Wabash High School hosted its sixth annual College and Career Fair on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

The high school gym was filled with more than 48 colleges, businesses, and representatives from other post high school career options.

The purpose of the fair was to allow WHS students, along with students from surrounding school corporations to gather tools and information needed to successfully make decisions pertaining to their lives after graduation.

WHS vice principal Jeffery Galley discussed with The Paper of Wabash County about how the College and Career Fair came to be. 

Wabash Public Library hosted visiting author Kayleen Reusser on Wednesday, Nov. 6.

Reusser has been writing for almost two decades. She started out writing articles for many magazines, newspapers, blogs and books including “Chicken Soup for the Soul.”

Beginning in 2009, Reusser began writing non-fiction children’s books, 16 in total.

She said she tries to “capture military history one veteran at a time,” by interviewing and writing the stories of more than 200 World War II veterans.

During her visit to WPL, Reusser shared some of those stories from her books: “World War II Legacies:  Stories of Northeast Indiana Veterans” and “They Did It for Honor: Stories of American WWII Veterans.”

“It is so important to tell these stories,” said Reusser. “We have to preserve our military’s heritage.”

The Cannonball Chili for Charity Cook-off handed out checks to the recipients of funds on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

Organizations deemed recipients of this year’s raised funds gathered on Tuesday at the Wabash Elks Lodge where Wade Weaver of 105.9 The Bash, presented a check along with others who serve on the cookoff board.

Teams that received funds are as follows, with comments from officials of organizations represented that night.

Teens Against Dating Abuse (TADA) received $2,000.

“This money will help us spread awareness in the schools and in the community about healthy relationships,” said Megan Long of Teens Against Dating Abuse, a division of Hands of Hope

Honeywell Center Educational Outreach Program received $2,000.

“This money helps us provide more than 50,000 arts opportunities for students throughout the academic year,” said Cathy Gatchel, Vice President of Development and Marketing at the Honeywell Foundation.

ABATE received $2,000.

U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 2nd congressional district joined Wabash County on Monday, Nov. 11 for the Veteran’s Day Program at the Wabash County Courthouse.

Before the program began, Walorski, R-2nd District, spoke with The Paper of Wabash County about her thoughts on the President Donald Trump’s pending impeachment hearings.

“This is a gigantic sham. It’s a waste of money for the tax payers,” she said.

The House’s impeachment inquiry of Trump will be going public this week with two days of hearings.

“When they come up empty handed in January, what are they going to do then?” she asked. “They tried the Mueller report, nothing. They’re trying impeachment, nothing. What are they going to do in January? This is a group of people that don’t like the president. Elections have consequences and they are trying to move him out of office.”

Officials with the Heartland Career Center unveiled a state-of-the-art piece of equipment for its Precision Machining program.

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, donors of a new, $107,000 Wire EDM machine gathered at the center for brunch and to see what their investment has been used for. The machine uses a very thin wire and electricity to cut parts to a precise measure.

Supervisor of Student Services Pete Dupont told The Paper of Wabash County how the idea of getting this machine came to be.

“A local employer was walking through the building and asked, ‘If you could get something, what would you like?’ and that was the idea we had, was the Wire EDM.”

The donors that made this idea a reality were the 80/20 Foundation Trust, The Community Foundation of Wabash County, and the Pauline Barker Foundation.

Precision Machining instructor Joe Halverson spoke about the importance of having this machine available to students participating in the program.

The Quilt of Honor Quilters hosted more than 100 veterans and their guests for a luncheon to honor the sacrifices they have made to ensure freedom in the United States.

The guests of honor began arriving to Bachelor Creek Church of Christ at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, where they were greeted and then led into the banquet hall to be seated for a complimentary meal consisting of salad, meatloaf, green beans, mashed potatoes, and a cherry dessert.

The stage in the room was covered with quilts, handmade by the Quilt of Honor quilters to hand out to veterans. Veterans that have already received a quilt in the past received a travel mug decorated with the American flag.

Before lunch was served, Bachelor Creek pastor, Solomon David prayed. Before doing so though, he pointed out the hard work of the quilters.

“I know these ladies do not do this for one shred of recognition, but I think it is important that we do recognize the time they have put into this event,” he said, followed by applause from all of the guests.

The ladies in this group volunteer their time and skills to make quilts for veterans, plan the event, and serve the food and pass out the gifts on the day of the luncheon.

Republicans John Burnsworth and Bryan Dillon were elected Tuesday, Nov. 5, to fill the two Wabash City Council at-large seats.

The two received the highest number of votes in the three-candidate field.

Burnsworth received 496 votes, while Dillon received 401 votes and Democrat Dan Townsend received 261 votes.

The City Council at-large race was the only contested race in the city in the 2019 Municipal General Election, and one of just three contested races in all of Wabash County.

In the other contested races, Laura Rager defeated Kevin Shambarger, 312-172, in the North Manchester Town Council District 1 race. Meanwhile, Tom Dale defeated Michael J. Larson, 330-150, in the NM Town Council District 3 race.

Rager and Dale are Republicans, while Larson and Shambarger ran as Independents.

The Paper of Wabash County, in conjunction with the Wabash Elks Lodge No.471, will host a free spaghetti dinner for Wabash County veterans and active duty personnel on Monday, Nov. 11.

The dinner will be from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 225 W. Main St., Wabash.

Veterans’ families may accompany them for the dinner. Organizers are asking for a free-will donation for non-veterans. That money will be donated to the Elks Veteran Service Program.

“We are very happy to partner with the local Elks Lodge to provide this free dinner to honor veterans,” Hometown Media President Don Hurd said. “We at The Paper feel it is very important to honor those who served to protect our freedom.