By PEGGI LISENBEE WRIGHT Director of Client Assistance, Combined Community Services Combined Community Services will be hosting a ‘Success is in the Bag’ Luncheon from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday, March 14. This event will be held at the Old Train Depot, located on 115 E. Market St., Pierceton. This luncheon will feature a …read more.

Manchester Main Street will hold its annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 at the Main View, 141 E. Main St., North Manchester. This is an open forum for the Board, committees and members to discuss 2014 accomplishments and 2015 goals. Community members interested in learning more about MMS and ways to become involved …read more.

By CASEY HOYE Greater Warsaw Cooperative Preschool Children from the Greater Warsaw Cooperative Preschool collected winter coats, mittens and hats during the annual GWCP Mitten Drive. These items were donated to Combined Community Services to be distributed to families in need. Also, from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. the GWCP is hosting an open house …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Jefferson Elementary second grade students have been making seasonal place mats for residents at Grace Village for three years now. The initial idea was born out of a conversation between second grade teacher Tami Williamson and her friend, who is a nurse at Grace Village. The …read more.

By KIM NANCE Business Development Manager, Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice Darlene Gottschalk moved to Warsaw after retiring as a hospice nurse in South Bend. She wanted to be closer to her son and his family. Her grandmother skills were much needed as her son and daughter in-law expanded their family to six children. She also …read more.

By CYNTHIA L. CATES Executive Director, Kosciusko Literacy Services 37 years have passed since the book burning in Warsaw and 41 years since John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” was banned in Syracuse. Focusing on government ordered book burnings, Ray Bradbury’s novel “Fahrenheit 451”, this year’s book selection for the community book read, was published …read more.

By TAMMY COTTON Rose Home Board President Local women’s recovery home, The Rose Home North, operating under the umbrella organization, Rose Home Inc. in Fort Wayne, Indiana announced today it has a new board of directors and plans to make major changes at the home. The Rose Home is a Christian not-for-profit transitional living home …read more.

Altrusa International of Warsaw initiated the club’s third new member in two months at their Thursday, Jan. 22 meeting. Mary Corwin, a registered respiratory therapist at Kosciusko Community Hospital, shares other club members’ interests in domestic violence and substance abuse prevention, homelessness, and illiteracy. Corwin relocated to the Warsaw area from Fort Wayne a few …read more.

In honor of Black History Month this February, and in the spirit of Dr. Charles Drew, an African-American surgeon who was the first medical director of the American Red Cross and a modern blood-banking pioneer, eligible donors as diverse as the patients who need their blood donations are encouraged to give blood to ensure a …read more.

By BECKY BROWER Syracuse Public Library Syracuse Public Library events for the week of Dec. 15- Dec. 20. Meet The Doctor The Whovians in the monthly fan club are showing a holiday themed adventure from one of the newer Doctor Who stories. All people that are interested in the new Doctor Who series are invited …read more.

By TERRI RITTER Public Relations Coordinator, North Webster Community Public Library North Webster Community Public Library events this week: Come celebrate the joys of the season at the North Webster Community Public Library’s Joyous Christmas Celebration at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, held in the North Webster Community Center’s Banquet Hall. The public is invited …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation Each week when Triton Elementary School third graders go to library, they not only enjoy hearing stories, reading and picking out books to take with them to enjoy later; they also learn many things having to do with using computers in common sense ways. Denise Shafer, …read more.

By BRETT R. BOGGS Akron Community Relations Task Force The Akron Community Relations Task Force will host a community meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18 at the Akron Carnegie Public Library for the purpose of providing current, accurate information on immigration reform. The presenter will be Luz Ostrognai, immigration supervisor of the Catholic Charities …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation Third grade Triton Elementary students moved into their second unit of sound where they have tested various types of materials such as cloth, cardboard, plastic, newspaper, and paper to determine how those materials affect the volume of sound. Students used specially constructed boxes with sound generators to …read more.

Pierceton Elementary recently held its 16th annual talent show under the direction of Julie Underhill who took it over when founder, Carolyn Nye retired from teaching. Students could enter in four categories which were vocal, variety, instrumental and dance. This year, there were 16 student acts which included 27 students. One class also did a …read more.

BLOOMINGTON – Grantmakers In Aging, a national association of funders, and the Pfizer Foundation have announced a third year of funding for the Community AGEnda Initiative to help American communities – including Bloomington and others in Indiana – become great places to grow up and grow old. The Pfizer Foundation has granted the association $1.49 …read more.