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BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com
ALBION — Thursday’s meeting of the Noble County Board of Elections included only a discussion of establishing vote centers in the county, but a prominent Democrat disputes their implementation. Vote centers were discussed for about an hour in an election board meeting that began in the Noble County Courthouse Thursday at 4 p.m., the same time the courthouse closed.
Courthouse security officers kept the door open and unlocked until about 4:30 p.m., but closed and locked the courthouse at that time with the meeting still under way. Third District Democratic Party Chairwoman Carmen Darland, who lives in Noble County, arrived at about 4:45 p.m. and was unable to join the meeting due to being locked out. During the meeting, Noble County Clerk Shelley Mawhorter proposed a different structure for
implementing vote centers than she had suggested previously. In a vote center system, any county resident can vote in any center countywide, but fewer centers are open, with more voting machines in each, Mawhorter said. Not every precinct has a polling place in the system. The law allowing vote centers says there must be at least one center for every 10,000 voters, Mawhorter said. With more than 27,000 voters in the county, that would mean Noble County would
need a minimum of three vote centers. But it makes more sense to establish a total of eight vote centers, Mawhorter said. In her current plan, there would be two centers in Kendallville and one each in Albion, Avilla, Cromwell, Rome City, Ligonier and Merriam. Mawhorter proposed Thursday that a vote center in each community would be open on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday before Election Day to facilitate SEE MEETING, PAGE A6
Shots fired at LAX
TSA officer killed, suspect in custody
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A suspected gunman was in custody following a shooting at Los Angeles airport that killed a TSA officer and wounded other people. LAX Police Chief Patrick Gannon says the gunman entered BOB BRALEY the terminal, pulled a rifle from a bag and began shooting. The gunfire continued at a screening was the master of ceremonies for the evening, A woman and child look at some of the children’s checkpoint before he entered a and Ron Levitz of Strawser Auction served as items up for auction at the Noble House Auction secured area. Officers took him auctioneer. Former residents of the shelters spoke Friday in the Kendallville Event Center. The auction into custody after a shootout. “As gave testimonials during the evening. “They taught and preceding dinner are a major fundraiser for you can imagine, a large amount me how to live. I owe Noble House Ministries a Noble House Ministries Inc., which operates the of chaos took place in this entire lot,” said one former Pilot House men’s shelter Noble House and Pilot House shelter ministries in incident,” he said. resident. Noble County. John O’Rourke of the Hawk radio A law enforcement official said 23-year-old suspect Paul Ciancia is from New Jersey and was wearing fatigues and carrying a bag containing a hand-written note that said he “wanted to kill TSA and pigs.” The official requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. BY KATHRYN BASSETT Noble School Corp., which will was “disappointing when the rules A New Jersey police chief says AND MATT GETTS receive $25,000 after asking for of the game are hidden.” the suspect had apparently made kbassett@kpcmedia.com $50,000. The $25,000 will go toward references to suicide. Pennsville mgetts@kpcmedia.com Superintendent Ann Linson said making Kendallville Police Chief Allen Cummings says Schools in northeast Indiana the matching fund portion required Department Sgt. Chris Shearer a Paul Ciancia’s father had called could be a little safer with the help the funds to be spent after July full-time school resource officer him Friday saying another of of grant money recently awarded 1. Nowhere in the grant applicaat East Noble Middle School. his children had received a text by state officials. tion process did it indicate that Currently, Shearer works approxmessage from the suspect “in A total of eight school corpora- deadline date, she said. East Noble imately 15 hours per week at the reference to him taking his own tions in the area will receive a officials even asked someone life.” Cummings says the elder middle school. He is expected to combined $302,700 for school from the state if expenditures Ciancia, also named Paul, asked go full-time in January. resource officers or security made between Jan. 20 and June 30 him for help locating his son. The funds East Noble did not equipment. A law enforcement official would be acceptable. At that time, receive had been earmarked for The maximum grant allowed by East Noble officials were told they additional security cameras inside says a handwritten note in the the state is $50,000. Four school suspected gunman’s bag refers to could include expenditures made and outside the high school and corporations in this part of the how he believed his constitutional during that time period toward middle school. state will receive that amount. their matching fund requirement. Linson said the cameras eventu- rights were being violated by TSA Each school corporation searches and he’s a “pissed-off Only when the grant came ally will be installed anyway. patriot” upset at former Departwas required to provide its own back half accepted was the error “It just won’t be as fast as we ment of Homeland Security funds to match the grant amount realized. had expected,” she said. Secretary Janet Napolitano. The requested. “We’re not very happy,” The DeKalb Central school official was not authorized to The matching grant requirement Linson said. “We thought we had district’s director of safety, Dick SEE GRANTS, PAGE A6 SEE LAX, PAGE A6 caused some problems for the East everything in place.” She said it
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EN Theatre offers ‘Season for the Family’ BY DENNIS NARTKER dnartker@kpcmedia.com
KENDALLVILLE — “A Season for the Family” is the theme of the 2013-2014 East Noble Theatre season. Under the direction of Craig Munk, East Noble Theatre will present four major productions, all with family audiences in mind. Patrons again will have an opportunity to purchase season ticket packages assuring them of seats in Cole Auditorium at a lower cost than buying tickets for each show. Season tickets go on sale Nov. 18-22 at the Cole Auditorium box office, priced at $32 and $25 for
students and senior citizens. The box office will be open that week Monday through Friday from 4-6 p.m. The box office then will open Nov. 25 for tickets for “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and “Breakfast With Santa.” Ticket forms soon will appear on the new East Noble Theatre website at eastnobletheatre. net. “Season tickets are a good savings and an opportunity to pick out the best seats in the house. They make a great Christmas present,” Munk said. “A Season for the Family” has been designed especially for
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East Noble Theatre families and patrons, said Munk. The season opens with the Broadway musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on Dec. 5, 6, 7 and 8. First produced on Broadway in 1982, the biblical story set to music later became a film starring Donny Osmond in 1999. For the first time in Munk’s East Noble Theatre directing career, he has doublecast the leading role of Joseph. Seniors Josh Ogle and Jonathan Kane will play Joseph on different performance dates. “Theater audiences may want to see the show twice,” Munk said. The show was last seen on Offer valid on furniture and bedding.
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the Munk Stage 16 years ago. Munk promises to return with all the color and spectacle of the first production. Tickets for each performance are priced at $12 and $10 for students and senior citizens. The annual “Breakfast with Santa” will be Saturday, Dec. 14, with breakfast and performances at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. This event is not included in the season ticket package. Tickets cost $8. The second major production is the comedy “Harvey,” first performed on Broadway in 1944 and made into a movie starring Jimmy Stewart in 1950. Director
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