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City Council to have new look in 2020

At least 2 Council members won’t seek re-election

By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com The Wabash City Council will have a new make-up beginning in 2020. At least two Council members have told The Paper of Wabash County that they won’t seek re-election during the 2019 Municipal Election.

Mayor Scott Long, along with Council members Bryan Dillon, Doug Adams and Mitch Figert have all confirmed they will seek re-election in 2019. Clerk-Treasurer Wendy Frazier also said she plans to seek

re-election to her third term in office.

Meanwhile, Council members Marc Shelley and Bonnie Corn both said they won’t seek re-election. Council members Eric Schoening and Bob Greene failed to respond to The Paper’s inquiries.

Filing for the May Primary Election begins on Wednesday, Jan. 9, and continues through noon, Feb. 8.

“I haven’t made it any secret,” Long said.

“When someone asks me, ‘Are you going to run again?’ Yes, I’m going to run again.

“I enjoy it. I enjoy the job. I love what I’m

doing. I think we’re making great strides and I want to continue that.”

Frazier told The Paper, “For the past seven years, I have worked tirelessly in every facet of the daily operations of this position while also providing services for numerous local projects and grants, including our great Stellar designation. I will work to continue the forward momentum to make our city the best it can be!

“I have taken tremendous pride in keeping our Great City fiscally sound, and I (continued on page 5)

Hearing set for LaFontaine suspect

By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com

cent of the vote, while challenger Ryan Short came in second with 1,408 votes, or 26.72 percent of the voted. Steve Hicks was third with 1,141 votes, or 21.65 percent of the vote.

“I don’t know what to think,” Baker said.

“It was a strong race. We did everything we could do.

“I’m so proud of all the people who worked with us. We really busted our tails – our entire community, everybody.”

Baker had no Democratic opposition in the November election.

In the November election, Metropolitan School District of Wabash County school board incumbents Todd Dazey and Matt Driscoll won their re-election bids.

Driscoll received 2,300 votes to Tiffany Haupert’s 1,834 votes and Sandy Davis’ 486.

Dazey received 2,021 votes to Teresa Galley 1,354, Ryan Rosen’s 1,109 and Douglas Bogert’s 214.

In Manchester Community Schools District, David Terflinger defeated incumbent Salle Krouse, 1,802-1,327 for the Chester Township seat on the board.

The Town of North Manchester seats went to Benjamin Vanderpool and Richard Espeset.

Vanderpool topped the five-person field with 1,268 votes. Espeset was second with

A man suspected in the death of a LaFontaine man earlier this year will have a change of plea hearing in late January in Wabash Circuit Court.

The man, Corey Kelch, 23, Marion, is charged with murder and robbery in connection with the April 25 death and robbery of Jordan Richards, LaFontaine.

In May, Kelch had an automatic not guilty plea entered in Wabash Circuit Court to the charges, and a jury trial was slated to start on Jan. 22. That trial has since been canceled and a change of plea hearing is now scheduled for 1 p.m. Jan. 22 before Circuit Court Judge Robert McCallen III. In the April 25 incident, Richards, 22, was shot and killed in what investigators from the Wabash County Sheriff ’s Department and the Indiana State Police determined to be a home invasion.

According to an ISP press release issued after the incident: The sheriff ’s department received a 9-1-1 call at 9:23 a.m.

April 25 of a possible death at 123 Clear Creek Drive in LaFontaine.

Richards’ body was found by a home health care nurse who was making a daily check on him. Richards has a medical condition that required a nurse to check on him twice daily.

Richards’ death was initially ruled suspicious by ISP on April 25, but by April 27, State Police ruled it was a murder investigation after an autopsy, performed by forensic pathologist Dr.

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Parkview Wabash Hospital employees take a final look at one of the operating rooms at the old hospitals just hours before it closed for good.

Photo by Joseph Slacian

Looking back at top stories of 2018

By The Paper Staff With 2018 coming to a quick end, The Paper of Wabash County is looking back at some of the stories that drew headlines this past year.

Police involved in two separate shootings Three Wabash County Sheriff ’s deputies were involved in a shooting on Feb. 14 which took the life of a Kokomo man.

That man was identified at Travis D. Tucker, 29.

Officers responded to a citizen’s tip reporting the location of an alleged burglary suspect from Huntington County.

When deputies arrived at the site on County Road 400 North, they located the suspect inside a pickup truck that was in a field.

Preliminary evidence indicates that Tucker was armed with a shotgun.

“At some point,” according to a press release from the Indiana State Police, “there was an incident that led to three officers from the Wabash County Sheriff ’s Department and one officer from the Huntington County Sheriff ’s Department allegedly firing gunshots at the 29-year-old man.”

Despite life-saving measures, Tucker died

from the gunshot wounds.

No officers were injured in the incident.

The ISP investigated the incident, and forwarded its findings to Wabash County Prosecutor William Hartley Jr. for review.

Hartley concluded that no charges were to be brought against the officers involved in the shooting.

A second police action shooting took place on March 6 in North Manchester.

At about 6 p.m. that night, North Manchester police officer Parker Stouffer initiated a traffic stop on a pickup truck driven by Michael Kline, 40, North Manchester.

Kline stopped his vehicle in the parking lot of the Eel River Inn. According to ISP, Kline exited the truck and pointed a handgun at Stouffer. Stouffer then allegedly fired his gun at Kline.

Kline died at the scene from a single gunshot wound.

Hartley again concluded that no charges would be brought against Stouffer in the incident.

Baker wins Sheriff ’s race Ryan Baker topped a five-person field on May 8 to win the Republican nomination for Wabash County Sheriff in the 2018 Primary Election.

Baker received 2,149 votes, or 40.79 per-

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...continued from page 2 (1) Circuit Court Judge Robert McCallen III gives the oath of office to Township Trustees (from left) Ashley Cordes, Paw Paw Township; Lori Harnish, Noble Township; Patty L e n g e l - G o d f r o y, Liberty Township; Florence “Flo” Dahlstrom, Chester Township; and Michael Ruse, Waltz Township.

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(2) Circuit Court Judge Robert McCallen III gives the oath of office to Liberty Township board members Greg Baldwin, Greg Woods and Ronald Huston.

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(3) Steve Kirtlan, Noble Township board member, receives the oath of office from Circuit Court Judge Robert McCallen III.

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7 (7) Wabash County Sheriff Ryan Baker receives the oath of office from Circuit Court Judge Robert McCallen III. (continued on page 4)

(4) Circuit Court Judge Robert McCallen III gives the oath of office to Paw Paw Township board member Brian Baker.

(5) Waltz Township board members Derek Finch (left) and Jeremy Boardman receive the oath of office from Circuit Court Judge Robert McCallen III

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Festival director Judy Ward is stepping in as the interim director for Vocal Impact Youth Choirs for the January – March 2019.

Ward’s musical impact on our community spans multiple generations. She retired after 40 years as an elementary music teacher for Wabash City Schools and continues to be active on the Wabash County music scene, directing third to sixth grade VPA Summer Theatre, serving on the board of Wabash Area Community Theater and the Wabash Unit of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Association, as music director at the

Wabash Christian Church, and accompanying numerous county school music performances among many other activities.

Ward will lead the new season, which

will meet on Sunday evenings beginning Jan. 13. Junior Choir will meet from 4 – 5 p.m. followed by the Youth Choir from 5:15 – 6:45 p.m.

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Impact Junior Choir will be for students ages 5 to 10 (kindergarten to fourth grade) while students age 11 and older (fifth to 12th grade) will perform in the Youth Choir.

Because of Ward’s work as the director of the Wabash FAME Festival, Vocal Impact students will have the opportunity to perform the music they learn during this session on the Honeywell Center stage in March. Each choir, Junior and Youth, will perform in their own time slot at the FAME Festival. The Youth Choir will also perform in the Spotlight Concert at 3 p.m. that day in a combined choir that includes youth choirs from Marion and Huntington. Dr. Chris Lessly from Indiana Wesleyan University will direct the combined choir who will be accompanied by the IWU World Music Ensemble (African drums).

Registration opens on Jan. 2 at www.honeywellfoundation.org /vocal-impact.

The session will cost $25 per student which will cover the cost of a special T-shirt for the March performance as well as music and other supplies.

Both new and returning students should register for the new season.

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City Council to have new look in 2020 would like to continue being a great steward of taxpayer monies.”

Dillon is one of two at-large members of the Council.

“I love this city and enjoy being on the Council,” he said.

Adams represents the city’s 5th District on the Council.

“I consider myself an ‘all in’ person and enjoy being a part of the legislative process

for the betterment of our city,” he told The Paper. “Now that I have served on the Council for District 5, I better understand the role of being a councilman. I have been appointed to various boards by Mayor Long and enjoy working together with others.

“I am retired and able to attend many other committee and

board meetings while learning more about our community. I enjoy serving the community and am open to working with any of our citizens on their concerns and interests in our city.”

Figert, who represents the city’s First District, is completing his first term on the Council.

The last three years have been a great

experience serving on the Council and representing the citizens of Wabash, especially those living on the south side of the city,” he said. “I have learned a lot through the experience of serving on the Council and other various committees and boards I serve on to represent the city and continue to learn something new on a

frequent basis. I have also not been shy to express questions and concerns to ensure the citizens of Wabash are being represented and informed as the city tackles several major improvements citywide.

“Moving forward, I hope to continue to see growth and improvements on the south side and

Hearing set for LaFontaine suspect ...continued from the front page Thomas Sozio, found that Richards had died of a gunshot wound.

Kelch is one of two people suspected in Richards’ robbery and death. The other, Kaleb Marin, 21, was one of three people killed in a head-on collision with a Wabash Valley Refuse trash truck on April 29, just days after Richards’ death.

According to an ISP release following the fatal traffic accident: Terissa Williams, 19, Peru, was driving a 2015 Dodge Dart on SR 15 near County Road 1100 South, For

an undetermined reason, the Dodge crossed the center line and struck, headon, a southbound 2005 Mack garbage truck driven by Gwendolyn Taylor, 54, Wabash.

It took rescue crews approximately 90 minutes to extricate the occupants of the Dodge.

Williams, Marin and Thomas Reed, 21, Marion, were pronounced dead at the scene.

ISP officials, in the news release, identified passenger Marin as a suspect in the April 25 death of Richards.

According to the release from Sgt. Tony Slocum, the Public Information Officer for the ISP’s Peru Post, evidence indicates that multiple firearms and money were stolen from the residence. One of the stolen guns was found inside the Dodge that was involved in Sunday’s crash.

Neither Williams nor Reed were considered suspects in the Richards case.

Police received a warrant for Marin’s arrest on Friday, April 27, in connection with Richard’s murder and robbery.

On April 30 the ISP identified Kelch as the second suspect.

Kelch was arrested on May 4 following a tip received by police.

The unidentified citizen notified the Marion Police Department that Kelch was at a home on East 38th Street in Marion.

Further investigation by the Marion Police as well as the ISP revealed that Kelch was most likely at the home.

Investigators applied for and received a Grant County Circuit Court search warrant for the 38th Street home.

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...continued from the front page 1,210 votes, edging Michael Dixon by just three votes for the seat.

A m a n d a Shambarger received 1,146 votes and Kevin Kling was fifth with 901 votes.

The hotly contested referendum question, which among other things sought to build a new fieldhouse at the Manchester High School site, was soundly defeated, 2,791 to 679.

Prep sports teams have success The Southwood boys basketball team gave its fans something to remember during the 2017-18 sea-

son, making a run all the way to the IHSAA Class A state finals before bowing out to Morristown 89-60.

The Knights entered the tournament with a 19-3 record, and dispatched Clinton Central 97-31 in the opening round of the sectional.

Southwood then defeated host Lafayette Central Catholic 70-66 in a closely contested contest in the sectional semifinals.

The Knights met little resistance in their next string of games, blowing away Frontier in the sectional championship

Ryan Baker gets a hug from his wife, Gina, following his victory in the May 2018 Primary Election. The Paper file photo game 96-42, and then breezing through the Frankfort Regional round with wins over North Vermillion (80-

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At approximately 3:43 p.m., ISP and Marion Police officers surrounded the home.

The ISP SWAT team used a bullhorn to ask Kelch to come out of the home and give up peacefully.

Kelch eventually came out of the home and was taken into custody without further incident. He was transported to the Wabash County Jail.

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throughout the city.

We have already seen major improvements on the south side over the past three years including a renovated South Side Park thanks in partnership with the Wabash Kiwanis Club, road improvements, sidewalk improvements, stormwater separation, and residential property improvements including the addition of new homes being built.

“My family and I are proud to call Wabash home and I look forward to serving as we continue to make Wabash a phenomenal city to work, live, and play in.”

Shelley, who fills the Council’s other atlarge seat, believes “it is time for someone else to have input into local government.”

“I’ve had 12 years total,” he said. “I appreciate the trust people have placed with me and I have done my best. Local government is where citizens have their greatest voice.”

Corn, who represents the Council’s 4th District, said “I am not planning on running again.

I would like to finish out with my eighth year. I hope I can hold out in 2019.”

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Looking back at top stories of 2018 Blackhawk Christian 55-53 in the Huntington Semistate on March 17 to punch its ticket to the state finals.

“Fortunately I’ve had a lot of guys buy in and really work hard for us,” head coach John Burrus said. “We’re going to the state championship. People are

when everyone can come together. I see people here that used to play years before I ever thought about being a coach at Southwood. It just means so much to the community.”

Dallas Holmes led Southwood in the semistate championship with 23 points and eight rebounds.

Peyton Trexler added 16 points and three steals.

Southwood entered the state finals averaging 76.8 points per game, but was held down in a 29-point loss to Morristown.

The Knights entered the state finals hitting on 52 percent of its shots for the season, but were held down to 36.1 percent from the floor in the loss.

Matthew Nose scored 12 points and pulled down five rebounds in the loss.

Carson Blair scored seven points to finish his career with 1,687 points, making him the Wabash County boys all-time leading

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Holmes added 10 points, eight rebounds, four blocks and four steals.

Southwood basketball wasn’t the only Wabash County team to enjoy success.

The Wabash Volleyball team advanced to the semistate before falling to North Judson in the Final Four.

The Lady Apaches set a school record for wins (33-4) and went through the Three Rivers Conference to claim the crown.

They then backed that up with the program’s first sectional and regional titles before fall in a tight match in the semistate.

“I think it’s amazing,” Wabash coach Katie Cromer said.

“We set a school record for most wins.

We won the conference at 8-0. Then to win the first sectional ad regional title in program history is incredible.”

The Wabash boys cross country team also claimed sectional and regional titles this season.

The Apaches placed five runners in the top 11 to take top honors in the in the Marion Sectional, claiming the program’s first sectional title in 31 years.

Wabash then backed that up with the program’s first regional title in school history.

The Apaches were led by Dereck Vogel, who finished second in the regional as an

individual.

Zack Reed finished fifth, while Koby Prater was eighth and Aaron Nickerson was 10th, giving Wabash four runners in the top 10 in a dominant performance.

City gets overpass funds The City of Wabash will receive $8.56 million in funding from the state’s Local Trax Rail Overpass program, funds which will be used to construct an overpass over the Norfolk Southern Railroad crossing which bisects the city.

A ceremony to award the funds was held in Gary on Dec. 13, with Gov. Eric Holcomb present to hand out the ceremonial check to Mayor Scott Long, Street Superintendent Scott Richardson and City Council President Eric Schoening.

“Initially it was a sense of relief,” Long told The Paper. “We submitted it once and we didn’t get selected.

“I think the thing was last year in the call for projects, there was $80 million statewide available in that call. We would have been asking for 10 percent of the state’s total money. I kind of figured we wouldn’t get selected in that one. But they continually told us this is a fantastic application and we want you to keep applying.”

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Dallas Holmes leaps to block a shot of a Morristown Yellow Jacket player during the first half of the IHSAA boys basketball championship game on Saturday. The Paper file photo which did the city’s initial design and engineering study on the project, selected East Street as the destination for the overpass, but Long said that decision is far from final. Because it is an Indiana Department of Transportation project, another engineering study will take place.

“What made the most sense? What made the least amount of impact overall? They selected East Street,” Long said. “It’s my understanding there’s a different engineering firm that has been assigned to the project by INDOT. … I still think East Street is the best crossing due to the limited impact.”

Should the overpass be located on East Street, about 16 homes would be impacted – 14 north of Hill Street and two south of Hill Street, because the intersection needs to be widened out.

Those who own those properties along the route will work with the state to be compensated for their loss and relocation.

Work on the entire project may take up to five years.

Trade mission yields variety of results City of Wabash officials headed to cities in Japan and China during a two-week trade mission in November, opening up possibilities for an exchange student pro-

gram, making contact with the parent company of a local industry and creating a sister city relationship for the City.

The delegation left in early November and returned shortly before Thanksgiving.

It first stop was five days in Japan, and the rest of the mission was spent in China.

“I think moving forward, we’re going to open up Wabash to the world and the world to Wabash,” Wabash Mayor Scott Long said. “This is the initial step toward that.”

During the mission, Long and the mayor of Linhai City in China signed a declaration forming a sister city program between the two cities.

“I think the opportunities are endless on all fronts, from arts and culture to education and economic development to the sister city relationship, Long said.

The exchange student program is expected to be kicked off in April “Our mission is to prepare kids for success in a global community,” said Wabash City Schools Superintendent Jason Callahan. He made the trip. “Our kids feel one of our internal strengths is being accepting and welcoming of diversity.

One of our weaknesses is that we don’t have a lot of diversity in the community. So this was a great opportunity to develop some of those rela(continued on page 7)

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tionships.

The delegation also visited with Oji Intertech officials during the trip. The company has a plant in North Manchester, and has enjoyed two expansion in recent years.

“No one from the community had ever made the trip over to say thank you,” Grow Wabash County CEO Keith Gillenwater said. “That’s a big deal for Japanese companies. They’ve made an investment that’s been here since the early 2000s, so we went over and gave thanks to them and I have no doubt that we cemented that relationship with them for a long time.”

New Parkview Wabash Hospital opens On June 27, Parkview Wabash Hospital opened its new, state-of-the-art facility at 10 John Kissinger Drive, and closed the old hospital located at 710 N. East St. “Today’s the day,” Wabash Parkview president Marilyn Custer-Mitchell told the Paper of Wabash.

“We planned for this.

We’re ready. We know there will be bumps in the road,g but we’ve got plans for the bumps in the road, so we’re ready to go.”

Shortly before 5 a.m., staff members gathered in the E m e r g e n c y Department for a meeting to discuss any last-minute changes to the plan to move patients. Ten people were transported from the old hospital to the new facility, leaving in waves about 15 to 20 minutes apart.

Crews from Parkview and Wabash Fire Department ambulance services arrived about 5:45 a.m. with patient transfers slated to begin as soon as the new facility opened at 6 a.m.

Once the transfers were complete, throughout the old building, the hallways and offices, once busy with staff members, patients and their family members were now silent and empty.

C u s t e r- M i t c h e l l , who began the morning at the old facility, traveled to the new hospital before the first patient left the building to oversee

the transition from there. Two hours into the move, much of the anxiety from earlier in the morning was gone.

“Things are going very well,” she said.

“We’ve had no major issues.

All the patients are being taken care of; patient safety is our first issue in moving them.

That’s gone very well.

We’re very happy about that. .

After the patient move, the legacy building was to be decommissioned in preparation for the eventual demolition of the site.

While the new hospital officially opened on June 27, staff members had been there for several weeks, learning the ins and outs of the facility and much of the new equipment.

A ribbon cutting ceremony took place on June 26 at the new hospital.

“This is so fun,” Mike Packnett, Parkview Health president and CEO, said, “to go from vision to reality.”

Former city employee receives four-year sentence A former clerk in the City of Wabash’s W a s t e w a t e r Treatment Plant received a four-year sentence in the Indiana Department of Corrections during a hearing in October in Wabash Circuit Court.

However, two of those four years were suspended by Judge Robert McCallen III, and the former clerk, Angelina Monroe, will serve two of those years on probation.

Monroe pled guilty

on Oct. 1 to theft in connection with taking more than $152,000 from the W a s t e w a t e r Treatment Plant.

In exchange, charges of official misconduct, corrupt business influence and a second theft charge would be dropped.

Monroe was to also make restitution to the City of Wabash for $152,127.54 and to the State Board of Accounts for $26,477.38.

During testimony, Monroe said she began taking money from the city within a few months of beginning employment at the Wastewater Treatment Plant in 2012.

She said her life began a downward spiral that year, having gone through a divorce and that she began battling depression because of it. She believes that played a role in her actions.

Also as part of her plea agreement, Monroe was to describe in full detail how she was able to accomplish what she did, so that it could be prevented from happening again.

MSD study presented More than 175 people gathered at the Honeywell Center’s Legacy Hall in late September to hear a presentation commissioned by the MSD of Wabash County school district with Yager Educational Services.

The 35-minute presentation looked at various questions asked of some 512 administrators, teachers, students, taxpayers and others who

participated in a series of interviews around the district several weeks previous.

While the study didn’t provide the district with any specific answers as to what its future might hold, it did provide the school board with a series of questions to contemplate before making any decisions.

The biggest of those questions is whether the school district should consolidate.

Dr. Steve Yager told The Paper that questions of consolidation came up in about 80 percent of the interviews conducted.

However, he pointed out that the interviews didn’t pinpoint a specific direction the district should take. A variety of consolidation scenarios were discussed, he said, be it with Wabash City Schools, another school district, a combination of school districts or by itself.

The time it will take to see what the board does based upon the study is unknown, Yager said.

“It kind of depends from board to board,” he said. “This board will have to determine how urgent some of these things are that were reported on this evening.”

MSD Board President Kevin Bowman said the next step would be a board decision.

“What I would like to see,” he said, “would be to offer an invitation for Dr. Yager to come in and have a frank discussion with our board in executive session, hopefully. In a sense, hear him out.”

USDA-Farm Service Agency Notice of Availability Indiana – Wabash County Draft Environmental Assessment

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (FSA) announces they will be completing an Environmental Assessment for the proposed construction of a hog facility located near the intersection of County Road 1000 N and County Road 600 W in Wabash County, approximately 3.8 miles north of Roann, IN. The primary objective of the activity is finance a new-construction of two (2) wean-to-finish swine buildings with below-building concrete manure storages. Each building will be 121' x 289' in size with a capacity of 4,800 head (9,600 head total). Project will also include a well and earthen water diversion berms to the west of the buildings, a mortality compost building to the north, and an access lane from County Road 600 W. FSA is accepting comments on the potential effects of the proposed project on protected resources and the human environment through January 20, 2019.

Information regarding this project can be reviewed in person at the Wabash County FSA Office at 599 Bryan Ave, Wabash, IN 46992. Comments should be submitted by mail to Eric Fisher at 1333 N Liberty Circle E, Greensburg, IN 47240, or by email to eric.fisher@in.usda.gov. In keeping with the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), all comments received will be carefully considered. No action will be taken or a decision made until after the environmental review process has been conducted. All who comment will be notified of FSA’s decision when it is available and advised where underlying documentation will be made available. If Freedom of Information Act requests are received, we are not able to withhold the names and addresses of commenters.

Roann School is demolished Crews began demolition work on the old Roann School building on the morning of Wednesday, June 6.

Work actually began a day earlier, when crews began removing blocks from the two entrances on the building’s east side, which are to be preserved for a future memorial to the school.

Work was expected to take five weeks, according to Dan Dore of Dore & A s s o c i a t e s Contracting, which oversaw the project.

Roann ClerkTreasurer Bob Ferguson and Wabash C o u n t y Commissioner Barry Eppley were both on hand to watch the work begin.

“It’s bittersweet,” Eppley said. “It’s sad to see a building that’s played such a role in the community’s life for generations (be demolished). But it’s become a safety hazard and it’s quite an accomplishment to actually see it come down and have the space become something else for the community.”

Ferguson said he and Eppley have been working on the project for about seven years.

“We’ve not only talked with each

A construction worker cuts away a piece of block from the old Roann school. The Paper file photo other, but we’ve also had meetings with Bill Konyha when he was at OCRA. At the time, it just seemed like it was years and year and years away because there wasn’t

anything cohesive about having the building.

“We didn’t really see a whole lot until Wabash County and Roann partnered (continued on page 17)

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Officials at the Salamonie and Mississinwa reservoirs will host “First Day Hikes” on Jan. 1.

Meet at Salamonie Interpretive Center on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 for their “First Day Hike” event. Meet at 10:30 a.m. where you will get to take a leisurely stroll on Salamonie’s Tree Trail. Plan for an hour or so and dress accordingly for the weather. Advance reg-

istration is requested and be done by calling 260-468-2127 On Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. till around 7 p.m., Mississinewa Lake will host their “First Day Hike” event. Meet at Moswa Trailhead near Bostwick Pond at 5:30 p.m. for a one mile hike of easy terrain and S’mores, (weather permitting). Please dress appropriately for weather conditions.

Advance registration is requested and can be done by calling 260-4682127.

Mississinewa Lake will offer “Evening Eagle Program” on Friday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. Gather at the Best Western Hotel meeting room located at 2642 S. Business 31, Peru, Indiana. You will get to share an evening with Eagle Watch leaders and hear of their experiences with Indiana Eagles. Limited seating is available. Please call 260-468-2127 to register.

Mississinewa Lake will host “Sunrise Eagle Watch” on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 6:30 a.m.

Meet at Mississinewa’s Miami SRA Boat Ramp to caravan to Indiana’s largest documented Bald Eagle Winter Roost. There, you will get to watch the birds take morning flight. At 9:30 a.m. you will return to the Mississinewa office for a “Breakfast with the Birds”.

There is a small amount of walking involved. Please call 260-468-2127 for more information and to register.

Saturdays at

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Isaac Triplett 260-274-2261 isaac.triplett@y ahoo

Salamonie Lake is a monthly educational series of programs that are designed for families and adults must accompany children.

On Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 the program “Silence of a Winter’s Night” will be presented at the Salamonie Interpretive Center. Advance registration is appreciated.

You can register and obtain more detailed information about this program by calling the Upper Wabash Interpretive Services at 260-468-2127.

S a l a m o n i e Interpretive and Nature Center is the headquarters for Upper Wabash Interpretive Services, which serves Mississinewa Lake, Salamonie Lake, J. Edward Roush Fish and Wildlife Area, and Quabache State Park.

Salamonie Interpretive

and Nature Center summer hours are: April 1 through Oct. 31; open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Their winter hours are: Nov. 1 through March 31; open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily except for Tuesdays.

The Salamonie Interpretive and Nature Center phone number is 260468-2127. Some of the activities at the Salamonie Interpretive and Nature Center are: wildlife viewing area, interactive reservoir exhibits, natural and cultural history displays, a children’s room, the Salamonie Raptor Center featuring live birds of prey.

LAGRO TOWN HALL phone Number is 260-782-2451.

For emergency assistance please call Scott at 260571-3271.

THERE WILL BE NO MASS at Saint Patrick’s Church in Lagro during the months of January and February. This is due to the situation of heating the church during colder months.

Regular Mass will begin again the first Sunday of the month of March.

D E C E M B E R BIRTHDAY WISHES go to: Eli Swope, Dec. 2; Melvin Harrell, Dec. 4; Brad Frieden and Briona Strickler, Dec.

10; Ben Speicher, Dec. 19; Noell Gottschalk, Dec. 25; Kristina Barrus, Dec. 30. Happy birthday to all!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY IN DECEMBER to: Bill and Sharon Miller, Dec. 24; Doug and Barbara Chopson, Dec. 26.

Congratulations everyone!

ALL INVITED TO DORA CHRISTIAN CHURCH located at 2325 S. Salamonie Dam Road, Lagro to attend services.

Sunday School meets at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday Worship meeting at 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Also offered is the Weekly Wednesday Night Bible Study which is held at 6:30 p.m.

SAINT PATRICK’S CHURCH usually conducts Mass every first Sunday of each month at 12:30 p.m. All are invited to attend services. The historic St. Patrick’s Church is located at 950 Main Street, Lagro.

THE LORD’S TABLE CHURCH would like to invite everyone to attend their Church Services at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays and 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. The church is located at 1975 Vernon Street, Wabash. Bible Study Night will be every

Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Please call Roxane at 260-571-7686 for more information.

THE LAGRO COMMUNITY CHURCH welcomes the public to join them on Sundays for the 10 a.m. worship service. All are welcome to attend the service and stay for the fellowship and refreshments afterwards.

THE WEEKLY I S A A C - I S M : “Remember, there is always the possibility that some good will arise from an unfortunate situation. Never equate coming up on the short end of things, or losing as failure.

The only time you truly fail is if there is no attempt to reach your goal. In life you can’t change the past just like on the tennis court you can’t change the last point. So don’t dwell or think about the past too much. It is much more productive and more likely to lead to success if you put all your energy and concentration in the present and task at hand.”

EVERYONE DO ME THAT SPECIAL FAVOR and have a safe enjoyable week!

PLEASE EMAIL YOUR NEWS AND INFORMATION TO: Isaac.Triplett@yahoo.c om, or call me at 260274-2261.

Ecolab Foundation awards grant to Honeywell Foundation The Honeywell Foundation has been awarded a $5,000 grant by the Ecolab Foundation. The grant award will benefit the H o n e y w e l l Fo u n d a t i o n ’ s Educational Outreach Program, a curriculum-based, multifaceted arts education program that provides free arts education programming in 14 coun-

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In addition to distributing grant funds in and around St. Paul, Minnesota, where the Ecolab Foundation is located, funding is also distributed to organizations in the communities where Ecolab operates. With an Ecolab manufacturing facility in Huntington, the Honeywell Foundation

qualified for the grant based on its proximity to Huntington County and for the services provided to students by the Honeywell Fo u n d a t i o n ’ s Educational Outreach Program.

The Ecolab Foundation offers grants that focus on arts & culture, supporting museums, performing arts and arts education for children and youth.

Thus, the H o n e y w e l l Fo u n d a t i o n ’ s Educational Outreach Program qualified for the grant.

“The generosity of the Ecolab Foundation’s funding the Educational Outreach Program is greatly appreciated,” said Teresa Galley, the H o n e y w e l l Foundation’s director of education and outreach. “We are so thankful that they recognize the value of the arts in the development

of children’s learning and support the efforts of the Honeywell Foundation to provide impactful opportunities for students in Huntington County.”

The Educational Outreach Program provided approximately 50,000 arts opportunities to students during the 2017-2018 school year.

Ecolab is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital resources.

Since 1986, the Ecolab Foundation has contributed more than $100 million in support of programs and initiatives that benefit the communities where its employees live and work, giving to nonprofit organizations that focus on youth and education, civic and community development, arts and culture, and environment and conservation.

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Mississinewa plans Elvis tribute coming to annual eagle watches Honeywell on Jan. 20 From the DNR

Spend the evening with eagle watchers or greet the morning with bald eagles at Mississinewa Lake’s annual Sunrise Eagle Watch, Jan. 11 and 12.

The Sunrise Eagle Watch has expanded to the evening before its traditional day of eagle viewing. On Friday evening, Jan. 11, meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Best Western meeting room in Peru to share an evening with eagle watch leaders and hear about their experiences with Indiana eagles.

The next morning, meet at Mississinewa’s Miami SRA boat launch at 6:30 a.m. to caravan to the largest documented

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An eagle roosts in a tree. Photo by Joseph Slacian bald eagle roost in Indiana. Participants should dress for the weather and bring binoculars, cameras, and spotting scopes.

After the Sunrise Eagle Watch will be Breakfast with the Birds. Food will be served at 8:30 a.m. for a free-will donation

at Mississinewa’s office in Miami SRA. Birds from Salamonie Raptor Center will be present.

“The Elvis Tribute Artist Spectacular” will take place at the Honeywell Center on Sunday, Jan. 20, at 3 p.m.

Join Elvis impersonators Shawn Kush, Cody Ray Slaughter and Ryan Pelton as they perform in “The Elvis Tribute Artist Spectacular.” This concert celebrates the music of the Elvis Presley era, beginning with the early rock-a-billy years, his time in the military, his movie-making years and his 1968 Comeback Special in black leather.

The show will close with the Las Vegas and concert years.

Appearing as special guests will be The Blackwoods, who have been awarded eight Grammys, 27 Dove Awards, five AllAmerican Music Awards, the Publishers Choice Diamond Award, and the coveted Living Legend Award in Gospel Music.

In addition to all the accolades, the family has also performed with the likes of Johnny Cash and June Carter, Dolly Parton, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, and pop icons such

as Frankie Avalon, Cher, and Sammy Davis, Jr. The Blackwoods were a big part of the Branson music scene for many years with their own show at the Ozark Jubilee Theater, before moving to Pigeon Forge where they based their show for 15 years. Today, the Blackwood family legacy is carried on

by R.W. Blackwood Jr. and his wife, Donna.

Ticket prices are $39 and $75, and may be purchased online at www.honeywellcenter.org or by calling the Honeywell Foundation Box Office at 260-5631102.

Salamonie plans senior lunch From the DNR Learn about the father of Indiana’s state parks at the Salamonie senior luncheon Monday, Jan. 7 at the S a l a m o n i e Interpretive Center.

Eva Webb, Upper Wabash Interpretive Service naturalist, will present

“Origins: The Richard Lieber Story,” a movie about Lieber and his contribution to the Indiana state park system. Storyteller Bob Sanders wrote and narrated this 2016 film detailing Lieber’s life, attributes and work.

The program begins with a carry-

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in meal at noon.

White chicken chili will be provided.

Guests should bring a side dish to share, a beverage and their own table service. A $1 donation will be a c c e p t e d .

Reservations may be made by calling 260468-2127.

Laketon Auxiliary helps wrap gifts for vets Article provided LAKETON – The Laketon American Legion Auxiliary Unit No.402 contributed gifts and assisted with the annual Marion V.A. gift wrap for veterans.

Approximately 190 veterans shopped from tables filled with many choices of gifts for men, women and children of their family.

American Legion, Auxiliary and S.A.L. members from four districts assisted with the shopping, wrapping and packaging for shipping to

Among those attending the gift wrapping from Laketon Unit No.402 were (from left) Sue Gahl, Past Department President Thelma Butler, Miriam Linkenhoker, Department President Betty Slagle and 5th District President Roxy Stoner. Not pictured was Tina James. Photo provided their families while interacting with

each veteran and thanking them for

their service.

DivorceCare, a 13-week DVD series sponsored by 4@9@>:B(=1A;8>B+<7;>A*1;)B+A;?A=, features some of the nation’s foremost Christian experts on topics concerning divorce and recovery. :AB>755<=?B)=<75B6AA?>B@?B6:30 p.m. every Tuesday in Room 112 in the Wabash Friends Church ./$%/B3<7?:B3?@?AB <@8B0/,B4@9@>:-2 '=<75B*A@8A=>B@;8B6A69A=>B6AA?B <=B81;;A=B @?B5:30 p.m. at Subway .0&0"B32B4@9@>:B3?2,B4@9@>:B#!-2 More info: Call 260-563-8453 or 877-350-1658; or e-mail office@wabashfriends.org; or call group leader Janet at 260-571-5235.

The website for DivorceCare is www.divorcecare.org

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“HONORING A LIFE WITH DIGNITY AND COMPASSION” www.mcdonaldfunerals.com

231 Falls Avenue Wabash, Indiana 46992 260-563-3755

Wetzel Justice Jr., 70

LaFontaine 104 South Main Street Lafontaine, Indiana 46940 765-981-4141

Marjorie Lauer, 93

Vietnam War veteran

Ford Meter Box retiree

June 24, 1948 – Dec. 20, 2018

Aug. 19, 1925 – Dec. 23, 2018

Wetzel Justice Jr., 70, North Manchester passed away Dec. 20, 2018, at 10:25 p.m.

He was born June 24, 1948, in Logan, W.Va., to Susie (Strunk) and Wetzel Justice Sr. Wetzel graduated from Logan Senior High School in Logan, W.Va. On Nov. 27, 1972, he married Mary J. Snell. She passed away on Nov. 21, 2011.

He was a proud United States Air Force veteran, having served during the Vietnam War, from 1968 to 1972. He worked as an iron molder at the Manchester Foundry for 31 years then retiring in 2007. He loved Christmas and his dog, Ginger.

He was a member of the Congregational Christian Church, North Manchester.

Wetzel is survived by one son Raymond L. (Faith Parker) Justice, North Manchester; two daughters Tonya M. (Charles Stackhouse) Justice, Laketon, and Jennifer A. (Bill) Proffitt, North Manchester; two sisters, Deloris Spriggs, Servia, and Veronica Eplin, Whitman, W.Va.; five grandchildren Lexus (Darian) McConnell, Breanna Stackhouse, Chandler Justice, Brandon Stackhouse, and Douglas Tolson; and two great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, a son, a brother, and a sister.

Visitation was Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at McKee Mortuary, 1401 State Road 114 West, North Manchester. Services followed calling. Pastor J.P. Freeman officiated and burial was at Swank Cemetery, North Manchester.

Kenneth Kreider, 87

Marjorie Ann Lauer, 93, of Wabash, died at 1:30 a.m.

Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at Miller’s Merry Manor West in Wabash.

She was born Aug. 19, 1925, in Wabash County, to Howard and Arrie (McClain) Dale.

Marjorie was a 1943 graduate of Roann High School. She married Richard Lauer in Kokomo, on April 24, 1943; he died Nov. 28, 1996.

She retired from Ford Meter Box in Wabash. Marjorie was a member of the Wabash Friends Church. She enjoyed reading, her grandchildren, and spending time with family and friends.

She is survived by four children, Jerry (June) Lauer of Ortonville, Mich., Carol (Jim) Schuler of North Manchester, Joyce Closser of Pendleton, and Richard Lauer, Jr. of Richland, Mich.; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a great-greatgrandson; and her nephew, Randy (Diana) Showalter of Roann.

She was also preceded in death by her brother, Donald Dale, and her sister, Jeanette Showalter.

Funeral services will be private to the family at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with David Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash.

Preferred memorial is Wabash Friends Church.

The memorial guest book for Marjorie may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.

Korean War veteran Dec. 25, 1931 – Dec. 26, 2018 Kenneth Keith Kreider, 87, Farmersburg, formerly of North Manchester, died at 8:25 a.m. Dec. 26, 2018, at his home.

One of three children, Keith was born Dec. 25, 1931, in Whitley County to Elta R. (Brandenburg) and Albert “Nub” Kreider.

Keith graduated from Sidney High School in 1949. He worked at Chicago Transformer in North Manchester from 1949 to 1952. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1952 to 1954.

He married Mary Ann Tucker on March 25, 1951.

After leaving the Army in 1954, he worked for Ameritech until his retirement in 1987. He was an active Boy Scout master, and enjoyed carpentry work.

Surviving are his wife, Mary Ann Kreider, Farmersburg; a son Kevin L. (Rosanna) Kreider, Fishers; two daughters, Pamela K. Thompson and Debra A. (Joe) Burton both of Farmersburg; a brother, Donald R. (Judy) Kreider, Columbia City; three grandchildren, Jennifer Hicks, Cortney Rockwood, and Colin Kreider.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Glen Kreider, and a grandchild Chris Stevens.

Visitation is Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at McKee Mortuary, 1401 State Road 114 West, North Manchester. Services are at 1 p.m.

Saturday. Pastor Greg Bradford will officiate and burial will be held at Ulrey Cemetery, 2507 East State Road 14, Silver Lake.

Memorial contributions may be made to Kindred Hospice, 2901 Ohio Blvd Suite 116, Terre Haute, Indiana 47803.

Online condolences can be sent at mckeemortuary.com.

Ian Betzner, 35

Darrell Hileman, 88

Enjoyed music

Korean War veteran

Sept. 29, 1983 – Dec. 25, 2018

Jan. 3, 1980 – Dec. 4, 2018

Ian Martin Betzner, 35, Wabash, died at 5:47 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018.

He was born Sept. 29, 1983.

Services 2 p.m. Friday at GrandstaffHentgen Funeral Service, Wabash.

Visitation 1-2 p.m. Friday at funeral home.

Darrell Jay Hileman, 88, Denver, died Dec. 4, 2018.

He was born Jan. 3, 1980.

Services were Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, at McClain Funeral Home, Denver. Visitation was Dec. 9 at the funeral home.

Gordon R. Smith, 94 Served as Wabash County FB President Jan. 7, 1924 – Dec. 22, 2018

Gordon R. Smith, 94, of Warren, died at 8:05 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, at Heritage Pointe in Warren.

He was born Jan. 7, 1924, in Perkins County, S.D., to Celia M. and Beatrice I. (Gooding) Smith.

Gordon was a World War II Army veteran. He married Thelma S. Krom at the Lincolnville United Methodist Church on June 2, 1946; she died July 23, 2014.

He worked at General Tire in Wabash 40 years, retiring in 1983. Gordon was a member of the Lincolnville United Methodist Church, Wabash Kiwanis Club, and served as president of the Wabash County Farm Bureau seven years.

He volunteered several years with the Wabash County Special Olympics and the Wabash County 4H Fair.

He is survived by two children, Alice Dyer of Huntington, and Gerald R. Smith of Lakeland, Fla.; four grandchildren, Karen Allard of Union City, Mich., Kathy (Kevin) Robinson of Hillsdale, Mich., Kerrie Lynn Watson of Akron, Ohio, and Keith Watson of Camden, Mich.; 12 greatgrandchildren, 19 great-great-grandchildren; three brothers, Paul (Doris) Smith of Morenci, Mich., Curtis (Dee) Smith of Fort Wayne, and Edgar (Debbie) Smith of Lagro; two sisters, Harriet (Jon) Askew of Mesa, Ariz., and Celia Shankster of Roann, and his brother-in-law, Melvin Royer of Indiana.

He was also preceded in death by his son, Charles Smith; grandson Calvin Watson; two brothers Howard and Arthur Smith; and five sisters, Evelyn Shafter, Dorothy Smith, Betty Smith, Ida May Grossman, and Rosemary Royer.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash, with the Rev. Melissa Rice officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 3-7 p.m.

Friday, at the funeral home.

The memorial guest book for Gordon may be signed at www.grandstaffhentgen.com.

Barbara Simmons, 91 Barbara Jane Simmons, 91, LaFontaine, died Dec. 24, 2018.

Services at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Marion.

Visitation 3-5 p.m. Dec. 28 at McDonald Funeral Home, LaFontaine Chapel, LaFontaine.

Audre Lincoln, 92 Played various instruments Nov. 23, 1926 – Dec. 21, 2018

Audre Fern Lincoln, 92, North Manchester died Dec. 21, 2018.

She was born Nov. 23, 1926.

No services are planned.

Arrangements by McKee Mortuary, North Manchester.

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James Moore, 90

Purple Heart recipient June 18, 1928 – Dec. 20, 2018 James H. Moore, 90, of LaFontaine, passed away at 7:55 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, at Marion General Hospital.

James was born in Wolcott on June 18, 1928, to the late William and Fanny (Woltzen) Moore.

James graduated from Wolcott High School in 1946. He worked building grain elevators until entering the United States Army. While in the Army, James served in the Korean War, where he was wounded and earned a Purple Heart.

He married the former Donabell V. Grossman on Dec.7, 1952.

Upon returning from Korea, he worked in construction for Faust Building & Supply in LaFontaine for 20 years, before starting his own construction company, from which he retired. In addition to construction, he farmed 80 acres and raised cattle and hogs.

Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Donabell (Grossman) Moore; three children, Ron (Kris) Moore of Wabash, Steve (Paula) Moore of Iowa City, Iowa, and Cindy (Doug) Taylor of Lafayette; four grandchildren, Benjaman Moore, Rebecca Moore, Austin Taylor and Zach Taylor and one great-grandson, Colm Moore.

A private funeral service will be at McDonald Funeral Home, 231 Falls Ave., Wabash. Burial will be at Gardens of Memory in Marion, Indiana.

A memorial service will be held at a later date for family and friends.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.mcdonaldfunerals.com

Correction In the Dec. 26, 2018, edition of The Paper, Jacob Wiist, 19, Fort Wayne, was identified as Jacob Wilst.

Wiist was cited for possession of marijuana. The Paper incorrectly reported that Wiist was arrested for possession of meth.

Wabash Police Department Citations December 19 Latosha N. Kurtz, 33, Pierceton, cited for speed.

Jennifer K. Richards, 39, Wabash, cited for throwing burning material from a vehicle.

Travis R. Stafford, 33, Wabash, cited for operator never licensed.

Brad H. Gray, 42, Wabash, cited for driving while suspended infraction.

Elliot K. Ginsburg, 66, Ann Arbor, Mich., cited for speed.

Jacob L. Terrell, 20, Urbana, cited for speed.

December 20 Jeswan Q. Davis, 23, Marion, cited for expired plates and possession of marijuana.

Brandon C. Warnock, 29, Somerset, cited for expired plates.

Destiny K. Miles, 22, Fort Wayne, cited for speed.

Rio N. Magers, 20, Fort Wayne, cited for speed.

Edwin J. Potts, 33, Fort Wayne, cited for speed and child restraint violations.

Christopher M. Sellers, 35, Wabash, cited for speed.

Mark A. Ticen, 50, Kokomo, cited for speed.

December 21 Rodney J. Smith,

29, Lagro, cited for driving while suspended infraction.

December 22 Kelsey S. Bell, 18, Wabash, cited for no financial responsibility.

Marcell D. Rife, 52, Huntington, cited for possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.

Nicolas R. Ledonne, 16, Logansport, cited for speed.

Mackenzie L. Powell, 19, Wabash, cited for driving while suspended infraction and possession of marijuana.

December 23 Gloria L. Preece, 52, Peru, cited for speed.

Brett A. Eckman, 54, Wabash, cited for possession of marijuana.

Arrests December 20 Joe C. Shepherd, 47, Bourbon, arrested for dealing in methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine.

John F. Prater, 34, Wabash, arrested on two counts of theft.

December 21 Troy A. Martin, 29, Wabash, arrested on two counts of possession of controlled substance.

Morgan L. Ritter, 26, Wabash, petition to revoke probation for perjury.

December 22 Andrew D. Bailey,

26, Wabash, arrested for possession of methamphetamine and invasion of privacy.

December 25 Ryan J. Riendeau, 42, Wabash, arrested for domestic batter with injury, strangulation, criminal confinement and intimidation.

Jason M. Torres, 41, Wabash, arrested for leaving the scene.

Accidents December 22 At 1:49 p.m., a vehicle driven by Kelsey S. Bell, 18, Wabash, collided with a vehicle driven by Tammy I. Harrell, 52, Wabash, on Cass Street near Hill Street.

At 3:04 p.m., a vehicle driven by Gabrielle N. Denham, 20, Wabash, collided with a parked vehicle owned by Clarence W. Griese, Lagro, at 45 Strathmoor Drive.

Wabash Sheriff ’s Department Citations December 24 Joshua S. Napier, 36, Wabash, cited for reckless driving.

Bookings December 19 Matthew Allen Keith, 34, Silver Lake, arrested on a Fulton County warrant.

Josie D. Wilcox, 35, Wabash, arrested on a parole violation.

Luke A. Huber, 32, North Manchester, petition to revoke

probation for domestic battery, strangulation and invasion of privacy.

Travis R. Stafford, 33, Wabash, charged with operator never licensed.

Austin D. Osborne, 20, Wabash, charged with leaving the scene of an accident, operator never licensed and false informing.

Tara L. Purvis, 33, Warsaw, charged with operating while intoxicated and disorderly conduct.

December 20 Christopher S. Blanton, 46, Wabash, charged with theft.

John F. Prater, 34, Wabash, charged with theft.

December 21 Kenneth M. Howard, 42, Liberty Mills, charged with possession of a Schedule I, II, III, or IV controlled substance, possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia, and resisting law enforcement.

Randall L. Crowley, 40, Elkhart, petition to revoke probation for possession of a narcotic drug.

Roy L. Shepherd, 48, North Manchester, charged with possession of methamphetamine.

December 25 Joshua V. Lewis, 39, Wabash, charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia, and possession of marijua-

na.

Accidents December 19 At 1:28 a.m., a vehicle driven by Michael E. Keiffer, 40, Wabash, collided with a deer on State Road 124 near County Road 50 North.

At 6:55 a.m., a vehicle driven by John P. Mattern, 67, Wabash, collided with a deer on Old State Road 24 near County Road 200 South.

At 7:50 a.m., a vehicle driven by Nicole L. Hoffman, 38, Lagro, collided with a deer on County Road 650 East near County Road 600 East.

December 20 At 2:27 a.m., a vehicle driven by Kiara R. Galloway, 18, Sidney, ran off the road and struck a tree on State Road 15 near County Road 800 North.

December 22 At 7:56 a.m., a vehicle driven by Carol S. Fenton, 62, Wabash, collided with a deer County Road 100 West near County Road 400 South.

December 23 At 8:12 p.m., a vehicle driven by Gary A. Craun, 63, North Manchester, collided with a vehicle driven

by Kevin C. Shell, 59, Milford, which in turn collided with a vehicle driven by Mark W. Davenport, 61, Roann, on State Road 15 near County Road 800 North.

North Manchester Citations

www.thepaperofwabash.com December 25 Terri L. Bolen, 40, Roann, cited for possession of marijuana.

Arrests Joshua V. Lewis, 39, Wabash, arrested for possession of paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and possession of methamphetamine.

Accidents December 20 At 2:02 p.m., vehicles driven by Jeanna Hickling, 65, and Dustin L. Cornett, 26, both of North Manchester, collided at East Second Street and North Mill Street. The North Manchester Police were assisted by P a r k v i e w Ambulance Service, North Manchester and Chester Township Fire Departments.

December 21 At 10:39 a.m., vehicles driven by Sheila Rockwell, 26, North Manchester and Sonya L. Handing, 22, Silver Lake, collided in the 100 block of Wabash Road At 5:44 p.m., a vehicle driven by Kyle R. Rowe, 33, North Manchester, struck a deer on State Road 114 near County Road 400 East.

Fire December 24 At 7:19 a.m., units from North Manchester, Chester Township and Pleasant Township Fire Departments responded to an

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alarm in the 400 block of West Seventh Street.

At 1 p.m., 100 block of South Mill Street for medical assist.

At 6:17 p.m., 400 block of West Third Street for medical assist.

At 6:21 p.m., 400 block of West Seventh Street for medical assist.

At 11:46 p.m., 1900 block of East Street for medical assist.

Marriage Licenses Dusty Strickler, 54 and Tamara L. Haecker, 50.

George V. Brown, 52, and Donielle M. Blackstone, 33.

Christopher Marc Austwick Barlow, 32, and Hailey Danielle Artressia, 25.

Levi A. Fuller, 30, and Kaylee M. Cummins, 25.

Land Transfers Sheriff Wabash County to Crossroads Bank, James R. Johnson and Sterling Enterprises, sheriff ’s deed.

Sheriff of Wabash County to Carrington Mortgage Services LLC and Heidi A. Lucas, sheriff ’s deed.

Sheriff of Wabash County to First Federal Savings Bank and Galdino Zenil, sheriff ’s deed.

Sheriff of Wabash County to Santander Bank NA and Mark A. Wells, sheriff ’s deed.

Sheriff of Wabash County to U.S. Bank Trust NA Trust LSF 10 Master

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Participation Trust, Jeffrey L. Haynes and Jeffrey Haynes, sheriff ’s deed.

Charles L. Price and Phyllis A. Price to Tamara S. Ellet, Kristi L. Price, Bradley J. Price and Charles L. Price and Phyllis A. Price Irrevocable Trust, quitclaim deed.

Wayne Dawes and Wayne L. Dawes to Wayne L. Dawes and Judith C. Dawes, warranty deed.

Wayne L. Dawes and Judith C. Dawes to Wayne L. Dawes, Judith C. Dawes and Wayne L. Dawes Revocable Trust, warranty deed.

Ringel Farms Inc.

to Herbert A. Ringel Trust and Herbert A. Ringel, quitclaim deed.

Brodie K. Stith, Caley Fitch and Caley Stith to Travis Ritter, warranty deed.

Danny L. Howard and Janet K. Howard to D & B Home Rentals LLC, warranty deed.

Mark Herendeen, Erik Herendeen, Vicki Larrowe and Peggy L. Herendeen to Danny J. Knotts and Molly J. Knotts, personal rep deed.

James W. Little, Erik R. Little, James W. Little II and Christina Little to Gordon A. Guenin

WEEKLY REPORTS and Julie K. Guenin, warranty deed.

Sheriff of Wabash County to Dennis Greer and Argyle R. Keim, sheriff ’s deed.

Merl D. Heckaman and Joann C. Heckaman to Merl D. Heckaman, Joann C. Heckaman and Merl D. Heckaman and Joann C. Heckaman joint trust, warranty deed.

Charles R. Berghorn and Edward J. Berghorn to Edward J. Berghorn and Charles R. Beghorn, warranty deed.

Rosemary Ege Fleener Revocable Trust, Rosemary Ege Fleener and

Rosemary Ede to Seth D. Hendricks and Laina M. Hendricks, warranty deed.

Sherry L. Brainard and Eunice M. Janiszyn to Colin A. Gouveia, warranty deed.

James L. Erickson and Patricia J. Erickson to Christopher D. Nordmann and Shayla Nordmann, warranty deed.

Chistopher D. Nordmann and Shayla Nordmann to Susan B. Curtis, warranty deed.

Ora Reynolds to Keith W. Shepherd, quitclaim deed.

Lisa Jean, Lori

Rose and Richard L. Day Revocalble Trust to Gregory A. Metz and Anita J. Metz, trust deed.

John D. Kelly to John D. Kelly and Biljana Kelly, quitclaim deed.

Marlan and Beverly Badgett Keystone Trust and Nick Badgett to Alan F. Wojtkowiak and Shelia G. Wojtkowiak, trust deed.

James H. Fisher and Nancy L. Fisher to Melissa D. House and Bernard J. House, warranty deed.

Dennis R. Shreve and Louanna G. Shreve to Dustin L.

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Engle and Lindsey G. Engle, warranty deed.

Steve C. Kitch and Linda M. Kitch to Kitch Rentals LLC, warranty deed.

Jon L. Helfin to Jon L. Helfin and Linda L. Helfin, quitclaim deed.

Matthew J. Whitesel and Elizabeth A. Whitesel to Grain Systems Inc., quitclaim deed.

Brent C. Jones to Amanda M. Lopez, warranty deed.

Larry N. Chamberlain and Sherlene F. Chamberlain to John D. Swain and Lynn M. Swain, warranty deed.

Robin M. King, Robin M. Cooper and Philliip L. King to Rickey L. Simmons and Regina K. Simmons, warranty deed.

William J. Picklesimer II to Cameron J. Parker Gill, warranty deed.

Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company National Association, Bank of New Trust Company NA, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank NA and Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc Series 2005-RS1 to CR 2018 LLC, quitclaim deed.

William G. Woodruff Jr to Carly Mast, warranty deed.

NM Chamber director resigns; Manchester Alive merge to begin Jan. 1

By Amanda Bridgman Abridgman@nmpa per.com NORTH MANCHESTER — North M a n c h e s t e r Chamber of C o m m e r c e Executive Director Susan Mattern tendered her resignation Monday, Dec. 17, effective Jan. 4, 2019.

Mattern told the North Manchester News-Journal she made her decision based strictly on personal financial reasons.

“I love this community, I love what we’ve been doing and I hate to leave

because I truly enjoy my job,” Mattern said. “But, honestly, it just comes down to the fact that I can’t make a good enough living doing it.”

Running a chamber of commerce is 24/7 work. “You’re always on, and you have to be a people person, and I am,” Mattern said, “and I love it, but I don’t get any health insurance, no benefits, and the salary is low.”

Mattern said her salary is based on the chamber’s annual success.

“My salary would have gone down next year,” she said.

Mattern is proud of the year’s events the chamber hosted – the golf outing, FunFest, Harvest Fest, the Eel River Festival – “but it rained for every single one.”

She also is proud of the chamber’s efforts to move new ideas forward. For example, she said, the weekly newsletter emailed to members has received positive feedback, and she recently added job openings to it. She is excited for the merger that takes effect Jan. 1, with Manchester Main Street into one joint structure to be called Manchester Alive

SUSAN MATTERN and the anticipated funding and teamwork that could provide. But, she will not be around to see it. Mattern said she plans to return to privately practicing massage therapy.

She is licensed and

once owned her own clinic. Mattern currently resides in North Manchester but plans to move to the Roanoake/southwest Fort Wayne area to practice in the near future.

“I want to spend the rest of my working years doing something I have always loved to do, but also make a better living,” she said.

Mattern said she will be available to help assist the chamber with any needs, if she’s asked, through the month of January. She also said more details about what this means for the new

Manchester Alive structure, and who will become the new director, will become available soon.

“I think someone young, and obviously a people person, and someone who loves this community, but someone young, with a lot of energy and bounce in their step and excitement would be great to take my place,” she said.

“My mom lives here,” she said. “So, I’m always going to be a part of this community, and I love my job and the people I work with and my team here is awesome, so the cham-

ber will be fine, and I know Manchester Alive is going to do great things.”

The North M a n c h e s t e r Chamber of Commerce and Manchester Main Street got an 83-1 vote Nov. 14 to merge into one joint organization. The idea behind the merge is to be able to more easily share access to grant funding, nonprofit dollars and more resources to work toward one common goal of bettering the economic development and common business interest of North Manchester.

Visit Wabash County board honors outgoing president NORTH MANCHESTER — Jan Roland was honored on Dec. 20 during Visit Wabash County’s end of the year board meeting, which took place at M a n c h e s t e r University.

Roland, who served as Visit Wabash County’s board president during 2018 was presented with a Distinguished Leadership Award for her level of service and dedication to the organization.

Presenting the award on behalf of the full board of directors and staff was Brady Burgess, incoming 2019 Board President for Visit Wabash County.

“On behalf of Visit Wabash County, we would like to honor your service as President for the past year,” he said.

“During your tenure you have represented

Visit Wabash County with professionalism, positive leadership, and strength.

You have led the board and staff with vision, wisdom and care. We thank you so much for your service to this board and to the Wabash County community.”

During the past year, Visit Wabash County has aggressively accomplished an advanced scope of work which included the completion of large-scale programming projects such as; the Dam to Dam Wabash County Century Ride, Trolley No. 85 experience tours, expanded digital kiosk installation, and new gateway sign installations.

“The leadership of Visit Wabash County is in strong & very capable hands,” said Roland. “It has been rewarding to act as

Outgoing board president Jan Roland receives a certificate from incoming president Brady Burgess.

President for the organization and it has been an honor to serve alongside an incredible group of community leaders.”

The Visit Wabash County board said goodbye to Anne Titus, who has served for two years on the board of directors. Replacing Titus will be Brittany

Rager, marketing and events manager for Brandt’s HarleyDavidson.

“I am thrilled to serve on the tourism commission,” said Rager. “It’s a natural fit that compliments the work that I do for Brandt’s by engaging with large destination markets.”

Members of the

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The Happy Homemakers Club hat its December meeting at the Nelsons in Roann.

There were 16 members in attendance, where lunch and dessert (no calories, of course) were served.

The door prize was won by Bev Richardson.

Jerry Nelson gave a short history about their home and then handed out several other prizes to ones who could answer his questions about the house. A game was played asking questions about memories of past Christmases.

Items were brought for Tina and friends at Vernon Manor.

Club President Sally Robinson reminded everyone that the next meeting will be on Jan. 24, at which time the group will be planning for the year 2019. Dues are also to be paid in January.

THE ROANN U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T CHURCH Christmas Eve candlelight service was a celebration of the birth of Christ.

Pastor Balmer read the Christmas miracle from Luke with all the children surrounding him.

The children saw Mary and Joseph visited by an angel.

They also saw the shepherds going to the stable and the three wise men bringing gifts to the small child.

Solos were performed by Larry Kuhn and Connie Doud along with carols sung by the filled church.

Everyone carried a lighted candle while leaving the church to signify carrying the light of Jesus to the world.

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Lunch Bunch went to the Hostess House in Marion for lunch on Dec. 18 with 21 in attendance.

Next month on Jan. 15, they plan on attending the new restaurant in Marion called Train Deport.

This is a group of people who like to meet for lunch and fellowship which each other at 11:30 a.m.

Most of them attend the LaFontaine Christian Church, but anyone is welcome to join them.

REMINDER that Liberty Bells will not meet in January. They will meet again on February 5th at Bob Evans in Wabash at 11:30.

L A F O N TA I N E CHAPTER OF ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR met Monday.

Members prepared Christmas

goodie bags for Mel Weaver, Velma Templin, Marguerite Guenin and Edie McMillan.

Sympathy was extended to Kaye Sorrell on the passing of her brother-in-law.

Mindy Weaver’s mother was reported critically ill.

The Chapter donated eight wreaths which were among the 5,100 placed at the Marion National Cemetery on Saturday during the Wreaths Across America ceremony.

Three of our members assisted with the initiation of a new member into Converse Chapter recently.

The Worthy Matron read the minutes from the December 19, 1988 meeting. The story of the candy cane and its meaning was presented and each member given a candy cane to remember the true meaning of Christmas.

The Chapter does not meet during the months of January and February and the next meeting will be March 18, 2019.

Spring projects will include donating needed items to the Animal Shelters in Marion and Wabash, and donations to the Shriner’s Hospitals and Rolling Meadows.

Members enjoyed a gift exchange and

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by Linda Harris and Darlene Turner, following the meeting.

The LaFontaine OES Past Matron’s group met for their annual Christmas Night Out and gift exchange at the IHOP in Marion hosted by Nancy Leming and Jean Sneed. Eight past matrons and patrons and three guests attended. All enjoyed a meal ordered from the menu and the exchange of gifts and fellowship.

Door prizes were won by Sandra Weaver and Regina Hiple. The annual business meeting will be April 9 and the Spring Outing June 19, 2019.

S O M E R S E T TOWN BOARD met on Monday, Dec. 10, at the Community Building. All seven members were present.

Derek Finch called the meeting to order.

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DeGrandchamp reported the following: Savings $27,079.36 Checking $3,610.21 CD $20,413.37 Total $51,102.94 When raffle money is included the town will have $53,582.94 or an increase of $6,659.49 over the 2017 total.

This time last year the board was getting estimates to replace\repair the doors in the building and we are still debating what to do. The Lions Club has a $750 grant that applies to the doors in the Community Building and it must be used in one year. With one set of screen doors removed the door work should be less costly and the other two sets of screens will be easier to remove.

Jay Driskill reported on our acceptance into the Wabash County Community Foundation. You will receive more information by mail and email. Ed Bailey and Dave Richards are taking steel for recycling and those amounts will be reported next month.

Thanks to everyone who helps make our community projects successful!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Carol Armstrong, Ariel Benner Jan. 3, Jean Garrison, Lisha Gatchel Jan. 4, Peyton Hall, George Barnes, Luke Perlich, Jan 5, Gene Floyd Jan. 7, Audrey Schanck, Jennifer Cox Jan. 8, Corey Roser, Drew Roser, Phil Speicher, Jan. 9 Jean Gilbert, Juanita Rapp, Grant Gillespie Jan. 10 H A P P Y ANNIVERSARY and Marilyn Speicher, Darrin and Sarah Oliver Jan. 6 WORDS OF WISDOM “No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”

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Sheriff looks back at 40-plus years in law enforcement For nearly 43 years, Bob Land has worn the badge of either the Indiana State Police or the Wabash County S h e r i f f ’ s Department.

That chapter of his life will come to a close on Dec. 31, when his second term as Wabash County Sheriff expires. By statute, he is prohibited from seeking a third consecutive term in office.

“I’m two months shy of 43 years (in law enforcement),” he told The Paper of Wabash County during an interview in his office at the Wabash County Jail.

“I started at the ISP academy in February of 1976.”

Land worked as an

instructor at Ivy Tech Community College for two years before joining the ISP. “I was a computer programmer and doing some teaching at Ivy Tech,” he said.

“I just got tired of being inside all the time. It was the first hiring process (ISP) had in a year and a half, so I decided to go ahead.”

After graduating from the first ISP academy at the Plainfield training center, Land, a Howard County native, was assigned to Lake County.

“My first three years I was in Lake County, Gary,” he said. “That was a culture shock. I was a farm boy from Howard County.

Those first three years, working an area like that, you gain a whole lot more experience

than anyone else in the state, just because of where it is at.”

In August 1979, he transferred to the Peru ISP Post where he remained until he was elected sheriff in 2010.

“I worked the road at the old Schererville post,” he said. “They were building a new post

in Lowell at the time.

Then I transferred to Peru in August 1979.

I worked in Wabash County as a road trooper until 1981 when I was promoted to detective.”

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what today is. But, working drug cases is a whole different

animal. You just have to be careful and know who

you’re dealing with.”

Going from being a road officer to the drug task force obviously has some concerns.

“For a local officer like I was, being on the road, it’s nearly impossible for police officers to make hand-to-hand purchases in an area that you’re know in,” he said. “But back then, we mainly used informants and confidential sources to make drug buys.

“Anything out of county — we would work closely with Kokomo and the Marion JEAN Team — so we would go there and make purchases for them, and they would come here.”

Land retired from the ISP in 2010 and six months later, after winning the Primary and General Elections in Wabash County, became sheriff.

“I wanted to continue my law enforcement career,” he said. “It was something I had done basically since I was 22 years old. I

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spent 34 years with the State Police at that time, and I just wanted to continue my law enforcement career.”

Becoming sheriff, he said, is a little more complex than one might think it would be.

“But,” he quickly added, “we’ve got a lot accomplished in those eight years. We have stuff that myself and Sheriffelect Baker have been talking about that I haven’t been able to get done.”

Land believes the major accomplishment he’s been able to have during his time in office is getting more deputies on the road and more staff in the Wabash County Jail.

There were 12 road officers when he became sheriff.

Baker, when he takes office, will hire three more, giving the county 20 road

Sheriff Bob Land poses with Brenton Yarger during the 2018 Shop With a Cop program.

Photo provided deputies. The jail staff will be fully staffed at 22.

“It has become more difficult,” Land said of finding people wanting to join law enforcement. “I think it’s a sign of the times. You have to look at what kind

of media that has been put on police here lately. It’s just becoming harder to find qualified people who want to work law enforcement.”

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Sheriff looks back at 40-plus years in law enforcement ...continued from page 16 “I have to give my staff over there in the jail a lot of credit because having to deal with inmates every day is kind of stressful,” Land said.

“Even since I’ve been here, there’s just been so many other – on the sheriff ’s side, the enforcement side, and it holds true on the jail side –

there’s been so many state mandated projects that everyone has to learn.

“Now we’re doing pre-trial release.

We’re doing DNA testing. So much is state mandated that trickles down to local government, you have to keep up with continuous training.”

Another accomplishment is the department’s K9 program.

“We currently have two K9s on the road, and they’re used for drug cases and tracking,” he said.

On the jail side, the VINE program – Victim Information Notification Every

LaFontaine resident receives nursing degree From the IUK News Bureau KOKOMO – The Indiana University Kokomo School of Nursing honored nearly 80 students, including a Lafontaine resident, for completing the prestigious program, at the traditional recognition ceremony Thursday, Dec. 13.Faculty and staff welcomed 34 Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates, including Kristopher Working, LaFontaine, to the health care profession, while congratulating 15 nurses who earned the Master of Science in Nursing, and 28 who completed the R.N. to B.S.N. program.Dean Susan

Hendricks noted that the recognition ceremony is an important rite of passage for the students and those who have supported them while they were achieving their dreams.“In the time the students have been in the nursing program, they have become like family to us here in the school, and the faculty and staff celebrate with each student,” she said. “Nursing school is a difficult journey.

Completing this arduous task is most definitely something to celebrate, not only for our students, but also for family and friends who have played a very important role in their experience.” No

matter if the students already have their career mapped out, or if they are still searching for their niche in the profession, Hendricks said, “most assuredly, they are prepared for what lies ahead in their path.”The highlight of the ceremony is the traditional pinning.

Each nurse crossed the Havens Auditorium stage to receive the pin specifically designed for the IU Kokomo School of Nursing, as family and friends cheered and applauded.The ceremony ended with the recitation of the nursing pledge, a statement of the ethics and principals of the profession.

Adelsperger named to dean’s list NASHVILLE, Tenn.

— Seth Adelsperger, a Peru native, qualified for the Fall 2018 dean’s list at Belmont University. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C.

F a c t o r y helps community: Wabash Casting representative Cindy Warren (left) presents a check for $2000 along with more than 100 new toys and clothes to Jennifer Meyer of Wabash County Christmas Spirit.

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Approximately 35 percent of Belmont’s 8,318 students qualified for the Fall 2018 dean’s list.

Belmont Provost Dr. Thomas Burns said, “This achievement for the fall semester indicates that these students have placed a high

priority on their work at Belmont and have invested time and energy in their studies. It is our strong belief that consistent application in this manner will reap great benefits, which will equip them for a lifetime of learning and growing.”

Day – was started. It notifies victims about domestic battery and other domestic situations.

The GED program took off in 2012, thanks in part to grants Land was able to obtain.

“We have many programs within the jail program,” he said. “There are other programs that we would like to do but we just don’t have the space.”

The biggest challenge facing Land was the lack of space in the Wabash County Jail. Beside housing inmates in Wabash County, the department also houses them in Miami and Elkhart counties. It also has housed them in Blackford County, but that program ceased while that jail undergoes renovations.

“It takes up a lot of time transporting those prisoners back and forth to court,” he said. “But at this point we’ve run out of options. That’s the only option available now.”

That is partially due to state mandate regulations.

“Especially in the last two months, I have no explanation as to why our population has been right at 100,” Land said. “I haven’t done yearly stats yet, but I think we were over capacity 365 days this year.

“Some of the legislation that has been

passed has been filtered down to local government. It was in 2014 when House Bill 1006 shipped all the Level 6 felons back to us. That trickled down to us, as well as the cost.”

A new jail has been discussed periodically during Land’s term in office.

“They tell me they’re working on it,” he said. “This facility will be 40 years old in September 2019. My capacity is 72.”

As of Dec. 17, the day before Land’s interview with The Paper, the department had 94 inmates in Wabash County, 43 in Miami County and 10 in Elkhart County.

“We were right at 145,” he said. “We try to keep the inmate population here, just because of officer safety, somewhere between 80 and 85.

But, of course, when the other facilities can’t take other inmates, you have to keep them.”

Land said he is surprised a lawyer hasn’t stepped in to file complaints with the court about jail overcrowding.

“We started, really, seeing an upswing in the population of the jail even when Sheriff (Tim) Roberts was here,” Land said. “Sheriff (Leroy) Striker had the same problems.

“Even when Sheriff Striker was here it was in the

120s; 130 wasn’t anything. But at that point in time he had no other options.

Miami County wasn’t built yet.”

Being a law enforcement officer is a stressful job. To help combat that, Land tries to keep busy with outside activities when not on duty.

“I’m on boards of directors for numerous organizations,” he said. “And, I fish and hunt, so I keep busy on the outside.

There probably is stress, but I really don’t know what stress is.”

Land is uncertain what his future holds come Jan. 1.

“I’ll take it easy for a couple months,” he said. “But I will probably end up doing something.

There’s a couple offers on the table, but I think I’m going to take it easy for a couple of months.”

He said he will miss the personnel at the sheriff ’s department.

“I’ll miss the people,” he said. “It’s just like when I left the State Police. You miss the people you work with every day.

“To be honest with you, I won’t miss the jail. But the main deal is I’ll miss the people. It sounds kind of corny, but everybody knows everybody. This is a family. The main deal is I’ll miss the people.”

Land and Baker

have been working together to ensure a smooth transition between the administrations.

“I will be here in January to ensure a smooth transition,” he said. “I hope to be here a week or two.”

Land said when he took office, he stressed the need to combat the drug problem facing Wabash County.

During the last eight years, more than 600 people have been arrested on various d r u g - re l at e d charges. He believes Baker, a former member of the Wabash County Drug Task Force, will continue to stress that during his time in office.

Every day in law enforcement brings something new to deal with. That is part of the intrigue in being an officer.

But it also can be part of the downside.

That being said, Land admitted that “I’ll probably miss it.”

If he had not joined the academy in 1976, Land said he would probably still be teaching.

“Not,” he added quickly, breaking into a laugh. “I do like the outdoors, so I may have been a conservation officer or something like that. Other than that, I don’t know what I would be doing.”

Looking back at top stories of 2018 ...continued from page 7 together to get the job done. I see it as a collaboration between the county and the town. It wouldn’t have happened without that collaboration.

“So, you have three facets. You see the state, because OCRA’s involved; you see the county, because Wabash County’s involved; and you see a ton, because Roann’s involved.

That’s just Hoosier pride to me. That’s the way Hoosiers are; we always work together.

We all banded together to get this job done and help out the community.”

The site will eventually become a green space.

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Treasurer resigns LaFontaine ClerkTreasurer Cindy Erb tendered her resignation in a letter to the Town Council on Monday, Aug. 13.

Wabash County Republican chair Barbara Pearson announced shortly thereafter that she had appointed Diana Heath as Erb’s replacement. Heath was selected from a field of six candidates, Pearson told The Paper of Wabash County.

The resignation caught the Town Council by surprise.

In her resignation letter, Erb wrote, “I feel that resigning from my position is best for myself and the Town of

LaFontaine. I will resign at 4 p.m. on August 13, 2018. I hope the Town Council is willing to work with another clerk-treasurer more than they have been with me for the best interests of the Town. I also hope that the Town Council will treat the new clerk-treasurer with patience to learn this job and with some respect that has never been shown to me by the Council members or the town attorney.”

Board attorney Jordan Tandy on Wednesday, Aug. 15, issued a written statement on behalf of the board: “We do not wish to comment on the allegations that Ms. Erb has recently made, except to say

that we dispute them.

We wish Ms. Erb the best of luck in her future endeavors. Our focus is now on ensuring that the transition to a new clerk-treasurer is as seamless as possible, and we are excited about what the future holds for the town of LaFontaine.”

Erb was appointed as clerk-treasurer in 2013 and was elected to the post in 2015. She replaced Deb Gregg, who filled the post for six months following the resignation of Danielle Stouffer in 2013.

Erb later appointed Gregg to serve as her deputy clerk. Gregg also resigned her position.

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VIEWPOINT Hate crime measure harms liberties Editor’s Note: Four Indiana legislators wrote the following column dealing with a hate crime bill to be considered in the 2019 Indiana Legislative session. Writing the column were Bruce Borders, State Representative District 45; Matt Hostettler, State Representative District 64; Christopher Judy, State Representative District 83; Curt Nisly, State Representative District 22

As the Indiana General Assembly prepares to convene in January, legislation is being proposed that seeks to criminalize the thoughts of Hoosiers.

This legislation seeks to challenge centuries of Western civilization, where

GUEST COLUMN individuals are judged by their actions. The new legislation would replace this Western legal tradition by giving prosecutors and judges the authority to prosecute and sentence based on perceived thoughts, ideas, and beliefs.

Supporters of this legislation are trying to mask their effort to plunge Indiana into a surveillance state, because they fear Hoosiers might object to having their political and religious beliefs judged by the government.

So rather than objectively and transparently communicating to Hoosiers the intent to begin policing their thoughts and thereby calling

the legislation “Thought Crimes” – this bill is hiding behind the misleading nickname “hate crimes”.

This proposed legislation brings to mind a state of government control nearly identical to that described in George Orwell’s classic novel 1984. In Orwell’s timeless example, the Thought Police monitored society to ensure that citizens wouldn’t hold beliefs contrary to governing authorities.

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If such policing becomes legal in Indiana, prosecutors will have the ability to treat the holding of unpopular political views as criminal actions.

Prosecutors and judges in Indiana already possess the means to deal with both violent and nonviolent crimes in a manner that respects victims and still protects the inalienable rights of the accused.

Assault, battery, murder, vandalism, and other terrible actions are already against the law in Indiana, and judges have the ability to adjust sentencing decisions based on many factors the judge may deem relevant to the respective situation.

Thought crime legislation goes far beyond the criminalization of actions and seeks to prosecute and administer judgment based on beliefs (even if merely perceived) which may have triggered criminal action.

This gives prosecutors and judges the authority to declare the motivation for a crime. Doing so effectively transfers the burden of proof to the accused, who would then be essentially required to prove that the allegation was false.

Shifting the burden of proof to the accused would turn another cornerstone of Western civiliza-

tion – presumption of innocence – on its head. If a person is accused of a crime and holds views unpopular to the governing political class, their political or religious views are likely to be held against them.

Both the United States Constitution and the Indiana Constitution protect the rights of individuals to hold and express unpopular political and religious beliefs and viewpoints.

But in an Indiana governed by thought crimes, a social media post, picture, or article of clothing could be the determining factor for a prosecutor or judge.

For example, imagine an individual enjoying a meal at an Indiana restaurant when his “Bernie 2016” t-shirt or her red “M.A.G.A.” hat agitates another of the restaurant’s patrons. If an argument breaks out and the police are called, the t-shirt or hat might label the individual as someone who evidently hates others.

The dangerous legislation being proposed in Indiana would make it possible for prosecutors and judges to prosecute and sentence as a thought crime, which could be based on the personal political or religious beliefs of the accused.

Or suppose someone is attending a peaceful political

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rally on the subject of immigration, marriage, abortion, or school choice, and they encounter protesters from the opposing viewpoint.

An escalated argument could turn into a situation in which Bible verses or Che Guevara quotations found in a social media post could be used to label that individual as a “hateful” person engaged in criminal activity.

Those who are promoting thought crime legislation believe that individuals and groups who hold certain unpopular viewpoints may legitimately have their rights infringed upon in the name of the

“public good”. This, however, is the opposite of a free society.

When someone holds a viewpoint most find disagreeable, we should not seek to criminalize and stifle that person’s thoughts or speech.

To do so would be to embrace George Orwell’s world of state control of the individual.

We should instead embrace freedom and be willing to respectfully argue our point of view in an attempt to persuade others.

Our forefathers fought and died for this freedom. We owe it to our children to fight to preserve this freedom.

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Huntington North edges Squires in OT

By The Paper Staff Manchester’s boys basketball team dropped a heartbreaker to Huntington North Friday, 52-51 in overtime.

The Squires overcame a 36-29 deficit at the end of the third quarter to tie the score at 44 headed into the fourth, but were unable to outlast the Vikings.

Weston Hamby led Manchester with 20 points, and Braydon Casper added 15 points.

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wrestlers win

The Manchester wrestling squad took top honors in the John McKee Invitational at Rochester, scoring 202 points to outlast Three Rivers Conference and sectional foes Rochester (194.5) and Maconaquah (163.0).

Dylan Stroud took top individual honors in the 120-pound weight class, and Ashton Moore also placed first at 195.

Bryce Kamphues finished second at 285, and Delton Moore placed third at 170.

Northfield’s Clayton Tomlinson dribbles between Southwood defenders Alex Farr (42) and Quentin Perry (12) in a game earlier this month at Northfield High School. Photo by Joseph Slacian

County tourney begins Friday

By The Paper Staff

The 55th Wabash County basketball tournament will be on Friday, Dec. 28, and Saturday, Dec. 29, at Manchester High School.

The tournament features four tournaments over the two days, with junior varsity boys, junior varsity girls, varsity boys and varsity girls each doing battle in separate tournaments.

Fourteen of the 16 tournament games will be played in the Manchester High School gymnasium.

All session passes for the tournament will cost $15 for adults

and $10 for students.

Single day passes will cost $10.

Session II only tickets for Saturday morning will cost $5, and Session III only passes for Saturday afternoon and the championship evening will cost $8.

In the junior varsity boys tournament, Wabash will face Manchester at 10:30 a.m.

Friday.

Northfield and Southwood will face off at 1:30 p.m.

The championship game of the boys JV tourney is slated for 11:45 a.m. Saturday in the high school gym, and the consolation game will take place

at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the junior high gym.

In the boys varsity tournament, Wabash will face Northfield at 4:45 p.m. Friday, while Manchester will face Southwood at 8:15 p.m. Friday.

The championship game of the boys varsity tourney is slated for Saturday at 8:30 p.m., and the consolation game will be played at 4:45 p.m.

Saturday.

In the girls junior varsity tournament, Northfield will face Manchester Friday at 9 a.m., and Southwood will face Wabash at noon.

The championship

game for the girls JV game will be played Saturday at 10 a.m. in the high school gym, and the consolation game is slated for 10 a.m. Saturday in the junior high gym.

In the girls varsity t o u r n a m e n t , Northfield will face Wabash at 3 p.m.

Friday, and Manchester will face Southwood at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

The consolation game of the girls varsity tournament will be played Saturday at 3 p.m., with the girls varsity championship game is set to be played Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

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New book traces history of farm bill From the University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. – Just as a new farm bill sailed its way through the U.S. Senate and House earlier this month, a newly released book by a University of Illinois law and policy expert explores the 100-year history of the farm bill, tracing the political evolution of American farm and food legislation.

In “The Fault Lines of Farm Policy,” published by University of Nebraska Press, author Jonathan Coppess, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and C o n s u m e r Economics, offers a narrative history of

how the very first farm bill came together, what led to the need for such a bill throughout the 1920s, and the political journey our country has been on since the first farm bill was passed in 1933. He also highlights lessons to be learned from how past bills have come together in a changing society over the years and how those lessons can help inform future farm bills.

Coppess has spent much of his career working on farm bills, starting with the 2008 bill when he worked in the U.S. Senate. For over eight years in Washington D.C., he worked on policies and legislation, negotiating provisions, and eventually imple-

menting a farm bill with the USDA Farm Service Agency.

“While working on the Hill on the last farm bill in 2014, a lot of questions started coming up for me. You might get in a fight over a policy, and then you question why a group even wanted what they wanted in the bill. Of course, there’s always the issue about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] and why food assistance is in the bill. So I started to do some digging into some of these questions,” Coppess says.

When Coppess began teaching a class on the farm bill in 2015 in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and

Environmental Sciences at U of I, he started pulling that research together in order to present some of the information in his class. Eventually, that’s how the book came together.

And in the telling of the history of the farm bill, Coppess says the book provides an even greater look at how Congress gets legislation passed, in general, in a partisan society.

“The book really goes through the legislative history of all farm bills, and if you think about how policies are put together, it could almost be one big case study of how Congress works. This current farm bill will be the 23rd time we have written a farm bill and pushed it

through Congress—at least one that is somewhat omnibus, somewhat comprehensive—over the last 85 years. There’s a lot of history and policymaking that goes into it. I hope it has some value for that.”

For that, Coppess says he can see interest in the book both from farmers and from those working on policy in Washington D.C. “Because of the way the farm bill has been put together over time, it’s really a window into Congress and government.

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they fought to a stalemate on an issue. And then all of the sudden the urban interests get involved. Seeing that form out over time is when it hit me, the amount of perspective this history provides on Congressional procedure and process.

Coppess has described the farm bill as a “food security bill” that authorizes a variety of programs that support farmers, conserve natural resources, help rural communities, invest in agricultural and food research, and help lower-income families put food on the table through food-assistance programs like SNAP. The intersection of where each of those pieces must come

together in order to get the bill passed every five years is the origin of the book’s title: fault lines, as Coppess calls it. He highlights the importance of coalitions and the intricacies of how, often, competing interests must come together to keep a bill moving forward.

“It feels like a fairly standard metaphor that we use in political discussions, but one of the things I found over and over going through this, is that part of the process to pass a bill is needing enough votes to get through the House and the Senate and on to the president. To do this, you need a coalition.

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New book traces history of farm bill ...continued from page 24 [interests] came together in the 1920s and started trying to come up with ways to help their farmers.

Over time, though, there are these conflicts among the interests. So when the coalition comes together, there are these fault lines where they meet on policy.

“You can see points of time in history— the 1950s and 1960s— when they were fighting and tearing each other apart, the bills get more and more difficult. You see those big pieces mov-

ing, those interests moving, colliding, and pushing. There’s just a lot of pressure.”

While the starting point of the farm bill is 1933 with FDR’s New Deal and the Great Depression, in the book Coppess looks back at the period before and after World War I. “We had closed the frontier out west, and we settled that land in the Great Plains and were giving away free farm land. They were plowing it to produce wheat; we had to produce a lot of wheat for the WWI fight.”

Coppess adds, as the war ended and prices collapsed, the country hit a farm depression that lasted most of the 1920s before the Great Depression. “It’s at that point that you start to see these regional interests— starting with wheat, then corn and cotton—come together and they could not get a bill together. They had four or five attempts at running legislation in the 1920s that either lost in Congress or was vetoed by the president. And then it was

the Great Depression that got it all through.

So it’s over a hundred years, the history of this bill.”

What does a historical look back at farm policy have to say about the new bill just passed?

“Looking back really raises questions as we look ahead,” Coppess says. “What do we take from history in order to think about what may be coming up or what some of these policy debates may look like? I don’t have those answers, but

there is food for thought in that. We are coming into multiple years of lower food prices, as we saw in the 1980s, so what went on then? This partisan fight over SNAP? What have we seen in the past and how has this bill survived various attempts to end it? It has survived a lot of that, so how does it continue?

“I hope that there are lessons in there that help us think through what’s next.”

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INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb announced today that applications will be accepted through March 31 for the 2019-2020 G o v e r n o r ’ s Fellowship.

The Governor’s Fellowship is highly selective and provides a unique experience in Indiana state gov-

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The program is open to college graduates who receive their bachelor’s degrees in either the fall 2018 or spring 2019. Fellows are paid, full-time employees who participate in the day-today activities of state government.

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