It's all in the details.Kosciusko County Commissioners need more information before they are ready to sign off on two efforts to use homeland security grant money in northern Indiana.
10 Years Ago May 6 1998 The Boys and Girls Club of Kosciusko County captured second place in the 10-and-under state basketball tournament of the Indiana Boys and Girls Club Workers Association. Players are Kiira Leeper, Jackie Amos, Tracy Robers, Emily Johnson, Julie Seiss, Erica Stouder, Chelsea Rhoades, Kally Dirico and Marilyn Park, who was recently awarded the Max Jones Sportsmanship award during the basketball season. 25 Years Ago May 6 1983 Brett C. Welty, son of Lowell and Mary Lou Welty, Etna Green, has been selected as a cadet for the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo. He is a 1982 graduate of Triton High School and is completing his freshman year at Purdue University, Lafayette, majoring in aeronautical engineering. 50 Years Ago May 6 1958 At the Central Conference track and field championship in Peru, Warsaw High School made a fine showing, capturing two individual first and one of the mile relay races in record time of 3:36. Truman Libby stepped the fastest mile of his career - 4:38 - to win that event, and Larry Ruch won the pole vault at 11 feet 6 inches. 75 Years Ago May 6 1933 It seems as if in Warsaw the milkman's horse has never seen a cow. Anyway, the horse was so frightened when he saw a cow being led down a road that the horse started to run and was finally stopped only after he had dragged the milk wagon and driver into a ditch beside the road. Chauncey Rife, of Warsaw, was the milk wagon driver. He says the old horse has been delivering milk for years but probably never saw a cow in the daylight.
10 Years Ago March 7 1998 Maurice McDaniel of Atwood will celebrate his 80th birthday March 15 at the Atwood Civic Center. Born and raised in the Orion community, McDaniel attended Harrison Community School and graduated from Atwood High School in 1937. He is a retired farmer and associated with Mac's Eggs. 25 Years Ago March 7 1983 POTPOURRI - Hall Of Fame - Longtime area bowler and former Winona Lake postmaster Phil Laurien to be inducted into the Indiana Bowling Association Hall of Fame in special ceremonies in Columbus. Laurien, who has bowled more than 75 years, is still very active on the lanes. 50 Years Ago March 7 1958 Before the Paul Lattas left Warsaw for a visit with relatives and friends in California, Betty Lu sent us a story about a cow who actually flew a kite. Seems a youngster put his ball of kite string on the ground for a moment. A curious cow grazing nearby in the field sniffed the string, then swallowed the whole reel. Passing motorists stopped, gazed in astonishment. Sorry, we won't know until Betty gets back how the predicament was remedied. 75 Years Ago March 7 1933 Only one of the Warsaw drug stores has so far ordered its liquor supply for 1933 under the new liquor medicinal law. This store ordered 480 pints. The whisky, which will be handled by drug stores, can only be secured for "medicinal" purposes on a doctor's prescription.
Melinda Butler, Post Falls, Idaho, and Gary and Connie Butler, Goshen, announce the engagement of their daughter, Ami Butler, Millersburg, to Rich O'Brien.
10 Years Ago May 7 1998 The Leesburg Math Bowl team finished fourth in the state in division 2 MATH competition. In the Open Class division, the team placed in the top 25 by achieving a 19th-spot ranking from 216 teams. Team members are Candice Kissane, Tarissa Martin, David Hahn, Daric Snyder, Baxter Burnworth, John Ronk, Derek Weaver, Kyle Gregor, Daniel Ferguson, Jaclyn Abrams, Sarah Flinn, Nicholas King, Anna Cornell, Thomas Burnworth, Clay Epply and Andrew Lauster. Coaches are Chris Bonifield and Judy Kinsey. 25 Years Ago May 7 1983 BOURBON - Bourbon's oldest resident, Barbara Danner, will be 100 years old May 6. Danner was born and raised in a two room cabin in the Millwood area. The third of 10 children and the last survivor, she saw her oldest sister, Elizabeth Jones, live to celebrate 107 birthdays. Others in her family lived past the average life expectancy. Her father, Robert Watkins, lived to be 94, and her mother, Sarah Lemler Watkins, lived to the age of 81. 50 Years Ago May 7 1958 Skip Welker, Dave Castaldi and Judy Gillam, Warsaw High School speech students, were finalists in the all-state tourney at Terre Haute. Welker was high point man, ranking third in dramatic interpretation, Castaldi placed fifth in original oratory, and Judy was fifth in girls' extemporaneous. 75 Years Ago May 7 1933 Mrs. George Krebs, of Warsaw, reported that in a two-hour hunt she secured 391 mushrooms.