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May 23rd, 2013
CULVER â Columbia Cityâs standout netter Celine Rongos won in the first round of regional action Tuesday night at Culver Academies.
Rongos beat Jordan Fraser of North Judson by a 6-1, 6-1 score in singles action.
She will be in action again Thursday night, taking on the winner of Wawaseeâs and Bremenâs No. 1 singles players.
Macie Hinen and Sydney Ford, No. 1 doubles from Columbia City, will be in action tonight against Northfield, also at Culver Academies.
May 22nd
SYRACUSE â Those in attendance at the baseball game between Columbia City and Wawasee Tuesday night were treated to a high-scoring affair.
The Eagles managed to come out on top of the Warriors 13-12.
The contest was back-and-forth, as there were eight lead changes.
The deciding run wasnât scored until the top of the seventh inning, when Eagle first baseman Zac Steinke hit an RBI single that drove in senior Derek Hinen from second. That run broke a 12-12 tie.
Pitcher Ryan Kerschner retook the mound for the bottom of the seventh to finish out the game.
Laura Lefever organized a team of Whitley County residents to participate in the 11th Annual Lapper & Survivors Day event, a walk to benefit Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana.
More than 700 people attended the walk Saturday and helped raise more than $55,000 for the organization.
Cancer Services provides emotional support, practical resources and information to patients and their families dealing with cancer. The organization also serves Whitley County.
Lefever serves on the Board of Directors for the organization.
Heath Fearnow, one of Columbia Cityâs Police Departmentâs newest reserve officers, went through an unpleasant training exercise Saturday night.
Fearnow, along with fellow reserve Tony Kumfer and CCPDâs newest hire, Jon Stoffel (pictured left), underwent taser training at City Hall.
Pictured, from left: Stoffel, Fearnow, taser instructor and CCPD Officer Thor Hodges, and Sergeant Trey Insley.
FORT WAYNE â Columbia Cityâs girls track team did all as expected Tuesday night at Northropâs regional meet.
Three Lady Eagles qualified for the state finals in June.
Samantha Roush is advancing in the mile run, Kalisha Goree hit the state-qualifiying leap in long jump, and Carlee Hearld is moving on again in the high jump.
Hearld and Roush placed 10th in the state meet last season.
Roush placed second at Tuesdayâs regional with a time of 5:04.9 in the 1,600-meter run.
Roush also ran the 800-meter, with a non-state qualifying finish.
CHURUBUSCO â Cafeteria food pricing and lunch menu mandates by the state of Indiana had food service workers overheated at Smith-Green Community School Board of School Trustees meeting Monday.
Pam Hill, a cafeteria worker, told board members of a problem with students charging their lunches, causing a deficit of more than a thousand dollars.
Hill discussed at length her frustration with the federal governmentâs mandates on pricing and menu.
âThe kids still donât like the food,â Hill said. âWe try our best to tweak it and encourage them to try it, but they just throw away so much.â
COLUMBIA CITY â There was no shortage of suggestions at last nightâs aquatics facility public forum.
Since the announcement of Burnworth Memorial Pool closing in 2014, a task force has been working on a replacement for the public pool option.
Kevin Post, of Counsilman-Hunsaker, led the forum with his expertise on facility design and execution.
âThe typical pool has a life of 30 to 50 years. Burnworth Pool is out of that life expectancy. It is definitely time to look at another aquatics option,â Post said. âBut the idea of what a pool is has evolved over the years.â
May 21st
COLUMBIA CITY â Columbia City High School saluted its top students at its Honors Convocation Monday evening. Awards were handed out to students for academic achievements, scholarships, service work and excellence in athletics. CCHS Principal Jennifer Reiff praised the top Eagles of 2013, lauding their hard work in the classroom and the community.
Dennis Robert Firestone, 60, of South Whitley, died at 6:54 a.m. Sunday, May 19, 2013, at his home.
He was born December 31, 1952, in Whitley County, a son of Robert G. and Mildred A. (Schneider) Firestone.
Surviving include his two children, two grandchildren and his domestic partner, Sarah Mills, South Whitley.
A memorial gathering will be held Saturday at the VFW Hall, South Whitley, from 2 to 6 p.m. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Condolences may be made at www.smithandsonsfuneralhome.com.
CHURUBUSCO â Churubuscoâs baseball team dropped an extra-inning NECC game Monday.
The Eagles fell to Lakeland, 6-5, in 10 innings.
Churubusco took a 5-0 lead after three innings. The Lakers slowly crawled back, chipping in a run in the fourth and four more in the top of the fifth.
Lakeland finally broke the scoreless struggle that went into extra innings by notching one run in the top of the 10th.
