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revamps for basketball season by Emily Armentrout emily@thepaperofwabash.com Tune in to Wabash Web TV to check out our new website powered by Ustream. The Paper is constantly striving to make our services as functional and hassle-free as possible. “Ustream is more user friendly, with better viewing quality,” said Mike Rees, general manager of The Paper. Viewers can access Wabash Web TV broadcasts by going to www.thepaperofwabash.com and clicking the black and yellow Web TV logo on the right hand side of the page. The new site can also be accessed directly at thepaperofwabash.com/webtv.html. Live broadcasts will start automatically. If you experience difficulties, refreshing the page is recommended. If you are viewing the broadcast on a smartphone, you will need to download Ustream’s free mobile app. You can locate the app through the yellow “Click Here” link under the video player on our website or through the app store on your smartphone. With this free app, you will be able to view our live stream as well as archived footage. There is no login information required to view our broadcasts through the website or smartphone. “With the great support from our sponsors, The Paper will be able to bring our viewers exciting county sports action this winter,” added Rees. Web TV will be covering boys’ and girls’ basketball this season, with the first broadcast coming in late November. Web TV will also be covering the county invitational for wrestling, along with the TRC meet this season. Be sure to join Bill Barrows, Tim and Rick Harness and Jim Landrum again for all the excitement this season. Wabash Web TV will be covering the thrilling battles of all four county schools throughout the season. Look for regular updates in The Paper on what games are coming up on Wabash Web TV.
by Eric Stearley eric@thepaperofwabash.com
For Bonnie Reed, Hoosier Point was more than a landmark. It was her work. It was a “jumpin’ truck stop,” and a restaurant full of memories. Above all, it was a gathering place. “Everybody gathered at Hoosier Point,” said Reed. “It was like a big family.” Part of what made it like a family for Reed was the fact that much of her family worked in or near the diner. She was employed at the restaurant on multiple occasions. Her husband managed the filling station next door. Her brother and daughter each managed the restaurant at different times. Reed’s father, Fred Hamilton, owned a garage across the road where he worked as a mechanic much of his life. “It was a home away from home,” said Reed. On Monday, Oct. 28, the SCS Environmental Contracting excavator engine was fired up and the walls of the historic structure came crashing down. The landmark was built by Manuel and Ruth Leach in 1958. Half of the building was their home, while the other half housed their business, Leach’s Ice House. The building housed the couple and their two sons, Steve and Donald, for four years. Manuel eventually sold the building to National Oil & Gas, who leased it to every restaurant owner since. The company owned the (continued on page 5)
(TOP) THE SCS ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTING machines tear into the former Hoosier Point at the corner of SR 13 and US 24 Monday, Oct. 28. The demolition started from the west end of the building around 11 a.m. (photo by Eric Stearley)
(BOTTOM) AFTER 52 YEARS OF FAMILY DINING AND COMMUNITY, the last wall of the former Hoosier Point falls. (photo by Eric Stearley)
A seasoned hunter shares experience with first-timer The Paper’s Ashley Flynn goes bow hunting with uncle Tim Yohe by Ashley Flynn ashley@thepaperofwabash.com In the back corner of a bean field, camouflaged behind sticks and leaves, we sat in a ground blind anxiously waiting for a TIM YOHE USES A DEER CALL that makes the noise of deer to tempt its fate. a buck searching for does. (photo by Ashley Flynn)
My Uncle Tim Yohe had been out earlier in the week to set up the ground blind. He placed it approximately 50 feet from some deer scrapes – a place where a buck routinely marks in the mud with a hoof and urinates to let other deer know he’s around. “It takes some time for deer to get used to ground blinds,” Uncle Tim explained to me. He usually (continued on page 21)