By The Paper staff

Funding applications will be available online beginning April 15 to local non-profit organizations interested in being considered for funding from the 2018 Wabash Cannonball Chili for Charity event.

The Chili for Charity committee will once again utilize funding request applications in selecting who will be a benefactor from the one-day fundraising event that is scheduled to take place Saturday, Oct. 20, at Paradise Spring Historical Park.  Wabash County non-profit organizations with an interest in being funded must complete a Request for Funding Application which is currently available online at www.chiliforcharity.com.  Applications are due by May 15 and will only be accepted electronically.
 

By Joseph Slacian
jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com

The Wabash Plan Commission, for the second time in two months, approved a resolution recommending that the Wabash City Council update the city’s ordinance on political signs on Wednesday, April 4.

The commission approved the same resolution in March. However, it failed to have a public hearing on the matter, thus it had to reconsider the matter. It unanimously approved sending the matter to the City Council following the hearing, at which no one spoke for or against the matter.

The Council was expected to approve the measure on first reading when it met Monday night, April 9.
 

By The Paper staff

FORT WAYNE – Two Wabash County residents are among the The Regional Opportunities Council (ROC), the investor board of the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, has elected the 2018 slate of directors to the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership's Governing Board. They were elected by Regional Opportunites Council.

Wabash County Commissioner Barry Eppley and Manchester University President David McFadden are among the 10 members of the board, which will serve through 2021.

The Governing Board is responsible for providing strategic leadership oversight to the Regional Partnership's operations and fiscal matters.
 

By Josh Sigler
jsigler@thepaperofwabash.com

Floyd McWhirt served as the assistant athletic director for the past two years at Wabash High School under Matt Stone, learning the ins and outs of the role of leading an athletic program.

McWhirt knew he wanted to be the head AD, but as the first couple of opportunities presented themselves, the timing wasn’t right for he and his family.

Stone had taken over as the school’s chief financial officer in recent years, and opted to add transportation duties to his responsibilities, leaving the AD’s position open.

This time, the timing was right for McWhirt, who will step in as the new head AD in the fall.

By The Paper Staff

Images of  Indiana parks and trails, including those around the City of Wabash, are available for viewing on Google Maps.

In 2016, the Indiana Parks and Recreation Association (IPRA) partnered with Google to capture 360 degree panoramic images of 33 parks using Google Trekker technology. What this technology and opportunity provides is an enhanced way for visitors to connect with these special places in Indiana like they may never have before.
 

Ten nesting boxes ready to be installed along the Wabash River. Photo Provided

By Josh Sigler
jsigler@thepaperofwabash.com

A local group of outdoorsmen that spend a lot of time on the Wabash River canoeing, kayaking and fishing in the summer and hunting in the fall have started a project to try and increase the number of nesting boxes along the river in Wabash, Miami and Huntington counties
 

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It was a weekend of awards at the Wabash Elks Lodge No.471, as retiring Exalted Ruler Keith Walters made several presentations in his last official act of office.

On Friday, Walters presented David Perry with the Elk of the Year award. Perry has been an active volunteer in the Lodge’s bingo room since joining the organization.
 

By The Paper staff

Wabash County will soon have a resource for preventing and delaying Type II Diabetes

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NuStart Health has been recognized by the CDC as a provider of the National Diabetes Prevention Program. NuStart’s exclusive lifestyle change curriculum has been approved to be used for diabetic prevention programming to help individuals who want to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. This is the first program of it’s kind to operate in Wabash County.