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THURSDAY December 27, 2012

Colts Page B1 Snow can’t stop Pagano

Pro Bowl Page B1 Manning gets spot on team

Weather 20 percent chance of more snow this morning, then becoming partly sunny.

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GOOD MORNING Auburn man to ride Rose Parade float AUBURN — Lions Club International president Wayne Madden of Auburn,will ride in the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, Calif.

Madden will ride on float 57 with his wife, Linda, their daughter and two grandsons.

Each of the major service organizations, Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary will have floats in the Madden parade, Madden said.

“Each international president rides on the float,” he added.

Madden began his oneyear term as president of the international organization in June. Since then, he has traveled to countries such as Malaysia, Nigeria and Indonesia visiting local Lions clubs.

Madden said he enjoys the opportunity to meet Lions from all over the world.

“I get to see the various projects they (Lions) do all over their communities to help people,” he said.

When his term as president ends, Madden will transition into a role of chairman for the Lions Club International Foundation.

Lions Clubs International is a service-based organization that helps communities around the world with projects such as fighting measles and blindness, especially in children.

H.W. Bush’s fever worsens HOUSTON (AP) — A “stubborn” fever that kept former President George H.W. Bush in a hospital over Christmas has gotten worse, and doctors have put him on a liquids-only diet, his spokesman said Wednesday.

Jim McGrath, Bush’s spokesman in Houston, had said earlier in the day that the fever had gone away, but he later corrected himself.

“It’s an elevated fever, so it’s actually gone up in the last day or two,” McGrath told The Associated Press.

“It’s a stubborn fever that won’t go away.”

Doctors at Methodist Hospital in Houston have run tests and are treating the fever with Tylenol, but they still haven’t nailed down a cause, McGrath said.

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New congresswoman has local ties Brooks’ parents both born in Garrett

BY DAVE KURTZ dkurtz@kpcnews.net

WASHINGTON — When U.S. Rep-elect Susan Brooks takes her seat in Congress next week, the House will have two representatives with deep roots in northeast Indiana.

Republican Rep. Marlin Stutzman, of course, represents the local 3rd District and lives in LaGrange County.

Brooks, 51, a newly elected Republican from Carmel, claims strong family ties to Garrett and the lakes area near Rome City and Wolcottville.

“It’s a place that we love coming home to, and we feel very much a part of northern Indiana,” said Brooks, whose parents Bob and Marilyn Wiant, live on Adams Lake northeast of Wolcottville.

Born in Auburn, Brooks grew

up in the Fort Wayne area and graduated from Homestead High School, where her father was the head football coach at the time.

“When she was Brooks selected for Girls State back in high school, she came home and thought she would like to become a lawyer,” Brooks’ mother said.

“She set high goals for herself.”

“She was very committed to things even way back in high school,” her father said.

Bob Wiant left Homestead to become football coach at East Noble High School in the 1980s, while Brooks was in college at Miami University of Ohio.

Brooks came home during the summer of 1982 to work at Kraft Foods in Kendallville.

“It was a great experience, actually,” she said about her second-shift job at Kraft, “I had SEE CONGRESSWOMAN, PAGE A7

Assad’s position weakens MATT GETTS

One person suffered a minor injury Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of S.R. 8 and C.R. 7, northwest of Garrett, when a driver was unable to stop his car at a stop sign. That car slid into

another, pushing it into the path of a third vehicle that was also damaged, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department.

First snow fall packs punch 2 suffer minor injuries on county roadways

BY AARON ORGAN aorgan@kpcnews.net

Two people suffered minor injuries in separate car crashes on slick DeKalb County roadways Wednesday.

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department reported a person suffered ankle pain in a threevehicle crash that occurred at 2:48 p.m. In that incident, a 1996 Jeep being driven southbound on C.R. 7 by Spencer Diederich, 25, of Garrett was unable to stop at a stop sign where the road intersects with S.R. 8. The Jeep struck a 2005 Chevy that was being driven westbound on S.R. 8 by Sherry L. Stacy, 60, of Rome City.

The impact sent Stacy’s vehicle into the eastbound lane where it was struck by an eastbound 2000 Saturn being driven by Daniel S. Thomas, 54, of Albion.

Thomas was taken to DeKalb Health by DeKalb EMS. Assisting county police at the scene were the Garrett Fire and Police departments.

An Auburn woman complained of pain to her head and neck following a one-car crash later in

the day in the 3400 block of C.R. 68.

According to county police, Carolyn A. Geiger, 62, was eastbound on C.R. 68 west of C.R. 35 at 6:20 p.m. when she lost control of the 2002 Chevrolet Camaro she was driving. The vehicle entered a ditch, struck an embankment and then a light pole.

The Camaro continued to slide sideways across a driveway, then struck a tree with the driver’s side door.

Geiger was transported to DeKalb Health by DeKalb EMS. The Jackson Township Fire Department assisted at the scene.

The season’s first winter storm dumped several inches of snow on the region Wednesday, creating hazardous road conditions that slowed traffic and kept tow trucks and snow plows busy morning to night.

Under a National Weather Service-issued Winter Weather Advisory, the area saw snow fall totals that ranged from 4.5 inches in the southern portion and 3.5 inches more north. Frigid temperatures and gusting winds made the

going difficult for motorists.

The major routes through the four-county region – I-69, S.R. 3 and the Indiana Toll Road – saw very slow-moving traffic throughout the day as plow trucks scrambled to keep the roadway clear under steadily-falling snow and motorists just tried to keep their vehicles on the roadways.

A KPC Media Group reporter traveling from Angola to Fort Wayne on I-69 Wednesday afternoon reported seeing 11 slideoffs and two property damage crashes.

The conditions kept law enforcement officers busy throughout the day.

Noble County Sheriff’s Department reported two property damage crashes and five slide-offs associated with treacherous road conditions, as of 7 p.m.

Wednesday. One of those slideoffs briefly closed southbound S.R. 3 south of Kendallville around 5:30 p.m. while a tow truck pulled an SUV out of a deep ditch.

DeKalb County Central Communications reported roughly 25 weather-related incidences Wednesday, with the majority being slide-offs with no damage.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s wounded interior minister cut short his treatment at a Beirut hospital Wednesday and returned home for fear of being arrested by Lebanese authorities, while Syria’s chief of military police defected to the opposition, becoming one of the highest-ranking officers to switch sides.

The twin developments reflected the deepening isolation of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government, which has suffered a number of setbacks on the battlefield as well.

In the latest challenge, rebels launched a massive attack on a military base in the northern province of Idlib after laying siege to it for weeks.

The defector, Maj. Gen. AbdulAziz Jassem al-Shallal, becomes one of the most senior members of Assad’s regime to join the opposition during the 21-month-old revolt against his authoritarian rule.

Al-Shallal appeared in a video aired on Arab TV late Tuesday saying that he was casting his lot with “the people’s revolution.”

He said the military “has become a gang for killing and destruction,” and he accused it of “destroying cities and villages and committing massacres against our innocent people who came out to demand freedom.”

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Mohammed al-Shaar, who was wounded in a suicide bombing Dec. 12 in Damascus and was brought to Beirut for treatment a week ago, left the hospital early and flew home to Damascus on a private jet.

A top Lebanese security official told The Associated Press that alShaar was rushed out of Lebanon after authorities there received information that international arrest warrants could be issued against him because of his role in the deadly crackdown against protesters in Syria.

Angola soldier gets Christmas call from president FROM STAFF REPORTS

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — “Hello, President Obama? … I’m great, how are you?”

So began the most memorable phone call of a six-month deployment for Senior Airman Keshia Shutts with the 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron here, who received a Christmas morning phone call from President Barack Obama.

The Commander-in-Chief thanked Shutts for her service and asked if she had been able to talk to her 3-year old daughter, Sienna, back home in Angola. He also asked if Shutts, who is engaged, had set a date for the ceremony.

“September 1, 2013,” she replied. “You’re more than welcome to attend our wedding.”

Shutts, originally from Montpelier, Ohio, is deployed from the 121st Logistics Readiness Squadron of the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, based at Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio.

She was one of 10 deployed

“You’re more than welcome to attend our wedding.”

Senior Airman Keshia Shutts Speaking to president

• troops from around the world who were nominated and chosen to receive Christmas phone calls from the president.

She is nearing the end of a sixmonth deployment to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, where she started off in aerial port and for the last five months has worked as an administrative assistant in the squadron’s command section. She was nominated by wing leadership to receive the call from President Obama in recognition of her outstanding performance.

“Airman Shutts conducts herself as a true quality airman,” said Lt. Col. Manuel Perez, the 451st ELRS commander. “She demands perfection and professionalism, SEE CALL, PAGE A8

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Senior Airman Keshia Shutts received a Christmas-morning phone call from President Barack Obama while deployed at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The Commander-in-Chief called Shutts to wish her a Merry Christmas and thank her for her service. They talked about her 3-year-old daughter and her upcoming wedding.

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DeKalb woman to lead Noble visitors bureau Past director Bry to stay with new role KENDALLVILLE — The Noble County Convention and Visitors Bureau said Wednesday that it has hired Sheryl A. Prentice as executive director effective Jan. 7, 2013.

Prentice, of rural Corunna, has served northeast Indiana as a newspaper reporter and editor, marketing director for the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, and as a longtime board member of the Auburn Arts Commission.

The bureau said her many

accomplishments and awardwinning design and writing skills will aid her as she takes the leadership role to develop relationships with and support the tourism efforts of the major tourism attractions, festivals, lodging facilities and communities in Noble County.

Prentice replaces outgoing director John Bry, of Auburn, who resigned the position effective at the end of 2012. As Bry leaves this post, he will begin a different role with the visitors

bureau. Bry will transition into a new position created to oversee community asset development. “We are excited to see our vision becoming reality,� said Lori Prentice Gagen, board president. “John brought his extraordinary knowledge and experience into Noble County three years ago and has helped build a forward-thinking strategy that challenges the traditional role of a tourism bureau. His new role,

focusing on asset development, will allow us to put more time and energy on tourism initiatives such as the Main Street program, Farm to Fork, Green Triangle, Tombstone Trail, and others he has introduced over the past couple of years.�

While Bry continues to identify and help develop the county’s tourism assets, Prentice will be focused primarily on more traditional promotional and marketing efforts that help people discover Noble County and, ideally, put “heads in beds� at the county’s accommodations, a news release said. Funding for the

traditional marketing efforts is derived from the county innkeeper’s tax, collected from people who stay in area hotels, bed-and-breakfasts and cabins.

Funding for the addition of a second paid position at the visitors bureau, focusing on asset development, is initially being made possible by County Economic Development Income Tax (CEDIT) funds and a $30,000 matching grant from the Olive B. Cole Foundation. The position will become permanent if sustainable income streams from “theme-based� tourism programs are successfully developed.

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Court upholds child molester’s conviction

BY KATHRYN BASSETT kathrynb@kpcnews.net

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a Garrett man who was found guilty of child molesting.

Steven Malloch of the 800 block of C.R. 54 was convicted of the Class A felony crime by a DeKalb Superior Court II jury in September 2011. The case was retried after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict in June 2011. Malloch was convicted of molesting a child under age 14 between June 1, 2004, and March 30, 2005.

In January, Judge Monte Brown sentenced Malloch to 28 years in prison for the offense. Malloch appealed his conviction on several points, arguing: the court abused its discretion by denying Malloch’s motion for a continuance made three days before trial; the court erred by admitting Malloch’s statements in two videotaped interviews in which Malloch ultimately confessed to the crime;

the court erred by allowing, without admonishment, a detective’s repeated assertions of Malloch’s guilt during the videotaped interviews; the court erred by admitting Malloch’s apology letter to his victim; and that the state committed prosecutorial misconduct throughout the trial.

The Court of Appeals filed its decision upholding the conviction on Friday.

Malloch During his trial, Malloch testified he had been asleep when he touched the girl and said he suffered from a condition commonly called “sexsomnia.� Malloch said he felt “backed into a corner� when he confessed to DeKalb County detective Don Lauer, now the county sheriff, that he was awake when he touched the girl. At the time of Malloch’s arrest in January

2010, Lauer was a detective who investigated the case and interviewed Malloch. Malloch told the jury his confession was false, and he came to the conclusion he had to tell Lauer what he wanted to hear.

In its decision, the Court of Appeals found that Lauer advised Malloch of his Miranda rights and that Malloch indicated he understood them and wished to waive them. The Court of Appeals also noted than nothing Malloch said during the police interview amounted to “an unambiguous and unequivocal invocation� of his right to an attorney.

Reviewing Lauer’s interview with Malloch, the Court of Appeals noted that Lauer repeatedly and falsely asserted that his investigation clearly established that Malloch intentionally touched his victim. “However, his deception does not necessarily render the confession involuntary,� the decision added.

In his appeal, Malloch argued

Company to reduce chemical use for flavoring INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis-based company has agreed to reduce its use of a popcorn-flavoring chemical that has been linked to lung disease and pay a reduced fine as part of a settlement with state regulators.

As part of the deal signed last week, Sensient Flavors LLC also agreed to drop a federal lawsuit accusing the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration of harassment.

An attorney for Sensient didn’t immediately return a phone call seeking comment Wednesday.

The dispute involved Sensient’s use of diacetyl, a chemical compound used to create a buttery flavor for microwave popcorn and other foods, the Indianapolis

Business Journal reports.

Diacetyl is a naturally occurring chemical compound that gives butter its flavor, and it has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a flavor ingredient.

But for several years, diacetyl has been linked to a rare, irreversible lung disease often called popcorn lung.

Officially called bronchiolitis obliterans, the disease generally has been associated with people who worked in microwave popcorn plants mixing large vats of flavors.

Hundreds of workers have said they have severe lung disease or other respiratory illnesses from inhaling diacetyl vapors.

Sensient has said it already has taken steps to minimize exposure to the chemical.

Executive James McCarthy said last year that the company had controls in place at its Indianapolis plant to minimize workers’ exposure to the chemical. He said additional measures to meet the proposed standards would cost $4 million to $6 million.

As part of the settlement, Sensient agreed to reduce its usage of diacetyl by 20 percent and eliminate its use altogether by the end of this year where feasible. “IOSHA acknowledges that the administrative and engineering controls represent a good faith effort by Sensient to reduce employee exposures and that these controls will represent a significant cost to Sensient,� IOSHA said in the settlement.

Sensient had faced state

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that his statements in an apology letter to the victim were obtained as a result of the allegedly coercive interrogation. The Court of Appeals noted that Lauer read Malloch his Miranda rights twice and therefore he was informed that any of his statements could be used against him.

The Court of Appeals found that, at most, only two brief remarks during closing arguments constituted prosecutorial misconduct. “These instances must be viewed in light of the evidence at trial, which included (the victim’s) testimony and Malloch’s confession,� the Court of Appeals found. “The jury was able to view the interactions between Malloch and Detective Lauer during both interviews and could thus evaluate the voluntariness of Malloch’s confession against his claim of coercion and sexsomnia. Although Malloch did not receive a perfect trial, we are confident that he received a fair trial.�

AUBURN — The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department arrested one person on Christmas Day, according to DeKalb County Jail records.

Jacob Skipworth, 23, of the 7100 Fairhill Road, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., was arrested at 4:40 a.m. on charges of possession of paraphernalia and possession of marijuana, Class A misdemeanors.

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Bird banding demo at Pokagon Saturday FRED WOOLEY

John Schaust of Wild Birds Unlimited attaches a leg band to a bird caught at

Pokagon State Park and records its data.

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A captured tufted titmouse is shown after it was caught for banding during an event that is held annually at the Pokagon State Park Nature Center. At right, John Schaust of Wild Birds Unlimited removes a nuthatch from a net used to capture birds for banding.

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Hawks come calling A female Cooper’s hawk, below, visited an Angola yard on Dec. 2 followed by a juvenile who visited Jan. 9. Cooper’s hawks are indigenous to the area. While they prefer forests and open woodlands, they also can be found nesting in urban areas.

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Lone goose remains a mystery It has been my practice, in late fall, winter and early spring, to feed a small flock of wild ducks at a park near my home. With a lone exception, I do not feed the flocks of Canada geese that gather by the pond at this time of year to escape hunters’ guns. I view these geese as overproductive guano factories.

Feeding only the ducks is largely a matter of timing. The JAMES H. ducks arrive PHILLIPS on the pond at dawn’s first gray light. They quickly consume all the shelled corn. Nothing is left for the geese which wait until full sunrise to fly to the pond. It is an arrangement I find satisfactory.

The exception is a lone Canada goose that I first noticed in the predawn grayness several weeks ago.

It stood on the far edge of the pond, making no attempt to take flight. I assumed it had spent the night on the pond. It was there the next dawn — and the next. I thought it possibly had been wounded by a hunter, making its escape to land on the pond to rest and recover.

The goose proved wary.

It preferred the far side of the pond when I approached the water’s edge to feed the ducks, behavior that contrasted with other visiting geese when I arrived late for the morning feeding. These geese would swim or walk toward me, shoulder the ducks out of the way and try to eat the corn I scattered for the ducks.

I started my daily feeding

LAKE JAMES —The Pokagon State Park Nature Center will be hosting a bird banding demonstration from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, weather permitting.

Guest interpretive naturalist John Schaust from Wild Birds Unlimited will demonstrate catching birds, collecting and recording data, and placing a band on their leg, before safely releasing them. Special nets will be set up at the center’s woodland window to catch birds for banding.

Viewers may come at any time during the three hours and watch the process. The event may need to be postponed in the advent of unfavorable weather for capturing birds.

Program status can be checked by calling the park at 833-2012 on Saturday.

Nature Center hours that day will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The center’s woodland window allows guests throughout the year to watch birds at feeders — along with mascot squirrel Patches — from inside with speakers equipped to capture their calls and scratchings.

Although the program is free and open to all, there is the normal park entrance fee of $5 for in-state vehicles or $7 for out-ofstate vehicles.

of the ducks (mostly mallards) more than a year ago. It gave this old wildfowler pleasure. I like to watch ducks. I am obsessed by them. I hoped my shelled corn would get the ducks (especially the hens) through the winter in good physical condition, better prepared for a successful spring nesting.

When the pond freezes over, as it did this past week, the ducks retreat to open water on a nearby river and I scatter corn on the riverbank. Last winter I held a flock of nearly 100 mallards, along with a lone hen wood duck.

The river is not ideal duck habitat, being narrow and deep. But the mallards manage, especially when there is an abundance of free food.

In early December I began wondering what would happen to the lone goose once the pond’s surface turned to ice, as happened a few days ago.

Would it walk to the river and join the ducks?

I recalled that nearly 50 years ago an Arctic-nesting blue goose landed on the local millrace and became a permanent resident. In those days we called them blue geese; today biologists describe them as the blue phase of the snow goose.

To my mind adult blue geese are the prettiest of all geese, with the possible exception of the emperor goose found in the Aleutian Islands. I have never seen a wild emperor goose. The last time I checked, they were protected from hunting due to a population decline.

My lone Canada goose gradually became more trusting. After the recent hard freeze, I would go to the pond each evening and scatter corn for the bird. It would not eat until I moved

a good distance away. I thought the corn would give it more calories than the grass on which it grazed. No ducks competed for the yellow kernels.

I viewed the ice as the key problem. Open water gave the bird a sanctuary. It could swim away from shore to escape land-based predators. But with the hard freeze, a predator could chase the goose across the ice.

On early Christmas morning, with the temperature hovering near 20 degrees Fahrenheit, I went to the pond. I did not see the goose. Did it finally walk to the river or head in the opposite direction to the open water along the nearby millrace?

I have no idea. The ducks remained along the river.

I doubt the goose flew away. It gave no indication that it could fly. I did not see a scattering of feathers to indicate a coyote or dog might have chased it down and killed it. The pond and its shoreline left no clues.

I am left to wonder about its fate, a mystery never to be solved, another of nature’s eternal mysteries.

JAMES H. PHILLIPS can be reached at jahoph@aol.com.

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Deaths & Funerals • Richard Buckles AVILLA — Richard “Dick” Russell Buckles, age 72, passed away at his home in Avilla, surrounded by his family on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 12:08 a.m.

Mr. Buckles was born on July 23, 1940 in Columbia City. The son of Russell and Lavina (Maulsby) Buckles, he lived most of his life in Avilla.

He married Patty Jo Gienger on April 3, 1964 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church. She survives in Avilla.

Richard worked at Mr. Buckles the transformer department at General Electric for 37 1/2 years, retiring in 2000. Some of his hobbies were fishing, woodworking, and gardening. He was an active member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Avilla.

Mr. Buckles served his country in the United States Marine Corps from 1959 to 1963. He received a medal for Good Conduct. He was very active in the American Legion Post 240 in Avilla, where he held many offices.

He was Past Commander, a member of the Honor Guard, he was involved in the American Legion Scholarsip Program and was the bar manager. He was also a former member of the Avilla Fire Department, where he was Fire Chief in 1978. He retired from the fire department in 1983.

Surviving are his wife of 48 years, Patty Jo Buckles of Avilla; his son and daughterin-law, Brian and Darla Buckles of Avilla; his two daughters, Shelly Buckles of Avilla, Missy and Chad Conley of Wolcottville; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren; brothers Don (Bethel) Buckles of Avilla and James Buckles of Kendallville; and sister-inlaw, Nancy Buckles.

He is preceded in death by his parents, his brothers, George Buckles and Paul Buckles, and his sisters-inlaw, Ann Buckles and Joyce Buckles.

Funeral services for Mr. Buckles will be on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Immanueal Lutheran Church in Avilla. Pastor Patrick Kuhlman will officiate.

Visitation will be on Friday, December 28, 2012 from 3-8: p.m. at Brazzell Funeral Home, Avilla Chapel. Visitation will also be one hour prior to the funeral on Saturday.

Burial following will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Avilla.

Pallbearers will be Skeeter Grocock, Ray Grocock, Justin Nartker, Jerry

Cochran, Tim Gienger and Jim Blessing. Honorary pallbearer will be Caden Conley. Military Rites will be performed by the American Legion Post 240.

Please make memorials in memory of Richard to Immanuel Lutheran Church or to the American Legion Post 240 Scholarship program in his name.

Go to brazzellfuneral home.com to send online condolences.

Mary Keller KENDALLVILLE — Mary Keller, 88, passed away December 23, 2012, at her daughter’s home in New Hampshire.

She was born April 19, 1924, in Albion, Indiana, to Frank and Eva (Hanson) Rodman. She graduated from Albion High School in 1942. She married Ralph Leroy Keller on April 30, 1945. They had one daughter, Diana.

Mrs. Keller was employed as a telephone operator for 33 years, retiring in 1979. She was an avid reader, and loved her home and family. She was a member of Trinity Church United Methodist in Kendallville for many years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph, of 60 years in 2005.

She is survived by two sisters, Wava Duckworth and Pauline Meyer; her daughter, Diana Porritt and her husband, Bill, of Northwood, New Hampshire; grandchildren, Christopher DeLong and wife, Wendy, living in China; Lisa Butler and husband, Kenneth, of Avilla; Nikki Powers and husband, Bryan, of Barrington, New Hampshire. Great-grandchildren include Isaiah and Carissa DeLong, Audrey, Cassandra and Hannah Butler, Colin, Tad, Libby and Adah Powers. Greatgreat-grandchildren include Allison and Karson Butler.

Visitation will be Saturday, December 29, 2012 from 10-11 a.m. at Hite Funeral Home in Kendallville.

Funeral service will be Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Hite Funeral Home. Officiating the funeral service will be Rev. Scott Pattison of Trinity Church United Methodist Church.

Burial will be in Lake View Cemetery in Kendallville, Indiana.

Send a condolence to the at www.hitefuneralhome.com.

Charles Stokes BUTLER — Charles M. Stokes, 77, died Monday December 24, 2012 at his home in Butler.

He was born March 12, 1935 in Lima, Ohio, to Earl and Celesta (Hall) Stokes.

He worked at J B Tool and Die in Wapakoneta, Ohio, retiring in 2000 and he was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.

Charles married Sandra Scott on August 2, 1968 in Grace Methodist Church in Lima, Ohio, and she passed away May 4, 2012.

He is survived by three sons and two daughters, Terri (Ken) Orange of North Port, Fla., Tim (Cindy) Stokes of Melrose, Ohio, Tony Stokes (Becky Skiba) of Harrod, Ohio, Todd (Dawn) Stokes of Dayton, Ohio, and Charlene Honcell (Donald Hankey) of Butler; two brothers John Richard “Dick” (Marilyn) Stokes and Harry Stokes both of Lima, Ohio; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; five brothers, Hewitt Stokes, Donald Stokes, Glenn Stokes, Earl Stokes Jr. and David Stokes; and four sisters, Mary Eleanor Nettles, Isabell Stokes, Patricia Needham and Donna Shibler.

Services will be 2 p.m.

Saturday December 29, 2012 at Feller & Clark Funeral Home, 875 South Wayne Street, Waterloo, with Dale Rabineau officiating. Calling is two hours prior to the service from noon to 2 p.m. at the funeral home Saturday.

To send condolences visit www.fellerandclark.com.

Betty Brown AUBURN — Betty J. Brown, 93, of Auburn, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, at Milford Gardens Assisted Living in Milford, Ohio.

She was born March 21, 1919, in Hicksville, Ohio, to Gerald “Ted” and Alda (Smith) Betts. They both preceded her in death.

She was a 1937 graduate of Hicksville and then went on to attend the University of Toledo. She married Max S. “Tank” Brown on Aug. 31, 1940, in Hicksville, Ohio, and he died in April of 2002. For most of her life they lived in Auburn except for 1952-54 when they lived in Hicksville and 1967-74 when they lived in Denton, Texas.

She was a member of the Auburn First United Methodist Church. She was also an associate member of the Tri Kappa Sorority, associate member of the Kenwigs, member of the Friends of the Library, 50year member of the Order of the Eastern Star – Ashley chapter # 229, member of the Maxine Colman Circle, ACD Women’s Association, and was a volunteer for the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum.

Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Timothy J. and Dee Brown of Milford, Ohio; Dr. Betsy and Larry Schenck of Denton, Texas; two grandchildren, Amy Christine Brown Crouse and her husband, Donald, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Charles Schenck of Denton, Texas; and greatgrandchildren, Katherine, Timothy, Elizabeth Crouse, and John Wesley and

Quentin Schenck.

Services will be 1 p.m.

Saturday, December 29 at Feller and Clark Funeral Home, 1860 S. Center St., Auburn, with the Rev. Ted Jansen officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Auburn.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum endowment fund or the Auburn First United Methodist Church.

To view an online obituary or to send condolences, visit www.fellerandclark.com.

Dean Wing KENDALLVILLE — Dean C. Wing, 80, died Saturday, December 22, 2012, at his home in Kendallville.

He was born December 17, 1932, in Auburn to J. Paul and Virginia (Poppele) Wing.

He worked for 40 years for Indiana Bell Telephone until his retirement in 1994. He was a U.S. Mr. Wing Army Veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of Beacon Baptist Church of Kendallville.

Dean married Ardella James on December 30, 1961, in the Calvary Temple in Fort Wayne and she survives in Kendallville.

He is also survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Sheryl and Don Stallman of Kendallville: two grandchildren, Sarah Stallman and Matthew Stallman: a brother-in-law, George James of Auburn; nieces and nephews, Sandra and Gerald Lockwood of Auburn, Dwight James of Fort Wayne, Karen and Dave Carter of Auburn, Roger and Becky Gafkin of Greenfield SC, Dr. David and Janet Gafkin of Auburn, Dr. James and Nita Gafkin of Brownwood, TX and Jewell and Bill LaBrash of Fort Wayne.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother and sisters-in-law, Gail and Betty Gafken and Berniece James.

A memorial service will be 4 p.m. Sunday, December 30, 2012, at Feller and Clark Funeral Home, 1860 Center St., Auburn. The family will receive friends three hours prior to the service from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Preferred memorials can be directed to the Kendallville Humane Shelter or Child Evangelism. To send condolences visit www.fellerandclark.com.

Anna Ruth Haynes AUBURN — Anna Ruth Haynes, 92, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at Provena

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Charles Henry FORT WAYNE — Charles Richard Henry, 87, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, at New Haven Care and Rehabilitation in New Haven. Funeral services are pending at Hite Funeral Home in Kendallville.

Helen Crider LIGONIER — Services for Helen Crider have been rescheduled to Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Yeager Funeral Home in Ligonier. Burial will follow at Oak Park Cemetery in Ligonier.

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Levi Lehman LIGONIER — Levi Lehman, 67, of Ligonier, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 in Goshen. Cremation will take place at Legacy Cremation & Remembrance Center in Ligonier.

Robert Skinner COLDWATER, Mich. — Robert Eugene Skinner, 90, of Coldwater, Mich., died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 at Community Health Center of Branch County. A memorial service will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Coldwater American Legion Post 52. Cremation will take place. Dutcher Funeral Home of Coldwater is in charge of arrangements.

LeRoy Nelson KENDALLVILLE — LeRoy Nelson, 67, of Kendallville, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

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Carl Geimer ANGOLA — Carl J. Geimer, 88, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2012 at the Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. Arrangements are pending at the H.E. Johnson & Sons Funeral Home in Angola.

George Hontz LIGONIER — George Lewis Hontz, 76, of Ligonier, die at 12:30 p.m.

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1 dead, 15 wounded in Nigeria explosion LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A massive explosion ripped through a warehouse full of fireworks in Nigeria’s largest city on Wednesday, sparking a fire that threatened surrounding city blocks and sending a plume of thick smoke high into the sky. At least one person died and 15 others were wounded, emergency officials said.

The blast occurred around 9 a.m. in the Jankara area of Lagos Island, a neighborhood of narrow streets and tall cement buildings holding shops and housing people sometimes a dozen to a room in the megacity of Lagos. The force of the explosion echoed miles away and shook windows.

An Associated Press journalist saw members of the Nigerian Red Cross treating people with minor cuts and bruises a few blocks from the site. Later, rescuers pulled out a badly charred corpse from the stillsmoldering structure.

Many people were injured when they stampeded through the area’s narrow alleyways, said Yushau Shuaib, a spokesman for Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency.

“The explosion was not suspected to be a deliberate attack to cause confusion as security agencies have commenced their investigations,” Shuaib said in a statement later Wednesday.

Casualties, however, could rise as rescuers continue to clear debris from the fire. Smoke still rose over the neighborhood as the sun started to set Wednesday over Lagos.

Rubble-strewn streets surrounding the burning buildings were covered in the spent shells of fireworks.

Several police officers and security officials found large, mortar-like fireworks in the building, the kind wired to explode as part of a large arrangement put on by professionals.

Nigerians commonly shoot off fireworks and firecrackers to mark Christmas and the New Year, with hawkers roaming in traffic with fistfuls of the small explosives to sell to passing drivers.

Local government officials have tried to ban fireworks this year, in part due to safety and in part due to the fear they can cause in a nation where a radical Islamist sect is carrying out shootings and car bombings.

Nevertheless fireworks have exploded across the country in recent days to mark the holiday season.

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Cliff looms: Kicking the Can, Washington-style WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to the nation’s budget challenges, congressional leaders are fond of saying dismissively they don’t want to kick the can down the road.

But now, a deadline hard ahead, even derided halfmeasures are uncertain as President Barack Obama and lawmakers struggle to avert across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that comprise an economythreatening fiscal cliff.

Congressional officials said Wednesday they knew of no significant strides toward a compromise over a long Christmas weekend, and no negotiations have

been set.

After conferring on a conference call, the House Republican leadership said they remain ready for talks, but gave no hint they intend to call lawmakers back into session unless the Senate first passes legislation.

“The lines of communication remain open, and we will continue to work with our colleagues to avert the largest tax hike in American history, and to address the underlying problem, which is spending,” the leadership said in a statement.

The Senate is due in session Thursday, although the immediate agenda includes legislation setting

the rules for government surveillance of suspected spies and terrorists abroad, including Americans, as well as a measure providing $60 billion for victims of Superstorm Sandy.

Obama decided to cut short his Hawaii vacation for an overnight flight expected to get him back to the White House on Thursday.

After weeks of negotiations, the president urged lawmakers late last week to scale back their ambitions and send him legislation preventing tax cuts on all but the highest-earning Americans and extending unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless.

Longer, term, he said he still supports deficit cuts that were key to the earlier talks.

“Everybody’s got to give a little bit in a sensible way,” he said at the White House.

The House has no plans to convene, following last week’s rebellion in which conservatives torpedoed Speaker John Boehner’s legislation to prevent scheduled tax increases on most, while letting them take effect on million-dollar wage earners.

“How we get there, God only knows,” the Ohio Republican said of efforts to protect the economy — and taxpayers — from the tax increases and spending cuts.

“Now is the time to show leadership, not kick the can down the road,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said a little over a week ago after Boehner announced he would shift his own focus from bipartisan talks to the approach that eventually was torpedoed by his own rank and file.

It’s a phrase that political leaders use when they want to suggest others want to avoid tackling major problems, and one that Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia and even Obama as well as Reid have used.

“We have a spending

problem. We have to address it, And we’re not going to address it by kicking the can down the road,” the speaker said at a news conference late last week when he was asked about setting a vote on a plan that Democrats find acceptable.

Cantor recently used the same approach in challenging Obama to agree to savings from Medicare and other benefit programs.

“This has to be a part of this agreement or else we just continue to dig the hole deeper, asking folks to allow us to kick the can down the road further and that we don’t want to do,” he said on Nov. 28.

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Shoppers walk past a store Wednesday in New York. This holiday season is shaping up to be the weakest since the

country was in the middle of a deep recession in 2008.

Stores look to week after Christmas for more sales

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Bargain-hungry Americans will need to go on a post-Christmas spending binge to salvage this holiday shopping season.

Despite the huge discounts and other incentives that stores offered leading up to Christmas, U.S. holiday sales so far this year have been the weakest since 2008, when the nation was in a deep recession.

So stores now are depending on the days after Christmas to make up lost ground: The final week of December can account for about 15 percent of the month’s sales, and the day after Christmas is typically one of the biggest shopping days of the year.

Stores, which don’t typically talk about their

plans for sales and other promotions during the season, are known for offering discounts of up to 70 percent after the holiday.

This year, they’re hoping to lure more bargain hunters who held off on shopping because they wanted to get the best deals of the season.

The Macy’s location in Herald Square in New York was bustling with shoppers on Wednesday. There were a variety of deals throughout the store: candy dispensers for 70 percent off, various men’s clothes were “buy one get one free,” belts for 50 percent off, a bin of ties for $9.99.

Ulises Guzman, 30, a social worker, was shopping in the store. He said he waited to shop until the final days before Christmas, knowing that

the deals would get better as stores got more desperate. He said he was expecting discounts of at least 50 percent.

The strategy worked. He saw a coat he wanted at Banana Republic for $200 in the days before Christmas but decided to hold off on making a purchase; on Wednesday, he got it for $80.

“I’m not looking at anything that’s original price,” he said.

Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta was also crowded by midday on Wednesday.

Laschonda Pitluck, 18, a student in Atlanta, was shopping after Christmas because she wanted to get the best deals. Last year she spent over $100 on gifts but this year she’s keeping it under $50.

Egypt’s Morsi: constitution dawn of a new republic CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Islamist president proclaimed the country’s newly adopted constitution as the dawning of a “new republic” in a television address Wednesday, calling on the opposition to join a dialogue with him after a month of violent turmoil and focus on repairing a damaged economy.

Mohammed Morsi sought to present the Islamist-drafter charter as the turning of a historic page for Egypt, but his speech did little to ease the suspicions of those who fear he and his Muslim Brotherhood are entrenching their power. He offered no concrete gestures to an opposition that has so far rejected his dialogue and vowed to fight the constitution.

Instead, with a triumphalist tone, he presented the constitution, which was approved by nearly 64 percent of voters in a referendum that ended last weekend, as creating a democracy with balanced powers between branches of government and political

freedoms.

“We don’t want to return to an era of one opinion and fake, manufactured majorities. The maturity and consciousness (of voters) heralds that Egypt has set on a path of democracy with no return,” Morsi said. “Regardless of the results, for the sake of building the nation, efforts must unite. There is no alternative to a dialogue that is now a necessity.”

The opposition says the constitution allows a dictatorship of the majority — which Islamists have won with repeated election victories the past two years. It says the charter’s provisions for greater implementation of Islamic law, or Shariah, would allow Islamists who hold the presidency and overwhelmingly dominate the temporary legislature to restrict civil rights and limit the freedoms of minorities and women.

Opponents also say the low turnout in the referendum, just under 33 percent, undermines the document’s legitimacy.

The main opposition

National Salvation Front said it would study Morsi’s speech to see if his call for dialogue is serious. But it dismissed a “national dialogue” body that he launched before the results emerged as “farcical and simply theater.” The dialogue is mainly between Morsi and other Islamists.

“The president is talking to himself,” said Hussein Abdel-Ghani, a leading figure in the Front told a press conference after Morsi’s speech. He said the opposition would only enter “real and effective” talks, suggesting Morsi was aiming to assuage the United States, which has called for compromise and talks, without offering real substance. The Front said it will continue to be in opposition to the current rulers who “seek to establish a repressive regime in the name of religion.”

Morsi’s prerecorded address was his first speech since Dec. 6 after laying low amid the turmoil leading up to the referendum. It came a day after official referendum results were announced,

A powerful winter storm system pounded the nation’s midsection Wednesday and headed toward the Northeast, where people braced for the high winds and heavy snow that disrupted holiday travel, knocked out power to thousands of homes and were blamed in at least six deaths.

Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed, scores of motorists got stuck on icy roads or slid into drifts, and blizzard warnings were issued amid snowy gusts of 30 mph that blanketed roads and windshields, at times causing whiteout conditions.

“The way I’ve been describing it is as a low-end blizzard, but that’s sort of like saying a small Tyrannosaurus rex,” said John Kwiatkowski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis.

The system, which spawned Gulf Coast region tornadoes on Christmas Day and a historic amount of snow in Arkansas, pushed through the Upper Ohio Valley and headed toward the Northeast. Forecasts called for 12 to 18 inches of snow inland from western New York to Maine starting late Wednesday and into Thursday and tapering off into a mix of rain and snow closer to the coast, where little accumulation was expected in such cities as New York and Boston.

The storm left freezing temperatures in its aftermath, and forecasters also said parts of the Southeast from Virginia to Florida would see severe thunderstorms.

Schools on break and workers taking holiday vacations meant that many people could avoid messy

commutes, but those who had to travel were implored to avoid it. Snow was blamed for scores of vehicle accidents as far east as Maryland, and about two dozen counties in Indiana and Ohio issued snow emergency travel alerts, urging people to go out on the roads only if necessary.

Some 40 vehicles got bogged down trying to make it up a slick hill in central Indiana, and four state snowplows slid off roads as snow fell at the rate of 3 inches an hour in some places.

Two passengers in a car on a sleet-slickened Arkansas highway were killed Wednesday in a head-on collision, and two people, including a 76-year-old Milwaukee woman, were killed Tuesday on Oklahoma highways.

Mandela released from hospital JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released Wednesday from the hospital after being treated for a lung infection and having gallstones removed, a government spokesman said.

The 94-year-old anti-

apartheid icon will continue to receive medical care at home.

Mandela had been in the hospital since Dec. 8. In recent days, officials have said he was improving and in good spirits, but doctors have taken extraordinary care with his

health because of his age.

Mandela was released Wednesday evening and will receive “home-based high care” at his residence in the Johannesburg neighborhood of Houghton until he fully recovers, said presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj.

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Interact makes Christmas brighter

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BUTLER — Making Christmas a little brighter.

Students in Eastside High School’s Interact chapter did just that for 12 families — including 37 children — just in time for Christmas.

Friday, students distributed food and clothing to the families at their Free4U clothing closet at the school.

Each family received a turkey, donated to Interact by employees at Nucor Fastener in St. Joe, plus a box of household cleaning supplies.

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families received socks, underwear, pajamas, a sweat outfit, a shirt and pants, according to Interact sponsors Jane Baker and Diann Everitt.

Parents were able to shop for toys for their children and to visit the clothing closet.

The families were all within the DeKalb Eastern school district. Students and faculty members participated by drawing from an angel tree at school.

Dollar General donated toys, the BOUNCE program from DeKalb’s VOICE donated books, while the American Legion Riders, DeKalb Eastern Teachers Association and Nucor Fastener also made important contributions.

Eastside’s Interact chapter includes approximately 60 students in grades 9-12.

The library will close for New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31 at 4 p.m. and remain closed New Year’s Day. The library will reopen Jan. 2 at 9 a.m.

After Christmas tea The After Christmas Tea is Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Community Room.

A light meal will be served, followed by a simple craft and entertainment to celebrate the holidays.

Register for the program at 837-4491, or at info@waterloo.lib.in.us.

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Eastside’s Interact chapter distributed food and clothing Friday afternoon to 12 families, including 37 children. From left

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LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 12-05 AN ORDINANCE REVOKING ORDINANCE 205 REPLACING IT WITH NEW ORDINANCE AND AMENDING CODE OF ORDINANCE CHAPTER 75 SCHEDULE 1 PROHIBITING PARKING FOR PORTION OF LINCOLN ST. Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Waterloo, Indiana that Ordinance No. 205 is revoked and replaced with this new Ordinance and that Code of Ordinance Chapter 75 Schedule 1 be amended as follows: New Ordinance Prohibiting Parking for a portion of Lincoln St. shall read as follows: The prohibited parking for Lincoln St. shall be as follows: 1. There shall be a No Parking and Tow Away Zone with a starting point along Lincoln Street at 465 feet west from its intersection with the centerline of Center Street and extending West from the aforementioned point to Grant Street; 2. This will apply to both the North and South sides of Lincoln Street; 3. Penalty provision from Section 10.99 apply.

The Prohibited Parking schedule for Lincoln St. shall be amended as follows: Street: Lincoln St. Location: Beginning at 465 feet west from its intersection with the centerline of Center Street and extending West from the aforementioned point to Grant Street Side: Both Ord. No.: Date Passed: The prior Ordinance No. 205 for prohibited parking on Lincoln St. is hereby revoked and this new Ordinance replaces it.

This ordinance shall take effect on the date of its passage and approval by the Town Council of Waterloo, Indiana and publication as provided by law.

Date: 12/11/12 Candi Surber Town Council President Nathan Diehl Town Council Member David Bolton Town Council Member Robert Knott Town Council Member William Hubartt Town Council Member Clerk-Treasurer Renata Ford 11/13/12: 1st Reading 12/11/12: 2nd Reading 12/11/12: 3rd Reading TS,00324886,12/27 PUBLIC NOTICE The following manufactured or mobile homes located in Auburn, Indiana will be auctioned by sealed bid on January 11, 2013, due to Innkeeper Liens if the balances are not paid prior to sale.

1. 2154 Wayne St., 1969 Holly Park mobile home #605657, owned

by Jeffery R. Felts and or Robert Ferrell. Charges owed $2,287.29.

2. 911 Peterson St., 1980 Patriot

Manufactured Home #4668, owned

by David P Bohlmann Dynex Financial Inc. Charges owed $4,391.36.

3. 2138 Wayne St., 1970 Winston Mobile Home, #70651215332, owned by Christopher Lee Poole.

Charges owed $1,968.02.

4. 1031 Susan St., 1987 Schult, Manufactured Home #89006113025, owned by Crystal Bowman. Charges owed $2,416.00.

5. 900 Ruth St., 1981 Royal Cove Manufactured Home #01011802706, owned by Zachary Tyler Albright.

Charges owed $3,964.00.

6. 910 Ruth St., 1981 Skyline Manufactured Home #01310658P, owned by Justin Taylor Parker, Charges owed $2,589.26.

7. 1049 Angela Ave., 1988 Redman Manufactured Home #11233198. Owned by Jackie Renee Selby. Charges owed $1,728.26.

All items include their contents and are being sold “as is” with bill of sale only (procurement of title not guaranteed). Unpaid taxes are the responsibility of the purchaser. Storage fees are $10.00 per day after auction date unless approved by park for occupancy. Sealed bids must be received by the Auburn Mobile Homes Office, 1112 W. 7th St., Auburn, Indiana 46706, by 10 A.M. on January 11th, 2013.

TS,00325209,12/27,1/3 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the clerk of Superior Court of DeKalb County, Indiana, in Cause No. 17D02-1205MF-00067, wherein LPP Mortgage, LTD as assignee of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Guaranteed Rate, Inc. was Plaintiff, and Casey R. Kinnison, Angie C. Kinnison, and MERS, Inc. as nominee for Citibank, N.A. were Defendants, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and costs, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, on the 24th day of January, 2013, at the hour of 2:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as is possible, at DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, 215 E. 8th Street, Auburn, IN 46706, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in DeKalb County, Indiana.

LOT NUMBERED 15 IN BEAR CREEK ESTATES, SECTION 1, AS RECORDED IN PLAT RECORD 10 PAGE 96 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEKALB COUNTY, INDIANA, COMMITMENT NO. 051704231.

More commonly known as: 5422 Kodiak Trail, Auburn, IN 46706.

Parcel No. 17-10-09-100-039.000-009 Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws.

“Subject to all liens, encumbrances and easements of record not otherwise extinguished in the proceedings known as Cause 17D02-1205-MF00067 in the Superior Court of DeKalb County, Indiana.”

Sheriff of DeKalb County Jackson Township 5422 Kodiak Trail, Auburn, IN 46706 Street Address The Sheriff's Department does not warrant the accuracy of the street address published herein.

KRISOR & ASSOCIATES John D. Krisor, Jr. (5355-71) Brooks J. Grainger (19362-71) Ian M. Septoski (25450-64) Attorney at Law P.O. Box 6200 South Bend, IN 46660 (574) 272-1000 SERVICE DIRECTED TO: Casey R. Kinnison, 5422 Kodiak Trail, Auburn, IN 46706. TYPE OF SERV-

ICE: Sheriff.

Angie C. Kinnison, 5422 Kodiak Trail, Auburn, IN 46706. TYPE OF SERVICE: Sheriff.

MERS, Inc. as nominee for Citibank, N.A., 1518 Library St., Reston, VA 20190. TYPE OF SERVICE: Certified.

NOTICE: THE LAW FIRM OF KRISOR & ASSOCIATES IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TS,00324685,12/20,27,1/3 NOTICE OF SHERIFFʼS SALE TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of Superior Court of DeKalb County, Indiana, in Cause No. 17D01-1107-MF -000103, wherein GMAC Mortgage, LLC was Plaintiff, and Dustin Paul Allen and Unknown Occupant(s) of 109 South Gonser Avenue, Ashley, IN 46705 were the Defendants, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and cost, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder on 24th day of January, 2013, at the hour of 2:00 p.m., or as soon as thereafter possible, at 215 E. 8th St., Auburn, IN 46706, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in DeKalb County, Indiana.

Lots Number Two (2) and Three (3) in Block Number Twenty-Three (23) Original Plat in the Town of Ashley, DeKalb County, Indiana. Prior Deed Reference: as Instrument No. 201002914.

Commonly known address: 109 South Gonser Avenue, Ashley, IN 46705.

Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. This Notice shall also represent service of Notice of Sale of the above-described real estate upon the owners, pursuant to requirements of IC 32-29-7-3.

Donald Lauer Sheriff of DeKalb County The Sheriffʼs Department does not warrant the accuracy of the street address published herein.

Zarksis V. Daroga (17288-49) Attorney for the Plaintiff Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 525 Vine Street, Ste. 800 Cincinnati, OH 45202 Phone: (800) 910-4249 Fax: 513-723-2230 TS,00324539,12/20,27,1/3 NOTICE OF SHERIFFʼS SALE TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES By virtue of a certified copy of a Decree to me directed from the Clerk of Superior Court of DeKalb County, Indiana, in Cause No. 17D02-1204MF-00063 wherein JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association was Plaintiff, and Justin Pinnington, was Defendant, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and costs, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, on the 24th day of January, 2013 at the hour(s) of 2:00 PM, of said day, at 215 E. 8th Street, Auburn, IN 46706, DeKalb County, Indiana, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in DeKalb County, Indiana: Lot Numbered Five (5) in Sheaffer, Robbins and Bolands Addition to the City of Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana.

Commonly known as: 119 Washington Street, Auburn, IN 46706.

Tax Key #: 17-06-29-184-008.000-025.

Together with rents, issues, in-

come, and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws.

Donald Lauer Sheriff, DeKalb County, IN Foutty & Foutty, LLP 115 E. Market Street, Suite 605 Indianapolis, IN 46204-3219 (317) 632-9555 Please serve this notice on: Justin Pinnington, at the following address: 119 Washington Street, Auburn, IN 46706, property. Service Requested: Sheriff.

Foutty and Foutty, LLP is a debt collector. This firm is attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

TS,00324532,12/20,27,1/3 NOTICE OF SHERIFFʼS SALE TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES By virtue of a certified copy of a Decree to me directed from the Clerk of Superior Court of DeKalb County, Indiana, in Cause No. 17D01-1203MF-00030 wherein MidFirst Bank was Plaintiff, and William A. Massey, was Defendant, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and costs, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, on the 24th day of January, 2013 at the hour(s) of 2:00 PM, of said day, at 215 E. 8th Street, Auburn, IN 46706 DeKalb County, Indiana, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in DeKalb County, Indiana: A parcel of land situated in Section Three (3), Township Thirty Four (34) North, Range Thirteen (13) East, DeKalb County, Indiana, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point on the East line of Center Street in the Town of Waterloo, one hundred forty-two (142) feet South of the South line of Union Street; thence South fifty-eight (58) feet; thence East one hundred thirty-five (135) feet; thence North fifty-eight (58) feet; thence West to the place of beginning.

Commonly known as: 330 North Center Street, Waterloo, IN 46793.

Tax Key #: 17-06-03-304-003.000-008.

Together with rents, issues, income, and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws.

Donald Lauer Sheriff, DeKalb County, IN Foutty & Foutty, LLP 115 E. Market Street, Suite 605 Indianapolis, IN 46204-3219 (317) 632-9555 Please serve this notice on: William A. Massey, at the following address: 330 North Center Street, Waterloo, IN 46793, property. Service Requested: Sheriff.

Foutty and Foutty, LLP is a debt collector. This firm is attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

TS,00324536,12/20,27,1/3

LEGAL NOTICE DEKALB COUNTY COMMISSIONERSʼ 2013 SCHEDULE January 7, 14, 28 February 4, 11, 25 March 4, 11, 18, 25 April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 May 6, 13, 20 June 3, 10, 17, 24 July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 August 5, 12, 19, 26 September 9, 16, 23, 30 October 7, 14, 21, 28 November 4, 18, 25 December 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 All meeting times state at 8:30 a.m.

TS,00325054,12/27 NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of DeKalb County, Indiana that the proper legal officer of said municipal corporation at their regular meeting place at the DeKalb County Courthouse at 8:30 A.M. on the 7th day of January, 2013 to consider the following additional appropriations in excess of the budget for the current year.

Additionals County General (1001) Drainage Board Postage $500.00 Plan Commission Part-time $9,812.00 Commissioners Copy Machine Maintenance $42,235.00 Cum Cap (1138) Information Systems Un-appropriated $50,000.00 Taxpayers appearing at the meeting shall have a right to be heard.

The additional appropriations as finally made will be referred to the Department of Local Government Finance. The Department of Local Government Finance will make a written determination as to the sufficiency of funds to support the appropriations made within fifteen (15) days of receipt of a Certified Copy of the action taken.

JOHN W. FETTERS AUDITOR OF DEKALB COUNTY TS,00325065,12/27 PUBLIC NOTICE The following claims will be considered at the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners on 1/7/2013 at 8:30 a.m. in Commissioners Court, Court House, Auburn, Indiana.

Bassett Offic Furn. & Sup. Inc $8.79; Boxberger, Drew M. - $46.00;

Brinkerhoff, J. Darrick - $4,225.00; Buchs, Walter L. - $21.00; Covey, Rosalba - $117.75; Frost, Penny E. $44.80; Fuller, Angela K - $19.00; Hardy Law Office - $7,838.66; Hart, Todd L. - $40.80; Haynes, Danielle K. - $19.00; Healy, Mark E. - $19.00; Hendrickson, Angela - $11,685.00; Hoag, Jamie - $44.00; Hoover, Timothy W - $19.80; Hugh N. Taylor, P.C. - $1,397.50; Hulbert, Nanette $21.00; J. Bryan Nugen - $1,645.57; James, Cheryl M. - $252.00; John Martin Smith & Thompson - $357.50; John Pepple Printing - $469.83; Kline, Joseph S - $17.00; Kruse & Kruse, P.C. - $4,878.75; Kunce, Roy Jr. - $44.00; Lechleidner, Carol - $46.00; Likes & Kraus - $25.00; Matthew Bender & Co. Inc. $698.02; McAlpin, David L. - $15.80; McDaniel, Lisa K. - $16.60; Middleton, Karen A. - $17.00; Moore, Tamara M. - $382.50; Nordmann Law Offices - $850.00; Patterson Reporting Service - $37.50; Smyth, Jill M. - $19.00; Sparkman, Anthony W $21.00; Squiller Law Office $330.00; Thomas Creative Apparel, Inc. - $341.50; Tourkow, Crell, Rosenblatt - $555.00; USPS - $267.00; Wagoner Law Office - $25.00; Wendt, Jeffery Ph.d - $1,275.00; Wessel, Babette M - $15.80; West Payment Center - $2,623.86; Woodring, Joseph L. - $19.00 TS,00325137,12/27 NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT II CASE NO. 17D02-1212-MI-00157 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF, SS: IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: PETITIONER. Sharon White, whose mailing address is: 3825 CR 35, Auburn, IN 46706 And, if different, my residence address is: DeKalb County, Indiana hereby given notice that she/he has filed a petition in the Superior II Court requesting that his/her name be change to Sharon Mansfield.

Notice is further given that hearing will be held on said Petition on the 11th day of March, 2013 at 10:00 oʼclock a.m.

Sharon White, Petitioner Date: 12/20/2012 Martha Grimm DeKalb County Clerk Circuit Court Clerk TS,00325070,12/27,1/3,10

PUBLIC NOTICE DEKALB COUNTY 2013 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE New Years Day Tuesday January 1, 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Monday January 21, 2013 Presidentsʼ Day Monday February 18, 2013 Good Friday Friday March 29, 2013 Memorial Day Monday May 27, 2013 Independence Day Thursday July 4, 2013 Labor Day Monday September 2, 2013 *Fair Day/Columbus* Friday September 27, 2013 Veterans Day Monday November 11, 2013 Thanksgiving Thursday November 28, 2013 Friday November 29, 2013 Christmas Day Wednesday December 25, 2013 *Fair Day, will be a Paid day off in Celebration of Columbus Day TS,00325041,12/27

PUBLIC NOTICE 2013 COUNCIL MEETING AND SCHEDULE FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS Council Meeting Due In Auditorʼs Approval Office Week Date Additional Due Newspaper Due Publish Day Monday January 7, 2013 December 19, 2012 December 21, 2012 December 28, 2012 Monday February 4, 2013 January 16, 2013 January 18, 2013 January 25, 2013 Monday March 4, 2013 February 13, 2013 February 15, 2013 February 22, 2013 Monday April 1, 2013 March 13, 2013 March 15, 2013 March 22, 2013 Monday May 6, 2013 April 17, 2013 April 19, 2013 April 26, 2013 Monday June 3, 2013 May 15, 2013 May 17, 2013 May 24, 2013 Monday July 1, 2013 June 12, 2013 June 14, 2013 June 21, 2013 Monday August 5, 2013 July 17, 2013 July 19, 2013 July 26, 2013 Monday September 9, 2013 August 21, 2013 August 23, 2013 August 30, 2013 Monday October 7, 2013 September 18, 2013 September 20, 2013 September 27, 2013 Monday October 28, 2013 October 9, 2013 October 11, 2013 October 18, 2013 Monday December 2, 2013 November 13, 2013 November 15, 2013 November 22, 2013 Monday January 6, 2014 December 18, 2013 December 20, 2013 December 27, 2013 TS,00325068,12/27

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New business’ owner linked to IRS raid

BY BOB BRALEY bobb@kpcnews.net

ALBION — The owner of a new business in Albion, California Dreamin, also owns two businesses that were raided by Internal Revenue Service investigators and Indiana State Police officers in September.

One of the businesses raided was another location of California Dreamin in North Webster. Also raided during the investigation were Stimmelator’s Gentlemen’s Club in North Webster and the home of the businesses’ owner, Samuel S. Stimmel, 63, of North Webster.

The one thing all three California Dreamin locations have in common is selling a brand of potpourri that Stimmel described as “completely legal.�

California Dreamin’s Albion location is at 120 W. Main St. in the former office of Dr. William Fitzkee. “It’s a variety store,� said Stimmel.

California Dreamin has three locations, Stimmel said. Its location in Elkhart opened in July, and its North Webster store opened Sept.

20.

Each California Dreamin location sells a different mix of items, Stimmel said. The Elkhart store offers computer resales and computer repair, as well as tools. All three locations sell the B2 the Bomb brand of potpourri, Stimmel said.

Without being asked, he volunteered that it had been tested and doesn’t contain any illegal chemicals. “What we do is legal. It’s aroma therapy. You’re not supposed to be smoking it,�

Stimmel said.

On Sept. 12, 2012, agents of the Internal Revenue Service and Indiana State Police raided Stimmel’s home, Stimmelator’s and Stimmel’s building at 108 E. Washington St., which

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This building at 120 W. Main St., Albion, houses the third location of California Dreamin, a new store to the community.

would open eight days later as the North Webster location of California Dreamin.

Stimmel said investigators took a lot of his paperwork, but he had no further comment on what they took or why.

Indiana State Police referred all questions about the investigation to the IRS. Calls to the IRS public information officer number were unanswered Monday and Wednesday.

Any charges in the case would be filed in the U.S. District Court in South Bend. As of Wednesday, no charges had been filed against Stimmel in that court. No charges of any kind have been filed against Stimmel in Noble County courts.

Stimmel said he believes he is doing a positive thing.

He said he has received communication from a former methamphetamine addict thanking him for selling B2. Stimmel reported that the former addict said he would be using meth again without B2.

Some varieties of potpourri have been banned in Indiana, since they have been used as synthetic marijuana.

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CONGRESSWOMAN: Brooksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; uncle served as mayor of Garrett FROM PAGE A1

had never worked in a manufacturing facility before, so I learned a bit about manufacturing, about process and teamwork.â&#x20AC;? She still remembers the company giving everyone a steak dinner as a reward for a safety achievement.

The Kraft experience came in handy for Brooksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; leadership role with Ivy Tech Community College for five years, her last job before winning election to Congress, she said.

While her father was teaching and coaching at East Noble, her parents bought a home on Adams Lake. That carried on a family tradition. During her childhood, Brooksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grandparents, the lake Jesse and Mary Jane (Gump) Fulk, owned a cottage on Witmer Lake near Wolcottville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We grew up coming to the lake from Fort Wayne.

Rome City and Wolcottville were the areas Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown up in my entire life,â&#x20AC;? Brooks said. She remembers spending summers water skiing. On Sundays, the family attended St. Gasparâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Church north of Rome City, where her mother has been the organist since the mid-1980s.

Brooksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; aunt and uncle, Duane and Beverly Rowe, now live in the family cottage on Witmer Lake Brooks also can trace her family tree to Garrett, where both of her parents graduated from Garrett High School. Her uncle, Dave Wiant, recently served eight years as mayor of Garrett, though he from the opposite political party. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is what I would

definitely call a Blue Dog Democrat, a fiscally conservative person,â&#x20AC;? Brooks said about her uncle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was about good government. We certainly have that in common.â&#x20AC;?

Frustration over federal finances led Brooks to decide to run for Congress in mid-2011. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had never run for office before. I had never seriously considered running for office before,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The decision to enter the race came on her 25th wedding anniversary, she said, Her children were 18 and 21 years old at the time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They became incredibly excited about it,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Brooks believes she brings a strong set of qualifications to Washington. She served as deputy mayor of Indianapolis in the late 1990s, then as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, overseeing 62 counties, from 2001-2007.

She then became senior vice president and general counsel for Ivy Tech Community College, working to help Hoosiers get training and find jobs.

In this Mayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GOP primary election, she prevailed with a margin of 1 percentage point in field of seven candidates that included East Noble graduate David McIntosh.

She then won by a comfortable 20 percentage points in November.

Brooks could arrive in Washington to find a crisis if the nation goes over the â&#x20AC;&#x153;fiscal cliffâ&#x20AC;? on Jan. 1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still holding out hope that there will be a deal (before she takes office) on the fiscal cliff â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

a deal that includes some serious spending cuts,â&#x20AC;? she said. She added that she realizes the package probably will feature some tax increases. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are some things we know have to change going forward, including some significant federal spending cuts, entitlement reform, and we have to reduce the debt,â&#x20AC;? Brooks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot keep on this debt trajectory, because it is just not right for my kids and my grandkids. â&#x20AC;Ś Our generation has to fix this. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I ran.â&#x20AC;?

Brooks comes wellequipped to work on issues surrounding the tragic massacre in Newtown, Conn, two weeks ago. She dealt with gun violence in her role as a U.S. attorney. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is not a simple solution to this problem,â&#x20AC;?

Brooks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready to be a part of the discussion involving mental illness, which I think is not discussed enough in our country.â&#x20AC;?

Brooks recalled speaking at the funeral of Indianapolis police officer Jake Laird, who was killed by a mentally ill gunman in 2004. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The police department had seized guns from his home, but there was no law that allowed them to keep those guns,â&#x20AC;? she said about the killer. The incident led to a new state law bearing Lairdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name in 2005. It allows police and prosecutors to seek court orders to hold weapons taken from â&#x20AC;&#x153;dangerousâ&#x20AC;? subjects who may be mental or emotionally unstable, even though they are not charged with crimes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am one that believes

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot keep on this debt trajectory, because it is just not right for my kids and my grandkids. â&#x20AC;Ś Our generation has to fix this.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I ran.â&#x20AC;?

Susan Brooks U.S. Representative-elect

â&#x20AC;˘ we have many, many laws on the books involving guns and gun ownership,â&#x20AC;? Brooks said. However, she added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not saying there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t things in our laws that can be improved upon or corrected,â&#x20AC;? by passing changes such as the Jake Laird Law. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a culture of violence in this country we need to have a higher-level discussion on,â&#x20AC;? Brooks said.

Bob Wiant takes pride in his daughter joining Congress, but he said that is tempered by the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s low opinion of the institution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somebody has to try to turn it around, and I know she is committed to trying to do the right thing,â&#x20AC;? Wiant said about his daughter.

He recalled being impressed by the way Brooks treated her staff when she was a U.S. attorney. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She is very good with people,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and she can do good things as far as solving problems when there are conflicts.â&#x20AC;?

BSU team to take part in debate championship MUNCIE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Seven Ball State University students will travel to Germany this week to take part in the World Universities Debating Championships.

The Star Press reports

(http://tspne.ws/12Ls6j0 ) the team from Ball State will compete against debate students from Yale, Harvard, Oxford and other universities from across the globe. The students will arrive in Berlin on

Thursday, competing in the championships through Jan. 4.

Students spent four months learning and engaging in the styles of British parliamentary debate, also known as

â&#x20AC;&#x153;worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s format,â&#x20AC;? to prepare for the trip. Two of the students will take part in the competition and another will serve as a judge. The remaining four students will support their teammates.

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More meth labs showing up in cities, urban areas ST. LOUIS (AP) — Methamphetamine lab seizures are on the rise in the nation’s cities and suburbs, raising new concerns about a lethal drug that has long been the scourge of rural America.

Data and interviews from an investigation by The Associated Press found growing numbers of meth lab seizures in cities such as St. Louis, Kansas City, Mo., Nashville, Tenn., and Evansville, Ind. Authorities

are also seeing evidence that inner-city gangs are becoming involved in meth production and distribution.

“No question about it — there are more labs in the urban areas,” said Tom Farmer, coordinator of the Tennessee Methamphetamine and Pharmaceutical Task Force. “I’m seeing car fires from meth in urban areas now, more people getting burned.”

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because meth brought into the U.S. from Mexico also is becoming more pervasive in urban areas. The Associated Press reported in October that so-called Mexican “super labs” are upping production, making meth more pure and less expensive, and then using existing drug pipelines in big cities.

Data obtained by AP shows that homemade meth is on the rise in metropolitan areas, too.

MOSCOW (AP) — Defying a storm of domestic and international criticism, Russia moved toward finalizing a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, as Parliament’s upper house voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of a measure that President Vladimir Putin has indicated he will sign into law.

The bill is widely seen as the Kremlin’s retaliation against an American law that calls for sanctions against Russians deemed to be human rights violators. It comes as Putin takes an increasingly confrontational attitude toward the West, brushing aside concerns about a crackdown on dissent and democratic freedoms.

Dozens of Russian children close to being adopted by American families now will almost certainly be blocked from leaving the country. The law also cuts off the main international adoption route for Russian children stuck in often dismal orphanages: Tens of thousands of Russian youngsters have been adopted in the U.S. in the past 20 years. There are about 740,000 children without parental care in Russia, according to UNICEF. All 143 members of the

Federation Council present voted to support the bill, which has sparked criticism from both the U.S. and Russian officials, activists and artists, who say it victimizes children by depriving them of the chance to escape the squalor of orphanage life. The vote comes days after Parliament’s lower house overwhelmingly approved the ban.

The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it regretted the Russian parliament’s decision.

“Since 1992, American families have welcomed more than 60,000 Russian children into their homes, providing them with an opportunity to grow up in a family environment,” spokesman Patrick Ventrell said in a statement from Washington. “The bill passed by Russia’s parliament would prevent many children from enjoying this opportunity …

“It is misguided to link the fate of children to unrelated political considerations,” he said.

Seven people with posters protesting the bill were detained outside the Council before Wednesday’s vote.

“Children get frozen in the Cold War,” one poster read.

Some 60 people rallied in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second

largest city.

The bill is part of larger legislation by Putin-allied lawmakers retaliating against a recently signed U.S. law that calls for sanctions against Russians deemed to be human rights violators. Although Putin has not explicitly committed to signing the bill, he strongly defended it in a press conference last week as “a sufficient response” to the new U.S. law.

Originally Russia’s lawmakers cobbled together a more or less a tit-for-tat response to the U.S. law, providing for travel sanctions and the seizure of financial assets in Russia of Americans determined to have violated the rights of Russians.

But it was expanded to include the adoption measure and call for a ban on any organizations that are engaged in political activities if they receive funding from U.S. citizens or are determined to be a threat to Russia’s interests.

Russian children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov told the Interfax news agency that 46 children who were on the verge of being adopted by Americans would stay in Russia if the bill is approved — despite court rulings in some of these cases authorizing the adoptions.

CALL: Selected for phone call as ‘No. 1 airman’ FROM PAGE A1

and she really sets the example.”

In addition to her official duties, Shutts has volunteered at the Role 3 hospital, at the USO and as a victim advocate in the wing’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program. She also volunteered 12 hours to mentor 30 Afghan children at the local Kandahar

Bazaar school.

Volunteering at the hospital and working with the Afghan children have been two highlights of her deployment, she said.

Since Shutts has been at KAF, she has also completed Airman Leadership School and is pursuing her second bachelor’s degree, in nursing.

“For me, nominating her was a no-brainer,” Perez

said. “If I had to pick my No. 1 airman in the squadron, it would be her.”

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Dec. 27, 2000 — Mario Lemieux makes a remarkable comeback after 3½ years of retirement, scoring a goal and assisting on two others as the Penguins beat the Maple Leafs 5-0.

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Snow can’t stop Pagano INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chuck Pagano beat the traffic and a blizzard into work Wednesday morning — all in an effort to beat the Texans.

After spending the last three months fighting leukemia, the inspirational Colts coach arrived early at the team complex. He met briefly with his players to give them a succinct message about this week’s game plan, then stepped onto the practice field for the first time since Sept. 26.

It seemed nothing had changed.

“From Day 1, we set goals for ourselves, and after watching what this team has done over the course of the season, the last 12 weeks, it’s just not in our DNA,” Pagano said when asked about resting his starters Sunday against Houston.

“Our families deserve it, our fans deserve to see our best game

regardless of the circumstances.

They’re going to roll the ball out there and our job is to win a ballgame and that’s what we’re going to do.”

While Pagano wanted to take a business-as-usual approach into his first regular workday, it certainly wasn’t easy amid all the outside stuff.

Up to a foot of wind-whipped snow had fallen in parts of Indianapolis, creating hazardous driving conditions. Pagano said he arrived at the team complex so early, he had no trouble driving.

And though he considered moving up the scheduled afternoon practice so players could return home, Pagano decided against it because forecasters were hopeful the road conditions would improve as the snow tapered off late in the afternoon.

The snowiest day of the year was no deterrent for Pagano, who returned to the team complex Monday, met briefly with players who gave him a standing ovation, and spent about 30 minutes answering questions from reporters. On Wednesday, he strolled onto the team’s indoor practice field for the first time in three months, presided over the full-scale practice in the afternoon and savored every precious moment.

“Any time you just get removed from where you’re supposed to be on a daily basis — I’ve been doing this for the last 28 years of my life and then all of a sudden to be taken away from it, and then to be blessed to get back before the end of the season — it’s a great feeling,” he said. “It’s just good to SEE PAGANO, PAGE B2

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Jay Cutler understands the Chicago Bears need help to get to the playoffs, and they could use more than just an assist from archrival Green Bay. How about getting that offense to pitch in?

It hasn’t in recent weeks, and that’s one reason the Bears (9-6) are in danger of missing the playoffs for the fifth time in six years. The struggles on offense have played a big role in their free-fall after a 7-1 start, and even if they win at Detroit in the season finale on Sunday, there’s no guarantee they’ll make it.

They’ll still need Green Bay to beat or tie Minnesota. They could also get in with a tie if the Vikings lose.

“This is a big game,” Cutler said. “I think last week was a big game. We’ve got to win. There’s nothing else to be said about it.

And quarterback play, these are games you’ve got to have.”

After dropping five of their previous six, the Bears are coming off a 28-13 win over Arizona thanks to two defensive touchdowns. Starting running back Matt Forte’s status for this week is in question after he injured his right ankle for the third time this season.

He came through with one of his better performances, running for 88 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries before leaving the game.

He did not practice Wednesday.

“His ankle is looking pretty good,” coach Lovie Smith said.

“It’s a big football game. They’re all big. You always play guys when they’re healthy and ready to go”

Pro Bowl fantastic end to comebacks NEW YORK (AP) — Peyton Manning and Adrian Peterson want to cap their sensational comebacks with Super Bowl appearances. For now, they can be proud of Pro Bowl spots.

So can Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, one of two rookies chosen Wednesday for the Jan. 27 NFL all-star game.

Manning missed all of the 2011 season with neck and back problems that required several operations. He then signed with Denver as a free agent and has led

BOYS PREP OF THE WEEK Blake Mann, Lakewood Park The Panthers aren’t quite up to full stride, but with Mann, there’s no doubt they’ll get there sometime. Mann sent them into the holidays with a double-double, scoring 20 points and Mann grabbing 14 rebounds in a victory over county rival Eastside.

GI RLS PREP OF THE WEEK Hayley Martin, DeKalb Speaking of double-doubles, Martin doubled her fun as the Barons made a run at the title of the Goshen holiday tournament. She had 21 points and 12 rebounds in a win over Chesterton, then Martin had 24 points and 10 boards in the final vs. the host Redskins.

the Broncos on a 10-game winning streak to take the AFC West.

“I know there’s great players out there in the NFL, but there’s some great players on this team this year that deserve to go,” said Manning, whose 12th Pro Bowl is a record for quarterbacks. He ranks fourth in league passing this year, has thrown 34 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

Four other Broncos made the AFC roster: DE Elvis Dumervil, SEE PRO BOWL, PAGE B2

RAI LROAD I NN BASKETBALL CONTEST John Moats of Auburn defeated Mike Garrett of Garrett on the tiebreaker after both selected 18 of the 20 winners. The week’s high score was 110 PICKIN’ by the Bulls in THE PREPS their victory over the Knicks.

John’s entry of Hannah Holstein 102 was closer than Mike’s 128.

Best of the rest: Mike Hartman and Mark Howley of Butler, J.R. Wood and Dave Miller of Garrett, and Wade Hantz, Sheila Surfus and Ron Warstler of Auburn all were right on 17 games. Skip Zellers, Tyler Ellert, Joyce McKown, Roland Davis and Ed Beerbower of Auburn, Bob Zmyslony of Garrett, and Bob Gerber and Steve Miller of Butler all correctly selected 16 of the 20 winning teams. Ten other contestants were tied at 15-5.

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Cribbs apologizes for tweet BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Josh Cribbs promises to take out his frustrations on opponents and instead of fans.

The Browns’ kick returner apologized Wednesday for his profane tweet following Cleveland’s latest loss.

Cribbs knew he was wrong long before coach Pat Shurmur talked to him about it the next day.

“I knew it as soon as I hit the button,” he said Wednesday.

Cribbs said he was mad at himself for fumbling a punt, angry that it contributed to the 34-12 loss in Denver, then enraged when he got several derogatory messages.

“People think we’re out there playing a game, but for me it’s my life,” he said. “I’m all about football.

“It’s not impossible not to respond, but I play with so much passion.”

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PRO BOWL: Record-breakers Walsh, Johnson headed for Hawaii FROM PAGE B1

linebacker Von Miller, CB Champ Bailey and tackle Ryan Clady. Bailey’s 12th appearance is a record for defensive backs.

“My goal has always been to go out and help the team win and play at a high level,” Manning added.

“Anything that comes along with that, like being honored as a Pro Bowl selection, is very humbling.”

Two Colts, receiver Reggie Wayne and outside linebacker Robert Mathis, were named to the AFC squad. The Bears will be represented by cornerback Charles Tillman, defensive lineman Henry Melton and receiver Brandon Marshall on the NFC team.

Minnesota’s Peterson tore up his left knee on Christmas Eve last year, underwent major surgery, then was back for the season

opener. He’s gone from uncertain to unstoppable, running away with the rushing title with a careerhigh 1,898 yards and lifting the Vikings toward an NFC wild card.

“Coming into the season after going through the rehab process, I just told myself that I wanted to lead my team to a championship and make sure that I contribute and do my part,” Peterson said. “I’ve been doing it.”

Griffin is one of three rookie QBs who had superb debut seasons, along with Andrew Luck of Indianapolis and Russell Wilson of Seattle. Luck and Wilson weren’t voted to the Pro Bowl by players, coaches and fans, although their teams are in the playoffs; Griffin can get to the postseason if Washington beats Dallas on Sunday.

“You can’t play down

those kind of things,” Griffin said. “I’ve always said my whole football career that you don’t play for awards.

They just come.”

San Francisco had the most players selected, nine, including six from its second-ranked defense.

Houston was next with eight, six on offense.

Kansas City, despite its 213 record that is tied with Jacksonville for worst in the league, had five Pro Bowlers, including RB Jamaal Charles, who like Peterson is coming back from a torn ACL. One other rookie, Minnesota kicker Blair Walsh, was chosen. Walsh has nine field goals of at least 50 yards, an NFL mark.

The AFC kicker is at the other end of the spectrum: Cleveland’s Phil Dawson earned his first selection in his 14th NFL season.

Another record setter will

PAGANO: Colts set to go all out even with playoff position locked

be heading to Honolulu: Detroit WR Calvin Johnson.

Johnson broke Jerry FROM PAGE B1 Rice’s single-season yards receiving record and has be back around the players 1,892 yards with a game left. and practice and coaching Falcons tight end Tony again.”

Gonzalez set the record for Playing to win what Pro Bowls at his position by would normally be a being chosen for the 13th meaningless game is a stark time. contrast from previous Colts The league’s top two playoff years. Starters were sackmasters, DEs Aldon routinely held out of lateSmith of San Francisco and season games that had no J.J. Watt of Houston, were bearing on playoff position. first-time selections. Watt has The most glaring 20 1-2 sacks, one ahead of example came in 2009 when Smith; the NFL record is 22 the Colts were 14-0, yet 1-2. yanked their starters in the Other newcomers, along third quarter of a home with Griffin, Walsh and game against the New York Dawson, were AFC players Jets. Indy lost the game, tackle Duane Brown and played some starters one guard Wade Smith of series the next week in Houston; safety LaRon snowy Buffalo, and lost a Landry of the Jets; kick few weeks later to New returner Jacoby Jones of Orleans in the Super Bowl.

Baltimore; and punter Dustin But after making this Colquitt of Kansas City. year’s historic turnaround

from 2-14 to 10-5, and enduring the emotional roller-coaster of losing a head coach for 12 weeks and now getting him back, the Colts want to play. They are locked into the AFC’s No. 5 seed and will open the playoffs on the road against the AFC’s No. 4 seed, Baltimore or New England.

Players embraced Pagano’s choice.

“I think there is something to be said about keeping your momentum going and I think it could be a positive thing,” outside linebacker Dwight Freeney said. “I think guys who are banged up, they shouldn’t play. But I think that guys who can play, should play.

Yeah, you’re risking getting hurt, but that’s just what it is. It’s part of the game.”

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Brad Keselowski with the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup trophy. (NASCAR photo)

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ne of the most cherished awards in motorsports is the Mario Andretti Trophy, which is given to the driver selected as the SPEED Performer of the Year. A panel of 23 people from the motorsports industry, including Andretti himself, chooses the winner from a list of 16 drivers from 13 different forms of motorsports.

The candidates this year are Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso from Formula One, Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner from MotoGP, Ryan Hunter-Reay from IndyCar, the NHRA’s Antron Brown, Kyle Larson from USAC and NASCAR, Sammy Swindell and Donny Schatz from the World of Outlaws, Sebastien Loeb of World Rally, Andre Lotterer of WEC, Scott Pruett of Grand-Am, Josh Hayes from AMA Pro Superbike, Ryan Villopoto from Supercross and Max Biaggi from World Superbike.

Andretti said that while the list includes several series champions, one can win the trophy without winning a title.

“You try to consider the individual effort,” he said, adding that choosing a winner this year was hard. “There’s a lot of talent out there, this year especially, as far as how competitive each series was.”

He pointed out that the championships of most major racing series weren’t decided until the final race.

“Because of that, for us, it’s not easy,” he said. “I’d gladly hand the [voting] duties to somebody else.”

Andretti said Keselowski is certainly a strong candidate.

“I love his attitude,” Andretti said. “He wants to win. He’s not satisfied with any-

Mario Andretti in 2009, with the trophy that bears his name. (NASCAR photo) thing less, and I like that. One thing I detest is guys that say ‘I’m good if I finish top five, top 10.’

“Winning is the ultimate. Naturally you can’t win every time, but you have to have that attitude, and he does and I like that.

“And he’s shown to be a darn good little race driver.”

Andretti also was impressed with how Keselowski overcame the pressure from the media, and Jimmie Johnson, on and off the track, down the stretch of the Chase.

“He got it done against some odds,” Andretti said. “To me that’s the mark of a champion. When you’re under pressure and

you can think straight and control your emotions, that’s what champions are made of.

People that crumble under pressure will never accomplish that. Not everybody can do that, believe me. But he demonstrated that he’s well worthy of that championship.”

Andretti also liked what he saw in Kyle Larson, the 19-year-old open-wheel racer who nearly won twice in just four starts in the Camping World Truck Series and took the championship of NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series East division in his first year of racing fendered vehicles.

“The kid has a heck of a record this year, just phenomenal,” Andretti said. “He’s one that we’re going to hear a lot of as we go on.

Rare talents don’t come too often, and he seems to be one that has a little something extra special.”

Andretti, who won his share of races in sprint cars, also appreciates the accomplishments of Sammy Swindell, who at age 57 won a series-best 13 features including the prestigious King’s Royal at Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway. He finished third in World of Outlaw points and led the circuit in heat races wins and fast qualifying times.

“That turkey doesn’t know when to quit,” Andretti said. “He’s amazing. I love that guy … Here’s a guy who has been winning his entire career and keeps on winning now that he’s a grandfather.”

Andretti will present the trophy, a 100pound sculpture created by bronze artist Elie Hazak, during a SPEED broadcast on Jan. 27. Previous winners include Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson from NASCAR, Sebastian Vettel from Formula One, and Tony Schumacher from the NHRA.

Martinsville Speedway promoter Clay Martinsville Speedway promoter Clay Campbell has been going to Daytona Campbell has Speedway been goingsince to Daytona International he was a toddler, International Speedway since was toddler, always dreaming that one dayhe he’d beaable to always thathigh one banks. day he’d be able to race on dreaming the hallowed “I know way around Daytona better than race on themy hallowed high banks.

I do the communities surrounding “I some know of my way around Daytona better than Martinsville,” he said.

“Growing up in the busiI do some of the communities surrounding ness you look forward to getting to race, as Martinsville,” he said. “Growing up in theand busimany times I’ve been Daytona, I’veand beenas ness you lookasforward to to getting to race, inside and outside track, just wishing I many times as I’vethe been to Daytona, I’ve been could get on the track.” inside and outside the track, just wishing I Now at age 52, his dream is on the verge of could get on the track.” a veteran of the short coming true.

Campbell, Nowaround at age 52, dream is on the verge of tracks his his native Virginia, is set to drive coming Campbell, a veteran of the short the No. true.

08 Ford in the ARCA season opener at tracks around his native Virginia, is set to drive Daytona next February. the“INo. 08 Ford in the season opener at go back to the BillARCA [France] Sr. and Annie Daytona next February.

B. [France] days, and knew a lot of the people from the ’60sto tothe now,” said. “I’ve the “I go back Billhe[France] Sr.seen and Annie transformation the knew sport a and B. [France] days,ofand lotof ofDaytona the people International Speedway, so it’s pretty neat from the ’60s to now,” he said. “I’ve seen theto finally get to do of this it.”of Daytona transformation theaspect sport of and Campbell raced this season an ARCA race International Speedway, so it’sin pretty neat to at Talladega Superspeedway, Daytona’s sister finally get to do this aspect of it.” track, but was caught in an early multi-car Campbell raced this season in an ARCA race crash and didn’t get the finish he’d hoped for. at Now, Talladega sister after Superspeedway, a successful test Daytona’s at Daytona last track, but was caught an early multi-car week, he’s feeling goodin about his chances at crash and didn’t get the finish he’d hoped for.

Daytona.

Now, afterwent a successful at “Each Daytona last “The test good,” hetest said. time we week, he’swe feeling good at up went out picked up about a littlehis bitchances and wound sixth fastest overall for the weekend.”

Daytona.

In histest 25 years or so ofheLate “The went good,” said.Model “Eachracing, time we Campbell haspicked racedup and acrossup went out we a won littleat bittracks and wound the Southeast, but he’s competed only once at sixth fastest overall for the weekend.”

Martinsville, the track byModel his late grandfaIn his 25 years or so built of Late racing, ther Clay Earles.

Hisand career far Campbell has raced wonhighlight at tracksso across was winning the Limited Late Model track the Southeast, but he’s competed only once at championship at Caraway Speedway in 2000.

Martinsville, track big built by his late grandfaBut he saidthe another highlight, from ther Clay is Earles.

His highlight so far Daytona, not out of career the question. was Limited Late Model track as “I winning think wethe have as good a shot at winning championship at Caraway in 2000. anybody,” he said.

“You see Speedway guys win there that Butwin he said another bigIfhighlight, don’t anywhere else. you have from a little bit Daytona, not side out of thestay question. of luck onisyour and out of trouble and work the draft ... a win is not out ofatthe ques- as “I think we have as good a shot winning tion.” anybody,” he said. “You see guys win there that

don’t win anywhere else. If you have a little bit of luck on your side and stay out of trouble and work the draft ... a win is not out of the question.”

Clay Campbell (Martinsville Speedway photo)

Eury begins tenure with Swan Spending a few weeks resting and deer hunting, Campbell veteran crew chief Tony Euryphoto) Jr. is back at Clay (Martinsville Speedway

work in NASCAR. Eury, released late in the season from JR Motorsports, where he is a coowner, is now the crew chief for the No. 30 Toyota driven in Sprint Cup by David Stremme.

At his new Swan Racing team, owned by Brandon Davis, Eury will be reunited with Steve Hmiel, a former co-worker from his days at Dale Earnhardt Inc. “I am really impressed with the team Swan Racing is building and I am proud to be part of it,” Eury said in a team release. “I am looking Different drivers Different drivers with David Stremme forward to working who won Sprint whothe wonwheel Sprintand with competition behind director Cup races in 2012 Cup polesHmiel.” in 2012 Steve Hmiel also had praise for Eury.

Sprint Cup races Sprint “Tony Jr.Cup hasraces pretty much done all from in it which J.J. Yeley in which to Joecrew chief,” he said. tire changer “His the experifailed to qualify, most Nemechek and Josh Wise ence and knowledge will be pivotal to the sucof any driver didcess not of finish, the most of Swan Racing.”

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Area Boys Basketball NORTHEAST HOOSIER CONF. TEAMS NHC ALL Columbia City Eagles 1-0 7-0 DeKalb Barons 1-0 5-2 Homestead Spartans 1-0 6-1 New Haven Bulldogs 1-0 3-1 Bellmont Braves 0-1 2-5 Carroll Chargers 0-1 1-5 East Noble Knights 0-1 1-5 Norwell Knights 0-1 6-1 Friday, Dec. 28 Holiday Hoops Tournam ent At East Noble DeKalb vs. Prairie Heights East Noble vs. Heritage Homestead vs. Prairie Heights Homestead vs. DeKalb East Noble vs. Huntington North Holiday Hoops Tournam ent At Colum bia City Carroll vs. Churubusco Columbia City vs. Blackhawk Christian Carroll vs. Marion Columbia City vs. Munster Saturday, Dec. 29 Adams Central at Bellmont Leo at Norwell DeKalb, East Noble, Homestead, Columbia City in Holiday Hoops Tournament at Carroll Noblesville Tournam ent SB Adams vs. Noblesville New Haven vs. Hammond Noll NORTHEAST CORNER CONF. TEAMS NECC ALL Westview Warriors 4-0 7-1 Fairfield Falcons 3-0 4-4 West Noble Chargers 3-0 7-0 Fremont Eagles 2-0 5-1 Eastside Blazers 2-0 2-5 Angola Hornets 1-1 3-3 Hamilton Marines 1-2 5-4 Prairie Heights Panthers 1-3 3-4 Churubusco Eagles 0-3 0-6 Central Noble Cougars 0-4 1-7 Lakeland Lakers 0-4 1-7 Saturday’s Gam e Tippecanoe Valley Tournam ent Fairfield 56, Rochester 42 Thursday, Dec. 27 East Noble at Central Noble Coldwater, Mich. Tournam ent Fremont vs. Eaton Rapids, Mich.

Morenci, Mich. vs. Coldwater, Mich.

Friday, Dec. 28 Angola at Leo West Noble at Eastside Fairfield vs. Bremen at Indianapolis Fremont at Coldwater, Mich. Tournament Holiday Hoops Tournam ent At Colum bia City Churubusco vs. Carroll Churubusco vs. Marion Holiday Hoops Tournam ent At East Noble Prairie Heights vs. DeKalb Prairie Heights vs. Homestead Saturday, Dec. 29 Churubusco, Prairie Heights in Holiday Hoops Tournament at Carroll ALLEN COUNTY ATHLETIC CONF. TEAMS ACAC ALL Adams Cent. Flying Jets 2-0 5-2 Bluffton Tigers 2-0 4-4 Leo Lions 2-0 3-4 Heritage Patriots 1-1 2-4 Woodlan Warriors 1-1 5-2 Garrett Railroaders 0-2 2-5 South Adams Starfires 0-2 2-6 Southern Wells Raiders 0-2 2-5 Friday, Dec. 28 Winchester at Bluffton Angola at Leo Union Modoc at South Adams Southern Wells at Daleville Woodlan at Wayne Trace, Ohio Holiday Hoops Tournam ent At East Noble Heritage vs. East Noble Heritage vs. Huntington North Saturday, Dec. 29 Adams Central at Bellmont Heritage in Holiday Hoops Tournament at Carroll

Area Girls Basketball NORTHEAST HOOSIER CONF. TEAMS NHC ALL East Noble Knights 3-0 7-3 Norwell Knights 3-0 8-2 DeKalb Barons 2-1 7-4 Homestead Spartans 2-1 8-1 Bellmont Squaws 1-2 4-9 Carroll Chargers 1-2 5-5 Columbia City Eagles 0-3 2-9 New Haven Bulldogs 0-3 2-9 Friday’s Gam es Norwell 65, Notre Dame, Ky. 46 Saturday’s Gam es FW South 65, Norwell 48 Indpls Roncalli 63, Norwell 45 Goshen Tournam ent DeKalb 55, Chesterton 49 2OT Goshen 56, DeKalb 55 Frankfort Tournam ent Frankfort 65, Bellmont 55 Winchester 60, Bellmont 50 Thursday, Dec. 27 East Noble at Central Noble Northridge Tournam ent Columbia City vs. Andrean Columbia City vs. Portage Homestead vs. NorthWood Homestead vs. Concord Friday, Dec. 28 Garrett at New Haven Ben Davis Tournam ent Bloomington South vs. Ben Davis Carroll vs. Plainfield Northridge Tournam ent Columbia City vs. Northridge Homestead vs. Hobart Saturday, Dec. 29 Norwell Shootout Norwell vs. Plymouth Norwell vs. Wawasee NORTHEAST CORNER CONF. TEAMS NECC ALL Angola Hornets 6-0 9-1 West Noble Chargers 6-1 8-4 Fairfield Falcons 5-1 5-4 Westview Warriors 5-1 7-5 Prairie Heights Panthers 4-3 6-5 Fremont Eagles 3-2 6-4 Lakeland Lakers 2-5 2-10 Churubusco Eagles 1-4 2-9 Hamilton Marines 1-4 1-6 Eastside Blazers 0-5 0-9 Central Noble Cougars 0-7 0-12 Thursday, Dec. 27 East Noble at Central Noble Leo at Angola Jimtown at Fairfield Coldwater, Mich. Tournam ent Niles, Mich. vs. Williamston, Mich.

Fremont vs. Coldwater, Mich.

Friday, Dec. 28 Heritage at Churubusco Fremont in Coldwater tournament Saturday, Dec. 29 Tippecanoe Valley at West Noble South Adam s Tournam ent Eastside vs. Blackhawk Christian South Adams vs. Seton Catholic Ham ilton Tournam ent Hamilton vs. Pioneer Kouts vs. Centerville ALLEN COUNTY ATHLETIC CONF. TEAMS ACAC ALL Woodlan Warriors 4-0 7-3 Garrett Railroaders 3-1 7-4 Leo Lions 3-1 8-2 Southern Wells Raiders 3-1 8-2 Adams Cent. Flying Jets 1-3 3-7 Heritage Patriots 1-3 7-5 South Adams Starfires 1-3 4-7 Bluffton Tigers 0-4 4-8 Thursday, Dec. 27 Leo at Angola Friday, Dec. 28 Garrett at New Haven Heritage at Churubusco Adams Central at Muncie South Saturday, Dec. 29 Randolph Southern at Southern Wells Woodlan at Antwerp, Ohio South Adam s Tournam ent Eastside vs. Blackhawk Christian South Adams vs. Seton Catholic

Top 25 Basketball Schedule Thursday's Game No. 8 Cincinnati vs. New Mexico, 9 p.m.

Friday's Games No. 5 Indiana vs. Jacksonville, 8 p.m.

No. 7 Missouri at UCLA, 10 p.m.

No. 13 Gonzaga vs. Baylor, 8 p.m.

Saturday's Games No. 1 Duke vs. Santa Clara, Noon No. 2 Michigan vs. Central Michigan, 7 p.m.

No. 4 Louisville vs. Kentucky, 4 p.m.

No. 6 Kansas vs. American, 8 p.m.

No. 9 Syracuse vs. Alcorn State, 7 p.m.

No. 10 Ohio State vs. Chicago State, 4:30 p.m.

No. 12 Illinois vs. Auburn at the United Center, 2:15 p.m.

No. 14 Florida vs. Air Force at the BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla., 4:30 p.m.

No. 16 Creighton vs. Evansville, 8:05 p.m.

No. 18 Butler at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m.

No. 20 UNLV at North Carolina, 2 p.m.

No. 23 N.C. State vs. Western Michigan, Noon No. 25 Kansas State vs. UMKC, 7 p.m.

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 20 8 .714 — Boston 14 13 .519 5½ Brooklyn 14 14 .500 6 Philadelphia 14 15 .483 6½ Toronto 9 19 .321 11 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 20 6 .769 — Atlanta 17 9 .654 3 Orlando 12 16 .429 9 Charlotte 7 21 .250 14 Washington 3 23 .115 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 16 12 .571 — Milwaukee 15 12 .556 ½ Chicago 15 12 .556 ½ Detroit 9 22 .290 8½ Cleveland 7 23 .233 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 21 8 .724 — Memphis 18 8 .692 1½ Houston 16 12 .571 4½ Dallas 12 16 .429 8½ New Orleans 6 22 .214 14½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 21 6 .778 — Denver 15 14 .517 7 Utah 15 14 .517 7 Portland 13 13 .500 7½ Minnesota 13 13 .500 7½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 22 6 .786 — Golden State 18 10 .643 4 L.A. Lakers 14 14 .500 8 Phoenix 11 17 .393 11 Sacramento 9 18 .333 12½ Tuesday's Games Boston 93, Brooklyn 76 L.A. Lakers 100, New York 94 Miami 103, Oklahoma City 97 Houston 120, Chicago 97 L.A. Clippers 112, Denver 100 Wednesday's Games Miami 105, Charlotte 92 New Orleans 97, Orlando 94 Cleveland 87, Washington 84 Chicago at Indiana, ppd., weather conditions Atlanta 126, Detroit 119, 2OT Houston 87, Minnesota 84 Philadelphia 99, Memphis 89 Milwaukee 108, Brooklyn 93 Toronto at San Antonio, late L.A. Lakers at Denver, late New York at Phoenix, late Golden State at Utah, late Sacramento at Portland, late Thursday's Games Dallas at Oklahoma City, late Boston at L.A. Clippers, late Friday's Games Phoenix at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Washington, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Houston at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Utah, 9 p.m.

New York at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Portland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Summaries At Orlando, Fla. NEW ORLEANS (97) Thomas 0-2 0-0 0, A.Davis 6-14 0-0 12, Lopez 9-10 11-12 29, Vasquez 12-21 2-2 27, Rivers 2-7 0-0 4, McGuire 3-3 0-0 6, Anderson 4-11 6-6 15, Roberts 1-5 0-0 2, Mason 0-1 0-0 0, Henry 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 38-76 19-20 97.

ORLANDO (94) Harkless 1-5 0-0 2, Ayon 2-4 0-0 4, Vucevic 8-17 3-5 19, Nelson 11-17 2-2 28, Afflalo 6-14 0-0 14, Redick 2-10 66 12, McRoberts 2-3 0-0 5, Moore 4-9 0-0 10, Nicholson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 3679 11-13 94.

New Orleans 26 23 29 19—97 Orlando 24 29 23 18—94 3-Point Goals—New Orleans 2-12 (Vasquez 1-4, Anderson 1-5, Rivers 0-1, Mason 0-1, Roberts 0-1), Orlando 1130 (Nelson 4-8, Moore 2-5, Redick 2-7, Afflalo 2-7, McRoberts 1-1, Vucevic 0-1, Harkless 0-1). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—New Orleans 40 (A.Davis 11), Orlando 44 (Vucevic 9). Assists— New Orleans 19 (Vasquez 8), Orlando 25 (Nelson 10). Total Fouls—New Orleans 17, Orlando 17. Technicals— Orlando defensive three second. A— 18,846 (18,500).

At Charlotte, N.C. MIAMI (105) James 9-19 7-8 27, Haslem 0-4 0-0 0, Bosh 6-12 1-3 14, Chalmers 5-10 3-4 17, Wade 10-19 8-10 29, Battier 3-5 00 9, Anthony 0-0 0-0 0, Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Cole 2-6 0-0 4, Jones 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 37-81 19-25 105.

CHARLOTTE (92) Kidd-Gilchrist 2-6 2-2 6, Warrick 8-12 2-3 18, Biyombo 3-8 1-3 7, Walker 9-20 5-7 27, Henderson 5-19 4-5 14, Sessions 7-12 4-6 19, Diop 0-1 0-0 0, Taylor 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 34-78 19-28 92.

Miami 27 28 23 27—105 Charlotte 18 20 33 21— 92 3-Point Goals—Miami 12-23 (Chalmers 4-6, Battier 3-5, James 2-4, Wade 1-1, Bosh 1-1, Jones 1-3, Miller 0-1, Cole 02), Charlotte 5-14 (Walker 4-8, Sessions 1-3, Henderson 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Miami 50 (James 12), Charlotte 53 (Biyombo 10).

Assists—Miami 21 (James 8), Charlotte 18 (Walker 6). Total Fouls—Miami 25, Charlotte 22. Technicals—Haslem, Henderson. A—19,602 (19,077).

At Washington, D.C. CLEVELAND (87) Gee 4-9 1-2 10, Thompson 5-9 5-5 15, Zeller 3-10 0-0 6, Irving 8-23 7-11 26, Waiters 3-11 1-2 9, Gibson 3-4 1-3 10, Walton 3-6 0-0 6, Miles 1-6 0-0 3, Pargo 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 31-82 15-23 87.

WASHINGTON (84) Webster 5-7 0-0 12, Nene 6-10 4-5 16, Okafor 8-14 1-2 17, Mack 2-6 0-0 6, Beal 0-5 2-2 2, Seraphin 2-6 0-0 4, Vesely 1-2 0-2 2, Martin 2-6 0-0 4, Crawford 7-15 3-3 17, Temple 1-3 0-0 2, Singleton 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 35-76 1014 84.

Cleveland 22 23 23 19—87 Washington 26 17 25 16—84 3-Point Goals—Cleveland 10-27 (Gibson 3-4, Irving 3-9, Waiters 2-5, Gee 1-2, Miles 1-5, Walton 0-1, Pargo 0-1), Washington 4-18 (Webster 2-3, Mack 2-3, Vesely 0-1, Martin 0-2, Temple 0-2, Beal 0-2, Crawford 0-5).

Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds— Cleveland 47 (Thompson 12), Washington 57 (Okafor, Webster 10).

Assists—Cleveland 20 (Irving 8), Washington 22 (Mack 7). Total Fouls— Cleveland 16, Washington 21. Technicals—Washington defensive three second. A—13,846 (20,308).

At Milwaukee BROOKLYN (93) Johnson 5-15 2-2 13, Wallace 2-8 4-4 8, Lopez 9-18 3-5 21, Watson 2-12 44 8, Bogans 4-8 1-1 11, Brooks 2-5 11 5, Blatche 5-10 4-5 14, Stackhouse 1-5 0-0 2, Evans 0-0 2-2 2, Taylor 3-6 00 7, Shengelia 0-0 0-0 0, Teletovic 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 34-88 21-24 93.

MILWAUKEE (108) Daniels 2-5 0-0 5, Mbah a Moute 0-3 00 0, Sanders 6-11 0-0 12, Jennings 915 4-4 25, Ellis 7-14 3-4 20, Dunleavy 6-12 3-3 17, Udrih 2-5 0-0 4, Udoh 411 0-0 8, Ilyasova 4-7 8-8 17, Lamb 0-1 0-0 0, Henson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-84 18-19 108.

Brooklyn 24 18 25 26— 93 Milwaukee 22 33 23 30—108 3-Point Goals—Brooklyn 4-21 (Bogans 2-5, Taylor 1-2, Johnson 1-4, Blatche 01, Brooks 0-1, Wallace 0-2, Watson 03, Stackhouse 0-3), Milwaukee 10-17 (Ellis 3-3, Jennings 3-4, Dunleavy 2-6, Ilyasova 1-1, Daniels 1-2, Udrih 0-1).

Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds— Brooklyn 50 (Wallace 12), Milwaukee 52 (Sanders 12). Assists—Brooklyn 17 (Wallace 8), Milwaukee 24 (Ellis 7).

Total Fouls—Brooklyn 18, Milwaukee 20.

Technicals—Blatche, Milwaukee defensive three second. A—13,102 (18,717).

At Memphis, Tenn.

PHILADELPHIA (99) Wright 8-11 7-8 28, T.Young 6-10 1-2 13, L.Allen 2-6 2-4 6, Holiday 5-16 2-2 13, Turner 0-4 1-2 1, Hawes 9-14 2-4 20, N.Young 5-7 1-1 12, Ivey 2-3 0-0 6.

Totals 37-71 16-23 99.

MEMPHIS (89) Pondexter 3-10 4-4 13, Randolph 1018 2-2 23, Gasol 9-15 0-0 18, Conley 3-17 3-3 10, T.Allen 3-8 0-0 6, Ellington 1-6 0-0 2, Arthur 3-6 2-2 8, Speights 24 3-6 7, Bayless 1-6 0-0 2. Totals 35-90 14-17 89.

Philadelphia 26 23 26 24—99 Memphis 29 18 23 19—89 3-Point Goals—Philadelphia 9-16 (Wright 5-8, Ivey 2-2, Holiday 1-2, N.Young 1-3, Hawes 0-1), Memphis 515 (Pondexter 3-7, Randolph 1-1, Conley 1-3, Arthur 0-1, Bayless 0-1, T.Allen 0-1, Ellington 0-1). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Philadelphia 49 (Hawes 9), Memphis 50 (Randolph 9).

Assists—Philadelphia 23 (Turner, Holiday 9), Memphis 22 (Gasol 8). Total Fouls—Philadelphia 15, Memphis 18.

Technicals—Philadelphia defensive three second. A—16,055 (18,119).

NBA Leaders Scoring G FG FT PTS Bryant, LAL 28 287 203 836 Anthony, NYK 24 235 152 684 Durant, OKC 27 245 225 758 Harden, HOU 26 195 227 667 James, MIA 25 250 104 638 Wstbrk, OKC 27 199 141 578 Aldridg, POR 24 199 102 500 Pierce, BOS 27 180 143 553 Curry, GOL 28 195 92 565 Lee, GOL 28 234 91 559 Wade, MIA 22 165 99 435 Ellis, MIL 26 186 116 506 Mayo, DAL 28 189 94 541 Parker, SAN 27 199 101 512 Lillard, POR 26 165 95 484 Walker, CHA 27 182 99 495 Holiday, PHL 24 176 61 439 Gay, MEM 25 174 80 455 Griffin, LAC 28 209 88 508 DeRzan, TOR 28 191 109 506 Rebounds GOFF DEF TOT Varejao, CLE 25 138 223 361 Rndlph, MEM 25 119 200 319 Howard, LAL 28 104 230 334 Asik, HOU 27 92 222 314 Lee, GOL 28 90 225 315 Hickson, POR 25 103 171 274 Noah, CHI 27 98 187 285 Duncan, SAN 28 50 235 285 Jefferson, UTA 28 62 223 285 Chndler, NYK 28 119 158 277 FG Percentage FG FGA Chandler, NYK 129 187 McGee, DEN 135 225 Jordan, LAC 111 191 Howard, LAL 175 306 Ibaka, OKC 164 289 Hickson, POR 131 231 Lopez, NOR 133 241 Landry, GOL 127 231 Bosh, MIA 159 290 James, MIA 250 459 Assists G AST Rondo, BOS 24 286 Paul, LAC 28 266 Holiday, PHL 24 212 Vasquez, NOR 27 234 Westbrook, OKC 27 233 Williams, Bro 27 216 Calderon, TOR 28 210 Parker, SAN 27 194 Lawson, DEN 29 200

AVG 29.9 28.5 28.1 25.7 25.5 21.4 20.8 20.5 20.2 20.0 19.8 19.5 19.3 19.0 18.6 18.3 18.3 18.2 18.1 18.1 AVG 14.4 12.8 11.9 11.6 11.3 11.0 10.6 10.2 10.2 9.9 PCT .690 .600 .581 .572 .567 .567 .552 .550 .548 .545 AVG 11.9 9.5 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.0 7.5 7.2 6.9

NBADL Standings Central Division Tulsa Texas Sioux Falls Austin Rio Grande Valley Iowa West Division Santa Cruz Bakersfield Los Angeles Reno Idaho East Division

W 8 8 7 6 5 3

L 3 4 4 5 6 7

Pct .727 .667 .636 .545 .455 .300

GB — ½ 1 2 3 4½

W 6 8 5 3 1

L 2 5 4 6 10

Pct .750 .615 .556 .333 .091

GB — ½ 1½ 3½ 6½

W L Pct GB Maine 7 4 .636 — Erie 6 4 .600 ½ Canton 6 7 .462 2 Springfield 4 5 .444 2 Fort Wayne 3 10 .231 5 Tuesday's Games Iowa 102, Sioux Falls 80 Wednesday's Games Austin at Canton, late Maine at Idaho, late Thursday's Games Springfield at Santa Cruz, 10 p.m.

NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA y-New Eng 11 4 0 .733 529331 Miami 7 8 0 .467 288289 N.Y. Jets 6 9 0 .400 272347 Buffalo 5 10 0 .333 316426 South W L T Pct PF PA y-Houston 12 3 0 .800 400303 x-Indianapolis 10 5 0 .667 329371 Tennessee 5 10 0 .333 292451 Jacksonville 2 13 0 .133 235406 North W L T Pct PF PA y-Baltimore 10 5 0 .667 381321 x-Cincinnati 9 6 0 .600 368303 Pittsburgh 7 8 0 .467 312304 Cleveland 5 10 0 .333 292344 West W L T Pct PF PA y-Denver 12 3 0 .800 443286 San Diego 6 9 0 .400 326329 Oakland 4 11 0 .267 269419 Kansas City 2 13 0 .133 208387 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Washington 9 6 0 .600 408 370 Dallas 8 7 0 .533 358 372 N.Y. Giants 8 7 0 .533 387337 Philadelphia 4 11 0 .267 273402 South W L T Pct PF PA y-Atlanta 13 2 0 .867 402277 New Orleans 7 8 0 .467 423410 Tampa Bay 6 9 0 .400 367 377 Carolina 6 9 0 .400 313325 North W L T Pct PF PA y-Green Bay 11 4 0 .733 399299 Minnesota 9 6 0 .600 342314 Chicago 9 6 0 .600 349253 Detroit 4 11 0 .267 348411 West W L T Pct PF PA x-San Fran 10 4 1 .700 370260 x-Seattle 10 5 0 .667 392232 St. Louis 7 7 1 .500 286328 Arizona 5 10 0 .333 237330 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Sunday, Dec. 30 Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 4:25 p.m.

Miami at New England, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas at Washington, 8:20 p.m.

NFL Playoff Scenarios AFC CLI NCHED: Houston, AFC South; Denver, AFC West; New England, AFC East; Baltimore, AFC North; Indianapolis, No. 5 playoff spot; Cincinnati, No. 6 playoff spot.

HOUSTON (at Indianapolis) Clinches first-round bye with: — Win or tie, or — New England loss or tie, or — Denver loss

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Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: — Win, or — Tie AND Denver loss or tie, or — New England loss or tie AND Denver loss DENVER (vs. Kansas City) Clinches first-round bye with: — Win or tie, or — New England loss or tie Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: — Win AND Houston loss or tie, or — Tie AND Houston loss NEW ENGLAND (vs. Miami) Clinches first-round bye with: — Win AND Denver or Houston loss Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: — Win AND Denver and Houston loss NFC CLINCHED: Atlanta, NFC South and home-field advantage; Green Bay, NFC North; San Francisco, playoff spot; Seattle, playoff spot GREEN BAY (at Minnesota) Clinches first-round bye with: — Win, or — Tie AND San Francisco loss or tie, or — San Francisco loss AND Seattle loss or tie SAN FRANCISCO (vs. Arizona) Clinches NFC West with: — Win or tie, or — Seattle loss or tie Clinches first-round bye with: — Win AND Green Bay loss or tie, or — Tie AND Green Bay loss SEATTLE (vs. St. Louis) Clinches NFC West with: — Win AND San Francisco loss Clinches first-round bye with: — Win AND San Francisco loss AND Green Bay loss WASHINGTON (vs. Dallas) Clinches NFC East with: — Win or tie Clinches playoff spot with: — Chicago loss AND Minnesota loss DALLAS (at Washington) Clinches NFC East with: — Win NY GIANTS (vs. Philadelphia) Clinches playoff spot with: — Win AND Dallas loss or tie AND Chicago loss AND Minnesota loss MINNESOTA (vs. Green Bay) Clinches playoff spot with: — Win, or — Tie AND Chicago loss or tie, or — Dallas loss or tie AND N.Y. Giants loss or tie AND Chicago loss CHICAGO (at Detroit) Clinches playoff spot with: — Win AND Minnesota loss or tie, or — Tie AND Minnesota loss

Pro Bowl Selections At Aloha Stadium, Honolulu Sunday, Jan. 27 AFC Offense Quarterbacks — Tom Brady, New England; Peyton Manning, Denver; Matt Schaub, Houston Running Backs — Jamaal Charles, Kansas City; Arian Foster, Houston; Ray Rice, Baltimore Fullback — Vonta Leach, Baltimore Wide Receivers — A.J. Green, Cincinnati; Andre Johnson, Houston; Reggie Wayne, Indianapolis; Wes Welker, New England Tight Ends — Rob Gronkowski, New England; Heath Miller, Pittsburgh Tackles — Duane Brown, Houston; Ryan Clady, Denver; Joe Thomas, Cleveland; Marshall Yanda, Baltimore Guards — Logan Mankins, New England; Wade Smith, Houston Centers — Chris Myers, Houston; Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh Defense Ends — Elvis Dumervil, Denver; Cameron Wake, Miami; J.J. Watt, Houston Interior Linemen — Geno Atkins, Cincinnati; Haloti Ngata, Baltimore; Vince Wilfork, New England Outside Linebackers — Tamba Hali, Kansas City; Robert Mathis, Indianapolis; Von Viller, Denver Inside/Middle Linebackers — Derrick Johnson, Kansas City; Jerod Mayo, New England Cornerbacks — Champ Bailey, Denver; Antonio Cromartie, N.Y. Jets; Johnathan Joseph, Houston Strong Safeties — Eric Berry, Kansas City; LaRon Landry, N.Y. Jets Free Safety — Ed Reed, Baltimore Specialists Placekicker — Phil Dawson, Cleveland Punter — Dustin Colquitt, Kansas City Kick Returner — Jacoby Jones, Baltimore Special Team — Matthew Slater, New England NFC Offense Quarterbacks — Robert Griffin III, Washington; Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay; Matt Ryan, Atlanta Running Backs — Frank Gore, San Francisco; Marshawn Lynch, Seattle; Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Fullback — Jerome Felton, Minnesota Wide Receivers — Victor Cruz, N.Y. Giants; Calvin Johnson, Detroit; Julio Jones, Atlanta; Brandon Marshall, Chicago Tight Ends — Tony Gonzalez, Atlanta; Jason Witten, Dallas Tackles — Russell Okung, Seattle; Joe Staley, San Francisco; Trent Williams, Washington Guards — Jahri Evans, New Orleans; Mike Iupati, San Francisco; Chris Snee, N.Y. Giants Centers — Jeff Saturday, Green Bay; Max Unger, Seattle Defense Ends — Jared Allen, Minnesota; Julius Peppers, Chicago; Jason Pierre-Paul, N.Y. Giants Interior Linemen — Gerald McCoy, Tampa Bay; Henry Melton, Chicago; Justin Smith, San Francisco Outside Linebackers — Clay Matthews, Green Bay; Aldon Smith, San Francisco; DeMarcus Ware, Dallas Inside/Middle Linebackers — NaVorro Bowman, San Francisco; Patrick Willis, San Francisco Cornerbacks — Tim Jennings, Chicago; Patrick Peterson, Arizona; Charles Tillman, Chicago Strong Safeties — Donte Whitner, San Francisco Free Safeties — Dashon Goldson, San Francisco; Earl Thomas, Seattle Specialists Placekicker — Blair Walsh, Minnesota Punter — Thomas Morstead, New Orleans Kick Returner — Leon Washington, Seattle Special Team — Lorenzo Alexander, Washington

College Bowl Schedule Saturday, Dec. 15 New Mexico Bowl, At Albuquerque Arizona 49, Nevada 48 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Utah State 41, Toledo 15 Thursday, Dec. 20 Poinsettia Bowl, At San Diego BYU 23, San Diego State 6 Friday, Dec. 21 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. UCF 38, Ball State 17 Saturday, Dec. 22, New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 43, East Carolina 34 Las Vegas Bowl Boise State 28, Washington 26 Monday, Dec. 24, Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu SMU 43, Fresno State 10 Wednesday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, At Detroit Central Michigan (6-6) vs. Western Kentucky (7-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl, At Washington Bowling Green (8-4) vs. San Jose State (10-2), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl, At Charlotte, N.C. Duke (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl, At San Diego Baylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4), 9:45 p.m.

(ESPN) Friday, Dec. 28 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Louisiana-Monroe (8-4) vs. Ohio (8-4), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl, At Orlando, Fla. Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Rutgers (9-3),

5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Meineke Car Care Bowl, At Houston Minnesota (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Rice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6), 11:45 a.m. (ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl, At San Francisco Arizona State (7-5) vs. Navy (7-4), 3:15 p.m. (ESPN2) Pinstripe Bowl, At New York Syracuse (7-5) vs. West Virginia (7-5), 3:15 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl, At San Antonio Texas (8-4) vs. Orgeon State (9-3), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Michigan State (6-6) vs. TCU (7-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 31 Music City Bowl, At Nashville, Tenn.

Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State (7-5), Noon (ESPN) Sun Bowl, At El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech (6-7) vs. Southern Cal (75), 2 p.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl, At Memphis, Tenn.

Iowa State (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl, At Atlanta LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl, At Dallas Purdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5), Noon (ESPNU) Gator Bowl, At Jacksonville, Fla. Mississippi State (8-4) vs.

Northwestern (9-3), Noon (ESPN2) Capital One Bowl, At Orlando, Fla. Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), 1 p.m. (ABC) Outback Bowl, At Tampa, Fla. South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan (84), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl, At Pasadena, Calif.

Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl, At Miami Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Florida State (11-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl, At New Orleans Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 3 Fiesta Bowl, At Glendale, Ariz.

Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 4 Cotton Bowl, At Arlington, Texas Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 8 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 5 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 6 GoDaddy.com Bowl, At Mobile, Ala. Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas State (93), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 7 BCS National Championship At Miami Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 19 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 4 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Jan. 26 Senior Bowl, At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, TBA (NFLN)

ECHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOLSL Pts GF GA Reading 29 21 7 0 1 43 106 79 Trenton 28 13 11 2 2 30 88 91 Wheeling 27 12 10 2 3 29 78 84 Elmira 28 12 13 1 2 27 86 87 North Division GP W LOLSL Pts GF GA Cincinnati 27 17 8 2 0 36 84 71 Toledo 29 16 12 0 1 33 94 81 FtWayne 28 14 12 1 1 30 82 92 Kalamzoo 28 11 14 2 1 25 82 87 Evansville 31 11 17 0 3 25 83113 South Division GP W LOLSL Pts GF GA Greenville 33 19 12 1 1 40 107100 Gwinnett 30 19 10 1 0 39 83 70 Florida 30 14 10 2 4 34 108112 SCarolina 32 13 15 1 3 30 87 97 Orlando 31 12 15 2 2 28 82 97 WESTERN CONFERENCE Mountain Division GP W LOLSL Pts GF GA Alaska 31 23 8 0 0 46 106 82 Idaho 29 18 7 1 3 40 114 84 Colorado 30 16 11 1 2 35 115 98 Utah 26 11 11 1 3 26 84104 Pacific Division GP W LOLSL Pts GF GA Ontario 28 20 7 1 0 41 113 78 Stockton 30 15 9 3 3 36 105 97 Las Vegas 27 12 11 1 3 28 76 80 San Fran 32 11 17 1 3 26 92128 Bakersfld 30 7 20 1 2 17 73116 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Wednesday's Games No games scheduled Thursday's Games Florida at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Wheeling at Greenville, 7 p.m.

South Carolina at Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m.

Reading at Trenton, 7:05 p.m.

Toledo at Fort Wayne, 7:30 p.m.

Elmira at Cincinnati, 7:35 p.m.

Stockton at Bakersfield, 10 p.m.

Friday's Games Florida at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Wheeling at Greenville, 7 p.m.

Cincinnati at Toledo, 7:05 p.m.

South Carolina at Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m.

Trenton at Reading, 7:05 p.m.

Fort Wayne at Kalamazoo, 7:30 p.m.

Elmira at Evansville, 8:15 p.m.

Ontario at Utah, 9:05 p.m.

Stockton at Bakersfield, 10 p.m.

Las Vegas at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Colorado at Alaska, 11:15 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Traded RHP Mark Melancon, RHP Stolmy Pimentel, INF Ivan De Jesus and 1B/OF Jerry Sands to Pittsburgh for RHP Joel Hanrahan and INF Brock Holt. Agreed to terms with SS Stephen Drew on a one-year contract.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with OF Raul Ibanez on a oneyear contract. Designated RHP D.J. Mitchell for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with C A.J. Pierzynski on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MIAMI HEAT — Assigned C Dexter Pittman to Sioux Falls (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Released OT J.B. Shugarts from the practice squad.

Signed TE Derek Buttles to the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed S Troy Nolan.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed S Usama Young on injured reserve.

Signed QB Josh Johnson. Signed DB Jordan Mabin to the practice squad.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed TE Chase Ford to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed WR WR Kamar Aiken, RB James Develin and DB Cyhl Quarles to the practice squad.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed TE Travis Beckum on injured reserve.

Signed DB Terrence Frederick from the practice squad and CB Brandon Bing to the practice squad.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed QB Nick Foles on injured reserve.

Signed DT Antonio Dixon to a two-year contract. Signed LB Marcus Dowtin to the practice squad.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Placed TE Heath Miller, CB Ike Taylor and RB Baron Batch on injured reserve. Signed S Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith and LB Marshall McFadden from the practice squad and FB Jamie McCoy from San Diego's practice squad.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Placed DT Aubrayo Franklin and S Brandon Taylor on injured reserve. Signed S Sean Cattouse and CB Greg Gatson from the practice squad and CB Arthur Hobbs and TE Anthony Miller to the practice squad.

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Closer Joel Hanrahan was traded to the Red Sox by the Pirates Wednesday.

SPORTS BRIEFS • Red Sox require relief ace Hanrahan in six-player deal BOSTON (AP) — If Joel Hanrahan can do for the Boston Red Sox what he did against them, they should be very happy with their new closer.

In the first of his two All-Star seasons, the right-hander posted back-to-back saves for the Pittsburgh Pirates with perfect ninth innings against the Red Sox in June 2011.

He struck out Adrian Gonzalez, who entered the series batting .359, to end the second game.

“When people look back on me as a Pirate, that’s the one that stands out the most to them,” Hanrahan said Wednesday after being obtained in a six-player trade.

People such as Red Sox assistant general manager Brian O’Halloran.

“It definitely made an impression on me,” he said. “It was not fun to be in the batter’s box against Joel Hanrahan.”

Now American League hitters will see what it’s like.

Boston completed the deal Wednesday, also receiving infielder Brock Holt. The Red Sox gave up right-handers Mark Melancon and Stolmy Pimentel, infielder Ivan DeJesus Jr. and first basemanoutfielder Jerry Sands.

The Red Sox also announced the signing of free agent shortstop Stephen Drew, who agreed to a one-year contract early last week. That reported $9.5 million deal was contingent on the former Oakland Athletic and Arizona Diamondback, who broke his ankle in 2011, passing a physical.

Pierzynski signs with Rangers ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A.J. Pierzynski can joke with Texas manager Ron Washington about last season’s AllStar snub now that he’s the starting catcher for the Rangers.

They shared a laugh over lunch a few days before Wednesday’s announcement that Pierzynski’s one-year free agent contract with Texas was complete. Both considered the All-Star issue dead after it happened in July, even though Pierzynski had a cryptic retort when Washington explained the difficulty of the decision.

“Everybody keeps trying to make a big deal out of it, but I’ve known Wash for a really long time,” Pierzynski said. “It’s not going to change the way I feel about Ron Washington because I know what he’s done in this game and I know where he stands and what he’s all about. It’s over and done with for me.”

Washington said Pierzynski will be the primary catcher, pushing Geovany Soto to the backup role after he re-signed as a free agent. Pierzynski hit .278 with a careerhigh 27 home runs in 135 games for the Chicago White Sox, while Soto took a pay cut after hitting .196 in 47 games following a trade with the Chicago Cubs.

Ibanez back where he started SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners officially announced their $2.75 million, one-year deal with outfielder Raul Ibanez on Wednesday, returning the veteran to where he began his major league career in 1996.

Seattle confirmed an agreement with Ibanez over the weekend but needed to clear a roster spot before making the transaction official. That took place when the Mariners designated for assignment right-handed pitcher D.J. Mitchell, opening a spot on the 40-man roster.

Mitchell was acquired from the New York Yankees in the trade last July for Ichiro Suzuki.

The deal allows Ibanez to earn an additional $1.25 million in performance bonuses. This will be his third stint with the Mariners, after rejoining them from 2004-08.

“Raul is the ultimate professional both on and off the field,” Seattle manager Eric Wedge said in a statement. “His veteran presence will be invaluable to our younger group of players.”

Ravens activate Lewis, but he’s unlikely to play Sunday OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Linebacker Ray Lewis has been added to the Baltimore Ravens’ 53-man roster, but coach John Harbaugh says the 17-year veteran will not play Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The 37-year-old was placed on the injured reserve-designated to return list after tearing his right triceps on Oct. 14.

He returned to practice on Dec. 5, and in order for him to be eligible for the playoffs, the Ravens had to add him to the active roster by Wednesday.

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Same-sex marriage ban should be rejected he American people have been shifting in their views of same-sex marriage for some time now, and the evolution of public opinion is clearly moving toward more tolerance, even acceptance. The trend is heartening. Denying same-sex couples the legal opportunity to wed is not something with which our government should be involved.

Involved, however, it is. Currently, there is a federal Defense of Marriage of Act, although the Obama There is simply no administration has reason to risk the made it clear political acrimony, or to it views the law as unconstituwaste time and tional.

What’s resources, fighting over more, Indiana an issue that could be has its own ban on samerendered moot by the sex marriage, and there is high court in a few an effort to get the months. prohibition placed into the state’s constitution.

An attempt to amend Indiana’s constitution has already passed the required first of two consecutive sessions of the Legislature. If it passes again either in the 2013 or 2014 sessions, it will then go to voters in the fall of 2014 for approval or rejection.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court announced recently that it will hear matters related to same-sex marriage, with a ruling coming as soon as this summer. Depending on the court’s decision — which will be close, probably 5-4, either way — the future of government involvement in same-sex marriage could be set.

Because of the uncertainty that hangs over the Supreme Court cases, the Indiana General Assembly’s best approach in 2013 is to leave it alone. There is simply no reason to risk the political acrimony, or to waste time and resources, fighting over an issue that could be rendered moot by the high court in a few months.

Setting this issue aside will take little more than a small dose of common sense.

Fortunately, there are those in the legislature’s super majority of Republicans stepping up to provide the type of leadership needed to deal appropriately with the matter.

State Sen. Luke Kenley, a proponent of putting the same-sex marriage ban in the state constitution the last time it came up in 2011, will oppose it if it comes up this time.

He still describes himself as a supporter of traditional marriage, but he now doesn’t believe placing such a ban in the constitution is a good idea. The powerful chair of the Senate’s appropriations committee acknowledges public opinion is “rapidly evolving” in favor of same-sex marriage.

“I really value the institution of heterosexual marriage,” Kenley said recently. “But I do not think that putting a statement in the constitution which runs down or is bigoted toward people who have a different kind of loving relationship, that I may not understand, is going to be productive.”

Kenley may still not be part of the majority, but his shift is important. He is clearly a leader of stature and influence.

That he would show the type of political courage necessary to bring about major changes of attitude on such an emotional topic will certainly give others pause and perhaps bring them to reconsider their own long-held positions.

No one expects Indiana’s elected officials, or even Hoosiers in general, to be leaders in the movement to legalize samesex marriage. But it is not too much to expect that the state take a more measured approach on the matter and not do something that will end up having to be undone eventually, later if not sooner.

If the proposed constitutional ban is proposed in this next legislative session, we urge the Wabash Valley’s delegation to adopt the common-sense approach. Vote no on the constitutional ban and allow the issue to continue its evolution.

We welcome your letters to the editor.

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Only the name and city of residence will be published.

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Letters To The Editor • Christmas concert begins week in marvelous fashion

was, of course. We heard him yell at the top of his voice, to the many minions of his choice. On Joe. On Harry. On John and Nancy. Do anything you want as long as it’s To the editor: fancy. Now Eric. Now Dianne. Now Elena These are a few of my favorite things: and others. Pull the wool over the eyes of The Christmas Concert 2012 held at the the uninformed sisters and brothers. Push Dean Kruse National Military History the social agenda as far as you please. Then Center on Dec. 18 was a marvelous way to all will believe that they can live in ease. begin the Christmas week. The holiday Change the laws. Take away their freedom, performers were stringed, vocal and the and then we’ll have them where we want ever-popular DeKalb Show Choir and them. Everyone will succumb.

Sound Sensation.

Obamacare, death tax, and hidden taxes This has got to be a Christmas tradition on all. Those who don’t pay now will soon for Auburn not unlike the lighting of the start to bawl. Lies, cover ups, and mockery “Frosty the Snowman” holiday display will abound. Moral depravity and deception following the parade that brings Santa to will still be around. Calling good evil and town. evil good, will soon affect all Americans Five-year-old Ms. Joely Stupeak did a superb rendition of “Holly Jolly Christmas,” who knew for what they stood. Then I heard the vision say as he left for a trip. “See now and the DeKalb Show Choir danced and if you have a happy new year. I don’t give a sang five holiday favorites.

Bill and Cindy Iliffe rip.”

Happy new year!

Auburn

’Twas the night before the new year To the editor: ’Twas the night before the new year and all through the land; celebration was quiet.

All was still. Not even a band. Thoughts of all citizens were hanging like fog in the air; Some with hope. Others with expectation, entitlement, dependency and despair. What would the new year bring? Would things be the same? Would we come to our senses or continue the game? Would truth finally reign as only truth can stand, or would the “new normal” force us to be crushed like shells in the sand?

Then, all of a sudden, the clock struck with such a clatter. that we knew what we thought or said didn’t really matter. We came out of our fog and opened our eyes, and realized at once all of the lies. The old year had shown us what will be. But the new year will be worse. Just wait and see!

Then out of the night appeared a vision of unwanted force. We all knew who that

proposed apartments don’t want renters — only owners who most likely would take good care of their property.

Margaret Kessler Auburn

Shop with a Cop promotes positive perception of police

To the editor: The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department is proud to partner with the Shifters Car Club to provide the Shop with a Cop program to fifth-grade students from DeKalb County. The participating children were selected by their school counselors.

On Dec. 8, DeKalb County sheriff’s deputies shopped with 30 children at Walmart for clothing. Each child was given $150. All of the funds are donated and collected throughout the year.

I’d like to thank the Shifters Car Club for their support and fundraising efforts, the Gene Link deputies for donating their time, Walmart Auburn for allowing us to shop, and finally all of those individuals and companies that donated to the program.

Parking lots worry When my wife and I were done shopping Bridgewater resident with our student, we shopped for food for To the editor: our department Christmas party later that In response to the Dec. 18 homeowner’s night. I went to get something, and when I meeting with Mr. Busse regarding his desire returned my wife told me about a conversato rezone some of the Bridgewater area for tion she overheard between a young boy apartment rentals, I think turning the and his father. The boy, who must have seen proposed apartment units around so they me in uniform, asked his father why I was face our neighborhood rather than showing there. The man said, “Probably to terrorize their backsides to us was thoughtful. people.” It’s because of people like that man However, placing two multi-vehicle parking that the Shop with a Cop program is so lots facing the homeowners to the north is important. We want children to have an not much of an improvement! Since each opportunity to see a police officer in a proposed apartment only has a one-car caring, supportive role. garage, these parking lots will be used for The police officers that serve DeKalb second cars, campers, RVs, trailered boats, County work hard to provide a safe, secure jet skis and the like. Parking lots are usually environment to everyone, especially placed in inconspicuous places, not front children. We ask for your support in and center. promoting a positive perception of police Also, in regard to The Star’s news article officers to your children. the next day, you were right when you Don Lauer reported that the neighbors to these Sheriff DeKalb County

New Year’s resolutions — Bah! Humbug! ew Year’s resolutions?

Argh! I’ve never been one to make New Year’s resolutions.

I think it’s been a mediadriven thing for many years.

Newspaper columnists go for this old standby topic this time of the year because it’s so easy to comment on and write about. Even TV is in this mode. Entertainment networks hound celebrities for their New Year’s resolutions. Politicians may chime in on news commentary shows when the host asks them “What’s your New Year’s resolution?”

No one that I can recall is ever held accountable. New Year’s resolutions proclaimed by the acclaimed rarely if ever come back to haunt the people making them. The only people who may regret not keeping a New Year’s resolution are those making them, and they probably forget unless they write it down or file it electronically somewhere. It’s a given if you warn someone you will hold them accountable who insists on telling you their New Year’s resolution, they’ll laugh and say you won’t remember. And they’ll be right.

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I could make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight, diet, exercise or save more and spend less like most everyone else who makes New Year’s resolutions but I know at my age that won’t happen so why do it. Someone once said a Year’s INSIDE New resolution is COMMENT something that goes in one Year and out Dennis Nartker the other.

Let’s get real here. If you make a New Year’s resolution and vow to keep it, you’ll need motivation like a doctor’s prognosis, the threat of divorce from your significant other, the Internal Revenue Service knocking on your door or a humiliating comment about your sagging physique.

I’ve been a regular for year around workouts at the local YMCA for the past 17 years.

There is always an increase in the number of unfamiliar faces and bodies trying out the

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treadmills, jogging track, training bikes and weight machines the week or two after New Year’s Day. They definitely have fitness and weight loss on their minds, and it’s inspiring to see them start out with so much energy and enthusiasm.

Along about mid-March when the weather warms up, most of them have dropped out, and I’d like to think they’ve moved outside for their exercise. Chances are though they’ve given up, not having lost the 10 to 20 pounds in six to eight weeks or gained the body tone for the new spring break bikini swimsuit. It takes more effort than three hours a week at the Y for six to eight weeks to lose weight and get fit. It takes diet AND exercise.

Your family doctor will tell you that.

Comedian Jay Leno once said, “Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average, which means you’ve already met your New Year’s resolution.”

Here are few realistic goals for you to shoot for in 2013 that don’t involve losing

weight or getting fit: • Be more productive at work or in school. Don’t procrastinate.

• Organize your life. An organized individual is a reliable person. You want to change because you want your life to progress.

• Boost your confidence.

Believe in yourself. Improve your self esteem. Gain more knowledge. Have faith in your abilities.

• Be more friendly and approachable. Interact with more people. Let people in your life.

• Learn how to cook. Have a healthy meal by avoiding take-outs and fast-foods.

• Drink moderately.

Hangovers lead to a lot of mental and physical problems.

• Share knowledge with others. Life is a never-ending process of making mistakes.

Every day is a chance to learn something new to pass on to others. Leave a meaningful legacy to the world.

Notice I said goals, not New Year’s resolutions.

DENNIS NARTKER is a reporter for KPC Media Group. He can be reached at dennisn@kpcnews.net.

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Sympathy is wearing thin for needy friend

DUSTIN BY STEVE KELLEY & JEFF PARKER

DEAR ABBY: How can I set healthy boundaries with my best friend without feeling guilty? I have always been supportive and available because I sympathized with her difficult family dynamics during childhood and adulthood. She often talks to me about her problems with family and ever-changing relationships with men, but rarely allows me or others to share their points of view or personal concerns. Saying ‘‘no’’ to her is challenging under any circumstance, and she demands that all focus be on her in social situations.

I love and accept my friend as she is, and I try to give her all the grace I have.

I now realize that setting healthy boundaries is the only way I can sustain our friendship. I know this dynamic may put a strain on our relationship, so why do I feel so guilty? — TESTED IN NORTHERN

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON

GARFIELD BY JIM DAVIS

BLONDIE BY YOUNG AND MARSHALL

CALIFORNIA DEAR TESTED: That’s a good question, and one that I can’t definitively answer for you. It’s possible that like many women, you were raised to believe that if you DEAR assert yourself you ABBY won’t be considered ‘‘nice.’’

Jeanne Phillips That’s a mistake because as long as you allow this friend to take advantage of you — and that is what she’s doing — the more your resentment will build until the relationship becomes one of diminishing returns. So tell this selfcentered person as nicely as possible that you are not a

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therapist, and because her problems persist, she should talk to one.

DEAR ABBY: Do you ever get tired of giving advice to people who ask commonsense questions, or those who probably know the answer to their problems if they just thought it out? — JIM IN WEST VIRGINIA DEAR JIM: The answer to your question is no. I love what I do and consider it an honor to be trusted. While the reply to a question may be obvious to you, it isn't to the person who asks me.

Common sense tends to go out the window when there are strong emotions involved.

DEAR ABBY is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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On this date: • In 932, New York City’s Radio City Music Hall opened to the public in midtown Manhattan.

• In 1947, the original version of the puppet character Howdy Doody made its TV debut on NBC’s “Puppet Playhouse.”

In 1985, Palestinian guerrillas opened fire inside the Rome and Vienna airports; 19 victims were killed, plus four attackers who were slain by police and security personnel.

THE BORN LOSER BY ART & CHIP SANSOM

Depression after major stroke can be treated as ever.

He was depressed. About one in four people who’ve had a stroke develop major depression. You’re right that the injury to the brain from the stroke can itself cause changes in brain chemistry that lead to ASK depression.

DOCTOR K. However, depression also can be a to Dr. Anthony reaction the impairKomaroff ments caused by the stroke.

In other words, depression following a stroke can be like depression following another major illness that affects a person’s life but does not injure the brain — such as a

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heart attack or cancer.

You might think that in someone who has difficulty talking or understanding speech, or difficulty moving his arms and legs, depression is the least of his problems.

But the mental anguish of depression isn’t a minor concern. Left untreated, depression can undermine efforts at rehabilitation and worsen cognitive disabilities.

That’s what happened at first to my patient, until his depression was successfully treated. Depression after a stroke is associated with poorer outcomes a year after the stroke has occurred. It’s also associated with a higher death rate in subsequent years.

Fortunately, antidepressants seem to be fairly effective. In 2008, scientists published a review of the research in this area. They concluded that the medications had a “small but signifi-

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DEAR READER: I remember a patient like your father. Before his stroke, he was outgoing, active in his church and community, and always cracking jokes. Then he was hit with a stroke that paralyzed his left arm and leg.

Fortunately, his speech and thinking were not affected, but his personality changed completely. He sat in bed saying very little to anyone who came in the room, including his family, friends and doctor. When physical therapists tried to get him to do exercises to build back the strength on his left side, he was mostly uncooperative. I was worried that the stroke had caused dementia, but it became clear he was as smart

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If you haven’t already done so, talk to your father’s doctor about his depression.

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Great neighborhood. $475-$575.+ util.

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MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT LaOtto/Wolcottville 2 & 3 BR from $110/wk. free water, sewer, trash 574-202-2181

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Added recently new windows and siding, also included is a large 1 or 2 car garage. Don’t overlook this property with easy access to St. Rd. 3 from 300 S. For appt. to see or more info call 260-336-9750 or 260-463-2828.

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Ashley 3 BR, 2 BA home.

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Must have references. Please email: ktrottin@yahoo.com Butler 2 BR land contract Garage, $470/mo.

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HOMES FOR SALE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

Fremont Recently Foreclosed, Special Financing Available, Any Credit, Any Income 3 BR, 2 BA, 1072 sq. ft. located at 7340 N 150 W Fremont, IN $27,900.

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Lapped siding, 14 ft. storage shed. $35.00 419 542-7510

Live Free or Die Hard Bruce Willis Blue Ray $10.00 260 925-2672

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Reduced prices on some puppies. Garwickʼs The Pet People: 419-795-5711. garwicksthepet people.com. (A)

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Acerview 56L computer monitor VGA, 12” $15.00/obo 260 495-9378 Long beige gown with lace jacket. Size 8.

Worn once. $35.00.

(260) 488-4835 Behind a door metal shoe rack. $10.00.obo 260 495-9378 Combine Batteries for JD 4020 or 3020 Never used. $15.00 419-542-7510 Couch: Rattan frame & floral print. $35.00.

(260) 318-2254 End Tables: Rattan frame & glass top. $50.00.

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2.99%

USED CAR & TRUCK SPECIALS

2008 Chevy HHR 2012 Chevy Traverse Z7141 2012 Chevy Impala C12316A 2010 Chevy Malibu Z7170 2012 Chevy Captiva Z7173 2010 Buick LaCrosse Z7177 2012 Chevy Tahoe T13069A 2011 Toyota Sienna B12101A 2009 Saturn Aura Z7176A 2008 Pontiac G8 Z7209 2012 Chevy Captiva T12939A 2009 Chevy Equinox Z7213 2011 Chevy Equinox Z7214 2011 Chevy Traverse Z7225 2012 Buick Verano Z7223 2008 GMC Envoy Z7202A 2007 Chevy Impala Z7228A 2009 Lincoln MKS Z7230 2010 Dodge Journey

NADA Price

Z7052

SS ...................................$14,375

Z7113

AWD, LT2 ......................$27,550 LTZ ................................$20,775 LT1 .................................$14,800 Sport, LTZ AWD ............$25,325 CXL, AWD .....................$22,725 4WD, LT ........................$38,300 Limited ...........................$32,775 XR ..................................$13,500 Base ................................$17,875 Sport, LS2.......................$19,100 AWD, LT1 ......................$19,600 2WD, LT1 ......................$24,650 2WD, LT2 ......................$26,525 Convenience ....................$22,425 AWD, SLE2 ....................$18,050 LTZ ................................$13,750 .......................................$24,675 AWD, SXT .....................$19,750

PRICES GOOD THROUGH DEC. 31, 2012

Our Price

$10,886 $26,769 $15,783 $12,898 $21,969 $17,993 $33,896 $26,993 $10,563 $14,773 $17,753 $15,882 $23,665 $24,994 $20,733 $16,463 $10,555 $19,973 $16,843

NADA Price

2008 Buick Enclave 2WD, CX .......................$19,100 2012 Chevy Malibu LT1 .................................$17,650 Z7238 2010 Chevy Equinox AWD, LT1 ......................$19,800 Z7242 2010 GMC Sierra 1500 4WD, Ext. Cab Work .....$20,950 Z7244 2011 Chevy Silverado 1500, 4WD, Ext. Cab LS..$28,025 Z7247 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis LS ...............$11,150 Z7128A 2003 Chevy Venture EXT, LS ............................ $6,475 T12932B 1997 Ford Econoline Van, XL ............................ $4,500 Z7257 2012 Buick Enclave AWD, Leather.................$35,200 T12916B 2011 Chevy Silverado 1500, AWD, Crew LT.....$32,200 Z7259 2012 Chevy Equinox AWD, LT2, 3.0L.............$28,500 Z7260 2012 Chevy Silverado 1500, 4WD, LT ..............$30,150 Z7236A 2012 Buick Verano Leather ...........................$23,575 Z7270 2011 Ford Edge AWD, Limited ................$29,425 Z7268 2008 Mercury Mariner 2WD ..............................$16,200 Z7272 2012 Chevy Equinox 2WD, LTZ, 2.4L ............$29,025 Z7215A 2009 Chevy Malibu LS ...................................$13,600 Z7273 2012 Chevy Traverse AWD, LTZ .....................$34,425 Z7073A 2006 Pontiac Montana SV6................................... $8,825 Z7233 Z7239

Our Price

$14,993 $15,680 $16,823 $18,993 $23,995 $9,003 $4,921 $5,003 $30,893 $25,760 $23,316 $26,299 $21,783 $25,683 $14,443 $27,749 $11,932 $33,588 $8,003

We will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day *Payments figured at 4.99% for 75 months plus tax and title. With approved credit. Trade-in Allowance: must have a 1999 or newer and trade in their vehicle toward the purchase. Lease figured at 12,000 miles per year plus tax. With approved credit. $500 additional trade-in allowance toward purchase of new in-stock vehicle.

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