The Mail-Journal - September 14, 2022 by The Papers Inc.

The pre-bargaining hearing led by Troyer and the 2023 budget

The process is moving along to establish two residential tax increment ﬁnance districts in Kosciusko County.

has been with the department for 23 years. The board also thanked Richard for his years of service. Another longtime employee, Amy Irwin, has resigned. Her role will need to be ﬁlled as well as Sandy’s assistant director’s spot.

noted has been at its maximum level for several years, would be $753,385 with a rate of 1.262%.

Wawasee Community School Board addresses near-future plans

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Milford Town Council opened its monthly meeting on Monday, Sept. 12, with a hearing of the 2023 budget. The total budget of $2,799,383 includes American Relief Plan Act Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery funding of $354,672.

Milford Council hears proposed 2023 budget

The goal is to keep funds dispersed relatively the same as they are as stated in the 2022 budget, but he reiterated that the advertised levy amount is not expected to be fulﬁlled; the adver-

nity input and contents of media coverage into consideration.

During the regular meeting, the council voted to allow Commonwealth Engineers Inc. to proceed with its Master Utility Study Consultant Agreement. The study of Milford’s water, wastewater, storm and other infrastructure will,

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Jeff Carey’s petition for preliminary plat approval for an industrial II subdivision on a 17.63-acre tract of ground was withdrawn by his attorney, Steve Snyder. The property is located on the east side of SR 15 and west of Old SR 15 in Plain Township.

Gerry Wilson’s petition to rezone ground from an agricultural district to a commercial district was given a favorable recommendation. The property is located on the west side of SR 13, south of County Road 500 North in Tippecanoe Township. The property used to be an insurance company that was built in 1968. Wilson’s attorney said the property is already surrounded by commercial-zoned land. The case will go before county commissioners Tuesday, Sept. 27.

The bulk of Milford’s proposed budget, the General Fund, saw a 3.76% increase over 2022 for a total of $979,206. The tax levy for 2023, which Clerk/Treasurer Tricia Gall

County looking at two residential TIF districts

“We need to try to play ball next year,” he stressed, adding a well and a pump are being delivered soon.

Boxberger clariﬁed that homes with garages would only be charged as a 1.25 dwelling unit if the garage

one objection was made to the deﬁnitions that deﬁned the rates.

The total tax rate in 2022 was $0.5399, which was commended multiple times throughout the meeting. The school has one of the lowest tax rates in the area and the board assures that they intend to keep it that way, with

Dr. Steve Troyer expressed that the board is still in the data collection phase of the decisionmaking process; they are taking statistical information, commu-

Jonsson gave the tree board report. He said numerous trees will be removed in Syracuse and are indicated with pink ribbons. Also, trees will be planted around Syracuse with several potential spots targeted.Jonsson said the mower for Schrock Fields has been ordered. The tractor is in, but he’s waiting on the deck. The board agreed to purchase a John Deere 1570 Terrain Cut with a rear discharge deck at last month’s meeting.

There will be a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the Milford School Gymnasium in which the collected information will be presented and the community will have a chance to address the board. Troyer plans to have created an ofﬁcial recommendation by November or December.

At its meeting Thursday, Sept. 8, the Kosciusko County Redevelopment Commission heard news from Kosciusko Economic Development Corp. CEO Alan Tio.

No remonstrators at hearing

Tio said initial studies, done by Baker Tilly, for proposed residen-

Boxberger reiterated the justiﬁcation of the rates, stating, “in the

tised rate stands high as it can only be dropped below that designation, never raised.

Jeff Rowe, Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors, ﬁnancial advisor; and Andrew Boxberger, attorney, provided an in-depth presentation on the rates and new ordinance at the beginning of the hearing.

ished, he said. Additional lights may be installed in the winter.

Chad Jonsson, park superintendent, gave an update on Schrock Fields. Some fencing has been installed and seeding in the outﬁelds has been completed as well.

sewer world, we say that all systems are built for the Fourth of July because it has to work at the busiest day of the Additionally,year.”he stated there would be no seasonal or metered properties, allowing beneﬁts for some, but not others. “The rates would skyrocket,” he stated, noting the ﬂat rates were set so all prop-

The Syracuse Parks and Recreation Board met on a rainy Monday night, Sept. 12, at the new ball ﬁeld in Syracuse. The board met in one of the buildings that has been completed. The board was going to tour the new ball ﬁeld; however, the rain dampened those plans for the night.

“What about parking?” asked Kip Schumm, park advisor, about parking spots in the lots. “We can look at that as we move forward,” Jonsson said.Jonsson gave the ﬁnancial report for Aug. 8 to Sept. 12, as well as the August monthly ﬁnancial report.

tial TIF districts at the site of the former South Shore golf course at Syracuse and at Etna Green, have found the areas are “eligible” for thoseTIFTIFs.districts allow new property taxes generated within the district to be set aside for economic development projects including (but not limited) to infrastructure.

Lakeside Park’s playground mulch has been ordered for the spring.Board members discussed the park reservation form for activities, such as at the Syracuse Community Center, Lakeside Park and other parks. A review of fees was

The members of the Tippecanoe & Chapman Regional Sewer District heard from three of the 11 individuals who attended the proposed sewer rate ordinance public hearing Monday, Sept. 12. While there were no objections to the rate,

The council will vote on the proposed 2023 budget at its next public meeting, which will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11.

Several cases were approved at the regular meeting of the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission Wednesday, Sept. 7. A new APC director was also chosen. Matt Sandy will replace Dan Richard, who is retiring as of Oct. 1. Sandy is currently the assistant plan director. The board applauded Sandy, who

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He also detailed next steps.

hearing led by Dr. Brandon Penrod commenced prior to the start of the regular meeting. The fund allocation in the budgeting plan for the upcoming year was presented and discussed in depth at the budget hearing.

“The next step then would really be to focus in on beginning to estimate the TIF increment, I

The future of Milford Middle School was among the many discussion points at the Wawasee Community School Board meeting Tuesday, Sept. 13.

“All of the ﬁelds are irrigated,” Jonsson said.

erty owners could share the cost.

It is anticipated that the levy rate will stand at $0.5461.

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APC approves several rezonings

believe, that would be generated and do that analysis, look at the impacts of creating the TIF areas and then work with the commission of course through identifying — if you decide to proceed — what are the steps involved, the timelines for approvals and make sure those are well aligned,” he said.The commission’s next meeting is 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Kosciusko County Courthouse’s Old Courtroom.

Park board meets at new ball field in Syracuse

Robert Stouder’s petition to rezone ground from a public use district to a residential district was approved. The property is located on the north side of Benton Street and northeast of Harrison Street in Syracuse. The house is a former parsonage next to a former church. A parsonage is considered public use. He wants to build a garage and discovered he needed a permit, but the property needed to be rezoned residential ﬁrst. It was approved 8-0. The case will go before Syracuse Town Council at 7 p.m. Tues-

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Nets will be put up, like at the high school. “We will have funds in the spring. We will have time next year,” he “There’sadded.been a lot of work done in August,” Jonsson said. “There’s still a lot of little stuff that needs to be Adone.”ﬁnal walk-through will be available once the project is completed.Most of the buildings are ﬁn-

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Roy Ulch questioned if the $200 permit fee required at the time of hookup and the monthly rate would be applied separately. He also questioned the garage deﬁnition.

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the 4% increase would be applied that was given to all other county employees, bringing their wage to $43,864.“Thebottom line says over that two-year period, they got a $3,187 increase in what their wages were,” Mitchell stated.

Robert Paton asked where community members who could not make it to the meeting could send their comments or questions. Boxberger stated emails could be sent to him at aboxberger@carsonllp. com. Paton also suggested the board make amendments to their listed deﬁnitions so they are in closer accordance with state and federal regulations. Paton will be emailing those amendments, which were originally presented in February.

There is now a safety tip line that is run through the Securly security system, serving to protect and monitor students while online. The system notifies the school administration, district and building staff immediately if there is cause for concern. Troyer stated that more often than not, they are notified of things that are not truly concerning, so he has full faith they will always be notified of any truly pressing issues.This system accepts reports at securly.com/tip. For more information, visit wawaseeschools.org.

$45,490. For 2023, Mitchell said that wage would be $47,310.

Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele is a management and research consulting ﬁrm providing human resources services for governmental entities.

He said the budget presented to the county council reﬂected thoseCouncilmanuncertainties.JonGarber asked Ganser what he had in mind in his budget for capital improvements.“One of the big things that we ﬁght, Jon, is contamination. Quite honestly, just straight-up dumping. One of the biggest improvements we’ve made was HD cameras out at the Warsaw site. What you’re seeing there (in the budget) is the improvement of putting cameras also out at Syracuse. So, we’ll have some remote cameras. It’s a new technology that’s coming out, but, man, if we can monitor those sites,” Ganser replied.Hesaid they’re typically taking in about 34 tons a month in just garbage. The three sites in North Webster, Warsaw and Syracuse represents about 70% of the district’sTherevolume.wereno remonstrators to the KCSWMD budget.

Kosciusko County Council on Thursday, Sept. 11, had public hearings for various budgets it has to oversee because they provide the binding review for those budgets, including KCSWMD. District Executive Director Tom Ganser said, “I guess one word kind of opens up this budget: It’s uncertainty. We have deﬁnitely some uncertainties that are going on within the district, one being our revenue.”

“What we’ve seen over the last five to six years with the transition of the landfill from Advance over to GFL is most of the work that was going into that landfill has transitioned over to Waste Management’s transfer. That’s a good thing, right? We’re not filling up our landfill with extra volume, so we have lifespan. It’s a good thing. On my standpoint, it’s not such a good thing because funding comes down,” Ganser said.

as long as the Mickems’ food trucks are moved to the back of the home so they are out of sight from the road. The Mickems were given until March 1, 2023, to come up with the funding to purchase gravel to move the food trucks.Approved a request by Leland Horrall to replace an accessory building 4 feet from the east sideline and 2 feet from the water’s edge on Lake Wawasee. The original accessory building dates back to 1926 and is starting to crumble.Approved a request by Richard Nowakowski to install a 3-by-6 covered entry and a 1-by-18 pergola.

Council President Sue Ann Mitchell said, “The next thing we want just to address is the community corrections and clariﬁcation on the action taken by the council. There was some confusion as to what exactly the classiﬁcation was going to be. I think all the council was clear on it, but perhaps others may not have been 100% clear on where we were going.”

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The board added anyone who has met exemptions but is having a grinder installed for future connection will be paying the debt service rate as well.

The ordinance rates will be charged throughout the year based on maximum capacity, ensuring that the system is built with the capability to support that much usage.There was no opposition of the rates or any of the ﬁnancial plan regardingPrecedingconstruction.thepublic hearing, the board held its monthly meeting. During the meeting, the ofﬁcial date the monthly interim rate will go into effect and the allocation of funding were discussed. The board approved coupon books being mailed to customers in December.

He said a family campout at Lakeside Park went well with six families, or 30 people, attending. The Harvest Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, and includes live music with most activities free.

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Kosciusko Economic Development Corporation President Alan Tio updated the council on KEDCO’s plans to promote entrepreneurship, housing and talent in the county. He highlighted the recent launch of the Medtech Accelerator Studio to create startups in the medical technology ﬁeld. Tio hopes to add a similar Agtech studio in 2023. He also thanked the council for Milford’s “ongoing partnership” and acknowledged the town as one of KEDCO’s “earliest and strongest supporters.”Duringﬁre department reports,

He said the district has always been lucky enough to get funded through host fees.

The29.fall indoor garage sale will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Syracuse Community Center. So far, 30 booths are available.A homecoming parade is Friday, Sept.

Library Director Kim Blaha explained, “Last year, we made a mistake and passed a zero budget.” She said they had to do additional appropriations but it wasn’t something the council had to “And,approve.so, when we were doing the budget this year, our building needs a lot of repair and we’ve had a lot of problems, and so we had over $100,000 in the rainy day fund, and so I wanted to appropriate some of that, a lot of that money, for building repairs and other kinds of improvements.

Jane Eyler brought a miscalculation of grant funding to the board’s attention, which was quickly reduced to a speech error. It was initially stated in the meeting that $27.7 million of project costs would be through grants; $24.9 million as a 40-year loan and $12.3 million as a 35-year loan, which came out to $64.9 million by Eyler’s calculations.Rowe repeated the correct USDA Rural Development and State Revolving Funds, standing at $11.6 million and $2.7 million, making the project total closer to the initially quoted $51.5 million total.

The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at the North Webster Community Center to take ofﬁcial action on the rate ordinance.

County board of zoning continues a number of local petitions

The Kosciusko County Board of Zoning heard the following local petitions during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, Sept. 13:

“I was asked to present on behalf of the executive committee advisory board just to make sure that — the law in the state of Indiana is that the advisory board is required to create policies, procedures and also salary recommendations, but not to be inconsistent with what’s being used with other county employees.”

Kimberly Cates asked what was the pay amount for a civilian pole 6. Hampton said

The council will approve the ﬁnal adoption of the budgets at their 6 p.m. Oct. 13 meeting.

“The reason why they have to appear today is because their original estimates were more than 5%, which was the max levy. That’s the reason for them being here,” Mitchell said.

Chief Virgil Sharp noted the upcoming chicken barbecue fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct.

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The30.next meeting is at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, at the Syracuse Community Center.

The council approved Halloween celebrations from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31.

Property owners will be the only recipients of the yearly booklet billing system. An online payment form is expected to become available in the future.

Approvedmaintained.arequest by Kevin Mickem for a home-based food truck operation in an agricultural district

Council Vice President Joni Truex made a motion to move community corrections ofﬁcers to a civilian pole 6, effective July 1, 2022; pay them at that rate for the remainder of 2022; and then pay them at the civilian pole 6 rate for 2023.

Mitchell said the wages aren’t stagnant, as the ofﬁcers get incremental bumps from whatever the county gives and they “do move to a 10-year chart once they get to the 10yearCouncilwomanlevel.”

cause, “I was at the meeting last week when the vote was taken. The recommendation from the wage committee was to follow Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele’s recommendation, which, at that time, was made as a ‘pat 1.’ The motion was made and seconded and approved at a pat 1.”

11.The matter of issuing bonds for projects was touched on by Troyer. Further discussion on 2023 projects of maintenance type items will take place at the October meeting. Troyer stated they are “managing the tax rate to allow the project to continue without placing unreasonable expectations on taxpayers.”

Hampton pointed out, as Andrew did Aug. 25, the money to pay the ofﬁcers is generated from a grant and from user fees. It doesn’t come out of the general budget or taxes.

special needs paraprofessional; Beth Stolzfus-Ball, WELC lead teacher; Joel Wallenbeck, route bus driver; Douglas Wolferman, route bus driver; Celine ImpeyDelagrange, CNA instructor in the pathways department; Adam Moyer, choir teacher; Diane Miller, art teacher; Kayla White, language arts/social studies teacher; and Holly Wilkinson, special education-extended school year.

He said the district has seen close to a $270,000 reduction in its revenue, compared to 2018.

Andrew’s packet also provided the council with probation ofﬁcers’ salaries. For a third-year probation ofﬁcer, their salary is $45,634. The recommendation from Waggoner, Ir-

He2.also reported the failure of an old battery used in the town pumper truck, now 20 years old, resulting in a $540.39 bill for a new battery, plus $191.67 for air conditioning repair, which the council approved.

Next up was the public hearing for the proposed 2023 budget for the Syracuse Public Library.

Wages for Kosciusko County Community Corrections ofﬁcers were back before the Kosciusko County Council Thursday night, Sept. 8, after some misunderstanding of what the council had approved at the Aug. 25 budget session.

The Wawasee High School band received a donation from the Knights of Columbus, the academic hall of fame received a donation from the Lakeland F.O.E., the pathways auto program received a donation from Hollie’s Salvage and Wawasee Middle School received a donation from Douglas and Carolyn Anderson.

dianapolis; cross county, Oct. 2829, state finals, Terre Haute; unified flag football, Oct. 14-15, state finals, Westfield; boys’ tennis, Oct. 14-15 and 21-22, state finals (teams, singles/doubles), Carmel.

Ruch also requested police keep an eye on speeding at the southern entrance to Milford on Main Street.

There will be no haunted house this year. Instead, a 5K fun run and 1K walk will be held. The high school’s cross country team will be helping. The event will be Saturday, Oct.

Dr. Shelly Wilfong presented a recap of daylong work sessions with elementary grade level staff covering a variety of topics.

John Stukenborg requested a continuance so he can discuss changes regarding his septic and well placement after learning the county highway department wants him to move his garage door on a property he’s restoring in Turkey Creek Township. Stukenborg’s home has a ﬂat roof and he is adding 8.5 cubic feet to pitch the roof. The board approved continuing Stukenborg’s petition until their No-

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were detached and sewage producing. The $200 permit fee is required at the time of hookup.

Wegener a variance to leave a 10-by-16 shed if he moved it 2 feet out of a drainage/utility easement. After moving the shed out of the easement, Wegener would need to apply for a permit for the shed. Wegener informed the board he has already ﬁlled out the permit application.Allowed Yeni Rodriguez to install a 13-by-16 covered porch and erect a privacy fence that is 6 feet tall until it is 25 feet from the corner of her property, where it will drop to 3 feet to allow a clear visual of the intersection.

Sailing Rendezvous requested and was granted a continuance regarding the construction of a new residence in Turkey Creek Township. A representative for Sailing Rendezvous told the board it needed time to review staff comments about the project with its client. The petition will be continued to the BZA’s October meeting.

munity Corrections Advisory Board — which the judges are a part of, they’re present in the room tonight.

There was some discussion among the council members about the community corrections officers’ wages being more than jailers or probation officers. Andrew said the different jobs were apples and oranges, with the home detention officers not only being law enforcement officers but also case managers, they do intake processes, they monitor people and more.

Resignations — Ruby Bontrager, cafeteria worker; Dawn Fisher, early learning center teacher; Jennifer Foy, elementary paraprofessional; John Monik, bus driver; Sarah Nordin, elementary paraprofessional; Christine Winters, elementary secretary; and Chelsea Emerick, elementary teacher.Janice Rose was appointed to the Syracuse-Turkey Creek Township Public Library Board of OvernightTrustees. trips — The Wawasee FFA Horticulture Team, Oct. 7-12, Career Development Event, Towson, Md.; FFA National Convention, Oct. 27-28, Indianapolis; girls and boys soccer, Oct. 28-29, state finals, Indianapolis; girls golf, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, state finals, Carmel;volleyball team, Nov. 4-5, state finals, Muncie; football team, Nov. 25-26, state finals, In-

During police reports, the council approved $205.63 in additions to the upﬁt of a new police truck.

Attorney Dan Hampton said the reason he was at the council meeting Thursday was be-

Lisacomment.Frazetta-Manning of Frazzetta Financial Services, which assists with the town employees’ health insurance, notiﬁed the council there would be no change in the cost of renewing its Anthem plan over 2022, which also compared favorably to alternatives. The council voted to accept the renewal.

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Continued from page 1 said Andrew Robarge of Commonwealth, assist the town in pursuing grant funds in the future. The cost of $93,000 is largely funded with a $90,000 matching grant from the Ofﬁce of Community and Rural Affairs.Robarge also reported on the results of its evaluation of meter manufacturers as part of a move to replace Milford’s malfunctioning meters. Commonwealth picked the Neptune Technology Group based on 12 criteria, including external antennae availability, accuracy, after-sale service, minimal in-ﬁeld programming and weather resistance. The council tabled the decision.Town Attorney Jay Rigdon reported the town won a court case brought by Ron Davidhizar concerning two properties he owns in Milford on Kenwood and Maple Streets. The judge determined Milford was within its rights to issue condemnation orders on the properties.Rigdon added Davidhizar was in the process of taking the case to the Indiana Court of Appeals. In response to a query from Councilman Ken Long, Rigdon said the town still has the right to seek quotes for removing the buildings.

So that’s why it’s higher,” Blaha said.There were no remonstrators against the library’s proposed 2023 budget.

A suggestion by Assistant Chief Steve Farber that the town consider a leasing arrangement to purchase a new pumper truck, as costs have reached around $250,000, resulted in a lengthy discussion in which Long voiced objections to purchasing a new pumper so soon after the purchase of the township truck. He recommended staggering the purchases by 10 years.

win, Scheele is a little over $45,000. He said they also had brought up the fact community corrections officers are not on the stepped anniversary increase per year. “They don’t get that so they would be set at that amount,” Hampton said. “The probation officers get a yearly bump-up through the probation officer minimal standards. They get paid the minimum by statute, that’s what’sHamptonset.” said the executive committee strongly recommended the council reconsider the recommendation from the county’s wage committee “and that is to keep the salary at the level it’s been at for a couple years. It doesn’t get increased because it’s not the yearly step-up.”

She said what the council decided was the home detention ofﬁcers would be listed as a “civilian pole” on the wage determination table as they are currently; $1,500 would be added to their wage retroactive to July 1, 2022, which brought their wage to $42,177; and then for 2023

No one from the Turkey Creek

Milford residents can take refuse to the utility building, 600 N. Main St., between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Sept. 22-23; and 8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24. TVs, computers, tires on rims, hardened paints, oils and solvents will not be accepted.

The full rate of $95.60 per single EDU can be expected to go into effect in roughly two years, following the completion of construction. The project is intended to take 690 days or less, as there is time added in case of weather variation.

“This other recommendation given by Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele, which is the civilian pole 6, that salary is $45,490. I wanted to make sure the clariﬁcation was presented that Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele presented as a civilian pole 6. Brought it to the attention of some county ofﬁcers, and also we had an executive committee meeting from the Com-

“Again, that means 175,000 tons is being saved for later, which only helps local businesses around here with having that volume available to them down the road,” Ganser said.

County council hears details on 2023 budgets

Approved a request by Steven and Laree Couwenhoven to put a second story on their home in Van Buren Township. The foundation can support a second story and neighbors approve as long as the footprint of the home is

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Jonssonfee.noted the park’s fees are lower than most facilities in the Lakeland area. The matter will be discussed at the October meeting.

The council then approved payment of the ﬁre department’s $7,596 insurance bill.

Increased recycling means less waste in the landﬁll, but that also has an impact on the budget for the Kosciusko County Solid Waste Management District.

At the previous meeting, Hampton reminded the council, Community Corrections Director Barry Andrew gave the council a folder of information comparing community corrections wages among area counties. All those counties get their salary advice from Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele.“Soyou can see there you’re substantially less than the other counties,” Hampton said.

Cates said that was $45,490 for 2022 and $47,310 for 2023.

He said he talked to someone from the county auditor’s ofﬁce and asked what the difference was between a pat 1 and a civilian 6. He said the wages for the two different job classiﬁcations was quite a difference, with a pat 1 around $70,000.

Davidhizar then addressed the council, informing them he knew of a person interested in renovating the property properties, which Davidhizar said were “structurally sturdy.” He added he would pay for materials and asked the council to “relax a little bit.” The council did not

Darin Lursen, program director, gave the program report. Yoga has been going so well, another six-week session will start Tuesday, Oct. 18.

The other uncertain piece in the district’s proposed 2023 budget, Ganser said, is recycling services.“We went from $58 a ton on our drop-off recycling program — we’re now at $195 per ton. With that, our volume has gone from in 2020 at about 1,400 to 1,500 tons a year (to) we’re approaching 1,800 to 1,900 tons a year,” Ganser said. “So, it’s a good thing in the fact that we’re seeing more people recycle. It’s a bad thing in the fact that the costs are up and the tons are up, too.”

She said the council believes there was some kind of “disconnect” with the company the county uses to study salaries. “Perhaps they were not looking at what our salary schedule actually was, perhaps they were looking at something else, we don’t know at this point, but we do know, had we gone with what their request was, which was a civilian pole 6, that would mean by next year, the home detention people would be making more than the probation ofﬁcer with the same amount of experience and we believe that was not fair nor equitable nor did we believe that is how it should go,” Mitchell

Council President Doug Ruch, who is a volunteer firefighter with the department, noted delay on the purchase affected the town’s Insurance Services Office rating, and, in turn, Milford homeowners. However, there was uncertainty as to when the rating is assessed. “We need to find that out,” said Long. The matter was tabled.

During other business the boardRecommendationsapproved: of employment, transfers and resignations for support services and staff personnel.Employment — Dalton Robinson, specialized preschool assistant; Davanna Shmucker,

Milford

The monthly interim rate during construction will be $66.50 per equivalent dwelling unit, going into effect Dec. 1. State statute requires the charged interim rate is to go toward debt service, operating and administrative costs.

Wawasee

Dam and Dike Conservancy appeared for the public hearing of its budget. Council President Sue Ann Mitchell said the council received the preliminary report and approved the budget at the Aug. 25 council budget session. The proposed amount for the conservancy’s 2023 budget is $262,900, including everything before any cuts were made, she said. There were no remonstrators for or against the budget.

Street, Water and Park Superintendent Steven Marquart received approval for the street standards set by USI Consultants.

Transfers — Vicki Hartman, from cafeteria worker to custodian; Tiffany Weisser, hour increase as cafeteria worker; Jason Werstler, hour increase as custodian; Traci Henn, from special education teacher to special education coordinator; Taylor Jacobs, from sixth grade language arts teacher to seventh grade; and April Jones, from aquatics paraprofessional to math/social studies teacher.

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County council reconsiders community corrections officers’ salaries

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Councilwoman Kathleen Groninger seconded the motion and it was passed unanimously.

The council approved $1,188.80 for Price Auto to provide six tires and alignment for the town dump truck, $2,250 for Beer and Slabaugh to repair a water leak at James and Fourth Streets and $3,733 for Living Waters to perform preventive maintenance at the well house. The replacement of rusted bladder tanks at Waubee Lake Park resulted in $2,550 of replacements from Fisher and Sons.Marquart also announced fall cleanup will take place Sept. 22-24.

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• Suspending the license of health care professionals who make medical errors.

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She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Peggy Kuiper; and brother, Glenn CremationKuiper.willtake place and private family services will be held at a later date. Owen Family Funeral Home in Syracuse is in charge of arrangements.Preferred memorials may be given to the donor’s choice.

Gladys Marie Yoder, 92, Wakarusa, passed into her eternal home Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. She was born Dec. 17, 1929, to Albert and Alma (Loucks) Weaver and lived her entire life on CR 3, north of Wakarusa. She attended 12 years at Wakarusa Schools, graduating in 1947. On June 6, 1948, she married Maurice O. Yoder at Prairie Street Mennonite Church in Elkhart. He passed away in January 2008.Surviving children are Kathleen (Stan) Kulp, Elkhart, Steven (Sherry) Yoder, South Bend, Susan (Dr. Mark) Klaassen, Syracuse, and Bradley (Cheryl) Yoder, Nappanee; 16 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson. Also surviving is a sister, Helen Bontrager; and nieces, Chris (Ted) Lantz and Cherri (Steve) Klotz, all of Wakarusa.

Visitation was from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at Rieth Rohrer Ehret Lienhart Funeral Home, 117 W. Waterford St., Wakarusa. A private family burial was at Olive (West) Cemetery. Friends visited with family one hour prior to the 3 p.m. service Sunday, Sept. 11, at Yellow Creek Mennonite Church, 64901 CR 11, Goshen. Pastor Wes Bontreger ofﬁciated.

Pierceton and Warsaw Michael and Tracy Wilson

Those who survive with memories to cherish include four sons, Shannon Geiger of Syracuse, Jeremy (Kristy) Geiger of Cromwell, Chris (Selena) Geiger of Wawaka and Troy (Jennifer) Geiger of Warsaw; eight grandchildren; and sister, Faye (Rodney) Smith-Shull.

She retired from Elkhart General Hospital in 1992, after spending 30 years in nursing. A longtime member at Olive Mennonite Church, she served as song leader for 50 years, organist and pianist, taught Sunday School and summer Bible school and served on the food committee. She also volunteered at The Depot and Ten Thousand Villages in Goshen. Currently, she is a member of Yellow Creek Mennonite Church.

The commissioners’ next meeting is set for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Kosciusko County Courthouse’s Old Courtroom.

Analyzing medical death rate data over an eight-year period, Johns Hopkins patient safety experts have calculated that more than 250,000 deaths per year are due to medical error in the U.S. Their figure surpasses the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s third leading cause of death — respiratory disease, which kills close to 150,000 people a Theyear.Johns Hopkins team says the CDC’s way of collecting national health statistics fails to classify medical errors separately on the death certificate. The researchers are advocating for updated criteria for classifying deaths on death certificates.

Commissioners approve EMA grant applications

The public cited the cost of health care and of prescription drugs as the top problems.

In one study, three out of 10 doctors said, in their role as a physician, they had seen a medical error that resulted in serious harm to a patient in the previous year. Almost half said they would likely see a similar one at the same institution in the next year.

• Requiring hospitals to report errors to a state agency.

Their levels of sprawl were based on factors such as the density of residential neighborhoods, connections between roads and the physical separation of homes, shops and workplaces.

He lived most of his life in the Milford/Ligonier area and attended Milford High School. He was married on Jan. 30, 1960, in Warsaw, to Beverly J. “Bev” Musser, who survives. He formerly worked at Weatherhead in Syracuse and retired from Utilimaster in Wakarusa after 45 years.He attended the Waterford Community Church in Goshen. He enjoyed gardening, mowing, ﬁshing, being outdoors, making caramel corn and was known as the “Grinch” at Christmastime.

Jackie Eugene Warren Retired From Utilimaster

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tive. Access to indoor and outdoor exercise areas is also an important factor for residents to remain physically active.

Both physicians and the public were read a common deﬁnition of a medical error early in the survey. There is much controversy

He worked at Studebaker Corporation and Bendix in South Bend and Sea Nymph in Syracuse for over 40 years. He was owner of the Nyikos Pet Shop and had a lifelong ministry at nursing homes.

She was born July 10, 1951, in Gary, to Andrew and Irene (Ustanik) Kuiper.

Doctors and the public agree as many as half of the deaths due to medical errors could have been prevented. Yet only 5% of the public respondents identiﬁed medical errors as a top health care

Carol L. Fisher Former Dispatcher

Whenconcern.asked to name the top problems facing health care and medicine today, physicians listed malpractice insurance costs and lawsuits, health care costs and problems with insurance companies and health plans.

Carol L. Fisher, 71, Syracuse, passed away at 1:02 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, at Goshen Hospital.

After accounting for such personal variables as age and education, they found residents of the most compact counties weighed less by over ﬁve pounds and walked almost 1½ hour more a month than people living in sprawling counties.

Kosciusko County Commissioners have given their approval for the Kosciusko County Emergency Management Agency to apply for several grants.Atits meeting Tuesday, Sept. 13, the Kosciusko County Commissioners approved a request brought by EMA Director Ed Rock to apply for two Emergency Management Performance grants for the agency. Rock said he’s applied for the grants in previous years.

Owner Of Nyikos Pet Shop

Memorial contributions may be directed to Church Community Services (CCS), P.O. Box 2346, Elkhart, IN 46515 or Faith Mission, P.O. Box 1728, Elkhart, IN 46515.

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They have found a strong association between your health and urban environment, which is of serious concern to older residents.

Maternal grandparents are the late Tiffany and Travis Ritter. Paternal grandparents are Shelia Ezeji and John Gohlke, both of GuinevereSyracuse.joins three siblings: Makaya and Natalia Gohlke and Liam Garcia.

He was born March 10, 1931, to John and Margaret (Retek) Nyikos in South Bend. He met his wife Ann Hildenbrand while they were lifeguards at the Natatorium in South Bend and married her on May 14, 1949.Hewas a faithful member of Grace Bible Church.

He is survived by his eight children, Vicky (Steve) Lyman, Linda (Phil) Graff, Debra (Dan) Lombardo, Bonnie Nyikos, John (Dawn) Nyikos, Joanna (Darby) Miller, Gloria (Josh) Gear and Joel (Marissa) Nyikos; 20 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Elsie; and many nieces andVisitationnephews.will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at Eastlund Funeral Home, Syracuse. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at the funeral home. Burial will follow in McClintic Cemetery.

One group of researchers caution most medical errors aren’t due to inherently bad doctors.

Sandra Lucile (Smith) (Geiger) Murphy, known to most as Sandy, passed away quietly at Warsaw Meadows Care Center on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, just after 1 Bornp.m.in Fort Wayne, Sandy spent her formative years in Columbia City, graduating from Columbia City High School. She was the daughter of the late Gay and Bonnie (Williamson) Smith. She learned the value of hard work at an early age and spent much of her adult work life at Superior Sample and at Millennium Industries, both in Ligonier. She later retired from Millennium.

Owen Family Funeral Home of Syracuse is entrusted with Sandy’s care. Visitors may gather with the family from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 17, at the funeral home. Interment will take place privately at Thorne Cemetery,MemorialOrmas.gifts may be directed to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601.

Most errors represent systemic problems, including poorly coordinated care, fragmented insurance networks, the absence or underuse of safety nets and other protocols and unwarranted variation in physician practice patterns that lack accountability.About seven in 10 physicians thought an error would be more likely at a hospital that does fewer procedures. The public was less sure, with about half saying an error would be more likely at a low-volume center.

Poor accessibility is the common denominator of urban sprawl. Nothing is within easy walking distance of anything else.

Patients, physicians report medical errors

As much as half of the population and more than one-third of U.S. doctors report experiencing medical errors in some fashion.

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The top four causes identiﬁed by a majority of the public were physicians not having enough time with patients; overwork, stress or fatigue of health professionals; health professionals not working together or communicating as a team; and a shortage of nurses.

She loved being outside enjoying God’s creation — mowing her lawn, taking care of many ﬂower gardens or tending to her bluebirds or hummingbirds. Her greatest joy was being with family for the fun, food, fellowship and all those many games that were played.

“Our families serving your family with professionalism, compassion and care.”

and disagreement on just what is medical error.

• Making reports of serious errors public.

In the 1960s, she formed the ladies quartet, “Sounds of Joy,” giving many sacred programs in churches and retirement homes throughout Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Florida. They also sang barbershop harmony at the Elkhart County Fair, Amish Acres, Nappanee Apple Festival and other clubs and social gatherings. Their last program was August 2016.

Jackie E. “Jack” Warren, 82, Ligonier, passed away at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at his residence.He was born May 23, 1940, in Warsaw, to Earl Calvin and Margaret Louise (Weed) Warren.

John K. Nyikos, 91, passed away Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at Miller’s Merry Manor in Syracuse.

Physicians and the public differ substantially in their views on some of the key proposals to reduce medical errors, including:

“It could help with the communications things that we’re doing right now,” he said, noting that could be for “handheld or personal use radios.”

Those who say they have safe, convenient places to walk or to get other forms of exercise are most likely to be physically ac-

Ten percent of the deaths in this nation are the result of medical error, making it the third largest cause of death after heart disease and cancer.

“But we may also decide to say, ‘Nope, we’re going to en-

Despite widespread personal experience, neither the public nor physicians surveyed named medical errors as a top problem facing health care and medicine. And the physicians and the public disagree about many of the proposed solutions.

Online condolences may be sent at rrefh.com.

One is for $55,000, which, if received, would reimburse about 50% of the salaries for the department’s staff for 2023. The other is for $20,000, which could pay for various things if received, explained Rock.

Sandra L. Murphy

She grew up in northeast Indiana and graduated from Lake Central High School. She lived most of her adult life in the Syracuse area and was a dispatcher for various local RV companies. She enjoyed gardening and spending time with her family.

Walking, which has been called the best exercise investment, can be helped or hampered by where youWhilelive. it costs nothing, can be done anywhere at any time, and requires no special equipment — except, perhaps, for a good pair of sturdy shoes — your environs could be less than walking-friendly.

She is survived by her three children, Katie Fisher of Syracuse, Eric Fisher of Syracuse and Brad (Jennifer Mishler) Fisher of Leesburg. Also surviving are three granddaughters; one great-grandson; and her sister, Gail (Leonard) Crofford of Lake Village.

She was preceded in passing by her parents.

John K. Nyikos

Obituaries

He is survived by his wife, Bev Warren of Ligonier; along with two children, Anne (Rick) Peterson of Ligonier and Dave Warren of Syracuse. Also surviving are three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Cheryl (Kim) Smith of Albion and Paula (Richard) Morrison of Valparaiso.Hewaspreceded in death by his parents, Earl Warren and Margaret Jones; stepfather, Harold Jones; daughter, Angela Grandstaff; son, Mark Warren; and two brothers, Ray and Raymond Warren. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Milford Cemetery with Pastor David Bunyon ofﬁciating. Owen Family Funeral Home, Syracuse, is in charge of arrangements.

Guinevere Tiffany Gohlke Joshua and Brooke (Ritter) Gohlke, Mentone, are the parents of a daughter, Guinevere Tiffany, born at 12:12 a.m. Sept. 13, 2022, at Blessed Beginnings Care Center, Nappanee. She weighed 9 pounds, 4 ounces, and was 20 inches long.

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A fun-loving person, Sandy enjoyed dancing. She enjoyed live music, especially country music, and enjoyed line dancing. She was a member of the VFW, American Legion and Eagles, Syracuse. She was a person of faith and loved time spent with her family. She also liked camping; her family fondly remembers camping with her as children and later at country concerts. They also remember her playing the piano and crocheting.

Approved1. appointing Carol Boone to the Syracuse Public Library Board.

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If you live in a sprawling community, you’re more likely to weigh more, have higher blood pressure and walk less than residents of more congested counties, according to health researchers.

Gladys Marie Yoder Retired Nurse

Increasing the number of desirable location destinations within a 20-minute walk radius might encourage older women to exercise, according to a University of Pittsburgh study. Older women in the Pittsburgh region who lived within walking distance of a biking or walking trail, park, or department, discount or hardware store logged signiﬁcantly more walking time than those who did not have similar facilities nearby, according to researchers, leading them to conclude adding businesses or recreational facilities to residential areas may be an effective method to boost exercise levels among older women.MatureLife Features Copyright 2022

He was preceded in death by his parents and his ﬁve siblings (who called him Johnny), Margaret, Lil, Alice, Anita and Frank.

In other business, the commissioners:Sawlocal woodworkers Brent Julian and Ed Graves show off some pieces they made and talk about their craft. They are members of the Kosciusko County Woodworkers group, which meets from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays at the Kosciusko County Senior Center, 800 N. Park Ave. Ages 16 and up are welcome to participate and those younger may participate if they have an adult with them. The group is also having a show at the senior center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

Incidence rates for deaths directly attributable to medical care gone awry haven’t been recognized in any standardized method for collecting national statistics.Implementing recommendations by experts on medical errors may not be easy.

Urban sprawl may be harmful to your health

hance our emergency operations center. We’re going to add computers to it,’ or something like that, so it’s any number of things like that,” said Rock.

business inﬂuence, a Level 5 felony; criminal organization activity, a Level 6 felony; and theft, a Level 6 felony.

Ofﬁcers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:

The ofﬁcer noticed red marks on both sides of the woman’s neck, as well as small scrapes on the lower area of each of her legs. Ofﬁcers attempted to meet with McDonald at her home but were unable to make contact at that time.

Friday, Sept. 9, SR 15, Milford. Driver: Keith E. Ellis, 33, Cassopolis Street 32, Elkhart. Ellis lost control of the vehicle and hit the bridge. He received a ticket for driving with a suspended license and expired plates. Damage up to $10,000.8:17a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, West Highbee Street, Milford. Drivers: Unknown and Angela K. Robbins, 54, East Fox Run Drive, Syracuse. Unknown driver reversed into Robbin’s vehicle at the trafﬁc light and ﬂed the scene. Damage up to $10,000.8:48a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, Higbee Street, Milford. Driver: Sarah J. Wiley, 59, West Section Street, Milford. There were three children and one other adult in the vehicle. Wiley got distracted and hit the passenger side of the vehicle on the bridge. Damage up to $10,000.

Mario Pratt, South Bend, was taken into custody, along

North Webster

During the crime outbreak, officers worked additional hours of patrol in neighborhoods attempting to locate those involved in the crimes. Investigators worked tirelessly on tips and follow-ups, often working together within the county, the Kosciusko County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, as well as seeking assistance from investigators in other counties and Michigan.Anyone with information into these cases is encouraged to contact the Warsaw Police Department at (574) 372-9515 or the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office at (574) 267-5667 and ask for the detective division.

2:25 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, 300 block North Harrison Street, Syracuse. April Riddle’s 2015 Toyota RAV4 was broken into.

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Syracuse woman arrested after two altercations

8 — Jose Hernandez, 20, 3757 N. 900W No. 203, Cromwell, booked for operating a vehicle without ever obtaining license commonparaphernaliaoil/hashish/salvia,for3540yearspresencebooked9632countsbookedstein,phetamine.booked9205bond.withlia,amine,ment,two870Releasedofpossession/production/distributionandfalsegovernmentidentiﬁcation.onhisownrecognizance.Sept.6—JeffA.Lawson,47,N.SR5,Cromwell,bookedoncountsofresistinglawenforce-possessionofmethamphet-possessionofparapherna-theft,drivingwhilesuspendedpriorandrecklessdriving.NoSept.4—RandallJ.Murphy,62,E.DoswellBlvd.,Cromwell,forpossessionofmetham-Bond:$2,500.Sept.3—DerekR.Flecken-44,6235E.1000N,Syracuse,forconﬁnementandtwoofbattery.Nobond.Sept.2—MaceyP.Rolston,25,E.GeneseeLane,Cromwell,fordomesticbatteryintheofachildlessthan16old.Bond:$2,500.Aug.30—KellyN.Kidd,27,N.1025W,Cromwell,bookedpossessionofmarijuana/hashpossessionofandmaintaininganuisance.Bond:$2,500.

Ofﬁcers with the North Webster Police Department investigated the following incidents: Incidents

Accidents

The following eviction has been awarded in Kosciusko Superior Court III, Judge Chad Miner presiding:Ron Stuckman v. Chris Monroe and Joshua Monroe, $10,000

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Jail Bookings

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Kosciusko County

Sept. 9 — Jessica Lyn Collins, 49, 109 E. Prairie St., Leesburg, booked for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Bond: $700 cash.

Incidents

Ofﬁcers with the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce investigated the following incidents: Incidents

6 — Brian R. Glover, 57, 9811 N. Ave. Fourth of July, Syracuse, booked for battery resulting in bodily injury. No bond listed.

Kosciusko County

The following people were booked in Elkhart County Jail: Sept. 7 — Danielle Lorraine Williams, 33, 200 E. Pittsburgh St., Syracuse, booked for invasion of privacy. Bond not listed.

12:21 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, 600 block North Lake Street, Syracuse. Cody Haffner reported his unlocked vehicle was broken into and a wallet, credit and debit cards and his ID were stolen.

Three subjects were arrested Aug. 31. Formal charges have been ﬁled in those cases as the investigationHudsoncontinues.wasarrested for corrupt business inﬂuence, a Level 5

Accidents

verters out of separate vehicles.

The following people were booked in Kosciusko County Jail: Sept. 11 – Dwayne Allen Cooper Jr., 411 Southeast St., North Webster, booked for felony probation violation. No bond.

Sept. 7 — Ian James Evans, 21, 407 W. Pickwick Drive, Syracuse, booked for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and refusal to submit to a chemical test. Bond: $700 cash.

7:09 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, 18000 block CR 46, New Paris. Police were called regarding a custody issue. 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, 19000 block Industrial Drive, New Paris. Lloyd Wheeler reported several items and a Ford F-150 were stolen. 8:48 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, 67000 block of Industrial Drive, Syracuse. Thomas Craig reported suspects stole three catalytic con-

On Aug. 30, there were additional crimes in North Webster’s Backwater area. These include another theft of a motor vehicle, as well as multiple cases of theft from motor vehicles in the Syracuse area. Kosciusko County detectives were combing the area.

McDonald and the woman fell and wrestled until McDonald was pulled off of her.

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being sought who fled from law enforcement. A foot pursuit ensued, and the male suspect jumped in a canal while trying to flee. That caused him to sink in muck and officers had to rescue him from the water. He was taken into custody without further incident. The suspect was identified as Michael Hubbard, South Bend.

On Aug. 4, the ofﬁcer contacted the woman who was battered by McDonald to obtain more details about the incident. The woman said she was on a boat when an argument started and eventually, McDonald began physically attacking a man. The woman stepped between them to stop the ﬁght when McDonald allegedly grabbed her neck and hair, causing the scratches on her neck.

Huntington Street, Syracuse.

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On July 31, a Syracuse Police ofﬁcer responded to a battery report. Upon arrival at the scene, the ofﬁcer spoke with a man who witnessed the Accordingincident.tocourt documents, the man said that earlier in the day, he was boating with several people, including McDonald. While on the boat, a verbal altercation started, which then turned physical.

1:17 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, 1 Warrior Path, Syracuse. Drivers: Andrew M. Turner, 17, West First Street, Milford; and Naldia Frye, CR 46, New Paris. Turner swiped the passenger side of Frye’s parked car. Damage under $750.

to a pregnant woman, a Level 5 felony; domestic battery with a child under 16 present, a Level 6 felony; and domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor.

these events occurred. A child was also present during the altercation.

The woman said there was not another altercation again until the group entered a vehicle to travel back to a Syracuse residence. While in the vehicle, McDonald tried to attack the man again.

Suspects arrested after string of car thefts

The woman told the ofﬁcer that she is pregnant, and that McDonald was told about the pregnancy while the group was on the boat together.

As ofﬁcers continued to search the area for two more males alleged to have ﬂed on foot in the area prior to law enforcement’s arrival, investigators from Warsaw and Kosciusko County, assisted by NET43, applied for a search warrant, which was granted for the property of 30 EMS B5A Lane.

For this case, McDonald was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail Sept. 6 with an $11,000 surety and cash bond.

Ofﬁcers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce investigated the following incident: Incident 12:58 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 100 block EMS D21D1 Lane, Syracuse. Wanda L. Skinner and Brittany L. Irwin reported the theft of money. Value: $875.

more reported unlawful entries into their vehicles where vehicles were ransacked, but nothing of value taken.

The above information was discovered as a result of the police investigation. WPD acknowledges that the charged defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Ofﬁcers with the Milford Police Department investigated the following accidents and incidents: Accidents 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, CR 1250N, east of North Park Addition.

Drivers: Christopher Estrada, 16, Leesburg; and Joshua Kowalski, 29, Columbia City. Kowalski was stopped for a school bus letting children off the bus, when Estrada’s vehicle struck the back of Kowalski’s vehicle.7:45a.m.

Ofﬁcers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accidents and incidents:

Elkhart County

Sept. 6 — Maria Isabel McDonald, 53, 712 E. Rose Lane, Syracuse, booked for domestic battery resulting in bodily injury to a pregnant person. Bond: $11,000 surety and cash.Sept.

During this search, officers seized evidence linked to fraudulent activity at businesses across the region, connected back to original theft cases involving credit/debit cards from motor vehicle thefts in theInvestigatorscounty. pieced together criminal gang activity with these subjects, finding public social media posts that identified them as the “AG Boiis,” a street gang connected to the South Bend/Niles, Mich., areas. This finding added another charge to the investigation of criminal organization activity, where subjects knowingly or intentionally commit offenses with the intent to benefit, promote or further the interests of a criminal organization, the same being contrary to the form of the statue in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of Indiana.

Many of these vehicles were left unlocked in driveways or outside apartment buildings. Some of the items stolen included credit and debit cards, as well as driver’s licenses and other identifying information. These thefts were all localized in certain sections of the city or county, leading detectives to believe they were all connected.

Evictions

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7:33 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 300 block N. Henry Street, Milford, ofﬁcers were called to investigate a possible overdose.

Noble County

After this incident, the group traveled back to Syracuse in a vehicle. While traveling, McDonald battered the woman again and attempted to ﬁght with a man in the vehicle. During the investigation, the ofﬁcer spoke with two witnesses and McDonald, who all agreed that

Drivers: Emilie F. Cavender, 20, West 550N, Ligonier; and Aaron G. Meyer, 72, South Harkless Drive, Syracuse. Cavender was not paying attention and struck Meyer’s vehicle while he was going through the intersection with a green light. Meyer experienced chest pain but was released at the scene. Damage up to 9:24$25,000.a.m.Sunday, Sept. 4, South Huntington Street, Syracuse. Drivers: Ross Stitcher, 32, West CR 1250N, Milford; and Larry D. Stoner, 78, West CR 200N, Cromwell. Both drivers were turning left, Stitcher hit the back of Stoner’s vehicle. Damage up to $1,000.

2:41 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, 100 block South Main Street, North Webster. Crystal J. Schuler reported 1:32fraud.p.m. Monday, Sept. 5, 5500 block North CR 825E, North Webster. A stolen vehicle registration plate belonging to Mercedes N. Hubbard was recovered.

This is still an active and ongoing case, as there are additional suspects being sought regarding the crimes. Additionally, more charges may be ﬁled on these individuals at the conclusion of the investigation.Atthistime, it’s believed the group is responsible for at least six motor vehicle thefts, multiple thefts of ﬁrearms from vehicles, and a large number of thefts of credit/debit cards leading to multiple fraudulent activity in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.

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3:38 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, 2101 Dubois Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Baylee Overmyer, 25, East SR 16, Denver; and David E. Hartman, 57, North Southshore Drive, Syracuse. Overmyer was moving her vehicle from a parking space when she hit Hartman’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.4:53 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, East Center Street, east of North Park Avenue, Warsaw. Drivers: Aiyana I. Perales, 19, North Henry Street, Milford; Ayden L. Sherman, 19, East CR 350N, Warsaw; and Peggy J. Taylor, 66, North Parks Schram Road, Warsaw. Perales was traveling west on East Center Street when she rear-ended Sherman’s vehicle, which was stopped in westbound trafﬁc for a red light. The impact resulted in Sherman’s vehicle rear-ending Taylor’s. Perales sustained minor injuries to her upper right leg but refused treatment at the scene. Sherman sustained a small bruise on his right forearm and also refused treatment. Damage up to $25,000.

felony; criminal organization activity, a Level 6 felony; aid, induce or cause theft, a Class A

Hubbard was arrested for corrupt business inﬂuence, a Level 5 felony; criminal organization activity, a Level 6 felony; theft, a Level 6 felony; and resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor.

1:57 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, 300 block E. Syracuse Street, Milford, Mackenzie Rae Bogosian reported theft of a kayak.

10:16 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, North Kern Road, Syracuse. Drivers: Brady A. Russell, 17, East Oldﬁeld Drive, Leesburg; and Catherine J. Young, 64, EMS D24D Lane, Syracuse. Russell was driving behind Young and struck her vehicle while turning. Damage up to 5:42$5,000.p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, South

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Sept. 4 — Leonard Earl Derrik, 64, 801 Benham Ave., Cromwell, booked for theft with prior. Bond: $3,000.

Around 66 EMS B6 Lane, a detective located two stolen vehicles: one a county case and the other from Warsaw. Furthermore, one of the suspects being sought in these cases was observed close by. The male subject, identiﬁed as

As the investigations unfolded, it was found that the same subjects were observed on surveillance cameras at local businesses and businesses in other communities. These included: Columbia City, Goshen, Mishawaka, South Bend, and Niles, InvestigatorsMich.worked with detectives in other jurisdictions to begin identifying those in the surveillance videos. It was quickly determined that they were known for similar crimes in other counties. Furthermore, these subjects were identified as being affiliated with a street gang in Niles, Mich. Among other intelligence gathered against this group, it was found they were known to carry and specifically seek out firearms left in vehicles.

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The following people were booked in Noble County Jail: Sept. 11 — Kevin C. Clark, 46, 103 Holiday Lane, Cromwell, booked for driving while suspended with prior, possession of marijuana, hash oil, hashish or salvia with prior, false informing or reporting and possession of paraphernalia. Bond: $1,000.Sept.

Post 223 chaplain and auxiliary member Jana Stollery prayed, “Father, your own son was a prisoner. Condemned, he died for us. Victorious, he returned to bring us the gift of life everlasting. Comfort us now in our longing for the return of the prisoners of war and those missing in “Helpaction.us,Father. Inspire us to remove the obstacles. Give courage to those who know the truth to speak out. Grant wisdom to the negotiators and compassion to the jailers. Inspire the media to speak out as loudly as they have in the past. Protect those who speak in secret and help them to “Showsucceed.usthetools to do your will. Guard and bless those in captivity, their families, and those who work for their release. Let them come home soon. Thank you Father. Amen”

“The slice of lemon on the plate reminds of their bitter fate. The salt on the plate represents the tears of their families. The wine glass turned upside down reminds us that they cannot be with us to drink a toast and join in the festivities of the evening.”

The driver, later identiﬁed as Stanford Peachey, 62, Syracuse, was pronounced dead at the

Noble County deputies were assisted at the scene by the Ligonier police and ﬁre departments, Sparta Township Fire Department, Parkview Noble EMS, Noble County Coroner’s Ofﬁce and Leatherman’s Towing, the release stated.

American Legion Post 223 remembers POW/MIA military personnel

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“Gracious God, our world changed with the 9/11 attacks,” prayed Post 223 chaplain and auxiliary member Janna Stollery. “Though 21 years have passed, for many of us it seems like yesterday because we remember where we were, who we were with, and what we were doing quite vividly. We saw how easily buildings can fall and how quickly lives can end.“As we remember 9/11, may it remind us that you are our only true security. Give us the strength to face the memory of this attack and the changes it made in our lives. In your name we pray. Amen.”

“On this day 21 years ago the airplanes ﬂew into the twin towers and caused a disaster,” said Gunder. “A plane ﬂew into the

There were several other poems and prayers which commemorated these soldiers. The ceremony concluded with a three-volley salute followed by taps.“It’s honoring those who not only gave their lives but gave of themselves when they were captured or became missing and nobody knows where they’re at. There’s still some out there missing in action and there’s still some out there who are POW’s and they just haven’t got them all back,” said American Legion Post 223 Commander Carolyn Gunder. “We are just remembering these people for what they gave for us,” she said.

The War of the American Revolution: POW, 18,152; MIA, 1,426. War of 1812: POW, 20,000; MIA, 695. Mexican War: POW, 46; MIA, 238. Indian Wars: POW, 329; MIA, 11. Civil War, Union: POW/MIA total, 194,743; Confederacy, POW/MIA total, 214,865. Spanish-American War: POW, 8; MIA, 72.

American Legion Post 223 commemorates Patriot Day in remembrance of 9/11

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Syracuse man killed in Noble County crash

American Legion Post 223 commemorated Patriot Day in remembrance of 9/11 on Sunday, Sept.“We11.are here to honor all those who were involved and those who died on that horriﬁc day on 9/11/2001,” said American Legion Post 223 Commander Carolyn Gunder.“Annually Patriot Day is observed to honor and remember the 2,996 people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., and a ﬁeld in Shanksville, Pa.”

Pentagon and in Pennsylvania where people took over the plane and it crashed and all perished to save it from going into the White House because that was where it was“Weheading.remember all these people who gave their lives to help those who were caught and trapped in the debris of the explosion — the police officers, firefighters, other civilians, military, search dogs, looking for those who still might be alive. We honor those people today, not only those who passed, but also those who were in there trying to find them. Just remember all those who gave their lives

Longenbaugh rang the bell three times in honor of all those who lost their lives on that horrific and fateful day. The ceremony was concluded by a three-volley salute followed by taps.

“This is something we do all the time,” said Longenbaugh. “We are honored to do it. We pay tribute to all those men and women especially as POW/MIA’s and especially for our 9/11 victims. We’ve been doing this for many years and we enjoy doing it. It’s not a large crowd and we understand that, but we will never forget and we will always continue doing it,” said Longenbaugh.

American Legion Post 223 in Syracuse commemorated prisoners of war and those missing in action during their Patriot Day remembrance ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 11.

The number of all POW/MIA military personnel from all wars and conﬂicts was read by American Legion service ofﬁcer and Sons of American Legion chaplain Chris Longenbaugh. The list is as follows:

“A single rose reminds us of their family and loved ones. A red ribbon represents the love of our country, which inspired them to answer the nation’s call. The yellow candle and yellow ribbon symbolize the everlasting hope for a joyous reunion with those left unaccounted for.

A Syracuse man was killed in a one-vehicle accident in Noble County Friday, Sept. 2.

country’s call to arms. The empty chair depicts an unknown fate representing no speciﬁc soldier, sailor, airman, marine or coastguardsman, but all who are not here with us. The table is round to show that concern for them is never-ending.“TheBible represents the faith in a higher power and the pledge to our country founded as one nation under God. The black napkin stands for the emptiness these wars have left in the hearts of their family and friends. A purple heart medal can be pinned to the napkin.

scene, the release stated.

Longenbaugh solemnly recited the symbolism of the POW/ MIA Table, which remembers all POW/MIA Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard members.“Thewhite tablecloth draped over the table represents the purity of their response to our

World War I: POW/MIA total, 7,470; World War II: POW, 124,079; MIA, 30,314. Cold War era: POW, classiﬁed; MIA, 343. Korean War: POW, 7,140; MIA, 8,025; Vietnam: POW, 766; MIA, 1719.USS Pueblo: POW 83. Grenada: MIA, 4. USS Stark, MIA, 1. Persian Gulf War: POW, 29; MIA, 21. Somalia: POW, 6; MIA, 2; Yugoslavia: POW, 3. Kosovo: POW, 3. Iraq War: POW, 9; MIA, 1.

during this disaster,” she said.

A Noble County Sheriff’s Department news release states that at 11:25 a.m. they were notiﬁed of a vehicle crash on CR 1200W, south of CR 200N, in Cromwell. Upon arrival, deputies and other ﬁrst responders attempted to render aid to the driver of the vehicle, who was still inside the vehicle.

“Total first responders killed on 9/11: 343 firefighters, including a chaplain and two paramedics with the New York City Fire Department; 37 police officers of the Port Authority of the New York and New Jersey Police Department; 23 NYC police officers; eight emergency medical technicians and paramedics from private emergency medical services; one patrolman of the New York Fire Patrol; one canine dog; and 55 military personnel died at the Pentagon,” said service officer and Sons of American Legion chaplain Chris Longenbaugh.

Further investigation revealed the vehicle was southbound on CR 1200W when, for an unknown reason, the vehicle went left of center and left the east side of the road. The vehicle then hit a tree and came to rest.

“I’m just really proud of our boys. There were a couple of moments where things looked a little bleak, but we really played hard and pulled through. I’m very happy for our boys and for our coaches,” said Wawasee head varsity football coach Jon Reutebuch.

First place honors went to Kathy Baumbaugh. Second place honors went to Yvonne Coburn. Baumbaugh was also the low putts

Wawasee junior Charlie Krull ran for a score with 10:37 left in the second half, giving the Warriors a 46-34 lead. After a Warrior stop, Wawasee sophomore Ava Couture scored on a long touchdown reception, giving the Warriors a 54-34 lead. Goshen then scored on a touchdown pass to make it 54-40 in a game that seemed to be going at breakneck speed. It was Couture time again as she scored on another beautiful touchdown reception with 5:13 left to put the Warriors up for good, making it a 60-40 ball

Maxwelton Ladies League results

The ladies continued their play with a game of “N.O.S.E.” on Wednesday, Sept. 7. Baumbaugh took ﬁrst place honors. Robin Barney took second place honors. Connie Stillson won both the low putts and chip-in contests.

Just when the game seemed out of reach, Plymouth sophomore wide receiver Blake Mackey returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, closing the gap to 35-21 Warriors with 5:36 left in the third quarter. The Warrior defense held strong after a key Bontrager stop on Gibbons to make it 4th and 2 Rockies to end the third quarter.

The Warriors were not yet ready for a break. Junior defensive back Derek Bontrager intercepted Ramirez on 3rd and 5 with 25 seconds remaining in the ﬁrst half and darted down the sideline for the pick six, making it 28-14 Warriors at the half. Wawasee scored three touchdowns in a span of 2 minutes and 7

After Kelly ripped off a couple runs, Wawasee junior wide receiver Hunter Tinkey finished the first drive with a 7-yard touchdown run with 10:56 left in the first quarter, putting the Warriors up 7-0 early in the Plymouthgame. sophomore running back Michael Gibbons answered with a 3-yard touchdown run to tie the game 7-7 with 1:59 left in the first quarter. After Wawasee had a punt blocked, Plymouth sophomore quarterback Exzander Ramirez scored on a 3-yard touchdown run to put Plymouth ahead 14-7 with

There was no shortage of excitement. The Warriors stopped the Rockies on their ﬁrst drive of the game. Wawasee junior running back Brandon Kelly had his way with the Rockies behind some stellar blocking from the offensive line.

Wawasee then started on their own 47-yard line and ﬁnished the drive with a 3-yard touchdown run by Kelly with 2:17 left in the second quarter to tie the game 14-14. Wawasee junior defensive back Lucas Linder intercepted Ramirez with just over two minutes remaining in the half. Wawasee senior quarterback Jaxon Brown then hit Tinkey on a beautiful 54-yard touchdown pass to put the Warriors up 21-14 with only one minute remaining before halftime.

Afterseconds.acouple stalled drives by the Warriors and Rockies to start the third quarter, Kelly busted things wide open with a 45-yard touchdown run making it 35-14 Warriors with 5:41 left in the third;

Warrior senior Brayden Mickley ran for a touchdown to put the Warriors up 26-14. Sophomore Tyler Pinkerton then lofted a beautiful pass to freshman Davis Everingham for the twopoint conversion, making it 2814GoshenWarriors. immediately answered by running for a score to make it 28-20 after a failed two-point conversion. Wawasee sophomore Brooklyn Roose caught a pass over the middle and juked a couple defenders while running across the ﬁeld down the left sideline for a touchdown with 1:22 left in the ﬁrst half to make it 34-20 Warriors. Goshen then answered with a touchdown of their own with less than one minute remaining in the half to make it 34-26 Warriors at the intermission.Mickley opened up the scoring for Wawasee in the second

“I’m always proud of my team. It’s great to get a win. It’s great playing against a great team like Goshen. It’s exciting to see fun competition within this sport,” said Wawasee coed UFF head coach Andrew Wilson.

the Warriors had rattled off 28 unanswered points.

game.The Warriors exhibited great team spirit and every player was cheering for their teammates throughout the game.

half with a touchdown catch on another beautiful pass from Pinkerton, giving Wawasee a 40-28 lead. Goshen answered again with a touchdown run, making it 40-34 in what was a tightly contested game.

Therewinner.was a tie between Patty

Warriors prevail in high octane game

The scoreboard was ablaze as the Wawasee varsity football team beat Plymouth 45-28 at Plymouth on Friday, Sept. 9.

The Warriors then drove down the ﬁeld, this time settling for a 28-yard ﬁeld goal by senior placekicker Tim Bolt making it 45-28 Warriors with 2:31 left in the game. Bolt was also perfect on ex-

Senior defensive lineman Cameron Zimmerman led Wawasee with 2.5 tackles. Senior linebacker David Anderson and junior defensive back Kaleb Salazar each had two tackles. Linder and Bontrager each had one interception. Junior defensive lineman Donovan Blair had 1.5 sacks.

Barnes and Linda O’Connor for the chip-in contest.

The Wawasee Warrior coed unified flag football team opened up a 20-14 lead on Goshen during the first half on their way to a 60-40 victory on Tuesday, Sept. 13.

Next game: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at home versus Concord.

Maxwelton Ladies League continued play with a game of “Blind Nines” Wednesday, Aug. 31.

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7:02 left in the second quarter.

Ramirez was stuffed on the quarterback keeper, turning it over on downs to start the fourth quarter. The Warriors drove down the ﬁeld and made it 42-21 on a 1-yard keeper by PlymouthBrown.then answered with a quick 56-yard touchdown pass from Ramirez to junior wide receiver David Sills, making it 42-28 Warriors. Wawasee sophomore wide receiver Jay Miller-Harris then recovered the Plymouth onside kick.

Brown had 65 yards passing and one touchdown. Brown also ran for a touchdown. Kelly had a huge game, running for 144 yards and two touchdowns. Tinkey ran for 64 yards and one touchdown. Tinkey also had 54 yards receiving and one touchdown reception. Bontrager scored on a defensive touchdown.

tra points and had a spectacular game, ﬁnishing with some booming punts as well.

Wawasee coed unified flag football tops Goshen

Firestone shot a 93 and was named honorable mention all Northern Lakes Conference.

Coed Uniﬁed Flag Football Sept. 10 defeated East Noble 28-17. Defeated Twin Lakes 58-48. Defeated Valparaiso 5443. Sept. 13 defeated Goshen 60-40.

The latest state data does not reveal cover crop percentages for 2022. Andy Tauer, executive director of public policy for the Indiana Farm Bureau, said it’s likely that even more Indiana farmers will adopt cover crops this year, given the rising cost of fertilizer.

Livestock waste and excessive

Nearly 25,000 miles of Indiana’s rivers and streams are too polluted for swimming and recreation, mostly due to bacteria and nutrients that leach from various agricultural operations.

Junior Varsity — Sept. 8 defeated Goshen 25-15, 25-15. Sept. 12 defeated Westview 25-12, 25-9. Next game: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at home vs. Concord.

Freshman — Sept. 8 lost to Goshen 25-7. Next game: 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at Plymouth.

Still, less than 10% of farmers statewide plant cover crops, and roughly 38% do not till their ﬁelds, according to state data.

The dead zone, also known as a hypoxic zone, is primarily fueled by Mississippi River discharge and nitrogen and phosphorus runoff, mostly from the Corn Belt. The dead zone contains almost no

measurements revealed this year’s Gulf dead zone is more than 1,000 square miles smaller than the ﬁve-year average — which could be a hopeful sign. But Nancy Rabalais, a professor at Louisiana State University who measures the Gulf dead zone annually, cautioned that “this summer was an unusual year for Gulf hypoxia.”

In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and 12 Mississippi River basin states — including Indiana — agreed to take action to reduce the Gulf dead zone by two-thirds by 2015.

This listing will be a resource that puts in one place the latest scientiﬁc thinking in personalized medicine with other current information from the FDA’s Table of Pharmacogenetic Associa-

State agriculture ofﬁcials said the use of cover crops planted last year prevented an estimated 2.1 million tons of sediment from entering Indiana’s waterways. The state agency also boasted that the winter crops prevented 5.1 million pounds of nitrogen and over 2.5 million pounds of phosphorus from entering Indiana’s waterways. The two chemicals are commonly found in farmland fertilizers.Theconservation survey also showed that about 70% of Indiana’s farmed acres were not tilled, and 18% employed “reduced tillage” after the 2021 harvest.

Diuretics and some diet pills can also be potential problems. These drugs make you shed water faster than normal, either by increased urination or sweating. On hot days, this

help lead the way through their dedication to conservation farming,” Jerry Raynor, Indiana conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said in a statement. “The work being done by farmers throughout the state to promote soil health through no-till farming and the planting of cover crops will have positive impacts for generations to come.”

Girls Golf Sept. 7 Culver Academies (156); Wawasee (213). Sept. 8 Fremont (189); Wawasee (207). Sept. 10, NLC Championship at Black Squirrel: Winner, Warsaw (353); seventh, Wawasee (429). Senior Rylee

ers, genetic test developers and health care decision makers keep up with the latest information and reduce the effect of sometimes conﬂicting information in the fast-evolving area of personalized medicine.

These medications cause the mucus membranes in the body to dry up. Since sweat is one of the body’s ﬁrst defenses against heat, this could be serious.

oxygen, leading to the deaths of large quantities of marine life.

Be wary of over-the-counter medication

Hoosier farmers planted cover crops and small grains on 1.5 million acres of farmland in late 2021, matching a record amount set in 2020, according to the results of a new survey by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture.Cover crops and small grains, like winter wheat or cereal rye, are usually planted after the fall harvest to help reduce soil loss and improve overall ground health. By adding living roots to the soil throughout the winter, the practice also improves water inﬁltration into the soil, and some cover crops, like legumes, serve as natural fertilizers.

Girls — Sept. 7 lost to Central Noble 3-0. Sept. 13 lost to Columbia City 3-0. Next match: 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at home vs. Elkhart Christian Academy.

Some over-the-counter medications can make the summer heat more dangerous. Antihistamines, found in cold and allergy medicines, can make the body sweat less, potentially accelerating heat-related illnesses.

A study published earlier this year found that the state has the dirtiest waterways in the country.

Indiana farmers using more cover crops, but more still needed

Cross Country Boys — Sept. 10 Marion Invite: first, Bluffton; eighth, Wawasee. Hunter Allen finished in 26th place with a time of 18:49. Brady McDonald finished 31st with a time of 18:58.

DuringCouncil.periods of rain or melting snow, sediment and nutrients from manure or chemical fertilizer wash off crop ﬁelds and into the state’s waterways, leading to high concentrations of E. coli bacteria and the growth of harmful algae.The report noted that a loophole in the Clean Water Act allows most agricultural runoff to go “Indiana’sunregulated.waters have beneﬁted from the Clean Water Act, but unfortunately, they also illustrate some of the gaps in the law,” said Indra Frank, Environmental Health & Water Policy Director for the Hoosier Environmental Council.“Wehave seen persistent, unresolved impairments, especially for E coli bacteria in our rivers and streams, in part from industrial agricultural runoff,” she continued. “And unfortunately, we have also seen examples of Clean Water Act permits used to send water contaminated with coal ash into our rivers. We need to halt pollution like this.” Dead Zone

Football Varsity — Sept. 9 defeated Plymouth 45-28. Next game: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at home vs. Concord.

Sept. 13 NLC meet: eighth, Mia Hodgson, 20:12. Hodgson ran a personal record best time. This was the sixth fastest time in Wawasee school history.

Researchers estimated that this would require reducing nitrogen loads reaching the Gulf by about 45%.Because nitrogen and phosphorus loadings at the mouth of the Mississippi River haven’t seen much improvement, that deadline has since been extended to Recent2035.

Manchester University students and faculty in the pharmacogenomics, or PGx, program are taking an active role in maintaining a nationwide database that cross-references drug-gene interaction information in clinical guidelines with U.S. Food and Drug Administration data.

Girls — Sept. 10 Marion Invite: ﬁrst, Faith Christian,; ninth, Wawasee. Mia Hodgson ﬁnished in fourth place with a time of 21:05.

Numerous incentives are in place to encourage farmers to employ methods to reduce runoff, but low participation puts further strain on already dismal water quality in Indiana.

The Indiana Capital Chronicle is an independent, nonproﬁt news organization dedicated to giving Hoosiers a comprehensive look inside state government, policy and elections.

Junior Varsity — Sept. 10 defeated Plymouth 47-0. Next game: 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Concord.

Its partner in the project, the Personalized Medicine Coalition, released the ﬁrst quarterly listing of the database Wednesday, Aug.

Indiana reported a record number of cover crops this year to help absorb nutrients and reduce runoff, but scientists and environmental activists say more should be done to help improve water quality locally and regionally.

Soccer Boys — Sept. 8 defeated Lakeland 1-0. Sept. 12 lost to Bremen 5-0. Next game: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at home vs. Columbia City.

Going31. forward, this resource will be updated each quarter, and much of the work will be done by a Manchester team that includes students in the master of science in PGx degree program and the dual degree program that allows students to earn a doctoral degree in pharmacy and the PGx master’sPharmacogenomicsdegree. studies the relationship between an individual’s genetics and their response to a medication and also allows physicians and other clinicians to prescribe drugs to maximize therapy early on and avoid or de-

Sept. 13 NLC meet: 51st, Hunter Allen, 18:25.

Roundup

She said a combination of weather events led to the smaller size this year. Drought conditions in the Midwest additionally reduced the water ﬂow from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico during June and July.“Agricultural interests are trying to reduce their nutrient ﬂux, but it’s going to take a bigger effort than what’s being done right now,” Rabalais said.

crease the risk of adverse effects.

fertilizer applications are the main sources of non-point water pollution in Indiana rivers, according to the Hoosier Environmental

tions and those listed in widely consulted clinical guidelines published by the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium.Becauseit will be updated every quarter, it will help research-

Girls Volleyball Varsity — Sept. 8 lost to Goshen 23-25, 20-25, 23-25. Sept. 12 defeated Westview 25-14, 25-10, 25-11. Next game: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at home vs. Concord.

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“Many farmers around the state are only applying the exact amount of fertilizer that the crop needs at that time,” he said. “Making sure we don’t over-apply then equally has some water quality, environmental beneﬁts.”

“Indiana farmers continue to

Manchester University to maintain new national drug-gene database

makes the body more prone to dehydration.Expertsrecommend people taking these medications be extra cautious during the summer by avoiding strenuous exercise in the heat of the day, drinking plenty of water and watching for the danger signs of heatrelated injuries.

Boys Tennis Varsity — Sept. 8 lost to Northridge 5-0. Sept. 13 lost to Warsaw 4-1. Next match: 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at home vs. Manchester.

Junior Varsity — Sept. 8 tied Northridge 1-1. Sept. 13 lost to Warsaw 2-1. Next match: 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at home vs. Manchester.

Next match: 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Maxwelton vs. Whitko.

More work needed to help improve water quality

With 90% of Indiana’s waterways draining to the Mississippi River, the state’s farmland runoff also contributes to an annual “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico.

According to the Indiana law, which is similar to many other states’ vehicle codes for slowmoving vehicle signs, and the National Ag Safety Database, SMV emblems are restricted to use on:

The SMV emblem is your warning to be vigilant. When you see one, slow down and stay well back. This will increase your ability to see the road ahead, and it also ensures the driver of the slow-moving vehicle can see you in his mirrors. Do not attempt to pass unless you are absolutely sure there is room to do so. Some vehicles bearing a SMV symbol can be very lengthy, adding additional challenges to passing.

Animal Welfare League receives prestigious award

ofﬁcer in charge of administration for the Chief of Supply of Air Forces Command, Iceland.

Janna M. (Adair) Stollery is the September Kosciusko County Veteran of the Month.

She was born on Sept. 11, 1951, in Warsaw and raised in Syracuse by the late Robert E. and Helen C. Adair. Stollery was a member of the Wawasee High School Class of 1969, the ﬁrst graduating class from that school.

• Animal-pulled vehicles, such as a horse and carriage.

back of the vehicle as close to the center as possible. Proper mountings should be between 2 and 6 feet from the ground; they are not permitted to be placed higher than 10 feet from the ground.

The reﬂective red and orange triangle commonly seen on slowmoving vehicles like Amish buggies, tractors, wagons and construction equipment is a familiar site in rural areas. The slow-moving vehicle signs were created to warn fast-moving trafﬁc of a potential hazard ahead.

She was chosen to be master sergeant in 1985, attending instructor training at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. She then returned to Hurlburt Field to teach professional military education classes Leadership and Management, Communicative Skills, Drill and Ceremonies and World Affairs. She taught 10 classes annually to sergeants and staff sergeants.

It is not hard to ﬁnd misuses of the SMV emblem all over the county. It is illegal to place a SMV emblem on a still object. For instance, they are not to be placed on mailboxes or used as markers for driveways. SMV signs should not be used as an attempt to slow trafﬁc, such as in a school zone. The misuse of the emblem is not only illegal, but it causes drivers to take the SMV sign less seriously, and that could endanger lives.

“It’s incredible to see so many shelters around the nation taking dramatic steps to increase lifesaving,” said Brent Toellner, senior director, national programs for Best Friends Animal Society. “Whether it be through new programming, progressive leadership or better collaborative partnerships, these groups are showing that lifesaving success is possible regardless of a shelter’s size or location.”

U.S. Air Force veteran Stollery, Waubee Lake, was honored at the Kosciusko County Commissioners meeting Tuesday, Sept. 13. She’s the fifth female veteran to be recognized since the program began and the third to be recognized this Kosciuskoyear.County Veteran Service Officer Darryl McDowell presented her with a certificate and read biographical information on her, including the following:

Many local farm supply stores and equipment dealers have replacement stickers that can be applied over faded SMV signs. In addition, if one slow-moving vehicle is pulling another, such as tractor pulling a hay wagon, the SMV emblem must be mounted on the rear vehicle.

In March 1974, Stollery, as a new staff sergeant (E-5), traveled to Keﬂavik, Iceland. She became the noncommissioned

When bearing the SMV emblem, vehicles are prohibited from traveling more than 25 mph, even if they are capable of reaching higher speeds. This rule helps motorists to avoid confusion of having a fastmoving vehicle labeled as a slow mover.There are legal standards for proper placement and design of the signs. SMV emblems are a standard red-orange ﬂuorescent equilateral triangle with a red reﬂective border. By law, they must measure a minimum of 13.8 inches across. In terms of placement, SMV triangles are to be mounted point up, on the

During her service, Stollery received the following awards: Meritorious Service Medal; Air Force Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters; National Defense Ribbon; Air Force Good Conduct Medal; and Air Force OverseasStolleryRibbon.would move back to Indiana in October 2013 to her home at Waubee Lake, which she purchased in 2007. She’s a member of American Legion Post 223 and Auxiliary in Syracuse, serving as post chaplain and an honor guard member.

Stollery honored as September Kosciusko Veteran of the Month

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Slow moving vehicle signs save lives

The Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County has been awarded the 2022 Best Friends Animal Society Network Partner “Touchstone” award. This lifesaving award was announced at the Best Friends annual national conference.

of business administration from Troy State University.

AWL’s board president. “These are all key pieces of our lifesaving strategy for abandoned and unwanted pets from Kosciusko County.”TheAnimal Welfare League was selected for the Touchstone Award based on national shelter data and work from calendar year 2021. National-, state- and shelter-level data can be found on the pet lifesaving dashboard published by Best Friends.

Stollery would reenlist a number of times in the Air Force before her retirement as a master sergeant (E-7) in February 1990.

In August 1988, Stollery was chosen as the ﬁrst female commandant of the 23rd Air Force Leadership School, her greatest achievement.Whilecompleting all her military assignments, Stollery earned two associate of applied science degrees from the Community College of the Air Force in administrative management and instructor technology. She also pursued a bachelor of applied science in resource management from Troy State University before her military retirement in February

In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering.AfterStollery was honored Tuesday, she mentioned it was Chris Longenbaugh from the Syracuse American Legion who’d nominated her to be veteran of the“Imonth.wantto thank everyone for coming, thank Mr. McDowell,” she said. “I wasn’t real keen on (being recognized), but it’s an honor, and I’m very thankful to be here and to be back home.”

AWL was one of ﬁve shelters out of 3,700 in the nation to receive this award. The ﬁve shelters were chosen based on their intake size, for saving the lives of cats and dogs at an unprecedented rate and for using creative solutions to maximize lifesaving in their community.

“Along with our amazing staff, executive director and board of directors, we are committed to working for — and engaging with — our Kosciusko community through educational programming, reuniting pets with their owners, a robust kitty fosters program and innovative adoption promotions,” said John Lantz,

after, in October 1969 in Indianapolis. Her basic training was completed at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Stollery then headed to Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi to do administrative specialist technology training.After ﬁnishing that, she worked for the USAF Postal and Courier Service in the mail distribution center at Keesler AFB.

She entered the service shortly

emy at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. She ﬁnished in 1981, becoming a student training advisor in the Special Duty Assignments Branch at Hurlburt Field in Florida.

Stollery was chosen in May 1980 to be a technical sergeant (E-6) and go to the NCO Acad-

Following1990.that, she stayed in Florida, ﬁnishing her bachelor’s degree and also getting a master

While still in the service in May 1972, Stollery was chosen as the only administrative member to rewrite phase manuals and syllabi for several air platforms through the Instructional Systems Development Team.

SMV signs lose their reﬂectivity over time. SMV emblems must be visible from 500 feet. If they begin to fade, they must be replaced.

• Farm machinery. • Road construction machinery when it is not guarded by ﬂagmen or people working in a designated construction zone.

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When she’s fostering a mama cat and a litter of kittens, she’ll have them for about 8-12 weeks. Fosters handling kittens who need to be bottle fed will have those kittens for about the same time frame. Critical care kittens are fostered until they are no longer symptomatic.Shesaid she especially likes working with the kittens that come through the rescue. She gets to see all sorts of kittens coming though and watch them grow through regular visits.

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One thing Garcia especially likes about New Hope is the space the rescue provides the cats in its care. Instead of putting cats in cages, New Hope has large enclosures where the cats can hang out with each other. The enclosures also have shelves and trees for the cats to climb and lounge on.

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6, and Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Senior Primelife Enrichment Center in the North Webster Community Center.

— P.& L. Stump

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Spots still available for needle felting

“I’ve always loved animals for as long as I can remember,” she said. Since she’s no longer working in a veterinary clinic, volunteering at the rescue lets her use her veterinary skills to use and stay in the animal world.

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Teens can drop in at Teen Café between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. for coffee, snacks, video games, board games and social time.

15. Teens can bring homework and study materials. Coffee will beThoseavailable.interested in any of the above programs can call the library at (574) 834-7122, visit nwcpl.org or click on the library’s Facebook page. HARDWARESYRACUSE113W.MainSt.UptownSyracuse574-457-3266 COMPLETE HARDWARE • PAINT • LUMBER TOOLS • GUNS • AMMO www.shopsyracusehardware.com Specializing in: ELDER LAW • PROBATE • ESTATE PLANNING NOW IN NEW LOCATION: The Huntington Building Phone: (574) 457-5100 703 North Huntington Street Facsimile: (855) 457-5100 Syracuse, Indiana 46567 Email: lek@birchkaufman.com “Local Attorneys Serving all of Kosciusko and Noble Counties”

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Part two of the September adult craft class will take place at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, when participants paint their projects.

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To say Jessica Garcia loves animals is an understatement.Byherown admission, the rural Milford resident has “a zoo” at home. She is also a volunteer at New Hope Pet Rescue, 72555 CR 29, Syracuse.Garcia and her family were just visiting the rescue when the fact she was a vet technician came up in the conversation.SoonafterGarcia signed on as a volunteer and began handling the rescue’s heartworm checks, vaccines and microchipping. She’s been doing that for three years as well as occasionally fostering a mama cat and her litter of kittens. At one point she had 15 cats at her home.

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Sign-ups are on for NWCPL’s Banned Books Week escape room. Participants will ﬁnd clues and solve puzzles while learning about book censorship. Groups are limited to ﬁve people per time slot. To reserve a time, contact the library.

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At home, Garcia and her family, which includes husband Ian and sons Braxton, Zach and Xander, have three dogs, ﬁve cats, a bearded dragon, a crested gecko, three rats, koi and goldﬁsh and 49 chickens.

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Teen Thursday Study Hall begins at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

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New Hope is always looking for more adopters and fosters to help out. The nonproﬁt works solely on Thosedonations.interested in volunteering or in adopting at New Home Pet Rescue can visit facebook.com/newhopepetrescue.

Garcia goes to New Hope Pet Rescue about once a week. She has all the kittens, cats and dogs on a vaccination schedule. Fosters also bring in their charges for their vaccinations.

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Tuesday Joyce Metz, Ronnie Pierog, second. Thursday were Dick Sutton, Kay Sutton,

Jessica Garcia’s love of animals shines through

Chair Dance for Fitness begins at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, followed by Let’s Move Dance Class at 5 Spotsp.m. are still available for needle felting with Rachel Kruger. There is a cost to cover tools and materials. Participants will make scented pumpkins.

North Webster Community Public Library has a busy week planned, with programs for all ages.

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40 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 15, 1982

Churchill, vice president and personnel director for Woods Wire Products of Carmel, was guest speaker for the Kiwanis Club of Lakeland, North Webster, Sept. 6 meeting.

It happened in Milford … 20 years ago

Earl Roberts of North Webster, district governor of Lions 25G, was honored during a banner night ceremony held at the Shrine Building at the Kosciusko

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Hobbs graduates from basic military training

40 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 15, 1982

Milfordcreated.resident Louise (Coy)

Neer was guest of honor at a birthday party held Sunday, Aug. 30, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Reg and Gayle Coy, Stanton Lake, Leesburg. She turned 80 years young on Sept. 1.

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Vanlaningham, formerly of Milford, now of Utah, report the weather is great and the country there is beautiful. They have purchased a home and are at the present remodeling it and making it into a roomingFredhouse.L.

Gene Topolski, husband of Doll’s Decorating Center owner and operator Coral Topolski, is almost ﬁnished moving his law practice into an ofﬁce above the

607 W. Section St., Milford, and Dale and Peg Custer, 11066 N. 150E, Milford, will be honored for their 25th wedding anniversaries at an open house to be held 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, in Milford Christian Church CAC Building, 201 N. Henry St. Darrell and Mabel were married May 28, 1977, in Christian Church of Milford with Pastor Robert Greenwood ofﬁciating. Dale and Peg were married June 18, 1977, in Christian Church of Milford with Pastor Robert Greenwood ofﬁciating.AirForce Airman Amberly D. Hobbs, daughter of David Hobbs, Milford, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Hobbs is a 1995 graduate of Wawasee High School.

ing their tenth year operating in Milford, is sponsoring a community Agri-business Day for area residents as an anniversary gift. The festivities will begin Friday, Sept. 17, at the Milford plant and will last all day.

North Main Street resident Cleo Jean Wolf tells us how much she’s enjoying her new next-door neighbors, Andrea (Newman) Weybright and three daughters, Megan, Angela and Erin, who recently moved into the home vacated by Carl and Melissa Wood and two children. Cleo says the neighborhood seems to be “getting younger again.”

Mrs. Nellie Henderson entertained for the regular meeting of the Charm ‘N Chatter home extension club last week. Mrs. Vern Hunt assisted. The meeting was conducted by vice president Mrs. Harold Anderson, who opened with a pledge to the ﬂag and the club

County Fairgrounds in Warsaw. Roberts is a member of the North Webster Lions Club. He was congratulated by Richard Mitchell, president of North Webster Lions

Last week, fourth-graders visited Milford Middle School to see “Nutty Nancy,” a real scientist. Nutty Nancy (actually Mary Brower, a teacher at Milford Middle School) taught the students what scientists do and challenged them to think like scientists. The visit kicks off a project based learning unit that will teach students to use the scientiﬁc process.

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Members of the Milford Jaycees and Jayceettes went to work Saturday morning to collect funds for Jerry’s Kids, as the Muscular Dystrophy Association has euphemistically become known. The Jaycees set up on SR 15 at the stoplight in Milford and the Jayceettes did their act at the Main and Catherine Street corner. They collected a total of $424.10 in a three-hour period.

Jan and Bill Angert were inducted as new members of Lakeland Kiwanis by Jim Redslob. Bill is the son of long-time Kiwanis member Bill Angert.

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It happened in North Webster ... 20 years ago

Webster Lake resident Noel Reed will likely be forced to ﬁnancially compensate the coun-

Thecreed.building complex in North Webster that will house the new Counting House Bank, King of Sports Foundation of Fame, International Palace of Sports and a community hall is moving ahead rapidly, as is noticeable to anyone visiting that community. The project began in July and will be completed by June 1973.

20 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 11, 2002

30 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 9, 1992

A unit on baby-sitting was recently studied by Darcy Mock’s seventh-grade home economics class at Milford Middle School. The students visited an area day care center and led activities each student

store. Gene said he’ll keep his current office in Elkhart open, but that the new one at 124 S. Main St., Ste. A, in Milford will become his main office when he unofficially opens it Monday of next week. An official grand opening will probably take place next month.

Couples typically give gifts on their anniversary, and one local business plans to do the same. Ralston Purina, celebrat-

Lakeland Kiwanis hosts Guest Day

10 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 12, 2012

Pastor Randy Miller, Tana Breiner and Barbara Johnson enjoyed a picnic in North Webster Town Park on a recent Sunday afternoon. The event was the annual church picnic held by Morris Chapel, a United Methodist Church, located in the Barbee Lakes area.

Carl A. Bice, son of Donald O. and Monica R. Bice, 506 W. Emeline St., Milford, recently participated in a summer career orientation training program for Naval Reserve Ofﬁcer Training Corps Midshipmen. A Midshipman at the University of Notre Dame, his program consisted of a tour of several Naval installations on the East Coast.

Two topics of primary importance at Monday’s general meeting of the North Webster Tippecanoe Township Chamber of Commerce were the upcoming Heart of the Harvest Fall Festival and nominations for board members and ofﬁcers. Secretary Ashley Ward, Dave’s Electric, presided in the absence of Vice President David Colquitt, Eastlund Funeral Home, until President Tonya Bowser arrived at the meeting.Onceagain the dead came to tell their tales of life in North Webster throughout the years at the sixth annual North Webster Cemetery Walk sponsored by the North Webster Community Public Library’s History and Gene-

Shanna Krull of Milford was recipient of two state swine scholarships during this year’s Indiana State Fair and was also presented the 2002 Spotted Poland China Showmanship award.Darrell and Mabel Custer,

An anonymous tip came into The Mail-Journal this morning: Indiana State Police, Police from other states and possibly the FBI and ATF were in North Webster. They were seen at Stimmelators Gentlemen’s Club, 114 E. Washington St., and at the home of Sam Stimmel, owner, near Clayton’s Garden Center.

50 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 13, 1972 Ruth Cecil and Edith Baumgartner have returned to Milford after a western vacation. They enjoyed a trip to the top of Pikes Peak and the Denver area and visited with Ruth Jones and her sons Steve and Stu. The Joneses are former Milford residents.

20 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 11, 2002

Lakeland Kiwanis of North Webster met Sept. 9 for its Guest Day. An interesting program was given by Sgt. Scott McDowell of Goshen Fire Department. Soon after the terrorist attack in New York City, McDowell and Lt. Cooper took money for widows and children of fallen ﬁreﬁghters.

ty for failing to obtain a building permit for a deck he constructed on his lakeside property. However, the county BZA refused to make a decision at yesterday’s (Tuesday) meeting and rescheduled the hearing for Oct. 13 at which time clariﬁcation could be made on another possible permit violation.Therewere 90 members and guests present for the Aug. 22 Irish Lakes Estates’ wiener roast and cookout. The event was held at the park recreation building.BettyHinton was hostess for the Aug. 27 meeting of Tippecanoe Township Hobby Club.

Allene Cavanaugh, Hollywood, Fla., was a guest. Time was spent making “love kits” and bookmarks to be used as hospital tray favors. A sack lunch was enjoyed at noon and the hostess served apricot salad for dessert.

alogy Center. A record crowd of almost 180 people attended the event Sunday afternoon.

Harland, 77-year-old r 2 Milford farmer, went to his doctor recently for medication and was reminded by the good physician that he couldn’t make Fred 25 years old again. “I’d be happy if you could just make me feel like I was 50 again,” Fred intoned.

Several areas have been identiﬁed as having starry stonewort, an invasive green algae, actively growing in Barbee Chain of Lakes.

September is National Library Card Sign Up Month. This week is the third in a series of articles about why patrons need a Milford Public Library card in their wallet.MPL is featuring the library’s online collections and all the great “e-resources,” or electronic resources, available for free with a MPL card.

In the Garden with Natives and Nature is meeting at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Beyer Farm Trailhead on Provident Drive in Warsaw. A discussion about a homegrown national park and rebuilding carrying capacity, ideas from “Nature’s Best Hope,” will start the walk in the amphitheater behind Kosciusko Hospital.

Dawn V. Pierce of Goshen and Mark A. Akins of Syracuse announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. The bride-elect is the daughter of Brenda Spilger and Donald Pierce, both of Ligonier. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Marie Pilla-Cantu of Milford and Leo Akins of Syracuse.

The park was expected to generate roughly 200 to 300 new jobs for the Burtontown.and Henny (VanHout) Butt, Syracuse, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 14. They were married in Goshen in 1962 by Pastor Harold DeWeerd. The couple plans to renew their vows and take a trip to Branson, Mo., in honor of their anniversary.KennethRoss was born and bred in Chicago, working as a police ofﬁcer for the Chicago Police Department. Ross was one of the last drafts into the U.S. Army, serving as an Army chaplain’s assistant in Germany for the duration of his service. Ross decided to permanently leave the city in 1988 to live in his Syracuse summer home after a brain aneurysm nearly took his life. Ross retired at the age of 62, and planned to enjoy as much peace, quiet and poetry as he could.

Home-schoolers learn about history with pirates while their adults network at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21. Younger children have several great stories with coloring or crafts at the same time.

Darla Jo Brown, Syracuse, and Jeffery Scott Heintzelman, Cromwell, were married in a doublering ceremony at Saint Andrew’s United Methodist Church on Aug. 14. The double-ring ceremony was ofﬁciated by Rev. Phil Frew. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Jean Brown, r 3 Syracuse, and Halbert Brown of Goshen. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Heintzelman of Cromwell.

the library’s website. While this website is certainly not a replacement for a good lawyer, printing your own legal forms can deﬁnitely save you some time and money if you already know what you’re looking for.Even if you prefer physical paper books, there are still some great online resources to help you ﬁnd the perfect book to read. Sign up for the library’s “Wowbrary” email newsletter to get book recommendations sent directly to your email inbox. With weekly updates about the latest additions to the library’s collection, you can stay on top of your favorite authors or series and make sure to come to the library and check them out as soon as they arrive.

11.The Syracuse Senior Mothers Club met at the home of Mrs. Nancy Bailey with Mrs. Noble Blocker giving table grace prior to a grand potluck dinner. During the evening, members told of interesting trips taken during the past summer and discussed plans for the next year.

But if you enjoy reading or listening to books, there are many options to choose from through Libby. MPL is a member of the Indiana Digital Library consortium, so it shares resources with libraries all over the state to bring the community a wide variety of online resources.

Kip Schumm, vice president of the Syracuse Park Board, references his inﬂuence on widening the board, stating, “somebody has to do it.” The Department of Natural Resources is taking steps to open up the ﬁsh hatchery site to make it a public park facility and bass boat ramp site, establishing the real possibility of expanding the Syracuse Park Board.

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of three different types of treatments used to reduce starry stonewort abundance.While the results for overall effectiveness of each treatment were confounded by several factors, researchers learned that certain treatments were more effective in different locations and in different application amounts in reducing starry stonewort abundance. The research suggests early treatment of starry stonewort as it begins to actively grow, but before it reaches large biomass levels, is likely critical to managementStarrysuccess.stonewort has a plant-

The most popular online resource at MPL is a collection of ebooks, which are available to access through the free app, Libby. To access, simply download the Libby app from your app store or Google play store, sign in with your library card number and PIN number and check out the huge amount of material avail-

Ground was ﬁnally broken at the new Syracuse 6 and 13 Technology and Industry Park. Town Manager Henry DeJulia stated, “the park will allow the Town of Syracuse to attract new industry, encourage business expansion, help diversify the local economy and generate long-term privatesector jobs.” This was a time of regional economic depression; the intention behind the park was to provide more stability for the area. Syracuse Town Council President Larry Siegel stated, “it is important that we provide job opportunities for our youth and for the skilled workers that the Syracuse community has to offer.”

Also through Libby, you can access “The Great Courses” series of educational and informational audio courses to learn everything from cooking to genealogy skills to raising healthy kids.

is “On a Scale of One T-Rex.” Games And Hiking Mahjong meets twice. The tables will be set up at 10:15 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, and 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21. A half-hour chair yoga class is free and open to anyone who wishes to join at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22.The Pit Firing Class being offered on Tuesday, Sept. 20, will be closed when 15 people are registered. To ask about availability, call (574) 4573022.Outdoor adventures happen with trail cleanup and a walk on the Beyer Farm Trail. Volunteers are welcome to join the crew picking up trash and cleaning debris from the trail at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, leaving from the community center to work along Main Street.

20 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 11, 2002

Sharon Batsela, Syracuse resident of 5.5 years, built a local career for herself because of a joke. Her husband, Ed Batsela, expressed interest in becoming an EMT, so Sharon laughingly added that she had to show him she could learn faster than he could at the EMT classes. Sharon has been an EMT for Syracuse for the past two years; Ed also became an EMT and ﬁreman.

Miss Dianne Elaine Ringler and 3rd class Navy petty ofﬁcer G. Michael McLallin were married at The Calvary United Methodist Church in Syracuse on Aug. 18. The double-ring ceremony was ofﬁciated by Rev. Ross Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Ringler of r 1 Syracuse are parents of the bride. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McLallin of r 2 Ligonier.

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“People are told to stay away from it, to be sure they do not chop up the plant with their boat and cause further spreading,” said Bosch. “Starry stonewort is not likely to be completely removed from our lakes, so we’ll have to learn to work around it.”

able. Libby offers e-books and e-audiobooks, of course, but did you know Libby also has a huge selection of e-magazines and even a few movies?

Are you into genealogy and need historic documents? Check out Hoosier State Chronicles, Indiana Memory, and Indiana Legacy — all resources available for free through INSPIRE on MPL’s website.There are also several extremely practical services available online through MPL’s website. One of them is the digital Chilton Library. This online directory has repair and maintenance information for all manner of cars, trucks and SUVs. Simply choose the vehicle’s make, model and year, and Chilton Library will pull up repair diagrams, manuals and schematics.

If you have any questions, or you would like help using the library’s online resources, visit MPL, 101 N. Main St., Milford. Any of the helpful library staff can assist you in downloading or utilizing digital collections.

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Connie Turner and her daughter, Nura, were hard at work making sure their home was a pleasant sight. The Turners had only lived at the Eastshore Drive property on Syracuse Lake for about a year. They maintained ﬂower gardens in the front and back yards of the home that could be admired from land or lake.

MPL also offers many other

Another fantastic resource available on the MPL website is the Gale Legal Form directory. Are you needing a quitclaim deed, a will or a mechanic’s lien? Instead of paying for these forms, print copies for free using

40 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 15, 1982

Syracuse Public Library —

Banned Book Week is not a celebration

10 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 12, 2012

Banned Book Week is the recognition that there are people who feel other people should not read a book they ﬁnd

said, “We did a research study on starry stonewort on Lake Wawasee in 2019. “The study was for potential treatments for effective management of starry stonewort.”

like structure. Starry stonewort is named for its star-shaped reproductive structures or bulbs. It forms a dense, pillow-like mat along the bottoms of still, alkaline waters. It tends to grow on sand and gravel areas. It can be spread by fragmentation; watercraft can transport this algae place to place just by driving through it. It is extremely difﬁcult to navigate through and may be destructive to spawning of native ﬁsh species. Starry stonewort is very expensive to treat. Barbee Lakes Property Owners paid to have it treated in 2020 and 2021. It will have to be treated several times a season just to minimize the spreading. Eventually, the entire cost of the treatment will fall to BLPO. In two summers, the cost to treat starry stonewort, in addition to normal weed treatment, was over $10,000.

useful online resources. Through INSPIRE, MPL offers access to resources such as Rosetta Stone and Consumer Reports. Normally customers would need to pay for these resources; however, when you access them through the library’s website, you can use them for free.

Ziller and Syracuse Fire Chief Jerry Byrd had the pleasure of kissing a pig at halftime of the Sept. 4th football game in Syracuse. The proceeds from the ‘pig poll’ were donated to Riley Children’s Hospital and local Needy FamilySyracuseFund. local Sue Scribner, one of the new waitresses as Syracuse Cafe, went bungee jumping at the Marshall County Blueberry Festival. Scribner had a once in a lifetime experience because she never planned on doing that again. The 175 feet were not nearly as fun for her on the way down as the ride to get up there was. She had her eyes closed for the seemingly never-ending 30 second jump.

Children can always stop into the library to hang out with games, toys or the scavenger hunt. After school on Mondays, tweens and older children have challenges. The Sept. 19 challenge is called Break a Record and meets from 4-5 p.m.

30 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 9, 1992

The Library Is A Fun Place

Each month young adults experience a new board game. From 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, the game

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Brammer, r 1 Syracuse, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Cynthia Lee, to Michael Clinton Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Brown, r 1 Gaston. The wedding will be held at Saint Andrew’s Methodist Church on Nov.

“Charlotte’soffensive.Web” with talking animals, “Little Red Riding Hood” with that bottle of wine, “The True Diary of a Part-time Indian” about growing up on a reservation are a small part of the list of books the American Library Association has recorded of the book removals from over the decades. Libraries remind everyone that the act of reading is an afﬁrmation of the rights in a democratic society.

MPL is here to serve the community.Formore information, call (574) 658-4312 or visit milford. lib.in.us.

50 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 13, 1972

Starry stonewort invades Barbee Chain of Lakes

Syracuse couple goes international

To preserve the lakes, starry stonewort must be aggressively treated. People can do their part by physically removing all fragments from a boat and cleaning it thoroughly. This includes the outside, bilge, live well, bait buckets, ballast, ﬁshing gear and equipment. Power washing is preferred, with hot water, if possible. People can help by educating family, friends and neighbors about starry stonewort.

For more information, ty-lakes.lakes.grace.edu/kosciusko-coun-visit

Just boating through a marked area can cause fragmentation, which spreads the starry stonewortAreasalgae.with purple buoys around the lake mean “stay out of those designated areas.”

Dr. Nate Bosch, director of Lilly Center for Lakes and Streams,

Starry stonewort (nitellopsis) was discovered on Sechrist Lake in 2020 and again in 2021. In 2021, aquatic weed control surveyed the chain of lakes and only found it in Sechrist Lake. Sechrist Lake, in the fall of 2021, had between 5 and 8 acres of starry stonewort. This invasive algae has also been found in Wawasee and Tippecanoe lakes and areas in Irish and Kuhn lakes.

Kent and Lois Von Gunten celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary with a 12-day Baltic Capitals cruise. They spent two days in London, England, before boarding a Norwegian steamship in Dover, MickeyEngland.Scott,Syracuse Fire Chief, said that members of the department wanted something placed on the newest fire truck. They decided on the fire department patch and the American flag. Former Goshen Fire Chief Larry Gill was hired to hand paint these details on both sides of the truck; it took him three to four hours a day over a period of 1.5 weeks to finish.

Syracuse Police Chief Bob

THE SYRACUSE Parks Department is working hard on the 14th annual Fall Harvest Fest, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at Lakeside Park. This is a family friendly event hosted alongside the ﬁnal Artisans & Farmers Market for the season. There will be several fall-themed activities, including hayrides, pumpkin decorating, bounce house, obstacle course, games, live music and food vendors. It’s a great way to welcome fall to the—o—area.

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Our casino trip to Four Winds, New Buffalo, Mich., will be pulling out of our parking lot at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19. There will only be one more trip after this one, so call me at the above number. I will get you on the manifest. The bus is over half full already, so call me.

IF YOU’RE considering adding a furry friend to the family, be sure to check out New Hope Pet Rescue, located on CR 29 in Syracuse. Not only does the rescue have a large variety of cats, all colors and ages, up for adoption, there are also a few dogs who are looking for a new home.

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THE ANNUAL Camp Mack Festival is coming up from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. The event will include a variety of activities for kids and adults alike, along with a host of food vendors and demonstrations. Live music will be playing throughout the festival. New this year will be a freewill donation ice cream social inside the John Kline Welcome Center at 2 p.m., to conclude this year’s event.

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Following Food Truck Friday, take a walk to the Milford Meeting House, located at 210 W. Catherine St., for a free outdoor movie and popcorn. Bring your lawn chairs and/or blankets for the show, which will begin at approximately 8 p.m. The featured movie is Disney’s “Pete’s Dragon.” Additionally, they will be collecting nonperishable food items that will be donated to the food pantry. In the event of bad weather, the movie and popcorn will be moved inside the building.

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THE SEPTEMBER edition of Meet Milford’s “Food Truck Friday” will take place in two days, Friday, Sept. 16. The theme for this month’s event is “All Things Handmade.” Accordingly, the feature for September’s festival is the Artisan’s Market on Main Street. Shop a variety of handmade products from local, talented and independent artists from 5-8 p.m. on Main Street and in the pubic parking lot next to the Milford Community Building. This month’s food and dessert options include Twisted Tiki, Big C’s BBQ, Gourmet Cart, Hay Huey Mexican, Sugar Pop Donuts, Crazy Cookie Co., Sprinkle Express and The Igloo.

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Chamber of Commerce is hosting a road cleanup Thursday, Sept. 29. Volunteers will meet at CVS at 4 p.m. and will pick up trash and recyclables from Railroad Street to Bowser Road. The chamber will provide safety vests and bottled water. For more information, call the chamber at (574) 457-5637 or email to info@swchamber.com.

Our euchre tournament was Thursday, Sept. 15; last month was the largest tournament we have had since pre-COVID. I hope that is going to be a trend in all of our activities.

Area churches prepare for ‘A Sacred Assembly’

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Marquart ended his monthly report at the Sept. 12 Town Council meeting with a “special thank you” to Pam Dwyer for helping with weeding and ﬂowers around the ﬂag poles at Waubee Lake Park this summer. He added she has stated her willingness to help out next year as well.

Check out Cole and Spirit. Both dogs were recently given up by loving families who couldn’t provide for them anymore. Both are up to date on their vaccinations. Cole, in the right photo, is a pup who loves lying in the sun chilling or playing with his toys. Spirit would like a home of her own where she can get the attention she deserves. For more information about either dog, check out New Hope’s Facebook page.

Josiah Politano is spearheading the local promotion for

“Healing the Land: A Sacred Assembly,” to be held from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Joyce Center at the University of Notre Dame.“There are over 9,000 seats there,” he said, “so let’s ﬁll them up and overﬂow them to show to God, Satan and the world how serious we are about how bad we need Him and how sorry we are for allowing ourselves to not see how much we truly do need each other to effectively evangelize and build His kingdom.”

Suggested ways to get involved:•Pray for the assembly.

Our hot lunch program is going strong. The menu is in the September issue of Senior Life; check it out and call Merita if you want to join us for lunch at

THE NORTH Webster Community Center could use some help. Are you retired and looking for something to do or do you want to give back to the community? NWCC could use some help at its auction, which is Saturday, Oct. 1. Can you give a couple hours of your time? Visit volunteersignup.org/988W7 and sign up for a spot to volunteer.

Several area churches will be represented at an ambitious gathering of faithful spiritual warriors to help bring about the “healing of the land,” in accordance with the precept indicated in 2 Chronicles 7:14:

I am so glad, at my age, I can be part of this revitalization that is happening here.

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Hope it has been a good week for you. We are busier than ever. One day we had a great pinochle game going at one end of the room and two tables of hand and foot going at the other end.If you would like to join us for any of our activities, call me at (574) 834-1600, ext. 224.

The North Webster Community Center has taken us, the senior center, into the fold. Thank you, Emily, for helping me show the community what can be found here in our school.

The auction this year will be online. There will be no ﬂea market this year and the committee will be soliciting donations for the auction. Camp Mack is located at 1113 Camp Mack Road, Milford. For further information, call (574) 658-4831 or visit campmack.org.

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SWCC is also hosting the fourth annual light pole decorating contest for the month of October. Local businesses are encouraged to call the chamber at the number above by Saturday, Oct. 1, and see which light poles are available to decorate. Once a business has a light pole, they are encouraged to allow their creativity go wild. This is a fun fall event as residents and visitors always have fun checking out how the poles are decorated.

“If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

The event is open to any believer wishing to join the efforts of repentance and intercession for the good of the nation.

• Register to attend at healingthelandnd.com.•Sendﬁnancial support to givesendgo.com/G3CJ8 or make a donation at pureassembly.com. Donations may also be mailed to PURE Assembly, 63757 CR 111, Goshen, IN 46526. All donations arePUREtax-deductible.Assembly is collaborating with other ministries and individuals to bring about the event, including One Cry Michiana, One Church Michiana, WFRN, WHME, WUBS, Chief Ministry, Revive Indiana, The University of Notre Dame, Francis Chan, Coach Lou Holtz, members of the Fort Wayne Diocese and more than 100 area churches.For more information, contact Politano at knitinchrist@ outlook.com or (260) 901-9638.

I can’t believe summer is coming to an end already; it has literally ﬂown by. At times it has been a roller coaster of a ride, but it sure hasn’t been boring. So much is going on here at the community center.

HARVEST COFFEE in Milford has begun hosting a new group, “Alpha,” in which you can explore life, faith and meaning. The group gathers at 6 p.m. each Wednesday at 207 N. Higbee St., Milford. Anyone is welcome to join anytime during the season. Each Wednesday evening a different topic will be discussed. Come and ﬁnd out what life is all about. The group is free to attend and no sign-up is needed. For more information, call (574) 658-3066.

The auction will be from 5-9:30 p.m. The public can purchase tickets and view the live auction items at nwcommunitycenter.org.

Toni of the Foot Connection will be here Wednesday, Sept. 21. I have two openings in the afternoon, so call me soon if you need her services.

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HESE YOUNG anglers were spotted ﬁshing on Webster Lake last week near the town’s park. Pictured from left are Corbin Sponseller, Ben Cooper, and Caleb Cooper. Corbin and his family, who are from South Carolina, were visiting his grandparents, Jerome and Kay Sponseller of North Webster. Corbin’s mom and dad, Jeremy and Rebecca Sponseller, are from the area. Jeremy is a Wawasee High School graduate. Ben and Caleb are from North Webster.

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For additional information, email meetmilfordindiana@gmail.com, or call (574) 221-0237.

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According to the event’s informative literature, “we live in a spiritual crossroads. Only God can heal this nation; therefore, we will cry out to the one who loves us more than any other.

“This isn’t a church vs. the world. This is an assembly of believers in Christ praying for unity, turning in repentance and praising the name of God — a cry for God to use us like never before and send a revival that will shake the region and the nation.”

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MILFORD KIWANIS is getting closer to opening the Teachers’ Tool Box located in the Milford Methodist Meeting House. Many teachers use their own money to purchase items for school. This new project is a service to Milford School teachers to help them provide needed supplies for their classroom and students. Supplies and monetary donations have been collected and several Kiwanis members met Monday afternoon to organize and stock the shelves. Very soon, they will be hosting an open house for Milford teachers.

Pictured below, in front from left, are Kiwanians Rebeca Vogel, Helen Ann Strycker, Steve Stokes and Paula Stokes. Back row: Ted Vogel, Doug Strycker, Nancy Newcomer and Becky Alles.