Ten Years Ago The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has named Grace College men's basketball coach Jim Kessler as the 2004-05 Coach of Character Award winner. Currently in his 28th year at Grace, Kessler is the first recipient of the award. Midway through this season, Coach Kessler won his 500th career game at Grace. He was named NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1992, inducted into the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Hall of Fame in 1994, and was presented with the NCCAA Meritorious Service Award in 1995. His coaching success is matched only by his commitment to serving others, both on the campus and in the community. For his contributions to the lives of youth in the Warsaw community, he received the Pete Thorne Memorial Award in 2005.
25 Years Ago Zimmer adopted Lincoln Elementary School during the Adopt-A-School program. Roy Navarro, Zimmer, and Hilda Lowry, Zimmer international buyer, visited Julie Martin's second-grade class. Hilda is a native of Germany and shared stories of her homeland with the students, represented by Cara Allebach. 50 Years Ago Best spellers at Sidney: Nadine Whitaker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Whitaker, fifth-sixth, teacher-Beulah Gall; Karen Michael, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michael, seventh-eighth, teacher-Catharine White. County championship-April 24. Warsaw Rotary Club speech contest winners: Joe Mater, president, congratulates Cheryl Chance and Jim Nyenhuis. Girls division runner-up, Rene Dungan; Tony Dock and Mavis Fredrick tied for third. Boys division runner-up, Gary Haymond; Tom Bair and Chris Silveus tied for third. Winners will compete in a Rotary zone contest March 27. 75 Years Ago Plans are being mapped out for the Mentone Egg Show to be held April 24, 25 and 26. It was announced that a special case of eggs bearing Easter greetings to the president will be sent to the White House in time for Easter Sunday to advertise the show. The case will be autographed by many of the poultrymen of the Mentone community. Candidates for Egg Queen will be presented over the air at WOWO in Fort Wayne and WLS in Chicago during the week before the show. Coronation of the Egg Queen April 26 will be by Henry Schricker, lieutenant-governor of Indiana, with a specialty number by the Coffing sisters.
