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August 8th, 2011
CROOKED LAKE — When his receptionist told him she was going to retire, John Meier and his wife, Aileen, decided that it was about time they did too.
And that’s just what happened. The Columbia City couple retired from dentistry and aren’t making any plans for their future.
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CHURUBUSCO – Candida-tes have been established for positions of town clerk-treasurer and town council in Churubusco. Filing deadline was Tuesday.
Republicans will have a contest for town clerk-treasurer; only one Republican and one Democrat can be on the ballot for town-clerk treasurer on Nov. 8, Election Day. A GOP town convention this month, yet to be scheduled, will determine the GOP candidate.
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SOUTH WHITLEY — In a special meeting Thursday evening, South Whitley’s Town Council voted to conduct its own Nov. 8 municipal election – forgoing involvement by Whitley County.
“Given the filings that occurred on Friday of last week, the town will have to administer a general election in November of this year,” town attorney Greg Hockemeyer said. “In the past when there has been a need for a general election, the town has opted to do its own rather than pay the county to conduct the election on behalf of the town.”
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August 5th
COLUMBIA CITY — County Attorney Dan Sigler has been tasked with sifting through the heated debate and unanswered questions regarding the county’s emergency medical service in order to help broker an agreement between the county and Parkview Whitley Hospital.
It is a job, he says, that is challenging to say the least.
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COLUMBIA CITY — This is World Breast-feeding Week – and several Whitley County moms and their families celebrated.
The event was at the Whitley County Women, Infant Children (WIC) office in Columbia City Wednesday. Nine mothers, three fathers and 11 children attended the celebration hosted by Danielle Henderson, breast feeding peer counselor at WIC.
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August 4th
COLUMBIA CITY — Alan Tio, of the Whitley Economic Development Corporation (EDC), and several members of the internet provider service Indiana Data Center (INDDC), are working together in the hopes of expanding in Whitley County.
The enterprise looks to service the U.S. 30 Industrial Corridor.
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FORT WAYNE – A felony case has resulted from a property rights dispute involving a 65-year-old Churubusco man after he allegedly pointed a weapon at a man spraying weeds in a ditch.
The alleged weapon incident happened at mid-morning Wednesday, July 27, according to Allen Superior Court documents filed this week.
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COLUMBIA CITY — When Helen Helmer was born, the life expectancy in the United States was 47.
To date, the Columbia City resident has that mark topped by 53 years. Helmer will be 100 years old on Tuesday. An open house is planned in her honor at The Oaks Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m.
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PIERCETON — Excellence for all by improving communication and focusing on school enrollment are top priorities for the upcoming school year according to Whitko Community School Corporation (WCSC) Superintendent Steve Clason.
“Main concerns are improved communications and really looking at focusing on our registration and enrollment right now to make sure we have very solid numbers,” Clason said.
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COLUMBIA CITY — At last month’s Whitley County Commissioners meeting, a request was made by concerned citizens to address a potential speeding issue on CR 300 North – particularly the area between Ind. 205 and U.S. 33 near Churubusco.
Before deciding if a change should be made, it was determined that typical speeds on the road should be investigated in order to calculate a starting speed for evaluation and discussion.
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