THE ORIGINAL VOICE OF VALMEYER

Volume 16 – Number 20 May 19, 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, May 16 – High School Graduation – 8:00 p.m.

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.

Congratulations to the folks at St. Mary Church on their great newly-constructed facility. Even though the building is not totally finished, they played host last Saturday night to the Annual VHS Alumni Banquet. This building will be a great asset to the community, and we thank the folks at St. Mary Church for their foresight.

A MESSAGE FROM THE VALMEYER POLICE DEPARTMENT . . . Congratulations to the 2008 Fifth Grade class at Valmeyer for graduating from the D.A.R.E. program. Thanks to the Fifth Grade teachers, Mr. Greg Knobloch and Mrs. Sue Fiedler for allowing the D.A.R.E. curriculum to be taught in their classrooms. Special thanks to the following Valmeyer organizations . . . the Jaycees, Knights of Columbus, Lions and Optimists for their generous donations and support of this program to help keep our kids drug-free.

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.

BLUE WATER POOLS IS COMING TO TOWN . . . Starting this Saturday, May 17 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, Blue Water Pools will set up shop on the Emergency Services Building parking lot and have for sale chemicals, supplies and accessories for swimming pools. Blue Water Pools will return on May 24 and 31, as well as on June 7, 14 and 21. Additional dates after June 21 are pending. For more information or to place an order for a specific product, contact Dan Valleroy at 281-7776 or by email at danval@htc.net.

VILLAGE OF VALMEYER LARGE ITEM PICKUP DATES FOR 2008

JUNE 12, SEPTEMBER 25 AND DECEMBER 11.

VILLAGE OF VALMEYER COMMUNITY-WIDE GARAGE SALE DATES

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!!!!!!!!!!!!