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GOOD MORNING Tornado count confirmed at 28 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed two more tornado touchdowns unleashed by last Sunday’s outbreak, boosting Indiana’s total for that day to at least 28 tornadoes. Weather service meteorologist Mike Ryan says a survey crew confirmed Friday that two other tornadoes, both rated EF-1 on the enhanced Fujita scale, touched down in west-central Indiana. Ryan says one of those tornadoes had maximum winds of 110 mph and cut a nearly 2-mile path through northern Montgomery County just east of New Richmond. The same storm that produced that tornado also spawned a second one with top winds of about 100 mph which cut a 3-mile path across southeastern Tippecanoe County near the town of Stockwell. Last Sunday’s storms produced Indiana’s third-largest tornado outbreak on record, although those results are still preliminary.
Government airstrikes kill 44 in Syria BEIRUT (AP) — A string of government airstrikes on rebel-held areas in northern Syria killed at least 44 people Saturday, activists said, as al-Qaidalinked rebels captured one of the country’s major oil fields in the east. An attack on the rebel-held town of al-Bab near the northern city of Aleppo was the deadliest of the three raids, killing 22 people, said Rami Abdurrahman, the director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Two men killed in collision BY DENNIS NARTKER dnartker@kpcmedia.com
SHIPSHEWANA — Ali Warith, 32, of Topeka, and Derek Lambright, 22, of Shipshewana, were killed Friday in a two-vehicle collision on LaGrange C.R. 1150W, the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department said.
Warith was pronounced dead at Parkview Hospital LaGrange. Lambright was pronounced dead at scene. Police released their names Saturday morning. A police news release said Warith was driving a 2005 Dodge truck southbound on C.R. 1150W and disregarded a stop sign for
southbound traffic at the intersection with C.R. 250N. The truck collided with an eastbound 2002 Dodge Neon, driven by Lambright. Police were dispatched to the scene at about 5:22 p.m. A passenger in the truck, Rashid Warith, 36, of Topeka, complained of pain and was taken to Parkview
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Hospital LaGrange for treatment for pain to his shoulder. Both vehicles were total losses, according to police. The Shipshewana police and fire departments assisted at the scene. See Lambright’s obituary on page A4.
Iran deal set Nuclear pact ends standoff
for individuals to access training.” Recognizing the need is one thing, bringing it all together is another. That’s where Ivy Tech’s expertise comes into play. Along with its traditional academic side, Ivy Tech operates what it calls its corporate college side, providing training to a variety of industries. Ivy Tech doesn’t just offer coursework, it is flexible enough to adjust that coursework to provide training opportunities that are incredibly specific. “One of our big, big words is customization,” said Jim Aschliman, executive director of Ivy Tech’s corporate college. “We listen to the customer. This is really a collaboration.” A similar training program
GENEVA (AP) — Iran struck a historic nuclear deal Sunday with the United States and five other world powers, in the most significant development between Washington and Tehran in more than three decades of estrangement between the two nations. The agreement commits Iran to curb its nuclear activities in exchange for limited and gradual sanctions relief. It builds on the momentum of the dialogue opened during September’s annual U.N. gathering, which included a 15-minute phone conversation between President Barack Obama and Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani. It marks a milestone between the two countries, which broke diplomatic ties 34 years ago when Iran’s Islamic revolution climaxed in the storming of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Since then, relations between the two countries have been frigid to hostile — until the recent outreach between the two presidents. Obama hailed the deal as putting “substantial limitations” on a nuclear program that the United States and its allies fear could be turned to nuclear weapons use. “While today’s announcement is just a first step, it achieves a great deal,” Obama said. “For the first time in nearly a decade, we have halted the progress of the
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Jim Burkhart, left, an instructor with Ivy Tech, shows Jeff Manier of Kendallville how to set up a CNC machine for a tool change at the Impact Institute in Kendallville Thursday. A
group of students train twice a week for 25 weeks to become certified as CNC mill and lathe operators.
WORK FORCE UPGRADE Training initiative bolsters area’s capabilities BY MATT GETTS mgetts@kpcmedia.com
A consortium of resources has pulled together to provide job-specific training to northeastern Indiana’s work force — an effort economic development groups hope will spur industrial growth and attract more companies to the region. The Noble County Economic Development Corp., Noble County industries, the Northeastern Indiana Regional Investment Board and Ivy Tech have combined to create a computer numeric controlled machining (CNC) class underway for two, 2-hour sessions for 50 weeks at the IMPACT Institute in Kendallville. Fourteen workers from five Noble County companies are being
trained. The program is funded through the Indiana Economic Development Corp. There is no fee for workers or the companies where they work. DeKalb County Economic Development Partnership director Ken McCrory said a similar effort is in the planning stages in his county, with his county’s biggest need being trained industrial maintenance workers. A highly trained work force is crucial for maintaining and attracting industry, said Gary Gatman, executive vice president for strategic initiatives at Northeastern Indiana Regional Investment Board. “You can’t overstate how important it is,” Gatman said. “We’ve got to create opportunities
Video helps church historian solve mystery BY PATRICK REDMOND predmond@kpcmedia.com
LAGRANGE — Dale Stultz had a hard time hiding his excitement. The retired school teacher and amateur historian made the trip from Anderson to LaGrange last week to visit the Greenwood Cemetery grave of Joseph Fisher. Stultz has written extensively about Fisher, but had no idea where Fisher was buried — until about a week ago. “This is just astounding,” Stultz said Friday morning, standing next to Fisher’s grave in one of
the older portions of the local cemetery. Stultz has been working on a multi-volume history of the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) for the last 10 years. According to online sources, the Church of God was founded in 1881 by Daniel Sidney Warner. While having some characteristics of a denomination, the Church of God considers itself anti-denominational. Warner’s earliest attempt at creating his church failed, and it fell into bankruptcy. Joseph Fisher and his wife, Allie, early converts to Warner’s teaching, stepped in and pulled the movement from bankruptcy, moved the organization to Williamston, Mich., SEE MYSTERY, PAGE A8
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Dale Stultz, an Anderson University historian, examines the gravestone of Joseph Fisher in Greenwood Cemetery of LaGrange on Friday. Until last week, Stultz did not know the burial site of Fisher, an important figure in the history of the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana).