Nappanee Main Street Project

Nappanee Main Street Re-Bid

Nappanee Planning Haney Street

Church News, Nov. 29, 2018

Several concerts are planned in upcoming weeks.

Warsaw Creating New Position Of Director Of Community Development

Warsaw Council Approves Annexation

Summer School Plans Presented During Wawasee Board Meeting

Plans for summer school were presented to the Wawasee School Board Tuesday night.

Public Meeting On County Vote Centers Set For July 22

Letters to the Editor 11-09-1999

- Lighting - Freedoms - Organ Donation - Free Enterprise - Smart Guns - Bronze Star - CR 450N Lighting Editor, Times-Union: The November 1 letter about outdoor lighting from Alan Mitterling is on target.Outdoor lighting practices are increasingly drawing scrutiny with good reason.

Letters to the Editor 06-09-2005

- Blood Drive - Brick Wall - Volunteer - Proud? - Red Light Running - Thought-Provoking - God's Plan - Vandalism Victims - Proper Recycling Blood Drive Editor, Times-Union: I am delighted to announce that our Kosciusko County Chapter of the American Red Cross will host a blood drive during the month of June.The current supply across the nation is between two to three days for type O+ blood, and I want to encourage eligible donors to participate and donate blood in June.Up to three blood products can be manufactured from one unit of blood, so by donating blood you can help several individuals in need of a very specific blood product.

Church News, March 29, 2018

Good Friday services and Easter sunrise services are planned at several area churches this weekend. Other events include a bake sale, a free family movie night and Port-A-Pit fundraisers.

Local High School Football Previews For Week 9

Northridge (7-1, 5-1 NLC) at Warsaw (7-1, 5-1 NLC), Bremen (4-4) at Tippecanoe Valley (8-0), Wawasee (1-7, 1-5 NLC) at Mishawaka (6-2, 5-1 NLC), Peru (8-0, 7-0 TRC) at Manchester (3-5, 3-4 TRC), Wabash (1-7, 1-6 TRC) at Whitko (1-7, 0-7), Triton (5-3, 4-2 HNAC) at Winamac (3-5, 2-4 HNAC)

Grace College Gets $2.3 Million Grant

WINONA LAKE - Grace College has been awarded a $2,343,000 grant from Lilly Endowment in Indianapolis. The grant is the largest foundation grant ever received by Grace College and will be used to build a residence hall which also will house student services offices. The college plans to integrate residential living for underclassmen from Indiana with student services.Departments such as the financial aid office, the registrar's office and career services will be located in the new building. The building also will help provide for Grace's increasing student population.This year, the number of new students grew by 22.3 percent over last year's numbers.

Akron Honors Bob Allen For Service

AKRON - Bob Allen was recognized Tuesday for his years of service to the Akron community.Town council president Roger Gearhart described Allen as a good family man always willing to help regardless how long it took to get things done. Allen's son, current board member Phil Allen, presented his father with a plaque commemorating his service.Allen has been a resident of the Akron area since May 1983.He served in the Navy in World War II in the Pacific arena. Allen served on the Akron town council for four years, from 1989-92, and is a member of the Akron United Methodist Church.He is serving as president of the Akron planning commission, secretary-treasurer of the Akron revitalization committee and a member of the Local Coordinating Committee for a Drug-Free Indiana.

Silver Lake Annexation Begins

SILVER LAKE - The long-anticipated annexation of residences around the lake area began Thursday with approval of an annexation petition and adoption of a fiscal plan pertaining to the petition. About 247 properties will be annexed next year, doubling the size of the town.The homes extend around Silver Lake to the end of Roosevelt and Edgewater streets and along Neher Road to the west. Residents within the affected area will be notified by Jan.5, according to town council members Donna McCune, Gail Owens and Brenda Wadkins.A public hearing was set for March 15 at 7 p.m.in the town hall. The meeting location is subject to change as the town hall may not hold all interested parties. Within a year of the proposed annexation, non-capital services will be provided to the area.These services include police protection, snow removal and trash removal.

Excavation Set For Pierceton Town Offices

PIERCETON - Excavation will begin next week to prepare the property at the corner of First and Market streets for construction of town garages and offices and a senior center. Collier Excavating was awarded the contract for the earth- moving work. Town board members Jerry Kreger, Ron Hall and Terry Hill also heard an update Monday on the construction phase of the project from adviser Bob Murphy, of R.P.Murphy and Associates. Specifications, plans and blueprints should be completed by noon today, Murphy said. Indiana Department of Environmental Management recommendations were distributed regarding treatment of the petroleum tainted soil dug up at the site, and options about how to handle the dirt were discussed. Christmas lighting will be hung by the fire department at 7 a.m.Nov.21. Chief Gene Burkett asked that the old lights be removed from a storage area.The board approved giving them to another town.

Leesburg Students Bake Cookies To Raise Funds For Afghan Children

LEESBURG - Fifth-graders at Leesburg Elementary are trying to make a difference in the lives of children half a world away - by making and selling hundreds of "monster" cookies. According to Samantha Pierog, 10-1/2, "When President Bush told all kids to send $1 for the Red Cross, the fifth-grade students and teachers decided to make monster cookies and sell them for $1." The kids gathered in Leesburg's cafeteria after school this week to bake the cookies; so far they have approximately 500, but are planning to make more. "We just thought it would be a nice idea, a kind idea," said Nicole Kuhn, 11, of selling the cookies to raise money to help children in Afghanistan. But making and selling the oatmeal-and-chocolate-chip cookies is not all the Leesburg students are doing.According to teacher Marsha Cook, the students decided this year that instead of exchanging gifts for Christmas, they would donate items for kids overseas.

Winona Approves Request For Variance

WINONA LAKE - Carl Schuster requested a variance to sell his lot and garage at 2906 Sandra Lane at the town's Board of Zoning Appeals meeting Monday. Schuster has a prospective buyer and the new owner is planning on using the garage as a hobby shop.Schuster has used the garage as a hobby shop for 18 years. The board approved the variance to sell the lot and garage. Howard Koenigshof owns a rental unit at 116 Boys City Drive and requested permission to tear down the current building and build a new one.The current building is deteriorating.Koenigshof said he is embarrassed to rent it out.The lot is 40 feet by 80 feet and Koenigshof wants to build a house of 780 square feet. Town ordinance states that one cannot build a home less than 1,000 square feet. Board president Gene Siman said Koenigshof has three options.He could tear down the building and leave the property bare, leave the building up or tear it down and put something nice up.

Elks Members Busy Cooking Up Free Meals

Tough economic times may bring more people to the Elks Club's 21st annual free Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow - and the Elks will be ready. According to Elks member Dan Brumfield, who, with other members, was busy today cooking turkeys at the American Legion, the Elks will have 30 turkeys, 80 pounds of ham, 20 gallons of sweet potatoes and green beans and 80 to 90 pies. "Usually we have about 550 people ...and we give the leftover meat to the Boys and Girls Club," Brumfield said."This year we're planning on feeding between 550 and 650 people." Approximately 125-175 meals also are delivered, he said. He said the tradition began in 1980, with Mike and Alice Schooley as the driving force.The Schooley are still involved, he said. The annual dinner is free and open to the public.Dinner will be served at Center Lake Pavilion between 11 a.m.and 1 p.m.

Rape Victim Files Lawsuit

A woman who was raped by a man at her place of employment, where he then committed suicide, is seeking compensation from the owner of the premises for her losses. The lawsuit was filed recently in Kosciusko Superior Court I with the woman and her husband listed as plaintiffs and New Plan Excel Realty Trust Co.as defendant.The names of the plaintiffs are not being published due to the nature of the incident. The woman was a The Cutting Edge employee when, on Sept.25, 2000, Michael J.Beavers, 38, of Dearborn, Mich., entered the salon shortly after it opened.The business is in Woodland Plaza on Commerce Drive in Warsaw. Police said Beavers bound four employees inside the business, sexually assaulted one of them and cut another in an alleged rape attempt.