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Warsaw Cites Days Inn Owners For Building Code Violations

Herman and Ursula Patel, owners of the Days Inn at 3521 Lake City Highway, have corrected between 25 and 30 percent of their code violations. At Monday's Warsaw Building Code Enforcement Hearings, Ursula Patel said the hotel has 76 rooms.Fifty-eight of those rooms are available for use and 18 are unavailable and being used for storage.The Patels purchased the hotel in November 1994 and have spent approximately $300,000 on upgrades.They received a letter June 23 stating that they have 335 code violations.By Aug.17 they were in 10 percent compliance. There are also 38 additional violations, including moldy bathrooms and dirty carpets. The pool is closed because of stagnant and cloudy water.The Patels said that the pool room is locked and unused.
ANITA WEISHEIT, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Chocola Claims Inconsistencies In Roemer's Voting Record

Nick Tyszka, the press secretary for the Republican candidate for Congress, Chris Chocola, says Rep.Tim Roemer is misleading the public in his campaign. Tyszka's main complaint is that Roemer has been voting both sides of issues.
ANITA WEISHEIT, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Michigan Couple Sentenced In Securities Fraud Case

A Michigan couple charged with 18 felony counts related to securities fraud received their sentences for the crimes Wednesday in Kosciusko Circuit Court. Larry D.Goble, 58, and his wife, Julie Ann Goble, 49, entered a plea agreement that was accepted by Kosciusko Circuit Judge Rex Reed Wednesday. As part of the plea agreement, each pleaded guilty to one count of felony fraudulent or deceitful acts. Larry Goble was sentenced to six years in prison with all but one year to be served on probation, while Julie Ann Goble was sentenced to four years probation for her part in the crimes. In April 2005, each were charged with 18 felony counts of offering or selling unregistered securities, transacting business by an unregistered agent and fraudulent or deceitful acts in connection with the offer, sale or purchase of a security. Charges for the other counts against the Gobles were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Local Water Company Working Toward Full IDEM Compliance

The Indiana-American Warsaw water plant appears on the list of community drinking water services currently in non-compliance with the laws protecting consumers, but that doesn't mean that there are contaminants in the water, company and state officials say. The non-compliance list is issued from the Environmental Protection Agency.They collect the information from a database that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management maintains, according to IDEM spokesman Tim Coulom. Indiana-American acquired full water utilities for Warsaw from United Water Co.on Feb.1, said Joe Loughmiller of Indiana-American. According to Coulom, United Water exceeded its limit for vinyl chloride in July 1998.The contaminant was a problem before Indiana-American took over that facility, he said, and he stressed Indiana-American's reputation for keeping their water clean.
ANITA WEISHEIT, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Group Works To Fortify Local Cancer Care Fund

This is Bob Sanders' last year as chairman of the Fund-Raising Committee for the Kosciusko County Cancer Care Fund, but he's still working hard to raise money to make cancer patients' lives easier. Sanders, president of Bodkin Abstract in Warsaw and Syracuse, gets his sympathy for cancer patients from personal experience.Both he and his wife have battled cancer. The Kosciusko County Care Fund is a local organization that provides such basic needs as financial help for food, everyday bills and medication to cancer patients that the American Cancer Society isn't able to cover. The Fund-Raising Committee is only in its second year; it was created in June 1999. Both the fund-raising committee and the Kosciusko County Care Fund boards comprise people from all edges of the county, said Sanders.He stressed that the cancer care fund includes all of the county and not just Warsaw or Syracuse.
ANITA WEISHEIT, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Storage Seen As Solution For Sewer Overflow

Final resolutions for improvements to Warsaw's combined sewer overflow system were completed recently during a meeting held by Dave Henderson, department head of the city's Wastewater Works Department. Henderson and Brian Houghton, a Fort Wayne environmental engineer, reported a decision to request approval from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for a new storage procedure for the Warsaw CSO system. The fourth and final wastewater meeting was used to finish up Warsaw's request to IDEM, and also to update cost estimates for the new storage unit.The IDEM request was sent for approval. Houghton predicted the improvements would cost the city $2.1 million.
Joe Kirkendall, Times-Union staff writer- | July 28, 2016

Manchester School Officials Say School Off To A Good Start

NORTH MANCHESTER - Although it's just a few days into the new school year, things at Manchester Community Schools are going well, officials say. "It almost seems like we never left," said Manchester Community Schools Superintendent Diane Showalter."Things seems to be moving right along so far." "Fall sports and activities have started," said Manchester High School Principal Nancy Alspaugh at Tuesday's school board meeting."We are off to a smooth start." In Tuesday's meeting, board members approved several consent items, including a $900 donation from Quinn Griffing to the Manchester High School Athletic Fund for the boys golf team and a Title I grant for $154,793.73. The board also approved renting the high school football field to the Manchester Youth Football League for Sunday afternoon games. Then the board opened the hearing for the 2005 budget, 2005 capital projects fund and the 2005 bus replacement plan for public discussion.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Convention Delegates Work In Homeless Shelter

During the second day of the Republican National Convention Tuesday in New York City, Warsaw's Jean Northenor and other Indiana delegates volunteered in the oldest homeless shelter in the United States. Northenor called the Times-Union this morning to report on her activities since her report Monday.She is the Third District delegate and is serving on the rules committee of the convention.The Third District includes Kosciusko, Allen, Elkhart, DeKalb and Whitley counties. Northenor said one of the things the convention organizers asked the states to do is establish a community service project.Janet Westendorf, an alternate delegate from Fort Wayne, organized the Indiana delegates to volunteer at the New York City soup kitchen.The homeless shelter's clientele are mostly men. While at the shelter, the Indiana volunteers did laundry for the shelter and worked in the kitchen."I actually worked in the kitchen with the cooks," said Northenor.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Local Volunteers Help In Hurricane Cleanup

While Hurricane Charley has come and gone - and most of the news about it has gone as well - Florida residents still are dealing with its cleanup. The American Red Cross continues to be on hand to help as much as it can.The need for financial contributions to the organization is still present to help the hurricane's victims. Approximately 10,500 customers were still without power as of Aug.29.Gulf Coast Hospital in Lee County remains closed.Schools remain closed in some areas and several counties have boil water advisories still in effect. Locally, Larry Peppel, executive director of the Kosciusko County Chapter of the American Red Cross, said they have raised approximately $2,300 in this county to help Florida.Nationwide, $25 million has been raised. "There's still a significant need," Peppel said.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

No New Burglaries In Past Two Weeks

Even though local police are receiving calls about suspicious people and vehicles in and around Warsaw, the number of burglaries in the area hasn't increased in the past two weeks, according to authorities. A string of residential break-ins that began in May stopped on August 26; none has occurred since then, said Captain Steve Foster of the Warsaw Police Department. "As of 8 a.m.Friday, there have been no additional thefts or burglaries as related to this guy," Foster said. Thirty-six burglaries so far have been reported since May.In almost every case a house in an upscale residential area was entered, often at night while the residents were asleep and often through an unlocked door or window.Only small, easily carried items, such as cash, wallets or jewelry, were stolen.
Laurie Hahn, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Senate Hopeful Helmke Campaigns In Warsaw

If you tell Paul Helmke, Fort Wayne mayor and Republican candidate for the U.S.Senate, he's in a "David and Goliath" battle against Democrat Evan Bayh - he'll just smile. "David won," Helmke will respond. Touting the message of returning power to local governments, reducing taxes and maintaining a strong national security establishment, Helmke completed a 35-city tour of the state Friday at the Kosciusko County courthouse. "I'd like someone in Washington who understands what life is like at the local level," he said."We need to bring power back to the people.Put it back in the local level. "We also need to get rid of the excessive amount of taxes, that just doesn't make any sense," he added. Chief among those are eliminating the marriage penalty in the tax code and reducing or eliminating the capital gains tax.He'd also like to see a revamping of the Internal Revenue Service and the adoption of a flat tax, Helmke said.
DAVID A. BEALL, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Funds For College Available Locally

Every year, thousands of high school seniors across the country compete for financial assistance to attend the college of their choice. Every year, thousands of dollars are never claimed. Kosciusko County alone has approximately $250,000 a year to offer its local students. "I'm just amazed at the level of support that our local community gives.We're just a very blessed community," Warsaw Community High School Guidance Counselor Rick Swaim said. The resources to find and claim that money are bountiful, if the student makes an effort.Those students who do make an effort do not always make it as early as they should, however. Swaim said students should begin looking for scholarships the second semester of their junior year at the earliest.Preferably, seniors need to start their search at the beginning of their senior year, he said. Information on scholarships, colleges and admissions is available through the WCHS guidance office or library.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Local Libraries Cope With Theft

Books, magazines, CDs - libraries are loaded with items that are free for the taking. Trouble is, some people forget to check them out. While theft is not a serious problem at area libraries, almost all of them report things that "get up and walk away." "It's one of those ongoing things you have to face in a library," said Carolyn Buckmaster, media services director at Whitko High School."Every library has to face that." Anything by Stephen King is most likely to come up missing at a school library.Other hot ticket items are car magazines, science fiction, the "Goosebumps" series, books on the occult and materials used as research. Sometimes an item will disappear almost as soon as it's replaced."We have a problem keeping dictionaries.Our dictionaries come up missing all the time," said Shirley Gackenheimer, instructional media assistant at Tippecanoe Valley High School.
DEB McAULIFFE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Grace Investments Named In Lawsuit

A lawsuit was filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court last week against Grace Brethren Investment Foundation, Winona Lake. The suit - Alice M.Peer and Mary R.Peer, as attorney in fact of Angie Garber v.Grace Brethren Investment Foundation Inc.- seeks a complete accounting of Angie Garber's financial dealings with the company. According to the lawsuit, GBIF refused to disclose those details of financial dealings to Garber's chosen power of attorney and niece, Mary Peer. The suit states that Garber had a large investment account held by GBIF.Also named on that account were her twin sister Alice Peer, and Mary Peer.After Garber appointed Mary Peer as her power of attorney, with complete authority to act on her behalf, Mary Peer made an agreement with GBIF that they allegedly violated.
KRISTA PRIMROSE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Air Traffic Still Up In The Air

Warsaw Municipal Airport Manager David Beall thought regular flights would resume Thursday at 10 a.m. At 9:59 a.m.the Flight Service Center out of Terre Haute decided otherwise. "It's all up in the air," Beall said of the situation. While the Warsaw facility is non-controlled and non-commercial, that doesn't mean the planes headquartered there wouldn't be landing at a controlled commercial airport. Several local industries have hangars at the airport and no extraordinary security measures have been required. "It's business as usual except there's no business," Beall said. Having no business began when two airliners crashed into the World Trade Center on Manhattan Island Tuesday morning. The Warsaw airport received a call from the FAA's Air Control Center in Fort Wayne suspending all flights until further notice.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Discusses Building Upgrades

SYRACUSE - Building improvements appear to be on the horizon for schools in the Wawasee system. These improvements were the recommendation of a facilities study conducted during recent weeks and discussed by the school board Tuesday. Among the committee's recommendations: • The existing facility for North Webster Elementary should be replaced. • Wawasee High School should undergo a complete renovation of its auditorium and provide handicap access to the computer assisted design lab. • Milford School should be air conditioned and barriers that restrict handicap access should be removed. • At Syracuse Elementary, all electrical and plumbing systems should be improved or replaced, the building should be air conditioned, the kitchen should be renovated, and barriers that restrict handicap access should be removed.
DEB McAULIFFE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Barbee District Sewer Plan Moves Ahead

Barbee Lakes Conservancy District board members vowed to move forward with sewer plans despite a raucous crowd of opponents who showed up for a meeting Tuesday. Although the project has been in the works for nearly five years, the first sign of opposition arose last month and again Tuesday. Board members agreed to hear concerns even though the time for public input has passed. The proposed sewer project would affect about 1,400 property owners in the Barbee Lakes chain northeast of Warsaw. After nearly 40 minutes of input, which included questions about the need and cost of such a project, board vice chairman Lowell Gilmore cut off the debate, and the board agreed to move ahead. In doing so, Gilmore reminded the crowd it would be six to eight months before further steps are taken. Afterward opponents announced plans to meet at 6:30 p.m.Tuesday at the American Legion in North Webster.
Dan Spalding, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw School Board Discusses Transportation Fund

An appeal to the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance will help with Warsaw School Corp.'s 2007 transportation fund if it is approved. The fund and appeal were part of the Warsaw School Board's discussion on the 2007 proposed budget Tuesday night. Warsaw's transportation fund currently is underfunded, according to Chief Financial Officer Kevin Scott, and the corporation is using its cash balance to fund it.If the appeal is not approved, by mid- to late-2007, the transportation fund may have to be supplemented by the general fund.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Guardsmen talk about their mission

Local members of the National Guard met today at the armory to learn more about their deployment to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Forty-nine Company A, 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry Guardsmen leave sometime this weekend, expecting to provide security in Mississippi.They range in experience from less than a year to Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom veterans. First Lt.Andrew Weaver said today, "We're excited about going down there.We wish it could have been yesterday."Some of the guardsmen in college dropped out of their classes in order to help with the relief efforts.The local Guard will be joined by infantrymen from Rensselaer. "It's a unique situation we've got here," said Weaver.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Local Guardsmen Deployed To Mississippi

Almost two years after returning from the Iraq War, approximately 49 members of local National Guard unit, Company A, 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry, were given their notice Thursday to mobilize to assist with the Hurricane Katrina disaster. They reported to the armory at 7:30 a.m.today for a meeting. The deployment is for approximately 60 days, according to Indiana Army National Guard SFC Denny J.Harlan, Recruiting and Retention NCO, Thursday afternoon, to Mississippi. Harlan said the entire 1st Battalion 293rd Infantry was called up.The battalion includes approximately 600 to 650 guardsmen from Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley, Allen, Steuben and Huntington counties.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016
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