The former entrance to the GDX employee parking lot and plant is now overgrown with vegetation and stands behind a locked gate. Photo by Joseph Slacian
By Joseph Slacian
jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com
Work on cleaning up the eyesore that was once the GDX Automotive plant at 1 General St. could begin sometime in 2019.
The city is currently in negotiations with a Louisville, Ky., developer – Luckett & Farley Development Services -- to clean up. Once done, the site could become home to a new housing addition. Mayor Scott Long, during budget hearings on Tuesday, Aug. 7, told the City Council that he increased funds in the city’s Rainy Day and CEDIT Brownfield funds for possible use at the site.
“There is a developer that I’ve been working with on the GenCorp site,” Long told the Council. “To start the brownfield process, and the development plan process, we need to put some monies aside. We’ve got a healthy balance in Rainy Day. We’ve got a healthy balance in CEDIT. Any more we can take from the Redevelopment Commission.”
Manchester's Kelsey Eichenauer won the individual championship at the Wabash County Tournament Saturday, Aug. 11. Photo by Eric Christiansen.
By Eric Christiansen
North Manchester News-Journal
The Manchester girls golf team distanced itself from the field, winning its third Wabash County Tournament championship by over 50 strokes Saturday, Aug. 11., at Honeywell Golf Club in Wabash.
Kelsey Eichenauer won the individual championship with a 40-39 – 79, leading the Squires to a team score of 347.
Wabash finished second place with a 401, while Northfield placed third with a 415. Southwood didn't have enough golfers to place as a team.
By Bill Barrows
School will be back in session for barely a week when Week #1 of Indiana High School Football begins on Friday. Two-a-Day practices began on July 30 in preparation for the 2018 campaign. All four Wabash County teams have been hard at work conditioning, installing offensive systems, defensive spreads and gearing up for the season.
By Bill Barrows
Until the late 1960’s, there was an unwritten rule between sportswriters and professional athletes that what was seen and heard of athletes inside the clubhouse or outside the locker room, in restaurants, bars or hotels was “off base” and assumedly outside of what was written in newspapers, or reported on the radio or television.
That is not the way it is in this age of social media. In fact, for whatever reason, an athlete or entertainer’s every move has become public knowledge, especially when that behavior is questionable. Gossip columns in entertainment publications were common as far back as the 1930’s but athletes were largely left alone. This seemed to hold true until the best-selling book Ball Four, a book by baseball pitcher Jim Bouton that chronicled his 1969 season with a frank, insider's look at a professional sports team.
