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Weather Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Page B8 Angola, Indiana
GOOD MORNING Black bear breaks into Idaho kitchen KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — A black bear in search of a late-night snack broke into an Idaho house and licked leftover Chinese food from a cast iron pan on the stove. David Edwards of Ketchum told the Idaho Mountain Express that his dog’s barking awakened him around 3 a.m. Monday. When he went to investigate what had his Irish setter-Lab mix so upset, he saw the bear on its hind legs, paws on the stove, licking a pan. Edwards’ wife, Sara, had fallen asleep on the couch and his first instinct was to get his wife away from the kitchen area. However, he said, “I couldn’t tell her there was a bear in the house because she would have just lost her mind. She gets very upset over spiders.” So he woke her up and led her into the bedroom without telling her about the furry dish washer. Edwards went back into the kitchen to find the bear was gone and the pan was clean. Edwards credits his dog, Stanley, for waking him up before the bear got farther into the house.
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Changes will greet students Angola High School back to 7-class schedule; New principal at Ryan Park FROM STAFF REPORTS
Summer vacations are ending in most local school districts in the next few days. Students returning to classrooms will find a variety of changes, from remodeling to new technology and new faces in their principal’s offices.
Metropolitan School District of Steuben County The first student day for schools in the Metropolitan School District of Steuben County is Aug. 21. New this year will be a return to the traditional, seven-class schedule from the block schedule
at Angola High School. To accommodate the change, this year the high school will start classes at 8 a.m, 10 minutes earlier than last year. Also, Ryan Park will greet a new principal this year. Amy Heavin has replaced Michael Christ, who retired.
Fremont Friday will be the first day for students in Fremont Community Schools. Superintendent Lori Vaughn said the corporation
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Courthouse Encampment
HISTORY COMES ALIVE Indiana Civil War Historical Association holds it’s first LaGrange event BY PATRICK REDMOND
Obama begins Vineyard vacation EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama opened the first summer vacation of his second term Saturday on Martha’s Vineyard, trading Washington debates over the budget, government surveillance and his health care overhaul for a hoped-for carefree week filled with golf, beach outings and hanging-out time with family and friends. Obama arrived on the coastal Massachusetts island after addressing the Disabled American Veterans national convention in Orlando, Fla.
is preparing to make facility updates. “We sold a bond last year in preparation for a guaranteed energy savings contract and the work associated with the numerous facility updates, including HVAC systems and lighting. Project completion is slated for (this) week, prior to our students and staff returning,” she said Fremont’s administrative team remains the same. The district has a new, one-year kindergarten
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Jerry Culbertson, a Civil War reenactor with the 44th Indiana Civil War Historical Association, talks with a few visitors to his camp near the LaGrange County Courthouse Saturday afternoon. Culbertson and the men of the 44th were in town to be part of the first ever Civil War History Day on the lawn of the Courthouse. The daylong living history event filled the Courthouse lawn and drew more than 500 people to downtown LaGrange.
LAGRANGE — The sounds of Civil War vintage muskets being fired echoed off the LaGrange County Courthouse late Saturday afternoon as a small group of men loaded up their caplock rifles with powder only and pulled the triggers. A few minutes later, the roar of a Civil War vintage cannon also could be heard booming throughout downtown LaGrange. Both sounds were part of a living history celebration on the courthouse lawn Saturday that included a group of men re-enacting the lives of the men who made up Indiana’s 44th Infantry, a group of soldiers from northeast Indiana that fought in many of the Civil War’s biggest battles. “This has been an amazing day,” said Dalonda Young, one of the event’s organizers. Young estimated more than 500 people stopped by the courthouse just to stroll among the historical displays and vendor booths set up around the building. A Civil War encampment, set up by members of the the 44th Indiana Civil War Historical Association, a nonprofit organization out of Fort Wayne, drew a constant stream of visitors, SEE REENACTMENT, PAGE A6
Folky Fish Fest brings folk to lake area BY AMY OBERLIN aoberlin@kpcmedia.com
BELL LAKE — The second Folky Fish Fest is planned for Friday through next Sunday, Aug. 16-18, at Lake Luther Camp, 5215 N. C.R. 450W. Built around the outdoors, fishing and folk music, the three-day festival will feature 29 bands, workshops, vendors, children’s activities, food, wine, beer, swimming and fishing. Camping is available. The headliners include the Hot Seats from Richmond, Va., The Freighthoppers and The Tillers. Friday night will feature live folk acts from 5 p.m. until midnight, but the music doesn’t stop then, said organizer Lukas Simpson, who teaches guitar lessons at Lake Luther Camp and has made his event a charitable one that includes guitars and music camp for two youths from Cahoot’s Coffee Cafe in Angola. At midnight Friday, at a roaring campfire, the Flatland Harmony Experiment from Indianapolis will
Folky Fish roundup WHEN: Friday through next Sunday, Aug. 16-18
WHERE: Lake Luther Camp, 5215 N. C.R. 450W. WHAT: Music, including 29 bands, will play at a variety of venues, including the main stage, the beach stage and a listening room. Two tents will also feature ongoing instrumental demonstrations. Workshops include fishing demonstrations on Saturday and a tournament Saturday night on Lake James. There will be varied opportunies from yoga to furniture making. JENNIFER DECKER
COST: A weekend pass is $50; Friday’s admission is $15, Saturday $25 and Sunday $15.
Bikers and Pets on Parade
cover a well-known album from beginning to end. The album is being kept a secret until that night, said Simpson.
Family, friends and neighbors gathered Friday for the Pleasant Lake Days Pet and Bike Parade. Dawn Brames, left, and her daughter, Shelby Brames, 8, both of Pleasant Lake, show their bunny Miss Brownie. Shelby entered her rabbit and decorated its cage for the patriotic division of the annual event. See more photos from the event on Page A6.
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