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County May Hire Emergency Management Director

Since Sept.11, 2001, many new policies and changes have occurred in government at all levels. With those changes, county administrator Ron Robinson told the county commissioners Tuesday, it has come to a point where a new county position is needed - the position of an emergency management director.The new position, he said, will keep the county on track with all the new rules and regulations as well as work with area businesses on issues related to them. Robinson said he knows the county doesn't like to increase government but it has come to a point where this is a necessity.Many of the federal grant monies the county seeks now require counties to have an emergency management director to receive the funding because the dollars are usually connected to homeland security. The county commissioners approved the position but the county council also must approve the position. "It's another mandate," said northern district county commissioner Brad Jackson.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Remember When July 23

10 Years Ago July 23 1992 Warsaw Community High School student Lori Miller is pictured in a Discover Card advertisement in the July 20 issue of "People" magazine.Miller is one of nine national Discover Card Scholarship Program winners.She and the other eight winners were chosen out of almost 5,000 entries. 25 Years Ago July 23 1977 Marine Private Jack S.Moody, son of Gladys Riggens, Warsaw, has completed the Field Radio Operator's Course. During the seven-week course at the Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, he received instruction on the installation, adjustment and operation of the tactical radios used by Marine Corps ground and aviation units.He studied voice radio procedure, communications security and the use of encryption (message "scrambling") equipment.
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Remember When June 9

10 Years Ago June 9 1994 INDIANAPOLIS - Missing graduation was definitely worth it for Warsaw senior Darlene Fussle Friday night. Fussle, who opted to compete in the IHSAA State Track and Field Championships, replaced her diploma with a fifth-place finish in the 800-meter run when she posted a personal best time of 2:17.11. 25 Years Ago June 9 1979 Mrs.Kenneth (Freida) Priser was honored by The Salvation Army with a certificate of appreciation given for 35 years of faithful service to The Salvation Army League of Mercy work in both Saint Louis, Mo., and in Warsaw, where she has served for five years.
- | July 28, 2016

Montgomery Guilty Of Battery, Recklessness

A South Bend man was found guilty Wednesday of aggravated battery and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon. Raymond Montgomery, 23, was found guilty of the charges in his jury trial in Kosciusko Circuit Court.Montgomery was acquitted of a charge of attempted murder. Montgomery was found guilty of shooting Luis Martinez Diaz in the leg at the Leesburg Deli Mart on Oct.21, 1995. "I am very pleased with the outcome," said Kosciusko County Prosecutor David Kolbe."It is a very just verdict." The two-day trial ended Wednesday afternoon at 2:15, and the jury deliberated more than three hours before returning the verdict around 6 p.m. The aggravated battery conviction, a Class B felony, and the criminal recklessness, Class C felony, stem from the severity of Diaz's wounds.Both bones in his lower leg were shattered, and he had to undergo surgery at a Fort Wayne hospital to try to repair the damage.
TIFFANY SHAW, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Remember When 3.18.08

10 Years Ago March 18 1998 Four longtime members of KEMRAD were honored for their combined 94 years of service. Dick Engle, Tom Huggins, Don Swick and Arden Tusing were presented plaques for their service. Engle, Tusing and Huggins each have 22 years of service while Swick has 28. KEMRAD is an auxiliary police force used in traffic and crowd control and other security services. 25 Years Ago March 18 1983 Fourteen-year-old Matt Johnson took advantage of the unseason-like weather to score the first hole-in-one of the golfing season at Rozella Ford. The son of Glynn and Shelly Johnson aced the 205-yard No. 5 hole with a No. 4-wood. 50 Years Ago March 18 1958 Homemaker of Tomorrow at North Webster High School is Josephine Rieff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Verdane Rieff. A senior this year, Rieff is active in speech, music and art activities. 75 Years Ago March 18 1933 Warsaw police were informed that five automobile loads of gypsies were leaving Huntington headed this way. Officers went out on the state highway to order the procession to continue on its journey and not stop at Warsaw. No trace of the gypsies was seen, and it is presumed that they left the highway at some point between Huntington and Warsaw.
- | July 28, 2016

Remember When 10.27.07

10 Years Ago October 27 1997 Joy Miner, Warsaw, was the winner of the handmade quilt raffled off by the Tippecanoe Valley Band Boosters during the Oct. 10 football game. Miner is the grandmother of Viking Guard member Serina Cleveland. Proceeds from the raffle will help support band activities. 25 Years Ago October 27 1982 Kevin Penner, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Penner, Warsaw, was named Carrier of the Year at The Times-Union. He has been a carrier for 2-1/2 years. 50 Years Ago October 27 1957 If anyone was looking for the world's oldest newsboy, he might not have to go any farther than the Clunette community northeast of warsaw. Henry Bowers, 91, delivers seven copies of The Times-Union daily from the Clunette store to his neighbors. Mrs. Jack Powell, owner of the store, said Henry has been on the job for some time. He walks 3/4 of a mile from his house to the store and then back again with the newspapers. 75 Years Ago October 27 1932 Nellie Gearhart, of near Clunette, secured the 75-pound dressed pig awarded by the Robinson Meat Market here to the person guessing nearest the correct number of customers entering the store on Saturday. Gearhart and Ed W. Phillips, of near Warsaw, both entered guesses of 2,730. The correct number proved to be 2,720. A flip of a coin gave the prize to Gearhart.
- | July 28, 2016

Next Stage Of Greenway In The Works

Another stage of the Lake City Greenway project will soon begin after Warsaw's Board of Works approved an agreement Friday with the Indiana Department of Transportation to allow construction near the Chinworth Bridge. Mayor Ernie Wiggins publicly thanked the Kosciusko County Historical Society for their efforts in obtaining $20,000 in funds to be used for Greenway costs. "The Society has been a generous partner and has created some great opportunities for the Lake City Greenway project," Wiggins said."It's not just the city involved in this, many partners have worked together." Neal Carlson, president of the Society, said the project was a community venture good for many local organizations.Work on the Chinworth Bridge, which the society couldn't complete on its own, will improve an area listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Greenway Project first began in 1999 with a majority of its trails still awaiting approval for construction.
Joe Kirkendall, Times-Union staff writer- | July 28, 2016

County Council Hears 2nd Round Of Budgets

Do county residents want to switch to Central Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Time? Opinions can be logged at the county administrator's office, either by telephone call, 574-372-2475, or by e-mail, [email protected] Commissioner Avis Gunter said Tuesday that calls will be taken for the next two weeks.The tally will be reported to the state. During their regular meeting, commissioners were introduced to K9 officer Justice, a Dutch Shepherd handled by sheriff's deputy Craig Bales. Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine said the dog and costs for training were made possible through a Homeland Security grant.The grant funds also provided for "weapons of mass destruction" training, anti-terrorism presentations, the development of planning programs for citizens and industry, and presentations of programs. County assessor Laurie Renier presented information on personal property software and requested the software and new computers for township trustees.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Guardsmen Return From Deployment To Mississippi

Company A returned home late Saturday after more than a month in Mississippi, serving on a humanitarian relief mission to the Gulf Coast. Members of 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry were called to duty early in September, leaving Indiana Sept.2 for their first stop in Meridian, Miss. Monday, the citizen soldiers attached to the Warsaw Armory, CR 350N, returned gear issued for Task Force Hoosier. Following briefings at Camp Shelby, Guardsmen spread out over the Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Jasper and Smith county region of south central Mississippi, areas hit hard when Hurricane Katrina made landfall Aug.29. Leaving a platoon in Taylorville, Miss., the rest of the company went to Bay Springs, where they began patrols and guarded six generator sites.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Winona Guitartist 2nd In International Contest

When Patrick Woods submitted a demonstration video for international contest for guitar players, he was at a crossroads. Should he continue as a musician or secure a "regular" job? It turns out, he should keep playing. Out of more than 4,000 entrants, Woods was selected among the top 10 in the second annual Guitar Player's Guitar Hero contest, sponsored by Guitar Player magazine. He performed before an audience of fans who launched into a thunderous ovation in San Francisco's Great American Music Hall Sept.23. He took second place.The only acoustic guitarist in the competition, without a backup band, he just plugged into an amplifier and gave the judges "Time & Fire" off his "Power Strikes" CD. And he brought down the house. "They were all guitar fans, people who are really into it," Woods said of the audience.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Mentone Again Seeking Library Grant

MENTONE - No remonstrators came forward Monday at the start of the Mentone Town Council meeting during a hearing about a grant application for the library project. Bob Murphy of R.P.Murphy & Associates, Larwill, presented information for the town's third attempt at securing an Indiana Department of Commerce grant for the new library. Funding for the project, which includes a day care center and senior citizen center, has twice been denied by the IDOC - once because the day care center didn't have its nonprofit status and once because the actual plans for the day care weren't established.
Ruth Anne Lipka, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

Downtown Days Set For Weekend

Get ready for a weekend of fun with Warsaw Downtown Days, starting Friday. Downtown Days is the annual celebration of downtown Warsaw and this year Warsaw will celebrate the 125th year of Warsaw being incorporated as a city. Paula Bowman of Kaleidoscope is the chairman of the Downtown Days celebration and put together the schedule for the three-day event. The celebration starts at 9 a.m.Friday, beginning with craft sales and the opening of the kiddie area.The food court will be on Buffalo Street, between Center and Market streets. The kiddie area, sponsored by St.Anne's Episcopal Church and Kiwanis, is bigger and more secure this year and will include rides for children like a moonwalk, bungee run, fast-pitch fast kick and a caterpillar obstacle course.Parents may leave their children in the kiddie area to give them time to explore and look around the festival.Children will not be allowed to leave without their parents' consent.
ANITA WEISHEIT, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Local Congressmen React To Speech

Culminating a day many called surreal, President William Jefferson Clinton declared the state of the Union to be "strong" in his seventh State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress Tuesday. The reactions of Congress, while generally supportive, split along party lines in terms of the strength of that support. "Once again, President Clinton has suggested federal government action to strengthen Social Security, to strengthen health care - including long-term care, to boost educational opportunities and law enforcement," said Indiana's senior Senator Richard Lugar."There will be strong bipartisan action to bring constructive progress in each of these areas." Lugar said much of the president's proposed agenda was not new, and he questioned how much support Clinton will be able to maintain, considering the impeachment trial now under way in the U.S.Senate.
DAVID A. BEALL, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Mexican Consulate Issues Passports, IDs

From May 10-13, the Mexican Consulate of Chicago set up a mobile office in Warsaw, helping people from Mexico get passports and identification cards. More than 750 people were issued passports and Mexican Consulate identification cards, also known as matricula consular, at the mobile site set up at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.The identification cards are legal documents that show proof of identity. Locally, the Mexican Consulate worked with Sus Amigos, a Warsaw group that has a goal growing "healthy Hispanic relationships in Kosciusko County by bridging cultural gaps," said Randy Hall of Cardinal Center. According to Hall, Sus Amigos knew the mobile Mexican consulate visited Fort Wayne, South Bend and Goshen and thought that there was a need for a visit to Kosciusko County because of its large Hispanic population.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

This Year's Taste Of Ag Event Features New Events For All Ages

The eighth anniversary of "A Taste of Agriculture in Kosciusko County: A Family Affair" will be April 11, 5 to 7:30 p.m.on the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds. This event is an expansion of the Ag Day event for county fourth-grade students.This event is free for the entire family. Many new events are highlighting Taste of Ag.The first annual Ag Olympics is at 6 p.m.Participants will compete in a pie eating, egg carry and bio-security dress-up contests.Celebrities participating are: Allison Hayes, Fox28 Sports; Kari Hutson, Channel 16 WNDU Morning Team; Dustin Grove, Channel 22 WSBT TV news reporter; and Denny Wilson, pastor of Warsaw Community Church. Event emcee will be Kevin Deardorff of Lake City Bank. A new children's activity corner is being added to the event.Bring a camera to take pictures at the new display boards while meeting Corny Corn and the whole gang.Face painting, an ag "sand" pile, Inky the Clown and balloons are being added for the kids.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Whitko Project To Start In May

PIERCETON - Plans are to advertise bids for the Whitko High School renovation project March 1. By mid-May, contractors should be on site to begin the vast project which will upgrade and improve the entire building, according to Dana Wannemacher of Barton Coe Vilamaa Architects. During their meeting Monday, the Whitko School Board approved letting bids. Board member Dave Tranter asked how excessive change orders could be avoided. Wannemacher said the teachers and staff have been given every opportunity to make modifications to the plans and he did not foresee any major changes unless they would be structural in nature. Transportation routes around the elementary school and high school were defined. Security measures will include moving the cafeteria walls up to 7 feet, 4 inches with windows to allow light in above that height; entrance cameras and a buzzer system to gain entry after classes begin.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Remember When 2.14.2009

10 Years Ago February 14 1999 Winners of the 1999 Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club Tri-Star basketball competition are Cory Snep, Kelci Freds, Tad Nieter, Danielle Degeeter, Rachel Braddock, Carlye Snider, Braden Kline, John-Wesley Maierle, Blaine Sumpter, Braxton Barton, Jessica Davis and Torina Sorenson. 25 Years Ago February 14 1984 Chris Stine of Warsaw Community High School, has placed first in the Warsaw Optimist Club essay competition, according to Mike Foreman, club president. The winning entry will now be submitted to the Optimist district competition in Warsaw for judging against other Optimist Club winners from throughout Indiana. 50 Years Ago February 14 1959 Two local "ham" operators, Dale Wallace, of Mentone, and John Frankle, of Warsaw, recently helped relay a message from the Far East to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chaney, East Fort Wayne Street. It was from the Chaneys' son, Bruce, in the Army security agency. Bruce, who left Warsaw Jan. 4, sent the message while in Tokyo on a sightseeing tour. 75 Years Ago February 14 1934 Charlene Arnsberger, Elvira Hartsock, Esther Melick, Juanita Fawley and Crystal Davis will attend the state convention of the Lambda Chi Omega Sorority at Indianapolis. The Connersville chapter is acting as hostess group.
- | July 28, 2016

McCain/Palin

Editor, Times-Union:For the last year we have heard about the maverick John McCain. How he has stood up against lobbyists and the right-wing of his own party. We've heard about how his experiences have given him the wisdom to put country ahead of party. But that was prior to the 2000 Republican primaries.
- | July 28, 2016

Remember When 10.2.2008

10 Years Ago October 2 1998 Bret Allen Hite of Syracuse was selected for inclusion in the 1998 edition of "Outstanding Young Men of American." Since 1966, the program has honored men and women between the ages of 21 and 40 who have distinguished themselves in service to their communities, professional leadership, academic achievement, business advancement, cultural accomplishments and civic and political participation. 25 Years Ago October 2 1983 Sonya L. Harman, daughter of Richard and Lorene Harman, Leesburg, has been selected to join the Alpha Pi Chapter of the international business fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi at Indiana University, Bloomington. Harman, a 1982 graduate of Warsaw Community High School, is a sophomore at Indiana University and is majoring in quantitative business analysis. 50 Years Ago October 2 1958 Larry L. Yeiter, of Atwood, was one of 20 young men who took oaths as Indiana State Troopers at Stout Field, Indianapolis. Yeiter was immediately assigned to duty on the Indiana toll road in northern Indiana. 75 Years Ago October 2 1933 William Wiggins of 943 E. Garfield St., has a Guinea bean growing on his lot that measures 44 inches in length and 17 inches in circumference. Wiggins secured the seed for the plant from New York state.
- | July 28, 2016

Mentone Adds Street, Peddler Ordinances

MENTONE - Two new ordinances were added to the Mentone town code Monday night by the town board.
David [email protected] | July 28, 2016
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