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GOOD MORNING First lady helps Girl Scouts launch membership drive NEW YORK (AP) — With an assist from Michelle Obama, the Girl Scouts of the USA is launching an unorthodox recruitment campaign this week aimed at reversing a long-running decline in participation by girls and adult volunteers.

Instead of placing ads on TV, in newspapers and on billboards, the decentralized campaign will unfold in neighborhood initiatives and on social media as local Girl Scout councils directly target elementary-school girls — even kindergartners — with promises of adventuresome fun.

The first lady is pitching in with a video in which she lauds the contributions of the Girl Scouts and urges adults to find the time to help out.

“In order to bring the fun to more girls, Girl Scouts need you to volunteer,” she says. “You can show girls that anything is possible. You can inspire them to dream bigger and go further than they ever imagined.”

Obama, like other first ladies since 1917, serves as the Girl Scouts’ honorary national president.

The upbeat campaign launch follows a trying stretch for the Girl Scouts, who celebrated their centennial in 2012 but have confronted multiple difficulties this year. These include a deficit-strapped pension plan, rifts over the direction of Girl Scout programming and revenue shortfalls that prompted the national headquarters to trim about one-fourth of its staff through buyouts and layoffs.

Overshadowing all the problems is the steady decline in membership — a trend also buffeting other national youth organizations as children turn to other after-school and weekend diversions. The Girl Scouts today have about 2.2 million youth members, down from nearly 2.9 million in 2003.

Over the same span, the ranks of adult volunteers have dwindled from 986,000 to 890,000.

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Health care roll out looms Enrollment in federal insurance exchanges covers 6-month period

BY MIKE MARTURELLO mmarturello@kpcmedia.com

ANGOLA — Jennifer Creighton is like many people who are going to have decisions to make when it comes to signing up for insurance once the Affordable Care Act is implemented in January.

The timing couldn’t be better for Creighton, 27, Lake James.

She is covered through her mother’s employer until age 28, which she will turn in January.

At that time, she’s will have to take advantage of one of the new federal insurance exchanges being offered by ACA, better known

as Obamacare, or face income tax penalties.

“In January I’m going to have to figure something out,” said Creighton, who works two Creighton part-time jobs in Steuben County and isn’t offered insurance through either of her employers. “I’m hoping it will work out great for me that the (exchange) insurance

will take over when I fall off of my mom’s in January.

You know, I’ve never had to think of this before.”

Under the ACA, people who currently Kidd do not have health insurance must sign up through a federal exchange or face a tax penalty at the end of the year starting in SEE ENROLLMENT, PAGE A3

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Sister Elsie Fregeau, 79, stands behind the pulpit at Calvary Lutheran Church in Cromwell. After serving the church in her retirement for nearly

eight years as interim minister, she will retire from Calvary on Sunday.

Divine detour coming to end Sister Elsie Fregeau has served 8 years at church

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CROMWELL — This is not what Sister Elsie Fregeau had planned for her retirement.

“I think God has a remarkable sense of humor,” she said, sitting behind her cluttered pastor’s desk in the pastor’s office at Calvary Lutheran Church in Cromwell, “because I never, ever wanted to work in a parish.”

Her title for six more days is interim minister, even though the “interim” has lasted nearly eight years. Lacking ordination, Sister Elsie can’t officially hold the title of pastor, but that doesn’t mean much in the day-to-day life of the church.

“If you ask people in this congregation what I am, they

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would say, ‘She’s our pastor,’ because that’s what I do for them,” she said.

Her plan upon retirement when she moved to Sylvan Lake — close to her family in Kendallville — was to work in hospice; she had served as hospice chaplain at Lutheran General Hospital in suburban Chicago for the previous nine years.

“I love working with hospice people, with hospice patients, with the staff, the nurses and the social workers, and being a supportive person there as a part of that team.

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That was my call,” she said.

She took a little time to do nothing and rebuild, she said, and hiked the woods near her home thinking about what to do next.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — With the government teetering on the brink of partial shutdown, congressional Republicans vowed Sunday to keep using an otherwise routine federal funding bill to try to attack the president’s health care law.

Congress was closed for the day after a post-midnight vote in the GOP-run House to delay by a year key parts of the new health care law and repeal a tax on medical devices, in exchange for avoiding a shutdown. The Senate was to convene this afternoon, just hours before the shutdown deadline, and Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had already promised that majority Democrats would kill the House’s latest volley.

Since the last government shutdown 17 years ago, temporary funding bills known as continuing resolutions have been noncontroversial, with neither party willing to chance a shutdown to achieve legislative goals it couldn’t otherwise win. But with health insurance exchanges set to open on Tuesday, tea-party Republicans are willing to take the risk in their drive to kill the health care law.

Action in Washington was limited mainly to the Sunday talk shows and a barrage of press releases as Democrats and Republicans rehearsed arguments for blaming each other if the government in fact closes its doors SEE STALEMATE, PAGE A6

‘Faces, Figures and Critters’ to be displayed Lina Zerkle is featured artist in RSVP Quilt Show set for October

BY OCTAVIA LEHMAN olehman@kpcnews.net

AUBURN — The 32nd annual RSVP Quilt Show will feature specialty quilts from the collection of Lina Zerkle.

Zerkle, of Waterloo, will share her themed collection, “Faces, Figures and Critters.”

The show is Friday, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Auburn, where it started more than 30 years ago.

Many of the quilts in the collection are interpretations of famous people. She plans to show a piece of Albert Einstein, as well as one of her own self-portraits.

She is currently working on a quilt with the image of Rosie the Riveter, but is unsure if it will be done in time for the show.

“I usually work on two or three (quilts) at a time,” Zerkle said.

Zerkle does not use patterns

when making her quilts, but individually designs them, working from a photograph or sketch.

“It’s all improvised,” Zerkle said, of her quilts. “I work from an art approach, rather than perfect piecing.”

Currently, Zerkle has a quilt on display at the Elkhart Visitors Bureau and pieces from her fiber arts collection at the Garrett Museum of Art. Zerkle was commissioned to make a quilt for Fort Wayne’s sister city, Plock, Poland.

A longtime resident of DeKalb County, Zerkle attended Ball State University in 1963 for her Bachelor’s degree in art education. She spent several years teaching art in public school before attending Indiana University to complete a Master of Fine Arts degree in ceramics and sculpture.

Zerkle devoted much of her

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Lina Zerkle, right, and her husband, Dwight, display two quilts that will be a part of the RSVP Quilt Show Oct. 25-26 at the Immaculate Conception Church in Auburn. Zerkle is the featured artist for the 32nd annual show.

time to making pottery, until 1988 when she gave away all of her equipment and turned her studio into a sewing, quilting and art making area.

She estimates she has made more than 100 quilts. The first quilt she made was from paisley pant scraps she received from her SEE ARTIST, PAGE A6

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WorkOne recognizes local welding graduate

BY DENNIS NARTKER dnartker@kpcnews.com

KENDALLVILLE — Twelve years ago Ben Slone, 29, was in a traumatic traffic accident.

He was laid up for six months and unable to complete his high school education. Several years later, he found himself unemployed and trying to provide for his family.

“I realized I needed a GED (General Educational Development) certificate to get a good job,” he said.

Formerly of Kendallville, he recently moved to Waterloo.

Even though he knew it would be difficult keeping with classes, Slone decided to learn a skilled trade at the same time. He enrolled in GED classes at his local WorkOne center and in the WorkINDiana welding program through Impact Institute, formerly Four County Area Vocational Cooperative.

“I’ve always enjoyed welding, and working with my hands,” Slone said

when asked why he chose the welding program.

With guidance from WorkOne career advisors, Slone passed his GED with a perfect score in reading and earned a WorkINdiana welding certification.

Last month in Indianapolis, Slone was honored at the 2013 WorkINdiana Summit with the Student Achievement Award for Northeast Indiana.

“Mr. Slone’s perseverance and determination are qualities that all Hoosiers possess,” said Scott B. Sanders, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.

“We are humbled that he thought so highly of his experience at WorkOne that he has advised his nephew to use our free services as well.”

Slone convinced his nephew and cousins to go through the program.

“I’m proud to have received this honor,” he said.

Linda Behrman, Slone’s GED instructor, said he

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Ben Slone, of Waterloo and formerly of Kendallville, recently was honored with the WorkINdiana Student Achievement Award for northeast Indiana. From left are: Linda Behrman, Impact Institute adult education instructor; Slone; and Andrea Bolinger, manager of five northeast Indiana WorkINdiana centers.

was a model student, self-motivated and helpful to others in the class. His

welding instructor, Rex Rawles, said Slone had a great work ethic.

Slone’s GED accomplishment and success in the welding

program have opened doors. He had job offers from area companies in need of qualified welders and is now a welder for Harsco IKG in Garrett.

Slone now resides in Waterloo.

WorkINdiana is an essential component of Indiana’s career pathway system. The program allows Hoosiers to obtain their GEDs and work toward an academic and industry-recognized certification simultaneously to ensure they are ready to enter in-demand occupations or postsecondary programs.

In northeast Indiana, WorkINdiana, Impact Institute and the Freedom Academy partner to help students such as Slone achieve the necessary certification and skills to enter the work force.

Slone will be invited to Impact Institute’s GED graduation ceremony Nov. 10, said Stephanie Ross, Impact Institute’s adult education coordinator.

Chunky, black starlings provide signs of life in winter A flock of birds by the side of a road in farm country this time of year, open country, fields where grain has been harvested, is likely to be a flock of OUTDOOR starlings.

I’d rather NOTES see native species, Neil Case horned larks, year-round residents that nest and live in the open fields, or Lapland longspurs or snow buntings, occasional winter visitors to the northern U.S., but starlings are to be expected. Lapland longspurs and snow buntings are uncommon, even rare visitors to northern Indiana, while starlings are common in winter and in summer.

Starlings were brought to North America 120 to 140 years ago, about the same time as house

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sparrows. Like house sparrows, they nested, multiplied and spread across the continent. They are now more widespread, more common than robins.

Starlings, for anybody who doesn’t happen to know what one looks like, are short-tailed, chunky, black birds. Black, that is, until you take a closer look. Then they’re spotted, particularly this time of year. In spring, sunshine gives them an iridescent shine and the spots are smaller, indistinct.

Then, too, their bills, dull grayish-black now, are bright yellow.

Starlings are not among my favorite birds. Nor, it would seem, were they a favorite of the taxonomist who gave them their scientific name, for the second word of that name is vulgaris.

Somebody in America liked them, however, for they were introduced deliberately from Europe.

They can be beneficial.

They eat insects and insect larvae. An insect outbreak can attract dozens,

hundreds, even thousands of starlings. An account in one of my books describes flocks of tens of thousands of starlings gathering in the forests of Bavaria during an outbreak of spruce moths, eating the caterpillars and pupae of the moths. On the other hand, however, I’ve read of equally large flocks of starlings feeding on cherries and grapes and other fruit, and I’ve seen flocks of starlings feeding on ripening corn.

My lack of enthusiasm for starlings, my prejudice against them, has nothing to do with their food.

They are hardy, highly successful, have become numerous, and they’re belligerent and antagonistic toward American birds that nest in holes, as they do. They don’t chisel out cavities as woodpeckers do, but they often use cavities made by woodpeckers, sometimes evicting, driving out the makers of those holes. They also nest in bird boxes, houses put out for house wrens and bluebirds and also used

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European starlings cling to a wire.

by tree swallows and chickadees. As with the woodpeckers, starlings drive the other birds away.

Starlings aren’t welcome at my bird feeders, either.

Muscling in, they drive chickadees and titmice, cardinals and even blue jays off the trays. On the ground below, they push aside tree sparrows and juncos. I don’t do anything to chase starlings awa,y but I’m not happy to see them. Fortunately, I feel,

Elkhart fungal meningitis victim hangs on to hope; deals win anger

not many starlings visit my bird feeders.

When I’m driving in the country on a cold winter day, however, I’m pleased to see a flock of starlings.

Most often, I find them on the ground by the side of the road, feeding on weed seeds and on grain that was spilled during harvest.

Often, I drive slow or even stop when I’m not in a hurry and watch them. I like seeing them when they flush, flying up to a power

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line by the road where they perch in a row, all facing the same way, into the wind, like swallows resting on a wire before they leave us in fall and fly south. I know that if I watch for a few minutes, they’ll return to the ground, to the side of the road, first one, then another, then another and another and another. To me they’re alive, active, life in the otherwise visibly lifeless world of farmland in winter.

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ELKHART (AP) — Some days are more difficult than others.

Some days, Terry Trost feels optimistic. She watches “Duck Dynasty” on television, goes to church and spends quality time with her daughter. Other days are dark. The pain in her lower back is unbearable, she feels hopeless and has trouble falling asleep at night.

These ups and downs stem from an injection that Trost received a year ago on Sept. 26 to relieve back pain. The shot turned out to be contaminated, and five months later she was diagnosed with fungal meningitis. She developed the illness after being exposed to tainted drugs manufactured by the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts.

Batches of the medications had been distributed to

about 75 clinics in 23 states, including six in Indiana.

Trost received her injection at OSMC Outpatient Surgery Center in Elkhart, which contacted roughly 400 patients last fall who had received shots from a contaminated batch of drugs, The Elkhart Truth reported. The case count for fungal meningitis is up to 750 people in 20 states, including 64 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Seven months after finding out that she had fungal meningitis, Trost is still struggling. She visits her doctor’s office in South Bend every Monday to monitor her health and medication intake. In the waiting room, she has met several other patients who are fighting the potentially deadly illness.

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“It helps to talk to somebody that’s going roughly through the same thing,” Trost said.

Trost’s daughter, Nicole Kovach, often drives her to medical appointments. Kovach received an injection the same day as her mother and became sick shortly after. Though it was a different medication, the drug was manufactured by the same company that distributed the tainted injections. Kovach did not develop fungal meningitis but periodically has back pain that she attributes to the shot.

The medications Trost is on to treat her illness have wreaked havoc on her body.

Her skin is sensitive to sunlight, her hair is thinning, her eyes are watery and her weight fluctuates. Trost said she is often discouraged by her health.

“I have days where I sit and I think about death quite a bit,” she said. “I think

about my kids, if they’re going to be OK, especially Nicole. She’s so attached to me, and she takes care of me. She says she’s seen me deteriorating. Those are her words — deteriorating in front of her.”

Trost said she has trouble talking about her illness without getting angry, recalling a segment on “60 Minutes” that aired in March on CBS highlighting the national impact of the fungal meningitis outbreak and the problems discovered at the New England Compounding Center.

“I cried,” she said. “At the end when they were talking about how they knew it wasn’t clean, they knew that there were problems and they knew that there were issues that they didn’t address, I was infuriated. I was so mad. If they saw that it was dirty, why didn’t they take the time to clean? They should have known better.”

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How health care coverage will change under the Affordable Care Act The wide-ranging overhaul of the U.S. health care system known as the Affordable Care Act is expected to touch the lives of most Americans in some fashion. Here are examples of health care consumers who could see benefits and drawbacks under the law: Person

Single woman, 34, with a pre-existing medical condition

Single man, 40, employed part time

Family of four; mother, 44, employed full time with health benefits

Family of three; father, 51, owns a small business

Information technology worker for small startup

Freelance graphic designer

Handyman

Human resources officer for large firm

Restaurateur with 24 full-time employees

Earns $30,000 a year, more than twice the federal poverty level (FPL) for a 1-person household

Earns $48,000 a year, more than four times the FPL for a 1-person household

Earns $13,000 a year, just over the FPL for a 1-person household

Earns $85,000 a year, 3.6 times the FPL for a 4-person household

Earns $90,000 a year, more than four times the FPL for a 3-person household

Single man, 28, employed full time

Job and income

100% of federal poverty level

Currently insured?

YES

NO

Employer does not offer insurance; he is mulling whether to purchase it. He has not seen a doctor since aging out of his parents’ policy at age 26.

Eligible for subsidized coverage based on income?

YES

Other benefits under the health overhaul law

Q He could opt to buy a low-cost, high-deductible catastrophic policy available to those under 30 but would not get a premium subsidy for such a policy.

NO

YES

NO

Denied insurance due to pre-existing bipolar disorder requiring medications. She pays cash for medical care and drugs.

YES

NO

Q She cannot be denied coverage or charged a higher premium based on her condition or her gender.

She will also have a cap on out-of-pocket expenses and no lifetime coverage limit.

Q Mental health care and prescription drugs are included in the core benefits of marketplace-based plans.

Drawbacks under the health overhaul law

Q He will be fined for not carrying health insurance: beginning in 2014, 1 percent of his income, eventually growing to 2.5 percent of income or $695, whichever is greater.

Q As a young, healthy person, he may wind up paying relatively more for a premium, since he will be helping defray costs for older and sicker consumers who cannot be charged more based on health status.

Q She makes more than 4 times the federal poverty level for an individual, which means she is not eligible for a government subsidy to lower premium prices.

Q She is required to carry health insurance or pay a penalty, but she would be exempted if the lowest cost coverage available to her exceeded 8 percent of her income, $3,840 a year.

YES

NO

YES

NO

Employer does not provide health benefits to part-time workers. He forgoes preventive care and visits a local emergency room when necessary.

Has a generous coverage plan through employer with low deductibles and out-of-pocket costs. The family has a wide range of doctors and specialists from which to choose for care.

YES

YES

NO

Q He is eligible for Medicaid, which has expanded in many states for individuals making up to $15,400.

Q Medicaid for new enrollees will offer core coverage including free preventive care.

NO

Q Can keep existing health plan, provided her employer continues to offer it.

Q The plan must offer free preventive services, allow children under 26 to remain on the plan and cap out-of-pocket costs.

Q If his state doesn’t expand Medicaid, he may not be able to afford private insurance through a new marketplace, which, given his income, should not exceed 2 percent of his annual income, $240 a year.

Q If his income drops below $11,490 — the federal poverty level for an individual — he will not be eligible for a premium subsidy, due to a quirk in the law.

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Covers family through individual policy; does not provide coverage to workers. The family visits doctors in the plan’s network for care.

YES

NO

Q Because he has fewer than 25 full-time employees, he is eligible for a tax credit of up to 50 percent of his contribution toward workers’ health insurance premiums if he covers at least 50 percent of the total premium cost when buying through an exchange.

Q Considered a “Cadillac Plan� under the law (a plan valued at more than $10,200 for an individual or $27,500 for a family), a tax of 40% will be levied on the value of the plan exceeding those amounts, payable by the insurer. This could lead the insurer to modify the plan, drop it or pass the tax on to the worker through higher premiums, deductibles or copays. The tax will be assessed beginning in 2018.

helpful organization, he said, is Enroll America (enrollamerica.org), a non-profit whose sole purpose is to help people enroll in the ACA. Locally, assistance will be available through Community Action of Northeast Indiana. “It will probably be the end of October,� said Pam Brookshire, CANI’s vice president of community services. “We intend to be able to help people with applications.�

Brookshire said CANI’s offices in DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble and Steuben counties will be able to provide assistance once all training is complete.

Those who assist with applications and learning about insurance options are called navigators. They must receive federal training and, in Indiana, state certification through the Indiana Department of Insurance. They are supposed to provide unbiased information not weighted toward any plan or insurance provider. “By going through this, the federal government is saying, ‘These are people we think you can trust,’� Roos said.

The trouble is, with so much to be done in time for the roll out of enrollment Tuesday, not everybody is going to be ready. “Both the state and the feds are facing a bottleneck and are trying to get people trained as soon as possible,�

Roos said.

The healthcare.gov website will provide an area that shows who and where people can go to get help through navigators and certified assistance counselors.

As of Friday, only one county in northeast Indiana, LaGrange, showed help being available through the federal website. LaGrange residents are being directed to Maple City Health Care Center in Goshen.

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Q Even with the tax credit, the cost of providing health insurance may be more than he can afford.

Q If he expands his business to employ more than 50 full-time employees, he will be required to provide health insurance or face a fine of up to $2,000 for each employee after the first 30. He could also be fined if he chooses a plan that is not considered comprehensive or affordable.

Businesses will not have to comply with this provision of the law until 2015.

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ENROLLMENT: Community Action will be able to provide assistance They (the increasing insurance 2014. People in northeast their number company) keep Indiana can start signing up of choices, sending me for insurance through the said a news showing LOOK FOR VIDEO letters telling federal health care website how to enroll for a federal release issued me they are starting Tuesday, save for Marketplace exchange at last week by working to congressional action that HHS. kpcnews.com would block implementation protect my Premium coverage,� of the law or a shut down and plan Kidd said. of the federal government. options are Kidd, through her role The program isn’t fully broken down by a variety as an occupational therapy implemented until January, of factors. For example, the and there’s a grace period to provider, has come across HHS report shows that a many people who have sign up.

27-year-old living in Indiana issues with the coming of In Indiana, people have who makes $25,000 per year Obamacare. to sign up through a federal will pay $80 per month for “As a medical profesexchange. Other states have the lowest cost bronze plan sional, I see way too much opted to offer their own and $145 per month for the beyond what has affected health insurance exchanges. second lowest cost silver me personally. This is a bad plan, taking into account tax There’s plenty of time to idea,� Kidd said. study the options and make credits. For a family of four decisions, people familiar in Indiana with an income of with the ACA say. $50,000 per year, the lowest Ways to enroll “The other thing to bronze plan would cost only remember is open enroll$46 per month, taking into ment starts Oct. 1 and goes Enrollment for the account tax credits. until March 31, so you exchanges offered through Not taking into account have a full six months to the federal government starts the possible tax credits, make your decision,� said Tuesday. There are a variety a 27-year-old individual Elizabeth Surgener, spokesof ways to enroll and get would pay anywhere from woman for the U.S. Departinformation on enrollment $168 a month for bare-bones ment of Health & Human options. Tuesday is the “catastrophic� coverage Services. beginning, not a deadline. to $332 monthly for the Not much human help “You may apply to the least expensive of highestis available in northeast Marketplace in person, over tier “gold� plans. And a Indiana for people who are the phone, online (healthhypothetical family of four trying to wade their way care.gov) or by mail. Our with the second-lowest through the system. Some, call center (800-318-2596) is “silver� plan could pay up to who already have private open 24/7 and has the ability $961 a month. insurance, say they are to answer questions, refer The tax credits come having difficulty dealing individuals to local resources when income tax returns are with their insurers. for in person assistance and filed.

Angie Kidd of Ligonier take applications right over is currently insured by the phone,� Surgener said.

Help is available one of the four insurance “For individuals who wish companies authorized in to apply online, we have a Indiana to provide coverage live chat feature available to In addition to possible through the health exchanges answer their questions 24/7 assistance through the HHS and is already seeing ramifi- as well.� websites and personnel, cations in anticipation of there will be people It is expected some Obamacare taking effect. available to weave the 500,000 Hoosiers are In Indiana, people needing way through the maze of going to be eligible for insurance through the ACA insurance through the federal insurance possibilities. must go through the federal “There are a whole range exchange. A variety of exchange, then decide which options are available. of options if you get down to coverage best suits their the weeds of it,� said David Individuals in Indiana needs and budget. One of Roos, executive director of will have an average of 34 those insurers is Anthem qualified health plan choices. Covering Kids and Families Blue Cross-Blue Shield. of Indiana, South Bend.

Plans in the Marketplace “I’m just trying to keep will be categorized as either For Hoosiers, Roos said, the insurance I have and still “gold,� “silver� or “bronze.� the federal website offers be able to afford it. It just Young adults also will have the best information because went up $500 annually in the option of purchasing Indiana has not set up its anticipation of the rollout. a “catastrophic� plan, own marketplace. Another

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Indiana prepares for health roll out INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — More than 500,000 Indiana residents without health insurance will be able to start buying it Tuesday under the Affordable Care Act, but while some are likely to decipher the federal website on their own with a few computer clicks, others will need so-called “navigators� to guide them toward the right plan.

Although the law that defined President Barack Obama’s domestic agenda remains a source of partisan gridlock in Washington, this week marks the rollout of the exchanges where uninsured residents can shop for coverage that most will soon be required to carry.

Indiana was one of 36 states that opted not to run their own exchange, or online marketplace, deferring to the federal government to create it for them. The 34 health plans that will be sold on Indiana’s exchange range from less than $100 a month for bare-bones coverage for an individual to close to $1,000 a month for a family of four.

The open enrollment period for buying insurance through the website (www. healthcare.gov) will run from Tuesday through March 31.

Coverage will begin Jan. 1.

But figuring out the system won’t be easy for everyone.

That’s where people like Marla Asberry come in. As lead outreach and health specialist for Open Door Health Services, Asberry is a public insurance broker, or navigator, trained by the state and federal government to help residents choose the right plans. “It’s anybody’s guess how that first day is going to roll out,� she said.

Asberry and other navigators she works with have already been getting questions about the exchange and are prepared for many more this week. They have spent the past few months completing federal and state training, from learning state insurance rules to helping

residents avoid fraud that could crop up with the opening of the exchange.

Republican Gov. Mike Pence has been no fan of the federal health care law — even apologizing last year after equating the Supreme Court ruling upholding it with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

However, his new administration has still been working to provide some key backup ahead of the opening of the exchange.

The state has hired, temporarily, 150 new caseworkers to handle an expected spike in residents seeking Medicaid coverage via the “woodwork effect� — an increase of enrollees. The state also has run tests on its phone system to ensure it will be able to handle call volumes.

State and federal officials already have pointed a few obstacles they expect to work through after the exchange is up and running. State officials noted last week that integrating the state’s Medicaid enrollment system with the federal exchange online could take another month. National advocates for Hispanic immigrants also pointed out last week that the federal government is behind in rolling out Spanish-language services for non-native speakers.

Anyone earning less than the federal poverty level — $11,500 for a single adult and $23,500 for a family of four — is exempt from having to buy insurance.

Anyone earning up to four times the federal poverty level — $46,000 for a single adult and $94,200 for a family of four — will qualify for federal tax subsidies but have to buy insurance through the exchange to get the federal benefit.

The federal website takes residents page by page through a series of questions about age, employment, earnings and that will be used to determine what plans they will qualify for and how much they will pay each month.

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HAMILTON — Hattie Hulbert, age 89, of rural Hamilton, Indiana, died at 4:20 P.M. on Thursday, September 26, 2013, from injuries suffered in an auto accident in Hamilton.

Mrs. Hulbert was Mrs. Hulbert formerly employed

by Plas-Tec in Edon, Ohio, and retired from Textron in Angola, Indiana.

During World War II, she was like a “Rosie the Riveter,” working on the production of B-24 planes at the Willow Run Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Known as a hard worker, she provided a home for her large family, most often preparing family meals for thirteen or more. She enjoyed working in her flower beds and around her yard, tending to her cats and cooking and canning.

Hattie Hulbert was born on February 19, 1924, in Jackson, Michigan, the daughter of Alden and Lydia (Shaver) McGee. She married Donald E. Kellogg in 1940 and he preceded her in death in 1968. She then married Charles E. Hulbert on May 26, 1970, in Bryan, Ohio, and he preceded her in death on May 15, 1996.

Survivors include four daughters, Doris (Evan) Bechtel, of LaCygne, Kansas, Carol Mason and JoAnn (Donald) Mohr, both of Edon, Ohio, and Judy (John) Lingo, of Hamilton; five sons, Edward (Diana) Kellogg, Lyle (Evelyn) Kellogg, Fred Kellogg, John (Shelley) Kellogg and Howard Kellogg, all of Edon; and fifteen grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren, three stepgreat-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Preceding her in death in addition to her husbands were three grandchildren, four brothers and two sisters.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, from 4-8 P.M. in the Krill Funeral Home, Edon. Services will be held on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at 11 A.M. in the Krill Funeral Home, Edon.

Interment will follow in the Edon Cemetery.

Memorials are requested to the Steuben County Humane Society.

To sign the online register or to send condolences, please visit www.krillfuneralservice. com.

LAGRANGE — Anna Mae Hochstetler, 84, of LaGrange, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at Miller’s Merry Manor, LaGrange.

Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Alvin Miller residence, 4285 S. C.R. 500W, Topeka.

Burial will take place in Miller Cemetery.

Calling will be today after 3 p.m. and all day Tuesday at the Alvin Miller residence.

Frurip-May Funeral Home, LaGrange, is assisting with arrangements

Ricky Kline INDIANAPOLIS — Ricky Kline, 53, of Indianapolis and formerly of Ligonier died in Indianapolis on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013.

Arrangements are pending with Yeager Funeral Home, Ligonier.

Samuel Gossett ZEBULON, N.C. — Samuel Lee Gossett, 71 of Zebulon, N.C., died Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in Wake County, N.C. Memorial services will be held in Murphysboro, Ill.

Roy Hall SOUTH MILFORD — Roy Y. Hall, 88, of South Milford died Sunday, Sept.

29, 2013, at home.

Calling will be Wednesday from 4-8 p.m. at Hite Funeral Home, Kendallville.

Services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at South Milford United Methodist Church, with an hour of calling before services.

Burial will be at Brushy Chapel Cemetery, LaGrange County.

Memorials are to South Milford United Methodist Church or Parkview Noble Hospice.

Charlyene Hall SOUTH MILFORD — Charlyene Hall, 82, of South Milford died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, at home.

Calling will be Wednesday from 4-8 p.m. at Hite Funeral Home, Kendallville.

Services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at South Milford United Methodist Church, with an hour of calling before services.

Burial will be at Brushy Chapel Cemetery, LaGrange County.

Memorials are to South Milford United Methodist Church or Parkview Noble Hospice.

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Stars take part in anti-poverty show NEW YORK (AP) — Stevie Wonder gave and electrifying performance at New York’s Central Park in front of thousands of fans and several world leaders Saturday, singing his hits and calling for an end to poverty worldwide at the Global Citizen Festival.

Bono gave a funky, rousing introduction to Wonder, who headlined the second annual concert.

Wonder wowed audience members, who danced and sang along to songs including “Superstition” and “Isn’t She Lovely.”

“This is a global celebration,” Wonder yelled to the crowd. “We will end extreme world poverty in our lifetime.”

Wonder has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on disabilities since 2009. Messengers have recognized talents in the arts, academia and sports and help bring attention to U.N. work.

The Global Citizen Festival coincides with the U.N. General Assembly.

Fans earned free tickets for helping spread the word or volunteering to help end world poverty.

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Stevie Wonder performs at the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park on Saturday in New York. Stevie Wonder gave and electrifying performance at New York’s Central Park in front of thousands of fans and several world leaders Saturday, singing his hits and calling for an end to poverty worldwide at the Global Citizen Festival.

included Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

“There is so much energy here tonight. We can power the world,” Ban told the crowd.

Will.i.am and Olivia Wilde were among the celebrity attendees.

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PHOENIX (AP) — From the triple-digit temperatures the day before to the gusty winds that kicked up in a matter of hours, nearly every detail leading up the June deaths of 19 Arizona firefighters has been painstakingly spelled out by investigators.

Even though they say proper procedure was followed, the families of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and members of Congress have wasted no time in asking that lessons be learned from the deaths.

The challenge now, experts say, is figuring out how to prevent another tragedy as the threat of wildfire shows no sign of diminishing in the nation’s overgrown, drought-stricken forests and foothills. One way, they say, is to invest in GPS tracking technology for firefighters.

“Real-time information on the location of crews and the location of the fire, if those two things had been known, this accident could have been prevented,” said Bill Grabbert, a retired wildland firefighter, fire management officer and author.

The results of a three-month investigation released Saturday outline a series of missteps by the crew and commanders who were fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire, but specific

causes for the deaths are not included. Grabbert said such “milquetoast-type reports” are the result of federal legislation that opened the door to firefighters potentially being charged criminally for making mistakes while battling a blaze.

“It’s critically important that we learn from fires like this,” Grabbert said.

“But with the guidelines for writing reports like this, you end up with things being soft-pedaled. That makes it difficult, or impossible, to learn lessons that can prevent fatalities.”

A year after the deadly Thirtymile Fire in Washington state, Congress approved legislation in 2002 requiring an independent investigation whenever a U.S. Forest Service firefighter dies in an entrapment or burnover. In the Yarnell case, a team of local, state and federal fire experts conducted the investigation since the Granite Mountain Hotshots worked for the city of Prescott.

Brewer, in a statement issued Saturday, said she hopes the findings can further the healing process and give guidance for firefighters in Arizona and around the nation.

Other than reviewing communication plans and tracking firefighting crews, experts say the lessons from the Yarnell Hill Fire will

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“That’s it!” he yelled, then added: “Y’all wanna jam some more?”

John Mayer also performed Saturday and was

a favorite with his solo work on the guitar. He was full of power when he performed “Slow Dancing In a Burning Room” and “Gravity.”

“It’s so nice to be here,” he said.

Other performers included Kings of Leon and Alicia Keys, whose set included “No One” and “Empire State of Mind.”

“I believe if we don’t care about each other, who will?” the singer said. “Help me celebrate tonight so we never forget.”

Wonder also had a touching moment when he sang John Lennon’s “Imagine” and encouraged the audience to lobby for more gun laws.

“Can you believe blind people have guns?” he said.

“Let’s keep it real. Ridiculous.”

Last year’s Global Citizen Festival featured Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters and The Black Keys. The festival’s nonprofit partners pledged $1.3 billion in new fundraising commitments last year.

Wonder, who played the piano and harmonica, was joined onstage by R&B singers Maxwell and Janelle Monae.

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The investigation revealed more than a half-hour of radio silence that occurred just before the Hotshots were overwhelmed by flames.

It’s not certain why the crew left what was believed to be a safe spot on a ridge that had previously burned and unknowingly walked to their deaths in a basin thick with dry brush. At the time they died, an airtanker was circling overhead, confused about their location. The

command center thought the crew had decided to stay put in the blackened area.

Despite identifying numerous problems, the report found that proper procedure was followed in the worst firefighting tragedy since Sept. 11, 2001.

Rather than assigning blame, wildfire investigations in the last decade since the Thirtymile Fire have evolved into studies of what has worked on the fire lines and what hasn’t.

Experts say the review of the Yarnell Hill Fire should prompt firefighters to ask themselves questions about how they would handle changes in weather or fire behavior and logistical challenges like radio traffic and miscommunication.

One of the questions posed by the report gets to the heart of firefighting culture, said Dick Mangan, a retired U.S. Forest Service safety official and consultant. “‘What would you do if you were told to do nothing?’ That’s really key,” he said. “All wildland firefighters — for that matter all firefighters, all police officers, EMTs, ambulance drivers — we’re all driven to do good and sometimes your ambition to do good, or what you think is good, overrides your training and experience and puts you in a very dangerous situation.”

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The following numbers were drawn Sunday in area lotteries: Hoosier Lottery: Evening, 5-6-9 and 5-4-5-2; Cash 5, 3-5-27-28-29; Quick Draw, 2-7-8-12-15-16-26-36-3839-45-49-50-51-55-6064-68-75-80; Poker Lotto, AH-5C-2C-KS-AC. Michigan: Midday, 7-4-6 and 2-0-4-4; Evening, 0-3-9 and 6-6-5-4; Fantasy 5, 08-19-22-24-39; Keno, 02-04-05-09-10-21-24-2629-30-37-44-47-50-51-5459-62-66-70-76-78.

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Briefly • Fundraiser planned for Garrett teen pageant contestant GARRETT — Natalie Hicks of Garrett is participating in the Miss Indiana Teen USA pageant, in Carmel, on Nov. 2-3.

The competition is the state preliminary to the Miss Universe organization’s Miss Teen USA.

An “In Pursiut of the Crown, Shop ‘til You Drop� fundraising event is planned Saturday, Hicks Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cupbearer Cafe, 138 E. Seventh St., Auburn.

Vendors are still needed

for the event, and a raffle is also underway for a half of a hog and other items.

Contact Shelly Staples Hicks at 553-0503 for more information or to purchase raffle tickets, which cost $5 each or 5 for $20.

Sponsors so far include Beacon Credit Union, NE Hoosier Business, The Cupbearer Cafe, Nucor Fastener, family and friends.

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Tourney supports animal shelter On Sept. 7, local young men held their third annual Wiffle Ball tournament in Waterloo. All proceeds from the tourney went to the DeKalb Humane Society’s animal shelter. Seven teams raised $75 to buy pet food and supplies, which were

delivered to the shelter the following week. From left are tourney organizers Spencer Buttermore, Quinton Rumsey and Cameron Buttermore. Additional organizers were Tyler Littlejohn and Brycen Spangler.

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The Butler Public Library was recently awarded a $9,467 grant under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act. The library purchased 13 new public access computers. Ten of the new computers are located in the center of the library and three are located in the Teen Zone.

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Coke collection The library collects lids from bottles of Coke products for “My Coke Rewards,� and cashes in the points for free magazine subscriptions and prizes for children’s reading programs.

Patrons can drop off lids at the collection box near the circulation desk. Single bottles have the code printed inside the cap. Cases have a code printed inside the

The third annual tasting event, Library Libations, is planned for Nov. 7 from 6-9 p.m. The evening will include food and wine tasting, as well as the opportunity to bid on silent auction items.Tickets will be available for purchase at the library.

Tickets are $20 per person and $40 per couple.

The event is made possible by the Friends of the Butler Public Library.

Preschool story times return Children up to age 5 and their parents or caregivers are welcome on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. or Wednesdays at 10 a.m. for fun with books.

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Little River Chorus rehearsal: 6-9 p.m.

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Bingo: Early games start at 6 p.m. National Military History Center, 5634 C.R. 11-A, Auburn. 927-9144.

Tuesday, Oct. 1 Bingo: 6 p.m. Open to the public; food and drinks available. American Legion Post 97, 1729 Sprott St., Auburn.

Melody Makers Chorus Rehearsal: 7 p.m.

Garrett First Church of Christ, 213 E. King St., Garrett. 925-4448.

Auburn Elks: 8 p.m.

Regular meeting. Auburn Elks Lodge, 311 E. Ninth St., Auburn.

Thursday, Oct. 3 GriefShare: 6:45 p.m.

Bible-based recovery and support group for those grieving the death of someone. First Christian Church, 110 E. Waits Road, Kendallville.

Model Train Club Meeting: 7 p.m. Meets in the basement. Garrett Heritage Park Museum, 300 N. Randolph St., Garrett.

Friday, Oct. 4 Bingo: 6 p.m. Open to the public; food and drinks available. American Legion Post 97, 1729 Sprott St., Auburn.

Youth Movie Night: 6:30 p.m. Ashley Church of God, 101 N. Gonser Avenue, Ashley. 587-9565.

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Fall Fest 2013: 9 a.m.

Pumpkin, gourd and mum sale. Baked goods, live auction, children’s area, Burger Bash contest and corn hole tournament.

DeKalb High School choir group will perform. Hosted by the DeKalb Community Impact Corp. Rieke Park.

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Bingo: Early games start at 6 p.m. National Military History Center, 5634 C.R. 11-A, Auburn. 927-9144.

Sunday, Oct. 6 Benefit for Deputy Meeks: 1 p.m. Dinner and live auction to benefit the family of Deputy Adam Meeks, injured on duty Aug. 24. Fremont Moose Lodge, 1665 S.R. 120, Fremont.

Caboose Festival: 1-4 p.m. The free family event will feature crafts, activities, food and games. The Historical Society Museum will be open from 2-4 p.m. displaying a collection of railroad and historical memorabilia including a mail and baggage car, watchman’s shanty, a C & 0 caboose and model railroad layout. Heritage Park, 300 N. Randolph St., Garrett. garrettindiana.com.

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Thomas R Stilley, 18403 Devall Rd, Spencerville, Secretary.

RR1702350 Beer Wine & Liquor Restaurant (210) Renewal. Topp & Topp Inc, 102 W. State St., Ashley, IN. D/B/A Joe’s Place.

Gina M. Topp, 1095 S. Center St., Waterloo, President.

Gina M. Topp, 1095 S. Center St., Waterloo, Secretary.

Alcohol and Tobacco Commission TS,00353673,9/30,hspaxlp NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE ON DECREE IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACTION AND NOTICE TO OWNERS IN THE DEKALB SUPERIOR COURT I CAUSE NO. 17D01-1301-MF-00007 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF DEKALB, SS: GARRETT STATE BANK, PLAINTIFF, VS. WAYDE C. ANDERSON, TREASURER OF DEKALB COUNTY, FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK, AND ANDREW DAVIS, DEFENDANTS. By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of Superior II Court, DeKalb County, Indiana, in Cause No. 17D01-1301 -MF-00007 wherein Garrett State Bank was Plaintiff and Wayde C. Anderson was Defendant, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and cost,

I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder on the 21st day of November, 2013, at the hour of 2:00 o'clock A.M./P.M. or as soon thereafter as is possible, at 215 E. 8th Street, Auburn, IN 46706, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in DeKalb County, Indiana.

Part of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 34 North, Range 14 East, Wilmington Civil Township, DeKalb County, Indiana, described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the existing pavement centerline of S. R. 8 with the East line of the West Half of Southeast Quarter of said Section 32, said beginning point being North 00 degrees 00 minutes East, 1534.03 feet from a fence post found at the Southeast corner of the West Half of Southeast Quarter of said Section 32; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes East (assumed bearing) along the said East line being also the West line of lands recorded in Deed Record 181 page 436 and also the West line of lands recorded in Deed Record 152 page 379, 876.0 feet to the center of Frank Sebert Drain; thence North 86 degrees 39 minutes 50 seconds West along center of said drain 313.91 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East parallel with the East line of West Half of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 32, 434.91 feet to a #4 rebar set; thence South 89 degrees 27 minutes 50 seconds West, 383.02 feet to a #4 rebar set; thence North 06 degrees 36 minutes 20 seconds East, 470.37 feet to the existing pavement centerline of S. R. 8; thence South 83 degrees 42 minutes 30 seconds East along said centerline 1.10 feet to a point of curvature; thence continuing along said centerline along a curve to the left having a radius of 3579.96 feet, a chord of South 85 degrees 16 minutes 35 seconds East, 195.93 feet, a distance of 195.95 feet to a point of tangency; thence South 86 degrees 50 minutes 40 seconds East still along S. R. 8 centerline 446.60 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 10.00 acres more or less.

More commonly known as: 5478 SR 8, Auburn, Indiana, 46706 Parcel No.: 17-07-32-400-005.000 -026 Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. “Subject to all liens, encumbrances and easements of record not otherwise extinguished in the proceedings known as Cause 17D02-1301-MF -00006 in the Superior II Court of the County of DeKalb, Indiana.

Sheriff of DeKalb County Wilmington Township 215 E. 8th Street Auburn, IN 46706 Brinkerhoff & Brinkerhoff, PC 101 N. Randolph Street P. O. Box 269 Garrett, IN 46738 260-357-5111 SERVICE DIRECTED TO: Wayde C. Anderson, 5027 CR 69, St. Joe, In 46785. TYPE OF SERVICE: First Class U. S. Mail.

Andrew David Kruse, Esquire, 143

E. Ninth Street, Auburn, IN 46706.

TYPE OF SERVICE: First Class U. S. Mail.

James P. McCanna, Esquire, 1320 S. Grandstaff, P.O. Box 543, Auburn, IN 46706. TYPE OF SERVICE: First Class U. S. Mail.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 8200 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22102. TYPE OF SERVICE: First Class U. S. Mail.

The Sheriff's Department does not warrant the accuracy of the street addressed published herein.

NOTICE THE GARRETT STATE BANK IS A DEBT COLLECTOR, THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TS,00354728,9/30,10/7,14,hspaxlp NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE ON DECREE IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACTION AND NOTICE TO OWNERS IN THE DEKALB SUPERIOR COURT II CAUSE NO. 17D02-1301-MF-00006 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF DEKALB, SS: GARRETT STATE BANK, PLAINTIFF, VS. WAYDE C. ANDERSON, TREASURER OF DEKALB COUNTY, FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE AND CHRYSTAL BLACKBURN, DEFENDANTS. By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of Superior II Court, DeKalb County, Indiana, in Cause No. 17D02-1301 -MF-00006 wherein Garrett State Bank was Plaintiff and Wayde C. Anderson was Defendant, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and cost, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder on the 21st day of November, 2013, at the hour of 2:00 o'clock A.M./P.M. or as soon thereafter as is possible, at 215 E. 8th Street, Auburn, IN 46706, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in DeKalb County, Indiana.

A part of the East one-half (1/2) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section Eleven (11), Township 34 North, Range 14 East, Wilmington Civil Township, DeKalb County, Indiana and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron pipe North 85 degrees 37 minutes 34 seconds West on and along the southerly right-of-way line of the Penn-Central (formerly Lake Shore and Michigan Southern) Railroad, 132.39 feet to an iron pipe and due South, 409.77 feet from a 6" x 7" Wood Corner Post and iron pipe on said southerly railroad right-of-way line, said wood corner post and iron pipe being 437 feet west of the east boundary line of the northwest quarter (1/4) of said Section Eleven (11) and 1215 feet south of the north boundary line of the northwest quarter of said Section Eleven (11); said wood corner post and iron pipe also being situated at the northeast corner of the first tract of land described in a Warranty Deed from Garman Haller to Lucia L. Love

dated December 31, 1940and recorded January 2, 1941 in Deed Record Volume 113 at page 184; thence due South (assumed bearing and basis of all bearings to follow in this description), 270.00 feet to an iron pipe on the northly right-of-way line of the Vandalia Railroad (now abandoned); thence South 65 degrees 10 minutes 35 seconds West on and along said northerly railroad right-of-way line, 264.43 feet to an iron pipe; thence due North, 381.02 feet to an iron pipe; thence due East.

240.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 1.793 acres. Together with the ingress and egress easement described in the Grant of Easement dated May 6, 1994, recorded May 9, 1994 in Deed Record 207 at page 230 in the office of the Recorder of DeKalb County, Indiana.

More commonly known as: 429 Walnut Street, Butler, Indiana 46721 Parcel No.: 17-07-11-176-003.000 -036 Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. “Subject to all liens, encumbrances and easements of record not otherwise extinguished in the proceedings known as Cause 17D02-1301-MF -00006 in the Superior II Court of the County of DeKalb, Indiana.

Sheriff of DeKalb County Wilmington Township 215 E. 8th Street Auburn, IN 46706 Brinkerhoff & Brinkerhoff, PC 101 N. Randolph Street P. O. Box 269 Garrett, IN 46738 260-357-5111 SERVICE DIRECTED TO: Wayde C. Anderson, 5027 CR 69, St. Joe, In 46785. TYPE OF SERVICE: First Class U. S. Mail.

Chrystal Blackburn, 429 Walnut Street, Butler, IN 46721. TYPE OF SERVICE: First Class U. S. Mail.

DeKalb County Treasurer, 100 S. Main Street, Auburn, IN 46706.

TYPE OF SERVICE: First Class U. S. Mail.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 8200 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22102. TYPE OF SERVICE: First Class U. S. Mail.

The Sheriff's Department does not warrant the accuracy of the street addressed published herein.

NOTICE THE GARRETT STATE BANK IS A DEBT COLLECTOR, THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TS,00354730,9/30,10/7,14,hspaxlp

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at midnight today.

“You’re going to shut down the government if you can’t prevent millions of Americans from getting affordable care,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. “The House has twice now voted to keep the government open. And if we have a shutdown, it will only be because when the Senate comes back, Harry Reid says, ‘I refuse even to talk,’” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who led a 21-hour broadside against allowing the temporary funding bill to advance if stripped clean of a tea party-backed provision to derail Obamacare. The effort ultimately failed.

The battle started with a House vote to pass the short-term funding bill with a provision that would have eliminated the federal dollars needed to put President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul into place. The Senate voted along party lines to strip that out and lobbed the measure back to the House.

The latest House measure, passed early Sunday by a near party-line vote of 231-192, sent back to the Senate two key changes: a one-year delay of key provisions of the health insurance law and repeal of a new tax on medical devices that partially funds it, steps that still go too far for The White House and its Democratic allies on Capitol Hill.

Senate rules often make it difficult to act quickly, but the chamber can act on the House’s latest proposals by simply calling them up and killing them.

Eyes were turning to the

House for its next move.

One of its top leaders vowed the House would not simply give in to Democrats’ demands to pass the Senate’s “clean” funding bill.

“The House will get back together in enough time, send another provision not to shut the government down, but to fund it, and it will have a few other options in there for the Senate to look at again,” said the No. 3 House Republican leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California. “We are not shutting the government down.”

He suggested that House Republicans would try blocking a mandate that individuals buy health insurance or face a tax penalty, saying there might be some Democratic support in the Senate for that.

On the other hand, Democrats said the GOP’s bravado may fade as the deadline to avert a shutdown nears.

Asked whether he could vote for a “clean” temporary funding bill, Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, said he couldn’t. But Labrador added, “I think there’s enough people in the Republican Party who are willing to do that. And I think that’s what you’re going to see.”

A leading Senate GOP moderate called on her fellow Republicans to back down.

“I disagree with the strategy of linking Obamacare with the continuing functioning of government — a strategy that cannot possibly work,” said Sen. Susan Collins,

R-Maine.

McCarthy wouldn’t say what changes Republicans might make. He appeared to suggest that a very short-term measure might pass at the last minute, but GOP aides said that was unlikely.

And rumors Saturday night that GOP leaders might include a provision to deny lawmakers and staff aides their employer health care contributions from the government had cooled by Sunday afternoon.

Lawmakers and congressional aides are required to purchase health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, but the administration has taken steps to make sure they continue to receive their 72 percent employer contribution.

Republicans argued that Reid should have convened the Senate on Sunday to act on the measure.

“If the Senate stalls until Monday afternoon instead of working today, it would be an act of breathtaking arrogance by the Senate Democratic leadership,” said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. “They will be deliberately bringing the nation to the brink of a government shutdown.”

In the event lawmakers blow today’s deadline, about 800,000 workers would be forced off the job without pay. Some critical services such as patrolling the borders, inspecting meat and controlling air traffic would continue. Social Security benefits would be sent, and the Medicare and Medicaid health care programs for the elderly and poor would continue to pay doctors and hospitals.

In the meantime, an area pastor recommended Sister Elsie help fill in as pulpit supply at Calvary, which had been two years without a pastor. After doing so on and off over the course of a year, the church’s call committee asked her to serve there in a pastoral role.

“I have no training to be in this job, absolutely none,” she said. “I had never had a preaching course that was not part of the courses that I took at school, because this isn’t what I wanted to do.

And this is where I wound up.

“I told them, ‘I’m not the person you need,’ and they said, ‘You’re the one we want,’ and I’ve been here ever since.”

Though Sister Elsie felt unprepared for her job, the church expanded its ministries under her leadership. Current efforts include a women’s group making more than 60 quilts sent to

Lutheran World Federation and congregation members working at the local food pantry.

Thanks to grants from the Lutheran Foundation and United Way, the church hosts the monthly Community Table — including providing toiletries, diapers and other items that can’t be purchased with food stamps to those who attend.

“I think (the congregation has) been pleased with the things that we’ve done, with the ministries that are coming out of this church,” Sister Elsie said. “I keep encouraging them not to focus inwardly, but to focus out. They need to take their ministry outside the door.”

This detour to Sister Elsie’s plans will come to an end Sunday when she takes the pulpit at Calvary for the final time. Advancing years — she turns 80 on Oct. 23 — and a bout with breast cancer last year convinced her it was time to move on.

She said she will miss the people of the congregation the most, especially the children. The church, which can afford only a part-time pastor, has been encouraged to pool resources with like-minded church bodies, she said.

She wishes someone who has experience with youth and families could be brought in.

“I think the community needs it. There is nothing here for the kids,” she said.

Her future plans include travel, and perhaps going back to work in hospice or with cancer services programs, something she found was lacking in the area through her own experience.

But if God has other plans, who knows?

“God has a funny way of working things out in His own time,” she said.

“Sometimes I get anxious to have it be my time, and it’s not my time, it’s His time, so sometimes I just have to wait.”

Newtown survivors still living with their fears NEWTOWN, Conn.

(AP) — A few nights after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, David Posey heard a strange noise in his house and went upstairs to check on his son. The little boy, who had just seen his teacher and a first-grade classmate gunned down, was pounding on the floor.

“I know where the bad guy is,” the child told his father, indicating down below, in hell. “I’m beating him up.”

Hundreds of children at the school that day survived the shooting, but the horrors have been especially difficult to overcome for some of the 6- and 7-year-olds who witnessed the bloodbath.

Among the survivors are a dozen first-graders from the two classrooms where the gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle.

Nightmares are persistent, and any reminder of the attack — a fire alarm, a clap of thunder, even the sound of an intercom — can stir feelings of panic. At the building in a neighboring town where the survivors recently began a new school year, signs ask people to close doors softly and not

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In this file photo, a bus traveling from Newtown, Conn., to Monroe, Conn. stops near 26 angel signs posted along the roadside as a tribute to Sandy Hook Elementary School students. Chalk Hill School in Monroe was overhauled especially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting.

to drag objects across the floor.

Their parents, grateful their children are even alive, have struggled out of public view, another set of families left reeling from the attack. For all the hugs and assurances they are safe, the parents can no longer tell their children there are no such things as monsters.

“The worst part is the helplessness,” said Hugo Rojas, whose son also witnessed the shooting.

“You want to take that pain away. You want to be able to take those nightmares away, but you can’t.”

The gunman, Adam Lanza, who killed 20 children and six educators at the school, shot his way into the building the morning of Dec. 14.

As the sound of gunfire and shells hitting the floor rang out from the hallway, the children in Victoria Soto’s class were moved to the back of their room.

They were sitting on the floor when Lanza burst through the door. No one spoke, not even Lanza. The gunman pointed his gun at the face of Posey’s son, just inches away. But he didn’t shoot him.

“He said he kind of just stared down the kids,” Posey said. “My personal belief is that at that particular time he hadn’t crossed the threshold of shooting a

child.”

Lanza shot the teacher.

And a girl. As Lanza reloaded his gun, children including Posey’s and Rojas’ sons ran past blood, shattered glass and the body of their principal, lying on the hallway floor.

After firing off 154 rifle shots within five minutes, Lanza killed himself with a handgun as police arrived.

He also killed his mother that morning before driving to the school.

Posey and Rojas described in interviews how any reminder of the attack would traumatize their sons.

To protect their privacy, they asked that the boys’ names not be published.

Most of the families of the surviving witnesses have tried to shield their children’s identities and struggles and have declined to speak publicly.

Two months after the shooting, Posey and his family were in the grocery store when an announcement came over the intercom. His son insisted they leave immediately.

Posey was baffled, but his son later explained the intercom was on when Lanza began his rampage inside Sandy Hook. “‘When the intercom goes off, that’s when something bad is about to happen,’” he recalled his son telling him.

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Zerkle said she likes working with her “own ideas and designs,” and many of her quilts are made from scraps she collects.

“I like multicolored designs,” Zerkle said. “I like to recycle.”

Admission to the show is $7 per person. Vendors will be on site and a raffle quilt made from last year’s quilt block contest will be sold.

The Retired Senior Volunteer Program serves DeKalb, Noble and Steuben and LaGrange counties.

For more information, call Shirley Johnson of RSVP at 925-0917.

Quilt block contest • Guest can contribute to this year’s RSVP Sampler Quilt. The color theme is “Shades of Black and White.”

• Blocks can be made from a pattern of choice using applique, pieced or combination. Blocks must measure by 12 1/2 inches to be used in the sampler quilt.

• Email sjohnson@ccfwsb. org for an application to display a quilt, consign a quilt, or to contribute to the quilt block contest.

• Entries for the quilt block are due by Oct. 11.

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Colts put the hurt to Jags INDIANAPOLIS .....................37 JACKSONVILLE .......................3 BUFFALO ..................................23 BALTIMORE ............................20 DETROIT....................................40 CHICAGO..................................32 CLEVELAND............................17 CINCINNATI ...............................6 KANSAS CITY........................31 N.Y. GIANTS ...............................7 MINNESOTA...........................34 PITTSBURGH........................27 ARIZONA...................................13 TAMPA BAY..............................10 SEATTLE....................................23 HOUSTON................................20 DENVER.....................................52 PHILADELPHIA ....................20

PITTSBURGH...........................4 CINCINNATI ...............................2 TAMPA BAY.................................7 TORONTO....................................6 BALTIMORE ...............................7 BOSTON.......................................6 N.Y. METS ....................................3 MILWAUKEE ..............................2 MIAMI .............................................1 DETROIT.......................................0

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts got away with a sluggish start.

It certainly helped that they were playing one of the worst teams in the league.

Andrew Luck threw two touchdown passes, Trent Richardson ran for a score and the Colts became the latest to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars by double digits, 37-3 Sunday.

The Colts (3-1) were a little sloppy in the first half — Luck threw interceptions on his first two drives and missed several open receivers — but it was hardly enough to made a difference against the Jaguars (0-4).

“It wasn’t an ideal start,” Luck said. “It was more of a terrible start to the game offensively for us. …

We sort of woke up in the second half. Those two scoring drives were big for us. That is what we needed.”

Indianapolis led 20-3 at halftime — Jacksonville has been outscored 75-8 in the first half this season — and made it a laugher with consecutive touchdown drives in the third quarter.

Luck found Coby Fleener for a 31-yard score, a play in which even Fleener was surprised he was so wide open, and then connected with Reggie Wayne in the back of the end zone from 5 yards.

That made it 34-3 and sent many of the Jaguars faithful heading to the exits.

The Colts outgained the Jaguars 363-70 at that point.

Luck completed 22 of 36 passes for 260 yards, with two TDs and an interception. His other pick was negated by an offside penalty.

“The sky is the limit,” Colts coach Chuck Pagano said.

“Listening to him and talking to him, he did get off to a slow start, but he is an even-keeled guy. … He

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Indianapolis Colts’ running back Trent Richardson, right, gets a block from fullback Stanley Havili, center, as he runs past Jacksonville Jaguars’ outside linebacker Russell Allen

is one of those guys who can put things behind him and move on.

Talent combined with that kind of mindset, the sky is the limit.”

Wayne finished with five catches for 100 yards. Richardson ran 20 times for 60 yards. Fleener caught five passes for 77 yards.

Defensively, Robert Mathis had three sacks and cornerback Vontae Davis intercepted a pass and tipped another one that teammate Darius

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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s Lionel Messi will be sidelined for two to three weeks with an injury to his right leg, ruling him out of Tuesday’s Champions League match at Celtic and two World Cup qualifiers for Argentina.

Messi hurt a muscle in his right thigh after scoring in Barcelona’s 2-0 win at Almeria on Saturday.

It is Messi’s second leg injury of the season. He missed the second game of the season.

past two games because of a hand injury, completed 17 of 32 passes for 179 yards, with three interceptions. All of them bounced off receivers’ hands.

“Too much inconsistency,” Gabbert said. “We killed ourselves on some drives.”

Maurice Jones-Drew ran 13 times for 23 yards — against the team he has his most career yards against.

Trojans coach-hunting after whipping

N.Y. YANKEES ..........................5 HOUSTON...................................1

Messi sidelined with leg injury

Butler caught and returned 41 yards for a score and a 10-3 lead.

“We don’t have enough (game balls) to go around anymore,” Pagano said. “They have to order some. … We can certainly give one to everyone on defense. Three points, the yardage and everything we talked about, just outstanding.”

Nothing was good for the home team.

Blaine Gabbert, who missed the

USC dumps Kiffin

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The governing body head over Indiana high school sports says it will investigate a brawl that erupted in a football game involving players, coaches and fans of both teams.

Indiana High School Athletic Association Commissioner Bobby Cox says a discovery meeting will occur this week with officials from Indianapolis Tech and Fort Wayne South high schools.

Cox told a Fort Wayne newspaper “we will come to some determination on what to do about this unfortunate event.”

Footage from WISH-TV showed a Tech player being tackled well out of bounds by a South player, drawing a late-hit penalty and triggering a melee. Coaches from each team are seen punching each other.

Police told The Indianapolis Star no one was arrested or hospitalized.

(50) for a 1-yard touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler (6) fumbles the ball after a hit from Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (90) during the third quarter of an NFL football game at Ford Field Sunday in Detroit. The fumble was recovered by Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley for a 4-yard touchdown.

Lions, Bush top Bears

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Reggie Bush was worried about how his banged-up left knee would hold up in his return.

As it turned out, the Chicago Bears had plenty of concerns about the speedy, dual-threat running back they couldn’t slow down.

Bush’s 37-yard touchdown run helped Detroit score 27 points in the second quarter and he accounted for 173 yards of offense to help the Lions beat Chicago 40-32 Sunday.

“I was a little nervous,” Bush said of his knee after missing a game with the injury.

Detroit (3-1) moved into a first-place tie with Chicago (3-1) in the NFC North.

Bush had a season-high 139

yards rushing and a score on 18 carries, mostly up the middle as he took advantage of running lanes created against a line without defensive tackle Henry Melton.

SEAHAWKS 23, TEXANS 20 Steven Hauschka kicked a 45-yard field goal in overtime to give the Seattle Seahawks a 23-20 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday and the first 4-0 start in franchise history.

Houston (2-2) failed to score on two possessions in overtime.

The Seahawks got the win on their second drive in overtime after rallying from a 20-3 deficit.

A key play on the winning drive came when Doug Baldwin caught a 7-yard pass and SEE NFL, PAGE B2

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California fired Lane Kiffin early Sunday morning, ending the coach’s tumultuous tenure a few hours after the Trojans lost 62-41 at Arizona State.

USC posted a short news release on its sports website saying athletic director Pat Haden informed Kiffin of the decision “upon the team charter’s arrival back in Los Angeles” after the ugly defeat. The Trojans (3-2, 0-2 Pac-12) matched the most points allowed in school history in their seventh loss in 11 games.

Kiffin USC spokesman Tim Tessalone declined to confirm ESPN’s report that Ed Orgeron, Kiffin’s assistant head coach and the former Mississippi head coach, would take over in an interim role. Orgeron didn’t return a message from the AP. After Saturday’s loss, Kiffin said of his job security, “That’s the last thing I’m worried about.”

Now USC must finish an already disappointing season without Kiffin while looking for another coach to reboot its proud program. The Trojans have a bye this week before returning Oct. 10 at the Coliseum against Arizona.

Kiffin went 28-15 in parts of four seasons in his self-described dream job, but USC is 0-2 in conference play for the first time since 2001 after losses to Arizona State and Washington State.

The Trojans also were unimpressive on offense for most

of their three victories, stoking discontent around a school with sky-high expectations even at the tail end of heavy NCAA sanctions.

Kiffin received withering criticism for persisting in calling the Trojans’ offensive plays himself well into the school’s second straight poor offensive season.

Haden will hold a news conference later Sunday. The firing comes less than five months after Haden said Kiffin had “been as good as he can be” in the face of USC’s sanctions. Before this season began, Haden said he was “100 percent” behind the embattled Kiffin.

But like the precocious coach’s other two head coaching jobs, his USC tenure had a quick, messy exit.

Kiffin, the Trojans’ former co-offensive coordinator, was an NFL head coach at age 31, a head coach in the Southeastern Conference at 33 and USC’s head coach at 34. If there was a consistent trend to those stops with the Oakland Raiders, Tennessee and the Trojans, it was turmoil.

With Oakland, he lasted only 20 games as an overmatched head coach before his departure became a messy public feud with Al Davis, the late Raiders owner. His arrival in Tennessee was not warmly received by all Volunteers fans, given the loyalties many had to the former coach there, Phillip Fulmer — and then he infuriated them when he left after just 14 months to head back to the Trojans.

SEE USC, PAGE B2

Johnson wins record 8th at Dover International DOVER, Del. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson held off a teammate, passed a pair of Hall of Famers, and dominated once more at Dover.

His slice of track history was more than just another milestone to tack on his bio.

His latest win at his favorite track put the Chase field on notice that his run at a sixth championship in the No. 48 is gaining steam. Johnson never let Dale Earnhardt Jr. catch

him down the stretch Sunday and won for a record eighth time at Dover International Speedway.

Johnson had shared the mark of seven wins on the concrete mile with Bobby Allison and Richard Petty.

“Truthfully, it was the first thought that went through my mind when I crossed the finish line,” Johnson said. “It wasn’t long after I thought about the impact of winning in the Chase.”

Johnson’s win bumped him from third to second in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship standings.

Matt Kenseth, who won the first two Chase races, holds an eight-point over Johnson as the Chase heads to Kansas for the fourth race.

Led by Johnson’s fifth win, the entire top 10 was made up of Chase drivers. Joey Logano, Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five. Kevin Harvick, Kenseth, Ryan

Newman, Greg Biffle and Clint Bowyer completed the top 10.

“You’ve got to win when you’re at your best track,” Johnson said.

“We had to win here today. I think any points on the 18 or 20 would have been a very good day. Max points, it’s an awesome day.”

Not so much for Earnhardt, who had one of the fastest cars, but he missed pit road and gave up the lead early in the race.

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Local Sports Roundup • Prep Boys Soccer Lakers handle ECA ELKHART — Lakeland defeated Elkhart Christian Academy 5-0 on Saturday night.

The Lakers (8-5-2) led 3-0 at the half.

Dustin Cunningham and Samuel Garcia each scored twice for Lakeland.

Cunningham also had an assist. Nick Byler had a goal that was assisted by Eric Carmona.

Marco Olivares made three saves in the Laker goal to earn the shutout.

Prep Volleyball LPC defeated Lakeland LAGRANGE — Lakewood Park Christian swept Lakeland Saturday, 25-10, 25-13, 25-21.

Nicole McKibben had 15 assists for the Lakers, and Madison Campbell had 12 digs.

Rebecca Wooster had six kills, four digs and a solo block.

Middle School Cross Country DeKalb girls 4th at New Haven NEW HAVEN — Led by Tyler Swartz’s 13th-place overall finish in 16:31, the DeKalb Middle School girls finished fourth as a team at Saturday’s New Haven Invitational.

Madysen Snyder was 37th in 17:30 for the Patriots, followed by Bethany Kelley (39th, 17:32), Alyssa Wells (43rd, 17:38) and Sarah Fetter (54th, 17:52).

In the boys race, DeKalb’s Kaleb Garcia was 53rd in 16:37, followed by Matt Lamson (55th, 16:39), Marshall Beard (58th, 16:43), Carlos Vazquez (68th, 16:55) and Colton Gaier (87th, 17:22). The Patriots finished 10th in the team competition.

College Golf Trine men share 1st at home ANGOLA — Trine University’s men’s team tied for first with Calvin at 288 Saturday in the Thunder’s Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association jamboree at Zollner Golf Course.

Hope was third with 294 and Adrian was fourth with 296. Hope’s Winton Munch was medalist with a 3-under par 68.

The Knights took sole possession of the overall lead after six jamborees with 1,826. The Flying Dutchmen are second with 1,832. Trine moved into third ahead of Adrian, 1,839-1,844.

On Saturday, Graham Bennett tied for fourth place with a 71 to lead the Thunder.

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Corey Bremigan and Connor Dwyer tied for ninth with 72s. Nolan Eli fired a 73 and Bryce Moore had a 79.

Cody Knapp played as an individual for Trine and shot 74.

TU women 5th in jamboree KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Trine University’s women’s squad was fifth in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association jamboree Kalamazoo hosted on Saturday. The Thunder shot 358 at Milham Park Golf Club.

Olivet shot a course record 321 to win the tournament. Second-place Saint Mary’s was 15 shots back. Comet Adrienne Plourde was medalist with a 76.

Amy Worthington tied for second with an 80 to lead Trine. The Thunder also had an 89 from Julia DeBelly, 94 from Jamie Frost, 95 from Amanda McPherron and 99 from Leisha Beutler. Ryleigh Gordon played as an individual and shot a 90.

With two jamborees complete and four more to go, Trine is fifth with 724 and is 11 shots behind Hope for the fourth and final spot in the conference’s NCAA qualifier tournament that will be held in the spring.

Olivet leads the MIAA at 650 and the Belles are second at 677.

College Soccer Trine men lose at Hope HOLLAND, Mich. — Trine University’s men’s soccer team lost to Hope 4-1 Saturday night in a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association match at Van Andel Soccer Stadium.

The Thunder (2-5-1, 0-3 MIAA) scored first on an unassisted tally by Kenny Rappuhn a little over 10 minutes into the match.

The Flying Dutchmen (6-2-1, 2-1) outshot Trine 24-10. Chris Stewart made three saves in the Thunder goal.

College Tennis Trine women in tourney HOLLAND, Mich. — Trine University’s women’s tennis team took part in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Flighted Tournament Friday and Saturday at Hope College.

In singles play, Jessica Huhnke reached the quarterfinals in the A flight for the Thunder. Chrissy Uphaus and Erin Kwaske made the quarterfinals in the B flight.

Kwaske and Lexi Mack reached the semifinals in the B doubles flight.

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A key play on the winning drive came when Doug Baldwin caught a 7-yard pass and Kareem Jackson was penalized for unnecessary roughness for dumping him into the ground. That got Seattle in field goal range and Hauschka’s kick came four plays later.

The Seahawks rallied to tie it at 20-20 on an interception return for a touchdown

by Richard Sherman in the fourth quarter.

VIKINGS 34, STEELERS 27 Greg Jennings made two touchdown catches, Adrian Peterson ran for two scores and the Vikings’ defense made a big stop with time running out to preserve a win over the Steelers.

Playing at Wembley Stadium, Everson Griffen stripped Ben Roethlisberger on the 6-yard line with 19 seconds left. Kevin Williams recovered to seal the victory.

Jennings made a 70-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown and Peterson had a 60-yard score to help offset two scores by Pittsburgh rookie running back Le’Veon Bell and give Minnesota (1-3) some hope of turning its season around.

The Steelers fell to 0-4 for the first time since 1968.

Vikings quarterback Matt Cassel, starting in place of injured Christian Ponder, finished 16 of 25 for 248 yards and two touchdowns.

Roethlisberger was 36 for 51 for 383 yards, with one touchdown and one interception.

BRONCOS 52, EAGLES 20 The Broncos scored more points than they ever had in their 54-year history Sunday, led by Peyton Manning’s four touchdown throws.

With two TD passes each to Demaryius Thomas and Wes Welker, Manning completed all but a

half-dozen of his 34 throws for 327 yards. He didn’t even step on the field in the fourth quarter.

Manning’s 16 TD passes are the most in the first month of a season, besting the previous mark of 14 set

by Don Meredith in 1966 and tied by Kurt Warner in 1999. Manning also joined Milt Plum in 1960 as the only quarterbacks to throw that many touchdown passes without an interception.

Manning got off to a rather slow start, but drove the Broncos (4-0) on a trio of long touchdown drives in the third quarter to make this one another laugher against the Eagles (1-3).

CHARGERS 31, COWBOYS 20 Philip Rivers threw for 401 yards and three touchdowns, including a 56-yarder to Antonio Gates.

The Chargers (2-2) had blown late leads in their two losses this season. On Sunday, they scored the final 20 points to beat Dallas (2-2).

Rivers short-armed a pass over the middle to Gates, who slid behind linebacker Sean Lee to haul it in and score with 6:54 to go.

Lee had intercepted Rivers on a deflected pass and returned it 52 yards for a touchdown and a 21-10 lead late in the second quarter.

Dallas didn’t score again.

Tony Romo moved the Cowboys to the San Diego 7 and hit Terrance Williams, who fumbled at the 1. San Diego’s Richard Marshall recovered in the end zone with 2:42 left.

TITANS 38, JETS 13 Jake Locker threw a career-high three touchdowns before being taken to the hospital with an injured right hip. Locker was hurt early in the third quarter when hit first by Muhammad Wilkerson after throwing an incomplete pass, then

popped by Quinton Coples.

He grabbed at his hip as he went to the ground and was carted off the field before being loaded into an ambulance. The Titans had no immediate word on the severity of his injury.

Alterraun Verner intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble, Karl Klug sacked Geno Smith and stripped him of the ball for a TD as the Titans turned Smith’s four turnovers into 28 points. Ropati Pitoitua had two of Tennessee’s five sacks as the Titans (3-1) continued their surprising start.

The Jets (2-2) couldn’t overcome Smith’s rookie mistakes.

REDSKINS 24, RAIDERS 14 Robert Griffin III threw a go-ahead touchdown pass late in the third quarter to help Washington overcome an early 14-point deficit for its first win of the season.

David Amerson returned an interception for another score for the Redskins (1-3).

Washington looked ready to extend the worst start for the franchise since 2001 when they fell behind 14-0 after the first quarter thanks to a blocked punt touchdown and a scoring pass from Matt Flynn.

But the much-maligned Washington defense allowed the Raiders (1-3) no more points, taking advantage of an offense that was without starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor the entire game and starting running backs Darren McFadden and Marcel Reece for most of it.

BILLS 23, RAVENS 20 Buffalo rookie linebacker Kiko Alonso’s second interception of the game with 57 seconds remaining sealed a win over Baltimore.

Converted safety Aaron Williams also intercepted Joe Flacco twice, while Fred Jackson had 87 yards rushing and a touchdown for Buffalo.

Rays and Rangers force way into 163rd game with berth on line

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The Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers are pushing this regular season to game No. 163.

On a Sunday punctuated by Miami’s Henderson Alvarez pitching a no-hitter, Tampa Bay and Texas both won and wound up even, forcing a tiebreaker for the second AL wild-card spot.

The Rays will play at Texas on Monday night,

with the winner visiting Cleveland on Wednesday night in another all-or-nothing matchup.

Rangers rookie Martin Perez starts against reigning AL Cy Young winner David Price. Texas gets a boost, too — All-Star slugger Nelson Cruz will be active after his 50-game penalty from Major League Baseball in the Biogenesis drug scandal.

“He’s served his suspen-

sion,” Rays star Evan Longoria said. “It is what it is.

Justice has been served.”

Asked if he expected to play, Cruz said: “I think so.”

It will be baseball’s first tiebreaker — officially, this is a regular-season game and the stats count — since Minnesota beat Detroit 6-5 in 12 innings for the 2009 AL Central title.

What was supposed to be the final day of the regular season began with the

possibility of a three-way tie for a pair of AL wild-card spots.

Instead, Cleveland clinched its first postseason berth since 2007, winning 5-1 at Minnesota to finish at 92-70 and one game ahead of Texas and Tampa Bay as the top wild card.

Nick Swisher homered as the Indians became the first big league team to win their final 10 regular-season games

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since Baltimore closed with 11 straight victories in 1971, STATS said.

“I’m telling you, we’re bringing that wild-card game back to the 216 and that place is going to be packed out and rockin’, baby!” Swisher said, citing Cleveland’s area code.

Rookie Danny Salazar is set to start for the Indians against either Texas or Tampa Bay. The NL playoff scene is

settled. Johnny Cueto starts for Cincinnati against Francisco Liriano and the Pirates at Pittsburgh on Tuesday night in the NL wild-card playoff.

In the best-of-five division series, the NL wild-card winner is at St. Louis and the Los Angeles Dodgers start at Atlanta. The Dodgers will be minus center fielder Matt Kemp for the postseason because of swelling in a bone in his left ankle.

USC: Trojans limited by sanctions on team imposed by NCAA FROM PAGE B1

Former USC athletic director Mike Garrett hired Kiffin away from Tennessee to replace Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, the architect of USC’s dynasty over the previous decade.

Kiffin was an assistant under Carroll, eventually running the Trojans’ offense before Davis chose him to lead the Raiders.

Just a few months after Kiffin took over, USC was hit with the heaviest sanctions leveled against a program in a quarter-century, including a two-year bowl ban and the loss of 30 scholarships over three years. Kiffin had nothing to do with the misdeeds committed under Carroll and Garrett, who was swiftly dismissed and replaced by Haden, but was forced to recruit and coach despite the Trojans’ loss of scholarship players.

Kiffin still faced enormous expectations at USC — especially last season, when the Trojans

started out ranked No. 1 in the country with quarterback Matt Barkley and star receivers Robert Woods and Marqise Lee. USC wound up falling out of the top 10 by mid-September, and out of the poll entirely by November — ending the season as the first team in nearly a half-century to open No. 1 and finish unranked. USC lost five of its last six games, including the Sun Bowl, and Kiffin parted ways with his father, defensive guru Monte Kiffin.

The scholarship restrictions gradually eroded the Trojans’ depth, and last season’s struggles clearly hurt the vaunted recruiting power of Kiffin and Orgeron. Between the sanctions and injuries, the Trojans played at Arizona State on Saturday night with 56 recruited scholarship players, well below its limit of 75 and the standard 85.

Kiffin largely stayed out of NCAA trouble at USC.

SCOREBOARD •

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Area Football Standings NORTHEAST HOOSIER CONF. TEAMS NHC ALL PF New Haven 4-0 6-0 262 Homestead 2-1 4-1 176 East Noble 2-2 4-2 190 Bellmont 2-2 3-3 157 Columbia City 2-2 3-3 136 Carroll 2-2 4-2 263 Norwell 1-3 1-5 117 DeKalb 0-4 0-6 39 Friday, Sept. 27 Carroll 55, Bellmont 7 New Haven 29, Columbia City 6 Homestead 68, DeKalb 13 Norwell 35, East Noble 7 Friday, Oct. 4 Carroll at Homestead East Noble at Columbia City New Haven at Bellmont Norwell at DeKalb

PA 90 86 94 187 136 96 228 284

NORTHEAST CORNER CONF. TEAMS NECC ALL PF PA Churubusco 6-0 6-0 227 26 Lakeland 6-0 6-0 218 53 Fairfield 5-1 5-1 241 115 Prairie Heights 3-2 3-3 108 128 Angola 2-3 2-4 65 169 Fremont 1-4 2-4 103 221 West Noble 1-4 1-5 62 188 Eastside 0-5 1-5 136 188 Central Noble 0-5 1-5 109 203 Friday, Sept. 27 Fairfield 53, Angola 14 Lakeland 28, Eastside 14 Prairie Heights 29, Fremont 21 Central Noble 48, Howe School 12 Churubusco 49, West Noble 0 Friday, Oct. 4 Central Noble at West Noble Culver Academy at Churubusco Fremont at Eastside Lakeland at Fairfield Prairie Heights at Angola ALLEN COUNTY ATHLETIC CONF. TEAMS ACAC ALL PF PA Leo 3-0 6-0 233 37 Heritage 3-1 4-2 159 199 Woodlan 2-1 4-2 201 95 Garrett 1-2 3-3 110 139 Bluffton 1-2 5-2 175 136 South Adams 1-3 2-4 121 185 Adams Central 1-3 3-3 149 131 Friday, Sept. 27 Woodlan 43, Garrett 0 Leo 35, Heritage 12 Adams Central 32, South Adams 22 Bluffton 34, Southern Wells 12 Friday, Oct. 4 Adams Central at Southern Wells Bluffton at Heritage Garrett at South Adams Woodlan at Leo

NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 3 0 01.00059 34 Miami 3 0 01.00074 53 N.Y. Jets 2 2 0.500 68 88 Buffalo 2 2 0.500 88 93 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 3 1 0.750105 51 Tennessee 3 1 0.750 98 69 Houston 2 2 0.500 90 105 Jacksonville 0 4 0.000 31 129 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 2 2 0.500 91 87 Cleveland 2 2 0.500 64 70 Cincinnati 2 2 0.500 81 81 Pittsburgh 0 4 0.000 69 110 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 4 0 01.00017991 Kansas City 4 0 01.00010241 San Diego 2 2 0.500108102 Oakland 1 3 0.250 71 91 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 2 2 0.500104 85 Philadelphia 1 3 0.250 99 138 Washington 1 3 0.250 91 112 N.Y. Giants 0 4 0.000 61 146 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 3 0 01.00070 38 Carolina 1 2 0.333 68 36 Atlanta 1 2 0.333 71 74 Tampa Bay 0 4 0.000 44 70 North W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 3 1 0.750122101 Chicago 3 1 0.750127114 Green Bay 1 2 0.333 96 88 Minnesota 1 3 0.250115123 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 4 0 01.00010947 San Francisco 2 2 0.500 79 95 Arizona 2 2 0.500 69 89 St. Louis 1 3 0.250 69 121 Thursday’s Game San Francisco 35, St. Louis 11 Sunday’s Games Kansas City 31, N.Y. Giants 7 Seattle 23, Houston 20, OT Buffalo 23, Baltimore 20 Arizona 13, Tampa Bay 10 Indianapolis 37, Jacksonville 3 Cleveland 17, Cincinnati 6 Detroit 40, Chicago 32 Minnesota 34, Pittsburgh 27 Tennessee 38, N.Y. Jets 13 Washington 24, Oakland 14 San Diego 30, Dallas 21 Denver 52, Philadelphia 20 New England at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Carolina, Green Bay Monday’s Game Miami at New Orleans, 8:40 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 3 Buffalo at Cleveland, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 6 Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

New England at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

San Diego at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.

Houston at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Washington Monday, Oct. 7 N.Y. Jets at Atlanta, 8:40 p.m.

NFL Summaries Indianapolis 0 20 143—37 Jacksonville 3 0 0 0—3 First Quarter Jax—FG Scobee 53, 8:14.

Second Quarter Ind—FG Vinatieri 22, 14:43.

Ind—Butler 41 interception return (Vinatieri kick), 11:48.

Ind—Richardson 1 run (Vinatieri kick), 5:54.

Ind—FG Vinatieri 46, 1:34.

Third Quarter Ind—Fleener 31 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 12:15.

Ind—Wayne 5 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 1:22.

Fourth Quarter Ind—FG Vinatieri 28, 1:53.

A—59,695.

——— Ind Jax First downs 26 14 Total Net Yards 437 205 Rushes-yards 29-154 18-40 Passing 283 165 Punt Returns 5-19 1-10 Kickoff Returns 2-45 4-87 Interceptions Ret. 3-48 1-1 Comp-Att-Int 24-39-1 17-32-3 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-14 4-14 Punts 3-46.0 6-48.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 7-58 9-65 Time of Possession 36:38 23:22 ——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Indianapolis, D.Brown 3-65, Richardson 20-60, Luck 2-26, Hilton 1-3, Havili 3-0. Jacksonville, Jones-Drew 13-23, Gabbert 2-10, Todman 2-4, Forsett 1-3.

PASSING—Indianapolis, Luck 22-36-1-260, Hasselbeck 2-3-0-37.

Jacksonville, Gabbert 17-32-3-179.

RECEIVING—Indianapolis, Wayne 5-100, Fleener 5-77, Hilton 5-48, Heyward-Bey 3-33, D.Brown 2-11, Havili 2-1, Jones 1-21, Richardson 1-6. Jacksonville, Shorts 7-61, Sanders 4-59, Harbor 2-39, Forsett 2-10, Ebert 1-5, Jones-Drew 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

Chicago 3 10 3 16—32 Detroit 3 27 7 3—40 First Quarter Chi—FG Gould 34, 8:34.

Det—FG Akers 23, 2:38.

Second Quarter Det—FG Akers 31, 14:28.

Chi—Forte 53 run (Gould kick), 13:44.

Det—FG Akers 41, 10:19.

Det—Stafford 1 run (Akers kick), 6:09.

Det—Johnson 2 pass from Stafford (Akers kick), 5:47.

Det—Bush 37 run (Akers kick), 2:43.

Chi—FG Gould 28, :00.

Third Quarter Chi—FG Gould 25, 9:05.

Det—Fairley 4 fumble return (Akers kick), :20.

Fourth Quarter Det—FG Akers 43, 8:57.

Chi—Jeffery 14 pass from Cutler (Jeffery pass from Cutler), 4:00.

Chi—E.Bennett 10 pass from Cutler (Marshall pass from Cutler), :43.

A—64,552.

——— Chi Det First downs 18 23 Total Net Yards 417 387 Rushes-yards 16-131 30-159 Passing 286 228 Punt Returns 2-17 1-57 Kickoff Returns 6-147 3-62 Interceptions Ret. 1-8 3-44 Comp-Att-Int 27-47-3 23-35-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-31 1-14 Punts 5-40.2 3-50.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 4-2 Penalties-Yards 4-30 3-25 Time of Possession 28:11 31:49 ——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Chicago, Forte 14-95, Jeffery 1-27, Cutler 1-9. Detroit, Bush 18-139, Bell 7-12, Stafford 5-8.

PASSING—Chicago, Cutler 27-47-3317. Detroit, Stafford 23-35-1-242.

RECEIVING—Chicago, M.Bennett 8-90, Marshall 7-79, Jeffery 5-107, Forte 5-22, E.Bennett 2-19. Detroit, Pettigrew 7-54, Johnson 4-44, Bush 4-34, Bell 4-30, Durham 3-58, Scheffler 1-22.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

Cincinnati 0 3 3 0—6 Cleveland 7 0 37—17 First Quarter Cle—Cameron 2 pass from Hoyer (Cundiff kick), 2:13.

Second Quarter Cin—FG Nugent 25, 10:48.

Third Quarter Cle—FG Cundiff 51, 5:10.

Cin—FG Nugent 43, :37.

Fourth Quarter Cle—Ogbonnaya 1 pass from Hoyer (Cundiff kick), 4:54.

A—71,481.

——— CIn Cle First downs 16 18 Total Net Yards 266 336 Rushes-yards 20-63 30-89 Passing 203 247 Punt Returns 2-15 1-7 Kickoff Returns 4-60 2-60 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-5 Comp-Att-Int 23-42-1 25-38-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-3 3-22 Punts 4-38.8 5-42.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 5-80 Time of Possession 28:51 31:09 ——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Cincinnati, Bernard 10-37, Green-Ellis 6-13, Dalton 4-13. Cleveland, McGahee 15-46, Ogbonnaya 5-27, Rainey 6-9, Hoyer 4-7.

PASSING—Cincinnati, Dalton 23-42-1-206. Cleveland, Hoyer 25-38-0-269.

RECEIVING—Cincinnati, Green 7-51, Bernard 6-38, Gresham 3-53, Eifert 3-39, Sanu 3-19, Sanzenbacher 1-6. Cleveland, Cameron 10-91, Ogbonnaya 5-21, Gordon 4-71, Bess 2-25, Rainey 2-20, Benjamin 1-39, Barnidge 1-2.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Cleveland, Cundiff 37 (WL), 49 (WR).

National League Standings East Division x-Atlanta Washington New York Philadelphia Miami Central Division x-St. Louis y-Pittsburgh y-Cincinnati Milwaukee Chicago West Division

W L 96 66 86 76 74 88 73 89 62 100

Pct .593 .531 .457 .451 .383

GB — 10 22 23 34

W 97 94 90 74 66

Pct .599 .580 .556 .457 .407

GB — 3 7 23 31

L 65 68 72 88 96

W L Pct GB x-Los Angeles 92 70 .568 — Arizona 81 81 .500 11 San Diego 76 86 .469 16 San Francisco 76 86 .469 16 Colorado 74 88 .457 18 x-clinched division y-clinched wild card ——— Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati 3 San Diego 9, San Francisco 3 Milwaukee 4, N.Y. Mets 2, 10 innings St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 2 Miami 2, Detroit 1, 10 innings Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 4 Washington 2, Arizona 0 Colorado 1, L.A. Dodgers 0 Sunday’s Games Miami 1, Detroit 0 N.Y. Mets 3, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 2 Atlanta 12, Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 0 San Francisco 7, San Diego 6 Colorado 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Arizona 3, Washington 2 End of Regular Season

American League Standings East Division x-Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore New York Toronto Central Division x-Detroit y-Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago West Division

W 97 91 85 85 74

L 65 71 77 77 88

Pct .599 .562 .525 .525 .457

GB — 6 12 12 23

W 93 92 86 66 63

L 69 70 76 96 99

Pct .574 .568 .531 .407 .389

GB — 1 7 27 30

W L Pct GB x-Oakland 96 66 .593 — Texas 91 71 .562 5 Los Angeles 78 84 .481 18 Seattle 71 91 .438 25 Houston 51 111 .315 45 x-clinched division y-clinched wild card ——— Saturday’s Games Texas 7, L.A. Angels 4 Cleveland 5, Minnesota 1 Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 2 Seattle 7, Oakland 5 Baltimore 6, Boston 5 Miami 2, Detroit 1, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City 5 N.Y. Yankees 2, Houston 1 Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 6 Miami 1, Detroit 0 Baltimore 7, Boston 6 Cleveland 5, Minnesota 1 Kansas City 4, Chicago White Sox 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Houston 1, 14 innings Texas 6, L.A. Angels 2 Oakland 9, Seattle 0 Monday’s Games Tampa Bay (Price 9-8) at Texas (M.Perez 10-5), 8:07 p.m.

End of Regular Season

Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay 600 100000—7 9 0 Toronto 000 003120—6120 M.Moore, McGee (6), Jo.Peralta (7), Rodney (8) and Lobaton; Redmond, Wagner (1), L.Perez (3), Jenkins (4), Jeffress (5), Oliver (7), Delabar (8), S.Santos (9) and Arencibia, Thole.

W—M.Moore 17-4. L—Redmond 4-3.

Sv—Rodney (37).

——— Boston 220 100001—6130 Baltimore 000 05200x—710 1

Webster, Doubront (4), R.De La Rosa (5), Thornton (6), Dempster (6), Breslow (7), Uehara (8) and Saltalamacchia, Lavarnway; Tillman, McFarland (6), Hammel (7), Ji.Johnson (9) and Clevenger. W—McFarland 4-1.

L—R.De La Rosa 0-2. Sv—Ji.Johnson (50). HRs—Boston, Ellsbury (9), Berry (1).

——— New York000000010 000 04—5 12 0 Houston10000000000000—1 4 1 (14 innings) Huff, B.Marshall (6), Betances (8), Claiborne (10), D.Phelps (11), Daley (12), D.Robertson (14) and J.Murphy; Bedard, Zeid (8), K.Chapman (8), R.Cruz (8), Fields (9), Harrell (10), De Leon (14) and Corporan. W—Daley 1-0. L—Harrell 6-17. HRs—New York, Mar.Reynolds (21).

——— Cleveland 200 002100—5100 Minnesota 000 000100—1 5 3 U.Jimenez, Rzepczynski (7), Masterson (8) and Y.Gomes; Diamond, Tonkin (7), Fien (8), Duensing (9) and Fryer.

W—U.Jimenez 13-9. L—Diamond 6-13.

HRs—Cleveland, Swisher (22).

——— Kansas City 000 200200—4 9 1 Chicago 000 100000—1 6 0 B.Chen, K.Herrera (7), Hochevar (8), G.Holland (9) and Hayes; Quintana, Petricka (8), Troncoso (9) and Phegley.

W—B.Chen 9-4. L—Quintana 9-7.

Sv—G.Holland (47). HRs—Kansas City, S.Perez (13), Hayes (1). Chicago, Al.Ramirez (6).

——— Los Angeles 100 001000—2 7 1 Texas 000 02112x—610 0 Vargas, J.Gutierrez (7), D.De La Rosa (7), Frieri (8) and Conger, Iannetta; Darvish, Cotts (6), R.Ross (7), Scheppers (8), Nathan (9) and G.Soto.

W—Cotts 8-3. L—Vargas 9-8. HRs—Los Angeles, Trout (27). Texas, A.Beltre (30), G.Soto (9).

——— Oakland 040 040001—9100 Seattle 000 000000—0 5 0 Gray, J.Chavez (6), Figueroa (7), Otero (7), Cook (8), Balfour (9) and D.Norris, K.Suzuki; E.Ramirez, Noesi (2), LaFromboise (5), Capps (8), Wilhelmsen (9) and Zunino. W—Gray 5-3. L—E.Ramirez 5-3.

INTERLEAGUE Detroit 000 000000—0 0 1 Miami 000 000001—1 6 1 Verlander, Fister (7), Porcello (8), Putkonen (9) and B.Pena; H.Alvarez and K.Hill. W—H.Alvarez 5-6. L— Putkonen 1-3.

——— NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee 000 200000—2 6 2 New York 100 00002x—3 3 1 Estrada, Kintzler (8) and Lucroy; Niese, Germen (7), Black (8), F.Francisco (9) and Centeno, Recker. W—Black 3-0.

L—Kintzler 3-3. Sv—F.Francisco (1).

——— Pittsburgh 110 100010—4100 Cincinnati 000 0000 2 0 — 2 6 1Cumpton, Pimentel (6), J.Gomez (8), Farnsworth (9) and Buck; G.Reynolds, Partch (6), Christiani (8), Duke (9) and Mesoraco, Hanigan, C.Miller.

W—Cumpton 2-1. L—G.Reynolds 1-3.

Sv—Farnsworth (2). HRs—Pittsburgh, Mercer (8), G.Jones (15).

——— Philadelphia 000400100—5 10 2 Atlanta 30202302x—12 17 1 Miner, J.C.Ramirez (3), C.Jimenez (5), De Fratus (6), Savery (7), Cloyd (8) and Kratz; Teheran, Avilan (6), Ayala (7), A.Wood (7), D.Carpenter (8), Kimbrel (9) and G.Laird. W—Teheran 14-8. L— Miner 0-2. HRs—Philadelphia, Kratz (9).

Atlanta, Gattis (21).

Chicago 000 000000—0 5 0 St. Louis 001 20001x—4 9 0 Samardzija, H.Rondon (7), Strop (8), Rosscup (8) and Boscan; Westbrook, J.Kelly (2), Choate (7), Ca.Martinez (8), Siegrist (9) and Y.Molina, T.Cruz. W—J. Kelly 10-5. L—Samardzija 8-13.

——— San Diego 001 140000—6 7 1 San Francisco 100 110202—7111 T.Ross, Stauffer (7), Vincent (7), Gregerson (8), Street (9) and Hundley; Moscoso, Dunning (5), Kontos (6), Hembree (8), Zito (8), Romo (9) and Posey. W—Romo 5-8. L—Street 2-5.

HRs—San Diego, Hundley (13), Gyorko (23). San Francisco, F.Peguero (1).

——— Colorado 100 100000—2110 Los Angeles 000 010000—1 5 0 Francis, Oswalt (6), Ottavino (7), Bettis (8), Brothers (9) and Pacheco; Ryu, Nolasco (5), Capuano (6), Withrow (7), B.Wilson (8), Howell (8), Jansen (9) and A.Ellis, Federowicz. W—Francis 3-5. L—Ryu 14-8. Sv—Brothers (19).

——— Washington 000 002000—2 8 2 Arizona 100 00002x—3 7 2 Roark, Mattheus (8), X.Cedeno (8) and J.Solano; Miley, D.Hernandez (8), Ziegler (9) and Gosewisch. W—D. Hernandez 5-6. L—Mattheus 0-2. Sv— Ziegler (13).

Baseball Playoffs Both games televised by TBS Tuesday, Oct. 1: NL: Cincinnati (Cueto 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 16-8), 8:07 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 2: AL: Tampa Bay-Texas winner at Cleveland, 8:07 p.m.

DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Boston vs.

Cleveland-Tampa Bay-Texas winner Friday, Oct. 4: Cleveland-Tampa Bay-Texas winner at Boston Saturday, Oct. 5: Cleveland-Tampa Bay-Texas winner at Boston Monday, Oct. 7: Boston at Cleveland-Tampa Bay-Texas winner x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Boston at Cleveland-Tampa Bay-Texas winner x-Thursday, Oct. 10: ClevelandTampa Bay-Texas winner at Boston Oakland vs. Detroit Friday, Oct. 4: Detroit at Oakland Saturday, Oct. 5: Detroit at Oakland Monday, Oct. 7: Oakland at Detroit x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Oakland at Detroit x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Detroit at Oakland National League St. Louis vs. Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner Thursday, Oct. 3: Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at St. Louis Friday, Oct. 4: Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at St. Louis Sunday, Oct. 6: St. Louis at Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner x-Monday, Oct. 7: St. Louis at Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner x-Wednesday Oct. 9: Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at St. Louis Atlanta vs. Los Angeles Thursday, Oct. 3: Los Angeles at Atlanta Friday, Oct. 4: Los Angeles at Atlanta Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta at Los Angeles x-Monday, Oct. 7: Atlanta at Los Angeles x-Wednesday Oct. 9: Los Angeles at Atlanta LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) American League All games televised by Fox Saturday, Oct. 12: Sunday, Oct. 13: Tuesday, Oct. 15: Wednesday, Oct. 16: x-Thursday, Oct. 17: x-Saturday, Oct. 19: x-Sunday, Oct. 20: National League All games televised by TBS Friday, Oct. 11: Saturday, Oct. 12: Monday, Oct. 14: Tuesday, Oct. 15: x-Wednesday, Oct. 16: x-Friday, Oct. 18: x-Saturday, Oct. 19: WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7) All games televised by Fox Wednesday, Oct. 23: at AL Thursday, Oct. 24: at AL Saturday, Oct. 26: at NL Sunday, Oct. 27: at NL x-Monday, Oct. 28: at NL x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: at AL

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Sprint Cup Results Sunday At Dover International Speedway Dover, Del. Lap length: 1 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (8) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 400 laps, 145.4 rating, 48 points.

2. (1) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 400, 126.3, 43.

3. (11) Joey Logano, Ford, 400, 108.3, 41.

4. (16) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 400, 110.3, 41.

5. (14) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 400, 113.8, 40.

6. (12) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 400, 91.4, 38.

7. (2) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 400, 118.3, 38.

8. (3) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 400, 106.7, 37.

9. (19) Greg Biffle, Ford, 400, 93.2, 35.

10. (23) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 400, 99.3, 35.

11. (7) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 400, 94.4, 33.

12. (22) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 400, 82.9, 0.

13. (20) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 399, 79.6, 31.

14. (25) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 399, 74.1, 30.

15. (10) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 399, 82.7, 29.

16. (24) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 398, 65.9, 28.

17. (15) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 398, 74.8, 27.

18. (21) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 398, 68.5, 26.

19. (29) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 397, 62.6, 25.

20. (18) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 397, 77.3, 24.

21. (9) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 397, 73.5, 23.

22. (5) Aric Almirola, Ford, 397, 68, 22.

23. (13) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 397, 70.7, 21.

24. (26) Casey Mears, Ford, 395, 57.7, 20.

25. (27) David Ragan, Ford, 395, 54.6, 19.

26. (17) A J Allmendinger, Toyota, 395, 61.3, 18.

27. (33) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 394, 47.2, 0.

28. (39) David Reutimann, Toyota, 394, 49.9, 16.

29. (31) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 394, 42.8, 15.

30. (28) David Gilliland, Ford, 393, 52.1, 15.

31. (30) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 392, 43.9, 13.

32. (36) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 392, 43.5, 0.

33. (40) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 391, 40.4, 11.

34. (32) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 390, 35.9, 10.

35. (4) Carl Edwards, Ford, 385, 74.7, 9.

36. (42) Timmy Hill, Ford, 381, 27.8, 8.

37. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 355, 82.3, 7.

38. (37) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, suspension, 275, 46.6, 0.

39. (41) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, suspension, 168, 30.4, 0.

40. (43) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, vibration, 154, 28.5, 0.

41. (35) Reed Sorenson, Ford, brakes, 139, 28, 0.

42. (38) Josh Wise, Ford, brakes, 128, 26.7, 0.

43. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, brakes, 107, 32.7, 1.

——— Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 130.909 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 3 minutes, 20 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.446 seconds.

Caution Flags: 4 for 21 laps.

Lead Changes: 19 among 8 drivers.

Lap Leaders: D.Earnhardt Jr. 1-25; M.Kenseth 26-30; D.Earnhardt Jr. 31-39; D.Gilliland 40; Ky.Busch 41-70; R.Newman 71-75; D.Earnhardt Jr. 76-117; J.Gordon 118-119; J.Johnson 120-165; R.Newman 166; M.Kenseth 167-197; J.Johnson 198-229; D.Earnhardt Jr. 230; J.Johnson 231-310; D.Earnhardt Jr. 311-312; J.Gordon 313; C.Bowyer 314; J.Johnson 315-370; D.Earnhardt Jr. 371; J.Johnson 372-400.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Johnson, 5 times for 243 laps; D.Earnhardt Jr., 6 times for 80 laps; M.Kenseth, 2 times for 36 laps; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 30 laps; R.Newman, 2 times for 6 laps; J.Gordon, 2 times for 3 laps; C.Bowyer, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Gilliland, 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 12 in Points: 1. M.Kenseth, 2,149; 2. J.Johnson, 2,141; 3.

Ky.Busch, 2,137; 4. K.Harvick, 2,110; 5. J.Gordon, 2,110; 6. G.Biffle, 2,108; 7. R.Newman, 2,101; 8. C.Bowyer, 2,098; 9. Ku.Busch, 2,094; 10.

D.Earnhardt Jr., 2,092; 11. C.Edwards, 2,084; 12. J.Logano, 2,083.

——— NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ottawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Islanders0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Winnipeg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Toronto 3, Detroit 1 Florida 5, Tampa Bay 3 Chicago 4, Washington 3, OT Colorado 3, Los Angeles 2 San Jose 6, Anaheim 5 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Islanders (ss) 5, Ottawa (ss) 2 N.Y. Islanders (ss) at Ottawa (ss), 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Washington at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

AP Top 25 College Football Poll The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,

records through Sept. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (55) 4-0 1,495 1 2. Oregon (5) 4-0 1,422 2 3. Clemson 4-0 1,354 3 4. Ohio St. 5-0 1,305 4 5. Stanford 4-0 1,280 5 6. Georgia 3-1 1,171 9 7. Louisville 4-0 1,091 7 8. Florida St. 4-0 1,069 8 9. Texas A&M 4-1 1,012 10 10. LSU 4-1 979 6 11. Oklahoma 4-0 838 14 12. UCLA 3-0 834 13 13. South Carolina3-1 812 12 14. Miami 4-0 753 15 15. Washington 4-0 665 16 16. Northwestern 4-0 550 17 17. Baylor 3-0 536 19 18. Florida 3-1 481 20 19. Michigan 4-0 471 18 20. Texas Tech 4-0 264 24 21. Oklahoma St. 3-1 230 11 22. Arizona St. 3-1 192 NR 23. Fresno St. 4-0 187 25 24. Mississippi 3-1 132 21 25. Maryland 4-0 119 NR Others receiving votes: N. Illinois 104, Virginia Tech 49, Wisconsin 46, Nebraska 20, Missouri 14, Notre Dame 12, UCF 6, Michigan St. 5, Rutgers 2.

College Football Scoring Offense Through games of Sep. 28 G FG Pts Baylor 3 2 209 Oregon 4 3 239 UCLA 3 4 158 Florida St. 4 7 205 Texas A&M 5 4 246 Ohio St. 5 3 241 Louisville 4 6 192 Missouri 4 3 182 Miami (FL) 4 2 181 Indiana 4 1 178 Arizona St. 4 6 177 Fresno St. 4 5 176 Houston 4 9 174 Northern Ill. 4 9 173 Nebraska 4 2 173 Clemson 4 4 172 LSU 5 6 214 Boise St. 5 6 211 Utah 4 7 168 Wyoming 4 0 167 Oregon St. 5 6 208 Georgia 4 6 165 Stanford 4 8 165 Northwestern 4 6 165 Utah St. 5 7 202 Illinois 4 4 161 Ball St. 5 7 200 Marshall 4 4 159 Washington 4 4 159 Maryland 4 10 159 Oklahoma St. 4 1 157 Texas Tech 4 9 155 Michigan 4 4 152 Wisconsin 5 5 188 Syracuse 4 4 150 East Carolina 4 5 148 Georgia Tech 4 2 146 La.-Lafayette 4 2 146 Rutgers 4 4 145 Duke 5 2 180 Arizona 4 4 144 Alabama 4 4 140 Minnesota 5 5 174 Vanderbilt 5 4 174 Cincinnati 4 2 139 Troy 5 4 172 Oklahoma 4 10 136 Mississippi St. 4 4 136 UCF 4 5 135 Pittsburgh 4 3 134 Penn St. 4 7 133 Navy 3 3 99 UTEP 4 2 132 Bowling Green 5 6 164 Iowa 5 8 164 Texas 4 4 131 UNLV 5 3 161 Colorado 3 6 96 Tennessee 5 4 159 Kansas St. 4 3 127 North Carolina St. 4 9 125 Western Ky. 5 4 156 UAB 4 6 124 New Mexico 4 2 124 TCU 4 6 123 Colorado St. 5 8 153 South Carolina 4 3 120 South Ala. 4 6 117 California 4 9 117 Arkansas 5 7 146 Tulane 5 6 145 North Texas 4 4 116 Michigan St. 4 6 115 Air Force 5 6 143 Auburn 4 7 114 Ole Miss 4 3 114 Washington St. 5 5 141 Nevada 5 5 139 Arkansas St. 5 7 138 Middle Tenn.

5 3 134 Ohio 4 5 106 BYU 4 7 106 Iowa St. 3 3 79 Southern California5 4 130 Notre Dame 5 5 127 North Carolina 4 4 101 Buffalo 4 4 100 Toledo 5 9 124 Rice 4 6 98 Florida 4 4 95 Virginia Tech 5 3 116 Boston College 4 4 89 Akron 5 2 110 Kentucky 4 6 87 Army 5 5 108 SMU 4 9 84 San Diego St. 4 8 82 West Virginia 5 6 102 Virginia 4 3 81 Memphis 3 4 60 Tulsa 4 5 78 Kansas 3 3 58 Fla. Atlantic 5 4 96 Texas St. 3 0 57 Wake Forest 5 5 92 Hawaii 4 3 73 San Jose St. 4 6 73 Temple 4 1 72 La.-Monroe 5 2 90 Connecticut 4 5 72 Eastern Mich.

4 1 71 Central Mich.

5 5 85 Purdue 5 5 85 Kent St. 5 4 84 Louisiana Tech 5 7 82 New Mexico St. 5 1 78 Idaho 5 5 77 South Fla. 4 3 58 Western Mich.

5 3 70 Southern Miss.

4 5 38 Miami (OH) 4 0 35 Massachusetts 4 0 28 FIU 4 1 23

Avg 69.7 59.8 52.7 51.3 49.2 48.2 48.0 45 45.3 44.5 44.3 44.0 43.5 43.3 43.3 43.0 42.8 42.2 42.0 41.8 41.6 41.3 41.3 41.3 40.4 40.3 40.0 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.3 38.8 38.0 37.6 37.5 37.0 36.5 36.5 36.3 36.0 36.0 35.0 34.8 34.8 34.8 34.4 34.0 34.0 33.8 33.5 33.3 33.0 33.0 32.8 32.8 32.8 32.2 32.0 31.8 31.8 31.3 31.2 31.0 31.0 30.8 30.6 30.0 29.3 29.3 29.2 29.0 29.0 28.8 28.6 28.5 28.5 28.2 27.8 27.6 26.8 26.5 26.5 26.3 26.0 25.4 25.3 25.0 24.8 24.5 23.8 23.2 22.3 22.0 21.8 21.6 21.0 20.5 20.4 20.3 20.0 19.5 19.3 19.2 19.0 18.4 18.3 18.3 18.0 18.0 18.0 17.8 17.0 17.0 16.8 16.4 15.6 15.4 14.5 14.0 9.5 8.8 7.0 5.8

College Football Scoring Defense Through games of Sep. 28 G Saf Pts Louisville 4 0 27 Baylor 3 0 23 Maryland 4 0 41 Washington 4 0 43 Oregon 4 0 43 Oklahoma 4 0 48 Miami (FL) 4 0 50 Florida 4 0 51 Georgia Tech 4 0 51 Texas Tech 4 0 53 Michigan St. 4 0 53 Arizona 4 1 57 Alabama 4 0 58 Penn St. 4 0 58 Wisconsin 5 0 73 Mississippi St. 4 0 59 Iowa 5 0 75 Florida St. 4 0 60 Cincinnati 4 0 61 Kansas 3 0 47 Virginia Tech 5 0 79 UCF 4 0 66 Ohio St. 5 0 85 Texas St. 3 1 51 Utah St. 5 0 85 Clemson 4 0 69 Memphis 3 0 52 BYU 4 1 70 Oklahoma St. 4 0 71 UCLA 3 0 54 Bowling Green 5 0 92 North Carolina St. 4 0 75 Marshall 4 0 77 Wyoming 4 0 77 Stanford 4 0 78 West Virginia 5 0 98 Houston 4 0 80 Navy 3 1 61 Washington St. 5 0 103 Minnesota 5 0 103 Michigan 4 0 84 Missouri 4 0 84 Southern California5 1 106 Rutgers 4 0 86

Avg 6.8 7.7 10.3 10.8 10.8 12.0 12.5 12.8 12.8 13.3 13.3 14.3 14.5 14.5 14.6 14.8 15.0 15.0 15.3 15.7 15.8 16.5 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.3 17.3 17.5 17.8 18.0 18.4 18.8 19.3 19.3 19.5 19.6 20.0 20.3 20.6 20.6 21.0 21.0 21.2 21.5

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SPORTS BRIEFS • Irish drop out of AP Top 25

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Notre Dame has dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll after losing its second game of the season, and Arizona State moved in after the Sun Devils’ win prompted Southern California to fire coach Lane Kiffin.

Alabama remained No. 1 as the top five held their spots for the third consecutive week. The Crimson Tide received 55 of 60 first-place votes, and No. 2 Oregon got the rest from the media panel, one more than last week. Clemson is third, followed by Ohio Notre Dame State and Stanford. coach Brian Georgia moved up to Kelly No. 6 after its 44-41 victory against LSU, which slipped four spots to 10th.

Notre Dame (3-2), coming off a loss in the BCS championship game, began the season No. 14 but is now out of the Top 25 after losing 35-21 at home to Oklahoma, which moved up three spots to 11th.

The Fighting Irish next play No. 22 Arizona State. The Sun Devils (3-1) beat USC 62-41 on Saturday night, and the Trojans fired Kiffin hours later.

Maryland moved into the poll at No. 25, and Wisconsin fell out.

Ex-Browns’ star Kosar arrested for DUI CLEVELAND (AP) — Former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar has been arrested on drunken driving charges in suburban Cleveland.

Police in Solon say Kosar was arrested early Sunday. A police statement says Kosar was pulled over for speeding at around 2:45 a.m. and officers smelled a strong odor of alcohol.

The police statement says Kosar took sobriety tests and was taken to jail.

He was alone in the car.

Kosar Kosar didn’t immediately return a phone call seeking comment.

The 49-year-old Kosar has publicly talked about how head injuries sustained during his NFL career have affected his speech, making him sometimes slur his words. He has also been addicted to pain medications, gone through a divorce and had financial troubles.

Latos unavailable for Reds’ playoff game CINCINNATI (AP) — Right-hander Mat Latos has a bone chip in his elbow and will be unavailable for the Cincinnati Reds’ wild card playoff game Tuesday in Pittsburgh.

The Reds are hopeful that with a couple of days of treatment, Latos’ elbow could improve enough that he’ll be available if Cincinnati wins the one-game playoff and advances to the division series.

Manager Dusty Baker had been leaning toward starting Latos in the wild card game until the right-hander told him over the weekend that the elbow was bothering him. Baker says Latos has had a bone chip that has moved to a bad spot.

Johnny Cueto will start in his place.

Cueto has been on the disabled list three times this season with shoulder problems.

Hill to lead Marlins’ baseball operations MIAMI (AP) — Miami Marlins executive Michael Hill has been promoted to the position of president of baseball operations, replacing Larry Beinfest, who was fired Friday.

Another Marlins executive, Dan Jennings, replaces Hill as general manager.

The moves were announced before the Marlins’ season finale against Detroit.

Hill has been with the Marlins for 11 years and Jennings for 12 years.

The Marlins finished last in the NL East for the third consecutive year. Their loss total has climbed each of the past four years, and this season they took a 61-100 record into Sunday’s finale. It has been a decade since their most recent playoff appearance.

Hill becomes only the third head of Marlins personnel in their 21-year history.

Dave Dombrowski was the Marlins’ general manager from 1993 to 2001.

Johnson apologizes after dugout tantrum ATLANTA (AP) — Chris Johnson says he has apologized to Braves first-base coach Terry Pendleton for throwing his helmet in the dugout following Atlanta’s 5-4 loss to the Phillies on Saturday night.

Johnson grounded out to shortstop Jimmy Rollins to end the game. Johnson was out on a head-first slide at first base. He remained face down for a few seconds before returning to the dugout and flipping his helmet toward the bench.

Pendleton twice grabbed Johnson’s jersey with both hands, pulling the third baseman close to him. The two exchanged words.

Johnson said Sunday “I’m in the wrong” and needed to apologize because the helmet hit someone. He says he and Pendleton met Sunday and says “We’re all good.”

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

What Others Say •

Letter Policy •

Immigration reform will save lives If you value human life, demand a change in our border policies.

Nearly 150 people have died along Arizona’s border already this year. We’ll surpass last year’s numbers.

The annual border death count is as much a part of Arizona’s summer as the achingly dry This lack of general song of the and sustained anger cicadas.

This about the death toll is should moral an outrage in itself. We cause outrage. But are, after all, a nation it doesn’t. barely that claims to care about It’s noticed beyond human rights. humanitarian groups.

This lack of general and sustained anger about the death toll is an outrage in itself. We are, after all, a nation that claims to care about human rights.

But this country’s border-enforcement policies — coupled with the continuing lure of jobs and the drive to reunite with family members — are undeniably lethal.

Efforts to reform those policies in Congress are being declared dead or on life support, depending on who is assessing the odds. There are so many reasons to pass a comprehensive solution similar to what emerged in the Senate.

Among those is the consequence of inaction. …

Dr. Gregory Hess, chief of the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner, says the death count this calendar year is 148 people as of Monday. That’s 23 more dead people than this time last year.

Since the beginning of 2001, Hess’ office has received more than 2,200 bodies of people who tried and failed to cross Arizona’s southern deserts.

His office gets bodies from all border counties except Yuma County The Border Patrol, which keeps track by fiscal year, reports 171 deaths statewide from Oct. 1, 2012, to Aug. 31.

That’s down 10 from the same time last fiscal year.

Immigration reform is not about politics. It is about people.

It is about men, women and children who share our humanity. Their fragile hopes are like anybody else’s. So is their tender love for families left behind or waiting somewhere on this side of the line.

Their deaths are bitter testimony to the failure of our current border policies.

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We reserve the right to reject or edit letters on the basis of libel, poor taste or repetition.

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Letters to The Editor • Donations of old vehicles can help American Red Cross To the editor: What if you could help people in a disaster and help clean up the environment at the same time, and it cost you nothing to do so?

Well, now you can through the Red Cross Vehicle Donation Program. You donate the vehicle — in any condition — and it will be picked up by our partners at a time that works for you. Our partners will sell the vehicle and send the proceeds to the American Red Cross.

We will then send you a tax receipt. We accept any of the following vehicles, in any condition — cars, trucks, vans, motorcycles, tractors, RVs, boats, jet skis and more! Just call us at 855-92R-CCAR (855-927-2227) or visit redcross.org/cardonation for more information.

David Hockley Kendallville Noble County liaison to the American Red Cross

Speak the truth with love: Sin is sin To the editor: Love the homosexual.

Yes and no.

I would like to applaud the Angola First Congregational United Church of Christ for accepting gays, lesbians and transsexuals into their church. Jesus tells us that we are to love one another in Christ. It doesn’t matter if they are an alcoholic, drug addict, prostitute and yes even gay people. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. That means you and me.

However, it stops there. We are to love everyone but we are to hate sin.

Yes, homosexuality is a sin. It clearly states this in Leviticus 18:21-23. In Leviticus 20:13 it is called an abomination. It is no doubt wrong in God’s eyes.

Pastors, it is time that you preach the truth. The message of the cross. The fact that God loves everyone, yes even homosexuals, is that “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever (that means anyone and everyone, no matter what your past is like) believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

So, yes, God loves homosexuals so much he gave his son, Jesus, to die on a cross for them, that you might believe in him to change your life forever.

Once you give your life to Jesus, you are spiritually born again. 2 Corinthians 5:17 tells us, “If any man be in Christ he is a new creature (or creation) old things

are passed away, call past sin forgiven behold all things are become new.”

Jesus saves people’s lives so that they may serve Almighty God. It is time the church speaks the truth with love. Sin is sin. It doesn’t matter if society accepts it or not.

Pastors, it is time you preach what sin is and that there is hope in the blood of the cross. Finally, in Corinthians God tells us that, “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God? Be not deceived neither fornicators (sexual immorality) nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (or homosexuals), nor abusers (or sodomites) of themselves with mankind.”

However, there is hope in Jesus, because when you give him your life 1 Corinthians 6:11 tells us, “we are washed, we are sanctified (set apart) we are justified (declared righteous) in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the spirit or our God.” Pastors, time is short, behold today is the day of salvation, Jesus tells us. So bring Christ back and preach the gospel: The Cross of Calvary and how it can change one’s life when they accept Jesus as their savior.

Rick Caban Angola

There is much to be said about putting pen to paper NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Over the years the residents of this town tucked into a shoulder of the White Mountains have filled the pages of the local newspaper with heated comments about zoning, a bypass highway, a new school and who deserves to win the New Hampshire primary.

But few issues have prompted such passionate commentary in The Conway Daily Sun as the question of whether handwriting should be taught in the local schools. One day the paper carried 43 opinions on the topic. Most of them screamed: Of course they should. That includes the reader who said it wouldn’t make any difference, adding: “They can’t spell anyway.”

Maybe they can’t, but the schoolchildren of this community and of thousands of others scattered around the country aren’t being taught a skill so basic that it is almost always listed second in the ancient catechism on the function of schools. Not that the other two — reading and ‘rithmetic — are being mastered by our young scholars either, but that’s for another day and another column.

We have in our time witnessed the shrinking role of the handwritten word. We no longer sign for gasoline at self-service pumps and we write emails on a keyboard. The letter is as dead as a form of correspondence as the gavotte is as a form of dance. The other day I saw someone take out an $85,000 loan with an electronic signature. You would think you

might employ at least one of those important documents in American history were written in forms that free plastic hotel pens to borrow resemble script: the Declaration $85,000, but it wasn’t necessary. of Independence, the ConstituThere are loads of romantic tion, the Gettysburg Address … reasons — the kind I like best — and the Laffer Curve that for the perpetuation of launched the supply-side the handwritten word, revolution. Take away the and I’m speaking pen and you erase much of about more than love American history. It’s enough notes. (In an age of to make you think this entire LOL, does anyone still movement away from cursive know what SWAK is a communist plot. means? Ask your Many of us of a certain mom. She will.) age remember the torture There is real DAVID M. imposed upon us by the intimacy involved in a salvation show handwritten thank-you SHRIBMAN traveling run by the evangelists of the note, so much more Palmer handwriting method. personal than an email These hard-bitten pilgrims thanks, which we all — worse than the volunteer know is often dashed traveling dentists who off in a few seconds shoved tongue depressors without even the courtesy of into our mouths once a year in an pushing the shift button to employ often-successful search for cavities capital letters at the beginning of the sentence. It is heresy, and very — would drive from town to town, reigning terror in classrooms as bad manners. they assured there was a little There is emotion that can be jagged edge to the “F” we wrote in loaded onto anything written in the upper case and made sure that cursive, impossible to describe but the lower-case “z” had the three impossible to miss. And there is required precise and distinctive the utility of picking up a pencil motions. and writing down a phone number Today almost every state has or a personal note on a piece of endorsed the so-called Common paper and then tucking it into your Core, which doesn’t require breast pocket, where there is at instruction in cursive. My bet is least a 50 percent chance you will that the modern way of tackling retrieve it before it goes into the a running back is taught in more washing machine and leaches all schools than the old-fashioned way over your best dress shirt — in the of writing out a pass for going to increasingly unlikely event you the bathroom. still wear a dress shirt. Don’t get That means there will be fewer me started. concussions, which is a good All of that is without considthing, but also fewer billets-doux, ering that four of the most

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There is emotion that can be loaded onto anything written in cursive, impossible to describe but impossible to miss.

• which is a bad thing, and my point is sealed by the fact that hardly any readers of this column will have the remotest idea what a billet-doux is and even fewer have ever received one. (Save this column for its historical value: This may be the last time that compound word ever appears in print. It does not mean the same thing as a French letter. Look them both up.)

But the rationale for teaching cursive goes beyond the romantic.

“Writing in cursive is more than making letters,” says Paula Heinricher, who has taught handwriting for eight years in southwestern Pennsylvania through the Handwriting Without Tears program. “It’s putting letters into words and then into sentences. It’s not copying. It’s expressing ideas.”

There’s hope. This year a handful of schools in the Pittsburgh suburbs instituted a new initiative to teach pupils in kindergarten through the second grade how to print, and next year pupils from the third through the sixth grades will be introduced to

cursive. “It’s still a basic skill,” says Amanda Hartle of the North Hills School District, “and has an effect on all the other parts of students’ educations.”

At least the president still signs bills with a pen. For generations it was a sign of special favor to receive a presidential pen used in the signing of legislation, and grown men and women who wrote or conceived of the bill would brag their entire lives of being presented with a presidential pen. For years I admired a display in the White House pressroom of 50 pens used by Lyndon Johnson to sign elements of the Great Society.

Barack Obama signed the health care law that bears his name with a pen. His rivals on Capitol Hill are living for the day one of his successors might employ a pen to sign legislation revoking Obamacare.

So maybe there’s a (ball-) point to this column after all: the identification of one element in American life worthy of bipartisan support. Let’s end the Washington stalemate by uniting to save cursive. A nation’s sense of itself — and the accessibility of its founding documents — depends on it. But if you want to start a petition, please require the signatures to be affixed by pen.

It’s the least you can do for your country.

DAVID M. SHRIBMAN is the executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. His email is dshribman@ post-gazette.com.

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My ex’s aunt had contacted them to notify my son as next of kin. Tom had remarried, divorced again and had a girlfriend. He died a few days later.

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Strengthening pelvic muscles helps incontinence You ask about incontinence. Along with a frequent urge to urinate, incontinence is common in women with pelvic organ prolapse. That’s because when the pelvic organs drop down from their normal position, they put pressure on the bladder and the tube ASK (called the DOCTOR K. urethra) through which urine flows. This Dr. Anthony can increase the urge Komaroff to urinate and reduce a woman’s control over when she urinates.

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given birth. Women who have given birth to four babies are 10 times more likely to develop prolapse than women who have never given birth.

Especially when the birth has been a vaginal delivery, rather than a C-section, there is a chance that the muscles and tissues in the floor of the pelvis will be weakened. That predisposes a woman to prolapse in later years.

Kegel exercises to strengthen pelvic floor muscles may be enough to control mild incontinence. To perform Kegels, squeeze the muscles you would use to hold back urine or to stop urinating midstream. Tighten these muscles and hold them tight for a few seconds. Repeat 10 times per session. Do approximately four sessions each day.

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DEAR DOCTOR K: I’m a post-menopausal woman who suffers from urinary incontinence. I’ve just learned that my incontinence is due to pelvic organ prolapse. What does this mean? What is the treatment?

DEAR READER: Pelvic organ prolapse is a condition in which tissue from the uterus, bladder, urethra or rectum drops down into the vagina. As many as one in three middleaged women have some degree of pelvic organ prolapse.

Mild prolapse usually doesn’t cause symptoms, but more advanced prolapse can. The most common are discomfort, heaviness or pressure. A woman can feel these sensations in her vaginal area, pelvis, lower abdomen, groin or lower back. With the most advanced prolapse, a woman notices a bulge of tissue protruding from her vagina.

Prolapse can also cause pain during sex or an inability to have an orgasm.

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You may also consider surgery to repair the ligaments, or bands of fibrous tissue, in your pelvic area. Surgery helps to relieve symptoms and restore normal anatomy, bowel and bladder function, and the ability to have sex.

For post-menopausal women, hysterectomy, the surgical removal of the uterus and sometimes the cervix, is the most common treatment.

There’s some question about whether surgeons should also remove the ovaries of post-menopausal women during this procedure. If you’re considering a hysterectomy, ask your doctor about the individual risks and benefits of removing your ovaries.

DR. KOMAROFF is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. His website is AskDoctorK.com.

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Inspectors spell out plans for Syria THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Inspectors who will oversee Syria’s destruction of its chemical weapons said Sunday their first priority is to help the country scrap its ability to manufacture such arms by a Nov. 1 deadline — using every means possible.

The chemical weapons inspectors said that may include smashing mixing equipment with sledgehammers, blowing up delivery missiles, driving tanks over empty shells or filling them with concrete, and running machines without lubricant so they seize up and become inoperable.

On Friday, the U.N. Security Council ordered the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to help Syria destroy its chemical weapons by mid-2014.

On Sunday, inspectors met with media in The Hague to explain their current plan of action, which is to include an initial group of 20 leaving for Syria on Monday.

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two inspectors to speak on condition of anonymity out of concern for their safety amid Syria’s civil war; both are veteran members of the OPCW. Spokesman Michael Luhan said the men “are going to be deeply involved in Syria.”

“This isn’t just extraordinary for the OPCW. This hasn’t been done before: an international mission to go into a country which is involved in a state of conflict and amid that conflict oversee the destruction of an entire category of weapons of mass destruction which it possesses,” Luhan said.

“This is definitely a historical first.”

Syria acknowledged for the first time it has chemical weapons after an Aug. 21 poison gas attack killed hundreds of civilians in a Damascus suburb and President Barack Obama threatened a military strike in retaliation. A U.N. investigation found that nerve gas was used in the attack but stopped short of blaming it on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.

50 students killed in Nigeria POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — A college provost says suspected Islamic militants gunned down students as they slept and killed as many as 50 in an early-morning attack in northeast Nigeria.

Molima Idi Mato of the Yobe state College of Agriculture told The Associated Press that the gunmen also torched classrooms in the attack at about 1 a.m. Sunday in rural Gujba. The college is about 25 miles from the scene of similar school attacks around Damaturu town.

He said security forces are still recovering bodies so he could not give an exact death toll. He said about 1,000 students have fled.

Northeast Nigeria is in a military state of emergency against an Islamic uprising prosecuted by Boko Haram militants who have killed hundreds of civilians in their quest for an Islamic state.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” slurped up the box office.

The animated Sony sequel featuring the voices of Bill Hader and Anna Faris opened in first place and earned $35 million in its debut weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The original “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” was showered with $30.3 million during its opening weekend in 2009.

“It’s remarkable that it did as well as and surpassed the first film,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony Pictures. “The filmmakers really ratcheted it up in terms of palette and tone. It’s one of those films that just draws you in. The story is fun, and there’s something for the whole family.”

Last week’s top film, “Prisoners,” slid to second place. The Warner Bros. kidnapping thriller starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal nabbed $11.3 million in its second weekend, bringing its total domestic haul to $38.9 million.

Universal’s Formula One tale “Rush,” directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, drove into the third position with $10.3 million in its second outing after expanding to 2,297 theaters in wide release.

The weekend’s other new releases — Fox Searchlight’s “Baggage Claim” and Relativity’s “Don Jon” — didn’t have debuts quite as sunny as “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.”

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Netanyahu warns U.S. on Iran JERUSALEM (AP) — Mortified that the world may be warming up to Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking an unpopular message to the White House and the United Nations this week: Don’t be fooled by Tehran’s new leadership.

Netanyahu contends Iran is using conciliatory gestures as a smoke screen to conceal an unabated march toward a nuclear bomb.

He will deliver those strong words of caution — and fresh intelligence — in an attempt to persuade the U.S. to maintain tough economic sanctions and not allow the Islamic republic to develop a bomb or even move closer to becoming a nuclear threshold state.

With the White House cautiously optimistic about its dialogue with Iran, Monday’s

meeting between Netanyahu and President Barack Obama could be tense.

“I will tell the truth in the face of the sweet talk and the onslaught of smiles,” Netanyahu said before boarding his flight to the U.S. on Sunday. “Telling the truth today is vital for the security and peace of the world and, of course, it is vital for the security of the state of Israel.”

Israeli leaders watched with great dismay what they derisively call the “smiley campaign” by Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, last week. Rouhani delivered a conciliatory speech at the United Nations in which he repeated Iran’s official position that it has no intention of building a nuclear weapon and declared his readiness for new negotiations with the West.

Capping off the visit,

Rouhani and Obama held a 15-minute phone call as the Iranian leader was traveling to the airport. By the end of the call, the first conversation between the nation’s leaders in 34 years, Obama was suggesting that a breakthrough on the nuclear issue could portend even deeper ties between the U.S. and Iran. U.S. and European diplomats hailed a “very significant shift” in Iran’s attitude and tone.

For Netanyahu, such sentiments are nothing short of a nightmare.

For years, he has warned that Iran is steadily marching toward development of nuclear weapons, an assessment that is widely shared by the West because of Iran’s continued enrichment of uranium and its run-ins with international nuclear inspectors.

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319 -230-4406 2 Rowe Jukeboxes.

Will hold 100 CD’s.

Good working order. $650. and $800.

260 318-2202

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QUEEN PILLOWTOP MATTRESS SET Can deliver, $125.

(260) 493-0805 FREE: Full Size Bed Complete. Avilla, (419) 366-5305

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ADOPTABLE DOGS 975Terrier,M,white/Tan, 3-4 yrs.(Bugs) 972Rottweiller,SF,9yrs., Blk/Tan(Pierre) 971-Lab mix,Blk., 1 yr.(Zulu) 969-Poodle mix,White/cream, 5 yrs,M(Jack) 968-Australian Shepherd mix,M,Blk/Tan(Joel) 967-Jack Russell,M,white, 10 yrs(Cal) 962-Boxer mix,F,white/Tan, 3 yrs.(Ginger) 959-Lab mix,M, 2 yrs.,Choclate(Finn) 957-Shepherd/Lab,F,12 yrs.,Black.(Sheena) 951-Pittbull,F,born 3/13,Blk/white (Annie) 946-Dalmatian mix,M,white/Blk., 4 yrs.(Niles) 938-Terrier,SF,Bro., 4 yrs.(Lexi) 931-Lab,M,Blk., 1-2 yrs.(Spud) 903-Beagle mix,F, 1 yr.,Tri.(Darla) 900-Shepherd mix,F,born 3/13,Bro/white(Buffy) 862-Pitt-bull,M,Tan, 2-3 yrs.,(Trooper) 851-Pittbull,M,1-2 yrs.,Brown (Christian) Humane Society of Noble County, Inc. 1305 Sherman St. Kendallville, IN 46755 260-347-2563

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General Heavy Equipment Operator Training! Bulldozers, Backhoes, Excavators. 3 Weeks Hands On Program. Local Job Placment Assistance.

National Certifications.

GI Bill Benefits Eligible.

1-866-362-6497 AC1213

St. Joe 2 & 3 BR mobile homes starting at $360. Deposit & utilities additional.

260-337-5000 or 800-223-9131 Wolcottville 2 & 3 BR from $100/wk also LaOtto location.

574-202-2181

Large,walnut veneer executive desk with right hand return, credenza/book case with three glass surface covers.

Located in Angola.

Immediately available. $300 OBO. 260-316-6632

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$ WANTED $ Junk Cars! Highest prices pd. Free pickup. 260-705-7610 705-7630

SETSER TRANSPORT AND TOWING USED TIRES Cash for Junk Cars!

701 Krueger St., K’ville. 260-318-5555

TOOLS Hyundai generator 6500 watt output commercial series. New never used. $1,900.

260 318-2202

ATTENTION: Paying up to $530 for scrap cars. Call me 318-2571

SPORTING GOODS

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up to $1000.00

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CARS 1999 Sebring Chrysler.

2.5 liter motor, excellent on gas. Needs brakes, rotors & tires. 90,000 miles, Drove only 2 yrs. $4,000. (517) 368-4959

TV/STEREO/ENT FREE: 35” Color TV Good for games or extra TV. You pick up.

(260) 350-7158

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Guaranteed Top Dollar For Junk Cars, Trucks & Vans. Call Jack @ 260-466-8689

TRUCKS

260 349-2685 ‘95 Ford F150 5 liter Parting out extras.

Tool box & fender caps.

Call Mike, 573-6093

WANTED: Cash paid for GI Joe, 1980 & older comic books, baseball, football cards, Matchbox & Hot Wheels, train set, slot cars, pocket knives. 765-384-5981

SUV’S 1990 Chevy Blazer 4.3 2 wheel drive, runs good. $600.

260 367-2529 or 585-7870

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Call Nick at 260-494-1111.

NLMS146802. Some restrictions may apply.

Equal Housing Lender.

Se Habla Espanol. (A).

15 pieces of Milk Glasses, $40.00.

(260) 761-2123 19 cu. ft. Upright Freezer. Works. You haul. $50.00.

(260) 665-7079 1938 Leather Bound National Geographic. $25.00 (260) 495-9868 1941 Leather Bound National Geographic. $25.00 (260) 495-9868 1943 Leather Bound National Geographic. $25.00 (260) 495-9868 1947 Leather Bound National Geographic. $25.00 (260) 495-9868 1948 Leather Bound National Geographic. $25.00 (260) 495-9868 2 prs. 80” Pink, Priscilla Curtains. $25.00. (260) 856-2083 3 Chairs, wooden, hand painted design with burgundy leather seats. $20.00. (260) 319-4113

8N Ford Tractor new rear tires.

Call 347-0435 for more information.

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5 ft. Wooden Porch Swing. $35.00.

(260) 318-4950 60 + yr. old wooden table, hand painted design. Good cond. $50.00. (260) 319-4113

MERCHANDISE UNDER $50

MERCHANDISE UNDER $50

MERCHANDISE UNDER $50

Igloo Max Cold 6 gal. beverage cooler.

Excellent cond. Asking $8.00. (260) 833-1049

Pint Canning Jars $3.00 for a dozen (260) 665-7079

Women’s T-Shirts XL 11 at $22.00 (260) 665-7079

Ladies Bowling Shoes Black & White, size 8.

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(260) 837-2192 Large Shop Vacuum $25.00 (260) 925-6506 Like new Stove Hood.

Brown Swanson with vent & light. 30Lx18wx7 $50.00. (260) 347-4179 Logitech Cordless Keyboard & mouse with disc. & instructions.

Asking $8.00.

(260) 833-1049 Mens Jacket Gray. Size Large. $40.00. (260) 665-1986 Mens Jacket Tan. Size Large. $40.00 (260) 665-1986 Motorcycle Helmet Black. Size adult small.

DOT, $25.00 (260) 837-2192 New Red Slip on Mickey Mouse Tennis Shoes. Size 8. $10.00.

(260) 925-4570 Old Fashioned Women’s 26” Bicycle w/new seat & good tires. $50.00.

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Dark Brown Leather Jacket. Excellent cond.

Mens Large. $50.00.

(260) 665-1986 Double Hung Windows with flush fitting storm & screen. Good cond.

Set of 3 for $50.00.

(260) 665-7769 Early 60’s Floor Model Walnut Colored Console Stereo w/solid oak top. $40.00.

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Portable Air Tank $15.00 (260) 357-3082 Priscilla Curtains 3 prs. 80”, Burgundy. $25.00. (260) 856-2083 Quart Canning Jars $4.00 for a dozen (260) 665-7079 Queen Size Green w/pink flowers comforter. $30.00.

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Rubbermaid Cooler on Wheels. 4 cup holder top. Asking $8.00.

(260) 833-1049 Ryobi Mulchinator Blower/Vacuum. Electric w/owners manual.

Excellent cond. Great for leaves. $35.00.

(260) 833-4232 Vitamaster Comfort Air Exercise Bike. $35.00.

(260) 357-3082 Women’s Blouses Size 2 X 5 pr. for $12.50 (260) 665-7079 Women’s Petite Sweat Pants. XL. 5 pr. for $15.00.

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