The News Sun – October 11, 2013

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FRIDAY October 11, 2013

Cow’s Choices

Guest Column

Hannah forecasts weekend winners

Educator explains what students lack

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Moving On Verlander, Tigers win deciding game

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Weather Partly cloudy, high in the mid-70s today and Saturday. Tonight’s low 49. Page A10 Kendallville, Indiana

GOOD MORNING Volunteers finish rebuildling last home destroyed by tornado MARYSVILLE (AP) — A volunteer group started after last year’s deadly wave of tornado in southern Indiana has turned over the last of its rebuilt homes over to new owners. Leaders of Volunteers Rebuilding Our Community gathered Wednesday at the three-bedroom house in the Clark County community of Marysville to present the keys to Jamie and William Stewart. The home where they lived with their two sons was wrecked by the March 2012 storms that killed 14 people as they hit Henryville, Marysville and other rural communities in the area about 20 miles north of Louisville, Ky. The family has been living at the home of Jamie Stewart’s mother since then. “It’s been a roller coaster ride, and there were a lot of times that I didn’t think we were coming back,” Jamie Stewart said.

People find remains of skinned bear SEYMOUR (AP) — Authorities say the remains of skinned, decomposed bear have been found in a ditch in southern Indiana. Jackson County sheriff’s Lt. Andy Wayman says a forensic specialist from the University of Indianapolis confirmed the remains are those of a bear that was mostly killed elsewhere, skinned and later dumped along a county road near Seymour. People walking in the area reported finding the remains Wednesday.

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Man granted bail to see dying son BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com

ALBION — A Kendallville man was granted bail Thursday in Noble Circuit Court so he can see his dying son. Bond for James Michael Miller, 39, of Kendallville had been revoked when he failed to appear for a court hearing on a felony charge of operating a vehicle after a lifetime suspension, according to court records. Miller had been out on bond,

which had been posted through a bail-bondsman. After he failed to appear, the bail-bondsman took him into custody Friday and brought him to the jail. Miller Noble County chief public defender James Abbs requested that bail be reinstated so Miller can be with his teenage son, who

is dying of a rare liver ailment. He asked that Miller’s bail for release from jail be set at $5,000. Multiple sources confirmed the boy has only about two weeks to live. Noble County chief deputy prosecutor James Mowery said Miller’s criminal history merited a higher bail. He recommended that bail be set at $25,000. Noble Circuit Judge G. David Laur said Miller’s arrest that led to the initial charge was due to a

policeman recognizing him as an unlicensed driver, not an accident or any other offense. Laur set Miller’s bail at $5,000, but denied the option of paying 10 percent directly to Noble County in order to make bail. Miller must either pay a bail-bondsman, provide a surety bond or pay the full amount of bail to the county in order to bond out of jail. “You need to be with your son,” Laur said.

Talks getting serious

$1.9 (billion) is a lot of money to have in your back pocket. It’s a nice resource,” the state treasurer said. “But being a business person, I learned years ago, you always have to think, OK, if no more cash came in today, how long could you last? Anyone want to take a guess? About five weeks.” Mourdock said having the surplus has allowed the state to take some bold steps, such as lowering both income and corporate tax rates, as well as doing away with the state inheritance tax. He called that “a huge thing.” Mourdock was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat in 2012, but lost the election to Democrat Joe Donnelly. Turning to the politics on the national level, Mourdock said the level of the dispute on Capitol Hill right now has never been higher in his lifetime. “The Republican Party obviously is being driven by the people on the far right, and the

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy on the line, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans groped inconclusively Thursday for a compromise to avert an unprecedented U.S. default as early as next week and end the 10-day-old partial government shutdown. “We expect further conversations tonight,” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said cryptically at nightfall, after he, Speaker John Boehner and a delegation of other Republicans met for more than an hour with Obama at the White House. The White House issued a statement describing the session as a good one, but adding, “no specific determination was made.” Yet it seemed the endgame was at hand in the crises that have bedeviled the divided government for weeks, rattled markets in the U.S. and overseas and locked 350,000 furloughed federal workers out of their jobs. Both sides expressed fresh hopes for a resolution soon. The up-and-down day also featured a dour warning from Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, who told lawmakers that the prospect of default had already caused interest rates to rise — and that worse lay ahead. Appearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Lew said the Treasury must pay Social Security and veterans benefits as well as salaries to active duty military troops during the second half of this month. He said failure to raise the $16.7 trillion debt limit by Oct. 17 “could put timely payment of all of these at risk.” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid advanced legislation to simply raise the debt limit and stave off the threat of an unprecedented federal financial default — a measure that Republicans are likely to block unless he agrees to change it. Across the Capitol, Boehner

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Fired up for homecoming Members of the East Noble Premiere Edition and Knight Rythems show choirs parade down Main Street in Kendallville during the annual East

Noble Homecoming parade Thursday. The parade featured several groups and organizations at the school.

Mourdock visits LaGrange BY PATRICK REDMOND predmond@kpcnews.net

WOLCOTTVILLE — Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock visited LaGrange County Thursday as guest speaker for a LaGrange County Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Dallas Lake Park. Mourdock spoke for about 25 minutes to nearly 100 people who gathered at the lodge in the LaGrange County Parks Department property. “I want to thank my Garmin,” Mourdock said with a laugh during his opening remarks, referring to his dashboard GPS system, “because I never would have gotten here without it.” The state treasurer told the crowd that overall, Indiana continues to do well economically. Mourdock pointed out that since the economic crash of 2008 and recession that followed, only two states in the nation did not go into the red — North Dakota and Indiana. “Your state legislators, Republicans and Democrats alike,

PATRICK REDMOND

Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, left, fields a question after a speaking appearance in LaGrange County on Thursday.

deserve a lot of credit for that,” he said. Since then, Mourdock said, Indiana has managed to build up a state surplus of $1.9 billion. “Make no mistake about it,

Local Head Starts stay open — so far FROM STAFF REPORTS

A fortunate circumstance is keeping local Head Start programs open in spite of the federal government shutdown, local directors said this week. Fiscal years for Head Start programs begin on different dates, and programs across the nation with Oct. 1 starts are running out of money and closing their doors. Head Start programs with other fiscal year starting dates remain open. Two programs in northeast Indiana start their budget years Nov. 1 — Vistula Head Start for Steuben and LaGrange counties and Community Action of Northeast Indiana Head Start, serving Noble County. GarrettKeyser-Butler Head Start in DeKalb County starts its fiscal

year Jan. 1. While CANI Head Start has avoided the shutdown so far, “The same thing that will happen to us … come Nov. 1,” said its director, Mary Lee Freeze. “If the government hasn’t gone back to work, we could very likely have to shut our doors until they do go back to work.” When the shutdown began, Freeze said, “At first, I thought, ‘Oh, this won’t last long.’ The longer it goes, the more concerned I get.” CANI Head Start serves 787 children in Noble, Allen and Whitley counties. The total includes Head Start programs for ages 3-5 in Kendallville with 44 children and in Ligonier with SEE HEAD START, PAGE A10

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Motorcyclist injured Barry Graden, 71, of Kendallville was listed in critical condition Thursday in Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne after he crashed his 2007 Harley-Davidson motorcycle on U.S. 6 at Sawyer Road. A Kendallville Police Department news release said Graden was operating the motorcycle eastbound at about 12:40 p.m. when he lost control while slowing for stopped eastbound traffic in front of him. Graden received numerous injuries. Noble County EMS took him to the Fort Wayne hospital. The accident remains under investigation.


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