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GOOD MORNING Trine classes off for rest of the week ANGOLA — Classes at Trine University’s main campus in Angola are canceled for today and Friday to protect the safety of students travelling from a distance, the university announced Wednesday. Classes will resume Monday. The School of Professional Studies will resume classes today. All offices will remain in operation today and Friday.

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Area school superintendents have welcomed the news they won’t have to make up two days of school missed because of this week’s severe winter weather. But at least one northeast Indiana school district does not intend to apply for the waiver at this time, according to its superintendent. Tuesday, the Indiana Department of Education said it would grant waivers to Indiana schools for snow days Monday and Tuesday. All northeast Indiana schools were closed Monday,

Tuesday and Wednesday. All Noble, DeKalb and Steuben county schools are closed today, while in LaGrange County, the Lakeland and Westview school corporations had called a 2-hour delay as of Wednesday evening. “Each state superintendent has the flexibility to approve waivers from the 180 days. It is comforting to know that the current superintendent recognizes adverse and dangerous weather situations do exist and is willing to take a pro-active approach to help us deal with student safety,” said DeKalb Eastern superintendent Jeff Stephens.

East Noble superintendent Ann Linson described the state’s offer to apply for a waiver as “a very pleasant and welcome surprise.” She said the district has applied for a waiver, but has not yet received an official approval. “Waivers have been in place for a very long time; however, most districts do not apply unless the situation is extreme and leaves the area completely helpless,” Linson said. “As for Monday and Tuesday, the low temperatures were so extreme that it was dangerous for schools to expect students to

FORT WAYNE — The Fort Wayne Board of Park Commissioners is expected to vote today on a proposal to move Cindy’s Diner to a new location at West Berry Street and Maiden Lane. The popular Fort Wayne diner is being relocated to make way for the construction of a $71-million, mixed-use development that includes the new national headquarters of Ash Brokerage Corp. The diner would be placed on a portion of the Community Center parking lot, a move that will not affect visitor parking there, a Wednesday announcement from the city said. Pending approvals and appropriate weather conditions, the move could occur next month.

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wait for buses or walk to school regardless of the amount of time they were outside. East Noble School Corporation is committed to ensuring students receive appropriate and valuable instructional time; however, adding days at the end of the school year, after testing is completed, is not always time well spent.” Linson said with the early start to winter, the district anticipates many additional snow days that it will need to make up. She said the district will use Jan. 20 to make up Wednesday and Feb. 17 in place of today. East Noble announced

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Bonnie Smith of Snow Lake cleans her car after shopping for essentials at the Angola Meijer store Sunday. With snow falling at a rate of 1- 2 inches an hour at times Sunday, it didn’t take long to cover a vehicle with snow during

a shopping trip. Steuben County officials are investigating whether the county will qualify for disaster assistance based mainly on the 11.5 inches of snow that fell on Sunday.

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ANGOLA — Steuben County officials are investigating whether it will be eligible for federal disaster assistance following this week’s major snowstorm. On Monday, Gov. Mike Pence said he would sign an executive order declaring emergencies for at least 29 of Indiana’s 92 counties following a storm that dumped more than a foot of snow in some areas Sunday and Monday and delivered the coldest temperatures in two decades. Those counties included LaGrange, Noble and Steuben in northeast Indiana. “We shared all that information when we were on our conference call this morning,” said Ron Smith, president of the Steuben County Board of Commissioners. Commissioners, Sheriff Tim Troyer and Emergency Manage-

ment Director Kristy Clawson have been meeting via phone regularly since the onset of the storm on Sunday to determine whether to declare travel emergencies. The county was lowered to the least restrictive level on Wednesday, to advisory. Whether the county can get federal assistance depends on whether state and federal Emergency Management Agency officials consider Steuben County to have had a snow event that would be considered emergency status. For that to occur for a winter storm, conditions have to reach a certain threshold. “In order to be even considered we have be at or near record for snowfall,” Clawson said. During the storm, 11.5 inches of snow was recorded on Monday. For a 48-hour period, the total was 12.5 inches officially in Angola.

The record snow event for Steuben County — Angola, actually, where records have been kept religiously since the late 1800s — came on Feb. 28, 1900, when the total snow was 18 inches. This week’s storm ranked eighth all time for Steuben County. “I have to do more checking with the state to see what they consider near record,” Clawson said. If approved, the county could receive up to $150,000 in reimbursement. County officials, Smith said, are being directed to conduct a detailed accounting of expenses incurred during the storm. Smith said some private contractors had to be employed for snow removal. Also, additional emergency personnel were brought in to deal with any problems that might occur.

ANGOLA — Finally Tuesday night, after almost four nonstop days, Robert Cook slept. Cook operates Cook’s Snow Service in Angola. When the worst of this week’s weather socked in pretty much everybody, Cook had three trucks and a skid loader working to unsock nearly 11 commercial clients in Steuben County. He called the storm, which dumped more than a foot of snow in northeastern Indiana from Sunday through Monday, the worst he’s seen in 15 years of plowing. Keeping those commercial clients clear required nonstop effort. He estimated he went 90 hours without any sleep. “I couldn’t function any more,” Cook said. “It’s horrible. It just becomes too dangerous to be out.” Brad Gehring can relate. The storm was the worst Gehring could remember, too. Gehring has owned Curb Appeal in Kendallville for the last 10 years. His company had two plow trucks, two skid loaders and a backhoe operating pretty much continuously. Putting together a string of 16-plus hour days takes a toll. “It’s not so much the body, it’s the mind,” Gehring said. “You write the date a hundred times and still can’t remember it.” Taking time off during such a stretch just isn’t possible. “They want to be open for business,” Cook said of his clients. “The liability issues come into play if somebody slips and falls.” Businesses that need to be open pretty much all the time need to be have their driveways and parking lots cleared. Factories need workers. Workers need places to park. Trucks need to get in to make deliveries and pick up finished products. “It gets to be very stressful,” SEE SNOW, PAGE A6

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Former Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Tucson, blows kisses to the media, waves, and says “it was wonderful” as she briefly describes her skydiving experience as the SUV she was in drives past media cameras Wednesday in Eloy, Ariz., marking the three-year anniversary after she was shot in a mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., during one of her political events. According to her Facebook page, she did the tandem skydive jump with her friend, former Navy SEAL Jimmy Hatch.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — In the three years since she was severely injured in a mass shooting at a political event, Gabrielle Giffords has made an impressive recovery, learned to walk again and founded a national political organization. On Wednesday, while others gathered for bell-ringing and flag-raising ceremonies, she marked the anniversary by skydiving. The former Arizona congresswoman waved and blew kisses to a crowd at a skydiving site between Phoenix and Tucson after landing without injury. She described the jump as a wonderful experience. Giffords’ husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, posted

a picture of her landing on his Twitter account. “Happy she’s safe. So proud of her bravery,” he wrote. Jimmy Hatch, a former Navy SEAL who accompanied Giffords, said she was the least nervous person on the plane. Hatch said the group held hands and formed a circle shortly after exiting the aircraft and then made a line with Giffords in the middle. The entire skydive lasted about a minute, he said. He called Giffords a “rock star” for making the jump on such an emotional day. “It’s pretty incredible,” he said. SEE GIFFORDS, PAGE A6

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Monday, Jan. 13 • Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County Board, library, 322 S. Wayne St., Angola, 4 p.m. • Hamilton Community Schools Board, 903 S. Wayne St., Hamilton, 6:30 p.m. • Ashley Town Council, Ashley Community Center, 500 S. Gonser Ave., Ashley, 7 p.m. Department head meeting at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 14 • Steuben County Council, Steuben Community Center, 317 S. Wayne St., Angola, 9 a.m. • Steuben County Sheriff’s Merit Board, sheriff’s department, 206 E. Gale St., Angola, 4 p.m. • Helmer Regional Sewage District Board, 7620 S. C.R. 969W, Helmer, 5:30 p.m. • Fremont Park Board, Fremont Public Library, 1004 W. Toledo St., Fremont, 6 p.m. • Lake George Regional Sewer District Board, 1040 Angola Road, Coldwater, Mich., 6:30 p.m. • Angola Plan Commission, city hall, 210 N. Public Square, Angola, 7 p.m. Rescheduled meeting.

Wednesday, Jan. 15 • Steuben County Local Emergency Planning Committee, Steuben County Courthouse Annex, 205 S. Martha St., Angola, 10 a.m. • Steuben County Board of Health, Steuben Community Center, 317 S. Wayne St., Angola, 7:30 p.m.

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ANGOLA — Four Steuben County incumbents were among those filing Wednesday on the first day to declare candidacy. Those filing for re-election were Sheriff Tim Troyer, Clerk Michelle (Spangle) Herbert; Surveyor Larry K. Gilbert and Rick Shipe, Steuben County Council president, all Republicans. Newcomer Linda S. Myers, Republican, filed for recorder. Current Recorder DaniLou Parrish can’t seek a third term due to term limits. Tacy Morick, Democrat, filed for the Jackson Advisory Board. Offices up for election this year including current office holder are: • Steuben County Superior Court Judge, William C. Fee; • Steuben County Prosecuting Attorney, Michael Hess, who has chosen not to seek re-election; • Steuben County Clerk, Michelle Herbert; • Steuben County Auditor, Kim Koomler; • Steuben County Assessor, Marcia Seevers; • Steuben County Recorder, Parrish; • Steuben County Sheriff, Tim Troyer;

• Steuben County Surveyor, Larry Gilbert; • Steuben County Commissioner, Loretta Smart, North District; • Steuben County Council, F. Mayo Sanders, District 1; • Steuben County Council, Sara Tubergen, District 2; • Steuben County Council, Rick Shipe, District 3; • Steuben County Council, John Ingledue, District 4; • All Steuben County trustees; • All Steuben County township board members; Primary only: • Democratic state convention delegates; • Republican state convention delegates; • Democratic precinct committeemen; General election only, the following seats, with current office holder: • Fremont School Board, Sheri Sue Thomson, District 2; • Fremont School Board, Cindy Saltzman and Hope Korte, District 3; • Fremont School Board, Lee Stoy (DeKalb) District 1; • Hamilton School Board, Donald Oberlin, District 3; • Metropolitan School District of Steuben County,

Election deadlines The following is a partial list of dates to note for this year’s Indiana election calendar: • Wednesday was the first day for declaration of candidacy for major political parties. It was the first day to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate in the general election for an office other than school board. • Jan. 15 at noon is the deadline for annual campaign finance reports for 2013. • Feb. 7 at noon is the deadline to file a declaration of candidacy for the primary. • Feb. 10 at noon is the deadline to file a Kevin Beard, District 1; • MSD, Barbara Favorite and Glen Armey, District 3; • Prairie Heights School Board, Todd Perkins, Milford; • Prairie Heights School Board, Phyllis Grabill, Millgrove; • Fremont Town Council, Steven Vaughn and Kay Clark; • Hamilton Town

candidacy withdrawal in the primary election. • March 22 is the deadline for the county election board to mail primary election absentee ballots to voters who have already filed an application with the county election board. • April 7 is the deadline for a voter to register or transfer registration. • The first day a voter may vote absentee in the office of the circuit court clerk is April 8. • Primary election day is May 6 with polls open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. • General election day is Nov. 4 with polls open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Council, Michael Biegas, District 1; • Hamilton Town Council, Tina Bosse, District 4; • Clear Lake Clerk/ Treasurer, Kay Kummer; • Clear Lake Town Council, Chris Folland, at-large; • Clear Lake Town Council, Jill Powers, at-large.

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The final Steuben County Day of Caring project for 2013 that was delayed by weather and design issues for months was finally completed when, from left, Ron Kruger and Ted Gear, of Four Seasons Remodeling,

and Steve Grill and Scott Blaschak, Steuben County United Way volunteers finished a ramp project in Hamilton on Dec. 28. Also pitching in was Bobbi Grill, Steuben County United Way executive director.

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Remodeling and volunteers from Steuben County United Way completed the construction of a handicap ramp in Hamilton. The project provides access for a man who uses a motorized wheelchair as a result of severe spinal cord damage in an industrial accident. “Safety was the main driver in getting this job done sooner than late,” said Bobbi Grill, United Way executive director. Attempts to do the project were previously thwarted by design constraints, materials, scheduling, worker availability and weather. When advised of the

need, Jeff Deahl, president and owner of Four Seasons Design and Remodeling, Lake James, was happy to help. “This is an example of our commitment to the community, and how we give back,” Deahl said, “because we can.” The 2013 Day of Caring stretched into Months of Caring after an early snowfall postponed nearly 50 projects involving 300 volunteers originally scheduled for April 24. It was a challenge to reschedule projects since workers, both individual and company teams, had already

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planned the day off work, Grill said. A few projects were done each week with the construction of the handicap ramp being the last major project. After visiting the site, project manager Rich O’Brien provided a drawing and material list. Work needed to be done on a Saturday to accommodate Four Seasons and United Way volunteers. Several Saturdays had to be rescheduled due to a 9-inch snowfall, freezing rain and so on. “It is such a relief that the ramp construction finally came together and the gentleman can have safe passage from his home to a vehicle for doctor visits and other needs” Grill said. “We are very grateful to Four Seasons and our volunteers. This is a caring community at work.” Day of Caring first began in Steuben County in 2010. United Way coordinates resources and volunteers from employers, schools, churches and other organizations with community service projects for residents and organizations that could use a little help. These projects include such activities as landscaping, painting, trash pickup and small construction projects. “It’s a day dedicated to giving back,” Grill said. Planning for this year’s Day of Caring is supposed to start Wednesday, weather permitting.

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ANGOLA — Cameron Memorial Community Hospital’s Birthing Center will offer childbirth preparation classes and breastfeeding classes. Childbirth preparation classes will be available Jan. 18, Feb. 15, March 15, April 19, May 17, June 14, July 19, Aug. 16, Sept. 20, Oct. 18 and Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. These classes provide the expectant mother and her partner or coach with a basic understanding of the birth process as well as techniques for comfort and relaxation. Basic newborn care is also taught during the class. The fee for the childbirth preparation class is $30; $15 for participants in the Women, Infants and Children program. The breastfeeding classes will be available Jan. 28, Feb. 25, March 25, April 29, May 27, June 24, July 22, Aug. 26, Sept. 30, Oct. 28 and Nov. 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m. The fee is $10. Cameron’s Birthing Center’s nurses provide over 140 combined years of experience in assisting area parents. These professionals are all neonatal certified, certified in the stability program, and have all completed a breastfeeding class to better assist mothers and babies as they prepare to go home. For more information on classes or Cameron’s obstetric services, call 665-2141, ext. 5280.

Kallie Sue Huscher was born Dec. 17, 2013, at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, to Jennifer Marie Hedges and Justin Alan Huscher, weighing 8 pounds, 3 ounces. She joins brother Kyler Huscher, 7.

Leah Marie Underwood was born Dec. 18, 2013, at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, to Margaret Allison Platt and Chad Lee Underwood of Angola, weighing 8 pounds, 7 ounces. She joins brother Alexander Underwood, 7. Underwood Isaac Matthew Mitchell was born Dec. 17, 2013, at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, to Matthew Thomas and Tonia Sue Mitchell of Angola, weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Grandparents include Chester Foulk and Jenny Somers of Fremont and Thomas and Carleen Mitchell of Angola. Siblings include Trevin Mitchell, 21, Tiler Foulk, 17, Devon Shellerberger, 15, Brandon Foulk, 12, and Abigail Mitchell, 18 months. Xaidon Edward Ickes was born Dec. 26, 2013, at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, to Desirae Ann Yeggie and Devin Edward Ickes of Angola, weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Grandparents include Jamie Hecox of Coldwater, Mich., Melissa Hecox of Flint, Mich., Scott Ickes of Angola Ickes and Barb Lillard, Long Beach, Calif.

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Nataleigh Averee-Michelle Mussatti was born Dec. 31, 2013, at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, to Casey Marie Craun and Anthony Michael Mussatti Jr. of Fort Wayne, weighing 5 pounds, 13 ounces. Grandparents include Michael and Kathryn Craun of Fremont and Anthony and Stephanie Mussatti of Angola.

Drake John Nilson was born Jan. 2, 2014, at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, to Dustin Todd and Tiffany Nicole Nilson of Angola, weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces. Grandparents include Steve Romine, Karen Counterman and Dawn Nilson, all of Angola, and the late John Nilson. He joins Nilson sister Gia Marie Gulvas, 8.

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Hoffman on list FORT WAYNE — Univeristy of St. Francis sophomore Cathrine “Caty” Hoffman was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester with a 3.95 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Hoffman is a 2012 Angola High School graduate.

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ANGOLA — The following marriage licenses were approved by the Steuben County Clerk of Courts. • James F. Stevenson, Maumee, Ohio, and Cynthia M. Hodgson, Camden, Mich. • Drew Allen Wulff, Hicksville, Ohio, and Kayleigh Rae Goss, Fremont.

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Lyllian Aurora Hendricks was born Dec. 20, 2013, at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, to Cassandra Moran and Brandon Hendricks of Pleasant Lake, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces.

Stella Yvonne Book was born Dec. 20, 2013, at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, to Ryan Allen and Deidre Ann Book of Angola, weighing 7 pounds. Grandparents include James and Patricia Gebhart of Fort Wayne and Ronald and Linda Book of Fremont. Siblings i nclude Alexis Book, 9, Rhiannon Gebhart, 8, Brayden Gebhart, 6, and Corbin Book, 5.

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Memories made at Alphabet Affair Peg Ludwig, a board member for the Steuben County Literacy Coalition, dances with Elvis, as portrayed by a member of Random Acts of Chicago, which provided a murder mystery during this year’s Alphabet Affair, held on Dec. 31 at Club 2201 Event Center. This was the second year for the New Year’s Eve date, and organizers said attendance was up from last year.

The Alphabet Affair has been offered for many years as a fundraiser for the Literacy Coalition, a free educational resource for people of all ages. This year’s letter was “M” and in 2014, the party will focus on the letter “N.” One of the staples of the event is the option to dress in a costume inspired by the letter of the year.

Community Calendar • Today • Euchre Community Game: 9:30 a.m. Steuben County Council on Aging, 317 S. Wayne St., Angola. • Ashley-Hudson 2000 Lions Club: 6:30 p.m. Ashley OES Hall, Morgan Street, Ashley.

Friday, January 10 • New Beginnings for Narcotics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous, 412 S. John St., Angola.

Sunday, January 12 • Narcotics Anonymous: 6 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous, 412 S. John St., Angola. • New Beginnings for Narcotics Anonymous: 6 p.m. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 314 W. Maumee St., Angola.

Monday, January 13 • Happy Knitters and Bubbly Crocheters: 11 a.m. Steuben County Council on Aging, 317 S. Wayne St., Angola. 665-9856 • GED Classes: 4 p.m. Steuben County Literacy Coalition, 1208 S. Wayne St., Angola. 665-3357 • Angola Rotary Meeting: 6 p.m. Elks Lodge, 2003 N. Wayne St., Angola. • Diabetes Support Group: 7 p.m. Hamilton United Methodist Church, 7780 S. Wayne St.,

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Tuesday, January 14 • ImagiKnit: 10 a.m. Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County, 322 S. Wayne St., Angola. • Euchre Community Game: 12:30 p.m. Steuben County Council on Aging, 317 S. Wayne St., Angola. 665-9856 • GED Classes: 4 p.m. Steuben County Literacy Coalition, 1208 S. Wayne St., Angola. 665-3357 • Grief Support Group: 4:30 p.m. Cameron Woods, 701 W. Harcourt Road, Angola.

• Community Soup and Supper: 5 p.m. Faith Harvest Church, 200 Park Ave., Angola.

Wednesday, January 15 • Euchre: 12:30 p.m. Steuben County Council on Aging, 317 S. Wayne St., Angola. • Faith Community Health Clinic: 5 p.m. Holy Family Episcopal Church, 909 S. Darling St., Angola. • Angola Lions Club Meeting: 6:30 p.m. Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, 416 E. Maumee St., Angola. 665-2141

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ANGOLA — Robert Sylvester Osborne, 89, of Angola, Indiana, passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at Northern Lakes Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Angola. Robert was born Mr. Osborne May 16, 1924, in Angola, Indiana, to Heman and Hope (Hornbrook) Osborne. He married June Marie Ewers on September Mr. Osborne 28, 1946. He was a self-employed contractor. He had been a member of the Angola Church of Christ. He was a U.S. Navy veteran; a member of the Angola American Legion Post 31; Angola VFW George Anspaugh Post 7205 and the 40 & 8. He had also been a 50-plus year member of the Angola Moose Lodge. He enjoyed hunting, mushrooming, playing cards and playing pool. Most of all he loved spending time with his family. Robert is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Sheri and Randy Coffey of Angola, Indiana; three grandchildren, Annie and Caleb Tennis of Columbus, Indiana, Wendi and Mark Moon of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Natalie Coffey of the U.S. Navy; and four great-grandchildren, Isaac Tennis, Zoe Tennis, Joel Moon and Hope Moon. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, June Marie Osborne on March 17, 2012; three brothers, Donald, Sam and Chuck; and three sisters Patricia, Betty and Nancy Carol. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, January 10, 2014, at the Weicht Funeral Home, Angola, Indiana, with visitation from 10-11 a.m. prior to the service. Officiating will be Pastor Eric Bingaman. Burial will be in the Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, with military honors by the Angola American Legion and the Angola VFW. Memorials may be given to the Wounded Warrior Program and the Angola Kids Club. You may sign the guestbook at www.weichtfh. com.

CORUNNA — Steven M. “Albert” Tullis, age 61, of Corunna, Ind., died Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at his residence. He was born October 29, 1952, in Huntington, Ind., to Robert N. and Sueanna E. (Landrum) Mr. Tullis Tullis. He married Anita Jo Fetter on June 22, 1974, in Garrett, Ind., and she survives in Corunna. Steve worked as a driver at Irving RediMix for 41 years, retiring in 2012. Steve is survived by his wife, Anita Jo Tullis of Corunna, Ind.; a son, Michael (Elly) Tullis of Corunna, Ind., and a daughter, Michelle (Eric) Risser of Goshen, Ind.; two grandchildren, Emily Jo Risser and Joel Ryan Risser, both of Goshen, Ind. He is also survived by his mother, Sueanna E. Tullis of Auburn, Ind.; a brother: David Tullis of Auburn, Ind.; two sisters, Nancy (Tom) Best of Knoxville, Tenn., and Melanie (Leonard) Baughman of Auburn, Ind.; and several nieces and nephews. Steve was preceded in death by his father, Robert N. Tullis, and a nephew, Mark Myers. Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. Friday, January 10, 2014, at Thomas Funeral Home in Garrett, Ind., and from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, January 11, 2014, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Garrett, Ind. A service will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 11, 2014 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Garrett, Ind., with Father Andrew Nazareth officiating. Burial will follow in Christian Union Cemetery at Garrett, Ind. Memorials are to the Corunna Fire Department or St. Martin’s Healthcare. You may send a condolence or sign the on-line register book by visiting www.thomasfuner alhome.org.

AVILLA — Gene Marvin Lampe, Avilla, passed away January 8, 2014, at home with family members by his side. Born on September 4, 1938, to Eva (Johnson) and Marvin Lampe, Gene resided in the Fort Wayne/ Noble County area his entire Mr. Lampe life except for during his military service. After graduating from North Side High School in 1956, he served in the U.S. Army in Germany until 1960. In 1961, he married the love of his life, Kaye Allyne Kagey, and together they raised two children, Scott and Kristy. Gene retired from GTE in 1999 after 33 years of service. Curious and analytical, Gene was a life-long learner who enjoyed tracking statistics on anything from bird counts to weather trends and tinkering with tools and gadgets. He loved music and played guitar in various bands and at church, along with Kaye on accordion or keyboard. Gene was a talented musician who was known for his improvisational abilities. He also enjoyed motorcycling, backyard birding, camping, clocks of all types, fishing, and spending time with his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Kaye in Avilla; son, Scott (Tina) in Grand Haven, Mich.; daughter, Kristy (Steve) Fry in Garrett; sister Marilyn (Dean) Martin in Fort Wayne; grandchildren, Amber (Fry) Manon, Adam Lampe, Kayelyn Fry, Josh Lampe, Corey Fry, Hayelie Fry, Rachel Fry; stepgranddaughter Lindsay Loomis; one great-grandson, Liam Manon; nephews and niece, Mark, Matt, and Michelle; and several other family members and friends. In accordance with his wishes, Gene’s body was donated to the Indiana University School of Medicine Anatomical Education Program. There will be a celebration of Gene’s life at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, Parkview Hospice, or charity of choice. Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel, 222 S. State St., Kendallville, is assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family at www. youngfamilyfuneralhome. com.

FORT WAYNE — Shirley Lee (Birchfield) Dale, 78, of Fort Wayne, Ind., passed away January 6, 2014. Shirley was born Nov. 29, 1935, in Pleasant Township in Steuben County, Ind., and grew up Mrs. Dale in Fremont, Indiana. During her lifetime Shirley lived with her husband in North Carolina, Kinderhook, Mich., and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Loved by her children, grandchildren, extended family and friends, Shirley will be missed. Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Frederick Dale in 2008, and daughter, Sherry Jo Dale Brewis in 2000. Surviving are her son, Jeffery L. Dale of Auburn, Ind.; her daughter, Lisa Heral of Fort Wayne, Ind., and five grandchildren, Jonas L. Brewis, Jeffery A. Dale, Tanner J. Heral, Alan P. Vandenbosch and Justin D. Heral. A private service will be held for the immediate family. In lieu of flowers the family has requested that donations in honor of Shirley L. Dale be made to the Fibrous Dysplasia Foundation, 15 Browns Ct. SE, Washington, DC 20003. Klaehn, Fahl, Melton Funeral Home in Fort Wayne is in charge of arrangements.

GOSHEN — John Robert Spencer, 61, Goshen (Benton) died at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in Goshen. He was born July 21, 1952, in Goshen to Harold R. and Opal L. Spencer. He married Mr. Spencer Candi Wixson on April 13, 1990. Surviving are his wife, Candi, Goshen; his sons, Doug (Shannon) Ewell and Dustin (Megan Metzger) Ewell, both of Cromwell; a brother, Brian (Samantha) Spencer, Goshen; and three grandchildren, Blake, Dawson and Jennifer Ewell. Preceding him in death are his parents and half brothers, Tom and Drayton Spencer. John worked at Johnson Controls for 34 years and attended Solomon Creek United Methodist Church. He was a member of the NRA; enjoyed his grandchildren; riding his Honda; loved the Chicago Bears and was a proud supporter of the Red Cross Blood Bank. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, and one hour prior to the 11 a.m. service Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, all at Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret Funeral Home, 311 S. Main St., Goshen. Pastor Carldean Merrifield will officiate and burial will be in Benton Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Benton Township Fire Department or the Sparta Township Fire Department. Online condolences may be sent at www.rrefh.com.

Mary Tuttle STROH — Mary Anne Tuttle, 67, died Wed., Jan. 8, 2014, at her home. Visitation will be from 2-7 p.m. Sunday at Johnson Funeral Home in Hudson. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Mary of the Angels Church at Big Long Lake.

WARSAW — Harold L. Campbell, 84, of Warsaw died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at Owen Family Funeral Home, S.R. 13 and C.R. 500N, North Webster. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home. Burial will follow in the Salem Cemetery at Wilmot. Memorials are to the Salem Community Missionary Church, 1188 W. C.R. 325S-57, Larwill, IN 46764.

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Sun delays space station supply flight CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A strong solar storm is interfering with the latest grocery run to the International Space Station. On the bright side, the orbiting lab has won a four-year extension, pushing its projected end-of-lifetime to at least 2024, a full decade from now. “This is a big plus for us,” said NASA’s human exploration chief, Bill Gerstenmaier. On Wednesday, Orbital Sciences Corp. delayed its space station delivery mission for the third time. The company’s unmanned rocket, the Antares, was set to blast off from Wallops Island, Va., with a capsule full of supplies and science experiments, including ants for an educational project. But several hours before Wednesday afternoon’s planned flight, company officials took the unusual step of postponing the launch for fear solar radiation could doom the rocket. Orbital Sciences’ chief technical officer, Antonio Elias, said solar particles might interfere with electronics equipment in the rocket, and lead to a launch failure. Although the solar storm barely rated moderate, some passenger jets were being diverted from the poles to avoid potential communication and health issues. GPS devices also were at risk. But the six men aboard the space station were safe from the solar fallout, NASA said, and satellites also faced no threat. The Cygnus cargo ship aboard the rocket, for example, is built to withstand radiation from solar flare-ups. The storm will also push the colorful northern lights further south than usual to the northern U.S. The Cygnus was supposed to fly in December, but a breakdown in the space station’s cooling system required repairs by spacewalking astronauts.

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Of all the numbers thrown at us over the course of last year, one stands out for me. I fervently hope we can avoid repeating it this year. That number is 12. It’s the percentage of Americans in a December Quinnipiac poll who said they trust the government in Washington to do what is right most or all of the time. It’s a depressingly small number — especially compared to the 41 percent who say they “hardly ever” the government. LEE trust On top of that, a few ago an AP poll HAMILTON months found that fewer than a third of Americans trust one another. The poll’s message is clear: our society is in the midst of a crisis in trust. Trust is essential to our political system and our way of Trust may have life. The belief that weakened, but most of people and us do not see or institutions will do what experience a corrupt they say America. A sense of they will do is the community remains coin of the crucially important to realm in our society. It is make this country safe what allows and secure for ourselves people to work and our children. together — in their daily interactions with others and in their communities, legislatures and Congress. Negotiation, compromise, collegiality, and the mechanisms our complex and diverse society depends upon are impossible without trust. You could argue that we see all around us the results of our trust deficit. Government dysfunction, an economy performing below its potential, public officials’ scandals and misdeeds, trusted institutions’ willingness to skirt the law and standards of good conduct, our social safety net under attack because people mistrust recipients — all of these speak to a society struggling as trust weakens. Yet here’s the question. Do the polls match your experience? In my case, they do not. Trust is still a big part of my dealings with institutions and individuals, most of whom are good people trying to live a decent life and to be helpful to others. Trust may have weakened, but most of us do not see or experience a corrupt America. A sense of community remains crucially important to make this country safe and secure for ourselves and our children. Events in recent years have given us plenty of reason to be distrustful. Clearly, healthy skepticism is warranted in the wake of the NSA revelations and other evidence of government and corporate misbehavior. In the end, however, “trust but verify” is still the golden standard. Our ability to function and move forward as a society rests on trust. Think about it.

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LEE HAMILTON is director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

Online Poll • Opinions were divided regarding Colorado’s new law that legalizes the sale of small amounts of marijuana. Our poll at kpcnews. com asked: How do you feel about Colorado’s legalization of marijuana? The replies were: It is better than the costly war on drugs — 39 percent More teens will use marijuana — 7 percent It will provide new tax revenue for Colorado — 22 percent Drug addiction will sky rocket — 32 percent Our new poll asks: How how did road and emergency crews do during our historic storm? To express your views go to the poll at kpcnews.com and/or write a letter to the editor. Online polls are not scientific but they provide an interesting snapshot of public opinion.

Where are the children on snow days? Where are the kids on this day off school? Wednesday I drove around town looking for kids playing in the snow for a feature photo for this newspaper. I checked all the familiar locations for sledders — Bixler Lake Park hills, the Kendallville Golf Club and Baby Mountain north of town. No one. Not even sled tracks. I drove slowly by the schools in town. Maybe, kids were building snow forts, digging tunnels in the mountains of plowed snow or making snow angels in the snow? Nope. Bixler Lake is the place for ice skating, ice hockey, ice fishing or just walking on the ice? Not for kids this day. Maybe teens were out and about with snow shovels looking to earn some pocket money for shoveling snow from sidewalks? I didn’t see one youngster shoveling snow anywhere in town. What were kids doing on their day off from school? Where were they? They weren’t outside trying out the new sleds, snow skis, ice skates, snow suits and snow boots they received for Christmas. Growing up in Kendallville in the 1950s and 1960s, my buddies and I cherished the snow days from school. We didn’t sit around playing video games, watching videos and TV or texting friends. We got physical. Snow and ice were opportunities to have fun doing things we couldn’t do other months of the

year. It was like an extra weekend. The cold temperatures didn’t bother us. We put on two layers of trousers, socks, sweatshirts, stocking cap, gloves, scarves, old shoes with rubber boots but sometimes high-top sneakers. We never complained about the cold because we didn’t pause from what we were doing to feel the cold. Our favorite hangout for winter fun was Bixler Lake INSIDE Park and the lake. The hills COMMENT below McCray Memorial Hospital (now the Kendallville Public Library site) great for trying out Dennis Nartker were our flexible flyer sleds. We discovered that sheets of cardboard and inner tubes were also good platforms for sliding down the hills. We improvised competitions — longest ride, fastest ride, last man on his sled. What fun. What memories. The old North Side Elementary School hill was also a great location for sledding. It’s where we dug tunnels in the piles of plowed snow and played king of the mountain. If we fell down, there was no pain. The snow softened our falls. The park land provided wide open spaces

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for making trails and rolling snow into giant balls to make forts for snowball fights, snow sculptures and snowmen. Who could throw a snowball the farthest? Who could throw and hit the tree? Ice-covered Bixler Lake provided many opportunities for active fun. We fashioned sails from old sheets and two-by-fours and used them on our sleds to scoot around the lake. We made hockey sticks from discarded wood slates and played hockey with tennis balls. What fun. What memories. Sometimes on a snow day from school we walked the streets with snow shovels, knocked on doors and shoveled sidewalks to earn money for the Saturday afternoon matinees at the Strand. This was work, but we made it fun. Whoever finished their part of the job first bought the popcorn. After a day outside in the snow, we returned home, dropping on the floor snow-covered boots and shoes, limp, wet socks and icy-stiff fingered gloves, wishing for another day off school. “Hey, Mom, what’s it supposed to be like tomorrow?” Those snow day experiences still linger with me. I wonder if today’s youth when they’re adults will have fond memories of their snow days from school playing video games, watching videos and texting friends? DENNIS NARTKER is a reporter for The News Sun. He can be reached at dnartker@kpcme dia.com.

Congress, president need to seek new outlook stagflation, high interest rates, the This year opens with a blast Iran hostage crisis, the debacle at from the past: the memoir of Desert One, the savings-and-loan former Defense Secretary Robert crisis, Iran-Contra, Whitewater, M. Gates, who because he served Monica Lewinsky, a presidential in the Pentagon under both a impeachment, terrorism, Republican and financial collapse, growing Democratic president partisanship, congressional ought not to be paralysis and much, much dismissed as a cranky more. geezer befuddled by But each presidential memories of rosier administration, and each good-old-days. This new Congress, has the is a serious man, with chance to start anew, a history degree from and in truth there have William and Mary DAVID M. been moments of great and a Ph.D. from hope in the past third of Georgetown, service SHRIBMAN a century. They came on under eight presidents the right with the election and experience as the of Ronald Reagan and on director of Central the left with the elections Intelligence and as of Bill Clinton and Barack president of Texas Obama. These were times A&M University. when young people and even Gates’ book will salute both wizened old veterans longed to George W. Bush and Barack Obama for their personal chivalry, be in Washington, to breathe the new fresh air and to shape the new but criticize many of their fresh outlook. decisions. It also will excoriate We do not have those opportuCongress as “(u)ncivil, incompenities in 2014, but Congress and tent in fulfilling basic constituthe president need to find a way tional responsibilities (such as timely appropriations), microman- to breathe fresh air and shape a fresh outlook. The country simply agerial, parochial, hypocritical, cannot continue in what the egotistical, thin-skinned, too often putting self (and re-election) before political theorist Francis Fukuyama calls the “decay in the quality of country …” American government.” That is a searing, but not a The prospects for such a daring, assessment. A McClatchyrevival-tent conversion are Marist poll released last month showed the president and Congress dim, to be sure. In his widely discussed essay published last with all-time low ratings, with month, Fukuyama took aim at about two-thirds of the country viewing the nation as being on the the role of interest groups in American politics, with a side wrong track. Two generations of Americans swipe at Congress, and this part of his critique is especially worth have come to maturity with the examining: conviction that the government “It is commonly and accurately is bad, that politics is worse, that observed that no one in the things are deteriorating at an U.S. Congress really deliberates ever-quickening pace and that anymore. Congressional ‘debate’ hope should be abandoned at the amounts to a series of talking exit door of the maternity ward. points aimed not at colleagues This is the legacy of (hold but at activist audiences, who your breath, for this will be a are perfectly happy to punish a run-on-sentence for the ages): legislator who deviates from their Vietnam, the credibility gap, agenda as a result of deliberaWatergate, the pardon of Richard M. Nixon, the Mayaguez, inflation, tion or the acquisition of greater

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Congressional ‘debate’ amounts to a series of talking points aimed ... at activist audiences, who are perfectly happy to punish a legislator who deviates from their agenda as a result of deliberation or the acquisition of greater knowledge.

• knowledge. This leads then to bureaucratic mandates written by interest groups that restrict bureaucratic autonomy.” Embedded in that one paragraph are several great truths. The Senate, which describes itself as the world’s greatest deliberative body, is no such thing. Politicians’ views are shaped for, and shaped by, special-interest groups. Ideological rigidity and foolish consistency — more proof that Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in the wrong century — are celebrated rather than deplored. So maybe what America needs is a little less consistency from its politicians. This is probably not an attractive view for a columnist to promulgate, but it may provide a fresh breeze in that cave of wind on Capitol Hill. What is meant by less consistency? Start with the notion of making congressional debates, and White House negotiations, actual debates and negotiations. Maybe the presence of so many lawyers, and the lure of the closing argument, has warped our politics. But if politicians viewed their scripted talking points only as opening arguments rather than as the last word, if they listened to the views of their rivals, and if they then evaluated their own views against their opponents’, they might actually find a middle ground, or scoot out of their corner into another corner, or at least have respect for views that clash with theirs, and for the men and women who express them. Nearly a half century ago,

Richard Nixon hired professor Jeffrey Hart as a speechwriter, telling him, as Hart, an expert in English poetry, liked to say, to add a spot of Tennyson to Nixon’s remarks. Here’s a spot of Tennyson that might jolt our convictions about conviction: “There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.” Anyone who took public speaking in college knows that the principal purpose of speechifying is persuasion. Yet our politicians believe that the speech (and the negotiation, or the House-Senate conference committee) is less for persuasion than for exposition. Let’s consider celebrating the politician who changes his or her mind — not for mean advantage but for principle. It’s time to heed the wisdom of Isaac Asimov: “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” So let’s scrub the windows of our politics. Let’s not abandon our principles, but instead let’s consider whether we might abandon our positions, especially if they were furnished on memos prepared by the special interest groups that govern our politics — or if they were conjured by politicians hoping to appeal to those very special interests. Politicians: Heal thyselves. Politicians: Think for thyselves. DAVID M. SHRIBMAN is the executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. His email is dshribman@post-gazette. com.

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Wednesday afternoon that its schools would not be open today. “We feel confident that there are many more snow cancellations to occur between now and spring. Not being required to make up Jan. 6 and 7 is very helpful,” Linson said. Prairie Heights superintendent Alan Middleton said his school district also will apply for the two-day waiver and probably will file for a waiver for any additional days the district is closed as a result of this week’s weather. “I think we have justification,” Middleton said of applying for the waivers. “The county was declared a state of emergency. We were two of 29 counties that were listed as disaster areas.” Prairie Heights schools are located in Steuben and LaGrange counties. Middleton said the district has five days built into its calendar that can be

used as makeup days. On Wednesday afternoon, Middleton said, it still had not been determined whether students would return to school today. “We have 32 buses,” Middleton said. Hazardous road conditions make it especially especially difficult for buses to make turns, he added. One school district that currently does not plan to apply for the two-day waiver is DeKalb Central. “The application for a waiver for canceled and/ or loss of instructional days is not a new procedure, however I find it interesting that school districts are being encouraged to apply for a waiver for missed days,” said DeKalb Central superintendent Sherry Grate. Reflecting on the past four years of school attendance, Grate said the district made up three days in 2009-10; 10 days in 2010-11; two days in

2011-12; and five days in 2012-13. Grate said historically, the district has not applied for a waiver for missed days of school related to winter weather. “At this time, we do not intend to apply for a waiver and would only anticipate an application for some type of extenuating circumstances. We consider each day of instruction with our students an extremely valuable opportunity to make a difference in their lives,” Grate said. Garrett-Keyser-Butler schools superintendent Dennis Stockdale said he likely would decide later in the spring whether to apply for the waiver. Garrett students were scheduled to return to class Tuesday, so a waiver would apply to only one day. Stockdale said he will look at how many snow days the district has accumulated and how the district’s calendar will be impacted before deciding whether to apply for the waiver.

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Gehring said. “Everybody wants you to be at the same place at the same time.” The snow removal business makes up roughly 30 percent of his company’s income, Gehring said. Curb Appeal also does excavating, hauling and construction. Having big machinery sitting idle during winter’s nonconstruction months doesn’t make sense, so Gehring keeps the machines running doing snow

removal. He said in an average winter, he will see $30,000-$35,000 in snow removal revenues. “We will probably see double that this year,” Gehring said. And it could have been more if there were more hours in the day. “We’ve turned down 30 residential people that we could not just get to,” Gehring said. Cook said his company’s main line of work is tree service and cutting. He said snow removal makes up a

tiny fraction of his overall revenues. “Last year it was probably less than 1 percent,” Cook said. He estimated this year it could be as high as 2-3 percent. Cook said removing snow isn’t a big moneymaker. Plowing and hauling snow causes wear and tear on machinery, and one of the blades he recently purchased cost approximately $8,000. “It’s very difficult to be a profitable snow removal service,” he said.

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“They did a little moment of silence at the drop zone. The emotion was really heavy. … She’s a testimony to making the best of what you have.” Vice-President Joe Biden called Giffords to wish her good luck on her jump, according to Biden’s office. The 2011 mass shooting in Tucson left six people dead and injured 13 others, including Giffords. About 100 residents of the city attended a ceremony on Wednesday outside the University of Arizona Medical Center, where the injured were treated. A bell was rung once for each of the six people killed and the 12 wounded. A pastor also read a prayer and then a moment of silence followed at the event, one of several planned in the city. “The wounds are still there. Time helps, but it doesn’t heal all the wounds,” Mayor Jonathan Rothschild said. “I think the commemorations are, in large part, recognition of our community’s collective

care and compassion and grit to go on.” A post on her Facebook page says Giffords has regained movement in her right arm but still struggles to speak and walk. She has become a leader of Americans for Responsible Solutions, a national organization she founded with her husband to rival the powerful pro-gun lobby. The group struggled to bring about any major changes at the federal and state level in its first year, but the couple is confident they laid the groundwork for success in future election cycles. “The legacy of any day where there’s a mass shooting and loss of life is, I think, a chance to reflect on who these people were and what they did, particularly the people who died,” Kelly said in an interview with The Associated Press on the eve of the anniversary. “But it’s also a chance to look forward and see how we can make changes and reduce the numbers of instances like this that we have.”

Skydiving experts say it’s relatively safe for someone with Giffords’ physical struggles to make a jump. Nancy Koreen, a spokeswoman for the United States Parachute Association said almost anyone — depending on the extent of their disability or injuries — can do a tandem or solo jump. Officials have announced plans for a permanent shooting memorial expected to be located downtown at the Old Pima County Courthouse and in an adjacent park. The sites would display some of the thousands of items, including letters, candles and flags that were placed in makeshift memorials after the shooting. Some of the items were on display Wednesday at libraries in Tucson. “Like any community that experiences a tragedy, the citizens want to be connected to it in some way to show their appreciation and understanding and sympathy,” said Stephen Brigham, president of the January 8 Memorial Foundation.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A political furor surrounding Gov. Chris Christie intensified Wednesday with the release of emails and text messages that suggest one of his top aides deliberately created traffic jams in a New Jersey town last September to punish its mayor. “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee,” Christie aide Bridget Anne Kelly wrote in August to David Wildstein, a top Christie appointee on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. “Got it,” Wildstein replied. A few weeks later, Wildstein closed two of three lanes connecting Fort Lee to the George Washington Bridge, which runs between New Jersey and New York City. The shutdown caused major backups in Fort Lee — whose mayor had refused to endorse Christie for re-election last fall. The messages, obtained by The Associated Press and other news organizations Wednesday amid a state legislative investigation into the dirty-tricks allegations, do not directly implicate Christie in the lane closings. But they contradict Christie’s assertions that the closings were not punitive and that his staff was not involved. And Democrats seized on the material as more evidence that the potential Republican candidate for president in 2016 is a bully. The messages “indicate

what we’ve come to expect from Gov. Christie — when people oppose him, he exacts retribution. When people question him, he belittles and snidely jokes. And when anyone dares to look into his administration, he bullies and attacks,” Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz said. Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich called it “appalling” that the traffic jams appear to have been engineered. “When it’s man-made and when it was done with venom and when it was done intentionally, it is, in my mind, the prime example of political pettiness,” he said. He said the gridlock put people in danger by holding up emergency vehicles, and he added that those responsible should resign. While Sokolich is a Democrat, Christie sought bipartisan support during his re-election campaign to bolster his image as a pragmatic leader willing to work with his political opponents. Neither Kelly nor the governor’s office had any immediate comment. Christie abruptly postponed a morning event after the emails were made public. Democratic state Assemblyman John Wisniewski, who has been leading the investigation, said the material in the documents is “shocking”

and “outrageous” and calls into question the honesty of the governor and his staff. The traffic jams occurred between Sept. 9 and Sept. 13. Port Authority officials later said the closings were part of a traffic study. But no study has been produced. As the controversy heated up over the past few weeks, Wildenstein resigned, as did Port Authority deputy executive director Bill Baroni, another Christie appointee. Wildstein, a childhood friend of the governor, is scheduled to testify on Thursday before a state Assembly committee but is fighting the subpoena. One of the released texts came from Sokolich, who pleaded on the morning of Sept. 10: “The bigger problem is getting kids to school. Help please. It’s maddening.” Within minutes of Sokolich’s plea, an unidentified person commented in a text message: “Is it wrong that I am smiling?” Someone joked in another text that the youngsters referred to by Sokolich “are the children of Buono voters” — a reference to Christie’s Democratic opponent for governor, state Sen. Barbara Buono. Also among the correspondence, some of which was blacked out, is an email from Wildstein to Kelly on Sept. 7, two days before the lane closings. He said he would call her “to let you know how Fort Lee goes.”

UK investigators study scene of deadly copter crash LONDON (AP) — Authorities in England cordoned off flooded marshes Wednesday to investigate the crash of a military helicopter that killed four U.S. Air Force crewmembers. The Pave Hawk helicopter slammed into the eastern coast during a low-level training mission Tuesday evening. Teams combing the marshes have been hampered by bullets scattered across the scene and have not yet recovered the crew’s remains. “We have currently cordoned off about 500 square yards of the marshland area,” said Chief Superintendent Bob Scully of Norfolk Police. “The crash site itself I would describe as an area of debris on difficult terrain on the marsh.” Local authorities are carrying out a daylight investigation, and the bodies will be removed afterward. The aircraft was assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing. One victim, 28-year-old son, Capt. Christopher Stover, was identified by his family in Vancouver, Washington. The names of other three have yet to be released, pending family notification. The Pave Hawk copter assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing was based at the Royal Air Force station in Lakenheath. It was flying low at the time of the crash.

The wreckage of a U.S. Military Air Force Pave Hawk helicopter, partially obscured in foreground, lies on the ground in Salthouse, England, Wednesday after the helicopter crashed late Tuesday killing all four crew members aboard. The Pave Hawk helicopter slammed into the eastern coast during a low-level training mission Tuesday, and authorities cordoned off the area to investigate the incident and to remove the bodies of the four U.S. Air Force crewmen.

Pave Hawks — a modified version of the better-known Black Hawks — are mostly used for combat search-andrescue missions, mainly to recover downed air crew

members or other personnel during war and other hostile situations. They typically practice flying low and fast, often at altitudes of hundreds, rather than thousands, of feet.

White House bristles over book WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is bristling over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ new memoir accusing President Barack Obama of showing too little enthusiasm for the U.S. war mission in Afghanistan and sharply criticizing Vice President Joe Biden’s foreign policy instincts. In a book set for release next week by the publishing house Knopf, Gates writes that Biden is “a man of integrity,” but also a political figure who has been “wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and

national security issue over the past four decades.” Gates, a Republican, also slammed the National Security Council under Obama’s watch. The Republican cited what he called the “controlling nature” of the White House, writing that Obama’s national security team “took micromanagement and operational meddling to a new level.” White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday that Gates’ account of confrontations at the White House over Afghanistan policy “is hardly news.”

Such tell-all books are not new to Washington and they’re woven into the city’s cultural fabric. In the insidethe-Beltway political culture, they burst into view, make a splash on TV, online and in the press and quickly fade. But in the case of the Gates book, the White House chose to speak out quickly and sharply. The National Security Council issued a statement late Tuesday asserting that Obama relies on Biden’s “good counsel” every day and considers him “one of the leading statesmen of his time.”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM CONF. ALL MICHIGAN ST. 3-0.... 14-1 WISCONSIN 2-0.... 15-0 ILLINOIS 2-0.....13-2 MICHIGAN 2-0.... 10-4 OHIO ST. 2-1.... 15-1 IOWA 1-1.....12-3 MINNESOTA 2-1.....13-3 INDIANA 0-2.... 10-5 PURDUE 0-2.... 10-5 PENN ST. 0-3....... 9-7 NEBRASKA 0-2....... 8-6 N’WESTERN 0-2....... 7-8 WEDNESDAY’S GAMES MINNESOTA 68, PENN ST. 65 ILLINOIS AT WISCONSIN, LATE THURSDAY’S GAMES N’WESTERN AT IOWA, 9 MICHIGAN AT NEB., 9

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES ATLANTA ....................................97 INDIANA ....................................87 TORONTO..............................112 DETROIT....................................91 SAN ANTONIO ...................112 DALLAS ......................................90 BROOKLYN ..........................102 GOLDEN STATE ...................98 WASHINGTON ...................102 NEW ORLEANS ....................96 HOUSTON.............................113 L.A. LAKERS............................99

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KENDALLVILLE — A light night of local sports Wednesday turned into another night off because of the snowy conditions. Activities postponed on Wednesday were Angola’s girls basketball game at East Noble, EN’s boys basketball games at Westview and the Knights’ Northeast Hoosier Conference wrestling dual at Columbia City. The EN-Westview games will be made up tonight, starting at 6 p.m. The junior varsity game will be played in the old gym at Westview at 6 p.m. A varsity doubleheader will be held in the Warrior Dome with the Westview girls playing Hamilton at 6 p.m., followed by the Warrior boys taking on East Noble. A couple of events scheduled for today have already been postponed with makeup dates announced. AP

Kansas City Chiefs running back Knile Davis (34) is tackled by Indianapolis Colts cornerback Greg Toler (28) during last Sunday’s NFL wild-card

divisional-round playoff game. “Still the same Tom, making those good throws, control of the offense and just continuing to be that elite quarterback,” Bethea said. Since being drafted by the Colts in 2006, Bethea has faced just about every big-name quarterback. Every four years, he gets a shot at one of the NFC’s best — Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers. Twice, he has faced Ben Roethlisberger. In October, Bethea

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Antoine Bethea enjoys a good chess match as much as the next guy — especially when the opponent is Tom Brady. The Colts’ safety has spent years trying to get the upper hand on a three-time Super Bowl champion and one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, and Bethea relishes the cat-andmouse game that will be renewed Saturday night when Indianapolis and New England meet in a

and the Colts lined up against Peyton Manning for the first time outside of practice. And while Philip Rivers has won six of the last seven against the Colts, facing Brady has always been unique. Perhaps it’s because Brady made his first NFL start against the Colts way back in 2001. Or perhaps it’s because Brady has handed Indy 10 of its 78 losses (12.8 percent) since making that first start. SEE COLTS, PAGE B3

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Noward tops News Sun Hannah contest Myron Noward of Wolcottville made 16 correct picks to take first-place in the New Sun Hannah Holstein/ Grossman’s Restaurant and Lounge contest.

PREP BASKETBALL “Hawk Sports Talk” 95.5 f.m., 7 p.m. East Noble Boys Basketball at Westview, 95.5 f.m., 7:30 p.m. GOLF European PGA Tour, Volvo Champions, first round, at Durban, South Africa, TGC, 11 a.m. PGA Tour, Sony Open, first round, at Honolulu, TGC, 7 p.m. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Memphis at Louisville, ESPN, 7 p.m. DePaul at Butler, FS1, 7 p.m. George Washington at La Salle, NBCSN, 8 p.m. Arizona at UCLA, ESPN, 9 p.m. Michigan at Nebraska, ESPN2, 9 p.m. Marquette at Xavier, FS1, 9 p.m. California at Oregon, FS1, 11 p.m. NBA BASKETBALL Miami at New York, TNT, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, TNT, 10:30 p.m. WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Tulane at Marshall, FSN, 9 p.m.

playoff game. The Colts face the New England Patriots this Saturday.

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New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram gains ground during play this season.

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — When Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman started studying video for this Saturday’s rematch with the Saints in the NFC playoffs, he noticed something different about New Orleans’ offense. “They are running the ball extremely well and that is different from the game we played against them previously,” Sherman said, alluding to the Seahawks’ 34-7 demolition of the Saints on Dec. 2. “They are a confident bunch.” The Saints, whose offense has been defined by Drew Brees’

prolific passing the past eight years, rushed for 185 yards in an opening-round playoff victory at Philadelphia last weekend. Coach Sean Payton’s confidence in the ground game was never more obvious than when he called eight runs on New Orleans’ 10-play game-winning drive that chewed up the last 4:54 on the clock. The last seven plays consisted of six meaningful runs, followed by Brees’ keeper to the middle to set up Shayne Graham’s 32-yard field goal as time expired. SEE SAINTS, PAGE B3

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Hawks top sluggish Pacers ATLANTA (AP) — Kyle Korver scored 17 points, Pero Antic added 16 and the Atlanta Hawks raced to a big lead before holding off the team with the NBA’s best record, beating the weary Indiana Pacers 97-87 Wednesday night. The Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak and extended Indiana’s misery at Philips Arena, where the Pacers (28-7) haven’t won since 2006. They dropped their 12th in a row in Atlanta, the team’s longest active road losing streak against any team. Indiana looked very much like a squad playing its fourth game in five nights and also had dealt with travel issues because of the arctic weather. The Pacers managed just 12 points in the first quarter and 32 in the opening half — both season lows. Paul George led Indiana with 28 points. The Hawks ended Indiana’s three-game winning streak, handing the Pacers just their second loss in 10 games. Atlanta took advantage of their sluggish opponents right from the start, racing to a 12-0 lead at the outset.

Expectations high this season for DeKalb gymnasts BY PHIL FRIEND pfriend@kpcmedia.com

WATERLOO —Last year’s DeKalb gymnastics team featured no juniors or seniors. While it may have been difficult to go an entire season without veteran leaders, it could pay dividends this year in that last year’s sophomores are now experienced juniors that can propel the Barons to a big season. “The juniors are much more comfortable,” said DeKalb coach Jenny Gibson, who’s in her 15th year with the program. “Having my own daughters on the team is hard, but they are much more accepting of me playing both roles this year.” Gibson’s twin daughters, Hayley and Ryley — both juniors — represent a huge part of the experienced junior class. Gibson believes that multiple gymnasts are capable of reaching the state finals. “I am sure someone on this team will be state-bound, if not two or three,” Gibson said. “I’m confident of it. I’m keeping them injury-free, promoting safety first, good health, good rest, hygiene and encouraging good nutrition.

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DeKalb junior Ryley Gibson, shown here getting some air on her vault during Wednesday’s practice, is the Barons’ top returning all-around performer from last year’s sectional and regional.

I’m a proponent of all of that.” DeKalb will be without its top all-around gymnast from last year in junior Kristin Russell. Russell blew out one of her knees while participating in pole vault lessons in the fall. Gibson said the loss of

Russell is “distressing.” “We have a different toughness about DeKalb this year,” she said. “Everyone is stepping up and we are just as tough as we’ve always been.” The Barons did qualify for the

regional as a team last year, but did not advance an individual to the state finals. The top returning gymnast from last year is junior Ryley Gibson, who finished 12th in the all-around at the sectional and 18th in the regional. She’s one of four all-around athletes. “She comes to us with a lot of dance background. She’s an excellent bar-swinger, she’s fearless and has good technique,” Jenny Gibson said. “She’s struggling with a knee injury that is from an IT band issue. We’re working that out and it’s going to be exciting for her.” Junior Hayley Gibson, who would’ve been a regional qualifier in the floor exercise last year had the team not advanced, is one of the strongest tumblers in the area, Jenny Gibson said. “She twists like a top,” she said. “She’s going to be doing double front fulls by the end of her senior year. She cares a lot about her team and that’s what will get her doing what she does.” A third junior, Keziah Lehman, was also one of the four all-around gymnasts from a season ago. SEE GYMNASTICS, PAGE B3

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Hannah Holstein is the predictor of all Hannah has never been one to talk about herself. Because of that, few realize that before this cow left her mark as one of the great predictors in sports history she served a stint writing predictions for the Farmer’s Almanac. As a calf it became apparent that I had special powers when it came to knowing what was going to happen. Some considered it bovine intuition. Others thought I must have a crystal ball hidden somewhere in the barn. All of that is just plain nonsense. I can’t explain it, but I just know. Anyway, Hannah knew bad weather was on the way long before she turned her antenna to listen to the weather forecasters. Those guys can be a lot like the sports dweebs that I pick against: They talk a lot but only get their predictions right about half the time. Hannah spent the storm in

the warmth of the barn eating hay from the second cutting and the only problem is a bad case of “barn PICKIN’ fever” as this cow is used THE PREPS being out and about. Not that Hannah Holstein I need it, but I’ve had a little extra time to make these picks and I think the sports dweebs are in for another week of trouble. 1. New Haven over DeKalb. Bulldogs just too strong. 2. Homestead over East Noble. Spartans roll. 3. Garrett over Central

Noble. Railroaders move to 7-1. 4. Prairie Heights over Angola. Home team wins close one. 5. Fremont over Churubusco. Eagles pick up much-needed victory. 6. Westview over Hamilton. Warriors looking good. 7. West Noble over Lakeland. Undefeated Chargers grab NECC contest. 8. Fairfield over Eastside. Falcons just too tough at home. 9. Reading, Mich., over Fremont. Eagles forced to split this weekend. 10. Lakewood Park over Clinton Christian. Lakewood rolls. 11. Garrett over South Adams. Railroaders get win on road. 12. Trine over Adrian. 13. IPFW over South

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Fillmore’s Fumbles 1. New Haven 2. Homestead 3. Garrett 4. Heights 5. ‘Busco 6. Westview 7. W. Noble 8. Fairfield 9. Fremont 10. Lakewood 11. Garrett 12. Trine 13. IPFW 14. Michigan 15. Indiana 16. Mich. St. 17. Ga. Tech 18. Purdue 19. Illinois 20. Ohio St.

Fisher’s Flops 1. New Haven 2. Homestead 3. Garrett 4. Heights 5. Busco 6. Westview 7. West Noble 8. Fairfield 9. Reading 10. LP 11. Garrett 12. Trine 13. IPFW 14. Michigan 15. Indiana 16. MSU 17. Ga. Tech 18. Prudue 19. Illinois 20. Ohio State

Friend’s Follies 1. New Haven 2. Homestead 3. Garrett 4. Heights 5. Fremont 6. Westview 7. West Noble 8. Fairfield 9. Reading 10. LP 11. Garrett 12. Trine 13. IPFW 14. Nebraska 15. Indiana 16. MSU 17. Notre Dame 18. Purdue 19. NW 20. Ohio State

Dakota State. 14. Michigan over Nebraska. 15. Indiana over Penn State. 16. Michigan State over Minnesota. 17. Notre Dame over Georgia Tech. 18. Purdue over Nebraska. 19. Illinois over Northwestern. 20. Ohio State over Iowa.

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racers the best he could, and tried not to let it affect him on the track. “I always tried to put it out of my mind,” he said. “I tried not to think about the sad part of it.” He said that during that time, as often happens in motorsports, the speed of the cars outran the safety features of the day. “If you look at safety in the cars now and safety in the cars back then … holy cow,” White said. “I never even Ned Jarrett wore a shoulder harness until 1963, and the only reason I had a shoulder harness then was I got a car that already had one in it. “We ran regular gas tanks with fiberglass around them so rocks wouldn’t knock holes in them. A fuel cell like they run today would have saved Fireball Roberts’ life.” But, he doesn’t blame anyBilly Wade one for the safety issues of 1964. “NASCAR goes through learning periods,” he said. “Things happen, and they learn from them and make racing safer. “They’ve come so far, and they’ve done it by looking at cars and determining what broke and what broke first.” As for White and his 1964 season — the longtime Chevrolet driver found himself without a ride as Chevrolet scaled back its support of NASCAR teams like his. “Nothing developed at all,” he said. “I had no place to go.” But he soon landed a ride in select races in one of Bud Moore’s Mercuries. White had several good finishes in Moore’s Mercury, including a third-place run at Charlotte Motor Speedway and a fifth in what turned out to be his final Cup start, at Atlanta. He was leading with 27 laps to go when he drove down pit road for his final pit stop. But when the crew jacked up the car, the engine died. A lap was lost, and he was unable to make it up. “It might have been partly my fault,” he said. “The crew was signaling me to come in for fuel, but I stayed out several more laps thinking I might get a caution and ran it low on fuel.” Ford executives decided to put Darel Deringer in the No. 16, and White never raced in Cup again. He did campaign a Sportsman car in 1965. He ran 32 races, winning 20, finishing second 10 times and falling out of two. But Sportsman races weren’t as lucrative as Cup, and by the end of 1965, the money to race just wasn’t there. Then White got an offer from Atlanta car dealer Bob Maddox to be service manager for his new dealership. White had a steady income — more than some years he raced — and quickly put racing in his rearview mirror. “I never went back around any races,” he said. “I just got away from it.” For more than 20 years, White stayed away from the tracks and his fellow racers. But once he returned — for an event at Atlanta in 1989 — he’s been a regular sight since. Now he’s back in the company of people like Richard Petty, who he knew well back in the day. White said he never envisioned anyone winning 200 NASCAR races, but wasn’t too surprised when Petty did it. “He was learning when I raced against him,” White said. “And he was still learning 10 years after I quit,” White said.

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Lakeland’s home wrestling dual with Churubusco will be held next Thursday with a 6:30 p.m. start. Central Noble’s boys basketball games at Garrett will be played on Feb. 18. Fremont girls-boys junior varsity doubleheader at Churubusco has been postponed today with no makeup dates announced. West Noble has canceled its home wrestling meet with Angola scheduled for today. The Chargers will host Jimtown Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Weather conditions have forced Trine University’s wrestling team to withdraw from Lycoming College’s Budd Whitehill Duals, which will be held Friday and Saturday in Williamsport in central Pennsylvania. The Lakeland basketball games at Sturgis (Mich.) on Feb. 8 have become a quadrupleheader. The junior varsity games will start at 3:30 p.m. with boys playing in the auxiliary gym and the girls playing in the main gym. The varsity girls game will play at 5 p.m., then the varsity boys will face off around 6:30 p.m.

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With 2014 underway, we mark the 50th year since the 1964 NASCAR season — one of the most significant in the history of the sport. It was a season of triumph and tragedy, a changing of the guard and the start of some serious work on racing safety. The milestone events of the 1964 season actually began in the fall of 1963 — at that time, the NASCAR seasons didn’t line Rex White up with the calendar. In the third race of the ’64 season, at Jacksonville, Fla., on Dec. 1, 1963, Wendell Scott took the victory to become the first — and so far, only — African-American driver to win in NASCAR’s elite division. The second race of ’64 — a 417-mile run at the road course at Augusta, Ga. — proved to be much more significant than anyone realized at the time. The sport’s most popular driver at that time, Fireball Roberts, took the win, but it would be his last. All told, before the circuit returned to Augusta again, five of the top six finishers — including Roberts — would die of injuries suffered in racing crashes. They included runnerup Dave MacDonald, third-finishing Billy Wade, Joe Weatherly fourth-place Joe Weatherly and sixth-place Jimmy Pardue. Only fifth-finishing Ned Jarrett survived to race in 1965. Weatherly was the sport’s two-time and defending champion when he died in a crash at Riverside, Calif., and Wade was the 1963 Rookie of the Year when he perished in a crash during tire testing at Daytona in January 1964. In addition, two of the sport’s all-time greats, Glen Wood and Rex White, left the sport in the prime of their careers in ’64, with Wood choosing to put other drivers in his No. 21 Fords, and White taking a job as service manager of a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership in Atlanta. Both nearly won their final drives in the series now known as Sprint Cup, as Wood started on the pole and finished second at Starkey Speedway in Virginia, and White led until his car ran out of fuel on pit road on his final pit stop at Atlanta. It was also in 1964 that Richard Petty emerged as a dominant driver. He got his first superspeedway victory in the 1964 Daytona 500, his first of a record seven wins in the Great American Race. He also got the first of his seven championships that year, a record he still shares with the late Dale Earnhardt. Petty hasn’t raced since the 1992 season, but still holds the alltime record for wins at 200, poles at 123, wins in a season (27), consecutive wins (10) and starts (1,185). White, now 84, had a relatively brief Cup career. He ran just 233 races, but had 28 wins, 36 poles, 110 top-5 finishes and won the 1960 championship. In a recent interview, he talked about the drivers who lost their lives 50 years ago, and about his own decision to leave the sport after just nine seasons. White said he counted the lost heroes, especially Weatherly and Roberts, among his best friends away from racing and among his strongest competitors on the track. He said Weatherly, who was known as the “Clown Prince” of the NASCAR circuit, was just that. “He was a big clown all the time,” White said. “There was always something going on with him, and he liked to razz you a lot.” White said there was a fun side to Roberts as well. “I liked him,” he said. “You could aggravate him, but he was a smart guy; had a good education. “He used his head and guided himself into good rides and good equipment.” White said he visited Roberts, who was badly burned in a fiery crash at Charlotte Motor Speedway, several weeks afterward. “I went to see him in Presbyterian Hospital,” White said. “I was almost sure he was going to be all right. He was in pretty good spirits, and then two weeks later, he passed away.” Roberts died from burns, pneumonia and blood poisoning. White was also close to Billy Wade, who died in a tire test at Daytona the first week of 1965, and knew Jimmy Pardue, who died in a tire test at Charlotte, and Dave MacDonald, who perished in a fiery wreck in the 1964 Indianapolis 500. White said he dealt with the deaths of his friends and fellow

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Three people who played important roles in NASCAR racing died this past week. Andy Granatelli, the former CEO of STP motor oil company, died Dec. 29 at age 90. Besides being a famed driver, car owner and sponsor of races at every level up to the Indianapolis 500, Granatelli signed one of the most visible sponsorship deals ever in NASCAR. His company sponsored the cars driven by Richard Petty, and the deal brought it great publicity, paving the way for future sponsorships of all NASCAR drivers and teams. “Andy was one of the best at public relations and marketing in all of motorsports,” Richard Petty said in a statement. “He was ahead of his time and set the standard for selling his products. We still enjoy our relationship with STP today, and it was our meetings with Andy that started it all. He was really determined about how he wanted to market his product, and he never stopped wanting to get his way, but that’s what made him successful, too.” Dennis Wood, the man credited with saving Phoenix International Raceway, died Dec. 26 at age 75. He purchased the track in 1976 and built up the facility before selling it in 1985 to Buddy Jobe. PIR President Bryan Sperber said Wood was a huge influence on racing in the Valley. “Dennis was an icon in motor racing and played a critical role in PIR’s history,” Sperber told the Arizona Republic. “Racing lost a great one, whose impact will live on.” George Tet, who real name was Tetsuo Fuchigami, died Dec. 31 at age 90. He was the first Japanese racer to drive in the series now known as Sprint Cup. He ran at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1960 and in the Daytona 500 in 1961. He was also known for racing Modifieds in the Northeast, and won races at tracks like Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, N.J., and Dexter Park in Queens, N.Y.

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Sprint Cup victories separating Jimmie Johnson, eighth place on the all-time Sprint Cup win list with 66 wins, and Dale Earnhardt, who is seventh with 76.

Sprint Cup victories separating Jeff Gordon, third place on the all-time Sprint Cup win list with 88 wins, and David Pearson, who is second with 105.

Active drivers in the top 15 on NASCAR’s all-time Sprint Cup win list: Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, and Tony Stewart (who has 48 victories).

Active drivers among the top 20 in all-time top-10 Sprint Cup finishes: Mark Martin, with 453, is second to Richard Petty, who leads with 712; Jeff Gordon, with 431, is fourth; Terry Labonte, with 361, is 10th; Tony Stewart, with 290, is 17th; and Jimmie Johnson, with 272, is 19th.

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Boys Basketball Standings Northeast Hoosier Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Homestead 1 0 8 3 New Haven 1 0 5 2 Norwell 1 0 5 3 Columbia City 1 0 5 5 Carroll 0 1 7 3 Bellmont 0 1 4 4 DeKalb 0 1 3 8 East Noble 0 1 0 8 Saturday, Jan. 4 Norwell 68, Floyd Central 46 Jennings County 76, Norwell 65 Carroll 59, Van Wert (Ohio) 54 Columbia City 57, Wawasee 28 Bellmont 56, South Adams 55 Tuesday, Jan. 7 New Haven at Fort Wayne Snider, ppd Wednesday, Jan. 8 East Noble at Westview, ppd Bishop Dwenger at Carroll, ppd. Saturday, Jan. 11 Bellmont at Columbia City, 7:45 p.m. Carroll at Norwell, 7:45 p.m. East Noble at Homestead, 7:45 p.m. New Haven at DeKalb, 7:45 p.m. Northeast Corner Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L West Noble 3 0 7 0 Westview 3 0 4 2 Prairie Heights 3 1 6 2 Fairfield 2 1 4 3 Angola 1 1 3 4 Fremont 1 1 1 6 Eastside 1 2 4 4 Hamilton 1 2 4 4 Lakeland 1 3 2 4 Churubusco 0 2 0 8 Central Noble 0 3 1 8 Saturday, Jan. 4 West Noble 59, Prairie Heights 53 Caston Shootout Rensselaer Central 51, Churubusco 47 Oregon-Davis 51, Churubusco 50 Central Noble 48, Oregon-Davis 44 Rensselaer Ctrl. 56, Central Noble 47 Winning Edge Holiday Tournament NorthWood 54, Fairfield 37 Wednesday, Jan. 8 Churubusco at Woodlan, ppd. East Noble at Westview, ppd. Lakeland at Sturgis (Mich.), ppd, rescheduled for Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 Central Noble at Garrett, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 Angola at Prairie Heights, 7:30 p.m. Churubusco at Fremont, 7:30 p.m. Hamilton at Westview, 7:30 p.m. West Noble at Lakeland, 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 Eastside at Fairfield, 7:30 p.m. Fremont at Reading (Mich.), 7:30 p.m. Allen County Athletic Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Garrett 2 0 6 1 Bluffton 2 0 4 4 Leo 1 1 5 3 Adams Central 1 1 3 4 Woodlan 1 1 3 4 Heritage 1 1 2 4 South Adams 0 2 2 7 Southern Wells 0 2 1 5 Saturday, Jan. 4 Leo 70, Concordia 67 Bellmont 56, South Adams 55 Tuesday, Jan. 7 Cowan at Southern Wells, ppd. Wednesday, Jan. 8 Churubusco at Woodlan, ppd. Eastbrook at Heritage, ppd. Thursday, Jan. 9 Central Noble at Garrett, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 Garrett at Adams Central, 7:30 p.m South Adams at Leo, 7:30 p.m. Southern Wells at Heritage, 7:30 p.m. Woodlan at Bluffton, 7:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball Standings Northeast Hoosier Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Homestead 3 0 10 1 East Noble 3 0 10 3 DeKalb 3 0 9 3 Norwell 1 2 8 3 Columbia City 1 2 9 5 New Haven 1 2 6 7 Carroll 0 3 3 10 Bellmont 0 3 0 13 Saturday, Jan. 4 Plymouth Shootout Norwell 48, Plymouth 39 Norwell 71, Wawasee 30 Wednesday, Jan. 8 Angola at East Noble, ppd. Leo at Norwell, ppd.

Thursday, Jan. 9 Eastside at DeKalb, 7:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 Columbia City at Bellmont, 7:45 p.m. DeKalb at New Haven, 7:45 p.m. Homestead at East Noble, 7:45 p.m. Norwell at Carroll, 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 Carmel at Homestead, 2:30 p.m. Northeast Corner Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Westview 6 0 10 2 Fairfield 5 0 7 2 West Noble 5 2 7 5 Angola 4 2 4 7 Fremont 2 2 6 5 Prairie Heights 3 4 6 6 Lakeland 3 4 5 8 Churubusco 2 3 5 7 Central Noble 1 5 3 7 Hamilton 0 4 2 5 Eastside 0 5 2 9 Saturday, Jan. 4 Leo 47, Angola 33 NorthWood 44, Fairfield 32 Monday, Jan. 6 Manchester at Central Noble, ppd. Tuesday, Jan. 7 Fairfield at Jimtown, ppd. Prairie Heights at Bronson (Mich.), ppd. West Noble at Tippecanoe Valley, ppd, rescheduled for Jan. 22, 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8 Lakeland at Sturgis (Mich.), ppd, rescheduled for Feb. 8, 6 p.m. Angola at East Noble, ppd. Thursday, Jan. 9 Hamilton at Westview, 7:30 p.m. Eastside at DeKalb, 7:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 Angola at Prairie Heights, 6 p.m. Churubusco at Fremont, 6 p.m. Fairfield at Eastside, 7:30 p.m. West Noble at Lakeland, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 Hamilton at Churubusco, 7:30 p.m. Allen County Athletic Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Garrett 4 0 12 0 Leo 3 1 10 1 Heritage 3 1 9 3 Woodlan 2 2 7 3 Southern Wells 2 2 6 5 South Adams 1 3 10 3 Bluffton 1 3 3 8 Adams Central 0 4 3 8 Tuesday, Jan. 7 Antwerp (Ohio) at Woodlan, ppd. Bluffton at Northfield, ppd, rescheduled for Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m. Heritage at Bishop Dwenger, ppd Lakewood Park at Adams Central, ppd Wednesday, Jan. 8 Leo at Norwell, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 Bluffton at Garrett, 7:30 p.m. Heritage at Adams Central, 7:30 p.m. Leo at Woodlan, 7:30 p.m. South Adams at Southern Wells, 7:30 p.m.

NFL Playoffs Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 4 Indianapolis 45, Kansas City 44 New Orleans 26, Philadelphia 24 Sunday, Jan. 5 San Diego 27, Cincinnati 10 San Francisco 23, Green Bay 20 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 11 New Orleans at Seattle, 4:35 p.m. (FOX) Indianpolis at New England, 8:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 12 San Francisco at Carolina, 1:05 p.m. (FOX) San Diego at Denver, 4:40 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 AFC, 3 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 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 43 28 13 2 58 126 94 Tampa Bay 43 26 13 4 56 123 102 Montreal 45 25 15 5 55 115 106

Detroit 43 19 1410 48 114 121 Toronto 44 21 18 5 47 122 132 Ottawa 44 19 18 7 45 126 141 Florida 43 16 21 6 38 102 136 Buffalo 42 12 26 4 28 74 118 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 45 32 12 1 65 147 107 Philadelphia 44 23 17 4 50 117 119 N.Y. Rangers45 22 20 3 47 111 121 Washington 42 20 16 6 46 128 128 Carolina 43 18 16 9 45 105 124 New Jersey 44 17 18 9 43 103 113 Columbus 43 19 20 4 42 117 126 N.Y. Islanders4516 22 7 39 124 149 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Chicago 46 29 8 9 67 169 127 St. Louis 42 30 7 5 65 155 97 Colorado 42 26 12 4 56 123 108 Minnesota 45 23 17 5 51 108 114 Dallas 42 20 15 7 47 123 131 Nashville 44 19 19 6 44 105 131 Winnipeg 46 19 22 5 43 125 139 Pacific Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Anaheim 45 32 8 5 69 151 113 San Jose 44 27 11 6 60 144 114 Los Angeles 44 26 13 5 57 114 91 Vancouver 45 23 13 9 55 121 113 Phoenix 42 21 12 9 51 129 127 Calgary 43 15 22 6 36 100 137 Edmonton 46 14 27 5 33 119 161 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, Vancouver 4, SO Minnesota 2, Los Angeles 1, SO N.Y. Islanders 5, Toronto 3 Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 2, OT Nashville 3, San Jose 2 Tampa Bay 4, Winnipeg 2 Phoenix 6, Calgary 0 St. Louis 5, Edmonton 2 Anaheim 5, Boston 2 Carolina at Buffalo, ppd. Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 3, Montreal 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Chicago 2 Ottawa at Colorado, late Thursday’s Games Florida at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Dallas at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Calgary, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Boston at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Dallas at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m. Carolina at Columbus, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Colorado, 9 p.m. Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 10 p.m. St. Louis at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 17 17 .500 Brooklyn 14 21 .400 Boston 13 22 .371 New York 12 22 .353 Philadelphia 12 23 .343 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 27 8 .771 Atlanta 19 17 .528 Washington 16 17 .485 Charlotte 15 21 .417 Orlando 10 24 .294 Central Division W L Pct Indiana 28 7 .800 Chicago 15 18 .455 Detroit 14 22 .389 Cleveland 12 23 .343 Milwaukee 7 27 .206 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 28 8 .778 Houston 23 13 .639 Dallas 20 16 .556 New Orleans 15 19 .441 Memphis 15 19 .441 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 27 8 .771 Portland 26 9 .743 Denver 17 17 .500 Minnesota 17 17 .500 Utah 12 25 .324 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 24 13 .649 Golden State 24 14 .632 Phoenix 20 13 .606 L.A. Lakers 14 22 .389 Sacramento 11 22 .333 Tuesday’s Games Indiana 86, Toronto 79

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Cleveland 111, Philadelphia 93 Washington 97, Charlotte 83 Miami 107, New Orleans 88 New York 89, Detroit 85 Chicago 92, Phoenix 87 Golden State 101, Milwaukee 80 San Antonio 110, Memphis 108, OT Dallas 110, L.A. Lakers 97 Denver 129, Boston 98 Utah 112, Oklahoma City 101 Sacramento 123, Portland 119 Wednesday’s Games San Antonio 112, Dallas 90 Toronto 112, Detroit 91 Brooklyn 102, Golden State 98 Atlanta 97, Indiana 87 Houston 113, L.A. Lakers 99 Washington 102, New Orleans 96 Phoenix at Minnesota, late Orlando at Portland, late Boston at L.A. Clippers, late Thursday’s Games Miami at New York, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, 10:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Houston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Charlotte at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Memphis, 8 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Miami at Brooklyn, 8 p.m. Chicago at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Cleveland at Utah, 9 p.m. Orlando at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Boston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Men’s College Basketball Top 25 Schedule Thursday’s Games No. 1 Arizona at UCLA, 9 p.m. No. 12 Louisville vs. No. 24 Memphis, 7 p.m. No. 17 Oregon vs. California, 11 p.m. No. 20 Iowa vs. Northwestern, 9 p.m. No. 22 Gonzaga at Portland, 11 p.m. Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games No. 2 Syracuse vs. North Carolina, Noon No. 5 Michigan State vs. Minnesota, 2:15 p.m. No. 6 Wichita State at Missouri State, 8 p.m. No. 7 Baylor vs. TCU, 1:30 p.m. No. 8 Villanova vs. St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, 1 p.m. No. 9 Iowa State at Oklahoma, Noon No. 10 Florida at Arkansas, 1 p.m. No. 11 Oklahoma State at West Virginia, 4 p.m. No. 14 Kentucky at Vanderbilt, 3:30 p.m. No. 16 Duke at Clemson, 2 p.m. No. 18 Kansas vs. No. 25 Kansas State, 2 p.m. No. 19 UMass vs. St. Bonaventure, 12:30 p.m. No. 21 Missouri at Auburn, 2 p.m. No. 24 Memphis at Temple, 3 p.m.

Big Ten Conference Conf. AllGames W L PCT W L PCT Michigan St. 3 0 1.000 14 1 .933 Wisconsin 2 0 1.000 15 01.000 Illinois 2 0 1.000 13 2 .867 Michigan 2 0 1.000 10 4 .714 Ohio St. 2 1 .667 15 1 .938 Iowa 1 1 .500 12 3 .800 Minnesota 2 1 .500 13 3 .800 Indiana 0 2 .000 10 5 .667 Purdue 0 2 .000 10 5 .667 Penn St. 0 2 .000 9 6 .600 Nebraska 0 2 .000 8 6 .571 Northwestern 0 2 .000 7 8 .467 Monday’s Game No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Michigan St. 72, Ohio St. 68, OT Wednesday’s Games Minnesota 68, Penn St. 65 Illinois at Wisconsin, late

Conference USA Conf. AllGames W L PCT W L PCT Southern Miss. 0 0 .000 13 2 .867 Louisiana Tech 0 0 .000 12 3 .800 UAB 0 0 .000 11 3 .786 East Carolina 0 0 .000 11 4 .733 Charlotte 0 0 .000 9 4 .692 M. Tennessee 0 0 .000 10 5 .667 UTEP 0 0 .000 10 5 .667 North Texas 0 0 .000 9 5 .643 FIU 0 0 .000 8 7 .533 Tulane 0 0 .000 8 7 .533 Marshall 0 0 .000 6 9 .400 Old Dominion 0 0 .000 6 9 .400 Tulsa 0 0 .000 5 9 .357 Rice 0 0 .000 4 8 .333 UTSA 0 0 .000 4 9 .308

FAU 0 0 .000 4 10 .286 Monday’s Game No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Middle Tennessee 74, Tennessee St. 66 Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled

Northeast Conference Conf. W L PCT St. Francis NY 0 0 .000 Bryant 0 0 .000 Wagner 0 0 .000 LIU Brooklyn 0 0 .000 Robert Morris 0 0 .000 CCSU 0 0 .000 Mt. St. Mary’s 0 0 .000 F. Dickinson 0 0 .000 Sacred Heart 0 0 .000 St. Francis Pa. 0 0 .000 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games No games scheduled Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled

AllGames W L PCT 9 6 .600 8 7 .533 6 7 .462 5 8 .385 5 10 .333 4 9 .308 4 9 .308 4 10 .286 3 12 .200 2 11 .154

Southern Conference Conf. AllGames W L PCT W L PCT W. Carolina 2 0 1.000 9 8 .529 Chattanooga 2 0 1.000 8 8 .500 Ga. Southern 1 0 1.000 8 8 .500 Davidson 1 0 1.000 5 10 .333 Elon 1 1 .500 8 8 .500 UNC Green. 1 1 .500 8 9 .471 Wofford 1 1 .500 6 8 .429 App. St. 0 1 .000 4 10 .286 The Citadel 0 1 .000 4 12 .250 Furman 0 2 .000 6 9 .400 Samford 0 2 .000 6 11 .353 Monday’s Games Elon 75, Appalachian St. 66 UNC Greensboro 90, Furman 82 Chattanooga 82, The Citadel 78 Tuesday’s Games No games scheduled Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled

Southland Conference Conf. AllGames W L PCT W L PCT S.F. Austin 2 0 1.000 13 2 .867 Nicholls St. 2 0 1.000 5 6 .455 Tex. A&M-CC 2 0 1.000 5 10 .333 McNeese St. 2 0 1.000 4 10 .286 S. Houston St. 1 1 .500 9 5 .643 Oral Roberts 1 1 .500 7 8 .467 Northw. St. 1 1 .500 5 8 .385 Cent. Arkansas 1 1 .500 4 9 .308 In. Word 0 0 .000 12 1 .923 Abilene Chr. 0 0 .000 5 8 .385 SE Louisiana 0 2 .000 5 8 .385 New Orleans 0 2 .000 3 7 .300 Houston Bap. 0 2 .000 3 11 .214 Lamar 0 2 .000 1 13 .071 Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled

Southwestern Athletic Conference Conf. All Games W L PCT W L PCT Alabama A&M 2 0 1.000 5 7 .417 Southern U. 2 0 1.000 6 9 .400 Ark.-Pine Bluff 1 0 1.000 3 10 .231 Alabama St. 1 1 .500 6 6 .500 Jackson St 1 1 .500 5 9 .357 Texas Southern1 1 .500 5 9 .357 Prairie View 1 1 .500 3 11 .214 MVSU 0 1 .000 3 10 .231 Alcorn St. 0 2 .000 3 11 .214 Grambling St. 0 2 .000 1 10 .091 Monday’s Games Jackson St. 70, Alabama St. 68 Alabama A&M 70, Grambling St. 58 Prairie View 70, Alcorn St. 67, OT Southern U. 79, Texas Southern 71 Tuesday’s Games No games scheduled Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled

Summit League Conf. AllGames W L PCT W L PCT N. Dakota St 0 0 .000 11 4 .733 Neb.-Omaha 0 0 .000 10 4 .714 IPFW 0 0 .000 12 5 .706 S. Dakota St 0 0 .000 8 7 .533 Denver 0 0 .000 7 8 .467 W.Illinois 0 0 .000 6 9 .400 S. Dakota 0 0 .000 4 9 .308 IUPUI 0 0 .000 5 12 .294 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games No games scheduled Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled

SAINTS: Ingram rushed 18 times for 97 yards in victory over Eagles FROM PAGE B1

Mark Ingram, who has largely struggled to live up to the expectations that came with being a Heisman Trophy winner and first round draft choice, led the running game in the absence of Pierre Thomas — the Saints’ leading rusher this season but sidelined with a chest injury. Ingram rushed 18 times for 97 yards and a touchdown, averaging 5.4 yards per carry. “He’s been running real well,” Payton said. “I liked his ball security the other night. Those aren’t always easy yards. I am pleased with how he is playing and I think he’s had a handful of games now toward the latter part of the season where he’s been exceptional.” Indeed, though Ingram’s 386 total yards rushing during the regular season did nothing to distinguish him, he overcame early season injuries and appeared to get stronger as the

season wore on, finishing with a respectable average of 4.9 yards per carry for the season. “I’ve always been confident in myself. I know what I can do. I’m confident in my abilities. It’s just having the opportunity to get those touches and show what I could do and it was great to do it in a playoff game on the road,” Ingram said. “I just wanted to take complete advantage of the opportunity and it felt good to be able to show what I could do and show my worth to my teammates — and all the hard work that I’ve been putting in, for it to pay off.” In addition to Ingram, the Saints have been getting run production from pleasant surprise Khiry Robinson, a rookie who made the team as a free agent. He added 45 yards on eight carries in Philadelphia, an average of 5.6 yards. And while Darren Sproles often plays larger roles in the return game and

short passing game, he averaged 7.3 yards on four carries against the Eagles. With Thomas unable to practice again so far this week, the Saints are confident that the trio of Ingram, Robinson and Sproles can carry a productive running game in Seattle. “Even going into the Philly game we felt really confident that those guys are all good running backs,” right tackle Zach Strief said. “They all kind of bring something different. That’s the design of having this running back by committee. We have guys that can do different things. We have guys that we can plug in and play. … There are games where some of those guys don’t hardly get any carries. That’s just a game-plan situation.” Payton, never one to even hint at a game plan, sidestepped questions about whether the running game might be featured again this week.

“A lot of it is depending on the game situation,” Payton said. Seattle, which finished the regular season No. 1 in total defense, ranked seventh against the run and first against the pass. Those rankings, combined with a forecast of rain in Seattle this weekend, only seemed to raise the prospects for Saints running backs to see action. Fullback Jed Collins said last week’s performance demonstrated the potential the Saints saw in their running game earlier this season, though they weren’t always able to show it. “We believe we should have been able to be that kind of team all season. We have some pretty extraordinary running backs. The tough part is we have a pretty extraordinary quarterback as well,” Collins said. “The message has been sent to our team: We have to be able to run the ball, especially in these conditions, to win.”

COLTS: Indianapolis will do everything it can to make Brady uncomfortable FROM PAGE B1

Or maybe it’s because the former AFC East foes never really split up after realignment in 2002. Instead, they’ve played every year since 2003 and provided the league with some of its most enduring images over the last decade. —New England and Indy traded AFC championship game victories following the 2003 and 2006 seasons. The Pats won in the snow; the Colts won with one of the great comebacks in playoff history. —In 2007, the Brady-toRandy Moss connection derailed Indy’s quest for perfection — on the same day the Pats’ continued their march toward 16-0. —In 2009, Manning took advantage of Brady’s inability to convert on fourth-and-2 from deep in his own territory late in the game to rally the Colts for an improbable 35-34 win at Lucas Oil Stadium. Brady has won all three

games since that mind-numbing finish including last season’s 59-24 thumping in frosty New England. But Indy won the last playoff game, seven years ago. And while many of the names and faces have changed over the years, the challenge never really did. In 14 career games, Brady has carved up Indy’s defense for 3,456 yards and 27 touchdowns with only 12 interceptions. “The biggest thing is that Tom’s going to get back there and make sure his playmakers get the ball in their hands and get the ball down the field,” defensive end Cory Redding said. “We’ve got to get pressure on him. First and foremost, you have to get him rattled. You can’t let him get comfortable in the pocket. And that’s going to help out our back end as well. You can’t cover these guys all day, so we have to get pressure on the quarterback.” Redding understands. Two years ago, he was on

the wrong end of Brady’s AFC championship game victory over Baltimore. That loss opened the door for coach Chuck Pagano to take the Colts’ job and eventually led to the free-agent signing of Redding. But this will be a very different offense than what Redding saw that day. Wes Welker and Aaron Hernandez are no longer with the Pats (12-4) and tight end Rob Gronkowski is out with a season-ending knee injury. But Brady has proven he can win with younger, lesser-known receivers. And the Colts will be at an even bigger disadvantage after giving up 513 yards and 44 points in last weekend’s crazy wild-card victory over the Chiefs. Starting cornerback Greg Toler will miss the game after going on injured reserve this week with a groin injury, and it’s still uncertain whether LaRon Landry (concussion) will be cleared to play though he was

a full participant in Wednesday’s practice. Brady has his other concerns, like trying to avoid NFL sacks champion Robert Mathis. “He’s a great player. You try to put guys around him and double team him, but he still seems to be making all the plays,” Brady said. “I just know I don’t have a lot of time back there in the pocket to sort things out. We’ve got to try and get the ball to our guys as quickly as we can so he’s not ruining the game.” Indy will do everything it can to make him uncomfortable Saturday night. But it will all come down to the same old thing: Who makes the right moves? “I think it changes every year,” Bethea said when asked about the rivalry. “This year, it’s two good teams going against each other, hostile environment, playing this game to get to the AFC championship.”

SPORTS BRIEFS • Indiana receiver declares early for NFL draft BLOOMINGTON (AP) — Indiana receiver Cody Latimer has decided to give up his final year of college eligibility to enter the NFL draft. Latimer was the team MVP last season and became the fifth player in school history to top 1,000 yards in a season. He caught 72 passes for 1,096 yards in 2013. He finishes his college career with 135 receptions, 2,152 yards and 17 TD catches. He’s seventh on the school’s career list in receptions and fifth in touchdowns. The Ohio native also had five 100-yard games last season. He is a two-time all-conference selection.

Notre Dame running back Atkinson enters NFL draft SOUTH BEND (AP) — Notre Dame running back George Atkinson III will skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft. Atkinson’s father, former Oakland Raiders great George Atkinson Jr., said in a telephone interview Wednesday that his son wanted a chance to play in the NFL. Atkinson said his son was told by the NFL draft advisory board he likely would be selected after the third round. Atkinson started the season listed as Notre Dame’s starting back, but finished second in yards and carries with 555 yards on 93 attempts, but saw his carries diminish as the season wore on. Atkinson was suspended from playing in the Pinstripe Bowl for violating an unspecified team rule. He tweeted he was suspended for texting friends and family during a team meal.

Sainz win 4th stage and takes overall Dakar lead CHILECITO, Argentina (AP) — Carlos Sainz of Spain won Wednesday’s fourth stage of the Dakar Rally and moved into first place in the overall standings in the car division. Sainz finished the stage 6:04 ahead of 11-time champion Stephane Peterhansel of France and 8:58 in front of Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar. Sainz leads fellow Spaniard Nani Roma by 2:06 in the overall standings. Peterhansel is 18:10 behind in fifth place. In bikes, Juan Pedrero of Spain won the stage, 29 seconds ahead of Francisco Lopez of Chile and with a 3:10 advantage on fellow Spaniard Marc Coma. Joan Barreda Bort of Spain kept the overall lead. Coma is 3:10 behind, and Lopez is 5:12 off the pace. Thursday’s stage goes north from Chilecito to Tucuman. The rally finishes Jan. 18 in Valapariso, Chile.

Knicks’ Smith fined $50K for shoelace stunt NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA gave J.R. Smith a warning — and then a $50,000 fine when he ignored it. The league penalized the New York Knicks guard again Wednesday, this time for “recurring instances of unsportsmanlike conduct” after he tried to untie an opponent’s sneaker for a second time in two games. Smith untied Mavericks forward Shawn Marion’s shoe while they were standing next to each other during a free throw attempt at Dallas on Sunday and was warned not to repeat the act by the league office. Coach Mike Woodson had said before Tuesday’s home game against Detroit that Smith shouldn’t be doing things like that, but the reserve guard then tried it again on Greg Monroe during a free throw attempt — with league disciplinarian Rod Thorn in attendance.

GYMNASTICS: Barons set to begin new season FROM PAGE B1

“I’ve seen some major developments and improvements,” Jenny Gibson said. “It’s going to be an exciting year for Keziah. She struggles at bars and hates it but she’s determined, that’s what I love. She’s an excellent beam worker and gets tons of bonus jumps.” The all-around newcomer is sophomore Caitlin Marlow. “She has a lot of experience,” Jenny Gibson said. “She has dedicated her training to just gymnastics. She has really exploding execution and an attitude which will be in her favor. Exciting things are happening. I’m very excited to see how the season develops.” A number of other gymnasts are slated to contribute in individual events, including junior Kayla Kissinger (bars, floor), junior Rebecca Lepant, sophomore Alyssa Lude (beam, floor, vault), freshman Shelby Fox, freshman Dawn Long (vault, beam), freshman Meghann Miller (bars) and senior Alyssa Willey. “The girls seem to be really into body awareness and the training that they’ve had,” Jenny Gibson said. “It’s just a fun team I have. Everyone that’s here is willing to work hard and that’s all I ask. I will work you as hard as you want, and people that don’t want to work hard, great, they can leave.” Both of DeKalb’s meets this week against Huntington North and Concordia were postponed. The Barons’ first meet will be at home against Bishop Dwenger at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

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Bailey goes on first hunt Ethan Bailey got his first buck in late September during the Indiana youth hunt. He went hunting with his father, Chad Bailey, after hours of target practice before

deer season came. “He said his heart was pounding so hard that he could hear it in his ears” when it came time to take his shot, said his mother, Angela Bailey.

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When you go fishing in a lake or sometimes even in a private pond, there are days they just don’t bite. There are numerous stories about big money bass tournaments where one or two fish takes all the prizes. I can’t tell you how many times I struck out. The opposite experience is the very rare “feeding frenzy.” Here is my best recall of fishing a body of water not particularly known for full live boxes or big stingers and being so pleasantly surprised to find there are really a lot of catchables under your boat: 1. South Twin Lake, LaGrange County — twice. On my third cast with a surface lure, hooked and landed a 14-inch bass and following for almost two hours, a strike every third or fourth try. Fishing with my 80-year-old mother saw big fish chasing minnows in the middle of the lake, about 40 feet of water, and after running the motor close to them hooked and played both large and smallmouth bass for more than an hour. 2. Lake Erie, 5:30 a.m., on a big shelf north of Pelee Island, Canada. With the same surface bait, I caught and released 22 smallies in 90 minutes; total weight more than 60 pounds, largest two over 5. I have fished Lake Erie for many hours without a strike. 3. North Twin Lake, LaGrange County, 7:30 p.m., bug hatch. The water surface on the entire lake was alive with bluegill taking insects and leaving dimples. I used a fly rod and caught my limit in bluegills in less than an hour. 4. Private pond. I had

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struck out twice here and thought the owner was kidding me in inviting me back. I caught a largemouth bass around weeds and smallmouth on gravel bars and big hybrid bluegills on fly rod poppers. My friend told me, “I told you so.” 5. North Twin, LaGrange County, my first frenzy experience, about age 15, 2 a.m. On a calm night under a full moon, using crazy crawlers (an almost a forgotten lure now), two of us brought back a stringer of 11 bass and nothing under 17 inches. Again, I have fished these waters multiple times with zero success.

6. Callaway Gardens, Ga., private lakes, fished for several hours and no results and fishing from a float tube. I had about 30 strikes in an hour, both bass casting and huge bream on the fly rod. The next day, I caught an 8- and 9-pound channel cat fly rodding (my first). And here is the message: don’t give up on a lake. There are times to catch and those to fish. It is too bad there aren’t more of the former so that we could rename it “catching.” PAUL OAKES is a retired fisherman who lives in Angola.

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piece was published on the Outdoor Wire this week. The Dallas Safari Club continues to make headlines around the world because of a controversial fundraiser planned for this Saturday evening. On behalf of the government of Namibia, the club will auction a permit to hunt an endangered species, the black rhino. This letter written by the executive director of the club extends an explanation for the benefit, for which all proceeds will be returned to Namibia for anti-poaching patrols and herd productivity studies. Excerpts from this letter provided here do not reflect the opinion of the Outdoor Life editor but provide a viewpoint from the DSC. Much has been published since late October both for and against the hunt. BY BEN CARTER

“It’s God’s job to judge poachers. It’s our job to arrange the meeting.” That’s what a South African game ranger told me in June as we followed rhino tracks and boot tracks through a remote area of Kruger National Park. I glanced up expecting to see a smile, but there was none. His eyes told me he wasn’t kidding. That face, those words, and the violence they suggested, are still chilling ... In Africa’s bloody war over rhinos and elephants, every lawman knows he might be murdered tonight. The International Ranger Federation website lists more than 30 African game wardens killed by homicide in 2013, and estimates the actual count is likely 2-3 times higher. Stressed, weary, undermanned and underequipped, frustrated by arrests that seldom end

in prosecutions, more and more rangers are resorting to shooting on sight any poacher caught in the act. ... Too much money dangles low. Powdered rhino horn is now 2-3 times more valuable per kilo than cocaine, and it’s in high demand by affluent Asians. Some believe it cures cancer. Research has disproven any actual medical benefits. But for triggermen, black-market traffickers, drug cartels, organized crime syndicates and even terrorist cells profiting from rhino poaching, the big paydays are worth wasting entire species along with anyone who stands in the way. The ranger said if the war continued at the current pace, a thousand rhinos would be slaughtered by end of the year, along with untold human lives. That dark prediction was still fresh on my mind in October when the government of the Republic of Namibia asked our organization, the Dallas Safari Club (DSC), to help raise crucial funding for additional law enforcement and other rhino conservation initiatives-by auctioning a permit to hunt a black rhino in Namibia. Most poaching is in South Africa. Namibia is faring much better and intends to keep it that way. In fact, Namibia’s black rhino population is doing so well, the country is allowed by science-based international treaties to sell up to five rhino hunting permits a year. Biologists say these hunts are partly responsible for increasing rhino numbers. Black rhinos are aggressive and territorial. Old, post-breeding males are known to kill younger

bulls, cows and even calves. They also consume food, water and space needed to sustain the breeding animals required for species survival. Biologists call these “surplus animals” because removing them does no long-term harm to a population-and can actually help it grow. But the people of Namibia also are part of the equation. The country is renowned for its unique conservation model. Local communities form and manage their own refuges, called conservancies, on surrounding lands. The citizenry is allowed to sustainably use the natural resources produced there. This community involvement helped build a nationwide grassroots commitment to conservation. Since Namibia gained independence in 1990, lands under sustainable management have increased from 13 to 44 percent of the nation’s surface area. Wildlife now abounds. And black rhino populations have doubled. Hunting provides the majority of income from most conservancies. Revenue supplements every household either directly or indirectly through community projects. Meat derived from hunting is equitably distributed to the most needy, such as the elderly and schools. ... DSC is honored to help ... The sale will be in January during our annual convention in Dallas. We expect the permit to sell for at least $250,000, possibly up to $1 million-enough to pay the salaries of 50-200 additional African game rangers for a year. BEN CARTER is executive director of the Dallas Safari Club.

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Founder of Vail’s grandson killed in avalanche VAIL, Colo. (AP) — The grandson of Vail’s founder was killed and three other people were injured Tuesday in an avalanche near the ski resort, authorities said. Anthony Seibert, 24, was killed in the slide in the backcountry near Vail, Eagle County Coroner Kara Bettis said. She said Seibert is the grandson of Peter Seibert, who along with Earl Eaton is widely credited with finding the terrain that would later become Vail Mountain. The three others who were injured were expected to recover from their injuries. Their names weren’t released. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Jessie Mosher said the slide happened at around 11:30 a.m. in East Vail Chutes, an area between Vail Mountain and Vail Pass. The death is the fifth in the Rocky Mountain region and the second in Colorado in the last two weeks. The avalanche danger where the latest deadly slide occurred is rated as considerable at or above the tree line for two main reasons. New snow over the weekend was pushed into slabs by wind, and those more cohesive layers of snow are resting on top of the relatively weak early season snowfall, said Spencer Logan of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

People • Tupac-inspired musical bringing rap to Broadway NEW YORK (AP) — A musical inspired by Tupac Shakur songs is going to bring gangsta rap to Broadway. Producers said Wednesday that “Holler If Ya Hear Me” will open at the Palace Theatre in June under the direction of Kenny Leon, who helmed the Shakur Broadway hits “Fences” and “The Mountaintop.” The new musical sets Shakur’s music to an original story. Rapper and actor Shakur, who had multimillion-seller albums like “2Pacalypse Now” and “All Eyez on Me,” was known for his raw lyrics that drew on the rage of a coarse urban existence. No casting was announced. The musical has a story by Todd Kreidler, who was a dramaturg for “Radio Golf” and “Gem of the Ocean,” and choreography by Tony Award-winner Wayne Cilento of “Wicked.” Afeni Shakur, the late artists’ mother, is producing.

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Shoe left behind could help lead to conviction SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Federal agents have apprehended a fugitive near San Antonio two years after he left a shoe behind while allegedly trying to storm a Colorado home with others. Mario Andreas Godinez was arrested Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Service on a charge of attempted murder. The 20-year-old was being held at the Bexar County jail awaiting extradition to Weld County, Colo. Service spokesman Chris Bozeman says Godinez and two others are accused of attempting a 2012 home invasion in Greeley, Colo. When they were unable to get inside, Godinez allegedly shot through the front door. He left behind a shoe when the trio fled in a vehicle. Bozeman says the shoe could be an important part of prosecution efforts. Godinez was arrested at a home outside San Antonio.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is urging schools to abandon overly zealous discipline policies that civil rights advocates have long said lead to a school-to-prison pipeline that discriminates against minority students. The wide-ranging series of guidelines issued Wednesday in essence tells schools that they must AP adhere to the principle Mourners carry the coffin Wednesday of al-Qaida gunmen and Iraqi army soldiers of fairness and equity Yazn Jassim Mohammed, 24, who was on Tuesday. in student discipline or killed when clashes erupted between face strong action if they don’t. The American Civil Liberties Union called the recommendations “groundbreaking.” “A routine school disciplinary infraction should land a student in the principal’s office, not in a police precinct,” Attorney General Eric Holder said. BAGHDAD (AP) — Holder said the problem province as minority Sunnis Minister Nouri al-Maliki Tribal leaders in the besieged protested what they perceive often stems from well hinted of a possible pardon city of Fallujah warned as discrimination and random for supporters of al-Qaida’s intentioned “zero-toleral-Qaida-linked fighters to ance” policies that too often arrests by the Shiite-led local branch, the Islamic leave to avoid a military government. Violence spiked State of Iraq and the Levant, inject the criminal justice showdown, echoing a call after the Dec. 28 arrest of a or ISIL, if they abandon the system into the resolution by Iraq’s prime minister of problems. Zero-tolerance Sunni lawmaker sought on fight. Wednesday that they give up terrorism charges and the policies, a tool that became “The war that is being their fight as the government popular in the 1990s, government’s dismantling of fought by the Iraqi security pushes to regain control of often spell out uniform a year-old anti-government forces, tribes and all mainly Sunni areas west of and swift punishment for Sunni protest camp in the segments of Iraqi society offenses such as truancy, Baghdad. provincial capital of Ramadi. against al-Qaida and its smoking or carrying a The warning came as Last week, al-Qaidaaffiliates is a sacred war,” gunmen attacked an Iraqi linked gunmen seized he said. “I call on those who weapon. Violators can lose classroom time or become army barracks in a Sunni control of Ramadi and were lured to be part of the saddled with a criminal area north of Baghdad, nearby Fallujah, cities that terrorism machine led by killing 12 soldiers. Seven were among the bloodiest al-Qaida to return to reason.” record. Police have become a soldiers were wounded battlefields for U.S. forces In exchange, he promised more common presence in the assault in Diyala during the Iraq war. The that his government will in American schools since province, authorities said. militants overran police “open a new page to settle the shootings at Columbine The United Nations and stations and military posts, their cases so that they High School in 1999. the Red Cross, meanwhile, freed prisoners and set up won’t be fuel for the war The administration said Fallujah and nearby their own checkpoints. that is led by al-Qaida.” said research suggests the areas are facing mounting The United States and Iraq’s government has racial disparities in how humanitarian concerns as Iran have offered material rushed additional troops students are disciplined food and water supplies start help for the Iraqi governand military equipment are not explained by more to run out. ment but say they won’t to Anbar and has been frequent or more serious Sectarian tensions have send in troops. carrying out airstrikes in misbehavior by students of been on the rise for months Speaking in his weekly an effort to dislodge the color. in Sunni-dominated Anbar television address, Prime militants.

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Fire burns after train carrying oil derails in Canada PLASTER ROCK, New Brunswick (AP) — Officials in Canada said a derailed freight train carrying crude oil and propane continued to burn Wednesday, and about 150 residents remained evacuated from their homes. There were no deaths or injuries. Of the 17 cars that derailed late Tuesday in New Brunswick province, five contain crude oil and four contain propane, said Claude Mongeau, the chief executive of CN Rail. Some of the propane cars are venting and some of the crude cars are burning, he said. “It is contained, but it is evolving,” Mongeau said. The train’s brakes came on unexpectedly, Canada’s Transportation Safety Board

said based on preliminary information from the rail company and police. “Preliminary reports were that the train was proceeding, and while proceeding experienced what we call is an undesired brake application,” said Daniel Holbrook, a manager with the safety board. Holbrook also said the crew found a broken axle. The derailment in a sparsely populated region, roughly 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the U.S. border and northern Maine, again raised concerns about the increasing use of rail to transport oil throughout North America. In July, 47 people were killed in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, when a train carrying crude oil derailed.

Palestinian militant killed in explosion JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian militant was killed in an explosion in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a health official said, prompting an Islamic group to threaten attacks against Israel. The circumstances of the death were not immediately clear. Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Kidra said the man was killed in an Israeli attack. The Israeli military said it was not aware of any incident and denied responsibility. Al-Kidra said Mohammed al-Ejlla, 33, was killed near the border with Israel. He said two teenagers were slightly wounded in the incident. The Islamic Jihad

militant group confirmed that al-Ejlla was one of its fighters in a text message. It said he was killed by an Israeli tank shell while on “a mission.” It did not elaborate but threatened to respond to the incident. Flare-ups along the border have been rare since Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers fought an eight-day battle in 2012, but violent incidents occur occasionally. Also Wednesday, Israeli police said vandals damaged two cars and scrawled graffiti on a building in a Palestinian village in the West Bank. The vandalism comes a day after Palestinians briefly captured more than a dozen Israeli settlers.

“A routine disciplinary infraction should land a student in the principal’s office, not in a police precinct.” Eric Holder Attorney general

• “In our investigations, we have found cases where African-American students were disciplined more harshly and more frequently because of their race than similarly situated white students,” the Justice and Education departments said in a letter to school districts. “In short, racial discrimination in school discipline is a real problem.” Daniel A. Domenech, executive director of the School Superintendents Association, acknowledged that students of color were being suspended and expelled in disproportionate numbers. In American schools, black students without disabilities were more than three times as likely as whites to be expelled or suspended, according to government civil rights data collection from 2011-2012. Although black students made up 15 percent of students in the data collection, they made up more than a third of students suspended once, 44 percent of those suspended more than once and more than a third of students expelled.

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Grandmas must defer to family’s wishes DEAR ABBY: In response to the letter from “Family First in Florida” (Nov. 3), it’s no wonder her son and daughter-in-law want some peace and quiet when their new baby arrives. Grandma-to-be appears controlling, entitled and someone who will be more of an endurance test than a helping presence. They are right to set kind, yet firm, boundaries with her. I wanted privacy during and after childbirth, and I’m grateful my mom and MIL respected our wishes. My kids’ grandmas both have strong, loving relationships with their grandkids, so please remind “Family First” she’s not missing out on anything. She’ll still get to be a doting granny, but for now she should back off and remember the arrival of the child is not about HER. — EXPERIENCED MOM IN OMAHA DEAR MOM: I’m

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On this date Jan. 9: • In 1914, the fraternity Phi Beta Sigma was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. • In 1951, the United Nations headquarters in New York officially opened. • In 1972, reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, speaking by telephone from the Bahamas to reporters in Hollywood, said a purported autobiography of him by Clifford Irving was a fake.

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C-reactive protein test shows heart disease of the heart. That can cause a heart attack. CRP isn’t dangerous in and of itself. Rather, it’s a sign of inflammation in the body. A new test, called the high-sensitivity CRP (hsCRP) test, measures inflammation of the blood vessels. ASK In the DOCTOR K. interests of full transparency, I need tell you that Dr. Anthony to the use of this to help Komaroff test determine a person’s risk of getting heart disease was pioneered at my hospital. The hospital gets some royalties from the use of the test. (I don’t get any money from its use.)

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People with the highest CRP levels are about twice as likely to suffer a heart attack or other cardiac event as people with the lowest levels. That’s why CRP is used, along with other risk factors (such as cholesterol and blood pressure), to estimate cardiovascular risk. Your doctor may have been silent on the subject because the standards for using CRP are still evolving. For example, we don’t know what CRP target levels should be for men and women of different racial and ethnic groups. For now, risk assessment is based on the following CRP levels: • below 1 mg/L = low risk • 1-3 mg/L = average risk • above 3 mg/L = high risk If you are already considered high risk for heart disease or are being treated for it, a CRP test is not necessary. The results won’t change how your condition is managed. If you have a moderate risk

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pleased everything worked out well for you. That woman’s letter hit a nerve with my readers. A sampling of their comments: DEAR ABBY: I had the same vision of being there when my grandkids DEAR were born. ABBY However, my kids have not involved Jeanne Phillips me the way I imagined. “Family First’s” son is putting HIS family first, as he should. He and his wife have chosen what they feel will make the smoothest, least-stressful launch for their new family, and he is protecting that plan. If she doesn’t respect her son’s right to make that

of heart attack, an hsCRP test might help to more accurately place you in a high- or low-risk category. For example, if you are at moderate risk based on high cholesterol, you might move into the high-risk category if you also have elevated CRP. The result might be more aggressive treatment. If you have other risk factors, such as diabetes or high blood pressure, ask your doctor about an hsCRP test. It might help to better assess your risk. Like most issues in medicine, there is controversy about the value of measuring the hsCRP level in the blood. Some doctors think that it does not add important new information in calculating risk. As I look at the evidence, I think it is valuable. DR. KOMAROFF is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. His website is AskDoctorK.com.

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Congressional comebacks planned Severe freeze WASHINGTON (AP) — Some former members of Congress are hoping 2014 will be the year of the comeback. Congress may have public approval ratings hovering near record lows, but several Republicans who once served in the House are trying to recapture their old seats. Among Democrats, former Rep. Marjorie Margolies, who was bounced from office two decades ago after casting a decisive vote for President Bill Clinton’s budget plan, wants to represent the Philadelphia suburbs again. Entering the new year, Republicans see a more favorable political landscape with President Barack Obama’s political standing weakened after the botched rollout of his signature health care law. Democrats, meanwhile, will try to connect Republican candidates to their old voting records in Congress and the tea party movement, which contributed to last year’s government shutdown. Republicans currently hold a 33-seat advantage in the House, and some of the comeback efforts could be among the more competitive races in the 2014 congressional elections. As far as some of the ex-lawmakers are concerned, this year will be different. “There’s a fair amount of buyer’s remorse,” said Robert Dold, a Republican who represented a suburban Chicago district for one term before losing in 2012. In New Hampshire, former GOP Rep. Frank

may be benefit in some ways TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — From a field station in northern Wisconsin, where the previous night’s low was a numbing 29 degrees below zero, climate scientist John Lenters studied computer images of ice floes on Lake Superior with delight. It may be hard to think of this week’s deep freeze as anything but miserable, but to scientists like Lenters there are silver linings: Heavy ice cover may help raise low water in the Great Lakes and protect shorelines and wetlands from erosion. The extreme cold could also kill some insect pests and slow the migration of invasive species. “All around, it’s a positive thing,” said Lenters, a specialist in the climate of lakes and watersheds. Ice cover on the Great Lakes has been shrinking for decades, but this year more than 60 percent of the surface is expected to be frozen over at some point — an occurrence that could help the lakes rebound from a prolonged slump in water levels. Even agriculture can benefit. Although cold weather is generally no friend to crops, some of southern Florida’s citrus fruits can use a perfectly timed cool-down — which

Republican Frank Guinta is part of a group of former members of Congress hoping 2014 will be the year of the comeback. Congress may have public

Guinta hopes to win a third campaign against Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, the Democratic incumbent, in a race that is likely to draw interest from potential presidential candidates eyeing the state’s first-in-the-nation primary. Guinta, a former mayor of Manchester, ousted Shea-Porter in 2010 but then relinquished the seat to her in 2012. In New York’s Hudson Valley, Republican Nan Hayworth wants a rematch against Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., a former White House aide to Clinton. In Atlanta’s suburbs, former Rep. Bob Barr, who lost his seat more than a decade ago, is vying

approval ratings hovering near record lows, but several Republicans who once served in the House are trying to recapture their old seats.

for the Republican nomination in a crowded primary field. Margolies, who was known as Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky when she served in Congress, is trying to make a comeback two decades after losing her seat in the House Republican landslide of 1994. This time she could get some high-profile help: Her son Marc is married to Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of the former president and Hillary Rodham Clinton. In California, Republican Doug Ose vowed to serve only three terms when he was elected to Congress in 1998 and kept his promise,

declining to seek another term in 2004. Now Ose is making a comeback attempt in the suburbs of Sacramento, where he hopes to challenge Democratic Rep. Ami Bera. Along the Mississippi River, former Republican Rep. Bobby Schilling wants another chance in the Illinois portion of a Quad Cities-area district that he held for one term before losing to Democrat Cheri Bustos. Schilling said his former constituents are angry over the health care overhaul, and he’s made it clear that he’ll seek to separate himself from the current Republican-controlled House.

they were getting as midweek temperatures hovered around freezing. “A good cold snap lowers the acidity in oranges and increases sugar content, sweetens the fruit,” said Frankie Hall, policy director for the Florida Farm Bureau Federation. “It’s almost been a blessing.” Scientists noted that subzero temperatures and pounding snowfalls like those that gripped much of the nation are not unheard-of in the Midwest and Northeast and used to happen more frequently. The extremes help keep nature in balance. “I’m just happy to see that we have a normal winter for once,” said Lenters, who works for Limnotech, an environmental consulting firm in Ann Arbor. As the climate has warmed, the absence of bitter cold has actually been damaging. The emerald ash borer, an insect native to Asia, arrived in the U.S. around 2002 and has killed about 50 million ash trees in the Upper Midwest. But some locales this winter may have gotten cold enough to kill at least some of their larvae, said Robert Venette, a U.S. Forest Service research biologist in St. Paul, Minn.

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LOST: Black & tan male miniature Doberman pincher w/white muzzle & feet on Dec. 30 near SR 3 & SR 8 Albion. 260 908-4306 REWARD

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ADOPTION:--At-Home mom, financially secure family, travel, theatre, love, laughter awaits 1st baby. Expenses paid. Joanna: 1-877-667-9123. (A)

NOTICES AIRLINE CAREERS begin here - Get FAA approved Aviation Tech training. Financial aid if qualified. Job placement assistance. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 877-523-5807 www.FixJets.com AC0190

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Class A CDL Minimum Two years Experience. Good pay and benefits. Home every night. No touch freight for our Butler, Indiana location or apply online at: Fabexpress.com

Call Jim 800-621-1478 Ext. 131 General

WANTED Persons to do temp. telephone work for the Cash Bonanza Program. No exp. nec., no age limit. Must be able to read well and speak clearly. Two shifts available; 9 am to 3 pm or 4 pm to 9 pm. Hourly compensation or commission. Apply in person to the Office Manager at 603 N. Wayne St. Suite C Angola, IN

Persons to do light temp. delivery work, for the Cash Bonanza Pro gram. Good pay. Must have your own transportation, valid driver’s license and know the Steuben Co. area well. Must be neat and dependable. Apply in person at: 603 N. Wayne St. Suite C Angola, IN

NATURAL WONDERS PRESCHOOL is taking applications for:

Teachers Assistant Positions

FOUND: Tiger cat on Baum St. in Avilla. 260 897-3111

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Must be patient, dependable, & LOVE CHILDREN!!! Please call (574)457-3391

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From Home Nursing Services Lisa is seeking Care Partners to assist our clients in their homes. C.N.A/Homemakers Home Health Aides 1st shift or Weekends Apply on line InHomeNursing Services.com (260) 927-9840 Lisa, Coordinator

Home Health Aides in the Kendallville area. Minimum 1 year exp. Call 260-918-0932 or apply at our website Brightstarcare.com

Duties include: Answering phone and transferring calls to correct department, handling circulation customer service calls, and processing front desk receipts. Right candidate for this position must be able to work in a fast-paced business environment with minimal supervision & be able to multi-task. Occasional opportunity for more hours available as needed. Please apply at 102 N. Main St., Kendallville or email pprumm@kpcmedia.com. No phone calls please.

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Part-Time Positions 9:00 PM - 5:00 AM • $7.25/hr. • Feed printed sections into stitcher/trimmer • Some bending, standing & lifting required • Hand Inserting • Pre-employment drug screen • Must be dependable and hard-working • Light math skills and reading skills

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CONTRACTORS Circulation Department Contact: Violet Grime

• Valid Driver’s License • Responsible Adult • Reliable Transportation • Available 7 days a week

Apply in Person - No Phone Calls 102 N. Main St., Kendallville, IN 46755

45 S. Public Sq., Angola, IN Phone: 260-318-2978 E-mail: vgrime@kpcmedia.com

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CONTRACTORS Circulation Department Contact: Violet Grime

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Part-Time Assistant District Manager. The primary responsibility of the position is to assist the district manager with overseeing our home delivery operation. We are seeking an individual who is out-going and dependable, has good communication skills and doesn’t mind working at night. Delivery and management experience in any industry are a plus but not necessary. Work hours are normally between 1:00 am and 7:00 am and include weekends. Must have a valid driver’s license, insurance and a good driving record to use company vehicles. Also, must be able to lift 30 pounds repeatedly and be able to deliver door-to-door when needed.

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Drivers GORDON TRUCKING CDL-A Truck Drivers. Up to $5,000 Sign-on Bonus & $.56 CPM! Solo & Teams. Dedicated/Home Weekly Available! Call 7 days/wk! EOE 888-757-2003 GordonTrucking.com General 1st & 2nd shift CNC Machine openings Quake Manufacturing is looking for people to setup/run CNC Machines. Star/Citizen Swiss experience a plus. Hurco/Haas experience also a plus. Great compensation, Holidays, vacation, insurance, 401K. Email, fax, or mail resume. paulquake@ quakemfg.com Fax: 260-432-7868

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Angola ONE BR APTS. $425/mo., Free Heat. 260-316-5659

62 years & older or disabled of any legal age may apply. Rent based on all sources of income and medical expenses.

Auburn $99 First Month 2BR-VERY NICE! SENIORS 50+ $450 No Smokers/ No Pets (260) 925-9525

For hearing impaired only call TDD 1-800-743-3333 “This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider & Employer”

Wolcottville 2 & 3 BR from $100/wk also LaOtto location. 574-202-2181

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Rental assistance is available for qualiﬁed applicants. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Rosedorf Park Apartments Phone/Fax 260-357-5180

2 BR,Newly remodeled, Nice! One block to lake, others available. $550/mo. (260) 488-3163

Avilla 1 & 2 BR APTS $450-$550/ per month. Call 260-897-3188

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. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

FURNITURE QUEEN PILLOWTOP MATTRESS SET Can deliver, $125. (260) 493-0805

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GUN SHOW!! Alexandria, IN - January 11th & 12th, Madison County Fairgrounds, 512 E. 4th St., Sat. 9-5, Sun. 9-3 For information call 765-993-8942 Buy! Sell! Trade!

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2014 at 10:00 AM FURNITURE – POTTERY – GLASS – LIGHTING - PRIMITIVES Oak triple curved glass china cabinet with leaded glass, columns and claw feet; large oak hall tree with beveled glass mirror; 12’ oak store display counter; 5-8’ oak display counters; 4’ glass display case; walnut high back pump organ – Farrand Organ Co., Detroit, MI, circa 1880; player piano; jelly cupboards; oak dresser with mirror; rosewood chest with marble top; commodes; Art Deco dressing screen; Gainsborough Hair Net store display case; oak fainting couch; gateleg table; set of 4 wrought iron ice cream chairs; rockers; side chairs; wall mirror; organ stools; POTTERY: Roseville; Weller; Muncie pottery; majolica; blue and white stoneware; ironstone; hand painted china; copper luster; Limoges; Lenox; GLASS: Carnival glass – Northwood, Fenton, amethyst, marigold and more; Fenton; Westmoreland; pattern glass; barber bottles; ruby to clear souvenir pieces; Pokagon seltzer bottles; Bohemian glass; Jadeite coffee and tea canisters; depression glass; LIGHTING: very large collection of early brass electric light ﬁxtures – ceiling and wall including many sets and pairs; large collection of lamp shades including sets; desk lamps; table lamps; leaded glass hanging lamps and more; PRIMITIVES: Indiana Standard Oil oil pump and tank; ABC Washers and Ironers neon sign; Marlboro neon sign; Bud Light neon sign: Barber & Dr. neon sign; advertising tins; early wooden day sail boat with mast approx 12’ long; cast iron still banks – safe, buildings, horse, lion and more; Auburn Rubber toys; Buddy L dump truck; tin toys; American Flyer train & accessories; primitive tools; large copper apple butter kettle; cast iron items; sleds; wicker baby buggy; old golf clubs; quilt and quilt pieces; oriental rugs; hook rug; crocks; jugs; crock churn; beaded purses; selection of jewelry; 10,000+ POST CARDS real photos, holidays, views and much more; stereoviewer; cameras; circus posters; records – 35rpm & 45 rpm; candle stick telephone; powder horns; political buttons; pictures, prints and frames; arrow heads; Green Bay wool red plaid hunting suit; large lighted Santa display and 2 large light bells; candy store scales; cash registers; cash drawer; old bottles; leather saddle; curtain tie backs; silver plates items; walking sticks; spinning wheel; cradle; antique reference books and much more. AUCTIONEERS NOTE: This is a very large auction. We will be running two auction rings. 100’s of items not listed. TERMS: Cash, check, MC/VISA (3% buyers premium for credit card)

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MERCHANDISE UNDER $50 1 Twill Insulated Coverall by Wrangler. Size large, like new, $30.00. (260) 235-0222

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MICHAEL AND RAMONA ROWLISON, OWNERS 200 North Main Street, Wolcottville, IN 46795 Office: (260) 854-2859 • Fax: (260) 854-3979 Auctioneer: Michael G. Strawser, AU01036470 & AC30700060 Auctioneer: Ron Levitz, Lic#AU19600009 Web site: www.strawserauctions.com E-mail: info@strawserauctions.com Member of the National Indiana • Michigan • Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association

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