Remember When 8.22.2011
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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What exactly would tempt someone to arise at 5:30 am., grab onto a 75-foot length of kevlar-reinforced rope, jump into the lake wearing nothing but a wet suit and yell, "Hit it!?" The answer? Barefoot water skiing.
On any given calm morning on Tippecanoe Lake one might find Bob Ragland, a captain with American Airlines; Patrick Pfefferkorn, a real estate agent for Century 21; and Jon Mark; an optometrist at Grossnickle Eye Center; exhibiting their idea of recreation. The three have become quite adept at deepwater front and back starts, one-foot fronts and backs and other advanced footinÕ techniques.
25 Years Ago
At least six Warsaw Community Softball League teams will be going on to national or world series tournaments in various divisions for the National Softball Association. Video World, Warsaw Moose, JR's Polishing and Pinky's 76 will be in the NSA Class D Nationals at Lexington, Ky., Aug. 30-Sept. 1. On the same Labor Day weekend, Lee Hartle Electric will be in Indianapolis, while Champs will be the local representative in the Class B World Series in St. Louis.
50 Years Ago
Miss Donna Mantle, 20, who recently completed her first year of nurse's training at a hospital in Bismarck, N.D., has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Robbins, Sidney. They'll take her back to Bismarck where she resumes her training. A graduate of Sidney High School, Donna worked two years at the Murphy Medical Center. She has a 40 and 8 scholarship.
75 Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sellers have returned from a weekÕs auto trip of 2,000 miles, covering 11 states. They attended the Texas Centennial at Dallas, stopping en route at St. Louis and returning through Birmingham, Ala. They note extensive drought damage in Oklahoma, but found corn good in many southern states. This week they leave on a northern trip through Michigan and into Canada.[[In-content Ad]]
What exactly would tempt someone to arise at 5:30 am., grab onto a 75-foot length of kevlar-reinforced rope, jump into the lake wearing nothing but a wet suit and yell, "Hit it!?" The answer? Barefoot water skiing.
On any given calm morning on Tippecanoe Lake one might find Bob Ragland, a captain with American Airlines; Patrick Pfefferkorn, a real estate agent for Century 21; and Jon Mark; an optometrist at Grossnickle Eye Center; exhibiting their idea of recreation. The three have become quite adept at deepwater front and back starts, one-foot fronts and backs and other advanced footinÕ techniques.
25 Years Ago
At least six Warsaw Community Softball League teams will be going on to national or world series tournaments in various divisions for the National Softball Association. Video World, Warsaw Moose, JR's Polishing and Pinky's 76 will be in the NSA Class D Nationals at Lexington, Ky., Aug. 30-Sept. 1. On the same Labor Day weekend, Lee Hartle Electric will be in Indianapolis, while Champs will be the local representative in the Class B World Series in St. Louis.
50 Years Ago
Miss Donna Mantle, 20, who recently completed her first year of nurse's training at a hospital in Bismarck, N.D., has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Robbins, Sidney. They'll take her back to Bismarck where she resumes her training. A graduate of Sidney High School, Donna worked two years at the Murphy Medical Center. She has a 40 and 8 scholarship.
75 Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sellers have returned from a weekÕs auto trip of 2,000 miles, covering 11 states. They attended the Texas Centennial at Dallas, stopping en route at St. Louis and returning through Birmingham, Ala. They note extensive drought damage in Oklahoma, but found corn good in many southern states. This week they leave on a northern trip through Michigan and into Canada.[[In-content Ad]]
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