderson a 236 to take the honors. In the high series race, Bud Weinman roiled an even 500, Lou Brandenburg a 514, Harold Schweder a 522, all topped by Marion Anderson’s 536. That was some very nice competition, gents! With the season well along, it is interesting to note that there are two of the seniors, Paul Dampt and Harold Schweder, who have attended every session, each having rolled 72 games to date. That is an impressive record, especially for seniors. Come out and join them for an afternoon of fun and exercise. R.E.A.L. SERVICES NUTRITION PROGRAM N. L. United Methodtet Chuck Phone 656-3353 the day prior for

reservations. And STARKE COUNTY NUTRITION PROGRAM Koonzt Lake Conservation Club Phone 586-2376 for reservations. MARCH 24 ■ 28 MONDAY — CHEF’S SELECTION Juice Entree Vegetable or salad Bread and margarine Dessert Milk, tea, coffee TUESDAY Vegetable cocktail juice Meatballs and gravy Fluffy rice Broccoli Whole wheat bread and margarine Red apple Milk, tea, coffee WEDNESDAY Orange-grapefruit juice Baked chicken quarter Sage dressing and gravy Gingerale fruit salad Cracked wheat bread and margarine Oatmeal cookie Milk, tea, coffee THURSDAY Hawaiian punch Hamburger on bun with condiments Chicken rice soup Crackers Cole slaw Butterscotch pudding Milk, tea. coffee FRIDAY Apricot juice Baked fish with tartar sacue Au gratin potatoes Buttered beets Rye bread and margarine Applesauce Milk, tea. coffee

CARD OF THANKS|

The family of Frances Jeanette Guttman would like to thank everyone for the concern shown during our loss. The cards, memorials and flowers were greatly appreciaated. John and Virginia Guttman and Family Jim and Lane Guttman And Family Words cannot express the gratitude to our friends, relatives and neighbors for their cards, flowers and phone calls during my hopital stay in the Methodist Hospital, in Merrillville. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dipert The family of John Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trigg, mother, stepfather, sisters and son Raymond, wish to thank the friends and those of you who attended the services. We also would like to thank his nieces Martha Ann and Katherine and their families for all their love and understanding for the last seven years of his sickness, they were there when John needed them and then when we needed them. We also would like to thank those who sent flowers and Manual Funeral Home. A member of the family was to send thank you cards but failed to do so, and due to that we would like to publicly thank all of you. His mother, stepfather and son, Raymond, took care of all the financial responsibilities of the funeral, and Raymond, at the time of his father’s death, could not be notified, and he also would like to thank all of you. A special thanks to the Jimerson and Cole families. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trigg WALKERTON NURSERY SCHOOL REGISTRATION The Walkerton Nursery School sponsored by the Walkerton United Methodist Church is registering for fall classes. There are still a few openings. Please call the church office at 586-3534 or stop in between 9:00 - 11:30; 12:30 - 3:00. The classes are for 3 and 4 year olds.