Archive - 2012 - News Article
November 28th
SOUTH WHITLEY â Katie Till, park board member, and several other board representatives attended the South Whitley Town Council meeting Tuesday looking for answers to their funding questions.
The board originally thought its park account had some $14,000 available for spending yet this year. However, at the last council meeting, the board was told that was not the case. Overspending in some categories due to a $160,000 error meant the board was forced to give up its appropriations.
SOUTH WHITLEY â After last meetingâs tense conversation over budget numbers, South Whitleyâs Town Council convened once again to sort through town funds and appropriations.
Lending her expertise to the topic was Retha Hicks from HR Unlimited. Hicks was contracted to help Clerk-Treasurer Bob Gould reconcile bank statements and budget line items.
Hicks confirmed that the budget reflected an additional $160,000 for 2012 that was not actually given to the town to spend.
That error was made known at the last council meeting, but how the mistake happened has not been determined.
November 27th
COLUMBIA CITY â While consumers saw an increase in their average Thanksgiving food bill this year, the common grocery bag may not continue to be packed as full of certain foods â as shoppers attempt to cut down on expenses.
CHURUBUSCO â Roger Ranney, a Churubusco native, is âliving the dreamâ in Los Angeles as a film producer, director and actor.
Coming from humble âBusco beginnings, Roger did not set his sights for the silver screen. Now he has a hand in what is played on that screen.
âThis is a herculean effort by my wife, Laura, and I,â said Roger.
The effort he spoke of is an adaptation of a short story into a short film. âPoker Donkeyâ is a story of a psychiatrist with a gambling problem who is then forced to face his vice while treating a poker champion.
SOUTH WHITLEY â Whitko High Schoolâs Pep Band sounded louder than usual at Saturday nightâs home basketball game.
The additional sound came from the alumni band members who doubled the bandâs numbers for alumni night.
Popular songs by Lady Gaga, Maroon Five and The Black Eyed Peas were new to the repertoire, and many alumni remarked at the improvements to the band program since their time at WHS.
Joey Shepherd is a WHS alumnus and in his first year as the band director at Whitko.
CHURUBUSCO â The town of Churubusco gathered together at the corner of U.S. 33 and Ind. 205 to watch the townâs Christmas tree light up.
Clerk-Treasurer Madalyn Sade-Bartl organized the affair to promote holiday togetherness for the town.
âWe are hoping to make this an annual event,â said Sade-Bartl. âWe needed something here to kick off the holiday season. I think this works out just fine.â
Santa made his entrance on a fire truck complete with flashing lights.
Zane Sade, a Churubusco High School graduate, serenaded the crowd with a Christmas carol.
LARWILL â A 41-year-old Larwill-area man was taken into custody Monday evening following a five-hour stand-off with police involving an alleged suicide attempt.
Jeremy Todd Gutherie was charged with pointing a loaded firearm and incarcerated at Whitley County Jail on $100,000 bond. His initial court appearance is set Dec. 3 in Whitley Superior Court.
A detailed report of this incident is on page A3 of today's print edition of The Post & Mail, Whitley County's daily newspaper.
November 26th
INDIANAPOLIS â A 2007 Columbia City High School graduate was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Indianapolis early Saturday morning.
Alex Trabert, 23, died after he was struck by a Toyota Camry on North Shadeland Avenue near 74th Street.
According to Indianapolis media, a 23-year-old woman was arrested on the preliminary charge of failure to stop after an accident causing death.
According to police, the suspect, Morgan Mannix, Kansas City, Miss., fled the area after hitting Trabert, who was pronounced dead on the scene.
COLUMBIA CITY â Whitley Countyâs Lighted Christmas Parade featured floats, reindeer, dogs, music and Santa Friday.
At the end of the parade route, Santa initiated the lighting ceremony at the Courthouse before taking up residence in his house on the Courthouse Square.
Columbia City High Schoolâs Marching Eagles played Christmas carols while children waited in line to see Santa.
COLUMBIA CITY â With ice-covered roads and snowy conditions expected to come along with winterâs chill, Emergency Management Agency Director Cathy Broxon-Ball said she is pleased to know weather information can be received by local residents in an instant â through the Nixle Community Information Service.
