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When a person goes missing in the water on any of the 101 lakes in Kosciusko County, it takes a dedicated team of divers to find people or objects like a vehicle.

Warsaw Police Department and Kosciusko County Dive teams have joined forces together to help find and locate drowning victims and assist in other water-related emergencies.

Kosciusko County is known for its large number of lakes and is home of the Tippecanoe River. Because of this there is a necessity to have emergency personnel trained for any type of water rescue and recovery efforts.

There are two active dive teams in Kosciusko County — Warsaw Dive Team, comprised of Warsaw Police Department officers and members of the Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory, and the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office, comprised of sheriff’s deputies.

“We’ve unified the team by joining forces,” said Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Shane Bucher, the county’s dive commander.

Depending on where the call is, one of the units will help assist in a water type of emergency. If it’s a call within the county, and outside of Warsaw city limits, it is the sheriff’s office. If it is within the Warsaw city limits, it is the Warsaw Police Department’s dive team.

The sheriff’s department started a dive team sometime in the 1980s, said Bucher, due to the number of the county’s lakes and rivers.

Bucher and Warsaw Detective Sgt. R.J. Nethaway, Warsaw’s dive commander, noted the dive teams are not just for the recovery of a drowning victim. The teams are utilized for crime investigations, property or evidence recovery and retrieval of sunken or sinking vessels. The dive teams also search for lost property, such as jewelry or anything of high value such as boat motors.

“It was important to have a rescue and recovery team,” Bucher said, adding the DNR had rescue units at the time. “Our response time, however, would be more efficient and quicker.”

The dive teams also assist in training local fire departments with the operations in case there is a need.

The agencies train together. They train four hours a minimum once per month, regardless of the weather.

“Between all of us we come up with lesson plans,” said Nethaway.

“We are a certified with Dive Rescue International. It is a week-long training. It makes all of us universal and brings unity,” said Bucher.

Warsaw’s dive team has 17 divers and the sheriff’s office currently has five divers, said Bucher. The county is equipped with a boat and a sonar unit. It can also utilize boats and manpower from Turkey Creek Fire Territory and North Webster Fire departments.

“All equipment is intertwined with each other (the departments),” said Bucher.

In the winter, ice rescues, such as for ice fishing, it’s important to know how to do rescues in the cold weather. This can include a

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The dive teams also assist in training local fire departments with the operations in case there is a need.

In addition, education plays an important role, especially for children when it comes to water-related emergencies.

“We are doing more education and outreach with the community,” said Bucher.

Nethaway said, “We teach elementary-age children water safety and how to rescue (someone) without putting your life in danger.”

“We do polar plunges, too,” said Bucher, who has been on the dive team since 2006.

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“That’s one of the neat things about being in one location,” she said.

McClintock has been teaching for 40 years, all of which has been with Warsaw Community Schools.

She has taught kindergarten, first and second grade, as well as be a substitute teacher. While in college, she decided to become a teacher because she enjoys working with children.

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“I discovered I had a knack. So, I stated exploring other options,” said McClintock, who originally wanted to study music therapy. “I knew I wanted to work with kids.”

She attended Anderson College (now University) graduating with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She also obtained a master’s degree in learning disabilities from Ball State University.

Her first job was teaching at Lincoln Elementary School in Warsaw.

“It was wonderful,” she said of her first year teaching. “Warsaw schools has been very good to me.”

In 1991, she started teaching at Harrison Elementary, Warsaw, when it first opened. She taught half a day of kindergarten when her two sons where young.

Some of her students are children of former students. Plus, some teachers are former students.

“I love their interactions with them, and they are excited to learn,” she said. She has also been a substitute teacher. “It has been very valuable,” McClintock said.

The school has a garden on its property in which her second-grade Continued on page 3

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Do a fact check This is in response to “Why so many shootings now” Wednesday, March 31. A simple fact check would let this person know this is a ignoramus comment about the shootings happening now.

If you would look back in 2017, 60 people were killed in Las Vegas under Trump’s watch. In November 2017, 26 people were killed at a church in Southerland Springs, Texas. In February 2018, 17 people were killed at a high school in Parkland. In May 2018, 10 people were killed at a high school in Sante Fe, Texas.

In October 2018, 11 people were killed at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. In May 2019, 12 people were killed at a Virginia Beach office building. In August 2019, 23 people were killed in a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.

If you’re going to publish stuff like this you need to fact check it. Whoever wrote this is dead wrong.

Protect gun rights All 92 counties in our state need to become Second Amendment sanctuaries to have a complete Second Amendment sanctuary state. This is to protect the rights of our citizens, a lot of whom are hunters, and those who feed their families and others, mainly food banks, through donating extra meat.

Also, look up South Carolina’s

state citizen militia. All South Carolinian citizens are members of this militia. Indiana needs this program.

God bless a free America.

Support local public schools In 2010 our state spent $0 on private schools. In 2011, they said students in poverty needed a choice, so they committed $16 million.

Through the years the program has grown, and more than $1 billion of our tax dollars have gone to private schools.

But our taxes haven’t gone up, so where is this money coming from? You got it: public schools.

State legislators are proposing increases to education this year. That’s great, but when you look at the numbers, public schools are getting barely enough to cover inflation, 1.5%, while private schools are getting a 29% increase. They’re proposing to send $273 million every year to private schools.

I don’t know about you, but I want children at our local schools to be supported and I don’t want my taxes going up, so this needs to stop.

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I studied red-winged blackbirds. chucks, groundhogs, recently. I Dr. Arthur A. Allen of Cornell was not out on Groundhog Day University had written about so I don’t know whether the redwings and stated that they groundhogs saw their shadows were seldom found far from cat- that day or not. I’ve seen woodtail marshes. When I studied chucks. Sadly, most of them I’ve them, they had increased, be- seen while cruising have been come abundant, and also nested dead in the edge or along the side in tall grass in pastures and of the road. along roadsides.

Spring is here. Many birds Bird watching to me, bird- have returned to northern Indiing, when I was a boy was spot- ana after spending the winter ting birds and learning to name farther south. Yet there are still them, to identify them. I liked to dark-eyed juncos coming to the go wandering through the woods bird feeders outside our windows. and fields along the river that These are winter birds, birds that ran near my home and I went nest farther north, birds we exoften, usually by myself. When pect to be with us only in winter.

I returned home, Mother helped There’s a red-breasted nuthatch me find pictures of the coming to our feedbirds I had seen in a ers, another bird large book, “Birds we expect to see of America,” and only in winter, learn the bird’s and there are names. two whiteNow, more crowned often than sparrows not, I do my which are bird watchother winter ing of the birds birds to us. coming to the Spring is here. .,//'((5 bird feeders outIf the presence or side the windows of my absence of different home or the birds I see as I’m species of birds isn’t convincing cruising, driving on secondary and you are not a botanist, get up roads, roads where I meet few at dawn and watch the sunrise, other cars. then stay up until the sun gets, I watch for other wildlife than two or more days and see if the birds, of course. I’ve seen wood- days aren’t getting longer.

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she enjoys traveling, gardening, reading, making jewelry, knitting and crocheting. She also enjoys looking for rocks and fossils for her classroom.

She attends Walnut Creek United Methodist Church in Warsaw, where she sings in the praise band.

Spring is here, days are getting longer, the vernal equinox, that day of the year when day and night are of equal length, has passed. Every day is a few minutes longer than the day before.

Spring is here, and so are robins and red-winged blackbirds and mourning doves, killdeers and turkey vultures, common grackles and other birds that left northern Indiana and flew south for the winter.

With redwings, it’s males that are back. A few have been coming to the bird feeders outside our windows since long before the first day of spring. There are many around the marsh at the edge of our pasture, calling from the cattails growing in the shallow water of the marsh and in the willows that line the shore.

I haven’t seen a female redwing yet this spring, but I should any day now.

I haven’t seen a song sparrow or a chipping sparrow, a field sparrow or a vesper sparrow this spring or a brown thrasher or catbird or meadowlark, a chimney swift or barn or cliff or bank swallow. But will I see meadowlarks and chimney swifts this year? When I was young, meadowlarks and chimney swifts were common birds in northern Iowa where I lived then, and, I’m sure, in northern Indiana where I live now. But meadowlarks and chimney swifts have declined greatly.

Nighthawks and woodcocks have also declined. I don’t recall seeing a nighthawk or a woodcock last summer.

I wrote recently, last month, about looking for ducks and finding a few but not many. Ducks and geese, waterfowl, have been up and down in number. I never saw great numbers of ducks and geese, but I’ve read that they were once so numerous that a flock, flying, would darken the sky.

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Continued from page 2 students help maintain. They also help plant fruits and vegetables in the spring. She took over the garden from Judy Kinsey, a former teacher.

“It’s a unique learning experience,” she said of the school’s garden.

She is married to a teacher, Scott, who works at Jefferson Elementary School, also in Warsaw.

“Our basement is full of school stuff,” McClintock said, adding they do discuss work at home. “Of course we do,” she chuckled.

“When we travel we are always looking for stuff for the classrooms,” she said. “One of those places was the Grand Canyon. It’s fun to share with the students what we have found.”

She said she enjoys watching the growth of her students.

“It’s a privilege to teach them,” she smiled. “I’m just a part of a caring, compassionate community.”

The couple have two sons, and

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)DUP /LIH LQ .RVFLXVNR &RXQW\ USDA and dairy farmers work together to mitigate risk for 2021 In an unprecedented year, USDA staff and dairy producers across the country worked together to protect dairy operations for the 2021 production year under USDA’s risk management program options — the dairy margin coverage, dairy revenue protection and livestock gross margin for dairy cattle programs.

Recent enrollment data for these programs indicate dairy operations are proactively managing their risk.

“In a year rife with challenges, our staff worked diligently to improve customer service and seamlessly deliver programs to assist agricultural producers,” said Bill Northey, USDA’s Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation. “Through patience and perseverance on both sides of the virtual counter, as well as added resources made available to producers and staff for operating in a pandemic, producers were able to timely partici-

pate in these programs.”

Dairy Margin Coverage Administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency, DMC offers protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed price (the margin) falls below a certain dollar amount selected by the producer.

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This enrollment success is a testament to the value of DMC to dairy operations. DMC is a cashflowfriendly program that offers enrolled operations the option to select a $4 catastrophic level of coverage with no premium fee or elect to buy up coverage. The premium on buy-up coverage is based on margin triggers between $4.50 and $9.50 on 5 to 95% of established production history.

For coverage at the maximum margin trigger of $9.50, producers pay $0.15 per hundredweight of established milk production history.

To date, DMC has paid out more than $500 million in program benefits to dairy operations enrolled in calendar years 2019 and 2020.

Margin payments triggered seven months in 2019 and four months, to date, for the 2020 DMC program year.

Additional Protection For Dairy Approximately 3,000 operations purchased additional protection un-

der DRP, which covers 30% of the milk supply and has provided more than $400 million in payments to covered operations since 2019. DRP, now in its second year, has grown from 2,500 policies in 2019. Additionally, 200 producers purchased coverage through LGM. Both LGM and DRP are managed by USDA’s Risk Management Agency.

While DRP insures against unexpected declines in the quarterly revenue from milk sales, LGM provides protection against the loss of gross margin (market value of milk minus feed costs) on the milk produced from dairy cows.

More Information Enrollment for 2022 coverage for DMC will take place in the fall of 2021. For more information about DMC and to use the online program decision tool, visit the farmers.gov DMC webpage, or contact your local USDA Service Center. To locate your local office, visit farmers.gov/ service-center-locator.

Program delivery staff will continue to work with producers by phone, email and using online tools.

More information on working with service centers can be found at farmers.gov/coronavirus.

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)DUP /LIH LQ .RVFLXVNR &RXQW\ Ag tech jobs grow in the state’s strong agriculture roots

%86< %((.((3(56 “ LaMar Fox, and his son, Josh, both raise bees. They both have beehives in their backyards in Claypool. Photo by Phoebe Muthart.

Beekeepers — what’s the buzz all about? %\ 3+2(%( 087+$57 $VVRFLDWH (GLWRU When Josh Fox got his first packages of bees, he was excited. A Claypool resident, Josh and his father, LaMar, who also had bees, decided to join forces.

It’s a hobby both men enjoy doing and sharing their knowledge with other potential beekeepers.

Josh got his first package of bees six years ago. But his father has been raising bees even longer, since his son was younger.

“I’ve been in it six years now,” said Fox, who said it was his father who got him interested in the bee business.

“He tried it off and on. We had a hive or two when I was young,” Fox said. “He’s always had three or four hives.”

About six years ago, Josh bought bees from California in two packages. But by the second winter, “I lost all but one hive,” he said.

One package of bees is 3 to 5 pounds, Josh said, depending on where they come from and who is selling them. There’s roughly 15,000 to 20,000 bees in a 5-pound package.

He tried raising them off and on, Josh said of his dad. Currently, Josh has two hives. His father still raises bees. Together, they run County Farm Bees in Claypool.

“We process our own honey and sell it,” he noted. “This year, we had 400 pounds of honey we could sell.”

Like Josh and Lamar Fox, Gary Dant also raises bees at his home near Lake Webster.

For 30 years, he, his dad and grandfather, too, took care of beehives.

“My grandpa and one of my

uncles kept bees. As kids, we would play in the bee yard and place the bees,” he said.

In his 30s, Dant began to get serious about the bees business.

“It’s rewarding to be able to work with them,” Dant said, adding “and it’s very relaxing.”

Dant currently has three hives.

“I use to keep as many as 50 during swarm control,” he said.

Dant recalls using honey for Kool-Aid. Like the Fox duo, Dant has seen an increase in interest for some replacement bees.

Josh gives this advice when buying honey: “When looking for honey, buy raw local honey; it is better for you. It is good for allergies, too, and good for your overall health.”

He advised buying raw unfiltered honey straight from the hive. Fox noted studies show honey straight from the hive is healthier.

The bee business has been good so far. In 2020, Josh had five hives and within a few months, he had 16 beehives.

“It’s expensive but worth it,” said Josh, who considers raising bees his hobby. And, like Dant, Josh said, “It’s good stress reliever, too.”

To get involved in beekeeping, Josh said, find a mentor or a group, like the Kosciusko County Beekeeping Club. It meets at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month, at Winona Lake Free Methodist Church, 902 College Ave. The Indiana Heartland Beekeepers group meet at 4 p.m. the last Sunday of the month. Visit its Facebook page for the location and more details.

To contact County Farms Bees, email countyfarmbees@ yahoo.com.

Agriculture. Biology. Science and technology.

All of these make up a growing agbioscience sector of the economy.

While Indiana already ranks as the 10th largest agriculture state in the nation, it further positioned itself as a destination for ag and technology in 2020 with numerous announcements regarding job creation in the ag tech industry, which will add to an already strong agriculture heritage.

Last year, businesses in and outside of Indiana committed plans to create more than 31,300 Hoosier jobs. That includes more than 2,700 jobs in agribusiness.

The pro-business climate and high quality of life make Indiana the perfect destination for innovation and expansion, which is why more and more companies are selecting Indiana as their new home, rather than the increasingly rising challenges of Silicon Valley and the West Coast.

Overall, 282 companies made

investments in the state last year, which only builds on its reputation as a hotbed for innovation.

The record-breaking growth was not achieved by good fortune and will not be maintained without purpose and perseverance. Changes in finance, technology and workforce cannot be ignored. They must be vigilant as they work to provide the tools that will help each and every individual compete in this ever-changing economy.

The state already ranks third in the nation in the industries of the g future. That includes agbioscience, ibutes $39 bilwhich already contributes nomy and emlion to the state economy ,000 Hoosiers. ploys more than 77,000 Both these numbers continue to climb. ital to That is why it is vital yers supply these employers lled with the needed skilled ese workers to fill these ext jobs. Indiana’s Next ram Level Jobs program orkcontinues to offer Work-

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“We would count 25 out in each quadrant; for 100 chicks that was a lot for a young girl,” she fondly recalled, adding she would also do vaccinations. “That was always interesting; on the weekends I’d go to work with dad.”

Today, Truex is president of Creighton Brothers LLC, part of a multi-generational family that took over the business near Warsaw. She also had another love — cows. But it was the Creighton family farm she always knew was her first love.

“I’d get off the bus and help out until dinner,” she said. “It was fun.”

Creighton Brothers has been a family farm since 1925. Part of the poultry and egg production industry, Creighton Brothers Egg Farm is a Kosciusko County institution and well known in the agriculture industry.

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)$0,/< )$50 “ Part of the poultry and egg production industry, Creighton Brothers has been a family farm since 1925. Photo by Phoebe Muthart. an idea for an inspiration, brothers Hobart and Russell Creighton and their wives started on an adventure now into its fifth generation nearly a century later. On 38 acres of the old Creighton homestead, south of Atwood, converting their failed empty hog house, they began their journey in poultry and eggs. The brothers put everything they had into 1,200 white leghorn pullets. Ten years later, the farm had developed the highest performing Leghorn egg-laying hen east of the Mississippi River.

The Creighton brothers were well on their way to being a significant part of the area’s legacy in the “Egg Basket of the Midwest.”

Today, Creighton Brothers sells food service and retail egg products.

On the retail side, it sells cartons, specialty and USDA-shielded eggs.

For the food service side of the busi-

ness, it sells loose flats, brown case and white case eggs.

“We package this perfect food in medium, large, extra large, and jumbo grades and provide them in retail cartons and loose flats for food service,” said Truex, who attended Purdue University. Later, after graduating, her father suggested she work at another poultry farm, so she moved to Tacoma, Wash., to do just that. She later returned to Kosciusko County and back to working at Creighton Brothers.

Like most everything, COVID affected the business’s practices but only minimally.

“We were already regulated,” she said, adding the farm was already using safe sanitation practices.

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)DUP /LIH LQ .RVFLXVNR &RXQW\ Industrial hemp market has plummeted but local grower persists One of the first 100 farms to be licensed to grow industrial hemp in Indiana in 2018, Zolman Farms is still at it three years later. Unfortunately owner Don Zolman explained that the bottom has dropped out of the CBD oil market and many who entered the market in a big way are bankrupt. He noted, “Overproduction and no regulation led to the crash.”

Nevertheless, Zolman Farms has continued in the business by working slowly through the inventory.

The price drop has been followed by a lowering of cost of CBD oil products too. A new website for Zemp Hemp is ready to be launched and informative Zoom meetings are in the works.

“People should now be able to afford the highest quality for much reduced prices,” he informed. While the marketing strategy may seem counter intuitive, he is banking on its success.

What attracted Zolman’s interest in CBD oil sprang from his severe arthritic knee pain, which led him to try CBD oil, which gave him improvement.

Eventually Zolman Farms became involved in growing, transporting and selling CBD oil products.

Federal law had outlawed industrial hemp’s growth for almost 70 years previously.

Zolman decided to start small with about 25 acres for plants for seed production and 20 acres for plants that could produce high levels of CBD. This compound is being used for pain relief, anxiety, sleep problems, epilepsy and other health related issues.

Industrial hemp is a labor intensive plant and requires care to plant, grow and harvest. CBD content in the plant has to be monitored while growing as do bugs, and baby caterpillars among other critters.

Hand planting is done from the back of a tractor and the crop is cut by a stripper head especially adapted for it from one used for finer grains like rice or wheat. After drying at a Mentone plant, the crop is taken in sacks for processing.

Zolman feels integrity is key in the CBD business. “There is a lot of snake oil out there,” he shared.

“The worst thing that can happen to somebody is they buy something that’s not up to par for what they paid, and they get no benefit.”

By growing its own hemp, Zolman Farms can control the quality. Wanting to learn what plants grew best in this climate and soil has led Zolman to plant a test plot of CBD varieties as well. Industrial hemp plants are a big investment.

He noted like corn, young hemp is frost tolerant but because of the ex-

),567 &523 ³ A crew from Zolman Farms planted the flrst industrial hemp seedlings by hand in 2018.

From left are Lori Studebaker, Johnathon Mishoe, Betty Henline, Baylee Duncan and Aaron Kolbe. On the tractor is Kevin Mast. File photo. pense, planting is done at the end of May. There is about a 90 day growing period. Female plants are the most valuable because they give the most oil.

His cereal plants are located away from the CBD oil type and a woods

separates the two types of plants to deplete pollination drift. Hemp may require more nitrogen fertilizer than corn and irrigated ground is a must.

The farm has received much help from Purdue University embarking on this new business.

The Zolman farm was begun by Don’s parents when his Dad Gene came back from World War II. He explained, “My father was a paratrooper and saw these kids starving in the streets of Europe during the war. So, he decided to be a farmer to feed people. Now, by raising industrial hemp, we can help heal the world too.”

people, and Steve Miller is general manager of Creighton Brothers.

Truex’s husband, Ron, was the former president, but has since retired though he still serves on the board.

Corn, plus an abundance from local farmers, goes into feeding the hens on local farms all located within 10 miles of the Crazy Egg Café

and Coffee Bar, located next to its business office. The cafe is the former site of the original processing plant and a feed mill.

Today, Creighton Brothers is truly part of the rich agricultural heritage in Kosciusko County.

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Creighton Continued from page 8 rocketed, she said, and eggs were in high demand. “We were producing as many eggs as we could and selling by the pallet,” she said.

Truex said she attributes the longevity of the company to being good stewards.

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servatively and not compromise our dedication to caring for hens and being responsible caretakers of the land,” Truex said. “We are fiscally responsible and have had a good evolution in management and conservative business practices.”

“We have great employees,” she added. The company employs 230

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One of the biggest effects of the coronavirus pandemic on farmers was the disruption of the supply chain, especially if something was coming from overseas. Ships normally moving freight instead sat docked for weeks at a time.

“If anything came from overseas, it could have been delayed for months,” said Jeff Burbrink, educator for the Purdue Extension Office in Elkhart County. “Or if something like microchips or parts or fiberglass to make parts to include in tractor/ equipment assembly was slow to arrive, it created issues.”

Doug Shock farms acreage south of North Webster in Kosciusko County. He said the supply chain still is disrupted somewhat for things such as parts and supplies and he has to wait longer than normal to receive certain items. But, he noted, when the pandemic struck in 2020, most things he needed at that time were already sourced and in place.

Of course going somewhere to get parts was different than normal because he couldn’t go inside to get the parts. “They brought the parts outside and laid them on a table for you to look at,” he said.

The Shocks also raise beef cattle and sell freezer beef. Finding a butcher to get the beef from proved to be a major challenge. And trying to coordinate schedules with families coming to pick up beef has been another challenge.

“The demand for local beef and pork is through the roof,” Shock said.

The price of corn bottomed out last year and dropped to below $3 per bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade, Shock said. “People quit buying corn,” he said, but fortunately the demand has increased with China buying a lot of corn and the price per bushel was at about $5.54 in late March.

Burbrink noted the tariffs of re-

cent years and the shuffling of markets to compensate for the tariffs “probably did more than the pandemic to mess with the markets.

Once they figured out how to minimize human contact, the shipping industry continued on.”

Speaking of human contact, Shock noted a few months ago when he hauled his grain to Cargill just north of Milford, “I was the only one touching the truck.” Much of the process for unloading the corn was done remotely, he said.

Another issue some farmers have dealt with since the pandemic began is the rising price of lumber. Building projects have been put on hold, and Shock noted he had planned to do some work but instead has only done a small bathroom remodeling project.

Grain bins have become harder to find. A combination of the disruption in the supply chain and a major storm with hurricane force winds blowing through some Midwestern states in the summer of 2020, especially Iowa, destroyed several bins and naturally caused the demand to increase.

Trespassing on farm fields has become “a huge problem,” Shock said. Increased sales of Ranger and similar all-terrain vehicles combined with people apparently having more available time has created problems for some local farmers.

“They aren’t just riding across the fields, they are racing and tearing up the fields,” he said. He has caught a few on fields he farms, adding serious damage can be done to wheat and hay fields in particular.

During a pandemic such as this, it may be assumed some farmers are experimenting with growing different crops but apparently that hasn’t happened much, at least locally. Burbrink said maybe more soybeans have been grown due to higher prices compared to corn.

Shock said he has heard of a few farmers trying different things such as growing hemp, from which fiber is extracted.

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Because draw attention, the new sunflower fields did.

“It was amazing how many people just stopped and were taking pictures,” Mock said. “People would ask if they could do their senior pictures out there.”

The sunflowers were a part of a rotation strategy.

“We were doing them after a wheat rotation, so it was like a double-crop,” Mock explained.

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Since Mock sells seeds for Pioneer, getting the sunflower seeds proved easy, though his contacts were a bit taken aback by the request.

“They were wondering, ‘What do you need sunflowers for,’” he shared. “But they got them for me, and a neighbor and I planted them. I think I did about 40 acres, and he did about 60 acres.”

The double-cropped sunflowers were planted around July, then harvested in the fall and sold to a birdseed-producing plant.

“You combine them. We had to have a special head because they were in 30-inch rows. So we basi-

cally would cut the plant off and bring the head and the stalk into the combine and crush all of the grain out of the head,” Mock said.

There is a risk in double-cropping sunflowers because of the northern location.

In 2018, the grain never really dried well. “We had to put them in the grain bin and put some air on them and try to dry them. Then winter set in, so we ended up having some stay out in the field until spring.” He added with a chuckle, “So then, all the Midwest birds got to eat them instead of selling them for East Coast birds.”

Even so, the enterprise worked out fine with very little expense, especially since he was able to use an old row crop soybean combine soi benefits, too. head. The soil “It is nice with r the rotation.

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White mold is something to be watched for with sunflowers, though Mock didn’t see a lot of it.

“But insects, they’re going to love that kind of green late in the summer, so you’ll have to definitely watch the next spring whatever the next crop you go to,” Mock said.

“A lot of times, it would be corn.”

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Sunflowers also make a great cover crop, with Mock recommending several species — like sorghum grass and canola — be used in the mix since sunflower stalks can get woody, making them less ideal as a sole cover crop.

Currently, sunflowers are out of Mock’s rotation.

“We did it for two years with some mild success,” Mock said, noting it might have been more profitable if the grain went toward oil instead of birdseed. “It (the birdseed) was a contract so it took some of the risk out of it.”

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OBITUARIES Phillip M. Albert Phillip M. “Phil” Albert, 71, Pierceton, died at 2:01 p.m. March 29, 2021.

He was born May 6, 1949. On Oct. 27, 1967, he married Diana L. Leckrone; she survives.

Also surviving are sons, Mike Albert, Brandon, Miss., and Brian Albert, Warsaw; four grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren; and a sister, Pat Byrer, Pensacola, Fla. Cremation will take place at Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, Warsaw. No public services will be held. A private celebration of life service will be held at a later date.

Christopher W. Alley Christopher W. Alley, 35, North Webster, died March 26, 2021.

He was born Aug. 24, 1985.

Surviving are daughters, Maryssa and Rhianna Alley; his mother, Linda Davis; his father, Dale Alley; siblings, Amanda Clouse, Kellie Stotsky and Jeremiah Eckert; and maternal grandmother, Carrol Love.

Visitation will be from 1-4 p.m.

Sunday, April 11, at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 12, at the funeral chapel. Interment will be private.

Ricky Bolinger Ricky Bolinger, 54, Wabash, died April 4, 2021.

Arrangements are currently pending at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Wilma Cox Wilma Cox, 84, Syracuse, died March 3, 2021.

Visitation will be from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 10, at Wawasee Lakeside Chapel, 10419 N. Turkey Creek Road, Syracuse. Owen Family Funeral Home, Syracuse, is in charge of arrangements.

Casey Lee Crise Casey Lee Crise, 62, Warsaw, formerly of South Bend, died March 30, 2021.

He was born Feb. 26, 1959. On July 25, 2020, he married Sandy Crise; she survives.

He is also survived by a daughter, Jessica Almonte, South Bend; a son, Alex Crise, Indianapolis; five grandchildren; a brother, Kelly Crise; a sister, Peggy Anderson; his mother, Carole Crise; two stepchildren; and eight stepgrandchildren.

A celebration of life is in the planning stages for a later date. Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements.

Zachery S. Eyer Zachery Scott “Zach” Eyer, 34, Pierceton, died at 6:05 a.m. March 27, 2021.

He was born Jan. 13, 1987. He married Ruby (Hale) Staab, who survives.

He is also survived by a son, Benjimin Eyer, Bear Lake; his mother, Kim (Duane Klinger) Eyer, Pierceton; a

brother, Joshua Eyer, Pierceton; maternal grandmother, Dora Clingerman, Pierceton; a stepsister, Jody Mitchell, Warsaw; stepbrothers, Edward Klinger, Albion, and Dewey Klinger, Warsaw; and one nephew.

Services were held March 31 at Owen Family Funeral Home, Syracuse.

Burial was in Syracuse Cemetery.

Audrey L. Higginbotham Audrey L. Higginbotham, 85, Nappanee, died at 5:22 p.m. Dec. 1, 2020.

She was born March 23, 1935.

Surviving are her children, Harold Higginbotham and Jeffrey Higginbotham, both of Syracuse, Audrey Higginbotham-Perrin, Don Higginbotham and Susan Nelson, all of Nappanee; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and siblings, Bud Higginbotham, Karl Higginbotham and Evelyn Horvath, all of South Bend, Deanna Sipos, Griffith, and Bob Higginbotham, Osceola.

Friends and family may call from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 10, followed by a 3 p.m. memorial service at ThompsonLengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. Inurnment will follow at Union Center Cemetery.

Maurice Gene Moser Maurice Gene Moser, Ligonier, died March 30, 2021.

He was born Oct. 31, 1940. On Aug. 6, 1961, he married Judy Lee Saggars; she survives.

Also surviving are his children, Kim Moser, Syracuse, Marty Moser, Ligonier, and Pastor Dr. Matt Moser, Hastings, Mich.; 11 grandchildren; 12 greatgrandchildren; and a sister, Cynthia Pergrem, Syracuse.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 9, at Yeager Funeral Home, 1589 Lincolnway South, Ligonier. Visitation will be from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.

Thursday, April 8, at the funeral home.

Burial will follow services Friday at Oak Park Cemetery, Ligonier.

James T. Mulry M.D. James T. Mulry M.D., 73, Cromwell, died at 5:40 p.m. April 3, 2021.

Arrangements are currently pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, Syracuse.

Jerry Dee Nelson Jerry Dee Nelson, 83, Winona Lake, died April 3, 2021.

Arrangements are currently pending at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Marjorie M. Nice Marjorie M. Nice, 89, Warsaw, died at 4 p.m. March 28, 2021.

She was born Aug. 17, 1931.

Surviving are daughters, Linda Taylor, Savannah, Ga., and Debra Lance, Mesa, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; a brother, Blaine Fryda, Cartersville, Ga.; and five great-grandchildren.

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at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw. Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, was in charge of arrangements.

Betty Elaine Pope Betty Elaine Pope, 96, died March 25, 2021.

She was born Jan. 17, 1925. She married Richard Farner Pope.

Surviving are her children, Wayne Richard Pope, Sharron Ruth Tucker and Steven Lloyd Pope; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m.

Saturday, April 10, at Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, Bourbon. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. In light of the current concerns regarding COVID-19, the wearing of face masks and social distancing will be required. Burial will take place at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bourbon.

Robert T. Powers Robert T. “Porky” Powers, 61, North Webster, died at 3:26 p.m. March 31, 2021.

He was born Jan. 5, 1960.

He is survived by his lifetime companion, Kim Vanover, North Webster; a daughter, Angie Vanover, Warsaw; a stepson, Anthony Vanover, Grundy, Va.; and a grandson.

Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m.

Tuesday, April 6, at Owen Family Funeral Home, SR 13 and CR 500N, North Webster. Cremation will follow at Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, Warsaw.

Taylor O. Price Taylor “Jack” O. Price, 81, Warsaw, died at 2:31 p.m. March 28, 2021.

He was born Jan. 17, 1940. On July 13, 1965, he married Betty Ward; she survives.

He is also survived by a son, Greg Price, Warsaw; a daughter, Michelle Krueger, Milford; four grandchildren;

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Services were held April 6 at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Interment was in Mentone Cemetery with graveside military rites performed by the American Legion Post 49 of Warsaw.

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J. Jane Wilson, 76, Warsaw, died March 26, 2021.

She was born Feb. 6, 1945.

She is survived by a son, Jonathan Wilson, South Bend; a daughter, Carri Wilson, Oswego; four grandchildren; a sister, Jackie Brown, Frankfort; and a brother, John Vigus, Lafayette.

Private services were held. Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, was in charge of arrangements.

Robert “Bob” Rishling, 73, Nappanee, died at 10:34 a.m. March 27, 2021.

He was born June 3, 1947. On July 19, 1975, he married Mary Holtz. She preceded him in death Nov. 17, 2012.

He is survived by a daughter, Christa Burkholder, Nappanee; a son, Chad Rishling, Warsaw; four grandsons; and a sister, Julie Beckler, St. Petersburg, Fla. At Bob’s request, there will be no funeral service. Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, was in charge of arrangements.

Daniel D. Sark Daniel D. Sark, 59, North Webster, died at 2:16 a.m. March 28, 2021.

He was born May 5, 1961.

He is survived by a sister, Rebecca Beron, Bremen; and a nephew.

Services were held March 31 at North Webster Church of God. Burial was in Bremen Cemetery.

Dorothy Symons-Flora Dorothy Symons-Flora, 94, Warsaw, died April 1, 2021.

Arrangements are currently pending at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Dennis E. Wilson Dennis E. Wilson, 75, rural Claypool, died at 10:39 a.m. March 31, 2021.

He was born Jan. 7, 1946. On Nov. 19, 1992, he married Jody S. Hudson Wise; she survives.

He is also survived by a stepdaughter, Rickell Kline, Claypool; three grandchildren; a sister, Julie E. Gaerte, North Manchester; and several nieces

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Mark A. Wirth Mark A. Wirth, 60, South Bend, died at 2:18 p.m. March 11, 2021.

He was born Feb. 20, 1961.

He is survived by his father and stepmother, Jennings and Kathy Wirth, South Bend; sisters, Mary Catherine Wirth and Denise Wirth, both of South Bend; a brother, Jennings Wirth, Warsaw; a stepsister, Rhonda Ritchie, Vevay; and a stepbrother, Tom Ritchie, South Bend.

Cremation will take place at Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, Warsaw. No public services are planned.

Arletta G. Wunder Arletta G. Wunder, 92, died March 26, 2021.

She was born July 4, 1928. She married Milton B. Wunder, who preceded her in death.

She is survived by a son, Steven Wunder, Pierceton; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

In accordance with the family’s wishes, cremation services are being provided. Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, Bourbon, was in charge of arrangements.

COUNTY REPORT Court News Small Claims The following small claims have been awarded in Kosciusko Superior Court III, Judge Chad Miner presiding: Glenbrook Credit Acceptance Corp. v.

Cody Bartley, $8,000; v. Nicole R. Pearson, $8,000 Summit Account and Computer Service Inc. v. Rachel A. Bragg, $318.54; v. Angela Custer, $266.20; v. Timothy Hyde, $7,007.14; v. Talia Leake, $2,615.19; v. Vanessa Pamer, $469.78; v.

Aubrey Pfiester, $1,492.69; v. Gretchen Runyon, $263.82; v. Jamie Stevens, $1,620.31; v. Estephany Tecaxco, $667.81 McArthur Counseling Center v. Carla K. Davis, $704.44 Firemen’s Insurance Company of Washington D.C. v. Tabitha Dove, $5,236.10 Warsaw Health System LLC, c/o Komyatte & Casbon PC v. Stefanie Essick, $2,374.58; v. David Hazledine, $2,716.84; v. Justin Perry, $1,547.69 Snow & Sauerteig LLP v. Jesse Hunt, $8,000 Helvey & Associates v. Sharon Miller, $1,540.99; v. Mika Shepherd, $2,170.13 Aegis Dental Group Warsaw P.C. v.

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two great-grandchildren;and sisters, Ginny Wiley, Paintsville, Ky., and Claudia Lyons, Staffordsville, Ky. A graveside service was held March 31 at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.

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The following civil collections have been awarded in Kosciusko Superior Court IV, Judge Christopher Kehler presiding: Jefferson Capital Systems LLC v.

Robin Albertson, $990.05; v. Brook Byrd, $2,415.71; v. Reenia Williams, $597.70 LVNV Funding LLC v. Taylor Collins, $581.78; v. Leslie Derossett, $706.98; v.

Larry Jennings, $582.87; v. Tracey McClelland, $604.04; v. Jonathon Miller, $621.88 Chaddie Nelson, $2,433; v. Melinda Salmons, $745.97; v. Lori Schafer, $1,094.66; v. Latisaha Stamps, $1,798.08; v. Kyndell Shepherd, $1,119.50; v. Tommy Wadkins, $701.82 Communitywide FCU v. Riley

Betz, $9,892.68 CVI SGP-Co Acquisition Trust v.

Marvin Davis, $1,831.16; v. James Dawson, $9,023.48; v. Kevin Gibson, $1,557.06; v. Andrew Lowe, $1,216.57; v. Shaun Meeker, $3,902.57; v. Timothy Tjernagel, $826.19 Midland Credit Management Inc. v.

Terry Dubea, $925.46 Crown Asset Management LLC v.

Rocky Hall, $1,423.26 Credit Corp. Solutions Inc. v. Jared Hoover, $1,858.41 Helvey & Associates Inc. v. Cora Jones, $1,890.44 Crown Asset Management LLC v.

Heather J. Judd, $2,163.17; v. Ashelee McKinney, $1,223.26 Real America Management LLC v.

Larry Lowman, $5,338.78 Bank of America N.A. v. Zachary Scott Nelson, $4,417.59 In Receivables Inc. v. Erik Swartz, $2,818.66 Total Recovery Services Inc. v. Chad E. Swope, $11,140.40 Capital One Bank v. Jessica Watson, $2,972.96

Evictions The following evictions have been awarded in Kosciusko Superior Court III, Judge Chad Miner presiding: Mei Zhen and Li Na v. Heather Bellamy and Benson Netherland, $2,533.37 Warsaw Eastgate Apartments v.

Casey Pratt, $1,080

Civil Torte The following civil torte has been awarded in Kosciusko Superior Court IV, Judge Chris Kehler presiding: Northern Indiana Public Services Company v. April Morr, $4,632.06

Plenary The following plenary has been awarded in Kosciusko Superior Court I, Judge Karin McGrath presiding: Christine and Keith Carlson v. Judy and William Yates, $17,968.96

Superior Court II The following infractions have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court II, Judge Torrey Bauer presiding:

Speeding — Cynthia Jordan, Winona Lake, $160.50; Jennifer Cullins, Warsaw, $160.50 Failure of occupant to use safety belt — Kaleena Bays, Warsaw, $25; Matthew Stephens, Belle, W.V., $25; Scott Strong, Warsaw, $25; Brooke Burdette, Nappanee, $25; Trenton Thornburg, Warsaw, $25; David Holsclaw, Leesburg, $25; Roger Bruce, Warsaw, $25; Ryan Stewart, Osceola, $25; Bryce Good, Mentone, $25; Shanna Baker, Silver Lake, $25; Eric Swick, Macy, $25; Brittney Woodward, Warsaw, $25 Failure to register — Michael Stanley, Elkhart, $160.50; Danielle McClure, Warsaw, $160.50 Improper or no tail or plate light — Bambi Baier, Warsaw, $160 Registration and display of registration — Gene Denz, Warsaw, $160

Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk of the Court Ann Torpy:

Martin-Sprague Sterlin D. Martin, 31, Leesburg, and Katherine Christine Sprague, 29, Leesburg

Schultz-Claar Joseph A. Schultz, 45, Warsaw, and Alaina R. Claar, 38, Warsaw

Reyes-Cuahuizo Priscilla Lizbeth Reyes, 21, Warsaw, and Ernesto Acuahuitl Cuahuizo, 25, Warsaw

Sanchez-Rivera Manuel Alejandro Moníguez Sánchez, 19, Claypool, and Flor Rivera, 18, Claypool

Conley-Hall Orie E. Conley, 79, Syracuse, and Belvia S. Hall, 80, Warsaw

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ivia M. Burkholder, 28, Winona Lake

Pugh-Mitchell Nathan M. Pugh, 28, Pierceton, and Jacey J. Mitchell, 28, Pierceton

Couture-Canfield Christen E. Couture, 33, Leesburg, and Jerrod M. Canfield, 40, Leesburg

Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in the Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Smith — Rebecca Smith, Warsaw, and Christopher Smith, Warsaw. Married: Feb. 1, 2019. Separated: March 24, 2021. There are two minor children.

Roberts — Ashleigh Roberts, Warsaw, and Ryan Roberts, Pierceton.

Married: Aug. 13, 2016. Separated: July 9, 2020. There is one minor child.

Rhoades — Sarah Rhoades,

Pierceton, and Nathan Rhoades, Pierceton. Married: Sept. 15, 2018.

Separated: March 29, 2021. There is one minor child.

Arnett — Elizabeth Arnett, Mentone, and Johnathan Arnett, Warsaw.

Married: June 11, 2016. Separated: March 29, 2021. There are two minor children.

Steele — Rachel Steele, Syracuse, and Jeremy Steele, Syracuse. Married: Oct. 3, 2015. Separated: Jan. 27, 2021. There is one minor child.

Staner — Jayme Staner, Claypool, and Dennis Staner, Leesburg. Married: Dec. 28, 2016. Separated: November 2020. There are three minor children.

Alwardt — Chelsea Alwardt, Larwill, and Dennis Alwardt Jr., Virginia Beach, Va. Married: May 12, 2012.

Separated: March 30, 2021. There are two minor children.

Ulery — Sheila Ulery, Warsaw, and Mark Ulery, Warsaw. Married: Jan. 2, 2016. Separated: Jan. 10, 2021. There are no minor children.

BIRTHS Jeremiah Schwartz Marcus and Louise (Miller) Schwartz, Etna Green, are the parents of a son, Jeremiah, born at 2:48

p.m. April 1, 2021, at Blessed Beginnings Care Center, Nappanee. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19 inches long.

Grace College announces 2021 commencement plans Grace College and Theological Seminary’s annual commencement will be held during three separate ceremonies May 14 and 15 this year. All three ceremonies will take place in the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center, 610 Wooster Road, Winona Lake.

Overall, the 2021 commencement will honor 467 graduates, including more than 100 2020 graduates who did not have the chance to participate in a formal graduation ceremony due to the pandemic.

“The 2020 and 2021 graduating classes are the most resilient classes I’ve had the pleasure of congratulating as they walk across the stage,” said Dr. Bill Katip, president of Grace College & Theological Seminary. “Their adaptability and determination to persevere when circumstances were not ideal are truly commendable. I’m excited for the opportunity to honor them.”

The three ceremonies will be divided among academic schools: Friday, May 14, at 7 p.m. for the School of Arts and Sciences and School of Education; Saturday, May 15, at 9 a.m. for the School of Behavioral Science, School of Ministry Studies and Grace Theological Seminary; and Saturday, May 15, at 2 p.m. for the School of Business and School of Professional and Online Education.

“Having the ceremonies divided by academic school not only allows us to social distance, but it also allows graduates to invite four family members or friends to attend the ceremony,” said Katip. “We want this huge accomplishment to be something our students can share with their loved ones.

“I’m confident that the graduating class of 2021 will leave Grace well-equipped to make an impact wherever God takes them. We hope this ceremony provides a sense of closure as well as great expectation for the future.”

Tickets are limited for the commencement ceremony, but

all who wish to attend virtually may live stream the event on the Grace College Youtube page.

For questions or more information about commencement, please call the Grace College Registrar’s Office at (574) 3725100, ext. 6414 or email registrar@grace.edu.

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McGrath will be Kosciusko’s first female judge %\ /($+ 6$1'(5 6WDII :ULWHU Karin McGrath is elated about becoming Kosciusko County’s first female judge.

Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Monday, March 29, he appointed McGrath of Warsaw to the role of Kosciusko County Superior Court 1 Judge. She takes the role following the death of David Cates, who passed away Dec. 9 after having been reelected weeks earlier to the position.

“It feels terrific to be the first female judge,” McGrath said. She said Holcomb called her with the news while she was on lunch Monday.

She said he told her he had done a “lot of looking into the candidates backgrounds” and was “quite certain of (her) being more than capable of” filling the role.

She noted the bittersweet circumstances of gaining the position following the unexpected death of Cates who was 61.

“My taking that position means that we lost Judge David Cates,” she said. “There’s always that reminder in the background.”

McGrath said her focus now is on closing up her private practice, which focuses on children in need and family law, and transitioning into the role. She also serves as a judge for Teen Court, a problemsolving court within the juvenile system where teens charged with certain types of offenses can be sentenced by a jury of their peers. From 2011-2018, she served as a deputy prosecutor for Kosciusko County.

She also worked for Rockhill Pinnick law firm.

She has no plans for changes right now to the way Superior Court

1 functions but said once she settles in for awhile she wouldn’t be opposed to “implementing some new projects and procedures” if needed.

McGrath finished second in the Republican primary for Superior Court 3 judge last year.

McGrath has lived in the area for more than 20 years. She’s originally from East Lansing, Mich. She earned an undergraduate degree from Greenville College and a law degree from Valparaiso University Law School.

She’s married to Keith and they have two children, Gavin and Calli, and two grandchildren.

Other candidates who sought the job included Kosciusko County Prosecutor Dan Hampton, attorney W. Douglas Lemon and Whitley County Deputy Prosecutor

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McGrath will be sworn in as the judge of Kosciusko County Superior Court One on a date to be determined.

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6 p.m. Thursday, April 8, at Rock Run Youth Park, 11188 CR 38, Millersburg (2 miles north of town on SR 13 to CR 38; then east ¾ mile). Hahn Auctioneers

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Waldron Lake Home Open house: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 10, at 122 E. Sunny Acres South, Rome City (from town, west on Front Street, becoming 1000N, for 2½ miles to Sunny Acres South; then south 1 block). Auction: 3 p.m. Saturday, May 8. Two-bedroom, channel front home. Estate of Sally Hoefle.

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Carmel and Opal Manns. Kreps Auctions Svcs. and Ball Auction & Realty.

Auctioneers Fred Kreps, Daryl Ball, Mark Getz, Ryan Lizzi.

Yoder’s Consignment Auction Spring Sale Saturday, April 10, at Yoder Farm, 2270 S. CR 1000W, Shipshewana. No consignments after 6 p.m. April 9, except horses.

Triton FFA Consignment Auction April 10-14, Bourbon. Timed online only. Items will be available for in-person viewing beginning Saturday, April 10. Visit www.tritonffa.club/auction for lot descriptions and bidding.

Lois Miller Trust 6 p.m. Monday, April 12, at Polk

Fishing Tackle And Equipment Auction 10 a.m. Saturday, April 10, in the gym of the North Webster Community Center, 301 N. Main St. (SR 13). Lures for sale prior to auction, starting at 9 a.m. Kings Kloset, sellers. Mask required. Snyder’s Auction Svc., auctioneer Neal Snyder

6525 N. CR 450W. Grogg-Martin Auctionners, Dallas Martin, Jerry Grogg and Mike Patka.

Lake Property Online-only auction, now through 1 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at www. metzgerauction.com. Two properties in Silver Lake: three-bedroom, waterfront home, 10484 S. Bouse Drive, Silver Lake, with open house 6 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 12; and cabin, 8777 S. Sunnyside Lane at Hill Lake, with open house 5:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, April 12.

Leesburg Real Estate Online only, 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 13, through 6 p.m. Thursday, April 15, at www.schraderauction.com. Retail/ commercial building, located at 310 S. Main St. (SR 15), Leesburg. DMT Enterprises, owner.

Online Real Estate Auction Online-only auction, 6 p.m. Monday, April 19, at metzgerauction.com.

Open house is 5-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, at 111 14th St., Winona Lake.

Junior and Teila Klein 6 p.m. Thursday, April 15, north of Shipshewana on SR 5 and SR 120, then east to CR 450W, then north to

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Handicap Items: (2) wheelchairs (1 electric); Lift chair w/heat & massage; Walkers; Shower chair.

R. V. Furniture: Base & wall cabinets; 8’ Countertop w/sink; Oven/range; Microwave; Oak pedestal table.

Antiques & Collectibles: Rocking chair; Buck board spring seat; May Bell mandolin; (2) Cedar chest (1 w/legs); Scythe; Walking plow handles, Highchair; Corn jobber; Stars & stripes afghan; Wooden clothes rack.

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6+$9(5 7+ $11,9(56$5< ³ Mr. and Mrs. James Shaver will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at a dinner with family and friends Friday, April 9, hosted by their son, Jeffrey. The Shavers have two sons, Jeffrey Shaver, Milford, and Gregory (Robin Gold) Shaver, Pleasant Prairie, Wis.; and two grandsons, Archie, 10, and Truman, 8.

James ”Jim‘ is the son of Harry and Mary Shaver of New Paris and Sharon is the daughter of Warren and Gladys Berlin. They were married April 9, 1961, by the Rev. Dr. Andrew Hardie at the First Presbyterian Church in Goshen.

Mr. and Mrs. Shaver are retired from Shaver÷s Stop and Shop and are currently living at Waubee Lake in Milford. Photos provided.

Local student named to dean’s list Peru State College announced the dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester. Ethan Moore, Warsaw, was named to the list.

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‘Gardening In The Face Of A Changing Climate’ presentation Chautauqua-Wawasee has invited John Edgerton to return for a second workshop, discussion and presentation focused on “Gardening in the Face of a Changing Climate.”

The workshop will be held from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at the Syracuse Community Center, 1013 N. Long Drive.

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He will share his experience and practical knowledge on the importance of healthy soil, healthy plants and helpful insect habitats. Other topics will include variety selection and ways to account for climaterelated imbalances of diseases and insects. He will share what others in the bioregion are doing to address these issues. Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation and the Syracuse-Wawasee Garden Club are jointly sponsoring this program with Chautauqua-Wawasee.

This event is free to the public but pre-registration is required.

Register at www.chqw.org or facebook.com/ChautauquaWawasee.

Edgerton lives with his partner and fellow farmer, Amy Newday. Together, they have done both market gardening and community supported agriculture. Edgerton has done dozens of workshops on gardening and seed saving, most recently, at conferences sponsored by the Michigan Food and Farm Alliance, Michigan Integrative Food and Farming Systems,and KEEP GROWING DETROIT. He and Newday have worked with the Inter-Tribal Food Summit to grow out and repatriate several varieties of indigenous northern flint corn. They also work with a network of northern gardeners to perform grow-out trials of Upland Rice varieties to determine suitability for the northern bioregion. Edgerton and Newday cotaught a course for seniors at Kalamazoo College on “Slow Farming” a form that is committed to limited and appropriate technology. Edgerton co-founded a local community garden in Martin, Mich. He has also served as a schoolteacher in the Martin Michigan public school, and, long ago, at The Learning Center, a parent-teacher non-public cooperative elementary school,in Fort Wayne.

Oakwood Foundation Chautauqua-Wawasee, is a 501(c)(3) notfor-profit organization focused on providing life-enriching programs to the northern Indiana region.

For more information visit: www. chautauquawawasee.org or the Facebook site: www.facebook.com/ ChautauquaWawasee.

Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was created to protect, preserve, and enhance the Wawasee Area Watershed for present and future generations. Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation was formed in 1991 to anticipate, seek out and resolve threats to the water quality in the Wawasee area watershed.

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