The Independent-News, Volume 114, Number 9, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 July 1988 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 114; NUMBER 9

Final Sign-Up For 3 On 3 Tournoy Sot For Saturday Final sign-ups are underway for the 3 on 3 Co-Ed Basketball Tournament, beine sponsored jointly by Mahnoney Chevy-Olds and Mahoney Walkerton FordMercury. The tourney, which will be held on Saturday, August 6 and August 13, will consist of an adult and high school division and is scheduled to have NCAA sanctioning. Teams will consist of two males and one female on each squad with trophies awarded to the top four teams in each division. All participants will receive a T-shirt. Entries thus far have been received from teams in Plymouth, LaPorte, Hamlet, LaVille and Walkerton. Originally, almost $3,000 in savings bonds were to be awarded the winning teams but NCAA rules forced the cancellation of any monitary prizes. Games will start at 8:00 a.m. on August 6, at the Urey Middle School gym, in Walkerton, with a single elimination format. The semi-finals and finals are scheduled for Saturday, August 13. No entry fee is required and anyone wishing to sign-up a team should call 586-3149 by Saturday, July 30. GLENN GIRLS BASKETBALL CAMP WINNERS The third annual girls basketbal camp was held at John Glean High School for grades four through eight, on July 11-22, with 31 campers registered. The first week emphasized instruction in shooting, dribbling, passing, offensive moves, rebounding, defense, fast break and the motion and flex offense. The second week emphasized competition and motiviation. There were prizes and trophies for shooting, ball handling and one-on-one contests. Every camper received a T-shirt and certificate. Camp supervision was varsity girls’ basketball coach. Barb Osowski. Other staff members were Dawn Rhodes and Erin Ruff, members of the girls varsity basketball team. Camp winners in the fourth, fifth and sixth grade are as follows, with trophies awarded to the hot shot, ball handling and free throw champs: Hot Shot champ, Laura Bostwick; ball handling champ, Christy Werner; free throw champ, Tracy Legge and best of staff winners were Julie Amor, Bethany Arnett, Michelle Newhart and Jonna Johnson. Contest winners included Julie Amor, Jennifer Annis, Audrey Lenz, Michelle Newhart, Anittah Patrick (3) and Christy Werner (3). In the seventh and eighth grade division of the camp, trophy winners were Becky Colin, hot shot champ and one-on-one champ; Tammy Lidgard, free throw champ. Contest winners were Tonya Annis, Denise Cisney, Becky Colin (3), Mary Glon, Michele Knepp and Tammy Lidgard. Beat the staff winners were Denise Cisney, Marcy Glon, Michele Knepp, Tammy Lidgard, Michelle Pontius and Kim Ruby.

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The Sox are the 1988 T-BaU Champions. Pictured from left to right are members of the Sox team, front row: M. Mal staff, L. Pearish, C. Zellers and T. Houser. Middle row: head coach R. Shepherd, J. Shepherd, D. Dominack, L. Krocker, K. Johnson, D. Krocker, B. Savoie and coach T. Pearish. Back row, B. Drake, A. Zellers, coach L. Zellers. J. Lowe and M. Miser. Not present at the time the photo was taken was A. Holston. Congratulations to the Sox for a job well done. SCREENING AT KOONTZ LAKE NUTRITION SITE The Koontz Lake Nutrition Site will be the setting for the next cholesterol testing, on August 4, at a fee of $5.00, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Blood sugar testing will also be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and this will be followed by blood pressure checking at 12:30- ?

Rick Roby, couch; Jeremy Hoog, Wesley Seaman, David Erdelyi, Brandon Groves, Lexia Drews and Wes Seaman, assistant coach. Standing in the back are John Drews, assistant coach; Steven

BIRTHS A son, Jared Andrew, weighing nine pounds and one-half ounce, and measuring 21 J /« inches long, was bom to Tim and Della Egger, at 10:40 a.m., on Wednesday. July 20, at Michiana Community Hospital. Paternal grandparents are Judith Egger and the late Robert Egger and maternal grandparents are Wyman and Maryin Hochstetler, of Walkerton. Randy and June Ann Sheaks, of Tyler Road, Walkerton, are the proud parents of twins, a boy, Randy Gene and a girl, Renee Deanne, were born, Monday evening, July 25 at the Memorial Hospital, South Bend. Randy weighed five pounds and 11 ounces and Renee weighed seven pounds and two ounces. Proud paternal granoparents are Marvin and Nancy Sheaks, of North Liberty, and maternal grandmother is Mrs. Earl (Ezadean) Platz, of Walkerton.

THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1988

Ruby, Dale Groves, Ryan Reese, Quintin Wade and Cindy Baugh, assistant coach and stats. Congratulations to the team and coaches for a job well done.

VOLLEYBALL ORIENTATION MEETING IS SET A John Glenn High School girls volleyball orientation meeting will be held for all girls interested in trying out, on Monday, August 1. at 7:00 p.m., in the high school library. Bring your physical forms and insurance fee of $26.00. The coaches are Pam Pearish and Michele Vicsik. JR. HIGH FOOTBALL CLINIC The John Glenn Junior High Football Clinic will be held from August 1 to the 5, 9:00 to 11:00 am., for boys entering grades 7, 8 and 9. There is and SB.OO fee. The clinic will be held at the John Glenn High School. For more information call coach Dennis Rippv. at 936-8701. The first known sewing needles , were made of bone and they are < over 30 thousand years old.

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Carl Sobieralski Is Named Officer Os The Year Captain Carl Sobieralski, of the Walkerton Police Department, has been named the third district Lewis Schmitt Law Officer of the Year. The award was presented to Sobieralski, on Saturday. July 16. The American Legion is the sponsor of the officer of the year award. ASTRONAUT JIM IRWIN TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AT THE WALKERTON LIBRARY Jim Irwin was on the Apollo 15 mission from July 26 to August 7, 1971. This August 4th he will visit the Walkerton Public Library. He will be showing a one hour movie on space, talking about his adventures as an astronaut and on the moon, and, of course, signing autographs for the children, and adults. Lt. Col. Jim Irwin and Col. David Scott landed on the surface of the moon while Maj. Alfred Worden orbited the moon. Irwin and Scott were not only the first cameras on the moon, but they were the first to use the Land Rover. They were able to spend more than 18 hours on the moon doing experiments and collecting samples. After returning home Irwin resigned from the Air Force and NASA in 1972. So remember to come in and get a chance to see and talk to a live astronaut. Keep an eye in “The Independ-ent-News” for the exact time Erwin will be visiting the library. IMPORTANT NOTICE The Koontz Lake Association semi-annual meeting will be held on Sunday, August 14, beginning at 2:00 p.m., at the Koontz Lake Conservation clubhouse. This important meeting is for all members and those concerned residents of Koontz Lake. 3tallp PROJECT HEAD START HAS OPENINGS Project Head Start of St. Joseph and Elkhart Counties has several openings in the North Liberty and Walkerton classrooms for three (3) and four (4) year old children. If you are a family with a limited income and have a child that will be at least three by August 31,1 988. please call 234-2150 anytime between 8:00 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. ATTENTION “The Independent-News’’ policy on photographs is that we will not pay for any photographs that we have not specifically asked to be taken. Submitted photographs are accepted upon our approval, but we do not reimburse those submitting unless we request the same. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. RECEIVES MONETARY AWARD Lindia LaFrance. Walkerton, nursing student at Purdue North Central, is the recipient of a S3OO award, from the joint program sponsored by the LaPorte Hospital. LaPorte Hospital Auxiliary and the LaPorte Hospital Foundation. The scholarship is to be used during the 1988-89 school year. About 35,000 people work in the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York city. Another 80,000 visit on business each year.