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GOOD MORNING High tech jobs come to Indy, not rest of state INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s efforts to add high-tech jobs have paid off in Indianapolis and surrounding counties — at the expense of the rest of the state, a newspaper analysis has found.

The Indianapolis Business Journal analyzed U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and found Indianapolis had 39 percent more jobs in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math — in 2012 than in 2001. That’s more than double the national growth rate of 17 percent.

But the rest of the state saw an increase of just 10 percent, and at least four areas — Muncie, Terre Haute, Fort Wayne and South Bend-Mishawaka — had fewer STEM jobs in 2012 than in 2001.

“Indianapolis is somewhat of a sponge city for the whole region,” said Mark Schill, vice president of research at Praxis Strategy Group, an economic development consultant in North Dakota.

Schill said it’s common for high-tech workers to flock to urban areas from smaller communities or move to college towns, such as Bloomington and Lafayette. In Indiana, Columbus is also a hub because of engine-maker Cummins Inc. But other areas aren’t faring as well. Indiana is still recovering from hits that major manufacturers suffered that put thousands of engineers out of work. The state as a whole also has seen the number of computer-related jobs stagnate in recent years, while it has grown rapidly in Indianapolis.

Even with the shortage outside the Indianapolis area, STEM jobs helped offset losses during the recession.

STEM employment increased 4 percent from mid-2009 through 2012, while all other careers were still down 0.1 percent, the IBJ reported.

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Stephanie Kersten of RISE Inc. talks with an off-camera client in the workshop at the Angola

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Kersten on the job(s) RISE director says deep down, we’re all the same Video at kpcnews.com NEIGHBORS

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ANGOLA — If Stephanie Kersten has learned one thing in more than 30 years working in job placement with people with disabilities and others in need, it’s that deep down, we’re all pretty similar.

As director of employment services, Kersten works in mainly in vocational rehabilitation job placement at RISE Inc., Angola, where she has been 30 years.

Though RISE serves clients in Steuben and DeKalb counties, it also works with a state agency on job placement for people from the four-county area who are in need of vocational rehabilitation.

“You find working here that people are much more alike than

different,” Kersten said.

Kersten’s main work is through a part of the agency called The RISE Connection. She places people in jobs in the four-county area, particularly those who are injured, have special needs or need to update their skills. Most of her work is placement with private industry in the four-county area in connection with Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation Services.

“The blind and the visually impaired are some of the most exciting (people) to work with

CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio and Indiana will operate their own test ranges for unmanned aircraft and seek ways of promoting more research and development to attract drone-related businesses after losing in their joint bid for a coveted Federal Aviation Administration test site.

The states sought one of six FAA drone test sites being set up as the agency develops a plan

for safely integrating commercial drones into U.S. airspace.

An industry-commissioned study predicted unmanned aircraft could produce thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic impact after that integration, and Ohio and Indiana were among two dozen states hoping that a site could boost their prospects for sharing in any economic boom.

But the FAA last month

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because of the technology out there,” Kersten said. “There’s something different every day.”

Kersten got her start in the industry while working at Craig Hospital in Denver, Colo., a facility that specializes in spinal

ANGOLA — The Steuben County Community Foundation received $2 million through private donations last year, the most in its 22-year history.

Jennifer Danic, foundation president and CEO, said in a news release nearly 75 percent of that total was from three substantial donations. The largest was from the estate of Don and Martha Rogers at $1.15 million.

The other were two donor-advised family funds created with a combined total of $358,359; both families wish to remain anonymous. Donor-advised funds established through a community foundation allow entities to direct grant dollars from their fund to qualified charitable organizations of their choice throughout the year.

The other 25 percent of the total was comprised of gifts ranging from $10 to $25,000.

In total, there were 883 gifts from more 500 individual entities donated to SCCF in 2013. These gifts were added to existing endowed funds at the foundation or granted out to qualified charitable organizations.

Audited financial statements from June 30, 2013, state SCCF’s total assets were $22 million.

To learn more about how SCCF utilizes endowed funds to help individuals with their charitable giving, call 665-6656.

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New Iran State wants in on drone industry nuke deal pushed selected Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia.

“We were obviously hoping for an FAA designation, but with or without it, that doesn’t change our vision or strategy,” said Chris Ford, vice president of aerospace and defense for the Dayton Development Coalition, which is leading Ohio’s drone efforts.

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Water tests encouraging after West Virginia chemical spill DRY BRANCH, W.Va. (AP) — For Bonnie Wireman, the white plastic bag covering her kitchen faucet is a reminder that she can’t drink the water.

The 81-year-old woman placed it there after forgetting several times the tap water was tainted after a coal processing chemical leaked into the area’s water supply. Every time she turned on the water, she quickly stopped and cleaned her hands with peroxide — just to make sure she was safe.

The widow of a coal miner, Wireman was angered about the chemical spill that’s deprived 300,000 West Virginians of clean tap water for four days, but doesn’t blame the coal or chemical industries.

“I hope this doesn’t hurt coal,” said Wireman, who lives in an area known as Chemical Valley because of all the plants nearby.

“Too many West Virginians depend on coal and chemicals.

We need those jobs.”

And that’s the dilemma for many West Virginians: The industries provide thousands of good paying jobs but also pose risks for the communities surrounding them, such as

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South Charleston Public Works employees assist local residents in South Charleston, W.Va. in obtaining bottled water at the GeStamp Stamping Plant-South Charleston (W.Va.) distribution location Sunday morning.

the chemical spill or coal mine disasters. The current emergency began Thursday after a foaming agent used in coal processing escaped from a Freedom Industries plant in Charleston and seeped into the Elk River. Since then, residents have been ordered not to use tap water for anything but flushing toilets.

Gov. Earl Tomblin said Sunday

water tests were encouraging, but he didn’t give a timetable for when people might be able to use water again.

“The numbers look good. They are very encouraging,” Tomblin said.

Schools, restaurants and other businesses were to close today, but the governor said all state offices would be open.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has agreed to limit uranium enrichment and to open its nuclear program to daily inspection by international experts starting Jan. 20, setting the clock running on a six-month deadline for a final nuclear agreement, officials said Sunday.

In exchange, the Islamic Republic will get a relaxation of the financial sanctions that have been crippling its economy.

The announcement that Iran and six world powers had agreed on the plan for implementing an interim agreement came first from Iranian officials and was later confirmed elsewhere. Some U.S. lawmakers have been leery of the agreement, calling for tougher sanctions against Iran, rather than any loosening of controls.

Iran’s official IRNA news agency quoted Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as saying the deal, which sets the terms of a landmark agreement reached in November, would take effect from Jan. 20. The agency said Iran will grant the United Nations’ watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency access to its nuclear facilities and its centrifuge production lines to confirm it is complying with terms of the deal.

Araghchi later told state television some $4.2 billion in seized oil revenue would be released under the deal. Senior officials in U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration put the total relief figure at $7 billion.

In a statement, President Barack Obama welcomed the deal, saying it “will advance our goal of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

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Summer birds Companion bill comes with are coming now state’s proposed in the wintertime marriage ban INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s legislative leaders are trying a different approach in again proposing a constitutional ban on gay marriage.

House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, announced last week that lawmakers would consider the proposed amendment, unchanged from what the General Assembly first passed in 2011. If approved a second time, it would go to a public vote in November. But it first must clear the House Judiciary Committee, which is scheduled to take up the issue Monday morning.

Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, delayed his involvement when he announced the House would have to take up the issue first. (The success of the amendment in the Indiana House is hardly guaranteed.) So, Bosma made the first move, but instead of simply submitting the amendment, he added that lawmakers would look at a companion bill clarifying the meaning of the second sentence in the amendment.

The first sentence of the proposal limits marriage to being between one man and one woman. But the second sentence — expanding that ban to anything similar to marriage, most likely meant to address civil unions — has roiled many lawmakers, including some who voted for the amendment in 2011.

“I think it’s very advisable to have an expression of legislative intent that accompanies HJR 3 (the proposed amendment),” Bosma said last week.

“There are valid questions raised about the second sentence of the amendment.

“It seemed to make a lot of sense to address the issues, but still make it quite clear that civil unions are not allowed — which is the substantially similar or identical language to marriage — and define it as a man and a woman, but remove these concerns people validly are raising in most cases.”

A sort of parlor game developed in Indiana political circles to see how Bosma would handle the dilemma. Would he push the amendment as worded in 2011? Would he propose a more limited ban? Or would he ditch the fight altogether?

Bosma and House

There are three mourning doves on the bird feeder outside my study window.

There are seven more on the snow on the ground around Republicans face incredthe feeder and four more ible pressure from social perched on a branch of a and religious conservatives nearby tree. pushing the expansive ban. Mourning The team has also felt heat doves are from business interests and summer moderate Republicans, who birds, like are worried the amendment robins and could create a bad image bluebirds, for the state amid shifting brown national attitudes. thrashers In the Old Testament and catbirds.

OUTDOOR account of Solomon, two As a boy, NOTES women came before the I watched king with one baby, both for the first claiming it was theirs. With mourning no clear way to discern who dove in Neil Case the mother was, Solomon spring just proposed physically cutting as I looked the baby in half so he for the first could ascertain from their robin. Both reactions who was the true were signs of the season mother. changing, the end of winter When Bosma unveiled and the beginning of spring his marriage plan last week, and summer. reactions from supporters The mourning doves and opponents gave a pretty at my feeder, which are clear indication who won. coming daily to the feeder, Curt Smith, president of aren’t the only mourning the conservative Indiana doves I’ve seen in Indiana Family Institute, proclaimed this winter. Almost every the pairing a good move. day I’ve been driving in the “We applaud the country this month, January, introduction of HJR 3 and and in the previous months, its companion bill, HB November and December, 1153, before the Indiana I’ve seen mourning doves, General Assembly,” Smith sometimes one, sometimes said in a statement. “Both two or three or more, the proposed resolution and perched on a power line the companion bill make or on the ground along the a valuable contribution edge of the road. to promoting a marriage Recently I was riding culture in Indiana. And in the country with my as we all know, children daughter, hoping to see benefit the most from a winter birds, snow buntings culture of marriage. Kids or Lapland longspurs or a need both a mom and a dad.”

But Freedom Indiana, a coalition that advocates against the measure and Allen County may represents some of the state’s largest businesses have tied murder and universities, blasted the record in 2013 tactic.

“Unfortunately, FORT WAYNE (AP) instead of addressing — Allen County ended the amendment’s defects 2013 with a record-tying through proper channels, 44 homicides, but a case they’re trying to sidestep that’s still being reviewed and obfuscate the process by the coroner could make by introducing a bill they last year the northeastern think explains away the Indiana county’s deadliest potential harm to Hoosier year ever. families,” Freedom Indiana A Fort Wayne campaign manager Megan newspaper that the Allen Robertson said in a County Coroner’s Office statement. has yet to rule on the Monday will be the first August death of 51-yeartest of whether Bosma’s old Steven Dwayne Turner. intended audience — the His badly burned body members of his own legisla- was found inside the tive caucus — believe the trunk of a car parked at an companion bill was a good intersection. idea. The House Judiciary If Turner’s death is Committee is scheduled eventually ruled as a to hear a few hours of homicide, it would make testimony on the proposed 2013 the city’s deadiest ban and then vote on the year on record. proposed amendment and The northeastern legislation.

Indiana county closed the year with 44 homicides,

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snowy owl. We didn’t see any of those, but we did see a flock of mourning doves, a large flock, a hundred or more. Some were flying, low, but most were on the snow on the ground of a harvested grain field.

Mourning doves aren’t the only birds I think of as summer birds that are coming to my feeder this winter. There are four cowbirds, too. There has been a song sparrow. House sparrows are year-round visitors, neither summer nor winter birds, but there are more of them coming to my feeder than I have ever had before.

Why the mourning doves, the cowbirds and the song sparrow? Why so many house sparrows. It isn’t that this is such a mild winter, though there have certainly been mild days.

But it’s been cold enough, wintry enough, that I’ve seen Lapland longspurs and snow buntings, not at my feeder but in the country.

Those are winter visitors.

I’ve seen a rough-legged hawk, another winter visitor from the north.

I haven’t seen one, but snowy owls have been seen and reported in Indiana and in many other states south of Canada and Alaska this winter. When there is an influx of snowy owls, which happens occasionally in winter, there are usually reports of a shortage of small mammal prey in the north, a disappearance, a presumed die-off of lemmings.

KENDALLVILLE — Two men were booked into the Noble County Jail after a meth lab allegedly was found in a vehicle in a parking lot late Friday, the Kendallville Police Department said.

Patrick Marion D. Miller, 31, of New Paris, and Robert L. Patrick, 45, of Ligonier, were booked into the Noble County Jail on multiple charges after the incident.

The incident began when Kendallville Police Officer Matthew Haber stopped a 2005 GMC Canyon for a traffic violation. The vehicle pulled into a parking lot in the 300 block of West North Street for the stop.

During the investiga-

A mourning dove.

When there are many snowy owls in the U.S., not just an individual here and there, there are usually other northern owls, too, long-eared and short-eared and saw-whet. I haven’t heard of any of these being seen this winter, though I feel sure some have been seen in northern Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota.

Winter has changed since I was young and had a morning paper route. The first snow fell by Thanksgiving, as I remember, and there was snow on the ground until February or even March. I used to take longer to deliver my papers than any other boy, particularly as the days grew longer and the temperature warmer. It wasn’t because

of the snow. It was because I stopped so often to listen and look for the first robin or the first mourning dove of spring, the first meadowlark or red-winged blackbird or common grackle.

The climate is changing.

According to many scientific reports, it’s getting warmer. According to the activities of many birds, it’s getting warmer. There are more mourning doves and cowbirds and robins, seen on Christmas bird counts in Indiana and other northern states, than usual.

But there are also those Lapland longspurs and snow buntings, northern birds I saw recently, and there’s an influx of snowy owls.

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State News Briefs • the same as in 1997 when it had a record number of homicides.

Of the county’s 44 homicides last year, 42 of those were in the city of Fort Wayne.

Stray dog saved from freeze put up for adoption EVANSVILLE (AP) — A stray dog authorities say was rescued from certain death in last week’s subzero cold wave is headed toward adoption at a southwestern Indiana animal shelter.

Evansville-Vanderburgh Animal Control clerk Heather McDaniel says the female collie has been pre-adopted by someone who must wait a week before they can take her home.

The dog was found shivering, emaciated and

Mobile meth lab found in Noble

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tion, officers located items associated with manufacturing meth in the vehicle.

The Indiana State Police Clandestine Lab Team was called to the scene and dismantled an alleged meth lab found in the vehicle.

Miller and Patrick each were Miller charged with manufacturing meth and possession of precursors. Miller also was charged with being a habitual traffic law violator. Patrick also was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of meth.

Also assisting at the scene was the Kendallville Fire Department.

The case remains under investigation by the Kendallville Police Department and Noble County Prosecutor’s office.

with frozen fur Jan. 5

by Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Rasure, who lured the canine into his car with pecans and string cheese.

Evansville-Vanderburgh Animal Control Officer Jeremy Outlaw tells the Evansville Courier & Press the “dog would’ve definitely died” if Rasure hadn’t rescued her as frigid cold was arriving in Indiana.

Evansville Animal Control staff has named the lucky dog “Winter” as she awaits her adoption day.

Cop impersonator pulls over real police officer NEW ALBANY (AP) — A southern Indiana man who allegedly impersonated a police officer was arrested after he made the

mistake of pulling over an off-duty State Police detective.

John A. Brock of Borden faces charges of impersonating a police officer, operating a vehicle while intoxicated and driving with a suspended license.

The 42-year-old Borden man was being held Sunday at the Floyd County Jail, pending an initial court hearing.

The News and Tribune reports Brock was arrested Saturday night after he allegedly pulled over an off-duty State Police detective sergeant, flashed a gold badge at him and motioned him into a parking lot.

Brock allegedly pulled up next to the detective, told him he was an officer and cursed and yelled before driving off.

He was arrested after exiting a nearby store.

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North American International Auto Show set to open

BY LARRY DENT

DETROIT — The 2014 North American International Auto Show is upon us again, and in case you haven’t gotten the word, that is the name for the “Detroit” Auto Show, and has been its name for some years now.

Some of us still think of it as the “Detroit” Auto show, but in reality this show has grown from a somewhat less than important area show to a truly international auto show rivaling the big shows in England and Europe.

But the best part of all is that is only an easy three-hour drive from Auburn, and it only costs $13 for adults and $7 for seniors and children 7-12, with children under 6 admitted free.

Once again this year, I am pleased to represent The Star in covering this most interesting event. Advance publicity indicates we will again

see many alternate-fuel vehicles on display, and we will certainly look at and report on any outstanding examples. However, here in heartland Auburn, I suspect most of our interest will be in areas other than hybrids, plug-ins, propane- or frozen-gas-fueled models.

The meat-and-potatoes vehicles will still be the family SUV’s, the new Mustang and of course the only real world-class sports car being built in the U.S. today, the all-new and highly touted Corvette. Oh, there will be the dream cars, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Jaguar, but the manufacturers tend to get a little snobbish with the real high-buckers and rope them off so as to avoid fingerprints or belt-buckle scars.

Ah, but the Chevrolets, Fords, Chryslers, even the Smart Cars, usually can be seen up close and personal if

you ask nicely and look as though you could at least borrow enough to buy one. Having made an outstanding comeback, Detroit’s motor vehicle products should be very interesting, perhaps even exciting.

When I get back from press day, space will only allow for a brief overview of the show plus one or two pictures. I suggest you plan on making a trip to Cobo Hall to see for yourself. When I write my review and comments, I will include directions to get there, having actually been there one more time.

The show is open to the public Saturday, Jan. 18, through Saturday, Jan. 25, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 26, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

LARRY DENT is the former executive

director of the National Auto and Truck Museum in Auburn.

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The Ford Vertrek concept vehicle is being unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The Ford Escape, is what the sleek Vertrek foreshadowed when it debuted in Detroit in 2011.

Evansville company, subsidiary face EPA scrutiny EVANSVILLE (AP) — An Indiana company whose president was indicted last fall in an alleged biofuels scam prosecutors say cost the government and investors more than $100 million now faces a separate investigation by federal environmental regulators.

The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency has issued a notice of violations against Evansville-based Imperial Petroleum and its wholly owned subsidiary, Middletown, Ind.-based e-Biofuels.

The EPA’s notices contend that both companies are liable for e-Biofuels’ alleged generation of more than 33.5 million invalid

renewable fuel tax credits, the Evansville Courier & Press reported.

A message from The Associated Press seeking comment left at Imperial Petroleum’s office Sunday was not immediately returned.

The EPA alleges that e-Biofuels generated more

than 33.5 million invalid fuel credits “from at least July 1, 2010, through June 2, 2011,” and transferred most of those fuel credits, also called Renewable Identification Numbers, to producers or importers of renewable fuels such as ethanol or biodiesel.

The agency’s notices offer e-Biofuels and Imperial

Petroleum the chance to discuss the matter with the EPA. Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA can assess a civil penalty of up to $37,500 per day, per violation.

An EPA spokeswoman told the newspaper that the agency does not comment on ongoing investigations or

enforcement actions.

Imperial Petroleum’s president, Jeffrey Wilson, was indicted in September along with Craig Ducey, e-Biofuels’ former president, in the alleged biofuels scam.

Ducey and Wilson are scheduled to stand trial in federal court in Indianapolis on March 14.

Indiana teacher gets national honor for technical theater MOUNT VERNON (AP) — It’s critical for educators to constantly search for innovative ways to teach materials, according to Dana Taylor, director of vocal music and technical theatre instructor for the past 25 years at Mount Vernon Senior High School.

Taylor said not only is it important to ensure the needs of students are met but that it is done in an engaging and productive manner.

“If you are locked into one way of doing it, then that’s not beneficial to students,” he said. “At the same time, especially when you’re working with theatre, if you find things that you can be passionate about, if you find projects that really get your juices flowing, it’s all the better for everyone.

How dull would it be to just say ‘O.K. we’re going to sing this again this year.’”

In March, Taylor, 56, will be the first high school educator to receive the Distinguished Achievement Award in Education from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology during its annual Conference and Stage Exposition at Fort Worth, Texas, the Evansville Courier & Press reported. The award highlights an individual who has an established career in a specific field in any area of

design or technology in the performing arts or entertainment industry.

Taylor said this is only the fifth time the honor has gone to an educator since the awards were initiated in 1998. And when he learned he was a recipient, he was, quite frankly, dumbfounded.

“When I was looking at people who had received the award in the past, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh. I don’t feel I’m quite in their league,’” Taylor said. “One of the guys wrote our textbook, another one has two Tony Awards and teaches at Yale; so why me? I told my kids, you know, the coolest thing about it is getting to hang out with these people.”

Senior Cara Hoskins, 17, said that after being part of seven theatre productions at Mount Vernon Senior High, she thought taking Taylor’s beginning technical theatre class, which teaches the ins and outs of creating a staged production, would be beneficial.

“I thought it would be kind of cool to learn what happens behind the scenes,” Hoskins said. “He (Taylor) is definitely one of my favorite teachers because I actually understand him.”

Freshman Cam Maier, 14, agreed and said after learning his sister enjoyed the class, he thought it would be fun and provide a

Suspect in slaying of 4 booked in jail

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COLUMBUS (AP) — A southern Indiana man considered the sole suspect in the May shooting deaths of four people has been returned to the county where the slayings occurred.

Samuel Earl Sallee, 56, of Columbus, was booked into the Bartholomew County Jail on Thursday, Sheriff’s Maj. Todd Noblitt said.

When Sallee arrived at the jail, Sheriff Mark Gorbett read him a warrant charging him with murder in the slayings of Katheryn Burton, 53; her boyfriend, Thomas W. Smith, 39; and two friends, Aaron T. Cross and Shawn L. Burton, both 41, The Republic reported.

Their bodies were found May 11 in the home Katheryn Burton and Smith shared in Waynesville, about 50 miles south of Indianapolis. Cross and Shawn Burton were from

Columbus.

Sallee’s initial hearing has not been scheduled.

Jail records did not indicate whether he has an attorney.

Sallee has been in police custody since four days after the slayings. He was jailed May 15 in Bartholomew County and transferred to nearby Nashville two days later on a Brown County warrant charging him with receiving stolen property.

Since Aug. 5, he had been in federal custody for an alleged firearms violation.

An affidavit states .22-caliber shell casings found in the Waynesville home matched shell casings found in a field where Sallee was known to take target practice with a .22-caliber weapon.

Sallee has acknowledged visiting the home hours before the slayings but has said everyone was alive when he left the property.

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Dana Taylor, center, goes over the basics with four of his students at Mount Vernon Senior High School after being introduced to the school’s 32-channel digital mixing console during

different experience.

“He (Taylor) just really gets in-depth and explains it really well,” Maier said.

More theatre is produced at the high school level than in any other form, Taylor said. He acknowledged Broadway and the work done there, but believes more shows occur in Southwestern Indiana in a given year than on

their first-period technical theater class.

Taylor is to receive the Distinguished Achievement Award in Education from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology this year.

Broadway.

“Secondary education is important to the life of theatre,” he said. “I’ve been working at Mount Vernon for 25 years, but for 25 years they’ve just been paying me for my hobbies. I never go to work. I go to school, but I don’t go to work.”

Being an educator is about using the subject as a tool for young people to

be more successful in life and possibly help them find something they enjoy, according to Taylor. And having the ability to seize opportunities, like he has, is important and so he strives to provide those for his 60 students.

“I feel most fortunate … the school district has seemingly always been supportive of activities

that are good for students,” Taylor said. “If it’s good for kids, it’s worth pursuing.”

Taylor, a Princeton, Ind., native, lives in Evansville with his wife, Jenni, and 13-year-old daughter, Katie.

In addition to teaching in Mount Vernon, he is an adjunct faculty member teaching secondary theatre methods at the University of Evansville’s Department of Theatre.

Some of Taylor’s other accomplishments include being the recipient of the Educational Theatre Association’s Founders’ Award for significant contributions to theatre education in the United States, and designated as the “Artist of the Year” by the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, both in 2011. And in 2009, he was named a Distinguished Alumni of the Indiana University “Singing Hoosiers.”

“With the award, I think what pleases me as much as anything about this is that it’s coming from my peers. These are people that I’ve known for a long time … I think what all of these individuals who have won the awards in the past, the ones who have won this year and will win in the future, I think what each of them has and what I have as well is a passion for what we do,” Taylor said.

City adds up costs of deep freeze TERRE HAUTE (AP) — The snow may be slowly melting away, but the bills from last week’s mega winter storm continue to pile higher.

Local governments were forced to spend big sums in employee overtime and fuel expenses to attempt to keep roads clear while Wabash Valley residents paid in dozens of other ways, including furnace repairs, unplanned stays in motels and towing fees.

“It’ll be tens of thousands of dollars for this one,” said Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett, reflecting on the cost to the City. “It was a pretty big storm.”

Vigo County also faced big expenses from the storm, said Dan Bennett, superinten-

dent of the county highway department. In addition to fuel and staffing costs, the county is also looking at five or six towing bills after a handful of plows became stuck during the storm, he said.

“The overtime for this thing is going to be considerable,” Dan Bennett told the Tribune-Star.

City and county snowplows were running 24 hours a day starting Sunday afternoon through Thursday, meaning lots of overtime pay and fuel expense. Final cost figures were not yet available, the mayor and the highway superintendent said.

Terre Haute sets aside enough money to pay for six big snow events each year, the mayor said. The

storm that started a week ago counted for at least two storms, he added.

“This is a big one,” Mayor Bennett said. “I don’t think we’ve had one of these kinds of storms in 20 or 25 years.”

Despite the high cost of the storm, Bennett did not believe it would necessarily push the City over its budgeted snow and ice removal budget for 2014.

Of course, that will depend on the weather. “We’ve got plenty of money in (the budget) right now to deal with this,” Bennett said. “But what else will happen the rest of this winter or next December?”

Dan Bennett, highway superintendent, said he plans to meet this week with the

County Commissioners to discuss the costs of the storm. He’ll look at specific budget numbers “after we get out of the woods,” he said.

While the storm has had a high price for local governments and residents, it gave a boost in business for a few area industries, including towing, furnace repair and hospitality.

“We’re running nonstop,” said Bob Miller, service manager for Paitson Bros. Heating and Air Conditioning, a Terre Haute-based business. The bitter cold Monday and Tuesday saw dozens of furnace failures that required emergency-level response, added Ethan Rayburn, general manager of the business.

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FREMONT — James (Jim) Stanford Atha, Sr., age 84, of Fremont, IN, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

He was born on June Mr. Atha 6, 1929, in Angola, IN, to Howard and Hazel (Church) Atha.

He married, Frances Brown on November 20, 1954, in Edon, OH. She preceded him in death on February 20, 2009.

He retired in 1991 from Metal Spinners and farming.

He was a graduate of Scott Center School. He served in the U.S. Army and was a member of the Angola American Legion Post # 31. He was a devout Detroit Tigers fan, and was very devoted to his family.

Surviving are his children, Stan Atha (Tonya Peters) of Hamilton, Janelle (Montgomery) Conley of New Castle, IN., Tom Atha of Fremont, and Susan Atha (William Wahl) of Indianapolis, IN; his nieces, Sharon (Harley) Dodge of Angola, Shirlee (Marty) Mitchell of Coldwater Lake, MI., Pam Ayres of Bedford, TX., Jennifer (Jim) Walter of Milton, FL., and Jill (David) Barber of Vandalia, OH; five grandchildren, Danielle Atha (fiancé Chad Garman), Erin and Sean Conley, and Ben and Mark Atha; one great-grandchild, Carter James Garman; one sister-in-law, Sue (John) Siebenaler; and Carol Atha.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Fran Atha; his brother, Bill Atha; his sister, Jane Williamson; a nephew, Lindsay Williamson; and a granddaughter, Lynn Atha.

Visitation will be 4 to 8 PM Wednesday January 15, 2014 at Beams Funeral Home, Fremont, IN. Funeral services will be at 11 AM Thursday January 16, 2014 at Beams Funeral Home, Fremont, IN, with the Rev. David Wilson officiating.

Burial will be in Fremont Cemetery, Fremont, IN. Memorials are to Steuben County Cancer Association, Angola, IN. Condolences may be sent online to www.beamsfuneralhome.com

ANGOLA — Doris M. (Lindgren) Brestrup, 98, child of God, went to be with Lord on Sunday, January 12, 2014 at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola.

She was born July Mrs. 31, 1915 in Brestrup Minneapolis, Minnesota to George and Esther Lindgren.

She lived in Minneapolis all her life before a move, at age of 95, to Cameron Woods in Angola. She married Gerald H. Brestrup in 1936 and he preceded her in death in 1989.

A homemaker, brownie/ girl scout leader, room mother and caregiver, she loved to bowl, play cards, shoot pool and bingo.

On her 98th birthday she received her own pool cue which was engraved “Minnesota Short” and she was awesome at knitting afghans. Everyone who met her always said, “She is soooo cute!” She reminded us all of Betty White of the Golden Girls.

Surviving is one daughter, Marilyn Jacobi of Angola; two grandchildren, Susan (Russ) Morgan of Kettering, Ohio and Eric Nelson of Angola; two great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren;and many nieces, nephews, and friends.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Arthur and George Lindgren.

Services will be held at Calvary Lutheran Church in Angola on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 11:00 AM with calling one hour prior to the service. Pastor Angela Shannon of Calvary Lutheran Church will be officiating. Entombment will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis at a later date.

Cards of condolence may sent to Marilyn Jacobi, 1813 McDermid Ave., Angola, IN 46703 or hejohnsonfh.com.

Memorials may be sent to Bethany Lutheran Church 2511 E. Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55406; Calvary Lutheran Church, 1301 Williams Street, Angola, IN 46703; or the Salvation Army.

H.E. Johnson & Sons Funeral Home in Angola is handling the arrangements.

LAGRANGE — Emma A. Hochstetler, 93, of LaGrange, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at her residence.

Calling will be after 2 p.m. today and all day Tuesday at the Andrew Hochstetler residence, 2520 W. C.R. 350N, LaGrange.

Services will be at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday at the Alvin Graber residence, 2775 N. C.R. 250W, LaGrange.

Burial will be in Mast Cemetery, LaGrange.

Arrangements are by Miller-Stewart Funeral Home, Middlebury.

Sharon Straub AUBURN — Sharon A. Straub, 53, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

Arrangements are pending at Feller and Clark Funeral Home, Auburn.

Herbert Hoffman WOLCOTTVILLE — Herbert Hoffman, 77, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

Arrangements are pending at Hite Funeral Home, Kendallville.

Bert Newell KENDALLVILLE — Bert Thomas Newell, 90, of Fort Wayne, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

Calling will be Tuesday from 3-6 p.m. at Hite Funeral Home, Kendallville.

Services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Swan Cemetery, LaOtto.

A complete obituary will appear in Tuesday’s edition of this newspaper.

James Dean KENDALLVILLE — James William Dean, 74, of Kendallville, died at his home Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014.

Calling will be Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at Hite Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Kendallville. No services are scheduled.

A complete obituary will appear in Tuesday’s edition of this newspaper.

James Warren SPENCERVILLE — James R. Warren, 74, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at his home in Spencerville.

Memorial services will be Saturday at the Leo American Legion Post 409.

Arrangements are by Carnahan-Baidinger & Walter Funeral Home, Spencerville.

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The painted line marks 35 feet from the clinic’s entrance and that’s where the 77-year-old McCullen and all other abortion protesters and supporters must stay under a Massachusetts law that is being challenged at the U.S. Supreme Court as an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. Arguments are set for Wednesday.

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The issues with the site underscore the halting efforts across the nation to get Spanish-speakers enrolled under the federal health care law. Critics say that as a result of various problems, including those related to the website, many people whom the law was designed to help have been left out of the first wave of coverage.

Federal officials say they have been working to make the site better and plan further improvements soon. Also, administrators say they welcome feedback and try to fix typos or other errors quickly.

“We launched consumer-friendly Spanish online enrollment tools on CuidadoDeSalud.gov in December which represents one more way for Latinos to enroll

in Marketplace plans,” said Health and Human Services Department spokesman Richard Olague in an email to The Associated Press.

“Since the soft-launch, we continue to work closely with key stakeholders to get feedback in order to improve the experience for those consumers that use the website.”

Still, efforts to enroll Spanish-speakers have fallen short in several states with large Hispanic populations, and critics say the translated version of HealthCare.gov could have helped boost those numbers.

In California, officials have acknowledged the need for improvements, saying fewer than 5,500 people signed up for health care in Spanish in October and November, the most recent period for which records are available.

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The site, CuidadoDeSalud.gov, launched more than two months late.

A Web page with Spanish instructions linked users to an English form.

And the translations were so clunky and full of grammatical mistakes that critics say they must have been computer-generated — the name of the site itself can literally be read “for the caution of health.”

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They risk arrest if they get closer to the door.

With her pleasant demeanor and grandmotherly mien, McCullen has become the new face of a decades-old fight between abortion opponents asserting their right to try to change the minds of women seeking abortions and abortion providers claiming that patients should be able to enter their facilities without being impeded or harassed.

In 2000, the Supreme Court upheld a different buffer zone in Colorado in

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Colorado “what may well be the most indefensible First Amendment ruling so far this century.”

The three dissenters in that case — Justices Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas — remain on the court.

They have been joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, who may be willing to provide two additional votes.

Lotteries • INDIANAPOLIS — The following numbers were drawn Sunday in area lotteries: Hoosier Lottery: Evening, 8-6-5 and 4-1-3-0.

Michigan: Midday, 1-4-2 and 4-4-2-2; Evening, 4-9-1 and 5-0-7-1; Fantasy 5, 07-10-11-19-36; Keno, 04-07-15-17-18-19-24-2633-39-40-43-46-47-48-5152-53-60-61-70-75; Poker Lotto, 3D-6D-9D-6H-7S. Ohio: Midday, 4-3-0 and 9-4-9-4; Evening, 3-0-1 and 7-8-8-6; Pick 5, 9-3-8-8-2 (Midday) and 8-5-7-1-9; Rolling Cash 5, 06-19-2129-38.

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How do I evaluate child care? Do I want my child in a home or center? What do I look for in the environment and the caregiver? Is there someone who can help me find what I need?

More questions than answers can surround the process of finding quality child care, especially for new parents. They want the best for their children, so choosing child care is one of the most important decisions parents will make in their child’s life. However, it can be a difficult and timeconsuming process finding child care that meets all of a families’ needs and expectations. There are also many options to consider when choosing child care, for both very young children and school agers, but parents don’t always know that.

Early Childhood Alliance (ECA) can help with this all-important decision, and we’re as close as a phone call or the computer for families and child care providers in Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, St. Joseph, Steuben and Whitley counties.

Early Childhood Alliance, one of nine Child Care Resource and Referral agencies across Indiana, provides a free, customized list of child care options, based on your family needs, such as hours of care, location and ages of children.

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things to observe when interviewing a child care provider. ECA also offers assistance with enhanced referrals for infants and toddlers, and children with special needs. And while health and safety issues are a parent’s first concern, we also recommend questions about other important aspects of child care, such as adult-to-child ratios, safe sleeping arrangements and a learning curriculum that promotes school readiness.

Another important tool in ECA’s assistance role is information on Paths to Quality and how it can help parents during a child care search. Paths to Quality is a voluntary rating and improvement tool, used across Indiana, to assist families looking for child care. Programs that choose to participate in Paths to Quality are rated, based on the quality of care they provide. The system identifies four levels of quality, with each level building on the previous one. At each level, key components of quality are added as part of the standards being rated. To help parents identify participating programs, they should look for information on the Early Childhood Alliance

provider list as well as window decals and certificates at each Paths to Quality site.

ECA is a key community resource in the region that helps parents explore the options and find quality child care that fits the families’ needs.

While we do not regulate or recommend specific child care programs, we do provide the tools parents need as they contact, visit, interview and check references of programs before enrolling their children in child care.

For information on finding child care programs in your area and the tools to use, call ECA (745-2501 or 800-423-1498) or visit ECAlliance.org.

Parents may also visit childcareindiana.org.

MARICELA MADDEN is an outreach specialist, working at Early Childhood Alliance since 2007. She lives in Fort Wayne with her husband and two children. Contact her at mmadden@ ECAlliance.org.

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INDIANAPOLIS — A Hoosier Women Artist Contest, sponsored by Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann, will continue in its eighth year.

Applications are accepted through Feb. 28.

Winners will have their artwork displayed in Ellspermann’s office for one year.

The contest celebrates a variety of artistic interests including drawings, paintings and photography.

Past entries have included portraits, landscapes, animals, buildings and abstracts.

Applications along with electronic copies of the artwork can be submitted online through the lieutenant governor’s website at in.gov/ lg or mailed to 200 W. Washington St., Room 333, Indianapolis, IN 46204.

A statehouse program and reception will be held for all winners in late March.

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Lot Number One Hundred Sixteen (116) in the Eleventh Addition of Reddington Heights to the City of Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, recorded September 28, 1977 in Plat Book 4, page 76.More commonly known as: 702 Bluffview Dr, Angola, IN 46703 Parcel No. : 760635110816000012 Together with rents, issues, income, and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws.

Sheriff of Steuben County Township 702 Bluffview Dr. Angola, IN 46703 The Sheriff's Department does not warrant the accuracy of the street addressed published herein.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to IC 4-32.2-4-7.5, the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge #1568 is publishing notice that an application for an annual charity gaming night license has been filed by: Loyal Order of Moose Lodge #1568, 108 N. Martha St., Angola, IN 46703.

Location of Charity Game Night Event: 108 N. Martha St. Angola, IN 46703 Operators: Eric B. Henion, Governor; John Martin, Administrator; Terry Ross, Treasurer.

Officers of Organization: Eric B. Henion, Governor; Jeff Payton Sr., Jr. Governor; Michael Hagewood, Jr. Past Governor; Scott Key, Prelate; Terry Ross, Treasurer; Richard Gens, 1-Year Trustee; Paul Siders, 2-Year Trustee; Tom Houck, 3-Year Trustee; John Martin, Administrator.

Any person may protest the proposed issuance of the annual charity game night license. Protest letters must be received within fifteen (15) days from the date the last posting appears. The Commission shall hold a public hearing if ten (10) written and signed posted letters are received.

Address Where Protest Letters Should Be Sent: Indiana Gaming Commission, Attention: Diane Freeman, Charity Gaming Division, East Tower Suite 1600, 101 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204.

HR,00365194,1/6,13,hspaxlp NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of Superior Court of Steuben County, Indiana, in Cause No. 76D01-1005MF-339 wherein Bank of America, N.A., as successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countywide Home Loans Servicing LP was Plaintiff, and Owen C. Mote, Karen J. Friedel and Kelly G. Mote, Personal Representatives of the Estate of Kevin C. Mote a/k/a Kevin Mote, Norma Mote a/k/a Norma J. Mote, Occupant(s) of 945 W Fox Lake Rd, Angola, IN 46703 and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Bank of America, NA f/k/a Countrywide Bank, FSB, Defendants, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and cost, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, on the 27th day of February, 2014, at the hour of 11:00 am or as soon thereafter as is possible, at 206 E. Gale St, Angola, IN 46703, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in Steuben County, Indiana.

A part of the East One-half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section #35, Township 37 North, Range 13 East, (Pleasant Civil Township) Steuben County, Indiana, being a portion of land conveyed by deed record #221, page 180, said portion described as follows: Com-

mencing at a P.K. Nail set this survey at the Northwest corner of said One-half of the West One-half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section #35, said point being the true point of beginning of this description: thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 53 seconds West (Deed=South) along the East line of land conveyed by Deed Record #220, page 268, and being parallel to the West line of said Section #35, a distance of 189.75 feet, to an iron pipe at the Southeast corner of said Deed Record #220, page 268: thence South 87 degrees 09 minutes 01 seconds East, (Deeds= South 88 degrees 00 minutes East and South 86 degrees 46 minutes 51 seconds East) along a Northerly line of land conveyed by Deed Record #232, page 411, a distance of 138.14 feet to an iron pipe set this survey; thence departing said Northerly line, North 00 degrees 11 minutes 53 seconds East, parallel to said West line of Section #35, a distance of 197.53 feet, to a P.K. Nail set this survey on the North line of said Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section # 35; thence South 89 degrees 37 minutes 13 seconds West, (Deeds=West) along North line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section #35, a distance of 138.00 feet back to the true point of beginning, containing 0.61 acre, more or less. More commonly known as: 945 W Fox Lake Rd, Angola, IN 46703 Parcel No. : 76-06-35-000-029.000-011 Together with rents, issues, income, and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws.

Sheriff of Steuben County Pleasant Township 945 W Fox Lake Rd. Angola, IN 46703 The Sheriff's Department does not warrant the accuracy of the street addressed published herein.

David M. Johnson, 30354-45 Doyle Legal Corporation, P.C. 41 E Washington Street, Suite 400 Indianapolis, IN 46204 SERVICE DIRECTED TO: Norma Mote a/k/a Norma J. Mote, 304 Clyde Ave., Angola, IN 46703. Type of Service: Sheriff.

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of Circuit Court of Steuben County, Indiana, in Cause No. 76C01-1307MF-000344 wherein Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Plaintiff, and M. Peter Merritt, III; CACH, LLC; were Defendants, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and cost, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, on the 27th day of February, 2014, at the hour of 11:00 A.M. or as soon thereafter as is possible, at 206 E. Gale Street, Angola, IN 46703, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in Steuben County, Indiana.

(Partially taken from Deed Record 239, Page 141, Steuben County Recorder's Office) A part of Northeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 36 North, Range 14 East, (Otsego Civil Township), Steuben County, Indiana, as described in Deed Record #139, Page 220, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point where the centerline of Bellefontaine Road intersects the West line of the Village of Hamilton; thence North 70 degrees 35 minutes West, along said centerline of Bellefontaine Road 1216.38 feet (18.43 chains) to the centerline of Island Road; thence North 14 degrees 37 minutes 07 seconds East, along said centerline of Island Road, 557.25 feet, (Deed North 14 degrees 22 minutes East 559.02 feet (8.47 chains), to an iron pipe found; thence South 50 degrees 17 minutes 42 seconds West, 162.00 feet, (Deed - South 50 degrees 50 minutes West, 162.00 feet); thence South 86 degrees 43 minutes 48 seconds West, 163.00 feet (Deed South 88 degrees 14 minutes West, 163.00 feet), to an iron pipe found; thence North 53 degrees 11 minutes 56 seconds West, 65.00 feet (Deed North 52 degrees 44 minutes West, 65.00 feet), to the True Point of Beginning of this description, said point being on the West line of a tract conveyed by Deed Record #153, Page 338; thence North 53 degrees 11 minutes 56 seconds West 60.0 feet, (Deed - North 52 degrees 44 minutes West 60.0 feet); thence North 21 degrees 52 minutes 04 seconds East 116.21 feet, (Deed - North 22 degrees 20 minutes East, 100.00 feet), to the Shoreline of Hamilton Lake; thence South 34 degrees 34 minutes 31 seconds East, along said Shoreline 66.11 feet, (Deed - Easterly 61.50 feet); thence South 20 degrees 08 minutes 04 seconds West, along the West line of said Deed Record #153, Page 338, a distance of 95.17 feet, (Deed - South 20 degrees 36 minutes West, 91.0 feet) back to the true point of beginning, subject to all legal highway rights-of-way and easements of record.

Also, a part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 36 North, Range 14 East, Otsego Township, Steuben County, Indiana, described

as follows: Commencing at a point where the centerline of Bellefontaine Road intersects the West line of the Village of Hamilton; thence North 70 degrees 35 minutes West 1216.38 feet along said centerline of Bellefontaine Road to the centerline of Island Road; thence North 14 degrees 37 minutes 07 seconds East 557.25 feet along said centerline of Island Road; thence South 50 degrees 17 minutes 42 seconds West 162.00 feet, thence South 86 degrees 43 minutes 48 seconds West 163.00 feet; thence North 53 degrees 11 minutes 56 seconds West 65.00 feet to an iron rod at the true point of beginning of this description; thence continuing North 53 degrees 11 minutes 56 seconds West 60.0 feet to an iron rod; thence South 21 degrees 52 minutes 04 seconds West 50.0 feet to an iron rod; thence South 66 degrees 29 minutes 35 seconds East 59.93 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 18 degrees 46 minutes 32 seconds East 36.35 feet back to the True Point of Beginning, containing 0.058 acres subject to all legal highways and easements of record.

Together with and subject to a 20.0 feet wide roadway easement for ingress-egress, located in the North One-Half of Section #33, Township 36 North, Range 14 East (Otsego Civil Township), Steuben County, Indiana, being part of land conveyed

by Document #94-07-0403 and containing a portion of a 0.058 acre tract conveyed by Deed Record #239, Page 141. Said 20 feet wide easement lies 20.0 feet left of the following described right sideline. This easement is contiguous with the East and Northerly lines of said land conveyed by Document #94-07-0403 and the Southerly and Westerly lines of a 0.058 acre tract conveyed by Deed Record #239, Page 141.

Commencing at a point where the centerline of Bellefontaine Road intersects the West line of the Village of Hamilton; thence North 70 degrees 35 minutes West (Base Bearing), along said centerline of Bellefontaine Road, 1216.38 feet (18.43 chains), to a Railroad Spike found on the centerline of Island Road; thence continuing North 70 degrees 35 minutes 00 seconds West along said Road Centerline, a distance of 338.0 feet to a P.K. Nail found at the Southwest corner of land conveyed by Deed Record #237, Page 535, said point being the True Point of Beginning of the Right sideline of this Easement Description; thence departing said Centerline, North 18 degrees 46 minutes 32 seconds East, (Deed - North 20 degrees 00 minutes East) along the East line of said Document #94-07-0403, a distance of 336.49 feet, to an iron pin at the Southeast Corner of said 0.058 acre tract conveyed by Deed Record #239, page 141, thence departing said East line, North 66 degrees 29 minutes 35 seconds West along the Southerly line of said Deed Record #239, page 141, a distance of 30.0 feet; thence departing said Southerly line, North 08 degrees 36 minutes 07

seconds West, across said 0.058 acre tract, 59.06 feet, to an iron pin at the Northwest Corner of said 0.058 acre Tract; thence Departing said Land conveyed by Deed Record #239, page 141, North 53 degrees 11 minutes 56 seconds West (Deed North 52 degrees 44 minutes West) along the Northerly line of said Document #94-07-0403, a distance of 40.0 feet, to an iron pipe; thence continuing North 49 degrees 01 minutes 34 seconds West, along said Northerly line of Document #94-07-0403, a distance of 124.06 feet measured (Deed - North 48 degrees 39 minutes West 125.0 feet), to an iron pipe at the Southwest Corner of land conveyed by Deed Record 146, page 586; thence North 74 degrees 15 minutes 09 seconds West 96.05 feet, measured; Deeds - North 74 degrees 06 minutes West, 96.0 feet) to an iron pipe; thence North 77 degrees 10 minutes 39 seconds West, along the North line of Tract "A" conveyed

by Deed Record #160, page 57, a distance of 16.09 feet measured (Deed - North 76 degrees 06 minutes 18 seconds West, 16.0 feet) to an iron pipe found on the West line of Tract "A" conveyed by Document #94-07-0403, said pipe being the terminus of the Right sideline of this 20.0 feet wide Ingress-Egress Easement.

The left sidelines of the above described 20.0 feet wide Easement are to be extended or shortened to meet at angle points, and to terminate at the centerline of the Bellefontaine Road, and the West line of said Tract "A" conveyed by Document #94-07-0403.

More commonly known as: 120 Lane 212 Hamilton Lake, Hamilton, IN 46742-9578 Parcel No.: 76-10-33-130-308.000-010; 76-10-33-130-311.010-010 Together with rents, issues, income, and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws.

Sheriff of Steuben County Otsego Township 120 Lane 212 Hamilton Lake Hamilton, IN 46742-9578 The Sheriff's Department does not warrant the accuracy of the street address published herein.

Plaintiff Attorney ATTORNEY NO. 1012902 Unterberg & Associates, P.C. 8050 Cleveland Place Merrillville, IN 46410 (219) 736-5579 SERVICE DIRECTED TO: M. Peter Merritt, III, 120 Lane 212 Hamilton Lake, Hamilton, IN 46742-9578.

Type of Service: Sheriff.

NOTICE: This communication is from a Debt Collector. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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KERSTEN: Directs annual RISE basketball game FROM PAGE A1

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cord and brain injuries.

Upon returning to her hometown Angola, she was directed toward the Community Sheltered Workshop, now RISE, to work in vocational rehabilitation job placement. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and a master’s from Idaho State University.

She hadn’t planned on staying long in her return to Angola in 1983, but here

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IRAN: U.S. seeks U.N. access to nuclear sites FROM PAGE A1

“I have no illusions about how hard it will be to achieve this objective, but for the sake of our national security and the peace and security of the world, now is the time to give diplomacy a chance to succeed,” Obama Obama said.

Under the November agreement, Iran agreed to limit its uranium enrichment to 5 percent — the grade commonly used to power reactors. The deal also commits Iran to stop producing 20 percent enriched uranium — which is only a technical step

away from weapons-grade material — and to neutralize its 20 percent stockpile over the six months.

In exchange, economic sanctions Iran faces would be eased for six months.

During that time, the so-called P5+1 world powers — Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States — would continue negotiations with Iran on a permanent deal.

The West fears Iran’s nuclear program could allow it to build a nuclear bomb.

Iran says its program is for peaceful purposes, such as medical research and power generation. Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency reported Sunday that under the terms of the deal, Iran

will guarantee that it won’t try to attain nuclear arms “under any circumstance.”

However, Araghchi stressed Iran could resume production of 20 percent uranium in “one day” if it chose.

The senior U.S. officials said U.N. inspectors would have daily access to Iranian nuclear sites and would make monthly reports.

Iran will dilute half of its nuclear material during the first three months of the agreement, the officials said, and all of it by the end of the agreement.

In exchange, Iran would have access to parts for its civilian aviation, petrochemical and automotive industries, as well as be allowed to import and export gold, the officials said.

DRONE: NASA competition would increase visibility FROM PAGE A1

Ohio and Indiana are moving ahead with their partnership that includes the Ohio/Indiana UAS Center & Test Complex set up last year in Springfield, Ohio, and still developing. It serves as a regional hub operating seven test drone ranges in both states, providing sites where businesses, universities and researchers sites can test unmanned aircraft.

“Companies and others will need places where they can test a little, design a little and then test more,” said Duane Embree,

executive director of the Indiana Office of Defense Development, which is leading Indiana’s drone efforts. “We can essentially do everything we were going to do — just without the FAA designation.”

Both states also are counting on their involvement in a NASA competition this spring to increase their visibility among unmanned aircraft developers participating from around the country.

“Places that get recognized early are more likely to attract the

businesses,” Embree said.

The center will host the challenge at the Camp Atterbury test range near Edinburgh, Ind., where it will test innovative “sense and avoid” technologies aimed at preventing drone collisions with other aircraft.

Commercial uses for drones are vast. The oil and gas industry can use them to monitor pipelines, farmers can dust crops or locate livestock with drones, and public safety officials can conduct surveillance or monitor damage from natural disasters.

she is, working away at job placement and many other tasks at RISE. “I have the same job with which I started, but I wear many hats,” Kersten said.

Perhaps the most visible is her role with Special Olympics and the annual Mayor’s Prayers benefit basketball game, which pits the Special Olympics basketball team from RISE against a community team from DeKalb and Steuben counties coached by Angola

Mayor Dick Hickman.

The game will be in its seventh year and has seen growth and evolution, including the addition of a cheerleading team made up of local men dressed as female cheerleaders.

“It has become one of our most fun events,” Kersten said.

This year’s game will be March 27 at Angola High School. Last year’s game attracted nearly 1,000 people.

Military works to help women balance career, family CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — Navy Cmdr.

Valerie Overstreet wanted to start a family. But her job as a Navy pilot and the fact that she and her husband, also a naval officer, were stationed in different parts of the country made it complicated.

So she decided to take advantage of a fledgling Navy program that allowed her to take a year off and return to duty without risking her career or future commands.

Now, three years later, she’s got a 2-year-old daughter and a 9-month old son, she’s back at work at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and her promotion to captain has been confirmed.

For Overstreet, the year off gave her precious time to have her daughter and get started on her master’s degree. The Navy retains an officer it considers promising without requiring her to sacrifice her family life.

Across the military services, leaders are experimenting with programs that will give valued officers and enlisted troops, men and women, the incentive to stay. Also, as the Pentagon moves to bring women

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into more jobs closer to the combat zone, military officials believe it is crucial to keep midcareer female officers in the services so they can mentor those on the front lines.

“We have innovative things we’re trying to retain women in the service,” said Vice Adm. Mark Ferguson, vice chief of naval operations. “It’s about creating the personnel policies that enable someone to say it’s Navy and family, instead of Navy or family.”

At Camp Lejeune, the Bergstrom sisters are part of a Marine family tradition.

Identical twins Katherine and Sarah watched their older sister Rachel join the Marine Corps’ ROTC at their high school in Cumming, Ga. Rachel, now working as an administrative officer in the Pentagon, was intrigued when she saw ROTC members playing soccer at school, and she decided to join the program.

“She’s a very aggressive young lady,” said retired Marine Maj. Mac Kelly, who runs the program at North Forsyth High School.

“You could take her to a formal dance or to a knife fight and she’d know how to act in both situations.”

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Boilers headed right way NFL PLAYOFFS SATURDAY’S GAMES SEATTLE....................................23 NEW ORLEANS ....................15 NEW ENGLAND ...................43 INDIANAPOLIS .....................22 SUNDAY’S GAMES SAN FRANCISCO ...............23 CAROLINA................................10 DENVER.....................................24 SAN DIEGO.............................17

SUNDAY’S GAMES SACRAMENTO...................124 CLEVELAND............................80 MEMPHIS .............................108 ATLANTA .................................101 SAN ANTONIO ...................104 MINNESOTA...........................86

SUNDAY’S GAMES BUFFALO .....................................2 WASHINGTON .........................1

WEST LAFAYETTE (AP) — Purdue still has some work to do, but the Boilermaker’s win over Nebraska was a start in the right direction.

Things didn’t come together for the Boilermakers until late in the game. Ronnie Johnson scored two free throws with 5:45 remaining to give Purdue the lead and the Boilermakers held on for a 70-64 win over the Cornhuskers on Sunday.

“I always talk about as a player and as a team, it’s effort and results,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “I didn’t like the results until the end. I thought we played our best basketball at the end of the game.”

Johnson’s go ahead free throws sparked a 7-0 run and the Boilermakers (11-5, 1-2 Big Ten) never looked back.

A.J. Hammons, who led Purdue with 18 points, scored and Sterling Carter made a lay-up, before Johnson split from the line to give the Boilers a 64-58 lead with 2:17 left to play.

Hammons put the game out of reach by making two free throws with 42 seconds remaining.

Johnson added 14 points for the Boilermakers, who picked up their first league win. Purdue made 24 of 52 shots, including 5 of 13 shots from behind the arc.

Terran Petteway had 19 points and nine rebounds, and Ray Gallegos and Deverell Biggs each scored 10 points to lead the Huskers (8-8, 0-4), who have lost

five straight.

The Boilermakers never led by more than eight points and that came with under a minute to play when Carter scored two free throws to give Purdue a 68-60 lead.

In the first half, they never led by more than five. But the Boilermakers found their groove just in time.

“I think you just have to slow it down a little bit,” Johnson said.

“Keep talking to your teammates.

We know how important it is to keep the ball and not turn it over.

We just have to stay composed and pass the ball around until you find an open shot.”

Purdue committed 12 turnovers — a big reason they couldn’t build a lead.

Early in the second half, Purdue had a 48-42 lead before Smith scored on a lay-up, then Benny Parker made a steal and Biggs broke away for a lay-up to make it 48-46.

Later, Tai Webster grabbed a steal and scored to give the Huskers a 57-55 lead. Purdue turned the ball over again and Petteway scored split from the line to make it 58-55.

The Cornhuskers are still looking for their first league win and head coach Tim Miles thinks big things can happen when his team finds its first Big Ten win.

“I think once we get going AP they’ll come in bunches,” he said.

Purdue guard Ronnie Johnson, right, picks up a loose ball in front “I really believe that with this team, of Nebraska forward Leslee Smith in Sunday’s college basketball that once we break through we’ll game. Purdue defeated Nebraska 70-64. do it and we’ll keep doing it.”

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Bishop Dwenger at DeKalb, 6:3 0 p.m.

On The Air • M E N’S C OLLEG E BAS K ETBALL Virginia at Duke, E S P N, 7 p.m.

Charleston at Northeastern, N BCS N, 7 p.m.

Kansas at Iowa St., E S P N, 9 p.m.

SO C CE R Premier League, Arsenal at Aston Villa, N BCS N, 3 p.m.

TE N N I S Australian Open, first roun d, at Melb ourne, Australia, E S P N2, 9 p.m.

WOM E N’S C OLLEG E BAS K ETBALL UConn at Baylor, 7 p.m.

On This Day • Jan. 13, 1 9 62 — Wilt Chamberlain scores an N BA regulation-game record 73 points to lead the Philadelphia Warriors to a 13 5-117 triumph over the Chic ago Packers.

Jan. 13, 1 974 — The Miami Dolphins win their second straight Super Bowl with a 24-7 victory over the Minnesot a Vikings.

Larry Csonk a was the game’s MVP. Jan. 13, 2003 — Jennifer Capriati becomes the first women’s Austral ian Open defending champion to lose in the first round in the Open era.

Manning and Brady have squared off 14 times throughout their careers, with the Patriots quarterback holding a 10-4 edge in the head-to-head matchup — including a 34-31 overtime victory in November.

“They’re a great team, they had a big win last night,” Manning said. “We’re going to enjoy this one tonight, start to work on them tomorrow and I know it’ll be a heck of a game.”

Manning was 25 of 36 for 230 yards and two TDs, but the Broncos controlled the clock by largely sticking to the ground game. After gaining just 18 yards against San Diego last month, the Broncos ran for 133 yards, including 82 by Knowshon Moreno, whose 3-yard TD run put them ahead 24-7 with 8:12 left.

The Chargers rallied to get within a score late, but Manning completed a pair of key third-down passes in the final minutes to prevent San Diego from getting a final chance.

At Foxborough, Mass., LeGarrette Blount carried the Patriots (13-4) to their third straight AFC title game with four touchdown runs in a 43-22 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday night.

CHICAGO (AP) — Marian Hossa had a power-play goal and an assist on his 35th birthday, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Sunday night to end a three-game losing streak.

Ben Smith, Andrew Shaw, Jonathan Toews and Brent Seabrook also scored for Chicago, which had 15 goals against Edmonton in a three-game sweep of the season series.

Ales Hemsky and Taylor Hall scored for Edmonton. The Oilers’ Boyd Gordon was credited with a fluke short-handed goal in the second period when Chicago’s Patrick Kane inadvertently bounced a pass off the boards and into an empty net during a delayed penalty call.

After a slow start, the Blackhawks dominated the action and outshot Edmonton 41-21.

Chicago’s Antti Raanta made 18 saves in just his second start since No. 1 goalie Corey Crawford returned from a lower-body injury on Jan. 2.

Edmonton’s Devan Dubnyk blocked 36 shots.

The Blackhawks grabbed control with a three-goal second that gave them a 4-2 lead.

Chicago outshot Edmonton 19-5 in the period.

Shaw struck first, converting a high screened shot from the left circle at 2:36 of the second.

Shaw’s 12th goal came moments after a turnover by Edmonton’s Nail Yakupov at center ice.

After Gordon’s unusual score tied it at 2, the Blackhawks had a 5-on-3 advantage and Hossa scored on a screened shot from 35 feet away in the slot.

Toews completed a 2-on-1 break with Patrick Sharp with 2:28 left in the second to extend Chicago’s lead to 4-2. After taking Sharp’s feed, Toews tucked a backhander under Dubnyk’s pad.

Hall got one back for Edmonton when he one-timed a pass from Schultz past Raanta at 5:17 of the third, but Seabrook restored Chicago’s two-goal advantage with 5:41 left.

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) runs against the Carolina Panthers

during Sunday’s NFL playoff game. The 49ers beat the Carolina Panthers 23-10.

The stage is set NFL field is cut to 4 remaining teams DENVER (AP) — Well, well.

We meet again.

Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady in the AFC championship game.

The San Francisco 49ers vs. the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC title bout.

It’ll be a Sunday of rivalry showdowns next weekend, with familiar foes a win away from the Super Bowl.

Manning helped lead the Denver Broncos past the San Diego Chargers 24-17 on Sunday, setting up another meeting with Brady and the New England Patriots.

The Broncos opened as 6½-point favorites for the game at Denver.

“It’s the Broncos versus the Patriots and certainly Tom and I have played against each other a lot,” Manning said, “but when you get to the AFC championship, it’s about two good teams that have been through a lot to get there.”

In the NFC, the 49ers and Seahawks are all set to play for the NFC championship in the latest chapter in one of the NFL’s budding — and bitter — rivalries.

The Seahawks (14-3) opened as 3-point favorites for the game at Seattle.

The Broncos (14-3) controlled the game against the Chargers

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Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) steps back to pass against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday.

(10-8) for 3½ quarters before Philip Rivers capitalized on an injury to cornerback Chris Harris Jr. to stage a comeback reminiscent of Baltimore’s shocking win at Denver exactly a year earlier.

But this time, Manning rescued the Broncos from the brink of another crushing collapse and sent them into the title game for the first time in eight seasons.

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Islanders win fourth in a row ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jonas Hiller made 22 saves in his 14th consecutive victory, and the steamrolling Anaheim Ducks beat the Detroit Red Wings 1-0 Sunday night for their 17th victory in 18 games.

Andrew Cogliano scored in the second period for the NHL-leading Ducks, who improved to 19-0-2 at home this season despite playing without injured scoring leader Ryan Getzlaf.

Hiller was outstanding in the second game of back-to-back starts, earning his third shutout of the year and the 19th of his career.

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selection hasn’t lost since Dec. 3, matching four other goalies for the second-longest winning streak in a single season in NHL history.

Petr Mrazek stopped 22 shots for the Red Wings in a rematch of last season’s first-round matchup in the Western Conference playoffs.

Detroit won Game 7 at Honda Center last spring to eliminate second-seeded Anaheim, which has won just one playoff round since earning its only Stanley Cup title in 2007.

The Ducks were just the seventh team in NHL history to win 16 games in

a 17-game stretch, and their latest victory is their seventh straight since a loss to San Jose on Dec. 29. Anaheim had scored at least four goals in each of its last six games, but didn’t need more than Cogliano’s score to hold off the Red Wings.

Islanders 4, Stars 2 John Tavares scored with 1:24 to go and Brock Nelson added an empty-netter, leading the streaking New York Islanders to a 4-2 victory over the slumping Dallas Stars.

Kyle Okposo had two goals in New York’s fourth consecutive victory. The Islanders (18-22-7) also

have won seven straight road games.

Dallas (20-18-7) has lost six in a row for the first time since March 2011.

Ray Whitney and Sergei Gonchar scored first-period goals for the Stars against goalie Kevin Poulin, who finished with 29 saves.

Sabres 2, Capitals 1 Cody Hodgson decided a lackluster game with the only goal in the shootout, and Buffalo avoided matching the longest road losing streak in franchise history.

Tyler Ennis scored in the first period, and Ryan Miller made 28 saves.

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Sacramento Kings guard Isaiah Thomas, right, drives to the basket against Cleveland Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao during Sunday’s NBA game. The Kings won 124-80.

Thomas powers Kings in victory

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Buffalo Sabres center Cody Hodgson (19) scores the game-winning goal past Washington Capitals goalie Philipp Grubauer (31), from Germany, in the shootout

portion of an NHL game on Sunday. The Sabres won 2-1.

BLACKHAWKS: Chicago claimed fourth-straight win over Edmonton FROM PAGE B1

Hemsky opened the scoring at 6:08 of the first.

He got past Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith on the right wing, cut alone across the top of the crease and slipped a low backhand shot past Raanta.

The Blackhawks tied it at 1 on Smith’s deflection with 5:34 left in the period. It was Chicago’s first first-period goal since Dec. 30, a span of six games.

The NHL’s most potent offense helped make up for an unlucky break in the second.

The Blackhawks already were on a 5-on-4 power play and buzzing in the Oilers’ zone when Dubnyk hacked Shaw and was assessed a delayed penalty for slashing.

Raanta vacated his net and headed to the bench as

Chicago sent out an extra attacker.

From the right corner, Kane bounced a pass off the boards toward the right point. But no Blackhawk was there and the puck slid the length of the ice and into the net.

NOTES: The Blackhawks’ three-game losing streak matched their season-longest slide. … The Oilers started a four-game road trip and now move on to Dallas, Minnesota and Winnipeg. … Chicago has won four straight against Edmonton, dating to last season. …

Kane had two assists, but following a career-high 14-game point streak (eight goals, 17 assists), the Blackhawks’ leading scorer has just three assists in his last seven.

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Chicago Blackhawk Jonathan Toews (19), celebrates with teammates Patrick Sharp (10), and Marian Hossa (81), after scoring a goal during Sunday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers.

NFL: Harbaugh, Carroll will meet in NFC title game FROM PAGE B1

“It’s just a great achievement,” Brady said. “People have counted us out at times this year, but I think we’ve got a locker room full of believers.”

It’s easy to see why after they forced Andrew Luck into throwing four interceptions and ran for six scores against the Colts.

“We just had to keep our foot on the gas pedal,” Blount said, “and make sure that they didn’t to us what they did to Kansas City.”

Last weekend, the Colts (12-6) pulled off a stunning 45-44 victory over the Chiefs in which they overcame a 38-10 third-quarter deficit in the wild-card game for the second-biggest comeback victory in NFL playoff history.

This time, there was no such come-from-behind performance for Luck and the Colts.

At Charlotte, N.C., Colin Kaepernick threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score and the 49ers defeated the Carolina Panthers 23-10 on Sunday.

San Francisco, which lost last year to Baltimore, is looking for a return trip to the Super Bowl. And lots of hard hits and plenty of jawing might be expected in this latest matchup with the Seahawks.

“I think we’re the two teams everyone was looking at from the beginning,” Kaepernick said. “It’s going

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San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (17) is sacked by Denver Broncos defensive end Malik Jackson (97) during Sunday’s playoff game.

to be a knockdown, drag-out game.”

The 49ers have committed seven turnovers and been outscored 71-16 in their past two trips to Seattle, including a 29-3 Week 2 loss in September.

“We’re a different team than we were the first time we played them up there,” Kaepernick insisted.

The 49ers (14-4) will get a chance to prove that next weekend after Kaepernick completed 15 of 28 passes for 196 yards Sunday, avenging his worst statistical performance of the season

two months ago against the Panthers. He was held to 91 yards passing and 16 yards rushing in the first meeting with Carolina, a 10-9 loss at Candlestick Park.

On Saturday, Marshawn Lynch ran for a franchise playoff-record 140 yards and two touchdowns and Seattle’s defense flustered Drew Brees and New Orleans in a 23-15 victory.

The top-seeded Seahawks advanced to the NFC title game for the second time, and first since the 2005 playoffs.

“We haven’t done

anything yet,” quarterback Russell Wilson said. “That’s our goal. We have 60 minutes of football left.”

Against a familiar foe.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh have been rivals dating to their days as opponents in the old Pac-10 conference.

In 2009, after Harbaugh’s Stanford team ran up the score on Carroll’s Southern California squad in a 55-21 rout, the two met at midfield and an annoyed Carroll barked, “What’s your deal?”

They’ve carried that over to the NFL — and it might get ramped up again during the week with a Super Bowl appearance on the line.

“We’re healthy, we’re a great team and we’re willing to do whatever it takes to get that ring,” Gore said. “We’re playing great ball.”

The 49ers held Cam Newton in check, intercepting him twice and sacking him five times while stopping the Panthers (12-5) twice on the 1-yard line in the first half.

At Seattle, Steven Hauschka kicked three field goals in blustery conditions, and Lynch capped the victory with a 31-yard scoring run with 2:40 left that Carroll celebrated by jumping into offensive line coach Tom Cable’s arms.

“It feels awesome,” fullback Michael Robinson said, “but this doesn’t mean anything if we don’t win next week.”

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

(AP) — Isaiah Thomas scored 26 points and the Sacramento Kings won their third straight game with this season’s biggest rout, a 124-80 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night.

The Kings scored 16 straight points in the third quarter and led by 28 points heading into the fourth.

The three-game winning streak is Sacramento’s first since December 2012. The 44-point victory margin was the largest in the NBA this season, according to STATS. C.J. Miles had 14 points and Luol Deng added 12 for the Cavaliers, who had won two straight.

Cleveland went just over five minutes without a basket in the third quarter, when it shot 4 of 20 and was outscored 30-11. The Cavaliers were outscored 65-30 in the second half.

Kyrie Irving, the Cavaliers’ leading scorer, missed 11 of 14 shots, 3 of 4 free throws, and finished with seven points.

Spurs 104, Timberwolves 86 Kawhi Leonard scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half and San Antonio held off Minnesota for its fourth straight win.

Tim Duncan had 15 points and Tony Parker added 14 points and 10 assists for Western Conference-leading San Antonio.

Matt Bonner also scored 14 points — including 4-for-5 shooting on 3-pointers — and Marco Belinelli had 13 points and Patty Mills added 10.

Nikola Pekovic scored 22 points to lead Minnesota.

Kevin Love had 14 points and Alexey Shved added 11.

Already without Manu Ginobili and Tiago Splitter, the Spurs lost Danny Green early in the second quarter to a sprained finger. Minus two of their top wings, Leonard took over in the second half.

Grizzlies 108, Hawks 101 Mike Conley had 21 points and 13 assists and Zach Randolph added 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead Memphis over Atlanta.

Paul Millsap scored 21 points to lead the Hawks, who had won two straight.

It was only the Hawks’ third loss to the Grizzlies in the past 15 games.

Memphis pulled away in the fourth quarter behind Conley, who tied a career best with 31 points in a victory over the Phoenix Suns on Friday. Conley had eight points in the final quarter, including two free throws that gave the Grizzlies a 102-92 lead with 2:46 left.

Mike Miller also had eight points in the fourth quarter for the Grizzlies, including two 3-pointers.

He finished with 15 points.

Local Sports Briefs • Wrestling Eastside sixth at New Haven invite NEW HAVEN — The Eastside wrestling team finished sixth out of seven teams at the New Haven Invitational on Saturday.

Penn (235) was first, followed by Wayne (205), New Haven (176), South Adams (150.5), Woodlan (141.5), Eastside (135.5) and Harrison (69).

For Eastside, Gage Delong (152) finished in second place, Brandon Miller (126), Tate Burns (138) and Terry Nickolson (182) were third, Danielle Kiracofe (106), Cory Franz (170) and Jennings Nickolson (195) were fourth, Trae Hand (113), Codey Ross (120), Jacob Alloway (132) and Austin Webb (160) were fifth, and Parker Pringle (145) and Caleb Renfrow (285) were seventh.

Boys Basketball Lakewood Park tops Clinton Christian AUBURN — Jared Gerke scored 12 points, and teammates Bradey Gerke and Noah Gardner scored 11 points each, as Lakewood Park Christian defeated Clinton Christian, 66-47, on Saturday night.

Drake Donaldson and Andrew Johnson scored eight points each, Austin Mann had seven points and Hunter

Yoder scored six points to round out the Panther (4-4) scoring.

Adams Central bests Garrett MONROE — Garrett’s six-game winning steak came to an end Saturady night with a 47-40 loss to Adams Central in Allen County Athletic Conference play. Matt Singleton and Kordell Kessler were in double figures with 13 and 10 points, respectively, for the Railroaders (6-2, 2-1 ACAC). Jared Estep scored eight points, Justin McCoy had seven points, and Karsten Cooper and Tommy Reneau had one point each.

Blade Kalbe led Adams Central with 19 points.

Girls Basketball Marines lose at Churubusco CHURUBUSCO — Hamilton lost to Churubusco 54-31 in a Northeast Corner Conference game Saturday afternoon.

The Eagles (6-8, 3-4 NECC) broke the game open by outscoring the Marines 17-6 in the second quarter to take a 30-15 halftime lead.

Lindsay Upp had 18 points for the Marines (2-6, 0-5), which had not played since Dec. 21. Emma Gaff had six points and two steals and Sanne Van Roessel had five points, five rebounds and two steals.

SCOREBOARD •

MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014

Boys Basketball Standings Northeast Hoosier Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Homestead 2 0 9 3 New Haven 2 0 6 2 Norwell 2 0 6 3 Columbia City 2 0 6 5 Carroll 0 2 7 4 Bellmont 0 2 4 5 DeKalb 0 2 3 9 East Noble 0 2 0 9 Wednesday’s Game Norwell at FW Wayne Northeast Corner Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L West Noble 4 0 8 0 Westview 3 0 4 2 Prairie Heights 4 1 7 2 Fairfield 3 1 5 3 Angola 1 2 3 5 Fremont 1 2 1 7 Eastside 1 3 4 5 Hamilton 1 2 4 4 Lakeland 1 4 2 5 Churubusco 1 2 1 8 Central Noble 0 3 1 8 Tuesday’s Games NECC Tournament — 1st round Central Noble at Eastside Hamilton at Fremont Lakeland at Fairfield Wednesday’s Games NECC Tournament — Quarterfinals Hamilton-Fremont winner at Central Noble-Eastside winner West Noble at Angola Westview at Lakeland-Fairfield winner Prairie Heights at Churubusco Thursday’s Games NECC Tournament Consolation games TBA Allen County Athletic Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Garrett 2 1 6 2 Bluffton 2 0 4 4 Leo 2 1 6 3 Adams Central 2 1 4 4 Woodlan 1 1 3 4 Heritage 1 1 2 4 South Adams 0 3 2 8 Southern Wells 0 2 1 5 Tuesday’s Games ACAC Tournament — 1st round Heritage at Bluffton Leo at Woodlan Southern Wells at Adams Central South Adams at Garrett Thursday’s Games ACAC Tournament — Semifinals at F.W. Memorial Coliseum Heritage-Bluffton winner vs.

Leo-Woodlan winner SW-AC winner vs. South Adams-Garrett winner Saturday, Jan. 18 ACAC Tournament Championship game at F.W. Memorial Coliseum between semifinal winners

Girls Basketball Standings Northeast Hoosier Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Homestead 4 0 11 1 East Noble 3 1 10 4 DeKalb 3 0 9 3 Norwell 2 2 9 3 Columbia City 1 2 9 5 New Haven 1 2 6 7 Carroll 0 4 3 11 Bellmont 0 3 0 13 Tuesday’s Games DeKalb at Northridge Homestead at Snider Wawasee at Columbia City Wednesday, Jan. 15 Warsaw at Carroll Thursday, Jan. 16 FW North Side at Bellmont Whitko at Norwell Northeast Corner Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Westview 6 0 10 2 Fairfield 5 0 7 2 West Noble 6 2 8 5 Angola 5 2 5 7 Fremont 3 2 7 5 Prairie Heights 3 5 6 7 Lakeland 3 5 5 9 Churubusco 3 4 6 8 Central Noble 1 5 3 7 Hamilton 0 5 2 6 Eastside 0 5 2 9 Tuesday’s Games NECC Tournament — 1st round Central Noble at Eastside Hamilton at Fremont Lakeland at Fairfield Wednesday’s Games NECC Tournament — Quarterfinals Hamilton-Fremont winner vs. Central Noble-Eastside winner at Central Noble-Eastside boys winner West Noble at Angola Westview vs. Lakeland-Fairfield winner at Lakeland-Fairfield boys winner Prairie Heights at Churubusco Thursday’s Games NECC Tournament Consolation games TBA Allen County Athletic Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Garrett 5 0 13 0 Leo 3 1 10 1 Heritage 4 1 10 3 Woodlan 2 2 7 3 Southern Wells 2 2 6 5 South Adams 1 3 10 3 Bluffton 1 4 3 9 Adams Central 0 5 3 9 Tuesday’s Games ACAC Tournament — 1st round Heritage at Bluffton Leo at Woodlan Southern Wells at Adams Central South Adams at Garrett Wednesday’s Games ACAC Tournament — Semifinals at F.W. Memorial Coliseum Heritage-Bluffton winner vs.

Leo-Woodlan winner SW-AC winner vs. South Adams-Garrett winner Saturday, Jan. 18 ACAC Tournament Championship game at F.W. Memorial Coliseum between semifinal winners

NFL Playoffs Wild-card Playoffs Indianapolis 45, Kansas City 44 New Orleans 26, Philadelphia 24 San Diego 27, Cincinnati 10 San Francisco 23, Green Bay 20 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 11 Seattle 23, New Orleans 15 New England 43, Indianpolis 22 Sunday, Jan. 12 San Francisco 23, Carolina 10 San Diego at Denver 24, San Diego 17 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 New England vs. Denver, 3 p.m. (CBS) San Francisco at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.

(FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu TBD, 7:30 p.m. (NBC) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Boston 45 29 14 2 60 129 98 Tampa Bay 45 27 14 4 58 132 109 Montreal 46 26 15 5 57 117 107 Detroit 45 20 1510 50 118 126 Toronto 47 22 20 5 49 128 143 Ottawa 46 20 18 8 48 131 146 Florida 45 17 21 7 41 105 139 Buffalo 44 13 26 5 31 77 121 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 47 33 12 2 68 152 112 Washington 45 22 16 7 51 136 135 N.Y. Rangers47 24 20 3 51 118 124 Philadelphia 46 23 19 4 50 121 129 New Jersey 47 19 1810 48 108 117 Carolina 45 19 17 9 47 111 128 Columbus 45 21 20 4 46 126 129 N.Y. Islanders4718 22 7 43 130 152 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Chicago 48 30 810 70 175 132

St. Louis 44 31 8 5 67 161 99 Colorado 45 28 12 5 61 132 115 Minnesota 48 25 18 5 55 118 119 Dallas 45 20 18 7 47 127 139 Nashville 47 19 21 7 45 109 141 Winnipeg 47 19 23 5 43 128 145 Pacific Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Anaheim 47 34 8 5 73 160 119 San Jose 46 28 12 6 62 148 116 Los Angeles 46 27 14 5 59 119 96 Vancouver 46 24 13 9 57 123 114 Phoenix 44 21 14 9 51 133 136 Calgary 45 15 24 6 36 101 144 Edmonton 48 15 28 5 35 126 169 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Ottawa 2, Nashville 1, SO Tampa Bay 6, Philadelphia 3 Montreal 2, Chicago 1, OT New Jersey 2, Florida 1, OT Columbus 6, Winnipeg 3 Colorado 4, Minnesota 2 Anaheim 5, Phoenix 3 Pittsburgh 2, Calgary 1 Detroit 3, Los Angeles 1 Boston 1, San Jose 0 Sunday’s Games Buffalo 2, Washington 1, SO Toronto 3, New Jersey 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 4, Dallas 2 N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 1 Chicago 5, Edmonton 3 Minnesota 4, Nashville 0 Detroit at Anaheim, late Monday’s Games Calgary at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Washington, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Ottawa at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 18 17 .514 — Brooklyn 15 22 .405 4 New York 14 22 .389 4½ Boston 13 25 .342 6½ Philadelphia 12 25 .324 7 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 27 10 .730 — Atlanta 20 18 .526 7½ Washington 16 19 .457 10 Charlotte 15 23 .395 12½ Orlando 10 27 .270 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 29 7 .806 — Chicago 17 18 .486 11½ Detroit 16 22 .421 14 Cleveland 13 24 .351 16½ Milwaukee 7 29 .194 22 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 29 8 .784 — Houston 24 14 .632 5½ Dallas 22 16 .579 7½ Memphis 17 19 .472 11½ New Orleans 15 21 .417 13½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 28 9 .757 — Oklahoma City 28 9 .757 — Denver 19 17 .528 8½ Minnesota 18 19 .486 10 Utah 12 26 .316 16½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 26 13 .667 — Golden State 25 14 .641 1 Phoenix 21 15 .583 3½ L.A. Lakers 14 23 .378 11 Sacramento 13 22 .371 11 Saturday’s Games Houston 114, Washington 107 Toronto 96, Brooklyn 80 New York 102, Philadelphia 92 Detroit 110, Phoenix 108 Chicago 103, Charlotte 97 Oklahoma City 101, Milwaukee 85 Dallas 110, New Orleans 107 Denver 120, Orlando 94 Portland 112, Boston 104 Sunday’s Games Sacramento 124, Cleveland 80 Memphis 108, Atlanta 101 San Antonio 104, Minnesota 86 Monday’s Games Milwaukee at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Houston at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Chicago, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Denver at Utah, 9 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Sacramento at Indiana, 7 p.m.

New York at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Big Ten Standings Conf. AllGames W L W L 4 0 15 1 3 0 16 0 3 0 11 4 3 1 14 3 2 2 13 4 2 2 15 2 2 2 13 4 1 2 11 5 1 2 11 5 0 4 8 8 1 3 8 9 0 4 9 8

Michigan St. Wisconsin Michigan Iowa Illinois Ohio St. Minnesota Indiana Purdue Nebraska Northwestern Penn St. Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Indiana 79, Penn St. 76 Michigan St. 87, Minnesota 75, OT Sunday’s Games Purdue 70, Nebraska 64 Iowa 84, Ohio State 74 Northwestern 49, Illinois 43

Summit League Standings Conf. AllGames W L W L IPFW 2 0 14 5 W.Illinois 1 0 7 9 S. Dakota 1 0 5 9 N. Dakota St 1 1 12 5 S. Dakota St 1 1 9 8 Nebraska-Omaha 0 1 10 5 Denver 0 1 7 9 IUPUI 0 2 5 14 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games N. Dakota St. 87, IUPUI 64 South Dakota 59, Denver 54 IPFW 82, S. Dakota St. 75 W. Illinois 79, Nebraska-Omaha 72, OT Sunday’s Games No games scheduled

Missouri Valley Standings Conf. AllGames W L W L Wichita St. 4 0 17 0 Indiana St. 4 0 13 3 N. Iowa 3 1 9 7 Missouri St. 2 2 12 4 Illinois St. 2 2 9 7 Drake 1 3 10 6 Evansville 1 3 8 9 Loyola, Chicago 1 3 6 10 Bradley 1 3 6 11 S. Illinois 1 3 5 12 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Indiana St. 62, Bradley 59 Evansville 75, S. Illinois 69 N. Iowa 76, Drake 66 Wichita St. 72, Missouri St. 69, OT Illinois St. 59, Loyola of Chicago 50 Sunday’s Games No games scheduled

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E. Illinois 2 3 5 11 SE Missouri 1 3 9 8 SIU-Edwardsville 1 3 4 13 UT-Martin 0 4 5 14 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Belmont 87, UT-Martin 72 E. Illinois 56, Jacksonville St. 48 SE Missouri 102, Tennessee St. 94 E. Kentucky 76, Morehead St. 65 Murray St. 89, Austin Peay 67 Tennessee Tech 64, SIU-Edwardsville 63 Sunday’s Games No games scheduled

Southeastern Conference Standings Conf. AllGames W L W L 2 0 13 2 2 0 12 3 2 0 11 4 2 0 8 6 1 1 13 2 1 1 11 4 1 1 10 4 1 1 10 5 1 1 10 5 1 1 7 8 0 2 11 4 0 2 8 5 0 2 8 6 0 2 7 8

Florida Kentucky Texas A&M Georgia Missouri Mississippi St. LSU Mississippi Tennessee Alabama Arkansas Auburn Vanderbilt South Carolina Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Florida 84, Arkansas 82, OT LSU 71, South Carolina 68 Missouri 70, Auburn 68 Kentucky 71, Vanderbilt 62 Georgia 66, Alabama 58 Mississippi St. 76, Mississippi 72 Texas A&M 57, Tennessee 56 Sunday’s Games No games scheduled

Southern Conference Standings Conf. AllGames W L W L Chattanooga 4 0 10 8 W. Carolina 3 0 10 8 Davidson 3 0 7 10 Elon 2 1 9 8 UNC Greensboro 2 1 9 9 Wofford 2 2 7 9 Georgia Southern 1 1 8 9 Samford 1 3 7 12 Appalachian St. 0 3 4 12 The Citadel 0 3 4 14 Furman 0 4 6 11 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games W. Carolina 68, Georgia Southern 67 Elon 74, The Citadel 65 Samford 57, Furman 55 Chattanooga 70, Wofford 69 Davidson 78, Appalachian St. 66 Sunday’s Games No games scheduled

West Coast Conference Standings Conf. AllGames W L W L Gonzaga 4 1 14 3 Pepperdine 4 2 11 7 San Francisco 4 2 11 7 St. Mary’s 3 2 12 5 BYU 3 2 11 7 Santa Clara 3 3 10 9 Portland 2 3 10 7 Loyola Marymount 2 4 10 8 Pacific 1 4 10 6 San Diego 1 4 10 8 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Pacific 80, Santa Clara 68 Saint Mary’s 88, San Francisco 73 BYU 91, Loyola Marymount 68 Pepperdine 69, San Diego 65 Sunday’s Games No games scheduled

Western Athletic Conferece Conf. AllGames W L W L New Mexico St. 3 0 14 5 Utah Valley 2 0 8 7 Chicago St. 2 0 7 9 UMKC 2 1 5 10 Grand Canyon 2 2 7 10 Seattle 1 2 9 7 Idaho 1 3 7 11 CS Bakersfield 0 2 7 9 Tex.-Pan Am. 0 3 4 14 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Chicago St. 68, UMKC 66 New Mexico St. 78, Idaho 54 Seattle 64, Texas-Pan American 46 Utah Valley 65, Grand Canyon 58 Sunday’s Games No games scheduled

American Athletic Conference Standings Conf. AllGames W L W L 4 0 15 2 3 1 12 3 3 1 14 3 2 1 10 6 1 2 11 4 1 2 13 3 1 2 9 5 1 2 10 6 1 2 7 9 0 4 5 9

Cincinnati Memphis Louisville Houston SMU UConn UCF South Florida Rutgers Temple Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Memphis 79, Temple 69 UConn 84, UCF 61 Cincinnati 71, Rutgers 51 Sunday’s Games Louisville 71, SMU 63

Conference USA Standings Conf. AllGames W L W L Louisiana Tech 2 0 14 3 UTSA 2 0 6 9 Southern Miss.

1 1 14 3 Middle Tennessee 1 0 11 5 Old Dominion 1 0 7 9 Tulsa 2 0 7 9 Charlotte 1 1 10 5 UTEP 1 1 11 6 FIU 1 1 9 8 Tulane 1 1 9 8 FAU 1 1 5 11 UAB 0 1 11 4 East Carolina 0 1 11 5 North Texas 0 2 9 7 Marshall 0 2 6 11 Rice 0 2 4 10 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Tulane 73, North Texas 62 UTSA 85, Charlotte 77 Middle Tennessee 89, UAB 84, OT Old Dominion 81, East Carolina 70 FAU 73, Rice 68 Louisiana Tech 85, FIU 51 UTEP 66, Marshall 56 Sunday’s Games Tulsa 75, Southern Miss. 71

Horizon League Standings Conf. AllGames W L W L Green Bay 3 0 13 3 Cleveland St. 2 1 10 7 Wright St. 2 1 10 8 Milwaukee 2 2 12 6 Oakland 2 2 7 12 Youngstown St. 1 2 10 8 Valparaiso 1 2 9 9 Detroit 1 2 8 10 Ill.-Chicago 0 2 5 11 Friday’s Games Wright St. 62, Valparaiso 45 Saturday’s Games Oakland 77, Detroit 69 Sunday’s Games Green Bay 93, Milwaukee 86, OT Ill.-Chicago at Wright St., 7 p.m.

Mid-American Standings

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Conf. AllGames W L W L Belmont 4 0 12 6 Tennessee Tech 3 1 10 9 Morehead St. 2 1 11 7 E. Kentucky 2 2 11 6 Jacksonville St. 2 3 8 12 Tennessee St. 1 3 2 16 West Murray St. 4 0 9 7 Austin Peay 2 1 8 9

Buffalo Akron Ohio Kent St. Miami (Ohio) Bowling Green West W. Michigan Toledo

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E. Michigan 1 1 9 6 N. Illinois 1 1 7 7 Cent. Michigan 0 2 7 7 Ball St. 0 2 3 10 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Buffalo 76, E. Michigan 66 W. Michigan 78, Miami (Ohio) 77, OT Toledo 86, Cent. Michigan 71 Kent St. 86, Ball St. 74 Sunday’s Games N. Illinois 45, Bowling Green 36 Akron 83, Ohio 80, 2OT

Mens College Basketball Summaries PURDUE 70, NEBRASKA 64 NEBRASKA (8-8) Petteway 7-17 4-5 19, Shields 1-5 3-7 5, Pitchford 2-7 0-0 5, Webster 2-6 1-2 5, Gallegos 4-7 0-0 10, Biggs 4-11 2-2 10, Parker 0-0 2-2 2, Smith 4-5 0-0 8. Totals 24-58 12-18 64.

PURDUE (11-5) Smotherman 1-3 0-0 2, Hammons 6-9 6-7 18, T. Johnson 2-6 0-2 4, R. Johnson 5-7 4-10 14, Davis 1-2 2-3 4, Carter 2-4 3-4 8, Scott 0-5 0-0 0, Stephens 2-4 2-2 8, Simpson 3-7 0-0 7, Peck 1-3 0-0 3, Carroll 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals 24-52 17-28 70.

Halftime — Purdue 35-32. 3-Point Goals — Nebraska 4-16 (Gallegos 2-5, Pitchford 1-4, Petteway 1-6, Biggs 0-1), Purdue 5-13 (Stephens 2-3, Simpson 1-1, Peck 1-2, Carter 1-3, Carroll 0-1, T. Johnson 0-3). Fouled Out — Biggs. Rebounds — Nebraska 34 (Petteway, Shields 9), Purdue 38 (Carter 7). Assists — Nebraska 12 (Biggs, Gallegos, Petteway, Pitchford, Smith 2), Purdue 15 (Davis 3). Total Fouls — Nebraska 19, Purdue 15. A — 9,182.

No. 20 IOWA 84, No. 3 OHIO ST. 74 IOWA (14-3) Basabe 4-5 3-4 11, Marble 7-13 8-11 22, Gesell 3-7 4-4 11, White 8-12 2-2 19, Woodbury 0-2 2-2 2, Olaseni 0-1 1-2 1, Oglesby 3-6 0-0 8, Clemmons 0-0 0-0 0, McCabe 0-8 0-0 0, Uthoff 4-7 1-1 10. Totals 29-61 21-26 84.

OHIO ST. (15-2) Scott 1-5 0-0 2, Craft 2-5 1-3 6, Ross 7-16 5-6 22, A. Williams 4-7 3-4 11, Smith Jr. 3-7 3-3 10, Loving 2-3 2-3 7, Thompson 3-8 2-3 8, Della Valle 2-4 0-0 5, McDonald 1-1 1-2 3. Totals 25-56 17-24 74.

Halftime — Iowa 37-35. 3-Point Goals — Iowa 5-17 (Oglesby 2-4, Uthoff 1-1, White 1-1, Gesell 1-4, Marble 0-2, McCabe 0-5), Ohio St. 7-21 (Ross 3-8, Craft 1-1, Loving 1-1, Della Valle 1-2, Smith Jr. 1-4, Thompson 0-2, Scott 0-3). Fouled Out — Craft. Rebounds — Iowa 40 (Basabe 10), Ohio St. 31 (Ross 7). Assists — Iowa 14 (Gesell, Marble, McCabe 3), Ohio St. 15 (Craft 6). Total Fouls — Iowa 18, Ohio St. 22.

A — 18,809.

NORTHWESTERN 49, No. 23 ILLINOIS 43 ILLINOIS (13-4) Ekey 2-11 0-0 5, Egwu 3-7 0-0 6, Abrams 6-15 0-0 13, Bertrand 2-10 0-2 4, Rice 2-11 3-4 8, Tate 0-0 0-0 0, Hill 0-1 0-0 0, Morgan 1-2 0-0 2, Nunn 2-7 0-0 5. Totals 18-64 3-6 43.

NORTHWESTERN (8-9) Crawford 2-8 7-10 13, Abrahamson 0-3 1-2 1, Lumpkin 1-4 2-2 4, Olah 4-10 0-3 9, Cobb 5-7 0-0 11, Demps 4-11 0-0 11, Montgomery III 0-0 0-0 0, Taphorn 0-0 0-0 0, Cerina 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 16-43 10-17 49.

Halftime — Northwestern 22-15.

3-Point Goals — Illinois 4-19 (Abrams 1-2, Nunn 1-3, Rice 1-4, Ekey 1-6, Hill 0-1, Bertrand 0-3), Northwestern 7-21 (Demps 3-6, Crawford 2-6, Cobb 1-2, Olah 1-3, Lumpkin 0-2, Abrahamson 0-2). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — Illinois 40 (Ekey 9), Northwestern 36 (Crawford, Demps 8). Assists — Illinois 11 (Abrams 5), Northwestern 13 (Demps 5). Total Fouls — Illinois 16, Northwestern 13. A — 8,117.

No. 12 LOUISVILLE 71, SMU 63 SMU (11-4) Williams 4-5 2-2 10, Kennedy 5-12 2-3 12, Brown 1-8 1-5 3, N. Moore 2-8 1-3 5, Russell 3-8 1-2 9, Manuel 2-8 3-5 7, Frazier 0-5 0-0 0, Head 0-1 0-0 0, Cunningham 4-5 0-0 8, B. Moore 3-5 3-5 9. Totals 24-65 13-25 63.

LOUISVILLE (14-3) Blackshear 1-3 0-1 3, Harrell 5-8 2-7 12, Smith 7-16 6-7 23, Jones 1-2 0-0 2, Hancock 8-15 3-4 23, Rozier 3-7 0-2 8, Mathiang 0-0 0-0 0, Henderson 0-2 0-0 0, Van Treese 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-53 11-21 71.

Halftime — Louisville 37-25. 3-Point Goals — SMU 2-11 (Russell 2-2, Kennedy 0-1, Cunningham 0-1, Brown 0-1, Frazier 0-2, N. Moore 0-4), Louisville 10-23 (Hancock 4-9, Smith 3-5, Rozier 2-3, Blackshear 1-3, Jones 0-1, Henderson 0-2). Fouled Out — Blackshear, Kennedy. Rebounds — SMU 48 (Kennedy 8), Louisville 35 (Harrell 13). Assists — SMU 12 (N. Moore 4), Louisville 16 (Smith 7).

Total Fouls — SMU 24, Louisville 21.

A — 21,237.

No. 13 SAN DIEGO ST. 79, AIR FORCE 72 SAN DIEGO ST. (14-1) Spencer 0-1 0-2 0, Shepard 6-12 2-6 14, O’Brien 5-8 7-8 18, Davis 5-9 3-8 13, Thames 5-11 4-4 16, Allen 0-1 0-0 0, Polee II 0-4 2-2 2, Quinn 1-3 0-0 3, Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Shrigley 5-10 0-0 13. Totals 27-61 18-30 79.

AIR FORCE (8-7) Olesinski 3-6 2-4 8, Hammonds 2-4 0-0 4, Williams 6-12 0-0 13, Coggins 11-18 2-2 29, Yon 4-8 3-3 12, Kocur 0-0 0-0 0, Earls 2-6 2-4 6, Kammerer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-54 9-13 72.

Halftime — San Diego St. 31-27.

3-Point Goals — San Diego St. 7-14 (Shrigley 3-6, Thames 2-3, O’Brien 1-1, Quinn 1-3, Polee II 0-1), Air Force 7-20 (Coggins 5-10, Williams 1-4, Yon 1-4, Earls 0-1, Olesinski 0-1). Fouled Out — Polee II. Rebounds — San Diego St. 39 (Davis, O’Brien 11), Air Force 30 (Olesinski 7). Assists — San Diego St. 11 (Thames 5), Air Force 10 (Olesinski 3). Total Fouls — San Diego St. 16, Air Force 20. A — 2,152.

WASHINGTON 71, No. 15 COLORADO 54 COLORADO (14-3) Booker 0-9 0-0 0, Gordon 5-7 1-2 11, Johnson 3-6 1-2 8, Dinwiddie 2-4 3-3 7, Scott 4-9 7-7 15, Talton 0-5 0-0 0, Stalzer 1-3 0-0 2, Fletcher 1-3 2-2 4, Thomas 0-1 0-2 0, Hopkins 3-8 1-2 7, King 0-0 0-0 0, Mills 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-55 15-20 54.

WASHINGTON (11-6) Blackwell 1-11 0-0 2, Williams-Goss 6-8 0-0 12, Anderson 0-0 3-4 3, Andrews 4-13 4-4 14, Wilcox 12-18 0-0 31, Johnson 1-2 3-4 5, Simmons 1-2 0-0 2, Kemp, Jr. 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 26-55 10-12 71.

Halftime — Colorado 29-26. 3-Point Goals — Colorado 1-12 (Johnson 1-2, Dinwiddie 0-1, Stalzer 0-1, Hopkins 0-2, Talton 0-2, Fletcher 0-2, Booker 0-2), Washington 9-20 (Wilcox 7-12, Andrews 2-5, Simmons 0-1, WilliamsGoss 0-2). Fouled Out — None.

Rebounds — Colorado 38 (Gordon 13), Washington 30 (Anderson 10). Assists — Colorado 6 (Booker, Dinwiddie, Hopkins, Johnson, Stalzer, Talton 1), Washington 10 (Blackwell 3). Total Fouls — Colorado 15, Washington 18.

A — 6,742.

STANFORD 82, No. 17 OREGON 80 STANFORD (10-5) Nastic 1-3 2-2 4, Randle 8-14 5-9 23, Brown 10-12 3-4 24, Huestis 0-7 1-2 1, Powell 5-9 4-6 14, Mal. Allen 0-0 0-0 0, Lemons 2-5 1-2 5, Mar. Allen 1-3 0-0 2, Verhoeven 0-0 0-0 0, Gage 3-4 0-0 9. Totals 30-57 16-25 82.

OREGON (13-3) Moser 8-14 4-4 24, Young 1-7 2-2 5, Loyd 3-6 0-0 8, Austin 0-1 0-0 0, Dotson 4-6 0-0 10, Artis 1-3 2-2 5, Calliste 3-4 4-5 12, Amardi 3-4 3-4 9, Cook 1-1 1-3 3, Carter 0-0 4-6 4.

Totals 24-46 20-26 80.

Halftime — Stanford 41-37. 3-Point Goals — Stanford 6-14 (Gage 3-4, Randle 2-4, Brown 1-2, Powell 0-1, Lemons 0-3), Oregon 12-22 (Moser 4-7, Loyd 2-2, Dotson 2-3, Calliste 2-3, Artis 1-2, Young 1-5). Fouled Out — Nastic. Rebounds — Stanford

31 (Huestis 7), Oregon 26 (Moser 6). Assists — Stanford 16 (Powell 6), Oregon 18 (Loyd 6). Total Fouls — Stanford 19, Oregon 21. A — NA.

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Women’s College Basketball Summaries No. 2 NOTRE DAME 79, VIRGINIA 72 NOTRE DAME (15-0) Achonwa 9-14 8-10 26, Braker 0-2 5-6 5, Allen 0-3 1-2 1, McBride 10-22 2-2 23, Loyd 6-17 4-4 17, Reimer 2-3 0-0 4, Cable 0-3 0-0 0, Mabrey 1-2 0-0 3, Wright 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-66 20-24 79.

VIRGINIA (8-8) Imovbioh 8-12 2-6 18, Wolfe 2-6 3-3 7, Suarez 0-5 0-0 0, Gerson 4-12 0-0 8, Franklin 4-9 0-0 8, Mason 0-5 0-0 0, Randolph 10-17 1-2 23, Gaffney 2-5 2-2 6, Umeri 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 31-74 8-13 72.

Halftime — Notre Dame 43-36. 3-Point Goals — Notre Dame 3-12 (Mabrey 1-1, McBride 1-4, Loyd 1-4, Allen 0-1, Cable 0-2), Virginia 2-8 (Randolph 2-4, Gerson 0-2, Franklin 0-2). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — Notre Dame 47 (Achonwa 16), Virginia 39 (Imovbioh 12). Assists — Notre Dame 12 (McBride 5), Virginia 14 (Franklin 5).

Total Fouls — Notre Dame 15, Virginia 17. A — 4,451.

No. 21 PURDUE 84, No. 14 PENN ST. 74 PURDUE (11-4) Moses 7-16 5-5 25, Williams 1-2 0-0 2, Houser 6-15 4-4 18, Clemons 5-9 2-3 12, Redmon 0-3 0-0 0, Hamby 0-1 0-0 0, Perry 1-10 7-9 9, Wilson 3-6 3-3 9, Bays 3-10 3-4 9. Totals 26-72 24-28 84.

PENN ST. (11-4) Taylor 6-16 0-0 13, East 4-10 1-1 9, Edwards 4-18 4-5 12, Lucas 6-15 3-3 17, Waldner 3-6 2-2 8, Agee 1-4 3-6 5, Harris 2-5 0-0 4, Mitchell 3-5 0-0 6, Whitted 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-79 13-17 74.

Halftime — Purdue 46-37. 3-Point Goals — Purdue 8-17 (Moses 6-10, Houser 2-5, Perry 0-2), Penn St. 3-10 (Lucas 2-5, Taylor 1-5). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — Purdue 49 (Bays 14), Penn St. 51 (East 10). Assists — Purdue 13 (Houser 5), Penn St. 15 (Taylor 6). Total Fouls — Purdue 17, Penn St. 23. A — 4,853.

Volvo Champions Scores Sunday At Durban Country Club Durban, South Africa Purse: $4 million Yardage: 6,686; Par: 72 Final Louis Oosthuizen, 68-69-71-68—276 Branden Grace, 74-67-68-68—277 Joost Luiten, 70-67-70-71—278 Tommy Fleetwood, 70-67-69-72—278 Raphael Jacquelin, 67-73-70-69—279 Victor Dubuisson, 69-69-69-72—279 Padraig Harrington, 71-71-70-67—279 Thomas Aiken, 72-72-70-67—281 Julien Quesne, 74-73-66-68—281 Matteo Manassero, 72-67-73-71—283 Brett Rumford, 73-70-68-72—283 Thomas Bjorn, 79-68-67-69—283 Jamie Donaldson, 71-71-68-74—284 Morten Madsen, 71-74-69-69—284 Charl Schwartzel, 74-69-68-72—285 Miguel Jimenez, 76-70-67-72—285 Chris Wood, 70-71-71-74—286 Gonzalo Castano, 74-73-71-69—287 Mikko Ilonen, 73-73-69-72—287 Paul Casey, 72-75-65-75—287 David Lynn, 71-74-72-71—288 Jin Jeong, 73-76-68-71—288 Kiradeck Aphibarnrat, 75-74-71-69—289 David Howell, 76-69-71-73—289 Colin Montgomerie, 70-74-69-76—289 Darren Clarke, 69-71-72-77—289 Richard Sterne, 72-73-73-73—291 Stephen Gallacher, 73-74-72-73—292 Michael Hoey, 72-73-73-74—292 Simon Thornton, 70-72-80-71—293 Robert Karlsson, 74-72-73-75—294 Dawie Van der Walt, 71-71-75-78—295 Peter Uihlein, 70-78-70-78—296 Darren Fichardt, 73-71-74-79—297 Jose Maria Olazabal, 73-77-77-73—300

PGA-Sony Open Scores Sunday At Waialae Country Club Honolulu Purse: $5.6 million Yardage: 7,044; Par: 70 Final Jimmy Walker 66-67-67-63—263 Chris Kirk 64-69-65-66—264 Jerry Kelly 67-67-66-65—265 Harris English 66-66-67-67—266 Marc Leishman 67-64-71-65—267 Brian Stuard 65-65-71-67—268 Jeff Overton 68-68-65-68—269 Charles Howell III 71-67-66-66—270 Adam Scott 67-66-71-66—270 Matt Kuchar 68-68-68-66—270 Kevin Na 70-67-67-66—270 Matt Every 69-65-69-67—270 Hudson Swafford 70-64-69-67—270 Ryan Palmer 65-70-67-68—270 Zach Johnson 68-67-66-69—270 Hideto Tanihara 66-65-70-69—270 Retief Goosen 66-69-66-69—270 Pat Perez 68-67-66-69—270 Will Wilcox 69-66-64-71—270 Ryuji Imada 67-69-68-67—271 Stewart Cink 69-69-66-67—271 Jason Kokrak 66-67-70-68—271 K.J. Choi 67-69-69-66—271 Chris Stroud 68-65-70-68—271 Heath Slocum 69-69-65-68—271 John Peterson 68-69-65-69—271 Brendon Todd 70-66-66-69—271 Robert Allenby 68-68-65-70—271 Boo Weekley 67-67-70-68—272 Spencer Levin 69-69-66-68—272 Jason Dufner 67-68-67-70—272 Brian Harman 69-66-69-69—273 John Daly 66-73-64-70—273 Michael Putnam 70-68-68-67—273 Sang-Moon Bae 63-70-70-70—273 Justin Leonard 68-66-69-70—273 Brian Gay 71-68-67-67—273 Ben Martin 67-69-68-70—274 David Hearn 68-70-67-69—274 Ricky Barnes 68-69-68-69—274 Billy Hurley III 67-69-69-69—274 Brice Garnett 67-71-67-69—274 Charlie Beljan 68-70-69-67—274 Charlie Wi 69-70-68-67—274 Peter Malnati 69-69-70-66—274 Tim Wilkinson 71-67-67-70—275 James Hahn 67-68-71-69—275 Chad Collins 71-67-68-69—275 Daniel Summerhays66-71-70-68—275 William McGirt 67-72-68-68—275 Tim Herron 68-70-66-72—276 Y.E. Yang 73-66-66-71—276 Greg Chalmers 68-66-69-73—276 D.A. Points 70-69-67-70—276 John Rollins 69-68-70-69—276 Russell Henley 73-65-69-69—276 Steven Bowditch 72-66-69-69—276 Mark Wilson 68-68-71-69—276 Justin Hicks 69-69-70-68—276 Brendon de Jonge 68-71-69-68—276 Tyrone Van Aswegen 69-69-66-73—277 Seung-Yul Noh 70-66-69-72—277 John Senden 72-67-68-70—277 Paul Goydos 74-64-70-69—277 Hyung-Sung Kim 70-68-66-74—278 Morgan Hoffmann 68-69-71-70—278 Stuart Appleby 70-68-71-69—278 Robert Streb 70-69-67-73—279 Scott Brown 71-67-70-71—279 Derek Tolan 70-66-70-76—282 Tommy Gainey 72-67-70-73—282 Made cut; did not finish Scott Verplank 71-67-72—210 John Huh 71-67-72—210 Miguel Angel Carballo 68-70-72—210 Toshinori Muto 70-69-71—210 Ken Duke 68-71-71—210 Kevin Foley 67-72-71—210 Eric Dugas 70-68-73—211 Joe Durant 68-71-73—212

Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Fired defensive line coach Mike Phair and linebackers coach Tim Tibesar.

HOCKEY National Hockey League PHOENIX COYOTES — Recalled F Jordan Szwarz from Portland (AHL).

Assigned D Connor Murphy to Portland.

WINNIPEG JETS — Fired Claude Noel.

Named Paul Maurice coach.

American Hockey League HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Signed F Justin Vaive to a tryout agreement.

ECHL ECHL — Fined Kalamazoo’s Chris Lawrence an undisclosed amount.

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Ohio State head coach Thad Matta instructs his team during play this season. Matta’s Buckeyes lost twice in Big Ten play this week.

Buckeyes’ mistakes down stretch end in 84-74 loss COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State started the week with 15 consecutive wins and ended it with consecutive losses.

LaQuinton Ross scored 22 points, Amir Williams had 11 and Lenzelle Smith Jr. 10 but the Buckeyes watched No. 20 Iowa make all the big plays down the stretch of an 84-74 victory Sunday.

The loss followed the Buckeyes’ 72-68 defeat at No. 5 Michigan State on Tuesday night.

The Buckeyes (15-2, 2-2 Big Ten) had 17 turnovers against Iowa.

Roy Devin Marble scored 22 points and Aaron White added 19 for the Hawkeyes (14-3, 3-1), who ended the game on a 22-9 run.

It was Iowa’s first win over a top 5 team since an 83-65 victory at No. 2 Missouri on Dec. 15, 2001.

Bears defensive coordinator Tucker to return to team LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Mel Tucker will have two new coaches on his staff for next season.

Tucker is keeping his job after Chicago’s porous defense played a key role in its 8-8 season, but the Bears announced Sunday that defensive line coach Mike Phair and linebackers coach Tim Tibesar had been dismissed. Hit hard by injuries, Tucker’s unit allowed 29.9 points and 394.6 yards per game in his first year in the position.

Phair was a holdover from Lovie Smith’s tenure as Bears coach, joining the team in 2011 as an assistant defensive line coach. Tibesar was hired a year ago from Purdue, where he was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.

The rest of the coaching staff is expected to return for next season.

Achonwa leads No. 2 Notre Dame past Virginia 79-72 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Hall of Fame coach Muffet McGraw and No. 2 Notre Dame survived their toughest test of the season to remain unbeaten.

Natalie Achonwa scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 16 rebounds and the Fighting Irish survived a late challenge to beat Virginia 79-72 on Sunday.

Notre Dame is one of two unbeaten teams left in the country joining former Big East rival UConn.

Kayla McBride added 23 points and five assists for the Fighting Irish (15-0, 3-0 ACC), including a bizarre driving layup after Virginia closed to within two. On the play, she drove down the lane in traffic, flipped the ball up and it fell.

Faith Randolph led Virginia (8-8, 1-2) with a career-best 23 points and Sarah Imovbioh had 18 points and 12 rebounds.

No. 21 Purdue knocks off No. 14 Penn State 84-74 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Courtney Moses scored 25 points and No. 21 Purdue upset No. 14 Penn State 84-74 on Sunday.

Purdue (11-4, 1-2), which lost its Big 10 opening games to Ohio State and Northwestern was up 46-37 over Penn State (11-4, 2-1) at intermission.

Oosthuizen tops field in Volvo Champions DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — South African Louis Oosthuizen birdied his closing two holes to retain the Volvo Champions title on Sunday after an earlier eagle on the eighth.

The 2010 British Open winner shot a 4-under 68 for an overall 12-under 276 and claimed his seventh win on the European Tour.

Oosthuizen finished a stroke ahead of fellow South African Branden Grace who also shot a 68 on the Durban Country Club course.

It was Oosthuizen’s first success since winning this elite 36-player event a year ago.

England’s Tommy Fleetwood (72) and Dutchman Joost Luiten (71) shared third on 10-under.

Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington (67) was tied fifth on 9 under, his best effort since fourth in Durban a year ago.

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A lesson from New Jersey scandal How often, in our communities, do we hear that people have done certain things because of politics?

We hear about certain deeds, assuming they are true, that are truly mean spirited but because someone was of a certain political party or maybe aligned with certain cliques, the motivation for certain actions took over one’s common sense or decency.

The entire George Washington Bridge scandal in New Jersey points out how something as innocuous as creating a traffic jam can not only be vindictive but possibly put public health and well MICHAEL the being in harm’s way. All name of politics.

MARTURELLO in the In a nutshell, last fall key staff of Republican Gov. Chris Christie administration in New Jersey allegedly ordered lane closings on a key bridge that connects New Jersey and New York City as political retribution against a New Jersey town’s Democratic mayor for not backing Christie in the November election. Not only did the action cause a major traffic jam for the citizens of the town of Fort Lee, N.J., but it delayed emergency services providers from doing their jobs.

The gridlock delayed emergency vehicles, school buses and countless commuters for four days.

No doubt there will be more to come of this scandal. Emails detailing the deed are just starting to come out, and the New Jersey General Assembly is in the early process of holding hearings to investigate the matter.

Federal prosecutors are looking into possible criminal charges, and civil tort claims no doubt will be filed by those affected by the traffic jam.

We would hope that elected and appointed officials in our four-county area would not stoop to something so low as what is being alleged in New Jersey, where key aids to Christie have been fired over the scandal.

If officials were contemplating retribution to their adversaries, particularly by using public resources, we hope they will keep New Jersey in the backs of their minds.

Public resources must be safeguarded by people elected to office. Much like the trust we put in people when we elect them, and by extension when those officials appoint people to carry out public duties, we should trust that public resources must be used and maintained for the good of the public.

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What Others Say • Americans using less electricity As of Jan. 1, production of 40- and 60-watt light bulbs was banned as part of efficiency standards signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2007. While some will miss the old incandescent bulbs, the move is part of a successful effort to make the nation more energy efficient.

The government phased out 75- and 100-watt incandescent bulbs over the past few years. But the latest ban will have a bigger impact on consumers because 40- and 60-watt bulbs are the most popular on the market.

When the first practical incandescent bulb was devised by Thomas A. Edison, it was a scientific and engineering marvel, cutting edge technology for its time. But by the time its production came to an end last Wednesday, it had become obsolete, an energy hog compared to compact fluorescent bulbs — CFLs —and light emitting diode bulbs — LEDs. Both of those more efficient bulbs are initially more expensive that an incandescent bulb. But with much longer lifespans, sometimes lasting years, the new bulbs save considerable money over the long run.

The new light bulbs are just part of a growing array of more energy efficient products that have allowed Americans to significantly cut the amount of electricity consumed in homes and businesses. The Energy Information Administration recently announced that in 2013, the average amount of electricity consumed in U.S. homes fell to levels last seen more than a decade ago.

Some may complain about a “nanny government” that sets insulation standards and takes away our incandescent bulbs. But increasing efficiency remains the most effective way to reduce energy usage.

That not only saves consumers money, it also plays a key strategic role in reducing the nation’s reliance on foreign oil. And more efficient electronic devices also have the benefit of reducing consumption of carbon fuels, consequently reducing damage to the environment.

The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.

MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014

Letters to The Editor • Former exchange student grateful for KPC Online coverage of the snow storm

Traveler thankful to Comfort Inn in Auburn

As a young kid, I competed on Orland’s baseball team sponsored by Bill’s Marathon.

I wasn’t very good, but I had fun. I remember my mom taking me to breakfast at To the editor: Chubby’s restaurant before dropping me off Our son had an interview for grad school To the editor: at my babysitter Joyce’s house. I remember in West Virginia.

He then had to drive I am glad KPC made the coverage of this how colorful and beautiful the gladiolus were blizzard available. I came to Kendallville in through the bad weather to be back to work which bloomed in the field across the street in Kalamazoo.

August 1978 as a Rotary exchange student from Shop Rite Supermarket. I loved the At 12:30 a.m. after driving about eight and still remember being shown pictures summers in Orland. I adore my hometown. hours on icy roads and with the prospect of of houses buried to the rooftops, etc. It has However, there is a scary thing happening three-plus more hours, he stopped at hotel. been fun being able to see pictures and in my home state of Indiana and it will affect He asked if they had any rooms.

The desk see stories of this one, especially as I can every town and city including Orland. Our clerk said they did not. He asked if she picture the places you are talking about. legislators are currently deciding if my right knew of any rooms available in the area and Keep digging — the bottom of the snow to marry should be up for a public vote or where other hotels might be. She said she is down there somewhere. not. had no idea and she supposed he could head I am still in England. I married Marcia If you’re married, do you remember into town to look for one.

He then asked if Fischer from Avilla. I have a lot of people when you proposed to the person you he could just rest in the lobby until daylight. to thank for being a Rotary exchange love? Perhaps it’s the other way around, She said no, if he did she would call the student. Sadly, I can’t come back as I have do you remember when the person you police and have him arrested for loitering. medical problems which mean the insurance love proposed to you? Now, imagine going She stated this was the hotel chain’s policy. would be more than the flight. We have to the county clerk’s office to get your He then stopped at a Comfort Inn in three children. My son lives in South Korea marriage license and they refuse to grant Auburn. They had no rooms but the desk where he is sponsored by their government one to you. How would that affect your life clerk offered him a couch in the lobby to to do a masters degree in Korean studies. as it is today? Would you have fought for sleep on.

On daughter has finished university and the 1,100-plus benefits that are granted to At the fi rst hotel, that was no way to works in Derbyshire for the Youth Hostel married couples? Would you have fought treat a traveler in severe weather conditions Association and my youngest has just for your relationship to be recognized by the ( it was 12 below at the time).

Thanks started university. Not only has she gone to government that you pay taxes to? Would to the desk clerk at the Comfort Inn for the same university I did, she is even in the you have gone door to door asking your giving shelter to a weary traveler in these same part of the same hall of residence. neighbors, “May I have your permission to conditions.

Marcia’s sisters and friends are all in Cindy Wilson marry?” teaching so she used the snow days to make That is what I’m doing right now. I’m Salida, Colo. a few calls. asking you, will you let me marry the person I went to med school after my year in I love? I shouldn’t have to ask you this, but Indiana and have worked as a family doctor Former Orland resident asks I am, because it’s important to me. If HJR-3 in the same practice for just over 24 years. for no vote on HJR-3 and HJR-6 and HJR-6 come up for a vote, please vote That year in Indiana totally changed no. When you vote no, you’re voting for To the editor: my life. I met Marcia and we celebrate freedom, you’re voting for equality, you’re This is a letter to my hometown, Orland.

30 years of marriage next August. I still voting for love.

Like many of you, I grew up with wear the class ring that Rotary gave me on I hope one of these summers, I can come summers spent on Lake Pleasant and Wall graduating from East Noble and I am proud home with my love (who is also a Hoosier) Lake. During the summer my sisters and to do so. to marry him and create new fond memories I loved to fi sh from the pond across the Colin Clayton in my hometown, Orland, Indiana.

Swanwick, Derbyshire, England street from our home. We would take turns Azariah Southworth colinclayton1@aol.com swinging in our neighbor’s tire which hung Las Vegas, Nev. from a weeping willow in his side yard.

We got a little help from the guy upstairs Greasy, tasteless hamburgers never tasted better when my family and I were stuck in a blizzard coming back from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

It was 50 times worse than weather we’ve had lately here.

I think we ended up with a few feet of snow way back then or at least it seemed like it.

It was around Thanksgiving and I was in the second- or third-grade. We came back in what ended up being the last Thanksgiving we celebrated at Grandma and Papa’s way up by Manistique.

It was the 1970s, before the days of wearing seat belts.

My family of six crammed into our brown-colored station wagon with Grandma. She was coming back with us to care for my cousins, as their mother was getting a hysterectomy.

I was sick and rode with a puke pan in my lap, resting my head on a pillow against Grandma. Poor thing. She let me ride like that the whole way.

But that’s what Grandmas do.

We headed south to our house in Utica, about 22 miles north of Detroit. It was usually a seven- or eight-hour drive.

But there was no way that time factor stayed true.

The flurries started right before we reached the Mackinac

Bridge. It was slick going over the five-mile suspension bridge.

I have always hated driving over the bridge because it feels you’re falling into the Straits.

I closed my eyes to avoid looking and went to sleep JENNIFER on my pillow.

Grandma, DECKER God bless her, comforted me.

The snow got heavier and heavier. It drifted with a force I’ve never seen. Black ice was all over. Occasionally, a semi truck passed us, but they were also struggling to stay on Interstate 75.

Daddy and Mom had that look of dread on their faces I’ve only seen one other time when my father learned he had a brain tumor. They had the job of keeping their brood of four kids calmed down with no fighting or pinching.

Daddy drove on. At one point, he pulled over to the side of the road to put snow chains on the tires. He jacked up the car, as we all sat inside out of the winds. It was hard, but we had to be still.

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“Don’t move. Don’t move or the car will fall on your dad,” Mom told us, begging. “Be quiet.”

Grandma thumbed her rosary beads and we all started reciting our prayers that were desperately needed.

I was out of it, afraid I’d puke on Grandma. Still, I mumbled the prayers that with my family I had grown up memorizing.

Once Daddy had the chains on, we were off again. The go was more challenging by the minute.

Unable to get up a small hill, a pickup truck offered to pull us up for $10. Grandma whipped her wallet out of her purse and gladly gave Daddy the money for us to get helped.

We continued on, but were unable to go any farther. We spent the night at a little hotel about an hour or so from the home that we couldn’t reach.

The hotel was on Sashabaw Road, a name I thought was at least cool to say.

I went into our hotel room and got into bed, still seriously afraid I’d throw up on Grandma.

Daddy walked over to a little mom and pop eatery that was amazingly the only place open for a bite to eat. The place’s chimney could barely be seen

The snow got heavier and heavier. It drifted with a force I’ve never seen. Black ice was all over.

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Daddy brought us each a greasy burger that lacked taste.

Still, it was hot and delicious.

We were lucky to get that.

The next day, we got home finally a few hours later. It felt like a month-long trip. We tunneled to our front door, dug out a spot to swing it open and rushed inside.

We were blessed to make it home, as we flung snow off our clothes removing them to dry off.

Mom didn’t care that there were snow chunks around the house. We all simply said prayers of gratitude that we made it home, no doubt with lots of help from the guy upstairs.

JENNIFER DECKER is a reporter at The Herald Republican in Angola.

She can be reached at jdecker@kpc media.com.

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Briefs • Gangster Bulger’s items to be put up for auction BOSTON (AP) — When authorities searched the apartment of Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, they found $822,000 in cash and a large collection of guns hidden in holes cut into the walls.

Other than the cash, there were few valuables.

Books, hats, sweatshirts and household items bought at discount stores filled the rent-controlled Santa Monica, Calif., apartment the notorious crime boss shared with his longtime girlfriend while he was on the run.

But authorities are hoping they can attract buyers for Bulger’s belongings so they can compensate his victims.

Bulger’s possessions will be sold to the highest bidders during a criminal forfeiture auction expected to be held over the next few months.

Prosecutors in U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s office are now trying to decide which of Bulger’s belongings should be auctioned. They are trying to balance their desire to compensate relatives of Bulger’s murder victims with avoiding glamorizing Bulger or his crimes and staying within the boundaries of good taste.

Justin Bieber accused of egging neighbor’s home LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies are investigating Justin Bieber for yet another dispute with a neighbor that could land him in court.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says Bieber has been named as a suspect in a misdemeanor vandalism and assault crime report for allegedly throwing eggs at a neighbor’s home in their gated Calabasas neighborhood Thursday evening.

The 19-year-old pop star allegedly egged the house while his neighbor and neighbor’s daughter were on the balcony. Whitmore says the two videotaped the incident.

Whitmore says Bieber won’t speak to deputies.

Depending on the damage estimate, a charge could rise to a felony.

In October, prosecutors declined to charge Bieber after a neighbor complained he drove recklessly through the area.

People • Rocker Young blasts oil plans in Canada TORONTO — Neil Young kicked off his four-date “Honor the Treaties” tour of Canada on Sunday with some fighting words about the rapid expansion of oilsands development in northern Alberta, saying the Canadian government Young is ignoring hard science because it’s “inconvenient.”

“To me, it’s a basic matter of integrity on the part of Canada. Canada is trading integrity for money,” said Young. “That’s what’s happening under the current leadership in Canada, which is a very poor imitation of the George Bush administration in the United States. It’s lagging behind on the world stage and it’s an embarrassment to Canadians. So, as a Canadian, I felt like I had a chance to do something by bringing this together.”

The expat-Canadian rock ‘n’ roller’s latest outing on the road is aimed at raising money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation’s ongoing legal efforts to put the brakes on what they feel are reckless development policies without thought to future consequences by the petrochemical industry.

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Israelis pay last respects to Ariel Sharon JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis from all walks of life flocked to parliament Sunday to catch a glimpse of Ariel Sharon’s coffin and pay their final respects to the iconic former prime Sharon minister and general.

A stream of visitors ranging from former army

comrades to political allies to citizens who only knew him from afar remembered Sharon as a decisive leader, for better or for worse, and one of the final heroes of Israel’s founding generation.

“Words escape me. He was just a man who was larger than life,” said a choked-up Shlomo Mann, 68, who served under Sharon’s command in the 1973 Mideast war. “Those who didn’t know him from up close can’t truly understand what a legend

he was. There will never be anyone else like him.”

The 85-year-old Sharon died Saturday eight years after a devastating stroke left him in a coma.

In a career that stretched across much of Israel’s 65-year existence, his life was closely intertwined with the country’s history.

He was a leader known for his exploits on the battlefield, masterminding Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, building Jewish settlements on war-won

land and then, late in life, destroying some that he deemed no longer useful when he withdrew from the Gaza Strip.

As one of Israel’s most famous generals, the man known as “Arik” was renowned for bold tactics and an occasional refusal to obey orders. To his supporters, he was a war hero; to his critics, a war criminal.

As prime minister late in life, he was embraced by the public as a grandfatherly

figure who provided stability in times of turmoil.

“Arik was, first and foremost, a warrior and a commander, among the Jewish people’s greatest generals in the current era and throughout its history,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a fierce political rival of Sharon in the Likud Party, said Sunday. “I think he represents the generation of Jewish warriors that arose for our people upon the resumption of our independence.”

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Jill Moore’s umbrella collapses in the wind and rain on Saturday as she hurries her children Connor, 3, and Heather, 1, into a store in Goldsboro, N.C.

New NYC mayor pushes liberal agenda NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, propelled by a landslide election and the hopes of a party out of power for a generation, will be quickly unveiling an ambitious liberal legislative De Blasio program that could fundamentally reshape the role of government in the nation’s largest city.

De Blasio, a Democrat whose efforts will be closely watched and potentially imitated across the nation, is wasting no time. He has begun pushing for sweeping changes on several fronts, from the care of the homeless to police conduct, all while trying to leverage his political capital into a proposal that would be unthinkable for most politicians: to raise taxes.

“He’s trying to send a strong signal that he is going to be ambitious in his legislative goals,” said Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Fordham University. “It’s a bold, risky strategy. He’s not at all trying to move in small steps.”

The centerpiece of his first year in office is to fund universal prekindergarten

and expanded after-school programs for middle school students by raising taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers.

His proposal would increase the income tax rate from 3.9 to 4.4 percent on residents who earn more than $500,000 annually.

But the mayor of New York can’t raise taxes unilaterally and needs the support of the state Legislature and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. So de Blasio, both as mayor-elect and then after taking office, has devoted an enormous amount of time and energy to pushing the plan.

He and his staff have wooed lawmakers both in New York and in Albany.

He has applied pressure through the media and trotted out a grassroots lobbying effort and powerful labor unions that support the idea. Cuomo has embraced the concept of universal pre-K, touting it again in his State of the State speech last week, but appears leery of raising any taxes.

And the tax hike has become key for de Blasio, who has repeatedly said he wants a dedicated revenue stream — not a one-time budget maneuver — to pay for the plan. As the hike on the rich plays well in liberal circles, de Blasio has refused to even consider alternative means of funding the pre-K plan.

Egyptians facing crucial vote CAIRO (AP) — With a presidential run by Egypt’s powerful military chief seeming more likely by the day, this week’s constitution referendum, to be held amid a massive security force deployment, is widely seen as a vote of confidence in the regime he installed last summer.

The charter is an overhaul of an Islamist-backed constitution adopted in December 2012 during the rule of Mohammed Morsi, the ousted president, and his Muslim Brotherhood. Drafted by a 50-member panel of mostly secular-leaning politicians, it criminalizes discrimination, enshrines gender equality and guarantees a raft of freedoms and rights.

And crucially, the Jan. 14-15 vote provides the

country’s increasingly popular military chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, with a first electoral test since he ousted Morsi in a military coup on July 3. A comfortable “yes” vote and a respectable turnout would be seen as bestowing legitimacy, while undermining the Islamists’ argument that Morsi remains the nation’s elected president.

“It is not just a referendum on the constitution. It is on many things, including el-Sissi and the fight against violence by militants,” said analyst and columnist Makram Mohammed Ahmed, who is close to the military.

“I cannot imagine that a big ‘yes’ majority will automatically usher in a new legitimacy that will be swiftly recognized by the West.”

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis named his first batch of cardinals Sunday, choosing 19 men from around the world, including the developing nations of Haiti and Burkina Faso, in line with his belief the church must pay more attention to the poor.

But advocates for victims of sex abuse by Catholic clergy said they felt let down that Francis didn’t unequivocally embrace their calls that prelates who hadn’t made a clean break with past practices of covering up pedophile behavior never be promoted.

Francis read out the 19 names to a crowd of tens of thousands in St. Peter’s Square.

Sixteen of the appointees are younger than 80, meaning they would be eligible to elect the next pope, which is a cardinal’s most important task, after the Feb. 22 ceremony to formally install them.

Since his election in March as the first pontiff from Latin America, the pope has broken tradition after tradition in terms of protocol and style at the Vatican. But in Sunday’s list, Francis stuck to the church’s rule of having no more than 120 cardinals eligible to elect the next pontiff.

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In this June 29, 2011, file photo shows Archbishop of Quebec Gerald Cyprien Lacroix walking past then Pope Benedict XVI after receiving the pallium, a woolen shawl symbolizing his bond to the Pope, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

is 13 shy of that 120-mark among eligible-to-vote members. In addition, three cardinals will turn 80 by May. That means Francis chose the exact number of new cardinals needed to bring the voting ranks up to 120 during the next few months.

Some appointments were expected, including

that of his new secretary of state, Italian archbishop Pietro Parolin, and the German head of the Vatican’s watchdog office for doctrinal orthodoxy, Gerhard Ludwig Mueller.

Two others named Sunday also come from the curia, as the Holy See’s Rome-based bureaucracy is known.

Space station receives late batch of Christmas gifts CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The six space station astronauts finally got their Christmas presents Sunday with the arrival of a privately launched supply ship that took an extra month to soar.

The spacemen opened the capsule a day early and started removing items, as soon as the Orbital Sciences Corp. vessel was moored safely at the International Space Station. Packed inside were 3,000 pounds of groceries, equipment and experiments, as well as eagerly awaited Christmas gifts from their families back home and some fresh fruit courtesy of NASA. Among the first things out: ants that are part of an educational project.

NASA is relying on private industry to keep the orbiting lab well stocked in this post-shuttle era and, in three or four more years, possibly supply rides for U.S. astronauts as well.

This was Orbital Sciences’ second shipment.

The Virginia company was supposed to make the latest delivery last month, well before Christmas, but had to wait for reasons beyond its control. A space station breakdown in mid-December took priority, and NASA bumped the flight to January in order to repair the disabled cooling system at the orbiting outpost.

Then frigid weather at the launch site at Wallops Island, Va., forced a delay.

Then a strong solar storm interfered. Everything finally came together for a smooth liftoff on Thursday.

Flight controllers for Orbital Sciences, wearing red company shirts, broke into applause when astronaut Michael Hopkins used the space station’s main robot arm to grab onto the Cygnus capsule, more than 260 miles above the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar. Within two hours, the capsule was bolted to the station. And four hours after that, the

astronauts threw open the hatch.

Because of the long day, the astronauts were supposed to wait until Monday before opening the capsule. But with presents from their families awaiting them, they couldn’t resist.

As a holiday treat, NASA stashed away the fruit for the two Americans, three Russians and one Japanese, and Orbital Sciences included a few surprises of its own.

“It was difficult keeping up with you today,” Mission Control radioed. “You guys were blazing.”

Orbital Sciences conducted a test run to the space station last September.

This is the first official supply run under a $1.9 billion contract with NASA. “I’ve been up here on station for about 3½ months,” Hopkins said, “and I’ve seen two Orbital vehicles in that time, and I think that’s very impressive. So congratulations to everyone.”

Envoys push Syrian talks PARIS (AP) — Syria’s Western-backed opposition came under steely pressure Sunday to attend peace talks in just over a week as envoys from 11 countries converged to help restore, and test, credibility of a rebel coalition sapped by vicious infighting and indecision.

But diplomacy’s limits were starkly apparent in Syria itself, where activists said rebel-on-rebel clashes have killed nearly 700 people in the deadliest bout of infighting since the civil war began.

The bloodshed, pitting al-Qaida-linked militants

against several Islamist and more moderate rebel brigades, has begun to overshadow the broader war against the government.

Sunday’s meetings in Paris came just over a week before the scheduled talks in Switzerland, as the Syrian National Coalition nears collapse, its influence eroded by the chronic infighting, international pressure and disagreement over whether to negotiate with Syria’s president, Bashar Assad.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joined 10 other foreign ministers who urged coalition President Ahmed al-Jarba to deliver his group

to the Switzerland talks and finally meet face-toface with the government it hopes to overthrow.

Kerry said he was confident the coalition would be at the talks, and hinted at a diplomatic backlash from its allies if it skips the meetings.

“I think they understand the stakes,” Kerry told reporters Sunday. “But I’m not going to get into consequences other than to say it’s a test of the credibility of everybody, and it’s why I am confident that they will be there.

Because I think they understand that.”

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Reformed bully still regrets causing pain DEAR ABBY: You said in your Nov. 14 column on bullying that you hadn’t received a single letter from anyone who had bullied others.

Well, I was a bully.

As a young girl I’d tease and taunt, and when I was older I used sarcasm as a way to bully.

I was involved in an abusive relationship in my 20s. With support and counseling, I was able to stop being abused and being abusive.

I learned the feelings I had repressed —- shame, fear and low self-worth from a childhood of sexual and physical abuse — were misdirected at the people around me instead of at my abuser, my father, as they should have been. I’m not saying this is an excuse for the hurt I inflicted on others, but for me there was a correlation.

I’m now in a loving and supportive relationship. We have raised our children to be kind, thoughtful and confident

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it has lifted a little bit of the weight that I still carry from my bullying days. — REDEEMING MYSELF OUT WEST DEAR REDEEMING: Confession is good for the soul, and if getting this off your chest has been helpful, I’m glad.

Obviously, you have grown since the days when you were an abuser, and your focus on helping vulnerable people in your community is laudable.

I hope you will continue the work that you’re doing because there is great need for it.

If your letter makes just one person stop and think twice about WHY he or she would deliberately hurt or diminish someone else, it will have been worth the space in my column.

DEAR ABBY is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Blocked nasal passages affect sense of taste happening to you.

People with high blood pressure are more likely to lose their sense of taste and smell. It’s not clear whether this is related to high blood pressure itself or to the drugs used to treat it.

That said, certain types of high blood ASK pressure DOCTOR K. drugs have been reported to cause of taste.

Dr. Anthony loss These include Komaroff diuretics, which help the kidneys eliminate sodium and water from the body. ACE inhibitors may also cause loss of taste.

If your loss of taste is related to one of your blood

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pressure pills, it’s probably reversible. But don’t stop taking any medications until you talk with your doctor. He or she might suggest switching to a different class of drugs or taking other steps. If your mouth is dry from diuretics, for example, you might try sipping water between bites.

Sometimes the moisture can help make food more flavorful.

However, rather than assume your loss of taste is due to age or blood pressure, let’s consider some other possible explanations. Since your sense of smell also affects taste, it’s not surprising that conditions that affect your nose could reduce your sense of taste. Perhaps your nasal passages are blocked by: • Allergies • Secondhand smoke or other irritants • A persistent sinus infection • Polyps in the nose

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DEAR DOCTOR K: I’ve lost my sense of taste within the past few months. I take medicine for high blood pressure — could that be the reason?

DEAR READER: It could be, but there are other possibilities.

What we call “taste” is actually a combination of the sensations from the taste buds on our tongue and the smell centers in our nose. Taste also involves nerves in the tongue that sense the texture of food we are eating.

The taste receptors on our tongue pick up five different types of taste. They identify what is salty, sweet, sour or bitter. There’s also a fifth taste, called “umami,” which is best described as a “meaty” taste.

As we get older, most of us lose some sense of smell and taste. This usually starts after about age 60. I don’t know your age, but perhaps that’s a part of what’s

individuals. I’m involved with an organization supporting nonprofit programs in our community that empower abused children, reach out to the sexually exploited and help women experiencing domestic violence.

DEAR Because of life I lead ABBY the now, I have been able to let go of the Jeanne Phillips negativity and shame of being abused, but the shame of being abusive stays with me.

I hope the people I hurt have forgiven me and have been able to move forward. But I will never know for sure.

Thank you for allowing me to share my story. Even if it doesn’t get printed, writing

Sometimes people temporarily lose their sense of smell after an upper respiratory tract infection.

Based on personal experience, I suspect there are certain kinds of viral infections that can directly affect the nose and sense of smell. When I was a teenager, I was very sick for about a week with what the doctor called a viral infection.

I recovered completely — except that my sense of smell and taste has not been as good since. I’ve seen patients with a similar experience.

One benefit I’ve found from having a reduced sense of taste and smell is that I cannot appreciate the pleasures of fancy meals and wines that delight many of my friends. That’s one less thing to spend money on!

DR. KOMAROFF is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. His website is AskDoctorK.com.

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HOMES FOR SALE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

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No Pets.

260 833-1081

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Walnut needed.

260 349-2685

2001 Chevy Silverado 1500 Extended Cab. 255,000 miles.

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MERCHANDISE UNDER $50 1 Twill Insulated Coverall by Wrangler. Size large, like new, $30.00.

(260) 235-0222 1 Twill Insulated Hooded Jacket, size large. $10.00.

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701 Krueger St., K’ville. 260-318-5555 ATTENTION: Paying up to $1000 for scrap cars. Used tires 4 sale also. 318-2571

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17 VCR Tapes & 2 DVD’s. All for preschool age. $20.00.

(260) 347-4293, Leave message if no answer

Samsung 19” LCD TV Monitor. Excellent cond.

Model 940MV. $50.00.

(260) 349-8050

2013 Net gear Wireless Router WNR1000 Wireless N. $30.00.

(260) 349-8050 Better Chef Panini Grill Contact grill New, $10.00 (260) 347-2569 Del Sol Cold Beverage Dispenser with iron stand. Holds 1.5 gallons. New, $15.00.

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(260) 349-8050 Formula 1 Wii racing game in case with instruction booklet.

Excellent cond. $45.00.

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Great for grandparents.

U-haul. $50.00.

(260) 624-5102

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Dekalb & Noble Co. For Sale or Rent $400-$600/ mo.

(260)925-1716

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Two Bar Stools Swivel, padded neutral color. Excellent cond. $50.00. (260) 637-2281

(260) 238-4787

Garrett 2 BR Apt. $120 a week (260) 573-7387

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