SATURDAY January 4, 2014
Making It Better LaGrange hopes to boost farmers market
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College lists words that should be banished
West Noble rolls to 20-point win
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Weather Cloudy, high 29. Low tonight 21, flurries starting late. Snow Sunday. Page A6 Serving Noble & LaGrange Counties
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GOOD MORNING Rome City GOP caucus Thursday ROME CITY — A Republican Party caucus will be held Thursday, Jan. 9, at 5:30 p.m. to elect a mid-term replacement for Rome City Town Council At-Large Representative Rob Glass who has vacated the office. All qualified Republican Precinct Committeemen in Orange Township Precincts 12 and 13 will be eligible to vote in the caucus held at Rome City Town Hall, 123 Kerr Ave. Interested candidates for the position are required to provide a letter of intent and a completed CEB 5 Form to Noble County Republican Party chairman Randy Kirkpatrick no later than 72 hours in advance of the caucus to be an eligible candidate. The completed form may be hand-delivered to 8928N S.R. 5, Ligonier IN 46767. For information, contact Kirkpatrick at 402-6534 or rlkpatrick55@gmail.com.
Man picks trial over plea deal ALBION — An Auburn man decided not to follow through with his plea agreement in a methamphetamine-dealing case in Noble Superior Court I Friday.
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Winter storm watch issued for area with subzero temps after FROM STAFF REPORTS
Don’t expect a break in the extreme winter weather conditions, the National Weather Service Northern Indiana is predicting. All of northeast Indiana was placed under a winter storm watch on Friday, as was most of Indiana, with the exception of the Chicago area. A storm packing upward of a foot of snow is expected to begin tonight, though northeast Indiana is expected to receive not any more than 7 inches of snow. “A significant winter storm will likely impact the region beginning as early as Saturday evening and persisting through at least Sunday evening,” the NWS watch said. “A cold front will move across the area Saturday night with light snow spreading from northwest to southeast. At this time light accumulations are expected with this front. Greater concern lies with low pressure that will develop and rapidly deepen as it tracks from Arkansas Sunday morning to Ohio Sunday night.” Today is expected to bring more snow — maybe an inch accumulation throughout northeast Indiana — and wind gusts as high as 25 mph with partly sunny skies. Highs are expected in the 30-degree range. New snow accumulation to the tune of 4-7 inches is possible for
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Dylan Booth, 12, of Kendallville ramps off a mound of snow at the Kendallville Golf Club Friday afternoon in Kendallville. New snow accumulation to the tune of 4-7 inches is possible to impact Northeast Indiana Sunday.
Sunday with high temperatures around 24 degrees, with more blowing around of the white stuff on Monday. Snow is expected to taper off Monday and Tuesday, but severe cold temperatures will be ushered in. Highs and lows are forecast in the below zero range, with a low of 19 below zero Monday, while the high on Tuesday is expected to be 5 below zero. Wednesday could have a slight warm up to a high near 13 degrees, but snow could fall at
Area snowfall totals City Jan. 1 Jan. 2 Jan. 3 Total Angola 2.7 5.3 2.1 10.1 Auburn 2.0 3.0 1.0 6.0 Kendallville 2.5 2.5 2.0 7.0 LaGrange 3.2 2.2 0.5 5.9 SOURCE: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
night and into Thursday. The NWS lists Angola record snowfall at 14.3 inches of snow on Jan. 3, 1999. Data for DeKalb, LaGrange and Noble counties was unavailable.
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Do you find motivation in numbers? If so, read about the many options available for group fitness classes locally. On Sunday’s C1 and C2.
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Noble County’s first baby of 2014, Tristyn Campbell, was born at Parkview Noble Hospital Friday. He is held by his mother,
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DETROIT (AP) — Automakers are going to have to work a little harder for your business in 2014. After four years of strong sales increases — and few discounts — as the economy improved, U.S. demand for new cars and trucks is expected to slow this year. That could mean better deals for buyers as car companies fight to increase their share of the market. The industry got a taste of what’s to come in December, when General Motors, Toyota and Volkswagen all saw their sales fall from a year ago. One reason: Competitors like Ford and Honda increased their incentive spending on hot sellers like pickup trucks and midsize cars, according to TrueCar.com, which tracks car prices. Cold weather and strong sales over Black Friday in November also pinched December sales, automakers said. This year’s slowdown is inevitable, analysts say. Many people who held on to their cars through the recession have now bought new ones. Those who
Erin Campbell of Kendallville. Parkview Noble Family Birthing Center Nurse Holly Slater, left, presents a gift basket.
KENDALLVILLE —You might say having the first baby of the year in Noble County runs in Erin Campbell’s family. Noble County’s first baby of the New Year, Tristyn James Campbell, was born Friday at Parkview Noble Hospital, Kendallville. His mother, Erin Campbell of Kendallville, said he was born a few days earlier than expected. Tristyn was delivered by Dr. Christopher Frazier at 6:35 a.m. He weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 21 inches long. Erin’s sister, Kaila Hampshire, gave birth to Noble County’s first baby of the New Year last year on Jan. 2, 2013, when she had her son, Bentley Carmichael, at Parkview Noble. The mother was presented a gift basket from Parkview Noble Hospital that included baby and home safety items, a sleep sack, picture frame and other gifts. The Noble Needle Workers contributed a handmade blanket, cap and booties to the gift basket. SEE BABY, PAGE A6
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Mentors make difference in just one hour BY KATHRYN BASSETT kbassett@kpcmedia.com
WATERLOO — The face of 8-year-old Briana Barrington lit up with a smile as her mentor, Mary Ellen Rayle, declared her the winner in a game of “Guess Who” that the pair had been playing. “I really love Briana. I look forward to seeing her every week. I’m thankful for the opportunity to come and do this,” Rayle said. Rayle has been partnered as Barrington’s mentor for three years through the HOPE mentor program. They meet for one hour, once a week, on Thursday mornings at Waterloo Elementary School, where Briana is a first-grader. “The goal is for mentoring and encouraging her (Briana),” Rayle said. “Sometimes we work on academic things, but it’s not our main goal.” January is National Mentoring Month, which aims to promote youth mentoring in the United States. Mentors bring great value to children who might not have other adult relationships in their
lives, said Barb Bryan, director of the Links mentoring program at Cahoots Coffee Cafe in Angola. The coffee house is an outreach of the United Methodist Church and the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Angola and serves middle- and high-school students. “Pairing a child with a mentor has positive results,” Bryan said. “The focus is a supporting relationship with a child. We let the child guide our relationships.” Bryan said the Links mentoring program is fairly new, but so far has made about 10 matches. She encourages anyone interested in serving as a mentor to contact the cafe at 624-2399. Rayle said being a HOPE mentor requires only one hour of her time each week — something that is easily accomplished. “I really have a heart for making a difference in our community. It’s overwhelming to think about doing that on a large scale, but doing it for one person is really manageable,” Rayle said. Rayle said she was drawn to the HOPE program after learning
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HOPE mentor Mary Ellen Rayle plays a game of “Guess Who” with Waterloo Elementary School first-grader Briana Barrington. January is National Mentoring Month, which aims to promote youth mentoring in the United States.
about it from her husband, Terry, who also was a mentor. “I thought it was a really worthwhile thing to do,” Mary Ellen Rayle said. “I have a passion
for kids, so it was a good fit for me.” The match was a good fit not only for Rayle, but also for SEE MENTORS, PAGE A6