THURSDAY September 26, 2013
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GOOD MORNING Clifford shows champion 4-H steer AUBURN — Josh Clifford showed the grand champion steer in the 4-H Beef Show at the DeKalb County Fairgrounds Wednesday night. Clifford’s 1,414-pound Maine Anjou steer won the title during the DeKalb County Free Fall Fair. Clifford, 17, of Auburn is a senior at DeKalb High School. His classmate, Baylee Rinehart, 18, of Hudson, edged Clifford for the title of premier beef showman. A complete list of winners and a photograph of the grand champion steer will appear in Friday’s edition.
Vehicle damages library book drop AUBURN — Eckhart Public Library’s curbside book drop is out of service because of damage caused by a vehicle, library director Janelle Graber said. Police are searching for a blue vehicle that struck the book drop receptacle sometime between Tuesday at 4 p.m. and Wednesday at 7 a.m., Graber said.
Nestle expanding at Anderson plant ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — Nestle USA has announced it will spend $72 million to add a new production line to its central Indiana beverage plant. The expansion project will start up a seventh production line at the factory along Interstate 69 in Anderson. The company said Tuesday it will make more of the Boost and Carnation Breakfast Essentials drinks at the plant, where it has also been making Nesquik and Coffee-Mate since it opened in 2009.
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Madisyn Murphy, second from left, showed the grand champion barrow Tuesday in the 4-H Swine Show at the DeKalb County Free Fall Fair.
Joining Murphy are her parents, Kendall and Lori, and sister, Brittany.
Garrett girl shows top swine BY OCTAVIA LEHMAN olehman@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — Raising pigs runs in Madisyn Murphy’s family blood. Her family owns Murphy Farms show pigs, breeding show pigs for 4-H members. Murphy is heavily invested with the animals, too, showing three pigs in the 4-H Swine Show Tuesday at the DeKalb County Free Fall Fair. She won awards for champion grand champion barrow and champion senior showman. Murphy’s entries also claimed ribbons for champion crossbred and champion Yorkshire honors in the show.
Murphy’s mother, Lori, said her daughter invests her time with her animals. “She’ll be out walking her pigs in the yard,” Lori Murphy said. “She works at it.” A ninth-grader at Garrett High School, Murphy spends most of her time after school working with her 4-H animals. She is a six-year 4-H member and a Junior Leader. Murphy is showing ducks, chickens, pigs and goats in 4-H judging at this week’s fair. One of Murphy’s ducks was born on the farm, and she raised it herself. In Monday’s 4-H Poultry Show, Murphy claimed champion honors for her Cayuga duck.
Pigs, though, are her favorite animals to show. “I just grew up with it, and it’s a family thing,” Murphy said. After school, she walks her pigs for about 1-2 hours every night. Once the pigs get a bath, Murphy gives them a treat: marshmallows. “The marshmallows help tame them down,” Murphy said. Only a few hours after spending her entire morning and afternoon in the 4-H Swine Show, Murphy prepared for the 4-H Goat Show, which was set to start Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. “It will be a long evening for her,” Lori Murphy said. “Maybe she’ll find time for nap.”
Fair celebrates oldest residents BY OCTAVIA LEHMAN olehman@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — Old Settler’s Day celebrates longevity in DeKalb County, and Wednesday there was plenty of it to go around. Every year, residents age 55 and older gather for the special program during the DeKalb County Free Fall Fair. The event includes a catered meal and entertainHaag ment at Auburn First United Methodist Church. Kent Johnson served as emcee of the event that attracted more than 200 guests. Johnson noted that in recent years, Chapman some people have traveled from as far as Florida to be home during the DeKalb Free Fall Fair. This year, guests came from Michigan and Ohio.
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Raymond and Luella Aschleman, Auburn, will celebrate their 74th wedding anniversary Monday. They were honored as the longest married couple Wednesday during Old Settler’s Day at the Auburn First United Methodist Church. The two were married during the DeKalb County Fair 74 years ago.
Raymond and LuElla Aschleman of Auburn again captured the longest-married award. They also were the longest-married couple at Old Settler’s Day in 2012.
The two will celebrate their 74th anniversary Monday. Raymond is 97 years old, and LuElla is 94 years old. She will celebrate her 95th birthday in SEE OLDEST, PAGE A10
Today at the DeKalb County Free Fall Fair • TODAY
8 a.m. — 4-H rabbit show, show barn 9 a.m. — Draft horse pulling contest, fairgrounds 11 a.m. — Hats of the Past, presented by Inger Friend, Exhibit Hall Noon — “My Favorite Quick Bread” winners announced,
samples available, Exhibit Hall 1 p.m. — 4-H dairy show, show barn 1 p.m. — Draft horse fun show, fairgrounds 4 p.m. — Carnival open, wrist band $15, downtown 4:30 p.m. — Mini horse pulling contest, fairgrounds 6 p.m. — 4-H sheep show,
show barn 6 p.m. — Draft pony pulling contest, fairgrounds 7 p.m. — Miles High, main stage 8 p.m. — California Transit Authority (CTA) featuring Danny Seraphine and Bill Champlin of the band Chicago, main stage
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Tea party conservative Sen. Ted Cruz ended his all-night talkathon to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law after 21 hours and 19 minutes as legislation required to avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Monday easily cleared an initial Senate hurdle. Weary after a day and night on his feet, Cruz simply sat down at 12 noon EDT on Wednesday, the predetermined time for the Senate to adjourn, as several of his colleagues applauded. Senate Republicans and some House members congratulated the Texas freshman. Cruz actually joined every other senator in a 100-0 procedural vote to allow the measure to officially be lain before the Senate. He says Republicans should rally against the measure in a vote scheduled Friday or Saturday on whether to cut off a filibuster on the measure itself, a vote that promises to give Democrats controlling the chamber a procedural edge if Cruz is not successful in blocking them. Cruz wants to derail the spending bill to deny Democrats the ability to strip a “defund Obamacare” provision out, a strategy that has put him at odds with other Republicans who fear that the move would spark a shutdown. After the vote, Cruz told reporters he hopes “that Republicans will listen to the people, and that all 46 Republicans come together. Coming into this debate we clearly were not united, there were significant divisions in the conference. I hope those divisions dissolve, that we come together in party unity.” He added: “Otherwise, I will say this: Any senator who votes with Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Democrats to give Majority Leader Harry Reid the ability to fund Obamacare on a pure 51-vote, party vote, has made the decision to allow Obamacare to be funded.”
FBI sifts carnage in Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Working near bodies crushed by rubble in a bullet-scarred, scorched mall, FBI agents began fingerprint, DNA and ballistic analysis Wednesday to help determine the identities and nationalities of victims and al-Shabab gunmen who attacked the shopping center, killing more than 60 people. A gaping hole in the mall’s roof was caused by Kenyan soldiers who fired rocket-propelled grenades inside, knocking out a support column, a government official said. The official, who insisted he not be identified because he was sharing security information, said the soldiers fired to distract a terrorist sniper so SEE FBI, PAGE A10
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