CREATE TABLE "former_members" (
  "school" text,
  "city" text,
  "mascot" text,
  "county" text,
  "year_joined" real,
  "previous_conference" text,
  "year_left" real,
  "conference_joined" text
);

Question: What city joined the Independents conference after 1963?
SQL: SELECT "city" FROM "former_members" WHERE "year_joined">1963 AND "conference_joined"='independents';

Question: What is the year that the Gary team with mascot of the Tornado joined?
SQL: SELECT MIN("year_joined") FROM "former_members" WHERE "city"='gary' AND "mascot"='tornado';

Question: What was the previous conference for the team with the Governors as their mascot that joined the Indiana Lake Shore conference?
SQL: SELECT "previous_conference" FROM "former_members" WHERE "conference_joined"='indiana lake shore' AND "mascot"='governors';

Question: What is the year that the Roughriders left the conference?
SQL: SELECT MAX("year_left") FROM "former_members" WHERE "mascot"='roughriders';

Question: What conference did the city of Valparaiso join?
SQL: SELECT "conference_joined" FROM "former_members" WHERE "city"='valparaiso';

Question: What is the mascot of Hammond Tech?
SQL: SELECT "mascot" FROM "former_members" WHERE "city"='hammond' AND "school"='hammond tech';