The Herald Republican – October 20, 2013

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Weather Mostly sunny skies today. Tonight, chance of rain. High 56. Low. 46. Page B7 Angola, Indiana

GOOD MORNING Indiana jail escapee captured nearby MARTINSVILLE (AP) — A central Indiana jail escapee who fled while working outside has been recaptured. WRTV-TV and WISH-TV report 32-yearold Blair Wolfe was recaptured in Hendricks County on Saturday, one day after walking away from the Morgan County Jail in Martinsville. Authorities say Wolfe was a trusty and was picking up trash outside the jail’s fence on Friday afternoon when he walked away. Morgan County Sheriff Robert Downey say officers tracked Wolfe to his father’s house in Plainfield. When officers arrived, Wolfe took off running into a wooded area but was captured. He was in jail on a theft charge. The Sheriff’s Department says he’ll now face an escape charge and a possible additional five years of jail time.

Manchester president retiring NORTH MANCHESTER (AP) — The president of Manchester University will retire after the current school year and be succeeded by the dean who started its college of pharmacy. The college based in North Manchester announced that its board of trustees on Saturday accepted the resignation of President Jo Young Switzer and appointed executive vice president and pharmacy dean Dave McFadden to the presidency, effective next July 1. During her nine-year tenure Switzer has been credited with overseeing a 25 percent increase in enrollment, the startup of a four-year professional doctor of pharmacy program on a new campus in Fort Wayne with $35 million in seed funds from the Lilly Endowment, and raising more than $89 million so far toward a $100 million capital campaign.

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Index • Classified.............................................. D5-D6 Life................................................................ C1 Obituaries.....................................................A4 Opinion ........................................................B6 Business ......................................................B7 Sports.................................................... B1-B4 Weather.......................................................B7 Vol. 156 No. 289

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Group working to save the Strand BY DENNIS NARTKER dnartker@kpcmedia.com

KENDALLVILLE — Remember the Hub, the Airdome, the Colonial and the Princess theaters? Today only the Strand Theatre survives as part of Kendallville’s movie theater history, and its future is now in doubt. The twin cinema at 221 S. Main St. is one of the oldest theaters in the nation in continuous operation showing first-run movies and Noble County’s only movie theater. It draws visitors and customers to the downtown business district. In their 2011 HyattPalma Indiana Downtown report on saving and revitalizing

Kendallville’s downtown, Doyle G. Hyett and Dolores P. Palma pointed out a movie theater is one the most traditional anchors that most downtowns have lost. “Every effort should be made to retain this valuable downtown anchor in Kendallville,” they advised. That’s the goal of the “Strand Theatre: Keep the Lights On“ campaign organized by a group of Kendallville citizens who want to save the city landmark. By the end of this year, distributors no longer deliver will film prints to theaters in North America. The cans full of reels of celluloid will be a thing of the analog past. SEE STRAND, PAGE A6

DENNIS NARTKER

The Strand Theatre in Kendallville opened Sept. 30, 1890, as the Spencer Opera House. It may close unless new digital projection equipment costing $110,000 to $120,000 is installed.

Indiana Search and Response

Airport betting Gambling proposal for Indy airport might not pass

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Fremont native is one of two gambling-industry lawyers working on a proposal that would allow airport travelers in Indianapolis the opportunity to bet on more than whether their flights will be on time. Phil Sicuso and Joe Champion, a Fremont native and Fremont High School graduate, say PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Indianapolis International Airport Beck is a member of the Orland Police DepartResponse Team. is well suited for ment, the only K9 on the Indiana Search and wireless gambling technology that could bring in revenue to support more nonstop flights. The pair work at — Orland Town Marshal Brooke Bingham GreeneBY AMY OBERLIN aoberlin@kpcmedia.com Norton’s Beck and Angola baum Doll LLP and Champion Police Department dispatcher Ed A small child wanders away floated the idea in Ralston’s Samson. Other dogs from his backyard into a corn an article for their used for searches and official duty field. firm’s newsletter, the Indianapolis include German shepherds, border With dusk closing in, his Business Journal reported. collies and a cattle dog, owned mother clambers through row Sicuso, a former general counsel by people from 11 counties in after row of 7-foot-tall stalks. She for the Indiana Gaming Commisnortheastern Indiana who respond screams his name over and over sion, suggests the airport could as part of the Indiana Department with no response. create lounges in which travelers of Homeland Security’s District 3. When she frantically calls 911 over age 21 could play games on They participate in 30-35 — a special force is called to the handheld devices that are connected searches a year, mainly within scene. to a central server. He said the setup Indiana but as far away as Texas, wouldn’t compete with existing said Jan Harkner-Abbs, ISRT casinos because it would serve only District dog team CEO. Abbs operates a full-scale travelers with tickets. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED The Indiana Search and training center at her Noble “That’s part of the reason we Response Team, based in County home. Other training thought it was palatable,” he said. Ed Ralston, an Angola Police Wawaka, is made up of 12 sites are in Fort Wayne, at Camp Department dispatcher, recently “It’s a completely new customer.” volunteer dog handlers, many Atterbury in Indianapolis and Indianapolis Airport Authority became certified as a Level of them trained officials such as Muscatatuck Urban Training President Mike Wells said the idea 1 trainer along with his dog, police officers and firefighters. Center. Samson, who was adopted from is “clever” but he doesn’t think it Steuben County has two of the Along with training with the will fly. the Steuben County Humane SEE AIRPORT, PAGE A6 three bloodhounds on the team SEE TEAM, PAGE A6 Society Shelter.

Hounds part of district team

Growing church finds ‘bigger boat’ BY DAVE KURTZ dkurtz@kpcmedia.com

AUBURN — Acting on faith, Auburn Baptist Church offered its pastor a full-time job in 2011 The congregation tripled its attendance over the next two years, crowding its small sanctuary on Ensley Avenue to the bursting point. In another act of faith, the church Sivis placed an ad in The Star last spring. It referred

to Jesus’ saying about making “fishers of men.” It said the church needed a bigger boat. “Local church is rapidly growing and looking for a larger building to rent,” the ad said, listing only a phone number, not the congregation’s name. A member of First Christian Church on North Indiana Avenue in Auburn brought the ad to its pastor, the Rev. Betty Sivis, and told her, “I think you should call this number.” Sivis dialed and reached Pastor Bill Weaver of Auburn Baptist SEE CHURCH, PAGE A6

DAVE KURTZ

Pastor Bill Weaver, left, of Auburn Baptist Church greets a parishioner after the Oct. 13 service in First Christian Church, where two congregations are sharing the building on Sunday mornings.


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