the advance leader january 9, 2014

The Advance LeaderP.O. Box 30

Ligonier, IN 46767Phone: 894-3102 • Fax: 894-3102

THURSDAYJANUARY 9, 2014

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The big chill of 2014BY BOB BUTTGEN

[email protected] —Day-to-day life

in the West Noble area came to a virtual standstill this week as the entire upper Midwest was hit by heavy snowfall over the weekend, followed by subzero temperatures on Monday and Tuesday. By Wednesday the temperatures rose to the teens.

The weather was so extreme that nearly everyone was homebound on Monday and Tuesday except those people whose jobs were considered essential.

City workers, including street, water and sewer depart-ment crews, police offi cers and fi refi ghters were on duty, with the street department working around the clock to clear the streets.

The storm started Saturday night and snow fell all day Sunday, making roads impassable. Ligonier received reports of seven to 12 inches snow with slightly higher levels in some spots.

On Monday night and Tuesday, temperatures were recorded as low as minus 15 degrees with windchill factors making it feel like 30 and 35 below zero, according to the National Weather Service.

All Ligonier city offi ces were closed Monday and Tuesday but reopened on Wednesday. Most businesses, including restaurants, remained closed on Monday as the both the city and Noble County declared a weather emergency.

Patty Fisel offered high praise for city employees who worked through the night, from Sunday to Monday, plowing virtually every street in the city.

“All of our streets are cleared,” she said Monday morning. “Our crews did an unbelievable job, working through the night.”

“Ligonier has a super plowing crew to respond to a weather emergency like we are now experiencing,” she added on Tuesday. “We are fortunate to have department supervisors who work together daily, utilizing each departments equipment and expertise. So when we face emergency situations they put

their action plan together and the citizens benefi t. They have done, and are continuing to do a great job.”

The city’s recreation center also was closed because of the mayor’s

order issued Sunday night.Owen’s Supermarket, the only

full-size grocery store in Ligonier, closed at 9 p.m. Sunday but reopened at noon Monday.

Store manager Chris Fought,

a member of the Ligonier City Council, said his store was waiting for deliveries of milk and bread, but they were expected to arrive by late Monday. More trucks came Wednesday morning, carrying

supplies for the store.West Noble canceled Tuesday’s

school day which was to be the fi rst day back for students following the Christmas break. Classes were also called off for Wednesday and Thursday, primarily because of road conditions. (See related story on state waiver for schools on this page.)

Vickey Hochstetler, manager of the Pak-A-Sak store in downtown Ligonier, said her store was able to remain open during the entire storm.

“I went in at 4:30 Sunday morning and got to go home Monday around 2 p.m.,” she said. “Thanks to my employees I had Tuesday off, but the street and water and police and fi re depart-ments. were the real heroes; they kept going. The streets in Ligonier were awesome.”

Noble REMC reported one power outage on Monday night that lasted for about two hours and affected 1,150 customers in the Ligonier and Cromwell areas. Power was stored at about 11:45 p.m. Monday.

The utility reported a few smaller outages this week.

The forecast for the rest of the week called for temperatures in the 30s and maybe 40s today, Friday and Saturday, but more snow was expected today with rain forecast over the weekend.

Up to a foot of snow, and more in some places, fell in the West Noble area from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning. The area was then socked by a polar vortex that sent temperatures plunging to

minus-15 degrees on Monday and Tuesday. The bottom photo shows city workers clearing away snow from the area around the fire department. More snow is forecast for today.

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Area hit by foot of snow then subzero temperatures

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Ligonier City Council member Chris Fought clears snow in his neighborhood this week.

LIGONIER — Indiana schools that canceled classes because of weather on Monday, Jan. 6, and Tuesday, Jan. 7, won’t need to make up the lost time, according to the state department of education (DOE).

George Frampton, director of the offi ce of accreditation for the education department, confi rmed Monday that state superinten-dent Glenda Ritz has authorized schools to apply for a one-day waiver from the required 180 days of instruction. Later in the day, Ritz’s press secretary, Daniel Altman, said the waiver will be offered to schools for Tuesday as well.

“This is based on the cold and the danger to kids,” Frampton said Monday afternoon.

West Noble will apply for a waiver for any days that the DOE will allow, superinten-dent Dr. Dennis VanDuyne said Wednesday.

West Noble canceled classes on Tuesday, Wednesday and today. Offi cials were not sure how many more days the state may excuse school districts from having to

make up.West Noble has two make-up

days built into the calendar for snow days but the waiver will allow the corporation to keep those in reserve.

Many roads in the rural part of Noble County were still not passable for school buses as of Wednesday morning.

“The county highway depart-ment has done a tremendous job but roads are far from ideal,” VanDuyne said. “Many places were single lanes, a few roads were not plowed at all. The intersections are still bad and all turn-a-rounds need work in order for the buses to have the room they need.”

As for the state’s decision on waivers, Ritz made the decision on Sunday after consulting with her staff. Superintendents of Indiana schools were notifi ed that a waiver was available for Monday on Sunday afternoon, via email or an automatic calling system, Frampton said.

The waiver means that schools can escape the “very severe fi nancial penalty” they would

otherwise incur by canceling one day of instruction, he said.

This waiver has been used before, but rarely.

“In the last 15 years, this may have been used maybe three other times,” Frampton said, adding that he believes the waiver was last used in 2007 or 2008.

He said the waiver has been used in the past to allow schools to make up just part of several missed days due to weather — like having just fi ve makeup days for eight snow days.

Altman said Ritz decided just before 3 p.m. on Monday to also offer a waiver allowing Indiana school districts to cancel school on Tuesday without penalty. The waiver applies to all public and non-public schools in the state.

Weather affects sports schedules

West Noble athletic events were hampered by the weather. Reports on make-up dates or postponements can be found on pages 5 or 6, or check kpcnews.com or West Noble’s page.

WN will apply for waivers on missed school days

ALBION — Cleanup from what some are calling the “Winter Blast” Sunday is proceeding slowly due to the sheer volume of snow, a Noble County offi cial said Monday.

“The highway department is making some progress, but there’s still a lot of work,” said Noble County Emergency Management Agency executive director Michael Newton.

The National Weather Service had no fi nal storm snowfall total available for Noble County, but did show Kendallville as having received 14 inches at 9:35 p.m. Sunday and southwest Noble County with a total of 9.8 inches at 7 p.m. Sunday.

Newton said most of Noble County received about a foot

of snow during the storm, with numbers varying a bit around the county.

Noble County’s Red Level 1 Warning snow advisory, restricting travel on county roads to emergency vehicles only, continued overnight, Newton said.

The commissioners ordered all county offi ce buildings closed to the public Tuesday afternoon. They met briefl y Wednesday at 10 a.m. to address claims and payroll, and deal with all other items from their agenda from Monday’s canceled meeting Jan. 13.

The Noble County Highway Department’s work clearing the roads has been complicated by high winds, Newton said, adding, “There’s still a lot of drifting out there.”

Snow also a big headache for countyKendallville hit with 14 inches

If you like this weather, then you probably like root canals, dysentery and sales pitches from life insurance agents.

Sure, the snow makes for “pretty” scenes but I had my fi ll of “pretty” this fall with the leaves.

It takes a weather disaster like this for us to better appreciate the comforts we enjoy in our lives here in the United States. We take hot water, full refrigerators, heated homes and clean drinking water for granted.

At our house, it only took two hours of darkness with no power for panic buttons to be pushed. And a lot of blame came my way because I didn’t have our home prepared for a disaster.

So this week, after the freeze lifted, we were shopping for more batteries and stuff; making sure our smoke detectors work, etc. But there’s only so much we can do, short of coming up with a way to heat our homes without electricity. And I am not a fan of propane space heaters like our friends up north probably have.

And sure, there are probably 101 things I could do to better prepare for emergencies. But old habits are hard to break.

Have you ever seen any of these televi-sion shows about doomsday preppers? These are hard-core people who spends tens of thousands of dollars to stock emergency underground bunkers with guns and food. While my personal preparations may fall short in some areas, I don’t think I will ever go to the level where I place AK-47s in each of my windows and bury a slaughtered cow under our porch.

About the only fun our family had with this awful weather came when the girls made snow ice cream the other night. I was skeptical at fi rst but it turned out to be pretty good.

Cabin fever, the kind that can’t be measured in degrees, is no fun but it’s hard to avoid. Playing cards and watching TV sure beats doing housework, though.

This week brought us some of the worst winter weather we’ve seen in our 18 years at this location, but I grew up in Iowa and lived through the blizzard of 1978, which actually was worse than this week. I guess it was the combination of lots of snow and minus-20 temperatures that got me down this time.

Oh well. Life in Indiana in the winter beats living in a whole lot of other countries with better weather.

Thanks to everyone who did offer help to us this week.Take care, stay safe and have warm dreams.

THE BOB REPORT Bob Buttgen

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Joseph Heintzelman

LIGONIER — Joseph J. Heintzelman, 77, of Ligonier, passed away on January 3, 2014, in Kendallville.

He was born on October 28, 1936 in Indian Village, Ind., to Joseph and Mae Heintzelman. He married Rosalie Stanger

in Ligonier in 1957. She preceded him in death in May of 1991.

He is survived by two sons, Rick (Lisa) Heintzelman of Ligonier, and Jim W. (Cynthia) Heintzelman of Downing-town, Pa.; a daughter, Vicky (Eric) Tierney of Wawaka; six grandchildren, Megan, Melissa, Alex, Lisa, Libbey and Shayne; one great-grandson, Wesley; and a brother, Harvey (Pat) Heintzelman of Ligonier

Mr. Heintzelman’s companion of 20 years, Korean Holmes, also survives. Korean’s children and grandchildren, whom Joseph loved as his own, also survive: Charlotte Louise Clark and Joyce Court; two grandchildren, Chvonne and Tefawn, and six great-grandchildren, Roman, Rylea, Skyann, Nick, Kaelin and Koyashia. He leaves behind one other faithful companion, his dog, Jack.

Joseph was preceded in death by a grandson, Ryan

Heintzelman, fi ve sisters and two brothers.

Mr. Heintzelman had a variety of occupations, including truck driving and working in factories in the RV and manufac-tured housing industries. After his retirement from Carriage, Inc. in Millers-burg, he returned to his roots of farming. He enjoyed hunting, fi shing and camping as well as reading western novels. He loved spending time with his grandchildren and watching them in their various activities and sporting events. He never knew a stranger and loved a good conversation, and recently referred to himself as a “talk-aholic”.

A time of visitation with the family will be from 4-8 p.m. on Friday January 10, 2014, at Yeager Funeral Home, 1589 Lincolnway South, Ligonier, as well as an hour before the service on Saturday

A funeral service in his honor will be on Saturday January 11, 2014, at 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Pastor Joey Nelson with Stone’s Hill Community Church will offi ciate. Burial will be in Oak Park Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Merry Lea Environmental Center 2388 S. 500 West, Albion, IN 46701 to encourage kids to be outdoors and develop a love of nature.

Yeager Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to the family at yeagerfuneral-home.com.

Barbara SloneLIGONIER — Barbara L.

Slone, age 66, of Ligonier passed away on Monday, January 6, 2014 at 10:40 p.m. at IU Health-Goshen Hospital.

There will be a funeral service held in Mrs. Slone’s honor on Friday January 10, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Yeager Funeral Home, 1589 Lincol-nway South, Ligonier, with Pastor Jimmy Shephard offi ciating. Burial will be in Oak Park Cemetery in Ligonier.

There will be a time of visitation from 3-7 p.m. today, Thursday, January 9, 2014 at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions are to IU Goshen Center for Cancer Care.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at yeagerfuneralhome.com.

L. David MynhierLIGONIER — L. David

Mynhier, age 46, of Ligonier died on Thursday, January 2, 2014.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Hite Funeral Home. Offi ciating the funeral service was Pastor Wade Sturdivant.

Burial was at East Spring-fi eld Cemetery in LaGrange County.

Preferred memorials may be made to American Cancer Society.

Don BishWAWAKA — Don

Arthur Bish, age 84, of Wawaka, IN passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at his home.

A private cremation committal will take place at a later date.

The Yeager Funeral Home in Ligonier is assisting the family with arrangements. Online Condolences may be sent to the family at www.yeagerfu-neralhome.com.

Mary MyersWAWAKA — Mary

Frances “Frannie” Myers, 86, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 31, 2013, at Northidge Village Nursing Home in Albion. She had been declining in health for the past three weeks.

Funeral services for Mrs. Myers were held Saturday, January 4, 2014, at Brazzell Funeral Home, Albion Chapel. Pastor Edward Gilmore offi ciated.

Burial will be at Cosper-ville Cemetery in Cosper-ville.

Please make memorial contributions to the Wawaka United Methodist Church.

Visit brazzellfuneral-home.com to send online condolences.

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Labor Department sues for Merry Manor employees funds

WARSAW — The U.S. Department of Labor has fi led a lawsuit over what it says is a bank’s improper handling of employee funds for a northeast Indiana health care chain.

The lawsuit announced last month was fi led in U.S. District Court to recover losses to the Miller’s Health Systems Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Miller’s Health is a Warsaw-based company that manages long-term care and assisted-living facilities, including Miller’s Merry Manor facilities in Syracuse, LaGrange and Garrett.

The suit alleges that PBI Bank Inc., trustee of the plan, authorized the purchase of company stock for $40 million, an amount far in excess of the fair market value of the stock. The suit also alleges that PBI Bank approved fi nancing for the transaction at an excessive interest rate.

“Fiduciaries must act with undivided loyalty to plan participants. When it comes to (employee stock ownership plan) purchases, they must ensure that the plan receives full value for its money,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefi ts Security Phyllis C. Borzi.

The suit alleges that PBI violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by imprudently and disloyally approving the purchase of stock by the plan. The suit seeks to require PBI to restore all losses suffered by the plan, plus interest.

The Chicago Regional Offi ce of the department’s Employee Benefi ts Security Administration investigated a September 2007 stock purchase.

The department concluded that, as a result of the design of the transaction and the fi duciary breaches of PBI, the stock purchase was not for the primary benefi t of participants and did not promote employee ownership in Miller’s Health. It alleges PBI was responsible and liable for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

The lawsuit also seeks to remove PBI as a fi duciary and service provider of the plan and to permanently bar it from serving as a fi duciary or service provider to ERISA-covered plans in the future.

At the time of the stock purchase, Miller’s Health managed 31 long-term care facilities under the name of Miller’s Merry Manor and 10 assisted living facilities under the name Miller’s Senior Living. Miller’s Health also operated Theracare Inc., an Indiana corporation.

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Third-graders who were awarded the Llife Skills Leader award for the fi rst semester are shown at West Noble Elementary School.

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These are the second-graders from West Noble Elementary who received the award for the fi rst semester.

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Fourth-grade winners of the award are shown above from West Noble Elemen-tary School for its Life Skills Leader program.

West Noble Elementary presents Life Skills awardsLIGONIER — West

Noble Elementary School has recogized many of its students through its Life Skill Leaders program, in which staff members encourage all students to use the following life skills: organization, effort, pride, caring, perseverance, common sense, initia-tive, patience, fl exibility, integrity, courage, curiosity, problem solving, sense of humor, friendship, coopera-tion and responsibility.

At the end of each grading period, each teacher chooses two students from his/her class who demonstrates these life skills.

A school-wide convoca-tion was held before the Christmas break to reward these students in front of their peers.

Group photos are shown from the second, third and fourth grades, of the recipi-ents.

Second GradeFelipe Venegas-PerezLucy GenschMichael MorenoLuis CamposMiana CorderoAlexia MastDavid SloneAngelina ContrerasMadison LazarEfren Munoz-SilvaSarah SwartzKeisha OstranderCorbin KeeneAlexia NajeraDrake WardHazel ElliottCamilo Lopez

Third GradeGracie RobertsAdriana HernandezMaddie NolanJimena GonzalezAntonio RuvalcabaGeraldine LuceroAriana MontielAdan HernandezXimena PedrozaKaylee HarringtonJemimah Herrera

Felipe AguilarElizabeth ChristliebMaria DuronMorgan EytchesonSarahy CalderonBethany TrinkleinKenya NajeraBlayke WedgeAngi Carbajal-FloresDaniel Valenzuela

Fourth GradeKaden BurnetteJennifer RodriguezJuan RuvalcabaDrew CallanderEmma HillSkyla HooverSamantha KlagesSamantha BonillaDalton HagermanAlondra CalvoJevon MillerMaddie BottlesRicardo MaciasLogan HowardJanelle TroyerPeter BradleyIsaac CamposEstefani OrtizBrenden Parsons

LIGONIER — The Ligonier Public Library is conducting its annual magazine sale.

The library is located at its temporary annex location on Lincolnway South, next to the ALCO store, while construction is done on the library’s expansion project.

With even less space than normal, the Ligonier Public Library needs to get rid of things fast, said program coordinator Angela Scott.

They will be clearing out all the 2013 magazines to make way for the 2014 magazines that are coming. They will be sold for 10 cents each.

They also have some books and CDs

that are available for purchase. All funds go towards the building fund.

Stop in during the month of January to pick up some fun items.

Xbox Free PlayBrrrrr…it’s cold outside. Why not visit

the Ligonier library and play with the Xbox 360 on January 16 from 4-5:30 p.m.?

They will have the Xbox set up in the children’s department so you have lots of fun playing games. There will be compet-itive tourney games as the theme this time around.

Game ratings are teen and below. Anyone is welcome to try their hand at the game system.

News from the Ligonier library

Vendor space available for Rec Center eventLIGONIER — Vendors

are now being accepted for the 7th annual Winter Warm Up Indoor Yard Sale & Craft Show. This event will be held at the Ligonier Sports & Recreation Center on Saturday, Feb. 15, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Yard sale, craft and food

vendors are being accepted as space allows.

Call 894-7344 for more information.

Registration has begun for both Aerobics and Senior Fitness classes at the Ligonier Sports & Recreation Center. Classes were set to start on Monday,

January 6 and end on February 27. But because of weather, there’s still time to sign up.

Call the Rec. Center at 894-7344 for times and cost.

Rec Center members should call the center ahead of time to see if it is open during the winter.

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CROMWELLCALVARY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

111 W. Orange St., Cromwell. 260-856-2610. Sunday School 8:45 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.

Sister Elsie Fregeau, Interim PastorVisitors Welcome!

CROMWELL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Corner of Orange and Water streets.

Rev. Dave Boesenberg. Worship 9 a.m., Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

INDIAN VILLAGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH2-1/2 miles south of Cromwell on S.R. 5.

Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Fellowship Coffee Time - After Worship Service Pastor Rachel Bales-Case, 856-5553

ROCK CHURCH LIFE ENRICHMENT CENTERInterdenominational

9564 E 1050 N Turkey Creek Rd., Lake WawaseeSunday Celebration Service 10 a.m.

Candlelight Meditation 1st Sunday 6:32 p.m.Information on classes, Call 260-856-4003/856-2002

THE RED ZONE9358 E. Wizard of Oz Way (Enchanted Hills Playhouse)

Web site: therz.com; Phone 260-856-2914Worship Service: Saturday Nights 7 p.m.

Worship Service: Sunday Mornings 10 a.m.

KIMMELLBROADWAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

900 W, Kimmell; Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Sunday Eve. Service 7 p.m.

Rev. Richard Rensner

KIMMELL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH2861 N. Hitler St., Kimmell, 894-0649

Rev. Rachel Bales-Case. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Sunday School 10:15 a.m.,

Bible Zone Kids Club Wednesday 5:45 p.m.Handicap Accessible

SPARTA UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST(Old Congregational) U.S. 33 South of Kimmell.

Sunday School 9 a.m., Coffee Hour 10 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.

Rev. Wray McCalester, 636-7005.

LIGONIERAPOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH OF GOD

317 Pigeon Rd Wednesday 7 p.m. Sat., 7 p.m.

Sunday School 10 a.m.; Sunday Eve. 6:30 p.m.Rev. Joseph Lee Brickey. 894-4711.

BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH OF LIGONIER 204 W. Sixth St.

Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.

BURR OAK CHURCH 11010 West 1100 North, Ligonier,

260-642-4813Sunday School 9 a.m., Church 10 a.m.

CENTRO EVANGELISTIC EBENEEZER Rev. Pedro Tomao and Rev. Lois Tomayo1998 U.S. 6 West, Ligonier, 260-241-5054

Services held on Sunday at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.,and Thursday at 6 p.m.; 260-894-7768

LIGONIER CHURCH OF CHRIST Corner of 9025 N and 860 W, 260-894-4847

Sunday Bible school 9:30 a.m., Eve. Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible study

& youth program 6 p.m.

LIGONIER CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

College and Martin streets, 260-894-3277Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m.,

6 p.m. Wed., Bible study 7 p.mRev. John V. Lutton, Pastor

LIGONIER EVANGELICAL CHURCH U.S. 33 South, 260-894-4853

Sunday School 9 a.m., Morning Worship 10 a.m.,Small Groups 6 p.m., Wednesday Youth Mtg. 7 p.m.,

Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.Rev. Troy Diersing

LIGONIER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 407 S. Cavin St.

Rev. Stan Wilson Sunday Worship, 9 a.m., Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Sanctuary is open for prayer from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

on Tuesday and Thursday; 260-894-3869 or 894-3800

LIGONIER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH466 S. Townline Road, 894-3765.

Pastor Byron Kaiser Youth Leader Cody Cripe

Secretary Carrie HartmanOffice Hours, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mon., - Fri

Traditional Worship at the Mount 9 a.m.,Sunday School at the Mount 10 a.m.,

Contemporary Worship at the Crosswalk 10:30 a.m.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 300 Ravine Park Dr. (Turn west at Marathon Station)

Church Office: Monday-Friday 9-3, 260-894-4946 Mass times: Saturday 6:30 p.m. - in English,

Sunday 10:15 a.m. - in English,Misa Para Domingo a las 12:30 p.m.

y 2 p.m. - En Espanol, Confessions after Mass. Father Wilson Corzo

SHILO BAPTIST CHURCHPastor Jim Shepherd

709 N. Johnson St., Ligonier. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,

Services held on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.and Wednesday at 6 p.m.,

Wednesday Bible study at 4:30 p.m. 260-221-0003

STONE’S HILL COMMUNITY CHURCHU.S. 33, South, Ligonier, 894-7528

Sunday Worship 10 a.m. (Jr. Church and Nursery available at both worship times),

Celebrate Recovery meets at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday, Cornerstone Cafe’ Sunday 9:15 a.m.,

Wednesday Children’s Ministry 6:30 p.m.,Youth Cafe and Game Room open at 6 p.m.,

Wednesday Youth Ministry 7 p.m., Wednesday Parent Ministry 6:30 p.m.,

Pastor Joey Nelson

STRONG TOWER WORSHIP CENTER203 S. Main St., 260-221-3063

Service Time: 10:15 a.m. Sunday, Youth Service: Wednesday, 6 p.m.

TEMPLO BETEL Asamieas de Dios

502 Diamond Lake Road, 260-894-7674 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,

Sunday Eve Worship 6:30 p.m.

TRINITY ASSEMBLY OF GOD1288 W. Union, 260-894-4665

Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Champions for Christ Kids, 6:15 p.m.

Game room opens at 5:30 p.m.Pastor Cory Kirkham

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH L.C.M.S.Fourth and Martin streets, 260-894-3667

Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Sunday School and Bible class 10:15 a.m.

TOPEKAFIRST BAPTIST

104 North Main Street. 260-593-2111 or 260-350-2740. Church School 9 a.m., Morning Worship 10 a.m.

Rev. Mark Campbell, Pastor.

MAPLE GROVE CHURCHNon-denominational; Pastor Barry St. Clair.

Sunday worship 10 a.m. Sunday School 9 a.m.806 S. Main St., Topeka. 260-593-2844.

WAWAKAWAWAKA CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 9 a.m.

WAWAKA UNITED METHODIST CHURCHSunday School 10:30 a.m., Morning Worship 9:30 a.m.

OTHERSBLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH

S.R. 9 South, Albion Fr. Joachim (Jim) Quadros, Pastor

Masses: Saturday 4:30 p.m., Sunday 8:30 a.m., Monday & Wednesday 6:30 p.m.,

Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday 7:30 a.m.

CLINTON BRICK MENNONITE CHURCH4 miles north of Millersburg on S.R. 13

Sunday School 9 a.m., Morning Worship 10 a.m.Ron Kennel, Pastor

COSPERVILLE BAPTIST8851 N 250 W (between Wawaka and Rome City),

761-2321. Jim Barnes, pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday Worship & Youth Group 7 p.m.

www.cospervillebc.com

MILLERSBURG CHURCH OF CHRIST11851 C.R. 44, Millersburg

Sunday Bible School 9 a.m.,Sunday Worship 10 a.m.,Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.

ORMAS BAPTIST 8962 N 300 W, Columbia City, 260-760-4678

Pastor Dr. Gordan Rankin Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,

Evening Service 6 p.m., Wednesday Prayer 7 p.m.

RICH VILLE UNITED METH ODIST CHURCHSunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.

Pastor Carol Knox

SALEM COMMUNITY MISSIONARY C.R. 325 S (1/4 mile southeast of Wilmot).

Pastor John T. Morgan. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer 7 p.m.

Church Directory

Attention Ministers: Please send corrections, additions or changes for this listing to: The Advance Leader,

P.O. Box 30, Ligonier, IN 46767; e-mail: [email protected]; fax: 894-3102

This church directory is sponsored by the following business establishments of the community and The Advance Leader.

STAR OF THE WESTLIGONIER, INDIANA

LIGONIER TELEPHONE CO., INC.894-7161

As I sit here and look out the window of my study today, I see nothing! It’s not writer’s block but it is frost that has them completely covered. I confess: I’ve been in my pajamas since Saturday and have enjoyed almost all of it.

My driveway is piled up with snow, so both my cars and my mo-ped are pretty much still shut in. Being honest, this is nothing like the storm of 1978, as I was here for that one also, and I remember State Road 5 being completely shut down for what seemed to be some time, but I don’t remember it being as cold as this.

At that time, I worked for Golden’s Home Furnishings, and one thing I remember is that Jim Golden called and asked if I could get down town to the store and check everything out to see if it was OK.

I bundled up from head to toe, and hiked downtown. I don’t remember the time element, but believe it took

most of a day to get there and back, as the snow was quite deep, even down the middle of the street. We did not have the Internet then, so information did not get around quite as rapidly as it does today; our

communication was via telephone, and in a few of our cases, by amateur radio as well.

From staying close to Facebook, and reading all of the input from the many couples who are sentenced to spend several days together, with also their kids, I’m learning about people. Most of the people in our area are pretty decent people. I have concluded

that the number one dinner dish in the area is ham and beans!

Apparently, many have fi xed a pot of it, much like we do soup or chili, and just snack from it whenever. We started out with a pan of sloppy Joes and made both one- and two-faced sandwiches, used it as gravy, etc., until that got old. It had a very low content of ketchup, so my wife used spaghetti sauce to magically change it into something else.

I’ve had my breakfast eggs fi xed several different ways, and have been drinking more tea than I have coffee. Since I am diabetic, I still have to drink lots of water when I eat and take my pills.

It’s been mildly disturbing to me the number of industries and business that are so anxious to start back up that they are willing for their people and their business’ to risk fi nes just to get things going again.

On the downside, the temperatures have been near -15, not considering the wind-chill factor. One person I know lives up a lane and has a seven-foot snow drift in the middle of it; most of our cars are blocked in, and my heart and the temperature outside both says I can’t do anything about it.

I’ve laughed a lot at the local humor over this current situation. Most folks did not lose their sense of humor through all of this. The one guy I felt sorry for was my friend Jim Stephens, who wanted so badly to get to his 3 p.m. coffee break at Charger House Monday, and headed out with treats, only to discover the whole town was shut down. Sorry Jim!

Will see ya by the weekend — maybe.

FROM THE WINDOW

OF MY STUDY

•Rev. John Lutton

Rev. Lutton is senior pastor at the Ligonier

Church of the Nazarene. He can be reached by email at

[email protected].

Refl ections from a cold point of view

My fi rst year of married life included the Blizzard of 1978.

Shimmering white everywhere, mountains of drifting snow, cars buried from view, frigid cold and everything closed … for days.

To assure you that the above is not hyperbole here is some information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website, noaa.gov.

Blizzard of 1978Beginning Wednesday

January 25, 1978, Indiana was paralyzed by a snow storm that came to be known as the Blizzard of ‘78, the worst blizzard on record for the Hoosier state…

Even experienced weather professionals, who knew what was coming, had little idea of exactly what they would face over the next few days. The storm set records still in place to this day, including the most snow in one month at

Indianapolis, 30.6 inches, and the most snow on the ground at Indianapolis, 20 inches.

Many recall homes buried in snow, close calls with danger on the roadways, or even sledding from second fl oor windows …

Doctors and emergency personnel were forced to reach people on skis and snowmobiles. The governor sent National Guard tanks onto I-65 to remove stranded semis.

A snowbank stalled a seven car Amtrak train in Putnam County. Indiana Bell was forced to halt all phone traffi c but emergency calls. In Franklin, the Daily Journal published on pink paper, explaining that the color would help readers fi nd their papers in the snow. The governor declared a snow emergency for the entire state the morning of the 26th. During the afternoon of the 26th, the Indiana State Police consid-ered all Indiana roads closed.

Seventy people perished during the storm.

The fi rst ever Blizzard Warning for the entire state of Indiana was

issued at 3:45 PM EST on January 25th. A heavy snow warning had been issued 12 hours earlier. Winds would approach 50 mph or more by midnight and continue through the 27th. Tempera-tures would plummet to a low of zero during the storm, with wind chills approaching -50 on the old wind chill scale. Snowfall rates of nearly one half to as much as one inch per hour were not in and of themselves remarkable, but the duration of the heavy snow was. Signifi cant snowfall lasted

about 31 hours at Indianap-olis and would be followed by continued cold and high winds. This hampered recovery and relief efforts, leaving much of Indiana crippled for days … In some areas, up to 3 feet of snow fell. The howling winds would push drifts up to as much as 20-25 feet. Visibil-ities would remain at or below one quarter mile for 25 hours.

The storm was charac-terized by a relatively rare merger of two distinct weather systems. The result was a very strong area of low pressure that reached its lowest pressure over Cleveland Ohio.

For Terry and me the Blizzard of ’78 began around 4:30 a.m. Jan. 25 when we received a phone call from John Peirce, editor of The News Sun, who said he would not be able to make it to work. We looked outside from our bedroom window (we live in the same house today) and all

we could see was a street light, shining dimly through swirling white.

In the pitch black, we walked up to The News Sun. On the south side of Mott Street, near the intersec-tion with Riley, an elderly women was sweeping the sidewalk in front of her home vigorously and steadily. I will never forget that image.

On the last block of East Mitchell Street, about a block from The News Sun, the wind was so strong and the snow was so deep that I felt maybe I wouldn’t make it. Briefl y, I was very scared. But then adrenaline kicked in, again, and I was fi ne.

Some of our pressmen came in on snowmobiles. As we walked home that afternoon, or evening, I can’t remember, with a few newspapers “hot off the press,” Terry threw a newspaper onto the front porch of John and Julie Atz on Mitchell Street.

To this day, The News

Sun has never missed a day of scheduled publica-tion, although sometimes, like during the Blizzard of ’78, some people have not received their paper on the day it was printed.

The big difference is that today we can deliver the news online, 24/7 … keeping people connected, one way or another.

During this storm, we have opened up kpcnews.com so that access to everything is free for everyone.

Take advantage of reading our newspapers in the “e-edition” area where you can view each page of each publication in pdf form, reading the newspaper exactly as it looks in print.

GRACE HOUSHOLDER is a columnist and editorial writer for KPC Media Group, parent company of this newspaper. She worked for the Advance Leader in the 1970s. Contact her at [email protected].

Former Advance Leader editor recalls blizzard of ’78

GRACE HOUSHOLDER

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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTIONThis is your notice that on Decem-

ber 12, 2012, Banner Drugs, Inc., anIndiana corporation, with its principaloffices located at 855 West U.S.Highway 6, Ligonier, Indiana 46767,commenced the voluntary winding upand dissolution of its business.

If you consider yourself to be acreditor of, or claimant against, theCompany, your claim must be re-ceived by John C. Pettit, President,855 West U.S. Highway 6, Ligonier,Indiana 46767. Your claim mustspecify its basis, the amount, termsof payment, and to whom payment isto be made. An action to enforceyour claim must be brought withintwo (2) years of the date of publica-tion of this notice. IF AN ACTION ISNOT BROUGHT WITHIN THATTWO (2) YEAR PERIOD, YOURCLAIM IS BARRED.

Banner Drugs, Inc.By: John C. Pettit, President

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ber 12, 2012, Hotel Gill, Inc., an Indi-ana corporation, with its principal of-fices located at 855 West U.S. High-way 6, Ligonier, Indiana 46767, com-menced the voluntary winding up anddissolution of its business.


Hotel Gill, Inc.By: John C. Pettit, President

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ber 12, 2012, Goshen Village Market,Inc., an Indiana corporation, with itsprincipal offices located at 855 WestU.S. Highway 6, Ligonier, Indiana46767, commenced the voluntarywinding up and dissolution of its busi-ness.


Goshen Village Market, Inc.By: John C. Pettit, President

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ber 31, 2013, Iden Land, Inc., an In-diana corporation, with its principaloffices formerly located at 0133North 900 West, Kimmel, Indiana,will commence the voluntary windingup and dissolution of its business.

If you consider yourself to be acreditor of, or claimant against, theCompany, your claim must be re-ceived by Terry A. Iden, President,0133 North 900 West, Kimmel, Indi-ana 46760. Your claim must specifyits basis, the amount, terms of pay-ment, and to whom payment is to bemade. An action to enforce yourclaim must be brought within two (2)years of the date of publication of thisnotice. IF AN ACTION IS NOTBROUGHT WITHIN THAT TWO (2)YEAR PERIOD, YOUR CLAIM ISBARRED.

Iden Land, Inc.By: Terry A. Iden, President

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ber 12, 2012, Ligonier Village Mar-kets, Inc., an Indiana corporation,with its principal offices located at855 West U.S. Highway 6, Ligonier,Indiana 46767, commenced the vol-untary winding up and dissolution ofits business.

If you consider yourself to be acreditor of, or claimant against, theCompany, your claim must be re-ceived by John C. Pettit, President,855 West U.S. Highway 6, Ligonier,Indiana 46767. Your claim mustspecify its basis, the amount, termsof payment, and to whom payment is

to be made. An action to enforceyour claim must be brought withintwo (2) years of the date of publica-tion of this notice. IF AN ACTION ISNOT BROUGHT WITHIN THATTWO (2) YEAR PERIOD, YOURCLAIM IS BARRED.

Ligonier Village Markets, Inc.By: John C. Pettit, President

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ber 12, 2013, Pettit Property Man-agement, LLC, an Indiana limited li-ability company, with its principal of-fices located at 855 West U.S. High-way 6, Suite 1, Ligonier, Indiana46767, commenced the voluntarywinding up and dissolution of its busi-ness.

If you consider yourself to be acreditor of, or claimant against, theCompany, your claim must be re-ceived by John C. Pettit, Manager,855 West U.S. Highway 6, Suite 1,Ligonier, Indiana 46767. Your claimmust specify its basis, the amount,terms of payment, and to whom pay-ment is to be made. An action to en-force your claim must be broughtwithin two (2) years of the date ofpublication of this notice. IF AN AC-TION IS NOT BROUGHT WITHINTHAT TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD,YOUR CLAIM IS BARRED.

Pettit Property Management, LLCBy: John C. Pettit, Manager

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ber 12, 2012, Park Meadows, Inc.,an Indiana corporation, with its princi-pal offices located at 855 West U.S.Highway 6, Ligonier, Indiana 46767,commenced the voluntary winding upand dissolution of its business.


Park Meadows, Inc.By: John C. Pettit, President

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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS AND ALLOTHER PERSONS AFFECTED OF

ADOPTION AND CONTENT OFRESOLUTION OF THE LIGONIERREDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGON RESOLUTION

Taxpayers of the Ligonier Redevel-opment District ("District"), and all

other persons affected hereby, arenotified that the Ligonier Redevelop-ment Commission ("Commission"):(i) adopted a declaratory resolutionon January 19, 1992, as amendedand restated on September 9, 2002,and as further amended on August25, 2003, March 24, 2010, August 2,2011, February 2, 2012 and Septem-ber 10, 2013 (collectively, "WarrenDeclaratory Resolution"), establish-ing the Ligonier Economic Develop-ment Area No. 2 ("Warren Area") andan allocation area ("Warren Alloca-tion Area") coterminous with theboundaries of the Warren Area; and(ii) adopted a declaratory resolutionon February 27, 1991, as amendedon January 24, 2005 (collectively,"Guardian Declaratory Resolution"),establishing the Guardian EconomicDevelopment Area ("Guardian Area")and an allocation area ("Guardian Al-location Area") coterminous with theboundaries of the Guardian Area.On November 6, 2013, the Commis-sion adopted its Amending Declara-tory Resolution ("Amending Declara-tory Resolution"), amending the War-ren Declaratory Resolution, theGuardian Declaratory Resolution, theWarren Economic Development Planand the Guardian Economic Devel-opment Plan (collectively, "OriginalPlans") to: (i) consolidate the WarrenArea and the Guardian Area into oneeconomic development area to beknown as the Consolidated Eco-nomic Development Area ("Consoli-dated Area") as set forth on Exhibit Ato the Amending Declaratory Resolu-tion; and (ii) amend and restate theOriginal Plans as set forth in ExhibitB to the Amending Declaratory Reso-lution ("Amended and RestatedPlan"). The Warren Allocation Areaand the Guardian Allocation Area willremain separate allocation areaswithin the Consolidated Area andshall maintain their respective sepa-rate base assessment dates.

The Amending Declaratory Resolu-tion, the Amended and RestatedPlan and supporting data, includingmaps and a description of the Con-solidated Area, have been preparedand can be inspected at the office ofthe Department of Redevelopment,City Hall, 103 West Third Street, Li-gonier, Indiana.

Notice is further given that theCommission on January 20, 2014, atthe hour of 9:00 p.m., local time, atCity Hall, 103 West Third Street, Li-gonier, Indiana, will receive and hearremonstrances from persons inter-ested in or affected by the proceed-ings pertaining to the Amending De-claratory Resolution and Amendedand Restated Plan. At the time fixedfor hearing or at any time priorthereto any person interested in theproceedings may file a written re-monstrance with the Secretary of the

Commission. At such hearing, whichmay be adjourned from time to time,the Commission will hear all personsinterested in the proceedings and allremonstrances that have been filed.After considering this evidence, theCommission will take final action byeither confirming, modifying and con-firming, or rescinding the AmendingDeclaratory Resolution.

Dated this 9th day of January,2014.

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ber 12, 2012, Pettit's, Inc., an Indianacorporation, with its principal officeslocated at 855 West U.S. Highway 6,Ligonier, Indiana 46767, commencedthe voluntary winding up and dissolu-tion of its business.


Pettit's, Inc.By: John C. Pettit, President

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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS AND ALLOTHER PERSONS AFFECTED OF

ADOPTION AND CONTENT OFRESOLUTION OF THE

LIGONIER REDEVELOPMENTCOMMISSION AND NOTICEOF PUBLIC HEARING ON

RESOLUTIONTaxpayers of the Ligonier Redevel-

opment District ("District"), and allother persons affected hereby, arenotified that the Ligonier Redevelop-ment Commission ("Commission"):(i) adopted a declaratory resolutionon January 19, 1992, as amendedand restated on September 9, 2002,and as further amended on August25, 2003, March 24, 2010, August 2,2011, February 2, 2012 and Septem-ber 10, 2013 (collectively, "WarrenDeclaratory Resolution"), establish-ing the Ligonier Economic Develop-ment Area No. 2 ("Warren Area") andan allocation area ("Warren Alloca-tion Area") coterminous with theboundaries of the Warren Area; and(ii) adopted a declaratory resolutionon February 27, 1991, as amendedon January 24, 2005 (collectively,"Guardian Declaratory Resolution"),establishing the Guardian Economic

Development Area ("Guardian Area")and an allocation area ("Guardian Al-location Area") coterminous with theboundaries of the Guardian Area.On November 6, 2013, the Commis-sion adopted its Amending Declara-tory Resolution ("Amending Declara-tory Resolution"), amending the War-ren Declaratory Resolution, theGuardian Declaratory Resolution, theWarren Economic Development Planand the Guardian Economic Devel-opment Plan (collectively, "OriginalPlans") to: (i) consolidate the WarrenArea and the Guardian Area into oneeconomic development area to beknown as the Consolidated Eco-nomic Development Area ("Consoli-dated Area") as set forth on Exhibit Ato the Amending Declaratory Resolu-tion; and (ii) amend and restate theOriginal Plans as set forth in ExhibitB to the Amending Declaratory Reso-lution ("Amended and RestatedPlan"). The Warren Allocation Areaand the Guardian Allocation Area willremain separate allocation areaswithin the Consolidated Area andshall maintain their respective sepa-rate base assessment dates.

The Amending Declaratory Resolu-tion, the Amended and RestatedPlan and supporting data, includingmaps and a description of the Con-solidated Area, have been preparedand can be inspected at the office ofthe Department of Redevelopment,City Hall, 103 West Third Street, Li-gonier, Indiana.

Notice is further given that the Com-mission on January 20, 2014, at thehour of 9:00 p.m., local time, at CityHall, 103 West Third Street, Ligonier,Indiana, will receive and hear remon-strances from persons interested inor affected by the proceedings per-taining to the Amending DeclaratoryResolution and Amended and Re-stated Plan. At the time fixed forhearing or at any time prior theretoany person interested in the proceed-ings may file a written remonstrancewith the Secretary of the Commis-sion. At such hearing, which may beadjourned from time to time, theCommission will hear all persons in-terested in the proceedings and allremonstrances that have been filed.After considering this evidence, theCommission will take final action byeither confirming, modifying and con-firming, or rescinding the AmendingDeclaratory Resolution.

Dated this 9th day of January,2014.

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sk@ THE EXPERT

LIGONIER — The West Noble High School wrestling team will host some of the toughest teams in this part of the state Saturday at the West Noble Super Duals 2014.

Matches start at 9 a.m. at the high school. Admission is $5.

Team scheduled to compete are Bremen, Caston, Central Noble, Jimtown, Michgan City, Prairie Heights, Wapahani, Whitko, White Pigeon and West Noble.

In case of inclement weather, check the web at

westnoble.ihigh.com. All updates will be posted there.

West Noble will be video live streaming all matches involving West Noble wrestlers. Matches will be archived on westnoble.ihigh.com.

Last month, the Charger wrestling team fi nished in 6th place at the Westview Invite, getting a champion-ship from Oscar Reyes at 195 pounds. Other placers for West Noble at Westview were:

106- Cameron Francis 5th

113- Alex Deluna 6th

120- Jared Swank 7th126- Michael Monahan

8th132- Taylor Grim 3rd138- Chandler Hyndman

3rd160- Keaton Taylor 2nd170- Anol Ortiz 3rd182- Jonathan Hernandez

7th285- Jesse Newman 5thBetween Christmas

and New Year’s, the team wrestled in the presti-gious Al Smith Classic at Mishawaka High School.

“This tournament brings in some of the best wrestlers in the state and serves as a

great measuring stick to see where some of our wrestlers at,” said head coach Tom Marsh. “We fi nished 25th out of 32 as a team, and that was not bad with four empty weight classes. We had a run of injuries that kept Taylor Grim, Julio Garcia, and Cam Meyers out for the

two-day tournament. I think with those guys we would of had a great chance of cracking the top 20.”

“We did get two guys back to the medal rounds and that is a pretty good deal when that happens.”

Placing 6th for West Noble was Oscar Reyes and 8th was Chandler Hyndman.

“They both know now what it take for them to

reach some goals they set for themselves at the beginning of the year,” Marsh added.

Also making it to the round to make it to the second day was Alex DeLuna and Jesse Newman. “These guys are very much improved as the year goes on. I hope they do not sell their selves short of how far they make it,” Marsh said.

West Noble’s Super Duals are SaturdayIndividual wrestlers making progress for Chargers

HERE’S A BLAST FROM THE PAST!

This is a Cromwell Youth Baseball team from the 1970s. It was posted on Facebook recently. How many kids can you recognize? Try your best and we’ll print the names next week. If you can match a name to every player, send it to us at [email protected].

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LIGONIER — The West Noble High School gymnas-tics team has a new home for its matches.

The team is now using the former automotive technology garage as a practice room and for its home meets.

That’s the big blue building in the southeast corner of the high school building.

Fans should enter through door No. 10 that faces the

teachers’ parking lot. The fi rst home meet in that new location will be Monday against Elkhart Central starting at 6 p.m.

The girls are scheduled to open their season today, Thursday, on the road at East Noble in Kendallville, starting at 6:30 p.m., weather permitting.

Check out the high school website or ihigh.com for updates, or kpcnews.com.

The new home for the

gymnastics team became available when the school shut down the automotive technology classes last year. Before this, the girls used the gym at West Noble Middle School for their home meets.

The public is invited to attend the team’s meets.

West Noble coach Stacey Lang and her gymnasts will be profi led in next week’s issue of The Advance Leader.

WN gymnasts have new home

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LIGONIER — The West Noble Chargers have done a lot of things right to be 6-0 as the basketball season moves into January.

Hitting the panic button in a tight game isn’t one of them.

The Chargers found themselves trailing 25-24 at halftime to visiting Eastside Friday.

West Noble responded by running off the fi rst 11 points of the third quarter, and didn’t look back for a 63-43 Northeast Corner Conference win.

Seniors Phil Miller, Drew Schermerhorn and Brandon Evans led the surge.

Miller, who led all scorers with 24 points, hit a three from the right corner. Schermerhorn, who fi nished with 16, opened the third with a three-point play and added a trey to cap the run. Evans had two free throws and fi nished with 13.

“We’ve had a couple of weeks off; the days leading up to break were kind of strange, and break was a little longer than usual,” West Noble coach Jim Best said. “We didn’t have any games over break, and it’s almost like beginning practice all over again.

“I can’t say I was really shocked at the way we came out the fi rst half,” he said. “I thought we were little bit rusty, and that’s something

we have to work on.“I just told them, ‘You’re

a better basketball team than this. Let’s get control of ourselves, settle down and play some ball,’” Best said.

His Chargers did the rest, taking control of what had been a tight game.

The fi rst-half pace — having good possessions and getting good shots — was to Eastside’s liking, Blazer coach Ryan Abbott said.

“We wanted a possession by possession game, and we did an exceptional job in the fi rst half of limiting their transition,” he said. “The third quarter, they got a couple of middle drives and they hit some tough shots too.

“(Miller’s) a tough guard at 6-6,” Abbott said. “He can handle it, and when you can shoot it really well, that’s tough to guard, especially when you have to worry about Schermerhorn and Evans.”

Schermerhorn’s three with 5:26 left in the third gave the Chargers a 35-25 lead.

Just as they did to fi nish the fi rst half, the Blazers had a little run late in the third, with two buckets in the lane by P.J. Dean and a three-ball by Ethan Moughler to pull within 43-39.

Schermerhorn’s slash and score ended the third. Early in the fourth, Kyler Warble hit a baseline jumper, and Miller had a three-point play to push the margin back to

10 at 50-40. Eastside scored only four points in the fi nal frame.

Threes by Evans and Miller and a rebound score by Brandon Moser staked West Noble to an early 8-2 lead, but Eastside took its fi rst lead on Ryan Liechty’s score inside late in the quarter.

In the second, Evans dialed long distance again for a 24-20 lead, but Eastside got a free throw from Kadis

Renier, a rebound basket by Dean and a steal and score by Dean in the fi nal 1:30 of the half to lead 25-24 at the break.

Dean led Eastside (4-4 overall, 1-2 in the NECC) with 17 points. Moughler had 11 points and Liechty fi nished with nine.

The Chargers were 20-of-38 (53 percent) from the fi eld, including 9-of-19 (47 percent) from beyond the arc. The Blazers were

18-of-49 (37 percent) from the fi eld and 3-of-16 (19 percent) from three-point range.

Eastside JV 37,West Noble 24

Josh Barba had seven points and Zayne Swartz added six for West Noble.

Weather permitting, the boys and girls junior varsity teams will be at home tonight (Thursday) against Lakeland’s JV.

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West Noble’s Phil Miller led his team on offense in the win over Eastside last Friday night in Ligonier. The Chargers travel to Lakeland on Friday for a boys and girls doubleheader, weather permitting.

West Noble remains unbeaten; plays at

Lakeland Friday night

Win over PH puts WN in tie with Westview

BRUSHY PRAIRIE — West Noble’s boys basket-ball team defeated Prairie Heights 59-53 in a matchup of two of the top teams in the Northeast Corner Conference Saturday night.

Charger Drew Schermer-horn made a three-point play with 1 minute, 32 seconds left to break a 49-49 tie and West Noble never relinquished that lead.

Schermerhorn had 25 points to lead the Chargers (7-0, 3-0 NECC). That also included a big three-point play off of his own steal with about 30 seconds left which gave his team a 56-51 lead. Phil Miller added 19 points.

UpcomingWeather permitting, the

West Noble boys and girls are set to travel to Lakeland for a varsity doubleheader this Friday night with the girls playing at 6 p.m.

The girls game against Tippy Valley has been postponed to January 22. Game time will be the same with the JV beginning at 6:15 p.m.

Wrestling: West Noble vs. Angola scheduled for today has been canceled. There will be no make up date.

West Noble will now wrestle Jimtown on Jan. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at West Noble.

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