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Religion Notes • Messiah Lutheran hosting ice cream social on Aug. 10 WOLCOTTVILLE — The Messiah Lutheran Church is hosting an ice cream social Aug. 10 from 4:40-7 p.m. Menu items will include sloppy joes, hot dogs, porkburgers, baked beans, potato salad, pies, ice cream and beverages. The church is at S.R. 9 and C.R. 700S, Wolcottville.
Catholic church rummage sale set for Aug. 9-10 KENDALLVILLE — Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, at Oak and Diamond streets in Kendallville, is having its a summer rummage sale Friday, Aug. 9, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 10, from 9-11:30 a.m. A bag sale will begin Friday at 3 p.m. and continue on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.
Rummage sale and cafe begin today ROME CITY — Rome City United Methodist Church, 297 Washington St., is hosting a rummage sale and luncheon today and Saturday. The cafe will feature hot chicken, barbecue pork, sloppy joe and coney dog sandwiches, salads, desserts and beverages. The event will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Singing Auctioneer comes to South Milford SOUTH MILFORD — South Milford United Methodist Church will host an evening with Dane Bailey, the Singing Auctioneer, Sunday at 6 p.m. A free hot dog supper will be offered at 5 p.m.
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Council hears outdoor concert debate BY DENNIS NARTKER dennisn@kpcmedia.com
ROME CITY — Outdoor band concerts at Blaising’s Tavern have sparked complaints of excessive noise from nearby residents, raising the question of whether they should be allowed to continue. The Rome City Town Council met in special session Monday night to hear from people who support the concerts and those who object to the volume of the live bands. About 60 people attended the meeting, with opinions expressed on both sides of the issue. Council members Rob Glass, Ben Castle and president Dave Abbott reviewed petitions from the opposing groups. The council took no action after hearing comments for about 40 minutes. Abbott said the council may make a decision at its Aug. 12
meeting on the future of the outdoor concerts. “This issue has brought a lot of public attention,” Abbott said. “We understand it brings people to town, promotes the town, and businesses can profit from it.” At its July 8 meeting, the council granted Blaising’s owners Adam and Carol Williams permission to hold the outdoor concerts in a lot behind their business in the 400 block of Kelly Street from 7-11 p.m. on Saturdays in July through October. The owners agreed to hire off-duty police officers to provide security and come before the council to discuss any excessive complaints. The Williamses purchased the bar-restaurant and opened it in November last year. Blaising’s Tavern, a well-known landmark in the small Sylvan Lake community, had been vacant for two years. The new owners retained the
restaurant table seating and booths and a small stage for live bands and karaoke. Smoking is allowed, and those entering must be 21 and over. They have seven employees. The outdoor concert venue is surrounded by a temporary, orange-painted wood fence. Residential homes are on the north and west sides of the property. Adam Williams told council the concerts so far have attracted crowds of about 150 people, and the purpose of the outdoor venue is to bring people to Rome City. He said people who don’t like the tavern’s smoking environment but enjoy live music have an opportunity to hear a band outdoors. Rome City Town Marshal Steve Heltzel said two people were arrested in the tavern parking lot
for smoking marijuana, but there have been no fights, nothing out of line, and no noticeable increase in impaired drivers after the concerts. “The Williamses have done everything they can legally do as far as keeping the town safe,” he said. Rome City’s nuisance ordinance does not address excessive noise except for the operation of machinery and vehicles. The ordinance refers to: “… causing or permitting any other frequent or continuous condition, use or activity which causes substantial endangerment, disturbance or impairment of the public health, tranquility or the community, or the use and enjoyment of public property or their private property by others.” A next-door neighbor to the concert site complained
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the music is so loud it gives her a headache and her bed shakes from the vibration. “I can’t talk on the phone even when everything is closed up. I had to leave this past weekend,” she told the council. Another nearby resident said she could not hear the bands, and a Kelly Street resident said the noise is not offensive. A Rome City business owner said the tavern owners are infringing on people’s rights by holding outdoor concerts that disturb neighboring residents. People supporting the concerts said the attraction boosts the town’s economy, and those opposed argued the live music should be inside the tavern. “We didn’t go into this to upset people,” said Adam Williams. “We want to cooperate with council, and we’ll do whatever it wants us to do.”
Preservation School completes first project ROME CITY — An innovative partnership in Noble County is wrapping up its first project, transforming an old farm house to something closer to its glory days. The Four-County Preservation Field School concluded its pilot project Thursday at the historic Sower Farmhouse near Rome City. Students restored the front porch and replicated the architectural ornaments removed during the siding process in the 1950s. They also gutted the bathroom in preparation for remodeling. The preservation field school is the first one for high school students in northeast Indiana and is a partnership between the Noble County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Indiana Landmarks and the Four County Area Vocational Cooperative. The farmhouse at 3543 E. C.R. 900N has been leased from the State of Indiana to Indiana Landmarks, which has partnered with the visitors bureau to create a hub for the county’s Farm to Fork program. The house will be used for tours, a retail store for Farm to Fork partners, a central farmers market, educational gardens and other related purposes. For the past 50 years, the home’s exterior has been covered with aluminum siding. Chain O’ Lakes Correctional Facility supplied labor to remove the siding to reveal the home’s original
details and siding. Students restored trim that had been removed on the house and constructed a replica porch under the guidance of Indiana Landmarks staff member Paul Hayden and Chris Weber of the vocational cooperative. Funds for the project came from the State of Indiana, Chain O’ Lakes Correctional Facility, Four County Vocational, the Noble County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College, Noble County Farm Bureau, Noble REMC, the Dekko Foundation, Weible Lumber and Efromson Fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation. The field school’s mission is to create an educational program to teach restoration arts for the proper maintenance and revitalization of historic and cultural assets to four-county construction students, existing contractors, Chain O’ Lakes Correctional offenders who wish to gain knowledge and marketable skills and property owners of historic structures that may need repair or maintenance. Students in the field school were introduced to architectural styles, got an overview of historic building materials, studied causes of damage to historic buildings, learned proper care and maintenance techniques, and got hands-on experience by working on historic building repair.
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Knott wins Showman of Showmen title Kallie Knott of LaOtto, center, earned the title Showman of Showmen at the 2013 Allen County Fair. She is surrounded by other finalists in the competition. To win, she showed nine different species: horse, meat goat, dairy goat, dairy, dairy beef, sheep, swine, beef and llama. She
qualified for the contest by winning the title of Overall Beef Showman. Knott is a six-year member of the Eel River 4-H Club and will be a freshman at Garrett High School. Her parents are Rob and Becky Knott.
Area adviser: Markets can rise higher BY DAVE KURTZ dkurtz@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — With the stock market hitting record heights Thursday, Auburn investment adviser David Hefty said it can go even higher. Hefty, CEO of Hefty Wealth Partners and a frequent source for cable news and national reporters, delivered his 2013 “halftime” report to more than 200 clients Thursday night at Bridgewater Golf Club. “We know the markets can continue to rise,” Hefty said Thursday in an interview previewing his report. He said the central banks of the world’s four leading economies — the United States, Europe, Japan and China — have placed an “implied guarantee that
things won’t collapse.” But Hefty warned investors of a “trampoline effect” in which today’s market “goes down fast and hard” and “springboards back up.” He said the market will feature sharp volatility that can be hard on investors’ emotions. “People have to understand that. Otherwise, they hit the panic button at the wrong time,” he said. As a reward to those with strong stomachs, “We’re getting closer to the next extended bull market,” Hefty said. Bonds are another story, he said. “Anybody that’s a safe investor …they all lost money this year,” he said. “We are ending about a 35-year bull market in bonds” and expecting an
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extended bear market, he added. To guide clients, Hefty’s firm has produced its first white-paper report, titled “Where are bonds headed from here?” “We feel it’s critical today that people understand what’s potentially about to happen in the bond market ” he said. The report predicts bonds will show “high volatility coupled with flat to negative returns for an extended period of time.” “Fixed income is not the safety net that it has been,” Hefty said. “We’re not advocating to get out of bonds. We’re just advocating to be smart about it.” Mutual funds and exchange-trade funds, known as ETFs, will be the best way to invest in bonds, he said.
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240 hosting benefit on Saturday AVILLA — Members of American Legion Post 240 are hosting a benefit event Saturday in memory of longtime community member and past Legion commander Dick Buckles. Activities begin at 1 p.m. and will continue until 8 p.m. A hog roast begins at 4 p.m. for $6 per dinner. Also on tap are a silent auction, dunk tank and corn hole tournament. Proceeds will go to the post’s scholarship fund.
Correction • Suspect’s first name listed incorrectly KENDALLVILLE — A story in Thursday’s edition gave an incorrect first name for a person who was arrested in a methamphetamine raid. Heath Smith, 35, of the 400 block of Pleasant Street, Kendallville, was arrested on charges including manufacturing meth. We apologize for the error.