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LOCAL NEWS Student center open daily GARRETT — Oasis Student Center, an outreach of the First Church of Christ, will open Monday at the corner of Randolph and King streets in downtown Garrett. The program is open for grades 6-12 from 3-6 p.m. Monday through Friday. The center includes a study area, game area, snacks and video game area.
Live music at Legion Friday GARRETT — Little Rock Express will provide entertainment at the Garrett American Legion Post 178 Friday from 8-11 p.m. The event is open to the public. The Legion is located at 515 W. Fifth Ave. Visit garrettamericanlegion.com for more information.
Live music at Eagles Firday GARRETT — Dan Davis will provide live music at the Garrett Eagles Friday from 8-11 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The Eagles home is located at 220 S. Randolph St.
All-day event planned Sunday GARRETT — First Church of Christ in Garrett is planning an all-day event on Sunday, Aug. 18 in Eastside Park across from J.E. Ober Elementary School in Garrett. Events for all ages include an antique tractor show, antique car cruisein, bounce houses, fun and games for the entire family and lunch provided by the church. Registration for tractors and cars is 10 a.m. No fee will be charged to enter and awards will be presented later in the day. A church service will begin at 10:30 a.m. and Gospel group Steadfast will perform at 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend this event. Bring chairs and blankets for seating. For more information, contact the church at 357-3625.
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Fire destroys garage, damages home By Sue Carpenter scarpenter@kpcmedia.com GARRETT — No one was injured by a fire early morning Monday that destroyed a garage and vehicle and heavily damaged a home in the 700 block of East King Street. The Garrett Fire Department responded to a call from a neighbor at 1:01 a.m., said Assistant Fire Chief Chad Werkheiser. Firefighters arrived four minutes later and found a car and detached garage fully involved in flames, which extended to the residence. They brought the fire under control in about 20 minutes. The home’s occupants, Ben Rollins and family, were awakened by a
neighbor and exited the structure safely. The family pets also were uninjured. The garage and vehicle were total losses. Werkheiser estimated damage at $60,000 to structures, $10,000 to contents and $15,000 to the vehicle. A neighboring home sustained heat damage to its siding. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Werkheiser said. Firefighters remained at the scene until 4:30 a.m. The Garrett Fire Department was assisted at the scene by Garrett Police Department, DeKalb EMS and Auburn Fire Department. The Corunna Fire Department provided stand-by coverage.
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An early morning fire destroyed a garage and vehicle and damaged a home in the 700 block of East King Street in Garrett. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Railroad offers to pay for removing rusty bridge By Aaron Organ aorgan@kpcmedia.com AUBURN — CSX Railroad has offered to pay for removing a corroded, historic iron-truss bridge on C.R. 75 over the railroad tracks, east of St. Joe. The railroad’s propsed agreement was presented to the DeKalb County Commissioners late last week. Just days earlier, the DeKalb County Council voted down a request from the commissioners to pay $72,725 for a design and engineering plan for removing the bridge. Considered a “select” bridge on the Indiana Historic Bridge inventory list, the bridge is in “very poor condition,” according to a consultant. Monday, representatives of USI Consultants told the commissioners that railroad officials see the bridge as a safety concern. The CSX proposal lays out plans for the railroad to handle dismantling the bridge and to reimburse the county for creating cul-desacs in the road on either side of the span. The project that would cost upward of $300,000, according to the consultants.
The bridge would be stored on county property and potentially placed on a trail system just south of St. Joe when federal funding comes through, the plan says. Monday, commissioners expressed concern with the bridge and the liability the county takes on by keeping it open. They cited fears of a section or the entirety of the bridge falling onto a passing train. Commissioners also raised questions about how residents in the area would travel without the bridge. Building a bridge on the site or nearby could run nearly $3 million, the consultants said. The existing bridge cannot support more than the weight of a pickup truck, the consultants said, and residents must travel some six miles to find a suitable bridge to cross the tracks. A traffic study has shown 43 vehicles a day use the span. The commissioners will present another request to the council for funding the $72,000 design plan, with the railroad paying for the project. The railroad’s proposed agreement calls for a contract to be adopted
before the end of the year. Also Monday, commissioners said they will consider a request from the county Plan Commission to change the addresses of select homes on C.R. 40-A, or Wesley Road, inside the Auburn city limits. Plan director Clint Knauer said sections of the road change from Wesley Road to C.R. 40-A and back again several times, and addresses have both odd and even numbers on the same side of the road. The mix-up results from annexations to the city, Knauer explained. The commissioners tabled the request under the assumption that at some point in the future, the remaining county land will be annexed into the city, and readdressing will be handled then. Commissioners approved a request from the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival to use county property for a Kiddie Cruiser Activity event Aug. 30 and 31. The festival will stage the event on a lawn west of the jail. It will include a bungee activity, rock wall and other games in conjunction with the ACD Festival.
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GARRETT — Zion Lutheran Preschool reminds parents who have not returned their applications to the school to do so as soon as possible. The school will be sending out their packets within the week regarding the opening of the school year but will not be able to
paperwork is not due until the open house or first day of school. The first day of school will be Monday, Sept. 9, with the Tues./Thurs. class beginning Sept. 10. Contact the school at 260-357-4658 for further information if needed.
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POLICE NEWS Officers arrest 11 AUBURN — Local police officers arrested 11 people since Friday, according to DeKalb County Jail records. Seth Spillers, 19, of the 1200 block of North 290W, Angola, was arrested Friday at 2:56 a.m. by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department on charges of illegal possession, consumption or transportation of alcohol by minor, a Class C misdemeanor and operating a vehicle while intoxicated at the Class A and Class C misdemeanor levels. Amy Brown, 34, of the 200 block of East Green Street, Butler, was arrested Friday at 9:27 p.m. by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department on a warrant charging her with criminal recklessness with vehicle, a Class A misdemeanor. Abbey Hillhouse, 19, of the 300 block of 316 West Second Street, Auburn, was arrested Friday at 10:30 p.m. by the Auburn Police Department on a charge of unlawful consumption of alcohol by minor, a Class C misdemeanor. Jeremy Dull, 31, of the 400 block of S.R. 1, Hamilton, was arrested Saturday at 6:50 p.m. by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department for failure to report to jail for a probation violation. Kent R. Fell, 39, of the 200 block of Grant Street, Waterloo, was arrested Sunday at 3:07 a.m. by the Waterloo Marshal’s Office on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated at the Class A and Class C misdemeanor levels. Clinton Rowe, 33, of the 400 block of North Peters Street, Garrett, was arrested Sunday at 3:12 a.m. by the Garrett Police Department on charges of possession of methamphetamine, a Class D felony; possession of marijuanaa Class A misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia, a Class A misdemeanor.
Gage Wood, 19, of the 1000 block of Donald Street, Auburn, was arrested Sunday at 3:31 a.m. by the Auburn Police Department on charges of battery resulting in bodily injuray to a person less than 14 years of age, a Class D felony; theft, a Class D felony; interference with the reporting of a crime, a Class A misdemeanor; resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor; criminal mischief, a Class B misdemeanor; and illegal possession, consumption or transportation of alcohol by minor, a Class C misdemeanor. Dane Dewitt, 42, of the 1200 block of Angela Avenue, Auburn, was arrested Sunday at 4:09 p.m. by the Auburn Police Department on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated at the Class A and Class C misdemeanor levels. Brandon Shirk, 20, of Garrett was arrested Monday at 5:25 p.m. on a warrant charging him with criminal mischief, a Class A misdemeanor, and two counts of intimidation, a Class D felony. Daniel R. Roggeman, 53, of the 2400 block of C.R. 38, Auburn, was arrested Tuesday at 6:52 a.m. on a charge of possession of paraphernalia, a Class A misdemeanor. Justin A. Richardson, 39, of the 1000 block of Angela Avenue, Auburn, was arrested Tuesday at 4:16 p.m. on a body atttachment for alleged contempt of civil court.
Ashley man charged ALBION — An Ashley man was booked into the Noble County Jail over the weekend, the Noble County Sheriff’s Department said. Gary Dean Chaffins, 25, was charged with public intoxication, resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct.
Travel team sets tryouts Saturday FORT WAYNE — The Indiana Cornhuskers 13U baseball team will hold tryouts Saturday, Aug. 17 from 10 a.m. to noon on Diamond No. 1 at the Wallen Baseball Complex. An additional tryout will be held Aug. 24, also on Wallen’s Diamond No. 1 at 10 a.m.
The Cornhuskers are a new travel team looking for players and parents interested in playing in more competitive tournaments, mostly USSSA events. For more information or to pre-register, contact JoVonn Timberlake at 705-0818 or jovonntimberlake@yahoo.com.
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