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Local man charged for adult film
By NICK RUPERT
The Post & Mail
SOUTH WHITLEY — A
46 year-old South Whitley man was arrested last
week after playing an adult
film in the presence of two
young girls.
South Whitley Police
contacted the Whitley
County Sheriff’s Department Jan. 14 to report that
Andrew Spriggs had engaged in inappropriate be-
Kosciusko
sheriff
indicted
on bribery,
intimidation
charges
PLYMOUTH, Ind. (AP)
— A northern Indiana sheriff was indicted Monday on
10 felony counts, including
bribery and official misconduct, alleging he accepted
$40,000 to allow special
privileges for a jail inmate
and a visitor.
Kosciusko County Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine is
accused of allowing unrecorded and unsupervised
visitations and phone calls
between the inmate and the
visitor. Rovenstine did so
“with the intent to hinder
the punishment” of the inmate, the indictment stated.
The indictment also stated that Rovenstine threatened a law enforcement officer.
Rovenstine did not respond to an email and two
phone messages from The
Associated Press requesting
comment Monday. Court
records do not indicate
whether he has hired an attorney.
Rovenstine, 56, is charged
with three counts of bribery, one count of intimidation, one count of assisting
a criminal and five counts
of official misconduct. An
Elkhart County Jail spokeswoman said Rovenstine
was taken into custody
shortly before noon Monday and released on $10,000
surety bond.
The indictment alleges
the misconduct started in
March 2011 and continued
into August 2015.
The indictment alleges
Rovenstine took the bribes
from Kevin Bronson while
he was an inmate at the Kosciusko County Jail. Bronson
is charged with three felony
charges of corrupt business
influence and seven felony
charges of intimidation.
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Man allegedly viewed adult video in front of child
havior in the presence of a
young girl, according to a
case report by the Whitley
County Sheriff’s Department.
A forensic interview was
conducted involving the
victim, the Whitley County Department of Child
Services and the Whitley
County Sheriff’s Department on Jan. 19.
The victim disclosed
that she was spending the
night with her 12-year-old
friend when the incident
occurred.
Spriggs allegedly turned
on a movie titled “Evil Sex”
while the victim was in the
room with him.
The report says the victim asked Spriggs several
times over a 10-minute pe-
riod to stop the film before
he turned it off and told her
not to tell her parents.
The victim did tell her
parents about the incident,
which led to an investigation and, ultimately,
Spriggs’ arrest last Thursday.
The event allegedly occurred between the dates of
Dec. 20 and Dec. 23, 2015.
Spriggs made bail later
the day of his arrest and
appeared in Whitley County Superior Court Monday
afternoon for an initial
hearing.
His bail was a $10,000,
10-percent bond.
Spriggs is charged with
dissemination of matter
harmful to minors, a level
6 felony.
Andrew Spriggs
CCPD officers graduate from ILEA
By NICOLE MINIER
The Post & Mail
Photo contributed
Columbia City Police Officers Nick Metzger and Alan Meeks graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy on
Friday. Joining them for the ceremony were Chief Tony Hively and Captain Gary Parrett. From left: Hively, Metzger, Meeks
and Parrett.
COLUMBIA CITY — Two
of Columbia City’s new police officers graduated from
the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy last week.
Nick Metzger and Alan
Meeks spent the past 15
weeks traveling to Plainfield
to learn the ins and outs of
police work.
Each week of the 15-week
academy had a different area
of focus, from traffic stops to
criminal law and other various scenarios.
“We are very proud of
them,” said Columbia City
Police Captain Gary Parrett. “They are doing a really
good job.”
Metzger and Meeks were
hired in July 2015 with little law enforcement background.
The pair completed inhouse training before going to the Law Enforcement
Academy, which began in
November.
Parrett said they will have
more training before they
are on their own as patrolmen.
During the past 15 weeks,
the officers were only allowed to come home on
weekends, putting their personal lives on hold.
“They are very dedicated,” Parrett said.
Columbia City’s Police
Department has selected
two more policemen to replace retired officers.
Local history buffs advancing to state
Columbia City earns many awards at National History Day
SOUTH BEND — Several Columbia City students won awards
at the National History Day competition at Saint Mary’s College last
weekend.
Approximately 270 students from
nine schools competed for a chance
to advance to the state contest on
Saturday, April 23 at Ivy Tech’s
campus in downtown Indianapolis.
National History Day in Indiana
is a year-long program dedicated
to enhancing history education in
elementary and secondary schools.
Students in grades four through
12 explore a historical subject and
then use their research to create
imaginative exhibits, original performances, media documentaries,
websites and papers.
The 2016 theme is “Exploration,
Encounter, Exchange in History.”
One elementary school student,
Isaac Rentschler, of Little Turtle,
won first place with his individual
exhibit.
His brother, Ian Rentschler, of Indian Springs Middle School, earned
first place in the Junior Individual
Documentary division.
All other local winners attend
Columbia City High School, and
are taught by the Rentschler boys’
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Those winners include:
•Amber Deno, Jaelyn Himes and
Molly Luther, first place, senior
group exhibits.
•Tyler Hollis, Robert Sheets and
Nicolas Decker, second place, senior group exhibits.
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House committee
advances contentious
teacher salary bill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A measure to curtail the
bargaining abilities of teachers’ unions by granting Indiana school districts the authority to negotiate higher
pay with individual teachers was advanced Monday by
a House committee.
The contentious teacher pay bill moved forward despite GOP Senate leader David Long declaring the issue
dead last week.
The House Education Committee voted 7-4 to advance the bill, which is opposed by teachers’ unions
and some school administrators who say such benefits
should be negotiated through collective bargaining.
They say many districts have a limited pool of money,
which means those who are paid more could take away
from resources available for all teachers.
“This bill ... is less about giving a few teachers more
money,” said Gail Zeheralis, a lobbyist for the Indiana
State Teachers Association. She added that it’s “more
about devaluing the rest of them.”
The debate comes as state officials and local school
leaders have considered steps to address teacher shortages as the number of first-time teaching licenses issued
by the state Department of Education has declined by 33
percent over the past five years.
Some districts have negotiated agreements allowing
them to pay individual teachers more. But those abilities are on hold pending the outcome of a case currently
before the Indiana Supreme Court.
Supporters of the idea say it would give school districts flexibility to fill their classroom vacancies. They
say some school districts are at a competitive disadvantage because other districts with more money can recruit
their best teachers by offering them more pay. But critics
say the bill lacks transparency because it would allow
salary agreements to be reached by local school boards
during closed-door meetings.
While Long declared the issue dead last week, House
Education Committee Chairman Bob Behning, R-Indianapolis, says he wants to advance the measure despite intense efforts by teachers’ unions to scuttle the
bill. Teachers’ unions targeted individual lawmakers
on social media over the weekend, urging them to vote
against the bill.
The measure that House GOP leaders are now advancing was previously approved by the Senate before
Long had a change of heart. The Senate last week killed
a similar bill that the House had previously approved.
Long called for the bill to be scrapped because it is
“misperceived by some as something that would be
harmful to teachers.” He said lawmakers should work
with teachers and come back with a more collaborative
bill next year.
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Judge blocks Indiana’s Syrian refugee order
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge in Indianapolis on Monday
blocked Republican Gov. Mike Pence’s
order that barred state agencies from
helping Syrian refugees resettle in Indiana, saying the governor’s directive
“clearly discriminates” against refugees from the war-torn country.
The ruling grants a request for a preliminary injunction from Exodus Refugee Immigration, which helps resettle
refugees in Indiana. The group sued
shortly after Pence issued his order in
November, saying the change would
hurt aid groups by withholding reim-
bursements for housing and medical
care to assist Syrian refugees.
Exodus and other organizations have
continued to resettle Syrian refugees,
though the state has sought to withhold
funds earmarked for resettlements.
Four Syrian refugees were settled in
January, with Exodus planning to settle
nearly 200 more this year, Monday’s
opinion said.
More than two dozen states, most
with Republican governors, have taken
similar action to suspend Syrian resettlement programs.
Pence released a statement saying he
stood by his decision and would quickly appeal. The governor has repeatedly
cited the November attacks in Paris
as justification, noting that a passport
found near one of the suicide bombers had been registered along the route
asylum seekers from Syria were taking
through Europe.
In her 36-page opinion, U.S. District
Judge Tanya Walton Pratt said the state
had a compelling concern to protect its
residents, but that withholding federal
grant money from the aid group “in no
way furthers the state’s asserted interest in the safety of Indiana residents.”
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•Abigail Schrader, Breanna Larh, Lauren Keller and Whitney Shelton, runner up, senior group exhibits.
•Mollie Baar and Haylee Coyle, runner-up, senior group
exhibits.
•Allison Conrad, Blake Deno and Braden Whitacre, first
place, senior group websites.
•Sarah Peterson, second place, senior papers.
•Sydney Korte, first place, senior individual exhibits.
•Bryce Banks, second place, senior individual exhibits.
•Kylee Longenbaugh, runner up, senior individual exhibits.
•Lenah Beck, first place, senior individual websites.
Eric Burkholder and Eric Yager, first place, senior group
documentaries.
All first, second, third and runners up will advance to the
state competition.
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Obituaries
Theodore ‘Teddy’ Minnick, 68
Nov. 27, 1947 — Feb. 28, 2016
Theodore “Teddy” Minnick, 68, of Columbia City, passed
away at 9:23 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28,
2016 at Parkview Regional Medical
Center, Fort Wayne. Born Nov. 27,
1947 in Fort Wayne, he was the son
of Theodore J., Jr. and Magdalena A.
(Vorich) Minnick.
He graduated from Central Catholic High School with the Class of 1966.
He served in the U.S. Army before
becoming a truck driver. He drove
for more than 36 years, retiring from
USF Holland in 2008. During this time
Minnick
he achieved the Million Safe Miles
award. On March 12, 1981, he married
Mary A. Carpenter in Columbia City.
Teddy enjoyed spending time with his family
and was a big supporter of his daughter and
grandchildren in any activity they participated
in. After retirement, he was a security officer at
Chain O’Lakes where he and his family loved
to camp.
Survivors include his loving wife of 34 years, Mary Minnick; daughter, Lori Leeanne Straub, of Columbia City; sister, Sharon (Ron) Walden, of West Palm Beach, Fla.; brothers,
Richard Minnick, of Gas City and Robert (Georgeann) Minnick, of Fort Wayne; grandchild, Maddie and Mason Straub;
son-in-law, Adam Straub, of Columbia City; six nieces; and
four nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Rosemarie Recht.
Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 3 at
DeMoney-Grimes, a Life Story Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Dr., Columbia City.
Memorial donations may be made in his memory to Lung
Cancer Alliance. To read Teddy’s life story or to send his
family online condolences, visit www.demoneygrimes.com.
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CCPD Chief Hively speaks
to Columbia City Rotarians
COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia
City’s new police chief was the speaker at last week’s Columbia City Rotay
Club meeting.
CCPD Chief Tony Hively was introduced by Whitley County Prosecutor
Matt Rentschler. The two criminal justice leaders first met when they were
freshmen at Columbia City High
School.
Hively joined the U.S. Army immediately after high school in 1988. His
deployment has varied from Desert
Storm in Iraq to spending two years
as a drill sergeant. He has also been
stationed in Germany and Guantanomo Bay in Cuba.
Hively has achieved the highest enlisted rank in the Army — Sergeant
Major.
The new police chief said policies
started by his predecessor, former
chief Tim Longenbaugh, match with
his opinions as well.
“We both agreed on the direction
the department is headed,” Hively
told Rotarians.
Currently, the department has 18
full-time officers with another to be
added soon.
The department has one reserve officer.
“It’s really hard to keep reserve of-
ficers active because the state mandates 24 hours of continuing education every year, along with firearms
training,” Hively said. “When you
also work full-time at another job, it
can become almost impossible to continue.”
In Longenbaugh’s tenure, he had to
hire many new officers after veteran
policemen retired. Hively said he
expects more of the same in the next
four years, with potentially 4-5 more
ready to retire.
He noted there are 24 police vehicles in the department, and the
department has used body cameras
since 2012 — a hot topic in national
news in recent months.
“Our top priority coming up is to
upgrade our communication equipment — especially the computers,”
Hively said.
Hively also mentioned a mentoring
program, where the CCPD can use
Fort Wayne departments for training
its personnel.
The CCPD also has a new Facebook
page, where the department will inform the public about tax scams, con
artists and various alerts.
Hively said he hopes to reinstate
the K-9 program, and hopes to start
a “Talk-to-a-cop” over a cup of cof-
Chief Tony Hively
fee, which appears to be popular with
adults.
“A similar approach for children
would be with an ice cream cone,”
Hively said.
Hively said he also hopes to improve the Blue River Trail so an ATV
can patrol the length of the trail.
A Rotarian questioned combining the city and county communications departments, to which Hively
responded, “we do have a committee
looking into that as well.”
More than one may have been
GOP badly split as
involved in Ft. Wayne shootings Trump, Clinton seek
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Police said Monday that multiple
people may have been involved
in the fatal shooting last week of
two men and a teenager in a Fort
Wayne house.
Officer Michael Joyner said the
manner in which the victims were
killed "would make one believe
that more than one individual was
involved."
He declined to offer details, referring questions about the victims' injuries to the local coroner.
Joyner also declined to say
whether police have identified any
possible suspects in the Wednesday killings.
But he said the investigation
was "very active" and urged anyone with information to come for-
ward.
He noted the house was known
to police, saying one person associated with the home who wasn't
present during the shootings is
"known to have gang involvement."
Allen County Coroner's Office
investigator Rebecca Stuttle said
information about the victims' injuries wasn't being disclosed because it was part of the ongoing
investigation.
The victims have been identified as 23-year-old Mohamedtaha
Omar, 20-year-old Adam Mekki
and 17-year-old Muhannad Adam
Tairab.
A remembrance service was
held Saturday for Omar and Tairab, who were both Muslim. Darfur
Super Tuesday wins
People's Association founder and
vice president Motasim Adam,
who visited with the families Saturday, said all three were originally from Sudan.
He said people from Darfur living in the United States showed
up for the remembrance on Saturday to "show solidarity and to
send their condolences."
A funeral service for Mekki,
who was Christian, is scheduled
for Tuesday at the Carmichael Funeral Service in Fort Wayne.
Joyner dismissed speculation
the victims' were targeted because
of their race or religion, noting
that two victims were Muslim and
one was Christian.
He said police "know definitively this was not a hate crime."
VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — On the eve of Super Tuesday’s crucial primaries, a sharp new divide erupted between Republicans
who pledge to fall in line behind Donald Trump if he wins their
party’s nomination and others who insist they can never back
the bombastic billionaire.
The fissure could have major implications beyond the primaries, exposing the looming challenges in uniting the party after
the election, no matter who wins.
Nebraska’s Ben Sasse, a rising star among conservatives, became the first current senator to publicly raise the prospect of
backing a third-party option if Trump clinches the nomination.
In a letter posted on Facebook late Sunday, Sasse urged Republicans to consider whether a party led by Trump would still represent their interests.
“If our party is no longer working for the things we believe
in — like defending the sanctity of life, stopping Obamacare,
protecting the Second Amendment, etc. — then people of good
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House panel passes medical open to the public
LEGION
malpractice cap increase
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
Medical malpractice victims
would be able to receive more
compensation under a measure an Indiana House committee approved Monday that
would update the payment
cap for the first time in nearly
18 years.
The bill, which passed the
Judiciary Committee 11-1,
would increase the limit on the
amount victims can receive by
$400,000 to $1.65 million. It
would then gradually increase
every four years until 2031 to
keep up with inflation, with a
final cap of $2.25 million.
The bill now heads to the
full House for consideration.
"My goal is that we address
those in a periodic increase
because we the Legislature
don't do a very good job with
keeping pace with the cost of
living," Bedford Republican
Sen. Brent Steele said. "I think
it's extremely important that
we put periodic increases in it
so the act jeeps its stability and
doesn't run into what it's run
into now."
Steele also said the proposal
would protect the cap from
constitutional challenges that
may arise since the cap does
not keep pace with inflation.
But the measure was originally the basis of a Senate bill,
authored by Steele, which
previously died in the Senate.
Steele has said he aimed to
find a compromise between
physicians who are worried
about ballooning malpractice
insurance costs and lawyers
who represent patients injured
or killed because of medical
mistakes.
The House committee revived the measure Monday after stripping an unrelated bill
in a last-ditch effort to shove
the proposal forward.
The move came amid objections from medical associations that opposed the cap
increase saying doctors would
not be able to absorb the costs
as their malpractice insurance
premiums would also rise.
Though most opponents
supported the initial $400,000
increase, they largely opposed
the continuing increase.
Mary Abernathy, executive
director of Medical Education
at St. Vincent Indianapolis
Hospital, said increased liability costs could also deter students from wanting to become
physicians in Indiana.
Islamic Society chief says
Muslims refuse to be victims
PLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — American Muslims refuse to be victims in their own country,
the secretary general of the Islamic Society of
North America said Monday after vulgar, antiMuslim graffiti was spray-painted on an exterior wall of the group's headquarters in suburban
Indianapolis.
"Muslims will not abandon our faith simply
because of some spray paint or even worse,"
Hazem Bata said at a news conference at which
he was joined by hundreds of members of other faiths and interfaith groups to condemn the
vandalism, lend their support to the Muslim
community and call on lawmakers to approve
an Indiana hate-crimes law.
The graffiti applied Sunday morning while
Muslims were praying inside the headquarters'
mosque included profanity, racial epithets and
references to suicide bombings and the Islamic
State The spray paint has been washed away,
but ISNA's interfaith partners "are still here,"
Bata said.
"I want to thank the vandals for highlighting
the fact that the bonds between Muslims and
their fellow Americans and the bonds between
Muslims and their brothers and sisters in other
faiths is stronger than the bond between spray
paint and brick," Bata said. He also suggested
anybody thinking of doing something similar
to simply knock on the door of the headquarters located about 15 miles west of Indianapolis.
"If you're going to bother to drive all the way
to a mosque, walk up to the front door. Instead
of spray painting the wall around the front
door, just try knocking instead. We will gladly
open our doors to you. We will invite you in.
We will answer any questions you have. More
than likely, we're going to feed you some really
good kebabs and biryani. We're going to break
bread together. And you'll walk away with a
full stomach, as well as having learned something about your fellow Americans," Bata said.
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SOUTH BEND (HSPA)
— The vertical farming industry is on the rise and
soon South Bend will have
its own operation sprouting
up. It's all thanks to a partnership between Ivy Tech
Community College and
Green Sense Farms.
Green Sense Farms in Portage, Ind., which operates
the country's largest vertical
farm, detailed its proposal
at a panel discussion last
October at Ivy Tech.
The plan is to build a $3
million, 20,000-square-foot
vertical farm in South Bend.
Green Sense will oversee
the farm, but Ivy Tech students will work there in an
"earn to learn" setup, said
Robert Colangelo, Green
Sense "founding farmer"
and CEO. Students will
earn credit toward related
degrees from the college.
"The idea here is we will
create a hands-on working
farm," Colangelo said of the
learning environment.
Green Sense is finalizing
the last contract agreements,
he said, and expects to break
ground by June with a goal
of finishing construction by
December. The building will
be located at 250 E. Sample
St., in South Bend.
It will be have a "stretch
fabric" roof, which will optimize the use of space, Colangelo said. At Green Sense
Farms' facility located in
an industrial park in Portage, he said they have to
work around large support
beams, which take up space.
This stretch fabric building will have an arching
steel skeleton and won't
require vertical support
State plan allowing
replacement of jailed
councilman proceeds
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana House committee has moved forward legislation that would allow East Chicago officials to replace a jailed councilman without having to remove him from office.
The House Judiciary Committee voted Monday to
revise a Senate bill to include a proposal allowing a
city council to declare a member “disabled” due to
incarceration lasting 90 days or more. The (Munster)
Times reports the proposal was expanded to also include disability due to physical or mental incapacitation.
East Chicago City Council member Robert Battle
has been held without bond in jail since November
after pleading not guilty to federal drug and homicide
charges in connection with the killing of Reimundo
Camarillo Jr. Under the proposal, a council’s disability finding would lead to a replacement member until
a council majority agrees the original member is capable of returning.
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In addition to the vertical
farm being a learning environment for students, it will
also be one for the public.
Only those working the
farm will be allowed in normally, but the project will include a viewing area. Green
Sense doesn't offer tours at
its Portage facility so it can
avoid outside contaminants
like bugs.
Colangelo said they are
also talking with a South
Bend company that can
install solar panels on the
building, increasing its
mark as a sustainable operation.
Everything in the vertical farm grow rooms is controlled.
The temperature, humidity, water, air, nutrients, etc.
The plants also grow
under red and blue LED
lights that create a pinkish
glow in the room. Green
Sense Farms focuses on lettuce, herbs and other leafy
greens, which are pesticidefree and not genetically
modified.
The company's operation
in Portage produces about
3 million plants per year
for Whole Foods and other
supermarket chains, as well
as farm-to-fork type restaurants.
And Ivy Tech is excited to
expand into an ever-changing agriculture industry,
Janet Evelyn, the Ivy Tech
South Bend campus president, said in a statement to
The Tribune.
The college is excited for
the opportunity to develop
courses and training in new
areas that will lead to new
HSPA photo
Founding farmer and CEO of Green Sense Farms, Robert
Colangelo, holds one of the basil plants inside the vertical
farm grow room on Friday in Portage, Ind. The company
plans to break ground on June on a $3 million vertical farm
in South Bend.
jobs, and in some cases, reengineering current skills to
meet the demands for the
field, she said.
“Ivy Tech is excited about
the opportunity to pursue
this unique partnership in
what is still an emerging
field of farming," Evelyn
said in the statement.
Indiana’s teacher background checks
system lacks safeguards, some say
MERRIVILLE (HSPA) — Six dead pit
bulls in plastic bags. Bloody collars. Photographs of dogs strapped down and
being forced to breed. Sixteen neglected
dogs that were still alive.
This was just some of the evidence that
Lake County Police investigators found
when they went to the Calumet Township
home of Carlton Davis Jr. in May 2006.
“It’s just inconceivable that someone
could be so inhumane,” said then-Lake
County Sheriff Roy Dominguez.
But just four years later, Davis applied
for — and was granted — a substitute
teacher’s license in 2013 by the Indiana
Department of Education, after having
been convicted on dog-fighting charges
and serving two years in prison.
In 2014, he was charged in federal court
for attending a dog fight in Akron, Ohio,
but that didn’t seem to raise any red flags,
either.
He had been serving as a regular substitute at Dunbar-Pulaski Middle School in
Gary for two years when he was accused
of grabbing a 13-year-old boy, who was
a special-education student, around the
neck and pushing him down the stairs,
then hitting a 15-year-old boy who was a
witness to the incident on May 29, 2015.
Brett Zagorac, a Munster resident, is
currently facing aggravated criminal
sexual abuse charges in Willmette, Ill.,
for a 2014 incident involving a 9-year-old
who he was tutoring at the child’s home.
But his record reveals multiple incidents
while he was teaching at schools in Indiana and Illinois before his license was
revoked.
Zagorac served time for inappropriately touching two Schererville students
in 2002. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge involving children
in nine 2005 incidents involving students
at schools in DuPage County, Ill., and he
pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery
for inappropriately touching a 5-yearold child who he was tutoring in Portage
in 2009. Zagorac was known for using
aliases such as “B.J. the Educator,” B.J.
Zagor, B.J. Welhelm, B.J. Zagorac and B.J.
Zagr, according to authorities.
These situations raise questions about
how effective Indiana’s background check
and licensure system is at weeding out
teachers with questionable backgrounds
— particularly those who’ve been charged
or convicted of crimes against children.
A recent USA Today investigation gave
Indiana an “F” for delegating its background checks of prospective teachers to
local school districts, providing little information online about teacher disciplinary actions, having weak mandatory reporting laws on teacher misconduct, and
how teacher misconduct was not shared
with other states in several cases.
NASDTEC is a national clearinghouse
of teacher discipline cases, but only states
have direct access to the information on
the database. The situation is complicated
by the fact that there are no federal rules
mandating reporting to NASDTEC, and
spotty reporting by states to NASDTEC
creates holes in the system, according to
Terri Miller, president of Stop Educator
Sexual Abuse Misconduct and Exploitation.
Today in history
Today is Tuesday, March
1, the 61st day of 2016. There
are 305 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight
in History:
On March 1, 1966, the Soviet space probe Venera 3 impacted the surface of Venus,
becoming the first spacecraft
to reach another planet; however, Venera was unable to
transmit any data, its communications system having
failed.
On this date:
In 1565, the city of Rio de
Janeiro was founded by Portuguese knight Estacio de Sa.
In 1790, President George
Washington signed a measure authorizing the first U.S.
Census.
In 1815, Napoleon, hav-
ing escaped exile in Elba, arrived in Cannes, France, and
headed for Paris to begin his
“Hundred Days” rule.
In 1867, Nebraska became
the 37th state.
In 1890, J.P. Lippincott published the first U.S. edition of
the Sherlock Holmes mystery
“A Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle.
In 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old
son of Charles and Anne
Lindbergh, was kidnapped
from the family home near
Hopewell, New Jersey. (Remains identified as those of
the child were found the following May.)
In 1940, “Native Son” by
Richard Wright was first published by Harper & Brothers.
In 1954, four Puerto Rican
nationalists opened fire from
the spectators’ gallery of the
U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five members of Congress. The United
States detonated a dry-fuel
hydrogen bomb, codenamed
Castle Bravo, at Bikini Atoll
in the Marshall Islands.
In 1961, President John F.
Kennedy signed an executive
order establishing the Peace
Corps.
In 1971, a bomb went off
inside a men’s room at the
U.S. Capitol; the radical
group Weather Underground
claimed responsibility for the
pre-dawn blast.
In 1981, Irish Republican
Army member Bobby Sands
began a hunger strike at the
Maze Prison in Northern Ireland; he died 65 days later.
In 1996, President Bill
Clinton slapped economic
sanctions on Colombia, concluding that Colombian authorities had not fully cooperated with the U.S. war on
drugs. The Food and Drug
Administration approved a
powerful new AIDS drug,
saying ritonavir could prolong slightly the lives of severely ill patients.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Robert Clary is 90. Singer
Harry Belafonte is 89. Actor
Robert Conrad is 81. Rock
singer Mike D’Abo (Manfred
Mann) is 72. Former Sen. John
Breaux, D-La., is 72. Rock
singer Roger Daltrey is 72.
Actor Dirk Benedict is 71.
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FORT WAYNE (HSPA) — Employers of the two largest sectors
in northeast Indiana are looking for
a particular set of skills in their job
applicants.
According to an analysis of online job ads posted by the region’s
manufacturing and health care/social assistance sectors in 2015 conducted by the Indiana Department
of Workforce Development, oral
and written communication skills,
also known as soft skills, were far
and away the priority of employers
of both sectors.
According to a February Labor
Market Report by Northeast Indiana Works, both sectors are expected to continue growing. Manufacturing is expected to grow 5 percent
and the health care/social assistance sector is expected to grow by
23 percent.
Rick Farrant, director of com-
munications for Northeast Indiana
Works, said employers are specifically looking for skills including
problem solving, troubleshooting
and attention to detail, but some
employers are looking for skills as
simple as showing up to work on
time.
“We interact with around 1,300
employers per year and what’s surprising is how entrenched the trend
is that employers are seeking oral
and written communication skills,”
Farrant said. “The presumption is
that something is missing in these
applicants’ skill sets and that’s what
we want to get to the bottom of.”
Tim Eckerle, executive director of the Grant County Economic
Growth Council, said a business
climate survey he conducts every
year has indicated employers of all
sectors believe their job applicants
lack soft skills, specifically oral and
written communication.
“It’s always been an issue across
all boards and this isn’t specific to
northeast Indiana,” Eckerle said.
“The ability to think logically, read
and comprehend tasks has always
been important to employers of all
sectors.”
Kylie Jackson, President/CEO of
Marion-Grant County Chamber of
Commerce, said many employers
she interacts with regularly indicate
soft skills in their job applications
are lacking.
“It’s something we hear about
from our membership businesses,”
Jackson said. “In discussions I have
had with Marion schools they have
said they are really trying to renew
the effort to make teaching those
skills a priority again.”
Jackson said the ages of applicants who lack oral and written
communication skills are across the
board for different reasons.
“Some employers see the younger generations who grew up with
technology lacking interpersonal
skills and the older generations
may be lacking when it comes to the
online job application process,” she
said. “Employers are seeing a little
bit of both.”
According to Farrant, the greatest number of job gains in northeast
Indiana over the next decade is expected to be among team assemblers in manufacturing (1,158 jobs)
and health care is expected to grow
by 23.6 percent.
As of February, manufacturing
accounted for about 82,000 jobs in
northeast Indiana and health care
and social assistance accounted for
about 48,000 jobs.
Joe Frank, spokesperson for the
Indiana Department of Workforce
Development, said the data in the
analysis indicates a need for more
soft skill training.
“We are unfortunately seeing
across the board that we need to be
doing more soft skill training, not
just in the adult workforce, but also
at earlier ages,” Frank said. “We
provide schools and institutions
with this data so they can shape
their curriculum around it.”
Gary Gatman, executive vice
president of strategic initiatives for
Northeast Indiana Works, said the
emphasis on oral and written communication highlights the need for
such skill development to be integrated with all learning disciplines.
“Oral and written communication needs may vary from occupation to occupation,” Gatman said,
“But what is clear is that attention
to developing effective communication should be embraced by all education and training providers.”
Turning off lights
pays off for Franklin
schools, more than
$400,000 in four years
FRANKLIN (HSPA) — During the past four years,
the Franklin school district has saved more than
$400,000 per year by turning off lights, computers
and air conditioning systems when they’re not in
use.
Since 2012, Franklin director of operations Bill
Doty has tracked the energy used in the school buildings, including the school district’s electric, natural
gas, sewer and water systems.
In an effort to save money, the school district hired
two energy auditors with a yearly stipend of $5,000
who regularly walk through the school buildings
and turn off lights or computers when not in use,
Doty said.
If a teacher or administrator forgets to turn off
their classroom or office lights, an “oops” sticker is
left behind to remind them to keep energy savings in
mind, Doty said.
Since Doty has began tracking the energy use, the
school district saved more than $336,000 per year
compared to what Franklin schools were spending
in 2012, Doty said.
Due to the mild weather last year, the total savings
that Franklin schools recorded was $413,000, he said.
But if the weather conditions were the same as
in 2012, the school district saved $336,074 last year,
Doty said.
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Marshall County Prosecutor Nelson Chipman and Indiana State Police Public Information Officer Ron Galaviz (right) held a
press conference in Plymouth Monday afternoon following the arrest of Kosciusko County Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine. Rovenstine was booked in the Elkhart County Jail and released an hour later.
Rovenstine,
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Also charged is Mark Soto, a professor at Grace College
in Winona Lake, who faces three felony charges of corrupt
business influence and three felony charges of intimidation.
The Warsaw Times-Union reported Soto served as a spiritual mentor and counselor to Bronson.
Soto and Bronson are accused of intimidating multiple
men, including threats to beat or kill the victims and their
families.
Marshall County Prosecutor E. Nelson Chipman Jr., who
has been appointed as special prosecutor in the case, said
at a news conference Monday that Soto has been arrested
and that Bronson remains in custody after being arrested 14
months ago for possession of cocaine with intent to deal and
criminal gang activity.
One victim was allegedly told Bronson would break his
legs unless he gave Bronson money, and another man was
forced to provide free medical services to Bronson under
threat of a beating, the indictment states.
Bronson and Soto are also accused of threatening to beat
or kill another man and his family unless the man provided
legal services without payment to help them secure a movie
or book contract, the indictment states.
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Purdue Extension –
Whitley County offers
free classes for National
Nutrition Month
The
Photo contributed
Three of the four candidates for Whitley County Soil and Water Conservation District’s
board posed for a photo. From left: Seth Ruckman, Brent Cormany and Cory Studebaker.
Brent Emerick, the fourth candidate, is not pictured.
Whitley County Soil
and Water Conservation
District to hold annual
meeting mid-March
COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County
Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual meeting will be Wednesday, March 16
beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran
Church, 204 N. Main St., Columbia City, in
the fellowship hall.
The agenda for the evening is a meal followed by the election of a new supervisor,
report of activities, accomplishments and
finances for 2015. Plus, the group will be
recognizing two River Friend Farmers for
2015 which are Anderson Partnership and
Drew Farms.
The Whitley County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Board has an opening
on the Board. Four gentlemen are running
for the open position. The candidates are
Brent Emerick, a grain farmer with a herd
of beef cows and calves from Jefferson
township, Brent Cormany, a grain farmer
that also raises hogs and beef from Etna
Troy and Richland townships, Seth Ruckman, a grain farmer and raises beef from
Union township, and Cory Studebaker, a
grain farmer and is part of a dairy operation from Cleveland and Richland townships. All four of the candidates have been
serving as associate supervisors on the District Board.
Nominations will also be accepted from
the floor that evening. To be eligible to vote
at the SWCD annual meeting each individ-
ual has to be of voting age or a representative of a firm, company, or corporation
that owns or rents land/property located
within the district/county may vote. Eligible individuals also include the owner and
tenant of the same land/property as well
as any owner’s or tenant’s spouse. Individuals must attend the meeting to be able to
vote in the election.
The speaker for the evening is Jamie
Bultemeier with A & L Great Lakes Laboratories, Inc. Bultemeier is an agronomist/
technical service provider, a certified professional agronomist (CPAg) and certified
crop advisor (CCA). He will be discussing soil fertility trends, some basics of soil
fertility and will shed some light on better
phosphorus management for crop production.
The dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the
cost of the meal is $5 per person. Reservation should be made by Wednesday, March
9 by visiting or calling the office at 244-6266
ext. 101 or email nadean.lamle@in.nacdnet.
net. Tickets can also be purchased from the
Board of Supervisors, Michael Hinen, Gary
Hoffman, Scott Anderson, Dennis Hinen
and Chris Frazier; or Associate Supervisors,
Phil Walker, Tom Zumbrun, Brian Johnson,
Brent Cormany, Dennis Easterday, William
Klenke, Cory Studebaker, Gary Lamle,
Brent Emerick and Seth Ruckman.
COLUMBIA CITY — Like
the idea of saving time and
money while preparing
healthy meals? Want to trim
the fat and salt from meals?
Need help selecting nutritious foods within a budget?
The local Purdue Extension office is celebrating National Nutrition Month by
offering free classes that include hands-on demonstrations, free recipes and food
samples. In addition, at
each class participants may
earn items like kitchen gadgets and cookbooks. Classes
last approximately 90 minutes, there is no homework
and participants can take as
many or as few as they like.
Classes are held at the
Purdue Extension – Whitley
Tuesday,
County office located at 115
S. Line Street in Columbia
City. Due to seating, class
size is limited and reservations are required. To sign
up or for more information,
contact the Purdue Extension at 244-7615 or 625-3313
or via email at cflowers@purdue.edu.
Classes will include:
•Meatless Mondays Firday, March 4 - noon
Eating meatless once a
week may reduce the risk of
chronic conditions like cancer, heart disease and obesity? It will save money. Enjoy a healthy meatless lunch
and take home free recipes.
•Facts on FATS - Friday,
March 11 - noon
Good fats and bad fats
… Learn the difference and
how to select the fat that is
the healthy option for cooking. Heathy snack provided.
•SALT! You are eating
more than you know! Tuesday, March 15 - noon
Learn about the salt in
some favorite foods and
how to read a label to determine how much is being
consumed. Healthy snack
provided.
•Save time, save money
- one-pot meals - Tuesday,
March 22 - noon
Skip the fast food and
expensive mixes and learn
to use a skillet and what’s
in the pantry to make fast,
easy and healthy meals.
During class participants
will prepare a one-pot meal.
Food samples and recipes
provided.
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conscience should stop supporting that party until it is
reformed,” he wrote.
The Associated Press
asked Republican senators
and governors across the
country if they would support Trump if he secured
the nomination. Just under
half of those who responded
would not commit to backing him, foreshadowing a
potentially
extraordinary
break this fall.
“I am increasingly concerned by Donald Trump’s
statements and behavior,
and I have serious concerns
about his ability to win the
general election and provide
presidential leadership,” Indiana Sen. Dan Coats said in
a statement to the AP.
The concern among Republican leaders appeared
to grow in light of Trump’s
refusal to immediately disavow former Ku Klux Klan
leader David Duke’s support.
Mitt Romney, the party’s
2012 nominee, called that
“disqualifying.” And South
Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley,
campaigning in Atlanta
alongside Florida Sen. Marco
Rubio, said she would “not
stop fighting a man who refuses to disavow the KKK.”
Trump said he had not
understood the interviewer
who first raised the question
about Duke, and he did later
repudiate him.
“How many times do I
have to continue to disavow
people?” he said.
Several high-profile Republicans and conservative
writers have embraced an
anti-Trump social media
campaign, using the Twitter
hashtag “NeverTrump.”
Trump has won three of
four early primary contests,
roiling a party that had assumed his populist appeal
with voters would fizzle.
Instead, he’s only grown
stronger and appears to be in
commanding position heading into Super Tuesday, the
biggest single-day delegate
haul of the year.
Tensions boiled over during Trump’s rally Monday in
Radford, Virginia, where he
was repeatedly disrupted by
demonstrators, including 20
or more chanting “Black lives
matter.” At another point, he
asked a protester, “Are you
from Mexico?” after he was
interrupted during remarks
about immigration. He ordered several people to be
removed, then cast himself
as a unifying political force.
Russian warplanes sit idle on Syria base
HEMEIMEEM AIR BASE,
Syria (AP) — Dozens of
Russian warplanes sat idle
Tuesday on the tarmac at
this Russian air base in
Syria on the fourth day of a
cease-fire brokered by Moscow and Washington.
The apparent lull in action witnessed by the AP
on a trip to the base, which
was organized by the Russian defense and foreign
ministries, contrasts with
the hectic operation AP reporters saw here on a previous visit in January.
The cease-fire that began at midnight Friday has
brought a notable reduction
in hostilities for the first
time in the five-year war
that has killed more than
250,000 people, displaced
half of Syria’s population
and flooded Europe with
refugees.
But the truce has remained highly fragile with
violations reported in many
areas with the opposition
and the Syrian government
blaming each other.
The Islamic State group
and al-Qaida’s branch in
Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra, are
excluded from the truce.
The Russian military said
Monday that its warplanes
struck al-Nusra targets
north of Aleppo. It said
that groups that have declared their adherence to
the cease-fire are not being
targeted.
During the five-month
Russian air blitz that began
on Sept.30, each jet flew
several combat sorties on
an average day, amounting
to an impressive total of
more than 6,000 missions
The Russian Defense Ministry said late Monday that
the cease-fire was largely
holding despite sporadic
violations. Lt. Gen. Sergei
Kuralenko, who heads the
cease-fire coordination center at the Russian base in
Syria, voiced satisfaction
with what he described as
a good level of coordination
with his U.S. counterparts
in Amman, Jordan.
Russia and the U.S. have
agreed to exchange information about opposition
groups abiding by the truce
and jointly tackle any pos-
sible violations.
For President Vladimir
Putin, the cease-fire deal
offers a chance to capitalize on a successful air campaign that has helped Syrian President Bashar Assad’s
military reverse the tide of
war and make significant
gains near Aleppo and in
several other areas.
The
U.S.-Russian-brokered truce agreement
achieves Putin’s key strategic goal of having Moscow
appear as an equal partner
of Washington in tackling
the Syrian crisis.
The deal raises Russia’s
global clout, allows Putin
to appear as a peacemaker
and marks the first time
Russia has engaged the U.S.
in a military-to-military dialogue since the start of the
Ukrainian crisis two years
ago.
By exchanging target information with the U.S.,
Moscow also hopes to deflect Washington’s criticism
that it was striking moderate opposition groups instead of its declared target,
the Islamic State.
The truce comes at a time
when Assad’s military has
cut most supply routes to
Aleppo, Syria’s largest city
and its commercial capi-
tal before the war. that has
been split into governmentand opposition-controlled
parts since 2012.
The Syrian army’s successes
around Aleppo
and in other areas have
strengthened Assad’s hand
ahead of planned peace
talks in Geneva tentatively
set for next week.
The negotiations broke
down a few weeks ago before starting in earnest with
the opposition demanding
an end to the Russian airstrikes as a key condition to
proceed.
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~ Vincent van Gogh
Grandmother wants to be in grandchild’s life
Dear Annie:
the boy against
I have eight
more serious disg r a n d c h i l d re n
eases. She also
and I love them
lets him climb
all. I make sure
out of his car seat
to spend equal
because he fusses
amounts of time
in it, which exposand care with
es him to the risk
each one of them. Annie’s
of death from a
The
probMailbag minor car accilem is my son’s
dent.
3-year-old child.
When I send
My son and his wife live Christmas presents, she
with his mother-in-law opens them early and
in another state. I have hands them to the child,
been unable to see this never saying they are
grandson, because the from me. I have sent him
wife and her mother are clothes, but have never
so afraid of colds that seen a picture of him in
they will leave the gro- anything but a T-shirt
cery if someone so much and diaper. At the age of
as sneezes.
3, he is still drinking forWhen I first flew mula from a bottle and
down to meet the new eating very little real
baby, my son called me food.
in the rental car to say
I am worried about
that I was not allowed the mental and physito come because I had a cal health of this child,
cold three weeks earlier. not to mention my
I was able to negotiate own sadness that we
meeting them at a near- can’t have a relationby restaurant, but I was ship. Is there anything
not allowed to hold the I can do? — Perplexed
baby. The mother-in-law Grandmother
came and took the child
Dear Perplexed: Is
home before the meal your son not involved
was served.
in these decisions? It
Yet, my daughter-in- doesn’t bother him that
law refuses to vaccinate his son isn’t belted into
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Cleaning car at fuel pump is a distraction
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the Day...
a car seat? Or that he is
still getting most of his
nutrition from infant formula? And we won’t get
into the anti-vaxx movement, which, although
well-intentioned,
we
disagree with.
Please gently suggest to your son that he
speak about these things
with the child’s pediatrician, to be certain he is
caring for his son in the
best possible way. If he
disagrees with his wife’s
child-rearing
methods, he should not be a
coward about it. Even
so, there are limits to
what you can do about
your relationship with
your grandson other
than continue to keep
in touch, visit whenever
possible and maintain
the most compassionate
communication you can
with the boy’s mother.
Dear Annie: “Out
of the Loop” says her
grown daughters send
wish lists for holidays
and
birthdays
that
include e-books. If she
wants to send something they can open on
the actual day, she ought
to look into gift cards.
Plenty of places offer
them for e-books.
These
days,
gift
cards for many businesses, online and not,
are available at grocery
stores, drug stores, bigbox stores, etc. It’s onestop shopping for you
and the kids can buy
whatever they want. —
Roanoke, Virginia
Dear Virginia: Thank
you for mentioning a
gift card for an e-book,
or more generally, for an
online store that carries
e-books.
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Marcy Sugar, longtime
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cleaning out the car hint.
Even the reader, Katrina,
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Ask
more “fumes in the air”
Heloise
and words on this “fueling” subject:
Katrina S. in Dana Point, Calif., said:
“Apparently I stirred up a bit of static when
I wrote about tidying my car while refueling. Of course I don’t enter the car. I never
leave the area, so I can see if the pump
doesn’t shut off automatically. I had to
laugh a bit.” (Heloise here: Katrina, I knew
what you meant, but my readers sometimes
take the written word literally, or read the
sentence the way it means to them.)
Donna B., via email, said: “To those
who want to clean out trash while pumping
gas, a simple solution: I keep a bag in my
car and place all trash in it. When I want to
empty it, I check the car (while still inside)
and things I missed.”
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a report on television about a rash of purse
snatchings at these locations. While the
customer’s back is turned, thieves open the
passenger door and snatch purses from the
front seats.”
Great reminder, Betty. Many readers (me
included) turn off the auto, take the keys
out and lock the door for safety, especially
at a busy location. — Heloise
STICKY FINGERS
Dear Heloise: I took my granddaughter
out for a nice lunch, and her hands got a
little sticky while eating, which bothered
her. Rather than pack everything up to
go wash her hands midmeal, I had her
run her fingers over the condensation on
my water glass. She dried her hands with
the napkin. It worked until we finished
and could wash up in the bathroom. —
Grandma in Indiana
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Dear Heloise: For so many reasons and
occasions, it would be helpful if every
sender of a card would also stick an
address label inside the card itself. —
Linda W., Roland, Ark.
Yes, it’s a very nice thought, especially
for wedding, anniversary and condolence
cards. Many times, a gift card is signed
with first names only, such as “Bob and
Jan,” “Jan and Joan” or simply “Dan.” If
the recipient does not know you well, they
might not have your address. — Heloise
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too small, with insufficient writing space,
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them up.” Simply copy the puzzle into a
picture-editor program, enlarge it to full
page and print. I use an erasable red pen
until I get stumped. — Theresa in Alabama
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several nights, I empty a drawer or two into
an empty suitcase so they have a place for
their things. — Evelyn B., via email
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Antonio, TX 78279-5000, or you can fax it
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column.
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rankings to No. 9 after defeating
Washington State 76-62 last Wednesday and rival Washington 86-73 on
Sunday night. The Ducks haven’t
been ranked this high before in head
coach Dana Altman’s tenure.
With the victories, Oregon finished a perfect 18-0 at home this
season.
“Amazing,” said senior guard
Dwayne Benjamin of his final game
Hoosiers rise to no. 12 after three straight wins
at Matthew Knight Arena. “Just like
the first one when I first played, I
was so excited and the fans were
great. This was a perfect way to go
out for me.”
It was the fifth time the Ducks
have gone undefeated at home,
and the first time since the 2001-02
season. Oregon extended its home
winning streak, dating back to last
season, to a school-record 25 games.
The Ducks (23-6, 12-4 Pac-12)
will wrap up the regular season
this week with in Los Angeles with
a Wednesday night game against
UCLA before the finale Saturday at
USC.
With a victory in one of the final
two games, Oregon will clinch at
least a share of the Pac-12 regular
season title. It’s been 14 years since
the last one.
Oregon sits atop the Pac-12 standings, with Utah (23-7, 12-5) a halfgame back, followed by California (21-8, 11-5), which has won six
straight. Arizona (22-7, 12-6) is two
games behind the Ducks.
Indiana rebounded from a demoralizing loss at Michigan State to beat
Nebraska, then No. 17 Purdue and
Illinois.
As a result, the Hoosiers jumped
from No. 18 to No. 12 on the AP poll.
With a win tonight at Iowa, Indiana
will win the outright Big Ten regular
season championship.
Heading into the 9 p.m. matchup
with the Hawkeys, the Hoosiers are
still led in scoring by senior point
guard Yogi Ferrell, who is averaging 17 points per game. Ferrell also
leads the team in assists per with 5.5.
Troy Williams has provided a
spark when the Hoosiers have needed it most, grabbing six rebounds
per game to lead Indiana.
Still atop the Big Ten standings
at 13-3 in conference play, the Hoosiers lead Michigan State, Maryland,
Iowa and Wisconsin, which are all
tied for second at 11-5.
Hoops
tourney
begins
tonight
By MARK PARKER
The Post & Mail
WHITLEY COUNTY —
Two of Whitley County’s
high school boys basketball
teams begin their quest for
IHSAA sectional titles this
evening.
Both Whitko and Churubusco play in the opening
games of their respective
sectionals.
Whitko (13-9) will square
off against Bremen (4-18) at
7 p.m. in the opening game
of the Westview sectional.
The winner will advance
to Friday evening’s semifinal contest against host
Westview (11-11) at 7 p.m.
Churubusco (6-17) will
open the IHSAA Bluffton
sectional with a rematch
against its final regularseason opponent, Eastside
(15-7).
The Eagles, who fell to
the Blazers 52-35 in Butler,
will face Eastside for the
second time in five days,
with tip-off set for 6 p.m. at
Bluffton.
The winner will move on
to face defending sectional
champion Canterbury (1210) in Friday’s first semifinal contest at 6 p.m.
Columbia City, Whitley
County’s third high school
team, begins sectional play
at home on Friday at 6 p.m.
against the winner of Tuesday evening’s contest between Bishop Luers (12-9)
and Norwell (9-15).
Columbia City is the
boys sectional host for the
second year in a row, and is
favored to win the title.
Photo contributed
Indian Springs Middle School wrestlers celebrate after winning the Crestview Wrestling Tournament Saturday in Huntington.
Indian Springs wrestlers claim
team title at Crestview tourney
HUNTINGTON
—
Indian
Springs Middle School’s wrestling
team downed host Crestview Middle School in the finals to win the
team championship at the Cougar
Invitational Saturday.
The Eagle wrestlers defeated
Woodside 63-21 to pick up their
first win of the day.
In the second round, Indian
Springs defeated Adams Central
by a 54-24 margin. The Eagles then
powered past Southwood by a
33-9 score.
The championship came down
to a match between Indian Springs
and host Crestview.
At the end of regulation, the Eagles and Cougars were tied 42-42.
After several tie breaker criteria,
ISMS took the title by way of having the most individual victories
in the match.
Indian Springs grabbed eight
victories to Crestview’s seven.
Picking up wins for ISMS were
Justin Miller, Austin Dunnuck,
Jarrett Forrester and Ryan Sheets.
Also winning for the Eagles
were Isaiah Litherland, Seth
Schaper, Austin Uher, Kory Lude
and Riley Hare.
Jackson Pettigrew, Carter Wire-
man, Cole Mosier, Tanner Martz
and Ryan Elston, along with JT
Levensky, Alton Mullinax, Josh
Potts, Devin Wirick and Ivan
Smith won matches for Indian
Springs.
ISMS wrestlers going undefeated for the day were Justin Miller,
Jarrett Forrester, Ryan Sheets, Riley Hare, Carter Wireman, Jackson
Pettigrew and Isaiah Litherland.
Countdown to the 100th
Tom Brady, Patriots agree
to 2-year contract extension running of the Indy 500
FOXBOROUGH,
Mass.
(AP) — Tom Brady reportedly has agreed to a two-year
contract extension with the
New England Patriots.
The deal will significantly
lessen Brady's salary cap hit
for 2016, which would have
been about $15 million. He
was due to make $9 million
next season, plus a $6 million bonus, and $10 million
in salary in 2017.
Brady, 38, has often redone his contract to help
the Patriots' cap situation.
The four-time Super Bowl
champion has said he plans
to play well into his 40s. The
extension would allow him
to do so in New England.
The agreement was first
reported by ESPN.
Brady also renegotiated
his contract in 2013 to help
reduce cap hits. New England was $13.6 million under the 2016 cap of $155.27
million before extending
Brady.
Brady, of course, is an alltime great who could wind
up the NFL's leader in many
career passing categories.
He's been to six Super Bowls
and 10 AFC title games, including the last five.
Some would say he is underpaid for the position given the championship pedigree and his two league MVP
awards to go with three Super Bowl MVPs. In 2015, his
cap hit of $14 million ranked
14th in the league, behind
the likes of Colin Kaepernick
and Jay Cutler. He might not
rank even that high in 2016.
Race 11
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — On May 29 the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the city of Indianapolis, Indiana and the racing world celebrate
the 100th running of “the greatest spectacle in
racing,” the Indianapolis 500.
This series will highlight the winners and
other notable moments in the history of arguably the most famous racing event in the world.
Race: 11th Indianapolis 500
Date: May 30, 1923
Winner: Tommy Milton, HCS Motor Company
Average speed: 90.545 mph
What happened: Tommy Milton wins for
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the second time in three years, getting help
from 1919 winner Howdy Wilcox driving a
long stretch in relief. Well-known driver Tom
Alley crashed early in the race, his car going
through the backstretch wall and killing a spectator. Alley and two other fans were injured in
the wreck.
Notable: The first repeat winner of the Indy
500, Milton accomplished the feat despite only
having vision in his left eye. He would spend
most of his life in motor sports, and worked
with the manufacturer Packard on several projects. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound
in 1962.
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