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JANUARY 31, 2013
By Sue Carpenter
suec@kpcnews.net
GARRETT — A special
program is planned Saturday
night to rededicate the Paul
Bateman Gym at Garrett High
School.
The ceremony comes 44 years
and four days after the first game
was played in the facility on Jan.
29, 1969.
The Garrett-Keyser-Butler
school board issued a proclamation naming the gym for its
longtime athletic director Paul
“Fuzzy” Bateman in April 1968.
More than 2,800 basketball
fans came to watch the
Railroaders play the first game in
the brand-new gym against the
Bellmont Braves.
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Established in 1885
NEWS IN BRIEF
County encouraged to
revise floodplain rules
By Aaron Organ
aorgan@kpcnews.net
AUBURN — DeKalb County
will look to pull the floodplain
articles from its unified development ordinance and create a
standalone law that would then
match the state — and, more
importantly, federal — format.
County zoning administrator
Clint Knauer approached the
DeKalb County commissioners
Monday to discuss the nowpressing need to make the move,
because flood season is quickly
approaching.
Knauer explained that the state
has reported complications when
counties used floodplain
ordinances from their unified
development ordinances, which
govern land use and development
throughout the county’s planning
jurisdictions. Knauer said the
nature of the ordinance can
create inconsistencies when
defining certain characteristics
and criteria.
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Council scheduling tax
preparation assistance
AUBURN — The DeKalb
County Council on Aging is
scheduling appointments for tax
preparation assistance, which will
be provided by Jim Seigel, Bill
Truesdell and Jerry Steffen.
Preference is given to seniors
age 55 and older, but others also
will be served. Tax preparation for
business, farm or rental income is
not provided.
DeKalb County residents may
schedule appointments by calling
925-3311 or (888) 220-2242.
Appointments will take place at
the Heimach Senior Activity
Center, 1800 E. Seventh St.
Garrett Chamber
seeking nominees
GARRETT — The Garrett
Chamber of Commerce will
recognize the 2012
Business/Industry of the Year at its
annual spring membership dinner.
Nomination forms are available
at the Garrett Chamber office.
Hours are Monday and Tuesday
from 9-4 and Wednesday 9-noon.
Nominations can be dropped
off or mailed to the chamber office
at 111 W. Keyser St., Garrett, IN
46738. Nominations will be
accepted through Friday, March
22.
Questions may be directed to
the chamber office at 357-4600.
The Garrett Clipper
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Garrett, IN 46738
playing golf with friends and
colleagues.
Through his many years at
Garrett, Bateman kept records of
student athletes and accumulated
several items of memorabilia that
will now be on display at the
school.
Jim Slain has constructed a
showcase funded by the Garrett
High School Alumni Association.
The case, containing Garrett
High School artifacts and some
of Paul Bateman’s personal items
will be unveiled at Saturday’s
ceremony during halftime of the
varsity game. Mr. Bateman’s
daughter, Paula, will be present Auburn,
Indiana
Mr. Bateman
for the rededication.
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used for another beneficial
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buildings so
SB 135 also provides that if
that these
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facilities had a
sell a facility after buying it
better chance
from a school corporation, the
of continuing
charter school must transfer
to be used for
the profit to the original
their intended
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— The
school corporation.
purpose: the
Indiana Court
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INDIANAPOLIS —
Legislation authored by state
Sen. Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn,
to clarify and improve the
process of selling unused
public school buildings passed
the Indiana Senate Tuesday by
a vote of 48-0.
Current law on public
school building sales authorizes a school corporation to
sell a vacant or unused school
building after it is made
available to a charter school
for at least 48 months. Senate
Bill 135 would reduce that
waiting period to two years
and allow school corporations
to receive a waiver to sell an
unused building immediately
if no charter school objects.
“Two years ago, lawmakers
passed legislation allowing
Court overturns
upskirt conviction
According to court
documents, David
DeLagrange went to the
Castleton Square Mall in
Indianapolis on February 27,
2010, with a video camera
attached to his shoe that he
repairs
to the building;
controlled
via an apparatus
• DeKalb County Community Corrections —
in his
pants.
helping
to sponsor
Purdue Extension programs
for homeDeLagrange
detention offenders;
was able to
• DeKalb County Council on Aging —
record
images
underneath
provide
matching
dollars for
three new vans;
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DeKalb
County
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ofDomestic Violence Task
DeKalb’s VOICE accepting
program grant proposals
AUBURN — DeKalb’s VOICE, the DeKalb
County Community Foundation’s youth philanthropy group, is accepting grant proposals.
The deadline to apply is Friday, March 1,
2013. Grant application forms are available on
the community foundation’s website, DeKalbFoundation.org, by clicking on “DeKalb’s
VOICE.”
VOICE awards grants to educational
programs and to meet the needs of the
community’s most vulnerable families. Priority
is given to programs directly benefiting children.
VOICE awarded grants to these programs in
its October 2012 grant cycle:
• Boomerang Backpacks Inc. — support for
the Boomerang Backpack program;
• Community Care Food Pantry — physical
The
Force — funding for the Domestic Violence
Assistance Program;
• Eastside Interact Club, Eastside High
School — helping needy families in several
ways including underwear and toiletries;
• Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry — cutting and
wrapping of donated large game and livestock;
• McMillen Center for Health Education —
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outdoor stage. Plans are under way
for another theatrical production
by the Auburn Actors Group this
summer.
The outdoor theater board said
sponsorships are needed for the
coming season to support a
continued level of high-quality
entertainment on its stage.
Contributions are used for
general expenses and are very
important to sustain theater
operations, the board said.
Potential event sponsors can
contact theater officers by email at
info@dekalboutdoortheater.org.
Contributions may be made
through the DeKalb County
Community Foundation with a
designation for DeKalb Outdoor
Theater.
The board recently conducted
its annual meeting and reviewed its
fourth season of 24 events,
including 23 that offered free
admission.
The 2012 performances
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A
DeKalb County man who said he
set fire to an Ohio mosque because
he wanted to avenge the killings of
he had been drinking heavily
Jack Zouhary asked Linn what
Star
In his request, Randy Linn of
St. Joe said he was under duress
and depressed when he entered his
plea last month in the fire at a
suburban Toledo mosque.
“I made the wrong decision,” he
wrote.
A deal between prosecutors and
Linn had called for him to be
sentenced to 20 years next April
after he pleaded guilty to intentionally damaging and destroying
religious property and two gunrelated charges.
Prosecutors say Linn broke into
The Islamic Center of Greater
Toledo last fall and went room by
room to make sure no one was in
the building before he poured
gasoline on a prayer rug and lit it
on fire.
Linn described on Dec. 19 how
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Americans,” said Linn, 53, a truck
driver from St. Joe.
When asked whether he thought
all Muslims are terrorists, he
answered: “I’d say most of them
are.”
In moving to withdraw his plea,
Linn said he did not have the
chance to talk defense tactics,
strategies or the effect of his guilty
plea. Federal prosecutors declined
to comment on Linn’s request.
Authorities said Linn had
several firearms in his car and
carried a gun into the mosque
when he set the fire on Sept. 30.
A sprinkler system extinguished
the blaze, leaving smoke and water
damage in the prayer room of the
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A security video image shows a person suspected in a fire at the Islamic Center of Greater
hurt.
Toledo on Sept. 30 and believed to be Randy Linn of St. Joe, according to police.
Serving
DeKalb County
since 1871
LIGONIER — Several volunteer
firefighters and longtime members of the
Ligonier Fire Department were honored
recently for their years of service, and for
outstanding service in the past year. Barry
McDonald was named Firefighter of the
Year, while Shawn Cox is the department’s
Office of the Year. In addition, Kevin
Sheley was recognized as First Responder
of the Year.
The honors were presented during the
department’s annual awards ceremony and
dinner, held last month.
Recognition was also given to several
volunteers who marked years of service.
That group was led by Martin McDonald,
Schoolhouse
histories wanted
Prepares incoming
kindergartners
watches
history
support costs
associated with the
classes.
“Currently,
everything is free
until they are ready
to take the GED
test, and that costs
$65,” Knox said.
Knox
“It’s a great
situation for adults
because there is no cost except
their time and their travel,” he said.
“We’ve found some of the
obstacles are child care or working
around their job.
“We need people,” Knox said.
“Right now, the closest site is in
Auburn. We’d like to have a site in
Butler if we can justify (the cost).
“My goal as outreach coordinator is to market it, recruit people
and make calls.”
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It is anticipated test costs will
increase in 2014 — nearly
doubling to $120 — and testing
will become more rigorous, Knox
said.
Currently, if a student fails one
portion of the GED test, the
student can retake only that portion
for just $20.
Beginning in 2014, even if a
student fails just one section, the
student must take the entire test
again, and pay another $120.
“If a person is thinking about
pursuing their GED, now is the
time,” Knox said. “We’re trying to
use that as a selling point.”
“A lot of people are apprehensive (about going back),” Knox
said. “I always give a lot of credit
to the people who want to go back
and pursue this.
GED programs cover math,
language arts, reading, science and
social studies. The curriculum is
individualized based on each
person’s strong and weak points.
“On the first day, we want to
find out how much they know in
math, science, language arts,
reading and social studies,” Knox
said. “It’s like a one-room
schoolhouse concept.”
Students also take practice
tests before taking the actual
GED test.
Knox has met with school
officials in an effort to reach out to
students who didn’t complete high
school.
“We’re not in competition with
the high schools,” said Knox, a
former school administrator at
Eastside and DeKalb.
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M. McDonald
Bush
Bench
G. Sprague
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of
Beach, Fla., or Olivet College in
said. “After meeting
instead of a college degree. He
two residential structures.
Olivet,
Condoleezza Rice Butler
and Marlin
said he thinks business leaders
has appealed
the Mich.
Miller said he is grateful to all
Stutzman and people
whoruling.
made
will enthusiastically support
city’s
a huge impact in the community
programs that give high schoolers
McEntarfer, a those
local who have supported,
sponsored
and
encouraged
him
or nation, I want toattorney,
be like that.”
additional vocational and technical
has laid out for
to seek and follow opportunities.
Already Miller is having an
skills.
attorneys
involved
in
the
“All the opportunities that
impact on his community. He is
“I think there are going to be
a variety
requirehad would not be made
co-president of thematter
Leo Club
— ofI’ve
opportunities for collaboration and
for—naming
witnesses,
possible
if God wasn’t leading
the youth division ments
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resources far beyond traditional
providing
and
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way,”
a member of County
Line exhibitsthe
streams,” said Pence, who planned
like, which must be met five
to speak later Friday in Lafayette
days in advance of the
and Valparaiso about his
hearing. If there are disputes
workforce development plans.
between the parties, a
The governor said he and
prehearing conference will
Glenda Ritz, the Democratic state
be held
on Feb. 8 atof
11the
a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has been holding with
the prosecution
case.
school superintendent, have found
City Hall. acknowledged they had no DNA
secret hearings in the case of the man convicted in the in Authorities
a lot of common ground in the
The actual
appeal linking
hearingGuandique to the crime, weeks since they both took office
2001 killing of Chandra Levy, the latest twist in a
evidence
or witnesses
is Feb. 12
at 1:30
p.m. ininstead around a jailhouse
high-profile murder that went unsolved for years and
building
their
prosecution
following her surprise election
captivated the public because of the intern’s romantic informant
night victory over Republican
City Hall.who said Guandique had confessed behind
relationship with a California congressman.
bars that he was responsible for Levy’s death. They
incumbent Tony Bennett. Bennett
The meetings, held sporadically behind closed
also said the attack on Levy fit a pattern of assaults
had pushed for private school
doors at the courthouse over the last several weeks,
by Guandique on other female joggers in the same
voucher program and the first state
raise questions about what comes next in a criminal
location where she went missing and during the same
takeovers of troubled public
case that appeared resolved by the 2010 conviction of timeframe.
schools.
Connie
Hernandez,
assistant
manager
Ingmar Guandique. The illegal immigrant from El
Guandique, who was already imprisoned for those
Ritz
spoke after
Pence atat Bunch’s
ShopinRite,
stands
behind
theorganized
mail counter
Salvador is now serving a 60-year prison sentence in
attacks when he was accused in Levy’s death
2009,
Friday’s
event
by theat the
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Levy’s death, but the hearings could signal a problem
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keynote
6 chamber
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conference in 2008.
At the Inaugural
Conference
File photo
in the Gaylord Convention
Audie Blaylock and Redline will play bluegrass music
Center,
theBlaylock
students
June 7 at the DeKalb Outdoor Theater
in Auburn.
is a listened to
past Grammy nominee in the bluegrass
category.
SeeCondoleezza
calendar
speakers
Dr.
Rice,
on page 6.
former U.S. Secretary of State,
and General Wesley Clark, a
retired U.S. Army general and
candidate for the Democratic
Party presidential nomination.
“They told us their ups and
downs and helped motivate
students,“ Miller said. “She
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going to make a huge difference in these
kids’ lives, and the lives of their parents,”
Hite said in a news release on the EMU
website. “We just want them to know that
people around the world care about them;
not just local people. Everyone around the
world wants to help them out.”
Hite’s father, Brian Hite of
Ligonier, said he is extremely proud
of his daughter and her teammates.
“It will be a very emotional trip
for some of these players,” he said
Tuesday.
Verdi reinforced that thought,
saying that when the team was asked
to help and decided to make the trip
to Newtown, emotions ran high.
“Like the rest of the world, we
feel strongly about reaching out to the
community of Newtown and providing
comfort and assistance in any way that we
can,” Verdi said. “As a father of three
children, I couldn’t imagine the everlasting
devastation that these families must now
endure. ‘Smiles and Basketball’ is one way
that our team, school and community can
unite and provide something positive out of
this horrific experience.”
Verdi said his and the team’s objective is
to help the children and families ofm
Newtown keep moving forward and
understand that they are not alone. The event
will be “an action-packed day of fun, excitement, laughter, smiles and basketball,” he
said.
To contribute to the costs of staging the
clinic, donors may send a check with a taxdeductible contribution made payable to
“EMU Women’s Basketball” at the EMU
Foundation, 1349 S. Huron St., Ypsilanti,
MI 48197.
Fremont pair
get to attend
Sen. Lugar’s
leadership
symposium
Pence, Ritz: Aims are
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History Preserved
BY BOB BUTTGEN
bbuttgen@kpcnews.net
YPSILANTI, Mich. — Members of the
Eastern Michigan University women’s
basketball team, including West Noble
graduate Chelsea Hite, soon will be headed
to Newtown, Conn., to help stage an
afternoon of basketball instruction
and fun activities for youngsters in
that grief-stricken community.
The event was spearheaded by
Tory Verdi, women’s basketball
coach at EMU, who was born and
raised in Connecticut. His first
coaching experiences include a stint
at Pomperaug High School in
Southbury, Conn., just 10 miles from Hite
Newtown.
On Dec. 14 of last year, 26
shooting deaths at Sandy Hook Elementary
in Newtown shook the entire world,
sparking Verdi’s desire to help the
community in any way possible.
On Feb. 10, Verdi, Hite and more than a
dozen members of the EMU team will work
with the Newtown Youth Basketball Association to stage the “Smiles & Basketball”
clinic at Newtown High School.
The clinic will include three hours of
basketball instruction and an hour of
entertainment. A carnival area will consist of
games, arts and crafts, face painting, a
balloonist and clowns, plus food and prizes.
Eastern’s players will be working at stations
in both the gym and carnival areas.
Hite is a senior at EMU, majoring in
elementary education. She was a three-sport
standout at West Noble and an honor
graduate.
“The reason I want to be a teacher is to
make a difference in kids’ lives, and this is
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class
Groundhog Day event planned
offered
Bulletin
Albion business is one of
only six nationwide to
restore or repair military
vehicles. See the work that
has won awards and is
featured in museums on
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LIGONIER — The 22nd annual
Last year, more than 35 exhibitors had
GARRETT — J.E. Ober Elementary will
Showcase Ligonier event will be held
informational and educational booths at the
offer the second session of its three-part
Saturday, March 23, according to the
showcase, held in The CrossWalk at
Kindergarten Academic Readiness ExperiLigonier Chamber of Commerce, which
Ligonier United Methodist Church, 466
ences (KARE) project for families of
sponsors the event.
Townline Road. Exhibitors included local
incoming kindergarten students next week.
Showcase Ligonier offers a day of
businesses, service clubs, groups and other
Legion Riders
This program invites children who will be
family fun, information, food and door
organizations.
collecting books,
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in J.E. Ober’s kindergarten program during the
prizes, all designed to put the spotlight on
Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is
2013-2014 school year to participate in free
the greater Ligonier area.
free, and many door prizes will be
magazines
programs throughout the year. To be eligible
Exhibitors need to contact the chamber
available.
BUTLER — American Legion
for kindergarten, children must be age 5 on, or
to reserve a space. Cost is $45 per space.
Those attending are asked to bring
Riders of Post 202, Butler, are
before, Aug. 1, 2013.
Send a request by email to
nonperishable food items for the West
Angola, Indiana
75 cents
collecting books and magazines to
kpcnews.com
The remaining
two sessions will
be from 6chamber@ligtel.com, or call 894-9909.
Noble Food Pantry.
send to military personnel serving
BY KATHRYN
BASSETT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
7:30 p.m. on Feb. 5 and March 5. A round-up
overseas.
kathrynb@kpcnews.net
Indiana’s new governor and state
will held April
16 with kindergarten screening
Magazines are being accepted
planned in May. GARRETT — Garrett Highat the post, 118 N. Broadway,
schools superintendent are from
Families can park in the lot beside the
through the end of the month.
School
senior
Coltyn
different political parties but they
playground and
enter door
10. The group
will Miller has Nucor Fastener in St. Joe will
KENDALLVILLE — A ground hog
Meals will cost $6 for adults and $4 for
meet in the Performing Arts Center, then go to
help with shipping costs, and
supper and 4-H carnival will be Saturday
children ages 3-12. Children 2 and younger
big dreams.
seemed in agreement Friday on
classrooms for small group work.
operationpaperback.org will ensure
from 5-7 p.m. in the Noble County
may dine free. Extra porkburgers will cost
J.E. Ober will provide
for parents
He’dsupport
like to
run for public those materials are delivered to
getting schools to focus more on
Fairgrounds 4-H Exhibit Hall.
$2.50 each. Carryouts will be available.
service men and women.
AUBURN — The Northeastern
and materials for children at each of the
The Noble County Community Fair
Noble County Pork Producers are
office.
preparing students
careers.
Indiana for
Amateur
Radio Club will
learning sessions.
These Maybe
evenings arehe’ll
fun andbecome a
Board and Noble County 4-H adult and
providing the porkburgers and cooker.
offer an Amateur Technician Class
provide parents
with ideas to help speaker.
their child Whatever Butler food pantry
motivational
RepublicanLicense
junior leaders are hosting the events.
The free carnival will feature games and
course this winter.
prepare for kindergarten. This is a good
The supper menu will feature ground
prizes including ground hog bowling. Door
open Wednesday
does,
wants
Gov. Mike
The license allows the holder to
opportunity tohe
meet
school he
personnel
and to
gainmake a
hog sandwich (porkburger),Pence
baked beans
or he
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drawings will
place every
said
of take
many
BUTLER — The Butler
communicate on various bands of
important information
about the transition into
difference.
Pence used histhe
green beans, applesauce, chips, ice cream
quarter hour. A groundhog will be on hand
Community Food Pantry will have
radio spectrum. It contains the
kindergarten.
Indiana
manufacturers
and drink. Hot dogs also
will be available.
for photos. that are
prime frequences used in times of
Miller’s
enthusiasm
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remarks
To register contact
Holly Wright
at J.E.
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disasters and other emergencies.
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six weeks long, Summit to promote his
INDIANAPOLIS
(AP)
— The course,Innovation
said he thinks business leaders will
ration Day swearing-in ceremony Monday. Miller was among
ence in
Washington,
Workforce
Jeff Jones will meet Mondays from 6-8 p.m.,
Walmart Distribution
Center,
Garrett State D.C.
LIGONIER — The enthusiastically
only
sectional crown
under the
direction
Indiana’s
new
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The fate of gay marriage legislation
in Rhode Island could hinge on the
exemptions it affords religious
groups that oppose it, the state
Senate president said Friday, a day
after the House overwhelmingly
passed the bill.
Teresa Paiva Weed said she
remains opposed to the bill and has
heard that the sticking point for
many senators is on how broad of a
religious exemption is included in
the only New England state that
doesn’t allow same-sex marriage.
The Newport Democrat said she
doesn’t want to fast-track the
legislation and promised a “full and
fair debate” on what she said is a
personal and emotional issue for
many lawmakers. She made the
comments during a taping of
WJAR-TV’s “10 News Conference.”
She said she doesn’t know
whether there’s enough support in
the Senate to pass the legislation,
which would make Rhode Island
the 10th state to allow gay marriage.
Sunday
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ORLAND — The post office on
the north side of the parking lot at
Bunch’s Shop Rite Markets, 9025
W. S.R. 120, had already collected
20 pieces of mail on the opening
day of Orland’s village post office.
The auxillary to the Orland Post
Office — which will continue to
serve customers with fewer hours
— officially opened Friday
afternoon. Representatives from the
United States Postal Service
celebrated the occasion with Chris
and Gretchen Bunch and several
others gathered at the store.
There is a mail window where
stamps and flat-rate boxes and
envelopes can be purchased and
mail can be dropped off during
Bunch’s business hours.
It is the 25th village post office
AMY OBERLIN
Basketball highlights online
CHAD KLINE
East Noble’s Kourtney Edwards, center,
prepares to spin to the basket against
the guard of West Noble’s Haley
Richardson (50) and Kelsie Peterson,
right, during the second half of East
Noble’s 83-53 win on Jan. 22. Video
highlights from the game are available at
kpcnews.com; scan the QR code to watch the video
on your tablet or smartphone.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Steuben campaign
targets youth
ANGOLA — The
Steuben County community
has embraced the concept of
the Just Say ‘Hi’: 40 Asset
Campaign that’s designed to
help youth make good
decisions.
The campaign is based
on 40 different developmental assets from the
Search Institute. The assets
serve as building blocks for
youth of all ages to grow up
healthy, caring and responsible.
The Search Institute is a
nonprofit organization
working to advance the well
being of children.
Caucus scheduled
to replace Moore
KENDALLVILLE —
The Noble County
Democratic Party Central
Committee has scheduled a
caucus to choose a
successor to the late Don
Moore on Noble County
Council.
The caucus will take
place Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. in
Meeting Room 4 of the
Kendallville Public Library,
a news release said.
Moore served on the
council as a representative
of Wayne Township,
Council District Four. Only
residents of that district will
be eligible to run for the
vacancy, and only precinct
committee members serving
that district will be eligible
to vote in the caucus.
New Garrett High
School dedicated
GARRETT — Hundreds
of community residents
celebrated the official
opening of the new, hightech Garrett High School
during a dedication program
on Jan. 20.
Student council president
Lee Bard led the group in
the Pledge of Allegiance to
open the program, followed
by the band and choir
performing the Garrett High
School anthem.
Bard looked back to the
beginning of the journey
more than a year ago,
culminating with Sunday’s
dedication program.
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ANGOLA — A man with a
major remodeling project on his
hands will be the keynote speaker
for the Angola Area Chamber of
Commerce Annual Luncheon,
which will be held March 1 at
Potawatomi Inn, Pokagon State
Park, Lake James.
Greg Burns, president and chief
executive officer at Cameron
Memorial
Community
Hospital, has been
announced as the
keynote speaker.
With Cameron
in the beginning
stages of building
a new hospital and
remodeling some
of the existing
Burns
facility, Burns is
presiding over the hospital at a
time when it will take on perhaps
its biggest change in its history.
The hospital is getting a new
structure and remodeling part of
the existing facility on a campus
that will cover about 13 acres in
downtown Angola.
Burns became the chief
executive in February 2009. He
has more than 33 years of
executive health care experience,
including his most recent position
as CEO of Baldwin Area Medical
Center in Baldwin, Wis.
He received his bachelor’s
degree in sociology and
psychology from the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens
Point, Wis., and his master’s in
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the U.S.
“We have better than a fourth of
them in the country here in greater
Indiana,” said Regional Manager of
Post Office Operations Gary Soultz.
As post office hours are being cut
in response to major financial
shortfalls in the USPS, village post
offices have been created to
continue to provide postal service
through community means.
Convenience and grocery stores are
the most common places for a
village post office, but they’ve been
opened in business centers, town
halls and other companies as well.
“We appreciate your partnership,
and we welcome it,” Soultz told
Bunch Friday. Bunch and the USPS
have been working for the past
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BUTLER — It’s not too late to
make a 2013 resolution —
obtaining a GED — and before
test costs are expected to nearly
double next year.
Four County Vocational
Cooperative is hoping to bring
back an adult education class to
the Butler area, in hopes that
residents will pursue their GED.
“What we’re trying to do is get
the word out,” said Rod Knox,
outreach coordinator for Four
County. “If we can get 10 students
or more from the DeKalb Eastern
area, we could possibly reopen that
site in Butler.”
Four County previously offered
GED classes at the Butler Public
Library, but classes were discontinued when enrollment didn’t
JANUARY 31, 2013
who received his 40-year pin, for his four
decades of service to the community.
Other tenure pins were given to Gerald
Sprague, 30 years; Kenny Sprague, 25
years; Geoffrey Bush, 10 years; and Eric
Bench, fiuve years.
Also recently, volunteers Kenny Sprague
and Richard “Dick” Becker received awards
from the Indiana Volunteer Firefighters
Association. Becker, of Ligonier, was
awarded a 50-year Gold Card from the
IVFA. Sprague received a 25-year pin from
the association. Those honors were
presented by Gerald Sprague, Ligonier’s
assistant fire chief and the IVFA District 6
chairman.
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AUBURN — The DeKalb
County Historical Society is in the
midst of a major project collecting
information, photos and stories
about early schoolhouses in the
county.
While organizers of this effort
have made great strides in their
research, they need additional
information about the schools in
Newville, Stafford, Troy and
Wilmington townships.
Photos and stories would be
greatly appreciated. Please contact
co-chair Sharon Zonker by email
at zeezonker39@gmail.com.
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DeKalb Outdoor Theater plans 2013 season
AUBURN — The DeKalb
Outdoor Theater has announced
the schedule for its fifth season,
featuring 19 free concerts and
events.
The schedule brings back
several performers who have
drawn large crowds in past years,
including the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Spike & The Bulldogs, The
Old Crown Brass Band and
Choice.
Psi Iota Xi Sorority-Eta Xi
Chapter again will partner to bring
the Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Orchestra as part of the Steel
Dynamics Foundation series for a
concert Friday, June 28, featuring
patriotic music.
Another highlight of the 2012
season was a performance by the
Navy Band Great Lakes. Plans call
for the band to return to the
outdoor theater this year to present
a joint concert with the Auburn
Community Band.
The past year also saw two
shows of the musical comedy
“Romeo and Harriet” on the
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post office started. Bunch had big
blue signs with postal rates printed
for the inside window and there is a
large sign outside designating the
grocery as a U.S. postal site.
Bunch said he was looking
forward to providing a further
service to the community. While his
business will not profit from the
sales of stamps and boxes, the
village post offices can benefit from
increased foot traffic from mail
customers. That may be especially
true during the busy tourist months
in Steuben County, said Mary
Dando of the USPS.
Orland Post Office will remain
open into the future, said Soultz.
Hours are 7:30-10:30 a.m. and 1-4
p.m. Monday through Friday and 810 a.m. on Saturdays. Work is
being done to provide 24-hour
access to post office boxes.
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lobbyist for the Roman Catholic
Kindergartner Katie Boyer, 5, holds her mother Mary Boyer’s hand as
Church raised concerns that
she walks her to the school bus in Indianapolis as snow falls on Friday.
Catholic schools and charitable
Katie attends full-day kindergarten at nearby Greenbriar Elementary
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LAKE JAMES — A live webcam has been
installed at the Pokagon State Park toboggan
run, a news release said.
The refrigerated toboggan run at Pokagon
can now be watched on computer or a handheld device.
With financial support from the Steuben
County Tourism Bureau, the webcam offers a
real-time view of the toboggan run from a
tower overlooking its twin tracks.
The Pokagon toboggan run is the only one
in Indiana and one of only two in the Midwest.
The webcam can be accessed at
TobogganRun.com, where viewers can also
take a virtual toboggan ride and find fees and
hours of operation. The cam is also available on
the bureau’s website at Lakes101.org.
The toboggan run is refrigerated and open
all winter weekends and holidays until Feb. 24
this year. The run can operate when there is no
snow on the ground and temperatures are above
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Pictured is a screen shot of the Indiana
Department of Natural Resources’ website
that hosts the webcam for the Pokagon
State Park toboggan slide.
freezing.
To see riders racing down the toboggan run,
view the webcam during the toboggan run’s
operating hours: Fridays, 5-10 p.m.; Saturday,
10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. The run is also open special hours on
certain holidays.
Holiday hours and additional information is
available at TobogganRun.com.
Even when the toboggan run is closed, the
webcam shows local snow and weather
conditions, said Pokagon interpreter Fred
Wooley. Additionally, viewers may see people
hiking the often crowded sidewalk next to the
toboggan run or observe wildlife.
“Who knows what might come zipping by at
other times when the toboggans are not,”
Wooley said.
Pokagon State Park is at 450 Lane 100, Lake
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The gym’s seating capacity
was estimated between 3,700
and 3,900, “depending on the
width allowed for each person,”
according to reports.
Paul Bateman, for whom the
gym was named, began his
teaching career at Orland High
School.
Three years later, the Auburn
High School and Purdue University graduate came to Garrett as
an agriculture and biology
teacher. He also became assistant
coach to the football, baseball
and track teams. He also served
as golf coach from when the
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employee-related flu vaccine policies like IU Health’s,
have in part put a laser-like focus on how health-care
providers ensure employees don’t pass on the flu to
patients.
Douglas Leonard, president of the Indiana Hospital
Association, believes all of his organization’s 174
member hospitals eventually will put mandatory flu
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may eventually be termination.
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LOCAL NEWS
Depot reopens
Three Rivers opens branch;
residents are set to move in
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The first tenants of the Harrison, the longdelayed $18.5-million, four-story multiuse downtown project, have moved in, beating a Feb. 1
benchmark established by the developer.
Three Rivers Federal Credit Union opened a
branch on the first floor of the Harrison Jan. 22.
Breck Geeting, a sales associate at leasing agent
BND Commercial, said residential tenants of 22 of
the project’s 43 apartments on the third and fourth
floors will move in between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2.
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Business & Professional..........................A10
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Community Calendar..........................B10-11
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Dining & Entertainment............................B9
Healthy Times .....................................A14-15
A
January 4, 2013
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Homestead baseball coach Sotir
to accept award for 100 victories
Business & Professional .....................................................B6
Classifieds .............................................................................B9
By Garth Snow
Community Calendar ...................................................B10-11
gsnow@kpcnews.net
Dining & Entertainment..................................................B2-3
The Greatest Love Story of All Times................B8-9When the Indiana High
Healthy Times.......................................................................B5
School Baseball Coaches
Youth.......................................................................................A2
Association honors
New group will hone
in on everyday health
By Valerie Gough
vgough@kpcnews.net
in Cincinnati. “In order to
assistant in the health and
play baseball, most
physical education
As much as critics like to say that social media has
people say you go to
department. He taught
made us less social, the same cannot be said in every
junior college in Florida,”
classes and took classes,
instance. In fact, each month in Fort Wayne, individuals
Sotir said. “So I went to
and was an assistant baseusing social media come together over breakfast to
St. Petersburg Junior
ball coach. “And those
Homestead coach Steve
discuss its application and influence in business and
College and played there
two years were just a
Serving Northwest Fort Wayne & Allen County
January 25, 2013
fwdailynews.com
Sotir for his 100 victoeveryday life. The Social Media Breakfast, which started
a couple of years, where
learning experience for
ries, he might deflect the
in Boston, now exists in more than 25 U.S. cities and
you can play baseball all
me,” Sotir said. “Not only
credit to his players. After
serves as a time to network with like-minded people or
year-round.” He earned a
did I learn the game, but I
all, he did that twice
get help from industry experts.
baseball scholarship to
learned how to teach the
during a brief account of
It was at one of these events where Justin Springer saw
Newberry College, in
game.”
his evolving career.
South Carolina, and
Sotir creditsINSIDE
Stallings THISpotential
ISSUEin the Social Media Breakfast model, and how it
By Garth Snow
“I want to give the
could positively influence another aspect of daily life —
gsnow@kpcnews.net
played there two more
with introducing him to
credit to the kids where
health.
years. “Then I started
the American Baseball
Classifieds............................................A13
it’s mostly deserved,”
“I went to a Social Media Breakfast in December and I
thinking about what I
Association,
based in
Courtesy photo
John Nye buys books and music at
Sotir said. “At Homeloved it,” said Springer, who founded My Healthy City.
wanted to do in life.” He
Atlanta, and ultimately to
Steve Sotir passed the 100the Goodwill store at 525 E. Dupont
Community
Calendar....................A14-15
stead, we’re blessed with
“You know, here is a complete newbie to really underwanted to stay close to
the International
Baseball
victory mark during his fifth
Road. He also donates goods to that
winner
outstanding student
standing social media Readers
and I gotchoose
to go into
thisof prize package
the game. “If I can’t play
Association.
“They
year as Homestead High
store.
Healthy
Times........................................A7
Snow
athletes, By
andGarth
success
can
environment and a lot of experts were there. I walked
it, then the next best thing
needed someone who
School baseball coach. He will
“Oh, it’s a great place,” the Fort
See page A9 for Details
gsnow@kpcnews.net
come when
you have very
away with so much valuable information.”
is to coach it,” he said.
could teach the game,”
accept an award for that mileWayne man said. “They’ve got good
talented players on the
Springer, who owns Fort Wayne Strength and CondiHe coached at ClearSotir said. “Not necesstone at the January meeting
prices and good selection.”
January 18, 2013
Serving NewNoah
Haven
& East
Allen County
FWDailyNews.com
Afterschool
15-year-old
field. Any high
tioning, has long wanted to find a way to make Fort
water High School in
sarily pro experience,
but
of the
Indiana
High School
Store manager Denise Zephyr said
Barbnecht
in
coach will
tell you was
that.”injuredBaseball
Wayne a healthier place to live, work and play, but he
Clearwater, Fla., then
a teacher of the game.”
Coaches Association.
all 15 employees work to polish the
a Christmas
Eve skiing
Sotir will
accept the
wasn’t entirely sure how to go about bringing people
became an assistant at
Sotir was charged with
store’s image. “We get a lot of
accident,
theSherNorthrop department secretary, said
award Jan.
25 at the
together with that common goal.
Georgia Southern Univerconducting coaching
compliments on the cleanliness,” she
Bruin
Backers
stepped
aton Indianapolis Hotel &
Sotir has earned the
“I thought, here is the venue that I’ve been looking for
sity in Statesboro, Ga.,
clinics in Australia, Italy
said. “A lot of people think this is
forward
Suites, during
theto help the respect of the players, the
— something that’s not about me, or my gym, or
He became an assistant
and around the globe. The
not like a thrift store.”
football player
coaches’freshman
winter clinics.
parents and the commuanybody’s business, but that’s a resource to the commuat the University of
10-day clinics drew
Like many charities that serve Fort
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE
and he
hiswasn’t
family.
Sotir said
Photo by Garth Snow
nity as a whole.
nity.”
Florida. But Sotir was
players from nearby, and
Wayne and vicinity, the Goodwill
Plans
for a Feb. 9 “Everyone associated
aware of the
milestone
John
Nye
pays
for
books
and
music
at
the
Goodwill
store
at
525
E.
Dupont
Road,
where
Springer created My Healthy City, a group open to
drawn back to Statesboro.
coaches from a wider
location sells what it can and recyBusiness
& Professional............................A2
fundraiser
continued last
until
Homestead
school
Susan McGhee is one of 10 clerks. Nye said he also donates material to the store.
with baseball here at
“People said if you want
cles what it must. It all starts with
By
week, even
as Garth
Noah’sSnow
radio
announcer
Adam
See COACH, Page A8
Classifieds..................................................A12
Homestead and I think
to learn the game, you
See HEALTH, Page A4
Or, donors may drop off merchandonations.
Courtesy photo
gsnow@kpcnews.net
family
moved
him to
Schenkel
approached
him
want to go to Georgia
dise at the front or back of the store
Community
Calendar................................A15
“This is our slower time of the
Shepherd
Center,
an
after
the
7-0,
May
5
Southern
and
study
under
Many
Fort
Wayne
agencies
Readers choose winner of prize package
in Dupont Village, or at a drop box
year,” Zephyr said Jan. 14. “It kind
Jack Stallings,” Sotir said.
across the street in Dupont Crossing.
of peaks at Christmas and then it
accept and sell used merDonations merit a receipt for
tapers off and starts picking up again
chandise, clothing and furnicoached at Wake Forest
income tax purposes, she said. “But
in the spring. Summer is probably
ture.
The
work
supports
and
Florida
State,
won
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we don’t assign a value. That’s up to
our busiest time as far as donations,
more than 1,200 games as
them and the IRS,” Zephyr said. “I
training and provides jobs.
with the yard sales; we get a lot of
usually tell them to go by what we
that stuff. Sometimes we can put
Profits support those same
“I realized how much I
would sell it for, if they want a price
some of those wares in the Brooklyn
missions. Read more about
didn’t know,” Sotir said.
guide.”
Avenue store where our warehouse
He became a graduate
Goodwill, the Salvation Army
She said shoppers report some
is. That way it can kind of keep us
good finds among the books, CDs
going through the winter if we’re not
and the St. Vincent de Paul
and other merchandise. “Sometimes
getting as much.”
Haven High School, weight training for various sports
"Y6ALERIE'OUGH
Society inside this edition of
we hear some good stories about the
If the neighborhood association’s vgough@kpcnews.net
activities. In the years that followed, weightlifting would
the Dupont Valley Times.
sale has lots of leftovers, she said,
exacerbate the pain and cripple his efforts at the gym.
the RESALE,
stroke of midnight,
Page A10 when another
call the corporate office for a pickup. It often begins at See
About a year ago, Voss signed up for Fort Wayne
calendar year has come to an end and a new one begins.
Strength and Conditioning’s “Best Shape of Your Life
It’s that tiny voice inside that says this year will be
Challenge,” a six-week diet and fitness program that
different. The time has come, it says, to do more of this
Springer uses to track progress, and later reward the
Courtesy photo/Kelly Lynch
or less of that. It usually comes with a seemingly unshakmost-improved participants with cash prizes.
able willpower, but as time goes on, the proverbial back
Engine his
No. 765 chugs past the Wabash Railroad depot on State Street in New Haven. The depot was renovated to its original 1887
Since then, Voss has lost 61 pounds,Steam
decreased
burner takes hold, drowning out those promises of change
condition,
withwaist.
some modern upgrades. Colors ingrained into the woodwork and tonal contrast in black-and-white photos were used to
body fat by 7.1 percent, and lost 12 inches
in his
with the obligations of everyday life.
thethat
building’s
But there were other improvements todetermine
his health
he color scheme.
That’s right, it’s the New Year’s resolution. It should
the new link. “From what we’re hearing,
By Garth Snow
come as no surprise that the No. 1 resolution made and
“For the past four months, I haven’t had any issues
gsnow@kpcnews.net
there was a lot of buzz and excitement
later broken by the majority is losing weight, whether
with my back,” Voss said. “The reason was because I
around the route,” Clabaugh said. He said
through healthy eating or exercise. Health clubs that start
wasn’t lifting correctly and there were parts of my body I
as he distributed fliers at PRMC,
Signs designating links to the newthe year bursting
at the seams will return to a less
needed to strengthen. With the help of mobilization and
employees reported that patients had been
Medlink route between Parkview hospidizzying pace come mid-February. So what is it about
training, I’ve been able to learn what to do to avoid those
asking questions about the service. “So it
tals will be in place this week, Citilink
human beings that allows this tradition to continue?
it’s been a pretty big hit,” he said.
spokesman Betsy Kachmar said. Perhaps it’sseems
that they make the resolution at all.
The program also influenced him to change his eating
Parkview Health agreed to underwrite
tional. As president of the
Kachmar said many motorists won’t“The first thing
By Valerie Gough
I tell people when they come in is that
habits to be consistent with the Paleo vgough@kpcnews.net
diet (also known as
“the little extra leg of the trip” connecting
New Haven Heritage
notice the signs, but those who depend
we on
are not a New Year’s resolution gym,” said Justin
the paleolithic or “caveman” diet), which promotes the
public transit to the hospital.
Association, Adams led an
Citilink will understand the color-coded
Springer, who owns Fort Wayne Strength and Condiconsumption of foods found in nature:
fish,
Photo by Janegame
Snow
Whenmeat,
Alison
Adams
Before the agreement, Citilink’s
effort
to
renovate
the
126Medlink 15 markers. Those round tioning. Rather
than resolutions, the CrossFit trainer helps
Aldersgate United Methodist Church singers from the children’s choir and the Renaissance Praise
describes the Wabash
Flexroute 21 took passengers to a stop at
year-old train depot with
markers will be placed beneath the buspeople make lifestyle changes. As a result, his clients are
blood
pressure
dropped, several
of my blood
teen group perform for the Christmas concert at the “My
Getz Road
church.
The 38-member
Old Crown
Railroad
depot work
as it would
a restaurant on the south side of Dupont
painstaking attention to
shaped, rectangular signs posted at bus
seeing more than a just reduction in weight,
numbers improved and it gave me the have
knowledge
been inof1887, one
Road. The hospital provided a shuttle.
detail.
stops.
“Our goal is to perfect human movement. (CrossFit)
monitoring my food intake and what Ican’t
am putting
my
help butinto
imagine
security guards would
“The two west rooms
Hourly service between Parkview ensures youSometimes,
can move well and stave off decrepitude,
body,” Voss said. “The lifestyle isn’t for
everyone,
but in
what
it was like.
For the
provide a ride. Some passengers walked
now have air conditioning
Hospital Randallia and Parkview Regional
which can keep people out of nursing homes,” Springer
people of New Haven, it
to the hospital.
and heat, although you
Medical Center began Jan. 7. Though
Pam and Carlos Felix spend their wedding anniversary completing a
explained. “I know most people in their 20s, 30s and 40s
“I like the six-week challenge because
the to the
wasitaresets
doorstep
Now, Clabaugh said, the bus makes two
can’t see any of that so it
there has not been time to measure the
partner workout at Fort Wayne Strength and Conditioning. “The
aren’t really thinking about that, but it is totally relevant.”
body,” Springer said. “It’s a lifestyle approach,
not awhere
way
world. It was
on the PRMC campus.
still looks the way it did in
acceptance of that route, Kachmar saidSpringerstops
celebration is working out together,” Pam Felix said.
referred to a quote by former gymnast and
to lose weight for spring break. I mean,
I like pizza
andsaid their
soldiers
stoically
“So we’re trying to move people from
the 1890s,” Adams said.
Jan. 18, “We’ve had a few people who
CrossFit founder Greg Glassman: “The needs of an
grandmother may have a broomstick, but the movement
beer, too … let’s not get too crazy. But,
the whole
goodbyes
en route to war.
that awkward connection to a more
The depot, which was
have figured it out.”
Olympic athlete and the needs of my grandmother differ
shouldn’t change,” Springer said. “A squat, for example,
premise is to eat real food. I don’t think
too many
It was
wherepeople
lovers
graceful one, and that will take some
added to the National
“We’ll have signage up, and that will
only by degree, not by kind.” Essentially, he meant that
is essentially just standing up from a seated position.”
boarded the train for a
Citilink’s Kachmar said. “As
Registry of Historic Places
help people connect,” said Kachmar,both
the shouldtime,”
learn to squat properly.
For 15 years, Mark Voss, 34, suffered from intense
Photo by Valerie Gough
honeymoon in big cities
people are calling, we’re explaining that.”
in 2003, now boasts other
assistant manager of Citilink/FWPTC. “The Olympic
CHANGES, *>}iÊ{
athlete may squat 500 pounds, and my
back pain that started when he was a student at New
like Chicago, Kansas City
The Medlink fares are consistent with
Justin York, project supervisor with A&Z Engineering, presents New
modern conveniences,
City crews will erect those signs,
or St. Louis. At the time,
Citilink’s rate structure. According to a
Haven Heritage Association President Alison Adams with a photo
including a handicapKachmar said.
just a few pennies would
news release, that fare is $1.25 a ride,
book documenting the renovation to the Wabash Railroad depot.
accessible ramp and
The route extends service to Parkview
have purchased a ticket to
with discounts available.
restroom, a kitchenette,
Regional Medical Center, which is just
Fort Wayne for a day of
“At the top of the hour it will be at
ceiling fans and new
beyond city limits on the north side of
shopping or work.
Parkview Randallia, and then 25 after the
lighting.
Dupont Road.
“This is where passenA recent ribbon-cutting
Parkview Health spokesman Eric
gers would have warmed
celebration was the most
See BUS, Page A10
Clabaugh reported favorable response to
up by the potbelly stove,”
activity the depot had seen
American Boychoir music director
The Ohio State University, and has
Adams said, gesturing
since 1964, when the railFernando Malvar-Ruiz will lead two Fort
completed coursework toward his doctoral
next to what used to be
roads abandoned the
Wayne youth choirs in an instructional
degree in musical arts at the University of
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the ticket window. “I
building. It sat vacant for
clinic and concert.
Illinois. He conducts choral festivals
imagine the station staff
more than 20 years, until
Two age groups from the Fort Wayne
throughout the United States.
would have also used it to
the New Haven Heritage
Children’s Choir and Trinity English
“It is a treat to bring him to Fort
brew coffee and put their
Association acquired the
Lutheran Church will perform at 2:30
Wayne,” said Jonathan Busarow, the Chilfeet
up
around
it
to
keep
depot
from
Norfolk
&
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at the church, 405
dren’s Choir’s artistic director. “We have
their boots warm.”
Western Railroad in 1988,
W. Wayne St. The public is welcome.
not brought a clinician
of his caliber to
Open Anytime
That potbelly stove now
saving it from imminent
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for the
work with the
kids in a very long time.”
anytimefitness.com
sits inEbony
a barn on Adams’
Pre-owned Yamaha
destruction.
kids to work with someone like him, and
High school-age children will participroperty awaiting restoraIt would take two
for us as directors,” said Robert A. Hobby,
pate in a clinic Friday evening. Younger
Baby Grand $7,650
tion and will one day find
decades of grant writing,
the church’s director of music. “He’s just
children will rehearse Saturday morning.
its way back to the depot,
fundraising and planning
very gracious and energetic and I think it
The age groups will rehearse together
although it won’t be funcbefore renovations could
will be an exciting opportunity for the
before the concert.
begin, but it all came full
kids to grow musically, but also in an
The Indiana Music Educators Associacircle on Dec. 7 when the
environment with a person who is fun and
tion will hold its annual conference Jan.
New Haven community
engaging.”
17-19 at the Grand Wayne Convention
came out in droves to see
Trinity has held similar collaborations
Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd. “We’ve
the new depot for the first
with children’s choirs from First Presbytebumped our schedule so the teachers can
time.
rian Church, Plymouth Church, and other
attend,” Hobby said.
Now, association
Photo by Valerie Gough
organizations, Hobby said. Those visiting
The nonsectarian boys choir serves
members must tend to
An old freight room at the Wabash Railroad depot was left mostly
clinicians have included lyric soprano
grades four through eight. Founded in
finishing touches, such as
untouched, with plans to use the space for some kind of commuHelen Kemp and choral director Hilary
Columbus, Ohio, in 1937, the school
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“It’s more cost-effective to share some
“It’s just an additional way of sharing
of the financial responsibilities, but also
with the community,” Hobby said. “We
to share some of the experiences and the
look forward to growing musically and
rewards,” Hobby said.
creating new friendships.”
Malvar-Ruiz, a native of Spain, holds a
The American Boychoir School recruits
master’s degree in choral conducting from
from throughout the United States.
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