The News Sun – November 11, 2013

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MONDAY November 11, 2013

Black Pine Resource center being built Page A3

Benefit

Colts fall

Local firefighter needs help

St. Louis wins easily

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Weather Rain in the morning, rain-snow mix in the afternoon then turning to all snow. High of 46. Page A10

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Storm toll keeps rising

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Zombie run winners At the West Noble campus on U.S. 33 Saturday, the annual Zombie 5K Run was held as a fundraiser for New DAWN and LEAP of Noble County. The top male runner was Brian Shepherd, left, and the first-place female runner was Nichole Emmert. In the middle is West Noble High School senior Carlos Medina, one of the many “zombies” who chased runners over the course. About five dozen runners took part along with a few dozen zombies.

Many offices closed today for Veterans Day Many area government offices at the local and federal levels will be closed today for Veterans Day observances. The United States Post Office will not deliver mail today. Most county courthouses and some city hall offices are closed for the day. In addition, many banks are closed for the holliday, or have shortened hours. Most area libraries are also closed today. Special ceremonies are being held throughout the area for Veterans Day. In Ligonier, West Noble Elementary School has a special event starting at 9:30 a.m. today to honor veterans, and the public is invited. Reprints of all KPC photos can be purchased online at kpcnews.com under Marketplace: Photo Reprints.

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Classifieds.................................B6-B7 Life..................................................... A6 Obituaries......................................... A4 Opinion .............................................B4 Sports.........................................B1-B3 Weather..........................................A10 TV/Comics .......................................B5 Vol. 104 No. 311

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PATRICK REDMOND

LaGrange County’s Jean Fremion-McKibben walks toward a Civil War veteran’s headstone in LaGrange’s Greenwood Cemetery that her one-woman organization, Veterans’ Headstone Project, helped replace after wind, rain and

snow left the stone illegible. Fremion-McKibben has replaced more than 30 aging headstones throughout the county and hopes to replace another 28.

So they don’t just fade away Woman works to preserve area soldiers’ headstones BY PATRICK REDMOND predmond@kpcmedia.com

LAGRANGE — The light drizzle barely slows Jean Fremion-McKibben as she walks among aging headstones in an older section of LaGrange’s Greenwood Cemetery. Once again, she’s looking at markers of LaGrange County veterans, making sure the men’s names and deeds don’t wash away with the weather. Fremion-McKibben started her one-woman Veterans’ Headstone Project two years ago, picking up on work already started by Jack Miller of LaGrange VFW Post 215 and Allen Connelly, the LaGrange County veterans service officer, men she calls her mentors.

The nonprofit organization has a mission to “find each and every veteran who’s buried in a LaGrange County grave and make sure their headstones aren’t fading away.” It’s Fremion-McKibben’s way of making sure every veteran buried in LaGrange County is “marked with dignity and honor.” LaGrange County is dotted with many small cemeteries, and many of the stones used to mark the graves of servicemen — men who fought in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, and hundreds who fought in the Civil War — are dissolving and starting to fade away. As many of the headstones become illegible, those men’s SEE HEADSTONE, PAGE A10

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Video at kpcnews.com Jean FremionMcKibben talks more about her work with the Veterans’ Headstone Project in video online at kpcnews.com. Scan the QR code with your tablet or smartphone to see the interview along with several of the restored headstones.

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — As many as 10,000 people are believed to have died in one Philippine city alone when one of the worst storms on record sent giant sea waves, washing away homes, schools and airport buildings, officials said Sunday. Ferocious winds ravaged several central islands, burying people under tons of debris and leaving corpses hanging from trees. Regional police chief Elmer Soria said he was briefed by Leyte provincial Gov. Dominic Petilla late Saturday and told there were about 10,000 deaths in the province, mostly by drowning and from collapsed buildings. The governor’s figure was based on reports from village officials in areas where Typhoon Haiyan slammed Friday. Tacloban city administrator Tecson Lim said that the death toll in the city alone “could go up to 10,000.” Tacloban is the Leyte provincial capital of 200,000 people and the biggest city on Leyte Island. On Samar Island, which is facing Tacloban, Leo Dacaynos of the provincial disaster office said Sunday that 300 people were confirmed dead in Basey town and another 2,000 are missing. He said that the storm surge caused sea waters to rise 20 feet when Typhoon Haiyan hit Friday, before crossing to Tacloban. There are still other towns on Samar that have not been reached, SEE STORM, PAGE A10

Two dead, 16 shot at party in Houston HOUSTON (AP) — Celebratory gunshots fired at a girl’s 18th birthday party triggered more gunfire that left two people dead, two critically injured and nearly two-dozen injured in a chaotic scene where people jumped from second-floor windows to escape the shooting at a suburban Houston home, authorities said Sunday. Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said the gathering Saturday night was openly promoted using multiple social media sites, drew more than 100 people, most of them 17- to 19-year-olds, and

became a “birthday party gone wild.” He said it appears partygoers were dancing in the home when someone armed with a pistol shot into the air in celebration. In the ensuing confusion, another person who was armed began firing into the crowd, Garcia said. Young people then streamed into the narrow street to avoid the burst of gunshots that followed shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday. Partygoer Shaniqua Brown — who said she heard about the party through Instagram, a photo-sharing app and website —

told The Associated Press it “was not rowdy at all.” She said she first heard gunshots in the house and they continued outside as people fled and sought cover. Authorities have given varying accounts of the number of people injured, but they clarified Sunday that 20 were hurt, with 16 suffering gunshot wounds and four others varying injuries such as a fracture and twisted ankles in the panic to flee. The two people killed, one an 18-year-old male and the other a 16-year-old female, were students at Cypress Springs High School,

Garcia said. He chastised the party organizers, who advertised the event on social media, saying “you have no control on who to expect at your door.” Authorities are searching for two gunmen, he said, one who’s about 17 years old and the other believed to be about 22. “It’s a horrible combination of immaturity, access to a firearm, and the inability to control one’s self,” he said. Garcia said party organizers arranged to have people searched as they entered the home.

Lions reward students for artistic talents BY BOB BUTTGEN bbuttgen@kpcmedia.com

LIGONIER — It’s become a time-honored tradition at West Noble Middle School: Every fall, dozens of students put their artistic talents to work and enter the Lions Peace Poster Contest, hosted by the Cromwell-Kimmell Lions Club. This year marked the 16th year for the local Lions to host the competition which offers cash prizes to the top winners. It also provides the opportunity for their posters to be advanced to the national and even international levels of competition. West Noble Middle School art teacher Susan Sprague said the contest remains popular with her students. “This year we had 60 entries and I was impressed with all of them,” she said. Across the world, the Lions’ contest draws more than 375,000 entries from all corners of the globe. The contest carries a different theme each, but is always connected to the thought of peace and harmony among people of all nations and races. The 2013 theme is “Our World, Our Future.” On the local level, judges are members of the Cromwell-Kimmell Lions Club who spend the better half of an afternoon examining the

BOB BUTTGEN

The top winners from West Noble Middle School in the Lions Peace Poster Contest are shown at a recent meeting of the Cromwell-Kimmell Lions Club. From the left are Zarelia Guzman, grand prize

winner; Cassidy Hicks, second place; Alexis Brundige, third place; Rocio Ruvalcaba, first place in the 13-14-year-old age group, and Ale Murillo, second place winner in her age group.

colorful posters drawn by the students. The club also rewards the young men and women with financial stipends for their winning efforts. Over the years, the Cromwell-Kimmell Lions have donated several thousand dollars to the winners of its peace poster contest. First

place earns a check for $100; second place gets $50 and third place receives $25. There are two age groups; one for 11- and 12-year-olds and another for 13- an 14-year-olds. “I am amazed at the talent shown by our SEE STUDENTS, PAGE A10


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