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'Bottled In Warsaw' On Display At Museum

Breezy Beverage offered an orange drink and ginger ale to customers in a clear bottle with blue and white lettering in the 1940s."Refreshing sailing" was promised by the product. The Breezy bottle is part of a 22-bottle exhibit at the Old Jail Museum in Warsaw on display through the end of October.The items are part of a 19-bottle collection provided by Loyd Thomas of Warsaw with an additional three containers locally bottled owned by Larry Armey.The earliest pieces date back to the 1800s including a bottle of mineral water from M.M.Syphers. Thomas has collected Coca-Cola bottles and memorabilia for 48 years.In his quest for Coca-Cola, he came across bottles with "Warsaw IN" embossed on the sides or bottoms. At one time, Athrope beer was bottled in Warsaw.Rose Bud Root Beer was bottled in Warsaw.Big Boy Bottling Co.also had operations in Warsaw at one time. Thomas said he's found Warsaw bottles in Goshen, Muncie, Wabash and Sweetser.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Man Injured As Burglars Escape

A Warsaw man was injured when he found several men breaking into the Dollar General Store on Market Street, Warsaw, Sunday night. Police were called to a burglary at the Dollar General Store at 7:08 p.m.Sunday.The suspects apparently ran their car through the gates as they were driving away and struck a man who was checking the building. Jimmie Thomas told police that he and his wife, Loretta, were checking the business after it closed when he saw a vehicle behind the building. He said two men were inside and another was standing outside the vehicle.When he saw them, Thomas said, he yelled "freeze" and told them they weren't leaving until police arrived. Thomas said that he tried to close the gate behind the building to lock the suspects inside, but their vehicle rammed through the gate, hitting Thomas as they went through.
TIFFANY SHAW Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Brunos Open 'Old Oak' Mini-Golf In North Webster

NORTH WEBSTER - Hole No.4 is a vicious uphill par three with a dogleg right.Rough in the middle of the fairway and a sand bunker off the back of the hole are sure to trap the most experienced golfer's ball. No.4 is just one of the many challenging holes at Old Oak Miniature Golf Course.North of Scrub-A-Dub Laundry on Main Street (Ind.13), across from the old Adventureland, the course opened to the public June 11. Owners Dennis and Chris Bruno wanted to provide a family-oriented activity for their Scrub-A-Dub customers as well as for the community. So far, the course is popular with folks waiting for their laundry to finish, Chris said.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Suspect Flees, Faces Charges

A pursuit initiated by a Winona Lake police officer Thursday night ended half an hour later, with city, state and county officers aiding in the apprehension. Steven Michael Moran, 39, of 111 Boydston St., Warsaw, is charged with refusing to submit to chemical testing, resisting/fleeing law enforcement and criminal mischief. The chase began shortly before 10 p.m.when Chad Stevens of the WLPD attempted to stop Moran in the area behind the Dairy Queen for driving without his headlights on.This action drew suspicion from the officer, according to WLPD Detective Mike Albert, because of recent burglaries in town. Moran reportedly stopped but then fled as Stevens approached his car.He then allegedly refused to stop and took officers from several agencies on a pursuit through Warsaw, into the county and back toward Winona Lake before being apprehended on the same dead-end street behind the Winona Avenue Dairy Queen where the incident began.
Ruth Anne Lipka, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

Winona Lake Festival Offers Fun, Crafts, Historic Tours

WINONA LAKE - The Park Department will host a two-day extravaganza to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend beginning Friday night with a concert in the park from 6 to 9 p.m.featuring the musical group "Time Travelers."Vendors also will line Park Avenue selling commemorative items, including a specially-designed poster marking the festival.A fireworks spectacular over the lake, beginning at 9 p.m.immediately following the concert, will end the evening. Activities on July 4 include: • 8 a.m.- The Firecracker 5,000 Run/Walk.The race begins and ends at the park. • 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.- Craft show/sale.Vendors will offer their arts and crafts for display and sale along Park Avenue. • Noon - Area fire departments will aim their hoses and compete in the Waterball Competition, pushing a giant rubber ball back and forth.
DAVID A. BEALL Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Local Court Reaffirms Ousley Sentence

The local court reaffirmed the sentence of a man convicted in 1994 of murdering his wife. Michael Millard Ousley, 43, formerly of North Webster, was resentenced recently in Kosciusko Superior Court I because aggravating and mitigating circumstances were not defined when he was originally sentenced. Senior Judge Robert Burner, who was the sitting judge in the case in 1994, was assigned to the bench for the resentencing. Ousley will continue to serve a 50-year prison term for the July 12, 1993, murder of his wife, 32-year-old Bonnie Ousley. Burner noted in the order for resentencing that aggravating circumstances were "the particular circumstances of events which showed that the defendant and the victim did engage in a domestic dispute which escalated, at which time the defendant had the victim on the bed."Bonnie Ousley's throat was slashed before she was shot in the back with a shotgun.The shotgun blast pierced her heart, according to information from the trial.
Ruth Anne Lipka, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

Work Release Escapee Sought By Police

NORTH MANCHESTER - An escapee from Kosciusko County Work Release is being sought in connection with an early morning burglary in North Manchester Wednesday. Police are searching for Eric Ray Smallwood, 20, originally of Ligonier, after he allegedly helped steal a TV and then avoid police. Smallwood was reported missing from the work release program after he failed to appear at his job the morning of May 26. He allegedly called his employer and said the sheriff's department would not let him out of jail after he was already released from custody.Smallwood did not return to the jail that evening. North Manchester Police reported they received a 911 call at 5 a.m.Wednesday that a burglary was taking place at a home on Second Street. The caller said two people loaded a big screen TV into the back of a pickup and left the scene.
TIFFANY SHAW, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Albertson's Sport Shop Target Of Burglars

Police are focusing on a 17-year-old Fort Wayne male in connection with a break-in to a Warsaw gun store. The owner of Albertson's Sport Shop on U.S.30 discovered the burglary when she came in to open the store about 6:40 a.m.Tuesday.The power was shut off at the main breaker, disabling the store's alarm system, a rear door was open, bars on a security gate were cut and a stack of guns was found next to the back door. When Ruby Albertson called police, she said someone could possibly still be inside, since the guns were apparently placed there to be removed. However, when Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department deputies arrived at the scene, no intruders were found in or around the building.The 22 long guns and 13 handguns near the door were from among the store's stock, but an inventory will have to be completed to determine what, if anything, is missing.
Ruth Anne Lipka, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

Ousley sentencing reset

A man convicted of murdering his wife nearly 10 years ago will be resentenced in Kosciusko Superior Court I because aggravating and mitigating circumstances were not defined when he was sentenced in August 1994. Michael Millard Ousley, 43, formerly of North Webster, is serving a 50-year prison term for the July 12, 1993, murder of his wife, 32-year-old Bonnie Ousley, whose throat was slashed before she was shot in the back with a shotgun.The shotgun blast pierced her heart, according to information from the trial. After killing his wife, Michael Ousley turned the gun on himself in a failed suicide attempt.He recovered from the wounds, but remains disfigured.With the gun fired while placed beneath his chin, the blast ripped Ousley's face nearly in half.
Ruth Anne Lipka, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

Lake Patrols To Improve With Grant Money

With more than 100 lakes in Kosciusko County, water safety is a concern of the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department. Tuesday, Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine told the county commissioners his department applied for and received a $35,000 Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Law Enforcement 2005 Marine Patrol Assistance grant.No matching dollars are required. "This will allow us to get more equipment for boater education," Rovenstine said. According to the grant application, a lake patrol program, in one form or another, continuously has been supported and authorized by the KCSD on the two largest lake chains in the county since the 1970s.A recognized need for law enforcement lake patrols on some of the larger local lakes can be traced back to as early as the 1940s.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Rail History Preserved

One of three aerial watchtowers that provided protection for Warsaw railroad crossings from 1920 to 1952 has been installed at the Old Jail Museum in Warsaw. The towers gave a bird's-eye view of the railroad tracks that crisscrossed the town before automatic gates and lights were installed, according to Laurie Smith, president of the Kosciusko County Historical Society. As a train approached, the watchman in the tower house would open a window, ring the bell affixed to the outside of the tower house and proceed to vigorously pump down the crossing gates with a manually operated hydraulic pump.Ê The job consisted of interminable periods of boredom broken by seconds of rigorous activity when a train was spotted.Ê Some watchmen protected as many as three crossings.ÊThis aerial watchtower was on the east side of Washington Street, north of the Pennsylvania tracks.
TERESA CARRANO, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

WCDC Looks To Increase Downtown Activity

Members of the Warsaw Community Development Corp.met Thursday with the goal of further increasing activity in Warsaw's downtown area. Talk of block parties, Polynesian-themed celebrations, Shriners' parades, beer tents and statewide garage sales all were considered and reviewed as possible activities suitable for the area. These new events hope to replace Warsaw's Downtown Days, which will not be scheduled this year due to poor attendance and other complications WCDC experienced in 2005. "We're looking for something different," WCDC director Carmen Lock said."Something to get people back downtown to enjoy themselves." Downtown merchants hope to host various events that coordinate with Warsaw Parks Department concerts, such as the June 16 Classic Rock Concert and July 14 Blues and BBQ, both to be held in Central Park.
Joe Kirkendall, Times-Union staff writer- | July 28, 2016

Warren Sworn In As Mentone Postmaster

MENTONE - Diane Warren took an official oath of office Wednesday, becoming the town's newest postmaster. She's actually held that office since November, replacing Wanda Troke. Mike Lamborn, a post office operational manager, Fort Wayne, conducted the ceremony before about 40 family, friends and satisfied customers. "Can you tell I'm nervous?" Warren said, wearing a black business suit, before the official ceremony.Usually her dress is a little more casual, she said. She's been a postal employee for 14 years, back when the price of a first class stamp was 25 cents.Warren and four other postal employees handle thousands of 46539 zip-coded pieces of mail each day for a little more than 1,000 customers. Lamborn said 200 years ago postmasters were leaders of the community and were always officially sworn to office.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Batterers share many characteristics

Characteristics of a batterer: • Has low self-esteem (emotionally needy). • Rushes into relationship - whirlwind romance, "love at first sight," pressures his partner to commit to a relationship before they're ready. • Shows excessive jealousy - Abusers always will say jealousy is a sign of love, when it is actually a sign of possessiveness and lack of trust. • Exhibits controlling behavior - Abusers say they are concerned for their partner's safety - i.e., they will become angry if the partner is late coming back from the store or an appointment, and will question the partner about where they went and who they talked to.As the violence escalates, the abuser may not allow the partner to make personal decisions about the house, clothing, friends or money.
Laurie Hahn, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Support Petition

Editor, Times-Union:Hello. It is me again.
- | July 28, 2016

Remember When Sept. 6

10 Years Ago Sept.6 1987 Connie Phillips, daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Darrell Phillips, Leesburg, flew to London, England, recently as a member of a 32-student group selected to attend Ball State University's new study abroad program, London Center. 25 Years Ago Sept.6 1972 Rod Wildman (24) and Mike Kinney (85) earned top grid honors of the week for their performance in Friday nights 25-0 setback to Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger.Wildman was cited for his play as defensive back and Kinney as top offensive lineman.
- | July 28, 2016

Remember When March 27

10 Years Ago March 27 1987 Youngsters took advantage of springlike weather to play on the equipment in a park alongside Pike Lake.Temperatures reached the mid-60s Monday and were expected to climb back to that vicinity again today. 25 Years Ago March 27 1972 Mrs.Gordon Johnson, the former Pam Hartle, is visiting her parents, the James Hartles of Warsaw, while hubby is on duty in the South Pacific where he will be involved with the Apollo 16 mission.Lt.Johnson's chief duty will be to fly one of the Apollo 16 astronauts and moon rocks from the USS Ticonderoga to Hawaii after splashdown and recovery following the lunar landings.
- | July 28, 2016

Breakfast Optimists Offer Child Identification Kit Enrollment

Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club is working to help keep students safe before they go back to school this year.
Jennifer [email protected] | July 28, 2016

My Pet

Editor, Times-Union:Being a true pet parent you try everything within your power to protect your pet or pets from all kinds of danger, the evil elements lurking out there (whether it'd be another human being or another animal).
- | July 28, 2016

Remember When Dec. 18

10 Years Ago Dec.18 1986 The Kosciusko County Chapter of the American Red Cross has honored Oscar Werner for serving as blood services chairman from 1982-86.He has been involved with the Red Cross for 20 years and is a three gallon donor.Norma Anglin is the Red Cross executive director. 25 Years Ago Dec.18 1971 Bruce Howe is back from conducting a business-pleasure trip to Texas and Florida for Word, Inc.Lucky Bruce, the beaming host of singer Anita Bryant in Warsaw recently, was a special guest at a Florida party for the Miami Dolphins football team, hosted by the smiling singer and her husband.
- | July 28, 2016
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