Archive - Jun 2012
June 29th
COLUMBIA CITY — Scorching, hot temperatures covered most of the nation yesterday, with the Whitley County area at temperatures above 100 degrees.
Michael Sabones, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service station in North Webster, said while they did not have an official report in for Whitley County, he estimates the county reached around 104 degrees.
Sabones said although today’s temperatures will be almost 10 degrees cooler, it will still be hot.
COLUMBIA CITY — With Old Settlers Days nearing its end, Columbia City Police Chief Tim Longenbaugh, assured the Columbia City Common Council Tuesday that his and other city departments will be working hard to make sure things go smoothly.
“Saturday’s going to be a real busy day here in Columbia City with the parade and the Highland Games out at the 4-H grounds,” said Longenbaugh.
Longenbaugh said he has an officer who will be working the Highland Games, and nearly everyone else will be concentrating on Old Settlers and the parade that takes place tomorrow.
COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City Street Department Superintendent Kelly Cearbaugh told the Columbia City Common Council Tuesday he is hopeful another block of construction on Line Street should be ending soon.
“Up on Line Street, we are continuing to get sidewalks in place,” said Cearbaugh. “We just want to thank our guys for the great work they are doing on that.”
Cearbaugh said he hoped construction on the 200 block would be completed by the end of this week.
By
Nicole Ott, Sports Editor
COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City stand-out football player Jared Murphy has been tossing around the pigskin with his dad and brothers for as long as he can remember.
His senior year at Columbia City is far from the end of his football career.
Murphy will be making the change from an Eagle to a RedHawk, as he recently verbally committed to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Miami is a Div. I school that belongs to the Midwest Athletic Conference (MAC) along with Ball State and Northern Illinois.
Mildred “Millie” Evelyn Penn Ellison, 89, died Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at the Mason Healthcare Center in Warsaw.
She was born Nov. 25, 1922, the daughter of Charles and Mary (Emerick) Penn in Huntington County.
Surviving relatives include her husband, Richard Ellison, four daughters, two sons, 17 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
COLUMBIA CITY – In the latest www.thepostandmail.com Online Poll Results, Indiana University's Mark Spitz was tagged as poll takers' favorite male Summer Olympian of all time. Obviously, Spitz's unprecedented "gold rush" is still remembered by many.
Spitz grabbed 25% of the votes; Jim Thorpe, 19%; Michael Phelps, 17%; Jesse Owens, 10%; Bruce Jenner, 8%; while George Foreman and Carl Lewis tied at 4%. "Someone else" beside those listed garnered 13% of the vote.
Be sure to answer the latest poll question on the home page of www.thepostandmail.com
COLUMBIA CITY — The ceremony to commemorate the oldest and longest residing citizens in Whitley County, originally scheduled for Thursday evening has been postponed due to excessive heat.
The announcement will be made today (Friday, June 29) at 1 p.m. at the Whitley County Historical Museum.
June 28th
CHURUBUSCO —The Churubusco Town Council voted to hire Todd M. Sattison of Garrett as the town’s new wastewater treatment supervisor.
Sattison, who currently works in Auburn, will begin July 9 at the rate of $1,440 per month.
He replaces Bob Hyatt, who was terminated by the town earlier in the month.
In other news the council adopted the Sidewalk Enhancement Project as presented by Madalyn Sade-Bartl, clerk/treasurer and Jeremy Hart, town supervisor.
By approving this project the town can apply for grants for the Save Routes to School program.
The Whitley County Department of Emergency Management/Department of Homeland Security announced today it has opened a cooling station at the corner of Van Buren and Chauncey streets on the courthouse lawn of Columbia City.
The decision to open the station was made in order to accommodate residents and visitors to the Old Settlers Days festival. There are chairs and fans at the station with water coolers inside the tent.
COLUMBIA CITY — The future of the Burnworth Memorial Pool was a topic of discussion at the Columbia City Common Council meeting Tuesday.
Mark Green, the park director, said the park board had a meeting Monday night, and a report was given on the pool and the cost to maintain it.
“I guess all and all to summarize the report, they figure they want the pool to last another — it’s not really guaranteed — but another four or five years, it would take $1.1 million dollars to put into the facility,” said Green.
