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CHS grad puts spotlight on human sex trafficking

by Tamara Lyons
Features Editor

HUNTERTOWN – Kyle Ginder just graduated from the University of Indianapolis and she’ll be married in a couple of months, but for her senior honors project she decided to research a topic that leads girls and women down a much different path than the one she has taken.
Ginder, 21, admits she knew little about human trafficking before a friend suggested she make it the focus of her senior project. It’s a broad term that describes the process of enslaving and exploiting children and adults to work in settings that range from sweatshops and farms to the commercial sex industry.

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 May 2013 11:21

Hotel and restaurant planned for Grabill

by Tamara Lyons
Features Editor

GRABILL – Out-of-town visitors to the community known for its quaint shops and Amish farms will not have to leave town to find a hotel and they will have plenty of home-cooked food to eat while they’re there if the Grabillhaus Essen & Schlafen is built.
Plans call for the 34-room hotel and Amish-style restaurant to be built in the Grabill Country Village, which is home to the town’s grocery store, the Grabill Save-A-Lot. The hotel and restaurant would be built behind Grabill Country Sales, located at 13813 Fairview Dr.

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 May 2013 11:19

NACS grad rate second in state

Six schools earn 4-Star Award

by Tamara Lyons
Features Editor

FORT WAYNE – Northwest Allen County Schools’ 2012 graduation rate of 97.2 percent was the second highest in the state.
The Indiana Department of Education released verified graduation data for state public and private schools on Monday.
Crown Point Community School Corporation led the list, graduating 97.4 percent of its senior class.
“We were only one child away from being top in the State of Indiana,” Superintendent Chris Himsel said Monday night at the Northwest Allen County Schools board meeting.

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 May 2013 11:18

NACS to detail plans for bond refinancing relief

by Tamara Lyons
Features Editor

FORT WAYNE – Northwest Allen County Schools will hold a hearing on June 10 to detail how approximately $3 million raised through a proposed bond refinancing would be spent.
The district has been exploring ways it can come up with additional funds to help offset the losses it has encountered due to the property tax caps. The district hired the Ice Miller law firm and the H.J. Umbaugh and Associates accounting firm to determine the available options.

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 May 2013 11:19

Huntertown VFW Post placing flags near Veterans graves

by Ryan Schwab
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HUNTERTOWN - On Friday, May 24, at 9:00 a.m., Huntertown VFW Post 11314 will be putting flags on the graves of veterans at Huntertown Cemetery on Cedar Canyon Rd.
The group is looking for volunteers interested in helping with this project. Volunteers are asked to simply show up at 9 a.m. and they will be given directions.