Veterans Day
Editor, Times-Union:Veterans Day is a time to thank those who served our country.
Remember When 8.11.2015
10 Years AgoRobert Collier retired from R&R Body Shop, 106 W. Catholic St., Pierceton, after starting the business in 1968. John Crouse, Warsaw, assumed ownership July 1.
Club News, April 8, 2017
Meeting reports and upcoming events from area social clubs.
Planners Continue Approval Of Zoning Ordinance Amendments
To give the Area Plan Commission and concerned businessmen more time to review the proposed Kosciusko County Zoning Ordinance amendments, the commission continued the approval of the amendments to its July 11 meeting. A concern for Dan Colcutt, who has provided billboard advertising services in the county for the last 22 years, is the amendments regarding signs. Under the proposed amendments, there are more restrictions on where a sign can be placed. Signs in an agricultural district can't exceed 24 square feet in size; no portion of the sign can extend or protrude into the right of way, driving easement or access; no pole-mounted freestanding sign can be on the same side of the road closer than 2,000 feet from another sign established by the ordinance; the sign can't be closer than 250 feet to a grade road intersection; and the sign and structure may not be taller than 30 feet from the grade.
The Studio Art and Coffee Shop Plans Grand Opening Saturday
There wasn’t exactly a blueprint for building a combination art and coffee shop, so Steph Woodward and Steve Hively had to get crafty.
County Seeks To Simplify Sign Ordinance
Kosciusko County is revising its sign ordinance in part to adhere to a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Sign
My name is Tom Metzger and I live at 1134 S. Ferguson Road, Warsaw, IN 46580.
Remember When 9.6.2012
10 Years Ago Construction crews have nearly completed work on the first three floors of the Winona Hotel. The first phase of the renovation includes 13 two- and three-bedroom condominium units on the first three floors. They should be ready for occupancy next summer. The building, built in 1888, at one time featured running balconies off all the rooms. These will be back in place, offering views of Winona Lake on the south side and on two-thirds of the building on the “back side.”25 Years Ago Checking Out - After serving more than 10 years, Judy Hughes, a member of the Warsaw Public Library, will officially step down next month from her position. The Warsaw Community School Board is expected to name a replacement in the near future. She is the wife of Thomas Hughes, who is president of Zimmer Inc. 50 Years Ago Tom Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Brown, of Silver Lake, returned recently from Harjavalta, Finland, where he had spent the summer as a representative of the Youth for Understanding teen-age exchange program. Before returning home, Tom spent several days in Helsinki visiting in the home of Tapio Tilto. Tapio spent last year in Warsaw. 75 Years Ago Warsaw will be the site for the Indiana Industrial and Volunteer firemen’s 1938 state firemen’s convention, it was definitely assured by Fire Chief Charles Frush. At a regular monthly meeting recently Leolin (Bud) Moon was appointed representative to the state board meeting to be held at Fort Wayne at which plans will be made for the holding of the convention here in June.
Etna Green Seeks Grant For Downtown Rehab
ETNA GREEN - Grant funding will again be sought for the downtown revitalization project. Town officials announced Tuesday that the Etna Green Lions Club has agreed to back the town's merchants for any amount not met by them.The matching grant requires a local commitment and the town was unable to secure funding in a previous grant application because of an apparent lack of support. While the merchants support the plan to spruce up the downtown, including new sidewalks and curbs, the shop owners in the small town are unable to foot the entire matching portion. "The merchants in Etna Green are not the most affluent people," said Dave Gault of Jane & Friends."We don't make a lot of money." However, Gault said, he feels that if the downtown project goes through, the residents in town will want to improve the looks along their streets as well.
Meijer Request Tabled
Meijer's request to rezone 41.65 acres to special commercial (C5) to build a store at 900 Husky Trail, along Patterson Road, was tabled by the Warsaw City Council Monday. The Warsaw Plan Commission unanimously recommended April 10 that the council deny the petition. Councilman and plan commission president Joe Thallemer said approximately 22.5 acres of the tract are currently zoned residential (R1) and the remaining 19 acres are zoned commercial (C3). "Tonight is strictly a land-use decision," city planner Jeff Noffsinger said. Council members were faced with deciding whether or not the commercial zoning of the 41.65 acres is appropriate. Meijer's attorney, Steve Snyder, said the "uses in a C5 category are essentially the same" as the current C3 zoning. Snyder asked council members to decide the highest and best use for the tract. "Approximately half of the land we're talking about here is already zoned commercial," Snyder said.
WCDC Looks To Improve Downtown Housing
After 16 years of focusing on businesses in the downtown, Warsaw Community Development Corp.is turning some of its attention to housing. Entering into the low-income housing sector, WCDC director Trish Brown said, will bolster some of the marginal property inside the business district and provide a new source of funding for the agency. The first move in that direction came with the WCDC's purchase of a six-unit apartment building south of the city police station on High Street last year.Renovations will begin this spring. The project, which could be the first of several, is being arranged through the Indiana Housing Finance Authority and will serve low- to very low-income households, Brown said. "If you don't have houses and you don't have people living around the district, basically you're removing customers from the area," Brown said. "We don't want the area around the central business district to fall into economic decline," she said.
Beaman Home Programs Inspire, Instruct Victims
Dawn was a victim of verbal and emotional abuse from her husband. The harmful words and acidic memories changed her and the family she loved. Dawn has three daughters, each of whom were directly affected by the abuse that held down their mother for so long.“Our family is dysfunctional, to say the least,” she said. “The abuse that I went through translated into abusive relationships for them.”
Milford Changes Council To 'At-Large' For Next Election
MILFORD - Milford Town Council spent the majority of its March meeting discussing the ordinance that would change how council members will be elected.
United Way Campaign Welcomes Nelson Beverage As Pacesetter
United Way of Kosciusko County welcomes Nelson Beverage as a pacesetter for the 2004 campaign. The first-ever Nelson Beverage United Way employee campaign will run July 16 and 17, and they have set a goal of $2,000 to raise for the community. Keyleaders for Nelson's are Tara and Hunter Carlile.Their campaign includes hosting the world-famous Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Clydesdales for a public photo opportunity at the Warsaw Wal-Mart, which will help Nelson's raise dollars for Kosciusko County. Nelson Beverage has been serving Kosciusko County for more than 20 years.Jerry Nelson purchased K&H Distributing in October 1983.Over the next nine years, several growth opportunities arose. K&H Distributing purchased distributing rights for Wabash and Whitley counties, which led to the purchase of land north of Warsaw and the building of a new warehouse.In 1997, K&H Distributing became know as Nelson Beverage.
