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MONDAY
February 1,
2016
An independent newspaper serving Adams County, Indiana since 1857
County wrestlers excel at sectionals
THE BECKER BUNDLE — Bellmont junior 106-pounder Jon Becker converts his single-leg takedown on
Briar Goodwin of South Adams into a cradle on the way to the mat to jump out 5-0 in the opening seconds of the 126-pound title match at the Jay County Wrestling Sectional Saturday. Later in the period,
Becker powered Goodwin over for a fall as the Bellmonter earned a second sectional crown. See more
in Sports.
Photo by Jim Hopkins
Decatur chamber to honor 2 firms
First Merchants Bank
and
Haggard-Sefton
&
Hirschy
Funeral
Home will be recognized at Thursday evening’s annual Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
membership and awards
banquet as the Large
and Small Business of
the Year award-winners,
respectively.
The banquet, to be
held at the Decatur
Knights of Columbus
hall, will begin with a
social hour at 5:45 p.m.
Dinner will be served at
6:30 p.m., followed by an
awards ceremony.
The origins of First
Merchants Bank date
back 122 years to its orga-
IN BRIEF
Commissioners
meet Tuesday
The Adams County
Commissioners will meet
at 10 a.m. Tuesday in
the commission/council
chambers of the Service
Complex.
Auditor
Mary
B e e r y,
County
Engineer Tim Barkey,
Highway
Department
Superintendent Lonnie
Caffee and Buildings and
Grounds Manager Dave
Meyer will address the
board. Clerk of Courts
Jim Voglewede will ask
for approval of a vote
center resolution, and
former Adams County
Ryan Noblitt will address
the commissioners on
Connect to Careers.
LARGE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
First Merchants Bank
SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
Haggard-Sefton & Hirschy F.H.
nization as Merchants
National Bank of Muncie
in 1893. The local office
of First Merchants Bank
began as an idea of some
local business leaders
in the early 1960s, who
believed there was a need
for another bank to serve
the growing Decatur
area.
An initial meeting was
held Nov. 2, 1965, to
formally discuss the formation of the new bank,
and four men who would
become the nucleus
of the founding directors were present at the
meeting; Paul Strickler,
Richard
Doer mer,
Clarence Bultemeier and
Arthur Suttles. They
would be joined later by
Robert Mutschler, David
Myers and William Salin
to form the first board
of directors of Decatur
Bank & Trust Company.
DB&T was formally
chartered by the state of
Indiana on Nov. 18, 1966,
and officially opened its
doors for business Jan.
26, 1967, operating out
of a specially equipped
mobile home at 520 N.
13th St. The location
provided some firsts for
the Decatur community in the banking field,
which included the first
drive-up window and the
first free off-street parking for customers.
Even as the bank
began operation in its
temporary quarters, construction of the original
structure was under
way. On June 9, 1967,
an official ribbon cutting was held to officially
open the new building.
See CHAMBER, Page 2
75¢
City eyes funds
for $6M sewer
line along 1st St.
By BOB SHRALUKA
As the City of Decatur
continues to move as rapidly as possible to replace
a deteriorating sewer line
off 1st Street, city council held a lengthy debate
at a special meeting last
week on how to fund
the purchases of properties and easements for
the construction of a new
line.
The current sewer runs
along the west bank of the
St. Marys River and, due
in part to the shifting river
bank, has been deteriorating and causing major
problems. City Engineer
Nate Rumschlag and
other officials have put
together a plan to build a
new sewer much higher,
running from approximately the old Decatur
Auto Supply building at
the Jefferson Street intersection to the Zwick &
Jahn Funeral Home.
That plan involves
buying up properties
and easements, it was
determined early on that
would be far cheaper
than building the new
sewer down 1st Street,
which would involve
tearing up two blocks of
1st Street, including the
busy intersection with
Monroe Street/U.S. 224.
City officials were
scheduled
to
close
two purchases Friday,
the home of Porfirio
and
Wendelin
Ortiz
($126,000), 128 N. 1st
St., and a home owned by
Cory Affolder ($30,080),
situated just north of
the former auto supply
building. A third closing
is set for today, the purchase of the Rice Realtors
building ($69,356) at 126
E. Monroe St.
Plans are being finalized to buy the Masters
Heating and Cooling
building at 110 N. 1st
St. from Mark Bulmahn,
and the onetime auto
supply building from the
Loshe family. Also being
purchased are some
easement rights, including an easement behind
the Emergency Mobile
Technologies building
owned by the Macklin
family. A total of $20,000
is needed for all the easements.
Once all the purchases are made — including
those north of Monroe
Street — funds will be
needed for demolitions.
Approximately $5 million in sewer bonds are
available for the project, pegged to cost some
$6 million. In addition,
the city has dedicated
$500,000 a year to its
Capital Campaign (CC),
which — along with
donations from various
individuals and businesses — has reached
nearly $700,000.
The CC funds are to
be used for downtown
revitalization, including
riverfront development.
So the debate was how
much of the CC funds
could be devoted to the
sewer project, since
some of the purchased
properties will eventually
became part of the riverfront development plan.
With three closings at
hand — totaling $227,000
— the special meeting
was called to determine
which funds to use.
After
the
lengthy
debate, it was unanimously decided to use
CC funds for the Loshe
and Affolder properties,
as easements were needed for the sewer project,
but not the buildings;
the properties, however,
needed to be purchased
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Voting under way in Iowa Decatur teen, an online student,
DES MOINES, Iowa
(AP) — In a high-stakes
test of enthusiasm versus
organization, Republican
Donald
Trump
and
Democrat Bernie Sanders
hope to ride voter energy
into victories in today’s
Iowa caucuses, as Ted
Cruz and Hillary Clinton
bank on sophisticated getout-the vote operations
months in the making.
The caucuses kick
off the 2016 presidential nominating contests,
marking a new phase in a
tumultuous election that
has exposed Americans’
deep frustration with
Washington and given
rise to candidates few
expected to challenge for
their party’s nomination
when they first entered
the race.
After months of campaigning and more than
$200 million spent on
advertising, the race for
supremacy in Iowa is close
in both parties. Among
Republicans,
Trump
appears to hold a slim edge
over Cruz, a fiery senator
from Texas. Clinton and
Sanders entered Monday
in a surprisingly tight
Democratic race, reviving
memories of the former
secretary of state’s disappointing showing in Iowa
eight years ago.
‘‘Stick with me,’’ Clinton
said as she rallied supporters Sunday in Council
Bluffs. ‘‘Stick with a plan.
Stick with experience.’’
Sanders, the Vermont
senator who has been
generating big, youthful
crowds across the state,
urged voters to help him
‘‘make history’’ with a win
in Iowa.
In a show of financial
strength, Sanders’ campaign announced Sunday
it had raised $20 million
in January alone. While
Sanders has a large team
See IOWA, Page 2
writes, publishes historical novel
By COURTNEY LOSHE
At the young age of 16, Olivia
Obringer of Decatur has published
her own novel titled “Surrounded by
Death and Destruction.” The book is
available in paperback from Amazon
and online through Kindle.
Obringer said she first started
writing when she was 10 years old
because as she was reading she
would always tend to think of alternative endings for whatever story she
was reading. Eventually she told herself, “I want to read something like
this. If no one else is going to write it,
then I will.”
Obringer’s favorite books are
the historical, fiction-based “Dear
America” series. It is from those
books that she drew her inspiration. She wanted to write something
historically based that have received
little attention. When she chose to
research historical events that had
never been chronicled, she stumbled
Olivia Obringer
across the 1900 Galveston Hurricane,
which “Surrounded by Death and
Destruction” is based upon. She
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said she was surprised
no one had written a
book about it previously.
Had it of not been
for her mother, Amy
Obringer, “Surrounded
by Death and
Destruction” might not
have been published.
When Olivia finished
her book, her mother
urged her to publish it.
“I wanted to get my
name out there and
possibly find an agent,
which is hard to do,”
Olivia said. When she
chose to publish her
book on Amazon, she
was nervous and excited, hoping her book
would find an audience.
“Surrounded by
Death and Destruction”
is not the only story
Obringer has authored.
She has published
many short stories in
different children’s
magazines — almost
all of them historically
based. When asked if
we can expect more
books from her in the
future, Obringer said,
“Absolutely.”
Obringer said she
writes a couple times a
week, or when she has
the motivation to do so.
Because she is homeschooled, she has a lot
of time and flexibility to
write at her own pace.
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Patricia Knaebe, right, a distinguished toastmaster with the Toastmasters
Club from Fort Wayne, was a recent speaker at the Decatur Rotary Club.
Toastmasters, in existence since the 1920s, focuses on building communication and leadership skills. The club teaches effective and efficient speaking,
listening, writing and evaluation. There are more than 300,000 clubs worldwide.
Knabe is pictured with Rotary Program Chair Pat Rumschlag.
Photo provided
CHAMBER
From Page 1
business changed many hands and
eventually S.E. Black decided to move
the business to a more quaint and
home-like setting. In 1933, he purchased a Federal Style Mansion at 225
W. Adams Street — which is where the
business remains to this day.
According to a chamber statement,
the funeral home is unique in that no
one family-name has ever dominated
our firm. In recent memory the following directors have been instrumental in establishing the mission of our
firm: Chalk Winteregg, Richard Linn,
Gayle Armes, Thomas Sefton and David
Haggard. In 2010 funeral director, Ryan
Hirschy partnered with Patrick Sefton
and another name was added making
it, Haggard-Sefton & Hirschy Funeral
Home.
“Our small staff is dedicated to serving the families that have appointed us
in fulfilling the last task of love for their
departed. We strive to make what could
be one of the difficult times in one’s life,
one of comfort, reverence and dignity.
We sincerely want our families to feel
like they are stepping into our home,
not our place of work, truly, your family, taking care of your family,” said a
spokesperson for the funeral home.
“We are honored to receive the Small
Business Award and also grateful for
all the families that have called upon
our firm throughout our 112 year history. Our resolution to our community
is this: That we will continue to serve,
when we are asked to do so and be
faithful to those who have placed their
trust in us.”
Over the course of the next three
decades the bank saw significant
growth, reaching an asset size of more
than $130 million in 1999. It was in
early 2000 that Decatur Bank & Trust
Company merged with First Merchants
Corporation, which at the time had total
assets of $ 1.6 billion. Decatur Bank &
Trust Company operated under its own
name and charter until 2005, when the
An online student
bank began officially operating under
Obringer is a part of
the name First Merchants Bank N.A.
the Indiana Connections First Merchants Corporation is the
Academy, founded
second largest bank holding comin 2010 as an online
pany headquartered in the state of
school in Indiana where Indiana, with the recent merger of
students can experience Ameriana Bancorp and the subsequent
a quality education
merger of Ameriana Bank and First
through online learning. Merchants Bank N.A., the combined
In the fall of 2011, INCA First Merchants Bank N.A. now has
became an approved
117 banking centers in Indiana, Ohio
charter school.
and Illinois, and approximately $6.7
Obringer said she
billion in assets.
likes the Connections
First Merchants Bank N.A. serves
Academy because of its 26 counties in Indiana, and First
flexible schedule and
Merchants Corporation employs more
because courses offered than 1,000 people in Indiana, Ohio and
are challenging. She
Illinois.
gets to take Advanced
Placement classes and
Haggard-Sefton & Hirschy Funeral
can still interact with
Home has its origins at the turn of
other students through the century, in 1904, when J.O. Ball
live lectures and live
opened an undertaking room in his
chats. Obringer said
storefront business on 2nd Street in
she loves that she can
downtown Decatur.
do all of that while stay- In the 30 years that followed, the
ing home.
Just like public
schools, Obringer and
scope of the billionaire’s
her classmates go on
organization in Iowa is a
field trips, sit through
From Page 1 mystery, though Trump
lectures and must do
himself has intensified
in Iowa, his operation his campaign schedule
their homework. Olivia
got off to a later start, during the final sprint,
said she has to finish
particularly compared including a pair of rallies
all of her daily work,
with Clinton, who has Monday.
quizzes and tests on
had staff on the ground Cruz has modeled his
time — otherwise they
in the state for nearly a campaign after past Iowa
are considered overdue
year.
lessons.
winners, visiting all of
contest the state’s 99 counties
One of the benefits of Monday’s
will also offer the first and courting influential
attending the INCA is
hard evidence of wheth- evangelical and conserthe wide assortment of
er Trump can turn the vative leaders. With the
elective classes offered
legion of fans drawn to state seemingly tailoronline. Unlike public
his plainspoken popu- made for his brand of
schools, at the online
lism into voters. The uncompromising conseracademy students are
able to take classes on
whatever subject they
like, including music,
game design, and even
sign language.
Obringer has taken
French and sign language courses and
plans on taking Latin
next year. Because of
her flexible schedule,
she also enjoys taking
piano lessons, playing
with her many pets,
spending time with her
family, and — of course
— writing.
IOWA
vatism, a loss to Trump
will likely be viewed as a
failure to meet expectations.
Seeking to tamp down
expectations, Cruz said
Sunday that he’s just
pleased to be in the mix
for first place.
‘‘If you had told me a
year ago that two days
out from the Iowa caucuses we would be neck
and neck, effectively
tied for first place in the
state of Iowa, I would
have been thrilled,’’ Cruz
said.
Deadlines loom for
Indiana lawmakers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
Indiana lawmakers have
days to decide whether
to keep certain contentious bills alive during
this legislative session,
including one that would
extend civil rights protections to gays and lesbians, but not transgender
people, one that would
use a tax increase to fund
road improvements and
one that would further
restrict the sale of cold
medicines used to make
methamphetamine.
Facing a Wednesday
deadline, here are some
things to know about the
issues that will be considered and ideas that
have already been kicked
aside:
LGBT RIGHTS
Republican
Senate
Leader David Long promised to address LGBT
rights following the passage last March of a religious objections law that
was strongly criticized,
including by the business community, as an
invitation for people to
discriminate against lesbians, gays, bisexuals
and transgender people.
The full Senate is
poised to vote on a bill
that would protect lesbians, gays and bisexuals
from being fired, denied
service or evicted due to
their sexual orientation.
But the measure, which
has exemptions for clergy, small businesses and
religious organizations,
has strong opposition.
ROADS
A long-term road funding plan favored by GOP
Speaker Brian Bosma
was opposed not only by
GOP Gov. Mike Pence,
but also Republicans
in the Senate because
it would raise cigarette
prices by $1 a pack
and increase the state’s
18-cent-per-gallon gas
tax by 4 cents.
House Republicans on
Thursday added a gradual income tax cut to their
plan to make it more
palatable, but it didn’t
work.
Long
questioned
whether the measure,
which would reduce the
income tax rate to 3.06
percent in 2025, was
prudent. Pence, meanwhile, pointed to his own
roads proposal, which
would pump an estimated $481 million into state
highway projects in 2017
by borrowing money and
drawing down state budget reserves.
METH
With Indiana topping
the national list for meth
lab seizures for the third
consecutive year, lawmakers proposed several measures this year
to curb meth manufacturing. The favored
approach by the House
would allow pharmacists
to require suspicious
people to get a prescription to purchase otherwise over-the-counter
cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine — a
key meth ingredient.
The Senate, meanwhile, has a measure that
would allow pharmacists
to turn down suspicious
customers looking to buy
such medicines.
ALCOHOL SALES
Big-box grocery chains
and liquor stores have
fought for years over
legalizing Sunday sales,
with this year’s measure
requiring grocery and
convenience stores to
place alcohol in a separate area and away from
toys, school supplies
and candy. It also would
have required cashiers
at grocery and convenience stores to have
state permits to ring up
alcohol sales, similar to
a requirement for liquor
store clerks.
SEWER
From Page 1
to gain easement rights.
Demolition costs were
not included, and are
expected to total approximately $50,000; those
funds also will come
from city funds dedicated to the CC, bringing the total from CC
funds to approximately
$130,000.
Sewer bond monies will be used for
the remaining costs of
properties and easements and, replying to
a question, Rumschlag
said that move “will not
jeopardize the project,”
referring to the actual
construction costs.
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Obituaries
W. David Augustyniak
Marwayne I. Grant
W. David Augustyniak, 63, Decatur, passed away
Jan. 29, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana,
Fort Wayne, following a brief illness diagnosed on
Monday. He was born in Fort Wayne Jan. 22, 1953,
to Barbara (Reese) Augustyniak and the late Walter
Augustyniak. Dave was united in marriage to Louann
Scherer Aug. 6, 1976, at St. John Lutheran ChurchBingen; she survives.
Dave was a member of the St.
Lutheran Church-Bingen and of
Teamsters Local 414 in Fort Wayne.
He was self-employed as owner/
operator of Dave’s Tinker Shop, a
body shop that evolved into a jackof-all-trades business. In that capacity, he was known throughout the
community for his generosity and
Augustyniak volunteerism, helping anyone, at any
time, with anything. He retired four
years ago after 30 years of employment for various companies representing Teamsters Local 414.
Several of the companies he worked for included
Dailey Asphalt, S. E. Johnson (low-boy driver), G & L
Corporation and USF-Holland. He was also employed
by Crumback-Simons Chevrolet in New Haven and
Cox Body Shop.
Among survivors are two sons, Josh (Crissy)
Augustyniak and Corey (Beverly) Augustyniak, both of
Decatur; a daughter, Mandy Augustyniak of Decatur;
two sisters, Edie (Barry) Krueckeberg and Mia (Tim)
Geigerof, both of Hoagland; a brother, Steve (Nila)
Augustyniak of Hoagland; and four grandchildren,
Tyler, Tasha, Jailen and Julianna Augustyniak.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday
at St. John Lutheran Church-Bingen, with Rev. Peter
Brock officiating. Burial will follow in the St. John
Lutheran Church Cemetery-Bingen.
Visitation will be from 2-4 and 5-8 p.m. Tuesday
at Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home and one hour prior
to services at the church on Wednesday.
Preferred memorials are to St. John Lutheran
Church-Bingen; St. John Lutheran Church-Bingen
175th Tanzania Mission; and Worship For Shut-Ins.
Marwayne I. Grant, 84, Decatur, passed away Jan.
30, 2016, at Parkview Regional Medical Center. She
was born in Elliot, N.D., Oct. 16, 1931, to the late
Melvin and Noma (Imboden) Strahm. On Jan. 31,
1948, she married William Grant; he preceded her in
death May 15, 1994.
She was a member of Faith Alive and worked as a
homemaker.
Among survivors are two sons,
Gary Grant of Fort Wayne and Rev.
Rex (Brenda) Grant of Decatur; three
daughters, Brenda Eyanson of Berne,
Harvey (Roxann) Hilton of Linn Grove
and Ken (Vickie) Reinhart of Decatur;
a sister, Bernadine Foreman of
Monroe; and 15 grandchildren, 34
great-grandchildren and 13 greatGrant
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a
son-in-law, Greg Eyanson; two grandsons, Gregory
Allen and Scott Allen Eyanson; and a brother and
five sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday
at Haggard-Sefton & Hirschy Funeral Home, with
Minister Janet Lough of Faith Alive officiating.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the
funeral home. Preferred memorials are to Faith Alive.
Alyce A. Bogan
Alyce A. Bogan, 71, Decatur, died unexpectedly
Jan. 29, 2016, at DuPont Hospital in Fort Wayne.
She was born in Decatur Oct. 29, 1944, to the late
Herman Lankenau and Edythe (Johnson) LankenauStahly. She married Robert W. Bogan in May of 1967;
he survives.
She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in
Decatur and the Tri Kappa Sorority
of Decatur. Alyce was a loving homemaker. She was formerly employed
by CTS in Berne and had been a parttime employee as an aide in the North
Adams Community School District,
working in the cafeteria and also special needs classes.
Among survivors are a daughter,
Bogan
Erica I. Bogan of Decatur; a son,
Rob L. Bogan of Decatur; a sister,
Gretchen (Tom) Ehler of Sidney, Ohio; and a granddaughter, Alia I. Bogan of Decatur.
Preceding her in death were her step-father, Albert
M. Stahly; and a sister, Gaynel Lankenau.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday
at Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home, with Rev. James
Voorman officiating.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, also at
the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, preferred memorials are to
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and Erin’s House of
Fort Wayne.
Norma D. Petzold
Norma D. Petzold, 85, Decatur passed away Jan.
27, 2016, at Adams Memorial Hospital. She was born
in Baltimore, Md., June 16, 1930, to the late Carl H.
and Emilie (Anderfuhren) Knepper. She married Rev.
Earl E. Petzold on June 22, 1958; he preceded her in
death on Sept. 27, 1996.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in
Decatur, the Emmaus Guild, Lutherans for Life and
Council on Pregnancy in Adams County. She was a
homemaker.
Among survivors are her daughter, Ruth E. Petzold,
a diplomat posted in Cairo, Egypt; a son, Daniel E.
(Debbie) Petzold of Ypsilanti, Mich.; three grandchildren, Jonathan (Christa) Petzold, Timothy Petzold
and Stephen Petzold; and two great-grandchildren,
Charis Petzold and Gideon Petzold.
Preceding Norma in death was a brother, Louis
Knepper, in infancy.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday
at Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home, with Rev. James
Voorman officiating. Interment will follow in the
Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery-Decatur.
Visitation will be from 3-6 p.m. Monday and one
hour prior to the service on Tuesday, also at the
funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, preferred memorials are to
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and Child
Fund International.
Death
notices
Joyce E. Jones
Joyce E. Jones, 71, Geneva, died Saturday.
Arrangements are pending at Downing & Glancy
Funeral Home.
David E. Herman
Reinhard C. Selking
Monday, February 1, 2016 • Page 3A
Slain Virginia teen
mourned as probe
into death goes on
BLACKSBURG, Va.
(AP) — A 13-year -old
girl who police say was
abducted and killed by
a Virginia Tech student
is being remembered by
friends as an ‘‘angel’’ on
Earth as investigators
work to piece together
the final moments of the
teen’s life.
David
Eisenhauer,
18, has been charged
with first-degree murder
and abduction in the
death of Nicole Madison
Lovell,
whose
body
was found Saturday in
North Carolina, police
said. Another Virginia
Tech student, Natalie
Keepers,
19,
faces
charges of improper
disposal of a body and
accessory after the fact
in the commission of a
felony.
Davy Draper, who
said he’s a close family
friend of the Lovells and
knew the teen most of
her life, called her an
energetic and outspoken girl who got along
with everyone.
‘‘She was an awesome
little girl. She was an
angel here on Earth and
she’s an angel now,’’
Draper said Sunday.
Eisenhauer
and
Keepers were being
held without bond at
the Montgomery County
Jail. A Blacksburg police
spokesman said officials
did not yet know when
the two suspects would
make their first court
appearances.
Police
said
they
have evidence showing
Eisenhauer and Lovell
knew each other before
she disappeared.
‘‘Eisenhauer
used
this relationship to his
advantage to abduct
the 13-year -old and
then kill her. Keepers
helped Eisenhauer dispose of Nicole’s body,’’
Blacksburg police said
in a statement.
The investigation continued as a state police
search and recovery
team searched a pond
Sunday on the Virginia
Tech Campus. Police
Spokeswoman Corrinne
Geller would not say
what officials were trying to find.
Authorities located
Lovell’s remains in Surry
County, North Carolina,
just over the Virginia
border.
Blacksburg
Police
Chief Anthony Wilson
told The Roanoke Times
that Eisenhauer has not
confessed to involvement in Lovell’s death
and did not give police
information that led
to the discovery of her
body.
The girl had been
missing since last week.
Her family says she disappeared after pushing a dresser in front of
her bedroom door and
climbing out a window.
Lovell’s family members
did not immediately
return messages seeking comment Sunday.
Reinhard C. “Reiney” Selking, 94, surrounded
by his family, went to be with the Lord and Savior
at 4:40 a.m. Jan. 30, 2016, at Woodcrest Nursing
Home. He was born in Decatur June 29, 1921, to the
late Henry and Sene (Thieme) Selking. He married
Mariann “Annie” Brite on May, 6 1944.
He was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption
Catholic Church in Decatur and its Holy Name
Society. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus
Msgr. J.J. Seimetz Council 864 and its 4th Degree
Assembly 257. At the church he also
was a greeter and an Extraordinary
Minister of Holy Communion, served
on the parish council and was
involved in many improvement projects. Reiney was a charter member
of the Wheels of Yesteryear Antique
Tractor Club and served as its treasurer for many years. He was a
Selking
member of the Preble Volunteer Fire
Department and served as president in 1982 and
was secretary and treasurer for many years. He was
a lifetime member of the Decatur Optimist Club and
served as a past president. He was also a lifetime
member of the NRA and a certified instructor for the
4-H shooting sports in Adams County for 25 years
and a 4-H Leader for 25 years. Reiney was a “jack of
all trades” and could fix anything.
He loved reading, trap and skeet shooting, enjoyed
travelling and was a diehard Cubs fan. His famous Five individuals were was set at $400 cash and
quote was “I’m gaining on it.” He loved his family and arrested by local law $3,000 surety.
enjoyed celebrating the events in everyone’s life such enforcement officers over Kurt E. Banter, 33,
as, baptisms, birthdays, first communions, confir- the weekend.
Montpelier, was arrestmations, graduations weddings and his children’s Gregory E. Landers, ed Saturday by sheriff’s
and grandchildren’s sporting events.
45, Geneva, was arrested deputies on an outstand He and his wife were the original owners of Decatur Sunday by sheriff’s depu- ing warrant issued by Jay
Truck and Tractor, Inc. (now Selking International). ties for operating a motor County authorities. He
He started working for the International Harvester vehicle while intoxicated, was ordered held without
farm equipment and motor truck dealership in OWI endangering, resist- bond for that county.
Decatur in 1940. He was a member of the Indiana ing law enforcement and April D. Hyde, 33,
Implement and Motor Truck Association for many disorderly conduct. Bond Monroe, was arrested
years. He was the second International Harvester was set at $400 cash and Saturday by Decatur
dealer in Indiana to qualify for the XL dealer award. $3,000 surety.
police on a charge of
He retired from Selking International but until the Mason C. Turner, 21, theft. Bond was set at
last few years enjoyed coming into the dealership Decatur, was arrested $350 cash and $4,500
almost every day. His wife still does some work for the Sunday by sheriff’s depu- surety.
dealerships and all four of his sons, Jerry, Jim, John ties on charges of operat- Victor H. Hernandez
and Joe, along with a son-in-law Mark Okoniewski, ing a motor vehicle while Jr., 23, Geneva, was
four grandsons, Brock, Jordan, Anthony and Aaron, intoxicated, OWI with a arrested Friday by sherand a granddaughter Emily Ringger, all work for the blood alcohol content of iff’s deputies for operating
organization which currently has nine dealerships .08 percent or higher, and a motor vehicle without a
throughout Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
possession of a handgun license. He was released
Among survivors are his wife of 71 years, Mariann without a permit. Bond on his own recognizance.
Selking; four sons, Jerry (Wanda), Jim (Jane), John
(Jane) and Joe (Ellen) Selking, all of Decatur; three
daughters, Judy (Charles) Schiffli of Broken Arrow,
Okla., Jeannie (Rick) Smith of Decatur and Joann
(Mark) Okoniewski of Decatur; a brother, Albert
March 5, 2016 @ 10:00 AM
(Elsie) Selking of Fort Wayne; and 25 grandchildren
and 37 great grandchildren.
75 +/- Acres of Productive Farmland
He was preceded in death by two brothers,
5 Tracts & Combination
Gerhard and Ferd; a sister, Alma (Harold Jones); and
Jefferson Township • Adams County
a daughter, Janice Lynn.
Real Estate sells27,
@ th
10 am
– Equipment
sells @ Noon
February
2016@
10:00
March
5
,2016
2016
@
10
amAM
A prayer service will be held at 9:20 a.m. Thursday
March
5,
@
10:00
AM
Location:
7585
S
300
E,
Berne,
IN.
Take
Highway
218
east
of
Berne
to 300 EIN
(app
March
2016
@ 10:00
AMPavilion, Berne,
Sale Location: 212
Park 5,
Ave,
Lehman
Park
at Haggard-Sefton & Hirschy Funeral Home, followed
mately 4 miles). Then
go+/south
on 300of
E toProductive
property located
on the east side of the road
75
Acres
Farmland
75
+/Acres
of
Productive
Farmland
73 +/-Acres
of Productive
Farmland
by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Mary
55 Tracts
&
Saturday, February
20, 2016
from
1:00
- 3:00 pmCounty
and Thursday, Februar
OPEN HOUSE:
Tracts
& Combination
Combination
Hartford
Township
•
Adams
Jefferson
Township
•
Adams
County
of the Assumption Catholic Church, with Father
2016 from 4:00
– 6:00 pm.
Contact Auctioneer,
Rob
260-525-8474,
for private showi
Jefferson
Township
•Green,
Adams
County
February
27,
2016@
10:00
AM
Real
Estate
sells
@
10
am
–
Equipment
sells
@
Farm
Location:
SW
corner
of
County
Road
300
West
and
750 South in
February
27,
2016@
10:00Real
AM
Estate sells @ 10 am – Equipment sells @ Noon
Noon
David Voors
officiating. Burial
will take
place in the
TRACT
DETAILS:
Section
12
of
Hartford
Township.
Approximately
2
miles
west
of
Highway
27 and 1.5
Location:
7585
SS 300
E,
IN.
Highway
218
east of
to
Location:
7585
300
E, Berne,
Berne,218
IN. Take
Take
Highway
218
of Berne
Berne
to 300
300 EE (approxi(approxiSt. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
miles
south
ofLehman
Highway
county
road
750east
Adams
County.
Location:
212
Ave,
Park
Pavilion,
Berne,
IN
mately
411
miles).
Then
go
south
300
EEon
to
property
located
on
the
east
of
the
road.
+/-Berne,
Acres
–go
Includes
home
and
all buildings
-S.
Located
onside
300
TRACT
1:Park
Sale Location: 212 Park Ave,Sale
Lehman
Park
Pavilion,
INon
mately
4
miles).
Then
south
on
300
to
property
located
on
the
east
side
of E,
thesouth
road.of 70
Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at the
Includes
a
3
bedroom,
2
bath
home
with
1904
Sq
Ft
of
living
space,
open
staircase,
Track
Details
Saturday,
February
20,
2016
from
1:00
3:00
pm
and
Thursday,
February
25,
OPEN
HOUSE:
Saturday,
February
20,
2016
from
1:00
3:00
pm
and
Thursday,
February
25,
OPEN
HOUSE:
+/-Acres
of
Productive
Farmland
Located
on the
funeral home,
a reciting of
Holy 73
Rosary
at
stone
fi2016
replace,
living
&18
family
rooms,
attached
1/2
car
garage. Buildings
include
from
–– 6:00
pm.
Contact
Auctioneer,
Rob
260-525-8474,
for private
showings.
73with
+/-Acres
oftheProductive
Farmland
2016
from 4:00
4:00
6:00
pm.
Contact
Auctioneer,
Rob1Green,
Green,
260-525-8474,
private
TRACT
1:
+/-Acres
southwest
corner
of 300 W &for
750
S showings.
1:30 p.m. K of C 4th Degree Honor GuardHartford
will post
124 x 126Township
free stall barn with 88x44
extension,
40 x 160County
barn, 36 x 67 pole barn, 3 silo
DETAILS:
•TRACT
Adams
TRACT
DETAILS:
Located
immediately south of Tract 1,
Hartford Township • Adams
County
TRACT
2:+/-18
from 6-8 p.m.
11
–– Includes
home
all
on
700 S.
TRACT
TRACT
2: 221:
–+/-Acres
Located
of &Tract
1.
oneast
300
W
750-- Located
S
11 Acres
+/- Acres
Acres
Includesdirectly
home and
and
all buildings
buildings
Located
on 300
300 E,
E, south
south of
TRACT
1:+/Farm
Location:
SW
of22in
County
Road
300Sq
West
and
750
South
in of 700 S.
aa corner
33 bedroom,
bath
with
Ft
living
space,
open
Preferred
memorials
are to
Mary’s
Building
On
Farm
Location:
SWSt.
corner
of County
Road
300
WestIncludes
and
750
South
Located
onof
750
south
immediately
west of Tract 1
TRACT
3:
36
+/-Acres
Includes
bedroom,
bath home
home
with 1904
1904
Sq of
Ft
of
living
space,
open staircase,
staircase,
TRACT
3:
7
+/Acres
–
Located
directly
north
Tract
2
stone
living
&& family
attached
11 1/2
garage.
include
Section
12
of Hartford
Approximately
2 miles
west
ofcar
Highway
27 and
1.5
stone fifireplace,
replace,
living
family rooms,
rooms,
attached
1/2
car
garage. Buildings
Buildings
include
Our Heritage
oroftoHartford
St. Joseph
Catholic
School.
Section 12
Township.
Approximately
2 miles
west
ofTownship.
Highway
27
and
1.5
Combination
TRACT
4:
10.5
+/Acres
–with
Located
directly
north
of Tract
336 xx 67
124
xx 126
free
stall
barn
with
88x44
extension,
40
xx 160
barn,
36
124
126
free
stall
barn
88x44
extension,
40Adams
160
barn,
67 pole
pole barn,
barn, 33 silos.
silos.
miles south
of Highway
218
on
county
road
750 S.
County.
Blotter
PUBLIC
AUCTION
PUBLIC
PUBLIC
PUBLIC
AUCTION
PUBLIC AUCTION
AUCTION
AUCTION
miles south of Highway 218 on county road 750 S. Adams
County.
TRACT
22
+/–– Located
directly
east
Tract
1.
TRACT
5: 242:
– Located
tract
TERMS:
TRACT
2:+/22Acres
+/- Acres
Acres
Locateddirectly
directly north
east of
ofof
Tract
1. 4
Track
Details
TRACT
3:
+/Acres
directly
Tract
22
1
METHOD:
willofbetracts
offered
threeof
separate
tracts and in combination.
Track Details
TRACT
3: 77This
+/-property
Acres –– Located
Located
directlyasnorth
north
of(3)
Tract
Combination:
Combination
on the
All bids are
subject
toLocated
seller–approval.
Final acreages
be3determined by survey to be
TRACT
4:
Acres
directly
north
of
Tract
Located on the
TRACT
4: 10.5
10.5 +/+/Acres
– Located
LocatedDouble
directly
north
ofwill
Tract
3Milking Parlor; 3000 gallon s
Westfalia
Surge
10
Rapid
Exit
Dairy
Equipment:
TRACT
1:
18
+/-Acres
southwest
corner
of be
300
W4 &to750
provided
by the
Sellers.
The
purchase
pricenorth
will
adjusted
meetS
the exact surveyed
TRACT 1: 18 +/-Acres southwest corner ofless300bulkTRACT
5:
+/Acres
–– Located
directly
tract
W
& 750
Sgallon
TRACT
5: 24
24
Acres
Located
directly
north
tractfree
4 stalls; (37) 37” basket fans;
tank;
3000
poly;
approximately
250 ofof
metal
acres.
Sellers
to+/provide
an
Owner's
Title Insurance
Policy.
Combination:
Combination
of
tracts
Located
immediately
south
of
Tract
Combination:
Combination
of
tracts
6
bulb
fl
uorescent
lights;
(2)
80
gallon
Rheem
hot
water
heaters;
(2)
Gould
Hp jet pump
Located immediately
of Tract
1, 10% nonrefundable, down payment made the day1,of 1the½sale.
DOWN
PAYMENT:
TRACT
2:
18 south
+/-Acres
18 +/-Acres
Westfalia
Surge
Double
Rapid
Milking
Parlor;
3000
stainDairy
Equipment:
driven by Bennan
Miller,
on
300
W
&Hot
750
S10
TheTRACT
Decatur2: Police
tanks;
rubber
(2)
Modine
Dawg
space
heaters;
stainless
steel
wash s
Westfalia
Surge
Double
10Cashier's,
Rapid Exit
Exit
Milking(2)
Parlor;
3000 gallon
gallon
stainDairy
Equipment:
Acceptable
downmats;
payment
forms
will
be
Cash,
Corporate
or
Personal
Check.
on 300 W E.
& 750
S pressure
less
bulk
tank;
3000
gallon
poly;
approximately
250
metal
free
stalls;
(37)
37”
basket
fans;
(36)
Balances
remaining
due
at
fi
nal
closing,
to
be
within
45
days
of
auction
date.
Bidding
not
less
bulk
tank;
3000
gallon
poly;
approximately
250
metal
free
stalls;
(37)
37”
basket
fans;
and
struck
his
Department investigated a 65, Decatur,
Equipment:
John
Deere
4430
Tractor;
John
Deere
4840
Tractor;
John
Deere
4020
Tra
Located
on Rheem
750 south
immediately
west1 ½ofHpTract
1 is(36)
TRACT
3:south
36 immediately
+/-Acres
66contingent
bulb
fl
uorescent
lights;
(2)
80
gallon
hot
water
heaters;
(2)
Gould
jet
pumps
w/
Located on 750
west
of
Tract
1
TRACT
3:
36
+/-Acres
bulb
fl
uorescent
lights;
(2)
80
gallon
Rheem
hot
water
heaters;
(2)
Gould
1
½
Hp
jet
pumps
w/M
upon
fi
nancing.
Financing
must
be
arranged
prior
to
auction
date.
Buyer's
tax
vehicle
in
the
right
front
New
Holland
1431
discbine;
Claas
880
liner
rake;
New
Holland
F62B
silage
blower;
pair of accidents Friday.
pressure
tanks;
rubber
mats;
(2)
Modine
Hot
Dawg
space
heaters;
(2)
stainless
steel
wash
sinks
pressure
tanks;
rubber
Modine
Hot Dawgtospace
(2) stainless steel wash sinks
obligation
to begin
in mats;
May of(2)2017.
Possession
be atheaters;
final closing.
Plus PTO
generator;
3 flat
bed4430
hay wagons;
3 Gehl
silage
wagons;
24’ & 20’
Van Dale w
Combination
to the
At 3:39
p.m., Anthony R. fender. Damage
Equipment:
John
Deere
Tractor;
John
Combination
Equipment:
John Deere
Deere
4430Tractor;
Tractor; John
John
Deere 4840
4840
Tractor;
John Deere
Deere 4020
4020Tractor;
Tractor;
See Soldongreen.com
for details,
photos
and
flyers.
th or Auctionzip.com
drive
silage
unloaders;
5
wheel
Corn
Pro
utility
trailer;
16’
Bison
1000
New
Holland
1431
discbine;
Claas
880
liner
rake;
New
Holland
silage
blower;
Magna
New Holland 1431 discbine; Claas 880 liner rake; New Holland F62B
F62Bstock
silagetrailer;
blower;(2)
Magna
Marbach, 18, Decatur, was vehicles was estimated
Plus
PTO
generator;
3
fl
at
bed
hay
wagons;
3
Gehl
silage
wagons;
24’
&
20’
Van
Dale
TERMS:
lon
fuel
tanks;
(1)
500
gallon
fuel
tank;
overhead
fuel
tank
Plus PTO generator; 3 flat
bed hay wagons; 3 Gehl silage wagons; 24’ & 20’ Van Dale wheel
wheel
TERMS:
th
th
reportedly
traveling west between $5,000- $10,000.
Marc,
Jay
& Jon
drive
silage
unloaders;
5 th wheel
Corn
Pro
utility
trailer;
16’
Bison
stock
trailer;
(2)
galdrive
silage
unloaders;
wheelbushel
Cornseparate
Prograin
utilitybin;
trailer;
16’and
Bisonin
stock
trailer;
(2) 1000
1000
gal- d
Superior
Grain
Bins5,000
bushel
grain
bin with
Shivvers
METHOD:
This property
will
beinoffered
as510,000
three
(3)
tracts
combination.
lon
(1)
offered Adams
as
three (3) County
separate
tracts
and
combination.
Studebaker,
Owners
on U.S.METHOD:
224 nearThis
E. property
North will beThe
lon fuel
fuel tanks;
tanks;
(1) 500
500 gallon
gallon fuel
fuel tank;
tank; overhead
overhead fuel
fuel tank
tank
All
bids
are
subject
to
seller
approval.
Final
acreages
will
be
determined
by
survey
to
be
TERMS:
10%
nonrefundable,
down
payment
made
the
day
of
the
sale.
Balances
rema
Robert
Green
AU19500011
Superior
Grain
Bins10,000
bushel
grain
bin;
5,000
bushel
grain
bin
with
Shivvers
dryer
Sheriff’sFinal
Department
invesbids when
are subject
to seller approval.
acreages will
be determined
byGrain
survey
to be
Adams All
Drive
he failed
SoldonGreen.com
Superior
Bins10,000 bushel grain bin; 5,000 bushel grain
bin with- AU01048441
Shivvers dryer
Billdate.
Liechty
will beThe
due purchase
at final
closing
to be
within
45 days
of the
auction
Bidding is not co
provided
the
Sellers.
price
willheld
be
adjusted
to meet
the
exact
surveyed
TERMS:
10%
down
accident
at 4:36
to stopprovided
his van
in time
by the
Sellers.toThe tigated
purchasean
price
will beby
adjusted
to meet
the
exact
surveyed
TERMS:
10% nonrefundable,
nonrefundable,
down payment
payment made
made the
the day
day of
of the
the sale.
sale. Balances
Balances remaining
remaining
gent
upon
fi
nancing.
Financing
must
be
arranged
prior
to
auction
date.
Buyer’s
tax
oblig
will
closing
to
45
Sellers
to provide
an
Owner's
Title
Insurance
Policy.
will be
be due
due at
at fifinal
nal
closing
to be
be held
held within
within
45 days
days of
of the
the auction
auction date.
date. Bidding
Bidding isis not
not contincontinp.m. Saturday
at Policy.
222
W.
avoid striking
the torear
ofan Owner's
acres. Sellers
provide
Titleacres.
Insurance
gent
upon
fi
nancing.
Financing
must
be
arranged
prior
to
auction
date.
Buyer’s
tax
obligation
to begingent
in May
2017. Possession
to be
upon final
closing.
Finaldate.
acreages
be determ
upon of
financing.
Financing must
be arranged
prior
to auction
Buyer’s will
tax obligation
DOWN
PAYMENT:
nonrefundable,
payment
made
the
day
the will
sale.
to
May
2017.
Possession
to
fifinal
Final
acreages
will
be
determined
Washington
St. inpayment
Monroe.
a car DOWN
driven PAYMENT:
by Danielle
by 10%
survey
to beinof
bydown
the Sellers.
The
purchase
price
forof
tracts
to begin
begin
in provided
May
2017.
Possession
to be
be upon
upon
nal closing.
closing.
Final
acreages
willbe
beadjusted
determinedto
10% nonrefundable,
down
made
the
day
theofofsale.
by
survey
to
be
provided
by
the
Sellers.
The
purchase
price
for
tracts
will
be
adjusted
meet
Acceptable
down
payment
forms
will
be
Cash,
Cashier's,
Corporate
or
Personal
Check.
by
survey
to
be
provided
by
the
Sellers.
The
purchase
price
for
tracts
will
be
adjusted
meet
the
exact
surveyed
acres.
Sellers
will
provide
an
Owner’s
Title
insurance
Policy
to toto
Buyer(s)
Andrew
H.
Wagner,
42,
M. Eisenmann,
24,
Decatur.
Acceptable down payment forms will be Cash, Cashier's, Corporate
or
Personal
Check.
the
exact
surveyed
acres.
Sellers
will
provide
an
Owner’s
Title
insurance
Policy
to
Buyer(s).
The
the
exact
surveyed
acres.
Sellers
will
provide
an
Owner’s
Title
insurance
Policy
to
Buyer(s).
Title
Company
closing
fee
shall
be
split
equally
between
the
buyer
and
seller.
Not
respon
Balances
due
at fiCompany
naldate.
closing,
tofeebe
within
45
daysbetween
of auction
date.
Bidding
is notThe
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Hillary is the only capable candidate
The Decatur Daily Democrat
Ron Storey, Publisher
J Swygart, Opinion Page Editor
Avoiding a showdown
By DONNA BRAZILE
A few days ago, I remarked on how this election was “a season of volatility,” and added that in
spite of that, in Iowa “both the Republicans and the
Democrats will have one more opportunity to make
their final pitches before voters head to their local
precincts.”
Well, scratch that. Democrats definitely got a last
opportunity to hear former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley make their final arguments. While the candidates did not get a chance to
confront each other, they spent the better part of two
hours answering questions from undecided voters.
And even with all the media attention and visits
by the candidates, Iowans are famous for placing a
banana peel in the path of so-called front-runners.
Which leads me to believe that the Republicans
might be in for a surprise.
GOP front-runner Donald Trump threw democracy under the bus by dropping out of the most anticipated debate before the Iowa caucuses. After months
of back and forth between the Fox News Channel,
anchor Megyn Kelly and others, Trump decided to
pull out.
The media loves the unusual, and Trump, a
21st-century P.T. Barnum, knows how to feed their
hunger. The Republican caucus, like the Democrats’,
remains a photo-finish horse race. But, here’s a stunner: A Fox network poll showed that as some voters
moved from Sen. Ted Cruz to Trump, their likelihood
of voting at a caucus dropped in just two weeks from
“definitely” (59 percent) to “probably” (54 percent).
Trump’s unending fireworks and chaos might be producing emotional overload among Republican voters.
A drop in voting enthusiasm is not good.
Trump had boasted earlier that “I could stand in
the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I
wouldn’t lose voters.” He started his campaign with
an aim to possess the Republican hard right by telling them, in street language, what they wanted to
hear — and so, bind them to him as “authentic” and
as “someone who says what we’re thinking.” In truth,
today they are Trump’s possession.
Trump, who in 2011 praised Kelly’s moderating
skills, today says she’s so “mean” to him that he’d
withdraw rather than be toyed with by a moderator.
It’s well known that conservatives hate the press, so
of course, they nodded in agreement.
Using Kelly as cover, Trump was a no-show for a
debate where the pressure to perform was enormous.
It only takes a single, significant slip for a candidate’s
fortunes to change. That’s the kind of pressure presidents deal with daily. But Trump dodged the danger
by using an excuse he knew his followers would
accept.
Trump claims to have won all the debates, which
isn’t true. He did poorly in the second debate, falling
significantly in the polls. The last debate was considered a toss-up. And professionals in the political
arena unanimously consider Cruz the best debater of
the remaining 12-candidate field.
Cruz would have worked to maneuver Trump
into a position where he’d have to talk specifics.
That’s something Trump can’t do because he is the
least informed. Trump was the only candidate, for
instance, who didn’t know our nuclear defense is
based on a triad strategy of bombers, missiles and
submarine-launched missiles.
Right-wing media was quick to note that Ronald
Reagan skipped the last debate in Iowa in 1980.
However, Reagan lost Iowa, something his private
polling likely showed before he dropped out. As long
as Trump doubles and triples down on the hard
right’s agenda — near-zero taxes, a wall, no Mexican
immigrants, no Syrians ever, no Muslims for the
foreseeable future — his supporters will see Trump’s
debate-dodging as a show of strength, rather than
what it is: fear of his weaknesses being exposed.
Before all this, Trump was busy emphasizing his
Christian faith in hopes of corralling the huge evangelical vote in Iowa. He attended a church service and
flew the son of the Rev. Jerry Falwell out to endorse
him. But, Cruz’s father happens to be an evangelical
minister. He has conducted crusades across Iowa
that have reputedly won many hearts for his son Ted.
During this last week, the Rev. Cruz was “hitting two
to four churches a day.”
Trump has turned the 2016 election into showmanship. Other than neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson
and businesswoman Carly Fiorina, his opponents are
all seasoned office holders. They know how to “work
a crowd” and sell an issue. But Trump is a ringmaster, and with the possible exception of Cruz, the rest
don’t know how to handle the studied chaos-inducing approach that Trump has mastered; a chaos he
uses to control issues and to steal the spotlight.
It would be a mistake to accept Trump’s assessment of his candidacy. Cruz is the first candidate
who seems to grasp just how it is that Trump dominates the campaign. Cruz has gained enough votes
that Trump’s strategists thought it best he skip the
last debate. It wasn’t Megyn Kelly after all. It was
Cruz’s steady gains that provoked Trump’s retreat
days before the final debate that voters and the
democratic process both needed.
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By GENE LYONS
In my estimation, there’s only
one presidential candidate in 2016
fully capable of doing the job, and
she’s anything but a natural.
As Hillary Clinton’s also been the
target of maybe the longest-running smear campaign in American
history — including roughly a
dozen partisan investigations and
a six-year leak-o-matic “independent counsel” probe led by the
fastidious Kenneth Starr — it’s no
wonder some voters mistrust her.
Overcoming that suspicion is
her biggest challenge.
Republicans have predicted her
imminent indictment for 20 years.
You’d think by now they’d have
made something stick, if there
was anything to it. But it didn’t
happen then, and it’s not going
to happen now for an obvious
reason: In a democracy, political
show trials endanger the prosecution as much as the defense.
Anybody who watched Hillary’s
one-woman demolition of Rep.
Trey Gowdy’s vaunted Benghazi
committee should understand
that.
Meanwhile, one of the best
things about Sen. Bernie Sanders’
presidential campaign is his
unwillingness to smear his opponent. Too bad many passionate supporters aren’t so fastidious. With Iowa’s make-or-break
moment approaching for Sanders,
it’s getting nasty out there.
It’s not so much the tiresome
attacks on anybody who disagrees
with them as a corrupt sellout.
(My corporate overlords, of course,
dictated that sentence.) It’s the
seeming belief that people can be
browbeaten into supporting their
guy.
Some are a bit like Trump
supporters — although normally
without the threats. That too may
be changing. Recently a guy visited my Facebook page saying
people like me deserve “to be
dragged into the street and SHOT
for ... treason against not only our
country and our people, but the
ENTIRE (BLEEPING) WORLD.”
My response (“Settle down,
Beavis”) sent him into a rage.
But no, Hillary’s not an instinctive performer, although her stage
presence strikes me as improved
since 2008. A person needn’t be
“inauthentic” (pundit-speak for
“bitch”) to be uncomfortable in
front of an audience.
As
for
authenticity,
few
Democrats could work a crowd
like North Carolina Sen. John
Edwards.
President Obama nailed it during a recent Politico interview:
Hillary does better with “small
groups” than big ones, he observed,
before putting his thumb heavily
on the scale. He described Hillary
as a fighter, who’s “extraordinarily
experienced — and, you know,
wicked smart and knows every
policy inside and out — (and)
sometimes (that) could make her
more cautious, and her campaign
more prose than poetry,” he said.
Even so, she came closer to
defeating Obama in 2008 than
Republicans have. “Had things
gone a little bit different in some
states or if the sequence of primaries and caucuses been a little
different,” the president said, “she
could have easily won.”
Indeed. As non-endorsements
go, the president’s remarks
couldn’t have been more complimentary. “She had to do everything that I had to do, except,
like Ginger Rogers, backwards in
heels,” he added.
Obama wisely said nothing critical about Bernie Sanders, but
nothing particularly warm either.
“Bernie came in with the luxury
of being a complete long shot and
just letting loose,” he observed.
The president said he understood
the appeal of Sanders “full-throated ... progressivism.”
Well, Mr. Hopey-Changey, as
Sarah Palin calls him, certainly
should.
Seven years of trench warfare
with congressional Republicans,
however, have brought out the
president’s inner pragmatist.
Which Democrat is best positioned
to consolidate the Obama legacy
and move it forward?
First, one who stands a good
chance of being elected.
Look, there’s a reason Karl
Rove’s SuperPAC is running antiHillary TV ads in Iowa. Bernie
Sanders’ “radical” past makes him
a GOP oppo-research dream. Never
mind socialism. Did you know he
once wrote a column claiming that
sexual frustration causes cervical
cancer?
That in the 1970s, he called
for nationalizing oil companies,
electric utilities, and — get this —
TV networks? Asked about it, he
alibis that Hillary once supported
Barry Goldwater. Yeah, when she
was 16. Bernie was in his mid30s when he called for confiscating the Rockefeller family fortune.
How most Americans hear that is:
If he can take away their stuff, he
can take away mine.
Sure, many people went off the
rails during the ‘70s. Most aren’t
running for president. Bernie
strikes me as a fine senator and a
decent man. However, the current
U.S. Congress has voted 60 (60!)
times to repeal Obamacare. And
he’s going to give us single-payer
“Medicare for all”?
No, he’s not. Assuming he could
find a sponsor, it’d never get out of
committee. I doubt I’ll live to see
single-payer health insurance in
the USA. And I’m younger than
Bernie. A complete retrofitting of
American health care simply isn’t
in the works. The votes just aren’t
there, and they won’t materialize by repeating the magic word
“revolution.”
President Obama says Hillary
represents the “recognition that
translating values into governance
and delivering the goods is ultimately the job of politics, making
a real-life difference to people in
their day-to-day lives.”
Hard-won reality, that is, as
opposed to fantasy.
Lyons is a syndicated columnist
for the Arkansas Times.
One thing is certain in Iowa: Somebody will win
By Donald Kaul
The Iowa caucuses are upon us.
Hooray, whoopee, and two cheers.
The contests mark the official
beginning of the 2016 presidential
campaign, which already feels like
it’s been going on for two years
(because it has).
Some polls say that Donald
Trump is going to be the Republican
winner, others that Ted Cruz will
be. Still others advise us to keep
an eye on Marco Rubio, who’s
sneaking up fast.
I don’t know who will win. But it
would be entirely fitting if the most
overhyped and fraudulent contest
of the campaign season (the Iowa
Republican caucuses) were won by
the most overhyped and fraudulent candidate (Trump).
Trump is looking good, no question. He’s won the good wishes
of Senator Charles Grassley, an
exceedingly shrewd Iowa politician,
while Cruz has incurred the enmity of Governor Terry Branstad, the
Queen Elizabeth of Iowa politicians.
Neither Branstad nor the Queen
do much. But they’ve been around
forever, so it’s probably better to
have them for you than against
you.
There are two things I can say
for sure about the caucuses:
Somebody will win.
And it won’t matter much,
except in the fevered imaginations
of the political reporters covering
the spectacle. They’ll write long
articles on momentum and surges
and trends. Which is fine, but
there’s not much there there.
As the irrepressible Trump told
a group of Iowa Republicans the
other day as he solicited their
votes: “You haven’t picked a winner in 16 years.” Indeed,
Indeed, the Iowa caucuses are
almost always wrong — at least for
Republicans.
So why do they draw so much
attention? Well, they’re first, for
one thing. And the political media,
straining to justify its existence by
covering something, is more than
willing to go along with the gag.
For another thing, the caucuses
are really and truly fun to cover.
Iowa is the capital of nice. The
people are friendly and welcoming and helpful and pretty smart.
Where else can you find a gaptoothed farmer in bib overalls with
a more or less informed opinion on
the Iran nuclear deal?
But the fact remains that Iowa is
a white bread state in an increasingly diverse nation. Its registered
Republicans, who are equal in
number to its Democrats, are dominated by devout evangelicals who
aren’t open to challenges to their
beliefs about global warming, evolution, or moral behavior.
Then there’s ethanol. Ethanol is
to Iowa what oil is to Texas, and
not much friendlier to the environment.
As if that weren’t enough, it’s
a caucus state, meaning that it’s
but a dim reflection of electoral
democracy. Rather than just showing up and voting for the candidate
of their choice, the Democratic
Party’s caucus goers must listen to
speeches, argue with each other,
and publicly declare for a candidate.
The Republican system is less
complex, but in a nation where
it’s hard to get people to the polls
for elections, attending a caucus
is a chore and an impediment to
democracy.
For all of these reasons, Iowa is
among the last places I’d ask for
advice in choosing a president and
leader of the free world.
The good news, as I said before,
is that it doesn’t make much difference. That’s also the bad news.
We’ve already ceded our franchise to the forces of darkness
— the bankers, oil men, insurance companies, and assorted con
artists who finance our political
system. We can make noise about
injustice, but insofar as doing
something about it, you can’t get
there from here.
Not when our Supreme Court
has made it possible for people
with unlimited funds to shape our
elections without so much as identifying themselves.
Not when Republican state officials have used redistricting and
suppression of minority voting
to make it all but impossible to
unseat them.
Not when our sacred Constitution
has been interpreted to mean that
a determined minority can bring
the nation grinding to a halt until
its unreasonable demands are
met.
Game, set, and match.
February 1, 2016
In 1884, the first volume of the
Oxford English Dictionary was
published.
In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr.
and more than 700 others were
arrested at a protest in Selma,
Alabama.
In 2003, the U.S. space shuttle Columbia broke apart shortly
after entering the atmosphere
over Texas, killing its sevenmember crew.
Today is the 32nd day of 2016
and the 42nd day of winter.
TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1861,
a Texas state convention voted
166-8 in favor of a measure to
secede from the Union.
OtherWords columnist Donald
Kaul lives in Ann Arbor, Mich.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “I tire so of
hearing people say, / Let things
take their course. / Tomorrow is
another day. / I do not need my
freedom when I’m dead. / I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.” —
Langston Hughes
C ommunity
Decatur Daily Democrat
Pennsy Depot recieves grant from ACCF
The Pennsy Depot
Restoration Committee
was recently awarded a
grant from the Adams
County
Community
Foundation. This grant will provide funds to help with
the restoration efforts
of the historic Pennsy
Depot. Some repairs
are necessary to restore
the Depot to its original
condition and include
renovation and restoration of the interior of
the notable landmark.
These funds in particular will assist in the restoration and updating of
the kitchen countertops
and cabinets
Cheri Scherry, Pennsy
Depot restoration committee member, said the
committee is appreciative of the ACCF’s support for this fundraiser. Coni Mayer, executive
director of the ACCF,
said the ACCF fully supports the restoration
efforts of this historic
and notable building so
that future generations
can benefit from it.
For nonprofit organizations serving Adams
County residents, the
grant cycle deadlines
in 2016 are at 4 p.m.
the second Thursday in
April, July and October.
Details and applications may be downloaded at www.Adams
CountyFoundation.org.
The ACCF Scholarship
due date for high school
graduating seniors is
quickly
approaching.
Applications are due by
4 p.m. Feb. 4. Students
are encouraged to contact
their
guidance
department or go to
February
Community Calendar
MONDAY, Feb. 1:
Clothes Closet, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Damascus Road
Church.
A.A. Big Book discussion, 7 p.m., Decatur Church
of God.
Decatur Church of Christ Food Pantry, 8-10 a.m.,
for residents with last names beginning with A-L.
Pennsy Depot Restoration Committee members,
from left, Sue Robinson, Karen Baker and Cheri
Scherry.
Photo provided
the ACCF website for
details.
For more information
on ACCF scholarships
available to local stu-
dents, or to create or
contribute to an existing fund, call 724-3939
or email accf@Adams
CountyFoundation.org.
Newspapers make for an ideal educational tool
One
valuable
educational
resource for students in Adams
County may be delivered to your
doorstep every day. Many of today's
classrooms are filled with all types
of emerging technologies, which
educators use to enhance their
students' educational experiences.
However, newspapers have long
been a staple in the classroom and
at home and remains one of the
best tools for learning. Newspapers
can be used to further children's
academic abilities in a variety of
ways.
They can help improve reading
fluency. Fluency, comprehension
and inference of text are lessons
that begin as soon as a child begins
learning how to read. Children
need access to a variety of reading
materials so they can expand their
knowledge and vocabulary base,
and it's never too early to introduce youngsters to the newspaper
as not only a source of local and
national information, but also as a
reading tool.
Parents can go through the
newspaper with their children and
select articles that may be of interest. A section devoted to local
events or a particular theme, such
as sports or fitness, may be good
starting points.
Children can have fun matching
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headlines with photos and following the sequence of the stories that
continue on another page. They're
also bound to be exposed to a
number of new words and phrases
as they read newspaper articles,
which helps improve their vocabulary.
Newspaper articles are written
differently than books. Exposing
children to a journalistic style
of writing can help them with
their own writing assignments.
Teachers often stress that narratives and other writing assignments should follow a certain format so students learn to express
themselves clearly. Students are
urged to validate statements with
proof and to have a logical flow to
their work.
By reading articles in newspapers, students can gain an understanding of how to introduce a
subject, expand on facts and summarize a point. Students who tend
to be more pragmatic writers may
connect with the journalistic style
of writing more so than students
who excel at creative prose.
Children can practice reporting
on different events in and around
their communities, emulating the
style of writing presented in newspapers. They also can learn the
differences between editorial and
opinion pieces.
Newspapers are an inexpensive connection to culture and
information from around the
world. Through newspaper articles, students can better understand political, financial and
entertainment issues spanning
the globe. Staying abreast of
the latest news from around the
world can help students become
more well-rounded and learned.
Students who may have read
about events in a history book
can compare those accounts to
current information on what is
happening in the world today.
Newspapers may also help
develop an eye for photography.
Stunning, award-winning photographs are published in newspapers
nearly every day. A picture is worth
a thousand words, and newspaper
photography helps readers interpret
stories and bring the words to life
through imagery. Access to newspaper photography can open up an
entirely new world for children. It
also may inspire their own creative
works.
Students may be inundated
with technological resources both
at school and home. But perhaps
no classroom resource can match
the array of benefits provided by
newspapers.
Pet of the Week: Zoey Nicole Bailey
Zoey Nicole Bailey
is a 2-year old yorkie
who lives in McCaskill,
Ark., with her daddy
and mama, Scott and
Tina Bailey.
Zoey loves to play
fetch with both tennis balls and ropes
with her daddy. She
also likes when he
rubs her belly and
scratches her head.
She enjoys sitting
on her mama’s lap
while she reads and
watches television.
And when she can,
she always steals
food that spills on
the floor.
She enjoys playing with her friends
whenever they come
to visit her, too.
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Quilters Guild
to meet Tuesday
Creative
Quilters
Quilt Guild will meet
at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
at Country Creations
Quilt shop south of
Preble.
There will be show
and tell, door prizes
and refreshments.
Visitors and potential new members are
always welcome.
TUESDAY, Feb. 2:
Optimist Club, noon, Richard's Restaurant.
Zumba, Southeast Elementary School, 4-5 p.m.
A.A., 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church.
MOPS, 9-11 a.m., First United Methodist
Church.
Adams County senior citizens meeting, 11:30
a.m., Riverside Center.
Bellmont Band Booster, 7 p.m., BHS band room.
Senior citizens play Bingo, 1:30 p.m., Riverside
Center.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3:
Immanuel House, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 8545N C.R.
500E, Decatur. Operation Help food pantry for Decatur and
Monroe residents, 1-4 p.m., Adams County Service
Complex. Bring your own box or cloth bags.
Free meal, 5-6 p.m., First United Methodist
Church, 6th Street entrance.
Adult Children of Alcoholics, a 12-step support program for those raised in alcoholic families, 7 p.m., The Bridge Community Church, 403
Winchester Road.
Women of the Moose Chapter enrollment, 7 p.m.,
Moose home.
THURSDAY, Feb. 4:
Rotary Club, noon, Back 40 restaurant.
Monroe United Methodist Church Farmer's
Wagon, 1 p.m., line is to form no earlier than noon.
Senior citizens play cards, 1 p.m., Riverside
Center.
Farmer's Market, 3-6 p.m. ,1st Street parking
lot.
Zumba, Southeast Elementary School, 4-5 p.m.
TOPS Club weigh-in, 5:30 p.m.; meeting 6:15
p.m., Woodcrest Activity Building.
Weight Watchers, 6 p.m., weigh-in; 6:30 p.m.
meeting, Adams Memorial Hospital Decatur Room.
Sober Beginnings, 6:30-8 p.m., Adams Memorial
Hospital Berne Room. Divorce Care4Kids, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Decatur
Church of God.
A.A. (open) Big Book meeting, 7 p.m., First
Church of the Nazarene, Berne.
Yoga for Stretching and Strength, Hope United
Methodist Church, 6608 Hoagland Rd., Hoagland, 7
p.m.
FRIDAY, Feb. 5:
Immanuel House, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 8545N C.R.
500E, Decatur. A.A. Happy Hour Discussion Group (closed), 5-6
p.m., Decatur Church of God.
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By HARRIETTE COLE
Reader Unsure How to Interpret Racy Texts
DEAR HARRIETTE: I had a falling-out
with a friend from college. We’d known
each other for about four years, but we
never had any substantial conversations.
We recently ran into each other and had an
exchange on social media. On New Year’s
Day, she texted me and asked what I was
up to because she wanted to see me later.
When I responded and asked her what she
was up to, her response was that she was
naked in bed. I got uncomfortable -- usually
I receive texts like this from someone I’ve
known well for years, or it’s someone trying
to flirt with me. I asked to call her, and when
we spoke (after some protest from her), I
made it clear that I just wanted to be friends
and explained that I was a little uncomfortable. She responded by saying that she
was not trying to flirt with me, and I would
know if she was.
After a few more texts, she decided not
to come over, even though I told her she
was still welcome to come if she wanted.
After thinking about it for a few days, I’m
realizing I may have made much ado about
nothing, and I’m wondering if I should apologize. What do you think? Did I overreact,
or was I within my rights to do what I did?
-- Doing The Most, Washington, D.C.
DEAR DOING THE MOST: Trust your
instincts. This woman was definitely flirting with you. Had you taken the bait, you
would have a completely different story to
tell. That you did not required her to save
face, so to speak, by acting like it was no
big deal that she told you she was naked
in bed. Believe me, that is not common
conversation for people who are friends, let
alone people who are not close. You have
no reason to apologize. If you are not interested in her intimately, just move on.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I am concerned
about my stepfather’s health. He turns the
ripe old age of 70 this year, and he has had
a lifelong struggle with diabetes. Although
he has always had some poor habits -such as smoking a pack a day and eating
too many sugary foods -- his habits have
gotten worse since my mother’s death six
months ago. About four months ago, he
stopped taking his diabetes medication and
remains steadfast in his refusal to change
any of his habits. His doctor told me that if
this continues, he predicts that my stepfather will die in nine months. I don’t want to
see him go, especially not this way, but I
don’t know what to do. I know I could keep
a better eye on him if he lived closer, but he
refuses to move. How can I get him to start
taking his medicine again and cut down on
the smoking? Is there any kind of action I
can take to make him move? I’m really at
a loss over what to do now. -- Family First,
Philadelphia
DEAR FAMILY FIRST: Sadly, I have
gotten a number of letters on the topic of
family members living with diabetes. This
disease is far too common in our country
and is extremely difficult for many people
to control -- even though it is possible to do
so. Your stepfather is battling sadness over
the loss of your mother, as well as this disease. Tell him you love him and want him
to live. You can also plead with him to follow
his doctor’s orders. Ultimately, though, it is
his call.
Decatur Daily Democrat
Page 6A • Monday, February 1, 2016
Diversity makes a
comeback at SAGs,
Sundance Film fest
By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
In a flurry of wins at the Screen Actors Guild
Awards and the Sundance Film Festival, diversity
made a comeback.
Over just a few hours Saturday night, the SAG
Awards and Sundance showered their honors on
a parade of performers and films that presented
a stark contrast to the crisis that has plagued the
Oscars. Shortly after the screen actors handed out
awards to Queen Latifah, Uzo Aduba, Viola Davis
and Idris Elba (twice), Nate Parker’s Sundance
sensation ‘‘The Birth of a Nation,’’ a drama about
Nat Turner’s slave rebellion, swept the festival’s
awards.
The two ceremonies, in Los Angeles and Park
City, Utah, offered a night of reprieve from weeks
of rancor over systemic inequality in the movie
business and a second straight year of all-white
Academy Award acting nominees.
‘‘Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse TV,’’
said Elba in his third trip on stage as a presenter
at the SAG Awards. His first two were to accept
awards for his supporting performance in the
Netflix child soldier drama ‘‘Beasts of No Nation’’
and for his lead performance in the BBC miniseries ‘‘Luther.’’
Soon thereafter, at Sundance, Parker took
the festival’s grand jury prize and its audience
award.
‘‘Thank you, Sundance, for creating a platform
for us to grow, in spite of what the rest of Hollywood
is doing,’’ said Parker, whose directorial debut sold
for a record sum to Fox Searchlight Pictures.
The SAG Awards top honor, best ensemble in
a film, went to the newspaper drama ‘‘Spotlight,’’
which came into Saturday badly in need of some
momentum. The ensemble award had seemingly
come down to ‘‘Spotlight’’ or Adam McKay’s high
finance tale ‘‘The Big Short,’’ which last week took
the Producers Guild’s top award. The win assures
a competitive and unpredictable Oscars finale, with
‘‘The Martian,’’ ‘‘The Revenant’’ and ‘‘Mad Max:
Fury Road’’ also in the mix.
‘‘No way,’’ said Mark Ruffalo, one of the stars of
‘‘Spotlight.’’
He praised the writer-director Tom McCarthy
and co-writer Josh Singer for their purposeful
accuracy in penning the journalistic procedural
about the Boston Globe’s reporting on sexual abuse
by Catholic priests. The two, he said, ‘‘took every
single opportunity to tell the truth. They didn’t take
any cheap way. It was always the truth.’’
Elba made no direct reference to the uproar
that has swept through Hollywood in the last two
weeks, which might have been less severe had he
been nominated by the Academy Awards, as many
expected. But it was on the minds and tongues
of seemingly everyone in Los Angeles’ Shrine
Auditorium.
Search for
‘Mr. Wonder’
ends in arrest
BONITA, Calif. (AP) —
Neighbors in a well-to-do
section of this San Diego
suburb knew him as
Frank Szeles, a friendly
Cub Scouts leader who
frequently gave swimming
lessons to young children
in his backyard pool.
The federal agents who
arrested him last week
knew him by a different
name: ‘‘Mr. Wonder,’’ the
host of a popular children’s television show
who vanished decades
ago amid allegations that
he sexually abused several kids during a camping retreat in central
Louisiana.
The man who faced
a San Diego judge
Wednesday denied he
is the 76-year-old fugitive named Frank John
Selas III who allegedly fled
to Brazil in 1979 after
Louisiana
authorities
secured a warrant for his
arrest.
Back in Louisiana,
Rapides Parish Sheriff’s
Office investigators are
convinced the right man
is in custody. Meanwhile,
officials in California are
suddenly facing fears that
Selas could have preyed
on other children during
the 37 years that he eluded capture.
‘‘It’s absolutely shocking the level of access that
this guy had to children,
even now,’’ said Steve
Jurman, supervisory deputy U.S. marshal in San
Diego. ‘‘If there’s a playbook for pedophiles, he
checked off every single
box.’’
Jurman said Selas
moved to California by
1985 and legally changed
his last name to Szeles
in 1992. Investigators
believe Selas lived in
other places — including Chicago; Darien,
Conn. and Sheffield,
Mass.
Boko Haram burns kids alive in Nigeria
DALORI, Nigeria (AP) — A survivor hidden in a tree says he
watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard
the screams of children burning
to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack
by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic
extremists.
Scores of charred corpses and
bodies with bullet wounds littered
the streets from Saturday night’s
attack on Dalori village and two
nearby camps housing 25,000 refugees, according to survivors and
soldiers at the scene just 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Maiduguri,
the birthplace of Boko Haram and
the biggest city in Nigeria’s northeast.
The shooting, burning and
explosions from three suicide
bombers continued for nearly four
hours in the unprotected area,
survivor Alamin Bakura said,
weeping on a telephone call to The
Associated Press. He said several
of his family members were killed
or wounded.
The violence continued as three
female suicide bombers blew up
among people who managed to
flee to neighboring Gamori village,
killing many people, according to
a soldier at the scene who insisted
on anonymity because he is not
authorized to speak to journalists.
Troops arrived at Dalori around
8:40 p.m. Saturday but were
unable to overcome the attackers, who were better armed, said
soldiers who spoke on condition of
anonymity because they were not
authorized to speak to the press.
The Boko Haram fighters only
retreated after reinforcements
arrived with heavier weapons,
they said.
Journalists visited the carnage
Sunday and spoke to survivors
who complained it had taken too
long for help to arrive from nearby
Maiduguri, the military headquarters of the fight to curb Boko
Haram. They said they fear another attack.
Eighty-six bodies were collected by Sunday afternoon,
according to Mohammed Kanar,
area coordinator of the National
Emergency Management Agency.
Another 62 people are being treated for burns, said Abba Musa of
the State Specialist Hospital in
Maiduguri.
Makeshift memorial springs up on Oregon highway for rancher
BURNS, Ore. (AP) —
About a dozen people paid
their respects Sunday
afternoon at a makeshift
memorial that has sprung
up where rancher Robert
‘‘LaVoy’’ Finicum was shot
and killed by police last
week on U.S. Highway
395 north of Burns.
The mourners wiped
tears,
prayed,
and
laid a copy of the U.S.
Constitution on a large
wooden cross that has
been planted at the site.
The site is also surrounded by American
flags and signs, including one that says ‘‘RIP
LaVoy Finicum. A True
American hero.’’
Meanwhile, the four
people occupying a national wildlife refuge held
their position Sunday.
They have demanded that
they be allowed to leave
without being arrested.
The jailed group’s leader,
Ammon Bundy, and 10
others who were arrested last week remained in
custody.
Through his lawyer,
Bundy on Saturday again
called on the remaining
occupiers to leave. The
FBI has said it’s trying
to resolve the situation
peacefully.
The mourners at the
makeshift
memorial
Sunday included Brandon
Curtis, a founder of the
Pacific Patriots Network,
which is demanding the
removal of law enforcement
officers
from
Burns.
‘‘We’ve had enough,’’
Curtis said. ‘‘This stops
now.’’
The network said it
had additional rallies
planned for Monday in
Burns and called for likeminded people to gather in the small eastern
Oregon town.
‘‘This is a call to action
against an armed militarized police force,’’ said
B.J. Soper, a network
leader.
‘‘We want to protest
this armed insurgency
taking place by our federal government,’’ Soper
said of the standoff at the
Malheur National Wildlife
Refuge near Burns.
Escaped California convicts back in custody; authorities probe escape plan
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Now
that the three violent inmates who
escaped from a California jail are
back in custody, the focus will
turn to how they were able to saw,
crawl and climb their way out of a
maximum-security facility.
Orange County Sheriff Sandra
Hutchens said she was elated to
announce the arrests of the final
two fugitives Saturday after eight
days on the run from the jail she
oversees. But the tough work is
just getting started to determine
and fix the security lapses that
allowed the escape.
‘‘Believe me, we will be looking
top to bottom on that,’’ she said.
‘‘We do not want another escape
from an Orange County jail.’’
The last two escapees were
caught after a civilian flagged
down officers near San Francisco’s
Golden Gate Park and pointed out
a parked van that looked like
one believed stolen by the trio of
inmates during the brazen escape.
The man also said someone who
looked like one of the fugitives was
in the area.
Police approached Hossein
Nayeri, the suspected mastermind
of the jail break, and he was captured after a short foot chase.
The second fugitive, 20-year-old
Jonathan Tieu, was found hiding
in the van with ammunition but
no gun. He surrendered without
incident. Both men were returned
to Orange County early Sunday.
A third inmate, Bac Duong, 43,
surrendered Friday after walking
into an auto repair shop in Santa
Ana just a few miles from the jail.
He told police he had been with
the others in San Jose, and the
search immediately shifted to the
San Francisco Bay Area.
Authorities were interviewing
the inmates, hoping to fill the
many holes about the escape and
their week on the run. How did
they get the sharp cutting tools to
hack their way through jail walls?
What did they do outside the
walls? How did they get money for
gas and food?
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Be more thoughtful
this year and concentrate on building a
strong base and stable future. Accept the
changes that come
your way in order to put a positive
spin on whatever situation you
face. How you handle discord will
make a difference. Make love, not
war.
AQUARIUS
(Jan.
20-Feb. 19) -- Don’t let your emotions take charge or anger lead to
a regrettable mistake. Get your
facts straight before you confront
someone. Work on self-improvement, not trying to change others.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
20) -- Your generosity will result in
unexpected benefits and rewards.
Your skills will be recognized, and
a proposal will help you use your
attributes diversely. Love is in the
stars.
ARIES (March 21-April
19) -- Gather information and
hone your skills to suit the current
job market. Avoid a run-in with
someone you love. Stay focused
on advancing your career.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20) -- Execute your plans systematically in order to fire up interest
in what you want to do next.
Celebrate your success. Romance
will enhance your life.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20) -- Don’t look back or give in to
someone trying to take advantage
of your abilities. Temptation or
unrealistic offers will lead to regret
and setbacks.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) -- You can reach your goal
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willing to do things a little differently. Learn from those with more
experience or a different perspective.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -Take responsibility and do what
has to be done before someone
complains. Avoid an argument in
order to bypass an emotional and
financial loss. Keep the peace.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22) -- You’ll attract interest and
favors from people you have
worked with in the past. Enjoy
your success with someone who
has supported you from the beginning. A reunion will boost your
spirits.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
-- Keep a low profile until you
know exactly how you want to
handle an emotional situation.
Acting in haste will jeopardize
your position, reputation and popularity.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
22) -- Share your creative ideas
with an intriguing someone who
has something to contribute.
Consider a partnership and make
a proposal that offers incentives
that will ensure your success.
Romance is highlighted.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
23-Dec. 21) -- Keep your secrets
to yourself. Someone trying to
take advantage of your skills will
put you in a compromising position. Stick close to home and
protect your assets.
CAPRICORN
(Dec.
22-Jan. 19) -- Express your
thoughts and make a point to do
something nice for the people you
love. Sharing your plans as well
as your success with loved ones
will bring you closer together.
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Page 10A • Monday, February 1, 2016
Dons stay atop Summit with win DDD Sports Scoreboard
By GREG PROUTY
FOR T
WAYNE—
Redshirt-senior
Max
Landis scored a gamehigh 19 points to lead
IPFW to an 88-67
men's college basketball
Summit League victory
past Western Illinois
University Sunday afternoon at the Hilliard Gates
Sports Center. Senior Joe Reed added
17 points, while classmate Michael Calder
and junior DeAngelo
Stewart each contributed 16 points for the host
Mastodons (18-6, 7-2
Summit League), who
remain in a four-way tie
for first in the league
standings. Garret Covington led
the visiting Leathernecks
(7-13,
0-9
Summit
League) with 17 points. IPFW will play on the
road at the University of
South Dakota Thursday,
February 4 at 8 p.m.
ET in Vermillion, South
Dakota.
IPFW, ranked No.
23 in this week's The
CollegeInsider.com MidMajor Top 25, answered a game-opening
three-point field goal by
Covington (19:00) with
21-7 run to lead 21-10 at
11:50, getting nine quick
points from Landis. The Dons took their
largest lead of half at
32-19 via a Calder
layup at 6:15, but the
Leathernecks used a 13-4
run to close to within
36-32 (1:00), and the
hosts led 38-34 at halftime. Landis and Reed
each scored 11 first-half
points, while Covington
had 10 points for WIU.
IPFW
opened
the
second half with 12-4
run to lead 50-38 at
16:18 following a threepointer by Stewart, and
two more three-pointers
from Stewart and Landis,
respectively, made it
57-40 with 14:33 on the
clock, while a Reed layup
at 11:55 made it 62-44. Landis led IPFW with
his game-high 19 points,
making 3-7 three-pointers, adding a game-high
six assists. Reed added
his 17 points on 6-6 Jay County Wrestling Sectional
shooting from the floor, (*) No. advancing to Regional
including 1-1 from three- TEAM SCORES: BELLMONT (12)
252, 2. ADAMS CENTRAL (10)
point territory, and 4-6 218.5, 3. Jay County (12) 215, 4.
free throws. Calder and SOUTH ADAMS 113 (5), 5. S. Wells
110, 6. Norwell (5) 90, 7. BlackStewart (4-6 3FGs) each (6)
ford (2) 80, 8. Union City (2) 65, 9.
finished with 16 points, Bluffton (2) 55.
while Stewart added a CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
game and career-high 106-1. WYATT MILLER (SA) d.
Zadylak (Nor) 16-14; 3. LOGAN
nine rebounds, and Kade
MOSSER (AC) d. DeAUNDRE
Calder had six rebounds JAMES (Bel) 5-1.
and four assists, as well. 113-1. NICK LITER (AC) d.
GREGG SHOAF (Bel) 11-8; 3. L. Fill Brent Calhoun had ers (Nor) m.d. Harris (UC) 10-2,
eight
points,
eight 120-1. MASON MENDEZ (Bel) d.
MOSSER (AC) 6-1; 3.
rebounds and a career- ANTHONY
Sanders (J) p. BRANDON WYNN
high three assists. IPFW (SA) 4:53.
126-1. JON BECKER (Bel) p.
shot 56% (33-59) from the BRIAR
GOODWIN (SA) 1:26; 3.
field, including 63% (19- Atkins (J) d. GABE SCHWALLER
5-3.
30) in the second half, (AC)
132-1. DANIEL GUNSETT (Bel) d.
45% (9-20) on three-poin- Dallas Dudelston (J) 4-0; 3. T. Wilson
ters, 70% (7-10) in the (Nor) d. C. Beeks (SW) 8-2.
138-1. LOGAN MACKLIN (AC) d.
second half and 65% (13- Brandon Barkdull (Blac) 4-0; 3. C.
20) at the free throw line. Compton (J) p. Stevens (SW) 2:43.
GRANT GUTIERREZ (Bel)
The Mastodons enjoy- p.145-1.
Briar Beeks (SW) 1:10; 3. Zach
ed advantages of 42-28 Mounsey (Bluf) d. T. Hemmelgarn (J)
in points scored in the 7-5.
152-1. HUNTER BATES (AC) p.
paint, 13-5 in points off Tyler Leonhard (J) 1:23; 3. MATT
(Bel) d. Sam Smith (SW)
turnovers and 22-15 LAUGHLIN
3-1, OT.
in bench scoring.
160-1. T.C Perry (SA) d. TONY
Covington led Western BUSSE (Bel) 4-2, OT; 3. Ivan Hemmelgarn (J) p. Stuckey (UC) 2:17.
Illinois with his 17 points, 170-1. BRYCE BAUMGARTNER
while Jabari Sandifer (Bel) t.f. Levi Hummel (J) 26-10; 3.
ASHLEY (AC) d. Dylan McCuadded 11 points and a RYAN
ne (Nor) 11-4.
182-1. Andy Kohler (J) d. CALEB
game-high six assists.
Scott spites NHL again...named all-star MVP
By TERESA M. WALKER
AP Sports Writer
NASHVILLE,
Tenn.
(AP) — John Scott sat on
his teammates shoulders
while fans chanted ‘‘M-VP! M-V-P!’’ and the NHL
finally got out of the way.
The people spoke up for
Scott once again Sunday
night, making the career
journeyman enforcer an
All-Star MVP as a writein candidate after voting
him into the new 3-on3 All-Star tournament
as captain of the Pacific
Division.
Scott scored twice
during the tournament,
bringing cheers from fans
and smiles from teammates who relished every
moment along with the
gentle giant and his goofy
grin. Scott captained the
Pacific to a 1-0 win in the
championship.
‘‘It’s just another one
on the list of stuff that I
cannot believe is happening,’’ Scott said of being
picked as MVP. ‘‘I never
in a million years would
have believed I was at an
All-Star Game, the fans
would be behind me like
that and score two goals
in a game. You can’t put
it into words. You can’t
write this stuff. It’s unbelievable.’’
Now Scott’s helmet is
headed to the Hockey Hall
of Fame in Toronto, and
his name was trending
on Twitter in the United
States after a night when
he wasn’t listed among
the three MVP candidates
for a social media vote late
in the final game.
The NHL did not release
details, but fans took it
upon themselves to select
him once again, in an
overwhelming vote for
the 6-foot-8 forward with
five goals in 285 career
games.
‘‘I’m sure he won over
a lot of people, and got
even more fans,’’ Chicago
forward Patrick Kane said
of Scott.
Fans at Bridgestone
Arena booed the MVP
options when announced
and yelled for Scott, who
wrote last week that someone with the NHL tried to
talk him out of coming.
He seemed a bit stunned
as he soaked everything
in, from teammates lifting him on their shoulders while fans chanted
‘‘MVP!’’ before Scott was
announced as the winner and presented with a
Honda Pilot Touring SUV.
He also posed with teammates behind their $1
million check.
Scott only got nervous
when Sharks defenseman Brent Burns, a former teammate and friend,
caught him off guard and
helped hoist the reluctant
fighter into the air.
‘‘I’m not a very light
guy, almost 275 pounds,
soaking wet about 300
pounds,’’ Scott said.
‘‘Yeah, nerve wracking,
especially (since) Burnzie
is such a spaz. Again, just
another moment on this
weekend I just cannot
believe. You really can’t
put into words.’’
The NHL changed the
format after last year’s
All-Star Game featured
92 shots and a combined
29 goals for the biggest
offensive display in the
showcase’s 60-year history. This time, these AllStars combined for 116
shots and 23 goals.
This event looked much
more like the hockey the
league plays the rest of the
season. Their inspiration
was the 3-on-3 overtime
approach for a tournament pitting the four divisions against each other
in 20-minute games. The
winners of the first two
games advanced to a thirdperiod championship.
‘‘I broke a better sweat
than last year for sure,’’
Philadelphia Flyer and
Metropolitan Division forward Claude Giroux said.
Goalies split the work
with a 10-minute portion each and actually got
the chance to stop shots
rather than be targets in
the net. Florida’s Roberto
Luongo and Jonathan
Quick of the Kings each
made great saves to keep
the first 10 minutes of
the championship game
scoreless, and Quick
stopped Jagr in the final
seconds before intermission.
HANKENSON (Bel) 6-5; 3. LOGAN
HICKS (SA) p. Gardner (Blac) 2:26.
195-1. ISAIAH BAUMGARTNER
(SA) d. CHANDLER SCHUMM (AC)
4-2; 3. Nik Roberts (SW) p. D.
Ostrowski (J) 2:08.
220-1. NASH BRUNNER (AC) d.
Gaven Hare (J) 6-2; 3. DREW BUTLER (Bel) p. Schoeff (Nor) 3:27.
285-1. DYLAN SCHUMM (AC) p.
BRAIDEN SHAW (BEL) 3:15; 3.
Adney (Blac) m.d. Ferguson (J) 15-5.
Semi-Finals
106-Zadylak (Nor) p. James 3:05;
Miller (SA) d. L. Mosser (AC) 5-3.
113-Liter (AC) m.d. Harris (J) 10-1;
Shoaf (Bel) d. Fillers (Nor) 5-3.
120-Mendez (Bel) p. Wynn (SA)
1:01; A. Mosser (AC) p. Sanders (J)
3:47.
126-Becker (Bel) pin Atkins (J) :30;
Goodwin (SA) p. Swartz (Blac) 3:19.
132-Gunsett (Bel) t.f. C. Beeks
(SW) 16-0; Dudelston (J) d. Wilson
(N) 4-2.
138-Macklin (AC) d. Compton (J)
5-0; Barkdull (Blac) p. Stevens (SW)
3:37.
145-Gutierrez (Bel) d. B. Thieme
(AC) 9-3; B. Beeks (SW) p. T. Hemmelgarn (J) 3:38.
152-Bates (AC) d. Laughlin (Bel)
7-1; Leonhard (J) d. Smith (SW) 7-0.
160-Perry (SW) p. Stuckey (UC)
1:30; Busse (Bel) d. I. Hemmelgarn
(J) 13-8.
170-Baumgartner (Bel) m.d. Ashley
(AC) 20-9; Hummel (J) d. McCune
(Nor) 9-6.
182-Hankenson (Bel) p. Hicks (SA)
:13; Kohler (J) p. Gardner (Black)
3:32.
195-Baumgartner (SA) p. Boots
(Blu) :54; C. Schumm (AC) p.
Roberts (SW) 2:50.
220-Hare (J) d. Butler (Bel) 5-4, 6th
per. OT; Brunner (AC) p. Hughes
(Blu) 5:12.
285-D. Schumm (AC) p. Ferguson
(J) 1:01; Shaw (Bel) p. Adney (Blac)
1:09.
First Round, Wrestlebacks
106-James (Bel) p. Moorman (Blac)
4:29; Mosser (AC) m.d. Liette (J)
12-0; Miller (SA) WBF; James (Bel)
d. Liette (J) 7-1.
113-Liter (AC) d. Anderson (J) 7-1;
Shoaff (Bel) WBF.
120-Mendez (B) WBF; Mosser (AC)
WBF; Wynn (SA) p. Marshal (UC)
:43;
126-Becker (B) WBF; Atkins (J) d.
Schwaller 4-2; Goodwin (SA) p.
Jones (SW) 2:47; Schwaller (AC) d.
Swartz (Blac) 9-4.
132-Gunsett (B) p. Neal :41; Beeks
(SW) d. T. Brunner 11-8; Dudelston
(J) p. Zuercher (SA) 2:43; Wilson
(Nor) by Inj. def. over T. Brunner
(AC); Brunner p. Neal (UC) 2:00.
138-Stevens (SW) d. Siefring
(Bel)6-5; Macklin (AC) p. Deitsch
(SA) 1:50; Siefring (B) WBF;n Compton (J) d. Siefring 3-2; Cline (UC) p.
Deitsch :19.
145-Gutierrez (Bel) p. Harris (Nor)
:33; Thieme (AC) p. Kirkwood (Blac)
1:55; Mounsey (Blu) d. Thieme 5-1.
152-Bates (AC) WBF; Laughlin
(Bel) p. Scholl (Blu) :35; Laughlin
WBF.
160-Busse (Bel) WBF; Hemmelgarn
(J) p. Burkhart (AC) :34; Stuckey
(UC) p. Burkhart 1:27.
170-Baumgartner (Bel) WBF; Ashley (AC) p. Adkins (UC) :47; Ashley p.
Lewis (Blu) 4:20.
182-Hankenson (Bel) p. Cross
(Nor) :27; Hicks (SA) by inj. def. over
Douglas (AC); Cross by inj. def. over
Douglas.
195-Baumgartner (SA) p. Boots
(Blu) :33; C. Schumm (AC) d. Gerwig
(Bel) 8-1; Goodson (Bla) d. Gerwig
3-2, OT.
220-Butler (Bel) p. Schoeff (Nor)
2:52; Brunner (AC) t.f. Roberts (SW)
18-2; Butler d. Baronick (Bla) 7-3.
285-D. Schumm (AC) p. Henry
(UC) :37; Adney (Blac) p. Cueller
(SA) :47; Shaw (Bel) p. Schomber
(SW) :18; Cueller (SA) m.d. Schomber 9-1; Ferguson (J) p. Cueller 3:20.
Fifth Place Matches
106-Liette (J) d. Moorman (Blac)
5-2; 113- Anderson (J) d. Goodrich
(SW) 4-1, OT; 120-Marshal (UC)
WBF; 126-Swartz (Blac) p. Jones
(SW) 2:54; 132-ZUERCHER (SA) by
inj. def. over Brunner (AC); 138-SIEFRING (Bel) p. Cline (UC) 1:44; 145B. THIEME (AC) p. Harris (Nor) 2:17;
152-Scholl (Blu) WBF; 160-King
(Bluf) p. Burkhart (AC) 2:12; 170Lewis (Blu) d. Adkins (UC) 9-2;
182-Milles (UC) p. Cross (Nor) 2:14;
195-Goodson (Bla) p. Boots (Blu)
4:55; 220-Hughes (Bluf) d. Baronick
(Blac) 4-2; 285-Henry (UC) d. Cueller
(SA) 7-2.
NBA STANDINGS
By The Associated Press
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct
GB
Toronto 32 15 .681
—
Boston 27 22 .551
6
New York
23 27 .460 10 1/2
Brooklyn 12 36 .250 20 1/2
Philadelphia 7 41 .146 25 1/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct
GB
Miami 27 21 .563
—
Atlanta 27 22 .551
1/2
Charlotte 22 25 .468 4 1/2
Washington 21 24 .467 4 1/2
Orlando 21 25 .457
5
Central Division
W L Pct
GB
Cleveland 34 12 .739
—
Chicago 26 20 .565
8
Indiana 25 22 .532 9 1/2
Detroit 25 23 .521
10
Milwaukee 20 29 .408 15 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct
GB
San Antonio
39 8 .830
—
Memphis 28 20 .583 11 1/2
Dallas 28 22 .560 12 1/2
Houston 25 25 .500 15 1/2
New Orleans 18 28 .391 20 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct
GB
Oklahoma City 36 13 .735
—
Portland 23 26 .469
13
Utah 21 25 .457 13 1/2
Denver 18 30 .375 17 1/2
Minnesota 14 35 .286
22
Pacific Division
W L Pct
GB
Golden State 44 4 .917
—
L.A. Clippers 32 16 .667
12
Sacramento 20 27 .426 23 1/2
Phoenix 14 35 .286 30 1/2
L.A. Lakers
9 40 .184 35 1/2
National Hockey League
By The Associated Press
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W LOTPts GF GA
Florida 492915 5 63135108
Tampa Bay 492718 4 58130117
Detroit 492516 8 58122124
Boston 492618 5 57147131
Montreal 502422 4 52136134
Ottawa 502321 6 52139155
Buffalo 502026 4 44 114136
Toronto 481722 9 43 114134
Metropolitan Division
GP W LOTPts GF GA
Washington 4735 8 4 74158104
N.Y. Rangers492717 5 59142129
N.Y. Islanders472516 6 56130118
Pittsburgh 482417 7 55121120
New Jersey 502520 5 55 114118
Carolina 512320 8 54123135
Philadelphia 472118 8 50109127
Columbus 511927 5 43133163
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W LOTPts GF GA
Chicago 533316 4 70147122
Dallas 503114 5 67162133
St. Louis
522816 8 64129128
Colorado 522722 3 57143142
Nashville 502418 8 56129131
Minnesota 492317 9 55121115
Winnipeg 492224 3 47126140
Pacific Division
GP W LOTPts GF GA
Los Angeles493016 3 63129113
San Jose 482618 4 56142129
Arizona 492420 5 53131146
Anaheim 472218 7 51101111
Vancouver 50201911 51122139
Calgary 482124 3 45126146
Edmonton 501926 5 43122149
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#3 Iowa rolls past N’Western, 85-71
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP)
— Peter Jok had 22 of
his 26 points in the second half to help thirdranked Iowa blow past
Northwestern 85-71 on
Sunday.
Jarrod Uthoff scored 23
points for the Hawkeyes
(17-4, 8-1 Big Ten), who
sent Northwestern to its
fifth straight loss.
Uthoff shook off his
season-low nine points
in Thursday’s defeat at
No. 8 Maryland with 19
in the first half as Iowa
went up by 16. Jok followed with three straight
3s and Iowa rolled to its
seventh league win by at
least 10 points.
Tre Demps had a season-high 30 points for
Northwestern (15-8, 3-7).
Bryant McIntosh, the
Wildcats’ leading scorer
at 15 points per game,
was held to just four.
NO. 8 MARYLAND
66, OHIO STATE 61
COLUMBUS,
Ohio
(AP) — Melo Trimble
scored 20 points, Jake
Layman added 16 points
and 10 rebounds and
No. 8 Maryland made six
free throws in the final
25 seconds to beat Ohio
State 66-61.
Trimble hit a 3-pointer from the left corner
with 2:03 remaining for
a 60-55 lead before Marc
Loving made a pair of
foul shots for Ohio State
to trim the lead to three.
Maryland’s
Robert
Carter, who had 10
points, then made both
shots from the line
with 24.4 seconds left.
JaQuan Lyle made 1 of
2 foul shots for OSU to
cut the deficit to 62-58
but Rasheed Sulaimon
hit two free throws for
Maryland (19-3, 8-2 Big
Ten) with 13.5 seconds
to go.
Jae’Sean Tate, who
had 16 points for Ohio
State (14-9, 6-4), made a
3-pointer with 5.9 to go
but Trimble was fouled
and made two more foul
shots with 5.4 remaining
to seal the win.
NO. 12 MICHIGAN
STATE 96, RUTGERS
62
EAST LANSING, Mich.
(AP) — Bryn Forbes
scored all 18 of his points
in the first half and No.
12 Michigan State tied
a school record with 17
3-pointers in a 96-62
victory over Rutgers.
The Spartans (19-4,
6-4 Big Ten) have won
three in a row since a
three-game losing streak
that dropped them well
off the pace in the conference title race. They
had little trouble with
Rutgers
(6-16,
0-9)
thanks to their torrid
outside shooting.
Michigan State led
44-33 at halftime after
shooting 9 of 16 from
3-point
range.
The
Spartans finished 17 of
32 from beyond the arc,
one game after going 16
of 26 from long distance
in a blowout win over
Northwestern.
Mike Williams scored
18 points for the Scarlet
Knights.
NO. 25 NOTRE DAME
85, WAKE FOREST 62
SOUTH BEND, Ind.
(AP) — Zach Auguste
had 21 points and 12
rebounds,
Demetrius
Jackson added 14 points
in his return and No. 25
Notre Dame beat Wake
Forest 85-62 on Sunday.
V.J. Beachem added
15 points for the Fighting
Irish (15-6, 6-3 Atlantic
Coast Conference).
Jackson, who missed
a game with a pulled
hamstring in a win over
Boston College last week,
added eight assists and
seven rebounds. Notre
Dame’s leading scorer
missed Thursday night’s
loss to Syracuse.
Devin Thomas had
19 points and eight
rebounds for Wake Forest
(10-11, 1-8), which never
led. The Demon Deacons
have lost six in a row.
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Barrow, Lions use big board advantage to boom Braves, 68-41
By DYLAN MALONE
The Leo Lions used
speed and size to dominate the Bellmont Braves
early and often Saturday
night in another tough,
lopsided match-up at the
Teepee, 68-41.
The Lions' 6'8" star
Dylan Barrow was the
main culprit the Braves
simply had no answer
for as the senior finished
the night with an impressive 18 points and 18
rebounds.
"He did a good job
of attacking and being
aggressive," praised BHS
coach John Baker. "We're
six-foot inside and we give
up quite a bit. He took it
to us and his passing outside gave them open looks
on the perimeter."
The newest arrivals
to the Northeast Eight
Conference used a 9-19
barrage in the first quarter to set the tone as the
Braves struggled to keep
up the break-neck pace
shooting 4-15 including
just 1-7 from deep. The
result was a 24-9 Leo edge
through eight minutes of
play.
The main problem with
the size obviously came at
the rim.
"We tried to get position
on the zone to rebound
but we weren't able to get
low and drive them out
with their ball movement.
The number of offensive rebounds gave them
plenty of opportunities,"
recalled Baker.
In the first quarter
alone, the Braves suffered
a 14-8 disadvantage on
the glass.
It was a 5-5 ball game
after Jake Hall buried a three, then Ryan
Okoniewski drove the
hoop for two. The other
Leo big man, 6'5" Max
Dove, would score the
next four points to start
the 19-4 run that would
end the quarter for Leo.
The score was a manageable 17-9 when Adam
Weaver stroked a jumper but the Lions would
respond
immediately
with a three from Jeremy
Davison, one of four on
the night for the sophomore, then a steal and two
for Kray Klopfenstein and
another two by Davison
on a layup put Leo up 15.
The Lions not only got
second chance points off
of offensive boards, but
would also capitalize on
five first-half Bellmont
turnovers turning them
into nine points on the
other end.
Overall in the first half,
the Braves were outboarded 23-13. Feeling secure
with their size inside, the
Lions let rip 20 threepointers making only six
of them.
"Defensively, we were
getting what we wanted,"
explained Baker, "but
they would finish the possessions with offensive
rebounds and points when
we couldn't get stops."
With their only post
presence, 6'3" Conner
Hess, on the sideline with
an ACL injury, the Braves
took another hit to the
gut when Jake Hall hit hit
head on the floor following
a blocked lay-up attempt.
"He definitely got his
bell rung," recalled Baker.
"Hopefully it isn't anything
too serious for him but
we'll have to wait and see
on Monday."
The Braves would get
a spark before the half
despite trailing 37-16
when Sam Ainsworth
scored four points on consecutive possessions, then
Weaver came up with a
rare Leo turnover and
went coast-to-coast on the
lay-up. The halftime score
was left at 39-22 as a
result.
"I thought our effort was
there tonight," noted Baker
of his depleted Bellmont
roster. "Adam played well
tonight and really hard.
Austin O'Campo was great
as well playing against
their pressure without
a single turnover. Ben
Fullenkamp played really
well also with some great
minutes. Those guys kept
us afloat tonight."
Trace Bauer started the third quarter on
what appeared to be a
momentum-shifting triple
for the Braves making it
a 14-point game. When
Bellmont got a gritty stop
on the other end following
two offensive Leo boards,
the Braves lost an opportunity to cut the lead further on a silly turnover.
Leo would put up seven
straight points following
that shutting the door
essentially on a comeback
effort.
The Braves trailed
53-30 following the 14-8
third by the Lions. When
Leo scored the first seven
points of the fourth, the
Braves cleared the bench
allowing reserves to close
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Nine different Bellmont
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night, a season-high for
the Braves who were led
by Ainsworth's 11 points
and five rebounds. Austin
O'Campo
had
seven
points.
For Leo, Barrow's 18
points was tops, while
Davison had 14 points
and Love ended with 11.
Bellmont was outrebounded in total by a
40-29, while 21 of those
boards were of the offensive variety for the Lions.
Offensively, the Braves
hoisted up a season-high
56 shots but made just
14 of them (25%). With
no answer inside against
Leo's height, the Braves
made only 3-25 from outside (12%).
Leo did more with more
shooting 25-64 (39%)
shooting an incredibly
gaudy 10-35 (29%) from
deep.
In the JV contest, Leo
held off a furious Bellmont
comeback with free throws
in a 57-52 decision.
For Bellmont, Nathan
Kaczmarek had 14 points
to lead the Braves, while
Lucas Strickler had 13
points
Leo 68, Bellmont 41
LIONS (10-6)
FG 3PT FT
Klopfenstein 1-4 0-0 1-2
Herran
2-8 2-8 0-0
Barrow
7-18 0-4 4-6
Davison
5-9 4-8 0-0
Dove
4-7 0-1 3-7
Moreau
3-7 3-7 0-0
Welsh
1-3 0-2 0-0
Hannie
0-4 0-2 0-0
Stoller
1-2 1-2 0-0
Rex
0-1 0-1 0-0
Zimmerman 1-1 0-1 0-0
Totals
25-6410-358-15
Score By Quarters
Leo
24 15 14 15 68
Bellmont
9 13 8 11 41
JV Scoring: (Leo) Schneider 1-1-05, Stoller 3-2-3-15, Moreau 0-2-06, Kimball 1-2-3-11, Zimmerman
5-0-1-11, Coohan 0-0-1-1, Sutter
3-0-2-8, Totals 13-7-10-57. (BHS)
Kaczmarek 2-3-1-14, Selking 0-01-1, Manis 2-0-3-7, Strickler 4-1-213, Mathieu 4-0-0-8, Fuelling 2-12-9, Totals 14-5-9-52.
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Okoniewski
2-7 0-2 0-0 4
Hall
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BRAVES STAY ON TOP—Bellmont won its 41st sectional wrestling title, and third straight, Saturday at Jay County, putting 12 through to regional. Team members
are shown above: (front row, L-R) Gavin Siefring, manager Sean Dunsford, DeAundre James, Gregg Shoaf, Daniel Gunsett, Bucky Gutierrez, Mason Mendez, Jon
Becker, Jon Ruble, Matt Laughlin, Mason Burkholder, Colin Mills, (top, L-R) Caleb Hankeson, Derek Simon, Carter Friedt, Holden Eubank, Drew Butler, Bryce
Baumgartner, Tony Busse, Braiden Shaw, Trevor Ortiz, Ty Razo, Lucas Juengel, and Jarron Gerwig. (Photo by Jim Hopkins)
Bellmont grabs mat sectional; Adams County takes 12 of 14
By JIM HOPKINS
POR TLAND—
Both
Bellmont and Adams
Central churned out
five championships, but
the Braves garnered 12
top-four finishes to earn
the 2016 Jay County
Sectional
wrestling
crown, 252 to the 218.5
for the Jets in a tourney
dominated by Adams
County teams.
It was the third
straight and 41st sectional wrestling title for
Bellmont High.
South Adams added
two crowns and finished fourth. Jay County
advanced 12 through to
next week's regional and
racked up 215 points,
but had only one title
winner, as did Southern
Wells.
"The main plan today
was to take control and
dominate, as an individual and as a team. We
had a couple of matches
that got away, otherwise the plan worked,"
stated Bellmont junior
Jon Becker, who won a
second sectional title in
three years.
Becker demonstrated
Bellmont's focus when he
hit SA's Briar Goodwin
with a hard single-leg
in the opening seconds
of the title match, then
slapped in a cradle on
the way down. He finished with a power half
for a 1:26 fall at 126
pounds.
Bryce Baumgartner
won his third sectional
title in as many years
to lead Bellmont, while
senior Mason Mendez got
back into the championship business by beating AC's Anthony Mosser
at 120. Senior Daniel
Gunsett earned a second
sectional crown, as did
junior Grant Gutierrez at
145.
The Braves didn't
win everything, however, as Adams Central's
Nick Liter rolled off
his back late to beat
Bellmont's Gregg Shoaff
11-8 at 113 pounds,
and junior heavyweight
Dylan Schumm caught
the Braves sophomore
heavyweight
Braiden
Shaw and finished the
meet with a 3:15 Jets'
win.
Senior Hunter Bates
scored his third straight
sectional win, this one at
152, frosh Logan Macklin
controlled the 138-pound
class for his crown, and
AC junior Nash Brunner
caught Jay's Gaven Hare
on a calvary charge,
depositing a 6-2 win for
the 220-pound title.
In a crazy 106-pound
title match, SA's Wyatt
Miller earned his second straight sectional
title, outlasting the previously unbeaten Kade
Zadylak of Norwell 16-14.
The Starfires' Isaiah
Baumgartner held off
AC's Chandler Schumm
6-4 for the 195-pound
title.
Souther n
Wells
earned its only crown
when T.C. Perry scored
an overtime takedown on
Bellmont's Tony Busse
at 160, avenging his loss
in last year's 152-pound
title match. Andy Kohler
scored his second sectional title, rallying for a
6-5 win over Bellmont's
Caleb Hankenson in the
182-pound finals.
"We put seven in the
finals and are taking
10 to regional, and we
battled tough even in
the ones we lost, so we
did well today," stated
Adams Central coach
Tony Currie.
"Bates controlled every
match and looked good
in the finals with a fall
vs. (Tyler) Leonhard. Liter
was the fourth seed, but
we knew he could win the
whole thing. He majored
the one seed (Harris,
UC). Logan Macklin is
a natural talent and he
just keeps winning the
tough matches. When
he gets some experience
under his belt, the sky
is the limit," praised the
coach.
"Nash had a nice
throw-by for the five that
made the difference in
the finals. Dylan wrestled well all day, getting
three pins."
BATES FOR SIX—Adams Central senior Hunter Bates puts the final touches
on his rival, Jay's Tyler Leonhard, as he scores a first-period fall for his third
sectional crown. (Photo by Jim Hopkins)
MILLER
"It was awesome,"
said Bates, who hit a
double-leg takedown on
Jay rival Tyler Leonhard,
then muscled in a headlock for the 1:23 fall. "We
came out here and performed well. I feel great
about the day, and it
feels good to beat Jay
County two straight
weeks."
"I didn't know the score.
I thought I was behind,"
admitted Bellmont junior
Gregg Shoaf on the
moment he was losing
control of Liter after coming close to a fall. Shoaf
reached up for Liter's
head, and the AC sophomore scored the three
winning nearfall points.
Mendez hit an early
takedown on Mosser, but
yielded an escape at the
buzzer of period one. He
earned nearfall points in
period two, then hit a
reveral in period three,
riding out the 6-1 win.
"I got that first takedown and just kept
going," said Mendez.
"It feels much better. Finishing runnerup feels awful," said
the Bellmonter. Mosser
nipped Mendez 5-4 in
the 2015 finals.
"It was a good win
for Mendez," said BHS
coach Paul Gunsett.
"The score was close,
but Daniel dominated
(Jay's Dallas Dudelston).
The Jay kid wasn't close
to scoring."
Daniel Gunsett scored
on a monkey roll in period one, rode that out and
added two more minutes
on top in the second. He
scored a reversal in period three for the shutout.
Macklin liked that
score in the next match,
hitting a reversal in peri-
od two and a takedown
in period three for the
4-0 win over Blackford's
No. 1 seed, Brandon
Barkdull at 138.
Gutierrez jumped on
Briar Beeks of Southern
Wells, then headlocked
him over for a 1:10 fall.
"Bucky beat that kid
8-4 last year. He looked
great today," praised
Gunsett.
Gutierrez
scored a fall and a 9-3
win over Brant Thieme of
AC to get to the finals.
"I thought I had a good
chance to win. I beat the
kid last year. I wasn't
expecting the throw at
the end," said Gutierrez.
Busse had a reversal
in period two, but gave
up an escape. Perry, a
5-1 loser to Busse last
year, tied the match with
another escape. Busse
lost control and yielded
a reversal in the second
overtime.
Hankenson
was
aggressive early against
the unbeaten Kohler,
hitting a single-leg takedown in the opening seconds, then coming right
back with a double for
a 4-1 lead. However,
Kohler hit his own single
and double in period two,
and rode out the win.
"Hankenson's defense
was lacking after he got
the lead, and Tony didn't
do a whole lot of shooting. Hopefully, we'll get
that picked up. But those
were tough kids who also
work hard. Tony split
with that kid last year,
so we hope to do that
this year. The same with
Kohler and Hankenson,"
offered Gunsett.
"I really appreciated
the mental toughness
that Kohler showed to
come back in a match
like that. He had only
been taken down two
other times this season,"
admitted Jay Coach Eric
Myers.
Baumgartner had to
chase down Jay's Levi
Hummel for a 26-10 tech
fall.
"He took maybe three
or four steps (forward) the
whole match," explained
Baumgartner.
"I wanted to work my
stuff, to get in better
shape for (Delta's) Gray
next week."
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SA's
Baumgartner
needed a reversal in
period three, and then
a takedown to beat
Chandler Schumm of
AC.
In a scoreless 220pound final, a smaller
but quicker Gaven Hare
(Jay) took a sudden run
at Brunner. "When he
charged across the mat,
I was a little panicked. I
thought I might lose my
head, but ended up putting him on his back,"
explained Brunner.
Hare got a break in the
semis against Bellmont's
Drew Butler, who was on
top of Hare at the buzzer
in the second OT, but
did not lose a reversal or
escape in the 5-4 win.
"The JC kid was on
his stomach and did not
even have a leg," analyzed
coach Gunsett. "At the
least it should have been
one point, and Drew had
choice if it went to the
ultimate tie-breaker."
Butler finished third
for the Braves, as did
Matt Laughlin at 152.
DeAundre James fell to
AC's Logan Mosser 5-1
in the 106-pound consolation final.
Ryan Ashley won 11-4
over McCune of Norwell
for third at 170 for the
Jets. Gabe Schwaller
was fourth at 126.
Logan Hicks scored a
fall for third at 182 for
the Stars. Brandon Wynn
fook fourth at 120.
"Showing up to sectionals with eight guys,
then all but one placing
was great," said first-year
SA coach Jesse Gaskill.
"We have the five
going on to regionals,
but we wrestled great to
even place in the top 4.
This definitely gives me
a pretty big smile! "
Host Jay coach Myers
liked some of the final
numbers, not the four
seconds. "I felt we had a
really nice day. I didn't
think that we would push
12 through and still be in
3rd, but that's what happens when you only have
one champion," said the
former SA coach.
Everyone
gets
to
reload this week when
tough foes Delta and
Yorktown arrive for the
Jay Regional.
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