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Wabash honors Ford, Daughtry as Mr. and Mrs. Alumni

Steve Ford and Vanessa Daughtry (from left) smile after receiving the Wabash High School Mr. and Mrs. Alumni Awards at the football homecoming game on Friday, Sept. 29. Photo by Emma Rausch

By Emma Rausch

Wabash High School honored former students Steve Ford and Vanessa (Lester) Daughtry Friday night, Sept. 29, as Mr. and Mrs. Alumni.

Ford, a class of 1976 graduate, is the president of The Ford Meter Box Company. In 2015, he was inducted into WHS’s Hall of Distinction for his local efforts and accomplishments with the Honeywell Foundation, United Fund and Wabash Community Service.

 

Posted on 2017 Oct 03
County Council adopts $19M budget
By Emma Rausch
 
After a 6-1 vote, the Wabash County Council adopted a $19 million budget for 2018 Monday night, Sept. 25.
 
In total, the budget amounted to $19,195,214 with a $10,127,210 General Fund, an assessed value of $1,331,828,759 and a state appointed estimated 2018 max levy at $4,827,598, Auditor Marcie Shepherd told The Paper of Wabash County.
 
Posted on 2017 Oct 03
County to move to statewide court case system
By David Fenker
 
The Wabash County court system may be migrating to a new case management system throughout the next 15 months.
 
Wabash County Circuit Court Judge Robert R. McCallen, along with Mary DePrez, director of trial court technology for the Indiana Supreme Court, presented information on the Odyssey Case Management System at the Monday, Oct. 2, meeting of the county commissioners.
 
“We are proposing that the county move to the statewide case management system, Odyssey, effective January 2019,” McCallen said.
 
Posted on 2017 Oct 03
County BZA rejects CAFO variance; Facility to be built anyway in site in which variance isn’t needed
By Joseph Slacian
 
The Wabash County Board of Zoning Appeals rejected a request for a variance to allow a concentrated animal feeding operation to be located at a LaFontaine farm.
 
However, the father and son seeking the request – Dave and Jeremy Milliner – said the CAFO will still be built on the farm, just in a location that doesn’t need a variance.
 
Posted on 2017 Oct 03
City OKs issuance of bonds
By Joseph Slacian
 
The Wabash City Council has approved a resolution to issue up to $8.02 million of bonds for the city’s Redevelopment Commission.
 
The council approved the measure 4-0-1 on Monday, Sept. 25, with Councilmember Marc Shelley abstaining. The bonds will last through Feb. 1, 2029, and, according to the resolution, will be used “to refund prior obligations together with the additional projects, and finance the costs of issuances of the bonds.”
 
Posted on 2017 Oct 03
Local fourth graders get lesson on farming

Manchester High School FFA members Tyler Sivits and Maddy Cook use a variety of props to explain to students how pizza and Wabash County agriculture are related. Photo by Joseph Slacian

By Joseph Slacian

More than 400 fourth grade students from around Wabash County received a closer look at agriculture than many might otherwise have, thanks in part to the Wabash County Farm Bureau.

For more than 30 years, the WCFB has hosted the students at the Wabash County 4-H Fairgrounds as an opportunity for the youths to learn more about agriculture during demonstrations.

The students, during their visit on Tuesday, Sept. 26, spent time at 12 different stations, learning everything from how to shear a sheep to using drones as farming tools and how pizzas and Wabash County farms are closely related.

Posted on 2017 Oct 03
MSD Board adopts 2018 budget
By Emma Rausch
 
The MSD of Wabash County School Board unanimously approved the adoption of the 2018 budget Tuesday, Sept. 26.
 
As no changes were made following the public hearing, the budget was adopted with a $26,371,071 total and a $15,634,900 General Fund.
 
Posted on 2017 Oct 03
Budget hearing draws no comments
By Joseph Slacian
 
No one spoke Monday night, Sept. 25, at a public hearing on the city’s proposed budget, tax levy and tax rate which took place before the regular Wabash City Council meeting.
 
About 10 minutes later, the Council gave a 5-0 approval of the 2018 financial plan.
 
Posted on 2017 Oct 03

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