THE ORIGINAL VOICE OF VALMEYER

Volume 16 – Number 16                                                                                                        April 21, 2008

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!

 

THIS WEEK AT SCHOOL:

Friday, April 18 – High School Baseball vs. Waterloo at HOME – 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 19 – Post Prom Community Garage Sale Fundraiser 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Saturday, April 19 – FFA Greenhouse Open House – 9 a.m. to Noon.

Monday, April 21 – CP Lit Trip to Hannibal.

Tuesday, April 22 – High School Softball and Baseball vs. Lebanon at HOME – 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 23 – Senior Class Trip.

Wednesday, April 23 – High School Softball vs. Cahokia at HOME – 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 24 – High School Softball in Monroe County Tournament.

Thursday, April 24 – High School Baseball vs. New Athens at HOME – 4:30 p.m.

Friday, April 25 – High School Softball and Baseball at Red Bud – 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 26 – High School Softball vs. New Athens at HOME – 10:00 a.m.

 

Valmeyer Optimist Club ROAD RALLY – Saturday, April 19th.  The rally will be starting from Fountain Inn.  The entry fee is $15 per person with a 4-person limit per team.  Get a FREE T-shirt.  There will be complimentary chili and hot dogs provided by Fountain Inn starting at 11:30 a.m.  The Rally kicks off at 12:30 p.m., ending around supper time at a local restaurant.  Call Teena at 458-4546 to sign up.  All proceeds from the rally will benefit the programs of the Valmeyer Optimist Club.

 

MARK YOUR CALENDARS – The Valmeyer FFA will be rolling out the Spring color with their Annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, April 19th from 9:00 a.m. until Noon.  They will have a wide variety of hanging baskets and bedding plants.  You can also visit their greenhouses during School days from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. or from 3:15 to 4:00 p.m.

 

On April 19th, while shopping for bargains at the Valmeyer Spring Community-wide Yard Sale, why not let the Valmeyer Boy Scouts cook your lunch for you?????  They will be having a Barbecue at Mike’s Convenience Store from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  They will be selling hot dogs, hamburgers and brats.

 

            VILLAGE OF VALMEYER COMMUNITY-WIDE YARD SALE – SATURDAY, APRIL 19TH - Join all of your neighbors and friends in clearing out those items that you no longer have use for, but still have lots of miles left in them.  Residents throughout the community will have items for sale, and you can bet there will be lots of enthusiastic shoppers in town, so don’t miss this great event.

 

            SPORTS PHYSICALS for Junior High and High School athletes will be on Wednesday, May 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.  Cost is $25 and that money will be reimbursed to the Valmeyer School athletic program.  Dr. Pickett of Family Practice Associates in Waterloo will be performing the physicals, and they will be done in the Junior High Gym.  Please call Nathan McSchooler at 935-2100, extension 129 for more information.

 

            Need a place to hold a wedding reception, bridal shower, wedding shower, graduation party, Christmas party or family reunion?????  Reservations are now being accepted for the St. Mary Parish Center in Valmeyer (now under construction) for events planned June, 2008 and later.  Call 935-2400 and leave a voice message or send an email to parishcenter@stmaryvalmeyer.org.  The reservationist will respond with more information on bookings.

 

            NEWS FROM THE VALMEYER HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT

APRIL 18th at Lunch – Big Brothers / Big Sisters recruitment for the 2008-2009 School year.  High School students are needed to be Big Brothers and Big Sisters for the coming year.  Talk to Hollie at lunch for more information.

APRIL 22nd at Lunch – Army recruiter will have a table in the cafeteria.

MAY 2nd – Post Prom at Valmeyer High School following the Junior / Senior Prom at the Falls in Columbia.  The Post Prom event will run from 11:30 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.  Students must have a permission form and $5.00 to purchase a ticket.  The permission form can be found at www.valmeyerk12.org/counselor/POSTPROM.htm or can be picked up from Mrs. Karsten.

 

            WE AREN’T JUST BLUFFING – SATURDAY, APRIL 26 – The Salt Lick Stewardship Committee, the Kaskaskia Valley Audubon Society and CLIFFTOP are jointly hosting a morning hike at Salt Lick .  The public is welcome to attend the interpretive jaunt.  Those interested are to meet at 8:00 a.m. in the parking lot near the Village maintenance shed to the left of the Rock City entrance gate, just north of the original town of Valmeyer on Bluff Road.  Good walking shoes, perhaps a walking stick, binoculars for those who wish to do some spring birding and water are recommended for the moderate-to-difficult trail hike. . . . . Salt Lick Point, a 450-acre tract of bluff lands, overlooking the American Bottoms, offers beautiful views of great outdoor Monroe County.  Dedicated as a Land and Water Reserve a few years ago, Salt Lick permanently protects a mosaic of 12 high-quality hill prairies, seven lovely limestone glades, gorgeous racks of limestone cliffs and stunning runs of upland forest.  The reserve is open to the public.  Salt Lick is the highest point in Monroe County at elevation 810 feet, and provides breathtaking vistas of the American Bottoms.  The Salt Lick Point Stewardship Committee and the Valmeyer Boy Scout Troop recently completed a mile and a half public trail at the site.

 

The Valmeyer Village Board of Trustees has authorized the formation of a committee to begin planning festivities and events for the Centennial of the Village to be celebrated during 2009.  Anyone interested in serving on that committee should contact Laurie Brown, Village Clerk.

 

            Valmeyer will be serving as a IEPA Household Hazardous Waste Collection site on Saturday, June 7.  The site will be set up on the location of the former Schneider’s Store parking lot on Lake Street in the original part of town.  The event is being locally sponsored by the Monroe-Randolph Bi-County Health Department and the Valmeyer High School Science Club.  ACCEPTABLE ITEMS INCLUDE: oil based paints, used motor oil, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, old gasoline, pool chemicals, cleaning products, mercury, medicines, household batteries, paint thinners, lawn chemicals, solvents, antifreeze, hobby chemicals, aerosol paints and pesticides, fluorescent lamp bulbs and drain cleaners.  PLEASE DO NOT BRING LATEX PAINTS.  UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS INCLUDE:  Agricultural wastes, business or commercial sector wastes, explosives, fireworks, lead acid batteries, propane tanks, smoke detectors, farm machinery oil, fire extinguishers, or institutional wastes.  Watch for future announcements of the scheduled times for this event on this date.

 

            Want to help out the School?  Collect General Mills boxtops, Campbells for Education labels and Nestle water bottle labels and send them to School with your child or even with a neighbor child or drop them off at the school office.  All these companies provide funds or equipment for our School.  To find out what products are eligible look at these websites:  http://www.labelsforeducation.com/eligibleproductsEN.aspx and http://www.boxtops4education.com/AboutBoxTops/Products.aspx.

 

            VILLAGE OF VALMEYER LARGE ITEM PICKUP DATES FOR 2008

                        JUNE 12, SEPTEMBER 25 AND DECEMBER 11.

 

            VILLAGE OF VALMEYER COMMUNITY-WIDE GARAGE SALE DATES

                        APRIL 19 AND OCTOBER 4.

 

            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!!!!!!!!!!!!