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SATURDAY November 9, 2013
Pacers Keep Rolling Page B1 Win over Raptors moves team to 6-0
Weather Partly sunny, windy, high 57. Tonight’s low 37. Sunny but cooler Sunday, high in the upper 40s. Page A6
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GOOD MORNING Flu shots offered AUBURN — The DeKalb County Health Department will offer a Shots for Tots clinic Wednesday from 1-4 p.m. at the department’s office, 220 E. Seventh St., Suite 110. In addition to standard childhood vaccines, children’s flu shots will be available. The clinic is offered on a walk-in basis to children without health insurance. Children’s flu shots will be offered again Monday, Nov. 25, from 1:30-4 p.m. for children without health insurance. Appointments are necessary and may be made by calling 925-2220.
Court confirms 120-year sentence A Hudson man convicted of sexually attacking a woman in her rural DeKalb County home failed to persuade the Indiana Court of Appeals that his 120-year prison sentence should be overturned. SEE PAGE A2
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The 16-day government shutdown didn’t seem to hurt the economy after all. U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 204,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department said Friday. And they added far more jobs in August and September than previously thought. Activity at service companies and factories also accelerated last month in the midst of the shutdown. All of which suggests the U.S. economy may be sturdier than SUE CARPENTER many analysts had assumed. The unemployment rate rose With her are Alice Webb, 9, and Jalena Campbell, Cindy Snyder, left, director of the Filling Station to 7.3 percent from 7.2 percent 15, who combined to raise nearly $400 for the in Butler, reported 10 youth collected $1,300 in in September, the Labor DepartUnited Way. pledges through an all-night sports challenge. ment said. But that was probably because furloughed federal workers were temporarily counted as unemployed. “The economy weathered the government shutdown surprisingly well,” said Ted Wieseman, an and Jalena Campbell, 15, were economist at Morgan Stanley. present at Friday’s breakfast. One weak link in the economy Webb walked nonstop for about recently has been consumers, who BY SUE CARPENTER reported another $2,205 at 50 90 minutes, collecting $167 in spent cautiously over the summer, scarpenter@kpcmedia.com percent participation to date. pledges, said Snyder. Campbell holding back growth. But the BUTLER — The weather Ashley Industrial Molding made 33 consecutive free throws solid job gains in recent months, outside was frosty, but United representatives reported $27,795 for $56 and walked 30 minutes for combined with modest increases in Way supporters enjoyed a tropical so far in its campaign. another $45. hourly pay, could encourage more climate inside the Butler Youth Deb Moughler from DeKalb Although she did not hit a spending. Evangelical Association (The Molded Plastics said $13,260 has single free throw, Webb collected Other trends have raised hopes Filling Station) Friday morning been collected with another week flat pledges collecting another that the economy will remain for a report breakfast sponsored and a half to go toward its goal of healthy in coming months: $124 and an A-plus for effort, by Sally and Randy Bercaw and $14,500. The company held events Snyder said. Another fourth-grade Growing demand for homes DeKalb Molded Plastics. should support construction. such as golf chipping, a free throw boy earned $560 in pledges, And auto sales are likely to stay The theme was Hawaii for the contest, candy and jerky sales and she said. He won a gift card to strong because many Americans second leg of the campaign’s Bon a pie-in-the-face contest to add to Walmart as a prize. Voyage theme. Leis, flip-flops and the funds. Snyder thanked the United Way are buying cars after putting off big purchases since the recession flowered shirts were the fashion of Cindy Snyder, director of The for its support for programs at the struck nearly six years ago. the day. Filling Station, reported 10 youth youth center, which has served Job growth is a major factor for Steel Dynamics Inc. added from the center collected some 450 individual children with more to the excitement when Liz $1,300 from a recent all-night than $6,500 visits for far this year. the Federal Reserve in deciding when to reduce its economic Emenhiser reported a grand total sports challenge, where youth Maureen Prebynski from stimulus. The Fed has been buying of $335,484 has been collected sought pledges for ping-pong, free Children First Center’s HOME bonds to keep long-term interest toward the United Way’s throws and continuous walking, program shared the agency’s goal rates low and encourage borrowing campaign goal of $700,000 for among other activities. to make a difference in the lives local agencies. Butler Mill Service Participants Alice Webb, 9, SEE UNITED WAY, PAGE A6 and spending.
United Way reports success Steel Dynamics pitches in $335,000
Library sifting historian’s Shaker collection BY KATHRYN BASSETT kbassett@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — Eckhart Public Library volunteer Gaylen Eberhart removed the binder from the top drawer of a metal filing cabinet Tuesday afternoon and began leafing through its contents. “The fun thing is what you’re going to find,” said Eberhart. “Pictures, sketches … ” That’s when Eberhart stumbled across the find of the day — an original land registration to the Indiana Shakers for an 80-acre tract of land in Illinois. The registration was signed by President James Monroe. Eberhart is among the volunteers and library staff members who, under the knowledgeable eye of Shaker expert Martha Boice, have been sorting through the extensive Shaker collection of the late DeKalb County historian John Martin Smith. “(Smith) had been talking about writing a book about the Shakers in Indiana,” library director Janelle Graber explained. As part of his research, Smith amassed a significant collection of books, maps, documents, artwork and other artifacts pertaining to the Shakers. He also had worked with Boice, who is a leading authority on Shaker communities and has written books on Shaker subjects. The library has partnered
“We’re pulling out portions of the collection and bringing in experts and asking them to identify materials that we need to digitize ....” Janelle Graber Library director
• with Smith’s family to digitize selections from his collections. Once the project is complete, the public will be able to access images of the artifacts online. “This is the Shaker portion of the collection,” Graber said as she gestured toward boxes and cabinets yet to be sorted. The sorting is taking place in the replica Sinclair Station on Auburn’s North Main Street. Documents and artifacts fill 27 banker’s boxes and two filing cabinets. “We’re pulling out portions of the collection and bringing in experts and asking them to identify materials that we need to digitize and those (items) that can be readily found,” Graber explained. That’s where Boice came
KATHRYN BASSETT
Shaker expert Martha Boice, left, and Eckhart Public Library volunteers Ann Green and Galen Eberhart celebrate the discovery of an original land registration to the Indiana Shakers for an 80-acre tract of land in Illinois. The registration was signed by President James Monroe and is in a collection of historic artifacts amassed by the late John Martin Smith of Auburn.
in this week, as she identified significant and rare documents and artifacts associated with the Shakers. Smith began researching the Shakers as early as 1971. According to a letter Smith wrote to the United Society of Shakers in 1979, he devoted his time to Shaker research while recovering from a heart attack he suffered in 1978.
A copy of a lecture given by Smith in New York on the Shakers indicated Smith owned several original Shaker artifacts, including a hand-written hymnal from 1855 and the land registration that Eberhart located Tuesday. Copies of what was believed to be the hymnal had been located in the collection, but as of Tuesday, the original still SEE SHAKER, PAGE A6
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