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Garrett man killed in Avilla crash Mo-ped struck by automobile
BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com
AVILLA — A Garrett man was killed and a Garrett woman injured when a mo-ped and car collided
in Avilla early Sunday, the Noble County Sheriff’s Department said. Brian K. Slone, 40, of the 1000 block of West King Street, Garrett, was southbound in the northbound lane of S.R. 3 south of Weimer Road at Avilla at about 3:30 a.m. Ashley L. Dockery, 28, of the 300 block of South Cowen St. Garrett, was northbound in the
same northbound lane, coming from the south intersection of S.R. 3 and 8. Dockery told deputies she saw the mo-ped coming and tried to stop, but couldn’t. The 1997 Saturn she drove and mo-ped collided. Slone was pronounced dead at the scene. Dockery complained of chest pain and was transported to Parkview Regional Medical Center
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Garrett man arrested on arson charge BY MATT GETTS mgetts@kpcmedia.com
BUTLER — A Garrett man was arrested after he allegedly set fire to a woman’s truck Sunday morning in rural Butler. Daniel Casey Brown, 36, of the 1100 block of South Cowen Street, was booked into the DeKalb County Jail on a charge of arson, a Class B felony. He was held on $5,000 bond. According to court papers, a domestic dispute led to Sunday’s incident. Sunday morning, a home owner went into his barn in the 3200 block of C.R. 63 and found Brown allegedly hiding in a vehicle with a loaded shotgun. The man, who knew Brown, went back into his home to let a family member know what he had observed. At some point, Brown left the car and laid the shotgun on the ground, according to DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Lee Stoy. The home owner retrieved the shotgun and returned it to his home, where he unloaded it. The home owner told police that when he came back outside, he observed Brown throwing cement cinder blocks at the truck and that it was on fire. According to court documents, Brown allegedly admitted to damaging and setting fire to the truck with a lighter because he was angry with the woman. Brown was placed into custody at 11:46 a.m. by Butler Police Department Officer Matthew Traster. The owner of the truck was not at the location when the incident occurred. Stay said the truck, a 2003 F-150, had 50,000 miles on it and appeared to have been in good shape prior to Sunday’s incident. LOOK FOR VIDEO See the latest KPC Media Group videos online kpcnews.com Multimedia > Video
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by Noble County EMS. The accident remains under investigation by the Noble County Sheriff’s Department and Indiana State Police. Also assisting at the scene were the Avilla Fire and Police departments and Kendallville Police Department. An early version of this story was posted on kpcnews.com at 9:15 a.m. Sunday.
Pentagon will call 350,000 back to work WASHINGTON (AP) — A large chunk of the furloughed federal work force is headed back to the Pentagon, and those who remain at home or are working without paychecks are a step closer to getting back pay once the partial government shutdown ends. AARON ORGAN Still, a resolution to the impasse Steve and Marcia Provines run Azzitshudbe that began with a drought and ended with a deep itself is nowhere in sight. Farm just northeast of Auburn, where they sell freeze that left the Provineses without a sale last House Speaker John Boehner naturally grown pumpkins from their yard. The year. doesn’t see one. Asked Sunday crop has ballooned this year after a 2012 season how the standoff ends, he was uncertain: “If I knew, I’d tell you.” The Ohio Republican added President Barack Obama can call him any time to start negotiations to end the shutdown. “He knows what my phone number is,” Boehner said on ABC. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Sunday that Congress should act immediately to reopen the BY AARON ORGAN the crop just didn’t grow during government because the votes are aorgan@kpcmedia.com the summer drought. The few there to pass a temporary budget AUBURN — If there is a pumpkins that did grow that year measure. DEKALB COUNTY “right” way to grow pumpkins, were killed by a September frost. “There are no winners here,” maybe Steve and Marcia Provines The conditions left the Provineses Lew said on NBC. “Every day the have discovered it. with a batch of pumpkins too small government is shut down does real The crops don’t lie. quantity and quality, with Steve to warrant a sale, so they opened it harm to the American people.” The Provineses operate Provines saying he harvested 8-10 to friends and family to take. Lew said that members of Azzitshudbe Farm at 2347 C.R. pickup truckloads and one trailer “It was not a good year,” said Congress “need to open the 38, just northwest of Auburn, a load of pumpkins this season, a Marcia Provines. government up. They can do it vast plot of farmland that this crop he estimates at well over But that’s okay for the couple, today.” time of year is known locally for 1,000. The Provines display who use the revenue from The federal government was the abundance of bright-orange for-sale pumpkins — each dipped pumpkin sales to supplement their partially shut down Tuesday, the pumpkins that crowd the lawn in bleach water to preserve it full-time income: Steve works first day of the new budget year, around the family home right off and standing upright for proper with the DeKalb County Highway after Republicans and Democrats the roadway. Down the quiet street viewing — in all shapes, sizes and Department full-time, and Marcia couldn’t agree on a plan to is a simple, handmade sign that shades of orange. holds down two part-time jobs as continue funding federal agencies. reads “pumpkins,” and are there It’s a far cry from last year, a teaching aide and as director of House Republicans are ever pumpkins. when Steve said he planted twice the DeKalb County Council on demanding significant changes to SEE PUMPKINS, PAGE A6 This year’s crop is strong in in excessively dry ground and SEE NEITHER, PAGE A6
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Raids suggest future of fighting terror Lawmakers WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. commando raids in Libya and Somalia suggest the future shape of U.S. counterterrorism efforts — brief, targeted raids against highly sought extremist figures — and highlight the rise of Africa as a terrorist haven. The strikes also raise questions about where to interrogate and try captured terrorist suspects such as Abu Anas al-Libi, accused by the U.S. of involvement in the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in Africa. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday that al-Libi was in U.S. custody; officials would not say where. The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, said al-Libi has “vast intelligence value.” McKeon, R-Calif., said President Barack Obama should “fully exploit this potential” before moving on to his prosecution. The White House seemed to agree, saying Saturday’s raid in Tripoli was specifically designed to apprehend, not kill, the suspect. “The president has made clear our preference for capturing terrorist targets when possible, and that’s exactly what we’ve done in order to elicit as much valuable
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, greets fishermen at a tuna packaging factory in Bali, Indonesia, Sunday. Kerry said that a pair of U.S. military raids against militants in North Africa sends the message that terrorists “can run but they can’t hide.” Kerry, in Bali for an economic summit, was the highest-level administration to speak about the operations yet.
intelligence as we can and bring a dangerous terrorist to justice,” said the White House National Security Council’s spokeswoman, Caitlin Hayden. The outcome of a second U.S. commando raid Saturday, targeting a leader of the al-Qaida affiliated terror group, al-Shabab, was less clear. A Navy SEAL team swam
ashore in Somalia early in the morning and engaged in a fierce firefight. A U.S. official said afterward the Americans disengaged after inflicting some al-Shabab casualties, but it was unclear who was hit. The official was granted anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. SEE RAIDS, PAGE A6
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republicans in the Midwest would like you to know something about the government shutdown that closed the national parks and put 800,000 workers on the street: They had nothing to do with it. Please don’t blame them. That message spilled out of the offices of state legislators, and even governors, in public statements, tweets and interviews as politicians outside Washington scrambled to insulate themselves from the partisan turmoil that sent repercussions across the country. No shutdowns here, they assured, in one state capital after another. We wouldn’t do that. “Here in Lansing, we will continue to work hard on solutions to issues facing Michigan’s families,” declared Rep. Al Pscholka, a conservative Republican from southwestern SEE LAWMAKERS, PAGE A6