The Independent-News, Volume 119, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 13 January 1994 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - JANUARY 13. 1994

Voice Os The People “Another Act” Another act in the continuing saga of the “Little School On The Prairie" (answering to Jeff Johnson). Fact 1. Dan Patrick: 1 won't try to analyze Dan's thinking because I don’t have all the facts and figures that he has. Ido know for sure that he opposed the building of an all new middle school during the tenure of the last Board and that he is still opposed to building an all new middle school. Fact 2. Abandon Urey: U you want to move out of Urey and do not have concrete plans for it, you are abandoning it. pure and simple. You say that the School Board has budgeted $165,000 to build, etc., a building for the school corporation offices that would not be required if the Urey building was available for their use. Get real. Any public occupancy of the building will require the installation of an elevator and handicapped accessibility. There goes your $165,000. How about air conditioning? Are they going to heat and maintain the building to house the corporation offices? Urey really would make a great community Center. Urey could also be used as a city building. It would hold all their offices, court, jail, park department, historical society, etc. There is only the small problem of coming up with the money to purchase the building plus another two or three million to make it viable. Seems to me that 85% of the people who voted at the last election thought It might better be used as a school. I wouldn’t hang my hat on the opinion of the previous Board or architects looking for a big job. Fact 3. Cost: I did say that the cost for the new middle school facility, as proposed, would cost between 14 and 20 million dollars. I think that 1 was pretty close. The actual figure is $16,315,000 which includes 20 year financing at 5.5% and that is before the architects and the rest of the "big spenders" really get wound up. The Urey addition and modification would cost about one half as much and would provide about the same teaching areas. The lesser amount of money could probably be borrowed on a ten year payout which would save neary two million more. Plus you would not have a "white elephant" on your hands, created by "abandoning" Urey. Fact 4. In The Continuing Saga: If any patron of the John Glenn School Corp, has an interest in the school facilities I hope that they will take the time to read the comprehensive study as presented by Bob Schaeffer in this issue of The Independent-News. I would urge you to cut "Bob’s page" out of the paper and keep for future reference. The School Board will of course make the final decision regarding any building project. Bob has shown what can be done and the costs thereof. He is to be commended for his countless hours of research and meetings. His thoughts and work will help provide a fine place of learning that will continue for another 50 years and at the same time will save the taxpayers millions of dollars. Thanks, Bob. I'm looking forward to the continuing acts of the saga of the "Little School On The Prairie". Have a nice day. Neil Downey “Thank You" As we close in on Christmas Eve 1 look back at the past year. We have given the Samoli people the gift of hope and the opportunity for a brighter future. Our presence here is arguable, but anyone that could see the plight of these children and adults with a life expec tancy half that of an American, might change their mind.

During this season of giving and good will toward mankind, many of you have made our holidays more joyful. We have been overwhelmed with hundreds of cards, letters and gifts. On behalf of the men from Ist Platoon 10th Military Police Company, I would like to thank all of those who responded to my letter that was published prior to the holidays. Thanks again for your support and may you all have a prosperous 1994. SSG Michael E. Roush J. G. Announces 21st Annual Art Show Winners The John Glenn High School Art Department is proud to announce the winners of its 21st Annual Student Show. The show was held at the high school on January 8. Best of Show went to Jacinda Pairitz for her painting of "Old Cowboy". The People’s Choice Award went to Beth Thomas, for her painting "Jenny In Purple”. In the Basic Art category Heath - Parks won Ist place; Rusty Slater, 2nd; Joe VanWanzelle, 3rd; Ojeda Oke, 4th; Andrea Harter, sth; and Monica Vinck, 6th. in the Basic Art Sculpture category, Joe Van Wanzeele won Ist; Heather Parks, 2nd; and Suzanne Drews, 3rd. In sculpture, Yolanda Lozano took Ist; Mendy Steele, 2nd; and Kevin Dossman, 3rd. Jacinda Pairitz won Ist, 2nd and 3rd place in the drawing category, followed by Ernie Gark, 4th, Sara Holland, Sth; and Ernie Gark, 6th. In Illustration, Amy Paul won Ist; Emily Casteel, 2nd; and Emily Casteel and Jennifer Berg land tied for 3rd. Christie Wharton took Ist in painting; followed by Jill Jones and Beth Thomas. In Photography, Josh Boswell won Ist; and Patricia Lozano won 2nd and 3rd place. Congratulations once again to all the winners! A special thank you goes to Kelly Harrington, art teacher at North Liberty Elementary School, for judging the show. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shultz, of Chesterfield, Missouri, spent from Thursday to Monday with Esther Shultz and Richard and Vi Masterman. Saturday evening dinner guests of Richard and Violet Masterman were Mr. and Mrs. Tom McMahon, of South Bend and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shultz, of Chesterfield, Missouri. Dinner guests Sunday evening of Richard and Vi Masterman were Mr. and Mrs. Theodoe Foeckler, of Elkhart; Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Heckaman; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cunningham; Mr. and Mrs. Scott Peters and Family; Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Heckaman; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Adams; Stanley Heckaman; and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Murphy and daughter, all of Nappanee. Falcon JV’s Win 7th Game The John Glenn Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Team won their 7th game of the season ever Triton Saturday night 54-42. Brian Lyle led the Falcons with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists followed by Jason Knepp's 12 points and 5 rebounds. Dave Gusetlla played ex- : tremely well collecting 10 points, : 6 rebounds and 3 steals. Other : team members scoring were Doug ’ Hill, 4 points, T. J. Jackson, Chris : Lev an dos ki and Dan Walter all I scored 3 points and Rusty Slater added a basket. Hill also led the team in rebounds with seven. The foul piaqued game saw 55 free throws attempted including 24 of

39 by the Falcons while Triton connected on 11 of 16. Howell led Triton with a dozen points. The Falcons will also lose the services of Brian Lyle for an undetermined amount of time because of a broken bone in his hand received while being fouled on a layup attempt. Glenn will need to regroup for its encounter with Knox and NorthWood this weekend, followed by the Bi-County Tournament action starting January 17th. Glenn’s record now stands at 7 and 2. WILDCATS WIN AGAIN The Walkerton Wildcats fifth grade basketball team won their fifth game in a row last night at Walkerton. The Wildcats jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first quarter and finished with a 35-10 victory against Oregon-Davis. The victory improved the Wildcats to 6 wins and 3 losses for the season. The boys will play their final home game at 4:30 on January 24 in the Walkerton Elementary gymnasium. Scoring for the Wildcats were Philip Strahm 2, Jeff Alexander 2, Jason Bowen 2, Chad Haag 4, Scott Goss 4, Aaron Griesinger 4, Chris Nichols 8, and Jason Fraschetti 9. Martis, Pearish and Dowd all scored for Oregon-Davis. GHe ScbMhde The Walkerton sth and 6th grad home game are as follows: February 8 — St. Patricks 5A February 10 — No. Liberty 6A & B February 22 — La Ville 5A & B February 24 — Plymouth 6A & B February 26 — Sth Grade Tourney at Triton February 28 — Bremen 6A & B March 3 — St. Patricks SB March 5 — 6A & B Tourney at La Ville March 8 — La Ville 6A A B March 9 — Olive Twp. 5 A A 6A March 124 — No. Liberty 5A A B March 16 — Oregon-Davis 5A A 6A Please support the girls teams by your attendance at these exciting ball games. Save this home schedule for your calendar. VETERAN’S REVIEW Parple Heart Hmlot* Evangeline Jamison knew a great deal about the face of war. She’d seen its ugly devastation as a young Army nurse stationed near New Guinea during World War 11. She witnessed it again at an Army hospital in Tokyo in 1952, when casualties from the Korean War began to mount. But none of the experiences on the frontiers of combat had prepared Jamison for the hellfire that engulfed Vietnam when she was assigned to the military hospital near Long Binh, northeast of the South Vietnam’s capital, Saigon. "You'd put in a full day’s work, helping the soldiers brought in that day and tending to those still recovering from their injuries,” says Jamison, who served a 196667 tour of duty. "When the sun fell, the firefights would begin again and there would be more wounded to care for. Sometimes it just seemed to never end. It seems like I was always exhausted.” Jamison loved the Army and her career as a nurse. But she says after her experience in Vietnam, she reached a point in her life where she couldn’t go on. She turned in her papers and retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1968. "I couldn’t even watch the evening news or anything having to do with the war," Jamison says. Lt. Col. Jamison was just one of 11,000 military women who served in the Vietnam War, more than 90 percent of whom were nurses and other medical specialists with the Army, Air Force and Navy. Some sources have indicated the number of military women numbered as many as 15,000. More than 350,000 Gls were wounded in Vietnam and received care from nurses working in hos-

pitals on land, in air and at sea. "I strongly believe that our nation should know about the women who provided comfort, care and lifesaving measures for those who were suffering," says Diane Carlson Evans, a former Army nurse, who was stationed at hospitals in Pleiku and Vung Tau in 1968-69. Not all of the women were in medical services. Many served with intelligence units as air-traffic controllers and in a variety of administrative posts for the service branches. Evans is the founder of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project. Since its inception more than 10 years ago, she's spearheaded the quest to raise a tangible tribute to Vietnam women veterans, except for 1989, when Jamison served as director. Both women and their supporters saw their efforts come to fruition on Veterans Day 1993, when a statue was dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the nation’s capital. No matter what their military job was, nearly every American woman in-country had one thing in common: They volunteered for their assignment. Indeed, the majority of women who did serve in the combat theater were nurses. Many of them were fresh out of nursing school and as green to the profession as the fatigues they would soon be wearing. People can learn to swim easily because the average human body is slightly lighter than fresh water, and much lighter than salt water.

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