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103518
Title of Article
A STEP BACK IN HISTORY
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
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A tinsmith shapes a cup the old-fashioned way based on a design found at Fort Ouiatenon near modern-day West Lafayette. The fort, built in 1717, was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana. The presentation was part of Five Medals 2026, a two-day event at Amish Acres in Nappanee; Militiamen and frontiersmen chat during the Five Medals 2026 reenactment at Amish Acres in Nappanee. This was the second year the longtime event was held at Amish Acres; Kevin Stewart of Winona, Indiana, talk with guests about a modified Chippewa kitchen that might have been found in Wisconsin hundreds of years ago according to the work of archaeologists. The presentation was part of Five Medals 2026, a two-day event at Amish Acres in Nappanee; Joe Zdziebko of Osceola, a teacher and reenactor, shows a musketball used during the French and Indian War. Part of the Five Medals event at Amish Acres in Nappanee, Zdziebko was depicting a French marine of the 1750s and showed furs, maps and weapons used during the period; Members of various militia muster Saturday as part of Five Medals 2026, a two-day reenactment event at Amish Acres in Nappanee
Students present first doctoral dissertations at AMBS
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
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Janeen Bertsche Johnson, MDiv, of Goshen, (center) gives her AMBS Doctor of Ministry in Leadership professional dissertation presentation to listeners at AMBS in Elkhart and via Zoom on Jan. 29; James Rissler, PhD, of Macon, Georgia, gives his AMBS Doctor of Ministry in Leadership professional dissertation presentation to listeners at Atlanta Mennonite Church and via Zoom on March 4
Selge Construction workers labor on Jackson Boulevard on Thursday afternoon as part of the work being done for phase one of the construction that ends in June; MAPS: LEFT: Phase one of the construction includes Jackson Boulevard from Waterfall Drive through Main Street. The city said the Jackson Boulevard bridge and Waterfall Drive will remain open during this phase of the construction. The construction during phase one started in March and will continue through June. MIDDLE: Phase two of the construction will include work on Jackson Boulevard from the Main Street intersection through 3rd Street. The city said phase two of the construction will last from June until September. RIGHT: Phase three of the construction will include work on 3rd Street from Jackson Boulevard through the High Street intersection. This phase of construction will stretch from September through December, the city said.
Elkhart County Commissioner Suzie Weirick and Judge David Bonfiglio, both holding scissors, cut the ribbon in front of the courts complex; Elkhart County Commissioners Brad Rogers, Suzie Weirick and Bob Barnes receive the keys to the courthouse from lead architect Joe Mrak; Loretta Rush, chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, speaks Friday during a ceremony dedicating Elkhart County’s new courts complex
New Vision Life Choir sings at Community Missionary Baptist Church; Dana Freeman gives keynote speech; The Elkhart Community Chorus and the Indiana University South Bend Choral Union sing at the Elkhart Public Library; Rod Roberson speaks at Community Missionary Baptist Church; a line of vehicles replaces march; Brent Curry and crowd give a standing ovation to keynote speech
Fairfield Athletic Director Mark Engle; An exterior rendering of the Student Activity Center; Carrie Cannon, superintendent of Fairfield Community Schools; Sarah Elledge, Fairfield school board president; Marilee Keim, school board member; Tyler Rensberger, school board secretary; Aaron Rink, school board member; Brian Wogoman, school board vice president; Aaron Holy, Weigand Construction; Matt Hibner, Garmann Miller Architecture; Eric Schmiesing, Garmann Miller Architecture; and Jerry Hawkins, Garmann Miller Architecture. Lying on the ground in front is Mac Garner,
State Rep. Doug Miller (R-Elkhart) (center, back) welcomes members of the Elkhart Cowboys youth flag football team to the Statehouse Wednesday, March 8. Miller presented the team with a House Resolution honoring their runner-up finish at the AFFL Youth World Championships hosted by the Cleveland Browns, and then qualifying for the NFL Flag Championship at the NFL Pro Bowl Game.
Marchers travel from the Elkhart Civic Plaza to Community Baptist Church as part of the commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Elkhart Black Expo’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration draws a full crowd at Community Missionary Baptist Church in Elkhart on Monday. A large group gathers to watch a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Washington on Monday.
A mural was unveiled in downtown Elkhart honoring Rio Allred, who died by suicide on March 14. It would have been Rio’s 13th birthday. A horse-drawn carriage brings the casket carrying U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski to Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. ABOVE: Authorities investigate a shooting in June at 1319 W. Franklin St. in Elkhart that left two people dead. RIGHT: A fire at 25445 C.R. 38 east of Wakarusa destroyed two barns and left extensive side damage to a third, one of a string of fires plaguing area farmers in 2021. Garvin Roberson, coaching girls basketball at Elkhart Memorial, was one of the best athletes to come out of Elkhart. Job seekers flocked to the Engineering, Technology and Innovation building eager to fill open positions at local companies
Sam Trowbridge, Kathleen Moore, Kennadie Rumble, Hayley Marshall, Chloe Conley-Shannon, Olivia Jackson, Abi Schmidt and Karen Ramirez-Fernandez; Jaylin Lozo and Sahara Smith
4 local marching bands leave state finals proud of their work
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
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The Concord Marching Minutemen perform “On The Right Track” at Lucas Oil Stadium, placing sixth in Class B at the Indiana State Music Association State Finals on Saturday. Goshen’s Crimson Marching Band performs “City Lights” at Lucas Oil Stadium, placing seventh in Class A at the Indiana State Music Association State Finals on Saturday
