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Lilly Road Relocation Proposal Draws Opposition

SYRACUSE -ÊMost residents in the North Shore Lake Wawasee neighborhoods are in favor of maintaining Eli Lilly Road's existing route, according to petitions submitted to an ad hoc committee of area homeowners. Two options to relocate Eli Lilly Road were initiated in September by an unnamed group of local residents, represented by an Indianapolis-based engineering firm, USI Consultants Inc. In option A, a new road would be built from Warner to Bishop Road, just south of the railroad crossing.The existing Eli Lilly Road would be closed and the county maintenance vacated.Residents would still be able to travel on the old road, but the county would no longer maintain it.It would be privately maintained. Under option B, a road would be constructed in the middle of Eli Lilly Road and would travel north to the railroad, stopping at Bishop Road.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Triton Approves Budget

BOURBON - The 2006 budget was adopted during the Triton School Board meeting Monday.The board also adopted the capital projects fund for 2006-2008 and the bus replacement plan for 2006-2015. Board member Kris Glingle asked if the budget reflected rising energy costs.Triton superintendent Ted Chittum said that he builds the budget to reflect increases in utilities but the budget has not figured in the projection of a 60 percent rate increase by NIPSCO. "We'll just keep our thermostats at 68 degrees and suggest that people wear long-sleeved shirts and sweaters.We're going to have to treat that situation like you would at home and try and cut down on cost," said Chittum. Chittum also said some schools delay payment of their NIPSCO bills until the end of the school year but Triton doesn't do that.Chittum does not foresee that becoming an option. The board also discussed an improved nutritional menu for students.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Sewage Increase Likely In Warsaw

Warsaw's residential sewage rates will probably reach $24.50, up from $14.50, within the next two years. The increase will boost revenues to cover bond issues of $12.5 million for a new treatment plant and $3.6 million for a collection system, a total project cost of $16.1 million. City council members heard from CPA Todd Samuelson of H.R.Umbaugh Thursday who outlined schedules of financial information for the proposed second wastewater treatment plant. Sewage revenues are derived mostly from residential clients. Also making a presentation was Franz Morsches of Jones and Henry who presented sketches of the second plant, showing its location as well as lift station placement. The council heard the new plant would have the same capacity, 3.9 million gallons a day, as the current facility.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Group Seeks City Support For Shuffleboard Courts

First, it was skateboarding for the youth, now it's shuffleboard for the more mature crowd. A group of older men - some of whom caught the shuffleboard craze when vacationing in Florida - are asking the city of Warsaw to establish an indoor shuffleboard court at the old fireman's building at Pike Lake. The men, led by Charles Huffer, presented their plans to city council Monday night.They are asking that the fireman's building - which was turned over to the city a year ago last spring - be slightly renovated. To accommodate five shuffleboard courts, the building would need to be extended about 12 feet, Huffer said. Like many of the youth in the community, some of the men said there was a lack of activities for their crowd. The city is near completion of a skate park in Boggs Industrial Park, and the inevitable comparison quickly surfaced. "What? You're not into skateboarding?" Mayor Jeff Plank asked sarcastically with a smile.
Dan Spalding, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Local Group To Begin Ninth Home

While Habitat for Humanity International celebrates its 25th anniversary in Indianapolis this evening, plans are underway for the ninth Habitat for Humanity of Kosciusko County Inc.home. To be situated on the corner of Main Street and Park Avenue in Warsaw, dedication of the land and groundbreaking is set for Sept.30. "This is one of the answers to meeting the needs of people in the community who wouldn't be able to get a home otherwise," said Harlan Steffan, a board member of the local organization. The third Warsaw house, sponsored by R.R.Donnelley and Sons, joins one in Milford and North Webster, two in Syracuse and two in Enchanted Hills, east of Syracuse. Donnelley retiree Don Kispert will serve as foreman on the project and the publishing company's employees will provide labor to build the house. The new homeowners are expected to put a lot of sweat equity into their home, too, Steffan said.
TERESA SMITH Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

KCH Marks 30th Anniversary

Jerry Beasley started as Kosciusko Community Hospital's chief executive officer a couple of weeks ago. So the first thing he does is throw a party. "This kind of sets the stage for things to come, doesn't it?" he said with a grin. Actually, Wednesday's celebration was a long-planned event to mark the hospital's 30th anniversary. Visitors to the tent on the grounds were greeted with mounds of fruits and vegetables, pounds of cooked hot dogs and bratwurst, giant pretzels and drinks served by staffers. In the hospital foyer, skin, osteoporosis, blood pressure and body fat screenings were available. Approximately 700 people were served between 4 and 7 p.m. Since KCH's 25th anniversary, when the women's and birthing center officially opened, the Cancer Care Center, Beyer Medical Buildings and an emergency care center have been added to the campus.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Baker Youth Clubs may build new facility

Baker Youth Clubs has plans to build a facility of their own with a little help from a state Community Development Block Grant. Bob Murphy of R.P.Murphy and Associates, Larwill, approached the Warsaw council during a public hearing regarding the grant application and the organization's project Monday. Murphy asked that the city be the applicant on behalf of the BYC grant to purchase land and construct a building, which was approved. If the $500,000 grant is approved, the BYC will provide $100,000 in matching funds. The BYC is a not-for-profit 501(c)3, serving area youth since 1926. Director Tracy Furnivall said building a new facility is important to the future of the club's programs.Currently they are housed in a multi-purpose building in Lucerne Park on North Park Avenue.BYC shares space with the Kosciusko County Boys and Girls Club and Senior Services.The building is leased from from the Warsaw Park Department.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Frog Tavern Owner Seeks Renewal Of Liquor Permit

Mike Kaduk plans to sell the Frog Tavern and the Lilypad, both in Syracuse, to RKSL Restaurants in the near future. The sale is dependent upon a beer wine and liquor permit renewal for The Frog. Kaduk appeared before the Alcoholic Beverage Commission of Kosciusko County Thursday and the permit was renewed following discussion about two violations. Gambling machines were found on the property on two occasions, in December 2005 and May of this year.The ABC has a policy of not renewing an alcoholic beverage permit if an establishment has three violations related to gambling. "I'm just going to be blunt," said Board President Gordon Vanator."How many times do we have to ask you not to have gambling machines?" Kudak said he only had to be asked once. "The machines are out as of May 8.The business is being sold.I'm not messing up this sale," he said. RKSL Restaurants operates Main View Restaurants at South Shore Golf Course, Syracuse and North Manchester.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

County To Enforce Conditions Of Easement Vacation Approval

When the Kosciusko County Commissioners vacate a property or road with conditions, they expect the conditions to be upheld. Tuesday, they learned that a condition they placed on a 2001 request has not been fully met. The commissioners told Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission assistant planner Matt Sandy to enforce the condition.Sandy said he will contact their attorney, Mike Reed, as soon as possible. In 2001, Eric and Melody Hodson vacated a platted walkway in Beaver Dam Lake, off CR 750W, between lots 24 and 25 of the Grace E.Smith first addition on the southeast side of Beaver Dam Lake. The commissioners approved the vacation on the condition Hodson relocate an existing easement to the lake for area residents.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Manchester FunFest On Tap This Week

NORTH MANCHESTER - Four days of fun and games are planned at the 1997 North Manchester FunFest. The food court will be open during festival hours every day. Pre-Fun Fest events - youth basketball and basketball tournaments - began Sunday and end Wednesday. Regular festival events get under way Thursday, beginning at 11 a.m.with a free swim for adults at the Community Pool.Additional activities Thursday include the summer playground at TLC Playground and a Fun Meet/Water Carnival at the Community Pool from 1 to 3 p.m.; youth basketball from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.at Market Square; a Rotary Club Auction at Market Square North and a pet parade at Second Street tent, both beginning at 6 p.m.; and alternative music at Market Square from 8 to 10 p.m.
Ruth Anne Lipka, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

Pierceton Breaks Ground On Cub Discovery Center

PIERCETON - Pierceton Elementary teachers, staff and students held their dedication and groundbreaking for the school's new Cub Discovery Center Thursday. Michelle Ball, fourth-grade teacher and one of three teachers who helped write the grant application and develop the programs for the center, said, "We think this is a very special event." The Center will feature perennial flowers, an herb and vegetable garden, bushes and trees."It's going to have a lot of plants," Ball said. There also will be a goldfish pond, water plants and a fire pit area.There will be an amphitheater with benches and a covered gazebo with picnic tables.A small greenhouse will be attached to the school building. The entire perimeter of the Center will be more than 3,200 feet.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Red Ball Committee Kicks Off 2006 Plans

The 2006 Red Ball Committee recently kicked off plans for this year's ball, scheduled May 6 at Tippecanoe Country Club. Co-chairs for the event are Fran and Larry Allen, Cheryl and David Blakemore and Kristin and Matt Elliott. The theme for the ball will be "Mardi Gras," commemorating the recent disasters in New Orleans and other parts of the South and the local and national Red Cross efforts in those areas.More than 60 people from the Warsaw area were sent through the Kosciusko County Chapter of the American Red Cross to hurricane disaster areas in 2005. Proceeds from the ball go to the local chapter of the Red Cross.In the past five years of Red Balls, 2001 through 2005, the Red Cross received net proceeds of $166,700, for an average of $33,000 per year.
M.J. RHODES, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

Elder-Beerman Coming To Town, Realtor Says

Elder-Beerman, an upscale full-line department store, is coming to Warsaw. The regional chain and owners of Marketplace of Warsaw, Rein Warsaw Associates, plan to invest $2 million in renovations to the old Big Wheel and BuySmart property before the store opens in late summer or early fall, according to Gary Salyer, of Warsaw Real Estate, who arranged the deal. The vacant store was owned by Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa, which recently sold it to Rein, which is headquartered in New York City. After its sale, the 58,000-square-foot building was leased to Elder-Beerman Co., of Dayton, Ohio, Salyer said. Elder-Beerman is comparable to L.S.Ayres or Hudsons. The chain has more than 50 stores in the Midwest, including nine in Indiana.The closest store is in Elkhart.
Dan Spalding, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Top Three Students Named At Manchester

NORTH MANCHESTER - Megan Keffaber and Ashley Penrod are co-valedictorians for the Manchester High School class of 2002, and Marie Weller is the salutatorian. Keffaber and Penrod maintained perfect grade point averages of 11.0 over four years. Keffaber is president of the student council and was class president for three years.She is a member of National Honor Society, the Principal's Group and Living in Full Effect.She is a three-year member of the publications staff, serving as editor-in-chief, copy editor and a member of the newspaper and magazine editorial board. She also is a 10-year 4-H member and a member of the girls' basketball and tennis teams, earning Three Rivers Conference All-Academic honors and Rotary Mental Attitude awards for both teams.She has been named outstanding Spanish student, Purdue Junior Scholar for Mathematics, Hugh O'Brien Youth Ambassador and Student Counselor, and Wabash County DAR Good Citizen for 2002.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

WHA Welcomes Director

Hoping for a change of pace, the new executive director of the Warsaw Housing Authority completed her first day on the job Monday by attending her first meeting with the agency's board of commissioners. Laura Kaufman currently resides in North Manchester, but taking a job in Warsaw returns her to her roots.Kaufman is a 1988 graduate of Warsaw Community High School; holds a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Maryland, where she graduated magna cum laude; and also is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis. A five-year veteran of the U.S.Navy, Kaufman was an attorney in a private practice in Bluffton before moving to North Manchester. She and her husband, Kurt, and sons, Nick and Jake, soon plan to move to the Warsaw area. Kaufman was joined at the meeting by her new program manager, Kim Baney, who has been with the agency for about three months.
Ruth Anne Lipka, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

Leesburg Restaurant Owners Say They'll Install Flow Meters To Monitor High Sewer Rates

LEESBURG - A pair of restaurant owners in Leesburg attended Monday night's council meeting to discuss the possibility of installing meters as part of the sewer project.
Jen [email protected] | July 28, 2016

Tippy Valley Wrestles With Budget Issues

AKRON - Since Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. still doesn't have its 2008 budget approved, that's made the process for establishing the 2009 budget more difficult, according to Assistant Superintendent Dr. Daniel Kramer.
David [email protected] | July 28, 2016

Annexation Request Made At Milford Meeting

MILFORD - During August's Milford Town Council meeting, an annexation request was made by Fred Ramser of LMA Development LLC.
John DeGroff- | July 28, 2016

MPL Offers Nutrition Programs

MILFORD - This week's dial-a-story at the Milford Public Library will change Wednesday to "Why the Sea is Salt." Call 574-658-9540 to hear the story.
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Concerned Parent Asks Warsaw Schools About Safety

Since 1980, there have been 196 school-related shootings, killing 311 students, according to parent and concerned citizen Steve Long.
David [email protected] | July 28, 2016
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