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General practitioner Dr. Chelsea Wolf will begin with Goshen Physicians Monday, Aug. 1, and will open the North Webster ofﬁce once construction is ﬁnished.

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The North Webster Community Center has announced a new, full-time physician will be taking up ofﬁce residence in the North Webster Community Center, beginning this fall.

“The crowd seemed to really enjoy everything,” said Brenda Bethel, Milford Lions member and one of the festival organizers.

“If we forget to honor those of our own community who bought our right to pursue life, liberty and happiness, we will surely fail to raise a new generation capable of understanding or sacriﬁcing to continue this grand experiment

Hundreds of spectators packed the immediate areas around the

“‘Taps’p.m.can reﬂect both pride and sadness. I’m always moved by the comments and appreciation people share with me about this community tribute,” said Mark Knecht, president of Chautauqua-Wawasee and one of the event’s organizers. “Being able to collaborate with Chris Longenbaugh of the Syracuse American Legion Post 223 makes this special because we know how meaningful it is to veterans of the Armed Forces.”

Sun and smiles abound at Milford Family Fun Fest

Wawasee Community School Corp. calls for renewed focus on safety protocol

gence in dealing with emergency situations of this type. “When people come into our buildings to attend school and work each day, we’re doing everything we can to keep our people and our students safe,” Troyer said. “We have to be diligent and we have to be aware and we have to make this a priority.”

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Lusty winds helped cool off the participants and observers of North Webster’s Memorial Day parade and memorial ceremony.

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People gathered on their piers and pontoons to listen, and most were rewarded with the echo of the Taps memorial Sunday evening on lakes Syracuse, Papakeechie and Wawasee. Thirty-six buglers/musicians paused for quiet reﬂection at 9:08 p.m. followed by their playing of “Taps” at 9:09

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for the community.”

into the next generation.”

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ter’s board of directors. Together they have crafted a plan to have

In light of the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, ofﬁcials at the Wawasee Community School Corporation have declared their intentions to bring a renewed focus to the safety protocols and procedures of each school. “We’re not changing our policies,” said Superintendent Stephen Troyer. “This is something we do on an annual basis

Milford’s Main Street parade was well attended and was followed by a service at Milford Cemetery. Both events were led by the Ancil Geiger American Legion Post 226 color guard and officiated by Chaplain Steve Wilson.Wilson welcomed the crowd with a brief speech honoring “those from Milford who laid down their lives for our freedom in this great country ... We wave flags, shoot guns, salute and pray to remember specifically those of the Milford community who gave the last full measure of their lives for this great nation.

“The lines are long at the rides and food vendors.” Of the Milford Lions stage, she added, “I’m so glad we’re back.”

Syracuse, North Webster and Milford all sponsored Memorial day parades followed by memorial services in their municipal cemeteries Monday, May 30.

townwide garage sales and a maker’s market, and the overused phrase “something for everyone” was, on this particular Saturday, apt.

She added there has been some restructuring with the cen-

damaged efﬂuent meter, which monitors ﬂow going out of the plant. Their bid included calibration and installation.

Mark Brubaker, plant manager, said electricians had not yet determined if a new surge protector would also be required. The council approved an provisional amount not to exceed $3,000 in case it was also needed.

Sherman Goldenberg, who added there is potential for expansion. Wolf, a native of Iowa, will be the only full-time doctor in the North Webster community. The plan is to have regular weekday business hours, Mondays through Thursdays, at a minimum.Emily Worrell, executive director of NWCC, is excited to bring the doctor’s ofﬁce into the building. Once it is ready to open, she noted there will be a grand opening celebration to ofﬁcially welcome Dr. Wolf into the community.“The North Webster Community Center has been in a period of transition during the past couple of years,” noted Worrell. “Our mission is to provide wellness and engagement opportunities

With the return of the Lion’s stage also came a return of the cutie contest and crowning of the senior king and queen, all of whom rode in Milford’s Memorial Day Parade at 10 a.m. Monday, May Becky Alles were named senior king and queen.

Milford Town Council approved an amount not to exceed $3,300 to replace equipment damaged in a lightning strike at the wastewater plant at 6:43 p.m., May 25.

Add to that a classic car cruisein sponsored by Milford-based Kosciusko Masonic Lodge 418, Milford Library’s book sale, Milford Kiwanis pancake breakfast, Milford Volunteer Fire Department’s rib-eye steak sandwich,

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The ofﬁce, which will utilize a portion of the old library inside the community center, will encompass 1,100 square feet.

‘Taps Across the Water’ draws large turnout

Wilson gave a prayer to “pay respects to our comrades who have departed this life ... grant that we all appreciate and treasure the freedom that is our gift and our heritage, and that we may never forget the great price at which it was purchased for us all.”Wilson also asked “that You will watch over the veterans of this land, inspiring them to serve You and this country in ever new and creative ways. Comfort our ill and wounded comrades who languish in hospitals or homes. Lighten their burdens, relieve their suffering and pain, restore to them the blessings of health again.”Amoment of silence was observed before a wreath was lain for those veterans and a volley was ﬁred, followed by a playing of “Taps.”

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Milford Family Fun Fest was back to full strength Saturday, May 28, with the return of the Milford Lions entertainment stage following a two-year hiatus.

The ofﬁce will be located to the right as you enter the doors into the former library’s space from inside the community center, according to NWCC board member

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as part of our effort to keep our staff up to date with their safety training.”Aspart of their training process, faculty members are required to undergo a refresher course at the beginning of each academicRegardingyear. the corporation’s current safety protocol, Troyer stressed the importance of dili-

Clear blue skies and 75-degree temperatures were yet another reason for large crowds and long lines in Beer and Jessop Amusements’ carnival midway area featuring roller coasters, Tilt-AWhirls, bouncy castles, food vendors and more.

“Goshen Health was looking for a place to engage in the North Webster community,” Worrell said. “We were able to form a

Dr. Wolf and her husband spent some time in North Webster during the Memorial Day weekend, providing an opportunity for Worrell and others in the community to meet them and begin some new relationships.“Sherecently moved to the area and wants to be part of what we are doing in North Webster,”

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looking forward to seeing where the community center will be in two years. We’re still have around 1,300 square feet of space to ﬁll with tenants who are in line with our overall mission.”

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nal price list that showed the cost of the two-door two-passenger model at $1,425. Consumers could purchase the four-door four-passenger version for an extra

griddle rafﬂe sold exactly 100 tickets at $5 each, and Legion volunteers grilled up and sold out 40 hamburgers and 40 hot dogs to add to the fundraising efforts.

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partnership and had the space for the new ofﬁce.”

School Resource Ofﬁcer Joe Leach made several remarks attesting to the administration’s efforts to continue to ensure the safety of all students and staff members. “Unfortunately, it could happen anywhere,” Leach lamented. “We’re always making sure we have what we think is the best plan in place to keep our peopleReady.gov,safe.” a national public service campaign created to promote emergency management, education and preparedness among U.S. citizens, has published the following safety tips and survival guidelines in the event of an active shooter attack.

Pat Park, pastor of Church in the Heights, Syracuse, and retired Navy ﬁrst lieutenant, delivered the message at the cemetery.

• Keep silent.

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Syracuse lake had three buglers, Keith Brauer, Kevin Trewartha and Dennis Ulrey, who played from the town’s public pier.Chris Longenbaugh, representing American Legion Post 223, played for Papakeechie LakeWawaseeresidents. buglers/trumpeters were: Matt Murdock, Clay Kennerk, Joel and Gavin Leahy, Stacey Farver Leahy, Jeremy Snyder, Steve Allen, Isaac Miller, Paul Marlow, Joel Mathews, Jack Gardner, Kristine Stump, Alayna Kreps, D.J. Stump, Tony Pawlicki, Tom Laverghetta, George Simpson, Dan Buchman, Faith Bradley, Colby Stackhouse, Dave Wisler, Nadia Whalen, Hudson Branch, Kelly Walton, Douglas

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Goshen Health was contacted and did not have additional comment about Dr. Wolf or the plans for the new ofﬁce. They said further information would be provided in the near future.

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veteran’s monument at the cemetery for the memorial service conducted by American Legion Post 253 and Boy Scout Troop 728.

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Throughout their debrieﬁng of the event, discussions were had regarding the enhancement of training opportunities for staff members. “Part of our annual training process is a refresher course that we go through, typically at the beginning of each year,” said Troyer. In addition, almost all the corporation’s administrators attend annual training through the Indiana Department of Education to earn and maintain certiﬁcation as a School Safety Specialist.

Sun and smiles

They have been married 44 years and have four children and three grandchildren.The2-to3-year-old cutie prince and princess are Lorian Ferguson

and Charlotte Baum. The 4- to 5-year-old cutie royals are Malachi Ferguson and Reagan Risedorph. All four of the youngsters received $25 gift certiﬁcates from Made on Main, which organized the makers market hosted by HarvestBethelCoffee.alsothanked the “many businesses and people who donated. Without their donations, Milford Family Fun Fest would not be possible.”

added Worrell. “Dr. Wolf is a very sweet lady who is looking forward to becoming part of the community and building a patient base and provide hometown health care.“We’ve been a little dormant in the last few years but we’re excited to be part of the new energy that is coming to town, providing wellness opportunities and community engagement. I’m

“With more musicians, we were able to have more thorough coverage this year. We expect each year will build our group of volunteer musicians, and we will make adjustments to ensure complete coverage of lake and channel residences,” said Knecht.Kelly Walton, who played from the bridge over the main channel by the Channel Marker res-

Clay Kennerk, who performed on top of Mike and Autumn Leppert’s boathouse, said, “There was a group of 25 or more people who respectfully observed the one-minute silence.”

Syracuse Syracuse celebrated and commemorated Memorial Day, May 30, ﬁrst with a joyous parade and then with a solemn ceremony at Syracuse Cemetery.

‘Taps Across the Water’

Signs might include unusual or violent communications, substance abuse, expressed anger or intent to cause harm. These warning signs may increase over time.•Have an exit plan. Identify exits and areas to hide wherever you go, including work, school and special events.

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taurant, said, “It was really cool. People stopped their cars. People came out of the restaurant and stood … Unbelievable and special.” Footage of Walton performing can be seen on the Chautauqua-Wawasee Facebook page.

• Seek safety. Getting away from the attacker is the top priority.•Leave your belongings behind and get away.

• Call 9-1-1 when you are safe and describe the attacker, location and weapons.

Pastor Mindy Huffman of Calvary United Methodist Church delivered the invocation and closing prayer.

Before the live entertainment, a loudspeaker blared ’60s car and beach music a la The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Ronny and the Daytonas and otherRafﬂesartists.for a ﬂattop griddle and gun and a 50/50 drawing rounded out the activities.

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Despite smatterings of raindrops and temperatures in the low 50s, the Syracuse CruiseIn, hosted by American Legion Post 223, had an impressive showing.More than 30 automobiles and a motorcycle were displayed in the post’s parking lot Friday, May 27. The event started at 5 p.m., and ended with Big Daddy Dupree ‘s Broke & Hungry Blues Band regaling the revelers from 7-10 p.m. on the post’s new patio.

• If you see something, say something to local authorities. That includes suspicious packages, people behaving strangely or someone using strange communications.•Observe warning signs.

as pastor after retiring from a 25-year career in the U.S. Navy. He has been pastor at Church in the Heights, formerly Wawasee Heights Baptist Church, since 2009.He cited John 15:13 and Galatians 2:20 to highlight sacriﬁce and living for others and recommended two ways to live. “You can give your life for others, or you can support those who wear a uniform.”ChrisLongenbaugh, service ofﬁcer for Syracuse American Legion Post 223, read the names of veterans buried in cemeteries in Syracuse and Turkey Creek Township, beginning with the American Civil War until present.Jana Stollery, retired Air Force veteran and Post 223 chaplain and auxiliary member, cited the sobering numbers of veterans in each of the area cemeteries.

Hast, Bradley and Carol Fletcher, Ava Traum, Hayden Grindle, Sean Kubsch, Wade Holbrook, Nathon Bisson and Jojo Stutsman.Murdock was ﬁrst encouraged to play “Taps” as a young teenager on Memorial Day in 1977 by his father, a Korean War veteran, and he recalled seeing tears in the eyes of the veterans, many of whom were still very close to their experiences in Vietnam. He

“This is not my holiday,” he said. “It is for those who gave their all. I just did my job. I am not a Parkhero.”described himself as being “on a different ﬁghting force”

Studebaker’s 100-year-old yellow automotive treasure was the last of the models made with a wooden frame covered with sheet metal. Only three still exist in the world, and his is the only one unrestored.

Local singer Russ Chandler sang “Some Gave All” and ended the ceremony with his rendition of “God Bless the U.S.A.”

Becky has served as Van Buren Township Trustee since 2013. Both are Kiwanis members and actively involved with Milford United Methodist Church and its newest incarnation, The Milford Methodist Meeting House.

The corporation will conduct its annual review of current policies and procedures in mid-June. “We get together every year to make tweaks and adjustments,” Troyer conﬁrmed. “We feel like our plan is in a good spot.”

The most vintage automobile making an appearance was a 1922 Studebaker Special 6 Roadster owned by Robert Studebaker, descendant of the founders of the wagon and car company based in South Bend.

The$50.Ford Model T, manufactured for the common bluecollar consumer, cost $319 that year.The Studebaker company made wagons until 1919, then switched to manufacturing cars until closing its doors for good in

According to reports from various publications, the Texas shooter was able to obtain access to the school’s interior through an unlocked auxiliary point of entry. “All exterior doors will remain locked right now,” Troyer asserted. “However, we do have secured access around the building for anybody who needs access to it.”

Run to safety

The number of musicians recruited by Knecht and Dr. Matt Murdock, a Webster Lake resident and professor at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, nearly doubled last year’s number.Prior to the Syracuse tribute, at 6:30 p.m., Murdock conducted “Taps” on Webster Lake at the conclusion of the Memorial Day service in North Webster, with many of the same musicians participating in both events. They were joined by the North Webster American Legion Post 253 color guard. Speakers at the event included Landon Porter, deputy district director for U.S. Congressman Jim Banks, and American Legion 2nd District Commander Larry Burkhart.

• Cover and hide if you can’t evacuate. Find a place to hide out of view of the attacker and put a solid barrier between yourself and the threat if possible.

For more information, visit ready.gov/public-spaces.

• Lock and block doors, close blinds and turn off lights.

• Fight only as a last resort. When you can’t run or cover, attempt to disrupt the attack or disable the attacker. Be aggressive and commit to your actions.

All proceeds will be split among Toys for Tots; Operation Comfort Warriors, a benevolence charity founded by the Indianapolis American Legion; and scholarships for graduating Wawasee High School seniors.

said he realized, “It was wasn’t about me … It was about every person who Accordingserved.”toMurdock, the experience of performing “Taps” with other musicians in a cascading fashion recalls the ebb and ﬂow of the water on the lake. He explained he plays slowly, “with reverence,” so he can hear the other performers and “take it all in as well.” The experience, he said, “makes the hair stand up.”

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The assemblage took part in the Pledge of Allegiance and national anthem and heard the reading of names of departed veterans, followed by “Taps.”

He was a lifetime member of Bluffton Elks Lodge #796 and Goshen VFW Post #985. He was also a member of Bluffton Moose Lodge #202, Syracuse Fraternal Order of Eagles #3760 and Sons of the American Legion, Syracuse Post #223.

Additionally, he said he’s had the “fortunate opportunity” to be one of the new owners of McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel.

Wilson has been heavily involved in the county emergency services in nearly the last four decades, he said. “Back when we had the Special Hazards Operation Team, the Squad 70, all of that, he was involved with it and was actively involved. It’s not just putting a name on it and wearing the T-shirt. He was actively involved with a lot of that stuff,” Rock said.

that there was proper equipment and training for our firefighters. The complexities of being a firefighter in our community with confined space training and diving — all the different disciplines that our firefighters need — Mike always made sure that they were trained and had the proper equipment. And that’s a really tough job, trying to balance, with limited budgets, the proper amount of training and equipment.”

During this program, learn about future In the Garden pro-

He’s loved every moment of it and plans to stay in community service.

grams, including a ﬁeld trip to Defries Gardens outside of New Paris at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 16. Don’t miss out on a summer forming connections with local pollinators and the natural world.

The first In the Garden program will be a showing of “My Garden of a Thousand Bees,” a documentary featuring wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn’s effort to record all the bees he could find in his tiny urban garden in Bristol, England. This will be at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 9, in the downstairs meeting room.

Jeremy Ray Weaver 41,RayJeremyWeaver, Milford, died at 3:45 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 2022,

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Poppy spent nearly 70 summer seasons at his beloved Tippecanoe Lake with so many special friends and family. He hosted and sang Karaoke in the Syracuse area for more than 10 years and spent his winters in Bonita Springs, Fla., with his wife Cheryl.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Rosemary (Huston) Freel; two brothers, Jim (Joan) Freel and Ron Freel; and sister-in-law, Sue Freel.

Teens can sign up to make boxes decorated with comic book pages at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 9. Supplies are limited, so registration is required. While signing up, don’t forget to join the new teen book club. Its June pick is “Wilder Girls” by Rory Power.

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He said the other thing that Wilson did really well was that Wilson put a very positive public face on the city’s ﬁre department.

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“I think it’s important when firemen are coming to the scene when folks are in need of assistance, that they’ve got that confidence that our guys are trained, they’re going to do the right thing and they are there to help us,” Thallemer said. “And I think the persona of our fire department is always like that because of Mike and his public abilities and the ability to go out and really give our fire department a really good publicSeveralface.”members of Wilson’s family were on hand for the retirement party.Wilson’s sister, Deb Carpenter, said for as long as she could remember, Wilson was interested in being a firefighter.“Hewasa volunteer first. He is 19 years older than me … I always have to give him a hard time about that, but he was a volunteer and worked his way up,” she said, adding that he “definitely” deserved his retirement.Wilsonsaid he went into the Army in 1975 as a military policeman. He spent his last three years at Fort Harrison, and was a part of the volunteer fire department at Fort“That’sHarrison.where my start actually started, at Fort Harrison in Indianapolis,” he said.

He is also survived by a large family of loving nieces and nephews, Lisa Bowman, Wendy (Joey) Hendricks of Fort Wayne, Kyle Clark, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Lauren (Matthew) Prible, Bluffton; and great-nieces and nephews, Jessica, Alex and Rowen Hendricks, Fort Wayne, Cassidy Peterworth, Cincinnati, and Gretchen and Andi Prible, Bluffton.

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Editor’s Note: Mike Wilson resides east of Leesburg and served as chief and member of the Plain Township Fire Department before becoming Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory Fire Chief.

said he and Wilson have been friends for at least 35 years. When Ciriello ﬁrst met him, he said Wilson was a car salesman at Lakeside Chevrolet and he bought a car off him in the late 1980s.

The four-hour retirement party brought out firefighters from different fire departments, state and local police, city and county officials, as well as friends and family. Wilson served 38 years with the WWFT, including the last seven as fire chief. Garrett Holderman, of Arizona, was named his replacement and took over early this year.

Poppy Smith, 70, Syracuse and Bonita Beach, Fla., died Friday, May 27, 2022, following an extended illness.

Registration is live for the Syracuse Public Library’s “Stump Dave!” program, which will once again bring an eclectic mix of antiques to the downstairs meeting room. Dave Taylor of Blue Pearl Antiques in Pierceton will examine antiques from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, bringing with him years of experience in evaluating antiques.

Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer said, “Mike has done a great job, number one as an administrator. He built this station we’re standing in right now. He always made sure

One of Wilson’s daughters, Julia Wieland, recalled, “I used to beat him to the car when he was a volunteer and the sirens would go off, or the tones. I knew them all. And so I would beat him to the car because, from the moment I’ve been little, I have gone with him to fires, or, if I’m in town and I see a fire, I always stop so I can see him.” She said she grew up in the firehouse.“Iwent there after school. I took my naps in the beds that drop out of the wall,” she said. “It’s just been a really amazing experience to watch

all of the guys and the brotherhood that’s between all of them.”

He is survived by a daughter, Alexandria Weaver; his mother and stepfather, Debra and Thomas Cornwell, Albany, Ky.; his companion, Tori David, Milford; and siblings, Tony Kernantz, Leon Bilotti, Jennifer Whitehead, Naomi Weaver, Thomas Cornwell, Nicholas Wright, Treesa Manns and TravisHeManns.was preceded in death by his father, Raymond Joseph Weaver; and brother, Steve Cornwell.Cremation will take place at Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, 4356 N. SR 15, Warsaw. A private celebration of life will be held at a later date.

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When he’s asked by others what has he done to move forward, Wilson said he responds, “I allowed the guys, the boots on the ground, to do what they needed to do to take care of their community. I wouldn’t have been as successful as I was if it wasn’t for all of the guys that were underneath me.”

Firefighters, friends and family exalt Chief Wilson’s compassion

“He was involved with the Squad 70 back then, which was the ﬁre investigation team. That’s probably where I had the ﬁrst contact with him since he had an accelerant dog at that time,” Rock said.

“We have hired a new person that’s going to come out here shortly to take the role that I did, but I’m going to be involved with that. I’ll be helping them nights and weekends as they need,” Wilson said.

“Taking care of our community is what I’ve been raised to do and that’s where I’m going to be,” Wilson said.He added that he’s one of the stakeholders on the CARES committee and he’s going to be involved with that with Fancil.

He advised his ﬁreﬁghters to “keep moving forward. It’s about the community, it’s what you can give back to the community and just keep moving forward.”

died at 9:59 p.m. Thursday, May 26, 2022, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in FortHeWayne.wasborn March 27, 1948. In 1976, he married Debi Miller; sheHesurvives.isalso survived by a son, John (Glenda) Freel, Milford; a daughter, Staci (Wade) Wylie, Kent City, Mich.; four grandchildren; brothers, Carl Freel and Tom (Judy) Freel; sisters, Jodi Freel and Pat (Doyle) Bowers; and sister-in-law, Judy Freel.

“We’ve had some traumatic issues in our community. I can remember the day the tornado hit Da-Lite Screens. But being there to help those in their time of need is what it’s all about.”

The ﬁrst ﬁve teens who sign up will receive free paperback copies of the book. The library will also have copies available for checkout. Teens can also get digital copies on the Libby app.

1980.

Reﬂecting back on his career, Wilson said, “It’s been an exceptional time, from being a volunteer, learning what’s going on in the ﬁre service, to getting the full-time job in 1990, to being involved with this team is the best that it can ever be.”

Owen Family Funeral Home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse, is in charge of arrangements.Preferred memorials may be given to the donor’s choice.

“The biggest thing that I’ve learned from Mike – and I think if you talk to anybody that knows Mike – it would be compassion. He’s got probably one of the biggest hearts I’ve ever seen on anybody. He walks in and just starts empathizing with people and tries to ﬁgure out how he can help them, and I think we all can learn more from that,” said Chris Fancil, WWFT EMS chief, during Wilson’s retirement party Friday at Station No. 3.

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He was born June 26, 1951, in Bluffton, to Max and Lorraine (Soucy) Smith. They preceded him in Hedeath.issurvived by his wife, Cheryl Smith of Syracuse; two sisters, Deb (Mark) Clark and Amy (Doug) Dunwiddie, both of Bluffton; stepchildren, Stephanie (Tod) DeBolt, Millersburg, and Randy (Michelle) Smith, Syracuse; stepgrandchildren, Krista Parker, Ligonier, Ashley (Jaren) Kilian, South Bend, Becca, Carson and Anderson Smith, Syracuse; and stepgreat-grandchildren, Remington Parker, Goshen, and Abby and Aidan Kilian, South Bend.

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He said Wilson has volunteered to stay on board with the Community Assistance Resources & Emergency Services program and be a volunteer helper with that. The program helps address those dealing with a mental health crisis, those having trouble getting appropriate medical care or medications, emergency housing needs assistance and more.

“I am the local managing partner. My other partners are in Cincinnati, Ohio, and southern Indiana,” Wilson said. “I started with Wendell Sadler when I was in high school in 1973. Been involved with the Sadler family ever since then, and just like John’s like a little brother to me, and we wanted it to stay kind of in the family, family transition, and our family is going to be involved in that.”County Coroner Tony Ciriello

There will be no services or visitation, but a celebration of life will be held from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at Syracuse Fraternal Order of Eagles (Eagles Nest), 12889 N. Kern Road, Syracuse. To honor his love of Indiana sports, attendee’s may wear the shirt of their favorite IndianaMemorialsuniversity.in his name may be given to the Kosciusko County Cancer Care Fund at k21foundation.org/cancer.

Ask any Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory ﬁreﬁghter – or anyone who knows retired Fire Chief Mike Wilson for that matter – what they learned from him and the same word keeps coming up: compassion.

“It’s really hard to walk away when your whole focus with that program is to help people. He’s taken on a new responsibility, new job that he’s leaving us for, but with the CARES program he can still go out and just sit and visit with people and help them get to those resources and help, and he’s going to do that as a volunteer,” Fancil said. “I’m pretty excited about keeping him around for that. He’s a good addition to the program.”

He was a 1969 Bluffton High School graduate and attended Ball State University from 1969-1971. He was employed by Ellenberger Brothers Auctioneers & Realtors, Bluffton, for 30 years, managing their Fort Wayne ofﬁce and was a part-time real estate broker with Todd Realty, Syracuse. He also greatly enjoyed working as the bar manager at Pie Eyed Petey’s and the marina on Tippecanoe Lake.

Children are encouraged to come to Make It Mondays to flex their creative muscles. The first session will be at 3 p.m. Monday, June 6, and will challenge children to survive Survival Island by making shelters and other handy tools. This program is perfect for kindergartners through sixth-graders. Preschoolers can attend Whale of a Tale Storytime at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 8. Meanwhile, children wanting to practice their reading can do so with Baylee, the reading dog, at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 9. Then during Fabulous Fridays at 10:30 a.m. June 10, children will create their own gyotaku fish printings.

Cremation will take place at Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, Warsaw. In keeping with his wishes, no formal services will be held. A celebration of life may be held at a later date. Owen Family Funeral Home, North Webster, is in charge of the arrangements.Preferred memorials may be given to the Indiana Wildlife Federation.Tosend condolences to the family, please visit owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.

So what’s the best part about being a “Probablyfirefighter?the fact that every time we run out the door, we’re going to help somebody fix their bad day. So we’re doing something to help the community,” Wilson said.

Eastlund Funeral Home, Syracuse, handled arrangements.

Firefighter Andrew Callaway, a 17-year veteran with the fire territory, said, “What I’ve learned from him is compassion for people. It’s meant quite a bit to see him be able to have that compassion for other people and be able to relate with otherHoldermanpeople.” said, “Mike has a tremendous heart. He’s a wonderful human being and he’s helped guide me in the right direction. I do wish him well. I’m sure we’ll see him around.”Having known Wilson for about 45 years, Fancil said, “I remember before he got on full-time, my dad was a full-time firefighter here so I remember him as a volunteer when I was a little kid.”

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The evaluations are limited to 25 people, so sign up while visiting the library or by calling (574) 457-3022 before the program ﬁlls up. Each registered person can bring up to two antiques they have wondered about.

“We served together in the coroner’s ofﬁce since he joined that ofﬁce in ’94,” Ciriello said. “I’ve known him a long time and I’m excited for his retirement and his new ventures in life and I just wish him all the Emergencybest.” Management Agency Director Ed Rock estimated he’s known Wilson for close to 30 years.

Registration goes live for ‘Stump Dave’

Submissions open for annual ag photo contest

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Kosciusko County Ofﬁcers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce investigated the following accidents and incidents:

CASA volunteers spend countless hours getting to know the children as well as their family members, educators, service providers and more to ensure the judges have all of the information they need to make the most well-informed decisions for each child and that the children get all of their needs met.

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CASA of Kosciusko County to raise 30k in 30 days to recognize 30th anniversary

via email, from the Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams.

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture is now accepting submissions for the 15th annual Indiana Agriculture Photo Contest. The contest is open to all Indiana residents and was created to recognize the hard work and contributions of Hoosier farmers, as well as the beauty of the state’s agricultural landscape.

Failure of occupant to use safety belt — Joshua Kern, Syracuse,The$25following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the ofﬁce of Kosciusko County Clerk of the Court Ann Torpy: Fair-Rhodes

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Winona Lake Blosser-Krill Daylon Alec Blosser, 24, North Webster, and Tenaya Lynn Krill, 24, North Webster

ciusko County graduated its ﬁrst class of 18 volunteers in 1992 and currently has 60 volunteers.

enter the foster care system. If you wish to learn more about CASA and support the agency in this 30th anniversary fundraising endeavor, visit casachildren.com/ donate or call (574)372-2401.

Bosch further explained, Bluegreen algae are abundant in our lakes, and data from the past four years show that microcystin toxin levels average at or near the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s levels of concern for pets (0.8 ppb). While 12.6% of the lakes we studied during the summer of 2021 exceeded that threshold, typical levels do not approach IDEM’s guidelines for human health concerns (8.0 Residentsppb).and visitors can visit lakes.grace.edu/bts for more speciﬁc data from previous years’ research.Theweekly microcystin updates will enable you to make the best decisions for your friends and families. Sign up today! If you spot a blue-green algae bloom or something similar that you cannot identify, email the Lilly Center at lakes@grace.edu with pictures, date and location of the

Fire decimates storage barn near Syracuse

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Conservation: Highlighting Indiana’s natural beauty with landscapes, water and wildlife.

3:47 p.m. Thursday, May 26, North CR 300E, south of East CR 1330N, Milford. Driver: Nathanael M. Tuttle, 44, North CR 1150W, Cromwell. Tuttle was traveling south on North CR 300E when his vehicle left the roadway and hit an REMC utility pole. This caused his vehicle to roll onto its top. No injuries were reported in the accident. Damage up to $10,000.4:55a.m. Wednesday, May 25, North CR 1000E, north of East CR 1250N, Cromwell. Driver: Sarah N. Ebert, 23, West Sequoia

8:07 p.m. Thursday, May 26, North SR 15, north of West CR 600N, Leesburg. Driver: Melissa A. Denton, 51, North Main Street, Milford. Denton was traveling north on North SR 15 when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $25,000.

bloom. A team member will follow up with you.

Agritourism: Spotlighting Indiana’s seasonal and agricultural destinations, such as orchards,

Jail Bookings

All charges made by law enforcement are allegations and individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

In 2021, CASA of Kosciusko County saved the county approximately $378,000 in court-appointed attorney fees while serving over 160 abused and neglected children. Without CASA volunteers, who advocate for free, the courts would have to appoint a Guardian Ad Litem or a court-appointed attorney to each Researchchild.has shown that chil-

“Upon the arrival of the first fire department personnel, flames were visible throughout the 24-foot-by26-foot storage structure.

Speeding — Nolan Ransome, Syracuse, $160.50

CASAFoundation.ofKosciusko County recruits, trains, and supports volunteers who speak on behalf of children who have been abused or neglected and are now entangled in the local court system, through no fault of their own. CASA of Kos-

A fire of unknown origin destroyed a storage barn on the eastern shore of Boner Lake last week. Shortly after 4 p.m., Thursday, May 26, Syracuse Turkey Creek Fire Territory was summoned to 13425 N. Hillside Drive, Syracuse, with a report of a fully involved barn fire. Upon arrival, a full assist was requested from Benton Township Fire Department, which supplied a tanker, trucks and manpower to the scene. According to the barn’s owner, Joseph French, by the time he discovered the fire the barn was engulfed in flames and he was unaware how the fire started. The barn, which sat adjacent to his home, was used for storing numerous antiques and equipment, all of which were destroyed.

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“Each year I look forward to seeing the exceptional photos shared through this contest that capture the essence of Indiana agriculture,” said Lt. Gov Suzanne Crouch, Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. “We welcome all Hoosiers to submit their Participantsphotos.”are encouraged to submit photos reﬂecting the wide array of agriculture. The categories photos can be entered under are:

In total, 10 winners will be selected: two from each category and two overall. Winners will be invited to attend a special ceremony at the Indiana State Fair, where they will be recognized and receive certiﬁcates from Crouch and Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Bruce Kettler. Contest winners will also have their photographs featured in the ofﬁces of the Lt. Governor’s Family of Business in Indianapolis throughout the year.

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Accidents

Ofﬁcers with the Milford Police Department investigated the following incident: Incident 9:28 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, South Main Street, Milford. Alan W. Coy, 74, Milford, reported that two concrete lions had been stolen from his porch. Theft valued at $100.

Jerry L. Fair Jr., 40, North Webster, and Stacy Nicole Rhodes, 36, North Webster

The Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams at Grace College conducts research, provides resources, engages and educates residents, and collaborates with local organizations to make the lakes and streams of Kosciusko County clean, healthy, safe and beautiful. For more information, visit lakes. grace.edu.

On the Farm: Showcasing any building, piece of equipment or activity that is a part of life on an Indiana farm.

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“This photo contest, now in its 15th year, is an incredible representation of the strength, diversity and beauty of our state’s agriculture industry,” Kettler said. “I look forward to seeing this year’s submissions.”Contestants can submit up to ﬁve photos in digital format accommodated by a submission form for each photo. Photos will be evaluated based on creativity, composition and category representation. Entries must be submitted by 5 p.m. June 30, 2022.

The following infractions have been ﬁled in Kosciusko Superior Court III, Judge Chad Miner presiding:

The following couples have ﬁled for marriage dissolutions in the Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Cygan — Kayla Cygan, Syracuse, and Michael Cygan, Syracuse. Married Aug. 22, 2015; separated no date listed. One minor child.

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2:47 p.m. Friday, May 27, North Syracuse Webster Road, north of East CR 950N, Syracuse. Drivers: Colt M. Dolsen, 17, EMS W26 Lane, North Webster; and Michael J. Mosurak, 42, East Seneca Lane, Cromwell. Dolsen was traveling north on Syracuse Webster Road when he rear-ended Mosurak’s vehicle. Mosurak complained of head pain but refused treatment at the scene. Damage up to 6:43$10,000.a.m.Friday, May 27, North SR 13, north of East CR 1120N, Syracuse. Driver: Brett A. Greer, 51, Bluff Crest Drive, Elkhart. Greer was traveling south on SR 13 when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $5,000.

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cuse. Driver: Margaret J. Andrew, 58, East Forest Lane, Palatine, Ill. Andrew was unable to avoid colliding with a deer. Damage up to $2,500. 1:16 p.m. Monday, May 30, 111 N. Lake St., Syracuse. Driver: Dallas L. Hohman, 72, North Antler Drive, Warsaw. Hohman was attempting to back into a driveway when he took a sharp turn and backed into the residence.2:25 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, West Allen Street, Syracuse. Driver: Martin J. Patrick, 34, North Hitler Street, Kimmell. Patrick was attempting to back up with a trailer attached to his truck when he backed into a parked car registered to Angela M. Bartman. Damage up to $1,000.

“The Benton Township Fire Department provided additional manpower and tankers. Twenty firefighters from the Turkey Creek Fire Territory and the Benton Township Fire Department fought the structure fire and shuttled water to the scene. The Tippecanoe Township Fire Territory provided

Ofﬁcers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accidents and incident: Accidents 8:59 p.m. Monday, May 30. South Huntington Street, Syra-

wineries and farmers markets.

Boyer-Koble Jairus Boyer, 22, Syracuse, and Tiffany Koble, 22, Syracuse

Failure to register — Noah Boren, Leesburg, $160.50

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Batista — Jody Batista, Syracuse, and Avelino Batista, Syracuse. Married May 17, 1992; separated May 20, 2022.

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“The structure ﬁre was brought under control at 4:32 p.m. Damage from the ﬁre was contained to the storage building and contents, with damages estimated at up to

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On Friday, TCFT Chief Mickey Scott issued the following statement:“The Turkey Creek Fire Territory responded to a report of a barn ﬁre with power tools inside, no occupants, vehicles or animals inside the structure, at 4:03 p.m. Thursday May 26.

dren who have a CASA are more likely to ﬁnd a safe and permanent home, to succeed in school and to get more services to help them through their trauma. Additionally, children with a CASA are half as likely to re-

May 25 — Kenneth James Graff Jr., 39, 203 E. Van Buren St., Leesburg, booked for domestic battery in the presence of a child less than 16, resisting law enforcement and interfering with reporting of a crime. Bond $6,000 surety cash.

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Incident 11:46 p.m. Friday, May 27, 1100 block South Harkless Drive, Syracuse. Ofﬁcers investigated a report of battery resulting in moderate bodily injury.

The following people were booked in Kosciusko County Jail: May 27 — Lemuel Torres, 35, 115 W. Orange St., Cromwell, booked for invasion of privacy. Bond $1,500 cash.

standby for any additional fire and EMS emergencies in Turkey Creek Township while crews battled the fire.“The property owners are Joseph and Judy French. The structure and contents are considered a total loss as a result of the structure fire. The cause of the fire remains under investigation at this time.”

Marriage Dissolutions

Incidents Noon Sunday, May 29, 5200 block North CR 850E, North Webster. Kenneth B. Ledgerwood reported criminal mischief to a building.11:16 a.m. Sunday, May 29, 5300 block North CR 850E, North Webster. James D. Rhoades reported criminal mischief to a building.1:54p.m. Tuesday, May 24, 13400 block North Main Street, Milford. Melissa R. Harrington reported criminal mischief to a vehicle.2:48 p.m. Thursday, May 19, 5700 block East CR 1400N, Syracuse. Jerry L. Miller reported theft. Value $200.

creates toxins, and the toxin-producing species do not always produce toxins,” said Dr. Nate Bosch, director of the Lilly Center.

During the month of June, CASA of Kosciusko County is setting out to raise a total of $30,000 in 30 days in celebration and recognition of its 30th anniversary. With the generosity of a grant from the Kosciusko County Community Foundation and other donors, up to $12,500 of donations made to CASA of Kosciusko County in June will be matched!Thismatching grant is made possible through support from Kosciusko County Community Foundation, K21 Health Foundation and Dekko

May 26 — Nolan Thomas Ransome, 18, 107 1/2 E. Carroll St., Syracuse, booked for criminal mischief. Bond $600 cash.

Consolidation

Way, Kimmell. Ebert was traveling north on North CR 1000E when her vehicle crossed a railroad track area that is currently shut down for construction. Her vehicle entered a divot, causing damage to the front portion of her vehicle. Ebert’s vehicle also has possible underbody damage. No injuries were reported in the accident. Damage up to $10,000.

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Nathan Jacob Beasley, 24, Syracuse, and Kayla Paige Sweatland, 23, Syracuse

Minear-Dailey Craig Ryan Minear, 39, Milford, and Rebekah Holleen Dailey, 26,

Whatever the cause, the eighth annual Chautauqua-Wawasee Fine Arts Festival garnered a satisfying attendance, according to Chautauqua Treasurer Mary Moretto, who was in charge of organizing the festival.

‘Good crowd’ attends Chautauqua’s 8th annual arts festival Saturday

Clear skies and moderate temperatures helped. So did the 34 juried artists who displayed their wares along the paths of Oakwood Park Saturday, May 28.

Since 2013, Whirledge has painted panels as well as large murals for churches in Washington, Illinois, Indiana, New York and New Jersey. “I love the religious component of the paintings, which are deeply spiritual

Youth History Club summer fun schedule

Learning about history is the focus of the Youth History Club summer program offered once again by the Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum. Director Jamie Clemons has put together a series of hands-on activities focusing on the history of our area. Classes meet from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Thursdays at the Community Center and cover these topics:June 2 — Bead-making June 9 — Archaeology Day with archaeologist Cathy June 16 — Necklace making June 23 — Settler clothing June 30 — Sewing a simple stuffed teddy bear July 7 — Games inside and outsideJuly14 — Drum-making July 21 — Gardening July 28 — Making atlatls Aug. 4 — Werling animal rehab with Kristin Werling Clemons can be reached at (574) 457-3599.

Whirledge won the Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship in 2012 to study Byzantine chant with Ioan-

Other activities included live music, a kids art project, face painting and balloon animals.

nis Arvanitis and icon painting with Tom Athanasios Clark. He received another grant in 2020, which is still continuing, to study with Aidan Hart of England and also to study medieval frescos in situ in Serbia, North Macedonia, Italy and Greece. Whirledge received his BS in art education in 2007 and his master of education in 2013 from Indiana Wesleyan University.Brianisan ordained reader and serves as cantor and choir director at St. Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in Goshen.

McCormick Creek Golf Course, 1300 N. Oakland Ave, Nappanee, is offering various levels of pay and play from $10 to $41. Call the course at (574) 773-2725 for daily specials and tee time reservations.

Rozella Ford Golf Course, 1700 Rozella Road, Warsaw, asks golfers to call (574) 376-4160 for a reservation. Early bird and twilight specials, which includes 18 holes and a cart, can be had for a reasonable rate.

Stonehenge Golf Club, 2850 E. Pierceton Road, Winona Lake, includes 2 p.m. twilight specials every day as well as morning senior rates. Call (574) 376-4555 or visit the course site to book a tee time.

Tippecanoe Lake Country Club, 7245 N. Kalorama Road, Leesburg, is a private gem and asks players to call (574) 453-3641 for more information.

“We have quite a few new artists and some returning artists,” said Moretto, who estimated a 5050 split between the two groups.

A new career begins for art teacher Brian Whirledge

Brew City, Papaw’s Italian Ice and Tacos El Portal provided sustenance for attendees and RE/ MAX Partners handed out bags of popcorn for snacking.

Maxwelton Golf Club, 5721 E. Elkhart County Line Road, Syracuse, offers 3 p.m. twilight rates at a discount Monday through Thursday. Weekend rates are slightly higher. Call (574) 457-3504 for details.

“This is an exciting move for sure. It is also bittersweet. I have been in public education for 15 years. The last nine years have been at Wawasee High School,” said Whirledge. At WHS, he teaches AP studio art, drawing, painting, printmaking, introduction to art and art history in a double classroom connected to fellow art teacher Codey Holliday’s ceramics studio. “We recently gained a computer lab to set up our easels for teaching two-dimensional drawing,” said Whirledge’sWhirledge.business card describes him as a painter of sacred icons. He paints Byzantine icons and medieval religious paintings of Jesus and the saints. Icons are one of the oldest type of Christian art, originating in the tradition of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. “I use the traditional materials such as egg tempera that I make myself. I use egg yolks and mix them with natural mineral pigments such as ground-up rocks and stone. I also use yellow clay from my parents’ farm in Millersburg. I really enjoy using gold leaf in my work.”

for me. I spend hours face to face with Christ and the saints when I do my commissioned work,” said Whirledge. Icons are a proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not in words, but in lines, shapes andMostcolors.ofthe murals will be painted on canvas and taken to the location and placed on a wall. “A month at home painting and a trip to install the work gives me the best of both worlds,” said Whirledge.

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Artwork took the various forms of paintings, gourds, silverware, bowls, plates, jewelry, paddles, stained glass, clocks and pebbles, and artists came in from Florida, Michigan, Indianapolis, South Bend and the Syracuse area.

There are six courses in the Kosciusko County area open for business.Cart rules vary from course to course, which can be checked with the courses before play.

Brian Whirledge, instructor of visual arts and painting and drawing specialist at Wawasee High School, will be living his dream next year as he retires from teaching to begin a full-time career of painting at his home in Goshen. “I am planning to build a studio in my backyard for more space this summer,” he said.

Wawasee Golf Club, 7654 E. Eli Lilly Road, Syracuse, is an affordable nine-hole course situated just yards from Lake Wawasee and the Eli Lilly properties. Call (574) 457-0224 for course availability and rates.

In fact, she said, “We started right at 9 a.m. with a good crowd.”

Deena DuFour operated the kids art project, which included making paper plate suncatchers and blow paintings. This was her ﬁrst year at the festival, but she has for two years done social media marketing for Chautauqua, working out of Fort Wayne.

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worked out of each jam to ﬁnish off the win. Brooks struck out nine in his relief appearance.

NorthWood would get two on in the seventh, but Brooks once again ended the threat with a strikeout, with catcher Maddux Everingham’s throw to ﬁrst on the dropped third to lock up Wawasee’s second straight sectional title, the ﬁrst back-to-back championships since the Joe Salazar-led 1991 and 1992 Wawasee teams did it.

Keeping NorthWood hitters off balance to the tune of five hits and just one earned run over five innings, Brooks made the verbal case to stay in. Coach Salazar, however, decided to roll the dice with his senior ace, Grant Brooks, for the final two innings.

Wawasee will take part in Friday’s Warsaw Boys Golf Sectional at Rozella Ford Golf Club.

Scores for Wawasee included matching 85s from Everingham and Dyson, 91s from the Finlinson brothers, 94 from Clevenger and 99 from DeLong.

Salazar had three hits and four RBIs and Lucas Ringler added a two-run single to pace the Warriors.

Lakeland took a 2-1 lead after an inning and led all the way to the fifth before Wawasee struck for four runs in the fifth, then padded its lead with four more runs in the sixth.Everingham had four hits and two RBIs, Salazar had three hits, drove in four and stole a base and the law firm of Turner, Brooks and Brooks struck out nine Lakers to close out the NorthWoodsemifinal.hadthe upset of the tourney, knocking out the favorite Jimtown Jimmies 5-3 in Saturday’s second semifinal.

“I thought the boys played pretty well tonight. A nice 39 from Jay and Vaughn,” said Wawasee head coach Steve Coverstone, whose team settles with an 8-5 dual mark for the season.

Track The awards list from the Northern Lakes Conference was issued on May 25, which detailed the boys and girls track season award winners.TheWawasee girls track team had three members named AllNLC, both Dylan Konieczny and Emma Yoder named All-NLC and Alissa Gill named Honorable Mention All-NLC.

Wawasee wouldn’t get another base runner on after the Duncan homer, ﬁnding its season fate as Jimtown celebrated its seventh title in program history and ﬁrst since 2019. Jimtown traveled to Leo Tuesday for the regional.

It was fitting for the 2022 Wawasee baseball team that a big early lead was slowly shrinking. But as its done now two seasons in a row, the Warriors toppled bitter rival NorthWood to lay claim to the Class 3-A baseball sectional title with a 9-5 Wawasee win in Monday’s title game at WawaseeJimtown.entered the sectional championship on a five-game winning streak, but had a historical streak of blowing late-inning leads. The Warriors won each of the first four innings versus NorthWood at the beckoning of head coach Joe Salazar repeatedly stating “win the inning” at each changeover. An 8-2 lead saw Dylan Stump mash a solo homer off the Booster Field scoreboard and later Kaleb Salazar flipped a three-run double that ended with a celebratory crane kick as the Warriors grabbed a 6-0 lead. Wawasee would take a 9-3 lead into the sixth, justly riding the arm of Ty Brooks on the hill. Other than a two-run homer to Beau Patterson, whose homer was almost identical in flight to Stump’s bomb, Brooks was pretty sharp.

The Vikings left Warrior Field in April with a 22-15 win over Wawasee in which it scored 12 runs in the top of the seventh inning, but saw Wawasee jump out to a 4-0 lead in the sectional after a four-run third. Ringler, Salazar and Hunter Fiedeke all had consecutive RBIs in theThatinning.allowed Wawasee starter Cole Turner to take the victory, working the ﬁrst three innings and allowing just one Valley hit. Grant Brooks ran into some trouble in the fourth and seventh innings, but

Duncan, Gross and Allen all had three hits and combined to score four runs. Miller drove in a pair and Jaci Worrell had two hits and an AllenRBI.pitched all 11 innings, striking out 13 over the two days.

A slow burn started Saturday at Warrior Field in the softball sectional championship. Jimtown took what it was given as it slowly pulled away from Wawasee in a 6-1 Class 3-A Wawasee Softball Sectional title game ﬁnal over the hostJimtownWarriors.scored four unearned runs in the contest, the error bug ﬁnding Wawasee at the wrong time as the Warriors were looking to make a second straight regional bid.

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At Saturday’s Warsaw Invite at Pretty Lake Golf Club, setting for the IHSAA regional, Wawasee shot a 352 among a ﬁeld of potential regional contenders. Warsaw won the tourney with a 308 and Northridge was runner-up at 322. Earl Williams of NorthWood was the sectional medalist with a 70.

son 9-18 overall, another roller coaster ride through the calendar where a young team learned largely trial by ﬁre, which is where McRobbie put the focus for the“Wefuture.tried to push them and tell them they have to pick up a softball outside of the spring season, you just have to,” McRobbie said. “You have to commit in the summer, you have to commit in the wintertime when it’s hard. I think the more softballs they touch, the better they are going to be, the tougher they are going to be in the spring. It’s just getting the girls there in the full commitment of all of our athletes in the program.”

Elena Duncan drilled a no-doubter home run in the bottom of the ﬁfth to ﬁlter some doubt into the Jimtown faithful, but freshman Kiyla Eberhart struck out the next two Warriors to end the worry. Eberhart was outstanding in the circle for Jimtown, scattering just three hits, walking none and striking out 11 in the complete game.“We were expecting for their left-handed pitcher, that’s who we prepared for in our practices, but we’ve seen pitchers that throw like what we saw today,” said Wawasee head coach Chloe McRobbie, referring to Jimtown lefty Emily Gletty. “We’ve played Northridge, we’ve played Columbia City, we’ve played Leo. We’ve played tough teams like that. It came down to not making the adjustments quick enough and frequent enough. That hurt us.”

innings.”NorthWood greeted big brother rudely, opening the sixth inning with back-to-back doubles and later an RBI single to cut the lead to four. With the bases loaded, the Panthers brought Caleb Branam to the

The Warriors opened play at the sectional by getting revenge on Tippy after an embarrassing regular season loss.

Golf Wawasee concluded its ﬁnal dual match of the regular season with a 13-stroke loss, 150-163, at sectional rival Columbia City Thursday evening at Eagle Glen.

Elizabeth Miller had a hit in her ﬁnal game at Wawasee and Haylee Allen struck out ﬁve in theThecircle.Warriors ended its sea-

An error in the second allowed Jimtown to get two runners on, and Alexa Alvey singled in both to start the smoke. A hit-bypitch and an error let in another Jimtown run in the third, and a Candra Yoder RBI single ran the score to 4-0 in the ﬁfth as time was quickly running out for the homeWawasee’sside.

agreement with the call, sending Wawasee into the sectional ﬁnal.

Ike Roberts led the Panthers with three hits and a run scored and Nate Dutkowski worked 5.1 innings of one-earned relief to keep

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the Panthers (5-22) treading water. Wawasee (13-14) will head to the Oak Hill Regional this weekend, where it will face No. 15 New Castle (16-5-1) in the ﬁrst game at 11 a.m. Fort Wayne Dwenger (20-9) and Norwell (18-10) face off in game two at 2 p.m. The two winners come back in the 8 p.m. regional title game, a trophy Wawasee has never won.

The game marked the ﬁnal time NorthWood will play at Cal-

Yoder is still in season, set to compete this Friday at the IHSAA Girls Track State Finals in Bloomington in the discus event, where she qualiﬁed after a school record toss of 132-9 at the Kokomo Regional. She comes into the competition seeded eighth overall. The Wawasee boys team did not have an All-NLC performer for 2022.

Both teams would threaten in extras, but Wawasee finally broke through in the 11th, started by Brooke Catron getting hit by a pitch, then advancing to third on a Duncan double. After a walk loaded the bases, Catron came home on a wild pitch to give Wawasee the NorthWoodlead.had the tying run at second in the bottom of the 11th, and looked like it tied the score after Reagan Austrup hit a blooper that she beat out at first. The pivot throw home by Duncan arrived at about the same time Ashlynn Brooke made her slide into the plate, and optics said Brooke was safe, but the umpire said Laney Gross got the tag made in time. A solid five to 10 seconds of complete silence by both sides of the field was affirmed by the officiating crew leaving the field in

Wawasee saw a pair of 39s from Jay Finlinson and Vaughn Dyson, a 42 from Robbie Finlinson and a 43 from Myles Everingham to pace its team scoring. Caleb Clevenger added a 44 and Weston DeLong shot 48 to conclude the Wawasee competitors.

City outshot Wawasee in JV scoring, 202-217.

It took two days and four extra innings, and even then, fans walked away from a wild sectional semifinal not knowing who reallyAfterwon.playing Wednesday into the fifth inning before rain shut down the contest, Wawasee held a 6-4 lead. But more rain Thursday afternoon flooded Wawasee’s field, shifting the contest to NorthWood. The Panthers would score three runs in the bottom of the sixth, all unearned off two huge Wawasee errors, to shift the tide. Wawasee would combat the mistakes with an equalizer in the seventh after NorthWood committed an error, allowing Evie Duncan to come home.

“I’ve said it from the beginning, it’s about patience this year,” coach Salazar said. “We have the talent to do some damage, just when are they going to come along. That was the difference. If you noticed through the season, a lot of those games we were winning and blew it, it was

It took parts of two nights, but Lakeland put away West Noble, 7-3, to advance to the semis. The game started after a lengthy rain delay Wednesday, then after lightning halted play, the two teams came back to Jimtown Thursday and completed the contest.

To get to the ﬁnal, Wawasee had to survive Lakeland on Saturday, and got a scare from the Lakers in the classic trap game scenario.

Wawasee 8, NorthWood 7 (11 Innings)

plate as the tying run, but Brooks got out of trouble with a strikeout looking to end the threat.

Wawasee 5, Tippecanoe Valley 2

Wawasee week in review

“Overall we won, you can’t be unhappy about winning a team title,” said Ty Brooks, who struck out six in his appearance. “There are a couple pitches I’d like back. I felt like my curveball had good drop today. I could throw it in any count. I set myself up for good counts, threw good curveballs to keep some of the hitters off balance, felt like that gave me an advantage. I’ve struggled this year with my off-speed stuff, but today they felt good and that helped me work out of a couple

Jims topple Warriors in title clash

lander Sportsplex, as the baseball/softball complex at NorthWood High School should be done for next season. It also marked the ﬁnal game for the great Morgan Jenkins, who followed up a .706 batting average as a junior by ﬁnishing up with a .506 average as a senior in one of the greatest careers in the history of the NorthWood program.

Wawasee 10, Lakeland 4

situations where kids weren’t used to being in those spots. After that happening so many times, we’ve found ways to ﬁx it. Kids started getting conﬁdence and we’re starting to get on a roll.”

Look who’s back in the regional!

tal biology on May 22. Aikin has also been named to DePauw University’s spring 2022 dean’s list.

erage of Leesburg3.75-4.00.—Rachel Brown Milford — Jason VanderReydenSyracuse — Eric Gaby, Jordan Grindle, Carol Haldeman

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Milford Elementary School held its annual awards program on Wednesday, May 25. A variety of recognitions were handed out to students in kindergarten through ﬁfth grade.

Students named to Trine University president’s list

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said Bethel. “She keeps the books stocked and shelved when people bring them in to donate

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During the rare instances in which she is not conducting meetings or managing entertainment for the Milford Family Fun Fest, Friends of the Milford Public Library President Brenda Bethel enjoys nothing more than engaging with the writtenOriginallyword.from Nappanee, Bethel spent the majority of her youth among the bookshelves of her community’s library. “They had just won an award that funded its expansion when we left and moved here,” said Bethel before remarking on the slight amount of culture shock she experienced upon relocation. “‘This little library,’ I thought, ‘is this going to work?’ And it did.”

MONDAY — M. Smith TUESDAY — P. Smike WEDNESDAY — D & K Matz THURSDAY — B. Martz FRIDAY — K. Young

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Art Awards

Brenda Bethel: friend and lover of Milford Public Library

Fifth GradeExcellencePresidential

• They show kindness and respect toward other people by always stepping up to do the right thing and treat people right.

Rhett Bucher, Abigail German, Ava Hettinger, Abby Lehman, Sam Schwartz, Mallory Szynal, Landon Tricker, Zoey Van Hawk and Audri Wurtzel.

Elementary Kiwanis Mental Attitude Award

dling, intrusive or bossy interloper who tries to impose your mores and morals on everybody else.

The North Webster Bridge Group met on Tuesday and Thursday, May 24 and 26, at the Senior Primelife Enrichment Center in the North Webster Community Center. Tuesday winners were Jean Cowan, ﬁrst, and Mary Thompson, second. Winners Thursday were Dick Sutton, ﬁrst, and Jerry Hetrick, second.

Awards Day at Milford Elementary School

Trine University students were named to the president’s list for the spring 2022 term. To earn president’s list honors, students must complete a minimum of 12 hours and have a grade point av-

You might think you’re good at conﬂict resolution, of helping to bring feuding relatives, coworkers, neighbors or colleagues together. They may see you as just a med-

• Students must achieve a high rating on elementary standardization test in either math or language arts.

PROFILE Corner

What about the chap who claims to be open to change and welcomes new ideas and developments as they take hold in society? At the same time, they keep reminding everyone loudly about the good old days.Most people have misconceptions about themselves. Some individuals have more than others.

This applies to your perception of being decisive. If you take your time

Levi Savage, Mariana Montes, Imilia Gonzales, Daizy McCall, Alexander Denney, Hunter Targgart, Lola Borntrager, Jenna Bucher, Bennett Berkeypile, Eli Esqueda, Bria Tusing, Caraline Deak, Camden Harney, Vaniah Wilson, Quinn Risedorph, Alaina Mench, Jace Cofﬁ, Rowan Bontrager, Clayton Miller, Morgan Beer, Liberty West, Marlee Bellamy, Landon Tricker, Damian Esqueda, Brooklin House and Abigail Lehman.

Musicians of the Year Avery Ruch, Colton Beer, William Wuthrich, Abigail Jamiel, Daizy McCall, Levi Savage, Matilda Bontrager, Sawyer Sharp, Remy Foster, Madison Kaiser, Kylie McCreary, Leo Frick, Caraline Deak, Truitt Yoder, Rosemary Miller, Camden Harney, Quinn Risedorph, Emeline Baut, Sarah Bontrager, Jenna Beer, Hunter Lewallen. Anakin Schmucker, Morgan Beer, Keagan Taylor, Lincoln Stoller, Nathaniel Senders, Landon Tricker, Joy Bucher and Mallory Szynal.

Recipients: Maria Montes, Andi Wurtzel, Jafet ColmeneroOrtiz, Abby Jamiel, Wesley Berkeypile, William Wuthrich, Levi Savage, Addley Gallup, Daizy McCall, Abby Aumiller, Nolan Young, Casey Ferguson, Kaitlyn McClurg, Baileigh Roberts, Hunter Targgart, Bennett Berkeypile, Cooper Beer, Hadley Granger, Caraline Deak, Quinn Haynie, Lola Stoller, Ella Jamiel, Marin Szynal, Keegan Breece, Quinlynn Risedorph, Jax Gregory, Kinley Marshall, Annie Warren, Evan Hunsberger, Layla Brown, Morgan Beer, Aaron McKibben, Peyton Scheeren, Liberty West, Lincoln Stoller, Alexis Crouse, Gabe Edwards, Nathaniel Senders, Zoe Van Hawk, Elizabeth Schmucker, Damian Esqueda and Megan Warstler.

DePauw University congratulates Michael Aikin, Syracuse, who graduated cum laude graduate with a BA in environmen-

Carter, Lincoln Stoller, Sherymuth Caceres, William JohnsonHenry, Kendall Shereen, Marco Leal, Holli Smith, Bentley Anacieto, Madison Wilson, Rhett Bucher and Elizabeth Schmucker.

• The student adheres to a state of mind that continues to seek, ﬁnd and carry out ways to be successful, regardless of circumstances.•Theyoppose negativity by consistently showing integrity and initiative and giving their best effort.

Such efforts include running an ongoing book sale within the library’s basement and an outdoor book sale during Milford Fest. “Janice Stollery is in charge of the book sale downstairs,”

“However, we agreed that if each of us would take an ofﬁce, we would all run the organization reader,together.”AsalifelongBethelalso

According to Bethel, laughter and joy ﬁll the meeting room when a small number of members gather on the ﬁrst Tuesday of every month. “I’ve really grown to love the women there,” said Bethel. “They’re just a good group.”

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Over the course of her presidency, Bethel has led numerous meeting discussions concerning potential ideas for increasing funding and awareness for the group’s mission. “We love the library,” said Bethel. “We want to do all we can to promote it and provide things for it that their budget doesn’t include.”

They might have the same picture of you if you see yourself as someone who can really get people to do things, to have fun and get out and enjoy

to collect as much data, information and facts as you can before taking any course of action, the people around you will see you as an old wishy-washy fuddy-duddy.

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• Students must have an A(3.5 of 4.0) average from grades three and four and the ﬁrst two trimesters of ﬁfth grade.

DePauw University congratulates Michael Aikin on May graduation

them.”As president, the majority of Bethel’s duties primarily include leading each meeting’s discussion period according to the accompanying agenda. “I don’t do nearly as much as the others,” Bethel humbly asserted. Other members of the group include Vice President Earleen Fisher, Secretary Mary Duncan and Treasurer Nancy Labernier. “Initially, we didn’t want to be ofﬁcers,” said Bethel.

Students are chosen by the following criteria:

Many an old fogey walks away from a mirror muttering about not recognizing the image they just saw. But a lot of folks don’t recognize themselves as other people see them.You may think you’ve spent a lot of effort to become a good listener. You’ve become so good you often know what people are going to say before they say it.

So, to help them along, you rudely interrupt them and ﬁnish what they were going to say for them.

Bridge Results

Physical Education Awards Colton Beer, William Wuthrich,

Kensington Kephart, Peyton Replogle, Trent Ritter, Lily Thompson, Declan Lindsey, William Johnson-Henry, Haidyn Brettell, Madison Wilson and Reis Schmidt.

Grayson Lyles, Neveah Hernandez, Mark Schmucker, Jubilee West, Eliana Smith, Andrew Moore, Logan Castro, Bailey Roberts, Nolan Young, Laurel Szynal, Ethan Gingerich, Kensington Kephart, Zeke Savage, Quinn Haynie, Vaniah Wilson, Emeline Baut, Zachary Maxwell, Carmen

Thinkinglife.you’re a problem solver can be tricky. Most folks study a problem awhile before trying to solve it. Even if you see what you think is a solution and offer it too quickly, you’ll be perceived as someone who jumps to conclusions.

It may be wise to just go along on matters of little impact and to take your own route on issues that affect your method and manner of living. The results can help you get a clearer picture of yourself while not distorting what other people see in you.

Self-image usually unclear

Community

maintains her own personal library at home. “I’ve always got a book and I take one in the car with me almost all the time,” she said. “If I know that my husband’s not in the talking mood, I’m reading.”Above all, it’s the heart of the library that continues to draw Bethel’s passion. “The librarians are short staffed and yet they still do so many things for the community,” Bethel remarked.

Sixth grade — Emiliano Bautista-Delara, Aidan Beer, Isabelle Brown, Jamisen Dixon, Miles Foster, Jesus Nunez, Rylee Sausaman, Lukas Surani and Audra Weaver.Seventh grade — Kaden Andrew, Nayli Bautista, Jace Beer, Callie Brown, Wyat Bucher, Rubi Esqueda, Luke Lehman, Dewey Lindsey, Maddy Plikerd and Jaden Price.Eighth grade — William Arford, Addison Biesemeyer, Melissa Bontrager, Kassidy Carter, Brianna Crouse, Wyatt German, Madison Jackson, Emerson Krull, Emma McClurg, Emily Schmucker, Tyla Timmerman, Andrew Waugh and Micah Wilson.

Science — Emma McClurg.

Milford Middle School announces student awards

Gavin Escoto, Kyle Maxwell and Allizabeth Ritter.

Eighth grade — Addison Biesemeyer, Coltin Bucher, Kassidy Carter, Brianna Crouse, Emerson Krull and Kyle Maxwell.

Eighth Grade Awards Skyler Spore “Big Heart Award” — Abbagail Willey.

Will Arford, Elise Berkeypile, Grady Berkeypile, Callie Brown, Coltin Bucher, Rubi Esqueda, Jacob Farber, Emerson Krull, Kyle Maxwell, Kaitlyn McCreary, Maddalyn Plikerd, Rylee Sausaman, Maisie Schafer and Raelyn Yoder.

Jay Haab Memorial Awards — Coltin Bucher and EmersonWoodardKrull.Strong Award — Bri-

Seventh grade — Ranae Lehman.Eighth grade — Coltin Bucher,

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Language Arts — Emily Schmucker.HonorsGeometry — Coltin Bucher.Social Studies — Micah Wilson.

The Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club recently visited with Syracuse, North Webster and Milford elementary schools to surprise students. The surprise? Brand new books, donated through the REAL-4-KIDS program. K-5 students were gifted new books purchased through the program’s fundraising efforts.

Sixth grade — Dimitry Bess, Jamisen Dixon, Brady Zartman, Mari Jo Bontrager, Heidy Ramirez, Rylee Sausaman, Miles Foster, Salvador Hernandez, Hadden Miller and Aidan Beer.

Sixth grade — Elise Berkeypile, Miles Foster, Lyric Lonjin and RyleeSeventhSausaman.grade — Kaden Andrew, Grady Berkeypile, Dewey Lindsey and Garrett Tittle.

REAL-4-KIDS program donates books to local elementary schools

• A/B Honor Roll (All year)

Scholastic Athlete Awards

• They oppose negativity by consistently showing integrity and initiative and giving their best effort.

• Principal’s List (All A’s, all year)Sixth grade — Elise Berkeypile, Mari Jo Bontrager, Alexis Katzer and Shawn Mullet.

Eighth DepartmentGradeAwards

Kiwanis Mental Attitude Awards

Honor Roll Awards

Presidential Award forExcellenceEducational William Arford, Mackenzie

Beer, Melissa Bontrager, Coltin Bucher, Kassidy Carter, Gavin Escoto, Wyatt German, Austin Harney, Madison Jackson, Kyle

• The student adheres to a state of mind that continues to seek, ﬁnd and carry out ways to be successful regardless of circumstances.

Maxwell, Allizabeth Ritter, Wyatt Schafer, Tyla Timmerman, Andrew Waugh and Micah Wilson.

Band — Kyle Maxwell. Art — Jeensy Romo.

Seventh grade — Daniela Anacieto-Flores, Nayli Bautista, Coraline Eisenhour, NeLeighe Howard, Maddalyn Plikerd Montgomery, Raelyn Yoder, Angel Giron, Luke Lehman, Martin Moreno and ClarkeEighthThompson.grade— Abbagail Willey, Allizabeth Ritter, Alana Webb, Jeensy Romo, Emily Schmucker, Madison Jackson, Melissa Bontrager, Austin Harney, Micah Wilson, Coltin Bucher, Will Arford and Brianna Crouse.

Leadership — William Arford. Physical Education — Kassidy Carter and Emerson Krull.

Students are chosen by the following criteria:

anna Crouse. Presidential Award For Educational Achievement Alana Webb and Dalton Young.

Student Council Recognition

The annual awards ceremony was held at Milford Middle School Thursday, May 26.

• Must be in two sports and have a minimum 3.3 GPA

• They show kindness and respect toward others by always stepping up to do the right thing and they treat people right.

Honors Algebra — Andrew Waugh.Publications/Media — Tyla Timmerman.

The mission of the SyracuseWawasee Rotary Club helps to promote literacy within the Wawasee school district with the program. The REAL-4-KIDS, Rotarian Effecting and Advancing Literacy for Kids, puts quality books in the hands of students in the Wawasee school district.

School

Third grade IREAD Awards

FifthSibery.grade — Colton Hagan, Gemma Clark, Hudson Ebright, KayLi Poucher, Kera Owens, Kiah Strombeck, Rylee Stuckman, Satiah Doty, Sydney Willard, Catalina Aguilar, Landon Jagger, Lily Douglas, Mason Hatﬁeld, Myra Miretti, Reese Steg, Vincenzo Piersall, Aaliyah Allen, Ava Calhoon, Brody Bradford, Carter Ringle and Carter Wolfe.

The following students received presidential academic awards: Addison Barger, Weslee Bennett, Oliver Boesenberg, Sophia Coday, Jacksen Cole, Caleb Dennis, Malakai Dersham, Payton Everingham, Audrey Fitzsimmons, Sophia Hunter, Baylee Longmire, Alaina McDonald, Bennett McKenzie, Adriana Michael, Aisling Nordin and Jude Rhodes.

Third grade — Bronson Allen and Braxton Allen.

Caleb Jacobson — the pacer, the mile, the shuttle, pullups and situpsElla Medley — the pacer

Adrian Dershem — sit-andreach

Mikey Leon — the pacer, the shuttle and pullups Hunter Simons — the mile and sit-and-reachEmerieWalker — the mile

North Webster Elementary School celebrated student achievements with an end-of-the-schoolyear assembly and awards in the gym Wednesday, May 25.

Kameron Haman, Blaine Klenke, Bradley Miller, Sully Moore, Landon Prescott, Melody Slabaugh, Olivia Slabaugh and Emmalyn Weisser.

Cretcher.SteveJones Live Like A ChampionFifthAwardgrade— Tatum Thorn, Myra Miretti and Carter Ringle.

Dextin Sainer — the mile, pullups, sit-and-reach, situps Christian Stutzman — the shuttleSadie Swain — the shuttle and situpsRemington Jackson — pullups

Lillian Schutz — sit-and-reach Audrey Fitzsimmons — the pacer and the shuttle

Genevieve Zachary, Jaxon Nabinger, Korben Mast, Megan Menzie, Sylus Steele, Zoey Bradley, Claire Jagger, Emilia Berry, Hayden Wortinger, Jaxon Bainter, Quintero Rodriguez, Sadie Small and Scarlett

Shaffer — situps and sit-and-reachAlauriaGarcia — situps

Bennet McKenzie — the shuttle, situps and sit-and-reach Briant Young — situps

Liam Hodgson — the pacer and theDeklynmile Sizemore — the pacer andAddisonpullupsWorrell — the pacer andAddisonpullupsBarger — the mile

Madison Stout — pullups

Lillyana Weisser — sit-andreach

Susan Doll Kindness Award Winners — Amelia Mock and Zoey Gardner. All Academic Award

Fourth grade — Allyannah Goldsworthy, Eilif Tuura, Ethan Lilly, Hailey Markey, Kaleigh Corn, Lainey Jacobs, Landon Williams, Trevor Roberts, Wyatt Phillips, Blaine Smith, Breanna Macy, Brody Maisonneuve-Smith, Cassandra White,

Mervine — the mile andNathanielsitups

Fifth grade — KayLi Poucher and Carter Ringle.

receive Questa funding for the duration of their academic programs. In addition to the Traditional Scholars program, Questa funds returning college students and adult learners through the Contemporary Scholars program.

Recipients are: Whitko High School — Abigail Arter, attending Grace College.

Parker Stephens — the pacer, the shuttle and pullups

Liberty Adams — sit-and-reach Ronan Cox — the pacer, the mile, the shuttle and pullups Avery Elzroth — the pacer, the mile and the shuttle

The following third-graders received a perfect score on the state’s IREAD test:

North Webster Elementary School celebrated student achievements with awards

Third grade — Zoe Boros, Layla Whitton and Brooklynn Heimann.

Tippecanoe Valley High School — Bryce England, attending

Janet Perzee Aspiring Reader Award Winners — Stephonn Johnson and Ruby Runner-UpGrim.— Chase Oswalt.

Nathaniel Gillam — sit-andreachOliver Compton — the pacer, the mile, pullups and situps

Third grade — Cora Perry, Wesley Morris, Angel Hochstetler, Brooklynn Heimann, Jackson Clark and Noah Marion.

Fifth grade — Jaclyn Trowbridge, Delanie Morris, Norah Grossnickle, Paul Marion, Adeleine Pully, Audrey Wells and Londen Dilley. Spelling Bee Winner Brody Bradford. Spelling Bee Runner-Up Adeleine Pulley.

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The following students received Esteemed Music Awards: Aisling Nordin, Analia Diaz, Angie Chavez, Audrey Fitzsimmons, Emerie Walker, Julie McFarland, Maddie Linville, Sophia Baskerville and Oliver Boesenberg.

Fourth grade — Emma Hunt, Keagan Gardner, Emry Soto, Lexi Mahns and Olivia Wake.

These students received award in physical education for the followingOliverevents:Boesenberg — the pacer, the mile, the shuttle and pullups Payton Everingham — the pacer and Jacksonsit-and-reachHensel— the pacer, the shuttle and pullups Sophie Hunter — the pacer, the shuttle and pullups Kolton Eaton — the mile Baylee Longmire — the mile andKhloesit-and-reachMcIntire — the mile Mason McKibben — the mile andHaydensitups

Maddox Whisman — the pacer, the mile, the shuttle, pullups and situpsJocelynn Zamora — the pacer, the mile and pullups

Fifth Grade AcademicPresidentialAwards

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Camp CompassCrosleyAward

Analia Diaz — the mile and sitand-reachJudeRhodes — the mile, pullups and AngelinasitupsChavez — the shuttle

Sabraya Heileman — situps

Shelby Delgado — sit-and-reach Ian Funk — sit-and-reach Tiffany Swetlick — sit-andreachJacksen Cole — the pacer, the mile, the shuttle, situps, pullups andIsabellasit-and-reachLopez— the pacer, the mile and pullups

Katelyn Abel — the pacer and theJonahmile Hinkins — the pacer and sit-and-reachLeviBaskerville — the mile, the shuttle, situps, pullups and sitand-reachEvaKennelly — the shuttle and sit-and-reachOliviaCoy — situps

Local students receive Questa scholarships

Kindergarten — Cyzer Deters, Finly Soto, Emmett Lauck, Wren Harman, Hayden Payne and Lucy Sumpter.Firstgrade — Colt Sherman, Layla Pulley, Elijah Heimann, Lillie Logan, Kylan Melchi and Radley Phillips.Second grade — Skylar George, Vincent Padilla, Ahliyhanna Walker, Samuel Kompagne, Abigail Sturgill, Lilah Sibery ,Alexander Sturgill and Lucy Dawson.

Second grade — Graysen Shipley, Lewis Torres, Parks Francis, Asher Popenfoose, Lilah Sibery, Adlynn Fisher and Benjamin Pulley.

Young Hoosier Book Award Winners — Norah Grossnickle and Adeleine Pulley.

Physical Fitness Awards

The lists of winners: Warrior Award

Syracuse Elementary School announces award winners

Emmily Miller — the shuttle Avery Reidenbach — pullups andCartersitupsEdgar — sit-and-reach andGuineveresitups Napier — sit-andreachMackenzie Barrus — situps

Vivian Taylor — the pacer, the mileAlaina McDonald — the mile, the shuttle and situps

Mason Maggert — the shuttle

Landry McDonald — the mile Anna Lopez — the shuttle, situpsCharlee Fletcher — sit-andreachTyson Wagoner — sit-and-reach Camila Camargo — the pacer Michael Parker — the pacer andKarasit-and-reachOwens— the pacer

Questa Education Foundation is excited to announce its newest class of Northeast Indiana students selected to participate in its nationally distinctive Questa Traditional Scholars program, joining more than 300 scholars

Fourth grade — Emma Hunt, Keagan Gardner, Emry Soto, Lexi Mahns and Olivia Wake.

Third grade — Bailey Fuerste, Bronson Allen, Brooklyn Grifﬁn, Jaxson Thornsbearry, Noxx White, Odysseus Olsen, Zoe Boros, Connor Savage, Jesse Miretti, Layla Whitton, Norah Hagan, Paisley Perkins, Spencer Warren, Tanner Phillips, Braxton Allen, Olivia Knepper, Stella Mock and Tieson Coy.

Sophie Kreft — the shuttle, pullups and sit-and-reach Jay Dee Lopez — the shuttle andJewlinisit-and-reachBrennaman — situps

Jamie Clevenger Art Award

NWES National Physical Fitness Award

IvyLakelandTech. Christian Academy — Karissa Hanes, attending GraceNewCollege.scholars are either graduating high school seniors or ﬁrstyear college students who will

Third grade — Cora Perry, Odysseus Olsen, Amelia Hill, Aspyn Smith, Noah Marion and Tieson Coy.Fourth grade — Colton Ousley, Hadley Lauck, Cassandra White, Lincoln Phillips and Scarlett Sibery.Fifth grade — Hudson Ebright, Kiah Strombeck, Lily Douglas, Myra Miretti, Carter Ringle and Londen Dilley.

Fifth grade — Jaclyn Trowbridge, Norah Grossnickle, Paul Marion and Adeleine Pulley.

Presidential Academic Fifth grade — Jaclyn Trowbridge, Kera Owens, Sydney Willard, Delanie Morris, Norah Grossnickle, Paul Marion, Adeleine Pulley, Audrey Wells, Carter Ringle and Londen Dilley.

Reid Nettrouer — situps

A/B Honor Roll

All A Honor Roll

currently receiving funding for their college certiﬁcate or degree.

First grade — Amelia Mock, Layla Pulley, Ruby Grim and RemingtonSecondWood. grade — Blythe Crabill, Graysen Shipley, Cambrie Garden, Kyson Morris, Logan Wallace, Asher Popenfoose, Joseph Zachary and AdlynnThirdFisher.grade — Paisley Perkins, Braylie Mickem, Brooklynn Heimann, Cassius Sanchez and Jaxon Andrade.Fourth grade — Landon Williams, Zalen Eldridge and Lexi Mahns.Fifth grade — Jaclyn Trowbridge, Norah Grossnickle, Aaliyah Allen, Brody Bradford and Mason Hersha. NWES Presidential Physical Fitness Award

Fifth grade — Rylee Stuckman, Catalina Aguilar and Laiton

Esteemed Music Awards

Jace Stewart — the shuttle Sophia Baskerville — situps

Syracuse Elementary School held an awards assembly Thursday morning, May 26, the last day of school. Many of the students were recognized for their accomplishments in the classroom this past school year.

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LAKELAND YOUTH Center will be offering a summer crafts program for kids ages 5-10. Classes will be held from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays starting June 7 and ending July 28. Registration is currently underway online at default.aspx.lakelandyouthin.myrec.com/info/activities/

She added they also had a great turnout for the euchre tournament on May 19. Four tables were in play, with everyone enjoying tasty Rise n’ Roll Bakery treats brought in by Mark Herring. First place went to Cindy Pierce, second place to Joe Schaefer, most loaners were by Bert LaBash and low man was Marta Wonder.

Wawasee High School, breakfast 7:45-8:15 a.m. and lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. June 6-24, then 8-8:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to noon July 1129. Syracuse Elementary School, 7:45-8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. to noon June 6-24, then 8-8:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to noon June 27-July 29.

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ket in each one,” said Elder. Blankets have also been sent to Ohio, New Orleans and Texas.

THE PAPERS Inc., publishers of The MailJournal, lost a total of 64 years of experience last Friday as two veteran employees turned in their keys.

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The ladies work with donated or purchased material and sew together blankets with tied edges. Though now on summer hiatus, the ministry will resume its work meetings 9-11:30 a.m. the ﬁrst and third Monday of each month, beginning in September. Anyone is welcome to join.

REGISTRATION IS underway for the eighth annual Mudtastic Classic, which will be held Saturday, June 18, on the trails near the LevinsonLaBrosse Lakes & Wetlands Education Center, about a mile south of Syracuse on SR 13. Registration is limited to 300 participants, so if you’re interested in participating, get that registration form turned in ASAP at runreg.com/mudtasticclassic.

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Lakeside Park lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. June 6-July 29. Wawasee Middle School breakfast 8-8:15 a.m., lunch 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. July 11-29. Enchanted Hills lunch 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. June 6-July 28.

AMILY MEMBERS of the Harry J. Michael family met at Milford Cemetery immediately following the Milford Memorial Day Parade. The Harry J. Michael Congressional Medal of Honor memorial truck actually is the original 1950 Michael pickup truck. Michael was born March 13, 1922, and his family is celebrating not only his ﬁve heroic missions in WWII, but also his 100th birthday. Pictured in front of the truck are Hannah Rockenbaugh, Rich Rhodes, Jacob Rhodes and Tyler Rockenbaugh.

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Don’t have an antique, but want to see a pro in action? The public is welcome to come watch and see what others bring in for evaluation.

START YOUR Saturday off with a visit to Veteran’s Memorial Park at Crosson Mill and check out the Artisans & Farmers Market. This is the 14th season for the market where local vendors offer fresh produce, ﬂowers, baked goods and art. The market is held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays and runs through Sept. 3.

happy to provide them,” said Elder, who noted anyone willing to help make the blankets or donate material or ﬁnances to the effort should call the church at (574) 457-3778. in: (574) 457-5100 Facsimile: (855) 457-5100

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MILFORD CHAPEL Mennonite Church will hold its annual Vacation Bible School from 6-8:30 p.m. June 6-10. This year’s theme is Zoomerang. “Be prepared to experience the jaw-dropping beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, the arid temperature of outback afternoons, the architectural marvels of Australia’s modern cities, and the fascinating eucalyptus forest, home of the koalas. At Zoomerang, the newest Answers VBS, you’ll marvel at the unforgettable wildlife, culture and beauty of Australia while exploring the wonder and value of life, from the lives of pre-born babies to eternal life in the kingdom of God.”

Purple Hearts Ministry at Calvary United Methodist Church in Syracuse has been providing a little warmth for those who need it since 2016.

The hot lunch program continues to please at SPEC. “The meals supplied by Real Services are pretty good and balanced,” noted Gray. “I eat more fruit now than I have in the past; it’s there, so I eat it. It is a good program. Check out the month of menu items in the Senior Life newspaper, and if you think you want to try it, call Merita at (574) 8349300 to reserve your

THE SYRACUSE Community Center has a variety of programs to help keep people active and healthy. Pickleball, a racquet sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis is offered from 10 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday. Since pickleball tends to move outdoors in the summer, call Diane Weaver at (574) 457-6243 or Sherry Lantz at (574) 457-2725 to see where games are being played.

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Other organizations get involved in the blanket making process. “Two weeks ago the Key Club at Wawasee High School made 10 blankets,” Elder said. “They pulled an all-nighter at the school.”Theministry has donated blankets to the New Paris and Turkey Creek ﬁre departments to give to victims of ﬁres and other traumas andTheyemergencies.havealso supplied blankets to The American Legion veteran’s home in Indianapolis, Miller’s Merry Manor in Syracuse, Parkview Hospital in Warsaw and the Beaman Home.

WONDERING IF an antique in your attic or basement is trash or treasure? The Syracuse Public Library is offering “Stump Dave with Your Antiques.” Dave Taylor of Blue Pearl Antiques in Pierceton will return to the Syracuse Public Library from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, to evaluate antiques. The evaluations are limited to 25 people and registration for the event begins today, June 1, by visiting the library or by calling (574) 457-3022.

ChurchAround The Lakes

A ministry of sending out warmth

North Webster Elementary School breakfast 8-8:15 a.m. and lunch 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. June 6-July 28.

HERE IS a complete list of times and locations where all children ages 18 and younger can get a free meal this summer. No registration is necessary, nor are there any income requirements.

Note that no meals will be served at any location July 4-8. For further information, call (574) 457-3188.

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The community center also offers a walking program from 8-10 a.m. Monday through Saturday. Laps are recorded so participants can track their progress. Chair yoga is offered from 10:30-11 a.m. in Celebration Hall. Come grab a chair with Becky for a free yoga class.

Vicky Thompson put in 45 of those aggregate years in a variety of different roles. She personally witnessed the evolution of the printing industry during her four-plus decades as it evolved into the digital technology that exists today. Her institutional knowledge of the business and the company will be greatly missed. She’s pictured below alongside The Papers’ owner and publisher, Ron Baumgartner.

When Compass, the benevolence arm of the Syracuse-Wawasee Ministerial Association, recently sponsored a plastic tote project, where churches ﬁlled totes with toiletry and other personal items to distribute to needy students at local schools, members of Calvary’s congregation ﬁlled 16 totes and “we put a blan-

SOMEHOW, NORTH Webster-Tippecanoe Township Chamber President Emily Shipley and Tippecanoe Township Trustee Chris Francis ﬁnished the inaugural VeteRUN 5K in a tie, giving wins to both ofﬁces. Who would have thought this could be possible?

Milford Public Library, lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. June 6-July 29. Milford School breakfast 8-8:15 a.m. and lunch 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. June 6-July 29.

“If anyone knows anyone who is alone, shut in or is in need, who we can beneﬁt, we will be

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“It is really remarkable how a little farm boy from Milford would be literally the ‘tip of the spear’ going into Germany on Hitler’s last stand,” remarked Michael’s nephew, Rich Rhodes.

NANCY GRAY, director of Senior Primelife Enrichment Center in North Webster, reported their annual garage sale was the most successful in their history. “We had a lot of merchandise and we raised just over $1,000 for our senior center,” she said. “I want to thank everybody for bringing in the donated items and for coming in to shop. We were very busy most of the morning.”

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The group of four main workers — Carol Elder, Jan Rose, Linda O’Connor and Vaunda Huffer — along with “as high as 35 to 40 members of the church who support us,” according to Elder, have given away 556 blankets to emergency response departments, hospitals and other organizations that serve their communities.

Seniors looking to beat the heat may want to check out Tuesday Matinees in the senior center. Movies are offered at 2 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month in the Kiwanis room. Free popcorn is available.

The other 19 years belonged to decorated sports writer Mike Deak, a virtual encyclopedia of local high school and college sports. During his time, he covered a variety of different sports for both InkFreeNews.com and The Mail-Journal. His presence and knowledge will be missed, as well.

VBS is free and is open to children up to and including those who recently completed eighth grade. You can register at milfordchapel.org, where you also can ﬁnd further information.

Good luck to both Vicky and Mike as they each continue on the next steps of their life’s paths!

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Max and Mary Ganshorn were proudly escorting two of their three grandsons around town one day last week. They were Marc, 5 1/2 and Benny, 4, Beiswanger, children of their daughter Carole and Bradley Beiswanger, formerly of Milford. Marc and Benny’s dad is a dentist in Indianapolis and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Beiswanger of Milford. They looked every bit the young gentlemen and reminded us they had a brother, A.J., 7, at home.

Michelle Replogle has been selected by the Milford American Legion Auxiliary as its 1992 delegate to Hoosier Girls’ State. She will be leaving on June 21 for a week of training at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. The daughter of Steve and Tish Replogle of Milford, Michelle is a junior at Wawasee HighBeautiﬁcationSchool. in Milford continues. Bud’s Bar on Main Street underwent a complete exterior renovation which includes an attractive

Mrs. C. D. (Bernice) Barnes, 85, Milford, was the ofﬁcial ﬁrst drivethrough window customer at First National Bank of Warsaw, Milford Branch, last week. Mrs. Barnes worked approximately 30 years as a bank employee, when it was Citizen’s State Bank and after it became First National Bank. She retired when she turned 72 years old and stated last week, “I miss it, I’ll always miss it.”

50 YEARS AGO, MAY 31, 1972

happened in Syracuse ... 30 years ago

Writer/director A.C. McCray is making progress on “The Destination,” the ﬁrst movie produced by the Milford resident. McCray’s company, Ace In The Hole Films, began shooting “The Destination” in May in North Webster. The story follows Ash, a young boy who wakes up alone in an unfamiliar place. He hears the sound of his parents crying and sets off on a journey to ﬁnd them.

This in from Metcalf of Dixie Sternwheeler Inc., “It’s ‘time’ to ride the Dixie and now our passengers can look at our new Dixie clock to

children.” Connie is “retiring” from the job. She is looking forward to being at home where she resides with her husband, Moses, on CR 1290N. Her work at home includes home schooling her nieces. Connie has worked at the library for about ﬁve years and has been children’s director for two years.

It happened in Milford … 50 years ago Bessie Sunthimer retires from teaching

Speaking of the Memorial Day Parade, those who attended had their first opportunity to get a look at the Syracuse Police Cadets. The parade was the first official duty of the new organization. While the cadets did not march in the parade, they were responsible for traffic control along the parade route.

Leesburg Extension Homemakers Club celebrated its 66th anniversary with a dinner party held in an area restaurant. Cindy Beeson was a guest. There were 16 members present. Louise Miller and Ruth McMath were hostesses for the day.

Members of the Junior troop who served as “bridges” were Darcy Staley, Barbara Hamman, Lori Smith, Kathy Conway, Lori Morgan and Christine Kruger. Both Brownie leaders and Junior troop leaders were involved, also Kathy Iden, Joseanne Jernigan, Becky Weeks, Lori Smith, Liz Sloan and Darcy Staley participated in the ﬂag ceremony. Teresa Beezley was chairman of the refreshment committee.

Syracuse Public Library’s children’s librarian Connie Ward is leaving that position as of today (Wednesday), noting that, “It has been so much fun working with the

tion to anywhere in the world. She is thinking about Jamaica or Aruba, “somewhere where it’s warm.”

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Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shue, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gaston and Margaret Welker were welcomed as new members at the recent dinner meeting of Barbee Conservation Club.

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LEISURE, RECREATIONAL ........M010-M110 MERCHANDISE ...........................P010-P290 PETS ............................................Q010-Q030 REAL ESTATE SALES ................S010-S110 REAL ESTATE TRANSPORTATIONRENTALS............U010-U120.....................W010-W100 ALLADSCLASSIFIEDMUSTBEPRE-PAID SPORTS & GENERAL NEWS REPORTER We have an opening for a combination sports and general assignment news reporter to assist in sports coverage for the Wawasee School Corporation and wide-ranging news and feature writing for several of the weekly and monthly newspapers and magazines published by The Papers Incorporated. • This is a full-time position. • Sports coverage requires some flexible hours. • Sports news background or solid sports knowledge with writing skills important. • Knowledge of camera equipment with photographic experience. • Decidedly computer literate. We offer a competitive wage and benefit package including health, vacation/holiday and 401K in a great work environment. A family run business! Qualified applicants may submit resumes to: E-mail: dpatterson@the-papers.com 206 S. Main St., P.O. Box 188, Milford, IN 46542 Garden & MaintenanceLandscape Serving Lake Wawasee and Syracuse Lake Area Great Service - Reasonable Cost • Bring Life To Your Garden • Planting • Weed Control • Trimming/Pruning • Attend To Gardens While You Are Away 574-304-5075 References available upon request No High School Or College Kids Just Me....Melanie ANNOUNCEMENTS FARM Auction Sales A010 Miscellaneous Farm G070 FISH FOR STOCKING: Most varieties pond lakes. Laggis’ Fish Farm, 269-628-2056 days, 269-624-6215 evenings. REAL ESTATE SALES Houses For Sale S040 Garage Sales A070 Rex A. Heil REALTOR /BROKER KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY “Your Contact for Buying or Selling” Cell: 574-528-0537 Lake rexaheil@kw.comOffice Each office independently owned & operated. ANNUAL NEW PARIS COMMUNITY GARAGE SALES. First weekend of June. Most sales start on Wednesday. Unfurnished Apartments U020 NOW LEASING - 802 CENTER APARTMENTS - Warsaw’s newest choice in affordable senior housing. 2 bedroom plans with secured entry, laundry, pet salon, fitness center. Stop by 802 E. Center Street or call 574-376-2929 to schedule your tour today. Ask about our deposit special. LEGAL NOTICE Ponderosa Estates, 9500 East Ponderosa Dr., North Webster, IN, will be hosting an informational meeting at Oswalts Family Bakery & Cafe, 720 S. Main St., North Webster, IN, on Wednesday, June 8 at 11:00 a.m., as we begin our wellhead protection program. You are invited to attend the presentation and any questions will be addressed. hspaxlp M.25-Ju.1 LEISURE, RecreationalRECREATIONALVehiclesM070 BUYER BEWARE The Papers Incorporated cannot screen all advertisements to eliminate possibilities of fraud or misleading information. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Persons responding to ads are advised to contact the Better Business Bureau in your area or the Indiana Secretary of State’s Fraud Hotline before sending any money. 1-800-223-8791 2018 FOREST RIVER WILDWOOD 27 RKSS, 32 ft., excellent condition, 2 recliners, farmhouse sink, non-smoking and 1-owner, outdoor kitchen, outdoor speakers, power awning & jacks, 1-slide out. Milford, 574-529-4678. SALE AT 10725 N. GROVE ROAD, Milford. Saturday, June 4 & Sunday, June 5, 8-2. Mix of nice items and plant starts. Garage Sales A070 1400 WEST WILDFLOWER COURT, Warsaw, Summerfield Estates. Thursday, Friday 8-6, Saturday 8-3. Multi-families downsized. Lots of home decor (TJ, Maxx and Kirklands). Furniture, lamps, bedding, kitchen items, women’s boutique clothing, men’s including 3XL-5XL, most brand new. Venmo cashapp accepted. GeneralEMPLOYMENTEmployment E030 NOW HIRING! Do you want a new careerand work outside? Join Our Fun & Ambitious Team! Also, position available for retired or semi-retired individual with ¾ ton truck. Dan The Tree Man 574-831-4381 BUSINESS SERVICES Tree Service C390 Call Dan The Tree Man 574-831-4381 New Paris • Tree Removals • Competitive Prices • Tree Trimming • Free Estimates • Storm Damage Cleanups • Climbing Or Bucket Lift Available REAL ESTATE RENTALS THERE WILL BE A GARAGE SALE at Eva’s house on June 3&4 at 4329 Duffy Drive, Syracuse, 8-4. Hope to see you there. ClassifiedsPackABigPunch √ ClassifiedsOutCheckOur

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Parade attendees get first look at Police Cadets

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The ranks of World War I members are thinning out, but seven out of nine residing in the Milford area turned out for the parade and Memorial Day services at Milford on Monday. They are Roy Arnold, Ronald Brown, Dwight Doty, Fred Harlan, Royce Fuller, Gene Felkner and Plomer Michael.

stone-type frontage with new doors. Three businesses are also planning to put in new sidewalks — with the work scheduled to begin Monday, June 1.

Dixie replacesSternwheeleroldDixieclock

40 YEARS AGO, JUNE 2, 1982

Uptown continues to look better and better. Pie-Eyed Petey’s, in addition to doing a lot of exterior work on the building, put out planters and there are some nice looking ferns in front of Wawasee Plaza by the Grandma’s Cupcakery entrance. Deanna Swain, Water Lily Art Gallery, always does a beautiful job planting and maintaining the perennials on the Pickwick block.

This group of 10 youths meet every Sunday afternoon for training.

It happened in North Webster ... 10 years ago

Kelli Hobbs, Zim’s Court, Milford, is the lucky winner of WNDU television’s dream vacation contest. She has won $5,000 toward a vaca-

at that time contacted me,” Wogoman recalled. “He said they had an opening on the department, and wanted to know if I would be interested. I was.”

20 YEARS AGO, MAY 29, 2002

The Lakeland Kiwanis Club met at the North Webster Church of God at 6:30 a.m. Memorial Day. An interclub from the Wawasee club was guest. The Lakeland Kiwanis Club has cleaned SR 13 for two miles north of North Webster for its Adopt-a-Highway project. At the June 1 meeting the club will have a membership round-up. Pastor Myron Drent from the Bible Christian Church of North Webster was the morning’s speaker.

40 YEARS AGO, JUNE 2, 1982

After a decade of serving on the Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department, Cliff Wogoman continues to ﬁnd his contribution to the community a rewarding experience. “It was 10 years ago that a friend of mine who was on the department

Our best wishes go to Mrs. Bessie Sunthimer who will retire this week after teaching in the Milford schools for 26 years. Mrs. Sunthimer, a member of the town board, plans to spend three weeks in Europe this summer and to entertain her 13 grandchildren.

see what time the next run will be! The original Dixie clock was handmade by the late Dutch Mullett, a well-known local artist, but it needed to be replaced. It is now in safe storage. Dixie Sternwheeler Inc. wanted to duplicate the old clock so we asked Lake Tippecanoe resident Jerry Johnson to do the job.”

Nine girls from the Brownie Troop 63 became members of Junior Troop 178 in a ceremony last Monday. The nine were Donna Bond, Kathi Davis, Tami Smith, Sarah Mitchell, Rhonda Hill, Jennifer Connolly, Chris Walgamuth, Lonnie Blak and Lonie Sieglinger.

10 YEARS AGO, MAY 30, 2012

Julie Rogers, Ellie Graff and Julie Webster, girls who “man” the medical ofﬁces of Dr. Jack Clark at 303 South Huntington Street, are “going back to school,” a process of learning how to operate the new Apple II-Plus computer and word processor the ofﬁce plans to put to good use in the very near future.

50 YEARS AGO, MAY 31, 1972

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Milford, Syracuse and North Webster all remembered fallen vets with parades and memorial services Monday, May 30. Photos were taken by The MailJournal staff writers David Hazledine and Ray Balogh.

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