Jeanene Calabrese Recognized in Top Percentile in IRONMAN 70.3

 
 

Jeanene Calabrese of Winamac was recently honored for being positioned in the top 10% in the IRONMAN 70.3 which also gives her Bronze All-World Athlete status.

The IRONMAN 70.3 competition consists of swimming 1.2 miles, followed by 56 miles of biking, and concludes with a 13.1 mile run. Calabrese was able to finish the competition in June of 2013 in a time of 6 hours 20 minutes and 37 seconds. Then in July of 2013 she finished in an impressive 6 hours 14 minutes and 45 seconds.

Don’t Give Pets as Easter Gifts

  
 

It is not recommended to give live animals as gifts, according to Suzanne Crider from the Starke County Humane Society.

The Easter holiday is this weekend and some people may think that giving a live chick or bunny as a gift for Easter is a great idea, but Crider has another suggestion.

“We run into this at Christmas time,” noted Crider. “People want to give a Christmas gift so they’re going to get Dad a puppy. What we suggest is if that’s truly what Dad wants, start buying him the supplies. Contact your shelter and see if they give gift certificates. If you know somebody that already has animals, give a gift certificate from their vet or pay something on the vet bill to help with the cost of that. There’s a lot of things that you can do beforehand to help get a person ready to have a new pet in the family. By all means, let them be the one that picks out their companion for the coming years.”

If you’d like to see what animals are available for adoption at the Starke County Humane Society, click here.

 

Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum Offers Easter Trains This Weekend

HVRM Tourist Train
HVRM Tourist Train

The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson will be giving Easter Train Rides beginning on April 19th.

The excursion is a round-trip from the depot and crosses the Kankakee River and English Lake in a trip that goes over five miles. The trip also travels to a park along the tracks where passengers disembark to take part in an Easter Egg Hunt.

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Community Services of Starke County Hosts Tailgaiting Fundraiser

 

David Haugh
David Haugh

Attention sports fans. Don’t miss your chance to hang out with Chicago Tribune sports writer David Haugh and bid on some exclusive Chicago sports SWAG Saturday night. He’s headlining a tailgaiting party Saturday night at the Nancy J. Dembowski Community Center to benefit a nonprofit organization close to his heart. His mother, Joan, is the executive director of Community Services of Starke County. Proceeds from “Tailgaiting with David Haugh and Charlie Adams” will all benefit the agency. Haugh says the organization was a part of his life when he was growing up in North Judson and is very important to Starke County because of all of the services they provide. He and former WSBT sportscaster Charlie Adams will be at the 5 p.m. event, which will include a live auction of a lot of sports memorabilia. Items up for bid include items from the reigning Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks and footballs signed by Chicago Bears players. The Chicago White Sox also donated items, and a signed Notre Dame Football will be sold as well. Continue reading

Culver Community Schools to Consider “Balanced Schedule”

 

Culver Community High School will consider moving to a "balanced schedule".
Culver Community High School will consider moving to a “balanced schedule”.

The Culver Community School Corporation is one of many area schools to consider moving to a “Balanced Calendar” in the near future. The Balanced Calendar approach would not mean a year-round school approach, but rather would spread out the required 180 school days over the course of the year, allowing regular break time for holidays, spring and fall breaks, as well as remediation periods. A meeting will be held on Wednesday April 9th at 7:00 p.m. EDT in the Culver Community High School Auditorium to present the possible benefits of the calendar change. Attendees will be asked to fill out a survey regarding their opinions at the conclusion of the meeting.

2013 WKVI All-Area Football Team Announced

OFFENSE

OL: Dalton Button (Winamac)

OL: Laz Conley (West Central)

OL: Quest Fritz (Winamac)

OL: Caleb Robbins (NJSP)

OL: Hunter Schuman (John Glenn)

RB: Tyler Katschke (Winamac)

RB: Michael Schmeltz (John Glenn)

WR: Trent Elliott (Culver)

WR: Robert Miller (South Central)

QB: Parker Fox (Winamac)

DEFENSE

DL: Bayland Brown (NJSP)

DL: Sean Lynch (Winamac)

DL: Alex Morrow (South Central)

DL: Rodney Oliver (West Central)

LB: Parker Fritz (West Central)

LB: Keegan Kasten (Winamac)

LB: Keaton Leszek (NJSP)

LB: Mitch Reed (Winamac)

DB: Eric Dan (Knox)

DB: Preston Hansel (Culver)

DB: Levi Schultz (Winamac)

Football Coaching Leaders

(Through 11-1-13)

Tim Roth-Winamac (33 years): 213-132  .617

Kirk Kennedy-NJSP (23 years): 168-104  .618

Andy Thomas-Culver (14 years): 90-67  .573

Dan Klimczak-South Central (8 years): 71-19  .789

Darren Rodriguez-West Central (6 years): 32-32  .500

Chris McGowen-Knox (2 years): 5-15  .250

Dave Sharpe-John Glenn (1 year): 6-5  .545

Week 12 Football Picks

Harold’s Picks (53-9)

John Glenn-27  Andrean-21

Winamac-36  West Central-20

Nathan’s Picks (46-16)

Andrean-42  John Glenn-14

Winamac-48  West Central-18

Tom’s Blind Picks (32-30)

Andrean over John Glenn

Winamac over West Central

Knox 7th Grade Team Completes Undefeated Season

Knox 7th Grade FB
Players: Matt Potthoff, Billy Durkiewicz, Austin Taulbee, Brock Taulbee, Paden Shidler, Colton Back, Jared Prater, Cole Bridegroom, Dawson Patrick, Kevin Lovins, Julian Godinez, Austin Smith, Josh Alexander, Koy Wagner, Josh Fletcher, Clint Stacy, Richard Archer, Jerris Pezzuto, Donnie Salyers, Dusty Krick, Dawson McCarty, Kane Howard, Kendall Pfost, Dalton Kohn, Erik Taylor, Silas Roberts, Ethan Kletz, Martin Napierkowski, Aizak Gast. Managers: Donnis Davis, Paige Byer, Synthia Weliczko, Sophia Parker. Coaches: Kyle McCan, Ryan Marsh, Kyle Radtke, Alex Windbigler, Devin Garbison, Larry Mullins, Byron Osbourne.

 

For the second consecutive year the Knox 7th grade football team completed an undefeated season going a perfect 9-0 and winning the Northern State Conference Championship. The Redskins outscored their opponents 178-25 while having a +10 turnover margin. Dawson Patrick was the team’s offensive leader rushing for 761 yards and scoring 17 touchdowns. The Redskins had 11 different players record rushing attempts this season while 18 different players recorded at least one tackle. Congratulations to the Knox 7th grade football team on their championship season!

Football Coaching Leaders

(Through 10-25-13)

Tim Roth-Winamac (33 years): 212-132  .616

Kirk Kennedy-NJSP (23 years): 168-103  .620

Andy Thomas-Culver (14 years): 90-66  .577

Dan Klimczak-South Central (8 years): 71-19  .789

Darren Rodriguez-West Central (6 years): 31-32  .492

Chris McGowen-Knox (2 years): 5-15  .250

Dave Sharpe-John Glenn (1 year): 5-5  .500

Week 11 Football Picks

Harold’s Picks (49-9)

John Glenn-40  Hammond-21

Rensselaer-42  NJSP-20

West Central-41  Culver-35

Winamac-47  Whiting-20

Nathan’s Picks (43-15)

John Glenn-28  Hammond-14

Rensselaer-35  NJSP-14

Culver-27  West Central-20

Winamac-42  Whiting-21

Tom’s Blind Picks (30-28)

Hammond over John Glenn

Rensselaer over NJSP

Culver over West Central

Winamac over Whiting

Week 10 Football Picks

Harold’s Picks (44-8)

Andrean-56  Knox-7

John Glenn-27  Mishawaka Marian-14

NJSP-31  North Newton-14

West Central-27  Triton-21

Winamac-52  Lake Station-13

South Central-40  Culver-30

Nathan’s Picks (38-14)

Andrean-56  Knox-7

Mishawaka Marian-35  John Glenn-21

NJSP-35  North Newton-14

West Central-48  Triton-12

Winamac-50  Lake Station-7

Culver-34  South Central-28

Tom’s Blind Picks (24-28)

Andrean over Knox

John Glenn over Mishawaka Marian

NJSP over North Newton

West Central over Triton

Winamac over Lake Station

Culver over South Central

Football Coaching Leaders

(Through 10-18-13)

Tim Roth-Winamac (33 years): 211-132  .615

Kirk Kennedy-NJSP (23 years): 167-103  .619

Andy Thomas-Culver (14 years): 89-66  .574

Dan Klimczak-South Central (8 years): 71-18  .798

Darren Rodriguez-West Central (6 years): 30-32  .483

Chris McGowen-Knox (2 years): 5-14  .263

Dave Sharpe-John Glenn (1 year): 4-5  .444

Week 9 Football Picks

Harold’s Picks (37-8)

Culver-21  LaVille-20

New Prairie-56  Knox-7

Twin Lakes-28  NJSP-7

South Central-30  River Forest-21

Pioneer-40  West Central-20

Winamac-56  Frontier-0

Bremen-34  John Glenn-21

Nathan’s Picks (34-11)

Culver-28  LaVille-21

New Prairie-56  Knox-8

NJSP-28  Twin Lakes-14

South Central-16  River Forest-14

West Central-40  Pioneer-35

Winamac-56  Frontier-7

John Glenn-21  Bremen-14

Tom’s Blind Picks (20-25)

Culver over LaVille

Knox over New Prairie

NJSP over Twin Lakes

River Forest over South Central

Pioneer over West Central

Winamac over Frontier

Bremen over John Glenn

Football Coaching Leaders

(Through 10-11-13)

Tim Roth-Winamac (33 years): 210-132  .614

Kirk Kennedy-NJSP (23 years): 167-102  .621

Andy Thomas-Culver (14 years): 88-66  .571

Dan Klimczak-South Central (8 years): 70-18  .795

Darren Rodriguez-West Central (6 years): 30-31  .491

Chris McGowen-Knox (2 years): 5-13  .277

Dave Sharpe-John Glenn (1 year): 4-4 .500