NORTH WEBSTER – Organizers say this year’s “Heart of the Community” fundraiser for the North Webster Community Center will be the biggest and best ever.
Editor, Times-Union:The Scandal surrounding former Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett is an indication of the length that radical factions of the GOP will go to in their war on public schools and the middle class.
Editor, Times-Union:Why Syria is a target: In July three oil ministers from Iran, Iraq and Syria met to sign an agreement to build a 6,000 Km pipeline from Iran’s giant natural gas reserve to Europe under the Mediterranean.
BLOOMINGTON – Outside of having a state champion, the Warsaw Tigers had a very good day at Friday's 110th annual boys track and field state finals in Bloomington.
10 Years AgoCecil Likens was honored by his family on his 100th birthday, July 13, at Mason Health Care. He was born in Griffith in 1903. He married Oma Batz Wilkinson in May 1926. She died in 1979. He had a stepson, Garner. In 1929, the family moved to Kendallville where Cecil went to work for an electrical contractor as an electrician. In December 1931, he began work with the Kendallville Municipal Light and Water Department in the maintenance department. He was promoted to chief engineer in 1950 and became the plant superintendent in 1952. He retired in 1963 and moved back to North Webster where he became an avid fisherman. He married Wauneta Deaton in 1980. She died in 1991. He has three step-grandchildren and seven step-great grandchildren.25 Years AgoThe Giants won the regular season and the tourney in the Senior Pony League division. Team members are Chris Fager, Kevin Tennant, Travis Bradford, Linc Howard, Eric Shipp, Jeff Lackey, Doug Light, Brook Allen, Gregg Keele, Rodney Jackson, Coach Keele and Coach Light. Winning the Junior Pony League Championship were the Mets: Brian Davis, Matt Smith, Brian Swanson, Ryan Winter, Stu Neiswonger, Jeremy Gasner, Ryan Long, Ray Reed, Joey Holloway, Ben Schroeder, Coach Randy Swanson, Coach Rex Reed and Coach Larry Long. 50 Years AgoTen of the remaining members of the Winona College of Agriculture, Class of 1913, held their 50th reunion at the Westminster Hotel. The Class of 1913 had 28 persons. All were engaged in a form of agriculture at one time. Herbert A. Warner, Rochester, is a member of the class. His classmates are E. I. Culp; R. W. Keith, professor of the group when they were in college; H. Dwight Spencer; R. J. Sayles; Jesse Bandelier; Vern Parker; Paul Richer; Russell White; Conrad Sitkberg, of Kokomo. Four others were unable to attend. The rest are deceased. 75 Years AgoThe City Council voted to sell three pieces of real estate the city has owned for a number of years to the highest bidder. Sealed bids will be opened at the next meeting Monday, July 11. The Rice property, formerly the old west-end fire house on Market Street across from the Peterson Lumber Co.; the old east-end fire house property on Center Street west of the Klingel Laundry in Morton Place addition; and the Martin Peterson property in Pierceton. Mr. Peterson had willed this property to the city many years ago for “the poor of Warsaw.” He died 14 years ago, but his widow had a life estate until her death. City attorney Everett E. Rasor will ask Judge Donald Vanderveer to appoint three appraisors for the property to be sold. Proceeds from these sales will go into the general fund of the City of Warsaw.
FORT WAYNE — The Warsaw volleyball team lost a lot of talent from last year’s 27-6 squad, but didn’t seem to miss a beat in its season opener.
Warsaw-Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce President Mark Dobson requested a $10,000 appropriation from the city to be used for alley improvements for the city’s facade grant program.