The Independent-News, Volume 118, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 June 1992 — Page 1

The Independent-News

VOLUME 118; NUMBER 3

To Sponsor A “Miss Liberty” Contest For 4th The North Liberty Park Board and the North Liberty Lions are cosponsoring a Miss Liberty contest, the winner to reign over the 4th of July activities. All girls between the ages of 13 and 19 years of age and in the John Glenn School District are eligible. Please call 656-3080 for further information. GREENE TWP. UONS CLUB STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL The Greene Twp. Lions Club is holding their 23rd annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 13, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Greene Twp. Community Building. Ail proceeds are contributed to Camp Millhouse, a summer camp for mentally and physically impaired childien in our area. Come out and enjoy some fresh strawberry shortcake and our famous hot beef sandwiches. Beverages will also be served. A tail gate/Flea Market sale will be held for you to explore. The Greene Township Community Building is located next to Greene School, 24600 Roosevelt Road, southwest of South Bend. The Flea Market will begin at 8:00 a.m. and continue until 6:00 p.m. 10* x 12’ spaces are available at SIO.OO per space on a first come, first served basis. For further information call Lion Dewey Kaser, 289-7593, or Lions Dale Werner, 288-4028. SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR TEENS This year the Walkerton Public Library is sponsoring a reading program for students in grades 7 thru 12. “Just For Teens” runs from June 2 thru August 1. All students have to do is read 10 books from the Walkerton Library during the above dates. Then they write the title and author down on the “Just For Teens” reading sheet and turn it into the library. Their names will then be entered into a drawing for a gift certificate worth $20.00 from Musicland. The drawing for the certificate will be held August 1 after library hours and the winner will be contacted by phone or mail. NORTH LIBERTY DEVELOPMENT CORP. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING The North Liberty Development Corp, will hold their annual stockholders meeting on Monday, June 15, 1992 at 7:30 p.m. in the North Liberty Community Center. The meeting agenda will include an annual report on the progress of the Industrial Park. There will be an election of three board members for a three-year term. This is an important meeting and all stockholders are urged to attend. WRAP UP SCHOOL NEWS IN NEXT WEEK’S ISSUE We are planning to give to you next week, the end of the school year news. We have several honor rolis, awards listings, etc., which we will publish next week. We of course will continue to give you up to date news as it happens, but hope to finish this past year’s releases in one issue next week.

“Falcon Pride” Parade Season Starts June 20 The John Glenn “Falcon Pride” will begin their summer parade season on Saturday, June 20, in North Webster, Indiana for that area’s annual Mermaid Festival. This will be the band’s first appearance at the festival and the debut of the 1992-1993 "Falcon Pride”. The largest band ever at John Glenn High School consists of 93 marching members. There are 62 horns, 10 percussion and 20 Crimson Illusion members and only one drum major. Mr. Fortlander has expressed a need for a second drum major to assist in directing the “Pride”. Auditions will be held before school begins. The “Falcon Pride” will be performing several selections throughout the summer. They include Black Saddles, Sabre, God Bless American and the John Glenn High School Fight Song. Also participating in the North Webster Mermaid Festival with the "Falcon Pride” will be the worldfamous Clydesdales, representatives of Anheuser-Busch for more than 50 years. The eight-horse hitch will be harnessed and hitched to the famous red beer wagon at 4:00 p.m. on June 20 for the giant Mermaid parade. On June 19 and 20, the "Gentle Giants” will be on display at Addventureland Amusement Park, in North Webster. Look for the “Falcon Pride” throughout the summer. Scheduled appearances are: June 20 — North Webster Mermaid Festival. June 30 — Bremen Firemen’s Festival. July 4 — Ethnic Festival. July 4 — North Liberty July 4th Festival. POWWOW WITH MOVIES This summer on Fridays from 2:30 to 3:30 the Walkerton Public Library will be showing movies or sponsoring special programs. This Friday, June 12, the movies are "The Gift Os The Sacred Dog” and "The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush”. They are two American Indian legends put on by Reading Rainbow. The Gift of the Sacred Dog tells how the American Indians found the first horses. In The Legend at the Indian Paintbrush the author tells how one young Indian boy uses the colors from the beautiful Indian Paintbrush flower to paint the picture on cave walls. The movies are free to everyone, but children under 6 must be with an adult. NORTH LIBERTY 4TH OF JULY PARADE SATURDAY, JULY 4 The North Liberty July 4th Parade will be held Saturday, July 4. It will start at 2:00 p.m. with line-up at 1:00 p.m. Applications are available at Ist Source Bank and Liberty Drugs A Emporium. The theme this year is "Discover America 1492-1992”. For more information call John Dooms at 656-8343. The Middle East has more than half the world's oil. About a fourth of the total reserves lie In Saudi Arabia alone.

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WHAT’S MEW FOR NORTH LIRERTY RECYCLING The North Liberty Recycling Committee is happy to announce that we will now be able to accept several new items at our monthly recycling dates. The next recycling dates are Thursday, June 18 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Friday, June 19 from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the North Liberty Community Building parking lot. The first new item we will be accepting is STYROFOAM. We will be able to accept styrofoam food containers, egg cartons, cups, plates and foam packing peanuts and shells. These items must be well cleaned and flattened or stacked. We ask that you please bag all styrofoam items together. Th next new item we are accepting is MIXED PAPER. This area includes junk mail (but no window envelopes) and chipboard — cereal boxes and other food boxes. We ask that you please separate from other paper and remove any liners. These items may be put into brown paper bags. In the category of OFFICE PAPER we will now accept copy paper, notebook paper, computer paper and stationery. These items must be dean, dry and bagged or boxed separately. We will continue to take the following items: ALUMINUM: Cans should be rinsed clean and smashed. Scrap aluminum such as foil and pie pans should be rinsed dean and folded up. Other scrap aluminum such as lawn chair and screen door frames should be broken down and have all screws and screens removed. The cans must be kept separate from all the scrap. NEWSPAPER: These must be dean and dry and put into brown paper bags or cardboard boxes. No magazines, glossy ads, or phone books can be taken. CORRUGATED CARDBOARD: These must be dean, dry and unwaxed. Please remove all staples and tape and fold them flat. GLASS: We can accept only unbroken glass jars — no window glass, light bulbs or dishware. Please rinse dean with warm soapy water and remove all caps and rings. We accept dear, brown and green glass. Please separate these by colors. PLASTICS: We can only accept milk jugs, soda bottles, laundry detergent and fabric softner bottles. Please remove the lids, wash with warm water and crush flat. We can only accept the Item listed above — we can no longer accept other plastic items even though the code numbers are similar on the bottom. We ask that you please comply with these rules that have been requested of the committee. FOOD CANS: This category indudes tin and steel cans. Please wash dean, partically cut out the top and bottom, fold lids into can and smash flat. Please leave lids partially attached to the can. We cannot accept scrap metal. Please help us out by following the guidelines that we have listed. Be sure and leave your items at the drop off site only during the recycling hours when our volunteers are working. If you do not already recycle, we encourage you to do so to

THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1992

Jane Cooper Is Bank Manager At North Liberty Ist Source Bank has announced the promotion of Jayne E. Cooper to Banking Center Manager at the North Liberty Center. Cooper began her career with Ist Source in 1985 coming from Marshall County Bank. She earned an Associates of Science degree in 1990 from Ancilla College in Donaldson. POTATO CREEK STATE PARK RECEIVES HISTORY GRANT Potato Creek State Park has announced that it has received a grant from the Indiana Heritage Research Grant program to collect oral histories from previous landowners in the Park area and to catalog and index associated historical artifacts and photographs. There will be a program at the Potato Creek State Park Nature Center on Saturday, June 20, at 2:00 p.m. to kick off this grant project. At this program there will be a special presentation by Mary Renshaw, the primary researcher for the grant, illustrating the Park area’s history with slides and stories collected in a previous IHRG grant. In addition to the Park history program, there will be an overview of the goals and scope of the new grant project presented. There will also be a small display of photographs and artifacts from previous landowners. Anyone with an interest in or knowledge of the history of the Potato Creek State Park area is encouraged to attend this informative program. This is a matching grant with funds coming from the Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana Humanities Council in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities and local cost share funds coming from the Northern Indiana Historical Society and Potato Creek State Park. SPECIAL MEETING OF POTATO CREEK FESTIVAL COMMITTEE FRIDAY There will be a special meeting of the Potato Creek Festival committees on Friday, June 12, at 7:00 p.m. in the North Liberty Community Center. Community residents who may wish to assist the North Liberty Lions in this project are welcome to attend. CORRECTION An omission was made in an article submitted to “The Indepen-dent-News” last week in the North Liberty Chamber of Commerce Scholarship award story. Tonya Annis, winner of the “Cub” Bate Scholarship, should have been listed as the daughter of Kathy Tingle and Mike Annis. help our community and the environment. Through everyone’s efforts we can continue to make the North Liberty Recycling Program a great success! If you are interested in this program and would like to volunteer a few hours of your time to help us in this community project, we would greatly welcome you. Please write to: North Liberty Recycling Committee, P.O. Box 554, North Liberty, Ind. 46554.

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JOHN GLENN SCHOOL BOARD MEETING CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Board of School Trustees of the John Glenn School Corporation met in regular session on June 2, 1992 at 7:30 p.m. in the John Glenn High School. All members were present (Dan Patrick arrived late). The School Board, superintendent and 23 observers began the meeting with a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Nilas Miller and seconded by Mary Kay Millar to approve the minutes of the regular session for May 19, 1992. The minutes were approved by a three to zero to three vote with Gene Knowlton, Don Ludwig and Dave Hostetler abstaining. APPOROVAL OF CLAIMS 913 - 989 A motion was made by Gene Knowlton, seconded by Don Ludwig, to approve the claims as numbered. The motion passed six to zero. PATRON RESPONSE There was none. RECOGNITIONS Mrs. Lightfoot, principal of Walkerton Elementary School, reported the P.T.A. State Committee had awarded Walkerton Elementary a plaque for the Indiana Journalism Award for Outstanding Communication for the 1991-92 school year. Mary Kunkle and Deb Johnson deserve recognition as well as the teachers, counselor and students who contributed to the newsletter. Brent Kaufman, principal of North Liberty Elementary School, stated appreciation for recent donations received by the school. Northern Electric Company donated two incubators in memory of Joseph B Dosmann and his love for children’s desire to learn. $289.40 was donated as part of the Educational Advantage Program by Ray A Kenny’s Super Valu. To date, the store has donated a total of $829.18 to North Liberty Elementary School. McDonald’s recently gave coupons to each student thanking them for their efforts this school year. Mr. Kaufman thanked the many parents who attended the Recognition Programs. Award winners included: Stanley Mlekodaj Award, A. J. Lubelski; Tri Kappa, Daniel Clute and Sonja Wines; Presidential Academic Fitness, Daniel Clute, Eric Claywell, Mellisa Lung, Holly Gouker, Abbi Singleton, Crystal Halder, Shane Whitmer, Aubrey Krone witter, Ben Long and Shawn Alspaugh; Outstanding Citzenship, Randy Dickey and Abbi Singleton; American Legion, Eric Claywell and Mellisa Lung. Honor roll listing for the fourth nine weeks grading period was achieved by approximately one-third of the students. A motion was made by Gene Knowlton, seconded by Don Ludwig, to approve the donation of two incubators by Northern Electric Company and the $289.40 donation from Ray A Kenny’s. The motion was approved by a six to zero vote. NEW BUSINESS 1. Accept the Resignation and Retirement Request of Carol (continued on Page 8)