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18 hours of chaos
Two separate incidents keep emergency crews busy Tuesday
By NICOLE MINIER
The Post & Mail
COLUMBIA CITY — No,
Whitley County was not the
set of a doomsday movie
production Tuesday — but
it sure appeared that way.
Two potentially catastrophic events left captivating
scenes of destruction in both
South Whitley and Columbia City.
In South Whitley, crews
were put to work clearing
and repairing the Norfolk &
Southern railroad tracks after 10 train cars derailed late
Monday night, as confirmed
by Amy Biggs, director of
Whitley County Emergency
Management.
In Columbia City, a tractor-trailer drove up the
ramp of a car carrier, coming to a rest directly on top
of the cab of its fellow semi
— then they caught fire.
Through all of the chaos,
no life-threatening injuries
resulted from either incident.
The driver of the semi
on top escaped unharmed,
while the driver of the semi
below was pinned inside.
Firefighters worked to
quickly extricate the man,
who was flown by medical
helicopter to a Fort Wayne
hospital for treatment. Officials say he has not suffered
life-threatening injuries.
Post & Mail photo / Nicole Minier
Columbia Township, Columbia City and Richland Township fire departments work together Tuesday to put out a fire that started after a tractor-trailer
drove on top of a car carrier that was stopped at the intersection of U.S. 30 and Lincolnway West, near First Church of God.
Train derailment
At about 10:30 p.m. Monday, 10 train cars derailed in
South Whitley, leaving tankers and box cars strewn from
Calhoun Street to Whitley
Manufacturing on the west
side of town.
One tanker flipped and
landed in the middle of Ind.
5, scattering debris in its
path; three more were on
Calhoun Street.
The remaining six cars
and tankers came to rest
near Whitley Manufacturing. Despite 10 cars going
off the rails at a presumable
steady pace, it’s a miracle
there were no injuries, and
no substantial damage to
nearby homes and businesses.
“It was like threading the
eye of a needle — it was
amazing that the buildings
were relatively unscathed,”
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Norfolk & Southern railroad officials assess the scene after a 10-car train derailment in South Whitley. Crews spent the day Tuesday trying to clear the
wreckage from roadways and repair the tracks.
Man facing meth charges requests speedy trial
By NICOLE MINIER
The Post & Mail
COLUMBIA CITY — A man facing
methampheatmine charges is exercising his right to a speedy trial.
James Morris, 37, of Columbia City,
requested Circuit Judge James Heuer
grant him a speedy trial, meaning a
trial within 70 days of his arrest.
A two-day trial has been set for
July 12-13 — before Morris has a defense attorney.
Morris is accused of possession
of meth with the attempt to deliver
or distribute it. His charge states he
had more than 10 grams of methamphetamine in his possession, as well
as paraphernalia, level 2 and level 3
felonies.
A level 2 felony has a sentencing
range of 10 to 30 years and a level 3
felony has a sentencing range of 3 to
16 years.
In his initial hearing, Morris admitted that he had previous methrelated convictions in California.
A pretrial conference was set for
June 20 at 9 a.m.
Morris also requested a bond reduction. Heuer told Morris he had
to submit his request in writing for
review.
Morris is currently being held in
the Whitley County Jail on a $50,000
surety bond.
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Much of the cab of the top semi was left burned and melted after
the truck was on fire.
Columbia Township firefighters put out the fire caused by a two-semi stack-up.
Anees Qureshi, Columbia City volunteer fireman,
drags one of many water hoses to another part
of the crash scene Tuesday.
In South Whitley, crews decide their next course of action
in dealing with a hazardous material tanker.
Columbia Township and Columbia City firemen plan for their next
course of action, assessing a ditch that was burning from a fuel
leak caused by the crash, which caused black smoke to fill the air.
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Norfolk & Southern workers rest on a crumpled rail car after working through the day to
repair tracks and clean up the area after a 10-car derailment in South Whitley.
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state, which Biggs said
was good for keeping the
chemical contained, but not
good when crews needed to
offload the tanker.
The material had to be reheated to be liquefied and
moved to an undamaged
tanker, all while keeping it
contained and safe.
“Probably of all the repairs
and everything that’s being
done out here, this tanker is
the most tedious and very
specific work that needs to
be done,” Biggs said.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation
by railroad enforcement officers. Biggs said official information on the cause is likely
not to be released soon.
“Law enforcement for the
rail system can be very tightlipped,” Biggs said. “They
have pulled camera footage
and also have speed indicators on the track. I’m sure
they will take everything
into consideration; they are
very detail-oriented.”
Fiery crash
Hours after the the semis
collided in Columbia City
at mid-morning, a fire still
burned in a nearby ditch
and the vehicles continued
to smoke.
Fuel leaked from the semis
and into the ditch, causing a
fire and heavy, dark smoke
to fill the sky.
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Several towing companies
were called to clean up the
scene. The semi on top was
hoisted off the bottom semi
using cranes. Rerouting
traffic though downtown
Columbia City was a joint
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hicle fires and manage the
burning fuel.
Meanwhile, U.S. 30 remained closed for most of
the day, with traffic rerouted
through downtown Columbia City via Business 30
West.
Initial reports state the car
carrier was stopped for the
light at U.S. 30 and Lincolnway, when the other semi
hit the back of the car carrier
and launched into the air,
landing on top of it — then
the two burst into flames.
Reports say the driver
of the second semi (on top)
told police he had fallen
asleep before the crash. He
was uninjured.
The driver of the bottom
semi was trapped inside his
burning vehicle. Local firemen came to the rescue, with
one fireman removing his
own air mask and putting it
on the man while his partner
worked quickly to pry open
the cab to extricate him.
Other firefighters cooled the
man off with water.
Witnesses near the scene
said when the man was extricated, he shouted “I’m
alive!”
He was flown by medical
helicopter to a Fort Wayne
hospital. Officials say he is
expected to make a full recovery, suffered burns.
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said Biggs. She added it was
also fortunate that there
were no vehicles stopped
at the tracks when the train
went through, as no injuries
were reported as a result of
the derailment.
Biggs said within hours
the railroad company had
someone on the scene, and
many more en route by
plane and by vehicle to start
repairing.
“The sheer number of professionals here is amazing,”
Biggs said. “Each person is
dedicated to a specific task
— everything is well-coordinated.”
Biggs said crews quickly
repaired the tracks to the
west of the scene, while others worked to clear the area
of damaged rail cars and get
roadways back open.
“They have a very methodical work process to
make it all happen,” Biggs
said.
The most tedious of all the
clean up was likely a large
tanker that had a corrosive
and poisonous material inside — molten phenol, also
known as carbolic acid. The
substance is dangerous to
inhale, touch and ingest. It
was being transported by a
heated rail car.
Biggs said the heat keeps
the chemical in its molten form. When the tanker
derailed, it was no longer
heated, which put the phenol into a more “glue-like”
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IU to file new suit against abortion law
ing the university’s bid to intervene
in a complaint filed last month by
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and
Kentucky.
IU intends to file its own lawsuit “immediately,” spokeswoman
Margie Smith-Simmons said in a
statement.
“The law will institute sweeping
and unconstitutional prohibitions
on the acquisition and sharing of
fetal tissue that would irreparably
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana University intends to sue to try
and block a new state law mandating that aborted fetuses be buried
or cremated after a federal judge
blocked its bid to join an existing
lawsuit, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Debra
McVicker Lynch invited IU to bring
its claims against the law in its own
lawsuit in an 11-page order deny-
harm the university’s ability to
conduct important research into
Alzheimer’s and other devastating
neurological diseases,” the statement said.
The law is set to take effect July 1.
Lynch said IU raised issues separate from those of Planned Parenthood and allowing it to intervene in
the existing case “would unnecessarily complicate this litigation and
threaten to delay its resolution.”
Planned Parenthood, which is
represented by The American Civil
Liberties Union of Indiana, contends the law is unconstitutional
and violates privacy rights. A federal judge will hold a hearing June
14 to consider that lawsuit’s request
for an injunction to prevent the law
from taking effect.
IU claimed in its motion last
week seeking to join the lawsuit
that the law’s criminalization of
acquiring, receiving, selling or
transferring fetal tissue is unconstitutionally vague and would violate
researchers’ First Amendment right
to academic freedom.
The Indiana attorney general’s
office had opposed IU’s bid to join
the Planned Parenthood case.
The new law also would ban
abortions sought because of genetic
abnormalities. North Dakota is the
only other state with such a ban.
Glass collectibles
Post & Mail photos / Lauren Rainey
Left, Tony Shepard relaxes with his glasswares at the insulator show held last weekend
at the Whitley County 4-H Center. The event brought in vendors from across the Midwest.
Right, John Cleland poses with his collectable milk bottles. The annual event features glass
telephone insulators, as well as many other glass collectables.
Obama to make another visit to Elkhart County
ELKHART (AP) — President
Barack Obama has scheduled another visit to Elkhart, Indiana —
the first city he visited as president
— the White House announced
Tuesday.
During the June 1 visit, the president will participate in a town hall
meeting to discuss the economic
progress Elkhart and the nation
have made, and the challenges that
remain, according to the announcement.In a statement, Obama said
Elkhart had been hit harder by the
recession than almost anywhere
else in the U.S.
On Feb. 9, 2009, the president
held a town hall event there and
said if Congress did not quickly
pass an economic stimulus package, the nation would slip into a
crisis so deep that “we may be unable to reverse” it.
The unemployment rate in
Elkhart County spiked to 18.9 percent in March 2009.
Next week, Obama can point
to an April unemployment rate in
Elkhart of 4.1 percent, according to
the White House.
“Today, Elkhart’s manufacturing industry is back, and the town
has regained nearly all of the jobs
it lost during the downturn,” the
president said in a statement. “The
unemployment rate is lower than
it was before the recession, and
lower than the national average. In
Indiana, more people have health
insurance, and fewer homeowners
are underwater.”
At the peak of the housing crisis
in 2010, 9.5 percent of mortgages in
Elkhart were late or in the process
of foreclosure.
Gregg picks Rep. Hale
as his running mate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democrat John Gregg has selected Indianapolis state Rep. Christina
Hale as his running mate in what’s
shaping up to be a fierce rematch
against Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
A person with direct knowledge
of the campaign’s decision confirmed Tuesday that Gregg has
picked Hale to run for lieutenant
governor. The official spoke to
The Associated Press on condition
of anonymity because the person
wasn’t authorized to speak in advance of Wednesday’s official an-
nouncement.
Gregg will formally introduce
Hale at the downtown Indianapolis Arts Garden. His campaign declined to comment Tuesday night.
Hale was first elected to the state
House in 2012 and represents a
district on the north side of Indianapolis. She could not be reached
for comment Tuesday night.
A former Kiwanis International
executive, Hale has been a vocal
advocate for victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse during
her time in the Legislature.
Gregg’s selection of a female
running mate comes as little surprise and follows a bipartisan state
trend that has emerged in recent
years. Pence bucked that when he
appointed Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb
in March to finish the term of Lt.
Gov. Sue Ellspermann, his 2012
running mate who resigned.
Pence narrowly beat Gregg in
2012.
GOP board member
blocks Indiana State
campus voting site
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A
Republican county election board
member has blocked a proposed
voting center on the Indiana State
University campus.
The Vigo County Election Board
voted 2-1 this week in favor of the
plan, with support from two Democratic members. But state law requires a unanimous vote to add a
vote center.
Babies behind bars: Moms do time with their newborns
a century-old approach that
not all corrections experts
agree is the best way to deal
with women who are locked
up while pregnant.
Mothers who get such a
chance say it’s better than
the alternative: In most prisons, babies born behind bars
must be given up within a
day to a relative or foster
care.
“Before I came here, I
thought it was a terrible
idea. A baby in prison? No,
thank you,” the 24-year-old
Dumas said as her daughter,
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ect. But there are no national
statistics on the number of
babies born to inmates.
Of the more than 100
women’s prisons in the U.S.,
there are only eight nurseries. While nearly 100 countries, including South Sudan
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babies behind bars is ideal,
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the experience. But some advocates say that the practice
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the walls.
It looks like any other
nursery, except that there
are bars on the windows and
barbed-wire fences outside
the austere brick building.
New York’s maximumsecurity Bedford Hills Correctional Facility is one of
the very few prisons in the
U.S. that allow inmates and
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Vigorous response
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In a display of bipartisanship that’s all too rare these days,
Congress is beginning to address an opioid epidemic that is
now a leading cause of death in this country.
Last week, the House passed several bills to combat the
growing problems with abuse of painkillers and heroin use.
The Senate approved a comprehensive bill in March.
The action is overdue: Opioids, which include such prescription painkillers as oxycodone, killed more than 28,000
people in 2014. And the rate of overdoses has tripled since
2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 2 million Americans abused or were dependent on these drugs in 2014.
You needn’t look far to find signs of the crisis close to
home. A Tribune story recently reported that emergency
responders in LaPorte had used the heroin andidote Narcan to save the lives of three people over one weekend. And
the recent HIV outbreak in southern Indiana is linked to intravenous drug users who shared needles while injecting a
painkiller called Opana.
That solution won’t come easy — or cheap. The expansion
of treatment programs is critical, given that programs are
filled to capacity and turning away patients.
Now that Congress has stepped up, it must follow
through with a committed and vigorous response to this
public health crisis.
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Witness to horrible accident saw
life-saving local heroes in action
Dear Editor:
I just wanted to remind all Whitley County residents that
we live among heroes.
Today I witnessed heroes working to save a man’s life on
one of our many roadways. This morning on U.S. 30 there
was a horrible semi-trailer accident and I was unfortunate
enough to have been there early enough to see a man almost
burned alive in his trapped semi. But thank God, and I mean
Thank God, that the fire department showed up and with the
bravery of many men, they were able to free this man to live
another day.
Thank you, Columbia City Fire Department, Columbia
City Police Department, Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, Indiana State Police, Parkview EMS, Columbia and
Richland Township Fire Departments, and many others
who were on the scene. Your bravery did not go unnoticed
today.
Great job!
Scott Wagner
Environmental Health Specialist
Whitley County Health Department
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24-hour news cycle
How Indy Star, AP ‘lead pipe’ story caused IDEM apology
You know that 24-hour news cycle we’ve all heard so much about?
Well, last week it rolled full steam
into Decatur, Indiana – biting the
city in the butt.
The Indianapolis Star got hold of
a water survey conducted by the
Indiana Department of Environmental Management, misconstrued
some of the facts and figures in the
report — always a danger when
dealing with something so confusing, something which only experts
understand — and published a
story.
Then the 24-hour news cycle
reared its ugly head. A lot of stories
The Associated Press sends out are
from the Star. This one went out on
the AP and — bing! bang! boom! —
our city was in the crosshairs. TV
stations, including, of course, those
in Fort Wayne, quickly latched on.
Radio stations and newspapers
jumped as well — hey, look, it says
“Decatur,” get it out on our report;
that’s local news!
Much of the hysteria is, no doubt,
due to that shameless situation in
Flint, Mich.
The Star had analyzed water sys-
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tems in 91 Indiana communities
and found that an estimated eight
percent showed lead or lead components in service lines. “The highest percentage was over half of service lines in Decatur,” its story said.
When Decatur officials got the
survey, they called IDEM with some
questions. Someone at IDEM said
the purpose of the survey was to
help it secure federal funds. What
happened from that point is so
complicated it’s difficult to explain.
What isn’t difficult to explain is
the fact that Decatur’s water supply is regularly tested for lead and
always comes up with a low lead
content. In fact, it’s such a low number — usually around 4.8 parts per
billion when anything under 15 is
considered safe — and has so consistently remained in that area that
IDEM only requires our water to be
tested every three years instead of
annually!
Quickly, though, the 24-hour
news cycle moved in and spread
a misconstrued report. That’s the
way it is in these days of lots and
lots of news sources all looking for
“a good story,” plus social media –
and all the folks who anonymously
take potshots at everyone and everything.
This one was so bad that IDEM
officials apologized to officials here.
That’s about as rare as a water buffalo running down 2nd Street in
Decatur. Normally, the IDEM people are all over community leaders
across Indiana demanding this, that
and the expensive other.
So, folks, keep drinking your city
water and showering with it. If
you’re not confident, call City Hall
and ask for Dan Rickord; for a small
fee (it has to be sent away for the
test), he’ll get your water examined.
Meantime, bottoms up!
Bob Shraluka writes for the Decatur
Daily Democrat, in Decatur, Ind. and
is a retired, long-time editor there.
Public official contacts
Indiana
Government
•Governor Mike Pence, 206 State
House, Indianapolis, IN 46204, (317)
232-4567.
E-mail:
www.in.gov/
gov/2631.htm
•State Representative Christopher
Judy, House District 83, Statehouse,
Indianapolis, IN 46204, 1-800-382-9841;
317 234-2993. E-mail: [email protected].
•State Senator Jim Banks, Senate
District 17, Statehouse, Indianapolis, IN 46204, 1-800-382-9467; senator.
[email protected]
Whitley County Government
County Commissioners
•Commissioner Don Amber, 3977
NW Carlin Court., Churubusco, IN,
46723, 609-2833; Jefferson, Smith and
Union townships.
•Commissioner Tom Rethlake, 7420
N 350 W., Columbia City, IN, 46725,
799-5892; Cleveland, Richland and Etna-Troy townships.
•Commissioner George Schrumpf,
1821 E. Schug Rd., Columbia City, IN,
46725, 260 609-3668; Columbia, Thorncreek and Washington townships.
Columbia City
Government
•Mayor Ryan Daniel, 618 W.
Columbia Parkway., Columbia City,
IN, 46725. Email: [email protected] Phone: 248-5111.
•Clerk-Treasurer Rosie Coyle, 917
E. Jefferson St., Columbia City, IN,
46725. Email: rmcoyle@columbiacity.
net Phone: 248-5112.
•City Council President Walt Crowder, 601 Azuba Ct., Columbia City, IN
46725. Phone: 244-5333.
Today is Wednesday, May 25, the
146th day of 2016. There are 220 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 25, 1916, the Chicago Tribune published an
interview with Henry
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Ford in which the auin History tomobile industrialist
was quoted as saying,
“History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want
to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s dam is the
history we make today.”
On this date:
In 1787, the Constitutional Convention began at the Pennsylvania State
House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia after enough delegates had
shown up for a quorum.
In 1810, Argentina began its revolt
against Spanish rule with the forming
of the Primera Junta in Buenos Aires.
In 1935, Babe Ruth hit his last three
career home runs — nos. 712, 713 and
714 — for the Boston Braves in a game
against the Pittsburgh Pirates. (The Pi-
rates won, 11-7.)
In 1946, Transjordan (now Jordan)
became a kingdom as it proclaimed its
new monarch, Abdullah I.
In 1959, the U.S. Supreme Court, in
State Athletic Commission v. Dorsey,
struck down a Louisiana law prohibiting interracial boxing matches. (The
case had been brought by Joseph Dorsey Jr., a black professional boxer.)
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy
told Congress: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving
the goal, before this decade is out, of
landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”
In 1968, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated by Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Interior Secretary
Stewart Udall.
In 1977, the first “Star Wars” film
(retroactively designated “Episode IV:
A New Hope”) was released by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
In 1979, 273 people died when an
American Airlines DC-10 crashed just
after takeoff from Chicago’s O’Hare
Airport. Six-year-old Etan Patz disap-
peared while on his way to a school bus
stop in lower Manhattan.
In 1981, daredevil Dan Goodwin,
wearing a Spiderman costume, scaled
the outside of Chicago’s Sears Tower in
7 1/2 hours.
In 1986, an estimated 7 million
Americans participated in “Hands
Across America” to raise money for the
nation’s hungry and homeless.
In 1992, Jay Leno made his debut as
host of NBC’s “Tonight Show,” succeeding Johnny Carson.
Ten years ago: President George W.
Bush and British Prime Minister Tony
Blair held a White House news conference in which they acknowledged
making costly mistakes in Iraq, but
vowed to keep troops there until the
fragile new government took hold.
Former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth
Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were convicted
in Houston of conspiracy and fraud
for the company’s downfall. (Lay died
in July 2006 and his convictions were
vacated; Skilling was resentenced to
14 years in prison after his original 24year sentence was overturned.)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican
nominee Donald Trump each won
primaries in Washington state
Tuesday.
Trump's win helps him inch
closer to clinching the GOP nomination for president. He is within
41 delegates of the number needed
to become the Republican nominee.
Clinton's win might give her
some momentum, but it won't get
her any delegates. There were no
delegates at stake in the Democratic primary. Washington Democrats
already awarded their delegates
based on party caucuses.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders
won Washington's caucuses in
March, getting 74 delegates. Clinton got 27.
Republicans in Washington will
allocate all 44 delegates to their
national convention based on the
primary results.
Trump won at least 27 delegates
on Tuesday, with 17 still left to be
allocated. The billionaire businessman has 1,196 delegates. It takes
1,237 delegates to win the GOP
nomination.
There are no more Republican
contests until June 7, when the last
five states vote. With a total of 303
delegates at stake in California,
Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico
and South Dakota, Trump should
easily clinch the nomination that
day.
Trump is the only remaining
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NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is making some big changes, at least in the context of 140
characters or fewer.
The social media service
said Tuesday that in coming
months, photos, videos and
other media won't count toward Twitter's 140-character
limit. Now, for example, when
a user posts a photo, it counts
for about 24 characters.
That means slightly more
wordy tweets are on the way.
The change, announced
Tuesday, is yet another attempt by the San Francisco
company to make its messaging service easier to use, and
to attract new users.
Twitter did not, as many
had speculated in recent
months, abolish its character limit. Nor are weblinks
exempt from the 140-character limit, which was also rumored.
But replies to another user,
which start with the "@"
symbol and the user's name,
will not count against character limits. Names with the
@ symbol in the middle of
a tweet, however, will still
count against the limit.
And people will be able to
retweet and quote their own
tweets.
In another change, any new
tweet beginning with an @
name will be seen by all followers. Previously, a tweet
that started with a person's
handle did not become part
of their feed. If a user wanted this to happen, they had
to put a period before the @
symbol.
Confusing? Some users
thought so.
Twitter has tried to keep
all users happy, those for and
against relaxing character limits, by sticking to the current
count while allowing more
freedom to express thoughts,
or rants, through images and
other media.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a year after the brutal shooting deaths of nine black
parishioners at a Charleston, South Carolina, church, the U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday its intent to seek the death
penalty against the man facing federal hate
crime charges in the killings.
The decision means that both state and
federal prosecutors are seeking the maximum penalty against Dylann Roof, 22, in
the June 17 Emanuel AME Church shooting,
which contributed to a national conversation
about race relations and ultimately led to the
removal of a Confederate battle flag from the
grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse.
Roof faces nine counts of murder in state
court, and Solicitor Scarlett Wilson has said
she wants to try her case first. That trial,
originally slated to begin this summer, has
now been pushed to early next year.
Wilson announced her decision to pursue
the death penalty in September. But the possibility of a federal death penalty case has
loomed over the case even longer, ever since
the government announced a month after
Roof's arrest that he would face hate crime
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill
Cosby's lawyers gave a blistering
preview of the questions the actor's
accuser will face at trial, as a judge refused to dismiss the sex-assault case at
a preliminary hearing.
The defense Tuesday attacked the
consistency of Andrea Constand's police statements; offered context to her
friendship with Cosby; and insisted
she gave consent to the sex acts that
occurred at his home near Philadelphia in early 2004.
Constand did not testify, a decision
meant to spare her from being crossexamined before trial. Under a recent
state law, prosecutors can instead
have witness statements read into the
record.
The defense objected to Constand's
absence during the half-day hearing,
which marked the first time that police statements from either Constand
or Cosby, 78, have been aired in public. Defense lawyer Brian McMonagle
complained that he could not chal-
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP)
— The Afghan Taliban confirmed on Wednesday that
their leader Mullah Akhtar
Mansour was killed in a U.S.
drone strike last week and
that they have appointed a
successor — a scholar known
for extremist views who is
unlikely to back a peace process with Kabul.
The announcement came
as a suicide bomber struck a
minibus carrying court employees in the Afghan capi-
tal, killing at least 11 people,
an official said. The Taliban
promptly claimed responsibility for the attack.
In a statement sent to the
media, the Taliban said their
new leader is Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, one of
Mansour's two deputies. The
insurgent group said he was
chosen at a meeting of Taliban
leaders, which is believed to
have taken place in Pakistan,
but offered no other details.
Mansour was killed in
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"They chose not to present a witness to make an accusation against
Mr. Cosby. So you're left with what's
on that paper," McMonagle argued referring to the statement.
No trial date has been set, and lawyers are expected to spend months
arguing over what evidence can be
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lawsuit can be used.
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charges. Prosecutors said he was motivated
by racial hatred and a desire to commit a "notorious attack" when he opened fire inside
the church, "to carry out these twin goals of
fanning racial flames and exacting revenge."
Roof was arrested a day after the shootings in North Carolina when a motorist spotted his Confederate license plate. Roof, who
is white, appeared in photos waving Confederate flags and burning or desecrating
U.S. flags, and purportedly wrote of fomenting racial violence. Survivors of the shooting
told police that he hurled racial insults during the attack. One said Roof told her that he
was "letting her live so she could tell what
happened."
There's no timeframe for Roof's federal
trial, and an attorney meeting is scheduled
for next month.
Though the Justice Department says it's
committed to seeking the death penalty, federal executions are exceedingly rare. The last
time a federal defendant was put to death
was in 2003. And President Barack Obama
has said he's "deeply concerned" about the
death penalty's implementation.
Cosby lawyers outline defense as case heads to trial
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Clinton is just 78 delegates short
of clinching the Democratic nomination for president. She is on track
to do so in early June, even if she
loses all the remaining contests.
Clinton has 1,768 pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses. Sanders has 1,497.
Clinton's lead is even bigger
when superdelegate endorsements
are included. These are the party
leaders and elected officials who
can support the candidate of their
choice.
Suspect in Charleston
church shooting faces
death penalty possibility
Five generations
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candidate in the GOP contest.
But his former opponents, Ohio
Gov. John Kasich and Texas Sen.
Ted Cruz, were still on the ballot because they suspended their
campaigns after the ballots were
printed. Ben Carson was also on
the ballot because he never submitted the paperwork to have his
name removed.
Sanders trails Hillary Clinton in
the delegate count and he is running out of contests in his longshot
bid to catch up.
Pakistan on Saturday when
his vehicle was struck by a
U.S. drone plane, an attack
believed to be the first time
a Taliban leader was killed in
such a way inside Pakistani
territory.
Pakistani authorities have
been accused both by Kabul
and the West of giving shelter
and support to some Taliban
leaders — an accusation that
Islamabad denies. The insurgents have been fighting to
overthrow the Kabul govern-
ment since 2001, when their
own Islamist regime was
overthrown by the U.S. invasion.
The United States and the
Afghan government have
said that Mansour had been
an obstacle to a peace process,
which ground to a halt when
he refused to participate in
talks with the Afghan government earlier this year. Instead, he intensified the war
in Afghanistan, now in its
15th year.
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The
Columbia City fine arts review
CCHS band department highlighted by state trip
Nick Reyes, of Whitley Jazz Street band, performs with
fellow band members during Columbia City High School’s
Fantacular performance this spring.
Photo contributed
Columbia City High School’s Marching Eagles perform at a competition last fall. The band was invited to the state finals
contest at the end of the season.
Columbia City High School’s band performed during the holiday show in December that included both choirs and bands.
Columbia City High School’s Marching Eagles were greeted with a parade around downtown Columbia City after their state finals announcement.
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Columbia City High School’s Art Club went to a museum in Kokomo and a glass factory as a field trip this spring.
Enrollment in CCHS art program remains high
By LAUREN RAINEY
for The Post & Mail
COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia
City High School’s photography
classes have been filled to the brim
this year, just as they have been in
years past.
“We had to turn away about 50
students this year,” according to
photography teacher Chad Moore.
“There is a lot of interest in the
program.”
And not only are students lining
up to take the class, but each year
many choose to submit their art to
outside contests as well.
Students have submitted photographs to scholarship competitions at both St. Francis University and Huntington University, as
well as to separate Fort Wayne art
contests.
Photography students also par-
ticipate in a number of events,
both in the community and within
the halls of CCHS. Students this
year showcased their art in the
2015 Whitley County Autumn Art
Festival. The Columbia City High
School art show also took place
last week, with student paintings
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Col. City show choirs end year on a high note
By LAUREN RAINEY
for The Post & Mail
COLUMBIA CITY — As the
school year comes to a close for Columbia City High School, an era also
ends for the show choir program.
Long-time director of the CCHS
choirs, Rosalie Geller, earlier this
year announced that she would be
retiring after the 2015-2016 school
year.
“This was a memorable year for
me,” said Geller. “Having City Heat
win overall Grand Champion at
East Noble with over 20 competitors there was a huge win for us. I
believe this helped them with their
national ranking. City Heat and
Lights were talented and easy to
work with. I also appreciated collaboration with Rob Wilson and the
members of our band.”
It has been a busy year as always
for City Heat and Lights, the Columbia City High School show choirs, as
well as for their band, City Soul.
The choirs started off their season
this past autumn with a number of
events, including the Fall Concert
and Spaghetti Supper, Veterans
Concert, and the Yuletide Treasures
Holiday Bazaar.
Competition for the CCHS show
choirs began in late January, with
members traveling to a number of
Fort Wayne schools including Carroll, Northrop, and Homestead. The
crowning moment this year’s season occurred for City Heat at East
Noble High School where the choir
won grand champion in both their
own division and overall.
Both City Heat and Lights qualified for state this year, with the
teams competing
Since then, the choirs spent their
time preparing for their end of year
showcase, Fantacular, which allows choir members to demonstrate
their personal and combined talent
through a variety of acts. The theme
for Fantacular this year was “Backstage Pass.”
While members find the departure of their director to be bittersweet, Geller is satisfied with the
year, saying, “The CCHS Performing Arts Department grew closer
and stronger throughout 2016.”
‘Miss Saigon’ and ‘12 Angry Jurors’ highlight CCHS productions
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Pursuant to Indiana Code 6-1.1-20-5, notice is hereby given that the
Board of School Trustees of the Whitley County Consolidated Schools
has preliminarily determined to enter into a lease and issue one or more
series of bonds in the aggregate amount not to exceed $85,000,000 to
fund the 2016 Safety, Security, Replacement and Restoration Project
which includes the construction of a new Columbia City High School
and other related campus improvements and safety, security and
efficiency improvements at the other school and community facilities
used by WCCS students.
Dated: May 16, 2016
/s/ Deborah Hiss
Secretary, Board of School Trustees
Whitley County Consolidated Schools
NOTICE OF EXECUTION OF LEASE BETWEEN
WHITLEY COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
AND WHITLEY COUNTY MULTI SCHOOL BUILDING
CORPORATION
Pursuant to action previously taken by the Board of School Trustees
of Whitley County Consolidated Schools (the “School Corporation”),
a Lease Agreement (“the Lease”) between the School Corporation and
Whitley County Multi School Building Corporation was executed and
entered into on May 16, 2016. The Lease covers the site of the proposed
construction of a new Columbia City High School in Columbia City,
Indiana, and related facilities. A copy of such Lease is on file in the
Administration Building of the School Corporation, 107 North Walnut
Street, Suite A, Columbia City, Indiana, and is available for inspection
during normal business hours.
Dated this 17th day of May, 2016.
/s/ Deborah Hiss
Secretary, Board of School Trustees
Whitley County Consolidated Schools
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given, that the Whitley County Board Of Zoning
Appeals shall hold a public hearing on Petition 16-W-SE-4 filed by
Michael Bowland & Kyle Dickerhoff requesting Special Exception to
allow a Gunsmithing and Fire Arms Sales business for the following
described real estate, to-wit:
PT NW4
S19 T30 R10
3.97 Acres
Located on the SE corner of Clark Street and CR 800 South in Laud
and more commonly known as 8035 S. Clark Street in Section 19 of
Jefferson Township.
This hearing will be held at 220 W. Van Buren Street, Whitley County
Government Center, Columbia City, Indiana on Tuesday, June 28, 2016
at 7:30 p.m. All interested persons are invited to attend and be heard.
Written comments will be considered if they are received in the office
of the Columbia City/Whitley County Joint Planning-Building Dept
located at 220 W Van Buren Street, Suite 204, Columbia City, Indiana
no later than 12:00 Noon on the day of the hearing. A copy of the
proposal is on file in the office of the Columbia City/Whitley County
Joint Planning-Building Dept for examination before the hearing. The
Board may continue the hearing from time to time as may be found
necessary.
Danny Wilkinson, Chairman
Whitley County Board Of Zoning Appeals
5317/5-25
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NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING
RE: 2017 Capital Assistance to purchase one medium transit vehicle.
Hours: 8am - 5:30 pm
Monday thru Friday
under Section 5311 of the Federal Transit Act, as amended, is being
sought. The hearing will be held if any person interested in a hearing
submits a request in writing that a hearing be held by Whitley County
Council on Aging and Aged, Inc .within a ten (10) day period, after the
publication of this notice.
The project is generally described as follows:
A. Description of Project
· Whitley County Council on Aging and Aged, Inc. requests for 2017
capital year, doing business as Whitley County Transit to be assisted by
the purchase of
· 1 medium transit vehicle.
· at an estimated cost of $51,900,Federal funding to be $41,520
and the local match portion of $10,380 to be furnished in part by
funding sources of transportation fares imposed, Older American’s Act,
Medicaid transit reimbursement, CEDIT funds and local contracts.
2. If a hearing is requested and scheduled, Whitley County Council
on Aging and Aged, Inc. _______________ will afford an opportunity
for interested person, agencies and private transportation providers
to be heard with respect to the social, environmental, and economic
aspects of the grant. Interested persons may submit orally or in writing
evidence and recommendations with respect to said grant at the public
hearing.
3. A copy of the application is currently available for public
inspection at 710 N. Opportunity Dr., Columbia City, IN 46725.
Debra Darr
Applicant’s Authorized Representative
5319/5-25
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and Aged, Inc. will provide an opportunity for a public hearing for
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Neighbor would like compensated for care given
hope you didn’t take
Dear Annie:
care of Martha solely
I am 71 years
to get money out of
old, and I have
her estate. Because
taken care of
if she didn’t put it
my
neighbor,
in writing, then you
“Martha,” for
are not likely to get
15 years. I did
a dime unless her
everything for
daughter chooses to
Martha, includ- Annie’s
ing shopping,
Mailbag compensate you. If
you bought things
taking her to
doctor appointments and for Martha and you kept
fixing anything that need- receipts, or you have
about
ed repairs. She passed documentation
away last year and had no taking her to doctor’s
appointments and fixing
will.
Martha has one daugh- things, you may be able
ter who lives in another to be reimbursed from the
state. The daughter left estate.
You sound like a carwith her stepdad when
she was a teenager. She ing person who made a
and Martha went 30 years neighbor feel comforted
without speaking to each and cared for. Please let
other. After the stepdad that be your reward.
Dear Annie: I’d like to
died, the daughter got her
respond to the letter from
foot back in the door.
Martha was worth “Befuddled Grandma,”
around $100,000. My whose young grandquestion is, can I get any- daughter, “Harper,” has a
thing from her estate for serious tree nut allergy.
taking care of her? I put She and Harper’s mothmy life on hold to do it. er are not doing the girl
Martha always said that any favors by making her
she was going to make it cousin, “Cyndi,” eat only
up to me, but I guess she things that are nut-free.
never got around to it. — They are setting up these
girls for a lifetime of conGood Neighbor
Dear Neighbor: We flict.
Puzzler
I have lived with a peanut allergy for nearly 50
years. My parents were
honest about what would
happen to me if I ate or
touched peanuts. As a
result, I wasn’t tempted by what my sister or
cousins ate. I always got
my own treat — something I liked and wanted.
At home, I was always
served first to avoid crosscontamination. We had
strict rules about cleaning
up and touching things.
In 50 years, I’ve had only
two reactions from situations involving my family.
I’m not downplaying
the danger. I have landed
in the ER more than 30
times and the causes were
mainly labels that didn’t
list peanut oil, restaurants
that were not required to
tell the truth about food
content and skin contact
from contaminated surfaces. The last is now a
bigger problem because,
these days, people are
constantly eating in public. Many snack foods
have peanuts and people
touch everything.
Please tell “Grandma”
and her overprotective daughter that both
Harper and Cyndi should
be able to eat whatever
they want as long as they
don’t exchange bites and
Cyndi doesn’t touch nuts
and then touch her cousin.
— It Can Be Done
Dear It: Your parents
taught you how to protect yourself at an early
age. Apparently, Harper’s
parents haven’t done so,
which makes her more
vulnerable to crosscontamination. At some
point, Harper will have to
learn to manage her allergy without Mom running
interference. We hope that
happens soon.
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time and effort. — Pat A. in New
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Dear Heloise: I read your column in
course the challenge with them is keep- The (Danville, Ky.) Advocate-Messenger.
ing fresh what you don’t use immediately
When making powdered gelatin, pour
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answer. After I cut my avocado, I place a But instead of stirring for several minutes
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of lemon juice and soak the paper towel, residue in the bottom of the bowl. — Pat
pressing it against the exposed flesh of W., Stanford, Ky.
the avocado so it clings. Next, I place it
STRAINER SPAGHETTI
in the refrigerator without any additional
Dear Heloise: After making spaghetti,
covering. It will actually stay fresh for sev- I often serve it right from the strainer. My
eral days (if it isn’t already overripe when wife complains about the noodles getting
you do this). — Christine K., Cleveland, sticky or dry. So I simply run hot water
Tenn.
through the strainer to freshen up the
POTATO MASH
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ANSWER:
A10 Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Recipe of the Day
Smoked Salmon and Cheese Mini
Twice-Baked Potatoes
Ingredients
6 small Yukon gold or red potatoes
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
2 tablespoons fat-free milk
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup grated white cheddar cheese
2 Tbsp. chopped smoked salmon
Preparation: Preheat oven to 400°. Rub potatoes
The Family Circus
with oil; sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Place
potatoes on a pan. Bake at 400° for 35 minutes
or until tender. Cool 10 minutes. Cut potatoes
in half; cut off a small portion of the rounded
edge so the potato will stand upright. Carefully
scoop out about 1 tsp. from each half, leaving the shells. Combine potato, milk, butter,
pepper, cheese, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl.
Spoon 1 heaping tsp. potato mixture into each
potato shell. Arrange potatoes on pan; top each
with 1/2 teaspoon chopped salmon. Bake at
400° for 15 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
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Sports
MLB scoreboard
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct
Boston
28
17 .622
Baltimore
26
17 .605
New York
22
22 .500
Tampa Bay
21
22 .488
Toronto
22
25 .468
Central Division
W
L Pct
Chicago
27
20 .574
Cleveland
24
20 .545
Kansas City
24
21 .533
Detroit
23
22 .511
Minnesota
11
34 .244
West Division
W
L Pct
Seattle
27
18 .600
Texas
26
20 .565
Los Angeles
21
25 .457
Oakland
20
27 .426
Houston
18
28 .391
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Monday’s Games
Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 6, 1st
game
Detroit 5, Philadelphia 4
Miami 7, Tampa Bay 6
L.A. Angels 2, Texas 0
Kansas City 10, Minnesota 4
Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 1, 2nd
game
Oakland 5, Seattle 0
Tuesday’s Games
Tampa Bay 4, Miami 3
N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 0
Boston 8, Colorado 3
Texas 4, L.A. Angels 1
Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 2
Houston 3, Baltimore 2, 13 innings
Kansas City 7, Minnesota 4
Seattle 6, Oakland 5
Wednesday’s Games
Kansas City (Gee 1-1) at Minnesota (Duffey
1-3), 1:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Nola 3-3) at Detroit (Sanchez
3-5), 1:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Santiago 3-2) at Texas (Lewis
3-0), 2:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Kluber 3-5) at Chicago White
Sox (Quintana 5-3), 2:10 p.m.
Toronto (Estrada 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees
(Nova 3-1), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Bettis 4-2) at Boston (Wright
3-4), 7:10 p.m.
Miami (Nicolino 2-2) at Tampa Bay
(Andriese 3-0), 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Wilson 2-2) at Houston
(McHugh 4-4), 8:10 p.m.
Oakland (Neal 0-0) at Seattle (Iwakuma
2-4), 10:10 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Miami (Fernandez 6-2) at Tampa Bay
(Smyly 2-5), 1:10 p.m.
Toronto (Sanchez 4-1) at N.Y. Yankees
(Sabathia 3-2), 4:05 p.m.
Colorado (Gray 1-2) at Boston (Buchholz
2-4), 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Gausman 0-1) at Houston
(McCullers 0-1), 8:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 0-1) at
Kansas City (Duffy 0-0), 8:15 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct
Washington
28
18 .609
New York
26
19 .578
Philadelphia
25
21 .543
Miami
23
22 .511
Atlanta
12
32 .273
Central Division
W
L Pct
Chicago
30
14 .682
Pittsburgh
25
19 .568
St. Louis
24
22 .522
Milwaukee
19
26 .422
Cincinnati
15
31 .326
West Division
W
L Pct
San Francisco
29
19 .604
Los Angeles
24
23 .511
Colorado
21
23 .477
Arizona
21
26 .447
San Diego
19
28 .404
Monday’s Games
Pittsburgh 6, Colorado 3
N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 1
Miami 7, Tampa Bay 6
St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 3
L.A. Dodgers 1, Cincinnati 0
San Francisco 1, San Diego 0
Tuesday’s Games
Tampa Bay 4, Miami 3
Pittsburgh 12, Arizona 1
Washington 7, N.Y. Mets 4
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4½
6
7½
9½
Boston 8, Colorado 3
Milwaukee 2, Atlanta 1
Chicago Cubs 12, St. Louis 3
L.A. Dodgers 8, Cincinnati 2
San Francisco 8, San Diego 2
Wednesday’s Games
N.Y. Mets (Matz 6-1) at Washington (Roark
3-3), 1:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Nola 3-3) at Detroit (Sanchez
3-5), 1:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 8-0) at St. Louis
(Martinez 4-4), 1:45 p.m.
San Diego (Shields 2-6) at San Francisco
(Peavy 1-5), 3:45 p.m.
Arizona (De La Rosa 4-4) at Pittsburgh
(Locke 2-3), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Bettis 4-2) at Boston (Wright
3-4), 7:10 p.m.
Miami (Nicolino 2-2) at Tampa Bay
(Andriese 3-0), 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Guerra 3-0) at Atlanta
(Foltynewicz 1-2), 7:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Straily 2-1) at L.A. Dodgers
(Kazmir 3-3), 10:10 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Arizona (Corbin 2-3) at Pittsburgh (Cole
5-3), 12:35 p.m.
Miami (Fernandez 6-2) at Tampa Bay
(Smyly 2-5), 1:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Leake 3-3) at Washington (Ross
3-4), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Gray 1-2) at Boston (Buchholz
2-4), 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Peralta 2-5) at Atlanta (Wisler
2-3), 7:10 p.m.
Westbrook, Thunder put Warriors on brink of elimination
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Suddenly, these Golden State Warriors
who have been compared all season
to the Chicago Bulls dynasty of the
1990s are on the brink of elimination.
Russell Westbrook had 36 points,
11 rebounds and 11 assists, and the
Oklahoma City Thunder beat the
Warriors 118-94 on Tuesday night to
take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference Finals. Golden State, which won
a league record 73 games in the regular season, lost consecutive games for
the first time this season.
The Warriors must win Game 5 on
Thursday in Oakland to keep their
season alive.
"We all have to bounce back," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "The good
news is, we go home. Obviously we
play well at home. The idea now is
to go home and get one win. Do that,
and we put some pressure on them
and we'll see what happens."
Klay Thompson led Golden State
with 26 points, but two-time league
MVP Stephen Curry was limited to
19 points on 6-for-20 shooting. Curry's shooting performance was so
uncharacteristic that reporters asked
if he was hurt.
"He's not injured," Kerr said. "He's
coming back from the knee, but he's
not injured. He just had a lousy night.
It happens, even to the best players
in the world."
The Warriors lost consecutive playoff games by at least 20 points for the
first time since Games 2 and 3 of the
1972 Western Conference semifinals
against the Milwaukee Bucks. Golden State's Draymond Green, who
was fined for kicking Steven Adams
in the groin in Game 3, finished with
six points, 11 rebounds and six turnovers.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma City got a
boost from an unlikely source. Andre
Roberson, a player the Warriors have
ignored at times during the series,
scored a career-high 17 points and
grabbed 12 rebounds.
Crosby helps Penguins beat Lightning to force Game 7, 5-2
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The
Pittsburgh Penguins made
good on Evgeni Malkin's
pledge to force Game 7 in the
Eastern Conference final.
Sidney Crosby had a goal
and an assist, and Phil Kessel, Kris Letang, Bryan Rust
and Nick Bonino also scored
Tuesday night in a 5-2 victory
that evened the best-of-seven
series with the Tampa Bay
Lightning 3-3.
Game 7 is Thursday night,
with the Penguins hoping to
reach the Stanley Cup Final
for the first time since 2009
and the Lightning looking to
advance to the Cup Final for
the second straight year.
"I just told them to embrace the moment. It's a great
opportunity for us. These are
the type of circumstances to
where you have an opportunity to write your own story,"
Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan.
"They had a certain mindset going into this tonight:
'We're going to leave it all
out there and do everything
we can to bring this back to
Pittsburgh,'" Sullivan added.
"And, certainly that's what
they did."
Malkin was the most demonstrative of the players
expressing confidence the
Penguins could take the series back to Pittsburgh, saying he believed in himself,
his teammates and that they
could return home for a seventh game "for sure."
Crosby stepped up with
his third game-winning goal
of the series. The Penguins
captain assisted on Kessel's
5-on-3 power-play goal in
the opening period and later
skated around Tampa Bay
defenseman Anton Stralman
into the clear before sending
a wrist shot between goalie
Andrei Vasilevskiy's legs for
a 3-0 lead in the final minute
of the second period.
"We know the circumstances. It makes you go out
there with a mindset of playing desperate," Crosby said.
"I think we had confidence in
the whole group. I think everyone played great.
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Chrurubusco girls
compete at Marion
track regional
MARION — Churubusco
girls track athletes participated in Tuesday’s IHSAA
Marion track regional at Indiana Wesley University in
Marion.
’Busco senior Julia Folland finished ninth in the
1,600-meter run. Folland
finished in 5:29.31, over nine
seconds better than her finish in the sectional final.
Churubusco
freshman
Rachel Jacquay cleared nine
feet in the pole vault to finish sixth.
Whitko,
from A12
North Miami put up two
runs in the top of the sixth. A
lead-off ground rule double
by the Warriors’ Ally Sumpter turned into a run when the
next batter walked and stole
second. A Whitko throwing
error scored Sumpter. The
other run scored on a sacrifice ground-out, putting
North Miami up 3-0.
In the bottom of the sixth,
Hanna Yohe picked up her
second single of the game,
and advanced to second on
a single by Duggins. Anna
Ousley was hit by a pitch to
load the bases, but a strikeout stranded all three Lady
Wildcats.
In the top of the seventh,
Another ground-rule double by the Warriors scores
two runs and an RBI-single
pushes across another run
to extend the North Miami
lead to 6-0.
Two Wildcat fly-outs and
a pop-fly out end the game
in a 6-0 loss for the Wildcats.
North Miami scored their
six runs on nine hits and
three Whitko errors. Whitko
recorded five hits for the
game.
The Lady Wildcats end the
season with a 15-8 record.
Sports
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016 • Page A12
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CC softball blows out Marion
OSSIAN — Columbia City’s Lady
Eagle softball team pounded out
13 hits and dropped 17 runs on the
Marion Lady Giants to take a 17-1
win in its opening round game of
the Class 3A Norwell softball sectional.
“We are playing some of our best
ball of the year,” said Eagle Head
Coach Dan Weigold. “We played
some very talented teams and it has
prepared us very well for sectional
competition.”
In the top of the first inning Columbia City scored six runs to take
Lady Eagles advance with 17-1 win in sectional opener
a lead they would carry through to
the end of the contest.
Marion pushed across their only
run of the game in the bottom of the
first inning.
After that it was all Columbia
City for the rest of the game.
After a scoreless second inning,
the Lady Eagles put the game away
with another six-run outburst in the
top of the third.
Columbia City put up four more
COLUMBIA CITY
MARION
Columbia City
Marion
17
1
6 0 6 4 1
1 0 0 0 0
Winning Pitcher - Weigold (CC)
Losing Pitcher - Asher (M)
2B - Kreig (CC), Kinney (CC)
runs in the top of the fourth and another in the top of the fifth.
“We had a lot kids contribute offensively tonight,” said Coach Wei-
gold.
Ciarra Ivy was 3-for-3 at the plate
and scored twice. Alexis Waldeck
scored three times, with Morgan
Bales, Hayley Coyle, Bella Kreig and
Allison Conrad all scoring two runs
apiece.
Kreig and Brittney Kinney each
had doubles for the Lady Eagles.
The Eagles face Norwell tonight
at 5:30 p.m. in the sectional semifinals.
Bella Kreig
Col. City, Whitko girls compete at regional track
Reed qualifies for state finals
By MARK PARKER
The Post & Mail
KOKOMO — Track and
field athletes from Whitko
and Columbia City traveled to Kokomo for IHSAA
regional girls track competition Tuesday evening.
Although all of the local
participants bettered their
sectional times, only one
athlete earned an automatic qualification for the IHSAA state finals meet.
The top three finishers in
each event plus any meeting the state standards in
their event move on to the
state finals in Bloomington.
Whitko junior Kaitlyn
Reed cleared 5 feet, 4 inches in the high jump, placing
third to advance. Reed had
already met the state qualifying standard the week
before in sectional competition.
Columbia City freshman
Cassidy Burdge placed
sixth in the same event, tying a personal best in clearing 5 feet, 1 inch.
Whitko junior Suzanne
Sickafoose placed fourth
in the 400-meter dash, running a time of 1:00.26. Sick-
afoose is awaiting word to
see if that time will allow
her to advance to the state
finals. Sickafoose also ran
in the 200-meter trials, finishing in 27.34 seconds, but
did not advance to the finals in that event.
Columbia City’s Hannah
Wappes placed sixth in the
800-meter run.
The Columbia City senior’s time of 2:22.12 was a
season best.
Whitko senior Brigit
Nemitz placed 10th in the
1,600-meter run in a time of
5:33.98.
Columbia City’s 400-meter relay team of Molly
Green, Sarah Pepple, Hannah Wappes and Regan
Decker finished 10th with
a season best time of 51.98.
The Lady Eagle 1,600-meter relay squad of Green,
Wappes, Decker and Elise
Cormany also recorded a
season best time of 4:07.04
to place sixth.
The IHSAA state finals girls track meet takes
place Friday, June 3 at Indiana University’s Robert
C. Haugh Track and Field
Complex with field events
beginning at 3 p.m.
Post & Mail photo / Mark Parker
Whitko’s Kaitlyn Reed clears 5 feet, 4 inches in the high jump. Reed finished third, advancing to the state finals next week.
Lady Eagles’
season ends
Post & Mail photo / Lauren Rainey
Churubusco junior Mallory Pearson
throws home during the Lady Eagles’
sectional game Tuesday against
Woodlan. Chrubusco lost 2-1, ending
the Lady Eagles’ season. Woodlan
pulled ahead in the fifth inning and
maintained the lead until the end of
the game. Churubusco senior Sarah
Holloway scored the only Lady Eagle
run of the game. The team ends the
season with an 11-14 record.
Whitko softball shut
out by North Miami
CONVERSE — Whitko’s softball season came to an end
with a 6-0 loss to North Miami in opening game of the IHSAA Oak Hill softball sectional.
In a game that was a low-scoring affair through the first
five innings, the Lady Wildcats had scoring opportunities
but couldn’t capitalize.
In the bottom of the third inning with the score 0-0, Reannon Hopkins doubled and went to third on a North Miami
error. The Wildcats couldn’t get Hopkins in and the game
continued scoreless.
In the top of the fourth, North Miami got on the scoreboard. A two-out RBI double by the Lady Warriors’ Gabby
Wilkinson put North Miami up 1-0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Whitko’s Hanna Yohe led off
with a double. Wildcat Emmalee Duggins reached on an infield single, but a strike-out, an infiled-fly rule pop-out and
another strike-out stranded the Wildcats again.
Whitko, Page A11
Athlete of the Week
Andrew McFarland - Columbia City track
McFarland broke both the Columbia City
High School and Goshen track sectional records in the 400-meter dash at Thursday’s
sectional.
McFarland posted a time of 48.34 seconds to
take the title at Goshen.
HONORABLE MENTION
Kaitlyn Reed - Whitko Track
Reed cleared 5 feet, 5 inches to win the high jump competition at
the Bremen sectional. Reed’s winning height met the state final’s
qualifying mark.
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