The Independent-News, Volume 117, Number 34, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 January 1992 — Page 1

The Independent-News

VOLUME 117; NUMBER 34

Recycling Days January 16 & 17 At North Liberty Come bring in the materials you have been collecting to be recycled to us Thursday, January 16 between the hours of 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. or Friday, January 17 between the hours of 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. at the North Liberty Community Building. Items can only be accepted at these times, do not try to bring them earlier or on different dates. We have been having this happen to often and the items can only be put into the trash. Do not waste the time and effort you have invested in bringing these items to us by dropping them off at an unmanned site. If there arc no volunteers at the site, then we are not open. Items we are collecting are: Aluminum: Cans should be rinsed clean and smashed; foil should be rinsed dean and folded up; scrap (lawn chairs, screen doors) should be broken down and other metals (screws, screens) removed. Newspaper: Should be dean, dry and put into brown paper sacks. Corrugated cardboard: Should be folded down and all staples and tape removed. Glass (green, dear, and brown) bottles and jars: Rinsed dean with the lida and rings removed, labels can stay on, no dishes or glasses or window glass. Plastic (milk jugs, soda bottles, and detergent bottles): Rinsed dean with soap water, with cap and rings removed, labels can stay on, smashed down. Food cans (tin): Rinsed dean and smashed fiat. The North Liberty Recyding Committee is a volunteer run group that is trying to provide a much needed service for the North Liberty/Walkerton area. We need volunteers each month to keep the drop off site open. If you are willing to help support this project with your time, please write to us at North Liberty Recyding Committee, P.O. Box $54, North Liberty, Ind. 46554. Bi-County Tickets Now On Sale At John Glenn LaVille Bi-County all-session tickets are on sale at John Glenn High School until noon on Monday, January 20, 1992. The price of the all-session ticket is $7.00. Single session tickets, sold at the door at LaVille, are 53.00. Glenn will play LaVille on Tuesday, January 21 at 6:30 p.m. EST. 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. The first practical phonograph was invented In 1877 by Thomes Edison.

Bi-County Action All Week For Glenn Teams Four different John Glenn basketball teams will swing into action next week in the 27th annual BiCounty Tourney. Action starts on Monday night at four different sites, then follows at just one site on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, before all the finals will be decided on Saturday at Bremen and LaVille. Included are the varsity boys and girls teams and the Junior varsity boys and girls teams. On Monday night, the local action will begin at John Glenn High School as the Glenn JV, girls varsity and JV teams will all be in action. Doon will open at 5:00 p.m. with the boys Junior Vanity game beginning at 5:30 p.m. At approximately 6:45 p.m., the girls Junior Vanity will play and at 8:00 p.m. the girls vanity teams will meet. LaVille will be the opponents for all three opponents. Vanity action will begin on Tuesday night at LaVille High School where all the boys vanity games will be played. The same drawing follows all teams so Glenn and LaVille will meet in the opening game at 6:30 p.m. At approximately 8:00, Bremen and New Prairie square off and then on Wednesday at 6:30 and 8:00 it will be Argos and Culver in the first game and Culver Military Academy and Oregon-Davis in the second. On Thursday night, action in the girls varsity section will have second round play at Bremen. The Glenn-LaVille winners will meet in the first game the winner of the Bremen-New Prairie game. The second game will have the ArgosCulver girls winner meeting the C.M.A.-O.D. winner. Friday night is semi-final night for the boys varsity teams. Tuesday's winners will meet at 7:00 and Wednesday’s winners at 8:30. Saturday is a big day. At Bremen starting at 9:00 a.m., the first round girls winners will meet in two different gyms. At 10:30 p.m. the boys JV winners of Monday night will meet in the two gyms. Then at 12:00 noon, the JV girls morning winners will meet for the 1992 championship, followed at 1:30 by the boys JV winners of that morning. On Saturday night, at 6:30, the girls varsity finals will be held with the Thursday night winners fighting it out for the title. Then at 8:30, the boys varsity finals will decide the 1992 champion. A couple of local notes. On Monday night the doors at Glenn will open at 5:00 p.m. with a $2.00 admission for students and adults alike. Persons will be stamped. Administrators, coaches, team members and cheerleaders in uniform will be admitted free of charge. On Tuesday night, a fan bus for for the Glenn-LaVille game will leave Tyner and North Liberty at 5:30 and Glenn at 5:45. A SI.OO charge for adults and students to ride the bus. Bi-County ticket information is included in this issue in another Hem. Use our classified ads, just $2.00.

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RETIRES FROM WELLS "V * 1 George “Zack" Sheneman retired from Wells Aluminum Corporation after 35 years. We at Wells wish him good health and loads of happiness in his retirement. TEACHERS CREDIT UNION DECREASES CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATES Richard J. Rice, president and CEO of Teachers Credit Union (TCU), recently announce a significant decrease in interest rates on all TCU credit card products. “TCU’s credit card interest rates are among the very best available nationally," Rice stated. Effective January 1, 1992, rates charged to members change to: VISA Classic, 14.87%, no annual fee. VISA God, 11.50% variable, $24 annual fee. Master Card, 13.93% APR, sl2 annual fee. TCU lowered credit card rates in response to falling interest rates. "Years ago when interest rates were rising, we had to raise our credit card rates. Now that rates are coming down, we feel it’s only fair to lower credit card rates too," Rice explained. “When we see an opportunity to increase benefits to our members, we take it. Lower rates help our members make purchases. Increased consumer spending in turn stimulates the economy. This helps everyone," he added. All of TCU’s credit cards carry a 25 day grace period on new purchases. VISA Gold and Master Card offer a wide array of travel and entertainment benefits including discounts, insurance and emergency services. Members may also use a TCU Master Card in any automatic teller machine connected to the CIRRUS network. TCU members may apply for a credit card by calling the Easy Line at (219) 289-EASY, toll-free 1-800-365-EASY. Applications are also availble at all TCU Service Centers. UREY CHESS NEWS Eleven seventh and eighth grade students competed in the individual regional chess tournament at Michigan City on Saturday, January 11. In the JV Junior High Division, Corey Ross placed first with Knight Wennerstrom 4th and Scott Rim baugh Sth. in the Championship JV Division, Brian Lyle placed 4th. Corey and Brian will represent Urey at the state competition on January 25 in Terre Haute.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1992

COMMNITY CALENDAR 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. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 1:00 p.m— GFWC Woman’s Community Gub to meet at the Walkerton Community Building. 6:30 p.m.—Oregon-Davis basketball teams to host LaVille. 6:30 p.m.—John Glenn basketball teams to travel to Knox. SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 9:00 a.m.—John Glenn wrestlers to participate in the Bremen Invitational. 9:00 a.m.—John Glenn and Oregon-Davis freshmen basketball teams to play in the Culver Tourney. 1:00 p.m.—John Glenn girls basketball teams to host LaCrosse. 6:00 p.m. —Oregon-Davis basketball teams to host North Judson. 6:30 p.m —John Glenn basketball teams to travel to North Wood. MONDAY, JANUARY 20 7:00 p.m.—Walkerton Town Council to meet. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 7:00 p.m.—Walkerton Business A Professional Women’s Club to meet at the Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. 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. Rease 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. FAN BUS INFORMATION FOR JANUARY 17 AND JANUARY 18 The boys basketball team will play at Knox on Friday, January 17 with the J-V game starting at 6:30 p.m. The fan bus will leave Tyner and North Liberty at 5:30 and Glenn at 5:45. On Saturday, January 18, the boys basketball team will play North Wood there starting at 6:15 p.m. The fan bus will leave Tyner and North Liberty at 5:15 and Glenn at 5:30. The cost to ride the fan bus is SI.OO for both adults and students. 1972 CLASS REUNION if interested in helping plan the 20 year reunion for the 1972 John Glenn class, please call Jean Pletcher at 784-8724 or Pam McMahon at 784 3067. 2tj2J Send a message with a happy ad

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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 am. 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 $92 million to charitable and benevolent causes, sponsoring programs to benefit their church, councils, communities, families and youth. 2tjl6 PARENTING DISCUSSIONS The North Liberty School Guidance Department is providing an elementary level Active Parenting discussion again this year for parents, grandparents, and anyone interested in the John Glenn School Corporation. Meetings will run every Thursday for six weeks from January 30 to March 5. The discussions will be held in the North Liberty School Library from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Babysitting will be provided. Hope to see you there. Topics will be: January 30 — The Active Parent: An Introduction February — Developing Responsibilfty February 13 — Instilling Courage February 20 — Winning Cooperation February 27 — Understanding Your Child March 5 — The Democratic Family in Action 3tj29 A DECLINE IN DRUNK-DRIVING DEATHS In the ten years between 1980 and 1990, the percentage of drinking drivers involved in fatal traffic accidents declined. Os the fatal crashes in 1980, the percentage of drivers with a blood alcohol level of 0.10%, the legal limit in most states, was 45.5%. h dropped to 38.1% by 1990, according to data from the National Traffic Safety Administration.