🌱 How a Pierceton Road rezoning could change land use near you

Hello Pierceton! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Pierceton Road rezoning could change land use near you
• Warsaw mourns Eileen Leek, with memorials directed to Pierceton shelter

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 77 and low of 66 degrees.
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 83, low: 66.
• Saturday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 84 and low of 61 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission Denies Two Petitions (timesuniononline.com) — A one-acre property off Pierceton Road in Pierceton has been rezoned from public use to agricultural, potentially changing how that land can be used in the future. At the same meeting, the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission denied two separate rezoning requests elsewhere in the county and advanced several subdivision and plat proposals affecting nearby communities.
   

• Eileen R. Leek (inkfreenews.com) — Local residents are remembering 87-year-old Eileen R. Leek of Warsaw, a devoted school lunch worker, musician, gardener, and animal lover who died Tuesday at home surrounded by family. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Animal Welfare League on 325E in Pierceton, supporting a cause she cherished.
   

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📸 Around Pierceton

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Meet the Teacher Night
  Jefferson Elementary School Winona Lake, IN 46590
  4:30 pm
• Back to School Night!
  Eisenhower Elementary School Warsaw, IN 46580
  4:30 pm
• Elementary Meet the Teacher Night
  Claypool Elementary School Claypool, IN 46510
  4:30 pm
• Oakwood Cemetery Board →
  City of Warsaw Calendar, 2191 E. Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw
  5:00 pm
• All Gone Blue →
  South Whitley Community Public Library, 201 E Front St, South Whitley
  7:00 pm

Friday August 7

• Board of Public Works & Safety →
  City of Warsaw Calendar, 2191 E. Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw
  10:30 am

Saturday August 8

• An afternoon with The Guardians →
  Rodeheaver Auditorium, 901 Park Ave, Winona Lake
  2:00 pm

Monday August 10

• Soccer Try-Outs
  Eisenhower Elementary School Warsaw, IN 46580
  6:00 pm
• Plan Commission →
  City of Warsaw Calendar, 102 S. Buffalo Street, Warsaw
  7:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

• Volleyball Try-out
  Eisenhower Elementary School Warsaw, IN 46580
  4:10 pm
• Aviation Board →
  City of Warsaw Calendar, 102 S. Buffalo Street, Warsaw
  5:15 pm
• Middle School Back-to-School Night
  Claypool Elementary School Claypool, IN 46510
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Adecco Group posted a job opening for Assembler in Pierceton. Apply here.
• AMETEK, Inc. posted a job opening for Anodizing Operator in Warsaw. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pierceton here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Winona Lake

• Tallman pitched soccer to South Bend in 1977 and made his goal ∣ The 9 (bluewaterhealthyliving.com)

Warsaw

• City of Warsaw acquires 11-acre lot near Kohl's in hopes of adding more development (newsnowwarsaw.com)
• Woman Flown To Fort Wayne Hospital After Vehicle Accident East Of Winona Lake (inkfreenews.com)
• Clay Township Board Caucus Rescheduled To Aug. 17 (inkfreenews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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