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Global warming concern grows
An AP-GfK poll finds 80 percent of Americans think warming
could pose serious problems, up from 73 percent in 2009.
How much do you think the U.S. government
should do about global warming?
A great deal
If nothing is done to reduce global warming in the future, how serious
of a problem do you think it will be for the United States?
Serious
Some
A little or
nothing
Not
serious
80% 18
NOTE: Poll of 1,002 adults conducted Nov. 29-Dec. 3, 2012; margin of
error ±3.9 percentage points.
Don’t
know
57% 20 22 1
Don’t
know
SOURCE: GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications AP
AP-GfK Poll: Even the
science doubters say
the world is warming
By SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 4 out of 5 Americans
now think temperatures are rising and that global warming
will be a serious problem for the United States if nothing is
done about it, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds.
Belief and worry about climate change are inching up
among Americans in general, but concern is growing faster
among people who don’t often trust scientists on the environment.
In follow-up interviews, some of those doubters
said they believe their own eyes as they’ve watched thermometers
rise, New York City subway tunnels flood, polar
ice melt and Midwestern farm fields dry up.
Overall, 78 percent of those surveyed said they thought
temperatures were rising and 80 percent called it a serious
problem. That’s up slightly from 2009, when 75 percent
thought global warming was occurring and just 73 percent
thought it was a serious problem. In general, U.S. belief in
global warming, according to AP-GfK and other polls, has
fluctuated over the years but has stayed between about 70
and 85 percent.
The biggest change in the polling is among people who
trust scientists only a little or not at all. About 1 in 3 of the
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Take
a deep
breath
By GLEN WERLING
If there was one word
that Purdue University Agriculture
Economic Professor
Chris Hurt wanted to leave
with his listeners at Thursday’s
Wells County Ag Outlook
breakfast, it was “kumbaya.”
Literally translated, the
Gullah word means “Come
by here.” But because
the song “Kumbaya” has
become a fellowship song
sung at many a summer
camp, what Hurt was trying
to get across to his listeners
was that everything is going
to be OK financially on the
farm heading into 2013.
Hurt was the featured
speaker at the breakfast
held at the Wells County
Community Center at the
4-H Park. The event was
attended by about 75 to 80
agribusiness professionals,
with a breakfast catered by
Preble Gardens.
Hurt explained that while
the drought impacted corn
and soybean yields in 2012,
high commodity prices and
crop insurance mitigated
the potential loss. That held
especially true for Wells
County and Indiana’s eastern
and east-central counties,
where late July and
August rains resulted in
Smoking
Ossian and Uniondale firefighters douse a blaze in a large commercial mower at the
Jacob and Danielle Adam residence, 7861N-100W, Uniondale, Thursday. Firefighters
were paged at 1:47 p.m. The fire was contained to the engine compartment of the mower
and it is unknown what started the blaze, as the mower had reportedly not been used for
several weeks. There was some smoke damage to other contents in the building. (Photo
by Glen Werling)
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Purdue
professor,
with a
‘kumbaya’
reference,
tells
farmers to
keep the
faith
average to above-average
soybean yields. Corn yields,
while well below average,
were still above those
experienced on the west
side of the state, Hurt said.
His family farm near Terre
Haute saw average per acre
yields on corn of 15 bushels.
Compare that to Wells
County’s predicted average
of 120 bushels an acre, Hurt
said, and those in attendance
could see really how fortunate
Wells County was this
year.
Dry weather really did
not take hold in especially
the northern half of the
western Corn Belt until late
in the growing season, and
that resulted in states like
Minnesota seeing 200 bushel-per-acre
yields on corn.
Hurt said he spoke with one
farmer from Minnesota who
was clearing $1,000 per acre
profit thanks to great yields
and high commodity prices.
That could be Wells
County in 2013, Hurt said.
Weather predictions are
that the drought will either
stay the same or intensify in
four of the top corn producing
states — Iowa, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Illinois
— in 2014 but should lessen
in Indiana, Ohio and southern
Michigan, Hurt said.
Because the western Corn
Belt could have potentially
low yields in 2013, nervous
traders will lift the prices.
The other side of the
equation — demand —
could bring prices down
lower, Hurt cautioned. Suppliers
told buyers this year
that Mother Nature was not
cooperating with supply and
that forced the market to tell
buyers to look elsewhere —
especially for corn. And foreign
buyers especially did.
South Korea skipped past
the U.S. entirely when looking
for new crop corn, said
Hurt.
The demand side from
foreign buyers is now at
about a 50-year low, said
Hurt.
Domestic demand is
still strong, but weaken-
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Purdue University Agriculture Economic Professor Chris
Hurt explains that commodity prices will likely remain level or
decrease in 2013. (Photo by Glen Werling)
ing some, he added, largely
because the high commodity
prices have made the
strongest domestic buyers
— ethanol and livestock
producers — cut back.
If commodity prices
decline, which Hurt
believes they will in 2013,
the domestic demand will
rise, but it will be slow to
respond. While ethanol producers
can fire up the processing
plants fairly quickly,
the simple process of raising
animals from wean to market
will take time to regrow
the livestock demand for
corn.
Depending on how
weather in the Corn Belt
turns out in 2013, Hurt
looks for a “corn cliff” to
possibly develop in July of
Markle will fight to put ad
sign on new water tower
By DAVE SCHULTZ
MARKLE — The Markle Town Council
is appealing a decision by the Markle Board
of Zoning Appeals. The council also wants
to take away the reason for the denial of the
town’s request.
The town wants to enter into an arrangement
with Novae Corp., which builds
and sells trailers at the Markle Industrial
Park. The town’s new water tower is up,
and Novae wants to use it as a locator for
its business — something along the line of
“Welcome to Markle, home of Sure-Trac,”
one of Novae’s products.
The town’s BZA turned down the request
because putting an advertising sign on the
water tower did not meet the terms of the
zoning ordinance.
During Thursday night’s monthly council
meeting, Jeff Humbarger, the council’s
president, asked that his fellow council
members — Rick Bower and Mark Hamilton
— approve the filing of the appeal.
He also asked that they consider amending
the ordinance to remove signs posted “on a
water tower or any similar structure.” Both
requests were approved.
The appeal will be handled by Mike
Hartburg, the town’s attorney. The ordinance
revision now goes to the Markle Plan
Commission.
Also Thursday, the council heard a presentation
from Mike Wickersham, the director
of Huntington County United Economic
Development. Wickersham was also there
to present his agency’s annual contract with
the town for ratification — $3,700, payable
in two installments during 2013. The council
members approved the contract.
The council approved two other contracts
— one with OnlyInternet for use of
the town’s water towers to mount antennas
for wireless operations, and one with Waste
Management for trash pickup. Neither contract
was available for public inspection and
no terms were publicly announced during
the meeting.
‘Cliff’ negotiators considering more modest goals
By ANDREW TAYLOR
and JIM KUHNHENN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Hopes dimming for a wide-ranging
bargain, the White House and
many congressional Republicans
are setting their sights on a more
modest deal that would extend
current tax rates for most Americans,
raise rates for top earners and
leave other, vexing issues for the
new year.
President Barack Obama and
House Speaker John Boehner
met late Thursday for less than an
hour at the White House, but there
were few signs of progress. Both
sides agreed to describe the talks
as “frank,” a less than optimistic
assessment that suggested the
president and the speaker stuck to
their opposing positions.
Boehner was sticking with his
plans to leave for his home state of
Ohio on Friday, limiting opportu-
nities for further in-person talks in
the coming days.
While Boehner took the lead in
negotiations, a growing number
of Senate Republicans were calling
on their House colleagues to
yield on their opposition to letting
top tax rates increase on income
over $250,000 for couples, while
extending Bush-era tax cuts for
everyone else.
Such a step would require capitulating
to Obama’s demands, but
it would leave other fiscal issues
unsolved until 2013, including an
increase in the nation’s borrowing
limit. Republicans have insisted
that the debt cap is a key piece of
leverage to extract spending cuts
from the Obama administration.
“I think it’s time to end the
debate on rates,” Sen. Richard
Burr, R-N.C., said. “It’s exactly
what both parties are for. We’re for
extending the middle-class rates.
We can debate the upper-end rates
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and what they are when we get
into tax reform.”
“He’s got a full house and
we’re trying to draw an inside
straight,” Sen. Johnny Isakson,
R-Ga., said. When it was observed
that making a straight would still
be a losing hand, Isakson said:
“Yeah, I know.”
White House spokesman Jay
Carney conceded that “one aspect
of a way to deal with this at the
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Agriculture outlook
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2013. By late in the month,
speculators will have a
strong sense of what the
supply of new crop corn will
be and will bid to that supply.
If the weather is favorable,
corn could drop from a
high of $7.69 in early June
down to as low as $6.06 —
or even into the high five
dollar range by harvest time
next October.
With input costs putting
about a $5 per bushel
squeeze on farmers now,
$6.06 corn would still be
profitable, added Hurt.
Using a bell curve, he demonstrated
his belief that
$6.10 corn was likely. But
2014 corn could be $5.60
at harvest time — but he
admitted predicting anything
out that far was risky.
“I don’t look for our
boom to have a crash landing.
I think it will be a soft
landing,” said Hurt.
Because prices will at
best remain fairly steady
into 2013, Hurt saw no reason
to store corn.
There’s an old adage that
corn is king, and Hurt spent
much of his discussion on
corn, but toward the end he
did turn the focus toward
soybeans.
South American acreage
in soybeans is now about
twice what the acres are
here in the United States,
Hurt said during his speech.
“World acreage is growing
by leaps and bounds,” he
said.
China remains the main
export market, and China’s
demand continues to give
beans a more bullish outlook
for prices than corn.
He foresaw beans perhaps
topping the $15 and maybe
$16 per bushel range. The
next couple months are crucial,
though, as buyers get a
feel for the size of the South
American crop.
“If they have several
weeks of hot, dry weather,
I think we can pop beans
Markle
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In other business, council
members:
• Read the notice of public
comment for the town’s
compliance with the Americans
With Disabilities Act
into the meeting’s minutes.
The public comment period
ends Dec. 18.
• Set the council’s 2013
schedule of meetings, adhering
to the third Wednesday
of the month guideline.
Meetings will continue to
start at 7:30 p.m.
‘Cliff’ negotiators
(Continued from Page 1)
very least would be to pass
the tax cuts for 98 percent of
the American people. That
would deal with a chunk of
the so-called fiscal cliff.”
But he said Obama
remained committed to a
broad deal that combined
existing spending cuts and
reduced the deficit significantly.
“He doesn’t want to
pass up that opportunity,”
Carney said.
A narrow deal, involving
only an increase in top marginal
rates for top income
earners would guarantee a
second round of negotiations
and brinkmanship over the
debt ceiling.
Carney took a hard line
on using the debt ceiling as
leverage.
“We cannot play this
game, because while it
might be satisfying to those
with highly partisan and
ideological agendas, it’s not
satisfying to the American
people and is punishing to
the American economy,” he
said. “We cannot do it.”
Thursday evening’s
meeting came shortly after
Obama suggested that the
sluggish pace of deficitcutting
talks between the
administration and congressional
Republicans was
a result of a “contentious
in the $15 and perhaps $16
range. If they have yield
losses, I certainly think
that we could top $16,” he
added.
An underreported feature
of all this, Hurt believed, is
that South America is continuing
to expand its acreage
to meet the demand. If that
continues to happen and the
demand is met by that additional
supply, then soybean
prices will level off, he said.
With all of the weather
uncertainties combined with
South America’s potential
for a record-setting crop,
Hurt believed beans around
harvest time 2013 could
hover around the $11.75 per
bushel level.
Regarding land prices, as
long as commodity prices
stay strong and interest rates
on other investments stay
low, Hurt said that $10,000
an acre land will be a sensible
investment. Right now,
land has the potential to produce
3 to 5 percent returns
on the investment. Hurt
asked the audience if they
could think of any other
investment that was yielding
that well now.
However, as prices and
costs start to come more in
line, he also saw land prices
stabilizing and maybe dropping
slightly, especially if
interest rates on other investments
start to rise.
Of course if we have
another dry year, those
investment figures are
greatly skewed. Noting one
farmer told him of having
to disk under a corn crop,
Hurt asked those in attendance
how much that farmer
earned off his investment.
Of course the answer was
nothing.
That’s why he recommended
crop insurance, adding
that about 25 percent of
the acres in Indiana this year
were uninsured.
The bottom line, according
to Hurt, is that corn and
soybean prices are both
• Tabled the appointment
of new BZA members until
January.
• Accepted the town
superintendent’s report and
the town marshal’s report.
Mike Grant stood in for
Rick Asher, the town superintendent,
for his report.
• Considered an amendment
to the town’s tree ordinance.
Town Marshal John
Markley said the change
would make the town eligible
for more funds through
the Tree City USA program.
caucus” of GOP lawmakers
who were making it difficult
for Boehner to negotiate.
Boehner saw it differently.
“Unfortunately, the
White House is so unserious
about cutting spending that
it appears willing to slowwalk
any agreement and
walk our economy right up
to the fiscal cliff,” he said
earlier in the day.
Thursday night’s meeting
was the two men’s second
face-to-face encounter
in five days as they seek
to find an agreement that
avoids major tax increases
and across-the-board spending
cuts scheduled to kick in
going to fall back nearer
to production costs. Both
inputs and cash rents should
level off in response.
“In a business you can
only extract money if there’s
money to be extracted,” said
Hurt. “It’s always easier to
extract money from farmers
if they have it in their pockets.”
Regarding government
payments, Hurt said
they will be gone in 2013.
“There will be a new farm
bill passed in the first half
of next year, and those will
be gone,” he said. The reason?
Market prices are high
enough to compensate for
any direct payments, said
Hurt.
However, he expects, as
part of the farm bill, that the
body of cash that was used
for direct payments will be
rolled into the federal crop
insurance program. Proposals
to enhance the crop
insurance program have
been proposed by both the
House and the Senate in
their individual versions of
the farm bill.
Regarding beef farmers,
Hurt noted there’s a lot
of anxiety with high feed
prices. Production cutbacks
are occurring, and some of
the costs are being passed
on to the consumer. That in
turn will cause consumers to
cut back on their meat consumption,
said Hurt.
He expected the hog
industry to return to profitability
by late 2013. Sometime
by April or May, South
America’s bean meal will be
hitting the market, driving
down meal prices.
“The bottom line is, it’s
hard to call tops. I don’t
see any collapse coming for
prices but we will see what
I call the kumbaya event —
a leveling off of prices. I see
higher margins, a cautious
time, but still there will be
a lot of opportunities,” said
Hurt. glenw@news-banner.com
• Transferred $71,965
into the town’s Rainy Day
Fund. The transfer — 10
percent of the money in
the town’s General Fund
— matches what the town
has been doing in previous
years.
Clerk-Treasurer Shelly
Monticue said the Markle
Town Hall will be closed
Dec. 24 and 25 and Dec. 31
and Jan. 1 for the Christmas
and New Year’s holidays.
daves@news-banner.com
in January.
Boehner remains caught
between a tea party faction
and more pragmatic Republicans
advising a tactical
retreat. He dodged two questions
on whether he would
allow Obama’s proposal for
higher tax rates for upper
earners to proceed despite
GOP opposition to the
idea. Such an approach was
employed by then-Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,
when funding military operations
in Iraq and Afghanistan
when Democrats controlled
Congress but President
George W. Bush occupied
the White House.
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Global warming
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people surveyed fell into
that category.
Within that highly skeptical
group, 61 percent now
say temperatures have been
rising over the past 100
years. That’s a substantial
increase from 2009, when
the AP-GfK poll found that
only 47 percent of those
with little or no trust in scientists
believed the world
was getting warmer.
This is an important
development because, often
in the past, opinion about
climate change doesn’t
move much in core groups
— like those who deny it
exists and those who firmly
believe it’s an alarming
problem, said Jon Krosnick,
a Stanford University social
psychologist and pollster.
Krosnick, who consulted
with The Associated Press
on the poll questions, said
the changes the poll shows
aren’t in the hard-core “antiwarming”
deniers, but in the
next group, who had serious
doubts.
“They don’t believe
what the scientists say, they
believe what the thermometers
say,” Krosnick said.
“Events are helping these
people see what scientists
thought they had been seeing
all along.”
Phil Adams, a retired
freelance photographer from
Washington, N.C., said he
was “fairly cynical” about
scientists and their theories.
But he believes very much
in climate change because of
what he’s seen with his own
eyes.
“Having lived for 67
years, we consistently see
more and more changes
based upon the fact that
the weather is warmer,” he
said. “The seasons are more
severe. The climate is definitely
getting warmer.”
“Storms seem to be more
severe,” he added. Nearly
half, 49 percent, of those
surveyed called global
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warming not just serious
but “very serious,” up from
42 percent in 2009. More
than half, 57 percent, of
those surveyed thought the
U.S. government should do
a great deal or quite a bit
about global warming, up
from 52 percent three years
earlier.
But only 45 percent of
those surveyed think President
Barack Obama will
take major action to fight
climate change in his second
term, slightly more than the
41 percent who don’t think
he will act.
Overall, the 78 percent
who think temperatures are
rising is not the highest percentage
of Americans who
have believed in climate
change, according to AP
polling. In 2006, less than a
year after Hurricane Katrina
devastated New Orleans, 85
percent thought temperatures
were rising. The lowest
point in the past 15 years
for belief in warming was in
December 2009, after some
snowy winters and in the
middle of an uproar about
climate scientists’ emails
that later independent investigations
found showed no
manipulation of data.
Broken down by political
party, 83 percent of
Democrats and 70 percent of
Republicans say the world
is getting warmer. And 77
percent of independents
say temperatures are rising.
Among scientists who
write about the issue in
peer-reviewed literature, the
belief in global warming is
about 97 percent, according
to a 2010 scientific study.
The AP-GfK poll was
conducted Nov. 29-Dec. 3
by GfK Roper Public Affairs
and Corporate Communications.
It involved landline
and cellphone interviews
with 1,002 adults nationwide.
Results for the full
sample have a margin of
error of plus or minus 3.9
percentage points; the mar-
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gin of error is larger for subgroups.
The latest AP-GfK poll
jibes with other surveys and
more in-depth research on
global warming, said Anthony
Leiserowitz, director of
Yale University’s Project on
Climate Change Communication.
He took no part in
the poll.
When climate change
belief was at its lowest, concerns
about the economy
were heightened and the
country had gone through
some incredible snowstorms
and that may have chipped
away at some belief in
global warming, Leiserowitz
said. Now the economy
is better and the weather is
warmer and worse in ways
that seem easier to connect
to climate change, he said.
“One extreme event after
another after another,” Leiserowitz
said. “People have
noticed. ... They’re connecting
the dots between climate
change and this long bout
of extreme weather themselves.”
Thomas Coffey, 77, of
Houston, said you can’t help
but notice it.
“We use to have mild
temperatures in the fall
going into winter months.
Now, we have summer temperatures
going into winter,”
Coffey said. “The whole
Earth is getting warmer and
when it gets warmer, the ice
cap is going to melt and the
ocean is going to rise.”
He also said that’s what
he thinks is causing recent
extreme weather.
“That’s why you see New
York and New Jersey,” he
said, referring to Superstorm
Sandy and its devastation
in late October. “When you
have a flood like that, flooding
tunnels like that. And
look at how long the tunnel
has been there.”
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Lowell Badger, 85, of
Graysville, passed away Saturday,
Dec. 8, 2012.
Mr. Badger was a retired
farmer and a 1945 graduate
of Graysville High School.
He had been an active member
of the Kingsley Memorial
United Methodist Church in
Sullivan County since 1960,
holding various leadership
positions within the church.
He also served for 28 years on
various committees and boards
at the Sullivan County Credit Union, 40
years with the Island Levee Conservancy
District, and eight years as the District 7
director of Indiana Farm Bureau.
Lowell was a devout Christian who
lived by Joshua 24:15(b): “As for me and
my family, we will serve the Lord.”
He was born Aug. 28, 1927, in Turman
Township of Sullivan County, to
Frank Henderson Badger and Beulah Idell
Raines Badger. He married Nellie Faye
Foutz; she preceded him in death in 2008.
Survivors include two daughters, Brenda
(Don) Bales of Terre Haute and Linda
(Steve) Sturgeon of Bluffton; a son, Alan
(Audrey) Badger of Sullivan; six grandchildren,
Don (Bonnie) Bales of Zanesville,
Ron (Melissa) Bales of Greenfield,
Matthew Sturgeon and Aaron Sturgeon,
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Lowell Badger, 85
both of Bluffton, and Kelsey
Badger and Patrick Badger,
both of Sullivan; four greatgrandchildren,
Faith, Franklin,
Ellie, and Ivan Bales of Zanesville;
a sister, Eunice Hanthorn
of Watertown, S.D.; a brother,
Phillip (Freda) Badger of Greencastle;
and a very special
friend, Mary Arnett.
In addition to his wife, he
was preceded in death by a son,
Byron Raines Badger in 1957,
and three sisters, Halcyon Winters,
Hester Hall, and Mary E. Badger.
Calling will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday
at the Holmes Memorial Chapel, located
near the intersection of U.S. 41 and Silver
Street in Sullivan. Services will be held
at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Christian
Church of Sullivan, 105 N. Broad St., Sullivan,
with Revs. Paul Myers, Paul Ayers,
and Frank VanAllen officiating. Interment
will be at the Center Ridge Cemetery in
Sullivan.
The family suggests that in lieu of
flowers, donations may be made to the
Kingsley Memorial United Methodist
Church in care of Riley Nichols, 9581 W.
County Road 450N, Sullivan, IN 47882.
Online condolences: www.holmes
memorialchapel.com
Dr. Jeraldine Baumgartner, 98
Jeraldine Baumgartner, M.D., of Indianapolis,
passed away Dec. 3, 2012 at the
age of 98.
She was born in Fort Wayne on July
20, 1914 and led a remarkable life, becoming
a medical doctor in 1939, a time when
women were not encouraged to follow a
career in medicine.
Dr. Baumgartner credited her parents
for always supporting her childhood
dream of becoming a doctor. Throughout
her career she delivered more than 3,500
babies and helped many women pursue
their dreams of motherhood. Although
Dr. Baumgartner is mostly remembered
for her private office in Fort Wayne at 515
W. Wayne St., she also worked as a country
doctor in Harlan during World War II
where she worked around the clock attending
house calls. With her 30-pound medical
bag she found herself administering her
own anesthetic, setting fractures and even
cutting a man out of a corn picker.
After becoming well established in Fort
Wayne, Dr. Baumgartner also served four
years as a physician at Smith College and
Robert E. Gavin, 76, Decatur,
died at 2:43 a.m. Thursday,
Dec. 13, 2012 at Lutheran Hospital
in Fort Wayne.
Born in Wells County on
Sept. 15, 1936 to George
Dewey and Edna Mae (Bennett)
Gavin, he married Barbara
J. Burdg on Feb. 5, 1982 in
Decatur; she survives.
A veteran, serving in the
U.S. Army, he was a member
of American Legion Post
43, Moose Lodge 1311 and the
V.F.W, all in Decatur. He worked for Yost
Prestress, Automatic Sprinkler Corp., and
drove a truck for ATL, retiring in 2008.
Other survivors include two daughters,
Robin (Ray) Prior and Rhonda
(Jerry T.) Andrews, both of Decatur; a
son, Robert (Julie) Gavin, Jr., Decatur; a
step-son, Timothy Wolfe, Fort Wayne; a
step-daughter, Karen Razo of Decatur; a
brother, Bill Gavin of Liberty Center; a
sister, Betty Abenath of Huntington; seven
Ralph “Galen” Weatherholt,
71 of Elkhart, passed away
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 at
Memorial Hospital of South
Bend.
He was born Nov. 4, 1941
in Wells County, to Ralph and
Mabel (Foust) Weatherholt, and
married Marilyn Jean Case on
Feb. 13, 1960; she survives.
Ralph graduated from Chester
Center High School and was
an over-the-road truck driver for
52 years, 20 years at Case Leasing
and 32 years at LaSalle-Bristol. He
accumulated 7 million miles accident free
driving. He was an avid NASCAR fan and
a Bobby Knight and IU basketball fan.
He loved watching his kids and grandkids
participate in athletics and school
functions. He was on the original Board
of Directors for Concord Little League
and former vice-president of the Concord
Booster Club. He also was a member of
the Elkhart Canadian Hunt Club.
Also surviving are three sons, Lonnie
(Denise) of Elkhart, Ronnie (Amy)
Lowell Badger
Robert Gavin, 76
Robert Gavin
Ralph Weatherholt, 71
Ralph Weatherholt
studied gynecology for two years at the
University of Vienna, Austria.
When Dr. Baumgartner retired in 1976
from her practice in Fort Wayne, she was
still the only woman physician in the city.
Dr. Baumgartner was devoted to her
sister, Allene (Baumgartner) Pence, a
nurse who preceded her in death in 2011
at the age of 100. Dr. Baumgartner spent
much of her free time with her sister’s
family and is survived by her nephews,
David Pence of Bluffton and Robert and
John Pence; as well as their children,
including John David Pence, Christa
(Pence) Brandenberger, Jason Pence, Cassi
(Pence) McClintock, and Matthew Pence
of Bluffton, and Carrie (Pence) Duke, also
of Bluffton.
Per Dr. Baumgartner’s request, there
were no services. Donations may be made
to the IUPUI Women in Science House, IU
Foundation, P.O. Box 663802, Indianapolis,
IN 46266-3802, or Indianapolis Poodle
Rescue, Arrangements were handled by
Indiana Funeral Care and Crematory .
grandchildren, Joe (Teresa)
Fuhrman, Connie Fuhrman,
Lindsey (Andrew) Stimpson;
Brice Gavin, Katie (Zach)
Neuenschwander, Kirstie
and Kole Andrews; five great
grandchildren, Emily, Andrew,
Elizabeth and Abigail Fuhrman,
and Colten Stimpson; and four
step-grandchildren, Brandon,
Jenna, Ty and Jamie Razo.
He was preceded in death by
two sisters, Barbara Gavin and
Connie LaFolette; and a brother,
Jerry Gavin.
Services will be Monday at 10:30 a.m.
at the Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home in
Decatur. Calling hours there are Sunday
from Noon to 5 p.m. Military graveside
services will be conducted by American
Legion Post 43 Color Guard. Burial will
be in the MRE Cemetery in Berne.
Online condolences may be made at
www.zwickjahn.com.
of Goshen, and Donnie (Kristen)
of Osceola; two daughters,
Bonnie (Vince) Nickerson
of Titusville, Fla. and
Connie (Aaron) Ebenroth of
Goshen; 11 grandchildren, Tiffany,
Marc, Derek, Andrew,
Rachelle, James, Ashley, Nick,
Breanna, Morgan and Drake;
5 step-grandchildren, 14 greatgrandchildren,
6 step-greatgrandchildren;
four sisters,
Mary Blair of Culpert, Texas,
Joyce (Jim) Pace of Plano,
Texas, Carol (Dee) Schwartzkoff of Hartford
City, and Kay Huffman of Poneto.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and four brothers, Dwayne, Billy Joe,
Sherman and Joey, and a sister Rosalie
Downhour.
Visitation will be from Noon to 4
p.m. Sunday at Stemm-Lawson-Peterson
Funeral Home, Elkhart where a celebration
of life will be at 4 p.m.
Memorials may be given to Victory
Junction, an organization for children with
chronic medical conditions.
Opel Maginnis, 100 — arrangements pending
Arrangements are pending at the Walker
& Glancy Funeral Home in Montpelier
for Opel I. Maginnis, who died Thursday
at her residence.
Car strikes INDOT dump truck, killing teen driver
EDEN, Ind. (AP) — A 19-year-old central
Indiana man was killed when the car
he was driving collided with an Indiana
Department of Transportation dump truck.
State police say Logan Stafford of Fortville
was driving on a county road in Hancock
County, about 25 miles northeast of
Indianapolis about 12:15 p.m. Thursday
when the collision occurred at the intersection
with Indiana Highway 9. State police
say they were told by witnesses that Logan
failed to stop at a stop sign and drove into
the path of the dump truck.
Logan’s vehicle was struck in the driver’s
door. He was pronounced dead at Hancock
Regional Hospital.
INCIDENTS
City:
Thursday, 8:57 a.m.,
Grace Scales, 300 block of
West Townley Street. Someone
stole her polar bear
Christmas decoration.
Thursday, 9:09 a.m., officer
requested at a business at
111 E. Market St. on a report
of a bat in the business.
The bat was successfully
removed.
Thursday, 9:17 p.m.,
caller requested assistance
at 303 Greenbriar Dr. in the
Willowbrook subdivision.
He reported that while he
was driving home, he hit a
raccoon with his vehicle.
When he arrived home, he
discovered the animal was
still stuck to the underside
of his vehicle and was still
alive.
Today, 12:47 a.m., officer
stopped a vehicle for driving
the wrong way on one
way South Johnson Street in
the 800 block. Arrested was
Michael J. Darling for driving
while suspended. See
ARRESTS.
Today, 1:01 a.m., officer
requested at the South Main
Street Pak-A-Sak on a report
that someone had left a drug
needle in the toilet of the
restroom.
County:
Thursday, 12:31 p.m.,
Patty Habegger, 600E north
of Ind. 124. Someone shot a
hole in her mailbox.
Thursday, 5:20 p.m.,
Wells County EMS responded
to Norwell Middle School
on a report of a basketball
player with a neck injury.
Thursday, 8:01 p.m., several
people living in the area
of 100E between 1100N and
1200N reported someone
was knocking on their windows.
Officers spoke with
three young men and asked
them to stay inside.
Thursday, 11:40 p.m.,
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of Public Safety says
it has spent more than
$300,000 on manpower and
other expenses investigating
an explosion that killed
a couple and decimated their
neighborhood.
Marion County spokesman
A.J. Deer said Thursday
there is nothing new to
report on the investigation
into the cause of the Nov. 10
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reported a suspicious vehicle
parked in his driveway.
He said someone got out of
the vehicle, but then the car
backed out of the driveway
and drove away. An officer
checked the area but did not
see anything suspicious.
Midnight, caller reported
her estranged husband
pulled into the driveway of
a residence on 100S west
of 400W in his Ford F-250
pickup truck and collided
with her Jeep. He then left
the scene. Because the vehicles
are mutually owned by
husband and wife, no criminal
charges will be pursued.
The damage was documented
for a possible future
report.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Tuesday, 6:14 p.m.,
Adams Street at the entrance
to Peyton’s Northern. Patricia
Leffingwell, 60, Montpelier,
was exiting the parking
lot of Peyton’s in her
2005 Jeep Liberty when she
clipped the rear dual wheels
of a 2010 Volvo semi tractor
registered to First Fleet,
Bluffton, and driven by
Terry Hampton, 45, rural
Bluffton. Damage exceeded
$1,000.
FIRES
Thursday, 1:47 p.m.,
report of a barn fire on
100W about a mile and a
half north of Uniondale.
Firefighters from Uniondale,
Ossian, Markle and Bluffton
fire departments dispatched.
However the fire was confined
to a large commercial
mower and was quickly
brought under control by
Uniondale and Ossian firefighters.
All others were
advised to disregard.
ARRESTS
Sherene Marie Poling, 51,
Cost of Indy house blast
investigation: $300,000
ties previously have said
they believe the explosion
was intentional and caused
by natural gas.
The release Thursday
by the public safety department
estimates that police
officers, fire fighters and
personnel from homeland
security and animal care and
control have worked 7,742
hours since the explosion.
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substance. Bond set
at $20,000. Poling was the
final remaining suspect from
the Operation Tiger Style
drug enforcement sweep
conducted by the DETECT
drug task force this past September.
Todd Edward Moore II,
37, Lake City Fla.; probation
violation. No bond set.
Jeffrey Lee Weaver Jr.,
21, Bluffton; escape and probation
violation. Bond set at
$5,000 on the escape charge.
No bond set on the probation
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Jonathan David Stickney,
19, rural Craigville; probation
violation. No bond set.
Michael Darling, 31,
Bluffton; driving while suspended.
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The Week That Was - a look back at the week through cartoonists’ eyes...
The electric company
loves Christmas
You might not realize this, but the
folks at every electric company in the
country really love Christmas.
A lot.
If you don’t believe me, ask Jerry
Zeigler how happy his meter reader
man is when he visits at the end of
every December. I’ll bet that guy practically
skips back to his truck-happy as
a lark.
Jerry (no relation to me
although we do share the same
first name) does a magnificent job
of decorating his house with sparkling
lights and decorations every
year for Christmas.
Jerry
Battiste
Just
Jerry
It’s truly stunning the way he brightens up not only
his house, but the entire block; the entire town turns out
at one time or another to drive past his home and gaze
in wide-eyed wonder at the dazzling light and sound
displays--all to celebrate Christmas.
But despite all the joy his Christmas display brings
him and the rest of the community you can’t help but
wonder how much crying he does when he gets his electric
bill.
Jerry had planned to actually extend his Christmas
light display to the surface of the moon this year, but
held back for budgetary reasons. Although he scaled
back the initial plan which required a 250,000-mile-long
extension in favor of a laser beam lettering system, he
still found the 900 gigawatt power requirements to be a
little outside the realm of possibility.
Myself, I always opt for a less costly Christmas light
display. I usually just light one of those little potpourri
pots and set it on the windowsill with a sign “Ho! Ho!
Ho!” People tell me that if they squint when they drive
past they can just make out the letters.
I would love to see more houses lit up for Christmas.
It truly is beautiful, seeing all those lights, especially
when the ground is blanketed with snow and the lights
cast a rainbow glow all around.
If electricity was free I’m sure Jerry would be handing
out Christmas lights to all his friends and neighbors.
We would light up the entire town of Bluffton and half
the county as well.
Instead we have to settle for one man footing the bill
for the rest of us.
I almost feel bad every time I drive past his house
and admire his lights.
Almost. But usually I’m enjoying the light and music
display too much to even think about it.
But you can bet the electric company is thinking
about it. I heard the size of their annual Christmas party
is actually based on how many strings of light Jerry
decides to hang. When he added the timed musical portion
of his Christmas light display his electric company
handed out a year-end bonus to everyone on the board
of directors.
Yes, Jerry Zeigler is a great guy for spending all that
time every year decorating his home so we can all enjoy
it. And other than the “Thank-you” card he gets from
the electric company and the posts people make on his
Facebook page, he does it just for the sheer joy of the
season.
So, if you see Jerry out and about these next couple
weeks don’t forget to tell him “thank you.” And if you
see him crying miserably next month, well, you’ll know
why.
jerry.battiste@yahoo.com
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Schindler Sez
The truth will always be the truth…no
matter how much the politicians lie.
Fruitcake Anyone?
Did you read about the guy who was
badly mauled when he jumped from the
elevated train, into the tiger’s den at the
Bronx Zoo? The reason he gave was,
“He wanted to be one with the tiger.” The
reason, at least in my opinion, the tiger
didn’t eat him…was because he didn’t like
fruitcake!
Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The pendulum swung
And he jumped on,
Hickory Dickory Dock.
Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse swung on the clock.
The clock struck two,
And off he flew,
Hickory Dickory Dock.
When thuggery is OK
It was an ugly spectacle in Lansing, Mich., the
other day. A Republican lawmaker predicted blood on
the streets. Profanity-spewing Chamber of Commerce
goons went after union demonstrators. Anarchocapitalists
tried to push their way into a state building
protected by the police.
The events chagrined editorialists around the country,
and Sunday show producers scrambled to book
the most excruciatingly thoughtful guests they could
find to hold forth about the importance of civility in
politics.
Of course, none of these things actually happened.
The inflammatory rhetoric and small-time thuggery
in Michigan were all the work of the left in response
to a new right-to-work law and will surely go all but
unnoticed by the people who always tsk-tsk about
“the tone” of political debate.
Civility is one of the most absurdly abused of our
political values. It is always centrally important to our
functioning as a democracy -- right up until the time
someone proposes crossing the unions. Then, it goes
from “Can’t we all get along?” to “Nothing to see
here.” Then, out come the Hitler signs, the accusations
of dictatorship, the sit-ins, the threats and even
the fists, and all anyone can think to say is, “Isn’t it a
shame someone had to go and get the unions angry?”
State Rep. Douglas Geiss achieved his 15 minutes
of notoriety by taking to the floor of the Michigan
Legislature to warn “there will be blood” in response
to the right-to-work law. He couched his prediction
in terms of past corporate-union conflicts. But why
would Michigan companies want to beat anyone up
over a right-to-work law? Come to think of it, why
would anyone consider a law allowing people hired
at a unionized shop to decide freely whether or not
to join a union an incitement to violence? No one is
forced to join the Rotary Club, yet Rotarians still go
about their business peaceably.
Outside the Michigan Capitol the day of the vote,
union protesters tore down the large organizational
tent of the pro-right-to-work free-market group Americans
for Prosperity and punched Fox News contribu-
Schindler Sez
Jim
Schindler
Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse came to in the clock.
When the clock struck three,
He started to flee…squeaking,
“No more will you Hickory Dick me!
Jim Schindler is a Fort Wayne businessman
and author who grew up in Decatur
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OPINION
tor Steven Crowder. It could have been
worse. Crowder sustained a chipped tooth
and a small cut on his forehead. But it was
notable who was doing the punching.
At least it should have been. Some on the
left have condemned Crowder for having
the temerity to get assaulted (or as Stephen
Douglas said of Charles Sumner before
he was caned by Preston Brooks: “That
damn fool will get himself killed by some
other damn fool”). A writer at the website
Gawker argued, in effect, that it was really
stupid of Crowder to get in the way of a
mob involved in the good, clean work of
trashing other people’s property.
Opponents of right-to-work complained of the
rapid legislative action in Michigan during a lameduck
session. But Michigan’s GOP legislators didn’t
want to repeat the experience of Wisconsin, where
lawmakers were hounded and personally threatened
in a drawn-out fight over collective bargaining. The
business of banging drums, shouting and occupying
buildings is not about rational persuasion so much as
a show of muscle to intimidate.
These aren’t tactics favored by the right, and if
they were it would be an ongoing national scandal. It
was considered a danger to the republic at the inception
of the tea party when constituents merely asked
sharp questions of the late Sen. Arlen Specter and
booed at a town-hall meeting.
The same standards will never apply to the unions.
Not that they would abide by them. Too much is at
stake. For them, the Wisconsin and Michigan fights
are fundamentally about power. They need the coercive
power of the state to force as many people as
possible to become members and cough up dues. And
they need the dues to fund the election of politicians
who will protect their interests. By inserting worker
choice into the equation, right-to-work risks crimping
the whole enterprise.
So they will fight and claw -- civility be damned.
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‘I Witness News: Live from Bethlehem’ will
be presented Sunday at First Nazarene
A children’s Christmas program will be held 10:15 a.m.
Sunday, Dec. 16, at the Bluffton First Church of the Nazarene,
1515 Clark Ave.
In “I Witness News: Live from Bethlehem,” the “I Witness
News” reporters encounter the sinister King Herod as
he tries to quiz the visiting three wise men about the star.
Even Cecelia, who is mesmerized by the comforts of the
palace, sees through the king’s scheme, as she and the rest
of the news crew decide to go to Bethlehem to visit the newborn
King.
Missing cell phones, a double-cross, and a daring escape
are all part of the action as the news crew come face-to-face
with God’s unique and humbling message of salvation.
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Religion in the News
The pope takes to
Twitter, with more
than 1M followers
By NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1
million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his
first tweet from his new account, blessing his online fans
and urging them to listen to Christ.
In perhaps the most drawn out Twitter launch ever, the
85-year-old Benedict tapped the screen of a tablet brought to
him at the end of his general audience after the equivalent of
a papal drum roll by an announcer who intoned: “And now
the pope will tweet!”
“Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you
through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I
bless all of you from my heart,” the inaugural tweet read.
At around the same time the message was sent, the number
of followers of Benedict’s (at)Pontifex accounts surpassed
the 1 million mark, with all eight languages of the
pope’s account combined.
While the @Pontifex English account remains the most
popular, nearing 800,000 followers, the pope is tweeting
simultaneously in Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, German,
Polish and Arabic. Each language has its own handle,
though they’re all the pope’s account: (at)Pontifex_es, for
Spanish for example, (at)Pontifex_it for Italian, (at)Pontifex_fr
for French, and so on.
The first papal tweet has been the subject of intense curiosity
— as well as merciless jokes, criticism and commentary.
“The pope has an iPad?” comedian Jon Stewart asked
earlier this year. The Onion satirical newspaper ran a piece
“Pope tweets picture of self with God.” And in perhaps a
more long-term and problematic issue for the Vatican, the
(at)Pontifex handle was flooded with negative messages
from users remarking on the clerical sex abuse scandal.
Vatican officials have said they expected such negativity,
but that is a risk they take by putting the Catholic Church’s
message out.
“These are already all over the Internet, in newspapers,
in so many forms of expression,” the Rev. Antonio Spadaro,
editor of the Jesuit magazine “Civilta Cattolica,” told Vatican
Radio this week. “They form part of ordinary communication.”
Benedict actually sent his first tweet over a year ago,
using a generic Vatican account to launch the Holy See’s
news information portal. Someone in his name tweeted
daily during Lent, part of the Vatican’s efforts to increase the
church presence in social media.
A personal Twitter account for Benedict has been the
subject of speculation ever since the Vatican’s senior communications
official said in February the idea was gaining
traction.
Vatican officials have acknowledged the pope won’t
actually type the messages and that someone in the Vatican’s
secretariat of state will write them on his behalf.
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Since 1934
Helping the
hurting, and
leading all to
redemption
Hope Missionary Church
has wide-ranging programs
By KAYLEEN REUSSER
“We want to help people who have
hurts, habits, and hang-ups come into
a relationship with God in faith,” said
Gary Aupperle, senior minister at
Hope Missionary Church.
Celebrate Recovery is the name
of a support group offered by Hope
Missionary Church for people with
addictions or bad habits who want to
rid themselves of those lifestyles. The
group, which currently numbers 20,
meets at the church on Monday nights
at 7 p.m.
“We use study materials developed
by Pastor Rick Warren, who wrote the
book ‘The Purpose Filled Life,’” said
Aupperle. There is no cost to attend the
program.
Celebrate Recovery is one means
of leading people to Christ that Hope
Missionary Church has put into effect
under Aupperle’s leadership. After
graduating from high school in Detroit,
Aupperle enrolled at Fort Wayne Bible
College (the school that later became
Taylor University-Fort Wayne). As a
student, he often visited Hope Missionary
Church in Bluffton to assist
with ministerial needs.
After earning a degree in Biblical
studies in 1979, Aupperle earned a
master of divinity degree from Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield,
Ill., near Chicago. He served as
youth pastor for five years at Avalon
Missionary Church in Fort Wayne,
then for 13 years as the church’s senior
pastor. He ministered four years at Port
Huron Missionary Church in Michigan
before accepting an invitation to serve
at Hope Missionary Church in 2002.
Aupperle and his wife, Kay, have
three grown children and four grandchildren
“with another on the way,” he
added.
One of the first things he saw a need
for a decade ago at Hope was a Family
Life Center. “We needed a facility to
impact young families,” he said.
During the next decade, the church
doubled its size by adding 40,000
square feet for a gym, children’s and
youth wings. It also added Sunday
morning worship services and staff.
In addition to a traditional worship
service at 10:30, there is an alternative
service called 10:31 which meets
at that same time. “It is an informal
service with contemporary music,” he
said.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012 • The News-Banner • Page 5
Gary Aupperle, senior pastor of the Hope Missionary Church, is shown in the
church’s sanctuary. (Photo by Kayleen Reusser)
Indiana Roundup
Fort Wayne police release
video of shooting suspect
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Police
have released a surveillance video in hopes
of finding a suspect in a fatal shooting at a
Fort Wayne shopping mall.
Police spokeswoman Raquel Foster told
The Journal Gazette Thursday that investigators
have few leads in the slaying last
month at Pontiac Mall.
Forty-four-year-old Kenton Allen Beckman
was shot Nov. 28 at a barbershop in the
mall. He was taken to a hospital, where he
died.
Foster says several people saw the suspect
but no one has identified him.
The video shows a black man wearing
black pants and a black hooded sweat shirt
with the hood pulled over his head.
Anyone with information about the suspect
is urged to contact Fort Wayne police
or CrimeStoppers. People leaving tips can
remain anonymous.
Panel recommends funding
for Ivy Tech growth
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — State
officials have recommended the Indiana
General Assembly approve funding for a
$20 million expansion of the main building
on Ivy Tech’s Bloomington campus.
Tthe Indiana Commission for Higher
Education approved the proposal Thursday.
The expansion would add an
85,000-square-foot addition to the building,
which currently measures 148,000 square
feet.
Ivy Tech pared down its plan for a
115,000-square-foot addition at the request
of the Legislature in 2007. During the recession,
all higher education funding proposals
were sent back to the commission for
review.
Bloomington Chancellor John Whikehart
tells The Herald Times that the addition
likely wouldn’t be ready to occupy until fall
2016. The building was designed for 5,000
students and now serves about 6,300.
Webcam will allow online
viewers to view razing
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The company
demolishing Evansville’s shuttered
Roberts Stadium plans to set up a webcam
so people can watch it online through the
city’s website.
The Evansville Courier & Press reports
that Parks and Recreation Director Denise
Johnson told the Parks Board that the
Klenck Co. has already begun tearing down
the stadium. The 56-year-old arena that was
shut down after the new Ford Center opened
downtown last year.
City officials want the demolition work
done by spring. The city plans to build a
park at the site in the next few years.
Summer start date seen
for Ohio River bridges
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Transportation
officials from Kentucky and Indiana
told Louisville Metro Council members that
construction on two new bridges over the
Ohio River is projected to start at nearly the
same time next summer.
The Courier-Journal reports that Indiana
Department of Transportation project manager
Ron Heustis said he expects construction
on the eastern bridge, which will link
Utica, Ind., and Prospect, Ky., to start in
June.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet project
manager Andy Barber says he expects construction
on the downtown span, which will
connect Louisville, Ky., and New Albany,
Ind., to begin in July.
The dates were provided to council members
Thursday as part of an update of the
project. Both new bridges are expected to
open in 2016.
Former Democrat leader
Bauer wins national post
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana House
Democrats may have decided it was time
for new leadership this past summer but a
national campaign committee is keeping
Patrick Bauer on board despite his demotion
in Indiana.
The Democratic Legislative Campaign
Committee re-elected Bauer to its board
Thursday. The national group helps Democrats
campaign for seats in statehouses
across the nation.
Democrats won back some state-level
seats in last month’s elections, but Indiana’s
House Republicans grew their ranks further.
Bauer led Indiana’s House Democrats
for a decade that was capped with a right-towork
battle over the past two years. Democrats
removed him as leader in July amid
frustration over his management style which
lawmakers said diminished the say of other
Democrats in the caucus.
Studebaker museum to
auction off a ’65 Wagonaire
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — In the market
for an older four-door station wagon that
seats eight and don’t mind that it needs a little
work? The Studebaker National Museum
has just what you are looking for.
The museum in South Bend plans on
auctioning off a 1965 Studebaker Wagonaire
from the museum’s permanent collection on
eBay sometime after the start of the year.
Museum’s archivist Andy Beckman tells
the South Bend Tribune the Wagonaire isn’t
suitable for display and officials decided it
wasn’t cost effective to restore the vehicle.
Magistrate grants delay in
SW Indiana murder trial
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southwestern
Indiana magistrate has granted a
request by a prosecutor to delay the trial of a
teenager accused of killing a homeless man.
The Evansville Courier & Press reports
Vanderburgh County Circuit Court Magistrate
Kelli Fink granted the request Thursday
even though an attorney for William
Hurt argued prosecutors are delaying for
time to look for more evidence. Prosecutors
said they need more time to examine cell
phones and test for DNA evidence.
The 18-year-old Hurt is charged with
murder and robbery in the beating and strangling
death of 54-year-old Marcus Golike in
June. Hurt was arrested in June after police
said he confessed that he, along with several
other teenagers, were involved.
Currently, the congregation supports
five full-time pastors and a parttime
pastor for a north campus near
Ossian which began holding services
on Easter 2012. Combined worship
attendance equals 1,000.
Rather than Aupperle preaching at
each service a DVD recording of the
first service is copied and carried to
the 10:31 service and the one outside
of Ossian, where the average weekly
attendance is 120 people.
For more information on the programs
and services offered at Hope
Missionary Church go to the church’s
website or call the church office during
business hours:
Hope Missionary Church
429 E Dustman Road
Bluffton 46714
260.824.1844
http://www.hope4thefamily.com
Pence will
keep more
of Daniels’
key staffers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)
— Incoming Gov. Mike
Pence continued Thursday
the trend of keeping Gov.
Mitch Daniels’ agency heads
in place as he builds his
administration.
Pence announced that
Maj. Gen. Martin Umbarger
would continue as the
head of Indiana’s National
Guard and Michael Cline
would continue serving as
state transportation commissioner.
He also announced
John Hill would take over
Homeland Security and Virgil
Madden would run the
state’s licensing board.
Hill joins the new administration
following a career
as the head of the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety
Administration under former
President George W.
Bush and the president of a
truck safety consulting firm
he formed in 2009. Madden
will move from Lt. Gov.
Becky Skillman’s office,
where he is a senior policy
adviser.
The new Pence administration
is shaping up to look
similar to Daniels’. Pence
announced last week that
Rob Wynkoop and Mike
Alley would stay on in their
respective jobs as Department
of Administration secretary
and revenue commissioner.
“I thought our success on
Election Day was as much
an affirmation of the policies
and practices the state of
Indiana had advanced in the
last eight years as it was an
affirmation of the agenda on
which we ran,” Pence said.
Incoming Lt. Gov. Sue
Ellspermann said Thursday
that Mark Newman will continue
as executive director of
the state Office of Tourism
and Development and Jacob
Sipe will continue as executive
director of the Housing
and Community Development
Authority, both offices
she will oversee.
Pence also said Thursday
he had accepted an invitation
from Notre Dame President
John Jenkins to attend
next month’s championship
game against the University
of Alabama, one week
before his inauguration.
He said he will deliver
his first State of the State
address Jan. 22, a little more
than a week after his inaugural
speech.

Page 6 • The News-Banner • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012
Tiger Sharks sweep Columbia City
Rachel Emshwiller broke her record
in the 100-meter butterfly race for the
second time this week, and earned four
blue ribbons, leading the Bluffton girls
swimming team to a 121-52 victory
over Columbia City Thursday night.
Emshwiller’s time of 1:10.59 was
even better than her record time Tuesday
evening against Norwell. She also
took first place in the 200-meter freestyle
with a 2:20.08 time and swam the
lead-off leg in the girls 200-meter and
400-meter freestyle relay teams.
Other 200-meter relay members
were Danielle Biberstein, Mikayla
Brickley and Caroline Mettler. Biberstein
also had an individual first in the
50-meter freestyle with a time of 31.77,
and Mettler added a blue ribbon in the
200-meter IM in 3:01.03.
Knights’ swimmers double up on Starfires
The Norwell swimming
teams swept the visiting
South Adams Starfires
Thursday evening. The boys
won by a slim 88-87 tally,
while the girls had an easier
time, winning 112-65.
Duke Wang and Logan
Ackley led the boys’ squad,
each landing two individual
firsts. Wang posted a 2:00.67
time to win the 200-yard free
and a 57.47 time to take first
in the 100-yard butterfly.
Ackley won the 200-yard
IM in 2:15.28 and the 100yard
backstroke in 1:01.54.
Other individual winners
for the boys were:
Michael Huggins, 50-yard
free, 24.52; Alex McCabe,
1-meter diving, 154.20
points; Alex Mills, 100-yard
free, 55.28; and Adam Nahrwold,
100-yard breaststroke,
1:07.02.
The Southern Wells
wrestling team suffered
three dual losses Thursday
night in an Allen County
Athletic Conference quadruple
dual meet at the Raiderdome.
Garrett defeated the
Raiders 60-20. Adams Central
topped the Raiders 74-3.
Woodlan tacked on a 42-18
defeat.
Raider senior Ben Fiechter
led his team with three
victories at 132 and 138
pounds. He had one pin and
two decisions.
Paul Renner added two
decisions for the Raiders at
126 pounds. T.C. Perry won
by a technical fall. Jacob
Stout received two forfeits,
while Ethan Smith and Jake
Weldy each won by a forfeit.
The Raiders now own a
4-5 dual meet record.
GARRETT 60
SOUTHERN WELLS 20
182: J. Stout (SW) won by forfeit (GA)
195: B. Davis (GA) p. W. Westfall
(SW) :15
220: B. Davis (GA) won by forfeit
(SW)
285: J. Denhaefigh (GA) p. J. Ballenger
(SW) :58
106: Z. Hargrove (GA) won by forfeit
(SW)
113: H. Lee (GA) p. D. Rockwell
(1:24)
120: T. Perry (SW) t.fall B. Souder
(GA) 18-2
126: P. Renner (SW) dec. D. Alwine
(GA) 7-4
132: D. Vandezande (GA) p. A. Wells
(SW) :45
138: B. Fiechter (SW) p. C. Foster
(GA) :43
145: K. Lanning (GA) won by forfeit
(SW)
152: C. Reinhoehl (GA) p. J. Weldy
(SW) 1:45
160: A. Novy (GA) p. E. Smith (SW)
1:50
170: G. Gunion (GA) p. M. McLain
(SW) 2:15
ADAMS CENTRAL 74,
SOUTHERN WELLS 3
195: A. Bollenbacher (AC) p. W.
Westfall (SW) :29
220: I. Bollenbacher (AC) won by
forfeit (SW)
285: J. Fuelling (AC) p. J. Ballenger
(SW) :39
106: T. Miller (AC) won by forfeit (SW)
113 A. Oliver (AC) p. D. Rockwell
(SW) :59
120: A. Cook (AC) dec. T. Perry (SW)
13-8
126: C. Walburn (AC) p. P. Renner
(SW) 1:04
132: B. Fiechter (SW) dec. H. Bates
(AC) 9-2
138: D. Ellinger (AC) won by forfeit
(SW)
145: Z. Yoder (AC) won by forfeit
(SW)
152: L. Liter (AC) p. J. Weldy (SW)
:35
160: K. Luginbill (AC) p. E. Smith
(SW) 1:27
170: M. Call (AC) p. M. McLain (SW)
The boys won the 200yard
medley relay. Ackley,
Wang, Nahrwold and Mills
posted a time of 1:51.58.
Mills, Ackley, Huggins and
Wang teamed up to win the
200-yard free relay as well
with a 1:42.50 time.
Kayla DeRemer led the
girls team with two individual
firsts. She won the 200yard
freestyle in 2:18.59 and
the 500-yard freestyle in
6:06.62.
Victoria Rundquist won
the 50-yard free in 27.85
seconds. Courtney DeRemer
won the 100-yard fly
in 1:05.99. The Knights
capped the evening with a
first place in the 200-yard
free relay. Molly Gates,
Arissa Moser, Jessica Louison
and Danielle Garner
posted a winning time of
2:00.52.
Raiders suffer three ACAC mat setbacks
Hannahan, Reds
finalize 2-year pact
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds and freeagent
infielder Jack Hannahan finalized a $4 million, twoyear
contract on Thursday, giving the team added depth at
third base.
The 32-year old, reunited with former Cleveland teammate
Shin-Soo Choo, hit .244 for the Indians last season with 16
doubles, four homers and 29 RBIs in 105 games. His playing
time was limited by a minor back injury.
“It’s a chance to win,” Hannahan said during a news conference
at Great American Ball Park. “I’ll do whatever they ask
me to do. If that’s to play every day, if that’s to come off the
bench late and hit or play defense, I’m ready for everything.”
Hannahan gets $1 million in each of the next two seasons,
and the Reds have a $4 million option for 2015 with a
$2 million buyout.
Sports Roundup
Crusaders win boys’ games
The Norwell Middle School boys’ basketball teams posted
two victories Thursday against Summit. The 7th-grade
Crusaders won 30-19, while the 8th-graders won 64-11.
Four Crusaders led the 8th-grade scoring. Austin Boucher
netted 14 points, Grant Mohler 12, Cody Shively 11 and
Reilly Stauffer 10. Ethan Creager added nine points, Grant
McMichael six, Quentin Middleton one and Curtis Blackwell
one point. Mohler hit four 3-pointers. Shively and
Stauffer each canned three 3-pointers.
Gavin Glenn topped the 7th-grade Crusaders with 10
points. Carson Ringger added eight points, Cole Wilson
four, Ian Gerber three, Christian Bohata two, Luke Zeddis
two, and Dylan Felger chipped in one point.
Raiders’ girls top Tigers’ C-team
The Southern Wells girls’ basketball C-team defeated
Bluffton 28-8 Thursday evening.
Meghan Yencer, Michaela Smith and Arrianne Moore
each scored six points to lead Southern Wells. Sydnee Jones
added four points. Lori Pluimer, Emilee Junk and Alexis
Collins each netted two points.
Katie Geimer topped Bluffton with six points, while Whitney
Green and Cheyanne Penrod each scored two points.
Bluffton girls win C-team contest
The Bluffton girls’ basketball C-team defeated the
Wayne Generals Wednesday night 27-15. Branda Bywater
paced the Tigers with 11 points. Whitney Green tossed in
six points and Caitlin Krider four points. Kendall Mechling,
Kayla Holland and Katie Geimer each added two points.
Norwell 7th-grade girls stun Summit
The Norwell 7th-grade girls’ basketball team defeated
Summit 25-23 Thursday.
Logan Rowles hit a free throw to tie the game with 2.5
seconds left. She missed the second free throw, but Alex
Christianson got the rebound and scored a contested layup
Kaitlyn Schriver posted a time of
1:29.23 to win the girls 100-meter
breaststroke event, and BreAnna Kizer
won the 1-meter diving event with
148.8 points.
The girls swept the relay events.
In the 200-meter medley, Janean
Steffen, Ashton Krider, Schriver
and Brickley posted a winning time
of 2:32.53. In the 400-meter relay,
Emshwiller teamed with Biberstein,
Steffen and Mettler to post a winning
4:51.19 time.
The boys team also had a successful
night over Columbia City, besting
the visitors 117-66.
Jason Prible was a double individual
winner, taking the 50-meter freestyle
in 26.66 and the 100-meter freestyle
in 58.55.
Kayla DeRemer of the Norwell girls’ swimming team shows her
winning form in the backstroke. DeRemer had two individual
first-place finishes Thursday night against South Adams. She
won the backstroke and 500-yard freestyle. (Photo by Paul
Beitler)
Prible earned two more blue ribbons
on two relay teams. The 200meter
medley squad of Prible, Jacob
Ehle, Keaton Osborn and Lincoln
Penrod posted at 2:09.09 time and the
400-meter free relay won with a time
of 4:20.36. Joining Prible on that race
were Brandon Horner, Penrod and
Osborn.
Horner added a first place finish
in the 200-meter freestyle in 2:26.86.
Ehle won the 100 meter fly in 1:11.90.
Ben Miller won the diving event with
230.95 points, and Osborn took first
in the 400-meter free style in 5:10.10.
The Tiger Sharks topped off their
scoring with a first place in the 200meter
freestyle. Miller, Ethan Kitt,
Dustin Lobsiger and Ehle combined
for a 1:56.65 time.
3:07
182: B. Pfister (AC) p. J. Stout (SW)
WOODLAN 42,
SOUTHERN WELLS 18
220: J. Hoeppner (W) won by forfeit
(SW)
285: G. Vanbrocklin (W) p. J. Ballenger
(SW) :26
106: E. Kurtz (W) won by forfeit (SW)
113: N. Hoot (W) p. D. Rockwell (SW)
1:53
120: S. Snyder (W) dec. T. Perry (SW)
13-6
126: P. Renner (SW) dec. T. Norman
(W) 4-3
132: J. Knepp (W) dec. A. Wells (SW)
7-0
138: B. Fiechter (SW) dec. H. Parisot
(W) 6-1
145: T. Delegrange (W) won by forfeit
(SW)
152: J. Weldy (SW) won by forfeit (W)
160: E. Smith (SW) won by forfeit (W)
170: C. Horston (W) p. M. McLain
(SW) 3:33
182: J. Stout (SW) won by forfeit (W)
195: B. Salmon (W) p. W. Westfall
(SW) :56
Indiana gets talented
6-man recruiting class
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Tom Crean believes his
new six-man recruiting class is a perfect fit for No. 1 Indiana’s
style.
All he has to figure out now is how to make the numbers
work.
On Thursday, for the first time since the newest Hoosiers
signed their national letters-of-intent nearly a month ago,
Crean and his assistants spoke about the newcomers.
The class includes highly-touted forwards Troy Williams
and Noah Vonleh, guard Stanford Robinson, center Luke
Fischer and two home-state players — forwards Devin
Davis and Colin Hartman.
But by signing all six, Indiana (8-0) is now three players
over the NCAA’s scholarship limit.
When asked how things would work out, Crean said that
he and his staff have several ways to work things out though
he did not elaborate on the plans.
as time expired. Rowles led the way with 10 points. Jordan
Elliott added five points and Christianson four points.
Harding takes two from Tigers
The Bluffton Middle School boys’ basketball teams were
defeated by Harding Thursday. The 8th-grade Tigers fell
75-35, while the 7th-grade team lost 67-30.
Tim Davis led the 8th-grade Tigers with 12 points. Philip
Pearson added six and Mitchell Kuhlenbeck five points.
Max Corle scored 17 points for the 7th-grade Tigers.
Jordan Bower and Nick Huffar each scored five points,
while Koltan Moore added three points.
Bluffton girls sweep Harding
The Bluffton Middle School girls’ basketball teams collected
two wins Thursday night at Fort Wayne against Harding.
The 7th-grade Tigers won 26-21, while the 8th-graders
won 17-13.
Megan Prater led the 7th-graders with eight points. Kaylee
Lovell added seven, Amanda Thompson four, Maranda
Craighead three, Alexis Allen two and Gabrielle Streveler
two points.
Zoey Smith scored seven points for the 8th-grade Tigers.
Marissa Hofstetter added six points. Claudia Williams and
Hayley Moriarity chipped in two points apiece.
East Jay defeats SW boys
The East Jay Middle School boys defeated Southern
Wells in two games Thursday at Portland. The 7th-grade
Southern Wells team lost 34-25, while the 8th-grade Raiders
were beaten 59-36.
Kane Moore topped the 7th-grade Raiders with nine
points. Cameron Lightle added seven and Russell Pluimer
six points.
Uriah DeWeese scored 13 and Evan Huffman 10 to lead
the 8th-grade Raiders. Austin Shuler and Elijah Barkell each
with scored five points. Blake Dollier added two and Briar
Beeks one point. East Jay was led by Jay Houck with 22 and
Ryan Burkett with 13.
SPORTS
Bluffton senior diver Ben Miller springs off the diving board during
one-meter springboard diving competition recently against
the Norwell Knights. On Thursday, he won again by scoring
230.95 points in the meet against Columbia City. (Photo by
Paul Beitler)
Columbia City downs
Norwell matmen
The Columbia City
Eagles’ wrestling team
downed the Norwell
Knights 62-16 Thursday
night in a Northeast Hoosier
Conference dual meet at
The Castle.
Paul Jensen, Grahm
Smith and Beau Burke
recorded wins for the
Knights.
Jensen logged a 14-4
major decision over Michael
Wright in the 120-pound
weight class.
Smith pinned Landon
Hodges at 5:28 in the 152pound
clash.
Burke pinned Hunter
LaRue at 3:28 in the 170pound
match.
The Bluffton Tigers were
defeated by the South Adams
Starfires in a dual wrestling
meet at the Allen County
Athletic Conference Quad
Thursday night at Berne.
South Adams won 51-24
in one of the dual meets.
Logan Simpson, Tre Nusbaumer,
Paxton Sweet and
Briar Gerber were the Tigers’
four winners.
Simpson pinned his opponent
at 1:32 in the 145-pound
weight class.
Sweet won by a pin at
3:35 in the 160-pound match.
In the 220-pound weight
COLUMBIA CITY 62,
NORWELL 16
At Norwell
106: Hunter Langeloh (CC) p. Luke
Fillers, 1:57.
113: Landen Yount (CC) p. Nick Gordon,
4:45.
120: Paul Jensen (N) m.d. Michael
Wright, 14-4.
126: Nathan Smith (CC) p. Hunter Dillon,
1:09.
132: Kyle Egolf (CC) m.d. Blake Lewis,
11-2.
138: Adam Dziabis (CC) p. Ashton
McCune, 3:54.
145: Brice Bauer m.d. Jay-ar Kobryn,
14-3.
152: Grahm Smith (N) p. Landon
Hodges, 5:28.
160: Alan Trabert (CC) won by forfeit.
170: Beau Burke (N) p. Hunter LaRue,
3:28.
182: Russell Hazelet (CC) p. Tanner
Moon, 2:48.
195: Tristin Anglin (CC) p. Tony West,
1:11.
220: Zach Perry (CC) p. Michael Gresley,
1:45.
285: Kohltin Hoeppner (CC) p. Chase
Nash, 0:59.
Tigers lose to Starfires
in ACAC wrestling dual
class, Gerber pinned Mavrick
Morningstar at 2:19.
Nusbaumer won by a forfeit
at 170 pounds.
SOUTH ADAMS 51, BLUFFTON 24
106: Myers (SA) pin Fugate (B) 3:48
113: Miller (SA) WBF
120: Nussbaum (SA) WBF
126: Moser (SA) pin Kolkman (B) 1:03
132: Pimentel (SA) dec Higgins (B)
7-6
138: Marbach (SA) pin Martinez (B)
1:32
145: Simpson (B) pin Grabau (SA)
1:32
152: Pollard (SA) WBF
160: Sweet (B) pin Coates (SA) 3:35
170: Nushaumer (B) WBF
195: Hinshaw (SA) pin Studabaker
(B) 3:23
220: Gerber (B) pin Mavrick Morninstar
(SA) 2:19
285: Mason Morningstar pin
Vanderkolk (B) 1:31
Creighton’s Josh Jones to
undergo heart procedure
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton guard Josh Jones will
undergo a procedure to address a heart problem that caused
him to pass out before a game against Nebraska last week.
Coach Greg McDermott says Jones had an atrial flutter
on Dec. 6. Doctors plan to perform an ablation on his heart
next Tuesday to restore a normal heart rhythm. Doctors will
examine his heart in another test a month later to determine
if the first procedure worked.
It won’t be clear until after the tests whether Jones can
return to playing basketball for the 16th-ranked Bluejays
(9-1). When Jones was a senior at Omaha Central High, he
underwent open-heart surgery to replace his aortic valve
after a bacterial infection in his heart.
High School Calendar
Friday, Dec. 14
BOYS BASKETBALL: Southern Wells at Bluffton, 6
p.m.; Norwell at DeKalb, 6:15 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 15
WRESTLING: Southern Wells at Yorktown, 9 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Bluffton at Adams Central,
noon; Leo at Southern Wells, noon; DeKalb at Norwell,
6:15 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL: Bluffton at FW Snider, 6 p.m.
(Freshman at 4:30 p.m.)

SPORTS
By DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — So long,
Eagles.
Up ahead for the Cincinnati Bengals, the
only Pennsylvania team that truly matters.
Andy Dalton threw a touchdown pass
and ran for another score, an opportunistic
defense forced five turnovers and Cincinnati
beat the Philadelphia Eagles 34-13 on Thursday
night.
The Bengals (8-6) took a half-game lead
over the Steelers for the last playoff spot in
the AFC. But their game at Pittsburgh next
week is far more important in the standings
than this one.
The Bengals would clinch their second
straight playoff berth with a win over
the Steelers if Pittsburgh loses at Dallas this
Sunday. A loss to the Steelers, though, likely
would ruin Cincinnati’s chances because it
BASKETBALL
COLLEGE
MEN
Thursday’s Major Scores
EAST
NC A&T 76, NJIT 71
SOUTH
Alabama St. 74, Troy 68
Anderson (SC) 65, Coll. of Charleston 49
Belmont 64, Middle Tennessee 49
Coastal Carolina 75, Toccoa Falls 38
Florida Gulf Coast 76, FIU 73
Longwood 86, S. Virginia 74
Southern U. 68, Louisiana-Monroe 39
Tennessee 69, Wichita St. 60
MIDWEST
North Dakota 74, Presbyterian 32
SOUTHWEST
Texas-Arlington 81, Houston Baptist 47
Texas-Pan American 92, Eureka 64
FAR WEST
Cal St.-Fullerton 66, Idaho St. 53
UNLV 91, La Verne 44
Washington 87, Seattle 74
Washington St. 52, Jackson St. 41
Upcoming Games
Saturday, Dec. 15
Indiana vs. Butler, 2 p.m., CBS
Purdue vs. Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m.
ESPN2
Tuesday, Dec. 18
Ball State at Purdue, 7 p.m. ESPN3
Wednesday, Dec. 19
Mt. St. Mary’s at Indiana, 7 p.m. BTN
WOMEN
Thursday’s Major Scores
EAST
Army 77, Merchant Marine 40
SOUTH
Belmont 85, Georgia St. 62
Coastal Carolina 70, Converse 43
Davidson 59, Gardner-Webb 56
Elon 74, Morgan St. 54
FIU 66, UCF 49
Kennesaw St. 71, UNC Asheville 62
LSU 76, ETSU 42
Liberty 82, Bluefield St. 46
Louisiana-Lafayette 68, New Orleans 41
Nicholls St. 57, Alabama St. 46
Radford 73, Norfolk St. 50
MIDWEST
No major scores reported.
SOUTHWEST
Rice 68, Chicago St. 42
FAR WEST
Air Force 82, CS Bakersfield 78, OT
Oregon St. 54, Cal St.-Fullerton 36
HIGH SCHOOL
BOYS
Thursday’s Scores
Andrean 73, Wheeler 53
Crosspointe Christian Academy 66,
Columbus Christian 64
GIRLS
Thursday’s Scores
Attica 52, N. White 35
Barr-Reeve 42, Shoals 35
Benton Central 72, Lafayette Jeff 12
Bloomfield 43, Springs Valley 35
Boone Grove 39, Morgan Twp. 28
Borden 46, Madison Shawe 18
Clay City 44, Union (Dugger) 40
Corydon 50, Jeffersonville 37
Covenant Christian 44, S. Putnam 31
Dubois 52, Jasper 51, OT
E. Central 59, S. Dearborn 44
Ev. Mater Dei 60, N. Posey 39
Ev. Memorial 52, Vincennes Rivet 47
Gibson Southern 63, Pike Central 61
Greencastle 49, Rockville 46
Indian Creek 60, Beech Grove 32
Lakewood Park 74, Lakeland 46
Lou. Ballard, Ky. 60, New Albany 51
Lowell 72, Highland 35
Madison 68, Jennings Co. 54
Morristown 55, S. Decatur 47
Mt. Carmel, Ill. 63, Ev. North 31
Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 67, New Palestine
30
Muncie Burris 44, Blue River 37
N. Decatur 61, Waldron 47
N. Harrison 58, Salem 42
N. Judson 47, Argos 41
N. Knox 57, Wood Memorial 31
N. Vermillion 73, Fountain Central 33
New Washington 68, Eastern (Pekin) 45
Northridge 47, Goshen 35
NorthWood 53, Jimtown 28
Penn 79, S. Bend Clay 9
Perry Central 54, Orleans 32
Princeton 51, S. Knox 33
Providence 39, Christian Academy 31
S. Bend Adams 46, S. Bend St.
Joseph’s 30
S. Bend Washington 72, Mishawaka
Marian 53
Scottsburg 51, Mitchell 28
Shakamak 58, Linton 37
Sheridan 51, Indpls Howe 20
Southwestern (Jefferson) 53, Oldenburg
32
Southwestern (Shelby) 68, Edinburgh 52
Tell City 55, Tecumseh 31
Terre Haute North 58, W. Vigo 26
Tri 31, Monroe Central 29
Tri-West 69, Zionsville 58
Triton Central 73, Indpls Attucks 27
Twin Lakes 57, Rossville 22
W. Central 38, Tri-County 29
W. Noble 53, Whitko 51, OT
W. Washington 67, Crothersville 34
Wapahani 54, Cowan 26
Washington 66, Loogootee 20
Westfield 61, Avon 43
Westview 65, Fremont 23
White River Valley 42, Eastern
(Greene) 38
Winamac 63, Tippecanoe Valley 47
NBA
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New York 17 5 .773 —
Brooklyn 12 9 .571 4 1/2
Boston 12 9 .571 4 1/2
Philadelphia 12 10 .545 5
Toronto 4 19 .174 13 1/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 14 6 .700 —
Atlanta 14 6 .700 —
Orlando 8 13 .381 6 1/2
Charlotte 7 15 .318 8
Washington 3 16 .158 10 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 12 9 .571 —
Milwaukee 11 9 .550 1/2
Indiana 11 11 .500 1 1/2
Detroit 7 17 .292 6 1/2
Cleveland 5 18 .217 8
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 18 6 .750 —
Memphis 14 5 .737 1 1/2
Dallas 11 11 .500 6
Houston 10 11 .476 6 1/2
New Orleans 5 16 .238 11 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 18 4 .818 —
Utah 13 10 .565 5 1/2
Minnesota 10 9 .526 6 1/2
Denver 11 12 .478 7 1/2
Portland
Pacific Division
10 12 .455 8
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 16 6 .727 —
Golden State 15 7 .682 1
L.A. Lakers 9 14 .391 7 1/2
Phoenix 8 15 .348 8 1/2
Sacramento 7 14 .333 8 1/2
Wednesday’s Games
Brooklyn 94, Toronto 88
Indiana 96, Cleveland 81
Atlanta 86, Orlando 80
L.A. Clippers 100, Charlotte 94
Chicago 96, Philadelphia 89
Golden State 97, Miami 95
Houston 99, Washington 93
Minnesota 108, Denver 105
Oklahoma City 92, New Orleans 88
Milwaukee 98, Sacramento 85
Boston 117, Dallas 115,2OT
Phoenix 82, Memphis 80
Utah 99, San Antonio 96
Thursday’s Games
Atlanta 113, Charlotte 90
New York 116, L.A. Lakers 107
Portland 98, San Antonio 90
Friday’s Games
Dallas at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Golden State at Orlando, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Washington, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
Boston at Houston, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Utah at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Memphis at Denver, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Golden State at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Indiana at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Brooklyn at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Boston at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
Memphis at Utah, 9 p.m.
FOOTBALL
NFL
All Times EST
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
y-New England 10 3 0 .769 472 274
N.Y. Jets 6 7 0 .462 245 306
Buffalo 5 8 0 .385 289 352
Miami
South
5 8 0 .385 240 276
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Houston 11 2 0 .846 365 263
Indianapolis 9 4 0 .692 292 329
Tennessee 4 9 0 .308 271 386
Jacksonville
North
2 11 0 .154 216 359
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 9 4 0 .692 331 273
Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 355 293
Pittsburgh 7 6 0 .538 278 264
Cleveland
West
5 8 0 .385 259 272
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Denver 10 3 0 .769 375 257
San Diego 5 8 0 .385 292 281
Oakland 3 10 0 .231 248 402
Kansas City 2 11 0 .154 195 352
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 8 5 0 .615 373 270
Washington 7 6 0 .538 343 329
Dallas 7 6 0 .538 300 314
Philadelphia
South
4 10 0 .286 253 375
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Atlanta 11 2 0 .846 337 259
Tampa Bay 6 7 0 .462 354 308
New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 348 379
Carolina
North
4 9 0 .308 265 312
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 9 4 0 .692 323 279
Chicago 8 5 0 .615 308 219
Minnesota 7 6 0 .538 283 286
Detroit
West
4 9 0 .308 320 342
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 9 3 1 .731 316 184
Seattle 8 5 0 .615 300 202
St. Louis 6 6 1 .500 236 279
Arizona 4 9 0 .308 186 292
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Thursday’s Game
Cincinnati 34, Philadelphia 13
Sunday’s Games
Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Washington at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Miami, 1 p.m.
Denver at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
would lose the tiebreaker.
“We control what we can control,”
coach Marvin Lewis said. “We want to
win in December, so we have a chance to
win in January.”
Can they beat the Steelers? Probably not
if they play like they did for most of their
60 minutes at Lincoln Financial Field. They
committed 10 of their 11 penalties through
the first three quarters. Dalton was sacked six
times by one of the worst lines in the league.
Dalton was an unimpressive 13 of 27 for
127 yards and a touchdown. No receiver had
more than 63 yards.
Funny how a playoff push can make those
stats meaningless as long as the Bengals win.
“We’re playing for something now,” Dalton
said. “That’s great and that’s what makes
it fun this time of year.”
The Eagles’ season was lost a long time
ago. They fell to 4-10, losing double-digit
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Carolina at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.
Detroit at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
Seattle vs. Buffalo at Toronto, 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.
San Francisco at New England, 8:20 p.m.
Monday’s Game
N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 22
Atlanta at Detroit, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 23
Tennessee at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Dallas, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Houston, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Miami, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
New England at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
San Diego at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Denver, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m.
San Francisco at Seattle, 8:20 p.m.
COLLEGE BOWLS
Subject to Change
All Times EST
Saturday, Dec. 15
New Mexico Bowl
At Albuquerque
Nevada (7-5) vs. Arizona (7-5), 1 p.m.
(ESPN)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
At Boise, Idaho
Toledo (9-3) vs. Utah State (10-2), 4:30
p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 20
Poinsettia Bowl
At San Diego
San Diego State (9-3) vs. BYU (7-5), 8
p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 21
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl
At St. Petersburg, Fla.
Ball State (9-3) vs. UCF (9-4), 7:30 p.m.
(ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 22
New Orleans Bowl
East Carolina (8-4) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
(7-4), Noon (ESPN)
Las Vegas Bowl
Boise State (10-2) vs. Washington
(7-5), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 24
Hawaii Bowl
At Honolulu
SMU (6-6) vs. Fresno State (9-3), 8
p.m. (ESPN)
HOCKEY
ECHL
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Reading 24 16 7 0 1 33 82 65
Elmira 22 10 10 1 1 22 68 65
Trenton 22 8 11 1 2 19 59 74
Wheeling 20 6 9 2 3 17 50 68
North Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Cincinnati 23 14 7 2 0 30 71 62
Toledo 25 14 10 0 1 29 81 70
Fort Wayne 22 12 9 0 1 25 66 70
Kalamazoo 23 10 11 1 1 22 71 72
Evansville 26 10 14 0 2 22 69 90
South Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Gwinnett 26 18 7 1 0 37 74 55
Greenville 27 15 10 1 1 32 88 83
S. Carolina 28 13 13 0 2 28 75 81
Florida 24 11 8 1 4 27 94 97
Orlando 25 10 11 2 2 24 68 75
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Mountain Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Idaho 25 17 5 1 2 37 104 70
Alaska 26 18 8 0 0 36 86 72
Colorado 25 12 10 1 2 27 102 88
Utah 22 10 10 1 1 22 72 91
Pacific Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Ontario 23 16 6 1 0 33 90 66
Stockton 24 13 6 3 2 31 89 77
San Fran. 27 10 14 1 2 23 80 107
Las Vegas 23 8 11 1 3 20 59 72
Bakersfield 24 7 14 1 2 17 64 92
NOTE: Two points are awarded for a
win, one point for an overtime or shootout
loss.
Wednesday’s Games
Toledo 5, Wheeling 2
Fort Wayne 7, Kalamazoo 3
Florida 4, Cincinnati 3
Colorado 5, Las Vegas 3
Idaho 4, Alaska 0
Thursday’s Games
Greenville 3, Gwinnett 1
San Francisco 4, Stockton 3, OT
Friday’s Games
South Carolina at Greenville, 7 p.m.
Orlando at Elmira, 7:05 p.m.
Wheeling at Trenton, 7:05 p.m.
Fort Wayne at Reading, 7:05 p.m.
Evansville at Kalamazoo, 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Cincinnati, 7:35 p.m.
Alaska at Utah, 9:05 p.m.
Idaho at Bakersfield, 10 p.m.
San Francisco at Ontario, 10 p.m.
Colorado at Stockton, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Fort Wayne at Wheeling, 7 p.m.
Orlando at Reading, 7:05 p.m.
Evansville at Toledo, 7:05 p.m.
Gwinnett at South Carolina, 7:05 p.m.
Elmira at Trenton, 7:05 p.m.
Florida at Kalamazoo, 7:30 p.m.
Idaho at Ontario, 9 p.m.
Alaska at Utah, 9:05 p.m.
games for the first time since 2005, the year
after losing the Super Bowl to New England.
There were plenty of empty seats at the
Linc, where fans are hoping this is Andy
Reid’s final season as coach. Reid led the
Eagles to nine playoff appearances, six division
titles and five NFC championship games
in his first 13 years. But the Eagles will miss
the playoffs for the second straight year and
owner Jeffrey Lurie already said 8-8 would
be “unacceptable.”
“I thought the effort was there and guys
played hard,” Reid said, “but you just can’t
have those turnovers. That’s a problem.”
An interception by Leon Hall set up Dalton’s
go-ahead 11-yard TD run in the third
quarter. Then Wallace Gilberry picked up
Bryce Brown’s fumble and ran it back 25
yards for another score and an 11-point lead.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis ran for 106 yards,
including a 1-yard TD run in the first quarter
San Francisco at Bakersfield, 10 p.m.
Colorado at Stockton, 10:30 p.m.
TRANSACTIONS
Thursday
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Named Bobby
Dickerson third base coach. Agreed
to terms with OF Nate McLouth on a
one-year contract.
BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms
with OF Shane Victorino on a threeyear
contract.
MINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to terms
with RHP Kevin Correia on a two-year
contract.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms
with INF Jack Hannahan on a two-year
contract.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Agreed to
terms with INF Andres Blanco, INF Josh
Fields, LHP Cesar Jimenez, C Steven
Lerud, OF Jermaine Michell, INF/OF
Michael Martinez, RHP Zach Miner,
INF/OF Pete Orr and C Humberto Quintero
on minor league contracts.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Agreed to
terms with OF Andres Torres on a oneyear
contract and RHP Chad Gaudin on
a minor league contract.
International League
PAWTUCKET RED SOX—Named Gary
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DiSarcina manager.
American Association
KANSAS CITY T-BONE—Signed RHP
Derek McGowan.
American West Baseball League
YUMA DESERT RATS—Named Hal
McRae manager and Jake Thrower
hitting-infield coach.
Frontier League
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES—Signed RHP
Ja’Vaun West to a contract extension.
RIVER CITY RASCALS—Signed RHP
Gabe Shaw to a contract extension.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed DL
Kendrick Adams to the practice squad.
GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed LB
Vic So’oto to the practice squad.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed
G/T Derek Hardman. Released G Hayworth
Hicks.
TENNESSEE TITANS—Signed TE
Brandon Barden from the practice
squad. Signed S Suaesi Tuimaunei to
the practice squad.
Canadian Football League
MONTREAL ALOUETTES—Signed QB
Anthony Calvillo to a one-year contract.
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed
OL Brendan Dunn, DB Teague Sherman
and DB Jawann Westerman.
HOCKEY
Central Hockey League
ARIZONA SUNDOGS—Acquired D
Joel Fillman
for Cincinnati. Dalton tossed a 5-yard scoring
pass to A.J. Green in the fourth to cap a
24-point outburst in a span of 3:23.
“Our goal is to win games. Period. We did
that. Doesn’t matter how we got there,” cornerback
Adam Jones said. “We can be better.
We can be higher. And that’s what we take
from this game. Listen, we all know we need
to play better as a defense next week. Because
we have ourselves a big one next week.”
The Eagles committed three turnovers on
three straight possessions at one point and
then fumbled a kickoff when defensive lineman
Cedric Thornton let the ball fall through
his hands on a short kick.
After beating Tampa Bay on a last-second
TD last week to snap an eight-game losing
streak, the Eagles tried to make it two
in a row. Turnovers got in their way again.
They’ve committed an NFL-high 34 and
forced just 12 all season.
Matt McCready and F Brian Bicek from
Missouri for F/D Kyle Hood.
RAPID CITY RUSH—Signed F Jesse
Schultz. Waived F John Snowden.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
COLUMBUS CREW—Agreed to terms
with MF Wil Trapp.
NEW YORK RED BULLS—Released
D Rafa Marquez.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Resigned
D Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and
D Patrick Ianni.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY—Signed D
Yann Songo’o.
COLLEGE
ARKANSAS—Named Sam Pittman
offensive line coach.
LYNDON—Named Christina Howe
assistant athletic trainer.
MISSISSIPPI—Signed football coach
Hugh Freeze to a one-year contract
extension through 2016
RUTGERS—Suspended men’s basketball
coach Mike Rice three games
and fined him $50,000 for a violation of
department policy.
SOUTHERN MISS—Granted the
release of the athletic scholarship of
freshman QB Anthony Alford.
SPRING HILL—Announced the resignation
of men’s and women’s tennis
coach Michael Kreider.
RACING NEWS
Eury Jr. named Stremme’s
crew chief at Swan Racing
By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tony Eury Jr. will return to the
Sprint Cup Series as crew chief for David Stremme at upstart Swan
Racing.
The Monday hiring was part of new owner Brandon Davis’ plan
to use the offseason to make the team competitive.
“We have a long-term vision for Swan Racing and the addition
of Tony Jr. is another step in that process,” said Davis, CEO
of independent oil and gas company Swan Energy. “Tony brings a
world of experience to Swan Racing and will be part of our longterm
success.”
Eury had spent the last three seasons as crew chief for Danica
Patrick at JR Motorsports until his release from the Nationwide
Series team in September because of a difference in philosophy
between Eury and Dale Earnhardt Jr., his cousin.
Eury also had been a co-owner of JR Motorsports. He won
19 Sprint Cup races with Michael Waltrip and Earnhardt at Dale
Earnhardt Inc., and went with Earnhardt to Hendrick Motorsports
in 2008. He and Earnhardt won a pair of races at Hendrick Motorsports,
but were split apart 12 races into the 2009 season. Eury then
moved full-time to JR Motorsports.
At Swan Racing, he’ll be re-united with director of competition
Steve Hmiel, whom Eury worked for at DEI. Davis announced
Hmiel’s hiring last week.
“I am really impressed with the team Swan Racing is building
and I am proud to be part of it,” Eury said. “I am looking forward to
working with David Stremme behind the wheel and with competition
director Steve Hmiel.”
Stremme is thrilled with the direction of the team, which is
making key hires and is committed to race next season. Stremme
parked early in 20 of 28 races last season.
“The team has transformed itself virtually overnight. It’s hard
to believe just how different this team is in such a short period
of time,” Stremme said. “This is how you build success from the
ground up, you hire quality people, put their experience to work
and execute on race day. Let’s go racing.”
Texas pays $29.3 million to
Austin F1 race organizers
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has paid Formula One organizers
more than $29 million for hosting costs during the mid-November
race weekend that drew fans worldwide to Austin.
State Comptroller Susan Combs approved payment from the
Major Events Trust Fund. The fund involves local and state gains
from sales and use, auto rental, hotel and alcoholic beverage taxes
generated from major sporting events.
The $29.3 million paid last Friday, as an estimation of generated
tax revenue during the period, helps cover expenses such as traffic
management, temporary grandstands, other seating and a sanctioning
fee. The Circuit Events Local Organizing Committee helped
agree on the figure.
Organizers had sought $30.6 million.
Haug to leave Mercedes
as motorsports chief
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Mercedes is parting with
motorsports chief Norbert Haug this month after more than 22 years
together.
The Formula One team says in a statement that Haug, who is
also Daimler’s vice president, is ending his career “by mutual agreement”
and that “preparations for the forthcoming season continue as
planned.”
Haug thanked the team for “tremendous achievements and
wins. Unfortunately, with one victory in 2012 since founding our
own Formula One works team in 2010, we couldn’t fulfill our own
expectations. However, we have taken the right steps to be successful
in the future. Our team and our drivers will do everything to
achieve these goals.”
Mercedes won six F1 championships and 87 races since Haug
took over on Oct. 1, 1990.
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companies including eGenuity, LLC, SnapStorm
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looking for the following candidates to help fulfill
large demands.
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products via flyers, emails, calls, magazine ads, etc to
both current and potential customers. In order to be
successful this candidate will have excellent
organization, phone and customer service skills.
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Services
AMISH CREW— will do roofing,
siding, remodeling, pole barns.
Specializing in redoing old barns.
Free estimates. Call 260-438-
2508.
D & J’S LAWN SERVICE- For all
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snow removal. Call 260-273-
5810.
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services. Reasonable
rates. Call 765-669-2848.
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placement assistance. AC0190
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various sizes. 260-824-
4141. Miller U-Stor, 1118 W. Silver
St., Bluffton, IN.
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Removal. Brush cleanup. Snow
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MARV’S
CONSTRUCTION
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buildings, garages, room additions,
all types of remodeling.
References. Marv Schwartz: 260-
525-8877.
Employment
Help Wanted
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looking for a seasonal tax preparer
20–40 hrs/wk. RTRP, EA
or CPA a benefit. Interested candidates
please mail resume to:
Continental Group, 2401 N. Main
St, Bluffton, IN 46714
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per week. CDL & Job Ready in
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1-877-649-9611. (I)
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Pay, Unload Pay, Paid Vacations
and Holidays. No hazmat, wellmaintained
equipment, assigned
tractor and fuel card. Home
most nights and weekends. P&B
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Decatur, IN. Phone: 888-384-
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GORDON TRUCKING — CDL-
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For Sale
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Fresh Produce
FRUIT FOR SALE— We have
Oranges and Grapefruit for sale.
Oranges: 40lb. - $22; 20lb -$12;
Grapefruit: 40lb - $20; 20lb - $11.
We are in Uniondale, IN @ Ormsby
Trucking 0888 W Railroad St
Call 260-543-2233 or 260-417-
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Holiday
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5 for 5!
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During the month of
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you can run a
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For Sale Items Only.
All ads must be paid in
advance.
Not available online.
Must come to office at
125 N. Johnson St., Bluffton
or call 260-824-0224
to place ad
FOR SALE— Love Seat:
$75. Chair & Ottoman: $50/
both. Blue and tan stripped.
OBO. Call 260-307-6106
ESTATE (WHIRLPOOL)—
washer and Kenmore Dryer.
Top of the line. Like new.
Hardly used. $500 for both.
260-824-8533, noon-5pm.
IPOD TOUCH— 4th Generation.
Great Condition.
Comes with 3 different cases.
$185. Great Christmas
gift! 260-273-9866.
Musical Instruments
WURLITZER CONSOLE PIANO
— Oak finish. In excellent condition
except for chip in veneer
on back bottom. $700. Melanie
Gerber: 260-824-5540.
Pets
DOGGIE SEAT BELT HAR-
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friend safe. PUPPIES: Maltese,
Havanese, Morkies, Poodles,
more! Garwick’s the Pet People.
419-795-5711. Ready for Christmas.
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- December 15th & 16th, Wayne
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861 Salisbury Rd., Sat. 9-5, Sun
9-3 For information call 765-993-
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Certified Nursing Assistants
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qualified Certified Nursing Assistants
for 2nd shift.
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Tammy Gallegos,
Director of Nursing, at
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Lawn & Garden
TIM MURRAY’S
CHRISTMAS TREES
Fresh Cut Michigan Pines,
Spruce, Firs 3’-12’. Also wreaths,
grave blankets, garland and
boughs. Located at Bummie’s
Rootbeer Stand, 1263 S. Main
St., Bluffton. Phone: 260-824-
3626. Open daily 9a-8p beginning
Nov. 24th.
Rentals
House Rentals
119 N. OAK— Small 2BR, 1BA
home. Small yard. Must have
own credit bureau report. $375/
month plus security deposit. 260-
824-2324.
3BR HOUSE— 1.5BA. Washer/
Dryer hook-up. $120 per week.
$500 deposit. 260-413-2236.
Apartments for Rent
1BR APARTMENT— Good location.
117 W. Wabash. All utilities
included. Ground level available.
$120/week. $450/month. Call
260-413-9665.
2BR DUPLEX APARTMENT—
great location, maintenance
free, insulated well. Appliances
included. Security deposit and
reference required. $532/ month.
260-307-6222.
ALL UTILITIES PAID— 2BR,
$125/week, $300/deposit. Upstairs,
305 S. Jersey. Also,
Effi ciency, $85/week, $200/
deposit. Service pets only. 260-
353-3227.
FREE I PAD II— for signed
leases during the month of
December. Rent begins at
$405. 1BR upper and lower
units available immediately.
Call Neff Realty: 1-800-572-
1193.
STUDIO APARTMENT FOR
RENT— Lower level. $329/
month. Call 260-824-1097.
Mobile Home Rental
2BR & 3BR— Mobile Homes for
rent in quiet, clean park. Norwell
School District. Weekly, Bi-Weekly,
Monthly Rates available. $300
Security Deposit/References
Required. 260-824-8611.
Daily
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470 Bennett Dr., Suite A
P.O. Box 307 - Warren, IN 46792
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Wells Superior Court
Civil Cases
Judgments entered
for Credit Control, Fort
Wayne, against: Jennifer
Wells-Weedman, Bluffton,
$965.10; Curtios Schwartz,
Bluffton, $5,465.91.
Agreed judgment of
$6,000 entered for Discover
Bank, Carol Stream, Ill.,
against Kimberly K. Baldwin,
rural Montpelier.
Written satisfactions of
judgments entered by Bluffton
Regional Medical center
for Naomi Kipp, Bluffton;
Brian Wygant, Bluffton;
Tammy Bell, Uniondale;
Brent Arnold, Bluffton.
Complaint for payment
dismissed by Carroll Oaks
Community Associatiopn,
Fort Wayne, for Breanna
Zap Electric, Inc.
260-824-2927
Commercial-Industrial-Residential
24 Hr. Emergency Service
Charles Miller - Electrican
1233 W. Cherry St., Bluffton
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Harrell & Kline
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2826 Theater Ave., Huntington, IN 46750
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states. Not all products are offered in all states. Go to
erieinsurance.com for company licensure and territory
information. Crop and farm insurance products are
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New & Pre-Owned GM & Chrysle r
HIDAY MOTORS
633 N. Main • Bluffton 824-0900
Call us for Residential & Commercial
SNOW REMOVAL
& ICE CONTROL
M innich’s Lawn Care
Scott Minnich
Cell: 260-760-4404
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Wells Court Docket
Doyles, rural Ossian.
Marriage of Emmy
L. Jamison and Tracy L.
Jamison. Her former name
of Emmy LeAnne Bailey
restored to her.
Complaint for payment
of $8,077.51 plus interest
and costs filed by Bluffton
Regional Medical Center
against Jeffrey McClain,
rural Bluffton.
Complaints for paytment
filed by Bluffton Plumbing,
Heating and Electric,
against: Lonnie Pettit, Bluffton,
$134.80; May Carroll,
Bluffton, $172.75. Suits also
seek interest and costs and
attorney fees. Both set for
trial Feb. 13.
Wells Circuit Court
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B & B TECH
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(Located 1 1 ⁄ 2 miles west of St. Rd. 1 on 1100N )
George & Evelyn Ringger
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260-565-3240
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fied petition for revocation
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probation set for Feb. 27 for
Cody Ruch, 24, Bluffton.
Public defender Matthew
G. Grantham appointed as
pauper counsel for Kevin
S. Green Jr., 26, Bluffton,
charged with one count of
theft. Trial by jury set for
June 4, 2013.
Petition for modification
of sentence overruled
and denied for Nicholas C.
Thomas, 29, currently serving
a six-month sentence in
the Wells County Jail meted
Nov. 19 on a charge of
escape.
Daniel E. Bunn, 21,
Bluffton, who pleaded guilty
Dec. 7 to receiving stolen
auto parts, a class D felony,
sentenced to 1 1/2 years in
the Wells County Jail with
all but 90 days suspended.
Placed on probation for
one year and three months.
Entered into home detention.
Credited for 12 days spent in
confinement awaiting disposition
of his case with said
credit of days to be considered
in assessing good conduct
time credit. Assessed
court costs of $166. If Bunn
meets all requirements set
forth in the plea agreement,
he may have the D felony
conviction reduced to an
A misdemeanor. Charge of
resisting law enforcement
by fleeing was dismissed.
Bunn arrested by a sheriff’s
deputy July 22 after the deputy
clocked Bunn riding a
motorcycle 76 mph in a 45
zone on 100E just south of
U.S. 224. Bunn would lead
the deputy on a short pursuit
to 700N and Meridian Road
where he crashed the 2007
Honda — which he admitted
to the deputy he knew
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had been stolen out of Fort
Wayne when he purchased
it. He informed the deputy
he had purchased the motorcycle
to save on gas for driving
and back and forth from
work.
Status hearing set for Feb.
27, 2013, on a verified petition
for revocation of suspended
sentence and probation
for Jeffrey Lee Weaver
Jr., 21, Bluffton.
Ricky L. Angel Jr., 27,
Bluffton, pleaded guilty to
battery resulting in bodily
injury. Sentenced to three
years in the Wells County
Jail with all but six months
suspended. Placed on probation
for 2 1/2 years. Credited
for one day spent in confinement
awaiting diosposition
of his case. Said credit
of days to be considered
in assessing good conduct
time credit. Assessed court
costs of $166 and a public
defender service fee of
$300. Ordered to report to
the Wells County Jail Jan.
2. Angel arrested by warrant
following a June 19
incident where he reportedly
scratched a juvenile.
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NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED
ADMINISTRATION
IN THE WELLS CIRCUIT COURT
Docket No.
90C01-1211-EU-000036
OF WELLS COUNTY, INDIANA
Notice is hereby given that
KENNETH T. TERHUNE, LARRY
TERHUNE, and TONY TERHUNE
were on November 30th, 2012,
appointed Co-Personal Representatives
of the Estate of VIOLET
V. BARNELL, who died testate
on November 17, 2012, and were
authorized to administer her estate
without Court supervision.
All persons having claims
against that estate, whether or not
now due, must file those claims
in the office of the Clerk of the
Wells Circuit Court within three (3)
months after the date of the first
publication of this notice, or within
nine (9) months after the date of
the decedent’s death, whichever is
earlier, or those claims will be forever
barred.
Dated at Bluffton, Indiana.
November 30th, 2012.
Yvette Runkle
Clerk, Wells Circuit Court
David C. Dale (Indiana Bar No.
4366-90)
Attorney for the Co-Personal Representatives
DALE, HUFFMAN & BABCOCK
- - -
1127 North Main Street
Post Office Box 277
Bluffton, Indiana 46714
Telephone: (260) 824-5566
- - -
215 North Jefferson Street
Post Office Box 178
Ossian, Indiana 46777
Telephone: (260) 622-7871
- - -
E-mail: dale@dhblaw.com
nb 12/7, 12/14
SUDOKU ANSWER
DECEMBER 29 - 9 a.m. - Ossian
Furniture, Inc., Kevin and Deb
Smith, owners. 10018 North State
Road 1, Ossian. Ten miles south
of Fort Wayne on State Road 1
or from Bluffton: 8 miles north on
State Road 1. New furniture fire
sale auction. 500+ pieces quality
name brand furniture and other
accessories! Restonic bedding,
some Wolf, catnapper recliners,
leather furniture, England – best
chairs, Jackson sofa’s, Ashley bedroom
furniture, Charles Schneider
upholstered stationary furniture,
Howard Miller grandfather clocks -
Curios, Vaughn Bassett bedroom
furniture and much more! Preview
Dec. 28, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Ellenberger
Bros., Inc., 1-800-373-6363,
www.EllenbergerBros.com.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
WITHOUT COURT SUPERVISION
IN THE WELLS CIRCUIT COURT
OF WELLS COUNTY, INDIANA
ESTATE NO.
90C01-1211-EU-000035
Notice is hereby given that
MARK EDWARD HAUENSTEIN
was on the 29th day of November,
2012, appointed personal representative
of the estate of DORO-
THA R. HAUENSTEIN, deceased,
who died on the 21st day of
November, 2012. He was authorized
to administer the estate without
Court supervision.
All persons having claims
against said estate, whether or
not now due, must file the same in
the office of the Clerk of said Court
within three (3) months from the
date of the first publication of this
notice or within nine (9) months
after the decedent’s death, whichever
is earlier, or said claims will be
forever barred.
Dated at Bluffton, Indiana, this
29th day of November, 2012.
Yvette Runkle
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Wells County, Indiana
Jon M. Brown
Attorney #2911-90
Edris, Brown, Johnson & Brown-
Stohler, LLP
222 West Market Street
P.O. Box 295
Bluffton, Indiana 46714
Telephone: 260/824·0500
Attorney for personal representative
nb 12/7, 12/14
STATE OF INDIANA )
SS:
COUNTY OF WELLS )
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF )
ALDULLA M. PULVER, )
DECEASED )
IN THE WELLS
CIRCUIT COURT
2012
ESTATE NO.
90C01-1211-ES-000013
NOTICE OF
SUPERVISED
ADMINISTRATION
In the Circuit Court of Wells County,
Indiana.
Notice is hereby given that
Edna L Moser and Betty J. Macklin
were on the 30th day of November,
2012, appointed Co-Personal Representatives
of the Estate of Aldulla
M. Pulver, deceased, who died on
the 3rd day of October, 2012, and
are authorized to administer said
estate with Court supervision.
All persons who have a claim
against this estate, whether or not
now due, must file the claim in the
office of the Clerk of this Court
within three (3) months from the
date of the first publication of this
Notice, or within nine (9) months
after the decedent’s death, whichever
is earlier, or the claim will be
forever barred.
Dated at Bluffton, Indiana, this
30th day of November, 2012.
Yvette Runkle
Clerk of Wells Circuit Court
Attorney for Estate:
Blair A Brown
Attorney Number 2900-01
107 South Second Street
Decatur, Indiana 46733
Telephone: 260-692-6379
nb 12/7, 12/14
UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT
OF INDIANA
FORT WAYNE DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
Plaintiff, )
CIVIL NO. 1:12cv274 JD
v. )
ANDREW J. GRACE )
KRISTINE M. GRACE )
ANTHONY WAYNE )
CREDIT ADJUSTER )
Defendants. )
AMENDED ORDER
On motion of plaintiff, United
States of America, for an order
directing Andrew J. Grace and
Kristine M. Grace, defendants
herein, to appear, plead, or answer
in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure and Title 28 of the
United States Code, and it appearing
to the Court that this is an
action to enforce a lien upon real
property located in Wells County,
Indiana, within this district and
more particularly described as follows,
to-wit:
Situated in the State of Indiana.
County of Wells
LOT NUMBERED THIRTY (30)
AS KNOWN AND DESIGNATED
ON THE RECORDED PLAT OF
GREENFIELD FARMS, SECTION
2, A SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY
OF BLUFFTON, WELLS COUNTY,
INDIANA RECORDS.
Commonly known as: 1649
Clark Avenue, Bluffton, IN 46714
That said defendants, Andrew
J. Grace and Kristine M. Grace,
cannot be found within this State
and present whereabouts are
unknown; and personal service on
said defendant, therefore is not
practicable and have not voluntarily
appeared in this action, it is
ORDERED:
That defendants Andrew J.
Grace and Kristine M. Grace,
herein are hereby directed to
appear, plead, answer or otherwise
move with respect to the
Complaint herein, on or before the
27th day of January 2013, or be in
default thereof, and this Court will
thereafter proceed in the adjudication
of this suit; and it is further
ORDERED:
That this Order be published
in Evening News Banner once a
week lor six (6) consecutive weeks,
beginning no later than November
9, 2012.
Dated this 26th day of October
2012.
s/Roger B. Cosbey
Roger B. Cosbey,
Magistrate Judge
United States District Court
Northern District of Indiana
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She should keep looking
Dear Annie: I’m a 54-year-old
single woman and a part-time college
professor. I have three grown,
successful children. At the time I met
my boyfriend, “Joe,” I was living
in a nice boardinghouse in an affluent
area. Joe, 63, was divorced and
for five years had been living with two
of his sisters in the old family home in
a working-class neighborhood. Joe had a
great job as a contractor.
After a year, my friends and I finally
convinced Joe to move out of the family
house, and we got an apartment together.
Life was great until I found out he was
giving the rent money to his youngest
son, 24. My income alone wouldn’t
cover the rent, and we were evicted. Joe
moved back to the family nest. I was not
invited and was left homeless.
After six months, I got back on my
feet. Joe wanted to repair our relationship
and got an apartment in the city.
Meanwhile, his eldest son and his daughter
(along with her baby) moved into the
family house, although they both have
good jobs. After a year in his apartment,
Joe lost his job and moved back in with
his sisters.
I begged him to find a place where we
could live together, but he made excuses
about the money. I think the problem is
that the familial need to live together is
permanently instilled. I love him, and he
says he loves me. What should I do? —
From a Boardinghouse
Dear Boarding: When Joe found his
own apartment, it was a step in the right
direction. But whenever the chips are
down, he goes right back to his family.
This is not unusual, but if it’s a long-term
pattern, it could prevent him from making
any commitment to you. Until Joe is
ready to become independent, the two
of you don’t have much of a future. But
you also seem overly focused on affluent
vs. working class. If you want someone
more ambitious, look elsewhere.
Dear Annie: Would you please settle
an etiquette question? When one hosts a
party and guests bring a dish to share, do
they take home whatever is left over, or
do the hosts get to keep it?
I was taught that what one brings to a
party is left with the hosts. Now we won-
My
Answer
By Dr. Billy
Graham
EVIL ACTS WILL BE
JUDGED — IN THIS
WORLD OR THE
NEXT
Q: I believe (like you)
that God judges people
who do evil things. But I
believe He does it in this
life, not at some great
big judgment scene after
the world has come to an
end. In my view, when we
do wrong, sooner or later
we’ll pay for it in this life.
— Z.M.
A: It’s true that God
often exposes evil and
brings His judgment to
bear on it in this life. A person
who repeatedly abuses
their body with drugs or
alcohol, for example, will
eventually pay a tragic
Annie’s
Mailbox
price for their neglect
of God’s Law. One of
the Bible’s most solemn
warnings is this:
“You may be sure that
your sin will find you
out” (Numbers 32:23).
But your claim that
God’s judgment is limited
only to this life overlooks
two important truths.
The first is that sometimes
evil isn’t judged in
this life — at least not as
it deserves to be. A corrupt
person may cheat
and lie all their life, and
seemingly get by with it.
A tyrannical dictator may
oppress his people, only to
die peacefully in his sleep.
Centuries ago, the prophet
Habakkuk cried, “Why
do you make me look at
injustice?” (Habakkuk
1:3).
But the other truth is
that every one of us has
done wrong in God’s eyes,
and we all deserve only
His judgment. And some
day we each must stand
der whether this
is correct, because
we recently moved,
and all of our new
friends pack up
whatever remains
and take it home
with them. — Wondering in Maine
Dear Maine: If all the guests are
asked to bring a dish because the dinner
is potluck, they may take their leftovers
home. Guests who bring a dish or a bottle
of wine as a hostess gift, shared or
not, should definitely leave it. The only
exception is when the hosts do not want
the leftovers and ask that people please
take food home with them. That said,
however, if the custom within your group
of friends is that everyone brings a dish
and they each take their leftovers home,
it’s best to cooperate.
Dear Annie: This letter is in response
to “Grateful Mama of Little One,” who
wanted to know the proper way to ask
that no toys be given at her 1-year-old’s
birthday party.
Although I agree that birthday invitations
should not come with “wish lists,”
saying “no toys, please” is a courtesy. As
someone who spends a great deal of time
selecting the perfect gift, I would feel
miffed if I discovered the child’s mother
had marched the gift right back to the
store. There is no harm in putting “no
toys” on the invitation. Everyone may be
grateful. — Grand Island, Neb.
Dear Grand: A gift is just that and
should not be dictated. But we do like
the idea of parents creating a “theme
party,” where guests are asked to bring a
book or another item to be donated.
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy
Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors
of the Ann Landers column. Please
e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net,
or write to: Annie’s
Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd
Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
© 2012 CREATORS.COM
before Him to give an
account of our lives. As the
Bible says, “For all have
sinned and fall short of the
glory of God” (Romans
3:23).
This is why we need
Jesus Christ, for He alone
has provided a way for
us to be forgiven and
cleansed of our sins. Don’t
be deceived, but realize
your own need for God’s
forgiveness — and give
your life to Christ today.
(Send your queries to
“My Answer,” c/o Billy
Graham, Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association,
1 Billy Graham Parkway,
Charlotte, N.C., 28201;
call 1-(877) 2-GRAHAM,
or visit the Web site for the
Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association: www.billygraham.org.)
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‘Let’s run
some
trains’
Evansville railroad buff
uses passion to do good
works, spread good word
By LAUREN VANCLEVE
Evansville Courier & Press
EVANSVILLE — Two trains
whizzed around Jim Bengert’s garage
as wide-eyed children tried to catch
a peek of where they were headed.
The faint sound of little train whistles
resounded through the air.
This is the eighth year that Bengert
opened his home up to the public to
share his large train collection with
Evansville residents for Jim’s Railroad
Express Christmas Open House.
He walked around, greeting all
of the children and making sure that
he spoke to each guest who entered
the open house. Trays of cookies and
fudge were out for all to enjoy.
Bengert has been building these
trains for 30 years. His love for trains
came from being around his grandfather,
who worked on the railroad.
“Just being around my grandfather
made me start to love trains. I
always had them as a child, but I never
thought my love for them would turn
into this,” said Bengert.
Bengert also shared his passion
with his children, teaching them how
to build the trains and helping them
learn to handle power tools and create
things with their own hands.
“It’s a labor of love,” said Bengert.
“It has helped me keep my sanity
through all of my health problems.”
Bengert has been through a multitude
of health problems. He is a
32-year survivor of throat and skin
cancer, and has also had heart attacks,
a stroke and been through a motorcycle
wreck, to name a few.
Bengert’s wife has also had her
share of health issues, as she is a
17-year survivor of breast cancer.
His reason for opening his home
and sharing this passion with others
was a simple one: his faith in God.
“I was sitting in church and I just
had this ah-ha moment,” said Bengert.
“They read a passage that said, ‘Where
your treasure is your heart will be also.’
That’s when I decided that I should use
my hobby to do God’s work.”
Bengert wanted to share his passion
with children whose families may not
have had the money to go to expensive
places for entertainment.
“I know a lot of Boy Scouts and
families with single parents who work
a lot. I wanted them to be able to bring
their kids and have fun, whether or
not they could donate anything,” said
Bengert.
Last weekend, more than 600 people
toured Bengert’s railroad city. Children
of all ages were able to view the
trains, as well as play with a Thomas
the Tank Engine toy track.
Jim’s Railroad Express Christmas
Open House features a 1,200-squarefoot
Lionel train layout that included
handmade mountain ranges and a large
town that had many Evansville qualities,
such as a Sigeco plant and a Fall
Festival.
“That bridge was months of labor,”
he said of an intricate bridge near the
back of the display.
Jim’s Railroad Express was open
to the public for a few weeks. Visi-
Thieves can be thwarted by
cellphone security programs
By MIKE LEONARD
The Herald Times
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.
(AP) — The most significant
component of smartphone
security is keeping
your phone from being stolen.
David Blackwell learned
that the hard way.
“We were out to eat and
somebody snagged it,” the
Indiana University senior
and Bloomington High
School South graduate told
The Herald Times. “I might
have been in the bathroom
or something, but one minute
I had it and the next
minute, it was gone.”
Blackwell used the best
and most important security
measure before his iPhone
was stolen, however. He had
its password or passcode
protection turned on, meaning
that no amateur could
make a call, access information
or do anything more
than try to resell his phone
without the code. Which
happened a day later.
And that made the IU
senior’s second move a
smart one as well. “I have
a tracking device on my
phone, so I just Googled
how to use it, and if my
phone was ever turned on, it
would tell me where it’s at,”
he said.
Blackwell received a
mid-afternoon alert, rushed
to a local place of business
and found his phone there,
sold by an unknown customer
for what a clerk said
was within the $10-$30
range that they pay for used
phones — even ones worth
10 times that price.
The IU football player
walked away when the shop
offered to sell it back to him.
“I just went to the police,”
he said. “I told them where
it was and what my password
was, so it made it pretty
easy to confirm it was my
phone.”
Call it a happy ending
of sorts. Blackwell got his
phone back, but it wasn’t
working right.
Others aren’t so lucky,
when hackers extract bank-
ing and credit card account
numbers and passwords as
well as other sensitive information
that can lead to the
myriad complications of
identity theft.
Indiana University information
technology experts
say smartphone and laptop
computer thefts are exploding,
with some sources putting
the laptop rate at a theft
every minute. An estimated
70 million smartphones are
stolen every year.
That leads IT experts to
recommend treating your
phone like your wallet —
protected at all times.
Beyond that, they offer a
number of security tips that
are easy to use and fairly
painless to deal with.
After password or passcode
protection, they recommend
acquiring or simply
turning on encryption software
and setting up an automatic
or remote data wipe.
Many devices, including
popular iPhones, have data
encryption devices built in,
said IU information security
officer Andrew Korty. For
devices that don’t automatically
encrypt data, or turn
it into unintelligible code,
enabling encryption or buying
an inexpensive app is
easy, with little downside.
“At one time, I might
have said it might slow
down certain operations on
the device, but nowadays
with everything having
solid state storage, encryption
isn’t going to introduce
much overhead,” Korty
said.
The next level of protection
is a data wipe — virtually
erasing the information
on your smartphone so that
even a good hacker can’t get
the passwords you’ve saved
or used — or the important
business information your
employer would not want to
see compromised or shared.
Many phones have a
wipe program a person
can turn on that will trigger
a data wipe based on
a set number of incorrect
password tries. After 10,
20 or whatever number of
attempts the phone owner
establishes as the limit, the
phone automatically erases
all data. It sounds harsh, but
Korty made a compelling
point.
“If you lose your phone,
you’re going to lose that
data, anyway, right?” he
said. “That’s why you need
to back up your phone
(either on a computer hard
drive or cloud service).”
The only downside to
that, said Eric Cosens, IU
deputy information officer,
is the inadvertent erasure
of information. “Let’s say
you have a family and little
Johnny gets your phone
and starts pounding on the
phone and entering the
wrong passcode multiple
times,” he said. “It can happen.”
Remote data wiping is
available as well. Through
that measure, a user either
uses an app or a service to
trigger an immediate remote
data wipe when the phone
owner fears that the phone is
likely stolen.
Another tip is to be certain
that wireless Bluetooth
detection is not in “discoverable”
mode. On some smartphones,
people can forget
to switch out of the mode,
which enables anyone in the
close proximity within, say,
a coffeehouse, to tap into
your phone wirelessly.
A mistake some make,
too, is to “jailbreak” their
phone, which is essentially
hacking or overriding security
on your own phone to
get around issues you don’t
like, such as Apple’s muchderided
maps feature or
At&T’s infamous block on
“tethering.”
“You couldn’t set up
your phone as a hot spot and
connect your computer to it
where there wasn’t wi-fi,”
Korty explained. “A lot of
people learned how to jailbreak
their phone to get
around that, but the problem
is that they didn’t realize
they were turning off a
whole lot of other security
by doing it. It’s basically
turning your phone into an
Above, Seth McNeely,
11, uses a electronic
hand-held device to
control one of two
trains traveling on Jim
Bengert’s 1,200-squarefoot
Lionel train layout
in his Evansville garage
Sunday afternoon.
Each year Bengert, left,
holds his Jim’s Railroad
Express Christmas
Open House and offers
the public free access
to his fantasy land.
(Evansville Courier &
Press staff photo by
Denny Simmons/via
HSPA)
tors were allowed to come in the afternoons
to view the trains.
The event was free, though Jim
accepted donations for two different
charities. All of the donations from the
event went to benefit the local Susan
G. Komen foundation as well as the
Christian Motorcycle Association.
Also, as attendees left, he handed out
fliers that contained information on
breast cancer awareness.
Last year, 1,100 people attended the
open house, and Bengert raised $1,000
for the local Susan G. Komen affiliate.
“That’s pretty good for an old man
tinkering around in his garage, huh?”
laughed Bengert.
Bengert is proud of his work and
very happy to be sharing his passion
with everyone.
“What else could I want?” He said.
“Praise the Lord, and let’s run some
trains!”
———
This story was provided to the
News-Banner by the Hoosier State
Press Association’s Information Network.
unprotected general purpose
computer — not a good
idea.”
AT&T now allows tethering
on some of its data
plans.
And then there is the
issue with smartphones
and computers of password
strength and security.
“There is a tendency to do
security in a weaker way on
a smartphone than a computer
because it’s maybe
harder to type in a strong
passphrase on your phone
than a computer. And that’s
exactly backwards,” Korty
said. “The phone is easier
to steal. It’s more exposed
than your desktop computer.
If anything, you want to use
longer, stronger passphrases
on our phones.”
———
Information from: The
Herald Times, http://www.
heraldtimesonline.com
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012 • The News-Banner • Page 11
Johnson County’s
stricter smoking
ban is repealed
FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) — Officials in a central Indiana
county have repealed a local smoking ban that was stricter
than a statewide ban the General Assembly approved earlier
this year.
Commissioners in Johnson County, just south of Indianapolis,
voted unanimously this week to repeal the countywide
ban, which had been slated to begin Jan. 5.
The ban would have prohibited smoking in all bars, restaurants,
businesses, hotels, private clubs and outdoor areas
of parks and fairgrounds. The ban faced little opposition
when it was adopted Nov. 5, Commissioner Troy DeHart
said.
“I just don’t think that anybody really paid attention to
it,” DeHart told The Indianapolis Star. “The opposition
wasn’t there.”
But commissioners began to receive complaints shortly
after the ban was adopted, prompting the second vote.
DeHart said he voted for the ban the first time around
because of the adverse health effects of smoking and secondhand
smoke. But, he said, the issue is one of personal
choice.
“I felt like we really infringed upon what this country was
founded on. It’s not an issue of not smoking or smoking, it’s
a loss of freedom,” he said. “I humbly said it more than once
that I felt I made a mistake. I will stick to my guns. I made
that mistake.”
A state law, which took effect July 1, bans smoking inside
public buildings and places of employment but has exceptions
for bars and casinos. It also allows nonprofit private
clubs such as fraternal and veterans organizations to permit
smoking, but only in a designated room with separate ventilation
that is off limits to those younger than 18.
West said he doesn’t believe the county needed to go
beyond the state’s smoking ban.
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U.S., World News Roundup
Pentagon to put Patriot
missiles, 400 troops in
Turkey to help NATO
defense against Syria
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey
(AP) — The Pentagon says it will send
Patriot air defense missiles and 400
troops to Turkey as part of a NATO
force meant to protect Turkish territory
from potential Syrian missile attack.
Pentagon press secretary George
Little said Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta signed a deployment order Friday
en route to Turkey from Afghanistan.
The order calls for 400 US soldiers
to operate two batteries of Patriots at
undisclosed locations in Turkey, Little
told reporters flying with Panetta.
Turkey is a founding member of
NATO and requested that the alliance
provide Patriots. They will be sent by
NATO members Germany and the
Netherlands as well as the U.S. for an
undetermined period.
Kerry vaults to top of
list to lead State as Rice
declines; Hagel may be
choice for Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic
Sen. John Kerry, who unsuccessfully
sought the presidency in 2004
and has pined for the job of top diplomat,
vaulted to the head of President
Barack Obama’s short list of secretary
of state candidates after U.N. Ambassador
Susan Rice suddenly withdrew
from consideration to avoid a contentious
confirmation fight with emboldened
Republicans.
The exit of Rice and elevation of
Kerry shook up Washington on Thursday
and was coupled with the potential
for even bolder second-term changes
in Obama’s national security team next
month. Chuck Hagel, a former Republican
senator from Nebraska, emerged
as the front-runner to serve as defense
secretary.
The possible selection of Kerry and
Hagel would put two decorated Vietnam
War veterans — one Navy, the
other Army — at State and the Pentagon.
Official word on replacements for
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta in an Obama Cabinet remake
could come as early as next week. The
choice of Kerry would open a Massachusetts
Senate seat, boosting the prospects
for recently defeated Republican
Sen. Scott Brown to win back a job in
Washington.
Kerry, a senator for nearly three
decades and the current Senate Foreign
Relations Committee chairman,
has won praise from his Senate Democratic
and Republican colleagues and
should be confirmed easily, if nomi-
nated. He has been Obama’s envoy to
hot spots such as Afghanistan and Pakistan,
the administration’s point man
in 2010 on a nuclear arms reduction
treaty with Russia and was a stand-in
for Republican Mitt Romney during
Obama’s debate preparation.
Russia Foreign Ministry
denies its Syria point
man talked of Assad’s
impending defeat
MOSCOW (AP) — A day after
a senior Russian official was widely
quoted as saying that Syria’s President
Bashar Assad was losing control,
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Friday
rolled back on his assessment by insisting
that Moscow’s stance on the crisis
hasn’t shifted.
Russia’s pointman on Syria, Deputy
Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov,
was quoted by three Russian news
agencies, two of them state-owned,
telling a Kremlin advisory body on
Thursday that “there is a trend for the
government to progressively lose control
over an increasing part of the territory,”
adding that “an opposition victory
can’t be excluded.”
But the Foreign Ministry insisted in
a statement Friday that Bogdanov only
was referring to the claims of the “Syrian
opposition and its foreign sponsors
forecasting their quick victory over the
regime in Damascus.”
“In that context, Bogdanov again
confirmed Russia’s principled stance
that a political settlement in Syria has
no alternative,” the ministry’s spokesman,
Alexander Lukashevich said in
the statement.
Bogdanov was speaking before the
Public Chamber, a Kremlin advisory
body. His statement quoted by Russian
news agencies marked the first official
acknowledgment from Moscow
that Assad’s regime may fall and was
certain to be seen as a betrayal by the
Syrian ruler, further eroding his grip on
power amid the opposition successes
on the ground and a recognition of the
Syrian opposition by the United States
and other leading world powers.
Rocket shows North
Korea’s leader willing
to take risks and defy
international criticism
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP)
— A triumphant North Korea staged
a mass rally of soldiers and civilians
Friday to glorify the country’s young
ruler, who took a big gamble this week
in sending a satellite into orbit in defiance
of international warnings.
Wednesday’s rocket launch came
just eight months after a similar
attempt ended in an embarrassing public
failure, and just under a year after
Kim Jong Un inherited power follow-
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The surprising success of the launch
may have earned Kim global condemnation,
but at home, the gamble paid
off, at least in the short term, projecting
the 20-something Kim to his people as
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And the fresh round of U.N. sanctions
it could bring would increase his
country’s international isolation and
potentially strengthen the hand of the
only entity that poses a threat to his
rule: the military.
To his people, the launch’s success,
14 years after North Korea’s first
attempt, shows more than a little of the
gambling spirit in the third Kim to rule
North Korea since it became a country
in 1948.
Health care overhaul
could reduce treatment
options for 11 million
illegal immigrants
ALAMO, Texas (AP) — For years,
Sonia Limas would drag her daughters
to the emergency room whenever they
fell sick. As an illegal immigrant, she
had no health insurance, and the only
place she knew to seek treatment was
the hospital — the most expensive setting
for those covering the cost.
The family’s options improved
somewhat a decade ago with the
expansion of community health clinics,
which offered free or low-cost care
with help from the federal government.
But President Barack Obama’s health
care overhaul threatens to roll back
some of those services if clinics and
hospitals are overwhelmed with newly
insured patients and can’t afford to
care for as many poor families.
To be clear, Obama’s law was never
intended to help Limas and an estimated
11 million illegal immigrants like
her. Instead, it envisions that 32 million
uninsured Americans will get access
to coverage by 2019. Because that
should mean fewer uninsured patients
showing up at hospitals, the Obama
program slashed the federal reimbursement
for uncompensated care.
But in states with large illegal
immigrant populations, the math may
not work, especially if lawmakers
don’t expand Medicaid, the joint statefederal
health program for the poor
and disabled.
When the reform has been fully
implemented, illegal immigrants will
make up the nation’s second-largest
population of uninsured, or about 25
percent. The only larger group will be
people who qualify for insurance but
fail to enroll, according to a 2012 study
by the Washington-based Urban Institute.
Daniels: Businesses talk up gay marriage
By TOM LoBIANCO
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)
— Gov. Mitch Daniels said
Wednesday he has been
hearing from companies
that fear that a measure that
would put Indiana’s ban on
same-sex marriage into the
state constitution might also
prevent firms from offering
benefits to gay couples.
The measure was
approved by lawmakers last
year and could come up for
a vote again next year. If
approved twice, it would go
before voters in 2014.
The language in the constitutional
ban would go further
than barring marriage.
It would bar “a legal status
identical or substantially
similar to that of marriage
for unmarried individuals,”
potentially prohibiting benefits
for gay couples typically
associated with marriage.
Daniels says he heard
from companies on the issue
as recently as Wednesday
morning but gave little specifics.
Daniels has never
taken a position on the issue
and declined Wednesday to
say whether he supports the
ban.
“They wouldn’t want
their ability to offer benefits
and that sort of thing
limited. They think it’s fair.
They think it’s important at
least in case of some of their
employees,” he said.
Indiana businesses,
including Eli Lilly and
Cummins, testified against
the ban in 2011, arguing
it could hurt their efforts
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to lure talented workers
to Indiana. Daniels said
Wednesday he understood
that argument, but also
pointed out that Indiana
would join other states that
banned gay marriage in their
constitutions.
Daniels, who is leaving
office, did not have to sign
the ban the first time lawmakers
approved it because
constitutional amendments
do not require the governor’s
signature. Asked for
his own thoughts on gay
marriage, he declined to
say, noting he did not want
to influence lawmakers and
incoming Gov.-elect Mike
Pence on the issue.
Despite a likely easy road
to passage a second time in
the Legislature, it remains
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unclear if the measure
would be pushed through
during next year’s session
or in 2014. And action from
the U.S. Supreme Court,
which announced last week
it would take up a pair of
cases on the broader issues,
could make any action in
the states moot.
Opponents of the ban
who met with Pence’s transition
team say they were
told pushing the proposal
would not be a “priority” for
the new governor. And the
lead House sponsor of the
measure in 2011, state Rep.
Eric Turner, Cicero Republican,
said earlier this month
he was not sure if or when
he would introduce the measure
for its second approval.
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