MONDAY November 25, 2013
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Colts lose
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Concert coming to Albion
Cardinals pin loss on Indy
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Senator’s staff visiting area today INDIANAPOLIS — U.S. Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., said a member of his staff will visit three sites in northeast Indiana today to meet with local residents and assist Hoosiers experiencing problems with federal agencies. Times and sites for today’s staff visits are: • 9-11 a.m., LaGrange Public Library, 203 W. Spring St., LaGrange; • noon to 2 p.m., Carnegie Public Library: 322 S. Wayne St., Angola; and • 3-5 p.m., Eckhart Public Library: 603 S. Jackson St., Auburn.
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ANGOLA — An Angola woman was in critical condition late Sunday after her car was pinned under a semi trailer on Interstate 69, the Steuben County Sheriff’s Department said. Christy Keaton, 28, of Angola was airlifted by Samaritan helicopter to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne after the crash. I-69 southbound was closed for three hours while crews worked to rescue Keaton and clean up the scene. Marcus Dunlop II, age 23, of Zionsville, was southbound on I-69 near the 346 mile marker, driving a 2012 Freightliner semi. Dunlop had been pulled off onto the berm and, at about 6:01 p.m., was merging into the driving lane. Keaton was southbound driving a 2008 Saturn Vue in the driving lane. For an unknown reason Keaton rear-ended the trailer of Dunlop’s semi. She was wearing a seatbelt and her airbag did deploy during the crash. The car was lodged up underneath the trailer and had to be pulled out by rescue personnel. Keaton was pinned inside the vehicle for 52 minutes until a crew from Angola Fire Rescue was able to free her.
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The Pfenning family of Ligonier: front, from left, Zebidiah, 7, and Zachariah, 8; back, Lisa, Zoe, 9, and Mark. Zebidiah and Zachariah, who each
were born with leg issues that required amputation, recently received running blades similar to those used by athletes.
Unique prosthetics help Ligonier boys run, play BY JAMES TEW jtew@kpcmedia.com
LIGONIER — By all appearances, Zachariah and Zebidiah Pfenning are normal, active boys. Zach, 8, and Zeb, 7, get wiggly when they have to sit still. They laugh and goof around with older sister Zoe, 9. And they run. But unlike other boys their age, running is a recent development for Zach and Zeb, made possible by running blades similar to the blades made famous by Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius. “They play soccer. They ran their first 5K,” said their mother, Lisa. “They can run and play in the neighborhood like all the other kids.” The family’s journey began when Lisa and her husband, Mark, decided to adopt a child after trying for nine years to have one biologically. “We prayed about it and after we prayed, we turned on the TV, and they were interviewing a family adopting from China,” Lisa said. They contacted Hand in Hand, an international adoption agency with an office in Albion, and, in 2005, picked up Zoe.
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The couple soon realized Zoe needed a sibling and began the process of adopting another child. They let Zoe pick from the children available for adoption, and she picked Zebidiah, who joined the family in 2007. Through a support group she was part of, Lisa learned that Zach had been on an adoption list for a long time and was in danger of being removed from the list. She and Zoe asked Mark if they could adopt Zach, and he was added to the family in 2008. Each boy had limb issues that have required surgeries since their adoption. Zeb was missing part of one foot and had to have part of the leg removed to fit prosthetics. Zach had lipomyelomeningocele, a form of spina bifida, and also had both legs joined to one foot. Eventually one of Zach’s legs was amputated through the knee joint. The pediatric prosthetics available limited the boys’ activities, Lisa said. “The knees don’t quite work
Video at kpcnews.com Mark and Lisa Pfenning talk more about their sons’ running blades in video at kpcnews.com. Scan the QR code to watch it on your tablet or smartphone.
the way you want them to, so just the simple act of walking like everyone else can be a challenge,” she said. “They wanted to run and play soccer, and the prosthetics that they had — we were breaking knees on the soccer field, and they couldn’t keep up with the other kids.” “The legs were really heavy, and the boys just couldn’t run,” Mark said. At a leg fitting, a person shadowing the boys’ prosthetist told the Pfennings about a nonprofit organization called Amputee Blade Runners. ABR, founded by prosthetist Aaron Fitzsimmons and paralympic gold medalist Ryan Fann, provides SEE BLADES, PAGE A6
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they are skeptical that Iran will stick to a new nuclear deal and want Congress to prepare beefed-up economic penalties to hit Tehran if the accord falls apart. In an early morning announcement, Tehran agreed Sunday to a six-month pause of its nuclear program while diplomats continue talks aimed at preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. International observers are set to monitor Iran’s nuclear sites and ease about $7 billion of the crippling economic sanctions. But the announcement, after months of secret face-to-face talks between the United States and Iran, left many U.S. lawmakers deeply doubtful of the most significant agreement between Washington and Tehran after more than three decades of estrangement. The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, said Sunday he would work with colleagues to have sanctions against Iran ready “should the talks falter or Iran fail to implement or breach the interim agreement.” Such distrust that Iran was negotiating in good faith ran across political parties that are otherwise deeply divided. And ready-to-go sanctions seemed to have rare bipartisan support across both of Congress’ chambers. The House in July passed its latest round of sanctions against Iran with backing from both parties, but the measure stalled in the Senate. President Barack Obama convinced Senate leadership to hold off consideration of the measure while negotiators pursued an agreement. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada agreed to the request but said his chamber would take up new sanctions in December — with or without an agreement with Iran.
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Basket Brigade delivers 400 families receive baskets filled with food Baskets of food fill a room at the Destiny Family of Faith Church in Cornerstone Plaza during the 15th annual Kendallville Basket Brigade Sunday. More than 400 families received baskets full of various items such as a frozen turkey or ham, foil roasting pans and roasting bags, potatoes, stuffing, vegetables and more. In the photo on the left, volunteers Dave Deming, Keegan Gura and Noah Hamilton work to
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fill one of many baskets that were delivered. In the other photo, Miss Limberlost Olivia Ulch, Miss Northern Lakes Outstanding Teen Megan Butler, and Miss Limberlost Outstanding Teen Taryn Campbell were among the nearly 100 volunteers who helped wrap baskets full of food for needy families Sunday. The event was spearheaded by Orizon Real Estate.
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