The Star - January 8, 2014

WEDNESDAY January 8, 2014

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Three In A Row Page B1 Hibbert leads Pacers past Raptors

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GOOD MORNING Schools won’t have to make up two days

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The Indiana Department of Education has granted waivers to Indiana schools for snow days Monday and Tuesday.

All northeastern Indiana schools were closed Monday and Tuesday, and all announced closures for today.

Because of the extreme weather, the state department said Tuesday that schools would not have to make up lost days for Monday or Tuesday. There was no word on whether the waiver would be extended to today’s closings.

Typical rules require schools to be in session for 180 days in spite of weather closings.

US helicopter crash in England kills four LONDON (AP) — A U.S. Air Force Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in the coastal marshes of eastern England during a training mission on Tuesday night, killing all four crew members aboard, officials said.

The helicopter crashed at about 6 p.m. local time near Salthouse on the Norfolk coast, a statement from the U.S. Air Force said. The aircraft was based at the nearby Royal Air Force station in Lakenheath, Suffolk County, which hosts USAF units and personnel.

The helicopter, assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, was flying low at the time of the crash, the statement added.

In Washington, a U.S. defense official said the accident killed the four U.S. Air Force crew members aboard. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the crash publicly.

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Firefighters suspect a gas-powered heating unit may have started a fire that destroyed this mobile home in northwest Auburn during

a citywide power outage Monday night.

Blackout blaze ruins home

BY DAVE KURTZ dkurtz@kpcmedia.com

AUBURN — A raging fire destroyed a double-wide mobile home at the west edge of Auburn during a citywide power outage Monday night.

Owner Lowell King was not home when the fire broke out at 707 Peterson St., Auburn Fire Chief Mike VanZile said. A relative had picked up King due to the power outage. ”We’re looking at the possibility he had left a heater or gas-powered fireplace on,” VanZile said about the cause of the fire.

No one was injured by the fire or the efforts to control it, VanZile reported.

The home borders Interstate 69, and a passing driver called to report the fire at 10:54 p.m.

Firefighters arrived three minutes later to find heavy flames and smoke.

Knee-deep snow and 15 below zero temperatures hampered firefighting efforts. The fire still was roaring beyond midnight, and firefighters declared it under control at 12:33 a.m In addition to the home, the flames destroyed two vehicles in an adjoining garage.

A neighbor who wished to remain anonymous complained that a lack of fire hydrants in West Edge Park added to the difficulty in fighting the fire.

“The fire departments had to call out to other fire departments to bring water because they kept running out. Once they gained control, they ran out of water,” the neighbor wrote in a message to KPC Media Group.

The neighbor said King, who lost his home to the fire, is in his 80s.

Firefighters worked at the fire scene until 3 a.m. They already had been involved in a busy evening.

The fire department spent two hours at Wesley Healthcare on the

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A garage shows damage from a fire that broke out late Monday night in its adjoining mobile home on Peterson Street in Auburn.

Chief asks help with hydrants AUBURN — The Auburn Fire Department is asking people to remove snow from around fire hydrants near their homes or properties.

Clearing the snow around the hydrant and shoveling a path to it from the street will give the fire department the access it needs in the event of an emergency, said Fire Chief Mike VanZile.

At a fire, the fire department must quickly locate and gain a water source from the closest fire hydrant. If a fire hydrant is

buried by snow, it is difficult to find and valuable time must be spent digging it out.

Water is the main tool firefighters use to extinguish fires. Delays in finding and connecting to the fire hydrant could hamper fire suppression, thereby increasing the risk of injury and additional property damage, Van Zile said.

The city has approximately 1,000 fire hydrants. VanZile said many people have uncovered their hydrants, but many remain buried.

city’s east side after its backup generator failed, VanZile said.

Firefighters assisted with manual breathing devices for several of the facility’s 15 ventilator patients and helped move six of those patients to DeKalb Health hospital next door.

The department also responded to a couple of calls for medical assistance and reports of natural gas odors.

As a result of all the calls, water in the fire engines was starting to freeze by the time the mobile home fire broke out, VanZile said.

Auburn called for assistance during the fire from the Garrett, Waterloo and Butler fire departments.

DeKalb EMS and the Auburn Police Department also assisted firefighters.

AUBURN — A six-hour, citywide power outage created a dark, bitter-cold night for Auburn residents Monday while temperatures plunged to at least 13 below zero.

Relief finally came at 12:45 a.m. when utility company workers overcame a circuit fault that triggered the blackout.

“The outage was a failure on our equipment due to cold weather,” Auburn Mayor Norm Yoder said. Extreme cold also hampered efforts at making repairs.

The problems began with a trip fault in the city’s transformer on South Grandstaff Drive, one of two major substations in the city, Yoder said.

“I compare it to a ground fault, which is probably an oversimplification,” said the mayor, who is a Purdue-trained engineer. Ground faults interrupt power in home electrical circuits.

“In normal weather, those things will reclose and adjust,” with customers noticing only a blinking of their lights, Yoder said.

When the circuit failed at 6:35 p.m. Monday, weather was anything but normal with the temperature at approximately 10 below.

Auburn’s city-owned utility connects to its electricity source from Indiana Michigan Power at two points in the city. The fault on Grandstaff Drive triggered I&M’s system to shut off all power to the city.

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County lifts travel ban, but snowdrifts persist

BY AARON ORGAN aorgan@kpcmedia.com

AUBURN — Even with DeKalb County’s travel warning lifted, roadways throughout the county remain heavily drifted with snow as plow crews work tirelessly to gain the upper hand.

At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, the DeKalb County commissioners lifted the county’s Level 1 travel warning as plowing efforts finally were succeeding. The ban had prohibited all but emergency traffic since Sunday, when more than a foot of snow fell.

Around the same time, though, winds shifted and again doomed

the work that had been going well.

County highway director Eric Patton said his crews had made major progress early Tuesday, but heavy winds from the southwest kicked up in midday and blew snow back over not only the troubled north-south roadways but also some east-west routes.

“They were doing real good until about noon when the wind picked up again,” Patton said.

“They’re better than they were (Monday), but we’ve still got some drifts that we couldn’t get through that are going to leave a few roads closed. The majority of the roads are open at least a lane,

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lane and a half.”

Patton said the hilly sections of the county are most problematic, where winds blew snow across fields and left it in the low-lying roadways.

Patton said his entire fleet was deployed into the evening Tuesday plowing. He said three plow drivers would remain on duty overnight.

Today, efforts could switch to throwing salt. Patton said he typically won’t use salt until the temperature climbs north of 15 degrees, and with temperatures forecast to reach nearly 20 degrees, salt could fly.

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Auburn council welcomes MetalX, Watson

BY DAVE KURTZ dkurtz@kpcmedia.com

AUBURN — The Auburn Common Council welcomed a new industry and a new council member at its meeting in City Hall Tuesday night.

The council approved a property tax phase-in for MetalX, a Waterloo company that will expand its operations to the vacant former Alcoa plant on South Grandstaff Drive.

Mayor Norm Yoder gave the oath of office to new Councilman Mike Watson. Last week,

Republican leaders elected Watson to replace Dick Stahly, who resigned from the council because he is moving from Auburn.

Tuesday’s meeting also featured the presence of Councilman Mike Walter, who did not miss a council meeting in spite of unexpected triple-bypass heart surgery two weeks ago.

“I am here,” Walter answered during a roll call to start the meeting.

“And we’re very, very pleased that you are,” Mayor Norman Yoder added.

Walter promptly showed his medical experience had not softened his nature as a maverick on the council. He cast the lone vote against the MetalX tax phase-in and made a motion to change the terminology to “tax welfare.” No one seconded the motion.

By a 6-1 vote, the council granted MetalX a tax phase-in of six years for $1 million in real estate and five years on $7.7 million in new manufacturing equipment.

David Painter, who was elected

as the council’s new president Tuesday night, said he welcomes MetalX to the city.

“It’s kind of exciting that it’s recycling. It’s nonautomotive,” diversifying the city’s economy, Painter said.

“I would classify this as a green industry,” said Ken McCrory, executive director of the DeKalb Economic Development Partnership. He said MetalX is “expanding into recycling of nonferrous materials with high-tech and very expensive equipment.”

The Auburn location of MetalX is expected to create 46 jobs over a three-year period, McCrory said.

Only six of the jobs would be moving from the original MetalX site at Waterloo, which opened in 2012 and already is expanding.

“What’s really nice about this is that these jobs are what I would consider the upper echelon of wages,” McCrory added. At an average of $52,000 to $53,000 per year, the MetalX workers would earn $10,000 above the average wage for the community, he said.

State legislators return for brief, busy session INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers began their 2014 legislative session Tuesday with a jam-packed schedule and just 10 weeks to complete their work.

The House and Senate were scheduled to hold their first meetings of the session Tuesday afternoon, following a one-day delay because of the heavy snow and subzero temperatures that hit the state.

Two issues appear likely to dominate the session — the elimination of a property tax on business equipment and machinery and an effort to place the state’s gay marriage ban in the constitution.

Gov. Mike Pence and some of the state’s business lobbyists will be squaring off with local officials in

an effort to eliminate the business personal property tax. Supporters say it is needed to improve the state’s business climate.

Opponents say it could rip open a $1 billion budget hole for cash-starved localities.

The gay marriage battle likely will draw most of the spotlight. Supporters are seeking to amend the constitution to ban gay marriage, civil unions and benefits for same-sex couples. Opponents of the amendment have run a highly visible and coordinated campaign so far, but it’s unclear whether they will succeed in winning enough lawmakers to their side. A bipartisan group of lawmakers overwhelmingly voted for the amendment when it last

came up in 2011.

Gov. Mike Pence also will be pushing education measures, including a proposal to expand vouchers to teachers and preschool-aged children. He is seeking additional aid for charter school operators and the creation of a tax credit for parents who adopt.

Lawmakers are set to take up many of their own initiatives through the session. A proposal to crack down on trespassers dubbed by opponents as the “Ag Gag” bill is set for a hearing Tuesday afternoon.

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED A handful of Senate People interested in the revitalization of Calvary Cemetery in Garrett are invited to Republicans are seeking attend a planning session Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Garrett Public Library. new limits on domestic surveillance, following an Indianapolis Star report that state police were using a new cellphone tracking tool.

Meeting planned to discuss Five topics to dominate 2014 Calvary Cemetery renovation

for Indiana state lawmakers INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana General Assembly kicked off its 2014 session Tuesday afternoon. Short sessions like this year’s can occasionally be drive-by affairs because of the short window for lawmakers to act (they meet for roughly two months, as opposed to the four months they meet during odd-numbered years).

However, a handful of hot-button items make for a crowded agenda this year.

Here are five things to know about the session: 1. SHORT SESSION, LONG AGENDA

The legislative sessions that occur every other year were originally designed to fix budget issues that couldn’t wait until the next full session. But they’ve evolved into jam-packed sessions that have featured hotly contested issues in recent years, including right-to-work legislation in 2012 and property tax caps in 2008.

The abbreviated timetable also means issues will rise and fall faster than they do during longer budget-writing sessions.

Hot-button issues could get quick treatment from committees and the two chambers.

One example is a measure cracking down on filming farm operations, dubbed the “Ag Gag” bill by opponents.

Governors and legislative leaders often have formal agendas, but some of the most controversial items are never on those lists. An effective ban on a Lafayette abortion clinic was filed during the 2013 session and an effort to ban specialty license plates for and Indianapolis gay youth support group was pursued

through amendments during the 2012 session.

2. NO SLAM DUNKS

Pence got a late start out the gate upon last year, being inaugurated about a week after lawmakers convened for their 2013 meeting. He struggled to define his first-year agenda and had problems pitching his signature income tax cut, but most observers gave the new governor and his team the benefit of the doubt extended to all new administrations.

One year later, Pence is coming into his meeting with lawmakers with an expansive agenda, a more experienced team and stronger relationships in the Statehouse. He’s also coming in with a little more national attention amid speculation he might consider a run for president in 2016. He briefly explored a White House run in 2010, building on popularity among conservatives and tea partyers, but announced in Jan. 2011 he would not launch a presidential bid.

Republicans hold supermajorities in both the House and Senate for a second straight year, but that doesn’t mean Pence has a clear path to passage of some of his proposals. Budget leaders in both chambers have expressed hesitation over new spending and the brief time-table could spur lawmakers to punt some issues to next year.

3. VISION VS. REALITY

Pence says his plan to eliminate the business personal property tax would make Indiana more attractive to businesses seeking to relocate and would create more jobs as a result. But critics say it would shift the tax burden to homeowners

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and leave local governments already strapped for cash under statewide property tax caps struggling to make ends meet.

Pence is leading a group of legislative leaders and business groups pushing to eliminate the state’s tax on business equipment.

Manufacturers, in particular, pay a fair amount to localities through the state’s personal property tax and supporters say eliminating it would help spur economic growth. But lobbyists for Indiana’s counties and municipalities say that dumping the tax would put them $1 billion in the hole collectively. And a legislative report showed that a flat elimination of the tax could result in local income taxes and residential property taxes spiking sharply.

4. TREADING CAREFULLY

The decision on whether to put a proposal to amend the constitution to ban gay marriage to voters could have far-reaching consequences for lawmakers ahead of November’s elections. Republicans risk alienating both business leaders like Eli Lilly & Co. and Cummins Inc., who oppose the measure and conservative groups who favor it.

Opponents of the amendment have been organizing since August and have mounted a well-funded and well-coordinated campaign, backed by the state’s major businesses and universities. But history is on the side of social and religious conservatives pushing the measure: lawmakers from both parties overwhelmingly approved the amendment the first time it came up for a vote in 2011. If the ban passes a second time it would be placed on the November ballot.

5. MAKING THE GRADE

Education issues will continue to be hot items during 2014. Some of Pence’s key agenda items build on the sweeping overhauls of 2011, and lawmakers will have to wrestle with a series of major issues, including whether to continue on as a “Common Core” state.

GARRETT — A planning session to discuss the revitalization of the historic Calvary Cemetery in Garrett will take place Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Garrett Public Library.

David Cole of Garrett has been volunteering his time the past year to make a difference in the 120-yearold cemetery. Before Calvary Cemetery opened, Garrett residents were buried in locations such as Christian Union Cemetery northwest of Garrett or in Auburn.

Cole said many people wrongly believe Calvary is strictly a Catholic cemetery.

While the Catholic diocese at one time maintained the property, the cemetery serves a mix of faiths and people from all walks of life, Cole said. Many prominent and colorful figures in Garrett’s history are buried in the cemetery, he added.

The diocese stopped maintaining the cemetery in the 1990s, and the Keyser

South Sudan IU program threatened BLOOMINGTON (AP) — The future is in doubt for Indiana University’s program aimed at improving the education system in war-torn South Sudan.

Representatives from IU left South Sudan about a month ago, but IU officials are watching the conflict in the African country to see whether educational missions there can resume at some point.

“We are in a holding pattern, and we won’t be able to resume any work there unless there are assurances from the State Department that it’s safe,” said Terry Mason, the director IU’s center for social studies and international education.

IU faculty member Dionne Cross was giving a seminar on math education at the University of Juba during the first week of December, but she left before fighting erupted the following week, Mason said. South Sudan has seen weeks of violence since Dec. 15 that began as a political dispute but has taken on ethnic dimensions.

Township trustee’s office took over the property.

Cole said many matters that need attention in the cemetery are beyond the funding capabilities of the township trustee.

“Monuments are sinking or have fallen over, there are drainage issues, and the cemetery has been the victim of vandalism,” he said.

Last spring, Cole contacted DeKalb County historian John Bry for assistance. Bry is developing a model for historic cemetery revitalization and management. He also is creating a National Historic Cemetery Center as part of his master’s degree work at Ball State University.

Bry has started a process to list the community mausoleums in DeKalb County, including the one in Calvary Cemetery, on the National Register of Historic Places. Those applications are expected to be approved this month, he said.

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“The cemetery revitalization model is designed to build local leadership capacity and to be a comprehensive approach to the property’s preservation and long-term sustainability. In every community development effort, the public must be engaged, local leadership developed and a comprehensive strategy implemented over the long term,” Bry said.

Bry will use Calvary Cemetery as a case study to test his model by working with local volunteers to develop a comprehensive plan for the cemetery’s future. Calvary is one of two cemeteries chosen to test the concept. The second is a 300-acre cemetery in Philadelphia that is attracting partnerships from the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University. In both Garrett and Philadelphia, the goal is to complete individual plans for the cemeteries by May to move forward from that point.

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Before Monday’s deep freeze set in, Leyna Gump, 3, of Butler built this snow queen with her mother, Hillary Gump, and her aunt, Tracey Robideau.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana residents endured a second day in the deep freeze Tuesday, facing temperatures that dipped to minus 10 degrees or colder over the state’s northern half even as much warmer air and rain was in the weekend forecast.

While the bitter cold continued to cause problems, many people driven from their homes by power outages tied to Sunday’s snowfall were returning to residences that had electricity, and heat, once again.

Most counties in Indiana’s northern two-thirds remained under travel warnings Tuesday morning, limiting travel to emergency purposes only, and many schools — including the state’s two

largest districts — remained closed as wind chills reached about 35 below zero.

But moderating temperatures and improving travel conditions allowed state workers to return to work Tuesday following Monday’s state office closures, and lawmakers planned to begin the General Assembly’s 2014 session Tuesday afternoon after a one-day delay.

Gov. Mike Pence on Monday had urged Hoosiers to stay off the roads, warning that they faced “real peril” if they became stranded following Sunday’s snowstorm that buried northern and central Indiana under a foot or more of snow. Authorities said snow and bitter cold were possible factors in the

deaths of at least five central Indiana residents, including two elderly women who fell outside Monday while tending to their dogs.

Temperatures reached 14 degrees below zero Tuesday in Indianapolis, while Fort Wayne fell to minus 15, tying the record for the date originally set in 1970. South Bend fell to 12 below, and Evansville reached 1 below.

But unlike Monday’s subzero highs, Tuesday’s highs were forecast to range from about zero in far northern Indiana to the middle teens in the state’s southwestern corner. And even warmer air is forecast for Wednesday, when temperatures were expected to rebound into the 20s statewide.

National Weather Service meteorologist John Nield

said temperatures will warm into the upper 30s to the lower 40s from Friday to Monday, bringing weekend rain that is raising concerns about possible flooding.

However, heavy rains like those that sparked December flooding over central and southern Indiana after another heavy snowfall are not in the state’s forecast, at least for the next several days, he said.

“The moisture that’s stored in the snowpack is certainly fairly ample, so the risk of flooding is something we’re monitoring,” Nield said. “But there’s nothing that’s an imminent threat.”

He said the best scenario would be for temperatures to rise well above freezing for several rain-free days so the snow melts slowly without inundating rivers.

Briefly • Eckhart Public Library reopening today AUBURN — Eckhart Public Library will reopen today, after being closed two days due to a winter storm, said library director Janelle Graber.

Today’s hours will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the main library; noon to 8 p.m. at the genealogy center; and the teen library will open at 4 p.m.

DeKalb United Way plans annual meeting AUBURN — The United Way of DeKalb County, Inc. will hold its annual meeting Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 7 a.m. in the conference room of the United Way office, 208 S. Jackson St., Auburn.

The public is welcome to attend, but people are asked to RSVP by calling the United Way office, 927-0995.

Regional Roundup • Main break cuts Decatur water supply DECATUR — A water main break late Monday limited the supply of water in the city of Decatur to the point where many residents and businesses had no water pressure, our news partner, NewsChannel 15, reports.

Adams County Emergency Management was conducting repairs and low water pressure is expected to return by 10 p.m. Tuesday, allowing for flushing of toilets and limited bathing.

The Decatur Daily Democrat reported all restaurants were ordered closed for the day by the Health Department due to the possibility of contaminated water.

Ivy Tech meeting notices draw criticism SOUTH BEND (AP) — Ivy Tech Community College says it won’t change its notices about private Board of Trustees meetings despite criticism from the state’s public access counselor.

Access counselor Luke Britt said in an informal opinion that Ivy Tech was using a “poor practice” by issuing notices of executive sessions stating trustees will discuss “some of or all” of many subjects.

The notices generally list the same nine topics: litigation, security systems, purchase of property, safety measures, prospective employees, alleged misconduct, classified records, job performances and board training. The “some or all” wording in executive session notices has been used regularly since at least early 2012, the South Bend Tribune.

Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly reported Ivy Tech will consolidate some of its regions as it works to improve efficiencies and reduce costs.

In an announcement Tuesday, Ivy Tech said its East Central region, which includes campuses in Anderson, Marion, Muncie and New Castle, will be combined with its Richmond region, which includes a campus in Connersville.

In addition, Ivy Tech’s Columbus region, which includes a campus in Franklin, will be merged with the Southeast region, which has campuses in Batesville, Lawrenceburg and Madison. Ivy Tech said its Greencastle campus, which is in the Wabash Valley region, will be moved to its Central Indiana region.

The Ivy Tech Northeast region will remain unchanged.

Three children die from smoke inhalation NEW ALBANY (AP) — A coroner said smoke inhalation was the cause of death of three young children who died in a house fire in southeastern Indiana.

Floyd County Coroner Leslie Knable told the News and Tribune the names of the children killed in the fire about 2 a.m. Saturday in New Albany were 2-year-old Trinity Hughes, 4-year-old Tyrese Hughes and 6-year-old Tai’zah Hughes.

Another child, 5-year-old Taty’ana Hughes, survived and is being treated at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. New Albany fire officials said all four children were in the same bed when the fire started.

New Albany Fire Department reported the fire was caused by a space heater near the bed where the children were located.

Indiana loses appeal of tornado aid request INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The federal government has rejected Indiana’s appeal seeking federal aid for six counties hit by tornadoes and other severe weather in November.

The state Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday the Federal Emergency Management Agency had denied the state’s appeal seeking federal aid for Boone, Daviess, Fountain, Grant, Howard and Tippecanoe counties.

Indiana had requested federal aid for Howard County on Dec. 4 in the wake of tornadoes and straight-line winds that hit that central Indiana county on Nov. 17 and caused extensive damage in the city of Kokomo.

After FEMA denied that request, state officials appealed that decision in a Dec. 23 filing that added storm damage in Boone, Daviess, Fountain, Grant and Tippecanoe counties to its request.

State officials say FEMA now has rejected that appeal.

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Deaths & Funerals • Virgil Collins

Barbara Slone

KENDALLVILLE — LIGONIER — Barbara Virgil Collins, age 72, of L. Slone, age 66, of Ligonier Kendallville, passed away passed away on Monday, following a long illness on January 6, 2014 at 10:40 Sunday, January 5, 2014 at p.m. at IU Health-Goshen Parkview Regional Medical Hospital.

Center in Fort Wayne, She was born on June Indiana.

28, 1947 to Mr. French and Collins Dorothy was born (Zimmerman) in Garrett, Lawson in Kentucky, Wolf Lake, on December Ind. On 2, 1941 to February Mr. Collins Edgel Collins Mrs. Slone 11, 1964 and Goldie she married (Compton) Carson Slone Collins. He married Blanche Sr. in Brimfield, Ind. He Cornett on December survives.

31, 1960 in Hindman, Mrs. Slone was a lifetime Kentucky. Virgil retired area resident and was a from Walker Manufacsupervisor with Silgan in turing in Ligonier after nine Ligonier. years. He also worked for She is survived by her 28 years at Newnam and husband; two children, Lane Foundries in KendallCarson (Carol) Slone Jr. ville. He attended the First and Neal Slone, both of Freedom Baptist Church Ligonier; four grandchildren, near Corunna. When his Brandon (Nikki) Slone, Eric health was good, Virgil (Kelly) Slone, Justin Slone loved to go hunting and and Kendra Slone; two fishing. He also enjoyed brothers, Kenneth Lawson of going to church to worship Churubusco, Ind., and Fred and fellowship with his Lawson of Sumpter, S.C. brothers and sisters from his She was preceded in church family. death by her parents; three Survivors include his brothers, Wayne Lawson wife of 53 years, Blanche of Manning, S.C., Roger Collins of Kendallville; Lawson of Ligonier and three daughters, Carol and Dwight Lawson of Fort Ken Gates of Waterloo, Wayne; and a sister Anna Patricia Rowland of Albion May McEnvoy. and Barbara Deems of There will be a funeral Avilla; four grandchildren, service held in Mrs. Slone’s Melissa Osborn, Gabrielle honor on Friday January 10, Marzion, Kristey Deems 2014 at 11 a.m. at Yeager and Cody Gates; three Funeral Home, 1589 Lincolgreat-grandchildren, Emilee nway South, Ligonier, with Jacobs, Steven Marzion and Pastor Jimmy Shephard Makynlee Deems Gordon; officiating. Burial will be a sister, Priscilla Hall of in Oak Park Cemetery in Plymouth, Ohio; and a Ligonier. half-brother, David Lee There will be a time of Bolen of Plymouth, Ohio. visitation from 3-7 p.m. on He was preceded in death Thursday, January 9, 2014 at by his brother, Herman the funeral home.

Collins in 2009.

Memorial contributions Visitation will be are to IU Goshen Center for Thursday, January 9, 2014 Cancer Care. after 3 p.m. at First Freedom Online condolences may Baptist Church on State be sent to the family at Road 327 south of Corunna. yeagerfuneralhome.com.

There will be an evening service at 6 p.m.

Alta Hershberger Funeral services will be MIDDLEBURY — Alta Friday, January 10, 2014 M. Hershberger, 95, of at 11 a.m. at First Freedom Middlebury died Monday, Baptist Church with Pastor Jan. 6, 2013 at Miller’s Ron Bell and Pastor Rick Merry Manor in LaGrange.

Davis conducting the A memorial service will service. be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Burial will be in Orange Jan. 11, 2013 at Marion Cemetery near Rome City.

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AUBURN — Marie Treesh, 72, of Auburn died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.

Mrs. Treesh was a homemaker.

She also worked for J.J. Newberry 5-10-25 Cent Store in Auburn and also various temporary Mrs. Treesh jobs in the local area.

She was a veteran of the United States Army.

She was a member of the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Auburn.

She was born Nov. 25, 1941, in Hicksville, Ohio, to Edward and Jeannette (Smith) Woodring.

She married Melvin A. Treesh on June 26, 1963, in Auburn, and he survives.

Also surviving are a son, Bruce Wayne Treesh of Waterloo; three brothersin-law, Robert Treesh of Florida, Richard “Dick” (Joyce) Treesh of Columbia City and James (Penny) Treesh of Garrett; a sisterin-law, Marsha Smith of Albion; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Mark Allen Treesh; three brothers and their spouses, Morris (Pat) Woodring, Don (Anne) Woodring and Jerry (Bev) Woodring; two infant brothers; and a brotherin-law, Larry Treesh.

Services will be 2 p.m.

Friday at Feller and Clark Funeral Home, 1860 Center St., Auburn, with the Rev. Marcus J. Carlson officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Auburn.

Calling will be from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to the DeKalb County Humane Shelter.

Condolences may be left at fellerandclark.com.

WATERLOO — James Edward Crowl, 59, of Waterloo passed away Monday January 6, 2014 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.

He was born September 16, 1954 in Garrett to Clayton and Juanita (Krontz) Crowl. His Mr. Crowl father has passed away.

His mother survives in Waterloo.

Jim was a toolmaker for Charleston Metals in Waterloo for 37 years.

He was a 1972 graduate of DeKalb High School and earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Manchester College in 1976. He was a member of Waterloo United Methodist Church. Jim was a Boy Scout Troop Leader and Troop Commissioner for Troop 171 of Waterloo in the 1980s. He was a hunter and an avid buck skinner and blacksmith. He also completely enjoyed his role as Santa Claus for area children for many years.

Jim married Judy Paul on May 13, 1978 in Elkhart and she survives.

Also surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Keith Richard and Melissa Crowl of Auburn and Kevin Ward and Kirsten Crowl of Fort Wayne; and five grandchildren, Danielle Kay Lynn Crowl, Andrew Crowl, Ethan Crowl, William Crowl and Kieran Crowl.

Services are 11 a.m.

Friday, January 10, 2014 at Feller and Clark Funeral Home, 875 South Wayne Street, Waterloo, with Rev, Michael Halferty officiating. Calling is 2-7 p.m.

Thursday and also one hour prior to the services at the funeral home from 10-11 a.m. Friday.

Memorials may be directed to DeKalb Health or Waterloo United Methodist Church.

To send condolences visit fellerandclark.com.

LIGONIER — Joseph J. Heintzelman, 77, of Ligonier, passed away on January 3, 2014, in Kendallville.

He was born on October 28, 1936 in Indian Village, Ind., to Joseph and Mae Heintzelman.

He married Rosalie Stanger in Ligonier in 1957. She preceded him Mr. Heintzelman in death in May of 1991.

He is survived by two sons, Rick (Lisa) Heintzelman of Ligonier, and Jim W. (Cynthia) Heintzelman of Downingtown, Pa.; a daughter, Vicky (Eric) Tierney of Wawaka; six grandchildren, Megan, Melissa, Alex, Lisa, Libbey and Shayne; one great-grandson, Wesley; and a brother, Harvey (Pat) Heintzelman of Ligonier Mr. Heintzelman’s companion of 20 years, Korean Holmes, also survives. Korean’s children and grandchildren, whom Joseph loved as his own, also survive: Charlotte Louise Clark and Joyce Court; two grandchildren, Chvonne and Tefawn, and six great-grandchildren, Roman, Rylea, Skyann, Nick, Kaelin and Koyashia. He leaves behind one other faithful companion, his dog, Jack.

Joseph was preceded in death by a grandson, Ryan Heintzelman, five sisters and two brothers.

Mr. Heintzelman had a variety of occupations, including truck driving and working in factories in the RV and manufactured housing industries.

After his retirement from Carriage, Inc. in Millersburg, he returned to his roots of farming. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping as well as reading western novels. He loved spending time with his grandchildren and watching them in their various activities and sporting events. He never knew a stranger and loved a good conversation, and recently referred to himself as a “talk-aholic”.

A time of visitation with the family will be from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, January 10, 2014, at Yeager Funeral Home, 1589 Lincolnway South, Ligonier, as well as an hour before the service on Saturday A funeral service in his honor will be on Saturday, January 11, 2014, at 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Pastor Joey Nelson with Stone’s Hill Community Church will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Park Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Merry Lea Environmental Center 2388 S. 500 West, Albion, IN 46701 to encourage kids to be outdoors and develop a love of nature.

Yeager Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to the family at yeagerfuneral home.com.

FORT WAYNE — Sammy J. Mitchell, 48, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2014 at home in Fort Wayne.

Born in West Union, Ohio, Sammy was a self-employed upholsterer for many years. She enjoyed walking in the woods Mrs. with her dogs Mitchell and fishing.

Surviving are her husband Steve Mitchell; mother, Linda (Dwight) Smith of Satsuma, Fla; son, Taylor Mitchell of Fort Wayne; daughter, Kiley Mitchell of Fort Wayne; brothers, Greg (Alyia) Tudor of Fort Wayne, George (Jenna) Tudor of Jacksonville, Fla., and Tanner Smith of Satsuma, Fla.; motherin-law, Linda (Herb) Hart of Kendallville; and fatherin-law, Stewart (Louvena) Mitchell of Kendallville.

Sammy was preceded in death by her grandparents, Joe and Georgia Brooks.

Funeral service is Saturday, January 11, 2014 at 1 p.m. at D.O. McComb and Sons Pine Valley Park Funeral Home, 1320 East Dupont Road, Fort Wayne, with calling one hour prior.

Rev. Jim Kane will officiate.

Calling also be Friday, January 10, 2014 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the family.

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James Taylor LAGRANGE — James D. Taylor, 80, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 at 11:56 a.m. A memorial service will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. at Carney-Frost Funeral Home, LaGrange. Memorials are to LaGrange Hospice, American Cancer Society, or a memorial of the donor’s choice.

Harold Campbell WARSAW — Harold L. Campbell, 84, of Warsaw, formerly of the Ligonier area, died Monday, Jan. 6, 2013 at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw.

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Campus Corner • Crozier named to dean’s list EVANSVILLE — Elizabeth Crozier of Auburn earned a position on the University of Evansville dean’s list for academic achievements during the 2013 fall semester.

Crozier is majoring in creative writing.

Students named to the dean’s list must achieve at least a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.

Eckhart Public Library News • Library open again Eckhart Public Library campus opens today with normal operating hours.

Charlie’s Chapters to meet Thursday The after school program, A.T.L.A.S., meets from 3-3:45 p.m. Thursday.

Students in grades K-2 will meet in the Secret Garden craft room. Students in grades 3-5 will meet in the Secret Garden story time room.

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Winter Wonderland Snow-covered trees line the walkway outside the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum Sunday afternoon on South

Wayne Street in Auburn. Sunday’s snowfall provided a winter wonderland for photographers.

Library presenting program on Medicare AUBURN — Eckhart Public Library will offer the session “Medicare Made Simple” Thursday from 2-3:30 p.m. and from 6-7:30 p.m., led by speaker Dennis Postema.

The session will provide an overview of choices as well as insight into what plans might work best with Medicare. The goal of the program is to help

break down the complex and confusing subject of Medicare, making it easier to understand and empower users to make educated decisions.

The session is open to anyone and the library invites patrons to bring friends and family. To register for the program, call 925-2414, ext. 120.

Postema is an

entreprenuer, a best-selling author, speaker and financial consultant from Defiance, Ohio. He is a 2012 recipient of the 10 under 40 Award given by the Defiance Chamber of Commerce.

In 2012, Postema released his first book, “Retirement You Can’t Outlive.” The expanded version, released in 2013,

became a number-one bestseller on Amazon.

In April 2013, Postema released his second book, “Avoiding a Legacy Nightmare.” Postema also received the 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater, Northwest State Community College, for his success in the industry and community.

Victory Bingo: Doors open at 3 p.m. Games start at 6 p.m. National Military History Center, 5634 C.R. 11-A, Auburn.

Thursday, Jan. 9 Auburn Classic Noon Lions Club: Noon.

Regular meeting. Bridgewater Country Club, 1818 Morningstar Road, Auburn.

Saturday, Jan. 11 Victory Bingo: Doors open at 3 p.m. Games start at 6 p.m. National Military History Center, 5634 C.R. 11-A, Auburn.

Monday, Jan. 13 Victory Bingo: Doors open at 3 p.m. Games start at 6 p.m. National Military History Center, 5634 C.R. 11-A, Auburn.

Diabetes Support Group: 7 p.m. Support group. Hamilton United Methodist Church, 7780 S. Wayne St., Hamilton.

Red Cross Blood Drive: 1 p.m. Donors may enjoy Girl Scout cookies and refreshment area. Call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit redcrossblog.org to make an appointment. Garrett American Legion, 515 W. 5th Ave., Garrett.

Grandmas Goose will share her favorite books on Saturdays twice each month. Join Grandma Goose Saturday from 10:30-11:15 a.m. No registration is required.

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received a special costume award and other adjudicated and overall awards. Jen Timberlin and Ali Bergman lead Starstruck Performance Company. “Dance Moms” is a reality television show based on the lives of children at the Abby Lee Dance Company in Pennsylvania. The segment will air on the Lifetime Network during its fourth season.

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Children’s Choir Auditions: 5 p.m. The DeKalb Community Children’s Choir will offer children an opportunity to meet the choir and enjoy a pizza party. An information session for parents is set for 6:20 p.m. Anyone planning to attend should register with the Children’s Choir at 481-0481 or at info@dekalbchoir.org.

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Snow art for teens offered Friday Paint the snow outside the teen library using a variety of materials. Hot

chocolate will be served to all artists. Teens will meet Friday from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at The Third Place.

Chess club for teens Bring a friend and a board or join someone else’s game. Beginners and experts are welcome. The club meets Saturday from 2-4 p.m. at The Third Place.

Crafting with books: learn how to make bracelets Learn how to upcycle an old book into jewelry. A crafting session on turning old books in bracelets will be led Monday, Jan. 14, 1-3 p.m. Patrons can make beads and choose manufactured beads to mix in for interest. Invite friends to join for an afternoon of fun.

Register at the information desk, 925-2414, ext. 120.

Turn a Page with Anni meets Jan. 15 Join the book club to discuss “Dying For Chocolate,” by Diane Mott Davidson Wednesday, Jan. 15, from noon to 1 p.m.

LEGO club open to kids in grades 1-5 Children in grades 1-5 can join to make LEGO projects Wednesday, Jan. 15, from 4-5 p.m.

A.T.L.A.S Blast: Express Yourself Kids will learn the fundamentals of animation by creating personal flip books Thursday, Jan. 16, from 3-3:45 p.m. Local artist, Eric Strong, will teach the basic principles of drawing cartoons and animation as they draw and color flip books. Each child will be given a blank booklet in which they will bring drawings to life.

Strong will instruct them on how to create basic animation and drawings on the pages. The children will be able to take their books home to share with friends and family.

Knifty Knitters meets Jan. 16 The knitting group will meet Thursday, Jan. 16, from 6-7:45 p.m in the Close Community Room.

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Judge declares Chicago’s ban on gun sales unconstitutional CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has potentially opened a new market to gun dealers after ruling as unconstitutional Chicago ordinances that aim to reduce gun violence by banning their sale within the city’s limits.

U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang said Monday that while the government has a duty to protect its citizens, it’s also obligated to protect constitutional rights, including the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense. However, Chang said he would temporarily stay the effects of his ruling, meaning the ordinances can stand while the city decides whether to appeal.

The decision is just the latest to attack what were some of the toughest gun-control laws in the nation. In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Chicago’s long-standing gun ban. And last year, Illinois legislators were forced

by a federal appeals court to adopt a law allowing residents to carry concealed weapons; it was the only state that still banned the practice. The resulting law largely stripped officials in the city and surrounding Cook County of their authority to regulate guns, which especially irked officials in Chicago, where residents had to apply for concealed-carry permits through the police superintendent.

National Rifle Association lobbyist Todd Vandermyde applauded Chang’s decision, saying it “shows how out of step and outrageous Chicago’s ordinances really are.”

Roderick Drew, a spokesman for Chicago’s law department, said Mayor Rahm Emanuel disagrees with Chang’s ruling and has instructed the city’s lawyer to consider options to regulate gun sales.

“Every year Chicago police recover more illegal

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House-backed legislation to renew jobless benefits unexpectedly cleared an initial Senate hurdle on Tuesday, raising the prospect of a mid-winter compromise to ease the impact of the recession on the long-term unemployed.

“Let’s get it done,” President Barack Obama exhorted lawmakers at the White House shortly after the vote.

The vote was 60-37 to limit debate on the three-month legislation, with a half-dozen Republicans siding with the Democrats on the test vote.

At the same time, the Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said he and his rank and file would seek changes so the bill’s $6.4 billion cost would not add to deficits.

Senate Democrats have so far rejected that approach, although there were signs they would eventually yield.

Shortly after the Senate vote, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, issued a statement expressing views similar to McConnell’s.

Almost simultaneously, a

senior Senate Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, signaled a willingness to consider changes to offset the impact of the bill on the deficit, calling that “the second best option.”

The vote came at the dawn of an election year in which the two parties have made it clear they intend to battle for the support of millions of voters who have suffered economically through the worst recession in decades and the slow, plodding recovery that followed.

The political phrase is income disparity — the difference between the rich and the economically squeezed. In pocketbook terms, Democrats chose first to seek an extension of long-term jobless benefits, to be followed by a proposal to increase the minimum wage that many Republicans also are expected to oppose.

Among the GOP proposals is a suspension in the requirement to purchase health insurance under “Obamacare,” a change that would potentially save billions of dollars in federal subsidies to the lower-income.

Coats votes in favor of debate WASHINGTON — Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., voted Tuesday in favor of proceeding to legislation that would extend emergency unemployment benefits.

“While I oppose the current version of the bill, I voted to proceed with considering the unemployment insurance extension because I believe the Senate should have the opportunity to debate and improve this important legislation,” Coats said.

Coats added, “The unemployment insurance benefits program needs to be reformed to ensure that it works better for those truly in need and connects those who are unemployed with available jobs.

Additionally, Congress cannot continue to rack up more debt and pass the bill along to our children.”

DARK: Three warming shelters offered relief

FROM PAGE A6 guns than officers in any the circuit will reopen and city in the country, a factor continue service, Yoder said. of lax federal laws as well Not this time. as lax laws in Illinois and Working under difficult surrounding states related circumstances, crews to straw purchasing and the transfer of guns,” Drew said. found the problem and had Auburn’s system ready to The judge noted re-energize by about 9:30 Chicago’s ban covers not p.m., Yoder said. At that only federally licensed point, I&M struggled with firearms dealers, but its breakers due to the cold also gifts among family members, all in the name of temperatures, he said.

The mayor summed reducing gun violence. up the situation to “an In his 35-page opinion, accumulation of circumChang said he understood stances that happened when Chicago enacted the gun you have these severe sale ban to safeguard its conditions.” He added, residents.

“Just like it’s hard to start “That is one of the a car in cold weather, it’s fundamental duties of hard to get these things government: to protect its citizens,” he wrote. “But on back up and running.”

When the power came the other side of this case is back up at 12:45 a.m., another feature of governcrews reconnected the city ment: certain fundamental in stages over a 15-minute rights are protected by the span.

Constitution, put outside “You don’t want to government’s reach, charge the whole system, including the right to keep so you don’t get a surge,” and bear arms for self-deYoder said. “If you brought fense under the Second it all up at once, it could Amendment.”

probably cause a bigger problem.”

Now, the mayor said, the city utility will investigate to learn what failed and why.

“We’ll use this as a learning experience and try to improve the reliability of the system as best we can,” he said.

“There’s a whole lot of people who I need to thank,” Yoder added. His list includes the president of Indiana Michigan Power, who was in contact with the mayor throughout the night.

“Obviously, all of the Auburn Electric people who worked out in all that cold and under a lot of pressure,” Yoder said.

He also expressed gratitude to everyone who helped operate three warming shelters that took in approximately 50-60 people seeking relief from their dark, cold homes.

Kendallville Fire Department personnel took charge of one warming station in the DeKalb County Office

Building, 215 E. Ninth St. Across the street at the Auburn City Hall council chambers, Auburn Police Department officers operated a shelter for disabled people who could not use the stairs at the county building.

A third warming shelter opened at DeKalb Middle School north of the city, with Auburn Police reserve officers in charge.

Yoder said the staff at an emergency operations center included Kendallville Fire Chief Mike Riehm and Indiana State Police officer Michael Crabtree, along with four local officials, DeKalb County Sheriff Don Lauer and his Chief Deputy Gerald Kline, Auburn Police Chief Martin McCoy and DeKalb County Homeland Security Director Roger Powers.

“It’s been a bumpy start to the new year,” Yoder said about the blizzard and power outage that have affected Auburn since Sunday. “I hope we’ve got all the bad news out of the way.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — His agenda tattered by last year’s confrontations and missteps, President Barack Obama begins 2014 clinging to the hope of winning a lasting legislative achievement: an overhaul of immigration laws.

It will require a deft and careful use of his powers, combining a public campaign in the face of protests over his administration’s record number of deportations with quiet, behind-the-scenes outreach to Congress, something seen by lawmakers and immigration advocates as a major White House weakness.

In recent weeks, both Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, have sent signals that raised expectations among overhaul supporters that 2014 could still yield the first comprehensive change in immigration laws in nearly three decades. If successful, it would fulfill an Obama promise many Latinos say is long overdue.

The Senate last year passed a comprehensive, bipartisan bill that addressed border security, provided enforcement measures and offered a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.

House leaders, pressed by tea party conservatives, demanded a more limited and piecemeal approach.

Indicating a possible opening, Obama has stopped insisting the House pass the Senate version. And two days after calling Boehner to wish him happy birthday in November, Obama made it clear he could accept the House’s bill-by-bill approach, with one caveat: In the end, “we’re going to have to do it all.”

Boehner, for his part, in December hired Rebecca Tallent, a former top aide to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and most recently the director of a bipartisan think tank’s immigration task force. Even opponents of a broad immigration overhaul saw Tallent’s selection as a sign legislation had suddenly become more likely. Boehner also fed speculation he would ignore tea party pressure, bluntly brushing back their criticism of December’s modest budget agreement.

“We believe immigration reform is going to pass,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday. “It’s going to pass, you know, and it’s up to the House to decide when. But it’s going to happen.”

Republican pollster David Winston, who regularly consults with the House leadership, said the task ahead for both sides is to distinguish the key issues they must have in the legislation from those that are merely preferences.

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Briefly • Hannah winners for Republican, The Star In the Hannah Holstein basketball contest for The Herald Republican, Dorothy Anstett had the highest score for the second straight week by picking 18 games right.

But rules state she can only win the weekly prize once every 30 days.

So the next contestant in the standings who won the one-eighth sheet cake from Angola’s Heavenly Breads & Sweets was Steve Anstett of Pleasant Lake. He picked 17 games right. Angola residents Norma Hammel and David Lewellyn each picked 16 games right.

In The Star contest, Skip Zellers of Auburn correctly picked 16 winners, matching Janet Zeider of Garrett. But Zellers’ tiebreaker of 98 was closest to the 110 points IPFW scored to win the $25 gift certificate from MJS Apparel in Garrett. Dave Cooper of Butler, and Bob Zmyslony and John Smurr of Garrett all selected 15.

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TODAY G I R LS BAS K ETBALL Angola at East Noble, 6:1 5 p.m.

BOYS BAS K ETBALL East Noble at Westview, 6 p.m.

W R E STLI NG East Noble at Columbia City, 6:3 0 p.m.

TH U R S DAY BOYS BAS K ETBALL Central Noble at Garrett, 6 p.m.

G I R LS BAS K ETBALL Eastside at DeKalb, 6:1 5 p.m.

Hamilton at Westview, 6 p.m.

W R E STLI NG Angola at West Noble, 6:3 0 p.m.

Churubusco at Lakeland, 6:3 0 p.m.

Prairie Heights at Fremont, 6:3 0 p.m.

Garrett at Bluffton, 6:3 0 p.m.

DeKalb at New Haven, 6:3 0 p.m.

GYM NASTICS West Noble at East Noble, 6:3 0 p.m.

DeKalb at Concordia, 6:3 0 p.m.

SW I M M I NG East Noble at Northridge, 4:4 5 p.m.

N HC Dive at Homestead, 5 p.m.

C OLLEG E BAS K ETBALL Men, Trine at Hope, 7:3 0 p.m.

Women, Adrian at Trine, 7:3 0 p.m.

On The Air • HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL East Noble at Westview, 95.5 WAWK-FM, 7:30 p.m.

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Kansas at Oklahoma, ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Georgetown at Providence, FS1, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Penn State, BTN, 7 p.m.

Illinois at Wisconsin, BTN, 9 p.m.

Miami at North Carolina, ESPN2, 9 p.m.

NBA Dallas at San Antonio, ESPN, 7 p.m.

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Luck, Brady in spotlight Colts signalcaller grew up following NE QB

In 14th season, Brady still fired up for playoffs

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Growing up, Andrew Luck kept trying to emulate the quarterbacks he watched on Sunday afternoons, guys like Peyton Manning and Phillip Rivers.

And Tom Brady.

Now, the 24-year-old franchise quarterback is all grown up and about to face his next big test — trying to beat Brady on his home turf with a trip to the AFC championship game on the line.

“I think there are so many quarterbacks that do so many great things that as a quarterback you’d like to watch all of them and say, ‘They do this so well,’ and see if you can do that,” Luck said Tuesday.

His next chance comes Saturday night when the Colts (12-5) travel to New England (12-4).

Luck has already done his part to live up to the seemingly impossible standards that came with replacing Manning in Indy.

The two-time Heisman Trophy runner up spent two college seasons being called everything from the most polished college quarterback since Manning to the most promising quarterback prospect at Stanford since John Elway.

Luck just focused on playing his game and the results have been impressive.

He has thrown for more yards (8,196) in his first two seasons than any quarterback in NFL history. His 22 regular-season wins rank No. 2 to Russell Wilson among all second-year quarterbacks since 1970, and with nine

FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

(AP) — Tom Brady head-butted teammates before his first Super Bowl.

Twelve years and four more NFL championship games later, the quarterback hasn’t lost his fire.

He still shows it before games and after big plays by banging helmets with other New England Patriots.

“I’m pretty emotional,” Brady said Tuesday.

That should be obvious when the Patriots come back from a first-round bye to face the Indianapolis Colts in an AFC divisional-round playoff game Saturday night. Especially if he has plenty of scoring plays to celebrate.

His mood would be quite different if NFL sacks leader Robert Mathis keeps getting close enough to tackle him or hurry his passes.

“He’s a great player and been a great player for a long time,” Brady said. “He’s having one of the best years of his career.”

So what can Brady do if he sees the 11-year veteran bearing down on him?

Step up in the pocket? Throw quickly? Duck?

“I can’t really run away from him,” Brady said with his usual jab at his lack of speed, “so that option’s out the door.”

There’s no doubt he’ll have his eyes trained on the linebacker who lines up in different places on different plays.

“You have to understand where

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (12) celebrates after throwing a touchdown pass against the Kansas City Chiefs during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game Saturday in Indianapolis.

career TDs rushing, he already ranks fourth on the franchise’s career list behind only Manning (17), Bert Jones (14) and John Unitas (13) — all previous MVPs Even when it comes to measuring up to Manning, Luck has done remarkably well.

In October, he beat Manning in

their first head-to-head meeting.

And after rallying Indianapolis (12-5) to the second-greatest comeback in playoff history last weekend, Luck’s first postseason win came four seasons sooner than Manning’s. A win over the Patriots (12-4) would give Luck SEE LUCK, PAGE B2

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Pacers win third straight, 86-79

No. 9 ISU tops No. 7 Baylor

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Roy Hibbert scored 22 points and Danny Granger matched his season high with 13 to help Indiana hold off Toronto 86-79 Tuesday night.

The Pacers (28-6) won their third straight, retaining the NBA’s best record by holding the Raptors to a season low in points.

Toronto (16-17) has lost two straight on the road — at Miami and Indiana — after winning four straight. The Raptors were led

by DeMar DeRozan with 28 and Patrick Patterson with 20 against a Pacers team that looked more

like itself after losing north of the border last week.

Indiana had a 40-26 scoring advantage in the paint and limited the Raptors to 37 percent shooting from the field. And instead of struggling in the second half, the Pacers pulled away.

They closed the first half on an 8-3 spurt to take a 44-36 lead they extended to 17 in the third.

Toronto couldn’t get closer than six the rest of the way.

Not all went smoothly for the Pacers.

All-Star Paul George got into early foul trouble and never

really got going. And the Pacers’ usually solid outside shooters were just 1 of 11 from 3-point range.

But Indiana turned the tables on Toronto with an old combination.

The Pacers had a 53-36 rebounding edge, and filled the gaps with a balanced offense.

Lance Stephenson fell just short of his fourth triple double of the season, finishing with 13 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. George and George Hill each added 11.

But Toronto fought valiantly, jumping to an 11-4 lead and quickly cut an eight-point second quarter deficit to 32-31 with a 7-0 spurt.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — DeAndre Kane had a season-high 30 points with nine assists, eight rebounds and five steals as No. 9 Iowa State rolled past No. 7 Baylor 87-72 on Tuesday night, setting a school record with its 14th straight win.

Melvin Ejim added 18 points for the Cyclones (14-0, 2-0 Big 12). They outscored Baylor 47-34 in the second half and rolled to a surprisingly decisive win.

Kane had 17 points in the first half, helping his struggling teammates take a two-point lead.

Heights’ Heller aiming for 1,000

BY JAMES FISHER jfisher@kpcmedia.com

BRUSHY PRAIRIE — One point: That’s what separates Jacob Heller from reaching a milestone.

The Prairie Heights junior has 999 career points entering Friday’s Northeast Corner Conference boys basketball game with Angola.

It’s a key NECC contest for both teams. Prairie Heights (6-2) lost its first league game on Saturday to West Noble and needs a win if the squad hopes to stay in the chase for a league title. Angola (3-4) is 1-1 in the conference.

“Angola is a very physical team and coach Bentley has done a great job,” said Prairie Heights coach Brett Eltzroth. “We’ll have to lick our wounds from the loss to West Noble and learn from it.”

The loss to West Noble ended a six-game winning streak by the Panthers that included victories over Fairfield, Bethany Christian, Elkhart Christian, Bronson, Churubusco and Eastside. The contest with Elkhart Christian was an overtime affair that saw Heller score 36 points in an 86-79 triumph.

“We started off with a rough loss at Garrett, then got on a little roll,” Heller said. “We want to be right there in the mix in the NECC. We just have to play well as a team for us to accomplish

our goal. With guys like Cody Bachelor, Kyler West and Austin Penick hitting their shots from the outside, it opens it up for me inside.”

Add seniors Dylan Stayner, Corey Johnson, Levi Tuckerman, Spencer Lake and Bobby Blum to the mix and it’s easy to see why Prairie Heights is off to a strong start.

A three-year starter, it’s no secret to opposing teams that Heller is Heights’ weapon. Teams have no option but to focus on him.

“He’s a good scorer and he draws a lot of attention,” Eltzroth said.

With the attention on Heller, the heroics of others have been a big key to the team’s success. And you never know who it’s going to be.

“I’m excited with this team, every night it’s someone else that steps up,” Eltzroth said.

Friday’s contest with Angola will be played at Prairie Heights and is a doubleheader, with the girls teams set to begin play at 6 p.m. and the boys to follow.

It will be the final game for the teams before next week’s league tournament. Prairie Heights will play at Churubusco on Jan. 15 in a quarterfinal game.

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Prairie Heights junior Jacob Heller (22) looks inside while guarded

by West Noble’s Brandon Evans during a recent Northeast Corner Conference contest. Heller is one point away from reaching 1,000 career points.

work hard for the conference tournament and we always want to be playing our best basketball at the end of the year,” Heller said.

Craig Everage is the all-time leading scorer in boys basketball at Prairie Heights with 1,146 points.

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Maddux, Glavine hope to IU women enter Hall of Fame together ranked for first ATLANTA (AP) — There were a lot of guys who threw harder than Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine.

No one knew more about pitching.

Mad Dog and Glav were stalwarts in the Atlanta Braves rotation, a potent 1-2 punch for an entire decade on a team that made the playoffs year after year.

Now, they have a chance to come together again for the highest honor of their careers — membership in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Maddux and Glavine are both eligible for the first time, with the inductees to be announced Wednesday. They hope to join their former manager, Bobby Cox, who was picked for the Hall last month in a separate vote.

“They’re the guys that got me this far, that’s for sure,” Cox said. “I’ve got my fingers crossed for both of them.”

While Maddux is likely a shoe-in, having won 355 games and four Cy Young awards during his career, Glavine might have a tougher time getting in the first time around despite 305 victories.

At some point both should have their names etched at Cooperstown.

The only eligible 300-game winner not in the Hall is Roger Clemens, who was passed over in 2012 because

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Former Atlanta Braves teammates Greg Maddux, left, and Tom Glavine, right, may be enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the same class.

of doping allegations and figures to be left off plenty of ballots this year, as well.

Maddux and Glavine never had Clemens’ type of dominating stuff. Instead, they relied on pinpoint control and changing speeds to keep hitters off balance.

Laid back and always up for a vulgar joke away from the field, Maddux was a fierce competitor — hence, the nickname — who would often scream obscenities when a pitch didn’t go exactly where he wanted.

He approached his craft like an artist, aware that a subtle stroke could wind up being the mark of genius.

Maddux spent untold hours working on his mechanics in the bullpen, constantly seeking the perfect windup, the perfect delivery, the perfect followthrough.

“If you do everything mechanically correct, it’s impossible for the ball not to go where you want it,” he once said. “It really is. It’s just like a golf swing. If you make the absolute perfect golf swing, the ball is going to go where you’re aiming it. Pitching is no different.”

Maddux won four straight NL Cy Young awards from 1992-95 — Randy Johnson is the only

other pitcher to capture four in a row — and produced two of the greatest years ever at the end of that run.

During the strike-shortened 1994 season, Maddux went 16-6 with a career-best 1.56 ERA, which is even more impressive compared to the cumulative NL ERA of 4.21 (the 2.65 differential was the highest ever recorded). The following year he led the Braves to a World Series championship by going 19-2 with a 1.63 ERA even while hitters continued to put up inflated offensive stats (the NL had a 4.18 cumulative ERA) during the Steroids Era.

FSU focuses on sustaining success NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher says winning the national championship was the culmination of a four-year process that began when he replaced Bobby Bowden as the head of the program in 2010. The next challenge is to sustain that success.

Fisher now finds himself in Bowden’s old shoes where titles will be expected from a passionate fan base.

Florida State beat Auburn 34-31 Monday night to win its first crown since 1999.

“You’ve got to go back to ground zero and you can’t worry about expectations,” Fisher said Tuesday. “That’s the thing, once expectations get so high, is to not let complacency set in.”

“It’s human nature, you take winning for granted.

You take success for granted,” he said.

A quick glance at the roster shows why Florida State (14-0) will enter 2014 as the favorite. The Seminoles return Heisman quarterback Jameis Winston for his sophomore season and lose just three senior offensive starters. Florida State must replace four senior defensive starters and Fisher said he thinks there are up to three underclassmen who have decisions to make about a

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Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher reacts after winning the NCAA BCS National Championship over Auburn Monday.

possible move to the NFL. “The future is bright,” freshman cornerback Jalen Ramsey said. “We know what it takes now. We know how it feels. We don’t be disappointed next year from not being here.

“We want to make this thing a dynasty. Florida State is back to where it should always be.”

That senior class was Fisher’s first as head coach and was the cornerstone of the new foundation. The 2011 class, however, was widely considered the No. 1 recruiting class in the country and one of the best in school history. Then

there’s the 2012 class that includes Winston, another handful of starters and more young talent that had to wait their turn.

This was not an old team that will need to replace starters all over the field.

“I don’t care how talented you are,” Fisher maintained. “This team has to go back, get its own identity, get its own leadership and develop that, and that’s going to be our challenge now. It’s how hungry can you stay to be able to do it over and over again, and that’s going to be the challenge and our mindset and that’s going to

be my temperament going in, to be able to set that stage so we can do that and stay on top and be very competitive at the top.”

“That’s our nature as humans, it’s not too grind, it’s not to push. That’s why there is only one champion at the end,” he said.

Fisher did get a chance to savor the moment late after the game, surrounded by friends and family in his hotel room. He sat half asleep in a chair, exhausted, and nursed a pulled hamstring he sustained running down the sideline and chasing an official after Auburn wasn’t called for a horse collar tackle at the end of a catch-and-run by Rashad Green late in the game.

“You feel like you want to sleep for about a week after these seasons,” Fisher said. “We’ll get back tomorrow and give the staff a day or so and then we’ll get back recruiting and we got to get going.

“It’s time for another one,” he said.

Twenty years after Florida State won its first national championship under Bowden, the Seminoles won the third in school history with his successor. The Seminoles broke a string of seven consecutive national champions from the SEC.

BRADY: Patriots are 8-4 in games decided by seven points or fewer FROM PAGE B1

he’s at. He really has a sense of urgency,” Brady said.

And a knack for stripping the ball while sacking the quarterback.

“That’s why he’s one of the best players in the league, because he makes those types of plays happen,” Brady said. “He makes them on a regular basis. It’s not a fluke when he does it.”

Mathis led the NFL with 19 1-2 sacks and forced eight fumbles. His strip-sack of Kansas City’s Alex Smith led to a Colts touchdown in their 45-44 wild-card win over the Chiefs last Saturday.

The Colts overcame a 28-point, third-quarter deficit to win that. The Patriots overcame a 24-point halftime deficit against the Denver Broncos for a 34-31 regular-season overtime win.

“It was a great game, a great team win,” Brady said of Indianapolis’ victory.

“Once you get some momentum going on your side, it’s pretty remarkable to be able to do that.”

Another big lead Saturday night likely won’t be safe until the very late stages, not with Brady and Andrew Luck leading their offenses.

“We’ve been in a lot of close games, they’ve been in a lot of close games,” Brady said. “They find a way to win them. That’s how they got to this point.”

The Colts are 6-1, including the playoffs, in games decided by six points or fewer. The Patriots are 8-4 in games decided by seven or fewer.

Brady downplays the meeting with Luck, who has a chance to match Brady’s accomplishment of winning

a Super Bowl in his second season.

The chance to keep the youngster from upstaging the all-time great doesn’t provide extra motivation.

“My motivation is pretty simple,” Brady said. “I just try to win. That’s what I try to do and try to be part of the reason why we’re successful.”

The Patriots practiced indoors Tuesday with the outside temperature in the low teens. Brady said he had a cold.

“A little bit, but I’ll live,” he said. “Hopefully not on the injury report. I’ll try to talk my way out of that one.”

Brady wants to be around for it all — the practices, the games, the celebrations. So he’s treating this week with his usual intensity.

“I think he’s just trying to relay that to everyone else,”

Patriots defensive end Rob Ninkovich said. “You do your work now. You put in the time now. You study the tape and you practice hard now, so when the games come you’ve already done it three times in the week.

So you go out there and just play and have fun.”

In his 14th NFL season, the enthusiasm of the MVP of the 2002 Super Bowl persists.

“It’s incredible to play in this,” he said. “These are the moments you dream about, to be in the NFL playoffs and you have a chance with eight other teams to be the last team standing.

“It’s why we work hard.

It’s why every guy puts a lot out there. You sacrifice a lot of things. A lot of people would die to be in our positions. I don’t think you take those things for granted.”

(AP) — Curt Miller figured it was going to be a long rebuilding project when he took over Indiana last season.

Maybe it won’t take as long as the veteran coach thought.

The undefeated Hoosiers earned their first Top 25 ranking in nearly 21 years Monday when they entered the poll at No. 22.

“We’re ahead of schedule,” Miller said in a phone interview. “Last year we think we overachieved at 11-19.

Coming into this year we were predicted to finish 12th in the conference because we graduated our three leading scorers. To do what we’ve done already in year two is great, but our long journey is far from being over.”

There wasn’t much celebration of the ranking on campus as Indiana (14-0) was closed for the storm that was blasting the Midwest. Being in the Top 25 is something expected in the basketball crazed state — on the men’s side that is. The men’s program has been ranked for a total of 175 weeks since the women’s only previous appearance in the poll.

Earning the first ranking since more than half his players were born is a great accomplishment for Miller’s team.

“We’re really excited now,” he said. “We are just in the baby steps of rebuilding this program where it needs to be. We’re off to a good start and there is great chemistry in the locker room.”

Miller’s has seven freshmen on his roster, including three who start.

Larryn Brooks leads the way averaging 18.8 points and has been stellar in her rookie season. The first-year players are accounting for 73 percent of the offense — tops by far

among BCS teams according to STATS. While the first-years are putting up the points, Miller credits a changing culture as a big reason for the success. The Hoosiers finished last in the Big Ten in Miller’s first season and the second-year coach said that cliques hampered team chemistry last year.

“We have a great locker room dynamic,” Miller said.

“The seniors have a sense of urgency and they needed the freshman class to help them.

The freshmen needed the seniors to teach them how to be a college player.”

The togetherness is evident in Indiana’s play in close games and on the road. The Hoosiers are 6-0 on the road — the most wins since the 2008-09 season. The six road games also ties for the most among BCS schools according to STATS. The Hoosiers have also won six games by seven points or less.

“I’m really proud of our effort on the road,” Miller said.

“It’s really helped us bond as a group.”

Miller and his team will have a little extra time to savor their first ranking since 1993.

Indiana was supposed to play at Purdue on Monday night but the game was postponed because of the severe weather hitting the area. No immediate makeup date was announced, meaning the Hoosiers’ first game as a ranked team will be at home on Saturday against Ohio State.

“It’s up to the conference, we’ve given a few of our preferential dates,” Miller said of making the game up.

“Our bye dates don’t match up so someone’s going to have a week of one-day preps.

Some program is going to be crunched hard.”

Skier Vonn to miss Sochi Olympics (AP) — Lindsey Vonn will miss the Sochi Olympics because of a right knee injury, leaving the Winter Games without one of its biggest stars.

The 29-year-old from Vail, Colo., announced her decision Tuesday, exactly one month before the opening ceremony in Russia.

Her personal publicist, Lewis Kay, said in a statement that Vonn “will have surgery shortly.”

In a posting on Facebook,

Vonn said she is “devastated” to miss the Olympics, “but the reality has sunk in that my knee is just too unstable to compete at this level.”

She took home two medals from the 2010 Vancouver Games, including becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic gold in the downhill. Vonn is also a four-time overall World Cup champion, the most recognized name in Alpine skiing — and, as it happens, the girlfriend of Tiger Woods.

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the same total of playoff wins over Brady than Manning — one. But that’s not what motivates Luck.

“He studies so much tape and prepares himself so well that he’s able to identify and see things, even if it was a year ago,” coach Chuck Pagano said. “He’s got that, probably what Tom has and what Peyton has and all the great ones have, is the ability to identify and see things and put things behind him and move on.”

That ability to move on is perhaps the reason Luck is still playing in January.

Last week, after throwing interceptions on consecutive passes, Luck managed to shake off the bad throws.

Down 38-10 early in the third quarter, he steadily moved the Colts back into contention and when he hooked up with T.Y. Hilton on a 64-yard TD pass with 4:21 to go, Indy suddenly had a 45-44 lead. The defense held off Kansas City’s last-gasp drive, giving Luck the chance to savor his historic comeback by taking a knee three straight times.

Things are bound to be

much tougher this time around as the Colts and Patriots renew what has been one of the NFL’s fiercest rivalries over the last decade.

Brady won his first six starts against the Colts, a span that included two playoff games. Manning answered by winning five of the next six, including the 2006 AFC championship game when he rallied Indy from an 18-point deficit.

Brady and the Patriots have won the last three, including last year’s forgettable 59-24 rout in frosty New England when Luck was picked off three times and lost a fumble. It was so bad Pagano said he wanted to “burn” the tape.

To Luck, Saturday’s game is all about advancing in the playoffs against a team and quarterback that have played their best football when it matters most.

“He has definitely set the standard for success,” Luck said of Brady. “The way he handles himself, watching from afar, the competitive nature and basically all the right things he does. Yeah, I guess he is a barometer and he is the standard.”

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Boys Basketball Standings Northeast Hoosier Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Homestead 1 0 8 3 New Haven 1 0 5 2 Norwell 1 0 5 3 Columbia City 1 0 5 5 Carroll 0 1 7 3 Bellmont 0 1 4 4 DeKalb 0 1 3 8 East Noble 0 1 0 8 Saturday, Jan. 4 Norwell 68, Floyd Central 46 Jennings County 76, Norwell 65 Carroll 59, Van Wert (Ohio) 54 Columbia City 57, Wawasee 28 Bellmont 56, South Adams 55 Tuesday, Jan. 7 New Haven at Fort Wayne Snider, ppd Wednesday, Jan. 8 East Noble at Westview, 7:30 p.m.

Bishop Dwenger at Carroll, 7:45 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 11 Bellmont at Columbia City, 7:45 p.m.

Carroll at Norwell, 7:45 p.m.

East Noble at Homestead, 7:45 p.m.

New Haven at DeKalb, 7:45 p.m.

Northeast Corner Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L West Noble 3 0 7 0 Westview 3 0 4 2 Prairie Heights 3 1 6 2 Fairfield 2 1 4 3 Angola 1 1 3 4 Fremont 1 1 1 6 Eastside 1 2 4 4 Hamilton 1 2 4 4 Lakeland 1 3 2 4 Churubusco 0 2 0 8 Central Noble 0 3 1 8 Saturday, Jan. 4 West Noble 59, Prairie Heights 53 Caston Shootout Rensselaer Central 51, Churubusco 47 Oregon-Davis 51, Churubusco 50 Central Noble 48, Oregon-Davis 44 Rensselaer Ctrl. 56, Central Noble 47 Winning Edge Holiday Tournament NorthWood 54, Fairfield 37 Wednesday, Jan. 8 Churubusco at Woodlan, 7:30 p.m.

East Noble at Westview, 7:30 p.m.

Lakeland at Sturgis (Mich.), ppd, rescheduled for Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 9 Central Noble at Garrett, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 10 Angola at Prairie Heights, 7:30 p.m.

Churubusco at Fremont, 7:30 p.m.

Hamilton at Westview, 7:30 p.m.

West Noble at Lakeland, 7:45 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 11 Eastside at Fairfield, 7:30 p.m.

Fremont at Reading (Mich.), 7:30 p.m.

Allen County Athletic Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Garrett 2 0 6 1 Bluffton 2 0 4 4 Leo 1 1 5 3 Adams Central 1 1 3 4 Woodlan 1 1 3 4 Heritage 1 1 2 4 South Adams 0 2 2 7 Southern Wells 0 2 1 5 Saturday, Jan. 4 Leo 70, Concordia 67 Bellmont 56, South Adams 55 Tuesday, Jan. 7 Cowan at Southern Wells, ppd.

Wednesday, Jan. 8 Churubusco at Woodlan, 7:30 p.m.

Eastbrook at Heritage, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 9 Central Noble at Garrett, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 11 Garrett at Adams Central, 7:30 p.m South Adams at Leo, 7:30 p.m.

Southern Wells at Heritage, 7:30 p.m.

Woodlan at Bluffton, 7:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball Standings Northeast Hoosier Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Homestead 3 0 10 1 East Noble 3 0 10 3 DeKalb 3 0 9 3 Norwell 1 2 8 3 Columbia City 1 2 9 5 New Haven 1 2 6 7 Carroll 0 3 3 10 Bellmont 0 3 0 13 Saturday, Jan. 4 Plymouth Shootout Norwell 48, Plymouth 39 Norwell 71, Wawasee 30 Wednesday, Jan. 8 Angola at East Noble, 6:15 p.m.

Leo at Norwell, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 9 Eastside at DeKalb, 7:45 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 10 Columbia City at Bellmont, 7:45 p.m.

DeKalb at New Haven, 7:45 p.m.

Homestead at East Noble, 7:45 p.m.

Norwell at Carroll, 7:45 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 11 Carmel at Homestead, 2:30 p.m.

Northeast Corner Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Westview 6 0 10 2 Fairfield 5 0 7 2 West Noble 5 2 7 5 Angola 4 2 4 7 Fremont 2 2 6 5 Prairie Heights 3 4 6 6 Lakeland 3 4 5 8 Churubusco 2 3 5 7 Central Noble 1 5 3 7 Hamilton 0 4 2 5 Eastside 0 5 2 9 Saturday, Jan. 4 Leo 47, Angola 33 NorthWood 44, Fairfield 32 Monday, Jan. 6 Manchester at Central Noble, ppd.

Tuesday, Jan. 7 Fairfield at Jimtown, ppd.

Prairie Heights at Bronson (Mich.), ppd.

West Noble at Tippecanoe Valley, ppd, rescheduled for Jan. 22, 7:45 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 8 Lakeland at Sturgis (Mich.), ppd, rescheduled for Feb. 8, 6 p.m.

Angola at East Noble, 6:15 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 9 Hamilton at Westview, 7:30 p.m.

Eastside at DeKalb, 7:45 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 10 Angola at Prairie Heights, 6 p.m.

Churubusco at Fremont, 6 p.m.

Fairfield at Eastside, 7:30 p.m.

West Noble at Lakeland, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 11 Hamilton at Churubusco, 7:30 p.m.

Allen County Athletic Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Garrett 4 0 12 0 Leo 3 1 10 1 Heritage 3 1 9 3 Woodlan 2 2 7 3 Southern Wells 2 2 6 5 South Adams 1 3 10 3 Bluffton 1 3 3 8 Adams Central 0 4 3 8 Saturday, Jan. 4 Leo 47, Angola 33 Southern Wells 62, Randolph Southern 22 Tuesday, Jan. 7 Antwerp (Ohio) at Woodlan, 7:30 p.m.

Bluffton at Northfield, ppd, rescheduled for Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m.

Heritage at Bishop Dwenger, ppd Lakewood Park at Adams Central, ppd Wednesday, Jan. 8 Leo at Norwell, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 10 Bluffton at Garrett, 7:30 p.m.

Heritage at Adams Central, 7:30 p.m.

Leo at Woodlan, 7:30 p.m.

South Adams at Southern Wells, 7:30 p.m.

Prep Boys Basketball Scores POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS Bethany Christian vs. Bremen, ppd. to Jan 9.

Clinton Christian vs. Horizon Christian, ppd.

Covington vs. Benton Central, ppd.

Cowan vs. Southern Wells, ppd.

Crown Point vs. Hammond Gavit, ppd. to Feb 4.

Delphi vs. Tipton, ppd. to Jan 15.

E. Noble vs. Westview, susp.

Eastern (Pekin) vs. Austin, ppd.

Ev. Memorial vs. Boonville, ppd.

Ft. Wayne South vs. Ft. Wayne Northrop, ppd.

Gary 21st Century vs. Hammond, ppd.

Gary Roosevelt vs. Calumet, ppd.

Hanover Central vs. Griffith, ppd.

Indpls Cathedral vs. Indpls Northwest, ppd.

Jimtown vs. Argos, ppd.

Lakeland vs. Sturgis, Mich., ppd. to Jan 8.

Lowell vs. Hebron, ppd.

Mt. Carmel, Ill. vs. Ev. Central, ppd.

N. Decatur vs. Edinburgh, ppd.

New Buffalo, Mich. vs. Westville, ppd.

New Haven vs. Ft. Wayne Snider, ppd.

NorthWood vs. Fairfield, ppd. to Jan 27.

Providence vs. Madison, ppd. to Feb 15.

Tri-Central vs. Northwestern, ppd.

Wapahani vs. Muncie Central, ppd. to Feb 15.

Western Boone vs. N. Putnam, ppd. to Feb 1.

Wheeler vs. Hammond Noll, ppd.

Winamac vs. LaVille, ppd. to Feb 4.

Greene County Tournament First Round Linton vs. White River Valley, ppd. to Jan 8.

N. Central (Farmersburg) vs. Eastern (Greene), ppd. to Jan 8.

Hendricks County Tournament First Round Avon vs. Tri-West, ppd. to Jan 9.

Cascade vs. Danville, ppd. to Jan 9.

Prep Girls Basketball Scores POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS Barr-Reeve vs. S. Knox, ppd.

Bethesda Christian vs. Indiana Deaf, ppd. to Jan 11.

Bluffton vs. Northfield, ppd.

Boone Grove vs. River Forest, ppd.

Boonville vs. Tecumseh, ppd.

Bowman Academy vs. Elkhart Memorial, ppd. to Jan 21.

Calumet vs. Munster, ppd.

Charlestown vs. Rock Creek Academy, ppd.

Chesterton vs. Hammond Clark, ppd.

Christian Academy vs. Trinity Lutheran, ppd.

Clinton Prairie vs. Frankfort, ppd. to Jan 20.

Connersville vs. Greenfield, ppd.

Covenant Christian vs. Indpls Scecina, ppd.

Crawford Co. vs. Clarksville, ppd. to Feb 1.

Delphi vs. Clinton Central, ppd.

Delta vs. Eastbrook, ppd.

E. Central vs. Jennings Co., ppd. to Jan 9.

Eastside vs. DeKalb, ppd. to Jan 9.

Fairfield vs. Jimtown, ppd.

Forest Park vs. Dubois, ppd. to Jan 10.

Frontier vs. W. Central, ppd. to Jan 25.

Ft. Wayne South vs. Ft. Wayne Northrop, ppd.

Greencastle vs. Northview, ppd.

Griffith vs. Portage, ppd.

Hammond Morton vs. Crown Point, ppd.

Heritage Christian vs. Lawrence Central, ppd. to Jan 11.

Huntington North vs. Ft. Wayne North, ppd.

Indpls Brebeuf vs. Lebanon, ppd. to Jan 13.

Indpls Marshall vs. Indpls Broad Ripple, ppd.

Indpls Perry Meridian vs. New Palestine, ppd. to Jan 9.

Indpls Ritter vs. Ft. Wayne Canterbury, ppd.

Jay Co. vs. Muncie South, ppd.

Kouts vs. Knox, ppd.

Lakeland vs. Sturgis, Mich., ppd. to Jan 8.

Lakewood Park vs. Adams Central, ppd.

Madison vs. Brownstown, ppd.

McCutcheon vs. Lafayette Jeff, ppd.

Morgan Twp. vs. Valparaiso, ppd. to Feb 6.

N. Daviess vs. Orleans, ppd.

N. Vermillion vs. Terre Haute South, ppd.

New Washington vs. Scottsburg, ppd.

Oak Hill vs. Cass, ppd.

Perry Central vs. Paoli, ppd. to Jan 9.

Rochester vs. N. Judson, ppd.

Rushville vs. Franklin Co., ppd.

S. Bend Clay vs. Concord, ppd. to Jan 21.

S. Central (Harrison) vs. Lanesville, ppd. to Jan 8.

Southport vs. Bloomington North, ppd. to Jan 9.

Southwestern (Shelby) vs. Eastern Hancock, ppd. to Jan 28.

Springs Valley vs. Wood Memorial, ppd.

Tipton vs. Sheridan, ppd. to Jan 11.

Tri-Central vs.

Indianapolis Homeschool, ppd.

University vs. Indpls Metro, ppd.

W. Noble vs. Tippecanoe Valley, ppd. to Jan 22.

Westfield vs. Western Boone, ppd. to Jan 9.

Wheeler vs. Hobart, ppd.

Whiting vs. Lake Station, ppd. to Jan 8.

Winamac vs. Tri-County, ppd. to Jan 18.

Ripley County Tournament First Round Jac-Cen-Del vs. S. Ripley, ppd. to Jan 10.

Batesville vs. Milan, ppd. to Jan 10.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 16 17 .485 — Brooklyn 13 21 .382 3½ Boston 13 21 .382 3½ New York 12 22 .353 4½ Philadelphia 12 23 .343 5 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 27 8 .771 — Atlanta 18 17 .514 9 Washington 15 17 .469 10½ Charlotte 15 21 .417 12½ Orlando 10 24 .294 16½ Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 28 6 .824 — Chicago 15 18 .455 12½ Detroit 14 21 .400 14½ Cleveland 12 23 .343 16½ Milwaukee 7 27 .206 21 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 26 8 .765 — Houston 22 13 .629 4½ Dallas 19 15 .559 7 New Orleans 15 18 .455 10½ Memphis 15 18 .455 10½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 27 7 .794 — Portland 26 8 .765 1 Minnesota 17 17 .500 10 Denver 16 17 .485 10½ Utah 11 25 .306 17 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 24 13 .649 — L.A. Clippers 24 13 .649 — Phoenix 20 13 .606 2 L.A. Lakers 14 20 .412 8½ Sacramento 10 22 .313 11½ Monday’s Games Minnesota 126, Philadelphia 95 Brooklyn 91, Atlanta 86 L.A. Clippers 101, Orlando 81 Tuesday’s Games Indiana 86, Toronto 79 Cleveland 111, Philadelphia 93 Washington 97, Charlotte 83 Miami 107, New Orleans 88 New York 89, Detroit 85 Chicago 92, Phoenix 87 Golden State 101, Milwaukee 80 San Antonio at Memphis, late L.A. Lakers at Dallas, late Boston at Denver, late Oklahoma City at Utah, late Portland at Sacramento, late Wednesday’s Games Dallas at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8 p.m.

Washington at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m.

Orlando at Portland, 10 p.m.

Boston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Miami at New York, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Boston 42 28 12 2 58 124 89 Montreal 44 25 14 5 55 114 103 Tampa Bay 42 25 13 4 54 119 100

Detroit 43 19 1410 48 114 121 Toronto 44 21 18 5 47 122 132 Ottawa 44 19 18 7 45 126 141 Florida 43 16 21 6 38 102 136 Buffalo 42 12 26 4 28 74 118 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 44 31 12 1 63 142 103 Philadelphia 43 22 17 4 48 114 118 Washington 42 20 16 6 46 128 128 Carolina 43 18 16 9 45 105 124 N.Y. Rangers44 21 20 3 45 108 119 New Jersey 44 17 18 9 43 103 113 Columbus 43 19 20 4 42 117 126 N.Y. Islanders4516 22 7 39 124 149 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Chicago 45 29 7 9 67 167 124 St. Louis 41 29 7 5 63 150 95 Colorado 42 26 12 4 56 123 108 Minnesota 44 22 17 5 49 106 113 Dallas 42 20 15 7 47 123 131 Winnipeg 45 19 21 5 43 123 135 Nashville 43 18 19 6 42 102 129 Pacific Division GP W LOT Pts GF GA Anaheim 44 31 8 5 67 146 111 San Jose 43 27 10 6 60 142 111 Los Angeles 43 26 13 4 56 113 89 Vancouver 44 23 13 8 54 117 108 Phoenix 41 20 12 9 49 123 127 Calgary 42 15 21 6 36 100 131 Edmonton 45 14 26 5 33 117 156 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games Columbus 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO N.Y. Islanders 7, Dallas 3 Montreal 2, Florida 1 Calgary 4, Colorado 3 Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 5, Toronto 3 Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 2, OT Carolina at Buffalo, ppd., inclement weather San Jose at Nashville, late Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, late Calgary at Phoenix, late St. Louis at Edmonton, late Pittsburgh at Vancouver, late Boston at Anaheim, late Minnesota at Los Angeles, late Wednesday’s Games Montreal at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Ottawa at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Florida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Dallas at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Boston at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

College Bowl Schedule Saturday, Dec. 28 Pinstripe Bowl, at New York Notre Dame 29, Rutgers 16 Belk Bowl, at Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 17 Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Louisville 36, Miami 9 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Kansas State 31, Michigan 14 Monday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Navy 24, Middle Tennessee 6 Music City Bowl, at Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi 25, Georgia Tech 17 Alamo Bowl, at San Antonio Oregon 30, Texas 7 Holiday Bowl, at San Diego Texas Tech 37, Arizona State 23 Tuesday, Dec. 31 AdvoCare V100 Bowl At Shreveport, La. Arizona 42, Boston College 19 Sun Bowl, at El Paso, Texas UCLA 42, Virginia Tech 12 Liberty Bowl, at Memphis, Tenn.

Mississippi State 44, Rice 7 Chick-fil-A Bowl, at Atlanta Texas A&M 52, Duke 48 Wednesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl North Texas 36, UNLV 14 Gator Bowl, at Jacksonville, Fla. Nebraska 24, Georgia 19 Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. South Carolina 34, Wisconsin 24 Outback Bowl, at Tampa, Fla. LSU 21, Iowa 14 Rose Bowl, at Pasadena, Calif.

Michigan State 24, Stanford 20 Fiesta Bowl, at Glendale, Ariz.

UCF 52, Baylor 42 Thursday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl, at New Orleans Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31 Friday, Jan. 3 Cotton Bowl, at Arlington, Texas Missouri 41, Oklahoma State 31 Orange Bowl, at Miami Clemson 40, Ohio State 35 Saturday, Jan. 4 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Vanderbilt 41, Houston 24 Sunday, Jan. 5 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State 23, Ball State 20 Monday, Jan. 6 BCS National Championship At Pasadena, Calif.

Florida State 34, Auburn 31 Saturday, Jan. 18 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 4 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Los Angeles American vs. National, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday, Jan. 25 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. South vs. North, 4 p.m. (NFLN)

NFL Playoff Glance Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 4 Indianapolis 45, Kansas City 44 New Orleans 26, Philadelphia 24 Sunday, Jan. 5 San Diego 27, Cincinnati 10 San Francisco 23, Green Bay 20 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 11 New Orleans at Seattle, 4:35 p.m.

(FOX) Indianpolis at New England, 8:15 p.m.

(CBS) Sunday, Jan. 12 San Francisco at Carolina, 1:05 p.m.

(FOX) San Diego at Denver, 4:40 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 AFC, 3 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 6:30 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu TBD, 7:30 p.m. (NBC) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

Men’s College Basketball Top 25 Schedule Wednesday’s Games No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 23 Illinois, 9 p.m.

No. 6 Wichita State vs. Illinois State, 8 p.m.

No. 8 Villanova at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

No. 10 Florida vs. South Carolina, 7 p.m.

No. 11 Oklahoma State vs. Texas, 9 p.m.

No. 13 San Diego State vs. Boise State, 11:05 p.m.

No. 14 Kentucky vs. Mississippi State, 8 p.m.

No. 15 Colorado vs. Washington State at Spokane (Wash.) Arena, 9 p.m.

No. 18 Kansas at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

No. 19 UMass vs. Saint Joseph’s, 7 p.m.

No. 21 Missouri vs. Georgia, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s Games No. 1 Arizona at UCLA, 9 p.m.

No. 12 Louisville vs. No. 24 Memphis, 7 p.m.

No. 17 Oregon vs. California, 11 p.m.

No. 20 Iowa vs. Northwestern, 9 p.m.

No. 22 Gonzaga at Portland, 11 p.m.

Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games No. 2 Syracuse vs. North Carolina, Noon

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No. 5 Michigan State vs. Minnesota, 2:15 p.m.

No. 6 Wichita State at Missouri State, 8 p.m.

No. 7 Baylor vs. TCU, 1:30 p.m.

No. 8 Villanova vs. St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, 1 p.m.

No. 9 Iowa State at Oklahoma, Noon No. 10 Florida at Arkansas, 1 p.m.

No. 11 Oklahoma State at West Virginia, 4 p.m.

No. 14 Kentucky at Vanderbilt, 3:30 p.m.

No. 16 Duke at Clemson, 2 p.m.

No. 18 Kansas vs. No. 25 Kansas State, 2 p.m.

No. 19 UMass vs. St. Bonaventure, 12:30 p.m.

No. 21 Missouri at Auburn, 2 p.m.

No. 24 Memphis at Temple, 3 p.m.

Men’s College Basketball Box Scores No. 16 DUKE 79, GEORGIA TECH 57 GEORGIA TECH (9-6) Morris 2-3 0-2 5, Holsey 1-3 0-0 2, Miller 7-11 0-1 14, Georges-Hunt 8-12 0-1 18, Golden 4-11 0-0 8, Poole, Jr. 0-2 0-2 0, Poole 0-2 0-0 0, Bolden 2-4 0-0 5, Stephens 2-5 0-0 5, Heyward 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-53 0-6 57.

DUKE (12-3) Parker 4-12 4-4 12, Hood 8-12 6-6 27, Jefferson 2-3 2-3 6, Cook 4-10 4-4 13, Sulaimon 4-7 1-2 11, Thornton 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Hairston 0-0 0-0 0, Dawkins 2-7 5-6 10, Plumlee 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-51 22-25 79.

Halftime—Duke 34-33. 3-Point Goals— Georgia Tech 5-16 (Georges-Hunt 2-4, Bolden 1-1, Morris 1-1, Stephens 1-4, Golden 0-2, Poole, Jr. 0-2, Poole 0-2), Duke 9-20 (Hood 5-7, Sulaimon 2-2, Cook 1-4, Dawkins 1-5, Parker 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Georgia Tech 25 (Miller 8), Duke 33 (Jefferson 10). Assists—Georgia Tech 11 (Golden 4), Duke 12 (Cook 5).

Total Fouls—Georgia Tech 17, Duke 14. A—9,314.

No. 9 IOWA ST. 87, No. 7 BAYLOR 72 BAYLOR (12-2) O’Neale 2-5 0-0 5, Chery 3-14 0-0 8, Franklin 5-11 1-1 15, Austin 5-8 0-0 10, Jefferson 3-7 1-2 7, Gathers 1-3 1-2 3, Heslip 5-10 1-3 15, Wainright 0-0 0-0 0, Prince 4-8 1-2 9. Totals 28-66 5-10 72.

IOWA ST. (14-0) Ejim 8-14 0-2 18, Thomas 1-3 0-0 3, Hogue 3-4 2-2 8, Niang 4-10 1-1 9, Kane 11-18 6-9 30, Dorsey-Walker 0-0 0-0 0, Morris 5-8 0-0 13, Long 2-5 0-0 6, Gibson 0-0 0-1 0, Edozie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-62 9-15 87.

Halftime—Iowa St. 40-38. 3-Point Goals—Baylor 11-25 (Heslip 4-6, Franklin 4-8, Chery 2-6, O’Neale 1-2, Austin 0-1, Prince 0-1, Jefferson 0-1), Iowa St. 10-25 (Morris 3-4, Kane 2-4, Ejim 2-5, Long 2-5, Thomas 1-3, Hogue 0-1, Niang 0-3). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Baylor 40 (Austin 12), Iowa St. 31 (Hogue 10). Assists— Baylor 13 (Chery 5), Iowa St. 23 (Kane 9). Total Fouls—Baylor 17, Iowa St. 13.

Technical—Ejim. A—14,383.

Women’s Basketball Top 25 Schedule Wednesday’s Games No. 7 Baylor at West Virginia, 7 p.m.

No. 11 Iowa State vs. Texas Tech, 8 p.m.

No. 15 Oklahoma State at Kansas State, 8 p.m.

No. 24 San Diego at Portland, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games No. 2 Notre Dame vs. Boston College, 7 p.m.

No. 3 Duke at Syracuse, 7 p.m.

No. 6 Maryland vs. Wake Forest, 7 p.m.

No. 8 Tennessee vs. Mississippi, 7 p.m.

No. 9 Kentucky at No. 10 South Carolina, 7 p.m.

No. 12 LSU vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

No. 13 North Carolina vs. No. 20 N.C. State, 6 p.m.

No. 14 Penn State at Illinois, 9 p.m.

No. 16 Nebraska at Michigan State, 7 p.m.

No. 18 Florida State at Miami, 7 p.m.

No. 21 Purdue at Northwestern, 8 p.m.

No. 25 Georgia at Missouri, 8 p.m.

Friday’s Games No. 4 Stanford at Utah, 8 p.m.

No. 17 Colorado vs. No. 19 California, 10 p.m.

No. 23 Arizona State vs. Southern Cal, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games No. 1 UConn vs. Temple, Noon No. 7 Baylor vs. TCU, 8 p.m.

No. 11 Iowa State vs. No. 15 Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

No. 22 Indiana vs. Ohio State, 4:30 p.m.

No. 24 San Diego at Gonzaga, 5 p.m.

College Football Final AP Top 25 Poll The Top 25 teams in final college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Florida St. (60) 14-0 1,500 1 2. Auburn 12-2 1,428 2 3. Michigan St. 13-1 1,385 4 4. South Carolina 11-2 1,247 8 5. Missouri 12-2 1,236 9 6. Oklahoma 11-2 1,205 11 7. Alabama 11-2 1,114 3 8. Clemson 11-2 1,078 12 9. Oregon 11-2 974 10 10. UCF 12-1 959 15 11. Stanford 11-3 936 5 12. Ohio St. 12-2 816 7 13. Baylor 11-2 778 6 14. LSU 10-3 717 14 15. Louisville 12-1 693 18 16. UCLA 10-3 632 17 17. Oklahoma St. 10-3 598 13 18. Texas A&M 9-4 459 20 19. Southern Cal 10-4 299 NR 20. Arizona St. 10-4 258 16 21. Notre Dame 9-4 256 25 22. Wisconsin 9-4 245 19 23. Duke 10-4 190 22 24. Vanderbilt 9-4 117 NR 25. Washington 9-4 109 NR Others receiving votes: Nebraska 107, Fresno St. 54, N. Illinois 22, N. Dakota St. 17, Texas Tech 14, Georgia 13, Iowa 13, Mississippi 10, Kansas St. 8, Arizona 5, Navy 3, East Carolina 2, Utah St. 2, Mississippi St. 1.

BCS National Championship No. 1 FLORIDA ST. 34, No. 2 AUBURN 31 Auburn 7 14 0 10--31 Florida St. 3 7 3 21--34 First Quarter FSU—FG Aguayo 35, 9:53.

Aub—Mason 12 pass from Marshall (Parkey kick), 3:07.

Second Quarter Aub—Ray 50 pass from Marshall (Parkey kick), 13:48.

Aub—Marshall 4 run (Parkey kick), 5:01.

FSU—Freeman 3 run (Aguayo kick), 1:28.

Third Quarter FSU—FG Aguayo 41, 6:05.

Fourth Quarter FSU—Abram 11 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick), 10:55.

Aub—FG Parkey 22, 4:42.

FSU—Whitfield 100 kickoff return (Aguayo kick), 4:31.

Aub—Mason 37 run (Parkey kick), 1:19.

FSU—Benjamin 2 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick), :13.

A—94,208.

Team Statistics Aub FSU First downs 25 19 Rushes-yards 53-232 31-148 Passing 217 237 Comp-Att-Int 14-27-1 20-35-0 Return Yards 36 4 Punts-Avg. 6-43.2 6-42.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 5-38 8-60 Time of Possession 33:41 26:19 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Auburn, Mason 34-195, Marshall 16-45, Artis-Payne 1-1, Grant 1-(minus 3), Louis 1-(minus 6). Florida St., Freeman 11-73, Winston 11-26, K.Williams 5-25, Wilder Jr. 3-21, Abram 1-3.

PASSING—Auburn, Marshall 14-27-1217. Florida St., Winston 20-35-0-237.

RECEIVING—Auburn, Coates 4-61, Bray 3-4, Louis 2-28, Uzomah 2-8,

Ray 1-50, Mason 1-42, M.Davis 1-26, Marshall 0-(minus 2). Florida St., Greene 9-147, Benjamin 4-54, Freeman 3-21, Shaw 2-4, Abram 1-11, K.Williams 1-0.

ECHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OL SLPts GF GA Wheeling 31 15 10 1 5 36 84 88 Reading 28 15 12 1 0 31 79 77 Elmira 30 10 16 2 2 24 73 99 North Division GP W L OL SLPts GF GA Cincinnati 31 20 9 1 1 42108 83 Evansville 30 17 7 3 3 40104 96 Kalamazoo 30 16 11 1 2 35 85 77 F. Wayne 30 13 11 2 4 32 89 98 Toledo 30 10 17 3 0 23 88116 South Division GP W L OL SLPts GF GA S. Car. 33 24 6 1 2 51102 64 Florida 32 20 10 1 1 42111 93 Orlando 32 18 12 1 1 38 90 89 Greenville 32 14 15 2 1 31 78 83 Gwinnett 33 12 19 0 2 26 80 97 WESTERN CONFERENCE Mountain Division GP W L OL SLPts GF GA Colorado 32 18 9 3 2 41103 87 Alaska 30 19 9 1 1 40 96 61 Idaho 32 17 11 2 2 38103 94 Utah 30 11 15 2 2 26 69 83 Pacific Division GP W L OL SLPts GF GA Ontario 33 24 5 1 3 52101 78 Stockton 32 17 11 0 4 38110 98 S. Fran. 34 12 17 4 1 29 81120 Bakersf. 30 13 16 0 1 27 75 90 Las Veg. 31 8 20 3 0 19 73111 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Gwinnett at South Carolina, late Toledo at Evansville, ppd., Inclement weather Las Vegas at Utah, late Wednesday’s Games Kalamazoo at Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.

Wheeling at Reading, 7:05 p.m.

Las Vegas at Utah, 9:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Cincinnati at Wheeling, 7 p.m.

Evansville at Greenville, ppd., Inclement weather Alaska at San Francisco, 10:30 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with C Ramon Hernandez on a minor league contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jesse Chavez on a one-year contract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Designated OF Jerry Sands for assignment. Claimed LHP Pedro Figueroa off waivers from Oakland.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with OFs Shakir Albert and Julio Lugo, Cs Hendrik Clementina and Gersel Pitre and RHP Misja Harcksen.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with INF Robert Andino on a minor league contract.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Assigned RHP Adys Portillo outright to San Antonio (TL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Valerie J. Camillo chief revenue and marketing officer.

American Association KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed INF Matt Padgett and RHP Josh Hildebrand.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Released INF Dan Kaczrowski.

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Traded INF Anthony Kaskadden to Fargo-Moorhead for C Todd Jennings.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Released RHP Chris Allen. Signed RHP John Brebbia.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS — Waived C Andrew Bynum.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Waived F Shawne Williams.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Sent F Ryan Gomes to Boston and cash considerations to Memphis, who sent conditional second-round draft picks in 2014 and 2017 to Oklahoma City and G Jerryd Bayless to Boston. Boston sent G Courtney Lee and a 2016 second-round draft pick to Memphis.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Waived C Daniel Orton.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed TEs Brett Brackett and Andre Hardy and G Christian Johnson to reserve/future contracts.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed OT Aaron Adams, CB Antonio Dennard, C Garth Gerhart, WR Alex Gillett, RB Orwin Smith, LB Chase Thomas, G Andrew Tiller and T Jeremy Vujnovich.

MIAMI DOLHINS — Fired Jeff Ireland general manager.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed LB Ja’Gared Davis from the practice squad and WR Reggie Dunn to the practice squad.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed TE Daniel Fells, WR Preston Parker, LB Spencer Adkins, OL Troy Kropog and PK/P Brandon McManus.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed WR David Gettis, P Robert Malone, RB Davin Meggett, LB Gabe Miller, CB Ryan Mouton, TE Richard Quinn, OL Tevita Stevens and DB Peyton Thompson to reserve/future contracts.

Canadian Football League CALGARY STAMPEDERS — Signed QB Adrian McPherson.

MONTREAL ALOUETTES — Signed DB Ed Gainey to a three-year contract.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Named Pat Tracey special teams coordinator and Markus Howell wide receivers coach.

HOCKEY National Hockey League LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled F Tanner Pearson from Manchester (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Loaned D Matt Dumba to Portland (WHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Reassigned G Robert Mayer to Hamilton (AHL).

American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Released F Philip-Michael Devos from a professional tryout contract.

HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Assigned G Mike Condon and D Drew Schiestel to Wheeling (ECHL).

PEORIA RIVERMEN — Assigned D Nick Wheeler and F Phil Bushbacher to Cincinnati (ECHL). Agreed to terms with F Jeremiah Ketts on an SPHL three-game tryout.

WORCESTER SHARKS — Signed F Yanni Gourde to a professional tryout agreement and F Tyler Gron on a two-way AHL/ECHL contract. Loaned Fs Riley Brace and Sebastian Stalberg to San Francisco (ECHL).

ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS — Traded D James Isaacs to Greenville for future considerations. Signed D Matt Walters.

SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY — Acquired F Samuel on loan from Fluminese (Brazil-Serie A).

PORTLAND TIMBERS — Re-signed F Frederic Piquionne.

North American Soccer League NEW YORK COSMOS — Signed M Danny Szetela to a contract extension.

COLLEGE BIG TEN CONFERENCE — Suspended Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffrey one game and fined the school $10,000 for his violating the conference’s sportsmanship policy during Sunday’s game.

AUBURN — Announced OT Greg Robinson will enter the NFL draft.

HOFSTRA — Agreed to terms with men’s lacrosse coach Seth Tierney on a multiyear contract extension.

MISSOURI — Announced RB Henry Josey will enter the NFL draft.

NORTHWESTERN — Announced men’s basketball C Chier Ajou is transferring.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Named Kyle Steele volleyball coach.

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SPORTS BRIEFS • Weather causes more postponements for area teams Here’s an update on the latest postponements and cancellations from the KPC Media Group coverage area.

The four-team Northeast Hoosier Conference wrestling meet at Norwell featuring DeKalb and East Noble has been rescheduled for 5:45 p.m. Monday.

Lakeland’s boy/girl basketball doubleheader at Sturgis (Mich.) that was rescheduled for today has now been rescheduled again for Saturday, Feb. 8. The girls game will start at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game.

Tuesday’s Lakewood Park Christian at Adams Central girls basketball clash is postponed with no make-up date scheduled as of yet.

Tonight’s West Noble at Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball game has already been postponed and rescheduled for Jan. 22 with a 6:15 p.m. junior varsity start.

Eastside at Antwerp (Ohio) wrestling was also postponed on Tuesday, with no reschedule date announced.

The Angola at West Noble wrestling match for Tuesday was rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Ball State receiver Snead declares for NFL draft MUNCIE (AP) — Ball State receiver Willie Snead is giving up his final year of eligibility to enter the NFL draft.

The junior made the announcement Tuesday. Last season, Snead had 106 receptions for 1,516 and 15 touchdowns — all single-season school records. He also was a first-team all-Mid-American Conference selection and was a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award.

Coach Pete Lembo said the school is working with Snead on a plan to earn his degree.

Snead finished his career ranked on the on the school’s career list in receptions (223), yards receiving (2,991) and TD receptions (26) while setting the school record for 100-yard games (13).

AP source: Gruden to meet with Redskins today WASHINGTON (AP) — Jay Gruden will interview with the Washington Redskins today, said a person familiar with the team’s coaching search, making the Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator the sixth known candidate to meet with general manager Bruce Allen.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the team does not confirm interviews in advance.

Gruden is a popular name among the five NFL teams without a head coach. He interviewed Tuesday with the Tennessee Titans and has drawn interest from at least two other teams.

Allen has already met with Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Rich Bisaccia, Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Sean McDermott, Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell and New York Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell.

The Redskins have reached out to at least 11 candidates in the search to replace Mike Shanahan, who was fired last week after a 3-13 season. They’ve been attempting to set up an interview with Vanderbilt coach James Franklin as well as five other NFL assistants: Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, and San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt.

Ireland out as Dolphins’ GM after six seasons MIAMI (AP) — Jeff Ireland is out after six seasons as general manager of the Miami Dolphins, who have failed to reach the playoffs the past five years.

In a brief announcement Tuesday, owner Stephen Ross said he and Ireland mutually agreed to part ways. Ireland had been unpopular with fans for several years, and a late-season collapse by the team last month left his job in jeopardy.

The Dolphins, who finished 8-8, said they would conduct an immediate search for a replacement to lead football operations.

Still to be determined is Ireland’s role in a locker-room bullying scandal that drew national scrutiny. The NFL has yet to release a report on its investigation into the case.

Big Ten suspends Iowa’s McCaffery for one game DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Big Ten has suspended Hawkeyes coach Fran McCaffery for one game and fined Iowa $10,000 for his outburst during Sunday’s loss at Wisconsin.

McCaffery received back-to-back technical fouls and was ejected for arguing with officials midway through the second half. The Big Ten says in a release on Tuesday that McCaffery’s actions violated the league’s sportsmanship policy.

McCaffery will sit out Thursday’s home game against Northwestern. Assistant coach Kirk Speraw will take his place.

McCaffery apologized for the second time in as many days Tuesday, saying he regrets his actions and accepts the league’s decision.

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Navigating snowy minefields The landscape was stark, dominated by blinding sunlight ricocheting off snow piles blown into frozen waves as far as the eye could see. Trees dotted the horizon, naked of leaves. Homes buttoned up and snowed in, smoke puffing from chimneys.

It was Norman Rockwell’s version of a frozen Indiana hell.

Outside the confines of their SUV late Monday morning, two DeKalb MATT County deputies, Adam Friedel and Ben Rice, GETTS worked to shovel their own vehicle out of a snowbank on C.R. 12. Somewhere on that roadway, a vehicle had been stranded for hours.

Friedel and Rice were trying to get to it.

But C.R. 12 was no longer a road. It was a snowy minefield. If it had been plowed, it didn’t show it. The wind had heaped snow in piles more than 2 feet deep. The edge of the road became the beginning of a field, and the field had become the road.

In their efforts to get to the stranded vehicle, the sheriff’s They could have taken department’s the day off. Instead, four-wheel drive SUV, they chose to secure which one of the departhadn’t had its wheels ment’s four-wheel drive on actual pavement for vehicles and spend eight miles, slid hours navigating roads just enough that sloped and slid like off the road to get stuck. rapids … more searchOutside, and-rescue than serve the wind did not just and protect. howl, it screamed bitterly, ripping through layer after layer of clothing.

The temperature was 13 below zero. The wind chill made it feel at least 20 degrees colder than that.

In less than five minutes, any exposed flesh started to freeze solid. The temperature did not take your breath away, it froze it in place.

A passerby in a heavy-duty truck with a snow blade eventually came to the rescue, minutes before a county plow arrived to assist. Friedel and Rice got to the stranded woman in her buried truck. They took her to her house.

The two deputies moved on to search for the next stranded motorist.

Friedel and Rice are not simply deputies. Both are detectives.

Each has an unmarked, department-issue squad compact car, the kind of car that can’t get out of a driveway with more than a foot of fresh snow on the ground.

They could have taken the day off.

Instead, they chose to secure one of the department’s four-wheel drive vehicles and spend eight hours navigating roads that sloped and slid like rapids. Monday, Rice, Friedel and their law-enforcement brethren were more search-and-rescue than serve and protect.

Friedel drove the entire shift. Rice complained from the passenger seat about Friedel’s driving. Friedel complained about Rice’s complaining.

When it came time for one of them to go out into the dangerous cold, they raced to be the one to have to do it so the other could stay warm in the car.

Friedel drove with the aggressiveness of Dale Sr. at Talladega. His one mantra: keep the SUV moving forward. To stop, no matter how perilous the traction, meant not to get started again.

A dozen or more times he gunned it when the only sane course of action seemed to be to stop and become yet another frozen obstacle waiting for assistance. A dozen or more times he kept the SUV lunging forward, like a deer bursting through a creek.

Except for the one time he got stuck (Rice reminded him of this constantly), Friedel was magic behind the wheel.

Tuesday, they were going to be out again. Friedel would drive. Rice would complain.

And they would put the needs of the community ahead of their own safety and comfort.

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Record cold heats up crazy winter fun When it is absolutely below-zero bone-chilling freezing some people do silly things just for fun.

On Facebook Monday I saw photos of Kendallville teens cavorting in backyard snow — in bathing suits. Little did I know that as I viewed those photos, Omar, our 16-year-old AFS YES exchange student from Palestine, was responding to a similar GRACE challenge. He posted on Facebook a video of HOUSHOLDER himself plunging into snow, bare chested.

This craziness was in response to a “snow challenge” that began with a picture on Instagram that said “snow challenge,” Omar said.

“You put the amount of likes you want to get and if you get that many likes you have to do it,” Omar explained. He asked for 40 likes and then he did it.

He said he knows about a dozen other kids in the area who also dove into the snow Monday. Some of them asked for 100 likes, PHOTO CONTRIBUTED he said.

Omar Daqah’s “selfi e” of himself His dad, mom and older sister in carrying out the “snow challenge” Palestine, who are on Facebook almost as much as Omar, probably saw Omar dive into Monday in Kendallville. the snow bare-chested before I did. snow. Omar showed us incredible photos For almost a week, Omar had been quite of buried cars and snow sculptures from a ill with the flu, and of course we and his land that most of us think of as warm, year family were concerned. His recovery had ’round. been slow. Following Omar’s dive into the A few days after Palestine’s historic snow I said something like this: “Omar, you snowfall, Omar’s younger brother posted a got better sooner than I thought you would. photo on Facebook of a snowman he had I thought your day of recovery would be made … wearing Omar’s hat! the first day that there was no possibility of Kids of all ages do crazy things in me asking you to shovel. But I was wrong. ridiculously cold weather. My friends You’re healthy now. So let’s get out there Cathy Linsenmayer and Antonio Lauriola, and shovel!” who have a home on Sylvan Lake, threw He was enthusiastic and up for the up steaming hot water to create fantastic challenge! We made enough progress on cloud formations. Their son, Daniel, is an the deck, sidewalk and driveway to impress engineering student at Rose-Hulman.

Terry when he got home.

“We saw some Rose-Hulman students Snow-wise, Kendallville is barely keeping try this, and thought it would be a fun break up with Ramallah, Omar’s hometown in from shoveling snow,” Cathy said. “All it Palestine. In December when we had 8 involves is boiling water and tossing it into inches of snow, Ramallah had 23 inches of

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In Tuesday’s below zero temperatures Antonio Lauriola threw up steaming hot water to create fantastic cloud formations on the shores of Sylvan Lake in Noble County. He did it three times … and then again with blue food coloring added for dramatic effect.

the sub-zero air. The resulting vapor/ice cloud was so impressive, that we actually did it three times!” And then they did it again with blue food coloring added for dramatic effect.

Another crazy “just because” thing is grilling in sub-zero temperatures. Mike Marturello, editor of The Herald Republican, lives on Snow Lake in Steuben County.

Monday night, “Just so I could say I did,” he grilled burgers outdoors on his deck. In response to my query, he said by the time he got them into the house, they were still warm enough to melt the cheese that he put on them.

GRACE HOUSHOLDER is a columnist and editorial writer for this newspaper. Contact her at ghousholder@kpcmedia.com.

Passion, segmented media, narcissism are divisive As we are exiting the season of “peace if we agree with the cause. Is it any surprise on earth — goodwill towards men” and that we prefer political commentators who entering yet another legislative and political are strident compared with those who are season, it seems appropriate more circumspect? to examine why contemporary Second, the communications political discourse has become so revolution of the past 20 years has divisive and shrill. led to increased segmentation in the Of course, when has political media. The old media monopoly has discussion been unifying and been replaced with more diversity open-minded? Fair enough, but in news sources. This revolution it certainly seems that political can’t be turned back and it has many discussion has become more positive attributes. A by-product of mean-spirited today than it was media segmentation, however, is CECIL that we live in a media “bubble” of in previous decades. Although I offer no solution beyond a our own making. Progressives get BOHANON their news from MSNBC and the general saccharine resolution that we should all be nicer to one Huffington Post while conservatives another, I think there are at least get theirs from FOX and the Drudge three sources of today’s extreme Report, and never the twain meet. acrimony.

We pick news sources that re-enforce First, there has been a glacial but and inflame our own ideological biases. important change in the proper role of This goes well with the modern desire to passion in public discourse. James Madison, be entertained: It is so much more fun to be Adam Smith and Jane Austen all thought entertained than to have to think through a “passions” — or in modern parlance, serious argument. emotions — were an essential part of Finally, the narcissism of my generahuman nature. They also believed public tion — the baby boomers — has become displays of passions ought to be restrained. a permanent feature of our culture. An Self-command was a cardinal virtue. It “it’s all about me” attitude extends beyond obliged individuals to mute their own materialistic selfishness. It also fuels feelings in public. intellectual and moral arrogance. The “I’m By the 1960s these traditional restraints always right, I never lie and I am a morally on displays of public emotions seemed superior creature” posture comes naturally excessive and repressive. To be genuine in to the self-absorbed person. A logical the expression of one’s feelings became a extension of this view is that those who virtue. Today being “passionate” about a disagree with me must be liars as well as cause is something we admire — especially my intellectual and moral inferiors.

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The “I’m always right” posture comes naturally to the self-absorbed person.

A logical extension of this view is that those who disagree must be liars as well as intellectual and moral inferiors.

• I confess I have sinned on all three margins. More important, however, both sides of the political divide are guilty of these sins in equal proportion. Both left and right generally applaud their own purveyors of vitriol as heroic and thought-provoking commentators while condemning the other side’s as hateful demagogues. Both left and right stay in their own media bubble.

Both left and right are convinced of their own intrinsic intellectual and moral superiority while impugning the motives of their political opponents.

As stated at the outset, there is no obvious remedy. In an upcoming column I will share an insight that I think offers a respectful way of characterizing the differences between political groups.

CECIL BOHANON, PH.D., an adjunct scholar of the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, is a professor of economics at Ball State University. © Copyright Cecil Bohanon; distributed with permission to member newspapers; all rights reserved.

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American oil companies want export ban lifted

Velveeta shortage may hit during football playoffs NEW YORK (AP) — Playoff parties may have one fewer dip option this year.

Kraft Foods says some customers may not be able to find Velveeta cheese over the next few weeks. A representative for the company, Jody Moore, didn’t give any reasons for the apparent shortage, saying only that they happen from time to time given the “nature of manufacturing.�

She noted that the lack of availability is more noticeable because of the seasonal demand during the NFL playoffs. The company has been airing TV commercials featuring a recipe for a chili con queso dip made with Velveeta.

Moore says it should be a short-term situation and that Kraft hasn’t yet heard from any customers who are having problem finding the products. She did not say whether the company experienced a similar shortage last year.

The trade publication Ad Age reported the issue Tuesday, quoting an employee at a Brooklynarea grocery store who didn’t expect shipments again until February due to “a plant issue.�

British airport reopens after bomb scare LONDON (AP) — Officials say Scotland’s Edinburgh airport is reopening after a closure of several hours following the discovery of a suspicious package.

The airport terminal was evacuated and a police cordon was thrown up Tuesday after the discovery of the “suspicious bag� at 1:50 p.m.

Explosive disposal experts were sent to the scene and several outbound flights were canceled, while inbound flights were diverted to Glasgow Airport, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) away.

Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar told the BBC that the package had been determined not to be a threat.

Scotland experienced an airport attack in in June 2007, when two men attempted to crash a blazing Jeep loaded with explosives into Glasgow Airport. The car’s path was blocked and the explosives failed to detonate.

People • ‘Transformers’ director walks out on Samsung show LAS VEGAS (AP) — “Transformersâ€? director Michael Bay says he’s embarrassed that he walked off the stage during a presentation of Samsung’s Bay new curved ultra-high-definition television.

Video of the cringeworthy incident at the International CES gadget show in Las Vegas circulated on social media sites late Monday and early Tuesday. In a statement posted online and confirmed

by Bay’s production company, Bay says: “I guess live shows aren’t my thing.�

The video shows Bay start to speak, then stop when the presenter speaks.

Bay resumes speaking, then stops again, saying the teleprompter isn’t working correctly.

Bay and the presenter then attempt to talk off-thecuff about the 105-inch TV, but the flustered director apologizes and abruptly leaves the stage.

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Passengers unload their luggage after arriving at Union Station in Chicago Tuesday after their Amtrak train from Los Angeles became stuck in snow drifts.

The severe weather forced hundreds of Amtrak passengers to spend the night on board three trains stranded due to the snow in northern Illinois.

Train passengers stranded CHICAGO (AP) — The Amtrak train slowed to a crawl as it hammered through snowdrifts in an empty stretch of Illinois countryside, delivering thuds and jolts to passengers, until it lurched into a mound big enough to grind its 8,000-horsepower engine to a halt.

About 90 miles short of their Chicago destination, passengers sheltered inside the train overnight, reading books, watching movies on computers and taking what amusement they could from a conductor who cracked jokes over the intercom. Food ran low and some tempers boiled over, but staff kept the heat on, entertained children and even escorted small groups of people outside for smoke

breaks. “You hear those horror stories about the cars that stop in the snow and they freeze to death. I thought, ‘Oh God, this is going to happen, we’re going to be in blankets,� said passenger Chris Smith.

They weren’t alone.

Across huge swaths of the country, the polar vortex froze travel. Motorists, airline passengers and commuters were left fighting to stay in motion and, when that failed, fighting to stave off boredom and cold.

Airlines again canceled several thousand flights Tuesday, as the extreme cold slowed everything from baggage-handling to refueling. On the roads, powerful winds pushing the snow into desert-like dunes

forced authorities to shut major highways, including a 75-mile stretch of Interstate 81 north of Syracuse, N.Y., to the Canadian border.

The snow-bound train stuck near the tiny village of Arlington in north-central Illinois was one of three Amtrak trains carrying a total of 500 passengers that got stuck in the state overnight. Amtrak officials eventually got them to safety, then bused them to their destinations. A fourth train, carrying 150 people from Washington, D.C., to Chicago came to a halt in Indianapolis because of blowing snow.

Smith’s train began its journey in warm Los Angeles, passing the Grand Canyon and carving through wheat fields.

NEW YORK (AP) — American oil companies have not been allowed to export crude for 40 years, but the industry wants to change that, even though the U.S. still consumes far more oil than it produces.

A surprising surge in domestic production of light, sweet crude — a particular type of oil that foreign refiners covet — has triggered growing calls to lift the restrictions, which were put in place after the Arab oil embargo of 1973.

But the idea is touching a nerve that remains raw four decades after oil shortages crippled the economy and led to the law that banned crude exports without a special license. “For 40 years, energy policy has been shaped by that experience of the 1970s,� says Daniel Yergin, energy historian, author and vice chairman of the research and analysis firm IHS. “But we are in a different world. Neither our logistics nor our thinking has caught up with the dramatic changes in North America.�

Skeptics worry that lifting the restrictions would lead to higher gasoline prices and decreased energy security. Economists and analysts argue that it would have little or no effect on prices, largely because the U.S. already exports record amounts of gasoline and diesel, which are not restricted.

Some experts say allowing crude exports could actually improve energy security by encouraging more domestic production.

Major oil companies such as Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips, along with the American Petroleum Institute, an oil and gas lobbying group, are the biggest proponents of ending the ban.

On Tuesday, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski released a paper on energy exports describing the nation’s export laws as “antiquated� and urging President Barack Obama and the Senate to allow crude exports. Late last year, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz suggested at an industry gathering that it may be time to revisit export laws.

But easing the restrictions will be politically difficult, especially in an election year. In a recent letter to Obama, New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez made an argument that is likely to resonate with voters: “Crude oil that is produced in the U.S. should be used to lower prices here at home, not sent to the other side of the world.�

Environmental groups have worries, too, mainly that by allowing U.S. companies to export crude to get higher prices, producers will be encouraged to use expensive, environmentally damaging techniques to obtain the oil.

Supreme Court shying away from tech issues WASHINGTON (AP) — At the Supreme Court, technology can be regarded as a necessary evil, and sometimes not even necessary.

When the justices have something to say to each other in writing, they never do it by email.

Their courthouse didn’t even have a photocopying machine until 1969, a few years after “Xerox� had become a verb.

So as the legal fight over the NSA’s high-tech collection of telephone records moves through the court system, possibly en route to the Supreme Court, some justices already are on record as saying they should be wary about taking on major questions of technology and privacy.

As Justice Elena Kagan understated last summer, “The justices are not necessarily the most technologically sophisticated people.�

The wariness shows up in rulings, too. When the court in 2010 upheld a police department’s warrantless search of an officer’s personal, sometimes sexually explicit messages on a government-owned pager, Justice Anthony Kennedy suggested caution.

He wrote, “The judiciary risks error by elaborating too fully on the Fourth Amendment implications of emerging technology before its role in society has become clear.�

Clear or not, the implications of technology are increasingly relevant.

Constitutional protection against the prying eyes of government, without a judge’s prior approval, is embodied in the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures.

Last month, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon of Washington ruled that the NSA’s phone-records

JPMorgan to pay $2.5 billion for Madoff scheme NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co., already beset by costly legal woes, will pay over $2.5 billion for ignoring obvious warning signs of Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme, authorities said Tuesday.

The bank will pay $1.7 billion to settle criminal charges and a $350 million civil penalty for what the Treasury Department called “critical and widespread deficiencies� in its programs to prevent money laundering and other suspicious activity.

It also will pay $543 million to settle other victim claims, according to settlements announced

by Irving H. Picard, the trustee recovering money for thousands of Madoff’s victims.

George Venizelos, head

of the FBI’s New York office, said the company failed to carry out its legal obligations while Madoff “built his massive house of cards.� “It took until after the arrest of Madoff, one of the worst crooks this office has ever seen, for JPMorgan to alert authorities to what the world already knew,� he said.

JPMorgan, the primary bank through which Madoff operated since 1986, withdrew about $300 million of its own money from Madoff feeder funds in 2008, soon after the bank’s London desk circulated a memo describing JPMorgan’s inability to validate Madoff’s trading activity or custody of assets and his “odd choice� of a one-man accounting firm, the government said.

collection program probably fails that Fourth Amendment test and is unconstitutional.

Leon called the program “Orwellian� in scale.

The Obama administration has defended the program as an important tool in the fight against terrorism and is expected to appeal the ruling. Complicating matters, 11 days after Leon’s ruling, U.S. District Judge William Pauley III of New York declared the NSA program legal in dismissing a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. In addition, legislation in Congress and possible administration changes could alter NSA surveillance and affect the court cases.

Still, many people expect the Supreme Court will have the final word on the program, especially if other appellate judges agree with Leon.

Among those who think the Supreme Court will

weigh in is Justice Antonin Scalia, who addressed the topic in July in a questionand-answer session with a technology group. He didn’t sound happy about the prospect of such a ruling.

Scalia said the elected branches of government are better situated to balance security needs and privacy protections.

But he said that the Supreme Court took that power for itself in 1960s-era expansions of privacy rights, including prohibitions on wiretapping without a judge’s approval. “The consequence of that is that whether the NSA can do the stuff it’s been doing ‌ which used to be a question for the people ‌ will now be resolved by the branch of government that knows the least about the issues in question, the branch that knows the least about the extent of the threat against which the wiretap-

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and the rest of the court may be reluctant to take on cases dealing with technology and privacy.

ping is directed,� he said.

Scalia repeatedly used the term “wiretap� in his comments, but indicated later that he was speaking more generally about NSA surveillance, including the collection of phone records.

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Israeli settlers detained, injured Obama’s Mideast policies strained

KARYOUT, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians on Tuesday chased and grabbed more than a dozen Israeli settlers who witnesses said had attacked Palestinian farmers near a West Bank village.

The settlers were held for about two hours at a house under construction before being handed over to the Israeli military. During the standoff, the settlers huddled near a wall of the house, several bleeding from the head, and one was lying on the ground.

By the time Israeli soldiers arrived, the crowd surrounding the settlers had grown to about 200 people, an AP photographer said.

People kicked and spit at the settlers as they were led away by soldiers.

Human rights groups have reported an increase in attacks by militant settlers on Palestinians and their property in the West Bank in recent years.

However, Tuesday’s incident appeared to mark the first time settlers were captured and held

by Palestinians.

The Israeli military said it had received word of a stone-throwing clash between settlers and Palestinian farmers and that it later evacuated 11 settlers with light and moderate injuries from the building.

The incident began at about 10:30 a.m. near the West Bank village of Qusra,

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Injured Israeli settlers are detained

by Palestinian villagers in a building under construction near the West Bank village of Qusra, southeast of the city of Nablus, Tuesday. Palestinians held more

southeast of the city of Nablus, said Ziad Odeh, the Muslim prayer leader in Qusra and a member of the village council.

He said about 25 to 30 settlers, many of them masked, attacked Qusra farmers in an olive grove with sticks and stones, injuring a Palestinian boy in the head. A clash ensued, farmers called for reinforcements and about 100 youths

than a dozen Israeli settlers for about two hours Tuesday in retaliation for the latest in a string of settler attacks on villages in the area, witnesses said.

arrived from the village, Odeh said.

The settlers ran away and the villagers gave chase, said Odeh and another witness, village resident Abdel Hakim Wadi.

They said several of the settlers sought cover in the building under construction, located on the edge of the village of Karyout, about four kilometers (2.5 miles) from Qusra.

Villagers grabbed them however and turned the building into a holding area where they also put other settlers they chased down in the area, Odeh said.

Some of the settlers were tied up, and most had signs of beating injuries, according to an AP photographer at the scene.

Odeh said the beatings stopped after the settlers were seized.

One dies, three hurt in avalanche VAIL, Colo. (AP) — One person was killed and three others were injured Tuesday in an avalanche in the backcountry near Vail.

The slide happened at around 11:30 a.m. in East Vail Chutes, an area between Vail Mountain and Vail Pass, Eagle County sheriff’s spokeswoman Jessie Mosher said.

The three survivors were

expected to recover from their injuries.

The death is the fifth in the Rocky Mountain region and the second in Colorado in the last two weeks.

The avalanche danger where the latest deadly slide occurred is rated as considerable at or above the tree line for two main reasons. New snow over the weekend was pushed

into slabs by wind, and those more cohesive layers of snow are resting on top of the relatively weak early season snowfall, said Spencer Logan of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The combination of a weak base layer under cohesive slabs tends to create slides that break in very wide pieces.

Such dangerous conditions are possible each winter, but last year they didn’t develop until late January because significant snowfall didn’t develop until later in the season, Logan said.

East Vail Chutes has had a series of slides in the last few weeks, including one that trapped a skier.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is confronted with a recent burst of strength by al-Qaida that is chipping away at the remains of Mideast stability, testing his hands-off approach to conflicts in Iraq and Syria at the same time he pushes to keep thousands of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Al-Qaida-backed fighters have fought hard against other rebel groups in Syria, in a sideshow to the battle to unseat President Bashar Assad. Across the border in Iraq, they led a surprisingly strong campaign to take two of the cities that U.S. forces suffered heavy losses to protect.

This invigorated front highlights the tension between two of Obama’s top foreign policy tenets: to end American involvement in Mideast wars and to eradicate insurgent extremists — specifically al-Qaida.

It also raises questions about the future U.S. role in the region if militants overtake American gains made during more than a decade of war.

In Afghanistan, Obama already has decided to continue the fight against extremists, as long as Afghan President Hamid Karzai signs off on a joint security agreement.

Obama seeks to leave as many as 10,000 troops there beyond December, extending what already has become the longest U.S. war. But officials say he would be willing to withdraw completely at the end of this year if the security agreement cannot be finalized.

That would mirror the U.S. exit from Iraq, the other unpopular war Obama inherited. A spike in sectarian violence followed the U.S. withdrawal at

the end of 2011, and now followed by the recent, alarming takeover of Ramadi and Fallujah by an al-Qaida affiliate known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Marina Ottaway, a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, said the extremists taking hold in Iraq are a spillover from the conflict in neighboring Syria and have been bolstered by Obama’s reluctance to arm the more moderate rebels fighting Assad.

“There is no doubt that the U.S. policy helped create a vacuum in which the only effective forces were the radical forces,” Ottaway said Tuesday.

Syria’s bloody civil war had not yet begun when the U.S. was making plans to withdraw from Iraq.

But White House officials contend that keeping American troops in Iraq would have done little to stop the current violence.

“There was sectarian conflict, violent sectarian conflict, in Iraq when there were 150,000 U.S. troops on the ground there,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said. “So the idea that this would not be happening if there were 10,000 troops in Iraq I think bears scrutiny.”

Still, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, a former top commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, said al-Qaida and other insurgents are seeking to take advantage of sectarian tensions across much of the Mideast.

“This is not just about Iraq,” Odierno told reporters Tuesday. “It’s something that we have to be cognizant of as we look across the Middle East: What’s going on in Syria, what’s going on in Lebanon, what’s going on inside of Iraq.”

Ex-New York City workers charged in disability scam NEW YORK (AP) — Scores of retired New York City police officers, firefighters and prison guards were charged Tuesday with faking psychiatric problems to get federal disability benefits — with some falsely claiming their conditions arose after the Sept. 11 attacks, prosecutors said.

Four ringleaders coached the former workers on how to falsely describe symptoms of depression and other mental health problems that allowed them to get payouts as high as $500,000, said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. The ringleaders made tens of thousands in dollars in secret kickbacks, Vance said.

Among the retirees arrested were 72 city police officers, eight firefighters, five corrections officers and one Nassau County Police Department officer.

Investigators said the scam stretched back more than two decades, with

the ex-officers and other workers collecting years’ worth of benefits for citing mental health problems so severe that they couldn’t work at all. The workers were coached on how to portray their problems, reporting that they were so psychologically damaged that they couldn’t take care of themselves, prosecutors said.

Many of the officers legitimately had physical disabilities that would have entitled them to state disability pensions, but would not have entitled them to federal Social Security disability insurance, which requires a complete inability to work.

Internal Affairs Chief Charles Campisi said many of the officers exaggerated their psychological trauma to gain the Social Security benefits. Most claimed post-traumatic stress disorder and many said it was because of the Sept.

11 attacks, he said. The NYPD has no information

that they weren’t actually working after the terrorist attack, just that they overstated the effect, he said.

One of the defendants who said he couldn’t work taught martial arts. Another former police officer who claimed he couldn’t leave the house worked at a cannoli stand at a street festival. Another claimed depression so crippling that it kept him house-bound but was photographed aboard a Sea-Doo watercraft.

Many said they could not use a computer but had Facebook pages, Twitter handles and YouTube channels, prosecutors said.

“The brazenness is shocking,” Vance said.

More than 100 defendants were charged with crimes including grand larceny. Arraignments in the sweeping case began late Tuesday morning, with several of the defendants pleading not guilty and being released without bail.

Ship hauls away first of Syria’s chemical weapons BEIRUT (AP) — The first batch of the most dangerous chemicals in Syria’s arsenal was loaded onto a Danish ship and taken out of the country Tuesday under tight security, an important milestone in the international operation to rid President Bashar Assad of the weapons by midyear.

The operation at Syria’s port of Latakia took place against the backdrop of a widening civil war and escalating infighting between a chaotic mix of

Syrian rebel brigades and an al-Qaida linked militant group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

With the rebel-on-rebel fighting now in its fifth day, the shadowy leader of another faction affiliated with al-Qaida pleaded with his comrades to stop the spreading clashes, warning it threatened to upend gains made against Syrian government forces.

The chemicals were supposed to have been removed from Syria

by Dec. 31, but poor

security, bad weather and other factors meant the deadline was missed by a week.

The raw materials — precursor chemicals for poison gas — were moved to the government-held port of Latakia from two sites in Syria and loaded onto the Danish cargo ship, which then set sail, said Sigrid Kaag, the Dutch diplomat coordinating the joint mission by the U.N. and Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

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Note warning signs of potential abusers DEAR ABBY: When my daughter was 20, she met a guy who one minute showered her with roses and the next would beat her up.

She stayed with him thinking she could change him, and became pregnant. On her 21st birthday, she tried to get away from him. He chased her up the road and went to punch her in the stomach.

When she turned to avoid the blow, it landed, hitting the baby in the head and killed the child.

Abby, once a beater, always a beater. I hope all women in abusive relationships will see this letter.

My daughter is fine now, married and expecting. I pray for the women and girls out there who are going through what she once had to. — PENNSYLVANIA MOM DEAR PENNSYLVANIA MOM: I’m glad you wrote, because your

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letter reminds me that it has been some time since I printed the warning signs of an abuser.

Here they are: (1) PUSHES FOR QUICK INVOLVEMENT: Comes on strong.

DEAR An abuser ABBY pressures the new partner for exclusive Jeanne Phillips an commitment almost immediately.

(2) JEALOUS: Excessively possessive; calls constantly or visits unexpectedly.

(3) CONTROLLING: If you are late, interrogates you intensively about whom you talked to and where you were.

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(4) UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS: Expects you to be the perfect mate and meet his or her every need.

(5) ISOLATION: Tries to isolate you from family and friends; accuses people who are your supporters of “causing trouble.”

(6) BLAMES OTHERS FOR PROBLEMS OR MISTAKES: It’s always someone else’s fault if something goes wrong.

(7) MAKES OTHERS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OR HER FEELINGS: The abuser says, “You make me angry” instead of “I am angry.”

(8) HYPERSENSITIVITY: Is easily insulted, claiming hurt feelings when he or she is really mad.

Readers, if you feel you are at risk, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or thehotline.org.

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• In 1994, Tonya Harding won the ladies’ U.S. Figure Skating Championship in Detroit, a day after Nancy Kerrigan dropped out because of the clubbing attack that had injured her right knee. (The U.S. Figure Skating Association later stripped Harding of the title.)

Safety of e-cigarettes has yet to be proved a battery-operated heating element, a cartridge that contains nicotine and other chemicals, and an atomizer that converts the chemicals into an inhalable vapor.

E-cigarettes vaporize a solution of nicotine dissolved in water and propylene glycol. That’s a fluid that ASK helps nicotine DOCTOR K. dissolve.

Why would anyone Dr. Anthony smoke an e-cigarette?

Komaroff Regular cigarettes contain nicotine — the substance that smokers become addicted to. They also contain tars that can cause cancer. Proponents say that an e-cigarette gives a person the feeling of smoking

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E-cigarette smokers inhale nicotine, water and propylene glycol. The nicotine stems the craving that drives some ex-smokers back to regular cigarettes. But e-cigarette smokers don’t inhale tar, carbon monoxide, or the thousands of other substances in tobacco smoke. So while an e-cigarette smoker does remain with a nicotine addiction, he or she doesn’t have to worry about getting cancer.

Or so the proponents of e-cigarettes say.

But don’t be fooled. There are still many reasons to worry about e-cigarettes. First, the dose of nicotine delivered with each puff may vary substantially. Nicotine is a stimulant and very high levels can irritate heart rhythm. Granted, there is no strong evidence that e-cigarettes can cause dangerous heart rhythms — but that is because there are no large, high-quality studies of

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DEAR DOCTOR K: After smoking for more than 15 years, I finally quit eight months ago. But I still miss my cigarettes. I recently heard about electronic cigarettes.

Are they safe?

DEAR READER: I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, from my patients. Like you, my patients want to know if they’re a safe alternative to cigarettes.

The truth is that nobody knows if e-cigarettes are safe.

That’s because e-cigarette makers have not submitted their products for FDA approval, which would require proof of safety and effectiveness. Ads claim e-cigarettes help people stop smoking, but I’m not aware of any strong evidence to back this up.

For readers who’ve never seen one, e-cigarettes look like regular cigarettes or cigars.

Others look more like pens.

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the safety of e-cigarettes.

Second, e-cigarettes still contain an array of chemicals.

These include diethylene glycol, a highly toxic substance; formaldehyde, a powerful carcinogen; and at least four other chemicals suspected of being harmful to humans. There is no proof that e-cigarettes increase the risk of cancer the way real cigarettes surely do, but again, that’s because there are no good, long-term studies of safety.

Third, e-cigarettes are designed to simulate the smoking experience. By doing so, they might tempt ex-smokers into resuming the habit. They could also be a gateway into cigarette smoking for young people who are not yet hooked. Until we have scientific studies, it’s buyer beware.

DR. KOMAROFF is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. His website is: AskDoctorK.com.

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