The City of Warsaw Parks & Recreation Board meeting began Tuesday, June 16, with board members expressing their feelings of loss over the recent passing of Board Member Bill Baldwin.

WARSAW — Two dozen children at the Pete Thorn Center got an up-close look at some animals from Potawatomi Zoo on Monday. Melissa Gunter, the youth program coordinator with Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, gave the children an up-close look at a Madagascar Hissing cockroach, a Kenyan Sand Boa, a Tiger Salamander and a domesticated …read more.

WARSAW — New banners for Central Park were approved during Tuesday evening’s Warsaw Park and Recreation Board meeting. Eighteen banners stating, “Welcome Warsaw Central Park,” and 18 banners promoting the park’s concert series will be purchased from Big Picture Imagery, Warsaw. The goal is to have the banners completed and ready to be placed on …read more.

WARSAW — A new year brought not only new officers for the Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department, but also the announcement of new programs. Members of the parks department approved new programs Tuesday night, Jan. 19, at the department’s monthly meeting. Sheila Wieringa, recreation director, presented the proposed programs and event fees for 2016. New …read more.

WARSAW — It was a short, yet productive, meeting Tuesday evening Dec. 15, for the Warsaw Park Board. Approval was given to sign another year’s lease with the Kosciusko County Council on the Aging and Aged for use of the Pete Thorn Center at Lucerne Park. The yearly lease is $1,053 per month. Wayne Township …read more.

Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department Board Members thought they had built a new cabin after viewing photos at their regular board meeting earlier this week of the remodeled Nye Youth Cabin. Larry Plummer, superintendent, shared photographs of the remodeling. Plummer noted the interior floor cracks have been repaired, all electrical work completed, the furnace encased, …read more.