Letters to the Editor 05-24-2001
- Youth Praised - Lincoln Highway - Dog Shot - Honor Vets - Likes Lakeside Youth Praised Editor, Times-Union: I witnessed something from a group of youth this past Saturday which deserves public praise. In today's youth, there is a growing number of disillusioned youth who are turning away from Christianity and toward Wiccon---the occult.Saturday at the pro-life concert in Warsaw's Center Lake Park, two gentlemen were handing out leaflets titled "Ban the Bible."It was put out by a group called "Committee on Decency in USA."It was full of cult-type lies, double-talk and deceptions on the Holy Bible.
Wawasee Retains Control Of 'W' Trophy
SYRACUSE -ÊWarsaw hung with No.9 (4A) Wawasee for three-and-a-half quarters as the two teams battled for the "W" Trophy Friday night at Warrior Field during Wawasee's homecoming. A couple of ill-timed penalties and an interception, coupled with too much Joe Leach, did the Tigers in as they fell to the Warriors 42-21. It was the fourth straight year Warsaw fell to their Kosciusko County and Northern Lakes Conference rivals. Warsaw and Wawasee were tied at 21 after three quarters. The Warriors quickly went up 28-21 when Leach, Wawasee's do-it-all quarterback, rushed for a touchdown from two yards out with 10:35 left in the game to cap an 11-play, 68-yard drive. On the ensuing possession, Warsaw gave the ball right back to Wawasee when Tiger senior quarterback Tyler Akers' pass, intended for junior Daniel Conrad, was tipped by Wawasee's Tylor Trobaugh and picked off by Tanner Benzinger.
Roder's Gone, But Blosser's Delivered For NorthWood
NAPPANEE -ÊWhile Purdue University touts itself as the "Cradle of Quarterbacks" for college football, NorthWood High School might take that same title for high schools. "If you go back though the years, we have had several all-conference and all-state quarterbacks," said NorthWood coach Rich Dodson."The type of offense we run puts the quarterback at the front.Coach (Gene) Zercher also has the ability to get the best out of his quarterbacks." After Charlie Roeder, who was voted the top quarterback in Indiana in 1999, graduated last season, many folks around the NorthWood area thought the Panthers would see a down year, at least in the quarterback slot. However, this year's NorthWood signal caller, Mike Blosser, has stepped into the quarterback position and carved out a niche for himself. "It was hard, but I knew I could fill (Roeder's) shoes," said Blosser.
Patrick's First Superstar Recalls 1963
High school boys basketball in Indiana has seen the winds of change, but at least one thing has stood the test of time: Bill Patrick. How things have changed since Patrick, the gray-haired 61-year-old who commands the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings, took his first varsity coaching position some 30 years ago. Patrick, a 1956 graduate of Sidney High School, began his coaching career in a time when heroes came to be by putting a leather ball in an iron hoop, a time when most boys knew two things: basketball and farming. Patrick picked up his first varsity win Nov.1, 1963, at Sidney High School, a school with 69 students in grades 9-12, when his players were named Jerry Walther, Henry Whitaker, and the Leiter boys, Tom and John.Today he will guide Tippecanoe Valley, a school of 700, against Northfield with players named Craig Kuhn, Noah Silveus, Dax Snyder and the Eaton Brothers, Brandon and Trey, as he searches for win No.500.
Terry White, Michael Peoples Honored At Inaugural Winona Family Fest
Both award recipients were surprised Saturday when their names were called during the program portion of the first annual Winona Lake Family Festival. Dr. Terry White received the 2018 Bill Reneker Memorial Community Service Award; while Michael Peoples received the Limitless Award.
