Elster L. McWha, 92, a resident of Blue Lake near Churubusco and formerly of Huntington, died Wednesday afternoon, July 30, 2008, at Grandview Health & Rehab in Martinsville. He had been in declining health after suffering an apparent stroke in February.  More…

A group of Churubusco firefighters recently traveled to Van Wert to begin the process of building their new fire rescue truck. They hope to have everything finalized and take delivery after the first of the year. The new truck will be replacing a very outdated and worn out Chevy box van that the department currently [...]

Mary H. Rollins, 66, a resident of Churubusco and wife of Clyde A. Rollins, died at 5:55 a. m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at her home following an extended illness. Mrs. Rollins was born in Kendallville on March 1, 1942, a daughter of James and Elizabeth “Betty” (Rodgers) Ohlwine, and spent her formative [...]

Busco Police Log

Churubusco Police Log, July 20-28, 2007
Sunday, July 20:
12:10 a.m. - Check garage at Main and Egolf streets, Code 702;
2:50 p.m. - Gibbs in for accident report $3;
4:01 p.m. - Signal 8 at 515 North Main Street;
4:04 p.m. - T. Brown advised that her husband was intoxicated and ran into their garage;
4:27 p.m. - [...]

Gerald L. Bucher, 86, a former resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County and a native of Silver Lake, died at 10:01 p. m. on Saturday, July 26, 2008, at Heritage Park in Fort Wayne. Although he had been in declining health for some time, he had only been seriously ill for the past two [...]

[ August 18, 2008; ] Monday August 18th, 2008

The Churubusco Farmers Market is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon at the southeast corner of U.S. 33 (Main Street) and S.R. 205 (Whitley Street) in the C & A Tool Engineering parking lot.
The market is sponsored by the Town of Churubusco and the site is donated by owner of C & A [...]

Smith Township had a number of participants in the Whitley County 4-H Fair. The township now has three active groups - Smith Hoosiers, Smith Worker Bees and Smith Harvesters. Some of those Smith Township 4-Hers are shown in the fair photos below.
For more 4-H fair photos and stories on this site go to the Features [...]

Photo courtesy of the Wanamaker Collection, Mathers Museum of World Cultures) An exhibit of turn of the century photographs of Native American will be on display at the Whitley County Historical Museum from August 1-27. The photographs in black and white, such as the one above, document the lives of American Indians during a great [...]

The Bargain House in Churubusco is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Owners Bob and Michelle Tartaglia of rural Churubusco will host a series of anniversary events beginning with a 3-day anniversary sale this week.
Watch this Web site to see an in-depth feature in the very near future on how the Tartaglias started with a garage sale and [...]

[ August 14, 2008 to August 15, 2008. ] August 14th & 15th, 2008 - Teachers only, no students

When Nedra Moudy Krider was born on July 25, 1910, the Boy Scouts of America had just formed in Chicago, Tel Aviv was one month old, Chicago celebrated the opening of its new ball stadium, Comiskey Park, and the U.S. Congress established Glacier National Park in Montana.
Friday, July 25, Nedra will celebrate her 98th birthday.

Nedra [...]

Indiana School Board Association’s (ISBA) Mentor Michael Adamson conducted an information session on Monday, July 14, at 7 p.m. in the administration board room of Smith-Green Community Schools.
Adamson distributed ISBA publications including the “ISBA Code Of Ethics,” “Understanding Indiana’s Open Door Law, ” “The Role of the School Board President,” “Hoosier School Board Members,” and [...]

The Whitley County Salvation Army and the Kiwanis Club plan to “Pack a Van” with school supplies - with the public’s help - from 2-5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1.
Triers Automotive of Columbia City will supply the van and Salvation Army and Kiwanis volunteers will be in the parking lot of the Columbia CIty Wal-Mart store to accept donations of [...]

DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home will once again host the annual Senior Fair Saturday, Sept. 6, from 9 a.m.-12 noon.
The event is free to the general public. 
In addition to over 30 different booths for seniors, this year’s event will include  blood screens for cholesterol and other lab tests available for a nominal fee and two [...]

The Martin Brothers Blues Band - hosted by Rock 104 - got a chance to perform Friday night of the Three Rivers Festival at Headwaters Park in downtown Fort Wayne.
Drummer Garry Jones of Churubusco is shown playing for the crowd.
(Photo contributed)

CHURUBUSCO — The Indiana Third District Democrats are hosting the monthly Breakfast Club Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at Brevin’s Downtown Eatery & Lounge, 200 S.  Main St., Churubusco.
Featured speaker will be Richard Wood, candidate for Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction. Wood will elaborate on the current state of education in Indiana.
Any Democrat is welcome to [...]

The Smith-Green School Board approved the purchase of the house in the foreground at 233 W. Washington St. The elementary school can be seen in the background.

 
The superintendent of Smith-Green Community Schools said she would like to see the teacher’s contract settled and signed before school starts next month.
Churubusco teachers have been working three years without [...]