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February 18th, 2011
CHURUBUSCO — A two-car collision in Whitley County Thursday afternoon claimed the life of a Mississippi woman and critically injured a Churubusco woman, according to police.
The crash occurred just before 5 p.m. on U.S. 33 west of Churubusco near County Road 700 North, police said.
According to the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, a vehicle driven by Ryan Harter, 33, of Fort Wayne, crossed the center stripe and struck a Jeep driven by Teresa Trainer, 49, of Waterford, Miss.
Trainer was pronounced dead at the scene.
WARSAW — The Indiana high school boys’ swimming and diving sectional at Warsaw started with a school record performance for the Columbia City Eagles and ended with Eagle swimmers qualifying for Saturday’s 9 a.m. finals in every event including several swimmers with legitimate shots at sectional titles.
Connie J. Lewis, 69, of Greenfield, passed away Feb. 16, 2011 at Hancock Regional Hospital in Greenfield.
She was born April 2, 1941 in Marion County, a daughter of the late Max and Guinevere (Collingwood) Lewis.
Survivors include a sister, Marcia Ann Cole and a brother, Steve Lewis.
Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Condo and Son Funeral Home in Wilkinson with Danny Cury officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 to 11 a.m. prior to service. Burial will follow at McCray Cemetery in Wilkinson.
Online condolences can be made at www.condoandson.com.
February 17th
Paul L. Johnson, 73, of Albion, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 at Goshen General Hospital in Goshen, after being ill for the past five months.
He was born Jan. 15, 1938 in Noble County to the late Lyman and Edna (Firestone) Johnson. He was a lifetime resident of Noble County.
On Nov. 16, 1958 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Albion, he married Rhonda Tucker. She survives in Albion.
Mr. Johnson was a Corrections Officer for Chain O’ Lakes and retired from there after 17 years of service. He was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.
COLUMBIA CITY — The Whitley County Plan Commission looked at three proposals Wednesday night of companies willing to draft the county’s ordinance for wind energy.
LCL Planning, Inc., RWR Armstrong & Associates, Inc. and Ground Rules, Inc. each submitted proposals and quotes for the task of drafting a wind energy ordinance for the county.
With three members absent (George Schrumpf, Dave Schilling and John Johnson), the commission voted 6-0 to give Ground Rules, Inc. the nod.
COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County’s first comprehensive plan in more than 20 years is one step closer to reality.
A short-handed Whitley County Plan Commission voted unanimously Wednesday night to allow the plan’s authors to create a fourth version of the document and present it to the panel in next month’s meeting for possible adoption.
“We’ll prepare Draft D as quickly as possible,” said Brad Johnson of Ground Rules, Inc., the consulting firm that has created and revised the document over the past several months.
COLUMBIA CITY — A Fort Wayne man escaped serious injury Wednesday when he was side-swiped by a semi tractor-trailer on U.S. 30 west of Columbia City.
According to the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, Donald Gotsch, 55, of Fort Wayne, was traveling east on U.S. 30 near County Road 300 East when a semi tractor-trailer driven by Jason Roberts, 37, of Marble Hill, Mo. changed lanes and shoved Gotsch’s vehicle into the guardrail.
COLUMBIA CITY — Heading into Wednesday night’s home game, Columbia City head coach Chris Benedict preached ‘stop the penetration.’
But that’s not all the Eagles did in a statement victory over Fort Wayne Northrop 64-55.
The veteran leadership of a sophomore guard led Columbia City to one of its most complete games of the season shooting better than 65 percent from the field and topping an athletic and sizable Bruins team.
INDIANAPOLIS — The season started with two rivals meeting in Whitley County boys’ basketball.
Why not have it end with one.
Sunday, the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) drew up the path for over 400 teams across the state of Indiana.
Among them, three county teams are vying for a sectional championship.
Columbia City (14-5) and Whitko (14-4) opened the regular season with a buzzer-beating thriller 59-58 in the Eagles favor.
February 16th
Bob Hoffman, winner of the Chili Cookoff at the Fire and Ice Winterfest presented checks totaling $500 — $250 for winning, plus he matched it with another $250 — to the Whitley County Humane Shelter Tuesday. In case of residual effects from the hot chili, “Chance” the fire dog and a fire extinguisher stand by. Pictured from left are Sara Lochner-Goff, president of the Whitley County Chamber of Commerce, Hoffman and Karen Friend-Bowman, director of operations at the Humane Shelter. Chance and many other dogs and cats are available for adoption at the shelter. — Post & Mail photo/Becky Hand
