The Independent-News, Volume 117, Number 33, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 January 1992 — Page 1

The Independent-News

VOLUME 117; NUMBER 33

Bi-County Tourney Drawings Set For January 20 - 25 The defending champion John Glenn 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 Glenn, New Prairie will travel to Bremen, Culver Community at Argos and Ore-gon-Davis will play at Culver Military Academy. On the Monday night 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. INDIANA HOUSE LISTS TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER A toll-free telephone number to the Indiana House of Representatives has been released. The telephone number, 1-800-382-9842, is made available to ensure easy access to all state representatives. The office hours of the capital are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Although the United Nation* has many offices in Switzerland, Switzerland is not a member of the United Nations. i

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Ray and Kenny’s SuperValu employees recently presented an “Education Advantage" check to Walkerton Elementary School principal, Marilyn Lightfoot. Pictured from left to right are comanager Audrey Robison; Mrs. Lightfoot and dairy and frozen food manager Trudy Grahm. Ist SOURCE BANK COMPLETES PURCHASE OF LAPAZ BRANCH OF NORCEN Ist Source Bank and NorCen Bank announced January 2 the completion of the sale of the NorCen Bank Branch on U.S. 31 in LaPaz to Ist Source. Christopher J. Murphy 111, president and chief executive officer of Ist Source, said this transaction finalizes the agreement to purchase announced in July of 1991. Murphy added that the LaPaz branch fits Ist Source’s long-range strategy of improving coverage in the Michiana area and will strengthen Ist Source’s ability to serve customers in Northern Marshall and Southern St. Joseph Counties. “The new location in LaPaz will make banking even more convenient for present and future customers of Ist Source,’’ said Murphy. SIGN-UPS BEGIN FOR LIBRARY STORYTIMES Registration will begin January 21, for Spring Storytimes at the St. Joseph County Public Library. To participate, children must have reached the minimum age for each particular storytime by February 1. In North Liberty, there will be only a Pre-School Storytime on Fridays at 2 for 3-5 year olds. Please call 1-656-3664 to register. In Lakeville, a Pre-school Storytime for 3-5 year olds will be on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. Please register by calling 784-3446. For start dates and further information please call the proper branch. There is limited space available so parents are encouraged to register early by calling the appropriate branch. Some 6 5 million Americans play tennis at least twice a week.

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Local K of C To Sponsor Free Throw Contest All boys and girls ages 10 to 14 are invited to participate in the local level of competition for the 1992 Knights of Columus International Free Throw Championship. The local competition will be held Saturday, January 18, at 8:30 a.m. at the Walkerton Elementary gym. Doors will open at 8:00 a.m. for registration and warm up. Shooting will start at 8:30. The international free throw championship is sponsored annually by the K of C with winners progressing through local, district and state level competiions. International champions are announced by the K of C International Headquarters based on scores from the state level competitions. All boys and girls 10 to 14 years old are eligible to participate and will compete in respective age divisions. Last year more than 172,000 sharpshooters participated in 2.581 local competitions. All contestants on the local level are recognized for their participation in this event. Participants will be required to furnish proof of age and written parental consent. For entry forms or additional information contact the John Glenn School Corporation physical education instructors or Dennis Holland at 5862157 after 2:00 p.m. The Knights of Columbus is an international. Catholic, family, fraternal, service organizations with nearly 1.5 million members in more than 9.000 local councils, in 1989. Knights donated 32 million manhours and 592 million to charitable and benevolent causes, sponsoring programs to benefit their church, councils, communities, families and youth. 2tj 16 A fully loaded supertanker traveling at Its normal speed of 16 knots needs at least twenty minutes to stop.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1992

COMMNITY CALENDAR 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. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 6:30 p.m.—John Glenn basketball teams to travel to North Judson. ’’oo p.m.—Oregon-Davis basketball teams to travel to Washington Twp SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 9:00 a.m.—John Glenn wrestlers to participate in the Knox In vitational. 1:00 p.m.—Oregon-Davis girls basketball team to travel to Wheeler. 6:30 p.m.—John Glenn basketball teams to host Triton. 6:30 p.m.—Oregon-Davis basketball teams to travel to Winamac. MONDAY, JANUARY 13 5:15 p.m.—Oregon-Davis sth & 6th grade basketball teams to host South Central. 6:00 p.m.—John Glenn freshmen basketball team to travel to Oregon-Davis. 6:00 p.m.—John Glenn girls basketball teams to travel to Culver. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 11.00 a.m.-—REAL Services, of Walkerton, will hear the country I music of Verl Haag and the Ditmar : family. 5:30 p.m —Oregon-Davis boys junior high basketball team to host South Central. 6:30 p.m.—Oregon-Davis freshl men basketball team to travel to LaVille. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 4:30 p.m.—Oregon-Davis Sth 4 6th grade basketball team to travel to North Liberty. 6:30 p.m. —Oregon-Davis girls basketball team to travel to CG A. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16 5:30 p.m.—Oregon-Davis boys junior high basketball team to travel to Westville. 6:00 p.m.—Oregon-Davis girls basketball team to travel to Argos. 6:30 p.m.—Oregon-Davis freshmen basketball team to host South Central. i 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. FAN BUS FOR NORTH JUDSON GAME On Friday, January 10, at 6:30 p.m., the boys basketball teams will play at North Judson. The fan bus will leave Tyner and North Liberty at 5:15 and Glenn at 5:30. Adults and students can ride for SI.OO ।

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FALCONS TOP SOUTH CENTRAL FRIDAY NIGHT The John Glenn Falcons won their fifth game of the season Friday night as they returned to action after the holiday layoff. A convincing 75-49 victory over South Central boosted Glenn’s record to 5-2 for the year as they head into the very busy part of their schedule with two games each weekend for three of the next four weeks and the Bi-County Tourney the other week. It was the Falcons all the way. They jumped off to an 18-9 first period lead and from there were never really threatened as they increased their margin to 35-22 by halftime. Coach Gordon Mosson was able to use all his players freely with eight of the 10 boys seeing action in all four quarters All five starters scored in the opening period as Glenn took the lead they were never to see challenged. For the game, four Falcons ended in double figures with Kevin Stedman leading the way with 19 points on nine baskets and one free throw. Toby Gardner and Aaron Casteel had 14 each and Jayson Groves scored 10. For the losers Werner had 15 for the only South Central player in double figures. Two Gamer This Weekend The first Friday and Saturday combination of the coming weeks will have the Falcons at North Judson on Friday night against the Bluejays. On Saturday they will return home to host Northern State Conference foe Triton. Both con tests have 6:30 starting times for the preliminary game. BOX SCORE Glenn (g ft fta p tp Walls 3 0 0 4 7 Kincaid 4 0 0 4 8 Stedman 9 1 3 5 19 Groves 4 0 0 3 10 Gardner 6 2 3 1 14 Casteel 5 4 4 1 14 Perry 112 2 3 Cotton 0 0 0 1 0 Snell 0 0 2 0 0 Peterson 0 0 0 1 0 TOTALS 32 8 14 22 75 Soath Central Delgado 2 0 0 2 4 Fookes 40018 Werner 71 4 3 15 Haschel 3 0 2 3 7 Boyd 12314 Cuff 10 0 12 Hundt 0 0 0 1 0 Grass 0 0 0 0 0 Rodman 0 2 4 0 2 Satoski 2 3 4 3 7 TOTALS 20 8 17 15 49 3-point goals: Glenn 3. Groves 2. Walls; South Central 1. Haschell Score By QaarUMta Glenn 18 35 54 75 SouthCentral- 9 22 33 49 CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS MEET A Co-Dependents Anonymous meeting is being held weekly on Sundays at 7:00 p.m. at the Community Building in Walkerton, located on the corner of Jefferson and Ohio Streets. Co-Dependents Anonymous is a self-help group based on the twelve steps and twelve traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous for persons who have difficulty in maintaining healthy relationships with friends, spouses, family or children.