The Independent-News, Volume 121, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 November 1995 — Page 6

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— INDEPENDENT NEWS — NOV. 9, 1995

wv HAPPY ADS HAPPY ADS Start at $2.50. Heavier copy or double size ads $5.00. A Happy Ad used for advertising an event or business are $5.00. Happy Ads with pictures start at $8.50. We 00 NOT take Happy Ads over the phone! Happy Ads mifct be pre-paid. We reserve the right to accept or reject - , dappy Ad. it is our desrre to keep the Happy Ads to the intended use . . . sending a message of happiness to an individual or group. HAPPY AD DEADLINE IS 12 Noon TUESDA YS ** PRE-PAID ** Miller’s Merry Manor Will Be Collecting For The Community Pantry For The Holiday Season! Donations Can Be Dropped Off From Mon., Nov. 13 To Fri., Dec. 15 Daily It’s the way we care Merry Manor A Special THANK YOU To The JG J V Cheerleaders For A Great Football Season And The Nice Gift See You Next Year Love, Coach Becky SOUP KITCHEN NOV. 12 4:00- 6:30 p.m. Homemade Soup-Roll-Pie Walkerton United Methodist Church Congratulations Beth Litteral For Making Distinguished Honor Roll On Your Report Card ALL A’s Way To Go! Keep Up The Good Work! Love, Dad, Mom & Katie

Walkerton Elementary School sth Grade Cheerleaders Would Like To THANK Suzanne Halsey Christina Guseilla Kristie Williams Jena Michell Jenny Smith Corie Kaser Sixth Grade Girls You Are Great Cheerleading Coaches THANK YOU TO ALL CONTRIBUTORS Os Halloween Candy And Decorations The Residents Had An Enjoyable Evening Thanks Especially To All Families And Employees Os Miller’s Merry Manor St. Patrick School American Legion Kathy & Judy LOOK WHO’S 97 Happy Birthday Wiley Gore The Ray Family Happiness Is Getting A Jump On Your Christmas Gift Giving Plan To Attend The sth Annual HOLIDA Y CRAFT SHOW SAT., NOV. 18 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. All Work Handcrafted Bake Sale Food Available From The Kitchen North Liberty Community Center 300 S. Main North Liberty Sponsored By The North Liberty Chamber Os Commerce Happiness Is Having LISA MATZ Being On The Honor Roll Love, Mom, David, Renee Grandpa & Grandma

WOW! Looks And Brains Both TAD Made The Honor Roll Love, Dill - Chlebowski And Cole Congratulations Michael, Tracie & Kellie Roush On Your New Son & Brother Casey Michael From Grandma & Grandpa Roush Happy ”30” Anniversary Glenda & Randy Krueger St. Croix Falls, WI From Mother Witter And All In Indiana ORIENTAL DINNER St. John’s Lutheran Church North Liberty (Riley & Pine Rds.) SAT., NOV. 11 12:30 - 5 p.m. Serving Egg Rolls & Fried Rice With Dinner Donations Accepted At Door Come Dine With Us Bring Your Family Bring A Friend Bring Yourself Congratulations Nick Medich For Finishing The Football Season As: Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Back And In The States Top 20 For Rushing! I’m Very Proud Os You! Love, Tracy P.S. Happy 18th Birthday Too!

Happy Birthday EVA Love, Mary & Teddy Shirley’s Country Charm Crafts NOW OPEN PHONE 586-9492 617 ROOSEVELT RD. WALKERTON WATCH FOR GRAND OPENING LIBRARY CARDS STILL FREE FOR LINCOLN TWP. RESIDENTS The Walkerton-Lincoln Twp. Public Library issues free library cards to residents or property owners of Lincoln Twp. This will not be changing! There have been some changes in reciprocal borrowing, but this does not mean you will have to pay for a card to use your home library. Your home library is the library in which your tax dollars go to support. The residents of Lincoln Township pay taxes to support the Walkerton-Lincoln Township Library. This is the only library in our system. If you use another library such as the St. Joseph County Library or Mishawaka, you are using a library in another system. You are considered a reciprocal borrower. Reciprocal borrowing laws have changes, and depending on which library you want to use, you may have to purchase a special card called the PLAC card. As of July 1995 all state funding supporting the reciprocal borrowing program stopped. Libraries were being reimbursed by state funds to loan materials to patrons from outside their system. This funding ended a few months ago. Many libraries decided to keep up the reciprocal borrowing program even though they would not be getting any money. These libraries have signed an agreement called The State Covenant. Any library that signed this covenant will be allowing reciprocal borrowers to continue using them without purchasing the PLAC card, but only if that patron’s library also signed the Covenant. The WalkertonLincoln Twp. Public Library did sign this agreement. Patrons from this library system may still use any other library system that signed the agreement. Henry F. Shricker Library (this includes Koontz Lake) and LaPorte County Libraries have also signed this agreement. Anyone from these libraries may continue to use the Walkerton Library and vice versa. However St. Joseph

County and Plymouth Library have not signed the Covenant. If you are from the Walkerton Library you will have to purchase a PLAC card to use these libraries. Many people are confused because if they live in Walkerton they are of course residents of St. Joseph County. This sounds like you should be a member of the St. Joseph County Library system, but that is not true. Libraries in Indiana are run by township, not county, taxes. The library you belong to, your home library, is the one your tax dollars supports. Lincoln Township dollars do not support the St. Joseph County Library. The only libraries in that system are the South Bend libraries, North Liberty and Lakeville. Mishawaka, Walkerton and New Carlisle are still independent. The St. Joseph County Library is allowing reciprocal borrowers to continue checking out materials without the PLAC card until the end of the year. After December 31, to use the St. Joseph County Library you will have to go to your home library and purchase the PLAC card. The cost of the card varies from year to year, but in 1995 was $17.00. This card is good for one year at every library in the state. Again, if you are a resident of Lincoln Twp. you may still get a library card for free. However, if you want to use that card at other libraries, you need to check to see if that library has also signed the State Covenant. We know this will inconvenience those patrons of ours that use libraries that did not sign the agreement. Unfortunately those libraries could not support the reciprocal borrower program without reimbursement. Please feel free to call the library with any questions about this or any other matter that concerns you. The number is 5862933. A small boy came hurriedly down the street and stopped in front of a stranger. “Have you lost a dollar bill?” the boy asked. “Yes, yes, I believe I have!” said the man, feeling his pockets. “Have you found one?” “Oh, no, I just wanted to find out how many have been lost today. Yours makes 55.” SUBSCRIBE TODAY!