The Independent-News, Volume 117, Number 32, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 January 1992 — Page 1

The Independent-News

VOLUME 117; NUMBER 32

Bi-County Tourney Drawings Set For January 20 - 25 The defending champion John Gienn Falcons, also the early favorite for this year’s crown, will help get the action underway in the 27th annual Bi-County Tourney in January. The Falcons will meet the host LaVille Lancers, who along with Bremen would be considered the top threats to Glenn. The game will be played on Tuesday, January 21, at 6:30 p.m., putting one of the better teams on the sidelines early in this year's meet. The pairings for the tourney were made last Tuesday and are completed as follows: After the Glenn and LaVille opening match, Bremen will meet New Prairie. On Wednesday night the lower bracket will get underway with Argos and Culver Community meeting at 6:30 p.m. and Culver Military Academy and OregonDavis at 8:00. The leaves the bottom bracket without a team close to an even record, but one of them will advance to the final game on Saturday night thanks to the draw. Semi-final round action for the boys varsity teams will be Friday at 7:00 and 8:30 p.m. with the Tuesday night winners meeting first and the Wednesday night winners completing the action. On Saturday evening, at 6:30 p.m., the girls varsity finals will be played with the boys varsity championship following at 8:30 p.m. Once again, the drawing for the varsity is followed the entire way through the girls action and both the boys and girls B-Teams. There will be first round games at four sites, LaVille will visit Gienn, New Prairie will travel to Bremen, Culver Community at Argos and Ore-gon-Davis will play at Culver Military Academy. On the Mondaynight schedule will be three games at each site, both B-Teams and the girls varsity. Second round action for the girls varsity teams will be held on Thursday night at 6:30 and 8:00 p.m. at Bremen, setting up the finals for Saturday night. The B-Teams will travel to Bremen on Saturday morning as the Monday winners will meet starting at 9:00 a.m. with the girls B-Team winners from Monday. At 10:30 a.m., the boys B-Team winners of Monday will meet with the girls B-Team finals at 12:00 noon and the boys championship at 1:30 p.m. More information about the 1992 tourney along with ticket information will follow in coming weeks. But mark you calendars now, the week of January 20 - 25 is BiCounty Tourney week in our area. NOTICE TO FAMILIES ENROLLED You are invited to a get acquainted open house this Sunday, lanuary 4th, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. for the United Methodist Church Day Care Ministry at the church. <■ ome and meet your teachers, see your classrooms and bring your personal items from home (eitra Cothes. sheets (crib sire is fine), ‘ snkets, diapers, wet wipes, etc.) Please don’t miss this chance for * K ( x>d beginning. See you there! t-nd a message with a happy ad.

Adult Ed. Classes Being Offered At J. Glenn Schools Adult Education classed being offered at John Glenn School Corp, for the Spring semester, 1992 are as follows: Adult Basic education (GED) will be held on Monday and Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 at the John Glenn High School library beginning on January 13 for 13 weeks. There is no fee for this class. Adult recreation will be held at the North Liberty gym on Tuesday and Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and it will begin on January 14 for 15 weeks and there is a $2.00 fee per time. Aerobics/fitness will be held at the North Liberty MP gym on Monday and Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. with the first evening being January 20 and will run for eight weeks. There is a fee of $3.00 per time. Introduction to computers will be held at Urey Middle School, Room 207, on Tuesdays with the first night January 14 and run for nine weeks from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. There is a $40.00 fee. Computers (Word Processing) will be held at Walkerton Elementary School on Thursdays from 6:30 to 9:30 p m beginning March 23 and run for eight weeks. There is a $40.00 fee. Computers (Data Base/Spread Sheets) will be held at the John Gienn High School computer room on Mondays from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. beginning January 13 and run for nine weeks. There is a $40.00 fee for this class. Parenting will be held at the John Glenn High School Home Ec room on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. beginning on January 21 and run for six weeks. There is no fee for this class. Indoor fitness walking will be held at Walkerton Hementary School and North Liberty School on Monday-Friday, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. and from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Hand quilting, call Ruby Salyer at 784-2289 to register. Registration for adult classes may be made by mail, telephone or in person. To reserve your place in a class, you must attend the first class night and be prepared to pay any fee. Some classes will be limited to enrollment. Most classes require a minimum enrollment of 10 registered adults. Gasses with low enrollment will be canceled and only those who have registered will be called. No refunds after the first class. Deadline for class registrations is Wednesday, January 8, 1992. Mailing address is JGSC Adult Education, North Liberty School, North Liberty, IN 46554 or phone 656-8123, Ert. 20, Richard Kickbush. coordinator. HEALTH SCREENINGS Home Operated Medical Equipment will conduct health screenings at the Koontz Lake Missionary Church on January 2, from 9:00 am. to 11:00 a.m. The diabetic testing will be free, cholesterol will have a $5.00 charge and triglyceride testing, you must fast ten hours prior screening and there is a $5 00 fee. For more information contact Jeff V. Berg at 772-4458.

WALKERTON, INDIANA 46574

IBCA Elects Dan Awald As Vice President JH SHF Dan Awald, of Walkerton, was elected vice-president of the Indiana Beef Cattle Association at its convention in Indianapolis. Awald has served on the convention committee for the past three years. He has a background in raising registered Herefords. He is also a retired Vocational Agriculture instructor. KNITTING INSTRUCTIONS BEING OFFERED Free knitting instructions for anyone who knits or would like to know how are being offered. Come join us at the North Liberty Library, each Tuesday afternoon from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. Also offered is a new evening class the first, second and fourth Monday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., starting in January. Bring yam, knitting needles, any size from 4 to lOVs. Gasses are offered for beginners, basics, advance and 4-H’ers. For more information call Joan Koenig at 656-3162. INDIANA RESIDENTS DUE FEDERAL TAX REFUND CHECKS The IRS is trying to locate Hoosier taxpayers who are still due tax refunds from their 1990 Federal income tax returns. William Jacobs, IRS District Director for Indiana, said 590 refund checks were returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable. "The refund checks total over $205,586 and range in amounts from $1 to $12,873," Jacobs said. Internal Revenue Service believes most of these taxpayers moved or changed their last names during the year, and failed to notify the Postal Service or IRS. When a refund is returned by the Postal Service, the IRS attempts to locate the taxpayer by follow-up mail "but there is always a small number who cannot be found," Jacobs said. Most taxpayers, over 1.7 million in Indiana, have already received their refunds, he said. If you are due a refund from your 1990 tax return but have not yet received it, contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 (in the Indianapolis area, 226-5477) for information. The globefish staves off predators by gulping a large quantity of water, till it becomes simply too large to be swallowed by its enemies.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1992

COMMNITY CALENDAR FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 1:00 p.m.—GFWC Woman’s Community Gub to meet at the Community Building. 7:00 p.m.—John Glenn basketball team to travel to South Central. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7 6:00 p.m.—John Glenn girls basketball teams to travel to Rochester. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8 6:00 p.m.—John Glenn girls basketball teams to travel to Triton. 6:30 p.m.—John Glenn freshmen basketball team to travel to Knox. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9 6:00 p.m.—John Glenn freshmen basketball team to travel to Argos, 6:30 p.m. —John Glenn wrestlers to host North Judson. BUFFET LUNCHEON MEETING The Marshall County Christian Women’s Gub will meet on Wednesday, January 8, from 11:30 to 2:00 p.m. at the Balloon Wurks Restaurant, Holiday Inn, Plymouth, for their monthly buffet luncheon meeting. Cost is $5.75 inclusive. A style show by The Fashion Bug, special music and speaker will be included For reservations call Barbara at 5862284 or Gen at 936-6299 by Friday, January 3. FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP John Glenn High School Guidance Dept, will present a Financial Aid Workship on Wednesday, January 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Greg Miller of Manchester College is a financial aid director, and will present information on various sources of financial aid available at the federal, state and local levels to help pay for any education past high school. The financial aid form will be handed out and gone over with detailed information on how to complete the form. The workshop is designed for vocationally or college bound seniors and their parents, but anyone interested may attend. 3tj9 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. Interest in model railroading as a hobby began after the Chicago World's Fair of 1933-34. Model railroad exhibits at the fair spurred this interest.

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Glenn Girls Face Pair Os Tough Road Games The Lady Falcons of John Glenn high school return to action next week following the holiday layoff with a pair of tough road tests. The Falcons travel to Rochester on Tuesday night to battle the 9-2 Zebras and then the following night are entertained by Northern State Conference power Triton, winners of 12 of 13 contests overall and 3 of 4 in league play. The Falcons experienced a rough schedule prior to Christmas and it appears things will not be getting any easier on the down side of the ledger. First year coach Scott Hostetler believes it may take a little more time for his young and inexperienced chargers to gel and get on the winning track. There are no short cuts, and there still will be pain involved. After a 2-8 start, it may be that the time and the pain are going to be greater than anticipated. Working with only two players with any varsity experience and facing a wicked schedule, the Falcons got off to a 1-1 start. They lost to NSF leader Knox in their opener and edged South Bend Riley in their second encounter. They then dropped tilts to perennial toughies Mishawaka, Bremen and Plymouth before losing starter Jenny Oke for the season with a knee injury. Oke and senior Michele knepp are the only eagers who returned from last year with any varsity playing time to speak of. The next five games saw the locals play against all types of adversity. The Falcons dipped Oregon-Davis to improve their record to 2-4. But then the Falcons were saddled with sickness and injuries. The Jimtown game saw Knepp sidelined with the flu as well as a couple of others playing under the weather. Against a very good South Bend Gay quintet, Knepp and Jonna Johnson were still recovering from the bug and Katrina Hill was out nursing an ankle injury. In the South Centra] and New Prairie games the local gals were nearly at full strength with only Hill hampered with her injury. Even so, the Falcons have made great strides in improving their overall play. They have had to learn an entirely new offensive and defensive system, which always takes time even with seasoned players. This coupled with their inexperienced, injuries and illnesses have definitely slowed their progress. Coach Hostetler is impressed with his squad’s work ethics and attitude. His team is quickly being noted for their never say die attitude and their aggressive style of play at both ends of the court. The Glenn mentor hopes his girls will be ready by sectional tournament time to give more than just a good account of themselves. With everyone but two players back from the varsity plus a young and improving junior varsity dub returning next year, the future definitely appears bright for girls basketball at John Glenn high school.