COLUMBIA CITY — The 2013 edition of Loomis Bros. Circus will be performing at the Whitley County 4-H Fairgrounds, Columbia City today and Tuesday. Shows will be 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. both days.
Circus producer and singing ringmaster Justin Loomis promises a spectacular show for 2013. The show is being billed as America’s best circus.
Some of the featured acts this year include Miss Natalia Winn, queen of the air in a sensational display of breathtaking aerial feats without a net below her.
COLUMBIA CITY — Local elementary school students recognized the battle against hunger, and stepped into the fight in a personal way.
Coesse Elementary School has holding food drives to help support three local food banks. Thursday, the students saw the fruits of their labor.
In total, 1,502 canned goods were collected. Through fundraising, the students also netted $959.46. The food and money will go to the food banks at St. Paul of the Cross, Community of Hope and Grace Lutheran Church.
CHURUBUSCO — “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”
This quote, originally spoken by hall-of-fame football coach Vince Lombardi, was Churubusco Junior/Senior High School Principal Jim Folland’s tribute to the Class of 2013.
COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County was one of just 26 in Indiana to be recognized for working to increase college success.
This honhor came from Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education, Teresa Lubbers. Counties recognized were all members of Indiana’s College Success Coalition.
Columbia City High School Principal Jennifer Reiff, who wrote a grant proposal to assist her district in this area said at first, the focus was on her building, but the gaze soon widened.
COLUMBIA CITY — In 10 years of Beth Scharpenberg’s final calculus projects, a parody three of her students turned in this week were at the top of her list.
“This is the best project I’ve ever had turned in,” Scharpenberg.
Apparently, a national news source, the Huffington Post, agrees.
Miranda Johnson, Celine Rongos and Corinne Kauffman took their final assignment to the next level, making a music video from the song “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore, and stuffing it full of calculus terms.
COLUMBIA CITY — See this weekend's edition of The Post & Mail for a special feature on a calculus project that has gone viral on social media sites, as well as the Huffington Post.
SOUTH WHITLEY — Ag Plus recently announced its annual scholarship award winners for 2013.
The scholarship program annually awards a $500 scholarship to students enrolled in any two- or four-year college in an agriculture curriculum. The program offers three scholarships annually.
The scholarship program is available to any student meeting the following criteria:
The student must major in an agricultural field that includes forage, turf or landscape related programs.
Throughout schools in Whitley County, custodians are taking the summer months to strip floors, clean windows and shampoo carpets in preparation for the 2013-14 school year.
It is a side of the school system most people never see, but one which remains vital to maintaining a positive environment for students and staff alike.
Pictured is Whitko High School (WHS) Custodian Dave Cleland beginning the process of stripping classroom floors Thursday.
