Skate Competition Saturday Mantis Skate Park will host its annual skate park competition Saturday. The event is at 400 Little League Drive in Boggs Industrial Park. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. at the park., with competition starting at 11 a.m. The cost to register is $5 per skater. Admission for spectators is free, and the community is encouraged to come enjoy the competition. Skaters will participate in one of four divisions: beginner, novice, intermediate and professional. Prizes will be awarded in each division. The rain date for the competition will be Aug. 9. Mantis Skate Park is owned and operated by Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department. Sponsors for the skate competition include KARMA, Penguin Point, The Lake House and Staffords Solid Waste Inc. For more information, call 574-372-9554.
Warsaw Elks Holds Golf Scramble Warsaw Elks Lodge #802 held its 8th Annual Jimmy Baker Memorial Scramble Sunday at The Rozella Ford Country Club. There were 100 golfers who participated in the charity event supporting The Jimmy Baker Memorial Diabetes Fund and two college scholarships for seniors in Kosciusko County. Elliott’s Trailers and Carts donated a golf cart for a hole-in-one prize. Spectators and golfers enjoyed a day of fun, prizes and steak dinner following the tournament in the evening. The low round and $200 first place prize went to Steve Garza, Kayla Brown, Bobby Likens and Ryan Sloan.
DUI Checkpoints Scheduled County and local law enforcement agencies participating in the Kosciusko County DUI Taskforce will continue to conduct roving patrols and sobriety checkpoints during the months of July. The project is made possible through grants received by the Governor’s Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving. The Kosciusko County DUI Taskforce has scheduled checkpoints from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on July 25. Law enforcement agencies involved are: • Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department • Mentone Police Department • Milford Police Department • Pierceton Police Department • North Webster Police Department • Silver Lake Police Department • Syracuse Police Department • Warsaw Police Department • Winona Lake Police Department
Free HIV Test Aug. 4 Fort Wayne AIDS Task Force will offer free HIV testing from 1:15 to 4 p.m. Aug. 4 at the Kosciusko County Health Department, K21 Health Services Pavilion, 1515 Provident Drive, Suite 160, Warsaw. No appointment is needed. Results are in 20 minutes.
WCPL Hosting Guitar Concert Warsaw Community Public Library is hosting a Classical Guitar Music concert Tuesday. The event is at 6:30 p.m. Michael Wadkins is a freelance composer and is finishing his bachelor’s degree in Music Technology at IPFW. He has played guitar for 8 years and studied classical music for 4 years. He will be playing music from Spain, Germany, Austria, Brazil, and Cuba with selections from Tarrega, Weiss, Mertz, Villa-Lobos, and Brouwer spanning from late Baroque to present day. Kurt Roembke is a student at IPFW finishing two degrees in Music Technology and Music Performance. He has played guitar for 9 years with a variety of groups and ensembles ranging from classical, jazz and rock. He will be playing music from Germany and Spain with selections from Weiss and Sor from the Baroque and Classical eras. Register for this free program by calling WCPL at 574-267-6011 or going online at www.warsawlibrary.org
Walorski Staff Hours Announced A member of Congesswoman Jackie Walorski’s staff will hold office hours July 30 at Syracuse Town Hall, 310 N. Huntington St. The event is from 9 a.m. to noon.
