Warsaw Officer Uses Her Own Story To Encourage High School Female Students

Warsaw Police Department officer Paige Wood said she always knew she wanted to be in law enforcement.

Governor Candidate Brad Chambers Touts Business Experience

Two big economic impacts to Indiana were announced last week, and Republican candidate for Indiana governor Brad Chambers played a role in making them happen.

As Resource Navigator, Shanna Wallen Directs Inmates On Verge Of Release

As the Kosciusko County Recovery Program (KCRP) resource navigator, Shanna Wallen sees herself as a sort of traffic director.

Times-Union Court News 06-27-2000

Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Marsha McSherry: • Brian Keith Mishler, 21, and Laura Ranae Reel, 17, both of M-Dee Acres, Nappanee. • Tony L.Lozier, 45, and Martha L.Kenoshmeg, 48, both of Etna Green. • Jonathon David Lawlor, 21, South Scott Street, Warsaw, and Jennifer Kathryn Keilman, 20, East Oak Lane, Warsaw. • James D.Ammons, 55, North CR 850E, North Webster, and Rebecca D.Dunfee, 48, North Bobber Lane, Warsaw. • Robert Alan Firestone, 24, South Edgewater Drive, Silver Lake, and Jessica Suzanne Snyder, 23, Bremen. • Brian Steven Wilhite, 21, and Jana Leanne Miner, 21, both of South Jackson Street, Atwood. • Andrew Kenneth Kryder, 25, North CR 850E, Leesburg, and Colleen Michele Hoffert, 24, EMS B38B Lane, Leesburg.

Business, School Partnerships Stressed

BY LAURIE HAHN, Times-Union Staff Writer Creating partnerships between businesses and schools can benefit both, attendees at the fifth Education Summit were told Thursday. "The economic future of this community depends on an educated, motivated workforce," said moderator Steve Grill."If there's an issue more important than education in our community, I would not know what that would be." Grill reviewed the accomplishments of past education summits, which include the "Gold Card," given to students who maintain specific standards on grades, attendance and citizenship; the Education Compact, which increases the commitment of businesses to reinforce the need for a good education; the Speakers' Bureau; and the Link Program, which pairs businesses with students or schools and allows employees time to tutor kids. All five county school superintendents introduced representatives from area businesses who are involved with mentoring in one form or another.

On The Court Basketball Preview

Robert Earl 'Bob' Huffman

HARTFORD CITY - Robert Earl "Bob" Huffman, 91, died at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 28, 2008, at Miller's Merry Manor Nursing Home.

Volunteers Descend On Nappanee

NAPPANEE - Thousands of volunteers from all over northern Indiana and Michigan arrived Sunday to help their neighbors in Nappanee.

Letters to the Editor 11-06-2006

- Deer Hunt Deer Hunt Editor, Times-Union: The Deer Task Force in Warsaw has recommended to have the deer around the Spring Hill and Kosciusko Community Hospital areas killed by bow-hunting. Right after this news is released in Turkey, Germany, England and in some other European countries yesterday, our mail boxes and telephones are locked by thousand of different nation's' citizens. In Turkey, the press was very interested with it, too, and besides the newspapers, one of the biggest Internet news portals www.haberbiz.com gave it as flash news from the first page.

Redevelopment Panel Looks At Syracuse

Kosciusko County Redevelopment Commission discussed two focus areas in the county for economic development Thursday.

Anna Mary Schrock

SYRACUSE - Anna Mary Schrock, 84, Syracuse, died in her sleep at 5:20 a.m. Aug. 28, 2007, at Miller's Merry Manor, Syracuse.

Christians Too Quiet

Editor, Times-Union:What's happened to us? What's happened to our government? What's happened to our schools? Are we not one nation under God?

39 Deer Killed In Warsaw Hunt

After three months of bow hunting in the Warsaw city limits, 39 deer have been harvested.

Tips Lead To Drug Arrest

Several tips through the "Enough" campaign led to the arrest Tuesday of a Warsaw man. Michael Otto Hale, 27, of 1120 E.Winona Ave., is being held in Kosciusko County Jail on charges of dealing in cocaine (more than 3 grams) and dealing in cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, both Class A felonies, and dealing in a lookalike substance, a Class D felony.A charge of being a habitual felony offender is being pursued through the Kosciusko County Prosecutor's Office.Hale is being held in KCJ in lieu of $100,000 bond.He was arrested Tuesday afternoon at his residence. According to undercover police officers with the Kosciusko County Special Operations Team, several tips were received through the "Enough" program about Hale allegedly being involved in drug dealing.The investigation has been ongoing since July.

County Gets Federal Funds For Snow-Related Expenses

Federal disaster funds were made available Wednesday for 18 counties in Indiana, including Kosciusko County.The funds will supplement emergency response efforts to December's winter storms and record snowfalls in northern Indiana, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA Acting Director John W.Magaw said President George W.Bush authorized the assistance under an emergency declaration Wednesday.The declaration covers jurisdictions that were blanketed with record and near-record snowfall between Dec.11 and Dec.31.

Army Mom Collecting Candy To Send To Son, Troops in Iraq

Jane Holmes plans to send her son, Nicholas Patterson, a nice Christmas package which will feature a variety of candy for his sweet tooth. Also receiving treats will be at least 499 of Patterson's friends and acquaintences. Patterson is stationed in Iraq with the 82nd Airbourne Division.He's been in the U.S.Army two years. "With the holidays approaching, we would like to send candy-filled treeat bags to our Amerian soldiers in Iraq," Holmes said."We have set a goal to send 500 to 800 treat bags to help brighten their days and let them know they have not been forgotten." Holmes is asking for donations of individually wrapped candy, preferably not chocolate, that would melt, also dessert cakes, bubble gum, peanut butter and cheese crackers and individual packages of peanuts. The packages will be quart-bag sized.

Warsaw Sewage Plant Cleans Up Overflow

Warsaw's sewage treatment plant is in the final phase of a sediment clean-up, public works superintendent Lacy Francis said Friday afternoon. Francis said the "fines" - tiny particles of sediment that remain after wastewater is heated and filtered - overflowed the sludge tanks into the creek adjacent to the treatment plant earlier this week. "The fines usually go into the tanks, then we take our tanker trucks and fill them up and land-apply it," Francis said, on selected farm fields. This year, however, some of the landowners in the program decided to withdraw their acreage from the land-application process, he said.The treatment plant applied in March to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for permission to apply the fines on new fields, Francis said, and the permits were received this week.

Wawasee Holds Budget Hearing

SYRACUSE -ÊA public hearing for Wawasee School Corp.'s 2000 budget, capital projects fund and bus replacement plan was held Tuesday.No members of the public were present. The corporation will vote to adopt the budget, fund and plan at its regularly scheduled 7 p.m.Sept.14 meeting. The total general fund of the 2000 budget will be $17,885,602 if approved.The debt service fund total is estimated to be near $3,371,518.Capital projects fund total is $3,145,283.The transportation operating fund will be $1,449,800 for the upcoming school year.The transportation bus replacement fund total will be $1,794,566 and the special education preschool fund totals $46,000.

Truck Hits Parked Plane At Warsaw Airport

Luckily, a truck and an airplane were both on the ground Tuesday night when a collision occurred at Warsaw Municipal Airport. The unoccupied airplane was parked on the runway approach at the airport when it was struck by a United Parcel Service truck. The Warsaw Police Department estimated the damage to the plane at $25,000-$50,000, which the investigating officer said was a modest estimate of the damage. Mark R.Wegner, 42, of Sturgis, Mich., was the driver of the UPS truck.He told police he was driving around the north end of the parked airplanes at the airport and paying attention to driving his truck between two planes. Police reported Wegner was watching the rear of one plane and the wing of another when his truck struck the wing of the first plane.

Four People Injured In Akron Fireworks Accident

AKRON - Four people were injured Saturday during the finale of the fireworks display in Akron. No names were available. According to Akron Fire Department Chief Joe Day today, the incident occurred during the finale when the multi-shot boxes, known as cakes, were being fired off.The cakes are a smaller part of the finale.One of the cakes' bottoms blew out and the cake fell to its side, shooting shots off in five directions, including into the crowd. Three of the people transported to Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, had burns, while the fourth person had flash burns to her eyes, but her eyesight was recovering at the site, Day said.All four - which included a husband and wife and a teenage girl - were treated and released. In addition, a fireman's vehicle was damaged.