By The Paper staff

While the exterior restoration is underway, Indiana Landmarks offers a “before” tour of the old Sheriff’s House and Jail at 31 W. Main St. in Wabash.

The Landmark Look takes place from 5-8 p.m. Aug. 3 during Wabash Marketplace’s First Friday downtown market. The look is free with a reservation.

Back in the late 19th century and well into the twentieth, the county sheriff and his family sheltered under the same roof as his prisoners, sort of. The sheriff lived in the handsome red brick home built in 1880, spacious and high-ceilinged, while the incarcerated lived in a limestone cell block that adjoins the house. The structure stopped serving as a jail in 1979 and the probation department left in 2004.

By Joseph Slacian
jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com

Two special event applications were approved when the Wabash Board of Public Works and Safety met on Thursday, July 19.

A request for the Dam to Dam bicycle ride was approved for Sept. 9.

The board also approved a request from the Moonshine Cowboys for its Ride for a Cause on Aug. 4.

By The Paper staff

INDIANAPOLIS — The work of Wabash artist Ellen Stouffer was presented to Gov. Eric Holcomb on Monday at the Statehouse.

The painting, “The Crossroads of America,” will be displayed either at the governor’s residence located in the historic district of North Meridian Street in Indianapolis or at the Statehouse.

The painting, which was commissioned by Indiana and Friends art gallery founder Mark Guenin depicts the outline of the state in Indiana blue, is surrounded on its sides by American flags. Stouffer said the patriotic bunting and gold leaf symbolizes the rich history Indiana holds in the United States. Featured at the painting’s center are the state’s seal, bird (cardinal), flower (peony), and Statehouse dome.

By The Paper staff

One person suffered minor injuries Thursday morning, July 19, in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Canal and Miami streets.

Vehicles driven by Ronald Hochstetler, 58, Akron, and Goldie L. Moore, 21, Wabash, collided about 10:16 a.m.

By David Fenker
david@nmpaper.com

NORTH MANCHESTER -- In an effort to raise funds to Alzheimer's research and education, the North Manchester Parks Department and Peabody Retirement Community have teamed up to launch the Peabody Purple Paddle event.

The Aug. 25, bring-your-own-boat event will take kayakers, canoers, boaters and floaters from Liberty Mills to Ogan's Landing in North Manchester, with all proceeds going toward Alzheimer's research and the Dementia Education Endowment, used by Peabody to provide education about dementia and memory loss to staff, residents and community members.

“The Walk for Alzheimer's is nationwide, with the Alzheimer's Association, but we're kind of going at it differently – we're not having a walk – so we're not actually part of that,” Sara Wilcox, business development liaison at Peabody, said. “We wanted to do something different, and with the new Ogan's Landing, it was a good opportunity to give some exposure to the park and to the launch here in North Manchester.”

By The Paper staff

BUNKER HILL -- Grissom Air Museum will host its annual car show on Saturday Aug. 4, with vehicle registration starting at 7:30 a.m.

The cost will be $12 per vehicle paid at the gate the day of the show. Gates will open at 9 a.m. for general public with $3 admission for 12 and older and 11 and under being free.

There will be food, a DJ, 50/50 drawing, and great airplanes to view. At 10 a.m. the gates will close for vehicle registration.

By The Paper staff

Over the last month the members of the Wabash Police Department have been actively training in numerous locations in the city. 

Due to the nationwide increase of active shooter situations the Wabash City Police are training to be more prepared for these incidents, Capt. Matt Benson, WPD’s Public Information Officer, said.  Members of the Wabash City Police Department began our active shooting training by attending Rescue Task Force Response to Active Shooter in cooperation with the Wabash Fire Department. 

The Spartan Tactical Training Group, LLC instructed area law enforcement and fire department. This training consisted of response to active shooter and to get medics to injured parties quickly and safely.  Officers were trained to keep medics safe and to assist in removing people from the scene.  The New Journey Community Church officials provided their facility for two days of training. 

By The Paper staff

DENVER -- Family and friends are rallying behind Fred Raider, a local Miami County business owner who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2012, by throwing a benefit dinner in his honor on July 28th. 

Raider has been battling health complications since he began treatment for his cancer in 2012. He is the owner of Raider Truck Repair in Denver, and also a 1974 graduate from North Miami High School. He started his own business in 1985 in Denver and had worked as an auto-diesel mechanic up until 2013 when his health deteriorated and left him unable to work.

Raider went through two of chemotherapy locally in 2012 and 2013, and unfortunately his cancer returned after each round of chemo. After these failed attempts to treat his cancer, Raider's local oncologist sent him to Greenwood to meet with a team of doctors who specialize in bone marrow transplants.