From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society.

Editor’s note: This is a retrospective article that runs a few times a month on InkFreeNews.

Information for this retrospective series is courtesy of the Kosciusko County Historical Society.

July 7, 1982 — It will be 11 days old and will have traveled across three states by the time it reaches Warsaw, but the Olympic flame will still be burning bright July 15 when eight local runners meet the entourage carrying the symbolic torch on the outskirts of the city and help it along its way to its destination — the National Sports Festival in Indianapolis.

Warsaw will greet the flame with a relay of eight runners, who will bring the flame downtown at 10 a.m. Troy Furnivall, Warsaw Community High School’s state champion sprinter, will lead the group, which includes WCHS hurdler Tracy Long; NCAA division II discus champion and former WCHS track star Randy Heisler; former WCHS sprinter Dave Harman; local running enthusiasts Dick Katte and Pam Shriver; and Ashley and Kerry White.

June 25, 1970 — Of 4,018 Selective Service Boards in the nation, members of the Kosciusko County Board became the first to resign en-masse today as a result of the recent Supreme Court decision liberalizing the definition of a conscientious objector. As of now, there is no “draft board” in Kosciusko County, each member having signed a letter of resignation to state director Col. Wayne Rhodes, mailed late yesterday.

The local Selective Service office, 518 S. Buffalo St., will remain open, however, with executive secretary Francis Hicks and clerk Helen Elliott on duty.

July 17, 1968 — County officials, gravely concerned with the far-reaching impact and dangers of marijuana, moved swiftly today to destroy the heavy concentration of the plant in the northwestern portion of Kosciusko County.

Spraying crews moved into the area this morning to begin spraying roadsides and county highway rights of way. However, Sheriff David Andrews issued an urgent appeal to all landowners in the area to eradicate the dangerous weed from their private property.

– Compiled by InkFreeNews reporter Lasca Randels