Repaving Of CR 900N – From Ind. 15 To Ind. 19 – To Begin Soon
April 4, 2018 at 6:23 p.m.
By Mark [email protected]
County Highway Superintendent Scott Tilden told the commissioners the state money for the project was received last year. He added that construction would begin as soon as possible.
Construction signs on Ind. 15 on either side of the intersection with CR 900N went up last week.
Commissioners also approved a request from Tilden to allow temporary parking along CR 1000E between CRs 750N and 1000N April 14-15. The Backwater Retriever Club will hold its annual event nearby that weekend.
The meeting opened with the introduction of Paul Grossnickle as the county’s veteran of the month. He enlisted in the Navy upon his graduation from Manchester High School, about six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
“Grossnickle had his mind set on the coveted position of fighter pilot. His beginning flight training was in Fort Scott, Kansas,” said Rich Maron, county veterans affairs officer, who regularly reads a narrative before the presentation of a plaque. “Grossnickle was taught that in order to win, anything goes because if you don’t win, you die.
“Those initial days of training showed the fundamental differences between the American and Japanese war mentality; the Japanese were trained to die for their emperor, while American soldiers were trained to survive for their country.“
After completing his training in Chicago, Grossnickle went on leave and married his wife, Jane, before serving with Halsey’s Third Fleet in Guam. Most of his missions were reconnaissance in preparation for a possible land invasion of Japan.
“These missions around the Japanese Islands lasted from the beginning of 1945 until the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945,” Maron said.
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“Grossnickle feels that he might not be here today if it weren’t for Harry Truman making the decision to drop the atomic bombs,” he said.
Grossnickle later served as a Naval optometrist, serving a total of 10 years of active duty. He then returned to Warsaw and started a private practice. He retired from Grossnickle Eye Center after 48 years.
In other matters, County Council President Sue Ann Mitchell asked the commissioners to declare this month “Distracted Driving Awareness Month” in the county. The commissioners signed the proclamation.
Mitchell also spoke about the second annual Fallen Rider Memorial Ride to be held at Wawasee High School in Syracuse April 14.
Superior Court I Judge David Cates provided commissioners with updates on a juvenile detention alternatives initiative. He said the program had received a $55,000 grant.
Cates said one of his biggest frustrations was a pair of options for dealing with juveniles closed locally, and he wants alternatives to sending offenders to the Juvenile Justice Center in South Bend.
Commissioners also took the following actions:
• Approved a contract with LDP Excavating and General Contracting, a Warsaw company, for a 1,000-gallon grease interceptor for the work release building. It will replace a grease trap that’s too small to handle the workload of the building.
• Appointed Alan Alderfer to the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission.
• Heard from Amanda Landis, KABS general manager, regarding a restructuring of transporting Medicaid patients.
Since the state has hired a third party for transporting Medicaid patients, the scheduling of and billing for rides for patients will now need to go through a third party.
The next meeting of the commissioners will be at 9 a.m. April 17.
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County Highway Superintendent Scott Tilden told the commissioners the state money for the project was received last year. He added that construction would begin as soon as possible.
Construction signs on Ind. 15 on either side of the intersection with CR 900N went up last week.
Commissioners also approved a request from Tilden to allow temporary parking along CR 1000E between CRs 750N and 1000N April 14-15. The Backwater Retriever Club will hold its annual event nearby that weekend.
The meeting opened with the introduction of Paul Grossnickle as the county’s veteran of the month. He enlisted in the Navy upon his graduation from Manchester High School, about six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
“Grossnickle had his mind set on the coveted position of fighter pilot. His beginning flight training was in Fort Scott, Kansas,” said Rich Maron, county veterans affairs officer, who regularly reads a narrative before the presentation of a plaque. “Grossnickle was taught that in order to win, anything goes because if you don’t win, you die.
“Those initial days of training showed the fundamental differences between the American and Japanese war mentality; the Japanese were trained to die for their emperor, while American soldiers were trained to survive for their country.“
After completing his training in Chicago, Grossnickle went on leave and married his wife, Jane, before serving with Halsey’s Third Fleet in Guam. Most of his missions were reconnaissance in preparation for a possible land invasion of Japan.
“These missions around the Japanese Islands lasted from the beginning of 1945 until the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945,” Maron said.
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“Grossnickle feels that he might not be here today if it weren’t for Harry Truman making the decision to drop the atomic bombs,” he said.
Grossnickle later served as a Naval optometrist, serving a total of 10 years of active duty. He then returned to Warsaw and started a private practice. He retired from Grossnickle Eye Center after 48 years.
In other matters, County Council President Sue Ann Mitchell asked the commissioners to declare this month “Distracted Driving Awareness Month” in the county. The commissioners signed the proclamation.
Mitchell also spoke about the second annual Fallen Rider Memorial Ride to be held at Wawasee High School in Syracuse April 14.
Superior Court I Judge David Cates provided commissioners with updates on a juvenile detention alternatives initiative. He said the program had received a $55,000 grant.
Cates said one of his biggest frustrations was a pair of options for dealing with juveniles closed locally, and he wants alternatives to sending offenders to the Juvenile Justice Center in South Bend.
Commissioners also took the following actions:
• Approved a contract with LDP Excavating and General Contracting, a Warsaw company, for a 1,000-gallon grease interceptor for the work release building. It will replace a grease trap that’s too small to handle the workload of the building.
• Appointed Alan Alderfer to the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission.
• Heard from Amanda Landis, KABS general manager, regarding a restructuring of transporting Medicaid patients.
Since the state has hired a third party for transporting Medicaid patients, the scheduling of and billing for rides for patients will now need to go through a third party.
The next meeting of the commissioners will be at 9 a.m. April 17.
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