For more than two decades, the City County Athletic Complex has brought millions of visitor dollars to the local community. Now, the CCAC is looking for just $61,000 to have enough money to buy the 65 acres from RR Donnelley it’s used since it started. It also has a limited amount of time to do it, according to Executive Director Karl Swihart.
In a change to the mayor’s annual “State of the City” address, Joe Thallemer decided to give it at a luncheon at The Vic instead of during a city council meeting. Monday’s event was hosted by the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce. The difference in time and place went well with the theme of Mayor Thallemer’s speech – growth and change.
AKRON – Laughing during a phone interview, Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball coach Bill Patrick said he wondered if the IHSAA actually draws the pairings for the state tournament.
SYRACUSE – After a 4-1 start to the season, Wawasee isn’t exactly on a hot streak heading into its sectional at the Hardwood Tepee Tuesday night. Since a double-overtime win over Whitko on Dec. 10, the Warriors are 1-16 and have lost nine straight.
SOUTH WHITLEY – Heading in to sectional play there are few secrets among teams. Everyone knows Whitko’s success is going to go through senior Nate Walpole, junior River West and sophomore Spencer Sroufe.
NORTH MANCHESTER – The formula for winning Tuesday’s sectional game against Lewis Cass sounds simple, said Manchester boys basketball coach Mark Underwood.
WINONA LAKE – To understand the excitement around the Lakeland Christian boys basketball team is to know a little bit about what the program’s been through in recent years.
Kittie Grill, 96, of Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake, passed away at 4:59 p.m. Feb. 26, 2017, at her residence. Arrangements are pending with Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.
Terry Lee Winteregg, beloved husband and father, of 2114 Whitetail Run, Warsaw, passed away at 11:40 a.m. Feb. 18, 2017, at Mason Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was born May 1, 1950, in Decatur, to Doyle and Phyllis Hoffman Winteregg. On Aug. 5, 1972, he married Kathy Habegger in Berne. Soon after, they moved to Warsaw.
AKRON – With all the ceremony and emotion surrounding senior night, and then adding a pregame recognition of a legendary coach, it can be hard to concentrate on the task at hand.