The Independent-News, Volume 117, Number 18, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 September 1991 — Page 1

The Independent-News

VOLUME 117; NUMBER 18

Harveys Donate Building To Local Church Ralph Harvey, the owner of the building now occupied by Harvey’s Store, has announced the donation of that building to the Walkerton United Methodist Church. George Cox, the president of the nine store Harvey chain, has announced the gift of the parking lot in the rear of the Harvey Store and owned by the corporation. This lot also is given to the Walkerton United Methodist Church. Mr. Harvey purchased the Tank and Kieser buildings in 1955 and combined the two buildings into the one room for the present Harvey Store, and the Harvey Corporation will now lease the building from the United Methodist Church and continue to operate the business in Walkerton. This is the latest of seven buildings given by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey to various denominations and the University of Indianapolis, providing revenue for scholarships for needy students and for carrying on the work of the different churches. Mr. Harvey, now 80, is still active part time in the work of the Harvey stores, but the Harveys spend most of their very active lives in the work of the church at local and state levels and extensive philanthropic work that reaches around the world. SCREENINGS OCTOBER 3 Home Operated Medical Equipment will conduct screenings for diabetic, free of charge; cholesterol at $5.00 fee and triglyceride at $5.00 fee and you must fast ten (10) hours prior to this screening. The screenings will be held on Thursday, October 3 at the Koontz Lake Missionary Church, from 9:00 a..m to 11:00 a.m. For more information contact Jeff Berg at 772-4458, Knox. ARTIFACTS TO BE DISPLAYED During the recent sidewalk renovation. several artifacts were excavated which were presented to the Walkerton Historical Society. These and other items may be viewed during the town Pumpkin Festival. Tables of recent and past acquisitions will be on display at the Masonic Temple. October 4 and 5; the hours being 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. If you have an item(s) which you would care to share with the public, on loan for these two days, please call 586-3516. Also, perhaps you would like to just visit with the people and reminice of the town history. The recording of town history can be accomplished by any interested person; as you remember an incident, write it down and later send or give it to the Historical Society. Share with us your old copies of newspapers, photos, abstracts from which names and businesses can be extracted; all will be returned after being copied. Come share and enjoy what has been collected and perhaps solve or correct points that have been made. Wild flowers have been known to bloom in the Artic—even at the edge of glaciers.

J.G.H.S. HOMECOMING CANDIDATES

The homecoming queen and king candidates are, left to right, front sow: Kellie Gunn, Gwen Kelly, Christy Werner and Tracey Legge. Back row: Ryan Peterson, Jason Dittmar, Jason Groves and Sean Plunkett. John Glenn High School’s homecoming activities are underway this week. Students have been dressing up in costumes for spirit days and they are awaiting the annual parade, football game and dance. The parade will be held this Thursday. It will leave the Urey parking lot at 6:00 p.m. and follow Van Buren Street to Georgia Street and then to the high school. A bonfire and pep rally will take place at the south end of the football field after the parade. The Falcon Pride will perform a pre-game show at 7:05 p.m. on Friday night before the football game. The halftime activities will begin with the presentation of last year’s queen and king, Laurie Dudley and

Audit Presents More Problems For Former Judge More problems have been revealed involving Judy L. Baker, former Walkerton Town Court Judge. The results of an audit were released September 20 that asks the former judge to pay over $28,000 in shortages of the Town Court from 1988 through December, 1990 when she was judge. According to auditors, only 696 cases out of 2,541 in this period of time were seen as recorded in the bank account. This is listed as a conservative estimate as it simply would have taken too long to confirm all the cases. Baker is scheduled to appear in St. J oseph Superior Court on December 9 to stand trail for shortages of approximately $9,000 taken in in fines and costs in the Town Court. She also faces fines for failing to report 1.362 cases of traffic violations involving motor vehicles to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles as required by law. These audit figures were from the period of 1988 through her resignation as judge in December of 1990. Fishermen have landed female halibut weighing from 300 to 400 pounds.

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Jim Seiders. Elementary princesses and pnnces will then be presented. Jill Schmeltz and Willaim Groves will represent North Liberty Elementary. Katie Hostetler and Scott Jones will represent Walkerton Elementary. The candidates for the 1991 Queen and King are seniors Kellie Gunn and Ryan Peterson; juniors Gwen Kelly and Jason Dittmar; sophomores Christy Werner and Jason Groves; and freshmen Tracey Legge and Sean Plunkett. After the crowning ceremonies, the winning floats from Thursday’s parade will be displayed. The Homecoming Dance will be held after the game in the cafeteria. It will last until midnight. Music will be provided by “Bands Unlimited”. The cost is $3.00 per person. John Glenn High School students and graduates are invited to attend. Parents of John Glenn students are encouraged to attend the dance free of charge.

MARSHALL COUNTY WOMEN TO MEET OCTOBER 2 The Marshall County Christian Women’s Club will meet on Wednesday, October 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Plymouth Holiday Inn for their monthly luncheon buffet at $5.00 per person. Theme for the day is ’’There's A Fair In The Air" with special midway marvels and special music. Special speakers will be Nancy Dorner, a psychologist and humorist from Kalamazoo, Michigan. For reservations call Barbara at 586-2284 or Gen at 936-6299 by September 27. SIDEWALK APPLICATIONS The Walkerton Town Council is accepting sidewalk applications for work to be done next spring. Five thousand dollars of Local Road A Street money has been set aside for the installation of new sidewalks, on a matching funds basis. The Town will pay half the cost, and the individual must pay the other half. The matching funds program is strictly for residential sidewalks. New sidewalks, where there are none, and applications with the earliest date will be given first priority. Applications can be filled out at the Clerk-Treasurer’s office from now until next March. All applications will be reviewed by, and acted on by the Town Council. The Town Council also reserves the right to make all final decisions in choosing those sidewalks to be done.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1991

RICHARD REESE RESIGNS AS SUPERINTENDENT Richard Reese asked the Board of Trustees of the John Glenn School Corporation to accept his request to be reassigned from the superintendent of schools back to the Urey Middle School principal - ship. The letter of request was read at the September 17 Board meeting. The request of Mr. Reese, as he cited in the letter, was strictly for personal reasons and not any problem he had had with the Board or any individuals since accepting the position earlier this summer. A copy of his letter to the Board is in the “Voice Os The People” column of today's issue. The Board is now on another search for a superitendent, who could become the fifth to fill this position in some 41 or 42 months. This is a situation that has arisen for several reasons, but one that is very hard for the school corporation to adjust to and continue to run a sound program. Unofficially, the Board has suggested they would like to find an experienced person to fill the role, having had three in a row with no previous superintendent's experience, possibly leading to some of the problems that developed after their appointments. Mr. Reese will continue in his present position and aid the Board in every way possible in the search and turning the office over one more time. INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON CRIME An informational meeting will be held on Monday, Sept. 30, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the North Liberty Community Building, sponsored by the North Liberty Fire Dept, on being a winner in the race against crime. “Citizens Against Crime” is the title of the meeting and it will be presenting a fast paced, practical and fun program on personal assault crime: avoidance and survival. This is acclaimed as the best program of its kind. HOMEMAKERS FALL LESSONS St. Joseph County Extension Homemakers will hold fall lessons, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the Esther Singer building at the St. Joeph County 4-H Fairgrounds. South Bend. Registration and coffee will be at 9:00 a.m. followed by lesson one at 9:30 a.m. on recycling. At 10:30 a.m. lesson two will be held on how it appliesrecycling. The third lesson will be at 11:30 entitled super stew followed by a lunch break. Lesson four will be at 1:30 p.m. with the subject matter alone, alone . . . singleness and the evening lesson at 7:30 p.m. will be holiday ideas. For more information call 2849604. NEW OFFICERS The new officers of the Koontz Lake Conservation Club are Phil Waldron, president; Harriett Jeffries. vice president; Pete Thorn burg, secretary; and Lucille Dipert, treasurer. The directors are Eli Sobat, Richard Dipert and Edward Moravek. Shop At Home

COMMUNITY CALENDAR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 7:00 p.m. — Walkerton Business & Professional Women to meet at the Presbyterian Church. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 4:30 p.m. — NSC tennis matches at Bremen. 7:30 p.m. — John Glenn football homecoming game with South Central. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 9;OU a.m. — NSC tennis matches at Bremen. 9:15 a.m. — John Glenn cross country team to travel to CMA/ CGA Invitational. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 4:30 p.m. — John Glenn cross country team to travel to Triton. 6:00 p.m. — John Glenn junior varsity football team to travel to South Central. 6:30 p.m. — John Glenn volleyball team to host Oregon-Davis. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 6:00 p.m. — John Glenn volleyball team to host Plymouth. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 4:30 p.m. — John Glenn tennis team to host CMA. 6:00 p.m. — John Glenn volleyball team to travel to LaPorte. 7:00 p.m. — North Liberty Town Board to meet. SPECIAL SERVICE AND RECOGNITION The Walkerton Presbyterian Church cordially invites you to Milestone Sunday on September 29. This is a special service and reception honoring twenty-two members who have shown their dedication to our church and christ for many years During a special service at 10:30 a.m. the following members will be given recognition and a token of our appreciation. They are Helen LaFeber, Myron Mullet, Wayne Burch, Marilee Anderson, Mable Corner. Helen Jaunita Bouse, Marvin Bouse, William Bouse, Esther Gerber, Elizabeth Martin, Edna Kerchaert, Bonnie Sullivan, Catherine Mullet, Ruth Burch, Elaine Bouse, Ralph Jackson, Esther Jackson, Frances Jackson, James Bolze, Martha Dipert, Floyd Dipert and Verice Walz. You may wish to invite mutual fnends and family to this service and reception that will follow. HEAD START OPENINGS The Hansel Neighborhood Service Center is currently seeking children for the North Liberty and Walkerton Head Start programs Children who were 3or 4 years of age on or before June Ist and are from families with a limited income are eligible. For more information call 6563477 or 234-2150. 3t03 WALKERTON NURSERY SCHOOL OPENINGS We have openings in the 3 year old afternoon class — 12:30 - 3:00 p.m We have an opening in the 4 A 5 year old p.m. class. Please contact the Walkerton United Methodist Church at 586-3534 or 586-3404. In 1890. a St Louis physician ground up peanuts and produced a product that would revolutionize sandwich making and become the hit of the lunch box set ft was peanut butter

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