The Independent-News, Volume 120, Number 38, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 February 1995 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - FEBRUARY 2, 1995

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A TIMELY ISSUE The Indiana General Assembly is in full swing in a long session now and one of the issues that affects all of us is once again a much discussed matter. That is the issue of Daylight Savings Time for Indiana. For years, Indiana has been one of only two states that does not operate on Daylight Savings Time for almost seven months of the year. With the exception of some “corner” counties that follow their neighbors in other states on the time issue, we simply observe Eastern Standard Time 12 months a year. The problem with this is, we have a little over a half a year when we are on the same time as Chicago and the rest of the year we are on the same time as New York. The natural time line would fall somewhere in the middle of Ohio if the exact breakdowns were followed. It really doesn’t make much sense for us to be with New York instead of Chicago for any part of the year. However, the cities and citizens on the extreme Eastern border of Indiana, have the tendency to want to be with Ohio. The bad thing is, a division has to be made somewhere, whether it be on the eastern or western side of the state. The arguments for Daylight time are sound. An extra hour of daylight from the first of April until the last of October, gives more time for outdoor activities, whether they be work or pleasure. They conserve a lot of energy as lighting is needed much less and also figures to be an aid to detering crime as more crime has tendencies to occur after dark than before. There are also arguments for staying on one time, and certainly these are important to those who so believe also. But it does make more sense for the average Hoosier, that an hour of sunlight in the evening means more than an hour of sunlight at 5:00 a.m. This is just one of many issues that will be facing the legislators this session and one that you should make your feelings known as you are the one they are representing. It is easy to contact them, either by mail, or easier yet, by telephone as 800 numbers are available for both the House and the Senate for you to call and leave your message. Your representative or senator, if not available at that time, will get back to you. To call, simply dial, for the House of Representative: 1-800-382-9842 and for the Senate: 1-800-382-9467. Don’t be afraid to call about this or any other matter that is of particular interest to you. That is what it is all about, your voice being heard through your legislators.

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“Veteans Pledge Continued Fight On POW’s” Washington, D.C. — Veterans and POW-MIA families will take their case to the White House, now that the Senate has eased the way toward lifting the United States trade embargo with Vietnam, said the National Commander of the American Legion. Rather than give the president “political cover’’ the Senate has ensured that the president will have to personally decide wheather to abandon the families of our POW’s, said the Commander of the 3.1 million member veterans group. The American Legion wants to ensure that the president has all the evidence including intelligence reports from our Government files that he declassifiedd, and that he is aware of the actual level of cooperation by Vietnam, which is not as great as has been trumpted by some. The American Legion’s pledge came after the Senate rejected efforts to continue the trade embargo. Since we’ve learned nothing from the Vietnam experience about standing behind our POW’s, the Senate should approve a comprehensive package of POW protections urged last year by the American Legion. That package included legal protection for peacekeepers taken captive during humanitarian missions and United Nations operations centralized intelligence for POW operations and a permanent presidential commission on POW-MIA issues. Basically, our young people in todays’s military have no protection under the Geneva Convention — or any other source. Willian Flaugher

“What You Should Know About Urey Part Two” i The Urey building proposal places restrictions on the 6th grade both now and in the future. The 1 current School Board could easily i solve ther overcrowding at Walkerton Elementary School if they had ' included them in this proposal. They chose not to. As a choice for : future school boards they could i have at least planned for a future I 6th grade wing being added onto • Urey by sizing current support ' areas to handle the 150 plus students. They chose not to. That leaves two choices left. The first is to build onto those individual structures when teachers start holding classes in the gym and restrooms because janitor storage closets and other non instructional areas are already being used for classes. The second is to do nothing. At the January 10th school board meeting, board president Rob Keck asked the Board to give their comments about the 6th grade issue. Please sit down before reading further as to this day I still can not believe one of the Board members response. I quote ... * ‘Well I think we have our three modulars that we’re gonna have available to use when we’re done with our Urey project and from what had been said earlier there’s a possiblity our enrollment may go down after one or two more years that we were in a phase that it could possibly go down and it might ber to to point after we use the modulars if we do we may not need to do anything if we do lose some enrollment. I can’t see jumping into something because of possibly one year of being overcrowded when we have access possibly to the modulars. 1 don’t know. Like you say we can always add more students to a class, we’re

way under what we can put in a classroom.” As I hope you can see this philosophy certainly spells doom for our educational system. Will three portable classrooms be enough, or when faced with increasing enrollment will we simply buy three more? Will we increase per classroom student numbers from 25 to 30 or can we get away with 35 or 40 students per classroom because there is a possiblity our enrollment will fall? What a more promising sight for future home builders and home owners to see than an elementary school with six portable classrooms and 40 students per class. And when they ask why, they can only be told that our school board thinks there may possibly be a drop in future enrollment. What can that future homeowner possibly say but “I’m not building here!” As far as adding onto the elementary school, it could be argued that more than just four classrooms need to be added to handle future increases in enrollment. Support areas are also currently needed to help adequately administer educational, guidance and disciplinary goals. If we add these areas to the elementary school along with the core classrooms we could exceed the cost of both a new 6-7-8 building and an adequately sized Urey building. Adding onto the elementary school presents another problem. It prevents the 6th grade from enjoying the opportunities for a better, more well rounded education by being at the middle school. The proof for this statement is that not only the past two community task forces, but all five of our top school administrators would prefer the 6-7-8 grade organization. A school board member stated at the January 16th board meeting that if we open the issue of including the 6th grade with the middle school that his end of the corporation would be “up in arms”. The perception of keeping approximately 60 students at one building for geographical reasons while deny- : ing another 90 plus themselves, a : total of 150 students, the advantages gained by combining them at the middle school seems unfair to all. A fair comparison of all the alternatives points toward the current Urey proposal as being not only more costly but offers much less educational advantages that we can afford by either sizing Urey now for the 6th grade, or building a new 6-7-8 building. It is not too late to do the right thing. Stop this project now and do it right! Patron for a quality education Jeffrey L. Jonshon

ITo Your Good Health I by Paul G. Donohue, M.D.

DEAR DOCTOR DONOHUE: I have foot spurs. How do you get them on the bottom of your foot? I have suffered long from this and can’t get help. I walk a few minutes and have to stop, the heel pain is so great. Please tell me of some medicine, or whatever, to help. Ji Bk I 1 DEAR READER: Spurs are bone problem points that have been covered with protective material, calcium. It’s like nature’s spackling compounds. Bottom-of-the-foot spurs are common, reflecting inflammation of the plantar fascia, the dense sheet of tissue that runs from the heel to the front of the foot. Heel spurs arise from inflammation at the heel attachment. The heel takes much pounding, a thousand or so jolts just walking

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1985 FALCONS WHIP LA VILLE TO CLAIM BLCOUNTY — The John Glenn Falcons were as hot as the weather was cold outside Saturday night as they turned the “dream match” of the 20th annual BiCounty tourney into a one-sided game in winning the title with a fine 72-54 victory over the oncebeaten LaVille Lancers. The victory was hardly even in doubt after a few minutes as Glenn proved on both ends of the floor that they should be and are champions of the four-day event. This was Glenn’s fifth championship, making them the winningest team in the 20 year history of the meet. DR. PARKE SPEAKS TO CHAMBER — Following the business meeting of the North Liberty Chamber of Commerce which included plans for the ensuing year, Dr. Roy Parke, of the Liberty Health Center, spoke to the group. Plans for the yeas included the 4th of July activities at the park, plans for the beautifucation of the Town this summer with the traditional red, white and blue petunias along the streets and in the rest park and the deception of Jeff Wiley to paint the side of the building. Dr. Parke and his wife, Kathy, and two children, recently moved to North Liberty coming from Northome, Minnesota, where he was in general practice and especially interested in treating heart disorders, diabetes, arthritis and children, of which he plans to continue. He will also continue to provide the Center with preventive medicine health care as in the past. 1970 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOING PLACES IN 1970 — President Hanni launched the 1970 season at a well attended noon luncheon at Heil’s Restaurant Thursday. Stressing the need for “Goals and Objectives” to be set by the Chamber, president Hanni passed out printed sheets for each member to list his individual ideas on community growth and betterment for the coming year. Membership chairman, Leo Mahoney, has set the membership around a block. Obesity compounds the battering. Eventually, inflammation builds and the spur forms. But don’t blame the spur for the pain. Pain arises directly from the underlying inflammation. To eradicate heel-spur pain, you must get rid of the inflammation. Rest is important, and so is icing the painful area after walking or running. Ice for 15 minutes. And you should take one of the anti-inflam-matory medicines such as aspirin, ibuprofen or indomethacin. Meanwhile, cushion the painful heel with a pad. Exercise to stretch a tight heel cord can help avoid that source of stress, if the exercise is not too painful. Simply standing and rising on your toes is an example. If nothing helps, you will need professional help, perhaps a cortisone injection to speed up the antiinflammation process. As a last resort, you can turn to surgery, to relieve pressure at the fascia attachment points. The problem is covered in the footcare pamphlet I’m sending you. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue — No. 11-WS, Box 5539, Riverton, N.J. 08077-5539. Enclose $3 and a self-addressed, double-stamped No. 10 envelope. CARBONLESS FORMS To Fill Your Business Needs Independent-News 601 Roosevelt Rd., Walkerton

goal at a 20 percent increase over last year’s 72 paid members. Summer Festival chairman, Mahlon Jacob, reported that his committee is functioning and will hold its first meeting next week. PADDLE WHEEL RESTAURANT DESTROYED BY FIRE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING — The Paddle Wheel Restaurant, in the heart of downtown Walkerton, was destroyed by fire Sunday morning in a spectacular blaze that was put under control by the fine work of three volunteer fire departments. An alarm was sounded at 12:05 a.m. Sunday morning by one of the residents of the apartments upstairs. Heavy smoke in the building was noted at this time coming apparently from the downstairs. The heavy smoke hindered the detection of the source, but the kitchen area was the apparent start of the fire. Additional help was called for as the North Liberty and Koontz Lake Fire Departments answered the mutual aid call. By this time it was apparent that the fire was spreading throughout the restaurant and A & P Store on the west and Knights of Columbus Hall on the east. Five apartments were located above the restaurant and A & P, this entire building being under the ownership of Max Nifong of Etna Green and Max Hall, South Bend. The well-coordinated efforts of the three departments and much equipment was responsible for containing the fire to mainly the restaurant and the apartment directly above. With the restaurant and apartments directly above burning out of control, a great and successful effort to save the adjacent buildings was made. 1945 TWO MORE BOYS KILLED ON WAR FRONT — War casualtines have directly affected the lives of two more North Liberty families, according to information received this week. They are Flight Officer Earl Holderman and Corporal Robert C. Isza. Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Holderman received word last week that thier grandson, Flight Officer Earl Holderman, was killed in Germany on January Sth. Corp. Isza was killed January 8, according to his wife, Ethel Feece Isza, formerly of North Liberty and now living in South Bend. WPB LIMITS USE OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING — Effective February 1 new regulations governing the use of electricity for outdoor lighting will be enforced by WPB, according to an announcement made this week by the electrical department of the Town of Walkerton, and other sellers of electric current. The records forbid most outdoor lighting, as outlined by the announcement, which also sets out the exceptions. USO NOTES — Weekly exercise classes for women at the West York Community Building will be resumed on next Monday at 7:45 p.m. All who are interested in participating are urged to attend at that time. Dancing Classes — Beginner’s dancing classes for all boys and girls 16 years or over and for men and women will be resumed on Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. The classes will be held weekly and will ber restricted to beginners, so all who want to learn basic ballroom dancing should be present to begin the series of lessons. Card Tournament — At the card tournament which began Wednesday, honors in Pinochle went to Fred Schneiber, Mrs. Gus Verkier and Mrs. Albert Huhnke. while bridge honors went to Mrs. Mae Shirley and Mrs. S. A. Nusbaum. There is still time to join the tournament if you make up your own table.