Archive - Jan 2013
January 9th
COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County Consolidated School District Board of School Trustees heard from WCCS superintendent Dr. Pat O’Connor on Monday regarding the future of school safety in the district.
This discussion came in light of the December shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. After meeting with local law enforcement, O’Connor said these partnerships will be the engine that drives school safety.
COLUMBIA CITY — The Whitley County Council heard the highlights of the County Commissioners plan for the County Economic Development Income Tax (CEDIT) plan during its first meeting of 2013 Tuesday.
CHURUBUSCO — Two vacant board seats were filled at Smith-Green Community Schools Board of School Trustees meeting Monday.
Dean Geiger, of Churubusco, was selected to be the District 1 member on the school’s board. Luke Gross, of Churubusco, was chosen to fill the District 2 position.
Geiger is an engineer at Eaton in Auburn. He graduated from Churubusco High School with the Class of 1989. He holds a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. Geiger has three children currently in the SGCS school system.
Ralph “Whitie” Paul Huett, 90, of West Lafayette and formerly of Fort Wayne, passed away at 10:19 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, at the Indiana Veteran’s Home.
Born Nov. 4, 1922, in Fort Wayne, he was the son of Frederick and Irmgard (Stephan) Huett.
Survivors include his two daughters, a son and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.
Visitation will be held Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. at DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Dr., Columbia City.
Here are the headlines in Wednesday's Post & Mail:
Update on Dakota Kimbler, alleged carjacker
Sen. Jim Banks proposes new gun legislation
WCSC and SGCS school boards introduce new board members
County council weighs in on humane shelter funding
Here are the sports headlines in Wednesday's Post & Mail:
City finishes on Wright side of thriller
'Busco loses in NECC tourney
CC girls support Down Syndrome Awareness
Athlete of the week
January 8th
COLUMBIA CITY — “We know everything about each other.” A statement that is typically exaggerated is quite realistic for a trio of Columbia City’s boys basketball players.
A group that knows each other so well, in fact, that all three of the Eagles’ leading hoopsters are going to the same college to play basketball. Derek Hinen, Daniel Woll and Drew Benedict have been playing basketball together since they were in third grade — and they aren’t sick of each other yet. All three have signed with Huntington University, just 20 miles south on Ind. 9, to play basketball next season.
Whitley County Consolidated Schools are back in session after two weeks of Christmas Break. Above, students load the buses at Columbia City High School Monday afternoon.
COLUMBIA CITY — Dakota Wappes never imagined his time spent with the late Bob Brittain, a debate coach at Columbia City High School, would take him to Berlin, Germany.
Wappes, a sophomore at Ball State University, is a part of the school’s debate team and a 2011 graduate of CCHS. For the first time, he ventured outside the U.S. and competed with his teammates from BSU in a debate challenge that encompassed some 400 schools from 82 different countries.
COLUMBIA CITY — The Whitley County Board of Commissioners put the finishing touches on the CEDIT proposal at the first meeting of 2013 Monday.
The plan was amended to allow $100,000 to be put toward repair work on County Bridge 10, which runs over Carter Ditch on County Road 600 N. The total cost of the project will be approximately $215,00, with the remainder of the funds coming from CUMbridge and other sources.
The Commissioners also appointed new officers for 2013. George Schrumpf was named chairman for the year, with Don Amber appointed as vice-chairman.
