Grace Bounces Back, Beats Bethel

Grace’s softball team recovered from a first-game defeat to earn a split at Bethel on Wednesday.

Grace College Volleyball Secures Second Straight Sweep

Grace’s volleyball team had two straight road matches in the Crossroads League to open up the 2020 season. The result was the same both times. Grace picked up its second consecutive sweep, blanking Mt. Vernon Nazarene 3-0 on Wednesday. The match was a battle despite the 3-0 scoreline with two of the sets reaching extra points.

Video Store Couldn’t Bounce Back After Pandemic Closing

Stafford’s Buys 400 Gift Cards To Local Restaurants To Give Away Saturday

North Webster Preparing for Dixie Days

NORTH WEBSTER – The North Webster Town Council began ironing out  Dixie Days details at its board meeting Thursday night.

Williams Leads Grace Past MVNU

WINONA LAKE – Sophomore Dennis Williams scored a career-high 16 points as Grace featured a well-balanced attack to march past Mid-Central College Conference rival Mount Vernon Nazarene 89-63 Saturday at the Orthopaedic Capital Center.The fourth-ranked Lancers (18-3; 8-2 MCC) opened up a double-digit lead midway through the first half and never looked back, helping maintain their two-game lead atop the conference.

Veteran Speaks About Optimism At Good Friday Breakfast

WINONA LAKE – A  man who lost his leg in Afghanistan encouraged residents to find the positive things in their lives at a Good Friday Breakfast at Christ’s Covenant Church.

Survivor Takes The Fight To Cancer

Had it. Fought it. Survived it. The motto on the back of Jimmy Bouterse’s T-shirt sums up his battle with cancer.

Saving Publishing Industry

The publishing industry has had a lot of troubles over the years. Book stores have been closing. Publishers have often found it difficult to sell books that can make back what has been invested in them unless the writer is famous or popular. I had to pay to have my three books published and might never see a profit unless any of them are picked up by a movie or TV production company. But in the future, books will change with the times and technology.

Voting For A President

Editor, Times-Union: When I watched the debate between Trump and Harris, about the only true thing she said was about what to expect. The problem is that she was talking about herself but tried to say it about Trump. Kamala has a track record of failure but hopes we don't look into her history which indicates how a Harris Presidency will be.

Warsaw Battles Back Down 21-0 To Stun NorthWood 35-21

While Warsaw did not get the start that it wanted facing off against Northern Lakes Conference foe NorthWood Friday night, the Tigers certainly got the finish they were looking for. Down 21-0 early in the contest, Warsaw battled back, scoring the last 35 points of the game to pick up a 35-21 win in Nappanee, the school’s first since 2012.

Letters to the Editor 03-18-2005

- Molesting - Rebate Molesting Editor, Times-Union: This is in response to Kerry Mills' letter published on March 17 about stereotyping gays with molestation. Kerry, a child molester can play any role within a community or a family.Regardless of their supposed sexual preference, straight or gay, a child molester is a sick, sick individual who needs serious help. Committing such a devastating act against an innocent child who knows only to trust his molester can be worse than committing any other crime against the child.This child will live with, and struggle with, the scars that this molester has permanently etched in his mind for the rest of his life.The child has lost confidence, trust and worst of all, his innocence.

Letters to the Editor 12-22-1997

- Fine History - Act Of Kindness - Central Park Fine History Editor, Times-Union: After reading this history that Mr.Coplen has written for the Kosciusko County Historical Society, it makes me proud of the fact that I have always been a citizen of this county. Mr.Coplen interviewed many people in the county to compile facts, and along with numerous pictures, he has woven them into a beautiful narrative of early county history. I was thrilled to see a picture of my maternal grandmother in a group of ladies from the Burket Methodist Church. My children live out of state, but they are graduates of county schools - they will enjoy the copies I am sending them for Christmas. Thank you, Mr.Daniel Coplen, for your dedication - you have given us a beautiful history.

Warsaw Lets One Slip Away

HUNTINGTON - When looking back on this season, this could be the big one that got away for the Warsaw girls basketball team. The Tigers trailed Huntington North (4-1) for much of the game Thursday and were on the verge of finally taking control of the game several times in the second half.But the chances seemed to slip right through Warsaw's fingers, and the Vikings escaped with a 43-39 win. The Tigers' Tiffany Ross torched the Viking defense for 20 points and 12 boards, but it wasn't enough against the highly regarded Vikings, led this year by former assistant coach Jon Lippe, who took over for the successful Fred Fields.

No. 2 Northrop Staves Off Warsaw Spikers

KENDALLVILLE - Warsaw had No.2 (4A) Fort Wayne Northrop on the ropes Saturday at the East Noble Volleyball Regional, but like a true heavyweight champion, the Bruins pulled themselves off the canvas and came back with the KO of the Tigers. The Bruins bounced back after the Tigers took the first game, and won the next two games for a 12-15, 15-5, 15-2 win, sending Northrop to the Logansport Semistate. "I have to give my girls credit, they did everything I asked them to do," Warsaw coach Jamie Byron said."They went out and gave it their all.They took it to them and made them (Northrop) earn it." The first game was tight throughout before the Tigers erased a 10-8 Northrop lead and eventually led themselves 14-11 on a kill by Shanna Smith.On their third chance at game point, the Tigers finally came through when setter Jessica Zaugg blocked Northrop's big hitter, Stephanie Bishop, for a 15-12 win. It all changed after that.

Warriors Fall To Falcons

DUNLAP -ÊGoing into the Concord Tennis Regional, the Wawasee Warriors knew they were the underdogs. After all, the Warriors had to play a tough Fairfield team that was 20-0 and playing with a mission.Earlier this week, two Fairfield students were killed in two separate accidents, and that was never far from the Fairfield players' minds. The Falcon tennis team sported the initials of one of those classmates on their uniform sleeve as they defeated the Wawasee squad 5-0 in straight sets. "Even though they beat us 5-0 tonight," said Wawasee coach Roger Brady, "I think we played much better agaist them than we did earlier in the season.Our matches were longer and we were more competitive.We made some good points, and we were more ready for them. "But they were also ready for us.They knew we would prepare for them and be ready to play." Fairfield's first individual win came at the No.1 singles position where Steve Huber downed Wawasee's Evan Gerard 6-2, 6-2.

Bulls Haven't Won Anything, Yet

Bulls fans, here's a news flash.Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and company aren't out of the woods yet.This series is far from over. Sure, no team has ever come back from a 3-1 deficit.But on the same hand, the chances are almost as slim that a team could lose Game 1 and still win the series.However, the Bulls look like a decent bet to beat those odds. Tonight's Game 5 is as important a game for the Bulls as any this year, including Game 7 against Indiana.If the Bulls lose to Utah tonight, Chicago's in a bad position. And here's my reasoning as to why Chicago could lose tonight and then go on to drop the series. First, the Bulls have been known to let teams off the hook.Remember the Finals a couple years ago against Seattle.Chicago led 3-0 before handing the Supersonics two wins.Last year, Chicago led 2-0 before dropping the next two games to the Jazz.The Bulls led the Pacers 3-2 before Indiana knotted up the series.

Underdog Warriors Garner Sectional Title

TOPEKA -ÊWawasee entered the Westview boy's soccer sectional final on Saturday night as a decided underdog.The Warriors faced a Northridge team that had lost only two games all season and had already beaten the Warriors earlier in the year. But as the saying goes, "On any given night." Saturday was one of those nights as the Warriors picked up their first boys soccer sectional championship in the nine-year history of the program. It took two 40-minute halves and then two seven-minute overtime periods before the game was ultimately decided in penalty kicks in favor of the Warriors. "I was especially proud of our defense," said Wawasee coach Paul Boyd, "I felt we challenged the ball well and played hard.We maintained good position and played a smart game defensively." Sweeper Ben Champaux, stopper Brent Bokhart and backs A.J.Klaassen and Chris Mock led the defense Boyd spoke of.

Friday Football Notebook

Defensive Player Of Week - Luke Matz, Wawasee Matz had a big fumble recovery for the Warriors to help Wawasee hold Northern Lakes Conference opponent Northridge and its high-powered offense to only 120 yards of total offense.In the process, the Warriors gained their second win of the season, the same as all of last year on the field. Offensive Player Of Week - Eric Prater, Valley Prater ran for 175 yards and three touchdowns to lead Tippecanoe Valley to its first win of the 1997 season, 27-21, over Manchester.Prater scored on runs of 5, 50 and 78 yards.His 175 yards came on only 13 carries, and he is now averaging over eight yards a carry this year.

Tiger Golfers Down State-Ranked Wawasee, NorthWood

WINONA LAKE - Having played for Warsaw himself, Ben Barkey knows how special wins are over rival Wawasee. Tuesday's boys golf match at Stonehenge was a sweet reminder, and the first-year Tiger coach was all smiles for good reason. With three players shooting 40 or lower on a day as windy as the winter is cold, the Tigers shot a 162 and won a three-way Northern Lakes Conference match over No.2 Wawasee and NorthWood. Wawasee, which finished fourth in the state a year ago and graduated just one player, struggled on Stonehenge's back nine, shot uncharacteristically high scores and finished with a 164.NorthWood shot a nine-hole team score of 199.