Mangas Leads Tigers Past Panthers

FORT WAYNE – Malik Williams, Fort Wayne Snider’s 7-foot standout and University of Louisville recruit, was the featured attraction in Saturday’s high school basketball game against Warsaw.

West Leads Whitko Over No. 7 Southwood

SOUTH WHITLEY – Normally, Whitko’s River West works on the offensive perimeter, looking to get open for a three-point shot.

Lady Tigers Pull Away From Plymouth In NLC Opener

The Warsaw Lady Tigers started Northern Lakes Conference play Saturday with an impressive finish.

County Council OK’s New Sewer District Petition

Kosciusko County Council members voted 6-0 Thursday to submit a petition to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to form the Tippecanoe/Chapman Regional Sewer District, but not without some emotion.

BZA Approves Silver Lake Couple’s Home-Based Business

A Silver Lake couple took another step toward starting their home-based business  by getting approved for a variance and an exception for their property by the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals Tuesday.

Community Stepping Up With Donations To WCN’s Hurricane Helene Disaster Relief Efforts

At least 230 people across six southeast U.S. states lost their lives due to Hurricane Helene and damage estimates are projected to be $30.5 billion to $47.5 billion, or more.

Chip Shots: Enjoy The Silence

Depeche Mode’s album (remember those) Violator was released in 1990, and one song – Enjoy The Silence - is playing in my head.

Warsaw Redevelopment Gives Final Approval For Expansion, Consolidation Of TIF Districts

A public hearing and confirmatory resolution approved by the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission on Monday were the final steps the commission had to take to expand and consolidate the Northern Economic and the Warsaw Central Development Areas.

Warsaw Schools Looks To Future Expansion

Warsaw Schools may soon buy a piece of property to be used for future expansion if everything goes as planned. The school board voted unanimously Monday to buy the property at 1206 Fisher Ave., adjacent to the WCS administration building and Washington Elementary.The price for the property is $76,000. According to state law, said superintendent Dr.Lee Harman, the board must first obtain two appraisals on the property and may only offer the average of the two.The appraisals were done, and the average of $76,000 was accepted by the property owners. "I think the best and highest use for that property is for the school corporation to own it and use it in educating our young people," Harman said. The board has no specific uses in mind for the property, but will hold onto it for future expansion needs.

Remember When March 30

10 Years Ago March 30 1992 The shuffleboard team from the Leesburg Keg Tavern took first place in round robin action of the Hoosier Shuffleboard League.Champion team members are Ortie Mann, Bob Roberts, Darrell Meck, Dave Holbrook, Tom Mallen, DeVon Sellers and Jake Sellers. 25 Years Ago March 30 1977 Warsaw Community High School basketball coach Jim Miller was awarded a plaque at the state finals in Indianapolis Saturday recognizing his 300th win as a Hoosier prep coach. 50 Years Ago March 30 1952 Mrs.Edwin Boyer was elected president of the Winona Literary Club at the meeting in the Rainbow room of the Westminster hotel.

Rotary Raises Record $53K For Salvation Army

When The Salvation Army came to Warsaw in 1921, one of its first supporters was the Warsaw Rotary Club.Eighty-three years later, that relationship continues with Rotary raising a record $53,632.24 for the Tree Of Lights campaign. The annual Phillipson-Howe Day, celebrating its 39th year, has raised more than an estimated $500,000 since 1965 for The Salvation Army. "The Rotary Club raised around $1,000 on that first 'Brice's Day' in 1965," said N.Bruce Howe, founding chairman of the event, at the weekly meeting on Dec.17."Brice was always overwhelmed by the response of Rotarians to help others in need.I wonder what he would think of this." Brigadier Brice Phillipson, Salvation Army officer, was a long-time resident of Winona Lake and active Rotary member until his death in 1972.Phillipson conducted the capital campaign to build the present home of The Salvation Army at 501 E.Arthur St.in Warsaw in 1957.

Tower Bank Coming To Warsaw In January

Tower Bank, headquartered in Fort Wayne, will break ground for a new bank at the corner of Main and Buffalo streets northeast of the courthouse square in January. "We chose this location because it is at the heart of the business district in Warsaw and the bank brings a unique opportunity to build excitement in downtown Warsaw," said Tower Bank Warsaw Community Bank President John Warren. Warren received the bank's design sketches Nov.6 from architect Doug Routh of SchenkelShultz Architecture, Fort Wayne.Warren said the bank is targeted to open for business in August 2007. The opening of Warsaw's branch will make the eighth Tower Bank in Northeast Indiana. There are six Tower Banks in Allen County and one in Angola. Trois Hart, vice president of marketing for Tower Bank, said the company has been looking to build other banks in communities where they will thrive.

Winona Addresses TIF Plan

WINONA LAKE - Further discussions on a rental property inspection ordinance and on establishing a Tax Incremental Financing district in Winona Lake will take place in a special meeting Monday. The Winona Lake Town Council will meet Monday at noon in the community building to review the inspection ordinance and the proposed TIF district.The meeting will be open to the public. Both subjects were mentioned in previous town council meetings, but council members said Tuesday they preferred to hold a special meeting to discuss them in depth. Items to be decided in the inspection ordinance include whether the restrictions would apply to all rental housing or only to multi-family housing, and the fee structure for inspections. Establishing a TIF district in Winona Lake would mean returning property tax money for use in that area of Winona Lake instead of giving it to the county or school district.

Planners Review Kohl's Design

Development and site plans for the 68,727-square-foot Kohl's store at Ind.15N and CR 300N were approved by the Warsaw Plan Commission Tuesday. Submitted by Thompson Thrift Management, construction is expected on the Brandt-Nye property.Paul Thrift said the company plans to start building early next year and open in 2005, too. Plans call for a 495-space parking lot situated north to south on the east side of the 5.85 acres of Lot 1A and the 3.73 acres of Lot 1B.The Kohl's building will be 68,727 square feet.Plans are to build an additional 30,000-square-foot retail space in the future. Approval was contingent upon the resolution of traffic lanes along CR 300N.Some concern has been raised about the possible conflict between cars entering and exiting the east entrance and exit according to Jeremy Spinner's comments.The developer has agreed to provide a condition with the approval that would block the first parking row on the east side if a conflict does occur.

CASA Fundraiser Attendance Grows

Participation continues to grow at the Taste of the Harvest fundraiser for Court Appointed Special Advocates.Approximately 250 people attended the annual event Friday at Center Lake Pavilion. Sally Mahnken, executive director of CASA of Kosciusko County, said, "We are very pleased with the response this year.We started with about 75 attendees.This year, we sold about 250 tickets and people were still calling Thursday and Friday." When asked how the event started, Mahnken said, "I had learned of a similar event with the wine-tasting theme that CASA in LaPorte County used as a fundraiser, and wondered if something similar would help us raise funds here.I mentioned the idea to Pat Likens, and the rest is history.Pat's interest and assistance were phenomenal; we couldn't have done it without her."Pat and her husband, Ed, continue to be an integral part of the event.Ed serves on CASA's board of directors.

Mayor, Clerk-Treasurer Respond To Election Questions

Why do you want to serve as the mayor of Warsaw? I want to continue to be a part of city government that fosters the greater Warsaw area to be a community that our young people can stay or return to pursue their career and family ambitions.By promoting our business climate and quality of life, I want to ensure our future generations are given the opportunity to call Warsaw their home of choice and be proud of it. What is the most important goal you wanted to see accomplished that has yet to be achieved? Enhancement of our infrastructure needs to provide a climate for economic development and job retention and creation.We are competing with cities and towns across the country to protect our most valuable asset, our people.

Gatke Contract Awarded

KelCon Construction was awarded the waste removal contract at the Gatke brownsfield site during Friday's Warsaw Board of Works meeting.The decision was tabled at the last BOW meeting.A quote presented by QEPI Construction held questions, which weren't resolved until this meeting. Quotes were allowed instead of bids because no bids were submitted in the first round of advertisement. KelCon, operated by Jack Kelley, has also been awarded the demolition phase of the Gatke project.

Webster Community Center Gets State Grant

NORTH WEBSTER - Hopefully, crossed fingers can straighten out with relief because the Community Focus Fund grant for the North Webster Community Center was approved at the maximum level - $500,000. The building will house the activities of the Lakeland Youth Center, a senior activity center, the North Webster/Tippecanoe Library, the North Webster town offices and police department, as well as provide Kosciusko YMCA fitness programs.Future plans include an indoor walking track and a place to hold community events. The idea to transform the former elementary school building into a community center began almost as soon as the Wawasee School Corp.announced plans in June 1999 for a new elementary school. The North Webster Community Center Inc.was formed as a nonprofit organization, and purchased the building for $1 in February. Members of the Community Center board of directors and town council will travel to Indianapolis Wednesday to accept the grant.

State Chamber Previews Legislative Session

Words like "challenging" and "contentious" were used by Indiana Chamber of Commerce staff Wednesday to describe their predictions for the upcoming General Assembly session issues and effects. At a luncheon for members of Kosciusko County business, industry and government, lobbyists from the state Chamber said they expect the "hot" issues this year to be health care, tort reform, a repeal of prevailing wage reform, educational standards and the court-mandated property tax changes. Kathy M.McKimmie, the Chamber's vice president of human resources, said the 50-50 split in the state legislature between Democrats and Republicans will make this a "very interesting General Assembly to work with." She said the Chamber expects the legislature to tackle health care issues, including bills that regulate choice of health care providers and increased access to cost and quality information on specific health care providers.

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