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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2013
Filling a void
GOOD MORNING
BY MATT GETTS mgetts@kpcmedia.com
What payback means … The roads in LaGrange County are a little cleaner. The National Military History Center in Auburn gets routine maintenance done. The Steuben County Council on Aging gets help with a recent renovation. The Humane Society of Noble County in Kendallville gets much-needed free labor. All of those entities, and more, are beneficiaries of community service workers in northeastern Indiana. Sentenced by judges to perform the service as part of the terms
of their probation for mostly misdemeanor offenses or as a terms of home detention for community corrections programs, the workers provide a real impact to nonprofit groups.
By the numbers In total, tens of thousands of community service hours are performed each year in northeastern Indiana. In DeKalb County, the No. 1 agency where community services workers was sent was the Auburn Street Department, with 1,156 hours served in the last
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Philanthropic, nonprofit groups benefit from community service workers fiscal year, according to DeKalb County Community Corrections executive director Kelly Knauer. The second highest total was 1,037 hours at the DeKalb County Humane Society. The National Military History Center benefited to the tune of 875 hours. In LaGrange County, the big beneficiary was the LaGrange County Highway Department’s road crew at 1,752 hours through the first nine months of this year, according to information provided by Superior Court Judge George Brown. The Ark animal shelter had 435 community service hours during that same time period.
This photo provided by the St. Paul’s and St. George’s Foundation shows workers preparing to install a statue of Jesus on Mount Sednaya, Syria.
Giant statue of Jesus arises in Syria BEIRUT (AP) — In the midst of a conflict rife with sectarianism, a giant bronze statue of Jesus has gone up on a Syrian mountain, apparently under cover of a truce among three factions in the country’s civil war. Jesus stands, arms outstretched, on the Cherubim mountain, overlooking a route pilgrims took from Constantinople to Jerusalem in ancient times. The statue is 12.3 meters (40 feet) tall and stands on a base that brings its height to 32 meters (105 feet), organizers of the project estimate. That the statue made it to Syria and went up without incident on Oct. 14 is remarkable. The project took eight years and was set back by the civil war that followed the March 2011 uprising against President Bashar Assad. Christians and other minorities are all targets in the conflict, and the statue’s safety is by no means guaranteed. It stands among villages where some fighters, linked to al-Qaida, have little sympathy for Christians.
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All year, ISSMA judges complimented Angola’s level of improvement, the level of difficulty of the show and the students’ achievement of it. The show consistently received first-place ratings and caption awards. “I think that today we did our best run,” said junior Jaelyn Blue, flute. “Musically, this was our hardest year ever, and we just blew ourselves out of the water. We didn’t know we were capable of that.” Rowe said things were stepped up this year. Last year, going to state was fun, she said. “This year I came here to be serious and have fun,” she said.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The suspect accused of opening fire inside the Los Angeles airport was determined to lash out at the Transportation Security Administration, saying in a note that he wanted to kill at least one TSA Ciancia officer and didn’t care which one, authorities said Saturday. It’s not clear why Paul Ciancia targeted the agency, but the note found in his duffel bag suggested the 23-year-old unemployed motorcycle mechanic was willing to kill almost any officer he could confront with his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. “Black, white, yellow, brown, I don’t discriminate,” the note read, according to a paraphrase by a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. The suspect’s screed also mentioned “fiat currency” and “NWO,” possible references to the New World Order, a conspiracy theory that foresees a totalitarian one-world government. Terminal 3, the area where the shooting happened, reopened Saturday afternoon. Passengers who had abandoned luggage to escape Friday’s gunfire were allowed to return to collect their bags. “When challenged, Los Angeles is ready and knows how to
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The Angola Marching Hornets perform Saturday afternoon at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis
during the Class C marching band state finals.
Hornets happy with season BY AMY OBERLIN aoberlin@kpcmedia.com
INDIANAPOLIS — The Angola Marching Hornets were elated Saturday evening as they looked back on a season that took them to the state finals at Lucas Oil Stadium. “I felt great about it. I feel like we did amazing,” said sophomore clarinet player Natalie Roe. Angola performed at 2:46 p.m. in Open Class C in the Indiana State School Music Association state finals. It was one of 10 bands in the state to make it to the final round. Angola placed eighth. “I feel like it was awesome. We all just played our hearts out,” said Emily Rowe, a sophomore trumpet player. “Everybody was happy
when we walked off.” The mood remained elevated as they enjoyed the evening in Indianapolis and headed back to Angola after spending Friday night there prior to the day’s festivities. Director Kevin Fogle told the students the day was to celebrate their accomplishment — their second year in a row to earn a state berth. This year’s show, “Reaching Out,” uses challenging music from Michael Kamen’s “The New Moon in the Old Moon’s Arms.” Choreography includes jumps and leaping gestures in keeping with imagery from the reaching hands in a Michelangelo fresco, “The Creation of Adam,” found in the Sistine Chapel.
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Noble County does not track such year-round totals, but chief probation officer Stacey Beam said the Humane Society of Noble County, the LaOtto Fire Department and the Cole Center Family YMCA are common places where community service is performed. Humane Society director Jennifer Getts said her organization averages approximately 200 community service hours per month. Other frequently assisted philanthropic groups include churches in the four-county area, as well as libraries.
Legislators want voters to decide on same-sex marriage BY AARON ORGAN aorgan@kpcmedia.com
INDIANAPOLIS — When the 118th General Assembly reconvenes at the Statehouse in January, it will have hundreds of bills and measures to consider passing into law. Noteworthy among them will be a bill to amend the state constitution that essentially would ban same-sex marriage in Indiana. While the Indiana Constitution currently states that marriage is a man-and-woman status, House Joint Resolution 6 specifically defines marriage as strictly between a man and a woman. It refuses to recognize gay marriages or civil unions, and prohibits future legislatures from passing a
law allowing same-sex marriage or allowing legal protections for unions or domestic partnerships. It calls for the change to go before voters in a statewide referendum on the November 2014 ballot. The issue has launched a firestorm of opinions from both sides. Recently, Smaltz Indiana University and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce joined two major corporations, as Columbusbased manufacturer Cummins and Eli Lilly and Co. of Indianapolis in opposition to HJR6. Grassroots
campaign Freedom Indiana has organized across the state to fight the measure. The ban passed the Indiana House and Senate in 2011. By law, a proposed amendment to the state constitution must pass in consecutive elected legislatures without any changes to its draft. It then must go before the people in the form of a referendum, and if it were to pass by popular vote, the constitution would be amended. Two issues exist, though. This is a new General Assembly, with a load of first-time lawmakers and fresh ideas and no promises to entertain a previous legislature’s work. And if it comes down to it, local legislators seem bent
on letting the people decide this matter. House District 52 Rep. Ben Smaltz, R-Auburn, said there is no guarantee HJR6 will be introduced, as no representative has stepped up to carry the bill thus far. Smaltz said even if it is introduced, he is not sure it will make it out of a committee session without tweaks that would kill it. That’s why Smaltz, who is finishing his first year in the General Assembly, declined to say which way he would vote on it, saying he can’t formulate an opinion until he has the document in front of him to read and available for his constituents to read. Smaltz did say he’s in favor SEE MARRIAGE, PAGE A8