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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
Angola, Indiana
GOOD MORNING Feds allege $100M frauded in fuel scam INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities have arrested six people on conspiracy, wire fraud and other charges in an alleged biofuels scam they say cost the government and investors more than $100 million. Indictments allege the defendants sold more than 35 million gallons of fuel as 100 percent biodiesel when it actually contained some petroleum diesel. U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett says Middletown, Ind.-based E-Biofuels purchased biofuels that were 99 percent biodiesel and 1 percent diesel from other companies and sold it at a higher price by claiming it was 100 percent biodiesel. Two other companies also allegedly were involved. Hogsett says customers were defrauded of more than $55 million, the Internal Revenue Service lost $35 million and investors lost tens of millions of dollars. Attorneys for the defendants were not immediately available for comment.
MSD, Fremont make grade State releases ISTEP scores for 2013 testing BY AMY OBERLIN aoberlin@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — The Metropolitan School District of Steuben County and Fremont Community Schools scored well on ISTEP tests taken last spring. The Indiana Department of Education released ISTEP achievement test scores for all school districts Wednesday. Superintendent Brent Wilson said he is “very pleased” with the results of tests taken by third- through eighth-graders in the spring. MSD students passed the tests at a rate of 79.5 percent in language, 82.7 percent in math and 73.5 on both portions — all rates above
the state averages. MSD was one of four districts in the northeastern Indiana area to achieve above-average scores; the others were Fremont Community Schools, DeKalb Central and Westview. Fremont students in grades 3-8 passed ISTEP tests at rates of 80.9 percent in English-language arts and 86.6 percent in math, with 76.6 percent of students passing both parts of the test. Initial scores were released to the MSD school board Tuesday night, though they had been embargoed from the public until Wednesday. Wilson said when the Department of Education released the information Wednesday,
the MSD scores were even better than originally reported. “I’m very, very pleased across the elementaries with the increase in math scores. I have to attribute that to some professional development,” said Cyndi Nusbaum, director of curriculum and instruction. Principals at Carlin Park and Hendry Park elementary schools, Sabrina Fritz and Kris Sine, identified a research-based math instructional model called Five Easy Steps to Balanced Math. The process, which focuses on problem-solving in computations, was provided districtwide with seminars in November and SEE ISTEP, PAGE A6
ISTEP results % passing English-language arts, mathematics and both portions of 2013 ISTEP tests SCHOOL CORP.
ENG./LA
MATH
BOTH
DeKalb Eastern Garrett K-B DeKalb Cent. Prairie Hts. Westview Lakeland Cen. Noble East Noble West Noble Fremont Hamilton MSD Steuben Smith-Green State avg.
73.1 75.1 82.0 75.8 78.4 72.8 75.9 76.0 68.4 80.9 79.8 81.3 82.9 79.5
83.6 74.7 85.2 84.7 89.6 80.3 80.2 80.6 81.5 86.6 82.3 84.1 83.6 82.7
68.7 66.1 76.2 71.8 76.5 65.3 69.3 71.0 64.1 76.6 73.4 74.9 76.9 73.5
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
ENG./LA
MATH
BOTH
Lakewood Park St. Mary Avilla St. John St. Joseph
87.6 90.9 79.8 88.0
88.6 91.0 78.9 92.0
82.3 86.9 66.3 84.0
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Ball State student hit by car while jogging MUNCIE (AP) — Police say a Ball State University student suffered head injuries when she was struck by a car while jogging near the campus. Muncie police say 20-year-old Emily Case of Columbus was hit Tuesday at an intersection crosswalk several blocks east of the campus. The Star Press reports her head hit the car’s windshield and the impact knocked her about 20 feet. Police Sgt. Bruce Qualls says Case suffered a concussion but no broken bones. She was taken to a Muncie hospital in serious condition, but was listed in fair condition Wednesday. WRTV reports the driver told officers she didn’t see Case because she wasn’t paying attention and drove through a stop light. The driver was ticketed for disregarding a signal.
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Cruising in downtown Angola Tom Roebel, Angola, coordinator of the Cruise To The Monument, poses for a photo with his 1953 Mercury that’s outfitted with a wide variety of drive-in soda shop gear. Numerous hotrod and classic car enthusiasts converged on the Public
Square in Angola for a large cruise in Wednesday night. The event included all sorts of vehicles along with food, music and vendors of a wide variety of automotive gear.
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market hit a record high Wednesday as investors cheered the Federal Reserve’s surprise decision to keep its economic stimulus program in place. Stocks traded slightly lower throughout the morning, but took off immediately after the Fed’s decision in the early afternoon. Bond yields fell sharply — their biggest move in nearly two years. The price of gold had its biggest one-day jump in four years as traders anticipated that the Fed’s decision might cause inflation. Fed policymakers decided to maintain the central bank’s $85 billion in monthly bond purchases, a program that has been in place since December 2012. The bond purchases encouraged borrowing by keeping interest rates low and encouraging investors to buy stocks by making bonds more expensive in comparison.
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Cameron kicks off public capital campaign BY MIKE MARTURELLO mmarturello@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — Cameron Hospital Foundation kicked off its public capital campaign for construction of a new Cameron Memorial Community Hospital on Wednesday. And though the Campaign for Cameron drive had not gone public until Wednesday, it had already received nearly $1 million in announced gifts and pledges. A new, $47 million hospital is currently under construction adjacent to the existing Cameron campus in downtown Angola. The hospital is expected to open in August 2014 with completion — which includes razing part of the existing facility and final site work — in September 2015. “Today is the kickoff for the broader community,” said Greg Burns, Cameron’s president and CEO. “Our campaign thus far has been very successful,” said Laura Lutterbeck, Cameron’s community relations director and president of the Cameron Hospital Foundation. The new hospital is being financed by a $37 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, with another $10 million guaranteed by the USDA and provided by Farmers and Merchants State Bank.
The new hospital will end up being 126,400 square feet. Of that, 110,470 is new space and 15,930 will be renovated space (mainly the current emergency room area). “As a critical access (hospital) 126,400 is fairly big,” Burns said. The new campus will approximately double in size, growing to just over 13 acres. The new hospital will contain 25 beds, 18 of which are private for medical and surgical patients. There will be two special care patient rooms and five private, family friendly post-partum rooms. In addition, there will be three rooms for labor and delivery of babies. All rooms are private. There will be three large operating rooms, two outpatient procedure rooms and 12 private ambulatory surgery patient care rooms. The radiology department will be all contained in the same area, as opposed to the current arrangement where facilities are spread out over the hospital. The emergency room is going to be expanded and rehabilitation services will be on the ground floor. There will be a non-denominational chapel and large, accessible community education facilities. For information about the Campaign for Cameron, call 665-2141, ext. 5337.
Fairview Missionary Church
Tuesday, September 24 AT FAIRVIEW MISSIONARY CHURCH, ANGOLA, IN
Doors open at 5:30 Preshow at 6:10 PM – 1 Girl Nation Show 6:30 - 9:00 PM The most fun a mother and daughter will ever have digging into God’s Word.
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Greg Burns, president and CEO of Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, gives a presentation during the public kickoff of the Campaign for Cameron, which is to help raise funds for the new hospital being built next to the existing campus in downtown Angola.
Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door Contact: Jessica Bonner 260-665-8402
525 E 200 N, Angola, IN 46703 Phone: 260-665-8402 www.fairview-missionary.org