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NEWS IN BRIEF CCHS will host college fair Staff reports

COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City High School is sponsoring a College Fair 6-7:15 p.m. Oct. 4 for all area high school students and parents. The event is sanctioned by the Indiana Association for College Admission Counselors. There will be a financial aid seminar from 5:15-6 p.m. in the school’s auditorium. A financial aid representative will be available to answer questions about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly known as FASFA. At 6 p.m., more than 40 college, university and armed services representatives from Indiana and the tri-state region will be present to share information and answer questions. “This is a great opportunity for students and families to develop a communication link with college admission officials and to find out about specific programs and financial aid opportunities that are available,” said Sarah Maynard, CCHS guidance counselor.

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Fall Festival returns to S. Whitley By Tyler Roebuck troebuck@kpcmedia.com

SOUTH WHITLEY — For its second year since a seven-year respite, the South Whitley Fall Festival returns Sept. 15 with several new and exciting events. The festival, put on by the South Whitley Town Council, park board and fire department, will take place at State Street,

Whitko High School and the town parks. One of the new events is Zombie Paintball. According to Town Council President Randy Cokl, the paintball was supposed to happen last year but was rained out. Zombie Paintball works like a maze, Cokl explained. “People go along with paintball gear, and

workers dressed like zombies pop out and scare them,” he said. The paintball, as well as a “Horror Trail” in the same vein, take place at Hagen Park. Both events cost $5 per person, with paintball starting at 7 p.m. and the trail at 8 p.m. Friday night. Another key new event is the Mighty Duck Race on Sunday, where partic-

ipants bet on a rubber duck of their choice to pass under the State Street bridge first. First and second place come with a cash prize. For the first time, the park board is sponsoring a canoe float Saturday morning, where board member Tim Weybright will lead a group from the town park to Collamer. The float starts at 8 a.m.

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Columbia City’s football team came back from a 13-0 deficit with 10 minutes left in the Northeast 8 Conference opener against Bellmont Friday to win 14-13 in an

exciting game. Pictured, quarterback Jacob Bolt jumps in the air to celebrate with Ryder Sroufe after winning. Read more about the game on Page 13.

COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County 4-H Clubs Inc. will host its 4th Annual Autumn Harvest Festival 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Whitley County 4-H Fairgrounds. Like the Whitley County 4-H Fair, there is no admission or parking fees for the event, and all proceeds will go to support the Whitley County 4-H program. Attendees can count on the same traditions from the past four years, and some new things as well. “There are a couple of exciting additions to this year’s festival,” said Jeff Geiger, 4-H Inc president. The Columbia City Farm Toy show, which has also traditionally been held in the fall, will now be on the same day as the Autumn Harvest Festival, and Whitley County 4-H Inc. is now managing that show. See HARVEST, Page 4

City overcomes funding woes, breaks ground on new pool By Nicole Minier nminier@kpcmedia.com

COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City government officials pulled together in the 11th hour to make a dream become reality for the citizens of Whitley County. The city broke ground on the Russel and Evelyn Fahl Aquatics Center last Tuesday after the park

board made some late changes to the plans and the city council shuffled some funding to make up the shortfall. The project was estimated to cost $4.2 million, which was raised, but the cost came in at about $5 million. In total, the park board made about $415,000 in cost reductions,

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SGCS to host informational meeting Staff reports CHURUBUSCO — Smith-Green Community Schools will host an informational meeting for parents of children with special needs who reside within the Smith-Green attendance area and are home schooled or attend a non-public school. The meeting is Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. in the administrative office at Smith-Green. Those with questions should call Karla Mettert at 349-3346.

and will finish upon arrival at Collamer. If you’ve ever felt the urge to run on a stomach full of donuts, the Fall Festival has that covered with its first ever Donut Run. “You run a half mile, eat half a dozen donuts, then run another half mile and eat more donuts,”

including installing only one water heater instead of two, having a smaller sound system, laying less concrete, putting in less expensive siding on the building, having one basketball goal instead of two, and reducing the number of large umbrellas from 19 to 10. Also taken out of the cost of the project was an employee health clinic, which will be funded through other means. In the end, the project will still have the amenities it promised — two large slides, play areas for young children, a competition pool and more. See POOL, Page 7

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Columbia City park officials pose with Mayor Ryan Daniel during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Russel and Evelyn Aquatics Center. From left are Park Superintendent Mark Green, Park Board members Roger Ferrell, Keith Nickolson, Kim Varga and Daniel.

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Commissioners discuss building repairs By Tyler Roebuck troebuck@kpcmedia.com

COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County Commissioners and Maintenance Supervisor Mark Sturtevant Tuesday discussed a slew of repairs proposed for county buildings. Among the items favorably recommended to the County Council were a repair in the jail recreation area, the walk in freezers at the jail, the water softener system at the jail and major repairs to the courthouse tower. In the jail recreation area, support columns for the inside/outside door have major stress fractures, and Sturtevant wants to have the beams inspected. “We are trying to determine if those columns are poured with reinforcement or if there is indeed a steel beam in the columns,” he said. “According to the [blueprints] there is a beam in there, but the stress fractures lead me to believe

there isn’t.” The inspection, if approved by council, would involve drilling an exploratory hole in the columns and inserting a camera to find the steel beam – or lack thereof. A $6,033 bid by ATLAS Engineering received a favorable pass from two of the three commissioners. Don Amber opposed the inspection, saying, “if a prisoner was able to be injured by it or escape through it, then I’d have an opinion of it.” Sturtevant recommends replacing the water softeners at the jail because they are 30 years old. “The jail averages 350,000 gallons of water a month, and the lifespan of those softeners is 15 years so we’re well beyond that,” Sturtevant said. Lime buildup in the system has rendered one of the two softeners useless, while the other is running at less than half capacity. The city, Sturtevant said,

does not treat the water for hardness or minerals. “Not fixing this is going to cost us more money down the road,” Amber said before moving to offer a favorable pass. The motion to approve the $17,000 repair unanimously passed. After County Council approved the inspection of damage on the courthouse tower, county maintenance discovered “a tremendous amount of failure.” According to Sturtevant, “We have chunks of limestone actually falling off and landing on the roof.” In its current state of disrepair, the courthouse tower ranks as one of the county’s highest priority maintenance issues. The $121,289 project was favorably recommended to the County Council. Look for a followup in next week’s IN|Whitley County with Council’s decisions. In other Whitley County Commissioners

news: • The anxiously awaited decision on the Interim Overlay Zoning came before the Commissioners today but, due to several verbiage issues, the ordinance was tabled pending review with legal counsel at the recommendation of Executive Director of Planning and Building Nathan Bilger. If the commissioners accept changes to the ordinance, the Plan Commission has 45 days to review the changes should they choose to do so - before the ordinance goes into effect. • The rezoning request for Adlock Broilers, the Lopez family confined feeding operation, to change their land to agricultural production (AGP) zoning passed unanimously without discussion from the commissioners. Whitley Water Matters President John O’Connell spoke during the public input section of the

meeting, saying, “I want to make public our opposition to your unanimous vote for AGP zoning. We think that it is precedent setting, that not enough research has gone into it, and we’re concerned that it does not adhere to the comprehensive plan.” O’Connell also asked the commissioners to consider a moratorium on any new AGP zoning until the committee in charge of reviewing the comprehensive plan comes to a decision. • Sheriff Marc Gatton asked the commissioners to reconsider Lutheran Whitley EMS to dispatch through the county. “I commend the South Whitley Town Council and residents for their persistence in this matter,” Gatton said. “The citizens of South Whitley brought you everything you asked for, so I ask that you make a motion to reconsider.” Amber again moved to approve the dispatch, and

again the motion died. “If the Whitley County Commissioners change their mind, they can contact me,” Gatton said. • The homeowner of an improperly drilled well in Churubusco applied for a variance on his $500 fine issued last month by the commissioners. “I hope you understand what we’ve been through here,” Amber said. “[Environmental Health Specialist Scott Wagner] put a blue flag in the ground that said ‘well’ on it, and you or somebody else chose to drill it somewhere else. We pretty much have to make the variance, and so I will, but I hope you understand what we’ve been through.” The well was drilled in a different location than the county marked, but was technically within regulation standards. Commissioners unanimously approved the variance and abated the fine.

Great Minds Tutoring founded by Whitley County native By Tyler Roebuck troebuck@kpcmedia.com

CHURUBUSCO — When Churubusco resident

Krista Freel started her private tutoring company in 2016, she had no idea the degree of success it would

see. “I didn’t anticipate being at this spot already, so my business plan is being

completely rewritten,” she said. “I’m already completely booked for this year.” Great Minds Tutoring and Mentoring began in August 2016 after Freel decided to try education outside the school setting. “I started out as a teacher, and I taught in public school, private school and Montessori, so I’ve had a little bit of everything,” she said. “I’ve always kind of tutored students in the evening outside of teaching because teachers don’t make a whole lot.” While it’s common for teachers to tutor outside of school to supplement their incomes, Freel felt a pedagogical pull toward tutoring and mentoring. “I felt as a teacher that was where I could really teach,” she said. “In the classroom, there was so much going on that I kind of had this moral conflict going on of: ‘I could be doing better than this.’ My last year of teaching I had over 20 kindergartners, nine IEPs (individualized education plans), no aid and I felt like I was just correcting behavior the whole time.” An IEP, according to Freel, “can be from a student with ADHD to a student that has some kind of a cognitive delay, so it covers a broad spectrum of students. The school gets together with the resource teacher, classroom teacher, principal and parents and they come together and decide a plan of action that is going to best fit that student.” Freel began her career as

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a graphic design artist, but “figured out that I do not like sitting at a computer.” She then went into education at IPFW, where she graduated and received certifications in mild and moderate intervention. “Most of the families I have this year have IEPs in something,” she said. “I really love that part of it because I get to help educate the parents on different resources that the county and state provide for their child that they wouldn’t have known were available, and a lot of these resources are free.” She is almost done with a masters degree in mild and moderate intervention. A passion for others

Freel cares deeply for underprivileged and misrepresented individuals, and it stems from an early age. “I felt like I was the underdog in school because I was being targeted as a ‘problem child’ when I really wasn’t,” she said. While in college, this compassion manifested through helping a group of Burmese refugees in Fort Wayne as a student at IPFW. One of her education professors was involved

with helping them, and she decided to join his effort. “On Saturdays they would have Burmese families come in and we would teach the parents English and help the kids with their homework,” she said. “The parents can’t read English, can’t speak English. This is a really neat way to get the families together, and there’s a huge need for that. The Burmese population can’t get jobs, and a lot of times their kids are helping them figure out how to pay rent and write a check, and it just breaks my heart.” The company today

For now, Freel tutors our of the Peabody Public Library on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and in Churubusco Mondays and Wednesdays. She teaches in accordance with her pedagogy. “I do small groups. I was doing one-on-one tutoring, but kids actually work better with other kids,” she said. “It really helps everybody relax and honestly they work together and feed off each other. I work in groups of three. Some kids just come in and I help them with homework; I have other kids where we do skill building. It really just depends what they need help with and what the parents need help with.” With her successful first year and a tightly scheduled second, Freel is accelerating her plans to expand the business and help more students. Eventually, she plans to add an additional tutor and grow to a Fort Wayne location on the IPFW campus.

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Etna UMC hosts ‘Drive Your Tractor to Church’ By Tyler Roebuck troebuck@kpcmedia.com

ETNA — The town of Etna shook Sunday morning by the sound of a parade of tractors as the Etna United Methodist Church held its third annual “Drive Your Tractor to Church” service. For the third year in a row, members of the

church drove their farm tractors to church for worship and then partook in a several mile ride around the town. “A couple guys saw it on TV and thought it would be fun,” said Deb Barr, a member of the church. Before beginning the parade around town, new pastor Lynn Willson

Otto Boggs Sr., passes the chain of tractors on his own tractor.

blessed the tractors, hoping for good harvests and thanking God for their invention and the assistance they bring with feeding more people. Larry Barr echoes his wife, and helped start the event.

“I always look for a reason to drive [my tractor],” he said. “I thought it’d be fun to drive my tractor to church, and when I saw it on TV we decided to do it. Everyone has had fun with it.” In addition to doing

it for fun, it also goes hand-in-hand with the congregation’s upcoming Lord’s Acre Festival. “It all relates to the Lord’s Acre festival,” member Sue Schuman said. “There used to be a merry-go-round, things going on at the

local hardware, and a big parade. Everybody used to donate food to people who need it.” Three years ago, the congregation joined with other local churches to revive the festival. This year it will take place Sept. 23.

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Time will tell Whitko Marching Pride success By Tyler Roebuck troebuck@kpcmedia.com

SOUTH WHITLEY — Time is ticking for the Whitko Marching Pride of Whitko High School as it prepares for a series of contests and invitationals stretching from now through the end of October. The 22-member marching band has been diligently rehearsing this year’s show titled, “Time Machine.” “It’s about different ways of telling time,” director John Van Patten said. Most shows consist of three movements, an energetic “opener,” more somber “ballad” and thrilling “closer.” “The opener is called ‘Clocks,’ so we’ve got a lot of tick-tocky percussion stuff with some hour hand and minute hand types of formations on the field,” Van Patten said. “The second movement is ‘Hourglasses and Sundials,’ and we’ve got a really neat move at the end of the movement where we make an hourglass form and the kids trickle down into it so it looks like sand coming through an hourglass. The third one is called ‘Digital Clocks,’ so it’s got a little more modern jazz funk rock influence. We have a synth player that plays a square lead so that it sounds like an alarm clock, which is a neat

effect.” Whitko’s marching band program began in 2012 under former director Joey Shepherd. In the four competing seasons in which it has participated, the Marching Pride visited the Indiana State School Music Association semistate competition twice. Senior Nicole Lawson was a marcher in the band both times. “It’s a little bit different this year because we have a new director, but it’s not a bad different,” she said. “Mr. Shepherd wasn’t bad and Mr. Van Patten isn’t bad, they’re just different.” Van Patten admits to doing things differently, but appreciates how the students have responded. “We taught the entire show during band camp,” he said. “Typically, they haven’t done that, but I like to teach fast and then go back and clean. We’re in the process of relearning parts we haven’t touched in a couple weeks now. They’re doing great.” On the other side of the spectrum, freshman Haley Farder is excited for her first season. “I just want to see how far we can go with it and I’m also looking forward to getting better,” she said. With one successful competition in the books, receiving a gold rating to go along with it, Van Patten and his students are hopeful for a strong season.

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The Marching Pride often rehearses first thing in the morning, as the sun is rising for the day.

Freshman Haley Farder finds cold foggy mornings among the most challenging part of marching band.

Jon Van Patten is a first year director at South Whitley, but is experienced with a number of other bands. “I like smaller bands because there’s nowhere to hide,” he said. “Everyone has to know their material.”

HARVEST from Page 1 “We are also adding several more activities for kids for the festival,” Geiger said. “Several community groups are helping with these activities.” Traditional events, such as the craft show, flea market, car show, music acts and other activities will continue. There will be several food options, including the coveted “fair ice cream” with several fall

flavors. In the morning, there will be homemade pecan rolls, and homemade pies in the afternoon, as well as kettle corn and chili cooked in a cast iron pot over an open fire. This year, the festival has also been opened up for local food trucks and food vendors to showcase their offerings as well. There will be several learning centers open at the Whitley County

Ag Museum, as well as an apple cider press and antique tractors near the shelter house. Several local music acts will be performing throughout the day, and there will also be a kiddie tractor pull, with weigh-in at noon and the pull starting at 12:30 p.m. Local 4-H clubs will also have activities and games from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and daisy the cow

will be available for “milking” from 1-2 p.m. in the ag museum. Those wishing to participate in the craft show, flea market, toy show, car show and food vendors, can make reservations at the Purdue Extension Whitley County Office or online at whitleycounty4h.com. Those with questions about the event can contact Geiger at whitleycounty4h@gmail.com.

Nicole Lawson, a Whitko senior, warms up on a brisk August morning. Lawson has a solo in Whitko’s show. Terry G. Housholder, President Randy C. Mitchell, CEO S. Rick Mitchell, CFO

FEST from Page 1 Cokl said. Along with these new events are many of the staples of the South Whitley Fall Festival. The hot dog and pie eating contests, parade through town and the well-attended judged car show will all still be cornerstones to the festival. The bed race, on which South Whitley’s Fall Festival used to be centered, will not return this year. “We were short on time and lacked a sponsor,” Cokl said, but the committee in charge hopes to see it return next year.

History of the festival

The South Whitley Fall Festival was a tradition that began in 1975 as a program put on by the Whitley County Chamber of Commerce to bring people into town. Over the years, the festival grew to a peak in the 1990s. As the turn of the century approached, however, the festival went into steady decline. “I think a of the problem was that it was hard to find volunteers that would take it on,” Cokl said. In 2016, looking for ways to reinvigorate South Whitley, the park board

sent a survey around town to find out what people wanted. “[The festival] was one of the number one items on the list that people wanted to see back,” Cokl said. And so began the “six-week festival,” so dubbed because when Cokl and Les Hoffman of the Town Council and other groups in town decided to give it a try, they had six weeks to plan everything. “It actually turned out pretty well,” Cokl said. “It was kind of like a mini version of what we used to have. It was on

Saturday and Sunday, but we had torrential downpour of rain on Saturday and it Sunday was beautiful.” With last year’s success, the town looked to the future. “After that, I made a call out for volunteers, and there were quite a few volunteers that came forward that had young families that wanted to be part of the festival and remembered the festival as kids and wanted to have that experience for their kids. We have a lot of excited young volunteers that are helping and we hope to build on that.”

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OBITS Kevin Jackson COLUMBIA CITY — Kevin Thomas Jackson, 56, of Columbia City, died at 11:20 p.m. Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Renaissance Village where he had been a resident since April 2016. Funeral services were Saturday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery. Memorials are to Heartland Hospice or Oak Grove Church of God.

Obituary Policy INWhitley County does not charge for death notices that include notice of calling hours, date and time of funeral and burial. An extended obituary, which includes survivors, biographical information and a photo, is available for a charge. Deadline for funeral homes to place obituaries is 9 a.m. Tuesday. The email address is: obits@ kpcmedia.com. Submitted obituaries must contain the name and phone number of the funeral home. For information, contact Kathryn Bassett at 260-347-0400, ext. 2526.

Alumni outing nets record turnout Staff reports COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City High School’s Alumni Association hosted its 11th annual golf outing last week at Eagle Glen Golf Course. A record 26 teams participated, consisting of alumni from 24 different graduating classes, spanning seven decades of alumni. Sixty of the participants were CCHS alumni. All proceeds go to the Bob Brittian Memorial Scholarships, sponsored by the alumni association. “We look forward to awarding scholarships to the CCHS Class of 2018 in May,” said Andrew Thompson, alumni association president. After golfing, the awards banquet was held at the Eagles Nest. The team captained by Jamie DeTar, class of 2007, along with Kaleb Conley, Tim Miller and Phil Miller, won the tie breaker, shooting an 18-under-par 54. “Thanks to all who helped with the tourna-

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Columbia City High School’s annual alumni association golf outing was held at Eagle Glen Golf Course last month. The winning team members are pictured with alumni association president Andrew Thompson. From left are Caleb Conley, Jamie DeTar, Thompson, Tim Conley and Phil Conley.

ment, to our many hole sponsors and all our

golfers for a great afternoon,” Thompson said.

Next year’s outing is slated for 1 p.m.

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WHITLEY COUNTY JAIL BOOKINGS The following people were booked in the Whitley County Jail: • Bethany Bassett, 20, of Huntington, was arrested Aug. 27 by the Indiana State Police, charged with OWI controlled substance, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. • Dennys Patino, 24, of Elkhart, was arrested Aug. 27 by the Indiana State Police, charged with being an habitual traffic violator. • David Hochstetler, 20, of Columbia City, was arrested Aug. 27 by the Columbia City Police Department,

charged with possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. • Benjamin Cook, 52, of Columbia City, was arrested Aug. 29 by the Columbia City Police Department, charged with battery causing bodily injury. • Wesley Crowell, 37, of Columbia City, was arrested Aug. 29 by the Columbia City Police Department, charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. • Johnathan McCain, 31, of Fort Wayne, was arrested Aug. 30 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department,

charged with violation of suspended sentence. • Scott Phillips, 46, of Morris, Ill., was arrested Aug. 30 by the Columbia City Police Department, charged with OWI and OWI per se. • Jesse Gensheimer, 23, of Churubusco, was arrested Aug. 30 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with probation violation. • Justin Lock, 35, was arrested Aug. 30 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with failure to appear and failure to return to lawful deten-

tion. • Charles Shepherd, 48, of Warsaw, was arrested Aug. 30 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with failure to return to lawful detention. • Jerry Agler, 28, of Columbia City, was arrested Aug. 30 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with probation violation and possession of paraphernalia. • Brittany Doty, 28, of Columbia City, was arrested Aug. 30 by the Columbia City Police Department, charged with violation of

suspended sentence. • Jamal Cannon, 34, of Willingboro, N.J., was arrested Aug. 31 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with OWI controlled substance, maintaining a common nuisance and possession of marijuana. • Carl Brauer, 42, of Clinton Township, Mich., was arrested Aug. 31 by the Indiana State Police, charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a legend drug. • Rodney Biddle, 34, of Fort Wayne, was arrested Sept. 1 by the Whitley County

September is library card sign-up month Staff reports COLUMBIA CITY — This year marks the 30th anniversary of “Library Card Sign-Up Month” at Peabody Public Library. The American Library Association joins public libraries nationwide to highlight the value of a library card. Library Card Sign-Up Month is held each September to kick off the school year, and it encourages parents and students to utilize the library’s resources that support academic success. For local residents living within Columbia City limits, and Columbia

or Thorncreek Townships, their Evergreen Library memberships are paid to Peabody Public Library through property taxes. For residents living in Richland and Cleveland Townships, or within town limits of Larwill, memberships are paid through property taxes to South Whitley Library. Smith Township receives library services from Churubusco Public Library, and Green Township Residents receive services from Noble County Public Library. Residents living in the other townships (Etna

Troy, Jefferson, Union and Washington) shown on the township map in blue, are outside of the library service area, but are still eligible to purchase library cards from Peabody Public Library for $70 a year, and Whitley County Consolidated Schools students living in those townships can purchase library memberships for just $5 a year. “An Evergreen Indiana Library Card from the Peabody Public Library is your passport to the world. With it you can access more than 7 million books, stream

TV shows and movies, download e-books and audio books. The online resources can be accessed on any electronic device, providing access to a variety of subjects from car repair to medical information,” said Peabody Public Library Executive Director Mary Hartman. Peabody Public Library has several special offers going on throughout September. • When students renew or sign up for a blue student card; • When residents living in Etna Troy, Jefferson,

Union or Washington townships sign up for a library card, they can enter to win a second-year membership for free; • Sign up or renew a regular borrower’s card or PLAC card and enter to win a $25 Amazon gift card; and • Every new and renewed library membership is automatically entered into a drawing for a free Kindle Fire. For questions about Library Card Sign-Up Month, contact the library at 244-5541 or email the library at librarian@ppl. lib.in.us.

Sheriff’s Department, charged with probation violation. • Carol Mills, 48, of Columbia City, was arrested Sept. 1 by the Indiana State Police, charged with theft. • Franklin Christlieb, 34, of Fort Wayne, was arrested Sept. 1 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with failure to appear. • Christopher Jones, 32, of Albion, was arrested Sept. 2 by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, charged with battery causing bodily injury and disorderly conduct.

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OPINION

LETTER TO THE EDITOR The Sunday Sept. 3 edition of the Journal Gazette featured a lengthy article in the Perspective section with the headline, “Harvey hits poor Texans hardest.” The original article appeared in the Washington Post and was authored by a Tawny Tidwell. Her picture appeared with her bio underneath. The bio reads that she is a working leader with the Houston Democratic Socialists of America. As the limits for us letter writers will not permit me to eat up the column inches that were devoted to this crack pot admitted socialist, I will try to make my many points as briefly and as pointedly as I can. First, hurricanes hit the United States on a regular basis. They do not hang out in the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico and cook up some scheme to target “the poor.” The Galveston hurricane of 1900 was the deadliest hurricane in the history of the United States, killing at least 8,000 people. The 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane caused at least 2,500 casualties. In the 1893 season, two hurricanes caused over 1,000 deaths. The 1880s

were the most active decade for the United States, with a total of 25 hurricanes affecting the nation. Since 1851, a total of 292 North Atlantic hurricanes produced hurricane-force winds in 19 states along the Atlantic coast alone. Indeed, natural disasters occur regularly in the United States. Take tornadoes. We average 1,224 of them a year. Using 1950 as a benchmark year, and ending with 2017, because it is almost over, that means we have been pummeled with 82,008 tornadoes. Have all these hurricanes and all these tornadoes been swirling about looking for “the poor” people before they strike? Now for Ms. Tidwell and her socialist views. Socialism has failed in virtually every society it has been tried. Remember the USSR? Germany? Venezuela is really prospering now, huh? How about that Cuba? Castro’s jeep broke down pulling his casket! Hey, how about North Korea? Try voicing your opposition to the calorically challenged dear leader with a bad hair cut SEE LETTER, PAGE 7

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Transparency should be demanded from officials Elected officials should take notes from Columbia City on transparency. In the past two weeks, Columbia City went through an extremely stressful situation, as the bids for the city’s new aquatics facility came back $800,000 higher than expected, leaving officials questioning if the project would even be able to continue. Mayor Ryan Daniel and Park Director Mark Green were immediately up front about the situation, with Daniel offering a lengthy post on social media explaining the situation. Fortunately, after making small changes to the construction and pulling money from other resources, the city was able to complete the funding and move forward with the project. On the other side of the coin, the construction of Columbia City High School came in grossly

over budget — about 9.5-10 percent, according numbers presented to the Columbia City Plan Commission — and the details of what is going on mostly have been shielded from the public. Certain portions of the initial project plan have been cut — and those items haven’t been discussed in the public school board meetings. Some items were discussed in the Columbia City Plan Commission meeting last month, such as the removal of the second (north) entrance to the school, downsizing the number of tennis courts from 10 to eight, getting rid of two parking lots and the removal of an outdoor practice athletic field. The campus will now have a stoplight. None of these items have been discussed publicly at school board meetings and, in a discussion with Superintendent

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Patricia O’Connor, she couldn’t provide an estimate on how much the construction is over budget. “The board understands some of the estimates were high and it’s not necessary for them to vote on anything,” O’Connor said of decisions. She said the board accepted bids for the school knowing they were high, and that reductions would have to be made later. However, this was not mentioned in a public meetings where the board approved bids. It has been rumored that the auxiliary gym will be

cut from the school plans, however, O’Connor says, “we 100 percent will not be getting rid of the auxiliary gym.” While we understand that plans change and building costs are on the rise, not being upfront with the public is unsettling. What else could be going on behind the scenes that the public isn’t aware of? When and where are these decisions being made? As a community that is contributing $85 million in tax dollars to this project, shouldn’t we have a right to know what is going on? Should we demand more transparency out of the decision makers in our community? Kudos to those who are not only open in meetings, but also utilize social media to reach their constituents. Decisions being made for the public should be done in public, not behind closed doors.

Donnelly begins re-election bid with advantages On the day U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly kicked off his re-election bid, the highly respected Cook Political Report moved the Indiana Senate race from “Leans Democrat” to “Tossup.” It isn’t the only publication to enter the tossup zone, with Inside Elections and Sabato’s Crystal Ball on the same page. But at this early point, with already more than $5 million spilling into what will likely be a $100 million Senate race, my Howey Politics Indiana publication lists it as “Leans Democrat.” Normally I don’t venture into a general election forecast until the field is set, but due of the gravity of this race that could determine which party controls the Senate, this is an exception. Currently the Republican field includes U.S. Reps. Luke Messer and Todd Rokita, state Rep. Mike Braun of Jasper, Kokomo attorney Mark Hurt, New Albany educator Andrew Takami and Atlanta, Indiana, businessman Terry Henderson, with Attorney General Curtis Hill teasing a potential candidacy. Without a Republican nominee, we don’t have

enough to gauge the relative strengths and weaknesses of either nominee in contrast with each other. Will Donnelly face an incumbent congressman coming from an institution with an approval below the 20th percentile, or Braun coming from the Indiana General Assembly with approval above 50 percent? Donnelly has and will maintain a money advantage, reporting $3.7 million on his secondquarter Federal Election Commission report, compared to Rokita and Messer reporting just over $2 million each. Rokita and Messer will mow through much of their funds between now and the primary and will have to reload. Conservative super PACs will certainly make this race competitive, but expect Donnelly to have a persistent money edge. According to a Morning Consult Poll released last month, 55 percent of Republicans approve of Donnelly’s job performance. A constant phrase from Republicans is, “I like Joe Donnelly.” They’ll disagree with him on issues, but they respect him. It was once that

way with former senator Evan Bayh, who always had a BRIAN signifHOWEY icant chunk of Republican support in his five victorious statewide general election races. That is, until last November, when super PACs and the Todd Young campaign destroyed his brand, exploiting his residency, the family’s wealth tied with his Senate connections, and Bayh’s lobbying career. If Republicans can savage Donnelly’s reputation as they did to Evan Bayh last year, there will be a path to victory. But the other fork in the road is that Messer and Rokita are already pummeling each other. Both Messer and Rokita vow to take aim at Donnelly’s 2010 vote for Obamacare. So did 2012 Republican nominee Richard Mourdock. But Donnelly won a close 2010 reelection bid against then-state

Rep. Jackie Walorski, then defeated Mourdock in 2012 despite the Obamacare attacks. Donnelly defends his Obamacare vote, noting that 400,000 more Hoosiers have health insurance because of Obamacare. Obamacare is not as toxic (outside of GOP primary voters) as Messer and Rokita would lead you to believe. The Kaiser Family Foundation Tracking Poll placed Obamacare as 52 percent favorable and 39 percent unfavorable nationally. Those numbers will vary in Indiana, but Obamacare is not as under water as it had been in recent election cycles before congressional Republicans botched the repeal-andreplace this year. Gallup puts President Trump’s approve/ disapprove numbers at 47/48 percent in Indiana in late July. That’s a serious erosion from his 19 percent plurality last November. Look no further than 2004 when President Goerge W. Bush won the state by a 20 percent plurality, only to find Republican Reps. Chris Chocola, Mike Sodrel and John Hostettler losing in the 2006

mid-terms to Donnelly, Baron Hill and Brad Ellsworth due to the Iraq War debacle. And, typically, first mid-term elections for a sitting president are dangerous for his party as Presidents Reagan, Clinton, Bush 43 and Obama will attest. All suffered heavy first midterm losses. Trump’s Real Clear Politics job approval average is 38 percent approve, 56 percent disapprove, historically bad stats. Peter Lemieux, writing for Politics by the Numbers, notes, “The average decline in presidential job approval between Inauguration Day and the first subsequent off-year election has been a bit under 9 percent. That would take Trump’s score down toward the mid-30s. However, because he started at just 45 percent approval when inaugurated, he may not experience the same decline as did presidents who started from a higher rating.” A key caveat: Past presidents didn’t tweet. If Trump dips into the low 30th percentile, the GOP majorities will be in trouble. And Trump is feuding with Republican

Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and at least five other GOP senators up for re-election, so he is in uncharted territory there, perhaps on the way to becoming the first independent president. As we experienced in 2016, President Trump presents a complete wild card. In June 2016 I issued a “tsunami watch” with the potential of swamping downballot Republicans. By November, the tsunami actually reversed, dooming Democrats John Gregg, Bayh and Shelli Yoder in the 9th Congressional District. There is little doubt that this will turn into a very competitive race between Donnelly and the Republican nominee. But strange things can happen, like Todd Young defeating Evan Bayh by 9 percent last November, a spread no one was predicting. Donnelly will have his challenges, but at this writing he also has key advantages. BRIAN HOWEY is publisher of the Howey Political Report, a weekly briefing on Indiana politics. Contact him at 317-506-0883 or at howeypolitics.com.

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PHOTOS BY NICOLE MINIER

Children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the Russel and Evelyn Fahl family pose for a photo at the groundbreaking site for the facility that will be named after their family.

City officials pose for a photo. From left are Park Director Mark Green, Councilman Dan Weigold, Clerk-Treasurer Rosie Coyle, Councilmen Walt Crowder, Jennifer Romano and Nicole Penrod, Mayor Ryan Daniel and Councilman Tad Varga.

POOL from Page 1 The city council made up the rest of the deficit by utilizing additional funds — still holding to Mayor Ryan Daniel’s promise that taxes wouldn’t be raised. Extra money from this year’s budget was used, as well as money from the river boat fund, rainy day fund and special projects seed money. Some of those items could be added at a later date, such as an additional water heater and improved sound system. Ribbon cutting, groundbreaking

The hiccup in funding didn’t put a damper on the ribbon cutting, which drew a large crowd of residents excited for the new addition to the community. Park Superintendent Mark Green opened the event and spoke about his first memories of Burnworth Pool — the 60-year-old pool the new facility will replace. “I have a lot of great memories from Burnworth,” Green said. “I learned to swim at this pool — those swim lessons allowed me to be a lifeguard at five different facilities in Ohio and Indiana. I didn’t realize the impact it had on my own life.” Green was hired as park director in 2003 and was surprised to see the pool’s condition. “Through the following eight years, we survived

by pouring a lot of money into the pool, which was aging quickly,” Green said. In the end, engineers said it would cost over $1 million to repair Burnworth, which closed for the last time in the summer of 2016. “Six years ago, we started talking about wanting to build a new pool,” Green said. At first, Green was intimidated by raising that much money. “The most I’d ever raised with $250,000 for the splash pad — I was intimidated,” Green said. The first major donation came from the Dekko Foundation — $1 million — and many more followed, such as the Russel and Evelyn Fahl Family for the naming rights, Lutheran Health Network, $840,000 from Regional Cities funding, the Community Foundation of Whitley County and the Billy Reffitt family. Green said the project couldn’t have been done without the support of everyone involved. “Our park board has been excited since day one,” Green said. “It’s been fun to see the support for this project and the vision over the years.” Green applauded Tad Varga, a city councilman who also has a passion for swimming, for helping him with raising the money.

September McConnell speaks on behalf of the Community Foundation of Whitley County.

“I’ve never had a councilman work so closely with me before,” Green said. He thanked Clerk-Treasurer Rosie Coyle for helping with the financials, Lori Shipman for helping with grant writing, his wife and family for being supportive and the mayor “We have a very polished, honest and dedicated mayor. He is so passionate about making this community a better place,” Green said. Building a better future together

Daniel marked the groundbreaking as a historic day for Whitley County. “Our city tagline is, ‘Building a future together,’” Daniel said. “We continue to build a future together with this groundbreaking.” The new facility, coupled with the new Columbia City High School, which is currently

LETTER from Page 6 that killed an American citizen, Tawney. The only reason Ms. Tidwell can be a socialist and prosper is that she is living in the United States of America, a Constitutional Republic, with Constitutionally guaranteed free speech. Ms. Tidwell speaks of “climate change,” and rails on the Untied States of America. Well, Tawney, try living in China where people have to wear face masks just to breathe. Or Japan. This constant attack on my county by these type of people is

just over the top. It seems the Journal Gazette goes out of its way to look for authors like Ms. Tidwell, E.J. Dionne and Eugene Robinson, who by the way it is a wonder he has not fallen off the left side of planet earth. While not balancing its journalism with right wing conservative writers and journalists with outstanding credentials. The political cartoon that accompanied the article was so offensive it is in line with the “hate President Trump” mantra the Journal Gazette prints

daily in the editorial section. The cartoons are neither funny nor well done, they are a disgrace! It is clear the JG has become nothing more than a left wing propaganda rag that I am very, very disappointed in. My expectations were far greater for a news organization that garnered a Pulitzer Prize. Perhaps someone might want to inform Ms. Tidwell that the countries largest oil refinery was not owned by “poor people.” Dave Cooper Churubusco

under construction, will continue to make Whitley County a place where “families can make memories together, and continue our legacy of being welcoming, generous and kind,” Daniel said. “Residents are deciding where to live based on offerings,” Daniel said. “The only way our city will grow is by being attractive and providing experiences.” Daniel spoke about Job Burnworth, who donated $41,000 toward Burnworth Pool, which had a total construction cost of $81,000. “Thousands of residents and visitors have enjoyed the fruits of his donations,” Daniel said. Now, the facility will bear the names of the late Russel and Evelyn Fahl — a family that made a

significant donation. “These are two families that worked hard to provide for their families and their community,” Daniel said. Pam McCoy spoke on behalf of her parents, the Fahls. “My parents were the most loving, caring, compassionate and generous people I ever knew,” McCoy said. “They were always there to lend a hand and do whatever needed to be done. They felt so blessed that they wanted to bless others and leave a legacy to enrich the lives of others.” “It’s a family from our community giving back to our community, it couldn’t have been better,” Green said. Brad Bishop serves on the Northeast Indiana Redevelopment Authority and is a Whitley County native who is also excited to see the new quality-of-life project. “It today’s economy, we need to appeal to people based on where they will live,” Bishop said. “It’s not enough to have great jobs anymore.” September McConnell is the director of the Community Foundation of Whitley County, which is located at the property west of the pool. “Well there goes the

neighborhood,” McConnell joked, “and we couldn’t be happier.” She said when Green first approached her about the pool, she had a two-word answer for him: “Heck, no.” “When we teamed up to raise money for the splash pad, it was a little project and we were pulling our hair out to get the money,” McConnell said. “When he approached me about this, I thought, how would we ever get the money?” McConnell said Green has been “gifted with great vision.” She told him to show her how he could raise the money — and he did. “I love being proved wrong,” McConnell said. McConnell had the opportunity to work with Russel Fahl and his donations prior to his passing. She said he made a lasting impact on her. “I learned more from him as a donor than anyone else in the last 20 years,” McConnell said. “He was really wise and prudent. I think he’s seeing this project today and he’s really happy and proud of what’s going on.” Demolition on Burnworth Pool is expected to begin this month, and construction on the new pool is estimated to be complete in nine months.

Columbia City Welcomes New Church September 10th marks the first Sunday for CrossLife Church, a United Brethren church launch located in the former Eagle Quest facility at 1120 N St Road 109. Senior Pastor, Teddy Fairchild, shared the vision behind this new church launch. “We know life is busy and messy and hard, and we believe Christ opens the way for the kind of meaningful purposeful living we crave.” A small church with plenty of room to grow, CrossLife is on mission to live for more and inviting the community to be a part of it. Their leadership includes Associate Pastor Jason Haupert and Executive Leadership Team members John Bernhardt, Tenel Hawn, and Ben Metzger. CrossLife is sponsoring a FREE community picnic @ Kid’s Dreamland & FOP Lodge on September 9th from Noon-1:00PM. With face painting, crafts, bouncy house fun, and goodie bags guaranteed for the first 50 kids, it’s sure to be a festive family time!

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COLUMBIA CITY — More than 45 children aged 9-13 attended a Conservation Day Camp hosted by the Northeastern Indiana Soil and Water Conservation Districts Aug. 1. The districts rented Camp Whitley for the day to hold the event in Whitley County. The day camp began with the campers getting a chance to watch Levi Knach, conservation officer, demonstrate his dog Kenobi’s abilities to locate hidden items.

An example of Kenobi’s daily work life could be locating game birds that a hunter might have hidden somewhere in his vehicle because he had taken over his legal limit of birds. After the demonstration, campers divided into three groups to participate in morning activities. Campers tried their hand at shooting skeet with a shotgun under the instruction and supervision of conservation officers. They also practiced archery and built wren houses to take home at the end of the day. Staff from LaGrange,

Steuben and Whitley County Soil and Water Conservation Districts helped campers build the bird houses. William Klenke, an associate supervisor for Whitley County Soil and Water Conservation District, pre-drilled and cut the wood. Wildlife Educator Rick Glassman entertained the children with stories and games centered on Indiana wildlife. Glassman also brought with him some of his reptiles that he talked about and let the campers see and hold.

Associate Supervisor Bill Klenke gives a group of campers directions on building their birdhouses.

Melinda Woll receives consultant designation Staff reports

COLUMBIA CITY — Melinda Woll, of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Columbia City, has achieved the professional designation of chartered financial consultant. Woll successfully completed the requirements that include course work and a series of examinations to achieve the designation from The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa.

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First-year coach enjoying time with Wildcats By Justin Hunter

Each runner gave Jackson a time that they’d like to reach by the end of the season. The Wildcats’ practices are centered around reaching the individual goals. “We have been improving our times each race,” said Lady Wildcat runner Angel Moyer. “It also depends on which course we’re running, because they differ in size a little bit. I do think we’re on the right track.” Whitko may keep themselves motivated, not just because they are pushed, but because they genuinely enjoy practices. “We try to keep it fun around here,” said Jackson. “We’ll do running scavenger hunts or play ultimate Frisbee. They have just been awesome to me. They don’t question anything I saw.” The Wildcats have fewer runners on Tuesdays and Thursdays because a pair of boys also participate on the football team. Collin Bross is a kicker for the Wildcats, and Logan Busz is a wide out and defensive back. “They work really hard,” said Jackson. “They bust their butts off, and I try to push them to their limits. I give them Fridays off so they’re good to go for the

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SOUTH WHITLEY – One would think that transitioning from coaching middle school to high school would be a challenge. Not so much for Whitko cross country coach Tara Jackson. “This is the most fun I’ve had in many years,” said Jackson. “They are a great group of kids. The first practice was great because I would tell them to do anything, and they’d go out and do it. They were in good spirits after practice as well. I didn’t know what to do with myself because no one was complaining or whining. I was just impressed with their maturity. They’re much easier to coach, and you see it in the results. They’re here because they like to.” The only downside may be that the Wildcats are low in numbers. The boys’ team has five runners total. The girl’s team, with only three members, will not be able to place as a team unless the boys and girls place together. It may not be an ideal situation, but the Wildcats believe it can work in their favor. It gives them the opportunity to focus on themselves.

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The Whitko cross country team is improving as the season progresses. Pictured, from left, is head coach Tara Jackson, Logan Busz, Angel Moyer, Caden Compton, Elizabeth Foutz, Zack Freel, Amanda Leppek, Ezra Miller and Matthew Farner. Not pictured are Jeremiah Hildebrandt and Collin Bross. Contributed

game, then they run our races on Saturday.” Whitko has only run three meets so far. The highlight thus far was when Busz and Zack Freel finishing a race in the top 20, out of 75 runners. “I was just so proud. I really think our boy’s team can really excel when we have them all. I think they’ll place higher than they have in the past years,” Jackson said.

The Wildcats still have plenty of time ahead of them to reach their individual goals. Jackson has been focusing on circuit training and weights to get in better shape as the season goes. The team also heads over to the wooded area next to the high school to run the hill that’s also used by the Boys Scouts. “We run hills a lot because our course at the middle school features a

big hill that people call the ‘Monster,’” said Jackson. Whether or not all the Wildcats reach the goals this season is yet be seen, but thus far it’s been a season to remember for coach Jackson. “I love what I’m doing because I love these kids. They are just as amazing outside the sport as they are in it,” she said. The Whitko boys and girls teams continued their

season by running the Manchester Invitational Saturday morning. Logan Busz led the boys team in 48th place out of 141 runners with a time of 18:47. Zach Freel came in 68th, Jeremiah Hildabrandt in 128th and Caden Compton placed 134th. Elizabeth Foutz led the girls with a time of 27:12 and placed 87th out of 107 runners. Angel Moyer placed 96th.

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around, and we made a few more plays than they did tonight,” said Churubusco head coach Paul Sade. The Railroaders received the kickoff and scored on their first drive. A catch by Dillon McCann, and long throw

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GARRETT – The Churubusco football team defeated Garrett 22-15 Friday night. “Garrett has a great team, we just had a short field at times and were able to spread the ball

by Levi Follett put Garrett in the red zone. Follett scored on a keeper at the one-yard line on fourth and one to take a 7-0 lead. Churubusco (3-0) got to work with an 18-yard catch by Sam Wood to advance into Garrett territory. The Eagles scored

on third down with a pass thrown by Tom Richards to Joey Emenhiser for a seven-yard TD reception. The PAT was blocked and Garrett still led 7-6. Churubusco held Garrett to a punt. The Eagles scored on its next possession with a post

route by Gage Kelly in the corner of the end zone. The two-point conversion failed, and the Eagle led 12-7 with 6:31 to go in the first half. Garrett was stopped three plays in and had to punt. Churubusco had a shot at the end zone, but

an overthrow to the end zone sent the teams into the locker rooms with the Eagles having the edge 12-7. Churubusco got into field position with a 20yard run by Emenhiser. See ’BUSCO, Page 13

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Thursday, Sept. 7 Columbia City volleyball at Homestead, 5:30 p.m. Columbia City girls soccer hosts Bishop Luers, 5 p.m. Columbia City boys tennis hosts DeKalb, 5 p.m. Columbia City girls golf at Leo, 5 p.m. Whitko boys tennis at Manchester, 5 p.m. Whitko girls golf at West Noble, 5 p.m. Whitko volleyball at Manchester, 6 p.m. Churubusco girls golf hosts Westview, 5 p.m.

Columbia City football at Huntington, 7 p.m. Whitko football at Rochester, 7 p.m. Churubusco football hosts Eastside, 7 p.m.

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Tuesday, Sept. 12

Columbia City volleyball at Tippy Valley, 6 p.m. Columbia City girls soccer at New Haven, 5 p.m. Columbia City boys soccer hosts New Haven, 5 p.m. Columbia City boys tennis hosts Northrop, 5:15 p.m. Whitko boys tennis at Central Noble, 5 p.m. Whitko girls golf hosts Wayne, 5:30 p.m. Whitko volleyball at Rochester, 6 p.m.

Columbia City volleyball hosts Warsaw, 5:15 p.m. Columbia City girls soccer at Wawasee, 5 p.m. Columbia City boys tennis hosts East Noble, 5 p.m. Columbia City girls golf hosts Carroll, 5 p.m. Whitko girls golf at Warsaw, 4:30 p.m. Whitko volleyball hosts Central Noble, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 9 Columbia City cross country at Tippy Valley Inv., 9 a.m. Columbia City girls golf at NE8, 10 a.m. Whitko cross country at Tippy Valley Inv., 9 a.m. Whitko girls golf at TRC meet, 8:30 a.m. Whitko girls soccer hosts Wabash, 10 a.m.

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Wednesday, Sept. 13 Columbia City boys soccer hosts Wawasee, 5 p.m. Whitko boys soccer hosts Manchester, 7 p.m. Whitko boys tennis at Rochester, 5 p.m. Whitko girls soccer hosts Manchester, 5 p.m.

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Eagles win on stellar comeback, 14-13 By Nicole Minier nminier@kpcmedia.com

DECATUR — After 38 minutes of play at Bellmont last week, Columbia City’s offense still hadn’t made it to the end zone. The Eagles trailed 13-0 on a field 43 miles from home, were 0-for-2 on fourth-down conversion attempts and showed low energy on the sidelines. It wasn’t the same team that pummeled Whitko the week before — or was it? Columbia City flipped a switch in the last 10 minutes of the game, scoring two touchdowns and completing a perfect two-point conversion play to win the Northeast 8 Conference opener, 14-13. “We’ll just remember the end to this, not the other stuff,” said Columbia City head coach Brett Fox. “It was an exciting game and something they will be talking about for a long time.” The Eagles’ defense started the game in prime fashion, intercepting

passes in both Bellmont drive attempts in the first quarter — one by Noah Judd and another by Ethan Christen. However, the Eagle offense struggled against a consistent Bellmont defense, getting no closer to the end zone than the Brave 44-yard line in the whole first half. As Fox predicted before the game, Bellmont slowed the game down, scoring its first touchdown on a long drive in the second quarter. In total, Bellmont’s time of possession was 10 minutes longer than Columbia City’s. The Braves scored again in their first drive of the second half, taking a 13-0 lead with 3:27 left in the third quarter. Bellmont forced the Eagles to punt on their next possession — the outlook was bleak for the Eagles — but you couldn’t tell them that. Drew Rethlake sparked Columbia City’s

momentum after recovering a Bellmont fumble on the 26-yard line, setting the Eagles up in a great position to score — and they did — on an 11-yard run by Jacob Wigent. The Eagles’ extra-point attempt was no good, and Columbia City still trailed 13-6 with 9:59 left in the game. Fox said he utilized technology on the sidelines to show his players some changes that needed to be made. “We showed them the little mistakes we were making — we were just one guy off every time,” Fox said. On Columbia City’s next scoring attempt, Bellmont picked off an Eagle pass to kill the drive — but it didn’t kill Columbia City’s momentum. With only minutes left in the game, Columbia City started a drive on their own 15-yard line — 85 yards away from the end zone. Bolt found openings

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all over the field, from running the ball himself to finding open receivers. The combined efforts of Bolt, Wigent, Bedwell, Michael Sievers and Garrett Roehling, The Eagles pushed the ball to the 30-yard line. Bolt found Judd open in

the left corner, throwing a 30-yard touchdown pass, to make the score 13-12 with 1:14 left to play. The Eagles could either attempt another field goal, or go for the win. Coach Fox was ready for moments like this, and had the perfect play up his

sleeve. As Bolt pretended to call out a play to his fellow teammates, the center snapped the ball to Wigent, a running back, who handed it off to Bedwell, who threw it to Bolt in the end zone. “They executed that play perfectly,” Fox said. “We practice it every week — we have several of those that are ready for times like this.” Columbia City finished the game with 257 total offensive yards compared to Bellmont’s 266. Bolt completed six of 14 pass attempts for 88 yards. Bolt also led in rushing with 63 yards, followed by Wigent with 59 and Bedwell with 47. Travis Sunderland led Columbia City with eight tackles. “Our guys came together and stayed together,” Fox said. “That’s something we’ve struggled with in the past — we’re learning and growing.”

CUMULATIVE FOOTBALL STATISTICS TOP IN COUNTY Rushing N. Keener, 334 (CH) Receiving M. Anderson, 133 (CH) Points J. Emenhiser, 30 Passing yards J. Bolt, 287 (CC) Completions T. Richards, 15/24 (CH) Tackles P. Curry, 29 (CH) COLUMBIA CITY

Rushing yards J. Wigent, 286 J. Bolt, 248 M. Bedwell, 145 Receiving yards N. Judd, 97 M. Sievers, 90 E. Christen 81 Garrett Roehling, 24 Passing

J. Bolt 14-43 287 yards Points J. Wigent, 28 J. Bolt, 14 N. Judd, 12 M. Bedwell, 8 M. Sievers, 6 Tackles C. Winebrenner, 18 S. Barrera, 18 A. Bolt, 15 D. Rethlake, 12 E. Christen, 12 T. Sunderland, 11 K. Parker, 11 Sacks J. Pettigrew, 2 K. Parker, 2 C. Winebrenner, 1 Interceptions T. Martz, 1 N. Judd, 1 E. Christen, 1 N. Wigent, 1 Punts J. Bolt, 10 for 281

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Fulk scored on a 20-yard touchdown run to go up 22-7 with 6:56 left in the game. Garrett’s Joel Mix ran the ball for a 38-yard play, and led the Railroaders into the red zone. Garrett threw to Jacob Bevis for the successful two-point conversion. Garrett trailed 22-15 with 6:16 to go. The Railroaders stopped Churubusco and go the ball back at midfield with 4:07 left. Garrett was stopped after

four short plays. Churubusco got the ball back with under four minutes to go, but was stuffed on a fourth and one by the Garrett defense. Garrett got the ball back on their 26-yard line with 2:25 remaining. McCann caught a first down pass with under two minutes to go. Dane Johnson caught a deep pass for a 30-yard reception. The next pass was intercepted by Churubusco’s Eminhiser to end the

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Rushing yards Z. Gardner, 132 H. Reed, 95 Receiving yards H. Reed, 64 M. Conner, 33 L. Busz, 21 Z. Gardner, 12 C. Nunley, 12 Passing C. Bechtold, 18-39 161 yards Tackles M. Lehr, 17 K. Busz, 13 Z. Neer, 10 C. Bechtold, 8 I. Pierce, 7 Sacks Z. Neer, 1.5 C. Nunley, 1 C. Zorn, 0.5 Kickoff yards C. Bross, 160 C. Sapp, 17

Punting yards C. Sapp, 267 D. Stouder, 183 Kickoff returns E. Howard, 59 C. Loe, 44 R. Young, 47 Z. Gardner, 38 Z. Neer, 35 Points H. Reed, 12 C. Bross, 1 CHURUBUSCO

Rushing yards N. Keener, 334 G. Kelly, 118 G. Horn, 100 S. Wood, 95 J. Emenhiser, 76 J. Fulk, 62 A. Lehman, 27 Receiving yards M. Anderson, 133 G. Kelly, 43 S. Wood, 29 Passing T. Richards 15-24

227 yards Tackles P. Curry, 29 A. Lehman, 27 T. Holloway, 23 J. Leazier, 17 R. Wicker, 17 C. Lemper, 16 M. Anderson, 16 S. Wood, 14 T. Allen, 12 Sacks R. Wicker, 1.5 P. Curry, 1 Interceptions G. Kelly, 2 J. Emenhiser, 2

B. Hilkey, 1 Kickoff yards J. Emenhiser, 935 Punts J. Emenhiser, 212 Punt returns S. Wood, 123 J. Emenhiser, 59 Points J. Emenhiser, 30 G. Kelly, 24 N. Keener, 24 M. Anderson, 12 S. Wood, 12 PATs J. Emenhiser, 15-16

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’BUSCO from Page 12 Emenhiser put the ball down the uprights from 18 yards away to take a 15-7 lead with 6:33 left in the third quarter. Garrett returned the kickoff into Churubusco territory, but a block in the back forced the Railroaders back to their own 14-yard line. Garrett was driving the ball down the field, but an interception by Gage Kelly halted the drive. Churubusco led at the end of the third 15-7. Churubusco ran the ball down the field. Jake

game. Churubuso’s win against Garrett has them 3-0 heading into next week’s game against Eastside “We got better tonight,” said Sade. “It was a big deal to get a win against a good team on the road.” Churubusco will try to continue its winning ways against Eastside (2-1). The Blazers opened their season with a loss against Woodlan, but followed to beat Adams Central and West Noble.

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Columbia City head coach Brett Fox talks to the team after winning an exciting game in the conference opener against Bellmont.

CROSS COUNTRY Marion Invitational

MARION – The Columbia City boys and girls cross country teams competed at the Marion Invitational Saturday morning. The Columbia City boys team placed fifth out of 16 teams. The Columbia City girls team placed 13th out of 17 teams. The Churubusco boys track team also placed fourth out of 23 small schools in Marion. Columbia City’s Landon Wakeman came in second out of 142 runners with a time of 16:34 seconds. Nathan Mills finished ninth in 16:50. Nick Mills came in 48th, Dominic Planchon in 59th, Wes Story in 87th, Colyn Iden in 92nd, Andrew Korus in 111th, Cameron Jagger in 127th and Jake Dickmayer came in 139th. Lillie Oddou led the Lady Eagles with a time

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of 20:06 and finished 57th out of 161 runners. Lauren Keller received 70th place with a time of 20:28 seconds. Bailie Brown finished in 85th, Eden Oddou in 87th, Jaslyn Cook in 121st, Ally Willson in 124th, Emma Coy in 144th, Carolyn Shelton in 146th and Amelia Fahl in 149th. Churubusco’s sophomore Sam Keily placed sixth out of 167 runners with a time of 16:49. Freshman Levi Skinner placed in 21st with a time of 17:59. Freshman Eli Lantz finished in 37th, Freshman Bryce Kolvoord in 55th, Junior Bradlee Kolvoord in 69th, Junior Shawn Prater in 70th, Senior Ben Geise in 101st, Sophomore Cody Graft in 132nd and Freshman Kyle Brandt placed in 144nd place.

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Maconaquah 48, Whitko 7

SOUTH WHITLEY – The Whitko football team fell 48-7 to Maconaquah Friday night. The Wildcats trailed 21-0 heading into the locker room at half. Manaquah put up 20 points in the third quarter. Whitko scored in the fourth quarter with a one yard touchdown run by Hunter Reed. The Wildcats drove the ball 63 yards in 14 plays on the scoring drive. Maconaquah had 356 rushing yards compared to Whitko’s 64. Wildcat Quarterback Cade Bechtold was 8-14 for 64 yards and no turnovers.

GOLF Columbia City 197, East Noble 214

to play a home match as we haven’t played at home in over two. Our players have handled the schedule well and it slows a bit as we head toward the sectional.” Whitko Invitational NORTH MANCHESTER – The Whitko girls golf team shot 236 and placed third out of three teams at its own invitational. Manchester won the match with 174 and West Noble came in second with 224. Bailey Wright led the Lady Wildcats with 50. Makayla Compton followed with 60. Erin Starkweather shot a 62 and Summer West a 64.

SOCCER Mississinewa 3, Whitko 1 GAS CITY – The Whitko girls soccer team lost 3-1 to Mississinewa Saturday morning. The Lady Wildcats were down 2-0 going into the half. Julia Seifert put the ball in the back of the net. The assist was done by Abi Hartman. Whitko goaltender Stephanie Baughman logged 14 saves.

The Columbia City boys soccer team was shut out 3-0 against Huntington North last week. The Vikings put pressure of the Eagles with 12 shots on goal. Columbia City only sent four shots to the Huntington goaltender. Bethany Christian 5, Whitko 0

SOUTH WHITLEY – The Whitko girls soccer team was shutout 5-0 against Bethany Christian last week. The Lady Wildcats found themselves down 4-0 at half. Whitko only allowed one other in the second half, but couldn’t get any of their own. The Lady Bruins goaltender only had to make two saves in the game. Huntington North 7, Columbia City 0

HUNTINGTON – The Columbia City girls soccer team was blanked 7-0 last week. The Lady Eagles found themselves down 4-0 at halftime. The Huntington goaltender only had to make four saves. Lady Viking player Hannah Tillett scored a hat trick in the game.

and Tyler Miller were competitive in the No. 1 double match but fell 6-7, 2-6. The teams did not have enough players to post a No. 2 double match. Norwell 5, Columbia City 0

COLUMBIA CITY – The Columbia City boys tennis team dropped to Norwell 5-0 last week. No. 1 singles player Garrett Anspach lost his match 6-0, 6-1. Braden Baker lost his No. 2 singles match 6-1, 6-4. No. 3 singles player Eli Jones fell in his match 6-2, 6-2. Jordan Lee and Kendall Smith lost their No. 1 doubles matches 6-3, 7-5. Jackson Longenbaugh and David Kyler also lost their doubles match 6-2, 6-2. Triton 5, Whitko 0

SOUTH WHITLEY – The Whitko boys tennis team fell 5-0 to Triton. Nathan Smith fought hard, but fell 6-4, 7-5. Aiden Hoffman battled in a long three-set, but lost 6-7, (9-11), 7-5, 8-10.

COLUMBIA CITY – The Columbia City girls team defeated East Noble 197-214 last week at Eagle Glen. Westview 5, Leah Bechtold led the Churubusco 0 way with 41, she also CHURUBUSO – The shot a birdie in the sixth Churubusco boys tennis hole. Katie Hoag and Churubusco 2, team fell to Westview Emilee Smith followed Central Noble 2 5-0 Friday afternoon. with 49s. Katie Hoeppner Manchester 3, No. 1 singles player and Kellie Krei were Columbia City 1 Grim lost 6-0, 6-0. No. behind with 58s. TENNIS COLUMBIA CITY 2 singles player Andy “It was a good win ALBION – The Churu– The Columbia City Bowyer was taken down in conference play for busco boys tennis team boys soccer team lost by his opponent 6-0, 6-2. us and finally we got tied Central Noble 2-2 to Manchester 3-1 last Churubuso did not have three scores in the 40s, last week. week. No. 3 singles player and and that’s what we have No. 1 singles player The Eagles scored a lost by forfeit. Boggess been looking for,” said Andy Bowyer was goal in the first half, but and Goniwicha fell 6-1, Columbia City coach defeated 6-3, 6-0. No. 2 was down 2-1 at half. 6-2. Krider and Miller Andrew Thompson. player Andrew in Whitley your ad in IN|Whitley County and reach over singles 13,000 homes The Squires goalie made lost their County. No. 2 doubles “Leah Bechtold had an Boggess took down his seven saves to secure the match 6-0, 6-2. outstanding night as opponent 6-0, 6-2. No. win. medalist and it was good 3 singles players Mason Huntington North 3, to see Emilee Smith Goniwicha also won his Columbia City 0 break into the 40s as Call your IN|Whitley County newspaper 693-3949 matchat 6-1,(260) 6-3. Krider See SPORTS, Page 15 COLUMBIA CITY – well. Also, it was good

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Racer goes for a drive where it all started By Justin Hunter jhunter@kpcmedia.com

MAIZE, Kan. – A former Whitley County resident returned to the area with family and friends to race on the track where his love for racing micro sprint cars began. Koop, 49, fell in love with racing as a young child. His family would take him from his childhood home near Blue Lake to the speedway in Warsaw. His grandfather, Charles Shively, would tell him stories from his racing days at the same track. Shively passed away over a year ago, but his spirit was felt when Koop raced in Warsaw this past August. Koop finished

ninth place while more than 50 family members cheered him on. Among the family members in attendance were Koop’s parents from Georgia and his older sister and her family from Iowa. “It was great to race where it all started, and in front of family. It meant a lot,” said Koop. “I was getting buckled in and I realized I was about to race in the same place he raced so many years ago. I said a little prayer to him as I was sitting in staging, wishing he could be there to watch me race and see him smiling. Thinking about it today still brings tears to my eyes.” Koop enjoyed his time

in Whitley County, but moved in 1980 to Colorado before his high school years. It wasn’t until 2009, when Koop started micro sprint racing, something he wanted to do since he heard his grandfathers’ stories. A micro sprint car—being a miniature car ran by a motorcycle engine. Racing was every bit as exciting to him as his grandfather made it out to be. “It gets the heart rate up. The feeling of the car when it turns a corner, it’s a pretty good feeling,” said Koop. Koop currently has a Factor 1 car that he’s raced in Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri

and now Indiana. The top speed reaches 80 miles per hour on a well-paved track. Koop started racing at a track in Garden City, Kan., where he won many races. He moved into A class in 2010 and won the coveted track championship in 2011. Koop now resides in Maize, Kan. He no longer races every weekend, since the nearest tracks from him are over 200 miles away. “It’s one of those feeling you’ll never forget behind that wheel,” said Koop. “It’s just an adrenaline rush and an excitement that makes me want to do it more often than I am now.”

blocks a piece. “We haven’t been a good serving team, it’s what we’ve been working in practice,” said Churubusco head coach Caitlin Starkey. “We seemed to get them in today, so I’m happy with how we played today.”

apiece. Lahr also led the team with nine kills. Osborn led with nine blocks. Shianne Brooke had 31 sets and Sarah Pepple got down with 26 digs. Concordia 3, Columbia City 0 FORT WAYNE – The Columbia City volleyball team was shut out by Concordia 3-0 (25-10, 25-8, 25-11) last week. Bree Lahr led the Lady Eagles with three kills. Ellie Mohler led with three assists and eight digs. Shelby Mosier and Shianne Brooke had two blocks each. Madison Cook, Sarah Pepple and Shayla Harris hit 100 percent of their serves in play.

Howard led the Lady Wildcats with a pair of aces and 10 kills. Sikora had 27 assists. Slater led with 20 digs. Beck had a pair of blocks.

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CHURUBUSCO – The Churubusco volleyball team defeated Eastside 3-1 (25-23, 25-16, 25-15) Thursday night. Eastside was able to be competitive in the first set, but Churubusco took their momentum and took care of business the rest of the way. The Lady Eagles were able to capitalize, despite a handful of players on the bench with an injury. Churubusco’s Rachel Jacquay was on the bench without a boot. She is expected to play this Wednesday. Cora Pence led the Lady Eagles with 23 assists. Mallory Sphar led with 12 digs. Bekah Huelsenbeck had nine kills. Ashlie Martz led with four aces. Sphar, Brooke Nondorf and Ashlie Martz all had two

Columbia City 3, Churubusco 1

CHURUBUSCO – The Columbia City volleyball team defeated Whitley County foe Churubusco 3-1 (26-24, 19-25, 16-25, 9-25) last week. Churubusco won narrowly in the first set, but Columbia City was able to rally and win three sets in a row. It was the first match against the two teams since head coach Suzanne Taylor left Churubusco for Columbia City. Bree Lahr and Taylor Osborn led Columbia City with three aces

North Miami 3, Whitko 0

SOUTH WHITLEY – Whitko volleyball was downed by North Miami 3-0 (25-15, 25-13, 30-28) last week.

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GARRETT – The Churubusco volleyball ended their week by playing four games at the Garrett Invitational Saturday. The Lady

Eagles went 1-3 for the day. Churubusco first played Eastside and lost 3-0 (25-12, 15-25, 12-15.) The Lady Eagles then lost to Blackhawk Christian 2-0 (25-16, 27-26.) Churubusco also dropped its third game to Whitko in three sets. Churubusco ended on

a high note by beating Hamilton 2-0 (25-15, 25-11.) Cora Pence and Melanie Geiger led the Lady Eagles with three aces apiece in the win. Bekah Huelsenbeck led with four kills. Pense also led with five digs. Compiled by Justin Hunter

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LARWILL — Sixthgrade students at Whitko Middle School indulged in a different type of “Ted Talk” on Aug. 23, filling the room with laughter and excitement as Ted Wiese spoke about leadership. Wiese, a motivational speaker who specializes in teaching leadership to youth, led them through his conference “Challenge Leadership Training with Ted.” As the entrepreneurial lead of Wiese Training and

Development, his approach helps students understand that leadership is something that is learned. “I feel like I’m planting seeds,” Wiese said. He helps schools nurture leadership in students by showing that students have a responsibility to be a leader among their friends and in their school on a daily basis. According to his website, Wiese says, “Following the workshop, adults and students say that participants are actively

engaged throughout the experience, excited to become more actively involved in school clubs and organizations, accept responsibility for leadership and take ownership of their success, learn how to use their enthusiasm and positive attitude to impact the student body and leave the program believing they can make a positive difference in the lives of others.” Students often think leadership is simply based on characteristics outside

of their control like their age, height or a variety of other factors, but Wiese outlines that leadership is not something a person is simply born with, but rather something each person must learn to develop over time, and that anyone can be a leader. “Every student who walks through the doors of Whitko Middle School has the opportunity to be a leader,” said Kelly Goode, Whitko Middle School’s mental health therapist.

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for this Star Event on July NASHVILLE — The 6 in the Nashville Music Indiana State Family, Center. Career and Community This is the fourth Leaders of America consecutive year Bishop Leadership Conference has competed and been was February in Muncie. named the national qualiWhitko High School fier and winner at the state FCCLA junior Rozlyn and national conferences Bishop, competed in the representing Whitko High Fashion Construction School FCCLA. Family, STAR Event and received Career and Community a gold medal with her Leaders of America is project entitled “Pracunique among youth tically Perfect in Every organizations because its Way.” programs are planned and Bishop was named run by its members. national qualifier which It is the only career and made her eligible to technical in-school student compete at the FCCLA organization with family National Conference in as its central focus. ParticNashville, Tenn. July 1-6. ipation in state programs With over 8,500 FCCLA and chapter activities help members nationwide members become strong in attendance, Bishop leaders in their families, competed on July 3 and careers and communiCONTRIBUTED was announced Gold ties. The Whitko FCCLA Rozlyn Bishop is pictured wearingand her FCCLA red over Havingasaa Garage Sale? Place your ad in IN|Whitley County reach Medal National Winner sponsor is Amy Richards. jacket and the gold medal she received at Nationals.

“Some will choose to be a leader in the classroom, some will choose to be a leader within the sports they play, and some within our numerous clubs. There are also students who want to be leaders, but don’t feel that they have the skills needed or the confidence

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• The Multi County Medical Outreach Clinic for uninsured and under-insured adults, ages 18-65, is open 1-5 p.m. the first Thursdays every month, at 524 Branch Court, Columbia City. Call 564-1946 for more information. • The Team Boggs Golf Scramble Benefit is at Crooked Lake Golf Course starting at 10 a.m. The cost is $40 per player. • Compassionate Friends at DeMoney-Grimes Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City, is 6:30-8 p.m. monthly on the first Thursday. • A primitive craft class taught by Sally Reuter will take place at 6 p.m. at the South Whitley Community Public Library. The class will feature needle felted ornaments, and costs $18. Sept. 9

• The 9th annual Plow Day and benefit will be 9 a.m. at the Reiff farm, 7833 W. C.R. 1000 South, South Whitley. There will be antique tractors, teams of horses and garden tractors, wagon rides, an Amish bake sale, kids games, pony rides, craft demonstrations and more. The meal starts at 11 a.m. For more information, follow Whitley County Plow Day on Facebook. • Orizon Real Estate will host its annual pancake and sausage breakfast 7-10 a.m. at the Whitley County 4-H Fairgrounds, 680 W. Squawbuck Road, Columbia City. The cost is $4 per adult and children ages 8 and under are half-price. • Washington Center United Methodist Church will host its annual ice cream social, 4-7 p.m. There will be vanilla, chocolate, lemon, red hot cinnamon, chocolate chip cookie dough, chocolate mint, strawberry, peach, maple and maple nut ice cream, as well as sandwiches, pies and cakes, all for a free-will offering. The event will be held at Washington Road and County Road 800 South, in the Washington Center Community Building behind the fire station.

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• Google What? A class explaining Google and all the features it has to offer will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the Peabody Public Library. Sept. 12

• Columbia City’s Common Council will host its regular meeting at 6 p.m. at City Hall. • South Whitley’s Town Council will host its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the town hall. Sept. 13

• A Free Legacy Event at Churubusco United Methodist Church, 1:30-3 p.m., will provide information on end of life decisions, presented by Jamie Peppler. Peppler is a family nurse

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The times are 4-7 p.m. Sept. 21; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 22; and 9 a.m.-noon Sept. 23 for the $2-bag sale.

• Books & Booze meets at Downtown on the Square and will discuss the book “Sand” by Hugh Howey. This event is for ages 21 and over, and will take place at 7 p.m. • Chess Club resumes at the South Whitley Community Public Library under the leadership of Tim Weybright. Chess players young and old are welcome to come to the library at 4:30 p.m. every other Thursday.

Sept. 15

• The South Whitley Fall Festival begins, ending Sunday. The festival includes a parade, car show, musical groups and more. Sept. 16

• The Whitley County Survival Expo, put on by the Whitley County Historical Museum, is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Peabody Public Library in Columbia City. There will be presentations on edible and medicinal plants, self defense, navigation and orienteering, evade and escape, tactical medical, every day carry bags, emergency water prep, firearms and safety and emergency communications. There will be demonstrations on ammo reloading, assembling, modifying and cleaning an AR-15, and martial arts tactics as well, along with giveaways throughout the day. The Whitley County Health Department’s disaster preparedness trailer will be on site to tour as well. For more information, visit survivalexpo.whitleymuseum. com. • A golf scramble benefiting Team Boggs from South Whitley will be held at Crooked Lake Golf Course at 10 a.m. There is a fee of $40 per player. • Columbia City’s girls basketball golf outing fundraiser begins at 1 p.m. at Eagle Glen Golf Course. The 18-hole scramble includes a dinner for $55 per person. To register, contact Justin Alles at jdalles42@gmail.com or call after 4 p.m., 609-4559. • Cleveland Township’s fire department will host bingo during the South Whitley Fall Festival at 6 p.m.

Sept. 10

• The Smith Township Fire Department will host a hot rod/classic car show as a 9/11 memorial, 4-7 p.m. at the fire station, 805 John Kreiger Drive, Churubusco. The event will include pizza, music and refreshments. • The Whitley County Community Christmas Celebration will host its first planning meeting 4 p.m. Sept. 10at the Columbia City United Methodist Church. Meetings are open to the public, whether interested in helping with planning or wanting to get more information. The group is looking to fill vacancies in the following areas: publicity, refreshments and all aspects of the Live Nativity. The Community Christmas is a joint volunteer effort, and the group would like all areas of Whitley County to be represented. • Immaculate Conception Catholic Church will host its annual chicken dinner noon-5 p.m. at the church in Ege, located on County Road 400 South, four miles west of LaOtto. There will be raffle and quilt drawings at 5 p.m. The even started many years ago in the woods west of Ege over open fires. There will be fried chicken, homemade noodles, mashed potatoes and gravy, salads and “Ege-style” cole slaw, topped with homemade pie. • Etna United Methodist Church will celebrate Grandparents Day.

practitioner who is board certified in hospice and palliative medicine. Peppler is employed by Visiting Nurse in Fort Wayne and assists patients who have advanced diseases with establishing goals of care and making their wishes known. She will walk attendees through the ways to appropriately plan for most end of life decisions.

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• A fish fry will be held after the Sunday service at Salem Community Church, 11:30 a.m., followed by a ride on the Dixie in North Webster. • The Cleveland Township Fire Department will host a lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. during the Fall Festival Car Show in South Whitley.

Sept. 18

• An art class led by Carl Mosher will teach how to paint a yellow swallowtail butterfly. The class costs $20, and will be 6 p.m. at the South Whitley Community Public Library. • The Whitley County Drainage Board will meet at 9 a.m. The board meets on the third Monday of every month. Sept. 19

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• Passages Inc.’s annual meeting is at the Eagles Nest Event Center, 125 S. Eagle Glen Trail, Columbia City. Doors open at 6 p.m., light refreshments start at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m. RSVP to Tammy Nickolson at tnickolson@passagesinc.org or call 244-9317 by Sept. 11. • Teen’s Passport to Taste kicks off at the South Whitley Community Public Library at 4 p.m. with food from and information about Canada. • Award-winning author Holly Niner visits the South Whitley Community Public Library at 6:30 p.m. to discuss her book “The Day I Ran Away.” Sept. 21

• Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 7819 Decatur Road, Fort Wayne, is hosting its fall rummage and bake sale Sept. 21-23 at the church.

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• CJ’s Cruzin, hosted by CJ’s Drive-In at 502 E. Business 30 in Columbia City, is hosted the fourth Friday every month through September. The event is 5-8 p.m. • This is the last day to register for Columbia City’s fall trash pickup day. To register, call 248-5100. Sept. 23

• The 3rd annual Lord’s Acre Festival will be hosted at Etna United Methodist Church. All proceeds will go to the Boomerang Backpack program for Little Turtle and Northern Heights Elementary schools. Beginning in the 1930s, a group of farmers came together to donate produce from one acre of their crops to help feed others. The Lord’s Acre Festival officially began in 1949 in Etna. Food booths open and the parade starts at 11 a.m. The opening ceremony will be held at 11:30 a.m. There will be entertainment noon-1 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. A community auction is 1-3 p.m., and a silent auction runs 12:30-4:30 p.m. There will be games, a petting zoo, hay rides and more. Sept. 26

• The United Way’s Day of Caring, an annual event, will take place, as many volunteers will work together to make the community a better place. • Columbia City Municipal Board of Works will host its regular meeting at 5 p.m. • Columbia City’s Common Council will host its regular meeting at 6 p.m. at City Hall. • South Whitley’s Town Council will host its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the town hall. Sept. 27

• Fake News, a program by John Kaufeld of IPFW will take place at the South Whitley Community Public Library. He will share how to be a smart consumer of news sources. The program starts at 6:30 p.m. • An AARP Driver Safety course will be offered at the Whitley County Council on Aging/ Woodlands Senior Center from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. To register, call 248-8944 Sept. 28

• Choices & Changes will host its monthly workshop for caregivers of children and adolescents at The Center for Whitley County Youth, 201 W. Market St., Columbia City, at 6:30 p.m. September’s focus will be on “attachment,” understanding how attachment develops, and strategies for strengthening secure attachment and bonding at any age. Pre-registration is required. The cost is $20 per person and $10 for each additional family member. Billing to insurance and sliding scale fees are available. Contact Clinical Director Christy Garau at 244-0264 or visit choicesandchangescc.com to register. Sept. 30

• Green Township Community Center’s annual Fall Festival is 4-7:30 p.m. There will be an all-you-can-eat fish and tenderloin dinner fried by Dan’s. The cost of the dinner is $9 for adults, $4.50 for children ages 6-12 and free for children under 6 years old. In addition to the dinner, there will be a 4-H bake sale and a game room with activities for the kids. There will be drive-thru service for those who would like carry-out, located in the rear of the building. Proceeds from the festival will be used to maintain the community center, which is located on County Road 300 South in Noble County, west of County Road 300 East. Oct. 1

• A four week series on genealogy will begin at the Peabody Public Library, teaching the basics of genealogy. All events in the series begin at 2 p.m. Oct. 3

• Whitley County Council will host their regular monthly meeting at 8 a.m. in the Whitley County Government Center.

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