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May 20th, 2011
COLUMBIA CITY — It’s a club where everyone is related, if you dig back far enough.
Members and guests at the Genealogy Society annual meeting Thursday night at Eagle’s Nest in Columbia City joked about their family links, but the point was proven when Dr. Donald Gradeless, recited some research he had conducted about the guest speaker.
As it turns out, John Bry, executive director of the Noble County Convention and Visitors Bureau, has ancestry from Whitley County, by the name of Smith, of the local funeral home.
May 19th
MARION — Everything began with the 800-meter for Whitko’s Trapper Mize.
It was the one event he focused on coming in as a freshman.
Thursday night, as a junior, Mize turned what started as hard work for one event into three titles at the Marion boys track and field sectional.
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MARION — Some times pure heart brings home a championship.
For Churubusco boys’ track and field, a final 100 meter dash of will capped off an historic Marion sectional where the Eagles traveled home to Turtletown with four event titles and a fourth-place finish as a team.
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FORT WAYNE — Just as they did in the regular season, Columbia City girls’ tennis came out on the winning side of a Whitley County rivalry Thursday. This time, a 4-1 win over Whitko sent the Lady Wildcats packing for the offseason as the Lady Eagles picked up their 13th win of the season in the opening round of the Homestead sectional.
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MARION — And then there were three.
Columbia City boys’ track and field had the postseason continue for three Eagles after Thursday’s Marion sectional at Indiana Wesleyan University.
Along with a seventh-place finish with 43 points, Columbia City had Brenden Zoltek, Adam Bernhard and Lucas Hahn advance to next Thursday’s Wayne regional.
COLUMBIA CITY — The Indianapolis 500 race, to this generation, seems an icon, celebrating its 100th race this month.
The originator of the race was Carl Graham Fisher, an Indiana native. He was called a genius of promotion and loved speed, racing his school chums on ice skates and roller skates as a youngster. He started his own bicycle shop in his home town of Greensburg staging stunts to promote his product such as dropping a bicycle off the top of the tallest building in Indianapolis. And of course, they raced.
CHURUBUSCO — The top two students at Churubusco High School will finish their four-year career at the head of a class of 108 students, having taken two slightly different, yet similar paths to achieve the most coveted of high school accomplishments.
Valedictorian Shannon Kuznar put the highest class ranking in her sights out of the gate her first day of high school, while Salutatorian Dustin Arvola saw the finish line even earlier in the race.
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Marguerite Geisleman, 79, of Columbia City, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at her residence. Born July 28, 1931 in Allen County, she was a daughter of the late Charles M. and Eva (Clark) Winchester.
Earl L. Bromley Sr., 51, of Noble County, died at 10:29 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at his home. He had been battling cancer for the past three years.
He was born Feb. 12, 1960 in Columbia City, a son of Floyd and Evlon (Harrington) Bromley. His formative years were spent in Noble County. He completed his education at West Noble High School.
On July 29, 1983 he was united in marriage to Linda S. Wade. They made their home in Whitley and Kosciusko Counties before moving to Noble County in 1991.
He was a member of Ormas Baptist Church and a lifetime member of North American Hunt Club.
