10 Years Ago April 13 1996 BOURBON - Triton Elementary will be represented at the state Odyssey of the Mind competition Saturday in Greenwood. The team of Christopher Kauffman, Betsy Price, Ryan Schori, Tim Speicher, Tracie Wells, Braxton Barton and Kyle Bell advanced to state after winning the Division 1 regional at Bunker Hill. 25 Years Ago April 13 1981 A Claypool farmer, Frank Merkle, was recently named "Cattleman Of The Year" by the Kosciusko County Cattlemen's Association. Merkle has been an active farmer and member of the Cattlemen's Association several years.
10 Years Ago December 27 1995 Pierceton Volunteer Fire Dept.honored Rob Barker as Fireman of the Year at their annual Christmas dinner Dec.3.Barker has been with the department for 18 months and is a second class fireman. 25 Years Ago December 27 1980 BLOOMINGTON - Warsaw Community High School's Scott Hutcherson found himself in the company of some mighty tough wrestlers in the Bloomington North Tournament.But when the dust had settled, the WCHS senior was still unbeaten, the tourney's 119-pound champion and winner of the event's Outstanding Wrestler award.
10 Years Ago March 22 1991 Drew Skinner, a 1989 Warsaw Community High School graduate, will appear as a dancer on MTV Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Skinner earned this opportunity after he was chosen best male dancer during an MTV contest which took place in October at University of Miami, in Coral Gables, Fla., where he is a sophomore. He is the son of Dale and Darlene Skinner, Chapman Lake. 25 Years Ago March 22 1976 NAPPANEE - Det.Thomas L.Rohr will become the new police chief for Nappanee when Police Chief Dean Middaugh retires April 24. Rohr has been an officer with the department for 11 years.
10 Years Ago January 22 1995 Det.Jon Hershberger of the Warsaw Police Department was honored at a surprise retirement party in City Council chambers.Hershberger has served the community for 25 years. 25 Years Ago January 22 1980 Three city residents and a former Warsawan were in the audience of two recent Phil Donahue talk shows in Chicago.Included were Mrs.Luclair Reed, of 1021 E.Market St., a city police radio dispatcher, and Mrs.Ione Jonas, a police department records clerk, along with Mrs.Reed's son, Doug, and daughter, Debbie Aaron, who is employed in the television guide department at the Chicago Tribune.
10 Years Ago June 2 1994 Lakeland Christian Academy's valedictorian for the 1993-94 school year is Elizabeth James, daughter of Paul and Susan James of Warsaw. The recipient of the 1993-94 Timothian Award is Elizabeth Landrum, daughter of Jerry and Kathy Landrum of Winona Lake. 25 Years Ago June 2 1979 The chief courthouse custodian will be the third county employee with a long record of public service to retire within the past year. Henry Hackworth, 66, of Warsaw, was hired in January 1961, as an assistant to the late chief courthouse custodian Ed Bowser.He succeeded Bowser as the chief courthouse custodian Jan.1, 1964, when the Mentone man retired.
10 Years Ago June 10 1994 The Indiana Insurance Co.announced Hall & Marose as a winner of its prestigious annual President's Award.The winning agency principals were recently honored for service excellence, outstanding growth and profitability at a special conference and outing attended by the company's senior staff held at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. 25 Years Ago June 10 1979 LARWILL - The Larwill Wesleyan Church, North and King streets, will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a special birthday service.
- Mauk - Home Care & Hospice - APC, BZA Lies - Music For LIFE Mauk Editor, Times-Union: I've just read Jonathan Mauk's last retort to my letter.For some reason he says he will no longer respond to my letters.In his last letter he claims I don't comprehend the content of his letters and that if I felt he had personally attacked me, it is an internal thing in my own soul and heart. I've noticed you completely disregarded my request that you pray for my soul, you keep insisting I do this for myself.I have no doubts that I will enter the kingdom of Heaven - repenting my sins along the way.So, basically, if you are so concerned with my well-being, that should have been enough.
10 Years Ago April 17 1996 Warsaw's Frank Ragukonis Jr.won the Indiana State title in the boys' 10-year old division of the Knights Of Columbus free throw shooting championship with a perfect 25-of-25 performance at Greenwood.His sister, Christa, placed third in the 12-year old girls' division. 25 Years Ago April 17 1981 Tina Minnix is now employed at He and She Professional Hair Designing, Warsaw.She received extensive training in advanced hair design at the Post Graduate College of Cosmetological Art and Science in Grand Rapids, Mich., after completing the basic cosmetology course in Fort Wayne.
10 Years Ago September 25 1996 Three Warsaw Community High School seniors recently were named semi-finalists in the 42nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Among the 15,000 semifinalists are Stephanie Ellis, daughter of Jim and Lynn Feldman and Lanny Ellis, Warsaw; Lori Goshert, daughter of Carol Reed and Dave Goshert, Warsaw; and Jill Sibray, daughter of Paul and Ann Sibray, Silver Lake.
10 Years Ago June 10 1995 Rita Swartzentruber, a fifth-grader at Atwood Elementary, is one of 10 district winners in the 1995 bicycle helmet safety poster contest. Swartzentruber received a bicycle helmet and a district ribbon. 25 Years Ago June 10 1980 Jim Huffer, a local advanced emergency medical technician, was recently named first runner-up as "Outstanding EMT of the Tri-State Region." The award was presented to Huffer by Dr.John Farquhar, MD, at the Third Annual Tri-State Seminar on Emergency Care, sponsored by the Welborn Baptist Hospital, Evansville, May 31.
10 Years Ago June 14 1995 LEESBURG - Jamiee Smith of Leesburg will compete for the title of Miss Indiana Teen USA at the Porter County Exposition Center in Valparaiso. Smith is the daughter of Shirley Smith.She attends Monarch Christian Academy in Winona Lake, where she will be a senior next fall. 25 Years Ago June 14 1980 A postman, who carried letters on the same route for two decades and was a familiar face to both local residents and courthouse employees, was honored at a retirement party at the Elks Lodge in Warsaw. Howard Swinehart, 56, of Warsaw, joined the Warsaw Post Office as a letter carrier in 1951 and after 28 years of service, retired on Nov.17, 1979.
10 Years Ago April 2 1991 Jefferson School PTO recently completed its spring fund-raiser in which more than $7,000 was collected.First-place seller was Nathan Edgington and second-place seller was LaTorrie Frantz.Edgington sold 260 candy bars and won a Nintendo Game Boy.Frantz sold 202 candy bars and won a telephone donated by United Telephone.
10 Years Ago June 7 1995 Urszula Cwalina is the first foreign exchange student to accumulate sufficient credits to graduate and receive a diploma from Warsaw Community High School.She has been hosted in the home of Richard and Vicki Flora of Warsaw.A native of Rybnik, Poland, Urszula plans to attend a college in Warsaw, Poland. 25 Years Ago June 7 1980 Already nearly a week behind its self-imposed deadline of naming a successor to Jim Miller, the search committee for a new Warsaw Community High School basketball coach was expected to recommend Al Rhodes to the school board at an executive session.
10 Years Ago June 9 1995 Justin Miner served as a page to state Sen.Kent Adams in January and plans to visit Parliament in London in June. He is a seventh-grader at Lakeview Middle School and the son of Mike and Linda Miner, Warsaw. 25 Years Ago June 9 1980 Bessie Replogle, the 1979 Kosciusko County Senior Citizen Queen, crowned this year's queen, Anna Williamson, in a recent ceremony at the Center Lake Pavilion in Warsaw.Williamson, who resides at 1407 Tanager Drive, Warsaw, was among five candidates vying for the 1980 senior citizen queen title.
10 Years Ago December 31 1995 Lupe Juarez, 9, seemed to be getting the better end of the deal as his brother, Luis, 13, pulled him through the snow.They were enjoying the pleasant winter weather near Park Avenue in Winona Lake. 25 Years Ago December 31 1980 Lynn Helvey, co-chairman of the newly-organized Kosciusko County Young Republican's Club, was recently appointed secretary of the Second District Young Republicans.
10 Years Ago October 3 1996 PARKERSBURG, W.Va.- John Brown, son of Lynda Brown of Warsaw, has been selected as a member of the A Cappella Singers at Ohio Valley College. Brown is a freshman music education major at Ohio Valley.He graduated from Warsaw Community High School in 1996. 25 Years Ago October 3 1981 Grace College student Scott Simms, of Wooster, Ohio, decided to pop the question recently to his girl, Cathy Misner, of York, Pa.With the assistance of college officials, he formulated the question (Cathy will you marry me? I love you) on the marque of The Lamp, Grace's student union, in Winona Lake, then drove by it with her.Misner said yes and a spring wedding is planned.
10 Years Ago June 21 1995 Kandace R.Tom, daughter of Paula Bowman and Kip Tom, had two drawings displayed at the Indianapolis 500 Museum during race weekend.She is a student of graphic design at the International Business College, Indianapolis, and will graduate in September. 25 Years Ago June 21 1980 The Town of Claypool will be celebrating "Wilda Garman Day" June 13 to honor long-time resident Wilda Garman, owner and proprietor of the Marathon gas station in downtown Claypool. Garman, a familiar figure with the townspeople, is retiring after 50 years of service to the community.She took over the station after her husband Orval's death nearly 20 years ago.
10 Years Ago July 15 1994 Marina Olivo was selected eighth-grade artist at Edgewood Middle School for 1994.The student recognition program was begun four years ago to promote excellence in art and to expand the student art gallery.Marina's watercolor painting will join the others in the student gallery, located near the school office. 25 Years Ago July 15 1979 In 1942 Henry Holderman joined the maintenance staff at the present Jefferson Elementary building (then known as East Wayne).Some 35 years later, at the age of 80, he has retired from the maintenance department of Warsaw Community Schools.
10 Years Ago March 24 1991 FORT WORTH, Texas - Two teachers and two students from area schools were named Tandy Scholars in the Tandy Technology Scholars program. Ronald Smith, a teacher at Triton High School, and Mike Bott, a teacher at Warsaw Community High School, received certificates naming them Tandy Scholars.Amanda Lemler of Triton and Jules Lin of WCHS were the students who received certificates. 25 Years Ago March 24 1976 Pfc.Rolf Tusing, son of Mr.and Mrs.Lee Tusing, Rt.6, Warsaw, is taking advanced training in communications with the U.S.Marine Corps at Pensacola, Fla. A 1975 graduate of Warsaw Community High School, Pfc.Tusing entered the Marines and completed basic training at Parris Island, S.C., before going to his present station in February.
10 Years Ago June 17 1995 Jody Yates was crowned Miss Mentone during the annual Egg Festival ceremony Saturday.Yates, 14, is the daughter of Randy and Lisa Yates of Atwood.She will be a sophomore at Tippecanoe Valley High School in the fall.