WEDNESDAY September 11, 2013
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Weather Mostly sunny, high 92, chance of showers late. Tonight’s low in mid-60s. Page A6 Serving Noble & LaGrange Counties
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GOOD MORNING Dog missing after accident sought TOPEKA — Animal control officials are looking for a 2-year old female brindle Old English Bulldog named Joy that escaped from a van that was involved in an accident near Topeka Monday afternoon. The van’s driver, Amos Yoder, was killed in the accident. According to Ark Animal Sanctuary director Yancey Painter, the two dogs were riding in travel crates in the back of the Yoder’s van. Yoder was northbound on State Road 5 near C.R. 635S when police said he crossed the centerline and was hit an oncoming truck. The force of the impact opened the cages the dogs were riding in, as well as the van’s rear door, allowing the female dog to run away. Painter said the two dogs were not Yoder’s property, but that he was transporting them for their owners. The male dog was found at the scene, suffering from stress. He was transported to the Ark Animal Sanctuary and reunited with his family Tuesday morning. Anyone who sees the missing dog should contact the animal sanctuary at 463-4142.
Indy police may get body cameras INDIANAPOLIS — Officers in the Indiana Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department may be equipped with tiny “body cameras,” according to news reports. Homeland Security Chief Gary Coons told the Indianapolis Star the department has already tried it with a handful of officers during large events. About the size of a pen-light flashlight, the cameras can be clipped around the ear or jiggered onto a shirt lapel.
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Obama trying diplomacy first WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama told the nation from the White House on Wednesday night that diplomacy suddenly holds “the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons” in Syria without use of force, but he declared the U.S. military will “be ready to respond” against President Bashar Assad if other measures fail. For now, Obama said he had asked congressional leaders to postpone a vote on legislation he
has been seeking to authorize the use of military force against Syria. In a 16-minute speech, the president repeatedly offered Obama reassurances that even the failure of diplomacy — in promised talks at the United Nations or elsewhere — would not plunge America into another war.
“I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria,” he promised. “I will not pursue an open-ended action like Iraq or Afghanistan. I will not pursue a prolonged air campaign like Libya or Kosovo.” “This would be a targeted strike to achieve a clear objective: deterring the use of chemical weapons and degrading Assad’s capabilities,” he said. The speech capped a frenzied 10-day stretch of events that began
when he unexpectedly announced he was stepping back from a threatened military strike and instead asking Congress first to pass legislation authorizing the use of such force against Assad. With public opinion polls consistently showing widespread opposition to American military intervention, the White House has struggled mightily to generate support among lawmakers — liberal Democrats and conservaSEE OBAMA, PAGE A6
Merit scholar semifinalists picked Stutzman no surprise choice at Westview, principal says
Honor part of glowing resume for WN senior
BY PATRICK REDMOND predmond@kpcnews.net
SHIPSHEWANA — Westview senior Kimberly Stutzman seemed a little surprised when she learned Monday that she’d been named a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist. Her principal, Rich Cory, said he wasn’t surprised as all. “She is driven to succeed,” Cory said of Stutzman. “She’s been that way since she was a freshman. I’ve very proud of her, and I think this says a lot about her family.” Stutzman, 17, of Shipshewana, is the daughter of Michael and Kristine Stutzman, the eldest of their five children. Cory said its not unusual to see Kimberly lending her parents a hand shuttling her siblings to and from school or sports games. “I was really surprised that I made it,” she said Tuesday morning at school, explaining that she believed another classmate of hers at the LaGrange County school would be named a semifinalist, not her. The distinction of Merit semifinalist goes to less than 1 percent of the nation’s high school seniors, based on scores in a nationwide test. About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and more than half of the finalists will win National Merit Scholarships. Stutzman said she’s always enjoyed school, because she enjoys learning. “I’ve always been a bit of an overachiever,” Stutzman said, “and maybe a perfectionist. I always want to do things right.” In addition to her schoolwork, she said she enjoys working with her mother in her mother’s fabric store, participating in the school’s show choir, musicals and theater, and she loves to travel. “I’ve been to Europe twice,” she said with a broad smile. Cory described Stutzman is one of the most disciplined students he’s seen come through the high school. “Kimberly’s never mad, always upbeat,” he said. “She’s a hard worker and always does the right thing.”
BY BOB BUTTGEN bbuttgen@kpcmedia.com
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Westview senior Kimberly Stutzman is a semifinalist in the prestigious National Merit Scholarship competition.
Although the school won’t make the announcement until spring, Stutzman believes she is one of three students in the running to be named valedictorian of the class of 2014. She plans to enroll in college after graduation and pursue a degree in education. Stutzman said she discovered her love of teaching by enrolling as a Westview cadet teacher, spending one class period each day assisting an elementary school teacher firsthand. Stutzman said she still hasn’t decided where to go to college, but said that she hopes the prestige of being a named a Merit Scholarship semifinalist will help her win a college scholarship.
LIGONIER — Sam Hagen, a senior at West Noble High School, is his school’s first National Merit Scholarship semifinalist in several years. And the accomplishment is just one more impressive bullet point on his resume. Hagen, son of Mark and Jeanna Hagen of Cromwell, stays active in his school, the community and his church, St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Syracuse. Hagen Earlier this summer, he received the prestigious Youth Community Service award from the Ligonier Chamber of Commerce. It’s the teenagers’ version of citizen of the year. “He’s just one of those quality young men who will do well in life,” said Greg Baker, principal at West Noble High School. “Sam’s a student who we can go to when we need something, and he’ll always give you his best. He knows what he wants to do in life, and that’s what you want to see, as an educator.” A student does not make it to semifinalist status in the National Merit program without hard work and dedication; two qualities SEE HONOR, PAGE A6
Gathering weapons presents problems BEIRUT (AP) — Russia’s proposal to place Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile under international control for dismantling would involve a lengthy and complicated operation made more difficult by a deep lack of trust — not to mention the lack of an inventory. Syria is believed by experts to have 1,000 tons of chemical warfare agents scattered over several dozen sites across the country, and just getting them
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transferred while fighting rages presents a logistical and security nightmare. Very few details are known so far about the plan announced Monday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, part of a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at averting U.S.-led military strikes in retaliation for a deadly Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack near Damascus. SEE WEAPONS, PAGE A6
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Anti-war activist Joyce Brody rallies for peace outside the offices of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) Tuesday.
Main Street events for festival approved BY DENNIS NARTKER dnartker@kpcmedia.com
KENDALLVILLE — The Main Street Business Association will sponsor a farmers market and Trunk Treasures event in the downtown business district during the Apple Festival of Kendallville. The city Board of Public Works Tuesday morning approved Main Street Business Association
president Don Gura’s request to use the sidewalk and parking spaces on the east side of the 200 block of South Main Street on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gura explained the association is not having a Main Street Village during the festival this year, but wanted to offer something downtown for visitors. The
festival’s shuttle buses will stop at the corner of William and Main streets, bringing festival-goers from the festival site at the Noble County Fairgrounds. Vendors will be assigned to parking spaces and spaces on the sidewalk when they register and pay a $10 registration fee. Proceeds go to the Newspapers in Education program.
The farmers market sets up in the 200 block of South Main Street every Saturday through October from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Trunk Treasures usually takes place in the city’s Orchard Street parking lot on the first and fourth Saturdays through October from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gura said this is the first year for Trunk SEE EVENTS, PAGE A6
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