Remember When 06.16.2010

10 Years AgoThe Tippecanoe Environmental Lake and Watershed Foundation received a $5,000 grant from the NiSource Environmental Challenge Fund recently. The money will be used to purchase biologs, wetland plants and prairie grass for the Foundation's Hanna B. Walker/Henwood Creek restoration project on CR 650N, on the north side of Tippecanoe Lake. Since 1995 more than $194,937 has been given to various projects in the state 25 Years AgoThis recipe is from the Spotlight Recipe Contest: Sweet And Sour Meatballs1 lb. ground chuck; 1 lb. sausage; 1 cup soft bread crumbs or oatmeal; 2 eggs, slightly beaten; 1/2 cup milk; 1/4 cup onion, finely chopped. Sauce: 1 can crushed pineapple; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/3 cup catsup; 1/3 cup vinegar; 1/8 cup soy sauce; 1-1/2 tsp. ginger; ground black pepper. Mix together crushed pineapple, brown sugar, catsup, vinegar, soy sauce and ginger. Add pepper to taste. Heat thoroughly. Prepare meatballs: Combine ingredients and shape into balls. Bake in a shallow pan at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes, or until they are well browned and slightly crusty. Top with above sauce; keep hot. Makes about 50 small balls. Barbara A. McClintic, Milford50 Years AgoTeen models for the 4-H Fashion Clinic conducted recently at Madison School were: Karen Freed, of Silver Lake; Jo Ann Royer, of North Webster; Judy Hoffer, of Warsaw; Sally Albert, of Leesburg; Beth Coble, of Pierceton, and Jeannine Witham, of Atwood. Planned to help 4-H girls prepare for the annual dress revue, the clinic included lectures on a good basic wardrobe, selection of suitable accessories, posture, fabrics, modeling and grooming.75 Years AgoJohn Gochenour, who attended college at Cambridge, Mass., arrived home recently to spend the summer with his parents, attorney and Mrs. Merl Gochenour.

Joining The Guard A Goal For Buller, Zumbrun

Operation Esperanza Launched By Non-Profits

Mentone Egg Plans Fail To Hatch

Mentone fell $29,000 short in its private quest for an egg-shaped water tower due to a increasingly competitive tank market. At Thursday's bid opening only one company offered an alternate bid for the egg-shaped structure at Thursday's bid opening.In all, three bids were received for the water storage tank. The Mentone Chamber of Commerce submitted a letter prior to the opening of bids pledging $30,000 to pay for the alternate tank.Their contribution was not close to the $59,000 one company tacked on its bid to manufacture the egg. All of the bids went way over what engineers said they would be, said Rita Price, president of the Mentone Chamber of Commerce. "If they would have come in at what the engineer said on the prebid we would have been all right," said a disappointed Price.

Betty’s, A Longtime Family-Owned Business, Closes

Trainers Sought For 'Reality Spanish' Class

Spanish-speaking individuals, who wish to pass the language on to others are invited to become "Reality Spanish" trainers. Reality Spanish is a customized course - honed to apply in various situations.For example, information gathering in an emergency room is vastly different from a discussion about job safety. The Reality Spanish system provides effective communications skills within these contexts - for educators, healthcare personnel, law enforcement, first responders and businesses. Kosciusko County Community Foundation Executive Director Suzie Light introduced LingoLynx representatives Gaye Tiepel and Molly Lynx last fall.Since then, plans have been formed to create a "Beta" community of Reality Spanish in Kosciusko County. At the completion of the integrated community model, Reality Spanish trainers would be certified with a goal of teaching 200 students the "reality-based" method.

KLA Cadets Learn About Philanthropy In Kosciusko County

Swaim To Lead Winona Council, Duncan Named V.P.

WINONA LAKE – During its short meeting Tuesday, the Winona Lake Town Council elected its president and vice president and approved two resolutions.

Locals Travel To Help Tsunami Victims

WINONA LAKE - To do what they could, several locals traveled to India recently to help with tsunami relief. Mike Taylor and his daughter Rebekah, along with two physicians, a physician's assistant, a nurse and a post-traumatic stress counselor, traveled the approximate 9,065 miles to India Feb.4-14 to help with tsunami relief efforts. "We just went to help with tsunami relief, specifically medical, that was our focus," said Mike, Grace Brethren International Missions director of personnel, Africa regional director, Winona Lake. Mike also is a physician's assistant, working part time at MedStat.Rebekah, a Warsaw Community High School senior, served as the group's "pharmacist" while on the trip, dispensing medications per doctors' orders. It is estimated 16,389 people died in India, the third hardest-hit area, because of the tsunami.Only Indonesia (234,730) and Sri Lanka (30,957) are estimated to have higher death tolls.

Trail Extension Surveying Work To Begin; Trails Master Plan Committee To Meet

Surveying work for the Chinworth Trail extension will be started within a few days, Triad Associates Project Site Manager John Nelson told the Kosciusko County Parks and Recreation Board Thursday.

Workout Anytime Scheduled For Late Spring Opening

Workout Anytime is set for a late spring opening at 2880 Frontage Road, Warsaw.

Barbee Group Clarifies Plans For Future

BARBEE LAKE- The Barbee Lakes Conservancy District restated its purpose at Tuesday night's monthly meeting. After some confusion arose regarding the new board's intentions, board members clarified their plans for the future. "It's a two-prong thing," said Barry Hecker, president of the board."One is that we're going to study the lake and try to do that using the LARE feasibility study." The Lake and River Enhancement study tests the water quality and sources of contamination. The second point of the BLCD is to investigate the other technologies available that may help solve the problems with the densely populated low-lying areas by the lake. If the LARE program reveals that all septic systems are polluting the lake, then, according to Hecker, they will be back on the original plan. While the board waits for the results of the LARE study, it is continuing its plans to investigate other options.

Biology Teacher Writes First Book

For three decades Peggy Ciula has taught biology. Though she retired at the end of the 2011-12 school year from Warsaw Community High School, Ciula will continue teaching biology to students, but in a different capacity.

Hornaday 50th

Jim and Valerie Hornaday, North Webster, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently with an open house dinner at Maple City Chapel, Goshen, hosted by their children.

Michelle Elizabeth Belleshire

Retired Tigers Residents Grateful To Have Old Glory Flying Again

The American flag now flies in front of the Retired Tigers Apartments, 320 W. Main St., Warsaw, thanks to Phillips Tree Service, Pierceton.

Warsaw BZA Approves 3 Petitions, Including 1 For Outside Storage Of Sheds

Without any remonstrators, all three petitions before the Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals on Tuesday were quickly approved.

Whitko Set To Start Building Renovations

PIERCETON - The long process to begin renovation of buildings in the Whitko Community School Corp.began at Monday's school board meeting with the first public hearing. The needs of the four schools - Pierceton and South Whitley elementaries and Whitko middle and high schools - were described, and limits on the costs of the renovations were discussed. Gary Watkins, architect, said Pierceton Elementary would need such renovations as replacement doors and window walls, removal of asbestos tile in the hallways, plumbing changes and a new telephone, intercom and public address system. South Whitley Elementary is in line for, among other things, a new fire alarm system, replacement boilers and removal of underground fuel tanks. Plans for Whitko Middle School include replacing some exterior doors and walks and upgrading the fire alarm system in the industrial tech area.

Remember When 2.29.08

10 Years Ago February 29 1998 When 82-year-old Juanita Warner of Warsaw became a great-great-grandmother on Dec. 22, she accomplished a feat for which she never could have planned. The birth of Dixie Leigh Wilkinson gave Warner a chance to pose for the third five-generation picture of her lifetime. 25 Years Ago February 29 1983 Warsaw Elks Lodge 802 has named Gerald William Yeager as January Teenager of the Month. Yeager, 18, son of Dixie and Charles Yeager, is a senior at Warsaw Community High School. He has participated in varsity football and baseball for three years. He was also a member of the school newspaper staff and boys cheerblock. 50 Years Ago February 29 1958 SP 3 Chauncey L. Bennett, son of Ruth Bennett, Burket, has completed an eight-week course for dental assistants at the army medical service school, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Chauncey has been in service one year, took his basic at Fort Carson, Colo. He's a 1953 graduate of Burket High School and worked for Jomac Co. in Warsaw. 75 Years Ago February 29 1933 Eli Keplinger, of 1224 E. Main St., is the owner of a government land grant conveyance paper signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830 conveying a quarter section of Ohio land to Peter Hack, grandfather of Mr. Keplinger. The bold signature of President "Old Hickory" Jackson is in the President's own handwriting, made 103 years ago and is highly prized by Keplinger.

Winona Looks At Options For CR 250E

WINONA LAKE - Ronald Bonar and Wesley W.Downing from Bonar Group, Fort Wayne, want to completely reconstruct CR 250E. The Winona Lake Town Council invited Bonar and Downing to discuss the possible upgrading and/or reconstruction of CR 250E Tuesday. Warren Gruenewald, from Kosciusko County Highway Department, was also present to discuss the future of CR 250E. In an earlier council meeting, Gruenewald and Robert D.Ladson, also from Kosciusko County Highway Department, said they were basically looking at a little bit of widening and repaving. Gruenewald said Tuesday that the county wants to resurface CR 250E and widen it 2 feet on each side, as compared to the total reconstruction Bonar Group is proposing. "Everything is tentative," Gruenewald said."Nothing is planned at this time." The council made no decision Tuesday for CR 250E.