The Paper of Wabash County - Dec. 23, 2015, issue by The Paper of Wabash County

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Mayor receives Sagamore award By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com

The special gift of time By Barb Maggart Special to The Paper of Wabash County The light was beginning to fade, on a lite winter afternoon in mid-December. Sara, delivering her daily newspapers, was enjoying the neighborhood Christmas lights. Nearly all the homes had some type of festive illumination to greet the coming holiday. But, she noted, as always, Grandma Katie’s home was nearly dark. Only one dim light burned in the back kitchen. Grandma Katie was Sara’s favorite customer, as she was also endeared by many others in her neighborhood. She wasn’t Sara’s real grandmother, but everyone called her that. The weather had turned cold and Sara’s hands were numb. She was hoping a cup

of hot chocolate would be waiting for her at Grandma’s house. She always delivered her paper to the door, and many times was invited in for a cookie and a cup of cocoa. Sara loved talking to the elderly lady. She had so many interesting stories to tell, and seemed to enjoy telling them, even if it was just to the papergirl. Each time she left the dark, lonely house, she felt sorry that Grandma had to live there all alone. She found herself staying long on her visits, until her mother would quiz her as to why she was taking so long on her route. Upon explaining to her that she had been talking to Grandma, and not just poking along on her delivery, her mother smiled, and said, she too needed to spend some (continued on page 7)

Mayor Robert Vanlanding-ham became the newest Sagamore of the Wabash in the State of Indiana on Friday afternoon. Vanlandingham received the honor from Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann in front of about 100 people during an invitation-only farewell luncheon at the Honeywell Center’s Legacy Hall. “I’m really humbled,” the mayor said moments after receiving the honor. “I don’t know what to say. It was totally unexpected. “You know, I certainly appreciate the award, but what made it very special is having the lieutenant governor here to give it to me personally. That really meant a lot. She’s a great lady.” Ellspermann and State Sen. (continued on page 9)

Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann and Mayor Robert Vanlandingham read the Sagamore of the Wabash award she presented tohimon Friday afternoon. Photo by Joseph Slacian

Garber is remembered for love of his community and of song By Emma Rausch emma@thepaperofwabash.com

NORTH MANCHESTER — The North Manchester community is mourning the loss of Chris Garber, 60, who passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne. “He was always thinking forward,” North Manchester Chamber president and Town Council member Laura Rager told The Paper of Wabash County, “which you always need those people that worry about

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Joy delivered through children’s eyes By Bill Barrows Special to The Paper of Wabash County

Have you ever had one of those weeks where you just couldn’t get much to go as it should? Well, I had one of those this past week. It seemed that nothing much went the way it was supposed to … until I agreed to do something that I haven’t done for a few years. I was asked to play Santa Claus for a group of kids who were participating in Kids Day Out at the Y on Dec. 12. The brainchild of Danielle Darnell, Kids Day Out, was a day for Christmas projects, letter writing skills, and having

holiday fun. Assisted by Jana Slacian and Addi Harden, 17 wide-eyed kids ranging in age from 4 to 9 were happily composing letters and playing when Santa arrived. To be honest, I wasn’t that excited about the task at hand, even though I had agreed to do it earlier in the week. The girls were probably desperate when I was asked to play Santa. But I reluctantly agreed to do it. I decided to recruit an accomplice, someone to be Santa’s elf. Another co-worker, Amanda Jones agreed to join me. When this old Santa and his cute elf arrived, the children became excited. I had just (continued on page 8)

those day-to-day nuts and bolts and how you’re going to cover this or that and the other, but then you also need those dreamers that will give you the goals you’re going to go for. “I don’t think he thought of it as dreaming. I think he thought very matter of fact about it. ‘Ok. Well there’s our goal. Let’s go for it.’ “That will be missed. He was very good at that.” In a release from Manchester University, President Dave McFadden explained that (continued on page 29)

The Paper to be closed Thursday, Friday By The Paper staff

Santa’s “helper,” Bill Barrows, staff members at they YMCA and children pose for a photo. Photo provided

The offices of The Paper of Wabash County will be closed Thursday, Dec. 24, and Friday, Dec. 25, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, to allow its employees to celebrate the holidays with their families. The office will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 28. The entire staff of The Paper wishes you and yours a very Merry Christmas.

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County Council denies local department’s legal fee payment request By Emma Rausch emma@thepaperofwabash.com

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In a 7-0 vote, the Wabash County Council denied appropriation of funds to pay the Wabash County Health Department’s legal fees accrued in 2015. The local health department’s officials requested $15,000 to be transferred out of the Strengthening Public Health Accreditation fund to pay attorney Larry

Thrush for legal service fees in issues related to the Local Health Maintenance Fund, according to Mike Ridenour, council chairman. “So (these are) invoices for services provided to (the health department) resulting (from the council) moving money from the Local Health Maintenance to County Health,” Ridenour explained. The County Health Board did not formally vote as a board to

request the transfer of funds, according to Dr. David Roe, health officer and department representative. “This was not voted on by the County Health Board because the money and the funds were already there,” Roe told the council. “But I understand that we need to get your approval to use some of that accreditation money for this bill.” Health board chairman Dr. Jeffrey Pyle had made the initial request, he continued. Councilman Jeff Dawes offered his concerns with the request, which sever-

al members joined in agreement with. “I think if we approve this appropriation then I think we’re kind of setting a precedence and we’re sending a message to all the other departments, ‘If you don’t like the decision that we make, hire a lawyer and fight it and then turn the bill into us,” Dawes said. “And then my second concern is I guess I question whether the local taxpayers – if we did approve it – whether the taxpayers would think if this is a really (appropriate) use of the grant funds.”

New park superintendent approved By The Paper staff The Wabash Parks and Recreation board approved Monday night, Dec. 21, Adam Hall as the new park superintendent. Hall has worked for the Parks Department for the last nine summers. He replaces Todd Titus who is retiring at the end of the year. Titus has served the city for more than 37 years. Mayor-elect Scott Long, Titus and a Park Board committee interviewed applicants prior to Long’s nominating Hall. Indiana statute requires the mayor to present his candidate to the Park Board for confirmation.

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Wabash airport to get fiber communications By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com Metronet received a $40,000 grant from the City of Wabash to extend fiber communications infrastructure to the Wabash Municipal Airport. The funds will come from the city’s share of the County E c o n o m i c Development Income Tax (CEDIT). Officials at the Lutheran Air Helicopter hangar have wanted fiber at the site, City Attorney Doug Lehman said. “The city checked with Metronet, and unfortunately it is not economically feasible

to run fiber down there, based on the number of customers that are likely to connect to it, without some kind of incentive or assistance,” he said. “So the mayor has decided to use funds from his special projects CEDIT money, which is for economic development. “It is believed that having the helicopter here has brought some employment into the city, and also provided a service to the citizens of the community.” Mayor Robert Vanlandingham negotiated with Metronet officials and agreed to provide the $40,000.

The funds will be encumbered from the 2015 budget. The Wabash Board of Public Works and Safety unanimously approved the agreement for the work and grant at its last meeting of 2015 on Dec. 16. “Although it was primarily done to service the airport, it also allows any property owners along the line to connect, if they desire to do so,” Lehman added. Va n l a n d i n g h a m said Metronet won’t begin work until after the holidays. “One of the reasons why it hasn’t been done so far is because they will be using lines owned by

REMC,” Lehman said. “REMC apparently is in the process of replacing or resituating poles in that area, and so it would make no sense for Metronet to attach their lines and then have to detach and move them, so they’re waiting for REMC to say they’re done with their work in the area and then Metronet will attach their lines.” Metronet has until June 1, 2016, to complete the work. “There is an exception that if something beyond Metronet’s control occurs, such as a major storm or a lack of materials from the suppliers,

then they’re not going to be held to the six month part of it.” Lehman noted that the airport land is within the city limits, although land between “here and the airport isn’t. The rest of the city has access to Metronet because of the agreement we have with Metronet. So this is really extending the service to another part of the city.”

All-inclusive park In another matter, the board unanimously approved a contract for the design of the all-inclusive park. The park, to be locat-

Alternative School students receive reward Alternative School director Laura Helm watches as students (from left) Dylan Walls, Lindy Miller, Austin Lester, Braxton Conlee and Kara Fugate look at their gifts from the Wabash Kiwanis Club. Photo by Joseph Slacian

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Students in the Wabash City Schools Alternative School program received presents on Thursday, Dec. 17, as the school’s first semester was drawing to a close. “There’s a local group called the Kiwanis Club,” Liz Hobbs, director of The Access Youth Center told the students. “It does all kinds of community projects. What they

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wanted to do was encourage you guys and congratulate you guys for completing the first semester of school. “They also wanted to encourage you to continue and to let you know that we’re all very proud of you. It’s not just Laura (Helm, the alternative school’s director) and I, but we’re all very proud of you for all the hard work you do.” The gifts included a variety of things, including candy, note

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Charley Creek Inn breaks ground for building project

Breaking ground for the second phase of the Charley Creek Inn building project are (from left) Brent Martin and Jeff Kumfer of SRKM Architecture; Steve Downs and Shelby McLaughlin of Wabash Marketplace Inc., Mayor Bob Vanlandingham, Kevin Berger of Easterday Construction, Dan Ford of the Charley Creek Foundation, Howard Kaler, Charley Creek Inn general manager, Christine Flohr of Visit Wabash County, and Mark Noble of the Charley Creek Inn. Photo by Joseph Slacian By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com Ground was broken on Wednesday, Dec. 16, for the second phase of a building project at the Charley Creek Inn. The first phase involved the demolition of a building immediately south of the Inn on Miami Street. The demolition took place over the summer, and there was minimal disruption of travel through the downtown area. The second phase involves an expansion of the existing building at the site of the former Smith Furniture building. The new building will be the same height as the existing building, Charley Creek officials said in a news release, however, it will have a smaller footprint. The new building will be used to expand the Inn’s commercial

An artist’s conception of what the second phase of the Charley Creek Inn building project will look like when it is finished. Photo provided kitchen, include a proper employee and delivery entrance, and continue to provide storage and maintenance support services for the hotel. A green space also is being developed

between Miami Street and the new structure that will be used for outdoor dining, wedding ceremonies and special events. The 2,200square-foot plaza will be surrounded by a combination of brick walls

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and wrought iron fencing. Planning of the project has been several years in the making, according to Howard Kaler, Charley Creek Inn’s general manager. “(Richard) Ford started to talk about this back before he passed away, so it’s been quite a few years,” he told The Paper of Wabash County. “At that time he wasn’t sure whether he wanted to retain the original livery building or demolish, which he wasn’t a fond person of doing that. “It was finally decided after a group of engineers looked at it that there was no saving the building.” Bowyer Excavating of Peru demolished the building. Easterday Construction of Culver is working with SRKM Architecture of Warsaw on the building project. “Bowyer Excavating did a remarkable job for us,” Kaler said. “We look forward to this next phase and what the completed project can mean to Charley Creek Inn and the downtown area.” The new space should be open in last summer 2016. “They’re going to start with the concrete work and then the steel erection,” Kaler said.

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the collision and struck Walls’ vehicle on the left side. Wallswas transported to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne by Lutheran Air, after he was extricated from his vehicle. Schepers was not injured. The investigation is continuing. Assisting at the scene were the Wabash Fire Department, Roann Fire Department, and Wabash County EMA.

By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com Two people were injured last week in separate accidents, Sheriff Bob Land announced. On Dec. 15, 2015, at approximately 2:20 p.m., the Wabash County Sheriff ’s Department responded to a personal injury accident on S.R. 13 at S.R. 124. According to a news release from Land, the investigation shows that a 2013 Chevy pickup truck, driven by James Vickrey, 74, LaFontaine, was northbound on S.R. 13, and was stopped at the fourway stop at S.R. 124. A 2004 Chevrolet driven by Katrina N. Reynolds, 23, Wabash, also northbound on S.R. 13, failed to observe or slow down for the stopped traffic, and struck the rear of the Vickrey pick-up. Reynolds was transported by ambulance to Lutheran Hospital in

A Danville man was injured after a personal injury accident at the intersection of State Road 15 and Country Road 400 North on Tuesday, Dec. 16. A 2014 Ford pick-up driven by Jerome A. Schepers, 62, Santa Claus, collided with a 2006 Chevrolet pick-up driven by Robert W. Walls, 88, Danville. The investigation is ongoing. Photo by Emma Rausch Fort Wayne, with a compound fracture of the right leg. Vickrey and a passenger were not injured. Assisting at the scene were the Indiana State Police, Wabash Fire Department, Noble Township Fire Department, and Wabash County EMA. Meanwhile, on Dec.

16, 2015 at approximately 11:11 a.m., the Wabash County Sheriff ’s Department responded to a personal injury accident at the intersection of S.R. 15 and 400 North. According to Land’s press release, the preliminary investigation shows that a 2006 Chevrolet pick-up, driven by Robert W.

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Walls, 88, Danville, was northbound on S.R. 15. For unknown reasons, Walls pulled his vehicle off of the roadway on the east side. It appears he then tried to pull back onto S.R. 15 or cross the roadway. A northbound vehicle, a 2014 Ford pick-up, driven by Jerome A. Schepers, 62, Santa Claus, could not avoid

Duke Energy Indiana helps families stay warm By The Paper staff PLAINFIELD – Duke Energy is once again assisting customers who may struggle to pay their winter energy bills. The company is contributing $700,000 for low-income customer energy assistance through its Helping Hand program. In addition, Duke Energy Indiana cus-

tomers are contributing more than $86,000, raising this year’s total to approximately $800,000. “Each year our shareholders and customers contribute to help families and individuals who may be struggling to pay their winter energy bills,” said Duke Energy Indiana President Melody BirminghamByrd. “Last year, we were able to help 5,600

Hoosiers.” Customers who need help paying their electricity bills can receive up to $300 toward their bill if their local Energy Assistance Program agency determines they are eligible based on need and other criteria. Duke Energy Indiana partners with the Indiana Community Action Association and the Indiana Housing &

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Council OKs new City Court case management system By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com

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System. City Court Judge Tim Roberts made a presentation to the Wabash City Council on Monday, Dec. 14, to discuss the need for the new system. Under an Indiana Supreme Court order, the council, along with the mayor and the judge must approve seeking the new system before a State Court Administration Panel ultimately decides it upon. The current Keystone system, Roberts said, precedes his time in office, which has been 12 years. “Some of the problems we’ve had, and these go back, to my knowledge, at least 10 years, is that it doesn’t break out the costs and so forth,” he told the Council. “The system has some glitches in it. Because of that, the State Board of Accounts has required us to keep a separate, hand written spreadsheet. “One of the problems that we have is

that court costs are broken down into how many different payments to how many different outfits. After we’ve had several State Board of Account audits, they’ve never found any money missing or anything like that, but their ability, and our ability, to know exactly what is going on is limited by that computer system.” The new system will cost $15,222, including new equipment such as a new server. “The way I’m going to pay for it is three sources of funding,” Roberts said. “Number one is encumbrance of money that we have in the budget for this year. Number two is the budget that I have – money for computer system maintenance and so forth for next year, and number three, we’re going to use some money from the clerk’s perpetual fund.” The clerk’s perpetual fund is made up of a document fee charged as part of a court-filing fee. The fund helps the

court purchase needed items. The $15,222 charge is the maximum the change will cost. “I think we might be a little less than that because that includes 50 hours of training for the employees operating the system,” Roberts said. “And, it’s going to be an upgraded system. We’re going to have an imaging system with it. If a plaintiff or defendant brings in a document they want to be part of the record, the girls can just run it through the scanner and it becomes part of the docket.” The 50 hours of training will take place at the City Court offices in Wabash City Hall. “They were going to charge us $4,000 to convert our Keystone data over to the CSI,” Roberts said. “Rather than do that, we’re going to have the girls go through all our active cases and enter them manually. That’s going to take several days to do that. “We’re going to close the court a couple of days during training, and they’ll be entering all of our active cases. I was afraid that it wouldn’t be completely successful getting data from one system revamped and entered into another system. And I was afraid of bringing over a bad product. We would rather start off and not have any type of corruption coming into the new system.” Roberts and Court Clerk Jennie Thomas said there were several

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thousand active cases that needed to be converted. City Attorney Doug Lehman noted that once the conversion is complete, other people would be able to access the court records. “They won’t be able to change anything, but they will be able to access the court’s records from computers which currently cannot be done with city court records,” he said. “That’s one of the requirements the (Indiana) Supreme Court of any case management system. It has to be something that can be accessed for informational purposes by the public through a computer.” Council member Joan Haag asked if that would violate any privacy issues. Lehman said it wouldn’t. “Court records generally are all public,” he said. “There are things that aren’t public; they have a way of keeping those things from showing up. “I don’t believe the City Court does anything that really is not a public record. Things like paternity and adoptions are not done here at the City Court level. Those are the kind of things that are not public. But any type of infraction, any ordinance violation, any kind of small claims, those are all public record not only here but in all court systems.” There is another benefit in being able to access the records from elsewhere, Roberts noted. “Courts all over the state have communication with each other,” he said. “If we have a defendant in our court in our system, we’ll know immediately if that same defendant is going through something in Delaware County or Grant County or wherever. And, conversely, when we put information in, one of the problems we have in court, and all courts have it, is finding people. You need to serve them a summons to make them come to court. If you can’t find them, you can’t serve them. “This system will access all the other courts in the state, and if they have a case going on in some other county, if we get a fresh address, we’ll get them served.” The Council unanimously approved the judge’s request.

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time with her elderly neighbor, but had just been too busy with the coming holidays. One evening, a week before Christmas, as Sara was hurrying along on her route, she stopped to gaze at the big, fancy car parked

2016 Hoosier Heroines essay contest launched By The Paper staff INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s First Lady Karen Pence, along with female statewide elected officials, announced details for the 2016 Hoosier Heroines Essay Contest for students in the 5th through 9th grades. The annual competition was established to celebrate Women’s History Month, annually celebrated in March. For 2016, in honor of Indiana’s Bicentennial, students are asked to write about currently living or women from history who have made contributions in the following categories: 5th grade – Agriculture 6th grade – Suffrage 7th grade – Business 8th grade – Science 9th grade – Education The submitted essays are then divided by grade and judged by the female statewide elected officials: 5th grade – Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann 6th grade – Secretary of State Connie Lawson 7th grade – Auditor Suzanne Crouch 8th grade – Treasurer Kelly Mitchell 9th grade – Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz Application forms, suggested topics and further details can be found and submitted electronically at w w w. i n . g o v. Applications are being accepted until February 22, 2016. On March 30, 2016, a reception will be held with the First Lady and elected officials to honor the selected winner from each participating grade level at the Indiana Statehouse.

in front of Grandma’s home. ‘Oh, good,’ she thought. ‘Grandma has some company. Maybe it is one of her daughters.’ Grandma had proudly shown her pictures of her three daughters when they were Sara’s age. She said one lived in the city about an hour away and the other two lived in other states. As she stepped upon the porch, Grandma and a young, well-dressed lady were standing in the doorway. “Come in Sara,” Grandma called. “I would like for you to meet my daughter, Iris.” The lady barely glanced at Sara, but instead continued talking to her mother in a very bossy, patronizing voice. Sara didn’t like the sound of it. “Why did you pick out such garish colors?” Iris questioned. “Can’t you see it doesn’t match a thing in the room?” Sara did not know what garish meant, but Grandma looked confused and unhappy. They were discussing the new chair Grandma had just purchased. She seldom bought anything new, and had been so proud of her chair

when she had shown it to Sara the day before. Sara liked it. It was upholstered in bright red flowers, and gave the small, dark room a bit of cheer. “Sara is my friend and paper girl,” explained Grandma, changing the subject. Again, her daughter gave Sara only the briefest look and headed for her car. “I’ll see you in February,” she called back to her mother, “when we return from Florida.” Grandma nodded, and quietly closed the door. That evening, at home, Sara told her mother about Grandma’s daughter’s visit. “That would be Iris,” Sara’s mother said, with her mouth in a straight, firm line. “Sounds like Katie is going to be alone again this Christmas,” she said to Sara’s Father. “It’s sad when not one of her three daughters can make it home for Christmas. Kate is old, and might not have many more Christmases to celebrate.” That made Sara sad. She loved her elderly friend. Her mother sighed and said, “We will have to do something

special for her.” Sara knew they, themselves, were going to be out of town for Christmas day, on their usual trip to Aunt Marie’s, her mother’s sister. Every year they celebrated with aunts, uncles, cousins and nephews and nieces that they wouldn’t see again until the Fourth of July picnic. Sara’s mother started the Christmas baking the next day. When finished, she boxed up a pretty selection of fresh baked cookies, handed them to Sara, and told her to give them to Grandma Katie tomorrow on her paper delivery. The following day, Sara did as her mother requested. Grandma invited her in, and with a wind, she confided in Sara, “I believe some hot chocolate would go well with these lovely cookies. Why don’t we find out?” Sara laughed and gratefully came in from out of the cold, and into the warmth of the little old-fashioned kitchen. On her way through the house, she sadly noted that one of Grandma’s old shawls had been thrown over the new chair. Sitting together in the close companionship of the small kitchen table,

Grandma suddenly jumped up and went to the corner cabinet. From the highest shelf, she pulled down a brightly wrapped gift ad handed it to Sara. “Merry Christmas, my dear little friend,” she exclaimed, and gave Sara a big hug. Sara opened the package to find a beautiful pair of red mittens, knitted by Grandma herself. “Oh, Grandma,” Sara said sadly, “I don’t have a gift for you. The cookies were a gift from my mother.” “What do you mean you don’t have a gift for me?” Grandma demanded. “Why, you give me a gift several times a week, all year long.” Sara looked questioningly, and asked, “I do?” “Oh, yes child,” Grandma softly answered. “Every time you stop and talk. Every time you come in and visit me – that is a gift. The gift of time. It is not refundable, it is not exchangeable – but precious beyond all costs. “The wonderful gift of time.”

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welled up at the thought of those children’s eyes. I’m very grateful that I was asked to play Santa Claus today. In Scripture, James said you show your faith by your work. My “work” is to interact with the youth of our community, to help them become better citizens through YMCA programs and set an example for volunteers who desire to further the cause. But in this case, I was the one who received the age-old lesson and the gift from children who were experiencing the magic of Christmas. I hope that all who read this are filled with the same joy that I received. Merry Christmas and Ho-Ho-Ho!!!

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... continued from the front page Jim Banks were among those present to honor Vanlandingham, who is leaving office at the end of the year after having served 12 years as mayor. “I’m so honored to be here to honor this outstanding public servant and leader,” Ellspermann said during brief remarks to the invited guests. “There’s no way to put a bounty behind what he’s done in bringing people together. I think, Bob, that that is something that we should bottle and give to every leader across the state, because it has meant so much and he has been the perfect role model. “It is certainly unprecedented, really unprecedented, cooperation.” Ellspermann noted that she has been able to work closely with Vanlandingham and the local Stellar Community team after Wabash was named a Stellar Community in 2014. “Whether you got it in a given year or not, you were going to just keep on trying,” she said. “It just got better every year. Throughout that, what came out so clearly in the selection process, was that level of cooperation, collaboration and commitment, of this community to work together. “And, so, yes, it became a slam dunk two years ago that Wabash was truly, truly a Stellar designee. And from that, so many communities are learning the benefit of what’s been done here in Wabash.” Banks also praised Vanlandingham for his service to the City of Wabash. He also joked about his own golf

game. “They say the mayor’s not a quitter,” Banks said. “But one thing he quit on is teaching me to play golf.” He said he’s also learned much about leadership from Vanlandingham. “As I think about what public service means to me, I will always think about the lessons I’ve learned from Mayor Vanlandingham,” he said. “He’s someone who loves his community. Many of us choose public service because we want to make a difference in our community, our state, our country. That’s exactly the foundation of why Mayor Vanlandingham works so hard on behalf of this community.” Vanlandingham, during his farewell remarks, noted that much of the success his administration had could not have been possible without the people who worked with him during his past 12 years. He called them a group “of dedicated, hard-working individuals who wanted was best for this city.” “In winding down, I’d have to say there are many, many things I’ve e n j o y e d , ” Vanlandingham said. “Most of them are people I’ve met and people I’ve worked with. I will never, never forget what’s been done for me. I’ve met a lot of good people at the Statehouse. I’ve met a lot of good mayors. “Those are things I’m going to miss, the people. I’d like to say thanks to all; you’ve all been great and very good to me. “I’m going to miss you.”

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Pence announces Regional Cities Initiative winners Northeast Indiana to move forward with 70 projects By Emma Rausch emma@thepaperofwabash.com Gov. Mike Pence and the Indiana E c o n o m i c D e v e l o p m e n t Corporation (IEDC) Board of Directors approved and awarded three Indiana Regional Cities Initiative applications $126 million on

Tuesday Dec. 15, including Northeast Indiana, which encompasses Wabash County. Seven regions, which represented 70 percent of the state’s population, submitted plans to the Initiative for more than 420 quality of place improvement projects across the state. Pence and the IEDC Board narrowed down the applicants to award North Central, Southwest and Northeast Indiana with regional develop-

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ment support. Each region will receive up to $42 million in state matching funds, which is subject to legislation approval, through the Initiative. The funding will assist communities across the three districts with quality of place projects that will “attract talent,” or new residents, to the area. Local projects include renovating the Historical Eagles Theatre and developing an all-inclusive park. The Initiative is critical to helping communities across the state, according to Bill Konyha, director of the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA). “The Regional Cities program is really pretty critical and the reason it’s pretty critical is because six out of our 92 counties have grown and are growing. The other 86 are losing population,” Konyha told The Paper of Wabash County in an interview. “Most of the population growth that’s being experienced by those six counties are coming from the 86 counties that are losing population. “It is critical for Indiana that we are able to attract talent from outside Indiana’s boarders,” he continued. “The purpose of having a Regional Cities program is to develop quality of place, qual-

ity of life that will attract that talent so we can begin to attract the investment that goes along with it.” OCRA reviewed the seven applications and, Konyha noted, that the “issue” now is for Northeast Indiana to include not only the larger communities, but the rural communities as well in benefitting from the award. “In our case, in Northeast Indiana’s case, the issue is we have 11 counties that participated, which is really impressive when you’re reviewing the applications,” he explained, “and it provides an opportunity along programs like Stellar Communities. (However,) for the other communities, the outlaying or rural communities, (the issue) is to find their place within that region so that they can also attract talent, so they can also expand.” Priority projects listed in Northeast Indiana’s application included the Roann Covered Bridge Park and North Manchester Early Learning Center renovations. While the other regions – Central, East Central, Northwest and West Central Indiana – will not receive funding through the Initiative, Pence and the IEDC Board voted to continue to support regional (continued on page 11)

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Pence announces Regional Cities Initiative winners ... continued from page 10 development plans in those areas. “The Indiana Regional Cities Initiative has been a catalyst for collaboration and action across the state, and it is crucial that this focus on quality of place and talent attraction continues statewide,” Pence said. The IEDC Board, chaired by Pence, also voted Tuesday to seek legislative approval in order to award full funding to the three recipient regions. The decision to award areas full funding is based on the financial success of the 2015 Tax Amnesty program, which has to date collected $137.6 million in cash payments. Northeast Indiana’s “The Road to One Million” plan aims to implement 70 projects

across 11 counties over the next 10 years, and invest more than $400 million to implement 38 projects in the next two years. The counties, which are all a part of the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership (NIRP), the largest R e g i o n a l D e v e l o p m e n t Authority in the state, include Adams, Allen, Dekalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells and Whitley. The Initiative is also critical in balancing the State Legislator’s decision to install property tax caps, according to Konyha. “Property tax caps harm everybody’s ability to make the investments needed to make in order to grow,” Konyha

explained. “The only response, the only way to deal with property tax caps is to grow. There’s no other way to do it. So anything that we can do to encourage growth within the region and in Wabash County will help all the people of Wabash County, the City of Wabash as they make that transition into the 21st century.” Now that the funding has been awarded, plans are going to move quickly to meet its two-year goal, according to Keith G i l l e n w a t e r, President and CEO of the Economic Development Group of Wabash County. “I mean, this is a pretty aggressive timeframe but the hope is January that we’re working on the groundwork for how

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what would put the projects right over the edge so it can start getting built, because their intention was that projects could be substantially completed within 24 months.” Not all 70 projects will be completed within 24 months, but “a good chunk of them are going to be,” he explained. When Wabash County Council voted 4-3 to join the NIRP (continued on page 12)

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Pence announces Regional Cities Initiative winners... continued from page 11 and, thereby, also apply for the Regional Cities Initiative at its May 26 meeting, councilmen Claude Markstahler, Matt Dillon and Kyle Bowman voiced opinions against the partnership. Markstahler told the council that while there was no downside to joining, he saw no benefit either, noting that the partnership would mostly benefit Fort Wayne. “There’s very little c o m m o n a l i t y (between Wabash County and Fort Wayne) and whatever we do … I think is to the benefit of them, not the benefit of people here. And there’s no reason for use to send manpower up there if there’s no benefit here,” he said in the June 10 edition of The Paper of Wabash County. While Fort Wayne will have projects such as the Fort Wayne Riverfront Development that will receive funding out of this award,

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Gillenwater said that with the potential of $42 million to spread throughout the region, “there’s a pretty good likelihood that some of our projects are going to get some attention as well. “As the projects were being vetted over the last six months as we were putting together our application, there were opportunities for the public to vote on projects and say what they thought the priorities were for the region,” he continued. “And one of the cool things is that some of the Wabash County projects came out among the highest priorities. “So there’s some opportunities to get some funding for those projects and that’s a good thing because (it shows) that other people are seeing the benefit of what we’re trying to do here.” However, while it is the intention to attract new residents,

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Bowman told the council that he didn’t see how new parks and trails would bring new residents to the area. “If we’re trying to get younger people, like my friends, back to the county,” he said at the council meeting, “what brings them back is jobs or family or schools, and I don’t feel that having a nice bike path is really going to do that or accomplish that, and that saving that money back we can work with our county economic development committee and pursue different options. … It comes down to jobs attracting people my age.” Gillenwater said that while Bowman’s

concerns were valid, everything is interconnected. “Our economy is intertwined with the counties or communities around us, whether it’s the people or jobs,” he said. “The same thing is true with why you focus on quality of life or quality of place initiatives. “There are numerous studies and research available when you talk about attracting the millennial generation that the paradigm has shifted,” he continued. “My generation and the generations before me were more about, ‘Hey. I’m going to find a job first and then I’ll find a place to live.’

“The research indicates that it’s gotten to the point that people are finding where they want to live, they want to play and then they’ll find a job. … If you have a community that no one wants to live in, it doesn’t matter if you have jobs here. If you have a community’s that’s great, but no jobs, that’s a challenge as well. “So all those things affect each other. You have to have place where someone wants to live, has job opportunities … and those are all pieces of the puzzle and if you’re missing one of those pieces then it’s never going to be complete,” Gillenwater said.

Wabash library rededicated children’s room By Emma Rausch emma@thepaperofwabash.com The Wabash Carnegie Public Library rededicated its children’s room as The Tilman-Snyder Children’s Room on Friday, Dec. 11, in honor of retiring Children’s Librarian Nancy Snyder. Approximately 37 guests were in attendance at Snyder’s retirement party at the Women’s Clubhouse as the library board surprised her with the announcement. Originally, the room was dedicated as The Della Tilman Children’s Room after Della Tilman, the facility’s head librarian from 1923-1969 who was an important and influential person during that time, according to Library Director Ware Wimberly III. “Because of the impact Nancy has left

Nancy Snyder hugs one of the many children she’s met during her time as the Wabash Carnegie Public Library children’s librarian on Friday, Dec. 11, during the library’s open house and good-bye party. Snyder officially retired this month after serving 34 years at the library. Photo provided in terms of cultivat- reading and learning ing the importance of to children in our community since 1984,” Wimberly told The Paper of Wabash County in an email, “the Board felt that it was appropriate and important to honor her in this manner. “When it was announced in front of Nancy along with the guests, I think Nancy was caught off-guard and (was) surprised. I think she and the guests were very pleased with the decision and thought it was a very appropriate honor!”

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City OKs abatements for Owens Corning, Troxel Equipment By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com

Two Wabash businesses received 10-year tax abatements on Monday, Dec. 14, from the Wabash City Council. Owens Corning (formerly Thermafiber) received two abatements, while Troxel Equipment received one. The Owens Corning measure was a bit out of the ordinary, for one of the abatements was for work that had already been done at the Mill Street plant. Because of that, a public hearing was needed before the Council could consider the abatement. “The reason we’re having this hearing is to talk about a tax abatement request that came in on a project that was done prior to the tax abatement application,” attorney Joel Stein told the Council. Owens Corning installed a bonded crimping machine and new crimpers at the plant over the summer. “This project was completed in 2015,”

Stein continued. “It’s not like it’s an old project that we scraped up; it was completed in 2015. It’s non-compliant in that the tax abatement request was not done before the project, it was done shortly after it was completed.” The company invested $3.171 million to install the new equipment, according to the Statement of Benefits filed to seek the abatement. The equipment “will help improve the project and the products that Owens Corning makes here in Wabash, and also expand the market into new areas. The projects were designed to firm up the base here in Wabash.” The Owens Corning projects didn’t create any new jobs, Stein noted, adding, “that is unusual for tax abatements, but it is the foundation for further growth. Already in 2016 they’re prepared to do $3 million in updates. “So I’d love to be able to tell you they’re going to bring several new jobs to Wabash. They’re not. But they are laying the foundation for fur-

ther development.” Owens Corning, since it purchased Thermafiber about three years ago, has already invested $11.4 million in the Wabash plant, “and they’re prepared to do more,” Stein said. Henry Decker, who worked for 34 years at the plant, asked about the work. “What we’re applying for today is new equipment,” said Roger Stowe, an Owens Corning engineer. “Most of our equipment went back to the early 1970s. I’d also like to add that while we technically did not add any jobs, none of this went to replacing any jobs either, so no jobs were loss because of the money we spent. “And, 60 percent of the money spent went to local contractors as well. While we did not hire anybody, the contract work we did was with local contractors.” City Attorney Doug Lehman explained why the work qualified for the abatement. “The general idea of tax abatement is to encourage someone do

something that they might not otherwise do were it not for the tax abatement,” he said. “Obviously, once it’s already done you’re not really encouraging anything. However, the statute does allow you to waive that requirement that it started before the filing when you believe that is the appropriate thing to do.” Owen Corning’s second abatement, this one filed prior to the work, was to install arc flash protection equipment. That work is expected to cost $2.6 million, according to the abatement paperwork. “This project, to simplify it, is basically to replace the electronic infrastructure in the majority of the plant,” Stein said. “The last time this was done, a major overhaul, was in the ‘70s. “This, again, is the framework of future projects.” Both abatements were unanimously approved. Also unanimously approved was a 10-year abatement for Troxel Equipment.

Resolve to give blood in January By The Paper staff

This January, during National Blood Donor Month, the American Red Cross encourages people to roll up their sleeves to give blood to help maintain a sufficient blood supply for patients. Since 1970, National Blood Donor Month has been observed in January to not only honor blood and platelet donors, but also to help increase donations during the winter months. Maintaining a sufficient blood supply for patients is difficult at this time of year because extreme winter weather and seasonal illnesses often impact donor turnout.

Karla Essmiller became a blood donor in college, but the importance of giving blood hit home when several family members had medical emergencies. “It only takes once sitting in a hospital, praying that your loved one will live through the day, to know how thankful you are for every single thing done to help them,” she said. “Donating blood is a simple gift that I can make that may help up to three people live another day. That makes me feel like a hero.” Local blood drives are: North Manchester Jan. 5: 11:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m., Timbercrest Senior Living

Community, 2201 East Street Wabash Jan. 6: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., Wabash Parkview Hospital, 710 N. East St. Jan. 8: 11:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m., Walmart Supercenter, 1601 N. Cass St. Jan. 15: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Whites Residential and Family Service, 5233 S 50 E The Red Cross encourages eligible donors to resolve to give blood regularly, beginning in January. Donors with all blood types are needed, especially those with types AB, O, B negative and A negative. To encourage donations, all those who come to donate Jan. 13, 2016, will get a long-

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Wabash native performs in nationally televised Christmas concert NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jacob Bunnell, a native of Wabash and a commercial music major at Belmont University, performed recently in the “Christmas at Belmont” concert at N a s h v i l l e ’ s Schermerhorn Symphony Center, a performance which was taped live and will air nationally this holiday season on PBS. Hosted by two-time Grammy winner Kathy Mattea, more than 700 student musicians joined the Belmont School of Music faculty and the Nashville Children’s Choir for the taping of “Christmas at Belmont.” The annual production of traditional carols, classical masterworks, world music and light-hearted seasonal favorites, produced by Nashville Public Television (NPT), premiered on PBS on Monday, Dec. 21, with

an encore broadcast Christmas Eve at 9 p.m. This is the 13th consecutive year “Christmas at Belmont” has been seen by a national audience on PBS (check local listings for dates and times in your area). This year’s edition of “Christmas at Belmont” features the University Symphony Orchestra, Belmont Strings, University Singers, Belmont Chorale, Percussion Ensemble, Musical Theatre, Jazz Band, Jazzmin, Southbound and Company, as well as mass choirs. The performance includes both classic holiday music such as “Carol of the Bells” and “Little Drummer Boy,” and festive seasonal songs such as “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and “Deck the Halls,” to name a few.

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Titus, Haag receive Keys to the City By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com Wabash Park Superintendent Todd Titus and outgoing City Council member Joan Haag received the Keys to the City. Titus received his on Monday night, Dec.14, during the last Wabash City Council meeting of the year. Titus received the honor from Mayor R o b e r t Va n l a n d i n g h a m , who presided over the last Council meeting of his three terms in office. It also was Titus’ last meeting, as he is retiring at the end of the year. “Sometimes things happen that deserve special recognition,” Va n l a n d i n g h a m said. “We have a gentleman that’s been working for the city since July 3, 1978. I think that’s over 37 years, Mr. Titus. “When I first took office, one of the first persons I talked to was Todd Titus. I can’t think of how many hours we’ve spent over the last 12 years discussing things. Sometimes people will probably disagree with this, but I discuss a lot of things with him that’s not park related. “He has a good head on his shoulders, he’s got good common sense, and what I appreciate about Todd over the last 12 years is if he had something to say, he told me. I appreciate that. There are times he’d say, ‘Why are you doing this,’ and I’d say ‘this,’ and he’d say, ‘Well have you thought about doing it this way?’ You’d be surprised at the conversations I’ve had, not only with him, but with other department heads.” While singing his praises, Vanlandingham, an avid Indiana University fan, also took a goodnatured dig at Titus. “Never in my wildest dreams did I ever I’d be giving a key to the city to a Boilermaker,” the mayor joked. Titus was surprised by the

award. “It’s been a good ride,” he said. “I owe a lot to a lot of people. I certainly appreciate all of you.” T i t u s ’ wife, Anne, and mother, Janet, also joined in the presentation. H a a g received her honor on Friday afternoon during the mayor’s farewell luncheon at t h e Mayor Robert Vanlandingham presents Council H o n e y w e l l member Joan Haag with the Key to the City during his Center. farwell luncheon on Friday afternoon, Dec. 18. Photo by “ W h e n Joseph Slacian y o u ’ r e mayor you try watch what you say and do,” Vanlandingham said. “Sometimes you do things and you think, ‘Wow, I m i s s e d something. I didn’t do enough.’ “I did that the other night. In fact it was Monday. I was laying in bed after a C o u n c i l Mayor Robert Vanlandingham presents Park meeting, the Superintendent Todd Titus with the Key to the City durlast one, ing the final Wabash City Council meeting of the year where I pre- on Monday, Dec. 14. Photo by Joseph Slacian sented Todd Titus the Key to the City for all the work Vanlandingham con- Key to the City.” Haag said, “I must that he’s done. Then tinued, noting it was I thought, ‘You the highest honor a have misread my invitation. I thought dummy. You blew it. mayor can give. “I’ve know (Haag) this was going to be a You had a chance to do something and a long time,” he said, roast.” adding she was very She added that she you didn’t do it.” enjoyed the He said he thought deserving to receive has the last Key to the the honor. “Twenty- years she has known City he would give eight years of public the mayor. service as a council“Thank you very away was to Titus. “Well, guess, what; woman. So at this much for this,” she I’ve got another time, I’d like to have said. o n e , ” Joan Haag come forward to receive the

Knight Note recipients: Southwood Elementary School students (from left) Maddox Marshall, Thatcher Simpson, Lydia Craig and Quinn Claussen received Knight Notes for the month of December. Photo provided

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Osborne

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osborne, Wabash, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a cake and punch reception from 1-3 p.m. Jan. 9, at the Church of God Worship Center, 839 Mill St., Wabash. Osborne and the former Ann Branson were married on Jan. 7, 1956, in Harlan, Ky. The couple has two children, Chuck Osborne, Don Osborne and the late Joyce (Osborne) Butcher. They also have four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

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December 23, 2015

Wishing you and your families much comfort during this holiday season.

Wabash Sheriff ’s Department Accidents Dec. 10 At 4:51 p.m., a vehicle driven by Elizabeth M. Whitehurst, 18, Somerset, was traveling west on Old Slocum

Trail, stopped at the intersection of SR 13 and then attempted to proceed through it when she collided with a vehicle driven by Michael A. Ruse, 57, Somerset. Dec. 11 At 7:55 a.m., a vehicle

driven by Gavin J. Bennett, 17, Argos, was eastbound on SR 114 when he failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection of SR 15 and collided with a tractor-trailer who continued on. It is unknown if the driver was aware the collision

had occurred. At 10:20 p.m., a vehicle driven by Colin C. Rose, 67, Bryan, Ohio, was eastbound on US 24 when a deer entered the roadway and was

struck. Dec. 13 At 7:21 p.m., a vehicle driven by Mariah L. Harter, 18, Warsaw, was traveling east on SR 114

when a cow entered the roadway and was struck. At 7:21 p.m., a vehicle driven by Courtney Lassiter, 39, Roann, was eastbound on SR

Caroline Divine Born in Scotland July 23, 1926 – Dec. 17, 2015

John “Bob” Sirk,95 World War II veteran Aug. 22, 1920 – Dec. 17, 2015

John R. “Bob” Sirk, 95, of Marion, passed away at 3:05 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, at Riverwalk Village in Noblesville. He was born to the late Flava and Mary O. (Reed) Sirk on Aug. 22, 1920, in Wabash County, Indiana. Born in Wabash County, Bob lived his younger years in Huntington County until 1945 when he moved to a farm in Grant County. He is a graduate of Banquo High School. He married Evelyn Wimmer on May 11, 1941; she passed away on Jan. 14, 1992. Bob served his country in the United States Army in World War II and was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge. He was a member of LaFontaine Christian Church of LaFontaine, Indiana. Bob was a 4-H leader, and his memberships also include LaFontaine Masonic Lodge, Military Order of Purple Heart, and Veteran Battle of the Bulge. Bob is survived by three sons, Robert Joseph “Joe” Sirk (Alys) of Angola, Jim Sirk (Betty) of Marion, and Flava Sirk (Leah) of Sweetser; a daughter, Sue (David) Landaw of Indianapolis; grandchildren, Scott Sirk of Fishers, Joel Keefer of Bloomington, Tony Sirk of Pittsburgh, Pa., Ryan Sirk of Marion, Joseph Sirk of Cleveland, Ohio, Kristen Sirk of New York City, and Kaitlyn Sallee of Indianapolis; great-grandchildren, Kate, Scotty, Mike, Jake, and Chloe Sirk, and Frank and Bret Keefer. Bob was preceded in death by brothers, Jim Sirk and infant, Joseph Reed Sirk and a grandson, Timothy H. Sirk. Funeral services were Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at McDonald Funeral Home, LaFontaine Chapel 104 S. Main St., LaFontiane, with Pastor Brad Wright and Dan Guenin officiating. Burial will follow at the Mt. Etna Cemetery in Huntington County. Visitation was Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.mcdonaldfunerals.com

Rogel E. Brown Sr., 76 U.S. Army veteran Dec. 20, 1939 – Dec. 9, 2015

Rogel Eugene Brown, Sr., 76, died Dec. 9, 2015. He was born Dec. 20, 1939 to Theodore and Irene (Doyle) Brown. He proudly served our country in the U.S. Army. A resident of Okeechobee since 1993, he was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Shriners, DAV, VFW, American Legion, and Eagles. Mr. Brown is survived by his wife of 61 years, Darlene Brown, of Okeechobee, Fla.; three sons, Rogel “Butch” Brown, Jr. (Sharon) of Nobelsville, Gary Brown and Rick Brown both of Okeechobee; two brothers, Teddy Brown (Jan) of Defiance, Ohio, and Arnold Brown (Nancy) of Ney, Ohio; and sister, Barbara Mack (John) of Defiance, Ohio. Visitation and services were Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at Buxton & Bass Okeechobee Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Shriner’s Hospitals. Those wishing to leave a message of condolence may sign the register book at, www.OkeechobeeFuneralHome.com All arrangements are entrusted to the direction and care of the Buxton, Bass and Conway families of the Buxton & Bass Okeechobee Funeral Home, 400 North Parrott Ave., Okeechobee, Florida, 34972.

Caroline Divine, 89, of Wabash, died at 5 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, at her home. She was born July 23, 1926, in Menstrie, Scotland, to John and Janet (Grieve) McAllister. Caroline married John W. Divine in Huntington, on Oct. 13, 1946; he died Oct. 16, 1999. She retired from General Tire in Wabash after several years. Caroline was a member of the Wabash Presbyterian Church, the Local 626 Retirees Club, and AARP. She lived in Wabash since her marriage in 1946. She is survived by her son, John W. “Jack” Divine, Jr, of Wabash. She was also preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were Monday, December 21, 2015 at GrandstaffHentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with the Rev. Jonathan Cornell officiating. Entombment will be in the Chapel of Remembrance Mausoleum at Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Visitation was Sunday, at the funeral home. Preferred memorial is the Wabash Presbyterian Church. The memorial guest book for Caroline may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.

114 when she observed Harter’s vehicle with its flashers on, slowed down to pass safely when a cow entered the roadway and was struck.

Dec. 15 At 2:18 p.m., a vehicle driven by Katrina N. Reynolds, 23, Wabash, was northbound on SR 13, approaching the intersection of SR 124 when she failed to slow down and struck the back end of a vehicle driven by James N. Vickrey, 74, LaFontaine. At 2:30 p.m., a vehicle driven by Brian M. Ramer, 45, North Manchester, was traveling east on CR 1150 North when he dropped a Kleenex box on the floorboard, attempted to retrieve it and veered off the roadway and struck a mailbox and mailbox post.

Dec. 16 At 6:17 p.m., a vehicle driven by Sara M.

Konyha, Bruss reappointed to City Schools Board By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com The Wabash City Council reappointed Bill Konyha and Matt Bruss to three-year terms on the Wabash City Schools board during the Council’s Dec. 14 meeting. “The Council would like to thank those who took of their time to meet with us,” said Council member Joan Haag, the liaison between the Council and the Wabash City Schools Board. “It was a very informative exchange, and we’re grateful for all the input.” Konyha and Bruss were selected from a field of six candidates. Also seeking the appointments were Liz Hobbs, Kirk Short, Candy Russell and Justin Wilcox. “We had some great applications,” Council member Bonnie Corn said.

Council member Margaret “Boo” Salb added, “There was definitely a lot of thought and conversation with us. We had real good applicants, so I hope that continues.” Bruss, who is completing his first term on the school board, said he was pleased to have been reappointed. He told The Paper of Wabash County that he was interested in continuing to work with the district because of “the direction the schools are headed, what with the Early College High School” and similar programs. “I think the most critical issue that’s facing Wabash City Schools, and MSD and North Manchester is that we need to be able to provide 21st Century education,” Konyha told The Paper. “A loss of school enrollment of

38 percent since 1980 is harming our ability to do that. “We need to unify two school corporations, really the three school corporations, but particularly the city and the county so we have the king of critical mass we need so that we can begin to hire the advanced science, advanced math, advanced art teachers we need to provide that education.” Earlier this year, Konyha broached consolidating Wabash City and MSD of Wabash County. He said he plans to continue pushing the idea “harder than ever.” Wabash City Schools is one of about a dozen school districts statewide that still has its members appointed by the community’s governing body, in this case the City Council. Because of that, the

district must come before the Council to give if final approval on its annual budget. “As a person whose gone through the school corporation, put three kids through the school corporation and was a principal for 31 years in the school corporation, I still say an appointed board is the way to go,” Mayor R o b e r t Vanlandingham said before the vote was taken. “You can have more consistency.” In years past, the Council appointed the new board members in June to begin serving in July. However, a change in the state statute pushed the board members’ starting date to Jan. 1, thus the delay in appointing new members. The vote for the reappointments was 7-0.

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Long, 36, Roann, was eastbound on SR 15 when a deer entered the roadway and was struck. Citations

Dec. 13 Judy V. Haywood, 40, Warsaw, speeding. Ama Sue D. White, 21, Indianapolis, speeding.

Bookings Emily M. Hood, 30, Rochester, operating while intoxicated. Jacob S. Lawson, 33, Wabash, felony revocation of probation for habitual traffic violator. Tara L. Wakefield, 33, Wabash, felony possession of a hypodermic needle and possession of paraphernalia. Carri A. McCuan, 39, Peru, felony operating while intoxicated, misdemeanor failure to stop for an accident with damage, misdemeanor operating a vehicle with schedule I

or II controlled substance and misdemeanor false informing. Daniel Wilson, 28, Marion, misdemeanor invasion of privacy. Demerries D. Dunson, 33, Wabash, misdemeanor operating while intoxicated and felony petition to revoke probation for dealing in methamphetamine. Justin T. Woodward, 36, Parkville, Mass., felony theft and conspiracy to commit theft. Filberto T. Aguilar, 26, Kokomo, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, operating while intoxicated and operating while never licensed. Dennis R. Dingess, 43, Laketon, felony petition to revoke bond and misdemeanor invasion of privacy. Shawn P. Freeman, 41, Wabash, contempt for child support. Brittany N. Osborne, 27, Wabash, failure to

Freda Finley, 91 Enjoyed quilting May 27, 1924 – Dec. 10, 2015

Freda Marie Finley, 91, of Warren, passed away Thursday evening, Dec. 10, 2015, at Heritage Pointe in Warren. She was born on Tuesday, May 27, 1924, in Miami County to Grover & Edna (Rennaker) Poulson. She married William C. Finley on Sunday, Jan. 21, 1951 in Huntington County. Surviving are a son, three daughters, a sister, three brothers, 12 grandchildren, three stepgrandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, 16 great-stepgrandchildren and a great-greatgrandchild. Visitation at Glancy - H. Brown & Son Funeral Home, Warren, was Friday and one hour before funeral service on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015. Interment wasin the Gardens of Memory in Marion.

John E. Gilbert, 86 Masonic Lodge member March 6, 1929 – Dec. 13, 2015

John E. Gilbert, 86, of Warren, passed away at 1:52 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, at his home with his family around him. He was born on Wednesday, March 6, 1929, in Montpelier. He married Kate Lee on Sunday, June 30, 1951, in Wells County Surviving are his wife, a son, a daughter, 10 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Visitation was at Walker & Glancy Funeral Home, Montpelier, on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, and one hour before the 11 a.m. funeral service on Friday at the funeral home. Burial is in the I.O.O.F Cemetery in Montpelier.

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appear for felony possession of a narcotic drug, revocation of probation and felony possession of a hypodermic needle. Danny S. Allen, 28, Wabash, misdemeanor invasion of privacy and misdemeanor resisting law enforcement. Tristin C. Burnette, 20, Laketon, misdemeanor operating a moving vehicle with a .15 blood alcohol content. Karen S. Rutledge, 50, Wabash, public intoxication. Tom E. Mills, 37, North Manchester, misdemeanor false informing and failure to appear on original

charge. Markeeta A. Schlemmer, 44, Wabash, felony maintaining a common nuisance. Tracy L. Oaks, 43, Wabash, felony maintaining a common nuisance and possession of a hypodermic needle. Roy Monroe, 67, North Manchester, felony operating a vehicle while intoxicated with prior. Travis J. Willett, 20, Lagro, felony petition to revoke probation on possession of chemical reagents. Landon F. Ottinger, 33, Wilder, Tenn., forgery. Brandon J. Mudd, 29,

William McNany, 87 U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jan. 19, 1928 - Dec. 15, 2015 William R. “Bill” McNany, 87, of Warren, passed away at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, at Heritage Pointe in Warren, with his family by his side. He was born on Thursday, Jan. 19, 1928, in Hammond. He married Marguerite V. McBride on Sept. 25, 1946. Surviving are his wife, three sons, a daughter, 11 grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchildren. Visitation was Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, at Heritage Pointe Applegate Chapel, Warren. Services were there Saturday, Dec. 19, and burial followed at Shiffler Cemetery, Bryan, Ohio. Arrangements handled by Glancy - H. Brown & Son Funeral Home in Warren.

Matilda J. Worster, 94 Worked at Heritage Pointe Sept. 29, 1921 – Dec. 14, 2015 Matilda Jane (Anders) Worster, 94, of Warren, passed away at 10:46 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at Heritage Pointe in Warren. She was born on Thursday, Sept. 29, 1921, in Warren. She married Elbridge E. Worster on Sunday, April 6, 1941, in Van Wert, Ohio. Surviving are a daughter, a brother and two grandchildren. Visitation and services were Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, at Heritage Pointe Applegate Chapel, Warren. Interment was in the Taylor Cemetery in Warren.

Dawn Lee Stevens, 51 Enjoyed mushroom hunting Nov. 23, 1964 – Nov. 25, 2015

Dawn Lee Stevens, 51, of Somerset, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, at her home. She was born Nov. 23, 1964, in Wabash, Indiana to Richard Lee and Oga Lee (Carpenter) Smith. She is survived by two children, seven grandchildren, a brother, a sister, and several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.

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Wabash. The collision then caused Rice’s vehicle to collide with the back end of a vehicle driven by Billie J. Ison, 54, North Manchester.

Accidents Dec. 11 At 3:48 p.m., a vehicle driven by Treccia L. Proffitt, 46, Wabash, was northbound on Cass Street when she collided with the back end of a vehicle driven by Ellis M. Rice, 84,

Dec. 12 At 6:20 p.m., a vehicle driven by Keaton T. Cruz, 18, Wabash, was turning left from the McDonald’s parking lot onto Cass Street when he collided with a vehicle driven by David Z. Rish, 25, Wabash.

Dec. 14 At 5:07 p.m., a vehicle driven by Kiersten M. Caulk, 19, Peru, was backing out of a parking spot in the Walmart parking lot when she collided with a vehicle driven by Valerie R. Finney, 37, Huntington.

Dec. 15 At 9:53 a.m., a vehicle driven by Tyler R. Vigar, 19, Urbana, was westbound on Market Street when he collided

Charles Music, 78 Korean War veteran Aug. 20, 1937 – Dec. 19, 2015

Charles J. Music, 78, North Manchester, died at 12:51 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, 2015, at his home in North Manchester. He was born Aug. 20, 1937, in Little Paint, Ky., to George and Hattie (England) Music. Charles owned and operated Music Service & Repair located in North Manchester, until he retired in 2013. He married Lula (Owens) on Dec. 28, 2002. Charles is survived by his wife, Lula (Owens) Music, North Manchester; two sons, Rick (Martha) Music, Silver Lake, and Michael (Debbie) Music, Warsaw; one daughter, Cheryl (Todd) Harshman, Akron; two brothers, Frank (Mary Belle) Music, North Manchester, and George (Billie) Music, North Manchester; and one sister, Helen Yentes, North Manchester; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He was proceeded in death by his parents George and Hattie (England) Music, his first wife Rosalie (Holloway) Music, a son, Timothy Charles Music, and agrandson Kyle A. Music. Charles was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division at the end of the Korean War. He grew up in Laketon, from the age of 5 and attended school there. He loved playing music with a gospel group called “Old Friends” at Gethsemane Ministries in Huntington, where he and his wife attended. Charles joined Christian Fellowship Church in North Manchester and was baptized by the late the Rev. Robert Gidley on March 29, 1981. He was an avid gardener and fruit grower and enjoyed many hours in his shop tinkering and working on family projects. Charles also enjoyed spending time with his family, friends, and his two dogs “Smokie” and “Jimmy.” Family and friends may call Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 from 4-8 p.m. at McKee Mortuary, 1401 State Road 114 West, North Manchester. Service will be Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at 10 a.m. at the mortuary. Pastor Worlie Newsome will officiate. Burial will be in Laketon Cemetery, Laketon. For those who wish to honor the memory of Charles J. Music, memorial contributions may be made to Boy Scouts of America, 4601 W. 1300 N., Silver Lake, IN 46982 or Gethsemane Ministries, 2239 Hartman Street, Huntington, IN 46750. Private condolences to the Music family may be sent to mckeemortuary.com.

Local man arrested for sexual misconduct with minor By Emma Rausch emma@thepaperofwabash.com A local man was taken into custody on Dec. 11, charged with three felony counts of sexual misconduct with a minor. Rodney Eckman, 54, Wabash, was charged with two counts of felony sexual misconduct with a minor – intercourse with a child at least 14-yearsold and one count of felony sexual misconduct with a minor – fondling a child at least 14-years-old but

younger than 16years-old, according to the official bookings report. On Monday, Dec. 15, Eckman and his attorney Joseph Eddingfield entered a preliminary plea of not guilty and requested time for discovery, which was granted. Eckman’s trial date was set for April 19 and 20, 2016, at 9 a.m. with the pre-trial conference set March 14, 2016. Bond was set at $30,000 surety and $250 cash.

RODNEY ECKMAN

A “No Contact” order upon release from custody on bail or personal recognizance was entered for Eckman.

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with a vehicle driven by Matthew J. Haynes, 44, Wabash.

vehicle driven by William L. Burchett, 48, Wabash.

Dec. 17 At 5 p.m., a vehicle driven by Richard Bartram, 44, Wabash, was eastbound on Sinclair Street when he attempted to proceed through the Wabash Street intersection when he collided with a vehicle driven by Christopher D. Province, 44, Wabash. The collision then caused Province’s vehicle to spin into a third

Citations Dec. 9 Jenny L. Vigar, 36, Wabash, speeding. Dec. 13 Calvin A. Unger, 26, Wabash, expired plate. Dec. 14 Rene T. Aguilar, 24, Wabash, operator never licensed. Shawn L. Dickison, 22, Peru, no financial responsibility.

North Manchester Citations Dec. 14 Steven M. Wagner, 33, Akron, speeding. Jennifer L. Ulerick, 40, Peru, speeding. Nicole E. Neal, 31, North Manchester, speeding. Dec. 15 Brandon W. Faubion, 22, Warsaw, false and fictitious vehicle registration.

Dec. 16 Ronald L. Isbell II, 43, North Manchester, speeding. Dec. 17 Brad A. Gray, 39, Wabash, child restraint violation and operating while suspended infraction. Kenneth D. Hurne, 34, Warsaw, speeding. Kenzie S. Fisher, 19, Winamac, speeding. Robert D. Abbott, 34, North Manchester, speeding. Dec. 18

CLEAN Team arrest Winamac pair on heroin charges By The Paper staff ROCHESTER – A recent narcotics investigation by members of the CLEAN Team resulted in the arrests of Amanda Davis 42, and Steven Terry, 27, both from Winamac. The pair was incarcerated in the Fulton County Jail to face a criminal charge for possession of heroin. Terry faces additional charges for dealing methamphetamine, possession of a scheduled IV controlled substance,

AMANDA DAVIS

STEVEN TERRY

and possession of methamphetamine. As part of a narcotics investigation, officers from the CLEAN Team and

the Rochester Police Department made contact with Davis and Terry, after the vehicle in which the pair was riding,

pulled into the parking lot of a Rochester business. During the course of the narcotics investigation, officers found that Terry was wanted on a Fulton Circuit Court arrest warrant for a probation violation. During a subsequent search of Davis, Terry, and the vehicle officers allegedly found heroin, syringes, prescription medication, methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia.

CLEAN Team arrests five on drug charges By The Paper staff PERU – Recently members of the CLEAN Team assisted the Miami County P r o b a t i o n Department with searches that resulted in five arrests on various drug related charges. Officers from the Miami County P r o b a t i o n Department and the CLEAN Team went to an apartment building at 14 E. 2nd St., Peru, to conduct a search of an apartment where a probationer allegedly resided. There were numerous apartments in the building and none were marked with an apartment number or letter. Officers knocked on apartment doors in an effort to find the apartment where the probationer lived. While speaking to a man, who answered the door to apartment C, officers allegedly smelled a chemical odor emitting from the apartment. The officers recognized

the chemical odor as the same scent emitted during the manufacturing of methamphetamine. Officers also purportedly observed chemicals associated with the manufacturing of methamphetamine. The man who answered the door, identified as Timothy Collins II, 22, Peru, was removed from the apartment. This was not the apartment where the probationer lived. While the plain clothes officers were standing outside apartment C, Frank Zinn, 50, the renter of the apartment, returned home and approached them. Zinn allegedly was under the impression that the police officers were Christmas carolers who were in front of his apartment to sing. He quickly realized he was wrong when officers identified themselves and placed Zinn in handcuffs. Officers applied for and were granted a Miami Circuit Court

search warrant for Zinn’s apartment. During a subsequent search, officers allegedly found a methamphetamine lab, methamphetamine, chemical precursors associated with the manufacturing of methamphetamine, hypodermic needles, and drug paraphernalia. Zinn and Collins were both incarcerated in the Miami County Jail to face criminal charges for possession of methamphetamine, possession of hypodermic needles, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Zinn faces an additional charge for maintaining a common nuisance. Collins faces additional charges for manufacturing methamphetamine and possession of chemical precursors. Further investigation revealed Collins was wanted on a Cass Superior Court II arrest warrant for possession of marijuana. The apartment where the probation-

er resided was found on the same floor as Zinn’s apartment. Officers from the Miami County P r o b a t i o n Department, assisted by members of the CLEAN Team, conducted a probation search on the home of Amber Bowder, 35, 12 Plaza Drive Peru. During the search officers allegedly found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Jeffrey Miller, 43, and Drea Combs, 45, both from Peru, were also at the residence. All three were incarcerated in the Miami County Jail. Bowder faces charges for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and maintaining a common nuisance. Combs faces charges for visiting a common nuisance, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Miller faces a charge of visiting a common nuisance.

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Nathan L. Dawson, 28, Leesburg, false and fictitious vehicle registration. Benny R. Bragg II, 42, North Manchester, false and fictitious

vehicle registration. Jagger Wolfe Vancuren, 19, Pierceton, speeding. Dec. 19 Sydney Jordan, 19,

North Manchester, threw burning material from a moving vehicle. Shawn G. Gatchel, 24, Wabash, speeding.

Max E. Metzger, 73 Owned Metzger Farm Drainage March 5, 1942 – Dec. 14, 2015

Max Eugene Metzger, 73, died Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. He was born March 5, 1942 in Wabash County, IN to the late Howard F. and Mable I. Metzger. Max and his wife owned Metzger Farm Drainage. He enjoyed Model Railroading, and was a member of Tri-State Locomotive Club and a member of N.M.R.A. Surviving are his children, Benjamin (Sue) Metzger, Daniel (Carmen) Metzger, Martha (Jeremy) Hamblin, five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter, sisters, Edith (Paul) Whitesell, Carolyn Metzger, Mariann (Fred) Riddle. Max was preceded in death by his wife of 48 years Alleyne, who died Dec.10, 2015, a sister, Joanna Metzger, and a great-great-grandson Funeral service were Monday Dec. 21, 2015, at Covington Memorial Funeral Home 8408 Covington Road, Fort Wayne. Visitation was Sunday and Monday at the funeral home. Burial was in Covington Memorial Gardens. Preferred memorials are to the Wounded Warrior Project. Condolences may be sent at www.covingtonmemorial.com

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ROANN LIBRARY NEWS: The library will be closed Dec. 24, 25, 31 and Jan. 1 for the holidays. The library will continue to collect canned food and dry goods for the Roann Food Pantry through the month of December. Items may be dropped off during library hours which are: Monday. – Wednesday. 1-6 p.m.., Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1-6 p.m.., Saturday. 9 a.m. to noon. The library will celebrate their 100th

anniversary in the current Carnegie building beginning with a community open house on Jan. 16, from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be an event every month during the year of 2016 to celebrate both the library and the surrounding community that it serves. The library is working with Roann’s Community Heritage for many of these events. To volunteer with any event, please call the library for more information at 765-833-5231. THE COMMUNITY CANDLELIGHT Christmas Eve service, A Christmas Tradition, will take place at the Roann United Methodist Church, in Roann, at 11 p.m. Dec. 24. The public is cordially invited. HAPPY BIRTHDAY this week to Kenneth Donaldson, Daniel Musselman, Tyler Vigar, Alethea

Eudy, Cassie Eudy, Clayton M. Chamberlain, Greg Long, Jody Stakeman, Bev Krom, Kathy Deniston, Pat Mouser, Wanda Shaw, Carol Long, Gene Tomlinson, Trevor Renz, Caleb Andrew Coffman, James Kendall, Chris Kerr, Steve Deniston, Derek Vigar, and Steve Coffman. H A P P Y ANNIVERSARY this week to Mr. and Mrs. Wes McCarty, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dyson, Mr. and Mrs. David Williams, and Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Draper. ROANN NEWS ITEMS may be sent to my e-mail address at roannhappenings@ya hoo.com, or you may call me at the phone number listed. The deadline for news to appear in the next week’s issue of the paper is Tuesday at noon. It would be best to submit timely news items two weeks in advance.

Bicentennial kicks off: Roann celebrated the 199th Indiana statehood and looked toward the Bicentennial in 2016 with the reading of the official proclamation at Roann Town Hall on Dec. 11. The proclamation was attended by, James Pell pictured with Richard Morris and Roann Clerk-Treasurer, Bob Ferguson. (Photo provided)

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Cases Dec. 13 At 1:46 a.m., criminal mischief report taken in the 600 block of College Avenue. Dec. 14 At 3:33 p.m., theft report taken in the 2200 block of East Street. At 5:32 p.m., theft report taken in the 1100 block of North Market Street. Arrests Dec. 15 Danny S. Allen, 28, North Manchester, invasion of privacy and resisting law enforcement. Fire Dec. 14 At 10:07 a.m., 100 block of Damron Drive for medical assist. At 1:29 p.m., 900 block of West 4th Street for medical assist. Dec. 16 At 7:34 p.m., 400 block of West 7th Street for medial assist. At 11:43 p.m., 100 block of East Main Street for medical assist. Dec. 18 At 2:20 p.m., 400 block of SR 13 West for medical assist. At 4:43 p.m., 100 block of Wabash Road for medical assist. At 7:13 p.m., Chester Township Fire Department responded to a medical assist in the 13000 block of SR 13 North. Dec. 20 At 1:07 p.m., 400 block of West 7th Street for medical assist. Land Transfers Gerald L. and Sandra J. Carter to Oran J. Weaver, warranty deed. Alan L. Blocher, Donovan L. Blocher, Vivian K. Stambaugh, Ray M. Blocher and Lucile M. Blocher to Alan L. Blocher, Donovan L. Blocher and Vivian K. Stambaugh, trust deed. Alan L. Blocher, Donovan L. Blocher and Vivian K. Stambaugh to Andrew J. and Jennifer L. Rice, warranty deed. Robert S. and Linda S. Mitting to Floyd A. and Lauren E. McWhirt, warranty deed. MCM Management Consultants to Philip and Colleen Trueblood, warranty deed. Matthew L. Myers to Matthew L. and Sylvia B. Myers, quitclaim deed. Ferne S. Baldwin to

Kristina J. Rieman, warranty deed. Regina Foley and Regina Goble to Robert and Regina Foley, quitclaim deed. Susan M. Fagin to Susan M. Fagin, warranty deed. Ted W. Baker to Julie A. Perez, quitclaim deed. Tristan T. Cruz to Cody N. Turner, quitclaim deed. David E. Cordill to Gracemark Properties LLC, warranty deed. Oran J. Weaver to Richard Shoemaker, warranty deed. Harold L. Marks Jr. and Elizabeth M. Marks to Harold L. Marks Jr., warranty deed. Harold L. Marks Jr. to Lizabeth L. Shepard, Lydia J. Ball, James A. Marks and David B. Marks, deed. Michael R. and Lisa R. Monroe to Marlayna K. Schuler, warranty deed. Kara Coburn Eslava and Kara Coburn

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RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITIES OF LAFONTAINE AND SOMERSET wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas and Healthy Happy New Year. SANTA VISITED the LaFontaine SANTA HAD a special visit from this young lady Makynlea Elzy daughter of Jeremy and Rebecca Elzy. It was her birthday. She turned 4 today. Her Dad stated that she was so excited that she was going get to see Santa on her birthday. Photo provided Community on Saturday, Dec. 12, by t h e LaFontaine/Liberty fire truck. He was very busy listening to 58 children requests

for this Christmas. LaFontaine Lions gives Santa a big thank you for coming to LaFontaine to see the children. L A F O N TA I N E

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... continued from page 20 LaFontaine United Methodist Church. There was a monetary donation of $492 and est. amount 300 lbs. of food. VETERANS met for their Coffee and Snacks on Friday, Dec. 11, at the L a F o n t a i n e Community. There were 24 veterans attended. They voted to keep meeting once a month. They plan on meeting on Friday, Jan. 15, at 9 a.m. at the LaFontaine C o m m u n i t y Building. We give a thank you Donna Pattee-Ballard for furnishing the snack. L A F O N TA I N E LIONS met at Sirloin Stockade in Marion on Thursday, Dec. 10, for their Christmas dinner. They discuss setting up for Santa Breakfast on Saturday. Plan on setting up at 6:30 p.m. This was the last meeting for the year 2015. Next meeting will be Thursday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Lion Room at the L a F o n t a i n e C o m m u n i t y Building. If you would be interested in seeing just what this entire club does for the community? Please come and check us out. We

would be glad to have you. Check out our Facebook page and web page L A F O N TA I N E “ASLAND DAYS” FESTIVAL is coming in June. The dates are Friday, June 10, and Saturday, June 11. If you would like to help with this committee they would love to have you join. The committee would like to see some more faces helping with this. They want to promote our little town. The committee has already schedule for the year Dave Heath Band for Friday night, Cable Signs business of the year, and plan on honoring the farmers of the community. Please watch this column for time and date of meeting of the committee. L A F O N TA I N E C H R I S T I A N CHURCH Member Care met for lunch at Eugenie’s Restaurant in Wabash for lunch on Tuesday, Dec. 15. There were 19 people attended. This is a group people who meet once a month to go out for lunch. Next month the group plans on going to the LaFontaine Subway. HAPPY BELAT-

ED BIRTHDAY Karen Stoldt, Nov. 22; Dorothy Heck, Dec. 8; Todd Law, Dec. 10; HAPPY BIRTHDAY Barbara Swain Dec. 23, Valerie Law and Brent Wente, Kevin Kidwell, Jane Ridgeway, Dec. 25; Angie Miller, Dec. 28; Patty Harrison and Gaya Snyder, Dec. 29; Von Moore and Joan Manning, Dec. 30 H A P P Y ANNIVERSARY to Will and Jackie Carpenter, Dec. 27, Bill and Debbie VanCamp, Dec. 28, and Phil and Penny Lloyd Dec. 30 WORDS OF WISDOM “We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go we take a little of each other everywhere. Life gives us time only love gives us meaning.” Unknown SEND YOUR NEWS & pictures to me by Thursday to etheleib@gmail.com or 2258 E 1050 S LaFontaine, IN, 46940. These can be any club news, family, birthdays, anniversaries, births or parties. I am looking forward to receiving your news items.

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Salamonie’s “First Day Hike” will take place New Year’s Day at 2 p.m. Meet at Hominy Ridge Lake Parking Lot in Lagro for a hike of about a mile through this historic property. Please dress appropriately for the weather. Start the year off right with Mississinewa’s “First Day Evening Hike” Thursday, Jan. 1, 2016. Meet at Bostwick Pond, Mississinewa Lake at 5:30 p.m. Plan on a one mile hike over easy terrain where you will get to search for owls and enjoy S’mores treats. This is a free program, but pre-registration is requested. Please call 260-4682127 to register and for information. Mississinewa’s 10th annual “Sunrise Eagle Watch and Breakfast with Birds” will take place Saturday, Jan. 9 and Saturday, Jan. 16. On both dates, meet at 6:30 a.m. at Mississinewa’s

Miami SRA Boat Ramp. Then, you will caravan to the eagle roost to watch the birds take morning flight. At about 9:30 a.m. you will return to the Mississinewa office for breakfast where live birds of prey will be visiting with the diners. There is a small amount of walking involved with this event and handicapped parking is available. Advanced registration is requested for this great event. Please call 260-468-2127 to register and for more information. LAGRO TOWN HALL normal business hours are Monday-Friday from 8-11:30 a.m. and 1:303:30 p.m. For emergency assistance please call Scott at 260-571-3271. THE KIDS C H R I S T M A S PARTY held Saturday, Dec. 12 hosted by the Lagro American Legion Post 248 had a great turn out. Thirty-

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County native seeks sponsorship for fishing derbies By The Paper staff

CJ Holbrook, a 21year-old Wabash native and junior at Mississippi State University is working hard to fulfill his dream and passion of being a professional Angler along with pursuing his bachelor degree in agribusiness from the university. He recently earned his associates degree from Ittawamba Community College The local college in Northeast Mississippi in May 2105. Prior to that he graduated from Manchester Jr.Sr. High School in North Manchester. Despite the setbacks in his life, beginning with his battle with Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2008 when he was 13, and including other longterm effects from the radiation and chemotherapy treatments he received Holbrook has pushed

forward putting this behind him and using his talents as an angler and a leader in the Smithville, Miss., community where he resides. His love for the outdoors and fishing began at the age of 3 and he has taken what he has learned from others and from personal experience to teach others about the sport of bass fishing and nature. Local business owner Mike Weaver of Zoomers RV met Holbrook when he was 16 an introduced him to the local tournaments and the fishers of Men tournaments in southern Indiana where they won several tournaments. Soon, Holbrook became well known for his love for the sport. Holbrook has fished the Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) tours as a co angler at Kentucky Lake and the Detroit River. He has competed against

Todd Hollowell, an Indiana native who currently is the Red Gold tomato FLW Pro Angler at the fishers of men tournament in southern Indiana and came in second place just one pound under Hollowell. Upon moving to Mississippi, Holbrook quickly found and joined the local Bass Club and his name spread throughout the community quickly. He and his new partner went on to win several tournaments including Big Bass on several occasions with the Tombigbee Bass Club. When he transferred to MSU he took in some photos and a short video to MSU bass team administrator and upon showing his ability he was a walk on to the MSU bass team with no questions asked. Holbrook and his partner, Caleb Garvin, fished a series of five inner team qualifying tour-

naments at various lakes and came in top four with 782 points and advancing to the Collegiate FLW tournament in Florida in January 2016. These tournaments open up a new opportunity for Holbrook and other anglers who not only to show their ability to adapt to the different weather and water conditions and still catch big bass but upon placing well during the event they can win scholarships, cash and other prizes such as transportation and even a new bass boat. Local residents can follow Holbrook and his team on the MSU bass team Facebook page where one can see what the club is about, their goals and other events they are involved in whether it be practicing or a charity event to money making fund raisers for the club in early fall. One can also see the current status and

C.J. Holbrook (left) and his fishing teammate, Caleb Garvin, show off some of the fish they caught in a recent tourney. Photo provided photos of Holbrook and his team members. This is a school sanctioned event and the team represents Mississippi State University on and off of the water. Holbrook is currently seeking local Wabash business sponsors to help him with hotel stays and traveling fees for the upcoming tournament in Florida. He

has represented the Wabash community well so far from home to the point he had a personal invitation from a state senator to his home to discuss his education goals and plans. Any business owners or individuals interested in becoming a sponsor for CJ can contact him at 662-350-0993 or email him at

CJHolbrook13@gmail .com for more details and the university team contacts. Holbrook would like to thank the anonymous businesses that funded him in the past and helped him to advance and would like to thank the Wabash community for its support.

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ball continues this week as a few teams play a game this week in preparation for the Wabash County Tourney. On Tuesday, the Lady Norse travel to Kokomo, Caston will travel to Manchester to take on the Squires and the Wabash Apaches will be at Huntington

North. We will all then take a break for the Christmas holiday before resuming action for the County Tourney the 29th and 30th. The Wabash WebTV broadcast crew will provide you with a type of media that is the wave of the future

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staff, Steven Weir and Julie Schnepp, thanks for tuning in! Join Wabash WebTV for exciting action of Indiana High School athletics. The Wabash WebTV schedule will be published in The Paper of Wabash County. If you are at a game or cannot watch it live,

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Lady Norse fall to Tipton By The Paper staff Payton Thompson scored 25 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Northfield girls’ basketball team fell to Tipton, 63-56, on Dec. 15. The Lady Norse jumped out to a 21-13 lead after one quarter. But Tipton outscored Northfield 16-9 in the third quarter to take the lead. Ariel Dale contributed 12 points in the loss. The junior varsity also lost to Tipton, 4332. Lady Apaches Wabash fought back from 13 points down to force an overtime against Oak Hill on Dec. 15. Unfortunately for the Lady Apaches, the Golden Eagles outscored them in the

Girls’ basketball roundup extra period to win, 63-60. “We played the second half with great effort and intensity,” coach Matt Stone said. “We just didn’t play that way enough in the first half.”

Bailey Yoakum led Wabash with15 points. Jaycee Parrett had 12 and Madison Barden added 10. Lady Knights The Lady Knights traveled to Bluffton

on Dec. 15, defeating the host team, 46-36. Southwood got off to a slow start, trailing 84 after one quarter. The Lady Knights rallied to take a 20-20 score into the locker room at halftime.

The Lady Tigers held a one-point advantage after three quarters, but the fourth belonged to Southwood. The Lady Knights outscored Bluffton, 17-6 in the final quar-

ter for the victory. The Lady Knights placed three players in double figures led by Ashley Parson with 15 while Taylor Heath and Brooke Elliott both scored 11. Bluffton won the junior varsity matchup, 37-26.

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Fourth quarter comeback gives Lady Knights big TRC win By Eric Christiansen echristiansen@nmpaper.com The Manchester girls’ basketball team was in control for much of their conference match-up with Southwood, but the Knights dominated the fourth quarter to pull away with a 38-32 win. Southwood trailed the Squires 28-23 late in the third quarter, but outscored Manchester 10-4 in the fourth quarter to get the win. “We were down in the first half, but we did a good job of spreading the floor and getting to the free throw line in the second half,” Southwood coach Dallas Duggan said. Manchester got off to a quick start, taking an 8-0 lead, but Southwood cut into that lead with two baskets late in the first, and the first five points of the second quarter to cut it to 109. But Cierra Carter, who scored six points in the first quarter, hit back-to-back transition baskets to push the lead to 14-9. S o u t h w o o d

answered with a threepointer from Kassidy Atwood and a jumper from Ashley Parson to tie things up at 14-14. After a Manchester time-out, Carter scored two more buckets to give the Squires an 18-14 lead. Brooke Elliott hit a jumper for Southwood, but Carter found Bailey Sewell underneath to take a 20-16 halftime lead. “We came out at halftime, and I really thought we were going to be able to put it to them, but all of a sudden, I didn’t know who we were,” Manchester coach Jake Everett said. “We had two good possessions, and then two really bad possessions, and it really turned from there. We gave them momentum, and they really capitalized our the mistakes we were making. So, hats off to Southwood.” Ellie Milam gave Manchester a 22-16 lead early in the third, but Elliott and Parson both scored, and Makenna Dawes nailed a three-pointer to tie it up at 23-23 with 4:09 left in the third. Tiffany Johnson scored inside, and Kennedy Fierstos hit a

three-pointer with 1:15 left to give Manchester a 28-23 lead. A Squire basket from Drew Thompson gave Manchester a 3025 lead with 7:05 left in the game, but it was all Southwood after that. Atwood scored inside, followed by two free throws from Parson to cut it to 3029 with 3:58 left. Elliott give the Knights the lead with an offensive rebound and put-back, followed by a Manchester turnover. Elliott was fouled and hit two free throws to make it 33-30 with 1:34 left. With 38 seconds left, the Squires had their chances to cut into the

lead on their next possess, but they missed four straight inside shots and were called for an over-the-back violation. Parson hit two free throws, but Milam answered for the Squires with an inside basket with 21.9 seconds left. Taylor Heath was fouled and hit 1-2 free throws to make it a two possession game. But the Knight defense stopped Manchester, and two more free throws from Makenna Dawes clinched the win. “In that fourth quarter, we did everything we were supposed to do,” Duggan said. “We beat the press, we handled the ball, and we

shot free throws. The first half was ugly to start, but I’ll take an ugly win over a beautiful loss any night.” Parson led the Knights with 15 points, followed by Elliott with eight, Dawes with seven, Atwood with five, and Heath with three. Carter led Manchester with 14 points, followed by Milam with six, three each from Johnson and Fierstos, and two each from Sydney Day, Drew Thompson, and Sewell. S o u t h w o o d improved to 2-9 with the win, and Manchester fell to 4-8 with the loss.

Southwood’s Kassidy Atwood tries to drive past Manchester’s Bailey Sewell in the Knights’ TRC win Friday night. Photo by Eric Christiansen

Southwood boys down Manchester By Eric Christiansen echristiansen@nmpaper.com Southwood boys’ basketball coach John Burrus compared the first half of their game with the Manchester Squires to a heavyweight boxing match. What happened in the second half was a knockout as the Knights turned a 29-28 halftime lead to a dominating 65-48 win to open the Three Rivers Conference schedule. “I think our defense was the key tonight,” Burrus said. “We put up some points, and normally Manchester doesn’t give up that many points, but the third quarter was huge. We came out and didn’t back down.” “Southwood is a very good team, and we knew that,” Manchester coach Eric Thompson said. “This was a big conference game, and kudos to them. It was

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a good, old fashioned tail whooping.” Manchester threw the first punch early, taking an 8-3 lead, including two straight lay-ups from Chase Fierstos on steals and assists from Koehl Fluke and Braydon Sewell. But Southwood responded with backto-back three-pointers from Carson Blair and Matt Nose to take a 9-8 lead. The teams traded the lead seven times in the first quarter with the Squires holding on to an 18-15 lead. The teams kept going back and forth for much of the second quarter until Southwood took a 2724 lead on baskets from Blair, Peyton Trexler, and Blake Martz. The Squires regained the lead with an inside basket from Keelan Norwood and a baseline drive from Fierstos, but Brandin Frazier gave the Knights a 29-28 lead going into the

locker room in the final second of the half. “At halftime, I was already pre-planning what we were going to do to get baskets last in the game,” Burrus said. But that wasn’t going to be anything the Knights would need to worry about. Fierstos gave the Squires their last lead 20 seconds into the second half with a jumper, then Southwood went to work. The Knights went on a 15-1 run over the next six minutes to take a 44-32 lead, with the final shot a three pointer from Nose from 25 feet out. “We are a good enough team to compete, and we didn’t even compete in the second half,” Thompson said. “They stuck it to us with big shots, and we just didn’t run our stuff. Give them credit.” The only other basket the Knights

Southwood’s Alex Harmon goes up over the Manchester defense for two of his 13 points. Photo by Eric Christiansen allowed in the third quarter was a threepointer from 27 feet out at the buzzer from Sewell, cutting the lead to 46-36. “When Sewell hit that shot, I thought they might get back into the game, but our guys did a good job of keeping the intensity

up,” Burrus said. Southwood never allowed the Squires to cut the lead to single digits and took their biggest lead of the night of 18 points late in the game. “The kids believed in what we were doing, and it was a fun game to be a part of,” Burrus said. Blair led all scorers with 21 points for the Knights, while Alex Harmon had 13, Nose had 10, Trexler had nine, Frazier had eight, and Blake Martz had four. For the Squires, Fierstos led the way with 20 points, Norwood had 11, Sewell had eight, Fluke had eight, and Levi Hicks added one. S o u t h w o o d improved to 4-1 with the win, and the Squires dropped to 33.

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ing in the New Year on Thursday, Dec. 31 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with the band The Prime Suspects. Everyone is invited to celebrate the New Year with the Lagro American Legion. AN ALL YOU CAN EAT FISH FRY will be hosted by the Lagro American Legion Auxiliary Post 248 on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016 from 5-8 p.m. The $8 plate includes: all you can eat fish, baked beans, and coleslaw. Carry out is available. This event is open to the public, but attendees must be 18 years of age and older to attend. THE LAGRO LIBRARY HOURS OF OPERATION are Thursdays from 4-5 p.m. for the children of the Lagro community. Many different free activities along with free refreshments are provided to the children of Lagro which range in ages from first grade to junior high. On Thursday, Dec. 24 and Thursday, Dec. 31 the library will be closed due to Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. The Library will open again for the children on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. The Volunteer Librarian is Carolyn

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LEARN MORE CENTER: The Learn More Center seeks to eliminate illiteracy, encourage educational attainment, and advance employability through its programs. Students who work with staff and volunteer tutors strengthen math and language skills, develop skills for job advancement, gain confidence, and become lifelong learners. The Center is located at Town Life Center, 603 Bond Street, North Manchester, IN 46962. Phone: 260-982-6138. Toll Free: 877-363-6128 3B PROGRAM BEGINS WINTER SESSION on January

Hegel and the Assistant Volunteer Librarian is Penny Davidson; both will do their best to get any book for you that the library may not currently have on their shelves. Also, if there are those in the community who would like to see the library open more hours, please let them know. You may contact Carolyn by calling 260-782-2397. If there is a need for more hours of library operation, volunteers would be needed to accomplish this, so this may be an opportunity for those in the community to volunteer for a worthy venture. ALL INVITED TO DORA CHRISTIAN CHURCH located at 2325 S. Salamonie Dam Road, Lagro to attend services. Sunday school meets at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday Worship meeting at 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Also offered is the Weekly Wednesday Night Bible Study which is held at 6:30 p.m. S A I N T P A T R I C K ’ S CHURCH conducts mass every first Sunday of each month at 12:30 p.m. Everyone is invited 4 at the United Methodist Church, 306 E. 2nd Stt. This is a 12 week class with sessions falling on Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week from 10-11 a.m. If school is cancelled, no class will be held. There is no cost. The purpose of the 3B Program is “To enhance the lives of senior adults through education and physical movements focused on enriching their Body, Brain and spiritual Benefits as they embrace the full life God intends for

and welcome to attend services in this historic Church. A WOMENS SHELTER IS BECOMING A REALITY for the Lord’s Table Church which is located at 1975 Vernon Street, Wabash. This little Church with a big heart is looking forward to completing a women’s shelter which will hold up to seven women for temporary housing. The shelter will offer programs for living a free life style. If anyone feels the desire to contribute to Mercy Tree Cornerstone, which will be the name of the women’s shelter, please contact Roxane at 260-571-7686. The Mercy Tree Cornerstone women’s housing project plans to open in April with work being completed on the roof. The Lord’s Table Church would like to invite everyone to attend their Church Services at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays and 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. They also offer a new time for Celebrate Life Recovery, which is Thursdays at 7 p.m. with an additional CLR Support Group at noon on Wednesdays. THE LAGRO each – individually and in healthy congregations.” The 3B Program is to be done primarily sitting in a chair. The aim is always to increase muscle strength and flexibility while improving balance. The beauty of the program is that it can be adapt4ed to use with individuals in wheelchairs and/or walkers. Angie Briner (260-352-0606) and Judi Brown are the leaders of this program. Contact Angie for more information. CHAMBER OF

C O M M U N I T Y CHURCH FOOD PANTRY wishes to thank all who have so generously contributed to their ministry. Without your help they would not be able to continue. They are open the third Saturday of each month from 9-10 a.m. in the church basement. Please call 260-571-9064 for more information or questions. H A P P Y ANNIVERSARY IN DECEMBER to: Bill and Sharon Miller, Dec. 24; Doug and Barbara Chopson, Dec. 26. A big congratulation’s go out to them. D E C E M B E R BIRTHDAY WISHES go to: Elijah Swope, Dec. 2; Melvin Harrell and Deidre Ivy, Dec. 4; Brad Frieden and Briona Strickler, Dec. 10; Ben Speicher, Dec. 19; Noelle Gottschalk, Dec. 25; Kristina Barrus, Dec. 30. Happy birthday to all! WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? If you were given the opportunity to say one sentence that the whole world could hear; what would you say? I had some great responses to this interesting question. Thanks to all for

responding. In the spirit of the holiday season, I picked Eric’s response as my favorite. Eric simply responded: “Everyone one should take every opportunity to do the next right thing”. Great thought! YOUR WEEKLY ISAAC-ISM: “The better one plays the game of life, the greater its rewards; materially, spiritually, and psychologically. Much in the same respect, tennis matches are won or lost by the sum total of physical condition, courage, intelligence and experience. Luck plays practically no part in the results of a tennis match. It’s much the same in life, put in the hard work and the results will be there. Don’t hope for luck to play a part in good fortune, create your own luck with motivation and determination to succeed.” EVERYONE DO ME THAT SPECIAL FAVOR and have a safe and enjoyable week and enjoy the holiday season! PLEASE EMAIL YOUR NEWS AND INFORMATION TO: isaac.triplett@yahoo. com, or call me at 260274-2261.

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Fourth graders learn metalworking 101 By Emma Rausch emma@thepaperofwabash.com O.J. Neighbours Elementary fourth graders hammered, bent and riveted metal Friday, Dec. 11, and throughout the week of Dec. 14 during the

Honeywell Center Educational Outreach p r o g r a m , “Metalworking 101.” Nationally known jewelry maker and local artist Candie Cooper McCoart headed the program and taught students how to properly use profes-

sional metalworking tool, the dapping block. “They’re using real metalworking tools so what they’re doing feels authentic,” Cooper McCoart told The Paper of Wabash County in an interview. “Kids like using ‘real’ (tools). It’s a more special experience when they’re using the real thing.” After doming, or shaping metal into a dome, the children then colored and fashioned their creations into a necklace to present as gifts to others or wear themselves.

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Candie Cooper McCoart shows O.J. Neighbours Elementary School teacher Amy Copeland’s fourth grade class how to fashion a necklace from their metalwork pieces on Friday, Dec. 11. Cooper McCoart spent the entire week teaching various classes metalworking techniques that she uses to make jewelry she sells across the nation. Photo by Emma Rausch

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new hobby or they’ll get to try something new or have more appreciation for art. So I feel really blessed to be able to come into schools and now I’m that person, I hope, that will leave the mark on next kid.” Cooper McCoart will lead another art project on Tuesday, Dec. 29, and Wednesday, Dec. 30, during the Honeywell Center’s All Winter Bash. Her programs will be offered at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. both days. During the Bash, youths may also watch “Minions” at the Historic Eagles Theatre on Dec. 29 and “Home” on Dec. 30 at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. both days. On both days, the Dr. James Ford Home will offer a story and craft activity at 10:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m.; and, finally, the Charley Creek Gardens will offer a nature walk and craft opportunity at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. All Winter Bash activities are free and open to the public.

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Year, and The Spirit of Community Award. Contact the Chamber office for more information. LIBRARY HAPPENINGS: The Library will be closed for Christmas on Thursday, Dec 24, and Friday, Dec. 25. We hope you enjoy your holiday time with family! We will reopen on Saturday, Dec 26 at 9 a.m. and feature the Chess Club from 2-4 p.m. in the Conference Room This is a patron-led club, however, any questions can be

directed to Heidi at the library. Bring your favorite chess set! All ages welcome! On Thursday, December 31 new will close at 3 p.m. for New Year’s Eve. We will also be closed on Friday, January 1 for New Year’s Day. Saturday, January 2 our Chess Club will meet from 2-4 p.m. in the Conference Room. Contact the library at 982-4773 for more information about these and other programs. WABASH COUNTY TRANSIT pro-

Owls are topic of Salamonie program By The Paper staff

Learn about owls during “Silence of a Winter’s Night” at Salamonie Lake on Jan. 23. The program runs from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. and takes place during the best owlwatching time of the year. The evening will begin with introductions and a meal. At 5:30 p.m. participants will build an owl house (one per family). At 6:30 p.m., Salamonie Raptor Center’s live owls will be on display. A hike

in search of owls starts at 7:30 p.m. Advance registration is required, and space is limited. The cost is $15 per person. Participants must be 7-years-old or older. Families with children under age 7 can attend the Salamonie Second Saturday “Winter Wildlife Watch” on Jan. 9. For more information and to register, call (260) 468-2127. Upper Wabash Interpretive Services is at 3691 S. New Holland Road, Andrews, 46702.

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ANDREWS — Join a guided hike in search of winter wildlife during Salamonie Second Saturday from 4-6 p.m. Jan. 9 at the S a l a m o n i e Interpretive Center. Second Saturday is a series of monthly educational programs at the interpretive center. This month’s theme is “Winter Wildlife Watch.” Participants should dress for the weather. Cost is $2 per person. For more information and to register, call (260) 468-2127. Upper Wabash

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vides rides to all ages of residents of Wabash County. Many rides are scheduled days or weeks in advance to locations within Wabash County. Call to schedule your ride as soon as you know when you’ll need it. Transit vans pick up riders between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday–Friday. Contact the Wabash County Transit office at (260) 563-7536 or (888) 498-4400 for more information and fare rates. SOUP SUPPER hosted by the Fellowship of Churches is held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at the Zion Lutheran Church from 4:30-6 p.m. The church is located at 113 W. Main Street. MANCHESTER M E A L S - O N WHEELS provides meals as planned and prepared by the dietary staff at Timbercrest Senior

Living Center in North Manchester. The meals are prepared according to the dietary needs, as recommended by their physician. Each weekday between 11 a.m. and 12 noon a hot lunch and a cold evening meal are delivered by volunteer drivers to the client’s homes. Clients can choose how often to receive meals. To sign up for meals call the office at 260-982-6010 and talk with an office volunteer or leave a voice mail message. AREA FIVE AGENCY NUTRITION PROGRAM Provides lunch to seniors 60 and over at the Warvel Park Scout Hall Monday through Friday at 11:30 a.m. Meals are a balanced meal. Lunch is on a donation basis. Must call between 9 am. – 1 p.m. the day before to reserve lunch for the next day. Euchre is played every Wednesday. To

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Garber is remembered for love of his community and of song... continued from the front page Garber had been hospitalized since Sept. 30 with a lifethreatening illness. “It is with deep sorrow that we say goodbye to Chris Garber, our dear friend and colleague,” McFadden stated. “Chris served as the assistant Vice President of Operations at M a n c h e s t e r University and cared deeply about the University and North Manchester, his hometown.” Born in Elkhart on Sept. 3, 1955, Graber graduated from Manchester High School in 1973 and received Bachelor of Science degrees in both Biology and Environmental Studies from the then Manchester College in 1977. Garber’s younger sister, Julie Garber, C o m m u n i t y Foundation of Wabash County program director, told The Paper of Wabash County that around this time of year he was known for singing, “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire,” also known as “The Christmas Song.” “This came up over and over at the memorial service yesterday (Dec. 20), Chris for all of his know how about how things work and city government, one of his characteristics was that he loved to sing and he would just walk into an office and sing,” Ms. Garber said. “This time of year, he would often sing ‘Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire,’ and he was sort of unselfconscious about that sort of thing. He didn’t care what people thought. “He just was so kind and open and joyful. I’ve always loved that about him.” Rager said that although he has passed, she can still hear him singing. “He sang all the time and I have to admit that for the last week since he’s passed, I hear him singing, ‘Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire,’” she said. “So if angels can come to you in a singing kind of way, maybe he is.” In addition to his singing, Ms. Garber said she’s going to miss her brother’s way of “dropping in” on her. “Chris, he was so

good about keeping contacts in the community,” she said. “One of the ways he did that was just to drop in on people all of the time. He even dropped in on me. So every once in a while, he’d come around the corner and just be there. “In fact, when I was at my house this week, my nephews were around and their kids and the sliding door at the back of the house would open and I thought, ‘Oh there’s Chris.’ And then I thought, ‘Oh. That can’t be.’ “So I will miss that a lot.” On Aug. 1, 1981, he married Kathy Young in Celina, Ohio. Together the couple had two sons, Joel and Joshua. “He was just totally in love with his family,” Ms. Garber said. “He had four grandkids and they are 7, 6, 4 (years-old) and 11 months, and they’re going to miss him a lot.” McFadden said that above all, Garber was a devoted family man and extended the uni-

versity’s deepest sympathies to his family. “He was greatly loved and will be deeply missed,” McFadden said. At the time of his passing, Garber served as North Manchester Town Council president and vice president of operations at M a n c h e s t e r University. In 2000, Garber joined the Chamber of Commerce Board, around the same time as Rager. “I was member of the Board of Directors at that time,” Rager said. “He and I both had been presidents of the board. I was president once and he’s been president twice. So we have a long history that way and we also have a history in that we both have served 12 years on the Town Council. “He’s been president and I’ve been vice president for the last eight years. I worked really closely with him for a long time.” Garber was always the one that would say

“what if,” Rager recalled. “Not why we couldn’t do something, but can we do that or how can we make something happen,” she said. “He was always projected much further into the future than I did and generally for the betterment of the town, his church, probably everything he was involved in.” In 2009, Garber was honored as the North Manchester Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year. One thing Ms. Garber is proud of her brother for is that he served as the only Democrat on the Town Council. “But that’s because party politics didn’t matter,” Ms. Garber. “People chose Chris because he was Chris. They knew he was fair and that he had energy and ideas and could get things done and he was careful with the town’s money and all of those things. So, party politics didn’t matter.” Rager attributes the North Manchester

Community Pool’s renovations, which took place approximately five years ago, to Garber’s efforts during his time as Town Council president. “We knew that the pool needed some

work,” she said. “The engineers came in and day-one they said, ‘You have to shut the facility down.’” The facility’s roof had eroded and “wasn’t really attached any more,” Rager explained, and in the

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Garber is remembered for love of his community and of song... continued from page 29 said. “That pool was a pretty big deal and Chris never missed a beat,” Rager continued. “(He said,) ‘Well if we have this many people that need it, we need to figure out how to rebuild it.’ “That was something where he made lemonade out of lemons and pretty much led us in the (direction of) ‘We can do this.’” Garber previously served as vice chair of the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation of Wabash County. He also served as a member of the North Manchester Town

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URBANA YOKE PARISH WOMEN’S GUILD met on Dec. 15 at the home of Janene Dawes. President Kitty Baer opened the meeting with the poem “Why Jesus Is Better Than Santa Claus.” Secretary Helen Dawes and Treasurer Eileen Weck gave reports. Hilda Wilcox passed out word search booklets that were a compilation of word search pages that each member present at the November meeting had made. Helen Dawes gave a flower/card report and a Christmas card from Jane Winebrenner was read. Eileen Weck gave devotions by using a reading from Our Daily Bread based on Romans 3:20-22 and the poem “ The Road to Bethlehem.” Christmas games were played followed by a lesson by President Kitty Baer entitled “Under the Gift Wrap” which listed the gifts of love, grace, resurrection, inheritance, and his WORD/the Bible. Hostesses Kitty Baer, Pat Hartley, and Eileen Weck served cake and ice cream. Other attending were: Alma DeVore, Martha

Forum, the Manchester Economic Development Corporation, past-president of the North Manchester Stormwater Management Board, past-president of the North Manchester Redevelopment Commission, past-president of the North Manchester Board of Public Works, past-chair of the Board of Directors of the North Manchester Parks and Recreation and a member of the North Manchester Redevelopment Authority. Garber was also longtime member of the Manchester Church of the Brethren, a member Chamberlain, Lana Long, Sarah Helt, Judy Eltzroth, Melba Townsend, Nancy Anderson, Carla Krom, and Carol Krom. The group thanked Janene for hosting the meeting and sharing her beautiful Christmas decorations. The group will not meet in January or February. URBANA YOKE PARISH: A big thank-you to: Tonya Brunett, Jenny Price, Stephanie Stambaugh, Krista Hoover, Dawn Mattern, Ed Fitch, John and Judy Eltzroth, and the Women’s Guild for volunteering their time to help the children present their Dec. 13 Sunday school program. On Dec. 24 there will be a Christmas Eve service at 10 p.m. at Grace Church. PRAYER CONCERNS: Please add the family and friends of Shirley Mast who died on Dec. 13, and continue to remember Lonny Harts, Larry Wray, Louise Yentes, Jerry Long, Nancy Eads, Fred Hoover, Lois and Dean Haupert, Donna Yentes, Don Fleck, Carolyn and Craig Winegardner, Jace Randel, Gladys Hall, Glen and Ruth Summers, Donna Russell, Jane Winebrenner, Joanne and Roscoe Weaver, Mark Coppler, Lillian Maurer, and Ardis Witkoske. S P E C I A L PRAYER CONCERN for Harold Christie who will be having eye surgery very early on Dec. 31 with Dr. John Minturn, an ophthalmologist in Indianapolis, who is

of the North Manchester Rotary Club, where he served two terms as President and was a Paul Harris Fellow. He was active on the North Manchester FunFest Committee. “In regards to his contributions to the community, he like other people had great ideas and was involved in so many things,” Ms. Garber said, “and he did that because – it was kind of a double edged thing – he was committed to the county and the community because he loved it so much and he knew he could contribute to making it better, even though it was a won-

derful place to him to begin with.” Memorial services took place on Sunday, Dec. 20, at the Manchester Church of the Brethren in North Manchester with Pastor Kurt Borgmann off i c i a t i n g . Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel made arrangements. In lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to make a donation in honor of Garber can do so by contributing to the Manchester Early Learning Center New Building Project Fund at the Community Foundation of Wabash County or Manchester University.

Early Urbana history: This is a picture of a plat map of Urbana for the years 1854 to 1893 showing all of the lots for the town of Urbana. It was drawn by J. M. Crumbing who also made maps of the city of Wabash during that time period. Thanks to Max Chamberlain for finding the map and to the late Wilbur Miller and Vi Miller for loaning me the original copy so that I could make a copy that will be hung in the Urbana Community Building for Urbana residents to look at and enjoy. Photo provided affiliated with Select Specialty Hospital of Indianapolis. B R E A K FA S T BUNCH met at Pam’s Cafe on Dec. 16 with the following people present: Eileen Weck, Chad and Peggy Dilling, Carol Layne, Steve and Sharon Gilbert, Anne Bell, Alma DeVore, Philip Weck, John and Darla Eads, Larry and Nancy Meyer, Helen Dawes. Helen Dawes brought treats for her Dec. 16 birthday. Helen read a Christmas card from Doris Mattern to the group and then sang the Florida version of “Winter Wonderland” that Doris had sent. BIRTHDAYS: Dec. 24 - Nancy Anderson, Donna Russell. Dec. 25 Deb

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303 people view ‘Star Wars’ pre-opening night at Eagles Theatre Attendance averaged approximately 200 per regular screening times By Emma Rausch emma@thepaperofwabash.com An estimated 1,300 people watched “Star Wars: Episode Seven – The Force Awakens” at the Historical Eagles Theatre during its opening weekend starting Thursday, Dec. 17, according to Vickie Miller, theatre operating manager. “The Force Awakens” is the seventh installment and the sequel to the original “Star Wars” trilogy, which was first released in 1977. The film opens on a

Stormtrooper, a genetically modified soldier, named Finn as he tries to flee the evil military organization, The First Order. During his escape, his finds himself on the desert planet Jakku and meets the young, female scavenger Rey. Together they flee into space and set off to discover their destinies. Worldwide, the film grossed about $238 million by Sunday with $120 million opening day, according to NBC News. However, locally the film did not as big a crowd as Miller has seen for other films such as “Courageous.” “For opening weekend, this is probably the way it can be,”

An estimated 1,300 people viewed “Star Wars: Episode Seven – The Force Awakens” at the Historical Eagles Theatre opening weekend starting Thursday, Dec. 17. With more than 100 pre-sold tickets, 303 audience members watched the box office hit on Thursday. Photo by Emma Rausch Miller said. “It just spreads out more in the weekends. So it’s not our biggest showing. Being sold out would be our biggest showing.” On Thursday, 303 attended for the movie’s pre-opening

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“People were requesting it,” Miller said. “We were seeing that there was an interest in it so we decided to go with it and see what happens. “So if everyone liked it, come and see it again on that last week.” The theatre will be hosting different “Star Wars” themed events for the next several weeks as well. “In the four weeks that we’re having ‘Star Wars,’ each week we’re doing something different,”

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Traditionally, the holidays are a time to gather with friends and family; this has certainly been the case at The Access Youth Center in downtown Wabash. The celebrations kicked off in November with the Wabash Presbyterian Church and Treaty Church of Christ providing food and volunteers for the C o m m u n i t y Thanksgiving Dinner at AYC. “We served just over 80 people at Thanksgiving. When you see families sitting around our tables spending time together, it’s just good for the soul. Add to that the fact that these two churches put so much effort into making it possible; and it really

Visitors to The Access Youth Center line up for dinner. Photo provided brings into focus what this place is all about.” Liz Hobbs, Executive Director of AYC. On Saturday, Dec. 12, the Community Christmas Party kicked off with an incredible dinner; jingle bells, and family

gift bags. The gift bags included a board game, playing cards and popcorn: Laura Helm, Director of the Access Learning Academy shared, “The hope was each family, after receiving the gifts, would have their own

game night at home. One of the parents contacted us on Sunday to say that her family had done just that. We are so grateful for the donors and volunteers who make these events happen. Please know you are making a difference.”

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From the USDA News Bureau WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, Dec. 15, finalized a rule to ensure that farm safety-net payments are issued only to active managers of farms that operate as joint ventures or general partnerships, consistent with the direction and authority provide by Congress in the 2014 Farm Bill. The action, which exempts family farm operations, closes a loophole where individuals who were not actively part of farm management still received payments. "The federal farm safety-net programs are designed to protect against unanticipated changes in the marketplace for those who actively share in the risk of that farming operation,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "To ensure that help goes to those who genuinely need it, such as America’s farm families, the Farm Bill authorized USDA to close a loophole and limit payments from those not involved on a daily basis in non

family farm management." Since 1987, the broad definition of “actively engaged” resulted in some general partnerships and joint ventures adding managers to the farming operation, qualifying for more payments,that did not substantially contribute to management. The rule applies to operations seeking more than one farm manager, and requires measureable, documented hours and key management activities each year. Some operations of certain sizes and complexity may be allowed up to three qualifying managers under limited conditions. The changes apply to payments for 2016 and subsequent crop years for Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Programs, Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) and Marketing Loan Gains (MLG) realized via the Marketing Assistance Loan program. As required by Congress, the new rule does not apply to family farms, or change regulations related to contributions of land, capital, equipment, or labor. The changes go into effect for the 2016 crop year for most farms. Farms that have already planted fall crops for 2016 have until the 2017 crop year to comply. For more details, producers are encouraged to consult their local Farm Service Agency office. The announcement was made possible by the 2014 Farm Bill, which builds on historic economic gains in rural America over the past six years, while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayer. Since enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America.

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IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: ) Kryston Erin Ekelbarger ) ) Petitioner. ) NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Kryston Erin Eckelbarger, whose mailing address is: 110 West Canal Street Wabash, In. 46992 And, if different, my residence address is: ________________________________ ________________________________ Wabash County, Indiana hereby gives notice that she/he has filed a petition in the Wabash Circuit Court requesting that his/her name be changed to Kryston Erin Henderson. Notice is further given that hearing will be held on said Petition on the 5th day of February, 2016 at 1:00 o’clock p.m. ________________ Petitioner Date DEC 14 2015

AUTOMATIC WATERER, Ritchie Omnifount 200, horse or cattle, $100. Call 260-307-6060.

Real Estate

Rent based on all household income.

STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE WABASH CIRCUIT COURT )SS: ) CASE NO. 85C01-1512-MI-819

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For Rent 1 BR APTS IN LAFONTAINE, laundry & garage available, NO SMOKING, NO PETS. 765-981-4931.

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190 E. MARKET, 2 BR single family home. $520/mo. plus utilities and $500/dep. Call 260-438-6222 or 260563-2978.

NORTH MANCHESTER2 and 3 Bedroom apartments for rent, 260-9824861.

3 BR, 2 BA duplex, central air, storage bldg., lease & dep., $570/mo., NO PETS. 571-7294 or 5637294.

SINGLE UNIT HOUSE FOR RENT, available for 1 to 2 persons only, NO PETS, deposit required, only pay electricity, $600/mo. Please call 5632373.For Rent

LAFONTAINE AREA: 3 Nice homes in quiet countryside! All are centrally located between Marion, Wabash, and Huntington: Two homes have 2 BR 1 BA for $550/mo plus $550 deposit and utilities. One home is 4 BR 1 BA for $600/mo plus $600 deposit and utilities. NO Pets and NO smoking applies to all properties. Application and references required. Call 260-571-2543. Leave message. Text 1050 to 26971 for pictures.

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JASON'S AUTO RECYCLERS WE BUY "JUNK" CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & EQUIPMENT...

CASH ON THE SPOT FREE TOWING 260-602-7800

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LARGE 1 BEDROOM, central Wabash, includes water/sewage, $95/week, NO PETS, 571-0799 leave message. LOCATED IN LAFONTAINE, 2 bedroom 1 bath apartment for Rent. NO PETS! Upstairs apartment, cable, water, trash, included in rent. $450.00 per month plus $300.00 damage deposit. Laundry & Mail on Site. Call 260571-4414, to apply!

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Industrial Electricians The Ford Meter Box Company is accepting resumes for industrial electricians. Interested candidates should have proven experience as a commercial or industrial electrician and be able to work on second or third shift. Required skills include general wiring, control circuit installation, troubleshooting, knowledge of OSHA regulations and schematic reading. Experience with programmable electronic devices is also desired. Ford Meter Box is the leading manufacturer of brass valves and fittings for the water works industry and offers competitive wages, second and third shift differential pay, a company funded 401(k) retirement plan, excellent benefits coverage and a separate profit sharing plan. We also have an onsite medical clinic and fitness center at our facility. Candidates must be at least 18 years of age, safety conscious, drug free, and function well in a team-oriented environment. Resumes must reference the industrial electrician positions and include details of past work experience to be considered.

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‘the paper’ of Wabash County, Inc., P.O. Box 603, Wabash, IN 46992. Classified Ads: $9.50 for first 20 words in advance: 15¢ each word thereafter. Deadline 12:00 noon on Monday

WANTED! Buying Junk

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CARS TRUCKS VANS and will haul away

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I was lost near Dora boat ramp. Neutered male, tan and brown Siamese cat with blue eyes. I may have hitched a ride and could be anywhere. I want to go home for Christmas! If seen, call: 260-571-0857 or 812-272-5833

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We will be closed December 20th through January 11th, re-opening Tuesday, January 12th with our winter hours: Tues.-Thurs. 10-3 and Fri. & Sat. 10-8; Closed Sun. & Mon.

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RENT BASED ON ALL SOURCES OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME RENTAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE 62+ OR DISABLED OF LEGAL AGE

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