the news sun – december 24, 2013
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Eagleson LaGrange’snew town manager
LAGRANGE — Mark Eagleson has been hired to become LaGrange town manager. The town council, which Eagleson serves as president, made the decision last week.
Eagleson will assume the new position Jan. 20 and will be resigning his seat on the town board.
The LaGrange County Democratic Party has 30 days to appoint Eagleson’s replace-ment on the council, who will serve until Eagleson’s term expires at the end of 2014. The town will not hold a special election.
Eagleson said demands on the town required the board to create the new town manager position. He said the position will allow him and the town’s clerk-treasurer, Laurie Miller, to oversee the daily business of the town.
“This creates a sort of checks-and-balances system with Laurie,” Eagleson said. He also pointed out that LaGrange previously operated with an offi ce staff of four, and hiring him as the new town manager brings the town’s staff back up to four people.
Eagleson has been a member of the LaGrange town council since 2006.
Portion of U.S. 20closed due to crash
SHIPSHEWANA — A Portion of U.S. 20 near Shipshewana in LaGrange County was closed after a traffi c accident at about 9:30 p.m., according to WANE-TV news.
The road was still closed late Monday night.
No information about the accident was available.
BY BOB [email protected]
ALBION — A proposed change in the Indiana tax code could remove 10 percent of Noble County government’s general fund budget, the Noble County Board of Commissioners learned Monday.
The Indiana General Assembly is considering a proposal to do away with the business personal property tax, Noble County Auditor Jackie Knafel said Monday.
Knafel calculated that business personal property tax accounts for about $922,000 of the county’s $9 million general fund budget.
Including money from outside the general fund, the impact of the change would be closer to $1.1 million, she said.
The fi gures are only those for Noble County government, and do not include cities, towns, schools, libraries and other taxing units that would be affected.
Commissioner Chad Kline said he and other commissioners have spoken to state legislators, telling them they oppose such a change because of the impact it would have on budgets.
Knafel explained that, under Indiana law, the change’s impact would be spread among other taxes and taxpayers.
“Somebody has to make up those gaps, and it’s all the rest of us,” she said.
Also Monday, the commis-sioners:
• learned that the county employee health clinic saved the county $337,969 in 2013.
By using the We Care clinic, the county and employees saved money on insurance payments for medical costs, Knafel said. Most of the savings came on prescriptions, with other expenses including offi ce visits comprising the rest of the savings.
About 80 percent of the county’s employees used the clinic in 2013, Knafel said.
The clinic is a joint effort of the county and the Central Noble Community School Corp., serving both agencies’ employees and their families.
• approved a service contract to pay a $16,909 annual fee to Frontier North Inc. for equipment and software mainte-nance on the county’s Solarcom E-911 system.
The $128,000 system was installed 14 months ago, said Noble County E-911 executive director Mitch Fiandt. The service contract will provide comprehensive monitoring and maintenance of all aspects of the system.
Business tax cut would cost county
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The Kendallville Public Library and Limberlost Public Library recently had a Food for Fines event, with the libraries accepting nonperishable food for the Friendship Food Pantry in Kendall-ville and the Helping Hands Food Pantry in
Rome City in place of library fi nes. Kendallville Public Library staff members Janice DeLong and Ron Stratman show the collected food, including items donated by the library staff.
BY KATHRYN [email protected]
The generosity of others is allowing northeast Indiana organi-zations to spread blessings this holiday season.
“Everybody has really pitched in and helped with the needs,” said Richard Yoder, board chairman of the LaGrange County Christmas Bureau, a holiday charity operated by the Clothes and Food Basket of LaGrange County.
This year the bureau expected to serve a few less families than in previous recent years, Yoder said. As of Dec. 16, the bureau had helped 400 families in the 11 days it had operated since Dec. 2.
While the number of people seeking assistance has dropped
slightly, the needs of the bureau remained great.
“The Lord has really blessed us,” Yoder said. Donations of money allow the bureau to purchase food from Community Harvest for 19 cents a pound.
“It gives us the buying power,” Yoder said of monetary donations. He said he has been sharing this information with various groups and organizations and they seem to be responding.
This season the bureau has purchased 250 turkeys to distribute to families. Yoder said the bureau also provides toys, which families appreciate at this time of year.
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program’s Community Center of Caring food pantry has seen high demand this holiday season, as
well as throughout the rest of the year.
By Dec. 17 the pantry had served 317 families and 1,270 individuals in DeKalb County during the month. Of those, 19 families and 79 individuals were new to the pantry, said RSVP executive director Patti Sheppard.
RSVP is grateful to the numerous organizations and individuals that donate items and money the pantry can redistribute to those in need, Sheppard said.
This holiday season, DeKalb Central school bus drivers organized a “Stuff-A-Bus” food and coat drive. Nonperishable food donations, monetary contributions and new or gently used coats were collected and donated to RSVP’s
Charities make season brighter
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Parts of the country socked by a wild weekend storm will be covered with ice through Christmas and beyond thanks to a steady diet of freezing rain and cold temperatures.
The fi rst full day of winter Sunday brought a mix including balmy temperatures along the Mid-Atlantic, snow in the Midwest and ice, snow and fl ooding in the Great Lakes, and utilities warned that some people who lost electricity could remain in the dark through Wednesday.
More than 390,000 homes and businesses were without power Monday in Michigan, upstate New York and northern New England, down from Sunday’s peak of more than a half million. The bulk were in Michigan, where more than 297,000 customers remained without power Monday. The state’s largest utilities said it will be days before most of those get their electricity back because of the diffi culty of working around ice-broken lines.
In Maine, the number of people without power spiked to more than 68,000. A medical clinic in Bangor lost power, forcing walk-in patients to seek other options.
“It’s certainly not going away,” Margaret Curtis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, said Monday of the precipitation and cold. “In fact, we don’t have very many areas where we’re expecting temperatures to rise above freezing.”
Ice tostickaround
CHICAGO (AP) — Antici-pating heavy traffi c on the govern-ment’s health care website, the Obama administration effectively extended Monday’s deadline for signing up for insurance by a day, giving Americans in 36 states more time to select a plan.
The grace period — which runs through Tuesday — was the latest in a series of pushed-back deadlines and delays that have marked the rollout of the health care law.
But federal offi cials urged buyers not to procrastinate.
“You should not wait until tomorrow. If you are aiming to get coverage Jan. 1, you should try to sign up today,” said Julie Bataille, a spokeswoman for the federal agency in charge of the overhaul.
Bataille said the grace period was being offered to accommodate people from different time zones and to deal with any technical problems that might result from a last-minute rush of applicants.
The HealthCare.gov site had a disastrous, glitch-prone debut in October, but the govern-ment reported on Twitter that it was running smoothly Monday
morning. It had no immediate estimates of how many people visited the site.
Monday had been the deadline for Americans in the 36 states served by the federal website to sign up if they wanted coverage upon the start of the new year. The remaining states operate their own online marketplaces, and some of them have also extended their deadlines slightly.
The extra day will add incrementally to the already daunting administrative problems for insurance companies, such as inaccuracies on applications, said health care industry consultant Robert Laszewski.
“Insurers would like to have two to three weeks to process applications. Now they’re going to have a week, less one more day,” he said. “When the day is done, it doesn’t help.”
President Barack Obama himself signed up for health insurance through the Washington marketplace over the weekend — a purely symbolic move since he will continue to get health care through the military as commander
in chief.The White House said he
enrolled to show support for the marketplaces, and he chose a less-expensive “bronze” plan.
Obama said on Friday that more than 1 million Americans had enrolled for coverage since Oct. 1. The administration’s
Health insurance shoppers given extra day
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Certifi ed enrollment specialist Richelle Baker, right, talks to Martha Medina, left, and her daughter Martha, both from Hialeah, Fla., at a Healthcare Insurance Marketplace offi ce in Miami recently. The mother and daughter checked the different insurance plans and decided to go home and discuss the different options available to them.
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Board of works toconsider purchases
KENDALLVILLE — A new police vehicle, an upgrade to the council chambers’ sound and recording system and a new City Hall security door are among the items city department heads are seeking in an end-of-year purchase list.
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Salvation Army bell ringersJoe and Jess Vandiver volunteered recently to ring the bell for the Salvation Army at Miller’s Super Valu in Rome City. They collected nearly $540 over a three-day period. Over the Christmas holiday,
Salvation Army bell ringers collected donations to the Salvation Army’s efforts supporting people in need during times of hardship and disasters.
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KENDALLVILLE — A new police vehicle, an upgrade to the council chambers’ sound and recording system and a new City Hall security door are among the items city department heads are seeking in an end-of-year purchase list.
The Board of Public Works will consider the list at its final 2013 meeting Thursday at 8:30 a.m. in City Hall.
Police Chief Rob Wiley is requesting the purchase of a 2014 Ford Explorer Interceptor police vehicle for $26,995. He plans to encumber $10,000 from the 2013 Police Department equipment budget and obtain a loan from Campbell & Fetter Bank for $16,995.
Engineering Department administrator Scott Derby wants to replace the council chambers’ sound and recording system for $1,350. The existing system no longer can produce archival copies of meetings. He also is requesting the purchase of stained-oak door with automatic closer and panic hardware for the City Hall building at a price of $2,185.
Other department purchase requests include: a Kubota RTV for Lake View Cemetery for $10,500; a large document scanner for $6,395; a paint striper and paint for $9,750; and 45,000 pounds of crack filler for $24,300.
Board members will consider sewer bill adjustments for customers in the 2900 block of Noble Hawk Drive and the 700 block of Dowling Street.
Board of Works to consider end-of-year purchases
Council member incorrectly identifi ed
ROME CITY — Ben Castle, a Rome City Town Council member, was incorrectly identifi ed in a photo caption on Saturday’s page A2.
We apologize for the error.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A federal judge said he doesn’t think the University of Notre Dame will succeed in its challenge to a federal health care law requirement that it provide students and employee health plans that cover birth control.
U.S. District Judge Philip Simon on Friday rejected the Catholic school’s request for an injunction, prompting Notre Dame to fi le an appeal Monday to the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.
School spokesman Paul Browne said Monday that Notre Dame was disappointed by Simon’s ruling, but was determined to press forward with the lawsuit it fi led earlier this month.
“We continue to believe that the challenged mandate is an impermissible infringe-ment on Notre Dame’s religious rights,” he said.
The lawsuit challenges a compromise in the Affordable Health Care Act offered by the Obama administration that attempted to create a buffer for religiously affi li-ated hospitals, universities and social service groups that oppose birth control. The
law requires insurers or the health plan’s outside adminis-trator to pay for birth control coverage and creates a way to reimburse them.
Notre Dame contends the law violates its freedom to practice religion without government interference. The Rev. John Jenkins, Notre Dame’s president, has said that the govern-ment’s accommodations would require Notre Dame to forfeit its rights, “to facili-tate and become entangled in a program inconsistent with Catholic teaching and to create the impression that the university cooperates with and condones activi-ties incompatible with its mission.”
Simon wrote that the government is authorizing the third party to pay for the contraception, not Notre Dame.
“Notre Dame wants to eat its cake, and have it still, at the expense of Congress, administrative agencies, and the employees who will be affected,” Simon wrote. “Notre Dame is free to opt out of providing the coverage itself, but it can’t stop anyone else from providing it.”
Notre Dame’s request for injunction rejected
Florence NotestineLAGRANGE — Florence
A. Notestine, 96, of LaGrange, IN died Sunday, December 22, 2013 at her home.
Mrs. Notestine was born on July 21, 1917 in Milford Township, LaGrange County, IN to Willard Leroy and Jennie Byrdena (Wehrly) Howe.
Living her lifetime in LaGrange County, she was a teacher from 1937-1989 and retired from Prairie Heights School Corporation. She was a member of Mongo United Methodist Church in Mongo, Ind., and the UMW of the church. She was also a member of the Retired Teachers Association, Gray Panthers, NEA, LaGrange College Club, and Mongo Lions Club.
On December 11, 1941 in LaGrange, Ind., she married Herman T. Notestine. He preceded her in death on December 27, 1971.
Also preceding her in death were her parents and a brother, Lawrence Russell “Bud” Howe.
She is survived by eight nieces, Sue (John) Clifton of Kendallville, Ind., Jean (Stan) Hunter of Kentucky, Julia (Bruce) Eagleson of LaGrange, Ind., Jane (Bill) Dickie of Arizona, Maryellen Johnson of Garrett, Ind., Marlene (Paul) Carper of Wolcottville, Ind., Martha Howe of Albion, Ind., and Deb (Randy) Simon of Wolcottville, Ind.; eight nephews, Larry (Grace) Spero of LaGrange, Ind., Steve (Sharon) Notestine of Kentucky, Stan (Deb) Notestine of LaGrange, Ind., Patrick (Cathy) Adams of Grand Rapids, Mich., Duane Howe of Stroh, Ind., Donald (Janet) Howe of Wolcottville, Ind., Mike (Kelly) Howe of LaGrange, Ind., and Mark (Lisa) Howe of Wolcottville, Ind.; and several great-nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, December 29, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Prairie Heights High School Auditorium with Revs. James Bartlett and Carldean Merrifi eld offi ciating.
Burial will be in Brighton Cemetery in rural Howe, Ind.
Visitation will be Friday, December 27, 2013 at the high school auditorium from 2-8 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Howe-Notestine Scholar-ship at Prairie Heights High School.
Frurip-May Funeral Home in LaGrange is assisting the family with arrangements.
Condolences may be left for the family at fruripmay funeralhome.com.
Danny NewmanLAGRANGE —
Danny C. Newman, 61, of LaGrange, died Sunday Dec. 22, 2013, at Miller’s Merry Manor, LaGrange.
He spent his lifetime in LaGrange and was a member of the Mt. Zion Lutheran Church throughout his life.
He was born on March 31, 1952, in LaGrange to Elvin and Hortense A. (Burgi) Newman.
Mr. Newman operated his own lawn care and snow removal business. He also worked as a security guard.
On Nov. 24, 1979, he married Linda S. (Wise) in Sturgis, Mich. She preceded him in death on Dec. 12, 2013.
Surviving are two brothers and sisters-in-law, E. Deaune and Gail Newman of Spokane, Wash., and Michael R. and Debra Newman of Forrest, Va.; four nieces and a nephew.
His parents, wife and a son, Danny Ray Newman, preceded him in death.
Services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, 797 N. Detroit St., LaGrange. The Rev. Sandra Hutchens and Rev. Thomas McShannock will offi ciate.
Burial will take place in Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange.
Calling will be Friday from 3-6 p.m. at the church.
Memorials are to the Mt. Zion Lutheran Church or the Kairos Prison Ministry International.
Condolences may be left at fruripmayfuneralhome.com.
Harry MillerGOSHEN — Harry E.
Miller, 91, of Goshen, died at 12:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, at the Maples at Waterford Crossing, Goshen.
Calling will be from 2-8 p.m. Thursday at Woodlawn Amish Mennonite Church, 62861 C.R. 41, Goshen. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Woodlawn Amish Mennonite Church. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Goshen.
Memorials may be given to World Missionary Press or Galilean Children’s Home.
Arrangements are by Miller-Stewart Funeral Home, Middlebury.
Alexis ReyesANGOLA — Alexis V.
Reyes, 19, of Angola, died Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in Fremont. Arrangements are pending at Carney-Frost Funeral Home, LaGrange.
Glenna OakesLAOTTO — Glenna
N. Oakes, 81, of Swan Township, Noble County, died at 12:10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. She had been in declining health for some time.
Mrs. Oakes was born in Garrett on March 29, 1932, a daughter of Harold H. and Elva M. (Ellis) Timmerman, and graduated from Huntertown High School. She was married to Richard J. Oakes and spent all of her adult life in Swan Township.
A homemaker, she was a member of the Immacu-late Conception Catholic Church at Ege and its Rosary Society.
Mr. Oakes preceded her in death on July 19, 1984.
The surviving relatives include her two sons Roger (Lisa) Oakes of LaOtto and Daniel Oakes of Kissimmee, Fla.; her brother Don E. Timmerman of Churubusco; two grandsons; and numerous great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by two sisters Lavon Irene Bernardin in 1958 and Helen June Hefl ey in 2001.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ege, with Father Danney Pinto the celebrant.
Calling will be at Sheets & Childs Funeral Home, Churubusco, Thursday from 6-8 p.m. The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Ege Catholic Cemetery.
Memorials are to Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana, 6316 Mutal Dr., Fort Wayne, IN 46825
To leave an online condolence, log on to www.sheetsandchilds.net.
Charlene RichardsMIDDLEBURY —
Charlene Richards, 65, of Middlebury, died at 6:10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, at the Maples at Waterford Crossing, Goshen.
Calling will be from 2-4 p.m. Thursday, followed by a funeral service at 4 p.m. at Miller-Stewart Funeral Home, 1003 S. Main St., Middlebury. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Ill.
Memorials are to Miller-Stewart Funeral Home to assist with expenses.
Carolyn Sue TaylorHOWE — Carolyn Sue
Taylor, beloved wife of M. Reed Taylor, of Howe, IN died Sunday, December 22, 2013 at Miller’s Merry Manor in LaGrange, Ind.
Mrs. Taylor was born on November 14, 1939 in Kendallville, Ind., to Lloyd, Sr. and Wilma (Bishop) Reade.
In 1990, she moved to LaGrange County and had worked for many years as a nurse.
On September 30, 1995 in Las Vegas, Nev., she married Reed Taylor, MD; he survives.
Also surviving are fi ve daughters, Pamala (Mark) Hubbard of Portage, Mich., Lauri (Rex) Holmes of White House, Tenn., Lisa Booth, MD of Howe, Ind., Lynnelle (Phillip “Yogi”) Miller of LaGrange, Ind., and Tara (Clay) Weber of LaOtto, Ind.; two sons, Mark Rogers of LaGrange, Ind., and Todd (Molly) Taylor of Kendall-ville, Ind.; 20 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and a sister Sharon (Jerry) Fritz of Wilmington, N.C.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and two brothers, Jack Reade and Lloyd Reade, Jr.
A private family service will be held. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Howe, Ind.
Memorials may be made to American Lung Associa-tion.
Frurip-May Funeral Home in LaGrange, IN is assisting the family with arrange-ments.
Condolences may be left for the family at fruripmayfu neralhome.com.
Patricia YoungAUBURN — Patricia
S. “Patti” Young, 72, of Auburn, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center.
Ms. Young worked as an insurance clerk for DeKalb Health in Auburn for over 20 years, retiring in 1990.
She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Auburn.
She was born Oct. 22, 1941, in Inkster, Mich., to William H. “Bill” and Otelia H. (Schmidt) Young. Her father preceded her in death and her mother survives in Auburn.
Surviving are two sisters, Dorothy Haffner of Waterloo, and Donna Young of New Port Richey, Fla.; and three brothers and sisters-in-law, William Young of Waterloo, Perry and Lona Young of Waterloo and Bruce and Robin Young of Spencerville.
In spite of being stricken with polio at the age of 12, Patti retained a positive outlook on life. She will be remembered as a loving daughter, sister, aunt and friend. She will be greatly missed.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Feller and Clark Funeral Home, 875 S. Wayne St., Waterloo, with the Rev. Jonathan Nack offi ciating. Burial will be in Waterloo Cemetery, Waterloo.
Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday prior to the service at the funeral home.
Memorials may be directed to the Trinity Lutheran Church in Auburn.
To send condolences, visit fellerandclark.com.
Ruth GroffBUTLER — Ruth L.
Groff, age 79, of Butler, Indiana, died at 1:50 p.m. on Saturday, December 21, 2013, in her home after an extended illness.
Mrs. Groff was a graduate of Butler High School and had been employed by Pittsfi eld Industries in Hamilton, Indiana, retiring with nearly fi fty years of service. She was a member of the Independent Full Gospel Church in Ashley, Indiana, and enjoyed fl ower gardening and playing the piano.
Ruth L. Groff was born on October 26, 1934, in Butler, Indiana, the daughter of Charles and Edna (Slentz) Albertson. She married Maurice L. Groff on March 12, 1955, in Angola, Indiana, and he preceded her in death in 2006.
Survivors include one son, Daniel (Linda) Groff, of Butler; fi ve grandchildren, Stephanie Large, Keith Groff, Angela Burdette, Rachel Butler, and Joshua Groff; fi ve great-grandchildren; one sister, Betty Zehr, of Montpe-lier, Ohio; and one brother, Jim (Shirley) Albertson, of Butler. She was also preceded in death by one son, David Groff, in 2004, two brothers, Bill and Joe Albertson, and one sister, Anna Doty.
Services will be held on Saturday, December 28, 2013, at 11 a.m. in the Independent Full Gospel Church in Ashley with Pastor Sam Weimer offi ciating. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service, beginning at 10 a.m. in the church. Interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Edgerton, Ohio.
Memorials in the name of Ruth L. Groff are requested to the Independent Full Gospel Church, Ashley, Indiana, or to DeKalb Hospice.
To sign the online register or to send condolences, please visit www.krillfuner alservice.com.
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Rifl e designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dead at 94
MOSCOW (AP) — Mikhail Kalashnikov started out wanting to make farm equipment, but the harvest he reaped was one of blood as
the designer of the AK-47 assault rifl e, the world’s most popular fi rearm.
It was the carnage of World War, when Nazi Germany overran much
of the Soviet Union, which altered his course and made his name as well-known for bloodshed as Smith, Wesson and Colt. The distinctive shape of the gun, often called “a Kalashnikov,” appeared on revolutionary fl ags and adorns memorabilia.
Kalashnikov died Monday at age 94 in a hospital in Izhevsk, the capital of the Udmurtia republic where he lived, said Viktor Chulkov, a spokesman for the republic’s president. He did not give a cause of death. Kalashnikov had been hospitalized for the past month with unspecifi ed health problems.
Kaslashnikov often said he felt personally untroubled by his contribution to bloodshed.
“I sleep well. It’s the politicians who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement and resorting to violence,” he told The Associ-ated Press in 2007.
The AK-47 — “Avtomat Kalashnikov” and the year it went into production — is the world’s most popular fi rearm, favored by guerrillas, terrorists and the soldiers of many armies. An estimated 100 million guns are spread worldwide.
Though it isn’t especially accurate, its ruggedness and simplicity are exemplary: it performs in sandy or wet conditions which jam more sophisticated weapons such as the U.S. M-16.
“During the Vietnam war, American soldiers would throw away their M-16s to grab AK-47s and bullets for it from dead Vietnamese soldiers,” Kalashnikov said in July 2007 at a ceremony marking the rifl e’s 60th anniversary.
The weapon’s suitability for jungle and desert fi ghting made it nearly ideal for the Third World insurgents backed by the Soviet Union, and Moscow not only distrib-uted the AK-47 widely but also licensed its production in some 30 other countries.
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Teen injured in rollover
ALBION — A Kendall-ville teenager was injured in a crash Dec. 13, the Noble County Sheriff’s Depart-ment said.
Tricia R. Van Gessel, 17, was traveling southbound on C.R. 350E near S.R. 8 at 7:45 a.m. when she swerved to miss something in the road and lost control of a 1996 Chevy Corsica on the snowy surface. The car left the road and rolled over.
Van Gessel complained of head pain. She was treated at the scene by Noble County EMS. Damage was estimated at $2,501-$5,000.
Six booked into Noble County Jail
ALBION — Six people were booked into the Noble County Jail from Friday through Monday, the county sheriff’s department said.
• Rhonda R. Herendeen, 43, of Kendallville was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a blood-alcohol content equal to or greater than 0.15 percent.
• Jon Michael McNamee, 26, of Columbia City was charged with a work-release violation on underlying convictions for public intoxication and criminal recklessness.
• Robert Dewayne Rice, 53, of Kendallville was booked on a warrant charging him with public intoxication, public nudity, operating a vehicle while intoxicated-endangering a person and being a habitual substance offender.
• Michael S. Zent, 33, of Churubusco was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated-en-dangering a person and operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a blood-al-cohol content equal to or greater than 0.15 percent.
• Robert L. Edwards, 45, of Kendallville was charged with operating while intoxi-cated.
• Larry B. March, 53, of Avilla was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated-endangering a person.
Man charged after crash
LIGONIER — A Ligonier man was charged as a minor in possession of alcohol after a Sunday crash, the Noble County Sheriff’s Department said.
Faron Yoder, 18, was westbound on C.R. 1200N past S.R. 5 at 10:49 p.m. when he lost control of his 2004 Ford F-250 on the icy road. The car went off the road into a yard and rolled onto its top.
Yoder allegedly tested with a blood-alcohol content of 0.02 percent. He was booked into the Noble County Jail early Monday.
Stolen SUV crashed into tree
ALBION — Someone stole a sport-utility vehicle and crashed it into a tree, police said.
A 1986 Chevy Blazer was reported stolen from the 700 block of East Main Street Friday at 6:29 p.m. It had been seen last at about 1:30 a.m. Keys had been
left in the vehicle.The suspect traveled at
an unsafe speed eastbound on C.R. 400N, the Noble County Sheriff’s Depart-ment said. The SUV left the road at its intersection with C.R. 225N at about 9:30 a.m. The unknown driver departed northbound on foot. A search of the area failed to fi nd the driver.
Damage was estimated at $5,001-$10,000.
Burglary tried at business
ALBION — Someone tried to break into a business in the 100 block of South Orange Street, the Albion Police Department said.
The person threw a brick at a window, cracking the window, and threw a rock at a door of the business. Police found pry marks and damage to a couple of windows. The burglary attempt took place Friday between 4:30-9:30 a.m. and was reported Friday at 1:51 p.m.
Meth lab trash found
ALBION — Trash from a methamphetamine lab was found in the vicinity of C.R. 500W and Albion Road and reported Sunday at 5:34 p.m.
Eight crashes linked to wintry roads
ALBION — Eight accidents with no injuries or resulting criminal charges were caused at least partially by wintry road conditions from Dec. 16 through Thursday, the Noble County Sheriff’s Department said.
• A 2005 Chevy Cavalier driven by Chanise K. Bevins, 20, of Ligonier was westbound on C.R. 450N near C.R. 1025W Dec. 16 at 6:44 p.m. when snow pulled the car into a ditch. The car hit a guy wire and utility pole. Damage was estimated at $2,501-$5,000.
• Whitney S. Baierle, 26, of Albion was eastbound on C.R. 500N near C.R. 100W answering a phone call at 2:20 p.m. Dec. 16 when her 2010 Mazda CX-9 was pulled into a ditch by snow. The car went down an embankment and struck a fence and post. Damage was estimated at $5,001-$10,000.
• Jennifer M. Holt, 23, of Rome City was southbound on S.R. 9 at 10:56 p.m. Dec. 16 when she tried to turn her 2003 Chevy Cavalier right onto Northport Road. The car slid off the snowy road, hitting a stop sign and snow embankment. Damage was estimated at $2,501-$5,000.
• Kimberly McClure, 21, of Auburn was northbound on C.R. 1000E just north of C.R. 1000N Dec. 17 at 4:30 p.m. when she lost control of her 2012 Nissan VVL on a patch of ice. The car left the road and hit a utility pole. Damage was estimated at $2,501-$5,000.
• Tyler P. Lash, 29, of Kendallville had slowed the 2011 Ford Fusion he drove for a left turn from eastbound U.S. 6 onto C.R. 500E at 6 p.m. Dec. 17 as Kara R. Jane was driving her 2004 Buick car behind him. Jane looked down to adjust the heat and didn’t
see the Fusion had slowed. The Buick slid on the snowy road and hit the rear of the Ford. Damage was estimated at $2,501-$5,000.
• Samuel Jank, 18, of Albion was northbound on U.S. 33 near C.R. 50W Dec. 17 at 6:45 p.m. when he moved his 1999 Dodge Ram Club Cab over to avoid a southbound vehicle crossing the center line. He lost control of his pickup on the snowy road, and it ran off the road and hit a concrete culvert. Damage was estimated at $2,501-$5,000.
• An unknown driver’s semi left snow-covered Steinbarger Lake Drive near C.R. 50E early Wednesday and drove over a guardrail and signpost. Damage was estimated at $2,501-$5,000.
• Richard L. Gabbard, 65, of Wawaka was westbound on U.S. 6 near C.R. 525W Thursday at 1:42 p.m. when the 1994 Plymouth Voyager he drove got into snow and slush on the side of the road. The van left the road and hit a utility pole and mailbox. Damage was estimated at $10,001-$25,000.
Man arrested after car breaks down
LAGRANGE — A motorist whose car broke down alongside the road was arrested Saturday after a LaGrange County sheriff’s deputy who stopped to help him discovered suspected drugs and drug parapher-nalia in his car, police said.
Thaddeus Syndram, 21, of Grabill, was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor possession of a synthetic drug and paraphernalia.
Syndram’s car broke down along U.S 20 near C.R. 850E.
Converter takenLAGRANGE — A
woman walked out to her car Saturday afternoon after fi nishing work, only to discover someone had slipped under her car and stolen its catalytic converter, police said.
Keera Nelson was working at Miller’s Merry Manor in LaGrange. Police said someone using a cutting tool removed the device from her car.
Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department at 463-7491.
Domestic violence charge fi led
SHIPSHEWANA — A Shipshewana man was arrested Saturday afternoon after a report of domestic violence, police said.
Police reported they received a call about a domestic fi ght. When they arrived at the scene, offi cers saw Andrew Gibson, 19, of the 8000 block of North C.R. 1150W, open the door, then hurriedly close it and lock the door before the offi cers could enter the home.
Eventually, the offi cers were allowed to enter the home, and they arrested Gibson on a charge of domestic battery in the presence of minor children.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Water covered several highways Monday as central and southern Indiana residents contended with fl ooded creeks and rivers following a weekend of heavy rain and melting snow.
The high water impeded the morning rush hour for Indianapolis commuters, causing them to take alternate routes around inundated roads, emergency management offi cials said.
“The good news is that we don’t have school today, and many people aren’t working due to the Christmas holiday,” Ed Reuter, director of the Bartholomew County Emergency Operations 911 Center, told The Republic newspaper on Monday. “But, nevertheless, State Road 46 West is going to be our most crucial area.”
The East Fork of the White River was expected to
crest about noon Monday in that area.
Bartholomew County Engineer Danny Hollander said the county highway department ran out of high-water signs with so many fl ooded roads.
Nearby, the Indiana Department of Transporta-tion closed a heavily traveled portion of U.S 31 near Edinburgh.
The commissioners of Johnson County, south of Indianapolis, declared a local emergency Monday because of the fl ooding. Emergency Management Agency Director Stephanie Sichting said the county could receive aid later to help with damage to roads, homes and businesses.
Water covering all fi ve lanes of Fall Creek Parkway south of the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianap-olis hampered the morning commute on a major Indianapolis thoroughfare. Local television stations showed motorists slowly braving the standing water before police completely closed the road.
A short distance upstream, Fall Creek was 4 feet above fl ood stage, the National Weather Service said.
The White River was nearly 9 feet above fl ood stage Monday at Anderson, northeast of Indianapolis. The weather service said the river would fall below fl ood level today as the crest moved downstream.
WTHR-TV reported that the American Red Cross opened shelters in Muncie, New Castle, Shelbyville and Martinsville, but there were no reports of large-scale evacuations.
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2 men sought after girl’s abduction
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities in western Indiana are searching for two men in connection with the abduction of a 15-year-old girl.
Vigo County Chief Deputy Clark Cottom says the girl answered her door for what she believed was a package delivery Sunday evening, but the man at the door tried to grab her. She fl ed into the house, with the man following her, and when she ran back outside, a second man fl ashed a knife at her, and both men forced her into a van.
Cottom says the girl was in the van for an undeter-mined amount of time before being released near her home. She later was treated at a hospital.
The girl told offi cers the men both were white and in their mid-20s to early 30s.
Deck collapse sends 7 to hospital
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — Several people have been injured after a deck collapsed at a southern Indiana subdivision clubhouse.
Maj. Jason Cochran of the New Chapel Fire Department said crews transported seven people to hospitals following the collapse Sunday afternoon in northern Floyd County. He says none of the injuries appeared to be life-threat-ening. The injuries included head injuries, minor abrasions and back pain.
More than two dozen people had gathered on the deck for a family photo when it collapsed.
The collapse occurred in the Wolf Lake subdivision northwest of Interstates 65 and I-265, about fi ve miles north of Louisville.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — With a family fighting a hospital to keep their brain-dead daughter on life support just days before Christmas, a California judge on Monday ordered a second medical evalua-tion for 13-year-old Jahi McMath.
Jahi experienced complications following a tonsillectomy at Children’s Hospital in Oakland.
As her family sat stone-faced in the front row of the courtroom, an Alameda County judge called for Jahi to be independently examined by Paul Graham Fisher, the chief of child neurology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
The examination was expected to occur later on Monday.
Hospital staff and Fisher will conduct an electroencephalogram, or EEG, and tests to see if blood is still flowing to Jahi’s brain.
Doctors at Children’s Hospital concluded the girl was brain dead on Dec. 12 and wanted to remove her from life support.
Jahi’s family wants to keep her hooked up to a respirator, and eventually have her moved to another facility.
The family said they believe she is still alive, and that the hospital should not remove her from the ventilator without their permission.
“It’s wrong for someone who made mistakes on your child to just call the coroner … and not respect the family’s feeling or rights” Sandra Chatman, Jahi’s grandmother, said in the hallway outside the courtroom.
“I know Jahi suffered and it tears me up.”
The family’s attorney also asked Judge Evelio Grillo to allow a third evaluation by Paul Byrne, a pediatric professor at the University of Toledo. The hospital’s attorney objected to Byrne, saying he is not a pediatric neurologist.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge on Monday allowed gay marriage to continue in Utah, rejecting a request to put same-sex weddings on hold as the state appeals a decision that has sent couples fl ocking to county clerk offi ces for marriage licenses.
Judge Robert J. Shelby overturned Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage Friday, ruling the voter-approved measure is a violation of gay couples’ constitutional rights. The state then asked him to put a stop to the weddings, but he rejected the request.
Lawyers for the state quickly fi led a request with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to put gay marriage on hold.
More than 200 gay couples have obtained marriage licenses since Friday in Utah’s most populous county. On Monday, an estimated 100 licenses were issued in other counties.
Couples began lining up Sunday night at the Salt Lake County clerk’s offi ce as they hoped to get licenses amid the uncertainty of the pending ruling. They anxiously eyed their cellphones for news on the decision.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Towering grain silos overlook the main highway in Salt Lake City at the Mormon church’s Welfare Square. At grocery stores, there’s a whole section with large plastic tubs with labels that read, “Deluxe survivor 700.” Radio ads hawk long-term supplies of food with 25-year shelf lives.
And houses are equipped with special shelving for cans of beans, rice and wheat.
Storing away enough food and water in case of disaster, job loss or something worse is not just part of the fundamental teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it’s an idea that is increasingly catching on nationwide. And it’s also big business.
A large majority of food storage companies that do
Internet sales are based in the state. Terms once used only by Mormons, such as 72-hour kit, are mainstream, as is the surviv-alist “preppers” philosophy that taps into the Mormon church’s century-old teachings on the topic.
“The wisdom behind preparing is taught heavily in this population,” said Paul Fulton, president of Ready Store, based in Draper, Utah, about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City. “They’ve led the way.”
The Mormon emphasis on self-reliance dates back to the mid-1800s when food storage began as a pragmatic way to ensure survival as church members trekked across the country to Salt Lake City, said Matthew Bowman, assistant professor of religion at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.
Church leaders gave everyone lists of what to bring, and then stockpiled food at storehouses as towns were settled.
By the mid-1900s, church leaders worried about nuclear war were using more apocalyptic rhetoric in encouraging food storage. During the Cold War, church members were encouraged to have a two-year supply, Bowman said.
In the last two decades, the focus on food storage has shifted back to practi-cality.
“A lot of times we are thinking in terms of food storage that we are preparing for this major calamity or major disaster or for Armageddon,” said Rick Foster, manager of North America Humanitarian Services with the LDS church. “It’s not about that.
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massive warehouse, shelves are stacked tall with boxes of food the church uses to stock 143 grocery-store-like storehouses it runs across the Americas to provide food to members in need.
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‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.Away to the window I flew like a flash,Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snowGave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,But a miniature sleigh, and eight tinny reindeer.
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As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,With the sleigh full of Toys, and St Nicholas too.And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roofThe prancing and pawing of each little hoof.As I drew in my head, and was turning around,Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound.He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,And his clothes were all tarnished
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Cathie Kreigh, soloist with the Fort Wayne Heartland Chamber Choir, headlined the evening’s program. Kreigh’s brother, Joe Atz, joined her in several numbers. Janet Berkey served as their accompanist. The audience was entertained with a variety of Christmas music including traditional, classical, religious, and several comical duets as well as audience sing-a-longs.
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Historian Carolyn Buell read the following from the minutes of the BPW Club meeting held Dec. 8, 1932: “It was decided that $10 be appropriated to purchase an acceptable piece of clothing as a Christmas gift for a worthy high school girl, or possibly more than one girl, with suggestions being considered from the school nurse.”
Diane Peachey, a member of the Community Awareness Committee, thanked the members for their recent donation to the “Save the Strand” project.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Government forces widened a bombing campaign in rebel-held areas of northern Syria on Monday, striking the northern city of Aleppo and a town on the Turkish border in raids that left an estimated 45 people dead, activists said.
The attack on the border town of Azaz was the latest attack using powerful but inaccurate “barrel bombs” on the Aleppo region, said an activist who goes by the name of Abu al-Hassan Marea. He said residents in the town told him that 15 people were killed in the strike. Another activist group, the Local Coordina-tion Committees, gave the same death toll.
The Azaz attack suggests the government is expanding its range of targets a week after it began an unusually heavy air offensive against Aleppo on Dec. 15, dropping barrel bombs on rebel-held areas from helicopters. Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, is divided into government-and-rebel-ruled areas.
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Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that multiple air raids on the Aleppo neighborhoods of Sukkari, Maadi, Marjeh and Nairab left at least 30 people including 12 children dead on Monday. It said the death toll could rise as there are many people who were seriously wounded. On Sunday, 65 were killed near an Aleppo marketplace in one of the bloodiest days of the air campaign, according to activists.
Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Observatory, said earlier in the day that air raids on the northern province of Aleppo have killed at least 301 people
including 87 children, 30 women and nearly 30 opposition fi ghters since mid-December. That fi gure did not include those reported killed Monday. The aid group Doctors Without borders has said the bombs killed at least 189 people and wounded 879 in the fi rst four days alone.
The main Western-backed Syrian opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, warned that if the bombing campaign against Aleppo continues it will not take part in U.N.-sponsored peace talks planned for Jan. 22 in Switzerland. A coalition statement quoted the group’s Secretary
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Barrel bombs are crude devices fi lled with explosives and fuel that are wildly inaccurate — often landing near schools and market places, causing massive damage on impact.
The government has not commented on the use of the crude weapons, nor on the intensifi ed strikes over Aleppo. But the timing suggests that President Bashar Assad could be trying to strengthen his position a month ahead of planned peace talks in Switzerland.
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GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. is blocking Iran’s participation at the Syria peace conference planned for next month. but the other delegations have been agreed on and will include other regional players such as Saudi Arabia, offi cials said Friday.
The U.N.-Arab League’s Syria envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, said about 30 nations would be invited to a day of speechmaking planned for Jan. 22 in the city of Montreux, and Iran’s participation was the only sticking point, but was still a possibility. The Syrian opposition also has opposed Iran’s involvement.
“Our partners in the United States are still not convinced that Iran’s participation would be the right thing to do,” Brahimi told a news conference. “We have agreed that we will be talking a little bit more to see if we can come to an agreement on this question.”
His comments came after a day of meetings with the fi ve permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France,
Russia and the U.S. — and Syrian neighbors Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.
Along with those nations, other invitees include Algeria, Brazil, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The actual negotiations between Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government and opposition representa-tives begin on Jan. 24 at the U.N.’s European headquar-ters in Geneva.
A senior U.S. offi cial told reporters on condition of anonymity that the U.S. objected to Iran’s partic-ipation because it hasn’t publicly endorsed the principles from the fi rst Geneva peace conference on Syria in June 2012 and is providing fi nancing and military personnel to militias including the Iranian-allied Lebanese Hezbollah group that has backed Assad’s troops. The offi cial wasn’t authorized to speak on the record about the matter.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has said it has high-level advisers in Syria, but denied having fi ghters there.
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NEW YORK (AP) — As a second New Year since Superstorm Sandy approaches, many coastal residents are still waiting for New York, New Jersey and New York City to distribute billions of federal dollars that were intended to go directly to people struggling to rebuild their homes.
Only a fraction of that money has been spent, leaving storm victims at the mercy of a frustrating maze of bureaucracy. Depending on where they live, the checks could be anywhere from days to many more months away.
“It’s enough to drive you crazy,” said Katie Fazekas, a teacher’s aide who has become so distraught over still being out of her damaged Freeport, N.Y., bungalow that she sometimes can’t get through the day without crying.
Checks could be in the mail by New Year’s Day for many storm victims, but major disparities are emerging in terms of how quickly people can expect to get help.
New York state offi cials say that in the past few weeks, they have sent out $88 million to 2,500 Long Island homeowners to reimburse them for repair work that wasn’t covered by insurance. The state has also asked federal offi cials for permission to immedi-ately advance another $250
million to at least 3,000 more Long Islanders by Jan. 1. Those homeowners would also receive commit-ments for an additional $250 million, to be distributed once contractors have begun the work.
It isn’t clear whether that approval will come, but if it does, it would mean help for nearly all of the 6,000 Long Islanders who had applied for one of the state’s New York Rising grants by Nov. 6.
But in New York City, which is running its grant program independently of the state, offi cials say they are still plowing through 20,000 active aid applica-tions and have distributed little of the $521 million they initially set aside for rebuilding grants to single-family-home owners and multifamily properties. The city has yet to conduct even an initial inspection of 89 percent of the homes in the “Built it Back” program. Only a handful of applicants have been able to start construction.
Deputy Mayor of Operations Cas Holloway said the program will ramp up considerably in January and February, but he said it would likely be June before the city fi nishes meeting with homeowners to tell them how much they will receive.
“We are doing it as fast we can do it,” Holloway
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New Jersey is occupying a middle ground. Of the 12,700 homeowners who were told they qualifi ed for rebuilding grants, 900 had fi nalized grants worth a combined $95 million as of last week, state offi cials said. Another 150 homeowners may get another $15 million in grants by New Year’s Day. That represents a payout rate of roughly 18 percent of the $600 million initially budgeted for the rebuilding grant program.
Thousands more New Jersey residents have been notifi ed that an award is in the works soon, but the majority of qualifi ed applicants — 8,200 in total — have been placed on a waiting list.
Richard Constable, New Jersey’s community affairs commissioner, says the process is not moving as quickly as the state would like, but he said it has picked up steam.
“For us, this is a success now,” he said.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the city’s performance at an event last week, saying it
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“We cleaned up and got people back in their homes and back on their feet faster than anybody else,”
Bloomberg said. “Now, if you were hurt, you’re going to say it wasn’t fast enough, I understand that. But, we’ve done a very good job.”
Congress approved a roughly $60 billion Sandy aid bill last January, setting aside a large chunk of that money for housing rehabili-tation programs.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development took several
months to develop rules for implementing those programs. The states then had to build a system for awarding them. Each region’s program is slightly different. New Jersey did an initial round of $10,000 grants to residents with damaged properties who agreed to remain in the same county after the storm. That aid totaled $180 million and was distributed more quickly.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Freshmen at Northland College, a small Wisconsin liberal arts school known for its environmental focus, will pay no more than $30,450 in tuition next year. They’ll pay the same the following year. And the year after that.
The college on the shore of Lake Superior is joining a growing number of schools promising fi xed-rate tuition — a guarantee that most students will pay a single rate for the length of their college careers.
The programs at schools like George Washington Univer-sity, University of Kansas and Columbia College in Missouri aim to help families budget for college without worrying about big price jumps. They also give recruiters something to tout on the road to
try to ease the sticker shock.Tuition and fees at four-year
public colleges rose 27 percent in the past fi ve years, while those at four-year private schools went up 14 percent, according to the College Board.
About 320 colleges and univer-sities offered tuition guarantees during the 2012-13 school year, according to an analysis of U.S. Department of Education data done by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administra-tors. The schools represent about 6.7 percent of the nation’s nearly 4,800 institutions where students receive federal fi nancial aid.
Many fi xed-rate plans are coupled with a commitment to hold fi nancial aid steady so students have a fi rm cost estimate, but they are not discounts. At Kansas, students
starting as freshmen pay more than standard tuition in their fi rst two years to offset lower rates in the last two. Other schools try to estimate expenses and infl ation and set rates that cover costs when averaged over four years. Transfer students generally pay tuition for the year they enter; at Kansas, they pay standard tuition.
Students say the programs help them hold down costs by allowing them to budget wisely and borrow less.
“I can’t think of any other major expense where a student or their family is expected to commit to such a large expense without knowing what it is going to cost,” Jane Mahoney, a recent graduate of the University of Kansas, said in an email. “I think the tuition agreement puts a lot of students and families at
ease when fi guring out how to fund a college degree.”
Mahoney, 23, said Kansas’ program helped her and her parents decide how much she needed to work, take out in loans and receive in family help. It also gave her an incentive to graduate in four years because the rate was only good that long. Mahoney ended up fi nishing a semester early, with $16,000 in loans — an amount she has found manageable with her job as the alumni association’s digital media and marketing coordinator.
Many schools have been rethinking their costs as graduates struggle with student debt and diminished job prospects. Some schools have frozen tuition. A smaller group has slashed rates 20 percent or more in heavily publicized “tuition resets.”
Fixed rates are latest in college tuition plans
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The School Corporation's esti-mated 2014 debt service levy is$1,285,630 and the estimated 2014debt service rate is $0.34. After theSchool Corporation enters into theproposed lease and the bonds are is-sued, the debt service levy will in-crease by a maximum of $860,000and the debt service rate will in-crease by a maximum of $0.22; how-ever, as other debt is repaid, the netincrease is expected to be $0.00.The purpose of the lease is to pro-vide for the construction of the Pro-ject. Any owners of real propertywithin the School Corporation or reg-istered voters residing within theSchool Corporation who want to initi-ate a petition and remonstranceprocess against the proposed leasepayment must file a petition thatcomplies with IC 6-1.1-20-3.1 subdi-visions (4) and (5) not later than 30days after publication of this notice.
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NO. 2013-13AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
THE FLOW OF TRAFFICAT CR 525 WEST AND
CR 150 SOUTHIN NOBLE TOWNSHIP
An Ordinance Amending CountyCode by regulating the STOP controlof traffic on the following road in No-ble Township:
At the intersection of CR 525 Westand CR 150 South in Noble Town-ship,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board ofCommissioners of the County of No-ble, State of Indiana;
SECTION 1: A recommendation ofthe County Engineer has been madeto remove the Stop sign on CR 525West at the intersection of CR 525West and CR 150 South in NobleTownship. Said Stop sign is nolonger warranted for north boundtraffic on CR 525 West.
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Jacqueline L. KnafelNoble County Auditor
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LAGRANGE — It’s been a good Christmas season at the thrift shop in LaGrange.
“Our store is up way up in sales from the same time as last year,” said Theresa Egli, merchandise manager for The Thrifty Boutique, 301 N. Detroit St.
The store takes gently used items it receives as donations and resells them in the store. Elijah Haven Crisis Intervention Center of LaGrange created the store to raise money for its mission.
This season, Egli turned the front room of the thrift shop into a Christmas wonderland, complete with storefront window holiday display. Apparently, that sort of magic still works. Egli said customers fl ocked to the store, buying up its Christmas collection.
“I think the windows look great,” said Rose Miller, executive director of Elijah Haven.
The window displays have been a particular holiday highlight in LaGrange. Egli said more than once, she’s seen cars drive around the block three and four times, always looking toward her store’s front windows, before the driver fi nally parks his or her car and walks into the store.
“Once in the store, people tend to fi nd things they want to buy,” she said.
Egli said the shop started the season with “a ton” of holiday items. Once the window displays went up, sales suddenly became brisk.
“We’ve sold a lot of merchandise,” Egli said. “ We had a lot of Christmas stuff to begin with, and we started early going through things to get an idea of what to do.”
The store’s southern window displays a winter wonderland that includes a small, white tree, shiny silver beads, a host of white lights and a smiling holiday snowman.
Egli said the snowman has drawn a lot of customers into the store, all with the same question.
“Every day, someone comes in wanting to buy him, but I can’t sell him, he’s part of our display,” Egli said. “I’m really shocked about the response we’ve had to our window displays.”
Egli is not a professional merchandiser. She said she simply looks at the items the store has on hand, then gets an idea of what she wants to do.
“I’ll just see stuff and get an idea, and start to collect things in a group, I just really feel like I have a gift that God has given me.”
All this season, it seemed no sooner did the merchandise hit the fl oor than it quickly found a new home.
“All the Christmas stuff in the store has been fl ying out the door,” she saidd. “One man came in and bought eight Christmas trees, every one we had. We had tons of ornaments, Christmas lights, little Christmas tsotskes. It’s almost all gone.”
The store fi rst opened in early 2012. Its success is critical to Elijah Haven’s mission. All the income raised by the store goes to help fund programs carried out by Elijah Haven.
Elijah Haven’s mission is to provide a safe, healing, nurturing environment for all individuals affected by domestic violence and to advocate violence-free living. Elijah Haven is dedicated to ending domestic violence and educating teens about dating violence. Elijah Haven offers a wide range of comprehensive services to people of all ages affected by domestic violence and teen dating violence.
The mission is not cheap. It costs up to $50 a day to shelter one adult and one child. Grant money the group receives from the state is quickly spent helping others, so money raised by the store is important.
“All the income from the store goes to benefi t our programs,” Miller said.
Egli said the downside to having such a great holiday season is she has almost no Christmas items left to set aside for next year’s holiday season.
“We need more Christmas stuff, because we sold almost all of that we had,” she said.
Window displays bring customers fl ocking to LaGrange thrift store
PATRICK REDMOND
Theresa Egli, merchandising manager for The Thrifty Boutique, 301 N. Detroit St., LaGrange, looks out over what’s left of her store’s Christmas merchandise. The thrift store takes gently used items
and resells them, funneling that income to help pay for the work done by the Elijah Haven Crisis Intervention Center and its mission to stop domestic and teen dating violence.
LAGRANGE — Fifteen brand spanking new, six-week-old pit bull mix puppies are available for adoption this week at the Ark Animal Sanctuary, LaGrange.
All 15 pups, including their mother, were rescued last month by a crew from the Ark Animal Sanctuary.
Sandra Cochran, adoption coordinator for the shelter, said a woman near South Milford contacted her to report that a “very pregnant” dog had wandered into her yard. Cochran got in contact with the woman and asked if she was willing to keep the dog overnight until someone from the sanctuary could pick up the dog. By the time the shelter workers arrived the next morning, the dog had already given birth to 14 puppies, and puppy number 15 was on his way.
After bringing the dog and her litter back the shelter, Cochran said she and the rest of the staff quickly decided to divide the puppies into small groups, and that staff and volunteers would then take on the duties of caring and feeding the newborn dogs. Cochran took six of the puppies home with her, sanctuary director Yancy Painter took three, and a shelter volunteer hand-raised one puppy.
“We decided to only leave the mother with fi ve puppies,” Cochran said. “She was all skin and bones.”
Cochran has hand-raised puppies before. A few years ago, someone dropped off 6-day-old Lab puppies at the shelter without their mother, and Cochran hand-raised those dogs.
Puppies need nearly constant care, and Cochran,
Painter and the shelter volunteer said they were at the mercy of their pups. Newborn dogs nurse every two hours, and then need to be stimulated in order to clear their bladders and bowels.
“It seems like you never get to sleep,” Cochran said of the experience.
For Painter, hand-raising infant puppies was new, but rewarding.
“The stress of making sure the puppies had enough to eat was overwhelming,” Painter said. “A great learning experi-ence, and I got very close to the pups that went everywhere with me for weeks. I am very glad all survived, but I will be glad, too, when they have new homes.”
All 15 of the puppies survivied. The black,
black-and-tan, and tan-and-white puppies are now thriving at the sanctuary and ready to fi nd their “forever homes.”
Cochran describes the brindle mother dog as awesome, and said she, too, is ready to be adopted now that she has been spayed.
“She can smile, and she’s a very friendly dog who wants to lie on your lap,” Cochran said. “She’s only about 40 pounds, so she was really small to have so many puppies.”
All but one of the puppies is now ready to fi nd a new home. Each has had two rounds of puppy shots and each has been carefully social-ized. Anyone interested in bringing a new puppy into his or her home may call the Ark animal sanctuary at 463-4142.
Large litter of puppies available for adoption
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Sandra Cochran, left and shelter director Yancy Painter tend to a few of the puppies that came into their lives when a South Milford woman reported a pregnant dog wandered onto her property and gave birth to 15 puppies in her barn. Most of the puppies were hand-raised by the staff and are now available for adoption.
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Pet of the WeekThis week’s Ark Animal Sanctuary pet of the week is Jeanie, a 4-month-old female domestic shorthair cat. The staff describes Jeanie as very lovable and said she likes to play hide-and-seek. For those interested in adopting Jeanie, or any of the animals at the Ark’s sanctuary, call 463-4142 for more information.
BY DENNIS [email protected]
KENDALLVILLE — The Cole Center Family YMCA is expanding wellness offerings in LaGrange through group wellness.
Since September, the YMCA has offered a variety of classes including Group Cycling, Body Shop, Active Older Adults and Muscle Works.
Beginning Jan. 6, Boot Camp classes will be offered along with more Group Cycling times, Muscle Works and Active Older
Adults, said Ryan Ferguson, Cole Center Family YMCA Health and Wellness director. No group classes will be offered between Dec. 20 and Jan. 5.
“We are very excited to be a part of the LaGrange community,” Ferguson said. “We have been met with a great response to the group wellness classes and are very pleased to be able to expand those offerings.”
People interested in participating can register in person at the YMCA in Kendallville or online at coleymca.net.
YMCA expanding programs into LaGrange County
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History book donatedJean Fremion-McKibben, right, presents the book “The Gospel Trumpet Years,” by Dale Stultz, to Barb Mulholland, president of the LaGrange County Indiana Genealogical Society Inc. The society will donate the book to the genealogy room of the LaGrange County Library. Stultz spent years researching the book on the history of the Church of God and Anderson University’s beginnings. Jospeh Fisher, one of the church’s early founders, is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in LaGrange County. The book is a mixture of history and genealogy.
PATRICK REDMOND
A white fabric-and-wire snowman looks out the window of the The Thrifty Living Boutique on North Detroit Street. The shop has had its busiest Christmas season yet, and the shop managers said the store’s window display brought customers into the store.
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food bank.“A lot of civic groups
and churches donate,” said RSVP assistant director Shirley Johnson, ““But when you have more people (in need), those donations don’t go as far.”
Johnson said the food bank always needs personal hygiene items and toilet paper — things that cannot be purchased with food stamps.
This year the center has seen a drop in the number of coats it received for the Share the Warmth program.
“There’s been a big demand, but we haven’t had the sizes,” said Sheppard. In a good year, RSVP has had as many as 1,200 coats to distribute. This year the agency has received between 400 and 500, Sheppard said.
This holiday season a new organization, DeKalb County’s Sonshine Seekers, hosted Kids’ Korner at Betz Nursing Home. The event took place Dec. 14, and children were invited to pick out gifts for their parents. There was no cost or income guidelines for those who participated.
Organizer Darline Mavis said volunteers had been purchasing items for the program throughout the year. Sonshine Seekers had hoped to provide a Christmas gift-picking experience for at least 100 children. However, a snowstorm cut down those numbers, and 45 children participated. Nevertheless, those youngsters had a great experience, Mavis said.
“They just loved it. They had such a wide variety (of gifts) to chose from,” Mavis said.
Mavis also credited Betz Nursing Home for its generosity in providing the space for the event.
Eaton Corp. in Auburn also provided a generous gift, donating a shopping spree for the DeKalb County community-based matches
in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana program.
Employees at the company raised more than $3,000 to sponsor a $100 shopping spree for 26 children in the program on Dec. 17 at the Auburn Walmart store. Kelly Grantham, the DeKalb community development coordinator, said the shopping event was out of ordinary for the agency.
“This is very, very rare,” Grantham said.
As one of its holiday traditions, Steuben County’s Project Help provides supplies for a Christmas meal. This year 240 families received ingredients for dinners serving approxi-mately 750 people. Director Sheri Frank said that is less than the 740 families who received holiday dinners at Thanksgiving, but she noted many of those families receive help from other agencies at Christmas.
Frank praised Miller Poultry of Fremont for its generosity in donating several thousands of pounds of chicken that went into Project Help’s meal packages.
Each year, Miller Poultry donates chicken area food banks and pantries. This year, the company gave away more than 160,000 pounds of chicken.
“We know how the many food banks are in need and will use this to feed many families not only during the holiday time, but in the weeks following,” said Miller Poultry administrative coordinator Sally Durbin. “It is a blessing to be able to give back to those in need and truly instill those beliefs of giving to our entire employee family.”
Miller Poultry owner Galen D. Miller said, “These chicken donations grow out of a religious faith that promotes a culture of sharing blessings and talents.
Our family and team look forward to another year of sharing poultry with those less fortunate both locally and in a several-state area.”
Frank said this year she has noticed donors and funders are turning away from paying for consum-ables and food and are moving toward funding operating costs. That makes it diffi cult for Frank, especially at this time of year.
“I have to look for new funders and grants and pray that the community will come through,” she said.
Frank said Christmas adoptions also are down this year. In the past, Steuben County donors had been able to adopt as many as 400 children a year at Christmas-time. This year the number of adoptions is, perhaps, half of that, Frank said.
However, Frank added, it is never too late to help,
“If people didn’t do it this year, please, come back next year,” she added. “This is ongoing need.”
The Kendallville Christmas Bureau delivered food, clothing and toys to 162 families on the fi rst Saturday in December. The bureau served 65 fewer families than last year and its director, Anita Hess, credited an improving economy for the drop.
The Christmas charity operates as a project of the Kendallville Area Chamber of Commerce and focuses on children in the families its serves.
Businesses, organizations and individuals adopted 100 of the needy families. The Christmas Bureau’s volunteers shopped for the other 62 families with a budget of $12,000.
The Christmas Bureau uses donations that come in after the gift distribution to replenish some of what it has spent and to stockpile on items when they go on sale after the holidays.
CHARITIES: Personal hygiene items always neededFROM PAGE A1
estimates call for 3.3 million to sign up by Dec. 31, and the target is 7 million by the end of March.
After that, people who fail to buy coverage can face tax penalties.
The government’s original deadline already had been pushed back a week because of the technical problems that plagued the website, but hundreds of upgrades to storage capacity and software have cut error rates and wait times.
As the Monday deadline drew new, last-minute health insurance shoppers called
help lines and attended enrollment events. More than 1 million people visited the website over the weekend, and a federal call center received more than 200,000 calls.
“It’s just nonstop now. Everybody knows about it. Everybody wants it,” said Florida enrollment counselor Madeleine Siegal. She said her organization in Fort Lauderdale was slammed with walk-ins and appoint-ments Friday, had several weekend enrollment events and opened its doors an hour early on Monday.
Roger Colyn, 60, of Des
Moines, Iowa, was happy when he left his Monday morning appointment with a state enrollment navigator. She helped him sign up for a “silver” plan that will cost him $10.79 in monthly premiums after government aid is factored in.
“I feel relieved,” Colyn said.
Others said they will let the date pass without making a decision.
“I’m in no hurry, though it’d be nice to be able to visit a doctor without stress,” said Kyle Eichenberger, an uninsured 34-year-old from Oak Park, Ill., who said he
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AP
The Federal Reserve celebrated its 100th birthday at a time of unprecedented global infl uence on Monday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The press called it an early Christmas present for President Woodrow Wilson: On Dec. 23, 1913, Congress passed legislation creating the Federal Reserve. Hours later, Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law.
No one at the White House ceremony that day could foresee what the Fed has become: A titanic institution with power over people and economies worldwide. Its actions shape loan rates and job growth. They affect trade, stock prices, bank rules, fi nancial systems. Economic decisions are made with the Fed in mind. Retirement savings hinge on its policies.
“If Woodrow Wilson and the other architects of the Federal Reserve could have known how powerful it would become, they would have been shocked,” said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University Channel Islands. “There is no part of the global economy today which is not affected by actions of the Federal Reserve.”
Supporters of the 1913 bill were responding to a spate of banking panics. Depositor runs were
causing bank failures. Recessions often followed. An especially severe panic struck in 1907. Without a central bank, fi nancier J.P. Morgan had to intervene to save the fi nancial system.
Five years ago, when the fi nancial meltdown struck, the Fed expanded its reach. Its response to the worst such crisis since the 1930s was to ease credit, print money and boost confi dence.
“If you are a central banker with the power to print money and the willingness to use that power, it gets the attention of fi nancial markets,” said David Jones, author of a forthcoming history of the Fed. “The Fed has grown into this colossus which is basically a fourth branch of government.”
When the Fed was created, the “discount window” was its main tool. When commercial banks in the Fed system fell short of money, they could borrow from one of 12 regional Fed banks. This became a vital Fed role: Lender of last resort.
The discount window gained vast signifi cance during the fi nancial crisis. Hundreds of banks, including some of the
biggest, borrowed from it. The Fed supplied trillions in loans — to U.S. banks and foreign banks with U.S. subsidiaries.
That effort, along with a rescue fund approved by Congress, helped save the fi nancial system. But the 2010 Dodd-Frank fi nancial overhaul law restricted the Fed’s ability to give emergency aid to non-banks like insurance giant American International Group, which got billions. The Fed would now need the Treasury secretary’s approval. And the support couldn’t be directed to a single company.
The short-term rate is the Fed’s main lever to infl uence the economy. It was discovered almost by accident about a decade after the Fed’s creation. The Fed found it could infl uence short-term rates by buying and selling Treasurys that banks hold as reserves. The Fed was slow to exploit this power during the Depres-sion, when it could have delivered a desperately needed economic jolt.
The Fed uses short-term rates to meet its dual mandate: Maximizing employment and stabilizing prices.
To lower rates, it creates
money and uses it to buy bonds from banks. The banks can use the reserves to make loans. To raise rates, the Fed does the reverse: It sells Treasurys to banks and takes money out of circulation. Rates rise.
The Fed last week strengthened its commit-ment to low short-term rates. It said it would likely keep its benchmark rate at a record low near zero “well past” the time unemploy-ment falls below 6.5 percent from the current 7 percent.
Since the Fed can’t lower its short-term rate below zero, it’s taken other steps to spur growth. Starting in 2009, it’s been buying Treasurys and mortgage bonds in a program never tried before on such a scale.
The idea is to lower long-term loan rates to stimulate borrowing and spending. The Fed’s bond buying has swollen its investment portfolio to a record $4 trillion. The purchases have helped keep long-term rates low. But they’ve incited critics who fear the Fed is infl ating bubbles in assets from stocks to farmland.
Last week, the Fed said it will slow its monthly purchases from $85 billion a month to $75 billion.
Fed at its strongest as it hits 100
CHICAGO (AP) — ‘Tis the season — for heart attacks? Not to dampen any spirits, but studies show heart troubles spike this time of year.
It’s not just a Western phenomenon; recent research in China found the same thing. The increase includes fatal and nonfatal heart attacks and a less serious condition dubbed “holiday heart syndrome” — an irregular heartbeat caused by too much booze.
Reasons for the seasonal increase are uncertain. Theories include cold weather, overindulgence and stress.
“The other day we had three heart attacks come in within four hours,” said Dr. Charles Davidson, chief of Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s cardiac catheterization services. The hospital’s usual rate is two or three a week.
American Heart Associa-tion spokesman Dr. Richard Stein, a cardiologist at New York University’s medical center, said most studies investigating holiday heart trends have found a statis-tical increase in heart attacks and other problems — not a giant surge but worth noting just the same.
It happens in cold climates, sometimes when sedentary people or those with heart disease take on too much snow shoveling, or spend too much time outdoors. Cold weather can constrict arteries, increasing demand on the heart, he said, But it also happens in warm places. Flu season coincides with winter holidays and Stein said that might be a factor since the virus can cause infl ammation that also can stress the heart.
Stein recommends the usual preventive advice, including fl u shots, avoiding excessive eating and drinking, and getting enough exercise throughout the season.
David Phillips, a sociol-ogist at the University of California’s San Diego
campus, has long studied when people die. His research, based on millions of death certifi cates nation-wide, shows that cardiac deaths including fatal heart attacks increase almost 5 percent on Christmas Day, the day after and on New Year’s Day. Deaths from other causes also increase at holiday time, but not as much, he has found.
Nashville dentist Jason Cabler fell victim last year. After opening presents on Christmas morning with his wife and two teens, Cabler headed downstairs to lift weights in his basement gym when he started to feel a little odd, including tightness in his chest.
“I said, ‘I’m just having an off day, I’ll just work through it,’” he recalled. But when his symptoms got worse, he climbed upstairs and asked his son to drive him to the hospital. By then he was feeling nauseous and sweating profusely. Ten minutes later he was in a hospital emergency room. Doctors diagnosed a heart attack and implanted two stents to open blocked artery.
Cabler was just 45, had always been healthy and active, so the diagnosis was a surprise. So was learning about the possible seasonal connection. Now he says the stress of running around buying gifts and braving holiday crowds might have been a factor. Doctors also found he had high cholesterol and triglycerides, prescribed medicine and recommended cutting down on fat and sugar.
Holidays can berough on heart
“The other day we had three heart attacks come
in within four hours.”
Dr. Charles Davidson
Northwestern Memorial
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The new Heat Surge Mini-Glo Efficiency
heats for just fourteen cents an hour to
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In fact, it gives you 74° of bone-soothing
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People everywhere got off easy last
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That’s why everyone is rushing to get
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warm all winter long.
“We’re bracing ourselves for all the calls
because everyone who wants to really
save on their heat bills and stay warm
this winter will be calling immediately
to make sure they get their new heater
at a massive discount,” said Martin.
“As soon as you turn on the new Heat
Surge Mini-Glo Efficiency Heater you’ll
instantly feel the bone-soothing heat and
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he said.
“To make sure everyone gets their new
Heat Surge Mini-Glo Efficiency Heater
before the harsh winter weather hits,
UPS® drivers have been instructed to
make home deliveries anywhere in the
United States,” Martin said.
“Just remember, to get your new
heater you must find the first two dig-
its of your zip code listed in today’s publi-
cation and be one of the first Kendallville
area readers to call the Toll Free Hot-
line at 1-888-414-2571 before the 48-hour
deadline ends,” he said.
How It Works: You get 74º of bone-soothing room heat even when the home thermostat is turned down to 59º with the fi rst-ever Heat Surge Mini-Glo Effi ciency Heater
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Saves Money: You’ll never pay high heat bills again
ZONE HEATING SLASHES HEAT BILLS: Notice how the home thermostat is set at 59º. The left shows the new Heat Surge Mini-Glo Efficiency Heater blanketing the whole room with 74º of warmth.
Room Tempwith
Heat Surge Mini-Glo
Room Tempwith
Regular Heat
Who gets the heaters: Listed below are the Kendallville area zip codes that get the new heaters.
If you find the first two digits of your zip code listed below immediately call 1-888-414-2571
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Only the first Kendallville area callers who beat the order deadline and provide the operator with the valid Claim Code VM353 and live in one of the Kendallville area zip codes listed above will be permitted to get the new Heat Surge Mini-Glo Efficiency Heater shipped anywhere in the U.S. at a massive discount and cover just $149 and shipping and handling to drastically slash home heat bills.
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DETROIT .................................115CLEVELAND ............................92
CHARLOTTE ........................111MILWAUKEE ............110 (OT)
NEW YORK ...........................103ORLANDO ................................98
MIAMI .......................................121ATLANTA .....................119 (OT)
MONDAY’S GAMESN.Y. ISLANDERS .....................3DETROIT .......................................0
COLUMBUS ..............................4CAROLINA ...................................3
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Trine baseball’s holiday camps set
ANGOLA — Trine University’s baseball program will host holiday camps from Saturday through Monday.
There will be high school camps on Saturday and Sunday. The high school players can choose which day will work best for them. The cost $80 per person.
The youth camp will be on Monday for a fee of $35 per child.
All camps will start at 10 a.m. and end at 4 p.m.
For more information, contact Thunder baseball coach Greg Perschke by phone at 665-4135 or by email at [email protected].
Pacers rout BrooklynNEW YORK (AP) —
Lance Stephenson scored a career-high 26 points in his hometown, Paul George also had 26, and Indiana went on to its third straight easy victory, 103-86 over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night.
Editor’s Note: This message from Hannah Holstein, fi rst run in 1976, has become a regular part of our Christmas. What better way is there for us to say “Merry Christmas?”
It has come to my attention that certain readers out there doubt the actual existence of Hannah Holstein. “Hannah is just a fi gment of some writer’s imagination,” they say. Or “Hannah is just a literary trick to accord someone the opportunity to write a sports column in the fi rst person. No one has ever seen her, you know.”
Well, let me ask you this, folks. If Hannah wasn’t for real, why doesn’t the United States Post Offi ce strike me off the mailing list? I’ll tell you why. Because I receive gobs of mail from faithful followers every year.
Furthermore, I answer much of that mail personally, and many folks in the area have copies of my responses to prove it.
You know, I have a sneaky hunch that the same people who doubt the reality of Hannah
Holstein also doubt the existence of another famous person who comes into the limelight this time of year. You know who I’m talking about — Mr. Kris Kringle, otherwise known as Santa Claus.
Poor Santa. He has done so much for so many for so long, and yet he constantly has to defend his existence against scrooges, “realists,” and beard-pulling children.
I sympathize with you, Santa, because I’m fi ghting the same kind of battle on a different plane.
To go a step farther, perhaps these same disbelievers also doubt the existence of another well-know person who comes to the fore at this time. His name is Jesus Christ, and He has been fi ghting an uphill battle ever since His birth 2,000
years ago.That was a landmark occasion,
and Hannah is proud to tell you that one of her ancestors was right there to warm that precious Babe in the stable. That was probably the most noble thing any Holstein ever did, and Hannah wishes she could have been the one.
But even though I wasn’t there to see or meet the Baby Jesus, that doesn’t stop me from believing in Him just the same. Why? Because Hannah possesses a gift much more valuable than the ability to predict the outcome of sporting events.
For you see, faith is not built on logic or factual proof. Faith is built on trust and personal conviction. For Hannah, her faith comes from looking at the world and seeing so much good. Only the Lord Himself could produce such a wonderful place, and that’s good enough to get my vote.
And despite all of this, I believe in Him just because He told us that those who believe without seeing will enter that great pasture in the sky.
Now the point behind all of this is that no one has seen Hannah either. I wish I could change that, but the nature of my work makes it impossible. It is essential for Hannah to remain anonymous because a talking cow would attract greedy profi t-makers, and Hannah has no intentions of spending the rest of her days in a sideshow.
So let me conclude by drawing on the meaning of Christmas to defend the existence of Hannah Holstein. Christmas is a time to renew old friendships, the spirit of giving and the foundations of one’s faith. If one does not believe the Son of God was born at this time 2,000 years ago, Christmas has no meaning. But if one believes without the privilege of personal existence, without seeing, one has everything to celebrate at Christmas.
By the same token, if one believes in lowly little Hannah without seeing the Sacred Cow, one can enjoy her columns for what they are — entertainment.
Merry Christmas, friends!!
Hannah shares annual holiday message
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BY PHIL [email protected]
GARRETT — On a night when both offenses struggles to consis-tently knock down shots, the victor in Monday night’s Garrett-Angola contest would be determined by which defense played the best.
And it was Garrett’s 2-3 zone that would end up being the difference. Angola only made 31 percent of its shots from the fi eld (13 of 42), and that led to a 44-38 Railroader victory.
“Our goal was to not let them get easy stuff off the screen-and-rolls,” said Garrett coach John Bodey. “We wanted to play contain, keep them out of the lane and behind the arc. We did a pretty good job of that. They didn’t get to the basket, and really didn’t much going in the post.
“It wasn’t a pretty game offensively, but I’m glad our defense came through for us. We found a way to win one when it wasn’t easy.”
Angola’s Aaron Lloyd hit fi ve 3-pointers, with Craig Nofziger hitting the other two, as the Hornets (3-3) fi nished 7 of 18 from downtown. Lloyd and Nofziger were the only Hornets in double fi gures with 15 and 12 points, respectively.
However, Angola coach Ed Bentley thought his team was ‘lackadaisical.’
“We didn’t follow the scouting plan,” Bentley said. “I’m not going to make any excuses. They beat us in every aspect tonight. The last three games, we haven’t shot the ball very well. We came
out extremely sluggish.”Bodey wanted to use the zone
to prevent the Hornets from getting the ball inside with senior Justin Davis and force them to shoot outside. Davis fi nished with seven points and seven rebounds.
“We did a good job putting a shell around the 3-point line, and Matt Singleton and Tommy Reneau did a nice job walling up, contesting Davis inside,” Bodey said.
Garrett’s (6-1) leading scorer, junior Justin McCoy, had another
solid performance, fi nishing with 20 points on 8 of 16 shooting while adding nine rebounds. Both were game-highs. Bentley said that McCoy is a different player from last year, and that he’s much tougher to defend.
“He didn’t really feel comfort-able putting it on the fl oor last year, and he was kind of a one-di-mensional player,” Bentley said. “This year, he can take you off the dribble, he can spin, he’s expanded his game. He’s tough.”
With his parents visiting from Italy, Garrett senior foreign exchange student Andrea Rosati earned his fi rst start of the season Monday night. He hit a 3-pointer within the fi rst two minutes and
Railroaders defeat Angola
BY JEFF [email protected]
LAGRANGE — Thick fog Friday caused many area schools to turn to “Monday Night Basket-ball.”
The Eastside Blazers rode a 23-9 fourth quarter wave to a 57-44 win over the Lakeland Lakers in Northeast Corner Confer-ence play.
The Blazers (4-2 overall, 1-0 NECC) got 16 points from Ethan Moughler, 14 from P.J. Dean and 10 from Ryan Liechty in the win.
Lakeland (2-3, 1-2) hung around all night, despite trailing by seven points on Liechty’s inside score with 3:37 left in the third.
The Lakers fi nished the quarter on a 10-2 run. Tanner Oakley’s putback and later a bucket in the paint had the hosts within 34-33. Dustin Cunning-ham’s tough-angle shot found the bottom of the net at the buzzer to put Lakeland on top by one after three.
The Blazers responded with a 15-1 run in the fourth to seize control.
Moughler led the charge with the fi rst nine points, including a pair of three-pointers from the right wing sandwiched around a Lakeland miss. The latter gave Eastside a 43-35 cushion.
Neither team scored again until Dean’s slash to the basket at the four-minute mark made it 45-35. After
a Lakeland turnover, Dean scored from the lane before Lakeland’s Marco Olivares made 1-of-2 free throws for his team’s fi rst point in nearly fi ve minutes.
Eastside’s lead reached 13 on Liechty’s score inside with 2:04 to play.
The Lakers wouldn’t quit, however. Chandler Mynhier and Brant Betts canned threes in the next 40 seconds, cutting the visitors’ lead to 51-44.
The Blazers sealed it at the free throw line, hitting all six attempts in the fi nal minute of play.
“In the second quarter, they went to their 1-2-2 and 1-3-1 trapping schemes, and I didn’t think we handled that real well,” Eastside coach Ryan Abbott said. “It felt like we looked too much to run our offense and be robotic instead of just being basketball players and making basketball plays.
“We’ve been working for months about being basket-ball players, making good plays and learning how to play the game the right way, so I was a little disappointed in that.
“Lakeland made a run late in the third quarter, they hit a couple of late shots, and we responded,” Abbott said.
“Ethan got hot, we had some good fi nishes down lot, and all of those fi nishes
were the result of good basketball plays that we probably should have done in the second quarter,” he added. “It was nice to fi nish the game on the road in that way.”
Blazers down Lakers
JEFF JONES
Lakeland’s Marco Olivares, center, is closely guarded by Eastside’s Ryan Liechty, left, and Rob Singer (34) during Monday’s game at LaGrange.
Eastside 57, Lakeland 44Eastside
Players fg-fga ft-fta tp rb as stMoughler g 6-8 1-2 16 3 0 4Dean g 5-11 4-4 14 4 2 3Renier g 3-8 0-0 6 3 2 4Liechty f 4-11 2-3 10 8 2 2Singer f 3-5 0-0 6 2 2 1Sprunger 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0Willard 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0Baker 2-6 0-0 5 2 0 1Totals 23-49 7-9 57 23 10 15
LakelandPlayers fg-fga ft-fta tp rb as stHerber g 1-2 0-0 2 4 1 2Olivares g 0-5 1-2 1 4 5 1Trost f 2-7 0-0 4 6 0 1Mynhier f 3-11 1-1 9 4 0 0Betts f 2-6 0-0 6 3 0 0Priestley 2-7 0-0 4 2 1 1Gordon 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oakley 5-7 0-0 10 9 0 1Cunningham 3-5 1-2 8 2 0 0Totals 18-50 4-5 44 34 7 6Eastside 12 9 13 23 — 57Lakeland 9 9 17 9 — 44Three-point shooting — Eastside 4-10 (Moughler 3-3, Baker 1-2, Liechty 0-1, Renier 0-1, Dean 0-3), Lakeland 4-16 (Mynhier 2-4, Betts 2-6, Cunningham 0-1, Olivares 0-1, Priestley 0-4). Team rebounds — Eastside 1, Lakeland 3. Fouled out — Priestley. Total fouls — Eastside 9, Lakeland 14. Turnovers — Eastside 12, Lakeland 21.
PHIL FRIEND
Garrett’s Kordell Kessler, white jersey, is met on the baseline by Angola’s Aaron Lloyd during Monday night’s non-conference matchup. Kessler scored nine points, and Lloyd had 15 points, in the Railroaders’ 44-38 victory.
Garrett 44, Angola 38Angola
Players fg-fga ft-fta tp rb as stKohart 0-3 0-1 0 3 0 0R. Honer 1-2 2-2 4 3 4 1Nofgizer 5-14 0-0 12 1 2 0Lloyd 5-14 0-0 15 6 2 0Davis 2-6 3-7 7 7 0 3Gardner 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0J. Honer 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0Totals 13-42 5-9 38 21 8 4
GarrettPlayers fg-fga ft-fta tp rb as stK. Cooper 2-3 3-4 7 3 4 0Rosati 2-3 0-0 5 3 1 0Kessler 3-7 2-2 9 2 1 1McCoy 8-16 2-4 20 9 2 1Singleton 0-4 0-0 0 2 0 0Estep 0-1 0-2 0 3 1 1Reneau 1-1 1-4 3 2 0 0M. Cooper 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0Benston 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0Casselman 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0Wichman 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0Totals 16-36 8-16 44 24 8 3Angola 12 5 11 10 — 38Garrett 17 7 7 13 — 44Three-point shooting — Angola 7-18 (Lloyd 5-12, Nofziger 2-4, Kohart 0-1, J. Honer 0-1), Garrett 4-10 (McMoy 2-4, Kessler 1-3, Rosati 1-2, Estep 0-1). Team rebounds — Angola 4, Garrett 9. Turnovers — Angola 11, Garrett 8. Total fouls — Angola 16, Garrett 13. Fouled out — Lloyd. Blocks — Rosati, Kessler, Singleton, Lloyd.
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Local Sports Briefs•
Girls BasketballDeKalb blows out Elkhart Central
ELKHART — The DeKalb girls basketball team outscored Elkhart Central 21-6 in the fourth quarter to spur a 61-33 victory Monday afternoon at North Side Gym.
Baylee Rinehart led four Barons (8-2) in double fi gures with 16 points. Hayley Martin was right behind her with 15 points, and Skylar Ostrowski and Rachel Ehmke both scored 11 points.
Brooke Leins had seven points and Maddy Fifer one point to round out the scoring for DeKalb.
Panthers fall at ChurubuscoCHURUBUSCO — Prairie Heights lost to Churubusco
58-50 in a Northeast Corner Conference game Saturday night.
The Panthers had 25 turnovers and only made 11 of 27 free throws in the loss.
Shawna Carbone had 16 points and nine rebounds for Prairie Heights. Tressa Terry added 12 points and Haley Kleeberg had 11 points and 16 rebounds.
Baron JV, frosh fall to NorwellWATERLOO — DeKalb’s junior varsity and freshman
teams lost to Norwell on Saturday night.The Baron junior varsity squad lost, 55-20. Libbie
Koeppe led DeKalb with eight points, Marisa Robinett scored six points, and Destini Schuller, Caylin Paul and Jade Bollet scored two points each.
The DeKalb frosh lost, 37-14. Mikalyn Doty scored seven points, Kaitlyn Rieke and Jordan Whan had three points each, and Jessica Schamper tallied one point.
WrestlingHeights challenged at New Haven
NEW HAVEN — Prairie Heights went 1-4 in the New Haven Super Duals on Saturday.
The Panthers defeated Southern Wells 60-18, but lost 41-36 to the host Bulldogs, 53-27 to Class 1A top-ranked Adams Central, 62-18 to Class 2A second-ranked Leo and 68-6 to Class 2A No. 1 Yorktown.
“There was pretty stiff competition. We lost a tough match to New Haven,” Heights coach Brett Smith said. “Injuries are hitting us at the wrong time, but we have to keep pressing on.”
Doug Levitz was 4-1 on the day to lead the Panthers. He had three pins, two at 145 pounds and one at 152. Alex Steele (113), David Rodriguez (152-145) and Kade Gerbers (182-195) each went 3-2.
SwimmingHomestead sweeps DeKalb
FORT WAYNE — The Homestead boys and girls swimming teams swept DeKalb Monday night. The Baron girls team lost 153-30 and the boys team fell 133-49.
Seth Gillespie was the standout for Dekalb, winning the 50-yard freestyle, 100 breaststroke and running a leg of the winning 200 freestyle relay team. Also on the relay were Kahler Goldsmith, Brycen Spangler and John Turner.
fi nished with fi ve points, three rebounds, an assist and a block.
“There were no issues with the kids. All of them wanted him to start,” Bodey said. “Jared (Estep) wanted that. That’s the kind of kids we have. Maybe a few years ago, my kids would’ve rebelled. But these kids aren’t going to do that.”
Kordell Kessler added nine points, Karsten Cooper had seven points and Reneau three points to round out the scoring.
While all the of the numbers favored Garrett, it was still a close game throughout. The Railroaders shot out to an 8-0 lead, but the Hornets cut the lead to two in a little over a minute. Garrett re-upped the lead to 17-9 late in the fi rst quarter following two free throws and a bucket from Cooper, and a McCoy 3-pointer.
McCoy hit a pair of buckets at the end the second quarter to give GHS a 24-17 lead entering halftime.
Angola cut the defi cit to one point with 1:43 left in the third following a Nofziger basket, but Garrett proceeded to go on an 11-1 run over the next six-plus minutes to lead 40-29 with 3:40 left. Back-to-back 3s by Nofziger and Lloyd cut the defi cit to 40-35 with 1:47 left, but the Hornets drew no closer.
Robby Honer added four points to round out the scoring. Only seven Hornets saw the court Friday, and the starting fi ve played nearly the entire game together.
“We are struggling to fi nd guys that are going come to practice with consistency every single day and work,” Bentley said.
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FREMONT — Alex Beams was on a mission.
The Fremont senior struck with 27 points as the Eagles used a dominating 83-44 victory over Hamilton to score the squad’s fi rst win of the season on Monday.
“It feels great to get our fi rst win, we ran the fl oor and did what we needed to do,” said Beams. “Every week we’re getting better at what we do. We’re a young team that’s developing.”
The Eagles were 9-of-22 from 3-point range. Beams had four of the triples.
“As a team we’re shooting over 40 percent from 3-point range,” said Fremont coach Ted Bookwalter. “It’s defi nitely our strength and we try to play to our strengths.”
Beams also contributed four assists, three steals and three rebounds.
“He had 21 points at the half,” Bookwalter said. “They came out and paid a lot of attention to him in the second half.”
The Eagles also got 17 points from junior Tyler Meyer. Also scoring for the Eagles were Wade Regadanz (9 points), Tony LaRose (7), Ryan Sichling (4), Justin Papenbrock (4), Austin Roebel (4), Logan Peel (4), Logan Miller (3), Logan Pentecost (2) and Andrew Thomas (2).
“For us, we had 11 players score and that’s good for any team,” Bookwalter said.
Daine Johnson led Hamilton with 14 points and Casey Rote scored 12 points.
“Casey Rote is an outstanding player and capable of amazing things on the court,” Bookwalter said. “Our objective was to keep him under 15. Last year he put 25 points on us, we were very concerned.”
Also scoring for the Marines were Addison Stephens (7), Gage Law (6), Trayson Lewis (3) and Reed Steffen (2).
Turnovers hurt the Eagles in their fi rst four games, all defeats. Fremont turned the ball over just 12 times on Monday, and that came with a lot of different players on the court.
“The main thing was controlling our turnovers, which we did,” Bookwalter said.
Fremont put together two runs in the opening half to build a 42-16 margin by the break.
“We wanted to get a lead, we’ve been struggling early,” Beams explained. “It was nice to get an early lead and have a cushion to lean on.”
Holding a slim 9-8 lead, the Eagles closed the opening period by scoring the fi nal nine points of the stanza, capped by a Beams 3-pointer. The effort allowed Fremont to take its fi rst double-digit lead at 18-8 after one quarter.
Beams kicked off another run with another 3-pointer midway through the
second period. Pentecost followed with a steal and Ryan Sichling scored, with Colton Howe then grabbing another Fremont steal and dishing to Beams. Beams would score and also was fouled, and sank a free throw to put the Eagles up 30-12 with three minutes left in the half. The Eagles would also get 3-pointers from Beams and Regadanz before the half, allowing Fremont to lead by 26 points at the break.
Meyer had back-to-back 3-pointers for the Eagles early in the third quarter and with just over two minutes left in the period Fremont would take its lead to over 30 points following a triple by Regadanz. Fremont’s margin was 68-37 after three quarters.
Fremont (1-4) will once again take part in a holiday tournament in Coldwater, Mich. The Eagles will face Dexter at 3:15 p.m. Friday in opening round play.
“We’ve taken the hardware out of there the last three years, but it’s a tall order,” Bookwalter said. If Fremont wins on the opening day against Dexter, the team will move into the championship game on Saturday at 6:45 p.m. If the Eagles lose on Friday, they’ll play in a consolation game at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday.
Hamilton (4-4) won’t see action again until Jan. 10 at Westview.
Beams, Eagles top HHS
JAMES FISHER
Alex Beams hit four 3-pointers and scored 27 points as Fremont defeated Hamilton 83-44 on Monday to record its fi rst win of the season.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2013
FROM PAGE B1
SPORTS BRIEFS•
Malzahn AP Coach of the Year
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Gus Malzahn inherited a demoralized Auburn team that had just suffered through the program’s worst season in decades with a stagnant offense and bullied defense.
Like usual, the coach known for fast-paced offensive play quickly went to work. He led the second-ranked Tigers’ transformation into Southeastern Conference champions and has them in the national title game Jan. 6 against No. 1 Florida State.
Malzahn’s quick work made him The Associated Press national coach of the year.
“It’s very humbling,” he said Monday. “Any time you get awards like this, it’s a team thing, as far as our staff and our players. It’s been fun to be a part of this year.”
Cowboys not ruling out Romo for season fi nale with Eagles
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Tony Romo limped so badly on one play against Washington, he barely made it to the spot where he had to hand off.
The obvious limp was gone by the time the Dallas quarterback moved forward in the pocket and threw a fourth-down touchdown pass to DeMarco Murray that gave Dallas a season-saving 24-23 win over the Redskins.
The severity of his back injury is likely to remain a question all week as the Cowboys prepare for their third straight season fi nale for the NFC East title and a playoff berth, this time against Philadel-phia on Sunday night.
Responding to reports that Romo wouldn’t play against the Eagles, coach Jason Garrett said Monday the team had “not made that determination at all at this point.”
Garrett wouldn’t reveal the results of an MRI for the 33-year-old Romo, who had back surgery to remove a cyst in April and missed offseason workouts.
“Obviously he was able to play through it and played very well at the end of that ballgame,” Garrett said. “He’s getting treatment. The MRI was part of the evaluation and there’s going to be a series of different things that we do for his treatment over the next few days and see how he responds to it.”
Romo came up limping after tripping over his foot while escaping pressure during the possession before the winning drive. He doubled over in apparent pain but didn’t leave the game, eventually throwing for 140 of his 226 yards passing in the fourth quarter.
“I saw him limping around after that fi rst couple of plays after, but I didn’t realize he was that injured,” said tight end Jason Witten, who played in the 2012 season opener 23 days after rupturing his spleen in a preseason game. “Obviously it’s a testament to how he plays and what kind of competitor he is.”
Garrett said the Cowboys were working to add a third quarterback behind backup Kyle Orton, who hasn’t started a game since 2011.
Broncos’ Miller out for seasonENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The
season is over for Denver’s Von Miller after tests revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because coach John Fox had not yet addressed the media at his regular Monday news conference.
Miller was injured in the fi rst quarter of Denver’s 37-13 win at Houston on Sunday. Miller was pass-rushing when he was blocked cleanly by tight end Ryan Griffi n. His right knee buckled and he crumpled to the ground.
Miller walked off the fi eld and into the locker room with a team doctor and trainer. Because he didn’t need to be carted off, there was hope that his injury wasn’t season-ending and that he might return for the playoffs.
The best case now is that he’s back for training camp after surgery sometime next month.
Although the Broncos held the Texans to just one touchdown, they had trouble generating a pass rush without Miller and had to use defensive backs to get after quarterback Matt Schaub, which opened up holes in their secondary.
Miller’s injury ended a rough third season for the Broncos star, which began with a six-game drug suspension. He fi nished with just fi ve sacks in 10 games.
ECU wins Beef ‘O’ Brady’s BowlST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) —
Vinatavious Cooper rushed for a career-best 198 yards, setting a Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl record and leading East Carolina to a 37-20 victory over Ohio on Monday.
The Pirates (10-3) grabbed the lead for good on the fi rst of Cooper’s two touchdowns runs in the fourth quarter, a 31-yard burst with just under 10 minutes left.
East Carolina’s Shane Carden threw for 273 yards and one TD and also scored on a pass reception.
Cam Worthy caught an early 5-yard scoring pass from Carden, and then took a lateral from the junior quarterback and threw 14 yards back to Carden for a fourth-quarter TD that made it 31-20. Cooper put it well out of reach, fi nding an opening off left tackle and racing 22 yards for his second TD.
Tyler Tettleton and Derrius Vick threw scoring passes for Ohio (7-6), which overcame an early two-touchdown defi cit to lead 20-17 before Cooper put East Carolina back in front before an announced crowd of 20,053 at Tropicana Field.
BowlingAuburn BowlHigh scores for the week of Dec. 16MENMoose – Dennis Carper 255, Don Pierson 258, Charlie Shireman 268, Jeff Campbell 256Booster – Larry McCormick 255, Tim Klinker 279, 703 series, Brad Blevins 278, 728 series, Dave Hartman 258, Erik Bolton 279, 711 seriesIndustrial – Mike Hasselman 266, Rick Geist 258Northeast Indiana Classic – Billy Zink 278Friday Morning Trio – Dan Hartleroad 259, Nick Farrell 279, Jim Boyle 250, Josh Blaskie 276Friday Night Recreation – Andru Wallace 279, 738 series, Jeff Maurer 252, Stan Woods 258, Emery Patrick 260Masters & Slaves – Jason Flaugh 255, Jason Meadows 257, Bob Carper 278, Matt Fites 255YOUTHMajors – Spencer Crim 241, 616 series, Eriq Crim 235, 602 series, Makayla Lilly 243, 607 series, Nicole Redden 233Papa John’s Bowlers of the WeekMen – Brad Blevins +164 Pins over AverageWomen – Kathy Pepple +107 POAYouth – Coby Wade +108 POA
Prep SwimmingMonday’s resultGirls: Homestead 153, DeKalb 30200 medley relay: 1. H, 1:59.89.200 freestyle: 1. Auger (H), 2:16.16. 2. Wetekemp (H), 2:18.92. 3. Hedrick (H), 2:32.96. 4. Lounds (D), 2:36.89.200 IM: 1. Godfrey (H), 2:29.63. 2. Berghoff (H), 2:33.98. 3. Hopper (H), 2:38.66. 4. Blair-Lewis (D), 2:59.87.50 freestyle: 1. Gibble (H), 27.47. 2. Hodson (H), 27.71. 3. Carroll (H), 28.03.4. Gillespie (D), 28.84.100 butterfl y: 1. Gibble (H), 1:07.60. 2. Godfrey (H), 1:08.98. 3. Hembree (H), 1:09.10. 6. Vonholten (D), 1:21.66.100 freestyle: 1. Hammes (H), 1:01.54. 2. Carroll (H), 1:01.70. 3. Heinerich (H), 1:03.54. 4. Ramos (D), 1:08.53.500 freestyle: 1. Cook (H), 5:16.91. 2. Johnson (H), 5:21.88. 3. Farmer (H), 5:30.79. 5. Robinett (D), 6:41.00.200 freestyle relay: 1. H, 1:47.63.100 backstroke: 1. Koob (H), 1:09.12. 2. Weither (H), 1:10.46. 3. Allen (H), 1:10.55. 4. Gillespie (D), 1:16.09.100 breaststroke: 1. Heinerich (H), 1:18.91. 2. Nussear (H), 1:20.45. 3. Hopper (H), 1:28.84. 4. Rieke (D), 1:29.32.400 freestyle relay: 1. H, 3:58.10.Boys: Homestead 133, DeKalb 49200 medley relay: 1. H, 1:48.23.200 freestyle: 1. Whitaker (H), 1:50.73. 2. Chastain (H), 1:57.04. 3. Herendeen (H), 1:59.88. 5. Goldsmith (D), 2:06.17.200 IM: 1. Johnson (H), 2:07.72. 2. Frank (H), 2:10.12. 3. Howard (H), 2:12.47. 4. Turner (D), 2:20.04.50 freestyle: 1. Gillespie (D), 23.92. 2. Rittenhouse (H), 24.33. 3. Clarke (H), 24.41.100 butterfl y: Pollander (H), 1:01.55. 2. Yoder (H), 1:03.98. 3. Goldsmith (D), 1:05.04.100 freestyle: 1. Johnson (H), 51.59. 2. Hagedorn (H), 53.76. 3. Turner (D), 54.74.500 freestyle: 1. Dalton (H), 5:05.18. 2. Dynako (H), 5:21.13. 3. Clarke (H), 5:24.36. 4. Spangler (D), 5:52.71.200 freestyle relay: 1. Goldsmith, Spangler, Turner, Gillespie (D), 1:41.42.100 backstroke: 1. Pollander (H), 1:02.34. 2. Hammes (H), 1:04.07. 3. Nowak (H), 1:06.09. 5. G. Burris (D), 1:22.20.100 breaststroke: 1. Gillespie (D), 1:10.94. 2. Nealley (H), 1:16.85. 3. Gutwein (H), 1:17.11.400 freestyle relay: 1. H, 3:31.80.
State Boys Basketball PollsThe Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school boys basketball teams, with fi rst-place votes in parentheses, records through games of December 22nd, rating points and previous rankings:Class 4A W-L Pts Prv1. Carmel (13) 5-0 296 12. Indpls Tech (2) 6-1 257 33. Hamilton S’eastern 6-0 212 54. Indpls Pike 5-1 165 65. Brownsburg 6-1 156 86. Penn 5-0 144 107. Columbus North 4-1 104 28. Lake Central 5-1 77 NR9. Marion 2-1 74 NR10. Richmond 5-0 73 NROthers receiving votes: Ft. Wayne North 52. Munster 37. Columbus East 30. Ev. Harrison 26. Mooresville 26. Jeffersonville 22. Chesterton 14. Indpls Perry Meridian 9. Lawrence Central 7. Indpls Cathedral 7. Indpls N. Central 6. Northridge 6.Class 3A W-L Pts Prv1. Greensburg (12) 7-0 286 12. Guerin Catholic (2) 7-0 252 33. Bowman Acad. (1) 4-1 246 24. Indpls Brebeuf 4-0 203 45. Brownstown 4-0 178 56. Batesville 5-1 144 67. Corydon 4-0 132 78. New Haven 3-1 88 89. Muncie Central 5-1 80 910. Ev. Bosse 3-1 42 NROthers receiving votes: Ft. Wayne Dwenger 41. NorthWood 26. Vincennes 20. Tippecanoe Valley 17. Frankfort 14. Princeton 12. Heritage Hills 7. Gary Wallace 6. Southridge 6.Class 2A W-L Pts Prv1. Indy Park Tudor (13) 5-0 288 12. Wapahani (1) 5-0 242 23. Hammond Noll (1) 6-0 234 34. Frankton 5-0 212 4
5. Sullivan 4-0 170 56. Providence 5-0 160 67. Clarksville 5-0 140 78. Perry Central 5-0 103 99. Paoli 5-0 87 1010. Indpls Scecina 6-1 48 NROthers receiving votes: Linton-Stockton 38. Tipton 21. Crawford Co. 19. S. Spencer 12. Westview 7. Lake Station 7. Cloverdale 6. Prairie Hts. 6.Class A W-L Pts Prv1. Barr-Reeve (11) 4-0 288 12. Borden (1) 6-0 251 23. Kouts (2) 6-0 235 34. Triton 4-1 170 55. M.C. Marquette (1) 5-2 166 66. Tindley 4-0 139 77. Lafayette Catholic 4-2 137 48. Orleans 4-0 132 89. Covington 5-0 87 NR10. Clay City 5-0 84 NROthers receiving votes: Morristown 27. Tri-County 23. Elkhart Christian 21. Culver 15. Liberty Christian 13. Christian Academy 6. N. Daviess 6.
State Girls Basketball PollsThe Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Top 10 basketball teams, with fi rst-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 22, and previous rankings:Class 4A W-L Pts Prv1. Bedford N. Lawr. (9) 9-0 144 12. Lawrence North (6) 11-0 141 23. Homestead 9-0 107 34. Penn 9-0 97 45. Columbus North 8-1 83 56. Logansport 8-0 60 67. Westfi eld 9-0 58 78. LaPorte 9-0 43 99. Indpls Roncalli 8-1 40 810. Bloomington South 9-1 20 10Others receiving votes: Center Grove 13, Mooresville 8, Lake Central 7, Pike 3, Merrillville 1.Class 3A W-L Pts Prv1. Ev. Mater Dei (14) 7-0 140 12. Princeton 8-0 118 33. Rushville 7-1 102 44. Garrett 11-0 90 75. Western Boone 10-0 77 86. Western 8-1 75 27. Benton Central 10-1 46 108. Madison 7-1 31 69. Norwell 6-2 27 510. F.W. Concordia 7-2 26 9Others receiving votes: Indianapolis Chatard 11, Washington 8, Northwood 7, Rochester 6, South Bend St. Joseph’s 4, Columbia City 2.Class 2A W-L Pts Prv1. Heritage Chr. (14) 10-1 140 22. F.W. Canterbury 8-1 111 43. Tipton 6-1 104 14. Triton Central 7-1 101 65. Eastern Hancock 7-1 73 36. Indpls Ritter 7-2 49 7(tie) Lapel 8-1 49 NR8. Knightstown 10-1 43 59. Wabash 8-2 25 810. Westview 9-2 17 10Others receiving votes: North Knox 16, Forest Park 12, Hammond Bishop Noll 8, Oak Hill 7, Eastern (Pekin) 5, Riverton Parke 4, Sheridan 3, Providence 3.Class A W-L Pts Prv1. Oregon-Davis (12) 8-0 146 12. S’western-Shelby (3) 8-0 135 23. Barr-Reeve 6-1 101 44. Vincennes Rivet 7-2 100 35. W. Central 8-0 69 76. N. Daviess 7-1 60 57. Lafayette Catholic 6-2 59 68. Jac-Cen-Del 8-1 49 89. Attica 9-0 34 1010. Culver 8-2 24 9Others receiving votes: Borden 21, Triton 11, Tri 8, Randolph Southern 2, Wood Memorial 2, Northeast Dubois 2, Morgan Township 2.
Prep Basketball ScoresBOYS BASKETBALLBowman Academy 79, Clarksville 76E. Chicago 68, Indpls Shortridge 41Eastside 57, Lakeland 44Fremont 83, Hamilton 51Ft. Wayne Luers 80, Indpls Attucks 77F.W. North 77, Horizon Christian 58Garrett 44, Angola 38Gary Roosevelt 84, Indy Marshall 75, OTGary West 59, Traders Point Christian 46Homestead 87, Leo 60Indpls Cathedral 59, Indpls Brebeuf 47Indpls Tech 83, Marion 67Liberty Christian 77, Union (Modoc) 30Scottsburg 62, Seymour 38Trotwood-Madison, Ohio 106, Indpls Northwest 72Gibson County ClassicPool PlayEv. Reitz 79, Mt. Carmel, Ill. 64Wood Memorial 60, Lawrenceville, Ill. 49N. Daviess ClassicBrownstown 63, Orleans 33Brownstown 57, Southridge 39First RoundBarr-Reeve 63, Clay City 33N. Daviess 71, N. Posey 66GIRLS BASKETBALLDeKalb 61, Elkhart Central 33Indpls Ben Davis 58, Terre Haute South 44Lapel 64, Sheridan 39Madison Shawe 57, Crothersville 34Muncie Central 58, Wapahani 43Richmond 59, Eaton, Ohio 47Southern Wells 39, Frankton 37Southwestern (Jefferson) 63, Indpls Lighthouse 17Triton Central 79, Indpls Scecina 40Gibson County ClassicPool PlayGibson Southern 72, S. Central (Harrison) 34Mt. Carmel, Ill. 78, Ev. Reitz 48Wood Memorial 59, Lawrenceville, Ill. 47Perry-Spencer ClassicHeritage Hills 51, S. Spencer 38
AP Men’s Basketball PollThe top 25 teams in The Associ-ated Press’ college basketball poll, with fi rst-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 22, total points based on 25 points for a fi rst-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Rcd Pts Prv1. Arizona (63) 12-0 1,623 12. Syracuse (2) 11-0 1,528 23. Ohio St. 12-0 1,462 34. Wisconsin 12-0 1,390 45. Michigan St. 10-1 1,336 56. Louisville 11-1 1,274 67. Oklahoma St. 11-1 1,221 78. Villanova 11-0 1,116 89. Duke 9-2 1,108 810. Wichita St. 12-0 981 1111. Baylor 10-1 970 1212. Oregon 11-0 914 1313. Florida 9-2 881 1614. Iowa St. 9-0 804 1715. UConn 10-1 661 1016. Kansas 8-3 659 1817. Memphis 8-2 630 1518. Kentucky 9-3 529 1919. North Carolina 8-3 413 1420. San Diego St. 9-1 378 2421. Colorado 10-2 345 2022. Iowa 11-2 278 2523. UMass 10-1 154 2224. Gonzaga 10-2 79 2125. Missouri 10-1 69 23Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 65, Illinois 53, Texas 47, George Washington 43, Toledo 27, Florida St. 23, Michigan 15, Harvard 14, UCLA 14, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 8, Pittsburgh 6, Creighton 5, LSU 1, SMU 1.
Men’s Top 25 SummaryNo. 14 IOWA ST. 83, AKRON 60IOWA ST. (10-0)Ejim 7-9 4-4 21, Hogue 6-8 5-6 18, Niang 7-11 4-4 22, Thomas 1-3 0-0 3, Kane 7-15 1-2 15, Dorsey-Walker 0-2 0-0 0, Morris 1-3 0-0 2, Long 1-4 0-0 2, Bluford 0-0 0-0 0, Gibson 0-1 0-0 0, Ellerman 0-0 0-0 0, Edozie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-56 14-16 83.AKRON (6-3)Treadwell 5-11 0-0 10, McAdams 5-10 0-0 13, Forsythe 2-2 0-2 4, Evans 2-8 0-0 6, Ibitayo 1-4 0-2 2, Cheatham, Jr. 0-1 0-0 0, Harney 3-10 0-0 7, Diggs 4-9 1-2 12, Kretzer 2-8 0-0 6, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-64 1-6 60.Halftime—Iowa St. 37-31. 3-Point Goals—Iowa St. 9-19 (Niang 4-5, Ejim 3-3, Hogue 1-1, Thomas 1-3, Gibson 0-1, Dorsey-Walker 0-1, Kane 0-2, Long 0-3), Akron 11-35 (Diggs 3-5, McAdams 3-8, Evans 2-7, Kretzer 2-8, Harney 1-2, Treadwell 0-1, Cheatham, Jr. 0-1, Ibitayo 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Iowa St. 40 (Ejim 12), Akron 30 (Harney, Treadwell 7). Assists—Iowa St. 20 (Kane 5), Akron 9 (Diggs, Evans 3). Total Fouls—Iowa St. 9, Akron 14. A—7,140.
AP Women’s Basketball PollThe top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with fi rst-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 22, total points based on 25 points for a fi rst-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Rcd Pts Prv1. UConn (36) 12-0 900 12. Notre Dame 10-0 840 43. Duke 12-1 827 24. Stanford 10-1 807 65. Tennessee 10-1 734 36. Kentucky 11-1 719 57. Louisville 12-1 691 78. Maryland 10-1 651 89. Baylor 9-1 635 910. North Carolina 11-2 523 1411. Oklahoma St. 10-0 515 1312. Colorado 9-1 467 1113. South Carolina 11-1 457 1014. Iowa St. 9-0 444 1515. Penn St. 8-3 350 1716. LSU 9-2 309 1217. Purdue 8-2 288 1818. Nebraska 9-2 276 1919. Georgia 11-1 222 1620. Syracuse 11-1 198 2321. Iowa 11-2 185 2222. Florida St. 11-1 182 2423. California 7-3 103 2124. Gonzaga 10-2 89 2525. Arizona St. 10-1 71 —25. Oklahoma 7-4 71 20Others receiving votes: Arkansas 46, NC State 22, San Diego 20, Indiana 12, Texas 12, Georgia Tech 8, Rutgers 8, West Virginia 8, Middle Tennessee 6, Saint Joseph’s 2, DePaul 1, UTEP 1.
NBA StandingsEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division W L Pct GBToronto 11 15 .423 —Boston 12 17 .414 ½New York 9 18 .333 2½Brooklyn 9 18 .333 2½Philadelphia 8 20 .286 4Southeast Division W L Pct GBMiami 21 6 .778 —Atlanta 15 13 .536 6½Charlotte 14 15 .483 8Washington 12 13 .480 8Orlando 8 20 .286 13½Central Division W L Pct GBIndiana 23 5 .821 —Detroit 14 16 .467 10Chicago 10 16 .385 12Cleveland 10 17 .370 12½Milwaukee 6 22 .214 17WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division W L Pct GBSan Antonio 22 6 .786 —Houston 18 11 .621 4½Dallas 16 12 .571 6Memphis 12 15 .444 9½New Orleans 11 14 .440 9½Northwest Division W L Pct GBPortland 23 5 .821 —Oklahoma City 22 5 .815 ½
Denver 14 12 .538 8Minnesota 13 15 .464 10Utah 8 23 .258 16½Pacifi c Division W L Pct GBL.A. Clippers 20 9 .690 —Phoenix 16 10 .615 2½Golden State 15 13 .536 4½L.A. Lakers 13 14 .481 6Sacramento 8 18 .308 10½Sunday’s GamesIndiana 106, Boston 79Toronto 104, Oklahoma City 98L.A. Clippers 120, Minnesota 116, OTMonday’s GamesNew York 103, Orlando 98Detroit 115, Cleveland 92Charlotte 111, Milwaukee 110, OTMiami 121, Atlanta 119, OTIndiana 103, Brooklyn 86Dallas 111, Houston 104Memphis 104, Utah 94San Antonio 112, Toronto 99L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, lateGolden State at Denver, lateNew Orleans at Sacramento, lateTuesday’s GamesNo games scheduledWednesday’s GamesChicago at Brooklyn, 12 p.m.Oklahoma City at New York, 2:30 p.m.Miami at L.A. Lakers, 5 p.m.Houston at San Antonio, 8 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
NBA Pacers SummaryINDIANA (103)George 10-19 2-2 26, West 6-8 1-2 13, Hibbert 3-6 2-2 8, G.Hill 2-7 6-6 10, Stephenson 10-16 2-2 26, Scola 2-5 1-1 5, Granger 0-7 0-0 0, Watson 2-7 3-3 8, Mahinmi 3-5 1-1 7, Copeland 0-0 0-0 0, O.Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Sloan 0-1 0-0 0, Butler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-83 18-19 103.BROOKLYN (86)Anderson 1-3 2-2 5, Teletovic 3-10 2-2 8, Garnett 3-10 6-6 12, Williams 3-9 2-2 9, J.Johnson 7-13 2-2 17, Blatche 4-9 3-4 11, Pierce 0-7 0-0 0, Livingston 1-2 4-4 6, Plumlee 3-6 1-2 7, Terry 4-7 0-1 11. Totals 29-76 22-25 86.Indiana 19 26 30 28—103Brooklyn 17 22 19 28— 863-Point Goals—Indiana 9-28 (Stephenson 4-7, George 4-11, Watson 1-5, G.Hill 0-2, Granger 0-3), Brooklyn 6-26 (Terry 3-6, Williams 1-2, Anderson 1-3, J.Johnson 1-5, Plumlee 0-1, Pierce 0-2, Blatche 0-2, Teletovic 0-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Indiana 54 (Hibbert, Scola 9), Brooklyn 42 (Blatche 7). Assists—Indiana 16 (George, Stephenson 5), Brooklyn 21 (Williams 8). Total Fouls—Indiana 20, Brooklyn 19. Flagrant Fouls—Pierce. Ejected— Pierce. A—17,732 (17,732).
NFL StandingsAMERICAN CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PAy-New Eng. 11 4 0 .733 410 318Miami 8 7 0 .533 310 315N.Y. Jets 7 8 0 .467 270 380Buffalo 6 9 0 .400 319 354South W L T Pct PF PAy-Indianpolis 10 5 0 .667 361 326Tennessee 6 9 0 .400 346 371Jacksonville 4 11 0 .267 237 419Houston 2 13 0 .133 266 412North W L T Pct PF PAy-Cincinnati 10 5 0 .667 396 288Baltimore 8 7 0 .533 303 318Pittsburgh 7 8 0 .467 359 363Cleveland 4 11 0 .267 301 386West W L T Pct PF PAy-Denver 12 3 0 .800 572 385x-Kan. City 11 4 0 .733 406 278San Diego 8 7 0 .533 369 324Oakland 4 11 0 .267 308 419NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PAPhiladelphia 9 6 0 .600 418 360Dallas 8 7 0 .533 417 408N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 .400 274 377Washington 3 12 0 .200 328 458South W L T Pct PF PAx-Carolina 11 4 0 .733 345 221N. Orleans 10 5 0 .667 372 287Atlanta 4 10 0 .286 309 388Tampa Bay 4 11 0 .267 271 347North W L T Pct PF PAChicago 8 7 0 .533 417 445Green Bay 7 7 1 .500 384 400Detroit 7 8 0 .467 382 362Minnesota 4 10 1 .300 377 467West W L T Pct PF PAx-Seattle 12 3 0 .800 390 222San Fran. 10 4 0 .714 349 228Arizona 10 5 0 .667 359 301St. Louis 7 8 0 .467 339 337x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionSunday’s GamesSt. Louis 23, Tampa Bay 13Indianapolis 23, Kansas City 7Denver 37, Houston 13Buffalo 19, Miami 0Carolina 17, New Orleans 13Dallas 24, Washington 23N.Y. Jets 24, Cleveland 13Cincinnati 42, Minnesota 14Tennessee 20, Jacksonville 16Arizona 17, Seattle 10N.Y. Giants 23, Detroit 20, OTSan Diego 26, Oakland 13Pittsburgh 38, Green Bay 31New England 41, Baltimore 7Philadelphia 54, Chicago 11Monday’s GameAtlanta at San Francisco, lateSunday, Dec. 29Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m.
Denver at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.Kansas City at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.St. Louis at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.San Francisco at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.Green Bay at Chicago, 4:25 p.m.Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m.Buffalo at New England, 4:25 p.m.Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
College Football Bowl SlateSaturday, Dec. 21New Mexico BowlAt AlbuquerqueColorado State 48, Washington St. 45Las Vegas BowlSouthern Cal 45, Fresno State 20Famous Idaho Potato BowlAt Boise, IdahoSan Diego State 49, Buffalo 24New Orleans BowlLouisiana-Lafayette 24, Tulane 21Monday, Dec. 23Beef ‘O’ Brady’s BowlAt St. Petersburg, Fla.East Carolina 37, Ohio 20Tuesday, Dec. 24Hawaii BowlAt HonoluluOregon State (6-6) vs. Boise State (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN)Thursday, Dec. 26Little Caesars Pizza BowlAt DetroitBowling Green (10-3) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6), 6 p.m. (ESPN)Poinsettia BowlAt San DiegoNorthern Illinois (12-1) vs. Utah State (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)Friday, Dec. 27Military BowlAt Annapolis, Md.Marshall (9-4) vs. Maryland (7-5), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)Texas BowlAt HoustonMinnesota (8-4) vs. Syracuse (6-6), 6 p.m. (ESPN)Fight Hunger BowlAt San FranciscoBYU (8-4) vs. Washington (8-4), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)Saturday, Dec. 28Pinstripe BowlAt New YorkNotre Dame (8-4) vs. Rutgers (6-6), Noon (ESPN)Belk BowlAt Charlotte, N.C.Cincinnati (9-3) vs. North Carolina (6-6), 3:20 p.m. (ESPN)Russell Athletic BowlAt Orlando, Fla.Miami (9-3) vs. Louisville (11-1), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN)Buffalo Wild Wings BowlAt Tempe, Ariz.Kansas State (7-5) vs. Michigan (7-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)Monday, Dec. 30Armed Forces BowlAt Fort Worth, TexasMiddle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4), 11:45 a.m. (ESPN)Music City BowlAt Nashville, Tenn.Mississippi (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), 3:15 p.m. (ESPN)Alamo BowlAt San AntonioOregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN)Holiday Bowl, at San DiegoArizona State (10-3) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)Tuesday, Dec. 31AdvoCare V100 BowlAt Shreveport, La.Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-5), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)Sun Bowl, at El Paso, TexasVirginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), 2 p.m. (CBS)Liberty BowlAt Memphis, Tenn.Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
College Bowl SummaryBeef ‘O’ Brady’s BowlEAST CAROLINA 37, OHIO 20Ohio 0 14 3 3—20East Carolina 14 3 0 20—37First QuarterECU—Worthy 5 pass from Carden (Harvey kick), 10:45.ECU—B.Allen 2 run (Harvey kick), :27.Second QuarterOhio—Patterson 17 pass from Tettleton (Yazdani kick), 14:39.Ohio—Foster 80 pass from Vick (Yazdani kick), 9:54.ECU—FG Harvey 41, 1:01.Third QuarterOhio—FG Yazdani 29, 6:42.Fourth QuarterOhio—FG Yazdani 28, 13:34.ECU—Cooper 31 run (Harvey kick), 9:45.ECU—Carden 14 pass from Worthy (Harvey kick), 7:29.ECU—Cooper 22 run (kick blocked), 1:55.A—20,053.Team Statistics Ohio ECUFirst downs 21 30Rushes-yards 37-107 41-281Passing 328 287Comp-Att-Int 24-44-3 30-46-0Return Yards 2 (-3)Punts-Avg. 6-42.5 5-43.8Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 5-60 9-75Time of Possession 26:36 33:24INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING—Ohio, Blankenship 21-66, Patterson 10-28, Tettleton 4-14, Vick 2-(minus 1). East Carolina, Cooper 25-198, B.Allen 6-43, Carden 10-40.PASSING—Ohio, Tettleton 21-40-3-228, Vick 3-3-0-100, L.Smith 0-1-0-0. East Carolina, Carden 29-45-0-273, Worthy 1-1-0-14.RECEIVING—Ohio, Foster 6-160, Patterson 6-77, Cochran 5-33, L.Smith 2-37, Reid 2-5, Dixon 1-6, Mangen 1-6, Hill 1-4. ECU, Hardy 9-66, I.Jones 8-48, Cooper 3-22, Worthy 2-42, Bry.Williams 2-27, Pasut 2-23, Wiggins 2-20, B.Allen 1-25, Carden 1-14.
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FORT WAYNE — Derek Bischak was so young when he fi rst raced in the Rumble in Fort Wayne, he doesn’t recall the exact year. But the 25-year-old Angola native will never forget his most recent appearance.
Taking advantage of NASCAR star Tony Stewart’s mechanical misfortune, Bischak raced to victory in the 50-lap midget feature that capped the fi nal night of the 2012 event at the Memorial Coliseum Expo Center. He returns as a defending champion, along with Billy Wease, who won on the opening night a year ago.
Bischak and Wease head a 38-driver entry list for the 16th annual “Rumble” on Friday and Saturday. Complete shows are scheduled each day on the 1/6-mile indoor track, with winged and non-winged modifi ed midgets, karts and quarter midgets also on the program. The event has been designated a Salute to Tony Stewart in honor of the injured NASCAR driver.
Bischak, who drives for his father, Bob, fi rst raced at Fort Wayne in “1998 or 1999” in quarter midgets. His long-awaited victory was an emotional one.
“That was a lot of fun,” he said. “Actually, it was kind of a relief. We were fast on Friday — we were fast qualifi er and won our heat — then I got too aggres-sive (in the feature) and hit the (marker) tire.
“It’s nice to come back knowing you have the experience to win it. But there are a lot of fast drivers every year.”
Bischak’s Gaerte Ford-pow-ered Spike is the same car he drove last year, save for a change in paint scheme to orange from black. He sees Wease — who charged from last to fi rst for his
victory — and Tony Stewart Racing teammates Mike Fedorcak and Lou Cicconi Jr. as leading contenders, along with veterans Bobby East and Dave Darland.
“Really, anybody with a fast car can win it,” Bischak said.
That’s especially true with Stewart sidelined by a broken leg suffered in an Aug. 5 sprint car crash. The three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion will oversee his team and sign autographs both days, but he won’t be able to add to his record nine Fort Wayne victories.
Wease, a 27-year-old from
Noblesville, has fi ve career indoor victories, including four at Fort Wayne. He heads a three-car entry from Randy Burrow that includes Brian Gerster, the 2013 Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series champion, and young Joey Burrow, the owner’s son.
Another driver to keep an eye on is former NASCAR Whelen Modifi ed champion Bobby Santos III, who’ll be driving a car that Darland twice took to victory at Fort Wayne.
Defending champions Erick Rudolph and Tim Neal both return in the winged outlaw modifi ed midgets. Some of the cars that competed as winged midgets now are in a new non-winged dirt modifi ed midget division.
Bischak is anxious to get back in the cockpit after missing part of the outdoor season because of a trampoline accident that left him with fractures of the nose and face.
Luckily for him, he already knew out to sniff out victory lane.
Information about tickets, including special VIP packages, and racer’s rate hotels are available online at rumbleseries.com.
Angola native eyes repeat Rumble victory
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Angola native Derek Bischak will look to defend his 2012 midget feature championship at the Rumble in Fort Wayne this coming weekend at the Memorial Coliseum Expo Center.
Friday’s release of quality grades for Indiana schools shines even more light on the disarray in Indiana’s education system.
A large share of local school superin-tendents don’t trust the grades. That’s especially true this year, when computer problems disrupted testing for many students locally and statewide.
But even without the computer foul-ups, education leaders lack confi dence in the accuracy of school grades. A glance at some local grades makes it easy to see why.
“The wide fl uctuation from one year to the next makes it very diffi cult for us to put a whole lot of value into those particular grades,” said Randy Zimmerly, superinten-dent of Westview schools.
Garrett Middle School provides this year’s prime example of fl uctuation. Its grades spell “D-A-D” over the past three years. It’s hard to understand how the quality of a school could change so much from one year to the next.
“It is interesting to note that the formula’s design enables a few students to impact a school’s letter grade dramat-ically,” said Tonya Weaver, an adminis-trator at Garrett-Keyser-Butler schools.
Although their grades swing just as sharply, we want to believe that a school can improve from D to A in only one year — which happened at Waterloo and Prairie Heights elementary schools.
Even though some administrators brush off school grades, their accuracy matters immensely. We suspect some area princi-pals have been fi red in the past due to low grades. Parents may decide where to buy a home or transfer their children because of the grades.
State education offi cials say they’re hard at work revising the grading system, which sounds like an admission that this year’s grades come from a fl awed process.
For what it’s worth, we spotted some trends in this year’s grades that deserve a closer look.
Out of 30 public elementary schools in the four counties of northeast Indiana, exactly half — 15 — received grades of A.
Of the 12 public high schools in our four counties, one-third earned A’s.
But what happened to the middle schools? Only eight of our school districts have middle schools. Five of them received D’s, with not a single A.
How do our middle schools perform so poorly with all those students from A-rated elementary schools? How do those students from D-rated middle schools bounce back to earn A’s for their high schools? We suspect something is wrong with the ratings for middle schools.
Private, church-based schools in our counties continue to perform well, with three A’s and one B this year.
We have no charter schools in our area, but this year’s grades cast doubt on the wisdom of state leaders’ infatuation with the charter school movement.
As we read the report, 70 charter schools across the state received grades this year. The results show 24 F’s, 17 D’s and only 15 A’s. State leaders should be asking some hard questions about what charter schools are doing with our tax dollars.
How should parents react to the grades for their children’s schools? We like the advice of Westview’s Zimmerly:
“If you really want to know what’s going on in your child’s school, get in there, fi nd out, see what’s going on,” he said. “Don’t allow this external measure to sway your opinion nearly as much as your own personal knowledge and experience with your kid’s school.”
OUR VIEW is written on a rotating basis by Grace Housholder, Dave Kurtz, Michael Marturello and Matt Getts. Publisher Terry Housholder is also a member of the editorial board. We welcome readers’ comments.
School grades raise many questions
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Give to the one having the birthday
To the editor:The exact date of Christ’s
birth is unknown. Some scholars believe that it was in the spring when shepherds would be in the fields, but in that ancient time, official dates of birth were not recorded. Early Christians wishing to celebrate this remarkable birth chose a pagan holiday, when others were celebrating, so as to not give notice of their celebration and be objects of persecution.
The ancient Romans loved to celebrate. On December 25, they celebrated “Natalis Solis Invicti,” the birthday of the invincible sun god. It was a lavish celebration with parades and parties. It even became a national holiday.
It was not until 337 when Constantine was baptized that Christians could safely celebrate the birth of Christ. They just retained December 25 as that date.
It is only a fair question to ask: “What does our modern culture really celebrate at Christmas?” Probably we do not worship or celebrate the birthday of a sun god, but the gods of affluence and commerce are very real. Even when we make a token celebration of Christ’s birth, we exchange presents among ourselves instead of gifts to the birthday boy. That in itself is bad manners. Have we resorted back to the worship of gods of luxury and wealth and forgotten the God of love, peace and salvation?
Our modern culture might laugh at an invincible sun god, but Santa Claus, flying
reindeer and elves are just as real. Bright lights, a spirit of sharing and tradition can add to a celebration, but this celebration should be more than lights and shopping. If we give gifts, some of those gifts should be to the one having the birthday. Gifts of love, obedience, worship and praise do not require a credit card or cash, but would be most appreciated at this celebration. Anything else is pagan worship.
Charles ColeAuburn
Anonymous diner pays for military family’s meal
To the editor:The purpose of this letter is
to thank some very kind and thoughtful person who chose to remain anonymous.
Recently our family had cause to celebrate the gradua-tion of our youngest son from his “A School” class at Great Lakes Naval Base in Chicago.
He and his wife called us on their way home and asked us if we would like to meet them for supper somewhere. We met at Paradise Buffet in Auburn. When we arrived, I think my heart skipped a couple of beats seeing our son for the first time in his dress blue uniform. You see, our son chose to serve his country at the age of 32. We were cherishing our time with them, because his orders were taking them to San Diego in a few days.
During our meal, our waitress came to our table to tell us someone had paid for our meal — all six of us. We asked who, because we wanted to thank this generous person. She told us that he
paid for our meals and then left. He wanted to do so anonymously.
I was so moved that someone would do this for a military family I could barely speak. We were all deeply touched by this man’s kind-hearted actions. To hope that he reads this heartfelt thank you in the paper seems so inadequate. After all, he could have been just passing through Auburn. Yet, I couldn’t think of any other way to attempt to thank him.
My husband and I will remember this and look forward to paying it forward when given the opportunity. With both of our sons in the military, we have learned the value of those who take a moment to thank our members of the military and our veterans.
Again, thank you to this very thoughtful, caring and generous man.
Cher FettersSt. Joe
Calvary Cemetery needs to be plowed
To the editor:What is the city of Garrett
coming to? You can’t afford to plow the Calvary Cemetery, so family members can get back to put Christmas wreaths on family plots?
For the past six years, my mother and my aunt have complained to the City of Garrett about the gates to the Calvary Cemetery being locked and the drive not being plowed, so that they can put Christmas items on their parents’ cemetery plots. My mother, who is 69, and my aunt, who is 79, have to
climb the fence and walk in snow up to their hips, in order to put items on their parents’ grave. Nobody seems to care, but I wonder if someone would care if my mother or my aunt fell and broke a hip, leg, arm, or whatever trying to get back there. Hum …? Would a lawsuit be cheaper? This is one daughter who wouldn’t hesitate in a minute. What does it take to get the job done?
I’m hoping, in the near future, that the person in charge of making sure the Calvary Cemetery is plowed has the same experience trying to give their loved ones, who are deceased, some Christmas cheer. Let’s hope the odds are in your favor.
Melissa KomrskaFort Wayne
Look around and there are folks who make our lives easier each day and without them we would never make it.
They are there doing their jobs, often without gratitude that’s long deserved.
Consider and thank the following:
• Firefighters brave the elements in all types of weather. The other day there were seven fire departments battling a rural Angola fire in 5 degree weather. Talk about pain from cold and ice. But they’re there keeping us safe.
• Postal carriers bring us our bills, parcels and Christmas cards — even when 8 inches of snow packs us in.
• Nurses handle and see a little bit of everything unmentionable when we are sick or in pain.
• Snowplow drivers keep our roads and streets clear working around the clock like the Angola Street Department did earlier this month.
• Our clergy who are always on call 24/7 and have the biggest boss of all.
• Funeral directors handle the most difficult service when the inevitable happens to us or our loved ones.
• Teachers essentially teach us how to acquire knowledge and tools to be resourceful for a lifetime.
• Farmers grow and raise our food making sure it gets to the grocery store to buy and fill our bellies.
• Librarians see to it that we have books and all the other good media — all free to borrow.
• Plumbers, VERY unappreciated workers, make it possible to run water or flush away waste.
• Law enforcement personnel keep us safe.
• Newspaper carriers are the most important part of a publication’s operations. Without them, stories, coupons, the blotter, sports, comics and obituaries, to name a few features, would
never reach readers.• Mechanics keep our car’s duct taped
together and running.• Volunteers are the heart of any
endeavor.• Veterinarians care for and heal our
four-legged fur people friends.• Our secretaries and administrative
assistants usually are the real people who know what’s going on within an organi-zation.
• Rubbish removers take away what we no longer have use for and sometimes it is pretty disgusting to handle.
• You, dear reader, for always looking at what is in this newspaper. You may not always like it and some of you send kudos when you feel it’s deserved. It’s my honor daily to be a journalist and report what you may need to know and words to think by.
May you all have a blessed Christmas and majestic New Year.
JENNIFER DECKER is a reporter at The Herald Republican in Angola. She can be reached at [email protected].
Christmas focus: Gratitude for daily blessings
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Our new poll at kpcnews.com asks: What your favorite Christmas and New Year’s foods?
Our previous poll asked: What type of K-12 calendar do you prefer?
The replies were as follows:Start after Labor Day — 69.3 percent“Traditional” start in mid to late August
— 17.5 percentStart in early August (like East Noble
will in August 2014) — 3 percentSchool for 45 days, then 15 days (3
weeks) off — 6.6 percentSchool for 60 days, then 20 days off —
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DEAR DOCTOR K: What is the diff erence between a food allergy and a food intolerance?
DEAR READER: Th ey both involve food, but other than that, food allergies and food intolerances have little in common.
Food allergies are orches-trated by the body’s immune system. Food intolerance results from the gut’s inability to digest food normally. Food allergies can be fatal; food intolerance causes discomfort but is not usually serious.
Food allergies require eliminating all traces of the food from your diet. Food intolerances can be managed without such drastic measures.
A food allergy is the immune system’s overreac-tion to a normally harmless food. Th e most common foods that people are allergic to are milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fi sh, shellfi sh, wheat
and soy.When someone with a
food allergy eats an off ending food, the immune system springs into action. An
antibody called IgE signals immune cells to release chemicals that stimulate nerves, dilate blood vessels and cause infl amma-tion. Th is can cause lightheaded-ness; itching, hives or rash; swelling of the lips, tongue and throat; and nausea,
vomiting, cramping and diarrhea.
Rarely, a food allergy will trigger a life-threatening,
whole-body reaction known as anaphylaxis. Th at’s one of the reasons that some airlines no longer hand out peanuts on fl ights. People with food allergies must completely avoid the dietary culprit.
Food intolerance results from the body’s inability to properly digest or metabolize a food. Symptoms include gas, bloating, nausea and diarrhea. Lactose, a milk sugar, and gluten, a protein in grains, are the substances that people are most likely to be intolerant or sensitive to. Intolerance to lactose leads to cramping pain in the abdomen and loose bowel movements.
Th e reaction to gluten can range from mild to severe. With severe intolerance, the intestines produce so much uncontrollable diarrhea that a person can suff er from severe dehydration — severe enough that if the fl uid is not promptly replaced, they can
die.One common and
eff ective way to reduce symptoms is enzyme supple-mentation. Say you’re lactose intolerant. Th is means you don’t produce enough lactase, the enzyme that breaks down lactose, or milk sugar, into smaller, more easily digestible molecules.
Taking a supplement that contains lactase can help you digest the lactose in dairy foods.
Probiotics might also help. Th ere’s some evidence that ingesting “gut-friendly” bacteria may help relieve lactose intolerance. However, there’s no standard formula-tion for probiotics, and fi nding one that’s right for you can be a hit-or-miss aff air.
DR. KOMAROFF is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. His website is:AskDoctorK.com.
A food intolerance can be managed
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Just days before Christmas, Ben Elliott-Scott was busy touching up the paint on a foam snowman and blasting trees with manmade fl urries to turn them a wintery white. Santa was due to arrive soon, along with dozens of party guests at the exclusive villa nestled alongside a Dubai golf course.
His company, Desert Snow, specializes in artifi -cial snow like that used on movie sets. He has several more jobs to fi nish before the holiday rolls around at wealthy homes across the city, many owned by members of its large and diverse expatriate popula-tion.
“It is very much our busiest time of year,” the Briton said. “Christmas is taken almost more seriously in Dubai than it is at home. There are as many local families taking the pictures in front of the trees as expats.”
The Middle East’s brashest city is increasingly embracing the trappings of Christmas in a way that would be unthinkable in more conservative parts of the Muslim world. Christmas trees adorn shopping centers and residential neighborhoods, and high-end hotels try to outdo one another with extravagant and boozy holiday dinners.
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David Mitchell, an English engineer working in the Omani capital Muscat, traveled with his family to Dubai just to visit the Christmas festival earlier this month.
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NMLS-3113 LOLicense-14894. EqualHousing Lender. (A)
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For Sale.Cedar Chest $160.00,
Eclipse Elliptical$260.00,
Air Conditioner$160.00,
Ball Python,tankand heat lights$160.00. Call
260-668-6060.
FURNITURE
Brand NEW in plastic!QUEEN
PILLOWTOPMATTRESS SETCan deliver, $125.
(260) 493-0805
FIREWOOD
Seasoned FIrewoodSplit & Delivered
260-854-2712
SPORTING GOODS
GUN SHOW!!Kokomo, IN - December
28th & 29th, Ivy TechKokomo Event Center,
US Highway 31,Sat. 9-5, Sun 9-3For information
call 765-993-8942Buy! Sell! Trade!
WANTED TO BUY
TIMBER WANTEDAll species of hardwood. Pay before
starting. Walnut needed.
260 349-2685
1 & ONLY PLACE TOCALL--to get rid of thatjunk car, truck or van!!
Cash on the spot!Free towing. Call
260-745-8888. (A)
PETS/ANIMALS
PETS/ANIMALS
Adoptable Dogs• Marley-4 yr old f, mix
•Babe-5 mo. old femaleTerrier mix
•Snickers-5 mo. oldmale Terrier
•Jane- 1 yr old femaleBlack Lab
•Rupe-7 yr old maleYellow Lab
•Jackie- 7 yr old neu-tered male Jack Russel•Spunky- 4 yr old male
mini Pin•Aries-3 yr old female,
Pitbull•Zulu- 1 yr old
femaleLab/Pitbull mix•Ginger-3 yr old female
Boxer mix•Annie- 8 mo. oldfemale Pitbull mix
•Darla-1 yr old femaleBeagle
•Rocky-3 yr old maleBoxer mix
•Chloe Jo-5 yr old spayfemale Boxer mix
Humane Society ofNoble County, Inc.1305 Sherman St.
Kendallville, IN 46755260-347-2563
English/Olde EnglishBull Dogs, 10 weeks,
UTD for shots &dewormers.
260 463-1841
Santa’s Teddy Bear-puppies: Party Poms,Shih Tzus, Shmorkies,Long Hair Chihuahuas.Garwick’s the Pet Peo-
ple: 419-795-5711.Easily worth the drive.
garwicksthepetpeople.com. (A)
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$ WANTED $Junk Cars! Highest
prices pd. Freepickup. 260-705-7610
705-7630
SETSER TRANSPORTAND TOWINGUSED TIRES
Cash for Junk Cars!701 Krueger St.,
K’ville. 260-318-5555
ATTENTION:Paying up to $1000 forscrap cars. Used tires4 sale also. 318-2571
IVAN’S TOWINGJunk Auto Buyerup to $1000.00(260) 238-4787
CARS
2000 Lincoln Towncar151k mi., always serv-
iced w/ Max Platt$4,000. 318-4487
Guaranteed Top DollarFor Junk Cars, Trucks& Vans. Call Jack @
260-466-8689
CAMPERS/RV
2011 KZ DURANGO5th Wheel$32,000
Call/text for moreinfo & pictures260-463-1090
MERCHANDISEUNDER $50
$20.00 Gift Certificateredeemable at Mirror
Image. Sell for $10.00obo. Call or text,(260) 333-2018
$25.00 Gift Certificateredeemable at A.J.
Nails. Sell for $15.00obo. Call or text,(260) 333-2018
1960 & 1961 Life maga-zines. 25 issues for only$50.00. (260) 868-2547
20” BMX BicycleWhite, black & red with
4 pegs included.$50.00 obo. Call or text
(260) 333-6909
27” Sharp TVWorks good, $20.00
(260) 357-4616
4 Jack Stands for work-ing on cars. $15.00 for
all. (260) 837-4775
40 paperback books$10.00
(260) 242-2689
Auburn Rubber Corp.News Publication. Pub-
lished every othermonth. April 1947 issue.$30.00. (260) 868-2547
Bookcase, 4 shelves.$25.00.
(260) 668-6060
MERCHANDISEUNDER $50
Box 20 gauge Shotgunrifled hollow point.15 count, $10.00.
(260) 920-8676
Box of Arts & Crafts;paints, brushes, cray-
ons. $20.00 obo. Call ortext, (260) 333-2018
Dallas Cowboys Quilt.Machine made, $50.00.
(260) 587-9552
David White SiteLeveler model #8824 in
case with sturdyTri-pod legs. $50.00.
(260) 920-8676
Entertainment 60” long52” high glass door on
left storage or right.$50.00. (260) 357-4616
Guitar Ibanez Hollowbody case, strap
electric tuner, Capo,great cond. $50.00.
(260) 920-8676
HP Photosmart C5180All-in-one printer scan-
ner copier. $50.00. Ken-dallville, (260) 599-0250
Indianapolis Colts QuiltMachine made, $50.00
(260) 587-9552
Mickey Mouse Watch& Alarm Clock. $35
(260)347-0473
New England QuiltMachine made, $50.00
(260) 587-9552
Pittsburgh SteelersQuilt. Machine made,
$50.00. (260) 587-9552
Sewing Machine$25.00 obo. Call or text,
(260) 333-2018
Snow Skis with Poles$15.00
(260) 837-4775
Songs of Faith & Com-fort by Annie Johnson
Flint 100 years old.$10.00. (260) 868-2547
The Ignito BookMonthly Publication
Hoodelmier (Auburn)Coal Company Sept.1931 issue. $15.00.
(260) 868-2547
Toys F150 PowerWheels Ride on toy.
Needs battery. $30.00.(260) 837-4775
Tupperware MicrowaveStack Cooker & 2
Stack-cooked mealscookbooks. 1 “Light &
Easy”, $30.00.(260) 599-0250
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