10 Years Ago Warsaw Community High School graduate Josh Buck was recently named to the D3Hoops.com All-Atlantic Region Second Team and was selected as an ECAC Metro Division All-Star Honorable Mention. Buck, who graduated from WCHS in 2001, led the United States Merchant Marine Academy basketball team to a 21-9 overall record and a 13-3 mark in the Skyline Conference. 25 Years Ago Wawasee High School’s dairy judging team placed first in the Kosciusko County dairyjudging contest held last week at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds. Team members were Jeff Stookey, James Kats, Tim Troup and Dave Rosenberry. Randy Warren, vo-ag instructor, is their coach. Placing second in the contest was Lisa Allen’s Tippecanoe Valley team comprised of Tim Doud, Walter VanMeter, Jenny Doud and George VanMeter. The Warsaw High School team of Thane Landwerlen, Jake Tusing, Chris Neeley and Carl Pennington placed third. Their coach is Dave Addison. 50 Years Ago Thirteen-year-old Mary Jo Conway, a seventh-grade pupil in North Webster School, won the Kosciusko County spelling championship and the right to compete May 11 in the Indiana regional contest at Fort Wayne. Mary Jo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Conway, correctly spelled “equivalent” and “daffodil” to win the title after her competitor, 11-year-old Marjorie Merkle, of Claypool, put an “o” in equivalent, spelling it “equivolent.” 75 Years Ago Paul Lowman, son of Mrs. Walter Ross and Wilbur Lowman of Warsaw, has been invited to appear on the program “We the People,” conducted by Phillips H. Lord. Mr. Lowman expects to go to New York within the next few weeks and give the highlights of his water circus over the air. He will return to his home at Winona Lake by May 1.
