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Founder’s Day draws crowd By Mandy Underwood munderwood@thepaperofwabash.com
Folding chairs began to appear on the sidewalks early Saturday morning as people claimed their spots to watch the 2nd annual Founder’s Day Parade. Families and citizens of Wabash County eagerly awaited. Kids sat patiently with their bags to fill up with candy tossed during the parade, and the committee worked hard getting all the entries lined up and ready to travel the streets of downtown. “[The parade] was very successful. We had a third more entries than we did last year which made the parade about another half hour longer,” said Bev Vanderpool, Parade Coordinator. Entries totaled 150 and ranged from churches to school bands, and everything in between. Some crowd favorites included the firetrucks with their sirens blaring and a large statue of an elephant that squirted the parade-goers with water, representing Modoc’s Market. Planning for the parade lasts year-round with a little bit of down time a for a few weeks after the festival. “We already have a meeting planned to do a ‘lessons learned’ session. Find out what works, what didn’t, how we will need to tweak it,” said Maria Smyth, cochair of the Founder’s Day Festival committee. “While it is still fresh in our minds, we want to make sure we
Wabash Carnegie Public Library staff membrers walks the parade dressed as their favorite characters. Photo by Mandy Underwood. don’t make the same mistakes and we know where we need to improve to make it an even better festival and parade next year.” Although planning for the parade starts almost immediately after the festival comes to a close, the committee doesn’t request parade entries until the
spring. “People have to have time to think about what they want to do,” said Vanderpool. The parade was clearly enjoyed by people of all ages as kids ran into the street to get every last bit of candy, and lifetime residents of Wabash watched and chattered about
the details of each entry and how the parade was wonderfully done. “Back in the ‘70s, ‘80s, and 90s, we had Canal Days and everyone wanted us to bring Canal Days back, but this year I had a lady come up to me and say, ‘We don’t need Canal Days anymore because we have Founder’s Day,’
and to me, that was just the biggest compliment that we could have,” said Vanderpool. People from outside of Wabash County even visited after hearing about the Founder’s Day Festival and marveled at the parade and the activities available. “A lady told us that she was from somewhere down south and she had come to Wabash because she saw that we were having the Founder’s Day Parade and Festival,” Vanderpool told The Paper. “She was so impressed by the quality of the parade, the beauty of our downtown, and the friendly people they met in all the shops they went into while visiting. “Our goal for the parade is to help the people of Wabash have a good time, but also bring people in from out of town to experience our city,” Vanderpool said. Smyth had a beaming smile of pride as she spoke about the turnout of the parade and festival. “It just makes me smile because [the parade] was so well received by the community,” said Smyth. “Last year, it was nine o’clock and we were just seeing people starting to come, and our hearts were thundering thinking that people would not show up. This year, though, because we had the YMCA do the diaper derby, we had all local high school cheerleaders out on Miami Street, we had the library out (continued on page 5)
WACT to present ‘Mama Mia’ this weekend By Mandy Underwood munderwood@thepaperofwabash.com “Mamma Mia!” will be on stage at the Honeywell Ford Theatre throughout the weekend of Sept. 27. This musical is put on by Wabash Area Community Theatre, and features the hit songs of ABBA.
“Mamma Mia!” tells the story of a young woman approaching her wedding day. In anticipation, she invites three men who could possibly be her father. With three possible fathers and three past flames of her mother’s, comes a lot of drama and comedy. The performance is directed by Wabash native AJ Morrison. (continued on page 5)
Cast members of Mamma Mia include (front row from left to right) Jeremy Hite, Emily Perkins, Charity Rankin, Clayton rett Robinson (back row, from left) and Joe Pyke. Photo by Mandy Underwood.
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Lutheran Wabash MRI earns accreditation Lutheran Health Imaging at Lutheran Wabash has received a three-year term of accreditation in magnetic resonance imaging as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology. MRI is a noninvasive medical test that utilizes magnetic fields to produce
anatomical images of internal body parts to help physicians diagnose and treat medical conditions. The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Parameters and Technical
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monarch butterflies have claimed the trees of Wabash County resident Jerry Younce’s home as theirs the last few weeks. Younce said about two weeks ago he noticed the butterflies resting in the dozen or so trees on his property. He said he lived in the home since 1978, and this is the first time he’s ever seen something like this. He speculates that a field of buckwheat located across from his home came into bloom, giving the butterflies something to feed on. Photo by Joseph Slacian
Richvalley UMW has September meeting Article provided Richvalley United Methodist Women met Sept. 4 in the church. The meeting began by everyone repeating the UMW Purpose. President Amy Lauer started
the meeting by reading the Parable of the Pencil. Cindi Price was in charge of the lesson. Members sang Amy Grant’s song “Thy Word is a Lamp” from Psalm 119. “A Sacred Place You Encounter
God” was the title of the lesson. Scriptures were read from Luke 24 (the Emmaus Walk) and Acts 8. These scriptures make us aware of God’s word to deepen our faith. Members shared their (continued on page 3
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Richvalley relationship/journey with God-from Bible studies, church camp and being baptized. Prayer concluded the lesson. Roll call was answered by nine members with a harvesting response. The secretary’s report was presented. Cards will be sent to Phyllis Taylor, Delores Richards & Linda Gardner. Vickie Members of the Wabash County Honors Choir who performed at the Foreigner concert at the Honeywell Center on Sept. 4 were (front row, from left) Abbey Baggett, Erin Russell, Sarah Holbrook, Addy Fishback, Camille Kugler, Carissa Edwards, Ariana Varner, Athena Varner, Karen Jiminez; Jobe Carroll (second row, from left), Victoria Holloway, Daisy Sparks, Madisyn Schmidt, Morgan Mallow, Alex Baggett, Ellie Proebstle, Nina Daugherty; Marcus Haynes (third row, from left), Zach Smith, Isaac King, Braden Ripplinger, John Spangle, Sam Reichenbach, Cage DuBois, Connor Trout. Photo provided.
Local students perform with Foreigner By Mandy Underwood munderwood@thepaperofwabash.com The Honeywell Center hosted the band Foreigner inconcert on Sept. 4. Band members are a strong advocate for public school music education, and at every show, they invite choir students from local high schools to perform on stage with them for the chorus of a song. This year, they invited students from all public schools in the Wabash County to join them. These students were selected from the group of County Honor Choir students. “They needed 25 students and we had 55 in County Honor choir,” said Susan Keefer, the choir director at Southwood High School. “That number went down because of the seniors that had graduated,
and from there, we chose the students who had the most experience with County Honors Choir, and that’s how they were selected.” Participants were: From Manchester High School, Nina Daugherty, Carissa Edwards, Sarah Holbrook, Karen Jimenez, Sam Reichenbach, Madisyn Schmidt, John Spangle, and Connor Trout. From Northfield High School, Addy Fishback, Ellie Proebstle, Braden Ripplinger, Ariana Varner, and Athena Varner. From Wabash High School, Abbey Baggett, Alex Baggett, Marcus Haynes, Camille Kugler, Morgan Mallow, Erin Russell, and Zach Smith. From Southwood High School, Jobe Carroll, Cage DuBois, Victoria Holloway, Isaac King, and Daisy
Sparks. All of the students met at the Honeywell Center to rehearse, have pizza, and then performed during the concert when the band sang “I Wanna Know What Love Is.” “It was just amazing to have that opportunity, because it just doesn’t happen ever in your life,” said Northfield senior Addy Fishback. “Just to be able to do something with such great people and a worldrenowned band was pretty exciting. I couldn’t stop cheesing the entire time.” For many of the students that participated, this is an experience they can add to their resume as they pursue further education and careers centering around music. For example, Ellie
Proebstle, Northfield senior, plans to attend M a n c h e s t e r University to study K12 Instrumental and Choral Education, and Daisy Sparks, a senior from Southwood has plans to study music performance. Isaac King, a Southwood junior recalls his experience. “The bassist turned around to us and handed his guitar pick to the girl in front of me, that was really cool. It was really cool how the band interacted with the choir,” he said. “I just figured they would do their thing, we’d do our thing, but it was really nice how they interacted with us.”
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Thrush presented the treasurer’s report. Response magazine is available to be read. Deanna Unger shared information about upcoming Founder’s Day in Wabash, Sept. 21. Richvalley will be represented. Oct. 2 will be the next UMW meeting with Elaine Leach giving the lesson and Amy Lauer being the hostess.
Roll call response will be a scripture from the Old Testament. Carolyn Maxwell gave closing devotions with humor and listen/understand and prayer. Lauer gave the closing thought about the colors of a chameleon. Cindi Price served ice cream sandwiches & cookies as hostel.
Hands of Hope plans candlelight vigil MARION - Each year, Hands of Hope hosts a candlelight vigil to bring awareness to the destructive crime of domestic violence. Nationally, October has been designated as the month to bring awareness to this issue in an attempt to break the cycle of violence. This year, a survivor named Susan will share her story of abuse in hopes that others will know what to look for and what to say to a friend who might be in an abusive relationship. The vigil will take place at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 7 at St. James Lutheran Church, 1206 N. Miller
Ave., Marion. This is free and open to the public. At the vigil, those attending will be given additional strategies on how to assist someone, as
well as how to work with Hands of Hope on how to focus on prevention strategies so domestic violence doesn’t continue to have such a hold.
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Wabash City superintendent receives recognition By Mandy Underwood munderwood@thep aperofwabash.com
Wabash City S c h o o l s Superintendent Jason Callahan was named the Indiana
Association of Public S c h o o l Superintendents ( I A P S S ) Superintendent of the
Year for District III. Callahan is serving his 9th year as superintendent of the Wabash City Schools’ district. “I am very humbled by the recognition,” said Callahan. “I believe the award is truly an acknowledgement of our students and our staff who work hard at our district vision of building a legacy of opportunity for all. Our district work to increase the e d u c a t i o n a l attainment of this community through the expansion of both our early childhood e d u c a t i o n programming and our early college programming has developed a regional and state reputation as being a premiere educational system in the State of Indiana. Earning this award
Wabash City Schools Superintendent, Jason Callahan with students on a visit to Manchester University. Photo provided. demonstrates this growing awareness.” Wabash City Schools is quickly making Wabash an e d u c a t i o n destination, emerging as a state leader in Early College, Spanish Dual Language Immersion, e n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p, and international student exchange
programs. In addition to leading WCS, Callahan also serves on several community boards to include Grow Wabash County, the YMCA of Wabash County, Parkview Wabash Hospital and the Access Youth Center. At the state level, he serves on the Ivy Tech Northeast board, the statewide Dual Credit Advisory Council and as the IAPSS District III representative. This is the 2nd time
in the last 5 years that the Callahan has been chosen as Superintendent of the year. “I want to thank my peers for the recognition, and while this is an individual award, it comes from the great work being accomplished across this district, so I accept it on behalf of the students and the staff of Wabash City Schools,” said Callahan.
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‘Mama Mia’ For the past 10 years, Morrison has lived in Indianapolis working as a performer and an educator. He now lives in Chicago where he does the same thing. “This is really cool for me to having grown up in this town, having left and worked professionally as a performer, worked in various situations as an educator, and then coming back here and really seeing how integral to the community this organization is,” said Morrison. “The way it really engages creative designers, the acting talent, the musicians. All these different people just coming together and then the community coming to support it, it’s really awesome.” Charity Rankin, playing the lead role of Sophie, also is a
returning native from Marion. Rankin was an extra in the hit show “Stranger Things,” and is bringing her talent back to Wabash County. “This is my second stage production this year, I think,” said Rankin. “I was homeschooled but always loved doing community theatre, and this production has been a great one so far.” Morrison encourages all people to come and see the production due to its relatable nature. “(“Mamma Mia!”) is a lot of fun. The music is engaging because people are familiar with ABBA’s music,” he told The Paper. “The story is relatable for pretty much anybody. There are so many aspects of relationships. And everybody, well maybe not
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...continued from Page 1 everybody, but most people have this experience where they look back and think about the events as they occurred and what if something would have happened that gave another opportunity. I think that is something that we all can relate to.” The cast and crew of Mamma Mia are all local residents with a lot of talent, including Clayton Marcum, playing the role of Skye, Sophie’s love interest. Marcum grew up in North Manchester and has participated in community theatre since he was old enough. “A lot of this production has made me be like, ‘Wow, this is community theatre?” said Marcum. “From the beginning, the music and the acting and choreography has all really just come together
and I think that is awesome. There is a lot of talent right here in Wabash that I don’t think people realize is here,” said Marcum. Emily Perkins, in the role of Donna, expressed that she was excited to be a part of this production, but that it turned out to be greater than she expected. “From start to finish, this has been a joy-filled production! I was so excited to get to play Donna and sing through all of these amazing songs that I’ve known since I was a child. What I wasn’t prepared for was the amazing talent of this cast,” she said. “Sometimes community theatre can be a mixed bag, but this show was cast perfectly and every single
one of the leads brings their A game. They’re also exceptionally lovely people, which is just the proverbial icing on the cake. I’ve loved playing off ‘the dads, each of whom brings something different to the table, and I haven’t had to work hard at all to feel that close bond with Charity, who plays my daughter, and Kelly and Marsha, who play the Dynamos. We’ve had the most fun.” Performances will be in the Ford Theatre at the Honeywell Center on Sept. 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m., and Sept. 29 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for youth through high school, and $17 for adults.
...continued from Page 1 and the Dance Experience doing workshops, and some face painting going on, because we had all that anticipation, it helped bring families in a little sooner and people were already setting chairs out before eight o’clock.” Smyth was very pleased with the ambiance that the festival and the parade brought to Wabash. She commented that people were more interested and involved in all of the activities this year which helped the festival stay busy later into the day this year as opposed to last. “Just to see the colors and hear the music, like I said, it
just made me smile. I just thought, this is so fantastic,” Smyth said. Numerous activities, including a Beatles cover band, were at Paradise Spring Historical Park on Saturday afternoon as part of the celebration. Various food vendors also were at the site.
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Attending the Cooper family reunion were (front, from left) Doris George, Norma Cooper, Janice Dawes, Jon Cooper, Mick Strange, Lloyd Cooper, Dale Cooper, Carol Cooper, Jama Lange, Ed Anderson and Sue Anderson; Bob Kisner (second row, from left), Christy Kisner, Cindy Andrews, Lisa Enyeart, Deb Finch, Kathie Dawes, Ralph Dawes, Dianna Cooper, Alice Longefellow, Dee Cooper, Stacy Eltzroth, Loretta Eltzroth, Emily Livesay, Nancy Whitmer, Sheldon Sutton Jr. Sienna Sutton, Sheldon Sutton Sr., Doug Anderson, Sally Meyer and Derrick Anderson; Gary Andrews (back row, from left), Moe Sprong, Jerry Enyeart, Tammy Truman, Jaden Truman, Jan Finch, Jonah Truman, Debbie Lax, Rick Baker, Jacob truman, Alexa Donathan, Linda Baker, Josh Lange, Brad Shepler, Jared Lange, Shelley Shepler, Jordan Livesay, Rebecca Coldren, Larry Eltzroth, Brayan Livesay, Joe Meyer and A.J. York. Not picured are Tiffany Livesay, Jason Truman and Sam Strange.
Cooper family members have annual reunion The descendants of Henry Clay and America (Lulu) Cooper had a family reunion Sunday, August 18 at Lagro Methodist Church. Fifty-six members had a carry-in meal, good fellowship, genealogy, prize drawings and shared pictures. Birthday wishes were sung to Doris George, 84, Jacob Truman, 19, Sienna Sutton, 3. Also, anniver-
sary congratulations went to Jan & Deb Finch, 40th and Sam & Sheryl Strange, 35th. Norma Cooper, 87, and Ralph Dawes, 84, were presented gifts for the oldest lady and man in attendance. Sienna Sutton, 3, and Brayan Livesay, 13, won for youngest girl and boy. Norma Cooper won the Cooper Cooler and Alice Longfellow won the Cooper Coupon. Other
game and door prize winners were Loretta Eltzroth, Joe Meyer and Jonah Truman. The 2020 reunion will be Sunday, Aug. 2, 1 p.m. at Lagro Methodist Church. Those in attendance were: From Wabash – Nancy Whitener, Sally & Joe Meyer, Mick Strange, Doris George, Cindy & Gary Andrews, Alice
Longfellow, Brad & Shelley Shepler, Lisa & Jerry Enyeart, Josh Lange, Jama Lange, Christy & Bob Kisner, Jason Truman. From Marion – Norma Cooper, Debbie Lax, Lloyd & Dee Cooper. From LaFontaine – Ralph & Janet Dawes, Deb & Jan Finch, Kathie Dawes. From North
Manchester – Alexa Donathan. From Plainfield – Derrick Anderson. From Greentown – Moe Sprong. Kokomo – Sheldon Sutton Sr. From Fort Wayne – Sheldon Sutton Jr., Sienna Sutton, AJ York. From Lagro – Dale & Carol Cooper, Rick & Linda Baker, Tammy Truman, Jacob Truman,
Jonah Truman, Jaden Truman, Same Strange, Jared Lange. From Urbana – Larry & Loretta Eltzroth, Rebecca Coldren, Stacy Eltzroth. From Roann – Tiffany Livesay, Jordan Livesay, Brayan Livesay, Emily Livesay. From Yorktown – Jon & Dianna Cooper. From Cambridge City – Doug Anderson, Ed & Sue Anderson.
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Rose Janice (Oswalt) Zinsmeister and Ted Rose were married in a private ceremony in Claypool on September 29, 1984, with Chad Burkhart officiating. Tina and Wayne Burkhart attended as witnesses. They blended their families and have seven children: Connie (Ken) Stephens, Mark (Jaime) Rose, Karen (Ron) Brace, Julia Simpson, Sheryl (Rob) O’Brien, Marla (James) Slone, Hoa Vo and one son, Ken Zinsmeister, who is deceased.
Janice and Ted have been blessed with 18 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Janice retired from Wabash County Hospital as a nurse’s aide and Ted retired from Fox Products. Their family is hosting a celebration on Sunday, September 29, 2019 from 2-5 p.m. at First Freewill Baptist Church, 58 W 700 S, Claypool. No gifts please as attendance is gift enough. If unable to attend, please send card to 901 Second St. Extended, North Manchester, IN 46962.
NHS royalty: Northfield High School homecoming king and queen nominees are (from left) Levi Fulkerson, Zeb Martin, Jasper Long, Graydon Holmes, Madison Shrider, Alyssa McKillip, Kassidy Stambaugh, and Briana Williams. The king and queen will be crowned at halftime of the Norsemen’s football game Friday, Sept. 27, against Wabash. Photo by Mandy Underwood.
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Willodean Allen, 86
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July 19, 1933 – Sept. 16, 2019
July 9, 1934 – Sept. 18, 2019
Willodean Ruth Allen, 86, of rural North Manchester, passed Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at her residence. She was born on July 19, 1933, to Robert Glen and Lilly Fern (Lohor) Ault at home in Kosciusko County. She married on Dec. 10, 1974 in Rochester, to Danny Joe Allen, he survives. She was a farmer’s wife as well as being a homemaker. She also cleaned homes and had worked at General Tire in Wabash. She was a graduate of Beaver Dam High School in 1953. In earlier years she attended the Beaver Dam United Methodist Church. She enjoyed growing irises and gladiolus. On the farm she worked with her husband maintaining their Registered Hereford Cattle. Survivors include her husband, Danny Allen, North Manchester; grandsons Christopher Ray Ault Reese and wife, Kristi, Leesburg, Jeramy Lee Ault Reese and wife, Mary, Akron, Joseph Ray Ault and wife, Cassie, Rochester, and Dawson James Ault, Rochester; granddaughter Krista M. Ladig, Kendalville, and Brandi Nicole and husband, Isaac, Rochester; 17 great-grandchildren; brothers John Ault , Akron, and Richard Ault and wife, Barbara, Akron; sisters, Mary Shoemaker, Roann, and Elsie Broadbelt, Plymouth. She was preceded in death by her parents; sons Steven Ray Ault and Freddie Allen Cole Ault; brother, Benjamin Franklin Ault; sisters, Wanda Jeanette Ault Kern, Marjorie Faye Mathias, Kate Kurtz and Laura May Swihart. Visitation and funeral services were Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, at Hartzler Funeral Home 305 West Rochester Street Akron, with Pastor Kathy Nelson officiating. Burial will follow the service in the Akron Cemetery, Akron. Donations can be made in her memory to Parkview Home Health & Hospice 1900 Carew St, Fort Wayne, IN 46805. Share a Memory or send an Online Condolence at: www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com.
Dorotha Morris, 85 General Tire retiree Sept. 28, 1933 – Sept. 17, 2019
Dorotha M. Morris, 85, of Wabash, passed away at 6:06 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, at Parkview Regional Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born on Sept. 28, 1933, in Prestonsburg, Ky., to the late Robert & Vinie (Clark) Griffith. Dorotha married Edgar B. Morris on Oct. 31, 1953; he passed away on Nov. 2, 2003. Dorotha retired from General Tire in Wabash. Dorotha is survived by one brother, James (Donna) Griffith, of Mesa, Ariz., and one sister, Regina Monroe, of Wabash. She was preceded in death by her three sons, Eddie Morris, Freddie Morris and Mickey Morris; brothers, Charles Griffith and Bob Griffith and sisters, Pearl West and Betty Jo Griffith. Visitation and funeral services were Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at McDonald Funeral Homes, 231 Falls Ave., Wabash. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Marion, Indiana. Preferred memorials are to Parkview Home Health & Hospice, 1900 Carew Street Suite 6, Fort Wayne, IN 46805 Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.mcdonaldfunerals.com
Britt Gardner U.S. Army veteran May 12, 1954 – Sept. 13, 2019 Britt D. Gardner, of Middle Point, Ohio, passed away on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, at his residence. He was born in Wabash on May 12, 1954, to Robert L. and Lutricia (Blockson) Gardner. Britt attended Saint Bernard Catholic School and was a 1972 graduate of Southwood High School. He served in the United States Army. After serving in the Army, he worked as a truck driver. Britt is survived by his mother, Lutricia, of Wabash; brothers, Robert Gardner, Jr., of Wabash and Joseph (Diane) Gardner, of Sherrard, Ill.; sisters, Dianna (Randy) Auxier, of Sparta, Mo., Arletha (James) Binion, of Temple, Texas, and Mary (Larry) Tate, of Hollister, Mo. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert. Private services were on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at McDonald Funeral Home, 231 Falls Ave., Wabash, with Father Levi Nkwocha officiating. Burial will follow at Mississinewa Memorial Cemetery in Somerset. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.mcdonaldfunerals.com
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The Rev. Donald E. Wagstaff, 85, of North Manchester, went home to be with the Lord at 1:40 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, at Parkview Wabash Hospital. He was born July 9, 1934 in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, to Edwin “Doc” and Glenna (Boney) Wagstaff. He married Sandra A. St. John on June 20, 1959, in Mt. Vernon, and she survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Jody L (Daniel) Jarvis of Creston, Ohio, and Melinda S. (Kyle) Steele of Wabash; five grandchildren, Megan (Stephen) Dafoe, Joshua (Kristine) Steele, Christopher (Jen) Jarvis, Bradley (Alicia) Jarvis, Erin (Nate) Karhan; and one sister, Betty (Jim) Dice of Howard, Ohio. He is also survived by the greatest joys of his life, his great grandchildren Elijah, Grace, Claire, Annaliese, Gabriella, William and Samuel. He was preceded in death by two sisters. The Rev. Wagstaff was a 1953 graduate of Mt. Vernon High School. He worked for Cooper Bessemer Co. as a supervisor and staff analyst for nearly 18 years. After accepting Jesus Christ as his savior, he answered the call to full time ministry and became a 1975 graduate of Mt. Vernon Bible College and a 1979 graduate of Ashland Theological Seminary. During his time in the seminary, he was activated as the Pastor for Ruggles Community Church where he served for two years. He then accepted a pastorate at the First Brethren Church in Roann, Indiana for two years as well. In 1981, he became the Pastor of the Second Brethren Church in Johnstown, until accepting a pastorate at Emmanuel Church Of The Brethren, in Huber Heights in 1987. He would serve in Huber Heights until accepting his final calling as Pastor of the Piqua Church of the Brethren, where he served for 11 years before his retirement. He served at the Director of Ashland County Council on Aging, board member and past President of Birthrite of Johnstown, Inc., as well as various positions in local and district offices with the Church of the Brethren. He was an active member of the Piqua Association of Churches where he served as treasurer and on May 9, 2016, he was presented with the Hero of the Faith award. He enjoyed telling jokes, making homemade bread, candy, pickles and milkshakes for his family and friends, feeding his birds, traveling and watching his beloved Ohio State Buckeyes. He will be remembered for his sense of humor, his friendship, his ministry to so many and most importantly his love for his family and his devout faith. A celebration of life will begin with a viewing from 11a.m.-1 p.m. on Sept. 24, 2019, with a service following at 1 p.m. at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack Chalk officiating. On Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with a graveside service at Memorial Lawns Cemetery at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Piqua Church of the Brethren, 525 Boal Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356.
Daniel Miller, 72 Purple Heart recipient Aug. 16, 1947 – Sept. 18, 2019
Daniel Henry Miller, 72, of rural Wabash, died at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, at his home. He was born Aug. 16, 1947, in Wabash, to Elda Woodrow and Elizabeth (Stouffer) Miller. Dan was a 1965 graduate of Southwood High School, and also received a Nursing Home Administrator Certificate. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving as a medic in Vietnam, where he received a Purple Heart. He married Marilyn Birt at the Wabash Friends Church on November 18, 1977. Dan worked at Ford Meter Box in Wabash, retiring in 2012 after 28 years, and also farmed. He was a birthright member of the Wabash Friends Church. Dan enjoyed his John Deere 620 tractor and his 1994 Lincoln Town Car, boating on the reservoir, meeting his friends at Burger King for breakfast, and the dogs he had over the years, but farming was his passion. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Miller of Wabash; three sons, Bradley Miller of Wabash, Matthew (Jessica) Miller of Penrose, Colo., and Andrew Miller of Sherman Oaks, Calif.; three grandchildren, Brett Miller, Khloe Miller, and Olivia Miller, all of Penrose; and three sisters, Beth (David) Purcell of Kirkwood, Mo., Susan Fagin and Marianne Briscoe, both of North Manchester. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his brother, Tom Miller. Funeral services were Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Chris Howell officiating. Burial was in Friends Cemetery, Wabash. Visitation was Monday, at the funeral home. Preferred memorials are Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana or Parkview Hospice Service. The memorial guest book for Dan may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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Eloise Brubaker, 97
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Oct. 28, 1921 – Sept. 17, 2019
Feb. 7, 1931 – Sept. 16, 2019
Eloise E. Brubaker, 97, North Manchester, passed away at 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 17, 2019, at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester. One of five children, Eloise was born on Oct. 28, 1921, in Wabash County, to Walter and Mary (Forney) Coning. In 1939 Eloise graduated from Chester High School. Nine years later, she married Charlie Brubaker on Jan. 22, 1948. They were wed for 61 years before the passing of Charlie on March 11, 2009. During their time together, Eloise was a homemaker and worked for Cyclone Manufacturing in Urbana, for four years. She was a member of the Old German Baptist Brethren Church, North Manchester. Eloise enjoyed sewing, quilting, and making clothing for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. In May of 2015, she moved into Timbercrest and truly enjoyed her time there. The loving memory of Eloise E. Brubaker will be forever cherished by her son, Alan “Pete” (Monica) Brubaker, North Manchester; two daughters, Nancy (Tony) Hantleman, New Paris, and Loretta (Larry) Blocher, North Manchester; one sister, Agatha Metzger, North Manchester; nine grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, one sister, and one great-grandchild. Family and friends may call Thursday, September 19, 2019 from 2-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at the Old German Baptist Brethren Church, State Road 13 North, North Manchester. Funeral services will begin on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at 10 a.m. at the Old German Baptist Brethren Church. Burial will be at the Old German Baptist Brethren Cemetery, State Road 13 North, North Manchester. Arrangements are entrusted to McKee Mortuary. Condolences may be sent at mckeemortuary.com
Theron H. Rupley, 88, North Manchester, passed away Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester. On Feb. 7, 1931, Theron was born to John H. and Gertrude (Garner) Rupley in Huntington County. Theron graduated from Chester High School class of 1949 and was a member of the basketball team that won regionals that year. He was a member of the American Legion Post No.286 North Manchester, V.F.W., Deming Lodge No.88 F&AM, North Manchester, and the Scottish Rite and Mizpah Shrine of Fort Wayne, IN. Theron was a Squire basketball fan and a huge IU fan. On July 13, 1973, Theron married Marilee (Weitzel) Weimann; she passed away Feb. 22, 2006. Theron’s life will be remembered by his sons Jack H. (Cathy) Rupley, North Manchester and John R. Rupley, Susanville, Ga.; one daughter Jenny (Randy) Roget, Black Shear, Ga.; one sister Phyllis Hilsamer, Beaver Creek, Ohio; four step-sons Randy (Mary Jo) Weimann, North Manchester, Steve Weimann, North Manchester, Jeff (Koleen) Weimann, Roann, and Mike (Marcie) Weimann, Laughlin, Nev.; nine grandchildren, eight step-grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, and a great great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and one sister Helen Michel. Visitation was Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at McKee Mortuary, 1401 State Road 114 West, North Manchester, and funeral services will begin at the conclusion of calling. Pastor J.P. Freeman will officiate. Burial will be held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, 5910 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46814, or Peabody Caring Circle, 400 West 7th Str., North Manchester, IN 46962. Arrangements are entrusted to McKee Mortuary.
Evelyn Dingess-Elliott, 70
John Fike, 86
Worked at Sunnyside Egg
U.S. Army veteran
March 8, 1949 – Sept. 21, 2019 Evelyn S. Dingess-Elliott, 70, North Manchester, died at 2:46 p.m. Sept. 21, 2019, at Parkview Wabash Hospital, Wabash The daughter of Lonnie P. and Fannie B. (Wallen) Robinson, Evelyn was born in Silver Lake, on March 8, 1949. After graduating from Manchester High School in 1967, Evelyn married Bobbie G. Dingess on Aug. 22, 1969. The two were wed for 34 years before Bobbie passed away on Dec. 30, 2003. Evelyn found love again, she married William “Bill”
Elliott on July 30, 2016. Evelyn spent 27 years working for Sunnyside Egg Farm, North Manchester and then worked for Sunshine Cleaning for three years, before retiring in 2013. Evelyn was a warmhearted woman that enjoyed spending time, talking to, and helping others. This could be seen by the 20-plus years she spent volunteering at the North Manchester Fellowship Food Pantry. Evelyn also was a member and volunteered her time at American Legion Post 286 and Vice President of North Manchester American Legion Auxiliary Post 286. She was a member at Laketon Wesleyan Church, Laketon. She loved spending time outside, especially tending to her beautiful flowers. She will be missed by everyone that knew her and her dog, Abby. Evelyn’s kindness and warmhearted spirit will be forever remembered by her husband, William “Bill” Elliott, North Manchester; three sons, Patrick (April Ceslick) Dingess, Roann, Dennis (Karen) Hathaway, Midland, Texas, and Doug (Maudie) Elliott, Claypool; one daughter, Kristi Myers, Bluffton; one brother, Robert L. (Cheryl) Robinson, South Whitley; eight sisters, Frankie (Charles) Vanderpool, Wabash, Ethel Prater, Silver Lake, Lillie (Kelly) Jackson, Wabash, Janie (Lynn) Wheeler, Warsaw, Lucy (Max) Gyer, Huntington, Eva Jean (Craig) Black, Valparaiso, Jessie (Jack) Sellers, Pierceton, and Barbara (Charles) Stackhouse, Laketon; eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Evelyn experienced much heartache in the loss of her two sons, Dennis and Bobby Dingess; daughter, Penny Ogan; brother, Oscar Robinson; one grandchild; her parents; and husband, Bobbie G. Dingess. Visitation is Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, from 3-7 p.m. at McKee Mortuary, 1401 State Road 114 West, North Manchester. Following the conclusion of calling, funeral services will begin at 7 p.m. at McKee Mortuary. Pastor Dave Cox will officiate. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery, Servia, Indiana, at a later date. For those who wish to honor the memory of Evelyn S. Dingess-Elliott, memorial contributions may be made to Fellowship Food Pantry, 410 North Market Street, North Manchester, Indiana 46962
Jan. 27, 1933 – Sept. 16, 2019
John Emerson Fike, 86, of Fort Pierce, went to Jesus Christ, his Lord & Savior, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, with his beloved wife, Carol, at his side. John was born to the late L. Emerson and Mary Fike on January 27, 1933 in IL. After graduating from Rock Falls High School in 1950, he served in the Army. Upon leaving the military, John moved to North Manchester, where he met his wife of 62 years, Carol (Reed) and began his career in auto body repair. John owned and operated A-1 Auto Body Shop, which he maintained for over 35 years, with nearly 50 years in the repair business. After retiring, they moved to Florida. John is survived by his wife, Carol; daughter, Susan Fike of Key West; daughter-in-law Patty Fike; grandsons Stephen Stone and Matt (Angie) Stone, along with great-grandsons Easton and Rylan. John was proceeded in death by his children, Karen Sue and Kevin; his parents; his siblings Carla Beattie, Wendell Fike and Leatice Raver. John was a member of First United Methodist Church, Vero Beach; the Fort Pierce Moose Lodge; the North Manchester American Legion. He loved to play golf, was an avid reader, enjoyed games of all kinds with family and friends. When he was still working, his passion was restoring his 1964-1/2 Mustang 2+2. John was always happiest when he was working on a project, whether it was auto related, home renovations or yard work. John was a loving husband, father and friend. He enjoyed a good joke, had an infectious laugh, gave a great bear hug, was always willing to lend a hand and was loved by so many. He has been described as a gentle soul, a good man, gracious, humble, good-natured, a true gem.
Crash claims Silver Lake man By The Paper staff
Town Marshal’s Office, and the Fulton County At approximately 5:14 Sheriff ’s Department p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, responded to a two-vehiofficers from the Indiana cle crash on State Road State Police, the Akron 19 at Division Road, which killed a Silver Lake man. The preliminary crash investigation by T r o o p e r Matthew Moon revealed that Joseph Frances Cosgrove, 65, Silver Lake, was driving a 2006 Chrysler minivan westbound MANCHESTER AVENUE ROANN CHAPEL on Division 335 South Chippewa St. • Roann 1241 Manchester Ave. • Wabash Road, approach(765) 833-5591 (260) 563-1372 ing State Road 19. Cosgrove BENDER CHAPEL allegedly failed 207 West Main St. • North Manchester www.grandstaff-hentgen.com to stop for a stop (260) 982-4393
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Margaret Sue McKernan Former business owner April 3, 1946 – Sept. 10, 2019
Margaret Sue McKernan (Nelson), 73, of Wabash, died at 11:10 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. She was born April 3, 1946, in Prestonsburg, KY, to Jeff and Martha (Rose) Nelson. She went to Wabash High School. She enjoyed spending time with family and friends and playing cards. She would never say no to a cup of coffee. She got great enjoyment from running the small business, Fairplay, with her husband and daughter. She is survived by her husband, David M. McKernan of Wabash, two daughters, Christina M. McKernan and Lisa A. Burns (McKernan) both of Wabash; four grandchildren – Keaton L. Burns, Kelsey A. Burns, Kaitlynn M. McKernan, and Karsen A Burns, all of Wabash; five brothers – Charles (Linda) Nelson of Alabama, Ballard Nelson, Ralph (Sheila) Nelson, Fred Nelson, and Billy Cloud all of Wabash; two sisters – Debra (Chuck) Hein and Jayne (Shane) Ridenour, both of Wabash. She is preceded in death by her daughter, Janet McKernan; father, Jeff Nelson; mother, Martha (Rose) Nelson; brother, Rick Nelson; three sisters, – Jean Millican (Nelson), Betty Lou Lee (Nelson), and Barbara Jean Sadler (Nelson). A celebration of life will be Sunday, Sept. 29 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Wabash Elks, 225 W. Main Street, Wabash.
Sandra O’Shell Was a nurse Sept. 26, 1944 – Sept. 19, 2019 Sandra Kay O’Shell, 74, Wabash, died at 3:50 am, Sept. 19, 2019. She was born Sept. 26, 1944. Visitation was Sept. 24, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash. Per Sandra’s request there will be no service.
Wabash Police Department Citations Sept. 14 Thomas L. Mitchell, 85, Carmel, cited for speed. Matthew B. Holliman, 17, Logansport, cited for driving while suspended and expired plates. Ociel Vallejo Jr. 32, Milford, cited for driving while suspended. Sept. 15 Kennedy G. Honeycutt, 22, Wabash, cited for driving while suspended. Sept. 16 Linda J. Sellers, 57, Huntington, cited for driving while suspended. Joyce A. Honeycutt, 35, Akron, cited for no operator’s license when required. Tessa R. Dentler, 30, Roann, cited for driving while suspended. Sept. 17 Levi D. Smith, 25, Lagro, cited for speed and driving while suspended. Sept. 18 Tyler C. Dodson, 26, Wabash, cited for false and fictitious registration. Marcel J. Gamble, 22, Muncie, cited for driving while suspended. Aaron L. Bonewitz, 36, North Manchester, cited for driving while suspended. Sept. 19 Laurna R. Bolin, cited for no financial responsibility, expired
Zachary Howard-Smith, 29 Enjoyed hunting June 25, 1990 – Sept. 12, 2019 Zachary “Zach” Dale HowardSmith, 29, Claypool died at 2:01 p.m. Thursday, Sept 12, 2019. He was born June 25, 1990. Services were Tuesday at Congregational Christian Church, North Manchester.
plate, and expired driver’s license. Bookings Sept. 13 Kristopher W. Webb, 29, Wabash, charged with invasion of privacy. Madison T. Venosky, charged with failure to appear. Melvin Schlemmer, 46, Wabash, charged with parole violation. Sept. 14 Jennifer K. Richards, 39, Wabash, cited for failure to appear and possession of a syringe. Sept. 15 Kylee D. Gidley, 30, Wabash, charged with fraud and conversion. Sept. 16 Gerald R. Thompson, 30, Wabash, charged with petition to revoke probation. Derek J. Lutz, 26, Wabash, charged with battery resulting in bodily injury. Sept. 17 Shannah R. Lucas, 33, Wabash, charged with failure to appear. Krystal M. Cruz, 33, Middleburg, charged with failure to appear. Tremaine L. Parker, arrested on writ of attachment. Lindy E. Miller, 18, Wabash, charged with possession of paraphernalia. Sept. 19 Nicholas T. Gentry, 50, Wabash, charged with invasion of privacy. Todd M. Blair, 27,
Wabash, arrested on writ of attachment. Accidents Sept. 13 At 3:57 p.m., a vehicle driven by Christopher J. Reed, 48, Wabash, ran off the road on Sherman Street near Miami Street, and struck a sign. At 5:22 p.m., a vehicle driven by Joshua T. Saner, 23, Wabash, collided with a vehicle driven by Dennis R. Guss, 72, Peru, which then collided with a vehicle driven by Madelyn K. Swan, 18, Wabash on Vernon Street near Pike Street. At 7:15 p.m., a vehicle driven by Jordan L. Brewer, 24, Fort Wayne collided with a vehicle driven by Eric D. Carter, 17, Wabash on Stitt Street near Falls Avenue. Sept. 14 At 2:32 p.m., a vehicle driven by Jerry L. Thompson II, 45, Marion, collided with a parked car at 1550 North Cass Street. Sept. 15 At 1:39 p.m., a vehicle drive by Terrel B. Wilson Jr., 48, Pittsboro, collided with a vehicle driven by Blake H. Peterson, 24, Lagro at 740 South Wabash Street. Sept. 16 At 3:14 p.m., a vehicle driven by James A. Dunchuck, 49, Akron, collided with a parked car on Miami Street
near Market Street. Sept. 18 At 12:34 p.m., a vehicle driven by Tyler C. Dodson, 26, Wabash, collided with a vehicle driven by Holli A. Dupree, 33, Wabash on Stitt Street near Stineman Street. Sept. 19 At 12:01 a.m., a vehicle driven by Bradley R. Bell, 33, Wabash, collided with a vehicle driven by Lauren N. Graff, 44, Wabash on Wabash Street near Market Street. At 3:57 p.m., a vehicle driven by William J. Picklesimer II, 44, Wabash, collided with a vehicle driven by Jacqueline M. Titus, 63, Wabash on Linlaw Drive near Glenn Avenue. Wabash County Sheriff ’s Department Citations Sept. 13 Katelyn E. Floyd, 20, Silver Lake, cited for no valid operator’s license. Sept. 14 Cobe A. Koors, 20, Arcadia, cited for speed. Sept. 15 Eric P. Ballschmidt, 47, Lagro, cited for failure to yield. Joseph M. Gregory, 20, Novi, Mich., cited for speed. Sept. 18 Brett Dirks, 26, Watseka, Ill., cited for improper passing on left. Sept. 19 Lisa M. Jayne, 19, Silver Lake, cited for speed. Accidents Sept. 13 At 5:13 p.m., a vehicle driven by Howard E. Goshert Jr. 62, Wabash, collided with a vehicle driven by Tommy R. Williams, 29, Marion, at 294 West U.S. 24 Highway. Sept. 16 At 10:54 a.m., a vehicle driven by Jason K. Paul, 48, Russiaville collided with a vehicle driven by Linda D. Wilson Morey, 61, Huntington on State Road 16 near Country Road 300 East. Sept. 17
At 7:49 a.m., a vehicle driven by Marianne McAllister,55, Wabash, collided with a deer on Blue Star Highway near Country Road 400 East. Sept. 19 At 5:54 a.m., a vehicle driven by Keaton J. Francis, 20, Peru, collided with a vehicle driven by Troy A. Brewer, 52, Wabash on U.S. 24 East near Country Road 750 East. North Manchester Cases Sept. 13 2:50 p.m., theft report taken in the 600 block of East College Avenue. Sept. 16 4:19 p.m., theft report taken in the 200 block of South 1st Street. Citations Sept. 17 Robert O. McPherron, 70, Marion, cited for speed. Arrests Sept. 17 Mason A. Parker, 18, Warsaw, arrested on warrant for intimidation. Accidents Sept. 19 At 7:12 a.m. a semitruck driven by Martin V. Anderson, 52, Newark, OH, collided with a parked car in the 700 block of West Main Street. Fire Sept. 14 1:26 p.m., 1000 block of Clear Creek Trail for an alarm. 7:03 p.m., 500 block of West 9th Street for medical assist. 7:46 p.m., 1700 block of SR 114 West for medical assist. Sept. 18 7:07 p.m., units from North Manchester, Chester and Pleasant Township Fire Departments responded to the 600 block of East College Avenue for medical assist. 8:06 p.m., 800 block of State Road 114 East for medical assist. Sept. 19 9:59 a.m., 400 block of West 7th Street for medical assist. 11:45 a.m., units from North Manchester, Chester and Pleasant
www.thepaperofwabash.com Township Fire Departments responded to the 400 block of West 7th Street for medical assist. Land Transfers Todd A. Bitzer and Diana F. Bitzer to Richard D. Robinson, warranty deed. Andrew J. See and Megan E. See to Laurie A. Landry, warranty deed. Brooke S. Airgood to Olivia K. Bickel, warranty deed. Gary M. Carr to Kevin Carr, quitclaim deed. Bettie B. Wimberly to Michael A. Cornwell and Loretta J. Cornwell, warranty deed. Joshua R. Hecox to Jacob Hershberger and Kaitlyn Hashbarger, warranty deed. Lake Wazzapamani Partners LLC to Andy K. Kiarie and Alaura Z. Case, quitclaim deed. David Lee Migliorini, Irene Migliorini, Deno O. Migliorini, and Irene T. Migliorini to James W. Kramer and Jo Ellen Kramer, personal deed. Claudia J. Ryggs to Claudia Lynnette Zakrajsek, Daniel Lawrence Ryggs, Eric Leif Ryggs, Matthew Russell Ryggs, Sonja Jean Ryggs, and Claudia J. Ryggs, quitclaim deed. Ryan E. Rosen and Kelly A. Rosen to Anthony Wayne Hough and Charity Lee Hough, warranty deed. Ryan Parrett to Kathy Judy, quitclaim deed. Tony L. Parson to Barbara J. Parson, quitclaim deed. Anthony W. Hough and Charity L. Hough to Jeffrey S. Vanlandingham, warranty deed. Kenneth L. Einselen and Cynthia J. Einselen to Matthew D. Eiselen and Rebekah H. Einselen, quitclaim deed. Scott E. Givens and Elizabeth A. Givens to Friermood Tires and Alignment Inc, quitclaim deed. Friermood Tires and Alignment Inc to Scott
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E. Givens and Elizabeth A. Givens, quit claim deed. Edna Mae Newman and Wilbur Newman to Gregory A. Newman and Edna Mae Newman, quitclaim deed. John M. Snyder, Heather J. Snyder Maxwell, Leslie B. Snyder, Michael N. Snyder, and Leslie B. Gongola to John O. Snyder and Gaya J. Snyder, quitclaim deed. Cheree L. Williams and Amber R. Rowland to Jeanne L. Dolby, quitclaim deed. Doris M. Craig to Doris M. Craig, Carl R. Pugh and Kimberly S. Pugh, quitclaim deed. Nathan R. Howard to Claudine Stanley, quitclaim deed. Marvin A. Mast, Marvin Arthur Mast and Mary Ann Mast to Aaron Arrendale and Hannah L. Arrendale, warranty deed. Steven R. Christman to Drew L. Bender and Hannah G. Bender, quitclaim deed. Becky K. Mangan to Stacey A. Hesting and Danny A. Thomas, warranty deed. Santander Bank NA to Robert E. Stanford Jr. and Freda Pack, warranty deed. Leah N. Blocher to Hillary P. Moore, warranty deed. Brian Bechtold to Brian Bechtold and Teresa Bechtold, quitclaim deed. Marriage License Faith Lynn Cox, 39, and Michael Ryan Smit, 47. Katelyn Renae Eagle, 26, and Travis Michael Ritter, 29. Samuel Carl Strike, 43, and Lisa Faye Marcum, 42. Justin Lee Middleton, 25, and Reagan Michelle Brankle, 23. Mariah Lynn Mobley, 24, and Neil Edward Underwood, 25. Katrina Marie Lynn, 28, and Travis Michael Dyson, 27. Paige Nicole Burns, 25, and Zachary Alan Merrell, 28.
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homesteading rights in Wyoming of 640 acres. The acreage was pasture ground, not tillable, nor highly valuable, but rented the ground to a nearby cattleman. Years after she “earned” the homestead ground, wildcatters struck oil and Verna was paid not a large but useful royalty. After homesteading, Verna returned to North Manchester, and became a nurse for Dr. Frank Sherman Kitson. Dr. Kitson’s wife, Helen Fuller Kitson, fell ill and died in 1927. Verna and Dr. Kitson were married some time later. He lived until 1940. Verna died at 88 years of age in 1969, a woman of courage, sacrifice and adventure who became the beloved matriarch of the Ulrey family. IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE SEPTEMBER CROSS SHOOTS: The Izaak Walton League will have Cross Shoots on Sunday Sept. 22 and Sunday Sept. 29, beginning at noon. Location is the club grounds just north of Liberty Mills, follow
Members of the Frances Slocum Chapter of the DAR show off the Hometown Hero banner the group purchased. the green and yellow LESSONS will begin signs. Lunch will be Sunday, Oct. 6, in the available. Everyone is Scout Hall in Warvel welcome to partici- Park, 7th and Market pate or simply enjoy streets, in North the event and our Manchester. Lessons grounds - we are will be held open to “family friendly”. beginners for 3 weeks: Upcoming shoots will October 6, 13, and 20 be held on the last two and run from 4 – 6 Sundays of October. p.m. The cost is $3.00 These “turkey shoots” per person and the are fundraisers to first lesson is free. support our local For more informachapter of the Izaak tion, contact Rita Walton League . Schroll – 260-982-2814 W E S T E R N or rjschroll@manSQUARE DANCE chester.edu
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Winners in the Roann Covered Bridge Festival’s Cardboard Box Car have been announced: Most decorated Boxes: William White and Karman Baer. Winners of age group race: Age Group 6-8 year olds – 1st place, Natalie Deck and 2nd place, Mosby Stephens; Age Group 9-10 year olds – 1st place, Emme Hanes and 2nd place, Stella Stephens; Age Group 11-13 – 1st place, Gracie Dale and 2nd place, Ben Laycock MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Oct. 12. There will be a benefit meal that day from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. in front of the Urbana Yoke Parish Church in Urbana for Jeff Warnock. Jeff was injured on June 29 in an accident. He was in the hospital for several days and continues weekly trips to the doctor for followup. The benefit will be a freewill offering
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Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lynn’s in Roann. RSVP is not necessary. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. PLEASANT HILL U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T CHURCH: 242 W. Pleasant Hill Road, Akron, (northern Miami County) will have a fish fry on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, from 4-7 p.m. Menu will include fish, chicken tenders, baked beans, coleslaw and desserts. Carryouts will be available. It will be a free will donation with the proceeds going towards tornado repairs and mission. For more information, please call 574-382-5592. ROANN COMMUNITY Heritage/Main Street will be celebrating Downtown Development Week on Oct. 12 at the Roann Community Building. Plan to join us for a baked potato bar, drink and dessert from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. A freewill donation will
be collected. If you would like to help, please call Jo Ellen Nelson @ 765-348-6152. C E L E B R AT I N G ANNIVERSARIES: Mr. & Mrs. Cory Hawkins, Sept. 25. C E L E B R AT I N G BIRTHDAYS: Lori Schultz, Sept. 25; Jeannine Cooley, Heather Chenault, and Cari Roth, Sept. 26; Debbie Stoffer and Diana Kramer, Sept. 27; Ken Ahlfield and John Martin, Sept. 28; Justin Coffman, Ethan Stouffer, Joe R. Flitcraft (Little), and Alex Cartwright, Sept. 29; Scott Summers and Roberta Struck, Sept. 30.
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The Urbana Lions Club had its first Lion dinner and meeting on Sept. 16. This was to start the New Year for the Urbana Lions Club. The Lion’s New Year is from September through June. There are no meetings during the summer. Smoked BBQ pork was the main dish and was prepared by Lion 1st Vice President Bonita
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items were brought in from other Lion members and wives. Lion Luke Hunt and his wife Darlene were the host and had everything setup at their residence. A short meeting took place with Urbana Lion Club President Denny Craft conducting. After the meeting, Lion 2nd Vice President Luke Hunt gave the invocation. Everyone set-
tled in to enjoy a great meal and to fellowship with one another. Those attending were Lions Denny and LuAnn Craft, Lion Ronnie Anderson and wife Shirley, Lion Max Chamberlain and wife Nancy, Lion Larry Hoover and wife Jane, Lions Michael and Bonita Snell, Lions Rick and Roxanna Monce, Lion Eldon Biehl, Lion Joe Adams and wife Barb, Lion
Members of the Urbana Lions Club at the club’s first meeting and dinner of the Lion’s New Year. Jerry Long and wife Lana, and Lion John Eltzroth. If you are interested in joining a club that does a lot for their community, keep the Urbana Lions Club in mind. You can contact any of the Lion members
and I’m sure they would be happy to have you join. Lion’s Moto, We Serve. Urbana Lions upcoming event: The Lions are planning to have its annual Pock Chop Dinner on Oct.16,
2019. This event will be held at the Urbana C o m m u n i t y Building starting at 4 p.m. and ending at 7 p.m. The cost is $9 at the door and presale is $8.50. Tickets will be available later this month. Please contact any Lion member. Urbana Yoke Parish Church: On Sunday morning, 10 a.m. Sept. 29, 2019, you are invited to join church members for the concert with the Overtones Gospel Group. A carry-in meal will follow. The meat and drink will be furnished. Please bring a side dish and join us for the fellowship meal. You are encouraged to bring a lawn chair. This will be held outside in the Grove. In case of rain, the Overtones will be singing in the church. Lighthouse Mission: Squeaky Clean Sunday. They are asking for donations of Pine Sol, toilet bowl cleaner, liquid hand soap, and paper towels. You may also donate peanut butter (18 oz.) and jelly (18-32 oz.) There will be a box in the chime room for your donation. Mark this date: Saturday Oct. 12, there will be a benefit meal from 11 a.m.7 p.m. in front of the Urbana Yoke Parish Church for Jeff Warnock. Jeff was injured on June 29 in an accident. He was in the hospital for several days and continues weekly trips to Ft. Wayne to the doctor for follow up. He hasn’t been able to work since the accident. This benefit will be a freewill offering, carry out tenderloin meal. There will be a raffle for a barbeque smoker donated by Kevin Warnock. Also a bake sale will take place. Welcome all you good cooks if you wish to contribute. Please have it at the (continued on page 15)
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New history club forms in LaFontaine area A group of 29 residents of LaFontaine and Liberty Township have started a new history club to share and preserve stories and items of an interest. They plan to collect printed material, manuscripts and museum items pertinent to our local history. Projects of interest include the desire to expand the Oral History Program started by the Troyer Memorial Library and a location for a Museum to display items of historical value either loaned or donated to the group. Other areas of interest to display would be: Churches, C e m e t e r i e s , Elevators, Current and Former Businesses, Fraternal Organizations, Schools, Teachers and Early Settlers. Serving as officers for 2019-20 are: Juanita Rapp-President, Regina Brane-HipleVice President, Jane Ridgeway-Secretary, and Oren GueninTreasurer. The Board of Directors are Janet Pattee, Chairman, Don Jervis, Susie Goodpasture, Mike Loschiavo and Sheldon Jones. The group meets the fourth Thursday of each month and the next meeting will be Thursday, September 26th at 6:00 PM in the
Troyer Memorial Library at 1 W Kendall St, L a F o n t a i n e . Interested persons are welcome to come. L A F O N TA I N E CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF EASTERN STAR met Monday. Our chapter was saddened by the death of our Sister Edie McMillan. OES service was conducted and Resolutions of Respect were given to the family. Cheer cards were sent to Jean Sneed, Claude Brane and Jim Leming. Sympathy cards to Lori and Meghan Brane and Carolyn Blake. We will keep those who are ill or suffering loss in our thoughts and prayers. Worthy Matron, Jean Sneed’s projects for the year are to collect educational supplies for The Learning Center, to collect non-perishable food for the local Food
Pantry, to purchase wreaths for Veteran’s graves at the Marion National Cemetery, to collect supplies for the Animal Shelter, send a donation to Shriners Hospitals and collect personal items for the residents at Rolling Meadows. In addition, members support the projects of the Indiana Grand Chapter. The chapter sent a contribution to the Masonic Home Foundation dedicated to the purchase of a new player piano for the new Skilled Nursing Center.
Three members recently assisted Converse Chapter with the initiation of 4 new members. Report was given on the First Inspection in the State at Anderson and the Associate Grand Conductress Reception at New Castle. This meeting was the visit of the District Deputy, Roberta Ancil. All phases of the work were exemplified. The Deputy thanked the Chapter for their hard work and dedication to the principles of our Order. Jean Sneed celebrated a birthday
this month. Refreshments were served by Kaye Sorrell and Darlene Turner. Tuesday evening our Chapter hosted the Official Visit of the Worthy Grand Matron, Jennifer Nicholson and the Worthy Grand Patron, Robert
DeRolf. Attending were Melody DeRolf, wife of the Worthy Grand Patron, 2 Past Grand Matrons, 12 Grand Officers, 10 District Deputies, and 36 members. Honorary memberships were presented to Sister Jenny, Brother Bob and
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Lions/Community building between 5 & 9 p.m. Friday or Saturday 9 & 11 a.m. Please plan on attending this event to help support Jeff and his family. Any questions call Nancy C h a m b e rl a i n (260)774-3452. The Breakfast Bunch met on Sept. 18, 2019 at Bob Evans Restaurant. The group gets together every Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. to have breakfast and to discuss various topics concerning the Urbana Community. Those attending were Alma Devore, Doris Mattern, Tom and Joyce Willcox, Larry and Nancy Meyer, Helen Dawes, Peggy Dilling, Pat McNabney, Marca Snook and John Eads. Prayer Concerns: John and Judy Eltzroth, Theda
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Showing off their sectional ribbons and trophies are Wabash golfers (from left) Annie Cole, Lindsey Mattern, Bella Carrillo, Halle Miller and Lacey Crist. Photo provided
Lady Apaches win Norse down Squires in OT first golf sectional Northfield's Jarret Shafer (32) and Seth Forsyth (83) take down Manchester’s Tyce Rooney in the Norse win over the Squires. Photo by Eric Christiansen
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One extra-point made the difference between victory and defeat in Northfield’s 49-48 overtime win over Manchester Friday, Sept. 20 at Manchester. Northfield looked to be in control of the game early with the Norse scored on a 13yard run by Jarret Shafer two minutes into the game. He followed that with a 9yard touchdown run with 3:36 left in the first quarter for a 14-0. Manchester’s Tyce Rooney answered right back with an 88yard kick-off return to cut the lead to 14-7 after a Klayton Hendrix extra point with 3:20 left in the quarter. With 19 second left in the first quarter, Graydon Holmes scored on a 54-yard pass from Levi Fulkerson for a 21-7 Norse lead. Squire quarterback cut the lead to 21-14 on a one-yard run with 7:27 left in the second quarter, but Fulkerson answered with a three-yard run of his own for a score to give Northfield a 28-14 halftime lead. The third quarter was all Manchester. Marcum threw the first of his five touchdown passes to Thane Creager for 55 yards with 1:45 into the second half to cut the lead to 28-21. With 3:54 left in the quarter Marcum hit Kreeden Krull for a 14-yard score to tie the game at 28-28. The Squires took its
Wabash’s Keegan O’Neill wraps up Southwood’s Logan Barley. Photo by Joseph Slacian first lead of the game point to send the on a 51-yard strike game to overtime. Overtime rules from Marcum to Drake Hatfield for a allow each team a 35-28 score with 2:05 chance to score with left in third quarter. four downs from the N o r t h f i e l d opponent’s 10-yard answered with a 15- line until team leads yard touchdown run after each series. from Holmes, but Manchester got the Trent Osborne missed ball first in the overhis only extra-point of time period at the the game, cutting the north end of the field Squire lead to 35-34 with four plays to get with 10:07 left in the on the scoreboard. game. With the ball on the With 1:45 remaining five-yard line on third in regulation, down, Marcum hit Fulkerson scored on a Krull for a five-yard one-yard run, and touchdown. scored on a two-point N o r t h f i e l d conversion to give answered on the first Norse a 42-35 lead. play when Alex After two straight Haupert scored on a kick-offs out of 10-yard run, tying the bounds, Manchester game 48-48 with the took over on their extra-point to come. own 41 with 1:45 left. Osborne redeemed With the ball on the himself from his earNorthfield 30 yard lier miss to knock the line, Marcum found ball through the Creager streaking uprights to give down the right side- Northfield the win. line and hit him for a Fulkerson passed touchdown pass with for 209 yards on 11-19 1:03 left in the game. attempts and one Hendrix tied it up at touchdown for the 42-42 with the extra- Norse.
Haupert caught three passes for 71 yards, while Holmes hauled in two for 79 yards and a touchdown. Fulkerson rushed for 94 yards on 17 carries and two touchdowns, while Shafer rand for 85 yards on 12 carries with two touchdowns, and Holmes ran for 20 yards on two carries, both touchdowns. For Manchester, Marcum threw for 233 yards on 10-16 carries and five touchdowns. Gaerte caught four passes for 68 yards, Krull caught three for 28 yards and two touchdowns, and Creager caught two for 86 yards and two touchdowns. Southwood 41, Wabash 20 S o u t h w o o d remained unbeaten on the season with a 41-0 win over Wabash Friday, Sept. 20 at Wabash. The Knights struck early with Carson Heath scored on a 9yard run 1:17 into the game, followed by a 42-yard pass play for a score from Alex Farr to Carson Rich for a 14-0 lead. Farr hit Logan Barley from 43 yards out to lead 21-0 with 4:02 left in the first quarter. In the second quarter Farr and Rich struck again with 8:32 left from seven yards out, followed by Rich scoring a third time in the game when he recovered a fumbled lateral. With 41.7 seconds left in the first half, Farr found Rich for a 16-yard touchdown pass for a 41-0 halftime lead.
Wabash won its first girls golf sectional championship in school history Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Eastbrook Sectional at Arbor Trace Golf Course. The Apaches shot a team score of 371 edging both Northfield and Huntington that shot 372, all of which qualify the teams for regional. Manchester’s Sam Kissell also advanced to regional as an individual placing in the top three among teams not qualifying. Wabash was led by Annie Cole with a 4247-89. Right behind her were Bella Carrillo with a 41-4990, Halle Miller with a 49-45-94, Lindsey
Mattern with a 49-4998, and Lacy Crist with a 51-48-99. Northfield’s Alex Cartwright paced the Norse with a 43-42-85, followed by Ainsley Dale with a 44-42-86, Emma Wynn with a 43-47-90, Briana Williams with a 57-54111, and Ella Satterhwaite with a 57-55-112. Kissell led Manchester with a 4444-88, followed by Alissa Bickerstaff with a 54-48-102, Kayla Hippensteel with a 6153-114, Chaynee Tennant with a 63-59122, and Delani Henderson with a 6465-129. Wabash, Northfield and Kissell all compete at the East Noble
Regional at Noble Hawk Golf Links Saturday, Sept. 28 at 8:30 a.m. In the final week of the regular season, Northfield’s girls golf team celebrated senior night with wins over Peru and Rochester. The Norse shot a 189 to Peru’s 199 and Rochester’s 206. Ainsley Dale earned medalist honors by firing her season-best score of 39. Emma Wynn completed her round with a 46, followed by Alex Cartwright with a 48, Ella Satterthwaite turned in a 56. Briana Williams shot a 58, Kylie Leland shot a 60, and Christie Sparks shot a 69.
Apaches down Manchester in boys tennis action Wabash dominated Manchester in boys tennis with a 5-0 Apache win Tuesday, Sept. 17. In singles action, Rob Ford beat Brady Wiley 6-2, 6-2 at onesingles, while Asif Kahn beat Quinn Martin 6-1, 6-3 at twosingles. At three-singles, Jonah France beat Justin Hall 6-0, 61. In doubles play, Wabash’s Dave Ford and Logan Luttrell beat Ethan Espeset and Isaac Reichenbach 6-1, 6-1 at one-doubles, and Nicholas Ewing and Kaemon Burton beat Sam Hupp and Korbin Hensley 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. In the lone JV match, RJ Stegg beat Zach France 8-0. Peru 4, Wabash 1 The Apaches fell just short in singles
play in a 4-1 loss to Peru Wednesday, Sept. 18. Rob Ford won at one-singles 7-5, 6-4 for Wabash’s only win. Kahn lost a tight 63, 7-5 decision at twosingles, and France lost a 3-setter 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 match at three-singles. In doubles action, Dave Ford and Luttrell lost 6-1, 6-1, and Ewing and Stegg lost 6-1, 6-0. Manchester 4, Whitko 1 After recent near misses, the Squires won their first match of the season with a 41 TRC decision against Whitko Thursday, Sept. 19. Manchester swept the singles matches and split in doubles. Wiley won 6-2, 6-1 at one-singles, Martin added a 6-0, 6-3 win at two-singles, and
Espeset won his first singles match at three-singles 6-1, 6-1. At two-doubles, Hupp and Hensley won 6-4, 7-5, while at one doubles, Justin Hall and Isaac Reichenbach lost 6-4, 6-3.
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Sometimes when you think the world is filled with uncaring people there is a sign from above that proves you wrong. Recently, I stopped at McDonald’s to use their free Wi-Fi like I do a lot to answer some emails. While I was enjoying the sunny weather outside and answering emails I noticed a young gentleman was sitting at the table next to me. He was wearing a not so clean white
tank top and covered with tattoos. His hair was long and not groomed very well. He was sitting there drinking his coffee and smoking a cigarette while he was writing in some type of a journal. As I was pondering answering my next email I noticed a very elderly woman coming up the walkway with a walker and heading to the door. I started to scoot out of my seat to help her
out and open the door. But, before I made it to my feet, the young gentleman sitting there quickly got up and went to the door and opened it for the elderly woman. Needless to say that warmed my heart. Somewhere in that young gentleman’s life someone planted a seed to be kind. I finished my emails, packed up my computer and started to walk away to leave. However, I could not
leave without telling that young man how his gesture warmed my heart. I think he was a little shocked having this old man with blue reading glasses on his head to stop and say something to him. I told him I appreciate it very much how he took the initiative to help that lady and open the door for her. I also mentioned to him it was very rare for someone of his age to think of others like he did.
Before I turned and walked away to never to see this gentleman again, I handed him my McDonald’s gift card. I said, treat yourself to a couple lunches, you’ve definitely earned it with your kindness to others. I drove away with a happy heart and a renewed spirit knowing that there are kind people in this world still. Always choose to be kind.
‘Fright Night’ tickets set to go on sale Sept. 27 Tickets for the “Fright Night” Trolley No.85 Tour sponsored by Visit Wabash County can be purchased beginning Friday, Sept. 27 at 10 a.m. The tour will take place on Friday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 26, from 8 to 10pm. The cost is $30 per
person. Experience a Trolley No. 85 Tour like never before. Visit Wabash County has partnered with Escape Hour to create an interactive tour where participants must solve puzzles to figure out the next stop along the tour. “My goal every year
with this tour is to change up the style and route enough to where no two tours will ever be the same,” said Jennifer Long-Dillon, tourism manager for Visit Wabash County. “Partnering with Escape Hour this year will be a fun twist that will require partici-
pants to work together in spooky settings.” In traditional Fright Night fashion, tour stops include legendary, eerie locations all within Wabash County. Craft beer from Chapman’s Brewing Company and snacks will be served. Starting Friday,
LaFontaine news Marion National Cemetery. On October 24th we will host the District 18 Association Meeting at The Elementary with dinner at 6 pm and the meeting at 7 pm. SOUTHWOOD JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL: Congratulations to these knight note recipients who were weekly drawing winners: Isaac Studebaker, Quentin Matthews, Alli Lopez, Haley Lanning, Kaitlyn Beavers, Jobe Carroll SOUTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL: Derrick Smith is the Knight of the Week! He is a Sophomore at Southwood Jr. Sr. High School! L A F O N TA I N E LIONS met on Thursday, Sept. 12, with Lion Duane Davis as host. Lion President Stephan Polk opens the meeting. Lion Andy Kirk led the Pledge to Allegiance and PDG Tom Polk gave the prayer. Secretary and Treasure reports
were given an approved. Lion Stephan stated that Lions would be going to Rolling Meadows on Sunday Sept. 15 to give out kettle corn. Discuss time to set up and start breaded the tenderloins for the Tenderloin Fry on Sat. September 21. Discuss the time and day to set up for 1812 and request help for the Sugar (Kettle) Corn Booth as the Bean Booth does not take as much help. It was discuss to have another work evening instead of meeting on
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Thursday September 26. The dictionaries are in to be given out, but they need to be stamp and this will be done after meeting. Lion Ethel Eib will contact Southwood Elementary School to see when Lion Jerry Wilson and Lion Ethel may delivery them to be given out to the third grade class. DR. STEWART RAFERT talke at the Wabash County Historical Museum has been postponed. Details will be announced when a new date for the talk
STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT COUNTY OF )SS: CASE NO. 85COI-1901-MI-791 IN RE THE NAME OF: IN THE NAME CHANGE OF ) ) ) Branden Knoblock ) Petitioner. NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Branden James Knoblock, whose mailing address is: 4969 W 1000 N, Roann, IN 46974. Wabash County, Indiana hereby gives notice that he has filed a petition in the Wabash Circuit Court requesting that his name be changed to Branden James Gray. Notice is further given that hearing will be held on said petition on the 8th day of November, 2019 at 1 o’clock pm. Branden Knoblock Petitioner Date: 9/19/19
Sept. 27 at 10 a.m., you will be able to purchase tickets for the Fright Night Tour. Please go to www.visitwabashcounty.com and click on Tours/Trolley Rentals. You can also register by calling 260-563-7171 or stopping by 221 S. Miami St., Wabash.
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is set. OUR CONDOLENCE to family and friends of Harold Bowman. HAPPY BELATED ANNIVERSARY Jon and Jody Gillespie Sept. 19, Dave and Evelyn Compton Sept. 20, Dave and Diana Health Sept. 21, Jerry and Ruth Moser, Sept. 23 HAPPY BIRTH-
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A homemade chicken and noodle dinner with all the fixings will be offered by Lincolnville United Methodist Church on Sunday, Oct. 6. The fixings will include: mashed potatoes, rolls, assorted side dishes and desserts. Dinner (starting at about 11:10 a.m.) will follow worship, which starts at 10 a.m. Sunday school will be at 9 a.m. All are invited to come have your soul fed and then your stomach! U P C O M I N G EVENTS AT SALAMONIE AND MISSISSINEWA: Come to Salamonie Lake for the event “Riders Reunion”. Saddle up at Lost Bridge West H o r s e m e n ’ s Campground. This is a multi-day event; Salamonie’s Riders Reunion will be held Sept. 27-29. Friday, Sept. 27: Cowboy Cobbler and Campfire, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28: Tack Flea Market, 9:30-10:30 a.m., $5 per table; Poker Ride $10/rider, 10:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.; Cowboy Stew, 5:30 p.m., bring your own drink, table service and side dish to share. Advance registration for meal required; Music or a Guest Speaker, 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29: Cowboy Church, 99:45 a.m. All proceeds go to “Power the Camp” to help electrify Lost Bridge West H o r s e m e n ’ s C a m p g ro u n d . Advance registration for the weekend is encouraged and can be accomplished by calling 260-468-2127. On Saturday, Sept.
28 you can be a volunteer for “National Public Lands Day” at Mississinewa Lake. Volunteers are needed for this work day, but snacks will be provided by Friends of Mississinewa Lake. Also, you will learn about Invasive plants and why our native plant species are important to our landscape. S E P T E M B E R BIRTHDAY WISHES go to: Brooke Swope, Sept. 1; Athena Miller, Sept. 7; Dave Good and Don Bever, Sept. 8; Aaron Turner, Sept. 11; Judy Quinn, Sept. 13; Linda Good, Sept. 15; Mark Wisniewski, Sept. 17; Ruth Miller and Nyssa Strickler, Sept. 27; Shaundra Kennedy, Sept. 28. Happy birthday to all! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY IN SEPTEMBER TO: Jim and Shelley Long, Sept. 17. Congratulations everyone! THE LAGRO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH invites the public to join them for worship services. The church is located at 1100 Main Street in Lagro. Worship services, with Pastor Rick Borgman, begins at 9 a.m. with Sunday school for all ages following at 10 a.m.
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September 25, 2019
‘The Chicken Man’ to retire from Extension post Campbell was involved in county agriculture scene for 40-plus years By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com
Curt Campbell has been a part of Wabash County agriculture for more than 40 years. A retired Southwood High School ag teacher, Campbell will be retiring from his current position, Wabash County Extension Educator – Agriculture & Natural Resources, on Sept. 30. His decision to step aside is part of a retirement incentive program offered several extension employees around Indiana by Purdue University. Campbell was born and raised in Knightstown, and ag was a part of his life back then. “We kind of moved around in different spots,” he said, sitting in his office on the second floor of the Wabash County Courthouse. “My Dad was a farmer, but we were a sharecropper. We didn’t own any of the land, we’d always just rent the land.” Campbell boasts that his claim to fame in Knightstown is the fact that he was in the last class to play basketball in the Hoosiers gym. “It was 1966,” he said. “They built a new school. Actually, there was two months to go in the school year when the moved us to the new school, but the basketball season was still in the Hoosiers gym. It was still around because they had the elementary school was still there. Curt Campbell, known to many local youngsters as “The Chicken Man,” shows off a collection of chicken figurines “When they started doing the movie “Hoosiers,” that’s he has in his office at the Wabash County Extension Office. Photo by Joseph Slacian the gym they used. They still have kind of a museum down there. You never thought that was going to be a famous “I would teach during the week and go back to the post been a nice change, being able to do some different things.” gym.” And some people look at him differently in his new posiAfter graduating from high school in 1966, Campbell on the weekends to be with family,” he said. “It was close enrolled in Vincennes University then moved on to Purdue to Purdue, so I was able to get my master’s. Back then you tion. While teaching at Southwood, soil judging was a pasUniversity in Lafayette through an ag transfer program needed to have your master’s within five years, and with sion for Campbell. He had several teams win state compethe G.I. Bill, I was able to get everything. titions, advancing to the national finals in Oklahoma City, between the two facilities. “I was able to get my master’s in a year and a half, Okla. He graduated from Purdue in January 1971 and took a “They were looking at trying to redo the football field,” teaching junior high agriculture in the Delta School because I took some classes while I was at Fort Knox,” he continued, jokingly noting that “I hate to say it, but I’ve got he said. “All those years that I’m there they never asked me District. “I taught one semester, and then I got drafted,” he said. nine graduate hours from the University of Kentucky. I’m any questions about the football field. I come into the Extension, within the first year they’re calling me up ask“I came home the last day of school and my wife gave me not a Kentucky fan at all.” He stayed at Attica for four years. ing me questions. this envelope that said you need to report at the post office “My wife at the time was from Grant County, and (the “That’s the funny part, people never thought I knew it. on such and such a date.” Rather than being drafted, he decided to enlist with Southwood) job opened up, so then in ’78 I moved here to All of a sudden, because I work with Purdue Extension I hopes of being an officer. However, he found out he was Southwood,” he said. “I had no idea how long I would stay, have all the answers.” but now it’s home. When you’ve been someplace for almost And while he’s been retired from the classroom for more color blind, which precluded him from being an officer. than a decade, Campbell still has a chance to teach such “They said I could delay my entry and go ahead and join 42 years, you call it home. “I love Wabash. It’s the right size. It’s much nicer right things as Master Gardener and Adult Farm classes. He and I could be a personnel specialist or clerk typist,” he also uses chickens to teach embryology to fourth graders said. “So, I went ahead and delayed my entry until here.” Campbell taught at Southwood for 30 years, retiring around Wabash County, a job that earned him the nickAugust.” name “The Chicken Man.” That gave him time to make arrangements for his wife from there in 2008. During that time, he has seen a lot of He credits his high school FFA teacher with instilling and daughter to move back to Knightstown with her fami- change. “When I first got there, I really had a large number of the love for teaching in him. ly. “I always wanted to a farmer,” he said. “I was active in After basic training at Fort Campbell, Ky., he went to farm kids,” he said. “Essentially everyone that was there, Fort Knox for further training. After about six weeks, they either they were a farm kid or their grandparents were FFA with the livestock judging, crops and soils. When I farmers. If you look at our population, we had larger class realized I was going to be going to college, then what else made him a teacher at Ford Knox. sizes back then. “One day I’m a stuwould I want to do? I didn’t have enough to come back to “As time goes along, it the farm. dent, the next day I’m a just gets lower and teacher,” he said. “I “I just called it the next best thing to being a farmer. lower.” worked there for about Working with kids is what I’ve always wanted to do.” One highlight, he two years grading And that, he said, is what he will miss most during exams.” An open house is planned from 2-5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, said, was teaching the retirement. Toward the end, just for Curt Campbell, who is retiring as Wabash County children of his former “I’ll miss the kids,” he said. “I’ll miss working with students. before his enlistment Extension Educator Ag & Natural Resources on Sept. 30. farmers. I’ll miss people coming in and bringing things in. “You kind of knew I may not know the answer, but with the help of people on ended, the Army did The Oct. 9 event will be in the Purdue Cooperative away with his unit and Extension Office on the second floor of the Wabash County what you’re getting campus, the resources I have,” he can help find the when you were getting answers. moved Campbell to the Courthouse, 1 W. Hill St. the next generation,” he reception station where Cake, punch and light hors d’oeuvres will be served. “I’ll miss that,” he continued. “But if I’m still around, said. they processed people I’ll still see everybody.” He loved his time at in. Oct. 1 will be Campbell’s first full day of retirement, but As his days in the Army began dwindling down, Southwood, noting that “the main reason I left is just, that doesn’t mean he plans on relaxing at home. Rather, Campbell began looking for a teaching job, preferably near when you do something – actually when I had taught it was he’ll be at the Wabash County 4-H Fairgrounds, helping 35 or 36 years – I knew I really couldn’t see myself going a West Lafayette and Purdue. He settled in Attica. out at the annual Ag Day program for local elementary “Actually, I taught nine weeks at Attica before I was out lot of extra years.” school students. When the Extension job opened up, he decided to apply. of the Army,” he said. “The teacher had passed away After that, he hopes to relax and spend more time with “If it’s to be for me to get the job, I’ll get it,” he thought. before the end of the year, and they were looking for somehis wife, Patricia. “If not, I’ll just keep on teaching school. It worked out that one to finish the school year out.” “Wabash County is great,” he said. “The people are I was able to get the position. It was at the right time. It’s He used accrued leave time to teach. great. I couldn’t ask for any better situation.”
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NutraMaize receives more than $1 million in funding Funding seeks to improve nutrition with ‘Orange Corn’ By Chris Adam cladam@prf.org
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WEST LAFAYETTE – A project that began as part of an ongoing humanitarian effort to improve nutrition in low-income countries has received more than $1 million to adapt a more nutritious, naturally selected variety of corn to the United States. Purdue Universitya f f i l i a t e d startup NutraMaize LLCwas recently awarded a Phase II Small Business
Purdue University-affiliated startup NutraMaize LLC, co-founded by Torbert Rocheford, left, and his son, Evan, was recently awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer Research grant from the National Science Foundation to continue work on Orange Corn. Purdue Research Foundation image Technology Transfer Research grant of
nearly $750,000 from the National Science
Foundation to continue work on Orange Corn. This funding follows a previous NSF Phase I award of $225,000, as well as a USDA Phase I award and matching funds from the state of Indiana totaling approximately $200,000. The startup was cofounded by Torbert Rocheford, the Patterson Endowed Chair in Translational Genomics for Crop Improvement in the Purdue College of Agriculture’s Depart ment of Agronomy, and his son, Evan, to commercialize Orange Corn in the U.S. “These funds are helping us develop improved varieties of Orange Corn that will be able to deliver better nutrition on a population-wide scale,” said Evan Rocheford, NutraMaize CEO. Torbert Rocheford began working on naturally increasing the amount of health benefiting carotenoids in corn over 20 years ago to help address vitamin A deficiencies in Sub-Saharan Africa. It was not until much later that he realized his unique variety could benefit Americans as well. “Most Americans are at an increased risk of losing their vision as they age because they don’t get enough carotenoids,” said Torbert Rocheford. “There is a very real nutritional need here in the U.S. that Orange Corn can help address.” C u r r e n t l y, NutraMaize is bringing Orange Corn to consumers through its retail brand “Professor Torbert’s (continued on page 3)
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Farmers must play key role in effort to reduce greenhouse gases From the National Corn Growers Association Efforts throughout society, and virtually every industry, to cut greenhouse gases are underway and agriculture is no exception. There is also a growing awareness throughout the supply chain that any successful initiative will start with farmers.
“There is no silver bullet for addressing GHGs and climate change outcomes, but we are working in the right direction,” said NCGA’s Stewardship and Sustainability Director Rachel Orf. “Throughout the Ag supply chain, from conservation groups to the largest retailers, there is solid agreement that this effort needs to be driven by science.
And if it doesn’t work for farmer’s it doesn’t work at all.” Orf attended a meeting hosted by Field to Market last week in Washington, D.C. with the objective of better understanding climate change risk facing the ag value chain, including retailers, conservation groups, farmers, agribusiness. The Field to Market effort, which is focused on cross-
sector dialogues, began last fall with the goal of exploring collaborative actions that can deliver benefits for farmers, consumers and the planet. “One reoccurring theme is that any successful effort has to start with farmers and work its way up through the system,” Orf said. “Large retailers and suppliers are setting goals for reducing green-
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Orange Corn” that sells premium-milled products like grits. L o n g - t e r m , NutraMaize plans to work with food processors to produce widely consumed staples like breakfast cereals and snack foods. Further, NutraMaize is work-
ing with the livestock industry to improve the nutritional quality of animal feed and resulting animal products like eggs, which is the focus of their USDA-funded work. “Corn is the largest staple crop in the U.S. and an essential
building block of our food system. That means if we make corn better, we fundamentally improve the American diet,” Evan Rocheford said. The Orange Corn variety is licensed through the Purdue R e s e a r c h Foundation Office of
T e c h n o l o g y Commercialization. NutraMaize also received guidance from the Purdue Foundry, an entrepreneurship and commercialization accelerator in Discovery Park’s Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship.
house gases because their customers want them to do this. However, their sustainability personnel understands we need a farmer-friendly solution that allows mutual progress and keeps farmers farming. That means profitability has to be
part of the equation.” Orf applauded the open conversation at the meeting and the non-judgmental approach to making continuous environmental improvement. While agriculture has become increas-
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ISU researchers get cover crop grant From the ISU News Bureau
NORMAL, Nearly 80
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acres of land in the Midwest are devoted to corn and soybeans in the growing season, which means millions
of acres of land sit empty in the winter months. A $10 million grant from the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) aims to protect that idle land and provide extra income to farmers. The grant will allow researchers to domesticate a plant into a winter cover crop that can be used to produce biodiesel, jet fuel, and animal feed. “From the time you harvest corn and soybeans till you plant in May there’s mostly nothing in the ground,” said Illinois State University’s Professor of Genetics John Sedbrook, who has been working for years to convert what many consider a weed – pennycress – into a viable “cover crop,” or
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lons of fuel per year.” With the grant, Illinois State researchers will work closely with the lead institution, Western Illinois University, as well as researchers at the University of Minnesota, the Ohio State University, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, the USDA, and the St. Louis-based crop development company CoverCress, Inc. Working as a group known as the Integrated Pennycress Research Enabling Farm and Energy Resilience (IPREFER), Sedbrook said the goal is to have an infrastructure in place within five years, so farmers can plant and harvest pennycress as a cover crop, and processing companies can convert the seed to fuel and feed. “The integration of pennycress as a cash cover crop will positively impact producers’ profits, decrease soil erosion and nutrient runoff which protects water systems, support pollinating
species (bees and other pollinators), suppress weeds, diversify the nation’s energy sources and contribute to rural economies,” said Western Illinois U n i v e r s i t y ’ s Agriculture Professor Win Phippen, the main recipient of the grant. “We’re very excited to further refine this powerhouse crop as an alternative for our Midwest farmers.” At Illinois State, the grant will help support the ongoing work of Sedbrook’s lab. Over the years, the USDA has awarded Sedbrook’s work with more than $3 million in grants to bring out positive genetic traits in pennycress, ensuring seeds can be used for biofuel, and the seed remnants can be added to meal to feed animals. “We’ve made two key genetic changes to those seeds to make them edible and more nutritious,” said Sedbrook, whose lab at Illinois State is devoted to integrated plant biolo(continued on page 5)
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gy and bioenergy. He noted the same process was used in the 1960s to convert rapeseed into canola oil, which is in widespread use today. The USDA grant will help fund the work to domesticate and commercialize pennycress by expanding Illinois State’s team to include Professor of Water Ecology Bill Perry, Assistant Professor of Crop Science Nicholas Heller, and Professor of Soil Science Rob Rhykerd of the U n i v e r s i t y ’ s Department of Agriculture. “This is a very exciting project,” said Rhykerd. “In addition to providing a return to the farmer, this
cover crop may help reduce erosion and nutrient runoff from agricultural fields, benefitting the environment.” Perry added the work fits in with the EPA hopes to protect water resources in Illinois and in downstream states. “Our research may help meet the goals of the Illinois Nutrient Reduction Strategy using pennycress as a cover crop that not only helps keep nutrients in the fields, but also provides an economic return to farmers during the offseason,” said Perry. Grant funds will also support outreach to farmers and the agricultural community. Willy Hunter,
Rebekka Darner, and Matthew Hageman of Illinois State’s Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (CeMaST) will begin the project by working with area 4-H programs. Congressman Rodney Davis noted he was thrilled to hear about the grant. “This is welcomed news and I’m glad to see more of our local universities receiving NIFA grants,” said Davis. “These grants are a major asset to universities and our communities not only because of the research they fund, but because of the opportunities they create for our local farmers and our local economies. I proud to be an advocate for a 5
John Sedbrook, Dalton Williams, Taylor Suo, and Mali Esfahanian examine a cover crop field at Illinois State University’s Horticulture Center. Photo provided
percent increase in NIFA funding in our last spending bills.” “Pennycress offers an exciting opportunity for Illinois farmers, and demonstrates the exciting advances in agricultural technology,” said State Senator Bill Brady (RBloomington). “This grant will help our agriculture industry grow and advance, which will have a positive impact throughout Illinois.” “Money for higher
education means great things, and this grant is a great and collaborative opportunity for Illinois State University,” said State Representative Dan Brady. “The USDA grant will not only have a positive local impact, but regionally, and nationally as well.” Along with the financial benefit to farmers, Sedbrook said cover crops such as pennycress need to be adopted more wide-
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ly to help mitigate environmental damage. “Everyone knows that plants like pennycress take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to grow. By using plant products as fuel instead of digging it out of the ground from millions of years ago, you’re taking carbon that’s already there. So it’s a zero-sum game,” said Sedbrook, who added that plants also act to enrich the soil and mitigate nitrogen
runoff that occurs after crops are harvested. Sedbrook hopes the new crop will be a key player in the fight against climate change. “Science indisputably shows that climate change is a real and a present problem that we need to address as soon as possible,” he said. “Pennycress can help do that while providing extra income to rural communities. It’s a win-win.”
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Wabash County woman enters world of tractor pulling By Mandy Underwood munderwood@thepaperofwabash.com Wabash County resident Keisha McKillip is the only female in the America Big Block Modified Rail (ABBMR), which is a club for people who enjoy preparing their tractors and then pulling them in competitions. McKillip grew up in the small town of Earl Park, where she
remembers looking forward all year to the tractor pulls that would happen at the 4-H fair and the Labor Day Festival. As she got older, she began traveling to following people in the tractor pull circuit. She especially enjoyed attending the Farm Machinery show in Louisville to watch others pull their big national tractors. McKillip and her husband, Brent, have traveled all over
Northern Indiana and parts of Ohio for pulling. “This was my first year pulling. My tractor that was built earlier this spring,” she said. “I haven’t won yet, but I’ve gotten in the top five. It’s a lot to learn in your first year as a rookie, but I have learned a lot and had a lot of fun.” McKillip told The Paper that in ABBMR, the group is all about family, friendship, and hav-
ing fun as they help each other get their tractors ready, but as soon as they are on the track, the competitive spirits take over. “It’s great because I get to pull with my husband,” she said. “I always try to beat him, but I haven’t yet.” McKillip doesn’t see very many female pullers, but has seen a few at bigger competitions. She noted that her (continued on page 7)
Keishia McKillip in the tractor she used while competing at a tractor pull. Photo by Don Hurd.
Keishia McKillip in her gear, ready to pull at a competition. Photo by Don Hurd.
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...continued from page 6 favorite part of pulling is getting to feel the ground shake under her when she takes off from the starting line. “Even if my tractor doesn’t do well, I’m that one puller that is happy to be able to do it and enjoy it with my family,” she said.
Although tractor pulling is a big part of McKillip’s life, she told The Paper that she is much more than just a puller. “I’m a wife and I have three beautiful children. I work beside my husband and try to sell farm machinery every day, which can be
hard to do being a woman,” she said. “I am a certified welder, I love lifted trucks, going horseback riding and camping with my husband and family. I’m very fortunate and blessed to live in the community of Wabash County.”
Grants available to grow livestock industry By Ben Gavelek bgavelek@isda.in.gov INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications to grow the state’s livestock industry. As part of a matching grant, the funding is available to nonprofit organizations, commissions and associations in the following livestock species: cattle, swine, sheep, equine, goats, poultry, camelids, ostriches, cervidae, bison, aquaculture and rabbits. “While Indiana is a national leader in many livestock sec-
tors, there’s always room to grow,” said Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch. “It’s important that we continue to develop this industry, as it remains critical to our agricultural economy and food system today.” The competitive grants can be used for a variety of projects, such as promoting a livestock show, exposition and convention, or conducting a new event. They can also be used to support new or existing markets, in an effort to grow Indiana’s production, processing and distribution capacity. Proposals must be
submitted electronically by Sept. 30, 2019. If selected, the program will reimburse up to 50 percent of the amount spent on the project. “Whether it’s researching new markets or promoting a livestock show, take advantage of this opportunity,” said Bruce Kettler, ISDA director. “We have thousands of livestock operations in Indiana, and we want to benefit as many as we can through this program.” To apply, visit www.isda.in.gov. Award winners will be announced in December.
Keishia McKillip competing at a tractor pull. Photo provided.
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Iowa State researchers show cover crops’ value as cattle feed From the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences AMES, Iowa — Cover crops are known to protect soil and water quality, but they also can offer valuable livestock feed, according to Iowa State University research.
Until now, there’s been little reliable, Iowa-based information to assess the value and viability of cover crop feedstock for Iowa’s cattle industry, which represents an estimated $4 to $6 billion of economic activity in the state. A new study is helping answer questions about the practice,
with support from the Iowa Nutrient Research Center and the Leopold Center for S u s t a i n a b l e Agriculture at Iowa State. “Our goal is to be able to tell producers: ‘This is about what you can expect on average, and this also is the variability you might see,’” said Dan Loy,
director of the Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State, one of the lead researchers. “The preliminary data are encouraging, even with some pretty dramatic variations in weather and cover crop growth that we’ve experienced at our study sites.” Five research plots at three Iowa State
Cattle grazing on cover crops. Iowa State University photo research farms were selected for the study to reflect weather and soil conditions around the state. There are three plots on the McNay Memorial Research Farm in Lucas County, and one each at the Allee M e m o r i a l Demonstration Farm, Buena Vista County, and the Western Research and Demonstration Farm, Monona County. Plot treatments include grazed cover crops of cereal rye and oats interseeded into standing corn or soybeans, ungrazed cover crop and no cover crop. Researchers are evaluating forage yield and quality, growing cattle performance and soil health. The early findings confirm that forage yields vary widely from year to year, due
to field location, weather patterns and planting dates. Spring biomass yields of cereal rye for 2016-2018 ranged from an average of about 800 to almost 2,900 pounds of dry matter per acre at different McNay plots, and about 800 pounds per acre at Allee and Western. While in some years the forage yield per acre was nearly 4 tons (dry matter) per acre following corn silage, in other years, the forage yield was less than 200 pounds of dry matter per acre when following full season corn and beans. In 2018, the first year for the addition of the fall grazing component in the study, weather conditions made it challenging to establish a cover crop. As a result, fall forage biomass from a cover crop
mix of cereal rye and oats ranged from less than 100 pounds of dry matter per acre up to 1,675 pounds per acre on the same farm, with mid-yielding plots around 730 pounds per acre at McNay and approximately 340 pounds per acre at both the Allee and Western farms. On a good year, at stocking rates of about 1.5 head of cattle per acre, the cereal rye cover crop offered 20 to 27 days of spring grazing. In the fall, the cereal rye and oat cover crop mix provided suitable grazing for eight to 13 days. Other years, such as 2018, the spring weather conditions were unfavorable for grazing. Preliminary data on cattle performance suggests that weight gain is similar for (continued on page 9)
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Iowa State researchers show cover crops’ value as cattle feed ...continued from page 8 stocker cattle grazed on cover-crops compared to cattle grazing on pasture. “Economics can be volatile in the cattle industry, as with most commodities,” Loy said. “Cost control can be extremely important, and stored feed cost is the biggest cost of production. If cattle graze even for a short time, it can improve the bottom line.” Livestock producers who don’t already graze are often uncertain about adding new water and fencing, said Erika Lundy, an Extension and Outreach beef specialist and research team leader. One way to benefit without creating new infrastructure for grazing is to harvest cover crop as silage or hay to extend winter feed supplies or to sell. Farmers without cattle might sell rights to custom graze or harvest in the late fall or spring. Extension field agronomist Rebecca Vittetoe is coordinating aspects of the study looking at how the grazing of cover crops may affect soil health and soil compaction. It’s too soon to tell the long-term impacts on soil carbon from grazing cover crops, she said, but preliminary bulk density tests that measure
compaction levels are encouraging. “It looks like this system can potentially work well, as long as cattle stocking rates are reasonable and producers manage grazing based on environmental conditions,” said Vittetoe. To avoid problems, she recommends that producers take livestock off fields during especially wet periods where the cattle will cause more compaction issues and “soil surface roughness” that could hamper planting next year’s cash crop — especially corn, which is more sensitive to planting depth. Managing herbicides is one of the most challenging aspects of using cover crops for cattle feed, according to the researchers. “Livestock producers should plan ahead and consider label restrictions on herbicides and other pesticides used earlier in the growing season if they want to use a cover crop for forage,” Vittetoe said. “Herbicide and pesticide residues may prevent successful establishment of the cover crop, and many herbicides used for soybeans would prevent using the cover crop for feed.” To guide producers,
Vittetoe and colleagues have developed an e x t e n s i o n bulletin, Herbicide use may restrict grazing options for cover crops, that covers many common herbicides. For more information, producers can check the cdms.netpesticide label database. The Iowa Nutrient Research Center project continues through spring 2020. When completed, the researchers plan to highlight their findings in a fact sheet. In the meantime, preliminary information is being presented at various outreach events. The data is also being used to help calibrate the stocker module of the Beef Ration and Nutrition Decision Software (BRANDS). Linda Shumate is the grazing advisor for the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association, a position made possible through an Iowa Natural R e s o u r c e s Conservation Service Partners grant. She has coordinated several field days where incorporation of cover crops for fall grazing was demonstrated and research results presented.
“Cattle producers are gaining more interest in cover crops as they see the need and benefits in their soil
health that will also allow them to extend their grazing seasons,” said Shumate. “Land is getting
more expensive, and many producers are losing pastureland,” she said. “As a result, they are looking for
ways to get the most out of cropland they have by adding value with cover crops.”
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Land management practices to reduce nitrogen load may be affected by future climate changes My Marianne Stein University of Illinois
URBANA, Ill. – Nitrogen from agricultural production is a major cause of pollution in the Mississippi River Basin and contributes to large dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. Illinois and other Midwestern states have set goals to reduce nitrogen load through strategies that include different land management practices. A new study from University of Illinois
researchers, published in Journal of Environmental Management, uses computer modeling to estimate how those practices may be affected by potential changes in the climate, such as increased rainfall. “The goal was to test whether those land management practices are useful in reducing nitrogen load in the water under different climate scenarios,” says Congyu Hou, doctoral student in the Department of
Agricultural and B i o l o g i c a l Engineering and lead author on the study. Using field data on soil properties, land use, land management practices, and weather patterns from the Willow Creek Watershed in Oklahoma, the researchers estimated surface runoff and nitrogen load at the field-scale level. Their model included 12 land management practices and 32 climate projections for the years 2020 to 2070, yielding a total of 384
scenarios. “While modeling is
commonly used to estimate nitrogen load, most projections use average climate data. This study expands on that practice by including all possible climate predictions,” says Maria Chu, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental
Sciences. Chu is Hou’s advisor and a co-author of the study. Hou says the study serves as a test case for the type of modeling simulation the r e s e a r c h e r s employed. “We use a field-edge model that divides the watershed into smaller cells, for a total of 5,911 cells. The model calculates the edge of the field, focusing on how
much nitrogen is transported away from the field.” The research also tested a new index of how to measure the soil’s ability to hold nitrogen. They found that even without reduction in application, nitrogen load can be reduced simply by redistributing land uses, Hou explains. For example, their (continued on page 11)
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Yield specialist joins McKillip Seeds McKillip Seeds is pleased to welcome a p a s s i o n a t e AgVenture Yield Specialist (AYS) Sam Hann to their team. Hann will be serving farmers in northern Indiana with superior quality, locally-selected AgVenture seed and truly local agronomic knowledge and support. Hann brings seven years of sales experience and a strong agricultural background to his new position. “My past work experience in ag retail and as a soil consultant has given me insight on many different inputs that growers have to deal with in any given year,” he said. “This has taught me that
Land management ...continued from page 10 findings indicated that crop rotation practices do help reduce nitrogen loss. They also found that splitting fertilizer application between spring and fall generally is more beneficial, and that fertilizer application rate is the most critical factor in determining both the amount and probability of high nitrogen load. Hou cautions that the study’s findings are preliminary. “With modeling, you’re still far away from practical application,” he says. “The model is the first step, then comes a smallscale field test, then small-scale tests at different locations. If those work, you can eventually expand to a larger region.” In addition to expanding the scale of modeling, Chu’s research group looks at other aspects of nitrogen pollution. For example, while this study focuses on surface runoff, another study looks at nitrogen load in the ground water. “We’re also looking at the different components of nitrogen– that is, nitrate, nitrite and ammonia–to determine which one is most critical to address,” Chu says.
determining yield is a process of many different decisions, all working together to reach its maximum potential. These experiences inspire my passion to help growers maximize the potential of their farms.” Hann will serve farmers in northern Indiana in the counties of DeKalb, Noble, Whitley, Koskiosco, Miami and Tipton. In addition to selling AgVenture corn and soybean seed, he will also offer growers agronomic support including customized cropping plans specified for individual fields, product placement advisement and inseason management. “I chose McKillip
SAM HANN Seeds because it’s more than just a seed
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team here at McKillip Seeds is here to help each of their customers grow. Our team knows that if the customers are successful, then our company is successful. That is why we put so much emphasis on the decisions made throughout the growing process.” A native of Wabash, Hann has an associate’s degree in agribusiness marketing and management from the University of Northwestern Ohio and is currently working on his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration – Entre preneurship from Liberty University online. Hann was active in
both 4-H and FFA and spent his high school years working on various local farms. He and his wife, Amanda, own a small cow-calf operation where they also produce hay.
They enjoy spoiling their bulldog, Nelson, and working with their cattle. The couple has been married for three years and is in the process of adopting their first child.
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Bees keep 2 young entrepreneurs busy By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com By all accounts, Landon Topliff and Alix Winer appear to be your average teenagers. Landon, 17, is a senior at Southwood High School while Alix, 16, is a junior. They’re involved with various school activities. They also
have some of the typical teen interests while not in school. But what sets them apart from other teens is that the two have created their own business, and are mapping out ways to expand ity in the years to come. Bizzy Beez LLC was created by the two in the spring of 2018. “It started out as a joke,” Landon said,
sitting at a table at Modoc’s Market. “We started going around school saying, ‘We’re going to start beekeeping,’ and everyone was like, ‘Sure you are, man.’ “Our gym teacher called me into his office one day and said, ‘Hey, I actually know a guy. Here’s his business card and his number. Call him.’” Landon and Alix
contacted Dave Shenefield of Clover Blossom Honey. S h e n e f i e l d ’s L a Fo n t a i n e - b a s e d business is the largest bee operation in the state, dating back to the late 1950s, when Don Shenefield, Dave’s father, took up beekeeping as a hobby. The family entered the business fulltime in 1974. (continued on page 14)
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Bees keep 2 young entrepreneurs busy “He helped us get started, big time,” Landon said. “He knows more than we do. He’s been in it for over 45 years.” Some, the pair note, have asked Dave Shenefield if he was afraid Bizzy Beez would hurt his business. “He was like, ‘Absolutely not,’” Landon continued. “He’s got 3,000 hives.” That’s quite a bit more than the four hives that Landon and Alix now own. They hope to increase that number next year to about 15 or 16,
Landon Topliff (left) and Alix Winer put on their beekeeping clothing. Photos by Joseph Slacian thanks in part to various grants the pair have received from
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Bizzy Beez received a grant from Grow Wabash County through a pitch competition earlier this year. They also recently received a grant from the Young V i s i o n a r y Fellowship. Beekeeping, much like other things in farming, comes in seasons. “It’s kind of like farming,” Landon notes, “except you don’t plant anything. The bees start getting active in the spring.”
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They are beginning to shut down in the fall and hibernate in the winter, Alex explained. “Once spring starts up, they become active when the pollen starts up,” he said. “They’ll go out.” On average, a hive houses between 20,000 and 25,000 bees in a hive, and each hive has a queen. Queens can live up to three years. Female bees, or worker bees, are the (continued on page 15)
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...continued from page 14 ones that go out to collect pollen; they live about six weeks. Male bees, or drones, have one purpose, and that is to mate with the queen. It dies shortly after mating. On average, a hive can produce between 50 and 60 pounds of honey, Landon said. “That’s if you have one harvest,” he continued. “If you get lucky – this year they had a late honey flow, and certain beekeepers were able to harvest twice because some soybeans got pollenated really late, so they could harvest twice. That would double the amount of honey they could get.” Both Landon and Alix say the business has been a learning experience for them, not just in beekeeping, but in other business practices. “We’ve made so many connections,” Landon said. “At the Farmer’s Market, the owner of Doud Orchards just came up and started talking to us. Me, I’ve personally met Mike Beauchamp. We talked to him at the Farmer’s Market. “Those are people I don’t think I would have talked to if it
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plans to attend Purdue University to pursue a business degree and continue to help run the business. “With the way the season falls, it shouldn’t interfere with schooling,” he said. “It’s mostly the winter months. I would just come back maybe a couple weekends to help with the harvest and get them ready for winter.” Alix also plans to attend college, but isn’t yet sure of where. Landon is the son of Todd and Tammy
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Cattle producers could maximize profits using progressive limit feeding By Laura Quinn University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. – Beef cattle producers could see greater profits in the finishing period with progressive limit feeding, according to research from University of Illinois scientists. To help keep cattle healthy as they enter a feedlot, producers
often feed less, or “limit-feed,” for a short time to allow the animal to adjust to the feedlot diet. The new research looks at the concept of progressively reducing feed intake throughout the diettransition period, with the goal of maintaining a constant body size. Feeding previously growing animals this
way causes their internal organs to shrink, which reduces their maintenance requirement. This means that they require less feed and cost less. When animals are transitioned back to ad libitum feeding, compensatory growth allows them to grow more on less feed, ultimately saving producers money.
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“Producers commonly lower intake when animals come into a feedlot anyway, but no one knew how this should be done to maximize profit. What we’ve done is quantify how much and how long they should limit-feed to maximize their return at slaughter, using real dollars and cents for feed and beef prices,” says study coauthor Michael Murphy, an emeritus professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Illinois. Murphy and coauthor Bruce Hannon, emeritus professor in the Department of Geography and G e o g r a p h i c I n f o r m a t i o n Science at Illinois, applied a custombuilt mathematical formula to a real dataset of beef cattle growth in a feedlot.
They determined that progressive limit feeding could save enough money that producers could market cattle at a slightly lighter weight but with greater profit. “When people limitfeed, they often feel they have to keep animals in the feed lot an extra week or two until they get to the size they wanted,” Murphy says. “But that incurs an opportunity cost because they’re not bringing a new group of animals in during that time, and they’re also delaying their income. So, even if they get a slightly lower price for a lighter-weight market animal, they make it
up by avoiding that opportunity cost and spending less on feed overall.” Murphy says the length of time that producers should use progressive limit feeding to maximize profit will depend on the market prices for feedstuffs and carcasses. “We took five years of market variability to come up with a practical scenario for how profit could be affected. We looked at our results as kind of an upper bound on the profit effect,” he says. Importantly, the analysis suggests profits and carcass quality reach their peak when limit feed-
ing takes place at the beginning of the finishing period. Murphy and Hannon’s work indicates progressive limit feeding works in theory. The next step is to show it works in practice. Dan Shike and Josh McCann, both in the Department of Animal Sciences at Illinois, are currently setting up an experiment to do just that. “Our research suggests it’s worth a try. It should be easy to implement and practical in current feedlot systems. It just takes advantage of the biology in a way that would be most efficient,” Murphy says.
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Researchers: Wheat blast fungus capable of rebuilding itself Discovery is another challenge in keeping ahead of devastating wheat disease From the Kansas State University College of Agriculture MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University researchers studying a fungal disease capable of taking out an entire wheat crop are finding new evidence that the pathogen is even more feisty than they originally thought. Barbara Valent, a university distinguished professor of plant pathology, said that the wheat blast fungus appears to be capable of storing genes for disease-causing proteins (called effectors) in “minichromosomes,” which are smaller chromo-
somes present in some strains. In effect, the fungus is storing effectors for later use in attacking the plant. “Effectors are small proteins,” Valent said. “They are basically the tools that the fungus uses to cut off the plant’s defenses and cause disease. There are hundreds of these that the fungus produces. But in some cases, plants recognize individual effectors and trigger resistance to block infection. The fungus then overcomes this resistance by getting rid of the offending effector gene.” Sanzhen Liu, an associate professor of plant pathology, led the study, which also included assistant professor David Cook. Liu said the discovery that the fungus can rearrange its genetic components between the seven main chromosomes and extra mini-chromosomes points to its ability to
rapidly adapt to defeat resistance. “Before we started this project, we knew that some effector genes could move around, but typically they would move to the ends of the (main) chromosomes,” Liu said. “It’s a surprise that they are carrying those fragments to m i n i - ch ro m o s o m e s. We’ve found that the mini-chromosome can serve as a reservoir for effector genes, and that the fungus employs some strategy through the mini-chromosome to gain the advantage.” The finding creates new challenges for scientists to stay ahead of new and emerging strains of wheat blast fungus, which was first found in Brazil in 1985 and has since spread to other parts of South America and South Asia. “We’ve known for a long time that the fungus was able to throw away genes that were causing it a problem,
but after a while, wouldn’t you think that the fungus would just kill itself if it keeps throwing away this gene and that gene?” Valent said. “It doesn’t. In fact, it gets those genes back, and when they come back, they come to new places in the chromosome.” Finding effective solutions, she added, is not yet clear. “There is no simple solution to wheat blast disease,” said Valent, who has studied this disease for the last decade and the related rice blast disease for more than 40 years. “We need to understand better the mechanism by which the fungus re-arranges these effector genes, so that we can learn more about how we can intervene. Maybe we can find genes that aren’t so easily deleted. How to move our studies to real control is difficult. At this point, I don’t know.”
New research aims to optimize farmland use for crops, solar electricity production By Brian Huchel bhuchel@purdue.edu
WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue University professors are questioning what else fertile farmland can be used for with a new multidisciplinary project researching how to improve future sustainability by simultaneously using crop fields for solar electricity production. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Sustainable Food, Energy and Water Systems (SFEWS) research project took place Aug. 12 at Purdue’s Beck Agricultural Center in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Rakesh Agrawal, the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, is partnering with Mitch Tuinstra, the Wickersham Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Research and professor of plant breeding and genetics in the Department of Agronomy, and faculty from Purdue and Florida A&M University on the research. “The success of our research will have a profound impact on a sustainable future,” Agrawal said. “It will remove any potential competition for land between food and energy. We as a human
race will be able to make a smooth transition toward a full earth.” For the research, 28 300-watt panels and 28 100-watt panels have been constructed in four rows 48 feet in length and 30 feet apart across less than an acre of land in a field north of the Agronomy Center for Research and Education.
Installed in midMay and standing almost twice the height of a tractor, the solar photovoltaic panels are intended to generate electricity without inhibiting crop yield. Research will look at manipulating the solar photovoltaic panels shadows to identify an appropriate installation geometry and (continued on page 18)
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The researchers noted that they have found “a few effector” genes that don’t seem to be part of the fungus’ devious work: “So those may be more stable targets for resistance,” Valent said. Wheat blast thrives in warm, wet environments, such as those found in South America, where growers have struggled with the disease for more than two decades. In 2016, it was found across the ocean in Bangladesh, surprising farmers and researchers and causing additional concern about its ability to spread rapidly throughout the world. “The first time the disease showed up in Bangladesh, it affected 15 percent of the country’s total wheat area, and farmers were burning fields to try to
get rid of it,” Valent said. “That didn’t work and many farmers just stopped growing wheat there.” Valent has published a website with information about research on the disease, which is conducted in the heavily-secured Biosecurity Research Institute on the north end of the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan. “Our group discovered the only effective resistance gene that is protecting wheat in the field right now,” Valent said. “The strains from the early days weren’t very aggressive on wheat, but strains causing disease now are extremely aggressive. So, the fungus has been getting worse and worse, and there is potential in the future for it to get even more so.”
“We are screening in the BRI for more resistance, but the problem with this disease is we are not finding many useful resistance genes. We have a handful that we are following up on, but they are not frequent. It’s hard to control.” Additional information for growers can be found in the extension p u b l i c a t i o n “Identifying Wheat Diseases Affecting Heads and Grain,” which has been distributed in nearly every state and Canada. K-State’s work on wheat blast is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture. The technology used to build a high-quality genome map was funded by the National Science Foundation.
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concept of ‘aglectric’ farming. Agrawal said plants use only a portion of the solar light spectrum for growth, allowing the opportunity to design special solar photovoltaics that allow the necessary light to pass through to the growing plants underneath. Current solar panels block the sun from reaching the ground, creating a “land competition scenario” that makes it difficult to use that same land for food planting and electricity cogeneration using photovoltaics. In addition to optimizing land use, Agrawal said, the electricity produced by the photovoltaic modules is expected to be used for water management on the farm. “The availability of the electricity locally on the farmland will
A tractor plants corn seed in early June around solar photovoltaic panels in a field north of the Agronomy Center for Research and Education. The panels are part of the Sustainable Food, Energy and Water Systems (SFEWS) research project intended to examine how to produce electricity without inhibiting crop yield. Purdue University photo enable local water management for irrigation as well as minimize pollution related to discharge of farmland water to nearby aquifers,” he said. Currently, the rows of solar panels stand over a corn crop planted in early June under the direction of Tuinstra. The project is expected to last over five summers.
Following work with the corn crop, Tuinstra and the team has plans to add other types of crops to the study, such as soybeans, rice and wheat. That work will be done using funds to create solar photovoltaic panel structures at other locations. The project started with a $3 million award from the
National Science Foundation in 2017. The project recently received another $2.5 million award from the NSF’s Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (INFEWS) program, specifically to study different aspects of the solar panel structures and water management.
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Ensure fall-calving replacement heifers are ready for breeding season From the OSU News Bureau
Cattle producers who employ fall calving in their herds currently should be making certain replacement heifers to be used in late November are ready. Producers should be working with their large animal
veterinarian to ensure their yearling replacement heifers are properly immunized. Replacement heifers should be immunized for respiratory diseases such as Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis and Bovine Viral Diarrhea. “IBR is a highly contagious, infec-
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tious respiratory disease that can affect young and older cattle,” said Dr. Barry W h i t w o r t h , Oklahoma State University veterinarian and Oklahoma C o o p e r a t i v e Extension Service food animal quality and health specialist. “In addition to (continued on page 20)
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respiratory disease, the virus can cause a number of systemic ailments, including abortions.” BVD is a disease in cattle and other ruminants caused by the bovine viral diarrhea virus, and may cause resorption, abortion and stillbirth. Congenitally
infected fetuses that survive may be born as infected calves. “The infection in these calves will persist throughout the animal’s entire life, and they will shed BVDV continuously in the farm or ranch environment,” Whitworth said. Replacement
heifers should be vaccinated at least one month before the start of the breeding season. “This would be a good time to include other reproductive disease protection that may be recommended by your vete r i n a r i a n , ” Whitworth said.
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“Examples of other immunizations that should be considered include leptospirosis and campylobacter, sometimes called vibriosis.” Also, weigh the heifers if a set of scales is available. There is time to make adjustments to the supplementation being fed to the heifers to ensure they meet the target weight at the start of the breeding season. OSU animal science research from 2009 showed replacement heifers should weigh 60 percent or more of their mature weight to ensure a high percentage of heifers are cycling at the start of the breeding season. “If these heifers will eventually grow into 1,200 pound cows, they must weigh 720 pounds at the beginning of the estrous synchroniza-
tion and artificial insemination, or bull turn-out if natural breeding is used,” said Glenn Selk, OSU C o o p e r a t i v e Extension animal scientist emeritus and managing editor of the university’s popular Cow-Calf Corner newsletter. Calculate the weight gain needed between now and the start of the breeding season to see if additional energy is required to achieve the desired weight gain. Some producers may choose to grow heifers at a lower rate and attempt to breed them at 55 percent or lower of their estimated mature weight. “In this scenario, about twice as many heifers need to be raised, synchronized and inseminated in order to ensure adequate numbers are bred in a timely man-
ner to meet the future needs of the herd,” Selk said. All replacement heifers need to be pregnancy checked about 60 days after the breeding season so that non-pregnant heifers can be marketed as soon as possible. “A number of smaller cow-calf operations will not have scales available to monitor weight gain,” Selk said. “The next best evaluation tool is to monitor body condition of the heifers. If all of the heifers are in a body condition score of six, then they should meet the desired target weight.” Ribs will be fully covered and not noticeable to the eye in a heifer with a body condition score of six. Hindquarters will be plump and full. There will be noticeable spongi-
ness over the foreribs and on each side of the tail head. “Given adequate summer forage, heifers should need only a small amount of protein supplement, say one to two pounds of high protein – about 40 percent protein – supplement per head per day to maintain adequate body condition going into the breeding season,” Selk said. The Oklahoma C o o p e r a t i v e Extension Service is one of two state agencies administered by OSU’s Division of Ag ricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, and is a key part of the university’s state and federally mandated teaching, research and Extension landgrant mission.
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Ag economists study benefits, challenges of animal traceability From the Kansas State University College of Agriculture
Kansas State agricultural economists have studied the feasibility of implementing an animal disease traceability program related to the potential benefits to the industry. Kansas State University photo “For some producers, there are some clear managerial or marketing benefits,” he said. “There is some probability that we will have an animal health event (at some point) that we need that info on and so forth, but in general, the benefit of these systems are less known and certain than the costs. “Therefore it shouldn’t be surprising that the cost of participating has a bigger marginal impact on participating than what we present as benefits, which are higher cattle prices.” Mitchell said sellers will be more sensitive to the cost of implementing a system, while livestock buyers are more sen-
sitive to how much more they will have to pay to receive animals with some form of traceability. “When we think about sellers, that’s not entirely surprising because the cost of implementing a traceability program is more than the physical cost of purchasing a tag and implementing a tag,” he said. “That could include changes in how you manage animals, or changes in your record-keeping system, or how you process animals. Cost is a very important aspect for those who are making that first adoption decision.” “For buyers, procuring cattle with traceability is the direct cost of partici-
pating. Of course, there are other costs for buyers, such as replacing missing tags when animals arrive at the feedlot, that were not directly considered in this study.” The economists evaluated systems that varied in how they would be managed including those fully managed by the federal government; fully managed by private entities; or some combination of the two. “We do not anticipate that producers, whether they are a cow-calf or feedercattle seller, or a feeder-cattle buyer, are going to view those the same,” Tonsor said. “Some have strong preferences toward a
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strong role for private industry, or maybe a partnership or whatever.” He adds that for some producers, there may be a tradeoff between highercost traceability systems and getting the managing entity that
they are most comfortable with. “Those are the cool kind of tradeoffs that we’re trying to get at here to better inform the likelihood of voluntary participation in traceability markets going forward,” he
said. The study was funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The full results will be published soon as part of Mitchell’s work toward a doctoral degree at K-State.
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Assessing late planted corn for harvest as forages By Bruce Mackellar Michigan State University Extension At some point in the near future, growers should begin to critically assess if their later planted corn fields will develop enough before a killing frost occurs to produce viable grain. For corn grain to be marketable, the crop needs to have a reasonable chance to reach black layer, the thin abscission layer that keeps the kernels from losing dry matter content during the dry down period. The good news is that temperatures are expected to heat up during the next couple of weeks, which should help provide much needed growing degree units needed for the later planted corn to continue to develop. The unfortunate news is that drought stressed crops are falling behind in growth, and will need irrigation or rainfall to help the plants to be able to utilize the growing degree days expected during the next two weeks. Research conducted by Dr. Bob Nielsen at Purdue and Dr. Peter Thomison at Ohio State showed that corn can undergo compression during the reproductive stages of growth to help reach black layer. That might
mean good news for some of the later planted corn. However, much of the states later planted corn has not yet reached full tassel. On average, full silking occurs 4-6 or so days following tassel emergence. It takes somewhere between 50-55 days after silking for corn to reach black layer in a normal year. As we near the end of August, we are going to be entering relatively uncharted waters in terms of corn growth and development after silking of the later planted corn. I think it is fair to say that with each passing day, corn that has not yet tasseled will need progressively more optimal growing conditions through the fall to reach full maturity. Corn not likely to reach physiological maturity would make a better candidate for harvest as silage or green chop for a livestock producer. If you do not have a way to feed immature corn, you might want to visit with local livestock producers to come up with a “Plan B” for your latest planted fields if the weather does not go according to plan. Several of the Midwest Land Grant Universities codeveloped a tool that can help predict when your corn might reach black layer. It can be found
at the Useful to Usable Corn GGD W e b s i t e at: https://mrcc.illinois.edu/U2U/gdd/ You will have to enter your location, the maturity group of your corn, and planting date. It is important to keep in mind that this model does not use compression to shorten the number of days it takes for your hybrid to reach black layer. It will, however, give you sort of a worst-case scenario about when your hybrids should reach maturity and the expected dates of a killing frost. Pay attention to the dark Gray Shaded Region, which shows the highest and lowest expected GDD accumulation for the rest of the season. The red line shows anticipated silking date, the dashed line shows the anticipated GDD’s for 2019. The dashed vertical line shows the first likely black layer date, the solid black vertical line shows the expected black layer date. The blue bars at the right show the probability of the first 28-degree night. Remember, this is just a projection, not what is going to happen. Warmer than normal temperatures will help speed the development of the crop under good growing conditions.
Large differences in corn maturity planted less than one month apart in spring 2019. Michigan State University photo
For ag, 2019 ‘not a normal year’ By Chad Campbell and Emma Ea Ambrose Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE – “This was not a normal year,” said Greg Matli, Indiana state statistician for the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service, regarding the 2019 USDA crop report. “Nothing like 2019 has happened in our history before.” P u r d u e Extension and USDA experts gathered at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on Monday (Aug. 12) to discuss the results of the USDA’s crop report and the current status of Indiana’s major cash crops. Jason Henderson, director of Purdue Extension and senior associate dean of the Purdue College of Agriculture, convened the
panel. Participants included Bob Nielsen, Purdue professor of agronomy and extension expert in Indiana’s corn mana g e m e n t systems; Shaun Casteel, Purdue associate professor of agronomy and Extension soybean and small grains specialist; Beth Hall, the Indiana state climatologist; Chris Hurt and Jim Mintert, professors of agricultural economics and Extension economist; and Matli. Weather conditions challenged Hoosier farmers during the 2019 planting and growing season. An uncharacteristically wet planting season and periods of abnormally extreme heat and drought during the growing season threaten yields, according to Hall. Exact yields, however, she continued, prove difficult to predict this year. “This is such a
strange year, there haven’t been enough comparative years for these climate outlook models. We’re really looking one to two weeks out, maybe three weeks,” Hall said. Nielsen said of Indiana’s corn crop, “We’re in uncharted territories. This season there are still some questions and concerns about this crop that was planted so far into June. The risk of corn not maturing safely before that fall freeze involves the date of the expected freeze but also depends on how warm or cool September is going to be.” September will be an important month for soybeans, too, Casteel added. Soybeans typically mature later than corn crops but also had a late planting season in 2019. “September will make or break it for us. Hopefully, some of these rains start to come back, he said, while acknowledging that too much rain going forward could be detrimental to the corn crop.” Difficulties during
the planting and growing season mean that revenues will likely be down for Hoosier farmers in 2019, a trend exacerbated by the U.S.’s ongoing trade war with China. Hurt predicted revenue for corn and soybean will be down $1.3 billion from last year’s $6.8 billion. “If it sounds like a lot, that’s because it is a lot,” Hurt said. “There is still a lot of uncertainty in terms of the final production numbers,” Mintert said, adding that even if the revenue to Hoosier farmers is lower than predicted, farmers will still rely heavily on crop insurance this year. It’s not all bad news, however, Nielsen and Casteel said. Farmers can still make decisions regarding pest and disease management in soybean crops, Casteel said, which can help maximize potential yield. “The 100 day corn planted before June 20 should still mature before the freeze, even in Northern Indiana,” Nielsen said.
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Corn one step closer to bacterial leaf streak resistance By Lauren Quinn University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. – Bacterial leaf streak, a foliar disease in corn, has only been in the United States for a handful of years, but Tiffany Jamann says it’s a major problem in the Western Corn Belt. “We don’t have hard numbers yet, but this pathogen in other systems can cause up to 20 percent yield losses,” says Jamann, an assistant professor in the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois and coauthor of a new study in the journal Crop Science. “There’s no effective chemical control. Fungicides don’t work, as it’s a bacterial disease. That’s why host resistance is going to be critical, just as it is for controlling other bacterial diseases of corn, such as Goss’s wilt and blight.” The disease-causing bacteria squirm in through open pores – stomata – on the leaf surface, then set up shop between veins to form long greyish streaks. Although no one has determined precisely what’s happening inside the plant, Jamann says the necrotic lesions are disrupting the photosynthetic capacity of the leaf. And that hurts yield. To make matters worse, bacterial leaf streak looks similar to a fungal disease of corn, gray leaf spot. Farmers may confuse the two diseases and spray fungicide, which is not only ineffective, it’s an unnecessary cost. Currently, there is no chemical control agent for bacterial leaf streak, and no completely resistant corn hybrids exist. But, in the Crop Science study, Jamann and her collaborators make a promising discovery that could lead to resistant lines in the future. By inoculating 26 diverse corn lines with the disease
and selecting promising lines for further analysis, they found corn varieties with moderate resistance and genetic regions associated with increased levels of resistance. “Although we didn’t identify any large-effect resistance genes, the study is the first report of host resistance to bacterial leaf streak that has ever been published,” Jamann notes. The team also looked for relationships between resistance to bacterial leaf streak and three other foliar diseases of maize, for which host resistance is better understood. The hope was that the same genes would also have an effect for bacterial leaf streak, but the relationships were not clear-cut. “We find that the
An up-close look at Bacterial leaf streak. University of Illinois photo genetic architecture of resistance is complex, with lots of regions of the genome contributing to resistance,” Jamann says. Although the researchers didn’t identify a “smoking gun,” the information provided in the
study should still be useful to breeders in the process of developing new hybrids with resist-
ance to bacterial leaf streak. And that’s key. “Management practices can only
go so far in reducing losses due to this disease. You can’t always control the conditions to
avoid disease spread,” Jamann says. “Ultimately host resistance is going to be critical.”
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Novel camera system can help monitor crop temperatures, researchers find Austin Fitzgerald fitzgeraldac@missouri.edu
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A hot plant is an early warning sign of an under-watered, unhealthy plant, which makes monitoring crop temperatures a priority for many farmers. But to do so, they need the right equipment.
Infrared cameras can detect heat and convert it into an image, but they are large, unwieldy and expensive. Infrared sensors are less expensive, but they don’t provide images, which makes accurate monitoring difficult for medium and large-sized fields. Now, researchers from the University of
Missouri and the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service have developed a novel approach that can provide precise, visual crop temperature data at a lower cost. Combining a regular digital camera with a miniature infrared camera into a specially engineered structure, the system can provide
both temperature data and detailed images, giving farmers a large amount of information about their crops. “Using an infrared camera to monitor crop temperature can be tricky because it is difficult to differentiate between the plants and background elements like soil or shade,” said Ken Sudduth, a USDA agricultural engineer and adjunct professor of bioengineering at MU’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. “By augmenting a miniature infrared camera with a digital camera, we created a system that can examine crop temperatures with great detail and accuracy.” Sudduth developed the camera system with Philip Drew, a graduate student researcher who completed his master’s degree at MU while working on the project. Together, the cameras produce two distinct images of the same area: a visually detailed photograph
An example of an irrigation system used to keep crops healthy. Photo provided and an infrared image. The setup, known as the Multi-band System for Imaging of a Crop Canopy, allows farmers to identify problem areas from the digital camera images and analyze those areas with infrared images that map temperature to light intensity. Coupled with an algorithm that automatically filters soil, shade and other nonplant presences from
the images, the camera system would allow farmers to precisely irrigate their crops according to the specific needs of individual plants, maximizing yields and optimizing water use without requiring the purchase of more expensive infrared cameras. “Medium-scale farmers have big fields, but they don’t always have the funds for expensive monitoring equip-
ment,” Sudduth said. “Our system allows for precision monitoring over a large area for a more manageable cost. That’s good for farmers who can earn a bigger profit, and it’s good for everyone who depends on their crops.” Sudduth said the system needs more finetuning before it can be sold to farmers, and future iterations could incorporate drones for increased versatility.