Head Start Open For Fall Enrollment
Head Start has openings for students in their classrooms in Mentone, Warsaw and North Webster for the 2013-14 school year.
Master Gardeners To Hold Munch And Learn
Kosciusko County Master Gardener Association invites the community to their next Munch and Learn June 3 at 7 p.m. at the Purdue Extension office, 202 W. Main St., Warsaw.
Letters to the Editor 11-12-2001
- Expansion Plans - Wonderful Strangers - Grateful To Be Alive - Honesty - Educational Priorities Expansion Plans Editor, Times-Union: I'm the very proud mother of three terrific sons who will most likely be finished with Warsaw Community Schools before the new expansion plans are completed.But after experiencing how a portion of this proposal would have enhanced their education, I truly understand how important this is to the future students and the future of the community.I'm concerned about our present dilemma of dealing with our lack of adequate facilities for our performing arts programs.Now is the time.
Local Community Planners Meet With KLA Cadets
Continuing their education on local governmental procedures, the 25th class of the Kosciusko Leadership Academy met Tuesday at Zimmer's headquarters to hear presentations from several city and county planners. Dan Richard, Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission director, began his discussion by focusing on the history of development in the county.According to Richard, one of the first towns to originate in the county was Oswego, because of its accessibility to stone and running water, two essentials for grain production.Communities then moved to areas with railroad systems, creating communities such as North Webster and Warsaw. Eventually, a broader form of agriculture began to dominate the region, a situation Richard says is still "one of the strongest characteristics of our neighboring communities." Over the decades, Richard said Kosciusko has always ranked high in both the state and nation in terms of agricultural production.
Rezoning Has Neighbor Concerned About Animals Near Wetlands
A rezoning request before the Kosciusko County Commissioners on Tuesday had a neighbor concerned about the environmental impact animals on the property could have to the nearby wetlands.
Pierceton PD Offers Security Survey
PIERCETON - Security surveys are being offered by the town's police officers, town marshal Tim Sammons told council members Monday. Continuing a campaign to introduce citizens and police officers to each other, Sammons said the program is offered at no charge. Each confidential survey will be taken by an officer.Recommendations, like trimming back shrubs, adding outside lighting or ensuring that all windows lock, will be offered to prevent theft and vandalism. Chip Hill, public works supervisor, said leaf pickup begins Monday.The schedule is: Mondays: south of Catholic Street and west of First Street; Wednesdays: south of Catholic Street and east of First Street; and Thursdays: north of Catholic Street. Hill said work in the street department office's kitchen continues with installation of new cabinets.
Local Red Cross Volunteers Travel To Assist Hurricane Victims
Volunteers with the Kosciusko County Chapter of the American Red Cross are reaching out to the people whose lives have been affected by Hurricane Gustav.
Religion & Constitution
Editor, Times-Union:Regarding Tim Keyes:Some of our founding fathers were Christians, others were deists and agnostics. When it came to the subject of religion, they were gun shy.
Lancers Sweep League Rival Goshen
WINONA LAKE – Grace College’s baseball team put on its finest Crossroads League performance of the season in a sweep of Goshen College on Sunday at Miller Field.
Wiktorowski Steps Down As Wawasee Boys Hoops Coach
SYRACUSE – Wawasee Athletic Director Steve Wiktorowski said he is relinquishing his head boys basketball coaching duties effective immediately. He will stay on as A.D.In a press release received late this morning, Wiktorowski said, “I believe at this point in my professional career that is in the best interest of myself and all those who are part of our sports program if I no longer try to serve the dual roles of a head coach and the director of athletics.
Carl R. Bays
Carl R. Bays, 73, Akron, passed away surrounded by family at 11:15 p.m. Feb. 2, 2015, at his residence.
Jerry Kent Walker
COLUMBIA CITY – Jerry Kent Walker, 74, of Columbia City, passed away at 5:08 a.m. July 18, 2013, in his residence, surrounded by his loving and faithful family.
John Edward DeSomer
SYRACUSE – John Edward DeSomer, of Syracuse, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, at home.
Park Board Reviews Job Title Changes
Warsaw Park Board heard Tuesday there are three parks department job title changes.
Warsaw Can Weather A Storm
You know that old saying, "If you don't like the weather in Indiana, stay a day." Well, all I can say is, weather in Indiana couldn't get much worse than it was Wednesday. There is literally tens of millions of dollars in property damage throughout the county.Lots of people are calling it the worst storm ever to hit northern Indiana. I can remember some bad storms, but this one was different. Most times one area or another sustains heavy damage and the rest of us just have the more routine branch-and-limb damage. This storm dispatched severe damage all over the place.Damage was more widespread than any storm in my memory - from southwest of Mentone to southwest lower Michigan. Local cops, firemen, EMS personnel, hospital staff, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and lots of good neighbors all pitched in to aid the injured and get the cleanup under way. They all deserve a pat on the back.
Grace Administrators Back From Helping With Hurricane Relief
WINONA LAKE - With the ideal of service foremost in their minds, Grace College managers left their regular jobs for 10 days to volunteer in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana. A call for people with managerial skills from Grace alumnus Dan O'Deens reached the ears of John Boal, of Grace College and Seminary.O'Deens, in addition to being a pastor in Pennsylvania, is an American Red Cross volunteer. Boal took O'Deens' request to senior management and Paul DeRenzo, Scott Sharik, Tom Caron and John Yeh agreed to go, along with Jim Robinson, husband of Grace employee Tammie Robinson.They were packed and ready in less than two days, leaving Sept.9 and returning Sept.19. Boal left a couple of days earlier to assess the situation, linking up with O'Deens in Shreveport at the American Red Cross Northwest Louisiana Chapter headquarters.
