THE PAPER
April 4, 2012
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Ag Resolutions breaks ground on new facility in Wabash Business Complex Hettmansperger hopes to finish construction by October by Brent Swan County and local government officials joined Advanced Ag Resources President B o b b y Hettmansperger during a groundbreaking ceremony April 2 at the new location in the Wabash Business Complex near the intersection of U.S. 24 and SR 13, Wabash. The future facility, a distribution center and office area, will encompass 75,000 sq. ft. “It will be the Brodbeck Seeds distribution point and office building,” Hettmansperger said. “It’ll be Brodbeck Seed’s headquarters, just like the current facility, but with much more room.” Hettmansperger will continue to utilize the current Brodbecks location, as bagging and conditioning will still take place there. In all reality, however, the move will be an entire relocation. In moving to the Business Complex, Hettmansperger initially purchased 20 acres of land on which the warehouse will stand. In addition to
AG RESOLUTIONS held a groundbreaking ceremony April 2 at the Wabash Business Complex where construction has begun on a 20-acre, 75,000 sq. ft. warehouse and office building. The building will become the new headquarters of Brodbeck Seeds and is scheduled for completion in October. Pictured are (from left) Jim Engelberth, Brodbeck Seeds general manager, City of Wabash Mayor Bob Vanlandingham, Bobby Hettmansperger, Ag Resolutions president, Dan Eads, Felderman Design-Build, and Wabash County Commissioners Barry Eppley and Brian Haupert. (photo by Brent Swan) the immediate purc h a s e , Hettmansperger has an option for an additional 10 acres, should he choose to expand. “If it goes according to plan, we will eventually expand into another 75,000 sq. ft. warehouse as sales g r o w , ” Hettmansperger said. “As it is projected right now, that could
happen within the next five years. On the back portion of the property, with those 10 acres available, there is an opportunity for me to install a soybean conditioning plant here. Soybean sales are expected to increase tremendously over the next five years as well.” At the new location, Eads and Son will be
responsible for the site prep work, while Dan Eads, Felderman Design, is responsible for the building itself. “It makes things a lot easier when you deal locally whenever you c a n , ” Hettmansperger said. “Both of these guys are from around the Wabash area and have (continued on page 6)
AN ARCHETECTURAL RENDERING of the planned 75,000 sq. ft. warehouse Brodbeck Seeds will call home in the Wabash Business Complex. With the move, Brodbecks will relocate its administrative staff and distribution center to the new location, just north of the intersection of SR 13 and U.S. 24. (image provided)
Honeywell Center Gym becomes Legacy Hall by Danielle Swan DSmith @thepaperofwabash.com
COSMETIC CHANGES to what formerly served as the gymnasium at the Honeywell Center preceded a change in the name of the space. The room is now referred to as Legacy Hall, which acknowledges the years of memories formed in the room as well as Mr. Honeywell’s legacy to the Honeywell Center and the community as a whole. (photo provided)
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After serving as the gymnasium since 1947, the Honeywell Center Gym has now become a multipurpose space entitled Legacy Hall. The transition first began three years ago when the YMCA programming moved out of the Honeywell Center to their brand new, state-of-the-art facility. While it has always held the title “gymnasium” or “gymatorium”, the space has
encompassed a wide range of activities, and holds different memories for those who attended these activities. “We had concerts there, but then it was also the gymnasium for the county schools when they didn’t have their own gymnasiums so there is a lot of history there,” said Shannon Shrider, hospitality manager for the Honeywell Center. “A lot of people in the community have memories of playing their high school county tourneys for
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basketball in the gymnasium.” Everything from sporting events to proms to dance recitals was held in the gymnasium of the Honeywell Center. When the YMCA opened, the H o n e y w e l l Foundation’s Board of Directors recognized there was no longer a need to have a facility for sporting events. Lines were removed from the floor, and basketball goals and scoreboards were detached from the (continued on page 7)
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M. Urcella Hodson, 90
Sherry Cramer, 51
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