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"Kevin Sullivan",
"Washington Post"
] | 2016-08-29T06:50:13 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2FPreppers-gird-selves-for-end-of-the-world-14949005.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13249111/14962916.jpg | en | null | Preppers gird selves for end of the world | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | HAYDEN, Idaho – Don and Jonna Bradway recently cashed out of the stock market and invested in gold and silver. They have stockpiled food and ammunition in the event of a total economic collapse or some other calamity commonly known around here as “The End of the World As We Know It” or “SHTF” – the day something hits the fan.
The Bradways fled California, a state they said is run by “leftists and non-Constitutionalists and anti-freedom people,” and settled on several wooded acres of north Idaho five years ago. They live among like-minded conservative neighbors, host Monday night Bible study, hike in the mountains and fish from their boat.
They melt lead to make their own bullets for sport shooting and hunting – or to defend themselves against marauders in a world-ending cataclysm.
“I’m not paranoid, I’m really not,” said Bradway, 68, a cheerful Army veteran with a bushy handlebar mustache who favors Hawaiian shirts. “But we’re prepared.”
The Bradways are among the vanguard moving to an area of the Pacific Northwest known as the American Redoubt, a term coined in 2011 by survivalist author and blogger James Wesley, Rawles (the comma is deliberate) to describe a settlement of the God-fearing in a lightly populated territory that includes Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and the eastern parts of Washington and Oregon.
Those migrating to the Redoubt are some of the most motivated members of what is known as the prepper movement, which advocates readiness and self-reliance in man-made or natural disasters that could create instability for years.
They are anxious about recent terrorist attacks from Paris to San Bernardino, California, to Orlando, Florida; pandemics such as Ebola in West Africa; potential nuclear attacks from increasingly provocative countries such as North Korea or Iran; and the growing political, economic and racial polarization in the United States that has deepened during the 2016 presidential election.
Nationally, dozens of online prepper suppliers report an increase in sales of items from water purifiers to hand-cranked radios to solar-powered washing machines. Harvest Right, a Utah company that invented a $3,000 portable freeze dryer to preserve food, has seen sales grow from about 80 a month two years ago to more than 900 a month now, said spokesman Stephanie Barlow.
Clyde Scott, owner of Rising S Bunkers, said pre-made, blast-proof underground steel bunkers are in big demand, including his most popular model, which sleeps six to eight people and sells for up to $150,000.
“Anybody with a peanut-sized brain,” he said, can see that the U.S. economy is in perilous shape because of the national debt, the decline of American manufacturing and the size of the welfare rolls.
Some people worry about hurricanes, earthquakes or forest fires. Others fear a nuclear attack or solar flare that creates an electromagnetic pulse that knocks out the nation’s electric grid and all computers, sending the country into darkness and chaos – perhaps forever.
“The list is long; the concerns are many,” said Glenn Martin, who lives in north Idaho and runs Prepper Broadcasting Network, an online radio station. “Imagine a societal collapse and trying to buy a loaf of bread in Los Angeles or New York and stores are closed down.”
Martin’s programming emphasizes gardening, farming and how-to shows about sustainable living more than “doom and gloom,” he said, and his audience has grown from 50,000 listeners a month two years ago to about 250,000 a month now.
Online interest in prepper and American Redoubt websites is increasing. Tools that measure online readership show that monthly search traffic to Rawles’ survivalblog.com has doubled since 2011; an estimate from SimilarWeb, a Web analytics firm, shows that the site had about 862,000 total visits last month.
Rawles’ guidebook, “How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It,” and his post-apocalyptic survival novel, “Patriots,” have sold about 350,000 copies, according to Nielsen BookScan. They are among hundreds of available survivalist books.
In response to all the uncertainty, more and more preppers are not simply stocking up at home. They are moving their homes – to the Redoubt, a seldom-used term for stronghold or fortress.
It is impossible to know exactly how many people have come over the past few years, but newcomers, real estate agents, local officials and others said it was in the hundreds, or perhaps even a few thousand, across all five states.
Here, they live in a pristine place of abundant water and fertile soil, far from urban crime, free from most natural disasters and populated predominantly by conservative, mostly Christian people with a live-and-let-live ethos and local governments with a light regulatory touch and friendly gun laws.
Strong market for prepper homes
Many drawn to the Redoubt are former police, firefighters and military. Most said they would vote for Donald Trump as the “lesser of two evils,” and they said Hillary Clinton would make an already bloated and ineffective government even bigger.
“I don’t want to be one of the guys waiting for help,” said Patrick Devine, 54, a former paramedic in Los Angeles who moved two years ago at a friend’s urging.
Devine said he had firsthand knowledge of chaos and government failure, earned from working numerous shootings and earthquakes, particularly in Haiti in 2010.
“I can’t stop it. But I can prepare myself to the best of my ability for anything that does come and be helpful to other people,” said Devine, who works at a local gun range and wears a 9 mm pistol on his hip.
“I love this place,” said Chris Walsh, as he buzzed low over sparkling Lake Coeur d’Alene in his mustard-colored Beechcraft Bonanza airplane.
A Detroit native, Walsh, 53, runs Revolutionary Realty, which specializes in selling real estate to those moving to the American Redoubt. He said he has sold hundreds of properties in the last five years.
He lives off the grid in a house high on a hill overlooking a lake, producing his own electricity from 100 solar panels. But he is also a few miles from restaurants and shopping in Coeur d’Alene, a popular tourist destination.
Walsh said most of the prepper properties he sells generally have key features: at least two sources of water, solar panels or another alternative energy source, ample secure storage space for a few years’ worth of supplies, and a defensible location away from main roads and city centers.
Such amenities don’t come cheap; the average property sells for between $250,000 and $550,000, he said, but some go for more than $2 million. Walsh said a basic solar array can cost around $15,000, while more elaborate systems can cost 10 times that.
Much of the Redoubt migration is motivated by fears that President Barack Obama – and his potential successor, Clinton – want to scrap the Second Amendment, as part of what transplants see as a dangerous and anti-constitutionalist movement toward government that is too intrusive and hostile to personal liberties.
Local unease over extremists
Trevor Treller, 44, who carries a small Smith & Wesson pistol on his hip, moved to north Idaho last year from Long Beach, California, and recently paid a little less than $400,000 for a defensible three-bedroom house on five wooded acres.
Treller, a sommelier at a local resort, said Obama was a key factor in his decision. He said the president has inflamed racial tensions in America, presided over a dangerous expansion of the national debt, been “hostile” to Second Amendment rights and failed to curtail the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran.
Treller settled on Coeur d’Alene after scouring city-data.com, a website where he looked for his ideal mix: conservative election results, low crime rates, solid incomes, low population density, affordable housing – and few illegal immigrants, because he said they erode “American culture.”
In north Idaho, the narrow panhandle that stretches to the Canadian border, many people on the streets of pretty towns such as Coeur d’Alene, Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry have never heard of the American Redoubt.
That’s mainly because of the prepper ethos of privacy – most don’t even tell their neighbors they have years’ worth of food in a safe room.
Several locals did express unease about their new ammo-stockpiling neighbors.
“I don’t have a problem with preppers, but it’s the extremists people don’t want around – the fringe, the radicals. That’s the concern I hear from people,” said Mike Peterson, a real estate agent in Bonners Ferry and retired Los Angeles firefighter and EMT.
State Sen. Shawn Keough, a 20-year veteran Republican legislator who represents north Idaho, recently fought off a tough GOP primary challenge in which she was labeled a “progressive traitor” by Alex Barron, a blogger who calls himself the Bard of the American Redoubt.
“We’re certainly not oblivious to the turmoil in the world and not oblivious to the huge challenges we have at the national level,” Keough said. “But those who subscribe to the ‘world is coming to an end’ theory, people tend to shake their heads at those folks. They come across as paranoid.” | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Preppers-gird-selves-for-end-of-the-world-14949005 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/4278a434e1ea566a23afd0377c4007a7f3412d9246ef48b7970f9100b7008e7c.json |
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"Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-31T06:51:07 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fcolleges%2Flocal-colleges%2FColiseum-makes-bid-to-host-NCAA-events-14993205.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Coliseum makes bid to host NCAA events | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | A collaboration of local entities is making an attempt to bring NCAA tournament events to Fort Wayne.
Memorial Coliseum and Visit Fort Wayne have teamed with IPFW and Manchester University to submit bids for NCAA Division I and III championships in four sports for 2018-19 through 2021-22.
Among the bids are Division I men’s basketball First Four games and first- and second-round games in 2019-22; Division I women’s basketball regionals in 2019-22; Division III women’s volleyball finals in 2019-21; Division III men’s basketball finals in 2019-22; Division III women’s basketball finals in 2019-22; and Division III men’s wrestling regionals in 2019-21.
The bids are a result of an effort to reintroduce Fort Wayne to the NCAA and position the city as a premier championship host community, according to a news release. More than 400 predetermined championship sites will be awarded for 24 different NCAA sports.
Event sites and hosts will be announced in December.
“We are excited at the prospect of adding to our championship résumé,” Memorial Coliseum General Manager Randy Brown said in the release. “Our objective has been, and will continue to be, to execute the technical aspects of the championship flawlessly, while ensuring that each student-athlete is left with a memorable experience – win or lose.”
The Coliseum has hosted four NCAA events – the men’s volleyball championships in 1988, 1994 and 2000, and the Division I men’s hockey Midwest Regional in 2010. It will host the Division III wrestling Midwest Regional in 2017, with Manchester the host school.
“We have prepared proposals that demonstrate our city’s ability to provide the facilities, hotels, attractions and amenities to ensure a successful and enjoyable experience for student-athletes, coaches and fans,” Visit Fort Wayne President Dan O’Connell said. “We are extremely grateful to our local NCAA member universities for partnering with us to bid on these high profile tournaments.” | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/colleges/local-colleges/Coliseum-makes-bid-to-host-NCAA-events-14993205 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/d32a55d0edc9eeea3dc42a81c98c3818e735fa4e03e7dac1413cba31cdda6560.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:50:23 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2FTroopers-say-alcohol-involved-in-Tennessee-fire-truck-wreck-15002092.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Troopers say alcohol involved in Tennessee fire truck wreck | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | DICKSON, Tenn. – The Tennessee Highway Patrol says alcohol was involved in the wreck of a fire truck that overturned on its way to a house fire.
The Tennessean reports that the tanker truck carrying three Vanleer volunteer firefighters missed a turn Saturday morning and ran off of the road.
Driver David Boutcher told investigators the air brakes didn't work at the time of the crash.
The THP says Boutcher and another firefighter had been drinking alcohol before the wreck. Both were suspended and the THP said charges are pending.
The tanker had been on the way to a fire caused by a lightning strike. Another volunteer fire crew was already on the scene but the house was a total loss.
Vanleer is about 40 miles west of Nashville.
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Information from: The Tennessean. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Troopers-say-alcohol-involved-in-Tennessee-fire-truck-wreck-15002092 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/592e985c4a190e8be0ed6a245d12729dcd3a0dc15112df4335bed5ef654543f6.json |
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"Chris Goff",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-28T20:49:34 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Ffull-count%2FGame-133--TinCaps--60-72--vs--West-Michigan--66-61--14959166.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Game 133: TinCaps (60-72) vs. West Michigan (66-61) | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The TinCaps have Emmanuel Ramirez going against southpaw Eudis Idrogo on Bark in the Park at Parkview Field. Counting this one, there are only five home games left in the regular season. This is the last day game at home.
Here is the lineup for Fort Wayne.
Kodie Tidwell LF
Chris Baker SS
Austin Allen C
Carlos Belen 3B
Brad Zunica 1B
Jose Carlos Urena DH
Jhonatan Pena RF
Alan Garcia CF
Peter Van Gansen 2B
Ramirez P
And here is manager Andrew Graham's lineup for the Whitecaps.
Jose Zambrano 3B
Will Maddox 1B
Will Allen DH
Joey Havrilak RF
Jose Azocar CF
Cam Gibson LF
Brett Pirtle 2B
Franklin Navarro C
Leo Laffita
Idrogo P | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/full-count/Game-133--TinCaps--60-72--vs--West-Michigan--66-61--14959166 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/7659a4b03c231d3fd311c8128c45f02fe5e84b87feedfacfb30b9407f751b97e.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T06:48:55 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fmlb%2FBryant-s-2-run-homer-rallies-Cubs-past-Dodgers-6-4-in-10-f8c9c210.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13246498/741b304f658e4e55b950d4b73c5e0b34.jpg | en | null | Bryant's 2-run homer rallies Cubs past Dodgers 6-4 in 10 | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | LOS ANGELES – Kris Bryant hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the 10th inning to go with an earlier solo shot, lifting the Chicago Cubs over the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Friday night in the series opener between NL division leaders.
Bryant's 35th homer capped a comeback from an earlier two-run deficit and extended the Cubs' winning streak to four games. Chicago fans chanted "MVP! MVP!" as Bryant scored behind Dexter Fowler, who singled leading off.
Chicago improved to 19-4 in August while earning its major league-leading 82nd victory.
Travis Wood (4-0) got the victory with one inning of relief. Aroldis Chapman struck out two in the 10th to earn his 10th save.
Adam Liberatore (2-1) took the loss, allowing two runs and four hits in one inning. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/mlb/Bryant-s-2-run-homer-rallies-Cubs-past-Dodgers-6-4-in-10-f8c9c210 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/218e7a554c91457c780966d3920220bb879c5c00588a39fdd652ee5c3217fb7e.json |
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"Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-27T06:49:29 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fhigh-schools%2FBulldogs-beat-up-on-Lakeland-14937190.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Bulldogs beat up on Lakeland | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | NEW HAVEN – New Haven’s football team has a lot of weapons – on both offense and defense – and made everyone aware of it in a lopsided 62-26 victory Friday over Lakeland.
Nishawn Jones may have stood out the most with four touchdowns – two rushing, one receiving and one on a punt return – but he was hardly alone as the Bulldogs racked up 439 yards of offense on just 40 plays.
“It’s always good to have a lot of different players to get the ball to, who can do different things,” said Jones, who rushed 10 times for 146 yards, had two catches for 60 yards and added a 58-yard punt return for a 34-7 lead with 6:16 remaining in the second quarter.
Keshawn Moore completed 10 of 14 passes for 133 yards and three touchdowns. James Gardner and Bryan Sexton reeled in touchdown catches. And Zel Banks had a 51-yard punt return for a touchdown, making it 55-7 with 7:43 left in the third.
“We’ve got a lot of guys that can make plays and we showed that tonight. We’ve just got to be humble and get better every week,” said Bulldogs coach Jim Rowland, whose team had defeated Heritage 42-0 in Week 1.
The rest of the Northeast Eight had better take notice.
“Most definitely, we have a lot of momentum. We have a lot of key players who can do a lot of different things. We have a great offensive line and I hope to keep getting better,” Jones said.
Lakeland (0-2) was led by Eli Wallace, who rushed 20 times for 178 yards and two touchdowns. But the Bulldogs’ defense was stingy when the first-stringers were in; T.J. Whitt had an interception and Ivan Upshaw had five solo tackles.
BISHOP DWENGER 30, NORTH SIDE 6: The visiting Saints pulled away from the Legends 20-0 in the second half. T.J. McGarry ran for two touchdowns for Dwenger (2-0). North Side (0-2) had only 124 total yards in the loss.
NORTHROP 35, SOUTH SIDE 20: The Bruins (1-1) got two second-half touchdowns to pull away from the visiting Archers (0-2). Garrett Schoenle led Northrop with 168 passing yards and two touchdowns, while Casey Lawrence ran for 106 yards and two scores.
BISHOP LUERS 21, WAYNE 13: The Knights (1-1) scored a single touchdown in the first, second and fourth quarter. J’Lyn Charlton ran for 158 yards and a touchdown. The host Generals (0-2) led 13-7 after the first quarter and got 134 rushing yards from Dayln Hart.
LEO 34, ANGOLA 17: Quarterback A.J. Restivo threw for 137 yards and two touchdowns in the Lions’ road win. Leo (2-0) led 27-3 at halftime against Angola (1-1).
SOUTH ADAMS 10, BELLMONT 7: The visiting Starfires (1-1) outscored the Braves (0-2) 10-0 in the second half. Marcus Teeter had a touchdown, while Andres Martinez’s 36-yard field goal in the fourth quarter was the difference.
GARRETT 28, DEKALB 14: The Railroaders improved to 2-0 with the road win against their county rivals. Tanner Burns led Garrett with a passing touchdown, as well as one on the ground. The Barons fell to 0-2.
WHITKO 20, COLUMBIA CITY 14: Hunter Reed ran for 97 yards and two touchdowns for the visiting Wildcats (2-0). The Eagles fell to 0-2.
WOODLAN 53, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0: Quarterback Justin Durkes threw for 249 yards and four touchdowns, receiver Trevon McCarter had 145 yards and three scores and running back Jack Rhoades ran for 205 yards and a touchdown for the visiting Warriors. Woodlan (2-0) outgained Prairie Heights (0-2) 496-2.
BLUFFTON 12, MANCHESTER 7: The visiting Tigers got 152 rushing yards and a touchdown from Adam Baumgartner in the win. Bluffton (1-1) scored touchdowns in the second and third quarter, while Manchester (0-2) got a touchdown in the second.
ADAMS CENTRAL 28, EASTSIDE 14: The Blazers outgained the Jets 328-289 in the road loss. Adams Central (2-0) got 92 rushing yards and two touchdowns from Logan Macklin. Eastside fell to 0-2.
CHURUBUSCO 18, LEWIS CASS 12: The Eagles got an overtime touchdown from Tom Richards to beat the host Kings. Churubusco improved to 2-0 with the non-conference win.
WAWASEE 48, WEST NOBLE 7: Tyler Smith ran for 128 yards and four touchdowns, while Cole Vanlue also had 128 rushing yards with two touchdowns for the host Warriors (2-0). West Noble fell to 0-2. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-schools/Bulldogs-beat-up-on-Lakeland-14937190 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/a498b0b6f3bce8d410a1647e6389fc0519365a8a2df045b15fe2b5350241f4e4.json |
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"Tom Connolly",
"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-29T02:49:51 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fmlb%2FStewart--4-relievers-throw-4-hitter--Dodgers-beat-Cubs-1-0-14965275.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Stewart, 4 relievers throw 4-hitter; Dodgers beat Cubs 1-0 | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | LOS ANGELES – Corey Seager has become an NL MVP Award candidate as a rookie with timely homers and a big batting average.
He made himself the difference in a game Sunday just by running hard to second base.
Brock Stewart and four relievers combined on a four-hitter and Andrew Toles scored on a fielder's choice in the eighth inning thanks to Seager's hustle, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers over Jon Lester and the Chicago Cubs 1-0.
With one out in the eighth, pinch-hitter Toles was hit by a pitch, and then Trevor Cahill (3-4) threw away Howie Kendrick's short roller, allowing Toles to reach third.
After an intentional walk to Seager and a strikeout, Adrian Gonzalez hit a soft grounder to the left side, away from the shifted Cubs' defense. Javier Baez stumbled backward to field it and made a casual throw to late-arriving second baseman Ben Zobrist. Umpires ruled a sliding Seager beat Zobrist to the bag, allowing Toles to score, and a review upheld the call.
"As soon as I saw him (Baez) throw to second I knew I had a chance of being safe," Seager said. "Fortunately, it worked out for us."
Seager's right foot slid into the base with Zobrist's left foot barely inches from coming down on the bag.
"I didn't expect to be late on the play, but we didn't communicate on the play," Baez said. "(Seager) beat the throw. Next time, I will be better and will be in my spot."
"We made a mental mistake at second and it costs us," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. "(Javier Baez is) a young player but he has as much instinct for this game as anyone I've ever seen. I'm not going to beat up my guys."
The Dodgers took two of three from the Cubs over the weekend and maintained a two-game lead over the San Francisco Giants in the NL West.
Stewart struck out eight over five innings of two-hit ball, and then Jesse Chavez, Grant Dayton, Joe Blanton and Kenley Jansen closed up shop. Blanton (5-2) got the win and Jansen got three outs for his 39th save.
"We're very excited for Brock," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "We believe in Brock. He was throwing his fastball, slider and change pitches with conviction."
Stewart began the season with Class A Rancho Cucamonga and was making just this third big league start. He struck out eight of the first 12 batters to set a career high and struck out six in a row during one stretch.
He also got his first major league hit with a single in the third off Lester. He was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the fifth after throwing 80 pitches.
"I could have thrown more, but it is not my decision," he said. "And we got the win and that is all that matters."
Lester struck out six and pitched three-hit ball over six innings, and the Cubs also four-hit the Dodgers.
"I felt efficient early in the game but in the fifth and sixth innings they ran deep counts and made me work," Lester.
Kendrick walked to lead off the first and reached third on an errant pickoff attempt by catcher David Ross, but Lester struck out Seager, Justin Turner and Gonzalez successively to end the threat.
DISASTER AVERTED
Seager and second baseman Charlie Culberson bumped into each other and nearly dropped a pop-up by Addison Russell in the eighth inning. Both players called for the ball beyond second base, and Seager got his glove on it first but was brushed by Culberson. The ball popped out of Seager's glove and hit off Culberson's mitt before Seager barehanded it for the third out.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cubs: RHP John Lackey (right shoulder strain) will throw a bullpen session Monday at home, and manager Joe Maddon said Lackey is scheduled to throw a second bullpen session during Chicago's homestand before a decision is made about when he will be activated.
Dodgers: OF Andre Ethier (broken right tibia) went 0 for 3 and played four innings in right field for Rancho Cucamonga on Saturday night in his second rehab game. He's been out since spring training. ... Louis Coleman (right shoulder fatigue) is on rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City and has tossed scoreless innings in three rehab games there and with the rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers.
ROAD WARRIORS
Entering this game, the Cubs (37-27) were one of two NL teams at least 10 games over .500 on the road. The St. Louis Cardinals were the other (38-24).
UP NEXT
Cubs: RHP Jake Arrieta (16-5, 2.62) will open a seven-game homestand Monday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Last time out, Arrieta gave up two hits in eight scoreless innings to earn his league-leading 16th victory against the San Diego Padres.
Dodgers: RHP Kenta Maeda (13-7, 3.37) will start at Colorado on Monday. He has gone 5-0 in his last six starts and has limited opposing hitters to a .226 average. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/mlb/Stewart--4-relievers-throw-4-hitter--Dodgers-beat-Cubs-1-0-14965275 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/8356b9de9a95792c782bf9c4a4e12c1aaa46883e523f1215034fc4527c472ad0.json |
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Newtown Police Chief Thomas Synan, who heads the Hamilton County Drug Coalition task force, said reports show heroin overdoses dropped to 10 to 15 a day over the weekend. Just Friday, emergency rooms reported 174 overdose cases over six days, for an average of 29 per day, although Synan said some likely were not from heroin. But he said 20 to 25 overdoses in a week would be more typical.
“We’re not seeing anything like we did last week, but it’s still a little elevated,” he said.
He said authorities have samples of heroin that was being sold and will test it. They suspect it was mixed with another drug, such as the powerful painkiller fentanyl or the elephant tranquilizer carfentanil.
“I think it shows the callousness of those who are dealing this drug,” Synan said. “They do not care about the person they are selling to, they do not care about the communities they affect.”
Communities in the neighboring states of Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia also saw overdose spikes last week. Meanwhile, Tennessee state officials on Monday urged increased public awareness of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that’s also being mixed with other drugs or as cheap counterfeits, and the increased risk of overdoses.
Ohio health authorities reported last week that fentanyl helped fuel a record number of overdoses in 2015, when accidental drug overdoses killed 3,050 people in the state. A record high of 47,055 people died from drug overdoses in the United States in 2014, according to the latest figures from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Overdose death tolls likely would be even worse without naloxone, a now widely available overdose antidote that many first responders carry. In Ohio alone, emergency medical personnel last year administered nearly 19,800 doses of naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan.
The state pharmacy board said Monday that 1,000 Ohio pharmacies, or about 47 percent, now offer naloxone without a prescription. Expanding access to it beyond emergency responders has been a major part of Ohio’s strategy to curb the increasing overdoses and deaths.
However, authorities say use of fentanyl, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, and even-stronger carfentanil, makes reviving users difficult. Cincinnati first responders used multiple Narcan doses to save some users last week.
In southeastern Indiana, Jennings County Sheriff Gary Driver said Monday some of those who overdosed during last week’s wave there needed three or four doses to be revived. He said heroin taken from overdosers’ homes has been sent to an Indiana State Police laboratory for analysis to determine if it was laced with fentanyl or another drug.
“We hope that what happened scared people, made them aware that it might be laced. But people are still using heroin, and that stuff is deadly whether it’s laced or not,” Driver said.
Autopsy results are pending on a woman who died in one of the Jennings County cases.
Authorities in Cincinnati said three to five deaths there are believed connected to the overdose wave last week.
Synan praised “astonishing work” by Cincinnati firefighters and other first responders for saving as many people as they did during an exhausting wave, while adding there are rarely any calm days in the anti-drug effort.
“This has been an event, a spike,” Synan said. “But this is a continual battle that we have every single day throughout the region.” | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/ohio/Rash-of-heroin-ODs-last-week-14975610 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/1efdbb22991de3a218e8002d03ba047f4d2768252d810e39b3147c8852198c6b.json |
[
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] | 2016-08-29T06:49:58 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fschools%2FTech-law-school-getting-more-attractive-14682501.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13248756/14794821.jpg | en | null | Tech law school getting more attractive | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Genna Hilgenbrink has several reasons for choosing Indiana Tech Law School.
First, there was the “really awesome visit” and then, the staff who “just blew me away,” she said. The scholarship “was exactly where it needed to be,” she added.
But perhaps the greatest selling point was personal.
“I felt wanted,” said Hilgenbrink, a former news reporter from Aurora, Illinois, who is looking at communications, business and sports law.
Hilgenbrink is one of 55 incoming first-year law students who bring the law school’s total enrollment to about 85, Dean Charles Cercone said during the school’s August registration. The school is entering its fourth academic year. Classes began Aug. 22.
The goal was to enroll 50 new students, Cercone said. Recruitment by email and social media played a big role, but gaining provisional accreditation in March was even bigger.
“It has enhanced our ability to attract students,” Cercone said.
That and the affordability. A year’s tuition at the law school is $19,750 and is locked in for continuing students, making the school “very, very competitive,” said Cercone who took over as dean a year and a half ago.
Affordability was a factor for Indianapolis resident Gwen Chappell, who comes from a background in child welfare. But it wasn’t the only one.
During her campus visit, she found the staff knowledgeable and ready to teach her applicable law, said Chappell who wants to go into civil law.
The law school could accommodate up to 300 students, Cercone said, a goal he hopes will be met in about three years.
The incoming class of students comes from 45 colleges and universities in 15 states, Indiana, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas, according to a school news release.
The class is composed of 55 percent men, 45 percent women, and 30 percent minority students. Eight members hold master’s degrees, and eight have served in the U.S. military.
jduffy@jg.net
Ivy Tech
This fall, Ivy Tech Community College Northeast will offer Homebrewing 101, the first IvyLiving non-credit enrichment classes geared toward the community.
Homebrewing 101 will meet 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 24 and Oct. 8 at the CookSpring Shared Kitchen at The Summit, 1025 W. Rudisill Blvd. Cost is $99.
The second IvyLiving class, Artistic Welding, will be offered in October, but registration is not yet open.
To learn more or sign up for classes, visit IvyTech.edu/northeast/living.
Education grant
The U.S. Apple Association, representing the apple industry from apple growers to juice makers, is taking nominations for its second annual Apples for Education: Buy an Apple, Help a Student cause program.
Through Sept. 19, nominations to enter a student cause in need of financial support at www.apples4ed.com. USApple will select finalists eligible for funds this fall.
From Oct. 1 to Nov. 12, people can vote for their school cause by snapping a photo of someone eating an apple snack, tagging their selected school and #Apples4Ed and sharing on Instagram or Twitter. The school with the most tags – or votes – will receive the most funding, with additional funds awarded to other top-participating schools.
Last year’s inaugural campaign received more than 20,000 votes and provided $21,000 to 12 student causes, ranging from school gardens and playground makeovers to robotics and reading education initiatives.
Indiana Tech
Indiana Tech will launch a varsity eSports program next fall and will begin offering students scholarships to compete in League of Legends and Hearthstone. Twenty-five to 35 scholarships are available.
Those interested in learning more about Tech’s eSports program are invited to a recruitment day Oct. 28 at the Fort Wayne campus.
The university will have an opportunity to compete against university programs from Robert Morris, Pikeville, Ohio State, British Columbia, Georgia Tech and Texas A&M.
Tech is the first university in Indiana, and one of the first universities in the nation, to offer gaming scholarships. In addition, the school is creating a new eSports gaming arena on the second floor of Andorfer Commons.
Tech currently has two CSL club teams that compete in Division II and Division III. Tech’s state-of-the-art gaming arena, expected to be completed in October, will be equipped with high-end gaming PCs, chairs, lighting and graphics.
More information about the eSports program can be found on the Tech website at studentlife.indianatech.edu/get-involved/club-sports/league-of-legends.
Learning app challenge
The Verizon Innovative Learning app challenge, the no-coding-skills-needed contest that gives middle school and high school students an opportunity to turn their problem-solving app ideas into a reality, is now accepting new app ideas nationwide for the 2016-17 annual competition.
The app challenge is open to teams representing nonprofit organizations in addition to public, private and parochial schools, who compete for prizes such as free tablets for each team member, up to a $20,000 cash prize to support their school or organization, and the chance to turn their ideas into working smartphone apps that will be made available for download.
Students can submit ideas until midnight Nov. 18. Winners will then be named in January and February.
For more information on how to enter and tips for creating the next winning idea, visit www.verizon.com/appchallenge or follow @verizongiving on Twitter and VerizonFoundation on Facebook.
Students and parents who have a favorite teacher can nominate the individual for Teacher Honor Roll. Send nominations to The Journal Gazette, 600 W. Main St., Fort Wayne IN 46802; fax 461-8893 or email jduffy@jg.net.
To submit an item, send a typed release from the school or organization to Education Notebook, The Journal Gazette, 600 W. Main St., Fort Wayne IN 46802-0088; fax 461-8893 or email jduffy@jg.net at least two weeks before the desired publication date. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/schools/Tech-law-school-getting-more-attractive-14682501 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/13c5e42acae9ef78d197bcd1fc3c540f237a1e8fbb168b893a60934f0985beec.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:50:31 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrities%2FSinger-Chris-Brown-bailed-out-of-jail-15001891.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13254624/15001893.jpg | en | null | Singer Chris Brown bailed out of jail | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | LOS ANGELES – The Latest on a police response at the Los Angeles home of singer Chris Brown (all times local):
1:45 a.m. Wednesday
Singer Chris Brown has been bailed out of jail.
Los Angeles County jail records show he was released late Tuesday night after posting $250,000.
He was arrested hours earlier on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after a woman called for help from a gathering at his home.
The arrest marked the conclusion of nearly 14-hour-long stand-off with police.
Police say officers first responded to Brown's Los Angeles home around 3 a.m.
The woman was not identified and police didn't elaborate on the assistance she needed. However, model Baylee Curran told the Los Angeles Times that Brown pointed a gun at her face.
Brown later posted messages on social media proclaiming his innocence.
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5:15 p.m.
Los Angeles police say they've arrested singer Chris Brown on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
Police Lt. Chris Ramirez says Brown was arrested Tuesday and was being taken to downtown Los Angeles for booking.
The arrest came after a lengthy search of Brown's home.
Brown says in video posts on Instagram that he's innocent and rebutted reports that he had barricaded himself in his home.
Baylee Curran told the Los Angeles Times that Brown pointed a gun at her face in his home early Tuesday. She says another man at his home and Brown became angry with her when she admired the man's diamond necklace.
Curran hasn't responded to requests for comment from The Associated Press.
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1:15 p.m.
Police say singer Chris Brown has come out of his Los Angeles home after officers responding to a woman's call for help served a search warrant.
The development ended a standoff that began hours earlier Tuesday when the woman called from outside the home. Police said she was not inside the home in the San Fernando Valley.
Police Lt. Chris Ramirez says about a half-dozen people were escorted out of the residence and will be interviewed.
Ramirez says nobody has been arrested and everyone has been cooperative.
Brown posted videos to social media declaring his innocence before his lawyer Mark Geragos arrived.
Brown has been in repeated legal trouble since his felony conviction in the 2009 assault of his then-girlfriend, Rihanna.
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10:25 a.m.
Chris Brown is posting online videos declaring his innocence as police seek a warrant to search the singer's home after receiving a call from a woman there seeking assistance.
Officials said the call came early Tuesday from outside the residence in the Tarzana neighborhood. They didn't say what assistance the woman needed.
In one Instagram video Brown, waving a cigarette and looking at the camera, says if and when police get the search warrant, they'll find nothing at the home. He dismissed TV reports that he was barricaded inside.
Officials say detectives hope to talk to Brown, the woman, and any witnesses.
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9:45 a.m.
Authorities say officers responded to singer Chris Brown's Los Angeles home after a woman called police seeking assistance.
Police Lt. Chris Ramirez told reporters that the call came early Tuesday from outside the residence in the Tarzana neighborhood.
Ramirez didn't say what assistance the woman needed. He says detectives hope to talk to Brown, the woman, and any witnesses.
Officer Lyle Knight tells The Associated Press that police are waiting for a judge to approve a search warrant for the home in the San Fernando Valley area.
Multiple police vehicles are parked at the scene.
Calls to representatives for Brown were not immediately returned.
The Grammy-winning singer has had multiple run-ins with law enforcement. He spent six years on probation after pleading guilty to attacking his then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.
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9:36 a.m.
Los Angeles police have been called to singer Chris Brown's home.
Officer Lyle Knight says officers responded early Tuesday to the house in the Tarzana neighborhood.
Knight had no immediate information about what prompted the call.
Television news showed several police cars parked outside the property in the San Fernando Valley area. | http://www.journalgazette.net/entertainment/celebrities/Singer-Chris-Brown-bailed-out-of-jail-15001891 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/b405b0f517e1e9b43f878fc2549ce33547fcea7694e0660f7f77d283dc0e5bc3.json |
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On Saturday and Sunday, more than 60 builders featured Lego displays including a replica of downtown Tampa, Florida, a model of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and a black-and-white portrait of actor and comedian Bill Murray.
Dubbed Brickworld, the annual event is meant to showcase hobbyists’ creativity and skill while inspiring children and adults to create their own projects, said executive director Bryan Bonahoom.
“It’s really amazing what these people do with this stuff,” Bonahoom said. “I’ve been doing these shows for 10 years and every show there will be something that catches my eye.”
Bonahoom, a Fort Wayne native who now lives in Fishers, is a builder whose display included some mosaics, a globe, a covered bridge and a Christmas tree.
Outside Fort Wayne, Brickworld has done shows in Chicago, Indianapolis and Tampa, Bonahoom said. Brickworld has also done shows in Lafayette.
“We try to keep locations where we return year after year,” he said. “We freshen the shows every year. We invite different people and try to get different displays – with the exception of local people, they kind of get an automatic invite.”
Lego supports the events, providing kits to be given away as raffle prizes.
This year’s convention drew more than 4,700 guests, Bonahoom said, which is down from last year.
A large part of the decrease, Bonahoom said, was caused by the convention being held in August instead of its usual second weekend in October. Next year’s convention is planned to resume its October time slot, Bonahom said.
Builders and vendors came from across the country to showcase their work. Like most other hobbyists, builder Scot Thompson,of Bay City, Michigan, said he got started with Legos as a child, building space vehicles and other creations with his friends.
“The hobby continued to grow,” Thompson said. “I build with my mom. I vividly remember building a hot air balloon. Just great memories.”
Thompson, a nurse, said it takes years of building to prepare displays for shows, and the creations can often evolve or change over time. Several of Thompson’s models were based on Bay City locations.
“That’s the beauty of the Lego hobby,” Thompson said. “It’s got infinite possibilities. Whether you tweak it or change it or tear it down completely and make something completely different.”
Elkhart resident Jordan Stair is a member of Fort Wayne’s Lego User Group. The group, Stair said, spends a lot of time each year designing the layout of their Brickworld display. This weekend’s convention was the third one the group has participated in. Stair said he loves the hobby because it’s fun for kids and adults.
Stair also had a bit of advice for people interested in the Lego hobby.
“Pick something and start building. Your mind is going to take you where you want to go,” Stair said.
dgong@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Building-own-worlds--Lego-brick-by-brick-14913916 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/0569b572a459adea830377d532d637c7c225877d71fd1eaf768d2e7a5f983cd1.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T04:49:18 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fmlb%2FMoreland--Griffin-lead-Rangers-to-7-0-win-over-Rangers-25087579.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247349/31e8c37a54f44fe19ab97734b2238ed7.jpg | en | null | Moreland, Griffin lead Rangers to 7-0 win over Indians | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | ARLINGTON, Texas – Mitch Moreland's grand slam capped a bizarre, five-run first inning for Texas and A.J. Griffin pitched six strong innings as the Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 7-0 Saturday night.
Griffin (6-3) allowed five hits while winning for the first time since Aug. 4. In making his first scoreless start of the season, Griffin didn't allow a home run for the first time in 12 starts.
Carlos Carrasco (9-7) allowed seven runs – four unearned in the first – and eight hits in four innings while striking out eight. He went into the game with a 1.74 road ERA this season, the best in the majors.
After Ian Desmond's one-out single in the first, Carlos Beltran snapped a career-worst 0-for-32 hitless streak with an infield single to the left side against a shift. The runners moved up on a balk when Carrasco began a pickoff throw to first base but halted because first baseman Carlos Santana was 20 feet from the bag.
On Adrian Beltre's sharp grounder to third, Desmond dove back and beat Jose Ramirez's tag to load the bases. Rougned Odor's hard grounder to first bounced off Santana's glove for a run-scoring error and Moreland pulled a first-pitch slider just inside the right-field foul pole with two out for his second career slam.
Elvis Andrus doubled in two runs in the third inning after Moreland was intentionally walked with two out.
Texas has the American League's best record, two games ahead of Cleveland. The Rangers increased their West lead to 7 1/2 games while the Indians maintained their 4 1/2-game lead in the Central.
The Indians were shut out by the Rangers for the second time in three games after being blanked only three times in the previous 125 games this season.
SHORT HOPS
Rangers RHP Jeremy Jeffress spent his second day on the restricted list as Major League Baseball continued to look into the pitcher's arrest on a drunken driving charge early Friday morning in Dallas. ... Ramirez had three hits for his third multi-hit game in his last four. ... Cleveland C Chris Gimenez pitched the eighth inning.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Indians: Manager Terry Francona said there's no timetable for when C Yan Gomes (right shoulder separation) will begin a rehab session.
Rangers: RHP Colby Lewis (right lat strain) is scheduled to make his second rehab start on Monday for Double-A Frisco. He last appeared in a major league game on June 21.
UP NEXT
Indians: RHP Danny Salazar (11-5) has compiled a 10.41 ERA over six starts in July and August, lasting only 11 total innings in his last four outings.
Rangers: LHP Derek Holland (5-6) returned from the disabled list last Tuesday, allowing one run on four hits in six innings in a loss at Cincinnati. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/mlb/Moreland--Griffin-lead-Rangers-to-7-0-win-over-Rangers-25087579 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/613fb5bec1bb16c424be79e8c12725e5be0c1fdc1f762f4b70e2b973166661ac.json |
[
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The short story and centerpiece photo gallery may be viewed at this link: http://www.journalgazette.net/features/Another-day-at-the-park-14733733
Because there are so many things that go on at Parkview Field, here are some interesting nuggets and different aspects that did not make it into the story:
* Advanced Turf Solutions, a Fishers-based company, and its partner J&D Turf account for many of the supplies and servies the TinCaps purchase to allow head groundskeeper Keith Winter the ability to keep the playing field in peak condition.
* Mowing the infield and outfield takes place in the morning. The bluegrass turf is kept healthy in part by sprinklers embedded in the ground, and Winter and his crew do maintenance on the turf with a mixture of seed and sand. They also apply fertilizer and pest control as necessary.
* Graff's Turf Farms in Colorado is the source of Parkview Field's turf, which is 100 percent bluegrass. On the warning track and on the edges of the turf, there is crushed lava rock. The mound and the infield are clay. Winter and his staff work year-round to maintain the playing surface but also are responsible for the landscaping at Parkview Field outside the park.
* Winter solicits feedback on the field from the TinCaps and the visiting teams.
* Winter shuts off the irrigation system for the colder months of the offseason and applies special fertilizers typically in late November or early December to fight snow mold, the fungus that grows on grass when it is buried beneath snow too long.
* Food preparation at Parkview Field for a typical 7 p.m. game begins at 10 a.m. with cooking spaced from cold items to warm. Meals are delivered by attendants to suites and to the press box.
* The Orchard Team Store sells shirts, hats, jerseys and all kinds of merchandise internationally. Purchases have come from 48 states here in America. Jen Klinker, the TinCaps' merchandise manager, oversees the placement of products and displays.
* The team store is always open on game days and otherwise open year-round, Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
* Bat boys arrive five hours before a game, and the first thing to do is make sure the water coolers are filled so that the players can stay hydrated during batting practice. They fill ice, put towels out on the bench, and after batting practice is over, clubhouse manager Sam Lewis is responsible for seeing that all of the batting practice jerseys are washed. Lewis and bat boys cut the fruit and prepare the other food for the pregame spread and do the same for the visiting team.
* Around 8-12 baseballs are rubbed down with mud by Lewis and the batboys. The TinCaps are one of the few teams in the Midwest League that does the mudding on behalf of the umpires. "It's a little bonus for the umpires when they come to Fort Wayne," Lewis said. The baseballs are then dried.
* The TinCaps' laundry, and that of the opposing club, is done after the game is over. Lewis might be done at 1 a.m. or 2 a.m. after a 7 p.m. game. If it's the end of a series, Lewis gets laundry for the next opponent from their hotel.
* Greeters, the first people fans see when passing through the stadium's gates, arrive shortly before fans are allowed to enter and hand out game programs until the box runs empty or until about the second inning.
* Parking attendants man their posts in the mid-afternoon, knowing there will be a lot of dull time but preparing to check passes or collect fees in case fans show up earlier than the rush that comes in the hour before the game. Erik Lose, the facilities manager, oversees the ushers and parking attendants.
* At the end of August, many of the TinCaps' part-time staffers return to college for the start of the fall semester.
* Parkview Field does a lot more than baseball; in fact, it plays host to around 660 non-baseball events every year. Holly Raney and Katie Read are in charge of special events.
* Difficulty in preparation for special events ranges from weddings to regularly scheduled gatherings of local companies and organizations, such as the Lincoln Financial Group. Naturally, the Lincoln Financial Group will meet in the Lincoln Financial Event Center, which is located beyond the right-field wall adjacent to the parking garage off Douglas Street. That center can host up to 220 guests.
* There are 25 people on staff, including Lose, that can help with special events: getting tables in place, flipping rooms, preparing linens for tables if need be, tapping kegs for the bar.
* When concerts are held at Parkview Field, an outside company is hired to set up the stage, but Parkview Field staff does the flooring.
* In the offseason, the TinCaps run through mock game days to prepare the staff. In October each year, the staff, led by vice president for marketing Michael Limmer, schedules the theme nights for the following summer's schedule. Sponsorships are sold in March.
* The crew of camera operators is hired in late January.
* Mike Nutter, the team president, is not a "micromanager," and trusts that Tony DesPlaines, the creative director, will pick the right music to play during the game to match a given theme or time in the game or play off an opposing player's name. DesPlaines also oversees elements of the TinCaps' website and social media.
* DesPlaines as the graphic designer is responsible for all of the TinCaps' printed materials, including the pocket and magnet schedules and gameday playbills.
* Programs are put together prior to the start of each homestand, with a deadline for ads of two weeks prior to the printing.
* At the end of September and October, group sales representative Austin Allen, no relation to the TinCaps' catcher of the same name, starts renewing clients. Jared Parcell is the director of group sales but also reads all of the public address announcements during games.
* Many aspects of the on-field events are unscripted, team officials say. David Lorenz offers sponsorship opportunities to companies like French Lick Resort, which sponors the on-field, in-game "higher or lower" game.
* The TinCaps' players get to pick which song is played before their at-bats but are gently reminded of Midwestern sensibilities, and the team retains veto power. Sometimes players are asked to provide four or five options. If there are clean and explicit versions of a song, the clean version is the one that gets used.
* So, all in all, what's a gameday like? "It's a little P.T. Barnum," Nutter said. "It's a little craziness. Every day is different. I'm not implying other sports, which I'm a fan of, are the same. But it's untimed. Just different variables that you can't control. No two days or games are the same." | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/full-count/More-on-Parkview-Field--behind-the-scenes--14954898 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/6bb095540f1499d0dd197cac89bbe0092246e5e279600400e228d9a8821360a5.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T06:50:43 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fmlb%2FCron-s-2-homers-lead-Angels-over-Reds-4-2-0c96ff68.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13254287/9f747c694cd84f9cbb9b3131c5f26a08.jpg | en | null | Cron's 2 homers lead Angels over Reds 4-2 | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | ANAHEIM, Calif. – C.J. Cron hit two home runs to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Mike Trout went 3 for 4 with two doubles and he scored on Cron's home run in the first inning and on Andrelton Simmons' bloop single in the eighth.
Cron homered in the third inning to give the Angels a 3-0 lead. It was his fourth multi-home run game this season and brought his total to 14.
Jered Weaver (10-11) limited the Reds to two earned runs and eight hits, walked none and struck out five. Weaver pitched into the seventh inning for the first time since July 17, but ran into trouble after getting the first out. Eugenio Suarez hit a two-run homer to make it 3-2 and Jose Peraza hit a line drive single to right field. Mike Morin relieved and retired the next two batters to strand Peraza.
The Reds had runners in scoring position in the eighth and ninth innings but J.C. Ramirez got Scott Schebler to strike out on a checked swing in the eighth and Fernando Salas got Zack Cozart to pop out to first base for his sixth save.
Cincinnati left nine runners on base.
Tim Adleman (2-2), who allowed both home runs to Cron, lost his first major league decision since May 6, giving up three earned runs in six innings with four strikeouts and a walk. He was relieved by Anaheim native Michael Lorenzen, who went to nearby Fullerton Union High School and played college ball at Cal State Fullerton.
Lorenzen put two on in the eighth before Simmons dropped a single into shallow right field to score Trout from third. It was the only run Lorenzen allowed in two innings in his first appearance at his hometown ballpark.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: Pereza was in the starting lineup one night after leaving the game with a facial contusion. Peraza was cleared of a concussion following Monday night's game after an errant pickoff throw by Matt Shoemaker missed Cron's glove at first base and struck Peraza in his face.
Angels: 3B Yunel Escobar worked out with the team Tuesday and barring any setbacks, is on track to be activated Friday in Seattle. Escobar was placed on the 7-day concussion list on Aug. 20.
UP NEXT
Reds: LHP Brandon Finnegan will close out Cincinnati's final interleague series of the season. Finnegan is 2-1 with a 2.67 ERA in the months of August and has won five of his last eight starts.
Angels: RHP Ricky Nolasco is still looking for his first win with the Angels since being traded from Minnesota on Aug. 1. Nolasco is 3-2 with a 5.49 ERA in 11 starts against Cincinnati. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/mlb/Cron-s-2-homers-lead-Angels-over-Reds-4-2-0c96ff68 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/f4dc6998cbb42d9a2ac8ff4e2d904e6249f5a875b678367d7193e27f6012d192.json |
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"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-31T12:50:28 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fworld%2FMissing-US-speed-flyer-s-body-found-in-Switzerland-15002096.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Missing US speed flyer's body found in Switzerland | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | GENEVA – Authorities in Switzerland say they have found the remains of an American extreme sports enthusiast who went missing in the Alps five months ago.
Bern cantonal (state) police said Wednesday the 28-year-old's body was spotted by a helicopter crew Aug. 25.
Harrison Fast, from Boulder, Colorado, was speed flying on the Jungfrau mountain in late March when the group he was with lost sight of him in bad weather. Speed flyers run or ski down slopes and then use special parachutes designed to let them fly fast and close to the ground.
Fast's family organized a large-scale search for him, using drones to fly over dangerous terrain.
In a statement on Facebook , the family said it was relieved but deeply saddened to confirm that Fast's remains had been identified. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/Missing-US-speed-flyer-s-body-found-in-Switzerland-15002096 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/49138d43d06e7947718c8b580f2f4cccbf14eca4e6db003a97351e3f3d32e52c.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T06:49:54 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fcolleges%2Flocal-colleges%2FMastodons-sweep-Saturday-matches-14951651.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Mastodons sweep Saturday matches | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The IPFW women’s volleyball team swept a pair of matches Saturday at the IPFW Invitational at the Gates Center, rallying past Ball State 3-2 after beating Youngstown State 3-0.
The Mastodons (2-1) beat the rival Cardinals (0-3) 22-25, 22-25, 25-22, 28-26, 15-5.
Lauren Hoffman led IPFW with 15 kills, Somer Johnson had 14 and Natalie Seiler eight. Seiler also had eight blocks and four aces.
Ball State’s Sabrina Mangapora had 17 kills, one shy of her career high. She also had five digs and four blocks.
In the 25-22, 25-18, 25-22 win over Youngstown State, Hoffman and Natasha Medic each had 13 kills and six blocks, while Madison Jaqua had 38 assists and Olivia Hahn 19 digs.
During the first day of the tournament, IPFW lost to Murray State 3-1 on Friday.
– Journal Gazette | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/colleges/local-colleges/Mastodons-sweep-Saturday-matches-14951651 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/97ec5f99d2a8a427ffa55f45fab526eea182ba48da3a778251924534175f5a6d.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T04:49:20 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FWendell--the-life-size--walking--water-squirting-mechanical-elephant-14919294.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13242633/14897628.jpg | en | null | Wendell, the life-size, walking, water-squirting mechanical elephant | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Wendell the Elephant's new head takes shape at Interiors by Thomas in Auburn.
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Wendell the Elephant being rebuilt at Interiors by Thomas in Auburn.
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The inner workings of Wendell the Elephant during his rebuilt at Interiors by Thomas in Auburn.
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Wendell the Elephant's movements are determined by a hydraulically operated blocking clamp that allows wheels to rotate in one direction.
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Wendell the Elephant and his new "skin" at Interiors by Thomas in Auburn.
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Wendell the Elephant
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[
"Ted Bridis",
"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-27T18:49:10 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2FUS--Clinton-calendars-won-t-be-released-until-after-election2016-08-27T09-56-52.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13246964/1_w1200.jpg | en | null | US: Clinton calendars won't be released until after election | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | WASHINGTON — Seven months after a federal judge ordered the State Department to begin releasing monthly batches of the detailed daily schedules showing meetings by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, the government told The Associated Press it won't finish the job before Election Day.
The department has so far released about half of the schedules. Its lawyers said in a phone conference with the AP's lawyers that the department now expects to release the last of the detailed schedules around Dec. 30, weeks before the next president is inaugurated.
The AP's lawyers late Friday formally asked the State Department to hasten that effort so that the department could provide all Clinton's minute-by-minute schedules by Oct. 15. The agency did not immediately respond.
The schedules drew new attention this week after the AP analyzed the ones released so far. The news agency found that more than half the people outside the government who met or spoke by telephone with Clinton while she was secretary of state had given money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation. The AP's analysis focused on people with private interests and excluded her meetings or calls with U.S. federal employees or foreign government representatives.
The AP's reporting was based on official calendars covering Clinton's entire term plus the more-detailed daily schedules covering roughly half her time as secretary of state. The AP first asked for Clinton's calendars in 2010 and again in 2013. It then sued the State Department in federal court to obtain the detailed schedules, and the department so far has provided about half of them under court order.
Clinton has said the AP's analysis was flawed because it did not account fully for all meetings and phone calls during her entire term as secretary. She also said the analysis should have included meetings with federal employees and foreign diplomats. The AP said it focused on her meetings with outsiders because those were more discretionary, as Clinton would normally meet with federal officials and foreign officials as part of her job.
Clinton said she met with people outside government regardless of whether they gave money or charitable commitments to her family's charity.
"These are people I would be proud to meet with, as any secretary of state would have been proud to meet with, to hear about their work and their insights," Clinton said this week on CNN.
With the foundation drawing continued attention, Clinton promised Friday to put in place additional safeguards to prevent conflicts of interest with the charity should she win the White House.
The foundation issue, along with continued focus on her use of a private email server, has dogged Clinton politically throughout the week, drawing strong criticism from opponent Donald Trump.
Trump spokesman Jason Miller released a statement Friday night saying: "It is unacceptable that the State Department is now refusing to release her official schedule before the election in full. Voters deserve to know the truth before they cast their ballots."
Former President Bill Clinton said last week that if she is elected president, the foundation will no longer accept foreign or corporate donations.
The State Department is now estimating there are about 2,700 pages of schedules left. Under its process, it is reviewing and censoring them page-by-page to remove personal details such as private phone numbers or email addresses. In some cases it has censored names of people who met privately with Clinton or the subjects they discussed.
A State Department spokeswoman, Elizabeth Trudeau, declined to discuss the ongoing case and noted the agency is struggling with thousands of public records requests.
In court, the AP in December had asked U.S. District Judge Richard Leon to order the State Department to produce specific percentages of the remaining schedules every 30 days under a formula so that all would be released before the presidential primary elections were complete.
Instead, because the State Department said it did not know how many pages were left, Leon ordered it in January to release at least 600 pages of schedules every 30 days. Each 600-page group covers about three months of Clinton's tenure.
Under the present rate, a government attorney working on behalf of the State Department notified the AP's lawyers, it will take about four and one-half months — or until Dec. 30 — to release all the remaining schedules through the end of Clinton's term, in February 2013. The government's notice late Thursday was the first time the State Department has provided the AP with a measure of how many pages were remaining and when it expected to complete the job.
It was unclear whether the judge will reconsider his earlier decision and order faster results. In the AP's lawsuit over other Clinton-related files, Leon has said it would be "ridiculous" to allow the State Department to delay until even weeks before the election. He also cited "mounting frustration that this is a project where the State Department may be running out the clock." | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/politics/US--Clinton-calendars-won-t-be-released-until-after-election2016-08-27T09-56-52 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/823141295756ac2c53111d11700c12c3da384d0b567ec66122e1eaf74439e82a.json |
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"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-29T12:50:21 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fohio%2FStrong-storms-flood-roads--leave-thousands-without-power-14969700.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Strong storms flood roads, leave thousands without power | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | CINCINNATI – Strong storms have rolled through Ohio, flooding roads and leaving thousands of people without power.
Meteorologists say between 3 to 5 inches of rain fell within a couple of hours in the Cincinnati area Sunday night.
Parts of Interstate 71 and numerous other roads were closed due to high water, and several vehicles were stranded.
Strong winds also were reported. More than 12,000 Duke Energy customers were without power.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for northwestern Hamilton County until 11:15 p.m. Sunday.
Officials say several schools in the area will be closed on Monday due to flooding from the storms. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/ohio/Strong-storms-flood-roads--leave-thousands-without-power-14969700 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/c7c607711c7cac76bf435ff5a705ac450693b6174e13a39194e297ac386d392d.json |
[
"Frank Gray"
] | 2016-08-30T06:50:22 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Ffrank-gray%2FDrug-dealers-always-deal-in-death-14972799.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Drug dealers always deal in death | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | This month, a Missouri woman posted a photo of herself on Facebook, posing with a pink urn containing the ashes of her daughter, who died three years ago.
The entry, posted on her daughter’s birthday, was designated “for my daughter’s drug dealer.” This is the way she celebrates her daughter’s birthday now, she said, and she asked the person who sold her the heroin that killed her, “How can you live with yourself?”
The post went viral. It was shared with a quarter of a million people or more and ended up being featured in the national news.
But it asked a question of the drug dealer that still hasn’t been answered. How can you live with yourself?
The answer, I think, is that the drug dealer has no problem living with himself, or herself. The drug dealer doesn’t care.
The drug dealer was never her daughter’s friend. Her daughter was just a mark, a customer good for a guaranteed sale, some money.
Face it, drug dealers are in a deadly business, whether they’re pedaling cocaine, meth, fake Xanax, possibly laced with Fentanyl or synthetic Fentanyl, or something else.
Like anyone else, they’re in business to make money. And there is money in the business.
Consider the drug bust that took place in Fort Wayne not quite three weeks ago. Those who were arrested were charged with allegedly distributing cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin by the kilo.
They hauled money around by the satchelful. One member of the operation was stopped this summer with $100,000 in cash, on his way to pay off a supplier.
One of the ringleaders lived in an upscale neighborhood in Fort Wayne, in the kind of house most of us can’t afford.
When they were arrested, police found, besides the house and guns, $600,000 in cash and a Bentley. A Bentley, by the way, costs around $100,000 – if you’re willing to settle for an 8-year-old used model.
There was no mention of a box full of ready-to-use sympathy cards for customers who had a bad experience.
There weren’t any.
Death is part of the business. Drug dealers kill people. This month there were 50 drug overdoses in Cincinnati alone between a Tuesday morning and Wednesday night. Some survived. Some didn’t.
And we’ve lost people in Fort Wayne, also.
Drug dealers live with themselves because they realize that as in any other business, once in a while you lose a customer. But it’s not because the client was miffed at the service they got.
It’s because the customer died.
People who use heroin and all the other deadly drugs out there never expect to die. Some don’t. Some do.
Maybe if people who use the drugs were to stop and really evaluate their relationship with “their drug dealer” things would change.
Or maybe people need to learn to ask themselves who they’re really dealing with when someone offers them heroin or Xanax that may or may not be real.
Maybe they should remember that as good salesmen, they’ll never tell you that their product might kill you – or how many other customers it has killed.
Frank Gray reflects on his and others’ experiences in columns published Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. He can be reached by phone at 461-8376, fax at 461-8893, or email at fgray@jg.net. You can also follow him on Twitter @FrankGrayJG. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/frank-gray/Drug-dealers-always-deal-in-death-14972799 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/8416070788817464b50783134ed602fd47ba3d40d175c5c226dbadbb5b16a58d.json |
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"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-29T06:50:01 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2F35-killed-in-Syria-as-rebel-groups-battle-14960361.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | 35 killed in Syria as rebel groups battle | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | BEIRUT – Rebels backed by Turkey made major gains Sunday in northern Syria, expelling Kurdish-led forces from towns and villages as part of a determined campaign by Ankara to push the militants east of the Euphrates River.
At least 35 civilians were killed, according to activists. The dramatic escalation of Turkey’s involvement in the Syrian civil war last week aimed to help the Syrian rebels drive the Islamic State group out of the border town of Jarablus. But it also is aimed at U.S.-allied Kurdish forces that have gained control in recent months of most of the territory along the Turkey-Syria border.
The fighting pits Turkey, a NATO ally, against a U.S.-backed proxy that is the most effective ground force battling Islamic State militants in Syria in the 5-year-old civil war. It leaves Washington in the tough spot of having to choose between its two of its allied forces.
Quake probe to look at buildings
Italian authorities are vowing to investigate whether negligence or fraud in adhering to building codes played a role in the high death toll in last week’s earthquake in Italy.
They also called for efforts to ensure organized crime doesn’t infiltrate lucrative construction contracts to eventually rebuild much of the picturesque towns leveled in the disaster.
Meanwhile, rescue workers pressed on with the task of recovering bodies from the rubble, with hopes of finding any more survivors virtually vanished more than four full days after the powerful quake.
Over the past two days, they found six more bodies in the rubble of Hotel Roma in Amatrice, the medieval hill town in mountainous central Italy that bore the brunt of destruction and loss of life in the powerful quake. They recovered three and by late Sunday were still working to retrieve others that were hard to reach.
It wasn’t clear if those six were included in the overall 290 death toll given by authorities.
2 pilots facing drinking charges
Two United Airlines pilots arrested for suspected intoxication before they were to fly 141 passengers from Scotland to the United States will appear in a Scottish court today, police said.
The Police Service of Scotland said it arrested both pilots Saturday at Glasgow Airport and both men, aged 45 and 35, would be arraigned at a court in Paisley, a Glasgow suburb, to face charges connected to Britain’s transport safety laws.
United Airlines said Saturday’s flight from Glasgow to the U.S. city of Newark, New Jersey, was delayed for 10 hours while the airline sought replacement pilots.
Breasts bared for women’s rights
Women around the country took off their tops Sunday for GoTopless Day, a day that promotes gender equality and women’s rights to bare their breasts in public.
GoTopless Day is celebrated annually on the Sunday closest to Women’s Equality Day, marking the day American women earned the right to vote.
A group of about 50 women and men walked topless in the oceanside Los Angeles neighborhood of Venice, behind a giant, inflatable pink breast that had the phrase “equal topless rights” written on it. A few dozen women, and some men, went topless as they walked down Broadway in New York City.
Mother Teresa to become saint
Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be proclaimed a saint next Sunday in an open-air Mass led by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City.
Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, the ethnic Albanian Teresa helped the poor in India for most of her life. She gained worldwide recognition, including a Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/35-killed-in-Syria-as-rebel-groups-battle-14960361 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/47f426c858daf5fbee7531ef2c41a69269cc88040fc13e79d4b844d85d532d10.json |
[
"Keiara Carr",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-30T18:50:14 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fentertainment%2FSpotlight--Jacob-Stout---Lily-Gold-Chandelier--installer-14986379.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13252678/14989761.jpg | en | null | Spotlight: Jacob Stout, 'Lily Gold Chandelier' installer | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Glass artist Jacob Stout has a particular nerve-wracking job, one would assume.
On Wednesday, Stout will be at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, installing a glass chandelier made up of more than 100 elements that were crafted by glass pioneer Dale Chihuly. The same artist Stout credits for impacting his own career.
No pressure, right?
Luckily, the Florida artist has experience installing the "Lily Gold Chandelier," which has a market value of more than $400,000. The museum recently purchased the piece in an auction, and will be displaying the chandelier the museum's public atrium area.
But before, Stout's steady hands get to work on the chandelier Wednesday, we asked him a series of questions by email to find out more about his background and, does a one-of-a-kind piece come with instructions?
Can you tell us more about your background and how it led you to being a specialist in installing this chandelier? Do you have a personal connection to Chihuly ?
Stout: I do not have a personal connection to Dale Chihuly other than I don’t think I’d have the same career had he not came along.
I met Dale in 1998. I was a second year art student at Kent State University when he had a show of his chandeliers at the Columbus Art Museum in Ohio. I applied for press credentials through Kent’s school of Journalism and was able to tour the museum with him before the show. I went on to earn a degree in art, learned to make glass and began a 16-year career at it.
How many times have you installed this piece? Where have you installed it?
Stout: I have installed this piece once before at a gallery. Others I’ve done in private homes.
How complex is it to install this piece? Are there instructions? How long will it take to install?
Stout: There are no instructions to install these unfortunately! It’s basically a whole lot of individually blown glass shapes wired to a steel armature. It should take two days to complete; the complexity comes in the overall composition of the chandelier.
How do you clean it? Do you have to come back for regular maintenance?
Stout: Cleaning it is tricky. I recommend a dry feather dusting regularly. A thorough cleaning would require taking it apart. Yes, I should return for that!
How does this chandelier compare to other Chihuly pieces?
Stout: This is one of my favorite versions of his chandeliers because it is done with no color. They actually fused 23 karat gold into the surface of the of the glass before they blow the shape.
How does your own glass work differ from Chihuly?
Stout: Thanks for asking. I work with glass the same way as Dale or any other glassblower. The techniques we use are hundreds of years old and are used all over the world. I use a specific Italian technique called Incalmo. It involves joining multiple piece of glass together while they are hot.
kcarr@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/entertainment/Spotlight--Jacob-Stout---Lily-Gold-Chandelier--installer-14986379 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/8aea95479b520ac330b71ac8a1cf925dd347e16e1deed9a9492a60e0cdf14bdf.json |
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"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-31T12:50:32 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrities%2FSelena-Gomez-on-break-amid-anxiety--depression-from-lupus-15001860.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13254594/15001861.jpg | en | null | Selena Gomez on break amid anxiety, depression from lupus | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Selena Gomez says she's taking a break to deal with anxiety, panic attacks and depression stemming from her battle with lupus.
The pop singer tells People magazine the conditions are side effects of the autoimmune disease, "which can present their own challenges."
The 24-year-old says in a statement to People that she wants "to be proactive and focus on maintaining my health and happiness and have decided that the best way forward is to take some time off." Gomez says by sharing her struggles, she hopes "others will be encouraged to address their own issues."
Gomez told Billboard last year that she had undergone chemotherapy as part of her treatment for lupus. | http://www.journalgazette.net/entertainment/celebrities/Selena-Gomez-on-break-amid-anxiety--depression-from-lupus-15001860 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/983e6dabd9c3305a7df4dac5f6a809f4b99f57bf179832fdd19082ec7e4b5fda.json |
[
"Chris Goff",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-28T04:49:21 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Ffull-count%2FNotebook--Preller-impressed-by--first-class--Parkview-Field-14951365.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Notebook: Preller impressed by 'first-class' Parkview Field | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | A.J. Preller, the general manager of the San Diego Padres, the TinCaps' parent club, wrapped up a quick two-day visit to Fort Wayne on Saturday night, his first since San Diego hired him in August of 2014.
His biggest takeaway? Just how nice a stadium Parkview Field is.
"Probably the first thing that jumps out is just the facility," Preller said. "I mean, I think it's really for any facility, be it minor league or major league, it's really first-class. It's a great-looking ballpark. I think for some of our players to get their first taste of full-season baseball and be in a ballpark and a facility like this in Fort Wayne is a pretty special deal."
Preller said the second thing that jumped out at him was the TinCaps' fan base. They're averaging a paid attendance of more than 6,000 a game and drew 7,781 for Saturday's 15-4 win over West Michigan.
"To look out and see a fan base as passionate as they are about baseball, as passionate as they are about this team, and just the support they have, you really can't ask for anything more from a development standpoint from a big league team," Preller said.
Friendly competition: One thing to monitor in the TinCaps' final eight games, besides their very remote shot of reaching the Midwest League playoffs, is the chase for the team RBI lead. Carlos Belen drove in three Saturday night in the blowout win over West Michigan and is at 64. Austin Allen also drove in three and has 60. First baseman Brad Zunica is in between with 61.
Up next: Emmanuel Ramirez takes on the Whitecaps' Eudis Idrogo as the TinCaps look to improve to 3-0 in the four-game set. Note that the Sunday game is scheduled to begin at 3:05 p.m. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/full-count/Notebook--Preller-impressed-by--first-class--Parkview-Field-14951365 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/1fc3c83f9f98a27b2e85ebebb84823757d033993e39a943c710f8fc9194746d6.json |
[
"Sara Burnett",
"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-28T16:49:37 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2FWade-s-cousin-s-death-part-of-uptick-in-Chicago-gun-violence-14957917.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Wade's cousin's death part of uptick in Chicago gun violence | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | CHICAGO – The fatal shooting of NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin in Chicago is part of a sharp uptick in gun violence in the nation's third-largest city this year. Among the other innocent people caught in crossfire have been young children playing outside and a father paying bills at his kitchen table.
Wade's cousin, Nykea Aldridge, was shot Friday while pushing her baby in a stroller near a school; two men have been charged Aldridge was one of nearly 20 people shot between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, police said. Three others were killed.
Here's a look at what's happening in Chicago:
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HOMICIDES UP
There were 441 homicides in the city between the start of the year and Aug. 21, a nearly 50 percent increase over the same period last year, police said. That's also more than 80 percent higher than at the same point in 2014, when the city ended the year with just over 400 homicides — the least in a half-century.
Other cities, such as Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, also have seen homicides rise, according to a midyear survey by the Major Cities Chiefs Association. But experts say it isn't enough to suggest a trend, noting numbers are down elsewhere, such as Oakland, California, and Miami.
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SHOOTINGS SOAR
Much of the increase in Chicago homicides is related to more shootings, which have been climbing since 2013 but have spiked this year to 2,228 as of Aug. 21.
That's 48 percent more than in the same timeframe last year, and easily surpasses the total recorded in all of 2014, when there were 2,084.
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BUT WHY?
There isn't a clear cause.
Chicago police and Mayor Rahm Emanuel frequently point to gang violence and the easy availability of guns. The city once had some of the nation's strictest gun-control laws, but many are no longer on the books. Last year, the police department said it confiscated nearly 7,000 illegal guns.
Others point to a loss of trust between police and the community, a long-standing problem that grew worse after Chicago police released a squad-car video in November that showed a white police officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times. The video of Laquan McDonald's death set off weeks of protests.
Many of the neighborhoods on the city's South and West sides where the violence is concentrated struggle with gang membership and high unemployment and poverty rates.
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INNOCENT BYSTANDERS
Police said Aldridge, a 32-year-old mother of four, was going to register her kids for school Friday when two men walked up and shot at a third man, hitting her in the head and arm.
She is among the many innocent people who have been hit by stray gunfire, including a growing number of young children.
In the first six months of the year, 15 children younger than 10 were shot, none fatally. That's seven more than in the first half of 2015.
The victims included a 6-year-old girl who was drawing with sidewalk chalk when she was shot in the back with a bullet intended for rival gang members. A bullet pierced the cheek of a 4-year-old boy as walked down a sidewalk, holding his mother's hand.
Wade, a native of Chicago's south suburbs who signed with the Chicago Bulls in July, bemoaned what's happening in some neighborhoods, saying Saturday that "The city of Chicago is hurting." | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Wade-s-cousin-s-death-part-of-uptick-in-Chicago-gun-violence-14957917 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/5845597f90530784cf61bf7ce620b68eb5f9b93c63ef1f8e5a45f4d67aa71d06.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T06:50:22 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fbusiness%2FGeneric-EpiPens-to-be-half-the-cost-14971739.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13251195/14971746.jpg | en | null | Generic EpiPens to be half the cost | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The maker of EpiPens will start selling a cheaper, generic version of the emergency allergy shots as the furor over repeated U.S. price hikes continues – and looming competition threatens its near-monopoly.
Despite its second move in five days to make EpiPens more affordable, maker Mylan N.V. still faces condemnation from critics who accused it of price-gouging. They note Mylan hasn’t reduced the $608 list price for a pair of EpiPen auto injectors or explained why it hiked the price more than 500 percent from $94 after acquiring the product in 2007.
“More must be done – and more quickly – to make this life-saving drug more affordable,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said in a statement Monday. “Mylan may appear to be moving in the right direction, but its announcement raises as many questions as solutions – including why the price is still astronomically high, and whether its action is a pre-emptive strike against a competing generic.”
Mylan, which mainly sells generic medicines, said Monday it will sell its generic version for $300 for a pair of EpiPens. That will still bring Mylan tens of millions of dollars while helping it retain market share against current and future brand-name and generic competition.
“We need real competition to lower drug prices, not corporations offering generic versions of their own drugs for whatever price they want,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., wrote in a Twitter post Monday.
EpiPens are used in emergencies to stop potentially fatal allergic reactions to insect bites and stings, and foods like nuts and eggs. People usually keep multiple EpiPens handy at home, school or work, but the syringes, prefilled with the hormone epinephrine, expire after a year.
Some analysts have estimated that the tiny amount of epinephrine in an EpiPen is worth barely $1, and the auto-injectors might cost as little as $5.
There’s currently little competition for EpiPen. Rival Adrenaclick carries a list price of $461, and there’s a generic version, but doctors usually prescribe EpiPen, originally launched in 1987, because it’s so well known.
Parents doing back-to-school preparations encountered sticker shock at pharmacy counters this month and began protesting to politicians and on social media, leading to an uproar in an election year when drug prices already are a hot issue and other drugmakers have been blasted for astronomical price hikes.
Last Thursday, Mylan offered more financial aid to patients getting EpiPens, including coupon cards covering up to $300 off patient copayments, triple the $100 discounts previously offered.
Coupon cards are a standard pharmaceutical industry strategy, one that leaves employers and taxpayers still footing at least two-thirds of a big bill – and everyone facing higher insurance premiums eventually. And like other drugmakers that increase prices sharply when generic competition is on the horizon, Mylan has been taking bigger annual price increases on EpiPens the last few years.
A generic competitor was expected in 2015 but has been delayed. Now that product and a couple rival brand-name ones could hit the U.S. market in mid- to late 2017. Then last Thursday the compounding pharmacy Imprimis Pharmaceuticals said it hopes to sell a version of the allergy shot in a few months for around $100 for two injectors.
A chorus of politicians, consumer groups and others has been calling for hearings and investigations of EpiPen pricing, along with action by the Food and Drug Administration to speed approvals of any rival products. | http://www.journalgazette.net/business/Generic-EpiPens-to-be-half-the-cost-14971739 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/4d58ece10504e4314a5d760ac236137e23eab998f73dbf1e1723addbfe9ff8a0.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T06:50:35 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fpolice-fire%2FDispute-escalated-to-latest-homicide-14991859.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13253634/083116-Homicide-Stardale-Drive.jpg | en | null | Dispute escalated to latest homicide | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | An argument late Monday at the Stop N Shop gas station on Hessen Cassel Road most likely led to the shooting death of 24-year-old Nelson Antonio Lemus-Munoz, police said.
About 11:15 p.m., Lemus-Munoz was found dead in front of his home in the 2900 block of Stardale Drive on the south side of Fort Wayne.
The block of brick homes just off Hessen Cassel Road is a short drive from the Stop N Shop where Lemus-Munoz allegedly got into an argument and was followed home by a white four-door Chevrolet believed to belong to the suspects, according to Fort Wayne police.
Police say they believe more than one shooter was involved because different caliber shell casings were found at the scene. Lemus-Munoz died from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the Allen County coroner’s office.
Tuesday afternoon, the family was home, trying to process what had happened.
While Lemus-Munoz’s mother was too upset to talk, his sister Olga Monge said the father, Antonio, ran the painting business advertised on a truck parked outside the home.
Her brother had a job, but she declined to say where. She said he went to Northrop High School and she was not aware of any reason why someone would want to kill her brother.
The family is originally from Guatemala but has been in Fort Wayne for many years, Monge said.
Lemus-Munoz’s younger brother said he was at the home when the killing occurred and heard about eight or nine shots.
Video surveillance is being reviewed for additional suspect information, police said.
Lemus-Munoz’s death is the 26th homicide in Allen County this year.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 436-7867 or Fort Wayne police at 427-1222.
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Police were called to the 4300 block of Monroe Street around 5:40 a.m. to the report of a stabbing, a statement from police said.
The victim told police he had been stabbed by a female that he knew. The female ran away before police arrived, the statement said.
The victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition, police said. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/Police--Victim-stabbed-multiple-times-14990251 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/0fdbc4608936f527a0f97f76ec2b1166de8849a02b5d1c01de831947582817c2.json |
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The Mastodons (2-1) beat the rival Cardinals (0-3) 22-25, 22-25, 25-22, 28-26, 15-5.
Lauren Hoffman led IPFW with 15 kills, Somer Johnson had 14 and Natalie Seiler eight. Seiler also had eight blocks and four aces.
Ball State's Sabrina Mangapora had 17 kills, one shy of her career high. She also had five digs and four blocks.
In the 25-22, 25-18, 25-22 win over Youngstown State, Hoffman and Natasha Medic each had 13 kills and six blocks, while Madison Jaqua had 38 assists and Olivia Hahn 19 digs.
The Mastodons had a .343 hitting percentage, while the Penguins were at a .188 clip.
During the first day of the tournament, IPFW lost to Murray State 3-1 on Friday. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/on-campus/IPFW-women-sweep-pair-in-volleyball-14952139 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/605654a4bec3f17cf4e60957ce3c6b50f3616272eba8163b537cccf364b42986.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T06:49:15 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fworld%2FFrance-s-high-courttopples-burkini-ban-14935818.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | France's high court topples burkini ban | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | PARIS – France’s highest administrative court on Friday overturned a ban on burkinis in a coastal area of the south of France, capping a month of intense national scandal and international outrage.
In the last month, more than two dozen French cities and towns have outlawed the full-body swimsuit – designed for Muslim women to enjoy the beach while still observing traditional codes of modesty.
Local governments had imposed the bans in the name of secularism because, for some, the burkini seemed an unwelcome display of religion threatening the basic French ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity.
But for many French Muslims and members of France’s intelligentsia, the bans sparked an instant outrage over an unnecessary crackdown on a nonexistent problem. The same was true for millions of international observers, especially after images surfaced this week of a French police squadron surrounding a Muslim woman sunbathing on a beach in Nice, demanding that she remove portions of her clothing in broad daylight.
The French court ultimately agreed, calling burkini bans an insult to “fundamental freedoms” such as “the freedom of conscience and personal liberty.”
And yet a significant majority of the French do not view the bans as a problem. According to a poll released this week by the survey firm IFOP, 64 percent approve of the state policing what Muslim women wear to the beach. Likewise, most of France’s major politicians – conservative and liberal – seem to agree that the burkini has no place in their county.
For those on the right, including former president Nicolas Sarkozy, the burkini is a “provocation,” a symbol of radical Islam in a country still reeling from the terrorist attacks in Paris last fall and in Nice in July. For those on the left, such as Prime Minister Manuel Valls, the burkini is a means of “enslavement,” the subjugation of women to a patriarchal religion.
But these different objections to the burkini are rooted in the same soil: France’s unique – some would say bizarre – ideology of secularism.
Ever since the French Revolution of 1789, France has aspired to an ideal of secular democracy completely free from the influence of any church or creed. But the initial prohibition against the state – or any of its representatives – showing religious preference eventually became a prohibition against private citizens showing any religious preference in public.
For many, the burkini – like the headscarf and the burqa before it – is seen as precisely that kind of public religious expression, decidedly unwelcome in a universalist republic of equal citizens.
In 2004, in another epic controversy, France passed a law banning the hijab – the headscarf – in public schools; in 2010, it became the first European country to ban the face-covering burqa outright.
Muslims see these bans – and especially the recent ban on the burkini – as little but thinly veiled institutionalized Islamophobia in a country that is home to one of the largest Muslim populations in Europe.
Unlike the bans on the other Muslim garments, the burkini bans emerged in the immediate aftermath of the recent terror attacks – and, notably, in the same region that the Nice attack had targeted. In that attack, a Tunisian resident of the Mediterranean city killed 86 and injured hundreds in a murderous truck rampage.
For Joan Wallach Scott, a leading expert on French secularism and the author of “The Politics of the Veil,” the burkini ban is an unmistakable response to terrorism.
“What’s happening right now is a displacement of the anxiety after the attacks last fall and then in Nice,” she said. “It’s a displacement of the anxiety about security, and the sense that nothing can be done to protect anyone.” | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/France-s-high-courttopples-burkini-ban-14935818 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/418b6b2c9ffb433ad0cc60770c678745969419905a27e70995056a295a5019b2.json |
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"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-30T04:50:08 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fmlb%2FKipnis--single-in-10th-gives-Indians-1-0-win-over-14982009.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13251307/14982010.jpg | en | null | Kipnis' single in 10th gives Indians 1-0 win over | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | CLEVELAND – Jason Kipnis came through in the clutch and survived a mobbing from his teammates.
Monday night's 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins in 10 innings wasn't easy on any front for the Cleveland Indians.
Kipnis' single scored Chris Gimenez and gave the Indians a much-needed victory after a 2-5 road trip.
Kipnis lined a 1-0 pitch from Brandon Kintzler (0-1) with one out to left-center to finally break up the scoreless game, sending the Twins to their 11th straight loss.
Cleveland's second baseman faced another challenge after his game-winner. His teammates chased him into center field where they wrestled him to the ground and piled on top of him.
"It probably wasn't my best idea to keep screaming 'You guys can't bring me down' to the rest of them," he said.
Cleveland has scored one run or less in seven of its last eight games, but that wasn't a major concern following the game.
"At this time, it's nice to get a win in any form," Kipnis said. "Hopefully the more wins we get, the more relaxed we can be."
Indians manager Terry Francona isn't picky about how his team goes about winning.
"We talk about it all the time," he said. "You want to be one run better. Winning 1-0 in extra innings is heck of a lot better than losing 1-0."
Abraham Almonte pushed a bunt past Kintzler and beat the throw to first to start the inning. Gimenez fouled off two bunt attempts before poking a single through the right side with Almonte moving to second.
Third baseman Miguel Sano fielded Rajai Davis' slow roller and tagged Almonte. Kipnis then hit the second pitch from Kintzler to end the tight game, which drew only 11,327 fans.
Zach McAllister (3-2) worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the 10th, retiring Max Kepler on a fly ball to end the inning.
The losing streak is Minnesota's longest since Sept. 9-21, 2011.
Neither starter was involved in the decision. Trevor Bauer allowed five hits in six innings for Cleveland while Hector Santiago gave up three hits in 6 1/3 innings for the Twins.
Andrew Miller of the Indians struck out two with runners on first and third to end the seventh.
The AL Central leaders have struggled against the last-place Twins this season. Cleveland is 6-8 versus Minnesota and 29-9 against the rest of the division.
"When you're trying to find a way out of something like this, you need to make your breaks or have things go your way," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. "But that's baseball, you never know from day to day if you're going to be in a pitcher's duel or a slugging contest."
THE ROAD BACK
Indians outfielder Michael Brantley has his right arm in a sling after having season-ending surgery for biceps tendinitis on his shoulder Aug. 15. He had the stitches removed Monday and is expected to be ready when spring training begins. Brantley had surgery for a torn labrum in November and played in only 11 games.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Twins: LHP Buddy Boshers (left elbow inflammation) was scheduled to pitch one inning Monday for Triple-A Rochester. He has been on the 15-day DL since Aug. 11.
Indians: C Yan Gomes (separated right shoulder) has started hitting drills and will DH when he begins a minor league rehab assignment.
UP NEXT
Twins: LHP Andrew Albers, who was recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Aug. 26, makes his first start of the season. He has a 4.32 ERA in two relief appearances with Minnesota.
Indians: RHP Josh Tomlin has lost his last five starts, allowing 30 earned runs in 25 innings (10.80 ERA) since the start of August. He is 11-8 with a 4.70 ERA on the season. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/mlb/Kipnis--single-in-10th-gives-Indians-1-0-win-over-14982009 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/daa0cc5600679e2d6af989b04082eb8535b7654e1d13ddb4ec2f95cc6dc6a181.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T18:49:37 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2FPolice-sergeant-who-filmed-himself-taking-pot-is-released-14958724.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Police sergeant who filmed himself taking pot is released | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | GRANTS, N.M. – A New Mexico police sergeant accused of unwittingly recording himself on a lapel camera taking marijuana from his office and giving it to his girlfriend has been released from jail.
KOB-TV in Albuquerque reported Saturday that Grants police Sgt. Roshern McKinney is out of jail.
It wasn't immediately known Sunday under what conditions he was released.
State police say McKinney was arrested Wednesday. An investigation was requested in July after the video recording was found.
He faces charges of distribution of marijuana, conspiracy and felony embezzlement.
According to state police, McKinney also allegedly embezzled $785 and an 8-ounce brick of marijuana not submitted to the department's evidence vault.
It wasn't immediately known if he had an attorney. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Police-sergeant-who-filmed-himself-taking-pot-is-released-14958724 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/87f8b16891b12d9828d998eb46d3634db012ed094b4fd6b004cdcfbf483246f0.json |
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Fans are weary of seeing the same old problems from a defense that has been unable to stop the run, chase down quarterbacks or get off the field consistently.
So Monachino has changed things up. His solution is to be more aggressive and creative with play calls – a philosophy that could give the Colts a whole new look.
“We have to manufacture some pass rush by bringing them from different areas,” Monachino said Wednesday in advance of tonight’s home preseason game against Philadelphia. “We can’t just line up and say our four are better than your five and we will get home.
“We’ve got to create some looks and some things that confuse protections and break down some of the organization of the offense.”
Despite missing the 2014 season with a league-imposed suspension and a torn Achilles tendon, veteran Robert Mathis’ 341/2 sacks remain a team high and account for 23 percent of the Colts’ total from 2012 to 2015.
None of Mathis’ teammates recorded more than 12 sacks during that same span.
Mathis is expected to sit out his third straight preseason game.
Indianapolis’ starting cornerbacks, Vontae Davis (ankle) and Patrick Robinson (groin) and backups Jalil Brown (knee) and D’Joun Smith (ankle) have already been ruled out.
Defensive tackle Henry Anderson, who was activated from the physically unable to perform list this week, and cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who signed Monday, are not expected to play.
Roundup
PATRIOTS 19, PANTHERS 17: At Charlotte, North Carolina, Tom Brady looked sharp in his preseason debut, throwing a 33-yard touchdown pass to Chris Hogan in helping New England defeat Carolina.
Brady relieved Jimmy Garoppolo late in the first quarter and completed a 37-yard pass to Aaron Dobson on his first play from scrimmage, leading to a field goal. On his second drive Brady heaved a perfectly placed over-the-shoulder pass to Hogan down the right sideline for a 9-0 lead. Brady’s other two drives failed to produce points.
While Brady was on the mark, league MVP Cam Newton struggled mightily in his most extensive playing time of the preseason. Newton was intercepted twice, and the Panthers failed to get any points on his eight first-half possessions. Overall, the Panthers scored just three points in 10 Newton-led drives.
New England’s defense shut down the league’s highest-scoring offense from a year ago. They also intercepted Derek Anderson and allowed only one passing play of more than 15 yards in the first half.
STEELERS 27, SAINTS 14: At New Orleans, Ben Roethlisberger had two touchdown passes, and Landry Jones passed for another TD and 206 yards as Pittsburgh topped New Orleans.
Antonio Brown caught a 57-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter from Roethlisberger.
BUCCANEERS 30, BROWNS 13: At Tampa, Florida, Jameis Winston threw for two touchdown and nearly 260 yards in the first half to lead Tampa past Cleveland.
Adam Humphries had a 73-yard punt return for a touchdown late in the first quarter.
The Bucs led 27-3 before the Browns scored late in the first half on a 43-yard touchdown pass from Robert Griffin III to Josh Gordon. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/nfl/Colts-eye-creative-ways-torush-QB-14918749 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/44727aaf250bc79a7f80c0399c156e3e2cd14c6f4d1fd66ec297912d8c9aab31.json |
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A detour is to use Coverdale and Lafayette Center roads, the highway department said in its notice. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Indianapolis-Road-section-closing-for-utility-work-14990302 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/6f7267693319b668a9618418e740f95490d94e1fd2cb797872d071f4be37b6a9.json |
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Despite classes not beginning at Saint Francis until Monday, the Cougars have still been in school the past week – football school. For only the second time in the 19-year history of the program, Saint Francis will have a game before the academic calendar is under way.
And the Cougars, who open their season at Trinity International in Deerfield, Illinois, on Saturday, have taken full advantage of the week of football-only focus. They have even been calling it their “NFL week.”
“It allows this week, a week where we don’t have classes, for us to get that much better,” senior offensive lineman Keegan Bruner said. “It allows you to study and allows you to get that extra step on a lot of teams.”
On Aug. 25, 2012, Saint Francis opened the season before opening school when it beat Texas College on the road, 46-10.
With the emphasis on football, coach Kevin Donley has tried to take into account any overabundance of the physical part of practice coming off a couple weeks of fall camp and two-a-day sessions.
“It has been football, football, football, 12 hours a day sometimes,” Donley said. “We tried to simulate a game week, but without classes. Hopefully we are recovered well enough physically to go play well.”
Besides plenty of preparation time, the Cougars open the 2016 season with two other extra qualities, experience and optimism. There is talent aplenty back from a team that went 11-1 in 2015 and reached the NAIA tournament semifinals.
“One thing that happens when you go from high school football to college football is understanding the game,” Bruner said of the veteran presence on the team. “ … Schematically and understanding plays, that’s what we have gotten good at.”
Donley, though, cautioned this year’s team still has a void with the loss of experienced leaders such as Cale Tabler and Cam Smith.
“We were young a year ago; we were still trying to establish an identity for the team, and who it was,” Donley said.
“We have most of the guys back, but we still had significant leadership change. It’s a different team, even though we are missing only about a half-dozen guys.”
Interestingly, the Cougars have been able to have more time to solely concentrate on football and the upcoming opponent but may get some surprises from the Trojans, who finished 2-9 in 2015 and lost to Saint Francis 45-3. Trinity also has experience returning, especially on defense, but may have some new wrinkles with a new defensive coordinator in Lamont Butler, who was elevated this season after serving as an assistant defensive coach.
“Obviously having the time to prepare (is an advantage), but it is the first game and they have some new coaches and there are some new things,” Donley said. “What you have is previous information of the personnel, but that is maybe insignificant. You have to have a generic approach and be ready for anything.”
Defensively, the Trojans’ top 10 tacklers return in 2016.
“That makes a big question mark … what are they going to offer us?,” said Bruner, a Warsaw graduate. “When you have a veteran defense like this, you can’t go out and attack and attack because they schematically know the game a lot better than they did last season.”
gjones@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/colleges/local-colleges/School-starts-early-for-Cougar-players-14914063 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/ac2b367b99eacfb2c75ce1cbb8b178b283060d129890dc0dc7062c23af5f877d.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:50:29 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Findiana%2FCompany-plans-to-close-100-worker-boxcar-factory-in-Gary-15001823.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Company plans to close 100-worker boxcar factory in Gary | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | GARY, Ind. – A company is planning to shut down a northwestern Indiana factory where about 100 workers make steel parts for railcars.
Canadian-based Samuel, Son & Co. has notified state officials that it expects in October to lay off about 75 workers from the Stanrail boxcar factory in Gary. The company plans to complete closing of the factory by the end of February.
The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports company officials say the plant closing will be permanent. The company had announced its intentions last year to close the factory, but delayed those plans.
The Stanrail factory makes box car plug and sliding doors, along with steel flooring and roofs. The company says the Gary plant is outdated and that it is offering workers jobs at a factory in Mississippi.
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"Chris Goff",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-26T12:57:34 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Firish-insights%2FNotebook--Folston-appreciating-the-preseason-grind-14920982.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Notebook: Folston appreciating the preseason grind | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | SOUTH BEND — A year ago at this time, Tarean Folston felt a little differently about the grind of preseason practice.
"I'm not going to say I hated practice," the Notre Dame running back said, "but I just had a different view. Now it's like I sat out a year, and no one wants to sit out a year from the thing they love, so I just go into practice with a different love for the game. I can't explain it, but I feel like if someone was in the same shoes as mine they would know what I'm talking about."
Folston, owner of a career 5.2-yard average, blew out a knee in last season's opener against Texas. Naturally, the Irish also face the Longhorns to begin this year, this time on the road.
"We've got a great offense coming in," Folston said. "I'm just excited to get this year started."
In the meeting room with running backs coach Autry Denson, Folston fits right in as by far the most experienced rusher.
"Last year, we were pretty close, even when I was out," he said. "We just bonded all year, like, we hung out all year and were really a close-knit group."
Folston said he "feels great" physically after testing the knee throughout training camp.
"I'm just pumped," he said. "I'm just ready to go, to be honest. Don't take anything for granted. It can be taken away at any time."
Back to normalcy: In the wake of six players being arrested over the weekend, and then one of those six being kicked off the team, Notre Dame players endured meetings about the situation with coach Brian Kelly. But practice has felt like, well, practice, according to left tackle Mike McGlinchey. It's felt normal.
"We were in a state of turmoil this past weekend," McGlinchey said. "Guys came to practice ready to work. Everything's going to be OK. It's our job to put our heads down, work and try to go down and win a football game in Austin, Texas."
Trio on kickoff returns: It's worth noting that the Irish have rotated C.J. Sanders, Josh Adams and Dexter Williams on kickoff returns in practice, so, assuming Williams encounters no further university punishment from his legal troubles, it's fair to expect that any of the three could see action as the kickoff returner come Sept. 4. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/irish-insights/Notebook--Folston-appreciating-the-preseason-grind-14920982 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/96fd3b448ec4af631c389a36f2e84ee7fd7ae1da29f0db5ada3dae909278882d.json |
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"Amy B. Wang",
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] | 2016-08-31T06:50:15 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2FTheft--fraud-alleged-in-postal-sweep-14984699.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Theft, fraud alleged in postal sweep | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | WASHINGTON – Cellphones lifted from packages. Veterans’ medications that never made it to their patients. Nearly 50,000 pieces of undelivered mail that a Postal Service worker simply let accumulate in her home.
Federal authorities have found more than two dozen cases of mail theft and related crimes in Southern California as part of a sweep targeting corruption and criminal activity affecting the U.S. Postal Service, the U.S. attorney’s office of the Central District of California announced late last week.
In all, federal prosecutors charged 33 defendants in 28 cases with crimes including mail fraud, conspiracy, embezzlement and making false statements.
The defendants ranged in age from 23 to 73, and most cases involved Postal Service employees, the attorney’s office said.
In a statement, the Postal Service condemned the actions of those who had been charged while defending the integrity of the “overwhelming majority” of its employees. The already beleaguered federal agency has for years been debating its financial future and how its services should evolve in an increasingly digital world.
“The mail system plays an important role in our country’s commerce and social communication. Maintaining its integrity is vital,” States Attorney Eileen Decker said in a statement.
“Mail theft across Southern California has increased recently, which is significant since this type of crime tends to be a precursor to other crimes, like identity theft and drug offenses.
“As a result, we are stepping up enforcement activities, including dealing aggressively with corruption within the Postal Service.”
Variety of cases
Many of the cases, made public last week, showed a range of fraudulent activity that pervaded many levels of the agency.
In one case, the defendant, Jarol Garcia, was a former mail handler who previously was local area president of the Mail Handlers Union. The attorney’s office said Garcia stole mobile phones from packages going through the Moreno Valley Delivery Distribution Center, where he worked.
Garcia would then trade the phones on a website; at one point, he allegedly possessed at least 166 mobile phones he had stolen from the mail, according to an indictment.
One defendant, Nicole Elwood, allegedly stole mail and packages that contained medications, including some sent from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans, the attorney’s office said. She was charged with theft of mail by a postal employee, and it was unclear what happened to the medications.
Several defendants were charged with mail theft or with dumping mail altogether. In the most extreme instance of this from the sweep, postal carrier Sherry Naomi Watanabe was charged with delaying the mail after investigators found “approximately 48,288 pieces” of mail stashed in her Los Angeles-area home, according to a plea agreement.
The mail was supposed to have been delivered to customers on Watanabe’s route in Placentia, Calif., court documents said.
Another case charged mail carrier Norman Muschamp with conspiracy to commit access-device fraud and to steal mail. The indictment alleged that Muschamp was part of a conspiracy to use information belonging to identity-theft victims to order prepaid PayPal debit cards mostly sent to fake addresses on his route.
Muschamp then allegedly obtained PayPal debit cards from the mail and delivered them to co-conspirators in exchange for cash, the attorney’s office said, adding that investigators think the scheme caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses.
Still other cases had nothing to do with letters or packages.
One 73-year-old former mail handler was charged with a misdemeanor over fraudulent mileage reimbursements. Another former contract driver was charged with conspiracy to steal government property, the attorney’s office said. The driver’s alleged crime? Siphoning about 385 gallons of fuel from contractor trucks.
Rocky future
The sweep comes amid years of debate about the future of the financially rocky USPS. Talk of cutting delivery service back from six days to five has repeatedly been floated, then pulled back.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2016, the USPS reported a quarterly net profit for the first time in almost five years. The agency’s $307 million in net income for the first quarter was a $1.1 billion turnaround from its $754 million net loss during the same period a year earlier.
However, in the spring, the USPS cut the price of its postage stamps for first-class mail by two cents, a move that means a $2 billion annual loss for the agency and which triggered more questions about how the Postal Service would make up for the lost income.
On its website, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service maintains a list of mail-related fraudulent schemes that consumers should look out for. Not mentioned is the possibility that one’s mail could be compromised by a postal employee.
“The criminal charges filed against these Postal Service employees are very concerning,” Postal Service spokesman Dave Partenheimer told the Washington Post in an email.
Partenheimer said he could not comment on the specific cases because some were under investigation.
However, “we can state that this type of alleged behavior within the Postal Service is neither tolerated nor condoned,” Partenheimer told the Post.
“Moreover, the Postal Service can proudly state that the overwhelming majority of the Postal Service’s more than 636,000 employees are honest, hard-working and trustworthy individuals who would never engage in criminal behavior.”
As for the hoarded mail found during the investigation, the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General said it would preserve the mail as evidence for as long as needed – then have the letters delivered to their original destinations. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Theft--fraud-alleged-in-postal-sweep-14984699 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/d16b53469de2d95650ef38f2c6a6636ddabf21082dfa5c4c0125920422748eca.json |
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Severe storms are not expected either day, but heavy rainfall today causing localized flooding of low-lying areas is possible, the weather service said. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Chance-of-thunderstorms-today--Wednesday-14988353 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/8926eecd2f6e7eec1511792b13c3f0e26af7e42651eb82aa97be6da572ff1db5.json |
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All tickets can be refunded at the point of purchase, IPFW said in a statement. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Hannibal-Buress-concert-canceled-14993731 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/1d836ede47a51598ab8e90b00e136e79fc6eac643768fcea9e7275bd568459fe.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:50:23 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Findiana%2FIndiana-coal-miners-who-lost-jobs-eligible-for-federal-help-14989079.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Indiana coal miners who lost jobs eligible for federal help | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | INDIANAPOLIS – Federal labor officials say a group of Indiana coal miners who lost their jobs are eligible for certain benefits.
The U.S. Department of Labor says former Gibson County Coal workers can get help under the Trade Adjustment Assistance program. The Evansville Courier and Press reports that the federal program helps workers who were negatively impacted by foreign imports or shifts in production in certain industries.
That means the workers can now apply for unemployment benefits, health insurance, job search allowances and training for a new career. The labor department's ruling affects Gibson County Coal workers who were employed on or after Dec. 4, 2014.
Alliance Resource Partners announced last November that it would eliminate 120 jobs at Gibson City Coal by the end of last year.
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"The Journal Gazette"
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After spending eight days in Dupont Hospital for multiple infections, James Barbre is trying to regain enough strength to go home to his wife and their dog. The 77-year-old was in Day 4 at Ashton and feeling antsy. The cloudy skies outside weren’t helping matters.
That’s when some unexpected visitors walked in, wearing bright green T-shirts and big, friendly smiles.
“It was nice,” James Barbre said. “They came in and offered God’s word and a prayer or two.”
“And they had a baby, which is as good as a puppy,” Ruth Barbre added.
About 100 members of Grace Summit Church signed up for nine varied activities for their first Serve Day. The nondenominational church, which was founded almost six years ago, meets at Manchester University’s Fort Wayne campus, 10627 Diebold Road. Sunday services are 9:30 and 11:15 a.m.
Members were asked to pursue projects they felt passionate about.
“Our big focus is service,” member Karen Gross said. “We don’t start new ministries a lot. We go out and work with existing ministries.”
Those include Habitat for Humanity, Dare to Dream Youth Ranch, Tools for Schools, Blessed Portion Ministries and various others. The efforts often seek to help the homeless and hungry. Saturday’s scheduled efforts included mulching at Swinney Park, clearing out litter from the downtown riverfront and cleaning Lawton Park’s skate park.
Regina Cannady, the church’s discipleship director, had shoulder surgery five months ago. Her painful recovery inspired her choice of destination for Serve Day 2016 – Ashton’s rehab facility.
She wanted to encourage others going through physical therapy. Like all the other project leaders, she called ahead and got permission to bring in a small group of volunteers.
Cannady visited patients’ rooms with members Tina McDonald and Jessica Gross, who carried her daughter, 7-month-old Teagan.
Gross, who happens to be an assistant physical therapist, offered patients a joke to brighten their day.
“The difference between terrorists and physical therapists is you can negotiate with a terrorist,” she said, smiling. “You can’t negotiate with a physical therapist. We’re always pushing you to get better.”
Karen Gross, Jessica’s mother-in-law, summed up why she’s active in Grace Summit Church.
“We’re out here to show our love and show the love of Jesus without a big push,” she said, adding that they offer to pray with people only when the patient shows an interest. “We just feel like everybody can do a little something to make the world a better place.”
“It is a nice ministry,” Ruth Barbre said as she sat across from her husband in his wheelchair. “They really weren’t here to advertise their church. They were here to bring cheer.”
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] | 2016-08-30T14:50:15 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Fpolitical-notebook%2FWanted--Artist-to-paint-official-portrait-of-Gov--Mike-Pence.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13190276/14472198.jpg | en | null | Wanted: Artist to paint official portrait of Gov. Mike Pence | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The state of Indiana is now accepting applications from Hoosier artists to paint the official portrait of Gov. Mike Pence.
The Indiana State Museum will coordinate the selection process to determine the artist who will paint the approximately 42-inch by 32-inch oil or acrylic portrait.
A gubernatorial portrait is completed for each Indiana governor and will become part of the historic governors portrait collection, managed by the Indiana State Museum.
Only one man - acting Gov. John Gibson in the 1800s - escaped the ritual.
Whoever is selected has their work cut out for them. Gov. Mitch Daniels' portrait was unveiled in October 2012 while he was still in office. The artist was chosen in January of that year.
But Pence has just four months left in office after unexpectedly dropping his re-election campaign to run for vice president instead.
A news release said an artist will be selected by the end of October and the portrait will be unveiled by summer 2017.
Interested applicants have until Sept. 23 to submit their applications, which must include the following:
* Applicant must be a resident or native of Indiana or a graduate of an Indiana institution of higher learning. Preference will be given to Indiana residents.
* Applicants must complete the online application form, available at: http://www.indianamuseum.org/governorportrait.
* Applicant must include a resume including past portrait experience and commissions, list of their work in public collections, past exhibitions, and art training.
* Applicant must include an artists statement about their approach to portrait painting. Specific ideas about this commission may also be included but are not required.
* Applicant must submit at least six to 10 digital color samples of their portrait work, including some detail, to be uploaded to the application website.
* Applicant must propose their required dollar amount for the commission. The cost of framing should not be included in the artists fee.
* Applicants schedule must be flexible and may include travel. All travel costs will be reimbursed.
* Applicant must include email and mailing addresses and phone contact numbers in their application.
Private funding is used to pay for the artists commission and framing.
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[] | 2016-08-30T06:50:38 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FGetting-all-wet-over-physics--14977085.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13251296/14974800.jpg | en | null | Getting all wet over physics | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | ABOVE: New Haven High School’s James Gardner, 16, struggles to stay afloat in his cardboard boat at Jury Pool on Monday as part of the school’s physics classes’ 17th annual Anchors Away Cardboard Boat Competition.
Photos by Rachel Von | The Journal Gazette
RIGHT: New Haven High School’s Brianna Dishong, 17, paddles back in her cardboard boat as her class watches Monday. Students had to construct a boat from only cardboard and adhesive large enough to support themselves and navigate an obstacle course. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Getting-all-wet-over-physics--14977085 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/44b483117928ff8910d5d713366ca8ac5e15e0a08f8d45e97666a2c32e24cb54.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T02:48:44 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fhigh-schools%2FCarroll-vs-Snider-Football-14937276.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13245314/14937269.jpg | en | null | Carroll vs Snider Football | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
Carroll's Ian Miller looks for an open player to pass to in the first quarter of Friday's game against Snider at Carroll High School.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
Michael Haupert, of Snider, scores a touchdown in the second quarter of Friday's game against Carroll at Carroll High School.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
Jordan Schmeling, of Carroll, runs the ball around the end of Snider's defense in the first quarter of Friday night's game at Carroll.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
Carroll's Jordan Schmeling is brought down iin the second quarter of Friday's game by Snider's Justin Kopke at Carroll High School.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
Snider's Damarious Ridley looks back as he runs the ball for a touchdown in the first quarter of Friday's game against Carroll at Carroll High School.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
Snider's Mac Hippenhammer hands off the ball to Christian Covington in the second quarter of Friday's game against Carroll at Carroll High School.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
Snider's Michael Haupert tries to get around the defense of Carroll's Connor Tapp in the first quarter of Friday's game at Carroll.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
Carroll's Tristan Wells misses the throw in the third quarter of Friday night's game against Snider at Carroll High School. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-schools/Carroll-vs-Snider-Football-14937276 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/e2716dfa00a9eaedfa5c95f6f61f4c48ef08a95887d9c1418a437529e107dcc2.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T06:48:59 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Fpreps-plus%2FSights--sounds-of-high-school-football-14939422.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Sights, sounds of high-school football | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | NEW HAVEN -- From the sideline of the New Haven vs. Lakeland football game tonight -- the Bulldogs won 62-26 -- we produced this video project that gives you highlights, interviews and a different perspective of the gridiron.
Check it out.
Nishawn Jones led New Haven with four touchdowns: two on the ground, one via a reception and one off a punt return. The Bulldogs are off to a 2-0 start heading into their game next week against DeKalb.
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Owner Katie Manni says she got a call saying Charlotte was spotted at a construction site near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, 5 miles from home. When Manni went there Friday, she saw Charlotte standing underneath the office trailer, and "she came to me when I said her name with her tail wagging."
The couple who provided the tip declined a reward so she plans to make a donation in their name to the Beaver County Humane Society in Monaca, Manni said.
The Vietnamese potbellied pig had last been seen July 11. Charlotte serves as a therapy animal at Beaver Elder Care and Rehab Center in Hopewell Township, helping to cheer up residents there.
Manni and her fiance, Edward Perry, got Charlotte in February, when she was 6 weeks old. On the day the pig went missing, Perry had left her and two pugs in a car for about 10 minutes while he ran into the center to pick up something from Manni, who directs nurses there. When he returned to the car, Charlotte was gone.
After Charlotte got home, Manni said the pig had a tick on one of her legs and one eye wasn't open all the way. She said she was so thin that her ribs and hip bones were slightly visible. She was "more quiet than normal," but after being taken to work "she allowed the staff and residents to come up to her, pet her and dote on her."
"She remembered what offices she could get food in" and laid down for someone she knew would give her a belly rub, Manni said. "I think in a week or so she should be back to normal," she said.
Manni says she doesn't know where the pig has been.
"Unfortunately she can't tell us about her adventure," she said. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Owner--Pig-found-after-6-weeks-in--pretty-good--condition2016-08-27T10-22-13 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/9ee72c4772dbe6a150f8355d3fd05cb6d62a4a4d0289ca9675ddbe76dff7218f.json |
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"Suzan Fraser",
"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-26T14:48:58 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fworld%2FCar-bomb-attack-in-Turkey-kills-11-police--78-wounded2016-08-26T06-26-07.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13244143/1_w1200.jpg | en | null | Car bomb attack in Turkey kills 11 police; 78 wounded | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | ANKARA, Turkey — A Kurdish militant suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden truck into a checkpoint near a police station in southeast Turkey on Friday, killing at least 11 police officers and wounding 78 other people, the prime minister said.
The attack struck the checkpoint 50 meters (yards) from a main police station near the town of Cizre, in the mainly-Kurdish Sirnak province that borders Syria.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which was the latest in a string of bombings targeting police or military vehicles and facilities. Authorities have blamed the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, for those attacks.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the attack was a PKK suicide bombing carried out with an explosives-laden truck. He vowed to "destroy the terrorists."
"No terrorist organization can take the Turkish Republic hostage," he told reporters in Istanbul. "We will give these scoundrels every response they deserve."
Turkey sent tanks across the Syrian border following weeks of deadly attacks by the PKK and the Islamic State group. The operation aims to help Syrian rebels retake Jarablus, a key IS-held border town, and to contain the expansion of Syrian Kurdish militia who are linked to the PKK.
Heightened PKK attacks inside Turkey could prompt Turkey to take bolder moves against the Syrian Kurds. On Thursday, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported that Turkish artillery fired at a group Syrian Kurdish fighters who were seen advancing north toward Jarablus despite Turkish warnings for them to retreat.
"This attack, which comes at a time when Turkey is engaged in an intense struggle against terrorist organizations both within and outside its borders, only serves to increase our determination as a country and a nation," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a written statement.
Violence between the PKK and the security forces resumed last year, after the collapse of a fragile two-year peace process between the government and the militant group. Hundreds of security force members, militants and even civilians have been killed since.
At the same time, Turkey has been afflicted by deadly attacks blamed on Islamic State militants, including a suicide bombing at a Kurdish wedding in southeast Turkey last week that killed 54 people and an attack on Istanbul's main airport in June that killed 44 people.
Television footage showed black smoke rising from the mangled truck. The three-story police station was gutted from the powerful explosion.
According to Sirnak governor's office, three of the wounded were civilians. The Health Ministry sent 12 ambulances and two helicopters to the site.
Cizre was placed under 24-hour curfew for several weeks earlier this year, as the security forces launched operations to root out Kurdish militants. A Turkish human rights group said scores of civilians were killed in the operations.
Since hostilities with the PKK resumed last summer, more than 600 Turkish security personnel and thousands of PKK militants have been killed, according to the Anadolu Agency. Human rights groups say hundreds of civilians have also been killed.
The PKK is considered a terror organization by Turkey and its allies. Some 40,000 people have been killed since the conflict started in 1984.
The attacks on police come as the country is still reeling from a violent coup attempt on July 15 that killed at least 270 people. The government has blamed the failed coup on the supporters of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen and has embarked on a sweeping crackdown on his followers.
On Thursday, Kurdish rebels opened fire at security forces protecting a convoy carrying Turkey's main opposition party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the northeast, killing a soldier and wounding two others, officials said.
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Dusan Stojanovic and Cinar Kiper in Istanbul contributed. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/Car-bomb-attack-in-Turkey-kills-11-police--78-wounded2016-08-26T06-26-07 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/be0e9cf4cd07cdbd9906c41429424f95b1d0b98f22f55dd67f20cbd8a83d92da.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T16:49:07 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2FCops--Son-beat-parents-to-death-inside-family-home.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Cops: Son beat parents to death inside family home | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | WEST DEPTOFRD, N.J. — Authorities say a man fatally beat his parents with his hands and an object inside the family's New Jersey home.
But a motive for the attack in West Deptford, a suburb of Philadelphia, remains under investigation.
County prosecutors say a relative found 58-year-old Edward Coles Jr. and his 55-year-old wife, Rosemarie, around 11:30 a.m. Friday. The relative had gone to the home because he couldn't reach the couple by phone.
The couple's 28-year-old son, Ryan, was in the home when police arrived. He was taken to a hospital for an evaluation, but further details were not disclosed.
Ryan Coles faces murder and weapons charges. His bail was set at $1 million.
It wasn't known Saturday if he's retained an attorney.
Autopsies on the couple were scheduled for Saturday. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Cops--Son-beat-parents-to-death-inside-family-home | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/ee1c4d6c3e21e7be7b23132e400aa53b701d05cc28f968ccc7d33b8ded30e54a.json |
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Police say thunderstorms moving northwest at 40 mph were spotted early this afternoon along a line extending from Milford to Pierceton in Kosciusko County to near South Whitley.
Torrential rainfall also is occurring with these storms and may cause localized flooding. Officials are warning motorists not to drive vehicles through flooded roadways. | http://www.journalgazette.net/weather/Thunderstorms-rolling-through-LaGrange | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/f73a8a8f5fc69d931a067daeb3773f530365bee3e316995107e9019c76069541.json |
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"Travis M. Andrews",
"Washington Post"
] | 2016-08-30T14:50:14 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fworth-a-click%2F-Sturgeon-whisperer--catches-and-releases-Pig-Nose--the-fabled-650-pound-sturgeon-14986625.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13252452/14986676.jpg | en | null | 'Sturgeon whisperer' catches and releases Pig Nose, the fabled 650-pound sturgeon | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The Loch Ness Monster. The Kraken. Moby Dick. Pig Nose.
Most probably haven't heard of that last one, but like the other monsters of the deep, the Pig Nose has long eluded humans. The only difference is that it's actually real.
The Pig Nose is a gargantuan sturgeon - more than 10 feet long, 5 feet in girth, and weighing about 650 pounds - that lives at the bottom of the Fraser River, the longest river in British Columbia.
This particular fish earned its nickname from its stubby, pink nose, the front of which must have been lost in an accident or a fight at some point in its life, which has spanned at least 80 years, according to Atlas Obscura.
For context, white sturgeons are now an endangered species but were once prevalent in the rivers on the West Coast. One particular type of sturgeon was so popular in New York that they were nicknamed "Albany Beef," according to the Smithsonian. They can grow to massive sizes - up to 20 feet long, according to the Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society.
Unfortunately, seeing a fish even close to that size is incredibly rare today.
The species doesn't reach sexual maturity until 20 years into its life, making it a prime candidate for overfishing - which is exactly what ended up happening. Although they've been around since before the dinosaurs - and seem it; instead of scales, they sport bony plates called scutes, which cover their leathery skin - their numbers have slowly dwindled through the years.
But Pig Nose has remained. It refused to be caught. A wily creature of the deep, growing in size as well as legend.
People knew it existed. It had been tagged with a microchip as part of a program, begun in 2000, by the Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society.
But that was years ago. Pig Nose has grown smarter.
One can only imagine how frustrated the folks at the Lillooet, B.C.-based River Monster Adventures were at having never caught the monster. After all, the company's entire business is based on offering the experience of sturgeon fishing to tourists, business groups on retreat and families looking for a fresh adventure.
But the Pig Nose remained naught but a myth to them.
"This fish has been the talk of fishing and sporting goods shops for years," Jeff Grimolfson told Global News Canada.
Cue 19-year-old Nick McCabe, a young man known around the shop as the "sturgeon whisperer."
Last week, he went in search of a big sturgeon, something that he could brag about for years. It was his first season with the company - why not make a splash?
"We had fished all day pretty hard and struggled to get something to a good size for my group of friends that I had out," McCabe told CBC.
On his last day out on the Fraser, he was preparing to head home, discouraged. Then, as if offering himself to the young man, Pig Nose jumped right out of the water.
"I said, 'Well, that looks like a 10-footer, so strap on, we're going to be into at least a two-hour fight.' And it ended up being two hours, two hours and 15 minutes," McCabe told CBC. "At one point he had swam upriver against the current, and I was moving up the river with the boat following him."
The fish could have easily snapped the line. It could have won. But McCabe fought, and finally Pig Nose tired out.
It had been many years, and Pig Nose had never been captured on camera, but here was proof.
"We're walking on clouds," co-worker Jeff Grimolfson told Global News Canada.
McCabe took a few photos with Pig Nose, measuring it and scanning its ID microchip. Eventually, though, he released the enormous fish to go swimming back to the depths of the river to live out its life. After all, sturgeons can live to be up to 200 years old - and it'll keep growing.
Another battle for another day.
For today, it was won by man.
"The living legend has been captured and lives on," Grimolfson said. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/worth-a-click/-Sturgeon-whisperer--catches-and-releases-Pig-Nose--the-fabled-650-pound-sturgeon-14986625 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/a9f21a28f21a8316f711773a398be713d6e153925240a5b9b339f96f4cf6847f.json |
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"Ron Shawgo",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-28T06:49:21 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FRobotic-elephant-on-auction-block-14896795.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247773/14897629.jpg | en | null | Robotic elephant on auction block | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | If you go The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival runs through Sept. 5 at various Auburn locations. For a list of events go to www.acdfestival.org/events. Auctions America Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend, Auburn Auction Park, 5536 County Road 11A, runs Wednesday through Sept. 4. • For a list of Auctions America events go to www.auctionsamerica.com/events/attractions.cfm?SaleCode=AF16. For an Auctions America video of Wendell the Elephant from last year, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqWwxI_qpCI.
Among the classic Duesenbergs, Cords and Corvettes at this year’s Auctions America Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend is a modern marvel that has little to do with cars, except for maybe its trunk.
Wendell, formerly Jumbo, is a life-size, walking, water-squirting mechanical elephant ready to drive off the lot for the right price.
Built in England in 1951 for a Detroit drugstore chain, Wendell was rebuilt a couple of years ago to mint condition, so he won’t go for peanuts. Think $250,000 to $400,000.
“We rebuilt that thing from the ground up,” said Tom Davis, whose Auburn company, Interiors by Thomas, refurbished the elephant. “When I went over and looked at it and they asked me to do it, it looked like an old broken-down combine in the corner. It was really in bad shape.”
The elephant, owned by Auctions America, is one of the many attractions as the auction and the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival gets underway this week. The weeklong festival, celebrating its 60th anniversary, kicked off Saturday with a fundraiser at a local winery. The auction begins Wednesday with a car preview.
Festival officials expect about 100,000 people to attend the various activities, from today’s tour of local enthusiasts’ garages to music and art shows.
“While we appreciate that the cars are absolutely the stars of the show, I find that there’s a lot of people that are surprised how much diversity we have beyond the cars,” said Sarah Payne, festival executive director. “So, come for the cars, but then stay for the live music and the kids activities.”
As for the cars, Auctions America has a couple of Duesies, as usual. A 1933 Duesenberg Model J sunroof Berline by Franay valued between $750,000 and $950,000 is one of the company’s three featured cars. A 1937 Cord 812 supercharged phaeton ($250,000 to $300,000) and a 1929 Auburn 8-90 cabriolet ($80,000 to $100,000) round out what the company calls its “superb ACD trifecta.”
But top dollar could go to a pair of legendary American sports cars: a 1965 Shelby AC Cobra roadster, CSX 2442 ($1 million to $1.15 million), and a 1964 Shelby AC Cobra roadster, CSX 2216 ($825,000 to $875,000).
“So, you have one that’s more of a race car and one that’s just more of drive around and enjoy a classic car,” said Megan Boyd, a car specialist with the auction company. “Like we like to call them: One is for show and one is for go.”
As fine as the cars are, an elephant powered by a four-cylinder gas engine and a three-speed transmission (with reverse) will steal some of the limelight.
Wendell, built by theatrical prop maker Frank Stuart, will be auctioned Saturday. Stuart had hoped mechanical elephants would be a viable venture, but he went bankrupt after completing Wendell and two similar models, according to Auctions America.
Originally named Jumbo, the elephant was bought by Detroit’s Cunningham Drug Stores in 1951 to promote its jumbo photo prints and jumbo milk shakes. It carried about 10,000 children on rides during its first four weeks, according to newspaper clippings posted on cyberneticzoo.com, which explores the “history of cybernetic animals and early robots.”
The thrill ended on Week 8 when a mechanical leg failed, spilling six to 10 children to the curb, according to differing news accounts. Three or four were slightly injured. Two years later, in July 1953, the pretend elephant was up for sale.
Ownership changed several times. Wendell was repurchased by Cunningham Drug Stores in 1961 for a static display. He was sold and used as an attention grabber at a riding stable, according to Auctions America. In 1978 he was bought and restored, and for the first time since 1962 it provided rides to neighborhood children.
Over the years the elephant was used in Dwight Eisenhower’s and Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaigns and other Republican events.
Auctions America bought it two or three years ago, Boyd said.
Restorer Davis, who normally works on automotive and commercial upholstering, recalls the elephant being in sad shape. Its engine had not been run since the 1970s, he said. It took a year to get the 1,400-pound elephant back in running order.
“We rebuilt the head. There was no head on it at all,” Davis said. “We made it so it shoots water out of its nose. We actually got taxidermy eyes for it.”
The elephant’s movements are determined by a hydraulically operated blocking clamp that allows wheels in each foot to rotate in one direction.
“So, what it does, you lock them in forward. When the unit goes forward, the wheels lock and it pulls it,” Davis said. “It’s only allowing the wheel to go one way.”
The ideal walking condition, according to an original brochure, is a smooth level hard surface.
“But you don’t want to go very fast with it,” Davis said. “Because the problem is, what we would call stubbing your toe, if it catches a rock or pothole, it’s going down. And it’s going to hurt somebody.”
Wendell likely will be bought by someone wanting a one-of-a-kind item for his or her collection or by a business wanting a unique promotional tool, Boyd said. A portion of the proceeds will go to Kate’s Kart, which provides free books to hospitalized children.
Boyd pointed to several new kids activities at the auction, including a scavenger hunt and an activity center with ridable toys. Among the new features for adults are a wine-and-beer garden and a cars-and-coffee event.
Payne said the Labor Day event is recognized all over the world and she hears people say Auburn is on their bucket list of things to do before they die.
“Like, Auburn, cars, Labor Day weekend, bucket list,” she said. “So, oftentimes people from northeast Indiana don’t always even recognize how big of a deal it is right in their own backyard.”
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Even with a careless finish Friday at Bethpage Black, Reed rode a fast start to a 3-under 68 and a two-shot lead over Emiliano Grillo and Rickie Fowler going into the weekend of the opening FedEx Cup playoff event.
The Barclays is the final tournament for Americans to earn one of the eight automatic spots on the Ryder Cup team. Reed, who has gone 55 tournaments worldwide since his last victory, came into the week at No. 8.
At the moment, that’s no longer a concern.
“Really, I’m going into this week trying to win a golf tournament,” Reed said. “If I take care of me and do what I need to do this week, then Ryder Cup will take care of itself. So I’m not going into this week looking at it as, ‘Oh, I need to do this for the Ryder Cup.’ I’m going in this to think, ‘All right, I need to go win a golf tournament.’ ”
Reed was at 8-under 134.
Fowler mostly likely needs third place alone to have any chance of qualifying for the Ryder Cup, and he has done his part. He played bogey-free in the sweltering heat, though still missing plenty of birdie chances. Par is never bad on the Black Course, however, and Fowler shot a 69.
He has dropped only one shot all week, missing a 4-foot par putt Thursday that spun out of the back of the cup.
Grillo also had a 69, opening with a double bogey and finishing with a bogey.
Ryan Moore (68) was three shots behind, while defending champion Jason Day (70) and Jordan Spieth (67) were four back.
Day tied for the lead early in the round when he ran off four straight birdies on the easier front nine. But his tee shots got wild, he finished some swings with only one hand on the club, and he dropped four shots around the turn.
Spieth missed the cut at The Barclays a year ago, but he shot 31 on the front nine, including a 6-iron that hopped out of the rough to 3 feet on the par-5 fourth hole for an eagle, and shot a 67 to get back into the mix.
“Resetting a goal there is really key for me to get my mind away from what happened and look forward,” Spieth said. “I know it’s such a tough golf course. It’s rare when we play tournaments on courses this challenging. Normally they’re majors. But 4 under makes up a lot of ground.”
LPGA: In Priddis, Alberta, Ariya Jutanugarn had five birdies in a six-hole stretch and shot an 8-under 64 to take a three-stroke lead in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open.
South Korea’s In Gee Chun and Northern Ireland’s Stephanie Meadow were tied for second.
CHAMPIONS: In Snoqualmie, Wash., U.S. Senior Open champion Gene Sauers eagled the par-5 18th hole for a 7-under 65 and a share of the Boeing Classic lead with Kirk Triplett.
EUROPEAN: In Farso, Denmark, Bradley Dredge hit five birdies in the front nine and finished with a 5-under 66 as he surged to a three-shot lead amid windy conditions at the Made In Denmark tournament. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/golf/Reed-stays-on-top-at-Barclays--boosts-Ryder-Cup-hopes-14934039 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/ef4b18116dc74eb3361ecdb0032ab603668432a4e4d11b60622b297dbc3c658d.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T06:50:45 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FCommunity-gets-large-thank-you-card-14992382.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13253556/14990822.jpg | en | null | Community gets large thank-you card | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Cathie Rowand | The Journal Gazette
Jerry and Linda Vandeveer put up a billboard on North Clinton Street to thank the community for their support of Linda, who is battling cancer. “We couldn’t buy enough cards to thank everyone, so this is the perfect way to let everyone know we love and thank them for their support,” Jerry said in a email to The Journal Gazette. The couple own the Wood Shack antiques store on Fairfield Avenue, are longtime advocates for the Baker-Fairfield Neighborhood and were instrumental in creating the Law Enforcement/Firefighters Memorial. In July, they were named Sagamores of the Wabash. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Community-gets-large-thank-you-card-14992382 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/5538ecb524f7703ae3978e9c702e68675c768552afd538c55c4e55e869a6dbff.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:49:34 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fohio%2FOhio-releases-2nd-report-card-on-Medicaid-managed-care-plans-14957318.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Ohio releases 2nd report card on Medicaid managed care plans | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | COLUMBUS, Ohio – A state report card finds that health plans serving most Ohioans on Medicaid are doing average or better when it comes to how their doctors communicate with them.
The Columbus Dispatch reports that Ohio Medicaid officials recently released the state's second annual performance evaluations for all five managed care plans serving about 2.4 million poor and disabled Ohioans on the program.
The plans received one, two or three stars in each of five categories.
State Medicaid Director John McCarthy says the report card aims to inform consumers and provide incentives for the health plans to improve services.
The card is based on data provided by the plans and patient surveys.
Of the 3 million enrolled in tax-funded Medicaid program in the state, about 80 percent are in managed care.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/ohio/Ohio-releases-2nd-report-card-on-Medicaid-managed-care-plans-14957318 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/5982339f0c697f0647681c7db61ff0db60a23ebc77cc574e2439fc51a347d76a.json |
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(Aug. 26, 2016) – The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) has approved Regional Cities Initiative funding to support the continued revitalization of Embassy Theatre in Fort Wayne, advancing its prominence as a cultural hub in northeast Indiana.
Completing upgrades to the Embassy Theatre is part of northeast Indiana's Road to One Million Plan and will act as a key downtown venue for arts and entertainment. With the renovation of four floors of the former Indiana Hotel, which sat vacant for nearly 40 years, the Embassy Theatre will include a two-story-high ballroom and rooftop patio, breakout and rehearsal spaces, new administrative offices, classrooms, history center and improved public access and concessions areas. This project will create more rental opportunities for the public who have been turned away in the past due to scheduling and capacity limitations.
"As Indiana continues to outpace the nation in job creation, we remain focused on ways to attract talent to fill those positions through the Indiana Regional Cities Initiative," said Governor Mike Pence. "By encouraging communities to collaborate on talent attraction efforts, regions across the state will become destinations to live, work and play. The Embassy Theatre is a vibrant part of downtown Fort Wayne and these renovations will continue to propel the area's cultural growth."
“The Embassy Theatre is an iconic pillar for northeast Indiana. Support from the Regional Cities Initiative allows the Embassy to expand, giving more people of all ages new opportunities to experience out vibrant venue," said Kelly Updike, executive director of the Fort Wayne Embassy Theatre. "More than 80,000 square feet of vacant space has become a two-story ballroom, a rooftop patio, classrooms, new concessions, dressing rooms and administrative space. Thanks to this final funding, the historic theatre will continue to welcome families for generations to come.”
INDIANAPOLISState funding: $1,745,180 | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/the-scoop/Verbatim--Embassy-Theatre-reaps-Regional-Cities-money | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/03cd16ae58f343df241e29ebe46f620989fe8cb1ed7156c21408fa64139c6d1b.json |
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Not long after dawn, Parkview Field rustles awake, more than 10 hours in advance of one of the TinCaps’ typical 7 p.m. games.
Head groundskeeper Keith Winter, who acknowledges the “pressure” of maintaining good field conditions, is usually the first person through the stadium’s doors. TinCaps president Mike Nutter often claims the silver medal in the arrival race, followed by director of group sales Jared Parcell and Bill Lehn, director of the food and beverage operations.
“You can trick your body,” Nutter said, “and everybody else is in way before they need to be.”
All full-time staffers report by 9 a.m. most game days, and the first order of business is a promotions meeting, where every inning break, ceremonial first pitch, special announcement and bit of entertainment is planned, along with staff assignments.
Consider the Huntington University Picnic Pavilion, located by the right-field foul pole. Say 1,500 guests are on their way; preparing the area can take two hours and an all-hands-on-deck staffing approach. You might see Brent Harring, an assistant director of group sales, cooking.
Upward of 200 part-time workers in concessions, security, parking and greeting, pop up in the mid-afternoon. Ushers lift every seat in their section and check for stray wrappers, dirt or moisture. Thomas LaBarbera saddles up to his post at the “TinCap Tap” beer stand on the third-base concourse by 4:30 p.m. to put peanuts on the rack, clean the counter and fill out order forms for products running low.
“They call me Mr. Popular,” said the Chicago native, in his fifth year working Parkview Field concessions. “I like to get things done and get them done the right way.”
So do Melissa Darby and Tim Bajema in video production, who spend hours every game day creating the graphics that flash on the giant video board, or John Nolan, who works in broadcasting and media relations and conducts a daily production meeting to strategize topics and information for that night’s telecast and to get on the same page with five camera operators.
In the bowels of the stadium, bat boys prepare food, do the team’s laundry and rub down baseballs with mud, while on the field the TinCaps take infield and batting practice from 4 to 5:15 p.m. and the visiting team does the same from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Eventually, an average crowd of more than 6,000 streams down the aisles to enjoy the fruits of all these labors.
“They’re long days,” Nutter said. “There’s some down time. Way too much weather-watching. But it’s a labor of love. You catch that adrenaline (around 5:35 p.m. when gates open), and it fuels you back up. A lot of times it’s organized chaos. You may not know exactly what that person’s doing, but hopefully at 5:35, then 7:05 and then after the fireworks, it went off without a hitch.”
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TinCap's Tyler Selesky tries to field the ball before West Michigan's Cam Gibson can make it back to first base in the second inning of Monday night's game at Parkview Field.
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TinCaps' Logan Allen started out pitching against West Michigan in Monday night's game at Parkview Field.
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TinCaps' Carlos Belen strikes out swining in the first inning of Monday's game against West Michigan at Parkview Field.
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TinCaps' Peter Van Gansen holds up the ball after tagging West Michigan's Will Maddox at second base in the fourth inning of Monday night's game at Parkview Field.
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Jake the Diamond Dog took over as bat boy during the third inning of Monday night's TinCaps' game against West Michigan at Parkview Field.
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Alan Garcia, of the TinCaps, hits a fly ball in the second inning of Monday night's game against West Michigan at Parkview Field. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/tincaps/TinCaps-vs-West-Michigan-Whitecaps-14980164 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/0e355e07c70f6d2dba398a3ea0e5195f9b154f8878158f10ec36962f3e8023db.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T06:50:10 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcourts%2F3-charged-in-teen-s-shooting-death-14977521.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13250415/3-charged-in-teen-shooting-death_w1200.jpg | en | null | 3 charged in teen's shooting death | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Three men face low-level felony charges in connection with the Aug. 29, 2015, shooting of a Concordia basketball player.
The 19-year-olds are charged with Level 5 felony criminal recklessness, accused of shooting into a gathering of people at a Schaper Drive bonfire a year ago Monday. One of their bullets found 17-year-old Alonna Allison. She died at a hospital just days after starting her junior year of high school.
Javaris Travier, of the 4800 block of S. Anthony Boulevard; Darrion Bright, of the 3100 block of Little Street; and Joshua A. Smiley, of the 1000 block of Winchester Lane face between one and six years in prison if convicted.
According to court documents, there had been a birthday party that night, and a number of people gathered inside and outside a vacant home in the 2500 block of Schaper Drive.
A dispute broke out, and numerous people began firing guns, records said. Allison, who was not involved in the argument, was struck by gunfire, a single bullet going into her back and exiting the front of her body, according to court documents.
Witnesses identified Travier, Bright and Smiley as having been at the party and having fired weapons during the fight, according to court documents.
Originally filed Friday, the cases against the three men were sealed. The cases were unsealed Monday.
They are scheduled to appear in Allen Superior Court this morning for their initial hearings.
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[] | 2016-08-28T18:49:50 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Finstant-recall%2FMars-Retail-Group-recalls-M-M-S-branded-jewelry-due-to-violation-of-lead-standard.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13248526/M-M-s-World-Bracelet.jpg | en | null | Mars Retail Group recalls M&M’S-branded jewelry due to violation of lead standard | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Mars Retail Group recalls M&M’S-branded jewelry due to the jewelry can contain high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health issues.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled jewelry, place the items out of the reach of children, and contact M&M’S World or visit an M&M’S World store to return the jewelry for a full refund.
The recall involves all M&M-branded jewelry, including some children’s jewelry. Recalled items include earrings, rings, bracelets and necklaces sold between May 2015 and July 2016. Jewelry items included in the recall have the M&M’S logo “M” as a charm or other feature.
Consumers can contact M&M’S World at 866-915-5058 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at www.mmsworld.com and click on the “Product Safety & Recalls” link at the bottom of the page for more information.
The jewelry was sold at: M&M’SWorld Stores in New York; Orlando, Fla.; Las Vegas; and Henderson, Nev. from May 2015 to June 2016 for between $6 and $18. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/instant-recall/Mars-Retail-Group-recalls-M-M-S-branded-jewelry-due-to-violation-of-lead-standard | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/d9c80ccbe2b8759192e003e14a9093bb327e609351a45773f99a86ffd6d5e3e1.json |
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Queen B kicked of her strong set with “Pray You Catch Me” as blue lights beamed onstage. She was wearing white but later stripped down to a black leotard with full sleeves as she sang “Hold Up” and “Sorry.” She grew angry and twerked while performing “Don’t Hurt Yourself” and ended with the anthemic “Formation.”
“If y’all came to slay, sing along with me,” she said.
The audience at Madison Square Garden watched intensely Sunday, at times recording the performance with their phones.
Beyoncé’s top-notch performance was the opposite of Britney Spears, who returned to the VMA stage after 10 years. Not only did she lip sync, in typical fashion, she did so badly.
Spears performed her hit “Make Me...” and danced slickly, but she didn’t sing a word of the song live. She was joined by rapper G-Eazy – and she lip synced the hook to his hit song, “Me, Myself and I.”
Beyoncé was the top nominee with 11, including video of the year for “Formation.” She won best female video.
“Thank you to my fans. I love you,” she said. “Have a beautiful night.”
Beyoncé was angel-winged and green-feathered with daughter Blue Ivy in tow as she arrived on the white carpet along with Sybrina Fulton, Lezley McSpadden and Gwen Carr, the mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner, among others. They appeared in videos for her “Lemonade” visual album and also make up the Mothers of the Movement, women of color who lost children to violence.
In typical and true Kanye West fashion, the rapper ranted onstage, touching on subjects from music to his beef with Taylor Swift to violence in his hometown Chicago. Before he debuted his music video for “Fade,” West rambled onstage as the audience in New York City raucously cheered him on. | http://www.journalgazette.net/entertainment/music/VMA-spotlight-belongs-to-Beyonc--233--14966191 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/bb2eab81b21d61a4da2c452080ee118944656ba49d051ea04433aa344d785fc6.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T06:50:30 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fbusiness%2FMedPro-opening-expanded-office-14991858.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13253520/14990824.jpg | en | null | MedPro opening expanded office | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | In the past 2-1/2 years, Medical Protective has added 225 positions, increasing its national workforce by almost 50 percent.
Now, the Fort Wayne-based insurer has built a bigger home office to accommodate some of those workers.
MedPro and city officials will cut a ribbon today to officially open a 10,800-square-foot building addition on the insurer’s 40-acre, north-side campus.
Mayor Tom Henry is scheduled to speak at the 4 p.m. ceremony.
The new $4.3 million office space includes 84 work stations, two conference rooms and brings the sprawling, white brick complex’s total to 138,000 square feet.
The company’s total employment is 710, including 389 who work locally.
MedPro has shifted its focus in recent years as the health care industry has consolidated, spokesman Andrew Booth said.
Instead of primarily insuring individual doctors and dentists, the company now writes policies for entire health care networks. It also offers cyber insurance policies, he said.
MedPro, which is owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has more than 200,000 clients and collects more than $1 billion in annual premiums.
Tim Kenesey, MedPro’s president and CEO, said the 117-year-old company is proud to call the Summit City home.
“As we further strengthen our position as the nation’s leading health care liability insurer and continue our expansion globally, both Fort Wayne and the state of Indiana provide an excellent environment for business and employee growth as well as expanded customer solutions,” he said in a statement.
The insurer is writing policies for health care providers in the United Kingdom and France and is preparing to enter the Singapore market, Booth said.
MedPro has 47 open jobs, including actuary, claims, finance, legal, underwriting and sales positions. Salaries range from $35,000 to $100,000, depending on experience.
Employee benefits include on-site cafeteria, fitness center and walking trails.
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The minimum six-month suspension for Dr. Ulrich Klopfer came after 12 hours of testimony and thousands of exhibits.
But it was a story that Klopfer told himself that struck a nerve with members of the board.
He spoke of a 10-year-old girl raped by her uncle who he performed an abortion on in an Illinois hospital but didn’t notify police about the child abuse. Instead, he let her go home with her parents, who knew of the rape and refused to prosecute.
It wasn’t part of the complaint filed by the Indiana Attorney General’s Office but appeared to shift the case, with several members of the board bringing it up during final discussion.
Board member Rebecca Moredock-Mueller described Klopfer as having a nonchalant attitude and lacked sound medical judgment.
“The thing that bothered me most was his professional incompetence,” she said.
Klopfer, 71, is likely Indiana’s most prolific abortion doctor in history, with tens of thousands of procedures in multiple counties over several decades.
Testimony during Thursday’s hearing – which ended Friday morning – showed a man who was essentially using abortion and sedation procedures from the 1970s and 1980s.
Klopfer told the panel he has never lost a patient in 43 years of doing abortions and has never even had a patient go into cardiac arrest.
“Women get pregnant, men don’t. We need to respect women making a decision that they think is best in their life,” he said. “I’m not here to dictate to anybody. I’m not here to judge anybody.”
The board specifically was bothered that he didn’t give pain medication to all women – only those under 16 and those who could pay extra. And when he did sedate women he didn’t have qualified staff to monitor them and didn’t follow best practices for administration of the drugs and emergency procedures.
Despite this, Klopfer had very few complications, which board members called amazing and lucky.
Klopfer can petition for reinstatement in six months – but only after he completes a laundry list of evaluations, continuing medical education credits and child abuse training. He also was fined $3,000.
The board found him guilty of five of nine charges. One of the charges related to not reporting abortions performed on two girls under the age of 14 within the three-day required timeline. Two referenced sedation and medical practices; two others were whether he followed state law requiring informed consent 18 hours before the procedure on a handful of women.
“Justice has been done,” said Cathie Humbarger, executive director at Allen County Right to Life. “We’re glad that he’s been held accountable for the inferior medical treatment that he has been responsible for over many, many years.”
Indiana Right to Life was instrumental in the censure after analyzing thousands of terminated pregnancy reports and other required documentation.
KIopfer has performed abortions in Fort Wayne, Gary and South Bend for years but is currently not practicing. All three of his abortion clinics have closed but he told the panel he wants to reopen when he can.
Mary Watts, Klopfer’s attorney, said the case is about forms and not about the standard of care patients received.
“He provided good medical care for his patients and did his best to follow the law,” she said. “It’s a question of documentation.”
She said any time deficiencies were found he corrected the procedure. Klopfer and Watts declined to speak at the conclusion of the hearing.
Klopfer began performing abortions in 1973 following the legalization of abortion by Roe v. Wade.
He had been affiliated with the Fort Wayne Women’s Health Organization since 1986 and became the owner in 2008.
Klopfer stopped performing abortions in Fort Wayne in January 2014 when he lost a backup physician required to meet the county’s admitting privileges law. The last of his clinics closed in November 2015.
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There are two hours until first pitch at Parkview Field, and Burt Hooton is doing Burt Hooton things as he watches the TinCaps’ pitcher warm up.
The man some around the team affectionately call Hooter stops the session and simulates the throwing motion he wants.
J.C. Cosme then steps back onto the bullpen mound to try and match his pitching coach’s example. Wash, rinse, repeat.
“Burt and his skills, he’s a really good pitching coach,” said reliever Corey Kimber, who was promoted this week to high-A Lake Elsinore. “He just has a lot of knowledge.”
At age 66, Hooton still finds ways to relay that knowledge to guys who are more than four decades younger than him. The results speak for themselves.
As the TinCaps return for a seven-game homestand, their last of the season, they really need to run the table to sustain their faint chances of reaching the Midwest League playoffs.
In other words, a lot has gone wrong for Fort Wayne.
But the biggest success story of the season has been the ability of the pitching staff to execute Hooton’s program.
And that program? There’s nothing complicated about it. Throw strikes. Throw the ball around the plate. Get ahead in the count, don’t issue walks.
Entering Thursday, Fort Wayne’s staff had issued the fewest walks (394) of any staff in the league – 137 fewer than the wildest staff, Dayton’s.
“Yeah, it’s a good tribute to what (Hooton) does and what he brings to this pitching staff; these guys are young and live arms, and we just want them to pound the zone and get ahead of hitters,” TinCaps manager Anthony Contreras said. “For the most part all year, they’ve been consistent. I was actually thinking about that the other day about our pitching staff, how much they’ve kept us in the ballgame regardless of how many runs we can’t score.”
Hooton certainly has a lot of experience to share with his pupils, from his playing days in the major leagues with the Cubs, Dodgers and Rangers, though he knows baseball is a tough sport.
“It’s a long season,” he said. “You’re not going to have perfect games every time you go out. If you start 25, 30 games in a season, not all of them are going to be the way you want them to be. That’s just the nature of professional baseball. The question then is what are you going to do from that point forward? No matter if you have a real good game or a real bad game, your job is to get ready for that next game, so that is what I tell them.”
Hooton, who won 151 big league games and had a 3.38 career ERA, is in his fourth year at Fort Wayne and puts up with those bus rides and cold winters because he loves the teaching aspect of his job, and his wife, Ginger, loves the city.
“(TinCaps president) Mike Nutter and all the crew they have working around here do a top-notch job,” Hooton said. “I really enjoy it here. It’s been a joy and a pleasure being here.”
Even Contreras is learning about pitching from Hooton.
“Pitch-calling and how to set up hitters,” Contreras said. “Asking him what’s a good pitch to throw in this situation and things like that help me when talking to my catcher. I have learned a lot in this first year (working alongside) Burt and hopefully can learn more.”
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No trash or recycling pickup will be conducted by Republic Services on Monday. Monday collections will be on Tuesday and all other collections for the rest of the week will be one day later.
Allen County recycling drop-off locations operated by Republic Services will be closed on Monday. All recycling trailers will re-open on Tuesday with the normal schedule. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Labor-Day-holiday-closings-14974221 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/847566ff8dd52e54ace6e882d823dde0aa8e49abbfe5f67dbec35a306ac33fce.json |
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Authorities have now determined there were no gunshots. The only people at the airport with guns Sunday night were officers, but false reports of an active shooter triggered a ripple of chaos that sent frantic travelers racing to the street and onto the tarmac.
As police tried Monday to sort out the cause of the disruption, experts said the incident – the second of its kind at a major U.S. airport in two weeks – highlights one of the challenges faced by airports at a time of terrorism and frequent unsubstantiated reports.
“You can’t always avoid them, and when they occur you need to respond as if it’s a legitimate attack every single time,” said Anthony Roman, who runs a security consulting firm in Lynbrook, New York.
Investigators were focusing on what prompted the first of several 911 calls from multiple terminals, airport police Officer Rob Pedregon said. The initial call came from Terminal 8 about 8:45 p.m. – about five minutes after officers detained the man dressed as Zorro.
Police found no connection between the call and the man in the costume. They were investigating a report of loud noises that spurred the first call, Pedregon said.
What followed was pandemonium similar to an incident two weeks ago at JFK Airport in New York when a raucous celebration of an Olympics victory may have led to noises people believed were shots. The chain reaction turned into a panic as crowds bolted.
On Sunday, active shooter reports quickly spread by social media and word-of-mouth, and passengers in five terminals fled or rushed through security checkpoints, airport police said.
“We were on the jetway, and someone starts pushing behind us,” Jon Landis, a sales representative from Boston who was boarding a flight home, told The Associated Press. “One man was frantic, saying there was a shooter.”
Security officers ordered some people to lie on hallway floors as police searched terminals. Others were ushered outside through security gates and into a parking lot, where several hundred people waited.
The scare shut down three terminals, closed roads and held flights in the air and on the ground, but no one was hurt. About 280 flights were delayed, at least 27 planes diverted and two flights canceled, airport spokeswoman Nancy Castles said.
Officers with rifles stormed the airport but uncovered no evidence of a gunman or shots fired.
With deadly terrorist bombings at airports in Brussels and Turkey this year, it’s understandable that travelers are jittery. And LAX is no stranger to violence. A lone gunman shot and killed a Transportation Security Administration screening agent and wounded three other people in 2013.
“It doesn’t take much for people to go into a panic mode and not think,” said Douglas R. Laird, the former director of security for Northwest Airlines and a consultant to airports and airlines.
“You can’t blame the police because they think something is happening.” | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/False-reports-of-active-shooter-at-LAX-causes-chaos-14979481 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/8dbd2b62c24d6b2c7b0de0ff76f6d8d671cf8cc26d23868d8ee1c230d9b27af2.json |
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Kevin T. Clute, 53, was driving the ATV west on Fitch Road, a quarter-mile west of Coldwater Road, with a female passenger about 8 p.m. when he failed to take a turn, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said in a statement.
Chute was taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center with neck and leg injuries, the statement said. The passenger was not injured. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/ATV-rollover-injures-Huntertown-man-14988344 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/9c735c95eb59bcfbcaa114484a41993845eacc232e3471c16cdcef2a1afe0e0e.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T06:50:56 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcourts%2FFather-of-girls-guilty-of-molesting-14992712.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Father of girls guilty of molesting | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Under a plea deal, a 28-year-old father caught sharing images of himself molesting his young daughters means he will serve much less time than he could have.
But he has to give up information about what he did and who he did it with, under the terms of the agreement he reached with Allen County prosecutors.
The Journal Gazette is not naming the man accused in the case because doing so would identify his victims.
Tuesday morning, the Fort Wayne man pleaded guilty to five charges – three Level 4 felony charges of child molesting, one charge of child exploitation and one charge of possession of child pornography.
In May, prosecutors charged him with a dozen counts, ranging from seven Level 1 felony charges of child molesting to the low-level felony charge of possession of child pornography.
According to court documents, a detective with the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department was working undercover as part of the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force. The man responded to an “advertisement” on the social media app, saying he was into “taboo” and “perv.”
Within minutes, the man, self-identified as a divorced father of two, explained in great detail what he did to his girls as they slept, according to court documents.
He also asked to trade photographs, sending images of his own children in sexually explicit positions while sleeping, as well as his own genitalia in the photographs of the girls, according to court documents.
“You can do anything with them as long as they don’t wake up; … don’t want them saying anything to their mom lol,” he wrote in the chat message, court documents said.
Within hours of the chat, federal and local law enforcement officers obtained a search warrant and served it at his Arlington Park home. The girls, ages 2 and 5, were taken to the Fort Wayne Sexual Assault Treatment Center and examined.
During subsequent interviews, the girls described sexual acts performed by their father similar to what he talked about in the messages with the undercover officer, according to court documents.
He told them not to tell anyone or he would get into trouble and other people would think the girls were “nasty,” according to court documents.
Had the man been convicted of all the charges against him, he could have received close to 100 years in prison.
But as part of the plea agreement, the father of the two young girls will face no more than 32 years in prison and five years on probation, according to court documents.
In exchange for that plea, the man has to talk.
“The defendant agrees to cooperate fully by providing a complete and truthful statement describing his participation in and knowledge of all other criminal activity, and the state agrees to forgo prosecution of the defendant for any crime, other than perjury or crimes wherein serious bodily injury or death results,” prosecutors wrote in the plea agreement.
rgreen@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/courts/Father-of-girls-guilty-of-molesting-14992712 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/23871ea674839914abc8726ecf7a732cc4ab241e0b6bd97dcc043092a7a62bd4.json |
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"Ariana Eunjung Cha",
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] | 2016-08-29T06:50:28 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Ffeatures%2FStudy-finds-family-more-important-than-friends-14867390.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Study finds family more important than friends | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The company you keep has long been thought to be an important factor in your well-being.
Studies have documented how the quantity and quality of relationships have effects that emerge in childhood and, as sociologists Debra Umberson and Jennifer Karas Montez put it in a 2010 paper, “cascade throughout life to foster cumulative advantage or disadvantage in health.”
But what kind of relationships help the most?
One recent study in Britain found that “joiners” who were part of a sports club, religious organization, trade union or any other kind of leisure or professional group had a lower risk of death in the first six years of retirement. Another, from the University of North Carolina, found that having a big social network was more important than high-quality relationships for those in adolescence and old age, while quality matters more for adults in their 30s to 50s.
Marriage may be the most obvious social relationship linked to health, with research showing that divorced people tend to be less healthy.
But a study presented at this year’s meeting of the American Sociological Association goes further than all of this, looking beyond spouses to the presence of family and friends in older people’s lives.
The researchers asked nearly 3,000 volunteers ages 57 to 85 to list up to five of their “closest confidants” – excluding spouses – and to detail those relationships. By a lot of measures, most of the participants appeared to have happy, full lives. Most were married, in good physical health and said they weren’t very lonely. On average, they reported having three close family members or friends.
In tracking how long these participants lived, the researchers found that those with more family members in their network were less likely to die. Having a lot of close friends didn’t seem to make a difference.
James Iveniuk, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, said he and his co-author were surprised.
“Because you can choose your friends, you might, therefore, expect that relationships with friends would be more important for mortality, since you might be better able to customize your friend network to meet your specific needs,” Iveniuk explained. “But that account isn’t supported by the data.”
For the study, Iveniuk teamed up with biostatistician L. Philip Schumm from the University of Chicago. The pair found that people who said they felt “extremely close” to those family members had about a 6 percent risk of mortality within the next five years. That compared with a 14 percent risk of mortality for those who said they did not feel very close to family members.
The researchers theorized that maybe family members have more authority to exercise control over some aspects of health and that contact with family members may be more satisfying in some respects.
Furthermore, “when compared to friends, the provision of support from family is not as conditional on the emotional content of the relationship,” they wrote. “Family members may be stressful or burdensome, but individuals may still provide support.”
Iveniuk and Schumm were also able to tease out some findings about marriage and found that being married, even if it’s not a great marriage, still seemed to have positive effects on longevity. “The presence of a marital bond may be more important for longevity than certain aspects of the bond itself,” they concluded.
The paper adds to the vast research already out there about how individuals who lack supportive social relationships may be at a higher risk of health issues. Some papers have even tried to quantify that risk – and have suggested that the impact could be as detrimental as smoking.
“A large body of research points to the social nature of human beings, where isolation from social contact may lead to earlier death,” the researchers wrote in their paper. “Simply being in contact with other people may therefore be a boon to longevity.” | http://www.journalgazette.net/features/Study-finds-family-more-important-than-friends-14867390 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/3be7e0db02ff559339d172cca99ea2c1ce3855e420172884dd992f204c051764.json |
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"Chris Goff",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-28T06:49:20 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fcolleges%2Fnotre-dame%2FQB--playoff-top-issues-for-the-Irish-14942515.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247438/14906997.jpg | en | null | QB, playoff top issues for the Irish | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame isn’t messing around in trying to book its first trip to the College Football Playoff.
Coach Brian Kelly signed a top-15 recruiting class, led by five-star pass-rushing prospect Daelin Hayes, and university officials invested further in a mix of technologies aimed at reducing players’ injury risk.
The Irish, ranked 10th in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll, play nine games against teams that made bowl games in 2015, a schedule that is difficult enough to get the respect of the CFP committee.
However, a week from their opener at Texas, off-field woes remain a major distraction for the Irish after the arrests of six players last weekend and the dismissal of starting safety Max Redfield.
Here are the 10 biggest observations from Irish camp:
1. Malik Zaire is back: In last year’s opener, Zaire had the look of an elite quarterback with 313 passing yards and an 86.2 percent completion rate, the second-best in Notre Dame history. Then, the next week, he broke his right ankle and missed the rest of the season.
In spring practice, it was no surprise Zaire wasn’t all the way back.
But he looks great now, throwing with authority and running with burst, which is why Kelly will play both Zaire and DeShone Kizer against Texas.
2. Kizer may still have the largest role behind center: Many assumed Kizer would win the quarterback job outright. He completed 63 percent of his passes for 2,884 yards in 2015 as a freshman in an opportunity that came along only because of Zaire’s injury.
But the route Kelly is about to take – a QB rotation – is one with an uncertain destination.
Kelly sees enough reasons to play both quarterbacks at Texas – but refused to commit to anything beyond that. Even Kelly isn’t exactly sure where this will lead, so it could still end at conventional wisdom, with Kizer alone on the throne.
3. The rest of the team does not care if it’s Kizer or Zaire: One of the standard arguments against using two quarterbacks is it promotes the concept of players siding with one or the other. But teammates say both Zaire and Kizer bring a similar presence to the huddle. Tarean Folston, one of the two main running backs, said it “all feels the same” since both signal-callers are so talented. And Torii Hunter Jr. – the top wide receiver – dismisses the notion of a divided locker room.
4. Receivers are more skilled than expected: There is no Will Fuller in the receiving corps, but there are options, as Notre Dame has a bunch of possible No. 2s and No. 3s to complement Hunter, who’s at Fuller’s split-end position.
The key is Equanimeous St. Brown, who shows flashes as a big receiver from the flanker position. Coaches are working on his consistency. CJ Sanders had a good camp working the slot. Miles Boykin, former walk-on Chris Finke and recruits Javon McKinley and Chase Claypool can help.
5. Nyles Morgan is a smart player: Joe Schmidt graduated and, as the quarterback of the defense, left big shoes to fill.
Turns out, the Irish’s new middle linebacker, Morgan, is the same type of player. He’s seamlessly taken over as the defensive signal-caller entering his junior season and has plays and assignments down pat.
“Feel really good about him in all the facets,” Kelly said. “Getting your defense lined up. Communication and accountability, both personal and for other players.”
6. Play-action passes are a work in progress: When the play-action tricks are working, Notre Dame’s hard to beat. But for some reason, Kizer and Zaire had trouble executing play-action passes in camp.
“We’ve got to do a little bit better on our play-action pass concepts and throws,” Kelly said. “Some of that is with our receivers. You know, you’ve got to throw it before they get out of their break and got to trust where your guys are.”
7. Tristen Hoge has been groomed as the moveable part on the offensive line: Hoge added 10 pounds to get to 310 pounds over the summer and looks more like a guard. Colin McGovern beat him out for the starting job at right guard, but Hoge, the backup center, felt he wanted a little more power, and the thicker body allows him to now back up two spots.
8. Maturity is a question: All of those players arrested – Redfield, Kevin Stepherson, Ashton White, Devin Butler, Dexter Williams and Te’von Coney – put themselves in bad situations, meaning even Notre Dame is dealing with that ugly invincibility complex.
Butler is suspended indefinitely, and Redfield, who was supposed to be a senior leader, is off the team. The others are all minor backups, but did this stuff pull back the curtain on a team that still has growing up to do?
9. The Irish made it through a camp healthy: Oh, sure, Nick Watkins is sidelined by an arm procedure and others missed a practice here and there, but it was fortunate they avoided any major injuries. Big losses were suffered last August in Jarron Jones and Shaun Crawford.
10. Making the playoff isn’t everything, it’s the only thing: “Looking to be one of the four teams left standing,” Irish special-teams coordinator Scott Booker said. “Every other team has a conference championship. All we have is the CFP.”
cgoff@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/colleges/notre-dame/QB--playoff-top-issues-for-the-Irish-14942515 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/ca5130983453e0cc5a453917573726ca416a486f396afd775dbb2c217daa9b15.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T18:49:03 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fbusiness%2FGM-recalling-about-368-000-vehicles-to-fix-windshield-wipers.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | GM recalling about 368,000 vehicles to fix windshield wipers | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | General Motors is recalling nearly 368,000 vehicles to fix a defective part that could prevent the windshield wipers from working.
The problem affects the 2013 models of the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain. GM says those vehicles were built with ball joints that could corrode and wear out to render the windshield wipers inoperable.
A report filed with government regulators says a GM manager in Canada spotted the potential safety hazard last December. The auto manufacturer opened an investigation in March and decided to issue a recall earlier this month.
GM says it will cover the repair costs once it determines when it will be able to fix the problem.
Chevrolet Equinox owners can call 1-800-222-1020 and GMC Terrain can call 1-800-462-8782 for further information. | http://www.journalgazette.net/business/GM-recalling-about-368-000-vehicles-to-fix-windshield-wipers | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/d0edd16b7eeafec02493b6781f9b7d98ecae562642fa8626102f22b8f55f2f5f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:48:44 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FPhotos-of-the-Week-August-26--2016-14931685.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13244657/14931619.jpg | en | null | Photos of the Week August 26, 2016 | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Rachel Von | The Journal Gazette
Morgan Goetz, right, and boyfriend Trey Bowling sit on a log and play a game of Pokémon GO at the Historic Old Fort in downtown Fort Wayne, IN on Monday night. Crowds of people have been playing the game Pokémon GO at the Historic Old Fort daily in the evening hours.
Rachel Von | The Journal Gazette
Adams Central's Gabe Schwaller #4, center, celebrates with his team after intercepting a ball during the first quarter of the Adams Central vs. Bellmont High School football game at Adams Central High School in Monroe, IN on Friday. GALLERY
Samuel Hoffman | The Journal Gazette
Debby Vincent, right, and her team of Wild Walkers perambulate through Fogwell Forest in southwest Allen County early Friday. Wild Walkers is an adult hiking group that meets the second and fourth Fridays of each month for a hike in different natural areas in the region (parks, wetlands, nature preserve, etc.)
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
Warren Weltner, rear, and Denny Smith, both of New Haven, bag up produce for Corinne Lampe, front, of New Haven, and Judy Meyer, of Fort Wayne, Wednesday afternoon at the New Haven Farmer's Market. The New Haven Parks and Recreation department hosts a farmers market in Schnelker Park on Wednesday evenings from 4:00 to 7:00pm through the end of September.
Rachel Von | The Journal Gazette
North Side's Jackeline Palma, from Guatemala, throws the ball during a drill during the North Side girls soccer practice at Crossroads Soccer Fields in Fort Wayne, IN on Monday. The North Side girls soccer team has players from many different countries including Southeast Asia and central and South America. GALLERY
Chad Ryan | The Journal Gazette
With one of his children looking out the window, Dustin Wood looks at rotating clouds as they move south of his home near Indiana 14 and Country Road 150 East on Wednesday. Supercell thunderstorms produced several tornado warnings in the area, including in Allen County, with confirmed funnel cloud touch downs.
Cathie Rowand | The Journal Gazette
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School first graders Look up at a drone flying over head before releasing their balloons Tuesday mornng. Attached to the balloons were notes asking people who find the balloons to write to the first graders and let them know how far their balloons traveled. The first graders in Jessica Patton and Julie Peters classes are tracking wind speed and how far the balloons traveled. They will also use mark locations on a map that will help them learn about geography.
Rachel Von | The Journal Gazette
A window washer scales the building and cleans off the windows on the Berry St. side of 1st Source Bank, 200 E. Main St. #100 on a sunny day in Fort Wayne, IN on Friday. Weather in Fort Wayne was sunny with a high in the 80's on Friday.
Cathie Rowand | The Journal Gazette
Home in the 8600 blk of Bull Rapids Rd that was in the path of a tornado that hit that area Wednesday.
Rachel Von | The Journal Gazette
Conductor Tom Nitza collects tickets during a ride on the Nickel Plate Road no. 141 caboose during the Annual Open House Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society in New Haven, IN on Saturday. Guests were able to experience a 400-ton steam locomotive up close and personal, take a short caboose ride, tour the newly upgraded shop of the historical society, visit World War II reenactors and much more during the event. VIDEO
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
A bee gets busy at the Purdue Extension office Tuesday morning.
Chad Ryan | The Journal Gazette
A supercell thunderstorm passes near the General Motors plant near I-69 on Wednesday. the storm produced one of several tornado warnings in the area with confirmed funnel cloud touch downs.
Cathie Rowand | The Journal Gazette
Indiana–Purdue Student Government Association Vice President of Legislation, Alex Sanderson, takes a dunk during IPFW Welcome Back activities on the Sceince Mall Monday. IPFW Students paid for the opportunity to dunk their student government representatives with the money going to Riley Hospital for Children. Monday was the first day of classes at IPFW, Ivy Tech , and Indiana Tech. Universtiy of Saint Francis starts next week.
Samuel Hoffman | The Journal Gazette
Ft Wayne Museum of Art technical assistant Lauren Wolfer aligns a painting by famed Hoosier artist TC Steele, next to works by William Forsyth, center, and RB Gruelle, right, Wednesday in the main gallery. The new exhibit "200 Years of Indiana Art from the Haan Collection" runs August 27 - October 23, 2016 and features more than 50 pieces from Indiana impressionists.
"The Haan Mansion Museum in Lafayette, Indiana is home to hundreds of works of art by Indiana artists. This collection has been built over the years by Bob and Ellie Haan, who purchased the glorious mansion in 1984 and have been adding to its grandeur with fine art and furniture acquisitions ever since."
Rachel Von | The Journal Gazette
Bishop Dwenger's Marissa Godfrey watches the ball as it comes over the net during the Bishop Dwenger vs. Snider Pre-Season SAC Volleyball Tournament at North Side High School in Fort Wayne, IN on Saturday. GALLERY | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Photos-of-the-Week-August-26--2016-14931685 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/4f11a54ee458e5372e1423850e5f2bdbb20fac15939ce5b27d1bad6d2c04ca1f.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T22:49:15 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Fpreps-plus%2FFootball-notebook-14948385.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Football notebook | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | NEW HAVEN – Two games into the season, New Haven is undefeated and has outscored their opponents, Heritage and Lakeland, 104-26.
That includes a 62-26 victory Friday over the Lakers.
One of the many keys for the Bulldogs was getting off to a quick start. Quarterback Keshawn Moore threw for three touchdowns on his first eight passes and the Bulldogs had a whopping 27-point lead with 6:16 left in the second quarter.
“It was very important for us (to get a quick start),” said running back Nishawn Jones, who had two rushing touchdowns, a touchdown reception and a punt return for a touchdown. “We need to get a good push at the beginning of the game, so we can finish strong like we did.”
The Northeast Eight part of the schedule starts this week, with New Haven at DeKalb.
“We’re a quick-start, no-huddle offense, so it’s nice to get things clicking early on (like Friday),” New Haven coach Jim Rowland said. “It helped build the confidence when the quarterback gets in a good rhythm and the defense does a nice job of getting 3-and-outs and getting us back on the field.”
Showing progress
The shoes Michael Haupert is trying to fill are big ones. But they’re also apparently swift ones.
Snider’s junior quarterback is two games deep in his role as heir apparent to Isaac Stiebling, who quarterbacked the Panthers to the Class 5A state title last fall. All Haupert’s done as his successor so far is go 2-0 – including a 41-7 rout of Carroll in which Haupert ran for 72 yards and threw for 74 more.
“Absolutely,” Snider coach Kurt Tippmann said when asked if he’s seen progress so far. “Here’s a lot of things he’s got to get better at, but he’s playing pretty good for his first two games.
“I think it’s true of every kid, especially juniors that don’t have that experience from last year, that it’s a measurement every week to see how you’re improving. And as coaches, we’ve got to define every week for him these are the things you need to get better at.”
New role
Entering the season, Homestead junior quarterback Jiya Wright prepared just as any backup would, yielding most of the first-team snaps in practice to three-year starter Drew Keszei. But when Keszei suffered what would be a season-ending ankle injury in the season-opening victory over Northrop, Wright found himself in a much different – and much more important – role.
Generally, the backup quarterback can expect a few plays here and there on Friday nights, if the score gets lopsided in one team’s favor. But with Keszei out, Wright found himself thrust into the spotlight. With Spartan coach Chad Zolman having to rely on a less experienced quarterback, a focus on the running game became Homestead’s mantra against Concordia.
As it turned out, it was the right call, as the Spartans gained 302 yards rushing, averaging 6.4 yards per carry. It was no surprise to Wright to see such a run-heavy game plan, though that plan did require some minor tweaking.
“Obviously with me starting, I don’t know as much as Keszei, he’s a great athlete,” Wright said. “There were a few changes with running, and a few more formations, but that was about it. Coach told us several times, ‘We’re running it’.”
League races begin
The first two weeks of non-conference games has prepared last year's Northeast Eight tri-champion East Noble to hopefully put itself in a position to win the conference title outright this season. Last year, the Knights shared the title with Bellmont and Leo.
"We are very excited," Knights receiver Justin Galaviz said after East Noble's 47-42 win over Warsaw on Friday. "We have high expectations. We want to win the NE8 outright this year.
"Last week we played a great Cathedral team since they are the best in the state. Losing to them, we were ready to come into Warsaw and get a win on the road against a 6A school and it's an important confidence booster."
Tigers coach Phil Jensen said he was pleased with the level of competition his non-conference schedule gives the team before they travel to Plymouth to start Northern Lakes Conference play this week.
"(East Noble) just has great weapons," he said. "They're super well-coached. They stand there, see what you're doing, attack your weaknesses, they find the matchups they want and they execute. That's why we want to play them in Week 2 because we know we're going to get that quality and that helps us get better."
At this point, everyone's ready to get the conference season up and going.
"I feel good," Galaviz said. "I'm ready to go, I'm ready to start conference." | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/preps-plus/Football-notebook-14948385 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/75b6783951d406f0646915f81bb092aaf98d54919d0aa0aa0c72560637561d49.json |
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"Jeff Washburn",
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] | 2016-08-29T06:50:21 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fcolleges%2Fpurdue%2FBoilers-in-search-of-answers-to-misery-14959989.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13249015/14496785.jpg | en | null | Boilers in search of answers to misery | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | WEST LAFAYETTE – For almost a month, the Purdue football team has attempted to solve the frustrating and troubling inadequacies that have plagued the Boilermakers throughout coach Darrell Hazell’s first three seasons.
They have won only six of the 36 games Hazell has coached, and three of those – Indiana State twice and Southern Illinois – don’t play FBS football.
Another poor season, and Hazell could be out of a job after the Nov. 26 Old Oaken Bucket Game at Indiana, the rival against which Hazell is 0-3.
Hazell, his assistants and the players went looking for answers during August camp and now are in game week for Saturday’s opener against Eastern Kentucky in Ross-Ade Stadium.
Looking at Hazell’s fourth Purdue team, there are 10 primary issues, five of which may have been sorted out in August, while five others have yet to be solved.
Here are the five things we know about the 2016 Boilermakers:
1. Sophomore David Blough is the starting quarterback and, barring injury, he likely will stay there, a change from Hazell’s first three seasons when the coach benched his three starting quarterbacks no later than mid-October.
Blough started eight times in 2015 after replacing Austin Appleby and passed for 1,574 yards and 10 touchdowns, with a 1-7 record. He held off redshirt freshman Elijah Sindelar, securing the job during the Aug. 20 Jersey Scrimmage when he completed 11 of 14 passes for 188 yards.
2. The Boilermakers have a deep and experienced core of wide receivers, led by seniors DeAngelo Yancey, Domonique Young, Cameron Posey and Bilal Marshall, along with junior Gregory Phillips.
Yancey caught 48 passes for 700 yards in 2015 and likely will be Blough’s favorite target. Young averaged a solid 13.1 yards per catch last season and has been active during August camp.
3. Sophomore Markell Jones appears to be in line for a 1,000-yard season after rushing for 875 yards and 10 touchdowns as a freshman. Big, strong and fast, Jones enjoys running between the tackles but also can break a run to the outside.
The only concern is keeping Jones healthy, because projected backup D.J. Knox tore an ACL during the spring game in April, leaving redshirt freshmen Richie Worship and Tario Fuller as the probable backups – players who have yet to participate in a college game.
4. Purdue’s group of linebackers had an exceptional August, including redshirt freshman Markus Bailey, who for the moment may have stolen a starting spot from junior Danny Ezechukwu. Middle linebacker Ja’Whaun Bentley, who is coming off knee surgery, may be the Boilermakers’ best player, and senior Jimmy Herman is smart, experienced and runs well.
5. The Boilermakers need not worry when they are forced to punt. Sophomore Joe Schopper averaged 40.2 yards per punt as a freshman with a 69-yarder his longest. He is consistent and should continue to give Purdue a field position advantage.
Here are the five things we don’t know about the 2016 Boilermakers:
1. Is the offensive line capable of protecting Blough from pass rushers and opening holes for Jones? In senior guards Jason King and Jordan Roos, 40 percent of the starting line is experienced and talented.
But center Kirk Barron is a sophomore, and projected starting tackles Martesse Patterson and Matt McCann are a sophomore and a freshman. Those three underclassmen are talented, but their lack of experience could hurt in Big Ten play.
2. Who are Purdue’s cornerbacks? Safeties Leroy Clark and Robert Gregory are returning starters, and sophomore Brandon Roberts has looked good at the nickelback, but cornerbacks Da’Wan Hunte and Tim Cason still are feeling their way in an attempt to replace Frankie Williams and Anthony Brown, each of whom exhausted his athletic eligibility in 2015.
Hazell recruited a solid core of freshmen defensive backs, but that’s the problem – they are freshmen.
3. Will Purdue improve at defensive end, a problem area for the past two seasons? Senior Evan Panfil is experienced, as is junior Gelen Robinson, but neither has shown thus far that he is ready to be the dominant pass rusher Hazell is seeking.
Junior college transfer Austin Larkin has been impressive in August, but there needs to be others in the mix. Junior Wes Cook, a former strong safety, now is working with the defensive ends as the coaching staff looks to solve a weakness.
4. Is true freshman J.D. Dellinger ready to be Purdue’s primary kicker? In close games, the ability to make a pressure-packed field truly is a gift. Dellinger appears to be Hazell’s choice for now, but kicking in high school games in Charlotte, N.C. and making last-minute field goals on the road in the Big Ten is akin to apples and oranges.
5. Can this team recapture the interest of a declining fan base? Purdue was 2-10 last season, and with new athletic director Mike Bobinski watching closely, many believe Hazell must win five or six games to keep his job for the 2017 season.
September, with three non-conference home games, is huge for this program. A 3-0 start might bring the fans back to Ross-Ade Stadium. But if the Boilermakers lose to either Cincinnati or Nevada – or both – and are 1-2 or 0-3 heading to Maryland on Oct. 1, Bobinski may begin compiling a list of possible replacements for Hazell while fans turn their attention to Matt Painter’s men’s basketball team. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/colleges/purdue/Boilers-in-search-of-answers-to-misery-14959989 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/2af3ae1d8d1aaf647c5a195f591c3f66faafa9b9a4c8c9a61831c0f1e673b0d9.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:50:14 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2FWeiner-s-wife-leaving-him-amid-new-sexting-scandal-14972416.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Weiner's wife leaving him amid new sexting scandal | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin said Monday that she is separating from her husband, Anthony Weiner, after the former congressman was accused in yet another sexting scandal.
"After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband," she said in a statement issued by Clinton's presidential campaign. "Anthony and I remain devoted to doing what is best for our son, who is the light of our life. During this difficult time, I ask for respect for our privacy."
The New York Post published photos late Sunday that it said Weiner had sent last year to a woman, whom it identified only as a "40-something divorcee" who lives "out West" and is a supporter of Donald Trump.
The photos included several shots of Weiner bare-chested and two close-ups of his bulging underwear. In one of the pictures, Weiner is in bed with his toddler son while he is texting the woman, according to the Post.
Weiner told the Post that he and the woman "have been friends for some time."
"She has asked me not to comment except to say that our conversations were private, often included pictures of her nieces and nephews and my son and were always appropriate," he told the newspaper.
Weiner didn't return a phone call, text or email from the Associated Press. Weiner deleted his Twitter account Monday.
The Post didn't say how it had obtained the photographs and messages.
Weiner, a Democrat from New York City, quit Congress in 2011 after it discovered that he was sending women sexually explicit messages. Weiner ran for mayor of New York in 2013, but that bid collapsed after it was reported that he was continuing to sext women.
Since then, Weiner has remained in the public eye, commenting on politics on a local cable news show. A documentary offering a cringe-inducing inside view of his mayoral campaign and its unraveling played in theaters earlier this year and is set to air on Showtime this fall. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Weiner-s-wife-leaving-him-amid-new-sexting-scandal-14972416 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/1609c28420760e508b862d78c705de0424a23168694d4347b1eb44cdc6743797.json |
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On Saturday night, he threw mostly strikes.
With Carson Wentz missing a second straight game because of fractured ribs, Bradford led the Eagles on three touchdown drives and to a third straight preseason victory, 33-23.
Bradford has been virtually flawless in each of his three starts. This time, he was 17 of 20 for 167 yards with two touchdown passes and one interception. He played into the third quarter and led the Eagles to scores on four of their first six possessions.
Will that be enough to hold off Wentz, the No. 2 pick in this year’s draft?
Bradford has played well, and the Eagles defense put on an even better show Saturday.
Philadelphia stuffed the run and put so much pressure on Andrew Luck in the first half, that coach Chuck Pagano held out Luck for the final two quarters.
All the Colts mustered was a short field goal in the first quarter, a blocked punt that Jordan Todman recovered in the end zone in the third quarter and two late scores.
Luck finished 13 of 18 for 134 yards.
Rookie watch
Eagles: The rookies spent much of Saturday watching. Wentz didn’t play and running back Wendell Smallwood, a fifth-round pick, got two carries before leaving in the third quarter to be evaluated for a head injury.
Colts: Rookie offensive linemen Ryan Kelly and Le’Raven Clark both struggled at times in their first significant NFL test. Safety T.J. Green, a second-round pick, again started next to Mike Adams and finished with five tackles.
Position battles
Eagles: The depth chart at receiver may be tougher to sort out now. Josh Huff caught two passes for 60 yards and scored on a 9-yard run. The recently acquired Dorial Green-Beckham also caught two passes for 15 yards, including a 4-yard TD reception on which he used his bigger body to get position over a smaller defender.
Colts: If there was any doubt about Joe Reitz’s starting job at right tackle, it’s over now. Robert Turbin might have sewn up the No. 2 job at running back after running four times for 24 yards.
Injury update
Eagles: Defensive end Vinny Curry left in the second quarter with an injured knee, Wendell Smallwood and tight end Chris Pantale both left in the third quarter with head injuries and defensive tackle Taylor Hurt left in the fourth quarter with a sprained knee. None of the four came back in the game.
Colts: Cornerback Darius Butler did not return after injuring his ankle in the first quarter and left guard Jack Mewhort was held out after hurting his knee in the third quarter. NFL.com reported later he had torn his ACL and would be out for the season.
Quotable
Colts: Colts coach Chuck Pagano, on the offensive line: “They (the Eagles) did a nice job, and we didn’t do the job that we should have protecting the quarterback.” | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/nfl/Colts--1st-team-struggles-14952548 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/7bf65ce1509c7ecd038ec4be05f2c88738fc05ef9af3ce69e5afba8b37aad056.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T06:49:42 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Ffrank-gray%2FUrban-Leaguejobs-programlacking-funds-14928366.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Urban League jobs program lacking funds | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | For a year and a half now the Urban League has been operating something called the BUILD program at its offices on South Hanna Street.
The program takes people in dead-end jobs – and some who have never had a job – and introduces them to the building trades. The exposure eventually helps them get positions as apprentices in the trades and move on to a real career.
Participants get two weeks of instruction on critical skills, such as being competent, reliable and learning to get along with people. For another two weeks they are introduced to the trades, all 19 of them, and when it’s over, they get assistance in applying for positions.
They get a $100-per-week stipend for attending, too, to pay for gas and lunch and cover some expenses they have.
It’s not warm and fuzzy, though. Participants are expected to show up at 7 a.m. five days a week and stay in class until 3:30 p.m. If you’re late three times, you’re out. If you have an unexcused absence, you’re out.
In the three classes that have been held so far, 53 people have been accepted and 52 have completed the program. One person who had other commitments – visits with a probation officer – had to quit because he would miss classes.
Of the 52 who completed the program, 51 have jobs, some in the trades, some in other positions, but they’re working – and in jobs that have a future.
Jonathan Ray, president of the Urban League, calls it the most successful program he’s seen in the 30 years he’s been involved in social work. Participants learn that there really is light at the end of the tunnel.
Leroy Jackson, the program director, talks about the people who have participated.
There was the man who had literally never gotten a paycheck in his life. When he got his first stipend check, he put it in his wallet. He wouldn’t cash it. He wanted to keep it.
Make a photocopy of it and cash the real check, Jackson told him.
No, the man said. He was going to keep the real check forever. It was a symbol of the day his life changed.
But there are problems at the BUILD Program. It was supposed to be funded through WorkOne, and the first two classes were. But then WorkOne’s funding was changed. Funds for a third class fell through.
The city made $100,000 available and the Questa Education Foundation kicked in funding for the third class.
But this summer, the BUILD Program was suspended. It didn’t have the money for a fourth class. “It’s nobody’s fault,” Jackson said.
The cost of each class varies, depending on the number of participants.
The lack of a class this summer hasn’t dulled interest in the program. Jackson said 170 individuals have applied to the program, and at a job fair at the Urban League last week, 20 showed up to apply for BUILD.
Jackson said he’s trying to find different pots he can dip into to continue BUILD. He’d pay for it himself if he could, he said. Meanwhile, WorkOne might have funding for a program this fall, but Jackson is waiting until he sees it.
Ray is confident something will eventually be worked out with WorkOne.
For now, though, what both Ray and Jackson call the most successful program they’ve ever seen is dormant.
Frank Gray reflects on his and others’ experiences in columns published Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. He can be reached by phone at 461-8376, fax at 461-8893, or email at fgray@jg.net. You can also follow him on Twitter @FrankGrayJG. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/frank-gray/Urban-Leaguejobs-programlacking-funds-14928366 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/026f1ce82dbe658ea0d5b880f536cc4f4cb53e8cbebca1748d4092e61c79dccf.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T02:49:27 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fmlb%2FAbreu-leads-White-Sox-HR-parade-in-9-3-rout-of-Mariners-54f05b1c.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247289/e1a4bc43eb7f45678e42a77d1efbae18.jpg | en | null | Abreu leads White Sox HR parade in 9-3 rout of Mariners | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | CHICAGO – Jose Abreu hit the first of four White Sox home runs and Jose Quintana threw 7 2/3 solid innings to lead Chicago past the Seattle Mariners 9-3 on Saturday night.
Avisail Garcia and Alex Avila hit consecutive homers during a four-run fifth and Tyler Saladino added a two-run shot in the seventh, all off struggling reliever Vidal Nuno.
Abreu extended his hitting streak to 10 games and his on-base streak to 23 with a solo shot during a two-run first against Ariel Miranda (1-1).
The left-handed Miranda pitched four innings, allowing three runs and five hits while throwing just 47 of 90 pitches for strikes.
Quintana (11-9) allowed a run and five hits, struck out eight and lowered his ERA to 2.77 in Chicago's fifth win in seven games. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/mlb/Abreu-leads-White-Sox-HR-parade-in-9-3-rout-of-Mariners-54f05b1c | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/ba6901dfe27f13cab0d0d976f2e7885fce43c52193f269ed6056f458a3761b7d.json |
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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports Tropical Storm Madeline could bring moisture, wind and rain starting Tuesday.
A five-day forecast puts the storm near the Big Island on Wednesday before it passes south of Oahu on Thursday. The margin of error stretches 170 miles.
The storm was 985 miles from Hilo on Saturday night. Sustained winds reached up to 60 mph.
The Central Pacific Hurricane Center predicts the storm will strengthen into a hurricane before downgrading to a tropical storm near Hawaii.
Storm conditions may coincide with Obama's visit to Oahu on Wednesday and the World Conservation Congress on Thursday.
Forecasters say Tropical Cyclone Lester could impact the islands during Labor Day weekend.
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Information from: Honolulu Star-Advertiser. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Storm-may-head-toward-Hawaii--coinciding-with-Obama-visit-14958947 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/b3c4bb02c20b82339f917f4f04f1cc0fcfe8d581187c78ddbb10ffa023fec23e.json |
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"Rosa Salter Rodriguez",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-27T06:48:53 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FATVs--UTVs-approved-for-use-on-county-roads-14929321.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | ATVs, UTVs approved for use on county roads | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | County residents will soon legally be able to drive four-wheeled all-terrain vehicles, known as ATVs, and utility task vehicles, or UTVs, on county roads.
Allen County Commissioners on Friday amended the county’s snowmobile ordinance so it also includes the two additional vehicle types usually thought of as off-road transportation.
The new language comes after two years of discussions with Allen County Sheriff David Gladieux and members of his staff, said Al Schnelker, retired owner of Schnelker Marine, New Haven, which sells the vehicles.
He said he and a loosely organized group of ATV and UTV owners tried to get the ordinance amended to allow for the vehicles’ wider use for several years but met opposition from former Sheriff Ken Fries.
Fries confirmed that Friday and said his views on road use of the vehicles hadn’t changed.
“What a mistake,” he said. “I was adamantly opposed to it, and I still am. It’s all about public safety … .There will be people who will get in an accident and get injured and die … that we could have prevented by not allowing that law.”
ATVs are ride-on recreational vehicles that typically carry only one person but may be designed to carry two. UTVs are often called side-by-sides because they include at least one additional passenger seat in front and also may have a back seat or seats and an area for carrying cargo.
UTVs are often used by farmers to get from place to place on large acreage, Schnelker said, and it can be inconvenient for them to do that without using roads. That need in part prompted the new language, he said.
The amended ordinance requires operators to have a valid driver’s license and be 18 years old.
Vehicles must ride single-file with traffic on the right shoulder of the road and cannot exceed 45 mph.
The vehicles must comply with posted speed limits, yield right-of-way to vehicular traffic in all directions and may carry only the number of people for which they were designed. Although the ordinance requires drivers and passengers of snowmobiles to wear a helmet, helmets aren’t required for ATVs and UTVs.
However, the vehicles also are required to have headlights and taillights, and have lights on at all times. There is no prohibition against night driving in the ordinance. Drivers must use hand signals for turns if their vehicle is not equipped with turn signals.
Mike Green, spokesman for the commissioners, said turn signals weren’t required because most are not factory-equipped with the signals and state law precludes municipalities from imposing a requirement that vehicle owners buy an accessory for a vehicle to make it legal.
The ordinance says the vehicles are allowed on county roads with buggy lanes and “all roads or portions thereof in Allen County, Indiana.” Green said he believes the ordinance applies only to county roads and only to those roads in unincorporated areas of the county.
Fort Wayne, New Haven or Woodburn are examples of incorporated areas, Green said. The ordinance would be enforced by county sheriffs, he said.
Schnelker said previous attempts to add ATVs and UTVs to the ordinance were hampered by fears that teens would drive the vehicles recklessly on roads. The age and driver’s license requirement, the speed limit and the passenger limit address those concerns, he said.
“The bottom line is that it’s safer with an ordinance than without because without, kids think they can go out and operate because nothing says they can’t,” Schnelker said. “And without an ordinance you can’t enforce either. So, it’s a win-win.”
Gladieux said he supports the ordinance because of the restrictions. “We put some speed limits and restrictions on them, and with some proper parental guidance, I don’t think it’s that big an issue,” he said Friday afternoon. “And if it becomes an issue, then we can always change it.”
He said helmets weren’t required because it would be impractical to ask farmers driving UTVs mainly around their fields to put one on when on the road.
The changes in the ordinance were passed without a public hearing because the law does not require one, said Mike Green, spokesman for the commissioners. He said he did not know why that was the case, but Schnelker said he was told hearings are not required for amendments to ordinances, just new ordinances.
Commissioners said the amended ordinance would go into effect after publication, which typically occurs within seven days after passage.
rsalter@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/ATVs--UTVs-approved-for-use-on-county-roads-14929321 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/8cfa08501051cdb6536914c2447b65289d4418ef175ba2c7d946b8756fe82b84.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:50:10 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fohio%2FCourt-sets-execution-date-for-condemned-killer-of-3-year-old-14987589.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Court sets execution date for condemned killer of 3-year-old | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | COLUMBUS, Ohio –The Ohio Supreme Court has set a 2020 execution date for a gang member who fatally shot a 3-year-old boy.
The court ruled 6-1 Tuesday in the case of John Drummond. Drummond was convicted of killing 3-month-old Jiyen (JEYE'-ehn) Dent Jr. in March 2003 when a bullet hit him in the head as he was sitting in a baby swing in the living room of his home.
Authorities said Drummond and an accomplice fired 11 shots from an assault rifle and several more from a 9 mm handgun into the homes of the child and a neighbor in Youngstown.
The court scheduled a Sept. 17, 2020 execution date for the 39-year-old Drummond.
The execution's likelihood is unclear since the state has struggled to find supplies of lethal injection drugs. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/ohio/Court-sets-execution-date-for-condemned-killer-of-3-year-old-14987589 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/34849cd574a9c9819f9f4951640abab1161dd1882ea26725967d3da9e84a8672.json |
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"Column Justin A. Cohn"
] | 2016-08-30T06:50:06 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2FGoalball-team-has-Olympic-spirit-14979317.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13251334/14980143.jpg | en | null | Goalball team has Olympic spirit | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | It’s easy to be cynical about the so-called Olympic spirit, thanks to the bribery, doping and greed that we’ve come to associate with international sports competitions. But there’s still much good out there, and it was certainly on display Monday at Fort Wayne’s Turnstone Center.
Donning red, white and blue jerseys, amid chants of “USA” from a crowd of about 500 people, the national goalball team got a proper sendoff before it heads to the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and it served as a reminder of what can – and should – be great about sports.
“We are all physically disabled. For many people across America, that stands for ‘inspiration,’ ” said team member Joe Hamilton, 27, of Wayne, Michigan. “For us, it’s stood for a choice: get busy living or get busy dying. We all made the choice to get busy living and to serve the United States of America in these Paralympic Games, to represent our country and to do anything we could to be ambassadors.”
If only the words of Hamilton and his inspiring teammates could have been heard by Ryan Lochte, whose fabricated robbery story, sadly, has gotten more Olympic coverage than sewage-filled water, economic miscalculations or the Zika virus.
Goalball, which has been around since 1946 and is played in 85 countries, is almost as much fun to play as it is rousing to watch, when you consider that it is for blind athletes. Teams compete 3 vs. 3, bouncing or rolling a 2.75-pound ball, which has bells in it, toward a goal. It’s hardly a non-contact sport because the athletes will block the ball with anything – including their faces.
Hamilton had a corneal transplant as an infant because he was exposed to the Rubella virus in the womb. The transplant restored partial vision to his left eye, but a snowboarding accident at 12 years old left him totally blind. His teammates – Daryl Walker of Hoboken, New Jersey; Tyler Merren of Coral Springs, Florida; Matt Simpson of Smyrna, Georgia; John Kusku of Commerce Township, Michigan, and Andy Jenks of Wilmington, Delaware – have dealt with things like retinitis pigmentosa, congenital and hereditary retinal diseases and albinism. They all must wear blindfolds so no one has a sight advantage.
“It’s definitely taken a lot of hard work and, specifically, sacrifice to get here,” said Walker, 34.
But the U.S. team, which is one of the favorites to medal at the Paralympic Games in Rio – its first game is Sept. 9 against China – may have an advantage because of Turnstone. The beautiful Plassman Athletic Center last year became the training facility for the national goalball team, whose members can live and train in Fort Wayne.
“We have an unprecedented opportunity because, until last October, this was a weekend warriors game. It was an opportunity for us to get together for only about 12 days a year, on top of whatever passion and sweat and tears we put in our home cities,” Hamilton said, adding his team is something of which Americans should be proud. “It’s personal perseverance. It’s an open-minded approach that allows for coachability. It’s an appreciation for the talent and the ability to be brothers with five other men and to go and do something that people the world over are trying to do, which is win a gold medal.”
Three other athletes with ties to Turnstone will be at the Paralympics – Fremont’s Tom Davis (cycling), Valparaiso’s Jared Arambula (wheelchair basketball) and Texas’ Jeff Butler (wheelchair rugby) – and NBC Sports will broadcast the events Sept. 7-18.
NBC’s Olympic coverage had a disappointing level of variety in its primetime coverage. While the Paralympics are run by International Paralympic Committee, which coordinates with the International Olympic Committee, here’s hoping they make the world aware of unique, inspiring athletes like those who play goalball.
They are what international competition is all about. You could tell by the tears being shed Monday by the athletes and the spectators.
Justin A. Cohn is a writer for The Journal Gazette and has been covering sports in Fort Wayne since 1997. He can be reached by email jcohn@jg.net; phone, 461-8429; or fax 461-8648. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/Goalball-team-has-Olympic-spirit-14979317 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/c7411cf2485c423499f4022be7663a2445ae09d9ad3e75ffeb5fa48e46c5163e.json |
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"Rebecca S. Green",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-30T06:50:23 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcourts%2FWright-house-owner-files-suit-14978830.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Wright house owner files suit | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Richard Herber owns a historic home, Fort Wayne’s only house designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
And for months, he has battled the Fort Wayne City Council and the Fort Wayne Historic Preservation Commission to get the Usonian-style house’s designation as a Local Historic District removed.
Last week, he took the matter to federal court, filing a lawsuit, without the benefit of an attorney, against both the council and the commission. He is asking a federal judge to remove the restriction, grant him fees and costs, and award him damages he says he’s suffered because of the house’s historic status.
Built in 1951 at 3901 N. Washington Road, the 1,411-square-foot house is known as the John and Dorothy Haynes House. Herber has owned it since 2004.
Herber’s been at loggerheads with both the council and the commission to remove the designation that he says makes the house harder to sell and more expensive to maintain. In spite of denials, he has repeatedly petitioned the commission throughout the year.
The city council voted to uphold the commission’s April denial, but has yet to take action on the most recent denial in July.
In his lawsuit, Herber claims he is “a qualified individual with a disability,” and says he submitted the petition to make “immediate disability related modifications.”
He accuses both the commission and the City Council of denying him reasonable accommodations, in violation of the Fair Housing Act, according to court documents.
Along with his lawsuit, Herber asked the judge to appoint an attorney to represent him. He said he has tried to find a civil rights lawyer in the area, but none are willing to take his case. With a low income, Herber said he spends most of his time receiving treatment for his disabilities at Lutheran Hospital, according to court documents.
According to court documents, the house was just pulled out of foreclosure by the federal Home Affordable Modification Program.
In his first petition to the commission in February, Herber claimed he had become disabled, could not afford repairs and said he might need to make external modifications to the house.
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A new proposal Friday would impose the nationwide limit by electronically capping speeds with a device on newly made U.S. vehicles that weigh more than 26,000 pounds. Regulators are considering a cap of 60, 65 or 68 miles per hour, though that could change.
The government said capping speeds for large vehicles will reduce the 1,115 fatal crashes involving heavy trucks that occur each year.
The proposal offered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is subject to public comment before becoming final. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/US-wants-to-force-lower-speeds-on-truck--bus-drivers-14929367 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/9fd1db548c1999988f1fad3e9e119e327aaa5c41a9559b30dd08a44458943406.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T18:49:38 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Findiana%2FMishawaka-man-accused-in-beating-death-of-elderly-neighbor-14958194.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Mishawaka man accused in beating death of elderly neighbor | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | MISHAWAKA, Ind. – A Mishawaka man has been charged with murder in the beating death of his 67-year-old neighbor.
Joann Newgent died Saturday morning after she was attacked on Thursday. Authorities claim she had asked her neighbor Donald L. Wilson to turn down his music and he turned violent, striking her with parts of a coffee table.
After a standoff with police, Wilson was arrested Thursday. St. Joseph County prosecutors charged the 42-year-old Wilson with murder and unlawful possession of a firearm.
He's being held in the county jail without bond until his hearing Monday. It was immediately unclear if he has an attorney.
Neighbors are remembering Newgent as a kind and down-to-earth woman. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/Mishawaka-man-accused-in-beating-death-of-elderly-neighbor-14958194 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/8eab5646c844255ed75940e1205c9bc6e35b87c59385a1e37dded0ef9d45316b.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T02:50:17 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2FConcussion-related-lawsuit-pending--Bouchard-out-at-US-Open-14994900.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13253491/f33958e741894dafb8ff77f57008ece0.jpg | en | null | Lawsuit pending, Bouchard out at US Open; Serena, Venus win | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | NEW YORK – Eugenie Bouchard wrung her hands at her post-match news conference. She rubbed her lower lip. She squeezed her left arm.
While her body language screamed discomfort Tuesday, when the main topic of discussion was Bouchard's ongoing lawsuit against the U.S. Open rather than her first-round loss, her words were measured. The once rising star answered every question.
A year ago at Flushing Meadows, Bouchard got a concussion from a fall at the facility and withdrew before playing in the fourth round, and then missed most of the rest of the season. She filed suit against the U.S. Tennis Association in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn in October, and that case is still pending, putting the 2014 Wimbledon runner-up in the odd position of competing this week at an event whose organizers she is suing.
"If I sit down and think about it, yeah, it's definitely a strange situation. But it's something that's so far in the back of my mind. I don't think about it on a daily basis, at all. I have people, lawyers, working on that side of it," Bouchard said. "So it's really not something I think about much at all. Obviously, being here, it's crossed my mind. But besides that, I mean, it has nothing to do with my day-to-day life."
Her 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 exit against 72nd-ranked Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic, a player who only once has been as far as the third round at a major tournament, was filled with 46 unforced errors by Bouchard, who also was treated for blisters on her feet. It represented the latest early loss for a 22-year-old Canadian who reached three Grand Slam semifinals two years ago – and none since.
In other first-round action on Day 2 at the year's last Grand Slam tournament, Serena Williams started her bid for a record-breaking 23rd major title by showing zero signs of trouble from a right shoulder she's said was sore, hitting 12 aces in a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Ekaterina Makarova. Also under the lights later: Andy Murray vs. Lukas Rosol.
Earlier, Williams' sister Venus got through a tougher-than-expected 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 win against Kateryna Kozlova.
"It was great to be challenged and to be pushed," said the 36-year-old Venus, a two-time U.S. Open champion, "because I had to get in those situations that you know you're going to face in the tournament."
There were various upsets around the grounds during the afternoon, including 19-year-old American Jared Donaldson's 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-0 elimination of 12th-seeded David Goffin, and a loss by No. 29 Sam Querrey, who stunned Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon. Three seeded women departed, including former No. 1 and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic.
When she was at her peak, and a seeded player, an early major loss by Bouchard was rather newsworthy. Her up-and-down 2015 and 2016 have changed that, in part because she is ranked only 39th now, after a best of No. 5.
She lost 14 of 17 matches leading into the 2015 U.S. Open but, after working a bit with Jimmy Connors, appeared to be back on the upswing in New York by reaching the fourth round. Then came her slip-and-tumble, and the concussion diagnosis, and she pulled out of what would have been a matchup against eventual runner-up Roberta Vinci.
It took her until January to return to the tour full-time.
"I didn't feel like, on the court, I was back to where I was," Bouchard said Tuesday, meaning that her level of play wasn't at its peak at the start of 2016. "But physically, since the beginning of the year, I've been feeling good."
USTA spokesman Chris Widmaier said the organization would not comment on the "substance" of litigation.
"However, it is truly unfortunate that a year after her accident, Genie's focus is on matters other than playing to her best ability," Widmaier said, noting that Bouchard's lawyers asked for an extension of the case.
He said the USTA "has remained ready, willing and able to bring the litigation to a conclusion as expeditiously as is possible, whether through settlement discussions or a fully litigated process."
Widmaier added that the lawsuit "had no impact on how Genie was treated at the U.S. Open in any manner."
Bouchard's coach, Nick Saviano, was asked whether her ability to play tennis Tuesday had been affected at all by any possible distractions created by the lawsuit.
"I can't really speak to that," Saviano said. "She was in a good frame of mind coming in. She went out, she was ready to play, and the other girl played well."
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The three-week closure to work on utility line taps will be rescheduled, the statement said. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Old-Leo-Road-project-postponed-14992880 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/7a4a837136976c8986deaf8f78b71cbcbfd952f70d3b1b972c0251bed4fa9a85.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T06:49:46 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fhigh-schools%2FThrough-loss--Eagles-find-strength-to-win-14945918.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247431/14945775.jpg | en | null | Through loss, Eagles find strength to win | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | WATERLOO – Whether it was despite a tragedy or because of it is uncertain, but the Columbia City girls team overcame a mental hurdle to win the DeKalb Classic on Saturday.
The Eagles assistant coach Ashley Cearbaugh lost her daughter to a car accident Friday and the loss resonated throughout the team.
“The kids took it really hard; I took it really hard,” Eagles coach Bob Fahl said. “Our assistant coach is a huge part of our team because she’s so encouraging, she’s a nice person.
“I told them, ‘Think about what she’s going through right now, your pain out there is tough, too. Yours will recover in minutes, hers will last a lifetime. Let’s draw strength from her sadness.’ I’m going to attribute it to that.”
Columbia City, which defeated DeKalb 62-63, was led by Jasmine Early’s fourth place finish (19 minutes, 44.05 seconds) while the top five finished in the top 24.
It was the team’s sixth runner, Isabel Hunter, that made the difference. Hunter finished in 35th place as DeKalb’s No. 6, Annika Walther, was 41st.
“It means a lot (to run well today),” Columbia City’s Lauren Keller said. “We talked about (Cearbaugh) when we had our huddle and we ran for her.”
Fahl knew it was going to be close after the Barons’ top three finished in the top 10 led by Tyler Schwartz’s first-place finish in 18:04.66.
“I told our fifth runner, ‘If you don’t let anyone pass you, we got a shot at this,’ ” he said. “Our No. 3 runner, a DeKalb girl passed her. If it goes to the sixth runner, we have them on the sixth runner.”
Schwartz’s time was a personal best for her during the season. She broke the 18-minute mark during a camp over the summer and aims to get under that and ultimately be a state champion.
“I felt pretty good. last week,” she said. “I lost to the East Noble girls and that kind of made me mad so this week, I thought this week I was just going to go.
“I’m pretty excited because I was at almost a 19 (at this time last year) and I think I improved myself because I’m running with the boys now. My goal is to be a state champ.”
Boys winner Noah Steffen of Concordia (15:54.22) has similar goals on an individual level, but is also team-centered knowing the chase pack is going to be crucial in getting the team to state again in October. The Cadets beat out Northrop 51-60 for Saturday’s boys team title.
“I felt great,” Steffen said. “The first mile was just sit back and relax, the second mile I felt great so I took off in the woods and the last mile, I just hung on and kicked.”
“We’re looking forward to the rest of the season. I’m thinking top five at state, that’s the end goal. We don’t have another top guy (like David Ehlers last year) but we have a great group behind me.
“We have Reece Gibson, who’s one of the top freshmen in the state so it’s great. I turn around and see those guys behind me and it really keeps me going.”
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As the Indiana State Parks system celebrates its 100th anniversary this season, The Journal Gazette spotlighted regional parks this summer including Chain O’Lakes, Pokagon, Salamonie and Ouabache.
Ouabache (pronounced Oh-bah-chee) is the Miami name for the Wabash River.
Ouabache State Park covers 1,104 acres and is located outside Bluffton has seen its fair share of uses since it was first settled in 1829.
History
After the removal of the Native Americans in the 1830s and ’40s, it was used for farming which severely eroded the land.
It was returned to a more natural setting with the implementation of the Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression.
President Franklin Roosevelt’s CCC was a work program in 1933 that built the buildings on the Ouabache property.
It was one of the more popular programs of the New Deal.
Prior to the CCC and WPA, the park property was acquired and operated as the Wells County State Forest and Game Preserve.
At one point, there was a game preserve on the site that was considered the “Greatest Wildlife Laboratory in the United States.” It had pheasants, quail, raccoons and rabbits.
In 1962, the park was designated the Ouabache State Recreation Area. By then, though, the game program had been phased out and in 1983 the SRA became a state park.
“Although not the biggest parks in our state, Ouabache stands as one of the most unique,” property manager Dustin Clark said. “It is the only state park where someone can get up close to the American Bison. Which have been a main attraction since the early ’70s. It’s like touching part of America’s past.
“But it’s not the only connection to times gone by you’ll find at Ouabache. With the park’s long-standing history with the CCC we are home to some amazing stories, buildings, and of course we have one of the last standing Fire towers in the state.”
Now
The park currently offers a modern campground, an outdoor swimming pool, picnic areas, play fields, boating and fishing and a 20-acre wildlife exhibit with American bison.
“If you’re not into history, Ouabache still has you covered,” Clark said. “The park is also putting on a number of new and exciting events: Historic baseball games, Arts in the Park events, live music, senior lunches, Yoga by the lake, New fun runs and 5k’s (including a costumed zombie run) Kayak rentals, Bocce Ball tournaments, plus old favorites like camping, owl and raptor programs, paddle boating, hiking trails, basketball, tennis, sand volleyball, and baseball.”
There is a 3-mile asphalt bicycle trail that extends down the south side of the park and connects with the Bluffton River Greenway trail system to the east of the park entrance.
There are also five hiking trails ranging from 1 mile to 6 miles. The longest, Trail 5, is accessible to the entire property and can be started and finished at any trail entrance.
Boats, kayaks, paddle boats and bicycles are available for rent by the hour or by the day.
Fire tower
The 100-foot fire tower was one of three towers built in the northern part of the state (the other two were in Pulaski County).
Currently, the park’s tower is closed because of safety concerns and the park is running a fundraising campaign to restore it.
As of Wednesday, campaign had raised $2,007 of the $75,000 goal.
To donate, go to GoFundMe.com and search: Restore the Fire Tower or mail donations to Restore the Fire Tower, Friends of Ouabache State Park, 4930 E. State Road 201, Bluffton, IN 46714.
areichel@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/rec/Ouabache-a--most-unique--park-14902690 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/76d1548665620cd1696de02d4c4f6fa9d12b2f490682bc3a75f8ca6c0109ce6b.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T06:49:32 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FTampa-looks-at-wellness-district-14915778.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Tampa looks at wellness district | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Cities across America are trying to add amenities to attract millennials, but in Tampa, Florida, a move is underway to develop an entire district that will focus on wellness.
As part of what will be a $2 billion project, 40 acres will be developed along Tampa’s waterfront over the next five years. It will be home to everything from a medical school, a hotel and office towers to entertainment venues, restaurants and residential areas.
The district’s goal is to become the world’s first WELL Certified city district. The development will have design and technology strategies that include improved walkability, green space with low-pollen trees, sound barriers for acoustic comfort, access to healthy foods and a green infrastructure. The plan is even to monitor and report on air quality daily.
The idea is to have the district contribute to the wellness and quality of life of people who live and work there.
“The Tampa city district will serve as an example to the world that city design can be healthy,” the developers said in a news release.
Lindsay Wajnarowski, who is with BeniComp Insurance Co., a Fort Wayne company that recently moved its executive offices to Tampa, said BeniComp is interested in the project because it fits with its own goal of having clients live healthy lives.
Wajnarowski said company officials have been in conversations with people running the district. Though many of the details have yet to be announced, it will include what are known as healthy buildings.
Features will include more accessible and better lighted stairways to encourage people to use the stairs, natural light and walkways that encourage foot and bicycle traffic.
The developers, including Delos Building Wellness and Strategic Property Partners, will also use the roofs of buildings for green space and solar panels instead of the regular equipment to improve insulation.
The object of the entire project is to serve as a model for other cities that want to develop healthy districts.
BeniComp earlier this month, while announcing its move into the Tampa market, said it has a patent-pending supplemental health insurance product designed to “encourage healthy lifestyle change among employees, and control the claims and trend of rising health insurance premiums.”
BeniComp said in the news release that it hopes to learn from the health and wellness-focused district in Tampa and “bring additional knowledge to Fort Wayne.”
The Tampa Economic Development Corp. isn’t involved in the project, but is “tremendously excited,” said Michelle Bauer, marketing and communications specialist for the EDC. “Healthy living is a magnet for millennials.”
Bauer said a national survey conducted by the EDC showed that millennials want to live, work and play in proximity.
“They don’t want a long commute. They want the option of living at the city’s core,” she said.
The Tampa development accomplishes that by packaging residential, business, entertainment and retail.
“There’s no question that having a downtown that sets a new standard for city design and supports public health is going to attract business to Tampa,” said Craig Richard, president and CEO of the Tampa EDC. “They want to locate in places that appeal to millennials, places that are walkable, offer a healthy, active lifestyle and a vibrant food, craft beer and arts scene.”
Tampa’s advantage is that the developers are able to start from scratch with 40 acres.
In Fort Wayne, economic development officials weren’t aware of the Tampa project, which won’t be finished for five years. However they understand what they are trying to accomplish.
“I know wellness is important,” which is why the city has developed its own walk and bike plan, said Mary Tyndall of Fort Wayne’s Community Development Department. In most cities, though, that means the city has to be retrofitted.
Millennials want more amenities, Tyndall said. “It fits in with quality of place. That’s part of why downtown is more popular. People want to be able to walk” to work and entertainment.
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] | 2016-08-28T00:49:16 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fentertainment%2Fmusic%2FMiddle-Waves-reveals-music-fest-lineup-14912332.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13244434/14929344.jpg | en | null | Middle Waves reveals music fest lineup | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The new Middle Waves music festival will feature three performance stages and more than 25 national and local acts, the festival committee announced Saturday at the Taste of the Arts festival.
This will be the first year for Middle Waves, which already announced the psychedelic pop band The Flaming Lips as its headliner. The committee on Saturday laid out additional plans for the festival's layout, music lineup and pre-party.
Middle Waves will take place at Headwaters Park on Sept. 16 and 17 with three stages placed in Headwaters Park East and West. The St. Marys stage, the festival's main stage, will be placed in the green space along St. Marys river in Headwaters Park East. The St. Joseph stage and the Maumee stage will be free and open to the public in Headwaters Park West in the park's pavilion and natural amphitheatre, respectively.
The festival now has a full lineup of bands that features acts such as Best Coast, Doomtree, JEFF the Brotherhood and Sidewalk Chalk. On Saturday, the committee announced additional national acts, like rock bands Bully, Cave of Swords and The Ike Reilly Assassination; hip hop artist Oddisee; electronic pop duo Tanlines; and a bevy of local acts.
The Village, inside the Headwaters Park East main pavilion, will have food, vendors and pop-up performances that will be open to public. Free pontoon rides and short kayak trips will be available in Headwaters Park West.
The festival will kick off with a pre-party and poster show Sept. 15 at Punch Films, 200 E. 6th St., where more than 20 graphic artists will showcase their posters designed for the festival.
The festival's VIP tickets are sold out, and general admission tickets for one-day or two-day passes will increase on Tuesday to $35 for Friday, $50 for Saturday and $75 for two days. The festival is also currently recruiting volunteers to receive free or discounted tickets.
For more information, go to www.middlewaves.com.
kcarr@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/entertainment/music/Middle-Waves-reveals-music-fest-lineup-14912332 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/278e754bc4a01569752a01e31a0214c4ef260cd7f440f0808d3dff94d9b12e4c.json |
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Climatological and precipitation information provided by the National Weather Service at 7 p.m. daily.
Sunday records
High temperature 90
High one year ago 78
Normal 81
Record: 1909, 1948, 1953 95
Low temperature 66
Low one year ago 54
Normal 59
Record: 1986 42
Stage of the Maumee 1.73 feet
Cooling degree-days
The difference between the day’s average temperature and a base of 65 degrees.
For Sunday 13
For August 302
Rainfall
For Sunday trace
For August 2.29 inches (–1.01)
For the year 23.04 inches (–3.46)
Relative humidity
Highest 93% at midnight
Lowest 56% at 2 p.m.
Average 75%
Skywatch
Sunrise 7:05 a.m.
Sunset 8:17 p.m.
Moonrise 4:15 a.m.
Moonset 6:39 p.m. | http://www.journalgazette.net/weather/Fort-Wayne-14965037 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/637bc21ed8ca7d89e491e22fed873c0c6e80ef1449414bd225020347b4b27e68.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T12:50:11 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fworld%2FState-funeral-in-Amatrice-to-honor-37-quake-victims-14985390.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13252170/14985398.jpg | en | null | State funeral in Amatrice to honor 37 quake victims | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | AMATRICE, Italy – Construction crews worked through the night to build a tent complex to host an Italian state funeral Tuesday in quake-devastated Amatrice after outraged residents rejected the government's plan to hold the service in a distant airport hangar.
The evening Mass for 37 of the 292 people killed is the second state funeral for victims of the Aug. 24 temblor that flattened three towns in central Italy. The first, held Saturday, honored victims from the Le Marche region. Tuesday's funeral is for the victims of neighboring Lazio, which includes hard-hit Amatrice.
The service will take place on the edge of Amatrice's obliterated medieval town center on the grounds of a Catholic retreat. It comes as Italy observed a second day of national mourning, with flags on public buildings flying at half-staff.
Initially, authorities planned to hold the funeral in the provincial capital of Rieti, 40 miles away, citing safety and organizational concerns. The quake area has seen more than 2,500 aftershocks and faces logistical problems in bringing relatives and government officials into a town with only one serviceable access road.
But grieving residents rebelled at plans to let them watch it on TV or be bussed to Rieti. Sensing a public relations disaster, Premier Matteo Renzi reversed course late Monday and announced the funeral would be held in Amatrice.
Early Tuesday, bulldozers and steamrollers prepared the grounds for the service while a huge, open-sided tented roof was erected to shelter the altar and seating area.
Civil protection officials said 37 caskets would be on hand; many families have already claimed loved ones and held private funerals for them elsewhere.
So far, 231 quake victims have been found in Amatrice and 11 more in nearby Accumoli. The bodies of as many as 10 people, including Amatrice's baker, are believed still buried in the rubble. Fifty people were killed in Le Marche.
Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos was travelling to Amatrice to participate in the state funeral and comfort Romanian survivors, since 11 of the dead were Romanians. Some 8,000 to 10,000 Romanians live in the quake zone.
As Italy prepared to bid farewell to more victims, prosecutors worked to see if construction firms or others bore any possible responsibility for buildings that collapsed in the 4.2-magnitude quake.
Several public buildings, including a school and a church tower, had been recently renovated using public funds designated for anti-seismic improvements. Other buildings had been flagged as being at high seismic risk and public funds set aside, but renovations were never done, Italian newspapers reported.
Rieti Prosecutor Giuseppe Saieva was examining to see what was stipulated in the contracts to restore the buildings and what exactly was done, including on Amatrice's elementary school, which collapsed despite being renovated in 2012 using earthquake funds.
"First we must obtain all the documents from the contract and bidding processes, through to the inspections," Saieva told the Il Messaggero daily on Tuesday. "Only then can we know what the responsibilities were of all those involved."
For those who survived, Tuesday's funeral is only one step in tackling a long-term trauma.
"They're living through a blackout," said Letizia Bellabarba, a social worker who is tending to survivors. "I mean, in 20 seconds – that's how long the earthquake lasted – in 20 seconds their life changed. So they are disoriented, because they feel they were left without a future."
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Winfield reported from Rome. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/State-funeral-in-Amatrice-to-honor-37-quake-victims-14985390 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/3ca7f671dd4ddc668f3da5d313f07f4f69b8cf583ad5b4667c61131a45163a72.json |
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"Rebecca S. Green",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-26T12:59:31 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fpolice-fire%2FMan-accused-of-shooting-woman-after-crashes-14917945.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13243039/14918116.jpg | en | null | Man accused of shooting woman after crashes | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | According to court documents, Willie Amos chased the woman down Fairfield Avenue late Wednesday, smashing his car into the rear of her SUV.
Around Lexington Avenue, they crashed, hitting separate trees near Pasadena Drive. The woman’s vehicle then crashed into a fence on the west side of the street.
Amos, 39, climbed out of the window of his car with a silver .45-caliber handgun in his hand. As she tried to get out of her vehicle, he went up to her, according to court documents.
She pleaded with him. “Don’t kill me. Don’t kill me.” But he pointed the gun at her and fired, slugs hitting her in the chest and in the knee.
Witnesses saw the whole thing. Police were called and arrested him nearby. When they got to him, he put his hands in the air and said, “it’s in my back pocket,” according to court documents.
Amos, of the 3100 block of McDonald Street, was arrested on preliminary charges of aggravated battery, possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, battery and criminal recklessness.
According to court records, Amos had been out on a bond on a felony charge of dealing marijuana.
An 18-year-old Amos was convicted in 1995 of attempted murder, having shot another teen nine times in the back, neck and arm. Unhappy with the conviction, Amos punched his attorney in the face.
Allen Superior Court Judge John Surbeck sentenced Amos to 45 years in prison for the attempted murder, but with good behavior credits and other time cuts, Amos got out of the Indiana Department of Correction in 20 years and one month.
Amos successfully completed the Re-Entry Court program in September, and he was released from any probation.
He is not currently on parole, according to Department of Correction records.
Allen Superior Court Magistrate Jason Custer granted a prosecutor’s request for an elevated bond in the new case, setting it at more than $100,000.
rgreen@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/Man-accused-of-shooting-woman-after-crashes-14917945 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/f2f02ed6dbb4c0b54f447fd36d5099cf381c961367722f77f278ae8a36dafe36.json |
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"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-28T06:49:44 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fgolf%2FFlawless-Fowler-leads-at-Barclays-14945365.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247373/14949294.jpg | en | null | Flawless Fowler leads at Barclays | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Rickie Fowler is playing so well that he can’t stop looking behind instead of considering the opportunity that lies ahead at The Barclays.
His wedge to 5 feet for a birdie on the 18th hole Saturday not only gave him a 3-under 68 and a one-shot lead over Patrick Reed, it was his 45th consecutive hole without a bogey at Bethpage Black, one of the strongest golf courses of the year.
In three rounds, he has made only one bogey.
That was on the ninth hole Thursday, a 4-foot putt that spun hard around the cup back at him.
And yes, it still gnaws at him.
“Unfortunately, that one bogey ... it was more than a 180-degree lipout,” he said with a smile. “So it was basically like going 54 holes, no bogeys. Around this place, I’m happy about that. It’s been very close to having the game be where it is right now.”
The timing could not be better for Fowler.
He is in solid position to win for the first time on the PGA Tour in a year, and to play his way onto the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
This is the final tournament for Americans to earn one of the eight automatic spots for the Ryder Cup matches at Hazeltine at the end of next month. Fowler was at No. 12 going into the opening FedEx Cup event and needed at least a third-place finish to earn a spot.
“It’s nice to finally see some putts go in,” Fowler said. “With a few putts going in, it frees up the rest of your game. I’ve been swinging well for a long time, and I’ve been waiting for the putter to catch up.”
Along with three birdies, he made a pair of 10-foot par putts and a 25-foot par putt in the third round.
Fowler was at 9-under 204, and his work was not done. Not even close.
Reed overcame three bogeys in a four-hole stretch on the front nine and was tied for the lead on the back nine until the final two holes. Reed missed a 5-foot birdie putt on the 17th, and his 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole almost missed weakly to the right. He still managed a 71.
Right behind was Adam Scott, who also saw his share of putts go in, especially a 45-foot birdie on the 15th hole. Scott started out his round by holing a lob wedge from 98 yards for an eagle, and his 65 was the lowest score of the tournament.
LPGA: In Priddis, Alberta, Ariya Jutanugarn missed a chance to take a big lead into the final round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, making two late bogeys at Priddis Greens. A week after withdrawing from the Olympics because of a knee injury, the 20-year-old bogeyed the par-4 16th and par-5 18th for a 5-under 67. At 17-under 199, she had a two-stroke advantage over In Gee Chun.
SENIOR PGA: In Snoqualmie, Washington, Gene Sauers took the Boeing Classic lead, two weeks after his breakthrough victory in the U.S. Senior Open. The 54-year-old Sauers two-putted for birdie on the par-5 18th for a 5-under 67 and a two-stroke lead over Joe Durant. The three-time PGA Tour winner had a 12-under 132 total at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.
EUROPEAN PGA: In Farso, Denmark, Wales’ Bradley Dredge shot a 1-over 72 to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the European Tour’s Made in Denmark tournament. Dredge had a 12-under 201 total at Himmerland Golf and Spa Resort. American David Lipsky (67) was second along with Spain’s Adrian Otaegui (68) and Belgium’s Thomas Pieters (69). | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/golf/Flawless-Fowler-leads-at-Barclays-14945365 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/27c4beae69096ccabe258dca1ebe479f2ba579eeeece381039b6f0f9ff394acf.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T04:48:56 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fmlb%2FKluber-extends-win-streak-to-6--Indians-top-Rangers-12-1-a37a94f4.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13245659/0e300a215e344cb4b3a5236a7cc3052e.jpg | en | null | Kluber extends win streak to 6, Indians top Rangers 12-1 | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | ARLINGTON, Texas – Corey Kluber's second-half surge rolled on, and a trip home didn't help Texas left-hander Martin Perez.
The Cleveland right-hander pitched six strong innings to match a career best with his sixth straight victory and Abraham Almonte hit two run-scoring doubles, helping the Indians beat the Rangers 12-1 on Friday night in a matchup of division leaders.
The Indians (73-54) snapped a three-game losing streak, which had tied a season high, and pulled within a game of the Rangers (75-54) for the best record in the American League a night after losing 9-0 to Texas ace Cole Hamels.
Adrian Beltre hit a solo homer in the sixth for the AL West-leading Rangers, but Kluber (14-8) struck out the other three hitters in his final inning to finish with seven strikeouts. The 2014 AL Cy Young winner has a 1.75 ERA during a winning streak that covers nine starts – eight since the All-Star break.
"I don't think there's one magic thing that I can put my finger on," said Kluber, who also won six straight in his Cy Young season. "Just a matter of going out there and trying to be consistent. Hope that allows me to be in a good spot when it's my turn."
Almonte drove in four runs in his first multi-RBI game of the season, including a two-run double past diving center fielder Ian Desmond in left-center to give the AL Central leaders a 6-0 lead in the sixth.
Jason Kipnis opened the scoring with an RBI double in the third against Perez (8-10), who lost at home for the first time since May 13 and dropped to 1-6 with a 6.30 ERA over his past 10 starts.
Perez, who is 1-8 with a 6.23 ERA on the road, dropped to 7-2 at home after winning six straight decisions in Arlington. He gave up 10 hits and six runs in 5 2-3 innings.
"You don't have to get frustrated over four or five games," Perez said. "That's how you learn. Just come back tomorrow and work tomorrow. Forget this game."
Roberto Perez, Cleveland's No. 9 hitter with a .104 average coming in, had four singles and three RBIs.
Texas designated hitter Carlos Beltran went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts, extending his career-worst slump to 0 for 32.
ANY WAY YOU CAN
Cleveland's Brandon Guyer scored four runs and was hit by a pitch twice, pushing his majors-leading total to 27. Guyer, who came to the Indians at the trading deadline from Tampa Bay, was plunked an AL-high 24 times last year with the Rays. "The first one squared him up; he didn't flinch," manager Terry Francona said. "I guess you get hit that many times, you get used to it."
SHORT HOPS
The Indians stopped a three-game losing streak for the seventh time this season. ... Almonte and Carlos Santana had three hits apiece, and Almonte matched his career high in RBIs. He had four against the Los Angeles Angels last August. ... Cleveland relievers Bryan Shaw, Cody Allen and Zach McCallister combined for six strikeouts over the final three innings, giving Cleveland 13 for the game. McCallister struck out the side in the ninth.
DWI ARREST
Texas reliever Jeremy Jeffress wasn't with the team Friday after his overnight arrest on a drunken driving charge in Dallas. The 28-year-old right-hander was placed on the restricted list, but general manager Jon Daniels expected him to be back with the Rangers on Saturday. Lefty reliever Dario Alvarez was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock and allowed three runs in 1 2-3 innings.
TRAINERS ROOM
Indians: RF Lonnie Chisenhall sat a day after fouling a pitch off his right knee. Francona said he was available as a pinch-hitter and could return to the lineup Saturday.
UP NEXT
Indians: RHP Carlos Carrasco (9-6, 3.12 ERA) pitched eight innings in a 1-0 victory at Oakland in his last start. He is 6-3 on the road with a 1.74 ERA, the lowest in baseball away from home.
Rangers: RHP A.J. Griffin (5-3, 4.68) has a 6.69 ERA in his past eight starts. He has allowed at least one homer in 11 straight starts, matching the longest streak in franchise history (Casey Cox with Washington in 1970). | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/mlb/Kluber-extends-win-streak-to-6--Indians-top-Rangers-12-1-a37a94f4 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/d0e6188bb0d6b2def4049884eff8ba7e8d8f24607e7333f6177d41707f272b45.json |
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"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-28T06:49:36 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fworld%2FTurkish-backed-Syrian-rebels-clash-with-Kurds-14947093.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247342/14947122.jpg | en | null | Turkish-backed Syrian rebels clash with Kurds | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | BEIRUT – Backed by Turkish tanks and reports of airstrikes, Turkey-allied Syrian rebels clashed with Kurdish-led forces in northeastern Syria in a new escalation further complicating the already protracted Syrian conflict.
Turkey’s military didn’t specify what the airstrikes hit, saying only “terror groups” were targeted south of the village of Jarablus, where the clashes later ensued. A Kurdish-affiliated group said their forces were the target and called the attack an “unprecedented and dangerous escalation.” If confirmed, it would be the first Turkish airstrikes against Kurdish allied forces on Syrian soil.
Late Saturday, Turkey’s official news agency reported one Turkish soldier was killed and three wounded by a Kurdish rocket attack in Jarablus. It is the first reported Turkish fatality in Syria.
The escalation highlights concerns that Turkey’s incursion into Syria this week could lead to an all-out war between Ankara and Syrian Kurds, both American allies, and hinder the war against the Islamic State group by diverting resources.
The clashes underscore Ankara’s determination to push back Kurdish forces from along its borders, and curb their ambitions to form a contiguous entity in northern Syria. Kurdish groups have already declared a semi-autonomous administration in Syria and control most of the border area.
Jarablus, and Manbij to the south liberated from IS fighters by Kurdish-led forces this month, are essential to connecting the western and eastern semi-autonomous Kurdish areas in Syria.
Meanwhile, the U.N. special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, appealed to the opposition to approve plans to deliver aid to rebel-held eastern Aleppo and government-held Aleppo through a government-controlled route north of Aleppo during a 48-hour humanitarian pause.
But violence raged. Suspected government helicopters dropped two barrel bombs on a wake held for children killed a few days earlier, killing at least 15, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Aleppo Media Center, an activist group in the city, and volunteers on the scene put the death toll at 24. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/Turkish-backed-Syrian-rebels-clash-with-Kurds-14947093 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/13dff78e13956133cd2ffdd48b869ee317c7475c9c5b04f480f6bf03cf045586.json |
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"Kimberly Dupps Truesdell",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-30T06:50:13 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Ffeatures%2FSoak-in-last-of-summer-14915629.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13251118/14915123.jpg | en | null | Soak in last of summer | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Summer is slipping away and now that school is in session, weekends are filling up quickly. It’s time to take advantage of the free time you have to eke out the last bit of the season with your family.
It’s tempting to stick to the same routine of going to the local playground, taking in a movie or playing in the backyard. But why not try some new experiences and go on a family adventure?
These activities are fun for the whole family and will help create lasting memories together.
Incorporate a couple of ideas into your schedule to finish summer with a bang and begin fall on a fun note.
Go kayaking
Forget the open road, and hit the open water instead. Kayaking is a fun, active adventure. Soak in the sun and cool breeze, relish the relaxed environment and enjoy a quiet moment or two with the kids.
Families can rent kayaks from Fort Wayne Outfitters, 1004 Cass St., and paddle down the rivers to a city park to picnic, says manager Eden Lamb. Swinney and Headwaters parks offer places to stop and pull up the boat, and coolers are allowed – even encouraged on the kayaks.
If you don’t want to pack, Lamb suggests pulling up the kayak at The Deck, which is family-friendly, and enjoying lunch before continuing on the journey.
Children should be at least 13 years old to paddle solo but a parent must be on the water, too, Lamb says. Younger children can ride in a double kayak with a parent navigating the water. Lamb notes, though, that life vests are only available for children weighing 30 pounds or more.
Kayak rental fees are $15 an hour, $25 half-day and $40 full day for single boats; double kayaks are $20 an hour, $30 half-day and $40 full day.
Take in zoo’s wildlife
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
You don’t have to be a child to marvel at the world’s wildlife.
If you visit the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, be sure to check out one of the newest animals – J.A.R.V.I.S. A buff-crested bustard, this omnivorous bird lives in the African Journey exhibit.
Frito-Lay 2 Go partnered with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to encourage families to enjoy unique animal experiences. Free children’s passes are available to AZA facilities, including the children’s zoo. To find a pass, look for FL2Go packages featuring a tiger, panda, monkey, elephant or penguin at your local grocery store. Then go to aza.fritolay2.com to upload the receipt.
Pick your own apples
When the temperature starts to drop and the leaves begin to turn colors, embrace the changing of seasons by visiting one of the area’s apple orchards.
A delicious day trip, apple orchards offer a wide range of family fun activities to make the apple-picking experience that much more enjoyable.
At Phil’s U-Pick Apple Orchard in Huntington, apple season begins Thursday.
When the orchard opens at 10 a.m., Honeycrisp, Gala and McIntosh will be ready, as will Golden Supreme, Ozark Gold and Ginger Gold.
“Some things that everybody knows and some things that everybody doesn’t know,” owner Phil Foster says.
Cortland apples are almost ready, too, and Foster says that they might be a bit early this year.
According to the Michigan Apple Committee, the Cortland makes for a great baking apple as do Golden Delicious, McIntosh and Ida Red.
When you head out to the orchard, you’ll need to pick three medium apples for each pie you plan to bake up that afternoon.
Apple picking is also available at Cook’s Orchard, 8724 Huguenard Road; Advanced Tree Technology, 12818 Edgerton Road in New Haven; and Hilger Family Farm, 5534 Butt Road.
Look at the stars
Before the sun goes down, take some time to learn about the various constellations, and have everyone in the family select their favorite one.
Then, in the evening, lay out a blanket in your backyard for a night of stargazing, and see who can spot their favorite constellation.
To amplify the adventure, turn the night into a backyard camping trip, complete with a tent, campfire and songs.
If you are looking to take the adventure out of your yard, the Fort Wayne Astronomical Society hosts public stargazing on Saturday nights at Jefferson Township Park, just north of Dawkins Road on South Webster Road. On clear nights, astronomy members are available to answer questions one hour after sunset and continuing for two hours.
Stop by the local animal shelter
The best part of volunteering is anyone at any age can make a difference. Schedule a family trip to your local animal shelter to spend the afternoon walking dogs, playing with cats and more.
At the Allen County SPCA, volunteers do need to attend an orientation and training session before interacting with the animals. Once training is complete, volunteers do not have to schedule time to visit the dogs and cats at the shelter.
Families with children are encouraged to participate in the cat enrichment program, where they can play with the cats, brush them and help socialize them.
Volunteer dog walkers must be 18 years old.
Time with a few furry friends will brighten everyone’s day and you can feel good knowing you brightened their day, too.
– Brandpoint Content contributed to this story | http://www.journalgazette.net/features/Soak-in-last-of-summer-14915629 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/339ee277025a62abf133f2c1cce45c18fa11c7eef4aa07bf3dfb210c0ee262f2.json |
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"Journal Gazette"
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The NAIA No. 4 Cougars led 27-3 heading into the fourth quarter when the Trojans outscored them 17-7.
Saint Francis junior quarterback Nick Ferrer threw for 323 yards and two touchdowns, one to Seth Coate and one to Akeim Kelsaw, who was playing in his first game since 2014.
Aaron Harris scored two rushing touchdowns for the Cougars, who accumulated 411 total yards. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/on-campus/Saint-Francis-wins-opener-14948353 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/577486e7070418c94328690a94615c54babc19eb7b71cb5dd9c05709fac2d8eb.json |
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