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GOOD MORNING Floral Hall fundraising supper is Thursday KENDALLVILLE — The Noble County Fair Board will sponsor an all-youcan-eat fish and tenderloin supper Thursday, Aug. 29, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the Noble County Fairgrounds Log Cabin. Proceeds will benefit the Floral Hall roof fund. Meals cost $8.50 for adults and $5 for children 6-12 years old. Children 5 and under may dine free. Pre-sale tickets with prices of adults $7.50 and children $4 for ages 6-12 are available from the Noble County Extension Office in Albion. The menu features fish and tenderloin, green beans or corn, applesauce, bread and butter, ice cream and drink. Dan’s Fry Service of Huntington is preparing the fish and tenderloin. Carryout meals will be available. The supper is held during opening night of the Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association’s Fall Tri-State Bluegrass Festival at the fairgrounds Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 29-Sept. 1. There is no admission to charge for the festival Thursday night.
New I-69 exit opening tonight FORT WAYNE — The Interstate 69-Union Chapel Road interchange (exit 317), including all four ramps, is scheduled to be fully open to traffic by end of today, the Indiana Department of Transportation said. The intersection of Union Chapel Road and Auburn Road will remain closed until end of December for construction of a roundabout. The detour for Union Chapel Road follows Coldwater Road to Dupont Road to Diebold Road. The detour for Auburn Road takes Dupont Road to Coldwater Road to Pion Road. Drivers can find traffic restriction information at trafficwise.IN.gov.
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Bike crash kills boy, 7 Child rode into path of oncoming truck FROM STAFF REPORTS
TOPEKA — A 7-year-old rural Topeka boy died Wednesday night after he rode his bicycle into the path of an oncoming vehicle. Myron E. Hostetler of the 6600 block of South C.R. 400W
died at Parkview Regional Hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been transported to the hospital by helicopter after the accident. A police report said Hostetler rode his bicycle out of his
home’s driveway northeast of Topeka and into the path of a truck being driven by Josiah Yoder, 18, of LaGrange. Hostetler was struck by the front of the truck and thrown into the road. He had just attended his first day of first grade at Elmview School.
Hostetler was the son of Melvin and Esther (Raber) Hostetler. No charges against the driver are pending, but an investigation by the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department is continuing. Funeral services for Hostetler will be Sunday.
Syria: Rebels at fault in attack
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Rebels say military launched deadly toxic chemicals
LaOtto area. Some opposition speakers were neighbors, but others weren’t, he said. One of the speakers from outside the area was Shirley Gronski, who said she is from Fort Wayne. Those who spoke were organized, Jennings said. “Everybody had their talking points. It was very orchestrated. It was very planned.”
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s deputy prime minister told The Associated Press that foreign fighters and their international backers are to blame for a purported chemical weapons attack near Damascus that the opposition says killed at least 100 people, the deadliest such attack in Syria’s civil war. Government forces, meanwhile, pummeled the targeted rebel strongholds where the alleged attack occurred with airstrikes and artillery for a second day, violence that was likely to complicate any swift investigation into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths. Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil’s comments were part of a government campaign to use the horror over the deaths to boost its narrative about the conflict — that Syria is under assault by foreign Islamic radicals. It is an argument that has powerful resonance with the Syrian public as the presence of militants fighting alongside Syria’s rebels increases. Rebels blamed the attack on the Syrian military, saying toxic chemicals were used in artillery barrages on the area known as eastern Ghouta on Wednesday. Jamil did not directly acknowledge that toxic gas was used against the eastern suburbs but denied allegations by anti-government activists that President Bashar Assad’s forces were behind the assault. The murky nature of the
SEE VILLAGE, PAGE A10
SEE SYRIA, PAGE A10
CHAD KLINE
Lunch kicks off United Way campaign To help kick off its 2013-14 campaign, the United Way of Noble County served free lunches in Albion on Thursday. United Way industry ambassador John Wicker, right, and campaign chairman J. Seth Tipton grilled burgers for more than two hours
in front of the Noble County Courthouse. More than 200 people took advantage of the offer. Free lunches will also be served Thursday, Aug. 29, in Kendallville and Sept. 5 in Ligonier, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
1880s village developer not put off Site owner says project will go ahead BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com
LAOTTO — The owner of the site of a proposed 1800s village near LaOtto said the project will go ahead regardless of the results of a vote expected from the Noble County commissioners Monday. “I can do what we want to do with what we’re zoned currently,” said Doug Jennings, co-owner of the site of the proposed Moose Lake Christian Craft Village at 11330 E. C.R. 500S. Jennings and his wife, Kimberly Jennings, are pursuing having the property rezoned from A-1 Agriculture to VM Village Mix. The rezoning received a neutral recommendation from the Noble County Plan Commission Wednesday. Jennings said he was told by the county’s former zoning
administrator, Steve Kirkpatrick, that the property could operate with a bed-and-breakfast, small public beach and some historic-style and other shops with the A-1 zoning, but it would need to be changed to VM zoning for some of the possible growth there. The vote to neither recommend approval nor denial of the rezoning came because it’s hard for anyone who hasn’t seen the property to understand where Jennings wants it to go, he said. “It’s a big project,” he said. “Not everybody’s going to see and approve of what you’re going to do.” The process Wednesday left Jennings upset, because many of those who spoke against his proposal were not neighboring residents, he said. All those who spoke in support of it lived in the
“It’s a big project. Not everybody’s going to see and approve of what you’re going to do.” Doug Jennings Property co-owner
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Noah Kathary, 5-year-old son of Shannon and Candy Kathary, displays one of the cross necklaces made by Ligonier’s Dr. Robert Stone. The doctor has given away hundreds of the crosses throughout the community in the past couple of months, and they have now been named “Shannon’s Cross” in memory of the youth pastor who died Aug. 2. Several of the crosses will be on sale at Sunday’s benefit.
Benefit planned for family of youth pastor who died BY BOB BUTTGEN bbuttgen@kpcmedia.com
LIGONIER — Response has beeen coming in from all parts of Noble County — and beyond — for a benefit event to aid the family of Shannon Kathary, youth pastor at Ligonier United Methodist Church, who died Aug. 2. The fundraiser will take place Sunday from 1-4 p.m. in The CrossWalk at the Methodist Church, 466 Townline Road, Ligonier. Mr. Kathary, 38, left behind his wife, Candy, and five children, the oldest of whom is 16. He had been youth pastor at LUMC for the past
seven years and led many mission trips throughout the United States. The Ligonier Chamber of Commerce formed a committee to plan the event. The fundraiser includes a hog roast, porkburgers and hot dogs, along with a silent auction, cornhole games, a bounce house and other events. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for the family. Dozens of items have been donated for a silent auction, including sports memorabilia and tickets to major sporting events. The local chapter of the Masons will be serving elephant ears,
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BOB BUTTGEN