The Independent-News, Volume 120, Number 45, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 March 1995 — Page 1

The Independent-News

GLUME 120; NUMBER 45

WALKERTON ALUMNI SETS DATE; SEEKS ADDRESSES OF MEMBERS

* The Walkerton High School Mumni Banquet will be held Saturday, May 27, 1995. You may vish to keep this date in mind. Invitations will be sent later. / Below are listed Walkerton High School alumni for whom either I do lot have any addresses or for ^hom the addresses I have now are incorrect since last year’s invita■|ions were returned with forwarding expired. If you would happen X) know the correct names and iddresses, I would appreciate your Notifying my by letter or telephone. Thank you. Mildred McKesson 801 Ohio Street Walkerton, Indiana 46574 (219) 586-3645 Class Os 1909 1 Vera E. Steele 1916 Thomas Hutsell 1918 Mrs. Carl Limm Mrs. Vera O’Connor 1920 Mrs. Margaret LaMaitre 1925 Thora Ake Collins Ethel Ritzman Harden 1927 Margaret Griffin 1928 Richard Thompson I 1929 Ruth Ake Steele 1931 William Glen Smith ( 1932 Walter Thornburg Walter Thompson 1933 Mary Bandendistel Sharp Thomas Wolfe 1937 Qeota Sheaks Gray 1943 June Anderson Sommer 1946 Billie Lyle 1947 Rosemary Hostetler Carol Cotton Brehio 1948 Rosemary Leßoy Rosemary Carteaux 1949 Richard 0. Lobeck Ann Williams Osborn 1951 Richard Reed 1952 Delano Cogswell Jack Kost Lyle Naragon Harold Nicholas Mary Patricia Place Godsey 1954 Odis Bankster 1955 Mary Ann Baden Jack Kellogg 1956 John Blair 1957 H. Larry Hotchkiss 1958 Gale Peterson Margaret Reed Nancy Skeans Sherrin Stahly Cook 1959 Linda Ruby Bell Dennis Finch Jerry Hazelbaker Arleah Hotchkiss George Kostin Donald Linton Harold McGhee Deanna Miller South Paul Myers Larry Sheaks

Phyllis Tharp Cochran 1960 Elaine Haarman Stephens Lana Morrison Carole Ross Dennis Sheaks 1961 Betty Fem Grote Bradford Beryl Christine Wallace 1962 Billie Sue Blough Thomas Duane Fleming Jennie Carol Morrison Darwin Douglas Quicley Joyce Ann Scott Lawrence F. Snodgrass Glenda Farrell Tillman Krueger Mary Caroline Tunis Theresa Hewitt Sheaks Patricia Lee Van Dyke 1963 Rita Budreck Prangle (Josie) 1964 Bernard Hutchins Ernie Morrison Mary Ann Stepro Myers 1965 Craig Stoner Cindy Story Donald Swanson Carol Wilson Hooker Virginia Wray Mallory 1966 Daniel Eugene Charles Tim Lee Gardner Tom Lee Mattocks Michael Allen Norris William Alan Rhodes Donns Smith J.G. Schools Set Kindergarten Round-Up Dates The John Glenn School Corporation has released the plans for the Kindergarten Roundups. The North Liberty Roundup will be Thursday, April 6 at 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Walkerton Elementary will be Thursday, April 6, at 1:00 and 7:00 p.m. It is very imporant that all parents of children who will be five (5) on or before June Ist attend this meeting. The school asks the children not to attend this meeting. During the roundup parents will: Complete registration forms; Have birth certificates (from county health department checked); Sign up for a kindergarten screening; North Liberty April 12 and 13; Walkerton Elementary School, April 19, 20,21; Receive dental and health information and forms Meet other parents to discuss car pools; Receive a kindergarten handbook; and Receive an explanation of our kindergarten programs. A legal birth certificate is required. This can be obtained from the county health department in which your child was born. There will be no school for Pre-K and Kindergarten students on the screening dates above. FARM BUREAU CARD PARTY SATURDAY NIGHT AT JOHNSON TOWNSHIP The Johnson Township Farm Bureau will hold a card party on Friday, March 24, at 8:00 p.m. This will benefit the 4-H program. Euchre and pinochle will be featured with an admission of only SI.OO per person. The public is invited.

WALKERTON, INDIANA 46574

HEARING SET ON UREY SCHOOL PROJECT FRIDAY At 9:30 a.m. on Friday, March 23, representatives from the Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners will conduct a hearing on the John Glenn School Corporation Lease Rental Plan for financing the addition and improvements to Urey Middle School. The hearing will be held in the auditorium of John Glenn High School. Following presentations by objectors to the lease and the school’s reasons for needing the lease, the public will be given opportunity to speak. The public is encouraged to attend and make their views known to the State Tax Board representatives on the Urey Middle School renovation and addition project, improvements in the outdoor physical education facilities at John Glenn High School, and new administration office. ATTENTION! WALKERTON AREA VETERANS! Since the 50th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe, May 8, 1995) is fast approaching, we would like to hear from any Walkerton area veteran (or veteran’s spouse) who was in military service in Europe during World War 11. (This request is exclusive of D-Day stories that were published last summer.) Next August 14 will be the 50th Anniversary of VJ Day (Victory in Japan). At that time, we would also like to publish stories of veterans who were in service in the Pacific. Please contact The IndependentNews at 586-3139 or call 5863450 to relate your stories. । WALKERTON JUNIOR LEAGUE REGISTRATION DATES SET The Walkerton Junior Baseball League registration will be held at the Walkerton Communityßuilding, corner of Ohio and Washington Streets, Saturday, March 25, from 10:00. a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Walkerton Junior League ( meeting will be Sunday, March 26, at 4:00 p.m. All coaches, league officers and all interested parties ( please attend. Your support is , needed. r ATTENTION: WASffINGTON STREET VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE It’s almost that time of the year again, so all those teams that • played last year or any new team that would like to play, please contact either Pam O’Dell, 586-2261; Don Wilson, 586-2341; or Karen Moore, 586-3680, as soon as posi sible. i NOTICE Jim’s Barber Shop, Koontz Lake, , will be closed effective April Ist to April 11th. 3tm3op Good education is the essential • foundation of a strong democracy. —Barbara Bush The cyclotraon, a machine that accelerates electricity-charged atomic particles to high energies, was invented in 1930 by Ernest O. 1 Lawrence who won a Nobel Prize for this achievement.

THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1995

St. Joseph County Sets Immunization Clinics Dates Here The Saint Joseph County Health Department will be conducting Immunization Clinics at various locations. No appointments are necessary. All children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and all previous shot records are needed for immunizations. Now is the time to get immunizations for children entering kindergarten and the 6th grade this fall. Avoid the crowds and hassle this summer. The area clinics will be, in Walkerton, at the United Methodist Church, 1000 Georgia Street, on Tuesday, April 4th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. In North Liberty, Tuesday, April 11, at the North Liberty Community Center, 300 S. Main Street, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. At Lakeville, on Thursday, April 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Old Lakeville School Project, U.S. 31, Lakeville. N. L. Chamber To Meet On Tuesday, March 28 The North Liberty Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a general meeting on Tuesday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m. in the North Liberty Community Center Conference Room. On the agenda for this quarterly meeting is: Discussion of Chamber interest in the North Liberty Industrial Park. Next step in our plans for the future: we have several good recommendations resulting from our planning process with Camiros. What shall we prusue? What is our time line? How shall we finance? Future activities and fund raisers. Plan to attend. This is your opportunity to voice your opinions, to volunteer and to give suggestions. NOTICE Residential trash rates are going up 36 cents a month in Walkerton. This increase will begin on the April Ist billing. Superior Waste Systems received an increase in disposal cost from the landfill and is passing that increase on to the Town. NOTICE If a tornado is sighted in the Walkerton area the siren will be blown for one (1) minute, off one (1) minute, on one (1) minute, off one (1) minute and on one (1) minute. This will be repeated every hour until the all clear is given. There will be no all clear blown. WOMAN’S COMMUNITY CLUB WILL HOLD BREAKFAST AT AL’S DINER APRIL 7 ’ The GFWC Walkerton Woman’s Community Club will hold their I annual Breakfast at Al’s Diner at Koontz Lake on April 7th at 9:30 1 a.m. They will hold a Silent Auction at the May sth meeting. Members are asked to bring articles for the sale. They are also reminded that this will be a carry-in luncheon and will convene at 12:00 noon.

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WALKERTON TOWN COUNCIL MINUTES (Editor’s Note: “The Independ-ent-News” inadvertently left out a portion of the Walkerton Town Council Minutes of the March 6th meeting. This was our error, not the fault of anyone else or anyone asking to have that portion ommitted. Following starts with the paragraph where the omission started continuing through the paragraph completing the missing portion. We’re sorry for any inconvenience this may have made, but it was simply an error in production.) It should read: President Rizek asked the attorney if he can give the Council any guidelines for uses of the newly established Promotional Fund. Holmes said that it can be used for anything that will promote the Town. Advertising or any kind of a promotion that would show the Town is a good place for industry to locate, dues for organizations that promote the Town, appreciation dinners for employees, plaques and certificates and a donation for the Fourth of July celebration are all uses for the fund. Len Jaske made the motion to i authorize attorney Holmes to begin 1 legal action to obtain the Buckmaster easement. Seconded by Gene Reese. Carried. Attorney Holmes advised that the School Corporation should not be given a building permit for the new addition to Urey Middle School until the Town engineer and the Council have given their approval. Holmes asked for authorization for Terry Baugher, Dave Bolze, Jeff Zehner, a Councilmember and himself to meet with the school to see what things will be expected of us in connection with the new addition. Gene Reese made the motion to allow. Seconded by Walt Heil. Carried. Plan Walkerton Elementary P.T.A. Fun Fair April 8 Think Spring! The Walkerton Elementary P.T.A. Fun Fair is set for Saturday, April 8, from 11:00 .a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Walkerton Elementary School. There will be a wide variety of games, food and prizes, along with carry-out Port-A-Pit Chicken. Come have some fun with us! Mark the time and date on your calendar, Saturday, April 8, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Bunny And Chick Coming To The No. Liberty V.F.W. Hey kids! Guess what? Easter Bunny and Baby Chick will be at the North Liberty V.F.W. for breakfast and Easter treats on April 8. All children through the third grade are invited to come starting at 10:00 a.m. You can have your picture taken with Chick or Bunny this year if you wish. There will be a SI.OO charge to cover the cost of the polaroid film. So mark it on your calendar and make it a fun day.