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Remember When June 23

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10 Years Ago
June 23 1987

    Rick Fox, a transplanted Bahamian who four years ago had never heard of a pick and roll, will lead the Hoosier All-Star squad in the Indiana-Kentucky High School Boys basketball game.


25 Years Ago
June 23 1972

    Rhonda Butts was crowned Queen of Lakes at the 1972 Mermaid Festival. Her court included Chris Caywood, Connie Atkinson, Teresa Beer and Lana Maureen Welt.


50 Years Ago
June 23 1947

    County clerk Ernie Bushong reports that a number of agents throughout Kosciusko County ran out of fishing licenses at the outset of the season, although they were so well supplied it had seemed unlikely. Now they're all ready to do business again.


75 Years Ago
June 23 1922

    Plans are now under way to stage a ball game at Winona Lake on the Fourth of July between the Warsaw Specials and the Argos Greys. Winona-ans have practically assured Manager Lucas that "Billy" Sunday, one time a member of the Chicago White Stockings and one of the fastest men to ever don a uniform, will appear in the role of umpire.