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Wawasee Opens With Big Win

SYRACUSE - After finishing last season one win short of the Class 3A state championship, Wawasee's varsity girls basketball team looked sharp in their season opener against Westview Friday night in Syracuse.
Cliff Tanner- | July 28, 2016

Milford Sewage Project Prompts Rate Hike

milford - Town officials are on the verge of adopting a proposal to revamp the sewage treatment facility within three years. The project would cost about $900,000 and a phased-in sewer rate increase might begin this year and would eventually double from the current level. Town council heard a recommendation Thursday from an engineer proposing the current lagoon system be expanded.The proposal would require adding about three or four more acres to the 10-acre tract where the town operates its lagoon system near CR 1250N. The minimum sewer rate for a residence is about $6 a month.Although the doubling of sewer rates within three years might be startling for some, other communities charge upward of three or four times as much, according to utility superintendent Dallas Winchester.
Dan Spalding, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Valley Looks At 'Peers Educating Peers' Program

MENTONE - Student liaison board member for Tippecanoe Valley School Corp., Gail Rathbun, junior student government member, presented a new program proposal to board members Monday. Rathbun's first meeting with the school board was Sept.11. The program Rathbun proposed is "Peers Educating Peers."She previously approached the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Local Advisory Committee of the TV School Corp.with the idea of instituting the "Peers Educating Peers" abstinence education program in grades six through eight at Tippecanoe Valley Middle School.The program would use peer mentors from TVHS. Rathbun gained support from the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Local Advisory Committee, with her next step occurring Monday.She presented the program, along with help from Brett Boggs, Akron elementary school principal and chairman of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Local Advisory Committee.
LAURA SLOOP, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

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.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Nonsupport Suspects Rounded Up By Cops

One woman and nine men were arrested in a countywide sweep Wednesday night for nonsupport of dependents. As part of the Kosciusko County prosecutor's war on deadbeat parents, the arrests represented more than $115,000 owed in back child support payments. Twenty-five Class D felony charges of nonsupport were filed against 21 individuals; 10 of those people were located and arrested.Warrants are still outstanding for 11 individuals. The total owed on all 25 charges is in excess of $230,000. Prosecutor David Kolbe earlier this month announced a stepped-up campaign to collect delinquent child support."Parents who refuse to support their kids is unacceptable," he said.
Laurie Hahn, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Planners OK Transportation Plan

If Warsaw wants to avail itself of federal transportation grants, it will have to develop a transportation plan. The plan commission took the next step in that process Monday, endorsing a plan completed by the Fort Wayne engineering firm Bonar & Associates. According to Ron Bonar, president, the executive summary of their study identifies six projects the city could pursue that would qualify for federal funding.The top priority project involves renovating a 10-square-block area surrounding the courthouse square. "The top priority, through discussions with the traffic commission, involves the downtown streetscape area," he said. The project has an estimated cost of approximately $3 million and would require $800,000 in local matching funds, Bonar said.
DAVID A. BEALL, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Library Coping With Parking Problems

Several initiatives are under way to help people cope with the lack of parking at Warsaw Community Public Library now that its 64-space parking lot is no longer available. The first signs of the long-awaited expansion project appeared over the weekend when a chain link fence was erected around the parking lot. With the lot cordoned off, library patrons will have to seek out parking opportunities further from the building. That's no small task, considering the lot is used by an estimated 3,600 patrons every week and 36 library employees. Currently, the library has about 10 spaces available north of the building for up to 30 minutes per visit.Another 10 parking spaces north of the old parking lot will become available by early spring. "When we looked at this project, we knew that would be the hardest part," said library director Ann Zydek.
Dan Spalding, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Pierceton Breaks Ground On Cub Discovery Center

PIERCETON - Pierceton Elementary teachers, staff and students held their dedication and groundbreaking for the school's new Cub Discovery Center Thursday. Michelle Ball, fourth-grade teacher and one of three teachers who helped write the grant application and develop the programs for the center, said, "We think this is a very special event." The Center will feature perennial flowers, an herb and vegetable garden, bushes and trees."It's going to have a lot of plants," Ball said. There also will be a goldfish pond, water plants and a fire pit area.There will be an amphitheater with benches and a covered gazebo with picnic tables.A small greenhouse will be attached to the school building. The entire perimeter of the Center will be more than 3,200 feet.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Manchester Comes Up Empty In Superintendent Search

NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester school board president Sally Krouse on Tuesday said candidate interviews did not result in filling the corporation's superintendent position. The superintendent search now is stopped, she said. The board was looking for the "perfect superintendent.But we didn't find it," she said. Four candidates were interviewed, while two pulled out of the running beforehand, according to Krouse. The board again will work with University Consulting Team, Krouse said.She isn't sure what the next step will be. University Consulting Team is four professors from Purdue, Indiana State, Indiana and Ball State universities.Dr.Betty Poindexter of IU chairs the team. The professors led focus groups in October to gather input on the desired characteristics of a superintendent.Focus groups included community members and school corporation staff and teachers.
Matthew Weigelt, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Teachers Win Quiz Bowl

For the fourth year in a row, Harvey Miller, former general manager of WRSW, stepped up to the microphone and delivered 75 questions to Quiz Bowl participants. Four Warsaw Community High School teachers and their principal took the top honors, answering 59 of the 75 questions correctly. R.R.Donnelley & Sons sponsored the winning team of Pam Chastain, Dan Kuhn, John Snyder, Jennifer Brumfield and Joe Conlon.The team of teachers won last year, too, sponsored by Reinholt's Town Square Furniture.Educators also took first place in 2000. The Community Quiz Bowl drew 29 five-member teams, each paying $150 to participate in the Warsaw Community Foundation for Public Education fund-raiser. In second place was the Grossnickle Eye Center team, with 55 points (they placed third in 2002), and Source One Insurance received the third-place plaque for answering 54 questions correctly.Grossnickle placed third in 2002 and Source One was second in 2001.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Silver Lake's Town Park Closer To Reality

SILVER LAKE - The town of Silver Lake is a few steps closer to finalizing plans for a town park to occupy the old Marathon Station site. Town council president Brenda Wadkins said last month the town plans to put a gazebo in the old parking lot, adding benches and a brick sidewalk to make the area a "sitting park." "Things are proceeding.We had hoped for Silver Lake Days.I don't think that's going to happen," Town Marshal Craig Hollopeter said Tuesday."We are open for ideas.These are preliminary plans so we really want input.This is the town park." Hollopeter said the town will be selling 4- by 8-inch and 8- by 8-inch bricks to the public to raise money for construction of the new park.The bricks will be engraved with whatever the buyer chooses and placed in the park. Council members discussed reasonable prices with audience members before deciding to sell the smaller bricks for $75 each and the larger bricks for $125 each.
LAURA SLOOP, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

Candlelight Vigil Planned To Remember Abuse Victims

Last year, 41 children died in Indiana from abuse or neglect, according to information provided by the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Kosciusko County. Thirty of those deaths were classified as abuse and 11 as neglect.Of the abuse deaths, 37 percent were children one year or younger.Eighty percent of the abuse deaths were six years and younger, while 100 percent of the neglect deaths were six and under. More than three-quarters of the abuse perpetrators were men, while more than two-thirds of neglect perpetrators were women.Approximately 63 percent of abuse perpetrators and 64 percent of neglect perpetrators were the natural parents. There were 174 cases of substantiated child abuse in Kosciusko County alone, and an additional 110 cases of unsubstantiated cases. In order to remember those children, the Second Annual Candlelight Vigil will be held April 14 at 5:30 p.m.on the Kosciusko County courthouse steps.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Golfers Beat Manchester

There's no place like home.That's how Warsaw girls golf coach Bob Turner put it after Thursday's match with the Manchester Squires.
Dale [email protected] | July 28, 2016

Remember When April 27

10 Years Ago April 27 1991 Colleen Miller, daughter of Denise Cartwright, Pierceton, and Amos Miller, Fort Wayne, will participate in the 1991 American Coed Pre-Teen Pageant June 19-21 at Adams Mark Hotel, Indianapolis. Miller is a second-grade student at Pierceton Elementary School. 25 Years Ago April 27 1976 Mrs.Claude (Betty Rose) Stahl was presented a plaque designating her as the "Outstanding Citizen of the Year" for 1975 during the annual dinner meeting held in the Pierceton Middle School gym.Mrs.Stahl was cited for her civic contributions including activities in the Methodist Church, the Eastern Star and her efforts to provide gifts for the mental patients at Christmas.
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Harrison Elementary Receives $25,000 For Fitness Trail

Harrison Elementary is one step closer to constructing a fitness trail that will be used by its students and the community.Harrison Elementary received a $25,000 check from Menards Corp. to construct a fitness trail at the school during Monday's Warsaw City Council meeting.
Jennifer [email protected] | July 28, 2016

Remember When 3.17.2009

10 Years Ago March 17 1999 Angie Sprouls, daughter of Gary and Patti Sprouls, Warsaw, has been accepted to Phi Upsilon Omicron Inc., a national honor society that recognizes scholarship. leadership and service achievements. Sprouls is a junior at Ball State University. 25 Years Ago March 17 1984 MERRILLVILLE - Warsaw Community High School freshman Katrina Curtis, who last week became the first WCHS gymnast to reach the regional tournament, has gone a step further this week. She qualified for the state finals by finishing third in a pair of optional events in the Merrillville Regional recently. 50 Years Ago March 17 1959 A Grace College faculty member and the director of the Winona Lake Christian Assembly will leave tomorrow (March 10) to attend a presidential breakfast in Washington. Dr. Paul Bauman and the Rev. Gordon Beck will attend the annual "Presidential Prayer Breakfast" on Thursday. President Eisenhower, members of Congress and members of the International Christian Leadership organization will attend. 75 Years Ago March 17 1934 Helen VanDoran, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Logan VanDoran of Tamarack Street, saw two robins this morning in the yard at her home.
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Franklin Robert Kristl

Franklin R. Kristl, 92, of Warsaw, died March 30, 2010, in Bloomington.
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Ruby M. Muir

NORTH MANCHESTER – Ruby Marie Muir, 94, of North Manchester, and formerly of Bippus, died at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 3, 2013, in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester.
- | July 28, 2016

Remember When 4.19.2013

10 Years Ago     A photo taken by the Associated Press ended up featuring a Milford man. In the photo, U.S. Army physician’s assistant Lt. John Frasure, 32, of Milford, looks through a box of cigars at Odai Hussein’s palace in Baghdad in one picture and is sitting on a gilded bed in the palace in another. Odai is Saddam Hussein’s eldest son and his palace was heavily bombed by coalition forces. Frasure is the nephew of Sybil Bradley, who saw the photo of Frasure on the bed at USAToday.com25 Years Ago     Wal-Mart Stores Inc., one of the most successful retail outlets in the nation, has announced plans to build a Wal-Mart Discount City store east of Lake Village Shopping Center in Warsaw. Construction of the 81,900-square-foot store is expected to begin this summer, and an opening is tentatively scheduled for spring 1989. The new store will anchor a shopping center. Between 20 to 25 retail stores are planned, and are expected to create about 200 jobs.50 Years Ago    L.N. “Pete” Thorn, Warsaw Baker Boys’ Club director, recently received a medal as honorary director, or referee, of the Wabash Relays, held at Crawfordsville. It’s customary for the college to bring back former great athletes for the occasion. “Pete” earned 16 letters at the school.75 Years Ago    At the regular meeting of the directors of the Warsaw Chamber of Commerce recently, final steps were taken for the location in Warsaw of a subsidiary of the Junior Toy Corporation, of Hammond, Ind., a well-established industry manufacturing toys of various kinds. The new factory, which is expected to employ 150 or more persons within a year, will be located in the building, formerly known as the Hugro building on North Detroit Street.
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Campus notes

Adams Earns Dean’s ListThe University of Northwestern Ohio acknowledged Travis A. Adams, Akron, made the Dean’s List for the November 2012 session in the College of Applied Technologies.
- | July 28, 2016
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