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Old School May Be Donated To Manchester Town Life Center

NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester Community Schools Board of Trustees wants to hand off ownership of the old Thomas Marshall Elementary School on Bond Street. The old school is occupied by the North Manchester Town Life Center and is used for various community activities.The Town Life Center has occupied the building for nine years and the committee has existed for four years.School board members granted the Town Life Center a six-month lease for the building and asked Jim Garber, Town Life Center Committee member, Tuesday to come up with a way to accept ownership of the building. "If we continue as we are, we'll be back here seeing you at the end of six months no further along than we are now," Garber said of progress with the building. The Town Life Center has not yet decided whether the building should be torn down, remodeled or rebuilt.Garber said many North Manchester citizens want to preserve the building due to its history as the oldest school in the county.
LAURA SLOOP, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Zimmer Has Top Offer For Centerpulse

LONDON - Smith & Nephew PLC today walked away from its takeover battle with Zimmer Inc.for Switzerland's Centerpulse AG by refusing to increase its offer. Zimmer said today it has noted today's announcement from Smith & Nephew.Ray Elliott, chairman, president and CEO of Zimmer, said, "We understand that the formal process still has several weeks to run, but we are pleased that our offer remains the superior one and that Centerpulse has indicated it will recommend the higher offer to its shareholders.We believe that the terms of our offer represent a compelling opportunity to maximize the value for shareholders of Zimmer, Centerpulse and InCentive by creating the No.1 pure-play global orthopedics company.We look forward to pursuing the next steps in the process as soon as practical."Zimmer stock was up $1.85, to $49.14 at 11 a.m.today.
M.J. RHODES, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Works On 2004 Budget

SYRACUSE - Even though many uncertainties still exist about Indiana's property reassessment and its effect on tax revenues for schools, Wawasee School Board tackled its 2004 budget Tuesday anyway. Jim Evans, director of finance, told the board the budget process this year is the same as previous years, only magnified a little bit.With the reassessment, they knew this year's budget planning was going to be a little different, and will advertise the tax levies a little higher than they will be getting, more so than in past years. If the school board doesn't advertise higher than anticipated, the school corporation may not get all it's due. "There's just a lot of unknowns," Evans said. The total of all funds to be advertised for 2004 for Wawasee School Corp.is $30,840,160.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

HB Buys Sun Metal

HB Performance Systems Inc., which was Hayes Brake until a management buyout less than a month ago, acquired Sun Metal Products Inc.of Warsaw. Financial details of the sale were not disclosed. Rhonda Kirkwood, vice president and general manager at HB Performance Systems, will manage the new acquisition, now named Sun Components, under the company's Hayes Bicycle Group division.Bob Piecuch, former owner of Sun Metal Products, will continue to operate the business and report to Kirkwood.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Valley Has New Discipline Policy

AKRON - Assistant principal Jeff France outlined the new discipline policy that will be implemented at Tippecanoe Valley Middle School at Monday's school board meeting. France said the policy was given a trial run by the seventh-grade team during the last nine weeks of the 1996-97 school year with promising results. Students will receive warning slips for misbehavior.Accumulating four warning slips will result in a disciplinary referral.Each disciplinary referral will advance a student one step farther along the nine-step program, with the end result being expulsion.
ROSA HATFIELD, Times-Union Correspondent- | 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

Da-Lite In Compliance After Brush With IDEM

An unscheduled Indiana Department of Environmental Management inspection at Da-Lite Screen Co.in Warsaw last year resulted in fines of $67,000. Da-Lite Screen has corrected the problems, according to Al Khatibi, vice president of engineering, and is paying the fine in installments. Despite published reports the company is not experiencing financial difficulties and Khatibi wanted to clear up a number of things in a telephone interview Tuesday. "Paying in installments is an option that is available and we tried to take advantage of it," he said of a recent $14,000 payment. "The other issue is about a payment being past due and our records show everything has been paid properly and on time.We have a call to IDEM to clarify those two issues." Calls made to IDEM enforcement case manager Deirdre Wyatt were not returned.Wyatt reportedly commented on the company's financial status.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Classes Start Aug. 17; Wellness Policy OK'd

SYRACUSE - The Wawasee Community School Corp.announced Tuesday that the first day of classes for the 2006-2007 school year will be Aug.17. According to Superintendent Dr.Mark Stock, the registration process was streamlined and more efficient this year.Ê"We tried to shorten the process," he said.Ê"The feedback that we've gotten so far is that it's much quicker.ÊI've asked for further comments on our blog site www.wawasee.blogspot.com" Stock said opening day for faculty and staff will be Aug.16.ÊAny board member who wants to attend opening day with staff is invited to do so. Stock noted that although all certified teaching positions are not yet filled, only a couple openings remain, and he did not anticipate any problems finding the right personnel.
JOHN DeGROFF, Times-Union Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Budget Advertised High, Will Be Reduced

SYRACUSE - Taxpayers in the Wawasee School District shouldn't be alarmed by a big advertised increase in the school's Capital Projects Fund. That was the message at Tuesday evening's budget work session. Director of Finance Jim Evans told board members that this year's budget process has been complicated by several factors, including the state's financial picture, budget shortfalls and uncertainties concerning assessed valuation. For those reasons, Wawasee is advertising a CPF of $3,804,180 for 2003.By contrast, the 2002 levy for capital projects was $1,643,271. Evans emphasized that $3.8 million will not be collected. He explained that every year during the budget process, the school advertises rates higher than they anticipate collecting.Once a rate is advertised, by law it can't be raised.It can be - and virtually always is - lowered.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Five Face Federal Conspiracy, Wire Fraud Charges

SOUTH BEND - Five Kosciusko County residents were indicted by a grand jury on 18 counts in South Bend Aug.11, according to the U.S.Attorney General's office. Indicted were Fred J.Hagar, 51; Linda D.Hagar, 52; and Valerie M.Chupp, 28, all of Syracuse; Margaret L.Stump, 25, Milford; and Woodrow S.Hagar, 23, Warsaw. Each individual was charged with one count of conspiracy, which carries a five-year prison term and/or a $250,000 fine.All five also are charged with 11 counts of wire fraud and six counts of bank fraud.The wire fraud and the conspiracy charges carry the same penalty.The bank fraud carries a 30-year term and/or a $1 million fine on each count. From April 1997 to October 1999, the indictment alleges that the five conspired to commit a wire and bank fraud scheme.The scheme involved obtaining fraudulent loans from various commercial lending companies and financial institutions.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Board Of Works Hears Of Grant Cuts

Times-Union Staff Writer Warsaw Police Department Captain Paul Schmitt advised that a federal crime victim assistance grant has been cut 5 percent. The $35,266 award (in addition to $8,817 local funding) is applied toward th continuation of the Victim's Assistance Office and is used to pay the salary and benefits for director Becky Mareno. Schmitt said another federal grant applied for the program is expected to be cut 15 percent. The news came before the Warsaw Board of Works Friday. Board members Mayor Ernie Wiggins and Jerry Patterson also heard a probationary extension has been set for Patrolman Alan Danko for an additional 90 days, from Sept.4 through Dec.4. A city property auction will be held Aug.11 for unclaimed property and bicycles.Two city vehicles, a 1991 GMC pick up and a 1993 Chevrolet Caprice will also be offered according to WPD Chief Steve Foster.
TERESA SMITH- | July 28, 2016

Syracuse Man Resists Arrest, Faces Charges

SYRACUSE -ÊA Syracuse man is in the Kosciusko County Jail after an incident with Syracuse Police officers Monday night. Officers were asked to help a woman who was removing her personal items from a residence at 508 Prairie Drive in Turtle Bay, when Michael S.Hively, 23, of the same address, allegedly became disorderly and combative. Hively resisted arrest, and fought with officers until he was secured in the back seat of a police car.The rear passenger window was shattered before several assisting officers were able to remove Hively and restrain him from causing more damage. Hively was booked into Kosciusko County Jail on two counts of battery on a police officer, one count of disorderly conduct, one count of resisting/fleeing law enforcement and one count of criminal mischief.He is being held on $10,000 bond.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

From Russia With Love: Warsaw Family Brings Adopted Daughter Home

One of the most recent citizens of the United States is still a little wobbly on her legs. A brown-eyed, blond-haired charmer, she's quick to smile and babble her comments. Addie Dickerhoff has come a long way since her beginnings in a Rostov-On-Don orphanage in Russia and her adoption by Doug and Kelly Dickerhoff of Warsaw. Born premature, she was abandoned by her mother in the hospital where she was delivered, a common start for unwanted Russian babies. From there she spent the first nine months of her life in an orphanage, where she was given medical attention, kept clean and fed on a regimented schedule. Photos from the Dickerhoffs' first visit with her show an expressionless infant, probably not used to being held. "She was real reclusive and quiet when we first got her," Doug said of his tiny daughter."She wanted to eat at a certain time, she wanted to nap at a certain time." All that has changed.She's a different baby now.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Miss Kosciusko Crowned

BY LAURIE HAHN, Times-Union Staff Writer SYRACUSE - Erin Cassidente will represent Kosciusko County in the Miss Indiana pageant for 1998. Cassidente was chosen as the 1998 Miss Kosciusko from a field of 10 contestants Saturday night at Wawasee High School.She is the daughter of Ronald and Carolyn Cassidente of Warsaw. Cassidente's talent performance consisted of playing the guitar and singing a song she wrote: "Beautiful Girl."During the interview she said her goal is to become a performance artist.She is a graduate of McPherson College. The Miss Kosciusko Scholarship Pageant, which has been held since 1980, is the first step on the road to the Miss America pageant. It was hosted Saturday by Kari Hipsher Halderman, the 1991 Miss Indiana. Besides the chance to compete for Miss Indiana, Cassidente received a $1,000 scholarship and a variety of prizes.She was crowned by the 1997 Miss Kosciusko, Stacy Woodling.
Warsaw's Cassidente is 1998 winner- | July 28, 2016

County Formulating 2000 Budget

The Kosciusko County Council got down to the serious business of formulating the county's 2000 budget this week. But before they could get down to that item of business, they first had to address some additional budget requests for 1999. County Administrator Ron Robinson requested $991,000 in additional appropriations related to the Justice Building expansion project. Robinson said $400,000, to be taken from the jail fund, is for contractual services on the project for the remainder of 1999; $150,000 from the 911 fund for the purchase of radio equipment; $90,000 for unbudgeted Social Security expenses; $1,000 for paying the members of the prevailing wage committee $75 per meeting; and $350,000 from the Cumulative Jail Fund for renovations on the 911 dispatch system. Council vice president Jim Tranter said he is concerned about the effect the additional appropriations will have on the marketing of the bonds the county is seeking to fund the expansion.
DAVID A. BEALL and LAURIE HAHN, Times-Union Staff Writers- | July 28, 2016

Valley School Board Looks At $6 Million Budget For 2002

MENTONE - Next year's budget was the focus of Tuesday's Tippecanoe Valley school board meeting, with a total proposed budget of nearly $6 million. The 2002 budget - $5,928,401 - is aproximately 10 percent higher than the 2001 budget of $5,335,828, according to figures presented by Dan Kramer, assistant superintendent. He also said the proposed amount will probably be reduced somewhat in the October meeting with an officer from the State Board of Tax Commissioners.
Laurie Hahn, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Two Arrested In Pierceton Meth Lab Bust

PIERCETON - Kosciusko County Drug Task Force shut down an active methamphetamine lab in Pierceton at 10:30 p.m.Friday. The lab, at 791 Ind.13N, was in the basement of a home owned by Blake Neeley.Officers had been investigating the home for 10 months after receiving citizens' reports of possible drug activity at the residence. It wasn't until Friday that sufficient evidence for a warrant was obtained. Officers went to the residence, which, according to a Drug Task Force press release, was filled with meth fumes, and found not only drug manufacturing in progress, but also four sleeping children.
KRISTA PRIMROSE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Commissioners Approve Ind. 15 Bypass Route

Tuesday, the Kosciusko County Commissioners unanimously approved the route of the Ind.15 bypass, also known as the Western Alternative Route Corridor. At their July 13 meeting, the commissioners tentatively approved the route, pending The Troyer Group's "approval" that the proposed route was possible.Tuesday, representatives of The Troyer Group said they reviewed the commissioners' recommendation for the corridor and found it could work and they "wholeheartedly" support it.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Mentone Residents Hope To Solve Problems In Town

MENTONE - Hoping to increase the level of pride for their community, a group of concerned citizens came before the town council Monday with a list of "problems in Mentone we request to be addressed." Rita Simpson, spokesman for the unnamed committee, presented a list of 15 items the group of about a dozen residents consider to be of greatest concern. "We hope to address this in a positive way, not in a negative way, to help people clean up some of these problems," Simpson said.She pointed out that many of the concerns are issues covered by town ordinances, while others may need to be addressed in other ways. "There are people willing to do some legwork to get these things done," Simpson said."We want to help."She added it would be possible to organize volunteer groups to help with the cleanup of properties belonging to elderly or disabled homeowners who are unable to do the work themselves.
Ruth Anne Lipka, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

United Way Allocations Top $1.1 Million During 2002

Nearly $1.19 million of the money raised last year was allocated this spring by United Way of Kosciusko County to its 27 member agencies. The allocations also included a $5,000 venture grant to Housing Opportunities of Warsaw, which is not a United Way agency. According to Brad Bishop, president of the United Way board of directors, the United Way funds programs, not organizations. "To assure the community that it's getting what it thinks it's getting, we fund the programs," he said. For example, Cardinal Center Inc.received $125,120 in funding for three programs - First Steps, Healthy Families and Sus Amigos - even though CCI has many other programs. Allocations are made annually by a seven-member committee, which is currently headed by Mike Kissane.In February or March, each agency turns in its budget package, which includes financial information as well as details about the agency's programs, Kissane said.
Laurie Hahn, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016
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