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GOOD MORNING Alleged molester caught in Angola FROM STAFF REPORTS
ANGOLA — A man who police say had been evading child molesting charges out of St. Joseph County for the last seven years was arrested early Saturday in a rural Angola motel by the Indiana State Police and the U.S Marshal’s Service. Terry Wayne Waugh Jr., 30, was staying in a motel in the 3900 block of S.R. 127, marshals learned. Indiana State Police Trooper Matt Lazoff said sometime just past midnight, the federal authorities contacted state police at Fort Wayne, seeking assistance in the apprehenWaugh sion of Waugh. He was wanted for four felony counts of child molesting. Lazoff organized assistance from the Steuben County Sheriff’s and Angola Police departments and at approximately 2 a.m., they descended on the motel. Waugh was found by Lazoff and U.S. Marshal William Boothe as he hid in the bathroom of one of the motel rooms, police said. Waugh eventually gave himself up without incident and was taken into custody. He was incarcerated in the Steuben County Jail awaiting transportation to St. Joseph County. Assisting Lazoff and Boothe were deputies Brad Kline and Eric Patterson from the sheriff’s department and Brandon Booth and Mike Wood from Angola Police.
Fire reported at mushroom farm BRIGHTON — Firefighters were battling a large blaze at a mushroom farm in the area of C.R. 800E and C.R. 600N in northeastern LaGrange County late Saturday night, a LaGrange County Police Department dispatcher reported. At least 10 fire departments were involved in fighting the fire, according to the dispatcher. No other information was available at press time.
New report seeks to help courts meet ChINS needs BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com
CHAD KLINE
Bobbie Gabel, Stephanie Kern and new director of operations Christin Loomis stand in one section of the National Military History Center
and Kruse Automotive Heritage Museum near Auburn.
NEW VISION OF
HISTORY
Free of debt, museum stakes future on young staff
BY MATT GETTS mgetts@kpcnews.net
AUBURN — Debt may have loomed over the National Military History Center, but a rut of businessas-usual may have been killing the facility slowly, anyway. Prospects for the National Military History Center and Kruse Automotive Heritage Museum took a big step forward with last weekend’s news that the Dean V. Kruse Foundation’s $3 million debt had been paid off. “It is a huge relief,” said Christin Loomis, the newly promoted director CHAD KLINE of operations at the facility off DeKalb C.R. 11-A. “It was a cloud Engraved bricks purchased by various donors fill a wall inside the over the museum. Now the cloud is National Military History Center and Kruse Automotive Heritage gone and the future looks bright for Museum near Auburn. the Dean V. Kruse Foundation and the museum.” The debt to Farmers State “You have to strengthen your core before you try to build Bank involved a building that was constructed to be the Andy muscle. To me, community should come first.” Granatelli Racing Museum and Hall of Fame, before Granatelli backed out of the museum deal. Christin Loomis, newly appointed The foundation was stuck making Director of National Military History Center $30,000 in monthly payments for a vacant building. Freed from that
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AUBURN —An effort to keep the emphasis on the child’s needs in Child In Need of Services (ChINS) cases has prompted courts throughout Indiana to use a new tool. The Court Improvement Project Timeliness Measure Report is an annual calculation to see how quickly child-placement cases are moving through the courts. “A child’s sense of time in these cases really can be different than an adult’s,” said Elana Salzman, staff attorney for the Court Improvement Project. It’s Kramer important to take the child’s needs and feelings into consideration in the process, she said. The timeliness report has just been completed for 2013, although a few Indiana counties still haven’t sent it in, Salzman said. DeKalb Circuit Judge Kirk D. Carpenter said the report is a valuable tool that shows him his court is doing well overall with ChINS cases, but he also sees signs of where things can improve. “We try to think outside the box, because every kid and every kid’s needs are different,” Carpenter said. DeKalb’s numbers show cases moving in a manner that matches the guidelines, according to Carpenter and Salzman. Results for other courts in the area are less clear.
The Toolkit The timeliness report stems from a “toolkit” for courts put out by the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Salzman said. “This is really only one tool out of the toolbox that’s been implemented so far,” Carpenter said. It measures only cases completed within the federal fiscal year ending Sept. 30. SEE TIMELINESS, PAGE A8
Hog farm decision expected by end of year BY JENNIFER DECKER jdecker@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — A determination on a proposed 4,800-hog confined animal feeding operation is expected to be made by the end of the year by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. “IDEM will be making a decision before the end of the year. We are considering all the information submitted to us during the course of time the application has been in IDEM’s possession, and we are evaluating all potential additional protective measures,” Barry Sneed, IDEM public information officer, said Thursday. Keith Werner, owner of K&D Contract Pork LLC, is proposing the CAFO at C.R. 600W and C.R. 200N in rural Angola on a 60-acre parcel. He is a third-generation farmer.
By the numbers WHAT IS PROPOSED: a 4,800-hog confined animal feeding operation BARNS: 2, each containing a maximum 2,400 grow-to-finish hogs. SIZE OF PIGS: Pigs would arrive at 55-60 pounds and leave weighing between 250-270 pounds.
MANURE STORAGE: Pits approzximately 8 feet deep would be under each barn. Storage capacity would be 330 days.
MANURE OUTPIT: At capacity, 3,000 gallons per barn daily
IDEM professionals met with the public in August to field concerns, as many nearby property owners are opposed to the proposed feeding
operation. Werner’s parcel is in the vicinity of several lakes, including Pine Canyon, Crooked and Lime lakes and Lake Gage. Members of those lake associations have spoken out against possible issues such as pollution problems and impact it could have on air quality, water contamination from manure runoff, Steuben County’s tourism industry, decreased property values and damage to road conditions from excess truck weights. Werner is proposing two barns, each containing a maximum 2,400 grow-to-finish hogs. Pigs for the operation would arrive at 55-60 pounds and leave weighing between 250-270 pounds. For manure storage, Werner indicated he wants to have manure pits under each barn approximately 8 feet deep. Storage capacity would
be 330 days. Beyond that, manure would be applied to fields in spring and at fall harvest time because it cannot be applied to frozen or snow-covered ground. Sneed said earlier that assuming full capacity, manure output would be about 3,000 gallons and 55 gallons of wash water per barn daily. The state received Werner’s permit application May 30. Sneed said IDEM is specific to addressing water quality issues. For more information about the IDEM permit review process, visit the agency’s website at idem. IN.gov/4994.htm. To view the permit application from K & D, visit http://108.59.49.89/ Pages/Public/SearchResults. aspx?RegId=106550&DBSource=TEMPO.