The Independent-News, Volume 120, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 January 1995 — Page 1

The Independent-News

A VOLUME 120; NUMBER 35

l-'alcons To Meet I Bremen Tuesday ■ n Bi-County Meet KI The draw for the 1995 Bi-County |H .isketball tournament at LaVille S hgh School is as follows: on Tues- ■ iy. January 17, LaVille plays B rgos at 6:30 p.m. This will be B flowed by Glenn and Bremen at H (X) p.m. On Wednesday, JanuB ry 18, Culver Military Academy B ieets the Oregon-Davis Bobcats at ■ 30 p.m. with Culver and New 9 Prairie following at 8:00 p.m. H The Tuesday winners return for X semi-final action Friday. January 9 20 at 7:00 p.m. with Wednesday’s ■ winners to follow at 8:30 p.m. I The championship game will be ■ played Saturday night at 8:30 ■ nm.. immediately following the ■ girls championship at 630 at ■ LaVille. II This year's tournament is wide ■ open For the first time in several ■ years, one or two teams do not ■ stand head and shoulders above I the rest of the field. All games ■ should be very competitive as the 9 eight teams will battle it out for the ■ .30th such championship IBi-County Tourney ■ Girls & JV First I Round Games Here Glenn will host Bremen on MonI day. January 16. in the boys Jr. I Varsity, girls Jr. Varsity and girls I Varsity portions of the Bi-County I Tournament. Action begins at I 5:30 p.m. with the boys junior I varsity game. The girls junior I varsity game will follow at approxiI mately 6:45 p.m. The girls varsity I game will be the nightcap with tip- ■ off scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Admission for the evening is I $2.00 per person. On Thursday. January 19, the semi-final games of the girls varsity tournament will be played at Bremen at 6:30 and 8:00 p.m. The championship game will be at LaVille on Saturday night. The boys and girls junior varsity semi final and championships will be’ played at Bremen on Saturday. Two girls games will be played at 9:00 am., the championship game will be played at 12:00 noon. Two boys games will be played at 10:30 am., the championship game will be played at 1:30 p.m. One admission allows you to see both boys and girls action. The pairings for the girls varsity, and both the boys and girls junior varsity, are the same as those of the varsity boys. LaVille meets Argos. Bremen and Glenn collide. Culver Military Culver Academy and Oregon-Davis compete, and Culver Community and New Prairie round out the first round competitions. Bi-County Tourney Tickets On Sale At John Glenn Tickets to the boys varsity portion of the Bi-County Tournament at LaVille High School are now on sale at John Glenn High School Tickets are $ 00 and will be available from 8:00 am. to 4 00 p m. at the high school athletic office through Monday. January lb. Single session tickets are $3.00 and are available at LaVille on game night onlv

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Third graders from Mrs. Weiss' class studied citizenship and the requirements of our nation to become a naturalized citizen. Upon completion of the unit, the students traveled to the United States District Court in South Bend to attend the ceremony where about 50 immigrants were sworn in as new American citizens. When the students entered the courtroom, the bailiff led several third grade representatives around the seated "class” of those wishing to be sworn in. The third graders presented each person with a handmade matted drawing of an American symbol. These were 1 enthusiastically received by the participants. Several people want- । cd to meet the third grade artists । after the ceremony. The ceremony itself began with the posting of the colors by the United States Marine Color Guard. All weie told to rise as the Honor able Robert A. Grant entered the courtroom. Judge Grant spent about 15 minutes of the ceremony speaking directly to our North Liberty third graders. He com- ( mented on how impressed he was that they were attending a cere- , mony of such importance. He also held up his own drawing of an American flag made and presented by one of the students. He de- । dared that it would hang in his office from that day on. The judge and several other speakers made statements con- , cerning the preparations the can- । didates had made. They also spoke about the responsibilities that accompany the privileges of citizenship The Oath of Allegiance was administered to the class Then the Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all. Ihe students enjoyed learning more about their great country and actually seeing for themselves

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the importance of citizenship and love of country. Judge Robert Grant sent Mrs. Weiss and the class a personal letter a week later stating that "It was a pleasure and an honor to have the third grade class of North Liberty Elementary School here. It added so much to the importance of the session to have those eager youngsters there learning this important part of their history lessons.” Financial Aid Night Set At J.G. High School The annual Financial Aid Night for seniors and their parents will be held at John Glenn High School on Thursday. January 19. at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Mr Doug Irvine, financial aid advisor from Holy Cross College, will be the presenter. Mr. Irvine is an excellent resource for students and parents. He will review the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and will answer any questions parents and students may have about the application process. Both the FAFSA and the Financial Aid Form will be available at this meeting. Additional information will also be available regarding other sources of financial aid and scholarships. This is an important meeting for students who arc planning to pursue post-secondary education in the fall. All interested parents and students are invited to attend The workshop is free If you have questions about the workshop, please contact the John Glenn High School Counseling Office at 3195. NOTICE Liberty Township Trustee office will be closed Januarv 24 and 25.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 5:30 p.m. — Oregon-Davis ’th 2k Bth grade boys basketball teams to host Westville. 6:30 p.m. — Oregon-Davis girls basketball teams to host Culver Girls Academy. 6:30 p.m. — Oregon-Davis boys C basketball team to travel to South Central. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 6:30 p.m. — John Glenn boys basketball teams to host the Knox Redskins in Northern State Conference action. 6:30 p.m. — Oregon-Davis boys basketball teams to plav at LaVille SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 9.00 am., John Glenn wrestlers compete in Bremen Super Dual 9 00 a m . John Glenn freshman basketball team to plav m the Culver Tournament. 10:00 am., Oregon-Davis 'th and Bth grade boys basketball teams to plav in a New Prairie tournament. 6.15 p.m. — The John Glenn boys basketball teams to visit NorthWo^d 6:30 p.m. — Oregon Davis boys basketball teams to play at North Judson. MONDAY, JANUARY 16 5:30p.m. — John Glenn boss JV basketball team to host Bremen in opening round of Bi Counts Tourney. 6:45 p.m. — John Glenn girls JV basketball team to host Bremen in Bi-County Tourney. 7:00 p.m. — Walkerton Town I Council to meet at Town Hall. 7:30 p.m — Walkerton Rebekah ‘ Lodge to meet at the 1.0.0. F. Hall. 8.00 p.m. — John Glenn girls I varsity basketball team to host Bremen in first round of the BiCountv Tournament. • TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 • 6:30 p.m. — LaVille versus Ore-gon-Davis in the Bi-County Tourney at LaVille. 8:00 p.m. — John Glenn versus Bremen in Bi-County. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 6:30 p.m. — Culver Military Academy verses Oregon Davis in Bi-County Tournament. 8:00 p.m. — Culver Community versus New Prairie in Bi-County. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 6:30 p.m — Second round of girls varsity competition to be played at Bremen FAN BUS INFORMATION FOR 81-COUNTY The fan bus for the boys basket ball game on Tuesday, January 17, will leave North Liberty at 5:45 p.m and Glenn at 6:00 p.m. Glenn plays Bremen following the LaVille and Argos matchup that evening. If the team advances to semi final action on Friday. January 20. the fan bus will leave North Liberty at 6 15 p.m and Glenn at 6:30 p.m. If Glenn is playing in either championship game (boys or girls) on Saturday. January 21, the fan bus will leaver North Liberty at 5:45 p m and Glenn at 600 p.m The cost is SI.OO to ride the fan bus. It is as absurbed to pretend that one cannot love the samr woman always, as to pretend that a gvx>d artist needs several violins to execute a piece ot music Honore de Balzac

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WALKERTON TOWN COUNCIL MINUTES The Walkerton Town Council met at ’ 00 p.m. on Januarv 4. IMM«. with the following members pres ents: Gene Reese. Cheryl Rizcx and Walter Heil. Attorney David Holmes and clerk-treasurer Judv Hiler were also present The first order of business was the election of officers. W alt Heii nominated Cheryl Rizek for president. Seconded by Gene Reese Carried. Gene Reese nominated Walt Heil for vice-president. Heil turned down the nomination Cheryl Rizek then nominated Gene Reese for vice president. Seconded by Walt Heil. Carried. The minutes were approved as read. Dave McKee, School supennten dent, gave each Council member a copy of the site plan of the proposed additions to Urey Middle School. Ihe major portion of the new addition will be on the west side of the existing building with a new entrance and cafeteria art being proposed for the east side of the building This addition will be approximated 21 foot from the existing sewer line on the east side; and McKee doesn’t foresee anv problems. Gene Reese asked if the school will feel responsible to 1 fix the sewer line in the event something happens to it during , construction McKee answered that if we can show the school 1 damaged it. he supposed thev would have some liability Ac--1 cording to McKee there is a question as to whether there was I ■ ever an easement for the sewer line to go across school propertv The ‘ existing building is approximated 37,000 square foot, and the new addition will be approximated 47,000 square foot, more than doubling the size of the school. MONTHLY REPORTS Chief Sobieralski reviewed the B December report and the 1904 Annual Summary Police Report with the Council. There was no Fire Depanment ( Report. Mary Rollings gave the Ambulance Report. Rollings reponed that they had 46 runs in December, and a total of 522 runs in 1994 Rollings further reported that Bill Conyers replaced Steve Mann as a coordinator Rollings said that the old garage behind Mr Tee’s Restaurant said "No Parking" on it for a couple of spaces near the alley. Since the garage has been torn down, people are parking in those spaces and it makes it very difficult to back the ambulances into the bay Rollings asked if those spaces can be made "no parking" again Gene Reese is going to check on the number of spaces that needs to be marked no parking, and talk to Chief Sobieralski about it Attorney Holmes advised that when we amend our no parking areas, it needs to be done by resolution Roilings said that member of the service have been asking her about the appreciation dinner that is supposed to be given President Rizek said that she will check with Lcn Jaske and Gordon Hartsell as to how the plans for the dinner are coming along {'resident Rizek asked Attorney Holmes is he has found out anything in regard to the money that Park Board members are supposed (continued on Page 12