Letters to the Editor 03-16-2000
- Back To The Days - Towing Service - Indian Sculptor - Valley Baseball Back To The Days Editor, Times Union: In the March 2, 2000, issue of the Times-Union, it was announced that the Steering Committee for the Annual Back to the Days of Kosciuszko festival had disbanded.While involved in last year's festival, I became aware of the amount of time and effort it took on the part of the steering committee, (Tammy Denlinger, Joanne M.Kolbe, David Taylor and many others) to coordinate an event of this size.This festival reaches both young and old in our community with educational programs for school children, historical re-enactments, and a link to the past through Thaddeus Kosciuszko, the Polish military strategist after whom the county is named.
Retail Migrates From East To North
Kmart announced Tuesday that 326 stores will be closed, but the Warsaw Kmart will remain open.That's good news for those who shop along U.S.30E, Warsaw. However, several businesses will relocate from the three shopping areas east of town to the new strip malls off Ind.15N, near Wal-Mart. Relocation has been confirmed for Radio Shack, which will move from The Marketplace, and for Fashion Bug, which will move from the Lakes Village shopping center, where Kmart is located.H&R Block plans to open Monday at its new location at 2540 Walton Blvd..and will vacate offices at 3540 Commerce Drive.Party Shop III, a Hallmark Gold Crown store, is already open at 2584 Walton Blvd.and The Party Shop on Winona Avenue is in the process of closing.The Party Shop near Kmart in the Lakes Village will remain open.
Syracuse Makes 2011 Appointments
SYRACUSE - Syracuse Town Council ended the year by making appointments to various boards for 2011, and by approving two ordinances and two resolutions.Paul Stoelting will serve as council president for 2011, with Larry Siegel as vice president.
73 Years Later, Baker Youth Clubs Incorporates Tradition With New Ideas
Baker Youth Clubs received its charter as a Boys' Club on Nov.12, 1926. Seventy-three years later, while the club has dropped its affiliation with the National Boys' and Girls' Clubs of America due to philosophical differences and has a new logo, it still maintains many of its traditions while incorporating new ones. Baker Youth Clubs originated with Bramwell Baker in 1926.Born in Boston, Mass., he grew up in Warsaw and persuaded a number of community citizens to organize a boys' club in Warsaw.Baker offered $1,000 per year, providing the balance of the funds was matched by the community. Pete Thorn became the club's first of only three executive directors, serving from 1926 to 1963.In 1963, Robert Lichtenwalter became the second director and served for 29 years. Scott Wiley, the current director, began in 1992.He said he'll have to remain director until 2030 to beat Thorn's record. The club has changed locations more than it has changed directors.
Accent Your Wardrobe Class At WCPL
Accessories can make an outfit extraordinary.
Home School Program At WCPL
Warsaw Community Public Library welcomes Kathy Balke from Indiana Association of Home Educators as a guest speaker Tuesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
County's Oldest Resident Helping To Celebrate Warsaw's Anniversary
WINONA LAKE - Three large black-and-white photographs of the Tippecanoe River taken from the banks outside the Pound Store in Oswego are displayed on one wall. Another wall holds color snapshots taken during travels around the Earth. The tidy, photograph-filled room at Grace Village Retirement Center is home to Adria Orr, 104. She is the county's oldest resident and is scheduled to participate as an honored guest in the Warsaw 125th anniversary "Years Gone By" parade on Saturday.She has witnessed most of the city's history, never believing she would live so long. "I wouldn't wish this on anyone else," she said recently of her long life in Kosciusko County, although she doesn't have any particular troubles. The trouble she does have, rheumatism in the knee, is quieted with a layer of sulfur in her shoes, a treatment recommended decades ago by an uncle who was a doctor.
WPD Welcomes Two New Officers
The most recent additions to the Warsaw Police Department, Greg Oberlin and Scott D.Whitaker, are serving the community where they grew up. Oberlin and Whitaker were hired in 1997 with funds obtained through grants from the federal and state governments. Oberlin, 35, graduated from Ball State University with a degree in psychology.He married Teresa Werstler, and they have two children, Kayla, 5, and Justin, 19 months. Oberlin, who has always lived in the Warsaw area, worked at the Sprint Distribution Center for 10 years. Although he got a late start on his career in policing, Oberlin said, "I knew I always wanted to do this, and the timing worked out." Oberlin said his wife grew up knowing what she had to live with to be a policeman's wife and the hours they would have put up with.His father-in-law is retired Warsaw police officer Eldon Werstler.
If I Were The King Of Sports
Do you ever have that dream where you are king or queen?
Marsh Building Not Luring Tenants In
The old Marsh building on South Buffalo Street in Warsaw may be sitting empty for a while longer.
Warsaw Dominates All Phases To Beat Wawasee 56-6
Cross-county rivals Warsaw and Wawasee met in Syracuse Friday night with the W Trophy on the line for the 39th time. The Tigers started off fast and never looked back, scoring 28 points in the first quarter on their way to a 56-6 win to remain perfect in Northern Lakes Conference play.
Warsaw Welcomes Class of 2025
Kids that will start kindergarten this fall are the Class of 2025.
