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August 23, 2013
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Weather Partly cloudy and cooler with a high of 80. Tonight’s low will drop into the mid-50s. Page A10
GOOD MORNING Boy, 7, dies after being hit by truck FROM STAFF REPORTS
TOPEKA — A 7-yearold rural Topeka boy died Wednesday night after he rode his bicycle into the path of an oncoming vehicle. Myron E. Hostetler of the 6600 block of South C.R. 400W died at Parkview Regional Hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been transported to the hospital by helicopter after the accident. A police report said Hostetler rode his bicycle out of his home’s driveway northeast of Topeka and into the path of a truck being driven by Josiah Yoder, 18, of LaGrange. Hostetler was struck by the front of the truck and thrown into the road. He had just attended his first day of first grade at Elmview School. Hostetler was the son of Melvin and Esther (Raber) Hostetler. No charges against the driver are pending, but an investigation by the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department is continuing. Funeral services for Hostetler will be Sunday.
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VFW to reveal refurbished post GARRETT — The Garrett Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1892 will hold an open house to celebrate its renovation of the building on Sunday at 2 p.m. at 118 N. Cowen St. The event will include a dedication ceremony at 3 p.m. to honor fallen comrades and ladies auxiliary members who died in the past two years. The memorial program will feature a ceremony with family representatives hanging dog tags to honor fallen military members. Refreshments will be served following the ceremony.
A memorial wall has been created in the entrance with a graphic of a silhouette of a praying soldier painted by Jane Sprague, who owns a neighboring business. The Garrett site is the last remaining VFW Post in DeKalb County. VFW members include veterans who served in foreign wars and set foot on foreign soil. The Garrett VFW supports veterans and the community through donations to veterans homes, veterans children’s homes and veterans hospitals, nursing homes, cancer research, Heart Foundation, Yellow Ribbon and
other welcome-home events and many other community projects including the Garrett Christmas Bureau. The Garrett VFW was established in 1945. Among original charter members were John Chittenden, Ed Rahrig, Tom Wilondek, John Wilondek and Emmet Traxler. Sterling Robbins Sr. is the current post commander; Ed Nelson is quartermaster and Donna Walker serves as auxiliary president. Any eligible veteran interested in joining is invited to call 357-5038 for information.
Syria shifts blame
problem became apparent during internal discussions between NSA and Justice Department officials about the program’s technical operation. “They were having a discussion and a light bulb went on,” the official said. The problem, according to the officials, was that the top secret Internet-sweeping operation, which was targeting metadata contained in the emails of foreign
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s deputy prime minister told The Associated Press that foreign fighters and their international backers are to blame for a purported chemical weapons attack near Damascus that the opposition says killed at least 100 people, the deadliest such attack in Syria’s civil war. Government forces, meanwhile, pummeled the targeted rebel strongholds where the alleged attack occurred with airstrikes and artillery for a second day, violence that was likely to complicate any swift investigation into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths. Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil’s comments were part of a government campaign to use the horror over the deaths to boost its narrative about the conflict — that Syria is under assault by foreign Islamic radicals. It is an argument that has powerful resonance with the Syrian public as the presence of militants fighting alongside Syria’s rebels increases. Rebels blamed the attack on the Syrian military, saying toxic chemicals were used in artillery barrages on the area known as eastern Ghouta on Wednesday. Jamil did not directly acknowledge that toxic gas was used against the eastern suburbs but denied allegations by anti-government activists that President Bashar Assad’s forces were behind the assault.
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More voids found in Goshen sidewalks GOSHEN (AP) — Goshen is looking to shore up more of its downtown sidewalks after a company using ground-penetrating radar found dozens of voids underneath. Officials in Goshen sought the survey after a business owner was hurt last summer when a sidewalk collapsed and he fell several feet into an old basement area. City inspectors had found about 60 open areas below sidewalks — some of which they had wooden supports added to improve safety. City engineer Dustin Sailor said the new inspection found about 10 more possible voids. Some of the voids are where steps once led to basement entrances, while others were used decades ago to store coal or to move or store goods. Some of those voids were filled in over the years, but others remain open.
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This graphic silhouette of a praying soldier is part of a display at Garrett Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1892.
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Museum’s garage sale opens Don Grogg, executive director of the National Auto & Truck Museum, shows some of the items in the museum’s garage sale this weekend. They include a custom automobile passenger compartment and a go-kart, plus tools and other surplus items from
the museum. Several of the items will be sold on a “make an offer” basis, Grogg said. Hours for the sale on the museum’s lower level are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday.
More NSA secrets come to light WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency declassified three secret court opinions Wednesday showing how it scooped up as many as 56,000 emails and other communications by Americans not connected to terrorism annually over three years, revealed the error to the court and then fixed the problem. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper authorized the release. The opinions show that when
the NSA reported its inadvertent gathering of American-based Internet traffic to the court in 2011, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered the agency to find ways to limit what it collects and how long it keeps it. Three senior U.S. intelligence officials said Wednesday that national security officials realized the extent of its inadvertent collection of Americans’ data from fiber optic cables in September 2011. One of the officials said the
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Auburn moves toward OK for cycle museum BY AARON ORGAN aorgan@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — The Auburn Board of Public Works and Safety Thursday morning gave the go-ahead for a developer to begin cleaning out a dilapidated, abandoned electric utility building on the city’s south side. Neil Colchin of Fort Wayne was the lone bidder in the city’s request for proposals from developers interested in leasing the building at 1400 S. Wayne St. from the city and rehabilitating it. Colchin has planned a classic motorcycle museum for the building, which sits just north of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum and National Auto & Truck Museum. The board on Thursday granted
approval for Colchin to begin internal cleaning of the 80-yearold structure, which is heaped with debris. He cannot perform any structural work yet, because the board has not yet granted approval for the project. Colchin still must be granted nonprofit status before the board awards him the project, board attorney Erik Weber said. If that effort fails, Colchin would be forced to vacate the premises, Weber said. Weber said assuming the nonprofit certification comes through and the board grants full approval, he expects a formal agreement would not be drafted until after Labor Day. Colchin said Thursday that he SEE MUSEUM, PAGE A10
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Neil Colchin hopes to transform this old Auburn power plant into a motorcycle museum.