The Advance Leader P.O. Box 30 Ligonier, IN 46767 Phone: 894-3102 • Fax: 894-3102 THURSDAY DECEMBER 12, 2013 75 cents Ligonier, Indiana, USA On the web at: kpcnews.com Vol. 129, No. 50 Advance Leader WEST NOBLE SOCCER PLAYER RECEIVE ALL-STATE HONOR FOR HIS PLAY. MORE ON PAGE 6. The THE NEWS SUN An edition of BY BOB BUTTGEN [email protected]LIGONIER — A man who police said allegedly had been peeking into windows of homes in Ligonier for the past several months has been arrested and charged with voyeurism. Teofelo Estrada, 19, of Ligonier was arrested during the early morning hours of Dec. 5 by Ligonier Police after a months-long investigation. Voyeurism is a class B misdemeanor. Estrada was also charged with trespassing, a class A misdemeanor. According to Ligonier Police Chief Bryan Shearer, “this crime occurred probably about 20 to 25 times within the last year. This suspect was caught because we had good cooperation with a resident it was happening to.” Most of the crimes were committed in one neighborhood in the west-central part of the city. Police started receiving reports earlier this year from residents who reported seeing the man. Off-duty police officers in unmarked cars were stationed in the neighborhood during the early morning hours when most of the incidents were reported. Estrada was apprehended at about 5:45 a.m. He was not caught in the act of peeking in windows, but later allegedly told police he had done so in the past. “We were able, with the victim’s help, to figure out a pattern of this violation,” Shearer said. “This lead to our department putting police officers within this neighborhood to catch this suspect.” Shearer praised the work of his officers and the coopera- tion of the victim. “This was an excellent example of good police work with the cooperation of its citizens,” he said. “We, as the police, can’t do this job without the citizens’ help.” Estrada had a preliminary hearing last Friday in Noble County Court and has been released on bond. Shearer said this is one of the few cases of voyeurism that an arrest has been made in Ligonier in the past decade. Alleged voyeur nabbed in Ligonier Among the many children who met with Santa and gave him their wish list were this happy pair: Lance Turzi, 5, and Cecillia Mast, 4, from Cromwell. Bob Buttgen Breakfast with Santa a big hit Chamber of Commerce, firefighters host event At the Ligonier Fire Station on Saturday morning, Santa Claus made a special guest appearance at a breakfast hosted by the city’s firefighters and the Ligonier Chamber of Commerce. More than 100 kids had a chance to meet Santa and receive a small gift bag from the chamber. Donations were accepted by the firefighters and proceeds are going to the department’s adopted family for the holidays. Chamber members donated gifts for the children. CROMWELL — The second annual craft and antique show, “Christmas in the Village” will be held on the second floor of the Cromwell library on Saturday and Sunday. In addition vendors will also be at the Cromwell Community Center on Baker Street. The show features crafts of local artisans, antiques, gift items and good things to eat. Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. while Sunday hours are noon to 3 p.m. Children can visit Santa from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the library on Saturday, Dec. 14. A shuttle is scheduled to be available between locations, from the library to the community center. The day’s events are sponsored by the Noble County Public Library West and the Cromwell-Kimmell Lions Club. The public is invited to both locations. Cromwell hosting ‘Christmas in the Village’ on Saturday, Sunday Photos Contributed Here are some of the homemade craft items that will be for sale this weekend at the Cromwell branch of the Noble County Public Library. The second floor of the library, as well as the Cromwell Community Center on Baker Street, will have booth spaces filled with local crafters and sellers of gift items this weekend. BY BOB BRALEY [email protected]ALBION — A Ligonier man was sentenced Thursday in Noble Circuit Court to serve seven years in prison for four felony crimes, including six years for burglary. Lonnie G. Miller, 22, pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of burglary, a Class B felony, and two unrelated Class D felony charges: possession of marijuana with a prior conviction and operating while intoxicated with a prior conviction. Miller admitted that he broke into two buildings on Dec. 23, 2012, intending to commit theft. The buildings are in the 4000 block of West C.R. 1100N and 10000 block of North C.R. 500W. Miller also admitted that he possessed marijuana and operated a vehicle while intoxicated with marijuana on Aug. 3, 2103. He previously was convicted of possession of marijuana in Noble County on March 30, 2010, and of operating while intoxicated in LaGrange County within the last five years, he said. Court records said the 2013 incident took place in the vicinity of West Union Street and Townline Road, Ligonier. Circuit Judge G. David Laur sentenced Miller to six years in prison for each Class B felony crime, with those sentences to be served at the same time, and one year for each Class D felony offense. The D felony sentences will be served at the same time as each other, but back-to-back with the B felony sentences. All the time is to be served. Laur gave Miller three days of credit for time already served in the B felony case and one day of credit in the D felony case. Miller’s driving privileges were suspended for one year. He was ordered to complete a substance-abuse assessment and any required follow-up immedi- ately after his release from prison. Ligonier burglar gets seven-year sentence BY BOB BUTTGEN [email protected]LIGONIER — At what will probably be their last meeting of 2013, members of the Ligonier City Council took care of some procedural issues Monday night. Council members approved on unanimous votes an additional appropriation for the Ligonier Public Library’s budget, and first reading of an ordinance that combines two tax-increment financing districts into one big district. The new district will include more of the downtown area and could also lead to a grants program for property owners to fix up their storefronts. The TIF resolution was passed only on first reading. A public hearing on the proposal was set for Feb. 24, 2014 at the regularly scheduled city council meeting for that night. The council also reappointed Daniel Blevins, funeral director for Yeager Funeral Home in Ligonier, to the city’s economic development commission. Also, council members Chris Fought and Julie Bell volunteered to serve new terms on the Ligonier Redevelopment Commission starting next year. Mayor Patty Fisel said the state department of transportation has been in Ligonier marking Cavin Street (S.R. 5) for core samples. The samples are being taken now, she reported, for the repaving project that will not take place until 2016. Council member Fought also announced that Operation Founda- tion will take place in 2014, after taking a year off in 2013. A meeting for volunteers will take place tonight at 6 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church near downtown Ligonier. City Council holds last meeting of year Lonnie G. Miller enters a Noble County Sheriff’s Department transport vehicle after being sentenced Thursday, Dec. 5, in Noble Circuit Court to seven years in prison for four felony offenses. Bob Braley Mother, son recovering from kidney transplant LIGONIER — Relief and happiness flooded the family of the Rev. Candy Kaiser and her family on Friday, following a delicate kidney-transplant operation at the IU Medical Center in Indianapolis. Kaiser, pastor at Ligonier United Methodist Church, donated one of her kidneys to her son, Brad Robinson, and the first reports coming out of Indianapolis from Friday’s operations are encour- aging. “I got to visit with Brad for a few minutes late this morning,” Kaiser said Saturday afternoon from her hospital bed. “I am having quite a lot of pain today, but seeing him smiling and looking good is the best pain reliever ever!” Rev. Kaiser was able to return to her Ligonier home on Saturday morning. The operations took several hours and were done in side-by- side operating rooms at the medical center. Family of Don Moore accepts Sagamore award KENDALLVILLE — With family members and city and county officials looking on, state Rep. David Ober, R-Albion, presented Don Moore Jr. with his father Don Moore’s Sagamore of the Wabash honor in a brief ceremony Wednesday at American Legion Post 86. “It’s amazes me how influential he was to everyone,” Moore Jr. said about his father. Don Moore died on Jan. 13 of this year. He was one of the community’s most energetic supporters and the owner of radio station WAWK-FM The Hawk in Kendallville. Moore served as an Army intelligence analyst in the Vietnam War. He was an entrepreneur, operating Don Moore Produc- tions and Minuteman Mowing Services. He served as Noble County Council president, Kendall- ville Chamber of Commerce president, Kendallville Downtown Business Association president and commander of American Legion Post 86.
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The Advance LeaderP.O. Box 30
Ligonier, IN 46767Phone: 894-3102 • Fax: 894-3102
THURSDAYDECEMBER 12, 2013
75 centsLigonier, Indiana, USA
On the web at:kpcnews.comVol. 129, No. 50
Advance LeaderWEST NOBLE SOCCER PLAYER RECEIVE ALL-STATE HONOR FOR HIS PLAY. MORE ON PAGE 6.
LIGONIER — A man who police said allegedly had been peeking into windows of homes in Ligonier for the past several months has been arrested and charged with voyeurism.
Teofelo Estrada, 19, of Ligonier was arrested during the early morning hours of Dec. 5 by Ligonier Police after a months-long investigation.
Voyeurism is a class B misdemeanor. Estrada was also
charged with trespassing, a class A misdemeanor.
According to Ligonier Police Chief Bryan Shearer, “this crime occurred probably about 20 to 25 times within the last year. This suspect was caught because we had good cooperation with a resident it was happening to.”
Most of the crimes were committed in one neighborhood in the west-central part of the city. Police started receiving reports earlier this year from residents who reported seeing the man.
Off-duty police offi cers in unmarked cars were stationed in the neighborhood during the early morning hours when most of the incidents were reported. Estrada was apprehended at about 5:45 a.m. He was not caught in the act of peeking in windows, but later allegedly told police he had done so in the past.
“We were able, with the victim’s help, to fi gure out a pattern of this violation,” Shearer said. “This lead to our department putting police offi cers within this neighborhood to catch this suspect.”
Shearer praised the work of his offi cers and the coopera-tion of the victim. “This was an excellent example of good police work with the cooperation of its citizens,” he said. “We, as the police, can’t do this job without the citizens’ help.”
Estrada had a preliminary hearing last Friday in Noble County Court and has been released on bond.
Shearer said this is one of the few cases of voyeurism that an arrest has been made in Ligonier in the past decade.
Alleged voyeur nabbed in Ligonier
Among the many children who met with Santa and gave him their wish list were this happy pair: Lance Turzi, 5, and Cecillia Mast, 4, from Cromwell.
Bob Buttgen
Breakfast with Santa a big hit Chamber of Commerce,
fi refi ghters host event
At the Ligonier Fire Station on Saturday morning, Santa Claus made a special guest appearance at a breakfast hosted by the city’s fi refi ghters and the Ligonier Chamber of Commerce. More than 100 kids had a chance to meet Santa and receive a small gift bag from the chamber. Donations were accepted by the fi refi ghters and proceeds are going to the department’s adopted family for the holidays. Chamber members donated gifts for the children.
CROMWELL — The second annual craft and antique show, “Christmas in the Village” will be held on the second fl oor of the Cromwell library on Saturday and Sunday.
In addition vendors will also be at the Cromwell Community Center on Baker Street.
The show features crafts of local artisans, antiques, gift items and good things to eat.
Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. while Sunday hours are noon to 3 p.m.
Children can visit Santa from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the library on Saturday, Dec. 14.
A shuttle is scheduled to be available between locations, from the library to the community center.
The day’s events are sponsored by the Noble County Public Library West and the Cromwell-Kimmell Lions Club.
The public is invited to both locations.
Cromwell hosting ‘Christmas in the Village’ on Saturday, Sunday
Photos Contributed
Here are some of the homemade craft items that will be for sale this weekend at the Cromwell branch of the Noble County Public Library. The second fl oor of the library, as well as the Cromwell Community Center on Baker Street, will have booth spaces fi lled with local crafters and sellers of gift items this weekend.
ALBION — A Ligonier man was sentenced Thursday in Noble Circuit Court to serve seven years in prison for four felony crimes, including six years for burglary.
Lonnie G. Miller, 22, pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of burglary, a Class B felony, and two unrelated Class D felony charges: possession of marijuana with a prior conviction and operating while intoxicated with a prior conviction.
Miller admitted that he broke into two buildings on Dec. 23, 2012, intending to commit theft. The buildings are in the 4000 block of West C.R. 1100N and 10000 block of North C.R. 500W.
Miller also admitted that he possessed marijuana and operated a vehicle while intoxicated with marijuana on Aug. 3, 2103. He previously was convicted of possession of marijuana in Noble County on March 30, 2010, and of operating while intoxicated in LaGrange County within the last fi ve years, he said.
Court records said the 2013 incident took place in the vicinity of West Union Street and Townline Road, Ligonier.
Circuit Judge G. David Laur sentenced Miller to six years in prison for each Class B felony crime, with those sentences to be served at the same time, and one year for each Class D felony offense. The D felony sentences will be served at the same time as each other, but back-to-back with the B felony sentences. All the time is to be served.
Laur gave Miller three days of credit for time already served in the B felony case and one day of credit in the D felony case.
Miller’s driving privileges were suspended for one year. He was ordered to complete a substance-abuse assessment and any required follow-up immedi-ately after his release from prison.
LIGONIER — At what will probably be their last meeting of 2013, members of the Ligonier City Council took care of some procedural issues Monday night.
Council members approved on unanimous votes an additional appropriation for the Ligonier Public Library’s budget, and fi rst reading of an ordinance that combines two tax-increment fi nancing districts into one big district.
The new district will include more of the downtown area and could also lead to a grants program for property owners to fi x up their storefronts. The TIF resolution was passed only on fi rst reading. A public hearing on the proposal was set for Feb. 24, 2014 at the regularly scheduled city council meeting for that night.
The council also reappointed Daniel Blevins, funeral director for Yeager Funeral Home in Ligonier, to the city’s economic development commission.
Also, council members Chris Fought and Julie Bell volunteered to serve new terms on the Ligonier Redevelopment Commission starting next year.
Mayor Patty Fisel said the state department of transportation has been in Ligonier marking Cavin Street (S.R. 5) for core samples. The samples are being taken now, she reported, for the repaving project that will not take place until 2016.
Council member Fought also announced that Operation Founda-tion will take place in 2014, after taking a year off in 2013. A meeting for volunteers will take place tonight at 6 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church near downtown Ligonier.
City Council
holds last meeting of year
Lonnie G. Miller enters
a Noble County Sheriff’s
Department transport vehicle after being sentenced Thursday, Dec. 5, in Noble Circuit Court to seven years in prison for four felony offenses.
Bob Braley
Mother, son recovering from
kidney transplantLIGONIER — Relief and
happiness fl ooded the family of the Rev. Candy Kaiser and her family on Friday, following a delicate kidney-transplant operation at the IU Medical Center in Indianapolis.
Kaiser, pastor at Ligonier United Methodist Church, donated one of her kidneys to her son, Brad Robinson, and the fi rst reports coming out of Indianapolis from Friday’s operations are encour-aging.
“I got to visit with Brad for a few minutes late this morning,” Kaiser said Saturday afternoon from her hospital bed. “I am having quite a lot of pain today, but seeing him smiling and looking good is the best pain reliever ever!”
Rev. Kaiser was able to return to her Ligonier home on Saturday morning.
The operations took several hours and were done in side-by-side operating rooms at the medical center.
Family of Don Moore accepts Sagamore awardKENDALLVILLE — With
family members and city and county offi cials looking on, state Rep. David Ober, R-Albion, presented Don Moore Jr. with his father Don Moore’s Sagamore of the Wabash honor in a brief ceremony Wednesday at American Legion Post 86.
“It’s amazes me how infl uential
he was to everyone,” Moore Jr. said about his father.
Don Moore died on Jan. 13 of this year.
He was one of the community’s most energetic supporters and the owner of radio station WAWK-FM The Hawk in Kendallville.
Moore served as an Army intelligence analyst in the Vietnam
War. He was an entrepreneur, operating Don Moore Produc-tions and Minuteman Mowing Services. He served as Noble County Council president, Kendall-ville Chamber of Commerce president, Kendallville Downtown Business Association president and commander of American Legion Post 86.
Please consider this a special “College Football” edition of The Bob Report.
It’s been a heckuva season for college football with a lot of ups and downs and some wild bowl games still to come.
In our house, we have split allegiances. Our family likes all three of the major Indiana teams, but No. 1 in my wife’s heart are the Ohio State Buckeyes. I tend more to favor the Iowa Hawkeyes.
So I was only marginally pleased with the Iowa season as they fi nished about 8-4, I believe. And the wife’s team went 12-0 before losing to Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship game this past Saturday. That game was the cause for a lot of teeth-gnashing, punched out pillows and words of disbelief shouted at the boob tube.
But you gotta accept the fact that you win some and you lose some.
I’m still a little buzzed by that big Auburn win over Alabama a couple of Saturdays ago. That was one of the
most exciting fi nishes I’ve seen in college football and I’ve been watching these games for more than 50 years.
I know we have big rivalries up here in the Midwest, but that Auburn-Alabama feud is really strong. When I was a sportswriter in Florida in the 1980s, we used to always keep track of the number of murders that took place in Alabama during that week.
We could always count on at least one killing that was linked to the game. Seriously.
So that’s why the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry, while savage and intense, does not carry the connotation of murder with it. Sure there have been some close calls over the years, but those Southern folks, well …. they be crazy!
Wedding plansSpeaking of Ohio State and Michigan,
if you and your soon-to-be spouse had to choose a wedding date, and the choice came down to Black Friday or the day of the Ohio State-Michigan game, which would you choose?
Well, West Noble high school teacher Mike Magid and his new bride, Marilla, had to make that decision and of course with
Magid being a season-ticket holder for Michigan Wolverines, they chose to be married on Black Friday.
Then Mike and some buddies went to the big game the next day where, unfortunately, the Wolverines were nipped in the rear-end by the Buckeyes. Another exciting game that was played just hours before the Auburn-Alabama contest.
But the Magids received a rather surprising gift at their wedding reception. It was a ceremo-nial football from the Michigan football team, and was signed by coach Brady Hoke, with a message “wishing many years of happiness to Mike and Marilla. Go Blue.” Or words to that effect.
So that was a nice touch for a pair of Michigan fans to receive as a wedding present.
Bowl games need better match-upsBut now, getting back to those college bowl games,
I’m not real happy with some of the match-ups that the so-called experts came up with.
I think Ohio State should be playing Alabama and not Clemson. Alabama is playing Oklahoma. I would much rather see Big Ten vs. SEC games. Alabama and OSU each have just one loss and their opponents have two losses. Go fi gure.
And what in the world is Central Florida doing in a major bowl game? UCF is playing Baylor in the Fiesta Bowl. I predict Baylor will win by 30 points.
The Rose Bowl will be a great contest between Michigan State and Stanford.
I can’t wait. Why, I might even watch the “Beef O’Brady Bowl” from St. Petersburg, Fla., on Dec. 23 between Ohio and East Carolina. Hey; I can’t make this stuff up.
THE BOB REPORT Bob Buttgen
This column
is dedicated
to all those
people who
have a favorite
football team,
either college
or NFL! Plus,
get-well wishes
go out to Brad
and his mom!
Bowl games keep our minds off our problems
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Criminal dispositionsThe following were
issued recently in Noble County courts:
Superior Court I• David A. Hunt, 44,
of Cromwell, Count I — driving while intoxicated second or more offense, Class D felony. Six months incarceration, 33 days credit, driving privileges suspended 180 days. To pay $400 fi ne, $368 court costs, $100 public defender fee and $400 substance abuse assessment fee. Count II dismissed.
• Austin R. Dancy, 24, of Ligonier, 10 days incarcer-ation, 355 days suspended and on probation, one day credit. To pay $200 fi ne, $168 court costs and $100
public defender fee.• Eric Ortiz, 22, of
Ligonier, driving while suspended, Class A misdemeanor. Sixty days electronically monitored home detention, one day credit, driving privileges suspended 90 days. To pay $150 fi ne and $168 court costs. Consecutive to below.
• Eric Ortiz, 22, of Ligonier, Count I — driving while intoxicated second or more offense, Class D felony. Six months electron-ically monitored home detention, one day credit, driving privileges suspended one year. To pay $500 fi ne, $368 court costs and $400 substance abuse assess-ment fee. Counts II and III dismissed. Consecutive to above.
This semi tractor-trailer rig overturned on U.S. 33 just south of Ligonier Saturday afternoon, blocking traffi c for several hours. The accident happened at the intersection of U.S. 33 and Stone’s Hill Road. There were no injuries reported. The trailer blocked the highway for several hours after overturning at about 5:45 p.m. Both southbound and northbound traffi c on U.S. 33 had to be detoured around the scene The
accident also snarled traffi c around West Noble High School, a quarter-mile south of the scene, the site of a basketball game Saturday night. The contents of the trailer had to be unloaded. The cab was removed at about 9 p.m., the trailer still was on its side for several hours after that. Further details on the accident were not available later this week from the sheriff’s dept.
Tom Atz
SEMI FLIPS OVER, SNARLS TRAFFIC ON U.S. 33
LIGONIER — A men’s fellowship group at Ligonier United Methodist Church is launching a new intiative to bring fathers and their children closer together.
“Letters From Dad” is a national men’s ministry and open to men from all denominations in the area.
The goal of “Letters from Dad” is to help fathers learn to leave a legacy by saying the things they’ve always wanted to say but just didn’t know how, said Greg Eash, local organizers.
“I love you,” “You’re the treasure of my life,” and, “I’ll always be there for you,” are things every child wants and needs to hear from their dad and this program works on improving communication between fathers and their children
Ligonier United Methodist Church will be hosting a kickoff barbecue event on January 16, 2014, to introduce Letters from Dad to tje community. It will be held in The CrossWalk facility of the church, 466 Townline Road, Ligonier. It will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and admission is free. Everyone is welcome.
“Letters from Dad” has helped to restore family communication, produced healed marriages and reconciled parent-child relationships, all through the “lost art of letter writing,”
Eash noted.Greg Vaughn, author
of the best selling book, “Letters from Dad,” recalls how he was inspired to start the new ministry.
“I was in my garage, cleaning up after the death of my father when I found his rusty tackle box. I realized that he died without leaving me a note or a signature, only this rusty tackle box.
“Then it dawned on me, what if I were to die today, what would I leave for my wife and children? I concluded that I would be leaving nothing but a rusty tackle box too. That’s how “Letters from Dad” was born. From there I called 14 other fathers and we started on a journey to leave a legacy to our family. That group birthed a group of 130 men that turned into a group of 350 men and then a group of 700 men.
“It is now in over 700 churches and nearly 13,000 men have participated.”
According to Vaughn, “Letters from Dad” teaches men to open up their hearts and put into words their love for their wives, children and parents. It not only teaches men “Why” to write letters, the men also learn the mechanics of letter writing and how to keep them preserved for posterity.
For more information, contact Eash at 215-5606, or at [email protected].
Ligonier church launching ‘Letters
From Dad’ program
At the annual “Breakfast With Santa,” held Saturday at the Ligonier Fire Station, one of the special visitors who helped out was Kayla Williams from Hudson. She is “Miss Flame” for district six of the Indiana Association of Volunteer Firefi ghters, and makes special appearance at fi re departments throughout the district.
Bob Buttgen
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County engineer retiresALBION — Noble County highway engineer Michael
Fitch will retire at the end of the year — for his fourth retirement.
In addition to owning his engineering fi rm, Michael Fitch Engineering LLC, Fitch previously worked as the chief design engineer with the city of Fort Wayne, executive director of the Allen County Highway Depart-ment and manager of local public agency projects with the Indiana Department of Transportation.
“When I retired from INDOT in June 2010, Joy LeCount approached me about helping Noble County with their federally funded highway-bridge projects,” Fitch said. “She knew that I had moved to Noble County — Crooked Lake — from Allen County a few years earlier. The county did not have a county engineer, so she thought I might make a good fi t.
“I told her I really wanted to retire for a while, as this was my third retirement, and my wife and I wanted to do some traveling,” he said
THE BOB REPORT
‘Annie’ to be presented by West Noble actors
LIGONIER — Students of all ages have been cast in the leading roles for “Annie,” the musical being presented next year by West Noble High School’s Theatre33.
Performances are Jan. 31, Feb. 1 and Feb. 2 on the high school stage.
“Annie” is based on the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” and includes a cast of 23 high school students, 13 middle and elementary students, as well as dozens of crew and orchestra members.
The cast list will be published here next week.
LIGONIER — The staff at the Ligonier Public Library is inviting the public to its annual Christmas open house this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The event takes place at the library’s temporary location in the ALCO/Owen’s shopping center on
Lincolnway South.Avalon Village will be
providing snacks for visitors to munch on as they explore the library. Library cards will be issued for those who need one.
Santa will be next door at the ALCO store, as part of the library’s event.
Also, the library will be selling its commemorative Ligonier Public Library Christmas ornament.
Charger House helpThe Charger House
restaurant in Ligonier is hosting a benefi t night for the Ligonier Public Library. This Saturday, from 4-7:30 p.m., 10 percent of the money spent at the Charger House will go toward the library’s building project.
Cookie SwapThe Ligonier Public
Library is hosting a “Cookie Swap” on Tuesday, Dec. 17, starting at 5:30 p.m.
Anyone who wants to sample a wide selection of cookies without having to buy all the ingredients should attend this program. Bring four dozen cookies and a copy of the recipe to the library on Dec. 17. Everyone will get a chance to present their cookies, share any helpful tips and then take a new batch of mix-matched cookies home.
Polar Express: The library staff invites the public to join in on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 4:30 p.m. to Polar Express Story Time. See the original story unfold as the boy travels to the North Pole to meet Santa and earns the “Gift of Christmas.”
Wear your pajamas, or as you are, to listen to the award-winning book, Polar Express. They will have hot cocoa and a few other fun activities to keep the child at heart happy.
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The Ligonier Public Library recently was given a new book titled “The Christmas Cord” by Rosemary Miller Sprunger who is the mother of the author, Scott Sprunger. Scott lives in northeast Indiana with his wife and best friend, Jessica. They have two sons, Jordon and Tristan. His new book is about ‘Mick’ who grew up fast. Lonely, he put his love into a wrecked car. One night while out for a drive, he found the meaning to his life. This book tells the story of one couple’s love, laughter, and celebration of life. Scott Sprunger has published two collec-tions of poetry, “Searching Home: Indiana Poems” and “Silent Dogs on Heavy Chains: More Indiana Poems.” Patrons can purchase Sprunger’s books by going to the Ligonier Public Library’s website at ligonier.lib.in.us and click on the Amazon link on the home page.
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LIONS, FIRE DEPARTMENT HELP LOCAL FAMILY
The Ligonier Fire Department and the Ligonier Lions Club recently held a pancake and sausage benefi t breakfast to help with the medical expenses of West Noble High School student Alex Hall. The benefi t raised close to $1,000, plus fuel gift cards for the Hall family to go visit Alex who is currently in therapy in Michigan. Pictured presenting the donations to Donna Hall are Ligonier Lions Club presiden Richard Moser, left, and Ligonier Fire Chief Jeremy Weaver.
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Library open house is Saturday
LIGONIER — The Ligonier Lions Club’s holiday fruit sale started last month and continues in the Campbell & Fetter Bank parking lot on Lincolnway South.
The sale of oranges and grapefruits continues every Friday and Saturday until Saturday, Dec. 21, or until supplies are sold out.
Friday sales will be from 2-5 p.m. and Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost of the fruit is $16 for a whole box or $10 for a half box. Half orange and half grapefruit boxes will also be available.
All proceeds will be used to benefi t the Ligonier community through service projects of the club.
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To begin with, when mom was young she was a very good housekeeper. She swept, dusted and everything had its proper place, nothing was left lying around. Meals all on time, dishes washed and put away and evenings for relaxing and visiting with dad.
After three kids, however, she realized that the routine was no longer possible, so it fi nally evolved that our house generally always had that “lived in” appearance, as she called it.
There were a few holidays such as Christmas and Thanksgiving we would be having company from out of town for a long weekend, and so everyone was required to do their part including especially us kids. There were no discussions about it, just do it!
Mom wanted everything in ship-shape for the visitors, and ship-shape it was!
The second Sunday of Advent fi nds John the Baptist in the wilderness
clothed in camel hair, eating locusts and wild honey, crying out to the multitudes to repent, and make straight a way for the Lord’s coming.
When a king traveled through a village,
the roads were made straight, and everything was prepared to make his visit attractive and pleasurable.
“I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fi t to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fi re.” Baptism is generally recognized as an outward sign of an inner work of grace.
The fi rst order of
business in preparing for the Lords coming is to repent; change your mind about sin, confessing and turning away from it. The baptism with the Holy Spirit is an obvious reference to Pentecost in Acts 2.
John was a very powerful presence bringing people to recall Elijah the Prophet with whom John had much in common.
There were the Pharisee’s and Sadducee’s, two groups opposed to each other who were self righteous and neither sincere in their repentance. The priests were in cahoots with the Romans politi-cally, while the other were strict observers of the law, and did not believe in the resurrection.
John, in his preaching, referred to them as a brood of snakes and asked “who warned you to fl ee from the wrath to come?”
Their mindset was to be able to fl ee from the Wrath of God, when the Day of the Lord took place.
John’s plea to the people
was that repentance should be sincere and lasting. We read in both the Old and New Testament that God has called us to be a Holy People. A Church without spot, wrinkle, or blemish. The gospel message today still, is a call to repent, and make personal preparations for the Lord’s coming.
We do not know when nor how He will come but it is certain that He will appear, whether in death, or in the Rapture of the Church. His message is still our message today, a message to get ready and stay ready because we do not know when He will appear.
True repentance makes an honest difference and change in our lives.
Advent is a time of preparation. Preparing for His coming. Getting, and being ready for company.
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Make preparations for the Lord’s coming
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President’s credibility has come into question; What can we believe?
To the editor:President Obama has surely been fortunate to have the
loyal support of a large percent of the population, as well as the media. He is obviously a very intelligent man … charming, glib, personable and a good speaker!
One would think that with having all these attributes, he could be successful in governing our country. Also you would expect he could have been sharp enough to appoint a staff who would be knowledgeable about what is happening day to day and keep him informed. Apparently that is not the case!
The president was so surprised by all the recent scandals … Benghazi, IRS, spying on our citizens and allies, etc. He reported to the public that he heard of the scandals from news reports … not his staff … and was upset by them. He claims he would get to the bottom of things and hold who was responsible accountable. Were those accountable just removed and moved to another department with continued paid wages?
Now we have the Obamacare crisis. Does anyone really believe the president was not aware of the fl aws, either because he had no part in outlining it, or because his staff failed to inform him?
The president’s credibility has come into question, as well as that of his staff. What can we believe of President Obama’s entire administration?
John “Tom” and Geraldine DeBrularCromwell
FIREFIGHTERS COOK BREAKFAST WITH SANTA
At the annual “Breakfast With Santa,” held Saturday at the Ligonier Fire Station, many people pitched in to make the event a success, with more than 100 kids visiting Santa. Among those handling some of the cooking duties was fi refi ghter Kevin Sheeley, above left, who was grilling sausage patties for the breakfast. Another Ligonier fi refi ghter, Kent Moser, was kept busy making pancakes on the grill.
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KENDALLVILLE — The Mid-America Windmill Museum’s Windmill Winter Wonderland ends this weekend, with showings Friday through Sunday from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Admission is $3 or free to children 12 and under.
The Independent Full Gospel Church from Ashley will present a live nativity scene Saturday.
Santa Claus will be in Baker Hall on the museum grounds each evening to greet children and provide each child under age 12 with a free gift bag. Food and refresh-ments will be available along with handmade crafts. The museum is at 732 S. Allen Chapel Road (C.R. 1000E).
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LOCAL PIANO STUDENTS PERFORM AT FESTIVAL
These young pianists, including some from the West Noble area, participated last month in the “Achievement In Music Festival” held at Goshen College. The annual event is organized by members of the Goshen-Elkhart Music Teachers Association, which is affi liated with the State and National Music Teachers Associations. The goal of the festival is to encourage that students are receiving a well-rounded music education. Students who participate in the festival are evaluated in the areas of theory, aural skills, technical skills, sight-reading, and the performance of two solos; one of which must be memorized. Students who participated in this year’s event are pictured in front, from left: Grant Flora, Allison Baker, Isaiah Lowe and Allyson Eash. Second row, from left: Lydia Lowe, Shaun Comino, Megan Saggars, Isaac Flora, Kristina Petersen and Amelia Kurtz. Cara Comino is in the back left. Lori Reynolds of Ligonier, the instructor for the students, is a 25-year member of the local, state, and National Music Teachers Associations.
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ALBION — Residents of Noble County will cast their ballots at vote centers in the May 2014 primary election.
The Noble County Council voted 7-0 Monday to approve using vote centers, rather than precinct polling places as in the past. The council’s vote was the last hurdle the proposal needed to clear to become a reality.
But it didn’t clear without discussion of where the centers should be located — an issue that has cropped up repeatedly in connection with the plan approved last month by the Noble County Board of Elections.
Under the plan, vote centers will be in Kendall-ville, Ligonier, Avilla, Albion, Rome City, Cromwell and Merriam. The scarcity of vote centers in the southern part of the county
again came up Monday. Any voter registered in Noble County can cast a ballot at any vote center in the county.
Councilman Jerry Jansen said he would prefer a plan in which a vote center was located in LaOtto, even if that meant moving a vote center out of Avilla.
Jansen was concerned because the only vote center in the county’s southern townships is in Merriam, with all the others in the central and northern parts.
Noble County Clerk Shelley Mawhorter said the vote centers are distrib-uted fairly evenly when going east to west, and that distances from any point in the county to a vote center remain shorter with an Avilla location than a LaOtto site.
The key to making vote centers work is early voting,
Mawhorter said, adding, “We want people to vote early, and we want people to be able to vote early.”
Most counties with vote centers, which usually are open for early voting, have seen a 40-percent increase in early voting and an increase in overall voting, even with fewer locations, Mawhorter said.
The proposal also will save the county money, Mawhorter said. It will save $9,400 in poll worker wages alone, even after including the costs of early voting.
The Board of Elections approved the plan. The Noble County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution in November approving the use of vote centers. Like the County Council, the commissioners had no say in the plan itself.
Vote centers get fi nal OK
MESSY TIME WAS ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE
That’s West Noble Middle School athletic director Gene Teel on the fl oor, being made into a giant ice cream sundae by students as part of a fundraising project. The school recently started a benevolence fund to help students and their families during emergency situations. One of the many fundraisers was a promise by Teel to let the kids pour ice cream toppings on him if they raised enough money. The staff and students raised more than $1,000 through this and other efforts, including a talent show and silent auction. Anyone wishing to help with the fund can contact any member of the administration at the school, 894-3191.
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Patriotic concert is this FridayKENDALLVILLE — Three national
recording artists will share the stage Friday in Cole Auditorium for a Patriotic Christmas concert.
Todd Allen Herendeen, Ray Walker and Ronnie Knight will honor all veterans and also present each veteran attending with a
gift. They are asking audience members to bring items to send overseas to those now serving their country. Friday’s concert will begin at 7 p.m. with doors opening at 6:15 p.m. Tickets cost $25 in advance and are available at the Kendallville Chamber of Commerce or Rome City VFW post.
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LIGONIER — Fans of the West Noble boys soccer team have long known that senior Uriel Macias is a future Division 1 college player who will leave his mark on the Charger program.
Now attention has come to Macias on the statewide level, again, after he was named a fi rst-team all-state player by the Indiana High School Soccer Coaches Association. Last year, he was second-team all state.
This latest honor came after Macias played in an all-star game earlier this month with a few dozen other top players from around the state.
There’s no doubt Macias will sign with a Division 1 soccer program. At this point, IUPUI seems to be his front runner. Macias was voted best offensive player this summer at the Indiana University Elite Soccer Camp by the IU soccer coaches.
“Uriel is an excellent representative for our school in the classroom and in the community,” said Tom Schermerhorn, West Noble athletic director. “He has a 3.2 GPA and is an excellent peer mentor to many kids in our elementary school.”
This past season, Macias scored 35 goals and could have scored more but passed off a lot of opportunities to
his teammates.He also became the
all-time leading scorer in the Northeast Corner Conference with 112 goals. The previous record was 85, held by Erik Correa of West Noble. This was done despite Macias being double and triple teamed at times. He fi nished fourth, all time, in the state of Indiana with his 112 goals.
Here’s a recap of his four years at West Noble:
• Freshman year: 18
goals, 3 assists all NECC• Sophomore: 25 goals, 5
assists, all NECC, all area• Junior year: 34 goals,
18 assists, all NECC, all Area, 2nd team all State
• Senior year: 35 goals, 5 assists, all NECC, all Area, 1st team all state
He also handed out 31 assists over his four years as well.
Macias also won numerous all-area and all-district honors during his West Noble playing years.
WN’s Macias named to fi rst team, all-stateSoccer star has college career ahead of him
Uriel Macias holds scoring records both for West Noble and the entire Northeast Corner Conference. He was recently named to the fi rst team of the all-state soccer team.
Photo ContributedWest Noble’s Rebecca Schermerhorn, (30), battles with Eastside’s Leah Ward (14) for control of a rebound during Saturday’s basketball game at Butler.
Kelsie Peterson scored a career-high 32 points to lead the West Noble Chargers to a 58-42 win over the Eastside Blazers Saturday afternoon at Butler.
The Chargers improved to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in Northeast Corner Conference play with the win.
West Noble jumped out to a 10-0 lead as Eastside committed eight turnovers in the opening quarter.
A rebound score by Eastside senior Leah Ward put the hosts on the board with 3:34 left in the fi rst. West Noble led 14-5 after one.
Peterson scored the Chargers’ fi rst eight points of the third as the lead reached 35-18.
The Blazers (0-6 overall, 0-3 in the NECC) followed with a 9-1 run. Senior Kaci Shook’s three-pointer had the hosts within 36-27 with a minute to go. It looked even better when West Noble turned the ball over, but Peterson swiped the ball and scored, giving the Chargers a 38-27 lead after three.
A bucket by West Noble’s Mackenzie Cox and a three-point play by Eastside junior Maddy Minehart made it 40-30 early in the fourth, but the Chargers put the game away with eight straight points. Later, Peterson ran off six straight of her own as the lead reached 54-32.
Minehart led Eastside with 17 points and 18 rebounds. Ward had nine points and Shook fi nished with seven.
Sophomore Rebecca Schermerhorn had eight points for West Noble. Freshman Kaylie Warble came off the bench to grab 16 rebounds for the Chargers.
The Chargers were 22-of-69 (32 percent) from the fi eld and 12-of-16 (75 percent) from the free throw line.
The Blazers were 16-of-43 (37 percent) from the fi eld, including 5-of-11 (45 percent) from three-point range.
West Noble held a 42-37 rebounding advantage and made just 12 turnovers, while forcing 30 Eastside turnovers.
West Noble is home Friday night against Churubusco, then travels to Whitko on Thursday, Dec. 19.
West Noble 55, Eastside JV 39
Cara Groff had 18 points and Brooke Lutton had 12 to lead West Noble’s reserve team to a victory.
LIGONIER — West Noble’s boys team survived a second-half scare from Wawasee as the Chargers moved to 3-0 on the young season with a 52-49 win over the Warriors Saturday night in Ligonier.
West Noble enjoyed a 14-point lead late in the second quarter before Wawasee charged back and tied the game at 42-42 midway through the fi nal period.
But the Chargers made some clutch free throws to save the victory.
Senior guard Brandon Evans led West Noble scoring with 15 points while Waylon Richardson notched 14 and Drew Schermerhorn added 10 for the winners. Alex Clark had 16 points for Wawasee.
The Chargers led 21-18 after the fi rst quarter then bounced back to lead 36-24 at intermission, outscoring the Warriors 15-6 in the period.
West Noble slowed down in the third quarter, scoring only four points while Wawasee put 14 on the board.
In the fourth quarter, West Noble recorded 12 points to 11 for Wawasee. The Chargers made six of seven free throws down the stretch of the fi nal few minutes.
“Wawasee really shot the ball well in the third quarter and that made a big differ-ence,” West Noble coach Jim Best said. “They played a tough game.”
The Chargers strong fi rst half was key to the win, Best said. “We made some good decision on shots and moved the ball really well,” he said.
“Then our shots didn’t fall for us in the third quarter.”
After Wawasee tied the game at 42 with 4:10 left on the clock, Richardson responded with a bucket to put the Chargers ahead. Wawasee never had a lead in the game.
Richardson also had a rejection and a key defensive rebound as the Chargers took back control of the game. With the score 50-49 with 11 second on the clock, Evans made two free throws to seal the win for West Noble.
Richardson was hot in the fi rst quarter as he made 10 of his 14 points in the fi rst eight minutes. Schermer-horn was four-for-four from the free throw line in the second quarter, while Evans added fi ve points in the same quarter.
Best said Richardson’s good start was important. “I think Kyler Warble had a good game for us, coming off the bench,” he added. Warble had six points and also pulled down several rebounds for the Chargers.
“If we can cut down on our turnovers, we’ll be fi ne. I think we had 14 tonight,” Best said. “We’ve had three guys in double fi gures in all three games, I think, and three different guys each time, so that’s good. We’ve got some thing to fi x but these guys work hard.”
The Chargers travel to Bremen tonight (Thursday) for another nonconference game and then start NECC action on Saturday at Churubusco.
The boys are off until Friday, Dec. 20 when Central Noble comes to Ligonier for the Chargers’ annual holiday game.
Charges handle Wawasee boys
Goshen downs Chargers
LIGONIER — West Noble’s girls basketball team let a fi rst-quarter lead slip away as the Chargers lost to Goshen, 58-39, in a nonconference game played Tuesday in Ligonier.
West Noble came out strong in the fi rst quarter, leading 18-11, and was only down by four at the half to Goshen.
Goshen moved to 6-1 on the season while West Noble fell to 5-3.
Kelsie Peterson led West Noble with 14 points while Paige Shearer had 11 points. Tayjor Fisher added six points with Becca Schermer-horn and Kenzie Cox each having four points.
Deja Felder had 21 points for Goshen.
Wrestlers defeat FremontWest Noble went 2-3 at the NECC Conference Super
Duals on Saturday, and pulled off a huge upset, beating Fremont, the defending conference champions.
“We are very short on experience with only three wrestlers competing that wrestled at the end of last year,” coach Tom Marsh said. “The Fremont win was one crazy fi nish. We were down 27-34 with two matches to go, and in the next to last match, Michael Monahan was down 12-1 in the third period when Monahan caught the Fremont guy and pinned him.
“It was pretty neat because Micheal never gave up, he kept working and set the team up for a chance to win. That set up the fi nal match, with Taylor Grim and last year’s semistate qualifi er, Hunter Leskowyak. Taylor was down 2-1 starting the third period and he chose down. Taylor got out to tie it up and then got a takedown, plus back points, to seal the win for us.”
Other highlights include Chandler Hyndman, who was 5-0 and in control every match. Also on the day, Alex Deluna went 4-1, Keaton Taylor 4-1, Oscar Reyes was 3-2.
Team results: Churubusco def. West Noble, 63–15; West Noble def. Eastside, 41–30; West Noble def. Fremont, 36 – 34; Prairie Heights def. West Noble, 57– 22
