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Police Blotter • Van hits bank roof overhang KENDALLVILLE — A van struck and damaged a roof overhang on the Campbell & Fetter Bank drive-through just before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said. Kendallville police were dispatched to the bank at 135 E. North St., where a 2000 GM van, driven by Robert A. Means, 54, of Cromwell, struck the overhang while exiting the lot. No injuries were reported. Police estimated damage at $1,000 to $2,500.
2 booked into Noble County jail ALBION — Local police arrested two people Wednesday, according to Noble County Jail records. Woodrow W. Combs II, 30, of Mitchell Street in Kendallville, was booked at 9:03 p.m. on a charge of possession of marijuana, hash oil or hashish. Joshua R. Fender, 27, of the 500 block of Front Street, Rome City, was booked at 2:03 p.m. for an alleged probation violation on an original charge of criminal confinement.
Five booked into LaGrange jail LAGRANGE — Local police arrested five people Wednesday, according to LaGrange County Jail records. Jerry Little, 38, of the 10400 block of U.S. 20, Angola, was arrested by LaGrange town police on a charge of operating without ever having received a license. Ashley Redding, 26, of the 700 block of Laurelwood Court, South Bend, was arrested by LaGrange County police on a warrant charging her with failure to appear on an original charge of maintaining a common nuisance. Jon Debettencourt, 32, of Oakland, Calif., was arrested by LaGrange County police on a charge of dealing marijuana. Robert Baldwin, 60, of Santa Rosa, Calif., was arrested by LaGrange County police on charges of dealing marijuana and possession of marijuana. Gunner Allman, 22, of the 1000 block of North Townline Road, LaGrange, was arrested by LaGrange town police on charges of battery, criminal mischief and interfering with the reporting of a crime.
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Kendallville Car Show revs up Saturday BY DENNIS NARTKER dennisn@kpcnews.net
KENDALLVILLE — The ninth annual Kendallville Car Show in the downtown business district will feature more than 200 entries, live musical entertainment, food and refreshments, a Hula Hoop contest and more. The new time for Saturday’s show is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with registration from 9 a.m. to noon and
awards starting at 2 p.m. The entry fee is $12 per vehicle. The show open to cars and trucks, but not motorcycles. Proceeds will benefit the Kendallville Food Pantry and other local charities. Show entries should approach the downtown area eastbound on West William Street. At a gate at Lincoln and William streets, entry fees will be collected, paper work will be distributed and
show volunteers will direct vehicles to parking spaces on Main Street and side streets. Parking is first come, first served and no saving of parking spaces will be allowed, said Howard Mapes, show organizer. Groups will need to arrive at the same time to park together. Main Street will be closed to traffic from Diamond to Mitchell streets.
The first blocks off Main Street on Rush and William streets also will be closed. Free parking for show visitors will be available in city parking lots. Awards will be presented in these categories: mayor’s choice, police chief’s choice, fire chief’s choice, the top 65 entries from 1984 and older, the top five entries from 1985 and newer, top five trucks and top
five imports. Judges are paid and are not local, according to Mapes. The Fords will provide musical entertainment. Local vendors will offer food and refreshments. A Hula Hoop contest will take place on Main Street, and a 50/50 drawing will be held during the show. Show visitors can wander Main Street, examine the contest vehicles up-close and talk to owners.
Trine’s Summer Frenzy biggest ever ANGOLA — More than 135 prospective students and their guests plan to visit Trine University on Friday during Summer Frenzy Visit Day. That number could grow because there is still time to register, the university said. The threefold increase will make it the best-attended Summer Frenzy since it debuted in 2006. High school seniors and juniors from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, California, Florida and Missouri plan to be on Trine’s campus. These prospective students will be accompanied by more than
200 guests. Prospective students who want to be a part of the event still may register by visiting trine.edu/visitday or calling 800-347-4878. Students and their families will get the chance to meet Trine students, coaches and music department representatives; learn from faculty about academic programs; meet experts in admission and financial aid; tour the campus and enjoy lunch in Trine’s Whitney Commons. Participation is free. This week, Trine University is joining 30 other
private, nonprofit colleges and universities in the state to observe Indiana Private College Week. For a list of participating ICI campuses and event schedules, visit indianacollegechoices.org. Visitors between the ages of 16 and 20 touring one or more ICI campuses during Private College Week will have the chance to enter a drawing for one of three Amazon Kindles. Entry forms and rules will be available at each campus. For more information about Independent Colleges of Indiana, visit icindiana. org.
Ashley-Hudson Festival is Aug. 2-3 ASHLEY-HUDSON — The neighboring towns of Ashley and Hudson will join forces to celebrate the Ashley-Hudson Festival, Aug. 2-3. Events will begin with a blue light parade at dusk on Aug. 2. On Aug. 3, a pancakeand-sausage breakfast will be served at the Hudson Fire Department from 7-10 a.m. A parade line-up will begin
at 9:15 a.m. in Hudson. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. on Main Street in Hudson and proceed along State Street in Ashley, with Clyde McEntarfer as grand marshal. A chicken barbecue will be served at noon at the Ashley Fire Department. Activities will take place at Firemen’s Park throughout the day Aug. 3. From noon to 5:30 p.m.
there will be games, water ball, a penny pageant, crafts, vendors, beer tent and music. A live band will play at Firemen’s Park from 1-4 p.m., and a live band also will play from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Sunset Park. Fireworks will take place at dusk. The event is sponsored by the Ashley-Hudson Chamber.
Regional Roundup • Third man in truck crash dies FORT WAYNE — A third victim of the July 11 fatal crash on Interstate 69 died at the hospital Tuesday night, our news partner, NewsChannel 15, reports. A semi that was parked on the side of the southbound lanes of I-69 near the Dupont Road interchange was sideswiped by an empty semi car hauler. Blaine Miller, a local race car owner, and his grandson, Jeff Shelmadine, a championship driver , were killed in the crash. The third victim has been identified as Tirek Tyrone Murphy, 25, of Norman, Okla. The Allen County Coroner said Murphy died of infection and respiratory failure due to complications of blunt force trauma from the crash. His death was ruled an accident.
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Cyclist killed by SUV MIDDLEBURY (AP) — Police in Elkhart County said a 64-year-old bicyclist was killed Wednesday when he was hit by an SUV while riding along a highway before dawn. The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department said Elmer Miller of Middlebury was riding on the shoulder of U.S. 20 near the town of Middlebury when he was hit about 4:30 a.m. The Elkhart Truth reports a 20-year-old man driving the SUV left his lane and struck Miller. WSBT-TV and WNDU-TV report Miller had a flashing light on his bicycle.
Boy buried in dune released CHICAGO (AP) — A 6-year-old Illinois boy who survived being buried by a sand dune has been released from the hospital, less than two weeks after the accident in Indiana. Officials said Nathan Woessner of Sterling was discharged late Tuesday afternoon from the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital.
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The boy was rescued after being buried for more than three hours on July 12 in a dune called Mount Baldy at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Parkview-led group focuses on sports medicine FORT WAYNE — Parkview Health has formed a collaboration among entities to provide a continuum of sports-medicine care. The collaboration, called Parkview Sports Medicine, includes SportONE Orthopedics, AWP Sports Training, Parkview Athletic Rehabilitation and Parkview Physicians Group. Parkview officials said partnerships have also been developed with The Plex, SportONE/ Parkview Fieldhouse, the Fort Wayne TinCaps, Spiece Fieldhouse, The Diamond and Max Fitness. “This unique approach and collaboration gives northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio athletes access to a spectrum of care previously not available,� said Dr. Alan McGee of Ortho NorthEast.
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In this 2009 file photo, Vaughn Reeves, is directed out of a Sullivan County Sheriff’s van as he and his three sons arrive at the Sullivan County courthouse in Sullivan. Nearly a decade after the government cracked down on a company that scammed more than 10,000 investors out of money they were told would help build churches, federal officials are still cleaning the financial mess the scheme left behind.
The faithful are victims at both end of church scandal INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nearly a decade after the government took over an Indiana brokerage firm whose leaders scammed more than 10,000 devout investors out of millions of dollars they believed would help build churches, officials are still trying to get their money back without forcing congregations out of their houses of worship. A federal judge froze Alanar’s assets in 2005 at the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the brokerage based in Sullivan, a city of around 4,000 people about 80 miles southwest of Indianapolis, was placed in receivership. Six years later, Vaughn Reeves, Sr., was sentenced to 54 years in prison following his conviction on securities fraud charges. Reeves, a 69-year-old former pastor, is not eligible for release until 2035. His three sons also went to prison for taking part in the scheme. The group used prayers and Bible passages to convince about 11,000 investors into buying bonds worth $120 million secured by mortgages on construction projects at about 150 churches in 35 states, according to court documents. But the religious
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project was actually a Ponzi scheme that gave Reeves and his sons millions of dollars to spend on themselves. For eight years now, the court-appointed receiver has been trying to get the investors’ money back. Much of that money comes from small, independent churches or related operations like daycares that took loans from Alanar because they couldn’t get bank loans, Indianapolis attorney Michael Rusnak, the current court-appointed receiver, said Wednesday. “If you can get an agreement, that’s the way we like to do it if we can,� said Rusnak, who was in Seattle to try to work out a financial arrangement with one of the churches, most of which are located in poor neighborhoods.
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