THURSDAY September 19, 2013
Soccer Success Warrior girls top CN in tourney
Strong Effort
Backfield Boost
East Noble spellers second in invitational
Colts acquire RB Richardson in deal
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Weather Partly cloudy with a chance of showers, high in the low 80s. Tonight’s low 65. Page A6 Serving Noble & LaGrange Counties
Kendallville, 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.
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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Market sets record EN has 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 buying, a program that had been in place in one form or another since late 2008. The buying is designed to keep interest rates low to spur economic growth, and has fueled a four-and-a-half-year bull run in stocks. While the U.S. economy appeared to be improving, the bank’s policymakers “decided to await more evidence that progress will be sustained” before deciding to slow bond purchases. The bank also cut its full-year economic outlook for this year and the next. Stock traders completely shrugged off the Fed’s dimmer outlook and focused on the continued stimulus. The S&P 500 surged 20.76 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,725.52, slicing through its previous
official count
BY DENNIS NARTKER dnartker@kpcmedia.com
biggest question on Wall Street for months. It was widely expected that the Fed would cut back on its bond buying at the September meeting. Tom di Galoma, a bond trader at ED&F Man Capital, said he was “completely shocked” that the Fed decided to wait. Some investors advised caution, even as the stock market hit
KENDALLVILLE — East Noble School Corporation’s enrollment for the 2013-2014 school year is down 24 students from the 2012-2013 school year’s enrollment. Superintendent Ann Linson this week released the figures following Friday’s official “count day.” The state requires all public schools to submit enrollments based on Sept. 13 attendance. Enrollment is important because the state bases its support of a public school’s general fund on its number of students. Another count day is scheduled for February. “While East Noble’s enrollment is down 20 students, we are pleased to be above our projected enrollment,” Linson said. East Noble’s enrollment is 3,739, compared to 3,763 last school year on the February count day. Last year, East Noble hired McKibben Demographic Research to forecast the school district’s enrollment over the next 10 years. In May, Jerry McKibben of that
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Traders Peter Tuchman, left, and Gregory Rowe share a laugh on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday. The stock market hit a record high Wednesday after the Federal Reserve’s surprise decision to keep its economic stimulus in place.
all-time high of 1,709.67 set on Aug. 2. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 147.21 points, or 1 percent, to 15,676.94, also above its previous record high of 15,658 from Aug. 2. The Nasdaq composite rose 37.94 points, 1 percent, to 3,783.64. The fate of the Fed’s economic stimulus program has been the
East Noble band invitational Saturday BY DENNIS NARTKER dnartker@kpcmedia.com
KENDALLVILLE — Fourteen bands with nearly 2,000 student musicians will compete in Saturday’s 36th annual East Noble Invitational at the high school. The East Noble Marching Knights will perform in exhibition at 8:41 p.m. Streets around the high school campus will be closed to traffic during the competition for bus parking. Indianamarching.com will stream the event live and provide DVDs to band directors and staff. Pat Miller of WOWO radio will be the announcer. Competition in the athletics stadium begins at 4 p.m. with the East Noble Middle School band playing the national anthem. Bands will compete in four classes based on school enroll-
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The East Noble Marching Knights will perform in exhibition at 8:41 p.m. Saturday at the East
ment, with Class A for the largest schools and Class D for the smallest schools. Class D bands will start with Adams Central taking the field at 4:08 p.m., followed by Woodlan at 4:21 p.m. Class C will begin with Whitko at 4:34 p.m. and Norwell at 4:47 p.m. Awards presentations for Class
Noble Band Invitational at the high school. Fourteen bands will take part.
C and Class D are scheduled for 5 p.m. Class B competition will see: New Haven at 7:10 p.m.; Wayne High School, 7:23 p.m.; Fort Wayne South Side, 7:36 p.m.; Garrett, 7:49 p.m.; Columbia City, 8:02 p.m.; DeKalb, 8:15 p.m. and NorthWood, 8:28 p.m. In Class A, Warsaw is scheduled at 9:07 p.m., followed
by Fort Wayne Snider at 9:20 p.m.; Carroll at 9:33 p.m. and Homestead at 9:46 p.m. Class A and Class B awards presentation will be at 10:05 p.m. “The invitational may be the one and only reflection on East Noble High School and the community that these schools will ever have,” East Noble director of bands Bryan Munoz said in his blog.
State reports test scores for local schools FROM STAFF REPORTS
INDIANAPOLIS — ISTEP+ test scores at four local school districts exceeded state averages in results released Wednesday by the Indiana Department of Education. In overall passing rates for grades 3-8 combined, Fremont, Westview, DeKalb Central and Metropolitan School District of Steuben County ranked above the state averages. Statewide, 73.5 percent of students passed both the language arts and mathematics portions of the state tests. Local districts above that rate were Fremont at 76.6 percent, Westview at 76.5, DeKalb Central at 76.2 and MSD Steuben at 74.9. On individual portions of the test, DeKalb Eastern and Prairie Heights students passed the math portion of the test at a higher rate than the state average. Hamilton students topped the state average on the English portion of the test. Scores statewide improved compared to last year, with 79.5 percent of Hoosier students passing the English-language arts portion of the test and 82.7 percent passing math up from 79.4 percent for English-language arts and 81.2 percent for math in 2012. State officials said the 2013 numbers are preliminary and
will become final after students and parents have the opportunity to request re-scores of the applied skills portion of the test. East Noble Superintendent Ann Linson said it is very difficult to put any real stock in her school district’s results. East Noble experienced one of the state’s highest rates of computer interruptions during the multiplechoice section of the tests, according to Linson. “These interruptions were a vendor issue due to their inadequate capacity to handle multiple states testing students at the same time. For this reason, East Noble School Corporation will never know just how successful its students could have been had these interruptions not occurred,” Linson said. A total of 71 percent of East Noble students in grades 3-8 passed both the math and English-language arts portions of ISTEP+ tests, compared to the state average of 73.5 percent. “When reviewing the data, we see growth in some areas and not in other areas,” she said about East Noble’s ISTEP+ results. West Noble administrators said they are pleased with their students’ math scores. Overall, West Noble increased math scores by SEE TEST SCORES, PAGE A8
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% passing English-language arts, mathematics and both portions of 2013 ISTEP tests SCHOOL CORP.
ENG./LA
MATH
BOTH
DeKalb Eastern Garrett K-B DeKalb Central Prairie Heights Westview Lakeland Central Noble East Noble West Noble Fremont Hamilton MSD Steuben Smith-Green State average
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
Fairview Missionary Church
Tuesday, September 24 AT FAIRVIEW MISSIONARY CHURCH, ANGOLA, IN
The most fun a mother and daughter will ever have digging into God’s Word.
ISTEP+ results
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