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November 2, 2013
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GOOD MORNING Turn back clocks for time shift tonight WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s time to fall back. Most Americans will be able to get an extra hour of sleep this weekend thanks to the annual shift back to standard time. The change officially occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday, but most people will set their clocks back before heading to bed tonight. Residents of Hawaii, most of Arizona and some U.S. territories don’t have to change since they do not observe daylight saving time. Public safety officials say this is also a good time to put a new battery in the smoke alarm, no matter where you live. Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. local time March 9.
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Local schools receive safety grants BY KATHRYN BASSETT AND MATT GETTS kbassett@kpcmedia.com mgetts@kpcmedia.com
Schools in northeast Indiana could be a little safer with the help of grant money recently awarded by state officials. A total of eight school corporations in the area will receive a combined $302,700 for school resource officers or security equipment.
The maximum grant allowed by the state is $50,000. Four school corporations in this part of the state will receive that amount. The DeKalb Central school district’s director of safety, Dick Knapp, said its $50,000 will be used in areas including increasing security systems at building entrances and helping reduce the time it would take to respond to a security incident. “We’re looking at ways to
greatly reduce the amount of time it takes us to become aware of (a situation) and then respond,” Knapp said. Each school corporation was required to provide its own funds to match the grant amount requested. The matching grant requirement caused some problems for the East Noble School Corp., which will receive $25,000 after asking for $50,000.
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Superintendent Ann Linson said the matching fund portion required the funds to be spent after July 1. Nowhere in the grant application process did it indicate that deadline date, she said. East Noble officials even asked someone from the state if expenditures made between Jan. 20 and June 30 would be acceptable. At that time, East Noble officials were told they could include expenditures SEE SAFETY, PAGE A6
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TSA officer killed, gunman in custody
Jordan McDaniel, left, and Mallory McCoy, in orange, lead the DeKalb Baron Brigade down the track Friday night at the DeKalb High School football field, after a special performance of the
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show “We Are DeKalb.” A large crowd of friends, family and community members gave the marching band a send-off for today’s marching band state finals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Community garden grows success BY KATHRYN BASSETT kbassett@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — With the produce now harvested and the soil tilled, DeKalb County Resource Garden chairman Dave Bassett rates the garden as a success. “For the first year, I think it went really well,” said Bassett. “I think it’s something that’s good for the county.” The garden was planted in a one-acre site on the south side of the Northeast Indiana Solid Waste
Management District’s composting site on C.R. 36-A, northwest of Auburn. Labor such as planting, weeding, watering and harvesting was carried out by DeKalb County Community Corrections clients who were required to complete community-service hours. Produce from the garden was used to feed inmates at the county jail and given to local food banks. Community service workers were under the supervision of
mentors who were responsible for telling them which tasks to complete and giving gardening advice. Community Corrections staff made periodic visits to monitor the workers. The garden season ran from May 18, when the first vegetables were planted, to the end of September, when the ground was tilled and composted. During the season more than 1,000 pounds of food SEE GARDEN, PAGE A6
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A suspected gunman was in custody Friday following a shooting at Los Angeles airport that killed a TSA officer and wounded other people. LAX Police Chief Patrick Gannon says the gunman entered the terminal, pulled a rifle from a bag and began shooting. The gunfire continued at a screening checkpoint before he entered a secured area. Officers took him into custody after a shootout. “As you can imagine, a large amount of chaos took place in this entire incident,” he said. A law enforcement official said 23-year-old suspect Paul Ciancia is from New Jersey and was wearing fatigues and carrying a bag containing a hand-written note that said he “wanted to kill TSA and pigs.” The official requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief Armando Hogan says five people were taken to hospitals after the shooting: the gunman, the TSA officer who died, two other people who were shot, and one person with a broken ankle. A sixth person was treated at the scene for ringing in the ears SEE LAX, PAGE A6
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Kiwanis Holiday Loaf on sale A total of 47 area businesses are now selling Holiday Loaf for $4 each to support Children First. Auburn Kiwanis Club members began baking the loaves this weekend at Auburn Presbyterian Church. In 1971, baker Erton Manon offered his recipe to Kiwanis as a fundraising project to benefit Children First. Volunteers from both organizations bake, wrap and sell “pumpkin bread” in area communities. Many local businesses agree to sell the bread on behalf of Kiwanis, with proceeds benefiting Children First. “It’s good for the community, because the proceeds support services to children and families. My customers like having the opportunity to purchase it while in the store, and having Holiday Loaf available encourages shoppers,” said Karen Butler, owner of Auburn’s Legacy Hallmark: “It’s a win/win for the entire community.”
For the past two years Hart’s in Waterloo has sold the most loaves. Businesses where Holiday Loaf is sold: Ashley: Farmers State Bank; Auburn: A Cut Above, Auburn Chrysler, Auburn City Hardware, Beacon Credit Union, Ben Davis Ford, Buttermore Appliance, Campbell & Fetter Bank, Carbaugh Jewelers, Classic City NAPA, Community State Bank, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Heimach Center, DeKalb County Council on Aging, Legacy Hallmark, Mettert’s Water Care, Peoples Federal Savings Bank, Richards Restaurant, Satisfaction Style Salon/Upword Living, Shear Expressions Salon, Sprinkling Can, The Star newspaper office; Garrett: Beacon Credit Union, Garrett Hardware, Garrett New Market Grocery, Hair Depot, Peoples Federal Savings & Loan; Corunna: Albright’s
Grocery; Waterloo: Farmers State Bank, Hart’s, Peoples Federal Savings Bank; St. Joe: Sechler’s Pickle Store; Butler: Donaldson’s Ace Hardware, Farmers and Merchants State Bank, NAPA; Kendallville: Baker’s Fruit & Flower Farm, Rural King; Albion: Albion Village Foods, Community State Bank; Ligonier: Campbell & Fetter Bank; Avilla: Peoples Federal Savings Bank; Angola: Accents, Campbell & Fetter Bank, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Panache SalonSpa, Rural King; Fremont: Pickle Factory — Outlet Mall; and Hamilton: Farmers State Bank. Children First provides services for families and children in five counties — DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben and Whitley.
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Volunteers from Lakewood Park Christian School help Friday with the Holiday Loaf project to support Children First. Amina Thompson sorts loaves into rows for Landon Krafft, who wraps them in plastic.
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