The Paper of Miami County -- Sept. 28, 2022

Officer Tussey retires from Peru Police Department

By Michelle Boswell mboswell@thepaperofmiami.com

Russell James Tussey, known to many as Officer Russ Tussey, has retired from the Peru Police Department after 30 years and four months of service.

While in the thick of it, 30 years could seem like a lifetime, but to Tussey, it didn’t feel that way.

“The first 20 years went normal but the then the last 10 years went super-fast,” said Tussey.

Tussey and his wife, Julie, have been married for 14 years and share a daughter, Heather, who is in her 30s living with her husband in Tennessee.

Tussey’s childhood, coming from a military family, was filled with several moves. His father was a gunner in a B-52 in the Air Force and his mother was a homemaker who also worked var ious jobs as the family grew. Tussey has a sister one year younger and a brother seven years younger. Both siblings live in Colorado. Tussey spent his high school years in North Dakota. Tussey joined the military in 1984 and was sta tioned at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. In 1986, he was moved to Grissom Air Force Base until Feb. 29 (Leap Year), 1992. He was hired at the Peru Police Department May 1, 1992. He has worked in dif ferent positions with the Peru Police Department such as patrolman, Peru Community Schools resource officer, lieu tenant, emergency response team/high risk warrant service team and juvenile detective.

When asked why he decided to become an offi cer, the answer went deeper than just ‘kicking in doors and taking names.’ That, Tussey said, “was fun for about two minutes.”

“You have to really realize that it's about peo ple and I like people. I wanted to help people…to be in a career I knew was going to make a dif ference in the community and of course all the fun exciting stuff that goes along with that,” he said. But every job has its challenges and being a police officer comes with many, both public and not so visible.

“I've had some difficult times just like any

body else on the Police Department. There have been seasons where officers would disagree about certain things that are going on but in that you figure out how to work through those things together even though you don't necessar ily agree all the time with everybody. You’re still family and any one of those guys would, when it comes to doing stuff on the line, we got each other’s back,” Tussey said.

Tussey will tell you, it was 14 years into his job when he started to enjoy it. Not because of his position or anything else that had to do with the day-to-day routine. It was because he had started to attend church and he gave his life up to the Lord.

“In this job I'm not always good at it but I learned patience and I learned how to be com passionate. I'll tell you, when I really started enjoying my job more is when I started going to

church, gave my life up to the Lord and I start ed to realize this job is not about me. It's bigger than me. Things started to make sense when I would go on certain calls. Like, I'm supposed to be here or oh, that's why this happened because I'm supposed to be here. You feel like you've kind of been an instrument. I think God used me,” he said.

Tussey continued, “I’ve had numerous oppor tunities to share my testimony and some scrip ture with people. It’s very interesting…after 30 years, and not that I need any pat on the back, I think God sent people up to me saying, ‘you remember that time you talked to me on the bridge because I was destitute that day and what you said stuck with me. Numerous people have come up to me and said things that I have done over the past 30 years. It has come back as

Tussey,

Officer Russ Tussey recently retired from the Peru Police Department after 30 years and four

months of service. Photo by Michelle Boswell

Tussey continued from Page 1 a reward.”

Rewards come in many ways as an of ficer. Some they take with gratitude and others they have to turn down.

Tussey spoke of how often people in the community thank him for his service. “It’s nonstop and it’s not an noying at all. Some guy tried to give four of us cash. It was a lot of cash, too! We told him we couldn’t take it, but he was just trying to be appreciative,” he said with a laugh.

One can imagine working three decades for the po lice department would present many situations. Some stick with you for a long time.

“Going on calls where couples are arguing, or they’re divorced or sepa rated. You can see them…they don’t know they are doing it…but you can see them using their children to get ground against the other. It’s hard to see the kids wrapped up in the middle of a horri ble situation,” Tussey said. He continued, “I've seen children who have died. I’ve seen babies who have passed away in the night from too much medicine. It was seriously an accident. You have compassion for the family. I think if you didn’t have that, it would be hard to do my job. And I’ve learned a lot. When you see things like that, you learn from that and become more compassionate. Es pecially when someone thinks their world is over. How do you tell a family with a child who just died it’s going to be okay?”

Another incident put Tussey into a difficult situation having to tell a wife her husband died

in an accident.

“I knew the guy just bought a mo torcycle. He was in Logansport riding on 24 and somebody crossed in front of him. He had the right of way. I didn’t have anyone to help me (break the news to the wife). I knocked on the door and asked if she was so and so, and she said yes. I said I have some bad news and told her he was in an ac cident, and he passed away. She went into auto matic pilot. No one was there with her. Her son was at col lege. No neighbors. Tried to call the pastor but he was in Kokomo. So, I stayed with her. You don’t leave them by them selves. What do you say? Really. What do you say? I was with her for 45 min utes. Eventually, her neighbor came home. I went over to talk to him and while he was back ing his van in, I told him there was an accident and so and so passed away and he freaked out! Because they were that tight. He runs over to be with her, and then other peo ple started showing up. It was then I felt comfortable enough to leave. I went to his funeral as a rep resentative of the police department but also because I felt a connection,” Tussey shared.

Tussey said he at tended other funer als because people want to see a repre sentative from their

Officer Russ Tussey Peru Police Department

department there and he just felt a connection and wanted to be there.

Although profes sionalism is ex pected when one becomes a police of ficer, they are human, and emo tions come with the job. Feelings expe rienced when first becoming an officer will definitely change over the years. With experi ence comes a cer tain level of maturity.

“When I first got hired, I couldn’t imagine taking a weekend off. Right? That’s when the ac tion is. Where would I want to be…a young cop on a Friday or Satur day night? I’d be laying in bed and hear motorcycles revving up and think, ‘what’s going on? I’ve gotta be at work!’ Then you move on from that. Then you settle in. The adrenaline dumps don’t hap pen as often. I’ve had adrenaline dumps, but not the ones where you can’t breathe, in a long time. After 30 years, you just kind of take everything

in stride. Even the emergency calls, you’re going fast, but you’re not going too fast that you’re going to cause someone else injuries or a kid is going to run out into the street and get hit. Especially if someone is there before you. I’m just quite a bit more cautious and calm. When you’re on that many years, you need to be, and the young guys need to be the way they are because they need that en ergy. The older guys need to be like, ‘calm yourself down a bit. We’ll get there.’”

But Tussey is quick to say just be cause he has been there a long time doesn’t mean he is ‘all that.’ He said he could learn things from ‘guys who were on the job for two days.’

Speaking of rook ies, Tussey said he believes they have more to deal with than he did when he first began.

“Videos are prob ably the biggest thing to deal with today. They (offi cers) have to watch

what they say and who is around them. They have to be more aware of their surroundings than I ever did when I started. It is challenging. We had a radio, gun, and handcuffs. We didn’t have video 30 years ago. Now we have video cameras everywhere,” he said.

Now that he has reached retirement, what has Tussey been looking for ward to?

“I have been in a uniform for the past 38 years…eight years in the Air Force and 30 years as a police officer. I’m used to a rou tine every day. Get my uniform on. Even though it’s not comfortable, I’m used to it. Get

in my police car. It’s a sign of authority. I won’t get to wear this (uniform) any more and I won’t get to drive a police car anymore, which it’s not about the car or the uniform but the whole pack age. I’ll miss that routine and I’ll have to come up with a new one. I’m looking forward to not having the stress of having to be at work at 3 o’ clock. As much as I’m going to miss it, for the same rea sons, I’m looking forward to retire ment. But I knew years ago that when it was time for me to go, I needed to go on a good note. I don’t hate it. It’s just time for me to go,” Tussey said.

When asked if he could give advice to a rookie what would it be? He said, “Pace your self. You’re going to make mistakes. The mistakes you make…learn from them. Don’t beat yourself up. If no one ever failed, how would we learn anything?”

Tussey, nearly a month into his re tirement, can now reflect on his time as a Peru Police Of ficer. If you ask him, it’s been a good career.

“I always tell peo ple I haven’t worked a day in my life. It’s been good. I’ve learned a lot,” he said.

Now, for Tussey, it’s time for a new routine.

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“...I won’t get to wear this (uniform) anymore and I won’t get to drive a police car anymore, which it’s not about the car or the uniform but the whole package. I’ll miss that routine and I’ll have to come up with a new one.”

Obituaries

Vivian Ruth Pugh, 92, of North Manchester passed away sur rounded by loving fam ily Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at Timbercrest in North Manchester.

She was born in Phoenix, Illinois, Aug. 25, 1930, to Steven and Ruth Patkus. She mar ried Jack Pugh July 25, 1948, and raised her children in Gilead, In diana.

Vivian was a home maker to her husband and children and spent much of her time working on the family farm and enjoying farm life. Her greatest joy in life was spend ing time with her fam ily, from her children when they were young to her great-great grandchildren in more recent years. She loved to watch the birds out side her window and eat out with her family and friends.

Vivian was a sweet and talkative woman who could make friends with anyone

and left a positive mark on everyone she met. There was not a person she spoke to who will not remember her smile or her kind ness, or the way she could turn a bad day to a good one with a con versation. Vivian was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grand mother to many peo ple.

Vivian is survived by her brother, Charles Patkus (Beth), and her four children: her daughter Chris Haecker, North Man chester, Indiana, her son Jack Pugh (Susan), Wabash, Indiana, her daughter Jean Stavedahl (Rick), Men tone, Indiana, and her

son Steve Pugh (Lea), Peru, Indiana. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and 8 great-great grandchildren.

Vivian is preceded in death by her husband, Jack Pugh, her par ents, her two sisters and brother, her sonin-law Bob Hacker, and her great-granddaugh ter Ari.

Vivian’s celebration of life will take place Oct. 7 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Congrega tional Christian Church at 310 N. Wal nut, North Manchester, Indiana. All are wel come to come and take part in the remem brance and celebration of Vivian’s life with her cherished loved ones.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home. Friends and family may sign the online guestbook at www.Flower sLeedyAllen.com.

Mary Lynn (Ridenour) Baldwin, 82

Mary Lynn (Ride nour) Baldwin, 82, passed away at Dukes Memorial Hospital Sat urday, Sept. 17, 2022.

She was born in Lo gansport, Indiana, Sept. 26, 1939, to the late Harold and Mar cella (Downy) Ride nour. Mary married Sam Baldwin Sept. 15, 1972, and he survives.

Mary enjoyed going Goodwill shopping. She was a member of the St. Charles Catholic Church.

She is survived by

her husband, daughter, Carla (Mike) Miller of Las Vegas, Nevada, sons, Dennis Nelson of Peru, Indiana, Troy Nelson of Peru, Indi ana, grandchildren; Adam Nelson, Lacey Jones, Nick Nelson, Amanda Walters, great grandchildren; Blakely Walters, Maren Wal ters, Drey Jones, brothers; Bobbie Ride nour of Logansport, Indiana, Kenton Ride nour of Peru, Indiana, sisters; Karen Gangloff of Walton, Indiana,

Carol Sharp of Carry, North Carolina, and Julie Friend of Lo gansport, Indiana.

Mary is preceded in death by her parents and brother, Mike Ri denour.

Per Mary’s request, there will be no serv ices.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home. Friends and family may sign the online guestbook at www.Flower sLeedyAllen.com.

Shane G. Nye, 52, of Peru, passed away at 2:45 a.m., Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, at his resi dence. He was born in Peru, Jan. 27, 1970, the son of David and Teresa Carson Hostetler.

In 1975, Shane was adopted by Gerald Nye. On March 1, 2019, Shane married the love of his life, Tara Olson, and she survives.

Shane was a 1988 graduate of Peru High School and a retired Machine Operator at

Robert A. “Bob”

Schneider Electric. He also owned and oper ated Nye’s Wildlife Re moval Service in Peru.

Shane was an excellent carpenter and an avid outdoorsman. Shane lived life fully, setting an example grounded in great personal

courage, wit, and in tegrity.

Shane is survived by his wife Tara, his mother Teresa Click of Peru, a son Zackary Nye and his wife Bri anna of Silver Lake and a stepdaughter, Taylor Carter of Kokomo. He was pre ceded in death by his father, Gerald Nye.

A memorial gather ing, celebrating the life of Shane G. Nye was held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, Septem ber 22, 2022, at the

Robert A. “Bob” Harkema, 69

Harkema, 69, of Peru, passed away at 5:28 p.m., Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, at his residence, surrounded by his fam ily.

Bob was born in Indi anapolis, Nov. 3, 1952, the son of Jacob and Patricia Pritchard Harkema. He married, the love of his life, Marcia Edwards, at her parents’ house, Aug. 2, 1975, and she survives.

Bob was a 1971 gradu ate of Triton Central High School and a 1975 graduate of Ball State University with a bach elor’s degree in educa tion and earned a Marketing degree from IVY Tech. Bob was a member of the Mc Grawsville Community Church, serving on many committees, in cluding teaching Sun day School. He worked at RCA in Marion and was a Dekalb / Asgrow Seed Dealer for many years where he thor oughly enjoyed work ing with area farmers.

Bob was a member of the Peru Maennerchor, the Circus City Sam’s Camping Group, and a former Maconaquah School Board Member. He coached boys and girls elementary bas ketball at Maconaquah and also Junior Varsity Girls basketball. A de voted husband, father and grandfather, Bob thoroughly enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.

Surviving in addition to his wife, Marcia, are daughters, Sherri (Del bert) Anderson of Aldie, Virginia, and Julie (Clayton) Cutler of West Hartford, Con necticut, a brother, Arthur (Lorie) Harkema of Mooresville, Indiana, his mother-in-law, Vi vian Edwards of Peru

and a brother-in-law, Gary (Jane) Edwards and eleven grandchil dren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister-in-law and her husband, Sharon (Ed wards) and Charles Berkheiser and his fa ther-in-law, Gerald Ed wards.

A service celebrating the life of Robert A. Harkema was held at 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at the Mc Grawsville Community Church, 9377 S. 300 E., Amboy with Pastor Doug Benham, and Dennis Harts officiat ing. Burial was at Rankin Cemetery. Fam ily and friends gath ered from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday at the church.

In lieu of flowers, me morial donations may be made through the Eikenberry-Eddy Fu neral Home, 84 W. Main St., Peru to the Mc Grawsville Community Church.

Vivian Ruth Pugh, 92 Shane G. Nye, 52

Donna Lee Wolf, 83, of Amboy passed at 12:16 p.m., Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at Dukes Memorial Hospi tal. She was born in Howard County, Jan. 31, 1939, the daughter of Clarence and Beulah (Heaton) Cain. Donna mar ried Marvin D. Wolf, Oct. 19, 1956, in Peru, Indiana, and he preceded her in death March 25, 2001.

Donna was a 1956 gradu ate of Clay Township High School and worked as cus todian for Maconaquah School Corporation. A woman of faith, she was a

Donna Lee Wolf, 83

committed member of North Grove Church. Donna also enjoyed garage sales and visiting flea mar kets.

Donna is survived by her sons Chris Wolf and his wife Tonia of Amboy, Indi ana, and Bret Wolf and his wife Kimberly of Bunker Hill, Indiana, and her seven grandchildren Nicole Wolf, Sara WolfHerbst, Alex (Karlee) Wolf, Levi (Jaci) Wolf, Tara (Marty) Miller, Heather Jones and Savannah Wolf; she also leaves behind four teen great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband Marvin Wolf, she was pre ceded by her parents and her brother Larry Cain.

A service celebrating the life of Donna Lee Wolf will be held at 7 p.m., Wednes day, Sept. 28, 2022, at the North Grove Church, 10536 S. 550 E., Amboy, Indiana, with Pastor Randy Smoot officiating. Burial will be in Kendall Cemetery at 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Family and friends will gather from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday at the church.

Onward Farm Market offers fresh, home-grown products

The Onward Farm Market, lo cated at 4190 W 500 S, Peru. Is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Be sure to get there this week as they will close for the sea son by the end of the month.

The Onward Farm Market is owned by the Royer family. They moved back home from Mis souri in April. The are origi nally from Car roll County and opened the farm

market July 9, 2022. All their produce is home grown. Nothing is trucked in or shipped to their market.

They offer tomatoes, cherry tomatoes (several colors), corn, zuc chini, potatoes, onions, garlic, peppers (differ ent varieties), green beans, cab bage, water melon, homemade maple syrup, sorghum, local honey, jams, jellies (and other canned items from the Summer

Kitchen in Cam den, Indiana).

They are family owned and oper ated with every thing grown onsite.

They also offer Pastured Poultry from Imperial Pastures, 3573 North State Road 75, Camden, Indi ana. The chick ens thrive on pasture, fresh air, and non-GMO grains while under special care. They are carefully and hu manely “dressed” and chilled, ready for the

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table or to be frozen. Thanks giving turkeys are also avail able. Chickens are 4.5 to 6 lbs. @ $3.50/lb. Turkey are approxi mately 16 lbs. @ $3.95/lb. You must place your order to receive chickens on Oct. 8 and turkeys will be available Nov. 19. Although the poultry will come from Cam den, Indiana, you can request to pick them up at the Onward Farm Market in Peru.

Community Calendar

Every Monday

10:30 a.m. –Movers and Shakers, a music and movement program at the Peru Public Li brary. Ages 0-5.

Noon – AA Re covery Meeting –First Christian Church Library, 53 W. Main Street, Peru (use eleva tor entrance).

7:30 p.m. – AA Re covery Meeting –Miami Nation of Indians Tribal Headquarters, 80 W. Sixth Street, Peru (use east en trance).

First Tuesday/every month

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

Every Tuesday

10 a.m. – Every Tuesday, one dozen regular (no specialty) dough nuts can be pur chased for $12 directly from Joe DeRozier. $6 goes directly to the Po licemen and Fire men

Appreciation fund. Contact DeRozier on Mondays before 10 a.m. to place an order. Dough nuts need to be picked up before 10 a.m. on Tues days. DeRozier can be reached through his per sonal Facebook page to place or ders.

10:30 a.m. –Story time at the Peru Public Li brary.

6 p.m. – AA Re covery Meeting –Miami Nation of Indians Tribal Headquarters, 80 W. Sixth Street, Peru (use east en trance).

Every Wednesday

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

Every Thursday

4:30 p.m. – Lego Club at the Peru Public Library.

6 p.m. – AA Re covery Meeting –Miami Nation of Indians Tribal Headquarters, 80 W. Sixth Street, Peru (use east en trance).

Every third Thursday each month

4:30 p.m. –American Girl Club at the Peru Public Library.

Every Friday

Noon – AA Re covery Meeting –First Christian Church Library, 53 W. Main Street, Peru (use eleva tor entrance).

7:30 p.m. – AA Re covery Meeting –Miami Nation of Indians Tribal Headquarters, 80 W. Sixth Street, Peru (use east en trance).

Every Saturday

10 a.m. – AA Re covery Meeting –First Christian Church Library, 53 W. Main Street, Peru (use eleva tor entrance). Every Sunday

2 p.m. – AA Re covery Women’sonly meeting, First Christian Church Library, 53 W. Main Street, Peru (use eleva tor entrance).

Sept. 28

11 a.m. – Mobile Food Pantry –1799 Foreman Drive – Grissom Air Base – This is a drive-thru food bank. Do not ar

rive before 10:30 a.m. or get out of your vehicle.

Now - Nov. 4

Circus Skills Classes will be held at the Circus City Festival Arena Sept. 19 –Nov. 4. There will be no classes Oct. 1-8 due to a prior commitment at the arena. Acts to be offered as well as a practice schedule and costs will be re leased soon. Look for more infor

mation on the Peru Circus Fes tival Facebook page as well as at the three commu nity school sys tems in Miami County.

Oct. 10

The city trash schedule – Mon day’s trash will be collected with Tuesday’s collec tion on Oct. 11.

Oct. 15

3 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. Pro ceeds go to Gary Loe to help with medical costs.

6 p.m. – Miami County Demo cratic Hoosier Hospitality Din ner – Annual Fundraiser at Riverview Event Center, 421 West Canal Street, Peru. Contact Lynette at 765985-3929 for more information.

Oct. 31

5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – Fall Fest DriveThru - 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 765-473-5526.

Nov. 4 & 5

Nov. 4 – 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Nostalgic North Pole

Christmas Mar ket

Nov. 5 – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Nostalgic North Pole Christmas Mar ket – Both days, Christmas store flip – pine, hot chocolate, ginger bread, pepper mint lattes, live music and more.

If you have an upcoming event, send it to: mboswell@thepa perofmiami.com.

Ole Olsen Memorial Theatre to present:

Show dates & times:

Thursday, Sept. 29, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, 2 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, 2 p.m.

Children’s tickets - Under 12

Theatre -Thursday, Sept.29 - $32

General admission - $12

Running time: 2 hours, 15 min. including intermission

Shows are performed at the Peru Depot, 154 South Broadway, Peru, Indiana

Police reports

Miami County Sheriff’s Department

Sept. 16

A car vs deer acci dent was reported at S 450 E & E 500 S, Peru.

A juvenile needed mental help at 570 E 900 N, North Miami Middle/High School, Denver.

Four County Crisis Team responded as well as parent. As sistance given.

A two-vehicle crash was reported at 21 E 3rd St, Deci sion Information SYS, Peru.

A follow up to a previous case was conducted at 309 E 6th St, Peru. Kim ber Conn was ar rested per a warrant from Miami Superior

Court.

A complainant at 1445 W Hoosier Blvd, Ladd Dental Group, Peru re ported harassment by neighbors who work for a contract ing firm in the area. The com plainant said there was a traffic inci dent that resulted in yelling by mem bers of in and out construction. Com plainant said no di rect threats were made and the other party never came onto his property.

Officers at S U.S. 31 and W 800 S, Bunker Hill as sisted Indiana State Police with a crash.

Officers re sponded to the area of E 500 S and S 150 E, Peru in refer ence to a possible domestic. Upon

speaking with the female juvenile, of ficers were advised by family and the male half that she was suicidal. Four County was con tacted, and medics transported the ju venile to Dukes.

Domestic distur bance was reported at 171 E Third St, Walnut Hill Mobile Home Park, Lot 21, Bunker Hill.

A welfare check was requested at 3425 Westover St, Peru for a female making wild allega tions. Female was advised to speak to a detective.

Officers were ad vised of a suicidal female at E Wabash Rd. and E Lovers Lane Rd, Peru. Fe male was trans ported to Dukes and met with Four

County.

Officers assisted Bunker Hill at 39012 Edwards CT, Peru with a disor derly subject. Ver bal argument between husband and wife. Male sub ject was intoxicated and issued a disor derly warning.

Reports of possi ble shots fired were taken at 1577 E Paw Paw Pike, Peru. It was determined that the sounds were caused by live stock.

Sept. 17

A verbal argu ment was reported at 1036 N Lincoln St, Peru. Male party possibly has dementia.

A male at 1224 Chanute Ave, Peru stated that a female tried to slap him,

and he put up his arm to block her, but she made con tact with fingertips. Male did not want to pursue criminal charges. Male was trespassed from fe males address.

A verbal argu ment between sis ters was reported at S U.S. 31 and W 900 S, Bunker Hill. Both females were taken home.

A verbal argu ment was reported at W 800 N and N Union City Road, Denver. Nothing needed from law enforcement.

A car vs. deer crash was reported at E Wabash Road and N 700 E, Peru.

A caller at 1577 E Paw Paw Pike, Peru requested welfare check on mother. Made contact with

the female outside of the residence, she stated she had been working in side the barn and did not have her phone with her. Stated she was fine and needed nothing further. Female did reference the call from the previous evening. No signs of injury or dis

tress.

A caller at 3688 N 190 W, Peru was suf fering from confu sion possibly related to medica tion change. Family was contacted and would be en route to the residence.

Officers at N Chili Ave. and Monroe

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Practice has been taking place for weeks in preparation for the Ole Olsen Memorial Theatre presentation of “Little Women.” Photo by Michelle Boswell

Choppin’ Broccoli

By Laura Kurella

When I was a child, if we didn’t like the food that was prepared for us our only option was to go to bed hungry.

Raised by parents that survived the Great Depression, eating nutrition ally-sound meals was foremost in their minds. How ever, since we never had to suf fer such depriva tions, the good eating habits our parents taught us slowly slid down hill. For many, the dip in nutrition also led to a dip in good health.

The inner battle that wages in us between eating healthy and eat ing junk is as old as time. There is nary a person out there who hasn’t had an inner dia log while stand ing in front of an ice cream shop, “I don’t want to eat that hot fudge sundae! I do want to eat that hot fudge sundae!”

When we find ourselves at odds such as this, our best choice is “No!” because more often than not, whenever we give into a fleshly temptation, we wind up regret ting it.

The best way to quiet that inces sant bickering in your head is to strike a deal with your flesh in stead. One that ensures that the body gets the nu trients it needs from healthy food choices before anything else, and by agreeing to be more furtive, es pecially with healthy foods that are not super

amazing alone, like broccoli.

Offering us a complete power house of nutri tion in a single serving, broccoli is one of the most nutritious vegeta bles we can eat, and it’s economi cal too!

Rich in the com pound sulfo phane, which fights off carti lage-destroying enzymes, broccoli is a great natural anti-inflamma tory, which also protects blood vessels in the heart, keeping it healthier.

Extremely rich in Vitamin C, es pecially when raw, broccoli helps to build col lagen, which helps our skin re pair itself, heal ing wounds and cuts faster, and protecting the body from damag ing free radicals.

Possessing the compounds lutein and zeaxanthin, broccoli helps im prove eyesight, and fight off can cer cells, espe cially melanoma, certain types of leukemia, prostate cancer and stomach and intestinal can cers, too.

High in fiber, broccoli also helps lower cho lesterol, aid diges tion, and since it helps us to feel fuller, helps us to eat less food!

Boasting so many health benefits, broccoli is a surefire way to super charge your body’s immune system so it’s ready for the cold and flu season that’s coming soon.

Here now are some crisp ways to get you chop

pin' broccoli. Enjoy!

Laura Kurella is a nationally awardwinning recipe de veloper and food columnist who loves to share recipes from her Midwest kitchen. She welcomes your comments at lau rakurella@yahoo. com.

Bold Broccoli Bites/ Dip

Yield: 4 servings (about 15 table spoon-size balls)

1 cup broccoli flo rets

1 cup cashew nuts

2 thin slices red onion

1 clove garlic

1 teaspoon avo cado oil

1/4 to 1/2 a fresh jalapeno

1/2 teaspoon ground black pep per pinch unrefined mineral sea salt In the bowl of a food processor, add broccoli and cashews. Pulse process until chopped into small pieces. Do not over process. Add remaining ingredients and pulse just until everything is well combined and has a wet, crumbly consistency, about 20- 30 pulses. Sea son to taste then, using a table spoon measure or scoop, measure and shape into small, bite-sized balls or squares, place on a serving dish and refriger ate to help set up.

Alternately, serve as a dip by simply placing mixture into a serving dish. Keep refrigerated until use. Serve with assorted crackers, pita chips or toast points.

Easy – Cheesy Broccoli Soup

Yield: About 4 servings

3 tablespoons un salted butter

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 small onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, chopped 1/4 cup all-pur pose flour

3 cups low-sodium chicken broth

2 bay leaves

1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg freshly ground pepper, to taste

2 heads broccoli, divided use

1 large carrot, julienned

2 cups half-andhalf 8 ounces sharp white and yellow cheddar cheese, grated Trim broccoli florets off the stalks then rinse, drain and set aside. Rinse re maining stalks then trim, dis carding dry ends, and finely chop remaining stalks then set aside.

In a large, heavy-bottomed pan or pot over medium heat, melt butter. Add onion and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.

Add garlic then whisk in the flour and cook until golden, about 3 to 4 minutes. Grad ually whisk in chicken broth then add bay leaves, nutmeg and pepper and bring to a boil.

Add chopped broccoli stalks then reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 20 min utes. Remove from heat, remove bay leaves and discard, then whisk in the half

A great step toward better health is to add more green foods to your plate, but if your body tends to fight you when it comes to eating green, just try preparing it in more pleasing ways!

Photographer: Laura Kurella

and half. Using an immersion blender or other cutter, puree soup until smooth then return to heat.

Add broccoli flo rets and julienned carrot then bring to just under a simmer and cook, covered, until ten der, about 20 min utes. Add cheese and stir over medium heat until melted and smooth.

NOTE: If soup is too thick, add a little chicken broth or water to

thin.

Creamy Broccoli Cauliflower Salad

Yield: Approxi mately 4 servings

1/2 cup mayon naise

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 cup sugar (preferred source)

1/4 teaspoon un refined mineral sea salt

1/2 head broccoli, chopped

1/2 head cauli flower, chopped 1/4-pound bacon, cooked (favorite

source)

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

In the bottom of a large bowl, using a whisk, combine mayon naise, sour cream, sugar, and salt, blending well.

Add prepared broccoli, cauli flower, bacon, and shredded cheese then stir until well incorpo rated.

Eat immediately or chill until ready to serve.

Sports

Braves squeak by with win at Homecoming celebration

By Chuck Finster

The Maconaquah Braves watched a 28-6 third quarter lead evapo rate Friday night and then stuffed a pair of North Miami two-point conversion runs in the final eight minutes to pre serve a 28-26 victory in front of a large homecom ing crowd.

The hard-earned tri umph sets up Friday’s Three Rivers Conference showdown at Tippecanoe Valley where both Ma conaquah and Valley will lock horns with perfect 50 TRC slates. The Vikings are ranked 13th in the lat est AP poll and are the de fending league champs. The Braves are now 5-1 on the year and riding a fourgame win streak. North Miami is now 3-3 overall and dropped to 2-3 in TRC play. Mac leads the alltime series 25-13-1. The Braves join the 2018 squad as the only two teams in Maconaquah’s 60-year history to start confer ence play with 5-0 records.

Maconaquah’s third mythical Miami County Championship in the past five years was anything but easy as the Warriors used a late rally to nearly topple the Braves. North Miami fell behind 28-6 midway through the third quarter and then scored three times in next 20 minutes to nearly pull off the upset.

Miscues and penalties hurt Coach Tyler Camp bell’s gang as the Braves drove to the NM one- and five-yard lines in the first and fourth quarters only to lose possession on an interception and fumble. In the final minute of the first half the Braves had a 26-yard Braxton Birner to Kaleb Shelton TD pass negated on a penalty.

Birner, the state’s third-leading passer, did finish with 302 yards and three touchdowns on 30-45 accuracy. His schoolrecord of 100 consecutive passes without an inter ception was halted on the first quarter interception. He has now thrown 20 TD passes this year, breaking his own mark of 19 set in 2021.

Birner hit Fuddy Kile with a 33-yard TD strike to get Mac on the score

board first. Kyler Han son’s PAT kick with 1:57 left in the first quarter gave the Braves a 7-0 lead. Kile, who entered the con test as the state’s 10th leading receiver, enter tained the crowd with a school-record 14 catches (176 yards) and became only the fourth player in MHS history to surpass 1000 yards in a career. His TD catch also tied the sin gle-season mark of eight, now shared with Brian Troyer (1974) and Jon Bet zner (1975). Kile now has 86 career receptions, breaking the previous school record (79) set by David Stogsdill in 1985.

AJ Kelly upped Ma conaquah’s lead to 15-6 with 8:05 left in the first half when he hauled in a 20-yard TD pass from Birner and then ran around his left end for the two-point conversion.

Kelly finished with 85 yards on eight receptions.

After Shelton’s TD was called back, he later scored on a two-yard run as the Braves cashed in on their opening drive to start the second half.

Hanson’s kick shoved Mac’s lead to 22-6 at the 10:18 mark. Shelton also had eight catches (49 yards) and ended North Miami’s final drive in the first half with an inter ception.

Maconaquah’s lead ballooned to 28-6 with 7:30 showing in the third quar ter when Birner teamed up with Ty Galvan on an eight-yard TD pass.

North Miami, which finished with 376 yards rushing, scored on three of its final four posses sions and trimmed Mac’s lead to 28-26 with :19 re maining. Kile recovered the Warrior’s short kick and Birner took a knee on three consecutive snaps to secure the triumph.

On the defensive side of the ball, Shelton and Ethan Farnell topped the tackle chart with 12 and 11 stops respectively.

Carsten Hollars (9), Jack son Garber (8), Brady Dausch (7) and Austin Ringeisen (7) added sup port.

At halftime, Jackson Collins and Ella Santos were named King and Queen.

Photos by Michelle Boswell

Sports Shorts

Maconaquah Boys Soccer beats Winamac 10-1

By Bob Jones

The team started fast in the early game jumping to a 1-0 lead in the 2nd minute and didn’t slow down much after. The only neg ative for the boys occurred when a Winamac attack beat our defense to score their sole goal of the day. With the score at halftime 6-1 the en tire bench was able to get valuable min utes and rest our legs.

The 2nd half picked up where the first ended and the Braves finished the game early as a result of the mercy rule. Scoring for Maconaquah was Bauer Maple and Isaac Lorenz each with a hat-trick. Zach Sparks, Ethan Zeiser, Connor Kubly and Alex Hicks each with 1 goal. Bennett Isen burg and Zack Sparks each recorded 2 assists, Ethan Zeiser and Kyler Hanson also recorded assists.

Boys Soccer wins Winamac Invita tional

By Bob Jones

The boys soccer team improves to 13-1 on the season and won the Wina mac Invite for the 2nd year in a row. The team took an early lead when Zach Sparks drew a foul on an attack in the Washington penalty box. Isaac Lorenz stayed per fect on PK kicks for the year and gave the Braves a 1-0 lead. The 2nd goal came with nearly six minutes re maining in the 1st half when Bauer Maple outran the defense and beat the goalie. The 3rd goal, which was Bauer’s 5th of the day came from a header off a Zach Sparks corner kick with less than a minute left in the

first half. The 2nd half saw Mac score 1 more goal when Kevin Nord cleaned up a loose ball and put a great shot on goal over the goalie’s head.

The team is now preparing for Mon day night when Manchester comes to Maconaquah in what will be a bat tle for the TRC championship. The team would love to see the stands full for this great test as Manchester is 11-21 on the season and undefeated in TRC play.

Girls Varsity Cross Country finishes 8th

By Allen Sayger

The Maconaquah girls cross country team once again

ran in the open di vision at the Culver Academies Invita tional, facing some of the strongest teams in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. They came away finishing in 8th place out of 25 teams. Abby Jordan paced the team, fin ishing 14th overall and crossing the line in 19:26.

Freshman Zoie Laber ran a per sonal-best time of 20:27 while finish ing in 39th place.

Freshman Chloe Jordan finished in 54th place and ran a 20:50.

Sophomore Samantha Jones also ran well, plac ing 66th overall with a personalbest time of 21:11, and fellow sopho more Lucy Losh

nowsky was not far behind, also run ning her best time ever (21:21, 73rd place). Sophomore Aubrey McClain ran a best-ever 22:06 and finished in 118th place, while junior Lau ren Driscoll (164th place, 23:27) had her best race of the season.

Boys Varsity Cross Country finishes 4th

By Allen Sayger

On a beautiful September day, the Maconaquah boys cross country team ran a terrific race at the 40th annual Culver Academies Cross Country Invi tational, coming home with a fourthplace finish out of 29 teams compet ing!

Once again, jun ior Isaiah Witten berg was the Braves front-run ner, finishing in 6th place overall with a time of 17:04.

Sophomore Daylen Schrock fin ished in 11th place in 17:30, while jun ior Kaden Miller ran a 18:13 to finish in 35th place.

Freshman Kaden Hanson ran an other personal-best time of 18:31 while placing 44th, and junior Isaiah Moore rounded out the Maconaquah scoring, placing

100th and complet ing the course in 19:34.

Junior Jacob Sayger (222nd, 23:20) had another personal-best ef fort, and sopho more Luke Abbott (246th, 26:36) shaved off another 90 seconds off last week’s run at New Prairie.

Girls Middle School Cross Country runs at Culver Invita tional

By Krystenn Harts

The Middle School Lady Braves XC runners had a great morning at Culver Academies. They participated against 287 other runners with the same goals – to push themselves to their best in perfect running condi tions.

Macie McManus ran showing great consistency leading the Braves finish ing 60th place over all with a time of 12:57. Ani Osornio saw a 46 second im provement on her time making her new personal record 14:10(151st).

Julia Kunkle has been a great addi tion to the team. She has continued to improve and today finished at 16:11(253rd, PR).

Anna Lorenz

rounded out the Lady Braves with a 30 second PR finish ing with a time of 16:30(260th).

These girls have continued to dis play true dedica tion by showing up and pushing them selves individually when not having a complete team! Great job girls.

By Krystenn Harts

Saturday morn ing was a tradi tional crisp fall morning which led to different run ning conditions than what we have experienced this season. To runners, this is a perfect day and it showed in our finishing times for the boys XC team. The Braves were able to place 18th out of 35 teams at Culver Acade mies. They have had a great season with consistent progress by each member of the team and that didn’t stop today with five of the eight runners fin ishing with per sonal records. Leading the team for Maconaquah was Levi Oglesby with a time of 11:42, 69th place. Joel Loshnowsky continues to run very well finishing at 11:48 (73rd). Ari Shrock had a huge PR finishing at 12:08(104th). Aidyn Farnell also saw a great improvement finishing at 12:10(107th, PR).

Levi Merritt (12:43, 155th), Colt Myers (13:33, 213th, PR), and Chase Million (13:26, 204th, PR) continue to be promising rookies for the Braves. Rounding out the

Boys Middle School Cross Country contin ues to improve

Maconaquah Soccer team. Photo provided.

Maconaquah Ladies Golf Team.

Photo provided.

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day for these boys was Jacob Bowman with another PR by 26 seconds finish ing at 13:48(228th). These boys did a great job in a race of 300 total run ners.

Boys Soccer im proves to 11-1 with win over Tipton

By Bob Jones

The boys domi nated the time of possession and all statistical cate gories and came away with a 3-0 win over Tipton. In a game where the Braves had 37 Shots and 18 of those shots were considered “Shots on goal” (meaning if a Tipton player had not blocked the shot, it would have scored), the only surprising result at the end of the game is the final score. Tipton did not record a single shot on the Mac goal, but the Braves were only able to find the net on 2 shots and 1 PK. Scoring for Ma conaquah was Kyler Hanson with 2 goals. Isaac Lorenz added the PK and Zach

Sparks recorded an assist on one of Hanson’s goals.

The team will next play in the Winamac invite on Saturday. The team plays @ 9 am against Winamac, then will play again at 11 am vs Washington Town ship. After the Braves play, Wina mac will play against Washing ton Township to close out the invite. The team with the best outcome of the three games will be crowned the invite winners.

Girls Eighth Grade volleyball beats North Miami

By Tristyn Koon

The girls played hard in tonight’s match to win against North Miami in three sets. Leading scor ers were Delaney Betzer with 7 points and Ireland Kile also with 7 points.

Girls Seventh Grade volleyball defeats North Miami

By Amanda Cook Jaelynn Ro

driguez 14 serves followed by Irisah Leverett with 6 serves. Kaylee Sharp with 2 blocks and 2 kills followed by Addy Dove with one kill. The girls had some pretty good rallies tonight.

Boys Varsity Cross Country de fends Miami County Title

By Allen Sayger

The Maconaquah Braves won the Miami County Championship for the second year in a row on their home course last night! The first five runners to finish were wearing Ma conaquah blue, giv ing the Braves a perfect score of 15.

Isaiah Wittenberg led the pack of Braves, who ran to gether for most of the race. He was followed by Kaden Miller, Daylen Schrock, Kaden Hanson, and Isaiah Moore. Senior Quinn Richard was the next Brave to finish, followed by Luke Abbott.

are Miami County Champs

By Allen Sayger

The Maconaquah Lady Braves won the Miami County Championship last night, facing Peru and North Miami. The first 7 girls to cross the line were from Maconaquah! Abby Jordan led the way, followed by Zoie Laber, Chloe Jordan, Samantha Jones, Lucy Loshnowsky, Aubrey McClain, and Lauren Driscoll.

Middle School Tennis beats Rochester

By Patrick Redmon

Maconaquah MS tennis with a solid second win over Rochester. Winning matches included Jack Gochenour, Molly Berryman, JT Dobbs, and Max Berryman at sin gles, as well as Owen Woolever, Brody Kubly, Kate lyn Rosenow, Ella Hoeksema, Emma Bond, Hunter Jenk ins, Skyler Elliott, and Molly Martin at doubles.

Girls Varsity Cross Country

Lady Braves team effort leads to first girls golf sectional title

By Tait Wagner

For the first time in school history, the Lady Braves golf team won a sectional title. Play ing Chippendale Golf Course in Kokomo, the Lady Braves shot 348, de feating defending champion and host Western (370) by 22. Western and Northwestern (384) advance to region als next Saturday. The Lady Braves were extremely consistent shooting 172 on the front and 176 on the back. They held a 13-

stroke lead at the turn and increased that margin by 9 on the back side. The Lady Braves played so well and so bal anced that any combination of four scores would have been good enough to win the title. This also marks the first time in 22 years, a team outside of Howard County has won the title. Sophomore Daisy Williams led the Braves in scoring with a seven over 80 on the par 73 lay out. Daisy’s putting game was not as sharp as it had been in recent weeks after she missed a short putt on the first hole after a superb bunker shot and a par putt on the sec ond hole. Most golfers would have panicked after two bogeys to start, but Daisy never got nervous and got back into her game of hitting fairways and greens. Daisy played the last 16 holes at only five over par. Daisy’s score was good enough to earn sec ond place overall. Junior Miranda Stoll finished tied

for third overall with an 81. Mi randa played smart golf, hitting a hy brid and irons off most tees to keep the ball in play on the tight Chippen dale fairways. This kept her ball in play and allowed her to use her ex cellent short game to keep her score low. Chippendale did not set up well for senior Court ney Stoll’s game as she is a power player, and the course is not a power players course. She also played it safe off the tee frequently but struggled with her iron play. De spite this, she fin ished with a very respectable 90 which was good enough for fifth overall.

Playing in her first sectionals, Finley Dobbs stole the show with her performance. Fin ley hit her driver extremely well all day and took ad vantage of it by shooting a career best 97. Finley’s game has really come together the last few weeks and her scores will plummet as she

gets more playing experience.

Also playing in her first sectionals was Senior Lehna Wagner. It was evi dent Lehna did not have her A game as her swing was pro ducing extreme hooks on the prac tice range. Know ing that the severe hook would get her trouble on the course, she decided to hit only punch shots off the tee and from the fair way. This game plan worked as she also shot a career best 98. Finley and Lehna’s scores put Maconaquah up 22 strokes early and that ended up being the final margin of victory over host Western.

As always, the Lady Brave appre ciate the support of all the fans, family, and friends that come out and sup port the team each time. Special thank you to the Brave Junior Varsity (Sydney Barnes, Haley Washburn, Kathryn Rodkey, Maya Wagner, and Jade Christopher) who supported their teammates on every hole.

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Varsity volleyball falls to Rochester

By Colin Quin

JV Lady Tigers fell in a hard fight against Rochester last night in 3 sets, 14-25, 25-19, 11-15. Sophomores Rilei Boggs, Ila Johnson, and Kirsten Briley each contributed 5 service points.

Johnson also had 7 kills on the night with Boggs helping with 5.

Varsity came out strong but couldn’t hold the Zebras falling in 4 sets, 2522, 19-25, 23-25, 1925. Senior Caitlyn Miller led the Tigers by smash ing 15 kills and Junior Shelby Renn getting 11 kills on the night. Junior Kenzie Bur ton led the team with 14 service points and 2 aces and Senior Maddie Nordman with 11

points and 2 aces. After a muchneeded weekend of rest, the Tigers will regroup and come back to ac tion facing TRC op ponent Whitko with JV starting.

Boys JH Cross Country defeats Pioneer

By Colin Quin

Marcus Garner 1st Place – 12:05

Ben Garner 2nd Place – 12:06

Landon Emerson 5th Place – 12:50

Jalen Reemer 7th Palce – 14:28

Kaeden Wright 8th Place – 14:39

Girls JH Cross Country was de feated by Pioneer 15-40

Varsity Volley ball takes down the Titans

By Colin Quin

JV Tigers visited Taylor Thursday

night and took them down in 2 sets 25-23, 2-23.

Freshman Addison Robbins served up 8 points and 4 aces. Freshman Lilly Steele served 8 points and 3 aces. Steele also had 3 kills on the night.

Varsity broke their streak and took down the Ti tans on the road in 3 sets 25-12, 25-10, 25-11. The Tigers were on fire all night crushing the service line. Senior Emily Ream served 22 points and 7 aces and had 15 digs on the night.

Senior Maddie Nordman helped with 15 points and 2 aces, and 3 kills.

Senior Caitlyn Miller smashed 10 kills and Junior Shelby Renn had 8 kills. The Tigers will continue ris ing up next week on the road.

Lady Tigers of the Game: Seniors Emma Eldridge, Emily Ream, Jun iors Jaylah Harlan and Kenzie Burton, and freshman Kae lyn Edwards.

JH Tennis fin ishes in first

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place at invite

By Colin Quin

Round 1 vs Roo sevelt (Twin Lakes) Won 5-0 Record 5-0 No. 1 SinglesRiley Astrup - Won 6-1, 6-0

No. 2 SinglesRocket SchwartzWon 6-0, 6-0 No. 3 Singles - Lan don Steele Won 6-1, 6-1

No. 1 DoublesBraxton Cald well/Logan Rogers - Won 6-2, 6-0 No. 2 DoublesChloe Marcum/Easton Truax Won - 6-3, 6-1

Championship vs Western Won 4-1/Champions Record 6-0

No. 1 SinglesRiley Astrup - Won 6-1, 6-1 No. 2 SinglesRocket SchwartzWon 7-5, 7-6 (1) No. 3 Singles - Lan don Steele - Won 67 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (13-11) No. 1 DoublesBraxton Cald well/Logan Rogers - Won 6-2, 7-6 (8) No. 2 DoublesChloe Marcum/Easton Truax - Lost 4-6, 6-7 (4)

Rilei Boggs led with 3 kills and Freshman Addison Robbins had 6 as sists.

Varsity Tigers fol lowed suit and fought through 4 sets 16-25, 25-23, 2125, 16-25. Seniors Caitlyn Miller and Annika Malone each walked away with 8 kills on the night. Senior Mad die Nordman helped with 9 serv ice points, an ace, and 6 kills. Senior Jayma Majors con tributed to those kills with 12 assists and 5 kills of her own. Senior Emma Eldridge was busy with 11 assists and 16 digs.

JH Tennis beats Manchester

By Heather Muzzillo

Results of Peru Middle School Ten nis vs Manchester Peru 5 Manchester 0 Record 9-1

Singles

No. 1 - Riley Astrup - Won 8-1 No. 2 - Rocket Schwartz - Won 8-1 No. 3 - Landon Steele - Won 8-0

Doubles

Peyton ShifletLost 1-6 Braxton CaldwellWon 6-0

Doubles Peyton Shiflet/Landon Steele - Won 6-1 Riley Astrup/Sa vannah HatfieldWon 6-1 Logan Rogers/Rocket Schwartz - Won 6-1 Sawyer Collie/Chloe Mar cum - Won 6-0

Braxton Cald well/Landon Steele - Won 3-1

Sawyer Collie/Eas ton Truax - Tie 2-2

Tigers place sec ond at Miami County Cross Country Meet

By Lisa Hobbs

The Tigers placed 2nd tonight at the Miami County Meet at Ma conaquah High School.

times of 24:52 and 31:28 respectively.

Boys Varsity Soc cer falls to Wabash 9-0

By Lucas Labare Wabash came out firing on all cylin ders. Peru was not quite ready for the speed and momen tum they had at the start of the match. We did find shots on their half, Brycen Harlan, Oliver Rabe, An drew Dawalt, and William Rodriguez all had their shots on goal. Playing down again, with injuries and miss ing players does not do us any good. Learned a lot this match and will use it for future matches.

Girls Varsity soc cer beat Tippeca noe Valley 3-0

By Colin Quin

JV volleyball sur rendered to Kokomo Monday night on the road in 2 sets 21-25, 1425. Sophomore

No. 1 - Braxton Caldwell/Logan Rogers - Won 8-2 No. 2 - Sawyer Col lie/Chloe Marcum - Won 8-1

Extra Matches

Singles Easton TruaxWon 8-0

Placing first for Peru and 6th over all was Leland Brown with a time of 19:33. Placing 2nd for Peru and 7th overall was Cody Legg with a time of 22:35. Plac ing 3rd for Peru and 8th overall was Landon Caldwell with a time of 22:41. Placing fourth for Peru and 10th overall was Aireian Knight with a time of 24:44 and placing 5th and 6th for Peru and 11th and 12th overall were Glen Baldwin and Regan McGuire with

By Kelsey Jones

The Lady Tigers beat Tippy Valley tonight for a con ference win!

Scoring for your Lady Tigers were Karrisa Cox (1) & Brianna Bennett (2). Assists from Cameryn Raber, Karissa Cox. 5 Keeper Saves from Mackey & Defense catching the Lady Viking offsides 4 times.

The ladies played great tonight on the field. A full team effort and it was fun to watch.

Varsity volleyball falls to Kokomo

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Ave, Peru as sisted Peru Po lice Department with a personal injury crash. This involved a car vs. a bus.

A report of a single vehicle po lice department crash into a fence was taken at 35 S Broadway, Peru Police De partment, Peru. Sept. 18

A verbal argu ment at 2548 E 300 N, Peru led to a male exiting a vehicle and leav ing on foot. Offi cers were unable to locate the male.

Trespassing was reported at 2635 N Paw Paw Pike, Peru.

Officers were dispatched to the area of S 675 E and E St. Rd. 124, Peru for a male subject poten tially threaten

ing to harm him self. Wabash County made contact with the subject. Officers were disregarded prior to my ar rival.

A caller at 1331 W Mustang Ave, Mustang Apart ments, Peru re ported people placing trash in a dumpster.

A report of a domestic be tween father and son was taken at 44011 Macdill CT, Peru. Both par ties had left prior to the arrival of law enforcement.

Officers re sponded to the area of 1127 Barksdale Ave, Peru for a verbal altercation be

tween juvenile siblings. All par ties were able to resolve their dif ferences. Parents advised they would contact their Physician to obtain anger management as sistance for their daughters.

A juvenile problem was re ported at 1729 S Lincoln St, Peru. Nothing physical took place.

Daughter was checked out by medics for possi ble seizure.

A complainant at 355 E Walnut St, Macy called wanting to re port harassment and criminal mischief. After speaking with

the complainant, the male subject was not harass ing her as he was attempting to visit his children within his rights. Regarding the property dam age, per informa tion provided by the complainant, the male still has residency at the address. Com plainant re quested a trespass warning be issued. Offi cers declined and referred her to the courthouse to request a new protection order.

A traffic stop was conducted at S Broadway and E Third St, Peru. George Walker was arrested for operating while intoxicated.

Sept. 19 Loose cows were reported at

N 400 W & W 100 N, Peru. Contact was made with the owner.

A report of a log splitter taken from a vacant property was taken at 10483 S Poplar St, Miami.

An anonymous report of drug paraphernalia was taken at 1029 N Lincoln St, Peru. An empty vape cartridge was located and discarded shortly.

A dog was loose and running around at 171 E

3rd St, Walnut Hill Mobile Home Park, Lot 4, Bunker Hill. Returned the dog to owner.

A suspicious package or item was reported at S Peoria Dr. and E 325 S, Peru. Officers at 2137 W Broadway St, Bunker Hill checked on an in toxicated and suicidal mother. Mother was .05 on pbt. Mother refused to leave the residence or seek help.

A possibly

drunken driver was transported at W 450 N and N U.S. 31, Peru to Fulton County. Officers re sponded to the area of 501 W 10th St, Hi N Dri Court, Peru for a report of a fe male possibly taking an over dose of medica tion. Female denied the alle gation upon ar rival and was "cleared" by medics at the scene. No further action was taken at this time.