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Lakeview Middle School eighth-grader Jessica Wadkins made quite a stir at the school's spring concert earlier this month.
Warsaw Fire Chief Tom Burns presented a watch to Fireman Dean Breske, who will retire from the city firefighting force May 21 with a medical disability. Breske has been a fireman a total of 17 years. During the past 14 years, he has been a paid fireman and prior to that, he was a volunteer fireman for three years. He was a fireman in the U.S. Navy for four years while he was stationed in Yokosuka, Japan.
Mitchell D. Leavell, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Leavell, Rochester, recently was promoted to specialist third class while serving with the 10th infantry division in Germany.
A mushroom weighing three-fourths of a pound and measuring almost 8 inches in length was captured by James Alford. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gray verify the weight of the big fungus.
