10 Years Ago An early Sunday morning fire destroyed a Warsaw restaurant and, for several hours, shut down Ind. 15. Blue Coyote, which was voted Kosciusko County’s No. 1 restaurant in a 2001 Times-Union poll, is a total loss. Damage is estimated at $500,000. Blue Coyote Grill & Cantina opened in April 1998 at the Ind. 15 location that formerly housed Wolfgang’s Restaurant from 1981-1997. 25 Years Ago Deona Himes considers it the “trip” of a lifetime.” “My bags are already packed,” she said. In a week the Tippecanoe Valley High school senior-to-be will join a group of Indiana high school track and field athletes for a 10-day sightseeing and competition trip to the Peoples’ Republic of China. A sectional champion in the 100 dash and long jump at Rochester last month, Himes is participating in the International Sports Exchange. 50 Years Ago Sporting interior and exterior improvements of $160,000, the Winona Hotel, of Winona Lake’s Christian Assembly, will hold an open house Sunday afternoon for anyone who would like to inspect the changes. The entire exterior of the hotel has been done over with aluminum siding. Porches in several places on the first and second floors have been added. The aim of the redecorating was to accommodate winter meetings as well as summer conferences. The hotel will now be open year around. 75 Years Ago Frank Hartsock, D.A. Bowman and Chic Creighton attended the Studebaker dealers meeting in South Bend recently. D.A. Bowman won first prize in the guessing contest, which was to tell how many miles per gallon a truck used going from South Bend to Chicago and back.
