The News Sun – December 21, 2013

SATURDAY December 21, 2013

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“This tops the list and couldn’t be a better Christmas.”

Kim Harris, Prairie Heights High School math teacher, surprised by her son’s early arrival home from Afghanistan

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FORT WAYNE — The Indiana Department of Transportation is warning drivers to be on the lookout for high water and potentially slick conditions this weekend, due to changing weather patterns in the forecast.

Today, significant snowfall from the past week is melting because of the above-freezing temperatures and heavy rain forecasted through this weekend will increase the potential for high water on roadways.

“If you come across a flooded roadway, turn around,” said INDOT spokeswoman Mary Foster. “Never drive through standing water.

According to the National Weather Service, most flooding deaths occur in automobiles. Six inches of standing water is enough to stall a car and a foot of water will float many vehicles.

Temperatures are predicted to fall Sunday night and into Monday, increasing the chance for freezing on the roadways.

Army soldier surprises mother

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BRUSHY PRAIRIE — Kim Harris thought she won a poinsettia in a Prairie Heights Schools’ staff Christmas breakfast lottery Friday, but instead, she ended up with the best gift ever.

A Prairie Heights High School math teacher, Harris won a rigged lottery, as Superintendent Alan Middleton drew her name. Because of that, Harris had the chance to sit on Santa’s lap in front of all her colleagues.

Only she didn’t know who had donned the red Santa suit and beard.

As Harris sat on Santa’s lap telling him what she wanted for Christmas, she said, “Peace on earth, goodwill to men. I have a long list.”

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U.S. Army Spc. Ethan Harris gave his mother, Kim Harris, a Prairie Heights High School math teacher, quite the Christmas present Friday in coming home early from an Afghanistan tour. Ethan removes his Santa beard at a Christmas breakfast for Prairie Heights Schools’ staff, much to his mother’s tearful surprise. Once he removed his Santa suit, Ethan gave his mother a big hug.

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Topping the list with a gift she already had received, Harris told Santa, “My son is safely on U.S. soil from Afghanistan.”

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See the moment at kpcnews.com Video of Spc. Ethan Harris surprising his mother, as well as interviews with Ethan and his parents, Kim and John Harris, is online at kpcnews.com. Scan the QR code to watch it on your tablet or smartphone.

Doll nativity long labor of love Schools question grades

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KENDALLVILLE — Victoria Becker has always loved dolls.

Her collection includes most of the dolls she received while growing up in Kendallville.

Inspired by her mother, Miriam Alice Warble-Becker, and father, Ralph “Jack” C. Becker, and encouraged and assisted by Tom and Phyllis Alberts, former owners of the downtown business Treasure Me Dolls, Becker made a nativity scene of 28- to 30-inch porcelain figures.

It took her 14 years to make the figures and their clothing. She completed the nativity scene last year, and it’s become an important addition to Faith United Methodist Church’s holiday services in Kendallville.

Treasure Me Dolls was in business on Main Street from 1993 to 2002. The Albertses hosted classes in porcelain doll-making and had the kiln for the process.

Becker joined a class and attended each four-hour session until the business closed in 2002.

“It became a hobby. I made over 30 dolls, and it was so much fun,”

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Local schools received their report cards from the state Friday, but school leaders did not greet them as holiday presents.

Instead, several superintendents questioned the validity of the school grades, which are based heavily on ISTEP+ testing that was marred by technical problems last spring.

“By resolution, our school board has denounced the system as invalid, along with several other districts,” said a news release CHAD KLINE from Risa Herber, superintendent Victoria Becker of Kendallville made this porcelain nativity of Lakeland schools in LaGrange scene that is displayed during Christmas services at Faith United County.

Methodist Church in Kendallville. She started the project in 1998 “With the ISTEP/CTB McGraw and completed the scene in 2012.

Hill testing integrity and fiasco this spring, we question how much she said. “I have given most of She started with Mary, Joseph and better our grades could have been them away to family and friends.” had we experienced a quality baby Jesus.

She didn’t give away the testing platform,” said Ann Linson, “It’s very precise work. You SEE NATIVITY, PAGE A7 superintendent of East Noble characters for the nativity scene. schools.

The East Noble district received A grades for three of its elementary schools — Avilla, North Side and South Side. Linson said she is pleased that nearly all the corporapeople employed in those tion’s schools are showing growth Unemployment rates counties rise for the month, but and receiving top grades when In percentages those numbers were offset by the looking at the historical grades COUNTY NOV. OCT. NOV. labor force increases. assigned to each school.

2013 2013 2012 Noble County’s unemployment Central Noble Community DeKalb 6.9 6.7 8.6 rose 0.4 percentage points from School Corp. Superintendent Chris LaGrange 6.4 5.9 7.7 October to 7.2 percent.

Daughtry said his district is happy Noble 7.2 6.8 9.1 LaGrange County’s unemployabout the improvements it made, Steuben 7.3 6.9 8.7 ment rate rose from 5.9 percent but still has room to grow.

Allen 6.9 6.7 7.8 in October to 6.4 percent in “Elementaries we were Elkhart 7.6 7.4 9.2 November. obviously very pleased with,” Indiana* 7.3 7.5 8.4 Indiana gained 25,300 private Daughtry said. Both Albion U.S.* 7.0 7.3 7.8 sector jobs in November, the and Wolf Lake elementary got largest one-month increase on *seasonally adjusted A’s. Central Noble High School record, the DWD said.

SOURCE: INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SEE GRADES, PAGE A7

Area unemployment rate rises FROM STAFF REPORTS

INDIANAPOLIS — The four counties of northeast Indiana saw their labor force numbers rise in November as the unemployment rate rose, said a report released Friday by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.

The statewide unemployment rate declined in November, the DWD said, dropping 0.2 percentage points to 7.3 percent, lower than all neighboring states.

DeKalb, Noble and Steuben counties saw the number of

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KENDALLVILLE — Slick road conditions and following too closely contributed to a rear-end collision Tuesday on U.S. 6 at the Riley Street intersection, according to police.

A 1997 Pontiac Bonneville driven by Fawn L. Scott, 29, of rural Kendallville, was traveling eastbound when it struck a 2002 GMC Yukon driven

by Brandon M. Hindenlang, 32, of rural Kendallville.

No injuries were reported. Police estimated damage at $2,500 to $5,000.

Deer hits Saab on S.R. 3 KENDALLVILLE — A deer hit a 2002 Saab traveling on S.R. 3 early Thursday near the Ohio Street intersection.

Nichole M. Harter, 24, of the 300 block of Ashton Drive, Kendallville, was driving the Saab southbound at about 5:10 a.m. and slowed for a deer in the area. The deer then ran into the front quarter panel on the driver’s side and dented the door. Harter could not open the door, according to police. The deer ran off.

Police estimated damage at $1,000 to $2,500.

ALBION — An Albion man was sentenced Friday in Noble Superior Court I to one year of incarceration for two counts of dealing methamphetamine.

Geddy S. J. Hopkins, 21, of Albion was convicted Friday on two counts of DENNIS NARTKER dealing meth, a Class B Rome City Town Councilman Ben Cross, left, and felony. A plea agreement council resident Dave Abbott, right, thank Councilman called for him to be Rob Glass, center, for his eight years of service on the sentenced to 20 years in council. Glass is retiring at the end of the year. prison, but how much had to be served and how was left up to the court.

Superior Court I Judge Robert Kirsch cited several reasons for the one-year sentence, including the defendant’s lack of a prior criminal record and the fact that the crimes took place in large part because of the

BY DENNIS NARTKER scheduled for Jan. 9 to actions of a confidential dnartker@kpcmedia.com elect someone to finish informant.

ROME CITY — Rome his term in the at-large Hopkins testified that City employees will get seat. he began using meth only 2.5 percent pay raises in The caucus will begin after he was introduced to 2014. at 5:30 p.m. in Rome City it by the man who, a few The Town Council Town Hall. Republican years later, would become Thursday night voted precinct committeemen a confidential informant for unanimously to approve in Orange Township police. a 2014 salary ordinance Precincts 12 and 13 are Hopkins had lost his granting the raises to eligible to vote. job and was addicted and full-time employees.

Candidates must unemployed when, after The council passed the provide a letter of intent repeated calls from the ordinance on first reading and a completed CEB 5 informant asking him to sell and waived the second Form to Noble County him drugs, he agreed to two and third readings to pass Republican Chairman drug deals in November it at one meeting.

Randall Kirkpatrick no 2012, he said.

Council members later than 72 hours before After the second deal, discussed whether to the caucus. The completed Hopkins’ family intervened grant 2 or 2.5 percent form may be mailed or to help him get out of the raises, but settled on the hand-delivered to 8928 drug lifestyle, he said.

2.5 percent level after N. S.R. 5, Ligonier IN Without knowing about Clerk-Treasurer Brenda 46767. any charges that might Conley said the budget In other business be filed against him, he would allow it and Thursday, the council: sought treatment through employees had been given • renewed the town’s the Bowen Center and a small increase this year. insurance coverage completed it.

Councilmen Dave with Reick Insurance Noble County deputy Abbott and Ben Cross Agency for $21,895, an thanked Councilman $895 increase over 2013 Rob Glass for his eight coverage. years of service to the • learned town manager community. Glass is Leigh Pranger hired Scott retiring from the council Newcomb of Wolcottville at the end of this year. to fill a vacancy with the A Republican caucus is utility and street departMONDAY, DEC. 23 ments.

Noble County Drainage • approved 11 paid Board meets in special holidays for employees session at 8:15 a.m. in the in 2014 with a floating Commissioners Room of the holiday designated for Noble County Courthouse.

Friday, Dec. 26, 2014.

Noble County Commis• approved resolutions sioners meet at 8:30 a.m. for end-of-year fund in the Commissioners transfers and appropriaRoom of the Noble County tions reductions.

Courthouse.

Rome City employees get 2.5 percent raises

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days’ credit for time served while his case was pending.

Brady was ordered to pay $368 in court costs and a $400 substanceabuse assessment fee.

He must complete any follow-up the Brady assessment requires.

A second count of the same charge and a related count of dealing methamphetamine, a Class A felony, were dismissed.

Court records said Brady sold fluoxetine (Ritalin) and methylphenidate (Prozac) in the 300 block of South State Street in Kendallville on May 24, 2012.

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ALBION — A Wolcottville man was sentenced Friday in Noble Superior Court I to serve 20 years in prison for a 2012 drug deal in Kendallville.

Nathan J. Brady, 22, was convicted Friday of dealing a Schedule I, II or III controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school, a Class A felony.

“It’s a long, long sentence, but it’s probably deserved, based on your criminal record,” said Superior Court I Judge Robert Kirsch.

Kirsch sentenced Brady to 30 years in prison, with 20 years to serve and 10 years suspended. Brady will be on probation for five years. He was given 289

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Kirsch said Hopkins had no criminal history and has support from his family.

While Hopkins was responsible for his own actions and therefore guilty of the charges, he would not have been in the situation without the actions of the confidential informant, Kirsch said.

“He committed the act of dealing, but he is not a dealer,” Kirsch said.

Another factor in Kirsch’s sentence was that any new offense in the duration of the 20-year overall sentence still could trigger could the remaining prison time, even after formal probation is complete.

Kirsch said to Hopkins, “You committed criminal acts, and you need to understand that.”

Kirsch sentenced Hopkins to one year of incarceration, to be served on work release if he qualifies. He ordered Hopkins to be placed on formal probation for two years, with the first six months of probation to be served on electronically monitored home detention.

Hopkins was given two days’ credit toward his sentence.

Kirsch ordered Hopkins to pay a $100 public defender fee, $400 substance-abuse assessment fee, $1,000 fine and $368 in court costs. He must complete any required substance-abuse treatment and attend a 12-step program at least once a week while on probation.

Hopkins must report to jail or work release no later than Jan. 25, 2014.

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public defender Seth Tipton said it troubled him that a confidential informant was allowed to use his desire to assist law enforcement and help himself to get another person in trouble.

Hopkins had made bad choices, Hopkins but had no prior criminal record and was called numerous times in order to set up a deal, Tipton said. Hopkins’ addiction conquered his good judgment and solid upbringing.

Hopkins is employed and has been clean for almost a year, Tipton said. “It will do nothing for this community to put him in jail,” he added.

The defense attorney asked for home detention, probation or Community Corrections for his client.

“No one forced this young man to make the decisions he made,” said Noble County chief deputy prosecutor James Mowery.

Mowery acknowledged Hopkins’ lack of a criminal record and that the two deals in the charges appear to be the only ones he made.

“He has made some incredibly, incredibly bad choices and there has to be some consequence,” Mowery said. He asked that Hopkins be ordered to serve six years in prison, possibly with a work-release component, and be placed on formal probation for six years.

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KENDALLVILLE — An East Noble High School student was charged with disorderly conduct following an incident at the school Wednesday.

At about 12:25 p.m., school resource officer Sgt. John Dixon and school officials investigated a report of a student acting disorderly towards other students and staff.

A 17-year-old boy from Kendallville was charged with the offense. His case was forwarded to Noble County Probation.

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Area Activities • Today Luckey Hospital Museum: The Luckey Hospital Museum began when Dr. James E. Luckey’s great-nieces Mary and Shirley decided to open a small museum to display their private collection. Both are retired RNs and have been collecting obsolete medical equipment for years. The collection has grown and expanded to include the entire first floor of the former hospital.

Tours available by calling 635-2490 or 635-2256.

Luckey Hospital Museum, U.S. 33 and S.R. 109, Wolf Lake. 10 a.m.

Yu-Gi-Oh: Stop in for the sanctioned Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament and battle your buddies. There is a $2 tournament fee that should be paid at the door, or you can pay a $5 fee and receive a pack of cards. Cossy ID cards are suggested. Prizes will be given to the top three players. Kendallville Public Library, 221 S. Park Ave., Kendallville. 10 a.m.

343-2010 Community Christmas Greetings: Free drive-through display at Bixler Lake Park features 66 Christmas card boards crafted by area youth and organizations. Open nightly from 6-9 p.m. through December. Refreshments and horse-drawn wagon rides available Dec. 14 and Dec. 21. Bixler Lake Park, Kendallville. 6 p.m.

347-1064 Art Exhibit: Jason Lahr and Krista Koeffle: Jason Lahr’s paintings and works on paper combine darkly comic texts with appropriated images to create shifting narratives of working class male identity as shaped by popular culture. His work combines the visual language of digital culture with traditional painting techniques and references to illustration, print media and graphic design.

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Krista Hoefle investigates the underlying or hidden aspects of videogame structure that are not apparent during regular game play through the reinterpretation of virtual interactions and objects into

physical spaces. Although she uses a wide variety of media (digital prints, screenprints, ‘zines, objects, video), the spatial dislocation (or translation) from the virtual to the physical positions the work within the realm of sculpture.

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Hershberger Art Gallery at Goshen College, 1700 S Main St., Goshen. All Day. 574-535-7400

Sunday, Dec. 22 Bingo: Bingo games.

Warm ups at 12:30 pm and games at 1:30 p.m.

Sponsored by the Sylvan Lake Improvement Association. Rome City Bingo Hall, S.R. 9, Rome City. 12:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 23 Bingo: For senior citizens every Monday.

Noble County Council on Aging, 111 Cedar St., Kendallville. Noon.

Lego Club: Create and play with Legos during this after school club for grades K-5. Kendallville Public Library, 221 S. Park Ave., Kendallville. 3:30 p.m.

343-2010 Snow Games Winter Party: Join us at the Limberlost Public Library for a winter games party.

We will be playing tons of games inside that will get you even more excited about winter break. Grades 6-12. Limberlost Public Library, 164 Kelly St., Rome City. 4:30 p.m.

854-3382 Zumba Class: Free Zumba classes at Presence Sacred Heart Home run from 6:30-7:25 p.m. each Monday and Thursday.

Presence Sacred Heart Home, 515 N. Main St., Avilla. 6 p.m. 897-2841 Central Noble Moms in Prayer: Open to all women in the Central Noble area to pray for the school, students and staff.

Use south side door. For more information contact Tricia Weiss at 310-7492 tricia.weiss@gmail.com or Abby Liindsey at 415-2838 aelindsey32@gmail.com.

Asbury United Methodist Church, 605 E. Main St., Albion. 6 p.m.

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Roast goose makes festive entree “Roast goose is an Old World tradition, a central part of the Dickensian Christmas tableau. Prepare one for your own holiday feast, and you’ll understand why,” says entertaining icon Martha Stewart.

Stewart recommends serving eggnog, pear pecan toasts, Brussels sprouts, Waldorf salad, popovers and a fig roll to round out your holiday menu.

A spicy red or floral white wine will go well with the goose.

Roast Goose 1 fresh or frozen (12-pound) goose, giblets reserved Salt and freshly ground black pepper 3 medium carrots, scrubbed and cut in half 3 stalks celery, cut in half 1 head garlic, cut in half crosswise 1 bunch fresh thyme sprigs 1 bunch fresh sage 1 medium onion, cut in half 8 sprigs flat-leaf fresh parsley 1 dried bay leaf 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns 1/2 cup dry white wine 1 tablespoon unsalted butter If goose is frozen, place it in the refrigerator overnight to thaw. Remove goose from the refrigerator, and let it stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Rinse goose inside and out with cold running water, and pat it dry with paper towels. Trim as much of the excess fat as possible from the opening of the cavity.

Remove the first and second joints of the wings, and

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With the point of a sharp knife, prick the entire surface of the goose skin, being careful not to cut into the flesh. Fold the neck flap under the body of the goose, and pin the flap down with a wooden toothpick.

Generously sprinkle the cavity with salt and pepper, and insert 2 carrot halves, 2 celery-stalk halves, garlic, thyme, and sage. Using a

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piece of kitchen twine, tie the legs together. Generously sprinkle the outside of the goose with salt and pepper, and place it, breast-side up on a wire rack set in a large roasting pan.

Roast goose in the oven until it turns a golden brown, about 1 hour. With a baster, remove as much fat as possible from the roasting pan every 30 minutes. Reduce the heat to 325 degrees, and roast

until the goose is very well browned all over and an instant-read thermometer inserted into a breast, not touching a bone, registers 180 degrees, about 1 hour after reducing the temperature.

Meanwhile, prepare goose stock, which will be used when making the gravy and the dressing.

Trim and discard any excess fat from the wing tips, neck, and giblets, and place them in a small stockpot. Add 4 carrot halves, 4 celery-stalk halves, both onion halves, parsley, bay leaf, peppercorns, and enough water to cover the bones and vegetables by 1 inch (about 2 1/2 quarts water). Place the stockpot over high heat, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low, and simmer stock, skimming the scum as it forms, for 2 hours. Strain stock through a cheesecloth-lined strainer.

Remove and discard the fat floating on the surface of the stock, and set the stockpot aside.

Remove goose from the oven, and transfer it to a cutting board that has a well.

Let the goose stand 15 to 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare the gravy. Pour off all the fat from the roasting pan, and place the pan over high heat.

Pour in wine, and cook, stirring up any brown bits with a wooden spoon until the cooking liquid is reduced by three-quarters. Add 2 cups goose stock, and cook, stirring until the liquid is again reduced by three-quarters. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in butter, and cook until slightly thickened. Pass the gravy through a cheesecloth-lined strainer into a gravy boat, and serve with the goose.

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Garrett business owners and avid JAM Family supporters Cary and Dr. Sarah Ragean will serve as chairs for the event.

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ANGOLA — Helen Elizabeth Smatt, 83, died Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 at her home in Angola.

She was a retired registered nurse. She had worked at Cameron Memorial Hospital in Angola, Wesley Health Care in Auburn and at the Carlin Park Nursing Home, Angola. She had also served as the Steuben County Health Nurse.

Mrs. Smatt was a member of the First Congregational United Church of Christ of Angola.

She was born Aug. 7, 1930, in Jackson, Mich., to Harry and Alta (Ostrander) Miller. She married John J. Smatt. He preceded her in death on March 24, 1976.

Surviving are two daughters and a son-in-law, Dorothy Kay Smatt of Indianapolis and Mary Ann and Phil Williams of Angola.

She was also preceded in death by her parents.

There will be no services. Her final resting place will be in Lake Michigan.

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FORT WAYNE — Gladys I. Harshbarger, 92, a resident of Fort Wayne, passed away at 12:30 a.m. on Friday, December 20, 2013, at Lutheran Life Villages Pine Valley in Fort Wayne.

Mrs. Harshbarger was born on April 1, 1921, in Eel River Township, Mrs. a daughter Harshbarger of Charles and Lela (Myers) Wells. She spent her formative years in Allen County, and graduated from Huntertown High School.

On October 20, 1967, she was married in Fort Wayne to Charles A. Harshbarger, and moved to her present home in 1976.

She was employed at Bowmar Instrument Corp., Fort Wayne, and retired in 1967 after 16 years.

Mrs. Harshbarger attended the North Side Missionary Church in Fort Wayne and was a member of the League for the Blind and Disabled.

The surviving relatives include her daughters, Jean (Kenneth) Malcolm of LaOtto, Caroll (Gerald) Bowker of Kendallville, and Linda Hendrickson and Lelia (David) Arnos, both of Fort Wayne; her grandchilAlbertis Mickem dren, Melinda (Greg) LEESBURG — Albertis J. Mickem, 78, of Leesburg Brown, Samuel (Jonell) died Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, Malcolm, Scott Hendrickson, Dennis Hendrickson, at his home Julie (Benjamin) Kelham, Visitation will be from Philip Hendrickson, Todd 2-6 p.m. Sunday at Owen (Joy) McBride and Randy Family Funeral Home in Hendrickson; and 18 Syracuse. great-grandchildren.

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Stores open for 100 hours straight NEW YORK (AP) — Some stores are ending the holiday shopping season the same way they began it — with round-the-clock, marathon shopping hours.

Kohl’s for the first time is staying open for essentially five days straight, through 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Macy’s and Kmart are opening some of their stores for more than 100 hours in a row through Christmas Eve. And Toys R Us is staying open for 87 hours straight starting today, which is typically the second biggest shopping day of the year.

The expanded hours in the final days before Christmas are reminiscent of how some retailers typically begin the season on the day after Thanksgiving known as Black Friday. The strategy comes as stores try to recoup lost sales during a season that’s been hobbled by a number of factors.

Despite a recovery economy, many Americans have been struggling with stagnant wages and other issues. On top of that, the time period between the official holiday shopping kickoff on Black Friday and the end of the season is six days shorter than a year ago.

That has given Americans less time to shop.

Sales at U.S. stores rose 2 percent to $176.7 billion from Nov. 1 through last Sunday, according to ShopperTrak. That’s a slower pace than the 2.4 percent increase the Chicago store data tracker expects for the entire two-month season.

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The case stirred widespread outrage in India, where the idea of an educated, middle-class woman being strip-searched is almost unheard of, except in the most extraordinary crimes. The fear of public humiliation resonates strongly there, and heavy-handed treatment by the police is normally reserved for the poor.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who brought the charges, was born in India and raised here. He said the diplomat was “fully searched” by a female deputy, which is “standard practice for every defendant … in order to make sure that no prisoner keeps anything on his person that could harm anyone, including himself.”

Khobragade’s lawyer said “similarly situated individuals of her stature are routinely provided an opportunity to report to the authorities to address charges at their convenience, instead of being swept off the street like a common criminal.”

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Christmas Eve. Macy’s began testing its 24-hour strategy in 2006, but it has made tweaks this year. Most Macy’s locations were open for 48 hours straight during the final two days before Christmas last year. But this year, 37 of Macy’s 800 stores will be open for 107 hours to 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The rest of Macy’s locations will be open between 7 a.m. and 2 a.m. through Monday. And on Christmas Eve, most Macy’s stores will be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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When Dominique StraussKahn, at the time a contender for the French presidency, was arrested in New York in 2011 on sex-assault charges, photos of the diplomat in handcuffs walking out of a police precinct drew outrage in France, where the images would have been illegal. But they are routine in the U.S. Nationwide, deputy marshals have discretion to do “in-custody” searches or — if deemed warranted — more intrusive strip searches, according to a U.S. Marshals Service directive obtained by The Associated Press.

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Khobragade, who was arrested last week outside her daughter’s school, complained that she was strip-searched and held in a cell “with drug addicts” until her appearance before a judge.

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Look back in liberty 2013 This wasn’t a great year for liberty. A few disasters that government caused: • Obamacare. It was supposed to “bend the cost curve” downward. The central planners had lots of time to perfect their scheme. For a generation, the brightest left-wing wonks focused on health care policy. The result? Soviet-style consumer service comes to America.

• Government shutdown. The real disaster was the unnecessary panic over it. Zoos would shut down, and baby pandas would The media made it sound JOHN starve. like America might not survive slightly limited government.

STOSSEL even They were happy to echo the politicians’ claim that there’s no wasteful or stupid spending to cut.

“The cupboard is bare,” said Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “There’s no more cuts to make.”

Nothing to cut? Government spends $3.8 trillion a year!

Many Republicans are almost as eager to spend as Democrats, despite the difference in rhetoric between the two parties. About the only spending reduction Republicans accomplished in the past few years was the so-called sequester — which really happened by legal default because the two parties couldn’t reach an agreement. The sequester instituted cuts of about $85 I annoyed my fellow billion a year, a libertarians by saying mere sliver of that $3.8 trillion budget the privacy I lose to and a still smaller data mining seems a sliver of our $17 trillion debt. small price to pay for Yet even those surveillance against modest cuts will not happen now terrorism. under the new congressional agreement.

Because some Republicans were upset the sequester made small cuts to the military’s budget and were fearful another partial government shutdown might hurt their chances in upcoming elections, they gave up the modest spending discipline the sequester imposed. Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, said conservatives who want to keep the sequester are “ridiculous.”

The Republican behind the new agreement, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., was once called a fanatical budget-slasher who wanted to push Granny off a cliff. People talked about him reading Ayn Rand and being a cutthroat capitalist. But now, even he abandons the meager budget cuts that were already scheduled.

I suppose Republicans feel they have no choice. They face Democrats who will cut nothing. They hope to win the Senate next election and realize that spending cuts are not particularly popular with the general public.

Americans say they want less spending.

But then they fight for farm subsidies, flood insurance and “economic development” schemes. Most federal spending funds Social Security, Medicare and the military. Even citizens who sound fiscally conservative, especially elderly ones, don’t want these things cut.

• This was also the year we found out just how much the federal government spies on its own citizens. I annoyed my fellow libertarians by saying the privacy I lose to data mining seems a small price to pay for surveillance against terrorism. I posted a list of a hundred other things government does that upset me more. Some people responded by calling me a “traitor” and “LINO” (libertarian in name only).

Look, libertarians, I’m constantly angry at my government for lots of things, but I just can’t get worked up about data mining. My emails fly through the air. For all I know, my political enemies already read them.

It is upsetting, though, that the National Security Agency snooping goes far beyond what the government first claimed. President Barack Obama assured us the NSA does not read our emails or listen to our phone calls. But it turns out they sometimes do.

They say they only look for terrorists, and they won’t use the records to harass and punish their critics. But why would we trust that the same big government that spends $3.8 trillion a year, raids our homes looking for drugs and regulates almost every part of our lives won’t use its snooping powers to look into things other than terrorism?

Given the truth of Thomas Jefferson’s warning — “The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground” — I fear next year will be still worse for liberty.

To make it a better year, we can’t trust such a powerful government to restrain itself. We should cut back its duties to reduce its power.

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Can we thank Prince Albert for Christmas traditions?

Shop by shop, coin by coin, I cross one threshold after another in my small town. If I am to promote small business shopping, then I must heed my own advice.

I love knowing the shopkeepers and enjoy sharing conversation with them all. It is not a problem if I leave my mittens, or my wallet or my purchases behind; they will be waiting for me when I return.

So on this day of shopping I find myself saying, “Merry Christmas.”

I don’t hesitate, yet I wonder if I am offending someone by my greeting. It is not my intention to do so. On one occasion (maybe two) I have said the newly established, “Happy Holidays,” yet that seemed so, hmmm, mercenary?

To me it sounds like a cash register or a rerun of TV ads. Whereas the endearing “Merry Christmas” sounds as if cookies are in the oven baking and little girls in white petticoats are dancing around the Christmas tree. Well, maybe not that far, but you get the picture.

Must we dissect all we say and do?

Do we blame or thank Charles Dickens for the perplexity of this simple greeting … or the queen of England?

Let’s take a stroll back in time to the Victorian era. This time period surpasses Norman Rockwell or even Thomas Kincaid! Do we not all long for the dresses of the Victorian age? Long skirts (which often caught fire during cooking and were probably only washed in the spring), lovely hair caught up in a bun (a great nesting place for lice), or happy children playing with wooden hoops (what are wooden hoops anyway?). We all love to say about architecture, “Oh look, a Victorian house.” I want my own House at White Picket Gardens to be as gracious as those, but I must say, I believe my own old house to be a hard working farmhouse at one time.

Let’s stroll back to England then to Queen Victoria (1819-1901). She

certainly has all my attention now. She married her first cousin, Prince Albert, in 1840. He hailed from Bavaria, Germany.

They had nine children. Prince Albert brought his German traditions to London, which the queen embraced. He brought the Christmas tree, singing of carols and even the mistletoe. The queen loved the customs, and if the queen is happy, so is all of England. These customs were soon embraced by LOU ANN the folks of England as (I mean, she was HOMAN- well. the queen!)

SAYLOR Later Prince Albert promoted the Great Exhibition of 1851 at the World’s Fair in London. It was there he met Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte and Lewis Carroll. By this time Dickens was a prominent writer, having published “Oliver Twist” and “A Christmas Carol.”

In “A Christmas Carol,” Dickens introduced us to such phrases as “Bah, humbug!” “God bless us, everyone,” and a quote from Scrooge after he woke up on Christmas morning, “A merry Christmas to everyone!” So, shall we say it is Dickens who coined the phrase?

Dickens, you haunt my dreams and my waking life! Dickens also introduced us to figgy pudding. I have never even tried it (unless you count the fruitcake my great aunt used to send every Christmas!).

Price Albert died of typhoid fever in 1861 leaving the queen to mourn him the rest of her long life. However, in their few years together they brought traditions to England that were brought over to the United States as well. Thank you, dear Queen and Prince.

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On this day, as in days of yore, we sing songs, light fires and share our cooking with one another. We celebrate the balance of who we are, as well as the earth sharing equal time with the dark and the light.

• Whatever or however you celebrate this season of the dark, the return of the light begins on this day, the solstice.

On this day, as in days of yore, we sing songs, light fires and share our cooking with one another. We celebrate the balance of who we are, as well as the earth sharing equal time with the dark and the light.

On this night I will light my Christmas tree (with a bucket brigade of water standing by as Dylan Thomas would have said) share food with friends and build a fire to welcome back the sun.

I will greet you on the street, my friend, with a “Merry Christmas.” Do not think negatively, I am wishing you health and peace and love. I am not trying to be politically correct or incorrect, just accept it as it is. I hope to receive the same from you.

And if you don’t mind, I will end with column with, “God bless us all, everyone.”

Merry Christmas!

LOU ANN HOMAN-SAYLOR lives in Angola at the White Picket Gardens where you can find her gardening or writing late into the night under the light of her frayed scarlet lamp. She is a storyteller, teacher, writer, actress and a collector of front porch stories.

What Others Say • Cold, hard look needed for Shell’s Arctic drilling plans Days after Shell Oil turned in revised proposals for oil exploration in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management responded with 10 pages of questions to answer.

Good. Skepticism by this Department of the Interior agency is the least to be expected after Shell’s troubled launch of Alaska oil exploration and drilling plans in 2012 in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.

Trouble with oil rigs and a new tug caused Shell to punt on the 2013 season, and now it is back asking to try again in 2014 in the Chukchi Sea, between Siberia and the top of Alaska, west of Barrow.

The bureau wants to know if Shell has addressed and corrected issues of noncompliance cited by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency.

The information was missing from a November filing

by Shell.

For an industry that failed to manage conditions in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, with BP’s Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, there is no margin for error in Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf.

The bureau describes the conditions as extreme cold, freezing spray, snow, extended periods of low light, strong winds, dense fog, sea ice, strong currents and dangerous sea states.

Safety and environmental hazards loom large in such conditions and complicate the ability of others to respond in emergencies.

In a letter Thursday, six U.S. senators asked Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to delay future oil and gas lease sales and permitting in the Arctic Ocean “until a thorough re-evaluation of the environmental and safety risks associated with Arctic drilling activities can be completed.”

Proceeding cautiously, and seeking credible explanations and assurances of remedial changes, must come before any Department of Interior

consideration of new drilling plans.

In 2012, no oil had been spilled and no one was injured or any lives lost.

Future drilling plans cannot be built on assumptions based on past good fortune.

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Judge’s NSA ruling strikes a blow for privacy in America A federal judge has taken a big step toward the conclusion that the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of Americans’ telephone usage data is unconstitutional.

Richard Leon, of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., sharply argued in a ruling that Americans’ expectations of privacy, protected under the Fourth Amendment, probably have been violated.

The government likely will appeal, and the case could get to the Supreme Court.

But it already has created an outlet for fresh public debate.

Civil libertarians on the left

and the right have hailed the decision. Others are skeptical that Leon’s ruling, in a case spawned by two individuals’ lawsuits, will survive.

Referring to the spy agency’s practice as “almost Orwellian,” Leon challenged its defenders’ reliance on a 1979 Supreme Court case (Smith v. Maryland).

Telephone technology in American culture has so radically changed, he noted, that the earlier case is essentially irrelevant.

Perhaps most damaging to the Obama administration’s defense of the NSA’s ability to do massive counter-terrorism data-scraping, Leon wrote that there has been an “utter lack of evidence that a terrorist attack has ever been prevented because searching the NSA database was faster than other investigative tactics.”

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Agriculture the most promising market for drones PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Idaho farmer Robert Blair isn’t waiting around for federal aviation officials to work out rules for drones. He and a friend built their own, outfitting it with cameras and using it to monitor his 1,500 acres.

Under 10 pounds and 5 feet long nose to tail, the aircraft is the size of a turkey and Blair uses it to get a birds-eye view of his cows and fields of wheat, peas, barley and alfalfa. “It’s a great tool to collect information to make better decisions, and we’re just scratching the surface of what it can do for farmers,� said Blair, who lives in Kendrick, Idaho, roughly 275 miles north of Boise.

While Americans are abuzz about Amazon’s plans to use self-guided drones to deliver packages, most future unmanned aircraft may operate far from the nation’s large population centers.

Experts point to agriculture as the most promising commercial market for drones because the technology is a perfect fit for large-scale farms and vast rural areas where privacy and safety issues are less of a concern.

Already, farmers, researchers and companies are developing unmanned aircraft systems equipped with cameras and other sensors to survey crops, monitor for disease or precision-spray pesticides and fertilizers.

Drones, also known as UAVs, are already used

overseas in agriculture, including Japan and Brazil.

And the possibilities are endless: Flying gizmos could be used to ward off birds from fields, pollinate trees, do snow surveys to forecast water supply, monitor irrigation, or plant and harvest crops.

The technology could revolutionize agriculture, farmers say, by boosting crop health, improving field management practices, reducing costs and increasing yields.

So far, drones have been used mainly by the military.

Interest is booming in finding other uses for them, but the possibilities are limited because of regulations on the use of airspace and privacy concerns.

The Federal Aviation Administration does not allow drones’ commercial use. Businesses and researchers can only apply for a special, experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, flight demonstrations or crew training.

The FAA does allow public agencies — including law enforcement and other governmental agencies — to get a certificate of authorization to operate unmanned aircraft in civil airspace.

About a dozen sheriff’s offices, police and fire departments, as well as U.S. Customs and Border Protection, have been allowed to use drones.

The move has raised concerns about privacy and government surveillance, leading to drone privacy

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bills being introduced in most states this year and about a dozen states passing laws, most to limit drone surveillance by law enforcement.

Those concerns, in turn, have tempered interest in developing unmanned aircraft technology for police and other crime-fighting agencies — leading drone manufacturers and researchers to focus on agriculture instead, said Josh Brungardt, director of unmanned systems at PARADIGM, a Bend, Ore.-based drone research company.

that he built in Kendrick, Idaho.

“A small UAV flying over a field with nothing around it doesn’t create a privacy issue,� he said. “We’re talking about an operating atmosphere that’s much more benign.�

Last year, Congress directed the FAA to grant unmanned aircraft access to U.S. skies by September 2015. The agency is in the midst of developing operational guidelines for drone use, but said the process would take longer than Congress expected.

Next year, the agency plans to propose a rule for small unmanned aircraft,

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Our class topics will include: • Jan. 28 — Real Colors and Web Soil Survey: Learning what your personality type says about you and learning what your soil says about your land. • Feb. 4 — Recordkeeping: From Paper to Computer: Covering the basics of recordkeeping from the basic farm books to more technical computer programs. • Feb. 11 — Farm Finances, FSA, NRCS: Figuring out how your operation operates on a monetary basis along with the programs offered by

Farm Service Agency and Natural Resource Conservation Service. • Feb. 18 — Farm Financial Analysis: Breaking down what your operation spends and how to budget for operating expenses. • Feb. 25 — Grain and Livestock Marketing/Crop Insurance: Learning about how to best market your grain and livestock and what you can do to cover your crops with insurance in case of disasters. • March 5 — Ag Advocacy: Telling your farm’s story.

Registration costs $75 per person and includes refreshments and resource material. Registration forms are available at the DeKalb County Extension Office or online at ag.purdue.edu/

counties/dekalb. Registrations are due by Jan. 17 to the DeKalb County Extension Office, 215 E. 9th St. Auburn.

Ruth Hambleton, an Extension educator in Illinois, developed Annie’s Project in 2000 in honor of her mother, Annie Fleck. Since then, more than 150 women have completed the program in Indiana, and it has been taught in more than 34 states.

For more information, visit the Purdue University Women in Agriculture website at extension.purdue. edu/wia/anniesproject.htm.

ELYSIA RODGERS is the agriculture and natural resources director for the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service in DeKalb County.

USDA farm storage loans still available INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana farmers are being reminded that Farm Storage Facility Loans (FSFL) are available through the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA).

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but it declined to discuss the rule. In the meantime, the FAA is also working to choose by the end of December six drone test sites across the country.

Blair’s drone, built in 2008, isn’t breaking the law, because his aircraft is essentially a model airplane — allowed by the FAA as long as it’s flown below 400 feet above ground level, far from populated areas and no one is compensated for the flight.

Blair said the UAV gives him a complete, aerial view of his crops. He said he also uses it to gather

Conservation compliance programs still intact INDIANAPOLIS — The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are issuing an important reminder to program participants about conservation compliance. “Despite the expiration of many farm bill programs, the 1985 Conservation Compliance provisions remain intact,� said FSA State Executive Director Julia A. Wickard.

These Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and Wetland Conservation Compliance (WC) provisions affect eligibility for nearly all FSA and NRCS programs. This includes loans, direct payments, conservation, and disaster programs. “NRCS technical experts make these determinations and FSA maintains the official records of USDA determinations,� noted Jane Hardisty, NRCS State Conservationist. “It is a joint USDA effort to assist Indiana landowners in protecting environmentally sensitive lands.�

Farmers who produce an agricultural commodity on fields where HEL is predominant are eligible for benefits unless NRCS determines that an acceptable conservation system is not actively applied.

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Companies large and small are also racing to develop the technology, as are universities.

University of Oregon researchers flew drones this summer over potato fields to monitor for disease.

Oregon nurseries have also partnered with researchers to test unmanned technology to count potted trees.

In Florida, farmers and researchers have used small unmanned helicopters equipped with infrared cameras to monitor orange trees for the deadly citrus greening, a bacterial disease that kills the trees. Greening begins at the top of the tree.

And at the University of California, Davis, professors have teamed up with Yamaha Motor Corp. USA to fly unmanned remote-controlled helicopters to spray vineyards and orchards.

Some farmers fear environmental groups could use the technology to spy on them — PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, recently announced plans to purchase drones to monitor factory farms.

But Blair said use of unmanned aircraft would have the opposite effect. “We’re talking surgical agriculture, which allows us to be more environmentally friendly,� he said, “because we can be even more precise in how we apply fertilizer, water or pesticides.�

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that was converted after Dec. 23, 1985 or if they convert a wetland after Nov. 28, 1990, by draining, dredging, filling, leveling or any other means for the purpose, or to have the effect, of making the production of an agricultural commodity possible.

It is vital that landowners and operators know their land and have a record of all NRCS technical determinations. If activities are planned to make crop production possible, producers should visit the FSA to review records and complete the forms to determine whether a referral to NRCS is necessary. This is especially important when new farming interests are acquired, as activities performed by prior landowners and operators can have an adverse effect on eligibility for current benefits. For example, the owner of a property cleared a wooded area in 2010 and then sold the land in 2012.

If the new owner plants a crop on the cleared area and it is later found to be a converted wetland, there is a potential for a loss of program benefits. “When acquiring a new farm it is very important to compare the recent imagery with the actual cropping lines in the field and get copies of any technical determinations on file,� said Wickard. “NRCS staff can provide technical assistance to assist landowners, but it is vital that assistance be requested and determinations are completed before the action is taken.�

Farm Bureau weighs in on ethanol issue INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The president of Indiana Farm Bureau wants the state’s farmers to urge the federal government to scrap a proposal to reduce the amount of ethanol in the nation’s fuel supply.

Don Villwock says corn prices have dropped more than 5 percent since word of the proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule was leaked in October.

Federal support for ethanol has been a boon to the economies of corn-growing states like Indiana. Villwock says reducing the amount of ethanol in the nation’s fuel supply would harm farmers.

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Indiana edges past Nicholls

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BLOOMINGTON (AP) — A young Indiana team is learning to play at a breakneck pace.

The Hoosiers are enduring their fair share of growing pains along the way.

Yogi Ferrell scored 16 points and had a season-high eight assists, and Indiana overcame mistakes and sloppy play in a 79-66 win over Nicholls State on Friday night.

“What was important was to build on our style we need to keep establishing,” Hoosiers coach Tom Crean said. “We wanted to bring tempo. Anytime you have that situation it’s not going to be as smooth.”

The Hoosiers got caught up in Notre Dame’s favored pace in a 79-72 setback at the Crossroads Classic. They were determined not to let that happen again, speeding up the game with intense pressure

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The 35-year-old Kubina had 110 goals and 276 assists in 13 seasons.

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East Noble’s Colten Williams (10) drives the ball up the court past Columbia City’s Justin Bachelder (22) in Friday night’s conference game in Kendallville.

Area Events • BOYS BAS K ETBALL Lakewood Park at Concordia, 6 p.m.

DeKalb at Bishop Dwenger, 6:1 5 p.m.

G I R LS BAS K ETBALL East Noble at Columbia City, 1 p.m.

Hamilton at Fairfield, 1 p.m.

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ANGOLA — Angola’s boys basketball team is going to fight everybody it plays. Westview was the latest to find out Friday night in a key Northeast Corner Conference tilt Friday night.

However, behind a big fourth quarter from senior guard Jordyn Bontrager, the Warriors overcame the Hornets’ third-quarter rally to escape with a 54-49 victory.

Bontrager had 13 of his game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter. His lone three-pointer of the game at the start of the final stanza started a 10-2 run which put Westview (3-2, 2-0 NECC) in front 42-37 with 5 minutes, 47 seconds left.

The Hornets (3-2, 1-1) got within two twice down the final stretch. But the Warriors pulled away largely by making free throws. It made all six charity tosses in the final 1:28, four by Bontrager and two by Judah Zickafoose with 23.8 seconds remaining to make it a 52-46 game.

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KENDALLVILLE — For the first five minutes of Friday night’s game against Columbia City, East Noble’s boys basketball team went back and forth with the Eagles.

How Columbia City finished the next 11 minutes was a statistical high.

Columbia City used a strongfiring first half to put away the Knights, 61-51, in the Northeast Hoosier Conference opener for both teams. The Eagles (3-2, 1-0 NHC) shot 75 percent (12-of-15) in the first half and drained eight 3-point baskets.

“They shot the lights out, something like 75 percent in the first half …. That’s pretty good,” East Noble coach Chad Cripe said.

While East Noble (0-4, 0-1) spread the scoring around early, the Eagles concentrated on a hot shooter against the Knights’ 2-3 zone. Mason Coverstone scored 14 of his game-high 27 points in the

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“Angola had a big third quarter. Give them credit for making shots and scoring the ball.

They played real well and played real hard,” Westview coach Rob Yoder said. “We were fortunate to make enough plays in the fourth quarter.

“Jordyn was outstanding. He can be hard to guard. That three he hit to start the fourth quarter was big in getting us started,” Yoder continued. “But we also had different guys make plays at key times.”

The first half had the looks of Westview gradually taking control because it was better able to score than the Hornets were.

The Warriors led 24-14 at the half.

The game changed in the third quarter as Angola attacked the Warriors inside and sprinkled in a three-pointer here and there. The Hornets put the entire Westview frontcourt group in foul trouble.

Starting forwards Zickafoose and Chandler Aspy each had four fouls entering the fourth quarter.

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the final minute of the third to give Angola a 33-32 lead. Then freshman Luke Honer made two free throws with no time left to make it a 35-32 game after Zickafoose bailed out the Hornets by fouling him as he forced a contested mid-range shot from the right wing at the buzzer.

“In the second quarter, we were not doing what we need to be doing from a defensive standpoint and we were not really hitting shots. We lost track help side and lost track playing the ball screen,” Hornets coach Ed Bentley said. “We came out in the third quarter and took it to them.

“I told Kent Kohart that he would have a big game for us. Justin Davis did a good job staying in the game. They (Westview) double downed on him immediately. We beat that mental hurdle (against Westview).”

Kohart, a senior in his first JAMES FISHER season as a varsity regular, led Westview’s Jordyn Bontrager the Hornets with 15 points. That looks inside during Friday’s included four three-pointers.

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the point of attack, facilitating and hitting 5 of 7 shots, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range. Crean didn’t mind that Ferrell was charged with

four of the Hoosiers’ season-high 20 turnovers.

“He was flying up the court, moving the ball, attacking,” Crean said. “We need to keep it going.

That’s what he’s capable of. Yogi had an outstanding game at both ends.”

Will Sheehey and Jeremy Hollowell added 14 points apiece for the Hoosiers (9-3), who bounced back from the disappointing loss to Notre Dame by putting the Colonels away with two notable runs.

Dantrell Thomas scored 15 of his 24 points in the first half for the Colonels (3-6), who got as close as 12 points in the second half but were 4-of-16 from 3-point range.

Coach J.P. Piper said Indiana’s blinding speed caused trouble from the outset.

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Chargers go to 5-0 with win over CN LIGONIER — West Noble’s basketball team accomplished more than one significant feat when the Chargers manhandled cross-county rival Central Noble, 79-50, in a Northeast Corner Conference boys game Friday night in the West Noble gym.

Not only did the Chargers claim the mythical county championship while remaining undefeated on the season, they matched their season-high score, and guard Drew Schermerhorn hit his season high with 30 points.

The Chargers moved to 5-0 on the season while Central Noble fell to 0-5.

West Noble jumped out strong as Schermerhorn and Phil Miller combined for 15 of the Chargers’

points in the opening period.

Miller ended the game strong also with a 19-point performance as West Noble led 24-11 after eight minutes.

Central Noble never folded and played tough for all four quarters.

Brock Noe led the Cougars with 13 points while Joel Cochard and Cody McCoy had eight points each. Kaleb Smith and E.J. Andrews scored six points each for the Cougars.

For Miller, the win was enjoyable, as it came in front of a packed gym with about 1,500 fans in attendance.

“Central Noble always plays us tough,” Miller said after the contest. “We just came out and executed our offense and then

executed our defense when we needed to. It always feels good to beat another Noble County team.”

Kyler Warble came off the Charger bench and recorded 11 points. Brandon Evans added seven, Nik Risser had three, Waylon Richardson scored four points, Landon Stover three and Brandon Moser had just a pair of points but left his mark on the floor with good defense and passing game for West Noble.

While the Chargers remained undefeated, the Cougars were left still searching for their first win.

Central Noble coach Brett Burrough took the loss in stride, and could see the fight that was in his team for the 32 minutes.

“Our defense picked up intensity in the second half,” Burrough said, “and we started hitting some buckets, and that gave our guys some confidence.

This is a young team that has a lot to learn. But they never gave up.”

West Noble recorded seven three-point field goals and was 24-of-30 from the free-throw line.

Schermerhorn had 12 free throws and two three-point field goals.

Also making 3’s for the Chargers were Evans, Risser, Miller, Warble and Stover.

Central Noble had three triples with Andrews hitting two and McCoy one. The Cougars were 11 of 19 from the charity stripe.

West Noble coach Jim Best

said he was impressed with the battle that Central Noble offered.

“We knew coming in they (CN) were going to be tough. They always play well over here. We knew they were going to keep coming at us,” Best said.

“I was really happy with our play tonight. I was kind of worried with the long layoff, as to if we would have our legs or not. The boys answered that question and played really hard. Our full-court pressure paid off at the start. The boys did a nice job.”

Central Noble is off until next Saturday when the Cougars host Jimtown in Albion.

The Chargers are off until next year when they host Eastside at home on Jan. 3.

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Westview’s Judah Zickafoose looks to make a pass inside during Friday’s victory at Angola.

Aspy had 10 points, including eight made free throws. He hurt an ankle during the second half, but battled through it. Yoder said the 6-foot-3 junior should be OK for next Saturday’s home game with LaGrange County rival Lakeland.

Angola won the junior varsity game 44-39 in overtime.

Prairie Heights 65, Churubusco 55 At Brushy Prairie, the Panthers rallied from a 31-24 halftime deficit in an NECC contest to win their fifth straight game after a season-opening loss at Garrett. Heights outscored the pesky Eagles 41-24 in the second half on Friday.

Jacob Heller led the Panthers (5-1, 2-0) with 16 points, five rebounds and four assists. Kyler West added 12 points and four assists, and Zach Shepard grabbed seven rebounds. PH also got a lift of the bench from sophomore Austin Penick, who scored nine points.

The Panthers won the freshman game 42-27, but lost the junior varsity contest 38-36.

Before Coverstone’s run, the lead switched sides twice and there were two ties.

Coverstone struck first from the perimeter, but Landan Tackett answered with an old-fashioned 3-point play of his own in the opening 1:15. Eagle guard Justin Bachelder hit a trey next before Michael Sharp and Brandon Nichols knocked down back-to-back shots to give the Knights their first lead of the game.

The score was tied one last time when Coverstone hit another long shot with 3:30 left. East Noble’s Houston Pattee gave the Knights their final lead at 11-9 when he took a Nathan Wible pass to the bank.

The Eagles took a 17-11 lead into the second quarter and led 32-20 at halftime.

“We made some mistakes defensively by not rotating out and giving them really good looks. We have to shore those (mistakes) up.

At the same time, though, they shot the ball really well in the first half,” Cripe said.

East Noble again came out of intermission hot, this time from the free-throw line, but the Eagles put the game away again with a strong run. Sharp hit three free throws sandwiched around a Tackett two-pointer as the Knights pulled to within eight with 4:49 remaining in the third.

Bachelder kickstarted the CC run, though, with a four-point play. After the score sat at 33-25, the Eagles scored the next 10 points.

Nichols led the EN roster with 16 points. Sharp had five rebounds and 12 points.

The contest was the 2013 home opener for East Noble and the first time Cripe coached in the Big Blue Pit. Cripe enjoyed the environment during his first contest in Kendallville, especially the school’s pep band.

“I thought our pep band was awesome tonight. It was

great to come to the Pit and have that experience,” Cripe said.

“I am really proud of the crowd tonight. I though the effort and the kids playing hard until the end will be something the community will be proud of. The more people that come, the better.”

Columbia City JV 28, East Noble 5 The Knight reserves were held scoreless until late in the third when Caleb Brown hit a free throw for the first East Noble point with 30 ticks remaining in the quarter. Kyrun Foster had three points and Mason Haines added one.

Cooper Parish led the Eagles with 12.

Columbia City frosh 43, East Noble 28 Josh Barr had a team-high 11 for East Noble and Kyle Kline added nine. Noah Acker (4), Dakota Wolfe (2) and Zach Haefer (2) also scored.

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“Until you see it in person, it’s hard to have your team understand it,” Piper said. “I was really pleased with our effort to defend. I did not want to get into an up-and-down game with these guys. I thought we’d give up 150 points.”

For much of the night, the Hoosiers struggled to pull away from a heavy underdog. They eventually improved to 8-0 at home by repeatedly earning trips to the line against a smaller opponent. The Colonels came in allowing opponents 36 free throw attempts a game. The Hoosiers made 26 in 35 attempts.

“We wanted to exploit that,” Crean said. “Our guys did a good job of recognizing that they were packing the middle of the floor. There were some player adjustments. You can play fast and at the same time be aware of what the game is giving you.”

The Hoosiers shot 55 percent from the field (24 of 44), assisting on 13 of their baskets. Stanford Robinson scored eight points and fellow freshman Noah

Vonleh added six with nine rebounds to help Indiana win its 37th consecutive nonconference game at Assembly Hall.

It wasn’t pretty — or easy.

Devin Davis hit four of Indiana’s 11 free throws during the 23-7 run midway through the opening half that gave the Hoosiers their first double-figure lead. Hollowell’s fast-break layup with 4 1/2 minutes left made it 30-16.

Indiana led 37-22 at the break, stretched the lead to 19 in the opening minutes of the second half on Sheehey’s dunk, then finally made it a 20-point game when Sheehey knocked down a 3-pointer to make it 71-50 with just over 6 minutes left.

Sheehey, who entered with just six 3-pointers this season, made two in the Hoosiers’ 16-8 spurt that took place in less than three minutes and forced a Nicholls State timeout.

“There’s always a point in the game where you can pick and choose where to open the game up,” Sheehey said. “Yogi made a great play on one of them, found

me, and when he gets in the lane and makes plays for everybody else, it’s pretty easy.”

What impressed Piper was how Ferrell controlled the flow and finally let Indiana run away.

“He puts so much pressure on you,” Piper said. “He almost lulled us to sleep. He didn’t hunt baskets in the first half. He kind of jumped up on us in the second. I love the way he manages a game: smart, smart kid.”

The Colonels were plagued by turnovers and poor jump shooting in their final nonconference tuneup before beginning Southland Conference play Jan. 2 against New Orleans.

Indiana wraps up the nonconference slate on Sunday before its Big Ten opener at Illinois on New Year’s Eve. Some fine-tuning is in order, but the Hoosiers know who they want to be.

“We want to get after people,” Ferrell said. “We want to set the pace for the game. We want to come out strong going into this (holiday) break.”

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Boys Basketball Standings Northeast Hoosier Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Homestead 1 0 4 1 New Haven 1 0 3 1 Carroll 0 1 2 3 Columbia City 1 0 3 2 Norwell 1 0 2 1 DeKalb 0 1 2 4 Bellmont 0 1 1 4 East Noble 0 1 0 4 Monday’s Game DeKalb 46, Goshen 33 Tuesday’s Games Snider 74, East Noble 35 Bishop Dwenger 64, Norwell 59 (OT) Wednesday, Dec. 18 Garrett 45, Bellmont 42 Friday, Dec. 20 Norwell 62, DeKalb 50 Columbia City 61, East Noble 51 New Haven 58, Bellmont 32 Homestead 52, Carroll 48 Saturday, Dec. 21 DeKalb at Bishop Dwenger Monday, Dec. 23 Leo at Homestead Northeast Corner Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Prairie Heights 2 0 5 1 Angola 1 1 3 2 Hamilton 1 1 4 3 Westview 2 0 3 2 Fairfield 2 1 3 1 Lakeland 1 1 2 2 West Noble 1 0 5 0 Eastside 0 0 3 2 Churubusco 0 2 0 4 Fremont 0 1 0 4 Central Noble 0 3 0 5 Tuesday’s Games Hamilton 48, Central Noble 46 Eastside 68, Lakewood Park 59 Prairie Heights 64, Bronson, Mich. 30 Wednesday’s Game Concord 67, Lakeland 55 Thursday, Dec. 19 Lakewood Park 62, Fremont 61 Friday, Dec. 20 Westview 54, Angola 49 Fairfield 52, Hamilton 32 Eastside at Lakeland, ppd.

Prairie Heights 65, Churubusco 55 West Noble 79, Central Noble 50 Saturday, Dec. 21 Fairfield at Goshen Monday, Dec. 23 Angola at Garrett Allen County Athletic Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Garrett 2 0 5 1 Bluffton 2 0 4 1 Leo 1 1 2 2 Adams Central 1 1 3 3 South Adams 0 2 2 4 Woodlan 1 1 2 3 Heritage 1 1 1 3 Southern Wells 0 2 0 5 Tuesday’s Game Northfield 71, Southern Wells 38 Wednesday’s Game Garrett 45, Bellmont 42 Friday, Dec. 20 Garrett 91, Leo 82 Woodlan 54, Adams Central 50 Bluffton 59, Southern Wells 32 Heritage 60, South Adams 43 Saturday, Dec. 21 Snider at Bluffton Manchester at Leo Parkway, Ohio at South Adams Monday, Dec. 23 Angola at Garrett Leo at Homestead

Boys Prep Scores Barr-Reeve 70, Shoals 19 Beech Grove 82, Lapel 69 Bloomington South 76, Owen Valley 45 Bluffton 59, Southern Wells 32 Brownsburg 59, Avon 51 Brownstown 71, N. Harrison 43 Cannelton 52, Bloomington Lighthouse 47 Carmel 64, Fishers 45 Center Grove 65, Whiteland 49 Clinton Prairie 55, Delphi 47 Columbia City 61, E. Noble 51 Corydon 78, Scottsburg 44 Cowan 57, Tri 51 Crawfordsville 37, N. Montgomery 30 Crothersville 65, Madison Shawe 48 Danville 54, Lebanon 45, 2OT Edinburgh 57, Hauser 56 Ev. Bosse 52, Washington 46 Fountain Central 60, Attica 55 Ft. Wayne North 58, Ft. Wayne Northrop 51 Greensburg 76, Jennings Co. 52 Hamilton Hts. 55, Western 44 Hamilton Southeastern 64, Zionsville 51 Heritage 60, S. Adams 43 Homestead 52, Carroll (Ft. Wayne) 48 Indpls Brebeuf 65, Indpls Roncalli 59 Indpls Pike 72, Lawrence Central 69, OT Indpls Scecina 57, Speedway 39 Indpls Shortridge 69, Liberty Christian 62 Jac-Cen-Del 59, Southwestern (Jefferson) 30 Jasper 76, Boonville 49 Jay Co. 41, Muncie South 33 Knightstown 50, Eastern Hancock 31 Kouts 79, Westville 59 Lanesville 81, Henryville 48 LaPorte 54, Glenn 50 Linton 66, Shakamak 55 Madison 69, Bedford N. Lawrence 61 Marion 75, Kokomo 51 Martinsville 69, Indian Creek 42 McCutcheon 82, Lafayette Harrison 51 Michigan City 68, Elkhart Central 54 Milan 65, Oldenburg 56 Mississinewa 63, Madison-Grant 50 Mitchell 61, N. Knox 39 Monroe Central 67, Union (Modoc) 60, OT Monrovia 79, Cloverdale 39 Mooresville 74, Terre Haute North 44 N. Daviess 62, Wood Memorial 54 N. Putnam 50, Cascade 48 N. Vermillion 59, Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Chrisman, Ill. 42 New Albany 65, Seymour 40 New Haven 58, Bellmont 32 New Palestine 54, Westfield 39 Noblesville 63, Lafayette Jeff 33 Northridge 53, Goshen 33 Northview 51, Edgewood 38 Northwestern 65, Maconaquah 39 Norwell 62, DeKalb 50 Paoli 60, Austin 50 Penn 84, S. Bend Clay 47 Peru 62, Eastern (Greentown) 38 Pike Central 69, Vincennes Rivet 58 Prairie Hts. 65, Churubusco 55 Providence 34, Charlestown 25 Richmond 74, Huntington North 51 Rochester 47, N. Miami 39 Rossville 74, Carroll (Flora) 73, OT Rushville 59, Lawrenceburg 47 S. Bend Adams 75, S. Bend St. Joseph’s 71 S. Bend Riley 39, Mishawaka 26 Seeger 75, Clinton Central 65 Shelbyville 66, Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 54 Southport 69, Bloomington North 55 Sullivan 77, N. Central (Farmersburg) 26 Switzerland Co. 59, S. Ripley 58 Terre Haute South 74, W. Vigo 46 Tippecanoe Valley 59, Whitko 40 Tipton 54, Lafayette Catholic 51 Union Co. 72, Winchester 64 Vincennes 52, Princeton 48, OT W. Central 54, Frontier 47 W. Lafayette 55, Benton Central 31 W. Noble 79, Central Noble 50 Wabash 49, Northfield 42 Warren Central 49, Indpls Ben Davis 35 Warsaw 67, Wawasee 49 Western Boone 71, Southmont 36 Westview 54, Angola 49 Woodlan 54, Adams Central 50 Yorktown 57, Greenfield 56, OT

Girls Basketball Standings Northeast Hoosier Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Homestead 2 0 8 0 East Noble 2 0 7 1 DeKalb 2 0 6 2 Norwell 1 1 6 1 Columbia City 1 1 7 2 New Haven 0 2 5 5 Carroll 0 2 2 7 Bellmont 0 2 0 9 Tuesday’s Games DeKalb 70, Lakeland 33 East Noble 60, Snider 45 Blackhawk Christian 49, Bellmont 43, OT

Carroll 46, Northrop 36 Homestead 76, FW South Side 63 Columbia City 38, Warsaw 24 Wednesday, Dec. 18 New Haven 49, Adams Central 32 Norwell 56, Huntington North 44 Saturday, Dec. 21 East Noble at Columbia City Carroll at Homestead New Haven at Bellmont Norwell at DeKalb Northeast Corner Conference Conf.

W L Fairfield 4 0 Westview 5 0 West Noble 4 1 Angola 4 2 Fremont 2 4 Prairie Heights 2 3 Lakeland 2 3 Churubusco 1 3 Central Noble 1 4 Hamilton 0 3 Eastside 0 4 Tuesday’s Games Westview 51, Angola 46 DeKalb 70, Lakeland 33 Garrett 44, Fremont 25 Central Noble 55, Hamilton 38 Eastside 52, Lakewood Park 47 Thursday, Dec. 19 Westview 64, Fremont 45 Whitko 64, West Noble 62 Saturday, Dec. 21 Hamilton at Fairfield Central Noble at West Noble Lakeland at Eastside Prairie Heights at Churubusco

Ovrl W L 6 1 9 2 6 4 4 6 5 4 5 5 4 7 4 6 3 6 2 4 1 7

Allen County Athletic Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Garrett 3 0 10 0 Southern Wells 2 1 4 4 Leo 2 1 8 1 Woodlan 2 1 7 2 Heritage 2 1 7 3 South Adams 1 2 8 2 Bluffton 0 3 2 8 Adams Central 0 3 1 7 Monday’s Game South Adams 69, Wes-Del 18 Tuesday’s Games Garrett 44, Fremont 25 Leo 52, FW North Side 45 Concordia 52, Heritage 27 Southwood 44, Bluffton 33 Bishop Dwenger 60, Woodlan 50 Wednesday, Dec. 18 New Haven 49, Adams Central 32 Thursday, Dec. 19 Heritage 75, Lakewood Park 33 South Adams 63, Daleville 36 Saturday, Dec. 21 South Adams at Garrett Adams Central at Bluffton Southern Wells at Leo Woodlan at Heritage

Girls Prep Scores Bloomington Lighthouse 49, Cannelton 38 Cambridge City 34, Union City 30 Cascade 66, N. Putnam 36 Crawfordsville 54, N. Montgomery 30 E. Central 55, S. Dearborn 44 Eastern Hancock 60, Knightstown 48 Edgewood 41, Northview 30 Ft. Wayne Canterbury 74, Ft. Wayne Blackhawk 33 Ft. Wayne Northrop 53, Ft. Wayne North 17 Ft. Wayne Snider 55, Ft. Wayne Wayne 43 Greenwood 55, Franklin 54 Indpls N. Central 58, Carmel 46 Indpls Roncalli 61, Indpls Brebeuf 36 Indpls Shortridge 61, Liberty Christian 27 Lake Central 61, Crown Point 39 Lawrence North 80, Warren Central 28 Lebanon 70, Danville 62 Martinsville 42, Plainfield 29 McCutcheon 40, Lafayette Harrison 27 Monrovia 79, Cloverdale 39 Oak Hill 53, Frankton 36 Richmond 71, Huntington North 48 Riverton Parke 38, S. Vermillion 29 S. Bend Washington 55, Mishawaka Marian 42 Southwestern (Shelby) 73, Indpls Lutheran 37 Tindley 60, Seton Catholic 54 Western Boone 72, Southmont 43

Big Ten Standings Conf. AllGames W L W L Wisconsin 0 0 12 0 Ohio St. 0 0 11 0 Michigan St. 0 0 9 1 Iowa 0 0 10 2 Illinois 0 0 9 2 Minnesota 0 0 9 2 Purdue 0 0 9 3 Indiana 0 0 9 3 Nebraska 0 0 7 3 Penn St. 0 0 8 4 Michigan 0 0 6 4 Northwestern 0 0 6 5 Wednesday’s Games Ohio St. 76, Delaware 64 Thursday’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games Indiana 79, Nicholls St. 66 Nebraska-Omaha at Minnesota, late Saturday’s Games Michigan St. at Texas, 4 p.m.

Illinois vs. Missouri at Scottrade Center, 5:30 p.m.

Notre Dame vs. Ohio St. at Madison Square Garden, 7:30 p.m.

Stanford vs. Michigan at Barclays Center, 8:30 p.m.

The Citadel at Nebraska, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Kennesaw St. at Indiana, Noon Purdue at West Virginia, 1 p.m.

Brown at Northwestern, 2 p.m.

Mount St. Mary’s at Penn St., 2 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff at Iowa, 2 p.m.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 10 4 0 .714 369 311 Miami 8 6 0 .571 310 296 N.Y. Jets 6 8 0 .429 246 367 Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 300 354 South W L T Pct PF PA y-Indianapolis 9 5 0 .643 338 319 Tennessee 5 9 0 .357 326 355 Jacksonville 4 10 0 .286 221 399 Houston 2 12 0 .143 253 375 North W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 9 5 0 .643 354 274 Baltimore 8 6 0 .571 296 277 Pittsburgh 6 8 0 .429 321 332 Cleveland 4 10 0 .286 288 362 West W L T Pct PF PA x-Denver 11 3 0 .786 535 372 x-Kansas City 11 3 0 .786 399 255 San Diego 7 7 0 .500 343 311 Oakland 4 10 0 .286 295 393 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 8 6 0 .571 364 349 Dallas 7 7 0 .500 393 385 N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 251 357 Washington 3 11 0 .214 305 434 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 10 4 0 .714 359 270 Carolina 10 4 0 .714 328 208 Tampa Bay 4 10 0 .286 258 324 Atlanta 4 10 0 .286 309 388 North W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 8 6 0 .571 406 391 Green Bay 7 6 1 .536 353 362 Detroit 7 7 0 .500 362 339 Minnesota 4 9 1 .321 363 425 West W L T Pct PF PA x-Seattle 12 2 0 .857 380 205 San Francisco10 4 0 .714 349 228 Arizona 9 5 0 .643 342 291 St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 316 324 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday’s Game San Diego 27, Denver 20 Sunday’s Games Minnesota 48, Philadelphia 30 Atlanta 27, Washington 26 San Francisco 33, Tampa Bay 14 Seattle 23, N.Y. Giants 0 Chicago 38, Cleveland 31 Indianapolis 25, Houston 3 Buffalo 27, Jacksonville 20 Miami 24, New England 20 Kansas City 56, Oakland 31 Carolina 30, N.Y. Jets 20

Arizona 37, Tennessee 34, OT St. Louis 27, New Orleans 16 Green Bay 37, Dallas 36 Pittsburgh 30, Cincinnati 20 Monday’s Game Baltimore 18, Detroit 16 Sunday, Dec. 22 Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Denver at Houston, 1 p.m.

Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 4:05 p.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.

New England at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m.

Chicago at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 23 Atlanta at San Francisco, 8:40 p.m.

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 12 15 .444 — Toronto 9 14 .391 1 Brooklyn 9 17 .346 2½ New York 8 17 .320 3 Philadelphia 8 19 .296 4 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 20 6 .769 — Atlanta 15 12 .556 5½ Charlotte 13 14 .481 7½ Washington 11 13 .458 8 Orlando 8 18 .308 12 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 20 5 .800 — Detroit 13 15 .464 8½ Cleveland 10 15 .400 10 Chicago 9 16 .360 11 Milwaukee 5 21 .192 15½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 21 5 .808 — Houston 17 9 .654 4 Dallas 15 10 .600 5½ New Orleans 11 13 .458 9 Memphis 10 15 .400 10½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 21 4 .840 — Portland 22 5 .815 — Denver 14 10 .583 6½ Minnesota 13 13 .500 8½ Utah 7 22 .241 16 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 18 9 .667 — Phoenix 14 10 .583 2½ Golden State 14 13 .519 4 L.A. Lakers 12 13 .480 5 Sacramento 7 18 .280 10 Thursday’s Games Oklahoma City 107, Chicago 95 San Antonio 104, Golden State 102 Friday’s Games Philadelphia 121, Brooklyn 120, OT Cleveland 114, Milwaukee 111, OT Miami 122, Sacramento 103 Atlanta 118, Utah 85 Charlotte 116, Detroit 106 Houston at Indiana, late Toronto at Dallas, late Phoenix at Denver, late Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, late Saturday’s Games Memphis at New York, 12 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 1 p.m.

Sacramento at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Houston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

New Orleans at Portland, 10 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Boston at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Boston 35 23 10 2 48 96 74 Tampa Bay 35 21 11 3 45 97 84 Montreal 37 21 13 3 45 92 81 Detroit 37 16 12 9 41 94 101 Toronto 37 18 16 3 39 101 106 Ottawa 37 14 17 6 34 103 122 Florida 36 14 17 5 33 85 112 Buffalo 35 9 23 3 21 63 100 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 37 26 10 1 53 117 80 Washington 35 19 13 3 41 111 104 Philadelphia 35 16 15 4 36 86 97 Carolina 35 14 14 7 35 81 98 New Jersey 36 14 15 7 35 85 90 N.Y. Rangers36 16 18 2 34 82 100 Columbus 35 14 17 4 32 91 100 N.Y. Islanders3610 19 7 27 90 124 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Chicago 37 25 7 5 55 138 102 St. Louis 34 23 7 4 50 119 81 Colorado 34 23 10 1 47 100 80 Minnesota 37 20 12 5 45 86 88 Dallas 34 17 12 5 39 99 102 Nashville 35 16 16 3 35 80 99 Winnipeg 36 15 16 5 35 95 106 Pacific Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Anaheim 37 25 7 5 55 119 93 Los Angeles 36 24 8 4 52 101 69 San Jose 35 21 8 6 48 113 88 Vancouver 37 20 11 6 46 101 90 Phoenix 34 18 10 6 42 106 105 Calgary 35 13 16 6 32 88 111 Edmonton 37 11 23 3 25 95 127 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday’s Games Toronto 2, Phoenix 1, SO Buffalo 4, Boston 2 Philadelphia 5, Columbus 4 Pittsburgh 5, Minnesota 2 Florida 4, Ottawa 2 Detroit 3, Calgary 2, OT Tampa Bay 4, Nashville 2 St. Louis 5, Montreal 1 Dallas 4, Vancouver 1 Colorado 4, Edmonton 2 Los Angeles 4, San Jose 1 Friday’s Games Anaheim 3, New Jersey 2, OT N.Y. Islanders 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 Washington 4, Carolina 2 Vancouver 3, Chicago 2 Winnipeg 5, Florida 2 Saturday’s Games Calgary at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Phoenix at Ottawa, 2 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

FBS Bowl Games Saturday, Dec. 21 New Mexico Bowl Washington State (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-6), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl Fresno State (11-1) vs. Southern Cal (9-4), 3:30 p.m. (ABC) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Buffalo (8-4) vs. San Diego State (7-5), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) New Orleans Bowl Tulane (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 23 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl Ohio (7-5) vs. East Carolina (9-3), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl Oregon State (6-6) vs. Boise State (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Poinsettia Bowl Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Utah State (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl

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Marshall (9-4) vs. Maryland (7-5), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Texas Bowl Minnesota (8-4) vs. Syracuse (6-6), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl BYU (8-4) vs. Washington (8-4), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 28 Pinstripe Bowl Notre Dame (8-4) vs. Rutgers (6-6), Noon (ESPN) Belk Bowl Cincinnati (9-3) vs. North Carolina (6-6), 3:20 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl Miami (9-3) vs. Louisville (11-1), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Kansas State (7-5) vs. Michigan (7-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4), 11:45 a.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl Mississippi (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), 3:15 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl Oregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl Arizona State (10-3) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 31 AdvoCare V100 Bowl Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-5), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl Virginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), 2 p.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4), Noon (ESPNU) Gator Bowl Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4), Noon (ESPN2) Capital One Bowl Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 1 p.m. (ABC) Outback Bowl Iowa (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl Stanford (11-2) vs. Michigan State (12-1), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl Baylor (11-1) vs. UCF (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl Alabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 3 Orange Bowl Ohio State (12-1) vs. Clemson (10-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl Missouri (11-2) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2), 7:30 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 4 BBVA Compass Bowl Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. Houston (8-4), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 5 GoDaddy.com Bowl Arkansas State (7-5) vs. Ball State (10-2), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 6 BCS National Championship Florida State (13-0) vs. Auburn (12-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 18 East-West Shrine Classic East vs. West, 4 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Jan. 25 Senior Bowl South vs. North, 4 p.m. (NFLN)

Mens College Basketball Schedule Saturday, Dec. 21 EAST Coastal Carolina at CCSU, 1 p.m.

Duquesne at Mass.-Lowell, 2 p.m.

Fordham at Monmouth (NJ), 2 p.m.

Holy Cross at NJIT, 2 p.m.

Maine at Providence, 2 p.m.

Youngstown St. at St. John’s, 2 p.m.

UMBC at George Washington, 2:30 p.m.

Saint Joseph’s at Loyola (Md.), 3 p.m.

Buffalo vs. Manhattan at the Barclays Center, 3 p.m.

Fairleigh Dickinson at Columbia, 4 p.m.

Longwood at Dartmouth, 4 p.m.

Vermont at Harvard, 4 p.m.

Cal Poly at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Rider at Villanova, 4 p.m.

Lamar at Canisius, 4:15 p.m.

St. Bonaventure at Niagara, 5 p.m.

Temple vs. LIU Brooklyn at the Barclays Center, 5:30 p.m.

Quinnipiac at Lehigh, 7 p.m.

Ohio St. vs. Notre Dame at Madison Square Garden, 7:30 p.m.

Michigan vs. Stanford at the Barclays Center, 8 p.m.

Bryant at Delaware, 9:30 p.m.

SOUTH Belmont at Kentucky, Noon Navy at N. Kentucky, Noon East Carolina at NC State, Noon Hiwassee at Gardner-Webb, 1 p.m.

Boston U. at Maryland, 1 p.m.

Milligan at Appalachian St., 2 p.m.

Johnson & Wales (NC) at Campbell, 2 p.m.

UMass vs. Florida St. at the BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla., 2 p.m.

W. Carolina at Georgia, 2 p.m.

Wilmington (Del.) at Md.-Eastern Shore, 2 p.m.

Old Dominion at UNC Wilmington, 2 p.m.

Murray St. at W. Kentucky, 2 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at Wake Forest, 2 p.m.

Wofford at Winthrop, 2 p.m.

Kent St. at Coll. of Charleston, 3 p.m.

Hampton vs. James Madison at Richmond (Va.) Coliseum, 3 p.m.

Austin Peay at ETSU, 4 p.m.

Lyon at Grambling St., 4 p.m.

Alabama St. at Tulane, 4 p.m.

Rio Grande at UCF, 4 p.m.

Georgia Tech at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m.

N. Iowa at Virginia, 4 p.m.

Fresno St. vs. Florida at the BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla., 4:30 p.m.

UAB at LSU, 5 p.m.

Davidson at North Carolina, 5 p.m.

SE Louisiana at UT-Martin, 5 p.m.

VCU vs. Virginia Tech at Richmond (Va.) Coliseum, 5:30 p.m.

Louisville at FIU, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Northeastern at Devlin Fieldhouse, New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Southeastern (Fla.) vs. Valparaiso at CFE Arena, Orlando, Fla., 6:30 p.m.

Xavier at Alabama, 7 p.m.

SC-Upstate at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Arkansas St. at Marshall, 7 p.m.

Bethune-Cookman at North Florida, 7 p.m.

SE Missouri at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Miami (Ohio) at Tennessee St., 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Georgetown at Kansas, Noon E. Michigan at Oakland, 1 p.m.

Middle Tennessee at Cincinnati, 2 p.m.

Fairfield at Green Bay, 2 p.m.

E. Illinois at IPFW, 2 p.m.

Cleveland St. at Toledo, 2 p.m.

Prairie View at W. Michigan, 2 p.m.

Butler at Evansville, 3:05 p.m.

Ball St. at S. Illinois, 3:05 p.m.

Gonzaga at Kansas St., 3:30 p.m.

IUPUI at Indiana St., 3:35 p.m.

NC A&T at Saint Louis, 4 p.m.

S. Dakota St. at North Dakota, 5 p.m.

Illinois vs. Missouri at Scottrade Center, St. Louis, 5:30 p.m.

UMKC at Wright St., 7 p.m.

Towson at N. Dakota St., 8 p.m.

Alabama A&M at Missouri St., 8:05 p.m.

The Citadel at Nebraska, 8:30 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Tulsa at TCU, Noon Charleston Southern at Cent.

Arkansas, 1 p.m.

CS Bakersfield at Texas-Arlington, 2 p.m.

Wayland Baptist at North Texas, 4 p.m.

Michigan St. at Texas, 4 p.m.

Rice vs. Houston at the Toyota Center, 4:30 p.m.

Texas-Tyler at Texas St., 5:30 p.m.

Dallas Baptist at Oral Roberts, 7 p.m.

Elmhurst at Stephen F. Austin, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

South Alabama at Arkansas, 8 p.m.

FAR WEST Montana St.-Billings at Long Beach St., 3 p.m.

Westminster (Utah) at San Jose St.,

3 p.m.

UC Irvine at Denver, 4 p.m.

Houston Baptist at Pepperdine, 4 p.m.

S. Utah at San Diego, 5 p.m.

Air Force at UC Davis, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento St. at Cal St.-Fullerton, 6:05 p.m.

Texas Tech at Arizona St., 6:30 p.m.

W. Illinois vs. UC Santa Barbara at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, Logan, Utah, 7:30 p.m.

Pacific vs. Bradley at South Point Arena, Las Vegas, 8:30 p.m.

UTEP at Washington St., 8:30 p.m.

La Sierra at Loyola Marymount, 9 p.m.

Marquette vs. New Mexico at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, 9 p.m.

N. New Mexico at New Mexico St., 9 p.m.

McNeese St. at San Diego St., 10 p.m.

Troy at Utah St., 10:05 p.m.

BYU at Oregon, 10:30 p.m.

Princeton vs. Portland at South Point Arena, Las Vegas, 11 p.m.

Oklahoma St. vs. Colorado at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, 11:30 p.m.

TOURNAMENTS BVI Tropical Shootout At Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands Third Place, 6 p.m.

Championship, 8 p.m.

Men’s Top 25 Basketball Schedule Saturday’s Games No. 3 Ohio State vs. Notre Dame at Madison Square Garden, 7:30 p.m.

No. 5 Michigan State at Texas, 4 p.m.

No. 6 Louisville at Florida International, 6 p.m.

No. 7 Oklahoma State vs. No. 20 Colorado at Las Vegas, 11:30 p.m.

No. 8 Villanova vs. Rider, 4 p.m.

No. 13 Oregon vs. BYU, 10:30 p.m.

No. 14 North Carolina vs. Davidson, 5 p.m.

No. 15 Memphis vs. Southeast Missouri State, 8 p.m.

No. 16 Florida vs. Fresno State at the BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla., 4:30 p.m.

No. 18 Kansas vs. Georgetown, Noon No. 19 Kentucky vs. Belmont, Noon No. 21 Gonzaga at Kansas State, 3:30 p.m.

No. 22 UMass vs. Florida State at the BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla., 2 p.m.

No. 23 Missouri vs. Illinois at Scottrade Center, St. Louis, 5:30 p.m.

No. 24 San Diego State vs. McNeese State, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games No. 10 UConn at Washington, 3:30 p.m.

No. 11 Wichita State vs. North Carolina Central, 8 p.m.

No. 12 Baylor vs. Southern U., 5 p.m.

No. 17 Iowa State vs. George Mason at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, 5:30 p.m.

No. 25 Iowa vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 2 p.m.

Women’s Top 25 Basketball Schedule Saturday’s Games No. 3 Tennessee at No. 6 Stanford, 4:30 p.m.

No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 11 Colorado, 1 p.m.

No. 13 Oklahoma State at Georgia Tech, 5 p.m.

No. 14 North Carolina vs. High Point, 1 p.m.

No. 16 Georgia at Rutgers, 2 p.m.

No. 19 Nebraska vs. South Dakota, 3:30 p.m.

No. 20 Oklahoma at Marist, 7 p.m.

No. 22 Iowa vs. Drake, 5 p.m.

No. 23 Syracuse vs. Saint Joseph’s, 1 p.m.

No. 25 Gonzaga at Washington State, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games No. 1 UConn vs. No. 21 California at Madison Square Garden, 1:30 p.m.

No. 2 Duke at No. 5 Kentucky, 3 p.m.

No. 4 Notre Dame vs. Central Michigan, 2 p.m.

No. 10 South Carolina vs. South Carolina State, 1 p.m.

No. 17 Penn State vs. Alcorn State, 11 a.m.

No. 18 Purdue vs. Bowling Green, Noon

ATP World Tour Finals Rankings 1, Rafael Nadal, Spain, 13030. 2, Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 12110. 3, David Ferrer, Spain, 5800. 4, Andy Murray, Britain, 5790. 5, Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 5255. 6, Roger Federer, Switzerland, 4205. 7, Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 4180. 8, Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 3730. 9, Richard Gasquet, France, 3300. 10, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3065.

WTA Tennis Ranking 1, Serena Williams, 13260. 2, Victoria Azarenka, 8046. 3, Li Na, 6045. 4, Maria Sharapova, 5891. 5, Agnieszka Radwanska, 5875. 6, Petra Kvitova, 4775. 7, Sara Errani, 4435. 8, Jelena Jankovic, 4170. 9, Angelique Kerber, 3965. 10, Caroline Wozniacki, 3520.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Final Standings 1, Jimmie Johnson, 2,419. 2, Matt Kenseth, 2,400. 3, Kevin Harvick, 2,385. 4, Kyle Busch, 2,364. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,363. 6, Jeff Gordon, 2,337. 7, Clint Bowyer, 2,336. 8, Joey Logano, 2,323. 9, Greg Biffle, 2,321.

10, Kurt Busch, 2,309.

IndyCars Final Standings 1, Scott Dixon, 577. 2, Helio Castroneves, 550. 3, Simon Pagenaud, 508. 4, Will Power, 498. 5, Marco Andretti, 484. 6, Justin Wilson, 472.

7, Ryan Hunter-Reay, 469. 8, James Hinchcliffe, 449. 9, Charlie Kimball, 427. 10, Dario Franchitti, 418.

Transactions BASEBALL MLB — Suspended Baltimore LHP Troy Patton 25 games, without pay, after testing positive for an amphetamine in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Named Jim Rickon hitting coach and Chad Wolfe athletic trainer for Columbus (IL); David Wallace manager, Rouglas Odorm hitting coach, Jeff Harris Pitching coach and Jeremy Heller athletic trainer for Akron (EL); Scooter Tucker manager, Tony Mansolino hitting coach and Steve Karsay pitching coach for Carolina (Carolina); Mark Budzinski manager, Shaun Larkin hitting coach and Rigo Beltran pitching coach for Lake County (MWL); Phil Clark hitting coach and Greg Hibbard pitching coach for Mahoning Valley (NYP); Mark Allen pitching coach for Arizona (GCL) and Jesus Sanchez pitching coach for Indians (DSL). Named Luis Ortiz minor league assistant field coordinator and Edwin Rodriguez minor league special assistant.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Named Gary Tuck bullpen coach; Trey Hillman special assistant, major and minor league operations; Mike Quade roving outfield and baserunning instructor, and Matthew Krause strength and conditioning coordinator.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed C Chris Gimenez off waivers from the Tampa Bay. Agreed to terms with 1B Daric Barton on a one-year contract.

Released LHP Pedro Figueroa.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with INF Eric Chavez on a one-year contract.

CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with LHPs Jonathan Sanchez, Tsuyoshi Wada and Tommy Hottovy and OF Mitch Maier on minor league contracts.

CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Jose Diaz and Chien-Ming Wang, LHP Lee Hyde, Cs Corky Miller, Rossmel Perez and Max Ramirez, INFs Argenis Diaz, Reynaldo Navarro and Kristopher Negron, and OF Jason Bourgeois on minor league contracts.

SPORTS BRIEFS • Notre Dame to play at Fenway Park in 2014 SOUTH BEND (AP) — Notre Dame won’t play a Big Ten opponent in 2015, the first time that’s happened in more than 100 years, but the Fighting Irish will play a home game against Boston College at Fenway Park.

Athletic director Jack Swarbrick released schedules for the next three seasons on Friday, saying a goal was to follow the model Jesse Harper started back in 1913 when he scheduled games at Army, Penn State and Texas and helped give the Fighting Irish a national following.

The Irish play Purdue at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis next season, Syracuse at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., in 2014 and 2016, Navy at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., next season and Army in San Antonio in 2016.

They open the 2015 season at home against Texas and open at the Longhorns in 2016.

Chien-Ming Wang among 10 agreeing with Reds CINCINNATI (AP) — Pitcher Chien-Ming Wang was among 10 players who agreed to minor league contracts with the Cincinnati Reds and will report to big league spring training camp.

A 19-game winner with the New York Yankees in both 2006 and 2007, Wang spent most of this year at Triple-A for the Yankees and Blue Jays. The 33-year-old right-hander was 1-2 with a 7.67 ERA in six starts with Toronto.

Also agreeing to deals Friday were right-hander Jose Diaz; left-hander Lee Hyde; catchers Corky Miller, Rossmel Perez and Max Ramirez; infielders Argenis Diaz, Reynaldo Navarro and Kristopher Negron; and outfielder Jason Bourgeois.

Financing plan for new Red Wings arena approved DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit City Council has approved a financing plan for a new Detroit Red Wings hockey arena and entertainment complex just outside downtown.

The council also on Friday extended the boundaries of a Downtown Development Authority district to include land where the project could be constructed.

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Briefs • ‘Whatever’ again most annoying word POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — When it comes to phrases that annoy, it looks like it’s “whatever” forever.

Pollsters at Marist College in Poughkeepsie N.Y., found that Americans considered “whatever” to be the most annoying word or phrase in conversation for a fifth straight year.

Thirty-eight percent of adults polled said “whatever” was most annoying in conversation, followed by “like” at 22 percent and “you know” at 18 percent. Bringing up the rear were “just sayin,’” and “obviously.”

The telephone poll of 1,173 adults living in the continental United States was conducted Dec. 3 through Dec. 5 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

Palestinians spoof Van Damme ad to show their suffering GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are spoofing a viral online video featuring Jean Claude Van Damme to highlight their suffering.

In the original video, the Belgian martial artist-actor does a split between two Volvo semitrailers driving in reverse. The ad, to show the precision of Volvo steering, has drawn more than 61 million views on YouTube.

In the Gaza version, the camera focuses in on a Palestinian mirroring Van Damme’s solemn expression of concentration, as a voiceover talks of the tiny territory’s woes like electricity and water cut-offs. “Still, Van Damme isn’t better than me,” the voice declares.

But, it adds, “unfortunately, there is no gas in town.”

The camera pulls back to reveal he is standing on two cars being pushed down a highway by several other men. As the cars draw apart, he does a slight split.

Gaza has suffered from chronic fuel shortages since Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade on the territory in response to the Hamas militant group’s seizure of power in 2007. The situation has worsened since a coup in neighboring Egypt last July.

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All London theaters checked after collapse LONDON (AP) — Authorities inspected all 52 of London’s famed West End theaters Friday, trying to reassure theatergoers that the city’s elegant but aging venues are safe after chunks of plaster fell from the Apollo Theatre’s ceiling, injuring 79 people.

Westminster Council, the local authority for the area, said the safety inspections turned up no immediate problems.

“Making sure people are safe when they come to the West End is an absolute priority,” said council leader Philippa Roe. London police said they had ruled out criminal activity as a cause for the partial ceiling collapse on Thursday night. One line of inquiry for investigators is whether a brief but intense rainstorm an hour before was a factor.

Witnesses described chaos and panic as large chunks of plaster, wooden beams and dust rained down on the Apollo’s audience 45 minutes into a performance of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”

“I thought, maybe this is part of the play,” said Scott

Daniels, an American tourist from the Dallas area. “All of a sudden, plaster starts raining down, huge hunks of plaster … The lights went out and everything filled with dust — everybody was coughing and choking.”

London Ambulance Service said Friday it had treated 79 people, 56 of whom were taken to local hospitals in ambulances and commandeered London buses. Of these, 47 were “walking wounded” with minor injuries, while nine people “had suffered more serious injuries including head and back injuries.”

Nimax Theatres, which owns the Apollo, called the incident “shocking and upsetting.”

Like many of London’s West End theaters, the Apollo is more than a century old, built in 1901. It seats 775 people.

The Theatres Trust, which helps preserve Britain’s historic playhouses, said theater plasterwork in London is inspected regularly and certified by independent experts.

Westminster Council

Usher: Bieber just having usual trouble LOS ANGELES (AP) — Usher says though Justin Bieber had a wild year, people shouldn’t count the pop singer out just yet.

“I mean more money more problems,” the R&B singer said in an interview Wednesday at the premiere of “Justin Bieber Believe” in Los Angeles.

“The beautiful part about it is that those that Bieber are invested in a long term story you understand that there are peaks and valleys in every person’s life some. Unfortunately the reality is he has to live with a camera in front of him, but what he chooses to do on or off camera is analyzed or scrutinized in some off way.”

Earlier this year Bieber was caught on camera clashing with a paparazzo.

While touring the pop star fainted backstage at a London show and had to be taken to a hospital.

These incidents came after photos of Bieber appearing to smoke marijuana hit the Web. During the summer, he also had to apologize by phone to Bill Clinton, for cursing the former president and spraying his photo with cleaning fluid in a New York City restaurant kitchen.

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Police stand outside The Apollo Theatre in London Friday. Authorities are carrying out a structural assessment at the Apollo

said an investigation was under way and an initial assessment by surveyors had found that the Apollo’s ceiling structure remained sound. It also said the Apollo’s health and safety checks were all up to date.

The building remained

Theatre after the partial collapse of its ceiling injured more than 75 people in the packed auditorium Thursday.

cordoned off to the public Friday. The National Theatre, producers of “Curious Incident,” said performances had been canceled through Jan. 4.

Marc Sinden, director of the documentary series “Great West End Theatres,”

said despite the accident, London’s theaters are extremely safe.

“These theaters have been around for a very long time, but they are looked after and regularly maintained. They are looked after daily,” he said.

Healthcare sign-ups surge, but challenges still ahead

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Looking for Christmas cheer A ferret explores under a Christmas tree at the Oklahoma City Zoo in Oklahoma City Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — His health care plan facing a dicey transition, President Barack Obama said Friday that insurance sign-ups are surging now that the government’s website is working better for consumers. But it was too soon to say the rollout has turned the corner.

More than 1 million people have enrolled since Oct. 1, Obama said at his end-of-the-year press conference. That’s more than two-and-a-half times the number on Nov. 30, when major fixes to the website were completed.

At that point, only 365,000 had signed up through new federal and state markets offering subsidized private insurance.

“That is a big deal,” Obama said of getting coverage for uninsured people. “That’s why I ran for this office.”

Separately, officials said 3.9 million people have qualified for government health care through the law’s Medicaid expansion.

Even so, things aren’t exactly humming along.

HealthCare.gov was

down for part of the day Friday, as technicians attempted to fix an error that occurred Thursday night when the site was undergoing routine maintenance, officials explained.

The administration cannot afford for the balky website to crash this weekend. Because of Monday’s deadline to sign up so coverage can take effect Jan. 1, unusually heavy traffic is expected on the federal site and those run by states.

Largely hidden from consumers, another set of technical problems is frustrating insurers, who say the government continues to send them inaccurate data on some enrolled individuals. Insurers call some of those jumbled enrollment files “orphans” and others “ghosts.”

They could turn into gremlins after Jan. 1 for some patients trying to use their new coverage.

Consumers might show up at the pharmacy counter or doctor’s office only to be told they’re not in the system.

That’s not the only

potential issue. Administration officials are scrambling to prevent breaks in coverage among more than 4 million people whose individual policies were cancelled this fall because they did not meet the law’s requirements. An estimated 500,000 have yet to secure new coverage. On Thursday, the administration said those individuals would not be penalized for remaining uninsured, and that they could also have access to special bare-bones catastrophic insurance plans.

The president minimized the significance of that accommodation Friday, calling it a net to catch a small number of people who may slip through the cracks.

Still tinkering with the website, the administration now faces crucial deadlines within a two-week stretch.

The last day to sign up for coverage to take effect with the new year is Monday. And Jan. 1 is the day the people can start using their new policies.

Starting then, the law forbids insurers from turning away people with pre-existing medical conditions.

Rebels seize control of oil fields in South Sudan JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Armed rebels were said to be in control of some of South Sudan’s oil fields Friday, raising questions of how long the country’s oil will flow and whether Sudan could enter the conflict.

President Salva Kiir implored his country to turn away from ethnic violence and met Friday with foreign ministers from neighboring states, including Kenya and Ethiopia, who flew into Juba, the capital, to help calm tensions after a week of ethnic strife that is estimated to have killed hundreds.

Kiir did not speak publicly, but the government’s Twitter feed attributed this quote to him: “Those who may want to take the law into their hands, the long arm of the government will get them.”

The United Nations expressed alarm at an attack

by “approximately 2,000 armed elements” on a U.N. base in Jonglei state that killed two peacekeepers from India. A statement from the secretary-general’s office said a number of civilians seeking refuge there Thursday were killed.

Fighting continued to spread on Friday in Jonglei and Unity state, an oil area, as armed groups opposed to the nation’s military emerged, said a South Sudan expert communicating with combatants and U.N. officials in strife-torn regions outside the capital.

“We’ve seen the conflict expand quite rapidly and quite dramatically in recent days. We’ve seen the emergence of different armed groups under different commands, said Casie Copeland, South Sudan analyst for the International Crisis Group.

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Civilians fleeing violence seek refuge at the UNMISS compound in Bor, capital of Jonglei state, in South Sudan. Less than three years after its creation, the world’s

newest country is beginning to fracture along ethnic lines in violence that has killed hundreds of people.

Uganda passes severe anti-homosexuality laws KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan lawmakers on Friday passed an anti-gay bill that calls for life imprisonment for certain homosexual acts, drawing criticism from rights campaigners who called it “the worst in the world.”

The legislations sets life imprisonment as

the penalty for gay sex involving an HIV-infected person, acts with minors and the disabled, as well as repeated sex offenses among consenting adults, according to the office of a spokeswoman for Uganda’s parliament.

The bill also prescribes a seven-year jail term for

a person who “conducts a marriage ceremony” for same-sex couples.

When the bill was first introduced in 2009, it was widely condemned for including the death penalty, but that was removed from the revised version passed by parliament.

President Yoweri

Museveni must sign the bill within 30 days for it to become law. Although in the past he spoke disparagingly of gays, in recent times Museveni has softened his position, saying he is only opposed to gays who appear to “promote” themselves.

“In our society there were a few homosexuals,”

Museveni said in March.

“There was no persecution, no killings and no marginalization of these people but they were regarded as deviants. Sex among Africans, including heterosexuals, is confidential.

If I am to kiss my wife in public, I would lose an election in Uganda.”

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Sister blocks out real world by going viral DEAR ABBY: My younger sister “Lainie” is 14.

She has had a smartphone for about a year. While I don’t belong to any social media sites, Lainie is a social media junkie. She never goes anywhere without her phone. Sometimes she’ll have her phone in one hand and her tablet in the other, taking turns when one or the other begins to bore her. It’s almost impossible to interact with her because her face is buried in the virtual world just about every hour of the day and night.

I miss the way things used to be before she got that smartphone. What are your thoughts on this topic?

— GADGET GIRL’S SISTER DEAR SISTER: It’s common for teens to spend a lot of time on their phones and computers. But when they become withdrawn and secretive, it is time for a parental intervention.

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If your folks are equally concerned about your sister’s behavior, they should step in, find out what’s going on and do something about it, if necessary. If they don’t already, they could start by scheduling DEAR family ABBY dinners during which cellphones Jeanne Phillips are turned off or put away.

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DEAR ABBY: Christmas is nearly here, and I’m concerned about my brother. I’m afraid he blames himself for his 28-year-old daughter’s suicide, which was by no means his fault. This will be

his first Christmas without her. I don’t know what to do for him. Any suggestions? — CHALLENGED DEAR CHALLENGED: When a close family member commits suicide, it is common for survivors to experience a range of emotions. Anger and guilt are two of them. If possible, encourage your brother to spend Christmas with you or other relatives. You should also suggest he join a survivors support group.

The American Association of Suicidology provides referrals to local self-help groups for survivors of suicide. Its website is suicidology.org.

DEAR ABBY is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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It’s not just your back muscles that need strengthening and stretching; other muscles also are important in keeping your back straight.

Specifically, a stretching and strengthening regimen should target your back, abdominal and buttock muscles.

Together, these muscles help maintain an upright posture and support the back during walking, standing and sitting.

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• In 1988, 270 people were killed when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a Pam Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, sending wreckage crashing to the ground.

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DEAR DOCTOR K: My lower back has been giving me trouble. Could you describe some exercises to strengthen it?

DEAR READER: If misery loves company, you’ll be glad to hear that there are many people who have back problems. One large survey conducted by the government found that about one out of every four adults had suffered from back pain lasting at least a whole day in the previous three months.

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If you were exercising before your back pain and had to slow down or stop because of it, don’t resume exercising at the same level as before the episode. If you try to pick up where you left off, you might hurt your back again. Gradually build back up to where you were before.

I advise working with an expert to develop a suitable exercise program. Ask your doctor to recommend a physiatrist (a doctor who specializes in physical medicine), a physical therapist or a reputable personal trainer. The right exercise program will help you build strong, flexible muscles that will be less prone to injury.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Holiday travelers in the Midwest and parts East and South were keeping a leery eye Friday on a band of foul weather stretching across the nation’s midsection that was threatening to mar the opening weekend of one of the year’s busiest travel periods.

Forecasters were predicting a stew of foul weekend weather, from freezing rain and snow in the north to torrential rain in the Ohio Valley and Appalachia and possibly even tornadoes in the South.

The worst of the storm wasn’t expected to hit Midwest population centers until Saturday, and although few flights had been cancelled as of midday Friday, the weather was taking a toll on air travel: FlightStats.com reported more than 1,900 U.S. delays, with the most at Chicago’s O’Hare, Denver International, and the three big New York-area airports.

The foul weather could cause headaches for the estimated 94.5 million Americans planning to travel by road or air during this holiday season, which runs from Saturday through New Year’s Day. Concerns were similar a month ago, when a winter storm hit just as people were traveling for Thanksgiving.

Tom Griffith, a financial planner from suburban Little Rock, Ark., moved up his departure time for a two-day road trip to Cincinnati so he could get ahead of bad weather.

“The TV said severe weather would impact southeast Arkansas up to Memphis in the afternoon.

My plan is to be past Memphis before noon,” Griffith said Friday. “I guess my biggest concern would be the wind with the semis on the interstates.”

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temperatures on Friday, New England appeared to be next in the storm front’s crosshairs, creating pre-Christmas travel worries from Chicago and Detroit to Boston and New York.

Temperatures that hovered in the 60s in some parts of the Midwest on Thursday plummeted overnight, and freezing rain Friday morning snarled traffic and forced some school closures in Michigan and Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said Interstate 90/94 was ice-covered from Tomah and Mauston. The state was bracing for significant snow, sleet and ice.

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in the Midwest to thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in the South, is arriving just in time for one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.

Service issued a flash flood watch from Arkansas northeastward through parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, with up to 4 inches of rain projected.

With falling temperatures, some of that could be freezing rain by Saturday night in the St. Louis area, weather service meteorologist Jon Carney said.

Forecasters said thunderstorms would likely develop in the South.

The area that was most in peril stretched from central and northeastern Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and southeast Missouri, where 80 mph wind gusts and flash flooding were possible.

By Sunday night, the

storm systems will be hammering the East Coast.

Some New England and mid-Atlantic states could see rare winter thunderstorms.

Tom Kines, an AccuWeather meteorologist, said the unsettled weather comes as a cold front in the northern U.S. clashes with unusually warm and humid air coming up from the South. He said that warm air will lead to record or near-record highs in many places over the next day or two.

The warm air, though, will bring plenty of trouble to some areas.

“I think there’s a high likelihood there will be severe storms with hail and damaging wind” in parts of the South, Kines said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a solid 4.1 percent annual rate from July through September, the fastest pace since late 2011 and significantly higher than previously thought. Much of the upward revision came from stronger consumer spending.

The Commerce Department’s final look at growth in the summer was up from a previous estimate of 3.6 percent. Four-fifths of the revision in the report released Friday came from stronger consumer spending, mainly in the area of health care.

The 4.1 percent annual growth rate in the third quarter, as measured by the gross domestic product, came after the economy had expanded at a 2.5 percent rate in the second quarter.

Much of the acceleration reflected a buildup in business stockpiles.

On Friday, President Barack Obama pointed to the upward revision to GDP growth as one of several signs of improvement in the economy. They include four straight months of solid job growth and a drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest point in five years.

“What it adds up to is we head into next year with an economy that’s stronger than it was when we started the year,” Obama said at a White House news conference. “I firmly believe that 2014 can be a breakthrough year for America.”

The GDP report also gave a boost to Wall Street.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up about 80 points in late afternoon trading.

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That gain isn’t likely to be repeated in the fourth quarter. Many analysts think growth will slow to an annual rate between 2.5 percent and 3 percent this quarter before picking up next year.

The third-quarter increase in GDP —the economy’s total output of goods and services — was the best performance since a 4.9 percent increase in the final three months of 2011.

Still, analysts expect that for the year, the GDP will expand only around 1.7 percent, down from the 2.8 percent growth of 2012. Much of that drop-off occurred because consumer spending was depressed by higher taxes that took effect last January and the government’s across-the-board spending cuts. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated those two factors shaved 1.5 percentage points from growth in 2013.

But the drag from the government is expected to lessen in 2014. Many analysts are looking for growth to hit 2.5 percent or better in 2014.

Outside the volatility caused by changes in stockpiles, many analysts say the economy has begun to improve in the current quarter. Steady hiring has lowered the unemployment rate to a five-year low of 7 percent. And much of the November data so far have been upbeat.

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Our Fort Wayne office offers a casual atmosphere with lots of humor and teamwork in creating compelling digital products. Schedule is flexible at 36 hours. Some responsibilities may be time-sensitive and a rotating Saturday morning (1-2 hours) time slot will also be shared.

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CAMPERS/RV

2 Drawer Gray filing cabinet, $5.00.

(260) 347-2349

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SANTA FE RR Wall Clock- 100 yrs old.

Nice Oak Case 36 in.

Tall- Runs great!

(260)486-4504

SERVING

Indiana Auto Auction, Inc.--Huge Year End Sale. Monday, 10am, Dec. 30th. Over 100 repossessed units for sale. Cash only. $500 deposit per person required. Register 8am-9:30am to bid.

No public entry after 9:30am. All vehicles sold AS IS! 4425 W. Washington Center Road, FtW. (A)

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Guaranteed Top Dollar For Junk Cars, Trucks & Vans. Call Jack @ 260-466-8689

PETS/ANIMALS

For Sale.

Cedar Chest $160.00, Eclipse Elliptical $260.00, Air Conditioner $160.00, Ball Python,tank and heat lights $160.00. Call 260-668-6060.

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2000 Lincoln Towncar 151k mi., always serviced w/ Max Platt $4,000. 318-4487

APPLES, CIDER & CHRISTMAS TREES Mon. - Sat. • 9 - 5:30 Sun. • 11 - 5 GW Stroh Orchards Angola (260) 665-7607

2ND BEST FURNITURE Thurs & Fri 10-5, Sat 8-3 8451 N. S.R. 9 1 MILE N. OF 6 & 9

Wolcottville 2 & 3 BR from $100/wk also LaOtto location.

574-202-2181

(260) 238-4787

FARM/GARDEN

FURNITURE

Waterloo Newer 2 BR, 2 BA, nice, updated, $500. mo., $500. dep. (pmts) 10% Cash incentive for prompt payments.

Concord Pk. #36 (734) 788-1250

Junk Auto Buyer

up to $1000.00

CARS

MERCHANDISE

Hamilton Lake

IVAN’S TOWING

1 & ONLY PLACE TO CALL--to get rid of that junk car, truck or van!!

Cash on the spot!

Free towing. Call 260-745-8888. (A)

English/Olde English Bull Dogs, 10 weeks, UTD for shots & dewormers.

260 463-1841

Avilla 1 & 2 BR APTS $450-$550/ per month. Call 260-897-3188

Ashley Small 2 BR home for rent or Sale. 495-7923 or 260 243-0272

ATTENTION: Paying up to $1000 for scrap cars. Used tires 4 sale also. 318-2571

260 349-2685

*Restrictions Apply

260-349-0996

HOME EVERY NIGHT

HOMES FOR SALE

STUFF

Full & Part Time All Shifts

HOMES

99

(260) 333-5457

MERCHANDISE UNDER $50

Brand NEW in plastic!

Healthcare

“FAMILY TAKING CARE OF FAMILY is Courtyard Healthcare Center’s mission.

It is our purpose that everyone encounters kindness, competence, and compassion upon entering our facility.

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Whether you are a first-time buyer, investor, or are relocating, the Northeast Indiana Real Estate Guide is sure to have just what you have in mind.

The Northeast Indiana Real Estate Guide is available monthly at no cost to you.

Copies are located at real estate agencies and throughout Northeast Indiana.

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