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The Garrett Clipper An edition of The
NEWS IN BRIEF
THURSDAY OCTOBER 10, 2013
VOL. 127 ISSUE #81 On the web at: kpcnews.com
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Spooktacular event Saturday Deadline Friday for 4K Fright Flight
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The Silver Screen Cinema will reopen this weekend after being closed for several months.
Silver Screen reopens this weekend GARRETT — The Silver Screen Cinema in downtown Garrett will reopen this weekend after being dark for nearly a year. Owner Bruce Babbitt said he plans to keep the theater open until film is no longer available. He anticipated distributors will stop offering 35 mm prints after the first of the year. If business is not good enough to remain open until then, he plans to close it again and “it’s back to the drawing board,” he added. “The theater will be open on weekends only unless we are contractually obligated to run fulltime,” he said. Babbitt is still working on new ticket prices, but they should still be close to what was charged when the theater closed last year. Babbitt is in the process of cleaning, stocking and testing the equipment this week. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” rated PG,will be shown Friday through Sunday at 7:15 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday and Sunday.
Student trip to Europe planned GARRETT — Garrett High School art instructor Mark Ober will be leading a 10-day tour through Europe in the summer of 2015. The trip is booked through EF Educational Tours, a nationally known and reputable company, according to Ober. The itinerary includes stops in Berlin, Prague, Krakow and Budapest. The total cost for students including travel, food and lodging is less than $3,000. Adult cost is slightly more. Tentative departure date is June 29, 2015. Ober hopes to have a group of about 25 on the trip. A parent and student informational meeting is planned Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. in the high school art room. Contact Ober at mober@gkb. k12.in.us, or by phone at 357-4114 ext. 3114 if attending the meeting, or if you want more information regarding the trip.
Food drive planned GARRETT —A food drive to help fill the shelves of the Community Care Food Pantry in Garrett is planned Saturday, Oct. 19. Area Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops have volunteered to go from home-to-home collecting food donations. Garrett residents are asked to set non-perishable food donations on their front porches for the drive. Contact Steve Gallaher at 260-226-4094 or Rhonda Shatzer at 357-6383 for more information. The Community Care Food Pantry serves the needs of DeKalb County residents.
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GARRETT — The deadline to register for Saturday’s Garrett Ghoul Spooktacular, hosted by the Judy A. Morrill Recreation Center and Garrett-Keyser-Butler Schools, has been extended. Only registrations received by Friday, Oct. 11 will be guaranteed a participant gift, but registrations will be accepted the day of the event from 4:30-5:30 p.m. The Judy A. Morrill Recreation Center will be giving away a free family membership as a door prize at the event. Anyone who attends is eligible for the drawing. The Fright Flight 4K and the one-mile Survival Run will challenge runners to complete a cross country course. The Spooky Parade and Creepy Carnival are available to elementary age
children and younger. The events will take place on the high school cross country course and baseball field. The Spooky Parade costs $10 will begin at 5:30 p.m. All participants will receive a gift and be able to participate in the Creepy Carnival and the Monster Mash after party. Creepy Carnival activities include a maze, bounce house, carnival games, face painting and food. Children may participate in only the Creepy Carnival for $2 per child, payable the night of the event. The Fright Flight 4K will be run on the cross course which will be decorated for Halloween, with a Spooktacular Page 5
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Survival Run participants will encounter Halloween decorations and spooky obstacles during Saturday’s Ghoul Spooktacular in Garrett.
NIPSCO forecasts stable heat costs
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and expressed concern about dangerous mold and other health hazards from the home’s disrepair. Grams did not respond to four attempts to notify him of the meeting, but removed abandoned
MERRILLVILLE — NIPSCO said Tuesday that with normal winter temperatures, its customers’ heating bills will be approximately 1 percent higher than last winter’s bills — and some of the lowest bills in the last decade. Over the course of the five-month winter heating season — Nov. 1 to March 31 — NIPSCO’s average residential customers using a total of 624 therms of natural gas could expect to pay approximately $437. That compares to $433 for a customer using the same amount of gas during last winter. NIPSCO’s projections take into market forecasts, supply trends and storage levels, among other considerations. NIPSCO said has among the lowest residential gas bills in Indiana, according to comparisons released monthly by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. The utility said actual bills will vary by customer depending on a home’s age and size, the number in the household, number and age of gas appliances, thermostat settings and insulation levels. “Natural gas continues to be one of the lowest-cost, most reliable and abundant energy sources for customers,” said NIPSCO CEO Jim Stanley. “The outlook on natural gas prices and domestic supplies remain stable for the foreseeable future, which is great news as we head toward the winter heating season.” While winter bill amounts are projected to be relatively flat compared to last winter, the
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ABOVE — Emma Holmer, 5, paints a wooden train cut-out during Sunday’s Caboose Festival, sponsored by the city parks department. RIGHT — Nichole Johnston, 1, models a balloon hat created by volunteer Deb Argast at Sunday’s event. She is held by her dad, Michael Johnston. Photos by Sue Carpenter
Altona board hears nuisance complaints Neighbors object to continuous yard sale By Sue Carpenter scarpenter@kpcmedia.com ALTONA — A meeting of the Altona Town Board Monday became personal when discussion about an unsafe building ordinance progressed to a nuisance complaint about an ongoing yard sale at a property owned by a member of the audience. Five residents attended the regular session at Altona Town Hall to hear updates on a vacant, unsafe structure at 1405 W. Quincy St. The board filed a Nov. 15 deadline for homeowner Jerome Grams to respond to the board’s action following a public
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A continuous yard sale in the 1400 block of West King St. drew objections from neighbors at Monday’s meeting. hearing last month. Grams, who resides on S. Randolph St., Garrett was notified of the public meeting but did not attend the session where neighbors complained of raccoons and rats living in the home and creeping onto their on properties,
DeKalb County Extension offers resume, job help AUBURN — The Purdue Extension of DeKalb County wants to help people overwhelmed by sifting through job postings. The program “Developing Effective Applications and Resumes,” will be offered at DeKalb County libraries beginning this week. The program will help job seekers format cover lettters, resumes and provide tips for interviews. Programs will be provided at area locations: • Waterloo Public Library — Thursday, Oct. 17, 1-2 p.m. • Garrett Public Library — Thursday, Oct. 17, 6:30-7:30 p.m. • Butler Public Library — Thursday, Oct. 27, 6-7 p.m. The events are free and open to the public.
Garrett man arrested on arson charge By Matt Getts mgetts@kpcmedia.com BUTLER — A Garrett man was arrested after he allegedly set fire to a woman’s truck Sunday morning near Butler. Daniel Casey Brown, 36, of the 1100 block of South Cowen Street, was booked into the DeKalb County Jail on a charge of arson, a Class B felony. He was held on $5,000 bond. According to court papers, a domestic dispute led to Sunday’s incident. Sunday morning, a homeowner went into his barn in the 3200 block of C.R. 63
and found Brown allegedly hiding in a vehicle with a loaded shotgun. The man, who knew Brown, went back into his home to let a family member know what he had observed. At some point, Brown left the car and laid the shotgun on the ground, according to DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Lee Stoy. The homeowner retrieved the shotgun and returned it to his home, where he unloaded it. The homeowner told police that when he came back outside, he observed Brown throwing cinder blocks at the
truck and that it was on fire. According to court documents, Brown allegedly admitted to damaging and setting fire to the truck with a lighter because he was angry with the woman. Brown was placed into custody at 11:46 a.m. by Butler Police Department Officer Matthew Traster. The owner of the truck was not at the location when the incident occurred. Stoy said the truck, a 2003 Ford F-150, had 50,000 miles on it and appeared to have been in good shape prior to Sunday’s incident.