Revolution
Editor, Times-Union:You say you want a revolution?
Spring Classes Begin At Y
Kosciusko Community YMCA will start spring classes April 9. Classes will run through May 27.
Retiring Lincoln Teachers Have 100 Years of Experience
Three Lincoln Elementary School teachers are retiring at the end of the school year with a combined 100 years of experience.
Reporter becomes part of story
Rappel down a four-story building? Me? Yeah, I did it Sunday when Dynamik Adventures came to town. And now I'd do it again in a heartbeat.It's exciting, fun and scary at first.But once you've done it a few times, it's not that big a deal.I rappelled down the building at 122 S.Buffalo St., Warsaw, about five or six times.I ascended it only one time as it is very tiring. I participated in the full class Eric Bishop and Brant Upchurch, partners of Dynamik Adventures, Lafayette, offered, along with Jason Slone (no relation), Mike Thurston, Staci Trolin and Phillip Swarts.Dynamik Adventures came to Warsaw after former Warsaw City Planner Jeff Noffsinger took one of their classes in Attica and thought it would be great to bring them to town.The building used is co-owned by Noffsinger.
N. Arietta Hubartt
HUNTINGTON - N. Arietta Hubartt, 97, of Huntington, died at 2 p.m. Dec. 5, 2008, in Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester.
Phyllis H. Lutz,
NORTH MANCHESTER — Phyllis H. Lutz, 94, died at 9:30 p.m. March 4, 2017, at Peabody Retirement Community’s Health Care unit, North Manchester. She was born Nov. 15, 1922, in Michigan City, to Charles L. and Phyllis DeVoe Henry. She married Walter H. “Bud” Lutz on Oct. 16, 1946. He died May 2, 2000.
Syracuse Workers To Be Surveyed About PERF
SYRACUSE - Employees of the town of Syracuse will soon receive a survey of three questions at the request of the Syracuse Town Council. Town manager Matt Vigneault answered the council's questions concerning the public employee retirement fund (PERF) Tuesday evening at the monthly town council meeting. PERF is a retirement program the council is considering implementing for its employees. The downside of PERF is that a person must be in the program for 10 years before being able to receive any of the benefits from it.The council was concerned for its older employees, believing that they may not benefit from the plan. With the intent to learn how the employees themselves feel about the program, Vigneault will prepare a survey. The survey will ask what the employees think about the program, their age and how long they have worked for the town of Syracuse.
Grace Senior Achieves Perfect Score
Samuel Roth, originally of Hudsonville, Mich., and currently a senior at Grace College, recently sat for the Actuarial Examination for Probability and has achieved the rare distinction of a perfect score of 10.
Theater Program Offered For Students
ROCHESTER – The Akron Area Arts League is sponsoring an eight-session study in theater for students who will have completed sixth through 12th grades.
City Hears Feedback About Curb Project On Lilac, Brubaker
Residents of Lilac Lane and Brubaker Street filled the Warsaw city council chambers Monday, some questioning and complaining about changes to the streets, others making complimentary remarks. Don Kollman asked who put the curbs and gutters in along the street and whether or not the project was planned. Public works superintendent Lacy Francis Jr.replied that the street department did the work and it had been planned for years. "It was promised by the former mayor in 1990 and '92 to put curbs and gutters in where there was none at all," Francis said. Kollman said he called Jeff Plank, who was the mayor 14 years ago, "and that's untrue.He never promised anything like that." Kollman asked why the city didn't talk to the neighbors. Francis said there were fliers about the project placed on everyone's door. Someone in the audience said those fliers were rescinded a couple of days later. Mayor Ernie Wiggins said he didn't know what promises were made.
Sara Sue Rowe Lange
Sara Sue Rowe Lange, 76, of Warsaw, passed away at 3:40 a.m. July 6, 2011, in Mason Health & Rehab, Warsaw. She was born May 7, 1935, in Warsaw, to William Franklin and Viola Shafer Rowe.
Ahrns Leaves APC After 38 Years Of County Service
Don Ahrns, the last original Kosciusko County Area Planning Commissioner, attended his last meeting Wednesday. Fellow commissioners honored him a plaque of appreciation and a copy of minutes from the APC's first meeting, 38 years ago.Jim Baker was the first president. Ahrms is the school superintendents' appointee and they will meet next week to select Ahrns' replacement. APC director Dan Richard said Ahrns has given exemplary service to the county attending the first planning commission organizational meeting in June 1968.At that time the group met on a weekly basis to develop the county's land use policies and zoning regulations. "I'm proud to be a part of this commission," Ahrns said."It's one of the best things about the county and is certainly an asset to the commissioners." The APC makes preliminary recommendations for the county commissioners or appropriate town board to consider. Ahrns moved to a retirement community in Goshen Sept.1 from Syracuse.
Whitko Sees Increase In ISTEP Scores
PIERCETON - Whitko Schools Superintendent Steven Clason told the school board Monday they have reason to be proud of the ISTEP scores the school district's students earned this year.
Warsaw Parks and Rec to Offer Program Gift Certificates
City of Warsaw Parks & Recreation Department will start offering gift certificates for its programs and activities next year.
Gray 50th
Leonard “Danny” and Nancy Gray, 6122 E. McKenna Road, Warsaw, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 27, 2011. They were married Aug. 27, 1961, by the Rev. Lawshe at his residence in Epworth Forest.
2001 County Budget OK'd On First Reading
First reading of the 2001 budget for preliminary adoption was Thursday by the Kosciusko County Council. Several items in the budget relating to certain salaries will be clarified or addressed at the Sept.18 budget adoption meeting at 7 p.m.after the wage committee meets Wednesday. There were no remonstrators. The budget includes salaries for elected officials.Those salaries include: county assessor, $38,005; county auditor, $39,906; county clerk, $39,906; total for all three county commissioners, $43,827; county administrator, $57,587; county coroner, $10,264; county prosecutor, $5,000; county recorder, $35,845; sheriff, $79,505; county surveyor, $50,965; county treasurer, $38,005; and total for all seven county councilmen, $39,029. In another matter, Kosciusko County Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine told the county council the merit board for the department felt it may be time to make changes to the officers' retirement plan.
