FRIDAY September 13, 2013
Economic Enthusiasm Page A2 DeKalb native runs state’s recruiting effort
Pickin’ the Preps Page B1 Hannah Holstein’s football predictions
Weather Partly sunny today. High 65. Tonight’s low 42. Clear Saturday. High 70. Page A8
GOOD MORNING Trail work affects city parking, traffic AUBURN — Parking and traffic restrictions will be in effect next week due to construction of the city’s new sidewalk-trail system: • On the south side of West Ninth Street, from Jackson to Van Buren, no parking will be permitted Monday and Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. • North Street will be closed from Van Buren Street to Indiana Avenue on Wednesday and Thursday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Auburn Police Chief Martin D. McCoy announced the restrictions.
Garrett celebrates homecoming tonight GARRETT — Garrett High School’s annual homecoming festivities take place tonight. A homecoming parade will begin at 6 p.m. at Bill Yoder Ford on the north edge of downtown. The parade will travel down Randolph, Edgerton, Britton and Warfield streets. Miller’s Merry Manor will sponsor a tailgate party in the parking lot at Memorial Field from 5:30 -6:30 p.m. Homecoming float judging will take place from 6:30-6:45 p.m. The Garrett vs. Adams Central football game will kick off at 7 p.m. The homecoming king and queen will be crowned at halftime of the football game. Three inductees to the Garrett High School Hall of Honor also will be introduced during halftime. They are John W. Green and Shirley D. Phillips, both from the class of 1953, and Tom Leech from the class of 1954. During a one-hour, all-school assembly at 8:30 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center, the Hall of Honor inductees will share stories about their careers.
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Horrom to fill city board vacancy Fills term of the late Jack Randinelli BY AARON ORGAN aorgan@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — Mayor Norm Yoder has named former Auburn Plan Commission member and local insurance agent Herb Horrom to the city’s Board of Public Works and Safety. Horrom accepted the appointment Wednesday and served in his first board meeting Thursday morning. He replaces 13-year member Jack Randinelli, who died unexpectedly Sept. 1.
Horrom, of Auburn’s Brown & Brown Insurance, previously served on the board of directors for the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum. He served on the city’s Plan Commission until his appointment to the Board of Works. In other business Thursday, the board gave the go-ahead to a project to solve a potential combined-sewer-overflow problem at the city’s wastewater treatment plant.
Yoder said a stretch of small pipe that restricts the plant’s incoming flow needs to be replaced with a larger pipe. The city has struck a deal with Auburn Gear, which owns the property where the small pipe lies, to share the cost of Horrom a project that will include disposal of contaminated soil. The board gave approval to the city’s engineering department and
Miss Indiana ‘confident’ BY DAVE KURTZ dkurtz@kpcnews.net
SEE MISS INDIANA, PAGE A8
SEE HORROM, PAGE A8
Kerry talks tough
Auburn woman vies for Miss America title ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Miss Indiana Terrin Thomas is feeling good about her performances on the first two nights of Miss America competition, her mother said Thursday. “She feels she’s absolutely doing her best and is comfortable, confident. I’m not seeing any nerves,” said Joy Thomas of Auburn. Terrin Thomas competed in the pageant’s interview, swimsuit and evening gown categories Tuesday. She sang for the talent judging Wednesday night on the stage in Atlantic City, N.J. Only the winners of each round are revealed, so Thomas does not know how she scored on the first two nights. Competition ends tonight, when Thomas will answer a question on stage, accounting for 5 percent of her total score. Finals of the pageant will be broadcast live Sunday at 9 p.m. on the ABC television network. Thomas’ supporters saw a good omen in her interview time at 11:11 a.m. Tuesday, as the 11th contestant to meet with judges. “When we saw her that night, she said she felt the interview went very well. It was a very upbeat, very positive,” Joy Thomas said. Tuesday evening, Miss Indiana wore a black, two-piece swimsuit on stage and appeared to be very confident, her mother said. For the evening gown competition, also Tuesday evening,
Yoder to contract the job for no more than $100,000. Also in its meeting Thursday the board: • approved a $319,570 contract with C3 Construction to build a new laboratory for the city’s water pollution control building. The current lab was built years ago, too close to a sediment tank, and the building has been sinking into settlement for the past 20 years. The lab has been abandoned due to safety concerns, with lab work conducted in the building’s break room. A new lab
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Miss Indiana Terrin Thomas wears a white, crystal-lace gown for the evening gown competition Tuesday night at the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J.
GENEVA (AP) — Striking a tough tone, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry opened swiftly convened talks with Russia on Syria’s chemical weapons Thursday by bluntly rejecting a Syrian pledge to begin a “standard process” by turning over information rather than weapons — and nothing immediately. That won’t do, Kerry declared at an opening news conference, a stone-faced Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at his side. “The words of the Syrian regime in our judgment are simply not enough.” “This is not a game,” Kerry said of the latest developments in a series that has rapidly gone from deadly chemical attacks to threats of retaliatory U.S. air strikes to Syrian agreement with a Russian plan to turn over the weapons and, finally, to the crucial matter of working out the difficult details. “We believe there is nothing standard about this process at this moment because of the way the regime has behaved,” Kerry declared. And he kept alive the threat of U.S. military action, saying the turnover of weapons must be complete, verifiable and timely — “and finally, there ought to consequences if it doesn’t take place.” Adding to the drama, Russian President Vladimir Putin weighed in from afar, raising eyebrows SEE KERRY, PAGE A8
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DeKalb hosts annual marching band contest FROM STAFF REPORTS
WATERLOO — The DeKalb Baron Brigade and Band Boosters will host the annual DeKalb Marching Band Invitational Saturday. Bands from 22 schools will compete beginning at 3:30 p.m. on DeKalb’s football field. Awards will be presented in each class for the top three bands, as well as category awards for best visual, music, general effect and auxiliary. Fans will have the opportunity to vote for a People’s Choice Award. Host DeKalb will perform in exhibition at 10:02 p.m. The Baron Brigade captured first place in Class B competition at the On the Banks of the Wabash Invitational last Saturday at Bluffton High School. The band also won all
category awards for visual, music and general effect. The band’s theme for the season is “We Are DeKalb.” The Eastside Marching Blazer Pride and the Garrett Railroader Regiment will compete in Saturday’s event. Hicksville kicks off Class D competition at 3:30 p.m., followed by Eastside at 3:42 p.m., Bluffton at 3:54 p.m., Woodlan at 4:06 p.m. and Adams Central at 4:18 p.m. In Class C, Whitko begins the competition at 4:30 p.m., Garrett performs at 4:42 p.m., Heritage at 4:54 p.m., Leo at 5:06 p.m. and Concordia Lutheran at 5:18 p.m. Awards for Class C and D will be presented at 5:42 p.m. Ten bands will compete in SEE BAND, PAGE A8
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DeKalb High School’s Baron Brigade marching band will perform in exhibition Saturday at 10:02 p.m. at the conclusion of the DeKalb Invitational contest on DeKalb’s football field.
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