THE ORIGINAL VOICE OF VALMEYER
Volume 14 – Number 23
June 5, 2006
To look in and not out, to look forward and not
back, to look up and not down.
IF
THE ROOSTER DIES . . . . . . . BUY AN ALARM CLOCK!
A drop box
for used clothes, shoes and linens has been placed on the parking lot of
St. Mary Church for donations of those items.
Please be generous in helping those less fortunate.
NO BETTER
COMBINATION – BARBECUE AND BASEBALL - - - MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR SUNDAY, JUNE
11 – The Valmeyer Council Knights of
Columbus will host a Barbecue at Borsch Park in Valmeyer
on that day from 11:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Food will include pork steaks, brats, hamburgers and hot dogs along with
pork and beans, potato salad and chips.
Stop by for some great food, and catch some equally great baseball
between the Valmeyer Lakers and Columbia Saints.
VALMEYER
PUBLIC LIBRARY - - - - - THE SUMMER
SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:
Mondays and Thursdays – 3:00 to 8:30
p.m. Tuesdays – 11:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
Don’t forget
to register your child for “Voyage to Book Island”, the summer reading
program. Call the Library at 935-2626 or
stop by and get a registration blank and informational flyer. The highlight of the season will be on July
18, when the Elsenpeter Water Show comes to Valmeyer for the closing session. PREPARE TO GET WET!!! The Library web page is up and running again,
so you can keep current with what is going on at the Library. Go to www.valmeyerk12.org and click on LIBRARY.
Dribble on in
to VALMEYER PIRATE GIRLS BASKETBALL CAMP for girls entering Grades 5-12
to be held June 12-15 in the Valmeyer School
Multi-Purpose Gym. The session for girls
entering Grades 5-8 will be from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. each day, and the
session for girls entering Grades 9-12 will be from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 each
day. Each camper will receive group and
individual instruction on the basic fundamentals of basketball offenses and
defenses, and will compete in individual skills (i.e. free throw shooting, hot
shot, horse within their grade levels.
Campers will receive a Pirate Camp T-shirt. The fee for the camp is $35, and $20 for each
additional child in the same family. A
completed registration form along with the fee is due by June 1, and should be
remitted to the High School office. For
more information or to reserve a spot, call Coach Snow at 935-2100, extension
126.
A PUBLIC
HEARING FOR THE VILLAGE OF VALMEYER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN has been scheduled
for Wednesday, June 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the Valmeyer
School Junior High Gym. All Valmeyer residents are invited and encouraged to attend
this event. Residents will be allowed to
present their comments. Length of
comments will be limited so all those who want to speak will have the
opportunity. Those who are unable to
attend can forward their written comments to the Village Clerk for submission
at the Public Hearing. If you have any
questions, contact Valmeyer Village Hall.
A tentative
schedule has been released for the VALMEYER MIDSUMMER CELEBRATION
including:
Friday, June 30 – Evening Music
Saturday, July 1 – Baseball
Tournament with Evening Music
Sunday, July 2 – Baseball Tournament
with Parade at 5:00 p.m. (Please note change of time).
Monday, July 3 – Evening Music
Tuesday, July 4 – Baseball
Tournament with Colossal Fireworks at dusk.
The theme for
this year’s parade is “A Day at the Beach” with a $100 prize for the best
float. There will also be prizes awarded
for Kiddie entries – 1st place of $25, 2nd
place of $15 and 3rd place of $10.
For more information contact Parade Chairman Ann James at 935-6061.
VALMEYER SCHOOL CALENDAR . . . . .
Tuesday, July 18 and Wednesday, July
19 – Registration for all students in Grades K-8 for the 2-006-2007 School Year
– from Noon to 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 16 – First day of
school for the 2006-2007 School Year.
Visit the
School’s webpage at www.valmeyerk12.org . . . find
the Original Voice of Valmeyer on line by visiting
the Community Links section of this site.
SEE
YOU NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!