THE ORIGINAL VOICE OF VALMEYER
Volume 16 Number 15
April 14, 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 11 Teacher Institute NO SCHOOL.
Friday, April 11 Model UN Conference at McKendree
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Friday, April 11 High School Baseball at Metro East
Lutheran 4:30 p.m.
Monday, April 14 High School Softball vs.
Evansville at HOME 4:30 p.m.
Monday, April 14 High School Baseball at Lebanon
4:30 p.m.
Monday, April 14 FFA Donkey Basketball 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 15 High School Spring Pictures.
Tuesday, April 15 High School Softball and Baseball
at Dupo 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 17 High School Softball and
Baseball vs. Steeleville at HOME 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 17 K-4 Spring Concert in the Multi
Purpose Room 7:00 p.m.
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.
The Valmeyer Police Department has recovered a
bicycle within the last month. To
inquire about the bike, please stop by Village Hall or call 935-2131.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS VALMEYER COMMUNITY BLOOD
DRIVE to be held at St.
John UCC in Valmeyer on Monday, April 14th from 2:00 to 7:00
p.m. Refreshments will be provided. Give the gift of life give blood.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS The Valmeyer FFA will be
sponsoring a Donkey Basketball Game at School on Monday, April 14th beginning at
7:30 p.m. Advance tickets are on sale at
Mikes Convenience Store and at Valmeyer High School. All tickets are $5 advance or $7 at the
door. Players will include teachers,
alumni, Juniors and Seniors. All
proceeds will benefit the Valmeyer FFA.
FREE donkey rides for kids 12 and under.
Dont miss all the fun and excitement of this event!
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 Mikes 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 dont miss this
great event.
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 ARENT 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 Schneiders 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 Schools 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!!!!!!!!!!!!