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LaFontaine soldier remembered on 10th anniversary of his death

Staff Sgt. Bradley King

By Emma Rausch

Sunday, April 2, marked the 10th anniversary of Staff Sgt. Bradley King, a LaFontaine resident that lost his life during a combat mission in Iraq.

King enlisted in the Indiana Army National Guard on Sept. 9, 1997. Before being sent overseas, he was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Mechanized), 152nd Infantry in Marion and was deployed to Mississippi in support of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in Fall 2005.

On July 13, 2006, King was mobilized with the 2-152 Infantry Security Force Company in Fort Dix, N.J., and from there traveled overseas to support Operation Iraqi Freedom.

 

Posted on 2017 Apr 04
WACT to present 'The Heirs'

By The Paper staff

The Wabash Area Community Theater (WACT) will be presenting its spring production “The Heirs,” written by Jean Blasier, from April 21-23.

Posted on 2017 Apr 04
Indiana American Water to flush water mains

By The Paper staff

Indiana American Water will conduct water main flushing in the Wabash service area April 3 – May 31, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Posted on 2017 Apr 04
Forums look at Chamber, EDG plan
By Joseph Slacian and David Fenker
 
About 24 people gathered Wednesday afternoon, March 22, to hear about a proposed merger between the Wabash County Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Group of Wabash County.
 
The meeting, in the ballroom of the Charley Creek Inn, sought to answer some of the frequently asked questions about the proposed merger. Those include things such as what will happen with the current staff, who will oversee the proposed new group, what will membership cost and more.
 
Posted on 2017 Mar 28
New 'Wabash County Life' episode to debut April 1

Wabash WebTV’s cameraman Steven Weir (front left) provides direction to WMI project manager Tyler Karst (right) during the filming of the third episode of “Wabash County Life” as Joseph Slacian, The Paper of Wabash County editor, looks on. Photo by Emma Rausch

By The Paper staff

Crew members from the USS Wabash will be in town April 28-30 for its biannual reunion.

The visit is one of two events to be featured in April’s episode of “Wabash County Life.” The Wabash WebTV program will premiere on Saturday, April 1.

Posted on 2017 Mar 28
Ivy Tech honors student success at 8th annual Monopoly Night

Pam Guthrie, Ivy Tech Wabash Campus executive director, provides opening remarks at the eighth annual Monopoly Night on Friday, March 24. Photo by Emma Rausch

By Emma Rausch

Wabash Ivy Tech Community College honored student success while raising scholarship funds Friday, March 24, at its eighth annual Monopoly Night.

Since its creation in 2009, the event has grown as it’s continued its primary goal of raising scholarship funds, according to Brad Thurmond, event founder and former executive director of the Wabash campus.

 

Posted on 2017 Mar 28
The energy of the band
By Bill Barrows
 
Most of the seats at the Ford Theater in Wabash on Thursday evening for the Styx concert were empty. That is because from the first note of the opener, “Grand Illusion”, the energy created by the band kept most of the sold-out crowd on their feet all evening. 
 
Legendary guitarist and lead singer Tommy Shaw and his mates put on a terrific show that rolled through a playlist of hits from the mid-‘70s through a career that has spanned 40-plus years of constant change both in their brand and styles of music to key personnel changes.
 
Posted on 2017 Mar 28
Vernon Street facility takes on new mission, new patients
Vernon Health and Rehabilitation received a name change in November after undergoing internal changes that expanded its services to birth through end-of-life care. Photo by Emma Rausch
 
By Emma Rausch
 
Vernon Health and Rehabilitation (VHR), formerly Vernon Manor Children’s Home, is now more than just a pediatrics facility. It now provides care from birth to end-of-life, according to Reneé Hamilton, community liaison.
 
“There was a need. The community needed (the expansion),” Hamilton told The Paper of Wabash County. “It wasn’t necessarily that we were looking to be the only birth to the end of life facility, but it kind of worked out that way."
Posted on 2017 Mar 28

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