10 Years Ago Reilley Joseph Mitchell Wood is the first baby of 2005, born at 7:13 a.m. New Year’s Day at Kosciusko Community Hospital to Joe and Nicole Wood of Warsaw. He weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and was 21 inches long. Grandparents are Mike and Karen Wood and P.J. and Sandy Heaphy, all of Warsaw. Anna Klatt and Michelle Voss, both of Warsaw Community High School, joined more than 450 high school juniors attending the 20th annual Richard G. Lugar Symposium for Tomorrow’s Leaders Dec. 11 on the campus of the University of Indianapolis. Coach Jim Kessler picked up the 500th win of his career, all at Grace College over 28 years. Junior David Richmond hit a three-pointer with less than a minute to play, giving Grace a 70-67 victory over Spring Arbor. 25 Years Ago David Martin Hoeppner was the first baby born in Kosciusko County in 1990. The 7-pound, 8-ounce infant was born at 3:42 p.m. New Year’s Day to Rhonda and Dan Hoeppner, Warsaw, and joins a sister, Angela, 3-1/2. Proud grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hoeppner, all of Warsaw. Warsaw, ranked second in the state, had to overcome a nine-point deficit to win its 41st regular-season game in a row to win the Tiger Tourney Invitational. The Lady Tigers beat the fourth-ranked Valparaiso Vikings 56-55 in overtime at the Tiger Den Saturday night. Kim Harrison made the winning basket. Warsaw, now 11-0, will play Wawasee Thursday. R.R. Donnelley & Sons purchased the Meredith/Burda Companies, jointly owned by corporations from Des Moines, Iowa and West Germany, closing in early 1990. 50 Years Ago Mary Pat VanOsdol, 1964 Kosciusko County March of Dimes poster girl, presented little Gayle Spencer, who will reign as the 1965 poster girl. The March of Dimes campaign begins Jan. 2. Gayle is also the Times-Union January calendar girl. Bill Wiley is the teen-age chairman for the campaign. The Ronald Holaway and Cecil Poe families were blessed with New Year’s Day babies, both born at 2:45 a.m. Friday at the Murphy Medical Center. An 8-pound, 7-ounce daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Holaway, Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. Poe, Liberty Mills, have a 6-pound, 10-ounce son. County treasurer Iva Carpenter, and Willodean Kincaide, head of the Kosciusko County Welfare Department, are retiring. William E. Ellis is the new county treasurer. 75 Years Ago Folks are bringing to the Times’ office interesting news about the 100-year-old Palestine Mill which burned last week and is to be rebuilt next week. The mill was built in 1838 by Ishmeal Summe, great-great-grandfather of Mentone citizen Lloyd Regenos, who still has the old books of the bill, containing names of Kosciusko’s early settlers. This mill, at first both a saw mill and grist mill, sawed the lumber for the first courthouse in Warsaw. A three-legged collie dog owned by Earl Boggs, of near Palestine, is reported fast enough to run down rabbits. The dog, who lost its leg in an accident years ago, is Boggs’ faithful pal.
