By LINDA THOMSON

The Post & MailCOLUMBIA CITY – Co-

lumbia City Park Director Mark Green attended the Whitley County Commis-sioners meeting on Monday and updated commission-ers on the new $4.2 million dollar Russel and Evelyn Fahl Aquatics Center.

The aquatics center will be constructed on the site of the former Burnworth Memorial Pool property directly south of Columbia City High School on North Whitley Street.

The new aquatics facil-ity will be a state-of-the-art family center including a zero-depth entry pool with a play feature for children. Six 25-meter lanes will be installed for lap swimming, summer swim team prac-tice and swim meets.

“Studies done on this pool and population of what we can get looks very positive,” Green said.

To ensure outdoor rec-reation activities are avail-able, Green said the aquat-ics center will incorporate an 80’ x 120’ outdoor refrig-erated ice skating rink.

“This (ice skating rink) will allow us to use the fa-cility more than just four months out of the year,” Green said. “In four to five years, we could start mak-ing money on this aquatics center.”

According to Green, $3.4 million dollars has already been raised via grants from foundations, municipal funding pledges and sig-nificant donations from businesses, organizations and the general public. As part of fundraising, people have purchased personal-ized bricks which will be installed around the new aquatic facility. Each brick

By RACHAEL ROSFELD

The Post & MailCOLUMBIA CITY — Co-

lumbia City High School alumni and friends intro-duced Whitley County Con-solidated School board mem-bers Monday to “Friends of WJHS,” a new organization striving to keep the 91.5 FM radio station within Whitley County.

The new group organized after the school revealed last month it was considering selling the radio station fre-quency.

During February’s school board meeting, Superinten-dent Patricia O’Connor in-formed school board mem-bers that the CCHS radio station annually has approx-imately $30,000 in expenses.

Additionally, she told the board that for the last three out of five years the station has lost the school money, and the tower and antenna for the station would need replaced or repaired.

In an estimation made by architects Fanning Howey, moving the station to the new high school facility would cost approximately $500,000.

O’Connor told the board they would not have to sell, and the academic program would still exist – but would

instead become an online digital station.

The board at an earlier session agreed to postpone a decision after several con-cerned community mem-bers and friends spoke out against the decision.

The board came to this de-cision with the caveat that those interested in keeping the station develop ways to help pay for the expenses.

At Monday evening’s meeting, members of Friends of WJHS addressed the issues the board raised

at the previous meeting, and requested a meeting with board members in order to share ideas.

First to speak was Jennifer Romano, a WJHS alumnae, Columbia City Common Council member and execu-tive director of the Whitley County Chamber of Com-merce.

She told the board that the station provided important hands-on experience to stu-dents that allowed them to

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Tim Moriarty, a former WJHS 91.5 radio station manager, was one of several who spoke during this week’s WCCS board meeting about retaining the school’s FM broadcast-ing license. He helped introduce Friends of WJHS, a new local organization working to find ways to fund the sta-tion, and keep the 91.5 frequency in Whitley County.

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The Post & MailCOLUMBIA CITY— Nearly 17

months ago a public referendum was passed to begin planning for a new Columbia City High School, and during Monday night’s Whit-ley County Consolidated School Board meeting the board approved the search for construction bids for the project.

A public legal notice of bid so-licitation for the project appears on Page A9 of today’s Post & Mail.

Since the referendum was passed, school administration,

staff and board members have worked with architects Fanning Howey and the Skillman Corpora-tion to design and prepare for con-struction to begin this June.

Bart York, of the Skillman Cor-poration, is estimating that con-struction costs will be just over $50 million, and site work will cost $17.5 million. He estimated the fi-nal price tag to be $68,147,225.

York noted that true costs won’t be determined until after bids are submitted.

During this week’s school board session, Fanning Howey architect

Chuck Tyler presented the final de-signs for the school for board ap-proval.

The board approved the design for the 295,000-square-foot facility.

The new Columbia City High School, to be constructed just south of Columbia City on Ind. 9, north of the present campuses of Indian Springs Middle School and Little Turtle Elementary School, will have a 1,200 student capacity and contain nine academies, 64 teach-ing stations, a 636-seat auditorium and a 3,000-seat main gym.

While the overall design didn’t

experience significant changes, it was noted that additions were in-cluded in the estimated cost of the school.

“We have added these alternate design components so we have the total price,” said York. “That way we know the true cost, and the board can decide what elements to keep.”

These additions include such elements as the third court in the auxiliary gym and a community field near the baseball and softball fields, just off of Ind. 9.

This field would be open to the

public for various games and ac-tivities.

The plan also included that 25 trees be planted along Ind. 9 to block the glare from lighting at the baseball and softball fields. This addition became a reality after the school board purchased all six properties along the state road.

Tyler told board members that the company would be submitting a variance request to the Board of Zoning Appeals for the school campus sign.

The sign would be erected at the

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man found guilty by jury trial last month will serve 15 years for three counts of child molestation.

Michael Monnier, 34, of Huntington, had appeared before a jury on Feb. 16 after being charged with molest-ing three children in Churu-busco.

The incidents occurred be-tween 2006 and 2008.

The victims were siblings – two girls and a boy. Their ages ranged from six to eight years-old.

After deliberating for two hours, the jury found Mon-nier guilty in all three cases as Class C felonies, which carry a sentencing range from two to eight years.

He appeared in Circuit Court Monday morning for sentencing.

During the sentencing hearing, Monnier’s attor-ney, Anthony Churchward,, called Monnier’s wife to the stand.

She told the court that she was expecting his child very soon, and would struggle to support them while Mon-nier would be incarcerated.

She also said that he al-ways strives to make him and others around him bet-ter.

When cross-examining her, Whitley County Pros-ecutor D.J. Sigler asked her to validate a statement made by Monnier during his trial, where he confessed he last held a job in 2013 and only would keep a job for a week or two for various reasons.

She admitted to this state-ment, and also admitted Monnier owes over $20,000 in child support.

Defense attorney Church-ward asked Senior Judge James Heuer to consider

the hardship that would be placed on Monnier’s wife and child.

He added that the molesting acts on two of the three children were confessed to not be an ongoing issue.

C h u rc h -ward admitted that the ex-periences were traumatic for the child victims, but were not considered “particularly aggravating.”

Churchward asked the judge to not exceed the ad-visory sentence, and also require Monnier to serve a period of probation to find assistance with an ongoing substance abuse problem Monnier admitted to hav-ing.

In his rebuttal to the de-fense, Prosecutor Sigler said, “These victims are now forced to live with his con-duct for the rest of their lives – we don’t know what will happen to these children in the future because of this.”

He added that what the court does know is Monnier has lied to them.

Prosecutor Sigler refer-enced the testimony given by Sgt. Matt Collins of the Indiana State Police during the trial, who testified that Monnier had failed a poly-graph test regarding his sex-ual touching of the children.

The prosecutor also noted a statement Monnier had made in the Pre-sentence Investigation Report to the court in which he appealed to the press to investigate what he believed to be a conspiracy to have him con-victed.

Monnier

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By LINDA THOMSON

The Post & MailLARWILL – Storm drain-

age issues and the town’s main pump station were the topics of discussion at the Larwill Town Council’s March meeting.

“It’s fortunate you (town of Larwill) have a working pump,” Roto-Rooter Plumb-er John Elward said. “From our (Roto-Rooter) records, 2014 is the last service time on all pumps.”

With the stormwater drains recently flushed along Hammontree Street,

Elward suggested the town look at ways to continually monitor the town’s storm water drains and pump sta-tions.

“In order to monitor stormwater drains and al-low for possible repairs, this means no street repairs can be done due to our budget,” Clerk-Treasurer Renee Sills said. “All the special projects will not get done.”

Sills said she will look into possible grants which would help with the town’s budget.

Elward plans on looking at the town’s main pump station.

New businessWhitko Community School

Corporation (WCSC) Super-intendent Steve Clason was in attendance and invited town board members to monthly meetings at Whit-ko Middle School, the first Monday of every month be-ginning at 4 p.m.

“At these meetings, we (WCSC) meet with area eco-nomic developments and see what we can do together that we can’t do separately,” Clason said. “We (WCSC) will be skipping the month

Stormwater bursts Larwill’s budget

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WARSAW, Ind. (HSPA) – A 34-year-old Warsaw man was arrested Monday night after police said he hid in the back seat of a woman’s ve-hicle and attacked her when she got inside.

Police were called around 10:20 p.m. Monday to CVS Pharmacy in downtown Warsaw after a woman ran into the store and said she’d been attacked in her car.

According to a Warsaw Police report, the 19-year-old woman said she arrived at the CVS around 10 p.m.

and went inside the store to shop. While the woman was inside, the store manager and an employee spotted a man in the parking lot trying to get a ride. Police said the employees asked the man to leave, and he walked away upset.

Minutes later, the man-ager heard a scream, and the woman ran into the store and said she’d been attacked in her car, the report said.

Investigators said after the woman got into her car and started it, she saw a man in her back seat. The

woman told police the man then grabbed her, according to the report. The woman fought to get away and ul-timately bit the man on the hand until she was able to break free and get out of the car, the report said.

The victim then ran into the store while the suspect fled.

Warsaw Police found the man – later identified as 34-year-old Daniel V. Da-vis – about a block away. He reportedly had an injury to his hand, and admitted

to police he wanted to take the victim’s money and car, the report said. Police said Davis was intoxicated and armed with a screwdriver, the report said.

Davis faces a preliminary charge of robbery with a deadly weapon or bodily injury. He also had a felony warrant for a probation vio-lation. He is being held at the Kosciusko County Jail with no bond.

Reported by area media in-cluding WANE-TV. Distrib-uted by HSPA InfoNet.

main school entrance on Ind. 9, and would also be double-sided listing all schools on campus and have a digital message board.

The variance request would be made due to the size of the size, with designs indicating the sign would be four foot and eight inches by just over nine feet.

The company also part-nered with experts to de-velop an Ind. 9 and Ind. 205 traffic report.

The report indicated changes would need to be made to both roads, includ-ing turn lanes and accelera-

tion and deceleration lanes.Tyler noted these costs

were added to the estimated construction total.

After receiving board ap-proval, Skillman Corpora-tion will now issue project bid documents to interested contractors.

A pre-bid meeting will take place April 12. The company hopes to have bids back by April 26, and then return to the school board with its recommendations.

A ground-breaking cer-emony is scheduled at the site Friday, June 16 at 11 a.m.

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By LINDA THOMSON

The Post & MailSOUTH WHITLEY – Sewage and

water billing adjustments from a few residents was the main topic for South Whitley Town Council members at its most recent regular board meeting.

Residents receiving water leak ad-justments are Pat Subkowski for $47.99, and Don Ferrell for two properties to-talling $865.30.

Joe Medley received a sewage ad-justment for $3,523.02.

A leak adjustment is a financial ad-justment to water and/or waste water (sewer) usage charges on a customer’s bill caused by a leak on the customer’s side of the meter or an exceptional un-explained increase in consumption of water.

Town Attorney Greg Hockemeyer re-minded board members that only one financial leak adjustment per house-

hold can be approved yearly.Annual town-wide garage sale

With the South Whitley Annual Town-wide Garage Sale slated for April 28 and 29, Teresa Carrano, representing the Whitley County Chamber of Com-merce, requested that Mulberry Street from State to Main streets, be closed during these days for vendor booths.

Board members approved Carrano’s request.

New business•With a new restaurant and coffee

shop along State Street creating the need for more parking, Town Mar-shall Mikel Vandevender has concerns about the town’s two-hour parking or-dinance.

“One warning (on two-hour park-ing) and we (police department) start writing tickets,” Vandevender said.

Hockemeyer advised council mem-bers that they need to review the two-hour parking ordinance due to an in-

crease in parking.Currently, the town’s ordinance

states two-hour parking from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

•Town Council President Randy Cokl advised that town council mem-bers are currently working on a water utility grant in the amount of $500,000 through the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA).

“The (OCRA) grant must be submit-ted by April 7 and we should have an answer by the first of June,” Cokl said.

The OCRA grant requests federal funds to help rural communities with a variety of projects committed to im-proving the quality of water and sewer infrastructure for communities and counties that have planned and estab-lished priorities for long-term devel-opment.

The next South Whitley Town Coun-cil meeting is 6:30 p.m. on March 28 at Town Hall.

of April meeting due to spring break.”Sewer maintenance managerLarwill Sewer Maintenance Manager Larry Sechrist an-

nounced he will be stepping down from his responsibilities as soon as someone is hired to take his position.

Along with sewer maintenance, Sechrist was also respon-sible for rental property inspections and snow plowing.

Curbside spring clean-up dayClerk-Treasurer Renee Sills said Larwill’s spring clean-up

day is slated for Saturday, May 6. On this day, Larwill residents are offered the opportunity

to dispose of bulky wastes and discarded items which are not routinely collected during weekly trash pickup day.

Residents should place their disposable items at the curb close together.

Old businessTown Attorney Greg Hockemeyer reported on 209 E.

North St. which continues to be in violation of the town’s junk/rubbish ordinance.

“This residence is still not in compliance,” Hockemeyer said.

Sills reported $10,393.25 in deposits and a bank balance of $515,371.69 as of Feb. 28.

The next board meeting is at 7 p.m. on April 13.

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move to prominent ca-reers.

“This is a major asset, and I hope you realize how it could be used for you,” said Romano. “It could be used to promote the school corpo-ration, its educators – I hope you realize the potential lu-crative source of income and bridge for community.”

Also to speak was Tim Moriarty, a former WJHS ra-dio station manager.

During his remarks, Mori-arty took a poll of the room, asking how many would lis-ten to a radio station online. With few hands raised, he implored the board to keep the radio station and broad-cast license.

“I’m incredibly happy for Whitley County, and the fa-cility that is coming,” said Moriarty of the new high school. “I understand educa-tion is a business – the edu-cation business has changed a lot in the last 10 years, and it’s now the responsibility of the schools for getting stu-dents. What a great way to advertise this community.”

Moriarty noted that the equipment for a studio, whether it be a radio station or online, would remain the same.

“The only difference is where it goes. Admittedly a server is less expensive – what we are talking about is the tower and antenna cost to the studio.”

CCHS alumnae Jill Byall said, “I feel like WJHS de-serves respect. It’s been in our community for 30 years, longer than many business-es downtown.

“Only 2.5 percent of In-diana schools has a radio

station – students have an opportunity here that many don’t have,” she said.

One of the last to speak was Erik Mollberg, of Fort Wayne, who discussed how he and a group of others started 95.7, the first Fort Wayne community radio station.

The station went on air last year, broadcasts 24/7, and now employs 60. The group raised money for the station, and was able to be-gin broadcasting for under $30,000.

“This was the first time Fort Wayne had a commu-nity station – they weren’t as lucky as you are to have a broadcasting license,” said Mollberg. “It’s a rarity – and once you lose it, you won’t be able to get it back.”

He informed the board the FCC (Federal Communica-tions Commission) is no lon-ger granting broadcasting licenses at this time.

He also addressed the dif-ference between broadcast-ing on a frequency versus online.

“Broadcasting offers one to many, while the Internet is point to point,” Mollberg said. “If you offer online, people then have to deter-mine how to find it. If you have a radio station, all peo-ple have to do is turn it on.”

Friends of WJHS hope to soon have a meeting with board members to find ways to fund the station.

They are also encourag-ing others interested in sav-ing the station to contact the radio station directly at 260-248-8915 or visit the group’s Facebook page at WJHS 91.5 Radio Station.

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WHITLEY COUNTY— The spate of wintry weather over the weekend caused numer-ous vehicles to slide off local roadways and a few person-al injury accidents too.

Slick road conditions last Friday resulted in a number of slide-offs and accidents throughout the county, in-cluding a roll-over and a hit-and-run.

Whitley County Sheriff’s Department officers were dispatched to County Road 900 East near County Road 600 North at 12:40 in the af-ternoon.

Amanda Van Pelt, 40, of Churubusco, told officers that she was traveling north on the county road when her vehicle slid on the icy road-

way.After leaving the road her

vehicle, a 2002 Ford Explor-er, overturned in the yard of 6095 N 900 E.

Once police had arrived to the scene, they found Van Pelt suspended in her ve-hicle seatbelt-harness, but responsive.

Emergency services were able to remove her, and Van Pelt was later treated for abrasions on her elbows.

Damage to her vehicle was estimated between $5,000 to $10,000.

The Whitley County Sher-iff’s Department was later dispatched to Union Town-ship Friday after a hit-and-run report.

Joni Murphy, 38, of Co-lumbia City, told officers that she was traveling along

U.S. 30 East near County Road 300 East, driving a 2014 Chrysler 300.

Just before 4 p.m., she told police that she was stopped at the intersection of County Road 300 East in the passing lane when the light turned green.

As traffic began to move, a black-and-red semi-truck with a white trailer cut out of the driving lane and into hers, subsequently striking the right side of her vehicle.

Murphy reported she had pulled onto the shoulder with the expectation the semi-truck would do the same.

Instead, the semi-truck continued on U.S. 30.

She told officers that as traffic continued she was unable to reach the truck to

get the plate number or ve-hicle information.

Police were unable to lo-cate the semi.

Also on Friday, Churu-busco officers responded to Line Street after one vehicle failed to stop at the traffic light, and ran off the road.

Officers reported that the driver of a 1996 Silverado, Rickie Bradley, of Laotto, ap-peared to have been drink-ing.

Bradley refused to under-go a Breathalyzer test.

Officers then submitted him to an examination and blood test.

Police are currently wait-ing for the lab results. If the results come back with a high blood alcohol level, a warrant will be issued for his arrest.

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Fred J. Schroeder, 89, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 at his home in Columbia City. Born in Fort Wayne, Fred worked for Allen Dairy for 35 years, and retired in 1989.

He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Co-lumbia City. Fred was very involved in his church and served 22 years at the Chicago Temple.

He volunteered at Whitley County Hospital, LaGrange Welfare Depart-ment and Whitley County Council on Aging. His hobbies included travel-ing, fishing and spending time work-ing in the yard with his wife.

Surviving are his wife, Donna Lee Schroeder, of Colum-bia City; children, Bonnie Barrand, of Fort Wayne, Christina F. (Ashley) Dedmon, of Quincy, Mich.; Barbara Schroeder, of N.C.; seven grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.

Fred was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Mar-tha Schroeder; sons, Michael and Richard A. Schroeder; sis-ters, Dorothy Leffer and Ilene Gammon; half-sisters, Ruth Kreigh and Helen Dirig; and half-brother, Edward Bauer-meister.

A service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 3085 S. Lincoln St., Columbia City, with calling from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Calling is also Friday, March 24 from 4 to 7 p.m. at D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Avenue, Fort Wayne. (Due to road construction, travel from the west via Columbia Ave.) Burial will be in Green-lawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Humanitarian Fund. To view the online obituary go to www.mccombandsons.com.

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Prosecutor Sigler noted the press was in the court-room and hoped “they would report on how a jury convicted a child molester.”

He closed his argument by noting Monnier was in a position of trust with the children, who viewed him as their father, since he was in charge of caring for them while another adult in the household worked.

The prosecutor asked Judge Heuer to note these were crimes of violence against children, and to sen-tence Monnier consecutively for each count.

In his statement, Monnier asked the judge to consider placing him in the work re-lease program in order to support his family.

Judge Heuer told him work release would not be

an option for him based on the rules of Whitley County Community Corrections.

He further noted that the mitigating factor in the case, the hardship placed on Monnier’s wife and child with his sentence, did not outweigh the aggravating factors.

These factors include Monnier’s overall criminal history, his history of violat-

ing probation, his position of trust with the victims that he violated and the subsequent impact on the children.

Monnier was sentenced to five years consecutively in each case, for a total of 15 years.

He will serve his sentence in its entirety at the Indiana Department of Corrections. He was given credit for 36 days served.

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will be engraved with names, fami-lies or businesses.

“We (the park board) would also like to raise another $180,000 for an out-door pavilion and storage area,” Green said. “This money is not budgeted.”

Green advised commissioners that he would also like the county to donate $100,000 to this project allowing coun-ty and city residents to pay the same fee when utilizing this facility.

“I would love to not have to segre-gate the two (resident and non-resi-dent rates) and charge different rates,” Green said.

The commissioners thanked the park director for the update and voiced that they were sure the aquatics center would be an excellent quality-of-life community project.

However, the commissioners took under advisement the $100,000 fund-ing request.

In other county business:Probation departmentWhitley County Chief Probation Of-

ficer Amy Motter was in attendance and updated commissioners on the need for another vehicle.

“The probation department has one vehicle now and we are seeking anoth-er vehicle that the sheriff’s department rotates out,” Motter said.

With daily juvenile home visits, Mot-

ter said one vehicle for the department just isn’t feasible.

Commissioner Thomas Western questioned if the department could use their personal vehicles.

“We (probation department) don’t go out in our own vehicles for safety reasons,” Motter said. “We use our pro-bation car every day.”

Commissioners said they will take Motter’s request under advisement and report back.

Highway departmentWhitley County Highway Director

Brandon Forrester presented commis-sioners with three new quotes on a new Kubota skid loader.

Quotes were received from Rigg’s Outdoor Power Equipment (Mishawa-ka), Southeastern Equipment Compa-ny (Fort Wayne) and More Farm Stores (Columbia City).

With the lowest quote of $60,500 from More Farm Stores, commission-ers approved the purchase.

Forrester also advised that a new $267,008 chip spreader for chip-and-seal road repair is on order and deliv-ery is scheduled in approximately two months.

Human resources departmentWhitley County Human Resources

and County Coordinator Pamela Smith requested that human resources and

county coordinator be two different positions due to additional duties.

Commissioners said this request would have to be determined by the Whitley County Council.

Farmers MarketSmith requested that the commis-

sioners approve the lawn and sidewalk area be used by the Whitley County Farmers Market as the season is sched-uled for May 6 through Oct. 28. The market is open each Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the Whitley County Courthouse Square in Down-town Columbia City.

Commissioners approved Smith’s request providing the Courthouse lawn is kept in good condition.

Art in the AlleySharon Geiger, with the Downtown

Business Alliance, requested that com-missioners approve flower pots and benches in Art in the Alley this year.

Art in the Alley, an initiative of the Columbia City Creative Community, is planned to open June 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the alley adjacent to Ball Fur-niture & Mattress Co. and the Whitley County Government Center in Down-town Columbia City.

Commissioners requested that Gei-ger also coordinate with officials from the City of Columbia City concerning Art in the Alley.

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EPA gets $16M cleanupof Indiana Superfund site

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is pre-paring to begin remediation work on nearly 200 proper-ties within a Superfund site affected by an ongoing lead contamination crisis in far northwest Indiana.

The cleanup in East Chi-cago will be bolstered by $16 million the EPA secured from the parties responsible for the contamination at the 322-acre site. The site includes the city’s Calumet neighborhood, where about a thousand people lived in a public housing complex.

The agency announced Monday it was readying to start remediation. EPA offi-cials have said the 192 prop-erties targeted for cleanup

have high concentrations of lead and arsenic in the soil.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a statement that he and Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb agreed it was crucial to protect the well-being of people living on the Superfund site. Pruitt said his agency was “accel-erating the cleanup to keep residents safe in their homes and neighborhoods.”

Holcomb declared the area a disaster emergency last month, and he signed an executive order on March 10 extending the declaration another 30 days.

The state is still review-ing its options to give ad-ditional resources to help East Chicago deal with the contamination crisis.

Indiana House panel movesmeasure on teacher unions

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers are considering a measure that requires state officials to publicize the percentage of teachers who are union members and, in some cases, inform them that they can get rid of or change that rep-resentation.

Supporters contend the bill is an effort to make the process of changing repre-sentation more transparent for teachers. But opponents view it as an “unnecessary” proposal and another move against unions in a state that already has a right-to-work law on the books curtailing union power.

“I have no problem with transparency, but I don’t think this is an issue of trans-parency,” said Democratic state Rep. Vernon Smith. “I think it’s an issue of trying to diminish the impact of

unions.”Under Republican state

Sen. Erin Houchin’s pro-posal, information on the number of teachers who are union members would be available on the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board web site. IEERB officials would notify teachers “each school year” that the union membership figure drops below 50 per-cent of total teachers in a bargaining unit, and inform them of their right to repre-sentation and “the ability to change their exclusive rep-resentative” under existing law.

The process for triggering a representation election in a school district is set out in statute and information on the number of union mem-bers in a school district is al-ready accessible for interest-ed parties via a FOIA request

or often, bill opponents said, an inquiry placed with a su-perintendent.

“I can’t for the life of me figure out why they want to do this, other than just stir things up,” Indiana State Teachers Association president Teresa Meredith told The Associated Press. “They’re trying to disrupt (unions) and cause some waves.”

Supporters say some teachers unhappy with their representation don’t know their rights or how to change things.

“This is nothing but mak-ing the process a little more transparent for teachers so that the teachers can have the best option available for them,” State Rep. Jerry Torr, a Republican from Carmel, said Tuesday.

A House education panel approved the bill 7-4 in a

party line vote Tuesday. It previously passed the Sen-ate and now advances to the full House for consideration.

In addition to notification when membership drops be-low 50 percent, the proposal calls for a summer study committee to examine an unrelated federal law and directs the IEERB website to include instructional materi-al about changing represen-tation — in addition to the percentage of teachers who are union members.

Proponents argued Tues-day that making that data public was essential for teachers interested in a change but fearful of retali-ation.

Democratic lawmakers and bill opponents brushed that reasoning aside, saying unions often work with non-members cooperatively and willingly.

Today is Wednesday, March 22, the 81st day of 2017. There are 284 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On March 22, 1765,

the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to raise money from

the American colonies, which fiercely resisted the tax. (The Stamp Act was repealed a year later.)

On this date:In 1638, religious dissident Anne

Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for defying Puritan orthodoxy.

In 1894, hockey’s first Stanley Cup

championship game was played; home team Montreal defeated Ottawa, 3-1.

In 1929, a U.S. Coast Guard vessel sank a Canadian-registered schooner, the I’m Alone, which was suspected of carrying bootleg liquor, in the Gulf of Mexico.

In 1933, during Prohibition, Presi-dent Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure to make wine and beer con-taining up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal.

In 1941, the Grand Coulee hydroelec-tric dam in Washington state officially went into operation.

In 1958, movie producer Mike Todd, the husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor, and three other people, were killed in

the crash of Todd’s private plane near Grants, New Mexico.

In 1968, President Lyndon B. John-son named Gen. William C. Westmore-land to be the U.S. Army’s new Chief of Staff.

In 1978, Karl Wallenda, the 73-year-old patriarch of “The Flying Wallen-das” high-wire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotel towers in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In 1987, a garbage barge, carrying 3,200 tons of refuse, left Islip, New York, on a six-month journey in search of a place to unload. (The barge was turned away by several states.)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to ad-vance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and pro-posed an ambitious political strategy to undermine anti-Russian opposition across former Soviet republics, The As-sociated Press has learned. The work appears to contradict assertions by the Trump administration and Manafort himself that he never worked for Rus-sian interests.

Manafort proposed in a confiden-tial strategy plan as early as June 2005 that he would influence politics, busi-ness dealings and news coverage in-side the United States, Europe and the former Soviet republics to benefit the Putin government, even as U.S.-Russia relations under Republican President George W. Bush grew worse. Manafort pitched the plans to Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska, a close Putin ally with whom Manafort eventually signed a $10 million annual contract beginning in 2006, according to interviews with several people fa-miliar with payments to Manafort and business records obtained by the AP. Manafort and Deripaska maintained a business relationship until at least 2009, according to one person familiar with the work.

“We are now of the belief that this model can greatly benefit the Putin Government if employed at the correct levels with the appropriate commit-ment to success,” Manafort wrote in the 2005 memo to Deripaska. The ef-fort, Manafort wrote, “will be offering a great service that can re-focus, both internally and externally, the policies of the Putin government.”

Manafort’s plans were laid out in documents obtained by the AP that included strategy memoranda and re-cords showing international wire trans-fers for millions of dollars. How much work Manafort performed under the contract was unclear.

The disclosure comes as Trump cam-paign advisers are the subject of an FBI probe and two congressional in-vestigations. Investigators are review-ing whether the Trump campaign and its associates coordinated with Mos-cow to meddle in the 2016 campaign. Manafort has dismissed the investiga-tions as politically motivated and mis-guided, and said he never worked for Russian interests.

The documents obtained by AP show

Manafort’s ties to Russia were closer than previously revealed.

In a statement to the AP, Manafort confirmed that he worked for Deri-paska in various countries but said the work was being unfairly cast as “in-appropriate or nefarious” as part of a “smear campaign.”

“I worked with Oleg Deripaska al-most a decade ago representing him on business and personal matters in countries where he had investments,” Manafort said. “My work for Mr. De-ripaska did not involve representing Russia’s political interests.”

Deripaska became one of Russia’s wealthiest men under Putin, buying as-sets abroad in ways widely perceived to benefit the Kremlin’s interests. U.S. diplomatic cables from 2006 described Deripaska as “among the 2-3 oligarchs Putin turns to on a regular basis” and “a more-or-less permanent fixture on Putin’s trips abroad.” In response to questions about Manafort’s consult-ing firm, a spokesman for Deripaska in 2008 — at least three years after they began working together — said Deripaska had never hired the firm. Another Deripaska spokesman in Mos-cow last week declined to answer AP’s questions.

When asked Wednesday about Manafort’s work for Deripaska, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, “we do not feel it’s appro-priate to comment on someone who is not an employee at the White House.”

Manafort worked as Trump’s un-paid campaign chairman last year from March until August. Trump asked Manafort to resign after AP revealed that Manafort had orchestrated a co-vert Washington lobbying operation until 2014 on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling pro-Russian political party.

The newly obtained business records link Manafort more directly to Putin’s interests in the region. According to those records and people with direct knowledge of Manafort’s work for De-ripaska, Manafort made plans to open an office in Moscow, and at least some of Manafort’s work in Ukraine was di-

rected by Deripaska, not local politi-cal interests there. The Moscow office never opened.

Manafort has been a leading focus of the U.S. intelligence investigation of Trump’s associates and Russia, accord-ing to a U.S. official. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because de-tails of the investigation were confiden-tial. Meanwhile, federal criminal prose-cutors became interested in Manafort’s activities years ago as part of a broad investigation to recover stolen Ukraine assets after the ouster of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych there in early 2014. No U.S. criminal charges have ever been filed in the case.

FBI Director James Comey, in con-firming to Congress the federal intelli-gence investigation this week, declined to say whether Manafort was a target. Manafort’s name was mentioned 28 times during the hearing of the House Intelligence Committee, mostly about his work in Ukraine. No one mentioned Deripaska.

On Monday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer had singled out Manafort when asked about possible campaign contacts with Russia. He said Manafort “played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time” in the campaign, even though as Trump’s presidential campaign chairman he led it during the crucial run-up to the Re-publican National Convention.

Manafort and his associates remain in Trump’s orbit. Manafort told a col-league this year that he continues to speak with Trump by telephone. Manafort’s former business partner in eastern Europe, Rick Gates, has been seen inside the White House on a num-ber of occasions. Gates has since helped plan Trump’s inauguration and now runs a nonprofit organization, America First Policies, to back the White House agenda.

Gates, whose name does not appear in the documents, told the AP that he joined Manafort’s firm in 2006 and was aware Manafort had a relationship with Deripaska, but he was not aware of the work described in the memos. Gates said his work was focused on domestic U.S. lobbying and political consulting in Ukraine at the time.

He said he stopped working for Manafort’s firm in March 2016 when he joined Trump’s presidential campaign.

Manafort told Deripaska in 2005 that he was pushing policies as part of his work in Ukraine “at the highest levels of the U.S. government.

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Here’s a hodge-podgeof updates concerningColumbia City

I can’t believe we are already approaching the end of March, but I guess that means that summer is right around the corner!

This Mayor’s Memo will be a hodge-podge of items, as an update on some of the great projects occurring in our community.

•We continue to keep an eye on the Road Funding Bill that is going through the Statehouse. As previously mentioned, municipalities, counties and even the state are being squeezed by a de-creasing amount of transportation dollars coming in through the Gas Tax, and the rising price of road construction. We look forward to seeing what long-term solutions the Legislature will come up with in the next month.

•The U.S. 30 Project is now in a bit of a holding pattern until the Legislative session is over. However, if you are interested to see what progress has occurred, we have up-loaded a concept document from the local planning com-mittee on both the City and the County websites. State-wide, economic and governmental leaders are seeing and understanding that U.S. 30 is an economic engine for jobs and people. We have to capitalize on this opportunity while also protecting (to the best of our ability) the traffic patterns that we use to get to the grocery, or church, or the bank, or family member’s homes. That balance is what your local of-ficials will continue to plan for and fight for.

•Columbia City Junk Pickup schedules have now been released, with the City continuing with two junk cleanups each year. However, each junk cleanup will only have one day this year (versus the previous year’s week-long pick-up).

The City is divided into two halves, with Main Street/State Road 9 being the dividing line. The West Side’s Junk Pickup dates for 2017 will be April 28 and Oct. 6. The East Side’s Junk Pickup dates for 2017 will be May 5 and Oct. 13. There will only be one pass, so make every effort to put out your junk on time. Items should not be put out more than two weeks in advance of the pickup date. Certain items will not be picked up. For more information, check out the City’s website: www.columbiacity.net under the services tab.

•The Russel and Evelyn Fahl Aquatics Facility project is continuing to move forward. Despite a pause by the Region-al Development Authority, we are still very hopeful that we will be granted funding for the project. In the meantime, we are continuing to sell bricks to raise funds to build the facil-ity. Consider buying a brick to make this dream become a reality. Check out: www.fundraisingbrick.com/columbiacity to take a look at the options to have your legacy affixed to this fantastic new amenity.

As always, we welcome citizens to attend meetings of our City Boards and Commissions. The Board of Works and Safety meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month at 5 p.m. on the 2nd floor of City Hall. The Columbia City Common Council also meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month at 6 p.m. on the 2nd floor of City Hall. Other meetings are listed in the City Calendar on the City’s Web-site.

Until next time . . .

Ryan Daniel is mayor of Columbia City, now in his second term in office.

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Today’s Birthdays: Composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim is 87. Evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson is 87. Actor William Shatner is 86. Senate President Pro Tempore Or-

rin Hatch, R-Utah, is 83. Actor M. Emmet Walsh is 82. Actor-singer Jeremy Clyde is 76. Singer-guitarist George Benson is 74. Writer James Patterson is 70. CNN news-

caster Wolf Blitzer is 69. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 69. Actress Fanny Ardant is 68. Sportscaster Bob Costas is 65. Country singer James House is 62. Actress Lena Olin is 62. Singer-actress Stephanie Mills is 60. Actor Matthew Mo-dine is 58. Olympic silver medal figure skater Elvis Stokjo is 45. Actress Anne Dudek is 42. Actor Cole Hauser is 42. Ac-tress Kellie Williams is 41. Actress Reese Witherspoon is 41.

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SOUTH WHITLEY — It is often said that “it takes a vil-lage,” and last Wednesday afternoon,the village came to Whitko High School as area businesses, local entrepreneurs and alumni visited the school during “CATS Pride” as a part of Career Day.

Seventeen different businesses in all attended the event aimed at inspiring students to consider their future after graduation.

Students had the opportunity to listen to keynote speakers from various industries including: education, manufactur-ing, non-profit, government, the Armed Forces, volunteer and medical.

The format ranged from basic question-and-answer ses-sions to conversational classrooms, but the focus was clear,: “The goal of our Career Day was to expose our students to more careers and give them an understanding of goals they can set to succeed,” explained Whitko’s Guidance Counselor Rachael Brodbeck.

“We want the kids to have more options for their future. Many roads can lead to success and they all look different, so we want the kids to have as many tools as possible to make the best decisions for their future and what is right for them, ” she said.

Principal John Snyder expressed, “We want to let our stu-dents know they have a world of options available to them. If they haven’t already done so, we want them to start for-mulating plans on what it will take to pursue their dreams.

“This is an event we plan to expand in the future. Many of these speakers are alumni of Whitko. It was wonderful for our students to see Whitko graduates living out their dreams. There are Whitko alums doing wonderful things all across the world.”

The area businesses representatives in attendance were Keith Krider, of SRG Global; Sgt. Hanson, of U.S. Marines; Cindy Baker, of United Way; Stephanie Tubicsak, of U.S. Na-tional Guard; SFC Kiefer Nielson, of U.S. Army; Stuart Jones,

of U.S. Air Force; Mat Gerbers, of Shambaugh & Son; Andy Vaught, RD of Huntington University; Scott Werstler, of Red Star Contract Management; Emily Gallagher, of Micropulse; Morgan O’Reilly, of Farming/Ag Plus; Amanda Chappel, of Bright Point; Ingrid McClain, optometrist; Alicia Elder, Lu-theran EMS; Billy Reffitt Jr., of Yo2Go; and Ryan Richey, of Precision Plastics.

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Billy Reffitt Jr. speaks to students about being the CEO and founder of Yo2Go in Columbia City.

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Cindy Baker speaks on the United Way of Whitley County and what her position with the organization entails.

Career Day at Whitko High School has strong showing

March 11 through March 16SATURDAY NIGHT MIXED #1 3-11WOMEN:Jenny Potter 236-179-554Julee Moreno 177-172-151-500Jackie Williams 187-157-479Diane Reed 173-170-473Ellen Rockey 173-155-142-470Barb Begue 190-145-468Pat McMahan 154-148-148-450Tammi Willard 171-148-438Deb Baker 164-437MEN:Dave Willard 253-218-203-674Alec Stockert 165-225-657Charlie Dull 245-227-655Tyler Curry 213-213-618Jeremy Wolfe 212-206-609Jeremy Bentz 216ELKS3-13Troy Palmer 268-227-220-715Jeremy Friend 234-233-203-670Jeremy Bentz 235-213-212-660Keith Johnson 267-204-646Jeff Palmer, Sr. 247-633Ty Blessing 237-627Joel Dornick 225Nick Krider 220Mark Swain 215Keith Sherman 211Dan Beebe 208Justin Sheets 208Willie Platt 205TUESDAY MORNING COFFEE 3-14Abby Wigent 213-195-180-588Marilyn Wall 168-151-449Mimi Williams 167-404Laraina Seigel 177-402Jacque Frasher 143Theresa Tucker 141TUESDAY NIGHT LADIES 3-14Crystal Walter 196-178-534Carol Harris 170-168-490Kim Davis 181-163-487Angie Kendall 177-174-487Barb Begue 202-480Stacey Harris 164-468Dodie Hart 164-466Amy Bufkin 170-457Pam Maske 164-457Mindy Loe 173-162-442Amber Brandom 161-439Shannon Honaker 164-436Ashley Johnson 187Kelli Brenneke 179Deb Schuchman 169CLASSY LADIES 3-15Sherri Grim 203-190-542Elizabeth Grace 181-169-169-519

Carie Boggs 180-168-156-504Missy Alexander 169-166-160-495Peggy Trahin 161-154-466Abby Wigent 168-463Marsha Bergman 186-457Teresa Grace 166-431Pam Maske 153-428Laraina Seigel 190Kayla Curry 160Tina Noorani 154MAIN CLASSIC 3-15Bill Kendall 238-229-217-684A.J. Vomdran 224-215-638Lee Chaney 224-212-621Justin Sheets 234-618Tyler Curry 225-205Rod Bufkin 224John Mockus 220Phil Ehinger 217Denver Watson 216Dave Wilfong 211Mathew Robertson 209Doug Pulley 206Chris McIntosh 202Mike Todd 200THURSDAY MORNING MIXED OWL 3-16WOMEN:Robin Herendeen 176-163-154-493Peggy Trahin 172-167-469Pam Maske 169-144-426Helena Huffer 155-407Sarah Rider 147MEN:Carl Thompson 203MATINEE STRIKERS 3-16Genny Robinson 157-144-143-444Linda Boschet 169-146-440Pam Listenberger 158-152-433Pat Foster 147-145-418Rosie Wise 147-142-415Laraina Seigel 149-149-411Terri Zumbrun 163Mimi Williams 157Gini Wright 149Jacque Frasher 148Bernie Lehman 145Cheryl Pequignot 143ROLLING 12+ 3-16Jon Muchow 287-692Jordan Grissom 234-227-216-677Justin Reavis 238-215-215-668Cody Davis 266-658Mike Aldredge 236-220-640Tim Cmar 242-637Keith Johnson 247-629Jim Duff 229-602Doug Hyser 232-601Jeremy Friend 221-215Stephen Treesh 226

Dave Geiselman 223Ken Adams 221Dan Allen 220COMMERCIAL 3-17Cody Davis 278-247-213-738Mike Bufkin 256-244-224-724Rod Bufkin 257-242-686Shawn Ogden 264-673Doug Rush 234-227-200-661Tony Baker 246-655Triston Ogden 231-651Tim Cmar 234-634Jon McNamee 235-634George Lee II 225-630Doug Haiflich 233-622Norm Sherman 229-621Ben Sexton 259-603Mel Coyle 601Kyle Davis 242Matt McClelland 227

March 4 through March 10YOUNG STRIKERS 3-4GIRLS: Madilynn Gawthrop 109-106-83-298BOYS:Aydin Good 137-106-91-334Gavin Smith 122-109-91-322Morgen Jones 102-100-98-300Kaleb Eiler 91-82-76-249Maven Lowder 93-91-60-244JUNIOR STRIKERS 3-4GIRLS:Kurstin Clark 225-217-201-643Amanda Bufkin 185-171-151-507McKayla Smith 167-166-151-484Lexi Harter 158-148-114-420Brianna Eiler 155-147-114-416Sam Cox 151-148-397Caitlyn Harter 131-117-351Kaidence Lowder 116-322BOYS:A.J. Bufkin 206-205-196-607Braxton Clark 208-192-191-591Dalton Brenneke 237-151-145-533Jacob Martinez 182-178-126-486Gavin Good 181-169-130-480Drew Radosevich 137-137-370Skylar Tucker 128-367Dakota Brenneke 128-314Gabriel Jones 302Kameron Eiler 129-286Nikolas Godsey 253Aidenn Adams 246SATURDAY NIGHT MIXED #2 3-4WOMEN:Dory Ray 202-173-511Crystal Walter 201-156-142-499Linda Boschet 189-165-473Rita Dailey 192-140-470Angie Kendall 179-150-468

Shannon Honaker 159-153-449Bobbie Eiler 158-148-444Theresa Tucker 169-431Ashley Kendall 156Charlene Sheets 144Dolores Keppler 141MEN:Josh Landis 231-222-652Justin Sheets 245-203-638Rick Landis 222-215Todd Wise 245Mike Sheets, Sr. 206Bill Kendall 206ELKS3-6Jeremy Friend 238-224-203-665Troy Palmer 255-207-655Justin Sheets 250-216-654Dillon Blessing 220-612Willie Platt 213-604Scott Kuehner 236-603Ty Blessing 218-210Jeff Palmer, Sr. 214-206Joseph Rex 243Bryan Martin 242Kevin Michel 223Kent Miller 206Mike Sheets, Sr. 205Keith Johnson 203TUESDAY MORNING COFFEE 3-7Abby Wigent 166-151-143-460Jacque Frasher 165-431Laraina Seigel 179-428Theresa Tucker 144TUESDAY NIGHT LADIES 3-7Crystal Walter 204-178-170-552Dodie Hart 187-181-502Stacey Harris 170-166-486Cindy Pettigrew 170-485Carol Harris 175-472Susan Power 179-165-471Mindy Loe 178-165-468Shannon Honaker 465Gini Wright 170-462Amy Bufkin 174-455Jacque Frasher 197Daniell Schuchman 188Miranda Ditton 275Pam Maske 165Amber Brandom 164 MAIN CLASSIC 3-8Rod Bufkin 248-234-202-684Tony Baker 247-246-676Lee Chaney 236-206-205-647Tyler Curry 216-213-212-641Austin Furnas 256-639Denver Watson 218-213-611A.J. Vomdran 234Doug Pulley 231Mike Todd 222Jason Friend 220Kenny Steele 218

Sean Shanahan 217Dave Wilfong 213John Mockus 210THURSDAY MORNING MIXED OWL 3-9WOMEN:Helena Huffer 151-147-140-438Peggy Trahin 164-435Robin Herendeen 148-146-429Pam Maske 152Sarah Rider 145MEN: Not availableMATINEE STRIKERS 3-9Laraina Seigel 158-140-427Genny Robinson 154-140-426Vickie Fahl 164-425Terri Zumbrun 162-146-424Linda Boschet 147-407Mimi Williams 148-140-405Pam Listenberger 146-141ROLLING 12+ 3-9Jon Muchow 279-270-729Cody Davis 256-215-660Mike Aldredge 256-659Tyler Curry 236-637Todd Wise 234-633Keith Johnson 219-626Randy Smith 226-618Justin Reavis 224-222-612Dan Beebe 225Trent Pease 219Amber Brandom 217Doug Hyser 216Jeremy Wolfe 215Jim Duff 213Jeremy Friend 213Mike Sheets, Sr. 211Stewart Chaney 209COMMERCIAL 3-10 Shawn Ogden 267-264-259-790Mike Bufkin 275-247-234-756Cody Davis 266-248-230-744Jeremy Wolfe 267-734Tyler Curry 268-235-726Randy Smith 255-245-230-730Doug Haiflich 297-693Larry Benzinger 245-663Justin Reavis 258-660George Lee II 651Tony Baker 634Ben Sexton 632Mel Coyle 619Mike Aldredge 615Donny Reed 234-612Tim Cmar 611Rick Sexton 256-606Norm Sherman 601Phil Williams 245Justin Sheets 242Stewart Chaney 235

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Dear Heloise: When I go to a potluck luncheon or dinner, I make a CASSEROLE. They are quick, inexpensive and easy! I invariably get inquiries about the recipe. I print out the recipe on pretty paper and make sev-eral copies. I tape the copies to the dish so that those who want to can grab one. People seem really happy to get the recipe. — Mary K., Lincoln, Neb. Great hint all around. This also lets people “read” the recipe to see what’s in the dish. Be sure to put your name on it: “Mary’s Best Beef Casserole”! — Heloise

TASTY CARROT TOPS Dear Readers: Buying fresh carrots with all of the plushy green tops? Before you store them in the refrigerator, cut off the green tops, pat the carrots dry and put in a sealable plastic bag. They are best kept in the vegetable bin, not on a shelf. Rinse the tops and chop up to add to soup or a salad. Why waste a morsel? — Heloise

GREAT GARLIC Dear Heloise: I love garlic in a salad, but too much is not good. I rub halved garlic cloves around the inside of each of my salad bowls. This infuses enough flavor without being too much! — Diane G. in Florida

EASY ROLL Dear Heloise: Dinner rolls are deli-cious and can make a meal complete. Here are some hints I have for preparing them: •Sprinkleatinybitofwateronthembefore baking.

• Split each roll and insert awedge of butter, with paprika or onion powder.• Put the biscuits around theedge of the baking sheet; the heat will radiate evenly. — Ana G., Eagle Pass, Texas

TOMATO, TOMAHTO Dear Heloise: When I run out of tomato sauce and need some in a hurry, I grab some canned tomato soup. I can season as I like, and each batch turns out just

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Dear Annie: I’ve never felt so strongly about anyone as I do about my girlfriend, “ A n g e l i n a . ” She is warm and funny and makes me want to be my best self every day. The year that we’ve been dating has been the best of my life. This is a great change from my previous girl-friend, who was from a well-to-do family and wasn’t afraid to flaunt it. She was gorgeous but expected me to worship the ground she walked on because of that. She didn’t like spending time with any of my friends. When she told me we couldn’t go to my best friend’s birthday party — because he’s an “idiot,” according to her — I decided to end it. So it’s no surprise that I’m thrilled Angelina clicks with my friends. She gets along so well with them, and they all think she’s hilarious. I

like going out with her and all my buds. I’m proud to show off what an awesome girlfriend I have. The prob-lem is that I

feel as if she’s getting along too well with some of them. I trust her (and them) completely and know I don’t have to worry about infidel-ity. But I can’t help but feel a little jealous when, for example, I realize my friends texted her about plans instead of me. When I’ve “jokingly” brought that up to her, she said it’s because I’m bad about texting/call-ing people back and all my friends know it. Another example: Recently, I was out of town for work for two weeks, and Angelina went out with my friends a few times. Sometimes I worry that she’ll end up connecting better with one of my friends than with me. She and

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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF WHITLEY COUNTY OF TAXRATES FOR 2016 PAYABLE 2017

Notice is hereby given that the tax duplicates for the several taxing units in Whitley County for the year 2016 payable 2017 are now in the hands of the Whitley County Treasurer, who is ready to receive the taxes charged thereon. The following chart shows the rate of taxation of each $100.00 worth of taxable real and personal property. The first installment is delinquent after May 10, 2017 and the second installment is delinquent after November 10, 2017. Laurell Hodges, Treasurer

CLEVELAND COLUMBIA ETNA-TROY JEFFERSON RICHLAND SMITH THORNCREEK UNION WASHINGTON C.C./UNION CC UNION MTE CHURUBUSCO COLUMBIA CITY LARWILL SO. WHITLEYCOUNTY RATESGENERAL 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 0.294100 2015 REASSESSMENT 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000 0.007000LEASE RENTAL PAYMENT 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300 0.030300COMMUNITY SERVICES 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400 0.001400CUMULATIVE BRIDGE 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500 0.052500HEALTH 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600 0.012600COUNTY 4-H 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300 0.001300CUM CAP DEVELOPMENT 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200 0.028200TOTAL COUNTY RATE 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 0.427400 TOWNSHIP RATES GENERAL 0.032900 0.018400 0.024000 0.020300 0.017100 0.015500 0.030100 0.019400 0.039900 0.019400 0.019400 0.015500 0.018400 0.017100 0.032900TOWNSHIP ASSISTANCE 0.012800 0.012700 0.009500 0.004000 0.005400 0.000500 0.004000 0.012700 0.009500 0.012800FIRE 0.045900 0.044900 0.020800 0.030300 0.032600 0.036300 0.016700 0.011900 0.033100 0.011900 0.036300 0.045900FIRE EQUIPMENT DEBT 0.044200 0.026600 FIRE BUILDING DEBT 0.064400 0.064400 CUMULATIVE FIRE 0.031300 0.014700 0.031300 0.013800 0.033100 0.032800 0.033100 0.031800 0.033100 0.033100 0.031300COMMUNITY BLDG/SERVICES 0.007100 0.007300 RECREATION 0.001700 0.000600 0.001600 0.000600 0.009400 0.003000 0.005600 0.002300 0.005900 0.002300 0.002300 0.003000 0.000600 0.009400 0.001700LIBRARY (NON-LIBRARY UNIT) TOTAL TOWNSHIP 0.124600 0.091300 0.053500 0.126700 0.089700 0.156300 0.117200 0.066700 0.111200 0.021700 0.066700 0.156300 0.031700 0.036000 0.124600 LIBRARY RATES GENERAL 0.187000 0.105600 0.187000 0.030000 0.105600 0.105600 0.105600 0.030000 0.105600 0.187000 0.187000DEBT SERVICE 0.039900 0.039900 0.039900 0.039900 0.039900 LIBRARY CAP PROJECT TOTAL LIBRARY RATE 0.187000 0.145500 0.187000 0.030000 0.145500 0.145500 0.145500 0.030000 0.145500 0.187000 0.187000 SCHOOL RATESSCHOOL PENSION DEPT 0.046700 0.046700 0.046700 0.009300 0.046700 0.046700 0.046700 0.046700 0.046700 0.009300 0.046700 DEBT SERVICE 0.627400 0.419300 0.419300 0.419300 0.627400 0.287400 0.419300 0.419300 0.419300 0.419300 0.419300 0.287400 0.419300 0.627400 0.627400CAPITAL PROJECTS 0.344200 0.231900 0.231900 0.231900 0.344200 0.285200 0.231900 0.231900 0.231900 0.231900 0.231900 0.285200 0.231900 0.344200 0.3442002013 STATE LOAN TRANSPORTATION 0.187800 0.169800 0.169800 0.169800 0.187800 0.158800 0.169800 0.169800 0.169800 0.169800 0.169800 0.158800 0.169800 0.187800 0.187800BUS REPLACEMENT FUND 0.060500 0.043300 0.043300 0.043300 0.060500 0.061000 0.043300 0.043300 0.043300 0.043300 0.043300 0.061000 0.043300 0.060500 0.060500TOTAL SCHOOL RATE 1.219900 0.911000 0.911000 0.911000 1.219900 0.801700 0.911000 0.911000 0.911000 0.911000 0.911000 0.801700 0.911000 1.219900 1.219900 CITY/TOWN RATESGENERAL 0.528700 0.282400 0.528700 0.458800 0.777200MOTOR VEHICLE HIGHWAY 0.098100 0.312100 0.098100 0.373700 0.128600PARK 0.152200 0.152200 PARK & RECREATION 0.138700 CUM BRIDGE/STREET 0.096500 0.096500 FIRE EQUIPMENT/BOND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CUM CAP DEVELOPMENT 0.048100 0.048100 0.016100 0.045000CUM. FIRE & BUILDING CUM.PARK & REC 0.016100 0.016100 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CUM FIRE SPECIAL 0.032100 0.032100 REDEVELOPMENT - GENERAL 0.009700 0.009700 TOTAL CORP RATE 0.981500 0.733200 0.981500 0.848600 0.950800

TOTAL TAXING UNIT RATE 1.958900 1.575200 1.391900 1.465100 1.924000 1.415400 1.601100 1.405100 1.449600 2.487100 1.550600 2.148600 2.497100 2.718900 2.909700

I, Jana L. Schinbeckler, Auditor of Whitley County, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of all tax levies for the taxes collectible in year of 2017.Jana L. Schinbeckler, Auditor Whitley County

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NCAA ScoreboardNCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL

TOURNAMENT Results & Schedule

All Times EDTFIRST FOURAt UD ArenaDayton, OhioTuesday, March 14Mount St. Mary’s 67, New Orleans 66Kansas State 95, Wake Forest 88Wednesday, March 15UC Davis 67, N.C. Central 63Southern Cal 75, Providence 71

EAST REGIONALFirst RoundThursday, March 16At KeyBank CenterBuffalo, N.Y.Villanova 76, Mount St. Mary’s 56Wisconsin 84, Virginia Tech 74At Amway CenterOrlando, Fla.Virginia 76, UNC Wilmington 71Florida 80, ETSU 65Friday, March 17At Bon Secours Wellness ArenaGreenville, S.C.Duke 87, Troy 65South Carolina 93, Marquette 73At BOK CenterTulsa, Okla.Baylor 91, New Mexico State 73Southern Cal 66, SMU 65Second RoundSaturday, March 18At KeyBank CenterBuffalo, N.Y.Wisconsin 65, Villanova 62At Amway CenterOrlando, Fla.Florida 65, Virginia 39Sunday, March 19At Bon Secours Wellness ArenaGreenville, S.C.South Carolina 88, Duke 81At BOK CenterTulsa, Okla.Baylor 82, Southern Cal 78At Madison Square GardenNew YorkRegional SemifinalsFriday, March 24South Carolina (24-10) vs. Baylor (27-7), 7:29 p.m.Wisconsin (27-9) vs. Florida (26-8), 10 p.m.Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 26Semifinal winners

SOUTH REGIONALFirst RoundThursday, March 16At BMO Harris Bradley CenterMilwaukeeButler 76, Winthrop 64Middle Tennessee 81, Minnesota 72Friday, March 17At Bon Secours Wellness ArenaGreenville, S.C.Arkansas 77, Seton Hall 71North Carolina 103, Texas Southern 64At Bankers Life FieldhouseIndianapolisWichita State 64, Dayton 58Kentucky 79, Northern Kentucky 70At Golden 1 CenterSacramento, Calif.Cincinnati 75, Kansas State 61UCLA 97, Kent State 80Second RoundSaturday, March 18At BMO Harris Bradley CenterMilwaukeeButler 74, Middle Tennessee 65Sunday, March 19At Bon Secours Wellness ArenaGreenville, S.C.North Carolina 72, Arkansas 65At Bankers Life Fieldhouse

IndianapolisKentucky 65, Wichita State 62At Golden 1 CenterSacramento, Calif.UCLA 79, Cincinnati 67At FedEx ForumMemphis, Tenn.Regional SemifinalsFriday, March 24Butler (25-8) vs. North Carolina (29-7), 7:09 p.m.Kentucky (31-5) vs. UCLA (31-4), 9:40 p.m.Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 26Semifinal winners

MIDWEST REGIONALFirst RoundThursday, March 16At BMO Harris Bradley CenterMilwaukeePurdue 80, Vermont 70Iowa State 84, Nevada 73Friday, March 17At Bankers Life FieldhouseIndianapolisMichigan 92, Oklahoma State 91Louisville 78, Jacksonville State 63At BOK CenterTulsa, Okla.Kansas 100, UC Davis 62Michigan State 78, Miami 58At Golden 1 CenterSacramento, Calif.Oregon 93, Iona 77Rhode Island 84, Creighton 72Second RoundSaturday, March 18At BMO Harris Bradley CenterMilwaukeePurdue 80, Iowa State 76Sunday, March 19At Bankers Life FieldhouseIndianapolisMichigan 73, Louisville 69At BOK CenterTulsa, Okla.Kansas 90, Michigan State 70At Golden 1 CenterSacramento, Calif.Oregon 75, Rhode Island 72At The Sprint CenterKansas City, Mo.Regional SemifinalsThursday, March 23Michigan (26-11) vs. Oregon (31-5), 7:09 p.m.Purdue (27-7) vs. Kansas (30-4), 9:40 p.m.Regional ChampionshipSaturday, March 25Semifinal winners

WEST REGIONALFirst RoundThursday, March 16At KeyBank CenterBuffalo, N.Y.Notre Dame 60, Princeton 58West Virginia 86, Bucknell 80At Amway CenterOrlando, Fla.Xavier 76, Maryland 65Florida State 86, Florida Gulf Coast 80At Vivint Smart Home ArenaSalt Lake CityGonzaga 66, South Dakota State 46Northwestern 68, Vanderbilt 66Saint Mary’s 85, VCU 77Arizona 100, North Dakota 82Second RoundSaturday, March 18At KeyBank CenterBuffalo, N.Y.West Virginia 83, Notre Dame 71At Amway CenterOrlando, Fla.Xavier 91, Florida State 66At Vivint Smart Home ArenaSalt Lake CityGonzaga 79, Northwestern 73Arizona 69, Saint Mary’s 60

At SAP CenterSan Jose, Calif.Regional SemifinalsThursday, March 23Gonzaga (34-1) vs. West Virginia (28-8), 7:39 p.m.Xavier (23-13) vs. Arizona (32-4), 10:10 p.m.Regional ChampionshipSaturday, March 25Semifinal winners

MEN’S FINAL FOURAt University of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, Ariz.National SemifinalsSaturday, April 1East champion vs. West championSouth champion vs. Midwest championNational ChampionshipMonday, April 3Semifinal winners

NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Results & ScheduleAll Times EDTBRIDGEPORT REGIONALFirst RoundFriday, March 17At College Park, Md.Maryland 103, Bucknell 61West Virginia 75, Elon 62Saturday, March 18At Storrs, Conn.UConn 116, Albany (NY) 55Syracuse 85, Iowa State 65At Los AngelesUCLA 83, Boise State 56Texas A&M 63, Penn 61At Durham, N.C.Oregon 71, Temple 70Duke 94, Hampton 31Second RoundSunday, March 19At College Park, Md.Maryland 83, West Virginia 56Monday, March 20At Storrs, Conn.UConn 94, Syracuse 64At Durham, N.C.Oregon 74, Duke 65At Los AngelesUCLA 75, Texas A&M 43Regional SemifinalsSaturday, March 25At Bridgeport, Conn.Maryland (32-2) vs. Oregon (22-13), 11:30 a.m.UConn (34-0) vs. UCLA (25-8), 2 p.m.Regional ChampionshipMonday, March 27Semifinal winnersOKLAHOMA CITY REGIONALFirst RoundFriday, March 17At Starkville, Miss.DePaul 88, Northern Iowa 67Mississippi State 110, Troy 69Saturday, March 18At Waco, TexasBaylor 119, Texas Southern 30California 55, LSU 52At Louisville, Ky.Louisville 82, Chattanooga 62Tennessee 66, Dayton 57At SeattleOklahoma 75, Gonzaga 62Washington 91, Montana State 63Second RoundSunday, March 19At Starkville, Miss.Mississippi State 92, DePaul 71Monday, March 20At Louisville, Ky.Louisville 75, Tennessee 64At SeattleWashington 108, Oklahoma 82At Waco, TexasBaylor 86, California 46

Regional SemifinalsFriday, March 24At Oklahoma CityMississippi State (31-4) vs. Washington (29-5), 7 p.m.Baylor (32-3) vs. Louisville (29-7), 9:30 p.m.Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 26Semifinal winnersLEXINGTON REGIONALFirst RoundFriday, March 17At South Bend, Ind.Purdue 74, Green Bay 62Notre Dame 79, Robert Morris 49At Lexington, Ky.Kentucky 73, Belmont 70Ohio State 70, Western Kentucky 63At Austin, TexasNC State 62, Auburn 48Texas 78, Central Arkansas 50Saturday, March 18At Manhattan, Kan.Stanford 72, New Mexico State 62Kansas State 67, Drake 54Second RoundSunday, March 19At Lexington, Ky.Ohio State 82, Kentucky 68At Austin, TexasTexas 84, N.C. State 80At South Bend, Ind.Notre Dame 88, Purdue 82, OTMonday, March 20At Manhattan, Kan.Stanford 69, Kansas State 48Regional SemifinalsFriday, March 24At Lexington, Ky.Notre Dame (32-3) vs. Ohio State (28-6), 7 p.m.Texas (25-8) vs. Stanford (30-5), 9:30 p.m.Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 26Semifinal winnersSTOCKTON REGIONALFirst RoundFriday, March 17At Columbia, S.C.South Carolina 90, UNC-Asheville 40Arizona State 73, Michigan State 61At Tallahassee, Fla.Missouri 66, South Florida 64Florida State 87, Western Illinois 66At Corvallis, Ore.Oregon State 56, Long Beach State 55Creighton 76, Toledo 49Saturday, March 18At Coral Gables, Fla.Quinnipiac 68, Marquette 65Miami 62, Florida Gulf Coast 60Second RoundSunday, March 19At Columbia, S.C.South Carolina 71, Arizona State 68At Tallahassee, Fla.Florida State 77, Missouri 55At Corvallis, Ore.Oregon State 64, Creighton 52Monday, March 20At Coral Gables, Fla.Quinnipiac 85, Miami 78Regional SemifinalsSaturday, March 25At Stockton, Calif.South Carolina (29-4) vs. Quinnipiac (29-6), 4 p.m.Florida State (27-6) vs. Oregon State (31-4), 6:30 p.m.Regional ChampionshipMonday, March 27Semifinal winnersWOMEN’S FINAL FOURAt DallasNational SemifinalsFriday, March 31Bridgeport winner vs. Oklahoma City winnerLexington winner vs. Stockton winnerNational ChampionshipSunday, April 2Semifinal winners

running a leg on the Lady Eagles’ winning 3,200-meter relay team.

Fulkerson took the 800 in a time of 2:55.5 and the 1,600 in 6:19.84.

Churubusco’s Maggie Burrita was second in the 1,60-meter race and came back to win the 3,200-meter run in 13:52.84.

The Lady Eagles’ Rachel Jacquay claimed the pole vault title, clearing 9 feet for the win. Burrita gave the Eagles a second place finish behind Jacquay, who also took second in the 300-meter hurdles race and third in the 100-meter hurdles.

Callie Lemper and Chassy Gallmeier went 1-2 in the girls discus event. Lemper won with a toss of 79-feet, 10-inches.

Miranda Mallot took first in the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:07.72.

Heidi Zeigler rounded out the scoring for the Lady Ea-gles with a second place fin-ish in the 100-meter hurdles race.

Churubusco’s boys and girls are back in action at the Whitley County meet at Whitko next Wednesday at 5 p.m.

’Busco, from A10

Butler, from A10

ward a clean look on his half-court heave that just missed.

Stevens and his predeces-sors moved the school up the pecking order by recruit-ing late-bloomers or players who were often overlooked by bigger schools. They asked them to play selflessly, a style that defines The But-ler Way.

While that philosophy worked well in the Horizon League and the Atlantic 10, Chris Holtmann needed to make some adjustments to thrive in the stronger Big East.

Holtmann has recruited better athletes and is looking for more physical players, but the same basic philoso-phy hasn’t changed.

“I think it (toughness) has been valued here at a really high level, from those who came before me,” Holtmann said. “I just hope I’m doing my job to carry it on.”

COLUMBIA CITY — Co-lumbia City’s boys and girls track teams opened the out-door portion of their seasons with a pair of wins over vis-iting Wawasee Monday eve-ning.

The Columbia City girls downed the Lady Warriors, 78-54, while the Eagle boys picked up an 88-44 win over the Warriors.

Freshman Jasmine Early led the Lady Eagles, pick-ing up wins in the 400-meter dash in 1:00.03, the 800-me-ter run in 2:27, and running the anchor leg in the Lady Eagles’ winning 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter relay teams.

Joining Early on the 3,200-meter relay team were Lillie Oddou, who ran a scorching 2:26 first leg that put the race out of reach af-ter the first runner; Lauren Keller, who also placed sec-on to Early in the 800-meter run and Bailie Brown. Odd-ou also picked up a second place finish in the 3,200 me-ter run.

Columbia City’s Sarah Pepple was a triple win-ner, sweeping both 100- and 200-meter dashes and running a leg on the Lady Eagles’ winning 400-meter relay squad.

Pepple finished the 100-meters in 13.3 seconds and the 200 in a time of 28.64. Joining Pepple in the 400-meter relay were Jenna Matier, Olivia Koontz and Mykaela Crowell.

Matier also was second in the 100-meter race, with the Lady Eagles’ Hannah Wilger taking third.

Gabby Fry gave the Eagles a second place finish in the 400-meter dash as well as running a leg on the 1,600 relay team. Emma Coy took third in the 400 and also ran on the 1,600 relay.

Columbia City’s Mariah Schaefer took the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 16.44 seconds. Schaefer came back to take second in the 300-me-ter hurdles in 52.89.

Columbia City’s Cassidy Burdge scored a win in the high jump, clearing 5 feet.

Boys’ resultsOn the boys’ side of the

ledger, Jacob Wigent and Tim Hearld were both triple winners, picking up two in-dividual event wins and a relay win.

Wigent scored wins in the 110-meter high hurdles race in 16.65 seconds and the 300-meter hurdles in 44.19 seconds.

Wigent led Columbia City sweeps of both events with Trefor Gatchell taking sec-ond in both events, and Ken-dall Smith taking third in the 110-meter race with Ar-ies Lumbar finishing third in the 300 meters.

Wigent also ran a leg on the boys 400-meter relay along with Drew Diamente,

Jon O’Dell and Doug Hill.Hearld picked up wins in

the 200-meter dash at 23.2 seconds and the 400-meter dash at 52.99 seconds.

The Eagle boys swept the top three places in the 400 with Noah Judd finishing second, and Brice Taylor tak-ing third.

Hearld also joined Dy-son Redden, Noah Judd and Doug Hill in taking the 1,600-meter relay in a time of 3:35.8.

Nathan Mills took second in the 1,600-meter run with Landon Wakeman finishing third. Mills and Wakeman also were second and third in the 3,200-meter race.

David Osborn placed sec-on in the shot put with a toss of 42-feet, 11.25 inches, with Liam Hesting taking third at 40 feet.

The Eagles swept the long jump placings with Heath Atkins getting the win with a leap of 19-feet, 7 inches. Noah Judd was second just four inches behind, and Christian Watkins placed third.

Columbia City’s Liam Hesting took the win in the discus with a throw of 125-feet, six inches.

Columbia City’s Alex Sharpenberg cleared 6-feet, 3 inches to win the high jump. Tim Hearld took second and Bryce Taylor was third.

The Lady Eagles are back in action on Thursday when they host Fort Wayne South Side and Concordia at 5 p.m.

Columbia City’s boys will travel to Whitko on March 29 for the Whitley County boys and girls track meet at 5 p.m.

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Columbia City’s Jacob Wigent clears the hurdles on his way to a win in the 110-meter high hurdle race. Wigent also won the 300-meter hurdles race to help the Columbia City boys to an 88-44 win over Wawasee in the season-opening outdoor meet Monday evening at the Max Gandy Athletic Field. Columbia City’s girls made it a clean sweep, downing the Lady Warriors 78-54.

Butler, Purdue use grit to get programs into Sweet 16

’Busco boys, girls track split meet with Heritage

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Coach Matt Painter kept believing in his team even as he watched Purdue fritter away a 19-point lead.

He did, after all, recruit these players to excel in tough times. And he did spend two years using the lessons from consecutive over-time losses in the NCAA Tourna-ment to show his team what it took to survive in March.

So when the Boilermakers stead-ied themselves, retook the lead and reached their first Sweet 16 in sev-en years, Painter wasn’t surprised. He simply knew the Boilermakers, finally, were tough enough.

No question, having that grit back after not having it for a cou-ple of years helps,” Painter said. “We put a lot of skill on the court, but we also have guys who are competitive.”

Painter, after all, grew up a fan of former Hoosiers coach Bob Knight, went on to play for Gene Keady and then served on Keady’s staff briefly before succeeding his former coach.

After finishing last in the Big Ten in 2013-14 with guys who were content to rely more on their ath-leticism than mental toughness, Painter changed course.

He brought in gritty overachiev-ers who embraced old-school prin-ciples built on effort and led Pur-due to its first outright conference title since 1996. Nothing reinforced those beliefs more than last week-end’s comeback against Iowa State.

“Leads are blown throughout March Madness, which is all about close games. I always tell the guys, ‘If it’s not a blowout, then it is a close game,’” junior forward Vince Edwards said Monday. “We have learned to be able to take a run — like Iowa State’s — and be able to withstand it.”

The best teams always do, which

is why fourth-seeded Purdue will now face top-seeded Kansas (30-4) in one of Thursday night’s Mid-west Regional semifinal games .

Finding players who are the right fit is a challenge for every coach and program.

At Butler, it’s a tradition that has been passed down through nearly a half-dozen coaches over a span of two decades. Thad Matta and Todd Lickliter kept the momentum going before taking other jobs, and Brad Stevens perfected the script as the Bulldogs posted consecutive national runner-up finishes.

Things didn’t always go smooth-

ly. Fans still remember watching the Bulldogs blow an upset against Florida in the 2000 tourney and the inexplicable 2002 tourney snub.

Eventually, though, those pain-ful moments gave way to a litany of program-defining memories.

Against Louisville in the 2003 tourney, a teammate handed his dry shoes to the late Joel Cornette so Cornette could help close out an upset against Louisville in 2003. In the 2010 title game, junior center Matt Howard had the foresight to set a pick and give Gordon Hay-

CHURUBUSCO — Chur-ubusco’s track teams opened the outdoor portion of their season splitting with the vis-iting Heritage Patriots. The ’Busco boys downed the Pa-triots 101-22, while the Eagle girls fell by a narrow 69-62 score.

Churubusco’s boys picked up wins in every event ex-cept the shot put.

Churubusco won both the 400 and 1,600-meter re-lays, winning the 400-meter race in 47.03 seconds and the 1,600-meter relay in 3:50.96. The Eagles also won the 3,200-meter relay. Zach Bultemeier took first in the 100-meter dash edging fel-low Eagle Sam Richards.

Richards and Bultemei-er swapped places in the 200-meter dash with Rich-ards getting the win in 24.27 seconds.

Jacob Eyer got the win in the 1,600-meter run in 4:46.66 with teammate Trey Springer coming in second.

Eyer was a double winner

for the Eagles, capturing the 800-meter run in 2:12.97.

Springer gave the Eagles a win in the 3,200-meter run, finishing in a time of 10:32.12.

Churubusco’s Sam Wood won the 300-meter hurdles race in a time of 44.19 sec-onds, while the Eagles’ Jarred Ostler clocked a time of 55.32 seconds for the win in the 400-meter race.

In the field events, Chur-ubusco’s Landen Pulley, Brayden Simmons and Clay Tinney went 1-2-3 in the dis-cus throw.

Churubusco’s Dakota Stephens cleared 5-feet, 8- inches to win the high jump competition, and Carlin Am-ber sailed 18-feet, 7-inches to take the top spot in the long jump.

In the girls’ meet, the Lady Eagles were led by Alayna Fulkerson, who captured both the 800-meter and the 1,600-meter runs as well as

Jasmine Early

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Jasmine Early - Columbia City Girls Track Early finished first in the 400-meter dash,

the 800-meter run and anchored the winning 3,200-meter relay team in the Lady Eagles 78-54

season opening win over Wawasee.

Jacob Wigent-Columbia City Boys TrackWigent took both the 110-meter high and the

300-meter low hurdle races as Eagles downed Wawasee 88-44 in the season opener.

Post & Mail photo / Mark Parker

Churubusco’s Carlin Amber sails 18-feet, 7-inches to give the Eagles a first place finish in the long jump. The Eagle boys downed Heritage 101-92, while the Churubusco girls fell to the Lady Patriots 69-62 Tuesday evening.

Columbia City track teams open outdoor season beating Wawasee

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