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COMMUNITY EVENTS Back-to-school picnic is Wednesday BUTLER — Eastside Junior-Senior High School, 603 E. Green St., will host a back-toschool picnic from 6:15-7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Veterans questions to be addressed BUTLER — DeKalb County veterans service officer Brian Lamm will visit American Legion Post 202, 118 N. Broadway, from 6-8 p.m., the second Monday of every month to answer questions regarding benefits and issues. This is open to any area veteran or widow of a veteran.
Tornado sirens to be tested Saturday BUTLER — The monthly tornado siren test will take place at noon Saturday. The sirens will sound in a steady tone for three minutes, as they would if a tornado warning is issued for DeKalb County. In case of inclement weather, the test will not take place.
Helping Hands Ministry open BUTLER — Helping Hands Ministry is an outreach ministry of Christ’s Church at Butler assisting needy families in the Butler area. Monetary contributions and donations of new or gently-used clothing and bedding items are accepted during business hours. Individuals may visit and shop for bags of items priced at $3-$5 each. Helping Hands is located at 136 W. Main St. and is open Tuesdays 4-6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon. A food pantry is open the second Tuesday of each month from 4-6 p.m.
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Eastside band wants to get ‘better and better’ BY JEFF JONES jjones@kpcmedia.com BUTLER — As the musicians lined up to give their debut performance of the 2013 contest show Friday, Eastside Marching Blazer Pride director James Graham said little about last year, other than it was “last year.” In November, the Blazers made their first-ever appearance at the Indiana State School Music Association state finals, placing 10th in Class D for the smallest schools. Eight seniors graduated from that group, and this year’s band wants to make its own mark. They’ll do it with “Scenes from Simple Gifts,” by Key Poulan, Graham explained. Preparation for this year’s show began shortly after the ISSMA state finals. “We want to get back to that level of competition, so there’s been a lot of late nights just thinking about what we can put together that will make people think, ‘Wow, that’s a cool show.’” Graham said. “We’ve always designed our shows to have some sort of — I call it obnoxious — element that’s not expected, and I want the audience to look at us and think, ‘I can’t believe they’re
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Eastside Marching Blazer Pride band members, from left, Nathan Halliburton, Rebecca McClish, Phil Burd and Doug Lortie, perform during the band’s preview show Friday at the high school. going to do this, this is pretty cool,’” he added. “Sometimes, the best ideas come right at the end and we just throw them in.” Drill designer and visual consultant Matt
Wyse, guard designer and visual consultant Ryan Long and color guard director Traci Reed ➤ Band, Page 6
Art and photo entries due Sat. BY JEFF JONES jjones@kpcmedia.com ST. JOE — The amateur St. Joe Pickle Festival art and photo show will take place Aug. 8-10 at the St. Joe Church of Christ. Entries will be accepted from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3. Contestants should enter the old part of the church building. If other times need to be
arranged, please call Margie (Crow) Bortner at 337-5420 or 573-9049. There is a $3 entry fee per person per each five entries. Judging will take place in a closed session after the entry deadline and before the exhibit opens to the public Aug. 8. Exhibits will be supervised during the day and locked up each night. Entries must be the photographic or artwork of the
individual entering the competition. This is an amateur art and photo contest. Anyone deriving more than 50 percent of their income from their artwork or photography is ineligible for prizes. All entries must be framed or matted to hang for display. Entries that are not ready to hang will not be accepted. Entries from previous years will not be accepted.
BUTLER — A Garrett man and an Edgerton, Ohio, man were taken to hospitals following a two-vehicle crash south of Butler just before 6 a.m. Thursday, Butler Police said. Jason Andrew Kaufman, 21, of the 700 block of South Cowen Street, Garrett, was taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, for treatment of a blunt-force trauma injury, according to a police report. Mathew R. Dietsch, 35, of the 200 block of Clarksville Road, Edgerton, was taken to DeKalb Jeff Jones
Isabella Thomas, right, watches as her mother Katie glues some worm eyes onto her sock worm at the Butler Public Library July 24.
Butler woman breaks leg in moped crash BUTLER — A Butler woman suffered a broken leg in a truck-moped collision at 4:40 p.m. Thursday, Butler Police said. Laura E. Reza, 38, of the 100 block of South Broadway, suffered a lower leg fracture in the crash at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 6) and John Street, police said. Reza was driving her moped east on U.S. 6 when she ran into the back of a stopped 2004 Ford F-350 pickup, driven by Richard
Prizes will be awarded for first-, second- and third-place in each category. Special prizes will be awarded for people’s choice and best-of-show categories for youth and adults. Art media includes acrylic, charcoal drawing, oil painting, pastels, pen and ink, pencil/colored pencil and watercolor. Categories ➤ Entries, Page 6
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Kaiser, 49, of the 8000 block of U.S. 6, Butler, according to a police report. Reza was ejected from her moped. She was taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, for treatment of her injuries, police said. A witness told police Reza didn’t appear to slow down prior to the collision, according to a police report. Police estimated total damage between $2,501-$5,000.
Health hospital at Auburn after suffering cuts to his forehead and for knee and back pain, police said. Kaufman was driving his 1994 Jeep east on R.E. Jones Road (C.R. 30), east of S.R. 1. He told police the power steering failed on his vehicle, causing him to drift across the roadway in front of Dietsch, who was driving west in a 1998 Dodge Dakota. A witness told police he heard brakes squealing and saw the Kaufman vehicle cross in front of the Dietsch vehicle.
Animal shelter needs roof repair BY AARON ORGAN aorgan@kpcmedia.com BUTLER — A ceiling above the dog kennel at the DeKalb County Animal Shelter has burst open, forcing the agency to scramble for help to repair the damage. Shelter manager Anna Feller said a slow leak in the roof of the building at 5221 U.S. 6, west of Butler, saturated the ceiling above a kennel that houses more than 30 dogs, and it burst this week. Feller said a section of the ceiling is in danger of falling in on the kennel. A contractor visited the shelter Thursday at no cost and cut away the compromised ceiling, Feller
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said. The contractor applied plastic around the hole as a stop-gap measure before he can make complete repairs, she said. A roofer is scheduled to come to the building to address the leak, Feller said. “It could be bad,” Feller said. “The contractor said that the next big rain, the ceiling might have very well come down on our dogs. The dogs are safe and the staff is safe for right now, but we’ve just got to get it fixed.” Feller said the ceiling had only a slight crack before it opened this week. She said the ➤ Shelter, Page 6
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