Editor, Times-Union:My name is Dustin Pruitt. I’m currently serving time in the Kosciusko County Jail. I got sentenced back in November 2011 to a two-year do one-year sentence. I was breaking in to cars to support my heroin/meth habit. I kept my drug use a secret for three and a half years from family and close friends; or at least I thought I was keeping a secret.
10 Years Ago As he graduated from Warsaw Community High School Friday, senior Jeremy Pifer left behind a legacy few other students have come close to. He hasn’t missed a single day of school. Ever. Not in elementary school. Not in middle school. Not even in high school. Counting every day from kindergarten to graduation, Pifer figures that’s 2,338 days of perfect attendance. Pifer, 18, is the son of Tom and Dixie Pifer.25 Years Ago Kosciusko County remained in the top 10 of Indiana’s 92 counties with the lowest unemployment rate, according to statistics released this week. The Indiana Employment Security Division reported Kosciusko’s unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of 1 percent since March. Preliminary figures for April show Kosciusko County at 4 percent, down from the revised 4.1 percent figure in March.50 Years Ago Three Kiwanians from Warsaw and their wives will attend the 47th annual convention of Kiwanis International in Denver, Colo., June 10 to 14. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Delp, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Creighton and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Huffer will join some 15,000 other Kiwanians, their wives and families in a return visit to Denver by Kiwanis after an absence of 38 years. Kiwanis last met in the Rocky Mountain capital in 1924.75 Years Ago North Manchester – Approximately 50 men are now employed in the building of the new addition to the Peabody Memorial Home for aged people, which is located at the west side of this city. The new wing will be an exact replica of the present main building and also will be joined to the recently built chapel by a covered walkway. It will double the capacity of the institution, making it one of the largest of its kind.
I think Mitt Romney should release as many tax records as his opponents want to see. So far, he’s released his 2010 tax return and is planning to release the one from 2011 by mid-October.
The mission statement of Combined Community Services is “Combining community services to provide comfort, hope and resources for neighbors in need.”
The practice of rubber stamping appointments to local boards by the Kosciusko County Council appears to be ending after Thursday night’s meeting.
“Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch.” Students of humor will associate this line with some of the founding clowns of American comedy, such as Lou Costello and the Three Stooges.