Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
10 Years Ago
Shanna Zolman, Wawasee, scored her 2,870th career point to become the greatest scorer in Indiana high school girls basketball history. The historic moment came Saturday afternoon in a game against Elkhart Memorial before a packed arena at Elkhart’s North Side gym. IHSAA assistant commissioner Theresia Wynns presented Shanna with the game ball.
25 Years Ago
The curtain goes up up for the first time on the Warsaw Community Schools’ elementary band this Tuesday in the Middle School gym. Some 400 students have been receiving free instruction in grades five and six since October, as the instrumental music program in the Warsaw schools undergoes a major expansion. Last fall, Band Director Martin Becker, Assistant Director Dan Burton and instructors Donna Person and Phil Eherenman visited all elementaries to promote the band program, display instruments and to distribute information. This free concert is the first opportunity for parents and friends to listen to this new band.
50 Years Ago
Judy Bryan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bryan of Syracuse, was a first-place winner in the Tangerine Bowl Twirling contest held at Orlando, Fla., during the Christmas holidays.
Fred McKown Jr., of Warsaw, presented the McKown Trophy to Claypool High School cheerleaders Susie Parker, Barbara Heckman and Becky Wertenberger, between halves of the championship game at the county basketball tournament. The Claypool cheerleaders were chosen by non-partisan judges as the best in the tourney.
75 Years Ago
Hippolite “Dan” Netter, long-time Warsawan, today celebrated his 85th birthday and gave many of his old friends uptown a pleasant call. He is in good health and active. Mr. Netter was born in Alsace Lorraine, France, and at 17 ran away from home to join the French army against the Germans in the war of 1870 in which he fought for many months. As a young man he emigrated to America, settled at Pierceton where he operated a meat market before coming to Warsaw more than 45 years ago.
