Archive - 2011 - News Article
October 20th
INDIANAPOLIS â The annual Indiana School Board Association Conference was held Sept. 26-37 in Indianapolis and several Whitley County Consolidated Schools board members attended.
The board members reported on the conference at their regular session earlier this week.
Board member Deborah Hiss said she found that in comparison to many Indiana schools, Whitley County is ahead of the pack in many areas.
âItâs very impressive to know that weâre doing as much as we are for our students,â Hiss said.
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COLUMBIA CITY â Poetry came alive at Mary Raber Elementary School Wednesday morning when Valerie Chamness and Joshua Daniels performed verbal acrobatics during a student convocation.
The married couple from Asheville, N.C., visited MRES with their âPoetry Alive,â production. They have traveled around the world and the United States sharing poems in a way that most children and teachers have never witnessed.
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CHURUBUSCO â Smith-Green Community Schools wants the communityâs opinion about whatâs going on at the two schools â both inside and out.
âWe want to know what the parents and this community think about us. We want to hear about our walls and our classes. We want to hear their opinions,â said Steve Darnell, superintendent at SGCS.
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October 19th
COLUMBIA CITY â Whitley County Sheriffâs Department Chief of Deputies Mark Gatton is warning citizens to keep their doors locked.
The WCSD has had seven reported thefts from unlocked vehicles and buildings so far in the month of October.
âYou make yourself an easy target when you leave your doors unlocked,â Gatton said.
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SOUTH WHITLEY â Optimism about the future and overcoming adversity was the prevalent theme at the outset of the awards presentation during the Whitley County Chamber of Commerceâs annual recognition night Tuesday.
âThis has been a very challenging few months for the chamber of commerce,â said Mike DeFreeuw, chairman of the chamber board during the opening remarks.
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CHURUBUSCO â Churubusco High School students got the opportunity to see local government in action Monday when the Whitley County Board of Commissionerâs held its bi-monthly meeting in the auditorium of the high school.
Although designed to be business as usual, most of the discussion stemmed from questions raised by the students regarding a commissionerâs role and duties.
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COLUMBIA CITY â A father and infant daughter survived a one-vehicle rollover crash in the area of Ind. 9 and CR 500 N Tuesday morning.
Casey Sellers, 31, of Fairmont, lost control of his Cadillac Escalade and rolled it, pinning himself in the vehicle. Sellerâs daughter, 4, escaped with no injuries. Sellers was airlifted to Parkview Main in Fort Wayne after he was found unconscious and pinned in the vehicle.
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October 17th
CHURUBUSCO â Every year, property owners in the county receive what is known as a Form 11, an assessment form showing either the same property value as the previous year or changes to this yearâs value.
The form is sent by the county assessorâs office and is used in determining what property taxes will be when next yearâs tax season comes around.
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Fog rises over a rural scene north of South Whitley recently as the sun prepares to peak over the treeline. Cooling temperatures have recently collided with the warm earth, still holding heat from a searing summer, to create foggy conditions throughout Whitley County and the rest of Indiana.
Lauren Listen, a 4th-grade student at Mary Raber Elementary School in Columbia City, writes her name on the back of her Junior Achievement book. She is just one of 900 Whitley County children involved in JA this fall. Nancy Bridegam is her teacher.
