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Board approves new choral position

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CHURUBUSCO — Ryan Dawson has big shoes to fill — but he already knows that.

Dawson is stepping up to take over as Churubusco choir teacher, filling the role left behind

by Aaron Childress.

Dawson has spent the past few years working with several choir programs as a choreographer and clinician in the Fort Wayne and surrounding areas.

“As part of those experiences, Dawson has worked with both of our show choirs during the past few years, and has established relationships with our students SEE DAWSON, PAGE 2

Wacky weather Whitley County EMA was on its toes last week

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COLUMBIA CITY — Unexpected, eerie weather last week provided for interesting social media photos, but it was also a good reminder of what to do during potentially dangerous weather.

“It’s been a very interesting week,” said Ed Scott, deputy director of the Whitley County Emergency Management Agency.

Last week: Monday, Aug. 6: A storm that brought a tornado to Kosciusko County passed through Whitley County, downing several trees, including one tree into a house in Columbia City.

Tuesday, Aug. 7: Shelf clouds with rotation hung over Columbia City in the area of Lincolnway West and U.S. 30.

Thursday, Aug. 9: There was heavy rain and a severe thunderstorm warning in Whitley County.

Friday, Aug. 10: There

Park, north of U.S. 30 near Kroger.

“I knew there was one afterward and because my truck started to elevate as I was driving, but it was raining and I didn’t see anything else,” he said.

Last week, in addition to the tree that fell into a home in Columbia City, there were other trees that fell into roadways and some power lines down that caused power outages, but no other serious damage was reported to the EMA. The EMA was able to utilize photos and videos submitted from the public to better analyze the storms and share them with the National Weather Service.

“We had gorgeous photos sent to us and a lot of good input,” Scott said.

It was reports from the public and a sheriff’s deputy that first alerted the EMA to the pop-up storm with rotation on Tuesday. Conversations between Scott, local dispatchers and the National Weather Service prompted a tornado warning and the sounding of Columbia City’s early warning weather sirens.

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on the veterans’ issues, focus on the national defense issues … the AUBURN — Amid education issues,” Banks the swirl of events in said. “Maybe that makes Washington, D.C., me boring, but it means first-term Congressman that you’re able to get a Jim Banks said he is lot more done.” keeping “I’m proud of what his mind we’ve accomplished when on his it comes to growing the tasks. economy — the tax cuts, “It’s the effects that has had easy in not just on businesses, but Congress on families,” Banks said today about Congress. to get “I’m especially proud distracted Banks of what we’ve done to by the rebuild the military,” he tweet added. “What we’ve done of the day … the palace in a very bipartisan way intrigue of the White to support House,” our veterans Banks said in this during a visit Congress to DeKalb been County last I understand the has historic.” week.

The concerns I’ve Banks, a House of Republican been hearing Representafrom Columbia from farmers all tives passed the 2019 City, over the district.” National represents Defense the 3rd — U.S. Rep. Jim Banks AuthoriDistrict of zation Act northeast on Friday.

Indiana.

Banks served on a “I’ve tried to focus on doing my job and focus SEE BANKS, PAGE 2 dkurtz@kpcmedia.com

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Council, Commissioner discuss employee raises

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COLUMBIA CITY — At the Whitley County Council meeting earlier this month, Commissioner George Schrumpf requested the council reconsider its approach to cost-ofliving raises for employees.

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was another storm that passed through Whitley County, delaying Columbia City’s football scrimmage.

Tuesday’s storm was particularly interesting, as there was little to no warning — the storm developed Scott in Whitley County. It contained a funnel cloud that began west of Columbia City on U.S. 30 that “hung” over the area, moving slowly with no rain.

“What was rare about Tuesday, we got to see something without much rain,” Scott said. “People actually got to see a defined shelf cloud without the rain blocking it, and nobody got hurt.”

He recalled the last tornado in Columbia City, March 2009, which struck Countryside Moble Home

takes the overall payroll amount, increases it by 3 percent, then divides that by the number of employees to provide an equal amount increase to each employee. Last year, that increase was $1,700.

Schrumpf asked the council to consider giving each individual employee a 3 percent raise. Meaning, those

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with larger salaries will receive a larger raise than those with smaller salaries.

Schrumpf argued that current formula is narrowing the pay gap, as lower-wage employees receive a higher percentage increase than higher wage employees, and it would cost the county more in the long run.

Some council members contended that the cost-of-living raise is to cover cost-of-living expenses, which are the same across all pay grades.

“One making more money versus one making less will still pay more for a loaf of

bread next year rather than the year before,” Council President Thor Hodges said. “That’s there regardless of where you’re at on the pay scale. That’s where I’m at — it’s an end-ofyear raise, not based on merit, but based on being a qualified full-time employee for the county.”

No decisions were made, but the discussion was held in consideration of upcoming budget decisions.

“This gives us something to think about — thank you for your input George,” Hodges said.

Also at the County Council meeting:

Commissioner Schrumpf reported that county met with its liability insurance company, which requested an appraisal of the county’s facilities.

The county hasn’t had an appraisal in at least eight years, and they could get it done for $3,200 for all facilities.

“That’s dirt cheap for any kind of business,” Schrumpf said. The council questioned why the county should pay for that expense, rather than the insurance company. “If it’s their request, I’m at a loss why it’s our responsibility,” Hodges said. The council asked Schrumpf SEE COUNCIL, PAGE 2

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WEATHER: Sirens alert those outside COUNCIL: Sheriff’s deputy totaled vehicle after accident involving deer FROM PAGE 1

Sirens were also sounded at Tri-Lakes and Churubusco.

Some reported that they never heard the sirens from inside their homes, but Scott had an important reminder — “That’s not what they’re for.”

Sirens are intended to alert people who are outside, telling them to take cover.

Those inside their homes should purchase a weather radio from a local grocery or convenience store. If anyone is unable to afford one, the EMA provides them for free through the state. Last year, the EMA gave away 87 weather radios.

The sirens, though intended to alert people to go inside, actually had the opposite effect for many.

“They’re coming outside and taking photos, not paying attention to what could have been a real disaster,” Scott said.

“Everyone was outside, which is the worst thing you can do.”

So, photos submitted to the EMA are both good and bad — good to use in analyzing the storm, but bad for those who may be putting themselves in danger to record them.

“There has to be a healthy medium,” Scott said. “We don’t want people risking their lives or putting themselves in danger for them.”

Scott said he would prefer to see more photos from security cameras, which are becoming increasingly popular on homes.

Photos are not only helpful for local agencies to have a clear vision of what’s happing in the moment, but they can help the National Weather Service alert surrounding communities of the weather that’s headed their way.

Can’t help but go outside to watch a storm? The EMA is willing to train and prepare volunteers to be weather observers, reporting

weather conditions to the EMA, and NWS, from their location.

Currently, local fire departments and a few weather observers, including amateur radio operators, provide information to the EMA, but often during weather events firefighters have other responsibilities.

“Last spring we had a cell come through and there were five fallen trees in the roadway. I can’t ask the fire department for a weather report when they’re busy with that,” Scott said.

To be a weather observer, one must complete about eight hours of training, including a two-hour training with the National Weather Service and other trainings that can be completed online through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

There are other volunteer opportunities as well, such as helping with event planning, office work and social media.

“There are many different avenues we can utilize volunteers for,” Scott said.

So far, there have been three individuals who contacted the EMA with interest in helping during storms.

Unlike many of the storms last week, often the EMA has some warning before large cells move through the area. For instance, Scott, Director Amy Biggs and Bill Edwards, who oversees the program for weather observers, will monitor storms as far away as Chicago.

“We try, and most of the time we are able to give a good warning,” Scott said.

“But if it builds on top of us, like they did last week, we can’t predict that.”

Along with purchasing a weather radio, local residents can follow the Whitley County Emergency Management Agency on Facebook.

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capital fund. A sheriff’s deputy totaled a vehicle after getting into an accident with a deer in the Tri-Lakes area.

The insurance provided a check for $13,293 to replace the vehicle, which was deposited into the general fund.

to get more information from the insurance company before making a decision on the expense.

Sheriff Marc Gatton requested funds be moved from the general fund into the cumulative

The totaled vehicle was one of the county’s Ford police interceptor SUVs. The council did not pass the minutes from last month’s meeting due to not receiving a copy of the minutes prior to the meeting. Auditor

Jana Schinbeckler said the minutes were sent electronically, but several councilmen said they did not receive them. In the future, the council requested the minutes be provided on paper two weeks before their monthly meetings.

BANKS: Congressman calls Coats, himself ‘Russia hawks’ FROM PAGE 1

from on a daily basis that are concerned about their rising cost of steel?”

Banks has co-sponsored two bills that would restore congressional authority over tariffs, allowing Congress to vote on them.

“That is an appropriate and longstanding role of Congress that has been relegated to the executive branch in recent decades that we should recapture and take a look at more congressional involvement,” he said, adding it could take years to accomplish that.

On tariffs that have led to retaliation against crop imports, he said, “I understand the concerns I’ve been hearing from farmers all over the district. I do believe that the president’s intentions are correct, that when dealing with China we’re dealing with a currency manipulator — a country that has manipulated the markets and hasn’t participated in fair trade with our country. But I’m also a strong, staunch defender and believer in free trade. I want to

House-Senate conference committee that hammered out the bill.

“It continues on the progress we made in the last one to rebuild the military and restore the funding that was cut over the last 10 years,” Banks said. It passed with “broad bipartisan support,” he added. “I’m very proud to play a small role.”

Banks said northeast Indiana is positioned to take advantage of a strong economy.

“We’re hearing it everywhere we go — all the businesses that we tour that are benefiting from the regulatory rollback and the tax cuts,” he said.

However, he said, “The tariff issue has a number of constituents in this district uneasy, especially in agriculture and many of the manufacturing-based jobs. The steel industry is doing very well. That’s important to our district, as well. But the flipside is: What will this do to our very strong agricultural base in the district and a lot of companies we hear

believe that the White House has this figured out moving forward, and that there could be a positive outcome of all this.”

Banks said he sees a “dichotomy” in President Trump’s approach to Russia.

“I certainly wanted the president to go to Helsinki and project a much tougher posture than what we saw coming out of the press conference” at the end of the summit, Banks said. “I thought him standing with Vladimir Putin, the biggest thug in the world today, and sort of dismissing American intelligence on the matter was a low point of the administration. I appreciated that the president came back a day later and changed his tune.”

Banks said that “in the midst of all the rhetoric of Trump turning a blind eye to Russia,” the president has provided weapons to Ukraine, and Congress has enacted the toughest sanctions on Russia in a generation.

He said actions by the Trump administration “have been tougher than anything

that Obama or even George W. Bush did when it came to presenting a tougher posture toward Russia.”

Banks noted that Trump has given key roles to Russia critics such as National Director of Intelligence Dan Coats, National Security Advisor John Bolton, “probably the toughest Russia hawk on the world stage,” and Defense Secretary James Mattis.

“Director Coats has been a longtime Russia hawk, as I would consider myself,” Banks said.

“Literally everything that Russia does on the world stage seeks to diminish the leadership role of America and position Russia with the upper hand.”

He advised, “The president would be wise to trust the valuable insight of Director Coats, who’s placed in the position he is because of the importance of the role and the integrity that Director Coats brings to the job and his understanding of the threat of Russia, which has grown, not diminished.”

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Dawson was “highly recommended” by Childress as well.

Dawson is a 2014 graduate of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne with a bachelor’s in music education. He’s also

and staff,” Smith-Green Superintendent Dan Hile said. “He has a strong background as a vocalist and vocal instructor, and also brings an understanding of competitive show choir.”

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worked at Texas City High School since 2014 as a show designer and choreographer. Dawson is a member of the Indiana Music Education Association, National Association for Music Education and American Choral Directors Association.

Churubusco Jr./Sr. High School has about 200 choral students throughout the school day. Along with approving the hire of Dawson, the school board also approved the addition of a choral accompanist/ assistant for the CJSHS choir program.

“There are very few programs that don’t have an assistant or accompanist, or both, to help with a large program like we have here,” Hile said. “Assistants provide increased opportunities for students to receive more

individualized instruction as they increase their skills as performers and musicians. They also provide additional supervision and management for large choirs, allowing the director to more easily focus on instruction by splitting large groups into smaller sections.”

Hile applied for a Dekko grant to help cover the funding for the position, which is strictly for school-day duties, not extracurriculars such as the show choirs.

“The choral department has continued to grow and excel through the years,” Hile said.

The board unanimously approved the additional position, which was posted immediately.

“We hope we can have someone in place soon,” Hile said.

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Whitko begins first year of consolidated schools KPC NEWS SERVICE SOUTH WHITLEY — Back to school for Whitko Community Schools was last week, marking the beginning of a historic transition for the district.

Older students were the first to attend Whitko Jr./Sr. High School, as the school board combined the middle and high schools in an effort to conserve funding. Seventh-12th graders are in the high school building, and sixth graders will remain at the elementary schools for another year.

“We’re really excited that we are moving to a 7-12 configuration here. I think that was the responsible thing to do,” remarked Principal John Snyder of Whitko Jr/Sr High School.

“Educationally, it’s a home run because of all the programming we’re able to continue.

We’re able to offer more programming to our junior high students, and so educationally, this is really going to be an outstanding move for us.”

At Pierceton Elementary School, Principal Mike McClain said, “the

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Fourth-grade instructors Jane Trump and Lisa Gawthrop, of South Whitley Elementary School, enjoy the sun while their students play during recess on the first day of school.

excitement has been building. The previous week, we had our Pierceton Town Festival.

We got to see a ton of kids out on the parade route and our teachers walked the parade so I’m excited to see the excitement on the kids’ faces as they are getting back with their teachers and getting back into the classroom.”

McClain went on to share his enthusiasm for student leadership happening on campus through programming offered by PES such as

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Whitko alumnus Lindsay Moseley will student teach in Pierceton Elementary School’s second grade under the direction of Stephanie Henson’s classroom.

She took a moment to pose with some excited students.

the Junior Tech Team.

“With kids knowing the technology like they do, they can come in and help out the individual students.”

South Whitley Elementary School Principal Bryan Emmert also shared his joy for the big day’s arrival.

“This year with our consolidation, we will be having sixth grade at our building. So it’s kind of exciting that we will be having our own sixth grade athletics, hosting

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Whitko Jr./Sr. High School welcomed teacher Robert McComb on his first day of class. He is seen here welcoming his junior high students on the first day of class.

some of our own home events, and our students and those teams will be traveling.”

South Whitley elementary began the big day with its tradition of lining up outside of the building and then waving goodbye to moms and dads as students entered the building for the first time this year. The tradition has become a favorite among community

members.

Whitko Community Schools’ new Interim Superintendent Nick Eccles enjoyed the day and shared on an important topic, building student relationships.

“The number one thing that we want to do is try to form positive relationships with our students. We had a faculty meeting where we talked about not only

educating students, but really getting to know our students.” said Eccles.

“At this size school, with the size of classes that we have, our faculty has a great opportunity to not only educate but truly make a difference in the lives of our kids.”

The 2018 school year will be the first year for Whitko to see the fruits of its labor by consolidating its school system.

Shindigz is bringing the party to downtown Fort Wayne KPC NEWS SERVICE SOUTH WHITLEY — Shindigz, a South Whitley party supply company that employs more than 300 people during its busiest season, is moving its corporate headquarters to downtown Fort Wayne.

The company announced July 31 that it had purchased Harrison Place, a five-story, 33,000-square-foot historic building at the southeast corner of Wayne and Harrison streets. It will begin remodeling the fourth floor of the building later this year in preparation for the relocation of its entire professional and administrative staff — about 40 to 50 people — early next year.

“We’re incredibly excited about this announcement and about the opportunities it creates for our company and our employees moving forward,” Shep Moyle, chairman and co-owner of Shindigz, said in the announcement.

“We’ve been committed to northeast Indiana for more than 90 years,” added Moyle, “and this announcement solidifies and strengthens that commitment moving forward. We’re excited to bring the party to downtown Fort Wayne.”

The purchase of the building, which will be renamed Shindigz Place, is the culmination of a lengthy, comprehensive

review process in which Shindigz officials also considered several other markets in other parts of the country. The company expects its downtown employment to grow to 60 or 70 people over the next couple of years.

“We believe in the momentum and growth taking place in downtown Fort Wayne and in its ability to positively impact our growth goals and talent needs,” said Dan Haight, CEO of Shindigz. “As a design and technology company first and foremost, we’ve worked hard to make Shindigz a premier career destination, and our relocation to downtown Fort Wayne will only

strengthen and enhance that appeal to young professionals looking at Fort Wayne as a place where they can build their career.”

Company leaders have already begun discussions with area universities on strategic partnerships and other programs to create ongoing opportunities for students and recent graduates, ideally laying the groundwork for long-term careers.

“We’ve been impressed by how our local and regional university leaders have stepped forward, collectively, to work with us,” said Wendy Moyle, vice chair and co-owner of Shindigz. “We have a need to hire talented

people now across a number of creative, technological and digital positions throughout the company, so we’re excited about these collaborations with our area’s outstanding universities and their students.”

Shindigz will maintain its manufacturing and fulfillment operations in South Whitley and expects to invest in facility and operational upgrades at its 200,000 square feet of space there beginning in 2019.

Founded in 1926, Shindigz is one of the leading online and catalog retailers of party supplies, decorations and favors

in the United States. The company offers more than 23,000 unique items for sale across three platforms and ships to the entire United States and more than 50 foreign countries.

It was founded by

Herbert Stump in 1926 as Stump Printing. In 1974, it was sold to Paul and Mary Moyle; and in 1990, they sold it to Shep and Wendy Moyle. Its first ecommerce site, shindigz. com, launched in 1999.

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Whitley County leaves its mark on state fair KPC NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS — A successful county fair is translating to success at the Indiana State Fair, which began earlier this month.

Among the success stories is Jada Van Houten, who competed in the Indiana State Fair 4-H Rabbit Ambassador contest

and won champion in the junior age division.

The contestants took a written test, a breed identification test and participated in showmanship.

Van Houten is a four-year member of the Whitley County 4-H Rabbit Club and the daughter of Jon and Pam Van Houten.

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Jada Van Houten was the champion in the junior age division of the 4-H Rabbit Ambassador contest at the Indiana State Fair.

Madison Millett was the reserve champion Hampshire junior showman.

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Rozlyn Bishop received a special merit in sewing construction: dress up. She also received a special merit with her rabbit poster.

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Carle Sroufe received a special merit in Small Engines.

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Dalila Geiger was the champion intermediate dairy steer showman.

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Now is a good time to assess lawn weed pressure Maybe you have been categories of weeds: saying for years, “One grass weeds, broadleaf of these years, I weeds or sedges. need to control The managethe weeds in my ment required lawn.” A worthy for each category goal. Now is the is somewhat time to assess different. what is there, First of all, because weeds grass weeds. The are, well, growing poster child of like weeds! grassy weeds JOHN E. Before starting, is probably WOODMANSEE crabgrass. you may want to do some deep Crabgrass is thinking about what we call a what your goals summer annual are. Are you after a weed. In other words, pristine monoculture of seeds sprout in the beautiful, green grass? spring, it grows and Or, can you put up with produces seed through a few weeds? Keep in the year, and completely mind that if you are dies before winter. after the lawn of envy in So, crabgrass is not a the neighborhood, it will perennial plant like our take considerable time lawn grass is. It has a and money to achieve. broader leaf than most You will also need normal lawn grasses, equipment, knowledge and a seed head with and skill if you plan to 3-5 spikes clustered at do it yourself. the top of stems. The One reason you seed head spikes are need to assess what easy to see now, and weeds are in your lawn if you have them, you is because you may can bet you’ll have have one, two or three crabgrass again next

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Crabgrass herbicides available to homeowners are primarily “preventer” products, meaning that they need to be in place before crabgrass emerges.

These pre-emergence herbicides must be applied early in the spring to be effective (best from March 1 to about mid-April in northern Indiana) — at least a week or two prior to germination of crabgrass. Post-emergence herbicide products are available and are most effective on small crabgrass plants, but the products are very difficult to use effectively by most homeowners. Post-emergence treatment is probably best left to professionals. Bottom line — nothing to do now, wait until early spring.

Other grassy weeds may include annual bluegrass, quackgrass or zoysiagrass. Note that

annual bluegrass is a weed, while Kentucky bluegrass is a desired turf grass (a perennial plant).

Broadleaf weeds are easy to spot because they simply don’t look like grass. Most people probably have white clover in their lawn. Who hasn’t gone looking for a 4-leaf clover as a kid?

Many other common broadleaves may be present. Fall is a great time to control broadleaf weeds with selective herbicides.

The Purdue Extension publication, “Control of Broadleaf Weeds” in “Control of Broadleaf Weeds in Home Lawns,” states, “The best time to apply a general-purpose broadleaf herbicide is mid-September to early November. The fall is the best time to control perennial broadleaf weeds such as dandelion, plantain and clover. Going into

have heard the saying, “Sedges have edges.”

Late spring/early summer (when it is young and actively growing) is the ideal time to control yellow nutsedge, and professional help may be needed.

For homeowners, hand-pulling or digging may be your best option, and you won’t get it all the first time. You can count on re-growth from underground plant structures that remain in the soil.

To help you identify the weeds in your lawn, access a Purdue Extension turfgrass website in which several “weed of the month” selections are included, at turf.purdue.edu/ weedofthemonth.html.

Additionally, search for Purdue Extension publications on control of crabgrass, broadleaf weeds or yellow nutsedge at mdc.itap. purdue.edu.

winter these weeds are storing energy reserves in stems and roots.

Thus the herbicide will enter the plant and travel to these plant parts with the food reserves, thereby giving a complete kill of the weed. The second best time is in the late spring or early summer period after the weeds have flowered.”

Finally, the sedge we worry most about is yellow nutsedge. It may be thriving in a wet area, but it can be found in other areas, and it will grow well in summer heat when grass will struggle. It looks like a grass, but will not be affected by grass herbicides because it’s not a grass.

Yellow nutsedge will typically have a lighter green color, and is probably going to seed right now. To confirm you have yellow nutsedge, feel the stem.

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Trump’s wall funding. balance.

I’d feel much safer if you “I’m fine with providing This race is a tossup in took the Jeep.’ It was Good him some more,” Donnelly the estimation of Howey Friday. I get a phone call told Politico.

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President today, there are Obama The Jasper businessman senator,” was told by leaders that the Donnelly 9,000 hoosiers forced it might take two or three restructuring, said, “I’m years. “I didn’t have going to working there.” allowing Fiat the patience to wait two to absorb fight for to three years,” Braun Chrysler. you.” said. “Don’t always ask Today, there Then something to be done for are 9,000 Hoosiers working Rep. Donnelly played a you. Put your own skin there. “I told Mayor (Greg) big advocacy role with in the game, initiate, and Goodnight, Plan A is to President Obama in 2009. control your own destiny as try and get everybody Running for re-electhe result of it. We got that back to work,” Donnelly tion in 2010, he found thing through, Sen. (Mark) said. “Plan B is to go to some UAW workers at Messmer and I, in one year. church and pray that Plan the Chrysler plant gate We were told to do it in A works.” wouldn’t look him in the one chamber, not both. We Hoosier voters have a eye. Some would vote respectfully listened, and great choice in this race, a Republican on the issue then did it in both.

Plan A and a Plan B. of guns or abortion. “One “I’m doing this,” Braun guy at the gate said, ‘I love BRIAN HOWEY is publisher said of this race, “just like you, Joe, I’m not voting of Howey Politics Indiana I went there, with the focus for ya, but I love ya.’” at howeypolitics.com. Find and purpose. I don’t believe Donnelly laughed. “And him on Facebook and we send the cream of the I said, ‘This could be a Twitter @hwypol. crop to Washington, D.C. I rough Tuesday.’” But he

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When the weather sirens went off last week, it was the joke of the town that most people, rather than taking shelter and going indoors during the storm, went outside to get a better look.

Yes, it’s tempting to try to get that viral video of a tornado tearing through town, but just because there hasn’t been a severely destructive tornado in Whitley County for several years doesn’t mean we should become complacent.

Several community

State at fault for referenda I drive by a sign saying that Smith Green Community Schools are fleecing local farmers. I am not a farmer, but I don’t like to see my taxes going up, either. However, don’t blame the schools. Blame the state legislators.

Has the property tax cap helped you? Has the 1 percent added to the sales tax cost you?

Where has all the money gone? I don’t know. But the dollars the state is returning to our public schools has dramatically been cut per pupil — while the amount going into the voucher program has drastically risen. Originally introduced by then Superintendent of Education Tony Bennett and marketed as a way to help impoverished families “rescue” their children from “failing” schools, the voucher system today siphons millions of dollars away from public schools to the point that our local schools have been forced to hold referenda to stay afloat. For example, under voucher rules today, upper-middle-class families making good money and living in areas with good local schools now qualify for voucher assistance and tax benefits to send their children to fine parochial and private schools.

Is this how we want our tax dollars spent? School choice has always been an option. In the past, however, parents paid the cost. Now all we taxpayers do.

Our local area public school superintendents have for years been telling us that our schools are receiving fewer and fewer of our dollars based on the formulas the state is using.

We know those dollars are going to vouchers and private schools and today even to online schools.

Do we value public

members heard the sirens go off — others said they could not hear the sirens from inside their homes.

However, the sirens are meant for people who are outside already. One who wants to be warned while indoors should purchase a weather radio. We have them at our local grocery and convenience stores.

If you need help getting one or programming it, Whitley County is blessed with an Emergency

Letters to the Editor • education? Yes, we do.

Our 2018 referenda votes show we want strong public schools. All of the school ballot questions passed this past May throughout the state.

If you’re happy with your taxes going up, keep voting the way you have been. If enough is enough, stop voting for the Republicans who have brought us this ever-expanding voucher system, which keeps draining more and more tax dollars away from our local public schools.

Mary Helfrich Churubusco

‘Unloading’ about critical comments on Banks I am one person who has read just about enough of the critical comments about Congressman Jim Banks. So, I am going to unload. To all you letter writers, and whiners about his family, house in D.C., house in Columbia City, and whatever else crap you seem to find to complain about, here goes.

Isn’t it a criminal act for a man to put his family first? My God, the man ought to be stoned in the public square! And to have a home in D.C.? Why, there should be a law against that!

Who does he think he is?

A U.S. Representative or something. Heck, he should be living on the street, connecting with the people.

And voting for that tax bill? I think you people of shrinking intellect need to read one of those bills before you comment on it. Do you know the part number of the bill in question? Do you know what was actually in it? Do you know how many pages were in it? Of course you do not. Because you are subjected to a particular line of reasoning that does not include common sense.

As for that house in D.C. Do you people of

Management Agency that is ready and willing to help.

And for those who just can’t help but go outside to observe the storms — you should consider helping out the EMA as a trained weather reporter. Learning how to be safe and helpful to both the community and the National Weather Service during storms is a beneficial, and safer, way to explore your weather curiosity.

shrinking intellect know that Representative Banks slept on a couch in his D.C. office, and used a common bathroom in a gymnasium for his personal cleanliness before finding suitable housing for his family?

Oops, there goes that family thing again. As for his wife and children, why would they need a place to live where the head of the household works. Makes no sense to me.

As for his public meetings. For you people of shrinking intellect, maybe you do not read the papers thoroughly. There is a routine schedule whereas Congressman Banks sends out into the various small communities his staff on a regular basis to meet with constituents to gather information about problems they may be encountering with government agencies, and help them achieve success in solving those problems. But, I am sure you people of shrinking intellect just so happened to overlook that. By the way, I have attended those meetings just to see who shows up. On most occasions only one or two people appear. There have been times when no one shows up. So, you people of shrinking intellect, shut up.

Or get your facts straight before shooting off your mouth.

As for the debates? How many do you S.I. people need? How about one a day till the election? Everybody knows they all depend on the moderator. Who will that be? I volunteer. Call me.

What you people of S.I. have done is assure that Congressman James Banks of Columbia City, a family man, a veteran and an outstanding human being will be re-elected by a landslide. So thank you very much. You should have stuck with Tommy Schrader.

Dave Cooper Churubusco

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Purdue receives $1M gift from Whitley County natives Schrader family’s donation to Purdue is a family affair

BY WHITNEY WRIGHT

for KPC News service

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue University’s Department of Agricultural Economics recently received a $1 million gift from Columbia City natives for an endowed chair dedicated to farmland economics.

Rex and Lori Schrader, R.D. and Holly Schrader, Roger and Shelly Schrader, and Fred and Judy (Schrader) Geyer and Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company Inc. pooled their resources together to provide the gift.

“The Earth is the Lord’s and therefore we want to take care of it,” said Judy Geyer. “That is very important to our family.”

Purdue awarded

the donors with the President’s Council Pinnacle Award, which is given to donors of more than $1 million to the university.

The university will hire a full-time professor to fill the Schrader Chair, as the school currently does not have many staff members dedicated to farmland economics.

The new focus could potentially include research into farmland values, forecasting, value and rent dynamics, investment, attributes and land improvements, land-use restrictions, public policy and finance, ownership, management, historical strengths and delivering this information to stakeholders.

“We had parents that

gave, and we want to continue to give,” said Judy. “Giving is not a today thing, it’s part of our life.”

Schrader Real Estate and Auction is a successful agricultural real estate and auctioneer business. It was founded in 1944 by Kendallville residents Denzil and Betty Schrader. The company has since expanded into more than 40 states over the last 74 years, and is currently licensed in 29 states with the ability to secure licensing in any state.

The company focuses on selling farm, timber and recreational land, commercial sales, farm equipment auctions, fertilizer equipment marketing and antique and estate sales. Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company Inc. holds 200 to 250 auctions every year and exceeds $250,000,000 in annual real estate auction sales.

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Pictured from left are R.D. Schrader, Rex Schrader, Judy Geyer and Fred Geyer.

The Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company Inc. presidency was passed from Denzil to Whitley County native Rex Schrader in 1967,

with R.D. Schrader succeeding Rex Schrader a few years ago.

The Schraders’ gift will be matched through the College of Agriculture

Endowed Chair Challenge Matching Gift Program, totaling $2 million in funds for Purdue’s agriculture department development.

5th Annual Autumn Harvest Festival planned for Oct. 13 Proceeds to the Whitley County 4-H program KPC NEWS SERVICE COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County 4-H Clubs Inc. is hosting the fifth annual Autumn Harvest Festival at the Whitley County 4-H Fairgrounds Oct. 13, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

There is no admission fee and parking is free for this event. All proceeds will go to support the Whitley County 4-H program.

There is one exciting new addition to this year’s festival — a four-wheeldrive truck pull starting at 5 p.m. The pull will have three divisions. Registration starts at 2 p.m.; gates for the grandstand will open at 4 p.m.

The traditional Autumn Harvest Festival events will be back including the craft show and flea market, car show, music acts and many other activities throughout the day.

Several food options will be available including “fair ice cream” featuring several “fall” flavors, homemade pecan rolls in the morning and homemade pies in the

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afternoon. Kettle corn and chili cooked in a cast iron pot over the open fire will also be offered. Coordinators have opened the festival up for local food trucks and food vendors to showcase their offerings as well. The fall Columbia City Farm Toy Show will be in the 4-H Center with the same hours, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., as well as more activities for children provided by several

community groups.

The Whitley County Ag Museum will be open that day with several learning centers. There will be an apple cider press set up to show how that process works, as well as antique tractors on display near the shelterhouse.

For the kids, there is a kiddie pedal tractor pull.

Weigh-in is at noon in the small animal barn. The

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pull will start at 12:30 p.m.

Local 4-H Clubs will be doing activities and games geared toward kids from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Another of the highlights for kids will be milking Daisy the cow,

1-2 p.m. in the Ag Museum.

Several local music and entertainment acts will be performing throughout the day under the canopy by main concessions.

Forms to reserve a

place for the craft show and flea market, toy show, car show and food vendors are available at the Purdue Extension Whitley County office or at whitleycounty4h.com.

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Fergusson begins Rotary presidency as club prepares for 100th anniversary CONTRIBUTED COLUMBIA CITY — Austin Fergusson assumed the presidency of the Columbia City Rotary Club in July, succeeding Tom Bartrom as leader of the local civic/service organization for the next 12 months.

He began his year’s tenure by thanking the presidents of the club since becoming a member.

“Jacie (Worrick), June (Keiser) and Tom (Bartrom) have all been great mentors for me,” he said. He added that “every member of the club has shown tremendous support...“ This is a big year for the Columbia City Rotary Club as members will celebrate its 100th anniversary next spring.

Fergusson read from a local Rotary history booklet, written by the late Jim Adams, one of the charter members of the club. It was written back in the 1960s and documented the beginning of the club as it was sponsored by the

Huntington Rotary Club in 1919.

The history was all about the early years, and Fergusson read a few of the “stories” from those years that were very humorous. It is his intention to use the booklet, updated later

by Dale Pence at various times during the year, to give the members a perspective leading up to the big celebration in 2019. This anniversary celebration was one of the main points of Fergusson’s initial address to local Rotarians. He used it as a springboard to his second point and that was, “We should not be afraid of change.”

When Fergusson’s father passed, he learned that he had been adopted at age 2. He had always believed his heritage was Scottish. But he had his DNA tested and learned, in reality, he was of an Eastern European Jewish heritage. As Fergusson explained it, he had to completely change his base perspective about

everything he formerly believed. Now he had to change.

And that is his point about starting into a new Rotary year.

Rotarians must be ready to adjust to the changes that get presented to them, just like the men that started the local club almost 100 years ago. This is the start of another 100 years of the Columbia City Rotary Club, and how it reacts to the changes presented will determine the direction for the next 100 years, noted Fergusson. To start off, he said, he’d like the club to have as a goal to plant a Rotary Interact Club at Columbia City High School.

He added that the club’s motto this year will be “On the path...the future.” Rotarians need to work now to build for the future, he said.

In other Columbia City Rotary news: Planning for Columbia City Rotary Club’s Centennial Celebration next year commenced

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New President Austin Fergusson speaks to Columbia City Rotary Club members at a recent meeting.

with committee assignments and responsibilities.

Here is a recap of assignments: • Columbia City Rotary Club Centennial Celebration Steering Committee: Tom Bartrom, Mike Rush, Jacie Worrick, Austin Fergusson, John Meier, June Keiser, Kent Turnbow and Rick Kreps.

• Invitation/Reservation Committee: Co-Chairs: Deb Roy and Todd Lybarger. Members:

Lee Baatz, Dick Buchanan, Erik Murray, Dennis Norris, Francis Bundy, Todd Fleetwood, Nick Brewer and Gene Heckman.

• Venue/Food/ Decoration Committee: Co-Chairs: June Keiser and Kent Turnbow.

Members: Gary Dillon, Scott Gabriel, Zach Grant, Steve Linvill, Bill Tucker, Al Anderson, Don Sexton and Jeff Hinen.

• Commemorative Project Committee:

Co-Chairs: Jacie Worrick and Tom Bartrom.

Members: Rick Kreps, Ben Romine, Matt Rentschler, Ryan Wilson, Matt Boyd, Gene Smith, Erica Miller, Jon Myers, Jon Rowe.

• Club History/ Other Publications Committee: Co-Chairs: Mike Rush and John Meier. Members: Rick Kreps, Roger Dinkel, Don Clemens, Austin Ferguson, Duane Crisp and Bob Grawcock.

IFN has more in mind for region’s broadband

BY DOUG LEDUC

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Indianapolis-based Indiana Fiber Network has even more in store for northeast Indiana than the infrastructure it just built out for low-cost, high-speed broadband along the U.S. 30 corridor in Allen and Whitley counties.

The new infrastructure now serving companies at the Park 30 Business Center in Columbia City and other businesses along U.S. 30 “went live with multiple customers prior to July and had a general blowout in July,” said

August Zehner, IFN’s vice president of sales and marketing. “A dozen or so businesses recently have connected to it.”

IFN also does a wholesale business, so some of them are buying through their carrier as well.

“A lot of our wholesale customers are on nondisclosure,” Zehner said.

“A majority of the major carriers are customers of IFN.” Indiana Fiber Network is a limited liability company owned by 20 Indiana local exchange telephone companies.

It was formed in 2002 to provide data center, Internet backbone and data transport services via fiber networks.

It provides broadband through more than 4,500 route miles of fiber connected to more than 4,000 buildings in Indiana.

It has invested $63 million in northeast Indiana broadband infrastructure, including 1,200 route miles of fiber.

IFN has a goal of providing bandwidth in rural and underserved markets. The Indiana Broadband Map created by the state identifies where

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it still lacks affordable, high-speed broadband shows most of those areas are in less populous parts of southern Indiana.

Jim Turner, the company’s chief executive officer, considers the usefulness of the map somewhat limited because it is based on Federal Communications Commission data and the agency’s definition of broadband has not been updated, he said, to reflect continually increasing commercial and industrial needs for bandwidth.

Coming changes major northeast Indiana industries can expect to see through greater use of the internet of things, artificial intelligence in automation, and telemedicine can be expected to require more bandwidth.

Northeast Indiana has one of the nation’s most manufacturing-intensive regional economies, and “you think about the importance today of data

transmission for manufacturing and logistics,” Turner said.

IFN has upgraded its core network in the southern part of the state to Turner position itself for growth in underserved areas there. But, “we think there are great growth opportunities in the northern part of the state as well as the southern part of the state,” he said.

The FCC still uses a broadband definition adopted in 2015, which set wired carrier speeds for the term at 25 megabits per second for downloads, and 3 Mbps for uploads.

But, many companies are running their operations with systems that require high bandwidth because they are not on the premises, but are in the

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cloud, Zehner said.

Today’s businesses want their upload speeds to be the same as their download speeds, he said.

And most Zehner of those on IFN infrastructure want connections of at least 50 Mbps, 100 Mbps or 300 Mbps, and many want 1 gigabit per second or 10 Gbps.

By that measure of need for higher-speed broadband, “there are a lot of counties in this northeast Indiana area that still struggle,” Zehner said.

To bring those kinds of speeds to more of northeast Indiana that doesn’t already have them, “one of the things we’re looking at is partnering with the rural electric companies,” Turner said.

“Wabash Valley Power Association is a wholesale power generation and transmission cooperative serving 23 distribution electric co-ops in the state.

They have poles where fiber can be strung. A lot of the fiber we do is in the ground, but we can also use poles.”

In northeast Indiana, Wabash Valley members include Heartland REMC, LaGrange County REMC, Kosciusko REMC, Noble SEE BROADBAND, PAGE 9

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2018

GIRLS GOLF

Whitko Aug. 16 Southern Wells H 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 20 T. Valley/N. Miami/ Manchester Man 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 28 West Noble A 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 30 Canterbury H 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 4 Southwood H 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 6 West Noble A 5 p.m.

Sept. 8 TRC A 8:30 a.m.

Sept. 11 Warsaw H 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 13 Columbia City H 5 p.m.

Columbia City Aug. 16 Huntington North H 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 18 New Haven Inv. A 7:30 p.m.

Aug. 21 Homestead H 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 23 New Haven H 5 p.m.

Aug. 28 East Noble A 5 p.m.

Sept. 4 Norwell A 5 p.m.

Sept. 6 Leo H 5 p.m.

Sept. 8 NE8 (East Noble) A 10 a.m.

Sept. 10 Carroll A p.m.

Sept. 13 Whitko A 5 p.m.

Churubusco Aug. 17 Carroll H 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 23 Fremont A 5 p.m.

Aug. 24 Lakeland H 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 28 Fairfield H 5 p.m.

Sep. 6 Westview A 5 p.m.

Sep. 8 Fremont A 8 a.m.

Sep. 12 Angola A 5 p.m.

FOOTBALL

Whitko Aug. 17 Churubusco H 7 p.m.

Aug. 24 Columbia City H 7 p.m.

Aug. 3 Maconaquah A 7 p.m.

Sept. 7 Rochester H 7 p.m.

Sept. 14 Tippy Valley A 7 p.m.

Sept. 21 Southwood H 7 p.m.

Sept. 28 Manchester A 7 p.m.

Oct. 5 Northfield H 7 p.m.

Columbia City Aug. 17 Warsaw H 7 p.m.

Aug. 24 Whitko A 7 p.m.

Aug. 31 Bellmont H 7 p.m.

Sep. 7 Huntington N. H 7 p.m.

Sep. 14 DeKalb A 7 p.m.

Sep. 21 New Haven H 7 p.m.

Sep. 28 East Noble A 7 p.m.

Oct. 5 Leo H 7 p.m.

Oct. 12 Norwell A 7 p.m.

Churubusco Aug. 17 Whitko A 7 p.m.

Aug. 24 Lakeland H 7 p.m.

Aug. 31 Garrett H 7 p.m.

Sep. 7 Eastside A 7 p.m.

Sep. 14 P. Heights (Homecoming) H 7 p.m.

Sep. 21 Fremont A 7 p.m.

Sep. 28 Central Noble H 7 p.m.

Oct. 5 West Noble A 7 p.m.

Oct. 12 Fairfield H 7 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL

SPORTS • 2018 Prep Sports Schedules •

Whitko Aug. 16 Columbia City H 6:15 p.m.

Aug. 21 Churubusco H 6 p.m.

Aug. 25 Westview A 9 a.m.

Aug. 30 N. Miami A 6 p.m.

Sep. 1 Garrett Invit. A 9 a.m.

Sep. 4 Peru A 6 p.m.

Sep. 6 Manchester H 6 p.m.

Sep. 10 Rochester H 6 p.m.

Sep. 11 Central Noble A 6 p.m.

Sep. 13 Southwood A 6 p.m.

Sep. 15 Wawasee Inv. A 9 a.m.

Sep. 17 Wawasee H 6 p.m.

Sep. 18 Wabash H 6 p.m.

Sep. 20 Hamilton H 6:30 p.m.

Sep. 25 Maconaquah H 6 p.m.

Sep. 27 Canterbury A 6 p.m.

Oct. 1 Northfield A 6 p.m.

Oct. 3 Tippy Valley H 6 p.m.

Oct. 6 Whitko Inv. H 9 a.m.

Columbia City Aug. 16 Whitko A 6:15 p.m.

Aug. 20 Northrop A 6:00 p.m.

Aug. 21 Garrett H 6:15 p.m.

Aug. 23 South Side A 6 p.m.

Aug. 27 Carroll H 6:15 p.m.

Aug. 28 Churubusco H 6:15 p.m.

Aug. 30 Concordia H 6:15 p.m.

Sep. 4 Manchester H 6:15 p.m.

Sep. 6 Homestead H 6:15 p.m.

Sep. 10 Tippy Valley H 6:15 p.m.

Sep. 11 Warsaw A 6:15 p.m.

Sep. 13 Huntington A 6 p.m.

Sep. 15 Wawasee Inv. A 9 a.m.

Sep. 17 Blackhawk Christian H 6:15 p.m.

Sep. 18 Norwell H 6:15 p.m.

Sep. 20 New Haven A 6 p.m.

Sep. 24 Heritage H 6:15 p.m.

Sep. 25 Dekalb H 6:15 p.m.

Sep. 27 East Noble H 6:15 p.m.

Oct. 1 Canterbury A 6:15 p.m.

Oct. 2 Leo A 6 p.m.

Oct. 4 Bellmont A 6 p.m.

Oct. 6 Whitko Inv. A 9 a.m.

Churubusco

Aug. 16 Garrett A 7:30 p.m.

Aug. 18 W. Noble Inv. A 9 a.m.

Aug. 21 Whitko A 7:15 p.m.

Aug. 23 Bluffton H 7:15 p.m.

Aug. 28 Columbia City A 7:15 p.m.

Aug. 30 Eastside A 7:15 p.m.

Sep. 4 Central Noble H 7:15 p.m.

Sep. 6 Fremont H 7:15 p.m.

Sep. 8 Bethany Christian A 9 a.m.

Sep. 11 Prairie Heights H 7:15 p.m.

Sep. 13 Westview H 7:15 p.m.

Sep. 18 Hamilton H 7:15 p.m.

Sep. 20 Canterbury A 7:15 p.m.

Sep. 25 Angola A 7:15 p.m.

Sep. 27 W. Noble A 6 p.m.

Oct. 2 Lakeland H 7:15 p.m.

Oct. 4 Fairfield H 7:15 p.m.

Oct. 9 Heritage A 7:15 p.m.

Oct. 13 NECC TBA 9 a.m.

CROSS COUNTRY

Whitko Aug. 21 Warsaw Inv. A 5:45 p.m.

Aug. 25 Northfield A 9 a.m.

Sep. 1 Manchester A 9 a.m.

Sep. 4 Heritage A 5 p.m.

Sep. 8 Tippecanoe Valley A 9 a.m.

Sep. 15 W. Noble Invit. A 9:30 a.m.

Sep. 18 Wabash Inv. A 5 p.m.

Sep. 22 New Haven Classic A 9 a.m.

Sep. 25 Lakeland, Northfield H 5 p.m.

Sep. 29 TRC TBA 9 a.m.

Columbia City Aug. 18 Huntington Inv. A 9 a.m.

Aug. 21 Warsaw A 5:45 p.m.

Aug. 25 Baron Classic DK 9:30 a.m.

Sep. 1 Marion Invit. A 8:30 a.m.

Sep. 8 Tippecanoe Valley A 9 a.m.

Sep. 15 W. Noble Invit. A 9:30 a.m.

Sep. 22 New Haven Classic A 9 a.m.

Sep. 29 NE8 (Hunt.) A 10 a.m.

Churubusco Aug. 18 Fairfield Inv. A 10 a.m.

Aug. 25 Prairie Heights Inv. A 9 a.m.

Sep. 1 Marion Inv. A

8:30 a.m.

Sep. 5 Super Duel @ West Noble A 6 p.m.

Sep. 8 Elwood A 10 a.m.

Sep. 15 W. Noble Inv. A 9:30 a.m.

Sep. 18 Fairfield (w/ C. Noble) A 5 p.m.

Sep. 22 New Haven Classic A 9 a.m.

Sep. 25 C. Noble H 5 p.m.

Sep. 29 NECC A 9 a.m.

BOYS TENNIS

Whitko Aug. 20 Columbia City H 5 p.m.

Aug. 22 Wayne H 5:30 p.m.

Aug. 28 Wawasee A 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 30 Triton A 4:30 p.m.

Sep. 4 Peru A 5 p.m.

Sep. 6 Manchester H 5 p.m.

Sep. 10 C. Noble H 5 p.m.

Sep. 12 Rochester H 5 p.m.

Sep. 13 Manchester A 5 p.m Sep. 17 W. Noble A 4:30 p.m.

Sep. 18 Tippecanoe V. H 5 p.m.

Sep. 19 Wabash A 5 p.m.

Sep. 24 Churubusco A 5 p.m.

Sep. 25 Prairie Heights H 5 p.m.

Columbia City Aug. 20 Whitko A 5 p.m.

Aug. 30 Norwell A 5 p.m.

Sep. 4 New Haven H 5 p.m.

Sep. 6 DeKalb A 5 p.m.

Sep. 10 Northrop A 5 p.m.

Sep. 13 Leo H 5 p.m.

Sep. 17 Manchester A 5 p.m.

Sep. 18 Bellmont H 5 p.m.

Sep. 20 Huntington N. H 4:30 p.m.

Churubusco Aug. 20 Manchester H 5 p.m.

Aug. 21 Lakeland A 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 23 Fairfield A 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 28 C. Noble H 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 30 Prairie Heights H 5 p.m.

Aug. 31 Westview A 4:30 p.m.

Sep. 4 W. Noble H 4:30 p.m.

Sep. 5 Northrop A 5 p.m.

Sep. 11 Fremont A 4:45 p.m.

Sep. 13 Angola A 4:45 p.m.

Sep. 17 North Side H 4:30 p.m.

Sep. 18 Adams Central H 5 p.m.

Sep. 24 Whitko H 5 p.m.

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Whitko Aug. 20 Lakeland Christian H 4:30 p.m.

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REMC and Steuben County REMC. Many of the Wabash Valley members have transmission facilities, which are connected to each other via proprietary fiber optic cable known to have sufficient capacity to satisfy the broadband needs of underserved communities they pass, Turner said.

IFN is exploring a partnership with Wabash Valley.

“I think what they are looking at is could we help them use that fiber more expansively,” Turner said.

“We have the expertise to help them by operating their (broadband) networks for them. What they will tell you is at their member meetings the number one issue they’re hearing about is high-speed internet, because in too many communities, it’s just not there.”

IFN has had conversa-

tions about a partnership for at least six months now and hopes to reach some kind of an arrangement by year’s end.

Turner recently was elected to the board of INDATEL, which has a goal similar to Indiana Fiber Network’s, of bringing reliable bandwidth to rural and underserved markets.

Indiana’s performance in relation to that goal, compared with the performance of other states, probably was a factor in his election to the board, he said. He and Zehner said they would give Indiana a report card grade A- for its work toward that goal.

“The innovation of INF, as well as its competitors, and their willingness to work together, I think it’s good,” Zehner said.

“Indiana does pretty well, but every state has work ahead of it to close the gap,” Turner said.

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Aug. 23 Rochester A 5 p.m.

Aug. 25 Maconaquah A 10 p.m.

Aug. 30 Bethany Christian A 6 p.m.

Sep. 1 Mississinewa H 10 a.m.

Sep. 5 Wawasee H 5 p.m.

Sep. 8 Wabash A 10 a.m.

Sep. 10 Wayne A 5:30 p.m.

Sep. 12 Manchester A 5 p.m.

Sep. 15 N. Miami H 10 a.m.

Sep. 24 Peru H 5:30 p.m.

Sep. 26 Columbia City H 5 p.m.

Columbia City Aug. 21 Bellmont H 5 p.m.

Aug. 25 Norwell A 10 a.m.

Aug. 28 Huntington N. H 5 p.m.

Sep. 4 DeKalb A 5 p.m.

Sep. 6 B. Luers A 5 p.m.

Sep. 10 New Haven H 5 p.m.

Sep. 11 Wawasee H 5 p.m.

Sep. 17 E. Noble A 5 p.m.

Sep. 18 Lakewood Park Chr. H 5 p.m.

Sep. 20 South Side H 5:30 p.m.

Sep. 24 Leo H 5 p.m.

Sep. 25 Northrop A 5:30 p.m.

Sep. 26 Whitko A 5 p.m.

BOYS SOCCER

Columbia City Aug. 16 Whitko (varsity only) 6 p.m. A Aug. 18 South Side 10 a.m. H Aug. 20 Marion 5:30 p.m. H Aug. 23 Bellmont 5 p.m. A Aug. 28 Huntington 5 p.m. A Aug. 30 Manchester 5 p.m. A Sept. 4 DeKalb 5 p.m. H Sept. 10 New Haven 5 p.m. A Sept. 12 Wawasee 5 p.m. A Sept. 15 Heritage 10 a.m. A Sept. 17 East Noble 5 p.m. H Sept. 18 Eastbrook 6 p.m. A Sept. 22 Norwell 10 a.m. H Sept. 24 Leo 5 p.m. A Sept. 27 Garrett 5 p.m. A Whitko Aug. 16 Columbia City 6 p.m.

H Aug. 20 Peru 5:30 p.m. A Aug. 23 Rochester 6 p.m. H Aug. 25 Maconaquah Noon A Aug. 27 Central Noble 5:30 p.m. H Sept. 8 Wabash 11:30 a.m. A Sept. 12 Manchester 5 p.m. A Sept. 15 North Miami Noon H Sept. 19 Tippy Valley 5 p.m.

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“I loved interacting with the other people,” said Severit, who is a student at Dance Til U Drop in Columbia City. “Seeing all the different people was fascinating.”

Severit took part in classes at the Millennium Dance Complex and the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio. In his nine years of dancing Severit has only taken hip-hop classes but he decided to take advantage of his time in LA and open up to some new styles. While in California he took part in ballet, Latin jazz, tumbling and even some acting classes.

“I was forced to get out of my comfort zone,” Severit said. “I’m now more open minded about other styles.”

Dancers from all over the world attended the camp.

Severit got to be friends with people from Texas, Wisconsin, Florida and the United Kingdom.

Part of the purpose of the camp is to show dancers

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COLUMBIA CITY — Opportunity comes around once in a lifetime. Whether it’s meeting someone new, taking an unexpected trip or learning a skill, it’s important to make the most out of life’s experiences and enjoy them.

Columbia City dancer Sid Severit was presented with a unique opportunity and he jumped at the chance.

Severit just returned from a two-week trip to Los Angeles where he was able to participate in dance camp with other dancers from around the world.

Severit earned the trip to LA at The Movement dance competition in Chicago in April. Judges awarded scholarships to deserving dancers to attend the Hollywood Summer Tour camp. Over the course of the two weeks, Severit was able to learn some new skills, make friends who also love dance and even meet some famous actors and actresses.

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Hoeppner carded a 53 and Carly Mabie scored a 52.

Churubusco’s Brooke George shot a 51.

Columbia City 185, Churubusco 199

CHURUBUSCO — Columbia City’s golf team topped Churubusco last week at Eel River Golf Course, 185-199.

Columbia City’s Katie Hoag and Abby Pequignot were match medalists, scoring 43s.

Other Columbia City scores were: Leah Bechtold, 48; Lindsey Hoskins, 51; and Leonie Trabert, 54.

Churubusco was led by Terra Mayer with a 47, and Molly Geiger with a 48.

Kaitlynn Shull scored a 50 and Kenzie Tonkel shot a 54. Wrapping up the Lady Eagles’ scoring was Maddy Dreibelbis with a 62.

In junior varsity action, Columbia City’s Katie

Columbia City fourth at Wawasee Inv. SYRACUSE — Columbia City’s girls golf team finished fourth at the Wawasee Invitational Saturday. There were 12 teams in total.

Katie Hoag led the team with a score of 85 on the par 72 South Shore Golf Course — placing fourth overall.

The team finished with 394 strokes. Winning Northridge scored a 348, followed by Concord at 371 and Lakeland with a 373.

Whitko came in eighth overall, shooting a 443.

exactly what they need to work on to take the next step.

“It’s giving them a crash course on what it’s like to be out there (in LA) working,” Dance Til U Drop studio director Scott Frazier said. “He (Severit) really is passionate about dance. You can tell when you watch him dance.”

Frazier said the trip to LA seems to have sparked Severit even more. And, when Severit returned to the studio after the trip for the first time it was the younger dancers who were first to meet him with questions about his experience.

Part of being in Los Angeles is seeing famous people. Severit was able to enjoy more than one celebrity experience on the trip. While the camp was at the taping of “Junior Dancing With the Stars” Severit picked up the hat of Stevie Wonder’s son and handed it back to the singer.

During a break in camp at the Debbie Reynolds studio

Ariana Grande came in to rehearse for her upcoming tour. Severit got a picture with Grande’s boyfriend and Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson.

While dance was always something Severit wanted to be a part of his future the 16-year-old had that vision reinforced with the trip.

“Hollywood opened my eyes,” Severit said. “I want dance to be a part of my future no matter what.”

Severit said his goals range from going to Ball State to study musical theater to teaching at Dance Til U Drop — so long as he makes a life out of dance that’s what matters most.

Severit also said he would like to do something with choreography. Both Severit and Frazier also noted that while the trip was big for Sid because he was the one who traveled to California it was also important for the younger dancers to see that they can achieve their dreams as well.

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Other scorers for Columbia City were Leah Bechtold, 94, 14th overall; Abby Piquignot, 95, 15th overall; Katie Hoeppner, 120; and Lindsey Hoskins, 123.

Columbia City 189, North Side 271

COLUMBIA CITY — The Lady Eagles’ golf team pummeled Fort Wayne North Side on Aug. 9, 189-271.

All Columbia City golfers scored lower than all North Side players.

Katie Hoag was match medalist with a 43, followed

by Leonie Trabert and Lindsey Hoskins with 48s.

Leah Bechtold scored a 50 and Carly Mabie carded a 57. Rounding off the Lady Eagles was Katie Hoeppner with a 59.

Whitko falls in four-way at Wawasee SYRACUSE — Whitko’s girls golf team fell to three other squads in a four-way meet hosted by Wawasee Aug. 8.

Wawasee posted a team score of 194, followed by Churubusco at 201, West Noble at 204 and Whitko with 226.

Scoring for the Lady Wildcats were Bailey Wright with a 54, Erin Starkweather with a 56, and both Guinny and Gus Garr carding 58s.

Match medalist was Hannah Godfrey of West Noble with a 40.

Manchester 178, Columbia City 193

COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City’s golf team suffered a loss at the hands

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Severit

As memorable as the dancing was, Severit said he will always cherish the friendships he formed with the other dancers at the camp. Being in LA was a great opportunity that not

only showed Severit what life in Hollywood was like, including the $4 Mountain Dews at the airport, but also provided him with a whole new view on the world of dance.

of Manchester on Aug. 7, 178-193.

Manchester’s Kelsey Eichanauer set the pace for the Lady Squires, scoring a 38 on the par 36 front nine at Eagle Glen Golf Course in Columbia City.

Katie Hoag led Columbia City with a 44, followed by Leah Bechtold at 45 and Abby Pequignot at 50.

Katie Hoeppner carded a 54 and Lindsey Hoskins shot a 55.

In junior varsity action, Leonie Trabert shot a 57 and Carly Mabie scored a 66.

low scorer with a 56. Bailey Wright and Guinny Garr contributed, each with 57s.

Lilly Owsley rounded out the scoring with a 62 and Summer West shot a 63. North Miami also competed in the match with a team score of 268.

Triton 231, Whitko 232

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko’s girls golf team suffered a difficult loss to Triton on Aug. 6, losing by only one stroke, 231-232.

For the Lady Wildcats, Erin Starkweather was the

VOLLEYBALL Angola 3, Columbia City 0

ANGOLA — Columbia City’s volleyball team traveled to Angola for its season opener, falling in all three matches to the strong team.

The varsity squad fell 25-19, 25-9 and 25-12, losing 3-0.

The junior varsity squad fell 25-9 and 25-15; and the freshman team lost 25-11 and 25-15.

COMPILED BY Nicole Minier.

FOLLOW WHITLEY COUNTY SPORTS Friday, August 17

Thursday, August 16 Churubusco volleyball at Garrett, 7:30 p.m.

Churubusco tennis at South Side, 4:15 p.m.

Columbia City golf hosts Huntington North, 4:30 p.m.

Columbia City boys soccer at Whitko (varsity), 6 p.m.

Columbia City girls soccer hosts Garrett (varsity), 5 p.m.

Columbia City tennis at West Noble, 5 p.m.

Columbia City volleyball at Whitko, 6:15 p.m.

Whitko girls golf hosts Southern Wells, 4:30 p.m.

Whitko girls soccer at Central Noble, 5:30 p.m.

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Churubusco golf hosts Carroll, 5 p.m.

Churubusco football at Whitko, 7 p.m.

Columbia City football hosts Warsaw, 7 p.m.

Saturday, August 18 Churubusco volleyball at West Noble Inv., 9 a.m.

Churubusco tennis at South Side Invitational, 8 a.m.

Churubusco cross country at Fairfield Invitational, 10 a.m.

Columbia City cross country at Huntington North Invitational, 9 a.m.

Columbia City golf at New Haven Invitational, 7:30 a.m.

Columbia City boys soccer hosts South Side, 10 a.m.

Whitko girls soccer at West Noble, 10 a.m.

Monday, August 20 Churubusco tennis hosts Manchester, 5 p.m.

Columbia City boys soccer hosts Marion, 5:30 p.m.

Columbia City tennis at Whitko, 5 p.m.

Columbia City volleyball at Northrop, 6 p.m.

Whitko girls soccer hosts Lakeland, 4:30 p.m.

Whitko girls golf at Wabash, 4:30 p.m.

Whitko boys soccer at Peru, 5:30 p.m.

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Tuesday, August 21 Churubusco volleyball at Whitko, 7:15 p.m.

Churubusco tennis at Lakeland, 4:30 p.m.

Columbia City cross country at Warsaw Invitational, 5:45 p.m.

Columbia City golf hosts Homestead, 4:30 p.m.

Columbia City girls soccer hosts Bellmont, 5 p.m.

Columbia City volleyball hosts Garrett, 5:15 p.m.

Whitko cross country at Warsaw Invitational, 5:45 p.m.

Wednesday, August 22 Whitko tennis hosts Wayne, 5:30 p.m.

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Eagles set for Warsaw in opener KPC NEWS SERVICE COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia CIty’s football team is looking to build upon its first .500 season since 2011, with many returning players on both the offensive and defensives sides of the ball.

The Eagles were 5-5 last season and return 14 starting positions — eight on offense and six on defense.

Columbia City will have the choice between two quarterbacks with varsity experience, Jacob Bolt and Max Bedwell, who both received snaps in the Eagles’ scrimmage against Garrett last week.

In addition, Columbia City returns several wide receivers and senior running back Jacob Wigent, who rushed for 792 yards and nine touchdowns last season.

Defensively, the Eagles plan for defensive ends Drew Rethlake and Curtis Winebrenner to lead Columbia City.

Rethlake was a secondteam All-Northeast 8 Conference player last season. Addition-

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Columbia City quarterback Max Bedwell warms up before the Eagles’ scrimmage against Garrett Friday.

NICOLE MINIER

Senior running back Jacob Wigent returns to the Eagles’ lineup this season.

ally, the squad has an athletic defensive line.

Columbia City opens the season by hosting Warsaw Friday with a 7 p.m. kickoff.

The Tigers are led by first-year head coach Bart Curtis and finished the season with a 6-5 record last year, beating Columbia City 21-6. The last time the Eagles beat Warsaw was in 2014.

The Eagles are led by head coach Brett Fox, who is in his fifth year at Columbia City.

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Sophomore Michael Nodine side-steps a Garrett tackle.

Receiver Keirin Gilles catches a pass in the end zone to score during the scrimmage.

Churubusco well-seasoned for 2018

BY KEN FILLMORE

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CHURUBUSCO — Churubusco has a lot of experience coming back from a team that finished 9-2, won a Class 1A sectional game and was part of a three-way tie for the Northeast Corner Conference Small School division title.

The Eagles return eight starters on offense and six starters on defense for sixth-year coach Paul Sade.

That includes arguably the area’s best quarterback-running back duo in senior signal caller Tommy

Richards and senior fullback Nathaniel Keener.

Richards enters his third season starting under center after being very efficient last year by completing 56 percent of his passes (56-100) for 726 yards and 15 touchdowns with only two interceptions. Keener had a breakout season by rushing for 1,288 yards and 17 touchdowns while picking up the slack for Garrett Horn, who missed about all of last season due to injury.

“We’re gonna build off all the strength and power we have,” Keener said to WANE television (KPC Media

Group’s news partner) at the Northeast Indiana Football Media Day in the Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum Expo Center on July 20.

Churubusco is typically stingy on defense under defensive coordinator Zach Dock. Junior Reese Wicker had 16 tackles for loss last year, including five sacks.

Senior inside linebacker Parker Curry is the leading tackler returning with 76 total tackles last season.

Sade said the halfback rotation is more athletic than it usually is at Churubusco with versatile senior Joey Emenhiser and juniors Sam

Wood, Gage Kelly and Jake Fulk in the mix. The coach said Brandt Parsons is much improved at receiver.

Key Returners: Senior FB Nathaniel Keener, junior OL/DL Reese Wicker, senior QB Tommy Richards, senior ILB Parker Curry, senior DB/HB/PK Joey Emenhiser and junior HB/DB Sam Wood. Wicker, Emenhiser and Wood are entering their third seasons as defensive starters.

Promising Newcomers: Juniors Case Lemper

(OL-ILB), Jake Fulk (HB-OLB), Jake North (OL-OLB) and Blake Trostel (TE-OLB) Strengths: Their traditional running game and the aforementioned experience.

Areas to Work On: Making the right fit with personnel and how the leadership will develop.

Sade knows the players he wants to get on the field, but it’s more a matter of where they play, and that’s what the coaching staff tried to

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Kelley, Foote, attend Hoosier Girls State CONTRIBUTED CHURUBUSCO – Brooklyn Kelley and Blaire Foote were chosen by the Churubusco American Legion Auxiliary Unit #157 to attend the 75th annual session of Hoosier Girls State. HGS was held June 15-30 at the campus of Trine University in Angola.

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Yesterday • 1 year ago C&A Tool was sold to Minebea Mitsumi Inc., parent company of New Hampshire Ball Bearing Inc. The company chose to purchase C&A Tool because of the business’s overall strength and reputation.

Churubusco’s wildlife team of Blaire Foote, Tori Bradfield, Bethany Parish and Ashley Uecker won the national contest in Georgia, along with advisor Phil Allen.

Lisa Waterman, of Churubusco, was selected as the Rotary district governor.

Remi Earnhart was the champion junior dairy beef showman at the Indiana State Fair.

Churubusco Athletic Director Paul Sade resigned from his position, but remained as the head varsity football coach.

Sade had been in administrative roles for nine years, and wanted to spend more time focusing on teaching and coaching.

Mackie Sheets was crowned the Indiana State Fair Dairy Steer Queen.

10 years ago The town of Churubusco approved its contract with the Smith Township Fire Department for $31,185 per year.

Local families had the opportunity to sign up for the SchoolWorks program for school supplies. The program was available for children entering kindergarten through 12th grade.

The Churubusco Lions Club planned a car show in the Churubusco Community Park during the Picnic in the Park celebration in late August.

Along with the car show, there would be a fish fry and D.J. 15 years ago Construction was underway for the new Whitley County Humane

KPC NEWS SERVICE The following individuals were arrested and booked in the Whitley County Jail: Javier Garza, 22, of Warsaw, was arrested Aug. 5 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with operating while never licensed.

Anthony Mayers, 22, of Fort Wayne, was arrested Aug. 5 by the Columbia City Police Department, charged with possession of marijuana.

Michael Anderson, 23, of Terre Haute, was arrested Aug. 6 by the Indiana State Police, charged with OWI – controlled substance and possession of marijuana.

Shawn Restrepo, 35, of Fort Wayne, was arrested Aug. 7 by the Columbia City Police Department, charged with auto theft.

Travis Reiff, 33, of Columbia City, was

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Chuck Jones announced his retirement from Jones Insurance Agency, which was founded in 1941 by his father, Everett Jones.

Local and surrounding communities were invited to the Victorian Whitley County Courthouse for a weekend of entertainment at the first ever Art Around the Square juried art festival.

Two Indiana state troopers were transferred to Whitley County: Aaron Cook and Jason Ward.

James and DeMaris Fry celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

Jim and Amy Bohnstedt announced the birth of a son, Colton James Edward.

Jeremy and Jayne Palmer announced the birth of a son, Ethan David.

Jason and Marla Wymer announced the birth of a son, Garrett Bert.

Tara Eberhart was named Miss South Whitley. Rita Wilkinson was first runner-up and Megan Daily was second runner-up.

Avid golfer Cy Imbody of Churubusco scored two holes-in-one in nine days.

25 years ago Enrollment at Smith-Green Community Schools was up by 32 students at the elementary school and 18 at Churubusco Jr./Sr. High School.

Elaine Jones was recognized by Passages Inc. as the volunteer of the year for 1993.

Several buildings in Churubusco were under construction, including a Subway sandwich shop, a new NAPA Auto Parts store, and a new mill shop for C&A Tool.

Michael and Rita Mawhorter announced

arrested Aug. 7 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with simple battery, criminal recklessness, residential entry and intimidation.

David Greer, 28, of Columbia City, was arrested Aug. 7 by the Columbia City Police Department, charged with possession of paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine.

Haley Wright, 26, of Avilla, was arrested Aug. 7 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with possession of paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine.

Elizabeth Alvarez, 31, of Fort Wayne, was arrested Aug. 8 by the Indiana State Police, charged with refusal to identify self.

Daniel Platter, 30, of Columbia City, was arrested Aug. 8 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s

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CHURUBUSCO ALL-STARS: Members of the Churubusco Boys Baseball League all-stars are pictured. Boys on the team were Gary Hooten, Greg Shady, Doug Akers, Jonathan Arehard, John Penninger, Lary Konger, Tom Papenbrock, Ron Richey, Randy Gaff, Kim Hearld, John Ford, Brad Dell, Mike Pippenger, Ken Liggett, George Diller, Rick Flaherty and Mark Sade. Coaches were Dick Lemish and Phil Akers.

the birth of a daughter, Karlee.

Dan and Brenda Jones announced the birth of a son, Dylan.

50 years ago The Churubusco High School football team was prepping for the football season. The Eagles had 26 upperclassmen on the team and four freshmen.

The freshmen were Terry Papenbrock, Richards Parks, Mel Egolf and Gary Byrd.

CHS was also preparing for its 75th homecoming with the crowning of the homecoming queen, a parade and dinner as highlights of the event.

Smith-Green Community Schools set a dress code for the

upcoming school year.

For boys, no shorts of any kind. Pegged pants could not be “extremely form fitting,” they had to be worn at the waist, shirttails tucked in, coats could not be worn in school and no “fad” shirts. No extreme hair or clothing styles were allowed. For girls, no bermudas, shorts or slacks. No tight skirts or sweaters, no “extreme” hair or clothing styles, shirttails tucked in, no “pant-type” dresses and no “fad” shirts. Skirt lengths were to be at the top of the knee when standing.

Ford Division cars for 1969 were highlighted, with new performance-oriented Mach

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Department, charged with theft.

Rayvon Bradford, 23, of Ford Heights, Ill., was arrested Aug. 8 by the Indiana State Police, charged with possession of marijuana.

Terry Evans, 28, of Ford Heights, Ill., was arrested Aug. 8 by the Indiana State Police, charged with OWI – controlled substance and possession of marijuana.

Isaiah Neer, 35, of Columbia City, was arrested Aug. 8 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with probation violation.

Trent Hooker, 25, of Larwill, was arrested Aug. 8 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with battery causing bodily injury, possession of paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and theft.

Richard Schaefer, 69, of Columbia City, was

arrested Aug. 9 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle and theft.

Jared Winebrenner, 18, of Columbia City, was arrested Aug. 9 by the Columbia City Police Department, charged with sexual battery and two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor.

Ric Hamilton, 26, of Columbia City, was arrested Aug. 9 by the Whitley County

I and Cobra models, a luxury Mustang Grande, new engines and more comfort and convenience, according to a news release on the new models.

Dan Imbody and Bob Egolf were named “Jaycees of the Month” by the Churubusco Area Jaycees.

Several Whitley County residents were winners at the Indiana State Fair. Lela Poe placed first in raspberry jellies. Marvin Rossiter earned a blue ribbon in woodworking. John Honeywell earned a blue ribbon in electric.

Ralph Culbertson Jr. was named chairman of the Whitley County United Fund’s county

division, according to Rex Schrader, the general chairman.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shearer announced the birth of a son, Edison Taylor.

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Perkins announced the birth of a daughter, Bobbie Jo. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Johnson announced the birth of a son, Brian Daniel.

Shelton’s IGA offered chow mein noodles, two for 39 cents; Scott towels, 29 cents per roll; Mott’s applesauce for 39 cents per 35-ounce jar; Swiss steak for 79 cents per pound; an Eckrich old fashioned loaf for 89 cents a pound; and bacon for 55 cents per pound.

Sheriff’s Department, charged with possession of paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.

Michael Houck, 21, of Pleasant Lake, was arrested Aug. 10 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with probation violation.

Nevada Elliott, 38, of Columbia City, was arrested Aug. 10 by the Columbia City Police Department, charged with probation violation.

Mark Plummer, 47, of Columbia City, was

arrested Aug. 10 by the Columbia City Police Department, charged with domestic battery, DWS, OWI per se and his second OWI. Ruben Ortiz-Moreno, 23, of Ligonier, was arrested Aug. 11 by the Churubusco Police Department, charged with OWI per se and OWI. Chantry Simmons, 28, of Columbia City, was arrested Aug. 11 by the Columbia City Police Department, charged with criminal mischief.

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• Whitley County Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center Golf Outing: An event with many prizes is at Eagle Glen Golf Course in Columbia City. Registration and lunch start at 11 a.m. with play starting at noon. For registration and sponsor information call (260) 248-8131 or email office@whitleychamber.com.

17. August

• Business Buzz: Whitley County Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center is hosting a Business Buzz event at 8:15 a.m. at Brew’Ha in Columbia City to promote businesses, non-profits, community interests and to network with others.

18. August

• Family movie night: at New Life Fellowship, 204 S. Oak St., Columbia City, is at 7:30 p.m. Hot dogs and popcorn will be served at 7:30 p.m. with the movie starting at 8:30 p.m. For more information, contact Pastor Randy at (260) 519-0952 or Beth at (260) 519-0288.

• Church Garage Sale: Fellowship of Wesley Chapel UMC is having a garage sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 13733 Wesley Chapel Road, Churubusco. The building is handicapped-accessible and climate controlled. Many families will be selling their items at individual booths. The United Methodist Women will have a bake sale table and a concession stand will be open with snacks. For information on renting a space, contact Tammy at aunt46723@yahoo.com.

• Jen & the Foggy Creek Band: Churubusco Public Library presents Jen & the Foggy Creek Band at 1 p.m. as part of the 2018 Summer Concert Series. The free, outdoor concerts, weather permitting, is made possible by the Community Foundation of Whitley County.

• 4th Annual Churubusco Public Library Fine Arts Festival: is noon-6 p.m. on Line Street, beside the block party. Jen & the Foggy Creek Band performs from 1-3 p.m., there also may be a food vendor, and art for sale. Vendor applications are available on the library website and are currently being accepted.

19. August

• Ice Cream Social Sunday: A free-will offering event sponsored by Saturn Christian Men’s Fellowship is 4-7 p.m. at Saturn Christian Church, 6731 E. C.R. 800S. On the menu is: bratwursts, hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans, pies, cakes and Schwan’s ice cream.

21. August

• STEM Challenge: The South Whitley Public Library invites teens to try their hand at programming Dash the robot to make it speak and move at 4 p.m.

22. August

• Women’s Lunch Series: at A. Shively & Co., 1165 E. Business 30, Columbia City, starts at noon. Local business owners and Chamber members Annette and Adam Shively will open her shop for this Chamber members only event. Lunch is included but space is limited. RSVP early by calling (260) 248-8131 or email office@whitleychamber.com.

23. August

• Upper Wabash River Watershed-Watershed Management Plan: The Huntington County Soil & Water Conservation District is hosting a steering committee meeting for the Upper Wabash River Watershed Management Plan project, 9-10 a.m. at the Huntington County SWCD Office, 2040 Riverfork Drive, Huntington. The public is welcome, encouraged to attend and will be given time at the end of the meeting to ask questions and provide input.

• Ukulele Fun: Join the Peabody Public Library at 6:30 p.m. in the Children’s Department and bring your ukulele to strum along with YouTube videos. All ages welcome.

• Field day: Purdue Extension is hosting a field day for farmers and agribusiness professionals at the center, 4821 E. C.R. 400S, Whitley County. The program begins with morning workshops led by Purdue Extension experts. Participants will have optional opportunities for self-guided research plot tours, view an unmanned aerial vehicle, demonstrations and discussions and/or participate in the health education and screenings

by Parkview Health in the afternoon. The event is 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with lunch provided. Admission is free but registration

is required to receive a meal. To sign up, contact the Whitley County Extension Office at (260) 244-7615 and leave a name and phone number by Aug. 17. For more information, visit extension.purdue.edu/whitley.

• Red Cross Blood Drive: from 1:30-6:30 p.m., is at Faith Lutheran Church, 9251 E. S.R. 205, Churubusco.

• TROY School benefit: A concert and dinner buffet for TROY School to benefit student scholarships is at C2G Music Hall, 323 W. Baker St., Fort Wayne. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Featured musicians, Columbia City’s Ann Stapel-Kalat, Oferle, Davis Todoran and the Hubie Ashcraft Band will play. Tickets are $125; purchase online at troyalternativeschool.com. Reservations are limited.

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15. September

• Understanding Mood Disorders: A free presentation open to the community by Cross Connections and St. John’s Lutheran Church is from 9-11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 2465 W. Keiser Road, Columbia City. Counselor Megan Beeching will cover basic information about mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder. To register call (260) 244-3712 or email deaconessintern.stjohns@gmail.com by Sept. 10.

22. September

• Laud Community Garage Sale: from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., is on south State Road 9 between state roads 14 and 114, and is expecting 15 or more sales. Laud Christian Church will provide food and drinks to purchase, as well as a bake sale. Bathrooms are available at the church.

• 4th Annual Lord’s Acre Festival: will be hosted at Etna United Methodist Church, 4255 W. C.R. 750N. Food booths by local churches and the parade begin at 11 a.m., opening ceremony at 11:30 a.m., entertainment from noon-1 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. with a community auction 1-3 p.m. and silent auction 12:30-4:30 p.m.

All proceeds go to the Boomerang Backpacks program for Little Turtle and Northern Heights elementary schools.

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25. September

• Whitley County Council on Aging: is hosting Ron and Sharon Frazier and friends at the Woodlands. Concert starts at 4 p.m.

Tickets are $15 each or two for $28. Tickets include dinner: pulled pork sandwich, coleslaw and baked beans. Proceeds go toward helping the Outdoor Life Center. Tickets are available at the Woodlands.

• Job Finders Series – Using Open Office: Peabody Public Library invites the public to learn how to use this free software at 3:15 p.m. in the Computer Classes/Tech Department.

• Tech Talk Technology: in the Computer Classes/Tech Department of the Peabody Public Library is 9 a.m.-noon. The computer lab will be open and the library encourages you to bring your devices and questions.

• Distinguished Young Women Program: is in the Newell Rice Auditorium at Columbia City High School at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students K-12. Tickets are available at the door. Seating is not reserved.

• California Dreamin’: Churubusco Public Library presents California Dreamin’ at 7 p.m. as part of the 2018 Summer Concert Series, free, outdoor concerts, weather permitting, made possible by the Community Foundation of Whitley County.

26. August

• GospelFest at Collins UMC: The 2018 free GospelFest at Collins United Methodist Church begins at 5 p.m. at the church, 5524 E. Darland St. The free food begins at 5 p.m. — hot dogs and other picnic foods. The music will begin at about 5:30 p.m. with local artists Lisa Waterman and Ken Ellis. At 6 p.m., All Gone Blue, a local three-piece band that plays folk gospel, will perform. The whole family is invited to attend.

28. August

• Whitley County Writers Group: Peabody Public Library welcomes writers to meet in the Adult Department at 7 p.m. to join with other like-minded creators for Writers Group.

1. September

• Last day for Volunteer of the Year nominations: visit the United Way website to nominate a volunteer for the 2018 Volunteer of the Year. Nominations close Sept. 1.

8. September

• Jim Acres Benefit Golf Scramble: at Eagle Glen Golf Course, 129 S. Eagle Glen Trail, Columbia City, is raising money for community leader and firefighter Jim Acres, recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The cost is $60 per person or $240 per team. The event starts at 1 p.m. with a shotgun start, 18 holes with a cart, dinner, 50/50 raffle and more. There are prizes for first, second and third place. Collared shirts are required to play.

14. September

• Adult Prom Fundraiser: from 7-11 p.m. at the Van Buren Event Center is benefiting Whitley County’s local youth. Funds raised will go toward providing safe after-school care for kids in the community. Tickets are on sale Aug. 15. Must be older than the age of 21 to attend. For more details, search “Adult Prom Fundraiser” on Facebook.

• Day of Caring: brings Whitley County together to connect those in need with more than 250 volunteers ready to help. For organizations with projects needing attention, teams of people willing to lend a hand or questions, contact Leslie at l.vonseggern@unitedwaywhitley.org. Team submissions are due by Aug. 15.

9. October

• Dairy Queen Fundraiser: for the Navigators, a group of individuals with disabilities who meet monthly to discuss the importance of being a self-advocate. From 4-8 p.m. Dairy Queen, 409 N. Main St., Columbia City, will be donating 10 percent of purchases to the Navigators.

13. October

• 5th Annual Autumn Harvest Festival: hosted by the Whitley County 4-H Program is at the Whitley County 4-H Fairgrounds from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is no admission fee and parking is free for this event. The event will have a four-wheel drive truck pull, a craft show and flea market, car show and music acts. The Ag Museum will be open along with kids activities planned throughout the day. Forms to reserve a place for the craft show and flea market, toy show, car show and food vendors are available at the Purdue Extension Whitley County office or whitleycounty4h.com.

Ongoing • Impact Center Cottage Gift Shop: at 500 W. Van Buren St., Columbia City, is open Thursdays from noon-5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All proceeds will purchase food for the Impact Center Food Pantry.

• Multi-County Medical Outreach Clinic: is a free clinic at 524 Branch Court, Columbia City, open Thursday afternoons from 1-5 p.m., except the fifth Thursdays of the month. The clinic serves noninsured or underinsured on a first-come-first-served basis.

Donations are accepted.

• The Churubusco Lions Club: meets every second and fourth Tuesday of each month at Papa’s Place at 6:30 p.m.

• The Whitley County Farmers Market: is every Saturday from May through October, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on the Whitley County Courthouse Square. Meet local farmers and artisans for homegrown, homemade products. There are more than 50 vendors, local produce, plants and local artists.

• AA and Al-Anon meetings: Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. at the Churubusco Methodist Church.

• A support group for families: of children with special needs meets 3-5 p.m. on the third Saturday of each month at Choices & Changes, 360 N. Oak St., Columbia City. For more information, contact Chris Garau at (260) 255-0708 or Chirsty Garau at (260) 255-0707.

• C3 Youth Group: meets with youth pastor Brad Milikan 6-7:30 p.m. Sunday at Christ Community Church, 316 N. Main St. in Churubusco. Students grade 6-12 are welcome to join.

• Churubusco United Methodist Nursery School: is accepting registration for the 2018-19 school year. Children should be 3, 4 or 5 by Aug. 1. Enrollment is $50 and monthly fees will be $80 for the three-day program (Monday, Wednesday, Friday). Morning sessions are 9-11:30 a.m. Afternoon sessions are 12:30-3 p.m. For more information, call the office at (260) 693-2154.

• VFW Post 5582 hosts a fish fry: the first and third Fridays of each month, 5-6:30 p.m. The post is located at 415 E. Chicago St., Columbia City.

• Family story times at Peabody Public Library: Peabody Public Library hosts family story time on Fridays at 10 a.m. in the Children’s Department at the library. All ages are welcome to attend and participate.

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