FRIDAY October 4, 2013
Giving Circle Page A2 Charity makes seven literacy grants
Cow’s Perspective Page B1 Hannah forecasts weekend winners
Weather Chance of showers today. High 83. Low tonight 64. Rain expected Saturday. High 82. Page A8
GOOD MORNING Police find woman dead near Mongo MONGO — Detectives from the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department and Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a death at the Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area, near Mongo in eastern Lagrange County. In the early hours of Thursday, deputies from the sheriff’s department and conservation officers responded to a river access in Mongo and found Misty S. McPartlen, 28, of Mongo, deceased near the Pigeon River. Mrs. McPartlen is survived by her four children and her husband, Thomas, police said. THIS STORY was posted on
kpcnews.com at 3:45 p.m. Thursday.
Auburn streets to be milled, paved AUBURN — Beginning Tuesday, API Construction will be milling and paving streets in Auburn, the Auburn Street Department said: The schedule for street work is: Tuesday — Van Buren Street (North to Main); Prospect Street (Van Buren to Midway); and Midway Drive (Prospect to North); Wednesday — Jackson Street (North to First); and Cedar Street (Carlin to Thomas Park). No parking signs will be posted on affected streets the night before the construction. Paving will begin after milling is completed. All work will be done as weather permits.
Car show offers fame AUBURN — A car show Saturday at the National Auto & Truck Museum in Auburn is offering an unusual prize to the winners. Scott Dupre, founder of a YouTube channel that focuses on “cool cars,” will judge the show and feature the winners on You Tube. Proceeds from the show’s $20 entry fee go to the local Shop With a Cop program. READ MORE ON PAGE A3
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Greenhurst to become ‘park-like’ New owners aim for preservation BY DAVE KURTZ dkurtz@kpcnews.net
AUBURN — Ownership changes at Bridgewater Golf Club will result in a “park-like setting,” open to the public, for the west course formerly known as Greenhurst. Mark and Abby Millett of Auburn and former Auburn residents Rick and Vicki James have purchased the former Greenhurst course, Mark Millett said Thursday.
“We purchased the property to prevent development of what we consider is pristine piece of land and a part of Auburn’s heritage,” Millett said. “We just want to conserve it. Our plans are not solidified yet,” he added. “Our present intent is to create a park-like setting for the future enjoyment of the community.” The Greenhurst course opened in the 1920s and was purchased by Bridgewater several years ago.
It will close as a golf course Oct. 31 and will not reopen next year. Keith Busse and Walt Fuller will continue as the two remaining owners of the BridgeJames water East Course, which opened in 1998. Millett had been one of five owners over the past decade until the recent transactions. Busse and Fuller sent a letter last week to Bridgewater employees and the Bridgewater Community Associ-
Crossing flashers to change
WASHINGTON — There is room for some horse trading over the now three-day-old government shutdown, says U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd. The first obstacle is to get the traders together. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have tied a government funding bill to the fate of the Affordable Health Care Act. Democrats in the U.S. Senate have balked at changing the bill that was signed into law in March 2010. The two sides are now at an impasse, and Stutzman said it’s time that meaningful dialogue between the two sides begins Stutzman in earnest. “A shutdown is not a victory,” Stutzman, of Howe, said Thursday. “A shutdown is a failure of leadership. There has to be some sort of communication. Leadership in the House, Senate and White House — it’s up to them to get the ball rolling.” Some pundits have implied Stutzman is a member of a group of 30 tea party conservative Republican House members who are holding the country hostage. Stutzman insisted it is the will of 234 Republicans in the House, led by Majority Leader John Boehner, that is behind the move to force concessions in the Affordable Health Care Act. Stutzman said he went to
SEE GREENHURST, PAGE A8
White House talks produce no real progress
AARON ORGAN
The city of Auburn is working to change the new trail crossings on North Main Street at Betz Road to disable their constant flashing lights in exchange for on-demand push buttons to alert drivers.
to get it changed and figuring out what equipment we need to change it,” said Bruns. “We know it can be done, we just need to see what we have to get to do it.”
Bruns said he was not sure how much the push-button mechanism would cost or how long it would take to make the change to the crossing.
Stutzman weighs debt, shutdown BY MATT GETTS mgetts@kpcmedia.com
acres. “I would imagine just on the periphery, there would be some limited development, a handful of homes,” he said. “The core
Still stalled in D.C.
BY AARON ORGAN aorgan@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — The city is working to change new, flashing yellow lights at a trail crossing on North Main Street to flash only when trail users approach the crossing. A new crossings, erected on the north and south sides of the intersection with Betz Road, extend the Rieke Park Trail over North Main Street to connect with the Auburn-Waterloo Bikeway. Warning lights now flash constantly to warn drivers to proceed with caution. That is not how the city wanted the crossing designed, however. City engineer Steve Bruns said a subcontractor who designed the crossing as part of the summerlong Betz Road renovation project failed to include a push-button mechanism on the crossing poles that a trail user could use to activate the flashing lights, and instead designed the lights to flash constantly. Bruns said Tuesday he is working with contractor Brooks Construction to determine what it will take to install push buttons, so rather than flashing constantly, the lights can be activated on demand. “We’re in the process of trying
Millett
ation, describing improvements they are planning for the east course. Millett said he sees the likelihood of some limited development on the Greenhurst property, which he estimated at 120
Obama takes on Stutzman WASHINGTON (AP) — Indiana GOP Rep. Marlin Stutzman said he wanted respect in the budget standoff. Instead, he got ridicule from President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats. Stutzman is being mocked for saying Republicans should get something from the budget standoff — but he doesn’t know what that is. The tea party-backed lawmaker told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday: “We’re not going to be disrespected. We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is.” The three-term congressman backtracked Thursday, saying in a statement he had “carelessly misrepresented the ongoing budget debate.” Washington on a campaign pledge to tackle the national debt and out-of-control government spending. He said the Affordable Health Care Act, called Obamacare, is the face of such tax-and-spend policies that over the years have led to a $17 trillion national debt. Stutzman said he believes the health care law will raise average insurance premiums for Hoosiers by 72 percent. He pointed to job losses by companies and institutions seeking to cut their costs SEE STUTZMAN, PAGE A8
But Obama and the Democrats jumped on his original comments, calling him selfish while some 800,000 federal workers remain out of work, parks and museums remain shuttered and various government services are on hold. At an event in Rockville, Md., Obama repeated Stutzman’s quote as the audience laughed. “Think about that. You have already gotten the opportunity to serve the American people. There’s no higher honor than that,” Obama said. “So the American people aren’t in the mood to give you a goodie bag to go with it.” Riffing on the remark, SEE OBAMA, PAGE A8
“We’re between a rock and a hard place. We want the government up and running, and we don’t want Obamacare.” Marlin Stutzman U.S. Representative, R-3rd
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama brought congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday for the first time since a partial government shutdown began, but there was no sign of progress toward ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal workers and curbed services around the country. Obama “refuses to negotiate,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio., told reporters after private talks that lasted more than an hour. “All we’re asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the American people under Obamacare.” But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said moments later, “We’re locked in tight on Obamacare” and neither the president nor Democrats will accept changes in the nation’s 3-year-old health care law as the price for spending legislation needed to end the two-day partial shutdown. With the nation’s ability to borrow money soon to lapse, Republicans and Democrats alike said the shutdown could last for two weeks or more, and soon oblige a divided governSEE STUCK, PAGE A8
Woman attacks White House, killed by police WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman with a 1-year-old girl led Secret Service and police on a harrowing car chase from the White House past the Capitol Thursday, attempting to penetrate the security barriers at both national landmarks before she was shot to death, police said. The child survived. “I’m pretty confident this was not an accident,” said Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier. Still, Capitol Police said there appeared to be no terrorist link. The woman apparently was unarmed. Tourists, congressional staff and even some senators watched as a caravan of law enforcement vehicles chase a black Infiniti with Connecticut license plates down Constitution Avenue outside the Capitol. House and Senate lawmakers, inside debating how to end a government shutdown, briefly shuttered their chambers as Capitol Police shut down the building. The woman’s car at one point SEE WHITE HOUSE, PAGE A8