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 TODAY’S VERSE
By this all men will know that
you are my disciples, if you love
one another.”
– John 13:35 (NIV)
 FACES of
MONTGOMERY
People who call our community their own.
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Old hospital: This Hawk’s eye view from July shows real progress at Historic Whitlock Place.
2015, full of surprises
The Paper
Sharon Foster smiles for flowers
and peace in 2016. She was
born and raised in Crawfordsville
and is retired from Lithonia
Lighting. In her retirement she
loves to visit with her daughters
and grandchildren and tend
her flowers. As a member of the
Flower Lovers Garden Club she
loves all flowers, but her favorite
flower is the rose.
 THREE THINGS
You Should Know:
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We have our first look at
Montgomery County’s Baby
New Year! The happy family
is on Page A2.
Northridge Middle School
has some great singers.
Under the direction of
Megan Birk, three students are
participating in an event in Fort
Wayne. Read all about it on
Page A3.
3
Don’t forget about an
essential meeting you may
want to attend tomorrow.
Read Page A3 for the details.
Welcome to 2016, Montgomery County! The Paper has asked
our readers and community leaders their thoughts on the year we
just left behind. Today we offer
you their views on the biggest
surprises 2015 had to offer.
One of the best pieces of news
was about Crawfordsville’s Stellar designation, but it also topped
the list of 2015 surprises.
Stellar unveiled
As reported in The Paper
at the beginning of October,
Crawfordsville is proud of the
Stellar plan and wants the community to be able to see it all.
“We’d like to just set it up and
have it on display someplace,”
Mayor Todd Barton told The
Paper. And toward that goal,
he gave The Paper permission
to post the plan on our website,
thepaper24-7.com.
Find the banner that reads
“Click here to learn about the
Stellar projects” and you can see
the Stellar projects overview, including: the Fusion 54 building,
Big Four Trail, the downtown
loop trail, plans for the historic
Whitlock neighborhood, plans for
the Ben Hur building and plans
for Pike Street and the ‘pocket
park.’
The Paper file photo
See SURPRISES Page A4
Unveiled: Athens Arts got into the Stellar spirit with Golden Stella.
 HONEST HOOSIER
The Sugar Creek Classic is
Friday and Saturday. Can’t wait!
 OBITUARIES
Doris Brier. Services:
Pending.
Charles Bryant. Services:
Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Maus
Funeral Home, Hillsboro.
Sasha Lewis Hettich. Services: Celebration of life Tuesday
at 6 p.m. at Eastside Baptist
Church.
Rosemary Scott. Services: Feb. 21, 2016 at the
Crawfordsville Masonic Lodge
Temple.
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a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Today’s health tip was brought to you
by Dr. John Roberts. Be sure to catch
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Does your young artist love
superheroes? Do you want a
chance to help a great cause?
Your little hero can help
with this year’s Relay for Life,
April 16, 2016 at the Boy’s and
Girl’s Club of Montgomery
County, 1001 Whitlock Ave,
Crawfordsville. The theme for
this year’s survivor meal is
superheroes. According to Becky
Hankins, Survivor Meal Chairman, kindergarteners from area
schools will have the chance to
color placemats for the dinner
and the best entries will be on
display in the Crawfordsville
District Public Library (CDPL)
and printed in The Paper. Winning placemats will be judged
by your friends at The Paper of
Montgomery County.
Hankins said the placemats
will feature Spiderman, Superman, Batman, Captain America,
Supergirl and Wonder Woman.
Thanks go out to Larry Hathaway from CDPL for permission
to put the placemats on display.
If you would like to support this year’s Relay for Life,
Hankins is looking for volunteers
to help with superhero face painting and for superhero-themed
cake decorators. Decorated cakes
will be judged at the Relay by
donation voting. A prize will be
awarded for the cake with the
most monetary donations at the
end of the day and all cakes will
be part of the survivor meal.
Hankins told The Paper all
donations will stay in right here
in Montgomery County.
According to the American
Cancer Society, the Relay for
Life event is a life-changing
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 THE MONTGOMERY MINUTE
Classic weekend coming
The Sugar Creek Classic is this weekend, Friday and Saturday. As always, the best local sports will be right here in The Paper of Montgomery
County. Sports Editor Maria Leichty and her team always have our county
teams covered!
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Parents Rick Pack III and Bianne Swem, Crawfordsville, hold their new daughter,
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First look at Baby New Year
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As first reported in The
Paper Saturday, Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health –
Lafayette East welcomed
the newest resident of
Montgomery County on
Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
Emma Ann Pack was
born at Franciscan St.
Elizabeth Health – Lafayette East at 3:54 p.m.
on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
The daughter of Brianne
Swem and Rick Pack III
of Crawfordsville, Emma
Ann weighed 7 lbs., 9 oz.
and measured in at 19 ½
inches long.
For being the first
Montgomery County baby
of 2016 at Franciscan
St. Elizabeth Health, the
family received a gift bas-
ket of baby-related items
from the Franciscan St.
Elizabeth Health Auxiliary, St. Clare Auxiliary
and Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health Gift Shops.
The baby was delivered by Erin K. Ramirez,
D.O., an OB/GYN with
Franciscan Physician
Network Lafayette OB/
GYN.
Taking a second look at warts
I had a patient ask me to
re-run my column about
warts. It’s estimated that
up to 12 percent of people
worldwide have had warts
and that 10-20 percent of
school-aged children have
them at any given time.
Warts are caused by a
group of viruses called
human papilloma viruses
or HPV. When people
hear HPV they often think
of genital warts that are
caused by certain strains of
HPV virus, some of which
can cause cervical cancer.
There are over 100 known
types of HPV, all of which
share the characteristic of
being able to infect skin
cells.
Warts are spread by
direct or indirect contact
with another person who
has them. They can also be
spread from one location
to another on the same
person. They commonly
attack areas where there is
dry, cracked skin or open
wounds. The incubation
period from infection to development of a wart is usually one to three months,
but it can take years.
The appearance of warts
can vary from very flat lesions to large, raised ones.
Larger warts are typically
seen on the palms or soles
of the feet. “Planter’s wart”
is common misnomer for
a wart on the bottom of
the foot. These warts have
nothing to do with gardening or farming. The proper
term is “plantar wart.”
Plantar is the anatomic term
for the bottom surface of
the foot. These warts usually appear to have a central
core or seed, hence the
term “seed wart.” These
“seeds” are actually small
capillary blood vessels that
contain blood clots.
Warts can be difficult
to treat, and simple over
the counter remedies often
work just as well as medical treatments. Treatment
success depends on the size
and location of the wart as
John R. Roberts, M.D.
Montgomery Medicine
well as the aggressiveness
of the treatment. Larger
warts are usually covered
by a protective callus that
should be removed before applying treatment.
Interestingly, 65 percent of
warts may go away on their
own within two years but a
person always runs the risk
of the wart spreading in the
meantime.
Home treatments can be
70 to 80 percent effective,
but must be used consistently. Most home treatments
involve acids such as salicylic acid (Compound-W®)
that remove the top layers
of the wart. Warts are
constantly growing so any
treatment needs to destroy
wart tissue faster than it is
growing.
More recently, home
cryotherapy agents such as
Compound-W Freeze Off®
have become available.
These work by freezing the
wart tissue and destroying
it. In my experience these
treatments are not very
effective, probably because
they don’t provide a deep
enough freeze.
People swear by a
number of home remedies
including applying pieces of
raw garlic cloves or potatoes to the wart while sleeping. Applying duct tape to
warts is also rumored to be
helpful, but the scientific
evidence is weak at best.
Doctors may employ a
number of different treatments for warts, but they
rarely are any more effec-
tive than home treatments.
If the patient has a limited
number of warts, freezing
with liquid nitrogen can be
very effective but application can be painful. There
are other acids, chemicals,
acne medications and
chemotherapy agents that
can be applied on the warts.
Some doctors make their
own blend of medications
or recommend other home
remedies. Sometimes injections are also given in or
around the wart to stimulate
the immune system to kill
the HPV. As a last resort,
laser destruction or surgical
removal may be used. Any
treatment is more effective
if it is applied when the
warts are small, so don’t
wait to get started.
Dr. John Roberts is a Crawfordsville physician. His column
is published in Monday’s edition
of The Paper and he has a daily
health tip as well. Dr. Roberts is
one of the owners of Sagamore
News Media, the parent company of The Paper of Montgomery
County.
Þ HEROES From Page A1
experience that gives
everyone in communities
across the globe a chance
to Celebrate the lives of
people who have battled
cancer, remember loved
ones lost, and fight back
against the disease.
Each year, more than 4
million people in over 20
countries take part in this
global phenomenon and
raise much-needed funds
and awareness to save
lives from cancer.
Planning meetings will
be held each month at the
Holiday Express and further details will be right
here in The Paper as they
become available.
If you want to help
with face painting or cake
decorating, call Becky
Hankins at (765) 3765152.
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 OBITUARIES
Sasha Lewis Hettich
August 5, 1988 - December 25, 2015
Sasha Lewis Hettich, 27, of Grand Rapids, Michigan,
passed away Friday, December 25, 2015.
She was born August 5, 1988 in Crawfordsville to John and Bridget (McClain)
Lewis.
She married Cody Hettich on May 31,
2008.
Sasha graduated from Crawfordsville
High School in 2007 and continued her
education at Cornerstone University in
Hettich
Grand Rapids where she was active in the
English Honors Program and received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
Sasha lived for her children. She was a gentle, caring
mother who consistently taught and loved her children.
Her husband Cody was the love of her life. She enjoyed
being active, writing, listening to podcasts, taking trips to
the coffee shop, riding her bike, enjoying music, reading,
learning, and looking for adventure. She will be greatly
missed by her siblings Brooke, Seth, her parents, and all
who loved her.
Survivors include her husband, Cody Hettich; daughter, Ember Hettich; son, Augustus (Gus) Hettich, Grand
Rapids; father, John Lewis and mother, Bridget Lewis,
Crawfordsville; sister, Brooke Decker (Shannon), Crawfordsville; brother, Seth Lewis, Crawfordsville; maternal
grandmother, Norma Wise (Tony), Crawfordsville; paternal grandmother, Martha Aders, Frankfort. She is also
survived by many cousins, aunts, and uncles.
Sasha was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Larry Lewis; cousins, Shane Ellis and Evin Jarman.
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a
memory no one can steal.
Friends and family may pay their respects Tuesday from
2-6 p.m. at Eastside Baptist Church, 2000 Traction Road,
Crawfordsville. A celebration of life will be held Tuesday
at 6 p.m. at the church with Paster Steve Whicker officiating.
Memorial Contributions may be made to at: https://
www.gofundme.com/sashagr
In honor of Sasha’s battle, if you are suffering with
postpartum depression, please seek help. http://www.
postpartum.net/
Rosemary Scott
February 16, 1926 - December 31, 2015
Ms. Rosemary Scott, 89, Crawfordsville, passed away
Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 7:07
p.m. in the St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis.
She was born February 16, 1926, in
Crawfordsville, to William Howard and
Mary Katherine (Surber) Scott.
Rosemary was a Homemaker; a member of the St. Bernard’s Catholic Church;
attended Crawfordsville Schools and
Scott
enjoyed playing Bingo.
Survivors include her daughters:
Salli Harrison, Monticello; and Tammy (Jerald) Fowler,
Henderson, Nev.. Also surviving is her brother: Ted
Scott, Crawfordsville; grandchildren: Michelle Harrison;
Heather (Dan) Cummins; Amber (Tim) Underwood;
Nathan Gilliland; Danielle (Jason) Hull; and Brandon Fort;
great-grandchildren: Cameron (Kori) Cummins; Ciara
Cummins; Cody Cummins; Makaila Underwood; Austin
Clerry; Kaiden Underwood; Kyndal Gilliland; and Hunter
Hull; great-great grandchild: Jett Cummins; several nieces
and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents;
her daughter: Cynthia “Cindi” Lewellen; and her sister:
Norma Johnson.
Cremation was chosen with a “Celebration of Rosemary’s Life” being held in the Crawfordsville Masonic
Lodge Temple, 221 S. Washington St. on Feb. 21, 2016.
The time of the service is still pending. Powers-Priebe
Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements. Online
condolences may be sent to: powerspriebefh.com.
Charles Bryant
December 21, 1930 - January 1, 2016
Charles Bryant, 85, Wallace, passed away in the Presence United Samaritans Medical
Center, Danville, Ill, on Friday,
January 1, 2016, at 7:57 a.m.
Charles was born in Wallace,
Indiana, on December 21, 1930 to
Martin Clifford and Ruth Nettie
(Zackmire) Bryant.
He was a life resident of the Wallace community. Charles graduated from Wallace High School in
1949. He owned and operated Bryant & Son LP Gas in
Wallace until selling to Overpeck Gas in 1977. Charles
also operated the Wallace Trapshooting Range in Wallace.
Charles was a veteran of the Korean War serving in the
U.S. Air Force.
Charles was an avid trapshooter and a lifelong member
of the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA). He had
been inducted into the Indiana Trapshooting Association
Hall of Fame. He was a promoter of the trapshooting
sport. He enjoyed mentoring local youth, including
the Attica High School Trapshooting Team. He was a
member of the National Rifle Association (NRA); the
American Legion Post # 263 of Cayuga and the Wallace
Masonic Lodge. He enjoyed playing golf, boating and
water skiing. Charlie never met a stranger. He loved his
family, friends and he loved life!
On March 18, 1956, Charles married Vivian Berniece
Fisher in Raglesville.
Survivors include his wife, Vivian of 60 years; two
daughters, Diana (companion-Mike Long) Butler, Lewes, Del.; Cheryl (Brad) Francis, Lafayette; a son, Mark
Charles (Terri) Bryant, Wallace; five grandchildren, Kevin
Butler, Christopher (Amber) Bryant, Caleb Duncan (fiancée-Jacinda Shirley); Nick Bryant, Madison Kaye Duncan
“His Queen”; two great-grandchildren, Dominick Martin
Bryant, Lillian Bryant and his beloved pet dog, Suzie. He
was preceded in death by a daughter, Lisa Kaye Bryant.
Friends may call at the Maus Funeral Home, Hillsboro,
today from 4-8 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday at 1 p.m. with Pastor David Bock
officiating. Burial with military honors will be held in the
Wallace Lutheran Cemetery. Memorial contributions may
be made to the Attica High School Trapshooting Team or
the charity of one’s choice.
Condolences may be sent on line to www.mausfuneralhome.com.
Doris Brier
Doris Brier, 92, Crawfordsville passed away at home
Saturday, January 2, 2016. Arrangements are pending at
Hunt & Son Funeral Home.
Monday, Jan. 4, 2016
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Northridge to sing in all-state choir
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Eighteen (18) students
in 5th and 6th grades and
seventeen (17) students
in 7th and 8th grades in
Tippecanoe, Montgomery
and Boone counties have
been selected to be a part
of the 140-voice Indiana
Music Education Association's All-State Elementary
and Middle School Honor
Choirs, preparing and presenting their annual concerts beginning at 4 p.m.
on Friday, Jan. 15 in the
historic Embassy Theatre
in downtown Fort Wayne
at the IMEA's annual
Professional Development
Conference.
Local students includeed
in this event are Olivia
Anglin, Lane Bradley
and Harmon Hann from
Northridge Middle School,
Megan Birk, director.
"The high level of
choral music instruction
taking place in our area
schools is evidenced by the
high number of selected
students from 7 different
schools," states Cecil
Shoemaker, IMEA Area 3
Middle School coordinator.
"I commend these students
and their directors for their
initiative, motivation, skill
and dedication to the art
and discipline of choral
singing. Additionally, I am
pleased to note that Ben
Waltz, director at West
Lafayette Junior/Senior
High School will be the
Essential meeting tomorrow
The Paper
The local chapter of
Business and Professional
Women (BPW) will meet
tomorrow at 6 p.m. in
the Donnelly Room at the
Crawfordville District
Public Library. The meeting will reveal the BPW’s
Woman of Achievement
and offer a program on
essential oils. Mitzi Keller
and BPW’s own Nikki
Calloway will lead the program. They will be talking
about how you can use
the oils for a more healthy
body and life. Topics will
include making your own
body wash, facial scrubs
and how oils can help with
allergies.
If you wish to attend,
please RSVP by calling
Becky Hankins at (765)
376-5152.
All-State Middle School
Honor Choir director!"
In 1989, the Indiana
Music Educators Association initiated and sponsored a children's choral
festival called "Circle the
State with Song." These
statewide festivals are
organized to provide students with an exciting and
quality choral performance
with other students from
their area; to provide an
opportunity for music honor students who are ready
for more challenging music
to work with guest choral
clinicians;
to provide music
teachers an opportunity to
observe and learn from the
clinician working with the
students, plus to share and
discuss vocal pedagogy
with other teachers; and
to sing quality children's
choral repertoire.
An additional outgrowth
of the "Circle the State
with Song" Festivals is the
IMEA All-State Children's
(1990) and Middle School
(1993) Honor Choirs. Each
of the Honor Choirs is a
select group of approximately 140 singers chosen
by recorded audition.
After two days of intensive rehearsals, the Honor
Choirs are featured guest
performers at the annual
Indiana Music Education
Association's Professional
Development Conference
in January.
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 POLICE BLOTTER
Crawfordsville
Police
Incidents Friday
9:30 a.m.—Report of a
motor vehicle accident in
the 400 block of Waynetown Road.
9:31 a.m.—Report of
breaking and entering 300
block of Market Street.
1:20 p.m.—Report of a
civil complaint in the 700
block of Kentucky Street.
3:23 p.m.—Report of
a domestic incident in the
800 block of Center Drive.
6:54 p.m.—Report of
motor vehicle accident
in the 600 block of State
Road 32.
8:06 p.m.—Report of
theft in the 300 block of
Green Street.
11:40 p.m.—Report of
a domestic incident in the
200 block of Oak Street.
Arrests Friday
12:54 p.m.—Maurice J.
Thomas, 24, was arrested
on a warrant.
Incidents Saturday
12:45 a.m.—Report of a
domestic incident in the 10
block of Imperial Drive.
10:11 a.m.—Report of
breaking and entering 1200
block of Lane Avenue.
10:35 a.m.—Report of a
civil complaint in the 700
block of Sloan Street.
11:40 a.m.—Report of
theft in the 1000 block of
Smith Avenue.
2:23 p.m.—Report of
a hit and run in the 1800
block of U.S. 231.
4:35 p.m.—Report of
breaking and entering 500
block of Indian Springs
Road.
charged with operating a
vehicle without ever being
licensed, providing false
government identification
and two counts of operating while intoxicated.
Incidents Saturday
11:12 a.m.—Report of
breaking and entering in
the 1700 block of 1100
North in New Richmond.
12: 48 p.m.—Report of
fraud in the 4300 block of
Kiger Court in Crawfordsville.
1:17 p.m.—Report of
trespass in the 10 block of
Daugherty Lane in Crawfordsville.
1:19 a.m.—Report of a
civil complaint in the 100
block of Water Street in
Linden.
11:40 p.m.—Report of
a motor vehicle accident
in the 7600 block of 300
South in Waynetown.
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Incidents Friday
7:11 p.m.—Report of a
motor vehicle accident at
U.S. 136 and 300 West in
Crawfordsville.
8:19 p.m.—Report of a
motor vehicle accident at
Nucor Road and 200 South
in Crawfordsville.
Arrests Friday
11:07 p.m.—Alejandro Bautista-Hernandez,
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Þ SURPRISES From Page A1
The Paper file photo
Youth renaissance: Indiana West Advantage talked millennials at their fourth annual dinner. (From left) IWA
Deputy Director Zach Churney, keynote speaker Rob Shook, Wabash sophomore Jordan Ogle, Tim Clary, IWA
Executive Director Kristin Clary.
In October the Board of
Public Works approved a
contract for the services
of an experienced Stellar
project construction coordinator. The board signed
off on a four and half year
contract for the services of
Jim Rice of HWC Engineering.
Additionally, as of Jan.
1, Dale Petrie took the
newly created Mayor’s
Office position of Operations Manager. Petrie
will oversee a whole host
of new projects including
the Stellar projects, Fire
Station No. 2 construction,
Concord Road re-construction, State Road 47 to U.S.
231 extension of 200 South
and traffic signal pre-emption upgrades. In addition
to these projects there will
also be several sewer and
storm water projects.
Old hospital,
future condos
Project Manager Mike
Stufflebeam, Architect
Andy Peralta, Developer
Julie Collier, Architect
Steve Palma, Crawfordsville Mayor Todd Barton
and Construction Superintendent Joe Roberts got
together in June to kick off
work on the old hospital at
Historic Whitlock Place.
“We’ve struggled with this
for many, many years.
How do we take something
so old and historic and
make it relevant?” Barton
said. “It kind of eroded our
confidence that we couldn’t
take care of it . . . Well,
we can.” Barton went on to
thank many people for their
support throughout the
initial phases of the project,
including the Montgomery
County Commissioners and
Crawfordsville City Council. “Most importantly,
I want to thank the residents of this area, because
they’ve put up with a lot,”
Barton added.
No local Red
Cross
Multiple changes have
taken
place at
what used
to be the
Montgomery County
chapter of
Red Cross.
There will
Riley
no longer
be a local
chapter in Montgomery
County. Executive Director
Denise Maxwell has been
dismissed by Red Cross officials. The entire local advisory board has resigned.
The Paper has learned that
even the building is for
sale, though it has not been
posted yet.
Britton Riley is the
Executive Director for
the West-Central Indiana
chapter of the American
Red Cross, which covers
17 counties, including
Montgomery County.
“We no longer have a
board representing just
Montgomery County.,” Riley said. “We have a larger
chapter board that covers
the area.”
Some of the news about
the Red Cross removing
a local presence from
Montgomery County was
a surprise to Crawfordsville Mayor Todd Barton.
When asked about the story
the day after it was first
reported in The Paper,
Barton said, “I didn’t know
that Denise had been let go
and that it had gone that far
yet.” He did go on to say,
“We’ve been told for a
while now that these kinds
of things were coming.”
“The Red Cross had
reached out—not locally—
the state level had reached
out earlier and said ‘we
know you have the Ben
Hur project going. Are you
interested in our property?’” Bartons said. “But it
never crossed over into the
level that we’ve seen.”
Barton was cautious, saying, “I guess I don’t know
enough facts yet to say
much, but I will say I ‘m
concerned with what I do
know. Red Cross has been
a staple of this community
and has really helped out
many times and to lose
them is quite a blow.”
Drone crashes,
planning flies on
The long-awaited Ben
Hur project is moving
along. The Crawfordsville
Board of Public Works and
Safety heard and approved
a request from the Webber
Group regarding construction on Dec.9, 2015.
Unfortunately and
surprisingly, the project
started with a crash.
The Ben Hur building
turned into Crawfordsville’s version of Cape
Canaveral Friday morning,
May 29, 2015. A quasi
launch pad was set up
in front of the building
and everyone went about
final preparations in the
moments before the final
countdown.
5 . . . 4 . . . One brave
drone pilot was at the
controls . . . 3 . . . Hands
were on the launch button
and switches . . . 2 . . .
Everything was go for the
mission . . . 1 . . . Liftoff .
. . Whack.
Seconds after liftoff, a
gust knocked the drone
into the side of the historic
building, taking out a rotor
and grounding the drone
for the duration of the
mission.
Unemployment
at 14-year low
Indiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate
remained at 4.4 percent in
November, continuing the
trend of the lowest unemployment levels experienced in the Hoosier State
since August of 2001. Indi-
Worst news OF 2015
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It wasn’t just a year of great steps forward. We saw our
share of bad news as well. Here are our readers’ picks for
the most unfortunate news from last year:
• Fire fatality at Shady Knoll in early March
• Local businesses closed
• Political strife within the Republican Party
• Extended street closures due to CSX
• Declining workforce
• Health survey revealing a lack of daycare options
• Drug arrests and drug use in the county
• Welfare dependency and chronic unemployment
• Raybestos layoffs
ana’s labor force also maintained the recent trend,
gaining more than 7,000
in November. Indiana has
now added nearly 100,000
individuals to the labor
force since January 2013,
which leads the Midwest.
The gap in the labor force
participation rate between
Indiana and the national
average further improved
in November (63.7 percent
vs. 62.5 percent). Indiana’s
rate has now exceeded the
national rate for nineteen
consecutive months.
Private sector employment in The Hoosier State
increased by 3,400 in November, as significant gains
occurred in the Construction (+2,800) and Trade,
Transportation & Utilities
(+2,500) sectors. Increases
were partially offset by
losses in the Manufacturing
sector (-3,300). Indiana
has added 54,000 private
sector jobs over the past 12
months.
“Unemployment in The
Hoosier State continues to
be at its lowest levels in
more than a decade,” said
Steven J. Braun, Commissioner of the Indiana
Department of Workforce
Development. “Meanwhile, Indiana continues to
lead the Midwest in labor
force growth by a significant amount.”
Braun also noted that
total claims for unemployment insurance in Indiana
for 2015 are at their lowest
levels since 1997.
Crawfordsville’s
first female
firefighter
Abby Yates was introduced
at the
Crawfordsville Board
of Public
Works and
Safety as
the newest
member of
Yates
the Crawfordsville
Fire Department. She is
their first female firefighter/EMT.
When Abby Yates,
Crawfordsville’s first
female firefighter, was
mentioned at a Working
Women’s Month proclamation, Becky Hankins of
The Indiana Federation of
Business and Professional
Women (BPW) said, “I
think it’s great.”
Nikki Calloway had a different perspective. “We’ve
got two (female firefighters)
in New Market,” Calloway
said. “I’m used to it. Ours
are volunteers.”
“I think almost all the
county departments have
female firefighters, but
we’ve not had one in the
professional side in this
community,” Crawfordsville Mayor Todd Barton
said. “We came close a
couple years ago, but at the
last minute she took a job
elsewhere making $12,000
more a year. We weren’t
competing and we are competing now.”
Barton went on to say
he believes Yates will do a
great job.
Hoping for
STELLAR youth
renaissance
According to a report by
the United States Council
of Economic Advisors,
millennials are “Americans
born between 1980 and the
mid-2000s and are the largest generation in the U.S.,
representing one-third of
the total U.S. population
in 2013. Most members of
this generation are at the
beginning of their careers
and so will be an important
engine of the economy in
the decades to come.” Noting that local millennials
are not prone to stay in our
county, there are new plans
to get and keep millennials.
The City of Crawfordsville hopes to have a youth
renaissance.
Many of Mayor Todd
Barton and the Stellar
team’s goals are geared
toward millennials, though
Drone crash: Greg Sherwin took the drone up, but the
wind and Ben Hur building took it back down. Fortunately, the Ben Hur Building project is moving forward.
they benefit town and county residents of all ages.
Connecting the trails and
making the city more walkable, revitalizing downtown, the pocket park and
even Fusion 54 all appeal
to millennial desires for
collaboration and a thriving
downtown.
“People make decisions
differently today, they
choose where they want to
be for different reasons,”
Barton said. “In a few
years this community will
look different and we hope
it will be more attractive
for young people.”
The city is developing
two new ways to get and
keep millennials. One is an
Indiana West Advantage
plan to attract young talent
and tell them of the things
Crawfordsville has to offer.
The other is a state program called My Community, My Vision that will
give students at Crawfordsville High School a chance
to advise the mayor on
what they would like to see
for the city.
Capt. Scott Busenbark
was named to replace
Larry Patton as Fire Chief
after Patton retired at the
end of 2015. Patton served
the department for a total
of 42 years.
“Serving in the Fire
Dept. is a calling.” Crawfordsville Mayor Todd
Barton said during the announcement. “It’s not just
a career choice. The level
of service has always been
very high and I am sure
it’s going to continue to be
high. I think we’ve built a
very strong foundation over
the years for our Fire Dept.
to move forward.”
Barton thanks Chief
Patton for all he has done
to his work over the years,
especially when he came
out of retirement to serve
as Fire Chief.
“Four years ago we were
still trying to develop our
leaders and get them ready.
Chief Patton stepped in to
help fill that void. I really
appreciate that.”
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OF MONT G OMERY
THE TICKER
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Monday, Jan. 4, 2016
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES: Crawfordsville wrestling goes 2-2 at Hanover Central; Southmont boys’ and girls’ basketball box scores. North and C’ville girls’ basketball tonight with 6 p.m. JV start time.
State Boys’ Basketball SCORES
Courtesy of John Harrell
Alexandria
Ben Davis
Bloomfield
Bloomington South
Boone Grove
Borden
Bremen
Cambridge City Lincoln
Carmel
Columbus Christian
Covenant Christian
Crown Point
East Chicago Central
Eastside
Evansville North
Evansville Reitz
Fort Wayne Concordia
Fort Wayne Snider
Hamilton
Hammond Noll
Harrison (West Lafayette)
Henryville
Indian Creek
Indianapolis Arlington
Indianapolis Cathedral
Indianapolis Chatard
Jeffersonville
John Glenn
Kokomo
Lanesville
Martinsville
Milan
Mitchell
Muncie Central
New Castle
New Washington
North Newton
Perry Meridian
Pike
Pioneer
Providence Cristo Rey
Salem
Seton Catholic
Seymour
Shelbyville
South Ripley
Southern Wells
Southmont
Southwestern (Shelbyville)
Trinity Lutheran
Union City
Union County
Waldron
Wapahani
Warsaw
Washington
Washington Catholic
West Washington
Whiteland
Winchester
Eminence
Central Christian
Turkey Run
Central Christian
South Bend Clay
Munster
Hammond Clark
South Bend Clay
Hobart
Griffith
Beech Grove
Tri-West
Decatur Central
Beech Grove
Mishawaka Marian
Mishawaka
Mishawaka
Mishawaka Marian
Rising Sun
South Knox
Park Tudor
Brownstown Central
Taylor
Bellmont
North Miami
Taylor
Hammond Gavit
Winamac
69 Union (Modoc)
62 Brebeuf Jesuit
50 Brown County
65 Noblesville
44 River Forest
66Paoli
65Oregon-Davis
48 Daleville
63Fishers
51 Medora
66 Christian Academy
68 South Bend Washington
76 Lawrence Central
42Heritage
73 Evansville Mater Dei
82 Terre Haute North
67 Leo
59 DeKalb
47Garrett
55 Hammond
81 Western
62 Indianapolis International
60 Greensburg
81 Irvington Prep Academy
82 Center Grove
85 Indianapolis Shortridge
84 Louisville Manual (Ky.)
67 Wawasee
82Peru
68 Shawe Memorial
69 Indianapolis Roncalli
61 Southwestern (Hanover)
54 White River Valley
68 Jay County
55 Mount Vernon (Fortville)
62 Eastern (Pekin)
58 Hebron
72 Jennings County
73Brownsburg
64Rossville
76 Indianapolis Marshall
77Madison
65 Hagerstown
55 Switzerland County
49Yorktown
75 Austin
72 Randolph Southern
88 Riverton Parke
63 Greenwood Christian
75 Scottsburg
58 Cowan
65 Morristown
78Batesville
70 Blue River
53LaPorte
76 Mount Vernon (Posey)
52 Cannelton
73 South Central (Elizabeth)
69 Bloomington North
50Bluffton
67 Dugger Union
58 Turkey Run
65 Dugger Union
61 Eminence
68 Lake Station
53Highland
54 Lake Station
78 Hammond Morton
77Highland
54Munster
60 New Palestine
58 Decatur Central
81 New Palestine
75 Tri-West
63 Concord
51 Elkhart Memorial
54Concord
63 Elkhart Memorial
61 Clay City
58 North Daviess
58 Barr-Reeve
70 Pike Central
42 North Miami
69Blackford
40 Blackford
45Bellmont
58 West Central
53Argos
47
50
46
52
42
48
62
42
34
42
57
60
74
32
68
71
65
51
43
51
52
50
55
44
67
20
75
53
52
43
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38
21
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35
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State Girls’ Basketball SCORES
Courtesy of John Harrell
Avon
Barr-Reeve
Bedford North Lawrence
Bellmont
Bloomfield
Bloomington South
Borden
Brandywine (Mich.)
Center Grove
Columbia City
Columbus North
Danville
Evansville Memorial
Franklin County
Garrett
Gary 21st Century
Greensburg
Guerin Catholic
Hagerstown
Hammond Morton
Hammond Noll
Heritage Christian
Homestead
Indianapolis Cathedral
Indianapolis Ritter
Indianapolis Roncalli
Jay County
Jeffersonville
Lakeshore (Mich.)
LaPorte
Loogootee
Marquette Catholic
Medora
Mishawaka
Mitchell
Monroe Central
Monrovia
Mount Vernon (Posey)
Muncie Central
New Albany
New Castle
New Palestine
North Miami
Northridge
Oregon-Davis
Penn
Princeton
Riverton Parke
Rushville
Shawe Memorial
Shelbyville
South Adams
South Bend St. Joseph
South Bend Washington
South Central (Elizabeth)
South Ripley
Southwestern (Hanover)
Terre Haute North
Tri-Central
Washington Catholic
Westview
Westville
Whiteland
Yorktown
Zionsville
Brebeuf Jesuit
Norwell
Norwell
Plymouth
Clinton Prairie
Southwood
Eastern (Greentown)
Clinton Prairie
Franklin
Brownsburg
Indian Creek
Brownsburg
South Bend Clay
Goshen
DeKalb
Goshen
Kankakee Valley
Wheeler
LaVille
Kankakee Valley
Daleville
Triton Central
Triton Central
Plainfield
Martinsville
Martinsville
Plainfield
Rockville
Turkey Run
Rockville
University
Rising Sun
North Putnam
Rising Sun
West Noble
Tippecanoe Valley
Concord
Tippecanoe Valley
Winamac
Argos
70Covington
34Orleans
52 East Central
34Bluffton
53 Brown County
45 Columbus East
54Salem
41 Mishawaka Marian
46 Fishers
58 Fort Wayne Concordia
72 Perry Meridian
58Seeger
54 Castle
49 North Decatur
49Hamilton
32 Indianapolis Marshall
51 Southwestern (Shelbyville)
66 Bloomington North
50 Seton Catholic
52 Morgan Twp.
38 Andrean
70 Pike
59 Lawrence North
91 Indianapolis Herron
66 Indianapolis Lutheran
74 Ben Davis
56 Fort Recovery (Ohio)
83 New Washington
53 Elkhart Memorial
53Warsaw
50 Eastern Greene
68 Benton Harbor (Mich.)
41 Columbus Christian
50 Michigan City
51 North Daviess
47 Cowan
36 Indianapolis Scecina
46 Boonville
75 Blackford
55 Evansville Harrison
53 Huntington North
62 Pendleton Heights
51 Adams Central
57 Fort Wayne South
84LaCrosse
54Merrillville
75 Evansville Central
51 Southmont
56Connersville
56 Lawrenceburg
56 Lafayette Jeff
45 Eastside
62 Kalamazoo Central (Mich.)
58 Ottawa Hills (Mich.)
64 West Washington
62 South Decatur
56 Milan
59 Evansville Bosse
68Elwood
42 Cannelton
70 Sturgis (Mich.)
69Whiting
55Southport
60Winchester
64 Harrison (West Lafayette)
53 Wawasee
66Plymouth
49Wawasee
50 Brebeuf Jesuit
43 Indianapolis Lighthouse
57 Eastern (Greentown)
67 Indianapolis Lighthouse
44 Southwood
52Batesville
48 Indian Creek
69 Batesville
65Franklin
37 DeKalb
72 New Haven
67 New Haven
63 South Bend Clay
62 LaVille
47 Rensselaer Central
50 Rensselaer Central
64 Wheeler
39Knightstown
60 Daleville
61 Knightstown
60Sheridan
50 Vincennes Lincoln
82Sheridan
57 Vincennes Lincoln
37 Turkey Run
65 Eminence
50 South Putnam
41Speedway
38 North Putnam
49 Speedway
50 University
58 Concord
74 Lakeland
34Lakeland
58 West Noble
33 West Central
64 South Central (Union Mills)
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Photo provided by Sherri Madison
The Southmont Mounties pose with their second place medals after their championship match against Prairie Heights.
Mountie grapplers place second
By Scott Smith
sports@thepaper24-7.com
FORT WAYNE – The Class A, No.
2 ranked Southmont Mounties made the
trip to Ft. Wayne Saturday looking to
bring home the school’s first ever state
championship. They had their goal in
sight, but came up just 10 points short.
They finished runner up to No. 1 Prairie
Heights, 39-29.
“We let that one get away,” Mountie
coach Kevin Wilkinson said. “Hats off
to Prairie Heights, they wrestled well
and were deserving of the championship.
They beat (Class 2A, No. 1) Yorktown
a few weeks ago, so they’re a quality
team.”
South was very impressive in their
opening pool play match. They disposed
of first round opponent, Churubusco, 699, recording 11 pins along the way.
They turned around and beat No. 5,
Delphi, 46-30, to advance to the final
four of Class A.
Southmont’s semi-final matchup was
against No. 7 ranked Monrovia, who
had beaten No. 3, Oak Hill, in their final
pool play match.
“We found a way to win against a
good Monrovia team,” Wilkinsonm
said. “Evan Hubble moved up to the
120-pound weight class and his pin help
clinch it.”
The Mounties gritted out the 34-30
win over the Bulldogs to move on to the
championship match against the 29-0
Prairie Heights Panthers.
“We were right there with a chance
to win that match so I can’t be upset,”
Wilkinson commented. “We win a few
points here or a few points there, and the
outcome may be different. As a whole, I
would say we didn’t wrestle our best but
we learned some things along the way.”
Evan Hubble at 113, Boone Welliver
at 132, and Dakota Ball at 145, all finished 4-0 on the day. While Alex Grino
at 106, Connor Moore at 138, and Zach
Worm at 182, finished at 3-1.
“Evan Hubble impressed me most,”
Wilkinson said. “He had some tough
competition and even moved up to 120
against Monrovia and picked up a big
pin.”
“Also, Dakota Ball didn’t wrestle well
against Churubusco, but wrestled great
the last three rounds,” he continued.”
Austin Williams finished 2-2 at 195
but drew his coach’s praise. “He wrestled hard against state ranked opponents
and didn’t get pins or give up bonus
points and that helps in dual meets,”
Wilkinson praised.
The Mounties are back in action Tuesday against McCutcheon. They host the
inaugural Mountie Duals next weekend,
where Class 3A, No. 1 ranked, Warren
Central, will participate.
Class A Team State
Tournament Results
Southmont, second place
#2 Southmont 69, Churubusco 9
#2 Southmont 46, #5 Delphi 30
#2 Southmont 34, #7 Monrovia 30
#1 Prairie Heights 39, #2 Southmont 29
Individual Records
106 – Alex Grino 3-1
113 – Evan Hubble 4-0
113 – Dominyc Wilson-Emerson 1-0
120 – Dimitrie Lauy 2-1
126 – Kyle McManus 2-2
132 – Boone Welliever 4-0
138 – Connor Moore 3-1
145 – Dakota Ball 4-0
152 – Peyton Long 2-2
160 – Josh Weir 1-3
170 – Scott Madison 0-4
170 – Corey Cody 0-1
182 – Zach Worm 3-1
195 – Austin Williams 2-2
220 – Mason Cody 1-2
285 – Elijah Price 1-3
“Although second is a great finish,
we wanted those blue rings and the top
spot,” Wilkinson said. “We’ll use this
as motivation for the remainder of the
season and get ready for Conference and
Sectional.”
Chargers wrestle to 4th at Team State
By Scott Smith
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Class 2A Team State
Tournament Results
FORT WAYNE
– Coming off
North Montgomery,
their runner up
fourth place
showing in the
#6 North Montgomery 64, #10 Peru 12
2014 Team State
#6 North Montgomery 36, #3 Delta 27
Tournament, the
#2 Bellmont 54, #6 North Montgomery 12
Class 2A, No.
#1 Yorktown 38, #6 North Montgomery 24
6 ranked, North
Individual Records
Montgomery
106 – Seth Johnson 2-2
Chargers were
113 – Tucker Moseley 3-1
looking to make
120 – Corwyn Hall 1-3
the next step and
126 – Gavyn Warren 2-2
become champions. They
132 – Brady Miller 3-1
wrestled well but 138 – Riley Morehouse 2-2
came up short,
145 – Cade Groves 1-3
falling to the No.2 152 – Micah Wray 2-2
and No. 1 ranked 160 – Alex Rossitis 0-4
teams in the state 170 – Tanner Webster 2-2
to finish fourth.
182 – Isaac Fruits 3-1
North Mont195 – Cole Slavens 4-0
gomery was
220 – Jarrett Brown 1-3
hoping their
285 – Kevin Pierce 1-3
performance at
the Charger Duals
would help them make some early noise Saturday.
“The Duals helped us as we came out ready to go,” Charger coach Maurice Swain said. “Also, the tests we received
from Bloomington South and Pendleton Heights helped us
understand the importance of every point.”
“Saturday, we had two good rounds, a bad round, and a
round where we couldn’t get enough points,” he continued.
The philosophy worked as the Chargers recorded 10 pins
in their opening match win against No. 10, Peru, 64-12. The
quickest coming at 120 where Corwyn Hall pinned his guy in
0:35.
The Chargers then disposed of No. 3, Delta, 36-27. Cole
Slavens at 195 earned the deciding point, pinning Sebastian
Brown to earn the team win and advance to the championship
bracket.
“Cole wrestles hard all the time,” Swain said. “He just
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needs to keep it rolling.”
Tanner Webster had one of the Chargers’ 10 pins against Peru.
North opened their semi-final match with Bellmont. HowSlavens finished the day at 4-0, while Tucker Moseley,
ever, the Bears were up to the challenge, taking all but three
Brady Miller, and Isaac Fruits finished 3-1.
weight classes. They won the match 54-12.
“Tucker and Corwyn wrestled well,” Swain said. “Al“Bellmont’s a good team and, unfortunately, we didn’t
though, Alec Rossitis, didn’t win, he wrestled hard.”
wrestle our best that match,” Swain added. They beat Jim“Also, Micah Wray, who finished 2-2, won a big match
town in the championship match, 46-23, to win the title.
against Delta and his two losses were to state ranked guys,”
The Chargers faced No. 1 ranked Yorktown, who was
he continued.
upset by Jimtown, in the third place match.
The Chargers are back in action Tuesday against Western
The Chargers took a 24-23 lead after 10 matches behind
Boone. “In order to get back to Team State next year, we
back-to-back-to-back pins by Tanner Webster, Isaac Fruits
need to wrestle well at Sectional, Regional, and Semi-State,”
and Cole Slavens. However, the Tigers won the final four
Swain said.
matches to win it, 38-24.
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Mounties impressive in victory Panthers slip Southmont’s upset
By Scott Smith
By John O. Marlowe
NEW MARKET –
Southmont welcomed
2016 and the Riverton
Parke Panthers (0-10) to
Bob J. Tandy Gymnasium
Saturday evening for their
final tune-up before this
weekend’s Sugar Creek
Classic.
The Mounties jumped
out to a 22-6 first quarter
lead and never looked
back, throttling the Panthers 88-41.
“It was a great game
for us to start with as it
allowed us to get warmed
up after the Christmas
break,” Southmont coach
Jon Sparks said. “We were
able to see some different
defenses and our guys
recognized and handled
those well.”
“It also allowed us
to play some different
defenses,” he continued.
“Plus, we played quite a
few people and everybody
scored.”
The Mounties shot 40
percent in the first quarter on their way to the
16 point lead. They were
helped by 11 Panther turnovers. Kaleb Swick had
seven and Camden Chadd
five.
Chadd added another
10 in the second quarter
as the Mounties took a 15
point lead to halftime.
Southmont continued
their torrid shooting in the
third quarter connecting
on 64 percent of their
attempts as they extended
NEW MARKET – Mounties coach Susan McVay enjoys telling her girls in the
post-game talk just how well they played,
but cringes when she has to add the word
“but”.
The “but” in Saturday night’s contest
was that – for a play here and a little more
poise there – her Lady Mounties had a
good chance of upsetting 1A #10 ranked
Riverton Parke. Instead, Southmont had to
settle for another hard-fought loss, 51-45.
“I’m just tired of coming up short,”
McVay shrugged. “I just don’t want to
take away from the positives. We had a lot
of positives tonight. Yet, we just have to
be smarter in certain areas.”
The Panthers Jessica Organ hit two free
throws with 31 seconds remaining. Tayler
Vauter added two more on the next possession to end the furious Southmont rally,
which saw the Mounties erase a 12-point
second half deficit.
The Southmont surge began at the 1:29
mark of the fourth quarter when Brittany
Barrett hit a 3-point shot from deep in the
corner to close the lead to six points, 4438. Twenty seven seconds later, Reagan
Case hit another bomb off Kasey Burton’s
poke to keep the ball alive. The gap shortened to five at 46-41.
With 45 seconds in the contest, Kasey
Burton’s put-back bucket made it a one
possession game.
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When two free throws by Panther
Brittany
Barrett
factored
in eight points
Vauters rimmed out, Southmont found
and drained a 3-pointer to start a rally.
themselves in a position to tie. But in the
excitement, the Lady Mounties fumbled
a four-point 26-22 halftime lead in the
into a costly turnover, which snuffed out
third quarter. Marissa Bovair shot herself
the chance. The Panthers paraded to the
to a share of game-high 16 point scoring
foul stripe to convert the game-clinching
honors with 4-of-6 shooting from beyond
freebies.
the arc.
“We kept fighting and I love that,”
Southmont’s Reagan Chase equaled the
McVay stated. “We are learning. But we
high mark at 16 points and Kasey Burton
still make mental errors that we just can’t
scored 14. “I wasn’t sure how we would
make.”
come out of the break, but I am pleased
Riverton Parke’s willingness to launch
with our energy tonight,” McVay said.
rainbows enabled the Panthers to widen
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Jarrett Todd shot over .500, going 6-for-11 with 16 pts.
their lead to 22, 59-37.
Coach Sparks felt ball
movement was a factor in
their good shooting percentage in the quarter.
“It helps that our best
players are our best passers,” he said. “We really
teach and encourage that
in practice, and guys are
catching that bug. Good
ball movement makes everyone a threat and that’s
what we want.”
Southmont scored 29
points in the final quarter
while resting their starters.
The reserves only surrendered four Panther points
for the final margin.
The Mounties had four
in double figures led by
Chadd’s 21. Jarrett Todd
had 16, Swick 13, and
Cole Wemer came off
the bench with 12. Chadd
and Swick each had seven
boards for the Mounties.
Southmont (5-4, 0-3
SAC) will face Crawfordsville in game one of the
Sugar Creek Classic next
Friday at North Montgomery at 6 p.m.
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