The Independent-News, Volume 116, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 June 1990 — Page 1

The Independent-News

VOLUME 116; NUMBER 5

TO CLOSE 23 TO REPAIR RAIL CROSSING The Indiana Department of Transportation will close a section of St. Rd. 23 in St. Joseph County. Beginning Tuesday. June 26. that stretch of highway from its intersection with U.S. 6 in Walkerton to St. Rd. 4 in North Liberty will be closed to traffic. The purpose of this closure is for CSX Railroad to improve railroad and highway surface located approximately 0.2 mile north of U. S. 6in Walkerton. During this closure, traffic will be detoured across U.S. 6. S.R. 104 and S. R. 4. Work is expected to be completed and the road reopened by Tuesday. July 3. Until then, motorist should be aware that this rerouting will add travel time to their driving distance. Announce J.G. Basketball Camp Awards The John Glenn Basketball Camp was recently held with over 80 players participating. The camp was conducted by varsity coach. Gordon Mosson and junior varsity coach. Larry Rans. The coaches were assisted by Kevin Stedman. B. J. Walls and Rick O’Connor. Various individual and team fundamentals were taught by the staff. The coaches would like to commend ail the players for their attendance, good attitude, hustle and enthusiasm. Special recognition was given to players at three different levels. Award winners were as follows: Coach’s Award: Brad Annis. Jason Pippenger and Jason Potts. Hot Shot Award: Toby Gardner, Brian Lyle and Josh Williams. Ballhandling Award: Jason Groves. Landon Wiegand and Brian Snell. NOTICE The Support Dick Kickbush Committee would like to urge all persons in the Walkerton-North Liberty communities that are in support of Dick Kickbush to attend the John Glenn School Corporation School Board meeting. This meeting will be held on Tuesday. July 3. at 7:30 p.m., in the John Glenn High School library. Please plan now to attend this meeting if you are interested in this matter. Thank you. NEEDED The Walkerton Vol. Ambulance is now taking applications for ambulance drivers, EMT’s and anyone interested in becoming an EMT. Applications can be picked up at the Clerk-Treasurer’s office. 6tjy2l In China, the color of the bride's wedding gown is red. Henry Armstrong was the holder of three boxing titles simultaneously: Featherweight, Welterweight, and Lightweight, in the year 1938. The real name of James McNeill Whistlers painting of his mother was “Arrangement in Grey and Black.”

WALKERTON 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION PROGRAM SUNDAY, JULY 1 8:30 a.m. — Community Church Service at Place Park, by Rev. Donald King with the Unitarian Church ( TUESDAY, JULY 3 Flea Market Wabash Valley Shows 6:00 p.m. — Kiddie Parade at Presbyterian Church WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 Flea Market ' 10:30 a.m. — Jaycees Bed Race on Van Buren St. 11:00 a.m. — Little League Minor All-Star Game at Place Park 12:30 p.m, — Little League Major All-Star Game at Place Park Wabash Valley Shows 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. — Music Program, “The Kids Are Alright’’, at Place Park 6:30 p.m. — Flag Retreat by American Legion 189 6:00 p.m. — Ticket Drawings 9:30 p.m. — Fireworks Exhibit at Place Park J THURSDAY, JULY 5 Flea Market 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. — Wabash Valley Shows, pay one price । FRIDAY, JULY 6 Flea Market Wabash Valley Shows SATURDAY, JULY 7 Rain Date Fireworks Display Flea Market Wabash Valley Shows SUNDAY, JULY 8 Flea Market 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. — Wabash Valley Shows, pay one price ;

COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICE SET FOR JULY 1 Rev. Donald King, of the Unitarian Church, will be the guest speaker for the Community Church Service, on Sunday. July Ist. The theme of Rev. King’s sermon will be “Render unto Caesar.” The service will begin at 8:30 a.m.. at Place Park, with Mrs. Mildred Casey leading the guests in a selection of hymns. HEALTH SCREENINGS Home Operated Medical Equipment will be conducting the following health screenings on July 5. at the Kwntz Lake Missionary Church, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Diabetic screening, is free of charge: cholesterol. $5.00 charge and triglvceride screening, at $5.00 charge and you must fast at least 10 hours before screening. For further information contact Jeff Berg or Marv Ann Bombagetti. at 772-4458 or 772-1150. Tim and Diana Davis. North Liberty, are the proud parents of a baby girl. Mallory Sue Anne, who weighed in at nine pounds and five ounces and measured 18 and a half inches long. Maternal grandmother is Norma Bennett, North Libertv and paternal grandparents are Carl Davis. Walkerton and Marilvn Walker, of North Liberty. Two U.S. capitals preceded the District of Columbia: New York and Philadelphia.

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Florence Finch Celebrates Her 103rd Birthday Florence Finch celebrated her 103rd birthday, on June 22. at her home with her family. She still lives alone in her “little” house in Angola. Her mind is still very sharp and she takes pretty good care of herself. She was born in Niles. Mich., on June 22. 1887. Her maiden name was Saunders. She met and married Glen Finch who was born in North Liberty. He was a cousin to Charles Finch, former owner of the Independent-News. Her husband passed away in 1955. Florence and her husband had six children. Donald and Richard who are both deceased: Carolyn Rogers, of Angola: Bernard, of Orlando. Florida; Marjorie, of Walkerton and Betty Hay. of Galva. Illinois. She has 17 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren and 24 great-great-grandchildren. She still remembers them all with a new dollar in their birthday cards. Her children are all very proud of her. SPEND THE IN WALKERTON

THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1990

KIDDIES DAY PARADE SET FOR JULY 3rd Ladies from Epsilon Chi Tri Kappa arc organizing the yearly Kiddies Day Parade, scheduled for 6:00 p.m., on Tuesday. July 3. Parade participants are to meet at the Presbyterian Church. 512 Georgia Street, at 5:30 p.m.. to pre-register and line-up. Participants may be age one to 101! The parade route will follow Georgia Street to Vanßuren Street, then end at Place Park where monetary awards will be given. Awards will be given in the following categories: Favorite Character. Me and Mv Pet. Float and open class. The community is invited to gather along the parade route to enjoy the parade, plus all the festivities of Walkerton’s 4th of July celebration throughout the week! If you have anv questions, please call Mrs. Ellen Miller at 586-2205 or Mrs. Josie Snell at 586-7465. WALKERTON FIRE DEPT. FUND RAISER The Walkerton Vol. Fire Dept, is sponsoring a fund raising program to raise money for needed equipment. Persons representing the fire dept, will be contacting all homes in the area over the coming weeks, asking for a donation of $20.00. Persons will be going door to door and will carry identification or an I.D. badge. The fire Dept, wishes to thank everyone for their donation by giving a complimentary certificate for an Bxlo color portrait to be taken at the fire station. The fund raising program is legitimate and your fire dept, asks for your support. NOTICE The Walkerton Town Council has set aside $5,000.00 of Local Road & Street money for the installation of new sidewalks, on a matching funds basis. The Town will supply materials and the individual must supply the labor. The matching funds program is strictly for residential sidewalks. New sidewalks, where there are none, will be given first priority. Applications can be filled out at the Clerk-Treasurer’s office until July 31. 1990. All applications will be reviewed bv and acted on by the Town Council. The Town Council also reserves the right to make all final decisions on the granting of materials for sidewalk improvements. NOTICE Effective July 10th, haircut prices in Walkerton and Koontz Lake barber shops will increase $1 (X). 2tjysp EARLY DEADLINE Next week due to the holiday the deadline for news and ads will be at 4:00 p.m.. on Monday. July 2 as we will publish the paper on Tuesday. Wear Your Seat Belt

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Jaycees To Sponsor Bed Race The Walkerton Javcees would like to invite you to join the fun and excitement of the MDA Bed Race on July 4th. The registration begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Farmers State Bank parking lot. The teams are made up of 5 to 9 participants and the entry fee is $50.00 a team. The race will be on Van Buren St. between Indiana St. and Illinois St. and will start at 10:30 a.m. We hope everyone will come and join us in a fun filled morning. Try to get a team together and compete for one of the trophies or other prizes. The proceeds of the race are donated to MDA. PROGRESS BEING MADE AT KOONTZ LAKE The nine drop structures constructed in the Lawrence Pontius Ditch last year appear to be working well to stabilize the ditch bottom and to a lesser extent, to trap sediments from entering Koontz Lake. The work on the sediment trap and nutrient filter is being done bv the LaFree Excavating Co. and should be completed in August. It is located south of sth Road and east of Underwood Road. The boat launch at the east end* of the lake should be completed by August. With these accomplishments, the Board of Directors of the Lake Enhancement program feels it is readv to undertake a program to further improve Koontz Lake by removing in-lake sediments. Studies have been completed and the estimated cost for this part of the project will be $850,000 to 1 million dollars. Once again we are asking everyone who is interested in the lake improvement to give towards this project. If you gave 2 years ago, we are asking that you give at least the amount yem gave before and hope that you can increase your donation if possible. We will all benefit with these improvements and we need everyone to share in the expense. As the fund drive progresses, we will list each name of the contributors. If you do not see your neighbor or friends name listed, ask them to join in to build the fund. By each of us working together, we can once again have a great lake. Send your check to Mr. Rav Chapman. Route 4, Box 164 or to Realty World/Lakeside Realty. Route 3. Box 231. Walkerton. Please make checks pavable to Koontz Lake Enhancement Fund. NOTICE The Senior Fellowship will meet Monday, July 2. at noon at the REAL Services lunch. NOTICE Bettv and Pete Thornburg will serve as hosts for the Koontz Lake Conservation Club dinner on Saturday evening, June 30, at the clubhouse. Read And Use The Classifieds