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10 Years AgoIf a professional basketball career doesn't work out, there's always acting. Child actor Terren Raphael, North Manchester, dreams of being famous. His first choice is to be a professional basketball player like Scottie Pippen or Michael Jordan. But Raphael said whichever of the two is working out best for him, that will be the career he'll pursue. At age 10, he's already on his way to succeed in his dream of fame and fortune. Raphael, a fourth-grade honor student at Laketon Elementary school and former Lincoln Elementary School student, will be appearing in a made-for-television movie, "Our Father."25 Years AgoKosciusko County Fair officials will promote a "new fair" this year that will include a new midway, headline entertainment and a $2 gate admission. After 70 years of providing free gate admission, Kosciusko County Fair Association board members opted to charge $2 admission because of needed building repairs and the lack of funds for other purposes.50 Years AgoMrs. Robert Silveus, Etna Green, returned recently from Riverside, Calif., where she visited her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Garcia. Mrs. Garcia, the former Terry Silveus, accompanied her mother home for a visit in Etna Green.Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wilson and daughter, Janis, of West Winona Avenue, are back from a Florida vacation. They visited friends in Sarasota and spent a week with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilson and two children in Orlando.75 Years AgoA total of 620 season tickets for the sectional basketball tournament were disposed of when the sale closed on Thursday afternoon last week, according to Principal Loren Chastain of the local school.The sales by schools were: Atwood, 17; Beaver Dam, 24; Burket, 17; Claypool, 9; Etna Green, 12; Leesburg, 27; Mentone, 34; Milford, 28; Pierceton, 17; Sidney, 13; Silver Lake, 30; Syracuse, 28; and Warsaw, 367.
