The Independent-News, Volume 115, Number 45, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 April 1990 — Page 1

The Independent-News

VOLUME 115; NUMBER 45

Tri Kappa Fine Arts And Crafts Festival The 1990 Tn Kappa Fine Arts and Crafts Festival will be held April 7 and 8 at the John Glenn High School dining commons. Epsilon Chi of Walkerton and Zeta Pi of North Liberty sponsor the annual event. Adults and children arc encouraged to partiepate. Children create a variety of art and craft projects at school. Parents, when your child brings home that special piece of art work, save it and along with your own. enter it in the 1990 Fine Arts and Crafts Festival. If you have any questions, contact Kim Towle. 586-7553 or Irinda Slater. 656-3265. TEEGARDEN FLOWER PROJECT We need your help to beautifv the old Tccgarden Elevator site. The lot is now a mass of w eeds and grass and a fine group of ladies has decided to change the weeds to flowers. If you have anv extra seeds, plants or bulbs they would be greatly appreciated. If you cannot bring them, we will pick them up. Just call Ruby Salver. 784-2289; Marv Ann Kemp, 5867511; Dec Kaiser. 586-2293; Mark Shaw. 784 2893; Jan Cotton. 7842375 or Rev. Bob Stafford. 7843790. If anyone would like to work or need more information about this project, call Ruby Salver at 7842289. MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE A special drama commemorating the Disciple’s last supper with Jesus and the institution of Holy Communion will be presented at the '':3o p.m. Maundy Thursday Service on April 12. at the Walkerton Presbyterian Church. The drama, entitled “Lord. Is It I?” recreates Leonardo da Vinci's painting. THE LAST SUPPER, using living actors. The public is cordially invited to attend this Holy Thursday service. PASSOVER DINNER The Walkerton United Methodist Church will have a program and Passover dinner, on Tues.. April 10. at 6:30 p.m. The program begins in the sanctuary and then finishes with the dinner and Communion around the table in the Fellowship Hall. The food will be as much like the food Jesus ate as we can prepare it. You are welcome to join us. Please call vour reservations into the church office. 586-3534. bv Monday. April 9th. NOTICE There will be a blood pressure clinic, on Thursdav. April 5. from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.. at the Koontz Lake United Missionary Church. This clinic is sponsored by the Starke County Health Sen ices. NOTICE Bid are now being accepted for maintenance, mowing and trimming of Eastlawn and Westlawn Cemeteries, in North Liberty Cemeteries mas be bid separately. All equipment furnished. ( ontact Al Heim at 656 B"'4 or Roy C lark. al 656-4615. 2tasp

COREY WHITE WINS STATE WIDE ART CONTEST \ '^7" “'V' ‘ ' '‘sL ■m i i

Senator Lugar took about an hour to recognize and meet with the winners of the contest “What Being An American Means To Me" sponsored bv the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services. The contest was open to all students in grades one through six, in the state. Grand Place went to Corey

UREY PT A MEETING SET Ihe Urey Middle School PTA is seeking nominations for any of the officers in the Urey PTA for the 1990-91 school year. To run for an office, you must be a member in good standing, which means you have paid dues for the 1989-90 school year and have a PTA card for the same year. In lieu of a March meeting, nominations for officers will be accepted until April 12. at which time, the election of officers will take place at 7:00 p.m.. in the school library. Anyone interested in running for an office please plan to attend this meeting. If you need more information or have anv questions, please call Linda Paul at 656-3270 or Merita Irwin, at 656-8761. The nominating committee has presented the following slate of officers for the Urey PTA 1990-91 school year: Debra Walter, president; Mary Kunkle, vice-president; Merita Irwin, secretary and Vicki Palicki. treasurer. Further nominations will be taken from the floor at the meeting. Installation of the new officers will be held on May 7. We hope to see you at the April 12 meeting for the nomination and election of officers. NOTICE When submitting an article to • The Independent-News" we would appreciate the news release to be typed (upper and lower case) and double spaced. If you do not have a typewriter, good legible writting or printing will be accepted. Thank you for your cooperation in submitting articles for publication. Also if a voice of the people is liable, we will not print these letters. NOTICE she Walkerton Jr. League baseball will have try-outs for major and minor leagues on April "’th at 1:00 p.m. at the Walkerton Little I eague Park NOTICE I will not be responsible for debts occured by anyone but my self. Lewis W Dipert Route 3 Walkerton 3tAl9p

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White, sixth grader at North Liberty Elementary. Corey’s pic-ture-essay won first place and will now go on to the regional competition that includes 12 other states. We w ish Corey gvxid luck and a big congratulations on her wonderful achievement.

GRAND OPENING OF COMMUNITY CENTER APRIL 22 I । Grand opening of the new North Liberty Communitv Center will be Sunday. April 22, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The entire community and guests are invited. Please come and help us celebrate, refresh ments will be served. Winners of the fund raiser for the Community Building Fund were Wells Aluminum. 120 pieces of frozen steaks, chicken and pork chops; Sharon Carlson. $50.00 cash and Karon Dregits, 25 lottery tickets. Thank you to al! that have supported us. North Liberty and Liberty township ladies helping serve at the Community Center during the auction. Sunday. April 1 were Betty Wesolek. Edith Rupel. Martha McCrosky, Helen Evans, Ruth Finch. Betty McCormick and Pauline Laskowski. Proceeds from the food sales go toward the Community Building fund. Thank you for your patronage. It wasn't until 1863 that Americans started to take drugs in commercially made pills. Jacob Dunton, a Philadelphia wholesale druggist, originated the machine. His entire production from 1869 until 1876 was less than that now made daily in U.S laboratories Thanks to you... it works... for ALL OF US United Why

THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1990

Registration At St. Patrick’S Wad.. April 11 Registration for fall kindergarten classes at St. Patrick School will take place on Wednesday. April 11. between 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., in the kindergarten building on Tyler Street. Children coming to kindergarten in fall must be 5 years old before July 1. Parents should present a birth certificate at the time of registration. Parents may pick up health forms and pay the book fee of $45.00 at the time of registration. Registration for new children in grades 1-6 will take place April 11. from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., in the school office. Uniforms can be ordered at this same time. The b<M>k fee of $60.00 can be paid at the time of registration. Registration of children presently attending St. Patrick School will take place April 2-6. Uniforms can be ordered this week between 12:30 and 3:00 p.m. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING There will be a community meeting on Monday. April 16, at ’:00 p.m.. for persons interested in supporting the . reinstatement of Richard Kickbush, as a teacher in the John Glenn School Corporation. This meeting will be held at Stuntz & H<x - hstetlcr Pines. The purpose of this meeting is an organizational meeting. A discussion will be held and committees will be set up at this time. Mark your calendar now and plan to attend this important meeting. The bake sale held this past Saturday netted $478 00. The "Kicker Can Campaign" collected $223.00 the past two weeks. We would like to thank all the persons in the community who supported these efforts and helped to make them a success. Marsha's Petals. Plants and Potpourri donated a beautiful silk floral arrangement and chances were sold at the bake sale. A drawing was held at the close of the bake sale and Carol Aitken won the arrangement. CEMETERY CLEAN UP Warren Allen. Oregon Township Trustee, announces the spring cleaning of the Grovertown Cemetery will take place on Saturday, April 7. Any decorations wishing to be retained should be removed prior to this date. Anyone wishing to help with the clean-up should be at the cemetery by 9:00 a m Rain date is April 14. at 9:00 a m. NOTICE Trash pick-up in Walkerton, begins at 7:00 am.. on Thursdays. Please have your trash set out, for pick-up. by that time. CEMETERY CLEAN-UP In accordance with cemetery regulation the Fletcher Cemetery Association will be removing all decorations and disposing of these items, on Saturday. April 7. Any decorations wishing to be retained should he removed prior to this date Anyone wishing to help with the dean up should be at the cemetery bv 9:00 a.m.. April T Rain date is April 8. at 1:00 p m

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Earth Day Recycling Set For April 22 As of “Earth Day”. April 22. Kicker’s Drive-In will be sponsoring a non-profit community recycling project in cooperation with a local recycling center and Walkerton Ambulance Service. We are urging all business, organizations and individuals to assist us in this timely and worthwhile cause bv dropping off all recyclable materials in the proper containers behind Kicker's Drive-In. during the davlight hours only, please. Material to be collected must be clean and includes aluminum cans and scrap glass, separated by color and unbroken (caps removed); newsprint; computer print: cardboard; grocery bags (paper only); blown plastic containers; two liter bottles; milk jugs (caps removed); grass clippings and leaves (bagged please). In the near future we hope to include a scheduled pick-up service on larger contributions. Your help is vital to the continuation of this program. Please cooperate and deposit only those materials spec ified for. Thank you. LEARN TO READ PROGRAM OFFERED Adults, learn to read. Free! Cail the Walkerton Public Library, 586 2933. Tuesday thru Saturday. DINNER MEETING Ihe Kixvntz Lake Conservation Club will meet at 5:30 p.m., on Saturday with Evelyn and Eli Sobat as hostesses. There will not be a meeting on April 14 due to the celebration of Easter NOTICE OF MEETING The Oregon Township Homemakers Club will meet, on Tues.. April 10. at the Koontz Lake Conservation Clubhouse, at 1 00 p.m Hostesses will be Victoria Shogren and Josephine Nowakowski. Come and join an afternoon of club news and fellowship. WINNER ANNOUNCED The Friends of the Fourth held another grocery drawing, on Fri.. March .30. at the Walkerton Police Station. Dick Masterman. of Walkerton, was the winner. His ticket was drawn bv the dispatcher, thank you Chervl for your help Congratulations Dick and thank you for cvervones support. BIRTHDAY CALENDARS RETURNING IN 1991 The W'alkerton Lions Cub Community Calendars will be returning for 1991. The Friends of the Fourth will be sponsoring the calendar and are taking orders now The price of the calendar is $1.50 each and 25 cents for each birthdav and name. Most everyone we spoke to reallv missed the calendar and we hope the community will back us. The orders will be taken until October and we hope to be able to deliver them in December. For information about the calendars please contact anv of the Friends of the Fourth Committee Some of the members are Ellen and Deon Miller. Betty King. Jem Boone. Marv Ann Frame. lam McLean. Moms Scarfoss and Linda Bukowski Anv of these members will be glad to take vour order