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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2013
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Local students involved in Trine children’s play
Two booked into LaGrange jail LAGRANGE — Local police arrested two people Tuesday, according to LaGrange County Jail records. Kipp Christlieb, 27, of the 5900 block of South C.R. 265E, Wolcottville, was arrested by LaGrange County police on a charge of domestic battery. Michael Ivanovich, 25, of the 300 block of Lightning Hill Boulevard, LaGrange, was arrested by Indiana State Police on a charge of disorderly conduct.
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Stomping out the stigma
Libraries closing for two holidays KENDALLVILLE — The Kendallville Public Library and Limberlost Public Library in Rome City will be closed Monday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. The libraries will reopen Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 9 a.m. Both libraries will close at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, and remain closed through Saturday, Nov. 30, for Thanksgiving. The libraries will reopen Monday, Dec. 2, at 9 a.m.
IMPACT plans Nov. 10 GED graduation KENDALLVILLE — Jim Marks, a recently retired adult education instructor, will be the keynote speaker for IMPACT Institute’s GED graduation ceremony Sunday, Nov. 10, at 2 p.m. in the Kendallville Event Center. IMPACT Institute provides adult education in Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben and Whitley counties. A total of 326 GED’s were earned through IMPACT’s GED program last school year. Approximately 35 graduates have signed up to accept their diplomas at the ceremony. This will be the final IMPACT graduation under the current GED format, which will be replaced in January by a new high school equivalency diploma. The next IMPACT graduation is scheduled for May 4.
Correction • LJ Tucker wins costume award KENDALLVILLE — LJ Tucker had the scariest costume for grades 5-6 in Saturday’s Kendallville Main Street Business Association Halloween Costume Contest. Due to a reporter’s error, the name was misspelled in Wednesday’s News-Sun page A3 photo caption.
The Northeastern Center’s New Hope Clubhouse hosted a “Stomp Out the Stigma” three-mile walk/run in Bixler Lake Park in Kendallville on Oct. 26. More 100 participants raised more than $3,500
Zoeller defending law on Lafayette abortion clinic INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Attorney General Greg Zoeller asked a federal judge on Wednesday to uphold a new law that would shut down Lafayette’s only abortion clinic. Zoeller made the state’s case before U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, who is considering a request from the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana to block the law before it takes effect on Jan. 1. Zoeller said the law reflects the will of Indiana citizens and that the ACLU and others trying to stop it haven’t proven their case. “We respectfully contend the plaintiffs have not met their burden and this newly passed public-health statute should remain intact and no injunction should be granted,” Zoeller said. Indiana lawmakers approved several new
Trick-or-treat stays put in Fort Wayne FORT WAYNE — Despite a rainy forecast for today in the area, Fort Wayne officials decided to not move trick-or-treating to Friday, according to a press release. In a joint statement from Mayor Henry’s office and that of Police Chief Rusty York, “Though we received some inquiries into the rescheduling of ‘Trick-orTreating’ due to the weather forecast, it was decided that because of several area
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requirements earlier this year for clinics that dispense the RU-486 abortion pill, including requiring such clinics to build separate recovery and surgical-procedure rooms and to widen doorways. While the new law is broadly written to apply to clinics providing just the medication and not surgical abortions, it would only apply to one Planned Parenthood clinic, in Lafayette. “The state is basically saying you have to have a surgical abortion clinic in Lafayette,” said Ken Falk, the ACLU of Indiana’s legal director. “Planned Parenthood’s position is it’s completely irrational to have something like this when we don’t perform surgery at all.” Nine surgical abortion clinics are currently licensed in Indiana, including three run by Planned Parenthood,
according to state records. The ACLU also argued that the new law was similar to other laws that federal courts have struck down. Supporters of the new law argue that it’s needed to protect women’s health from potentially fatal consequences after taking the abortion pill. Opponents have called it another attempt by the state to limit abortions. The law and subsequent lawsuit continue years of litigation between the state and Planned Parenthood. Lawmakers approved a measure in 2011 denying federal funding for Planned Parenthood. However, a federal administrative ruling earlier this year and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to take on the issue effectively left the state with no means to enforce the law.
electrical engineer from Hicksville, Ohio; Tyler Marx, a sophomore social studies education major from Waterville, Ohio; Rachel Morris, a sophomore informatics major from Beech Grove; and Matthew Shaw, a freshman mechanical engineer from Terre Haute. The play is being directed by Heather Cannady, a senior general studies/pre-law major from Butler. She is assisted by Heather Darrah, a senior electrical engineering major and vice president of Drama Club from Topsfield, Mass. Trine University is inviting the community to attend the children’s comedy. Tickets are free and available at the door each night of the performance. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 6:30 p.m. “The Last of the Dragons” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc. and is sponsored by the Campus Activities Board.
VU locked down during search VINCENNES (AP) — A campus lockdown was issued at Vincennes University overnight as police officers searched the area for a police impersonator. An alert was issued about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday for a possible gunman near the junior college in southwestern Indiana. WFIE-TV reports the lockdown was lifted about three hours later as school officials said police had checked campus buildings.
University spokesman Duane Chattin tells WTHR-TV that police were called to an off-campus student apartment about a possibly armed man impersonating an officer. He says officers spotted the man, but he ran into an apartment building, then climbed out a window and ran toward the campus where about 2,000 students live in residence halls. Police say no shots were fired, and no injuries were reported.
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to pay for audio/video technology at the clubhouse in Kendallville. Clubhouse is a self-help program for adult men and women recovering from mental illness.
ANGOLA — The Trine University Drama Club will perform “The Last of the Dragons,” at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 7, 8 and 9 in Wells Theater. Kristen Walker’s “The Last of the Dragons” is a children’s play in which known traditions go wrong. In the kingdom of Middlefield, the princess is tied to a rock and kidnapped by a dragon, on her 16th birthday, so she can be rescued by the prince and live happily ever after. But in this comedic play, the princess doesn’t want to be rescued, and the prince is too scared to fight, and to top everything off, there is no dragon to be found. The cast consists of Brian Boes, a senior mechanical engineer from Lafayette; Joshua Calhoun, a freshman general studies major from Kendallville; Katherine Hulquist, a sophomore criminal justice major from West Lebanon; Kelly Jagger, a freshman elementary education major from Camden, Mich.; Nathan Lysaght, a senior
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events already scheduled for Friday evening, the move would create a burden for many families”. Authorities said parents should adjust ensure that all trick-or-treaters are dressed according to the anticipated weather conditions. The latest forecast from the National Weather Service calls for windy conditions with a steady rain early, then remaining cloudy with a few showers toward the evening and night hours.
Snack-food maker adding equipment BLUFFTON — Inventure Foods plans to invest $3 million in additional snack-food extrusion equipment at its Bluffton plant. Phoenix, Ariz.-based Inventure, which operates a 100,000-square-foot distribution center and 140,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Bluffton, plans to add the equipment to the plant during next year’s second quarter.
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Kindergarten - second-grade costume winners Kindergarten through second-grade winners in Saturday’s Kendallville Main Street Business Association Halloween Costume Contests were, from left: Logan
Golden, 5, rock star, most original; Lex Moser, 6, tree frog, cutest; and Vivi Grzelak, 7, zombie, scariest.
Lawsuit: Police dumped mom’s ashes during search MUNCIE (AP) — A central Indiana man has filed a lawsuit against two law enforcement agencies, saying a detective dumped his dead mother’s ashes in the trash during a search of his home. In his lawsuit filed this month in Indianapolis federal court, Joshua Baker of Muncie contends that Muncie police detectives searched his home in October 2011 while he was at police headquarters being questioned by a Randolph County sheriff’s detective about a robbery, The Star Press reported.
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Ages 2-4 costume winners Winners ages 2-4 in Saturday’s annual Kendallville Main Street Business Association Halloween Costume Contests were, from left: Iris Harmon, 4, Little Bo Peep,
cutest; Karson Terry, 2 1/2, with Karessa Terry, gorilla, scariest; and Ivyauna Krueckeberg, 2, peacock, most original.