Third District Congressman Mark Souder Wednesday night toured Serenity House, a recovery home in Warsaw that helps men overcome drug and alcohol addictions.
Everything from ISTEP to Claypool and Silver Lake schools to the 1-to-1 Initiative and coaches' evaluations was covered at the Warsaw School Board Monday night.
10 Years Ago October 2 1998 Bret Allen Hite of Syracuse was selected for inclusion in the 1998 edition of "Outstanding Young Men of American." Since 1966, the program has honored men and women between the ages of 21 and 40 who have distinguished themselves in service to their communities, professional leadership, academic achievement, business advancement, cultural accomplishments and civic and political participation. 25 Years Ago October 2 1983 Sonya L. Harman, daughter of Richard and Lorene Harman, Leesburg, has been selected to join the Alpha Pi Chapter of the international business fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi at Indiana University, Bloomington. Harman, a 1982 graduate of Warsaw Community High School, is a sophomore at Indiana University and is majoring in quantitative business analysis. 50 Years Ago October 2 1958 Larry L. Yeiter, of Atwood, was one of 20 young men who took oaths as Indiana State Troopers at Stout Field, Indianapolis. Yeiter was immediately assigned to duty on the Indiana toll road in northern Indiana. 75 Years Ago October 2 1933 William Wiggins of 943 E. Garfield St., has a Guinea bean growing on his lot that measures 44 inches in length and 17 inches in circumference. Wiggins secured the seed for the plant from New York state.
WINONA LAKE - The U.S. Department of Justice recently awarded Grace College a $1.07 million grant for he development of a new Integrated Community Response Training Center.
Editor, Times-Union:Like many fellow Americans across this great nation, I, too, am fed up with our current government and especially our Congressional leadership and the partisan bickering that has plagued our nation for the past four years. But why should I, or anyone else, believe that Barack Hussein Obama Jr., the Democratic presidential hopeful, is the one to bring "change" to this country?
NORTH MANCHESTER - Colleen Felabom, 81, of North Manchester, succumbed Sept. 27, 2008, in Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, Fort Wayne, and ascended into Heaven to be with her Heavenly Father and join her worldly father, mother, brother and sister, after an eight-month battle with colon cancer.
WINONA LAKE - The court at the Orthopaedic Capital Center looked more like a family reunion or graduation party than a scene following a volleyball match Tuesday.