FRIDAY September 6, 2013
Helping Hand
Farewell To A Legend
Three Of Four
Church donates to food pantry
Festival founder Randinelli laid to rest
Frazier helps Reds take series
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Weather Mostly sunny with a high in the upper 70s. Clear tonight, low in mid-50s. Page A8 Serving Noble & LaGrange Counties
Kendallville, Indiana
GOOD MORNING Kendallville plans fall cleanup week KENDALLVILLE — Fall cleanup week in Kendallville will be Saturday, Sept. 14, through Saturday, Sept. 21, city officials said. There will be no curbside pickup. Citizens can dispose of unwanted household items at the Weston Avenue street department site during cleanup week with half-price tickets. They may be purchased from the clerk-treasurer’s office, 234 S. Main St. during business hours beginning Sept. 11. Proof of city residency must be shown. The price per load is $12.50 during cleanup week. Citizens must present tickets at the disposal site. No money will be collected at the site.
Trick or treat hours set for Kendallville KENDALLVILLE — Halloween trick or treat for children will be Thursday, Oct. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Kendallville. Homeowners wishing to participate should turn on their porch lights. Young children should be accompanied by an adult.
Governor going on trade mission INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence is traveling to Japan for his first overseas trade mission as governor. Pence flew out of Indianapolis Thursday morning and plans to return in nine days. First lady Karen Pence and other public and private officials are joining him for stops in Tokyo, Nagoya and Tochigi Prefecture, Indiana’s Japanese sister-state. Officials from the Indiana Economic Development Corp., local development leaders and business owners, consultants and lawyers will also make the trip.
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Albion to make a splash Saturday BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com
ALBION — Splashes are fast. So was getting a Splash Pad in Albion. The new Splash Pad in Hidden Diamonds Park, Albion, will open to the public Saturday at noon, said Albion parks department superintendent Casey Myers. The opening comes only about 11 months after the splash pad first was proposed, Myers said. In that time, thanks to the efforts of the Albion Lions Club and others, the community raised more than $140,000 in contributions of various kinds, bringing the pad to reality in less than a year. The pad has ground-based water jets and features that will spray water from above in a variety of different ways, Myers said.
While the pad is capable of using more or less water pressure, testing showed it would go through four cycles of four minutes, activating and deactivating different features, if pressure were set at 56 gallons per minute, Myers said. The pad is activated by a button near the features, Myers said. Once the cycle is done, the button must be pressed again to reactivate the pad. In addition to a splash area big enough for 35-40 children, the site has seating, including shade areas, on the pad for up to 45 people, plus more seating in a shelter house across the park road that runs by the pad, Myers said. Parking has been added near the pad. The pad will be open from noon to 7 p.m. each day. It will be open for only eight days this fall,
BOB BRALEY
The new Splash Pad in Hidden Diamonds Park, Albion, will open to the public at noon Saturday. It will be open for eight days, then close until next spring, when a grand opening ceremony will take place.
with its last day being Sept. 15. It then will reopen in the spring, when a grand opening ceremony will be held. The Lions undertook the project
under then-president Brady Truex in celebration of the Albion club’s 60th anniversary. Contributions were handled through the Noble County Community Foundation.
Rare chance at Trine Murder appeal denied
First-edition books can be touched, read BY KATHRYN BASSETT kbassett@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — “It’s a once-in-alifetime opportunity,” said Trine University professor Tom Tierney as he unlocked display cases containing early and first-edition books in the university’s Wells Gallery. The public is invited not only to get up close to the texts and documents, but also to touch them and leaf through their pages. The works, which focus on human dignity and individual liberty, are on loan to Trine from The Remnant Trust through May 2014. A grand opening of the exhibit will take place Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Taylor Hall’s Wells Gallery. Other viewing hours are 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, 1-3 pm. Saturday, Sept. 21 and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. Additional hours will be announced at a later date. The Remnant Trust, based in Winona Lake, was founded about 15 years ago by Brian Bex, an Indiana University graduate and longtime political commentator. A public educational foundation, it makes its growing collection available to colleges, universities and other organizations for use by students, faculty, scholars and the general public. It encourages those exposed to the works to touch, feel and read the originals, including first English translations. Tierney first saw works of the Remnant Trust five or six years ago at Indiana University-Purdue
BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com
will be nervous about touching the works. However, Remnant Trust president Kris Bex shares the founder’s wish that the rare finds be read, touched and enjoyed, not simply locked away to be kept safe.
ALBION — The appeal of a man convicted of a 2001 murder in a Noble County court was denied Aug. 26. Michael J. Capone, now 48, was convicted May 1, 2003, of the March 11, 2001, murder of John D. Derrow, 25, of Auburn. Capone shot Derrow to death in the parking lot of a Kendallville fast-food restaurant. A jury convicted Capone of murder, Capone a felony. He was sentenced May 31, 2003, to 65 years in prison for the offense. In his appeal seeking post-conviction relief, Capone argued that his defense attorney, Noble County chief public defender James Abbs, had provided ineffective counsel. He also sought a review of an earlier motion claiming he had received an illegal sentence, an appeal which previously had been denied. Capone argued Abbs told him to reject a plea offer made by the state and failed to provide a defense at trial. Abbs testified in an evidentiary hearing on the appeal June 28 that the choice of whether to
SEE BOOKS, PAGE A8
SEE APPEAL, PAGE A8
KATHRYN BASSETT
Trine University professor Tom Tierney holds a 1758 translation of Epictetus that is part of a collection of rare texts and documents on loan to the university from The Remnant Trust. A grand opening of the collection will take place Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Taylor Hall’s Wells Gallery.
University Fort Wayne. “I was amazed at the concept,” Tierney said. “They want students to see (the books) as significant material objects and to show them that there is inherent value in them.” Tierney believes some people
Stone’s Trace longtime contributors get salute BY BOB BUTTGEN bbuttgen@kpcmedia.com
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LIGONIER — The Stone’s Trace Pioneer Festival is marking its 40th anniversary this weekend, and the Stone’s Trace Historical Society will be honoring Dick and Jane Hursey, who have been associated with the festival for most of those four decades. This year’s festival, which pays tribute to 19th-century life in Indiana, runs Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Special acknowledgement will made this year for all
that the Hurseys have done to promote the festival and preserve the historical site, just south of Ligonier. The festival grounds are on U.S. 33, about 1.5 miles south of U.S. 6 in rural Ligonier, across from the West Noble school campus. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free parking and shuttle buses are available in the West Noble parking lot. Visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. Admission costs $5 per person, with children under 12
admitted free. Most areas are handicap-accessible. No pets are allowed, except service dogs. Dick Hursey has been president of the historical society for the past 25 years. He and Jane have been members for 30 years, and they plan to keep serving as volunteers, but are stepping down from their leadership roles. The president’s gavel has been turned over to Jim Hossler, newly elected president of the society. SEE STONE’S TRACE, PAGE A8
BOB BUTTGEN
Dick and Jane Hursey of Ligonier will be stepping down from their leadership roles in the Stone’s Trace Historical Society. They will still stay active as volunteers with the organization that hosts this weekend’s festival.
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