By Josh Sigler
jsigler@thepaperofwabash.com

Members of the Wabash High School business class IncubatorEdu were on hand to give presentations during the Monday, March 4 Wabash City Schools Board meeting.

The presentations centered on the type of business each group has started, and what the students have learned while enrolled in the program.

“I want these kids to know that they can start businesses right here in Wabash,” teacher Tyler Olson told the board before the start of the presentations. “… I want these kids to see successful businesspeople in our community, and to connect them before they leave us and go off to whatever their next step is, so they know they can come back. This program has done an awesome job of allowing that networking between professionals in our community and the students.”
 

By Joseph Slacian
jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com

Wabash City Hall will have new safety measures installed, largely due to the insistence of the city’s insurance company.

A partial wall cordoning off the various offices from the public will be installed by Mike Paul Construction. The Wabash Board of Public Works and Safety approved the work, expected to cost $5,800, when it met on Thursday, March 7.

The wall will go from the corners of the reception desk to the wall separating the clerk-treasurer’s office from the public area, and to the wall of the building commissioner’s office.
 

By Joseph Slacian
jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com

Anita Renfroe was familiar with the world of comedy. However, it was a suggestion by her three children to post a video clip to YouTube that helped many in the world of comedy get to know her.

The video, called “The Mom Song,” features Renfroe recapping her daylong conversations with her three kids in a little more than two minutes, all set to the tune of “The William Tell Overture.”

Renfroe will bring her comedy routine to the Honeywell Center’s Ford Theater at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14.

“(‘The Mom Song’) kicked me off into general consciousness,” she told The Paper of Wabash County during a recent telephone interview. “I was already touring with Women of Faith, which is an arena tour where we played like big basketball arenas around the country. I think I was better known inside the Christian market than in the market in general. I think that might be the first time the people outside the Christian touring world heard about me.”
 

Toby Tobias, North Manchester Town Council president, speaks at the State of the Community breakfast. Photo by Joseph Slacian

By Joseph Slacian
jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com

Communities in Wabash County experienced a variety of successes in 2018.

That was the word Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the second annual State of the Communities breakfast sponsored by Grow Wabash County.

But, as it is in nearly every case, the county also experienced some problems which officials hope to address in the future.

During the breakfast, emceed by Keith Gillenwater, Grow Wabash County president and CEO, representatives from the county’s incorporated municipalities spoke about the past year in their communities.
 

By Josh Sigler
jsigler@thepaperofwabash.com

MSD of Wabash County approved the recommendation to add School Resource Officers at its schools for the 2019-20 school year at its board meeting Tuesday night, Feb. 26.

The agreement calls for the placement one SRO at the district’s north schools, Northfield Junior-Senior High School, Sharp Creek Elementary and Metro North Elementary, and one at the district’s south schools, Southwood Junior-Senior High School, Southwood Elementary and White’s Junior-Senior High School, during the school day for the 180-day school year period.

By The Paper staff

Wabash County 4-H Junior Leaders will host a free Veteran’s Appreciation Dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 19.

The event will take place at the Lagro Town Hall, 230 Buchanan St., Lagro.

The dinner will include spaghetti, salad and an ice cream bar. The meal is open to active military personnel, veterans and a guest.
 

By The Paper Staff

NORTH MANCHESTER – Manchester Community Schools has scheduled its 2019 Kindergarten Roundup for Wednesday, March 20, at the Manchester Administrative Offices, 404 W. Ninth St.

The roundup will run from noon to 7 p.m.

Prior to March 20, parents will need to stop by the Manchester Junior High building or Manchester Elementary School, 301 S. River Road, to pick up a kindergarten packet.
 

By Joseph Slacian
jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com

Astronomy enthusiasts from around the area and, perhaps, the country, could flock to Wabash County in the near future to take advantage of a project planned by the Wabash County Astronomical Society.

Society representative Dr. John Levine discussed the group’s plans – dubbed the Mississinewa Sky Observatory -- with the Wabash City Council at its Feb. 25 meeting. He presented a brief film helping to illustrate what the group hopes to do.

The group plans to build a state-of-the-art facility in southern Wabash County that will allow users to view the cosmos in person. It also will allow those around the world to log in and perform research at the facility.