The Independent-News, Volume 112, Number 42, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 19 March 1987 — Page 4

- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - MARCH 19, 1987

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THE BAND-AID APPROACH Monday at their Board of Trustees meeting, the South Bend Community School Corporation unanimously approved the paying of tuition of those “Eligible Students in the southwestern portion of Greene Township to the John Glenn School Corporation schools if accepted by the Glenn Board of Trustees. This nearly two-year long battle by a group of residents feeling their closer association with the rural area and neighboring North Liberty, was then put in the hands of the John Glenn Board. This rather sudden action, which really appeared to be acceptable at the meeting two weeks earlier by the SBCSC, now makes the John Glenn officials the one in charge. However, despite the fact that this tuition transfer plan does stop the immediate “bleeding”, no way does this put a permanent solution to the problem for the entire affected area. This, according to the resolution approved on Monday by South Bend, only includes the 1987-88 school year. Further, restrictions are such that only those living in this area as of March 1, 1987, are eligible. No new families to this area after this date will be included. This, if the plan is continued to be accepted further down the road, could once again cause a serious split between families living together as neighbors and friends, etc. Add to this fact, who knows what may happen when the SBCSC Board changes from election to election. Will students who have been transferred to the John Glenn Corporation for a year, two years, or whatever, suddenly be put back in the SBCSC because of a change of board feelings or a change of the board itself? It is our feeling that the burden put on the John Glenn School Board is unfair in this “open end” type of situation. The John Glenn officials must plan for and accomodate the students, although not that great in number, could cause a classroom space problem in a given class in the now existent or expanded Prime Time program. As few as three or four in a given Prime Time class could cause this crowding problem and as of this time, the education legislation is far from being settled and who knows what this will include before the end of this current legislative session. Also, the uncertainty of the program down the years, puts additional pressure on the Glenn Board even though the Corporation can now accomodate the students with very little problem. This puts the Glenn Board in a position of being wrong either way, they would be wrong to accept such an incomplete program that has no definite plans for the future, or they would be wrong if they rejected the plan, denying the Greene Township residents the privilege of having their children attend the school system they prefer. We feel this resolution by South Bend, which in no way was the result of negotiations between the two boards, while immediately doing what has been sought, is not an acceptable solution to the problems of the affected area of Greene Township. This “Band-Aid” approach may have stopped the bleeding at this time, but isn’t going to satisfactorily heal the wound. , ■—w " * if- — F^^emember/W ; ' WHEN.. •

1972 Pat Jacobson, senior at John Glenn, placed sixth in advanced vaulting at the ninth annual State GAA Gymnastics meet held at Munster on Saturday. The North Liberty High Schoo! music department will present their annual Spring Concert on March 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school gym. This concert is being performed as a token appreciation to the community for their tremendous moral and financial support of the Band Program in the past. Going into effect will be the 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday deadline for all news articles and classifieds for “The Independent-News". Easter cantatas will be performed at both the Methodist Church, in Walkerton, and at the Koontz Lake Missionary Church, on Sunday. 1952 Mrs. Jane Chapman, chairman of the Orville Easterday Post American Legion bloodmobile project, reports that the Fort Wayne unit will come to Walkerton on May 2. It is hoped that the entire community will participate in this worthwhile project and give a pint of blood. The South Bend Shrine Club's

annual Charity Show has been announced for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 17, 18 and 19 with The Mariners, one of the country’s outstanding male quartets, will again headline the show which will be held at John Adams High School auditorium. The county schools were closed Wednesday afternoon to give all the teachers of the county an opportunity to examine textbooks at Washington-Clay High School. Representatives from the various publishers of school textbooks were there to point out the merits of their books and answer any questions the teachers might have. Donald Aldrich has purchased the D-X Service Station from John Solmos and started operations Monday morning. He will be assisted on the drive by his brother, Devon Aldrich, and Dick Adams, who will give part time service. For 30 years the Woman’s Community Club has set aside one program during the club season for the entertainment of their husbands to make up for the hurried meals they have had to take on account of club activities. Last Friday night was the night and the party was held at the Presbyterian Church. The pot luck supper was served at tables decorated with St. Patrick’s Day

decorations. 1942 Men. women and young folks in Indiana will do something never before attempted in this state or in any other state in the Union when they go to the voting polls on Sunday. April 12, to register their voluntary participation in the nation’s drive to finance its greatest war by sale of Defense Bonds. The citizenry of Walkerton and Lincoln Township have subscribed over one hundred thousand dollars in Government Defense Bonds and Stamps according to postmaster A. L. Rogers and Wayne Burch, assistant cashier of the Farmers State Bank of Wyatt, Walkerton branch. The USO group, with Miss Mary Loughran, director, has rented the rooms over the Independent-News Co. office, formerly occupied by the Community Cub, and will use same as club rooms for the group of workers at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant and their families. “The worst in years" might almost be used to describe the snow blizzard Sunday afternoon and all day Monday, which struck here with such fury as to block practically all north and south roads. School busses were unable to make all their rounds Monday and Tuesday, forcing dismissal of school for one day in Walkerton and two days in North Liberty. The mailmen were unable to drive all their routes and many workers were unable to make it back and forth to work. 1937 Friday and Saturday this weekend will be Dollar Days in Walkerton. Ten cooperating stores representing food stores, drugs, hardware, clothing, ladies wear, and the elevator are offering special bargains for these two days, which will have a great appeal to the housewife who budgets her spending allowance and who is alert when it comes to knowing real bargains when they are offered. The stores represented are Kiser and Goppert, Carter’s Drug Store. Summer’s Market, LaFeber and Son, The Globe Gothiers, Mart’s Market, Roberts Food Market, Houser Hardware, Holser-Palmer Co., and Milady Shoppe. Twenty-five hundred large handbills were printed and circulated in this trade territory this week announcing the event. According to the latest “caboose" talk, it is rumored that the N.Y.C. Railroad is soon to dispense with the “Spark Plug" run which is the main mail train of Walkerton and North Liberty. A combination mail-express and freight train may be substituted for the Plug. This is all speculation and not official, according to Joseph Fitzgerald, Walkerton agent. Sunday, March 14 has been set side as “Go To Church” Sunday, in Walkerton and community. Will you not help to make this “Go To Church” Sunday a real success by attending the services which are conducted in the church of your choice this Sunday. You will be a blessing to us and we trust that we may be a blessing to you. The gala night in club circles, the annual Benedict’s Frolic, given Friday evening in the Masonic Temple by members of the Community Cub for the pleasure of their husbands, proved again what marvelous hostesses these women can be. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE “Enough Said” Dedicated to ‘he’ who calls himself a coach. Basketball is over, and now it can be said. It was very evident during this entire season that you disliked and thoroughly enjoyed humilating one of the young men on the team. Yet that young man went on putting his everything into every game. 1 wondered how he could do it under the stress of your attitude. I’ll tell you whv and how. He wasn’t playing for you but for

his team and his school. To sum it all up. he proved his point ... he was a man and he could take it. If they ever give out trophies for a good coach, don’t apply. You wouldn't stand a snowball's chance, you couldn’t take that humiliation. Remember that old saying . . . what you put into the lives of others comes back into your own. You are way overdue. Enough Said From The Sidelines The Rio Grande river frequently changes its course, forcing the U.S. and Mexico to reestablish boundaries.

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A classic from colonial times, Boston Baked Beans from New England is a modem version of a native American staple. The Pilgrims learned of the dish from the Narragansett and Penobscot tribes and quickly gave it a special position at Sabbath meals when cooking was forbidden Prepared Saturday and served that evening and again on Sunday, the beans would stay warm in brick ovens that held heat overnight, making flavorful, nutritious Sunday meals possible This dish is one of 16 featured in a booklet entitled “16 Classic American Recipes" that celebrates the nation's culinary heritage To receive a copy, send your name and address with a check for $2 50 to 16 Classic American Recipes, Dept. 16, Mcllhenny Company, Avery Island, LA 70513 Boston Baked Beans From New England 1 lb. dried navy or pea beans, or dried Great Northern, cranberry or yellow-eye beans 3 quarts cold water 1/2 lb. lean salt pork (slice 1/2 inch lengthwise off salt pork; cut rest cross-

WALKERTON NURSERY SCHOOL REGISTRATION Registration for Nursery Schoc at the Walkerton United Methodi* Church is being held now. Yo may register between 9:00 a.n and 12:00 noon, and 1:00 • 3:0 p.m. Classes available are 3 yea old. 2 days a week at $14.00 month; and 4 year old classes, days a week for $21.00 a month. The horned toad is not actually a toad at all — it's a lizard, a cousin of the iguana.

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