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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
Angola, Indiana
GOOD MORNING ‘Green Fire’ being shown in Fremont FREMONT — The Fremont Public Library will be showing the film “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time” on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 6 p.m. “Green Fire” is an Emmy award-winning feature-length documentary about the conservationist Aldo Leopold (1887-1948). Considered the father of the national wilderness system, Leopold was a key figure in developing the fields of wildlife management, restoration ecology and sustainable agriculture. The screening of this limited-release documentary is sponsored by the Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation District. Light refreshments will be served. For more details, visit fremont.lib.in.us or call 495-7157.
Trial canceled after man pleads guilty ANGOLA — A slate of Steuben County jurors appeared Wednesday for a trial that ultimately was canceled in Steuben Circuit Court. Ted. W. Verrill of Sherwood, Mich., faced a Class D felony charge of child nonsupport due to allegedly unpaid child support in Steuben County. When he appeared for the trial Wednesday, he pleaded guilty. The potential jurors were dismissed. Verrill will be sentenced on Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. The case was filed in February 2010 and the trial has been continued a couple of times. Verrill’s public defender, Linda Wagoner, made a motion to withdraw and of nonparticipation by the defendant on Sept. 5. The motion was denied.
Pianos event closing AUBURN — The Auburn Arts Commission’s Pianos on the Square event concludes this weekend with a full lineup of free entertainment, including Colleen McNabb Everage of Angola. All performances will take place in Eckhart Public Library Park. READ MORE ON PAGE A2
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Nation pauses to remember NEW YORK (AP) — Life in lower Manhattan resembled any ordinary day on Wednesday as workers rushed to their jobs in the muggy heat, but time stood still at the World Trade Center site while families wept for loved ones who perished in the terror attacks 12 years ago. For the families, the memories of that day are still vivid, the pain still acute. Some who read the names of a beloved big brother or a cherished daughter could hardly speak through their tears. “Has it really been 12 years? Or 12 days? Sometimes it feels the same,” said Michael Fox, speaking aloud to his brother, Jeffrey, who perished in the south tower. “Sometimes I reach for the phone so I can call you, and we can talk
about our kids like we used to do every day.” On the memorial plaza overlooking two reflecting pools in the imprint of the twin towers, relatives recited the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died when hijacked jets crashed into the towers, the Pentagon and in a field near Shanksville, Pa. They also recognized the victims of the 1993 trade center bombing. Bells tolled to mark the planes hitting the towers and the moments when the skyscrapers fell. In Washington, President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden walked out to the White House’s South Lawn for a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m.
President Barack Obama lowers his head during a moment of silence at the Pentagon, Wednesday during a ceremony to mark the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Scout maps way to Eagle honors
World looks to Russia
BY AMY OBERLIN aoberlin@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — Hendry Park Elementary School students are getting acquainted with the United States of America, thanks to Kyle Stadtmiller’s Eagle Scout project. Stadtmiller, a freshman at Angola High School, has been in Scouting since he was in the first grade at Hendry Park. His Eagle Scout project this summer was to paint a large map of the U.S. near the southern entrance to the school, used by the kindergartners and younger grades every day when they go to recess. “I’m just going to give back to my school,” said Stadtmiller, whose brother, Karl, built 25 benches for the Angola Parks Department four years ago for his Eagle project. Eagle Scout is the highest award that one can attain in the Boy Scouts of America. The boys and their parents, John and Kathy, have long been involved in Angola Troop No. 125. John himself was an Eagle Scout. “It’s made me a better leader,” said Kyle. Among the survival skills and other life lessons taught through Scouting, there is a social component that stretches from one’s troop to other Scouts they may meet at regional or state camping activities. A boy is in Cub Scouts until sixth grade then he joins Boy Scouts, which he can do through his senior year, when he is eligible to be an adult leader. Among the requirements for Eagle designation are 21 merit badges; Kyle has 28. “It’s a pleasure for me to see our students and particularly Kyle
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Kyle Stadtmiller oversaw the painting of a large United States map at Hendry Park Elementary School, an educational tool the lower grades at the school will see every day as they go outside to play.
doing so well,” said Hendry Park Principal Kristin Sine. A Boy Scout must oversee a community service project to earn his Eagle award. Kyle said he got the idea for the big map at Pleasant Lake Elementary School, and found a product online that provided the stencils and materials for a bright-colored, long-lasting illustration. The Hendry Park Parent Teacher Organization provided some funding and the rest was donated by family and friends, said Kyle, who has a twin sister, Jenny, also at Angola High School. “They are all great kids,” said Kathy. Recruits that included family and other Scouts met at the school on a Saturday at 8 a.m. to paint in
a chalk outline created on Friday. “We started in the middle and worked our way out,” said Kyle. They spent the day on the project. The next day after church, some of them returned to put on the finishing touches, including a dot where each state capital would be. Jeff Burlew of Northern Industrial Flooring donated a top coat sealer that will help the mural last into coming generations. “It’s an excellent addition to our playground and I think the kids enjoy it,” said Sine. She said it will be a good tool for teachers, and that children seem to absorb information better when they can interact with it physically. “They’re exposed to it on a daily basis,” Sine noted.
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A group from the Angola Boy Scouts troop paints in a chalked outline of a United States
map during a work day overseen by Kyle Stadtmiller for his Eagle Scout project.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House tried Wednesday to pin the success or failure of a diplomatic option to secure Syria’s chemical weapons on Russia rather than the United States as Secretary of State John Kerry headed for Geneva to work on a Russian proposal for international inspectors to seize and destroy the deadly stockpile. On a different diplomatic front aimed at taking control of the stockpile away from the Assad government, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council met Wednesday at Russia’s U.N. mission to consider goals for a new resolution requiring Syria’s chemical weapons to be dismantled. They left without commenting, but whether a U.N. resolution should be militarily enforceable was already emerging as a point of contention. Rebels who had hoped U.S.-led strikes against the Syrian government would aid their effort SEE RUSSIA, PAGE A6
Neuter program offered CROOKED LAKE — The Steuben County Humane Society has started a new program to trap, neuter and return stray cats in the community due to grants from PetSmart Charities and the Steuben County Community Foundation. The program allows people to trap stray or feral cats, get them sterilized then return them to the community. “There are so many kind-hearted people in our area who feed the stray cats that come to their doors but often getting the cats fixed isn’t something they can manage,” says Nikki Pierre, program manager at the Humane Society. “We can help caretakers humanely trap the cats, get them fixed, vaccinated against rabies and ear-tipped, and then release them back to their outdoor home.” Thanks to grant funding this program is free to residents living within Angola city limits and at a very low cost to all other Steuben County residents. If you are feeding or caring for stray cats and would like to take advantage of this program please call the SCHS at 225-7247. For more information on this program or any other SCHS program, please attend the SCHS outreach meeting on Sept. 20 at the Steuben County Community Foundation, 1701 N. Wayne St., Angola.