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Angola, Indiana
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GOOD MORNING REMC reports pole fire, power outages ANGOLA — The Steuben County Rural Electric Membership Corp. reported a pole fire south of the Angola substation caused crews to turn off the south circuit Thursday. Approximately 460 REMC members were affected, including Hamilton, Metz and the surrounding areas. Trucks were deployed and tended to the problem. The cause of the fire is unknown. To report a power outage, call 665-3563.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Neighborhood Watch group meets Sept. 10 ANGOLA — The Angola Neighborhood Watch invites the community to attend its next meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Angola International Oddfellow’s Lodge, 501 W. John St. Drive down the front driveway to the ground-level parking lot at the back of the building and enter through the front door. Angola Police Chief Stu Hamblen will be the featured speaker on how to pay attention and report suspicious activity. There will be a short update on the neighborhood watch and an opportunity to meet and talk with neighbors. Volunteers are still needed to participate in the watch and all communities are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. For further information, contact Cheryl Skiba-Jones at 665-3929.
Clue No. 2 for United Way regatta contest ANGOLA — The second clue in the Steuben County United Way Cardboard Boat Regatta hidden regatta contest is available. The clue is: “O Joyce, o Joyce … how she loves to publicly read anything on the shelf.” Boats are scattered around the county. People must identify all seven boats to win. To enter the competition, entrants must list in order the number, name and exact location of each boat. Submissions must be received by 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28 at the Steuben County United Way located at 317 S. Wayne St. Suite 3D, Angola. Email address is bobbi@unitedwaysteuben. org.
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Sprucing up in Fremont Work is finishing on one of the Fremont water towers getting freshly painted this week naturally in Fremont High School colors — red, white and black. The white overcoat blurs the word Fremont, but it will only be a short time before the lettering is bold and bright again. H2O Towers, Saline, Mich.,
was the low bidder from eight other companies on the project, which cost $37,180. Fremont Town Manager Chris Snyder said included in that amount was power washing, priming and repairs. The town’s second water tower was also power washed by the company.
TOPEKA — A 7-year-old rural Topeka boy died Wednesday night after he rode his bicycle into the path of an oncoming vehicle. Myron E. Hostetler of the 6600 block of South C.R. 400W died at Parkview Regional Hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been transported to the hospital by helicopter after the accident. A police report said Hostetler rode his bicycle out of his home’s driveway northeast of Topeka and into the path of a truck being driven by Josiah Yoder, 18, of LaGrange. Hostetler was struck by the front of the truck and thrown into the road. He had just attended his first day of first grade at Elmview School. Hostetler was the son of Melvin and Esther (Raber) Hostetler. No charges against the driver are pending, but an investigation by the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department is continuing. Funeral services for Hostetler will be Sunday.
Large audience tells IDEM pig farm not wanted in area Hamilton BY JENNIFER DECKER jdecker@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — A large audience gave a strong message to state officials that a proposed 4,800-hog confined animal feeding operation is not wanted in Steuben County. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management heard concerns and fielded questions about the proposed CAFO Thursday at the Steuben Community Center before a large auditorium crowd. Keith Werner, owner of K&D Contract Pork LLC, is proposing a 4,800-hog farm CAFO that would be located at C.R. 600W and 200N in rural Angola on a 60-acre parcel. He is a third-generation farmer. IDEM professionals at the meeting to answer questions
included Steve Howell, agricultural liaison; Travis Goodwin, section chief confined feeding permits section; Dennis Lasiter, technical specialist; Mike Sonnheld, engineer and Randy Jones, confined animal inspector. Werner is proposing two barns that would each contain a maximum of 2,400 grow-tofinish hogs. That means the pigs would arrive at 55-60 pounds and leave weighing between 250-270 pounds. For manure storage, Werner has indicated he wants to have manure pits under each barn approximately 8 feet deep. Storage capacity would be 330 days worth. Beyond that, manure would be applied to fields in spring and at fall harvest time. It cannot be applied to frozen or snow-covered ground.
Sneed earlier said assuming full capacity, Werner’s swine manure output would be about 3,000 gallons and 55 gallons of wash water per barn daily. Werner’s parcel is in the vicinity of several lakes, including Pine Canyon, Crooked and Lime and Lake Gage. Members of those lake associations have spoken out against possible pollution problems and impact it could have on air quality, water contamination from manure runoff, Steuben County’s tourism industry, decreased property values and damage to road conditions due to excess truck weights. Anita Ross, Lake Gage, said her farm has been in her family since 1874. She was deeply concerned enjoyment of the lakes would be able to continue.
HAMILTON — Hamilton’s inaugural Summer Festival will take place Saturday. The Hamilton Area Chamber of Commerce and other local organizations are sponsoring the familyfriendly event. The day starts with a 5-kilometer run/walk and a pancake breakfast SEE IDEM, PAGE A12 at 7 a.m. A free “Kidzone” will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a bounce house, water slide, basketball hoop, mini golf and more. Other activities will include arts and crafts vendors, a car show, canoe races at the beach, a golf cart scavenger hunt and a pontoon scavenger hunt. For the evening activities, 4-Corners Liquors will host a beer and wine tent near the stage downtown. Live music will be provided by the classic rock band Choice from Auburn. For more information on the event, visit hamiltonindiana.org, or call town hall at 488-3607. The schedule of events: • 7 a.m. — 5-kilometer run/walk, downtown; • 7-10 a.m. — pancake breakfast, fire house; • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — free children’s games, Star Bank parking lot; food vendors, arts and crafts, downtown; • 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. — car show, AP United Methodist church; • 11 a.m. — golf cart scavenger Columns of smoke rise from heavy shelling in the Jobar hunt, Farmers State Bank; neighborhood in west Damascus, in Cairo, Syria, Thursday. • 1 p.m. — canoe races, public beach; chemicals were used in artillery that President Bashar Assad’s • 2 p.m. — pontoon scavenger barrages on the area known as forces were behind the assault. hunt, Lakers; eastern Ghouta on Wednesday. The murky nature of the • 7-11 p.m. — beer and wine tent, Jamil did not directly acknowledge purported attacks, and the downtown; that toxic gas was used against the difficulty of gaining access to the • 8-11 p.m. — music by Choice, sites amid the carnage of Syria’s eastern suburbs but denied allegations by anti-government activists SEE SYRIA, PAGE A12 downtown.
Syrian official: Rebels to blame DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s deputy prime minister told The Associated Press that foreign fighters and their international backers are to blame for a purported chemical weapons attack near Damascus that the opposition says killed at least 100 people, the deadliest such attack in Syria’s civil war. Government forces, meanwhile, pummeled the targeted rebel strongholds where the alleged attack occurred with airstrikes and artillery for a second day, violence that was likely to complicate any swift investigation into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths. Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil’s comments were part of a government campaign to use the horror over the deaths to boost its narrative about the conflict — that Syria is under assault by foreign Islamic radicals. It is an argument that has powerful resonance with the Syrian public as the presence of militants fighting alongside Syria’s rebels increases. Rebels blamed the attack on the Syrian military, saying toxic
Festival debuts Saturday