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Garrett High School’s Railroader Regiment marches in the Heritage Days parade through downtown Garrett on July 3.
Railroader band to compete at DeKalb BLUFFTON —Garrett’s Railroader Regiment marching band finished fourth in Class C at the “On the Banks of the Wabash” contest at Bluffton High School Saturday. Concordia captured all three awards in winning Class C. Norwell was second, followed by Angola, Heritage and Garrett. Eastside’s Marching Blazer Pride band finished fourth in Class D. Adams Central swept the special awards for best music, visual effect and general effect in taking first place. Woodlan was second, followed by Eastern (Greentown) and Eastside. DeKalb claimed all three category awards on its way to first place in Class B. Garrett and Eastside bands will compete Saturday at the DeKalb Invitational on DeKalb High School’s football field. Class C bands begin at 4:30 p.m. with Whitko. Garrett marches at 4:42 p.m., with Heritage at 4:54 p.m., Leo at 5:06 p.m. and Concordia at 5:18 p.m. Awards for classes D and C will be presented at 5:42 p.m. Hicksville kicks off Class D competition at 3:30 p.m., followed by Eastside at 3:42 p.m., Bluffton at 3:54 p.m., Woodlan at 4:06 p.m. and Adams Central at 4:18 p.m.
Garrett crash kills area motorcyclist GARRETT — A Pleasant Lake man was killed in a motorcycle accident in Garrett early Sunday morning. Garrett Police report Paul Denman, 57, lost control of a 2003 Harley-Davidson motorcycle while southbound in the 1300 block of Randolph Street at 1:30 a.m. Denman was separated from the cycle and pronounced dead at the scene from blunt-force trauma, police said. The Garrett Police Department was assisted by DeKalb EMS, the Garrett Fire Department, DeKalb County coroner and an accident reconstructionist from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department. Speed and alcohol were contributing factors in the crash, the police report said.
United Way serving coffee at courthouse AUBURN — The United Way of DeKalb County is sponsoring its second annual Coffee at the Courthouse on Friday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. The event is sponsored by Auburn Dental Associates. Free coffee and doughnuts will be served on the north side of the DeKalb County Courthouse in Auburn. The United Way said it thanks Starbucks for the generous donation of coffee for the event. Everyone is welcome to come and learn how to join others in DeKalb County and “Live United.”
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Garrett man No. 2 in Legion INDIANAPOLIS — A Navy veteran from Garrett was elected as a national vice commander of the 2.4-million-member American Legion, the nation’s largest veterans organization, during its national convention last week in Houston. Robert E. Newman took his oath of office after being unanimously elected by delegates Aug. 29. A member of American Legion
Post 178 in Garrett, he served in the U.S. Navy from 1965-1969. He has held offices at every level of The American Legion, including department (state) commander of Indiana, northern vice commander Newman of Indiana, Americanism
Commission chairman of Indiana, department Children and Youth Commission chairman, Internal Affairs Commission chairman and Rehabilitation Commission chairman. Nationally, he has served on the Veterans Preference and National Insurance committees. Newman retired from the U.S. Postal Service. During his career, he served as postmaster in Butler from 1997-2001.
He also was commander at Post 178, and he lives in Garrett with his wife of 43 years, Kathryn. They have two sons, Charles R. Newman and Robert E. Newman Jr. Newman will serve a one-year term in the Legion’s secondhighest elective office and is one of 12 national officers. Dan Dellinger of Vienna, Va., was elected national commander on Aug. 29.
Homecoming activities set
HOMECOMING REPRESENTATIVES
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GHS homecoming court members, in front from left, are freshmen Megan Beckley and Kalllie Knott, and sophomores Rachel DePew and Paige Rowlison. In back are junior boys Blake Davis and Keenan Myers, and freshmen Jaden Baker and Dawson Furnish. Each class will design a float for Friday’s parade through downtown Garrett.
GARRETT — Garrett High School is hosting its annual homecoming festivities this week. On Friday, the homecoming parade will begin at 6 p.m. at Bill Yoder Ford. Each class, as well as several other student organizations, will display their decorated, Disney-themed floats in the parade. The parade will travel down Randolph, Edgerton, Britton, and then finish on Warfield. Homecoming royalty will be named at halftime of the Garrett/Adams Central football game on Memorial Field. Three inductees to the Garrett High School Hall of Honor will also be introduced during halftime. They include John W. Green and Shirley D. Phillips, both from the Class of 1953, and Tom Leech from the Class of 1954. Earlier in the day, a one-hour, all-school assembly will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center where Hall of Honor inductees will share stories about his or her career path and/ or life journey during the session. Miller’s Merry Manor will sponsor a tailgate party in the parking lot by Memorial Field from 5:30 -6:30 p.m. Homecoming float judging will be from 6:30-6:45 p.m. The football game will kick-off at 7 p.m.
YMCA, horse barn projects OK’d By Dave Kurtz dkurtz@kpcnews.net AUBURN — Major building projects for the YMCA and the DeKalb County Fair Association won approval from the Auburn Plan Commission Tuesday night. The YMCA is planning to more than double the size of its building on North Street. The fair association intends to build a large, new horse barn on the fairgrounds on South Union Street and revamp its horse arena. Both projects are likely to start this fall, spokesmen for the organizations said.
Plan Commission members raised no objections to the projects in brief hearings at City Hall. The YMCA project will add a 36,269-square-foot building addition to the west side of its existing center on North Street, which encloses 26,765 square feet. The building addition will include three indoor basketball courts, expanded exercise areas, office space, additional lobby space and an indoor walking-running track. The number of parking spaces will increase from 145 to 222.
“We’re trying to make this into a community hub,” said John Good, vice president of the YMCA board and chair of its building committee. Good said the expanded YMCA will have a fieldhouse concept, capable of accommodating basketball, volleyball and indoor soccer. Its expanded fitness area will include a women’s wellness center. The YMCA hopes to start construction on phase one of its project within next month or two and complete it within 12 months, Good said.
In 2014 or 2015, phase two of the project would add a warm-water pool for therapy, children and families. “We’re real close as far as doing it all” with finances, Good said. “If everything goes well, we’re looking at two years from beginning to end.” He said the YMCA is moving to a single building on North Street for a more efficient and modern facility. He said its 99-year-old Main Street building Projects, Page 5
Students learn of texting hazards By Sue Carpenter scarpenter@kpcmdia.com GARRETT — “Buckle your seatbelt — it’s going to be intense,” warned C.J. Rich as he introduced a graphic, hard-hitting video on the consequences of distracted driving to Garrett and Lakewood Park high school students Thursday. A casket was set center stage in the Garrett High School Performing Arts Center, a stark reminder of the reality of distracted driving. Rich listed texting, cell phones, eating, applying make-up, changing the
radio and looking around while driving as distractions that increase chances of accidents 10 times. DeKalb Health hospital sponsored the program that was also presented to DeKalb and Eastside students. The program, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., is a division of the National Save A Life Tour. Students first viewed a 15-minute video, set to music, depicting a texting-and-driving accident and its aftermath. Individuals affected by texting and Texting, Page 3
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C.J. Rich, a representative from National Save A Life Tour, instructs a student on using a driving simulator during a program in the Performing Arts Center last week.
Slate of entertainment rounds out Pianos on the Square BY KATHRYN BASSETT kbassett@kpcmedia.com AUBURN — The Auburn Arts Commission’s Pianos on the Square event concludes this weekend with a full lineup of free entertainment. All performances will take place in Eckhart Public Library Park. The weekend will kick off with music from the Auburn Community Band Saturday from noon to 2 p.m.
Auburn couple Tim and Sharon McEntee will perform Saturday from 3-5 p.m. They moved to Auburn seven years ago from Cincinnati, Ohio, to be closer to family. Tim McEntee was born and raised in northern Allen County and attended Carroll High School. He started taking piano lessons when he turned 8. The lessons were a birthday present from his musical parents. He quickly
added organ and recalls playing at church events on the pipe organ at such an early age, he barely could reach the pedals. In his teens and beyond, he was a keyboardist for various musical groups. Sharon McEntee, from Dayton, Ohio, sang in church at an early age. She was in several high school and college plays and musicals and sang backup and lead vocals with a Christian contemporary band. In her mid-20s, she
purchased her first guitar and taught herself to play by learning the chords of traditional folk music. The couple were married in 1987 but did not start performing music together until after they moved to Cincinnati in 1990. They were asked to join the worship team of their church, which Pianos, Page 3