WEDNESDAY August 7, 2013
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GOOD MORNING Allen Township Democrats to caucus AVILLA — A Democratic caucus will take place at the Allen Township Trustee Office, 104 W. Albion St., Avilla, Aug. 17 at 9 a.m. to fill a vacancy on the Allen Township Advisory Board. The vacancy was created when Justin Weber resigned from the board because he moved out of Allen Township. To run for the seat, Democratic candidates residing in Allen Township must file a CEB-5 form with Noble County Democratic Party Chairman Robert L. Holbrook no later than 72 hours before the caucus begins. A form may be obtained on the Indiana Government website, in.gov, or by contacting Holbrook at 350-0026 or holbrook9212@ att.net
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Industrial accident kills man Albion resident was working at Steel Dynamics in Columbia City BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com
COLUMBIA CITY — An Albion man was killed in an industrial accident in Whitley County late Monday, the Whitley County coroner’s office said. Jeffery A. Flory, 44, of Albion died as the result of an accident at the Steel Dynamics Inc. plant at
2800 S. C.R. 800E, the coroner’s office said. An autopsy determined that Flory died of blunt force trauma with multiple internal injuries, Whitley County Coroner Frederick R. Dellinger said. He ruled the death to be accidental. Emergency personnel were called to SDI shortly after 10 p.m.
Monday, according to dispatch records. The coroner’s office began its investigation at about 10:30 p.m., a news release said. The autopsy will be performed at the Allen County coroner’s office, but the Whitley County coroner will remain officially in charge of the investigation. SDI is working in cooperation with the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration to determine the cause of the accident, said Ben Eisbart, SDI vice president of human resources.
U.S., British staffers evacuated due to threatened attack
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An OSHA press release said it has up to six mon ths to complete an investigation, but this type of investigation usually takes about two months. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Flory family and to Jeff’s co-workers,” Eisbart said. Flory was a graduate of West Noble High School in the class of 1987. Assisting at the scene were the Indiana State Police, Whitley County Sheriff’s Department and Union Township Fire Department.
Yemen at front of terror fight
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Ten East Noble students picked for INpact Band KENDALLVILLE — Ten East Noble students have been selected from band members statewide to perform in the Drum Corp International World Championship in Indianapolis Friday and Saturday. A total of 280 student-musicians were chosen to perform with the INpact Band during championship weekend, which includes performing at the opening ceremonies. Performances will take place in Lucas Oil Stadium. Eighth-graders Braeden Wallen-Frye, Clayton Halbert and Maddie Foreman and incoming freshmen Bryson Stadfeld, Breanna Terry, Jocelyn Hurchins, Cynthia Lowe, Amber Maxwell, Blake Yeager and Jace Wade were nominated by Kevin Haydl, East Noble Middle School director of bands. “Drum Corps International is honored to assemble these talented music students from all over the state to be part of the INpact Band,” said Dan E. Acheson, Drum Corps International executive director and CEO. “They represent the very best example of why a balanced education in Indiana must include music as part of the school-day curriculum.”
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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen was thrust back into the forefront of the international fight against terrorism Tuesday when the U.S. and Britain evacuated embassy staff due to a threatened AP attack, a suspected U.S. drone killed four alleged members of Libby Dixon of Rensselaer washes her heifer, Fair Tuesday in Indianapolis. The State Fair runs al-Qaida, and militants shot down Stewart, before showing it at the Indiana State through Aug. 18. a Yemeni army helicopter. As Westerners flew out of the country, Yemeni authorities launched a wide investigation into the al-Qaida threat to multiple potential targets in the impoverished Arab nation. Security officials said they believed the terror network was seeking retaliation for a U.S.-backed military a.m. Tuesday, having learned commands, Reeves allegedly offensive that has dealt serious BY MATT GETTS mgetts@kpcmedia.com the residents there might have picked up the methamphetamine setbacks to the terror network’s KENDALLVILLE — They information on a fugitive they and attempted to throw it herself. most active branch, including the didn’t find who they were looking were seeking. Reeves was taken into custody at death earlier this year of its No. 2 for, but Indiana State Police Police declined to identify the that point. leader. troopers hunting for a wanted fugitive. “When we go looking for these The Yemeni army, meanwhile, fugitive arrested two other people Kreger said while he was people, you never know what surrounded foreign installations, early Tuesday morning north of talking with Reeves at the you’re going to find,” Kreger government offices and the airport Kendallville. residence, a van approached said. with tanks and troops in the Jeremy Sawyer, 32, of the 1500 with its lights off. The driver of Earlier in the morning, the nation’s capital, Sanaa, as well as block of Brookview Boulevard, the vehicle then approached the Anti-Crime Enforcement team the strategic Bab al-Mandeb straits Kendallville, was booked into the home and began looking through worked with the LaGrange County at the entrance to the Red Sea in Noble County Jail on a charge of windows. Sheriff’s Department to visit two the southern Arabian Peninsula, possession of methamphetamine, Unsure of the identity of houses simultaneously in searching drawing parallels with security a Class D felony. Krystal Reeves, the man and suspicious of his for another fugitive, Lloyd measures following the 2000 21, of the same address, was behavior, police made contact with Rowlison, 20, who was wanted on bombing of the USS Cole in Aden booked on a charge of obstruction him and identified him as Sawyer. Noble County warrants for posses- harbor that killed 17 American of justice, a Class D felony. While police were attempting sion of meth, possession of precur- sailors. The arrests were made by to take him into custody, officers sors and a probation violation. Authorities also set up members of the Indiana State allegedly saw Sawyer throw Rowlison was located by checkpoints across Sanaa, Police’s Anti-Crime Enforcement something, later determined to be the LaGrange County Sheriff’s searching cars and individuals, team. an undisclosed amount of metham- Department at a residence in the especially after night fell. Top State troopers Caleb Anderson, phetamine. 10400 block of East C.R. 100S, government officials, along with Mike Carroll and Brian Kreger Kreger said Reeves then LaGrange. He was transported military and security commanders, went to the Brookview Boulevard approached the item that Sawyer by the state police to the Noble were told to stay vigilant and limit SEE TERROR PAGE A6 address at approximately 4 had thrown. Ignoring police County Jail.
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State police arrest 2 in Kendallville Hunt for wanted man leads to the arrest of two others
Intern from Uganda works at visitors bureau
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BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com
KENDALLVILLE — An agency designed to bring visitors to Noble County has had a “visitor” from Uganda on its staff this summer. Nancy Shitakha of Kampala, Uganda, has been serving as a summer intern at the Noble County Convention & Visitors Bureau since June 5. Her last day at the bureau will be Thursday. Shitakha has been in Indiana for years. “I was a student at Manchester University,” she said, and she recently graduated from the school. She plans to attend Ball State University this autumn to pursue her master’s degree. Manchester had a job fair this spring, and Noble visitors bureau Executive Director Sheryl Prentice
attended, Shitakha said. Working with a group such as the visitors bureau sounded interesting to Shitakha. “She had done internships with the Community Foundation of Wabash County,” Prentice said of Shitakha. “We had five excellent candidates to choose from at Manchester. She was the best of the group.” Part of what interested Shitakha in the internship was the agency’s nature. “I want to get into nonprofit as a professional career,” she said. Another appeal of the agency was that it was a new concept to Shitakha. There are no groups promoting tourism or preserving history in Uganda, she said. Shitakha’s work has included putting together the new Noble
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Nancy Shitakha of Kampala, Uganda, is working as a summer intern at the Noble County Convention & Visitors Bureau office in Kendallville.
Rising website for the bureau and the Farm to Fork retail store and other aspects of restoring the historic Sauer farm house near Rome City. She’s also been involved in surveys for branding, including
electronic surveys on Facebook. “I feel like I’ve learned a lot,” Shitakha said. She’s discovered more of what she is capable of doing. Going into meetings and having corporate people or SEE INTERN, PAGE A6