Big Brothers Big Sisters Benefit Set For Nov. 10

The Big Celebration, sponsored by Big Brothers Big Sisters, on Nov. 10 is a chance to have a good time and to give back to the community.

SIDNEY - ORDINANCE 2010-12

Apartment Request OK'd

Worth Packer's request for a three-unit apartment building at the corner of East Fort Wayne and North McKinley streets was approved by the Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals Monday. Packer's request is a special exception for a multi-family unit in a commercial zone. Each one-story apartment shares a common wall and will have an attached one-car garage. Board member Rick Keevan asked about manufactured home standards in June. Warsaw City Planner Jeremy Skinner provided local and state ordinances Monday.He said the state regulates and certifies manufactured houses and they meet the minimum housing standards. "In general, I feel some manufactured homes are not raising the value of other homes in an area, but lowering it.This has come up a number of times over the years." He said a manufactured house by McKinley Park recently was remodeled, gutted and basically rebuilt.It didn't seem to be as sound as other homes in the neighborhood.

Silver Lake Cable TV Service To Improve

SILVER LAKE - Residents will soon have more channels on their cable television service. A representative of Marcus Cable told the Silver Lake Town Council Tuesday that a new local channel, on which the town can announce meetings and events, is being added, as is the Prevue Channel, which lists programming on all channels. Also, the following channels will be added to the broadcast basic: ESPN2, Nickelodeon, Lifetime, The Learning Channel, TNT and American Movie Classics.New premium channels now available are HBO2 and HBO Family. In other business, the council signed a contract with Stafford's Solid Waste Inc.of Warsaw for trash collection for 1997. The change in servers takes effect March 1 and collection will now be on Thursdays.There will be a six-bag limit per household per week.

Drainage Board OKs Greenway Variance

Syracuse continues to work on its Greenway Path project. Thursday, Syracuse Town Manager and Syracuse-Wawasee Park Foundation director Jeff Noffsinger requested the Kosciusko County Drainage Board grant a setback variance along the Nevin McConnell drain. Noffsinger said the first segment of the Greenway Path the Foundation wants to tackle is along the Nevin McConnell Ditch between Bowser Road and Pickwick Road.He said he's received permission for the path from all the property owners but the church so far. The asphalt trail will be 10 feet wide.The variance will allow the path to be built 15 feet from the edge of the ditch. "We're allowing a paved path in the right of way?" asked Ron Truex, board member and county commissioner.Dick Kemper, county surveyor, said that was correct. "Basically, we're allowing a permanent structure in the right of way" with no other uses, said Kemper.

Freedoms

Editor, Times-Union:The following is a list of definitions of four basic human rights that I developed and listed along with the sources of information used for those definitions in previous letters to the editor.

Vote Obama

Editor, Times-Union:When Governor Romney was selected to run for the presidency, I wasn’t happy but thought that he would not be too bad of an alternative to President Obama.

Secession

Editor, Times-Union:The following is my conclusion to the background information on secession. Previous letters included a book list for those wanting to study further on this subject, a basic definition and brief historical examples of secession.

Duncan Hired as Director of Prison Education at Grace

WINONA LAKE – Grace College was recently selected by Indiana’s Department of Correction to head the state’s Adult Basic Education program in the northern region.

Religious Freedom

Editor, Times-Union:The following is my explanation of section 3 of my proposed constitutional amendment for furthering strengthening religious liberty, the free market of religious choice and maintaining the independence of the institutions of church and state from each other both here and abroad.

Worth Repeating

Editor, Times-Union:Infrequently, a local official (certainly not a politician) says something worthy of repeating. Such was the case recently for a fellow named George Robertson, in Warsaw.

Red Cross Launches Volunteer App

The American Red Cross recently launched the Team Red Cross App, which allows people to sign up to volunteer, get an overview on basic tasks and receive notifications about Red Cross disaster volunteer opportunities in the community.

Human Rights

Editor, Times-Union:The following is an update to my summary of foundational human rights, which was printed in the April 12 and prior editions of the Times-Union letters to the editor page.

Registration Continues For Wawasee ‘Iron Pride’ Summer Robotics Camps

Registration is open for Wawasee’s “Iron Pride” robotics team’s VEX Robotics camps this summer.

Leesburg Makes Progress On Properties In Violation Of Ordinances

LEESBURG — Progress is being made on properties in violation of town ordinances, according to Leesburg Town Council.

Defense Dept. Says Don't Send Packages To Troops

Local organizations, youth clubs and families of servicemen and -women have been collecting, packing and sending care packages to friends and relatives stationed in Iraq.But are the troops getting the packages? According to the mother of a local soldier, they are not.She said she was told the packages are being held in Kuwait for distribution after the war. So how can people show their support for the troops? In several ways, says the Department of Defense.

WHITKO SCHOOLS - RESOLUTION

Technology And The 21st Century Classroom

As I walk through the hallways and take in the view of the classrooms of the schools here at Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation, there are several things that I do not see.

Family Safety Day Is Saturday

Each year during Family Safety Day at Warsaw’s Central Park, children and their parents learn about safety education.

New Penalties for Wawasee Athletes with Substance Offence

SYRACUSE – Wawasee School Board approved change orders Tuesday totaling $287,000 for the repair of the Wawasee Middle School natatorium.