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Stalking victim gains national TV attention BY DAVE KURTZ dkurtz@kpcmedia.com
FORT WAYNE — A former Kendallville resident is gaining national attention for her ordeal as a stalking victim. Dawn Hillyer of Fort Wayne was featured on a national cable TV network Monday night and is scheduled to appear on Katie Couric’s talk show Dec. 17 describing her experiences. Monday, Investigation Discovery network’s season premiere of “Stalked: Someone’s Watching” told Hillyer’s story. Hillyer said Tuesday she hopes her television appearances will make an impact on awareness of stalking. “I’m doing it No. 1 for myself,
but for our kids,” she said in a telephone interview. Hillyer is campaigning for more laws to protect stalking victims. She said she would like to see Indiana join Ohio, Michigan and other states that allow GPS tracking of convicted felons after their release from prison. She also wants Indiana to approve lifelong protective orders for stalking victims. Hillyer favors starting a domestic violence registry — similar to the sex offender registry — that would include stalking offenders. “It’s an inherent trait that’s inside of them,” she said about stalkers. “Very rarely is it a one-time occurrence.”
In her case, she said, “There was a victim before me and a victim after me, too.” Hillyer lived in Kendallville as a child until moving to Fort Wayne during her high school years. In February 2012, an Allen County jury found Hillyer’s stalker Hillyer guilty of two counts of stalking, Class C felonies. A month later, the judge in the case sentenced Michael McClellan of Waterloo to five years in prison for each count — a total of 10 years. Evidence at the trial showed
Hillyer dated McClellan for a year before ending their relationship in August 2006. In October of that year, McClellan began contacting her multiple times daily by phone, text, email and in person. On one day he called her 88 times in a two-hour period. According to court documents, McClellan also confronted Hillyer at her home and in public, threatening to kill her on one occasion. He also hacked into her email account and harassed people on her contact list. Hillyer put her house up for sale, moved, changed cars and closed her Internet account. The harassment continued through January 2008. McClellan appealed his
“It’s an inherent trait that’s inside of them.” Dawn Hillyer Stalking victim
• sentence, but the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the sentence and wrote in its ruling, “In addition to Hillyer, there is substantial evidence in the record of at least two other women whom he has terrorized over the years.”
Garrett High School Honor Roll • GARRETT — Garrett High School has released its honor roll for the first nine-week grading period of the 2012-2013 school year. The high honor roll includes students earning all A’s or all A’s but one and no grade lower than a B. The honor roll recognizes students with no grade below a B-minus (8.0). Honorable mention is for students earning a B average (8.0). There must be no grade on the card lower than a C-minus. An asterisk (*) indicates students earning all A’s. A double-asterisk (**) indicates students receiving all A-plus grades. Students enrolled in the Garrett Innovation Academy have courses in progress and do not appear on this term list.
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Todd Allen Herendeen, left, and Ray Walker will be joined by Ronnie Knight in a Patriotic Christmas concert Friday at the Cole Auditorium in Kendallville.
Patriotic Christmas concert features memories of Elvis BY SUE CARPENTER scarpenter@kpcmedia.com
KENDALLVILLE — Three national recording artists will share the stage Friday in Cole Auditorium for a Patriotic Christmas concert. Todd Allen Herendeen, Ray Walker and Ronnie Knight will honor all veterans and also present each veteran attending with a gift. They are asking audience members to bring items to send overseas to those now serving their country. Herendeen of Panama City, Fla., is a graduate of East Noble High School. He and his band have performed in Las Vegas and other venues, but he said he always remembers his northeast Indiana roots. Bass singer Walker, a Grammy Award winner, was a member of the Jordanaires, the longtime
backup singers for Elvis Presley. Walker, who also performed with Patsy Cline and Ricky Nelson, has one of the most-recorded voices in history. Two of his fellow members of the Jordanaires died in the last year, but Walker keeps up the singing tradition with Herendeen and other stage shows. Knight, also a bass singer, is a Nashville-based artist who has sung backup with Kenny Rogers, the Blackwood Brothers and J.D. Sumner. Although retired, he heard Herendeen and said he “liked what the group was doing” and recently joined them on the road. He will add his baritone voice at Friday’s concert. The first half of the program will include Walker’s stories and anecdotes of working with various artists, mixed with
nostalgic music. During the second half of the show, Walker will share his experiences with Elvis Presley behind the scenes, on stage and in movies such as “Blue Christmas.” Music by Heredeen will be backed up vocally by Knight and Walker. Patriot music will be played in both sets, along with gospel and holiday favorites. Friday’s concert will begin at 7 p.m. with doors opening at 6:15 p.m. Tickets cost $25 in advance and are available at the Kendallville Chamber of Commerce, Paradise Buffet in Auburn and Rome City American Legion Post 381. Tickets also will be available at the door for $30 Friday. Cole Auditorium is at East Noble High School, 901 Garden St., Kendallville.
Studebaker closing anniversary near SOUTH BEND (AP) — The Studebaker National Museum will open a new exhibit to mark the 50th anniversary of the last Studebaker to roll off the assembly line in South Bend. The South Bend Tribune reports the anniversary is Dec. 20, and the exhibit
is called: “Studebaker: Preserving the Past, Pursuing the Future.” Admission to the museum will be free that day. Former Studebaker Corp. employees who visit the museum that day will be invited to sit for 90-second video recordings of their Studebaker memories.
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In addition, a former Studebaker assembly plant will be open for public tours for several hours that day. Members of the Studebaker Drivers Club also will be there and some classic Studebakers will be on display.
High Honor Roll — Dustin Alwine, *Ivy Birkhold, Morgan Bowley, *Courtney Burcham, *Ashton Castator, Jennifer Cleveland, Christopher Colby, Danielle Conley, Karsten Cooper, Alaina Creager, *Benjamin Goble, **Stephen Graham, Hayley Hall, *Rachel Hood, Erica Kirkwood, Laurana Lehman, *Kayleigh Mann, *Adrianne Miller, *Karen Mulderij, Taylor Nelson, Jessa Osborne, Alyssa Patterson, *Kyler Poling, *Sydney Robbins, *Andrea Rosati, **Matthew Singleton, Kassidy Skeens, Annessa Smith, *Cassandra Smith, Macy Sturges, *Molly Wilhelm, Kaitlin Wisel and *Jacquelyne Zahner. Honor roll — Katelynne Adair, Beatrice Aquilini, Taylor Bigelow, Jessica Cordes, Cassandra Crawford, Ashley DeKoninck, Noah Follett, Mary Hoeffel, Kaleb Hoover, Kayleigh Housel, Jake Johnson, Keegan Knott, Sarah Lay, Tan Nguyen, Cheyenne Obenauer, Megan Shuff, Victoria Stone, Robert Sweet, Alberto Tapia, Dustin Underwood, Ryan VandeZande, Nikolas
Wilkinson and Tanesha Yoho. Honorable mention — Justice Badger, Austin Barton, Blake Barton, Jeffery Bauman, Maleah Baumert, Ian Belville, Taylor Butts, Amanda Cary, Bridgit Chisholm, Graham Clauss, Brandi Dawson, Taya Firestone, Gabriel Gunion, Katherine Hunkler, Keaton Lemish, Brandon McConeghy, Corey New, Alexis Obenauer, Michaela Scherer, Christian Shafer, Alyssa Souder, Rachel Stafford, Emily Weaver, Megan Weyrick, Cassidy Wiechart and Cole Wilson.
Grade 11 High honor roll — Shay Barry, *Nathanael Beerbower, James Benson, **Madeline BurlageHaynes, *Bo Davis, *Kayla Davis, *Alexis Doster, *Natalie Duesler, *Clarissa Flynn, *Kristen George, Jordan Getts, *Alyssa Goble, *Elvira Gonzalez-Dumailo, Hollitte Greene, Nathan Haimowitz, *Alicia Johnston, *Natalie Johnston, Zakary Kashmer, MaCyra Koble, Katlyn Leland, *Leonardo Leon, *Luke Maurer, *Justin McCoy, *Ashley Morris, *Emily Randol, *Koty Reinoehl, Braelyn Robbins, *Shae Rowlison, Drew Sisco, Sydney Sobieski, *Emily Somers, **Amanda Stump. *Julia Thorne, *Kelsie Winebrenner, *Brittmarie Yarian and *Sivanah Ybarra. Honor roll — Jessica Carroll, Layton Casselman, Courtney Castator, Brittany Ellison, Destinee Halferty, Tristan Kirkpatrick, Ariel Kittle, Tabatha Maynard, Masyn McCray, Madison Shoudel, Bryit Sumner and Bailey Sutton. Honorable mention — Alexa Davis, Lucas Deuitch, Jared Estep, Alexandra Hall, Danielle Kemerly, Maria Mann, Morgan Stone, Shelby Treesh, Morgan Vogel and Jacob Williford.
Grade 10 High honor roll — *Shianne Alwine, *Chen
Chen, **Blake Davis, *Kaitlyn Ellison, Ethan Follett, *Caleb Gose, *Robert Hargrove, **Jackson Haynes, Farrah Kohli, *Adam Moore, *Megan Morris, Reiley Pugh, Anna Robinson, *Michael Sexton, *Drake Shearer, *Nicholas Stafford, **Kelsi Warfield and Samuel Waterhouse. Honor roll — Vince Anderson, Reid Baughman, Lindsay Crosby, Rachel DePew, Gabrielle France, Spencer Gould, Kirsten Handshoe, Kordell Kessler, Samuel Lawrence, Akeisha Meyer, Brett Moore, Madison Moore, Bailey Ray, Paige Rowlison, Victoria Ruble, Dylan VandeZande and Mariah Zimmerman. Honorable mention — Tedd Dickson, Madyson Grimm, Austin Johnson, Mikayla Lawson, Brogan McCoy, Ryan Molargik, Adam Pepple, Brieanna Perez, Kali Quackenbush, Cameron Shafer, Madison Skelly, Brent Souder, Auston Thatcher, Lexxus Treesh and Mason Wichman.
Grade 9 High honor roll — *Dawson Furnish, *Christopher Getts, *Scott Hjelm, *Kallie Knott, Katriana Maslin, *Megan Newby, *Regina Novy, Kristin Ruby, Jacob Shepherd and *Kole Winebrenner. Honor roll — Jaden Barker, Elizabeth Brown, Gage Caldwell, Delaney Garcia, Gabrielle Grossman, Paige Handley, Taylor Hildebrant, Kelly Lacey, Hayley Myers, Nadia Ray, Spencer Reneau, Jalen Shafer, Garrett Sutton and Tyler Ward. Honorable mention — Grace Cooper, Alena Cutshall, Jazmin Gustin, Sierra Hatton, Madison Jacobs, Jasmine KittleEvanof, Kiann McDonald, Miranda Miller, Haylee Mossberger, Destini Nieland, Taylor Page, Elizabeth Parker, Whitney Whitener and Nathan Williams.
Mayor dies from liver cancer GREENFIELD (AP) — The mayor of a central Indiana city has died just days after his family said he had ended treatment for a recurrence of liver cancer and was in home hospice care. Greenfield Mayor Dick Pasco died at his home Tuesday morning, Chuck Anderson, administrative assistant in the mayor’s office, told The Associated Press. Anderson said he had spoken with Pasco’s daughter. Pasco, who had been suffering liver problems since shortly before his 2011
election, was hospitalized on Nov. 30 for dehydration and pain. He returned home on Friday, his wife and daughter said in a statement to the Daily Reporter. The statement said the 66-year-old wanted to spend time at home with family members and close friends and that the family appreciated the public’s support and prayers.
Pasco had said he was first diagnosed with liver cancer 14 years ago and given eight months to live. He had surgery followed by experimental chemotherapy. He had part of his liver removed last year, yet he rarely missed a City Council or Board of Works meeting after taking office in January 2012.
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