SATURDAY November 23, 2013
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Weather Cloudy, chance of rain, high in the mid-30s. Cold tonight, low of 18. Page A7 Serving Noble & LaGrange Counties
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GOOD MORNING One dead in crash in LaGrange County SHIPSHEWANA — One person is dead after a vehicle crash Friday evening, the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department said. The crash occurred at the intersection of C.R.s 250N and 1150W, LaGrange E-911 dispatchers said. It was called in to dispatchers at about 5:22 p.m. No other information was available Friday evening.
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Area’s unemployment below 7% Unemployment rates In percentages COUNTY OCT. 2013 DeKalb 6.7 LaGrange 5.9 Noble 6.8 Steuben 6.9 Allen 6.7 Elkhart 7.4 Indiana* 7.5 U.S.* 7.3
SEPT. 2013 7.1 5.7 6.7 6.8 7.2 7.3 7.8 7.2
OCT. 2012 8.4 7.3 8.8 8.3 7.7 8.9 8.4 7.9
*seasonally adjusted SOURCE: INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
INDIANAPOLIS — The jobless rate has fallen below 7 percent throughout the four counties of northeast Indiana, according to reports released Friday by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Data covering two months was released Friday; the September unemployment reports had been delayed due to the government shutdown earlier this fall. According to the report, the unemployment rate fell in all four counties in September, with Noble and Steuben counties joining
LaGrange County below 7 percent during that month. DeKalb County dipped below 7 percent in October and was the only area county to see its unemployment drop that month. “Today’s data release was again quite positive for northeast Indiana,” said Ellen Cutter, director of the Community Research Institute at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. “The (10-county) region’s NSA (non-seasonally adjusted) unemployment rate continues to trend downward to 6.82 (percent)
KENDALLVILLE — Pay raises for building principals were approved by the East Noble school board Wednesday night. Principals, the assistant superintendent and the East Noble High School guidance director were given an average 2.75 percent boost in pay. Trustees supported the school corporation administration’s recommendation on the raises.
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Salvation ringing Kendallville Walmart manager Hatem Ali, left, kicks off the season by placing a donation in the Salvation Army kettle at the story with Noble County Salvation Army members Angie Kidd,
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in September and 6.55 (percent) in October, notably lower than the state and the nation (both 7.0 percent …).” DeKalb County’s unemployment rate dropped 0.3 of a percentage point to 7.1 percent in September, then fell again to 6.7 percent in October. LaGrange County’s unemployment rate fell 0.5 of a percentage point to 5.7 percent in September, before rising to 5.9 percent in October. Noble County’s unemploySEE UNEMPLOYMENT, PAGE A7
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center, and Skip Rash. The drive begins Nov. 29 and runs through Dec. 24, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the Kendallville Kroger/Scotts and the Kendallville Walmart.
DALLAS (AP) — From a street in downtown Dallas to the shores of Cape Cod, a somber nation paused Friday to remember John F. Kennedy 50 years after the young, handsome president was gunned down in an open-top limousine. A half-century later, the assassination still stirs quiet sadness in the baby boom generation that remembers it as the beginning of a darker, more cynical time. The anniversary ceremonies reflected that solemnity, with moments of silence, speeches by historians and, above all, simple reverence for a time and a leader long gone. “A new era dawned and another waned a half-century ago, when hope and hatred collided right here in Dallas,” Mayor Mike Rawlings SEE NATION, PAGE A7
Citizens have say Commissioners get input on 4-way stop BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com
ALBION — The turnout was low, but the Noble County Commissioners took time Friday evening to listen to public input on whether to make a four-way stop at an intersection on C.R. 1000E into a two-way stop. The rare evening meeting was scheduled after it was suggested to commissioners that more people might turn out for a meeting after traditional work hours. Two members of the public came to offer comment, both saying they could not have come during the day. Commissioners president Gary Leatherman explained the purpose of Friday’s meeting was information gathering. No determination on the proposal will be made until after a formal public hearing on it Monday at 9:30 a.m. in the Commissioners Room of the Noble County Courthouse. At issue is whether to convert the four-way stop sign at the intersection of C.R.s 1000E and C.R. 415N, also known as Allen Chapel Road and Lisbon Road, into a two-way stop with Allen Chapel as a through street. “My biggest concern is safety,” said Adam Taulbee, who lives at the northwest corner of the intersection. “We live there. We see the traffic every day.”
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Lakeland business and economics teacher Robert Albaugh talks with the members of the school’s DECA club as they prepare to spend tonight living in cardboard boxes to try and
understand what it is like to be homeless. The students will construct cardboard shelters for themselves in the parking lot of the First Church of God in LaGrange.
Lakeland club Freezin’ for a Reason BY PATRICK REDMOND predmond@kpcnews.net
LAGRANGE — Hoping to raise a little awareness, a bit of cash, and get a real firsthand glimpse into the life of a homeless person, a group of Lakeland High School DECA club members will spend tonight outside in the cold, sleeping inside cardboard boxes. They’re calling their effort “Freezin’ for a Reason.” Hoping passing traffic will notice them and start thinking about the homeless problem in LaGrange County, the students will begin taping together cardboard to make temporary shelters this afternoon, then construct a box city on the parking lot of the LaGrange First Church of God, just off of S.R. 9 night on LaGrange’s north side. SEE CITIZENS, PAGE A7 Six or eight club members
are expected to spend the night outside, with local forecasters calling for overnight lows to be in the teens. “We’re just trying to put ourselves in their shoes,” club president Jamie Elliott said of homeless people. “Hopefully, when people see us doing this, they’ll understand this is an issue. Elliott said she thinks most people don’t realize homelessness is a problem in rural areas. “When people think of LaGrange County, they don’t think homelessness is a huge issue,” she said. “You think the homeless are only in bigger cities, but it is an issue here. “We’re just trying to create awareness and let people know this is a problem here, too,” Elliott added.
The business club conducts other special projects throughout the school year, such as running the school store. But this year, members said they wanted to tackle something bigger, something that is a real issue within the community and something they want to help alleviate. So, far, club members have convinced 10 local businesses to donate $100 apiece to the Hope Cafe and started a seed fund at the Church of God, earmarked to help open a new, temporary shelter in the community to house homeless families. The club members already have a friend in Church of God pastor Brian VanOsdal. “It’s a good idea,” VanOsdal
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