FRIDAY November 8, 2013
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Weather Partly cloudy, high 48. Low tonight in the mid-30s. Warmer Saturday. Page A7 Kendallville, Indiana
GOOD MORNING Veterans Day program Monday KENDALLVILLE — Francis Vinyard VFW Post 2749 and American Legion Post 86 will combine to present a Veterans Day program Monday at 11 a.m. at the VFW Post, 127 Veterans Way. Mark Mendenhall, a U.S. Army veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, will be the keynote speaker. Area veterans who passed away since last year’s program will be recognized. A luncheon will be served after the program. The public is invited.
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Meth trash found near East Noble
KENDALLVILLE — An Indiana State Police trooper found meth trash Wednesday just a few yards south of East Noble High School’s campus, Indiana State Police said. Trooper John Silver was conducting a roving security patrol in the parking lot and outer perimeter of the high school as part of the state police Safe School
Initiative around noon when he saw what appeared to be trash that was strewn along the south side of Perkins Street. As he took a closer look, and because of his training and experience, Silver recognized that he was looking at a spent one-pot meth lab and other items commonly associated with the production of meth. Doug Davis
of the Kendallville Police Department assisted Silver. The Indiana State Police Meth Suppression Section said meth trash may contain chemicals that are toxic, flammable, corrosive and acidic. The combination of these chemicals could cause an explosion, fire or burns if they come into direct contact with the skin.
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Police said if someone comes across this type of trash, they should not handle it. Instead, contact the Indiana State Police Post in Fort Wayne at 432-8661 or 800-552-0976 (toll-free for Indiana only). Any questions or concerns about meth may be directed to the Meth Suppression Section at 877-855-METH or online at meth.in.gov.
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Intersection near West Noble set to become 4-way stop LIGONIER — The intersection of S.R. 5 and C.R. 200N near West Noble schools will be converted to a four-way stop starting Wednesday, the Indiana Department of Transportation said Thursday. Currently, the intersection is a two-way stop for C.R. 200N only, with a flashing amber caution light above the intersection on S.R. 5. “Stop” signs with “all way” plaques and flags, stop bars and “stop ahead” signs will be placed at all the approaches to the intersection. Because S.R. 5 traffic previously did not have to stop at the intersection, double “stop ahead” signs and “stop” signs will be placed on S.R. 5 approaches in both directions. An advanced flashing beacon will be placed on the “stop ahead” warning sign for southbound S.R. 5 to increase driver awareness of the new stop. The change in traffic controls is a result of a traffic study completed by INDOT that reviewed traffic patterns and the crash history at the intersection. Motorists should be aware of the traffic change and drive with caution at the intersection, INDOT said in a news release.
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DENNIS NARTKER
A sheriff’s deputy inspects a motorcycle that struck this utility trailer Thursday afternoon on
Waits Road, east of Kendallville, injuring the motorcycle operator.
Motorcyclist injured in crash KENDALLVILLE — A motorcycle operator was injured when he drove his motorcycle head-on into a Noble REMC trailer Thursday in the 3000 block of Waits Road, about two miles east of Kendallville, police said. Emergency responders were dispatched to the scene about 1:30 p.m. Kendallville Police officer Doug Davis said the motorcyclist
was eastbound and had crested a hill. A Noble County REMC truck driver was backing the trailer into a driveway on the south side of the road when the motorcycle struck the trailer. The operator was ejected and ended up in a ditch beside the road. He was not wearing a helmet. He was taken to Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville.
The motorcycle is registered to Anthony Green, police said, but its operator’s identity was not confirmed. The Noble County Sheriff’s Department, Kendallville Fire Department and Noble County EMS joined Kendallville Police at the scene. No further information was available Wednesday afternoon.
Christmas Bureau dinner Sunday AVILLA — The Avilla-LaOtto Christmas Bureau’s annual Turkey Dinner will take place Sunday at St. James Restaurant, 204 E. Albion St., Avilla. Dinner will include turkey, all the trimmings and homemade pie for a freewill offering. All proceeds will benefit the bureau’s
work to provide Christmas for those in need in the Avilla-LaOtto community. All food is donated, provided or prepared by the St. James Restaurant and its staff, McDonald’s, Presence Sacred Heart Home, LaOtto Meats, Impact Institute, Gordon Food Service, Stanz Food
Service and Avilla-LaOtto area churches. Additional supplies are provided by Fort Wayne Paper Products. Serving will begin at 11 a.m. and run until 2 p.m. or when food runs out, whichever comes first. Organizers recommend that people should arrive early.
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Twitter went on sale to the public for the first time Thursday, instantly leaping more than 70 percent above their offering price in a dazzling debut that exceeded even Wall Street’s lofty hopes. By the closing bell, the social network that reinvented global communication in 140-character bursts was valued at $31 billion — nearly as much as Yahoo Inc., an Internet icon from another era, and just below Kraft Foods, the grocery conglomerate founded more than a century ago. Twitter, which has never turned a profit in the seven years since it was founded, worked hard to temper expectations ahead of the IPO, but all that was swiftly forgotten with the stock’s opening surge. The most anticipated initial public offering of the year was carefully orchestrated to avoid the glitches and eventual letdown that surrounded Facebook’s first appearance on the Nasdaq 18 months ago. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TWTR,” shares opened at $45.10, 73 percent above their initial offering price. In the first few hours, the stock jumped as high as $50.09. Most of those gains held throughout the day, with Twitter closing at 44.90, despite a broader market decline. The narrow price range indicated that people felt it was “pretty fairly priced,” said JJ SEE TWITTER, PAGE A7
FDA set to phase out all trans fats for good WASHINGTON (AP) — Heart-clogging trans fats were once a staple of the American diet, plentiful in baked goods, microwave popcorn and fried foods. Now, mindful of the health risks, the Food and Drug Administration is getting rid of what’s left of them for good. Condemning artificial trans fats as a threat to public health, the FDA announced Thursday it will require the food industry to phase them out. Manufacturers already have eliminated many trans fats, responding to criticism from the medical community and to local laws, Even so, the FDA said getting rid of the rest — the average American still eats around a gram of trans fat a day — could prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths each year. It won’t happen right away. The agency will collect comments for two months before determining a phase-out timetable. Different foods may have different schedules, depending how easy it is to find substitutes. “We want to do it in a way that doesn’t unduly disrupt markets,” said Michael Taylor, FDA’s deputy commissioner for foods.
Still, he says, the food “industry has demonstrated that it is, by and large, feasible to do.” Indeed, so much already has changed that most people won’t notice much difference, if any, in food they get at groceries or restaurants. Scientists say there are no health benefits to trans fats. And they can raise levels of “bad” cholesterol, increasing the risk of heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. Trans fats are widely considered the worst kind for your heart, even worse than saturated fats, which also can contribute to heart disease. Trans fats are used both in processed food and in restaurants, often to improve the texture, shelf life or flavor of foods. Though they have been removed from many items, the fats are still found in some baked goods such as pie crusts and biscuits and in ready-to-eat frostings that use the more-solid fats to keep consistency. They also are sometimes used by restaurants for frying. Many larger chains have phased them out, but smaller restaurants may SEE TRANS FATS, PAGE A7
BOB BRALEY
Getting in the spirit Kendallville city workers hang a “Welcome to Kendallville — Merry Christmas” banner along North Main Street in downtown Kendallville Thursday morning. Banners were hung from light posts throughout downtown.