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Local trooper honored by ISP
INDIANAPOLIS — Columbia
City native and local trooper Jonathan Amburgey was among six Fort
Wayne District troopers honored by
the Indiana State Police last week.
An awards ceremony was held at
the Indiana Government Center in
Indianapolis.
ISP Superintendent Douglas G.
Carter presented Amburgey, Christopher Kinsey, Anthony Repass,
Trent Kiefer, Donald Stoffel and Caleb Anderson with awards for various acts of service.
Amburgey was awarded a Life-
Amburgey earns lifesaving award from April 2015 event
saving Award for his actions on
April 4, 2015.
Amburgey responded to a residence north of Columbia City, in
Whitley County, where a man was
reportedly not breathing.
Upon his arrival, Amburgey observed a father giving his 29-yearold son CPR.
Amburgey and other emergency
personnel relieved the father and
continued to administer CPR until a
faint pulse was detected and the victim began to gasp for air.
However, after about a minute,
the victim’s heart stopped beating
again. CPR was continued allowing
medics to perform more advanced
lifesaving measures.
After about 40 minutes, these efforts made it possible for the victim
to be transported to the hospital.
ISP officials say the young man continues his recovery from this life-
threatening incident and is making
plans to complete his college degree.
Trooper Amburgey is “commended for his extraordinary conduct in
saving the life of a fellow human being,” a press release from the Indiana State Police reads.
Trooper Christopher Kinsey was
awarded the Bronze Star for his
actions in helping to save a man
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Jonathan Amburgey
Alleged
attackers
set to
appear
Fishing fun
By NICOLE MINIER
The Post & Mail
Anderson added that there are rules
saying only sticks and other natural
wood products can be burned there,
along with leaves and grass clippings.
However, Carrano said citizens are
not following the rules, tossing garbage bags filled with trash into the
burn piles. She added that since the
fires are not monitored, there is an
increased risk of the fire spreading to
nearby weeds and trees, especially in
the dry summer months.
“We would prefer there is no burning unless someone is standing there,”
Carrano said. “We really prefer there is
no burning at all.”
COLUMBIA CITY — Two
of three alleged attackers are
slated to appear in Whitley
County Circuit Court this
month.
Henry Wright, 25, of Fort
Wayne, is scheduled for a
pretrial conference today, and
Dennis Thomas, 43, of Fort
Wayne, is set
to appear next
Monday.
Wright
Wright,
Thomas and
Camara Benson, who isn’t
scheduled to
appear in court
until May,
are accused
of attacking
Thomas
a woman in
Columbia City
last December.
According to court
documents, the
men allegedly
kidnapped and Benson
robbed a woman. Wright is
also charged with rape.
In a previous court hearing, Wright requested an expert witness to review DNA
evidence collected from the
scene.
A four-day trial was tentatively set for Tuesday, April
26 at 9 a.m.
According to court documents, Wright, Thomas and
Benson were in a vehicle behind the victim’s van, then
bumped their car into the
back of her van.
When the woman got out
of her vehicle, Wright allegedly approached her and
forced her into the back of
her van, striking her.
Police reports say Ben-
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Post & Mail photo / Nicole Minier
Fishermen were shoulder-to-shoulder at Morsches Park’s pond Saturday
morning for the annual fishing derby sponsored by the Indiana Department
of Natural Resources. The DNR stocked the pond with trout last week,
Historical society
announces annual
banquet, dinner
COLUMBIA CITY —
Whitley County’s Historical Society’s Annual
Dinner will be held Saturday, April 30, at noon
at the Whitley County
Agricultural Museum
located at 680 W. Squawbuck Road in Columbia
City.
Dr. Russell Gilliom
will be the guest speaker.
His topic will be about
“The Early History and
Development of Whitley
County.”
There will be an award
ceremony and prizes
will be given away. The
public is invited. For res-
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making the free fishing day enjoyable for attendees. DNR officials held a
contest for youngesters, awarding winners with fishing gear donated by
area businesses. See Page A2 for more photos.
Brush burning an issue
in South Whitley’s park
By NICK RUPERT
The Post & Mail
SOUTH WHITLEY — Town officials
discussed burning piles of tree limbs
and refuse at South Whitley Town
Park last week.
Teresa Carrano of the South Whitley
Park Board said bylaws state there is
to be no burning on park grounds at
all. She presented the problem at last
week’s town council meeting.
Carrano said the area in the park
that was once used for compost (grass
clippings and leaves) has been used to
burn tree limbs and sometimes refuse
for the last three years.
“I have complained about it for
three years,” Carrano said. “There is
not to be any burning in the park, period.”
She also said whoever burns the pile
does not stick around to monitor the
flames, which also violates park bylaws.
Wastewater Operator Ron Anderson
said town employees have been starting the fires.
“We burn it daily,” Anderson said.
“When we sold the property on Hathaway Drive about 10-12 years ago,
we moved that dump site (to the park)
for brush because where we go is on
private property. So we let the community bring stuff (to the park) and we
burn it.”
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The few, the proud, the maxed-out Trump donors
WASHINGTON (AP) — Letantia
Bussell, a Beverly Hills dermatologist, says she appreciates Donald
Trump’s “unique personality.” Peter Zieve, an engineer in Washington, loves Trump because “the guy’s
a person, not a robot.” Daniel Arias,
an El Salvadoran immigrant in
Florida, is positive Trump will put
an end to newcomers “coming here
and begging for food stamps.”
They are the few, the proud, the
maxed-out Trump donors.
The leader of the Republican presidential contest ridicules donors and
insists he is a billionaire who wants
to “self-fund.” Yet there’s a prominent “donate” button on his cam-
paign website, and he has raised
more than $9.5 million, including
from about 200 people who have
given $2,700, the maximum allowed
by law for the primary election.
Because it’s such a relatively small
sample — a tiny sliver compared
with Hillary Clinton’s nearly 29,000
maxed-out donors — it’s impossible
to reach broad conclusions about
Trump’s benefactors. Still, these are
arguably the most loyal of Trump
fans, and their interviews with The
Associated Press reveal unexpected
layers of the political newcomer’s
appeal.
They’re both attracted and repelled by Trump’s inflammatory
comments. Just like the thousands
who attend Trump’s massive rallies,
these well-off fans want dramatic
change and see Trump as the only
person capable of making it happen.
And far from being embarrassed by
their candidate, the donors seem to
love converting their friends and associates to the cause.
Fishermen galore!
Above, more than 100 fishermen of all ages turned out for Saturday’s fishing derby at
Morsches Park. The annual event promotes fishing, especially for youngsters, through a
youth competition with prizes. The event took place on one of Indiana’s free fishing days,
where residents can fish without a license. Right, Mitchell Platt (left) helps his sons,
Max and Isaiah (right), pick out worms for their hooks.
Hammond worker dies after
tree falls on him in Illinois
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — Investigators
are checking into whether a landscaping
and tree-cutting service was properly licensed after a northwestern Indiana man
employed by the company died after apparently being struck by part of a tree.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office pronounced 20-year-old Romero Tirado of
Hammond dead at a hospital at 1:25 p.m.
Saturday, shortly after the incident in
nearby Dolton, Illinois. Dolton Police Chief
Robert M. Collins Jr. tells The (Munster)
Times that a company known as Pablo’s
Tree Service had been retained by a homeowner to cut down a tree. Collins says a
section of the tree being cut down by another employee apparently fell and struck
Tirado, who was standing on a sidewalk.
Pentagon misled lawmakers
on military sexual assault cases
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The Pentagon misled Congress
with inaccurate and vague information about sexual assault
cases that portrayed civilian
law enforcement officials as
less willing than military commanders to punish sex offenders, an Associated Press investigation found.
Local district attorneys
and police forces failed to act
against U.S. service members
who were subsequently prosecuted in military courts for
sex crimes, according to internal government records that
summarized the outcomes of
dozens of cases. But in a number of cases, the steps taken by
civilian authorities were described incorrectly or omitted.
Honored,
Other case descriptions were
too imprecise to be verified.
There also is nothing in
the records that supports the
primary reason the Pentagon
told Congress about the cases
in the first place: To show top
military brass as hard-nosed
crime fighters who insisted on
taking the cases to trial.
The records were obtained
through the Freedom of Information Act by the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, which provided the
documents exclusively to
AP. Protect Our Defenders is
scheduled to release a report
Monday that criticizes the
Pentagon’s use of the cases to
undermine support for Senate
legislation that would man-
date a major change in the way
the military handles sexual assault allegations.
The bulk of the cases involved soldiers. Army spokeswoman Tatjana Christian said
the case descriptions were
written by service attorneys
who had “personal and direct
knowledge of the circumstances.” She said they contacted
the local authorities in each
case to ensure the description
was accurate, although there
is no indication of that in the
summaries. The Army declined to make a service official available for an interview.
Previously, the more than
90 cases had been discussed
publicly only as statistics that
underpinned the Pentagon’s
objections to the Senate bill,
the Military Justice Improvement Act.
Three years ago, Navy Adm.
James Winnefeld, then the vice
chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, used the numbers to
warn a Senate panel that if approved, the bill would result in
fewer sexual assault cases going to trial. Winnefeld retired
from military service last year.
In response to the AP’s reporting, Joint Chiefs of Staff
spokesman Richard Osial described the information that
Winnefeld provided the committee as a snapshot based
on data that was supplied by
the military services. “He had
confidence to go with it,” Osial
said.
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trapped in a vehicle that was submerged in Big Bower Lake in Steuben
County on July 23, 2015. Kinsey responded to the dispatch and met with
an area resident who heard the vehicle
enter the lake and said that the occupant was still inside.
The vehicle was submerged on its
passenger side in about 10 feet of water.
Kinsey dove down and was able use
a window punch to break a back window. He was only able to locate the occupant by touch due to the murky conditions.
He dove down several times until a
trained diver from the Steuben County
Sheriff Department’s Underwater Rescue Team arrived.
Together, with a third officer, they removed the victim from the vehicle and
swam him to shore. He was flown by
air ambulance to Parkview Regional
Medical Center in Fort Wayne where
he was pronounced dead three times
before being resuscitated. Trooper Kinsey’s actions “involved personal bravery and self-sacrifice at a level beyond
expectations.”
Trooper Anthony Repass was awarded a Lifesaving Award for his actions
on December 25, 2015.
Repass responded to a dispatch of an
unresponsive man in a pickup truck at
the intersection of U.S, 224 and Ind. 1
in Wells County. Repass arrived within
one minute, determined the unresponsive man did not have a pulse and immediately began to administer CPR.
Once the medics arrived, they assumed medical care on their way to the
hospital. The victim’s heart returned to
a normal rhythm after hospital emergency personnel shocked him 14 times.
Doctors indicated that if Repass had not
acted not only as he had, but as quickly
as he had, the outcome would have
been “detrimental” to the patient’s
health.
Trooper Repass is “commended for
his extraordinary conduct in saving the
life of a fellow human being.”
Master Trooper Trent Kiefer was
awarded a Lifesaving Award for his actions on December 5, 2015.
Kiefer, who was off-duty and shopping at Walmart in Huntington, when
he encountered a 48-year-old unconscious man without a pulse in the parking lot. Kiefer immediately ran to his
police vehicle and retrieved his automatic external defibrillator (AED).
Upon applying the AED to the man’s
chest, it advised that a shock was necessary. Kiefer applied the shock and within moments, medics arrived to resume
life-saving efforts.
The victim was said to have been
breathing on his own before being
transported to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Medics credited Kiefer’s quick actions for directly
contributing to the life-saving efforts
for the victim.
Master Trooper Kiefer is “commended for his extraordinary conduct in saving the life of a fellow human being.”
Master Trooper Donald Stoffel was
awarded as the 2015 Fort Wayne District Trooper of the Year.
This award was presented to Stoffel for achieving outstanding enforcement efforts in the areas of traffic and
criminal enforcement, case and crash
investigations, public information programs and community service; and for
exemplifying the professionalism and
integrity expected of an Indiana State
Trooper.
The OWI Award was presented to
Trooper Caleb Anderson for his efforts
in removing impaired and intoxicated
motorists from Indiana’s roadways.
Anderson was awarded for his efforts
of arresting 46 impaired drivers in 2015.
“The actions and dedication to duty
of troopers Kinsey, Amburgey, Repass,
Kiefer, Stoffel and Anderson are in
keeping with the finest traditions of
law enforcement and reflect great credit
upon themselves and the Indiana State
Police Department,” states the press release from the Indiana State Police.
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This is achieved through educational programs, artifact
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The museum is located at 108 W. Jefferson St. in Columbia
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and Friday, 9 a.m. to noon. Admission is free.
Dinner for the annual banquet will be catered by Jill Daniel Catering and the cost per person is $18.
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son stole money from the woman through an ATM while
Wright allegedly sexually assaulted her. Thomas is charged
for driving the getaway vehicle.
The woman flagged down a Columbia City Police officer
shortly after the men fled.
Wright’s rape charge has a sentencing range of 20 to 40
years. He is being held on a $250,000 surety bond. Thomas
was indicted for aiding in kidnapping, which has a sentencing range of 10 to 30 years.
Benson is charged with kidnapping and robbery. Kidnapping has a sentencing range of 10 to 30 years and robbery has
a range of 3 to 16 years.
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Town Council President Bill Boggs said he will look into
solutions to the issue, which may include finding a new
place to burn community brush.
“We can’t really stand there and watch a burn pile for nine
hours a day,” Anderson said. “We are going to need to locate
an area for people to bring there stuff to burn.”
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Senate leaders face GOP primary challenges
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The
two most-powerful leaders of the
Indiana Senate are working to fend
off Republican primary challengers
who have criticized their handling
of contentious issues in the GOPdominated General Assembly.
Indiana Senate President Pro
Tem David Long, of Fort Wayne,
faces criticism going into the May
3 primary from social conservatives for pushing an unsuccessful
proposal this year that would have
extended state anti-discrimination
protections to lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
The opponent to Senate Appropriations Chairman Luke Kenley
of Noblesville argues he hasn’t
done enough to boost funding for
schools and road projects in the
fast-growing suburban area north
of Indianapolis.
Both Long and Kenley have big
campaign funds and are taking the
challenges seriously — knowing
that they both claimed their current
Senate leadership positions after
their predecessors suffered Republican primary defeats.
John Kessler, director for Indiana
University-Purdue University Fort
Wayne’s Center for Economic Education, has picked up support from
tea party and social conservative
groups in opposing Long in a campaign that reflects the national rift
in the GOP between far-right conservatives and their establishment
counterparts.
Kessler, who opposes expanding
gay-rights protections, said Long
hasn’t been listening to voters in
the district after two decades in the
state Senate.
“He’s been here too long,” Kes-
sler said. “Let’s give the people of
our Senate district a voice and have
an alternative.”
Steve Shine, chairman of the Allen County Republican Party in
Fort Wayne, said state leaders like
Long often face local backlash because of the scope of their positions.
“He has another degree of leadership responsibilities in trying to
meld various opinions together
across the state,” Shine said. “He
not only serves people in the district, but he has to serve people of
the state given his leadership position.”
Long, who didn’t return messages seeking comment for this story,
said when Kessler entered the race
in February that he had anticipated
a primary challenge because of his
involvement with the gay-rights
proposal.
Scott Willis, a Westfield engineer
challenging Kenley, said the shortterm road funding plan that Kenley
helped negotiate through the Legislature this year didn’t do enough to
help local communities. He said he
also thinks the state’s school funding formula neglects suburban areas like Hamilton County.
“At a minimum, you have to
be engaged with your community,” Willis said. “From what I’ve
learned, that has not been happening, and the leaders throughout my
district have been frustrated with
what’s come out of the Senate.”
But Kenley, who has a hand in
nearly all money-related matters
before the Legislature, said he has
had to balance the funding needs
for growing school districts with
those in lower-income urban and
rural areas.
“It has taken some time to put equity in the funding formula,” Kenley said. “I’m probably one of the
guys in the Senate that has pushed
hardest.”
Long and Kenley both understand the perils that legislative
leaders can face in a primary.
Long’s predecessor as Senate chief
— Sen. Robert Garton, of Columbus
— held the spot for 26 years before
he was defeated in the 2006 primary, while a previous Senate budget
writer Larry Borst, of Greenwood,
lost a 2004 primary challenge after
36 years in office.
Long, who started 2016 with
more than $650,000 in campaign
money, has aired television ads in
Fort Wayne. One of those featured
the chairwoman of the county
Right to Life chapter endorsing him
in an appeal to social conservatives.
Torso recovered from
White River in Indy
Win over Warsaw
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis
firefighters have recovered what appears
to be a man's torso from the White River in
downtown Indianapolis.
Police and firefighters were sent to the
bank of the river just north of the Indianapolis Zoo after boaters found the torso
Sunday morning.
Firefighters brought the torso to shore.
Police say no identification or information was available including race or age or
how the torso ended up in the water.
The Marion County Coroner's Office
will investigate this case until a determination is made on cause and manner of
death. Police say the coroner's office will
make a positive identification at the appropriate time.
Driver trapped
in SUV wreckage near
Fort Wayne for hours
AVILLA, Ind. (AP) — Authorities in
northeast Indiana say a driver was trapped
in the wreckage of his SUV for hours after
it rolled over and came to rest on its roof.
The Noble County Sheriff’s Department
says 27-year-old Jordan Cronin of Kendallville was being treated for facial injuries
at a Fort Wayne hospital after the accident
was reported at daybreak Saturday.
Thirty-one-year-old passenger Michael
Willets Jr. told officers he believes the crash
occurred between 10 and 11 p.m. Friday after the two left Fort Wayne.
Investigators say the SUV was headed
north on State Route 3 near the town of
Avilla and travelling about 100 mph when
it struck an embankment, and went airborne for more than 50 yards before landing nose-first and rolling over.
Officers say Willits suffered abrasions to
his side.
Post & Mail photo / Mark Parker
Columbia City third baseman Sammy Winebrenner makes the throw to first during Saturdays 11-7 win over Warsaw. See Page A10 for more coverage.
‘Haunted’ Ind. infirmary
lures ghost hunters
WINCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — The rooms
on the second floor of the Randolph County Infirmary are painted in red light as the
sun sets in Winchester. The dimming glow
catches on warped glass, wispy curtains and
the odd shapes protruding from the decayed
walls of the hospital.
In a few moments, there is only impenetrable darkness. A woman screams.
The sound muffles through old floorboards. The encroaching darkness seems to
trigger whatever is happening in the building’s basement. Down creaky stairs, at the
end of a dusty, stone and concrete corridor,
eight figures huddle in the infirmary kitchen
near a waist-high wooden block once used as
a base for chopping raw meat. The woman
who screamed, Jamie Toney-Terharr, rejoins
the group after a short retreat into an adjacent dining area.
“Something pulled the back of my shirt!”
she yells. A few people in the kitchen laugh.
A man standing near the center of the
group, Scott Felger, holds a device that crackles as it emits a multi-color light display,
casting angular shadows against the frayed
wallpaper of the kitchen as it cycles backward through radio frequencies. Occasionally, it sounds like someone is trying to speak
through the device. They call it a spirit box.
The group grows silent as Felger asks the
room a question.
“How did you hurt your head?”
They wait. No response.
“We want to know,” Felger says more intently, “how did you hurt your head?”
Something appears to answer.
The sound of small objects smacking the
linoleum floor reverberate from opposite
corners in the kitchen. It’s impossible to tell
what source the noises are coming from in
the dark. The sounds inspire another scream
and a quick retreat from Jamie.
This is one of many encounters the two
overnight tour groups have inside the infirmary. The investigation teams capture
bizarre audio recordings known as EVPs.
One group witnesses a plank of wood being tossed across the cavernous space of the
building’s attic. Some hear footsteps, some
say they see “shadow people” trudging between doorways in the darkened basement
hallway.
Israeli army charges
soldier for killing
wounded Palestinian
Champs back in Boston, but top
Americans are resting for Rio
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli military court
charged a soldier on Monday with manslaughter
for last month’s fatal shooting of wounded Palestinian attacker in the West Bank, an incident caught
on tape that has deeply divided the nation.
The soldier, a medic whose name was not released under a gag order, has also been charged
with inappropriate military conduct. The shooting
took place last month in Hebron, a West Bank city
that has been a focal point of a seven-month wave
of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
BOSTON (AP) — With the top American marathoners resting for the Rio Olympics, Neely Spence Gracey could be the
best U.S. hope for a podium finish in Boston on Monday.
Gracey, 26, of Superior, Colorado, is
an eight-time NCAA Division II national
champion who will be making her marathon debut.
But in a way, she has been a marathoner
all her life.
Gracey is the daughter of 1991 world
championship bronze medalist Steve
Spence. Her father finished 19th — the No.
2 American overall — in the 1989 Boston
Marathon, and Gracey was born on Patriots’ Day in 1990 while her father was running the race.
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“I grew up hearing all about that story,”
she said.
Gracey was planning to run in the
Olympic trials in February but a problem
with her left foot convinced her she wasn’t
ready. Instead, she was on track for Boston.
“I always knew once I started running
competitively that I was going to be running Boston,” she said. “But I didn’t know
it would be this soon.”
Defending champions Lelisa Desisa and
Caroline Rotich will lead the field of more
than 30,000 runners across the start in Hopkinton on Monday morning for the 26.2mile trek to Boston’s Back Bay. Defending
wheelchair champions Marcel Hug and
Tatyana McFadden will also return.
But most of the top Americans will sit
out the race, having run in the U.S. Olympic Trials in Los Angeles in February.
After losing her left leg in the 2013 finish-line explosions, Adrianne Haslet decided that she would return to the course
— this time as a runner. She will be one of
31 members of the One Fund community
— survivors of the attacks, their families
and supporters_in the field.
“A lot of people think about the finish
line,” she said. “I think about the start
line.”
Patrick Downes, a Boston College graduate who had his left leg amputated after
the bombings, is also entered. Downes, 32,
was a runner before the bombing, having
completed the race in 2005 with his wife,
who lost both legs in the attacks.
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Watch the puddles; Starting their engines, for the first time
birds are everywhere
April showers bring puddles as well as the flowers
that bloom in May. The rain that falls in April creates the
puddles, shallow pools of water beside country roads and
farmers’ lanes, in fields and in woods. And every puddle is
a place to look for birds.
Birds are seen almost everywhere in April, not just in
and around puddles. April is a month of extreme avian
activity. Resident birds, those that stay with us year-round,
are establishing territories,
mating, many of
them are beginning to nest.
Other birds
are migrating
through, passing
Neil Case
by us, going to
nest in more
northern territories. There are birds everywhere, on lakes
and ponds, in marshes, along rivers and streams, in every
forest plot and woods and in open fields.
When I drive along a country road though open country
or go to a lake or a marsh I know what birds to look for,
what birds to expect. Looking for birds in puddles is different. Puddles are temporary. The birds that may be seen
there are short time visitors. Indeed, puddles are usually
short-lived. Puddles are places to expect the unexpected.
Recently, for example, when driving through a wooded
area that was partly flooded, an area where we might see an
ovenbird on the ground when it is not flooded, my daughter and I saw three wood ducks. My wife and I once saw
a northern waterthrush on a log in a temporarily flooded
area in a woods. I have seen woodcock in puddles in grassy
fields, usually near a woods.
The first time I ever saw a sora it was in a puddle. That
puddle, too, was in a woods, a pastured woods. There were
cows among the trees near where I spotted the sora. The
first time I ever saw a phalarope it was in a puddle by a
country toad. It was a Wilson’s phalarope and it was swimming.
Perhaps the most rare bird sighting I ever had was in a
puddle. My wife and I were driving on a highway in northern Indiana, saw birds to one side of the road ahead. We
stopped to look, trained our binoculars on the birds, and
found six black-necked stilts.
Black-necked stilts are not rare birds in their normal
range but that range does not include Indiana. In “Birds
of Indiana,” Russell Mumford and Charles Keller wrote
“this species, of a more western and southern distribution,
is listed as hypothetical in Indiana.” They cite only two reports of black-necked stilts in the state. One sighting was
in 1886 in Monroe County. The second sighting was 1973 in
Warrick County. My wife and I saw them in Noble County.
Did we make a mistake in identifying the stilts? Not a
chance. A black-necked stilt is a tall, slender bird, black and
white with a long neck, long, red legs and a long, pointed,
black bill. There is no other bird like a black-necked stilt.
I’ve seen mallards and black ducks, blue-winged and
green-winged teal and American wigeon swimming in
puddles. I’ve seen snowy and great egrets wading in puddles and in the shallow water of lakes and marshes. I’ve
seen long-billed and short-billed dowitchers, greater and
lesser yellowlegs, dunlins and some of the smaller sandpipers, birds that birders call peeps, wading in puddles. I
saw a black-bellied plover once in a puddle in a gravel pit.
I’ve seen ring-billed and herring and Bonaparte’s gulls in
and flying over puddles and in fields around puddles.
“So when it’s raining, have no regrets” all you birdwatchers because rain creates puddles and puddles attract birds.
So go out after every rain this month, stop at every puddle,
and you just might see a black-necked stilt or some other
bird so rare in Indiana that it is considered hypothetical for
the state.
Neil Case resides in Noble County, is retired from the Indiana
Department of Natural Resources and has penned Outdoor Notes
for nearly four decades.
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Today is Monday, April 18, the 109th day of 2016. There
are 257 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On April 18, 1966, “The Sound of Music” won the Oscar for best picture of 1965 at the 38th Academy Awards.
The first Major League baseball game
Today
played on AstroTurf took place at the
Houston Astrodome as the Los Angeles
in History
Dodgers defeated the Astros 6-3. Bill
Russell was named player-coach of the Boston Celtics, becoming the NBA’s first black coach.
On this date:
In 1775, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, warning American colonists that the British were coming.
Today’s Birthdays: Actress Barbara Hale is 95. Actor
Clive Revill is 86. Actor James Drury is 82. Actor Robert
Hooks is 79. Actress Hayley Mills is 70. Actor James Woods
is 69. Actress-director Dorothy Lyman is 69. Actress Cindy
Pickett is 69. Country musician Walt Richmond (The Tractors) is 69. Country musician Jim Scholten (Sawyer Brown)
is 64. Actor Rick Moranis is 63. Actress Melody Thomas
Scott is 60. Actor Eric Roberts is 60. Actor John James is 60.
Actress Jane Leeves is 55.
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This is one in a series of essays leading up
to the celebration of the Indiana Bicentennial in December 2016.
On May 30, 1911, 40 gentlemen started their engines for the inaugural Indianapolis 500 Mile Race.
Indiana has never been the same.
No single event is as closely associated with Hoosiers as is the Indy 500,
dubbed the Greatest Spectacle in Racing
by a radio copywriter in 1955.
When an automotive entrepreneur,
Carl G. Fisher, first conceived of a
speedway in the early 1900s, he had no
idea what a spectacle it would become.
His goal was to have a testing facility
for new cars that would occasionally
pit manufacturers against each other
to compare speed, gas mileage and the
like. “He believed that success on the
track would translate into showroom
sales,” explains Indy 500 historian Donald Davidson.
Fisher and three partners formed
a company, purchased farmland and
opened a 2½-mile track in 1909. When
the original surface of crushed rock and
tar caused multiple accidents, they redid the surface with 3.2-million bricks.
At first, the track sponsored three-day
meets with numerous races, but those
events did not prove popular. In 1911,
the owners announced a new format: an
all-day race of 500 miles, to be held annually on Memorial Day weekend, with
generous prize money.
That year Ray Harroun drove his
No. 32 Marmon “Wasp” to victory before an estimated 90,000 spectators. His
average speed was 74 miles per hour.
Notably, Harroun’s car was the only
one-seater. The other drivers had riding
mechanics in the passenger seat, who
manually pumped oil and turned their
heads constantly to check for oncoming
traffic.
In response to complaints his car
might pose a safety hazard, Harroun
had installed a mirror above the steering area, an automotive accessory that
would soon be deemed indispensable
on consumer automobiles.
From the beginning the 500 “attracted
immense crowds, and soon people were
coming from everywhere,” wrote Jeanette C. Nolan in her 1943 history “Indianapolis, Hoosier City”: “European
visitors timed their tours to include
the Memorial Day race in Indianapolis.
The novelty of its appeal seemed never
to wear off, for each year was different and more exciting; more spectators,
more entrants, larger prizes, previous
speed records shattered to bits.”
Indeed, change has been constant
since the first race. To increase safety,
the Board of the American Automobile
Association, the first sanctioning body,
mandated a formula limiting the size
of the starting field based on track size.
With a few exceptions, the lineup has
been 33 ever since.
In 1927, Fisher and partners sold the
track to an investor group headed by
World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker, himself a race car driver. During World War II, the track deteriorated
due to inactivity, and it was sold again
in 1945 to Anton “Tony” Hulman who
repaved most of the surface, built new
and improved grandstands and increased the purse.
In 1977, the famous start-of-race command, “Gentlemen, start your engines,”
was altered to “Lady and gentlemen”
to reflect the entry of the first woman
qualifier, Janet Guthrie.
Over 100 years, three drivers have
won the Indianapolis 500 four times:
A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears. The
fastest official lap recorded was 237.498
miles per hour by Arie Luyendyk during qualifying May 12, 1996.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Hall of Fame Museum was established
in 1956 to preserve the Speedway’s history and honor IndyCar winners as well
as leading figures from other motorsports, including NASCAR and Grand
Prix.
The museum features trophies, goggles, race memorabilia and dozens of
historic race cars, including Harroun’s
Wasp with its original body manufactured by the Marmon Motor Car Co. of
Indianapolis.
Andrea Neal is a teacher at St. Richard’s
Episcopal School in Indianapolis and adjunct scholar with the Indiana Policy Review Foundation.
Another spring flower painted by a master
Our daffodil artist Morrisott, as featured in the last column, was an impressionist.
This column features Judith Jans
Leyster who, like most Dutch masters,
was a realist and creator of lovely tulips. Leyster, considered a Dutch Golden Age painter, was one of only three
females recognized for their art during
this era.
For years after her death at the age
of 50 in 1660 her work was credited to
Frans Hals, but in 1893 Hofstede de
Groot dug a little deeper and proved
seven paintings to be her work. Leyster
had a very distinguishable monogram
signature which was also a play on her
name. She signed her work with her
initials JL attached to a star. Lei-star
represented “Lead star” but was also
the name of her father’s brewery. It was
the discovery of the monogram which
helped authenticate her work as she seldom used her real signature.
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Her famous still-life tulip is quite
different from much of her other work
which leaned toward many variants of
the Dutch people she knew in scenes of
daily life. Her self-portrait is in our own
National Gallery of Art in Washington
D.C. It is thought she became an artist
to help her family when her father went
bankrupt. Her life was quite colorful
and in 1636 she married the Dutch artist Jan Molenaer and moved with him
to Amsterdam. It is believed they collaborated on several works but Molenaer was much more prolific and, once
she had begun to have a family and
In times of need
Food banks
available locally
•Churubusco United Methodist Church,
750 N. Main St., 693-2154 or 693-3104. Food
give-away from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. No income restrictions. A food pantry
for Churubusco, Smith Twp. and surrounding area residents is also available by calling
the church at 693-2154 or 693-3104.
•In South Whitley, 105 E. Market St.
open Tuesday, 6-8 p.m.; Thursday, 6-8
p.m. Contact: 260 212-2964.
•Big Lake Church of God, 6955 N. SR
109. Call 691-3503. Open 6 to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday. Proof of residence and identification required. Serving:WCCS, Central/West Noble school districts.
•Council on Aging, 710 Opportunity Dr.
248-8944, open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday for seniors 60 and
over.
•Grace Lutheran Church, 204 N. Main
St. 244-7118. Open from noon to 2 p.m. on
Wednesday and Friday, serving Columbia
City and Larwill residents.
•St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church,
315 S. Line St., 244-5723. Open from 10 a.m.
to noon Monday. (St. Vincent DePaul Pantry
on north parking lot) Contact 244-3879.
•Tri-Lakes Baptist Church ReNew Ministries Food Pantry open Thursdays from 1 to
3 p.m. No vouchers necessary. ID required.
Must reside in Whitley or Noble counties. Located at 5679 Center St., Tri-Lakes. Call 6912197 if questions.
•Impact Center Food Pantry, 1330 W. Business 30 (on West Van Buren Street) 244-3978.
Hours: Thursday only 1 to 5 p.m.
•New Life Fellowship, 204 S. Oak St., Columbia City, every fourth Sunday, 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.; second Friday, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Pastor Bob Chapman, 260 229-9840.
Free meal possibilities
•The Community Mid-Week Meal is a
free meal served 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every
Wednesday at the Columbia City United
Methodist Church, 605 N. Forest Parkway
in Columbia City, to anyone who would like
to partake. Donations welcomed, volunteers
needed. For more information, call 244-7671.
•The Warehouse, a church which meets
Sundays at The Center, for Whitley County
Youth, is hosting free meals to the commu-
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children, Leyster produced fewer and
fewer works of art.
Upcoming and current art events:
•New Exhibit of Senior Art Student
Show from Grace College at Warsaw
City Hall. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily.
•Congratulations to Penny French
Deal and Brenda Stichter, both wonderful artists from our area. Each of these
ladies was recently announced as winners for the Indiana State competition
held yearly by the Secretary of State.
Their work will hang in the Indiana
State House for the next year.
•Lakeland Art Association is now
hosting “Hoosier Beauty, Photographs
of Indiana,” a stunning exhibit of photographers Emily Deneve, Howard
Shoemaker, and Arturo Yanez. Open
through April 30 at 302 E. Winona Avenue Warsaw, Wednesday-Saturday,
11:30-4:30.
Contact artist/columnist Darla McCammon via email mcdar7@gmail.com.
Support groups that offer help
nity from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays at The
Center, 201 W. Market Street, Columbia City.
The meal is called “The Forklift.”
•Community of Hope Church, 208 W. Jackson St., Columbia City, hosts a free hot brunch
for all from 10-11:30 a.m. on the first Tuesday
of each month. Enter on parking lot side of
building (west side).
Clothing, medical aids
and non-food items
•The Salvation Army is located at 1200
W. Depoy, First Church of God, Columbia
City. Open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to
noon. Telephone 248-1711. Services open to
anyone living in Whitley County include:
backpacks and supplies for schools; child
abuse and domestic violence prevention; client-sufficiency programs; coats for children;
employment assistance; hygiene pantry;
nursing home visitation; shoes for school;
spiritual counseling and referrals, toys and
food for Christmas; transportation assistance; and Helpline furniture connection.
•Helpline of Whitley County, Col-umbia
City United Methodist Church, 605 N. Forest Parkway, Columbia City, phone 260
248-2601. Do you need furniture or do you
have furniture you no longer need? To donate items, call the Helpline number above.
To receive items, call the Salvation Army at
260 248-1711. A voucher for furniture pickup
will be provided at the Helpline barn.
•Tri-Lakes Baptist Church ReNew Ministries free clothing give-away Thursdays, 1-3
p.m.. Clothes for all; every size. Location in
the old parsonage next door to the church
at 5679 N. Center Street, Tri-Lakes. 691-2197.
•Eberhard Lutheran Church’s Clothing Bank is open Monday, 5 to 7 p.m., and
Wednesday, noon to 5 p.m. The church is
located south of Columbia City, 2360 W.
Keiser Road. Contact the church, 244-5059,
or Judy Thompson, 723-4644.
•New Hope Wesleyan Church’s Bridge of
Hope at 418 E. Chicago Street in Columbia
City offers free clothing on the third Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon.
•The Wolf Lake Free Health Clinic has
moved to Columbia City. The address is
524 Branch Court, across from Teghtmeyer
ACE Hardware. The Clinic is open the second and fourth Thursday each month from
1 p.m. until 7 p.m. For more call (260) 564-
1946 or send an e-mail to wolflakefhc@aol.
com. The Clinic sees patients who are at
least 18 years old and who are uninsured.
Patients with Medicare, Medicaid, VA benefits or any other form of health insurance
are not eligible for services provided by the
clinic.
The Wolf Lake Free Health Clinic provides only basic primary healthcare and
treatment of chronic health problems. The
Clinic does not provide care for Worker’s
Comp injuries, sexually transmitted diseases, mental health illnesses, OB/GYN
services, Immunizations, Physicals or Major
Medical issues. It is not a dental office and
does not assist with disability claims.
•Columbia City First Church of God, DePoy Drive at West Lincolnway and US 30.
Non-food pantry, located behind the church
building, serves Whitley County residents on
Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon. For information, call the church at 244-5959. Vouchers are
needed for cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items, and paper products. Clothing for
infants through adults is free. Donations of
gently used clothing and shoes are accepted.
Please bring clean items in a box or bag.
•Council on Aging, 710 Opportunity
Drive, Columbia City, 248-8944, 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. weekdays for medical supplies such as
wheelchairs, canes, crutches, walkers, bedside toilet chairs, free or loan.
•Help for the Homeless: The Lighthouse
is a transitional shelter in Columbia City. It
has a self-sufficiency program for the homeless that need help getting back on their feet.
Someone displaced from their home can
contact IFM at: 260-244-5266 or imission@
maplenet.net. After the phone interview a
face to face interview follows, the same day
if needed, and possible move in that day.
•Community of Hope Church, 208 W.
Jackson St., Columbia City, distributes a
one-month supply of hygiene items per
household for those who need it from 1011:30 a.m. on the first Tuesday of each
month. Enter on parking lot side of building
(west side).
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Is there something magical going on in my lawn?
I have received a couple of requests recently on an interesting phenomenon that
sometimes happens in home lawns. They are
called “fairy rings,” and they appear as dark
green circular bands in home lawns. Occasionally mushrooms appear from the ring.
While they can present problems for golf
courses and other professional turf managers, in the home lawn this condition is fairly
inconsequential.
As legend goes, fairies gather at night
and dance in a circle and dribble their fairy
dust. Wherever the fairy dust lands, that is
where the mushrooms pop up. An Irishman
once said that if you jump into the middle of
a fairy ring you would disappear. He then
said with the most sincere face, “Obviously,
I never jumped into the middle of one, because I am still here!”
Richard Latin, Professor of plant pathology at Purdue University, authored a Purdue Extension publication about fairy rings.
Below are some excerpts from Dr. Latin’s
publication.
Latin said fairy rings are caused by numerous types of soil-inhabiting fungi and
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occur in stands of all turfgrass species. The
appearance of fairy rings on high maintenance golf greens, sports turf and manicured landscapes is often unacceptable, even
though the symptoms are largely cosmetic
and result in no lasting turf damage.
Sometimes fairy ring activity kills turfgrass plants, and in those areas new growth
is very difficult to re-establish. Colonization
of soils by fairy ring fungi may contribute to
‘localized dry spot,’ a condition that is a serious concern on golf greens.
The dark green circular fairy rings may be
less than one foot to more than 100 feet in
diameter. Sometimes they appear as arcs or
incomplete circles, and may result in bands
of dead turf. The rings are more prevalent in
Columbia City native takes
lead in Manchester’s female
version of ‘The Odd Couple’
NORTH MANCHESTER — Most people
know about the 1960s version of “The Odd
Couple,” Neil Simon’s affectionate comedy
about unlikely roommates Oscar and Felix,
or about the 1970s TV sitcom it inspired.
Simon’s 1985 version with mismatched female roommates isn’t quite as well known.
This witty, edgy comedy is taking the stage
at Manchester University this month.
Manchester Theatre Society Presents “The
Odd Couple: Female Version” at 7 p.m. April
23 and 24 in Wampler Auditorium, 604 E.
College Ave., North Manchester.
dry soils, during dry months in summer and
fall. After extended periods of precipitation,
mushrooms (of all sorts) may be associated
with some fairy rings.
Rings develop as the fungi grow radially
through soil and thatch, breaking down organic matter. The breakdown releases ammonium, which is further reduced by other
microorganisms to nitrate. The nitrate stimulates growth ahead of the leading edge of
the ring. Hence, the darker green rings of
turf are actually the plant’s response to nitrogen release in the soil.
Latin said the simplest means of managing fairy rings is to use additional N fertilizer (spoon feed 0.1 – 0.25 pounds per 1,000
square feet) in the areas where rings occur
to mask the dark green bands. Another nonchemical method involves excavating soil
in affected areas, replacing soil, and re-establishing the turf. The excavation option is
obviously very expensive and only practiced
on very high maintenance golf and sports
turf.
Fungicides and fumigation options exist for professional turf managers, but most
homeowners can elect a light fertilization
option or a “no action” approach.
Latin said homeowners who manage their
own lawns should try to engage in peaceful coexistence with fairy rings. Although
the rings will normally appear in the same
place year after year, they may be barely visible and hardly a concern in some years. The
best way to deal with the rings is to mask
the dark green bands with small amounts
of additional fertilizer and regular mowing.
Investment in a spreader, small amounts of
fertilizer, and a little more time in affected
areas is much less expensive than excavation
or chemical options, and will more consistently produce satisfactory results.
For more information, access The Education Store for Purdue Extension at https://
mdc.itap.purdue.edu/. Search for Latin’s publication “Fairy Ring,” publication number
BP-113-W.
John Woodmansee is the extension educator
for Noble and Whitley counties with the Purdue
Extension office in the area of agriculture and
natural resources.
Racing to the invite title
It is free and open to the public.
Cast members are first-year student and
Columbia City native Katie Doehrmann as
Olive Madison, senior Kori Jennings as Florence Unger, Junior Larissa Valdez as Mickey,
senior Devin Clark as Renee, first-year Hannah Wales as Vera, first-year Haley Neilson
as Sylvie, first-year Sean Patton as Manolo
Costazuela and junior Stratton Smith as Jesus Costazuela.
Directors are Valdez and senior Logan
Rayl. Kira Hawkins is club sponsor and head
of the Theatre Department at MU.
Anti-violence group highlighting
Muncie boy wounded by attack
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — An 8-year-old
boy who was shot in Muncie last year is
becoming the face of a community antiviolence campaign.
Tyler Gordon was playing near a park
on the day of the shooting in May 2015.
He ran and hid behind bushes, but was hit
in the abdomen and hand. At first, he and
his sister, Tyliyah White, thought he was
shot by a BB gun. But he passed out later,
and the children’s grandmother, Bridgett
Ingram, said she knew what was later
confirmed by paramedics, that Tyler had a
bullet in his stomach.
Tyler underwent surgery at two hospitals, and Ingram said the bullet stayed inside him. He now has a long scar running
down his stomach, and might eventually
need more surgery to remove the bullet.
The Star Press reports Tyler and his
grandmother have joined the Unity Center
as spokespeople, and his picture will soon
be on billboards around town. The center
has received $5,000 from Champions for
a Safe Community for efforts to decrease
gun violence. The aim is to make the center a safe place to report gun activity and
teach children that reporting isn’t “snitching.”
“I hope it’s working,” Ingram said.
“(Children) can’t go out and play and enjoy themselves.”
The project is still being planned, but
the center hopes to have a gun drop-off
and speaking events. Two people were arrested after the shooting and are charged
with two counts each of attempted murder
and aggravated battery. Authorities allege
they fired gunshots May 6 and also struck
a 17-year-old.
Churubusco’s Sam Richards sprints to a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter dash,
earning the Eagles points toward their invitational title Saturday afternoon. For more
coverage of the ’Busco Invite, see Page A10.
Rescuers rush to trapped
residents as quakes kill 32
left 10 dead.
Japanese media reported that nearly
200,000 homes were without electricity, and that drinking water systems
had also failed in the area. TV video
showed people huddled in blankets,
sitting or lying shoulder-to-shoulder
on the floors of evacuation centers.
Hundreds of people lined up for rations at shelters before nightfall, bracing for the rainfall and strong winds.
Local stores quickly ran out of stock
and shuttered their doors, and people
said they were worried about running
out of food.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide
Suga said that 1,500 people had been
injured in the quakes. Tajima said that
184 were injured seriously, and that
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homes and other buildings were either
destroyed or damaged, she said.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed concern about secondary disasters, with forecasters predicting rain
and strong winds for later in the day.
With the soil already loosened by the
quakes, rainfall can set off mudslides.
Police received reports of 97 cases
of people trapped or buried under collapsed buildings, while 10 people were
caught in landslides in three municipalities in the prefecture, Japan’s Kyodo News agency reported.
TV video showed a collapsed student dormitory at Aso city’s Tokai University that was originally two floors,
but now looked like a single-story
building. A witness said he heard a cry
for help from the rubble. Two students
were reported to have died there.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Republican
candidates for U.S. Senate are getting ready to air
their differences in the only statewide televised debate ahead of the May 3 primary.
Candidates Marlin Stutzman and Todd Young meet
Monday evening in Indianapolis. The candidates are
both sitting congressmen who have been increasingly
hostile as the primary gets closer.
Young is trying to paint his tea party-backed rival as an ideologue who puts obstructionism over
passing legislation. And Stutzman has characterized
Young as a pawn of the establishment.
Both were first elected to Congress in 2010. The
Republican winner in the primary will face former
Democratic U.S. Rep. Baron Hill in the November
general election.
The seat is being vacated by retiring Republican
U.S. Sen. Dan Coats.
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troops and other rescuers rushed Saturday to save scores of trapped residents after a pair of strong earthquakes
in southwestern Japan killed at least
32 people, injured about 1,500 and left
hundreds of thousands without electricity or water.
Rainfall was forecast to start pounding the area soon, threatening to further complicate the relief operation and
set off more mudslides in isolated rural
towns, where people were waiting to
be rescued from collapsed homes.
Kumamoto prefectural official Riho
Tajima said the death toll stood at 22
from the magnitude-7.3 quake that
shook the Kumamoto region on the
southwestern island of Kyushu early
Saturday. On Thursday night, Kyushu
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~ Charles M. Schulz
How to react when informed someone is gay
Dear Annie:
have any additional
In the past year,
suggestions.
we have been
Dear Annie: I just
told that two
had to write and give
members of our
input regarding your
family are gay.
response to “My
One of them is
Brother’s Keeper.”
transgender. At
She said her brother
the time we were Annie’s
is dying of cancer
told, most of us
Mailbag and is in a nursing
were
speechhome, but they force
less. I did say,
him to wear dia“I wish you happy, love- pers and discourage him
ly days ahead.” But how from getting up to use the
would everyone want us bathroom. She wanted her
to respond? What would brother to maintain his
someone who recently dignity, but the staff was
came out as gay or trans- concerned about his fallgender like to hear? We ing. While your response
love them, and wish we was fine, it did not specifihad the right words.
cally answer her question,
Can one of your readers “Is there anything I can
help us out? We don’t want do?” The answer to that is
to say anything inappro- a resounding “Yes!”
priate. — Sincerely Want
I am a nurse with almost
to Know in Wilkes-Barre, 40 years of experience. I
Pennsylvania
have worked in nursing
Dear
Wilkes-Barre: homes and hospice, and
We think you handled have taught nursing stuthis exactly right. Your dents and staff about how
response was supportive to respond to such conwithout being intrusive. cerns. First, “Keeper” was
But we also assume that, absolutely correct in bringlike anyone else, LGBT ing this issue to the night
people have individual nurse. However, when she
preferences for how others did not receive a satisfacrespond to the news. And tory response, she should
we are certain they will have taken her concern
let us know whether they further up to the direc-
Puzzler
tor of nursing or even the
administrator.
All nursing homes are
mandated to adhere to certain standards intended
to protect the residents. It
is NOT acceptable to rely
on adult diapers instead
of providing each resident
with ways to meet their
basic care needs every
two hours. “Keeper” can
also call the 800 number
in her state to register a
complaint. The number is
usually provided in the
nursing home admission
papers and, by law, should
be posted within the facility. If she cannot find it, she
should ask.
The administrator or
director of nursing is going
to want to reach a win-win
result, not only because it
is the right thing to do,
but also if “Keeper” complains to the state, it opens
the door for a full-blown
survey in which other, possibly worse, things may
be discovered, leading to
financial implications and
the threat of closure.
Please let “My Brother’s
Keeper,” as well as other
family members with
loved ones in such facilities, know that she is right
to be concerned and there is
a way in which to address
her concern. —Advocating
Nurse Melissa
Dear Melissa: Thank
you so much for your
comprehensive response.
Every care facility should
have posted the names,
addresses and phone numbers of reporting agencies
such as the State Survey
Agency, State Licensure
Office, State Ombudsman
Program, Protection and
Advocacy Network and
Medicare Fraud Control
Unit. We also recommend
concerned family members contact the Long-Term
Care Ombudsman in their
area for help.
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by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy
Sugar, longtime editors of the
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Dear
Readers:
Today’s SOUND OFF is
about the size of comforter sets. Ruthi S.
wrote: “I just purchased
a new queen-size comforter set that is too short
for the bed.
“A king size would
be too wide, so that is
Ask
not an option. It seems
Heloise
that mattresses are getting thicker and thicker,
and the comforters are getting smaller and
smaller.
“When I compared this new one to the one
I am currently using, the new one is at least 9
inches shorter. If the manufacturers think they
are saving money by using less material, they
need to realize that they also are losing sales
over this practice.” — Ruthi S., Martinsburg,
W.Va.
Ruthi, thanks for sharing your comment!
This is an ongoing problem. The old saying
“The right hand doesn’t know what the left
hand is doing” applies here.
Yes, mattresses are getting “thicker”; thus,
older sheets, bedspreads and comforters do not
fit properly. As to the comforter manufacturers,
there is a vast amount of difference in dimension! The only thing I can say is, measure YOUR
mattress, including height, before shopping for
bedding.
When we got adjustable beds (which I
LOVE, by the way), I had to resort to making a
bedspread! It’s a good thing I can sew, or we’d
be using TWO queen bedspreads. Sooooo ...
there you “sew”! — Heloise
FAST FACTS
Dear Readers: Other uses for old leather
belts (additional holes may be needed):
1. As an earring holder.
2. To hold barrettes or hair clips.
3. Hang from a wall to display commemorative pins.
4. Wrap around a pot plant to add some flair.
5. As a purse or camera strap.
— Heloise
UNCLAIMED CLOTHING
Dear Heloise: I am a retired school nurse. I
used to gather unclaimed garments at the end
of the school year, take them home and wash
them. I would keep whatever I thought I may
use in the upcoming year. Students may have a
need for clothing I salvaged.
The extra I would take to places in town
that distribute clothing to people. You’d be
surprised at the quality of some of the items. I
always had use for the items, as students had
“accidents” during the year, and parents could
not be reached. I could furnish jeans, or a jacket
if it turned cold.
I don’t know if school policy would allow
this anymore, but it sure came in useful for me
when I worked. — Margie M., Kerrville, Texas
Margie, you are one special person! Yes,
schools do need extra clothing for students who
may have a mishap, tear something, get sick,
etc. Readers, check with schools in your area to
see if they need clothing. This is a prefect service project for a school club. — Hugs, Heloise
CLEANER HANDS
Dear Heloise: To get my great-grandchildren to wash their hands long enough, I put a
few drops of food coloring into the liquid hand
wash. They have to keep washing until the
running water comes clear. — Helen L., Abbot,
Texas
SEND A GREAT HINT TO:
Heloise
P.O. Box 795000
San Antonio, TX 78279-5000
Fax: 1-210-HELOISE
Email: Heloise@Heloise.com
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Recipe of the Day
Simple Shrimp Scampi
Ingredients
3/4 cup butter, cubed
2 pounds uncooked medium shrimp,
peeled and deveined
5 teaspoons lemon-pepper seasoning
2 teaspoons garlic powder
Lemon wedges, optional
Directions
In a large skillet over medium heat,
melt butter. Add the shrimp, lemonpepper and garlic powder; cook for
The Family Circus
5-8 minutes or until shrimp turn
pink. Transfer to individual serving
dishes. Serve with lemon wedges if
desired. Yield: 6 servings.
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Major Budget Classification:
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Other Services & Charges
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Debt Service
Capital Outlays
COUNTY OF WHITLEY, SS: CAUSE NO. 92C01-1604-EU-24
IN THE MATTER OF THE
UNSUPERVISED ESTATE OF
LARRY A. LIVENGOOD, DECEASED
NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION
Taxpayers apprearing at the meeting shall have a right to be heard.
The appropriaton reductions as finally made will be referred to
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Department will make a written determination as to the sufficiency of
funds to support the appropriations within fifteen (15) days of receipt of
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/s/ Debbie Beers
Debbie Beers, Clerk
Whitley Circuit Court
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF ADDITIONAL
APPROPRIATIONS
Elizabeth A. Deckard #28528-53
BLOOM GATES & WHITELEATHER
P.O. Box 807
Telephone 260-248-8900
ATTORNEYS FOR ESTATE
5277/4-18,
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Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of Whitley County, Indiana,
that the proper legal officers will consider the following additional
appropriations in excess of the budget for the current year at their
regular meeting place at the Whitley County Government Center at 8
o’clock a.m., on the 4 day of May, 2016.
hspaxlp
Fund Name: County General
Department: Clerk
that the proper legal officers will consider the following reduction of
appropriations that will not be needed in the budget for the current
year at their regular meeting place at the Whitley County Government
Center at 8 o’clock a.m., on the 4 day of May, 2016.
Personal Services
Supplies
Township Assistance
Debt Service
Capital Outlays
$6,675.23
$
$
$
$
$
TOTAL for : County General
$6,675.23
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF APPROPRIATION REDUCTION
Department: Auditor
Fund Name: County General
Bristol,
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ment to everyone at the shop
and whole team,” said Edwards, who now trails new
points leader Kevin Harvick
(seventh) by a point.
“It’s really awesome to
have a win so we can really
have fun and focus on the
championship.”
Edwards’ flawless day
contrasted the right-front
tire problems endured by
teammates Kyle Busch,
Matt Kenseth and Denny
Hamlin after all of them
started in the top five.
Busch, the defending series champion and points
leader coming in, had trouble throughout the race. He
finally exited after his car
smacked the wall on Lap
259 and sustained heavy
damage, failing to finish a
race for the first time since
June at Michigan.
“I just kept getting tighter
in the long run, not sure
why that was,” said Busch,
who had two other tire failures and was penalized for
speeding off pit road. “I
guess it wasn’t meant to be.”
Kenseth led three times
for 142 laps and seemed to
be one of the few drivers
capable of challenging Edwards before his day ended
early after he cut a right
front tire a second time and
hit the wall.
Hamlin had problems too,
enough to cause Goodyear
to announce it would examine all of those tires from
Busch and Kenseth to determine if the failures were due
to the tire makeup or the aggressive setups drivers use
at the high-banked track.
The appropriaton reductions as finally made will be referred to the
Department of Local Government Finance (Department). The
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Notice is hereby given that Diana Ross was, on the 8th day of
April, 2016, appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of Larry
Livengood, deceased, who died on the 14th day of February, 2016.
All persons who have claims against this estate, whether or not now
due, must file the claim in the office of the Clerk of this Court within
three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or
within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier,
or the claims will be forever barred.
Dated at Columbia City, Indiana, this 8th day of April, 2016.
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MLB briefs
Astros 5, Tigers 4
innings with five strikeouts.
HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve led off Houston’s first inning with a solo home run and
had three RBIs, and George
Springer also hit a solo homer as
Houston won its first series this
season. Mike Fiers (1-1) gave up
four runs and seven hits in 5 2/3
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eric Fryer
had three hits, including the goahead double with two outs in
the eighth off Ross Ohlendorf (21). A backup to All-Star catcher
Yadier Molina, Fryer got his first
start this season and is 6 for 6 at
Softball,
Cardinals 4, Reds 3
the plate. Matt Carpenter and
Jedd Gyorko hit solo homers for
St. Louis, which has won three
of last four. Ten of the Cardinals’
21 homers this season were hit in
the three-game series against the
Reds.
Rockies 2, Cubs 0
CHICAGO (AP) — Nolan
Arenado homered twice off Jon
Lester (1-1), and Tyler Chatwood
pitched seven innings in combining with Miguel Castro and
Jake McGee on a three-hitter.
Jason Heyward doubled with
one out in the ninth and Anthony Rizzo was hit by a pitch with
two outs before McGee struck
out Kris Bryant for his third save.
from A10
the first when catcher
Grace Johnson doubled
and then scored on a
wild pitch.
The Eagles plated two
runs in the top of the second. Designated player
Brittney Kinney doubled. Ivy followed with
a single. A dropped third
strike and throwing error
by the Warsaw catcher allowed Alexis Waldeck to
reach safely and scored
Kinney. A single by Bales
scored Ivy, giving the
Lady Eagles a 3-1 lead.
Pitching in relief, Columbia City’s Anna Weigold set the Lady Tigers
down without a scoring
threat in the second and
third innings.
In the top of the fourth,
the Eagles tacked on
three more runs. Right
fielder Hayley Coyle
doubled to left-center, a
single by Ivy and a sacrifice by Waldeck scored
Coyle. Another single by
Bales scored Ivy. A single
by Rehrer and a Tiger error let Bales score to put
the Eagles up 6-1.
Warsaw picked up a
single run in the bottom
of the fourth by way of
a dropped third strike
that gave the hosts a baserunner. A double by the
Tiger third baseman Taylor Sleeth drove in the
Warsaw run, making the
score 6-2.
The Lady Eagles scored
twice in the top of the
sixth. A single by Bales
was followed by Rehrer
reaching on an error by
the Tiger shortstop. Weigold hit a sharp ball to
center which was misplayed by the Warsaw
center fielder, allowing
both Bales to score. Rehrer scored before Weigold was thrown out at
third, running the Eagle
lead to 8-2.
Warsaw scored a single
run in the bottom of the
sixth on a lead-off single
and two sacrifices that
moved the runner to
third. A Columbia City
error allowed the runner
to score.
Leading 8-3 going into
the last inning, Columbia
City tacked on three more
runs. Ciarra Ivy singled,
Waldeck reached, and
Bales singled. A single
Columbia City pitcher Anna Weigold pitches against Warsaw Saturday.
by Rehrer drove in Ivy. A
single by Weigold drove
in Waldeck and Bales to
put the Eagles up 11-3.
The Tigers tested the
Eagles in the bottom of
the seventh. A series of
Eagle errors including
not touching the base on
force outs allowed the
host Tigers to push across
four runs in the bottom
of the seventh. A fly out
to center field ended the
contest with the Lady Eagles taking an 11-7 win to
even their record at 2-2.
“The kids are starting
to put the ball in play
well,” said Eagle Head
Coach Dan Weigold.
“The kids stepped up
and made some plays
today. Everybody did
something good for the
team.”
The Eagles return to
action Thursday when
they host Bisop Luers at
5 p.m.
Sports
A9
Carl Edwards wins
Sprint Cup Series race
at Bristol Speedway
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) —
Carl Edwards took his first
celebratory back flip of the
season and easily stuck the
landing.
“I considered not doing
it,” he said. “I haven’t done
one for a while.”
He earned that acrobatic
moment because his No. 19
Toyota gripped Bristol Motor Speedway much better
than his Joe Gibbs Racing
teammates Sunday.
Edwards avoided tire
issues that plagued his
teammates and took off on
the final restart to win the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
on the half-mile bullring. In
fact, he made it look easy.
Starting on the pole for
the second straight week,
Edwards’ Camry led eight
Bishop Luers,
Post & Mail photo / Nick Rupert
Columbia City’s Jacob Wigent competes in the 110-meter high hurdles Saturday at North
Side.
North Side,
from A10
Columbia City picked up another thirdplace finish in the 1,600-meter relay event.
The team of Hearld, McFarland, Ryan Jordan and Jacob Matteson finished with a time
of 3:29.56 in the A division race.
Jon O’Dell, Gage Emrick, Heath Atkins
and Jacob Wigent placed third in the B division 800-meter relay. The Eagles finished in
a time of 1:38.76.
Wigent also finished sixth in the B divi-
Golf,
sion 110-meter high hurdle race with a time
of 17.7 seconds. Emrick placed 10th in the A
division high hurdles race, finishing in 16.90
seconds.
Columbia City’s Doug Hill added a seventh-place finish in the B division 100-meter
dash with a time of 12.39 seconds.
Columbia City’s boys travel to NE8 foe
Norwell on Tuesday for a triangular meet
with the Knights and DeKalb at 5 p.m.
times for 276 of 500 laps
en route to his first victory
since September at Darlington and fourth at Bristol. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was
second, followed by Kurt
Busch, Chase Elliott and
Trevor Bayne.
“We didn’t have any trouble, and that’s just a testa-
Bristol, Page A8
from A10
fourth place finish, running a time of
14:57.36.
In individual events, freshman Miriah
Schaefer took fifth in the high hurdles in
a time of 17.36 seconds. Fellow freshman
Sarah Pepple took eighth in a time of 18:21.
Freshman Cassidy Burdge cleared 4 feet,
10 inches to take third place in the high
jump, with sophomore Mackenzie Martin clearing 4 feet, 4 inches to place ninth.
Burdge also placed sixth in the long jump,
sailing 13 feet, 6.75 inches.
Senior Regan Decker, as well as running in several relays also placed third in
the long jump with a leap of 14 feet, 6.75
inches. Miriah Schaefer took ninth in the
pole vault to complete the scoring for the
Eagles.
“This was a very good day for the girls
at Bishop Luers,” said Eagle Head Coach
Bob Fahl. “It was a very good day for everyone that participated. Freshmen Miriah
Schaefer and Sara Pepple picked up varsity
points at a highly competitive meet. “Hannah Wappes, and Elise Cormany ran four
tough relays, and Regan Decker competed
in four eventsand scored well in all. Bailie
Brown and Lauren Keller each ran all three
distances races.”
The Lady Eagles return to action on
Tuesday when they travel to Northeast
8 Conference foe DeKalb for a triangular
meet with the Lady Barons and the Norwell Lady Knights at 5 p.m.
Pagenaud wins Long Beach; 1st victory with Penske
from A10
Columbia City’s Spencer
McCammon went out in 40
strokes and shot a 39 coming in to record a 79, good
enough for ninth place overall.
Filling out the scoring for
the Eagles was Cameron
Slavich with an 80 and Nick
Decker with an 87. Slavich
shot a 41 on the front nine
and a three-over-par 39 on
the second nine. Decker
carded a 44 on the front and
a 43 on the back for his 87.
“This was a great effort
by the guys on a tough golf
course today,” Columbia
City Head Coach Andrew
Thompson said. “The greens
were lightning fast and the
wind kicked up, so it took
a lot of effort on everyone’s
part to get the championship.”
“We were able to beat
Dwenger and we haven’t
beaten them with this group
of seniors,” said Thompson.
“Our guys really wanted
this. We started out well, but
lost a lot of ground on the
tough holes No. 7 through
No. 9 stretch. We had to
battle and persevere on the
back nine to get it done. We
were able to have four of our
players in the top 11 for the
tournament and that’s a testament to their hard work in
practice.”
The Eagles return to action
Tuesday when they travel
to Huntington to take on
Northeast 8 Conference foe
Huntington North at Norwood Golf Course at 5 p.m.
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Simon Pagenaud finally got his first
win for Team Penske. Scott Dixon
isn’t sure Pagenaud should have
been in victory lane.
Pagenaud picked up a controversial win Sunday, with Dixon and his
Chip Ganassi Racing team believing Pagenaud should have been penalized for crossing a blend line as
he returned to the track following
a pit stop. The Dixon camp interpreted the rule as a clear violation,
but IndyCar only gave Pagenaud a
warning.
The lack of penalty irked Dixon
for two reasons.
“We have two drivers’ meetings a
weekend, and it was clearly stated
... by all means, any time you could
not put more than two wheels over
the line, and that was my understanding,” Dixon said.
The reigning IndyCar champion
also was irked that Pagenaud got
off with a warning.
“I thought we had outlawed
warnings,” he said. “This was the
problem we had in the offseason,
with people getting warnings all
the time, especially when you’re using it to your advantage when it’s
the last pit stop sequence or anything like that. If you’re just going
to get a warning every time you’re
going to do it, that’s why this was
discussed so deeply in the offseason, and why there was about 40 or
50 warning zones in the rule book
removed.
“I don’t even know why we discussed the pit lane exit if we’re not
going to stick to rules. Everybody
else abided by it.”
IndyCar issued a statement that
Pagenaud did indeed cross the
blend line, but “the penalty for
this infraction ranges from a warning (minimum), putting the driver
to the back of the field (mid) and
drive-through or stop and go/hold
(maximum). IndyCar race stewards
determined his actions were not severe enough to warrant a harsher
penalty than the warning that was
issued.”
Pagenaud, meanwhile, didn’t
think he did anything wrong, although video did indeed show his
wheels over the yellow blend line
as he came off pit road.
“It was an inch on the race track
there, so I’m good,” said Pagenaud.
“The left sides on the right side of
the dots, which it is, so I’m good.”
When told IndyCar had issued
him a warning, the Frenchman
said: “I don’t care.”
Scoreboard
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct
Washington
9
2 .818
Philadelphia
6
7 .462
New York
5
6 .455
Miami
3
7 .300
Atlanta
3
9 .250
Central Division
W
L Pct
Chicago
9
3 .750
St. Louis
7
5 .583
Pittsburgh
7
6 .538
Cincinnati
6
6 .500
Milwaukee
5
7 .417
West Division
W
L Pct
Los Angeles
8
5 .615
Colorado
7
5 .583
San Francisco
7
6 .538
Arizona
5
8 .385
San Diego
4
9 .308
Saturday’s Games
Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 8
Chicago Cubs 6, Colorado 2
Cleveland 7, N.Y. Mets 5
Pittsburgh 5, Milwaukee 0
Washington 8, Philadelphia 1
Atlanta 6, Miami 4
San Diego 5, Arizona 3, 14 innings
San Francisco 4, L.A. Dodgers 3
Sunday’s Games
Atlanta 6, Miami 5, 10 innings
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Pittsburgh 9, Milwaukee 3
Philadelphia 3, Washington 2, 10 innings
St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 3
Colorado 2, Chicago Cubs 0
Arizona 7, San Diego 3
L.A. Dodgers 3, San Francisco 1
Monday’s Games
N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 1-0) at Philadelphia
(Eickhoff 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Lyles 0-1) at Cincinnati (Straily
0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Roark 1-1) at Miami
(Fernandez 0-1), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Lackey 2-0) at St. Louis
(Leake 0-1), 8:09 p.m.
Milwaukee (Ch.Anderson 1-0) at Minnesota
(Hughes 0-2), 8:10 p.m.
Arizona (Bradley 0-0) at San Francisco
(Peavy 0-1), 10:15 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Milwaukee (W.Peralta 0-3) at Minnesota
(E.Santana 0-1), 1:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Verrett 0-0) at Philadelphia
(Velasquez 2-0), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (J.De La Rosa 1-1) at Cincinnati
(Simon 0-1), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 1-1) at Atlanta
(Wisler 0-1), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Strasburg 2-0) at Miami
(Conley 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Hammel 1-0) at St. Louis
(J.Garcia 1-0), 8:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Liriano 1-0) at San Diego (Rea
0-1), 10:10 p.m.
Arizona (Ray 0-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain
0-1), 10:15 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct
Baltimore
8
3 .727
Boston
6
5 .545
Toronto
6
7 .462
New York
5
6 .455
Tampa Bay
5
7 .417
Central Division
W
L Pct
Chicago
8
4 .667
Kansas City
8
4 .667
Detroit
7
4 .636
Cleveland
5
5 .500
Minnesota
3
9 .250
West Division
W
L Pct
Texas
7
6 .538
Oakland
6
7 .462
Los Angeles
5
7 .417
Seattle
5
7 .417
Houston
5
8 .385
Saturday’s Games
Seattle 3, N.Y. Yankees 2
Minnesota 6, L.A. Angels 4
Oakland 5, Kansas City 3
Boston 4, Toronto 2
Cleveland 7, N.Y. Mets 5
Tampa Bay 7, Chicago White Sox 2
Detroit 5, Houston 3
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George nets 33, Pacers beat Raptors in Game 1
TORONTO (AP) — For Paul
George, missing the playoffs after
he was sidelined by injury most of
last season was a painful experience.
Now healthy, he couldn’t be happier about being back in the postseason.
George scored 33 points, Monta
Ellis had 15 and the Indiana Pacers
beat the Toronto Raptors 100-90 in
Game 1 of their first-round playoff
series Saturday.
George missed all but six games
last season after breaking his
right leg while playing in a scrim-
mage with Team USA before the
2014 World Cup. Without their
star for much of the season, Indiana slumped to a 38-44 finish and
missed the playoffs for the first time
in five years.
“That hurt more than the actual
break, not getting this team to the
playoffs last year,” George said.
“This means a lot, it means a lot to
be back here, it means a lot to be on
this stage again.”
After shooting 2 for 9 in the first
half Saturday, George shot 10 for 13
in the second, a performance Pacers coach Frank Vogel called “awe-
some.”
“The biggest reason we won,” Vogel said. “Paul’s shot-making late in
the game was spectacular.”
Jonas Valanciunas fouled out after scoring 12 points and setting a
Raptors’ playoff record with 19 rebounds.
All-Star guards Kyle Lowry and
DeMar DeRozan both struggled for
the second-seeded Raptors. Lowry
made 3 of 13 field-goal attempts
while DeRozan made 5 of 19. The
pair went 1 for 10 from 3-point
range and 8 for 15 at the free-throw
line.
“I don’t think they’re going to
shoot like that again,” Raptors
coach Dwane Casey said.
Toronto shot 38 percent and made
20 turnovers, leading to 25 Indiana
points.
“As a team, I thought we were
tight offensively and that frustration
carried over to the defensive end,”
Casey said. “It wasn’t us. I hadn’t
seen us play that tentative on the offensive end all year. That’ll change.”
DeRozan finished with 14 points
and Lowry had 11. Cory Joseph
scored 18.
“We’re not panicking,” DeRo-
zan said. “We understand we just
played bad.”
Toronto dropped to 0-8 in the
first game of an opening-round
playoff series. This was the seventh
straight playoff defeat for the Raptors, who were swept out of the first
round last year after losing the final
two games of a seven-game loss to
Brooklyn the year before.
“This is not last year,” Lowry
said. “We’re very positive, we’re
very confident.”
Solomon Hill scored 13 points
while George Hill and Myles Turner
each had 10 for the Pacers.
Columbia City golf takes Carroll invite
FORT WAYNE — Columbia City’s
golf team, ranked ninth in the latest
state coaches’ poll, outlasted eighthranked Bishop Dwenger to win the
Carroll Invitational Saturday at Autumn Ridge Golf Club in Fort Wayne.
Columbia City fired a 311 as a
team, three strokes better than Bishop
Dwenger’s 314. Leo took third at 327,
with host Carroll fourth at 331. DeKalb
also shot 331, good for fifth on the fifth
man’s score. Huntington North took
sixth with a score of 356, and Norwell
seventh at 371. Angola was eighth,
with Carroll’s second team ninth, and
Snider 10th. East Noble, Concordia and
Churubusco rounded out the finishers.
For Columbia City, Spencer Klimek
tied for medalist honors with a threeover-par 75. Klimek lost the title on
the second sudden death playoff hole.
Klimek went out in three-over-par 39
and came in even-par 36.
Tyler Green placed fifth overall
shooting a 77. Green made the turn in
one-over-par 37 and shot a 40 on the
back nine to come in at 77.
Golf, Page A9
Columbia City shortstop
Morgan Bales makes the
throw to first for the put out
against Warsaw Saturday
Photo contributed
Columbia City’s boys golf team won the esteemed Carroll Invitational Saturday at Autumn Ridge Golf Course.
Pictured are Eagle golfers, from left: Cameron Slavich, Nick Decker, Tyler Green, Spencer Klimek and Spencer
McCammon.
’Busco repeats as invitational champs
CHURUBUSCO — Churubusco’s boys track team won
its ninth straight ’Busco Invitational team title Saturday.
The Eagles outdistanced
Woodlan 176-123. Eastside
was third with 82 total points,
Manchester in fourth with 70
and Jimtown came in fifth
with 56 points. Fremont was
sixth at 36 points, just edging
Culver Community’s 35. Wabash rounded out the scoring
with 34 points.
Leading the way for the
Eagles was Jacob Eyer who
scored 23.5 individual points
to win the High Point Award.
Eyer won the 1,600-meter run
in 4:36.41, placed second in
the 800-meter run in 2:10.47
and fourth in the 3,200-meter run. Eyer joined Cody
Thomas, Chance Gallmeier
and Trey Springer to win the
3,200-meter relay in 8:40.91.
Springer placed second in
the 3,200-meter run, finish-
ing in 10:46.92. Springer also
placed third in the 1,600-meter race.
Churubusco went 1-2 in
the 400-meter dash with Jared
Ostler taking the win in 52.46
seconds, with Gallmeier placing second in a time of 53.04.
The Eagles Sheldon Shearer led a 1-2 finish in the pole
vault. Shearer cleared 12 feet,
6 inches for the win. Riley
Basinger was second at 10
feet, 6 inches.
Churubusco’s Nick Murphy took the title in the
300-meter hurdles, finishing
in 42.39 seconds.
Churubusco’s 1,600-meter
relay team of Gallmeier, Caleb Partin, Jeff Wallace and
Jared Ostler won with a time
of 3:36.12.
“Depth was the key to
winning,” said Churubusco
Head Coach Zach Dock. “We
placed two athletes in nine of
the 13 individual events.”
Columbia City
boys place 10th at
North Side Relays
FORT WAYNE — Columbia City’s boys track team
tied for 10th at the North Side Relays Saturday at
Chambers Field in Fort Wayne.
Carroll High School won the team competition
with a score of 190 points. The Eagles tied for 10th
place with Fort Wayne South Side, finishing behind
Northeast 8 Conference foes Leo and Huntington
North who finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
The Eagles finished ahead of NE8 foe East Noble,
which tied for 12th.
The Eagles were paced by three third-place finishes in relays, and a second-place and two fourth-place
individual finishes.
Columbia City’s Heath Atkins placed second in the
B division long jump. Atkins sailed 19 feet, 9 inches.
The Eagles’ Andrew McFarland placed seventh in
the A division long jump, leaping 19 feet, 3.5 inches.
Tim Hearld cleared 5 feet, 10 inches to take fourth
in the A division high jump, while Matthew Kennedy
cleared 10 feet to take fourth in the B division pole
vault.
The Eagles’ A division 800-meter sprint medley relay team of Hearld, Ashten Barnes, Zane Stewart and
Drew Diamente finished third in a time of 1:35.98.
North Side, Page A9
Churubusco track teammates cheer on Jacob Eyer, who was the high point winner at the
Churubusco Invitational Track Meet Saturday.
Col. City
beats
Warsaw
By MARK PARKER
The Post & Mail
WARSAW — Columbia
City’s softball team evened
its record at 2-2 after a solid
11-7 win over Warsaw on the
Lady Tigers’ field Saturday.
The Eagles, who have had
difficulty scoring runs, made
the most of their opportunities on Saturday against the
Lady Tigers.
Columbia City capitalized on a Warsaw error in
the top of the first. Ciarra
Ivy doubled to lead off for
the Lady Eagles and went to
third on a sacrifice grounder
by shortstop Morgan Bales
and scored on an error by
the Warsaw second baseman
that allowed Laurisa Rehrer
to reach safely.
The Lady Tigers got the
run back in the bottom of
Softball, Page A8
Lady Eagles take 3rd at Bishop Luers
FORT WAYNE — Columbia City’s 1600-meter relay team paced the Lady Eagle track team to a thirdplace finish at Saturday’s Bishop Luers Relays.
Wayne High School took first with a score of 80.
New Haven was second with 68 points, with the
Lady Eagles third at 61 points. Norwell was fourth,
right behind the Eagles with a score of 60. Dekalb
took fifth with a score of 47. Bishop Dwenger was
sixth. Bishop Luers seventh with Heritage eighth and
Prairie Heights ninth. Canterbury and Leo rounded
out the scoring.
The 1,600-meter relay squad of Molly Green, Elise
Cormany Hannah Wappes and Regan Decker took
first with a time of 4:10.55, almost three seconds better than their previous best. The same four runners
took third in the 1,000-meter sprint medley relay
with a time of 2:26.73.
Green, Wappes, Cormany and Decker took second place in the 400 meter relay, running to a time of
52.45 seconds.
The Eagle 800-meter relay squad of Green, Cormany, Sarah Pepple and Elizabeth Russell took third
in a time of 1:54.39.
The 3,200–meter relay team of Bailee Brown, Lauren Keller, Shay Trump and Natalia Johnson gave
the Eagles a second-place finish, running a time of
11:03.30. Brown, Keller, Johnson and Isabell Hunter turned in a time of 24:34.31 to take fourth in the
4X1,600-meter race.
The distance medley team of Wappes, Keller,
Brown and Emma Coy gave the Eagles another
Bishop Luers, Page A9
Post & Mail photo / Nick Rupert
Columbia City’s Hannah Wappes (front) takes the hand-off from
Regan Decker in the 1,600-meter relay race at Bishop Luers
Saturday.

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