The Independent-News, Volume 120, Number 47, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 April 1995 — Page 1

The Independent-News

Blume 120; NUMBER 47

«HS To Host fioetry Reading jonday, April 10 touch of arts comes to John Hnn High School Monday, April Min the form of a poetry reading. Min Glenn High School’s second Miual poetry reading will take Hee in the John Glenn Choir Mom from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. The try reading will feature 14 stuHLts reading their own individual Matings and four faculty members Biding their own poetry as the Hcial guest poets. The four Hulty poets will be Mr. Richard Misler, Mrs. Amy Wait, Mrs. ■ sti Chlebowski and Mr. Paul ■ rnandez. The poetry reading is Mm to the public. Aerial advisor Rd Hernandez said, “1 know it ■ 1 be entertaining as well as a ■ rning experience for everyone R olved. 1 would urge the comH nity to feel free to attend this ■ que experience for a high school M tin « ” H rhe poetry reading is being K insored by the John Glenn High M iool Creative Writing classes, H1 admission is free. The 14 ■ dent poets will mainly be readfl ' their poetry written for the 1995 H in Glenn High School liberary R gazine Aerial, which was refl itly ranked as the best in the Hte of Indiana. The new 1995 ■ rial, “A Day Inscribed”, will be ■ ailable for sale. The 140 page ■ prary-art magazine is $5.00, and Matures the work of 80 John Glenn ■gh School students. The stuHnt poets will be reading their ■ iterial first, followed by a short H Freshment break, and then folfl ved by the special faculty poets. ■ The creative Wri9ting classes M ed the week to draw attention to Me arts, and poetry in particular, M celebrating Poetry Awareness ■ eek. The 38 Creative Writing Mudents along with teacher Paul Hernandez created their own poeMy T-shirts decorated with lines Hom their favorite poems, to be Morn on Monday. The students Miso served as the editorial board M r the literary arts magazine M |erial. ■ The Aerial has been ranked ■ Superior” by the National Coun- ■ 1 of Teachers of English for the Hast five consecutive years. This ■par it earned the distinction of ■ Highest Award”, the only one Hiven in the state and only the M ;cond time it has ever been given M> an Indiana literary magazine. Miationwide only 40 high school litH rary magazines earned that honor. M erial also earned a first place ■ •ophy as Best Literary Magazine Mi the Ball State University CreaH ive Writing Contest, and a Bronze ■ \ward from Merlyn’s Pen, a naMjonal literary magazine competiHion. ■ PARK CLEAN UP ■ The North Liberty Park Board is M irganizing a clean up of the Park on ■ Saturday, April 29, 1995, begin- ■ ling at 9:00 a.m. If you would like ■ :o donate flowers or any donations Mkould be appreciated. Or just Heo me and help clean our park. ■ Please bring your shovels and Mlrakes. If you have any questions, ■ icontact: Marie Kryder — 656-4042 Sara Williams — 656-8914 fl. Mike Daugherty — 656-3288 Pam Stull —656-8919 North Liberty Park Board

WALKERTON, INDIANA 46574

“TIME OUT FOR GINGER” SET FOR J.G. APRIL 7 & 8 H wir I if|l| -jj A* " M ■ i 1 HhMPjkSRI- I H ' J Im HM m^ 1 . ’ Mi

Are you tired of watching the story of a troubled football player on TV? If you are, or even if you’re not, come to the John Glenn auditorium and watch the drama club’s version of the troubled football player story as they present Ronald Alexander’s heartwarming comedy, “Time Out For Ginger”. The play will be performed this Friday and Saturday, April 7 and 8. Performances will begin at 7:30 each night. Time Out For Ginger is the story of Ginger Carol, a high school freshman who desires nothing more than to be on the varsity football team. From the moment she announces her intention, the battle lines of opposition and support are clear and the decision becomes controversial. In the middle of the football controversy are subplots involving the job security of Ginger’s father, her older sister’s involvement in the school musical, a petition to boycott football games, and the everyday trials and tribulations of family life and relationships in middle America. The cast for the play includes: Ted Church, Mickey Bowen, Chris Mattix, Kate Vanden Bossche, Chad Miller, Cory Miller, Rachel Lichtenbarger, Kelly Tingle, Amy Dooms, and in their final drama club production, Aimee Christensen as Ginger and Barry Houser as her father, Howard Carol. The student directors are Yvonne Schmeltz and Mandie Stafford. The entire production is directed by Mr. Richard Fansler. Tickets are available at the door and are $3.00. Preschoolers will be admitted free. In addition to the performances each night, there will also be an exhibit of artwork created by several talented senior art students at John Glenn. The award-winning John Glenn literary magazine, the Aerial, will also be for sale at this time. For a showcase of drama, literature and art, as well as the hard work of a large number of talented students from the community, this weekend, the place to be is John Glenn High School! Read our Classified Ads!

THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1995

North Liberty Church Completes Renovation Palm Sunday is a big day for the North Liberty United Methodist Church 1 For the past three months the church has undergone an extensive interior renovation. The 80-year old building, located at the crossroads of S.R. 23 and S.R. 4, has long been a landmark in North Liberty. Often described as the “castle” because of its Spanish architecture, the building is an unique on the inside as it is on the outside. Nonetheless, before the renovation, the beautiful architecture of the building was overshadowed by years of deterioration and use. Worshipers at the church are anxiously awaiting the final touches to be complete. Work included repair to deteriorated plaster, beautiful gold highlights in the painting, new accent lighting, new carpeting, and restoring what was original to the building. Still, the church did add air conditioning, a handicapped accessible bathroom, an accessible entrance and redesigned the front platform area. During the renovation, worship services were held in the church fellowship hall. 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. NOTICE The Walkerton Treasurer’s office will be closed Good Friday, April 14,1995. Have a nice holiday!

IHKb>~ '■ ^MHUMHMM American Legion Donates Video To Walkerton Library Do you know someone who has trouble reading or can't read at all? This is a growing problem in American today. There are programs to help adult non-readers learn to read. However many people have trouble making it to classes scheduled only for certain times. Many others are enbarassed to come to the classes. The American Legion has found away to help these people. The Walkerton American Legion recently donated a video tape series to the Walkerton Library entitled “I Want To Read”. The series of three video tapes promotes adult literacy. The step-by-step series helps adult non-readers learn to read within the privacy of their own home. Because “1 Want To Read” is designed to self-teach there are no tutors or supervision, the non-reader may study and learn at his own pace when he has the free time to do it. The Library will have these videos available to check out on April Ist. The program will be checked out for one month and it may be renewed if necessary if there is no one else waiting to use the program. To check out the program just come to the library and ask to see the ”1 Want To Read” program. If you read this article and you know someone who has trouble reading or can’t read at all, let them know about this great new video series offered at the Library. They can call the Library at 586-2933 for more information or stop by whenever we are open. 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.

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WALKERTON TOWN COUNCIL MINUTES March 20, 1995 The Walkerton Town Council met at 7:00 p.m. on March 20, 1995 with the following members present: Gene Reese, Gordon Hartsell, Cheryl Rizek, Walter Heil and Leonard Jaske. Attorney David Holmes and clerk-treasurer Judy Hiler were also present. The minutes were approved as read. President Rizek reported that the Plan Commission approved the Klinedinst subdivision. Each home is to be a minimum of 1,200 square feet and sidewalks are to be installed. Previously the Board of Zoning Appeals approved a height variance for the construction of the Sprint tower on the former railroad right-of-way. In 1987 the legal description of this property was mistakenly included in the mortgage from the Industrial Fund to the Town. Gene Reese made the motion to allow a partial release. Seconded by Gordon Hartsell. Carried. Todd Samuelson, H. J. Umbaugh & Associates, reviewed their schedules of estimated project costs and funding for the sewer extension project. Phase lof the project extends from the first alley north of S.R. 23 south and will go south on Walkerton Trail to Circle Drive, and will include Willow Drive. Phase II will continue down Walkerton Trail, and will extend from Circle Drive to Georgia Street. It will then go north on Georgia Street to serve the homes that are south of the high school. This Phase will also include the Glenn View subdivision. Phase 111 will extent south on S.R. 23 to the city limits. Samuelson’s review included estimated costs of doing only Phase I, doing Phase I and Phase II and doing all three Phases. Each of these estimtes included projected costs of the extensions to the Northeast Industrial Park, and took into consideration the FmHA grant that we will be getting for the north extensions. Umbaugh’s Option #l, which includes the Northeast Industrial Park and all three Phases going south showed an estimated cost of $1,085,000.00 and will raise sewer bills approximately $5.45 per month per user. This figure is based on an average monthly usage of 5,000 gallons. The rate increase for doing only Phase 1 and the Northeast Industrial Park would be approximately $4.45 a month. After some discussion of the various options and costs, Len Jaske made the motion to do Option #1 which includes all three phases of the south project and the north project. Seconded by Gordon Hartsell. Carried. Jeff Zehner, Wastewater superintendent, recommended Oselka Construction’s bid of $448,620.90 for the south extensions. Gene Reese made the motion to accept Oselka’s bid. Seconded by Walt Heil. Carried. MONTHLY REPORTS: David Bolze told the Council that Kenny Eggleston’s six month probation period will be up at the end of this month. Eggleston has his CDL license and has applied to be a volunteer fireman. Bolze said that employers must agree to allow employees, who are volunteer fire(continued on Page 16)