Talk of the Town - Whitley County

(Talk of the Town photo by Jennifer Zartman Romano) After many months of education and preparation, a group of 20 children from St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church in Columbia City celebrated their First Communion at Mass this morning. From left in row one is Andrew J. Smith, Joshua Hildebrand, James Romano, Colin Wood and Charles Furlotte. Row two, from left, is Brock Roy, Kyle Reust, Tyler Henry, Mariah Schaefer, Andria Teegardin, Brayton Roy, Brayden Schilling and Juvenal Hernandez. Row three, from left, is Kiley Maher, Hunter Alles, Raylynn Johnson, Jessica McFarland, Katie Wolter, Grace Mills and Tori Snyder. Assisting with this year's classes and the sacrament of First Communion was, from left standing in back, Renee Wight, Sam Wight, Tracey Peterson, Father Larry Kramer, Zachary Wight and Anita Kelley.