The Garrett Clipper - August 29, 2013

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RAILROADER FOOTBALL TEAM lines up for photo, MORE ON PAGE 7

The Garrett Clipper An edition of The

THURSDAY AUGUST 29, 2013

VOL. 127 ISSUE #69 On the web at: kpcnews.com

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Board approves school logo By Sue Carpenter scarpenter@kpcmedia.com GARRETT — The Garrett-KeyserButler school board gave its approval to move ahead with new school corporation logos at Monday’s meeting. Superintendent Dennis Stockdale unveiled two designs created by high school senior Alaina Creager. Creager, who plays for the volleyball team, could not attend the meeting. Stockdale told the board the individual buildings have several logos, but he wanted a corporation logo to highlight the school’s vision and mission statement. After going through many possible designs, two were revealed at the meeting, one for a lighter background, the other darker. Work will continue to incorporate the new school corporation logo on letterheads and other documents. Stockdale also discussed the need to add parking lot banners to promote the

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various school buildings and spirit, with a Home of the Railroaders for the high school, Home of the Locomotives for the middle school and Home of the Junior Railroaders for J.E. Ober. He also provided samples for banners to be placed around the entire school complex that would include the Character Counts Six Pillars of Character, as well as directional signs indicating parking lots for the various building to be placed on each of the four corners.

PTA information offered President Amber Hartsough and treasurer Taya Myers from the J.E. Ober PTA offered information on their group’s efforts to support students and teachers. They listed upcoming fundraisers, book fairs, Santa Shoppe and Cookies with Santa among other events. A “meet the principal” and PTA night is planned for Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. at J.E. Ober.

Personnel The board will take under advisement a request by George Brumbaugh of Garrett to go back to filming Garrett sporting events. He formerly video-recorded games for several years, but was removed from the position in 2011. Brumbaugh received praise for his work and character from school board members Terry Yarde and Chris Hoeffel, as well as former high school coaches Kristi Surfus and Ron Frickey. “George is super Garrett fan and did a professional job,” Frickey said. The board approved several personnel changes Monday, including • resignations of Ashley Vice as high school special education instructor; Terri Uchtmann as middle school science instructor; Sharon Garn as high school special education instructional assistant; School board, Page 4

CLUB JAM OFFERS AFTERSCHOOL HANGOUT

JAM Center plans basket bingo GARRETT — The 29th fundraiser for the Judy A. Morrill Recreation Center will be Sunday, Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. The event will feature games with prizes of Longaberger baskets, pottery and accessories. Doors open at 1 p.m. Admission is $25 in advance, which includes a Longaberger gift and 15 bingo games. Tickets will cost $30 at the door, if still available. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Tickets are available at all branches of Garrett State Bank, Hair Depot, Judy A. Morrill Recreation Center at 357-1917, Peoples Federal Savings Bank in Auburn, Thomas Funeral Home at 357-0444, Sue Blotkamp at 357-4788, Tom and Tina Drzewiecki at 357-6323, Anita Tullis at 437-4279 or from any JAM Center board member. All proceeds will benefit the Judy A. Morrill Recreation Center. The event will be held at the center, located at 1200 East Houston St.

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The Garrett-Keyser-Butler school board approved a new corporation logo for the district at its Monday meeting.

Chemist John Green named to GHS Hall of Honor

This group of middle school students hangs out with snacks and games at the Club JAM. The program is entirely free for middle and high school students.

Research of value to the space, petroleum industries

Club JAM opens for youth

GARRETT —Three Garrett High School alumni from the 1950s will be inducted into the school’s Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor during homecoming festivities Friday, Sept. 13. Each will be recognized for his or her accomplishments in the academic and business world during events at the Green school on Sept. 13. Nominees are Dr. Shirley (Dickison) Phillips and John W. Green, PhD, both from the Class of 1953; and Tom Leech from the Class of 1954. John Green was born in Garrett on Dec. 21, 1935, the only child of Anne T. and L. Dale Green. His father founded Insurance Trustees in 1931, a business that still thrives in Garrett. John attended St. Joseph School through the eighth grade and graduated from Garrett High School in 1953 where he lettered in football, basketball and track, track being his most successful sport. He entered Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with the intention of becoming a chemical engineer on a three-and-two year double-degree program with MIT. In the end this seemed to not fit his interests and he shifted his major to chemistry and graduated with a humanities-loaded BA degree from Miami. His PhD from Wisconsin is in physical chemistry with a minor in chemical engineering. His research in high-temperature chemistry required him to build a state of the art mass spectrometer. He used it to study the vaporization details of alkaline earth fluorides at extremely high temperatures (5000 degrees F). These

Afterschool hangout for GMS and GHS students

St. Joseph School fundraiser Saturday GARRETT — Members of the St. Joseph-Garrett school board are hosting their first Labor Day weekend fundraiser, Blue Suede BBQ, at 6:15 p.m. Saturday on the grounds of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 500 E. Seventh St., Auburn. The event will feature a chicken dinner, a la carte desserts, snacks, beer and wine. Guests are invited to dine and enjoy dancing in a large, air-conditioned tent to the music of national recording star and St. Joseph alumnus Todd Herendeen. A disc jockey also will be playing music for the event. Activities are planned for all ages at this family-friendly event. Event tickets are $20 for adults and $7 for children 12 and under. Ticket costs include both dinner and entertainment. Proceeds from the event will support the St. Joseph School Academy, newly formed to support the education of its middle-schoolaged students. For more information about this event or the school, contact Michael Connell at 460-0454 or St. Joseph Principal Kristine Call at 357-5137.

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Carmen Hurd, 14, serves up a slice of pizza during a recent Club JAM session at the JAM Center.

GARRETT — Garrett youth have a free afterschool hangout on Tuesdays at Club Jam at the Judy A. Morrill Recreation Center. Activities for middle and high school students include snacks, XBox 360 and a flat screen TV in a specially-designed youth room from 3-6 p.m. Upcoming events include craft night, open gym, swims, a Halloween costume party, Thanksgiving, Christmas present gift night and a New Year’s Eve party. The program is supervised by well-trained adults volunteers and staff. All students are invited to participate. “The youth initiative is a priority of the (JAM) board of directors,” said youth leader Sue Blotkamp. Club Jam is funded by grants and donations. The JAM Center is located at 1200 E. Houston St., Garrett. For more information phone 357-1917 or online at jamreacreation.org.

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National TV adds shine to car auction By Dave Kurtz dkurtz@kpcnews.net AUBURN — With three days of national TV coverage, Auctions America is gearing up to put on a good show this weekend with its annual collector car auction. The NBC Sports Network will carry the action live on Thursday, Friday and Saturday as auctioneers take bids on some 1,200 collectible vehicles. TV coverage is scheduled for Thursday from 8 p.m. to midnight, Friday 8-10 p.m. and Saturday 12:30-4 p.m., according to the network’s website. “It adds a fun element to the sale. It makes it fun for people to be part of live TV. I think it will help grow Auburn — both spring and fall,” said Keith Koscak, auction manager for the giant sale at Auburn Auction Park. “It’s the best offering we’ve had in Auburn, both dollar-wise and in quality,” Koscak said about the lineup for this weekend’s sale. “One of the greatest things about this event is the diversity in the cars that are here. There’s something for everybody,” Koscak added. “We span over 100 years of automotive

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This 1930 Duesenberg Model J Murphy Convertible Coupe is expected to bring the highest bids in the Auctions America collector car sale this weekend at Auburn Auction Park. The auction company estimates its price at up to $1.6 million. history, which is pretty cool.” Cars in the auction range from a 1907 Ford Runabout to a 2013 Dodge Challenger. A trio of classic Duesenbergs top the list of potential prices. A 1930 Duesenberg Model J Murphy Convertible Coupe leads the pack with an estimated top bid of up to $1.6 million. Its first owner was an heiress to the DuPont fortune.

Auction America is staging its fourth auction in Auburn as it carries on a 42-year tradition of collector car sales during the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival. The company is hoping to continue the momentum from its first California sale four weeks ago, which saw $17.2 million in sales and an 84 percent sale rate. In addition to its Duesen-

bergs, the sale offers six Auburn automobiles, topped by a 1933 Auburn Boattail Speedster with a 12-cylinder engine. Thursday is Armed Services Day, with free admission for active and retired military personnel and their families. The auction should reach its peak Saturday during the “Saturday Salon” segment of the sale. It includes more than 90 cars from southern Indiana collector Edward Ewing, with an emphasis on 1950s and ’60s models. Richard and Linda Kughn of Michigan, well known members of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club, will offer 20 cars from their collection. Not all of the attention will be focused on the bidding. Outside the auction arena, the event will offer helicopter rides, monster truck shows and rides and an action sports stunt show. Television celebrities scheduled to appear are Jessi Combs, star of Discovery’s “Overhaulin’” and “All Girls Garage,” Richard Rawlings and Aaron Kauffman of Discovery’s “Fast N’ Loud,” and Wayne Carini of Velocity’s “Chasing Classic Cars.”


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