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NORTH MANCHESTER - Just before the Manchester Squires boys basketball team took on Three Rivers Conference combatant Oak Hill Friday night, head coach Gary Goshert was honored for his 100th win with the program. Afterwards, Goshert joked that much of his success could be attributed simply to longevity.Coincidentally, the Squires 44-32 win over the Golden Eagles was a byproduct of simply hanging around. Manchester struggled in the first quarter and was unable to connect on a field goal in the first eight minutes. While Manchester managed just three first quarter points, Oak Hill clung to a scant 6-3 lead after one period. The Golden Eagles struggled mightily with turnovers early and often.Oak Hill committed five first quarter turnovers and finished the evening with 22 compared to just five by Manchester. As much as the Squires struggled from the field in the first quarter, they more than made up for it in the second.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Zoners To Review Retail Sales Variances

Warsaw could have retail sales at two new locations if variances of use are approved by the Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals. The board will discuss the variance requests at its meeting tonight at 7 p.m.at city hall. Petitioners William and Vanessa Harpenau are requesting a variance of use to allow for retail sales in a light industrial district at 301 Poor Drive.The petitioners are planning to remodel the existing structure. The petitioners also are requesting a variance of use to allow retail sales at 2249 N.Detroit St.The petitioners are planning to remodel the existing structure for a carpet store. The board also will review a variance request from petitioner Edward Hartman, who is requesting a variance from development standards to allow for a 10-foot, 8-inch variance for a 4-four, 4-inch sideyard setback from the required 15-foot sideyard setback to construct a 6-foot, 9-inch by 9-foot, 3-inch deck on the east side of the dwelling at 1421 E.Center St.
JENNIFER PERYAM, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

WHA Seeks Funds For Transitional Housing

Warsaw Housing Authority Executive Director Laura Kaufman requested funds to be used for a transitional housing project at the Warsaw City Council meeting Monday. Kaufman proposed $21,000 from previous Owner Occupied Rehabilitation grants be used as a local match on an $84,000 Indiana Housing Finance Authority grant to purchase property for transitional housing. The property to be used is at 606/608 E.Center St.It contains two three-bedroom apartments.A family would be able to stay in the apartments for up to two years as they search for permanent housing and learn to become self-sufficient. According to Kaufman, there is no transitional housing in Kosciusko County and there is a great need for it.She said the lack of transitional housing was identified as the greatest need in the county by a housing needs assessment done in October 1999.
ANITA WEISHEIT, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

1991 Whitko Players Relive 'Hoosiers II'

It was dubbed "Hoosiers II."Not many folks from the Whitko area will ever forget it. Never in his years of basketball coaching had Bill Patrick coached a team with a losing season, but in 1991, the picture looked grim. At the low point of the season, the Wildcats were 5-8, and more than a few people thought Patrick was looking at his first losing season.But that 1991 team did something no one expected them to do - they made a trip to play in the state championship tourney. After that 5-8 point, the 1991 squad made a surprising turnaround.The team was undefeated the rest of the season, won the sectional, won the regional and won the semistate.In fact, the Wildcats did not lose another game until they fell to Gary Roosevelt in the first round of the state championship. That team included Steve Nicodemus, Rich Tenney, Rod Thomas, Brook Allen and Chad Darley and made history by taking Whitko (and Patrick) to its first and only state championship.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

A Dose Of The Truth Would Be Nice

Last week I wrote about how it seems the media only want to write about guns in a negative context. It didn't take long for them to prove my point. Last Monday, a couple members of the American Public Health Association - a group that pushes gun control - were slightly injured in an accidental shooting in Indianapolis. Seems some dolt had a loaded .32 caliber derringer in his shirt pocket while at the Planet Hollywood restaurant.He bent over to pick up some beads from another patron's broken necklace. The gun fell out of his pocket, hit the floor and discharged.The round struck one woman in the hand and another in the arm.Both were treated at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and released. According to the Associated Press wire story, "...the organization barely hesitated before deciding to make the incident a lobbying tool on the gun issue.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

For Willy, Life's A Drag

The log sheet, dated April 18, 1993, is dusty now, creased with time.But 47-year-old Bill Long always knows where it is, tucked away here in the back of the shop, in case a visitor asks to look at it. April 18, 1993.Bill's son, Willy, won the first drag race he competed in at Bunker Hill Drag Strip near Kokomo."W-I-N" is scrawled in tall, pink letters across the front of the log sheet. Billy was 8 - the minimum age to compete - when he won his first non-exhibition drag race on April 18, 1993, the first year Bunker Hill began hosting junior drag races.It was also the first year the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) created a racing class for kids ages 8-17. Never mind that Willy was facing guys twice his age in his division. He won anyway.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Grace's Upset Bid Falls Short

WINONA LAKE - The Grace College women's basketball team didn't look like a 4-11 squad Wednesday night against NAIA No.21 Marian. Bad bounces, missed opportunities and free throws proved to be too much for the Lancers as they fell to Marian 76-71 in a Mid-Central Conference overtime thriller. Grace overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to take the lead at 58-57 with 36.9 seconds left in regulation. Whitney Frame converted an old-fashioned three-point play for the Knights to put Marian up by a basket at 60-58. The Lancers responded as they drove down the court, worked the ball around the perimeter before finding sophomore Amanda Downing open underneath the basket.Downing drew a foul, and with Grace already in the double bonus, went to the charity stripe with 7.1 seconds left. Downing nailed both free throws with the second bouncing around the rim a few times before dropping.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Goshen Deals Warsaw First NLC Loss

GOSHEN - Friday night's Warsaw boys basketball game at Northern Lakes Conference rival Goshen wasn't a boxing match, but this is how 21st-year Tiger coach Al Rhodes described it: "We fought back, but it was like a fighter who keeps fighting while he's getting his head knocked off." In a battle of NLC heavyweights - Warsaw, Goshen and Plymouth entered this weekend as the only undefeated teams in the conference - Warsaw hung around as long as it could, and then Goshen landed the knockout punch, going on to win 61-49. With 2:12 remaining in the game and Goshen up 51-43, Redskin 6-foot-6 sophomore center Andrew Hershberger rebounded his own miss for two.Thirty seconds later he connected on 1 of 2 free throws, followed by a dunk and free throw 15 seconds later that put the Tigers down 57-43.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Local Royalite Plant Sold To Spartech Corp.

Uniroyal Technology Corp., Sarasota, Fla., announced this week that it has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all the assets of its high performance plastics segment to Spartech Corp. The sale includes the Royalite Thermoplastics division of Uniroyal Technologies, 3454 N.Detroit St., Warsaw. According to Martin Gutfreund, vice president of administration for Uniroyal, Sarasota, Fla., the sale will have no negative effect on the Warsaw plant.He said Spartech Corp.plans to retain almost all of the current work force. "It's a business decision," he said Tuesday."Fundamentally, we're trying to streamline our technologies."He added that the sale is part of an enactment of the company's strategic plan.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

No. 8 Argos Scorches Tippecanoe Valley

ARGOS - Eight minutes into Saturday's basketball game with Tippecanoe Valley, the Argos coaches suspected they had a blowout on their hands. When Argos forward Caleb Andrews missed a three-pointer, retrieved the rebound and made a layup as time ran out the first quarter, the Argos coaches knew.His layup was one of four in the last 1:21 of the quarter as the Dragons upped their lead over Valley from 12-8 to 20-12 going into the second quarter. "Up 20 at half," an Argos assistant coach barked when the players huddled at the end of the first quarter."Up 20 at half." Argos actually went up by 22 at half - 44-22 - and went on to win 82-64.Valley continued its worst start in school history, dropping to 2-7.Argos, ranked No.8 in the Associated Press Class A poll, improved to 6-3. The win over Valley was the first for Argos head coach Chuck Evans, who has been on the staff the last four years.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

It's The Demos' Election To Lose

I consider myself conservative. No shock there. But this week, in the interest of fairness, tolerance and unity, I am offering free political advice to Democrats. First, let me pose a simple question to the Democratic leadership. Are you nuts? A couple developments make me ask that question. First, the whole Joe Lieberman thing.The Democrats abandon the long-serving and well-respected Senator from Connecticut because he isn't anti-war enough for them. They rush to support the ardently anti-war Ned Lamont, who winds up beating Lieberman in last week's Democratic primary election. I understand that being against the war in Iraq is a pretty infectious political sentiment around the U.S.these days.But I am fairly certain throwing the reins of your political party to the far-left, anti-war crowd is not the way to go. It's not like Lieberman is some hawkish conservative or anything.His liberal/conservative vote ratio runs in the 90s of percents.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Zolman Etches Place In History

ELKHART -ÊIt's not very often that a girls basketball team plays a regular season game in front of a packed house. Especially in Elkhart's famed North Side Gym. Especially on a Saturday afternoon. Especially when the game is supposed to be pretty one-sided. But this Saturday afternoon was something special, and the nearly 5,000 fans in attendance at North Side Gym knew it. So did the players on the court. So when Shanna Zolman picked up a defensive steal at half court and started toward the basket with just under a minute left in the game, the crowd knew what was about to happen. So did Shanna. History was about to be made. A smile crept across Shanna's face as she moved down the court with the ball.The crowd was on its feet, and the roar of applause was deafening as Shanna moved in under the basket and tossed in a layup with 40 ticks left on the clock.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Girls End Carroll's Home Winning Streak

FORT WAYNE - An atmosphere as electric as Carroll High School's gymnasium Wednesday evening, it was only fitting there be a lightning bolt painted at mid-court. A battle of Class 4A heavyweights No.3 Warsaw and No.9 Carroll was quite possibly everything a fan could have hoped for, a nip-and-tuck, back-and-forth battle that went down to the wire. And like so many times before, Warsaw Miss Basketball candidate Jaclyn Leininger came through when her team needed her, scoring eight of her team's 12 fourth-quarter points and leading the Tigers to a 62-53 win over the previously unbeaten Chargers.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Things Are Going Quite Well For W

W must really be feeling pretty good about life these days. First there was the historic election, where he actually gained seats for his party midway though his first term. Then the mighty United Nations Security Council voted unanimously his way on the Iraq resolution. Next, the lame duck 107th Congress was poised to hand him yet another victory with a Homeland Security bill he can sign. The House passed the bill on a 229-121 vote Wednesday. A couple procedural votes in the Senate, including one to kill a Democratic version that gave additional protection to workers, tilted toward W as well. Senate Majority leader Tom Daschle said the Senate was expected to act within the next few days and that "I'm inclined to support final passage." He added that Democrats wanted to see the bill move forward despite lingering concerns over labor provisions.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

I'd Rather Not Watch CBS News

OK, if there was ever a doubt about liberal bias in network news media, I think we can safely say CBS erased it with its document debacle. I wish I could find unvarnished news.It would be refreshing. Fox is kind of like a GOP cheerleading network.Their motto should be, "We report, you decide how good the Republicans are doing." I guess I don't see Fox as fair and balanced. But then there are the CBS, NBC, ABC and CNN crews who lean the other way.They're not fair and balanced either. I see CNN every day.It's fun - sometimes - to listen to Jack Cafferty belittle the president of the United States. The media have come a long way.Remember when Walter Cronkite was polled the most trusted man in America? Those days are long gone. Now, journalists rate right up there with politicians and snake oil salesmen on the scale of trustworthiness. I know there is no such thing as bias-free news.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Mideast Erupts Again

How unsettling is the news from the Mideast these days. Over the years in the news business I have watched the news from the Mideast ebb and flow. There have been any number of "peace deals" brokered over the years, most notable, one by Jimmy Carter in the late '70s. But regardless, the Mideast always seems to regenerate into violence. The Mideast has a pretty violent past. For a highly informative, fairly brief overview of the history of Israel, go here: www.mideastweb.org/briefhistory.htm Frankly, David conquered Jerusalem around 1000 B.C.and there has been some sort of conflict going on there ever since. According to jewishvirtuallibrary.org, there were 14.5 million Jews in the world in 2005.That's 0.22 percent of the world's 6.4 billion people. Mideastweb.org says Israel and Palestine is a small, (10,000 square miles at present) land at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Budget Needs Serious Attention

It's not at all surprising to me that W's approval rating is scraping the bottom of the polling spectrum. A few weeks back I noted that if people like becoming disillusioned with him, he's in some serious political trouble. Each passing week seems to cement that a little more. In most cases with W, it's not so much the policy, but the implementation that's left lacking. Take Iraq. Who could argue that a free and democratic Iraq is a bad thing for the world? No, it would be a good thing. It could be a stabilizing influence in the Middle East.So I don't disagree with the policy. But the implementation? Seems like we weren't all that well prepared. We didn't see that insurgency thing coming at all.W was on a ship with a banner touting "Mission Accomplished." I think in hindsight he'd like to have foregone that photo op. But that's just it.We should have seen it coming.We should have known.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

TRAC Data Points To Lack Of Enforcement

The past couple weeks I have been decrying the lack of enforcement of federal gun laws under the current administration. Just this week, a new batch of statistics were compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. To satisfy the skeptics, TRAC is a nonpartisan data-gathering, research and data distribution organization associated with Syracuse University. I probably wouldn't consider Syracuse University a hotbed of right-wing thought. I think what the statistics they have compiled show is significant in light of the current administration's propensity to propose more and more federal gun laws. According to TRAC, referrals for federal prosecutions by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have sharply declined during the Clinton Administration.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

IWU Takes Shorthanded Grace

WINONA LAKE - On paper, this game looked like a mismatch. Indiana Wesleyan came into the game with a record of 9-6 and 2-0 in the conference for a first-place tie in the Mid-Central Conference.Grace was 3-12 with an 0-2 conference record for a last-place tie in the MCC. It was a mismatch.Or was it? For 24 minutes, Indiana Wesleyan looked dominant, and for the other 16 minutes Grace College looked overpowering.In the end, the Wildcats held off the Lancers down the stretch for a 73-67 win Wednesday at Lancer Gym. This was a matchup of two of the youngest teams in the MCC.Grace starts one junior, three sophomores and a freshman, while two sophomores and a freshman come off the bench for the Lancers.Indiana Wesleyan started just one senior and has only three others on its 17 person roster.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Boys Ground Falcons

SYRACUSE - On the same night USC and Oklahoma competed for a mythical national championship in college football, Wawasee and Fairfield competed for serious backyard bragging rights in boys high school basketball.The schools are less than 15 miles from each other. The Warriors rode a 26-point fourth quarter to come from behind and run away from Fairfield, 78-62. Wawasee trailed heading into the final eight minutes, 53-52.Kory Lantz put the Warriors ahead with a jumper to start the quarter and then the wheels came off for the Falcons.Fairfield's Chad Lemler picked up his fourth foul at the 7:15 mark on Austin Gerber, who connected on the back end of his free throw attempts. Forty seconds later, Jordan Miller was called for a questionable technical foul.Then at the 5:56 mark, Fairfield's bench was whistled for a technical foul for arguing a call.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016
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