The Independent-News, Volume 116, Number 29, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 13 December 1990 — Page 10

- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - DECEMBER 13. 1990

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JOHN GLENN SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES Regular Seoakm CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Board of School Trustees of the John Glenn School Corporation met tn regular session on Tuesday. Nov. 2”. at 7:30 p.m. in the library of Walkerton Elementary School. Board members present included Nilas Miller. Dave Hostetler. Mary Kay Stedman. Don Ludwig. Gene Knowlton. Dan Patrick and Jean Ann Beem. The board and 12 observers opened the meeting with the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Jean Ann Beem to approve the minutes of the November b. regular session. The motion was seconded by Mary Kay Stedman and approved by a vote of seven zero. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS 194 b through 2086 Following discussion, a motion was made by Gene Knowlton and seconded by Don Ludwig to approve claims numbered 194 b through 2086. The vote was seven zero. PATRON RESPONSE There was no patron response. RECOGNITIONS 1. Building principals Mike Shuler, JGHS principal, recognized Jim Houser. JGHS student, for his selection to the All State football academic team. Jim was selected as one of 33 students across the state of Indiana. In addition, teacher Paul Hernandez introduced the JGHS Spell Bowl Team for the 1990-91 school year consisting of team members Joy Erdelyi. Tuan Hesters. Sheri Fansler. Byron Craft. Teresa Binion. Rebecca Webb. Gwen Davey, Rahnee Patrick, Alice Dolph, Dara Cisney. Ejenobo Oke, Heacher VanWechel, Tina Austin, Alise Whitmer and Christie Wharton. Mr. Hernandez, who coaches the spell bowl team, pointed out that the John Glenn team had earned their fourth consecutive state title and this was a state record tied with Bloomington South High School. The spell bowl team representatives presented the state championship trophy to the superintendent of school and the board of school trustees. The board congratulated the students and commended tham for their efforts toward excellence in education. Mr. Shuler also introduced the Gold Card incentive program. This program has been developed for the purpose of improving attendance and grades at John Glenn High School. In addition, the program also serves to encourage students to participate in extracurricular activities and also lower discipline problems. Mr. Shuler indicated that he had presented the Gold Cards to the students and that they had been received favorably. Mr. Kaufman. North LibertyElementary School, reported that Katherine Darewska. foreign exchange student from Poland, had spoken with the sixth grade students and NLES. The sixth grade elementary students received Kathenne excitedly and were happy to have her visit, Mr. Kaufman also reported that sixth graders made a donation to the Hope Resuce Mission and toured that institution. He also indicated that North Liberty Elementary once again held their annual Thanks giving feast. Sixth grade students, along with parent and teacher assistance, cooked the feast and enjoyed the activity. Mr. Kaufman reported that on November 9 the LaPorte Herald Argus featured an article interviewing Vai Gass. NLES kindergarten teacher, con tcrrnng the school's Geseli De velopmental program NELS has been asked to host the Gesell Institute Training program June 10

through June 14. 1991. Mr. Kaufman thanked John Gouker for speaking with the school staff concerning the earthquake disaster plan for the community. The NLES building plan has been coordinated with the communityplan. UMS principal Dick Reese reported that the UMS students had been involved in National Geography Awareness Week. He commended teachers Francie Beville and Michelle Chaberlin for their efforts in promoting such. Mr. Reese also reported that Urey Middle School students had been writing letters to soldiers in the Middle East and that local businesses were providing financial support for letters and items being sent to the soldiers. Mr. Reese reported that PT A student citizens of the month are Tiffany Ransbottom and Mike Szuba. Mrs. Lightfoot reported that WES had received a state award for the Hoosier School Award for school aprovement from the Indiana Elementary School Principals Association. She also reported that the Department of Education had awarded Walkerton Elementary with an award for improvement on attendance. Mrs. Lightfoot further reported that WES had hosted several father son competitions during the past weeks and that students and parents had enjoyed those events. Mrs. Lightfoot also commended Joan Haney for administering first aid in the cafeteria last week to a student who was involved in a choking incident. Dr. Murray, on behalf of the board, thanked Roger Hamilton for his cooperation in housing the school bus fuel tanks during the renovation of Jack's Service Station. Dr. Murray thanked Mr. Hamilton and expressed the school corporation's appreciation for his service. She further reported to the board that Jack's station was back in service and the corporation was utilizing that facility as previously done during the first part of the school year. OLD BUSINESS There was no old business. NEW BUSINESS 1. Tax Anticipation Warrant Designated as a Qualified Tax Exempt Allegation Dr. Murray reported that it was necessary for the board to qualify the recently approve tax anticipation warrent as a tax exempt allegation. The motion was made by Dave Hostetler to designate the tax anticipation warrant as a qualified tax exempt obligation as defined by the Tax Reform Act of 1986. The motion was seconded by Jean Ann Beem and the vote was six to one with Dan Patrick opposing. 2. Cosing Budget Functions for 1990 Dr. Murray requested that the board authorize board treasurer Darlene Flora and her to begin dosing out the 1990 budget. Dr. Murray explained that this was necessary in order to make adjustments to dose out all the accounts with either positive or zero balances. A motion was made by Gene Knowlton and seconded by Dan Patrick to authorize Superintendent Murray and board treasurer Darlene Flora to dose out the 1990 budget. The vote was seven ' zero. 3. Permission to Sell Gas Cans Dr. Murray reported that an IOSHA inspector had indicated that five or six of our five gallon gas cans within the corporation did not meet IOSHA specifications. Dr. Murray reported that these tanks were in excellent condition and fairly new, but because of the inspection. John Glenn School Corp, would not be authorized to use them. She recommended that the board authorize her to put those gas cans up for sale at a cost of six dollars. A motion was made by Dave Hostetler and seconded by Dan Patrick to authorize Dr Mur-

ray to sell the corporation gas cans at a price of six dollars. The vote seven/zero. Dr. Murray further noted that anyone interested in purchasing these gas cans should call the superintendent’s office, that they would be sold on a first come/first serve basis. 4. Voyager Gub Overnight Trips Voyager sponsor, Vera Tiani, presented information to the board concerning future overnight trips for the Voyager Gub. These trips would include the Voyager Planning Committee and Leadership Conference to be held Dec. 15 and 16. at the LaPorte Holiday Inn and the Voyager Gub winter camp out on Feb. 2 and 3. at Yankee Spring Recreation Area. Middleville. Michigan. Following discussion, a motion was made by Don Ludwig and seconded by Jean Ann Beem to allow Vera Tiani, sponsor, and the Voyager Gub students and sponsors to attend the specified overnight trips. The vote was seven/ zero. INFORMATION REPORTS 1. Superintendent’s Report a. National School Board Association Conference De. Murray reported that she had received information from the National School Boards Assoc. InService Conference and requested board members to get information to her as to who would be attending. b. Tax Hearing Information Dr. Murray reported that the tax hearing had been postponed on the first day, Thursday , November 15. and was rescheduled for Friday morning, Nov. 16. She indicated that the hearing went very well and that the corporation received some cutbacks in the transportation fund, however with those cutbacks and some adjustments in anticipated revenues and assessed valuation, the tax rate decreased to $6.5997. Based on the assessed valuation of $54,140,165, breakdown of rates established were General Fund. $3.5177; Debt Service $1.8013; Transportation $0.5927; Capital Projects $0.6880; making the final tax rate of $6.5997. c. Fanning/Howey Dr. Murray reported that she, along with Dick Reese, had met with Lee Brockway, Jack Swindell and Ron Fanning on Monday, Nov. 12. During that meeting a list was issued to Mr. Brockway for the purpose of answering questions given by the public regarding the building program. Dr. Murray reported that upon receiving answers to those questions, the board would report those answers to the public at the second board meeting in January. d. Municipal Finance Dr. Murray reported that she had spoken with Ralph Gerhart of Municipal Finance on Nov. 14 to request information on projected analysis of actual dollars that would be reflective of various tax rates and assessed valuations on a building program typical of the John Glenn School Corporation needs. Dr. Murray reported that those dollar figures will also be made available to the public during the second meeting in January. Dr. Murray further reported that Mr. Gerhart and Mr. Brockway would be available to answer questions during that meeting. 2. Extracurricular Fund Monthly Financial Reports 3. Conference Reports from Various Personnel 4. Opportunity for Grant Dr. Murray reported to the board that she had been contacted by the National Fitness Campaign of San Francisco, CA by regional grant director, Mary Oden, who indicated they had opened up grant applications to school corporations with enrollments similar to the John Glenn School Corporation. She said this grant was a matching grant which would involve the contribution of approximately $4,900 from the school corporation. In return, the corporation would

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Urey PT A Citizens of the month for November are Shasta Wines and David Guseilla. Shasta is the daughter of John and Sandy Wines of Route 2, Box 35. Walnut Road. Walkerton. She is a 7th grade student and her favorite subjects are english and spelling. Her hobbies are learning about the environment and spending time with friends. David is the son of Don and Kathy Guseilla of Route 4, Box 354, Walkerton. David is a 7th grade student and his favorite subjects are science and math. David's hobbies include building model rockets and playing basketball. Congratulations to Shasta and David! FALCONS TOP WESTVILLE FOR 4TH STRAIGHT A very successful full court press changed the tempo of the game and aided the John Glenn Falcons in receive curricular materials and lesson plans for grades kindergarten through 12 in areas relating to fitness and wellness programs. The program would also include wellness programs for personnel members and community members. Dr. Murray further reported that this grant would also include equipment in the form of a fitness course that would be housed by the John Glenn School Corporation. Dr. Murray noted that she and board president Nilas Miller had attended a super board meeting and there was some discussion regarding a fitness course through the local park department. Dr. Murray said that she would be discussing the pssibilities of coordinating this grant and the installation of the fitness course with the local community. The board, by consensus, authorized Dr. Murray to pursue acquiring this grant. NEXT BOARD MEETING Board president Nilas Miller noted that the next board meeting would be on Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in North Liberty Elementary School and that there would be an executive session immediately following for the purpose of discussing job performance evaluation of individual emplovees. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Jean Ann Beem and seconded by Mary Ann Stedman to adjourn the Nov. 27 board meeting. The vote was seven zero. The meeting was adjourned at 8:29 p.m. Executive Seaafoe Immediately following the regular meeting, the board met in executive session for the purpose of discussing job performance evaluation of individual employees. No other matters were discussed. The executive session was adjourned at 10:45 p.m.

coasting to their fourth victory in five starts Saturday night. Leading the host Westville Blackhawks 32-26 at halftime, the pressure forced turnovers that often turned into instant points and the Falcons outscored the Blackhawks 32-7 to blow this game wide open. It boosted the record to 4-1 for the season for the Falcons. A well balanced scoring attack paced the way as five of the Falcons hit double figures in this game. A 20 point effort by Rick O'Connor, which included two three-pointers, led the way. Kevin Winger followed with 16 while Kevin Stedman and Jim Seiders had 13 each and B. J. Walls totaled 10 points. The Blackhawks were paced by M. Zitt with 13 and Wamke also reached double figures with 10. Hoot Riley Saturday Night The Falcons have a rare open date this Friday but will have their hands full hosting the quick and talented Riley Wildcats on Saturday night. B-Team tipoff time is 6:30 p.m. BOX SCORE Glenn fg ft fta p tp Winger 8 0 0 2 16 Stedman 4 5 6 3 13 O’Connor 9 0 I T2O Seiders 4 5 6 3 13 Groves 1 4 4 0 6 Pletcher 0 0 0 1 0 Norris 0 3 4 2 3 Gardner 2 0 10 5 Walls 4 2 3 3 10 Johnson 3 0 0 1 6 Huizenga 0 0 0 3 0 TOTALS 35 19 25 21 89 Westville Silverman 1 6 7 4 8 M. Zitt 4 4 6 2 13 Warnke 5 0 3 3 10 Winkler 2 12 2 5 Hannon 13415 Shebel 1 4 5 3 6 I. Zitt 0 0 0 0 0 Hill 10 0 12 Bacon 1 0 0 0 2 Jefferson 0 0 0 1 0 TOTALS 16 18 26 17 51 3-point goals: Glenn 3, O’Connor 2, Gardner 1; Westville 1, M. Zitt Score By Quarters Glenn 19 32 64 89 Westville 8 26 33 51 NORTH LIBERTY STUDENTS LEARN INDIAN ART Native Americin Indians are reknown for their unique artistic style. During the past few weeks North Liberty Elementary's second, third, fourth and fifth grade art students have been creating various Indian artworks. Printed motifs, masks. Kaehina dolls, and weavings are among the creations. Third grade masks, pictured, display expressive line and shape. Experience the "power" of Native American Indian art in North Liberty School's hallways. Shop At Home