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Demo derby
at Preble
Saturday
The Preble Volunteer
Fire Fighting Association,
Inc. will host the CrashO-Rama
Demolition
Derby Aug. 27 at Preble
Fireman’s Park, four
miles west of Decatur on
U.S. 224. Show time is 7
p.m., and gates open at 3
p.m.
Admission is $10 for
adults, and $5 for children aged 8-12. Children
ages 7 and younger enter
free. Pit passes are $15.
No person younger than
18 years of age is allowed
in the pit area except for
drivers. No glass containers or alcohol are permitted inside the pit areas.
Figure 8, mini car,
stock wire class, windshield class and feature
cars power wheels demo
derby are for children
ages 4-8.
Proceeds will go to
updating and maintaining
fire equipment and Preble
Fireman’s Park.
For more information
contact Dan Elzey at 2239273 or the park phone at
547-4159
School board
filing deadline
is Friday
Persons interested in
serving on the Adams
Central or South Adams
school boards have until
noon on Friday to gather
signatures and submit
nominating petitions.
Each candidate must
obtain at least 10 signatures of registered voters
in their school district.
The board seats up for
election in the Nov. 8 general election include:
•
Adams
Central
— District 1, District 5,
District 6 and at-large.
• South Adams —
District 2, District 4,
District 5 and at-large.
The petition of nomination forms may be picked
up at the Adams County
Clerk of Court’s office.
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Tuesday AUGUST
ASPHALT GOES
DOWN ON TRAIL
Work on the South Adams
Trail Inc. bike path north
of Geneva is progressing rapidly, with asphalt
replacing gravel this week
on some portions of the
project. The barriers and
piles of dirt in the photo at
left are where a parking lot
and restroom facility will
eventually be located. The
path will then veer east
on C.R. 850 for a short
distance before returning
north behind Ehr’s Farm
Market and parallel to U.S.
27 north to the Wabash
River, the end of the first
phase of the bike project.
Photo by Mike Lamm
Only one bid received for jail furniture Annexation of jail
By MIKE LAMM
Adams County Sheriff Shane
Rekeweg opened several envelopes
containing information submitted by
vendors in response to a call for bids
to provide new office furniture for the
new jail, before discovering that only
one contained an actual bid.
During the Aug. 16 weekly meeting
of the Adams County Commissioners,
Rekeweg opened four manila envelopes purportedly holding office furniture bids, but three of the vendors
simply sent catalogs of their merchandise without including a formal offer
to meet the specific furniture needs
outlined in the bid proposal.
Only Sharp School Services, Hobart,
submitted an actual bid, offering to
supply all items included on five separate, itemized lists specific to various
areas of the new, 180-bed jail, currently under construction off Winchester
Street just south of Decatur’s city lim-
its. The total bid offer from Sharp was
$142,480.41.
Rekeweg expressed some surprise
and disappointment when faced with
the lack of competitive proposals for
the new furniture at the jail. He said
one vendor, when contacted personally, responded “he was too busy to
bid.”
County Attorney Mark Burry will
look over the single bid offer to ensure
it meets all contractual and legal
requirements. “If Mark finds everything is acceptable and it meets all
specifications, in all likelihood, we’ll
accept the bid next week,” Commission
Chairman Doug Bauman said.
In his weekly inmate report, Bauman
said there were 91 inmates being housed
at the old Adams County jail on 1st
Street, with 31 people sleeping on mattresses placed on the floor due to inadequate bed space. That total represents
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BACK TO
SCHOOL —
All three Adams
County schools are
now in full swing
for the 2016-17
school year, and
the students are off
to a good start. At
left, South Adams
Elementary School
student Spencer
Tinkham, 6, waits to
begin his first day
of school with siblings Danielle, 10,
and Jordan, 12, who
attend SA Middle
School in fifth
and sixth grades,
respectively.
Shipshewana?
10 seats left
on SASC trip
The South Adams
Senior Center announced
spots are available for the
third annual Shipshewana
one day bus trip Sept.
13.
Cost is $45 and includes
a $5 shopping coupon.
The trip will include a
perfumery tour at Annie
Oakley’s and an optional
feature of the theatrical
presentation “Mennonite
Girls Can Cook.”
Only 10 seats remain.
Call the SACS at 5898877 to make reservations or for more information.
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By phone: 724-2121
By Fax: 724-7981
23, 2016
site to be finalized
at Sept. 6 meeting
No other residents in area will be
forced to join city, mayor assures
By BOB SHRALUKA
The city of Decatur’s
annexation of the new
jail — the Adams County
Correctional Facility, to
be correct — continues
to move forward.
A public hearing on
the proposed annexation of the area just outside the city’s southeast
limits was held prior to
city council’s regular
Aug. 16 meeting, with
an ordinance approving the move later given
the okay on the second
of three needed readings. The first reading
was passed at an earlier
meeting and the final
reading will come up at
the Sept. 6 council meeting.
Kristi Sturtz of Sturtz
Public
Managerment
Group in Fort Wayne
was on hand at the
meeting, as were County
Commissioner
Kim
Fruechte and County
Attorney Mark Burry.
Sturtz presented a
fiscal plan required by
law, and it noted that
the area to be annexed
includes approximately
160 acres, but no property taxes on the facility
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Nearly $5,500 approved to caulk
doors, windows at AC schools
Caulking the windows and doors for the 2002
addition at Adams Central Community Schools
was officially approved at the recent school
board meeting. According to Todd McDonald, AC
Maintenance Director, recent exploratory work
in the kindergarten rooms found the rooms to be
structurally sound; however, the windows and
doors are simply set in a hole and rely solely on
caulking.
Midwest Caulking Inc. set the price at $5,489
to update all the cracked caulking that currently exists at the school. The new caulking is
expected to have a lengthy life span, according to
McDonald.
In other business, the board was reminded
of the upcoming budget workshop at 7 p.m.
Tuesday.
— Ashley Bailey
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Weber says public defender’s fund for deposition payments is drying up
By MIKE LAMM
County Chief Public Defender Brad
Weber and Prosecutor Jeremy Brown
appeared before members of the Adams
County Council during their monthly
meeting held recently.
Weber told councilors he has less
than $300 remaining in his miscellaneous expenses account with which to
pay for the cost of legal depositions. He
said he currently has “10 depositions
taken but not paid for,” and with “half
a dozen jury trials before the end of the
year,” insufficient funds remain in the
account to cover those expenses.
Legal depositions can cost between
$150 and $400 to record, and additional
copies can costs up to $350 each, Weber
said.
While Weber admitted, “I try to limit
the number of depositions” requested,
they often “show discrepancies in testimony” and are requisite in the legal
process. If convicted, certified copies of
depositions “are part of discovery” and
are required by law, he explained.
“I’m not here to ask for more money.
I’m trying to figure out how to pay” for
this increasing expense, Weber said.
Auditor Mary Beery noted Weber has
in excess of $33,000 in his supplemental public defender fund and com-
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mented, “I don’t see why you couldn’t
use that fund” to pay for the increasing
cost of depositions. Rather than transfer
money from one fund to another, County
Attorney Mark Burry agreed with Beery’s
assessment, recommending Weber use
those monies to resolving the issue.
Prosecutor has staff vacancy
Brown appeared before the commissioners to seek permission to replace an
employee who has left his department.
According to Brown, Court Office
Manager Cynthia Everett has announced
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Helping shape
a COMMUNITY
By CONI MAYER
Executive Director
Adams Co. Community Foundation
Helping shape a community
The Adams County Community Foundation
is celebrating its 25th anniversary. This article
is focused on scholarships and the changes the
ACCF has experienced in just under 20 years.
Scholarships, scholarships
and more scholarships!
This time of year is particularly exciting (and
busy) at the ACCF. The foundation has grown
into the “hub” for scholarships in Adams
County and, frankly speaking, we are really
getting pretty good at this management.
In 1998, the ACCF processed about nine
scholarship awards. In 2016, the foundation will process more than 300 scholarships
awards. The ACCF has grown from eight funds
to more than 120 scholarship funds.
Add to this, the three high schools in
Adams County have transferred their fiduciary
responsibilities of their endowed and pass
through funds to the ACCF. With this, we find
ourselves with up to an additional 100 awards
to manage.
Deb Cook, the scholarship administrator
since 2004, has become experienced with the
paperwork student submit to generate individual scholarships. These are the fall invoices
the students turn in to activate their award.
It is not unusual for Deb to spend up to 30
minutes with an anticipatory student — and
nervous parent — to explain how to best utilize
their award. She does this because the ACCF is
to be watchful of the donors’ money while making optimum use of the award for the student.
This may seem like a dainty balancing act, and
—
at times — it is just that.
Scholarship ‘erosion’?
The donors have entrusted the ACCF to follow their selection procedure and to ensure the
scholarship money does not become “eroded.”
There is a great deal of student aid available
today.
Some students may be fortunate to receive
multiple scholarships from the state (21st
Century program), grants from the federal
government (FAFSA program), from the college
(presidential, trustees, etc.), and from the community (local awards).
Some awards are based on student’s household income, their academic or athletic talents,
or their application was selected based on the
content of the information provided. Believe it
or not, some students submit an invoice that
shows zero balance is due.
Goodbye $1,000
In some cases, if the ACCF would send to
the college the student’s $1,000 ACCF scholarship, we have noted that the previously awarded
$1,000 from the state or college may be reduced
by that very ACCF $1,000. The student is no further ahead as the donor’s money has just eroded
away the previously awarded $1000, only to be
replaced by the community scholarship.
The ACCF is particularly attentive in this area.
We have noted this potential erosion occur with
loans, too. However, the ACCF makes every effort
to avoid this. Students who bring their invoice
into the ACCF have the potential of making the
maximum use of their community award, and
the donors money truly is used to help the students in the most efficient ways.
The ACCF vigilantly guards the donors’ funds
in order to balance the best use of the donors’
money, to help the student in the way that is
best suited for their awards, and to provide
guidance to the parents who are experiencing
the expansive world of college costs for the first
time.
Five area farms were recognized Aug. 12 at the Indiana State Fair with Hoosier Homestead awards for 100
years or more of family farm ownership, according to State Rep. Matt Lehman, R-Berne. Among the honorees was the Nussbaum/Hindenlang Farm, located in Adams County. The farm has been in operation since
1865 and received the sesquicentennial award. Family members, shown at left, were present to accept the
award. Other sesquicentennial award-winning farms in Lehman’s district included the Hockemeyer Farm,
located in Allen County, in operation since 1862; the Bearman/Bradtmueller Farm, located in Allen County,
in operation since 1882; the Taylor Family Farm, located in Wells County, in operation since 1840; and the
Sturgeon Farm, located in Wells County, in operation since 1865.
Photo provided
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will be paid.
The facility, much
larger than the current jail, is expected to
provide the city with
some $29,274 a year in
new revenue through
increased water, sewer
and storm water use.
New water and sewer
lines have been laid by
the city, with the costs
picked up by the coun-
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152 percent of the old
jail’s capacity, he said,
pointing out the number would only represent 49 percent of the
new jail’s capacity.
Burry submitted a
total of $13,518.83 in
bills from seven different
vendors at the jail construction site, including a $5,000 statement
from the city of Decatur
to prepare for the fiscal
plan for annexation of
the jail property into the
city’s corporation limits.
A hearing on the matter
was to be conducted by
the city later this week.
Also, Burry asked for
and received the approval of three change order
requests at the jail construction site, deleting porcelain tile from
the booking desks and
ty.
The annexation is
“super voluntary,”
meaning the annexation
was requested by the
county.
Although no objections were raised during
the hearing, a woman
who resides with her
husband near the jail
area expressed concern
about being annexed,
too, a concern raised by
other nearby residents
at a previous council
replacing it with a vinyl
base at a net savings of
approximately $3,500.
Burry
reported
$416,097.52 remains
in the construction contingency fund, with a
total of “about $5 million in funds still available for the project.”
Approximately $1.125
million
remains
in
anticipated construction costs, he added.
Bauman said that
thanks to favorable
weather conditions for
construction, the jail
project remains on
schedule, with completion expected by mid to
late November. A grand
opening — to allow the
public an opportunity to
tour the new facility —is
planned for January
2017, with inmates to
be transferred from the
old jail to the new one
shortly thereafter.
meeting. Mayor Ken
Meyer said no homes
in the area were being
looked at for annexation, although, as he
had told the people at
the earlier meeting, residents of that area who
wished to be annexed
could come to the city
and make the request.
“What if, four or five
years down the road you
would want to annex
us?” she asked.
“No,” Meyer said.
The mayor, as he had
done at the earlier meeting, noted that a new
state law passed a couple of years ago makes it
much more difficult for
municipalities to annex
than in the past.
The woman also
expressed concern
about being “an island.”
She was told that she
and her husband would
see no changes brought
about by the annexation, and that there are
a couple of other areas
which are part of the
city but surrounded by
county-owned land.
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Obituaries
Jay County man gets 65
years in slaying of infant
Martha J. Sommer
Martha J. Sommer, 94, Berne, passed away Aug.
15, 2016, at Swiss Village where she was a resident.
She was born in Adams County Sept. 1, 1921, to
the late Albert and Gertrude (North) Zimmerman.
She married Rufus P. Sommer April 13, 1940; he
preceded her in death.
She was a faithful member of the Cross Community
Church. She was a former employee of CTS Corp for
more than 20 years and a Mary Kay consultant for
14 years. Martha and her husband enjoyed ballroom
dancing and traveling. And she especially cherished
the time spent with her family.
Among survivors are her daughters, Brenda
Sommer and Janice (Ernie) Steiner, both of Berne;
a daughter-in-law, Pam Sommer of Yorktown; three
grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by a son, Mike
Sommer; sisters, Ruth Uptgraft, Edna Guyot, Ruby
Richey amd Emma Grille; brothers, Glen Dale,
Kenneth, Irvin and Orley Zimmerman; step-mother, Lillian Zimmerman; and step-brother, Harold
Guyot.
Pastor Chris Kruchkow officiated the service.
Burial was in the Backesto Cemetery rural Berne.
Online condolences may be made at www.
yagerkirchhofer.com.
SOGGY — The threat of rain kept crowds away
from the Taste of Decatur food stands Thursday
night at Riverside Center. The event was part of the
Kekionga Festival.
Photo by Ashley Bailey
Blotter
Seven individuals were
arrested by local law
enforcement officers over
the past week and were
booked into the Adams
County jail.
Rogelio Hernandez, 25,
Portland, was arrested
Traffic
Monroe crash
injures three
Three people were
injured in a two vehicle
accident at 7:42 a.m.
Aug. 15 on U.S. 27N
near Polk Street in
Monroe.
An Adams County
Sheriff’s Department
report stated that
Steven M. Dent, 61,
Fort Wayne, was traveling south on U.S. 27
when he attempted
a left turn onto Polk
Street, failing to see
a northbound pickup
truck, driven by Jeffery
L. Butler, 54, Decatur.
The Butler truck hit
the Dent car in the
right rear fender, causing damage estimated
between $10,000 and
$25,000. Dent admitted
he had been drinking
at the time.
Both drivers were
transported to area
hospitals by units of
the Adams County
EMS. A passenger in
the Butler pickup,
Scott E. Burke, 47,
Decatur, later drove
himself to an area hospital. Dent and Burke
both submitted to blood
alcohol tests, with the
results pending. The
collision remains under
investigation by the
sheriff’s department.
At 4:34 p.m.
Monday, Ana E.
Banuelos, 38, Decatur,
was reportedly eastbound on C.R. 000N
at C.R. 850N, when
her SUV hydroplaned
on standing water and
skidded into the intersection, striking the
left side of a northbound SUV driven by
Morgun J. Werling, 19,
Hoagland. The force
of the impact caused
the Werling vehicle to
enter the east ditch
and swerve back across
both lanes of traffic
before coming to rest in
the front yard of Alice
J. Sielschott on the
west side of the roadway.
Neither driver complained of injuries
following the collision, which caused an
estimated $5,000 to
$10,000 to both vehicles.
Rural accidents
Sheriff’s deputies
were called to the
scene of a two-vehicle
collision at 8:40 p.m.
Aug. 16 on C.R. 550E.
Joshua M. Thieme, 21,
Decatur, told investigating officers he was
traveling westbound
and approaching a
bridge on C.R. 550E
when a vehicle driven
by Robert F. Thomas,
75, Decatur, crossed
the center line and
struck the mirror of
Thieme’s vehicle. No
injuries were reported
and damages were
estimated at less than
$1,000.
Sheriff’s deputies
responded to a single
vehicle accident at
11:15 a.m. Aug. 16 on
U.S. 27 at the intersection of C.R. 850N.
According to the report,
Calvin Ruess, 60,
Monroe, was traveling
southbound on U.S. 27
when he lost control of
his vehicle on wet pavement. His vehicle ran
off the roadway and
crashed into a guard
rail. No injuries were
reported and damages
to the guard rail and
Ruess’ vehicle were
estimated at $5,000$10,000.
Birth Announcements
Eicher
Joe E. and Katie (Schwartz) Eicher are the
parents of a 6-pounds, 12-ounces son, Neal, born
June 15, 2016.
Grandparents are Ben J. and Clara Eicher; and
Daniel U. and Rosie Schwartz.
Girod
David K. and Ruby H. (Schwartz) Girod are the
parents of an 8-pounds, 7-ounces son, Willis M.,
born July 21, 2016.
Grandparents are Emanuel E. and Emma
Schwartz of Monroe; and Menno R. and Katherine
Girod of Berne.
Willis joins siblings David, Amy and Amanda.
Graber
Albert A. and Lydia A. (Eicher) Graber of Berne
are the parents of a 6-pounds, 8-ounces daughter,
Amanda A. L., born July 1, 2016.
Grandparents are Amos L. and Wilma Ferm
Eicher of Monroe; and Amos J. and Amanda
Graber of Berne.
Great-grandparents are Sam and Mary Jane
Hilty of Berne; and Rachel Girod of New York.
Amanda joins siblings Albert, Susann, Laura,
Jonathan, Rebekah and Wilma.
Hilty
Nathan J. and Lovina A. (Eicher) Hilty are the
parents of a 9-pounds, 11-ounces son, Nathan,
born July 30, 2016.
Grandparents are Amos and Wilma Eicher of
Monroe; and John and Sarah Hilty of Geneva.
Nathan joins one sibling, Lavon.
Milholland
Kyle and Karen Milholland of Decatur are the
parents of an 8-pounds, 6-ounces, 20-inches long
son, Conner Henry, born at 6:52 p.m. Aug. 2,
2016.
Grandparents are Glenn and Susan Watts
of Decatur; and Greg and Marty Milholland of
Decatur.
Great-grandparents are Evelyn Watts of
Decatur; Donald and Janie Lehrman of Monroeville;
David Milholland of Berne; and Gordon Cook of
Berne.
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Conner joins a sister, Hallie.
Schwartz
Jacob and Melinda Schwartz of Geneva are
the parents of a 6-pounds, 12-ounces, 18.5-inches
long son, Emanuel, born July 4, 2016.
Grandparents are Emanuel and Emma Wickey
of Owensville, Ky.; and Katie M. Schwartz of
Monroe.
Emanuel joins three sisters, Ann, Emma and
Lucinda.
Schwartz
Jason and Clara (Eicher) Schwartz of Monroe
are the parents of a 5-pounds, 14-ounces, 19-inches long son, born at 12:18 a.m. Aug. 8, 2016.
Grandparents are Ernest L. and Verna Eicher
of Monroe; and Martin and Edna Schwartz of
Monroe.
Great-grandparents are Ben and Lovina
Schwartz of Monroe; John H. and Esther Schwartz
of Monroe; and Rachel Girod of Ohio.
Schwartz
Mahlon M. and Lydia J. Schwartz are the parents of a 9-pounds son, Raymond L., born July 19,
2016.
Grandparents are Mattie A. Graber and
Raymond B. Schwartz.
Raymond joins five brothers and two sisters.
Schwartz
Melvin E. and Leona R. M. (Schwartz)
Schwartz of Monroe are the parents of a 7-pounds,
6.03-ounces, 20.5-inches long daughter, Naomi L.
M., born at 5:05 a.m. July 26, 2016.
Grandparents are Mahlon K. and Rosie M.
Schwartz of Monroe; and Joe V. and the late Edna
Ellen Schwartz of Geneva.
Schwartz
Mervin and Susann Schwartz are the parents
of a 6-pounds, 8.5-ounces, 19-inches long son,
Neal S. M., born at 6:17 p.m. Aug. 6, 2016.
Grandparents are Menno N. Schwartz and
Emanuel L. Millers.
Nathan joins siblings Larry, Walter, Arlene,
Marianna, Laverne and Marvin.
Celia Dunmoyer
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Geneva
Aug. 15 by Decatur police
for OWI/endangerment,
possession of marijuana,
possession of paraphernalia and manufacturing paraphernalia. Bond
was set at $450 cash and
$3,500 surety.
Manuel Hurtado, 23,
Portland, was arrested
Aug. 15 by Decatur police
for possession of marijuana. Bond was set at $200
cash and $2,500 surety.
Gutierrez J. Hurtado,
24, Portland, was arrested Aug. 15 by Decatur
police for possession of
marijuana. Bond was set
at $200 cash and $2,500
surety.
Tony V. Simson, 26,
Decatur, was arrested
Aug. 14 by Berne police
for endangering. Bond
was set at $400 cash and
$3,000 surety.
Isiah A. Geels, 25,
Berne, was arrested Aug.
14 by Decatur police for
theft. Bond was set at
$200 cash and $2,500
surety.
Donna L. Engle, 65,
Geneva, was arrested
by Geneva police on a
charge of contempt of
court. Bond was set at
$1,282.61.
Jeffery A. Myers, 45,
Berne, was arrested by
sheriff’s deputies for possession of a legend drug,
operating a motor vehicle with a Schedule I or
II controlled substance,
possession of methamphetamine, possession of
marijuana and possession of hash oil. Bond
was set at $550 cash and
$5,000 surety.
PORTLAND, Ind. (AP)
— An eastern Indiana
man convicted of killing
his girlfriend’s 5-weekold daughter by slamming her head into pavement has been sentenced
to 65 years in prison.
The
22-year -old
Dalton R. Davis of Jay
County didn’t speak at
Wednesday’s sentencing
hearing, which he participated in via a video
link from the Jay County
Jail.
The (Muncie) Star
Press reports Jay Circuit
Judge Brian Hutchison
said he had ‘‘never seen
anything as senseless or
barbaric’’ as the death of
Lillian Grace Lloyd last
Sept. 28.
Davis, who was not
the baby’s father, told
police he was angry at
the child’s mother at
the time. An autopsy
showed Lillian likely died
instantly from massive
head injuries.
Davis pleaded guilty to
murder last month after
the state agreed not to
seek life without parole.
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lished a pay range for the
position between $34,728
and $37,165, and it was
required that Hirschy
be offered compensation
within those parameters.
Brown’s request to
replace
Everett
with
Hirschy was approved,
but her rate of pay was
not clarified. Brown will
apparently need to return
to council to justify
Hirschy’s salary.
her intention to step down
from a position with his
staff. He proposed replacing Everett with Court
Level III employee Jodi
Hirschy.
Brown recommended
bumping Hirschy’s current $28,560 salary to
Everett’s annual rate of
pay of $37,140. He rationalized that the “significant increase” in Hirschy’s
income was justified by
the “significant increase in
responsibility” that comes
with the new position.
Councilor
Randy
Colclasure reiterated his
oft-stated position that “I
have a problem starting
someone at the same rate
of pay as their predecessor. That’s quite a jump,”
he added.
Brown responded, “I
respect your opinion,” but
said the added responsibilities associated with the
position “has to equate to
extra compensation.”
Burry agreed, pointed
out that council has estab-
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-The Galley
Area Church Directory
BETHEL
BRETHREN
CHURCH
Thursday:
Evening Service, 7 p.m.
Our Purpose —
Please God Help People
718 E. Main St.,
————
Berne, IN 46711
NEW CORYDON
(260) 589-3381
Pastor Joseph Nass
BIBLE CHURCH
Sunday:
on Clay St. in New CorySunday School, 9 a.m.
don, Ind.
Morning Worship, 10
Pastor Patrick Young
a.m.
(260) 589-3028
Evening Service, 7 p.m.,
or (260) 525-2830
Wednesday:
9 a.m. Kids Club & SunPrayer and Bible Study,
day School
7:30 p.m.
10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
church service
————
7 p.m. Wednesday service
CROSS UNITED
CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Meeting at St. George
Episcopal Church,
1195 S. Hendricks St.,
Berne, Indiana 46711
Rev. Timothy Price
Sunday:
Sunday Worship, 9 a.m.
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FAITH BAPTIST
CHURCH
U.S. 27 & 700 S.,
Berne, IN 46711
(260) 589-3797
Pastor Travis Combest
Sunday:
Sunday School, 9:30
a.m.
Morning Service, 10:30
a.m.
Evening Service, 6:30
p.m.
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businesses below who
sponsor this directory
Berne Shopping News
Tuesday, August 23, 2016 • Page 5A
Rain dampens Kekionga Fest events 2 US swimmers leave Rio after
robbery scandal; 3rd pays fine
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP)
— Two American Olympic
swimmers were on their
way home Friday after
being pulled off a plane
a day earlier to testify
about an alleged robbery
at the Rio Olympics that
Brazilian police said was
made up. The lawyer for a
third U.S. swimmer said
he would make a $10,800
payment and leave Brazil
later in the day.
The drama surrounding the alleged robbery
of American swimmers
— and their ever-changing descriptions of it —
has shocked and deeply
angered Brazilians, who
said it cast a false negative shadow on their city
and their Olympics at a
time the country is eager
to prove it can host the
RAIN OR SHINE — Despite rain in the area Thursday night, several people games safely. The story
also
dominated
made the most of it, bundled up and took a carriage ride through the streets of has
Decatur. More photos — including the always popular Mayor’s challenge — will Olympic headlines, overshadowing the worthy
appear in the Aug. 30 edition of the Berne Shopping News.
accomplishments of athPhoto by Ashley Bailey
Indiana Audubon
Society releases
Big May Day
Bird Count numbers
The Indiana Audubon
Society’s Big May Day
Bird Count — or BMDBC
—was conducted statewide on May 14, with the
objective of counting the
number of birds of each
species that occurs in a
participating county from
midnight to midnight on
the second Saturday in
May.
The data collected provides a valuable scientific
record of the resident and
migratory bird populations occurring each year
in Indiana, according to
a press release from the
society.
Weather
conditions
were not ideal with the
average high temperature only 51.9 degrees
and average low of 43.4
degrees across the state.
Cloud cover, windy conditions and minimal precipitation were common
themes across the state.
Gibson, Green, Lake,
Porter and Vigo counties
each reported more than
150 individual species
seen, with Gibson County
taking top honors this
year with 180 species.
Fifty three of the 92
Indiana counties participated in this year’s count.
Compared to last year (32
counties), this was a dramatic increase of additional participation and,
according to the annual
data collected since 1991,
well above the average of
40.16.
letes who trained for years
just to get to Rio and set
records during their performances. The saga was
an enormous embarrassment for the U.S. Olympic
team, which has dominated in the medal count.
The rapid-fire developments early Friday
came hours after police
announced that Ryan
Lochte and three of his
teammates had not been
held at gunpoint after
a night of partying, as
Lochte claimed. Instead,
Brazilian police said the
men, while intoxicated,
vandalized a gas station
bathroom and were questioned by armed guards
before they paid for the
damage and left.
‘‘No robbery was committed against these athletes. They were not victims of the crimes they
claimed,’’ Civil Police Chief
Fernando Veloso told a
news conference.
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Streets
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Jars – Tapeon Full Basement w/ 2 Car
Bath Ranch
34’x 82’x14’ Barn w/Lean
To & Concrete
Feed
Lot, Drive
Thru Corn
Crib,
Dispensers
– 2 Burner
Cooktop
–Kelvinator
Freezer
– Homemade Smoke House – Honda 21” Elec Start
Attached Garage Situated on 2.3±Acres with a 36 x 54 x 20
Small Pond, Woods w/Balance
In Tillable
Ground
or Pasture.
Lawn Mower
(Like New)
– Honda
21” Lawn Mower – Toro Snow Blower – Stihl Weed Eater & Blower –
40–Jackson
x 88 x2 Wheel
14 Pole
Barn &
Tract 2: Husqvarna
65± AcresLeaf
of Tillable
for Road
Right of Battery
Way Barn
&Charger
Ditch
Blower –Ground
6’ LittleExcept
Giant ladder
– Schumacher
Wheelbarrow
– Additional Out Building.
Frigidaire
w/Garage
Kit – Craftsman
AirRoad
Compressor,
Tract 3: 156±
AcresFrig
of Tillable
Ground
Except for
Right ofSawall
Way -&Evinrude
Ditch Outboard Motor –Like New
Clothes
– Set of
MacGregor
Golf
– Shop
– Equalizer
Tract 4: Hunting
8± Acres
of Tillable
Ground
Except
forClubs
Road
RightStools
of Way
& DitchHitch – 6 & 8’ Werner Stepladders –
20’ Werner
Alum Ext.
V Grease
– Toro & of
Weed
Eater Lawn Mowers – B&D Cordless Trimmer –
Farm
To Be Offered
in–412
Tracts
and Gun
Combination
Tracts.
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IS–ONLY
APress
PARTIAL
LISTING….MANY
ChampionDown
4500
Generator
Easy
Mig200
– taxes
Hobart
Stickmate
Welder
Bench Drill
–
Terms: 10% Nonrefundable
payment
on each–Lincoln
tract. Taxes:
Buyer
assumes
due &
payable in205
MayAC
2017.
Seller will receive 2016 crop proceeds. Possession
of farm ground
after harvest
of 2016 crops
at closing
on
Commercial
Workbench
– Cutting
TorchandCart
–Oxy/Ace
Tanks –MORE
Jointer Planer
–
MISC.
ITEMS**
Notes
house & buildings. Survey & Title Policy to be provided with cost split 50/50 between buyer & seller.
Craftsman Table Saw, Jig Saw, Belt/Disc Sander, Jointer/Planer, Power Hacksaw, & 12
1: 11,801
Wood-Clamps
– DeWalt
Radial EQUIPMENT
Arm Saw – Belsaw
Planer – Power
Kraft Stick
Welder – - OUTSIDE ITEMS
TRUCKS - CAR
TRACTOR
- FARM
- GATOR
- GARDEN
TRACTORS
2006 F-150 Ext Cab XLT,
4 Dr,&5.4
Triton
Auto, 4x4,
Miles (1FTPX14556FA79323)
– 1996on
F-150
Single Cab
5.0 Auto, Loaded, 42k Miles
Hyd.
Air
Cylinders
& Loaded,
Hoses 106k
– Blackhawk
Floor Jack – Grinder
Pedestal
– Flex
(1FTEF15N37LA85630)Shaft
– 2010Grinder
Mercury Milan
3.0 Auto,
37k Miles,
Flex Fuel (3MEHMOJG5AR638781)
– JD Gator
– Rotary
Air Loaded,
Compressor
– Machinist
Tools & Gauges – 7 Tables
of 4x2 – John Deere 2440 (95538T)
w/JD 145 Bucket, 1984 hrs – JD 709 7’ Brush Mower (3pt) – New Idea Pull Cycle Bar Mower – Woods 3pt BH90-X Backhoe – JD 6’ Grader Blade (Quik Tach) –
Hand
Tools
Including
Snap
On,–SK,
Plus Lumber
Like new
ElecBack
Hand
Several Wood Gates – 300
Gallon
Fuel Tank
on StandCraftsman,
– 6’ x 10’ Utility
Trailer
StackCornwell
of Rough Sawn
– Cattle
Scratcher – Tractor Cylinder – Generac
– Elec
Bowling
Work
Bench
– 2 Wheel
Truck
– Deck (239Hrs) – Yard Trailer
5000w & 3000w KohlerTools
Generators
– JDMotors
345 20Hp–Hydro
w/48”Alley
Deck Wood
– 36” Snow
Blower
– Simplicity
16Hp Hand
Twin Hydro
w/44”
– Toro Lawn Mower – Floor
“TrotBilt”
Rear–Parts
Tine 4Hp
Tiller
– Milbank
Propane
Whole
House generator
Mini Tiller
– (2)Drawers
Sprayers w/12V
Fans
Bins
– Pallet
of New
Roll
Insulations
– Air–Tank
– Parts
– Pump – Weed Eaters – Step
Ladders (Various Sizes)
– Home
Lite ChainBlockSaw – BFuel
& S Power
Washer
Garden Tractor
Lift (Jack)
Gas Grill
& Several
Tanks – 26’
& 32’ Ext Ladders
Stack
of Cement
Oil Tank
– –Ground
Log Splitter
– –Barn
Siding
– Fiberglass
Stepladders
– Cage– Log
Chains – Gas Cans –Fans
Schwinn
Journey 2.0Mixer
Bike (NIB)
– Fishing
Equip–– Stainless
Drop & Broadcast
Yard &Pump
Garden-Tools
– Champion Singe Stack Trap Thrower
– Concrete
– Parts
Washers
Steele Spreaders
Table – –Barrel
Misc.
Sales
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– Leroy Summer 6 Stack Trap – Metal target – Misc. Farm Tires – Alum Truck tool Box – Scrap Alum Wire – Steel Cables – Horseshoes – Nuts, Bolts & Screws
SHOP TOOLS – GUN EQUIPMENT
FURNITURE – APPLIANCES
– HOUSEHOLD
Ryobi 9” Table Top Band Saw – Clarke Table Top Drill Press – 12 spd. Bench Drill – Bench Grinder & Polisher – H.W. Cotton Small Lathe – OxyAce Torch Outfit
– Campbell/Hausfield
5 HpComm.
Upright &Sewing
3 Hp Air Machine
Compressors
CraftsmanOffice
Grinder
On Stand
– Central
Pneumatic
Compressor
– Air Tank – Lincoln Stick Welder
National
– –Dunbar
Chair
– Pride
Power
LiftAirChair
–
FURNITURE
– HOUSEHOLD
Sander
– Delta Scroll Saw–– 50’s
U.S.
General
& Kennedy
Tool Boxes onStand
Homak, Kennedy
& Proto–Top Chests – US General Tool
Rockers/Recliners
-w/
Hall
Tree
– Desks
– Microwave
–– Wood
File Cabinet
China & Curio Cabinets –– Disc
Sofa
–Glider
Rockers –Craftsman,
DR Lamp
Table
4 Chairs
(2) –Lower
D.R.
Table w/6Casters
Chairs
– Wicker
Patio
Furniture & Table – Sleeper Sofa – Double
Cart – 1 ½ Ton Floor Jack – 2 Ton Cherry Picker – Dust Collector – Roller Conveyor Stands – Wood Working Vise – Hand Truck – Plastic Welder – Folding Saw
Horizontal,
Vertical
Cabinets
––Wentworth
Clock
–Sears
& Crosley
Bed w/ Brass Headboard
– 2– Jump
Cedar
–Lateral
NeedleFile
Dresser
–Wall
Buffet
– Misc.
& Sofas
3 Pc
CornerTools
Desk
Ensemble – Book
Horses
PackChest
– 6” Vise(1-Lane)
– Mini Air&Compressor
–Point
Hand
&Chair
Elec. Tools
Including Makita
Finishing
Sander,Chairs
Mini
Chop
Saw, Shop–Vacs
– Craftsman
– Bar
Refrigerators
Frigidaire
TopFloor
– Amana
Chest
– Pressure
Canner
FFFrontier–Hitachi
Shelves – Kneehole Desk
& Chair
– Whirlpool
Refrigerator
– Sm
Safe
– LG
ColorFreezer
TV
– Whirlpool
Upright
Bakery
Machine – Box
& Corner
Clamps
– Levels – –Wood
Planes – Glass
Ladder
Jacks
–Stove
Kerosene
Heater
– Expandable
Wood
Plank
– Chilton
Manuals––Freezer
(2)
Gun Safes Home
& a smaller
one
– Gun Vise,
Books &- Cleaning
Equipment
Cutter
Color
TV
– LCD
Monitor
–Large
Lots Lamps
of Cookware
Glassware
– Electric
Fan – Metal Cabinets – White
Mountain
Ice Cream
Freezer
– Table
& Floor
– Ping&Pong
TableItems
– Hoover
Steam Vac – Electrolux Tank Sweeper – Pots,
ANTIQUES
–Coleman
COLLECTIBLES
–– HAM
RADIOS
& EQUIPMENT
Hospital
Bed––Board
Office
Chairs ––Strato
Lounger
Armoire
– Overstuffed
Chair
– Fiesta
by
Pans,
& Dishes
Games
Ice –Chest
Christmas
& Halloween
Decorations
– MISC.
Maytag Sq. Tub Ringer Washer – Pitcher Pump – Lightning Rod Balls – Nail Kegs – Sled – Fence Stretcher – Leather Vice – Wood Burning Laundry Stove – Milk
Amigo – Book Shelves – Lamps – Desks – Shelving – Bedroom Suite – Twin & Double Beds – Misc.
Can – Old GE 18” Fan – V.L. Raymond, U.S. Organ, Cleveland, OH Pump Organ – Copper Apple Butter Kettle – Drop Front Secretary – Flat Top Trunk – Replogle
12” Starlite Globe – (6) Cane Bottom Chairs – Drop
Leaf Table – Old GWW
Lamp (Cuccess) – Elec GWW Lamps – Stiffel Lamps – Plank Bottom Chairs (3) – Hand
ANTIQUES
& COLLECTIBLES
Painted Pictures
by Mary Schaadt – Hall Tree – Butter Churn – Teacher’s School Bell – Old Cookie Jar – Brass Bell – York 75 Trumpet – “Nixon Years” Newspapers
Krueckeberg
Auction
&–Realty
Old telephones
– Carrom
Board
Maude
&
Bob
St
Clair
Paperweight
–
Clamp
On Roller
Skates
– Fern
– Pyrex
– Kerosene
Lamps
– Dry Sink – LOTS OF HAM RADIO EQUIPMENT – ANTENNA – Lots of Pattern
Glass, Blue
Opalescent
Pcs, Stand
Fenton Cranberry
Opalescent
Basket, Currier
& – Old Cookie Jar –
Approx.
70 Crocks,
-–1:24
Scale
CarsCage
– Jars
IG &Slag
Pitcher
– Depression
Cracker
Jar –w/Chest
LE Smith
Punch
Germany
China
1030 S. 13th Street
Pitcher
Figurines
– Bird
Hoop
Stand
–Fosteria
1847Glass
Rogers
Silverware
– Bowl
LOTS
MISC
ITEMS
Ives
Plates,
Bowls,Race
Blue
Canning
American
Pattern
– Silverware
–w/Chest
Collector
Bird
Plates––OF
Vienna
Austria
China– – Bavaria &
Fostoria
PcsPlates
– Longaberger
Baskets
Iris
– Clarinet
– Quilt
Top ––Erector
Old License
Plates
X BoxBoard
& Games
& Controllers
– Stretcher
Hummel
– (2) Sm Kewpie
Dolls ––RS
HatBowl
Pin Holder
– Compass
Collection
Set – Dough
Pan –– Carrom
– Quilting
Frame – Curtain
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– Wood Surveyor Tri Pod
– RifleBoy
Box–– Vermont
Tractor SeatRoyal
– BerneWheat
High Yearbooks
Van Wert, Adams
Co, &
Co Books – Cameras – Doilies – Old Toys –
Game
China ––Pflatzgraff
Dishes
– Mercer/Van
36 ApolloWert
Glasses
TRUCK
EQUIPMENT
– TOOLS
Virna 7 pc. Etched Wine Set
– SingleCast
Oak Iron
Bed Frame
Hat
Box (Pure
Beaver
Fur
LLORKs
of New
Haven)
––
Schwinn
Exercise Bike – Display Case – Misc.
– Eagle
Bell- ––OUTSIDE
Corning
& Pyrex
– Galv.
Drink
Dispenser
Sunbeam
COLLECTIBLES –ANTIQUES –RC EQUIPMENT
Husqvarna YTH 22V 46 Garden Tractor –Mixmaster
Simplicity– Mower
w/–38”
Deck
Ford
Ranger
V6 (1FTYR10U02PB08954)
147k Miles - Snapper 30” SP Snow
APPLIANCES
–2002
FURNITURE
– HOUSEHOLD
Brass Bell
Lenox
– 8 –Track
Tape
Deck
– Pentax
Cameras – Vintage
Blower – Schwinn & Huffy
Girl’s
Bikes ––Maytag
Earthquake
Tiller
– “Jari”
– Speedway
––Werner
8’ Stepladder
28’ Alum
Ext Ladder – 6’
Black
Refrigerator
Washer &Set
Elec–VMX
Dryer
–Gee
ChestBrush
Freezer
Kitchen(New)
Table
w/6
Chairs OnBench
Wheels
–Grinder
Power
Recliner
– Lift Chair
– Pine Chest of –Drawers
–
Kitchen
Bee
R-2–Mower
Plane
– Champ
RTF
Plane
(New)
‘Nettie”
Sewing
Rocker – Portable
Conditioner
– Mini–Frig
Dehumidifier
– Baldwin
Grandfather
Clock –Chairs
Small Curio
Cabinets
– 3pc– &Swing
4 pc Double
Bedroom
Alum Stepladder – Hand,
Yard
& Garden
Tools Air
– Lawn
50–Gal
Gas
Tank
on Stand
– Lawn
Bath
Frame
– Lawn Roller – Lg
Helicopter
(New)Wagon
– Transmitter
(New)
– RC
Charger
& Model
Engine
(New)– –Bird
Suites – (2) Recliners – Several Upholstered Chairs – (6) Bookshelves – File Cabinets – Desk – Oak Office Chair – Cedar Chest – Table w/2 Chairs – Sofas – Wall
Animal Live Trap – Wagons – BB
Goal
Old Vise
Cobra
CB–Radio
(New)– Leaf Broom – Gas Cans – MISC.
Mirror – Kneehole Desk – Chrome Dinette w/3 Chairs – Kitchen Table w/4 Chairs – LG Flat Panel Color TV – Floor & table Lamps – Pots, Pans, Dishes – Correlle
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– Revere
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Sewing Machine
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– Zenith
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As two of the swimmers, Gunnar Bentz
and Jack Conger, were
whisked through airport
security and onto a plane
home Thursday night,
their attorney insisted
they had nothing to do
with Lochte’s story. Lochte
himself left the country
earlier this week.
YOUR EYES
by
Dr. Steven A.
DeGroff
Doctor of Optometry
Family EyE CarE
Researchers Regrow
Corneas – First
Known Tissue Grown
From An Adult
Human Stem Cell
Researchers have identified
a way to enhance regrowth of
human corneal tissue to restore vision, using a molecule
known as ABCB5 that acts
as a marker for hard-to-find
limbal stem cells. This work
provides promise to burn
victims, victims of chemical
injury and others with damaging eye diseases. The research
is also one of the first known
examples of constructing a
tissue from an adult-derived
human stem cell.
Limbal stem cells reside
in the eye’s basal limbal epithelium, or limbus, and help
maintain and regenerate corneal tissue. Their loss due
to injury or disease is one of
the leading causes of blindness. In the past, tissue or cell
transplants have been used to
help the cornea regenerate,
but it was unknown whether
there were actual limbal stem
cells in the grafts, or how
many, and the outcomes were
not consistent.
In this study, researchers
were able to use antibodies detecting ABCB5 to zero
in on the stem cells in tissue
from deceased human donors and use them to regrow
anatomically correct, fully
functional human corneas in
mice.
Limbal stem cells are very
rare, and successful transplants are dependent on these
rare cells. This finding will
now make it much easier to
restore the corneal surface. It’s
a very good example of basic
research moving quickly to a
translational application.
Brought to you as a public service by:
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Rare Tyrannosaurus rex skull
arrives at Seattle museum
GO FISH — The North Adams Arts Council division of Performing Arts recently held its summer music
camp performance of “Go Fish” at Common Ground Church. Shown above are cast members, in front
from left, Jaylee Hill, Janessa King, Laney Shoaf, Kavya Aschliman and Riley Thieme. In back are Lauren
Goble, Savannah King, Sophie Johnson, Charlee Seitz, Makaelyn Shoaf, and Sam Johnson. Registration
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Will third-party candidates be spoilers?
By VERONICA CARTER
Indiana News Service
INDIANAPOLIS — Presidential
candidates Hillary Clinton and
Donald Trump are dominating the
headlines, but in many states, other
names will be on the November
ballot. Former GOP congressional
aide Evan McMullin announced
his candidacy last week. He joined
third-party and independent candidates, including Gary Johnson of
the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein
with the Green Party.
John Clark, professor of political science at Western Michigan
University explained the nation’s
long two-party system tradition
makes it nearly impossible for
anyone other than major-party
candidates to win the presidency.
“Unless you count maybe Ross
Perot’s run in 1992, there hasn’t
been a minor-party candidate or
an independent candidate that’s
had close to 20 percent of the
national vote,” he said. “And it’s
been a long time since one has
won any Electoral College votes.”
The electoral system is based on
plurality rule, with the win going
to the candidate who gets the
most votes. Clark said the result
is a two-party system that would
take a constitutional amendment
to change. But he noted thirdparty and independent candidates
do serve a purpose by shaping
election outcomes in the short
term, or major political parties in
the long run.
This year, Clark expects minor
parties to play the role of spoiler,
and cited the best example as
Ralph Nader’s Green Party campaign in 2000. While Nader didn’t
receive a lot of votes, Clark said it
was a close election, where even
200 votes in a state like Florida
could have changed the outcome
to swing in Al Gore’s favor instead
of President George W. Bush.
“This may or may not be that
kind of super-close election, but
there’s every reason to think that
it’s not going to be a huge landslide,” he added. “And if that’s
the case, then siphoning off votes
from one of the major-party candidates could mean that one of
these minor-party candidates is a
spoiler.”
A poll last week showed in a
four-candidate race, Clinton was
ahead of Trump, 44 to 38 percent;
Libertarian Gary Johnson had 10
percent of the vote; and Green
Party candidate Jill Stein got four
percent.
SEATTLE (AP) — Paleontologists with Seattle’s
Burke Museum have unearthed the bones of a
Tyrannosaurus rex that lived more than 66 million
years ago, including a rare nearly complete 4-foot long
skull.
The remarkable discovery includes the dinosaur’s
vertebrae, ribs, hips and lower jaw bones, and represents about 20 percent of the meat-eating predator.
Several dozen scientists, volunteers, students and
others worked over the summer to excavate the bones
in the Hell Creek Formation in Montana, a site well
known for fossil finds.
The team later encased the massive skull in a protective plaster cast, lifted the 2,500-pound load onto a
flatbed truck with the help of local Montana ranchers
and drove it to Seattle. The skull was unloaded at the
Burke Museum Thursday.
The plaster-covered skull will be on display to the
public for several weeks starting Saturday. Over the
next year, paleontologists will painstakingly work on
removing the rock around the skull.
Scientists estimate the dinosaur is 85 percent the
size of the largest T. rex discovered and, based on the
size of its skull, lived about 15 years. They believe
this T. rex roamed the earth in the late Cretaceous
period.
There are only 14 other nearly complete T. rex
skulls that have been found, the museum said.
‘‘We think the Tufts-Love Rex is going to be an
iconic specimen for the Burke Museum and the state
of Washington and will be a must-see for dinosaur
researchers as well,’’ Gregory Wilson, a University of
Washington biology professor and adjunct curator of
vertebrate paleontology at the Burke Museum, said in
a statement. He led the expedition team.
The T. rex is named after two museum paleontology volunteers, Jason Love and Luke Tufts, who were
combing for fossils when they came across large fossilized vertebrae sticking out of a rocky hillside last
summer.
The two were with a team collecting fossils as part
of the Hell Creek Project, currently led by Wilson and
started by Jack Horner, who discovered the world’s
first dinosaur embryos, and Nathan Myhrvold, former Microsoft chief technology officer who is a Burke
Museum research associate.
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Naked Donald Trump statues pop up in cities across the US
NEW YORK (AP) —
It’s Donald Trump like
you’ve never seen him
before.
Life-size naked statues of the Republican
presidential
nominee
greeted passers-by in
New York, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, Seattle and
Cleveland on Thursday.
They are the brainchild
of an activist collective
called INDECLINE, which
has spoken out against
Trump before.
In a statement, the
collective said the hope is
that Trump, the former
host of ‘‘The Apprentice’’
reality TV series, ‘‘is
never installed in the
most powerful political
and military position in
the world.’’
The statues were
created by an artist in
Cleveland. They are of a
stern-faced Trump with
his hands folded over a
bulging belly. Some parts
of male genitalia are visible while others seemingly are missing.
‘‘It is through these
sculptures that we leave
behind the physical and
metaphorical embodiment of the ghastly soul
of one of America’s most
infamous and reviled
politicians,’’ INDECLINE
said in its statement.
Trump’s
campaign
declined to comment on
the statues.
A statue in New York’s
Union Square quickly
drew the attention of people, many of whom posed
for photographs with it,
before it was removed by
the city’s parks department.
‘‘NYC Parks stands
firmly against any unpermitted erection in city
parks, no matter how
small,’’ parks spokesman
Sam Biederman joked.
A video posted by
DNAInfo showed onlook-
ers booing and groaning as workers snapped
the statue off its base,
leaving the feet behind,
and loaded it face-down
into the back of a pickup truck. One woman
yelled, ‘‘Take his nasty
feet, too!’’
Democratic Mayor Bill
de Blasio, when asked
about the naked Trump
statue, said, ‘‘That is
a frightening thought.
When
he’s
wearing
clothes I don’t like him.’’
INDECLINE said statues on the West Coast
were still in place.
This
wasn’t
the
group’s first anti-Trump
endeavor. The collective
also has spray-painted a
U.S.-Mexico border fence
in Tijuana, Mexico, with
an image of a gagged
Trump.
The group’s other
projects have included
putting the names of
African-Americans killed
by police over the inlaid
stars on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame and painting the words ‘‘This Land
Was Our Land’’ across
an unused airstrip in the
Mojave Desert.
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googly-eyed cuteness,
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Smithsonian Institution.
The creature could be a
new species, he wrote in
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Undersea surprise: Big-eyed
A team of scientists
and technicians scanning the rocky ocean floor
off Southern California
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excitement when they
spotted a bright-purple, googly-eyed stubby
squid.
They let out a collective
‘‘whoa’’ on video posted
on the Exploration Vessel
Nautilus’ Facebook page
as a camera on a remoteoperated vehicle came
across the iridescent
cephalopod with giant
round eyes.
Then the jokes started. ‘‘He has weird eyes!’’
said one enthusiastic
observer. ‘‘Get close! Get
close!’’ urges another.
One
suggested
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resembled
a
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said the creature’s eyes
appeared to be painted
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‘‘It looks so fake,’’
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Nautilus’ team.
The creature looks like
a cross between a squid
and an octopus but is
closely related to a cuttlefish, according to the
Nautilus Live website.
The find could be more
than just bemusing.
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