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4-H Fair Dates Set In Advance

Five-year planning for the Kosciusko County 4-H and Community Fair has resulted in later fair dates, according to the fair board. However, board members said at Monday' meeting, setting five years' fair dates in advance has its benefits. "We wanted to get away from the holidays," said incoming fair board president Steve Trump."The people at the food stands didn't want to work over the Fourth (of July)." In the past several years, the county fair has taken place early in July, sometimes over the July 4 holiday. But the new schedule sets the fair toward the end of the month. In 2003, the fair is scheduled for July 21-26.For 2004, it will be July 19-24; 2005, July 18-23; 2006, July 17-22; and 2007, July 16-21. "4-H needs to plan in advance for livestock," Trump said, and the carnival companies that furnish the midway rides are in great demand. "This gives us a chance to look at a long-term contract," he said.
Laurie Hahn, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

State Drops Requirement For Portfolios

Individual schools and departments have permission from the Warsaw School Board to develop student portfolios if they choose, but they are no longer required to by the state Department of Education. Portfolios, or collections of the students' work over a specified time period, are used in holding student-led parent conferences, showing student progress over time, and helping students assess their own work, teachers told the school board Monday. "A portfolio gives kids a more vested interest in what they're doing and helps them to see learning as a continuous process," said Pat Deck, principal of Lakeview Middle School. The state originally mandated portfolios in all school districts, but backed away from that decision last fall.The school board's resolution Monday allows individual schools and departments within schools to decide whether they want to use portfolios as learning tools.
Laurie Hahn, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Winona Lake Proposes 20% Sewer Rate Hike

WINONA LAKE - Faced with a proposed 60 percent hike in sewer rates from Warsaw, Winona Lake is proposing 20 percent instead. The Winona Lake Town Council approved the proposed rate recommendations at its meeting Tuesday night. Clerk-Treasurer Retha Hicks proposed the 20-percent rate and said the town is still in sewer rate negotiations with Warsaw. The rates will need to be approved by the Warsaw City Council. The city council held a public hearing Aug.21 where a proposed sewer rate ordinance was presented that would include a 60-percent increase in Winona Lake's rate. The city council approved Warsaw's rates and charges for city sewage services at its Sept.18 meeting.The rates and charges for Warsaw for all dwelling units, including single-family, duplexes, apartments, condominiums and mobile home courts will be a minimum of $30.80 per month for each dwelling unit.
JENNIFER PERYAM, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wal-Mart Plans Super Center In Warsaw

Area shoppers may soon have another option when seeking out bargains on clothes or food. Wal-Mart Corp.has announced plans to build a 200,000-square-foot Super Center at the intersection of U.S.30 and Ind.15.The property is already zoned for commercial development but plans for the 40-acre tract call for part of the parcel to be subdivided, with Petro Family LLC retaining a portion, and a portion side aside for out lots, with the Super Center using the bulk of the parcel. Daphne Davis, Wal-Mart spokeswoman in Bentonville, Ark., said the company has tentative plans to present the subdivision and development plans to the Warsaw Plan Commission on Dec.13. "We have no date set for any groundbreaking," she said."That will be determined if we get the city's approval on Dec.13." Warsaw Mal-Mart store manager Gary Elders said the 200,000-square-foot facility will include a full-service grocery store, a bank, a barbershop and beauty salon and an optical lab.
DAVID A. BEALL, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Biomet Breaking New Ground

Two previously conjoined twins may have a chance at living normal lives, thanks to the efforts of one of Warsaw's orthopedic companies. Biomet Inc.is joining with Dr.Ken Salyer, who headed the medical team that separated 18-month-old Egyptian twins Ahmed and Muhammed Ibrahim last month, to invent a covering for the boys' skulls.At a press conference Tuesday at Biomet corporate headquarters, Salyer said that while the ultimate solution has not yet been devised, "we're very impressed here with the talent at Biomet ...and we look forward to coming up with the optimum solution for these boys." Salyer, the founding chairman of the World Craniofacial Foundation, said the next step is for the boys to completely recover from their separation surgery, which he hopes will be in a matter of months.Then they will be ready for their next surgery, which should be one of only two or three procedures expected for each boy.
Laurie Hahn, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

City Council Gives Nod To Assisted Living Facility

Greenwalt Development's request for a planned unit development district to build an assisted living facility at 1900 Ranch Road, was approved in general terms by Warsaw City Council Monday. The issue will be sent back to the Warsaw Plan Commission for secondary review. This issue came before the Warsaw Plan Commission Nov.6 when Greenwalt Development director of operations Philip Heer and project manager Steven Smith presented plans to build an assisted living facility in what is currently an R-1 residential zoning district.The plan commission approved the plan in general terms and sent it to the city council. Heer and Smith presented their plans for the assisted living facility to the council.Several concerns that city planner Jeff Noffsinger had at the plan commission meeting have been addressed.There is a landscaping plan now and issues regarding the private street and the driveway cut into the road have been addressed.
ANITA WEISHEIT, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wagon Wheel Performers Talk About Ties To NYC

Perhaps more than any other group of professionals, actors have ties to New York City, either having lived there or knowing people who do. The leading actors of "The Music Man" on stage now at the Ramada Wagon Wheel Theatre are no exception. "My girlfriend watched the first building burn as the plane hit the second tower from her office window," said Rod Thomas, now based in New York.He was in Chicago Sept.11 performing the lead role in "big, the musical." The part earned him a Joseph Jefferson Award for best principal actor in a musical Nov.5. Thomas returns to the round stage for the role of Prof.Harold Hill after a season-long absence. "My immediate feelings were that what I do is so inadequate," he said."Slowly you come out of that." Friend and fellow actor Mickey Fisher agreed. "I've been on top of the twin towers, it is so scary, the loss of those buildings and the way they were brought down," he said.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

O'Neill Slated As Next Lyceum Series Speaker

Although she's a famous and successful actress, model, television personality, author and spokeswoman, Jennifer O'Neill holds none of these roles above her relationship with God. O'Neill is the next American Lyceum Lecture Series guest speaker.The event, in Rodeheaver Auditorium, is sponsored by Grace College and the Village at Winona.It is free and open to the public. "I am beyond honored," she said of the Nov.16, 7:30 p.m.engagement."It's very exciting for me to be a part of that group, to speak where Billy Graham and people of that stature have been." In a recent telephone interview, O'Neill candidly discussed her ongoing walk with Jesus Christ and upcoming talk in Winona Lake.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Winona Planners Change Parking Requirements

WINONA LAKE - Parking requirements in Winona Lake are being changed for new buildings being built. The Winona Lake Plan Commission approved new parking construction requirements in the town at its meeting Tuesday night. The commission approved parking space requirements that will be changed from one for every six visitors to one for every four in the town. The parking will be for any public building, business, church or auditorium that has seating in the town. Dick Leaf, town building commissioner, proposed the changes at Tuesday's meeting. The commission discussed the parking occupancy issue at its Oct.10 meeting where Leaf said the town needed to plan for more spots for parking because of the increase in vehicular traffic. The council also approved a recommendation that residential doors must face the front of the home when homes are built in Winona Lake.
JENNIFER PERYAM, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Winona Lake Tax Rate Falls

WINONA LAKE - The 2001 tax rate for Winona Lake will be 9 cents lower than this year's tax rate. The rate went from $2.71 in 2000 to $2.62 in 2001, town council president Jerry Clevenger said at the council meeting Tuesday.Clevenger said the tax rate went down because of subdivision expansion, property values going up and "Winona Lake being an attractive place for people to live." In other business: • Jim Gunn of Goshen attended the meeting to request a waiver on the sewage charges of his late sister's property.
ANITA WEISHEIT, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Woman Seeks To Feed The Hungry

Charlie Johnson-Parker believes God wants her to take care of his people. "I wanna tell you," she said, Johnson-Parker converted a step van into a mobile soup kitchen she calls The Roving Chef.Three days a week she cooks in her truck and hands out meals to whomever needs or wants food.Mondays she is stationed at Center and Detroit streets from 11 a.m.to 2 p.m.; Wednesdays she is at Big Lots from 11 a.m.to 2 p.m.; and Fridays she is in front of Wal-Mart from 11 a.m.to 2 p.m.She has her business license and the Health Department regularly inspects her truck. "The people that I'm feeding are so appreciative," she said.
ANITA WEISHEIT, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Dubois Drive decision tabled

Making Dubois Drive a one-way street westbound between Parker Street and Provident Drive is yet to be approved. Lt.Kip Shuter attended Monday night's city council meeting and discussed an ordinance and letter recommending Dubois Drive become one-way. The Warsaw Traffic Commission also recommended Dubois Drive become a one-way street at its meeting Thursday. City council members Joe Thallemer and Jeff Grose expressed concern with making Dubois Drive one-way without informing citizens who live in Gabel Addition, south of Dubois Drive, who would be affected by making the street one way. Mayor Ernie Wiggins recommended the traffic commission discuss the proposal with the residents and submit recommendations to providing relief to the area, and the city council will review the ordinance again at its next meeting. Thallemer expressed his concern with approving Dubois Drive becoming one-way without discussing the changes with residents in Gabel Addition.
JENNIFER PERYAM, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Grace 'grows opportunities'

"Growing opportunities" was the theme for Thursday's Education Summit XII. One of several local colleges is hoping to grow career opportunities for its students in the orthopedic industry.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Webster Community Center Gets State Grant

NORTH WEBSTER - Hopefully, crossed fingers can straighten out with relief because the Community Focus Fund grant for the North Webster Community Center was approved at the maximum level - $500,000. The building will house the activities of the Lakeland Youth Center, a senior activity center, the North Webster/Tippecanoe Library, the North Webster town offices and police department, as well as provide Kosciusko YMCA fitness programs.Future plans include an indoor walking track and a place to hold community events. The idea to transform the former elementary school building into a community center began almost as soon as the Wawasee School Corp.announced plans in June 1999 for a new elementary school. The North Webster Community Center Inc.was formed as a nonprofit organization, and purchased the building for $1 in February. Members of the Community Center board of directors and town council will travel to Indianapolis Wednesday to accept the grant.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

KABS Facing Significant Financial Hurdles

Despite already having tightened their belts in the past year, officials with KABS are facing even more financial difficulties in 1997. Kosciusko Area Bus Service raised fares a year ago in preparation of an estimated 17 percent cut in federal funding effective Jan.1. Although they've made preparations for the upcoming year, KABS is looking at more financial difficulties in 1998, said director Tom Sherrin. More reductions in funding loom as a result of policies prescribed by the government for Cardinal Center, an agency that works with disabled people which represents a significant portion of KABS users. With a decrease in centralized programming at Cardinal Center for some clients, Cardinal expects an overall reduction in the use of KABS - and therefore plans to reduce its funding for KABS.
Dan Spalding, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Developer Wants County To Relocate CR 700S

Accidents at the Claypool overpass, intersection of CR 700S and Ind.15, are common due to bad visibility at the intersection. Tuesday, Kosciusko County Highway Superintendent and Engineer Rob Ladson told the county commissioners the owner of property to the northeast of the intersection is planning to develop his property and wants the development to have access to Ind.15.The developer wants to move CR 700S to the north, which will solve the visibility problem, Ladson said. The developer has contacted the state for cooperation.Ladson drafted a letter for the commissioners to send to the state to support the developer's efforts. "This is all preliminary," Ladson said."It hasn't been through Area Plan yet.It's just been rezoned." He said stoplights would not be ideal at the intersection because they would not keep traffic moving.Moving the intersection would improve visibility."...We can definitely have a win-win situation here," said Ladson.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Weather Cutting Into Winter Sports Profits

During a typical winter, people enjoy skiing and ice skating. So far, the 1998-99 winter season isn't a typical winter, and some local sports shops can tell by their lack of winter equipment sales. "The winter equipment is not really selling at all," said Brian McClelland, business manager for Reneker's Sports Shop and Ski Hut. He said winter sports equipment sales have been low for the past two years because of the abnormal winter weather.Some customers still purchase the merchandise, however, in hopes that the winter weather will bring snow sooner or later, he said. "People are buying them for Christmas presents, hoping the weather will change," McClelland said.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Winona To Remove Stop Signs On Kings Highway

WINONA LAKE - To make King's Highway a true thoroughfare, town engineer Larry Long proposed removing stop signs on the west side of the street before the fire station and the other at Jefferson Elementary School on the east side. These proposals, and others changes to King's Highway, were presented at the town council meeting Tuesday as part of the engineer's report. Long said the project design has been under discussion with Grace College representatives and town coordinator Craig Allebach for four months. A series of drawings on aerial views of the street shows an overall widening of the street and installation of curbs and sidewalks.From School Street to Freedom Lane, the street would be repaved after any drainage concerns are addressed. The improvements would serve as a grand entrance to the Grace College and Theological Seminary campus, while still serving as a public street, Long said.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tippecanoe Lake Man Receives Bronze Star

The Allied invasion of Normandy began on June 6, 1944. More than 150,000 men and 30,000 vehicles crossed the English Channel as part of a 5,000-vessel armada designed to liberate the French beaches.Six parachute regiments - over 13,000 men - were flown from nine British airfields in more than 800 planes.More than 300 planes dropped 13,000 bombs over coastal Normandy immediately in advance of the invasion. By nightfall on June 6, more than 9,000 Allied soldiers were dead or wounded.More than 100,000 made it ashore, securing French coastal villages.And within weeks, supplies were being unloaded at Utah and Omaha beachheads at the rate of over 20,000 tons per day. James E.Loser, now a Tippecanoe Lake resident, was part of the support troops, arriving at the coast of France June 12.He jumped into the channel's cold waters up to his waist like many who came before him that month.He was a 19-year-old soldier in the Army's Company F, 313th Battalion, 79th Division.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

County Seeks Input In Land Use Revision

Kosciusko County planners are seeking to update their land use plan and want public input in the process. To do so, the county plan office will host two meetings aimed at encouraging comments from residents.What they hope to gauge are opinions on development issues pertaining to different regions of the county, said assistant planner Tonya Ford. The meetings will be from 10 a.m.to noon and 6 to 9 p.m.Thursday. The land use plan is part of the county's overall master plan and is used as a reference for planners faced with decisions on zoning and development issues. Issues involving land use include zoning, transportation and even parks - which the county doesn't have. "We'd like to hear what they think about it.Where they'd like to see these things happen," Ford said. Ford said she hopes they can avoid microcosmic zoning concerns that generally fall in the "Not In My Back Yard" category, widely referred to as NIMBYs.
Dan Spalding, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016
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