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GOOD MORNING Self-defense classes offered through Neighborhood Watch ANGOLA — The Angola Neighborhood Watch and Jason Sheppard, director and owner of Sheppards’ATM Academy, are co-sponsoring personal self-defense classes. The class will focus on personal self-defense basics. Sheppard will teach the classes in September and October, held Monday through Friday in the afternoon or evening. There must be a minimum of five students registered to hold a class. The classes are open to the public and to people of any age. Classes will be held at the Angola ATA, 202 E. Harcourt Road, Suite H. Cost to attend is $20. For further information, call Cheryl Skiba-Jones at 665-3929 or Jason Sheppard at 624-2282.
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Hostage scare ends safely FROM STAFF REPORTS
AUBURN — The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department has found a local woman and her two young children who are safe, ending an alert that they might be missing and in danger, said sheriff’s Detective Adam Friedel. Police found Madeline Holmes, 20, and her sons, ages 3 years and 7 months, at their residence in a campground south of Auburn around 9 a.m. Thursday, Friedel said. Officers also spoke with Holmes’ husband, James Holmes, 24, by telephone. Friedel said apparently some type of domestic incident occurred
shortly after midnight Thursday morning at the residence. “It appears the parties separated last night,” he said. No criminal charges have been filed, and the incident remains under investigation, Friedel said. He added that James Holmes is wanted on a warrant from Wisconsin charging him with simple assault, but police have not taken him into custody. The episode began Thursday at approximately 12:20 a.m. Madeline Holmes called 911 and reported that someone in a white Dodge pickup truck was breaking into her vehicle. The call was disconnected before
DeKalb County dispatchers could determine her precise location. A search of phone records indicated Holmes made the call from the Auburn area, Friedel said. Police discovered she was residing at the campground just south of Auburn, known as Fireside Resort at Kruse Park, 5612 C.R. 11-A. Police who responded did not find Holmes at her camper, but did find signs of forced entry into the camper and evidence of a struggle inside, the detective said. Neighboring campers told police that Holmes and her husband, James Holmes, have two sons. They were living in
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the camper along with an older brother of James Holmes. All occupants were gone from the camper, and it appeared they left in a hurry, Friedel said. Neighboring campers reported they heard arguing just before the 911 call, he said. Before finding Madeline Holmes and her two children, the sheriff’s department issued an alert around 8 a.m. saying it was concerned that they may be in danger. Friedel said a protective order from the state of Minnesota is in force protecting Madeline Holmes and her eldest child from James Holmes.
Death toll rises in Egypt
remember anything else in this training — why do we have this epidemic? One of the greatest things you can do is help kids make friends.” Appelstein reminded the audience that happy people have meaningful connections and strong social support networks. Youth are no different. “I tell every kid, ‘You’re a powerful train. You’re off track. We’ve got to help you get yourself back on the rails,’” he said. Appelstein shared how he often has youth write one-line rap lyrics he puts to music, such as: “If you hurt number one, it’s never better when you’re done” or, “if you lose hope, don’t do dope.” Appelstein has authored three
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Weeping relatives in search of loved ones uncovered the faces of the bloodied, unclaimed dead in a Cairo mosque near the smoldering epicenter of support for ousted President Mohammed Morsi, as the death toll soared past 600 Thursday from Egypt’s deadliest day since the Arab Spring began. World condemnation widened for the bloody crackdown on Morsi’s mostly Islamist supporters, including an angry response from President Barack Obama, who canceled joint U.S.-Egyptian military maneuvers. Violence spread Thursday, with government buildings set afire near the pyramids, policemen gunned down and scores of Christian churches attacked. As turmoil engulfed the country, the Interior Ministry authorized the use of deadly force against protesters targeting police and state institutions. The Muslim Brotherhood, trying to regroup after the assault on their encampments and the arrest of many of their leaders, called for a mass rally on Friday in a challenge to the government’s declaration of a monthlong state of emergency and a dusk-to-dawn curfew. At least 638 people were confirmed killed and nearly 4,000 wounded in the violence sparked when riot police backed by armored vehicles, snipers and bulldozers smashed the two sit-ins in Cairo where Morsi’s supporters
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Personnel changes made during Fremont school board meeting FREMONT — The following resignations were approved during Monday’s special meeting of the Fremont Community Schools board of trustees: Brenda Fisher, cafeteria cashier; Neal Frantz, sophomore class sponsor; Melody Kain, bus driver; and Leeland Shaw, junior varsity baseball coach. The following were hired during the meeting: Jessica Charlton, elementary libaray and computer lab assitant; Roxanne Fisher, bus driver; Rachel Harmon, elementary art teacher; Nichole Jaeger, kindergarten teacher; and Chandra VanAken, high school guidance secretary, registrar and health clinic assistant.
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Charlie Appelstein, an author, speaker and longtime youth worker, spoke to educators and others at a nearly-packed Angola High School
Auditorium Thursday. Appelstein’s message was the same as the title of one of his books: “No Such Thing As a Bad Kid.”
Speaker: there’s hope for youth BY JENNIFER DECKER jdecker@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — In a talk about kids that was humorous at times and serious at others, Charlie Appelstein kept a nearly filled Angola High School Auditorium engaged Thursday. Appelstein is a New Hampshire native, author, speaker and child welfare worker of more than 35 years. His message, which is also the title of one of his books, was “There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Kid.” Appelstein joked that he wrote the book prior to his own daughter being born, who is now 14. Presented by the Teen Worker Cafe, Appelstein’s workshop began with a belief every individual has or can develop
strengths. Through that, Appelstein spoke of the power of a positive, strength-based approach in reshaping the lives of at-risk children, youth and families. “In severely traumatized kids they let you know with extreme behavior,” he said. “I don’t think kids should ever be punished. You’re inflicting pain.” Appelstein said youth have a fear of failing and self doubt. “When you make them feel good, you make them use a higher part of their brain,” he said. “When you really believe in a kid — there’s hope. Hope is humanity’s fuel. Your job is to put the fuel in. “We have an epidemic of kids without friends. If you don’t
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Butler area fire destroys garage, pole barn Firefighters attempt to gain entry into a rural Butler garage to fight a blaze just after 2 a.m. Thursday. The two-car detached garage and the pole barn behind it were destroyed, firefighters said.
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BUTLER — Firefighters don’t know what sparked an early morning blaze that destroyed a two-car garage and nearby pole barn Thursday. The fire was reported at 2:01 a.m. at the Amos Steury residence, 1407 S.R. 1, north of Butler. Firefighters from six departments spent several hours battling the flames. The homeowner awoke to a crackling noise, looked outside and saw flames coming from the detached garage, said Butler Fire Department Capt. Brent Miller. A vehicle inside the garage also was destroyed. Miller did not know what was inside the pole barn. Heat radiating from the garage fire likely ignited the pole barn, he said. Miller did not have a damage estimate, but said both structures were total losses. There were no injuries. Firefighters from Hamilton, Waterloo, Southeast (Concord Township and Spencerville), and Edgerton, Ohio, and Florence Township (Edon), Ohio also responded.
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