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FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012 BLUFFTON, INDIANA • Wells County’s Hometown Connection 50¢
Miserable
here, but
horrible
elsewhere
From AP, staff reports
The first significant storm of
the winter rolled across the upper
Midwest and into Indiana Thursday
afternoon and Friday, burying
some Hoosiers in lake-effect snow.
Wells County escaped much
of the snowfall — the National
Weather Service observation
point at the Bluffton wastewater
treatment plant measured only a
half-inch of snow between 8 a.m.
Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday — but
what did fall was blown around by
fierce winds.
The overnight low was 14
degrees, the temperature at the
time of Friday morning’s observation.
When that was added to
winds that gusted as high as 39
miles per hour, as recorded at the
Fort Wayne International Airport,
is made for some miserable conditions.
Northern Wells Community
Schools and Southern Wells Community
Schools both called off
classes for the day, while schools
in the Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan
School District operated on
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Hopeful, but realistic
O’Donnell believes the economy will improve, because it has to
By DAVE SCHULTZ
Can the American economy be saved?
Jim O’Donnell says “yes,” for one simple
reason — failure is not an alternative.
O’Donnell, professor of business and
economics and executive in residence at
Huntington University, was in Bluffton
Thursday morning for his fifth economic
outlook program. He started out with Thomas
Paine’s statement from the time of the
American Revolution, “These are the times
that try men’s souls,” and tried to give the 50
or so people assembled for the Wells County
Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast gathering
some analysis to go with their orange
juice.
O’Donnell’s 45-minute presentation, followed
by another 15 minutes of questions
and answers, illustrated the roller-coaster
ride of the American economy and the world
economy. He believes the problems will be
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fixed, because they must be fixed.
“I’m a person full of hope,” he said.
If we consider the participants in the
economy as an airplane, he said, the passengers
may be restive and the crew members
may fight among themselves. Ultimately,
however, “We’re going to land this plane
because the pilots don’t want to die.”
As is O’Donnell’s manner when he presents
his economic outlooks, he makes sure
his audience understands the long view. The
stock market averages, he said, has grown
for 100 years even if there hasn’t been
much growth for the past 12 years. In fact,
he noted, there have been “two powerful
catastrophic market corrections” during that
time and a third, lesser one in 2011.
He also noted that the American economy
has become affected by “macro” themes
— European debt, U.S. debt, and so forth.
Less government?
Obama will push forward an agency merger plan
By BEN FELLER
AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — President
Barack Obama will ask Congress
on Friday for greater power
to shrink the federal government,
and his first idea is merging six
sprawling trade and commerce
agencies whose overlapping programs
can be baffling to businesses,
a senior administration official
told The Associated Press.
Obama will call on Congress to
give him a type of reorganizational
power last held by a president
when Ronald Reagan was in office.
The Obama version would be a
so-called consolidation authority
allowing him to propose mergers
that promise to save money and
help consumers. The deal would
entitle him to an up-or-down vote
Banks at the bank
Danielle Morgan of Wells Fargo bank shovels snow away from the curb at the Market Street
entrance Friday morning. (Photo by Chet Baumgartner)
from Congress in 90 days.
It would be up to lawmakers,
therefore, to first grant Obama this
fast-track authority and then decide
whether to approve any of his specific
ideas.
The White House said Obama
would address his proposals for
government reform Friday morning.
The official confirmed the
details to the AP on condition of
anonymity ahead of the president’s
event.
In an election year and a political
atmosphere of tighter spending,
Obama’s motivation is about
improving a giant bureaucracy
— but that’s hardly all of it.
To voters sick of dysfunction,
Obama wants to show some action
on making Washington work bet-
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January 13, 2012
Jim O'Donnell illustrates a point during his annual economic forecast Thursday at the Arts,
Commmerce, and Visitors Centre. (Photo by Dave Schultz)
Filings put list of
incumbents at 7
By FRANK SHANLY
Seven candidates, all incumbents, have
currently filed to run for office in Wells
County in 2012.
The filing period for candidates hoping to
run for office in 2012 began Wednesday, and
Commissioner Paul Bonham was the first to
file. He was joined later that same morning
by fellow Commissioner Kevin Woodward,
County Surveyor Jarrod Hahn and County
Recorder Rina Stuck.
Treasurer Shar Mechling and also Pete
Cole, one of the three County Council at
large office holders, have now also filed with
the Wells County Clerk’s office.
Circuit Court Judge Kenton Kiracofe has
also filed his election papers with the office
of the Secretary of State’s office in Indianapolis.
The filing period concludes on Friday,
Feb. 10.
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Democrats: Put
right-to-work
on the ballot
By TOM LoBIANCO
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana House Democrats
want voters to decide the fate of a right-to-work
bill or else they’ll continue stall tactics designed to
derail the contentious legislation, the House minority
leader said Friday.
A referendum should decide whether Indiana will
become the 23rd state to ban union contracts that
include mandatory representation fees, Democratic
House Minority Leader Patrick Bauer said.
Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma told The
Associated Press that he sees little chance of a referendum
succeeding in his chamber and that he views
any change as an attempt to “thwart” it.
The right-to-work battle has stalled work in Indiana’s
2012 House session and drawn hundreds of
union protesters to the Statehouse daily. Roughly a
dozen House Democrats boycotted Gov. Mitch Daniels’
final State of the State speech in a rare protest
over the measure.
House Democrats boycotted through the start of
the 2012 session to block the measure. Democrats
had promised to meet in the House Tuesday to take
an initial vote on the bill. But Thursday’s announcement
throws the timing back in limbo.
Democrats have typically made game-time decisions
in private caucus meetings this year whether
to grant Republicans the numbers needed to achieve
a quorum and conduct any business. Last year they
left the state for five weeks to block the right-to-work
measure and other Republican proposals.
Tax refund law
may be changed
By TOM LoBIANCO
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Senate’s lead budget
writer said Thursday the state needs to save more money
before it begins sending taxpayers automatic refund checks.
The automatic refund is triggered when the state socks
away an amount equal to at least 10 percent of its planned
spending. But Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman
Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, said the state should hold more
money in cash reserves before the tax refunds kick in.
The increased state savings would be used to buffer the
state’s school system if it faces another downturn like the
Great Recession.
“I think the reserve based on our experience in the recession,
when it took $3 billion to solve that problem, I think
the 10 percent (state cash reserve) looks just too tight to
me,” he said.
The Senate Appropriations Committee took an initial
crack at vetting the bill Thursday and plans to come back
next week to work on it further. Lawmakers end work during
their 2012 session on March 14.
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Miserable
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a two-hour delay.
Northern Wells schools
will still be out of session
Monday for the Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday,
while Southern Wells students
will be in class Monday.
Bluffton-Harrison students
will not be in session
on Monday.
While it was miserable
here, it was worse to the
north and the west.
Evan Bentley, a meteorologist
with the National
Weather Service office for
northern Indiana in North
Webster, said
Friday morning that
Elkhart had received nine
inches of snow, while Michigan
City and North Judson
both had six inches on the
Hopeful
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“These things will kills us
if they’re not addressed,”
he said. “They will be
addressed, though their resolution
may be far off.”
He cited five “lies” he
said are told about the economy
— produced, he said,
by the “prestige media” that
is more interested in building
its own audience rather than
in telling the truth. They are:
• “We’re in a bear market
and heading for another
recession.” The Standard
and Poor’s index is up 38
percent since 2009 and the
gross domestic product is up
for nine consecutive quarters.
“This lie undermines
confidence,” O’Donnell
said.
• “It all comes down to
jobs.” This is only true, he
said, if we’re talking about
real jobs from the private
sector. “Real jobs produce
more than they cost,” he
said. “Government jobs cost
more than they produce.”
• “Hope is absurd. Gloom
is appropriate.” If it becomes
the prevailing philosophy
that “all news is hopeless,
even good news,” it will
make us “a nation of cynics,”
he said. “We cannot lives as
a free nation with this kind
of nonsense,” he said.
• “It’s all somebody’s
fault” — the rich, business,
President Obama, the Federal
Reserve, the “Occupy”
Tax refund
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“We’ll work with Sen.
Kenley and monitor the
bill’s progress,” said Jane
Jankowski, spokeswoman
for Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Lawmakers approved
Daniels’ automatic tax
refund during last year’s session
but changed the original
proposal to use a portion of
the cash reserve to pay down
ground.
Up to four more inches
of snow could fall on the
area Friday as lake effect
snow showers kick in while
the storm system pushes to
the east. Bentley says gusty
winds have whipped up
drifts up to two feet high in
far northern Indiana.
While northern Indiana
saw heavy snow, light
to moderate amounts were
reported to the south, with
four inches in Lafayette and
about an inch in Indianapolis.
The storm dumped several
inches of snow on western
parts of Wisconsin and Iowa
before moving eastward into
Milwaukee, St. Louis and
Chicago, where up to eight
inches were expected to fall
people? It’s not anyone’s
fault in particular, he said;
it’s everyone’s. “For 75 or 80
years, the developed world
has been living beyond its
means,” he said. “It has
come home to roost in our
generation. I hope we make
some good decisions on how
we’re going to balance the
things we want, our willingness
to work, our willingness
to forgo pleasure for a
while, and our willingness
to be good stewards of what
we have been given.”
• “Stocks aren’t cheap.
Better wait for clarity.”
Stocks are the lifeblood are
the American economy,
O’Donnell said, and he said
stocks are not overpriced.
He concluded his formal
presentation with 10 predictions,
but he immediately
distanced himself from them
in a tongue-in-cheek manner.
“Any one of these has
a 30 to 50 percent chance of
being correct,” he said.
Those predictions are:
• Crude oil will drop to
$88 a barrel, down from
$102 now. The reason, he
said, are the discovery of
new oil reserves in the U.S.
and the ready availability of
natural gas.
• The Standard and Poor’s
index will go up to 1,420, a
10 percent gain.
• Real GDP growth in the
U.S. will exceed 3.1 percent
and the unemployment rate
teacher pension obligations.
Beginning in 2023, the state
is facing payments upward
of $1 billion a year to pensions
guaranteed to teachers
hired before 1996.
Budget cuts, improved tax
collections and a $320-million
error left Indiana with
an estimated $1.8 billion in
cash reserves. Daniels esti-
by Friday morning.
In a typical year, such a
storm would hardly register
in the upper Midwest. But
the atmospheric patterns,
including the Pacific pattern
known as La Nina, that have
conspired to make this an
unusually icy winter in Alaska
have kept it abnormally
warm in parts of the lower
48 states used to more snow.
The storm dumped 2 to
6 inches of snow on eastern
Iowa by Thursday evening,
and was expected to drop 3
to 8 inches total on southern
Wisconsin and northern
Illinois as it moves further
into the Northeast on Friday,
according to Richard Castro,
a National Weather Service
meteorologist.
will drop to 8 percent.
• The presidential race
will feature incumbent
Barack Obama against Mitt
Romney. Republicans will
retain the House of Representatives
and become a
small majority in the Senate,
he said.
• Europe will develop a
plan to solve its sovereign
debt crisis.
• Investors will buy the
currencies of countries that
seem to be managing their
economies well — the Scandinavian
nations, Australia,
Korea, and Singapore.
• The U.S. debt will be
reduced by $1.5 trillion over
10 years.
• President Bashar al-
Assad of Syria will be forced
from office.
• The stock indexes in
developing countries, the
BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India,
and China) nations, will go
up.
“You can believe whatever
you want,” O’Donnell
said in closing. “I’ve told
you what I believe. I’m a
person of hope. ... I have to
go on with what I have to go
on with.”
“I have to keep living forward,”
he said. “As for me
and my house, with apologies
to Joshua, we will follow
the Lord.”
Finally, he said, “There is
more to life than just money.”
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mates each taxpayer would
get an additional $50 back if
the state meets its estimated
reserve at the close of the
current budget.
Kenley’s measure would
not kick in until 2014 and
would change the tax refunds
to go out only in years when
lawmakers craft their biennial
budget.
State Fair concert venue changed
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana
State Fair Commission decided Thursday to
permanently move its outdoor grandstand
concerts indoors and authorized spending
$3.8 million to help prepare their new home:
The Pepsi Coliseum located nearby on the
north side Indianapolis fairgrounds.
The coliseum will be expanded from its
current seating capacity of about 8,000 to
nearly 9,000 by 2014, commissioners said.
The announcement to move the concerts
indoors permanently came about 60 days
before a final report is due on the collapse
of an outdoor stage and rigging that killed
seven people and injured more than 40 others
amid high winds before a concert by the
country duo Sugarland. The commission
earlier had decided concerts at this year’s
fair would be held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse
in downtown Indianapolis.
“We did not look at this as suites and
luxury boxes,” said Cindy Hoye, the fair’s
executive director. “What we looked at was
as a very family oriented facility, which
it’s always been. It doesn’t impede upon
the wonderful Bankers Life Fieldhouse or
Lucas Oil Stadium. It’s taking and restoring
what we have.”
Weather
Friday, Jan. 13, 2012
(24-hour observations
at 8 a.m.)
Hi: 41
Low: 14
River ice: None
River Level: 4.75 feet
feet
Precipitation: 0.07”
(0.5 inches of snow)
Today’s Weather Picture by
Ashlyn Nestleroad
Bluffton-Harrison Elementary School
Daily Weather Cartoons are also
posted on our Weather Blog!
Today: A 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Cloudy, with a high near 22.
Breezy, with a west wind between 20 and
25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low
around 12. West wind between 10 and 15
mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday: A 40 percent chance of
snow after 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a
high near 21. West wind around 10 mph.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance
of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low
around 16. West wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high
near 29. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a
low around 23.
M.L.King Day: A 40 percent chance
LOCAL/NATION
911 funding concerns counties
By TOM DAVIES
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — County officials
across Indiana scrambling to find
money to pay for 911 emergency services
say they aren’t confident of getting help
from state legislators, who might be leery of
boosting cellphone fees during an election
year.
The shift from traditional landline phones
to cellphones has cost Indiana’s 92 counties
millions of dollars in funding for 911 dispatch
centers because the fees charged for
landline phones are generally higher than
those cellphone users pay.
That comes as public safety systems
are upgraded to track cellphone calls and
improve communications between police
and fire departments.
“We have to install technology to keep up
with emails and text messaging, and in order
to do that, we need funds,” said Debbie
Schmidtknecht, who oversees the 911 center
in southwestern Indiana’s Knox County.
One legislative proposal would allow
each of Indiana’s 92 counties to set a uniform
fee of up to $2 a month for all phone
lines, compared with the current monthly
maximum of $3 for landlines and 50 cents
for most cellphones. Another proposal would
establish a flat monthly $1 statewide fee that
a state board would distribute to counties.
The House Ways and Means Committee
is scheduled to discuss the issue Friday,
but committee Chairman Jeff Espich said he
isn’t sure about advancing a plan.
“Nobody can tell me how much how
much they were spending five years ago,
three years ago or this year and how much
Cutting government
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ter. Politically, his plan
would allow him to do so by
putting the onus on Congress
and in particular his Republican
critics in the House and
Senate, to show why they
would be against the pursuit
of a leaner government.
Obama also has an imperative
to deliver. He made a
promise to come up with a
smart reorganization of the
government in his last State
of the Union speech. That
was nearly a year ago.
At the time, Obama
grabbed attention by pointing
out the absurdity of
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government inefficiency.
In what he called his favorite
example, Obama said:
“The Interior Department is
in charge of salmon while
they’re in fresh water, but
the Commerce Department
handles them when they’re
in saltwater. And I hear it
gets even more complicated
once they’re smoked.”
The White House said
the problem is serious for
consumers who turn to their
government for help and
often do not know where to
begin.
Not in decades has the
government undergone a
of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 39.
Monday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy,
with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation
is 60 percent.
Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow.
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41.
Chance of precipitation is 50 percent.
Tuesday Night: A chance of snow
showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low
around 18. Chance of precipitation is 30
percent.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high
near 25.
Wednesday Night: A 30 percent
chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy,
with a low around 19.
Thursday: A chance of snow showers.
Cloudy, with a high near 28.
they ought to be spending,” said Espich,
R-Uniondale. “How much do they have,
how much do they need? And I don’t think
they’ve given me the answers.”
The Indiana Association of Counties
estimates that 911 fee revenue has dropped
statewide about $20 million over the last
five years. The nonpartisan Legislative Services
Agency doesn’t have figures on the
landline fees, which are collected by counties,
but reports that cellphone fees collected
by the state have remained around $28 million
for the past three years.
A federal survey in 2010 found that 27
percent of U.S. households had only cellphones
— a level that doubled from three
years earlier.
The state’s funding system for 911 services
isn’t keeping up with that technology
trend, said Stephen Luce, executive director
of the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association.
“The longer we keep putting this off, the
worse it is going to get,” Luce said. “We
don’t see it getting any better.”
Schmidtknecht said Knox County officials
are directing more than $125,000
from other sources to subsidize the 911
center in Vincennes after its phone fee revenue
dropped at least 40 percent within four
years.
She hopes the financial bind that counties
are facing will get attention from lawmakers,
but said she’s not optimistic about
action during the legislative session that is
to end by mid-March.
“This is an election year — nobody wants
to put extra money on cellphone devices,”
she said. “I’m realistic about what’s coming.”
sustained reorganization of
itself. Presidents have tried
from time to time, but each
part of the bureaucracy has
its own defenders inside
and outside the government,
which can make merger
ideas politically impossible.
That’s particularly true
because “efficiency” is often
another way of saying people
will lose their jobs.
Obama hopes to enhance
his chances by getting Con-
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Obituaries
Ron A. Hensel, 68
Ron A. Hensel, 68, Ossian, passed away unexpectedly
on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at his home.
Ron was born in Huntington. His family moved to
Hammond in 1946, and Ron graduated in 1960 from
Hammond High School, where he was in the National
Honor Society and National Science Seminar.
He attended Indiana University in Bloomington,
where he was a member of the TKE fraternity. After
college, Ron joined the U.S. Navy in 1965 as a nuclear
engineer. Ron was an avid ham radio operator and a
longtime member of the Sports Car Club of America
(SCCA).
He is survived by a brother, Dennis Brian Hensel of
Fort Wayne; a son, Chris Brian (Christine) Hensel of
Hobart; a daughter, Wendy Hensel of Chicago; a step
daughter, Amy Ford of Highland; two granddaughters,
Chelsea Hensel of the USAF, currently stationed in San
Antonio, Texas, and Cayla Hensel, a student, of Michigan
City; close friends Dallas Galbraith and Jeanie Feeman,
of Huntington; and numerous aunts and uncles.
He is preceded in death by his wonderful father, Robert
A. Hensel, and his mother, Georgia Aline Hensel.
Arthur Leroy McCollum, 72
Arthur Leroy McCollum, 72, of Keystone, died at
3:04 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital
of Indiana in Fort Wayne.
He was born on Wednesday, May 24, 1939, to James
and Lela Isca (Pace) McCollum. He married Paula Lynn
Burns in Angola on May 13, 1961; she survives.
Other surviving relatives include two brothers, Norman
McCollum and Ronald (Cindy) McCollum, both of
Geneva.
Calling hours will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
15, at the Downing and Glancy Funeral Home in Geneva.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at
the funeral home. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery
in Geneva.
Online condolences: www.glancyfuneralhomes.com
Robert N. Parker II, 52
Robert N. Parker II, 52, of Berne, died Wednesday,
Jan. 11, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Mr. Parker was born in Indianapolis on April 9, 1959,
to Robert N. and Sherkyn G. (Serene) Parker.
Surviving relatives include one son, Robert N. (Sierra)
Parker III of Berne; one daughter, Teresa (Chris)
Garner of Poneto; three sisters, Jennifer (Dave) Stemen
of Fort Wayne, Angie (Eric) Nichols of Fort Wayne and
Tina (Troy) Noe of Seneca, S.C.; and six grandchildren.
Mr. Parker was preceded in death by one sister, Kimmie
Parker.
Calling hours will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 14, at the Goodwin Memorial Chapel in Bluffton.
Funeral services will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday at the
funeral home. Burial will be at the Apostolic Christian
Cemetery at a later date.
Online condolences: www.thegmcfamily.com
K. Dean Richison, 70
K. Dean Richison, 70, of La Fontaine, died at 3 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at Parkview Hospital in Fort
Wayne.
He was born in Huntington County on Oct. 21, 1941,
to Kenneth L. and Ada G. (Hedrick) Richison. He married
Sandra Fulcher on June 25, 1965, in Warren; she
survives.
Also surviving three sons, Rodney Dean (Amy) Richison
of Huntington, Brad Richison of Andrews and Jeff
(Nancy) Richison of La Fontaine; one brother, Eldon
(Janet) Richison of Marion; and 12 grandchildren and
one great-grandson.
Mr. Richison was also preceded in death by a sister,
Carolyn Wearly.
Calling hours will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13,
and from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at the First Baptist
Church in Warren. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m.
Saturday at the church. Burial be at Gardens of Memory
in Marion.
Glancy – H. Brown and Son Funeral Home in Warren
is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences: www.glancyfuneralhomes.com
Anita S. Villanueva, 90
Anita S. Villanueva, 90, of South Bend and formerly
of Warren, died at 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at
Ironwood Health and Rehabilitation in South Bend.
She was born in McAllen, Texas, on July 25, 1921,
to Ramon and Cesaria (Cantu) Salazar Sr. She married
Santos C. Villanueva; he preceded her in death on Feb.
12, 1987.
Surviving relatives include one daughter, Irene
(Frank) Martinez of South Bend; four sons, Ernesto
(Florinda) Villanueva of Edcouch, Texas, Santos (Patricia)
Villanueva of Huntington, Joe Louis Villanueva of
Casper, Wyo., and Raymond (Linda) Villanueva of Roanoke;
two sisters, Cristella Garza and America Bernal,
both of Elsa, Texas; one brother, Ramon Salazar Jr. of
Plymouth; and 19 grandchildren and several greatgrandchildren.
Mrs. Villanueva was also preceded in death by two
sisters, Aurora Saenz and Raquel Garcia; and one brother,
Rudy Salazar.
Calling hours will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 13, at the Glancy - H. Brown and Son Funeral Home
in Warren. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. today at the
funeral home. Burial is at Woodlawn Cemetery in Warren.
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or if the deceased does not meet the definitions of a “local” person,
there is a charge.
Area funeral homes will provide details on the policy and will
coordinate obituary publication.
Save This Date - Mon., April 9
Wells County Historical Society
Annual Dinner/Meeting
at the Wells Co. Public Library at 6:30 p.m.
Evening Speaker: Stan Wilson (formerly of Bluffton)
“The 100th Anniversary of the Titanic”
Public Welcome! More information soon.
Police Notebook
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012 • The News-Banner • Page 3
Website will help Bluffton-Harrison
parents find their child’s bus stop
Bluffton-Harrison school
officials have created a new
website that allows parents
to search for bus stops
and bus routes by address,
Transportation Director
Brad Yates said Thursday.
With the new website,
for instance, a parent who is
sending a child home with a
friend can enter the friend’s
address to learn which bus
the child should ride.
INCIDENTS
City:
Thursday, 11:41 a.m.,
Mark Toetz, 300 block
South Wayne Street, reported
someone stole his credit
card number and used it to
make several on-line purchases.
Thursday, 6:53 p.m., officers
requested at a residence
in the 300 block of Johnson
Street on a report of an outof-control
teen.
Thursday, 9:09 p.m.,
caller reported she arrived
home at her residence in the
300 block of West Wiley
Avenue and discovered
doors had been opened and
a strange man with long hair
was standing inside the residence.
The man apparently
fled. An officer checked the
area but saw no one.
Today, 4:08 a.m., West
Wabash Street Pak-A-Sak.
Someone drove away without
paying for $20 in gasoline.
County:
Thursday, 12:16 p.m.,
Ruth Lee reported someone
entered the residence she
owns on 300N east of 450E,
but nothing was noticed stolen.
Thursday, 3:01 p.m.,
report of an Internet cable
line down on 100N near
200W. Adams-Wells Internet
contacted.
Thursday, 7:16 p.m.,
report of a possible prowler
in the 500 block of Countryside
Drive, Ossian.
Today, 2:11 a.m., Bradley
Heckber, 300 block of North
Jefferson Street, reported
someone had been on the
front porch of his residence
and the front door was standing
open. However, nothing
had been stolen from the
residence.
Today, 5:11 a.m. someone
slid off Ind. 1 near 800N.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Thursday, 8:59 a.m.,
Main Street at Jackson
Street. A 2007 Dodge Caravan,
driven by Amy J. Sear-
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The searchable map is
available on the school’s
website at www.bhmsd.k12.
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Also starting Tuesday,
school officials will assign
different buses to routes,
after the district recently
purchased two new 84passenger
school buses to
increase the fleet’s capacity.
Under these new assignments:
les, 35, rural Bluffton, was
stopped in a line of traffic on
Jackson Street (300N). The
van was hit from behind by
a 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue
driven by Donald D. Mahon
II, 34, of 50 Capri Court.
After the impact. Mahon’s
car careened off the left side
of the road. Searles suffered
a back injury, but declined
transport to the hospital.
Total damage exceeded
$5,000. Mahon was cited for
following too closely.
Thursday, 1:25 p.m.,
Main Street at Washington
Street. Roger A. Higdon, 58,
Shelbyville, was driving a
2002 Freightliner semi registered
to Columbus Warehouse
of Columbus, Ind.,
when he turned too sharp
while trying to turn from
Main Street onto Washington
Street. The trailer of his
semi clipped the crosswalk
signal. Damage was estimated
at less than $1,000.
County:
Thursday, 4:40 p.m.,
Ind. 116 at Ind. 3 in Markle.
Beverly J. Wilson, 59, Markle,
was attempting to enter
Clark Street (Ind. 3) from
an alley when she pulled her
2010 Buick Lucerne out and
struck a 1997 Ford Taurus
driven by Abigail E. Campbell,
17, Berne. Damage was
around $1,000.
ARRESTS
Penny Christine Gibson,
43, Bluffton; contempt of
court on a civil matter. No
bond set.
Paul A. Davis, 47, Fort
Wayne; theft. Bond set at
$5,000.
TICKETS
Sandra K. Bailey, 41,
rural Bryant; 51 mph-30
zone, Monroe Street at
Fieldcrest Drive.
Rebecca R. Cook, 63,
rural Decatur; 48 mph-
30 zone, Monroe Street at
Fieldcrest Drive.
Donald D. Mahon, 34, of
319 E. Central Ave.; following
too closely, 100 block of
East Jackson Street.
Man accused of stealing
Knox police car caught
KNOX, Ind. (AP) — A
man accused of stealing a
police cruiser while handcuffed
in northwest Indiana,
then using the police radio
to ask where to find the
car’s cigarette lighter, has
turned himself in after two
days on the run, authorities
said early Friday.
William Francis Blankenship,
22, was taken into
custody late Thursday night
at his family’s home in
Knox, a small town about
50 miles southeast of Chicago.
Indiana State Police
said cooperation from his
family helped make the
peaceful surrender possible.
Blankenship had been
arrested Tuesday on drug
charges at a gas station
in nearby Kouts. Police
said that as the arresting
officer searched Blanken-
ship’s vehicle, the suspect
somehow escaped from
the police car’s backseat,
climbed into the front and
drove off. He then used the
police radio to ask where
to find the car’s cigarette
lighter and a key to unlock
his handcuffs.
Blankenship was being
held at Porter County Jail
early Friday, though jail
records didn’t yet list specific
charges, bond or attorney
information.
The officer whose squad
car was stolen said he only
realized the cruiser was
gone when he looked up
and saw the taillights leaving
the parking lot.
“I probably had a really
dumb look on my face
for maybe half a second,”
Kouts police Sgt. Dave
Johnston told The Associated
Press earlier Thursday.
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• Students who ride bus
No. 9 will now ride No. 2.
• Students who ride bus
No. 10 will now ride No.
16.
• Students who ride bus
No. 12 will now ride bus
No. 17.
• Students who ride bus
No. 16 will now ride bus
No. 12
• Students who ride bus
No. 17 will now ride bus
Paul Bonham to
seek re-election
Wells County Commisioner
Paul Bonham has filed
his candidacy for re-election
as Wells County Commissioner,
District
Two. Bonham is
concluding his
third full term
Bonham previously
served as
Liberty Township
Trustee, as a member
of the Wells
County area plan
commission, two
terms as county
auditor and a brief
term on the county
council before
being appointed as
County Commissioner.
Currently, Bonham
serves on the Wells County
Drainage Board, Wells
County Solid Waste Commission,
Upper Wabash
River Basin Commission,
GRAIN PRICES
At closing Thursday,
Jan. 12
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Montpelier
1-888-935-1107
Cash corn $6.09, February
corn $6.12, March corn
$6.15, new crop corn 2012
$5.41, January 2013 corn
$5.58.
Cash beans $11.64, February
beans $11.66, March
beans $11.70, new crop
beans 2012 $11.48, January
2013 beans $11.66.
Cash wheat $6.00, January
wheat $6.10, new crop
wheat 2012 $6.33.
Agland Grain,
Bluffton
January corn $6.20,
March corn $6.26.
January beans $11.57,
March beans $11.61.
January wheat $5.92, J/A
2012 wheat $6.18.
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No. 8.
Transportation Director
Brad Yates said the same
bus drivers will still drive
the same routes.
The changes also affect
certain pick-up times. To
review these new times
and learn which buses stop
where, go to the News-Banner’s
“On the Beat” blog by
browsing the blogs at www.
news-banner.com
Local Emergency Management
Council, and the Wells
County Economic Development
Council.
He is also
currently serving
as the President
of the Northeast
District of
Indiana County
Commissioners.
Paul and wife,
Nancy, are the
parents of three
children- Vivian
Blakeslee, Lau-
Paul
ren Lockdall,
Bonham and Bill Bonham.
He is also a
current member
of the American Legion,
The Bluffton Optimist Club,
The Mental Health Association,
the Wells County Farm
Bereau, and is a member
of the Warren Church of
Christ.
The Mutual Fire
Insurance Company
of French Township
will hold its annual meeting
at the 4-H Building in
Monroe, IN on
Sat., Jan. 14, 2012
at 10 AM
Auditors of the
Company will meet at
9 AM at the same place.
Arlene Stump, Sec’y
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for all the prayer times, the visits, and support. To our amazing
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The Week That Was - a look back at the week through cartoonists’ eyes...
Coffee prices rise;
Journalists cry
It was a sad day in the News-
Banner newsroom this week. Paul
Beitler spent a good portion of his time
sighing and cradling his regular cup of
coffee, looking wistfully at the label
and muttering something about “my
Precious.”
Glen Werling, too, though not a coffee
drinker, felt the sting of the latest
news that coffee prices, already on the
rise for the last 12 months, are expected
to continue to rise. This was
more to the fact that he expects
another 12 months of grouchy coworkers
who will no doubt ceaselessly
lament the rising price of
coffee.
Jerry
Battiste
Just
Jerry
There are a number of reasons why the price of coffee
is rising. Chief among these is because coffee growers
want to make more money. And who doesn’t?
I don’t mind paying a little extra for my morning cup
of coffee. It’s the principle. Raising the price of coffee is
like hitting below the belt--you just don’t do it.
The importance of coffee to the civilized world (specifically
the part of the world where reporters live) simply
cannot be overstated
Where would our world be without coffee? How
would anyone ever graduate from college without coffee?
Deadlines would be missed, all-nighters would turn
into early bedtimes; cats and dogs living together; it
would all be sheer anarchy I tell you.
If you don’t believe me, ask Glen. He can attest to
just how horrible life is for everyone when Jerry Battiste
doesn’t get his morning coffee.
Plus, very little work can be done when I’m ranting
and raving about my coffee. It’s deleterious to the working
environment because when I’m not happy I make
certain everyone around me shares the burden.
OK, so I do most of my work from home now where
I usually don’t even change out of my pajamas until
after 3 p.m. No matter. I can email Glen repeatedly,
sending him an abundance of sad-faced emoticons like
this :-(.
He gets the message. Repeatedly.
And what about Paul? Doesn’t Juan Valdez care
about the harmful effects of caffeine withdrawal on our
most prized sports editor?
I think I might just have to write a letter to the United
Nations declaring the increasing cost of coffee a global
crisis. Forget about the possibility of nuclear weapons
in Iran for a moment and focus on something important:
the health of myself and thousands of other journalists,
not to mention college students, police, firefighters, doctors,
nurses, construction workers, politicians, farmers,
librarians, teachers, principals, coaches and counselors.
I demand a redress of grievances for the ever increasing
cost of coffee. Don’t make me do something rash,
like switching to energy drinks.
Glen can tell you, energy drinks are simply too much
for me. And for the rest of the newsroom.
jerry.battiste@yahoo.com
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It isn’t just the mandate
Most people have heard that Obamacare is being
challenged as unconstitutional because it contains an
individual mandate forcing people to purchase health
insurance. That challenge is due to be heard by the
Supreme Court this year. But while the mandate is certainly
problematic in a system that, at least notionally,
is one of limited and enumerated powers, the mandate
is not the worst part of this bill -- not by a long shot.
Truly, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (Obamacare) belongs in a museum somewhere
in an exhibit about what can happen when you elect
Democrat majorities to the House, Senate and White
House. Like so much else in the Democratic agenda
(Dodd-Frank, environmental regulation, mortgage
relief), it relies not on incentives, competition or
patient choice but on blatant gov-
ernment coercion.
The PPAC squeaked to passage
only because it was rumored to
contain (no one read it) cost-controlling
measures. Even Democrats
are aware that Medicare alone faces
a $30.8 trillion shortfall over the
next several decades. The president
accordingly sold the legislation
with the claim that Obamacare would reduce the deficit.
“. . .We believe the reforms we’ve proposed to
strengthen Medicare and Medicaid will . . . (save) us
$500 billion by 2023 and an additional $1 trillion dollars
in the decade after that.”
That promise is about as reliable as one feature of
the bill, the so-called CLASS Act to provide long-term
care. The CLASS Act is dead. Just months after the
bill’s passage, Health and Human Services Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius had to admit that the program ran
afoul of basic arithmetic. She was forced to acknowledge
this reality because the canny Senator Judd
Gregg had slipped an amendment into the legislation
requiring that HHS certify the program’s actuarial
soundness. (Why don’t all laws have this requirement?)
PPAC does contain a cost-controlling measure -
- and this where the legislation careens not just into
unconstitutionality but lawlessness. All decisions
about controlling Medicare costs will be decided by
the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
IPAB is a new thing in American government.
Unlike most other boards and commissions, the
panel’s 15 members (appointed by the president and
approved by the Senate) need not be bipartisan. Also,
unlike other boards, commissions and federal agencies,
the IPABs decisions are virtually unreviewable.
IPAB doesn’t have to adhere to the notice and comment
rules of federal agencies, which permit citizens
Schindler Sez
Schindler Sez
If my body was as thin as my hair…I’d
be one skinny dude!
Hand Jive
Conversing with an Italian friend of
mine, who was gesticulating vigorously
as he spoke, I finally posed this question.
“Sam, if I cut off your hands…could you
still talk?”
The Democratic Party,
supposedly so close to the
people, writes legislation to
insulate government from
democratic accountability.
Jim
Schindler
The Honest Barber
My barber, Skip, gave me too much change back,
after I paid him this morning. On returning the difference
to him, he said, “Thanks for being so honest.”
“You’re welcome.”
“We’re honest around here,” he said.
“Yeah, if you don’t count all the bull crap that’s
dropped here.”
Jim Schindler is a Fort Wayne businessman
and author who grew up in Decatur
to respond to proposed rule-makings. IPAB
dictates automatically become law unless
Congress itself intervenes. Ah, but they’ve
thought of that and made it virtually
impossible. The law prescribes that Congress
has a limited period of time in which
it can modify IPAB rulings, and then it
must do so by a three-fifths majority! Even
ratifying treaties and amending the Constitution
requires only two-thirds majorities.
As for the courts, forget it. The judiciary is
forbidden to review IPAB decisions.
The really bizarre part, reminiscent of
the “I wouldn’t do that Dave” scene in
“2001: A Space Odyssey,” is that Congress can only
repeal IPAB itself under strict condi-
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tions. Clint Bolick of the Goldwater
Institute explains:
“Under the statute, any bill to repeal
IPAB must be introduced within the
one-month period between Jan. 1 and
Feb. 1, 2017. If introduced, it must be
enacted by a three-fifths super-majority
no later than Aug. 15, 2017. If passed,
the IPAB repeal will not become effective
until 2020 -- leaving an out-of-control agency in
operation for three years after Congress votes to abolish
it.”
Call it Nancy Pelosi’s revenge. The Democratic
Party, supposedly so close to the people, writes legislation
to insulate government from democratic
accountability.
Starting in 2014, the board will make recommendations
to control Medicare spending, but the law prohibits
IPAB from recommending 1) rationing of health
care, 2) increases in premiums, 3) increases in copays
or deductibles, or 4) changing eligibility requirements
or benefits. What’s left? Reducing payments to doctors
and hospitals. This sets up the obvious problem
that is already plaguing Medicaid -- when doctors and
hospitals receive reduced reimbursement, they become
less likely to accept Medicare patients. So Medicare
patients will find it harder to get treatment, which is,
in effect, a form of rationing.
The Goldwater Institute Center for Constitutional
Litigation has challenged the constitutionality of
IPAB, and based on the Supreme Court’s history of
displeasure with delegations of power by Congress
(for example in the line item veto case), they may
have a strong case. But whatever the outcome of these
legal cases may be, the clamor for repeal -- by the
elected branches of government -- of this poisonous
hydra cannot flag.
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2610 St. Louis Ave.,
Fort Wayne
Dwight Fishburn, pastor
9:30 a.m. - Sunday
School. 6 p.m. - Worship.
Tuesday: 7 p.m. - Prayer.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. - Bible
Study; Youth groups.
ASBURY CHAPEL
UNITED METHODIST
8013 W.-1100S.-90,
Montpelier
Philip Freel, Jr., pastor
9:30 a.m. - Worship.
10:30 - Sunday School.
BETHEL
4500E-300S, Bluffton
Dr. Patrick J. Harris, pastor
10 a.m. - Worship. 5:45 -
Youth group. 6 p.m. - Adult
Bible Study; Children’s
Ministry; College & Career.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. - Bible
Study & Prayer.
BETHLEHEM
LUTHERAN CHURCH
LCMS
6114E-750N, Ossian
Rev. William Brege, pastor
www.bethlehemossian.org
9 a.m. - Divine Service.
10:15 - Adult Bible Class,
Youth Bible Class & Sunday
School. 11:30 - Voice of
Bethlehem on WZBD 92.7
FM.
BOEHMER
UNITED METHODIST
3467S-600W, Liberty Center
Barry Humble, pastor
Karen Hunnicutt, lay leader
(Fully Handicapped Accessible)
9:30 a.m. - Worship.
10:45 - Sunday School.
CHESTER CENTER
900S-300W, Poneto
(across from S.W. School)
Rev. Dewey Zent, pastor
Handicap ramp
9:30 a.m. - Sunday
School. 10:30 - Worship.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
3421 Thurber Ave.,
Waynedale
Michael Gors, minister
Radio program on WGL 1250
at 7 a.m. each Sunday.
9 a.m. - Bible Study. 10
a.m. & 6:30 - Worship.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. - Bible
Study.
CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST OF
LATTER-DAY SAINTS
88 Cardinal Pass, Decatur
Jim Steele,
branch president
9 a.m. - Sacrament Service.
10:20 - Sunday School.
11:10 - Priesthood & Relief
Society.
CROSS COMMUNITY
315 W. Main St., Berne
Rev. Joseph Gerkin,
interim pastor
www.crosscommunityberne.org
crossberne@yahoo.com
(Staffed nursery care to age 3)
10 a.m. - Worship.
Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.
- Heavenly exercise; 7 p.m.
- Adult Bible study; Student
Underground; 8 p.m. - Rejoicing
Voices rehearsal.
DILLMAN UNITED
BRETHREN
8888S-1100W-90, Warren
Dick Case, pastor
Jane Trickle, adm. assistant
dillman@citznet.com
8:15 & 10:30 - Worship.
9:30 - Sunday School. 5:30
- Youth group.
Tuesday: 7 p.m. - Small
groups.
Wednesday: 6:30-8 p.m.
- Circle of Friends; Small
group.
FAIRVIEW CHURCH
OF GOD
5511 W. Yoder Rd., Yoder
Dan Horwedel, pastor
fairviewchurch1@juno.com
www.Fairviewlife.com
9 a.m. - Sunday School.
10 a.m. - Worship.
FIRST BAPTIST
113 E. Huntington St.,
Montpelier
Handicap Access
9:30 a.m. - Sunday
School. 10:30 - Worship.
FIRST BAPTIST
727 N. Wayne St., Warren
Rev. Bill Fisher, senior pastor
Greg Casserino, youth pastor
fbcaa@citznet.com
Handicap accessible &
hearing assistance
9 a.m. - Sunday School.
10 a.m. - Worship & Children’s
Church. 5 p.m. -
Youth group.
Thursday: 9 a.m. - Bible
study.
LANCASTER CHAPEL
UNITED METHODIST
4510 E & 400N, Craigville
Neil Ainslie, pastor
ntainslie@msn.com
Handicap accessible & assisted
hearing devices available
9 a.m. - Sunday School.
9:40 - Fellowship. 10 a.m. -
Worship.
FIRST CHURCH
OF THE NAZARENE
440 N. Standard Blvd.,
Montpelier
Richard Hadley, pastor
9 a.m. - Fellowship. 9:30
- Sunday School. 10:30 & 6
p.m. - Worship.
FIRST MISSIONARY
1950 U.S. 27 S., Berne
Kris McPherson, pastor
10 a.m. - Worship.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
123 S. Jefferson St., Ossian
Rev. Jay E. Cline, pastor
opcoffice@frontier.com
9:30 a.m. - Sunday
School. 10 a.m. - Fellowship.
10:30 - Worship. 11:45
- Joint Session & Deacons
mtg. 6 p.m. - Confirmation.
Monday: 6:30 a.m.-5:30
- Children’s Corner Daycare
(through Friday); 9-11:30 a.m.
- Preschool (through Friday).
Wednesday: 10 a.m.
- Sarah Circle mtg.; 3:45 -
Presby K.I.D.S. after school
program (grades 2-5); 5:30
- Brew Ha!; 6 p.m. - Youth
(grades 6-12); 6:30 - Bible
study.
Thursday: 10 a.m. - Bible
study; 6:30 - Tech group;
J.O.Y. Singers rehearsal at
Ossian United Methodist
Church.
Saturday: 6:30 p.m. -
Game night.
FIRST UNITED
METHODIST
100 W. Line St., Geneva
Barry McCune, pastor
Handicap Accessible
9:30 a.m. - Worship,
“God of Life.” 10:45 - Sunday
School (Preschool-
Grade 5). 4-6 p.m. - Youth
group.
Wednesday: 5:30-7 p.m.
- The Lord’s Table Food Pantry;
7 p.m. - Choir rehearsal; 8
p.m. - Scheduled mtgs.
Thursday: 5:30-6 p.m.
- Kidz Zone family meal; 6-
7:30 - Kidz Zone.
GENEVA CHURCH OF
THE NAZARENE
225 Decatur St.
9 a.m. - Sunday School.
10 a.m. & 6 p.m. - Worship.
Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. -
Bible Study.
GILEAD CHURCH
(14 miles south of Bluffton
on Hwy. 1 in Balbec, east on
650N
1/4 mile on south side of
road)
10 a.m. - Sunday School.
10:30 - Worship.
GOSPEL LIGHTHOUSE
CHURCH
122 E. Race St., Portland
Phill Jellison, pastor
10 a.m. & 6:30 - Worship.
HARVEST TIME BIBLE
11015S-600E, Keystone
Anthony Robles, pastor
9:10 a.m. - Prayer. 10
a.m. - Worship.
Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. -
Youth; 7 p.m. - Bible Study.
Saturday: 9-10 a.m. -
Prayer breakfast.
HIGH STREET UNITED
METHODIST
435 High St., Geneva
James Bontrager, pastor
9 a.m. - Worship. 10-
10:15 - Fellowship. 10:15 -
Sunday School.
Tuesday: 6:30 p.m. - Karate
for Christ.
Wednesday: 6 p.m. - Free
meal w/Kids Klub following.
Thursday: 6:30 p.m. -
Choir.
HOPE UNITED
METHODIST
6608 Hoagland Rd.,
Hoagland
Stacy Downing, pastor
hopechurch@hopeum.com
9:15 a.m. - Blended Worship.
10:30 - Sunday School.
KEYSTONE UNITED
METHODIST
10035S-200W
Marlene Ellis, pastor
9:30 a.m. - Worship.
10:30 - Sunday School.
LIBERTY CENTER
BAPTIST
3071 W. Cherry St.
Aaron Westfall, pastor
8:30 a.m. - Pastor/Deacon’s
prayer. 9 a.m. - Sunday
School. 9:55 - Fellowship
w/coffee. 10:15 - Worship,
“The Water Runs
Deep.”
Wednesday: 6 p.m. - Choir
practice; 7:10 p.m. - Bible
study, “Habitudes,” “Rivers
& Floods” topic.
LIBERTY CENTER
UNITED METHODIST
Devin Cook, pastor
Tape Ministry
Handicap Accessible &
Hearing Assistance
9:30 a.m. - Worship.
10:45 - Sunday School.
Wednesday: 10-11 a.m.
- Bible Study; 6:30-8 p.m. -
Youth group.
LIVING FAITH
MISSIONARY
17718 SR 1, Yoder
Joel Gregory, senior pastor
9 a.m. - Sunday School.
10:30 - Worship. 6 p.m. -
Worship; Youth group.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. - Adult
Bible Study; Youth mtg.
LIVING WATER
UNITED CHURCH
6486S 700E, Bluffton
(1/2 mile south of Hwy. 218
on 700E in Wells County)
Clark Stoller, pastor
Nursery available
8:45-9 a.m. - Prayer. 9
a.m. - Sunday School. 10
a.m. - Worship.
MARKLE
CHURCH OF CHRIST
455 E. Morse St.
Mike Duggan, adult &
administrative
Jason Frisch,
student ministries
Nathan Palmer,
children ministries
8 a.m. - Prayer circle. 9
a.m. - “Awaken” (blended
worship). 10:30 - “Encounter”
(progressive worship),
guest speaker David Linn,
Venezuela. 6 p.m. - 252
groups; Jr. high youth
groups. 7 p.m. - Sr. high
Afterglow.
Monday: 6:15 p.m. - Tae
Kwon Do.
Tuesday: 7 p.m. - Volleyball.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - Women’s
study; 6 p.m. - Underground;
6:15 - Tae Kwon Do.
Friday: 10 p.m. - Underground.
Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - Master’s
Pantry food distribution;
10 a.m. - Ping-Pong tournament
in MCC family life center.
MARKLE UNITED
METHODIST
145 W. Morse St.
Rev. Steven McPeek, pastor
9 a.m. - Sunday Service.
11 a.m. - Contemporary
Service.
MCNATT UNITED
METHODIST
9221W 800S-90, Montpelier
Bill Van Haften, pastor
8:30 a.m. - Fellowship
breakfast. 9:15 - Worship.
10:30 - Sunday School. 5
p.m. - Youth.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. -
Prayer group.
MURRAY MISSIONARY
1117 N. Washington St.
Mike Gilbert, sr. pastor
Tim Zurcher,
pastor of student ministries
www.murraymc.org
www.refuge322.org
9:30 a.m. - Worship. 11
a.m. - Sunday School.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. - Adult
prayer & Bible study; Refuge
Youth Ministry (Jr. & Sr. high
school); Explorers Station
(children age 3-5th grade).
NEW BEGINNING
2187 W. SR 218
(2 1/8 mile west of Poneto)
Steve Sutton, pastor
10 a.m. - Sunday School.
10:30 - Worship.
Thursday: 7 p.m. - Prayer
& Bible Study.
NEW HOPE LUTHERAN
(Missouri Synod)
8824 N. SR 1, Ossian
Rev. Paul M. Doehrmann,
pastor
9 a.m. - Adult Bible study.
10 a.m. - Worship.
NOTTINGHAM
1100 S. SR 1
Michael M. Jewell, pastor
9:30 - Sunday School.
10:30 & 6 p.m. - Worship.
Wednesday: 6 p.m. -
Prayer & Bible Study.
OSSIAN
UNITED METHODIST
201 W. Mill St.
Rev. Doug Barber, pastor
oumcoffice1@aol.com
ossianumc.org
Handicap Accessible
9 a.m. - Worship. 10 a.m.
- Fellowship. 10:15 - Adult
Sunday School.
Monday: 8 a.m. - Walk
time (through Thursday); NO
preschool; 12:30 - Preschool
Board; 6:30 - Ladies nite out
at Roe Moser’s.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. - Preschool
(through Friday); 7
p.m. - Staff-Parish.
Thursday: 6:30 p.m. - JOY
Singers.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. - Walk
time.
PETROLEUM UNITED
METHODIST
3625 E. 2nd St.
Greg Andrews, pastor
petroleumumc@yahoo.com
9 a.m. - Worship, “Here I
am Lord,” 1 Samuel 3:1-10,
John 1:43-51.
Monday: 7 p.m. - Zumba.
Tuesday: 8-10 a.m. - Perk
Up.
Wednesday: 5:30 p.m. -
Zumba; 6:30 - Worship prep;
7 p.m. - PPRC mtg.
OSSIAN CHURCH
OF THE NAZARENE
302 N. Metts St.
Robert J. Miller, pastor
9:30 - Sunday School.
10:30 - Worship. 6 p.m. -
Adult Bible Study.
Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. -
Kids Klub (3 yrs.-Grade 5);
Youth Kraze (Grades 6-12);
Adult Study Group & Prayer
mtg.
PLEASANT DALE
CHURCH
OF THE BRETHREN
4504W-300N, Decatur
Jay Carter, pastor
Jonathan Crandall,
youth pastor
Olinda Barnes,
children’s pastor
Nursery care available
8:30 a.m. - Fellowship.
9 a.m. - Sunday School. 10
a.m. - Worship.
Saturday (Jan. 14): 9-11
a.m. - Free boutique open.
Wednesday: Midweek
Manna (5:30 p.m. - Meal;
6 p.m. - Youth; 6:30 - Faith
Troopers & PDX; 6:45 - Adult
classes).
Thursday: 10 a.m. - Toddler
gym.
PONETO BAPTIST
Grape Street
Alan Crull, pastor
8:30 a.m. - Sunday
School. 9 a.m. - Worship.
Tuesday: 7 p.m. - Bible
Study, Larry Branstetter
teacher.
PONETO UNITED
METHODIST
36 E. Walnut St.
Roy E. Nevil, pastor
rnevil@mchsi.com
Nursery area &
Elevator available
9:25 a.m. - Announcements
& celebrations. 9:30
- Worship. 10:30 - Fellowship.
10:45-11:15 - Small
group fellowship.
PROSPECT UNITED
METHODIST
P.O. Box 4
3 miles north of Uniondale
Ernest Suman, minister
9:30 - Sunday School.
10:30 - Worship.
Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. -
Bible study at parsonage (1st
& 3rd).
SIX MILE
4790SE SR 116
Bruce Holland, pastor
Handicap Accessible
9 a.m. - Sunday School.
10 a.m. - Worship, “God
Deals w/Sin (Zephaniah).
Wednesday: 7 p.m. - Bible
study at church.
SOLID ROCK UNITED
METHODIST
227 N. Main St., Warren
Rev. Kathy J. Newton, pastor
Handicap Accessible
9 a.m. - Sunday School.
9:45 - Fellowship. 10 a.m. -
Worship.
Monday: 6:30 p.m. - Bible
study at Neff’s, 198 Dogwood
Dr.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - Women’s
Bible study; 6:30 - Prayer
Adventure; 7:30 - Exercise
night.
SOUTHERN WELLS
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Adam Carroll, pastor
swcchurch@sbcglobal.net
9 a.m. - C.S.I. Sunday.
9:45 - Continental breakfast.
10:04 - Worship in
Southern Wells High School
cafetorium, “Toy Car Management,”
The God Who
Loves Us sermon series.
Saturday (Jan. 14): 7:30
a.m. - Men’s breakfast &
Bible study at Dan Perry’s,
10253 S 400 W.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. - Women’s
Community Bible study
at Carrie Ramseyer’s, 6495 S
200 W; Bible study at Adam
Carroll’s, 1387 W 1000 S.
ST. GEORGE
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1195 Hendricks St., Berne
Fr. Larry Smith, pastor
10 a.m. - Holy Eucharist.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. -
Bible study.
ST. JOHN FAMILY
WORSHIP CENTER
2771 SE Mulberry St.,
Vera Cruz
Don Rentschler, pastor
9:30 a.m. - Sunday
School. 10:30 - Worship.
ST. LUKE CHURCH
4960W-100N, Decatur
Mike Wertenberger, minister
stlukechurchonline.org
9 a.m. - Worship, “Surprised
by Jesus,” John 4.
10:15 - Sunday School.
Monday: 7 p.m. - Christian
Ed. mtg.
Tuesday: 6:45 p.m. - Praise
Band practice.
UNIONDALE UNITED
METHODIST
5867 N. Main St.
Troy Drayer, pastor
Handicap accessible
9 a.m. - Worship.
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LUTHERAN
16933 Thiele Rd.,
Fort Wayne
www.lutheransonline.com/
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Saturday: 5:30 p.m. -
Service.
Sunday: 9 a.m. - Sunday
School. 10 a.m. - Worship.
ST. MARK’S LUTHERAN
5912 N. Sugar St., Uniondale
Rev. Richard Vonesh, interim
Stmarksluth@onlyinternet.net
Fully Handicap Accessible
10 a.m. - Worship/Holy
communion. 10:15 - Children’s
Sunday School.
Monday: 7 p.m. - Pastor
Vonesh’s travelog.
Wednesday: 3 p.m. - Worship
& Music Committee; 6-
7:45 - Bible study.
Thursday: 6 p.m. - Church
Council mtg.
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN
1621W-300N, Bluffton
Rev. John Peterson,
pulpit supply pastor
9:30 a.m. - Sunday
School. 10:30 - Worship.
TRINITY BIBLE
METHODIST OF TOCSIN
5875 E. North St.
Andrew Street, pastor
10:30 - Worship. 1:30 -
Sunday School.
Wednesday: 6 p.m. - Bible
Study; 6:30 p.m. - Prayer
mtg.
TRINITY EVANGELICAL
2715 American Way,
Waynedale
(Bluffton Rd. & Airport
Expressway)
Wendell Brane, pastor
trinity-evangelical-church.org
10 a.m. - Worship.
ZANESVILLE UNITED
BRETHREN IN CHRIST
3092 W. Broadway
Tom Datema, pastor
9 a.m. - Sunday School.
10 a.m. - Fellowship. 10:30
- Worship.
Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. -
Adult Bible Study.
THE RIVER CHRISTIAN
Canterbury High School
3210 Smith Rd., Fort Wayne
(near Times Corner)
Mark Cleaveland, lead pastor
Scott LaRue, teaching pastor
Troy Supple,
children & youth
Jim Leinbaugh,
creative arts pastor
www.theriverchurch.us
10 a.m. - Worship. Kids
programming provided.
TRINITY LIFE CHAPEL
Hwy. 27, Geneva, Berne
Rev. Terry Werst, pastor
9 a.m. - Sunday School.
10 a.m. - Worship.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. - Gems
(girls); Royal Rangers (boys);
Bible Study (adults).
TURNPOINTE
COMMUNITY CHURCH
OF THE BRETHREN
500 W. Logan
www.turnpointechurch.com
9:30 a.m. - Fellowship. 10
a.m. - Adult & Children’s
Worship.
Tuesday: 6 p.m. - Prayer
night.
UNIONTOWN
CHURCH OF CHRIST
11419N-200W, Ossian
Terry Carter, pastor
Communion every Sunday
9 a.m. - Sunday School.
10 a.m. - Worship.
ZANESVILLE
COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF GOD
11984 N. Marzane Rd.
Steve Whetstone, pastor
Nursery for all Services
9 a.m. - Bible Class. 10
a.m. - Worship.
ZANESVILLE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
AND TOWER LIFE
CENTER
11811 N. Wayne St.
Joe Hornick, pastor
8:15 a.m. & 10:30 - Worship.
9:15 - Fellowship &
Continental Breakfast. 9:30
- Sunday School.
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By PAUL BEITLER
Sports Editor
FORT WAYNE — It
wasn’t the type of game that
Bluffton head coach Kevin
Leising wanted to see his
team play Thursday night,
but the final score of 65-61
in favor of his Tigers made it
bearable.
Since the Tigers were the
winners over the Heritage
Patriots in the first semifinal
game of the 89th Allen
County Athletic Conference
Boys’ Basketball Tournament,
they get to play for the
championship on Saturday
against Leo.
Leo (6-4) ran over South
Adams 105-80 in the second
semifinal game.
The final game will tip
off around noon in the Allen
County War Memorial Coliseum
after the girls’ championship
game between Southern
Wells and Leo.
Listening to Leising talk
after the game, one would
have thought that the Class
2A No. 8-ranked Tigers (11-
1) had lost. However, they
made enough big plays and
Heritage (6-7) missed enough
chances and that resulted in
the outcome.
“It’s just not the way
we’ve played all season
long,” said Leising. “We
made bad decisions. We took
bad shots, and a lot of that
is a direct credit to Heritage.
All that being said, as the
head coach at Bluffton, that
irritates me that we played
like that, but I don’t really
care because we won.’’
The Tigers overcame their
13 turnovers and bad mental
plays and withstood the
Patriots’ pressure in the final
three minutes of the contest.
Patriots’ senior Mitch
Castleman gave Heritage a
52-51 lead with 2:59 to go,
but moments later he fouled
Bluffton’s 7-footer Keith
Cochran. That was his fifth
foul and Cochran made both
free throws.
“If he wouldn’t have
fouled out, I’m not so sure
that we would have won the
game. But all that being said,
we had kids in foul trouble,
too. So that’s just part of the
game,” said Leising.
The Tigers took a 57-54
lead on a nice driving hook
shot by sophomore Michael
Pearson and two free throws
by sophomore point guard
Chandler Prible with 1:49
remaining.
Heritage junior Zac Toles,
who scored 12 points and
grabbed seven rebounds,
made two free throws at
1:36 to cut Bluffton’s lead to
57-56.
Then, Tiger junior Jackson
Lambert hit a driving
layup with 54.2 seconds left
and was fouled by Toles. He
added a free throw to put
Bluffton ahead 60-56.
Nate Scheumann, who led
the Patriots with 19 points,
answered with a basket with
44 seconds to go.
Prible was fouled with
24 seconds left and made
the first of two free throws.
The other try missed, but
sophomore Michael Pear-
son scooped up the rebound
and was fouled by Toles.
Pearson followed with two
free throws to put the Tigers
ahead 63-58.
With 12.6 seconds left,
Scheumann drilled a threepointer
to close the gap to
63-61 and the Patriots called
timeout with 10.8 seconds on
the clock.
Bluffton inbounded the
ball and Toles stole it but was
called for traveling with 6.9
seconds to go. Cochran was
fouled with 2.7 seconds left
and made two free throws to
ice the game.
“It was a drive game,
because they drove about
a million times. I never
thought they did anything
until Scheumann hit a three
late. I thought every shot
they made was at the rim,’’
said Leising. “We’re one
of the top teams in the state
on defense and we played
some pretty good teams, but
against them, they really utilized
their quickness.’’
Despite winning ugly,
Bluffton will be playing for
its eighth ACAC championship
in the last 17 years.
Leo, which has won 20
ACAC titles, will be looking
for its seventh over the
last 16 seasons.
“It’s always nice to be
competing for a championship.
I just hope we can pull
it out,’’ said Prible.
Lambert led four Tigers
in double-digit scoring with
17. Cochran followed with
16, while Prible had 12 and
Pearson 11.
The Tigers outrebounded
Heritage 32-29 and used that
to help win the game.
“We’re not an extremely
big team besides Keith so
we’ve got to do all that little
stuff where we can compete
with these physical teams,”
said Prible.
With Cochran being the
only returning senior from
last season’s team that won
a sectional and finished 16-
7, the Tigers are young but
talented and learning through
experiences like Thursday
night.
“Every game is a learning
point. So this game will help
us out,” said Prible.
Prible and his teammates
have not backed down
against more experienced
teams like Heritage, which
was aggressive and quick.
“They’re a very physical
team. So that physicality
pushed us out of things
SPORTS
Tigers survive Patriots’ threat to reach ACAC finals
Minnesota knocks off No. 7 Hoosiers
By CLIFF BRUNT
AP Sports Writer
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) —
Jordan Hulls appeared to be in a daze
as he answered questions about a home
loss for the first time this season.
Austin Hollins scored a career-high
18 points to help Minnesota beat No. 7
Indiana 77-74 on Thursday night. Indiana’s
Christian Watford could have tied
the score but he missed a three-pointer
in the closing seconds.
Hulls couldn’t believe it even came
down to that for his Hoosiers.
“We didn’t have our edge,” he said.
“Didn’t get stops that we needed. Let
them get way too many open shots.
Didn’t take away things that we needed
to. Just very poor defensively.”
Rodney Williams scored 14 points
and Julian Welch added 10 for the
Golden Gophers (13-5, 1-4 Big Ten),
who had lost four straight. Minnesota
shot 6 of 13 on three-pointers in the first
half to take the lead, then maintained it
by scoring in the paint and grabbing 12
offensive rebounds in the second half.
The rebounding was of particular
concern because Indiana’s players consider
it an effort statistic.
“We’ve got to come up with those
big team rebounds at the end,” Hulls
said.
Indiana freshman Cody Zeller
matched a season high with 23 points
for the Hoosiers (15-2, 3-2). Hulls
By BARRY WILNER
AP Pro Football Writer
As NFL matchups go, this
one is a classic: unstoppable
offense against impenetrable
defense.
The second round of the
playoffs begins Saturday in
San Francisco, where one of
the league’s top defenses —
the 49ers yielded 229 points
and ranked fourth overall in
yards allowed, first against
the run — takes on Drew
Brees and the Saints’ recordsetting
attack.
If defense wins championships,
as has been the theory
in pro football for decades,
the edge clearly belongs to
the 49ers. Then again, the
NFL hasn’t seen an offense
as prolific as the Saints.
“They’ve been very consistent
all year,” Saints coach
Sean Payton said of the NFC
West champion Niners (13-3).
“The formula has been outstanding
defense. ... They’re
the No. 1 team in taking the
football away and they’re the
No. 1 team in protecting the
football offensively. Those
are significant numbers.
“I think you can see week
No, Keith Cochran of Bluffton is not playing "Twister" with Heritage's
Mitch Castleman. The two became tangled while going
for a loose ball in the second half Thursday night at the Allen
County Memorial Coliseum during the semifinal round of the
ACAC boys' basketball tourney. The mixup shows how physical
the matchup was between the two teams. (Photo by Glen
Werling)
scored 13, Will Sheehey 12 and Victor
Oladipo 10 for Indiana, which had won
three straight.
The Hoosiers were 11-0 at home,
including victories over then-No. 1
Kentucky and then-No. 2 Ohio State.
“That’s deflating for them to have
that many offensive rebounds,” Zeller
said. “We just need to do the little
things. That’s all toughness.”
Minnesota had been close in three
of its four Big Ten losses. The Gophers
lost in overtime at Illinois, by five at
Michigan and by two at home against
Iowa.
“It’s a big win,” Minnesota guard
Joe Coleman said. “We really had nothing
to lose here. We just had to come in
here and be aggressive, be confident in
our play and hopefully come out with a
win, and we were able to do that.”
Minnesota seemingly had Thursday’s
game under control with a sixpoint
lead and the ball in the final minute.
But Zeller stole the inbounds pass,
and a three-point play by Oladipo cut
Minnesota’s lead to 71-68 with 40 seconds
to play.
Coleman calmly sank two free
throws with 39 seconds remaining
before Sheehey drained a three-pointer
at the other end to cut Minnesota’s lead
to 73-71 with 30 seconds left.
Coleman was fouled with 28.6 seconds
left, and again, he made both foul
shots.
NFL Playoffs
Classic matchup between Saints and 49ers
to week on tape their production
on both sides of the
ball. You’re talking about a
Pro Bowl punter and a kicking
game that’s near the
top of the league in almost
every statistic. In all three
phases, they’ve been consistent.
They’ve received great
production and as a result
they’ve played very well.”
The 49ers have five All-
Pros: linebackers Patrick
Willis and NaVorro Bowman,
defensive tackle Justin
Smith, who also plays a lot
at end, kicker David Akers
and punter Andy Lee. Their
offense has been so efficient
that San Francisco had only
10 giveaways, which equaled
the 2010 Patriots for fewest
in NFL history.
“It’s going to be a battle,”
Willis said. “We know that
and I’m sure they know that
as well. They’re going to
do what they need to do to
prepare to come in to play
against us and we’re going
to do that same (thing). We’ll
see where the chips lay when
the game is over, but we’re
certainly going to come with
everything we have. It’s
either win or go home.”
The Saints tore through
the NFL, setting NFL marks
for total yards on offense
(7,474) and yards passing
(5,347, including sacks),
with Brees shattering Dan
Marino’s 27-year-old record
of 5,084 yards passing by
throwing for 5,476. He had
468 completions, breaking
Peyton Manning’s 2010 mark
of 450, and completed 71.6
percent of his passes, breaking
his own 2009 record of a
70.6 completion percentage.
Darren Sproles had an
NFL-record 2,696 combined
yards, easily breaking the
previous mark of 2,690 set by
Derrick Mason with Tennessee
in 2000.
“We always go into
every game with an aggressive
mentality,” Brees said.
“We’re going to be balanced,
but within the framework of
that we’re going to take our
shots. We’re going to throw
the kitchen sink at everybody
with our tempo, personnel
groups, formations, running
the ball, outside, drop-back
pass, bootlegs, heavy playaction,
everything. But with-
Allen County Athletic Conference
Tournament
First Round
Bluffton 67, Southern Wells 48
Heritage 56, Adams Central 51
South Adams 67, Woodlan 66
Leo 79, Garrett 67
———
Semifinal Round
Thursday’s Games
At Fort Wayne
Allen County Memorial Coliseum
Bluffton 65, Heritage 61
Leo 105, South Adams 80
———
Championship Game
At Fort Wayne
Allen County Memorial Coliseum
Saturday, Noon
Bluffton (11-1) vs. Leo (6-4)
Zeller scored and was fouled with
17.3 seconds left. His free throw cut
Minnesota’s lead to 75-74.
Hollins made a pair of free throws
with 15.1 seconds left. Watford missed
a three-pointer and Minnesota rebounded.
Welch missed a pair of free throws
with two seconds left to give the Hoosiers
one last shot. Watford’s pass was
intercepted by Maverick Ahanmisi at
halfcourt, and time expired.
Minnesota led 37-34 at halftime,
then scored the first six points of the
second half to make Indiana’s fans restless.
A jumper and a putback by Sheehey
brought the crowd back into the
game, but Minnesota, which softened
up Indiana’s defense with the threepoint
shot in the first half, resorted to
attacking the rim in the second. A layup
by Williams increased Minnesota’s lead
to 51-40.
Indiana went on a 7-2 run to cut
Minnesota’s lead to 53-47. The Gophers
led 68-62, and Indiana’s crowd was
back into the game before Minnesota
worked the clock, then Ralph Sampson
III drained a baseline jumper to push
the lead to eight points with 1:43 to
play, setting up the wild finish.
“We’ve got to play a lot better
defense and let that create our offense,”
Hulls said. “We’ve got to be mature
enough and have that edge. When
shots are not falling, create edge another
way.”
in the framework of that,
you understand, especially
early on, you check it down,
move on.”
Also looking to move on
Saturday are the AFC East
champion Patriots (13-3),
who host the AFC West winners,
the Denver Broncos (9-
8). On Sunday, AFC South
winner Houston (11-6) is at
AFC North champ Baltimore
(12-4) before defending
Super Bowl champion Green
Bay (15-1) hosts NFC East
champ New York (10-7).
New England has lost its
last three postseason games:
the 2008 Super Bowl to the
Giants, then home matchups
with Baltimore and the Jets
the last two Januarys. Now
comes the Tim Tebow phenomenon,
and it’s become
difficult to doubt Denver
with the way it has responded
to tough times.
After blowing a 14-point
lead and being forced to
overtime by Pittsburgh, the
Broncos needed all of one
play — a dynamic 80-yard
catch-and run by Demaryius
Thomas — to beat the far
more experienced Steelers.
Chandler Prible drives into a cluster of Heritage Patriots in the
second half Thursday night at the Allen County Memorial Coliseum.
(Photo by Glen Werling)
The No. 1-ranked Norwell
Knights had too much
firepower for the visiting
Whitko Wildcats to overcome
on Thursday night at
The Castle.
Led by three girls scoring
in double figures, Class
3A Norwell (14-1) pounded
Whitko 74-22 in the girls’
basketball contest.
Jessica Rupright powered
the Knights with 22
points, nine rebounds and
four blocked shots, while
Taylor Wilson added 14
points and Hanna Smith
followed with 13.
Defensively, the Knights
held Whitko (6-8) to 14
percent shooting (6 of 43).
The Wildcats also were 2 of
17 from three-point range.
some times, but we worked
through it tonight,” said
Prible. sports@news-banner.com
BLUFFTON 65, HERITAGE 61
ACAC Boys’ Tournament
Semifinal Game
At Memorial Coliseum
BLUFFTON TIGERS
Player FGM-A FTM-A PF TP
Keith Cochran 6-10 4-5 1 16
Matthew Sturgeon 3-12 0-2 2 7
Chandler Prible 3-7 4-6 0 12
Jackson Lambert 6-10 4-5 1 17
Michael Pearson 4-6 3-4 4 11
Tanner Coratti 1-5 0-0 0 2
Isaiah Marshall 0-1 0-0 2 0
Ryan McCarthy 0-0 0-0 0 0
TOTALS 23-51 15-22 10 65
HERITAGE PATRIOTS
Player FGM-A FTM-A PF TP
Wil Knapke 2-7 5-6 3 9
Nate Scheumann 5-13 2-2 1 13
Mitch Castleman 8-13 2-2 5 19
Blake Dossen 0-2 0-0 2 0
Zac Toles 4-9 4-4 3 12
Josh Terry 0-1 0-0 0 0
Brenton Lockett 4-6 0-0 1 8
Conner Sheehan 0-0 0-0 0 0
TOTALS 23-51 13-14 15 61
Bluffton (11-1) 11 16 16 22 – 65
Heritage (6-7) 12 14 17 18 – 61
Three-point Goals: Bluffton 4-13 (Sturgeon
1-6, Prible 2-2, Lambert 1-4, Pearson
0-1), Heritage 2-6 (Scheumann 1-4,
Castleman 1-2). Rebounds: Bluffton 32
(Cochran 8, Pearson 6, Prible 4, Lambert
4, Coratti 3), Heritage 29 (Toles
7, Knapke 4). Turnovers: Bluffton 13,
Heritage 10. Technicals: None.
Officials: Dennis Jackson, David
Raabe, Tim Dailey.
Norwell girls romp
over Whitko 74-22
The Knights dominated
the boards, outrebounding
Whitko 36-13.
The Knights shot 57
percent, making 27 of 47
shots, including 5 of 10
three-pointers. They also
made 15 of 22 free-throw
attempts.
Norwell also got eight
points each from Jami
Reinhard and Paige Frisch,
while Liara Isnogle finished
with five and Sophie Gerber
ended up with four points.
Whitko’s top scorer was
Karissa Olinske with nine
points. Katee Reiff followed
with seven points. Cagney
Craig had five points and
Micaela Sylvester added
one point.
sports@news-banner.com
Matthew Vitatoe wins
junior varsity conference
bowling tournament
Matthew Vitatoe of the Bluffton Tigers’ bowling team
won the Hoosier Bowling Conference singles tournament
last week.
Vitatoe rolled a 247 game — his best of the tournament —
in the championship match and received a $75 scholarship.
Pete Williams of Norwell was the
top qualifier with a 629 series and
earned a $50 scholarship. Matthew
Miles of Norwell was the third qualifier
with a 557 series. Dylan Retherford
also of Norwell was fourth with
a 527 series and Vitatoe was sixth
with a 504.
The Norwell trio received firstround
byes, while Vitatoe won his
first-round match 159-144. In round
two, Williams lost 169-168. Retherford won 188-184. Vitatoe
defeated Miles 188-163.
In the semifinal round, Vitatoe won 198-173 and Retherford
lost 168-161. Retherford finished fourth for a $35
scholarship.
In the girls’ conference tournament, Southern Wells’ senior
Kelsey Miller qualified fifth with a 461 series and Bluffton
sophomore Ciara Lovell was sixth with a 439. Miller won her
first-round match 182-145, but Lovell lost 217-116. Miller
lost 176-160 in the semifinals and placed third to earn a $40
scholarship.
High School Calendar
Friday, Jan. 13
WRESTLING: Southern Wells at South Adams, 6:30 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL: Norwell at Bellmont, 6:15 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 14
WRESTLING: Norwell at Garrett Invitational, 9 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: ACAC Tournament championship
at Fort Wayne, Southern Wells vs. Leo, 10 a.m.; Bellmont
at Norwell, 6:15 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL: ACAC Tournament championship
at Fort Wayne, Bluffton vs. Leo, Noon.

SPORTS
News-Banner Scoreboard
FOOTBALL
NFL Playoffs
All Times EST
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 7
Houston 31, Cincinnati 10
New Orleans 45, Detroit 28
Sunday, Jan. 8
New York Giants 24, Atlanta 2
Denver 29, Pittsburgh 23, OT
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 14
New Orleans at San Francisco, 4:30 p.m.
Denver at New England, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 15
Houston at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 4:30 p.m.
Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 22
TBD
Pro Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 29
At Honolulu
NFC vs. AFC, 7 p.m.
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 5
At Indianapolis
NFC vs. AFC, 6:20 p.m.
COLLEGE BOWLS
All Times EST
Saturday, Jan. 21
East-West Shrine Classic
At St. Petersburg, Fla.
East vs. West, 4 p.m., (NFLN)
Saturday, Jan. 28
Senior Bowl
At Mobile, Ala.
North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFLN)
Saturday, Feb. 5
Texas vs. Nation At San Antonio
Texas vs. Nation, 2 p.m. (CBSSN)
BASKETBALL
NBA
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 7 3 .700 —
New York 6 5 .545 1 1/2
Boston 4 5 .444 2 1/2
Toronto 4 7 .364 3 1/2
New Jersey 2 9 .182 5 1/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Orlando 8 3 .727 —
Miami 8 3 .727 —
Atlanta 8 4 .667 1/2
Charlotte 2 9 .182 6
Washington 1 9 .100 6 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 10 2 .833 —
Indiana 7 3 .700 2
Cleveland 5 5 .500 4
Milwaukee 4 6 .400 5
Detroit 2 9 .182 7 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 7 4 .636 —
Dallas 6 5 .545 1
Memphis 4 6 .400 2 1/2
Houston 3 7 .300 3 1/2
New Orleans 3 7 .300 3 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 10 2 .833 —
Portland 7 3 .700 2
Denver 7 4 .636 2 1/2
Utah 6 4 .600 3
Minnesota 3 7 .300 6
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Lakers 8 4 .667 —
L.A. Clippers 5 3 .625 1
Phoenix 4 6 .400 3
Sacramento 4 7 .364 3 1/2
Golden State 3 7 .300 4
Wednesday’s Games
Indiana 96, Atlanta 84
Sacramento 98, Toronto 91
New York 85, Philadelphia 79
Chicago 78, Washington 64
Oklahoma City 95, New Orleans 85
Dallas 90, Boston 85
San Antonio 101, Houston 95, OT
Denver 123, New Jersey 115
L.A. Lakers 90, Utah 87, OT
Orlando 107, Portland 104
L.A. Clippers 95, Miami 89, OT
Thursday’s Games
Atlanta 111, Charlotte 81
Memphis 94, New York 83
Milwaukee 102, Detroit 93
Cleveland 101, Phoenix 90
Orlando 117, Golden State 109
Friday’s Games
Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at Houston, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Boston, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Portland at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Cleveland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Miami at Denver, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Minnesota at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Golden State at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Boston at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Portland at Houston, 8 p.m.
New York at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at Memphis, 8 p.m.
New Jersey at Utah, 9 p.m.
Sacramento at Dallas, 9 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
COLLEGE
Men
BIG TEN CONFERENCE
Conference All Games
Michigan St.
W L PCT W L PCT
4 0 1.000 15 2 .882
Illinois 4 1 .800 15 3 .833
Michigan 4 1 .800 14 3 .824
Indiana 3 2 .600 15 2 .882
Ohio St. 3 2 .600 15 3 .833
Purdue 3 2 .600 13 5 .722
Wisconsin 2 3 .400 13 5 .722
Iowa 2 3 .400 10 8 .556
Northwestern 1 3 .250 11 5 .688
Minnesota 1 4 .200 13 5 .722
Nebraska 1 4 .200 9 7 .563
Penn St. 1 4 .200 9 9 .500
Wednesday’s Games
Michigan 66, Northwestern 64, OT
Nebraska 70, Penn St. 58
Thursday’s Games
Wisconsin 67, Purdue 62
Minnesota 77, Indiana 74
Friday’s Games
No games scheduled
Saturday’s Games
Michigan at Iowa, 1 p.m.
Michigan St. at Northwestern, 3 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Indiana at Ohio St., TBA
Minnesota at Penn St., 4 p.m.
Nebraska at Wisconsin, 6 p.m.
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Conference All Games
Akron
W L PCT W L PCT
2 0 1.000 10 6 .625
Ohio 1 1 .500 13 3 .813
Kent St. 1 1 .500 11 4 .733
Buffalo 1 1 .500 7 5 .583
Bowling Green 1 1 .500 7 8 .467
Miami (Ohio)
West
0 2 .000 4 10 .286
Conference All Games
Ball State
W L PCT W L PCT
2 0 1.000 10 4 .714
Cent. Michigan 2 0 1.000 7 8 .467
W. Michigan 1 1 .500 7 9 .438
E. Michigan 1 1 .500 6 10 .375
Toledo 0 2 .000 8 8 .500
N. Illinois 0 2 .000 0 13 .000
Wednesday’s Games
Ohio 60, Buffalo 52
Akron 56, Bowling Green 55
Kent St. 71, Miami (Ohio) 67
Cent. Michigan 60, E. Michigan 56
W. Michigan 77, N. Illinois 68
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled
Friday’s Games
No games scheduled
Saturday’s Games
E. Michigan at Ball St., 2 p.m.
Toledo at W. Michigan, 2 p.m.
Ohio at Akron, 4 p.m.
Cent. Michigan at N. Illinois, 4:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Miami (Ohio), 6 p.m.
Bowling Green at Kent St., 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
No games scheduled
BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Conference All Games
W L PCT W L PCT
Syracuse 5 0 1.000 18 0 1.000
Seton Hall 4 1 .800 15 2 .882
Cincinnati 3 1 .750 13 4 .765
Notre Dame 3 1 .750 11 6 .647
Georgetown 3 2 .600 13 3 .813
UConn 3 2 .600 13 3 .813
West Virginia 3 2 .600 12 5 .706
Marquette 2 2 .500 13 4 .765
Rutgers 2 2 .500 10 7 .588
South Florida 2 2 .500 9 8 .529
St. John’s 2 3 .400 8 8 .500
Louisville 1 3 .250 13 4 .765
DePaul 1 3 .250 10 6 .625
Providence 1 4 .200 12 6 .667
Villanova 1 4 .200 8 9 .471
Pittsburgh 0 4 .000 11 6 .647
Wednesday’s Games
Syracuse 79, Villanova 66
Marquette 83, St. John’s 64
Rutgers 62, Pittsburgh 39
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled
Friday’s Game
Seton Hall at South Florida, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
UConn at Notre Dame, 11 a.m.
Villanova at Cincinnati, Noon
Pittsburgh at Marquette, 2 p.m.
Rutgers at West Virginia, 2 p.m.
DePaul at Louisville, 4 p.m.
Providence at Syracuse, 6 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Georgetown at St. John’s, Noon
Thursday’s Major Scores
EAST
Boston College 59, Clemson 57
CCSU 71, Mount St. Mary’s 66
Drexel 60, George Mason 53
LIU 82, Fairleigh Dickinson 64
Manhattan 75, Iona 72
Quinnipiac 78, Robert Morris 76
Sacred Heart 71, St. Francis (Pa.) 68
Siena 83, Rider 79
St. Francis (NY) 81, Monmouth (NJ) 64
Vermont 73, Binghamton 53
Wagner 78, Bryant 61
SOUTH
Appalachian St. 56, Furman 50
Austin Peay 80, E. Kentucky 65
Charleston Southern 65, Presbyterian 58
Chattanooga 51, Wofford 48
Coastal Carolina 65, Gardner-Webb 63
Davidson 88, W. Carolina 67
Duke 61, Virginia 58
Elon 70, The Citadel 55
Georgia Southern 58, Samford 53
Georgia St. 75, UNC Wilmington 61
High Point 64, Winthrop 54
Idaho 90, Louisiana Tech 88, OT
Liberty 69, Radford 64
Middle Tennessee 70, FIU 59
Mississippi St. 62, Tennessee 58
Murray St. 66, Jacksonville St. 55
South Alabama 70, Louisiana-Lafayette
65
UALR 72, Louisiana-Monroe 51
UNC Asheville 89, Campbell 82
UNC Greensboro 73, Coll. of Charleston
66
VCU 65, James Madison 45
MIDWEST
Detroit 80, Green Bay 73
E. Illinois 68, UT-Martin 55
Milwaukee 58, Wright St. 38
Minnesota 77, Indiana 74
N. Dakota St. 55, UMKC 54
North Dakota 69, Valley City St. 46
Oral Roberts 71, W. Illinois 70, 2OT
S. Dakota St. 86, South Dakota 56
S. Utah 72, IUPUI 64
SE Missouri 85, SIU-Edwardsville 68
Wisconsin 67, Purdue 62
SOUTHWEST
Houston Baptist 123, Crowley’s Ridge 43
North Texas 84, W. Kentucky 67
FAR WEST
Arizona 81, Oregon St. 73, OT
Arizona 81, Oregon St. 73, OT
Cal Poly 66, UC Irvine 50
California 57, Colorado 50
E. Washington 65, Sacramento St. 60
Hawaii 74, Fresno St. 68, OT
Long Beach St. 86, UC Davis 58
Loyola Marymount 68, Pepperdine 58
Montana 78, N. Arizona 53
Nevada 81, San Jose St. 57
New Mexico St. 80, Utah St. 60
Oregon 67, Arizona St. 58
Pacific 79, CS Northridge 59
Portland St. 86, N. Colorado 75
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 83, Gonzaga 62
San Diego 75, Santa Clara 62
San Francisco 104, Portland 70
Stanford 68, Utah 65
UC Riverside 79, UC Santa Barbara
70, OT
Weber St. 63, Montana St. 49
HIGH SCHOOL
Indiana Boys
Thursday’s Scores
Indpls Irvington 89, Acts Christian Academy
69
Munster 61, Highland 43
Allen County
Athletic Conference Tournament
Semifinal
Bluffton 65, Heritage 61
Leo 105, S. Adams 80
Northeast Corner
Conference Tournament
Consolation
Angola 56, Prairie Hts. 44
Eastside 71, Hamilton 56
Postponements and cancellations
Griffith vs. Lowell, ppd.
Southwestern (Jefferson) vs. Christian
Academy, ppd.
Northeast Corner
Conference Tournament
Consolation
Central Noble vs. Lakeland, ppd. to
Jan 14.
Indiana Girls
Thursday’s Scores
Andrean 38, Calumet 35
Argos 63, Oregon-Davis 44
Attica 35, Southmont 30
Barr-Reeve 46, Dubois 41
Bellmont 60, Ft. Wayne North 41
Borden 54, Orleans 41
Brownstown 71, Hauser 53
Clay City 49, Bloomfield 32
Columbus North 62, Southport 43
E. Central 47, Batesville 38
Eastern Hancock 34, Morristown 32
Edinburgh 67, Crothersville 41
Franklin 56, Indpls Perry Meridian 52
Ft. Wayne Canterbury 85, New Haven 45
Gibson Southern 41, Tecumseh 40
Greenwood 65, Columbus East 59
Hagerstown 42, Cambridge City 36
Indiana Deaf 70, Model School for the
Deaf, D.C. 23
Indpls Ben Davis 56, Decatur Central 51
Indpls Brebeuf 56, Indpls Washington 8
Indpls International 30, Indpls Lutheran
25
Indpls N. Central 55, Center Grove 41
Indpls Park Tudor 59, Indpls Scecina 38
Indpls Pike 53, Avon 32
Jasper 61, Pike Central 29
Lawrence North 43, Lawrence Central 41
Mitchell 58, Eastern (Greene) 50
Monroe Central 46, Union City 34
Mt. Vernon (Posey) 52, New Harmony 26
Munster 48, Hammond Morton 39
N. Knox 71, Shoals 39
New Palestine 61, Triton Central 55
Norwell 74, Whitko 22
Paoli 56, Springs Valley 27
Penn 67, S. Bend Washington 45
Perry Central 38, Heritage Hills 32
Plainfield 54, Terre Haute North 46
Randolph Southern 35, Union (Modoc)
23
S. Bend St. Joseph’s 77, Mishawaka
Marian 54
Scottsburg 56, Salem 28
Sheridan 34, Clinton Prairie 32
Southridge 76, S. Spencer 38
Sullivan 65, Vincennes 44
Tipton 69, Frankton 32
Union (Dugger) 50, Linton 32
University 50, Faith Christian 44
Vincennes Rivet 36, Loogootee 31
Whiteland 57, Jennings Co. 44
Northeast Corner
Conference Tournament
Consolation
Hamilton 47, Eastside 12
Prairie Heights 61, Churubusco 43
Southern Indiana
Conference Tournament
Consolation
Castle 77, Ev. Reitz 26
Ev. Memorial 53, Ev. Central 37
Semifinal
Ev. Mater Dei 53, Ev. Bosse 49
Ev. North 55, Ev. Harrison 50
Postponements and cancellations
Carroll (Flora) vs. Western, ppd.
Covington vs. Rockville, ppd.
Eastern (Howard) vs. Southwood, ppd.
Mississinewa vs. Northfield, ccd.
N. Newton vs. N. Judson, ppd. to Jan 24.
Northview vs. Martinsville, ppd.
Rensselaer vs. W. Lafayette, ppd. to
Jan 13.
Rossville vs. Tri-Central, ppd.
S. Dearborn vs. Oldenburg, ppd.
Southwestern (Jefferson) vs. Henryville,
ppd. to Jan 30.
Wheeler vs. Boone Grove, ppd.
Indianapolis City Tournament
Semifinal
Covenant Christian vs. Indpls Cathedral,
ppd. to Jan 13.
Indpls Chatard vs. Heritage Christian,
ppd. to Jan 13.
Northeast Corner
Conference Tournament
Consolation
Central Noble vs. Lakeland, ppd. to
Jan 14.
White County Tournament
First Round
Frontier vs. Tri-County, ppd. to Jan 14.
Semifinal
Delphi vs. N. White, ppd. to Jan 14.
HOCKEY
NHL
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 41 27 10 4 58 118 86
Philadelphia 42 26 12 4 56 142 124
New Jersey 43 24 17 2 50 119 124
Pittsburgh 42 21 17 4 46 124 112
N.Y. Islanders 41 15 20 6 36 98 129
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 40 28 11 1 57 148 77
Ottawa 45 24 15 6 54 143 144
Toronto 42 22 15 5 49 135 131
Buffalo 42 18 19 5 41 107 123
Montreal 43 16 20 7 39 110 119
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida 42 21 13 8 50 109 116
Washington 41 22 17 2 46 119 120
Winnipeg 43 20 18 5 45 112 126
Tampa Bay 42 17 21 4 38 115 146
Carolina 45 15 23 7 37 118 150
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 44 26 13 5 57 144 127
St. Louis 43 25 12 6 56 112 92
Detroit 43 27 15 1 55 138 101
Nashville 43 24 15 4 52 118 117
Columbus 42 11 26 5 27 101 142
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 45 28 14 3 59 147 110
Minnesota 44 22 16 6 50 103 110
Colorado 45 23 20 2 48 117 127
Calgary 45 21 19 5 47 110 127
Edmonton 42 16 22 4 36 112 121
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose 40 24 11 5 53 118 94
Los Angeles 44 21 15 8 50 97 100
Dallas 42 24 17 1 49 119 123
Phoenix 44 20 17 7 47 111 114
Anaheim 42 13 22 7 33 104 136
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point
for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s Games
Washington 1, Pittsburgh 0
New Jersey 2, Edmonton 1, OT
Thursday’s Games
Detroit 3, Phoenix 2, SO
Dallas 5, Los Angeles 4, SO
Boston 2, Montreal 1
Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Islanders 2
Ottawa 3, N.Y. Rangers 0
Carolina 5, Tampa Bay 2
Vancouver 3, St. Louis 2, OT
Nashville 3, Colorado 2, OT
San Jose 2, Winnipeg 0
Chicago 5, Minnesota 2
Calgary 1, Anaheim 0, OT
Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Washington, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Chicago at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 3 p.m.
New Jersey at Winnipeg, 3 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
Boston at Carolina, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Calgary, 10 p.m.
CHL
All Times EST
TURNER CONFERENCE
GP W L OL Pts GF GA
Fort Wayne 32 22 9 1 45 117 85
Quad City 32 19 12 1 39 114 100
Evansville 30 18 9 3 39 105 92
Rapid City 31 18 12 1 37 113 89
Missouri 32 16 13 3 35 96 103
Dayton 33 12 14 7 31 98 118
Bloomington 33 11 20 2 24 89 122
BERRY CONFERENCE
GP W L OL Pts GF GA
Wichita 31 21 8 2 44 117 91
Allen 32 18 7 7 43 113 89
Texas 33 15 11 7 37 88 87
Tulsa 31 16 12 3 35 110 105
Rio Grande Val 32 14 13 5 33 91 105
Laredo 31 13 18 0 26 84 113
Arizona 33 10 17 6 26 86 122
NOTE: Two points are awarded for a
win, one point for an overtime or shootout
loss. Overtime or shootout losses
are only denoted in the OL column, not
the loss column.
Wednesday’s Game
CHL All-Stars 6, Arizona 4
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled
Friday’s Games
Bloomington at Fort Wayne, 8 p.m.
Dayton at Quad City, 8:05 p.m.
Allen at Missouri, 8:05 p.m.
Texas at Rio Grande Valley, 8:30 p.m.
Wichita at Rapid City, 9:05 p.m.
Laredo at Arizona, 9:05 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Dayton at Quad City, 8:05 p.m.
Missouri at Bloomington, 8:05 p.m.
Fort Wayne at Evansville, 8:15 p.m.
Texas at Rio Grande Valley, 8:30 p.m
Allen at Tulsa, 8:35 p.m.
Laredo at Arizon, 9:05 p.m.
Wichita at Rapid City 9:05 p.m.
SPORTS TRANSACTIONS
THURSDAY
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Announced club owners voted
to extend the contract of Baseball Commissioner
Bud Selig through the 2014
season.
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to
terms with RHP Chris Ray on a minor
league contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Named Rick
Down minor league roving hitting instructor
and Tom Nieto manager of the Gulf
Coast League Yankees.
TAMPA BAY RAYS—Agreed to terms
with 1B-OF Luke Scott on a one-year
contract.
National League
MIAMI MARLINS—Agreed to terms with
1B Greg Dobbs on a two-year contract.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to
terms with OF Carlos Gomez and LHP
Manny Parra on one-year contracts.
BASKETBALL
Women’s National
Basketball Association
TULSA SHOCK—Acquired G Temeka
Johnson from Phoenix for G Andrea
Riley.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012 • The News-Banner • Page 7
Wisconsin bounces back,
beats Boilermakers 67-62
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A
fast start helped draw Wisconsin out of its
recent funk.
The Badgers made five of their first six
three-point attempts and went on to beat
Purdue 67-62 Thursday night, snapping a
three-game losing streak.
Ben Brust scored 13 points to lead five
players in double figures for Wisconsin
(13-5, 2-3), which started the game with
a 22-4 lead. The Badgers made 19 of 40
shots from the field and 9 of 20 from threepoint
range after poor shooting — they
never shot better than 35 percent from the
field during the losing streak.
“When the ball is going down, it wasn’t
like there was any magic, anything said differently,”
Badgers coach Bo Ryan said.
The Badgers ended a five-game losing
streak at Mackey Arena and stopped
Purdue’s 26-game home winning streak.
They hadn’t lost as many as three in a row
overall since a six-game stretch in January
2009.
Jordan Taylor and Mike Bruesewitz
scored 12 points apiece for Wisconsin, and
Ryan Evans and Josh Gasser each scored
10 points.
Terone Johnson came off the bench to
lead Purdue (13-5, 3-2) with a career-high
16 points. Robbie Hummel scored 13, but
made just 5 of 17 shots. The Boilermakers
made just 21 of 61 field goals overall
and lost despite committing just three turnovers.
“You’ll rarely see a team play at home
and only have three turnovers and lose,”
Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “I don’t
know if I’ve ever seen something like that.”
After trailing by 18 points midway through
the first half, Purdue made it interesting.
Purdue hit eight of its first 15 secondhalf
shots, but the early Wisconsin run provided
too much of a gap to overcome.
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played hard the rest of the game and made
a good effort to try to come back,” Hummel
said. “It’s just hard to come back when
you’re down that much.”
Anthony Johnson’s runner with 10:36 to
go cut Wisconsin’s lead to 45-43, but Bruesewitz
answered with a three from the corner
and did so again in extending the Badgers’
lead to 51-45 with less than 7 minutes
remaining.
“You need plays like that,” Ryan said.
“People have been making them against us.”
The second three-pointer came after
Terone Johnson missed a short jumper that
would have cut the lead to one. It also started
an 8-2 Wisconsin run that pushed the
lead back to 56-47.
The Boilermakers closed the gap to one
possession temporarily. Hummel’s trey
in the final seconds cut the score to 65-62
but Taylor iced the game with a pair of free
throws with 1.4 seconds left.
Purdue, which entered Saturday shooting
just 61.4 percent from the free-throw line,
had another poor effort by going 12 of 22.
“That needs to improve,” Hummel said.
“If you lose by five points and you miss 10
free throws, you do the math.”
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Purdue player ties record
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brittany Rayburn’s
teammates kept telling her to shoot
the ball.
By the end of the Purdue Boilermakers’
72-55 win over Minnesota on Thursday
night, even some Gophers’ fans were
wanting her to hoist up shots.
Rayburn tied an NCAA women’s record
with 12 three-pointers and scored 38 points
to help No. 17 Purdue (14-3, 4-0 Big Ten)
cruise to its seventh straight win. Rayburn
was 12 for 16, all from beyond the arc, and
equaled the mark set by Louisiana State’s
Cornelia Gayden in 1995.
RACING NEWS
Tony Stewart mixing dirt track
fun with Daytona testing
By JEFF LATZKE
AP Sports Writer
Even in a busy offseason, NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony
Stewart is squeezing in time for some dirt-track racing at the Chili
Bowl.
After a surprising late run to his third championship, Stewart reorganized
his Sprint Cup team by bringing in new crew chief Steve Addington
and luring back former crew chief Greg Zipadelli to be his competition
director.
So, instead of going to Australia to race for a third straight offseason,
he stayed closer to home to get prepared to defend his title.
With all that business to tend to, there was still time for a little fun
— namely, the Rumble in Fort Wayne back home in Indiana and the
Chili Bowl in Tulsa, Okla. Stewart had a successful run in Chili Bowl
qualifying Wednesday night, winning his qualifier and earning the third
and final spot in Saturday night’s main event on a quarter-mile, indoor
track.
In between, he’s flying to Florida to do testing for the Daytona 500.
“Obviously, with the changes that we had with the Cup team, we
needed to be around a little more than we were last year,” Stewart
said in a telephone interview.
“So, we stayed home. And if you’re going to stay home, then
there’s two things that we’re definitely going to hit and that’s going to
Fort Wayne and running before New Year’s and then you’re going to
come to the Chili Bowl.”
A two-time champion, Stewart is back for the first time since failing
to defend his Golden Driller trophy in 2008. There are three nights of
qualifying to get everyone lined up for the main event, and Stewart did
well enough that he won’t have to post a series of strong finishes Saturday
night just to get to the finale.
Stewart first raced in the Chili Bowl in 1993, when he took over
Jeff Gordon’s ride. He says he remembers leading on the final lap of a
preliminary race, only to make a mistake and fall to 14th place at the
finish line.
“I honestly thought I was going to get fired after the first race that I
ran,” Stewart said.
Instead, he got another chance and has turned in a series of strong
performances over the years in Tulsa — winning it in 2002 and 2007
— and he comes back whenever he can.
“It’s kind of a combination of things, in all reality. As drivers, this is
one of the biggest races of the year,” Stewart said. “You’ve got over
260 cars that are running this week. It’s a tough field of cars and drivers
and it’s the biggest Midget race of the year.
“Then once you get aside from that, kind of on the personal side,
this is about the only time all year that you get all these different guys,
your buddies from different parts of the country, it’s about the only time
you ever get around each other.”
NASCAR Nationwide champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. also is in the
field, and sharing a plane with Stewart to and from Daytona. There’s
also a star-studded cast from the World of Outlaws, USAC and other
series.
“These kind of are special events. You don’t get points for it. It’s
just bragging rights,” Stewart said. “What we do with the Cup series,
it’s a lot of work but I enjoy it. It’s fun doing that too.
“It wouldn’t hurt my feelings if we didn’t have to go test. I’m not a
big fan of that any way from a driver’s side. ... It’s really important for
us to do, obviously, getting ready for Daytona. But I enjoy the racing
stuff obviously. That’s what I live, eat, breathe and sleep.”
Starting with Daytona, he’ll be back entrenched in the Sprint Cup
soon enough. With the changes, he said it feels like he’s “somewhat
starting over” after edging out Carl Edwards for the title by winning the
last race at Homestead on Nov. 20.
He had decided before the late surge that he planned to replace
crew chief Darian Grubb, and he went ahead with the change even
after winning it all.
“That’s obviously something that’s going to be a learning curve
for Steve and I to learn each other. I’m excited about having Zipadelli
on board and I’m excited about Addington, too. I think he’ll be a good
addition to the team,” Stewart said.
“And I’m sad that Darian has moved on but we just felt like we
needed to make that change. We just weren’t having the kind of season
that we were looking for but obviously something changed there
those last 10 weeks and then we got going.”
Stewart said he only wished he had 30 hours in each day and 400
days in each year to savor it all.
“It hasn’t felt like much of an offseason. In all honesty, if that’s what
it feels like every year because you win a championship, I’m all for
having it,” he said. “It hasn’t been unpleasant by any means. I’m not
miserable and wore out and tired. There’s some things would have
liked to do this winter that I didn’t get a chance to do.”
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Lucci will host ‘real-life soap’
By FRAZIER MOORE
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — “All My
Children” veteran Susan Lucci is
returning to the world of soap operas.
But this time, the stories will be real.
Lucci will host and narrate “Deadly
Affairs,” a new prime-time series airing
on Investigation Discovery. The show
will explore true stories of romance
gone wrong and the crimes of passion
that resulted, the network announced
Thursday.
“They are deceptive love relationships,
love triangles and betrayal that
have deadly consequences,” Lucci
said. “And they end in tragedy.
“Every day you hear these stories
and you think, ‘Oh, my goodness!’
Then they disappear. You don’t know
what happened next, and you don’t
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP)
— A British TV crew visited
an Indiana city this week to
film segments about obesity
for a program called “Supersize
vs. Superskinny.”
Producers from the show,
which focuses on dieting and
extreme eating lifestyles,
visited Evansville in light of
a Gallup poll last year that
showed that 37.8 percent
of Evansville-area residents
surveyed said they were
obese. That was the highest
percentage in the nation
and compares with the least
obese city, Boulder, Colo.,
where residents reported a
12.9 percent obesity rate.
“Supersize vs. Superskinny”
director Roger
Oldham tells the Evansville
Courier & Press (http://bit.
ly/wiRTXF) that the crew
came to the southwestern
Indiana city because of the
poll, but said he found that
residents are trying hard to
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Friday, but Lucci expressed confidence
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His roommate’s a phony
Dear Annie: I recently moved
into an apartment with three other
guys. We get along well and have fun
together.
One of my roommates is a serious
player and has no qualms about dating
six women at the same time. With
each one, he implies that the relationship
is exclusive. He told me he does this
because he got burned once. I told him
that’s a risk in any relationship and that
he should stop being part of the problem.
Now he brings his various girlfriends
to the apartment. They think he’s a great
guy who seems so genuine. I have to
interact with them and feel horrible
lying, smiling and pretending I don’t
know what’s really going on.
What should I do? If I expose him, it
will sour our relationship. At the same
time, I can’t keep pretending that his
womanizing is OK. Do I really have to
move again? — New Yorker
Dear New Yorker: You cannot become
involved in every roommate’s issues, nor
can you be every woman’s protector,
although bless you for trying. These
women are responsible for their own
character judgments, good or bad. You
have told The Snake how you feel about
his behavior, and we think you should do
so again, more forcefully, pointing out
that he has become the type of person he
detests. And when he brings a girlfriend
over, we recommend you vacate the
premises or retreat to your bedroom. You
should not be forced to put on a phony
face for his benefit.
Dear Annie: My son recently married
his longtime girlfriend. My wife and
I paid for the rehearsal dinner and the
honeymoon, and the bridal couple paid
for the rest. The reception was small,
and the ceremony even smaller. They
also wanted no children younger than
high-school age. We would have liked
to expand the guest list, but it wasn’t our
money, and we didn’t push.
My sisters felt that their young children
should have been invited, and one
boycotted the wedding in protest. Then,
two months later, our cousin married,
opting for a destination wedding. Neither
my sisters nor I could make it. Afterward,
the couple held a local reception and
specifically said “no children.” The same
sister who boycotted my son’s wedding
was perfectly OK attending this childfree
My
Answer
By Dr. Billy
Graham
EVEN THE
LONELIEST PEOPLE
HAVE A FRIEND IN
JESUS
Q: I feel all alone in the
world. I have lots of people
I know casually (like at
work), but no one would
miss me if I left town or
died. Why did God make
me so shy and unable to
make friends? — D.Y.
A: I don’t know why
God gave us different
personalities — although
life would probably be a
lot duller if we were all
alike! But God knows
what we’re like, and I want
to assure you He loves
Annie’s
Mailbox
you and wants to help
you overcome your
loneliness.
What can you do?
One thing would be to
realize that you aren’t
the only shy or lonely
person in the world
— not at all. The lonely
may go unnoticed because
they don’t seek attention,
but they’re still there -- and
in fact, they’re all around
you. Who would make a
better friend to them than
someone like you? Ask
God to help you be a friend
to someone who may feel
just like you do.
But the most important
truth I can tell you is that
you already have a friend
— and that friend is Jesus.
God loves you; He loves
you so much that His Son
was willing to die for you.
The Bible says, “This is
love: not that we loved
God, but that he loved
reception.
My son is
moving out of
state next year, and
my wife and I are
retiring to Florida.
I would just as soon
write off that branch of the family, but
my wife wants to make a big deal out of
this snub. Your suggestions? — Put Out
in Peoria
Dear Put Out: The two weddings
are not exactly comparable in that your
son is a closer relation to your sister’s
young children than your cousin’s child
is, and she was not as offended by their
exclusion. However, boycotting your
son’s wedding was petty and selfish. You
need not make a big deal out of this or
write them off. Moving away will take
care of any regular contact while leaving
open the possibility of reconciliation
down the road.
Dear Annie: “Worried Driver in
Lafayette, Ind.” asked for a universal
sign to get people to stop talking on their
cellphones while driving. Despite all the
hysteria, the fact is that in the 15 years
that cellphones have become widespread,
traffic accidents and fatalities have
decreased 25 percent, according to
the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration. — Hawaii
Dear Hawaii: The problem with
quoting statistics is that you have to put
them in context. Overall traffic fatalities
did dip, but “distracted driving”
accidents (e.g., eating, drinking,
adjusting the radio and cellphone use)
increased by up to 16 percent. Also, even
though hand-held phone use decreased
by 5 percent and is against the law in
more states, 18 percent of distracteddriving
fatalities involved cellphone use.
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, 5777
W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles,
CA 90045. © 2012 CREATORS.COM
us and sent his Son as an
atoning sacrifice for our
sins” (1 John 4:10). He
knows all about you — and
you are of great worth to
Him. Respond to His love
by asking Christ to come
into your life today.
Then seek out a church
where you can grow
spiritually, as you hear
the Bible taught and have
opportunities for fellowship
with others. There you will
find people who care about
you — and you’ll learn to
care about them.
(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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AREA/STATE
Tiercell Schwartz, proprietor of the TW Fable Restaurant of Bluffton, is a new Champagne
Sponsor this year for the seventh annual Wine Tasting Extravaganza for Ossian Revitalization
to be held Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Lighted Gardens. (Photo by Cynthia Dahn)
U.S., World Roundup
US assures Afghans of full
probe of Marines video;
peace talk efforts continue
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon officials
worry that outrage over a video purporting
to depict Marines urinating on Taliban
corpses will tarnish the reputation of
the entire military. Some also fear it could
undermine prospects for exploratory Afghan
peace talks.
After roundly condemning the Marines’
alleged behavior, Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta and top military leaders on Thursday
promised a full investigation and sought
to contain the damage at home and abroad.
Panetta also said the incident could
endanger the outlook for peace talks,
although the Obama administration and the
Taliban each voiced readiness Thursday to
try peace talks while pledging to carry on
the military conflict until their rival objectives
are met. The separate statements by
senior American and Taliban officials illustrated
the improved environment for Afghan
reconciliation efforts as well as the daunting
task ahead.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service,
the law enforcement arm of the
Navy, is heading the main inquiry, which is
expected to weigh evidence of violations of
the U.S. military legal code as well as the
international laws of warfare. Separately,
the Marine Corps is doing its own internal
investigation.
By Thursday evening, the NCIS had interviewed
two of the four Marines appearing in
the video. At the time they were filmed urinating
on the bodies, the four were members
of the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, which
fought in the southern Afghan province of
Helmand for seven months before returning
to their home base at Camp Lejeune, N.C.,
last September.
Romney rivals fail to get
their names on primary
ballots in some states
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many of Mitt
Romney’s presidential challengers are having
trouble fulfilling a fundamental requirement
of running for public office: getting on
the ballot.
Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Rick
Perry and Jon Huntsman have all failed to
qualify for the ballot in at least one upcoming
GOP primary. In other states, they have
failed to file full slates of delegates with state
or party officials, raising questions about
whether these candidates have the resources
to wage effective national campaigns.
And if one of them were able to marshal
enough anti-Romney forces to challenge the
front-runner, the ballot blunders could limit
their ability to win delegates in key states.
The exception: Ron Paul, who appears to
have avoided such pitfalls so far.
“This is why you need a real-life, no-kidding-around
campaign,” said Rich Galen,
a GOP strategist and former Gingrich aide
who is neutral in the 2012 race. “All these
guys who have been crowing that they found
a new way to run for president, it’s like saying
I’m inventing a new airplane, and it has
only one wing.”
Bernanke began leadership
of Fed believing economy
could avoid housing crash
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Bernanke
presided over his first meeting as Federal
Reserve chairman in March 2006 believing
the nation’s economy could pull off a “soft
landing” from falling home prices. Three
months later, Bernanke had begun to grasp
that he and others had underestimated the
risk housing posed to the economy.
Newly released transcripts of Fed meetings
during Bernanke’s first year as chairman
show that, among Fed officials, he often
expressed the most concern about housing.
But no official, according to the transcripts,
recognized the extent of the damage a housing
bubble would cause. A year later, the
housing market’s collapse helped send the
nation into its worst recession since the
Great Depression.
In fact, Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner, then a Fed official, expressed confidence
in September 2006 that “collateral
damage” from housing could be avoided.
The transcripts released Thursday covered
the eight meetings of the central bank’s chief
policy-making body, the Federal Open Market
Committee, during 2006. That included
the last meeting of Federal Reserve Chairman
Alan Greenspan in January of that year
and Bernanke’s first meeting in March after
he had succeeded Greenspan as chairman.
The Fed releases minutes of the FOMC
discussions three weeks after the meetings
but full transcripts do not come out until five
years later.
The transcripts for 2006 show that at first
Bernanke did not express concern about the
cooling of the housing market after a boom
that had pushed sales and home prices to
record levels.
Myanmar, hoping to end
Western sanctions, frees
dissidents in reform flurry
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar
freed some of its most famous political
inmates Friday, sparking jubilation outside
prison gates while signaling its readiness
to comply with demands of the U.S. and its
allies for a lifting of economic sanctions.
Among those released were prominent
political activists, the leaders of brutally
repressed democratic uprisings, a former
prime minister, ethnic minority leaders,
journalists and relatives of the former dictator
Ne Win. The releases were part of a presidential
pardon for 651 detainees that state
radio and television said would take part in
“nation-building.”
It was the latest in a flurry of accelerating
changes in Myanmar sought by the West,
including the recent launching of a dialogue
with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
and Thursday’s signing of a cease-fire in a
long-running campaign against Karen insurgents.
Myanmar likely now feels the ball is the
West’s court to lift the crippling measures.
But the United States and allies may take
a wait-and-see approach, to see if government
truces with various ethnic rebel groups
hold, discussions with Suu Kyi move forward
and scheduled April elections appear
free and fair.
Recall push against
Wisconsin Gov. Walker
nears its conclusion
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Sonja O’Brien
heard from the hecklers as she collected signatures
in a final push to recall Wisconsin
Gov. Scott Walker.
One man yelled at her for forcing the
state to spend millions on a recall election.
A woman told her she was annoying. And
Jack Bublitz, a 75-year-old retired banker,
said Democrats would never collect enough
names.
“You’re not going to do it! You’re not
going to do it!” Bublitz yelled at her.
But O’Brien figured these naysayers were
relatively civil compared to most days over
the past two months in what has become a
knock-down, drag-out brawl to oust Walker
from office. Now the fight is about to move
from the streets to the courtroom.
Democrats want to wind up the signature
drive this weekend and get the names
to state election officials by Tuesday’s deadline.
GOP legal challenges are almost certain
to follow.
Crowd pelts Beijing Apple
store with eggs after new
iPhone 4S not put on sale
BEIJING (AP) — Angry customers and
gangs of scalpers threw eggs at Apple Inc.’s
flagship Beijing store Friday after its opening
for the China launch of the iPhone 4S
was canceled due to concerns over the size
of the crowd.
Apple reacted to the outburst by postponing
iPhone 4S sales in its mainland China
stores to protect the safety of customers and
employees. It said the phone still will be
sold online and through its local carrier.
The incident highlighted Apple’s huge
popularity in China and the role of middlemen
who buy up limited supplies of iPhones
and other products or smuggle them from
abroad for resale to Chinese gadget fans at
a big markup.
Hundreds of customers including migrant
workers hired by scalpers in teams of 20 to
30 waited overnight in freezing weather at
the Apple store in a shopping mall in Beijing’s
east side Sanlitun district.
The crowd erupted after the store failed
to open on schedule at 7 a.m. Some threw
eggs and shouted at employees through the
windows.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012 • The News-Banner • Page 11
Tickets for Ossian’s wine
tasting benefit now on sale
By CYNTHIA DAHN
Organizers are urging people to not wait
until the last minute to get tickets to the seventh
annual Benefit Wine Tasting Extravaganza
to be held from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Lighted Gardens
Banquet and Event Center in Ossian.
There are only 300 tickets available and
the event sold out every year for the last six
years. You can get tickets at several businesses
including Ossian State Bank, The
Brew Ha!, Country Squire Florist in Bluffton,
Ossian Town Hall, Ossian Do It Best
Hardware, Lighted Gardens or from any
revitalization member.
The evening will feature more than 30
varieties of wine for tasting from Satek Winery
and Tonne Winery of Muncie. The Mad
Anthony Brewing Company of Fort Wayne
will offer sampling of their own microbrew-
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Forms and checks may be
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The first weigh-in is
Jan. 19
from 6:00-8:30 a.m.
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ery beer. Hors d’oeuvres, cheeses and cheese
curds from Swissland Cheese, crackers, fruit
and a chocolate fountain will be available
throughout the evening. New this year is the
Olive Twist from Fort Wayne who will be
providing samplings of some of their special
olive oils.
Live jazz music will be provided by the
David Streeter Jazz Trio.
This year’s Champagne Sponsors are
Ossian Dental, Ossian State Bank, Edward
Jones-Larry Smith, Country Squire Florist,
National Oil and Gas, Energy Control,
Neoti, Briner Building, Inc., 21st Century
Firearms, Pena’s Mechanical Contractors,
Inc., TW Fable Restaurant, and Kemper
Flooring, Inc.
All proceeds from the wine tasting event
and the silent auction benefit the revitalization
of downtown Ossian.
82 dogs removed from rural home
CHESTERTON, Ind. (AP) — Northwestern
Indiana police say a woman could
face animal cruelty charges after authorities
removed 82 dogs from her rural home over
a two-day period.
The Times of Munster reports animal
control officers and Porter County deputies
removed 27 dogs Thursday from the home
for veterinary evaluations. The day before
they removed 55 dogs, using four trucks that
made multiple trips to the Chesterton-area
home.
Sheriff’s department spokesman Sgt.
Larry LaFlower says authorities obtained a
search warrant Tuesday for the home after
neighbors said they feared the dogs’ waste
around the home was getting into their
drinking water.
LaFlower says homeowner Donna Montoya
could face animal cruelty charges
once animal control officers complete their
report.
Montoya says she takes care of her dogs
and feeds them every day.
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Bluffton High School lists
second term honor roll
Bluffton High School has announced its
honor roll for the second term of the 2011-
12 school year.
Students named to the list were:
GRADE 9
High Honor — Eric Baumgartner,
Shelby Boyle, Evelyn Cornwell, Anthony
Devine, Andrew Hunter, Hank Ifer, Bryce
Kipfer, Ethan Kitt, Tadeus Makowski, Erin
McKinley, Cade Meadows, Catie Neuenschwander,
Kaitlyn Schriver, Tyler Spice,
Jenna Starr,Lauren Stauffer, and Brynn Yonker.
Honor — Lauren Brinneman, Morgan
Corle, Levi Eisenhut, Emilee Gentis, Jonathan
Gerber, Brandon Hacha, Jarrett Harris,
Haley Hiday, Dane Hoffman, Katie Holloway,
Kennedy Johnson, Dylan Longenberger,
Samantha McDonald, Sarah Miller,
Hunter Okey, Justin Park, Mackenzie Park,
Taylor Pulver, Janean Steffen, Elizabeth
Streveler, Noah Studebaker, Jacob Thompson,
Hannah VandenTop, Matthew Vardaman,
Abby Walton, and Zachary Wilson.
GRADE 10
High Honor — Holly Bertsch, Rachel
Bertsch, Jake Garrett, Rusty Gephart,
Samantha Gilliam, Kayla Holland, Brianna
Kelley, Maryanne Lambert, Cassidy McKinney,
Megan Primm, Joshua Rash, Sierra
Steffen, Joshua Streveler, and Laura Stroud,
Honor — Jonah Baumgartner, Kimberly
Captain, Blake Connelly, Dakota Falk, Tanner
Fear, Taylor Fear, Drew Gerber, Kathryn
Hanson, Brandon Horner, Trey Hughett,
Paige Jacobs, Brady Johnson, Emily Koenn,
Craig Lambert, Bryce Lockwood, Ciara
Lovell, Rachel Makowski, Emma Miller,
Chelsea Minch, Hannah Mock, Kendra
Morey, Sabrina Sills, Elizabeth Walborn,
and Cierra Wellman.
GRADE 11
High Honor — Carson Addington,
Kenneth Alford, Corinne Crowe, Tanner
Dressler, Gina Eisenhut, Rachel Emshwiller,
Emma Frauhiger, Trayton Gerber, Courtney
Hiday, Alyssa Hunter, Carley Marcum,
Benjamin Miller, Morgan Napier, Catherine
Neuenschwander, Kristin Poellmann, Chandler
Prible, Nikolaus Rhodes, Jenae Steffen,
Alyssa Thompson, Alexander Toetz, Marilyn
Walton, and Nathan Worman.
Honor — Jacob Antrim, Coultin Archbold,
Stacey Bagley, Mallory Bowman, Victoria
Burkhart, Kassandra Craig, Sheridan
Dove, Taylor Dove, Andrew Elwell, Tyler
Enterline, Casey Ewart, Briar Gerber, Tanner
Ginger-Farmer, Aline Gonzalez, Isaac
Higgins, Josef Ifer, Kristen Jennings, Darcie
Johnson, Kimberly Joliff, Ashton Krider,
Damon Kuhlenbeck, Jackson Lambert,
Kameron Mechling, Erin Meekin, Connelly
Mettler, Brock Pace, Carla Pereira-Garcia,
Levi Richardson, Tiffany Roe, Kendall Schreiber,
Amanda Stone, Allison Williams, and
Jenna Yonker,
GRADE 12
High Honor — Taylor Barker, Andrew
Bertsch, Jessica Bertsch, Cody Bracht,
Kyanne Bryant, Robin Butler, Keith
Cochran, Chelsea Coons, Ellen Cornwell,
Audry Estill, Megan Evans, Maggie Garrett,
Philip Gerber, Hannah Gilliam, Naomi Ifer,
Joshua Jennings, Mitchel Meitzler, Leslee
Peeper, Alex Penrod, Jonathan Raugh,
Nathanael Reinhard, Mykayla Rodenbeck,
Sheena Steffen, Samuel Walburn, and
Andrew Wilson.
Honor — Spencer Barnell, Alyssa Bennett,
Emily Bertsch, Kourtney Bryant,
Marissa Carter, Kenya Coffman, Amanda
Grimm, Elizabeth Holderman, Nicholas
Huffman, Haley Humann, Hayle Klopfenstein,
Karlie Longenberger, Nicholas
Makowski, Ryan McCarthy, Jacob McKinley,
Scott McNamara, Katelin Michael,
Haille Milholland, Donald Mock, Alexis
Mulkey, Dillon Myers, Brett Robbins, and
David Scott.
Wells Court Docket
Wells Circuit Court
Civil Cases
Complaint on note and to foreclose mortgage
originally filed by Citimortgage against
Mitchell S. Parrett of Bluffton dismissed.
The property is located at 1119 S. Jersey St.,
Bluffton.
Complaint on note in an amount to be
determined by the court and to foreclose
mortgage filed by Wells Fargo Bank against
Cynthia A. Kelley of Bluffton. The property
is located at 1941S No Number Road, Bluffton.
Complaint for damages in an amount to
be determined by the court filed by Geoffrey
and Mary L. Frank of Bluffton against Deborah
Venderley of Bluffton. The complaint
relates to a Feb. 12, 2010 accident on Main
Street at East Market Street in which Geoffrey
Frank sustained injuries.
Estates
Order of probate of will filed for the
estate of Karen D. Bates who died on March
19.
Wells Superior Court
Civil Cases
Complaint for possession, non-payment
of rent and notice to quit originally filed by
Wells County Partners against Rita Foss of
Bluffton dismissed.
Complaint for payment originally filed
by Midland Funding against Albert Dinwiddie
of Bluffton.
Agreed judgment of $780 filed in favor
of Celeste L. Cross of Fort Wayne against
Seth D. Eltzroth of Bluffton.
Agreed judgment of $860.85 filed in
favor of Dubach Landscaping against Spencer
Snyder of Ossian.
Default judgment of $4,693.24 filed in
favor of LVNV Funding LLC against Holly
Hopkins of Bluffton.
Default judgment of $1,938 filed in favor
of Cardinal Creek Crossing LLC against
Benzion Genut of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Default judgment of $12,641.52 filed in
favor of Asset Acceptance against Gary W.
Mikel of Liberty Center.
Default judgment of $873.53 filed in
favor of Convergence Receivables against
Daniel Brown of Markle.
Summary judgment of $10,724.77 filed
in favor of RLW Accounts LLC against
Nancy L. Archbold/Howey of Bluffton.
Default judgment of $558 filed in favor of
Wells County Partners against David Duane
and Melissa Winners of Bluffton.
Complaint for possession, non-payment
of rent in the amount of $1,630.53 and
notice to quit filed by Daniel Baumgardner
of Ossian against Marcie Connor of Ossian.
Complaint for payment in the amount
of $23,347.78 filed by American Express
against Bradley Kauffman of Bluffton.
Complaint for payment in the amount of
$904.75 filed by Indiana Physical Therapy
against Greg and Michelle E. Sutton of Markle.
Complaint for payment in the amount of
$316.02 filed by Indiana Physical Therapy
against Kelly and Sharon K. Wheeler of
Berne.
Complaint for payment in the amount of
$4,653.33 filed by Indiana Physical Therapy
against James and Deborah J. Thompson of
Liberty Center.
Complaint for payment in the amount of
$1,747.49 filed by CACH LLC against Travis
J. Liddy of Bluffton.
Complaint for payment in the amount of
$1,667.49 filed by Capital One Bank against
Geneva M. Kiser of Bluffton.
Complaint for payment in the amount
of $5,634.31 filed by LVNV Fundng LLC
against Jeremy Glisson of Craigville.
Conservatives’ dilemma: Defend
Romney, or find someone better
By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Torn between
reality and their political dreams, leading
conservatives are defending Mitt Romney
against attacks on his work in the private
sector even as they search for a more palatable
candidate amid a growing sense that his
nomination may be certain.
Romney is marching steadily through
South Carolina, a state still uncertain about
him, and picking up a prominent conservative’s
endorsement while sending a message
to his party: It’s time to stop the bickering.
Not just yet, some conservative leaders
say.
“Honestly, it looks like Governor Romney’s
nomination is inevitable,” said the
Rev. Robert Jeffress, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Dallas. “Evangelicals, come
November, might have to hold their noses
and vote for the lesser of two evils. But it’s
not November yet.”
Just over a week before South Carolina’s
first-in-the-South vote, there are signs that
conservatives are struggling with their goal
of finding what some would call “the anti-
Romney.” They appear no more organized
in their search for a credible challenger than
they were before former Sen. Rick Santorum
raised their hopes with his second-place
finish in Iowa.
More than 100 conservative leaders,
many of them evangelical in their faiths,
were set to converge this weekend at the
Texas ranch of former state appeals court
Judge Paul Pressler to consider their options,
if any. Surrogates for each campaign were
expected to make presentations and take
questions.
In spite of their reluctance to embrace
Romney as the GOP nominee, some conservatives
have been drawn into defending
him against charges of “vulture” capitalism
from rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry.
Both are potential recipients of conservative
backing in the effort to oppose Romney.
Trying to tap into populist sentiment, Gingrich
and Perry accused Romney of being
a fat-cat venture capitalist during his days
running the private equity firm Bain Capital,
saying he laid off workers as he restructured
companies and filled his own pockets.
That strategy boomeranged. A long list of
conservative leaders who have not endorsed
Romney are nonetheless sticking up for his
success — former Bush adviser Karl Rove,
former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee,
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the
Club for Growth, an array of conservative
talk show hosts and even Santorum. Conservative
leaders say the attack amounts to
an assault on capitalism and the free market
system at the heart of their movement.
“It’s a sad day in South Carolina and
across this country if Republicans are talking
against the free market, let me tell you
that,” said South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley,
a tea party star who has endorsed Romney.
AREA/STATE
Indiana Roundup
2 bands, celebrity chef
headline Super Bowl party
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jane’s Addiction
and The Roots will headline the third
Rock & Roll Super Bowl Fan Tailgate Party
on Feb. 5 in Indianapolis.
Rolling Stone magazine announced the
acts Thursday.
Music begins at 1 p.m., a little more than
five hours before the Super Bowl kickoff.
Jane’s Addiction, an alternative rock
band, has sold more seven million records
in the U.S. since forming in 1985. Hip-hop
artists The Roots are the house band on
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” which will
broadcast from Indianapolis that week.
Peter Wentz, the bassist for Grammynominated
band Fall Out Boy, will be the
disc jockey, and celebrity chef John Besh
will cook food.
Tickets costing $500 can be purchased at
www.rollingstonerockweekend.com.
Statehouse bills would
broaden synthetic drugs ban
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana legislators
are considering proposals to ban
synthetic drugs nicknamed “bath salts” and
other compounds that mimic marijuana.
House and Senate bills would add some
two dozen chemical compounds to a law
that legislators passed last year aimed at
banning the synthetic marijuana known as
spice or K2.
The laws treat possessing or dealing synthetic
marijuana the same as the real drug.
That makes dealing or possession charges a
misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in
jail.
The House criminal code committee is
holding a public hearing Friday on the bill.
A Senate committee hearing is set for Tuesday.
Home News buys Seymour
Tribune newspaper
SEYMOUR, Ind. (AP) — Home News
Enterprises has expanded its roster of newspapers
to a half-dozen with the purchase of
The Seymour Tribune.
Family-owned Home News and Irvine,
Calif.-based Freedom Communications Inc.
announced the sale of the six-day a week
newspaper Thursday. Freedom has owned
the newspaper with a circulation of 6,800
since 1973.
Home News CEO Jeff Brown says the
purchase was a logical step since the Columbus
and Seymour markets are contiguous.
Freedom says “substantially all” of The
Tribune’s employees will be retained by
Home News.
Home News also owns the Daily Journal
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Police: Ball State student
crashed into dome
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Police say a Ball
State University student faces drunken driving
charges after crashing a car into a decorative
glass dome on the campus.
The Star Press reports 21-year-old Jennifer
Miller borrowed a car to leave a nearby
party just after midnight Sunday and drove
over a curb and onto a median before crashing
into the nearly 300-pound dome.
A school spokeswoman says the green
glass dome was replaced by a spare in
repairs that cost about $9,500. The dome is
one of four installed two months ago as part
of a $2.2 million road beautification project.
Judge rules grandmother
should stand trial
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A northern
Indiana judge has again ruled a South Bend
grandmother should stand trial on three
counts of felony child neglect.
Prosecutors allege 53-year-old Dellia
Castile failed to report abuse committed by
her adult son on his children. Terry Sturgis
is charged with murdering his 10-year-old
son, Tramelle, on Nov. 4, and also faces
eight felony counts of battery.
The South Bend Tribune reports that St.
Joseph Superior Court Judge Jane Woodward
Miller on Thursday ruled that defense
attorney Anthony Luber could not appeal
her earlier ruling rejecting his motion that
the state hadn’t established sufficient probable
cause for the charges.
Evansville man fears for his
missing albino wallaby
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southwestern
Indiana man whose albino wallaby
vanished from his backyard last weekend
fears the snow-white animal is dead now
that cold, snowy weather has settled across
the state.
Kimba vanished Saturday about four
hours after Ron Young put his beloved pet
in a fenced portion of his backyard.
The Evansville Courier & Press reports
that the 2-year-old marsupial remained missing
Thursday night and Young says she’s
probably dead by now if she’s outside in the
current cold weather.
He says Kimba is like “a baby” to him
and she slept inside in a playpen.
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