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Vol. 39, No. 18
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July 13, 2016
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Michel crowned 4-H Fair queen By Sarah Peters news@thepaperofwabash.com
Jordan Michel is the 2016 Wabash County 4-H Fair queen. Michel and 18 other young ladies kicked off the 2016 Wabash County Fair while competing in the 2016 Miss Wabash County 4H Fair Queen Pageant on Wednesday evening, July 6, at the Honeywell Center. Standing in a For daily straight row, 4-H Fair the contestants waited in updates, silence for one see The of their names be Paper of to announced as Wabash the 2016 Miss County’s W a b a s h Facebook County Queen. M i c h e l page. For beamed and complete the other 18 results, c o n t e s t a n t s cheered as her look for a name was said special over the speakShe section ers. stepped forinside The ward, separatPaper on ing from the July 27 line, toward the front of the stage to hug 2015 Wabash County 4-H Fair queen, Makayla Ridgeway and received the crown from her. Joining Michel on the court are First Runner-up Catherine Tracy, Second Runner-up Elizabeth Howenstine, Third Runner-up Mary Guisewhite and Miss Congeniality Megan Baxter. Winning the title was a surprise to Michel, but she is hon-
Wabash County 4-H Fair Queen Jordan Michel waves to the crowd as members of her court and other contestants look on Wednesday night, July 6, at the Honeywell Center’s Ford Theater. Photo by Sarah Peters ored to have been the one chosen to represent Wabash County and the 4-H Fair. She has been involved in the pageant for three years and believes that the pageant itself,
as well as the 4-H fair, has taught her many valuable, lifelong lessons. “It’s given me a lot of confidence to just be myself and have fun,” Michel said. “[That is
something I would say to everyone], not only in pageants, but in [all] of 4H especially. You just need to be able to have fun with the whole experience.” Michel is a 2016 graduate from
Manchester High School who will be attending Purdue University this coming fall. She is the daughter of Adam and Stacy Bashore, and is a 10-year (continued on page 15)
Karst named The Paper, The Bash join news forces WMI’s new project coordinator By The Paper staff
By Emma Rausch emma@thepaperofwabash.com Tyler Karst is Wabash Marketplace’s new project coordinator. The WMI Board of Directors announced Karst’s hiring on Friday, July 8, and he resumed his duties on Monday, July 11. He replaces Shelby McLaughlin, who resigned to assume a post at the Wabash County Historical Museum. “We are looking forward to having Tyler join us,” WMI TYLER KARST President Jason Callahan said. “He is bright, personable, enthusiastic and has a passion for promoting (continued on page 16)
Wabash County’s two leading media outlets are joining forces for improved news coverage. The Paper of Wabash County and 105.9 The Bash are teaming together to provide an expanded news coverage. The Paper General Manager Mike Rees and Wade Weaver, President of Dream Weaver Marketing LLC, which owns The Bash, have been in discussions about the partnership for several weeks. “I believe this news partnership is a win, win, win,” Weaver said. “It’s a win for my company giving yournewslocal.com more content by professional journialists. It’s a win for The Paper as it gives them and their readers a daily and up to the minute (radio) outlet to deliver the news.
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