Times-Union Court News 02-20-2001

Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Sharon Christner: • Federico Rivera Rodriguez, 25, and Maria Alma Salinas Martinez, 25, both of North Shaffer Street, Milford. • Jasen Dee Gibbens, 28, Knightsville, and Stacy J.Sears, 37, North Buffalo Street, Warsaw. • Bruce E.Sarber, 38, and Shari A.Moore, 30, both of Grandview Drive, Warsaw. • Jared Alan Miller, 22, New Paris, and Sheila May Robinson, 18, South CR 450W, Claypool. • Jay Lee Carlson, 29, and Jaime Lee Heckaman, 24, both of East Prairie Street, Leesburg. • David Steven Hettinger, 24, and Tasha Marie Parker, 17, both of East Prairie Street, Leesburg. • David Gilbert Riddell, 51, and Karla Sue Wagoner, 49, both of West Center Street, Warsaw. • Victor Manuel Tayagua Montoya, 25, Hillside Drive, Syracuse, and Rosalia Lua Valencia, 21, Ligonier.

Wage Committee Recommendations Aired To County Council

Letters to the Editor 03-20-2006

- Valley Principal Responds - Valley Injustice - Important Ordinance - Valley Apology - Valley Injustice - Iraq Valley Principal Responds Editor, Times-Union: Our boys basketball team was honored to have won our IHSAA sectional and participate in the regional tournament at Blackford High School on March 11.While we did not win our round-one game with Jay County High School, the Tippecanoe Valley community can be proud of the way our student athletes represented our school, community and Kosciusko County.Even in defeat they were winners and demonstrated how athletics, at its best, should look.

Bowen Breaks Ground On New Health Clinic In Warsaw

Bowen Center is in the process of relocating and updating all of its clinics in its five core counties.

Letters to the Editor 05-20-1997

- Wawasee Goals - Scholarship - Federal Judges - Food Booth - Mason Health Care - Water Bills - Thanks - 4-H Thanks - Equine Seminar Thanks - KCH Auxiliary Thanks - Memorial Day Wawasee Goals Editor, Times-Union: Last Tuesday evening an event occurred that probably has never happened in any school corporation, including Wawasee Community School Corporation.Approximately 150 community members gathered at our local high school for a discussion of educational goals and issues pertaining primarily to our local school corporation.

Triton OKs Salary Increases

BOURBON - Triton School Board approved a 2.1 percent raise for all school corporation employees Monday. Along with the pay raises came an increase in employee health insurance contributions of $250 for single employees and $350 for employees with families.The board also approved a 2.1 percent salary increase for all school administrators except Triton Junior-Senior High School assistant principal Glenn Weidner, whose salary will stay the same. The increase boosts the administrators' earnings to the following totals: elementary principal Tom Bowers, $72,640; elementary assistant principal Kay Lattimer, $60,142; Junior-Senior High School principal Mike Chobanov, $77,000; assistant principal Glenn Weidner $69,750; athletic director Mike Byron, $62,141; schools superintendent Ted Chittum, $89,848.

iZone Debuts At DePuy

DePuy, a Johnson & Johnson Co., Wednesday revealed the iZone Operating Room of Tomorrow, which displays incorporation of Intelligent Orthopaedics into knee and hip replacement procedures. The iZone also will provide training facilities for the new intiative, iOrthopaedicsª, launched in March, which is designed to improve products in three areas: implant functionality, implant survivorship and the surgeon's ability to perform less invasive procedures more accurately. DePuy's iOrthopaedics offering is the Ciª System, the first totally integrated, customizable, computer-assisted surgical package for total knee replacement.The iZone has the capability of demonstrating current and future technology in an operating room environment.

Remember When October 7

10 Years Ago October 7 1990 Jeremy Hepler and Nichole Nelson were crowned the Triton Homecoming King and Queen Friday night.Nelson, of Etna Green, is the daughter of Joe and Lola Nelson.Hepler is the son of Devon Hepler, Bourbon. 25 Years Ago October 7 1975 Dorian Luckenbill was all smiles as she received a bouquet after being named the 1975 Warsaw Homecoming Queen.Dorian, a senior, is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Lewis Luckenbill, 2403 E.Market St., Warsaw. 50 Years Ago October 7 1950 Tom Keough, Winona Lake, made the front page of the Kalamazoo College newspaper, the Index, in a recent issue, with a lengthy humorous feature story describing H-week on the campus.

Local PGA Pro Hepler Has Fond Memories Of Stewart

"I played with him in his first professional tournament in Chicago in 1979, and we became friends," said Hepler, owner of the local Raccoon Run Golf Course."But that's just the way he was.He made friends with everyone he played with." After that first meeting in 1979, Hepler and Stewart ran into each other several times and got to be good friends.In fact, Hepler persuaded Stewart to come to Warsaw in 1993 for the Stonehenge Pro Am. "The Stonehenge Pro Am charity event was held eight years in a row, from '89 to '97," said Hepler."I finally talked him into coming in 1993.I had asked him to come for it every year, but he usually had other tournaments or commitments." That year turned out to be one of the most successful for the event.Jim Gallagher was at the event the same year, and just two weeks later, he and Stewart competed as members of the Ryder Cup team.

Record Number Attend Right To Life Banquet

WINONA LAKE - More than 450 people attended the annual Kosciusko County Right To Life Banquet Monday at Rodeheaver Auditorium.Jeff Neumann, principal of Madison Elementary School, was the emcee. Following the presentation of colors and the invocation, U.S.Rep.Mark Souder, seeking re-election, and State Sen.Becky Skillman, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, spoke briefly about their views and voting records on pro-life issues.Included in the information provided with the program were surveys on local candidates and where state and federal candidates stand on abortion issues. Music was provided by the Marian High School Choir and Lauren Kreager, who sang "I Am," written by Joe Higgenbotham.

Zimmer Holdings To Acquire Implex Corp.

Zimmer Holdings Inc.and Implex Corp., a privately held New Jersey company, announced Monday that Zimmer has agreed to acquire Implex common stock and cash escrow. Under the agreement, Implex will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Zimmer. Each share of Implex stock will be converted into the right to receive Zimmer common stock and cash.The value of the sale was approximately $108 million at closing with additional value in the form of Zimmer common stock payments contingent on growth of Implex product sales through 2006. In 2000, Zimmer entered into an exclusive, worldwide strategic alliance for commercialization of Implex's innovative Hedrocel¨ biomaterial, which Zimmer has marketed as Trabecular Metalª Technology.

Commissioners OK Request For Drug Education Program

Every year, the Kosciusko Coalition on Drug Education presents its program proposals to the county commissioners for approval. And once again Tuesday the commissioners unanimously approved the amounts to be funded.The funding now must be approved by the Kosciusko County Council. The funding comes from user fees from the county clerk's office - not tax dollars - and will be used for drug prevention, education, intervention, treatment and law enforcement in the county. For 2003, KCODE received requests totaling $150,904.03.The amount approved to be funded totals $86,000.Of the amount to be funded, $34,800 will go toward prevention and education, $21,500 toward intervention and treatment, $22,700 toward law enforcement and $7,000 for multiple service areas.

Leesburg Residents May Receive Sewer Bills In Spring

LEESBURG - Once construction begins on the new sewer system, Leesburg residents will begin to receive partial bills to help pay for the project.

YMCA Completes Youth Center Renovation

Youth in Kosciusko County have a newly renovated place to spend their free time. The Kosciusko Community YMCA recently completed the renovation of the facility's youth center.

WCPL, Ivy Tech Showcase Historical Documents Dating Back To 1250

Imagine having the experience of holding in your hands a third printing of the Declaration of Independence originally printed in 1777, or a copy of the Magna Carta translated to English from the 1576 original document.

Triton Trying To Reach Next Level

BOURBON - The Triton Trojans are in familiar territory. With one more win, they won't be.

Tiger Hoops Coach On Hot Seat

Doug Ogle's future as the Warsaw Community High School varsity boys basketball coach may hinge on a meeting tonight.

Ahlersmeyer Un-BEE-lievable In Win

In one of the most hotly contested county spelling bees in recently memory, the kid with the tough name to spell was the champ.

Crystal Bernard Featured At Country Music Fest

Rising artists with varied backgrounds will highlight Saturday's annual Country Music Harvest Festival. Instead of local or regional talent, the festival this year will feature up-and-coming national talent. Crystal Bernard, who rose to prominence as a co-star on the TV sitcom "Wings," is in the midst of expanding a music career that has labored in the shadows of her Hollywood career. Bernard will headline the show with support from The Ranch, an Australian country band, and Diamond Back, which performed last year under the name Clearwater. Instead of being a day-long festival, this year's event will begin at 6 p.m.in Central Park and will not include arts and crafts booths. Bernard, who's released a CD and video and will host CMT's Labor Day weekend video countdown program will surely showcase her single, "Have We Forgotten What Love Is," which she co-wrote with Billy Dean. Bernard is as much a songwriter and singer as she is an actress.

Biomet Partners With Doctors Of Conjoined Twins

A local orthopedic company is in the process of mapping "a pathway through new territory" by becoming involved with the reconstructive surgery process on recently separated conjoined twins. According to Dr.Dane Miller, president and CEO of Biomet Inc., Biomet will become a commercial partner with the doctors in Dallas, Texas, who are caring for Ahmed and Mohamed Ibrahim, 2-year-old conjoined twins who were separated Oct.11 in a 34-hour surgery. The boys were joined at the tops of their heads.Skin expanders, placed in their heads and thighs about five months ago, created tissue that was used to cover the wounds resulting from the separation. Most recently, the boys are off antibiotics, and Mohamed sat up Tuesday, with the help of a therapist, for the first time in his 2-year life. As the toddlers begin to move around independently, it's more critical than ever for them to have a safe covering for their skull wounds. That's where Biomet will help.