Hollar Scores Game-Winning Goal For Lady Lancers
WINONA LAKE – Playing in its home opener, Grace College’s No. 11-ranked women’s soccer team earned a gritty 1-0 victory over Missouri Baptist. Former Warsaw Lady Tigers standout Meredith Hollar scored the lone goal of the match on Saturday at 1st Source Bank Field, helping the Lady Lancers (1-2-1) to the win.
Warriors Enter Ekovich Era With Win Over Whitko
SYRACUSE – Josh Ekovich’s first game as the head coach of the Wawasee football team opened with a bang and ended with a blowout.
John Snyder Starts Anew At Columbia City
Much of the credit for Columbia City's first win can go to a former Warsaw player/coach, John Snyder. Snyder played high school basketball under coach Al Rhodes for three years and was a Tiger assistant coach for eight years.He lives in Columbia City and works for the school, so when athletic director Geoff Penrod asked him if he was interested in being the junior varsity coach, he said yes. "It was difficult for me to coach at Warsaw," he said."I enjoyed coaching, but timewise and driving, it was hard." Chris Benedict had been named the varsity coach.Snyder had never met him before, but after several long talks, they discovered they shared the same philosophies on building a good basketball program. Snyder took the job. "I thought since I'm part of this community now, I should be committed to these kids," Snyder said.
Tigers Gut It Out Vs. Goshen
Give Warsaw volleyball coach Jamie Byron credit: she sticks to her philosophy, no matter what.Not usually one to panic and call quick timeouts when her Tigers seemingly need one, she lets her teams, no matter how young and inexperienced, battle through tough times. Byron got another chance to test her willpower Thursday during the Tigers' home and Northern Lakes Conference opener against Goshen at the Tiger Den. Despite winning in two games, 15-12 and 15-9, Warsaw kept up a disturbing trend this season of losing focus in tight matches or making a possible blowout become a tight match.
Emotionally Spent Trojans Still Winning
BOURBON - Off to the best start in school history, Triton's volleyball team is finding it hard to celebrate right now.It isn't that the Trojans (13-3 this year) are not happy about their play, but their thoughts are elsewhere. In the past week, head coach Gayle Perry's mother died, and junior varsity coach Deb Shively's father passed away.Because of the close relationship between players and coaches, the deaths have affected the entire group. "The kids are a little emotionally drained right now," Perry said."We are struggling with that right now.
REMC Arranges For Free Potato Giveaway
Mashed potatoes, French fries, potato salad, hash browns, potato cakes and potato bread are just a small sample of what one can make with potatoes. From 10 a.m.to noon Nov.28 at the Kosciusko REMC parking lot, 523 S.Buffalo St., Warsaw, individuals can pick up free potatoes while supplies last.The potatoes are provided free from the Society of St.Andrew; no paperwork or forms are required. "These are for any individual who will come who is hungry," said David McCleary, North Indiana United Methodist Conference Hunger Relief Advocate for the Society of St.Andrew.If any individual knows of someone else who is in need of the potatoes, but that person does not have the transportation to pick up the potatoes, McCleary said a sack of potatoes can be picked up for them.
County Antes Up $50,000 For Prisoners' Medical Expenses
It wasn't a popular decision, but the Kosciusko County Council voted "reluctantly" Thursday to appropriate an additional $50,000 for prisoners' medical expenses. The vote was in response to a request by Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine, who said a doctor and nurse have volunteered to come in and check prisoners before sending them to the emergency room. Still, he said, several injuries, such as a broken jaw, have contributed to the high cost of medical expenses. "Can I say we're reluctantly approving this?" asked council president James Tranter. The four members of the council who were present - Kathryn Teel, Tranter, Tom Anglin and Harold Jones - also heard a report by Sue Ann Mitchell, county auditor-elect, that a Web site for the courthouse will soon be operational. The state made the funds available for a consultant to come to Kosciusko County and show county workers how to develop a Web site, she said.
'Tis The Season
Charities in the Warsaw area are reporting requests up and donations down this year as they head into the holidays, their most demanding season. "This summer the financial and food contributions hit rock bottom," said Marty Courtney, director of Combined Community Services. Because of recent community efforts to collect canned goods, she said, the CCS pantry is full but financial donations are still down. One of the hardest hit is The Salvation Army, which is reassessing its collection efforts in an attempt to adjust to changing needs and trends. Ken Locke, community ministries director for The Salvation Army, said the organization is becoming more creative in accepting donations. "We're re-evaluating how we do things," he said."We're more willing to take perishable items now, or to encourage in-kind gifts." "We also get a lot of requests for medications - a lot of people are not on medical benefits and they have a problem with prescriptions," he said.
Pro-Life Banquet Draws 260
An energized gathering of pro-life supporters in Kosciusko County was encouraged to use a gentler, kinder approach in discussing the ongoing debate over abortion. Dr.John Willke, who served as president of the National Right To Life organization during the 1980s, is advocating a new strategy that will be implemented by Kosciusko County Right To Life.The group held a rousing first banquet Thursday that attracted about 250 people at Rodeheaver Auditorium in Winona Lake. Willke told supporters that many people outside the pro-life movement view anti-abortionists as "single-minded fetus lovers who are not compassionate to women." But much of the movement is concentrating on helping the mother through crisis pregnancy counseling and assistance in battling the effects of post abortion syndrome. "We stand with her.Not against her.We want to help in any way possible," Willke said.
Waggoner Says Prosecuting And Politics Don't Mix
NORTH WEBSTER - "This is the most sincere form of democracy we have - the home meeting," Charles Waggoner said Tuesday night as he met with voters at the home of Murray and Joan Rhodes in North Webster. Waggoner described to at least 20 people at the meeting his history of experience in life and law enforcement as an Indiana state trooper.
Ivy Tech Celebrates 20 Years In Warsaw
Lowell Landis remembers the early days of Ivy Tech State College in Warsaw when it began with a few classes 20 years ago in various parts of the community. At the urging of then-mayor Dale Tucker and business leaders, including Dalton Foundries' executive Matt Dalton, Ivy Tech's South Bend campus decided to offer some trial classes in Warsaw. Although the start was meager, the demand was instant. After announcing that classes would be available, the office was inundated with 340 calls, Landis said.That resulted in about 200 students taking classes during the first year or so. For years, administrators dealt with a lack of office and class space.Some classes were held in various parts of the county including Chore Time in Milford. Landis, along with his wife and an unpaid part-time secretary, oversaw the campus, which initially operated at First National Bank of Warsaw.
African-American Art Featured At Lakeland
One of the first paintings seen as you enter the Lakeland Art Gallery is a print of an acrylic painting of an elephant, "Red Bull," by Kelby Love, Elkhart.His rendition of the elephant's tough, rough skin is so realistic that it closely resembles a photo.Two bold prints follow of a man and a woman titled, "Out of the Dark," "Into the Light."Love, who started painting at age 3, does freelance work for several magazines and has won awards locally and nationally. The remainder of the "Celebrate Black America" art exhibit is just as impressive.The art exhibit and artists' reception Sunday featured flutist Marna Renteria playing jazz arrangements, and included special additions to the exhibit from the personal collections of Pat Outlaw, Lynn Pulliam and Don Moffett.
Local Cancer Fund-Raisers Hear Report From IU Cancer Center
WINONA LAKE - Last year, more than $40,000 was raised in Kosciusko County for the Indiana University Cancer Research Center. As a way to say thank-you, Indiana University School of Medicine Senior Associate Director Mary A.Maxwell spoke at The Boathouse Restaurant Wednesday to the Kosciusko County Cancer Care Fund committee and guests to explain what the money has helped the Center do. Part of that $40,000, she said, went to pilot project funding. As an NCI-designated cancer center, I.U.Cancer Center is encouraged to stimulate interdisciplinary and collaborative research.Last year, nearly $300,000 in pilot project funding was allocated by the Cancer Center director, all but $50,000 of the funding coming from philanthropic resources.
Carry On: High Court Upholds 2ns Amendment
It was nice that the U.S. Supreme Court made a ruling on gun ownership.
Local Billboard Gets National Attention
A billboard in Kosciusko County attracted national attention in recent months. The billboard is part of an awareness campaign launched by the county health department. The sign's message is simple, "Methadone Kills.
Great Weekend Coming Up For Comic Book, Movie Buffs
Comic book fans will be in seventh heaven this weekend.
