By David Fenker
david@nmpaper.com
The Roann Covered Bridge is being scouted as a site for a dinner in late April 2017.
Wabash County Coordinator Jim Dils informed the County Commissioners that Indiana Landmarks, an organization devoted to restoring and revitalizing historic buildings in Indiana, would like to use the bridge as a location for their Preserving Historic Places Conference.
“They’re inquiring about using the Roann Covered Bridge for a dinner,” Dils said.
“They said they anticipate possibly as many as 250 people.”
He will send the organization a modified version of their existing agreement, which will include the use of the bridge, and return it to the commissioners for approval once Indiana Landmarks has signed it.
In other news, Sheriff Bob Land informed the commissioners that, as of Monday, Nov. 28, the Wabash County Jail currently holds 87 inmates, with 53 being held in Miami County and four in Elkhart. The Sheriff’s Department performed 11 prisoner transfers last week.
Land also reminded the commissioners that the next meeting for the new jail project will be on Thursday, Dec. 15.