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A new wrinkle to the New Rinkle milling operation at Greenfield Mills
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GOOD MORNING Stove fire extinguished ANGOLA — Angola Fire Department put out a stove fire at 214 E. Prospect St. Tuesday afternoon. Flames were visible upon firefighters’ arrival but the situation was quickly under control. Some smoke still rolled out of the windows and firefighters stabilized the scene. No injuries were reported.
Street work being done in Angola ANGOLA — A contractor working for Angola will be milling and paving streets on Thursday, said a news release from the Angola Street Department. The streets include Williams Street from Oak to Mill Streeet; South Wayne from Gale Street to Lange Lane, and Stony Ridge from Spring Hill to Redding Road. Weather permitting, milling starts on Thursday with paving scheduled to begin Tuesday, the news release said. There will be no parking allowed on these streets while the work is being done.
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Expert: iMAN a data model BY MIKE MARTURELLO mmarturello@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — The Indiana Metropolitan Area Network that provides a fiber optics system in Steuben County is one that is touted across the country. The iMAN system, which provides a fiber optics system to business, government, health care and education entities in Steuben County, has been in operation some 14 years. iMAN is an arm of the Steuben County Community Foundation and operates as a non-profit organization whose goal is to provide fiber connectivity at a low cost to the community then if possible turn a portion of the fees
collected back to the foundation, which will distribute the money through grants. “Those of you in this room should be very proud of the job you’ve done,” said Craig Settles, a broadband expert and consultant from Oakland, Calif. Settles was one of the speakers in iMAN’s community project update presented at Witmer Clubhouse, Zollner Golf Course, Trine University. “Steuben County has been able to move forward because you were willing to take the ball and make things happen,” Settles said. Settles said Steuben County was one of the country’s broadband success stories because
local leaders worked to form a non-profit that is providing a needed service that would otherwise not be done were it left to private business. “The ability to transform your community is very powerful,” Settles said. The iMAN network has 64 companies providing point-topoint fiber optics line. The organization took in $127,000 in revenue in 2012, said Jennifer Danic, executive director of the Community Foundation. Of the revenue, 84 percent was used for operational and physical expenses with the remaining 16 percent turned over to the Community Foundation.
Clear Lake’s Sailing Heritage Lives On
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iMAN’s Jad Donaldson said the network is on the verge of breaking out of its island status where it will be interconnected to the main fiber hub in South Bend. Donaldson said it has cost $3.3 million in grants and local government funds to put the iMAN fiber network in place. He estimates that its users have saved $5.5 million in service fees that would have been charged by private fiber service providers. Most importantly, Donaldson and Dave Koenig of the Steuben County Economic Development Corp. stressed, iMAN provides the community with a tool that will attract companies. SEE IMAN, PAGE A6
Angola hosts police safety training event Training being offered to multiple agencies BY AMY OBERLIN aoberlin@kpcmedia.com
Final hidden regatta clue is presented ANGOLA — The seventh clue in the Steuben County United Way Cardboard Boat Regatta hidden regatta contest is available. The final clue is: “Round and round we go … where we stop the soldiers know. The plates of Steuben, Stocker and Sutton are bare … but now pizza is added to their fare.” Boats are scattered around the county. People must identify all seven boats to win. The contest is a lead up to the Cardboard Boat Regatta, which is 1 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Potawatomi Inn beach at Pokagon State Park. Entrants must list in order the number, name and exact location of each boat. Submissions must be received by 4:30 p.m. Friday 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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A gift to Clear Lake An antique ice boat estimated to be from the late 1920s and originally owned by Herbert Rieke was donated to the Clear Lake Yacht Club by his nieces, Sue Hadley Dickes and Nancy Hadley Wilhelm, Saturday evening at
the Bruce Spangler Commodore’s Ball at the Yacht Club. For years ice boats have been sailed on Clear Lake, which has a strong sailing tradition among Steuben County’s 100-plus lakes.
ANGOLA — Angola Police Department is doing what it can to keep officers safe. The Below 100 seminar at Trine University on Oct. 14 is being promoted throughout the eastern part of the United States as an opportunity for police officers to learn safety techniques and reduce the number of law enforcement fatalities. It was initially organized by Angola Police Chief Stu Hamblen and Assistant Chief Ken Whitmire, who attended a Below 100 training. “We were on our way home, and trying to get the funding to get this group to come in and present so we wouldn’t have a cost,” said Whitmire. With grants from the Steuben County REMC and Steuben County Community Foundation and the donation of Trine University’s Fabiani Theatre for the day, they were able to do it. The trainers, coming to Angola from California and Georgia, are donating their time. The Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network is promoting the seminar in Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey, Delaware, Michigan, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania. “Any of our local police departments are invited,” said Whitmire. Officers interested in participating can call Whitmire at the Angola Police Department or register through MAGLOCLEN at 800-345-1322, ext. 1515. Below 100 is an organization with a mission SEE TRAINING, PAGE A6
Auburn auction on national television BY DAVE KURTZ dkurtz@kpcmedia.com
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.
U.S. ready for strike on Syria DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Momentum appeared to build PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Tuesday for Western military This 1930 Duesenberg Model J Murphy Convertible Coupe is action against Syria, with the expected to bring the highest bids in the Auctions America U.S. and France saying they are collector car sale this weekend at Auburn Auction Park. The in position for a strike, while the auction company estimates its price at up to $1.6 million. government in Damascus vowed to use all possible measures to repel it. “It adds a fun element to the in the cars that are here. There’s The prospect of a dramatic sale. It makes it fun for people to something for everybody,” Koscak be part of live TV. I think it will added. “We span over 100 years of U.S.-led intervention into Syria’s help grow Auburn — both spring automotive history, which is pretty civil war stemmed from the West’s assertion — still not endorsed by and fall,” said Keith Koscak, cool.” U.N. inspectors — that President auction manager for the giant sale Cars in the auction range from at Auburn Auction Park. a 1907 Ford Runabout to a 2013 Bashar Assad’s government was “It’s the best offering we’ve Dodge Challenger. A trio of responsible for an alleged chemical had in Auburn, both dollar-wise classic Duesenbergs top the list of attack on civilians outside and in quality,” Koscak said about potential prices. A 1930 DuesenDamascus on Aug. 21 that the the lineup for this weekend’s sale. berg Model J Murphy Convertible group Doctors Without Borders “One of the greatest things Coupe leads the pack with an says killed 355 people. Assad about this event is the diversity SEE SYRIA, PAGE A6 SEE AUCTION, PAGE A6