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Public meetings set on future of ENMS GOOD MORNING Chamber invites people to sign book for time capsule KENDALLVILLE — The Kendallville Area Chamber of Commerce is inviting the public to sign a book that will be included in a time capsule that the Kendallville Heritage Association Inc. will bury at City Hall during the Christmas parade activities Dec. 7. The book will be available at the Kendallville Area Chamber of Commerce office during regular business hours from Friday through Nov. 15. The ceremony will cap Kendallville’s year-long sesquicentennial celebration. The time capsule will be opened when Kendallville is celebrating its 250th anniversary in the year 2113.
BY DENNIS NARTKER dnartker@kpcmedia.com
KENDALLVILLE — East Noble School Corp. officials will conduct a series of public meetings throughout the district this month on the future of the middle school. In a letter released Wednesday to East Noble families and the community, Superintendent Ann Linson said it is becoming increasingly difficult and costly to maintain the East Noble Middle School at the corner of Diamond and Riley streets. Part of the
building is the old Kendallville High School constructed in 1919. The building’s design presents many safety challenges, and the facilities don’t always meet the needs of the students, Linson said. The three-story building with seventh- and eighth-grade students cannot accommodate all of them in its auditorium or gymnasium seating, for example. It has falling exterior bricks, a sagging floor in one area, and a hole in the floor of a third grade classroom that is not being used. The roof leaks, and the
building has inadequate heating and cooling, Linson said. The problems continue despite efforts to provide regular repairs and preventative maintenance, she added. Public meetings are scheduled for: • East Noble Middle School, Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m.; • Rome City Elementary School, Monday, Nov. 18, at 6:30 p.m.; and • Avilla Elementary School, Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 6:30 p.m. The agenda will include a brief
Man fatally shot near South Side FORT WAYNE (AP) — A man has been found fatally shot across the street from a Fort Wayne high school an hour after dismissal. The shooting was reported about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday outside Premium Cuts Barbershop, across the street from South Side High School. Some students who were leaving the school at the time were ushered away from the crime scene.
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Grilled again Senate Republicans tear into Sebelius
Police seeking man who fled crash scene WOLCOTTVILLE — Police are looking for a man who fled on foot from the scene of an traffic accident near the intersection of C.R. 200E and C.R. 700S on Wednesday. Police describe the man as a Caucasian with a shaved head, wearing jeans and a black shirt. He reportedly ran southbound from the accident scene into a woods. Police officers brought in a K9 unit, but could not find the suspect. Police are asking anyone with information about the man or who sees a person in the area matching his description to contact the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department at 463-7491, ext. 4.
overview of the current state of the school building, financing options and an opportunity for public input, Linson said. She is available to attend an organization meeting or visit a business and meet with small groups about the school’s future. People may contact her at 347-2502 or email alinson@ eastnoble.net. “I want everyone to know we have not made any decisions regarding the building,” she said at Wednesday night’s school board meeting. “We want public input.”
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Indiana State Police Trooper Marc Leatherman, center, speaks to Central Noble High School faculty and staff in a debriefing session after
they witnessed a demonstration of an activeshooter event in the high school Wednesday morning.
CN simulates active shooter BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com
ALBION — A man with an assault rifle walked the halls of Central Noble High School early Wednesday, firing at will at people in the building, including students. Thankfully, the bullets were blanks, the “shooter” was an Indiana State Police trooper, and the situation wasn’t real. It was a demonstration to get school faculty and staff to start planning for how to deal with an active-shooter situation in the school. Trooper John Silver played the part of the shooter for Wednesday’s demonstration, which took place before school opened for the day. He entered a classroom armed with a semi-automatic weapon and began “firing.” One student got out of the classroom, but was “shot” in the back as she tried to reach the exterior doors.
BOB BRALEY
Indiana State Police troopers walk into Central Noble High School with guns ready as part of an active-shooter demonstration at the school Wednesday. The demonstration was designed to encourage faculty and staff to plan how to deal with an armed person in the school.
For what seemed a very long time, Silver walked through the building, entering unlocked classrooms and the school library
and office, and firing shots. Students who were in the library hid behind shelves. The SEE SHOOTER, PAGE A6
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans blistered Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday over the nation’s controversial health care law, bluntly challenging her honesty, pushing for her resignation and demanding unsuccessfully she concede that President Barack Obama deliberately misled the public about his signature domestic program. “We’re not in it to just give you a rough time. We’re in it to try and hopefully get it right,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, at a hearing where Republicans — all of whom had voted against “Obamacare” — focused on the program’s flawed sign-up website as well as costs, policy cancellations, security concerns and other issues. During two hours in the Senate Finance Committee witness chair, Sebelius parried some thrusts and listened impassively to others. Treated more gently by Democrats than Republicans, she said at one point: “Clearly the opposition is still quite ferocious, and I’m just hoping that people understand what their options are, what their benefits could be and what their opportunities are.” She offered few if any concessions about a program she pointedly observed “passed both houses of Congress, was signed by the president and upheld by the Supreme Court.” Nor did she provide much in SEE GRILLED, PAGE A6
Voters choose getting job done WASHINGTON (AP) — Electability and pragmatism won. Ideology and rigidity lost. In Democratic-leaning New Jersey, voters gave Republican Chris Christie a second term and rewarded him for his bipartisan, get-it-done, inclusive pitch. In swing state Virginia, voters narrowly rejected Republican Ken Cuccinelli’s uncompromising, conservative approach. If there’s a lesson from Tuesday’s off-year elections, it might be that during a time of deep divisions within the Republican Party, staunchly conservative GOP candidates who press ideological positions have difficulty winning general elections in competitive states. Candidates with mainstream appeal like Christie in New Jersey and Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia can overcome obstacles
that might trip up others. Christie, in a victory speech aimed at national Republicans, said Americans “angry with their dysfunctional government in Washington” could look to his state as a model for getting things done. “I know that if we can do this in Trenton, New Jersey, maybe the folks in Washington, D.C., should tune in their TVs right now,” Christie said. “See how it’s done.” Christie trounced his Democratic opponent, state Sen. Barbara Buono, offering a template for Republicans who want to win and attract a broad coalition of voters. His re-election, the largest by a Republican governor in New Jersey since 1985, could help him make a case for governing as a conservative without ceding the political middle ahead of a possible presidential bid.
In Virginia, McAuliffe held off a late charge by Cuccinelli in a polarizing campaign that exposed liabilities that could drag down both parties next year: President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul for Democrats and a partial government shutdown for Republicans. McAuliffe is a longtime friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton, giving the former secretary of state an important ally should she seek the White House again. In Republican-friendly Alabama, Bradley Byrne, a lawyer backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, defeated tea party-backed candidate Dean Young in a special GOP primary to succeed retiring Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Ala. Byrne will be the heavy favorite in December to hold onto the congressional seat and gives business groups a victory over the SEE VOTERS, PAGE A6
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks to the media as he visits Jose Marti Freshman Academy in Union City, N.J. Wednesday, the day after defeating Democratic challenger Barbara Buono to win his second term as governor.
Angola woman perishes in mobile home blaze BY MIKE MARTURELLO mmarturello@kpcmedia.com
ORLAND — A fire east of Lake Gage took the life of a local woman at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, officials report. The blaze in a mobile home in the 5200 block of North C.R. 550W in Millgrove Township
on property owned by Stephen Bachelor claimed the life of Sandra (Hart) Campbell, 73, Angola. The fire broke out at about 2:30 p.m., said Sheriff Tim Troyer. Fire departments from Orland and Fremont were dispatched initially, along with sheriff’s deputies.
When emergency crews arrived, they found the mobile home completely engulfed in flames. Once it was extinguished, firefighters found Campbell inside the structure. Steuben County Coroner Bill Harter ruled the cause of death as smoke inhalation. As of Wednesday evening,
officials had yet to determine an exact cause of the fire, though it has been ruled accidental. “We’re working in conjunction with the state fire marshal and the coroner, of course,” Troyer said. “They’ve got some ideas of the general area of the home where they think it started.”