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GOOD MORNING Woman, 89, killed in crash Thursday in downtown Hamilton HAMILTON — An 89-year-old Hamilton woman was killed in a crash Thursday afternoon in downtown Hamilton. Hattie Hulbert’s car pulled from a grocery store parking lot in the 3800 block of East Bellefontaine Road around 3:40 p.m. Thursday, said Hamilton Town Marshal Jeremy Warner. It was struck by a pickup truck operated by Tyler Nilson, 23, of Angola. Nilson could not avoid the collision, Warner said. He was not injured. Warner said it is the first fatal accident within the town limits in his 16 years on the department. The road was closed for around two hours while crash reconstruction specialists from Steuben County Sheriff’s Department and Angola Police Department worked at the scene. There was a large amount of gasoline and other vehicle fluids in the road, said Warner, that was removed by Hamilton firefighters.
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MIKE MARTURELLO
Tim Frederick, center, talks about various materials that would have been used by people of the 19th century during a demonstration Friday morning. Frederick and other demonstra-
tors provided a day of education to students from throughout northeast Indiana who visited the Civil War Days encampment at Commons Park in Angola.
Civil War Days launches festival BY MIKE MARTURELLO mmarturello@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — Numerous school children got a taste of what life was like in the Civil War era Friday at Commons Park. In continuing a tradition that has been going on for years, the Civil War encampment that is part of Autumn in Angola Fall Festival served up hours of education for area students. There were opportunities to meet demonstrators who worked in fur and other materials of the day. There were camp fires going. One man was preparing a whole hog for roasting. For those who wanted to talk with some real-life heroes of the day, President Abraham Lincoln was on hand, as was Frederick Douglass, a former slave who led the abolition movement in the United States. One of the more hands-on demonstrations came in the form of teaching school children period dance of the day. There were rounds and waltzes being taught by Steuben County home school students, who took time out to show their public school colleagues how to bust a move, ala the 19th century. “We teach the local school kids who come about the 19th century dances that they would have danced in the Civil War era,” said Hannah Artfitch, who led the dances during Friday morning’s tours. There’s also some instruction on how people carried themselves during the day. “We teach them the graces of the period sometimes SEE FESTIVAL, PAGE A5
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Alivia Stickler, 6, Garrett, models some fur wear at the camp of family friend Ed Lewis, Jackson, Mich., at the start of Civil War Days in Commons Park on Friday. Stickler is the daughter of Dana Sticker, who had his camp set up to the south of Lewis.
ANGOLA — Krista Miller has been promoted to chief executive officer of the YMCA of Steuben County. Miller has been serving as interim director since August, when former CEO Marla Toigo stepped down. Y Board of Miller Directors President Phil Roe said Miller should be a very effective leader who he thinks will stay with the YMCA for a long period of time. “She’s proven herself as far as fund-raising goes,” said Roe. “She has just brought a peace to the staff.” In addition, Miller, who most recently worked a few years for Cameron Memorial Community Hospital on its capital campaign, is invested in the community, said Roe. “I am very excited about moving into the CEO position at the YMCA of Steuben County. It has been great being back at the Y as the interim for the past month,” said Miller, who was membership director at the Y in 2008 and 2009. “The Y has been a part of my family’s lives since living in Fremont for the past seven years. Our kids have participated in youth programming — swim lessons since they were in preschool. “I believe strongly that through programming and what our facility has to offer we are ensuring that healthy living is within reach of SEE MILLER, PAGE A5
Iran’s call lifts hopes for thaw
WASHINGTON (AP) — Breaking a third-of-a-century diplomatic freeze, President Barack Obama and new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone on Friday and, in a historic shift from years of unwavering animosity, agreed to work toward resolving their deep dispute over Tehran’s nuclear efforts. Rouhani, who earlier in the day called the United States a “great” nation, reached out to arrange the call. The White House said an encouraging meeting between Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif this week was a crucial factor in the thaw. “While there will surely be important obstacles to moving forward, and success is by no means guaranteed, I believe we can reach a comprehensive solution,” Obama told reporters at the White House. Rouhani, at a news conference in New York, linked the U.S. and Iran as “great nations,” a remarkable reversal from the anti-American rhetoric of his predecessors, and he expressed hope that at the very least the two governments can stop the escalation of tensions. Rouhani has repeatedly stressed that he has “full authority” in
MATT GETTS
As East Noble Middle School staff members line the hallway to watch, Noble County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Todd Webber and Indiana
State Trooper Justin Snyder show how they would respond to an active-shooter scenario at the school.
Training brings shooting to life BY MATT GETTS mgetts@kpcmedia.com
KENDALLVILLE — Four minutes and 37 seconds. That’s how long it took for a lone gunman to kill 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut last December. The staff at East Noble Middle School got a first-hand look at what that scenario could be like in its hallways — and how to deal with it — as the Indiana State Police put on a special SEE IRAN, PAGE A5 training session Friday morning in
Kendallville. “It is a very intense thing for our staff to go through,” East Noble Middle School Principal Andy Deming said at the conclusion of the debriefing. There have been no mass shootings in northeastern Indiana schools, but locking a school down for security reasons is not unheard of, including a recent incident of a man carrying a gun through a neighborhood near Fremont Community Schools. The man was not located, but law enforcement
acted quickly to secure the safety of the children. Friday’s scenario was designed by Indiana State Police Trooper James Bailey of DeKalb County and Trooper Marc Leatherman of Noble County. An officer portraying a lone gunman entered the building, shooting at students from Impact Institute law enforcement instructor Mark Farren’s class. The gunman then went upstairs. With more of Farren’s students SEE TRAINING, PAGE A5