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JV Girls' Team Edged In Championship Game
04 Jan 2007 - ( Sports )

The Manchester JV girls’ basketball team fell behind early, but used a 10-0 second quarter and an 11-2 run to start the second half to cruise to a 34-19 win over Wabash in the first round of the Wabash County Tourney.
Manchester was 1-7 in the first quarter, but went 15-27 the rest of the way.
After falling behind 6-2, Jessica Bedke and Denae Pyle both scored to tie it up at 6-6,
Julie Seifert made it a 12-6 game with three straight baskets in the final two minutes of the half.
In the second half, Pyle and Kristen Lahman started the scoring for a 16-6 lead, and a basket from Seifert and a three point play from Bedke made it 21-8 with 2:00 left in the third quarter.
Seifert led the Lady Squires with 10 points and two rebounds, Pyle had seven points and two rebounds, Fratus had six points and two rebounds, Bedke had five points and three rebounds, and Kyla Zile and Lahman both had two points and three rebounds.
Championship Game
The JV team fell behind early, and couldn’t get closer than the final two point margin in a 32-30 loss to Northfield in the championship game of the county tourney.
Baskets from Lahman and Bedke gave Manchester a 4-2 lead, but Northfield went on a 7-0 run and never trailed.
In the second quarter, Amber Fratus got a steal and lay up to end an eight minute scoring drought, but Northfield ended the half with a basket and two free throws to take a 13-6 lead.
After falling behind 15-6 in the early going of the third quarter, Fratus tried her best to get her team back into the game, scoring six straight points to cut the lead to 15-12, but Northfield ended the quarter on a 6-1 run to lead 21-13.
Fratus scored Manchester’s next two baskets, but Northfield answered with baskets of their own to keep the lead at eight points.
Manchester made one last push in the final minute of the game, as Bedke hit a free throw, but missed her second to cut the lead to 30-25.
Zile grabbed the rebound on Bedke’s miss and scored to cut the lead to three points.
Northfield’s Carly Mast hit one free throw to give the Lady Norse a 31-27 lead.
Bedke tried to cut the lead to one with a three pointer, but was off the mark.
Mast hit 1-2 from the line to give the Norse a 32-27 lead with 3.3 seconds left, and Bedke made it a 32-30 score with a three pointer at the buzzer.
Fratus led Manchester with 11 points, Bedke had six points, Zile had four points and four rebounds, Lahman had two points and four steals, and Pyle had one point and four rebounds

Near $400,000 Grant Awarded For TLC Renovations
14 Dec 2006 - ( Front Page )

by Amy Kraner
Town Council learned December 6 that North Manchester would receive a $394,975 Community Focus Fund grant to renovate the historic Thomas Marshall Town Life Center.
The Town Life Center will get a new roof, a new electrical system that will take the building up to safety code specifications, new ADA compliant restrooms on the first level, and preservations/retrofitting to the existing windows, including scraping and painting the interior and exterior.
The Community Services of North Manchester has worked with the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana and a grant writer from Region III-A to secure the grant through two previous grant proposals.
Apparently the third time is the charm for a grant proposal that went through the competitive Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), which receives federal funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The $507,300 project includes a $20,000 match from the town and donations from local contributors. The grant award funds will take some time to come in—the town was told not to expect to see them until summer 2007.
The next steps include the writing of the bid specifications for a variety of construction firms, which will be handled by the architect firm involved in the project, Scearce Rudisel Architects. ....Read More

MHS Play To Use Audience Involvement
14 Dec 2006 - ( Front Page )

by Tim McLaughlin
Night of January 16th has been chosen as the second production in this year’s theatre season for Manchester High School.
A classic WHO DUNNIT! This courtroom drama takes the audience through the murder trial of Karen Andre. Night of January 16th, written by author Ayn Rand, is a murder trial without a pre-arranged verdict. The jurors are selected from the audience. They witness the play as real jurors, sitting on stage in the jurors box, and reach a verdict at the end of the last act. Two endings are written for the play and the actors must be ready for either ending to be used according to the verdict.
“Audience members will have a chance to put their names in a lottery to be drawn at the beginning of the show if they would like to have a chance to serve on the jury,” said Director Marilyn Sexton Mason.
Mason said that she has enjoyed bringing this courtroom drama to the high school stage. “This is a completely different kind of show for the students to experience. All of the witnesses, lawyers and court employees have their moment to impact the way the jurors and the audience will view this case. Those of us involved in the show are very anxious to see what the verdict will be at each performance.
“The cast is actually hoping for different verdicts at each show. I hope that everyone can listen to the testimony of the witnesses and try to put the pieces of the case together for themselves. It should make for some interesting conversations after the show,” Mason added. ....Read More

Park Board Approves Conducting Phone Surveys
14 Dec 2006 - ( Front Page )

by Amy Kraner
As part of updating their five-year master plan, the Park and Recreation Department will be conducting phone surveys starting the end of this week.
Staton reported at the Dec. 11 board meeting that they plan to pull numbers from the North Manchester phone book and ask residents what they want to see happen with the parks and programs in town.
The surveys will be conducted by the Park Dept. employees and will include questions relating to household size and age groups, use of park facilities and programs, and future projects.
The surveys will likely include questions concerning a trail system and a new park area at a Park Avenue site that was recently cleaned up by the town.
Staton said that the master plan would also include plans for adding a pavilion and parking at Frantz Park.
The department choose a phone-based survey so that they can get a higher return rate than they got from written surveys five years ago, when they had only 146 responses.
The Department of Natural Resources is pushing for a 70% return rate for such surveys.
The board will be holding a public hearing for comments on the revised master plan on Jan. 4, 2007, 7 p.m., at the Seward Memorial Building.
In other news, Staton reported that they had discovered $100.73 missing from the drawer at the pool complex the morning of Dec. 8.
The drawer apparently had $200 at 10 p.m., Dec. 7, and was discovered short the next morning. ....Read More

Applications Available For Community Foundation Scholarships
14 Dec 2006 - ( Front Page )

Don’t miss your chance to apply for college money! A new scholarship has been added to the common application thanks to generous and thoughtful donors in the community. Applications for a variety of 2007 scholarships offered through the Community Foundation of Wabash County are available in guidance counselors’ offices, at the Foundation and online at www.cfwabash.org. A number of these scholarships are available to both traditional and non-traditional students. Traditional students are those who will be graduating from high school during the current school year; non-traditional students are those who graduated from high school prior to the current school year.
While students should refer to the official application materials for a complete description of Community Foundation scholarships, a brief summary of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship and scholarships that require the Community Foundation’s Common Application are listed below.
Important Note: The College Cost Estimator must be filled out by those applying for all of the scholarships administered by the Foundation. Filling out the College Cost Estimator form also allows applicants to participate in the free College Cost Estimator Service, provided by the National Center for College Costs, which helps Wabash County students and their families find ways to make college affordable.
Full-Tuition Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships ....Read More

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