Vol. 40, No. 15
PO Box 603, Wabash, IN 46992 (260) 563-8326
of Wabash County Inc. June 28, 2017
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State names Judge Pro Temp for local court
Marketplace, The Paper plan citywide garage sales By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com
Need some extra cash? Have stuff around the house that is no longer wanted or needed? Why not take advantage of the citywide sale in Wabash to help gain some extra cash and get rid of some stuff from around your house. Wabash Marketplace, in conjunction with The Paper of Wabash County, is sponsoring the event on July 14-15. All city limit residents are welcomed to participate as a featured stop for only a $15 registration fee, while all area residents are welcomed to shop, according to Tyler Karst, Wabash Marketplace project coordinator. “There’s a lot of great momentum here in Wabash and community wide,” Karst told The Paper. “There’s so many people who love getting out and checking out garage sales. “Other communities have done it, and here, at Wabash Marketplace, we thought, ‘Why don’t we get together and try something like this?’ The pieces fell together for the planning of this.” Karst said he would love to see more than 50 households participate, noting the more that do it the better. “If we could get 112, that would be great,” he said. He expects nice crowds to come and shop. “If you look at our First Fridays and other events, you would think the more people that are involved would mean the less number of people participating,” Karst said. “But there is a great, active community here in Wabash, as well as the surrounding areas. There are so many people that come here to support Wabash that I feel, and Marketplace feels, this will just do the same thing, drive in a lot of people who love garage sales.” While the event is scheduled for two days, Karst said individual households can set their own hours on either or both days. Those interested in participating should sign up via wabashmarketplace.org or by phone call, 260-563-0975. Located within the city limits, any participant will be featured via social media marketing with a digital map as well as a shared (continued on page 4)
By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com
Senior Judge Karen A. Springer was named Judge Pro Temp for the Wabash Superior Court, replacing Judge Christopher Goff, who as appointed as the 110th
Martha and Roy Shepler will celebrate 77 years of marriage on July 29. Photo by Emma Rausch
Couple to recreate first date to help mark 77th anniversary By Emma Rausch emma@thepaperofwabash.com In 1939, Roy Shepler met his future bride, Martha. Shepler, then 17-years-old, cruised his buddies to the Historic Eagles Theatre in his father’s 1933 Plymouth. Martha Van Roe, also 17 at the time, walked to the movies with her three friends where she met the man she’d later call her husband. “Of course, I was a nasty one,” Mrs. Shepler told The Paper of Wabash County. “He wore suspenders and I flipped them to get his attention of course. He and his cousin sat in the balcony so we went up and sat behind them. That’s how it all started.” One year later, on July 29, 1940, the pair got married at Mrs. Shepler’s family home. “I was 18 and he was 19 by nine days,” Mrs. Shepler said. “We kept things real close,” Shepler said with a smile. Now 77 years later, the Sheplers’ marriage is still going strong as they prepare to celebrate another anniversary at 95- and 96-years-old. This year, however, they’re hoping
Indiana Supreme Court Justice earlier this month. Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush appointed Springer on June 19, according to paperwork filed with the clerk of the Indiana Supreme Court of Appeals and Tax Court. The move comes after Goff notified the court that he will be unavailable to perform the duties of his office beginning July 10, and that he will be leaving the office on July 23 to assume his new duties on July 24. Springer is a 1995 graduate of the Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington. Before law school she graduated from IU Bloomington with a double major in English and journalism. As a judge, she has served in the Huntington County Superior Court in a pro temp position, and as a juvenile magistrate in the Allen County Superior Court Family Relations Division. Springer will take over Goff ’s post on July 10 and will remain there until “otherwise discharged” from the post. That won’t likely take place until a permanent replacement for Goff is named by Gov. Eric Holcomb. The governor’s office is accepting applications for the post for 45 days, Holcomb’s press secretary, Stephanie Wilson, told The Paper of Wabash County. The deadline for applying is 5 p.m. July 28. The four-page application requires applicants to comment on a variety of things, ranging from their health and memberships to military experience and past political candidate attempts. It also requires applicants to discuss their legal background, including such things as what pro bono, or free, legal service he or she may have offered, disciplinary proceedings the applicant faced, and if he or she has ever been arrested for anything other than routine traffic violations. The applicant also must provide a least two writing samples from “a trial or appellate brief, judicial opnion, or article in a legal journal” he or she has written. (continued on page 4)
DNR approves WRT permit By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com Martha and Roy Shepler in their younger days. Photo provided
to take a drive down memory lane. “We’re recreating the first night they met,” Maia Brainard, Wellbrooke of Wabash marketing director, said. On July 30, Wellbrooke will be hosting an anniversary party for the Sheplers followed by a ride to the Historic Eagles Theatre where the (continued on page 4)
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has approved an After-the-Fact Construction permit to build a pedestrian bridge over Lagro Creek. The permit, filed by Amy Ford of Wabash River Trail Inc., was approved by James J. Hebenstreit, assistant director of the DNR’s Division of Wabash, on June 21. The bridge, according to the certificate of approval, will be constructed at the site of a former bridge, and will span beyond the existing bridge abutments, of which the lower portions will remain in place. The new bridge will have a span length of 44-feet, 6inches, and will have an out-to-out width of 15-feet, 5inches. Roughly 900 feet of the trail and trailhead have already been constructed in the floodway, both east and (continued on page 5)