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10 Years AgoYou might say that racing runs through Tiara Cochran's blood. Her uncle is 1998 USAC Sprint Car Champion Tony Elliott. Her grandpa is Jim Elliott, who raced at the Warsaw Speedway.Tiara, 10, born without a right arm, has raced go-carts for almost three years. Her stepfather got her started, but her father, John, has really helped get her going.In her first year of go-cart racing, she won the very last race of the season. Since then, she said, she's won lots of races. Her friends at Akron Elementary are proud of her.25 Years AgoWarsaw Mayor Jeff Plank issued via the radio his second plea for volunteers to continue sandbagging efforts that have already begun as the water level continued to rise around the area. The most flooding in the city was in the Pike and Winona Lake areas. Approximately 75 volunteers from the city and county began appearing at the city street garage on West Market Street. Steadily rising rivers have forced Hoosiers from their homes and prompted flood emergencies, road closings and the activation of around-the-clock crews filling sandbags for worsening conditions.50 Years AgoThe "sock hop" may be on its way out. The Akron Kappa Delta Phi sorority recently sponsored a dance in Akron and all that danced could keep shoes on. Result, dance was ruled a success. Sock hops are being held in high school gyms in many areas. School officials have ruled that shoes damage gym floors.75 Years AgoIn an address given at the Warsaw High School on "Radicalism--Communism and Socialism," Prof. J. Raymond Schutz of Manchester College, North Manchester, claimed that communism and socialism strove for the same end but by different methods. Communism by force, cruelty and revolution, and Socialism by persuasion and the ballot box.
