The Independent-News, Volume 116, Number 29, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 13 December 1990 — Page 1

The Independent-News

VOLUME 116; NUMBER 29

Salvation Army Drive Continues Here Saturday The Salvation Army Committee reported that last Saturday netted $286.78 in donations by the public. This Saturday the Walkerton Lions Club and Epsilon Chi Tri Kappa will be manning the kettles. Thanks goes to the following people who helped with the first drive. They are Ken Chapman, Jack Wardman, Morris Searfoss, Chester Krohn, Jim Thibodeaux, Roman Brehm, Lynn Brownlee. Vivian Williams, Pamela Garab, Mildred McKesson, Bob Schaeffer, Barbara Burket and Phil Waldron. This annual drive furnishes the funds for the work done by the committee as many area families are in need of assistance at this holiday time of year as well as various times throughout the year. Over the years the funds have been adequate, thanks to the generosity of the public dropping in the coins and dollar bills on these three Saturdays before Christmas as many contribute to make the holidays a little happier for some of those in need. St. Joseph Co. To Distribute ■ Surplus Food Surplus butter, flour, honey, and peanut butter will be distributed Thursday, December 13, beginning at 10:00 a.m., at various sites in Marshall County. Recipients are expected to utilize the distribution site nearest their home. Recipients are required to show identification, such as a welfare or food stamp card, or a driver’s license, and bring a container in which to carry the food home. Elderly or handicapped homebound individuals and eligible working persons can have someone pick up the products for them by sending a signed authorization and proper identification with the person picking up the food. Income eligibility guidelines for those under age 60 are: household of one, $9,420; two, $12,630; three. $15,840; four or more, add $3,210 for each additional person in the household. If the head of the household is age 60 or over, the annual income guidelines are: household of one, $11,304; two, $15,156; three, $19,008; four or more, add $3,852 for each additional household member. The distribution sites in St. Joseph County are: Greene Twp.: Greene Township Community Building, 24600 Roosevelt Road. Liberty Twp.: North Liberty Community Building, 300 S. Main St., North Liberty. Lincoln Twp.: Walkerton Presbyterian Church, 512 Georgia Street, Walkerton. Union Twp.: Union Township Fire Department, 105 South Main Street, Lakeville. These commodities are donated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and are not to be sold or exchanged. The commodity distribution program is administered by the Indiana Department of Human Services. Shop At Home

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Last Tuesday, Dec. 4, was the first snowy day at St. Patrick School and the following students helped build Frosty, from left to right, Amy Dooms, Kari Kissinger, Jennifer Kaminski, Elaine Davidson, Monica Vink, Knight Vennerstrom, Cassie Walter and Ruth Geveland. PANCAKE AND SAUSAGE BREAKFAST The Knights of Columbus will sponsor an “all you can eat” Pancake and Sausage Breakfast on Sunday, December 16, from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. The cost is adults, $2.50; 12 and under $1.50; and preschool is free. The breakfast is to be held at the St. Patrick’s School Hall. So come and have a great breakfast. CHRISTMAS DINNER The Oregon Township Senior Citizens will meet at the clubhouse, December 13th at 11:00 a.m., slow time. Rides will be provided for us to go to Country Buffet in Mishawaka for our Christmas dinner. If you have any questions, call Richard Germain at 586-3009. WES PTA TO MEET Walkerton Elementary PTA will be meeting, on Thursday, Dec. 13, at 7:00 p.m., in the elementary library. We have been having an average of 20 people attend our monthly meetings. We are very proud of all our attending members but we need more. If you care about children and want to know what we are doing for them, please attend this meeting. We welcome „ everyone whether you are a parent, grandparent, friend, neighbor or business person. We hope to have a speaker on Christmas tree safety. Please attend and learn how to make your home safer for the holidays. We will have babysitters there for the children. If you have not joined PTA, please attend and join. We need you! 11 Some wine will spoil if exposed to light; hence tinted bottles. Among most adults there Is almost no difference in eye size. Some appear to have larger eyes because of such factors as position in the skull or prominence of eyebrows.

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O-D CHRISTMAS PROGRAM On Thursday. Dec. 20, at 7:00 p.m., CST, Oregon-Davis Elementary School will present “A Festival of Bells. ” The town of Hamlet will be ringing in the holiday season with unique and exciting presentations from Kindergarten to grade six. What makes this performance so different from all other schools! Hand chimes, guitars and all types of instruments played by students so that the tiny voices of the young may sing like angels! A story about such a quality program coming from a small, rural school district exemplifies the meaning of Christmas. Everyone in the community is invited to attend and share in the Christmas spirit! NOTICE Application forms for the annual Salvation Army Christmas boxes are now available at The Inde-pendent-News office, 601 Roosevelt Rd., Walkerton, for Walkerton residents only. These forms must be completely filled out in order to become eligible. Deadline is Friday, Dec. 14, by 12 noon. The bell ringing will begin on Saturday, Dec. 8 and will continue on Dec. 15 and 22. NEW CHRISTMAS MUSICAL On Sunday, December 16, the Walkerton Community Choir will present a new Christmas musical. This work, entitled "Sing Praise To The King,” is an original composition by Sherry Klinedinst, and we are really excited about giving Its premiere performance. The event will be held at the Walkerton United Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m., and a free-will offering for the choir will be taken. Please join us for a fun-filled evening of enjoyment and inspiration. TOYS FOR THE NEEDY The Walkerton Fire Dept, in conjunction with the Community Pantry will be accepting toy donations for the needy. If anyone is interested in donating new or used toys they can arrange for them to be picked up by calling the Walkerton Fire Chief, at 586-7884. Use The Classifieds

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1990

COMMUNITY CALENDAR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 4:15 p.m. —Walkerton fifth grade basketball team to host St. Pat’s. 6:00 p.m.—John Glenn wrestlers to travel to Bremen. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 6:00 p.m. CST —Oregon-Davis hosts the Holiday Cassie with the opening game with Knox followed by the North Juson and Winamac game. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 9:00 a.m.—Walkerton and North Liberty Sth and 6th grade basketball teams to play in the LaVille Tourney. 6:00 p.m. CST —Oregon-Davis Holiday Cassie consolation game. 6:30 p.m.—John Glenn basketball team to host South Bend Riley. 8:00 p.m. CST —Oregon-Davis Holiday Classic championship game. MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 7:00 p.m.—Walkerton Town Board to meet in the Council Room. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18 4:15 p.m.—Walkerton Elementary School basketball teams to travel to LaVille. 4:30 p.m.—Urey’s B team to travel to St. Anthony’s. 5:00 p.m.—Urey’s A team to host LaPorte Boston. 6:00 p.m.—John Glenn girls basketball teams to host Rochester. 6:30 p.m.—John Glenn wrestlers to travel to North Judson. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 6:00 p.m.—John Glenn freshmen basketball team to host Knox. 6:00 p.m.—John Glenn girls basketball teams to travel to Knox. North Liberty Town Board to meet. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 4:30 p.m.—Urey basketball team to travel to Mishawaka Beiger. 7:00 p.m.—John Glenn basketball teams to host South Central. 7:00 p.m. —Walkerton Business A Professional Women's Cub to meet at the Rebekah Lodge. 7:00 p.m. CST—Oregon-Davis Elementary Christmas program. Christmas Decorating Contest The North Liberty Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring their fifth annual Christmas decorating contest. The judging will take place between Dec. 20 and Dec. 25, for homes and businesses within the city limits of North Liberty. A first prize of $50.00 and a second prize of $25.00 will be given to the best Christmas decorated homes this year. New this year will be a roving trophy to be given to the best Christmas decorated business. The winners name will be engraved on the trophy each year and the winner will have the trophy for display throughout the 'following year. Winners will be announced in the Independent-News after Christmas. NOTICE The Koontz Lake Conservation Club will have a meeting after their pot luck dinner, on Saturday evening. Dec. 15, at the club house. Shop At Home

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Recycling Days In North Liberty December 13 & 14 Recycling days are set for Thursday December 13 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and on Friday, December 14, from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the North Liberty Community Center. Materials which can be recycled at this time are: aluminum cans, scraped aluminum (rinsed out and smashed), newspapers (in paper bags), corrugated cardboard (staples removed and folded down flat), brown, clear and green glass jars and bottles (unbroken, rinsed out, caps removed), plastic milk jugs, one and two liter plastic bottles (rinsed out, smashed, caps and sealing rings removed). No magazines or phone books. To have effective recycling program we need to follow these guidelines listed above. If you need more information about North Liberty’s recycling program or would like to volunteer your group or organization to help, please phone 656-8544 or 656-3223. Help yourself, help your family, help the community and help the environment. Start recycling today! SANTA TO VISIT IN NORTH LIBERTY Santa Claus will be making his annual visit to North Liberty, on Saturday, December 15, at 10:00 a.m., at the Fire Station. This event is sponsored by the North Liberty Volunteer Fire Department and Wells Aluminum UAW Local 194. Potential Donors For Krista Smith Now Number 30 Krista Smith’s family received an overwhelming response for donors of blood platelet from volunteers who were tested for screening on Friday morning, in LaPorte. 30 people had samples of their blood taken which will be tested to see if they can donate platelets for Krista, the 22 year old daughter of the former mayor of LaPorte, Dennis Smith, and his wife, the former Sylvia Meltinos. Krista suffers from a reoccurrence of leukemia that struck her four years ago. Approximately 100 people called to give blood samples, but only 30 could be screened Friday in the time scheduled. HEALTH SCREENINGS Home Health Services will be conducting the following health screenings: diabetic, free of charge; cholesterol, $5.00 charge and triglyceride, $5.00 charge and you must fast at least 10 hours before screening at Starke Home Health building, on Tuesday. Dec. 18, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., C.S.T. For further information contact Jeff Berg or Mary Ann Bomb agetti at 772-4458 or 772-1150. The first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece. Moes only grows on the North side of trees In open, dry country, not in the forest or on lowlands