A benefit for the family of Aurora Shoemaker is scheduled for Nov. 10 starting at noon. It will be at Veterans of Foreign Wars 1126, 1350 W. Center St., Warsaw; phone number 574-267-2768. The event includes an auction, bake sale, 50/50s and raffles. A pulled pork dinner is $5 with baked beans and potato salad. Donations of items for the auction or bake sale are being requested. According to information provided, “The friends of the Shoemaker family feel there is a need to raise some funds to help with the expenses incurred during Shoemaker’s disappearance and her final arrangements.” All proceeds will be given to her father, Todd, to be distributed as he sees fit. Shoemaker, 18, went missing Aug. 16, 2012, and was found in a wooded area Sept. 29 near the intersection of CRs 175E and 350N, north of Warsaw, after young people playing in the area happened upon her remains.
