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October 20, 2013
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GOOD MORNING East Noble and DeKalb advance to semi-state LAFAYETTE — Two local high school bands will advance to the Class B semi-state marching band competition at Pike High School in Indianapolis. In Saturday’s regional contest in Lafayette, East Noble and DeKalb high schools each received gold ratings and advanced to Class B semi-state competition Oct. 26, sponsored by the Indiana State School Music Association. Bryan Munoz, East Noble band director, said for his 85-member band, it was its third year in a row for gold and second year in a row to advance to semi-state. Two other schools, Garrett and Eastside received silver ratings.
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Group working to save the Strand BY DENNIS NARTKER dnartker@kpcmedia.com
KENDALLVILLE — Remember the Hub, the Airdome, the Colonial and the Princess theaters? Today only the Strand Theatre survives as part of Kendallville’s movie theater history, and its future is now in doubt. The twin cinema at 221 S. Main St. is one of the oldest theaters in the nation in continuous operation showing first-run movies and Noble County’s only movie theater. It draws visitors and customers to the downtown business district. In their 2011 HyattPalma Indiana Downtown report on saving and revitalizing Kendallville’s downtown, Doyle G. Hyett and Dolores P. Palma
pointed out a movie theater is one the most traditional anchors that most downtowns have lost. “Every effort should be made to retain this valuable downtown anchor in Kendallville,” they advised. That’s the goal of the “Strand Theatre: Keep the Lights On“ campaign organized by a group of Kendallville citizens who want to save the city landmark. By the end of this year, distributors no longer deliver will film prints to theaters in North America. The cans full of reels of celluloid will be a thing of the analog past. Movies will be digitized and distributed on hard drives. Theater SEE STRAND, PAGE A6
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The Strand Theatre in Kendallville opened Sept. 30, 1890, as the Spencer Opera House. It may close unless new digital projection equipment costing $110,000 to $120,000 is installed.
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Indiana jail escapee captured nearby MARTINSVILLE (AP) — A central Indiana jail escapee who fled while working outside has been recaptured. WRTV-TV and WISH-TV report 32-year-old Blair Wolfe was recaptured in Hendricks County on Saturday, one day after walking away from the Morgan County Jail in Martinsville. Authorities say Wolfe was a trusty and was picking up trash outside the jail’s fence on Friday afternoon when he walked away. Morgan County Sheriff Robert Downey say officers tracked Wolfe to his father’s house in Plainfield. When officers arrived, Wolfe took off running into a wooded area but was captured. He was in jail on a theft charge. The Sheriff’s Department says he’ll now face an escape charge and a possible additional five years of jail time.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Fremont native is one of two gambling-industry lawyers working on a proposal that would allow airport travelers in Indianapolis the opportunity to bet on more than whether their flights PHOTO CONTRIBUTED will be on time. Phil Sicuso and Champion Beck is a member of the Orland Police DepartResponse Team. Joe Champion, a ment, the only K9 on the Indiana Search and Fremont native and Fremont High School graduate, say Indianapolis International Airport is well suited for wireless gambling technology that could bring in revenue to support more nonstop flights. — Orland Town Marshal Brooke BY AMY OBERLIN The pair work at Bingham aoberlin@kpcmedia.com Norton’s Beck and Angola Greenebaum Doll LLP and floated Police Department dispatcher Ed A small child wanders away the idea in an article for their Ralston’s Samson. Other dogs from his backyard into a corn firm’s newsletter, the Indianapolis used for searches and official duty field. Business Journal reported. include German shepherds, border With dusk closing in, his Sicuso, a former general collies and a cattle dog, owned mother clambers through row counsel for the Indiana Gaming by people from 11 counties in after row of 7-foot-tall stalks. She Commission, suggests the airport northeastern Indiana who respond screams his name over and over could create lounges in which as part of the Indiana Department with no response. travelers over age 21 could play of Homeland Security’s District 3. When she frantically calls 911 games on handheld devices that are They participate in 30-35 — a special force is called to the connected to a central server. He searches a year, mainly within scene. said the setup wouldn’t compete Indiana but as far away as Texas, with existing casinos because it said Jan Harkner-Abbs, ISRT would serve only travelers with District dog team CEO. Abbs operates a full-scale tickets. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED The Indiana Search and training center at her Noble “That’s part of the reason we Response Team, based in County home. Other training thought it was palatable,” he said. Ed Ralston, an Angola Police Wawaka, is made up of 12 sites are in Fort Wayne, at Camp Department dispatcher, recently “It’s a completely new customer.” volunteer dog handlers, many Atterbury in Indianapolis and Indianapolis Airport Authority became certified as a Level of them trained officials such as Muscatatuck Urban Training President Mike Wells said the idea 1 trainer along with his dog, police officers and firefighters. Center. Samson, who was adopted from is “clever” but he doesn’t think it Steuben County has two of the Along with training with the will fly. the Steuben County Humane SEE TEAM, PAGE A6 Society Shelter. three bloodhounds on the team SEE AIRPORT, PAGE A6
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Growing church finds ‘bigger boat’ BY DAVE KURTZ dkurtz@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — Acting on faith, Auburn Baptist Church offered its pastor a full-time job in 2011 The congregation tripled its attendance over the next two years, crowding its small sanctuary on Ensley Avenue to the bursting point. Sivis In another act of faith, the church placed an ad in The Star last spring.
It referred to Jesus’ saying about making “fishers of men.” It said the church needed a bigger boat. “Local church is rapidly growing and looking for a larger building to rent,” the ad said, listing only a phone number, not the congregation’s name. A member of First Christian Church on North Indiana Avenue in Auburn brought the ad to its pastor, the Rev. Betty Sivis, and told her, “I think you should call this number.” Sivis dialed and reached Pastor Bill Weaver of Auburn Baptist SEE CHURCH, PAGE A6
DAVE KURTZ
Pastor Bill Weaver, left, of Auburn Baptist Church greets a parishioner after the Oct. 13 service in First Christian Church, where two congregations are sharing the building on Sunday mornings.