Night to Shine registering guests, volunteers
Night to Shine – a prom for disabled people from throughout the region – is moving to the Blue Gate Performing Arts Center in Shipshewana for its seventh year. “This amazing venue will give us so much more space and we are extremely grateful to the Blue Gate and Riegsecker family for giving us this opportunity,” said event organizer Allisa […]
Westview musicians selected
Several Westview Junior Senior High School Band members were selected for the Indiana Bandmasters Association honor band program. The IBA All-Region Honor Band took place Nov. 12-13 at DeKalb Central High School. Lanita Mast, Noah Bontrager and Caedmon Gates were in the IBA All-Region Honor Band with 76 students in grades 7-9 from 16 schools. The IBA All-District Honor Band […]
Find winter joy in outside experiences
Nature’s Best —Opting Outside. Opt Outside is the alternative to Black Friday shopping craziness. It’s a program to encourage people to relax, destress, and enjoy the benefits of being in nature. The holidays are a time of over-indulgence, not only in food, but also in materialism. Instead of showering those you love with “stuff,” think about giving the gift of time and […]
Do your holiday shopping but keep your head
Health and Wellness —With this busy time of year, we are surrounded by family, food, and a surge of financial deals. It can be one of the craziest weekends of the year between traveling for Thanksgiving and packed shopping malls for Black Friday deals. Try some of these tips and tricks to make your shopping experience a little safer while getting those great […]
Looking Back Through The Years
50 Years AgoLaGrange StandardNovember 30, 1972 BANDITS WRECK – Two Youngstown, Ohio, men were arrested by Indiana State Police Sunday morning after they allegedly robbed a Joppa, Maryland, man of $260 in the restroom of a Toll Road Plaza in LaGrange County. They were apprehended by Indiana State Trooper Joe Baker minutes after an accident in which their car went […]
Births
November 22 Ronald and Laura (Eash) Yoder, Topeka, a boy, Kenlin Seth. Elmer and Ida (Miller) Yoder, LaGrange, a girl, Serena Denae. November 23 Lyndon and Rachel (Schlabach) Herschberger, a boy, Gabriel Luke.
LIONS–
District Governor Sandra Ziegler of Bluffton visited the Howe Lions Club on Nov. 16 at Snappers Restaurant in Howe. After her address to the club, she inducted Rev. Bradley Sisk of the Howe and Pretty Prairie Methodist churches as a new member of the Howe Lions Club.
LaGrange County Highway looking toward future
The LaGrange County Highway Department is looking toward the future. Monday, the LaGrange County Commissioners gave county Engineer Tharon Morgon permission to apply for federal grants. Morgan is pursuing a grant that would cover 90% of the cost of replacing signs throughout the county. The cost would be around $3 million with the county paying $347,000. The five-year project would […]