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Lions supper nets $1,100 for food pantry

March 8, 2011

By
Culver Citizen

Culver’s Lions Club offers “hats off” to the people of the four-county area that came out on a cold Friday evening recently to eat some of the finest chili this side of Texas and to financially support the Culver Food Pantry.
"The Culver Lions and the Culver Community Council of Churches salute you," says Lion Don Freese. "Your generosity resulted in $1,100 going to the Culver Food Pantry.

CMA tops St. Joe for Plymouth Sectional championship

March 7, 2011

By
James Costello

PLYMOUTH — Two weeks ago Culver Community made program history with its first-ever regional girls basketball championship.
On Saturday, neighboring Culver Military Academies bucked its own historical trend, capturing its first sectional championship since joining the IHSAA state series 36 years ago, with a 66-57 victory over South Bend St. Joseph’s in the Class 3A Sectional 19 final at Plymouth.

Library will take credit cards, expand internet speed - downloadable books added

March 7, 2011

By
Jeff Kenney

The Culver-Union Township Public Library is on its way to accepting credit card payments for overdue fines, damages, and other fees patrons may incur, following a vote February 15 at the library board’s regular monthly meeting.

Childish choices and scape-goating teachers ("The View from Main Street" editorial, week of March 3)

March 7, 2011

By
Jeff Kenney

Note: this editorial column appeared in the March 3, 2011 Culver Citizen, partly in conjunction with a cover story (also featured on this website) about Culver area teachers' trip to the statehouse recently in response to proposed legislation. References to Cory Monnier's column pertain to a column appearing on the same page of that edition of the paper. --editor.

Eagles in, Pilgrims out at Sectional 19

March 7, 2011

By
James Costello

PLYMOUTH — Culver Military Academy rallied past Mishawaka Marian for a 55-51 reprisal victory, while South Bend St. Joseph’s used suffocating defense to knock out defending champion Plymouth in Class 3A Sectional 19 semifinal action at The Rock Friday.
The Eagles and the Indians will face off in the championship game tonight at 7:30 p.m. EST.
ST. JOE 57, PLYMOUTH 44
The old adage goes that the best defense is a good offense, but St. Joe showed that sometimes good defense can make for a pretty good offense, too.

Music you can bank on

March 7, 2011

By
Jeff Kenney

Chad Van Herk, familiar to many in Culver as the manager of the local First Farmers Bank, charmed his audience at Culver’s REAL Meals last week with a mixture of original and familiar songs, which he sang to his own guitar playing. The audience was singing along with his last two numbers, “What a Wonderful World” (popularized by Louis Armstrong) and the Guy Lombardo classic, “Enjoy Yourself.” Van Herk said he’s been playing for more than 14 years and even cut a CD a few years ago, which is available online.

Census’ Culver numbers could hurt, says Council

March 4, 2011

By
Jeff Kenney

Recently-released census figures have come in indicating Culver’s population is down by about 200 persons, a matter which will impact the town of Culver’s funding in coming years.
This was part of the discussion at last week’s regular meeting of the Culver Town Council, during which Town Clerk Casey Howard ran some of the numbers.
The year 2000 census indicated Culver had a population of 1,539, said Howard, while the 2010 poll shows 1,353. Council member Ed Pinder asked Howard if she had any theories as to the change.

Culver teachers at the statehouse: local faculty discuss controversial legislation, perception of their profession

March 3, 2011

By
Jeff Kenney

Last week was a memorable one for Indiana politics, and that may go double for six Culver Community Schools teachers, who (using personal days on their own time) spent the day at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis last Tuesday, in the midst of heated protests and attention surrounding two controversial pieces of legislation.

This week's Mystery Citizen (March 3 edition)

March 3, 2011

By
Culver Citizen

Here's this week's Mystery Citizen for Culver. Please send guesses to citizen@culcom.net by Monday, March 7.

If these walls could talk: 108 N. Main Street

March 2, 2011

By
Jeff Kenney

(Part 3 of a series) We continue our series of semi-regular journeys through Culver’s past as we look at the lives of historic buildings in the Culver area. For now, we’re strolling down Main Street’s east side in downtown Culver, making our way south.

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First innings doom Pilgrims, Eagles
LAKEVILLE — Slow starts led to quick exits for Plymouth and Culver Girls Academy in first-round...
Molden is golden for Lions
TOPEKA — Emily Molden seemed to figure something out at the plate Monday night. The freshman third...
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