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GOOD MORNING Richard Hedglin benefit set Sunday at Pleasant Lake PLEASANT LAKE — A benefit for Richard Hedglin will be held Sunday from 1-4 p.m. at the Steuben Township Fire Hall. Hedglin recently had a quintuple Hedglin bypass open-heart surgery and has experienced complications. Donations are being accepted. Those who are unable to attend may make donations to Eric Anspaugh, 1140 W. Lake St., Pleasant Lake, IN 46779.
Semi hits workers on I-69 BY MIKE MARTURELLO mmarturello@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — Two workers with a private contractor replacing a bridge over Interstate 69 were injured when a semi collided with the hydraulic lift they were in while on the job Thursday afternoon. The two were working on the reconstruction of the C.R. 325W overpass of I-69, just north of the rest stop on the southbound lanes. Mary Foster with the Indiana Department of Transportation said orange barrels had been placed in the road to divert traffic out of the work site, which was the travel lane of the highway. The men, Ted Cook of Marion
and Brandon Morris of Columbia City, are employees with Pioneer Associates, Albion. The company received the bid to replace the bridge at a cost of $717,000. The work is to be complete early in November. Adam Sparks, Indianapolis, the southbound semi driver, told police he slowed and was passing under the bridge when he heard a collision with his truck, said Steuben County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Phil Nott. Sparks said he had not seen the bucket of the lift prior to striking it. He continued south then turned around and returned to the scene. Nott said a brace was being removed from the south side of the
bridge that was over the passing lane. As Sparks drove under the bridge, he struck the bucket of the lift with the passenger side of his cab. Morris fell from the bucket into the passing lane of the highway and Cook remained in the bucket but also was injured, Nott said. Foster said the men were conscious when they were taken from the scene by Steuben County Emergency Medical Service crews. They were taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center in serious to critical condition, Nott said. Southbound traffic was closed for a short period while investigators from the Steuben County Sheriff’s
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Department investigated and the scene was cleared. Foster said the wreck points out the importance of slowing down in construction zones. “That’s why we tell people to slow down and pay attention to their driving,” she said. Sparks tested negative for alcohol and did not appear to be impaired in any other way, Nott said. The investigation continues. The posted speed limit in the work site was 50 mph. Assisting at the scene was Steuben County EMS, Angola Fire Department, Ashley Police Department, Indiana State Police, and INDOT.
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Smith to talk about cancer prevention to hospice volunteers ANGOLA — Cameron Memorial Community Hospital’s Home Health and Hospice Department will host Dr. William Smith as Smith a guest speaker at its monthly volunteer meeting Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Learning Center of the hospital. Smith, of Parkview Physician’s Group, will be discussing ways to decrease the risk of breast cancer. “Hospice volunteers are a critical part of the team of professionals who provide that care,” a news release said. “They may run errands, provide respite care, be a good listener for the patient or caregiver, or just make a phone call, visit, or send notes to the bereaved. These volunteers receive monthly training as part of the program.” For more information on the class or on Cameron’s Home Health and Hospice Department, call 665-2141, ext. 5176.
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Filling up: BY JENNIFER DECKER jdecker@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — The new Cameron Medical Office Building is filling up with health care providers, some of whom will provide specialty care for local patients. The facility opened Oct. 1. The medical office building is owned and operated by Cameron Realty. The building is connected structurally to Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, which is under construction and is supposed to be open next year. The hospital is not affiliated with Cameron Realty. Fred Beck, leasing manager with Cameron Realty, said the four-story medical office building has some tenants with negotiations underway to secure more. Space is still available, he said. The first floor tenant will be Cameron Hospital. Cameron is
building, which already houses some health care providers.
Health care providers moving into new Cameron office building
expected to have its sleep center, hospice and administration in the space. Another part of the first floor will house the Indiana Metropolitan Area Network Inc., a nonprofit group which provides fiber optics in Steuben County and is aligned with the Steuben County Community Foundation. A portion of the second floor will be occupied by the Parkview Physicians Group. “We have Lutheran in negotiations,” Beck said, “but it’s not finalized.” Parkview is leasing the entire third floor. As for the fourth floor, Beck said talks continue for leasing with potential tenants. “Our focus is getting leases,” Beck said. “This is going to be a great asset to the community. There will be physicians rotating by specialty.” Beck said the beauty of having the medical office
building connected structurally to the hospital is it will save time — sometimes during life-threatening circumstances. He said it also will likely attract other physicians to Angola. “There’s a lot of advantages of having the medical office building connected to the hospital. It’s a very, very positive thing. If you’re seeing patients — you can go in and see them,” he said. The medical office building was built with financing by Ralph Trine, Lake James. “Our community is blessed and by the Trine family investing in it,” Beck said. The current medical office building near the hospital will be razed. Physicians with practices currently in that building are expected to move to the new medical office building and reportedly are affiliated with Parkview or Lutheran.
From the Liberty Bell to Alcatraz, federal landmarks and offices reopened Thursday. Furloughed employees were relieved to get back to work — even if faced with email backlogs — but many worried about another such disruption in a matter of months. “We’d hate to have to live through this all over again,” Richard Marcus, a 29-year employee of the National Archives in Washington, said after the government shutdown finally ended. Nationwide, from big-city office buildings to wilderness outposts, innumerable federal services and operations shifted back into gear after 16 days. The U.S. Forest Service started lifting a logging ban on national forests. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services restarted the computerized system used to verify the legal status of workers. Boat trips resumed to Alcatraz, the former federal prison in San Francisco Bay, with 1,600 tickets snapped up by tourists in the first hour of business. In Alaska, federal officials rushed to get the red king crab fishing season underway. The opening had been delayed because furloughed workers were not around to issue crab-quota permits. National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis said all 401 national park units — SEE NORMAL, PAGE A9
CASA honors ‘superheroes’ for children BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com
KENDALLVILLE — Real-life superheroes were honored at the annual Northeast Indiana CASA Volunteer Banquet Wednesday at the Kendallville Event Center. But these aren’t costumed characters with super-powers; these are people who make a super difference in the life of children, said Northeast Indiana CASA executive director Kristi Bachman. “Because of you, nearly 350 kids were served in 2012,” Bachman told the crowd of Court-Appointed Special Advocates, board members, judges and other CASA supporters. Currently, 175 children are being served by CASAs in the area, she said. Three volunteers were specifically honored for years of service. Bonnie Schoppman of Hogback Lake was honored for 20 years as a CASA, and Dick and Judy Ruselink of Angola each were celebrated for five years of service. CASAs function as the voice of children, Northeastern Indiana
CASA board member Margo Phillips of LaGrange County said. They also are all too frequently the only constant in the lives of the children they serve, she said. Phillips said that, when she was asked to get involved with CASA, she looked up what it was online and learned it was a not-forprofit group working on behalf of children in the courts, but she’s since learned its much more. “CASA, for me, is a tireless and passionate executive director who lives her job 24-7,” Phillips said. Bachman is committed to meeting the needs of each child, and has a staff and volunteers who are as committed as she is. At the CASA National Conference, Phillips said she heard stories of the victims of emotional, physical and sexual abuse being removed from the only homes they knew. “They just knew that they were being taken away, and they were so alone,” she said. From foster home to foster home, the one constant presence for these young people was their CASA, Phillips said. In Noble, LaGrange, DeKalb, Steuben and Whitley counties,
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Three Steuben County Court-Appointed Special Advocates were honored at the Northeastern Indiana CASA Volunteer Appreciation Banquet in Kendallville Wednesday. From left are five-year CASAs Dick and Judy Ruselink and 20-year CASA Bonnie Schoppman.
CASAs protect the most valuable, most precious resource there, the children, Phillips said. There are 40 volunteers locally and all are superheroes, Bachman said. She read from a poem by
Belinda Wilson: “You don’t wear a mask or cape/You don’t wear any special disguise/But to the children you champion for/You’re truly superheroes in their eyes.”