Vol. 38, No. 29
PO Box 603, Wabash, IN 46992 (260) 563-8326
of Wabash County Inc. September 9, 2015
www.thepaperofwabash.com Proudly Serving Wabash County Since 1977
Mayoral debate set for Oct. 7 By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com The Paper of Wabash County and the Wabash County Chamber of Commerce will once again sponsor a mayoral debate. The three candidates – Democrat Margaret “Boo” Salb, Republican Scott Long
and Independent Wade Weaver – have agreed to participate in the event, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Historic Eagles Theatre. The public is invited to watch the debate in person. Doors are expected to open at 6:30 p.m. For those who can’t attend in person, The Paper’s
WebTV will again air the debate live. The debate also will be available for viewing in the WebTV archive through the remaining days until the Nov. 3 Municipal Election. The Paper and the Chamber teamed up in April to bring a mayoral debate prior to the Primary Election.
“As the leading source for news and information in Wabash and Wabash County, we felt it was important to once again help sponsor the mayoral debate,” said Mike Rees, General Manager of The Paper of Wabash County. “Doing so will allow Wabash residents a chance to hear for themselves what (continued on page 4)
NM WIC office to remain open
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To submit questions for the mayoral debate, a survey is available on The Paper of Wabash County’s Facebook page and its website, www.thepaperofwabash.com. The survey can be found on the right sidebar of the website. In order to complete the survey, please remember to provide your full name and city. This information will not be released. It is strictly for The Paper’s records.
USO Show returns to Peabody By Emma Rausch emma@thepaperofwabash.com
By Shaun Tilghman news@thepaperofwabash.com
NORTH MANCHESTER – The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) office, here at 603 N. Bond St., will not close this fall after all. Rather, it will remain open for at least one more year. WIC serves to safeguard the health of low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5, who are at nutritional risk, by providing nutritious supplemental foods and health care referrals, as well as information on healthy eating, including breastfeeding promotion and support, at no charge to participants. The North Manchester WIC location, which operates under the authority of the Area Five Agency on Aging and Community Services, is one of two locations in Wabash County. On average, the two clinics combine to serve approximately 800 clients per month, which made Wabash County one of the few remaining counties in the state operating two clinics with a total caseload of less than 1,000. In June, the approximately 190 clients served monthly at the North Manchester clinic were informed that by late September or early October
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Michael Palascak, a nationally known comedian raised in Wabash, is a finalist in the NBC reality show “Last Comic Standing.” Palascak will be competing for the grand prize on Wednesday, Sept. 9. However, win or lose, since he successfully made it into the top five, Palascak will be touring on the “Last Comic Standing” live tour with the four other contestants, visiting Wabash on Dec. 2 along the way. Photo by Emma Rausch
Palascak makes finals of “Last Comic Standing” By Emma Rausch emma@thepaperofwabash.com On Wednesday Sept. 2, Wabash native Michael Palascak reached the final five on the NBC reality show “Last Comic Standing.” During the semi-finals broadcast, Palascak went head-to-head against California comedian Taylor Tomlinson. “Tonight, I’m going to bring out my best jokes which also are my favorite jokes,” Palascak said on the show prior his routine. “Hopefully, people laugh.” His standup included jokes about his experience on the Wabash High School football team and growing up in a Catholic home. Following their performances, the pair was immediately
critiqued with one selected for the final five by the panel of judges, which included comedians Norm Macdonald, Roaseann Barr and Keenen Ivory Wayans. Macdonald and Wayans voted Palascak into the finals, both agreeing that his 11 years of experience “gave the edge” against Tomlinson’s five years. Palascak, who was raised in Wabash, told The Paper of Wabash County in a phone interview following the semifinals that it feels so good to enter the final round. “It feels so good to be on the show, first off, just at all,” Palascak said. “It such a great opportunity to get people to see me. I mean I grew up in Wabash, just a small town where I had no idea that any of this would happen so to be in (continued on page 12)
NORTH MANCHESTER — Back by popular demand, Camp Peabody’s USO Show will be returning to Peabody Retirement Community for its second year on Saturday, Sept. 12, “bringing back” big band music from the World War II era, according to Peabody officials. In 1945, WWII came to a close on Sept. 2. This past Wednesday marked the date’s 70th anniversary. Peabody’s first USO Show honored the war and its veterans, according to Cleo Hippensteel. “We just feel that (the show’s) so special and I feel that it’s also a credit to all the veterans,” she told The Paper of Wabash County in an interview. “I feel like we’re kind of honoring them too and they do at that program or they did last year and I think they will this year. They had our veterans here and interviewed some of them and talked to them. It was very nice.” Resident and music lover Jean Hatch said she was thrilled when she heard the show was coming back. “Well, shortly after we had the last show, Stan (Williams, Peabody Home Foundation director of development) said we may make this a yearly thing and I thought, ‘How wonderful’
A.V. “Bart” Corricelli danced with his wife, Phyllis, with the assistance of a nurse at the 2014 Camp Peabody’s USO Show. According to Peabody residents Cleo Hippensteel and Jean Hatch, the couple loved to dance in their younger years, but as they aged, Mrs. Corricelli became wheelchair bound. Nevertheless, the couple still made an effort to dance at the show. Photo provided
because I’ve always been in love with the big band sound,” Hatch said. “And last year when the band first started up and they played that theme song of Glenn Miller, the tears just rolled because it just brought back so many memories.” (continued on page 13)