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Sheriff ’s Dept. faces staffing issues
Overtime pay high; county to review pay scale
By NICOLE MINIER
The Post & Mail
COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley
County’s Sheriff’s Department is
facing high turnover and excess
overtime hours, officials say.
Whitley County Commissioner
George Schrumpf reported to the
County Council last week that
compensatory “comp” time had
exceeded $20,000 for the year.
“We have lost jailers and lost
deputies, so the others are putting
a lot of time in,” Schrumpf said. “I
don’t think there’s any way out of
it.”
WCSD Chief Deputy Jason Spencer told the council the sheriff’s
department is short two deputies,
with one away at training at the In-
diana Law Enforcement Academy
for 16 weeks, and another set to go
on a nine-month deployment with
the military.
In addition, two full-time jailers
recently quit.
Spencer said the Indiana State
Police previously would help with
officer coverage in Whitley County
when the department was low on
personnel, but the ISP is in a similar position.
“When we were busy, state
troopers from Allen County used
to come help,” Spencer said. “We
can’t even do that anymore.
“It is a constant struggle with
the schedule and manpower.”
The council discussed increasing
the pay, especially for people in the
bottom of the pay structure.
“We have to look at bringing
the bottom up to get better quality people applying for jobs,” said
Councilman John Barrett.
Summer concert dates set in S. Whitley
SOUTH WHITLEY —
Crowd favorite Jeanie B! is
returning to kick off South
Whitley Community Public
Library’s 4th Friday summer
concert series.
The three-concert series
also includes the Chain O’
Lakes Chorus and Farmland
Jazz Band.
Concert dates are June
24, July 22 and Aug. 26. All
concerts are scheduled for
7 p.m. at the South Whitley
Town Park gazebo.
A Billboard and Parents
Choice award winner, Jeanie
B! brings lighthearted family
entertainment encouraging
children and adults alike to
sing, dance, jump, laugh and
take part in her shows.
She sings about bubble
wrap, sugar highs and other
joys of family life.
In July, the Chain O’ Lakes
chorus brings the unique
American folk art of barbershop harmony to the stage.
The local group of about 30
men sing a variety of patriotic, religious and fun songs
in four-part acapella.
The series concludes with
the Farmland Jazz Band.
The Fort Wayne-based
group entertains audiences
with an upbeat style of 1920s
improvisational jazz that
features original works and
well-known pop, swing and
traditional pieces.
The concerts are funded
through a grant from the
Community Foundation of
Whitley County.
Photo contributed
Jeanie B! is a popular entertainer in South Whitley and will be brought back to this year’s summer concert series by the
South Whitley Community Public Library. She is pictured above performing with a group of little girls.
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Museum
opens its
research,
education
center
COLUMBIA CITY —
Whitley County’s Historical Museum opened
its Research and Education Center Saturday.
The Research and
Education Center was
celebrated with an
open house Saturday
afternoon. The center
is located at the Whitley County Historical
Museum on 108 W. Jefferson St., in Columbia
City.
The Whitley County
Historical
Museum,
housed in the home of
Thomas Riley Marshall,
is dedicated to preserving the history of Whitley County.
This is achieved through educational programs, artifact preservation and collection,
exhibits, publications
and collaboration with
related groups.
The museum’s hours
are Tuesday through
Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., and Friday, 9 a.m.
to noon.
Admission is free.
Giving Gardens to give away produce seedlings
Free plants come with one
condition — share your bounty
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Giving Gardens of Columbia City is offering a variety of plant seedlings for locals to
produce their own food. The not-for-profit organization only asks that those receiving
seedlings share their produce with those in need.
COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City’s
Giving Gardens is giving away free seedlings in its 6th annual event.
Members of the community are allowed
to have six plants free of charge, as long as
they are willing to donate a portion of what
is grown to someone in need.
The community garden has helped several local organizations to provide fresh food
to those in need.
Giving Gardens is located near the intersection of Hannah Street and Towerview
Drive in Columbia City.
Seedling choices include a wide variety
of tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons and
more.
Those wishing to obtain seedlings should
email Rachel Alexander at ggiplantorders@
gmail.com. For those who don’t have access
to email, call Alexander at 609-6784.
Plants may be picked up on Sunday, May
22 at the garden, 479 S. Towerview Dr., between noon and 2 p.m.
Seedlings include: seven kinds of cherry
tomatoes, four kinds of slicing tomatoes
and two paste tomatoes; sweet peppers, jalapeño peppers, eggplant, four kinds of cucumber, two kinds of summer squash, butternut squash, three kinds of watermelon
and muskmelon.
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Hoosiers seek guns in record numbers
Indiana background checks for firearm purchases have increased every year since 2004
INDIANAPOLIS (HSPA) — The
number of Hoosiers seeking to buy
firearms has increased every year
for more than a decade, but this
year Indiana is on pace to smash
its previous record amid a national
boom in gun sales, driven at least
in part by fears of violent crime
and a touch of election-year angst
over gun control.
According to the FBI, retailers
performed more than 730,000 criminal background checks through
April, dwarfing the total of 302,672
in the first four months of 2015 and
putting the state well ahead of the
pace that led to a record of more
than 1 million background checks
for gun purchases through the end
of last year.
The FBI does not track data on
gun background checks at the
county level. But Indiana State Police statistics appeared to also show
more local people seeking licenses
to carry handguns, as the 1,258
new licenses issued in St. Joseph
County through March were on
pace to surpass the 2,285 licenses
issued in the county for all of 2015.
In the Hoosier state, background
checks for gun purchases have increased every year since 2004, but
the spike through April this year is
by far the greatest yet. Background
checks and licenses do not always
reflect purchases and can leave out
some cases, such as purchases from
private sellers at gun shows, but
local retailers say they have seen a
considerable increase in both sales
and general interest from prospective first-time gun owners.
"We're seeing more and more
first-time buyers with concerns
about their own safety, for their
home and out in public," said
Rocco Rigsby, retail manager with
Midwest Gun Exchange in Mishawaka. "Personal protection handguns are something people are really focusing on right now."
The increased sales and interest
in gun ownership at the local and
state levels follows a national wave
that has led to skyrocketing sales
for some manufacturers. Across
the country, background checks
increased by 34 percent through
April, according to the FBI. Earlier this week, gun maker Sturm,
Ruger & Co. reported a 26 percent
surge in sales through the first
quarter and a 50 percent increase in
earnings compared with the same
period in 2015.
Sturm Ruger said the higher
earnings could be traced to a twofold fear of violent crime and the
potential for stricter gun control,
CNN reported — a theory that was
echoed by local retailers, who added that political uncertainty often
provides an extra bump in election
years.
"There tends to be a little bit of
a surge in election years," Rigsby
said, "especially if people are undecided on what way it's going to
go and people feel their ability to
purchase firearms may go one way
or the other."
Tim Smith, who was browsing the selection at Midwest on
Wednesday, said Donald Trump's
emergence as the presumptive Re-
publican nominee has caused even
more uncertainty because Trump
does not seem to fall in line with
the classic conservative stance on
some issues.
"With the way the political parties are now, you don't know how
things are going to go," Smith said.
"Trump or Hillary — you don't
know what they're going to do."
Mass shootings involving certain types of semi-automatic weap-
ons, such as the December 2012
massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.,
have often led to rushes for socalled "assault" rifles as people fear
bans on those types of guns. Last
year, December set a single-month
record for the number of people
undergoing background checks for
gun purchases after mass shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., and
Colorado Springs.
Emma, Noah continue to be tops for baby names
WASHINGTON
(AP)
— When it comes to baby
names, Emma and Noah
reign supreme.
And don’t name your
daughter Isis.
For the second year in a
row, Emma and Noah top the
annual list of top baby names
in the U.S., according to the
Social Security Administration. That’s the third year on
top for Noah and the second
in a row for Emma, which
was also No. 1 in 2008.
The administration re-
leased its annual list of top
baby names Friday, and the
top five names for girls and
boys in 2015 remained unchanged from the previous
year. Noah was followed by
Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. Emma was followed
by Olivia, Sophia, Ava and
Isabella. Ava and Isabella
switched spots from 2014,
with Ava climbing to number
4.
One major change was
the girls’ name Isis, which
had remained steadily in the
middle of the pack of the
country’s top 1,000 names
for the last 15 years. In 2015,
after the name had emerged
as an acronym for the extremist group Islamic State,
it dropped completely off the
list.
That’s a dramatic shift,
says Laura Wattenberg, baby
name expert and founder of
BabynameWizard.com.
“It’s actually quite rare for
a name to be eliminated by
issues in the news,” she says,
noting that the name Adolph
Mosquito season
brings no urgency for
money to fight Zika
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House
and Democrats are pressuring congressional Republicans to act on President Barack
Obama’s demands for money to combat Zika,
but even the onset of mosquito season that
probably will spread the virus has failed to
create a sense of urgency.
Republicans from states at greatest risk,
such as Florida, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia, have been slow to endorse Obama’s more
than 2-month-old request for $1.9 billion to
battle the virus, which causes grave birth
defects. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention currently reports more than 470
cases in the continental U.S., all so far associated with travel to Zika-affected areas.
Polls show that the public isn’t anywhere
nearly as scared of Zika as it was about the
Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the handful
of cases in the U.S. in 2014. Aides to GOP lawmakers, even those representing Southern areas most vulnerable to Zika, say they’ve yet to
hear from many anxious constituents, though
they said this could change. “Very few calls/
letters,” emailed a spokeswoman for Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla.
The congressional response to Zika contrasts sharply with the rush last year to pass
legislation to curb the admission of Syrian
refugees, which passed the House less than a
week after terrorist attacks in Paris. Syrian refugees were erroneously linked to the attack.
“Any time there’s a public health issue,
bordering on crisis, there’s obviously some
urgency,” said Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., who’s
running to replace Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. Jolly added, however, that “I don’t know
that it has become a political issue in Florida
as much as it has inside the Beltway.”
One voice for immediate action, however, is
Rubio, who’s leaving the Senate after his un-
WCSD,
successful presidential bid.
“It is just a matter of days, weeks, hours
before you open up a newspaper or turn on
the news, and it will say that someone in the
continental United States was bitten by a mosquito and they contracted Zika,” Rubio said in
an April 28 floor speech. “When that happens,
everyone is going to be freaked out ....This is
going to happen.”
Rubio also has appealed for congressional
action to aid debt-ridden Puerto Rico, another unresolved issue as lawmakers return
to Washington on Monday for a brief, threeweek May congressional session. The House
may act on legislation to combat opioid abuse
and perhaps belatedly pass a budget while
the Senate struggles to make headway on the
annual spending bills after a dispute over last
year’s Iran nuclear deal enveloped a popular
energy and water projects measure.
Thus far, Rubio’s urgency on Zika is not
widely shared, though Sen. John Cornyn of
Texas, the No. 2 Republican, drew attention
when he told reporters in Houston last month
that “the risk of underreacting is really too
high to take any chances.”
“Sometimes the wheels of Congress move
very slowly,” Cornyn said. “But we want to
make sure we’re not writing blank checks.”
One reason for the slow pace may be Ebola,
which affected far fewer people but created
more public fear than Zika has. The Ebola
panic proved to be unjustified and was contained to just a handful of U.S. cases
A poll in March by the Kaiser Family Foundation found by a more than 2-to-1 margin
that respondents said the government is doing enough to fight Zika. But an October 2014
Kaiser poll on Ebola found that only about
half of respondents thought the government
was doing enough.
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Spencer said in the past, there were easily
30 to 50 applicants each time a deputy’s position opened up.
Now, Spencer said they are lucky to get
applicants.
Commissioner Schrumpf said pay has
been an issue, as the county can get a deputy
trained, then see them leave for another de-
partment where they can get higher pay.
“We haven’t done a salary review since
2002,” said Councilwoman Paula Reimers. “I
think it’s time to review all of your positions
and see where we’re at.”
County officials agreed to compare Whitley County’s salaries to similar positions in
other surrounding departments.
was still at No. 555 in the U.S.
at the end of World War II
when the Nazis and Adolf
Hitler fell.
There’s another recent
example, though: the name
Hillary dropped off the list
in 2009, a year after Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic presidential primary
to Barack Obama. The name
was No. 721 in 2008. Hillary
remained off the list this year,
as did the name of her current Democratic primary opponent, Bernie, as in Sanders.
Barack has never appeared
in the top 1,000 names, and
the popularity of the name
of Obama’s predecessor,
President George W. Bush,
dropped slightly during his
eight-year presidency, from
No. 130 to No. 163.
The first name of this
year’s presumptive Republican presidential nominee,
Donald Trump, also dropped
in 2015, from No. 418 to No.
441.
Wattenberg said that unlike in the past, parents avoid
politics in name choices today. But names of past presidents remain popular. The
girls’ name Kennedy, for example, is No. 57.
“We want our presidents
out of office or preferably
dead before we name our babies after them,” Wattenberg
said.
Emma’s popularity soared
in 2002, the same year that
Rachel, a character played by
Jennifer Aniston on the TV
show “Friends,” named her
baby Emma.
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Obituaries
Edison Shippy, Sr., 81
Dorothy L. Bressler, 85
May 6, 2016
Nov. 3, 1930 — May 6, 2016
Dorothy L. Bressler, 85, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 6:57
a.m. Friday, May 6, 2016 at Parkview
Whitley Hospital, Columbia City.
Born Nov. 3, 1930 in Milford, she was
the daughter of Cecil H. Huntley, Sr.
and Lydia L. (Norton) Huntley.
Dorothy was an area resident until
1984, when she moved to Texas for 20
years, returning in 2004. She attended
Churubusco High School. Dorothy
married Hugh Drudge March 7, 1948
in Columbia City. She was a factory
Bressler
worker, truck driver, bartender and
involved in general farming until she
retired in 1989. She was a past member
of Fraternal Order of Eagles #1906.
Survivors include her sons, Ronald L. (Gloria) Drudge,
of Fort Wayne and Randy H. (Cindy) Drudge, of Plymouth;
several grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and great-greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Cecil and Lydia
Huntley, Sr.; husband, Hugh Drudge; daughter, Kathrine
L. Bodkin; sons, Charles E. Drudge and Mark D. Drudge;
brother, Cecil H. Huntley, Jr.; sisters, Geraldine M. Nordman and Carla C. Thompson; and step-mother, May Adam
Huntley.
At the request of Mrs. Bressler, there will be no calling or
services at this time. Arrangements are by DeMoney-Grimes,
a Life Story Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Dr., Columbia
City.
Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Dorothy to Emphysema Research. Visit www.demoneygrimes.com
to send condolences or sign the online guest register.
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Edison Shippy Sr., 81, passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at
his home.
Edison worked as a meat cutter at Albrights in Corunna for
26 years and at Harts Super Valu in Waterloo for eight years
before retiring in 1996. He was also the Richland Township
Trustee for 42 years.
Surviving are three children, JoAnn (Dave) Crace, of Churubusco, Judy (Gary) Hart, of Auburn and Edison Shippy, Jr.
and his wife and Edison’s caregiver Kim, of Kendallville;
seven grandchildren, Aimee (Nick) Wentworth, Philip (Sirena) Ellert II, Dirk (Samantha) Shippy, Ashlee (Autumn
Green) Shippy, Grayson (Jennifer) Hart, Kelsey (Alex)
Mapes, Cody (Karrie) Martin; nine great-grandchildren; and
a sister, Valetta Gibson, of Corunna.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a daughter,
Cindy Vanderpool.
The service is at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 11 at Feller and
Clark Funeral Home, 875 S. Wayne St., Waterloo. Burial will
be in Corunna Cemetery, Corunna. Calling is Tuesday from
2 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials are to the Corunna Volunteer Fire Department. To send condolences visit www.fellerandclark.com.
Vicki Lynn Thompson, 61
Oct. 13, 1953 — May 4, 2016
Vicki Lynn Myers Thompson, 61, passed away at 11:45 p.m.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at Parkview North, Fort Wayne.
Born Oct. 13, 1953, she was the daughter of Alva “Sonny”
Myers and the late Joan Grabner Myers.
She is survived by her father, Sonny; step-mother, Darlene
Myers; husband, David Thompson; son, David Thompson
Jr.; daughter, Shannon Noel; granddaughters, Harmony Cramer and Mary Lou Thompson; and sisters, Linda Screeton
and Susan Haudenschild.
Visitation will be Tuesday, May 10 from 3 to 7 p.m. at Sugar Grove Church of God, 5019 E. CR 500 S-57, Churubusco.
The funeral will take place at 11 a.m. at the church, with visitation one hour prior to the service. Pastor Jim Grable will
be officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be given
toward family expenses. Send donations to Linda Screeton,
9601 Grayhawk Dr., Fort Wayne, Ind., 46835.
Indiana dad gets two years in
daughter’s accidental shooting
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP)
— A northwest Indiana man
has been sentenced to two
years in prison after one of his
young daughters fatally shot
her sister with a handgun that
had been left on a TV table.
Robert Henderson, 44, of
Gary pleaded guilty Friday
to neglect of a dependent in
the 2012 death of his 2-yearold daughter, Jariah Henderson, admitting he knew there
was an unsecured gun in his
house. He will also serve four
years in community corrections and two years of probation.
Henderson told the judge
Jariah meant everything to
him.
"This don't stop here," he
said, according to The Times
of Northwest Indiana. "I still
got to deal with this."
Henderson's teenage son
had purchased the .22-caliber
semiautomatic handgun after
two home invasions.
Henderson was doing laun-
dry Jan. 14, 2012, when he
heard a gunshot. He found
Jariah bleeding from the head
and rushed her to a hospital,
where she died. She had been
shot by a sister who was 3 at
the time, according to court
records.
Henderson was the primary care taker of the children while their mother was
at work. He previously spent
10 years in prison for drug offenses and said he was trying
to make up for lost time with
his children and start a small
business.
Prosecutors had argued for
a 15-year prison sentence, calling it a case of "outright negligence." Lake County Criminal
Judge Salvador Vasquez said
the death was preventable,
but also acknowledged Henderson's pain.
"I have to believe that the
weight of this tragedy is heavy
on your shoulders," Vasquez
said. "You are being punished
on a daily basis."
Judge may decide to delay
trial in IU student's death
NASHVILLE, Ind. (AP)
— A judge may decide this
week whether to delay the
trial of a Bloomington man
accused of killing an Indiana
University student.
The (Bloomington) Herald-Times reports Brown
Circuit Judge Judith Stewart
will meet Wednesday with
lawyers on the case Wednesday. Fifty-year-old Daniel
Messel is charged with murder in the April 2015 beating
death of 22-year-old student
Hannah Wilson of Fishers.
Her body was found about
10 miles northwest of IU's
Bloomington campus.
Stewart has taken under
advisement a request by defense attorney Dorie Maryan
to postpone the scheduled
June 1 start of Messel's trial.
Maryan says she needs more
time to take depositions, and
new evidence from prosecutors requires more time for
review and analysis.
Brown County Prosecutor
Ted Adams opposes a delay. He says Wilson's family
needs closure.
Five arrested in
prostitution sting
operation in Ind.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP)
— Terre Haute police have
arrested five people in a suspected prostitution ring that
involved a 17-year-old girl.
The Terre Haute Tribune
Star reports that the arrests
are a result of a sting operation executed Friday night.
Police say they used a decoy
to arrange a meeting at a
Terre Haute hotel.
Alysia Palacios faces
charges of prostitution and
possession of a stun gun
without a handgun permit.
Kayle Young faces a prostitution charge and two
charges of failure to appear
in court. Deanna Welcher
faces a prostitution charge.
Chavala Wilson and An-
thony Irons were arrested
on charges of promotion of
human/sexual trafficking.
Irons also faces a cocaine
possession charge.
The unidentified girl has
been placed in the care of
Child Protection Services.
Gas leak caused
blast that blew
walls off home
MONTICELLO, Ind. (AP)
— Authorities in northwest Indiana say a natural
gas leak caused an explosion that blew the walls off
a home where three people
were sleeping. No one was
seriously hurt.
The blast happened early
Saturday in Monticello, scattering debris in the road and
yard.
Fire Capt. Robert Hickman says a gas meter was
on fire and firefighters had
to quickly extinguish it by
shutting off the gas supply
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Trump's open path
to nomination
causes agony
for some in GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's last Republican foe, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, ended his quixotic
presidential campaign Wednesday, cementing Trump's
remarkable triumph as his party's presumptive nominee
and launching him toward a likely fall battle with Hillary
Clinton. Some Republican leaders began reluctantly rallying around Trump, but others agonized over their party's
future.
The billionaire businessman vowed to unite the splintered GOP, even as he was bitingly dismissive of members
who have been critical of his campaign.
"Those people can go away and maybe come back in
eight years after we served two terms," he said on NBC's
"Today" Show. "Honestly, there are some people I really
don't want."
Trump's challenge in uniting Republicans was abundantly clear Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell issued a frosty statement saying he had committed to backing the GOP nominee and noting Trump's
"obligation" to bring the party together. And in a remarkable move, the last two Republicans to occupy the Oval
Office — President George H.W. Bush and President
George W. Bush — made clear they would not be helping
Trump win the White House.
Clinton, in her first remarks since Trump's new status
was crystalized, said she was more than prepared to handle the kind of deeply personal attacks that helped defeat
Trump's Republican rivals.
"To me, this is the classic case of a blustering, bullying
guy," the all-but-certain Democratic nominee told CNN.
The long and chaotic Republican primary came to an
abrupt end after Trump's decisive victory Tuesday in Indiana. His win pushed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, his closest rival,
out of the race, with Kasich following on Wednesday.
"The people of our country changed me," Kasich said
during an emotional speech announcing the end of his
campaign. "They changed me with the stories of their
lives."
Trump's takeover of the GOP marks one of the most
stunning political feats in modern political history. A firsttime candidate, he eschewed traditional fundraising and
relied more on his own star power than television advertising to draw attention. He flouted political decorum
with controversial statements about women and minorities, leaving some Republicans convinced he won't be able
to cobble together the diverse coalition needed to win the
general election.
"It's his party between now and November, but I don't
think it's going to be his party after November," said Peter
Wehner, a former adviser to President George W. Bush.
Wehner is among the Republicans vowing to never vote
for Trump, even if that means essentially handing Clinton
the presidency.
Bob Vander Plaats, an influential evangelical leader who
backed Cruz, withheld his support for Trump Wednesday,
saying the real estate mogul needs to prove his conservative credentials with his vice presidential pick and more
information about what kind of judges he would appoint.
"It's kind of a wait-and-see moment with Mr. Trump," he
said.
Vander Plaats and a handful of other Republicans are
clinging to the hope that an alternative option might yet
emerge. Operatives have floated former Texas Gov. Rick
Perry, Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse and former Oklahoma
Sen. Tom Coburn as possible candidates for a third-party
or independent bid. But that is a long shot at best, with filing deadlines for getting on state ballots fast approaching.
There was notable silence from House Speaker Paul
Ryan, who has spoken critically of Trump. Aides to both
Ryan and McConnell said the Republican leaders had not
spoken with Trump since his Indiana victory.
A spokesman for George W. Bush said the former president "does not plan to participate in or comment on the
presidential campaign." And a spokesman for Bush's father said simply, "At age 91, President Bush is retired from
politics."
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Monday, May 9, 2016
Our changing
roadside scenery
From the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains many of America’s thruways, state highways and
county roads are high speed travel lanes for traffic through
fields of corn and soybeans and scattered, mostly small,
remnants of the Midwest prairie.
Lining these travel lanes grow exotic grasses, such as
fescue, which have been planted there. These roadsides
are mowed frequently during the growing season and
sprayed with
herbicides regularly to prevent
the sprouting
of any plants
except exotic
grasses.
Driving on
Neil Case
these roads
through the
country is a drive past farmers’ fields, scattered farm
houses and other buildings and occasional woodlots,
lakes, ponds and marshes. To me, and to most people I
believe, it’s monotonous, boring.
The boredom is relieved, for me, by the birds I see. But I
don’t see many birds. When I drive from my home in the
country into the nearest town I see a mourning dove or two
and a kestrel perched on the power line by the road. I see
starlings. On or around some of the farm buildings I see
rock pigeons. When the weather is fair I usually see a few
turkey vultures circling and occasionally one or two at the
carcass of a dead raccoon or opossum or squirrel or even a
deer in or by the road.
It’s not this way everywhere in America. Wildflowers
line the roads in Texas. In 1929 Texas started a program of
planting wildflowers along roads in the state. First Lady
Lady Bird Johnson worked actively to promote the program. Today Texas is noted for the variety, profusion and
color of blooming wildflowers along its roads.
Other states are following the example set by Texas. Iowa
now has a statewide program of establishing native prairie
plants along roads in the state. Indiana, Illinois, California,
New York, Florida and other states have planted native
plants along designated lengths of roads.
A national law, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
Act, encourages states to plant milkweed and other native
plants along highways. The law specifically names milkweed because milkweed is essential to monarch butterflies which have declined in number by 90 percent. There
is a movement to make Interstate Highway 35 a monarch
high by planting milkweed along the monarch’s migration
route, from Duluth, Minnesota to Laredo, Texas.
Wildflowers and native grasses along highways benefit
other wildlife beside monarch butterflies, other butterflies,
bees, moths and other insects. Wildflowers and native
grasses benefit many birds, particularly those that nest in
grassland: meadowlarks, vesper, Savannah and grasshopper sparrows, red-winged blackbirds, bobolinks and killdeer. When there is a lake or marsh nearby they benefit
mallards and other species of ducks that nest in grass as
well as in marsh vegetation. They benefit ruby-throated
hummingbirds.
Establishing native plants along highways benefits and
increases the number of small mammals such as prairie
voles, western harvest mice, northern short-tailed shrews
and rabbits. More small mammals leads to more of the
hawks and owls that hunt in the open, red-tailed and
Swainson’s hawks, northern harriers and kestrels and those
winter visitors south of the most northern states, roughlegged hawks, short-eared and snowy owls.
Native prairie wildflowers and other plants prevent erosion, store carbon and reduce air pollution, and prevent
runoff of chemical fertilizers and other pollutants. Without
the need to mow or spray, except in places where they reduce driver visibility, native prairie plants are cheaper to
maintain. The only maintenance required is burning periodically, once every three or four years, to prevent woody
vegetation, whose seeds are spread by wind and birds,
from becoming established.
Native wildflowers and other plants growing along roadsides may reduce accidents by reducing the monotony of
the scenery, keeping drivers more alert – perhaps keeping
them from texting.
Outdoor
Notes
Neil Case resides in Noble County, is retired from the Indiana
Department of Natural Resources and has penned Outdoor Notes
for nearly four decades.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor-writer Alan Bennett is 82. Rock
musician Nokie Edwards (The Ventures) is 81. Actor Albert
Finney is 80. Actress-turned-politician Glenda Jackson is
80. Producer-director James L. Brooks is
79. Musician Sonny Curtis (Buddy HolToday’s
ly and the Crickets) is 79. Singer Tommy
Birthdays
Roe is 74. Singer-musician Richie Furay
(Buffalo Springfield and Poco) is 72. Actress Candice Bergen is 70. Pop singer Clint Holmes is 70. Actor Anthony
Higgins is 69. Singer Billy Joel is 67. Blues singer-musician
Bob Margolin is 67. Rock singer-musician Tom Petersson
(Cheap Trick) is 66. Actress Alley Mills is 65. Actress Amy
Hill is 63. Actress Wendy Crewson is 60. Actor John Corbett
is 55. Singer Dave Gahan ( (Depeche Mode) is 54. Actress
Sonja Sohn is 52. Rapper Ghostface Killah is 46.
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Remission of school fees for children detailed
The remission of fees/CDV program
is a State of Indiana provided program
and is not the federal GI Bill education
program.
CDV students can only use this benefit at a state-supported university/college in Indiana.
On May 10, 2011, Governor Daniels signed SEA 577, which drastically
changed the Remission of Fees program
Indiana provided for the children of disabled veterans. Prior to the enactment
of this law, the children of disabled veterans were eligible to receive 100 percent fee remission. Children of veterans who entered the service on or after
July 1, 2011 will not receive 100 percent
fee remission unless their parent is 80
percent service-connected or higher or
whose parent is or was a recipient of a
Purple Heart Medal. They will receive
only 20 percent fee remission plus the
disability rating of the veteran.
Under the “Old Law,” the veteran
must have served on active duty in the
U.S. Armed Forces during a period of
wartime or performed duty equally
hazardous that was recognized by the
award of a service, campaign or expeditionary medal of the United States. The
veteran must also have been a resident
of the State of Indiana for not less than
three consecutive years during his/her
lifetime.
Veterans who come under the “New
Law” must have originally entered military service from Indiana or must have
been a resident of the State of Indiana
for not less than five consecutive years
immediately preceding the application.
Also, the veteran must have served on
active duty during a period of wartime
or performed duty equally hazardous.
Under the “Old Law,” the Remission
of Fees is good for 124 semester hours
of education and may be used for undergraduate level work. The amount
remitted is 100 percent of tuition and all
mandatory fees. The benefit may also be
used for graduate work, but will be reimbursed at the undergraduate rate, the
difference being made up by the applicant/family. Ref: IC 2-14-4-1.
Under the “New Law,” the amount
remitted depends on the VA serviceconnected disability rating as shown
below in item 4. Ref: IC 21-14-4-1. The
following also applies: (1) Student will
be limited to a total of eight (8) years
in the program. (2) Student must have
reached their 32nd birthday at the time
of their initial application. (3) Student
must maintain the following grade
point average (GPA): Freshman academic year: a cumulative GPA that the
eligible institution determines satisfactory academic progress. Sophomore academic year: a cumulative GPA of 2.25
Today is Monday, May 9, the 130th
day of 2016. There are 236 days left in
the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 9, 1961, in a speech to the
National AssociaToday in
tion of Broadcasters,
Federal CommuniHistory
cations Commission
Chairman Newton N. Minow decried
the majority of television programming
as a “vast wasteland.”
On this date:
In 1754, a political cartoon in Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette
depicted a snake cut into eight pieces,
each section representing a part of the
American colonies; the caption read,
“JOIN, or DIE.”
In 1814, the Jane Austen novel “Mansfield Park” was first published in London.
In 1864, Union Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick was killed by a Confederate sniper
during the Civil War Battle of Spotsylvania in Virginia.
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson,
acting on a joint congressional resolution, signed a proclamation designating
the second Sunday in May as Mother’s
Day.
In 1926, Americans Richard Byrd and
Floyd Bennett supposedly became the
first men to fly over the North Pole.
(However, U.S. scholars announced in
1996 that their examination of Byrd’s
flight diary, discovered earlier that year,
suggested he had turned back 150 miles
short of his goal.)
In 1936, Italy annexed Ethiopia.
In 1945, with World War II in Europe at an end, Soviet forces liberated
Czechoslovakia from Nazi occupation.
U.S. officials announced that a midnight entertainment curfew was being
lifted immediately.
In 1951, the U.S. conducted its first
thermonuclear experiment as part of
Operation Greenhouse by detonating a
225-kiloton device on Enewetak Atoll in
the Pacific nicknamed “George.”
In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee opened public hearings on whether
to recommend the impeachment of
Veterans
Corner
Richard Eckert
In times of need
Food banks
available locally
•Churubusco United Methodist Church,
750 N. Main St., 693-2154 or 693-3104. Food
give-away from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. No income restrictions. A food pantry
for Churubusco, Smith Twp. and surrounding area residents is also available by calling
the church at 693-2154 or 693-3104.
•In South Whitley, 105 E. Market St.
open Tuesday, 6-8 p.m.; Thursday, 6-8
p.m. Contact: 260 212-2964.
•Big Lake Church of God, 6955 N. SR
109. Call 691-3503. Open 6 to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday. Proof of residence and identification required. Serving:WCCS, Central/West Noble school districts.
•Council on Aging, 710 Opportunity Dr.
248-8944, open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday for seniors 60 and
over.
•Grace Lutheran Church, 204 N. Main
St. 244-7118. Open from noon to 2 p.m. on
Wednesday and Friday, serving Columbia
City and Larwill residents.
•St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church,
315 S. Line St., 244-5723. Open from 10 a.m.
to noon Monday. (St. Vincent DePaul Pantry
on north parking lot) Contact 244-3879.
•Tri-Lakes Baptist Church ReNew Ministries Food Pantry open Thursdays from 1 to
3 p.m. No vouchers necessary. ID required.
Must reside in Whitley or Noble counties. Located at 5679 Center St., Tri-Lakes. Call 6912197 if questions.
•Impact Center Food Pantry, 1330 W. Business 30 (on West Van Buren Street) 244-3978.
Hours: Thursday only 1 to 5 p.m.
•New Life Fellowship, 204 S. Oak St., Columbia City, every fourth Sunday, 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.; second Friday, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Pastor Bob Chapman, 260 229-9840.
Free meal possibilities
•The Community Mid-Week Meal is a
free meal served 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every
Wednesday at the Columbia City United
Methodist Church, 605 N. Forest Parkway
in Columbia City, to anyone who would like
to partake. Donations welcomed, volunteers
needed. For more information, call 244-7671.
•The Warehouse, a church which meets
Sundays at The Center, for Whitley County
Youth, is hosting free meals to the commu-
Rhymes with Orange
on a 4.0 grading scale, or its equivalent
as established by the institution. Junior
or Senior academic year: a cumulative
GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 grading scale, or its
equivalent as established by the institution. Students not reaching these goals
will be placed on probation and must
reach the requisite GPA by the next
semester or its equivalent. (4) Student
will have their remission of fees prorated based on the VA disability rating
as follows: Children of veterans rated
80 percent service-connected disabled
or higher by the VA or whose veteran
parent is/was a recipient of the Purple
Heart Medal will receive 100 percent fee
remission. Children of veterans rated
less than 80 percent service-connected
will receive 20 percent fee remission
plus the disability rating of the veteran.
If the disability rating of the veteran
changes after the beginning of the academic semester, quarter or other period,
the change in the disability rating shall
be applied beginning with the immediately following academic semester,
quarter or other period.
This article was originally posted by
Gene Rohrer, former Whitley County Veterans Service officer.
Richard Eckert is the Whitley County
Veterans Service Officer and is located in
the Government Center, 220 W. Van Buren
St., Suit 201, Columbia City, IN 46725.
Phone is (260) 248-3189; fax is (260) 2483128. Email: deckert@whitleygov.com
President Richard Nixon. (The committee ended up adopting three articles
of impeachment against the president,
who resigned before the full House took
up any of them.)
In 1980, 35 people were killed when a
freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway
Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,400-foot section of the southbound span to collapse.
In 1994, South Africa’s newly elected
parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be
the country’s first black president.
In 1996, in dramatic video testimony
to a hushed courtroom in Little Rock,
Arkansas, President Bill Clinton insisted he had nothing to do with a $300,000
loan at the heart of a criminal case
against his former Whitewater partners.
Ten years ago: Freed by rescuers
drilling round-the-clock by hand, two
men walked out of an Australian mine
where they had been trapped for two
weeks by an earthquake. (The joy over
the survival of Brant Webb and Todd
Russell was tempered by the loss of
Larry Knight, who died.)
Support groups that offer help
nity from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays at The
Center, 201 W. Market Street, Columbia City.
The meal is called “The Forklift.”
•Community of Hope Church, 208 W. Jackson St., Columbia City, hosts a free hot brunch
for all from 10-11:30 a.m. on the first Tuesday
of each month. Enter on parking lot side of
building (west side).
Clothing, medical aids
and non-food items
•The Salvation Army is located at 1200
W. Depoy, First Church of God, Columbia
City. Open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to
noon. Telephone 248-1711. Services open to
anyone living in Whitley County include:
backpacks and supplies for schools; child
abuse and domestic violence prevention; client-sufficiency programs; coats for children;
employment assistance; hygiene pantry;
nursing home visitation; shoes for school;
spiritual counseling and referrals, toys and
food for Christmas; transportation assistance; and Helpline furniture connection.
•Helpline of Whitley County, Col-umbia
City United Methodist Church, 605 N. Forest Parkway, Columbia City, phone 260
248-2601. Do you need furniture or do you
have furniture you no longer need? To donate items, call the Helpline number above.
To receive items, call the Salvation Army at
260 248-1711. A voucher for furniture pickup
will be provided at the Helpline barn.
•Tri-Lakes Baptist Church ReNew Ministries free clothing give-away Thursdays, 1-3
p.m.. Clothes for all; every size. Location in
the old parsonage next door to the church
at 5679 N. Center Street, Tri-Lakes. 691-2197.
•Eberhard Lutheran Church’s Clothing Bank is open Monday, 5 to 7 p.m., and
Wednesday, noon to 5 p.m. The church is
located south of Columbia City, 2360 W.
Keiser Road. Contact the church, 244-5059,
or Judy Thompson, 723-4644.
•New Hope Wesleyan Church’s Bridge of
Hope at 418 E. Chicago Street in Columbia
City offers free clothing on the third Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon.
•The Wolf Lake Free Health Clinic has
moved to Columbia City. The address is
524 Branch Court, across from Teghtmeyer
ACE Hardware. The Clinic is open the second and fourth Thursday each month from
1 p.m. until 7 p.m. For more call (260) 564-
1946 or send an e-mail to wolflakefhc@aol.
com. The Clinic sees patients who are at
least 18 years old and who are uninsured.
Patients with Medicare, Medicaid, VA benefits or any other form of health insurance
are not eligible for services provided by the
clinic.
The Wolf Lake Free Health Clinic provides only basic primary healthcare and
treatment of chronic health problems. The
Clinic does not provide care for Worker’s
Comp injuries, sexually transmitted diseases, mental health illnesses, OB/GYN
services, Immunizations, Physicals or Major
Medical issues. It is not a dental office and
does not assist with disability claims.
•Columbia City First Church of God, DePoy Drive at West Lincolnway and US 30.
Non-food pantry, located behind the church
building, serves Whitley County residents on
Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon. For information, call the church at 244-5959. Vouchers are
needed for cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items, and paper products. Clothing for
infants through adults is free. Donations of
gently used clothing and shoes are accepted.
Please bring clean items in a box or bag.
•Council on Aging, 710 Opportunity
Drive, Columbia City, 248-8944, 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. weekdays for medical supplies such as
wheelchairs, canes, crutches, walkers, bedside toilet chairs, free or loan.
•Help for the Homeless: The Lighthouse
is a transitional shelter in Columbia City. It
has a self-sufficiency program for the homeless that need help getting back on their feet.
Someone displaced from their home can
contact IFM at: 260-244-5266 or imission@
maplenet.net. After the phone interview a
face to face interview follows, the same day
if needed, and possible move in that day.
•Community of Hope Church, 208 W.
Jackson St., Columbia City, distributes a
one-month supply of hygiene items per
household for those who need it from 1011:30 a.m. on the first Tuesday of each
month. Enter on parking lot side of building
(west side).
•CALL 2-1-1•
for support/help info
in our community
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A5
Spring management of stored grain
One thing is on the mind of grain farmers
now — getting crops planted as soon as soil
conditions permit. However, if grain is still
in the bin from last year’s crops, it’s important to keep an eye on that as well.
Dr. Klein E. Ileleji, Purdue Extension engineer, recently offered some timely advice
for managing stored grain this spring. He
published an article in a recent article of the
Purdue Pest and Crop Newsletter, available
at https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/pestcrop/
index.html. I offer some excerpts of his article
below.
As the weather warms up in the spring, it
should remind farmers and elevator managers who have stored grain in silos that the
time for increased vigilance in monitoring the condition of grain has arrived. We
typically recommend that grain should be
adequately dried before binning in the fall,
after which it is gradually cooled down by
ambient aeration to as low as below 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F) in the winter by December. For corn and soybean, we recommend
drying to a final moisture content of 15 per-
From the
Extension
Educator
John Woodmansee
cent and 13 percent, respectively, should you
plan to sell by spring, and subsequently to
one percentage point lower should storage
of up to one year is planned. If grain is to
be held for over one year, then drying down
to two percentage points lower, that is, to 13
percent and 11 percent, respectively, is recommended.
Because last year was quite favorable to
field drying in Indiana, farmers were able to
dry their grain to the recommended moisture levels. For those who binned corn above
15 percent, it is recommended that spring
aeration be employed to get the grain to 15
percent or below. However, it is most likely
that this will not be the case for the majority
of farmers in Indiana this year.
Cooling grain serves to retard or stop the
proliferation of any biological activities,
namely from mold spoilage and insect pests.
After binning, ambient aeration should be
employed to gradually cool the grain to below 32 F in the peak of the winter season.
At this temperature level, neither mold nor
insect will thrive. Luckily, the weather condition in the Midwest permits employing
natural ambient aeration using fans to cool
binned grain without the use of any ambient conditioning equipment. Because grain
is a good insulator, it is able to still maintain
cool temperatures way into the beginning
of summer. Note that while prior Extension
publications have recommended warming
the grain to within 10 degrees of the ambient
in the spring, new studies at Purdue on temperature management strategies for stored
corn showed that it was best not to aerate
the bins early in the spring. Aerating the
grain early in the spring will warm it up to
temperatures conducive to mold and stored
insect pests growth, and thus the security
provided by cold winter aeration is rapidly
lost. It is also advisable to cover the fan air
intake when not in use, in order to prevent
passive warm air from aerating and warming up the stored grain. Again, do not aerate your grain in the spring to warm up to
within 10 degrees of ambient temperatures.
Hold off aeration till May or even June depending on how fast the core of the stored
grain warms up.
The third aspect that should be taken into
consideration is implementing a good monitoring plan. Remember, the warmer it gets,
the more the need for increased frequency of
monitoring. You need to be proactive with
managing your stored investment. Record
your data as part of the management protocol, which would allow you to observe
trends over time.
John Woodmansee is the extension educator
for Noble and Whitley counties with the Purdue
Extension office in the area of agriculture and
natural resources.
Eighteen receive new licenses
during W5YI ham radio test
Engagement
COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County’s amateur radio club W5YI Team
held its quarterly test session the last
Saturday of April.
Nineteen individuals were present
for the April test session and 18 walked
away with a new license or an upgrade
to an existing license.
New hams in the technician class are
Kenneth A. Brady, of Fort Wayne, Ronald L. Buskirk, of Fort Wayne, Michael
E. Cornelius, of Fort Wayne, Gene A.
Cowan, of Grabill, Reid J. Cowan, of
Harlan, Robert M. Davis, of Fort Wayne,
Michael S. Hampshire, of Churubusco,
Brice A. Herald, of Huntington, Timo-
thy W. Herald, of Huntington, William
J. Mruk, of Huntertown, Stanley O.
Needham, of Columbia City, Brenda
L. Plummer, of Fort Wayne, James W.
Plummer, of Fort Wayne, Douglas L.
Schwartz, of Fort Wayne and Dennis R.
Wohlford, of Huntington.
Michael J. Yoder, of Albion, received
a new license in the general class.
Upgrading hams are as follows:
Arthur L. Calhoun/KD9FJI, of Fort
Wayne, received an upgraded license
in the general class and William M.
Wright (Mike)/KD9FJP, of Columbia
City, upgraded to the extra class.
W5YI Team members who were pres-
ent were at the test session were Donald Evilsizor/KA9QWC, Catherine
Evilsizor/WB8ORR, James Smith/
N9FGN, Debra Smith/N9NNU, Steve
Holzinger/KC9WBR, Jeanne McEntarfer/KC9VYT and Roger McEntarfer/N9QCL.
The next W5YI Test session will be
held Saturday, July 30 from 9 to 11 a.m.
in Community Room A and B of Peabody Public Library, 1160 E. Ind. 205,
Columbia City.
For further information on upcoming test sessions, contact Roger McEntarfer/N9QCL via email at n9qcl@arrl.
net.
Man accused of killing three
in Maryland expected in court
Cooler weather,
rain gives Alberta
firefighters hope
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civil rights protections against
sex discrimination on the job
and in education for lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender
people.
In letters, federal civil rights
enforcement attorneys focused
particularly on provisions requiring transgender people to
use public restrooms that correspond to their biological sex. A
federal lawsuit against the state
is possible, the Justice Department said
“It’s the federal government
being a bully. It’s making law,”
McCrory said on “Fox News
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) —
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory shows no signs of backing down in the face of the
federal government’s Monday
deadline to declare he won’t enforce the new state law limiting
protections for LGBT people —
defiance that could risk funding
for the state’s university system
and lead to a protracted legal
battle.
McCrory and other state officials have been under pressure
since the U.S. Justice Department warned last week that the
law passed in March violates
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said there is no timeline to
return residents to the city,
but the provincial government is sending in a team on
Monday to do preliminary
planning.
With cooler temperatures
forecast for the next three
or four days, Alberta fire
official Chad Morrison said
firefighters should be able to
put out hot spots. And it has
allowed them to further protect Fort McMurray. He said
he was very buoyed and
happy that they are making
great progress.
"It definitely is a positive
point for us, for sure," said
Morrison, who answered
yes when asked if the fight
to contain the flames had a
reached a turning point.
"We're obviously very
happy that we've held the
fire better than expected," he
said. "This is great firefighting weather. We can really
get in here and get a handle
on this fire, and really get a
death grip on it."
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FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — Cooler temperatures and light rain have
officials optimistic they've
reached a turning point on
getting a handle on a massive wildfire that has devastated parts of Canada's oil
sands town of Fort McMurray.
Alberta Premier Notley
said the battle against the
fire has stabilized to the
point where she can visit
and begin the next phase of
the government's operation
to determine what must be
done to eventually allow
people to return to the city.
A massive evacuation of
25,000 residents displaced
by the blaze also came to an
end.
More than 80,000 people
have left Fort McMurray
in the heart of Canada' oil
sands, where the fire has
torched 1,600 homes and
other buildings. Gas has
been turned off, the power
grid is damaged and water
is not drinkable. Officials
tally shot his estranged wife
Gladys, a chemistry teacher,
in a high school parking lot.
A bystander was wounded.
Authorities say the shootings continued Friday at two
other parking lots, one outside Montgomery Mall and
the other at a shopping center.
Police said those shootings,
including one in which two
other people were wounded,
were likely botched carjackings.
A friend of the Tordils said
in an interview Sunday eve-
ning that he saw the couple
as recently as three weeks
ago and was not aware they
had any troubles. Gary Cochran of Sterling, Virginia,
said Eulalio Tordil, who attended high school with his
wife, was “always smiling
and very polite.”
Cochran said he and his
wife “can’t believe this is the
person we invited into our
home.”
Police said the other victims who died in Friday’s
shootings were Malcom
Winffel, 45, of Boyds, and
Claudina Molina, 65, of Silver
Spring.
Winffel and a friend, who
wasn’t identified, were shot
while trying to help a victim
of an attempted carjacking,
police said. The friend and
the carjacking victim were
both wounded.
At a news conference Saturday night, Montgomery
County Assistant Police
Chief Russ Hamill said Tordil
spoke to investigators a little
about the shootings.
North Carolina gov. faces Fed’s
Monday deadline on LGBT law
in
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Brent Johnson, of Columbia City, and Jonnie Johnson, of Huntington, announce the engagement of their
daughter Carly Johnson to Jonathon Stoffel, son of Terry
and Vicki Stoffel, of Huntington.
The bride-elect is a 2014 graduate of Canterbury High
School and currently attends University of Saint Francis.
The prospective groom is a 2009 graduate of Huntington North High School and a 2012 graduate of the
Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. He is currently employed by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department and
is serving with the U.S. Army Reserves.
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP)
— A federal security officer
suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a
mall and a supermarket in a
Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital is due in court
for an initial appearance.
Eulalio Tordil, 62, of Adelphi is scheduled to appear
in court Monday afternoon
in Rockville, Maryland. He
faces charges including firstdegree murder.
Police say the shootings began Thursday when Tordil fa-
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Hi & Lois
“Faith is the antidote to fear.”
~ Russell M. Nelson
Disappointed that sister is unreliable as a donor
June, she told me my
Dear Annie:
illness was making
I have suffered
her anxious. I asked
with lymphoma
if she could donate
for 17 years, but
blood so that I could
praise God, I
get ready for the
am doing well
bone marrow transnow. Ten years
plant. She laughed
ago, my sister,
and said, “I thought
“June,” was test- Annie’s
Mailbag you were supposed
ed to see if she
to die last month.”
could be a bone
marrow donor. She was a She then told me that
perfect genetic match and donating blood didn’t fit
bragged that she had the into her schedule, and
“right stuff.” The dona- would I please stop telltion wasn’t necessary at ing her my troubles. She
that time, but it was reas- insulted me for 20 minutes before hanging up.
suring.
June began calling me Shortly after, she sent me
weekly to tell me her a letter, which I assumed
troubles with her cheating would be an apology. Boy,
husband, her finances, her was I wrong! She said I
dog, etc. I was support- had made no effort to
ive and helpful. Last year, understand that she was
I was hospitalized with frightened, and the rest of
severe pneumonia, spent her letter was nothing but
two weeks in intensive cruel words.
I realized then that
care, and was so weak I
ended up in a wheelchair. she was never going
June never once called or to donate. I was fortuvisited, nor did she return nate to find a wonderful
any of my calls. My oncol- unrelated donor, had the
ogist informed me that I transplant, and spent five
desperately needed the months in the hospital.
June just sent me a
bone marrow transplant
birthday gift. I can’t bring
or I might die.
When I finally talked to myself to open it and I
Puzzler
can’t seem to throw it
away. Annie, I don’t want
to deal with June’s selfpity again, but I often cry
about losing a sister. How
can I get over my hurt? —
Disappointed in Texas
Dear Texas: June’s fears
and anxiety are no excuse
for nastiness. The way to
get over your hurt is to
forgive her for being cowardly and self-centered,
and decide whether you
are willing to maintain
the relationship on a more
superficial level, expecting much less from her
from now on. If so, open
the gift and send a thankyou note, the same way
you would for a distant
acquaintance. Otherwise,
return her gift unopened
and look for supportive
friends and family members elsewhere. You can
start with support groups
through the American
Cancer Society (cancer.
org).
Dear Annie: You had
a letter from “Stressed
Daughter,” who is the
primary caregiver for her
elderly mother. Please
suggest that she contact
her local area agency on
aging. She can search by
ZIP code at www.n4a.org.
I work for the local
Department of Aging
and Long Term Care in
my area, and we offer an
extensive variety of support and information. —
Trying to Help
Dear Trying: Thank
you for the additional,
useful suggestion. We
hope anyone in this position will check their local
area agency on aging
for assistance in finding
resources.
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remove eye makeup. The shampoo
Every year there’s a trip to the
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liner.
for the small odd job and then
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I use many of your hints that have been
of variables: When is the next job? Where to printed in our Houston paper. Thanks,
store it?
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see if they could use your leftovers. Finally, best way to remove smells like onion or garsee about donating unused portions to onsite lic from wooden cutting boards is to sprinkle
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TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE
AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES
SHERIFF’S SALE NOTICE
By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk
of Whitley Circuit Court of Whitley County, Indiana, in Cause No.
92C01-1507-MF-331 wherein Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Successor by
Merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. F/K/A Norwest Bank
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expose at public sale to the highest bidder on June 16, 2016, at the hour
of 10:00 a.m., or as soon as thereafter as is possible, at Jail Lobby at
101 West Market Street, Columbia City, IN 46725 the fee simple of the
whole body of Real Estate in Whitley County, Indiana.
Lots Number Twelve (12) and Thirteen (13) in Simon J. Peabody’s
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Monday, May 9, 2016
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’Busco baseball splits with New Haven
NEW HAVEN — Churubusco’s baseball team split
a doubleheader with host
New Haven Friday evening.
The Bulldogs took game
one 10-4, with Churubusco
coming back to take the
nightcap 8-1.
The Eagles jumped out in
front in game one, scoring
three runs in the top of the
first inning.
Churubusco extended the
lead to 4-0 with another run
in the top of the second.
The host Bulldogs came
storming back in the bottom
of the second inning, putting
up eight runs to take an 8-4
lead.
New Haven added two
more runs in the bottom of
the fifth to account for the
final 10-4 win.
Brandon Jencks took the
loss on the mound for the
Eagles, giving up 8 runs on
seven hits and hitting four
CHURUBUSCO
NEW HAVEN
Churubusco
New Haven
4
10
Game One
3 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 8 0 0 2 0 0
Losing Pitcher - Ch - Jencks
2B- Ch -Stanley, Bowyer (2)
New Haven batters.
Dean Stanley had a double for the Eagles, and Derek
Bowyer had two doubles for
Churubusco.
The Eagles came back to
take game two by an 8-1
CHURUBUSCO
NEW HAVEN
Churubusco
West Noble
8
1
Game Two
0 2 2 0 1 0 3
1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Winning Pitcher - Ch - Clark
2B - Ch - Pyser, Buffenbarger, Howk,
Clark(2)
3B - Ch - Buffenbarger, Bowyer
HR - Ch - Wickliffe
score.
New Haven took a 1-0
lead after an inning of play,
but the Eagles pushed across
two runs in the top of the
second to take a 2-1 lead.
Holding the Bulldogs to
that single run, Churubusco
extended its lead with two
more runs in the top of the
third inning to go up 4-1.
The Eagles tacked on another run in the top of the
fifth and three more in the
top of the seventh to take the
8-1 win.
Braxton Clark got the
complete-game win on the
mound for Churubusco, giv-
MLB scoreboard
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
18
18
15
16
11
L
12
13
14
17
18
Pct
.600
.581
.517
.485
.379
GB
—
½
2½
3½
6½
W
22
15
15
14
8
L
10
13
15
16
23
Pct
.688
.536
.500
.467
.258
GB
—
5
6
7
13½
W
L Pct
Seattle
18
13 .581
Texas
18
14 .563
Oakland
14
18 .438
Los Angeles
13
18 .419
Houston
12
20 .375
Sunday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers 4, Toronto 2
Cleveland 5, Kansas City 4
Texas 8, Detroit 3
Baltimore 11, Oakland 3
Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota 1
Houston 5, Seattle 1
Tampa Bay 3, L.A. Angels 1
Boston 5, N.Y. Yankees 1
Monday’s Games
Detroit (Sanchez 3-3) at Washington
GB
—
½
4½
5
6½
Baltimore
Boston
Tampa Bay
Toronto
New York
Central Division
Chicago
Cleveland
Kansas City
Detroit
Minnesota
West Division
(Strasburg 5-0), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Young 1-4) at N.Y. Yankees
(Nova 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Gray 3-3) at Boston (Buchholz
1-3), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 0-0) at Texas
(Lewis 2-0), 8:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Wilson 1-1) at Minnesota
(Berrios 1-1), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Kluber 2-3) at Houston (Fiers
2-1), 8:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Moore 1-3) at Seattle
(Hernandez 2-2), 10:10 p.m.
Toronto (Sanchez 2-1) at San Francisco
(Peavy 1-3), 10:15 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Detroit (Fulmer 1-1) at Washington (Ross
3-1), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Medlen 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees
(Tanaka 1-0), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Manaea 0-0) at Boston (Rodriguez
0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-4) at Texas
(Holland 3-2), 8:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Gausman 0-1) at Minnesota
(Hughes 1-5), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Bauer 2-0) at Houston (Devenski
0-1), 8:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Leake 0-3) at L.A. Angels
(Santiago 2-1), 10:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Smyly 1-3) at Seattle (Miley
2-2), 10:10 p.m.
Toronto (Happ 4-0) at San Francisco (Cain
0-4), 10:15 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct
GB
New York
19
11 .633
—
Washington
19
12 .613
½
Philadelphia
18
14 .563
2
Miami
16
14 .533
3
Atlanta
7
23 .233
12
Central Division
W
L Pct
GB
Chicago
24
6 .800
—
Pittsburgh
17
14 .548
7½
St. Louis
16
16 .500
9
Milwaukee
13
18 .419 11½
Cincinnati
13
19 .406
12
West Division
W
L Pct
GB
Los Angeles
16
15 .516
—
San Francisco
17
16 .515
—
Colorado
15
16 .484
1
Arizona
15
18 .455
2
San Diego
13
19 .406
3½
Sunday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers 4, Toronto 2
Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 4
Philadelphia 6, Miami 5
Arizona 5, Atlanta 3, 11 innings
Pittsburgh 10, St. Louis 5
Chicago Cubs 4, Washington 3, 13 innings
Colorado 2, San Francisco 0
N.Y. Mets 4, San Diego 3
Monday’s Games
Detroit (Sanchez 3-3) at Washington
(Strasburg 5-0), 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Peralta 2-3) at Miami
(Fernandez 3-2), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Niese 3-1) at Cincinnati (Straily
1-1), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Vargas 0-1) at Chicago Cubs
(Lester 3-1), 8:05 p.m.
Arizona (Bradley 0-0) at Colorado
(Chatwood 4-2), 8:40 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Matz 4-1) at L.A. Dodgers
(Kazmir 2-2), 10:10 p.m.
Toronto (Sanchez 2-1) at San Francisco
(Peavy 1-3), 10:15 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Detroit (Fulmer 1-1) at Washington (Ross
3-1), 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Davies 0-3) at Miami (Conley
2-1), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Morgan 0-0) at Atlanta (Wisler
1-2), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Nicasio 3-3) at Cincinnati
(Simon 1-3), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Rea 3-1) at Chicago Cubs
(Hendricks 2-2), 8:05 p.m.
Arizona (De La Rosa 3-4) at Colorado
(Rusin 1-0), 8:40 p.m.
St. Louis (Leake 0-3) at L.A. Angels
(Santiago 2-1), 10:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers
(Wood 1-3), 10:10 p.m.
Toronto (Happ 4-0) at San Francisco (Cain
0-4), 10:15 p.m.
MLB briefs
perfect seventh.
Cubs 4, Nationals 3
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago
Cubs walked Washington star Bryce
Harper a record-tying six times,
then beat the Nationals 4-3 when Javier Baez homered in the 13th inning
Sunday for a four-game sweep.
The Cubs won their seventh in a
row and improved the best record in
the majors to 24-6. Washington lost
its fourth straight.
Harper matched the major league
record for walks in a game, last done
by Jeff Bagwell in 1999, and walked
13 times in the series. Harper was hit
by a pitch the other time he came to
the plate.
Baez homered with one out off
Blake Treinen (2-1). Travis Wood (10) was the last of four Cubs relievers
who combined for eight scoreless innings.
Rangers 8, Tigers 3
DETROIT (AP) — Bobby Wilson
broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth with a
grand slam against the team that just
traded him, helping Texas complete
a three-game sweep.
After being shut out for seven innings by Justin Verlander, the Rangers broke through against relievers
Justin Wilson and Mark Lowe (1-1)
for seven runs in the eighth.
Wilson didn’t hit any home runs
for the Tigers before they sent him
to Texas on Tuesday. His first shot
of the season sent Detroit to its sixth
straight loss.
Tom Wilhelmsen (2-2) pitched a
White Sox 3, Twins 1
CHICAGO (AP) — Jose Quintana
(5-1) allowed six hits in seven innings, lowering his ERA to 1.38.
David Robertson pitched a hitless
ninth for his 10th save in 11 tries as
the White Sox (22-10) completed a
three-game sweep and moved 12
games above .500 for the first time
since September 2012.
Austin Jackson hit a go-ahead
double in the fifth off Tyler Duffey,
who struck out four batters in the
seventh.
Minnesota has lost five straight
games and nine of 10.
Pirates 10, Cardinals 5
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gregory Polanco hit a three-run homer and John
Jaso added a two-run drive.
Gerrit Cole (3-3) gave up two
runs and six hits in six innings, and
Mark Melancon got his ninth save
when Yadier Molina grounded into
a game-ending double play with the
bases loaded.
Michael Wacha (2-3) lost his third
consecutive decision for only the
second time in his career, allowing
four runs and six hits in six innings.
In his last three starts against the Pirates, Wacha has given up 15 runs
and 20 hits in 14 1/3 innings.
Brewers 5, Reds 4
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jonathan
Lucroy greeted Ross Ohlendorf (3-3)
with a tiebreaking home run leading
off the eighth inning, then caught
Billy Hamilton stealing for the final
out — a call upheld in a video review.
Milwaukee overcame a 4-1 deficit;
on Saturday, the Brewers won 13-7 in
10 innings after trailing 4-0 and 6-2.
Ryan Braun homered the second
straight game and is 15 for 35 (.429)
during an eight-game hitting streak.
Chris Capuano (1-0) pitched a
scoreless seventh and Jeremy Jeffress, Saturday’s winning pitcher,
got his eighth save.
Red Sox 5, Yankees 1
NEW YORK (AP) — David Ortiz homered twice, passing Hall of
Famer Carl Yastrzemski for second
place on Boston’s career list, and Steven Wright pitched a three-hitter for
Boston.
Ortiz connected for two long solo
shots off a struggling Luis Severino
(0-5). In his farewell season, the
40-year-old Ortiz has five home runs
against the Yankees since April 29.
Big Papi has hit 454 of his 512 career
homers with the Red Sox, moving
him ahead of Yastrzemski (452) and
leaving the slugger behind only Ted
Williams (521).
Dustin Pedroia hit an early tworun homer and Xander Bogaerts also
went deep for the Red Sox. They prevented a three-game sweep and won
for the fourth time in six meetings
with their rivals this year.
Wright (3-3) walked one and
struck out seven, breezing to his first
complete game in 17 major league
starts. He was two strikes from a
shutout, too, when Brett Gardner
homered with two outs in the ninth
inning.
Mets 4, Padres 3
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Harvey
(4-3) struck out a season-high 10 in
six innings, Yoenis Cespedes homered off Andrew Cashner (2-3) and
New York escaped a bases-loaded
jam with no outs in the eighth to salvage a four-game split.
The Mets moved into sole possession of first place in the NL East
for the first time this season. They
trailed Washington by five games in
mid-April.
Harvey allowed two runs and
four hits. With the bases full in the
eighth, Antonio Bastardo struck out
pinch-hitter Derek Norris, getting
Melvin Upton Jr. to pop up to first
and striking out Alexei Ramirez.
Jeurys Familia pitched the ninth
for his 10th save.
Rays 3, Angels 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Matt
Andriese (1-0) pitched seven innings
of four-hit ball to win his season debut, Brad Miller hit a two-run homer
and Tampa Bay Rays completed a
three-game sweep.
Curt Casali also homered as the
Rays (15-14) won four straight
games and moved above .500, accomplishing both for the first time
since August. Alex Colome pitched
the ninth for his ninth save.
ing up only one run on three
hits, while issuing no walks
to the Bulldogs.
Kory Poyser, Braxton
Clark, Josh Howk and Drew
Buffenbarger all had doubles
for the Eagles. Buffenbarger
also had a triple, and Jackson Wickliffe a home run in
the Eagle win.
Churubusco’s record now
stands at 13-5 heading into
this evening’s game at Heritage at 5 p.m.
Lady
Eagles
beat
Snyder
FORT WAYNE — Columbia City’s softball team used
a run-scoring bunt to tie the
game and then unloaded
nine runs in the sixth inning
on host Fort Wayne Snider
to take a 16-6 win over the
Lady Panthers Friday evening.
Host Snider took advantage of Columbia City miscues in the first inning to
take a 3-0 lead. The Lady Eagles took the lead in the top
of the second with four runs
of their own to go up 4-3.
The Lady Eagles added to
their margin in the top of the
third scoring another run to
go up 5-3.
Snider regained the lead
in the bottom of the third,
again pushing across three
runs on Columbia City lapses to go up 6-5.
“In the first and third innings, we threw the ball
around a bit and it cost us,”
said Columbia City Head
Coach Dan Weigold. “After
that, we played pretty good
defense.”
Columbia City knotted
the score in the top of the
fourth when a Shania Turner
bunt scored Morgan Bales to
tie the score at 6-6.
The Eagles opened the
flood gates in the top of the
sixth, dropping nine runs on
the Lady Panthers, going up
15-6. The Eagles added one
more run in the top of the
seventh to account for the
final 16-6 margin.
“When you put up nine
runs in an inning, its a little bit of everybody doing
things right,” said Weigold.
“Ciarra Ivy had two triples
and a double and had a super ball game offensively.
Anna (Weigold) had four
singles and Morgan Bales
had a double and two singles. This was a nice win that
brings our record to 7-6.”
The Eagles return to action tonight at East Noble at
5 p.m.
Kyle Busch finally gets first Hahn beats Castro in playoff to
Sprint Cup win at Kansas win Wells Fargo Championship
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP)
— Kyle Busch has seemingly
dozens of reasons to despise
Kansas Speedway, from the
two times he crashed out of
Chase races to the innumerable misfortunes in other
series.
Now he has one big reason to speak fondly of it.
Busch sailed away from
Kevin Harvick after a late
wreck collected several of
the leaders Saturday night,
Track,
and finally won a NASCAR
Sprint Cup race at one of
three tracks that had eluded
him.
"I didn't know we'd have
that much speed in our race
car. I guess I should have
known," said Busch, who
still needs to win at Charlotte and Pocono to knock
off every current track in the
series. "We had a top-five
car in the middle part of the
race. We kept making im-
provements to it, kept making it better."
Busch won for the third
time this season, and gave
team owner Joe Gibbs his
sixth victory already this
season. But this one may
have been the sweetest given Busch's history at Kansas.
"This is a place that's
been tough on me over the
years, and probably almost
caused me to go into retirement," Busch said, laughing.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — James Hahn
said the anxiety was creeping in after missing eight straight cuts on the PGA Tour,
causing him to wonder if he'd ever get his
game straightened out.
But after a long talk with caddie Mark Urbanek last week, Hahn came to Quail Hollow Club with a renewed confidence and
determination to end the streak.
Hahn beat Roberto Castro with a par on
the first hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday in the Wells Fargo Championship to
snap the three-month slump and earn his
second PGA Tour title.
"It was going bad for a while," Hahn said.
"Just didn't have the confidence, didn't believe in myself. I felt like I was putting in the
work but wasn't getting any reward for it. ...
You're playing bad and you're missing cuts
and there's nothing funny about that."
The anxiety appeared a distant memory
Sunday as a smiling Hahn cracked open a
can of Bud Light as he sat behind the podium and asked the media, "You want one?"
Hahn, perhaps best known for his "Gangnam Style" birdie celebration three years ago
on the Phoenix Open's rowdy 16th hole, said
when things got bad he remained motivated
by never wanting to lose his PGA Tour card
and having to play on the Web.com Tour.
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Wildcat total.
In the discus relay, Sherwin
took second place overall with a
toss of 139 feet, 9 inches. Howard
was second at 134 feet, 10 inches
and Hobbs third with a toss of 133
feet, 1 inch.
“Our throwers had a big night
sweeping the shot put and discus,” said Whitko Head Coach
Ron Cherry. “Kudos to Walker
Hobbs, Conner Sherwin and
Gavin Howard.”
The other Wildcat first-place
came in the shuttle hurdle relay
where the team of Shad Ebbinghouse, Brady Weeks, Reed Brace
and Zach Gardner finished in a
time of 1:09.6.
“Our hurdlers won the shuttle
hurdle relay, which was a bit of a
surprise because Alex Morales did
not run due to injury,”said Coach
Cherry. “Our last-minute replace-
ment, freshman Zach Gardner,
filled in admirably and we hung
on for the win even though it was
very close.”
Whitko got second place finishes in the 400-meter and 800-meter
relays.
In the 400-meter race Gavin
Elder, Brady Weeks, Alex Wilson
and Gavin Powell placed second
in a time of 44.16. In the 800-meter
race, Weeks, Wilson, Morales and
Zach Freel placed second with a
time of 1:36.10.
“I was very pleased with our
400-meter relay of Garrett Elder,
Brady Weeks, Alex Wilson, and
Gavin Powell. Although they
ended up second to Fairfield, they
ran their best time of the year at
44.16,” said Caoch Cherry.
Alex Wilson also placed second
in the long jump with a jump of
19 feet, 10.25 inches, with Garrett
Elder third at 19 feet, 5.75 inches.
Zach Freel took second in the
high jump clearing 5 feet, 6 inches. Zach Gardner and Collin Bross
tied for fourth in the pole vault,
each clearing nine feet.
The Wildcats return to action on
Tuesday evening when they compete in the Three Rivers Conference track meet at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion at 5
p.m.
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Eagles 12th at State Preview Tourney
CARMEL — Columbia City’s
ninth-ranked golf team made the
trip to Carmel’s Prairieview Golf
Course on Saturday for the opportunity to play on the course where
the IHSAA State Finals are held.
The Eagles joined 20 other teams,
15 of them state-ranked, and tied
for 12th with a round of 322.
“It was a great tournament to be
in,” Columbia City Head Coach
Andrew Thompson said. “With
15 state-ranked teams and the
chance to play at Prairieview, obviously our goal is to be back on
June 14 participating in the state
finals.”
Third-ranked Center Grove
took the team title at 289, with
second-ranked Carmel next, fol-
lowed by No. 1 Westfield.
Other area teams included
Homestead, who finished fifth,
Bishop Dwenger, who took seventh and Oak Hill, who tied with
the Eagles for 12th.
Columbia City was led by senior Tyler Green, who came in at
even-par 72, which placed him
sixth overall. Spencer Klimek was
next for the Eagles with a fiveover-par 77.
Freshman Nick Decker shot and
86, Cameron Slavich was next at
87 and Spencer McCammon cared
an 88 to round out the scoring for
the Eagles.
“We didn’t get off to a good
start as we drew the toughest
stretch of holes at Prairieview for
our five players to start as part
of the shotgun start,” said Coach
Thompson.
“We had three double bogeys
right out of the box. Give out guys
credit, they battled back got it going for a while as the wind was
swirling and it was a tough track.”
“Tyler Green had a great day
being even par and finishing sixth
individually and Spencer Klimek
held on for a 77. We struggled
with the rest of the lineup,” Coach
Thompson said. “We have to be
better as a team to be where we
want to be as we go into the second half of the season.”
The Eagles return to action
Tuesday when they host East Noble at Eagle Glen at 4:30 p.m.
Photo contributed
Columbia City’s Spencer Klimek scored a 77 in the State Preview Tournament Saturday in Carmel. The Eagles placed 12th overall.
Rapids finish with successful season
COLUMBIA CITY — The
Whitley County YMCA
Rapids swim team placed
third at the state championship meet held at Purdue
University, finishing off a
successful season.
During the three-day
meet, the Rapids team had
57 swimmers competing,
with 15 of them breaking
team records.
“The state championship was a great event and
our entire team performed
great,” said Coach Tad Varga. “Their hard work and
dedication throughout the
season showed in the way
they competed and had
their best times of the season.”
Five swimmers from the
Rapids team also qualified
to compete at the Great
Lakes Zone meet held in
Canton, Ohio.
Qualifiers Charlie Varga,
Sophia Hatcher, Josh Butts,
Mykaela Crowell, and Maxwell Joseph went on to compete at the regional meet,
which is the largest agegroup swim championship
in the United States.
ELKHART — Whitko’s boys track team
participated in the Kelly
Relays at Concord High
School Friday Night. The
Wildcats placed second
in the B-division team
competition, dominating the throwing events.
Fairfield took first
place with 104 points,
with the Wildcats second with 83. Behind
Whitko was Jimtown at
70 points. Bremen was
fourth with 55. Westview took fifth with 41
and LaVille rounded out
the scoring at 22.
Whitko was led by
first-place finishes in the
shot put and discus relays, where the cumulative totals of the throwers go together to make
the team score.
Whitko shot putters Walker Hobbs and
Gavin Howard took
the top two spots in the
event. Hobbs threw 50
feet, 9 inches, with Howard taking second at 48
feet, 2 inches. Whitko’s
Conner Sherwin added
38 feet, 3 inches to the
Photo contributed
YMCA Rapids team members qualified for the 2016
Great Lakes Zone meet.
From left: Maxwell Joseph,
Charlie Varga, Mykaela
Crowell, Sophia Hatcher and
Josh Butts.
Big Three lead Cavs
back to Eastern
Conference finals
ATLANTA (AP) — The Big Three yucked it up after
their latest playoff sweep, a far cry from the uneasiness that prevailed at the beginning of their relationship.
It may have taken a while to find their groove, but
the Cavaliers are sure enjoying how it all worked out.
Cleveland moved on to the Eastern Conference finals after its second straight playoff sweep, displaying all its star power Sunday in a 100-99 victory over
the Atlanta Hawks.
Kevin Love led the way with 27 points, 13 rebounds and eight 3-pointers. LeBron James did his
usual part with 21 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists
and a defensive stop that preserved the win. Kyrie Irving chipped in with 21 points and eight assists while
playing more than 42 minutes.
“It’s something that we all envisioned,” James said.
“We’re in a great rhythm right now, as far as us three.
We know exactly where we want to be on the floor.”
Their camaraderie was evident when Love was
asked if he felt more comfortable in Year 2 with the
Cavaliers.
“I don’t know. What do you guys think?” he said,
smiling as he turned to James and Irving.
They tried to hold back, but neither could keep
from laughing. Irving pounded his right hand on the
podium, while James briefly covered his face.
“’Game of Thrones’ — I’m trying to get them to
watch that,” Love suddenly blurted out, drawing
even more chuckles from his teammates.
After spending four years in Miami, and winning
two championships, James returned to the Cavaliers before last season intent on bringing home the
franchise’s first championship. Irving was already
on board, and Love was acquired from Minnesota to
complete a revised version of Miami’s Big Three —
James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
Whitko
boys take
second at
Concord
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Blazers, Heat look to even
series at home in Game 4s
MIAMI (AP) — By definition, Portland and Miami
are not yet facing must-win
games.
It may seem otherwise.
Down 2-1 in their respective series, the last thing either the Trail Blazers or the
Heat will want is to head
out on the road later this
week facing elimination.
So in a pair of Game 4s on
Monday — Portland plays
host to Golden State as their
Western Conference semifinal resumes, while Miami
will entertain the Toronto
Raptors in their back-andforth East semis matchup
— the home teams will face
plenty of pressure.
"This is competition at its
highest," Heat coach Erik
Spoelstra said.
The Miami-Toronto series
has been extremely tight,
with the Raptors outscoring
the Heat so far 287-285. But
it will have a much different look now, after a pair of
MRI exams on Sunday sent
both starting centers to the
sidelines.
Toronto said it will be
without Jonas Valanciunas
for the rest of the series because of a sprained right
ankle. Miami isn't sure
how long it will be without
Hassan Whiteside, who is
listed as day-to-day with a
sprained knee ligament.
"It's going to be smallball with a smaller center," Toronto's Kyle Lowry
said. "It's going to be a fun
game."
And now the Raptors and
Heat know who awaits:
Cleveland finished off its
sweep of Atlanta on Sunday, putting the Cavaliers
back in the Eastern Conference finals for the second
straight year.
Toronto won a road game
on Saturday to take the lead
in its series. Golden State
will now need a road win
to keep the lead in its series.
The Blazers got back into
their matchup by taking
Game 3 behind a 40-point
effort from Damian Lillard.
Portland became the first
team to beat Golden State
twice this season, and it's
unknown if the Warriors
will have MVP Stephen
Curry back from his knee
injury in time for Game 4.
A look at Monday's
games:
•Raptors at Heat, Toronto leads 2-1. 8 p.m., TNT.
The Raptors could be
leading this series 3-0 right
now.
Then again, so could the
Heat.
It's rare that such statements would make any simultaneous sense, but in
this case they seem to apply. The game that Toronto
lost in this series came in
overtime, a contest where
Lowry and his backcourt
mate DeMar DeRozan combined to shoot 12 for 35. The
games that Miami has lost
so far were ones where the
Heat wasted fourth-quarter
leads, a seven-point edge
in Game 2 and a six-point
cushion in Game 3.
Now it's up to Miami to
find a way at home to knot
the series.
"It's a very competitive series," said Heat
guard Dwyane Wade, who
scored 38 points in Game 3.
"They're the second seed for
a reason. Throughout this
year they won 56 games. It's
a good team and we went
in and got one from them,
they came in and got one
from us. ... This going to be
one of those tough series
that's going to go down to
the last minute."
•Warriors at Trail Blaz-
ers, Golden State leads 2-1.
10:30 p.m., TNT.
Losing streaks don't happen to the Warriors.
Golden State is 10-0 in the
games that immediately follow losses this season, winning those by an average
of 15.8 points. Put another
way, when the Warriors are
annoyed, they respond —
and usually emphatically.
"All it means is that we
won a home court game,"
Portland coach Terry Stotts
said. "It was important to
win it and it's going to be a
tough game on Monday. To
me, it wasn't an explosive
game but we kept grinding
it out a little bit."
It was more than a grindout.
Besides Lillard's brilliant
40-point effort, Al-Farouq
Aminu needed only nine
shot attempts to score 23
points. The Blazers were 17
for 30 from 3-point range,
yet still attacked enough
to get to the line 29 times
(making 23).
"We stepped it up," Lillard said.
If the Warriors get Curry
back — he's listed as doubtful — then the emotional
lift would be seismic.