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July 19, 2018
How would Whitley County hold up in a recession? TRUCK OF THE WEEK
BY ALLISON MINIER
aminier@kpcmedia.com
COLUMBIA CITY — What would happen to Whitley County if a recession were to hit in the next five years? Would the low unemployment rate rise dramatically? Would the new high school be less incentiv-
izing for new residents? Top national business economists are predicting a possible recession in 2020, according to an article from The Associated Press. But how would a recession look in Whitley County, if it were to occur? It is important to
understand the economic facts first, noting that there is not a solid answer of what could happen. Economic predictions are based on the facts of the economy and what has happened in the past — there is no way to say these are the events that will happen, only that
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report for May 2018, released July 2018. • Whitley County’s unemployment rate was 2.7 percent for the month of May, according to the Labor Market Review for Economic Growth Region 3 (Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington, SEE RECESSION, PAGE 11
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these are the events that could happen. The facts are: • “The national unemployment rate edged down from April to 3.8 percent and was 0.5 percentage points lower than in May 2017,” as stated in the Labor Market Review’s statistical data
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KPC NEWS SERVICE COLUMBIA CITY — It’s been a week of fun, hard work and achievement at the 2018 Whitley County 4-H Fair. Thousands have attended the fair to watch shows, demolition derbies and the rodeo — or just to get a cup of the coveted fair ice cream. Here are some of our fair snapshots. View more on the IN|Whitley County Facebook page.
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News in Brief • Frankenstein day coming to Peabody Library
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Double the happiness Twin sisters and their husbands celebrate wedding anniversary BY WHITNEY WRIGHT
for the Churubusco News
CHURUBUSCO — Eva and Gordon Gilbert and Neva and Herbert Gaff celebrate 65 years of marriage this year. The two couples shared a double wedding on July 11, 1953. The twin sisters, Eva and Neva Garrison, grew up on a farm in Churubusco, milking cows and assisting their parents and sisters with chores. When they were
barely old enough to attend school, a boy moved in with his grandmother down the road. “Gordon was ornery,” Eva said. “He and his brother would sit behind us on the school bus and pull our little hats.” In 1950, the twin sisters started high school and Gordon completed his senior year. Herbert graduated the year after and
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KPC NEWS SERVICE COLUMBIA CITY — Anyone with an interest in Frankenstein should consider visiting Peabody Public Library in Columbia City on July 21. The library is hosting a movie marathon with popcorn and pop all day. It is also hosting Professor Steve and “the science of Frankenstein.” Professor Steve will demonstrate many of the concepts from the books and movies at 1 p.m. in the adult department of the library. The summer reading program concludes July 21. Children and adults were challenged with reading 200 minutes between June 4 and July 21.
joined the Air Force. The May that Neva and Eva graduated, Neva and Herbert’s mother drove down to Texas, where he was stationed, to pay him a visit. With all of the farm work and Herbert and Gordon’s busy schedules, finding two separate days in the summer to have weddings with similar company was difficult. Neva was the one who suggested they invite all of their family and friends on one day for a double wedding. Their wedding was held at the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Churubusco, which conveniently had two aisles. As Neva was a few minutes older than Eva, their father walked her down the aisle and Gordon’s half-brother walked Eva down the aisle simultaneously. After the wedding,
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Pictured, left to right, is Gordon and Eva Gilbert and Neva and Herbert Gaff.
the four honeymooned together in the Smoky Mountains for a week. The families used to frequently see each other at family get-to-
gethers. These days, the twins keep in contact by attending the Women’s Club and speaking on the phone often.