The Independent-News, Volume 114, Number 18, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 September 1988 — Page 5

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Liberty Elementary teacher, Michelle Vicsik, far right, joins members of her sixth grade Science class, left to right: Aaron Hickman, Amy Paul, Barry Houser and Christy Andrews in loading the school dumpster with trash from their collection. Hardly a day goes by without newspaper headlines or television news reporters screaming out the horror stories of man’s tragic abuse of his natural environment. The beauty of our national forests is being burned away because of carelessness or criminal intent. The life-sustaining wonder of our rivers and seas is being destroyed through the criminal dumping of poisonous wastes and pollutants. Our very atmosphere is becoming contaminated by careless use of flourides and hydrocarbons. Over and over again, the question echoes, ’’Why doesn’t someone do something to stop this tragedy before it’s too late?’’ At North Liberty Elementary School, Michelle Vicsik’s sixth grade science class

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has stopped asking the question and has started to act! Michelle’s own personal concern for our struggling environment has led her to add to a special emphasis on the presentation of the usual science unit on pollution. Most of her students were already aware of the television news stories from the East Coast, but, she reports, “When many of the swimming areas of Lake Michigan with which the students were personally familiar were ordered closed because of pollution, it really ‘hit home’. The question, ‘What’s happening to us?’ took on a whole new meaning.’’ After introducing the subject in the science textbook. Miss Vicsik decided to provide her students with a tangible, “hands on” experience by taking them for a walk to determine whether or not they could locate any evidence of the existence of the pollution about which they had been studying. She goes on to explain, “They came back disgusted, after discovering many examples of the carelessness

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which leads to noise, air, water and trash pollution. More importantly, they returned committed to doing what they could to help save our natural resources.’’ As a first step, the sixth graders wrote letters to the “Voice of the People” column and to the local Town Board. The sincerity and eloquence of their writing is evident: Sixth grader, Aaron Hickman, writes, “We are going to do something about it, if you help us or not. This Friday we are going to pick up the trash!” Classmate, Barry Houser, adds, “The whole school is picking up all kinds of trash. We want just not our school, but everybody, to help us. Would you help our community, please?” Another member of Miss Vicsik’s class. Christy Andrews, writes, “We want our country clean and smelling fresh — not dirty and smelling bad. So, please help us. You’ll feel good.” In addition to putting on their gloves and making a return visit to start disposing of trash and doing their part to make their community a more beautiful place in which to live, the sixth graders are going a step further. Student, Amy Paul, explains: “Our town needs to recycle and make good use of our natural resources. The sixth grade is going to tackle this huge job by setting up a recycling center and going out on the streets of North Liberty to pick up the trash which can be recycled or disposed of. I feel that we need to preserve our natural resources for the generations to come. My goal is for North Liberty to look clean and beautiful and to save our natural resources. I hope that you will all help us.” Miss Vicsik explains that the money to be earned from the recycling activity will be spent on a special project which the members of the class will choose themselves. Among the possibilities being considered are painting the jungle gym, buying movies or computer software for the schools, or planting trees and doing other things to beautiful the school grounds. A graduate of both John Glenn High School and Purdue University, Michelle is a native of the North Liberty area and takes a

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sense of great personal pride in her students’ reaction to this project. “It’s been especially rewarding to watch the students become more and more involved through recognizing the existence and importance of the problem and then taking the responsibility of becoming active members of their society. I hope it makes them more aware of where we're headed, before it’s too late. 1 want them to think, to know, and to be prepared.” Business Women Begin New Year With Picnic The first meeting of the 1988-89 year for the Walkerton Business and Professional Women's Dining Club gathered at the Walkerton Community Building, on Thursday, September 22, for their dinner meeting. A picnic style atmosphere prevailed with a salad bar. ham or barbecue sandwiches and delicious desserts being enjoyed by the 67 ladies present for the evening. Seven guests were introduced as follows: Janice Shultz, Jean Burgess, Linda Craft, June Lind, Elanie Ludwig, Jeannie Mullet and Doris Downey. Thank you notes were read from Vada Stull, Roberta Slusher, Matt Bowman, Janis Hostetter and Edna Kerchaert. The birthday bank was contributed to by Verice Walz, Karen Johnson, Darlene Pontius, Carole Powers, Helen Verkier, Norma Eddinger, Leah Pickavet, Velma Barden, Janet Davison, Dorothy Knowlton, Verda Kam and Cheryl Flaugher, with Mrs. Kam receiving the birthday gift. The club voted to raise the annual dues to $2.00. Also the club will be holding a bake sale at the upcoming Fall Festival, in Walkerton, on Saturday, October 8. Members are to bring baked goods downtown on the morning of the sale between 8:30 and 9:00. The door prize was won by Helen Verkier, which was a lovely potted yellow mum. Bingo was played with many re-

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