The News Sun – December 6, 2013

FRIDAY December 6, 2013

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Weather Afternoon snow expected, high 30.

Tonight’s low in the mid-teens.

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Inside Today Our holiday gift guide will warm you with stories of fond Christmas memories and acts of kindness for the season.

Area expected to miss worst of storm FROM STAFF REPORTS

FORT WAYNE — A winter storm warning forecasting freezing rain, sleet, ice and snow means difficult driving conditions are likely for motorists in southern and central Indiana, as well as counties in northeastern Indiana, beginning early today, said information from the Indiana Department of Transportation.

Forecasts from the National Weather Service so far have not included the four northeast counties in the watches or warnings. There is a chance of snow in northeast Indiana today and Saturday.

Heavy snow could fall in central and southern Indiana.

Mary Foster, INDOT spokeswoman, said the highway department plans to mobilize salt trucks and snow plows ahead of the advancing winter storm — with the worst conditions predicted to track from southwestern Indiana to the Interstate 70 corridor across the central portion of the state.

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World icon Mandela, 95, dies South Africa’s ‘greatest son’ fought against apartheid, worked for peace among nations JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela was a master of forgiveness.

South Africa’s first black president spent nearly a third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid, yet he sought to win over its defeated guardians in a relatively peaceful transition of power that inspired the world.

As head of state, the former boxer, lawyer and inmate lunched with the prosecutor who argued successfully for his incarceration. He sang the apartheid-era Afrikaans anthem at his inauguration and traveled hundreds of miles to have tea with the widow of the prime minister in power at the time he was sent to prison.

It was this generosity of spirit that made Mandela, who died Thursday at the age of 95, a global symbol of sacrifice and reconciliation in a world often jarred by

conflict and division.

Mandela’s stature as a fighter against apartheid — the system of white racist rule he called evil — and a seeker of peace with his enemies was on a par with that of other men he admired: American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. and Indian independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, both of whom were assassinated while actively engaged in their callings.

Mandela’s death deprived the world of one of one of the great figures of modern history and set the stage for days of mourning and reflection about a colossus of the 20th century who projected astonishing grace, resolve and good humor.

Dressed in black, South African President Jacob Zuma made the announcement on television. He said Mandela died “peacefully,” surrounded by family, at around

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Newly-elected African National Congress President Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, greet the crowd after arriving at a rally and a week-long national ANC conference held inside South Africa for the first time in 30 years in this 1991 file photo.

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“We’ve lost our greatest son.

Our nation has lost its greatest son.

Our people have lost a father,” Zuma said. “Although we knew SEE MANDELA, PAGE A8

Foundation honors givers Man gets

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BY BOB BUTTGEN bbuttgen@kpcmedia.com

LIGONIER — People who make a world of difference in their own small part of the world were recognized for their volunteer efforts Thursday at the Noble County Community Foundation offices in Ligonier.

Ten local citizens were presented with awards at the 18th annual Giver of Gifts recognition ceremony.

Recipients ranged from a mother of nine to a cancer survivor and a pastor. About 40 people attended.

“A volunteer is someone who freely offers to do something for others,” said Linda Yerick, executive director of the community foundation. “The people we are recognizing here today represent many nonprofit groups in Noble County. The success of your organizations is due to the dedication of these volunteers.”

Those being honored each received a lapel pin and a fruit basket, as their accomplishments were summarized by representatives of the groups that nominated them. The program was sponsored

by Community State Bank.

The 2013 Givers of Gifts awards were presented to these volunteers:

BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com

BOB BUTTGEN

Recipients who were on hand to receive their 2013 Givers of Gift awards from the Noble County Community Foundation on Thursday included, in the front, Angie Roth and Brent Wedding; second row, Patty Benjamin, left, and LuReign Brown; third row, Judy Hass, left, and Barb Leamon; and top, Jeff Killian. Receiving the honor but unable to attend were Terry Dunbar, Kierre Childers and Margaret Menges.

• Barb Leamon, nominated by Avalon Village nursing home, Ligonier. Mrs. Leamon has

logged more than 2,340 hours of volunteer service to Avalon

AVILLA — A Churubusco man faces a new criminal charge after an incident in which police allegedly found a methamphetamine lab in a vehicle overnight Wednesday, the Avilla Police Department said.

Anthony M. McClellan, 22, was charged Thursday in Noble Superior Court I with possession of methamphetamine as a result of the incident. He also was arrested on existing warrants for resisting law enforcement and a probation violation.

Police received a tip that McClellan McClellan was in the 600 block of Autumn Hills Drive, Avilla, and that he was believed to be armed and dangerous.

The Indiana State Police and Noble County Sheriff’s Department were called in to assist in serving the existing warrant on McClellan. He was taken into custody without incident just before midnight Wednesday.

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Pence fires back at Ritz INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike Pence says he is “disappointed” Democratic Schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz is accusing him of a power grab.

Ritz released an internal Pence agency document Wednesday that talked about ways to curtail her control of the State Board of Education. A Pence spokeswoman said the governor immediately dismissed the idea when it was presented to him.

The memo and the accusation come amid a continuing fight over control of education policy. Ritz stormed out of a board meeting last month over a motion she said would shift more power to Pence’s education agency.

Pence repeated Thursday that he will not pursue any changes in her status as board chairman.

Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma said earlier Thursday that he would block any attempt to alter power through legislation.

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Windmill wonderland opens tonight The annual Mid-America Windmill Museum Windmill Winter Wonderland opens tonight, featuring thousands of Christmas lights, animated displays and holiday music. The display continues Saturday and Sunday, then Dec. 13-15, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. each night. Admission costs $3, with children 12 and under admitted free. The museum

DECEMBER 7 & 8, 2013 • 1:00 - 5:00 P.M. A Walk-Through Drama • Our 24th Year Cast of over 200 • All Indoors • Thousands have walked these streets.

NO ADMISSION CHARGE What Others Have Said About Bethlehem Marketplace: ❖ I have been to Jerusalem and this is the closest experience to the old city of Jerusalem I have ever seen. ❖ 4 Stars and 2 thumbs up. ❖ A living history lesson. ❖ You enter into another time and world when you walk those streets.

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I have never experienced anything like this before.

Rated PG; some of it is too realistic for kids.

This must have been what it was like in Biblical times.

One of the Tri-State area’s most dramatic presentations of the Christmas story. ❖ I am bringing my whole church next year.

They have to experience this.

is at 732 Allen Chapel Road (C.R. 1000E) on Kendallville’s east side. Santa Claus will greet children every evening and give them free gift bags. Warm food and beverages will be available for purchase, along with crafters offering holiday gifts. This photo shows the lights during a preview Wednesday night.

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Burglary, felonies earn 7-year sentence

Two charged with public intoxication

BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com

ALBION — A Ligonier man was sentenced Thursday in Noble Circuit Court to serve seven years in prison for four felony crimes, including six years for burglary.

Lonnie G. Miller, 22, pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of burglary, a Class B felony, and two unrelated Class D felony charges: possession of marijuana with a prior conviction and operating while intoxicated with a prior conviction.

Miller admitted that he broke into two buildings on Dec. 23, 2012, intending to commit theft. The buildings are in the 4000 block of West C.R. 1100N and 10000 block of North C.R. 500W. Miller also admitted that he possessed marijuana and operated a vehicle while intoxicated with marijuana on Aug. 3, 2103. He previously was convicted of possession of marijuana in Noble County on March 30, 2010, and of operating while intoxicated in LaGrange County within the last five years, he said.

Court records said the 2013 incident took place in the vicinity of West Union Street and Townline Road, Ligonier.

Circuit Judge G. David Laur sentenced Miller to six years in prison for each Class B felony crime, with those sentences to be served at the same time, and one year for each Class D felony offense. The D felony sentences will be served at the same time as each other, but back-to-back with the B felony sentences. All the time is to be served.

Laur gave Miller three days of credit for time already served in the B felony case and one day of credit in the D felony case.

Miller’s driving privileges were suspended for one year. He was ordered to complete a substance-abuse assessment and any required follow-up immediately after his release from prison.

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Packing the time capsule Members of the Kendallville Heritage Association add the final touches to the city’s sesquicentennial time capsule, which will be sealed and buried in the sidewalk outside the front of City Hall at 234 S. Main St. Saturday, following the Kendallville Christmas Parade. The ceremony will be led by Mayor Suzanne Handshoe, beginning around 2 p.m. The Young Family Funeral Home donated the vault and Stien Designs & Graphics is providing the plaque, which was purchased by the Kendallville Redevelopment Commission.

R&T Monuments and Strawser Brothers donated time and labor for the project.

The following are some of the nearly 50 items included in the time capsule: a letter from Mayor Handshoe, the state of Indiana proclamation presented during Kendall-

ville’s sesquicentennial, memorabilia from the 150th celebration last June, a copy of the city’s 150th history book and a list of the current members of the Kendallville Area Chamber of Commerce. There also are items about the Apple Festival of Kendallville, Windmill Museum, school, hospital and car dealerships, along with the 2013 city phone directory. A couple of fun items were also added, including an old cell phone and a can or bottle cover depicting characters from the hit TV show “Duck Dynasty.� The plan calls for the time capsule to be unearthed during the city’s 250th anniversary in 2113. Pictured from left to right are: Cheryl Coons, Amanda Blackman, Eric Daniels, Kathy and Pat Young and Ray Scott.

Local colleges win $1 million grants

BY LINDA LIPP llipp@kpcmedia.com

A group of northeast Indiana colleges and universities pooled their resources to help each win a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment.

The grants to Trine University, the University of Saint Francis, Huntington University, Manchester University, Grace College and Indiana Tech were announced Thursday by Lilly. They are among 39 Indiana institutions that will receive a total of nearly $63 million for programs to help increase the number of state residents with bachelor’s degrees and help graduates attain higher skilled jobs.

Goshen College also will receive a $1 million award.

The Ivy Tech Foundation will receive nearly $5 million, and the Indiana University Foundation and Purdue Research Foundation are getting $5 million each.

The grants are being offered as part of the Lilly Endowment’s Initiative to Promote Opportunities Through Educational Collaborations. The grant application process goes back to 2012, when Lilly offered planning grants to the colleges and universities to come up with proposals for programs Lilly might help fund.

In May, the endowment rejected all of the proposals and told the schools to try harder.

Calling themselves the “College to Career Action Team,� the northeast Indiana schools coordinated their reapplications through the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership and the Questa Foundation, which offers educational loans to students that are partially forgiven if the students remain in the area after graduation.

Although each school offered a specific proposal, they also all reflected the shared goal of promoting economic development through education, said Andrew Prall, vice president of academic affairs at USF. USF’s proposal has three main components. First, “we want to reinvent career services as career outreach and connect to employers,� he said.

The second is to develop an insurance/risk management bachelor’s degree program that will be offered at USF’s developing downtown Fort Wayne campus.

Employers are being included in that development process, Prall said.

Finance and insurance services are a key employment sector in northeast

Indiana, and research shows that a number of professionals in the insurance industry will be retiring in the next five years, noted Trois Hart, USF associate vice president, marketing.

USF also plans to offer a concentration in insurance/ risk management as part of a business degree beginning this spring.

Third, USF plans to use some of the Lilly funding on the implementation of its Media Entrepreneurship Training in the Arts program, which will utilize project based learning teams — again with employer involvement.

Huntington University will use its funds to expand and enhance its existing entrepreneurial program and create new opportunities through Fast Forward, a new entrepreneurial program that will launch in 2014.

Fast Forward will offer current and future Huntington students a regionally unique program for career exploration, idea cultivation, entrepreneurial encouragement and applied work experience, the university said. It also will help to stimulate the local economy by creating jobs through groundbreaking business ideas from students in the program.

Brief • Students sponsoring Cuts for Christmas KENDALLVILLE — Cosmetology students are sponsoring Cuts for Christmas on Saturday

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KENDALLVILLE — Two people were arrested by the Kendallville Police Department and booked into the Noble County Jail on public intoxication charges Wednesday, the department said. • Tyler Joseph Ritter, 22, of Helmer allegedly was seen staggering on Main Street near William Street at 10:18 a.m.

He was allegedly determined to be under the influence of a controlled substance. • Jessica Renee Biddle, 34, of Kendallville was arrested during a verbal disturbance in the 100 block of East Wayne Street at 9:35 p.m.

Four jailed in Noble County ALBION — Four people were booked into the Noble County Jail Wednesday and Thursday, the county sheriff’s department said. • Brock J. Mollett, 33, of Waterloo was booked on a warrant for nonsupport of a dependent child. • April Lynn Staton, 36, of Albion was charged with misdemeanor driving while suspended. • Brandon Lee Watts, 23, of Ligonier was charged with misdemeanor driving while suspended. • Karis Dawn Weaver, 19, of Ligonier was booked on a warrant for alleged possession of marijuana, hash oil or hashish and possession of alcohol by a minor.

Medication missing CROMWELL — Someone stole medication from an address in the 3000 block of North C.R. 900W, the Noble County Sheriff’s Department said.

The theft occurred Nov. 29 and was reported Wednesday at 12:40 p.m.

Mischief made ALBION — Two instances of criminal mischief were reported Wednesday, the Noble County Sheriff’s Department said. • Someone tried and failed to gain entry to a house in the 0000 block of South C.R. 500E, damaging a doorknob.

The mischief was reported at 12:06 p.m. • Someone in a red car threw a bottle from the car window, breaking the window of a semi cab. The incident took place in the vicinity of U.S. 6 and S.R. 9 and was reported at 5:24 p.m.

Meth lab trash found LIGONIER — Trash from a methamphetamine lab was found on Townline Road in Ligonier south of a commercial garage, the Noble County Sheriff’s Department said.

The trash was reported Wednesday at 2:07 p.m.

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Hit-skip driver damages parked van KENDALLVILLE — Someone hit a parked van, damaging it, and drove away without leaving any contact information, the Kendallville Police Department said.

A 2002 Chrysler Town & Country was legally parked on Mott Street near Burnum Street. It was undamaged at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, but had been damaged by a hit-and-run collision by 9 a.m. Thursday. Damage was estimated at $1,001-$2,500.

Car hits deer ALBION — A car driven

by Matthew J. Mandeville, 34, of Albion hit a deer on C.R. 100N near C.R. 400W Wednesday at 7:36 a.m.

3 booked into jail LAGRANGE — Local police arrested three people Wednesday, according to LaGrange County Jail records. • Jonna Moran, 34, of the 200 block of North Harrison Street, Shipshewana, was arrested by LaGrange County police on a charge of theft. • Lyle Wohlmuth, 43, of the 66500 block of Halfway Road, Burr Oak, Mich., was arrested by LaGrange County police on a hold order from authorities in Elkhart County.

No further information was provided. • William Chandler, 42, of the 600 block of West Congress Street, Sturgis, Mich., was arrested by LaGrange County police on a warrant charging him with failure to return to lawful detention, a probation violation on original charges of possession of a legend drug, possession of marijuana and visiting a common nuisance.

Man charged with theft from store LAGRANGE — A LaGrange man was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly trying to steal clothing from a local store.

The LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department said it received a report of a problem at the LaGrange Dollar General store, and when its officers arrived, they saw a young man running from the store.

Officers ordered the man to stop and detained Casey McCaffrey, 20, of LaGrange.

Store employees identified him as the man they believed stole clothing. McCaffrey was charged with theft and taken to the LaGrange County Jail.

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Carissa M. Prater, 34, of Wawaka was eastbound on U.S. 6 near C.R. 450E at 6:40 a.m. when she stopped the 1997 Chevy Blazer she drove for a refuse truck.

Haley A. Schlabach, 18, of LaGrange didn’t realize the SUV had stopped. The 2005 Ford Focus she drove hit the SUV from behind.

No injuries were reported.

Damage was estimated at $5,001-$10,000.

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Congress will meet the public Saturday morning at Kendallville Public Library.

Justin Kuhnle, 33, of Kendallville intends to run for the U.S. House of Representatives on the Democratic ticket, he said.

He will conduct a town-hall-style meeting Saturday from 10:30-11:45 a.m. at the library to meet people and answer questions.

Kuhnle also ran for the U.S. House in the 2012 Democratic primary.

Kuhnle said he holds a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership from Purdue University.

He works for Indiana Professional Management Group of West Lafayette as a case manager for Medicaid-waiver clients in northeast Indiana. He has worked in the social services field since 2007.

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Stolen cobalt-60 presents dangers Deadline looms to pass farm bill

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials were engaged Thursday in the delicate task of recovering a stolen shipment of highly radioactive cobalt-60 abandoned in a rural field in central Mexico state.

The material, which the International Atomic Energy Agency called “extremely dangerous,” was found removed from its protective container. The pellets did not appear to have been damaged or broken up and there was no sign of contamination to the area, the agency said Thursday, quoting Mexican nuclear safety officials.

Juan Eibenschutz, director general of the National Commission of Nuclear Safety and Safeguards, said it could take at least two days to safely get the material into a secure container and transport it to a waste site.

“It’s a very delicate operation,” Eibenschutz said. “What’s important is that the material has been located and the place is being watched to guarantee no one gets close.”

The missing shipment of radioactive cobalt-60 was found Wednesday near where the stolen truck transporting the material was abandoned in central Mexico. The atomic energy agency said it has an activity of 3,000 curries, or Category 1, meaning “it would probably be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period in the range of a few minutes to an hour.”

Hospitals were on alert for people with radiation exposure, though none had been reported so far. Mardonio Jimenez, a physicist for Mexico’s nuclear safety commission, said those who exposed themselves to the pellets could not contaminate others.

A family that found the empty container that had been used for the radioactive

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A police agent stands guard as a Mexican Federal Police vehicle leaves the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico, Wednesday. Mexican troops and federal police kept a nighttime vigil guarding

material was under medical observation, he told Milenio television. Hueypoxtla Mayor Javier Santillan later told the TV station that the family suffered no harm.

The cobalt-60 that was missing for nearly two days was left in a rural area about a kilometer (about a half-mile) from Hueypoxtla, a farm town of about 4,000 people. Officials said it posed no threat to the residents and there was no evacuation. Federal police and military units on the scene threw up an armed cordon about 500 meters (yards) around the site.

Alerts had been issued in six Mexican states and the capital when the cargo went missing, and also with customs officials to keep the truck from crossing the border, Eibenschutz said.

White House said Thursday the Obama administration has no reason to believe that the stolen shipment posed a threat to the United States.

a rural field where thieves abandoned a stolen shipment of highly radioactive cobalt-60, while officials began planning the delicate task of safely recovering the dangerous material.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said that U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed about the status of the shipment Wednesday.

But townspeople complained they hadn’t been given any information about what had been found in the nearby field.

“We just want to know,” Maria del Socorro Rostro Salazar, a lawyer who has lived in the town eight years. “There’s a kindergarten about 50 meters (yards) away (from the cordoned area) and they were operating normally yesterday. No one told them the container was nearby.”

The cargo truck hauling the cobalt-60 was stolen from a gas station early Monday in the neighboring state of Hidalgo, about 40 kilometers (24 miles) from where the material was recovered, Jimenez said.

The material had been removed from obsolete radiation therapy equipment

at a hospital in the northern city of Tijuana and was being transported to nuclear waste facility in the state of Mexico, which borders Mexico City.

Eibenschutz said there was nothing to indicate the thieves were after the cobalt or in any way intended for an act of terrorism, The thieves most likely wanted the white 2007 Volkswagen cargo vehicle with a moveable platform and crane , he said.

According to authorities, a truck marked “Transportes Ortiz” left Tijuana on Nov. 28 and was headed to the storage facility when the driver stopped to rest at a gas station in Tepojaco, in Hidalgo state north of Mexico City.

The driver told authorities he was sleeping in the truck when two men with a gun approached him.

They made him get out, tied his hands and feet and left him in a vacant lot nearby.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Year’s deadline that could send the price of milk skyward looms over congressional negotiators as they try to reach agreement on a five-year farm bill. They’ve been tripped up by differences over the nation’s food stamp program and how to restructure farm subsidies.

The two chambers have been far apart on both issues for more than two years. But the leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees expressed optimism after a private meeting Wednesday that they may be able to find resolution in time to narrowly avert the expiration of dairy subsidies on Jan. 1. If those subsidies expire, new laws will kick in that could result in decreased dairy supply on the commercial market and higher prices for a gallon of milk.

Rep. Mike Conaway of Texas, a Republican on the House-Senate farm bill conference committee, said negotiators could possibly hold a public meeting next week for the conference committee to settle some of the remaining issues before the House leaves for the year on Dec. 13.

But with a final deal still elusive, it seems unlikely that Congress will finish the bill before the end of the year.

On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner said the bill should be extended through January while negotiators work out their differences. Boehner also contradicted the optimism of House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., who said Wednesday that the two sides had made “great progress.”

An extension is not certain, however. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,

D-Nev., has said he doesn’t want to extend the bill again after Congress already extended the bill at the beginning of this year.

Finding a compromise on cuts to the nation’s $80 billion-a-year food stamp program has been the toughest obstacle over the last two years. The House passed a bill this summer that would cut $4 billion from food stamps — now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — annually and allow states to create new work requirements for some recipients.

The Democratic Senate, backed by President Barack Obama, passed a farm bill with $400 million annual cut, or a tenth of the House cut.

Negotiators have discussed as a possibility cracking down further on a practice in some states of giving low-income people as little as $1 a year in home heating assistance, even when they don’t have heating bills, in order to make them eligible for increased food stamp benefits.

The Senate found its $400 million in annual cuts by requiring that recipients receive at least $10 in assistance to make them eligible, while the House doubled that cut by requiring that recipients receive $20 annually — bringing the savings to around $800 million a year.

It’s unclear whether a compromise would include the new work requirements passed by the House, but the Senate is unlikely to go along with those proposals.

The Senate has also balked at a House provision to end government waivers that have allowed able-bodied adults without dependents to receive food stamps indefinitely.

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Deaths & Funerals • Rick Marti

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GARRETT — Rick Allen Marti, 62, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013, at his home in Garrett.

He was born December 31, 1950, in Auburn to Donald E. and Margaret E. (Croy) Marti.

He was a machinist at Hymatic Mr. Marti Manufacturing for 19 years and Charleston Metals in Waterloo.

An avid sports fan, Rick loved watching IU basketball, Notre Dame football, NASCAR racing, the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Yankees.

He married Sandra “Sandy” K. Steller on June 22, 2001, in Auburn and she survives.

Also surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Deano James and Heather Marti of Bloomington; and a brother and sister-in-law, Randy R. and Dee Marti of Waterloo.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Ronald L. Marti.

Services are at 4 p.m.

Saturday at Feller and Clark Funeral Home, 1860 Center St., Auburn, Ind. Calling is three hours prior to the service Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the funeral home.

Preferred memorials can be directed to the family in care of Sandy Marti.

To send condolences visit www.fellerandclark.com.

AUBURN — David W. Collins, 66, of Auburn passed away Monday, December 2, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.

Mr. Collins worked for 16 years for County Line Cheese in Auburn then worked at Cooper Mr. Collins Standard for 22 years before retiring in March 2013. After retiring, he worked at Bill’s Liquor in Garrett until his death Monday.

He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served from October 1966 to April 1972.

Mr. Collins was a member of the American Legion Post 97 in Auburn.

He served as a reserve police officer in Auburn for 14 years and was a former EMT. He was born April 10, 1947, in Auburn to the late Herman L. and Ruth M. (Warstler) Collins. He married Randy Parsons on May 31, 1980, in Indian Village Church of God in Auburn and she survives.

Also surviving are two sons and three daughters, Kelly (Brandon) Grimes of Kendallville, Thomas Emerick of Auburn, Kory (Dan) Freed of Garrett, Nathan Collins of Auburn and Khrista (Jeff) Arnett of Fort Wayne; 12 grandchil-

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Gilligan actor dies at 70 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bob Denver, whose portrayal of goofy first mate Gilligan on the 1960s television show “Gilligan’s Island” made him an iconic figure to generations of TV viewers, Bob Denver has died, his agent confirmed Tuesday.

He was 70.

Denver, who underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery earlier this year, died Friday at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in North Carolina, according to agent Mike Eisenstadt. Denver’s death was first reported by “Entertainment Tonight.”

Denver also played the title character’s beatnik pal, Maynard G. Krebs, on TV’s “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.”

dren; one great grandchild and a sister, Penny Gitary of Auburn.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a grandson, Gabriel Hicks; and a brother, Dennis Collins.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 6, at Feller and Clark Funeral Home, 1860 Center St., Auburn. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Auburn.

Visitation was held Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials are to the family to help with expenses.

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— Richard E. ‘‘Dick’‘ Rossman, 83, of Sturgis died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at Froh Community Home in Sturgis.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church, 1050 E. Fawn River Road, Sturgis. Burial will be in Burr Oak Township Cemetery in Burr Oak, Mich.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday at the church prior to the services.

Memorials are to Heartland Hospice.

Frurip-May Funeral Home in LaGrange, Ind., is in charge of arrangements.

Jeffery McNutt HUEYSVILLE, Ky. — Jeffery Brent McNutt, 63, of Hueysville died Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Huntington, W.Va. He was born in Garrett, Ind., on Sept. 5, 1950, to Jeanette (Fenstermaker) McNutt and William McNutt. His mother preceded him in death.

Mr. McNutt was a 1968 graduate of Garrett High School and attended Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes, Ky. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He is survived by his wife, Lillie (Hale) McNutt of Hueysville; his father, William McNutt of Garrett; a son, Shawn Patrick McNutt of Lexington, Ky.; a daughter, Sheena Jean McNutt of Garrett; and a brother, Terry McNutt of Garrett.

Services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hall Funeral Home Chapel in Martin, Ky. Burial will follow in the Hale Cemetery at Hueysville.

Calling is today from 6-9 p.m. at the funeral home.

To send condolences visit www.hallfuneralservice.com.

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Please visit the Web site to add your memories and messages of condolence at the end of individual obituaries.

Government plans to keep older drivers safe on road WASHINGTON (AP) — Silver could take on a whole new meaning when it comes to car shopping. With more older drivers on the road, the federal government is contemplating a “silver car” rating system that will help identify which cars better protect elderly drivers and passengers in a crash.

Federal highway safety officials will investigate the possibility of such a rating system as part of a five-year plan designed to reduce the number of fatal and injurycausing accidents among older drivers.

The plan, released Thursday, also called for more research into how technology could prevent crashes or reduce their severity. One promising technology would warn drivers when their car has moved outside its lane.

Another would automatically apply the brakes when a car is destined to ram the vehicle in front of it.

Last year, some, 5,560 people over the age of 65 were

killed as a result of motor vehicle crashes, a 3 percent increase from 2011. Another 214,000 were injured, a rise of 16 percent. Aging results in increased frailty, making it harder to recover from injuries sustained in a crash.

The longer term trend has been more favorable.

About one in five drivers, or 35 million, currently are 65 or older. The aging of the 77 million baby boomer generation — those born between 1946 and 1964 — will add to the number of older drivers on the road.

“Those who will reach 65 in the coming decade are projected to drive more miles and are expected to continue driving later in life than previous generations,” the plan said The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration plan focused on helping them drive as safely and as long as possible rather than trying to restrict their driving access.

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Sixth-graders, from left, Dawson Langinbelik, Rachel Cheney, Frank Kojima, La’a Beatty, Chase Colleado, Makoa Ahquin-Soren and Keola Baily in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii meet Herb Weatherwax, a 96-year-old retired electrician, one of four Pearl Harbor survivors who volunteers to greet visitors at the historic site. Saturday is the 72nd anniversary of the 1941 attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor.

Pearl Harbor survivor thrives meeting visitors PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Herb Weatherwax cruises the open-air grounds of the visitors center at Pearl Harbor on a motorized scooter dubbed “Herb’s Hot Rod.” When a woman notices his blue and white cap embroidered with the words “Pearl Harbor Survivor,” he coaxes her over.

“Come get a picture,” Weatherwax says. Her family surrounds his scooter to pose for a snapshot and shake his hand.

The 96-year-old charms visitors in a similar fashion each of the three days a week he volunteers at a memorial for the USS Arizona, a battleship that sank in the 1941 Japanese attack. The retired electrician is one of four former servicemen who lived through the aerial bombing and now greet people at the historic site.

People like hearing stories directly from the survivors, Weatherwax says. And he enjoys meeting people from around the globe — just the other day he met visitors from New Zealand, China and Texas. He joked he wants his photograph “in every home in the world.”

“This is my reason to continue to keep going,” he says. “Otherwise, it’s time for me to say goodbye.”

Weatherwax was a 24-year-old Army private living in Honolulu when he heard loud explosions the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. He saw the sky fill with black smoke and heard anti-aircraft guns firing. When he turned on the radio, he learned Japan was bombing Oahu and all military personnel were to immediately report to their stations.

He saw the USS Arizona enveloped in flames and the USS Oklahoma turned on its side as he headed to his post. Twenty-one ships were sunk or heavily damaged that day while 320 aircraft were damaged or destroyed. Some 2,400 sailors, Marines and soldiers were killed.

Pam Johnson, a sixth grade teacher in a rural community outside Honolulu,

said meeting Weatherwax transformed her students.

She had been struggling to get the 12-year-olds from Hauula Elementary School interested in research. After meeting Weatherwax, several students suddenly told her they wanted to look up Pearl Harbor. Weatherwax ignited in them a desire to learn, she said.

“That’s a huge connection,” she says. Her students wouldn’t have developed this interest just by walking through the exhibition halls at the visitors’ center or even the memorial for the Arizona, Johnson says.

“This is the best classroom so far this year,” she says.

At their peak in the early 1990s, 21 survivors volunteered, says National Park Service historian Daniel Martinez.

Meeting a survivor enlarges or enhances the experience of coming to Pearl Harbor for many, Martinez says. It can give people a tangible connection to meet someone who was on site when the bombing happened.

Their numbers are dwindling, however.

“It’s a fading fraternity.

Right before my eyes we’re seeing them disappear,” Martinez says.

The three others who remain are also in their 90s. During the week, Weatherwax is joined by Sterling Cale, who was a hospital corpsman assigned to the shipyard dispensary in 1941, and Alfred Rodrigues who was stationed at the mouth of Pearl Harbor. On the weekend, USS Pennsylvania survivor Everett Hyland greets visitors.

This Saturday, they will join a few thousand guests for a public ceremony remembering those who died in the attack 72 years ago.

Weatherwax vows to keep volunteering as long as he is physically able. “I tell people that I meet out here, ‘If you come back in three-and-ahalf years and you see me here, I’ll be 100 years old,’” Weatherwax says.

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“Then you go out there and you see how these people connect, and the memories you bring back, and it’s just so moving,” Perez added.

The troupe just wrapped up a “Spirit of America” show and is now performing “A Swingin’ Christmas,” which runs through the end of the year and includes a mix of war-era classics and holiday tunes. During their last “Spirit of America” performance on Nov. 20, the crowd clapped and sang along with the troupe to such war-era classics as “It’s Been a Long, Long Time” and “As Time Goes By.” Often they perform as a trio, a nod to the Andrews Sisters, who sang for the troops with Bob Hope and whose 1940s hits included “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” ”Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)” and “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” The sisters — LaVerne, Maxene and Patty — are deceased.

Patty was the last to die, in January 2013 at age 94. The Andrews Sisters sold more than 75 million records, including many songs that kept spirits high on the home front and in the war zones.

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In this Nov. 18 photo, Courtney Boe, left, Mandi Ridgell, center, and Christina Perez, members of the singing group “The Victory Belles,” modeled after the WWII era group The Andrew Sisters, rehearse for their upcoming Christmas show, “A Swingin’ Christmas,” at the Stage Door Canteen

conflict. He passed away in 2001, and it was her grandmother who encouraged her to audition for the Victory Belles by taping a newspaper clipping about the try-outs to Ridgdell’s bedroom door, along with a note that read: “Your papa would have loved this.”

“The rest is history,” said Ridgdell, a Gonzales, La., native who studied theater at Northwestern State University. “I can’t imagine doing anything else. This is not my job anymore. It’s who I am.”

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NOTICE OF THE NOBLE COUNTY DRAINAGE BOARD FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE RATE INCREASE OF THE BEAL SYSTEM To whom it may concern and the following landowners whose notices were returned undeliverable: Jeremiah E. Ballard The Noble County Drainage Board will hold a public hearing in the matter of the proposed Rate Increase of the Beal System. The hearing will be held on MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 16, 2013 at 1:15 p.m. in the Commissioner's Room of the NOBLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 101 North Orange Street, Albion, Indiana. The Rate Increase Hearing shall also be identified as “Beal Watershed System Periodic Maintenance Rate Increase Hearing #2013-001.” The report of the Noble County Surveyor, and the schedule of assessments and damages have been filed and are available for inspection at the Noble County Surveyors Office located at 2090 N. State Rd. 9, Suite B, Albion, Indiana.

If your land is affected by the surveyors report, the proposed schedule of assessments, or the proposed schedule of damages, you may file with the Drainage Board written objections to the report, schedules or both. Written objections must be filed in the Noble County Surveyors Office at least five days before the date of the above scheduled meeting.

On or before the day of the hearing, the Noble County Surveyor shall, or any owner of land affected by the proposed rate increase may, cause written evidence to be filed in support of or in rebuttal to any objection filed as mentioned above.

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On or before the day of the hearing, the Noble County Surveyor shall, or any owner of land affected by the proposed rate increase may, cause

written evidence to be filed in support of or in rebuttal to any objection filed as mentioned above.

Noble County Drainage Board: Dave Dolezal, Chairman Chad Kline, Vice-Chairman Gary Leatherman, Member Noble County Surveyor: Randolph A. Sexton, P.L.S. NS,00361727,12/6,hspaxlp PUBLIC NOTICE The Noble County Assessor is undertaking a project to hire an Appraiser Consultant. This project would consist of preparing appraisal reports that would help defend annually assessed values for preliminary appeals, Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals (PTABOA), or Indiana Board of Tax Review (IBTR) appeals. The Specifications for the Professional Services may be obtained from the Noble County Assessor and each prospective bidder shall be assumed to have fully reviewed and fulfilled all requirements. The Noble County Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all proposals or parts thereof, waive any informalities or irregularities in the bidding process and re-advertise as deemed necessary.

Bids will be accepted at the following place, date, and time.

Place: Noble County Assessor's Office, 101 N. Orange St., Albion, IN 46701 Date: Last date to submit a bid: December 13, 2013 Time: 12:00 p.m. EST Opening: The bids will be opened at a meeting of the Noble County Commissioners to be held December 16, 2013, beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST, in the Commissioner's Room of the Noble County Courthouse. One original and (2) copies of the bid shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, which is clearly marked “Bid for Professional Services-Noble County Indiana 2014” Any bid received after the stated date and time will be returned to the Contractor unopened. This applies to bids sent by mail, as well as those which are hand delivered. Facsimile bids are not acceptable.

Any Contractor may withdraw a bid by written request at any time prior to the above opening of bids.

Facsimile withdraws will not be accepted under any circumstances.

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Area Activities •

Today Festival of Cookies, Candy and Crafts: Fill a tin with cookies and candy. Many items being raffled. Sponsored by the Noble County Extension Homemakers. Noble County Extension Office, S.R. 9 South, Albion. 9 a.m.

fruit. Breakfast is a freewill donation. Raffle tickets cost $1 each or six for $5.

Contact any Albion Lions Club member. Albion Fire Station, 210 Fire Station Drive, Albion. 8 a.m.

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Euchre Community Games: Noble County Council on Aging, 111 Cedar St., Kendallville. 12:30 p.m.

45th Annual Kendallville Christmas Parade: Begins at North Side Elementary School and ends at American Legion Post 86. More than 40 units including the East Noble Marching Knights and Santa will be included.

A ceremony at City Hall commemorating the sealing of the city’s sesquicentennial time capsule will follow parade. Downtown Kendallville. 1 p.m.

Central Noble Food Pantry: Provides dry goods, health and beauty products, dairy and meat. Call Bonnie Brownell at 564-8160 for more information. Central Noble Food Pantry, 104 S. Orange St., Albion. 1 p.m.

Christmas Bazaar: Many craft booths, bake sale, white elephant items and foods available.

Sponosored by the United Methodist Women. Mongo United Methodist Church, S.R. 3, Mongo. 9 a.m.

Holiday Fair: Many vendors will be on site; sixth-grade band will perform. Concessions on sale by Rome City Honor Society. Door prizes awarded every 15 minutes. Rome City Elementary School, Jefferson Street, Rome City. 4:30 p.m.

Red Cross Bloodmobile: To make an appointment call 800-733-2767.

Cole Center Family YMCA, 700 S. Garden St., Kendallville. 9 a.m.

Community Table: Free Meal & Groceries: Free meal from 10:30-11:30 a.m., and Community Harvest food truck delivering at 11 a.m.

Trinity Assembly of God Church, 1288 W. Union St., Ligonier. 10:30 a.m.

Winter Wonderland: Annual holiday tradition at the museum. Lights glow and fill the sky, windmills and grounds with color, movement. Live Nativity on Saturdays. In Baker Hall Santa Claus has a bag loaded with treats for the children.

Crafts, food and beverages available. Mid-America Windmill Museum, 732 S. Allen Chapel Road, Kendallville. 5:30 p.m. 347-2334 Gamblers Anonymous: Standing meeting every Friday in conference room 1.

Contact 599-0238 for more information. Kendallville Public Library, 221 S. Park Ave., Kendallville. 6:30 p.m.

343-2010 ‘‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’’: East Noble Theater ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ today, Saturday and Sunday. The colorful, clever, powerful Broadway musical of Joseph from the Bible. Written brilliantly

by Tim Rice and composed

by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Great show for children and families. Tonight and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. East Noble High School, 901 Garden St, Kendallville. 7 p.m.

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Luckey Hospital Museum Musical Christmas: Everyone invited to Luckey Hospital Museum Musical Christmas in the Country todya and Sunday. The original

surgery room is restored to its 1930 look. The delivery room is ready for babies as it was from 1930 to 1957.

The iron lung looks as if it is caring for patients of the 1950s. Special exhibit will start the holiday season.

Musical automatons will play Christmas music and move. The hospital did not have music boxes but it has a rare and unique radio. Unique holiday fun for all ages. Group tours by appointment. Call 635-2490 or 693-3788. Luckey Hospital Museum, U.S. 33 and S.R. 109, Wolf Lake.

1 p.m.

Bingo: Games begin at 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Mongo Lions Club. Prizes awarded. Refreshments available. Proceeds to the Lions’ scholarship fund.

Mongo Fire Station, S.R. 3, Mongo. 6:30 p.m.

Dream of Beauty Cookie Contest: Entrant should present 2 dozen cookies in disposable container with recipe included to Gene StrattonPorter Carriage House between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. for judging. Prizes awarded.

No entry fee. Admission to open house is $3. Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site, Rome City.

11 a.m.

Sunday, Dec. 8 Bingo: Bingo games.

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Warm ups at 12:30 p.m. 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.

Church schedules Bethlehem Walk

Hanging of the Greens: Beginning at 5 p.m.

An Advent celebration offers a time of reflection and music. Childcare is provided. At this annual community event, readers share readings about subjects such as Christmas trees, bows and candles. A Roman Centurion will read the decree that each person should return to the city of their birth to be counted. A Nativity cast will represent the Christmas story.

Choral music will include nine solos, and a choral group will sing six songs.

The public is welcome.

Churubusco United Methodist Church, 750 N. Main St., Churubusco. 2 p.m.

Church offers free supper

Winter Wonderland: Annual holiday tradition at the museum. Lights glow and fill the sky, windmills and grounds with color, movement. Live Nativity on Saturdays. In Baker Hall Santa Claus has a bag loaded with treats for the children. Crafts, food and beverages available.

Mid-America Windmill Museum, 732 S. Allen Chapel Road, Kendallville.

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WOLF LAKE — Living Water Lutheran Church will host a Bethlehem Walk Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church, located at 1197 S. U.S. 33, Wolf Lake.

Participants can “meet” Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus, then have hot chocolate and cookies.

KENDALLVILLE — Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church near Kendallville will host a free supper for the community on Wednesday from 5:30-7 p.m.

Pizza, salad, chips, dessert and beverages will be served.

The church is located at 2520 N. C.R. 600E.

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Saturday, Dec. 7 Breakfast with Santa: The Albion Lions Club sponsors the breakfast.

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MANDELA: Fight against Apartheid had huge cost FROM PAGE A1

that this day would come, nothing can diminish our sense of a profound and enduring loss.”

At times, Mandela embraced his iconic status, appearing before a rapturous crowd in London’s Wembley Stadium soon after his 1990 release from prison.

Sometimes, he sought to downplay it, uneasy about the perils of being put on a pedestal. In an unpublished manuscript, written while in prison, Mandela acknowledged that leaders of the anti-apartheid movement dominated the spotlight but said they were “only part of the story,” and every activist was “like a brick which makes up our organization.”

He pondered the cost to his family of his dedication

to the fight against the racist system of government that jailed him for 27 years and refused him permission to attend the funeral of his mother and of a son who was killed in a car crash. In court, he described himself as “the loneliest man” during his mid-1990s divorce from Winnie Mandela. As president, he could not forge lasting solutions to poverty, unemployment and other social ills that still plague today’s South Africa, which has struggled to live up to its rosy depiction as the “Rainbow Nation.”

He secured near-mythical status in his country and beyond. Last year, the South African central bank released new bank notes showing his face, a robust, smiling image of a man who

Village in the last six years.

“She genuinely loves and cares for the residents,” said Shannon Alexander in presenting the award. “They have come to depend on her being here and trust that she always has their interests at heart.”

• Pastor Brent Wedding, nominated by Bread of Life Tabernacle Church.

Wedding was the assistant pastor at the local church but has since moved on to his own church in Peru, Ind. He served as board member for the Friendship Food Pantry and with the Life and Family Services organization. He also helps prepare and serve meals to the Community Table in Noble County and does all of his volunteer and church work while also managing a fast-food restaurant.

• Judy Hass, nominated

by Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana. Hass is a longtime Noble County resident, past elected county office holder and a volunteer with many groups. In the past 10 years she has helped raise more than $64,000 for CSNI through a Beat Cancer 5K run and walk in Albion that she helped start and organizes each year. “Judy is one of CSNI’s most avid supporters and volunteers tirelessly; promotes and educates others about CSNI,” read part of her nomination letter.

• Angie Roth, nominated

by LEAP of Noble County and New DAWN. Roth, a mother of nine children, is a big supporter of New DAWN, a before- and after-school program in the West Noble district.

was meticulous about his appearance and routinely exercised while in prison.

South Africa erected statues of him and named buildings and other places after him.

He shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with F.W. de Klerk, the country’s last white president. He was the subject of books, films and songs and a magnet for celebrities.

In 2010, Mandela waved to the crowd at the Soccer FROM PAGE A1 City stadium at the closing Numerous items of drug ceremony of the World Cup, paraphernalia were found whose staging in South in the residence where Africa allowed the country, McClellan was arrested, and the continent, to shine police said. internationally. It was the Avilla Police Officer last public appearance for Eric Lawson and his K-9 the former president and prisoner, who smiled broadly partner, Major, were contacted to assist at the and was bundled up against crime scene and allegedly the cold.

She has been instrumental in gaining donations and making contacts for LEAP’s fundraisers, while also giving many gifts to students. Roth has helped write grants and performs many other tasks for the educational group.

• Terry Dunbar, also nominated by LEAP of Noble County. She has donated “countless hours of support to students working to attain their GEDs,” LEAP officials wrote in nominating Dunbar. “She brings a zest for life while helping students with their most challenging math problems.”

She brought many years of experience from the East Noble Learning Center to her volunteer work at LEAP. • LuReign Brown, nominated by the Kendallville Public Library. Brown has served as president of the Friends of the Library for the past five years. “She gives so much of herself,” library officials said in nominating her. “When the library is in need of extra help, she is there, getting items shelved, cleaning and organizing.”

Brown also has organized numerous book sales over the year, raising thousands of dollars for the library.

• Jeff Killian, nominated by the Kendallville Public Library. He has volunteered countless hours for the library and also has handcrafted many beautiful pieces of woodwork that help beautify the building.

“He sees something that needs to be done, and he comes up with a way to do it,” library officials wrote of Killian. He has built games, rockets, bookshelves and a book cart, donating his time,

materials and talents to the library.

• Kierre Childers, nominated by the Noble County Community Foundation. Childers is currently on a mission trip to Nicaragua.

She has been involved with nonprofits from an early age. At the foundation, she prepared a marketing and development plan for upcoming special events.

Childers’ work has helped raise the awareness level of the community foundation and other nonprofit groups in the county.

• Margaret Menges, nominated by the Purdue Extension Office of Noble County. She has been a member of the Noble County Extension Homemakers for 39 years and is the current county president of the group. She has played a leadership role in many activities and events in Noble County including Ag Day at Central Noble and the Festival of Cookies.

She also has held leadership roles for the Homemakers on the regional and state levels.

• Patty Benjamin, nominated by Noble House Ministries. A volunteer for the past four years, Benjamin comes to the shelter at least once a week to teach classes and conduct Bible studies for the women. She also does painting classes and works with anger-management programs at Noble House.

During the Christmas season, she comes to the shelter and helps make dozens of cookies with the women and children.

“She is truly a person who gives the gifts of love, trust and her time,” Noble House officials wrote in their nomination letter.

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In court Thursday morning, a not guilty plea to the new charge was entered on McClellan’s behalf and the Noble County Public Defender’s office was appointed to defend him. He was held on $25,000 bond. The next hearing in his case was set for Feb. 7, 2014.

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THURSDAY’S GAMES NEW YORK ...........................113 BROOKLYN .............................83 L.A. CLIPPERS ....................101 MEMPHIS ................................81

THURSDAY’S GAMES TAMPA BAY.................................3 OTTAWA ........................................1 MONTREAL.................................2 BOSTON.......................................1 TORONTO....................................3 DALLAS .............................2 (OT) PITTSBURGH...........................5 SAN JOSE ...................................1

Briefly • Knicks shred Nets NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets look like the real Big Apple busts.

Carmelo Anthony had 19 points and 10 rebounds, Iman Shumpert scored a season-high 17 points, and the New York Knicks ended a nine-game losing streak with 113-83 romp Thursday night in the first meeting of the season between the city rivals.

Area Events • BOYS BAS K ETBALL Fremon t at Lakeland, 6 p.m.

Central Noble at Ang ola, 6 p.m.

Churubusco at Westview, 6 p.m.

Eastsid e at Cant erbury, 6 p.m.

Fairfield at Prairie Heights, 6 p.m.

Hamilton at Elkhart Christian, 6 p.m.

Lakewood Park at Wayne, 6 p.m.

Traders Point Christian at The Howe School, 6 p.m.

Woodlan at Garrett, 6 p.m.

DeKalb at F W North Sid e, 6:1 5 p.m.

G I R LS BAS K ETBALL Prairie Heights at Bethany Christian, 6 p.m.

On The Air • SO C CE R F I FA World Cup draw, E S P N2, 11:3 0 a.m.

GOLF P GA, World Challenge, The Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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C OLLEG E HO CK EY Massachusetts-Lowell vs. Notre Dame, N BCS N, 7:30 p.m.

N BA BAS K ETBALL Denver vs. Boston, E S P N, 7:3 0 p.m.

C OLLEG E FO OTBALL Mid-Americ an Conf. championship, Northern Illinois vs. Bowling Green, E S P N2, 8 p.m.

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Colts missing Reggie Wayne INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts aren’t the same team without Reggie Wayne.

In the five games since Wayne tore his right ACL against the Denver Broncos, Indianapolis is averaging 19.6 points. In the seven games Wayne played, the Colts averaged 26.7 points.

The offensive line has failed to protect quarterback Andrew Luck.

T.Y. Hilton, the new No. 1 receiver, is adjusting to being double teamed, and the other receivers haven’t made up the difference.

Indy’s offense hit rock bottom in a 38-8 loss to St. Louis on Nov. 10 and a 40-11 loss at Arizona on Nov. 24.

Though the group hasn’t looked like the one that derailed Denver earlier this season, Indianapolis has won three of five since Wayne’s injury. Indianapolis (8-4) can wrap up the AFC South title with a victory Sunday at Cincinnati.

“As of late, we’ve been like the Rocky Balboa of the National Football League,” Colts offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton said. “We get bloodied up, but we find a way to finish on top.”

It’s questionable whether that approach will work in the playoffs.

The Colts have been particularly bad in the first half. In the five games without Wayne, Indianapolis has scored 24 points before halftime.

The Colts have scored 75 points after the break in those games.

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Indianapolis Colts’ Trent Richardson (34) runs during the first half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans Sunday in Indianapolis. Donald Brown was recently given the starting running back job over Richardson.

touchdowns,” Hamilton said.

“We’ve got to make it a point of emphasis, as we always have, to find a way to get started a lot faster.”

Darrius Heyward-Bey, who was supposed to fill some of Wayne’s productivity, has struggled with drops. Despite starting four of five games since Wayne’s injury, Heyward-Bey has just nine catches for 96 yards during that stretch.

Heyward-Bey’s troubles are starting to affect Hilton’s production. In the first two games after Wayne’s injury, Hilton caught 14 passes for 251 yards and three

touchdowns. In the next three games, he caught 15 passes for 128 yards and no scores. With no other viable outside threat, teams are more focused on Hilton.

“T.Y. is still a very effective receiver for us,” Hamilton said.

“They’ve started to double-team him more. I’ve got to do a better job of moving T.Y. around and making sure we find creative ways to get him in space.”

Luck has tried to compensate for Wayne’s absence at times by holding the ball too long. He has been sacked 14 times in the past five

games after being sacked 15 times in the first seven.

Before Wayne’s injury, Luck was completing 61 percent of his passes and had 10 touchdown passes and three interceptions. Since the injury, he’s completing 55 percent with five touchdowns and five interceptions.

Luck accepts his share of the blame for the way the offense has played.

“Oh yeah, I make my fair share of mistakes,” Luck said. “It might not be as obvious to the common fan. Drops happen. Holdings happen. Pass interference happens.

Not that it’s ever excusable, but it’s part of human error, part of playing any sport and doing anything I think.”

The running game has struggled so much that the Colts finally made Donald Brown the starting running back over Trent Richardson this past Sunday.

Even with all the criticism, the Colts are coming off a 22-14 win over the Titans that put them in control of the AFC South. The Colts didn’t score a touchdown against the Titans until Brown reached the end zone with 1:56 remaining, yet they were in position to win.

“Again, we’re never going to apologize for winning no matter how you get it done,” Colts coach Chuck Pagano said. “Ugly, whatever you want to call it, a win is a win. It was critical. We all know the magnitude of that ball game. It was a game we had to get the win and get it done.”

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WATERLOO — DeKalb kicked off its dual meet season Thursday night against Homestead, and it couldn’t have started off any better. The Barons earned pins in the first three matches to build a lead, and then hung on at the end to defeat their Northeast Hoosier Conference rivals, 36-33, on DeKalb’s senior night.

The Barons had three of their strongest wrestlers kick off the meet and set the tone for the night. DeKalb’s returning state qualifier, senior 138-pounder Zach Krumlauf, earned a first-period pin on Kyle Leland right at the horn to make it 6-0. Junior Logan Williams (145) and sophomore Chris Hamlin (152) also picked up first-period pins and the Barons were rolling at 18-0.

“We started at the strength of our lineup, which showed,” said DeKalb coach Jason Hunter.

“Those senior-junior-sophomore wrestlers, bang bang bang, getting us off 18-0, that’s huge.

“We then go into a part of the lineup where we’re looking to split some matches and not give up bonus (points). Unfortunately, at this point, we’re not a solid dual-meet team yet. To start out like that increases confidence in a team. Any time you can start out 18-0, the kids are going to have confidence.”

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DeKalb sophomore 152-pounder Chris Hamlin (top) started off Thursday’s dual meet against Homestead with a first-period pin of Alex Ferrando. The Barons defeated the Spartans, 36-33.

DeKalb 36, Homestead 33 106 — Franklin (H) dec. Boyce (DK), 7-2. 113 — Rushing (H) dec. Wilson (DK), 3-2. 120 — Rhodes (H) pin Davis, 4:46. 126 — Camron (H) dec. Fozo (DK), 8-2. 132 — Rosales (H) pin Fingleton (DK), 2:35. 138 — Krumlauf (DK) pin Leland (H), 2:00. 145 — Williams (DK) pin Woosley (H), 1:21. 152 — Hamlin (DK) pin Ferrando (H), 1:58. 160 — Eshcoff (H) pin Fiig (DK), 3:19. 170 — Lynch (DK) dec. Lay (H), 5-2. 182 — Clem (H) pin Bice (DK), 2:25. 195 — Martin (DK) dec.

Van Burk (H), 7-2. 220 – Thompson (DK) pin Clark (H), :42. 285 — Duke (DK) forfeit.

Homestead finished the match strong, winning the last five matches.

“We’re pretty solid at our lightweights but Homestead just paired up with us really well. You want those type of matches now,” Hunter said.

The dual-meet victory wasn’t decided until the second-to-last match of the night at 126 pounds, when DeKalb’s Susie Fozo — who looked like she might get pinned in both the first two periods — kept her shoulders off the mat, which included a rush

by Homestead’s Robb Camron in the final seconds. Fozo only lost via decision, 8-2, instead of a pin, and prevented the Spartans from earning the six necessary points to keep a team victory alive.

Fozo was a late addition to the lineup.

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In all my years livin’ and chewing grass around the farm, people always wonder how I’m able to keep up with national and local sporting events. There are some things about my life that don’t seem to make sense. Am I part of a horde of bovines on the farm? Yes. Is there a succinct smell of animal waste on my daily walk?

Yes. Is there only the slightest signs of human life in my small piece of pasture along the DeKalb-Noble PICKIN’ County line? Yes. But in one tiny THE PREPS corner of the barn, an area blocked off from the rest Hannah Holstein of the heifers on the farm, I’ve developed my version of the Cow Palace, complete with multiple 70-inch televisions and the highest-speed Internet possible.

Does it look like the secret room in “The Dark Knight”? Yes. Will

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JAMES FISHER

2013 KPC Media Group All-Area Boys Tennis Team The 13th annual KPC Media Group All-Area Boys Tennis Team will be featured in Sunday’s edition. Front row, from left, Blake Trusty, Chris Calvelage, Jake Honer, Co-Prep of the Year Craig Nofziger, Cameron Hall and Co-Prep of the Year Markus Arnold of Angola; and Nate Helmkamp and Luke Buttermore of DeKalb. Back row, Hunter

Christner, Kohle Christner and Jamar Weaver of Westview, and Carl Kramer, Evan Hart, Aaron Dills, Jonathan Toles, Austin Mohamedali and Coach of the Year Nathan Toles of East Noble. Not pictured is Cody Nickols of Angola.

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Penguins Bowling hammer Sharks

EN girls defeat DeKalb, still unbeaten in league

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Kunitz scored twice during a four-goal second period and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 5-1 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.

Pascal Dupuis, Jayson Megna and Kris Letang also scored for Pittsburgh, which snapped San Jose’s six-game winning streak. Sidney Crosby added three assists in his 500th career game to push his point total to an NHL-leading 42.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 44 saves for the Penguins against the league’s highestscoring team. Pittsburgh played without star Evgeni Malkin, scratched after sustaining a lower-body injury during the morning skate.

Tomas Hertl got his 14th goal for San Jose. Antti Niemi made 23 saves but was pulled after two periods, and the Sharks lost in regulation for only the fourth time this season.

The showdown between two Stanley Cup contenders quickly turned one-sided after a scoreless first period.

The Penguins beat Niemi four times in a span of 7:03, showcasing the firepower that makes the Metropolitan Division leaders heavy favorites to make another deep playoff run next spring.

The Sharks have been futilely chasing a trip to the finals for the past decade and they’re off to another remarkably hot start. The Pacific Division front-runners lead the league in goal differential and had outscored opponents 24-12 over their last six games.

All that momentum came to a grinding halt during a frantic second period.

DEKALB: Barons also get 2 J.V. triumphs FROM PAGE B1

“That’s huge for Susie to go out there because she thought she was going to wrestle JV 113,â€? Hunter said. “When we found out our senior couldn’t wrestle, for her to go out there and not give up a pin ‌ she was in it until the last 10 seconds.â€?

A handful of other Barons were also victorious on the night. Senior Stephen Lynch earned a 5-2 decision over Jacob Lay at 170 pounds, senior Hunter Martin defeated Nick Van Burk, 7-2 at 195 pounds, Ross Thompson (220) pinned Matt Clark in 42 seconds and junior Nate Duke earned a forfeit victory at 285. “You’ve got a couple of seniors back-to-back coming up with some big decisions for us in Martin and Thompson,� Hunter said.

Earning junior varsity wins were Quinton Hanes at 145 pounds and Lucas Tucker at 152 pounds.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2013

GARRETT — East Noble’s girls bowling team remained undefeated in the Northeast Indiana High School Bowling Conference by defeating DeKalb 11-9 in match points at the Garrett Bowl on Monday.

Ashlen Cramer rolled a 402 series to lead East Noble in the win.

Camille Furrow led DeKalb with a 396 series.

Eastside defeated Garrett 11.58.5 in match points. High score for Eastside was Briana Marques with a 386 series. Lindsay Crosby rolled a 355 series for Garrett.

East Noble girls lead the conference standings at 6–0 with DeKalb in second at 4-2.

In boys’ competition Tuesday at the Albion Bowl, Eastside defeated Angola 11-9 in match points. High for Eastside was Matt David with a 408 series. Jordan Lively led the way for Angola with a 443 series.

Central Noble beat Lakeland 16-4 in match points. High scores were Devon Adair with a 369 for Central Noble and Madison Campbell with a 350 for Lakeland.

Garrett defeated DeKalb 16-4 in match points. Todd Dickson shot a 478 for Garrett and Spencer Grim had a 470 for DeKalb.

East Noble beat Cornerstone 13.5-6.5 in match points. Cory Rhodes had the high score for East Noble with a 351 while Trevor Boner had a 326 for Cornerstone.

Eastside and Angola are tied at the top of the boys standings with 5-1 records.

The next conference match is on Tuesday at the Shadow Bowl in Kendallville. Starting time is at 4:15 p.m.

Donations made to high school bowling program KENDALLVILLE — Dependable Metal of Kendallville made a $200 donation and the American Legion Post 86 and the Sons of The American Legion made a $100 donation to the East Noble High School club bowling program to help with the expenses of the program.

High school bowling is a letter sport recognized by the schools but is not funded by the schools. The high school bowlers run fundraisers and take donations to offset the cost of running the program.

The teams belong to the Northeast Indiana High School Bowling Conference. They bowl for 11 weeks against other schools in the conference then have a sectional, regional, semistate and state finals. The bowlers can also earn scholarships.

If any organization, company or individual is interested in donating to the high school bowling program please contact or stop in at the Shadow Bowl in Kendallville. The phone number to call is 347-4918.

Kendallville USBC holds annual Turkey Roll KENDALLVILLE — During the week of November 17-24, the Kendallville Bowling Association held its annual Turkey Roll. The person who had the most pins over their average for a three-game series won a gift card from Scott’s Food furnished by the Kendallville USBC Bowling Association.

The winners are as follows.

Kendallville USBC Bowling Assoc.

Moose 1301: Flo Glick +63, Dave Kline +69 Sunday niters: Stan Woods +100, Jodl Issacs +61 Monday Night Sallies: Carman Terry +72, Lisa Terry +68 Monday Night Football: Dean Gillespie +76

Bud Campbell Memorial League: Keith Schmidt +108, Gary Terry +108 Industrial League: Randy Whiteny +128, Dave Hale +108 Bantam division: Jacob Spencer +43 Jr./Sr. Division: Dakota Smith +70, Jaylan Baxter +41

Wrestling Garrett defeats South Adams in opener The Garrett wrestling team won its first dual meet of the season Thursday night in defeating South Adams, 55-15. Winning by pin were Zane Hargrove (106), Dylan DeMarco (113), Jaden Barker (132), Bo Davis (195) and Kyler Perez (220).

Garrett 55, South Adams 15 106 — Zane Hargrove (G) pinned Kadin Gerber (SA) 3:25. 113 — Dylan DeMarco (G) pinned Briar Goodwin (SA), 2:43. 120 — Sawyer Miller (SA) FF. 126 — Dalton Halferty (G) maj. dec. Skylar Shrout (SA), 17-8. 132: Jaden Barker (G) pinned Josh Lahr (SA), 4:25. 138 — Matt Nusshaum (SA) dec. Dustin Alwine (G), 3-0.

145: Jordan Gunion, (G), dec. Boaz Marbach (SA), 6-4. 152: Michael Sexton (G), FF. 160 — Gabe Gunion (G), FF . 170 — Ryan Hathaway (G), FF. 182 — double forfeit. 195 — Bo Davis (G) pinned Klayton Hinshaw (SA), 3:54. 220 — Kyler Perez (G) pinned Kyle Kilsby (SA), 4:54. 285 — Andrew Beachey (SA), pinned Ivan Jacobs (G), 3:56.

Girls Prep Basketball Eagles lose at Heritage MONROEVILLE — Fremont fell behind 22-8 after one quarter and never really recovered in a 60-47 non-conference loss to Heritage Wednesday.

Lauren Wherry had 15 points and four rebounds for the Patriots (3-2), who only had nine turnovers.

McKenzie Brown added 13 points and five steals.

Miranda White had 22 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots for the Eagles (3-2).

Shae Rhonehouse had 11 points, nine boards, six assists and three blocks. Melissa Beer had 10 points, four rebounds and a block.

Panthers fall to Garrett GARRETT — Prairie Heights lost to Garrett 57-33 in a non-conference contest Tuesday. Brandi Dawson had 29 points, 19 rebounds and four assists for the Railroaders.

Shawna Carbone had 12 points, 11 rebounds and two steals for the Panthers. Tressa Terry had eight points and three assists. Haley Kleeberg blocked two shots.

Middle School Hoops Patriots 7th boys fall WATERLOO — DeKalb’s seventh-grade boys basketball team lost to Maple Creek Thursday night, 43-14.

Spencer Whan and Bryce Handshoe led DeKalb with three points apiece. Dalton Shirks, Kyle Dunham, Tyler Stuckey and Ben Christiansen all had two points each.

DeKalb 8th boys lose WATERLOO — Maple Creek defeated DeKalb’s eighth-grade boys basketball team Thursday night, 60-35.

Logan Kruse led DeKalb with 12 points while Colin Goebel added nine points. Jared Reutebuch added six points and Marshall Beard scored four points. Troy Hickman and Alec Brunson finished the scoring with two points each.

EN 8th-graders score win NEW HAVEN — East Noble’s 8th-grade girls basketball team defeated New Haven, 35-11.

The team was led by Corie Jones with 15 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals. Kara Kline

scored six points, along with two rebounds, two assists and a steal.

Lydia Platt had six points, with four points for Danielle Lewis and two points each for Taylor Peters and Hailee Slone. With steals were Taylor Cripe and Colby Antonides.

Paige McAtee, Shelby Targgart, Lily Richards also made contributions in the win. East Noble only had two turnovers in the game.

PH boys 7th on a roll BRUSHY PRAIRIE — Prairie Heights Middle School’s seventhgrade boys basketball team ran off three straight wins recently. It won at home 41-29 over Churubusco Tuesday, 31-19 at East Noble on Nov. 26 and 44-17 at home over Elkhart Christian on Nov. 25. The Panthers were 4-1 after Tuesday’s win over ‘Busco.

On Tuesday with Churubusco, it was a hard-fought game that saw both teams make adjustments and runs that kept the game close until the fourth quarter.

Prairie Heights led 13-5 after one quarter, then the Eagles battled back to where they only trailed 19-17 at halftime. The Panthers managed Churubusco’s half-court press in the second half en route to the victory.

Ryan Rasler led PH with a game-high 16 points. Landry Gerbers added 14 points. Layne Bachelor and Cameron Penick had four points each with Garrett Culler scoring two and Hans Franke adding a point.

On Nov. 26, the Panthers led 12-3 after one quarter and 23-4 at the half. Everybody played for Heights in the win. Gerbers had 15 points, followed by Rasler with seven, Franke with four, two each from Culler and Bachelor and a point from Penick.

On Nov. 25, the Panthers came out putting pressure on the ECA Eagles. PH led by six points after one quarter and extended the lead to 17 at halftime at 23-6.

Gerbers had a game-high 17 point for Prairie Heights. Penick chipped in eight points. Culler added seven points. The Panthers also had six points from Bachelor, four from Rasler and two from Franke.

Swimming Baron teams sweep FW South, Canterbury FORT WAYNE — The DeKalb boys and girls swimming teams had strong performances Wednesday night, defeating both Fort Wayne South and Fort Wayne Canterbury in a three-team meet at South Side.

The Baron boys scored 130 points to South’s 109 and Canterbury’s 65, while the DeKalb girls scored 124 points to best Canterbury (112) and South (88).

Winning for the boys team were Kahler Goldsmith in the 50-yard freestyle (24.44 seconds), Brycen Spangler in the 200 freestyle (2:10.15), John Turner in the 100 backstroke (1:04.55) and 200 IM (2:19.29), the 200 medley relay team of Turner, Seth Gillespie, Goldsmith and Spangler (1:53.06), the 200 freestyle relay team of Goldsmith, Spangler, Turner and Gillespie (1:41.14) and the 400 freestyle relay team of Jacob Bainbridge, Graham Burris, Will Edmonds and Madison Burris (4:25.58).

Earning blue ribbons for the girls were Kara Robinett in the 50 freestyle (29.61) and 500 freestyle (6:25.50), Nicole Gillespie in the 100 freestyle (1:03.19) and 200 freestyle (2:24.42), MaKayla Rieke in the 100 breaststroke (1:27.61), the 200 medley relay team of Gillespie, Rieke, Nichol Vonholten and Robinett (2:15.74) and the 200 freestyle relay team of Robinett,

Vonholten, Reena Ramos and Gillespie (2:01.65).

Boys: DeKalb 130 Fort Wayne South 109, Canterbury 64 50 freestyle: 1. Goldsmith (DK), 24.44. 2. Marshall Reber (SS), 24.70. 3. M. Burris (DK), 28.04. 4. Fenoglio (CA), 29.07. 5. Lin (SS), 30.09.

100 freestyle: 1. Marshall Reber (SS), 55.89. 2.

Kauffman (CA), 58.43. 3. M. Burris (DK), 1:05.17. 4. Lin (SS), 1:15.08. 5. Phan (CA), 1:20.96.

200 freestyle: 1. Spangler (DK), 2:10.15. 2.

Bainbridge (DK), 2:16.63. 3. 3. Tribbett (SS), 2:17.14.

500 freestyle: 1. McCord (SS), 5:49.63. 2. Spangler (DK), 5:57.00. 3. Bainbridge (DK), 6:11.12. 4. Delberto (CA), 7:12.32. 5. Pommer (SS), 8:30.31.

1oo butterfly: 1. McCord (SS), 59.63. 2. White (CA), 1:01.96. 3. Goldsmith (DK), 1:04.53. 4. Dasher (SS), 1:21.81. 5. Edmonds (DK), 1:27.66.

1oo backstroke: 1. Turner (DK), 1:04.55. 2. Tribbett (SS), 1:09.74. 3. Kauffman (CA), 1:09.83. 4. Tidwell (S), 1:16.79. 5. G. Burris (DK), 1:20.41.

100 breaststroke: 1. Westropp (CA), 1:09.88. 2.

Manuel (SS), 1:10.47. 3. Gillespie (DK), 1:12.07. 4.

Lockwood (DK), 1:35.00. 5. Qadar (SS), 1:37.93.

200 IM: 1. Turner (DK), 2:19.29. 2. Manuel (CA), 2:19.33. 3. Manuel (SS), 2:32.87. 4. Edmonds (DK), 2:53.38.

200 medley relay: 1. Turner, Gillespie, Goldsmith, Spangler (DK), 1:53.06. 2. SS, 1:56.03. 3. C, 1:57.23.

200 freestyle relay: 1. Goldsmith, Spangler, Turner, Gillespie (DK), 1:41.14. 2. SS, 1:44.65. 3. CA, 1:44.89.

400 freestyle relay: 1. Bainbridge, G. Burris, Edmonds, M. Burris (DK), 4:25.58. 2. CA, 4:29.06.

3. Ramos, Kennedy, Moss, Lockwood (DK), 5:09.64.

Diving: 1. Williams (SS), 147.25. 2. Foster (SS), 144.00.

Girls: DeKalb 124, Canterbury 112, Fort Wayne South 88 50 freestyle: 1. Robinett (DK), 29.61. 2. Herman (SS), 29.86. 3. Devlin (CA), 30.26. 4. Ramos (DK), 31.46. 5.

Lewellen (SS), 31.64.

100 freestyle: 1. Gillespie (DK), 1:03.19. 2. Devlin (CA), 1:09.20. 3. Rieke (DK), 1:13.35. 4. Walbridge (CA), 1:13.51. 5. Harris (SS), 1:13.95.

200 freestyle: 1. Gillespie (DK), 2:24.42. 2. Case (SS), 2:32.89. 3. Snyder (DK), 2:47.27. 4. Harris (SS), 2:48.03. 5. Ocken (CA), 2:57.07.

500 freestyle: 1. Robinett (DK), 6:25.50. 2. White (CA), 6:31.20. 3. Case (SS), 6:51.93. 4. Lounds (DK), 7:13.87. 5. Waggoner (CA), 7:38.08.

100 butterfly: 1. LaRue (CA), 1:15.47. 2. Herman (SS), 1:18.80. 3. Vonholten (DK), 1:19.64. 4. Snyder (DK), 1:35.50. 5. Ankenbruck (SS), 1:48.73.

100 backstroke: 1. Larue (CA), 1:14.97. 2. Vonholten (DK), 1:23.13. 3. Blair-Lewis (DK), 1:26.04. 4. Schutt (SS), 1:32.75. 5. Fenoglio (CA), 1:35.78.

100 breaststroke: 1. Rieke (DK), 1:27.61. 2. Lewellen (SS), 1:30.49. 3. Lounds (DK), 1:33.90. 4. Westropp (CA), 1:35.07. 5. Frederick (CA), 1:39.81.

200 IM: 1. Bormann (CA), 2:58.41. 2. Blair-Lewis (DK), 3:01.24. 3. Shadle (SS), 3:06.71. 4. Ankenbruck (SS), 3:15.12. 5. Bell (DK), 3:35.97.

200 medley relay: 1. Gillespie, Rieke, Vonholten, Robinett (DK), 2:15.74. 2. CA, 2:20.71. 3. SS, 2:28.48.

200 freestyle relay: 1. Robinett, Vonholten, Ramos, Gillespie (DK), 2:01.65. 2. CA, 2:05.31. 3. SS, 2:09.64.

400 freestyle relay: 1. CA, 4:45.48. 2. Blair-Lewis, Snyder, Rieke, Ramos (DK), 4:56.23. 3. CA, 5:12.75.

Diving: 1. Devlin (CA), 171.05. 2. Ankenbruck (SS), 127.30. 3. Carteaux (SS), 123.40. 4. Hyndman (CA), 113.7.

EN girls win NHC contest KENDALLVILLE — East Noble’s girls swimming team earned its first Northeast Hoosier Conference victory on Thursday, topping Columbia City 99-84. The East Noble boys, competing for just the second time this season, lost 108-66 to the Eagles.

East Noble senior Sirahia Ostermeyer topped the field in the diving competition. Another senior, Megan Goldsmith, won the 50-yard freestyle. She was also third in the 100 freestyle.

Junior Mackenzie Dafforn-Koebler swam to firsts in the 100 and 200 freestyle events and the team also got a first in the 200 freestyle relay.

Kari Guthrie led the way in the 100 breaststroke and was second in the 200 individual medley.

Alyn Clark was a runner-up in the 50 freestyle and 100 fly, while Ashley Nichols placed second in the 500 freestyle and third in the 200 IM. Other seconds for the East Noble girls went to Rachel Tipsord in the diving competition, along with the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay teams.

Freshman Madison Cramer had thirds in 500 freestyle and 100 breaststroke.

East Noble’s girls team is 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the NHC. For the East Noble boys, sophomore Phillip Phan earned first-place in the diving event and was third in the 100 fly. Freshman Anthony Phan won the 100 freestyle and was third in the 200 IM. The 200 medley relay team also was victorious.

Keegan Gura was second in the 50 freestyle and third in the 500 freestyle.

The East Noble boys are 0-2 overall.

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I keep answering my own questions? Absolutely, until someone brings me the proper amount of silage.

We’re only a few weeks into the prep sports season, but there is one particular player that has already caught my eye. Garrett senior Brandi Dawson has proven to be nearly unstoppable on the court, and was named the IBCA Player of the Week in District 1. Is she the greatest player in Railroader history, as coach Bob Lapadot surmised following her performance against Woodlan last Saturday? We’ve got about 15 more games to determine that.

Wrestling season is on a slow roll-out, with East Noble picking up a win against New Haven on Wednesday, and a handful of DeKalb wrestlers had some success in the last week’s meet at Carroll and Munster.

The Barons also showed potential against Homestead on Thursday.

But of course, the crown jewel of the winter sports season, boys basketball, rolls into its second weekend starting tonight. The most intriguing game on the schedule may be DeKalb at Fort Wayne North, which is currently receiving votes in the Associated Press Class 4A poll and already owns a win over Blackhawk Christian. Fremont-Lakeland, Central Noble-Angola, Lakewood Park-Wayne and Garrett-Woodlan are also interesting games.

Here are my picks for the weekend: 1. North Side over DeKalb. Redskins pick up home win.

2. Garrett over Woodlan.

Call it a Hannah hunch.

3. Canterbury over Eastside. Fort Wayne school triumphs.

4. Angola over Central.

Hornets win in their cozy confines.

5. Fairfield over Prairie Heights. Falcons always tough.

6. Westview over Churubusco. See above.

7. Fremont over Lakeland. Could be a barnburner.

8. Hamilton over Elkhart Christian. A battle of small schools.

9. Wayne over Lakewood Park. Panthers are still feeling their way.

10. West Noble over Wawasee. Another strong team in Ligonier.

11. Prairie Heights over Bethany Christian. Panthers flex their muscle.

12. Hamilton over Lakeland Christian. A double-win weekend for the Marines.

13. Trine over Illinois Tech. Road win for Thunder.

14. Indiana over North Florida. Really?

15. Notre Dame over

Fillmore’s Fumbles 1. FW North 2. Woodlan 3. Canterbury 4. Angola 5. Fairfield 6. Westview 7. Fremont 8. ECA 9. Wayne 10. W. Noble 11. Heights 12. Hamilton 13. Trine 14. Indiana 15. N. Dame 16. Purdue 17. Michigan 18. WMU 19. Ohio St. 20. Marq.

Fisher’s Flops 1. North Side 2. Woodlan 3. Eastside 4. Angola 5. Fairfield 6. Westview 7. Lakeland 8. ECA 9. Wayne 10. W. Noble 11. Heights 12. Hamilton 13. Trine 14. Indiana 15. N. Dame 16. Purdue 17. Michigan 18. WMU 19. Ohio St. 20. Wis.

Friend’s Follies 1. North Side 2. Garrett 3. Canterbury 4. Angola 5. Fairfield 6. Westview 7. Lakeland 8. ECA 9. Wayne 10. W. Noble 11. Heights 12. Hamilton 13. Trine 14. Indiana 15. N. Dame 16. Purdue 17. Michigan 18. NW 19. Ohio St. 20. Wis.

Delaware. See above.

16. Purdue over Eastern Michigan. Boilers will be challenged.

17. Michigan over Houston Baptist. What, John the Baptist wasn’t available?

18. Northwestern over Western Michigan. Wildcats get their wins in early.

19. Ohio State over Central Connecticut.

Zzzzzzzzz.

20. Wisconsin over Marquette. This one could be a dandy.

SCOREBOARD •

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2013

Boys Basketball Standings Northeast Hoosier Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Norwell 0 0 1 0 Columbia City 0 0 1 1 DeKalb 0 0 1 1 Homestead 0 0 1 1 New Haven 0 0 1 0 Bellmont 0 0 0 2 Carroll 0 0 0 2 East Noble 0 0 0 2 Tuesday’s Games New Haven 52, Northrop 40 Friday’s Games Columbia City at Northrop DeKalb at FW North Side Blackhawk Christian at New Haven Concordia at Carroll Homestead at Warsaw Saturday, Dec. 7 Bellmont at Whitko Tuesday, Dec. 10 Churubusco at Columbia City Northrop at Carroll Homestead at FW South Side Leo at DeKalb Wednesday, Dec. 11 Huntington North at New Haven Saturday, Dec. 14 Columbia City at Marion DeKalb at Goshen East Noble at Snider Canterbury at Carroll Heritage at Bellmont Homestead at Bishop Dwenger New Haven at Leo Norwell at Southern Wells Northeast Corner Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L West Noble 0 0 2 0 Angola 0 0 1 0 Fairfield 0 0 1 0 Lakeland 0 0 1 0 Eastside 0 0 1 1 Hamilton 0 0 1 1 Westview 0 0 1 1 Central Noble 0 0 0 1 Churubusco 0 0 0 1 Fremont 0 0 0 1 Prairie Heights 0 0 0 1 Friday’s Games Central Noble at Angola Churubusco at Westview Eastside at Canterbury Fairfield at Prairie Heights Fremont at Lakeland Hamilton at Elkhart Christian Saturday’s Games Bethany Christian at Prairie Heights Lakeland Christian at Hamilton Wawasee at West Noble Tuesday, Dec. 10 Churubusco at Columbia City Eastside at Blackhawk Christian Elkhart Christian at Prairie Heights Garrett at Fremont The Howe School at Hamilton Lakeland at Fairfield Whitko at Central Noble Woodlan at Angola Thursday, Dec. 12 NorthWood at Westview West Noble at Bremen Friday, Dec. 13 Northridge at Angola Saturday, Dec. 14 Fairfield at NorthWood Hamilton at Fremont Lakeland at Bethany Christian Prairie Heights at Eastside West Noble at Churubusco Westview at Central Noble Allen County Athletic Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Leo 0 0 1 0 Adams Central 0 0 1 1 Bluffton 0 0 1 1 Garrett 0 0 1 1 South Adams 0 0 2 1 Woodlan 0 0 1 1 Heritage 0 0 0 1 Southern Wells 0 0 0 1 Tuesday’s Games Wayne 68, Heritage 41 South Adams 84, Muncie Burris 47 Friday’s Games Leo at Heritage South Adams at Bluffton Southern Wells at Adams Central Woodlan at Garrett Saturday, Dec. 7 Bluffton at Jay County Tuesday, Dec. 10 Garrett at Fremont Heritage at Lakewood Park Leo at DeKalb Southern Wells at Eastbrook Union City at Adams Central Woodlan at Angola Friday, Dec. 13 Adams Central at Canterbury Saturday, Dec. 14 Adams Central at Parkway, Ohio FW Blackhawk at Woodlan Heritage at Bellmont New Haven at Leo Northfield at Bluffton Norwell at Southern Wells South Adams at Jay County

Girls Basketball Standings Northeast Hoosier Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Homestead 1 0 5 0 Columbia City 0 0 5 1 East Noble 0 0 3 1 DeKalb 0 0 3 2 New Haven 0 0 3 3 Carroll 0 0 1 4 Bellmont 0 0 0 5 Norwell 0 1 4 1 Tuesday’s Games Leo 49, DeKalb 46 East Noble 59, Lakeland 25 Concordia 50, Bellmont 20 Columbia City 51, Bishop Dwenger 26 Snider 60, Carroll 55, OT Wednesday’s Game Wayne 64, New Haven 45 Thursday’s Game Homestead 54, Norwell 33 Saturday’s Games New Haven at East Noble DeKalb at Bellmont Columbia City at Carroll Monday’s Game Marion at Carroll Tuesday, Dec. 10 FW North Side at New Haven Wednesday, Dec. 11 Northrop at East Noble Homestead at Angola Bellmont at Leo Friday, Dec. 13 Bellmont at East Noble Carroll at DeKalb Homestead at New Haven Norwell at Columbia City Saturday, Dec. 14 Homestead vs. Grosse Pointe (Mich.) South in Best of Michigan Holiday Classic at Dearborn Heights Robichaud Northeast Corner Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Fairfield 2 0 4 1 Westview 1 0 4 2 Angola 3 1 3 4 West Noble 2 1 4 2 Lakeland 2 1 4 3 Fremont 1 1 3 2

Churubusco 1 1 4 4 Prairie Heights 1 2 3 4 Hamilton 0 2 1 3 Central Noble 0 2 1 4 Eastside 0 2 0 5 Monday’s Result Central Noble 52, Blackhawk Christian 37 Tuesday’s Games Churubusco 66, Adams Central 54 Fairfield 57, Angola 45 East Noble 59, Lakeland 25 North Central (Ohio) 46, Hamilton 43 Garrett 57, Prairie Heights 33 West Noble 64, Wawasee 53 Northridge 54, Westview 38 Wednesday’s Games Heritage 60, Fremont 47 Woodlan 59, Eastside 44 Thursday’s Games Churubusco 62, Blackhawk Christian 37 Westview 54, Bremen 44 Friday’s Games Prairie Heights at Bethany Christian Saturday’s Games Angola at Central Noble Lakeland at Fremont West Noble at Eastside Westview at Churubusco Prairie Heights at Fairfield Lakeland Christian at Hamilton Tuesday, Dec. 10 Concord at Lakeland Central Noble at Bethany Christian Westview at Elkhart Christian Goshen at West Noble Wednesday, Dec. 11 Homestead at Angola Reading, Mich., at Fremont Friday, Dec. 13 Central Noble at Westview Churubusco at West Noble Eastside at Prairie Heights Fairfield at Lakeland Saturday, Dec. 14 Hamilton at Fremont Allen County Athletic Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Garrett 1 0 7 0 Leo 1 0 5 0 South Adams 1 0 5 0 Southern Wells 1 0 3 3 Woodlan 0 1 5 1 Heritage 0 1 3 2 Adams Central 0 1 1 4 Bluffton 0 1 1 5 Tuesday’s Games Churubusco 66, Adams Central 54 Leo 49, DeKalb 46 Southern Wells 47, Mississinewa 28 Garrett 57, Prairie Heights 33 Wednesday’s Games Heritage 60, Fremont 47 Woodlan 59, Eastside 44 Thursday’s Game South Adams 69, Muncie Burris 27 Saturday’s Games Garrett at Leo South Adams at Heritage Woodlan at Adams Central Southern Wells at Bluffton Tuesday, Dec. 10 Wes-Del at Bluffton Winchester at South Adams Wednesday, Dec. 11 Bellmont at Leo Thursday, Dec. 12 Blackhawk Christian at Heritage Friday, Dec. 13 Garrett at Adams Central Bluffton at Woodlan Heritage at Southern Wells Leo at South Adams

Men’s Top 25 Hoops Slate Friday’s Games No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 20 Baylor at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, 10 p.m.

No. 9 Oklahoma State vs. South Carolina, 9:30 p.m.

No. 12 UConn vs. Maine at the XL Center, Hartford, Conn., 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games No. 2 Arizona vs. UNLV, 5:15 p.m.

No. 4 Syracuse vs. Binghamton, 7 p.m.

No. 5 Ohio State vs. CCSU, 4:30 p.m.

No. 6 Kansas at Colorado, 3:15 p.m.

No. 7 Louisville vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 1 p.m.

No. 8 Wisconsin vs. Marquette, 2:15 p.m.

No. 11 Wichita State vs. Oral Roberts, 8 p.m.

No. 14 Villanova at Saint Joseph’s, 6 p.m.

No. 16 Memphis vs. Northwestern State, 1 p.m.

No. 17 Iowa State vs. Northern Iowa at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa, 6 p.m.

No. 18 UCLA at Missouri, 12:30 p.m.

No. 19 Gonzaga vs. New Mexico State, 11 p.m.

No. 21 UMass vs. BYU at the MassMutual Center, Springfield, Mass., 1:30 p.m.

No. 22 Michigan vs. Houston Baptist, Noon No. 23 Iowa vs. Drake at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa, 8:30 p.m.

No. 25 Dayton at Illinois State, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games No. 13 Oregon at Mississippi, 5 p.m.

No. 24 San Diego State vs.

Washington, 3:05 p.m.

Women’s Top 25 Hoops Slate Friday’s Games No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Baylor at Arlington, Texas, 7:30 p.m.

No. 24 Gonzaga vs. Portland State, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s Games No. 4 Notre Dame vs. UCLA, Noon No. 7 Louisville vs. Wright State, 7 p.m.

No. 11 Colorado vs. Illinois, 7 p.m.

No. 21 California vs. Pacific, 5 p.m.

No. 23 Texas A&M vs. Washington, 8 p.m.

No. 25 Iowa vs. Idaho State, 3 p.m.

Sunday’s Games No. 2 Duke at No. 17 Oklahoma, 4 p.m.

No. 3 Tennessee vs. Texas, 1 p.m.

No. 10 Penn State at Georgetown, 2 p.m.

No. 12 South Carolina at Charlotte, 2 p.m.

No. 15 Nebraska vs. Utah State, 3 p.m.

No. 16 Purdue vs. IPFW, 2 p.m.

No. 20 Iowa State vs. Cal State Fullerton, 3 p.m.

No. 24 Gonzaga at Ohio State, Noon

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 8 12 .400 Philadelphia 7 12 .368 Toronto 6 11 .353 Brooklyn 5 14 .263 New York 4 13 .235 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 14 4 .778 Washington 9 9 .500 Atlanta 10 10 .500 Charlotte 8 11 .421 Orlando 6 12 .333 Central Division W L Pct Indiana 17 2 .895 Detroit 9 10 .474

GB — ½ ½ 2½ 2½ GB — 5 5 6½ 8 GB — 8

Chicago 7 9 .438 8½ Cleveland 6 12 .333 10½ Milwaukee 3 15 .167 13½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 15 3 .833 — Houston 13 7 .650 3 Dallas 12 8 .600 4 New Orleans 9 9 .500 6 Memphis 9 9 .500 6 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 16 3 .842 — Oklahoma City 13 4 .765 2 Denver 11 7 .611 4½ Minnesota 9 10 .474 7 Utah 4 16 .200 12½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 13 7 .650 — Golden State 11 8 .579 1½ Phoenix 10 9 .526 2½ L.A. Lakers 9 9 .500 3 Sacramento 4 12 .250 7 Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 98, Denver 88 Atlanta 107, L.A. Clippers 97 Phoenix 97, Houston 88 Detroit 105, Milwaukee 98 Dallas 100, New Orleans 97 Indiana 95, Utah 86 San Antonio at Minnesota, ppd.

Portland 111, Oklahoma City 104 Thursday’s Games New York 113, Brooklyn 83 L.A. Clippers 101, Memphis 81 Miami at Chicago, late Friday’s Games Milwaukee at Washington, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Denver at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 10 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Denver at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Miami at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Indiana at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 10 p.m.

NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 9 3 0 .750 322 261 Miami 6 6 0 .500 252 248 N.Y. Jets 5 7 0 .417 189 310 Buffalo 4 8 0 .333 267 307 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 8 4 0 .667 285 274 Tennessee 5 7 0 .417 264 267 Jacksonville 3 9 0 .250 174 352 Houston 2 10 0 .167 230 323 North W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 8 4 0 .667 292 216 Baltimore 6 6 0 .500 249 235 Pittsburgh 5 7 0 .417 263 278 Cleveland 4 8 0 .333 231 297 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 10 2 0 .833 464 317 Kansas City 9 3 0 .750 298 214 San Diego 5 7 0 .417 279 277 Oakland 4 8 0 .333 237 300 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 7 5 0 .583 329 303 Philadelphia 7 5 0 .583 300 281 N.Y. Giants 5 7 0 .417 237 297 Washington 3 9 0 .250 269 362 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 9 3 0 .750 312 230 Carolina 9 3 0 .750 285 157 Tampa Bay 3 9 0 .250 217 285 Atlanta 3 9 0 .250 261 340 North W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 7 5 0 .583 326 287 Chicago 6 6 0 .500 323 332 Green Bay 5 6 1 .458 294 305 Minnesota 3 8 1 .292 289 366 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 11 1 0 .917 340 186 San Francisco 8 4 0 .667 297 197 Arizona 7 5 0 .583 275 247 St. Louis 5 7 0 .417 279 278 Thursday’s Games Detroit 40, Green Bay 10 Dallas 31, Oakland 24 Baltimore 22, Pittsburgh 20 Sunday’s Games Minnesota 23, Chicago 20, OT New England 34, Houston 31 Indianapolis 22, Tennessee 14 Jacksonville 32, Cleveland 28 Carolina 27, Tampa Bay 6 Philadelphia 24, Arizona 21 Miami 23, N.Y. Jets 3 San Francisco 23, St. Louis 13 Atlanta 34, Buffalo 31, OT Cincinnati 17, San Diego 10 Denver 35, Kansas City 28 N.Y. Giants 24, Washington 17 Monday’s Game Seattle 34, New Orleans 7 Thursday, Dec. 5 Houston at Jacksonville, late Sunday, Dec. 8 Atlanta at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Washington, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Miami at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at New England, 1 p.m.

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

Tennessee at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Seattle at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 9 Dallas at Chicago, 8:40 p.m.

NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOTPtsGF GA Montreal 30 18 9 3 39 82 63 Boston 28 18 8 2 38 76 57 Tampa Bay 28 17 10 1 35 79 68 Detroit 29 14 8 7 35 81 79 Toronto 29 15 11 3 33 80 79 Ottawa 29 11 14 4 26 83 95 Florida 29 8 16 5 21 66 97 Buffalo 29 6 21 2 14 49 88 Metropolitan Division GP W LOTPtsGF GA Pittsburgh 30 20 9 1 41 94 67 Washington 28 14 12 2 30 83 82 NY Rangers 29 15 14 0 30 65 72 Carolina 29 12 12 5 29 66 81 Philadelphia 28 13 13 2 28 63 68 New Jersey 29 11 12 6 28 64 71 Columbus 28 11 14 3 25 68 80 NY Islanders 29 8 16 5 21 75 101 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOTPtsGF GA Chicago 30 20 6 4 44108 84 St. Louis 27 19 5 3 41 96 61 Minnesota 30 17 8 5 39 74 70 Colorado 25 19 6 0 38 76 52

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Dallas 27 13 9 5 31 76 79 Winnipeg 30 13 13 4 30 80 87 Nashville 29 13 13 3 29 65 83 Pacific Division GP W LOTPtsGF GA San Jose 28 19 4 5 43 97 67 Anaheim 30 18 7 5 41 93 80 Los Angeles 29 18 7 4 40 76 62 Phoenix 28 16 8 4 36 92 90 Vancouver 30 15 10 5 35 80 78 Calgary 27 10 13 4 24 74 94 Edmonton 29 9 18 2 20 75 101 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s Games Montreal 4, New Jersey 3, SO Philadelphia 6, Detroit 3 Calgary 4, Phoenix 1 Thursday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 1 Toronto 3, Dallas 2, OT Pittsburgh 5, San Jose 1 Montreal 2, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 3, Ottawa 1 Florida 5, Winnipeg 2 St. Louis 5, N.Y. Islanders 1 Carolina 5, Nashville 2 Minnesota 4, Chicago 3 Colorado at Edmonton, late Friday’s Games Detroit at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Phoenix at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Philadelphia at Dallas, 2 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Boston, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Florida at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Washington, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

ECHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOLSLPtsGF GA Wheeling 19 11 5 0 325 54 44 Reading 16 10 6 0 020 43 37 Elmira 17 5 10 0 212 38 54 North Division GP W LOLSLPtsGF GA Evansville 18 11 4 0 325 56 55 Cincinnati 19 12 7 0 024 62 52 Kalamazoo 16 8 6 0 218 49 43 Fort Wayne 17 7 7 1 217 50 60 Toledo 17 5 10 2 012 45 65 South Division GP W LOLSLPtsGF GA SCarolina 19 14 2 1 231 64 42 Florida 20 13 5 1 128 75 49 Orlando 20 12 7 0 125 54 50 Greenville 20 7 11 1 116 37 50 Gwinnett 20 6 13 0 113 42 58 WESTERN CONFERENCE Mountain Division GP W LOLSLPtsGF GA Colorado 19 12 4 3 027 60 48 Idaho 19 10 5 2 224 62 57 Alaska 17 11 6 0 022 58 30 Utah 17 7 8 1 116 37 40 Pacific Division GP W LOLSLPtsGF GA Ontario 20 14 2 1 332 62 45 Stockton 20 11 7 0 224 63 57 San Fran 20 6 12 1 114 33 66 Las Vegas 18 6 11 1 013 43 60 Bakersfield 18 5 12 0 111 37 62 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Thursday’s Games Kalamazoo 5, Greenville 1 Evansville 7, Toledo 3 Friday’s Games Reading at Wheeling, 7 p.m.

Fort Wayne at Elmira, 7:05 p.m.

Kalamazoo at Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m.

South Carolina at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Evansville at Cincinnati, 7:35 p.m.

Alaska at Utah, 9:05 p.m.

Stockton at Idaho, 9:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Ontario, 10 p.m.

Bakersfield at Las Vegas, 10:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Colorado at Florida, 7 p.m.

Kalamazoo at Greenville, 7 p.m.

South Carolina at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Cincinnati at Wheeling, 7 p.m.

Fort Wayne at Reading, 7:05 p.m.

Toledo at Evansville, 8:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Ontario, 9 p.m.

Alaska at Utah, 9:05 p.m.

Stockton at Idaho, 9:10 p.m.

Las Vegas at Bakersfield, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Gwinnett at Greenville, 3 p.m.

Colorado at Orlando, 3 p.m.

Fort Wayne at Elmira, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Las Vegas, 5:05 p.m.

College Football Schedule Thursday, Dec. 5 Louisville 31, Cincinnati 24, OT Friday, Dec. 6 MIDWEST Mid-American championship, Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois, at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 7 EAST Memphis at UConn, 1 p.m.

South Florida at Rutgers, 7:30 p.m.

SOUTH Conference USA championship, Marshall at Rice, Noon Southern U. at Jackson St., 2 p.m.

SEC championship, Missouri vs.

Auburn, at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Louisiana-Lafayette at South Alabama, 8 p.m.

ACC championship, Duke vs. Florida St., Charlotte, N.C., 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Big Ten championship, Ohio St. vs.

Michigan St. at Indianapolis, 8 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Oklahoma at Oklahoma St., Noon UCF at SMU, Noon SWAC championship, Jackson St. vs.

Southern U., at Houston, 2 p.m.

Texas at Baylor, 3:30 p.m.

FAR WEST Pac-12 championship, Stanford at Arizona St., 8 p.m.

Mountain West championship, Utah St. vs. Fresno St. at TBA, 10 p.m.

FCS PLAYOFFS Second Round Fordham at Towson, 1 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Montana, 2 p.m.

New Hampshire at Maine, 2 p.m.

Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois, 2 p.m.

Furman at North Dakota St., 3:30 p.m.

South Dakota State at Eastern Washington, 4 p.m.

Jacksonville State at McNeese State, 7 p.m.

Sam Houston State at Southeastern Louisiana, 8 p.m.

NAIA Football Playoffs Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 30 Cumberlands (Ky.) 28, Saint Francis (Ind.) 14 Morningside 36, Baker 28 Carroll (Mont.) 27, Missouri Valley 3 Grand View 44, Tabor 24

Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 7 Carroll (Mont.) (12-1) at Cumberlands (Ky.) (12-0), Noon Morningside (11-1) at Grand View (12-0), 2 p.m.

Championship Thursday, Dec. 21 At Barron Stadium, Rome, Ga. TBD, 4:30 p.m.

NCAA Div. III Football Playoffs Second Round Saturday, Nov. 30 Mount Union 56, Wittenberg 21 Wesley 23, Ithaca 15 St. John Fisher 27, Hobart 6 North Central (Ill.) 52, Wisconsin-Platteville 24 Bethel (Minn.) 34, Wartburg 27 Wisconsin-Whitewater 33, Franklin 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor 59, Rowan 8 Linfield 31, Hampden-Sydney 21 Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 7 Wesley (10-2) at Mount Union (12-0), Noon Bethel (Minn.) (12-0) at North Central (Ill.) (12-0), 1 p.m.

St. John Fisher (10-2) at Mary HardinBaylor (12-0), 1 p.m.

Wisconsin-Whitewater (12-0) at Linfield (11-0), 1 p.m.

Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 15 Wesley-Mount Union winner vs. Bethel (Minn.)-North Central (Ill.) winner, TBD St. John Fisher-Mary Hardin-Baylor winner vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater-Linfield winner, TBD

NCAA Div. II Football Playoffs Second Round Saturday, Nov. 30 Shepherd 7, Winston-Salem 0 West Chester 40, Bloomsburg 38 Lenoir-Rhyne 27, Carson-Newman 20 North Alabama 37, North Carolina-Pembroke 13 West Texas A&M 34, Ohio Dominican 27 Northwest Missouri State 45, Minnesota-Duluth 21 St. Cloud State 54, Minnesota State-Mankato 48 Grand Valley State 34, Colorado State-Pueblo 30 Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 7 West Chester (12-1) at Shepherd (11-0), Noon North Alabama (10-2) at Lenoir-Rhyne (11-1), Noon West Texas A&M (11-2) at Grand Valley State (11-2), 1 p.m.

St. Cloud State (12-1) at Northwest Missouri State (12-0), 1 p.m.

Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 14 Shepherd-West Chester winner vs.

Lenoir-Rhyne-North Alabama winner Northwest Missouri State-St. Cloud State winner vs. West Texas A&M-Grand Valley State winner

Transactions BASEBALL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME — Announced the retirement of senior vice president Bill Haase, effective at the end of the year.

MLB PLAYERS ASSOCIATION — Named Dave Winfield special assistant to the executive director.

American League DETROIT TIGERS — Designated SS Dixon Machado for assignment.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with RHP Phil Hughes on a three-year contract. Designated RHP Liam Hendriks for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Designated LHP Andrew Werner for assignment.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with UT Willie Bloomquist on a two-year contract.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Jose Contreras and Nate Adcock and OF Bryan Petersen on minor league contracts.

National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with 2B Irving Falu on a minor league contract. Traded OF Norichika Aoki to Kansas City for LHP Will Smith.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with C Wil Nieves on a one-year contract.

Can-Am League NEWARK BEARS — Released RHPs Wander Alvino, David Dinelli and Mike Ness; LHPs Adam Gabel and Joe Testa; C Elvin Millan; and OFs Jonny Kaplan and Jamar Walton.

BASKETBALL WNBA LOS ANGELES SPARKS — Signed coach Carol Ross to a multi-year contract extension.

FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed RB George Winn and TE Jameson Konz to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed WR Austin Collie.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed TE Visanthe Shiancoe.

Canadian Football League CFL — Announced the resignation of director of officiating Tom Higgins.

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS — Signed WRs Chris Getzlaf and Rob Bagg and OL Brendon LaBatte and Dominic Picard to contract extensions.

TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Named Tim Burke defensive coordinator.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled LW Emerson Etem and C Dave Steckel from Norfolk (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Activated F Derek MacKenzie from injured reserve.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned D Joe Piskula to Milwaukee (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled D Patrick Wey from Hershey (AHL) and D Michal Cajkovsky and Brett Flemming from Reading (ECHL).

Reassigned Cajkovsky, Flemming and D Tyson Strachan to Hershey.

American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Recalled F Ben Duffy from Wheeling (ECHL).

Signed F Scott Zurevinski to a 25-game professional tryout agreement.

MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Reassigned D Teddy Ruth to Cincinnati (ECHL).

ECHL FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Agreed to terms with F Joe Caveney.

GWINNETT GLADIATORS — Signed F David Laliberte.

COLLEGE NCAA — Named John Parsons director of the Sport Science Institute.

CATAWBA — Named Jeff Childress interim athletic director.

GEORGE MASON — Suspended F Anali Okoloji indefinitely from the men’s basketball team.

LSU — Dismissed DB Jeryl Brazil from the football team.

No charges for Florida State’s Winston TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State quarterback and Jameis Winston will not face any charges in a sexual assault case, mostly because there were too many gaps in his accuser’s story, a prosecutor said Thursday.

State Attorney Willie Meggs said the woman’s memory lapses about the events last December were problematic and there was not enough evidence to win a conviction. “It’s not inconsistencies, it’s lack of memory most of the time,” Meggs said.

The woman told police she had been drinking at a bar with

friends and went home with a man she didn’t know. She said she the alleged assault took place at an off-campus apartment, but she couldn’t remember where it was.

A month later, she identified her alleged attacker as the quarterback. Winston’s attorney said the sex was consensual.

The quarterback said in a statement he was relieved. “It’s been difficult to stay silent through this process, but I never lost faith in the truth and in who I am,” Winston said.

The alleged assault happened long before Winston became a

star on the national stage. Reports about an investigation didn’t surface in the public until last month, as the redshirt freshman was well into a remarkable season with Florida State.

Winston, 19, has led the Seminoles to a No. 1 ranking and a shot at a national championship if they defeat Duke on Saturday in the ACC title game. As for the Heisman, many voters were waiting to see whether he would be charged before casting their ballot. The deadline is Monday and Winston is considered a leading contender for the trophy for the

nation’s top player.

The accuser’s family has been sharply critical of the Tallahassee Police Department, accusing the agency of delaying the investigation and discouraging her from going forward with the case because of the public attention it would receive.

“The victim has grave concerns that her experience, as it unfolded in the public eye and through social media, will discourage other victims of rape from coming forward and reporting,” according to a statement from the accuser and her family.

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SPORTS BRIEFS • Rose not ruling out return CHICAGO (AP) — Derrick Rose isn’t wavering.

He still sees himself as a star, a cornerstone player, despite another major knee injury that brought his long-awaited return to a screeching halt. So he wasn’t quite sure what to make of the idea.

Is it time for the Chicago Bulls to move on, to abandon the idea of building around him, given his injuries?

“What can I say to that?” Rose said.

Then, after a long pause, he added, “You could be a fool if you want to. Dead serious. I know I’m going to be all right.”

In fact, he’s not quite ruling out a return this season.

The superstar point guard left the door slightly open for a comeback in the playoffs if his surgically repaired right knee is healed — even though the team has said he will miss the rest of the year.

Rose tore the medial meniscus in his right knee in a game at Portland on Nov. 22. He had surgery in Chicago three days later, cutting short his comeback after he sat out last season recuperating from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

“If I’m healthy and the situation is right, I will be back playing,” Rose said Thursday when asked if he might return for the playoffs. “If I’m healthy and my meniscus is fully healed, of course I’ll be out there playing. But if it’s something totally different and the outcome is not how I would want it to be, there’s no need.”

That comment aside, the odds of a comeback this season appear to be just about nil given that the team has ruled him out. The bigger issue remains how effective he will be whenever he makes his next return.

Missouri raises possibility of extending Pinkel’s contract COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri athletic director Mike Alden addressed the likelihood coach Gary Pinkel will be sought for the Washington opening, raising the possibility of a contract extension after the season.

The fifth-ranked Tigers play No. 3 Auburn in the SEC championship game Saturday in Atlanta. Both schools are 11-1 overall and 7-1 in conference play.

Washington named former quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo interim coach on Wednesday for the Huskies’ upcoming bowl game after Steve Sarkisian left to take the head coaching job at USC. The 34-year-old Tuiasosopo was a star quarterback at Washington from 1997-2000.

Pinkel is 101-62 in 13 seasons at Missouri, tied with Don Faurot for most in school history. He’s under contract through 2017 with guaranteed salary of $2.35 million.

Pinkel was a longtime assistant under Don James at Washington, serving as offensive coordinator from 1984-90. He often speaks glowingly of James, who died earlier this year.

Alden said he’s proud of the team’s success academically too, and said he and the coach have already spoken about the future.

Royals get Aoki from Brewers

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The Kansas City Royals acquired outfielder Norichika Aoki from Milwaukee to be their leadoff hitter Thursday, which also means the Brewers are likely to shift Ryan Braun to right field.

Milwaukee received left-hander Will Smith, who spent most of the past couple seasons shuffling between Kansas City and Triple-A Omaha, and between the bullpen and the starting rotation.

Royals general manager Dayton Moore on a conference call that he envisions Aoki batting at the top of the order, just as he did with the Brewers, which would allow Alex Gordon to slide down into an RBI-producing role. Aoki hit .286 with eight homers, 37 RBIs and 20 steals last season.

Aoki, who turns 32 next month, also ranked second in the majors with 40 infield hits, and .339 against left-handed pitching, the best average by a left-handed hitter in the big leagues. He struck out just 40 times in 674 plate appearances.

“We like his energy, we like his work ethic. He’s a pro,” Moore said. “We had a chance to see him a lot in Japan coming up. … We’ll see how it plays out.”

Aoki, who is in the last year of his contract, is due $1.25 million this season.

He can also make up to $1,087,500 in performance bonuses based on starts and games played.

The Royals already bolstered their rotation this offseason by agreeing to a four-year, $32 million deal with Jason Vargas. Now they’ve acquired the leadoff hitter they have long coveted.

Michigan deer kill down in ’13 LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan authorities say this year’s deer harvest appears to be down significantly from 2012 because of weather, disease and rule changes.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that early checks show the number of deer shot during the 2013 firearms hunting season fell in all regions of the state. The season ended Saturday.

The DNR says the drop was about 15 to 20 percent in the Upper Peninsula and about 10 percent in the southern Lower Peninsula, with a slight decline in the northern Lower Peninsula.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2013

Guest Column •

Letter Policy •

Reducing infant mortality is No. 1 priority Too many Hoosier babies are being mourned at funerals instead of being celebrated on their first birthdays, prompting a new statewide initiative aimed at eliminating infant mortality.

Indiana’s infant mortality rate — the number of children who die before their first birthday — is 25 percent higher than the national average. According to the updated Kids Count in Indiana Data Book, in 2011 the number of babies who died in the first year of life was 643, similar to the number of students in two elementary BILL schools.

In terms of percentages, 7.6 of every STANCZYKIEWICZ turning 1.1,000 babies died before “Infant mortality in Indiana is a huge challenge,” said Dr. William VanNess, commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health. “We’ve been below 7 only once in the last 113 years. That’s why we’re putting this as our No. 1 priority at the Indiana State Department of Health.”

While many risk factors are associated with infant The association mortality, VanNess said recommends that smoking during pregnancy tops the list. In 2011, 16.6 health care providers percent of Indiana mothers spend up to 15 minutes reported smoking while pregnant, almost double the of each medical visit national average. Younger talking with Mom about moms smoke the most, with nearly one-fourth of smoking, although expectant mothers between waiting until Mom is the ages of 18-24 lighting up.

According to the Associpregnant can be too ation of State and Territorial Health Officials, nicotine late. Almost half of is not what a healthy baby all pregnancies are should expect while mom is expecting. “Nicotine levels unplanned. can be higher for a fetus than for the mother,” ASTHO writes, increasing the likelihood of birth defects, low birth weight and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, the top three causes of infant mortality.

The association recommends that health care providers spend up to 15 minutes of each medical visit talking with Mom about smoking, although waiting until Mom is pregnant can be too late. Almost half of all pregnancies are unplanned, which is why ASTHO emphasizes the need for doctors to warn women about the dangers of smoking even before conception occurs.

This assumes that Mom is able to have medical visits.

One-third of pregnant moms do not receive first trimester prenatal care, with expectant mothers between the ages of 10-24 the least likely to visit a doctor during the first months of pregnancy. Babies born without the benefit of prenatal care are five times more likely to die during their first 12 months of life.

Other risk factors, VanNess explained, include obesity — especially if Mom is diabetic — and a lack of breastfeeding. In addition, infant mortality is twice more likely for infants who are being raised in a single-parent home.

Dr. Deborah McMahan, health commissioner of the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health, says medical professionals can best prevent the causes of infant mortality by partnering with the community organizations where mom lives to make services and resources more accessible.

“We have a tremendous amount of resources, but not everyone is familiar with those resources,” McMahan lamented. “What we’re trying to do with (community) organizations is develop that collaborative piece, that system of care to help parents have their issues addressed when they need them, like tobacco cessation.”

The Indiana State Department of Health has launched an initiative to develop more community partnerships, first by analyzing local data, and then by providing that data to local community leaders who then can design targeted solutions.

“Like politics, most health care is local, so we’re trying to energize local areas to help fix the problem in their area,” VanNess said. “We’ve got local health departments, local minority health coalitions, community health centers, hospitals, physician groups, all coming together.

“We’re helping them get into the same room so they can discuss who does what and not duplicate so that we can use our resources more effectively.”

For example, VanNess described how data analysis discovered a possible solution. “There’s a higher rate of suffocation among black infants,” VanNess noted, “whether that’s from sleeping with parents or not putting babies to sleep on their back. So we’re trying to provide information about sleep habits. That’s a statistic that through education we can certainly improve and is pretty straightforward to improve.”

Families, health care providers and community organizations working together can ensure that more Indiana babies are blowing out a candle on their first birthday.

EDITOR’S NOTE: A video on this topic by Bill Stanczykiewicz is posted at fwfamily.com.

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BILL STANCZYKIEWICZ is president and CEO of the Indiana Youth Institute. He can be reached at iyi@iyi.org.

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Letter to The Editor • The Constitution is not being enforced To the editor: It cannot be stated enough.

Progressives are low order socialists. Socialists are low order communists. Communists appeal only to themselves. They can all live and breathe in good ole U.S.A., have the same rights as American citizens. Own property. Vote. Eat pork. But when their governing ambitions become incorporated into political positions,

bureaucratic regulatory authority and valid threat(s) to the U.S. Constitution, then the guards of the Constitution must act. When those guards do not act, as is the case, new guards must be provided for present and future society.

Such liberty-conscious terrorists as George Wythe, Oliver Wolcott, John Hancock and Thomas Jefferson put their names to a document that doesn’t cover one half of the government abuses being mandatorily inflicted upon the American citizenry of the year 2013.

The total reason for the infliction is the infestation of comm-social-progressivism throughout the legislative and regulatory systems of government. Anticonstitutional action, violating constitutional law, does not make constitutional law — which is unconstitutional. The Constitution is not being enforced!

The United States needs help, and the only help it’s getting is from comm-social-progressives!

Monty Strawser LaGrange

Red hair can raise eyebrows Maya, 2, lives in South Carolina.

She and her mom and dad went to a local fun park and were getting tickets and equipment to play. The lady selling tickets asked her where she got her beautiful red hair. Maya responded, “The doctor.” — Linda Leamon (grandmother) of Kendallville Preschool teacher Jane Scheiber of Kendallville shared this: “The Thanksgiving feast at preschool went well, except for one boy who did not have his ‘listening ears’ on the entire morning.

A dad gave me a wonderful and funny comment. He said, ‘I respect people like you who work with small children; if I did I would probably end up in jail.’

The funny part about this statement is that this particular dad is studying to be a pastor!”

Nancy was driving into town with

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Marimar Hernández Olave Spain was an HOUSHOLDER of East Noble AFS student for the 1984-85 school year. She and her husband live in Madrid and have a son and a daughter. Marimar shares this story: “When Victor was 6 he learned at school we are descended from apes.

He came home and asked me if I had a

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Meet in the middle on nutrition aid, education WASHINGTON — If you peruse the party’s operating principle — cut spending news on any given day, the farm bill/food at all costs — no matter the consequences stamp debate produces two general or political repercussions. impressions: Republicans are While Senate Democrats want heartless turkey thieves; Democrats to reduce food-stamp spending are spendthrift welfare caterers. If by $4.5 billion over 10 years, only neither were a little bit right.

House Republicans want to cut As with tabloid stories, there’s $39 billion, primarily by getting always a smidgen of truth in the tougher on qualifications. headlines. Yet surely, too, there Republicans seem equally is some middle ground between committed to handing their such harshly ideological views. plates to President Obama for But no. We have grown fond KATHLEEN second and third helpings of of the facile and have wandered scorn and ridicule, even as their far from any willingness to meet PARKER fortune cookie reads: “You’re halfway, especially when you get winning, shut up!” more bucks for your bang with Whether Republicans hyperbolic indictments of the other are correct on the economic side. merits of spending cuts is politically less The holiday season provides fresh significant than the more-urgent reality corridors of shame. Gene Sperling, White of perception. What could seem more House economic adviser, put a Thanksheartless than cutting nutrition aid for 47 giving spin on the GOP’s efforts to extract million poor people, including 210,000 the federal food stamp funding from the children whose school meals likely would farm bill. “At a time when people are be eliminated or reduced, in the midst about to sit around the table with their of an anemic recovery from recession, families to celebrate a meal,” Sperling a still-lousy job market and, as Sperling intoned, “it hardly seems the right time to pointed out, the holiday season. Forget be pulling food off the table for millions of optics, this is the visceral equivalent of our neighbors.” puppy mills.

Mission accomplished. Imprinted on Here’s the proper GOP message: “Our the collective mind is a craftily placed entire entitlement system needs reform, message: Republicans don’t care about but now is not the time to cut food stamps. poor people. Distilling further, given that This is because people still can’t find Republicans are mostly white — and work thanks to a sluggish economy that the welfare model is associated with the this administration’s policies have failed Ronald Reagan-generated, African-Amer- to improve and the Affordable Care Act ican “welfare queen” — the inference can (ACA) is merely making worse.” be made that Republicans don’t care about Oh, stop, it’s not THAT brilliant, then non-whites. Ergo, Republicans are selfish, again … greedy “haters.”

While the ACA continues to dog Never underestimate the sublimDemocrats, and the president continues inal power of a holiday message. What to use his executive power to usurp better time to tap into the emotions of a Congress’ role in amending the law, turkey-induced, somnambulant populace? Republicans could seek ways to help While the foregoing is not really true poor people eat better food, perhaps by in any significant way (racists exist but tying nutrition education to food-stamp don’t define the GOP any more than a few subsidies. Wait, the previous farm bill did welfare scammers define the vast majority just that through education and nutrition of food-stamp recipients), Republicans are incentives. Instead, Republicans want to nothing if not committed to executing their cut nutrition education, though they do

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Wouldn’t nutrition education illuminating smart choices be a wiser, more-conservative path than just saying no? Reducing obesity, the second leading cause of preventable death behind smoking, should be a bipartisan, national imperative.

• want to make certain types of unhealthy foods off-limits to food-stamp users.

This seems not so much heartless as brainless. The party that wants to teach a man to fish; whose most-recent presidential nominee advocated “self-deportation” of illegal immigrants; and which has mocked New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s nannification of food choices — doesn’t seem much bothered by limiting individual choice when it comes to poor folk.

Wouldn’t nutrition education illuminating smart choices be a wiser, more-conservative path than just saying no? When it comes to health care, reducing obesity, the second leading cause of preventable death behind smoking, should be a bipartisan, national imperative.

Thus, wise Republicans should meet Democrats in the middle on this one, not only because keeping nutrition aid and education in place is the right thing to do but because more people needing help merely underscores the conservative view that Democratic policies, especially the ACA, are making the job market worse and more people hungry.

When your opponent is headed into a perfect storm, why follow him?

KATHLEEN PARKER is a syndicated columnist with Tribune Media Services. She can be reached at kathleenparker@washpost.com.

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Over the last few years, I noticed things began to disappear from my home.

They are usually small and portable — earrings, in particular.

The idea of someone stealing from me was very upsetting.

When I mentioned it to my sister, she suggested that it could be our housekeeper.

After my wedding band vanished, I had a security camera installed. A few months later, two more pairs of earrings went MIA, so I had the surveillance company review the tapes. It turns out the thief is my sister!

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Core exercises should be part of health regimen have good form. Good form involves proper posture and alignment.

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Quick posture checks before and during exercise can help you avoid injury and squeeze the most benefit from your workout. If possible, look in a mirror when exercising.

Another instruction you’re likely to encounter is to “stay neutral.” Whether you’re standing or seated, neutral posture means keeping your chin parallel to the floor; your shoulders, hips and knees at even heights; and your knees and feet pointing straight ahead.

A neutral spine means the back is straight except for the slight natural curves of the spine. It is not flexed or arched. And neutral alignment means keeping your body in a straight line from head to toe (again, except for the spine’s natural curves).

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DEAR READER: Core exercises should be a part of everyone’s exercise routine.

Committing to core work will improve your posture whether you’re sitting, standing or moving. Try to do a variety of exercises that target all the core muscles.

Many people equate the core with their abdominal muscles, but your core is much more than that. It also includes muscles in your back, sides, pelvis and buttocks. These muscles are essential for movement.

They help your body with everything from bending, twisting, lifting and carrying, to enhancing your balance and stability. Weak, tight or unbalanced core muscles can undermine the ease and power of everyday motions.

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Core exercises not only protect you from injury and improve your posture, they also are used to treat various problems with the bones and muscles. For example, they often are used as part of an exercise program to treat chronic low back pain. Some scientific trials have found core exercises effective for this purpose; other studies have been inconclusive.

In any event, don’t forget to make core exercises a part of your regular exercise program. They can protect you from the aches and pains that come from injuries to the muscles, tendons and ligaments, which become more easily injured as we age.

DR. KOMAROFF is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. His website is AskDoctorK.com.

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Suicide bomber strikes in Yemen French forces head to violent central Africa

ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The Defense Ministry came under attack Thursday from a suicide car bomber and heavily armed gunmen, killing 52 people and wounding 167 in a fierce battle in the heart of Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, the government said.

Among the dead at the Defense Ministry complex, which also houses a military hospital, were soldiers and civilians, including seven foreigners — two Germans, two Vietnamese, two Filipinos and one Indian, according to the Supreme Security Commission.

Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the two-stage assault, but suicide bombings and complex attacks are the hallmarks of al-Qaida.

The brazen morning attack, the deadliest in Sanaa since May 2012, underlined the ability of insurgents to strike at the government as they exploit the instability that has plagued this key U.S. ally for more than two years. Defense Minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed was in Washington for talks Thursday, and the U.S. State Department condemned the “senseless killing and wounding of dozens.”

The U.S. considers Yemen’s al-Qaida branch, known as al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, to be the most active in the world. In recent months, Washington has sharply escalated drone attacks against the militants in the impoverished nation.

U.S. forces also have been training and arming Yemeni special forces, and exchanging intelligence with the central government.

The terrorist network gained a major foothold in the south, taking over several towns in the

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Security forces are on the scene after an explosion at the defense ministry complex in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday.

A suicide car bomber killed more than

chaos that followed the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The drone strikes and a series of U.S.-backed military offensives helped uproot several key militant strongholds, but al-Qaida continues to fight back.

In an attack blamed on al-Qaida in May 2012, a suicide bomber blew himself up amid troops taking part in a parade rehearsal near the presidential palace in Sanaa, killing 93 soldiers.

The government statement said all the militants who stormed the complex Thursday were killed, but it did not say how many. State TV showed a dozen bodies, identifying them as the attackers.

Military helicopters hovered over the site as

a dozen soldiers and paved the way for a carload of gunmen wearing army uniforms to storm the heavily guarded compound.

those were used in the assault.

The Defense Ministry was tipped off last week that a major attack in the capital was imminent, prompting authorities to reinforce security forces, the officials said.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Marie Harf, a deputy spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, condemned the attack.

“We stand with Yemen against this violence and remain firmly committed to supporting the Yemeni people as they seek to conclude the National Dialogue and move forward peacefully with Yemen’s historic democratic transition,” she said.

soldiers and ambulances arrived and gunfire echoed in the streets.

President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who succeeded Saleh, later met with military commanders inside the devastated complex and ordered an investigation into the incident, military officials said.

In Berlin, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle confirmed that two Germans and a Yemeni who worked for the aid organization GIZ were killed.

Military officials said the attack may have been timed to target a planned meeting of top commanders, although the session was unexpectedly delayed.

They added that two army vehicles disappeared from the complex last month, but they did not know whether

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Armed Christian fighters who support the country’s exiled president assaulted the capital at dawn on Thursday with rifles and machetes, leaving nearly 100 people dead.

Shrouded bodies were lined up in a mosque as dozens of wounded lay on blood-stained hospital floors.

The ambush on Muslim neighborhoods of Bangui came as the United Nations voted to send a contingent of French troops to try to stabilize the country, and French President Francois Hollande announced plans to double the force. The daylong gunbattle touched even the most protected parts of the capital, including the residence of the prime minister, underscoring the volatile mix of arms and ideology facing the arriving French force.

Scores died in Thursday’s attack, including 48 people whose bodies were laid out at a mosque in a northern suburb of Bangui.

Separately, a Doctors Without Borders spokeswoman, Amelie Ketoff, said another 50 deaths had been confirmed, bringing the toll to 98.

Some died of bullet wounds, others from what appeared to be machete blows using a weapon known in the local language as a “balaka.” The Christian militia, whose members

are believed to have led the attack Thursday, call themselves the “anti-balaka,” reminiscent of the horrific violence once seen in Rwanda.

Rebel leader-turned-president Michel Djotodia appealed for calm, even as his residence was looted and vandalized by the fighters.

He announced a dusk-todawn curfew in a bid to stem the threat of retaliatory violence against Christians, following the early morning attack on Muslim neighborhoods.

“This morning the enemies of Central African Republic wanted to destabilize the country but they have failed,” Djotodia announced in a speech broadcast in the Sango language on state radio.

France already has hundreds of soldiers in Bangui, and an armored personnel carrier and other military vehicles patrolled the streets. The roads were otherwise bare except for the brightly painted pickup trucks driven by the ex-rebels who run the government.

The resolution passed by the U.N. Security Council on Thursday allows France to send hundreds more troops for a temporary period. Speaking from the Elysee Palace in Paris, Hollande said the 600 troops already in the country would be doubled “within a few days, even a few hours” to around 1,200.

Former Legion of Christ leader to marry child’s mother VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thomas Williams, the onetime public face of the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order who left the priesthood after admitting he fathered a child, is getting married this weekend to the child’s mother, The Associated Press has learned. The bride is the daughter of former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Mary Ann Glendon, one of Pope Francis’ top advisers.

Glendon, a Harvard University law professor, is one of the highestranking women at the Vatican as president of the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences. She is also one of five people on Francis’ commission to reform the scandalmarred Vatican bank.

Her daughter, Elizabeth Lev, is a Rome-based art historian and columnist for the Legion-run Zenit news agency, which Williams

published for over a decade while he was in the order.

Williams, a moral theologian, author, lecturer and U.S. television personality, admitted last year that he had fathered a child several years earlier.

At the time, Williams apologized for “this grave transgression” against his vows of celibacy and said he had stayed on as a priest because he hoped to move beyond “this sin in my past” to do good work for the

church. The Legion’s retired superior later admitted he had learned about the child in 2005 but allowed Williams to keep teaching and preaching about morality.

After taking a year off for reflection, Williams left the priesthood in May to care for his son. According to their wedding registry, he and Lev are due to marry on Saturday in the United States.

Asked for comment

Thursday, Lev confirmed the wedding plans in an email, adding: “We have no intention of ever discussing our personal life in this forum.”

She had initially denied an intimate relationship with Williams, though they frequently appeared together in American circles in Rome, particularly with visiting U.S. student and Catholic tour groups.

Their wedding closes a circle of sorts, even as it raises some uncomfortable

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SortProIndiana@ gmail.com to schedule an interview.

General Prepress Technician KPC Media Group has an immediate opening for a full-time prepress technician.

The position requires: • Minimum associates degree in graphic design, or at least 3 years working in graphic design or prepress environment • Working knowledge of adobe software products, main strength in Photoshop, inDesign and acrobat in addition to Mac and Windows operations systems.

• A strong ability of trouble shooting and problem solving in time sensitive situations.

• Understanding of lithography offset printing, image file formats, resolution needs of print vs. internet, rgb and cmyk color space and PDF file work flow.

KPC is a family-owned company offering a competitive wage and benefit package including health insurance and 401(k).

Send resume to bglick@kpcmedia.com EOE

Sales Dumor Water Specialist, Inc. Sales position in our Angola Facility.

Apply in person at: 1800 Wohlert St. Angola, In 46703 or send resume to: HumanResource@ dumorwater.com

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HAIR STYLIST Looking for an experienced hair stylist with advanced knowledge in hair color to join an established Hair Studio in Auburn.

Booth rental.

Contact Lisa at 260- 235 -1254

✂ ✂ ✂ ✂ ✂ Welders

Waterloo Land contract, 3 BR garage, $400/mo.

260 615-2709

MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT Hamilton Lake

2 BR, updated, large kitchen & LR, one block to lake, nice park, others available. $450/mo.

(260) 488-3163

MERCHANDISE 10 in. Dob all metal telescope w/extras. $400.

260 833-2744

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

574-202-2181

Corner 200 Storage $16 & up.

Open 7 days a week.

Owner on premises 260-833-2856

Christian Novels individual or by the lot. $1.00 and up.

(260) 242-7435

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FURNITURE 2ND BEST FURNITURE Thurs & Fri 10-5, Sat 8-3 8451 N. S.R. 9 1 MILE N. OF 6 & 9 6 Parsons Chairs, Beige polyester, excellent cond., $145 /obo (260) 925-3029

HOMES FOR SALE

Beautiful 6 Pc. Queen Bedroom Set. Includes 2 Lg. Dressers, Night stand, Frame, Headboard., 3 way mirror, Quality construction. $625 (260)316-2089

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

Blue Couch and Loveseat. $200.00.

Landscape Painting. $165.00.

Must see.

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QUEEN PILLOWTOP MATTRESS SET Can deliver, $125.

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USDA 100% HOME LOANS--USDA 100% Home Loans. Not just 1st time buyers! Low rates! Buy any home anywhere. Academy Mortgage Corporation, 11119 Lima Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46818.

Call Nick Staker 260-494-1111.

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Largest Independent Mortgage Banker. Indiana Corp State License-10966. Corp NMLS-3113 LO License-14894. Equal Housing Lender. (A)

CHRISTMAS TREES 12 Ft. Artificial Tree From Nisco, $225 Beautiful Tree!

(260)351-4225

HURRY, OFFER EXPIRES 12/14/13

Experienced TIG & Stick

Welders WANTED in & around the Ft. Wayne Area $30.00 + per hr.

And Benefits!

Please Call Brian @

Angola ONE BR APTS. $425/mo., Free Heat.

260-316-5659 Avilla 1 & 2 BR APTS $450-$550/ per month. Call 260-897-3188 Garrett 2 BR Apt. $120 a week (260) 573-7387

MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE Garrett BEN MAR CHATEAU/NORTH POINTE CROSSING. WE WILL MOVE YOU FOR FREE! PAY 1ST MONTHS LOT RENT & DEPOSIT WE DO THE REST! 260-357-3331

260-417-8356 Drivers CDL TRAINEES NEEDED! *No Experience Required. *Learn to Drive for US Xpress. *Train & be Based Locally! *Earn $800 per Week After Sponsored Training Program.

1-800-882-7364 Drivers Driver Trainees! Get Fee-Paid CDL Training Now! Learn to drive for US Xpress New Driver’s can earn $800/wk & Benefits!

NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Be trained &based locally! 1-800-882-7364 Drivers GORDON TRUCKING CDL-A Truck Drivers.

Up to $5,000 Sign-on Bonus & $.56 CPM! Solo & Teams. Dedicated/Home Weekly Available! Call 7 days/wk! EOE 888-757-2003 GordonTrucking.com

Kendallville 1 BR APT: $96/wk.

All Util. Included (260) 582-1186

CONDOS/DUPLEXES Fremont 1 BR 1 BA 1.5 car gar.

Willow Prairie sub. div.

260 316-3203

Garrett MOBILE HOMES FOR AS LOW AS $550.00 A MONTH - LEASE TO OWN! WE HAVE 2 & 3 BR TO CHOOSE FROM. WE ALSO DO FINANCING. CALL KATT TODAY 260-357-3331

Orland Quiet area, Large yard, Nery Nice 2 BR! New flooring. Ideal for 1 or a couple. $425/mo. + dep. ( 260) 336-9985

HOMES FOR RENT Angola 3 BR 1 BA gar. $700mo + $700 dep. incl. util.

Wood heat. No Pets.

260 665-8280

GUN SHOW!!

Crown Point, IN December 7th & 8th, Lake County Fairgrounds, 889 Court St., Sat. 9-5, Sun 9-3 For information call 765-993-8942 Buy! Sell! Trade!

4 Color TV’S All work.

Good for Kids room. $10 ea.

260-488-4835.

WANTED TO BUY TIMBER WANTED All species of hard wood. Pay before starting.

Walnut needed.

JEWELRY

260 349-2685

SETSER TRANSPORT AND TOWING

Boys 10/12 Red Hooded Columbia Jacket. $15.00.

(260) 318-4950

Side Wooden Table $25.00 (260)226-5269

Century Martial Art Heavy Bag, 4 chain mounting about 40” high. Made in USA, $40.00. (260) 925-2814

Small Dorm Refrigerator. 4.6 cu. ft., 32” high x 20” wide x 21” deep.

Like new, $45.00.

(260) 833-0607

Corner Desk- Like New 40”Wide & 32”’ Deep $15.00 Call after 12 noon. (260)232-5062

Small kitchen Table & 2 Chairs. $25.00 (260)226-5269

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)

IVAN’S TOWING Junk Auto Buyer

up to $1000.00 (260) 238-4787

2006 Chevy Impala LT V6. 1 owner. 66,400 mi.

Very Good Condition! $8270. (260)925-5538

4 mos. old mini Pincher/Jack Russell, male. $50. obo 260 593-3323 ext. 1

1995 Buick Riviera Super Charged,1 owner 135,000 mi., $2000/obo (260)925-3029

Adoptable Animals DOGS

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

•Chloe Jo-5 Yr old boxer mix. Spayed female •Rocky-3 year old boxer mix male •Darla-1 year old beagle female •Annie-8 month old pitt bull female •Ginger-3 year old boxer mix female •Zulu-1 year old lab mix female •Aries-3 year old pitt bull female •Spunky-4 year old mini pin male • Shylo-7 year old lab male • Curly-1 year old terrier male • Molly-2 year old border collie mix female • Rupe-7 year old yellow lab male • Blaze-6 year old mastiff male • Karlose-4 year old lab male • Freya-4 year old terrier mix spay female • Jane-1 year old black lab female • Bugs-4 year old shih zhu male Humane Society of Noble County, Inc. 1305 Sherman St. Kendallville, IN 46755 260-347-2563

Electric TypewriterOlympia XL 505 $20 (260)925-3880

1 Complete Used Set 18 volt Drill, Sawsall, Skil Saw, flashlite, 2 batteries & charger, bits & blades & tools in plastic case. All works well. $50.00. (260) 668-0437

Fax Machine & Copier (Brother) $10.00 260 347-6881

14.4 Volt Drill with bits, battery & charger in a case. New, never used. $30.00. (260) 668-0437 2 Levelor blinds, almond in color 57 x 57. $50. each 260 715-1417 2011 27” Panasonic TV, works great. $50.00. (260) 347-4049 3 Bar Stools Black leather swivel seats. $50.00.

(260) 319-6615 5 old oak dining room chairs, gold velvet seats & backs. $25.00 260 897-2036

CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES 2 Females, 2 Males Black & white, Brown Ready Now!!

570-6953 / 668-1663

Grapevine 3.5 Christmas Tree with lights. $20.00. (260) 243-8070 Hand Carved Santa 10 inches tall. $15.00.

(260) 318-4950 Large Wooden Desk $25.00 (260)226-5269 Longaberger Bread Basket w/American Holly liner and protector includes new American Holly oven mitt in wrapper. $39.00.

(260) 833-4232 Mens new in box brown leather Hush Puppies.

Slip-ons. Size 13. $40.00. (260) 833-2692 Mens new in box Sperry Top Siders. Size 13, tan leather. $50.00.

(260) 833-2692 Microwave Cart $5.00 (260)226-5269

72” St. Nicholas fully dressed, motion sensored. Collapses to store. Great cond. $30.00 (260) 636-2301

Nice used fooseball table. $50.00 260-925-3341

8 Child Craft Books $5.00 (260) 318-4950

FREE: 2 adorable 7 week old male kittens.

Terrific indoor pets.

Would like to keep them together. 349-1116

LAWN/GARDEN

Automatic Garage Door Opening system w/ remote & manual controls. $25 (260)768-8048

CUB CADET -38” CUT 149 Hydrostatic 17HP Hercules $150.00 (260)281-2881 after 4

Black Leather Love Seat. Good cond. $50.00. Call Mike after 2 p.m. Ligonier, 260-504-0014

AUTOMOTIVE/ SERVICES

Gu i d e IN:

Black, 3/4 length leather coat with fox collar.

Woman’s size 10.

Like new. $35.00.

(260)347-3515

Out Back. Full length riding coat. Medium.

Black. Barely used. $50.00. (260) 337-0407 POOL TABLE W/ Slate Top & Accessories. $50 (260)336-2047 Project-a-Gram for outdoor scenes. $45.00. (260) 925-1267

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL

$ WANTED $ Junk Cars! Highest prices pd. Free pickup. 260-705-7610 705-7630

BANKRUPTCY FREE CONSULTATION

$25.00 TO START Payment Plans, Chapter 13 No Money down. Filing fee not included. Sat. & Eve. Appts. Avail. Call

Sudoku Answers 12-06

Collect: 260-424-0954 act as a debt relief agency under the BK code

Do you offer a Business Service?

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Unique Antique High Chair. Wooden, caned seat. Great cond. $35.00. (260) 318-4476 Very Nice Leather Desk Chair on swivel base. $30.00. (260) 495-4124 Watercolor Paper 140# cold press, 10 whole sheets. Some 1/2 & 1/4 sheets. $30.00 obo.

(260) 349-0874 Womens pink & turquoise knee length hooded coat with scarf.

Size 22. $5.00.

(260) 318-4950 Wooden Floor Easel $30.00 obo (260) 349-0874

KPC LIMITATIONS LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: KPC assumes no liability or financial responsibility for typographical errors or for omission of copy, failure to publish or failure to deliver ad vertising. Our liability for copy errors is limited to your actual charge for the first day & one incorrect day after the ad runs. You must promptly notify KPC of any error on first publication.

Claims for adjustment must be made within 30 days of publication and, in the case of multiple runs, claims are allowed for first publication only.

KPC is not responsible for and you agree to make no claim for specific or consequential damages resulting from or related in any manner to any error, omission, or failure to publish or deliver.

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

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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.

DEKALB,

Swivel Straight Christmas tree stand. $5.00.

(260) 318-4950

Old house windows, approx. 100 yrs old.

50 to choose from.

260 232-5102

877.791.7877

Real Estate

Stemware by Preziosi CF design. 2 sets of six each. $30.00 for both.

(260) 925-2814

Office Chair in good cond., $10.00.

(260) 925-0268

Antique School Desk $20.00 (260) 318-4950

to feature your business!

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YOU

Dining Room Table Mahogany 42”x60” plus 2 - 12” leaves. Good solid cond. $50.00.

(260) 925-3029 Drawing Board $25.00 obo (260) 349-0874

14 pieces Milk Glass Bowls & Vases. Great Christmas gifts. All for $40.00. (260) 761-2123

AKC MINI DACHSHUND Registered w/ papers!

Call anytime.

260-768-4412

Custom Framed Photo of the Courthouse with Monument Circle. Like new. $39.00.

(260) 833-4232

MERCHANDISE UNDER $50

Kendallville 124 W. Wayne, 3 BR, 1 1/2 BA. $670/mo+ util. + dep. (260) 318-5638

SERVING

Cranberry Larson Glass Storm Door. 36x81, gold hardware, no screen. $50.00.

(260) 349-0506

CARS

GOLF CLUBS Callaway X Hot 9.5, Pro Stiff $150. Titleist 910 D2 10.5 Stiff, $100.

Taylor Made Ghost Putter $50. Nike Method Putter $25. Titleist Vokey 48x52 Wedge $50 Ea. RBZ 3 Hybrid $50. Wilson Staff D100 Iron Stiff $150. All Right handed ( 260)237-0278

Steuben, DeKalb, Noble/LaGrange

MERCHANDISE UNDER $50

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

SPORTING GOODS

KPC Phone Books

MERCHANDISE UNDER $50

Wanted: Older compact campers & older motorcycles, need not run. Cliff 517 238-4836

14 kt. yellow gold, 3/8 kt. engagement ring w/matching wedding band, unique design, life time warranty. $2,500/obo text or leave message.

260 908-4230

REALLY TRULY LOCAL...

AUTOMOTIVE/ SERVICES

USED TIRES Cash for Junk Cars!

701 Krueger St., K’ville. 260-318-5555

PETS/ANIMALS Free: Kenmore Refrigerator. White, 20.6 cu. ft. As is.

(260) 347-4070

ALL DEPOSITS ARE

ONE MONTH FREE RENT & $0 APPLICATION FEE!

large 12 piece Light up Nativity Seen. with Nativity scene manger & Star. $160.00( 260)463-3058

APPLIANCES

APARTMENT RENTAL

SPORTING GOODS

TV/STEREO/ENT

STORAGE

Life Care Center of Lagrange 0770 N 075 E Lagrange IN

Sundays required.

Send resume to

General Heavy Equipment Operator Training! Bulldozers, Backhoes, Excavators. 3 Weeks Hands On Program. Local Job Placement Assistance.

National Certifications.

GI Bill Benefits Eligible.

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1800 E. 7th St.* 11th Annual Christmas Bazaar Sat. 12/7 • 8 - 2

GARAGE SALES

Banking

Apply In Person at:

General ANGEL CORPS AND--Home Nursing Services are hiring qualified Attendants, CNAs and HHAs to provide care in the Ossian, Zanesville and Bluffton areas. Must be able to work evenings and weekends. For more information please contact Melissa at 260-824-4747. You may apply at our Bluffton office at: 201 E. Market St. or online at: www.

CorpsOfAngels.com (A)

Auburn Ligonier Quiet Street 3 BR 1.5 BA, stove & fridge includ. W/D hook up, sgl car detached gar., $600/mo. util. not included. 894-2713

HOMES

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10,995

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1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4x4

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1999 GMC Suburban 1500 SLE 4x4

2010 Mitsubishi Galant FE

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One-Owner, Power Seats, Automatic, Air, All Power, 43,000 Miles

Local Trade, Power Seat, Automatic, Air, All Power, Alloy Wheels

3.5L V6, Sunroof, Leather Seats, Power Seat, Alloys, Traction Control

3rd Seat, 5.7L V8, Power Seat, Running Boards, Tow Package, 78,000 Miles

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$

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8,995

$

9,995

2007 Chevrolet HHR LT

2006 Dodge Grand Caravan SE

2002 Lexus IS 300 Sedan

2004 GMC Sonoma SLS Crew Cab 4x4

2010 Dodge Avenger SXT

2010 Chevrolet Malibu LS

One-Owner, Power Seat, Automatic, Air, All Power, 58,000 Miles

One-Owner, Stow ‘N Go Rear Seat, Rear Air, All Power, 53,000 Miles

One-Owner, Sunroof, Leather, Heated Seats, Automatic, Side Airbags

One-Owner, 4.3L V6, Automatic, Air, All Power, Alloy Wheels

One-Owner, Auto, Air, All Power, Side Airbags, Warranty, 56,000 Miles

One-Owner, Automatic, Air, All Power, Factory Warranty, 45,000 Miles

$

9,995

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11,995

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FEATURED CAR OF THE WEEK 2010 Dodge Avenger SXT

2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SE

2009 Chevrolet Impala LS

2009 Pontiac G6 Sedan

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One-Owner, Full Stow ‘N Go, Quad Buckets, All Power, Warranty

One-Owner, Auto, Air, All Power, Factory Warranty, 29,000 Miles

One-Owner, V6, Auto, Air, All Power, Spoiler, Alloys, 34,000 Miles

$

12,995

$

12,995

$

12,995

$

12,995

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2006 Dodge Grand Caravan SE

2005 Lincoln Navigator Ultimate 4x4

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DVD Player, Navigation, Power Liftgate, Sunroof, Heated/Cooled Leather

12,995

$

$

5 Speed, Heated Seats, “Sync”, All Power, Cruise, Warranty, 12,000 Miles

$

12,995

10,995

2013 Chrysler 200 Touring

2012 Ford Fusion SE

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14,995

$

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14,995

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2012 Chevrolet Malibu 2LT

2012 Ford Fusion SEL

2005 Chevrolet Colorado LS Crew Cab 4x4

2012 Ford Fusion SEL

2010 Lincoln MKZ AWD

Sunroof, Power Seat, Stability Control, Side Airbags, 54,000 Miles

Sunroof, Heated Leather, Remote Start, Chrome Wheels, Warranty

Back-Up Camera, BLIS, Sunroof, Heated Leather, Warranty, 32,000 Miles

One-Owner, 3.5L 5 Cylinder, Auto, Air, All Power, Alloys, 58,000 Miles

V6, Back-up Camera, BLIS, Sunroof, Heated Leather, 25,000 Miles

One-Owner/Off-Lease, Sunroof, Heated & Cooled Leather, 38,000 Miles

14,995

$

$

15,995

15,995

$

$

15,995

$

17,995

$

17,995

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2009 Ford Edge Limited

2012 Lincoln MKZ

2013 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ

2013 Mazda 6s Grand Touring

2013 Ford F-150 XLT Crew Cab 4x4

Local Trade, Automatic, Air, All Power, Sync, Warranty, 2,000 Miles

One-Owner, Panoramic Roof, Heated Leather, Power Liftgate, Chromes

One-Owner/Off-Lease, Sunroof, Heated & Cooled Leather, 28,000 Miles

Rear Camera, Sunroof, Heated Leather, Factory Warranty, 21,000 Miles

V6, Navigation, Rear Camera, Sunroof, Leather, Bose Audio, 10,000 Miles

V8, 7350 GVWR Package, All Power, Factory Warranty, 14,000 Miles

$

18,995

$

18,995

$

19,995

$

20,995

FEATURED TRUCK OF THE WEEK 2013 Ford Taurus SHO AWD

2013 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Quad Cab 4x4

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29,995

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$

29,995

29,995

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21,995

FEATURED SUV OF THE WEEK

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2011 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID 4X4

2013 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT Crew Cab 4x4

2011 Ford F-150 XLT Crew Cab 4x4

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30,995

$

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