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GOOD MORNING Woman, 89, dies in Hamilton crash HAMILTON — An 89-year-old Hamilton woman was killed in a crash Thursday afternoon in downtown Hamilton. Hattie Hulbert’s car pulled from a grocery store parking lot in the 3800 block of East Bellefontaine Road around 3:40 p.m. Thursday, said Hamilton Town Marshal Jeremy Warner. It was struck by a pickup truck operated by Tyler Nilson, 23, of Angola. Nilson could not avoid the collision, Warner said. He was not injured. The road was closed for around two hours while crash reconstruction specialists from Steuben County Sheriff’s Department and Angola Police Department worked at the scene.
Agree to work on nuke dispute
The Patrick Family Circus came to the pet parade Friday. In front are ringmaster Remmigton Bartlett and acrobat Bella Patrick. In back are
WASHINGTON (AP) — Breaking a third-of-a-century diplomatic freeze, President Barack Obama and new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone on Friday and, in a historic shift from years of unwavering animosity, agreed to work toward resolving their deep dispute over Tehran’s nuclear JEFF JONES efforts. Rouhani, who earlier in the day bearded lady Brittanie Patrick, little lion Zaydain called the United States a “great” Mast, clown Emery Patrick and tiger Desiree nation, reached out to arrange Mast. the call. The White House said an encouraging meeting between Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif this week was a crucial factor in the thaw. “While there will surely be the site of the existing horse arena. important obstacles to moving The project will turn the horse arena 90 degrees, forward, and success is by no so it will run east-to-west. means guaranteed, I believe we can The horse barn will have a dirt floor so it can be reach a comprehensive solution,” used for other activities such as antique tractor pulls, Obama told reporters at the White garden tractor pulls, rodeos or winter horse shows. House. People representing some of the project’s Rouhani, at a news conference lead donors took part in Friday’s groundbreaking in New York, linked the U.S. and ceremony, including Peg Yoder of the DeKalb Iran as “great nations,” a remarkCounty Community Foundation, Ted Miller of the able reversal from the anti-AmerSEE BARN, PAGE A7 ican rhetoric of his predecessors, and he expressed hope that at the very least the two governments can stop the escalation of tensions.
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AUBURN — The DeKalb County Fair Association Friday broke ground on a new horse barn on the fairgrounds on South Union Street. The ceremony came near the end of a week filled with activities at the fairgrounds during the DeKalb County Free Fall Fair. The fair association will demolish its existing horse barn and construct a 27,389-square-foot building with a 4,802-square-foot attached canopy area. The new building will occupy the south end of
Auction caps 4-H fair successes BY KATHRYN BASSETT kbassett@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — It was a fine week at the DeKalb County Free fall Fair for 4-H’er Madisyn Murphy. She took home grand champion honors in 4-H judging of swine, meat wether goats and exhibition poultry. Friday, she capped off her victories by receiving a $2,900 bid on her champion goat at the 4-H Livestock Auction, setting a new auction record for a goat. “It makes me very happy,” Murphy said of her success at the fair. “It took a lot of work and dedication.” Murphy, 14, attends Garrett High School and is in her sixth year of 4-H. This marks her third year showing goats. Friday’s goat auction attracted another record-breaking bid when Ashley Lang received $2,800 for her grand champion dairy wether. “I worked really hard,” Lang said of her goat project. She also thanked her parents for their help and encouragement. Lang is the daughter of Jon and Janine Zehr. She plans to use her auction proceeds toward next year’s 4-H livestock project or for college. She hopes to study to become a veterinarian, she said. Bidders were generous in other livestock categories. In the beef auction, Joshua Clifford’s grand champion beef steer sold for $3,500. Complete Maintenance Service was the high bidder. “Friends and Family of Tabby Clifford” bid $3,200 for Tabitha Clifford’s reserve grand champion steer. In the dairy beef category, Ben Davis Chevrolet paid $3,350 for Justin Niles’ reserve grand champion dairy steer and Brand Dairy Farm bid $3,600 for
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Joshua Clifford watches bidding on his grand champion beef steer at the 4-H Livestock Auction Friday. It sold for $3,500.
Matthew Fifer’s champion rate-ofgain dairy beef steer. Fifer also was honored as the intermediate dairy beef showman. Cole Kelham’s grand champion market lamb sold for $1,600, and Vince Marshall’s reserve grand champion market lamb attracted a high bid of $2,000. “Friends and Family of Taylor Rowe” bid $2,600 for Rowe’s swine, which was the reserve grand champion barrow. Rowe is a 10-year 4-H’er and attends Purdue University. Grand champion dairy winner Matthew Jacobs received a bid of $1,300, with the buyer taking home a horn of cheese. Milan Center Feed and Grain bid $1,100 for a number of items, including a miniature model of a horse, homemade pies, apples and a gift card auctioned by the 4-H Horse and Pony Club. The money SEE AUCTION, PAGE A7
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Madisyn Murphy received a $2,900 bid on her grand champion meat wether goat at the DeKalb County 4-H Livestock Auction Friday,
WASHINGTON (AP) — Time running short, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed urgent legislation Friday to avert a government shutdown early next week, and President Barack Obama lectured House Republicans to stop “appeasing the tea party” and quickly follow suit. Despite the presidential plea — and the urgings of their own leaders — House GOP rebels showed no sign of retreat in their drive to use the threat of a shutdown to uproot the nation’s three-year-old health care law. “We now move on to the next stage of this battle,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican who is a face of the “Defund Obamacare” campaign in the Senate and is in close contact with allies in the House. First effects of a shutdown could show up as early as Tuesday if Congress fails to approve money to keep the government going by the Monday-midnight start of the new fiscal year. “Think about who you are hurting” if government services are interrupted, the president said at the White House, as House Speaker John Boehner pondered his next move in a fast-unfolding showdown — not only between Republicans and Democrats but between GOP leaders and conservative insurgents.
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