The Paper of Miami County - Oct. 12, 2022

Upcoming car show to benefit Peru man, Gary Loe

By Michelle Boswell mboswell@thepaperofmiami.com

The month of October is filled with activities all over Miami County. One on the calendar for Saturday, Oct. 15 is a car show with a purpose. It is to lend a help ing hand to a local resident, Gary Loe.

Loe, who has served the community in many ways, has been fighting cancer. Recently, he and his family received the news it had spread. Loe is undergoing chemotherapy at this time.

A Senior at Peru Jr./Sr. High School, Lucas Slagel, along with other volun teers, are hosting a car show with profits to benefit Gary Loe and his wife, Lisa, with medical expenses.

The car show will be held at the Tiger North Athletic Complex on North Broadway in Peru. The show will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

There will be food vendors, a 50/50 raf fle as well as several prizes to raffled.

Some of the vendors include: 765 BBQ, Pizza Quik, Garden Gate Café, Schleppy’s Loins and Bengal Backers to name a few. KV Beads and Baubles and Delicate Daisy Designs will be there sell ing and taking orders for shirts and bracelets to support the Loe family. Shawn Dickerhoff purchased and donat ed coupons for the raffle. Olson Paint & Body provided banners and awards for the car show.

“I’d like to host the biggest car event ever to come through Peru. I hope we can fill up the whole area around our location, too. It should be huge,” said Slagel.

Lucas Slagel, left, poses for a photo with Gary Loe, at Thrush Tennis Courts, Peru. Slagel, is organiz ing a car show to raise funds for Loe and his wife, Lisa. Many vol unteers have signed on to help with the event in hopes of provid ing finanacial and emotional support for the Loe family as Gary continues to battle cancer.

Photo by Tara Slagel

Police reports

Miami County Sheriff’s Department

Oct. 2

Juveniles were reported missing at 1539 W 600 S, Lot 8, Peru. The juve niles were located at their grand mothers prior to officer arrival.

Domestic distur bance was re ported at 2807 Castle CT, Peru.

Joseph Kelly was arrested on charges of domes tic battery in the presence of a child and strangulation.

Loose animals were reported at 644 N 400 W, Peru. The owner was no tified that the ani mals were out.

Drug parapher nalia was reported at 7605 N Old 31, Denver. The para phernalia was col lected from the roadway and de stroyed at the de partment.

A traffic accident with injuries was reported at W 800 N & N 50 W, Den ver. Indiana State Police handled the call.

A traffic accident with injuries was reported at N Chili Ave and Life Rd, Peru.

An SUV vs. dog crash was reported at 2475 W Broad way St, Bunker Hill. The driver re ported no injuries.

Officers at 1911 W 1050 S, Miami spoke with a mother and son about behavior is sues. Mother was referred to proba tion.

Officers re sponded to the area of 2501 W Matador St, County College Apartments, Apt. 3, Peru for a call about possible drug use and a wanted subject. This was unable to be located.

Oct. 3

Domestic distur bance was re ported at 2699 Capehart St, Peru. Male was arrested for Operating While Intoxicated, Residential Entry, Burglary, and Do mestic Battery.

A caller at 3359 N 500 W, Peru, had paid an online company for book editing. Caller was not satisfied with services and had questions on what action she could take against the company.

A caller at 1104 W 200 N, Miami County Sheriff’s Department, Peru had concerns about a friend's health and living conditions. Offi cers made contact with the individ ual who stated he was fine and needed no assis tance. Said his family checks on him daily and he has access to emer gency phone serv ice and text communication.

A caller at 12948

S U.S. 31, Maple Lawn Village, Lot 87, Kokomo re ported theft and damage to resi dence.

An animal prob lem was reported at 4673 S 625 E, Mississinewa Campground, Ob servation Mound, Peru. This was un able to be located.

A two vehicle po lice department crash was reported at W Main St. and N Miami St, Peru.

A state report was completed.

Oct. 4

A suspicious per son was reported at 3777 W 100 N, Peru. Female was told not to knock on doors and to stay off the road way. All checked okay.

A caller at 2156 W 300 N, Peru, ad vised she heard fe male yelling along the river. Spoke with male and fe male. Female ad vised her dog almost got loose so she was yelling at her dog. Every thing checked ok.

A caller at 1104 W 200 N, Miami County Jail, Peru reported threats made to her by an inmate. Jail staff had checked outgo ing communica tion and found nothing. Caller was out of state and did not answer when officers called to obtain ad ditional informa tion.

Theft was re ported at S U.S. 31 and W 500 S, Peru.

A car vs. deer crash was reported at S 250 E & E 550 S, Peru. A state re port was com pleted, and Bowman’s towed the vehicle.

Domestic distur bance was re ported at 1853 W Reed St, Miami. Parties were sepa rated.

A wanted person was reported at 2216 Patrick St, Peru.

A traffic acci dent with injuries was reported at E US. 24 and N Paw Paw Pike, Peru.

Burglary was re ported at 1975 N Lancer St, Peru.

Assault was re ported at 2955 W 1350 S, Kokomo.

Oct. 5

Disorderly con duct was reported at 36064 Beale CT, Peru. All checked okay.

A subject at 1316 Donaldson Ave, Peru advised his son has been walk ing around talking to himself. He re quested he be checked out.

Officers at 256 E 800 S, Maconaquah High School, Bunker Hill as sisted Ma conaquah SRO

with K9 search.

A sex offense was reported at 320 S McKee St, Macy. This was un founded. Subject with autism stated to officers he wanted to "prank call" the police.

A sex offense was reported at 2607 E Macy Gilead Rd, Macy.

An unknown medical emer gency was re ported at 1316 Donaldson Ave, Peru. Male was

transported to dukes for an evalu ation.

Domestic distur bance was re ported at 2943 W 300 S, Willow Springs Mobile Home Park, Lot 1, Peru. Male was ar rested for domestic battery charges.

Theft was re ported at 4982 W 1100 S, Galveston.

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Obituaries

Parkhurst “Park” Miller Cutler, 75, of Peru, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at his home surrounded by his fam ily. He died following a recent diagnosis of late-stage cancer.

Park was born Jan. 6, 1947, in Peru, the son of Frank and Margaret Louise (Miller) Cutler. He married Constance “Connie” Daniels, Aug. 4, 1979, at Main Street United Methodist Church in Peru.

Park was a 1965 grad uate of Peru High School and later re ceived his bachelor’s degree in education from Indiana Univer sity. After a short time teaching, he later spent several years working for the family business at the former Miller’s Florist and Green house in Peru. Always a lover of fine china and crystal, he began spending nearly every weekend combing auc tions in north central Indiana for unique pieces to add to his growing collection. He eventually had enough inventory to open his own antique store, Yes terday’s Elegance, in 1994. He managed the store and continued to go to weekly auctions through the remainder of his life.

Minerva Francis (Wright) Souther ton, 66, of Kokomo passed away at 10:49 a.m. Satur day, Sept. 24, 2022, at her home with family after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Prestonsburg, Ken tucky, June 20, 1956, the daughter of Thomas and Vera (Huddleston) Wright and raised

Park truly lived the ideal of turning what he loved into his work. He loved the hunt for good deals, interesting pieces, and the many wonderful relation ships he made along the way. Outwardly a quiet man, he had an unending supply of in teresting stories to tell once he got started. He had a dry wit which was well known and endeared by those who knew him best. He was an active member of Main Street United Methodist Church and could frequently be seen helping with the day-to-day functions of the church. More than anything else, Park loved spending time with his family. He took great pride in watching the growth and devel opment of his three children and enjoyed every moment with his grandchildren.

In addition to his wife Connie, Park is sur vived by his children Clayton (Julie) Cutler of West Hartford, Con necticut, Dr. Nathan

(Christine) Cutler of Bloomfield, Michigan, and Corinne (Zach) Arnold of Indianapo lis, Indiana; grandchil dren Lydia, Gavin, Clara, Vivian, and Braden Cutler; and sis ters Corbalou (Lyman) Snyder of Franklin, In diana, and Cathelen (John) Batuello of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his parents, infant daughter Christine Cutler, and brother Conradt Cutler.

A service celebrating the life of Parkhurst M. Cutler will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, at Main Street United Methodist Church, 81 W. Main St., Peru, IN with Rev. Dr. Samuel Obdubena offi ciating. Additional vis itation with family and friends will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Friday, at the church preceding the memo rial service. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Ceme tery in Peru, Indiana.

In lieu of flowers, me morial donations may be made through the Eikenberry-Eddy Fu neral Home, 84 W. Main St., Peru to the Cutler Community Fund held at the Northern Indi ana Community Foun dation or to Main Street United Methodist Church.

Harry Stinson Books, 75, Akron, formerly of Macy, Indiana, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, at his residence.

Born August 21, 1947, in Rochester, Indiana, he was the son of Ervin Eli and Phyllis June (Eberle) Books. He was married to Rama Sue “Susie Q” (Deaton) Books, who preceded him in death. He was later married to Veronica Books, who survives.

He was a 1966 gradu ate of North Miami High School and had owned/operated Harry’s Trash Service.

He had also worked for B. Walter in Wabash, Olympic Fiberglass in Rochester, and over thirty years at Jobsite in Rochester. He was a member of the Macy Christian Church. He was a nonstop talker and never knew a stranger. He loved vis iting with people and spending time at the campground at Lake 16 and hunting mush rooms in the woods.

Survivors also in clude his children, Peggy Sue Books

(Larry Luttrell), Combs, Kentucky; son, Steven Dawayne (Tammy) Books, Lex ington, Kentucky; and special niece, Mickie Hoffman, Macy, who he loved like a daughter; eight grandchildren, Mikala Books (Darryl Kozel), Rockford, Illi nois; Brittany (Wayne) Jones, Indianapolis; Tyler Books, Lexing ton; Keeton Kerschner, New Waverly; and Kody (Jessica) Ker schner, Logansport; and Derrick Ker schner, Logansport; Sierra Riddle, Lexing ton, KY; and Darren Riddle, Lexington, Kentucky; eight greatgrandchildren; stepchildren, Donald Houston, Rochester; Monica Wilson, Den ver; and Ladonna Ramirez Hernandez, Logansport; and sev eral step-grandchil

dren, and great-grand children; siblings, Honey Marlene (Loren) Pruitt, War saw; Indiana, Roxanna M. (Paul) Carter, Peru, Indiana; Sandy K. Shockey, Peru, Indi ana; Christina M. Drudge, Florida; Juneattea (Rick) May, Rochester, Indiana; and James (Linda) Warner, Florida; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, and three siblings, Richard Books, Aloralee Brom ley, and Joyce Martin. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, at Plainview Cemetery, Macy, with Pastor Dave Welsh officiating.

A gathering of friends and family fol lowed until 6 p.m. at the Macy Christian Church Fellowship Hall.

McClain Funeral Home, Denver, Indiana, has been entrusted with arrangements. Condolences may be sent online at www.mc clainfh.com.

If a loved one has passed away,let your funeral home know you would like to have itpublished in The Paper of Miami County.

Minerva Francis (Wright) Southerton, 66

during Sunday din ner. She was an avid reader and a huge Elvis fan.

in Peru.

Family was very important to Min erva, and she loved spending time with them, especially

Minerva thor oughly enjoyed watching the LA Dodgers, Colts foot ball and Peyton Manning. She also enjoyed spending time gardening, going to garage sales and thrift stores, and having fun at the casino.

Minerva is sur vived by her chil dren Larry Wright, Melissa Nickels, Terry (Shelly) Southerton, Jr. and Melody (Sean) Jones all of Kokomo, IN; grand children Kody Hile man, Courtney (Cody) Hileman, Kylie (Kevin) Hall, Emmaleigh Skye Southerton, Blake (Olivia) Newby,

Caden Jones and Shawna Jones; great grandchil dren Kenya Arthur, Kinslee Vaske, Malakhi Vaske, Kashius Miller, Sage Hall, Thyme Hall, Blakeleigh Newby, Theodore Newby, Amaiyah Miller, Mahala Miller and Aleiyah Miller; nephews James (Angie) Nice, Robert

(Christy) Nice, and Lonnie (Jessica) Nice and niece Donna (Mark)Walther.

She was preceded in death by her par ents Thomas and Vera, brothers Thomas Wright and Greeley Wright and granddaughter Emmaleigh Southerton.

A memorial gath ering celebrating

the life of Minerva Southerton was held Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers memorial dona tions may be made to EikenberryEddy Funeral Home, 84 W. Main St., Peru, to help offset funeral ex penses.

Parkhurst “Park” Miller Cutler, 75

Harry Stinson Books, 75

Brookston man’s jury trial for triple homicide in Miami County moved to April

By Amy GrahamMcCarty nreditor@hoosie rmediagroup.co m

A Brookston man who was charged with three counts of murder in May of 2021 will not have his day in court until April of next year.

Mitchell Page, formerly of Brook ston, was charged with three counts of murder in the deaths of Jessica Sizemore, 26, Jes siah Hall, 37, and 4-year-old Rae’ Lynn Sizemore. He is being held in the Miami County De tention Facility in Peru.

Page had origi nally been sched uled for a 7-day jury trial to begin in August of this year. That trial was continued until December.

Oct. 7, Page’s attor

ney, Kirk Freeman of Lafayette, asked the court for a con tinuance, which was granted by Miami County Su perior Court Judge Timothy Spahr. Spahr set the matter for a jury trial begin ning April 21, 2023.

On May 21, 2021, officers from the Miami County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a home in the Woodland Hills Trailer Court, Peru, to check the welfare of the resi dents. Officers dis covered the bodies of Sizemore, Hall,

and Rae’Lynn. Po lice also found a 2year-old child in the mobile home.

The child was un injured and trans ported to the hospital for dehy dration and later released to the cus tody of the Divi sion of Family and Child Services.

Autopsies of the victims were con ducted on May 24, 2021, by a Forensic Pathologist who determined the cause of death for all three victims was “gunshot wound to the head,” according to a probable cause affidavit. Police be lieve the three died on May 16, 2021. A 9 mm shell casing was recovered at the scene.

Sizemore and Page have a child together. During a police interview, Page allegedly told police he was at

(Sizemore’s) resi dence on May 16, 2021, to pick up his child for visita tion. During a po lice interview, the child is alleged to have told police that her father “left her in the truck on the day he picked her up. He came out and rolled up the win dows, started the engine and turn on rock-and-roll music, and then when back inside (Sizemore’s resi dence),” according to the probable cause affidavit.

Page allegedly told police he owned and sold a 9 mm Smith and Wesson, S&P model pistol, which he sold a year before the homicides. The gun was allegedly found in a trailer next to a garage at Page’s residence, according to the

affidavit. An ISP firearms examiner test-fired the weapon. Accord ing to the probable cause affidavit, the examiner “ver bally informed in vestigators that markings on (the weapon and the casing found at the scene) matched.”

Police also re ported that “a pre sumptive chemical test of a swab from the muzzle of the seized firearm in dicates the pres ence of blood.”

The test was pre sumptive and addi tional testing would be needed for confirmation, the affidavit states.

Page is sched uled to return to court on Dec. 8, at 8:30 a.m., for a pre trial conference.

All suspects are innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.

Community Calendar

Every Monday

Noon – AA Recovery Meeting – First Christian Church Library, 53 W. Main Street, Peru (use ele vator entrance).

7:30 p.m. – AA Recovery Meeting – Miami Na tion of Indians Tribal Headquarters, 80 W. Sixth Street, Peru (use east entrance).

First Tuesday/every month

6 p.m. - The Miami County Republican Party holds its monthly meeting at party headquarters, 171 N. Miami St., Peru.

Oct. 15

3 p.m. to 6 p.m. – Car Show for Gary Loe – Car show will be held at 857 N. Broadway, Peru. There will be food available at the show. Proceeds go to Gary Loe to help with medical costs.

3:30 p.m. – Lizzie Bunnell Pomeroy Marker Un veiling – 20 East Fifth Street. Stop by the Miami County Museum between Noon and 3 p.m. if you want to discover the Peru Votes for Women Trail locations we have uncovered. Catch up with us at 3:30 at 20 East Fifth Street for the unveiling.

6 p.m. – Miami County Democratic Hoosier Hos pitality Dinner – Annual Fundraiser at Riverview Event Center, 421 West Canal Street, Peru. Contact Lynette at 765-985-3929 for more in formation.

Oct. 15-16 (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.)

Doud’s Cider Weekend – Apples, apple cider slushies, apple cider donuts, caramel apples pumpkin patch, fall décor, live music and more.

See Calendar, Page 8

Mitchell Page

Sports

Maconaquah

Girls Cross Country team wins Sectional

By Allen Sayger

The Ma conaquah Girls cross country team competed in the IHSAA sec tional meet at Lo gansport High School, where they earned their 13th sectional champi onship.

The Lady Braves had six runners in this race, and all of them finished in the top-20, earning all-sectional hon ors.

Abby Jordan crossed the line first for Ma conaquah, placing 3rd overall with a time of 19:21.

Freshman Zoie Laber was not far behind, placing 4th (20:02).

Lucy Loshnowsky ran her best time ever, finishing in 20:23 and placing 6th overall.

Samantha Jones ran a personalbest time of 20:49 and finished in 11th place.

Aubrey McClain was the 5th runner for the Lady Braves, placing 18th in a time of 21:43.

Chloe Jordan rounded out the Maconaquah team finishing in 20th place, earning allsectional honors with a finish time of 21:50.

The Ma conaquah Lady Braves will com pete in the IHSAA regional at Culver Academies Satur day, Oct. 15. The girls run at 10:30 a.m.

Boys Cross Coun try wins Sec tional

By Allen Sayger

For the first time in 13 years, the Maconaquah Boys

cross country team won the IHSAA Sectional meet at Logans port High School.

Once again, the team raced well when it mattered most, with all five scoring runners finishing in the top 25.

Isaiah Witten berg set the bar by finishing in 2nd place with a time of 16:46.

Daylen Schrock ran a 17:29 and fin ished in 5th place.

Kaden Miller (9th, 17:39) had a top-ten finish and his best run of the season.

Once again, Kaden Hanson ran another personalbest time, break ing the 18:00 barrier for the first time (12th, 17:51).

Isaiah Moore had another great race, finishing in the top-25 (23rd) and breaking the 18:30 barrier (18:26).

Jacob Sayger (62nd, 22:40) took 40 seconds off his best time ever.

Luke Abbott fin ished in 28:51 and 70th place.

The Braves will compete at the IHSAA regional meet at Culver Academies next Saturday. Gun time is 11:15 AM.

Girls Eighth Grade Volleyball ends season at 15-2

By Tristyn Koon

In the first round of the RCC Final Four tournament, the girls fell to Rochester in two sets.

Leading scorer was Delaney Bet zner with seven points. The girls played with heart and determination all game, and they finished their sea son with 15 wins and 2 losses.

Record-setting Braves hold off Manchester, 2618

By Chuck Fin ster

Seeking their first conference championship since 1991, the Ma conaquah Braves remained in the title hunt here Fri day night by edg ing the Manchester Squires, 26-18.

The Three Rivers Conference win sets up next weeks “Senior Night” clash when Rochester visits Maconaquah to close out the regu lar season. In order for Coach Tyler Campbell’s gang to secure a three-way share of the crown the Braves must come away with a win and get a Tipp Val ley loss at South wood. Valley is

the lone unbeaten team at 7-0 in league play, while Mac, Rochester and Southwood all stand at 6-1.

For the second time in the past three games, Ma conaquah blew a seemingly safe halftime lead after being in com mand, 26-0, after the opening 24 minutes.

In a game show casing two of the top three quarter backs in the TRC, it was Mac’s Brax ton Birner who stole the show on this night. The junior signalcaller, who ranks third in the state in passing yards and leads the state in completions etched his name in the MHS record books once again.

He completed 28 of 45 passes, good for 321 yards and all four Brave touchdowns. He

broke the singleseason records for attempts, comple tions, and yards that he set a year ago.

Birner’s first completed pass of the game was a 66yard TD bomb to Fuddy Kile just 43 seconds into the contest. Kyler Hanson booted the PAT for a quick 7-0 lead. The long pass moved Birner past Jon Morrell as Maconaquah’s career-passing leader. Birner now has 4205 yards, surpassing Mor rell’s record (3923) set in 1987 and has seven of the top eight single-game efforts in Mac’s 60year history. He credited the playcalling of Coach Campbell and his sure-handed re ceivers as the main reason of getting the record.

“I sometimes don’t make nice throws,

but my receivers make the catches,” he said.

Kile also set an other record on the big play as he wiped out the sin gle season receiv ing record set by John White in 1983. Kile caught three TD passes on the night, tying the single-game record and fin ished with 131 yards on eight catches. The soph omore now has 927 yards this season and moved into the “Top 20” on Mac’s all-time scoring list. “It’s really nice to get the record and sharing it with my friends”, Kile said.

“We have real good chemistry after being to gether the past two years.”

The Braves took a 13-0 lead with 3:31 left in the first stanza when Birner hit AJ

Kelly on a short one-yard TD pass. Kelly was on the receiving end of 12 Birner passes on the night and fin ished with a gamehigh 132 yards.

After both teams lost possession on fumbles and the Braves forced a punt, Maconaquah began its next scoring drive at its own 44 with 9:10 left in the opening half. With Ty Gal van doing the groundwork, Mac reached paydirt in just over three minutes. A Birner-to-Kile pass from 13 yards out capped the nineplay drive. Han son’s kick had the Braves on top, 20-0 with 5:58 showing. Galvan rushed for a game-high 77 yards on 20 car ries.

Kelly’s 12-yard interception re turn, and Squire

Peru Jr./Sr. High School Senior, Alex Smithers, carries the ball while running through the Northfield defense. The Peru Tigers hosted the Northfield Norsemen, Friday, Oct. 7. The Tigers lost the game with the ending sore of Northfield-36, Peru-13. The Tigers will host Manchester Friday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. Photo by Michelle Boswell

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facemask penalty gave the Braves the ball back at the Manchester 23 with 80 seconds remaining in the half. Facing a fourth-and-12 at the 25, Kile hauled in a 21yarder and then closed out the half with a four-yard TD catch with :27 showing.

The Squires scored on their first possession of the second half and added a pair of scores in the final 5:32 of the fourth quarter to close out the scor ing, 26-18.

Sophomores Ethan Farnell (10), Brady Dausch (9) and Austin Ringeisen (8) led Brave tack lers. Jackson Collins and Ayden Jernagan had fumble recover ies, while Farnell and Collins each caused fumbles. Isaac Pearce and Kelly intercepted Squire passes.

The Braves are now 6-2 overall, while Manchester dropped to 1-7 on the year and to 1-6 in the TRC. Ma conaquah’s firstround sectional 28 opponent in the upcoming 50th an nual IHSAA tour nament will be Hamilton Heights.

Peru

Boys Varsity Tennis falls to Culver Acade mies 4-1 in Re gional Championship

By Trevor Hyde

The Tigers con tested the re gional final at Culver Academy. The gentleman represented Peru High School with the determina tion, sportsman ship, and class expected of Peru tennis players. Culver claimed the regional championship

Mac girls and boys cross country teams win sectional

with a 4-1 victory.

Seniors Ben Beckman, Lucas Slagel, and A.J. Rodriguez con cluded their high school tennis ca reers with the end of the season.

Ben Beckman secured the lone point for the Tigers with a con vincing 6-0, 6-1 win at #2 singles.

The #1 doubles team of Lucas Slagel and Jack son Boswell and #1 singles Ian Potts lost 0-6, 0-6. Peru’s Gavin El dridge posted a 36, 1-6 score at #3 singles; Peru’s #2 doubles tandem of Jayleb Walsh and Jacob Boswell lost 1-6, 0-6.

The Tigers fin ished the season as sectional cham pions, TRC cham pions, and regional finalists.

Varsity Volleyball team defeats Park Heritage to end 1-3 at North Montgomerey

By Dennett Roettger

Varsity Lady Tigers traveled to North Mont gomerey on Satur day for a final competition be fore Sectionals. Peru went 1-3 on the day defeating Park Heritage 2518, 25-20. They also faced South mont falling 24-26, 17-25, Northview 12-25, 21-25, and Clay City 18-25, 2426. Senior Caitlyn Miller led the Tigers with 26 kills on the day. Senior Maddie Nordman con tributed 15 serv ice points, and Emma Eldridge with 27 assists.

Cross Country team competes at Logansport Sectional

By Lisa Hobbs

The Peru Tigers competed at the Logansport CrossCountry Sectional today. Though nei ther the boys nor girls had full teams, the run ners still com peted well.

Placing first for Peru and 34th overall was Le land Brown with a career PR of 19:04. Leland just missed moving onto Regional by one place. Placing second for Peru and 63rd overall was Aireian Knight with a time of 22:44. Placing third for Peru and 65th overall was Regan McGuire with a career PR of 23:20 and placing fourth for Peru and 66th overall was Glen Baldwin with a time of 23:20.

In the girls race, Anna Roush placed 60th with a time of 37:42. This completes the 2022 CrossCountry Season for the Peru Tigers.

Kara Baker was recognized as an Academic AllState Honorable

Mention for girls golf - Con gratulations to Kara!

Police continued from Page

package or item was reported at 2163 W Old Stone Rd, Peru.

Burglary was re ported at 2051 W

Auto

Matador St, Peru.

Criminal mischief was reported at Lo gansport Rd. and U.S. 31, Peru.

A single vehicle crash into a fence was reported at S U.S. 31 and W Hoosier Blvd, Peru. Minor injuries were reported.

Domestic distur bance was reported at Logansport Rd.

and U.S. 31, Peru. This was unable to be located.

A vehicle at 12948 S U.S. 31, Lot 20, Maple Lawn Vil lage, Kokomo was towed to wrong ad dress after an acci dent the previous day. Tow truck en route to move to proper address.

A vehicle was left unoccupied on a property at 6378 E 600 N, Peru and the property owner did know the vehicle.

Owner of vehicle

was located and the confusion was recti fied with a reunion of neighbors.

A female at 314 E Washington Ave, Prescott Greene, Bunker Hill was yelling disturbing the neighbors. Fe male was told to keep it quiet.

Trespassing was reported at 2600 E St. Rd. 124, Peru.

An animal prob lem was reported at 1750 W 600 S, Peru.

A stolen vehicle was reported at

3331 W 300 S, Peru. This vehicle had al ready been re ported stolen on a previous call. It was already in IDACS. 52-7 is working a case on the inci dent.

Oct. 8

An agency assis tance was reported at 2459 S Wallick Rd, Peru. James Bellar was arrested per a warrant from Miami Superior Court II.

A traffic accident with injuries was reported at N U.S. 31 and W 900 N, Macy.

An individual at 3246 S Wallick Road, Peru, was pinned between combine and imple ment. Patient was flown by Lutheran Air.

Officers at 256 E 800 S, Maconaquah High School, Bunker Hill as sisted medics with injured player.

A car vs. deer

crash was reported at E St. Rd. 124 and S 675 E, Peru.

A single vehicle crash vs. deer was reported at W 400 N and N U.S. 31, Peru. No injuries were re ported. A state re port was completed.

A caller at 210 W Harrison St, Hunters Trailer Park, Lot 7, Con verse received a ha rassing text message. The caller believed they were using a number changing app.

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Oct. 22

4 p.m. to 7 p.m. –Miami County Re publican Party

Fall Fish Fry – 12 N. Miami Street. Second annual Fall Fish Fry. Dan’s Fish Fry Service is providing the meal. Pre-sale tick ets are $11 and at the door it will be $12. The meal will have fish and chicken with two sides. Dine in and carry out.

2 p.m. to 7 p.m. –The Peru Jr./Sr. High School Fall Arts Festival – The art gallery will have art featured by students. Local artists demonstrat ing and displaying their work in the commons. Live music from Peru

High School Alum nus Kyle Johnson from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. “On Broad way” perform ances at 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. featuring Peru High School Club, Peru High School Swing Choir, and the Peru High School Jazz Band.

Oct. 29

10 a.m. – 3 p.m. –Fall Miami County Train Show –Miami County Fairgrounds. 130 tables of vendors, exhibits and train layouts. Admission is $3. Kids six and under are free.

Oct. 31

5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – Fall Fest Drive-

Thru - Parkview United Methodist Church, 1785 S. State Road 19 will have treats avail able for children.

Please enter on the east drive and out the west drive. Questions? Call the church at 765473-5526.

Nov. 19

6 p.m. – Peru Christmas Parade and Courthouse Tree lighting. The parade begins at the Peru Depot on Canal Street and turns onto Broad way. The route ends at Circus City Festival, 154 N. Broadway.

If you have an upcoming event, send it to: mboswell@thepap erofmiami.com.