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S. Whitley murder trial begins
By NICOLE MINIER
The Post & Mail
COLUMBIA CITY — The
trial for a man facing murder and homicide charges
began Tuesday in Whitley
Circuit Court.
David Hagan, 52, of South
Whitley, was charged with
murder and reckless homicide by a Grand Jury last
November after the shooting death of Adam Porter,
29, last August.
Jury selected, witnesses take the stand
A jury of five men and
seven women was selected
by the prosecutor and defense, and the prosecutor’s
witnesses took the stand for
testimony Tuesday.
The
trial
continues
through Wednesday and
Thursday.
Hagan has maintained
that the homicide was in self
defense.
In opening arguments,
Prosecutor Matt Rentschler
said the shooting was reckless and that Hagan knew
what he was doing.
“A week before the shooting, he (Hagan) said if Adam
came back, he was going to
shoot him,” Rentschler said.
“Killing someone is a crime
when done knowingly and
recklessly.”
The defense argued that
Porter was addicted to drugs
and had been taking advantage of Hagan’s longtime
girlfriend, Vonda Kelsey, by
taking her prescription painkillers.
“David told (Porter) to
never come back,” said defense attorney John Watkins.
Watkins stated that Porter had a blood alcohol level
of .25 and also had “speed”
and Xanax in his system.
“He was three times the
legal driving limit in alcohol,” Watkins said. “He was
an unpredictable person.”
Porter’s father, Dan, was
the first to take the stand
Tuesday. He explained how
his son had worked for his
plumbing, heating and electrical business. However,
CCPD swears in new officers
Former chief
Petersen
announces
retirement
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COLUMBIA CITY —
The Indiana Department
of Natural Resources is
planning to spray for
Gypsy moths in Whitley,
Kosciusko and LaPorte
counties starting today.
Whitley County’s Sheriff’s Department posted
ANYONE
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To slope,
or not to
slope?
By NICOLE MINIER
The Post & Mail
Post & Mail photo / Nicole Minier
Columbia City Clerk-Treasurer Rosie Coyle swears in the police department’s newest officers, David Calhoon (left) and
Caleb Cook, alongside CCPD Chief Tony Hively and Captain Gary Parrett.
DNR to spray
for Gypsy moths
in Whitley Co.
By NICOLE MINIER
The Post & Mail
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Officials consider
roof options
for new CCHS
By NICOLE MINIER
The Post & Mail
COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City’s Police Department swore in two new
officers at Tuesday’s City
Council meeting.
David Calhoon and Caleb
Cook are the newest additions to the CCPD and have
completed more than 80
hours of training with the
department.
Calhoon and Cook were
hired into the department
in March. The State of Indiana requires 40 hours of
training before officers can
hit the roads, in addition to
16 weeks of training at the
Indiana Law Enforcement
Academy near Indianapolis.
CCPD Chief Tony Hively
said the city’s department
has expanded the 40-hour
training into 80 hours, in
order to ensure officers are
properly trained.
“We are very proud of
them,” Hively said.
As two more officers are
Adam Porter didn’t go to
work the day of the shooting.
Dan Porter said Adam
asked for the day off to
spend time with his girlfriend, Linda Bowers, and
her five children, as her oldest child was soon to leave
for college.
Adam Porter, Bowers and
her children spent the day
at Dan Porter’s swimming
on its Facebook page to
tell residents not to be
alarmed by low-flying aircraft.
Those with questions
about the spraying should
contact the DNR at 317232-4120.
Officials have said if
weather is unfavorable,
the process will be delayed.
COLUMBIA CITY — To
slope or not to slope? That is
the question Whitley County Consolidated Schools officials are considering when
planning for the new Columbia City High School.
After having issues with
Indian Springs Middle
School’s roof and CCHS’s
current roof, school board
members and administrators are trying to ensure the
same problems don’t happen in the new building.
Unfortunately, architects
aren’t able to provide a clear
answer.
Architects for the new Columbia City High School,
which is set to open in the
fall of 2020, said roofs are
typically a big struggle in
new schools, with no one
design that is flawless.
School officials wanted to
steer clear of flat roofs, or
low slope systems, because
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COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County residents have a unique way to participate in a food drive this Saturday.
Columbia City’s Post Office, in conjunction with the U.S. Postal Service
and National Association of Letter Carriers, is asking Hoosiers to help “Stamp
Out Hunger” through its annual food
drive.
The food drive provides assistance to
millions of Americans who are struggling to put food on the table.
The “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive,
held on the second Saturday in May,
has become the nation’s largest single-
day food drive.
Last year’s drive collected approximately 71 million pounds of non-perishable food that was left in bags next
to postal customers’ mailboxes.
It was the 12th consecutive year
that letter carriers have collected more
than 70 million pounds of food, and it
brought the drive’s grand total to more
than 1.4 billion pounds of food collected.
The availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, or the ability to acquire such food, is limited or uncertain
for 1 in 6 Americans, many of whom
are in households with at least one person working. Perhaps most alarming is
the fact that nearly 16 million children
in America are struggling with hunger.
In addition, 4.8 million seniors face
choices between paying rent, utilities
and having nutritious food.
“We’re proud to support this food
drive,” said Postmaster Lisa Costin
“We’re asking residents for their support to help make this another successful year. It’s easy to make a donation
— simply leave a bag of nonperishable
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“Adam was very peaceful, timid and
mild,” his father testified.
Girlfriend Linda Bowers was the next to
take the witness stand.
Bowers testified that she and Porter had
been dating for five months, and that he
moved in with her and her children about
four months prior to the shooting.
She said the couple met Vonda Kelsey in
April 2015. Kelsey lived near Bowers’ longtime friends, Val and Mike Sims.
Bowers said her family would visit the
Sims family about twice a week.
“One day David (Hagan) walked down
to Val and Mike’s house. He was very intoxicated,” Bowers said. “Nobody cared for
David. We played euchre with David and
Vonda once.”
Bowers said Vonda Kelsey suffered from
medical conditions that required her to have
strong pain medicine. After Bowers told
Kelsey about some back pain she’d been
having, Kelsey reportedly gave her one of
her Percocet pain pills.
The drug exchange happened about six
months before the shooting, Bowers said.
Bowers alleged Kelsey only ever gave
her one pill; however, the defense contends
that Bowers and Porter continued to seek
more pain medicine from Kelsey, leading to
Hagan’s aggravation toward Porter.
About two weeks before the shooting,
Bowers said she and Porter went to Hagan’s
home to “check on” Kelsey, who wasn’t answering phone calls or text messages.
The defense claims Hagan told Bowers
and Kelsey to never return to the home again
after learning of their alleged prescription
drug issue. However, Bowers testified that
isn’t true.
“He never told us not to come back to his
home,” Bowers said.
The day of the shooting, Aug. 14, 2015, after a day at his father’s pool, Porter allegedly
told Bowers that Kelsey wasn’t answering
phone calls or messages again. That’s when
Porter and Bowers went to Hagan’s house to
check on her.
When they arrived, Bowers said Porter and her five-year-old son approached
Hagan’s house. Kelsey was in the backyard,
and according to Bowers, she called out to
Porter and told him she was in the backyard.
Bowers said she saw Porter and her son go
to the backyard. She said she heard a sound
like a firework explosion, and shortly after,
her son came running to her, saying “Adam
is hurt really bad.”
When Bowers got to the backyard, she saw
“blood everywhere” and Porter lying on his
back.
Bowers said her son won’t talk about what
happened that day.
Hagan says he shot Porter in self defense.
Defense attorneys argued Tuesday that Porter was intoxicated and attempting to hurt
Hagan.
When Hagan saw Porter in his backyard,
he retrieved his handgun and went to the
backyard to tell him to leave, the defense
stated. According to Hagan’s defense, he
held his gun to his side when he first approached Porter.
“Before David could talk, Adam charged
at him, attacked him and knocked him out
of his shoes,” attorney Watkins said. “David
was on the ground with a younger, stronger
guy on top of him — who was on drugs and
drunk. David shot Adam in self defense.
Adam was going for his gun. What would
you do?
“Adam would have killed David if he got
that gun. The state has to prove that this
wasn’t self defense. He had a legal right to
grab his gun.”
Bowers said she hadn’t seen Porter take
any illegal drugs and said he was not intoxicated that day, by her definition. She said she
estimated that Porter had
drunk about six beers
that day; however, the
coroner’s report stated
his alcohol level was .25
— three times the legal
driving limit.
“He didn’t seem intoxicated in any way,” Bowers said.
David Hagan
Bowers’ testimony concluded with two final questions from Prosecutor Rentschler.
“Did you ever feel unwelcome?” Rentschler asked.
“No,” Bowers answered.
“If David told you not to come over, and
Vonda said yes, would you feel unwelcome?” he followed.
“Yes,” she replied.
9-1-1 call
Rentschler then played the 9-1-1 call and
brought Whitley County Sheriff’s Dispatcher Cristie Erne to the stand. Erne took the
call from Hagan after he shot Porter.
Hagan: “I need a cop. Somebody is shot.”
Erne: “Do you know who the shooter is?”
Hagan: “Yes. He is speaking to you. I was
attacked. Everything is where it happened.
He has been harassing my girlfriend for
pills. I am kind of in shock.”
Erne: “Is he alive? Is he still breathing?”
Hagan: “He is very possibly dead. The
gun is next to the body. He charged, attacked
and threw me to the ground.”
Hagan went on to tell Erne that the scene
was in the backyard, and that he was in the
kitchen of his house.
Erne told Hagan to go out to his front yard
where police could see him.
“I will sit on the end of my driveway,”
Hagan told Erne.
However, officer A.J. Westerman arrived
at the house before Hagan got to the front
yard. Throughout the call, females’ screams
and voices could be heard.
Hagan put the phone down, but Erne
stayed on the line, and sounds could be
heard of Officer Westerman taking Hagan
into custody without incident.
Police testimonies
Westerman has been with the South Whitley Police Department for about 18 months,
and has had several years of experience as a
Sheriff’s Department reserve officer.
Westerman said he was nearby when the
call was dispatched, and arrived at the scene
within two minutes.
Westerman took control of the scene, taking Hagan into custody and locating the firearm — which was a few inches from Porter’s
body.
“With all of the anger and hostility (by
Bowers), I had the first assisting officer move
the weapon,” Westerman said.
He said Bowers was lying on top of Porter’s body and would not get off. While
Bowers was screaming and calling Hagan
names, Westerman said Hagan had a calm
demeanor and “caused no problems at all.”
“He just sat there,” Westerman said.
Westerman did note that it appears Hagan
had “blood on his arms that appeared it had
been mixed with water.”
Scott Geist, Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy, was the final witness to testify Tuesday.
Geist was the officer who moved the firearm.
“I wanted to make sure the weapon was
cleared and safe,” Geist said. He told the
jury he picked up the gun with an ink pen,
and used a towel to open and empty the .44
magnum revolver to make sure it was safe.
Geist said he found that two rounds had
been fired, and there were four more live
rounds.
The trial continues today and is expected
to conclude Thursday.
New federal guidelines make
more eligible for WIC benefits
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
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poverty guidelines.
The Indiana State Department of Health says a family of two with a household
annual income up to $29,637
now can qualify for Women,
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referred to as WIC. For a
family of four, the income
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added, another one will soon be lost, officials reported Tuesday.
Mike Petersen, longtime officer, former
chief and current school resource officer for
Whitley County Consolidated Schools, recently turned in his retirement notice to the
department.
Council President Walt Crowder said
Hively has a school resource officer replacement in mind for Petersen; however,
plans have not been finalized.
On Tuesday, Columbia City’s Board of
Works approved Hively to begin the hiring
process, as the department will once again
be short an officer following Petersen’s retirement.
Crowder noted that Petersen’s reason for
resignation was that he “had other opportunities,” but did not divulge any details.
He has been an officer with the department for 21 years and served as chief while
Mayor Jim Fleck was in office, prior to current Mayor Ryan Daniel’s tenure.
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Northeast Ind.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The Northeast Indiana Regional
Partnership announced today that, as a result of their national public relations efforts, three national news outlets
have published stories about the region in the past week - resulting in more than 34 million national media impressions.
Northeast Indiana is featured in the following:
•Entrepreneur Magazine featured millennial entrepreneur Jamal Robinson, owner of Desiar, online and in the May
print edition where Robinson is highlighted on the two page
spread preceding the article. Desiar, an eyewear company,
recently launched a new cherry wood frame made in Huntertown, Ind. called the “Hoosier”. Entrepreneur Magazine
has a print circulation of 3 million and 12 million monthly
online visitors.
•Parents.com featured Northeast Indiana business Capeable, a company that manufactures weighted products, in
an article endorsing the Fort Wayne, Ind. made products on
their website. Parents.com has 2.1 million online monthly
visitors.
•Thrillist published its online roundup of the “25 Best
Small US Cities to Spend the Weekend”, featuring Warsaw.
Along with noting the town’s appealing lake activities and
restaurants, the article also notes Warsaw’s orthopedics reputation. Thrillist has 16 million online monthly visitors.
“We have such strong stories in Northeast Indiana about
our innovative companies and the big-hearted hospitality of
our communities,” said Courtney Tritch, vice president of
marketing at the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership. “It
is exciting to see the momentum we feel as residents in the
region start to be felt across the country, and echoed back to
us in third-party endorsements like these.”
The Regional Partnership’s mission is to build, market and
sell Northeast Indiana to attract business investment. The
Regional Partnership works with Development Counsellors
International (DCI), an international company specializing
in economic development marketing, on these national media placements. Over the last three years, this work has resulted in 59 articles and more than 306 million national media impressions (not including the articles above).
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — White
House dreams fading, Bernie Sanders added another state to his tally
against Hillary Clinton with a win in
West Virginia on Tuesday — a victory
that will do little to slow the former
secretary of state's steady march toward the Democratic presidential
nomination.
Meanwhile, Republican Donald
Trump also won there and in Nebraska, a week after he cleared the
field of his remaining rivals. They
were not victories likely to heal the
party's wounds, as some GOP leaders
continue to hold off offering their endorsement of the party's presumptive
nominee.
The result in the West Virginia Democratic primary underscored the awkward position Clinton and the party's
establishment face as they attempt to
turn their focus to the general election.
Sanders has won 19 states to Clinton's
23, but she is 94 percent of the way to
winning the nomination — just 144
delegates short of the 2,383 required.
That means she could lose all the
states left to vote by a landslide and
still emerge as the nominee, so long as
all her supporters among the party insiders known as superdelegates continue to back her.
Clinton needs to win just 14 percent
of the delegates and uncommitted superdelegates at stake in the remaining
contests, and she remains on track to
capture the nomination in early June.
Still, Sanders is vowing to fight on.
He campaigned in Oregon and California on Tuesday and his victory in
West Virginia highlighted anew Clinton's struggles to win over white men
and independents — weaknesses
Trump wants to exploit in the fall
campaign.
"Let me be as clear as I can be, we
are in the campaign to win the Democratic nomination," Sanders said at a
campaign event in Salem, Oregon.
"We are going to fight for every last
vote."
Among those voting in the West
Virginia Democratic primary, about a
third said they would support Trump
over either Clinton or Sanders in November. An additional 2 in 10 said
they wouldn't vote for either candidate. But 4 in 10 also said they consider themselves to be independents
or Republicans, and not Democrats,
according to exit polls.
While Sanders is still attracting
thousands to rallies, his campaign has
grown more difficult as Clinton closes
in on the nomination. His fundraising
has fallen off and so, too, has his advertising, with only about $525,000 in
ads planned for California and $63,000
each in West Virginia and Oregon, according to advertising tracker Kantar
Media's CMAG.
That's a significant decline from the
wall-to-wall advertising campaign
he ran earlier in the primary, during
which his $74 million in ads outspent
Clinton by $14 million.
Edward Milam, of Cross Lanes,
West Virginia, is a self-described socialist who gave money to the Sanders campaign but his vote Tuesday to
Clinton.
"After about six-seven months of
debating and watching, I think Hillary
has a lot more to offer than Bernie internationally," the 68-year-old retiree
said. "I think she handles herself well.
I've known about her for 30 years, just
like everybody else has. I don't think
there will be any surprises."
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Man sought for shooting
at officers in Gary
captured in Wisconsin
GARY, Ind. (AP) — Gary police say a man wanted
for shooting at officers has been captured in Madison, Wisconsin.
Police say federal marshals apprehended 28-yearold Kevin Brown Jr., who’s now awaiting extradition
to Indiana. He’s charged with two counts each of attempted murder, attempted battery with a deadly
weapon, and resisting law enforcement.
Brown had been sought since April 26, when police say he shot at two members of the Multi-Agency
Gang Force who were making an arrest. Gary police
initially caught Brown but he escaped from a police
car wearing handcuffs. Investigators don’t know
what led Brown to fire on officers. No one was injured. It’s not clear whether Brown has an attorney
who might comment on the case.
Mishawaka paramedic accused
of scamming police, firefighters
MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a
northern Indiana paramedic stole falsely claimed he
needed money for cancer treatments to steal money
from police officers and firefighters.
The South Bend Tribune reports 50-year-old Mishawaka paramedic Sam R. Young faces two counts of
theft following his arrest Sunday. He is free on bond.
Court records say Young approached police officers and firefighters on multiple occasions and
asked for loans but either wrote bad checks or put
off repayments. They say a Mishawaka police officer
got taken for $1,000 and a Mishawaka firefighter lost
$800.
Mishawaka corporation counsel Geoff Spiess says
Young has been suspended without pay indefinitely
while city officials review the matter.
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WCCS’s current buildings have had trouble with them.
However, having sloped roofs can come at a much higher
cost, and may not be more reliable, officials say.
Architects proposed a combination of sloped and low
sloped roofs for the new school, with certain areas having
a more flat roof, and others with possibly shingles, PVC or
metal roofing.
Architects said not every surface of the roof will lend itself to being sloped.
While shingles are a less expensive option on a sloped
roof, architects said commercial shingles aren’t easy to
come by. Metal roofing would have a 50-year warranty, but
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to help your neighbors in
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The food drive’s national
partners are the U.S. Postal
Service, the National Rural
Letter Carriers’ Association,
the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, United Way
Worldwide, the AFL-CIO
and Valassis.
To participate in the annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food
drive residents are encouraged to leave a sturdy bag
containing
nonperishable
food items such as canned
soup, canned vegetables,
peanut butter, pasta, rice or
cereal next to their mailbox
prior to the time of regular
mail delivery on Saturday,
May 14. Letter carriers will
collect these food donations
as they deliver the mail and
take them to local food banks.
Columbia City’s Kroger
donated grocery bags to be
distributed.
The Postal Service receives
no tax dollars for operating
expenses and relies on the
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In addition to considering costs for sloped roofs, officials
also have to take into account the dead space that will be
left in the peaks of a sloped roof. Architects said if builders
made the “attic” space usable, school building code would
require many improvements to the spaces, which wouldn’t
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Board members gave architects the nod to move forward
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the new building. An example presented at a recent school
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Finding a community
of beauty – in a world
that’s increasingly scary
The future can be a scary idea with turbulence in
our politics, war and genocide happening in far-away
lands, severe weather threatening our property, and
constant news reports of how we should be scared
for our lives because of the food we eat, the water we
drink, the air we breathe, etc. etc. etc.
While many of these issues surely demand some of
our attention, I
believe there is
more good in
the world than
we’re being told.
Millions of
people across
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the globe are
working for the
betterment of their communities and fellow people.
We see kids who raise funds for a classmate who is
sick with cancer. We see families adopting and caring for children who would have grown up in foster
care or an orphanage. We see clubs and social groups
digging and building wells for people who have no
access to clean water, or mentoring students in our
schools, or volunteering to help senior citizens live
more fulfilling lives. We see those individuals who
donate large and small sums of money to worthwhile
causes that will make a difference in their neighbors’
lives.
Finally, we see good in the things we do for our
coworkers, family, and friends.
It can be tough to look through the noise of a 24hour news cycle, or get past the negativity of social
media. Trust me, I get caught up in it too.
My point, in writing this is to encourage you to do
what I did last weekend: to go outside, to breathe in
the fresh air, to see the clouds float through the sky, –
and to realize what blessings we have in our lives.
I have found that getting outside, away from the
noise, the phone, the TV, and the constant droning of
electrical appliances, I find that the birds are chirping
and the freshly cut grass smells invigorating. I find the
blue hues of the sky are so much more brilliant than
I can see when looking out my windows. I find that
the world, as a whole, is a beautiful place that’s made
up of people who are both good and bad, at the same
time.
Now before you believe I’ve gone full-hippy, treehugger on you, please know that I’m not blind to the
ills of the world.
Yet, if we allow ourselves to get caught up on every
moment of every day in the hate, anger, malice, and
tension of life, we will miss some of the best gifts that
are right before our very eyes.
So my hope for you, my hope for our community,
and frankly, my hope for the world, is that we can take
moments to stop and truly realize what a difference we
can make to the world around us.
Someone once said, “If you think you are too small
to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.” While humorous, it does remind us that every
little bit helps. Usually that starts with our own outlook on life.
Have a great rest of the spring and be encouraged to
stop and smell the fresh-blooming roses. You matter in
this world and in this community!
Until next time . . .
Mayor’s
Memo
Ryan Daniel is mayor of Columbia City.
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No phenomenon
Despite hype, Trump’s just another rich guy wanting presidency
Those 10 days were anything but
routine for Terre Haute.
Three candidates for president visited River City in that span from April
24 to May 3.
Journalists from national and international newspapers, radio and
TV networks and online publications
dropped in, too.
The community flashed on their radar screens for two reasons — the Indiana primary packed a rare relevance
in 2016, and Vigo County stands alone
as America’s bellwether by accurately
voting for the winning presidential
candidates in every general election
since 1888, except two.
Only the journalists cared about the
uniqueness of our bellwether status.
The candidates came looking for votes
in last Tuesday’s primary.
The influx was exciting, strange,
unpredictable and confusing. Republicans staged rallies in historic structures — Ted Cruz in Woodrow Wilson
Middle School and Donald Trump in
the Indiana Theatre. Democrat Bernie
Sanders made a quick stop for food at
the Sunrise Cafe on Margaret Avenue.
A BBC World news crew spent a week
talking with locals across Vigo County,
including voters on primary day at poll
centers in Baesler’s Market and the Pimento Firehouse.
None was more unusual than
Trump’s visit.
The town witnessed a spectacle and
a well-orchestrated show, but not a
“phenomenon” as his candidacy has
been described.
Thousands of people lined up to hear
the ex-reality TV star and billionaire
New Yorker, though only 2,100 actually made it inside the Indiana Theatre. Outside, vendors touring with
the Trump campaign sold a gamut of
T-shirts and buttons emblazoned with
comical, raunchy and promotional slogans. A guitar-playing singer, who also
travels to Trump’s rallies, strummed
and crooned songs about the real estate
developer. A policy adviser to the campaign introduced Trump as “the man
who’s going to save the United States
of America.”
Of course, that latter statement is
ridiculous. No individual on this side
of heaven has ever saved this country.
Even actual great leaders, from Lincoln
to FDR and Martin Luther King Jr.,
needed support from a full spectrum
of Americans to preserve and improve
the nation. Still, that gushing intro of
Trump fit the moment last Sunday afternoon. Trump is a showman, and the
event was exactly that, a show, raucously received, tightly controlled and
choreographed in detail.
During his talk, Trump mentioned
that Jeb Bush — one of the 16 Republicans he’s vanquished in the race for
the party nomination — had described
Trump as a phenomenon. That’s the
new hot adjective for Trump’s rise to
the presumptive GOP nomination.
It’s an exaggeration. Trump is a phenomenon like “American Idol” was a
phenomenon a decade ago. In reality,
what’s going on now is just the latest
presidential campaign, which have always contained compelling plots and
subplots. Trump’s role has drawn exorbitant hoopla only because his decades
of interacting with the paparazzi, late
night talk show hosts and reality TV
casts have helped him master the art of
attracting attention and capitalizing on
it, even when he’s said or done something outlandish, insulting, vulgar or
bigoted.
Otherwise, he’s just another powerseeking candidate, promising impossible things and stoking people’s anxieties and frustrations to hear them chant
his own name.
Likewise, the term “political outsider” is a well-marketed Trump exaggeration. Photographs from parties, public
appearances or golf outings show him
hobnobbing with Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill
Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney,
Mario Cuomo and others through the
years. He’s no stranger to Washington,
and vice versa.
Trump is a wealthy, 69-year-old male
Ivy League graduate from the East
Coast running for president.
Nothing phenomenal about that.
Today is Wednesday, May 11, the
132nd day of 2016. There are 234 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight
in History:
Today
On May 11, 1946,
in History the first CARE packages, sent by a consortium of American charities to provide
relief to the hungry of postwar Europe,
arrived at Le Havre, France.
On this date:
In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant arrived in
New Amsterdam to become governor
of New Netherland.
In 1816, the American Bible Society
was founded in New York.
In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd
state of the Union.
In 1927, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded
during a banquet at the Biltmore Hotel
in Los Angeles.
In 1935, the Rural Electrification
Administration was created as one of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New
Deal programs.
In 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill was attacked and severely
damaged by two kamikaze aircraft off
Okinawa; according to the U.S. Navy’s
website, 346 men were killed, 43 were
left missing, and 264 were wounded.
In 1953, a tornado devastated Waco,
Texas, claiming 114 lives.
In 1960, Israeli agents captured Nazi
war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In 1973, the espionage trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the
“Pentagon Papers” case came to an end
as Judge William M. Byrne dismissed
all charges, citing government misconduct.
Rhymes with Orange
Guest
Commentary
By Mark Bennett
Last Tuesday’s primary results in
Vigo County affirm the solid following Trump has here and a substantial
rise in voter participation, but they’re
not historically phenomenal. The turnout of 27,827 voters was way up from
15,401 in 2012. Four years earlier,
though, 32,412 Vigo Countians went to
the primary polls.
Trump received 8,537 votes here, the
most among presidential candidates
of either party. His total is high in this
typically Democratic-leaning county,
and that indicates a large number of
Democrats crossed over to vote for
Trump.
Crossovers have happened in past
primaries, though — in 2008 during the
Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama race,
and in 1972 when a sitting vice president (Hubert Humphrey) and an incumbent president (Richard Nixon) got
out-polled locally by George Wallace,
an Alabama governor with a segregationist legacy, a populist appeal and a
reputation for dismissing protesters
as “pinkos” and “punks.” Wallace received 12,593 votes as a Democrat in
Vigo County, tops in the ‘72 primary.
On Tuesday, 68 percent of Vigo County voters (18,361) chose presidential
candidates other than Donald Trump.
By contrast, 52 percent of Vigo Countians voted for Hillary Clinton in the
2008 primary. In ‘96, Bill Clinton got 69
percent of Vigo’s primary votes. Even
Michael Dukakis got 60 percent of the
local primary votes in 1988. Comparing Trump to past Republicans, Nixon
received 11,375 votes in 1968.
Trump’s 8,537 vote total here last
week is noteworthy, but not phenomenal. In fact, Bernie Sanders came close
to Trump’s total, getting 7,431 votes on
the Democratic side. Considering that
Sanders is a “democratic socialist,” as
he puts it, his performance qualifies as
phenomenal more so than Trump’s.
All the hysteria may indeed signal
a Trump victory in November. His
alienation of large groups of Americans makes that seem unlikely, but it’s
still possible. If so, a rich-guy big-shot
would occupy the White House. Wow,
what a phenomenon.
Mark Bennett writes for the (Terre
Haute) Tribune-Star. This was distributed
by HSPA.
In 1981, legendary reggae artist Bob
Marley died in a Miami hospital at age
36.
In 1985, 56 people died when a flash
fire swept a jam-packed soccer stadium
in Bradford, England.
In 1996, an Atlanta-bound ValuJet
DC-9 caught fire shortly after takeoff
from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on
board.
Ten years ago: Lawmakers demanded answers after a USA Today report
that the National Security Agency was
secretly collecting records of millions of
ordinary Americans’ phone calls; President George W. Bush sought to assure
Americans their civil liberties were being “fiercely protected.” A priest was
convicted in Toledo, Ohio, of murdering a nun; the Rev. Gerald Robinson
was immediately sentenced.
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Trump narrows VP list
as he moves into general
90th birthday
Betty McKown
Betty McKown celebrated her 90th birthday Tuesday,
May 10.
“Happy 90th birthday to Mom — Betty McKown”
NEW YORK (AP) — Shifting swiftly
to the general election, Donald Trump
says he's narrowed his list of potential
running mates to "five or six" people and
doesn't want to accept public money to
finance a fall campaign against likely
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
But in a break from recent major party
nominees, Trump does not plan to invest
heavily in a data-driven effort to target
voters in the fall campaign. Despite
pressure, the billionaire businessman
also does not expect to release his tax returns before the November election.
"There's nothing to learn from them,"
Trump told The Associated Press in an
interview Tuesday. He's cited an ongoing audit of his finances as the main
reason for withholding the information,
and also has said he doesn't believe voters are interested.
Trump's comments came as he begins
to ramp up for a long, expensive general
election campaign. His two remaining
Republican rivals suddenly dropped out
of the race last week, anointing him the
party's presumptive presidential nominee faster than even the confident candidate expected.
As part of his general election planning, Trump told the AP at his office in
New York that he's moving aggressively
to identify a running mate with deep
political experience. While he would not
provide a full list of names, he did not
rule out New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the former rival whom he's already
tapped to head his transition planning.
Trump's campaign manager, Corey
Lewandowski, is running the vice presidential vetting effort "with a group,"
Trump said, that includes former competitor Ben Carson and himself. "Honestly, we're all running it. It's very much
a group effort," said Trump.
A first-time political candidate, the celebrity businessman said there's no need
for another business person on the Re-
Police search for motive
in mall stabbing rampage
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine why a man
went on a stabbing rampage in Massachusetts, killing two people and assaulting and stabbing more in a house
and a shopping mall before being shot
dead by a fast-acting off-duty sheriff’s
deputy.
The suspect in the attacks was identified as Arthur DaRosa, of Taunton.
“Tragedy has certainly hit the city
of Taunton hard here this evening,”
Taunton Mayor Tom Hoye said during
a news conference late Tuesday about
the bloodshed.
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Authorities said it all began when
DaRosa, 28, crashed a car outside of a
house in the city, about 40 miles south
of Boston. He walked inside the home
and stabbed two women. An 80-yearold was taken to a hospital, where she
later died. The other woman was being treated for life-threatening injuries.
DaRosa then drove to the Silver
City Galleria mall, where he crashed
into the front of a Macy’s department
store, authorities said.
“He then exited the vehicle, assaulted multiple people inside Macy’s
publican ticket and he wants a running
mate who can help him pass legislation
as president. By joining forces with a political veteran, Trump would also signal
a willingness to work with the Republican establishment that he's thoroughly
bashed during his campaign.
Trump said he doesn't plan to announce his running mate until the Republican National Convention in July,
a four-day event that he's planning to
remake with a showman's touch.
"The concept of some entertainment
from a great singer, a great group I think
would be something maybe to break
things up," Trump said. "You'll be hearing plenty of political speeches."
In the interview, Trump outlined a
general election campaign that banks
heavily on his personal appeal and
trademark rallies while spurning the
kind of sophisticated data operation that
was a centerpiece of Barack Obama's
winning White House runs.
Indiana seeks new
judge after no damages
awarded in IBM case
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for the state are
challenging a judge’s decision not to award Indiana
damages in its long-running fight with IBM Corp. over
the company’s failed effort to privatize state welfare
services, saying a new judge should be appointed to
handle the case.
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled in March that IBM
had breached its $1.3 billion contract to automate much
of Indiana’s welfare system. The high court directed
the trial court judge to determine what damages IBM
owed the state, opening the door for Indiana to seek up
to $175 million.
But on Friday, that judge, Marion County Superior
Court Judge David Dreyer, ruled that “the costs for
which the State seeks reimbursement were not adequately proven, and thus cannot be recovered as damages.” The state’s private attorneys in the case quickly
filed a motion seeking a new judge to oversee the case.
before making his way on foot to Bertucci’s Italian restaurant,” said Bristol
County District Attorney Thomas M.
Quinn III.
Once inside the restaurant, he
stabbed two people, including a
56-year-old man who later died,
Quinn said. An off-duty sheriff’s deputy intervened and shot DaRosa once.
The suspect was taken to a hospital,
where he was pronounced dead.
“I’d like to thank the off-duty sheriff, Hoye said. “If it wasn’t for his
heroic actions there could have been
more loss of life here this evening.”
Peabody Public Library May events
•Saturday, May 28 - 1:30 p.m.
Closings
Can’t make it to class? Go to ppl.lib.in.us,
click the Services tab, then Classes to
watch the classes missed.
Watch as often as needed.
Sunday, May 29
The library will be closed Sundays during
the summer from Memorial Day weekend
through Labor Day.
Monday, May 30
The library will be closed for Memorial
Day.
Special Events
New ESL class
•Wednesday through June 8 - 6 to 6:45
p.m.
Learn and practice English with a CELTA
certified English language instructor.
New adult Spanish class
•Tuesdays and Thursdays
through June 23 - 6 to 6:45 p.m.
Learn Spanish with instructor Nancy
Beyhan. There is a $20 for a book which
students keep.
‘Doctor Who’ Dalek day
•Saturday, May 21 - 1:30 p.m.
Watch the 11th Doctor in “Asylum of the
Daleks” and the 12th Doctor in “Into the
Dalek.” Refreshments will be provided.
Computer classes
Word 2013 for beginners
Learn how to use Microsoft Word 2013.
Excel 2013 for beginners
•Monday, May 16 - 10 a.m.
•Saturday, May 28 - 3 p.m.
Learn how to use Microsoft Excel 2013.
Blood pressure screenings
Take a coloring break. All supplies provided by the Information Desk.
A registered nurse will be in the lobby to
take blood pressures.
•Thursdays - 5 to 7:30 p.m.
This, that and tat
Monday, May 16 - 2 to 4 p.m.
Join other crafters and have fun while
working on craft projects.
•Thursday, May 12 - 7 p.m.
Brew’ha
Dark City movie matinee
The library takes technology on the road.
Stop by any of the below locations and use
the internet or get help with devices.
This 21 and older book club will meet
at Downtown on the Square to discuss
“Furiously Happy” by Jenny Lawson.
Tuesday, May 24 - 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 18 - 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
•Saturday, May 14 - 2 p.m.
Fridays, May 13 and 27 - 1 p.m.
Grace Lutheran Church
Wednesday, May 18 - 2:15 p.m.
Visit the library’s mobile tech lab at
Whitley County’s Farmers Market
Saturday, May 28.
Events for adults
Krochet with Kristina
Kristina Beverly teaches beginning crochet.
Attendees are asked to bring hooks and
yarn.
Knitting with Karen
•Wednesdays - 6 to 7:45 p.m.
Watch “Jigsaw,” the 1949 crime drama.
Cook, talk and taste
•Wednesday, May 18 - 6 p.m.
Enjoy Indian cuisine presented by Asha
Bhardwaj.
Non-boring board games
Karen Smith teaches knitting. Attendees
are asked to bring needles and yarn.
Events for children
and young adults
Children ages 5 and up can learn drawing techniques with local author and artist
Joni Walker. Sign-up in the Children’s
Department or online.
Craft Saturday
•Saturday, May 14 - anytime from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Grades four through 12 can have fun making foam bookmarks this month, while
kindergarten through third grade can make
flower magnets.
•Tuesday, May 17 - 4:30 p.m.
Cooking 101
The group will meet at Dairy Queen to
discuss “Sycamore Row,” John Grisham’s
sequel to “A Time to Kill.”
Make and taste foods with a different color
every month. Sign up in the Children’s
Department or online. This programs is
open to grades three through 12.
•Wednesday, May 25 - anytime from 1
to 5 p.m.
Supplies provided by Information Desk to
make Duct Tape Crafts.
•Thursday, May 19 - 10 a.m.
Preschoolers and parents can have fun
learning basic yoga. Sign-up online or in
the Children’s Department. Ages 2 to 6
years are welcome with an adult.
LEGO club
Who doesn’t like to build with LEGOs?
Build creations using the library’s LEGO
collection. Sign up in the Children’s
Department or online. Open got grades kindergarten through fifth.
The library’s summer reading program
begins June 6. Sign up begins May 31.
Peabody Public Library is located on East
Van Buren Street in Columbia City.
•Thursday, May 12 - 6:30 p.m.
•Friday, May 13 - 10 a.m.
Join this group for stories, songs, finger
plays and a craft. This program is open to
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pursuing a master’s in speech
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Furnas is the daughter of
Jeff Furnas, of Fort Wayne
and Gwen Pulver, of Fort
Wayne; and granddaughter
of John and Linda Pulver, of
Roanoke, Carolyn Furnas, of
Columbia City and Fred Furnas, of Dayton, Ohio.
Preschool yoga with Melissa
Family story time
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As part of her degree requirement, she must attend a
Go Encounter trip for which
she departed for Greece and
Italy Monday, May 9. When
she returns, she will begin
full-time employment as an
applied developmental analysis therapist at Lighthouse
Autism Center in Warsaw
and begin online studies at
Children explore music through songs and
instruments with Becky Walter. Sign up
in the Children’s Department or online.
Children ages 3 through 5 are welcome.
Summer reading program
•Monday, May 23 - 4 p.m.
Furnas graduates with honors
WINONA LAKE — Ally
Furnas, 2013 Homestead
High School honors graduate, graduated magna cum
laude Saturday, May 7 from
Grace College and Theological Seminary. She completed
coursework in December
with a dual bachelor’s of science degree in counseling
and sociology in 2.5 years.
Becky Walter leads toddlers in songs, stories and music. Sign up in the Children’s
Department or online. Open to ages 12
months to 3 years with an adult.
Cre8tive minds art class
Timely and timeless book group
Make it and take it
•Saturday, May 21 - 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Join Jason Cline for a variety of fun games.
Tickles, wiggles and bounces
Music explorers
Art Time with Joni Walker
Kindergarteners through 12th graders can
create a birdhouse this month. Sign up in
the Children’s Department or online.
•Tuesday, May 24 - noon
•Tuesdays - 5 to 7 p.m.
•Wednesday, May 25 - 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Books and brewskis
Mobile tech lab
Woodlands Senior Center
families with infants through age 6.
Come and color
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Prince, prescribed drugs
90th birthday
Jeanette Zumbrun
Jeanette is turning 90 years old. To celebrate, she will
be welcoming guests at Woodlands Senior Center, 710
Opportunity Dr., Columbia City, Saturday, May 14 from
1 to 4 p.m.
CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — A
Minnesota doctor saw Prince twice in
the month before his death — including the day before he died — and prescribed him medication, according to
contents of a search warrant that were
revealed as authorities returned to the
musician’s suburban Minneapolis estate as part of their investigation into
what killed him.
Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg treated Prince on April 7 and April 20, and
he prescribed medications for the musician, according to the warrant, which
was obtained Tuesday by at least two
news outlets before authorities moved
to ensure it was sealed.
Investigators interviewed Schulenberg and searched a suburban Minneapolis hospital where he worked. The
warrant did not specify what medications were prescribed or whether
Prince took them.
Schulenberg’s attorney, Amy Con-
ners, declined to comment late Tuesday, citing patient confidentiality.
A law enforcement official has told
The Associated Press that investigators
are looking into whether Prince died
from an overdose and whether a doctor
was prescribing him drugs in the weeks
before his death. The law enforcement
official has been briefed on the investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because he was not
authorized to speak to the media.
Schulenberg is the second doctor
whose name has surfaced in the investigation. Last week, a lawyer for California addiction specialist Dr. Howard
Kornfeld told reporters that Prince’s
representatives had contacted Kornfeld
seeking help a day before the superstar
was found dead on April 21.
On Tuesday, a sheriff’s car and about
a dozen unmarked vehicles entered the
gates of Paisley Park. Asked what investigators were doing, Carver County
Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jason Kamerud
told the AP that they were “being thorough.”
Kamerud declined to answer questions about the warrant that names
Schulenberg, saying it was supposed to
be sealed.
Kamerud also said that after the contents were made public, he contacted a
court administrator to ensure the warrant was sealed.
The warrant was carried out last
Thursday at North Memorial Medical
Center in the Minneapolis suburb of
Robbinsdale.
Lesa Bader, a spokeswoman for
North Memorial Medical Center, said
Schulenberg was a primary care physician at its Minnetonka clinic but that
he no longer works for the health care
system. She declined to say why.
No one answered the door at the
doctor’s home on Tuesday and phone
messages left for him weren’t returned.
Whitley County Amateur Radio Club Luck not always
to host special presentation at library required when
trying to survive
tornado season
COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County’s Amateur Radio
Club Vice President Luke Hollmann/K5YZ announced
Fort Wayne’s DX Association, Carl Leutzelschwab/K9LA
and his wife Vicky/AE9YL will give a presentation titled
“Propagation, DXpeditions, and Radio Science” at the
club’s monthly Thursday, May 12.
Leutzelschwab has a 45 minutes program planned which
will cover three topics:
•A quick update on Solar Cycle 24 so that members
know what to expect on the HF bands for the next several
years.
•The Leutzelschwabs’ DXpedition efforts to YK Syria,
OJ0 Market Reef and ZF Cayman Islands.
•Amateur radio contributions to radio science to get
members thinking about the total solar eclipse of August
21, 2017.
The Whitley County Amateur Radio Club (WCARC)
meeting is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. in Community Room
A and B at Peabody Public Library, 1160 E. Ind. 205 in Columbia City. The presentation will be at the end of club
business, approximately 7 p.m.
There will be a raffle at the May meeting for a Baofeng
dual band handheld Amateur Radio.
The public is welcome to attend any WCARC meetings.
For further information on the Whitley County Amateur
Radio Club contact WCARC Public Information Officer
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BAGHDAD (AP) — An explosives-laden car bomb ripped
through a commercial area in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people
and wounding dozens in an attack that was swiftly claimed
by the extremist Islamic State group.
Shortly after the explosion, one of the deadliest recently
in the Iraqi capital, the Sunni extremist group — which sees
Shiite Muslims as apostates — said it was behind the assault.
IS said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber, but
Iraqi officials denied that.
The bombing showed that while IS has suffered a number
of territorial defeats in the past year, the militants are still
capable of launching significant attacks across the country.
They also have recently stepped-up assaults inside Baghdad,
something officials say is an attempt to distract from their
recent battlefield defeats.
Wednesday’s bomb struck a crowded outdoor market in
Baghdad’s eastern district of Sadr City, two police officials
said, adding that the blast also wounded up to 65 people,
several seriously, prompting fears the death toll could rise
further.
Ambulances rushed to the scene where dozens of residents walked through the twisted and mangled wreckage
of cars and other debris that littered the pavement, trying
to help the victims. The street was stained red with blood in
many places and front-side facades of several buildings were
heavily damaged. Smoke billowed from ground-level stores
gutted out by the explosion.
Karim Salih, a 45-year old grocer, said the bomb was a
pickup truck loaded with fruits and vegetables that was
parked by a man who quickly disappeared among the
crowds of people.
“It was such a thunderous explosion that jolted the
ground,” Salih told The Associated Press.
“The force of the explosion threw me for meters (yards)
away and I lost conscious for a few minutes,” the merchant
added. He suffered no injuries, but two of his workers were
wounded.
Four medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All
officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they are not authorized to release the information to reporters.
In its online statement, IS said it had carried out a suicide
attack that targeted a gathering of Shiite militiamen. The AP
could not immediately verify the authenticity of the claim
but it appeared on a website commonly used by the Sunni
militants.
IS also a controls significant area in northern and western
Iraq, including Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul. Commercial and public places in Shiite-dominated areas are among
the most frequent targets for the Sunni militants seeking to
undermine Iraqi government efforts to maintain security inside the capital.
Japan happy Obama to visit
Hiroshima, apology or not
like for them to come and stand on
the grounds of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and take a good look at what
is in front of them and give it good
thought.”
The American and Japanese governments announced Tuesday that
Obama would become the first sitting American president to visit Hiroshima, a city almost entirely destroyed by a U.S. atomic bomb on
Aug. 6, 1945. Some 140,000 people
were killed, and others have endured
after-effects to this day.
The U.S. dropped a second devastating atomic bomb on the city of
Nagasaki three days later. Japan announced it would surrender on Aug.
15, 1945, ending World War II.
Obama will visit Hiroshima with
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
on May 27, after attending the annual
Group of Seven summit in Japan.
“I don’t live in Hiroshima or Nagasaki, but I am overcome with emotion when I think that someone who
wants to offer understanding is finally about to arrive,” said Mieko Mori,
a 74-year-old woman who stopped at
a memorial in Tokyo to pray for the
victims.
A poll released this week by national broadcaster NHK found that
70 percent of Japanese want Obama
to visit Hiroshima, and only 2 percent were opposed.
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Even those who want one realize that such a demand would have
ruled out a U.S. presidential visit.
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Ohio River Valley on Tuesday, a day after about two
dozen tornadoes were reported across the Plains, including deadly twisters that destroyed homes and
overturned vehicles in Oklahoma.
Tornadoes are relatively common this time of year
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Deadly days
Advances in science and communications have
lengthened warning times over the years, but even
then the wrong storm at the wrong place can kill dozens or even hundreds.
The nation’s worst tornado outbreak was only five
years ago, on April 27-28, 2011, when 175 tornadoes
killed 316 in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia. That series of storms surpassed
those of April 3-4, 1974, when 127 tornadoes killed
310, mostly in the Ohio Valley.
The Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925, killed 695
people in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, and since
then the highest death toll from a single storm is 158
at Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011.
Who’s most at risk?
The nation’s midsection and the Southeast see the
most storms, but some forecasters don’t like the term
Tornado Alley because they prefer to make the point
that storms can form anywhere. Tornadoes have been
reported in every state, including Alaska.
Storm Prediction Center data compiled in 2010
showed that, in the previous 30 years, Texas had the
most storms, followed by Kansas, Florida and Oklahoma. (Alaska had three.) Texas had the greatest
number of killer tornadoes, too, followed by Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri.
Among cities, more have occurred in Oklahoma
City than anywhere else — more than 100 since 1893.
Big and strong
A twister 2.6 miles wide struck near El Reno, Oklahoma, on May 31, 2013, with winds measured at 290
mph about 500 feet above the ground. It was a bit
larger than a tornado that hit Hallam, Nebraska, on
May 22, 2004.
A May 3, 1999, storm that later killed 36 people at
Moore, Oklahoma, had winds of about 302 mph at
Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.
The wind speeds in these storms were measured
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To begin, buy a weather radio, which carries alerts
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Dear Annie:
boys raised in loving
We raised our
homes can so easily
son
in
the
leave them behind?
Midwest, and
Any suggestions? —
paid for his
Mom of Three
tuition to follow
Dear Mom: It
his dream to go
is terribly sad, but
to an Ivy League
not
uncommon,
college where he Annie’s
for young men to
met his future
Mailbag marry women who
wife. Now that
discourage closehe is married, he
ness with the huslives in a large east coast band’s family. And based
city and is surrounded by on your son’s reaction, he
his wife’s family. We bare- has grown accustomed to
ly hear from him.
it and may even prefer
Our son and his wife go it that way. There is no
on luxury vacations with point crying over it or crither family and spend time icizing your son repeatwith them at the holidays. edly because he doesn’t
On those rare occasions spend more time with
when we do see him, he is you. This will only make
not particularly nice. This every interaction unpleashas caused some problems ant and reinforce the same
between my husband and behavior.
me, because he accepts the
Here are our suggesreality of the situation bet- tions: All conversation
ter than I do.
should be positive. Ask
I am truly heartbroken. about his wife and chilThis was a little boy that I dren with genuine interest
adored. I never imagined and caring. Keep your jealthat the later chapters of ousy in check. Send short,
his life would cause me newsy emails, so your son
so much sadness. I have doesn’t feel distant from
no idea what to do and his family. Get involved
instead try very hard in local organizations and
to keep him out of my activities to fill your hours
thoughts.
with interesting things
How is it possible that and have something to
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talk about with your son
that doesn’t involve your
constant disappointment.
If you can afford it, visit
him periodically, without
expecting him to entertain you. Surely there are
things to do — museums,
plays, walking tours —
and you can try to meet
up for lunch or dinner.
And please make a real
effort to concentrate on
your other children and
the things that make you
happy.
Dear Annie: My beautiful 20-year-old granddaughter loves her motorcycle. She is a sophomore
in college, with a full-time
job, both of which are now
on hold. Monday night,
she was riding to see her
boyfriend, when a guy
made a sudden U-turn.
He hit her, tossing her
like a rag doll over the
handlebars. She’s currently undergoing her
second of multiple surgeries. She has two broken
wrists, a broken elbow,
a fractured pelvis and a
fractured femur. It will be
three months before she
can stand.
I know accidents happen. But please tell your
readers to be careful. She
shouldn’t have to pay such
a high price for someone’s
negligence. She has wonderful family and friends
for support, which is a
blessing. This will be hard
to handle, but we will all
make it through this difficult time. — California
Dear California: We
are so sorry to hear about
your
granddaughter ’s
accident. She is fortunate
to have such a loving family to help her get back on
her feet. Your letter is a
reminder to all drivers to
pay attention to their surroundings at all times.
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Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking
use a 5- to 6-quart SLOW
pan and preheat the oven to 350
COOKER instead of a 3-quart
F. Spread the pineapple with its
slow cooker when a recipe
syrup evenly in the pan. Spoon
calls for a 3-quart? — M.D.,
the pie filling evenly over the
via email
pineapple. Sprinkle the dry cake
Good question, and the
mix evenly over the fruits, folanswer is yes! But there are a
lowed by the nuts. Finally, slice
few hints to remember. Ideally,
the butter into thin slices, placing
Ask
a slow cooker should be filled
the pieces all over the top. Bake
Heloise for 50 minutes, or until goldat least half-full when cooking, so you will need to reduce
en. Serve warm. This recipe and
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This is a good plan, especially when meat
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Dear Heloise: I have found several
NO-MIX CAKE
ways to repurpose waxed bags from cold
Dear Heloise: I remember a cake rec- cereal. They keep cereal fresh for a long
ipe you have where you do not mix the time and are sturdy. I marinate foods in
ingredients, but rather dump them into them and also use them for tenderizing
a pan. Can you please reprint the recipe? meats. They hold up to the meat mallet
without ripping, breaking or splashing.
— Teri D. in Georgia
You are remembering the HELOISE I wrap meats in them for freezing. I cut
NO-MIX CHERRY-PINEAPPLE NUT them up to the size I need and wrap the
CAKE that is so simple yet delicious. You food to be placed in the freezer. — Joanne
Z., Junedale, Pa.
will need the following:
CREAMER SUBSTITUTE
1 (20-ounce) can of crushed pineapple in
Dear Heloise: I have run out of creamheavy syrup
er for my coffee. Not a problem, though,
1 (21-ounce) can of cherry pie filling
1 (2-layer-size) package of yellow cake because in a pinch, I just use powdered
milk. — Diane W., via email
mix
My coffee, too, plus fewer calories and
1 (3-ounce) package of pecans, or 1 cup
fat grams. — Heloise
chopped
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STATE OF INDIANA
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IN THE WHITLEY CIRCUIT COURT
)SS:
COUNTY OF WHITLEY )
CAUSE NO. 92C01-1603-MF-104
DITECH FINANCIAL LLC
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
Plaintiff,
vs.
EVELYN G. BLOXSON,
Defendant.
NOTICE OF SUIT
The State of Indiana to the above-named defendants, and any other
person who may be concerned. You are notified that you have been sued
in the above-named Court.
The nature of the suit against you is: Complaint on Note and to
Foreclose Mortgage on the following described real estate in Whitley
County:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE
EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION
35, TOWNSHIP 30 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST; THENCE NORTH
ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID HALF 16 RODS; THENCE
WEST PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION
445 FEET; THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE
OF SAID HALF 16 RODS TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID
SECTION; THENCE EAST 445 FEET TO THE PLACE OF
BEGINNING.
This Summons by publication is specifically directed to the
following named defendants whose addresses are:
and to the following named defendants whose whereabouts are
unknown:
Evelyn G. Bloxson
In addition to the above-named defendants being served by this
summons there are may be other defendants who have an interest in this
law suit.
If you have a claim for relief against the plaintiff arising from the
same transaction or occurrence, you must assert it in your written
answer.
You must answer the Complaint in writing, by you or your attorney,
on or before _______ (the same being within thirty (30) days after the
Third Notice of Suit), and if you fail to do so a judgment will be entered
against you for what the plaintiff has demanded.
Ditech Financial LLC
ATTEST:
FOUTTY & FOUTTY, LLP
/d/ Debbie Beers
Clerk of the Whitley Circuit Court (SEAL)
Anthony L. Manna, #23663-49
Attorney for Plaintiff
FOUTTY & FOUTTY, LLP
155 E. Market Street, Suite 605
Indianapolis, IN 46204-3219
Hilty
R Roofing
Larry Hilty
Phone: (260) 701-3490
hiltyroofing@gmail.com
(317) 632-9555
5291/4-27,
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SUMMONS - SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF INDIANA
) IN THE WHITLEY SUPERIOR COURT
)SS:
COUNTY OF WHITLEY ) CAUSE NO. 92D01-1601-MF-000019
EMBRACE HOME LOANS, INC., )
)
Plaintiff,
)
)
vs.
)
)
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND
)
DEVISEES OF BARBARA JANE )
WEBER, DECEASED,
)
)
Defendant.
)
NOTICE OF SUIT
The State of Indiana to the Defendant(s) above named, and any
other person who may be concerned.
You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the Court above
named.
The nature of the suit against you is:
Complaint on Note and to Foreclose Mortgage on Real Estate
Against the property commonly known as 102 S Randolph St,
South Whitley, IN 46787-1032 and described as follows:
Lot Number Twenty three (23) in Webster’s Third Addition
to the Town of Springfield, now called South Whitley.
This summons by publication is specifically directed to the
following named defendant(s).
This summons by publication is specifically directed to the
following named defendant(s) whose whereabouts are unknown:
The Unknown Heirs and Devisees of Barbara Jane Weber, Deceased
If you have a claim for relief against the plaintiff arising from the
same transaction or occurrence you must assert it in your written answer
or response.
You must answer the Complaint in writing, by you or your attorney,
within thirty (30) days after the Third Notice of Suit, and if you fail to
do so a judgment by default may be entered against you for the relief
demanded, by the Plaintiff.
FEIWELL & HANNOY, P.C.
By /s/ Elyssa M. Meade
ELYSSA M. MEADE
Attorney No. 25352-64
Attorney for Plaintiff
ELYSSA M. MEADE
FEIWELL & HANNOY, P.C.
8415 Allison Pointe Blvd., Suite 400
Indianapolis, IN 46250
(317) 237-2727
onCrete enterprises
Ward C
Stamped • Colored Concrete
Driveways • Sidewalks • Patios
Remove & Replace Old Concrete
All Types of Flatwork
Bobcat & Excavator Work
260.610.7006
NOTICE
FEIWELL & HANNOY, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR.
5292/4-27,
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE TO SATISFY
LIEN OF SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY
PERSONAL PROPERTY OF CHRISTINA ROGAN J17 AT 9 & 30
MINI-STORAGE, 701 LIBERTY DR. COLUMBIA CITY, IN 46725,
WILL BE SOLD OR DISPOSED OF, TO SATISFY THE LIEN OF
REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC. d/b/a 9 & 30 MINI-STORAGE.
SALE WILL BE AT 8:00, AT 701 LIBERTY DR, MAY 31, 2016.
CALL BEFORE SALE TO SEE IF LIEN HAS BEEN SATISFIED
PRIOR TO SALE DATE. (260) 244-3560.
5294/4-27,
5-4, 11
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PERSONAL PROPERTY OF TAISIA ROBERTS G08 AT 9 & 30
5295/4-27,
5-4, 11
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PERSONAL PROPERTY OF JESSICA PLETCHER H-46 AT 9 & 30
5296/4-27,
5-4, 11
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NOTICE OF MEETING
Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of Whitley County, Indiana that
the proper legal officers of the Redevelopment Commission are meeting
at their meeting place, the Whitley County Government Center, in the
County Commissioners room, at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, May 13, 2016.
This meeting is a reschedule of their regular meeting on Wednesday,
May 4, 2016 and it is to discuss County Road 600 E Project,
purchase of the Brethren Property, award of a contract, acceptance of
reimbursement agreement with the County, and fiber optic broadband
internet discussion for the TIF district.
Jana L. Schinbeckler
WHITLEY COUNTY AUDITOR
5309/5-11
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Sports
A10 Wednesday, May 11, 2016
The
Curry is first unanimous NBA MVP
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — From
the jaw-dropping half-court heaves
that somehow sink through the net
to the dazzling drives and zippy
passes from every which way, Stephen Curry’s desire to keep getting
better while always trying to entertain at every stop has the Golden
State superstar being mentioned
right along with the best ever, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.
And he just turned 28. There
might still be so much more for the
6-foot-3, baby-faced point guard
whose ability to make it on the big
NBA stage was initially questioned
by some.
On Tuesday, Curry accomplished something those former
greats never did: He became the
first unanimous NBA MVP, earning the award for the second
straight season after leading the
defending champion Warriors to a
record-setting season.
“I never really set out to change
the game. I never thought that
would happen in my career,” Curry said. “What I wanted to do was
just be myself. ... I know it inspires
a lot of the next generation, a lot of
people who love the game of basketball to value the skill of it, value
the fact that you can work every
single day to get better. You’ve got
to be able to put the time and the
work. That’s how I got here, that’s
how I continue to get better every
single day.
Curry is the 11th player in
league history to be voted MVP in
consecutive seasons and the first
guard since Steve Nash in 2004-05
and 2005-06. Curry received 1,310
points from the 130 media voters
from the U.S. and Canada.
“I couldn’t imagine anybody not
voting him first, and yet there always seems to be somebody who
has to stand out,” Coach of the
Year Steve Kerr said.
Curry was followed in the vote
by Kawhi Leonard of San Antonio,
LeBron James of Cleveland and
Oklahoma City teammates Russell
Westbrook and Kevin Durant. Curry’s teammate Draymond Green
was seventh.
Nash, Golden State’s player
development consultant, was on
hand to congratulate Curry.
“It’s been weird, I haven’t had
to say a word to him. It’s been the
easiest job,” Nash said.
Curry is the first two-time MVP
in franchise history, and Wilt
Chamberlain (1959-60) is the only
other Warriors winner. After guiding Golden State to its first championship in 40 years, Curry & Co.
took that success even further to
finish with 73 regular-season wins
to top the mark set by the 1995-96
Chicago Bulls team that went 7210.
MLB scoreboard
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct
New York
20
12 .625
Washington
20
13 .606
Philadelphia
19
14 .576
Miami
17
15 .531
Atlanta
7
24 .226
Central Division
W
L Pct
Chicago
25
6 .806
Pittsburgh
17
15 .531
St. Louis
17
16 .515
Cincinnati
14
19 .424
Milwaukee
14
19 .424
West Division
W
L Pct
Los Angeles
17
16 .515
Arizona
17
18 .486
San Francisco
17
18 .486
Colorado
15
18 .455
San Diego
13
20 .394
Tuesday’s Games
Detroit 5, Washington 4
Milwaukee 10, Miami 2
Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, ppd.
Chicago Cubs 8, San Diego 7
Arizona 5, Colorado 1
St. Louis 8, L.A. Angels 1
L.A. Dodgers 3, N.Y. Mets 2
GB
—
½
1½
3
12½
GB
—
8½
9
12
12
GB
—
1
1
2
4
Toronto 4, San Francisco 0
Wednesday’s Games
San Diego (Rea 3-1) at Chicago Cubs
(Hendricks 2-2), 1:05 p.m.
Arizona (Ray 1-2) at Colorado (Bettis 3-2),
3:10 p.m.
Toronto (Stroman 4-0) at San Francisco
(Bumgarner 4-2), 3:45 p.m.
Detroit (Zimmermann 5-1) at Washington
(Scherzer 3-2), 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Anderson 1-4) at Miami (Chen
2-1), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Eickhoff 1-4) at Atlanta
(Chacin 1-2), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Nicasio 3-3) at Cincinnati
(Simon 1-3), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Pomeranz 3-3) at Chicago Cubs
(Lackey 4-1), 8:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Garcia 2-2) at L.A. Angels
(Shoemaker 1-4), 10:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 2-2) at L.A.
Dodgers (Maeda 3-1), 10:10 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Philadelphia (Velasquez 4-1) at Atlanta
(Blair 0-2), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Shields 1-5) at Milwaukee
(Nelson 4-2), 8:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Cueto 4-1) at Arizona
(Greinke 3-2), 9:40 p.m.
St. Louis (Martinez 4-2) at L.A. Angels
(Weaver 3-1), 10:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Colon 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers
(Kershaw 4-1), 10:10 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct
Baltimore
19
12 .613
Boston
20
13 .606
Toronto
18
17 .514
Tampa Bay
15
16 .484
New York
13
18 .419
Central Division
W
L Pct
Chicago
23
11 .676
Cleveland
16
14 .533
Kansas City
15
17 .469
Detroit
15
17 .469
Minnesota
8
24 .250
West Division
W
L Pct
Seattle
20
13 .606
Texas
19
15 .559
Oakland
14
20 .412
Los Angeles
13
19 .406
Houston
13
21 .382
Tuesday’s Games
Detroit 5, Washington 4
N.Y. Yankees 10, Kansas City 7
Boston 13, Oakland 5
Texas 13, Chicago White Sox 11
Baltimore 5, Minnesota 3
Cleveland 4, Houston 0
GB
—
—
3
4
6
GB
—
5
7
7
14
GB
—
1½
6½
6½
7½
St. Louis 8, L.A. Angels 1
Seattle 6, Tampa Bay 4
Toronto 4, San Francisco 0
Wednesday’s Games
Baltimore (Wilson 1-1) at Minnesota
(Hughes 1-5), 1:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Latos 5-0) at Texas
(Hamels 4-0), 2:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Salazar 3-2) at Houston (Fister
3-3), 2:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Archer 2-4) at Seattle (Walker
2-2), 3:40 p.m.
Toronto (Stroman 4-0) at San Francisco
(Bumgarner 4-2), 3:45 p.m.
Detroit (Zimmermann 5-1) at Washington
(Scherzer 3-2), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Ventura 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees
(Pineda 1-3), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Surkamp 0-2) at Boston (Porcello
5-1), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Garcia 2-2) at L.A. Angels
(Shoemaker 1-4), 10:05 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Detroit (Pelfrey 0-4) at Baltimore (Jimenez
2-3), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Kennedy 4-2) at N.Y. Yankees
(Eovaldi 2-2), 7:05 p.m.
Houston (Keuchel 2-4) at Boston (Price
4-1), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Martinez 4-2) at L.A. Angels
(Weaver 3-1), 10:05 p.m.
Warriors look to clinch; Heat-Raptors face Game 5
MIAMI (AP) — Stephen
Curry will lift another MVP
trophy. Dwyane Wade will
try to keep lifting the Miami
Heat.
And by night’s end, the
NBA’s Final Four may be in
more focus.
Curry and Golden State
will host Portland in Game 5
of their second-round series
on Wednesday night, the Warriors leading 3-1 and one win
from another trip to the Western Conference finals. That
game will be preceded by
Wade and the Heat in Toronto, with their East matchup
knotted at two games apiece
after four extremely close —
though not always aesthetically pleasing — matchups.
“I’m sleeping like a baby,”
Toronto coach Dwane Casey
said Tuesday. “Waking up and
crying.”
The night will belong to
Curry, announced Tuesday as
the league’s first unanimous
MVP. He’ll get to show the
trophy to the adoring home
fans at Oracle Arena before
tip-off of Game 5 of that series.
It’s a regular-season honor,
but what he did in Game 4
on Monday night in Portland
won’t be soon forgotten.
Curry scored an NBArecord 17 points in overtime,
finished with 40 in his first
game back after missing two
weeks with a sprained knee
ligament, and helped the Warriors put the Blazers on the
brink of elimination with a
132-125 win.
Heat at Raptors,
series tied 2-2.
8 p.m., TNT.
Wade will likely get a frosty
reception in Toronto, with
the national anthem faux pas
from Game 3 still simmering.
It’s what he’s done after the
anthems that is really troubling the Raptors.
He’s been the best player
in this East semifinal series.
Wade led the Heat comeback
from nine points down in
the fourth quarter of Game
4, tying the series at 2-2.
And with DeMar DeRozan
(right thumb) hurting and
Kyle Lowry reverting back
to slumping form in Game
4 after a tremendous effort
in Game 3, the Raptors have
problems of their own.
“He was just D-Wade,”
Heat guard Goran Dragic
said. “When you see him so
many times, it’s normal. He’s
unbelievable. ... It’s much
easier for us when he makes
those plays in crucial moments.”
Wade is averaging 27.3
points in the series, and in
perhaps his best groove of
the season — a byproduct of
work he did starting last summer when he shed weight and
added flexibility.
More homework in order
for Packers’ first-round pick
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Packers firstround draft pick Kenny Clark will have more
homework to do as he finishes up classes at
UCLA.
The defensive tackle won’t be able to start
his new career full-time in Green Bay until
classes back in Los Angeles finish up next
month. He was just starting to read up on
the playbook, too, during the team’s twoday rookie orientation camp last week.
“I think probably the playbook and getting the playbook down and just trying to
learn things on the fly,” Clark said about the
toughest part of the rookie learning curve.
Not that Clark minds going back to
school, either. His goal is to graduate, which
the junior estimated will take another year,
at least, to accomplish.
Professionally, the goal is to help fill the
gap in the middle of the left by the departure of run-stuffer B.J. Raji. The veteran said
earlier in the offseason that he was taking a
one-year “hiatus” from the game.
So there’s a huge opportunity for the
6-foot-3, 314-pound Clark to make an impact this fall at Lambeau Field. Since Clark
cannot transition full-time into the offseason
program, he’ll focus on working out and
studying the playbook from afar.
“I wish I could stay here ... I wish I could
stay here throughout the whole process, but
I think that will probably be one of the more
difficult parts — that I won’t be here with the
team,” Clark said.
In UCLA’s academic calendar, the current
spring quarter doesn’t end until June 10.
Packers offseason minicamp begins on June
14.
“You obviously don’t have the reps.
There’s definitely a transition period,” coach
Mike McCarthy said about whether Clark
and other rookies on similar academic calendars might fall behind schedule.
“It’s never the same for one player, so that
transition period will go into the summer
and obviously we’ll make sure they’re ready
for training camp,” McCarthy added.
Working in Clark’s favor are the glowing
reports from his college coaches and Packers brass about the player’s maturity. It is
impressive given that Clark is one of the
youngest players on the roster at age 20.
Rams safety T.J. McDonald arrested
in LA on drunk driving suspicion
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Los Angeles Rams safety
T.J. McDonald has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an
unknown substance after he
apparently struck a parked
car.
Police spokesman Mike
Lopez says the 25-year-old
player was arrested Tuesday
morning after officers found
him at the crash scene in
Woodland Hills.
Lopez said an investigation led officers to believe
he was driving under the influence of a substance other
than alcohol.
McDonald,
a
former
Southern California star, was
booked and released on $300
bail. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s website says he is
due in court June 3.
The Rams said in a statement they were gathering information about McDonald’s
arrest and had no further
comment.
Trail Blazers at Warriors,
Golden State leads 3-1.
10:30 p.m., TNT
There’s no shortage of people likely thinking that Portland is in trouble.
The Blazers were written
off in July after massive roster upheaval, probably left
for dead in December after
an 11-20 start, and certainly
not expected to go anywhere
when they dropped the first
two games of the first round
to the Los Angeles Clippers.
But now, down 3-1 and heading into Oakland on the night
when Curry gets a trophy,
this is a very tall mountain to
climb.
Former Indy
coach pleads
guilty to
enticement
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
A former Indianapolis high
school boys’ basketball
coach has pleaded guilty to
trying to entice a 15-yearold student to have sex with
him.
Former Indianapolis Park
Tudor School coach Kyle
Cox entered the plea Tuesday in U.S. District Court in
Indianapolis.
His sentencing is set for
July 14.
Under a plea agreement
filed last week, Cox won’t
ask for less than a 10-year
sentence and prosecutors
won’t ask for more than 14
years in prison.
Court documents say Cox
was 31 when the alleged
acts occurred last fall.
He is being held on 24hour lockdown at a Volunteers of America-Indiana
community corrections facility in downtown Indianapolis.
The criminal charge also
carries a possible fine of up
to $250,000 and supervised
release following prison
time.
Sports
A11
ISMS boys, girls win own invitational
COLUMBIA CITY — Indian Springs Middle
School’s boys golf team extended its perfect season
last week with a flurry of impressive wins. The golfers defeated Leo Middle School by a score of 187-261
on Thursday, and defeated a very good Angola team
Friday by a 186-193 score. The Eagles followed up
by posting an impressive win in their own Indian
Springs Invitational Tournament on Saturday morning at Eagle Glen Golf Course.
The Indian Springs Middle School’s girls golf team
also took home the first place trophy at the Indian
Springs Girls Golf Invitational on Saturday.
The highlight of the week was the Saturday morning invitational win at Eagle Glen. The ISMS Invitational field included five boys teams from around
the area.
ISMS recorded its best team score of the season
with an impressive tally of 183. Lincoln Middle
School (Plymouth) was second with a score of 205.
Gavin Hyser was overall medalist in the invitational with a nine hole total score of 41. The 22-stroke
team win capped off an excellent week for the Eagles, improving their overall record to a perfect 13-0
“I have been very happy with how the boys played
throughout the week,” said ISMS Coach Mark
Green. “The guys have really been showing signs of
improving each time we play. Their total score keeps
going lower and lower and I can really see their confidence growing. I look forward to seeing how this
team can do in our conference tournament.”
The ISMS girls golf team took first-place in the Indian Springs Golf Invitational. Indian Springs’ girls
shot a 255 while Lincoln Middle School came in second with a 282.
Abby Pequignot shot a 57 which was good for a
second place overall. Beth Frock came in third with
a 58 and Katie Hoeppner came in fifth with a 68. Kylie Hathaway from Whitko was the medalist with a
57.
Indian Springs’ golf season continues this week
Photo contributed
with a match today against East Noble, and conIndian
Springs
Middle
School’s
boys
golf
team
capped
an
impressive
week
with
a
win
in
the
Indian
Springs
Invitational.
Pictured
cludes with the conference tournament Friday evefrom
left
are
team
members:
Alex
Hedrick,
Logan
Campbell,
Wyatt
Krider,
Gavin
Hyser,
Evan
Krick
and
ISMS
Coach
Mark
Green.
ning in Warsaw.
White Sox allow seven-run
rally, lose 13-11 to Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The
Chicago White Sox have been able to
count on their bullpen during a fast
start this season — until Tuesday.
Ryan Rua hit a three-run homer to
cap a seven-run rally in the eighth inning, and the Texas Rangers beat the
White Sox 13-11.
The Rangers trailed 11-10 with two
outs in the eighth when Rua went to
the plate. He had only one home run
in his previous 48 at-bats this season,
and was just 4 for 26 (.154) against
right-handers such as Matt Albers (11).
“It’s frustrating. We should have
won that game,” Albers said. “I
pitched around Prince (Fielder) on
purpose, and then to Rua got 1-2, and
was beating him in, and was trying to
go away. The ball leaked right back
down the middle.”
The ball sailed toward center field,
and landed about halfway up the batter’s-eye grassy hill beyond the fence.
“I kind of swung at two bad fastballs,” Rua said. “I had it in the back
of my mind that he might come back
fastball again, so I was kind of sitting
on it.”
The AL Central-leading White Sox
had won six straight against the Rangers. Chicago’s bullpen entered the
game with a major league-leading 1.98
ERA. After the relievers allowed seven
earned runs in 1 1/3 innings, the ERA
jumped to 2.61. Albers’ ERA ballooned
from 0.57 to 2.20 with the three runs
he allowed.
“We’ve been using these guys a
lot,” White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “It was an off night, I think,
bullpen-wise, and that’s going to happen in a long season. This is a game
where you tip the cap to those guys.
They didn’t give up.”
Texas’ Alex Claudio (1-0) gave up a
three-run double to Avisail Garcia, the
first batter he faced in a five-run fourth
inning, but allowed only one run of
his own in a career-high 4 1/3 innings.
Garcia and Todd Frazier each had
three RBIs for Chicago.
Shawn Tolleson pitched a perfect
ninth for his 11th save in 13 opportunities.
Rua had his homer, two singles and
four runs batted in. Desmond and Bryan Holaday each homered and drove
in three runs.
Umpire crew chief Jeff Nelson
stopped the game before the third inning began because of nearby thunder.
A strong shower brought a delay of 1
hour, 18 minutes.
The final pitch was shortly before
midnight CDT. The final game of the
three-game series is scheduled for 1:05
p.m. on Wednesday.
MLB briefs
Tigers 5,
Nationals 4
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Andrew Romine drove in
the tiebreaking run on a
play that withstood a replay
challenge under the new
slide rule, Miguel Cabrera
tacked on a pinch-hit RBI,
and Detroit overcame Ryan
Zimmerman’s two homers
to beat Washington and end
a seven-game losing streak.
Bryce Harper came up as
the potential go-ahead run
in the ninth, but closer Francisco Rodriguez intentionally walked the NL MVP to
put two men on with one
out for cleanup hitter Zimmerman.
Rodriguez struck out
Zimmerman swinging, then
got .402-hitting Daniel Murphy to fly out for his eighth
save.
The Tigers trailed 3-2 before scoring three runs in
the sixth off Joe Ross (3-2).
Michael Fulmer (2-1) went
five innings in his third big
league start, allowing three
runs and seven hits.
Cardinals 8,
Angels 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)
— Matt Carpenter homered
twice, including a leadoff
shot on the fifth pitch of
the game, and St. Louis had
nine extra-base hits in a rout
of Los Angeles.
Randal Grichuk and Matt
Holliday also homered for
the Cardinals, who finished
one shy of their season high
for extra-base hits.
Mike Leake (1-3) took a
shutout into the eighth inning for his first win with
St. Louis after signing an
$80 million, five-year contract in the offseason.
Hector Santiago (2-2)
lasted 4 1/3 innings for
the struggling Angels, who
have lost four straight and
eight of 10. He permitted
seven hits — five for extra
bases — and four runs in
his shortest outing of the
season.
Three months before Rio, U.S.
basketball losing players, not sleep
NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Davis
can’t play. Chris Paul doesn’t want to.
Three months before the Olympics,
the U.S. men’s basketball team has already been losing players. Not just any
players, but some of the best in the sport.
Davis and Paul are NBA All-Stars,
perhaps two of the top 10 players in the
league, and could have been the starting
center and point guard when the Americans took the floor for their Olympic
opener. Paul seems like a particularly
big loss, given how many key plays he
made four years ago against Lithuania
and Spain in the only close games the
U.S. faced.
This has to be cause for concern, right?
“We have too many players over here
to kind of get worried about that,” U.S.
veteran Carmelo Anthony said.
The Americans are losing bodies, but
clearly not any sleep.
Not when they’re armed with a roster
pool of 31 players, giving them quality
backups and then if necessary, backups
to those backups. They hope everyone
would say yes to playing but are prepared when some of them say no.
Even when a couple of them happen
to be at the top of the list?
“No, I don’t think of things that way,”
USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said.
“We have a lot of terrific players and
athletes and flexibility, and we’re going
to be just fine.”
The original list of 31 is probably
down to the mid-20s. Blake Griffin had
a procedure on his left quad tendon after aggravating an injury in the playoffs
on the same day that Clippers teammate
Paul broke his right hand, which may
have knocked him out of a third Olympics even if he hadn’t already decided
he wouldn’t play.
Washington’s John Wall had surgery
on both knees and fellow point guard
Mike Conley had his season cut short
by injury as he heads into free agency,
though they would’ve had a tough time
making the team at perhaps its deepest
position.
Colangelo knows there could be
other injuries, or players who pull out
because of contract situations or simply
because they don’t want to give up their
summers.
The Americans sustained heavy losses just four years ago, when Derrick
Rose, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and
Dwight Howard all had to withdraw in
the months leading up to the Olympics.
The Americans then went to London
and rang up stats that rivaled the Dream
Team’s while winning their second
straight gold medal.
Derby winner
Nyquist heads
to Preakness;
new rivals await
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist heads to Baltimore on Monday to prepare for the Preakness, where the undefeated colt
could face up to 13 rivals including nine new shooters seeking to derail his Triple Crown bid.
Nyquist had been walked, bathed and returned
to his stall at Churchill Downs by 6 a.m. Sunday,
less than 12 hours after he won the Derby by 1 1/4
lengths and improved his record to 8-0. Trainer
Doug O’Neill had already gone back to Southern
California for a few days before returning east to
rejoin his bay colt at Pimlico.
O’Neill told a track official that Nyquist was “doing great” and “looking bright-eyed” the morning
after. The colt is the first unbeaten Derby winner
with eight victories since Majestic Prince in 1969.
He will put that record on the line in the 1 3/16mile Preakness on May 21 against a mix of old and
new rivals. The field is limited to 14 horses.
Derby runner-up Exaggerator, who has lost all
four meetings with Nyquist, and ninth-place finisher Lani, who was beaten 10 3/4 lengths, are expected to return in the Preakness. Also possible are
third-place Derby finisher Gun Runner, who was
beaten by 4 1/2 lengths, and Suddenbreakingnews,
who was fifth.
The newcomers are Laoban and Cherry Wine,
who were both entered in the Derby but didn’t
get in the race; Lexington Stakes winner Collected,
trained by Bob Baffert; Federico Tesio winner Awesome Speed; Stradivari, trained by Todd Pletcher;
and California Chrome Stakes winner Uncle Lino.
Also under consideration are Pat Day Mile winner Sharp Azteca; Wood Memorial third-place finisher Adventist; and Florida Derby third-place finisher Fellowship.
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Cubs win eighth straight game
CHICAGO (AP) — Looking
quite comfortable in the middle of
the order, Ben Zobrist is benefiting from the relentless approach
by the Cubs’ dangerous lineup.
Zobrist went 4 for 4, Addison
Russell had three RBIs and Chicago beat the San Diego Padres 8-7
on Tuesday night for its eighth
straight win.
“You pass the baton,” Zobrist
said. “That’s what we try to do
in the lineup, and guys have been
doing a good job of that.”
Jon Lester (4-1) pitched six innings of three-run ball as Chicago improved to 25-6 for the best
start by a major league team since
the 1984 Detroit Tigers won 26 of
their first 31 games. Kris Bryant
drove in two runs and Jason Heyward scored twice, helping the
Cubs open an 8 1/2-game lead
over second-place Pittsburgh in
the NL Central.
Zobrist had run-scoring singles
in the third and fourth against
rookie Cesar Vargas (0-2). Zobrist
also singled in the second and
seventh, and scored in each in-
ning on a hit by Russell.
“I feel like it’s a cumulative effect for the whole team,” Zobrist
said.
“Obviously they’re not getting
breaks in our lineup and that’s
what makes it so difficult for
them to stay focused on every hitter.”
Zobrist, a switch-hitter who
signed a $56 million, four-year
contract with Chicago as a free
agent, is batting .365 (23 for 63)
with 23 RBIs in his last 18 games.
He has driven in 17 runs during
Chicago’s win streak.
“I’ve seen Zo really good,” said
Joe Maddon, who also managed
Zobrist with Tampa Bay, “and
he’s really good right now.”
Penguins edge
Capitals in OT
to win series
NECC track prelims begin
Westbrook
leads Thunder
past Spurs
for 3-2 lead
SAN ANTONIO (AP) —
Russell Westbrook couldn’t
be stopped down the
stretch, not even when the
San Antonio Spurs were
trying to foul him.
Westbrook had 35 points,
11 rebounds and nine assists, and the Oklahoma
City Thunder rallied in the
fourth quarter to beat the
Spurs 95-91 on Tuesday
night and take a 3-2 lead
in the Western Conference
semifinals.
“We got stops and Russ
was a maniac tonight,
keeping us in it,” Oklahoma City forward Kevin
Durant said.
Durant added 23 points
as the Thunder won for the
second time in San Antonio in the series. Oklahoma
City can close out the series Thursday in Game 6 at
home.
“I hope we respond a
little angry with a chip on
our shoulder,” Spurs guard
Danny Green said. “If you
want to be a championship
team you have to win on
the road. Simple as that.”
But the Spurs have rallied from a 3-2 deficit only
once in their prolific playoff
history, winning the final
two games in 2008 to defeat
the then New Orleans Hornets.
After losing only once at
home during the regular
season, San Antonio has
dropped two straight there
now.
After Oklahoma City
won Game 2 in San Antonio, the NBA acknowledged
five incorrect non-calls in
the final stretch. There were
a couple calls the Spurs felt
did not go their way in the
final minutes Tuesday, but
it was Westbrook who left
no question of the outcome.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A
three-goal lead gone — and
his team’s momentum right
along with it — Pittsburgh
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan provided a reminder
heading to overtime of
Game 6 of a relentlessly
entertaining playoff series
against the Washington
Capitals.
Keep skating. Play fast.
Be confident.
In the span of a dozen
frantic seconds early in the
extra period on Tuesday
night, Carl Hagelin, Phil
Kessel and Nick Bonino did
all three, sending their resilient club to the Eastern Conference final in the process.
Bonino tapped in a rebound of Hagelin’s shot
by Braden Holtby 6:32 into
overtime to give the Penguins a 4-3 win to wrap up
the series in six games and
set up a showdown with
Tampa Bay for the right to
play for the Stanley Cup.
Kessel went to the corner to retrieve the puck
and passed it to Hagelin in
the slot. Hagelin’s shot caromed off Holtby’s right pad
directly to Bonino, who had
little trouble pushing it into
the net for his 10th career
playoff goal, and easily his
most important.
“I just went to the front,”
Bonino said. “The puck always ends up there and I
was able to get a stick on it.
It wasn’t pretty, but they’re
usually not.”
Not that style points mattered much during a taut
dozen days in early spring.
The Capitals overcame a
three-goal deficit in the final 22 minutes of regulation
and earned a break when
Jay Beagle went to his belly
on the goal line to steer a
shot by Patric Hornqvist
out of harm’s way early in
the extra period.
Post & Mail photo / Mark Parker
Churubusco’s Heidi Zeigler runs a leg of the 3,200-meter relay during Tuesday’s first round of the Northest Corner
Conference track meet. The conference meet will conclude Friday with finals in Churubusco.
Indian Springs girls place third in conference meet; boys take eighth
NEW HAVEN — Indian Springs
Middle School’s boys and girls track
teams traveled to New Haven High
School for the Northeast Hoosier
Middle Level Conference track meet
Saturday.
Indian Springs’ girls placed third,
while the boys team placed eighth.
Indian Springs’ girls track team
made a strong showing at the meet.
Jasmine Early won the 400-meter
dash, setting new school and conference records in the event, finishing
with a time of 59.38.
The Lady Eagle’s 1,600-meter relay team of Early, Macey Hill, Lillie
Oddou and Eden Oddou also set
new school and conference records,
finishing in a time of 4:13.52.
Felicity Clawson continued to
impress, winning both the shot put
and discus competitions.
Norwell was the girls conference
champion followed by Maple Creek.
Indian Springs Middle School’s
boys came home with an eighthplace finish in the 12- team NHMLC
field.
Landon Wakeman finished in
third-place in the 1,600-meter run
and Bryce Taylor finished third
in the 800-meter race. Taylor also
broke his own school record by
clearing 5 feet, 10 inches in the high
jump.
Indian Springs’ boys and girls
teams will be at Warsaw High
School this Saturday at 9 a.m. for
the Northeast Lakes Middle School
Conference track meet.
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