The Independent-News, Volume 117, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 July 1991 — Page 9

PUBLIC INVITED TO A SPECIAL EVENT AT MILLER’S MERRY MANOR WALKERTON ANTIQUE CARS Sat., Aug. 24 1:00 p.m. To 3:00 p.m. TO BE HELD AT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY AND ICE CREAM SOCIAL PLEASE JOIN US NO RESERVATIONS NEEDED A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO DONATED AND HELPED FOR THE JOANN MCENDARFER BENEFIT IT WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED JOANN MCENDARFER Great Ist Place Finish IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE TOURNEY FARMERS STATE BANK Happiness Is PARTYING AT PARDNER’S ON July 19 & 20 WITH “ULTERIOR MOTIVE” COME JOIN THE FUN! Happiness Is TIME FOR SUMMER FUN CALL MARSHA & KIM’S CLEAN ‘N THINGS BEST PRICES BETTER JOB 656-4550 A PLACE AND RECEIVE STRENGTH AND UNDERSTANDING PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT MEETING Tues., July 30 AT MILLER'S MERRY MANOR WALKERTON 7:15 p.m. TOPIC: VIDEO, SAFETY FIRST

THANK YOU FOR THE WHITE SOX GAME & PIZZA WALKERTON C. OF C. BOARD NEWS The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce was held July 10, 1991. The meeting was in Die Cottage restaurant and was called to order by president Leo Savoie, Jr., at 12:20 p.m. A quorum was declared present for the conduct of business. President Savoie announced a public informational meeting was to be held at the Urey Middle School, Walkerton, for the presentation of the planned new middle school by the School Board of the John Glenn School Corporation. President Savoie also presented a possible promotional activity for the Sidewalk Sale and at the same time recognizing and honoring Mr. Gregg Hodges of the National Champion Bulls NBA basketball team, one of Walkerton’s very own! Mr. Jay Potts is to contact Mr. Hodges and the Bull’s public relations department to see if he (Hodges) would have an hour or two of free time during the Sidewalk Sale days to meet our local public and sign autographs for those that might want to congratulate him and the Bulls on their fine performance. John McGee announced final plans for the Golf Outing were completed and a letter had been sent to all the membership giving details and providing an entry form to be returned. The date is September 12, 12:00 noon, at Swan Lake Golf Club. The minutes of the June meeting of the Chamber Board were corrected to show the changed date of the Sidewalk Sale of the Retail Merchants. (Change due to date of start of sidewalk, curb and gutter replacement.) The date is set now for July 26-27, 1991. Upon a motion by John McGee, seconded by Kenny Chapman, the minutes were approved as amended. Christy Clark, treasurer, reported a balance of $2,035.39 in the checking account of the Chamber. President Savoie and Jo Ann Pulliam, editor of the Walkerton Shopper, reported on additional plans for the Great Pumpkin Festival. The paramedics and ambulance service personnel are sponsoring a “Pumpkin Pedal’’, a bicycle ride for the family, as a new activity. Details are yet to be worked out. Also, it was confirmed that there will be a Dixieland band playing from a grandstand downtown on Friday evening of the Festival. A new Little Miss Pumpkin contest will be held on Saturday, to add to the other plan ned activities. Jo Hershberger, public relations chairperson and Retail Merchants representative, informed the Directors of the changed dates for the Retail Merchant’s Sidewalk Sale. She said spot radio announcements have been set up through both Knox and Plymouth radio stations, to provide the public information concerning the Sidewalk Sale. David Behr, Executive Economic Developer, announced that the State had now released all monies for the Downtown Improvement project. On July 10, a morning meeting was held with eight contractors, outlining all specifications and requirements for proper bidding on the project. With all paper work completed, he stated the

Town Council is scheduled to award bids for this work on July 22, 1991, and actual work should start on or about July 29, 1991. He also reported the small Walkerton Area Maps were ready for proofing and printing and should be available for the Sidewalk Sale. President Savoie was directed to have the Chamber of Commerce trash cans placed strategically in the downtown area, when he raised the question. The refurbishing and painting is to be done after the Downtown Rehabilitation is completed so that the trash cans can be made to conform with the decor achieved. A general discussion of other needed improvements followed. Kenny Chapman suggested the placement of properly designed brackets on the new light standards for the display of the American flag. All agreed this was something needed and asked Mr. Behr to investigate the possibility of making this a part of the Downtown Rehabilitation project. Adjournment was at 1:20 p.m. WOMEN’S AGLOW TO MEET The Walkerton Women’s Aglow Fellowship will meet July 20th at the Walkerton Community Building. Fellowship will be at 9:00 a.m. and meeting at 9:30. The speaker will be P.J. St al let. P.J. was saved at the age of 27 while attending Tennessee Bible College. Several years later she because spirit filled and received her heavenly language. Her testimony is a continuing one for she is always on the go for Jesus. Even tho her life involves various changes, Christ remains the same, unchanged and that is what she can count on. He is her rock. P.J. comes with a message of hope, faith and love and a boldness to proclaim it. She lives knowing that all things are possible to him that believes. Be encouraged that what you receive, you too, can use in your own misistry for Christ. Bring your unsaved friends and receive a Christmas present for their attendance. All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. Rom. 8:28. Chills, Thrills, Laughter And Music At Firefly Picture this: It’s dark. You and your friends have been sitting on a hillside, singing songs together as the sun sets, and suddenly, the moon is out, it’s very quiet, and somone begins to tell ghost stories. On Saturday, July 20, the Firefly Festival audience will recapture the fun, the foolishness, and the spinetingling shivers of old-fashioned evenings 'round the campfire with world-renowned folk singer Ella Jenkins and America’s favorite story-teller, Jackie Torrence. The performance begins at 8:00 p.m. at St. Patrick’s County Park, South Bend. There’s just no resisting folksinger Ella Jenkins. She’s an old pro at getting audiences to let down their hair and join right in, because “You don’t have to have a great voice if you can la, la, la, cluck, and whistle." This perennial performer at Chicago's Ravinia Festival is enormously popular across the country and around the world thanks to her warm, witty, original fare. Her rhythmic hi-jinks, folk music from around the world, and concern for the environment appeal to people of all cultures and all ages. It doesn’t take folks very long to lose their inhibitions and join in singing, clapping, snapping, and stomping. Jenkins is also inclined to invite a few intrepid listeners to join her on-stage and provide rhythmic accompaniment (with everything from maracas to music

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sticks from Japan, to a cowbell) as she strums the ukelele and sings. A sing-along concert, she says, is “like a big birthday cake You bake it, cut it, share it. But you always put your own ingredients into it.’’ The Firefly audience will be invited to add its own ingredients to old songs and new. Story-teller Jackie Torrence has away of gathering listeners into ler stories, which range from mysteries and ghost tale classics like “The Hairy Man” that raise goose bumps, to a Jack Tale, from the Br’er Rabbit stories she learned from her grandparents to mountain tales mined in Appalachia, to legends about the blues. Some of her stories are centuries old and some are of her own creation. They always bear the mark of her dramatic delivery, powerful and precise, warm and suspenseful, and definitely thought-provoking. Torrence is truly a wonder tc behold as she "becomes” the characters she creates, assuming all their mannerisms and distinctive voices (which range from child to monster to frog). As the Christian Science Monitor put it, "She can flash her eyes open and shut faster than a spooked owl, jiggle all over like a bashful bear and weave a gossamer web of breath-holding suspense.” Noel Holston of the Orlando Sentinel exclaimed, “. . .Not one of the stories Spielberg has presented so far, at an average cost of $1 million per half hour, amazed me as much as a story I heard Jackie Torrence te11... not show ... te11...” Torrence’s original tales can be powerful. On day, actor Robert de Niro heard a story she’d composed about a back-country woman and her son. He was so moved by the tale that he decided to make a movie based on the tale and he wants Torrence to write the script. Both Jenkins and Torrence are known through their television appearances (Jenkins with Mr. Rogers, Torrence on a Boston series and in a Hollo ween special, “A Teller and Her Tales,”) as well as on radio and recordings. These two award-winning performers have not only performed coast to coast, but, as masters of their crafts, are in great demand for workshops and residencies for artists and educators who would like to learn how they weave spells the way they do. The Firefly Festival is fortunate to present both Ella Jenkins and Jackie Torrence on one bill Saturday, July 20, for an evening of old-fashioned festival fun. The Firefly Festival is held at St. Patrick’s County Park, 50651 Laurel Road, South Bend. Parking is free, and assistance for disabled persons is available. If the performance is moved

indoors due to bad weather, an announcement will be made on City Line and on local radio stations at 3:00 p.m. Ticket information for performance, Adults: Avance tickets, $7.00 each; at the gate, $9. Children: Ages 6-16, $2 each; under age 6, free. Group discount: A 20% discount off advance sale prices is available for groups of 15 or more adults, call Firefly, 219-288-3472. Box Offices: South Bend. Century Center, 219-284-9111; Notre Dame, LaFortune Student Center, 219-239-8128; Mishawaka, Majerek's Hallmark, University Park Mail, 219-277-5096; Elkhart, Templin’s. 219-293-3043; LaPorte, Majerek’s Hallmark/Reader's World. 219-326-5980; New Buffalo. Ml. Brennens' Book Store. 616-469-7530; and Niles, MI, Majerek’s Hall of Cards & Books, 616-683-1689. The Firefly Festival’s goal of bringing quality and diversity in the performing arts to the broadest possible audience is assisted by generous community and foundation assistance and support from the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.

‘ 55 ALIVE MATURE . DRIVING PROGRAM Today’s Senior Citizen is in a ' proud class. We are proud of the lessons we have learned over a long , lifetime. As the average life-span ' continues to grow, we are proud of a self-sufficiency not enjoyed by earlier generations. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has done much to foster this pride, by defending the rights of seniors and other minorities, by providing opportunity for a wide range of volunteer work for those so inclined, and by arranging tours and other recreation through local chapters. Over twenty years ago, it came to the attention of AARP that auto accidents were becoming more frequent (per miles driven) among the older population. AARP responded by setting up defensive driving classes, provided by the National Safety Council. Ten years later, AARP saw the need for a class prepared to meet the specific needs of the senior driver, and developed the class called “55 Alive Mature Driving,” conducted by trained volunteers who were themselves senior citizens. This class stressed care in making left-turns, and other right-of-way situations, along with countless other safety practises, many related to changes in vision, hearing, depth-perception, re-action-time and other age-related problems. The 55 Alive course has proven to be both popular and successful; in March, 1989, the millionth graduate emerged from the class, and studies indicate a 16% reduction in deaths and serious injuries among graduates of the course. In 31 states, insurance companies are required to grant a discount in auto insurance premiums. In Indiana, several companies do sc voluntarily, but as yet it is not required. The course is continuing to grow dramatically. It took ten years to graduate the first million; the second million is expected to be completed in less than three years. A paid staff prepares the materials and supplies, and provides for the training of more than 5,000 volunteer instructors, and maintains the records of far more than 1,000 persons graduating daily. Much of the cost is subsidized by AARP, so that the tuition is a low SB.OO per person, yet enough to give the person a sense of sharing in the cost and value of the course. Courses are conducted throughout Indiana by more than sixty instructors; to learn of courses nearby, call David Kunkel, Assistant State Coordinator, at 219-639-6878, or write to him at 15001 Mill Rd. #2B, Fort Wayne, IN 46816.

HOSPICE BEREAVEMENT GROUP TO MEET Hospice of St. Joseph County. Inc. has scheduled another “Living With Loss" support group. Meetings will take place on six consecutive Monday afternoons from 1:30-3:30 p.m. beginning July 22. The focus of the sessions will be to recognize and understand the grief process while stimulating personal growth. Anyone in the community who has experienced the loss of a loved one through death is welcome and encouraged to attend. A $20.00 donation to Hospice is suggested. For more information, please call Betty Forrest, Director of Bereavement Services for Hospice at 237-0340. Hospice of St. Joseph County, Inc. is a home health care agency providing nursing, psycho-social, and spiritual support for terminally ill persons and their families. In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell was the first American woman to become a doctor To win a bet for S4O, Thomas Gar son of Chicago ate 22 hamburgers and two quarts of ice cream in 25 minutes back in 1938.

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