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Mayor outlines 2018 city budget By Nicole Minier nminier@kpcmedia.com
COLUMBIA CITY — “We want to provide good government services at a decent price,” said Columbia City Mayor Ryan Daniel as he outlined the proposed 2018 budget to City Council members last week. The budget has a focus on employees, safety and security updates to city facilities, the city’s trails and City Hall maintenance. The mayor suggested adding an additional
police officer, additional firefighter and additional 911 dispatcher to the city’s public safety force. The city is looking to steadily increase its public safety employees as the size of the city’s population continues to grow, he said. The fire department is working toward having two full-time firefighters on duty at all times — if one firefighter is on a call, the other can manage a second call. The police department is looking to add another detective into a detective
bureau, as the CCPD’s two detectives have seen an increased workload. “With a growing population, the more people we have the more there is a challenge,” Daniel said. “We haven’t seen a huge uptick, but we want to address all the issues we can.” Daniel also noted the number of calls coming into the dispatch center is also increasing, and he feels it’s time to add another employee in that department.
Public safety aside, the parks department is also requesting to add an additional employee — an aquatics center manager — to the 2018 budget. The facility is expected to be open for the summer of 2018. Last month, the council approved a job description for the aquatics center manager, who would manage the facility yearround. The mayor factored in a “slight increase” to his promotional account, as he continues to advertise
the community to other communities and attract residents. There are several items set for update at city-owned facilities. One is a two-year program for total replacement of all city cameras and accompanying equipment, which is estimated to be about $82,000 per year. Additionally, City Hall has had third-floor ceiling issues that need repair, and some funds were also set aside for making the See CITY, Page 4
Team Boggs is second place fundraising team in nation By Tyler Roebuck troebuck@kpcmedia.com
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Whitley Works pushes forward with initiative By Nicole Minier nminier@kpcmedia.com
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Local man charged with kidnapping with deadly weapon Cabiya facing multiple charges in Whitley Circuit Court after discharging firearm several times By Tyler Roebuck troebuck@kpcmedia.com
COLUMBIA CITY — A Churubusco man is accused of kidnapping his wife and using a handgun to shoot a cell phone that was used to call 911 during an altercation last week. Colton Cabiya, 26, of Churubusco, is charged with kidnapping with a deadly weapon, two counts of criminal confinement, criminal recklessness, pointing a firearm, operating while intoxicated,
OWI per se, intimidation and residential entry, after an alleged incident that began in Churubusco and ended at Miami Village Mobile Home Park Sept. 25. A friend of the alleged victim called police after she witnessed threatening encounter between Cabiya and his wife, according to court documents. The friend told Churubusco Deputy Marshal Dustin Papenbrock that the couple was having marital issues,
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Bill Boggs, right, and other local muscular dystrophy patients, lead motorcycles out of South Whitley at their annual motorcycle ride fundraiser.
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COLUMBIA CITY — Lori Heuer and the Whitley Works initiative have one goal for Whitley County students: Prepare students for the workforce. “We want every student to have a plan for their years right after high school — whether it be work, college or a trade,” Heuer said. Rather than only directing high school graduates to four-year college, Whitley Works is exploring all options with a focus on how to prepare students to be good employees. One of the ways Whitley County Consolidated does that is through internships. Currently, 30 Columbia City High School/Eagle Tech Academy students
SOUTH WHITLEY — For the 2017 Muscular Dystrophy Association Muscle Walk season, Team Boggs of South Whitley raised the second highest amount of any team in the nation. The team raised $41,248 for the April walk, which included funds raised at events throughout the year. Dawn and Bill Boggs started Team Boggs in 2012 to raise money for the MDA because both Bill and his son have the disease. “In 2012, my son was online and called me up and said, ‘Hey, dad, I signed us up for some MDA muscle walk. You get a team together and
and she accompanied her friend to pick up clothes and a diaper bag for the children. The Cabiya friend told Papenbrock that when they went to the home, Cabiya allegedly “came out of the house with his handgun, pointing the gun at their truck and firing at least one shot into the ground in the backyard near their vehicle,” court documents state. The wife said in court documents her husband had been taking anabolic steroids and had been acting “erratically.” The wife went with her
children to her in-law’s home at Miami Village for the night, but Colton Cabiya allegedly followed her there, and allegedly fired five shots inside parents’ home after he allegedly kicked in the door, looking for his wife. One of those shots was at a phone, which was used to call 911. Papenbrock, who knew the parents lived at Miami Village, responded to the scene, fearing a situation between the parties was out of hand. When Papenbrock arrived on the scene, a man accompanied by a woman and child, who were identified as Cabiya’s parents, came running toward Papenbrock from another area in the trailer court. At the same time, Cabiya allegedly sped away with
his wife and two handguns in-tow. While police were arranging a traffic stop, police saw Cabiya allegedly toss two handgunsout the window of his vehicle. He was later apprehended at gunpoint without incident. In an interview with officers at the Whitley County Jail, Cabiya told police he planned to die by “suicide by cop,” and intended to “come out of the vehicle with both handguns and shoot above the officers’ heads so that we would be forced to shoot him,” Papenbrock wrote in his police report. Cabiya allegedly told Papenbrock he couldn’t follow through because, “he did not want us to have to live with See COURT, Page 4