Council could cut GKEDA City gives $300,000 to economic development organization

Bob Cameron has had the Greater Kokomo Eco-nomic Development Alli-ance in his crosshairs for quite some time, and it looks like he might have some more support on the Kokomo Common Council.

“It shows they have cash at the end of the year of $1.59 million dol-lars,” said Cameron, ref-erencing financial infor-mation provided to him by GKEDA. “We have been trimming ourselves and our budget. The ad-ministration has done a good jobs of trimming. With that kind of a cash flow, maybe we need to trim some of that back.”

Cameron said that it isn’t something the coun-cil can look at during the budget sessions. “I have been advised it is out of the EDIT funds, so it is

s o m e -t h i n g we will have to do af-ter Jan. 1,” said C a m -eron.

Coun-cil presi-dent Mike Kennedy sug-gested they maybe even cut the funding more.

“When this organiza-tion was put together, as I recall, we were more seed money than any-thing else, along with the county,” said Kennedy. “At some point this or-ganization was supposed to stand on its own. We went ahead and gave them the money this year, but there was a little bit of a conversation at that point about this might be the last year. If in fact that is what that is, they may not need our money next year. I know it is not a budget item, but that is

s o m e -t h i n g we al-w a y s t a l k e d a b o u t f r o m d a y one.”

K e n -n e d y ’s statement about what the city’s role in GKEDA was affirmed by City Control-ler Jim Brannon.

“When everything was coming together, that is the way it was put to-gether,” said Brannon. “If you recall $350,000 was what it was initially, but we took it back to $300,000.”

Not every council member thought cutting the funding to GKEDA would be the best course of action, or at least thought that the coun-cil should have different criteria for determining whether to cut funding.

“I have not been do-

ing it as long as some of you h a v e , b u t what I w o u l d say is not look at the details as much as the accomplishments,” said Miklik. “What are the ac-complishments of the al-liance? There are a lot of stakeholders besides the city. I talked to a person today at the barbershop who has been very suc-cessful in Inventrek.”

There was no consen-sus met during the coun-cil’s Aug. 8 caucus, but Kennedy said it will be an upcoming issue.

“The bottom line is I think we need to review it,” said Kennedy. “Bob has been bird-dogging this thing for quite a while, and I think it is good we look into it.”

Local comic writer hits it bigEric Hobbs lands lead story in ‘Batman’; self-published work nearing a movie deal

Eric Hobbs wanted to be a writer since he was in Kindergarten. The handmade books he

wrote in grade school sit on his desk as a reminder of that dream. At age 33, not only has his dream come true, but also this aspiring writer is on the verge of hitting the big time.

Last week, Hobbs’ first work for a major comic book publisher hit news-stands across the nation. DC Comics picked up a 10-page story from the Kokomo native to lead the current issue of “Bat-man 80-Page Giant.” It’s the first of what appears

to be a stream of publish-ing deals that also may lead to Hollywood.

It was comics that got Hobbs into the pub-lishing business, which seemed a bit unlikely

since he didn’t grow up reading them.

“I came to comics pret-ty late in life; maybe 10 years ago,” said Hobbs. “I worked with a guy who got me into reading them. He put ‘Watch-men’ and ‘Dark Knight Returns’ in my hands. He gave me a crash course in the classic comics, and I took it from there.”

“As a kid, I fondly re-member watching old ‘Batman’ reruns. Even though I didn’t aspire to be a comics writer as a kid, I wanted to be a

writer. The idea of writ-ing ‘Batman’ would have made my day.”

The road to writing “Batman” wasn’t a short one. Like many creators in the comic industry,

Hobbs start-ed out by doing every-thing himself.

“I self-published first,” said Hobbs. “I published a series called ‘Awaken-ings.’ That did pretty well. It was a critical hit, but commercially it didn’t do so well, mostly because I didn’t have a clue what I was doing as a publisher. But it got me some attention.

“Last year, I pub-lished a book called, ‘The Broadcast.’ That got me a lot of attention. It was nominated by the Ameri-

can Library Association as a great graphic novel for teens. It was reviewed very well in Publisher’s Weekly. It’s inching to-ward a movie deal. That was the book that put me on the map and drew the

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t i o n o f DC Comics.”

“The Broadcast” is the story of a rural Indiana town that loses power halfway through Orson Welles’ infamous “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, which took place in 1938. For those who may not be aware, Welles’ broadcast began as a series of mock news bulletins, describing an alien invasion. It was done in such a way that

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Demand for food is high, availability lowPantries struggle to feed growing number of families;

Buddy Bags program seeking $90,000 in donations

Even with the help of food pantries and the ef-forts of non-profit orga-nizations, people in the community are still going hungry—a result that is being attributed to less stock and an increasing need for food.

Recently, Kokomo Ur-ban Outreach (KUO) mailed a flyer to indi-viduals and businesses in the community, explain-ing the growing demand for food among area school children through its “Buddy Bags” pro-gram. The estimated cost to feed 925 children each weekend throughout the school year is reported at $111,000. KUO has a little over $18,000 in the pro-gram.

Buddy Bags are sent home with students from three schools in the Koko-mo-Center Schools Corp., Eastern Schools and Western Schools. KUO plans on expanding the program to include Tay-lor Primary School and another Kokomo school this year. The demand, according to KUO’s Pam Grohman has been on the rise all summer.

“The need for food is increasing, and so we’re trying to reach into other grade schools and other grade levels of kids, as well,” said Grohman.

Grohman said that the need for food for children is always up in the sum-mertime due to children being home and parents having to provide more food, but she said num-bers are higher this sum-mer than previous sum-

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Menges orders county to payJudge takes D.C. trip,

refuses to detail claimsby Pat Munsey

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Howard Superior Court I Judge William Menges wants his claims paid, no questions asked. The law allows for exactly that, but it doesn’t mean the county officials have to like it.

The issue of a $2,000 claim to cover costs of a drug court conference in Washington D.C. came up during this week’s Howard County Board of Commis-sioners meeting, and to say there was some indignation expressed by the commis-sioners over the bill would be an understatement. Howard County Auditor Ann Wells brought the mat-ter to the attention of the commissioners during their claims approval process.

“On the operating claims

there is around $2,000 that will not show on your claims,” said Wells. “There were some discrepancies, and the judge has ordered that I pay them. He and at least two of his girls went to Washington D.C. to a con-ference. The claims did not abide by our policy.

“We questioned some of them, since they did not have itemized lunches or dinners, which were quite sizable. We wanted clarifi-cation. We sent a note. There also was a mileage discrep-ancy that was in their favor. But he just brought me five court orders. Of course, he can do that.”

County attorney Larry Murrell explained that the courts have the ability to or-der payment of any claim,

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mers. “We served summer

lunches in two different neighborhoods, and we were serving, last year, in the same neighborhoods, probably only about 100 kids a day. This summer, we were serving as much as 160 meals a day,” she said.

Center Township Trust-ee Jean Lushin said that considerably more than 1,000 people a year come to his office, seeking food assistance. Though the law places some limita-tions on the amount of as-sistance he can give when it comes to feeding fami-lies, his office writes a lot of vouchers.

“We have a number of people who ask for as-sistance, and we write vouchers for food, though we are limited by law,” said Lushin. “We can as-sist with up to five days of food, pending a deter-mination from the food stamp office. They want everyone to go to the food stamp office.

“They come in, and the first thing we ask is if they’re on food stamps, and if so, how much they are getting. It’s all over the board, but if you’re ever in the predicament, it’s tough.”

Lushin explained that the people facing the most acute need are likely those who have exhaust-ed many of the benefits that have been extended to families during the recession. When unem-ployment and Tempo-rary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) benefits run out, things can get desperate.

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larly about families who have been “sanctioned,” meaning benefits have been discontinued. Lushin said that typical-ly means relief won’t be found by running to the township. But the current environment is such that he’s making exceptions.

“In this day and age and this economy, if somebody has expired their TANF, as far as I’m concerned, you can still come into our office and still make an application,” said Lushin. “I won’t hold it against you. If there were jobs out there, or you had refused jobs, that’s a different story.

“Our job is to make sure a person has the basic necessities of life -- food, shelter, clothing, certain medical services.”

Lushin added that de-lays in processing food stamp applications also prompts his office to pro-vide food vouchers be-yond the five-day limit established by law.

“You still have some discretion,” said Lushin. “They would not want me to be saddled with five days on a food voucher for a family waiting on the food stamp office when it’s taking 45-60 days to process the appli-cation. That does happen, so don’t restrict us to five days. I’ve seen it where people can’t even make an appointment to apply for food stamps for three weeks at a time.”

Grohman said that she believes the higher number of people seek-ing food is directly re-lated to unemployment, gas prices and increases in food prices. She said, “Although the unemploy-ment rates may reflect that we’re doing better, there are some people who have dropped off the rolls because they can only be on the unemploy-

ment rates for a certain period of time. But even though they’re not on the rolls, they’re still unable to get employment.”

The evidence for in-creased demand also can be found in the number of requests made through the United Way of How-ard County’s 2-1-1 infor-mation and referral pro-gram, according to 2-1-1 Director Cheryl Graham.

“We just reported to our board that there’s been about a 60 percent increase in requests for food information,” said Graham.

Last year, 2-1-1 received 9,622 calls. Of those, 779, or about 12 percent, were to inquire about food. In the first half of this year, 615 calls have been made to inquire about food, with 115 more calls be-ing placed in the second quarter of the year than the first.

“What we’re finding is the major needs that peo-ple are calling us for are for need items, and one of those would be food,” said Graham. “Here in Howard County, two of our top 20 requests are to inquire about food and to ask about food stamps.”

Graham noted the Unit-ed Way 2-1-1 food pan-try list is one of the most handed-out items. The list includes the names of all of the pantries in How-ard County and the hours they’re open.

“They’re all saying the same thing,” said Graham about the Howard Coun-try food pantries. “What they have in stock is lower. They don’t have as much to choose from or as much availability, and at the same time, they’re all reporting more requests than they’ve had in the past for food.”

Kokomo Urban Out-reach, which has five food panties, is relying heavily

on donations to keep their pantries stocked and are feeding more people each day than they have been in the past.

“We are seeing more and more people com-ing into the food pantries for the first time, and our numbers are increasing. One day last week, we served 87 families, and that was over 400 indi-viduals,” said Grohman, who also said that KUO is seeing around 25 people a week who are coming into the food pantries for the first time.

“We are blessed now with food from the com-munity garden. We’ve received some donations from local churches. So while things look good today, if we serve another 87 families on Monday, then what we have will be very, very quickly de-pleted,” she said.

And that is over and above the help that other agencies already provide to the charity. Lushin ex-plained that his trustee’s office has made direct contributions on a num-ber of occasions to KUO.

“The first go-around, we picked up a good chunk of the tab for their mobile food pantry,” said Lushin. “We provided them with monthly assis-tance to help stock it. And not too long ago, we gave several thousand dollars to help restock their pan-tries.”

Still, the need persists. To help alleviate hunger in Howard County, dona-tions can be made to local non-profit organizations. Donations being made to Kokomo Urban Out-reach can be sent to 1701 S. Locke St. Children also can be sponsored for $120 for a school year or $15 a month. For more informa-tion on sponsoring a child or donating, call KUO at 457-1983.

outside of the authority of the commissioners. But he expressed concerns about the manner in which the claims were handled.

“It is appropriate for the auditor to pay the claims; what is not clear is whether or not the judge is subject to some kind of auditing,” said Murrell. “Obviously, it raises an interesting ques-tion about claims being ordered without account-ability.”

“It raises a lot of interest-ing questions,” added Com-missioner Paul Wyman. “Why does the judge even need to have a budget. That’s the point we’re at. He can just spend whatever he wants and order it.”

Wells stated that no other judge has handled their claims in this manner. But this is the second time this year that Menges has cho-sen to go the route of a court order to demand payment -- the first being for a copy machine earlier this spring.

“It puts the auditor in an awkward position,” said Murrell.

“It puts the taxpayers in an awkward position,” said Wyman. “It puts the other county employees in an awkward position. It puts everybody in a bad situa-tion. It’s uncalled for. It’s ar-rogant, and it’s wrong.”

Menges doesn’t see it that way. In fact, he believes the court order actually pro-vides the auditor’s office with the documentation it needs to show the state that the rules are being followed. And this isn’t the first time the drug court conference has been covered with a court order, he said. It has happened every year.

The problem he has with the county’s reaction is that the trip is covered by a grant -- not taxpayer dollars. And he feels his authority on what expenses should be paid supersedes that coun-ty’s approval process.

“I required my employ-ees to travel to Washington D.C.,” said Menges. “The hotel in which this confer-ence is hosted -- the Gay-lord National Center -- is far enough outside of Wash-ington D.C. that there is no public transportation. If you want to go to McDonalds for breakfast, you have to get on a shuttle which costs $11 each way. Or you can eat at the hotel, where breakfast starts at $28. My feeling is that should be paid for out of the grant.

“Unfortunately, the per diem for meals as far as the commissioners are con-cerned is $26 a day. The auditor, when I submit the claims for reimbursement, says this is more than the county policy. I then point out that the commissioners have no authority to set pol-icy for the courts, and it is not contrary to the Howard Superior Court I policies. I examine the claim and al-low it.”

Menges’ position not-withstanding, Murrell and the commissioners are in-tent on getting the state to give input on the matter.

“I can’t believe they would answer that you have to pay any claim that comes across your desk,” said Murrell. “I believe there has to be some mini-mum threshold that even judges have to present with their claim to document. It is this ridiculous fiction that the state perpetuates where you have the judges as state employees, yet we’re sup-posed to fund their offices. The state really needs to step up and make the em-ployees of the court state employees and pay for their expenses. But they want to keep that burden on the county.”

It is unclear as to whether the county will attempt to challenge Menges’ claim. The matter must go to a court outside of Howard County for a ruling, and the county must absorb the cost of an attorney for the judge.

“You want to talk about a jacked-up system, that’s one,” said Murrell.

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Winding Creek Bluegrass Festival just ahead Three-day event to feature nine bands, plenty of fun for the family

If you’re a little bit country, or even a lot country, then western Howard County is where you’ll want to be next weekend. Bob Auth and Duane Davis are put-ting on the first Winding Creek Bluegrass Festi-val, Aug. 26-28, and it promises to be the kind of event that becomes a tradition for music lovers in this community and around the region.

Auth already hosts the Koh-Koh-Mah/Foster Historical Encampment each fall to the delight of thousands. The three-day musical festival will take place on the same farm, and he hopes the recep-

tion will be just as great for the new attraction.

“Duane and I play in a cowboy church, and we love bluegrass,” said Auth. “We’ve traveled to different festivals, and we thought we could have our own bluegrass festival out here on the farm. The grounds are perfect for it.

“It’s going to be one of the neatest things go-ing. Howard County has never seen such a group of bluegrass bands put together.”

Some of the acts in-clude Goldwing Express, Branded Bluegrass, The Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show, and Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym’n.

“We’re really excited; we’ve worked really hard

to get this going,” said Davis. “Bob has done a great job. We have a great website up. Hopefully, people will support it. This could be something that is an ongoing event.”

Saturday is expected to be the big day during the event, with the head-lining bands taking the stage. But there will be plenty of other features to enjoy in addition to the music.

“We’re also going to have local artists and the Carroll County An-tique Tractor Club out there, and we have some great food vendors,” said Auth. “And we’ll have primitive camping avail-able as part of the ticket price for those who want to do that.”

The camping, accord-

ing to Davis, is almost as fun as the concerts.

“Camping is part of the fun,” added Davis. “Even the local people should consider doing it. Many of the people who come to their festivals bring their own guitars and banjos and bass fid-dles and play, too. You’ll have groups of guys standing around, play-ing. It will start as one or two, and all of a sudden there are 10 playing or singing. That’s part of the fun.”

Advance tickets for the entire event can be pur-chased for $30 through Aug. 19. After that time, the cost will be $40 for three days. Single-day tickets will vary in price, though Auth said there is a special offer for those

who attend on Friday and decide they want to come back. The price, then, will be $35.

This will be a rain-or-

shine event. For addi-tional information, visit www.windingcreekblue-grass.com.

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CCC loses focus on fire protectionBasic information given, but no direction determined; law enforcement on schedule this week

If government in How-ard County is reorga-nized or consolidated, what happens to the community’s fire protec-tion? That’s the question the Citizens Consolida-tion Committee (CCC) was looking to have an-swered last week, but no one seemed to know how to respond.

Firefighters from the Kokomo Fire Depart-ment and several area volunteer departments were on-hand to hear the discussion on Aug.

10. They remained si-lent, apparently waiting to hear from the CCC what its intentions were. The message was that the committee wanted to know where things could be improved. That infor-mation never surfaced.

Kokomo Assistant Fire Chief Brad Myers gave basic information about the city’s fire service, and Galveston Volunteer Fire Department Chief Brent Ahrens explained how the volunteer services differ. After 20 minutes of this, the audience was given the opportunity to ask questions. Local resi-dent Mike McGaffney

struck right at the heart of the issue that had gone unspoken.

“The buzzword today is consolidation,” said McGaffney. “You have people who are volun-teers; you have people who are paid. You have people who are not even in the county who are going to need access to county funds. When you’re talking consolida-tion, how are you doing these things together? What are you looking at?”

CCC member John Newlin tried to respond by explaining that the word “consolidation” is

misleading in the case of fire protection.

“There could be con-solidation of government in Howard County,” said Newlin. “There would be a reorganization or more of a restructuring. How does that affect fire pro-tection? That’s the dis-cussion that’s going to start.”

Local resident Clee Oliver attempted to provide clarity through the Kernan-Shepard re-port’s recommendation, reading the passage in which the report calls for a county-wide body to

BRANDED BLUEGRASS — Branded Bluegrass is one of nine bads scheduled to appear at the Winding Creek Bluesgrass Festival next weekend.

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LEADERSHIP — Jim Gunlite (right) helps Gina Ash-baugh and Adam Craig move foundation bricks into place as they construct a staircase on a deck they built for Kokomo Urban Outreach. The deck is at-tached to KUO’s trailer in Riley Modern Estates, which was converted to serve as a dining hall. These three were joined by Mary Pruitt and Amy Bitner as part of a Leadership: Kokomo team that chose the community service project as part of their training.

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KCS recalls nine teachersSix of those were elementary teachers

For nine Kokomo-Center Schools’ teachers, it was a great week to be back in school.

The KCS board of school trustees held two meetings last week and recalled four teachers on Aug. 9 and an additional five teachers on Friday.

“We have only 11 of the 28 teachers who were originally RIFed left,” said assistant superinten-dent Pennye Siefert. “We have two of those 11 who we are ready to give tem-porary contracts to.”

During the summer,

t h e s e t e a c h -ers were not sure if they w o u l d have a job com-ing into the 2011-12 school year.

Of the teachers who were recalled, six are ele-mentary school teachers, a middle school teacher, a high school teacher and a preschool teacher at the Darrough Chapel Early Learning Center.

Kokomo superinten-dent Jeff Hauswald said that the reduction in force of these teachers

has been one of the most difficult decisions he has faced.

“I think the riffing pro-cess was one of the most difficult things that I have ever done,” Hauswald said. “I met individually with every teacher who was impacted, and we were able to pull some off the RIF list before we even finalized it. We still are trying to be fis-cally responsible, and we want to call back as many teachers as we need. But we don’t want to call back extra because we really want to avoid, as much as possible, a situ-ation in which we would call a teacher back and

have to RIF them again next year.”

He said he is also glad that KCS has been able to hire back a large number of these teachers.

“We have been very conservative, but it is a great feeling,” he said. “Those are the fun calls to make when you get to tell somebody that you are off the RIF list. It’s a great feeling know-ing that you were able to get some people their job back when you know that’s where their passion is, but that is coupled with a feeling of a little bit of sadness that they

Subway recognized by city council for going greenResolution also honors Fortune Management for design work on Markland store

Kokomo’s “first green” Subway was recognized by the Kokomo Com-mon Council at its Aug. 8 meeting.

An official resolution was passed recogniz-ing Subway and Fortune Management for the work they put into the building.

It was called “A reso-lution of the Common Council from the city of Kokomo in Indiana rec-ognizing the green coop-eration between Subway and Fortune Manage-ment.”

It read: “Whereas the Common Council and the city administration for the city of Kokomo,

Indiana, wishes to recog-nize Subway and Fortune Management for their green project in the con-struction of a new restau-rant on Markland Ave., and,

“Whereas these indus-try leaders have used a wide range of green tech-nology which includes the use of recyclable ma-terials with energy effi-cient lighting, tempera-ture controls, and cutting edge water conversation measures, and

“Whereas the initia-tives rain garden, a native planting system use to treat storm water, will not only provide an attractive treatment opportunity but enhance Kokomo’s urban landscape and pro-mote habitat diversity.”

The project was headed

up by Brandon Pitcher at Fortune Management. He has been pushing his father, Scott Pitcher, who owns the company, and local businesses to build green for quite some time.

“They came to us to do a Subway, and we were looking at innova-tive ideas to bring to Ko-komo. One of the things we don’t have in Kokomo is a green building,” said Pitcher. “We will be one of the first restaurants in the state to be certified. This project will hope-fully inspire people to do the same. We also plant-ed 3,000 native plants that the elementary kids planted for them.”

The new Subway has been a success financially so far for the company.

“Since the restaurant

has opened, we have seen Kokomo accept Subway in that location very well,” said Brenda Davis, with Subway. “We are very happy that the council and the commu-nity recognize what we are doing for the commu-nity.”

There are more projects coming down the line be-tween Subway and For-tune Management.

“We are building two more subways in Ko-komo right now, and we will be building more around the state as well,” said Pitchers. “We are go-ing to build some with green materials and some that aren’t. We are going to figure out which ones make the most economic sense and move for-ward.”

He said the next build-ing won’t be green and will allow them to test out how efficient the green building is.

“The next building will probably be almost iden-tical without the green

features, so we can build a living laboratory for ourselves and Subway,” said the Pitchers. “It will allow us to see which fea-tures to keep and which ones not to.”

many listeners believed the broadcast was real.

Hobbs used “The Broadcast” as a calling card and sent it to the DC editors. One called and asked him to pitch a short “Batman” story. He jotted down two paragraphs. They liked it and asked for more.

DC isn’t the only pub-lisher expressing an in-terest in Hobbs’ work. His “Awakenings” series has been picked up by Arcana Publishing and will hit comic stores in September. And there is more.

“It hasn’t been an-nounced yet, but I have a novel that’s coming out soon,” said Hobbs. “On top of that, I have a few creator-owner comic projects that are getting some interest. Hopefully, they’ll come out next year some time. And there’s the opportunity for more work at DC. They were really happy with the

story.”Self-publishing is a

“tough racket,” according to Hobbs. He lost money on his first endeavor, but the education he received was invaluable.

“Even the guys who are writing comics full-time will tell you it’s very tough,” said Hobbs. “Self-publishing is even harder than that. You have to be a one-man shop. You have to write and hire an artist and find a printer and make deals with dis-tributors and deals with comic shops.

“It was a tough road, but I look back on that time fondly. I jumped in with both feet and learned a heck of a lot about the publishing business. Now, when I’m talking with a publisher, they aren’t talking in a foreign language any-more.”

Hobbs will appear at Comic Cubed, 121 E. Syc-amore St., this Wednes-day from 4-7 p.m. to sign copies of his “Batman” work. For more about Hobbs and his work, visit erichobbsonline.com

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GREEN— Mary Row and grandson Reese Robinson plant flowers at the Subway on Markland Avenue.

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UNUSUAL SIGHT — People taking a stroll downtown last week may have been surprised by the appear-ance of a strange contraption. This “Conference Bike” is a seven-seat vehicle in which all of the rid-ers provide pedal power. The German-made bike comes with a table and a tiki umbrella.

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Community education key to prevention

Later this month, in celebration of 50 years of providing the highest quality care and service to our region, Howard Regional Health Sys-tem will introduce a new healthcare service to north central Indi-ana. Our new Com-munityCare Mobile is a 40-foot mobile medical unit designed specifi-cally to provide educa-tion, screenings and other health services to people where they live, work and play. We are very excited to be able to offer this accessible care just about anywhere, in-cluding neighborhoods, churches, schools and workplaces, as well as regional health fairs. We are grateful to the How-ard Regional Health Sys-tem Foundation, which purchased and outfitted the CommunityCare Mo-bile.

According to the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic illnesses such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and ar-thritis are not only the most common and costly health problems in our country, but they are the most preventable. This prevention encompasses

education and health promotion activities that encourage healthy living. Prevention also includes early detection efforts, such as screening at-risk populations, as well as strategies for appropri-ate management of exist-ing diseases and related complications.

A critical component of the role of all Hospi-tal Administrators is to identify and understand those clinical issues that affect the health of their communities. A recent example of why this is so important was the outbreak in Kokomo of the use of “bath salts,” a dangerous drug similar to methamphetamine. The sale of this drug was only recently banned from being sold in Indi-ana through convenience stores. One of the How-ard Regional behavioral health physicians made Administration aware of what could have been a deadly epidemic, and we were able to help with a public interest story in this paper that informed the public at large of the dangers of this often fatal drug.

This is just one exam-ple of our responsibility to help educate the public and a primary reason we are so excited about our CommunityCare Mobile. It is incumbent upon

Howard Regional and all hospitals and healthcare providers to provide ad-equate health education and prevention to the public. This is especially true now as the first wave of Baby Boomers turn 65, as national healthcare reform rolls out and as healthcare technological advances open up new opportunities.

The CDC reports that:Seven out of 10 deaths

among Americans each year are from chronic diseases. Heart disease, cancer and stroke ac-count for more than 50% of all deaths each year.

In 2005, 133 million Americans – almost 1 out of every 2 adults – had at least one chronic illness.

Obesity has become a major health concern. One in every three adults is obese, and almost one in five youth between the ages of 6 and 19 is obese (BMI ≥ 95th percentile of the CDC growth chart).

About one-fourth of people with chronic con-ditions have one or more daily activity limitations.

Diabetes continues to be the leading cause of kidney failure, non-trau-matic lower-extremity amputations and blind-ness among adults, aged 20-74.

Lifestyle changes in diet and exercise, in-cluding a 5 to 7 percent

maintained weight loss and at least 150 minutes per week in physical ac-tivity, can prevent or de-lay the onset of type 2 diabetes for Americans at high risk for the dis-ease.

And diet and exer-

cise can also contribute to healthy blood pressure and healthy blood cho-lesterol levels, thereby greatly reducing the risk for cardiovascular dis-ease. Yet more than one-third of all adults do not meet recommendations for aerobic physical ac-tivity based on the Physi-cal Activity Guidelines

for Americans, and 23 percent report no leisure-time physical activity at all.

The health benefits of quitting smoking are many. Within two weeks to three months after quitting, heart attack risk begins to drop, and lung function begins to improve.

One year after

quitting, excess risk for heart disease is reduced by half, and 10 years after quitting, the lung cancer death rate is about half that of a current smoker. Fifteen years after quit-ting, an ex-smoker’s risk

for heart disease is about the same as that of a life-long nonsmoker. Yet more than 43 million American adults (ap-proximately one in five) smoke, and in 2007, 20 percent of high school students in the United States were current ciga-rette smokers.

This healthcare crisis is not going to be solved in Washington; it is going to be solved in our com-munities through educa-tion, personal awareness and people making life-style changes. Education is key.

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MOBILE HEALTH — Howard Regional Health System will unveil its new Community-Care Mobile later this month.

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had to go through that process. They spent their summer not knowing if they had a job. We have others still on the RIF list, so it is a mix of emotions.

Any chance we get to call people off the RIF list is very rewarding, and it’s a good feeling.”

On Friday, the board also hired John Pinson as the new band director for Kokomo-Center Schools.

“I am looking forward to working in a commu-nity that appreciates the arts and supports its local band program,” Pinson said. “I feel I can bring an expertise from several successful experiences at other schools, and we can build on Kokomo’s suc-cess in all areas.”

He replaces former KHS band director Eric Thornbury. Pinson spent the past four years at North Putman Com-munity Schools as the Music Department coor-dinator. He also served as the Director of Music for Foutain Central High School prior to that posi-tion. He began as band director on Monday.

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over see all public safety services. But there was no discussion about forming such a body.

The session contin-ued to meander around without directly address-ing anything related to consolidation of services, and CCC member John Floyd openly questioned whether he should be concerned that his fire protection is provided by people are not paid to re-spond to emergencies.

The fire professionals answered his question politely, and then Ahrens explained just how for-tunate Howard County residents are to have the protection they receive.

“This county is incred-ible with its dispatch,” said Ahrens. “If an ambu-lance is busy, the dispatch sends the next closest am-bulance. Miami County runs three paramedic trucks for the entire coun-ty. They have to wait on them to come from Peru. In Cass County, most of the time they have one ambulance covering the entire county. They stack calls. I have heard three and four runs stacked up, and they won’t call us, even though we’re in the county, to assist them. Howard County is very blessed.”

McGaffney, still inter-ested in the core topic of consolidation, asked what the firefighters would like to see happen in the event of a combined local gov-ernment.

“I may not have a whole lot of information, but one thing I would like to see is everyone of these individuals in this room draw a paycheck for what they do,” said Myers. “Whether it is a volun-teer level or career level, I would like to see them be paid and provide the best service possible.”

McGaffney responded with a hope of his own when it comes to consoli-dation.

“I hope the people in-volved have some clue as to what they’re doing, and I don’t think they do,” he said.

Undaunted, the CCC will hold its next meet-ing on Wed., Aug. 17, at 7 p.m. at Indiana Univer-sity Kokomo in Room KC 130, adjacent to the Kelley Center’s cafeteria. The topic of this discussion will be law enforcement consolidation. The public is invited to attend.

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Mayor Goodnight named as permanent member to NIPSCO panel

Kokomo Mayor Greg Good-night has been

named a permanent member of NIPSCO’s Community Advisory Panel. Mayor Goodnight will join representatives from six counties across North-Central Indiana.

Members of the Com-munity Advisory Panel meet to provide feed-back and offer sugges-tions to NIPSCO, with the aim of improving communication between the company, its custom-ers and its communities.

“I am honored to be a part of this impor-tant panel,” said Mayor Goodnight. “Utility companies play an im-portant role in our com-munity, and maintaining good communication with them is one of the building blocks of a strong relationship be-tween government and industry.”

The Community Advi-

sory Panel is comprised of leaders from gov-ernment, business and non-profit organizations across six counties.

What changed?Effective July 1, cus-

tomers receiving natural gas service from North-ern Indiana Fuel & Light

(NIF&L) and Kokomo Gas became NIPSCO customers.

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) approved an agreement reached by NIPSCO, the Indiana Of-fice of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) and

the Choice Program’s Natural Gas Marketers to formally consolidate the three stand-alone utilities under NIPSCO.

When did the transi-tion take place?

NIF&L and Kokomo Gas customers began receiving a NIPSCO bill

and be able to manage their accounts on NIP-SCO.com beginning July 1.

Why did the compa-nies merge/consolidate?

Consolidating the three companies togeth-er will enhance customer programs and products

and further integrate management and ad-ministrative functions to improve the delivery of customer service, maxi-mize the use of available resources and more ef-fectively manage both utilities.

Thanks fromSUPPLIES program

As chair of the 2011 SUPPLIES program -- a program coordinated by the Howard-Tipton Coun-ties Central Labor Council, with the Salvation Army, Kokomo Urban Outreach, UAW, United Way and 23 additional community partners -- I wish to ex-press my thanks to all of the volunteers and orga-nizatins that helped us to distribute school supplies to 885 children this year.

Special thanks to United Way and 2-1-1 United Way of Howard county for theri support and assistance. The Salvation Army’s con-tribution of 500 backpacks expanded our ability to

help.In addition to school

supplies, UAW Local 292 distributed 656 pairs of shoes, and numer-ous items of clothing were handed out. Thanks to UAW Local 685 and Chrysler for providig a home for the program and staffing. Thanks to UAW Local 292 and Jody howell for their coordination of the shoe distribution. Be-cause of their support, we were able to help students in every school system in Howard County.

Individual volunteers who donated 600+ hours of assistance during the week of distribution. We couldn’t have done it with-out them. This program

brings together numer-ous organizations to work toward a common goal -- helping our children get a great education.

2011 partners also in-clude: UAW Local 292, Plumbers and Pipefit-ter Local 440, USW Local 2958, UAW Local 685 Re-tirees, Kroger, UAW Lo-cal 685, UAW Local 1166, UAW Local 1302, Dan’s Variety Bakery, AFSCME Local 2185, UAW Local 292 Retirees, OPEIU Local 1, Solidarity Federal Credit Union, Nearly New shop, Chrysler, North Central Indiana Building Trades, AFSCME Council 62, Howard County hairdress-ers, Loving hands Adult Daycare, GMCH, Altrusa International -- Kokomo, Walgreens, MD Wise, and White Castle.

Brian West, 2011 SUPPLIES chairCheryl Graham,

SUPPLIES coordinator

Congress stealing our Social Security

People, we need to wake up and act. For the last 31 years, these Re-publicans have screamed tax cuts, tax cuts. The problem is, at no time was it truly a tax cut. What they have done is stolen every dollar we have paid into Social Se-curity. They took the ac-tual dollars we paid in.

Remember George W. Bush saying, “It’s your money,” when we had a surplus under Clin-

If a family had an in-come of $6 a day and was spending $10 a day, how long could that family stay out of bankruptcy? This is a very simple ex-ample of why Standard and Poor’s downgraded the United States AAA credit rating to AA+.

The Democrats are shocked at this down-grade, and the Repub-licans are pointing fin-gers at the Democrats’ free spending policies. Why should anyone be shocked when govern-ment revenue is $6 bil-lion a day but spending is $10 billion per day? How long can the U.S. contin-ue to spend more than it generates in tax revenue?

It is incomprehensible that anyone thinks our country could continue down this economic path without grave conse-quences.

The Republicans are saying I told you so. The Democrats are incredibly attacking the messenger. The Democratic leaders contend Standard and Poor’s made a $2 trillion error. Even if they did, is there a difference in a $15 trillion and $17 tril-lion debt? Republicans are touting the debt re-duction bill as a cut in spending when in reality it does nothing to reduce our country’s debt.

Unfortunately for the American people, both parties are riddled with incompetents who have demonstrated with their actions that they are to-tally incapable of respon-sible government.

A realistic and sus-tained U.S. financial course correction means reductions of spend-ing in all governmental programs, including the Military, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and the myriad of social programs that now exist.

Every American citi-zen must be required to make sacrifices to return the United States finan-cial system to AAA rat-ing and financial stabil-ity. This fiscal crisis is a result of the Congress of the United States not responding to repeated calls from our country’s and the world’s financial community for reduc-tions in deficit spending.

The solution to the debt crisis is not rocket science, but it seems to be to the incompetent and

irresponsible members of Congress.

President Obama should be eliminated from influencing any so-lution to the debt problem because he has no experi-ence and is financially illiterate. During his ten-ure as President, because of his inexperience and financial illiteracy in eco-nomic affairs, President Obama has proven to be out of his element, and that is not a criticism, just an observation.

In addition, he has sur-rounded himself with in-dividuals devoid of any business and financial knowledge. Only eight percent of Obama’s cabi-net have any business ex-perience.

To begin the process, all U.S. governmental agencies’ budgets should be reduced by a percent-age that will reduce the debt over a reasonable time period. This reduc-tion should be immedi-ate, and cover such pro-grams as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and the military. Govern-mental leaders should be told their areas of re-sponsibility are to have

reductions in appropria-tions, and to manage ac-cordingly. Reductions in Social Security should be the first reductions re-stored after returning the U.S. to financial stability.

Military funding is crit-ical, but the U.S. must re-evaluate all deployments of the military to coun-tries such as Germany, the United Kingdom, Ja-pan and others. Let those countries assume respon-sibility for their protec-tion.

Set a deadline to end U.S. involvement in Af-ghanistan and Iraq. We should either be pre-pared to stay in Iraq and Afghanistan forever or end our involvement. I maintain we should end involvement, and the sooner the better.

Howard County government places a premium on accountability and transparency. This is great for taxpayers, even if it means some embarrassment at times for county officials. It is rare that public leaders insist on performing their business so openly, even when it is politically detrimental.

It is cause for concern, therefore, when a public of-ficial acts in a manner contrary to the standard we have come to expect. Howard Superior Court I Judge William Menges has walked away from this standard more than once this year. We only hope that there will be a consequence at some point for his behavior.

Menges and his staff took a trip to Washington D.C. They spent more than what is customary on meals and other expenses, and the judge didn’t doc-ument the expenditures to the standard of account-ability set by the county. Instead, he issued a demand for payment when asked for more detail.

Howard County Commissioner Paul Wyman called the act “arrogant.” We couldn’t agree more. The amount in question may not be large -- $2,000 is the estimate given by the Howard County Auditor’s office -- and the authority of the judge to act as he did is clear. State law lets him order payment. But that doesn’t make it right.

When it comes to a public official spending money -- regardless if it is local taxpayer money, state or fed-eral funds or a grant from a governmental or non-governmental source -- there must be accountabil-

ity. A lackadaisical method of tracking or reporting expenses cannot be tolerated. Today’s grant money may be tomorrow’s tax dollar. The public has a right to expect a higher degree of responsibility than what Menges displayed.

Ordering payment without proper accounting may fly in other counties, but it’s a deal-breaker here. Public trust has been violated.

Unfortunately, Menges is quickly building a track record of behavior worthy of mistrust. His insistence on purchasing an industrial-strength copy machine with its accompanying industrial-sized price was the first offense. By the way, when can the taxpayers expect the million-dollar savings to roll in? Can we assume he will lower his 2012 budget to reflect the financial wisdom of his purchase?

Of course not. Just as the million dollars was a false promise, this latest court-ordered payment only will benefit the judge and his office. It shouldn’t sur-prise anyone, Menges and his compatriots treat the criminal justice system as their playground, wield-ing their authority as bluntly as common thugs.

We are left only with the power of the ballot box to make our displeasure known in a way that Meng-es will note, but even this has been stolen from us. The legal community doesn’t generate political op-ponents for judges around here -- especially Repub-lican ones -- for fear of retribution. So, we’re stuck with this arrogance.

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ton. Well, he gave five-percent tax cuts to the wealthy, and the surplus was gone. That wasn’t a surplus. That was Social Security money. That’s been the same story since Reagan. “It’s your mon-ey; we need tax cuts.” The truth is they’ve been stealing our Social Secu-rituy money all this time.

Well, it’s time to turn the table because now they are actually going after our Social Security checks. They say there’s nothing there. That’s not true. We have IOUs that say the government owes us $2.7 trillion to back our claims for Social Se-curity. If we stand by and let them, the amount we draw each month will be-come less and less.

Stand up. Fight back. They will take every penny and give it to the wealthy, just like they have for the last 30 years.

It’s time to tax them for their fair share. I pay 20+ percent of my income in taxes, year after year. These millionaires and billionaires pay less than five percent at most. With all their shelters, many pay nothing.

All that disparity in how much these pigs pay has been the money we have paid in for Social Security. Don’t let them draw your attention and votes with phony issues. Stand up and let them know your vote comes with them supporting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Stand up.

Tony ShellKokomo

America and the global market

During the past few years I have struggled to understand the global economy, world econ-omy, global markets, world trade rules, free trade, global warming, etc., and how America fits in the puzzle.

Some of my findings:

With excessive con-straints on American companies, (labor laws, minimum wages, work-ing conditions, safety re-quirements, government regulations/bureaucra-cies, business obligations to support government regulations, demands of unions and non-union workers, etc) it’s next to impossible for American companies to compete with products manufac-tured overseas.

Free trade and global-ization offers more prod-ucts to Americans and in most cases, at a lower cost, however, many of these products are from countries where the American government regulations/bureaucra-cies do not exist and if they exist are not always enforced.

Our government is aware of this problem. In 2007 a bill titled “Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act” was introduced in Con-gress with the objective to crack down on prod-ucts made in factories

overseas where “workers are abused in violation of that country’s labor laws.” The bill died in committee.

Yes, at times our own government works hard-er supporting suppli-ers from other countries over those in America. America is competing in a global economy where there is very little equal/fair about it. The profit earned by businesses is what fuels every econo-my more than the indi-vidual salaries earned by employees. With Ameri-can companies, the profit remains in America, thus enhancing the economy of America.

I was appalled when I heard both presidential candidates in 2008 state they would create jobs without ever addressing why jobs were lost in the first place and what is necessary for America to be competitive.

The following letter states reasons why Visit-ing Nurse Service should

I wanted to start out by thanking the Kokomo Perspective for their edito-rial On Aug. 3. As we all continue to struggle and millions more look for work, Gov. Daniels and the Republicans meet to try and figure out how they can push “right to work” in the next session to do away with workers’ rights.

What is happening with the Indiana State Legislature is about poli-tics and not economics. These same politicians give corporate CEOs tax breaks while those same CEOs outsource jobs and cut wages and benefits for middle class workers. Right to work in Indiana would be right to work for less.

We need Mr. Karickhoff and Mr. Van Natter to stand with the workers of Kokomo, and they need to focus on creating jobs and restoring the middle class. Our firefighters, teachers, nurses, city workers and police are critical members of our community, and we need to stand with them and thank them for the work they do on the taxpayers’

behalf. It seems that our state

legislature, by meet-ing last week on right to work, are trying to weak-en or eliminate workers freedom to join unions so workers can’t serve as a check on corporate or government greed to re-store balance. Across our state, state legislatures are breaking for the summer but their policies and ac-tions of this past year and what they are planning to do next year are attacking working families and the middle class.

This governor and this Republican state legisla-tor have not created any jobs. In fact, thousands of jobs will be lost because of these political attacks in the form of so-called budget cuts. Politicians spent their time attack-ing worker’s voices, pass-ing budgets that hurt the middle class, cost jobs and hurt local communi-ties and pushing other extreme legislation that makes working people pay for the mess created by corporate CEOs.

What we’re seeing play out nationally and in In-diana is a struggle for the moral character of our country. Powerful politi-cal forces are seeking to silence working people

and drive us out of the national conversation and as working people we cannot let this happen. In this struggling economy, Indiana needs one thing – jobs.

Instead, the Republi-can-controlled state legis-lature this session pushed cuts in wages, the elimi-nation of benefits. While we suffer, these same politicians support tax breaks for corporations and CEOs. These same politicians know unions are a check and balance on corporate power, so they are working to weaken or eliminate us.

Right to work is just more of the same old po-litical attacks and the In-diana Republican House wants to make sure they

get it passed next year. Workers like firefight-ers, street cleaners, and wastewater, cemetery and park workers along with teachers are essential to the well-being and safety of our families and com-munities. Workers, act-ing together through our unions, are the last, best defense to stop the attacks on the middle class.

Without unions, we cannot restore balance to our economy. With-out the ability to join to-gether, these attacks on the middle class will go unanswered, and it will be harder for workers to fight for better wages and benefits, job security and safer work places for ev-eryone.

They want to tell us that states with right to work have more jobs and better wages, but that is not the case. States with right to work have higher unemployment numbers today than Indiana does. The jobs they do have pay a lot less than the jobs we have in Indiana.

Please don’t be fooled by right to work; it is just right to work for less and no benefits. Do not wait until next year when the legislature goes into ses-sion. Speak up now, and

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A few weeks ago we asked several local citizens to try and balance the federal budget. Congress has now asked twelve of their own to try their hands at cost-savings by trimming $1.5 trillion from the deficit by November.

The House “super committee” members are Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Fred Upton (R-MI), Dave Camp (R-MI) and Jeb Hensarling (R-TX). The Senate “super committee” member are Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Rob Port-man (R-OH), Pat Toomey (R-PA), Max Baucus (D-MT), John Kerry (D-MA), and Patty Murray (D-WA).

Now imagine if we told those people two weeks ago that they had to balance the budget without rais-ing taxes, or closing tax loopholes, and without cut-ting entitlement programs. It is an impossible task, but it is one the “super committee” faces with both Democrats and Republicans choosing some of their furthest-leaning members to serve on the committee.

The Republicans announced their full list first, and not-surprisingly, all of their appointees signed the American’s for Tax Reform’s pledge not to raise tax-es. Representative Dave Camp (R-MI) said he would rather see a larger deficit than see taxes go up on “rich people.” Senator John Kyl (R-AZ) walked away from debt-ceiling negotiations because Democrats wanted to raise taxes on people who make more than $500,000. Without increasing the country’s revenue all

$1.5 trillion will have to come from decreasing spend-ing, a task that will not be easy with the Democrat appointees.

Democrat’s announced their appointees after the Republicans, and it is no surprise that House Speak-er Nancy Pelosi has chosen some of the most liberal lawmakers in Congress to represent the House. With Representatives James Clyburn (D-SC) and Xavier Becerra (D-CA) it is pretty clear that social welfare programs are off the table. It also doesn’t help that the Democrats appointed Senator Max Baucus who has a reputation of non-cooperation.

One area that is likely to see the largest cuts is in de-fense spending. The committee lacks any real hawks, and defense cuts have been forthcoming for quite some time.

The committee needs to take a serious look at rais-ing taxes on the wealthy. According to a recent CNN poll 63 percent of American’s are in favor of this. Also why can’t there be honest discussion and improve-ments to social welfare programs. This country needs a real compromise in order to fix our financial prob-lems. However there won’t be one. Not with these ap-pointees.

Defense spending is not enough. Earmarks are not enough. Farm subsidies are not enough. They can’t take two of the biggest weapons to fight the deficit off the table before it even starts and expect to succeed.

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have purchased vehicles from an American com-pany rather than an over-seas company.

Dear Mr. John L. Pipas,I think it’s great that

Indiana has a visiting nurse service that pro-vides outstanding sup-port to a vast number of people. I have reviewed your website (vnsi.org) and your organization is to be complimented for their accomplishments.

I do, however, have an issue that concerns me as a supporter of America. It’s disappointing when I see one of the custom-painted, eye-catching VNS Toyota Prius ve-hicles around Kokomo. I consider this un-Amer-ican for VNS to have purchased 75 of these vehicles, especially, since there were/are American vehicles superior to the Toyota Prius.

Yes, approximately 35 percent of the Prius ve-hicle content comes from Japan, which is subsi-dized by the government of Japan and where all of the profit from the ve-hicle sales goes back to Japan.

What is really bad, my prediction is that all VNS compensation comes from Americans who earned their income, re-tirement, health insur-ance, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. benefits from America, not Japan.

I remember a report from CNN headline news regarding 9/11. Contributions to the re-lief and recovery efforts in New York and Wash-ington were as follows:

1. Ford - $10 million to American Red Cross, matching employee con-tributions of the same number, plus 10 Excur-sions to the NY Fire Dept. The company also offered ER response team services and office space

to displaced government employees.

2. GM - $10 million to American Red Cross, matching employee con-tributions of the same number and a fleet of vans, SUVs and trucks.

3. DaimlerChrysler - $10 million to support children and victims of the Sept. 11 attack.

Honda – Nothing de-spite boasting of second-best sales month ever in August 2001. I s u z u , Mitsubishi, Nissan, Porsche, Subaru - noth-ing. Toyota – nothing de-spite claims of high sales in July and August 2001. Condolences were post-ed on the website.

My request of VNS is to strive to buy only prod-ucts where the research, design, development and manufacturing is done in America by an American company, allowing profit to remain in the USA.

Dick EllisKokomo

Is there any hope?As I glanced at the

front-page story in the Tribune on Aug. 5, with two pictures of airplanes at the Kokomo airport, and a headline of “Op-eration shutdown”, I felt a surge of hope, think-ing that Congress was finally going to actu-ally do something about wasteful spending. But it only took the secondary headline, “County road work delayed by Con-gress standoff”, to bring me back to reality.

The article stated that 200 airport projects around the nation are being delayed, perhaps with situations similar to the one here in our area, where Kokomo, Logansport and Peru are “improving” their air-ports, all the while there is a far better airport of-fered to those cities right in their midst -- Grissom Reserve Base -- which is being improved to an even greater extent.

To the reporter’s cred-it, he didn’t try to justify

the airport expansions in these three cities, and even mentioned that crit-ics say some of the com-munities don’t deserve aid because they are within a reasonable drive of a hub airport, or be-cause their subsidies are exorbitantly high -- more than $1,000 per passen-ger.

But is Congress go-ing to take a second look at these wasteful proj-ects? How silly is that? No, they are only being delayed because of a temporary shutdown of unnecessary functions of the FAA. I say unnec-essary because the story mentions that air traffic controllers and safety inspectors remain on the job because “the FAA still has money from anoth-er pool of funds to pay them”.

Here’s a vicious cycle: Why is there a rush to end those delays? Not because the projects are vital, but because the fed-eral government is losing $30 million a day in un-collected airline ticket taxes because of the FAA shutdown..

Another article in the paper that same day il-lustrates the absolute inability of Congress to cut spending: The House passed a bill extend-ing the FAA’s authority through mid-September, but the bill eliminated air service subsidies to 13 rural communities. However, a compromise gives the transportation secretary the authority to continue those subsidies “if he decides it’s nec-essary”. How’s that for putting your foot down?

Oh by the way, the front-page story men-tions that the Depart-ment of Agriculture is providing a $4.8 million, 20-year low-interest loan for a hanger expansion at Grissom to accommo-date an airplane-painting company. What in heav-en’s name does that have to do with agriculture?

But wait! I forgot that

since the federal govern-ment is paying for all this, “it won’t cost local taxpayers anything”.

Is there any hope for our country?

Bill DagueKokomo

Are warmers doing their part?

In a few months and in the midst of a “deep freeze” in the north-ern hemisphere, global warming alarmists will be reminding us that it is illegitimate for skep-tics to question warmist agenda by using current and anecdotal weather patterns.

However, global warming alarmists get to remind us that they still want to impose their harsh policies on Ameri-cans since we are now ex-periencing a heat wave, which some are calling “record breaking” by us-ing heat index numbers instead of air tempera-tures.

I have no doubt that “alternative” energy sources will be developed in the future as inventive, productive citizens suc-cessfully put their minds and capital to work. But that is not what warmers want; they want com-plete government control over the energy industry.

Consider one of their “solutions” to date: etha-nol. Touted as one of the answers to “sustainable, clean” energy develop-ment, our government has poured an 80 cents to a dollar per gallon tax-payer subsidy into etha-nol since 1978. Result? A diversion of corn into a non-edible product that costs more to produce than the energy it pro-vides while driving up the cost of food.

Not all ethanol is bad; Brazil is succeeding with sugar-based etha-nol. It makes more sense to use sugar than corn, but huge import tariffs on sugar make its use in America unlikely. Warm-ers need to decide wheth-

er it is more important to save the environment or protect domestic sugar growers.

The feasibility of wind power is still undeter-mined, but to even get to the point where we can make a determination, we need to manufacture turbines. These turbines, as well as your high tech gadgets like smart phones, take rare earth metals to produce.

Rare earth metals must be mined. China, India, and other Asian and South American nations are mining them. But warmers don’t want rare earth mining in America. How are we supposed to create “sustainable” energy when we cannot produce the raw material to make the equipment?

Don’t forget, warmers, that you can still make a difference. Have you stopped running your air conditioner yet? Have you been hanging out your laundry instead of running a dryer? These hot, dry days ensure that your laundry will dry quickly. Serious warmers will be doing all they can to ensure that they are helping prevent global warming catastrophe.

Charles LayneBunker Hill

Thanks from air museum

The Grissom Air Mu-seum wants to thank all of our car owners, patrons, donors, sponsors and volunteers as well as the weather for a wonderful car show. Along with some 600 people who stopped by to look at these classics, this year’s car show drew 125 car entries.

The GAM gave away awards to the Top 20 Clas-sics, the Commander’s Choice, and the coveted Warbird Trophy. Thirty donated prizes, a 50/50 cash winner (won by Kar-en Johnson of Logansport), and the winner of the Huey Helicopter Flight (won by Michael Lane of Bunker Hill), which was sponsored by the Ameri-

can Huey 369, were also given away.

Lunch included food from Slappy’s BBQ and Coca-Cola products. The event was broadcast live by Hendrik Productions on their website TV sta-tion, www.freewtv.com. The Grissom Air Museum would like to thank the 15 volunteers and three employees that helped put this fundraising event on. We would also like to thank the Boy Scouts for their help with clean up.

Next year’s Warbird Cruise-In will be held on Aug. 4, 2012, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the air park. Hope to see you then!

The following compa-nies donated prizes or gifts to this show: Auto Zone-Logansport; Wells Fargo Bank-Peru; Outra-geous Apparel-Peru; NA-PA-Peru; City Tire-Peru; Papa Johns-Peru; Wen-dy’s-Peru; Dominos-Peru; Slappy’s BBQ-Rochester; Rock Auto.com-Ft. Wayne; Reckon Chrome Plating-Ft. Wayne; American Huey 369-Peru; By Ink or Stitches-Indianapolis.

The following compa-nies were car show spon-sors: Price Law Office-Peru; Olson Paint and Body-Peru; Guyer the Mover-Peru; Ace Out-doors-Peru; Miami/Cass REMC-Peru; Caldwell Monument-Kokomo; Mc-Gonigal GMC-Kokomo; Coca-Cola Bottling-Koko-mo; Regions Insurance-Logansport; Rock Auto.com-Ft. Wayne; Reckon Chrome Plating-Ft. Wayne; Wow Toyz-Vermont.

2011 Warbird Cruise-In Award Winners were:

Commander’s Choice - Chuck and Brenda Heaton of Kokomo

Warbird Trophy - Je-rome Eller of Peru

Top 20 - Larry Johnson, Steve Estep, Roger Sil-veus, Ken Bathrick, Butch Randolph, William Bell III, Tim Boles, James Den-ham III, Steve Hicks, Chris Jackson, John Gergen, Alan Hinton, Gary Bosk-out, Dean Herr, Mike Va-lady, Steve Thomas, Larry Ewer, Diana Carpenter, and Larry Gray.

Jim PriceGrissom Air Museum

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An additional waste of taxpayer money is foreign aid for countries that are not our allies. It is simple to deter-mine countries that have no love for the United States, and we should eliminate any and all fi-nancial support for those

hostile countries. A series of questions should be developed by Congress with the first question asked, “Do you support the policies of the United States.” If not, the coun-try will not qualify for foreign aid.

Then, there is the ques-tion of closing tax loop-holes. The Republicans are reluctant to discuss any change to the rev-enue side of the prob-

lem. Closing loopholes is not increasing taxes; it is making highly com-pensated individuals and companies pay what the present tax codes intend.

Without a doubt, un-til we extract the federal government from the fi-nancial quandary it now finds itself, there must be equal sacrifice for everyone, including all companies and wealthier individuals enjoying tax

loopholes. The tax loop-holes must be closed!

In addition, the 48 per-cent who now pay no federal taxes should also be required to participate in the nation’s financial recovery. No citizen who enjoys what our country has to offer should be exempt from paying fed-eral taxes.

Finally, the United States Congress must pass a balanced budget

amendment. The past and present Congress have demonstrated that the legislative body has no clue what the term “fiscal discipline” means. If Congress had the slightest idea of the definition of the term, we would not find our-selves in such dire finan-cial straits. The citizens of the United States can no longer depend on, or trust, any Washington

politician to spend tax-payers’ dollars without definitive restrictions and guidelines.

The downgrade of the United States’ credit rat-ing is the first time our country has experienced a negative economic event of this magnitude. Analysts don’t believe recovery can be achieved anytime soon. With the proper leadership it could be.

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make your voice heard.

This Nov. 22 we will hold a rally at the Indiana Statehouse to make our voices heard and to tell our representatives that we want our unions and

the rights that come with our union.

The union movement helped to make the mid-dle class. Please don’t let them take that away

from us. We need Repre-sentative Karickhoff and Representative Van Nat-ter to stand up and speak out now. Tell the hard-working folks of Howard

County that you will not support right to work when it comes up in Janu-ary 2012 and that you will stand with the working union families of Howard

County. Again, thank you to Publisher Don Wilson and the Kokomo Perspec-tive for standing up for working families in How-ard County.

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ARRESTSThe following are arrests made by the Kokomo Police Department. All those arrest-ed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Aug. 4Jennifer Whiteman, 34, Possession of Stolen Property

Kevin K. Finney, 48, Public Intoxication

Christopher Bennett, 26, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Christopher Conwell, 30, Possession of a Legend Drug without a Prescrip-tion, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Michael D. Myers, 33, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Randy P. Craig, 41, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Guadalupe McGuire, 33, Identity Deception, False Informing, Warrant: Petition to Revoke Suspended Sentence

Daniel E. Plotner, 36, Illegal Drug Lab, Possession of Metham-phetamine within 1,000 Feet of a Park, Possession of Cocaine within 1,000 Feet of a Park, Conspiracy to Manufacture Methamphetamine within 1,000 Feet of a Park, Possession of a Syringe, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Luther W. Riddell, 42, Theft, Resisting Law Enforcement

Nicole C. Soos, 23, Assisting a Criminal, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of a Syringe, Possession of Methamphet-amine, Possession of Cocaine within 1,000 Feet of a Park

Aug. 5Terry L. Jackson, 46, OWI

Jacob A. Everhart, 35, OWI

Michael N. Long, 29, Driving While Suspended with Priors

Brandon M. Rork, 23, Warrant: Hit-Skip Accident, Warrant: Never Obtaining a Driver’s License

Jeremy T. Wisler, 37, Warrant: Failure to Appear (2 counts)

William A. Burton, 55, OWI

Samantha L. Berry, 20, Illegal Consumption of Alcohol

Shane M. Richardson, 21, Disorderly Conduct

Kaitlyn M. Reece, 19, Illegal Con-sumption of Alcohol

Michael D. Sharp, 21, Hit-Skip Accident, OWI, Never Obtaining a Driver’s License

Aug. 6Kody J. Lane, 24, Trespassing, Resisting Law Enforcement, Disorderly Conduct

Brian A. Oakes, 37, Warrant: Receiving Stolen Property, Warrant: Fraud

Jerry L. Hogan, 52, Attempted Theft, Mischief, Public Intoxication

Aug. 7Theo M. Thomas, 25, Public Intoxication

Shelissia Price, 19, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Nick J. Miller, 25, Warrant: Body Attachment

Joseph G. Barton, 45, Public Intoxication, Indecent Exposure

Kevin J. Taylor Jr., 27, Warrant: Body Attachment

Seth J. Peters, 30, Warrant: Failure to Appear (2 counts)

Charles E. Glenn Jr., 43, Warrant: Body Attachment

Aug. 8Julian R. Shanks, 18, Possession of Marijuana

Mark A. Cunning-ham, 18, Attempted Dealing in Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana

Brandi L. Bradley, 31, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Metham-phetamine

Jennifer L. Martin, 20, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Zachary Dalton, 28, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period

James C. Phillips, 32, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period (4 counts), Warrant: Purchase of More Than 3.6 Grams of a Precursor in a Day

Joel B. Harp, 28, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Jenny A. Pickard, 26, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Donald E. Newsome, 23, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Kenneth E. Pickard II, 25, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Christina M. Marshall, 29, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Debra S. Marshall, 45, Con-spiracy to Manufacture Methamphet-amine, Illegal Drug Lab, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of a Syringe

Bradley G. Clark, 42, Intimida-tion, Illegal Drug Lab, Possession of a Syringe, Possession of Meth-amphetamine, Conspiracy to Manufacture Methamphet-amine

Brandi Crain, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Wallace L. Edmundson Jr., 35, Warrant: Domestic Battery, Warrant: Strangulation

Darcie M. Kelley, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period (7 Counts), Warrant: Purchase of More Than 3.6 Grams of a Precursor in a Day

James Montgom-ery, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Jason L. Sowers, 35, Warrant (Carroll Co.): Battery, Criminal Reckless-ness, Resisting Law Enforcement

Shane Turner, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 3.6 Grams of a Precursor in a Day

Shawna M. Walden, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period (4 counts), Warrant: Pur-chase of More Than 3.6 Grams of a Precursor in a Day

Aug. 9James W. Gifford III, 18, OWI, Illegal Con-sumption of Alcohol

Jeffrey G. Roberts, 25, Attempted Dealing in Cocaine, Possession of Cocaine, Possession of a Schedule III Controlled Substance (3 counts), Possession of a Schedule IV Controlled Substance (12 counts)

Charles M. Alexander, 50, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Hollie A. Patton, 29, Warrant: Welfare Fraud

Maria Michaels, 42, Warrant: Aiding, Inducing or Causing Welfare Fraud

Evie T. Barnett, 28, Habitual Traffic Offender for 10 Years

Ricardo Espinoza, 35, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period, Warrant: Body Attachment

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Aug. 10Danny D. Watts, 35, OWI, Criminal Reckless-ness, Mischief

Jeremy A. Teems, 26, Warrant: Petition to Revoke Suspended Sentence

Frederick D. McColl, 28, Warrant: Petition to Revoke Suspended Sentence

Lee A. Hubbard, 43, Warrant: Purchase of More Then 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Jay K. Darlin, 49, Driving While Suspended with Priors

Brady A. Smith, 38, Public Intoxication

Sean A. Stone, 29, Theft (2 counts)

Ross W. Chandler, 32, Driving While Suspended with Priors, Warrant: Fail-ure to Appear

SHERIFF’S ARRESTS

The following are arrests made by the Howard County Sheriff’s Department. All those arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Aug. 4Garnet L. Riley, 25, Contempt of Court

James A. Cockrell, 53, Warrant: Maintaining a Common Nuisance

Victor J. Smith, 51, Warrant: Forgery, Warrant (Miami Co.), Warrant (Floyd Co.)

George F. Wheeler, 25, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Robert M. Mau, 28, Driving While Suspended with Priors

Jonathan Jones, Warrant: Residential Entry, Warrant: Criminal Mischief

Aug. 5Jason G. Groves, 32, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 3 Grams of a Precursor in a Week (3 counts)

Michaela Richards, 23, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 3 Grams of a Precursor in a Week

Shamika Mitchell, 30, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Lindy Forsythe, 25, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 3 Grams of a Precursor in a Week

Talitha A. Beckley, 29, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Teresa Elmore, 28, Warrant: Resisting Law Enforce-ment, Warrant: Public Intoxication

Aaron Oldfather, Warrant: Theft

Janzen Wimmer, Warrant: Animal Cruelty

Aug. 6John J. Meister, 29, Warrant: Robbery

Aug. 7Travis R. Tressler, 37, Public Intoxication

John W. Homme IV, 35, Warrant: Theft

Ralph E. Pavese, 49, Resisting Law Enforcement, Public Intoxication

Aug. 8David S. Blackburn III, 24, OWI, OWI Endanger-ing a Per-son, Public Intoxication

Damion E. Swoke, 21, Warrant: Body Attachment

Carlos J. Bryant, 39, Warrant: Petition to Revoke Suspended Sentence (2 counts)

Christy L. Hammel, 36, Warrant: Body Attachment

Anthony M. Hollinger, 26, Warrant: Non-Support of a Dependent, Warrant: Body Attachment

Aug. 9Dustie A. Jackson, 33, Warrant (Miami Co.)

Zane E. Holloman, 20, Theft

Gerald W. Shipley, 57, Warrant: Petition to Revoke Suspended Sentence

Sean Doyle, 24, (Greentown Arrest), Warrant: Driving While Suspended

Justin E. Coots, 21, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 3 Grams of a Precursor in a Week

George E. Wilson, 38, Warrant: Possession of a Syringe

Rachel N. (Taylor) Robertson, 29, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 3 Grams of a Precursor in a Week

Elizabeth A. Singer, 28, Warrant: Petition to Revoke Suspended Sentence

Aug. 10Heather R. Workman, 36, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 3 Grams of a Precursor in a Week (2 counts)

Doug H. Stamper, 48, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 3 Grams of a Precursor in a Week (3 counts)

Jack D. Walker, 26, Warrant: Failure to Appear (3 counts)

Aaron L. Ritter, 25, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Crystal J. Fitz, 24, Warrant: Body Attachment

Mark E. Denato, 20, Warrant: Bond Revocation

Raeann N. Dailey, 24, Warrant: Bond Revocation

Kenneth N. Bradburn, 29, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Jeffrey D. Duke, 22, Warrant: Battery

Deon S. Taylor, 30, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Drew J. Hewitt, 30, Domestic Battery, Criminal Confine-ment, Resisting Law Enforcement, Interference with the Reporting of a Crime

Wallace L. Edmund-son, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Christopher W. Nance, 36, Warrant: Failure to Appear, Warrant (Hamilton Co.)

STATE POLICE ARRESTS

The following are arrests made by the Indiana State Police in Howard County.

All those arrested are inno-cent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Aug. 7Jacob A. Frame, 23, OWI Endan-gering a Person, Public Intoxication, OWI

Matthew R. McClain, 22, OWI

CRIMINAL SENTENCINGSThe following are the sen-tencings of criminal cases heard in all four Howard County courts.

Circuit CourtSteven

McCauleyCharge: Receiving Stolen Property, Theft, Receiving Stolen PropertyDefense Counsel: Mark DabrowskiProsecutor: Jeremy PeelleSentence: Count I - Indiana Department of Corrections for 3 years, 144 days executed and remainder suspended, supervised probation for bal-ance of suspended sentence, Count II - Indiana Department of Corrections for 3 years, 144 days executed and remainder suspended, supervised proba-tion for balance of suspended sentence, Count III - Indiana Department of Corrections for 3 years, 124 days executed and remainder suspended, su-pervised probation for balance of suspended sentence, pay restitution to victim, complete Thinking for a Change pro-gram, obtain a GED, complete alcohol and drug program, sentences to run concurrentlyFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee

Superior IVThomas

StackhouseCharge: TheftDefense Counsel: Rodney ShrockProsecutor: Scott McClellandSentence: Indiana Depart-ment of Corrections for 18 months, 28 days executed and remainder suspended, super-vised probation for balance of suspended sentenceEstimated cost of incarcera-tion: $3,021.76Fees: Court costs, probation fee

Superior IIIRodney E. GobleCharge: Public IntoxicationDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, 4 days executed

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and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug programFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee

Rodney T. GobleCharge: Resisting Law En-forcement, Public IntoxicationDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Count I - Howard County Jail for 1 Year, 60 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, Count II - Howard County Jail for 180 days, suspended, unsuper-vised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug program, sentences to run concurrentlyFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee

Rodney T. GobleCharge: Public Intoxication, Resisting Law EnforcementDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Count I - Howard County Jail for 180 days, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug program, Count II - Howard County Jail for 1 year, 30 days executed and remainder suspended, un-supervised probation for 1 year sentences to run concurrently to each other and consecutive-ly with sentences in 11-CM-562Fees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee

Ronald Campbell

Charge: Public IntoxicationDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, 60 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 yearFees: Court costs, probation fee

Lawrence Broomfield

Charge: Public IntoxicationDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Michael KrebesSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, 6 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug programFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee

Mondre V. TriceCharge: Public IntoxicationDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, 20 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, report to Primed for Life program as previously orderedFees: Court costs, probation fee

Myron L.

CampbellCharge: Public Intoxication, Never Receiving a LicenseDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Count I - Howard County Jail for 180 days, 30 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug program, Count II - Howard County Jail for 60 days, 12 days executed and remainder suspendedFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee

Kimberly MooreCharge: Public IntoxicationDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, 6 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug programFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee

Timothy Johnson Jr.

Charge: Resisting Law En-forcementDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 30 days executed and remainder suspended, supervised probation for 1 yearFees: Court costs, probation fee

Tamara Stackhouse

Charge: False InformingDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, executedFees: Court costs

Robert NixCharge: TrespassingDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 20 days executed and remainder suspendedFees: Court costs, probation fee

Joan MartinCharge: ConversionDefense Counsel: Tiffany RosselotProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 year, complete 20 hours of commu-nity serviceFees: Court costs, probation fee

Keegan ChesterCharge: ConversionDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Michael KrebesSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 4 days executed and remainder suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 yearFees: Court costs, probation fee

Kayla StanleyCharge: ConversionDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 4 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for

1 year, complete 20 hours of community serviceFees: Court costs, probation fee

Tyrone YoungCharge: Driving While Sus-pended with PriorsDefense Counsel: Tiffany RosselotProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 year, license suspended 90 days, no driving without a valid license, contact Driving with a License programFees: Court costs, probation fee

Kenneth DayCharge: Driving While Sus-pended with PriorsDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 20 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, license suspended 90 days, no driving without a valid license, complete Driving with a License program, resolve five outstanding ticketsFees: Court costs, probation fee

Tracy BroensCharge: Driving While Sus-pended with PriorsDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 year, license suspended 90 days, no driving without a valid license, complete 30 hours of commu-nity serviceFees: Court costs, probation fee

Carlos MaloneCharge: Driving While Sus-pended with PriorsDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 4 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, license suspended 90 days, complete Driving with a License programFees: Court costs, probation fee

Mark MooreCharge: OWI Endangering a PersonDefense Counsel: Tiffany RosselotProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 56 days executed and remainder suspended, un-supervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug program, attend Victim Impact Panel, license suspended 90 daysFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

David Bell Jr.Charge: OWI Endangering a Person, OWIDefense Counsel: Andrew VandenboschProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 3 years, 20 days executed and remainder suspended, In-Home detention

for 6 months, supervised pro-bation for 1 year and unsuper-vised probation for balance of suspended sentence, complete alcohol and drug program, attend Victim Impact Panel, license suspended 1 yearFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Superior IINicholas Spencer

Charge: False InformingDefense Counsel: Bradley HamiltonProsecutor: Hans PateSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, executedFees: Court costs

Chadlee Ozenbaugh

Charge: TheftDefense Counsel: Bradley HamiltonProsecutor: Hans PateSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 3 years, 140 days executed and remainder suspended, supervised proba-tion for balance of suspended sentence, complete Intensive Outpatient Program, pay resti-tution to victimFees: Court costs, probation fee

Michael L. WhiteCharge: ConversionDefense Counsel: Bradley HamiltonProsecutor: Hans PateSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 33 days executed and remainder suspended, complete alcohol and drug programFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee

Superior ICyril A.

WashingtonCharge: Possession of Mari-juanaDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 36 months, 6 months executed on In-Home detention and remainder sus-pended, unsupervised proba-tion for balance of suspended sentence, complete alcohol and drug programFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Julie R. MartinCharge: Possession of Meth-amphetamineDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 3 year, 226 days executed and remainder suspended, supervised proba-tion for balance of suspended sentence, complete alcohol and drug programFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

James C. Greenway

Charge: Possession of Meth-amphetamineDefense Counsel: Gary CookProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 18 months, 216 days executed and re-mainder suspended, super-vised probation for balance of suspended sentence, complete alcohol and drug programFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Trudy CampbellCharge: Possession of Mari-juanaDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for bal-ance of suspended sentence, complete alcohol and drug program, sentence to run concurrently with sentence in 34D01-1102-FD-112Fees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Trudy CampbellCharge: Possession of a Con-trolled SubstanceDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 18 months, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised pro-bation for balance of suspend-ed sentence, complete alcohol and drug program, sentence to run concurrently with sentence in 34D01-1011-CM-1049Fees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee

Diontae BenderCharge: Possession of a Con-trolled SubstanceDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 24 months, executed, sentence to run consecutively to sentence in 34D01-10-FB-955Estimated cost of incarcera-tion: $39,417.78Fees: Court costs, Community Drug Free Assessment

Diontae BenderCharge: Conspiracy to Commit Dealing in MarijuanaDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Indiana Depart-ment of Corrections for 1 year, executed and satisfied by time servedFees: Court costs, Community Drug Free Assessment

Tiffany M. EagleCharge: Possession of a SyringeDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 3 year, 1 year executed and remainder suspended, supervised proba-tion for balance of suspended sentence, complete alcohol

and drug program, follow treat-ment and educational recom-mendations of the probation departmentEstimated cost of incarcera-tion: $19,708.89Fees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

William L. BandyCharge: Possession of Con-trolled SubstanceDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 3 years, 6 months executed in the Howard County Jail and 6 months executed on In-Home detention and remainder suspended, supervised probation for bal-ance of suspended sentence, complete alcohol and drug programEstimated cost of incarcera-tion: $9,854.45Fees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Brandie SwankCharge: Probation ViolationDefense Counsel: Randy HainlenProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Indiana Depart-ment of Corrections for 120 days of previously suspended sentence, probation extended by 6 monthsFees: Court costs, probation fee

Zachery L. Mattison

Charge: Probation ViolationDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 1 year of previously suspended sen-tence, 6 months to be served in the Howard County Jail and 6 months to be served on In-Home detentionFees: Court costs

Jacob A. Ruckman

Charge: Invasion of PrivacyDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 110 days executed and remainder suspended, su-pervised probation for balance of suspended sentence, no contact with victim, complete batterers’ intervention programFees: Court costs, probation fee, batterers’ intervention pro-gram fee, public defender fee

Callie SwigartCharge: Visiting a Common NuisanceDefense Counsel: Stephanie DoranProsecutor: Lori HittleSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, supervised probation for bal-ance of suspended sentence, complete alcohol and drug programFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-

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Erica L. GoshernCharge: Aiding, Inducing or Causing Invasion of PrivacyDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 6 months ex-ecuted on In-Home detention and remainder suspended, supervised probation for bal-ance of suspended sentence, sentence to run consecutively to sentence in 34D04-1006-CM-00099 and 34D01-1012-CM-1071, complete Thinking for a Change programFees: Court costs, probation fee, public defender fee

Callie SwigartCharge: Visiting a Common NuisanceDefense Counsel: Stephanie DoranProsecutor: Lori HittleSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, supervised probation for bal-ance of suspended sentence, complete alcohol and drug programFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Erica GoshernCharge: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor in a 30-Day PeriodDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Ronald ByalSentence: Howard County Jail for 60 days, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, supervised probation for 1 year, sentence to run consecutively with sentence in 34D04-1006-CM-00099 and 34D01-1012-CM-1071Fees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Kaicy DunlapCharge: Possession of Mari-juanaDefense Counsel: Matthew ElkinProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 14 days executed and remainder suspended, supervised probation for bal-ance of suspended sentence, complete alcohol and drug program, obtain satisfactory employmentFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Victor L. BettsCharge: Possession of Mari-juanaDefense Counsel: Joshua LeichtProsecutor: Lori HittleSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 68 days executed and remainder suspended, supervised probation for bal-ance of suspended sentence, complete alcohol and drug program, obtain satisfactory employmentFees: Court costs, probation

fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Joshua D. Jennings

Charge: Possession of Mari-juana, Operating a Vehicle with an ACE of .08 or MoreDefense Counsel: Joshua LeichtProsecutor: Justin AlterSentence: Count II - Howard County Jail for 1 year, 8 days executed and remainder sus-pended, supervised probation for 1 year, Count III - Howard County Jail for 60 days, 8 days executed and remainder suspended, supervised proba-tion for balance of suspended sentence, sentences to run concurrently, complete alcohol and drug program, license suspended 90 daysFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment, public defender fee

DEATHSJeffrey W. Price, 47Date of Death: 7/9/11Cause of Death: Severe Coro-nary Artery Disease, Acute Myocardial Infarction

Kit L. Hosier, 55Date of Death: 7/11/11Cause of Death: Acute Myo-cardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus

Edith J. Nelson, 84Date of Death: 7/15/11Cause of Death: Cardiac Ar-rest, Ventricular Fibrillation

William Clark, 58Date of Death: 7/16/11Cause of Death: Metastatic Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung

Daniel E. Zeck, 71Date of Death: 7/22/11Cause of Death: Arrhythmia, Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Ruth M. Felt, 91Date of Death: 7/23/11Cause of Death: Pneumonia, Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes, Hypertension

Katherine C. Auten, 73Date of Death: 7/23/11Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest, Respiratory Failure, Pneumonia

Barbara Rothman, 64Date of Death: 7/23/11Cause of Death: Sustained Ventricular Fibrillation, Re-duced Left Ventricle Systolic Function Secondary to Acute Myocardial Infarction, Respira-tory Arrest

Charles D. Cardwell, 81Date of Death: 7/28/11Cause of Death: Heart Disease

Wayne F. Sherrow, 71Date of Death: 7/28/11Cause of Death: Chronic Ob-structive Pulmonary Disease

Anna K. Sagarsee, 81Date of Death: 7/29/11Cause of Death: Brain Cancer

Geraldine M. Groves, 79Date of Death: 7/29/11

Cause of Death: Chronic Ob-structive Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Renal Failure

Mary R. Hord, 94Date of Death: 7/30/11Cause of Death: Pneumonia, renal Mass, Renal Insufficiency, Coronary Artery Disease

Gary A. Fischer, 59Date of Death: 7/31/11Cause of Death: Metastatic Malignant Melanoma

Annette L. Driver, 52Date of Death: 8/2/11Cause of Death: Pneumonia

Lara B. Morelock, 94Date of Death: 8/2/11Cause of Death: Intracranial Hemorrhage

Everett L. Smith, 91Date of Death: 8/5/11Cause of Death: Congestive Heart Failure

Mary V. Pierce, 87Date of Death: 8/5/11Cause of Death: Respiratory Failure, Aspiration Pneumonia

Patricia A. Caine, 56Date of Death: 8/7/11Cause of Death: Stage IV Ovarian Cancer

MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following are marriage licenses recorded at the How-ard County Clerk’s office.

Aug. 4Carl A. Johnson, Hemlock, 40Christina M. Sweares, Hem-lock, 47

Matthew L. Myers, Kokomo, 29Altaira C. Jones, Mableton, Ga., 26

Aug. 5Derek S. Johnson, Rochester, Ind., 23Sarah E. Heilman, Kokomo, 23

Lawrence A. Dulworth, Sharps-ville, Ind., 57Robin L. Stout, Kokomo, 52

Joshua E. Miller, Peru, Ind., 31Leatha L. Cardwell, Kokomo, 30

Aug. 8Kent A. Wright, Greentown, 47Meliza Martinez, Greentown, 39

Jerry A. Teller II, West Middle-ton, 47Katie L. Young, West Middleton, 44

Aug. 9J.G. Kelley, Kokomo, 55Kathryn Kelley, Kokomo, 57

Derek D. Aaron, Kokomo, 27Sarah E. Lee, Kokomo, 23

Gregory Taylor, Kokomo, 61Lynnell Cole, Kokomo, 49

Joshua A. Lytle, Kokomo, 33Jessica M. Baumfalk, Kokomo, 33

Lucas P. Ramirez, Kokomo, 38Ancelma Castillo, Kokomo, 55

Jessee L. Davis, Kokomo, 28Lindsey K. Buchanan, Sharps-

ville, Ind., 24

Aug. 10Shawn D. Russell, Royal Cen-ter, Ind., 27Amanda L. Ullmer, Kokomo, 26

Brian K. Dale, Kokomo, 43Ramona L. Easler, Kokomo, 50

BIRTHSThe following birth an-nouncements are sent to the Kokomo Perspective by par-ents who have given birth at Howard Regional Health System or St. Joseph Hospi-tal.

Howard Regional Health SystemKarsen Tucker ReserDate of Birth: 7/27/11Sex: M Time: 6:09 p.m.Wt: 7 lbs., 14 oz.Parents’ name(s): Taylor Maxey and Zac Reser

Peter E. Gordon IIIDate of Birth: 8/2/11Sex: M Time: 5:59 p.m.Wt: 6 lbs., 6 oz.Parents’ name(s): Stephanie Gordon and Anthony Clark

Braylinn Jo SheefelDate of Birth: 8/2/11Sex: F Time: 9:26 p.m.Wt: 8 lbs., 7 oz.Parents’ name(s): Jackie (Paul) and Joshua Sheefel

Halley Fate KnutsonDate of Birth: 8/7/11Sex: F Time: 6:12 p.m.Wt: 7 lbs., 2 oz.Parents’ name(s): Tiffany (Hintz) and Eric Knutson

St. Joseph HospitalElena Louise RojasDate of Birth: 7/12/11Sex: F Time: 3:48 a.m.Wt: 7 lbs., 15 oz.Parents’ name(s): Jeanna Jack-son and James Rojas

Jace Ryan McKillipDate of Birth: 7/26/11Sex: M Time: 8:20 p.m.Wt: 9 lbs., 6 oz.Parents’ name(s): Caitlin Scott and Patrick McKillip

Draven Alexander MossDate of Birth: 8/1/11Sex: M Time: 11:35 p.m.Wt: 8 lbs., 11 oz.Parents’ name(s): Nicole Keller and Dustin Moss

Rylen Drake SweeneyDate of Birth: 8/3/11Sex: M Time: 9:21 p.m.Wt: 7 lbs., 11 oz.Parents’ name(s): Peyton Cripe and Sebastian Sweeney

Adalyne Renee AcordDate of Birth: 8/4/11Sex: F Time: 6:27 p.m.Wt: 7 lbs., 11 oz.Parents’ name(s): Amanda Detamore and Christopher Acord

Steven Joseph LambertDate of Birth: 8/5/11Sex: M Time: 6:58 a.m.Wt: 8 lbs., 13 oz.Parents’ name(s): Kristi Hay-worth and Mark Lambert

DOMESTIC

RELATIONSThe following are the do-mestic relations cases to be heard, according to the court calendars for all four Howard County courts. These include divorces, paternity cases, and child support hearings The court calendars are accurate as of the Thursday before the Kokomo Perspective’s Wednesday distribution date, but are subject to regular changes. Call the individual court for the most up-to-date information.

Circuit CourtFri., Aug. 19, 9 a.m.Kapri K. and Christopher K. Whiteman, CitationAndrea L. and Lucas C. Brown, Final HearingMegan B. Richey and David D. Bozeman, Petition to ModifyTimothy A. and Keisha A. Edwards, ReappearChrystal A. and Allen J. Bolinger, Show CauseTue., Aug. 23, 9 a.m.Heather and Tony Flamino, Petition to ModifyWed., Aug. 24, 1 p.m.Britni L. Hall (Wellinger) and Robert G. Hall, Citation2 p.m.Terry L. and Sandy Maynard, Final HearingTekeisha A. Bousum and Dar-rion L. Tyler, Status Hearing

Superior IVThu., Aug. 18, 8:30 a.m.Deanna and Oscar Castorena Jr., Final HearingFri., Aug. 19, 2:30 p.m.Michelle and Franklin Crull, Provisional OrderMon., Aug. 22, 8:30 a.m.Shanna and Brian Miller, Mo-tion to DismissLashanda Harris-Thomas and Michael Thomas, Status Hearing9 a.m.Joseph and Michelle Stahl, Final Hearing10:30 a.m.Carol and Douglas Bishop, Provisional Order1:30 p.m.Tricia and Robert Murray, Citation2:30 p.m.Kristine and Stephen Five-coate, Petition to ModifyWed., Aug. 24, 8:30 a.m.Mason and Christine Myers, Citation10 a.m.Tishelle and Kirk Harris, Final Hearing2 p.m.Gary Bragg Jr. and Brandi Bragg, Petition to Modify

Superior IIThu., Aug. 18, 8:30 a.m.Stacey and Isaiah Christmas, Petition to ModifyDavid Grimes Jr. and Julie Grimes, Reappear9 a.m.Amy and Robert Kanable, CitationMelissa and Aric Thomas, CitationJennifer and Brian Ward, Reap-pearStephanie and Michael Co-tham, ReappearFri., Aug. 19, 9 a.m.Jeremy and Nicole Mundy, Citation1:30 p.m.John and Stephanie Hatton,

Other2:30 p.m.Stephanie and Gregory Bur-thay, Petition to ModifyMon., Aug. 22, 9 a.m.Diana and William Isley, Cita-tionNicholas and Misty Yeary, Final HearingAlisha and Brian Begley, Mis-cellaneous11 a.m.Tai’yanna and Everett Palmer, Final Hearing1:30 p.m.Jeffery and Pamela Sharp, Final HearingWed., Aug. 24, 8:30 a.m.Gregory and Jennifer Burns, Final Hearing1:30 p.m.Lisa and Scott Stucker, Petition to Modify

Superior IMon., Aug. 22, 9 a.m.Florence and Christopher Ibeh, OtherMichael and Nancy Orem, Other1:30 p.m.Christopher and Tamara Day-ton, Petition to ModifyBobbi and Nicholas Parks, ReappearGinger and Brian Reese-Schroeter, Reappear

DIVORCE FILINGS

The following are the new divorce filings, according to the Howard County Clerk’s office. The information is ac-curate as of the Thursday be-fore the Kokomo Perspective’s Wednesday distribution date.

Aug. 4Juan M. and Melinda S. AcostaMax and Mymia Johnson

Aug. 5Hayley D. and Travis Q. StevensLuke C. Morris and Kristin M. PrattSteven J. and Kelly J. Gaskins

Aug. 8George and Ashley D. SmithTori M. and Gary B. Gentner

Aug. 9Gary O. and Janet L. Glass

DIVORCES GRANTED

The following are the divorc-es granted in Howard Coun-ty, according to the Howard County Clerk’s office.

Circuit CourtKim and Chris SalleeLottie J. and James L. PruittSarah and Eric Clark

Superior IVJohn D. and Victoria RoushJohn L. and Brooklyn D. Nester

Superior IIPamela and Jeffrey BoozeFawn K. and Dwayne L. Dunlap

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Wednesday, Aug. 17Special Red Cross Blood DriveOn Aug. 17, a “Pay it Forward” blood drive will be

held at St. Joseph Hospital, 1907 W. Sycamore St. The community is experiencing a shortage of blood. All blood types are needed, especially O negative. Giving blood only take one hour, and just one pint of blood can save up to three lives. 72 donors are needed. Ap-pointments are available between noon and 6 p.m. To schedule your donation time, call 236-8195.

Friday, Aug. 19

Delphi Delco Alumni ClubThe Delphi Delco Alumni Club will meet at the Ko-

komo County Club on Thursday, Aug. 18, at 9 a.m. The program will be the community garden with Becky Swails. Membership is open to all Delphi and Delco retirees and spouses. Tickets will be on sale for the next breakfast meeting. Please call 868-2127 or 864-1517 to purchase tickets, or they will also be available at the next meeting.

Honeywell House Car PresentationA 1941 Cadillac formerly owned by Mark C. Honey-

well will return to Wabash for a presentation at the Honeywell House, 720 N. Wabash St. Wabash, Ind., on Thursday, Aug. 18, at 7 p.m. The event, sponsored by Beacon Credit Union, will feature a presentation on the history of the Cadillac brand and Mr. Honeywell’s former vehicle. Currently owned by Mike Bolton of Detroit, Mich., the car will be on hand for viewing.

Saturday, Aug. 20

Cinderella BallThe 13th Annual Cinderella Ball will be held at the

Kokomo County Club on Aug. 19. The cost is $50 per person. Call Brianne Boruff at 457-8273 or visit thecin-derellaball.com for more information.

KUO Concert of HopeOn Aug. 19, Kokomo Urban Outreach Hands of Hope

will present “Concert of Hope” in Foster Park from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be free food, including grilled hot dogs, chips, cookies and bottled water. Music from various praise and worship teams from community churches will be performing. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, and enjoy the music. Guests are asked to bring a nonperishable food item to be donated to Kokomo Urban Outreach’s food pantry. If you have questions, called Mary at 438-9059 or Brenda at 271-8725.

Thursday, Aug. 18

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Board Gamers’ Association Kick-offThe Kokomo Area Board Gamers’ Association will

have their program kick-off with their family gaming group for the community on Aug. 19 at the St. Joan of Arc School cafeteria from 5:30 to 10 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 21

Greentown Farmers’ MarketThe Greentown Farmers’ Market will take place Aug.

20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Key Bank parking lot on Main St. in Greentown. The market is open every Sat-urday through Oct. 1. Call Laura at 432-2083 for more information.

Project Linus Make a Blanket DayOn Saturday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at First

Church of the Nazarene, 2734 S. Washington St., a blanket drive will be held. If you would like to help make blankets, bring all your sewing supplies and sew a nice blanket, and enjoy the company of others working on their blankets. Or bring yarn and needles and either knit or crochet while enjoying great com-pany. The fabric must be washable and free from odors and pet hair. You may drop off finished blan-kets at this event at First Church of the Nazarene or at Guarantee Vacuum and Sewing Center. For more information call Jan Duchateau at 459-4998 or e-mail jed10071@aol.com

Military Order of the Purple HeartThe Military Order of the Purple Heart No. 736 will

meet at noon on Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Grissom Air Museum. Coffee and donuts will be served. Discus-sion of various entitlements will take place. The orga-nization is for combat-wounded veterans and people from Wabash, Miami, Howard and Cass counties are welcome. Call 459-5416 for more information. Bob Ladd, Howard County service officer, will answer any entitlement questions you have.

Downtown Farmers’ MarketAttend this week’s Famers’ Market in downtown Ko-

komo for an action-packed morning. At 8:30 a.m. Tam-my Strickler from Strickler Jewlers will teach patrons how to layer your garden soil with leftovers such as hay, straw, newspaper, coffee grinds and manure with “Lasagna Gardening to Prepare for a Fall Garden.” At 9:30 a.m. the first-ever market fashion show will take place. Come out to see the jewelry, handbags and hair accessories that are all handmade by local artisans from the market. From 10 a.m. to noon enjoy live mu-sic by Bobbelove. Free kids yoga will take place next door at New Day Yoga Studio from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., and free crafts will be offered at Planet Mind for kids. The famous market chickens, Thermos and Donna, will be attending, as well.

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Cowboy ChurchCowboy is a Southern Gospel program that pro-

claims the Gospel of Jesus Christ through song, testi-monies and a lot of fun. The community is invited to attend on Aug. 20 at Fairview Baptist Church, 2108 E. Vaile Ave., Kokomo. The fun starts at 5 p.m.

Taylor High School Class of ‘76Taylor High School’s 35 year reunion has been can-

celled. However, a gathering will take place on Aug. 19 at The Quarry, 2130 W. Sycamore at 7 p.m. Class-mates should contact Jay Beckon (765)432-3332, Troy Holt (765)963-3316 or Joe Cook (765)776-2856 to up-date your mailing address or email.

CAM Run for ShelterThe 6th Annual CAM 5K Run and Walk for Shelter

will take place at Oakbrook Valley in Western How-ard County at 8 a.m. on Aug. 20. Visit caminchope-forhomeless.org for more information.

Downtown Barbeque Cook-offGrillmaster’s Challenge: Barbeque Cook-off will take

place in downtown Kokomo on Aug. 20. Cooking teams will compete in three categories, ribs, chicken and wings and best burgers. There will be barbeque sandwiches, cole slaw, Coke products and beer avail-able for the public to purchase. The cost is $60 per team, and the public can vote for People’s Choice cat-egory. The event kicks off the Taste of Kokomo. Call the United Way at 457-6691 for more information.

Taste of KokomoThe Taste of Kokomo takes place Aug. 20 in down-

town Kokomo from 4 to 10 p.m. Admission is $3. Call the United Way of Howard County at 457-6691 for more information.

Shiloh Ice Cream SocialShiloh United Methodist Church, 5741 W. 100 W. Rd,

is holding an ice cream social on Sunday, Aug. 21. Live musical entertainment will be provided by the Touch of Sunday quartet. For information, call 457-3140.

In His Image Spaghetti DinnerIn His Image, formerly First General Baptist Church

located at 2940 E. 50 N., Kokomo, will be having a spa-ghetti dinner on Sunday, Aug. 21, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Menu will include spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, dessert, coffee and lemonade. A freewill offering will be accepted.

Honeywell House showOn Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 7 p.m. pianists Pam Haynes,

Peggy Coppler and Eileen Dye will give a free perfor-mance sponsored by Dawes & Pugh CPAs, LLC. At Honeywell House, 720 N Wabash St. Wabash, Ind. The three pianists are from the Wabash area and will perform their favorite compositions for piano. Due to limited seating, those wishing to attend are asked to make reservations by calling (260) 563-2326 ext. 21 or by going online to www.honeywellhouse.org.

Board Game BonanzaA Board Game Bonanza will take place at Kirkend-

all Nature Center at Jackson Morrow Park on Aug. 23, from 5-8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Games will be available for families and all ages. Chil-dren under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Call 864-1655 for more information.

Friends of Jeremy Bagwell MemorialThe Friends of the Jeremy Bagwell Memorial Fund

will host a hot dog dinner at 204 N. Main St., on Aug. 23, from 4-7 p.m. Freewill contributions will be accept-ed and will be given to the Jeremy Bagwell Memorial Fund to be used for the benefit of Jeremy Bagwell’s three surviving children. The public is invited to par-ticipate and support this event. Contributions can be made at the dinner on Aug. 23 or can be sent to the Jer-emy Bagwell Memorial Fund, P. O. Box 749, Kokomo, Ind. 46903.

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Tuesday, Aug. 23

Coming SoonGilead House Chicken BashThe Gilead House Chicken Bash will take place on

Aug. 24, at UAW 685 Union Hall from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for pick-up only. Dinner is open from 4 to 7 p.m. The cost is $8. Call 865-9427 for more information.

Music at the FountainMusic at the Fountain is being brought to Greentown

for the 2011 season. Concerts will take place at the per-formance stage located north of the stoplight on Me-ridian St. in Greentown at 7 p.m. In the event of rain, performances will take place at the Howard County Fairground Pavilion. Bring your lawn chairs, and en-joy! The next concert will take place on Aug. 25 with The Sonshine Boys. These concerts will follow: Sept. 1, the Dixie Mud Bugs, Sept. 8, Sept. Kokomo Children’s Choir and the Acacia Academy Singers.

MHA Rummage SaleThe Mental Health Association will hold a rummage

sale on Friday, Aug. 26, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 507 N. Webster, on the corner of Jefferson and Webster. There will be appliances, toys, books, miscellaneous. All proceeds benefit the MHA agency programs. Please, no early birds.

Women’s Equality Day at Dunham HouseThe Howard County Democratic Women’s Commit-

tee cordially invites you to join us on Aug. 26 to cel-ebrate Women’s Equality Day at the Dunham House in Kempton, Ind., from 1-4 p.m. The cost is $17 at the door. The ticket includes lunch, speakers (Terri Austin and Jill Donnelly) and a tour of the Dunham House.

St. Joan of Arc Parish FestivalThe St. Joan of Arc Paris Festival FunFest takes place

Aug. 26-27 at St. Joan of Arc Church. Admission is free. It takes place Friday at 4:30 p.m. (fish fry and talent show) and Saturday at 4 p.m. to midnight (live music, children’s games, food and more. Call 865-9964 for more information.

Fellowship of Hope Club Family Fun Day The Fellowship of Hope Club, Inc. is pleased to an-

nounce it will host its first annual “Family Fun Day” on Aug. 27, from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will be held in the parking lot of the club, located at 1301 N. Webster Street.

First Assembly Family ReunionFirst Assembly of God Church, 1520 Apperson Way,

is hosting a Family Reunion on Saturday, Aug. 27, and Sunday, Aug. 28. All current and past members and attendees are invited. Events include a cookout on Saturday at 6 p.m., featuring food, music and fel-lowship, and on Sunday, worship will take place at 10:30 a.m. with guest speaker Ron Dubbels, former pastor of First Assembly. A Sunday picnic will follow the morning service. All events will be on the church grounds. All food, drinks and tableware is provided for the cookout and picnic. For more information or to RSVP, please contact the church at 457-8271 or visit www.kokomofirst.org.

Kid’s Art Camp ShowThe Kokomo Art Association’s Kid’s Art Camp Show

will take place at the Kokomo Art Center from Aug. 2-27. It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Call 457-9480 for more infor-mation.

Knights of Columbus Golf OutingThe Knights of Columbus Gold Outing will take

place on Sunday, Aug. 28, at Wildcat Creek Golf Course. The cost is $55 per player or $220 per team. The cost for Wildcat Club members is $30. Lunch and drinks are provided. Send in or get your entries at Knights of Columbus, 1631 Fox Fire Lane, Kokomo. Call 450-8906 for more information.

Distinguished Young Women ScholarshipThe Distinguished Young Women of Howard Coun-

ty Scholarship Program, formerly known as Howard County Junior Miss, is now accepting applications from high school girls graduating in 2012. An infor-mational meeting will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28, in room SC 1-2 at Crossroads Community Church, U.S. 31 and Ind. 26. Interested participants may visit www.DistinguishedYW.org and click Par-ticipate to learn more about the program and to ap-ply. Many scholarship opportunities are available, and there is no entry fee. For more information, con-tact Sheila Stephens at 765-883-5347 or sheera9318@sbcglobal.net.

Crossroads Learning Corner Enrollment Crossroads Learning Corner is currently enroll-

ing children for the 2011–2012 preschool year. Two preschool classes are available: junior preschool, in-tended for those children starting kindergarten in August 2013 (children must be 3 years old by Aug. 1, 2011), and pre-k preschool which is intended for those children starting kindergarten in August 2012 (children must be 4 years old by Aug. 1, 2011.) Cross-roads Learning Corner is located at State Road 26 and U.S. 31 inside of Crossroads Community Church. For more information or to schedule a tour, call 864-0307.

Annual Church without WallsEach Sunday during the month of August, Fountain

of Life Worship Center, 611 E. Jackson St., will host its Annual Church without Walls on the parking lot of the Annex Bar-B-Que, located at 604 N. Apperson. Sunday School will be at 9 a.m. with the worship cel-ebration at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to come and worship. Dress comfortably. For more information, contact Bishop Glenn at 457-6952.

“Steps to Recovery” Run/WalkThe “Steps to Recovery” Run/Walk will take place in

Foster Park from 8 to 11 a.m. on Sept. 3. Call the Gil-ead House at 865-9427 for more information.

Fortune Free Family ConcertThe Fortune Free Family Concert featuring Michael

Kelsey will take palce in the Kokomo Arts Pavil-ion presented by Daniels & Alexander and Whiskey Creek on Sept. 3. Admission is free.

Tipton Co. Pork FestivalThe Tipton County Pork Festival will take place on

Sept. 8-10 in downtown Tipton. Visit tiptoncountypo-rkfestival.com for more information.

“Know the 10 Signs” Presentation A family program for individuals who are interested

in learning more about Alzheimer’s Disease will take place Sept. 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The presen-tation will take place at Howard Regional West Cam-pus Specialty Hospital, 829 N. Dixon. “Know the 10

Signs” provides with an understanding of the differ-ence between age-related memory loss and Alzheim-er’s and what to do if they or someone they know has signs of the disease. Pre-registration is requested by calling the Alzheimer’s Helpline at 800-272-3900.

I.H.S. WorkshopOn Sept. 8, Greentown Historical Society will host a

collections workshop led by Indiana Historical Soci-ety for area historical organizations. It will give par-ticipants a basic overview of collections management. Afterwards, participants will take a tour of the collec-tions area. Call 628-3800 for more information.

Create Your Weight ProgramOn Thursday, Sept. 8, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Joseph

Hospital is offering its 10-week healthy weight loss program, “Create Your Weight.” Facilitated by a li-censed dietitian, the program is designed for adults who want to lose pounds in a healthy way. One-hour weekly sessions help individuals determine their cal-orie needs and provide valuable information on food portions, calorie consumption, tips for dining out, the impact of physical activity on weight loss and devel-oping healthy relationships with food. To register or to obtain more information, call Valerie Amend, MS, RD, CD at 456-5587. Program takes place in St. Joseph Hospital Conference Room A.

Eliminate Expired Drugs EnvironmentallyStop by the Indiana Surgery Center circle on the main

campus of Howard Regional Health System from 9 to 11 a.m. on Sept. 10 to safely dispose of unused and unwanted medications. Call 453-8593 or 456-2274 for more information.

31st Annual Missions AuctionThe Annual Mission Auction will take place Sept. 10

at 9 a.m. at Kokomo Zion United Methodist Church, 5051 E. 400 N. All proceeds go to Mission Ministries. Please consider consigning or donating clean, quality items and list with us by Aug. 20 to help us do the best advertising. Consignments and donations will be ac-cepted until 6 p.m. Sept. 9. Get updated information about the auction at kokomozionumc.com or contact Don at 434-1671.

KCC presents “American Spirit”The Kokomo Community Concerts will present

“American Spirit” with a singing, dancing and sto-rytelling journey on Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will take place in the Kokomo High School Auditori-um. Tickets are $20. Students are admitted free with a student ticket. Season tickets are $40 and are available at Big Ben Coffee, Comprehensive Planning, Wind-mill Grill and Herbst Pharmacy locations. Single tick-ets are sold at the door only. Call 210-0686 for more information.

George Dyer in ConcertGeorge Dyer will be in concert at Swayzee Christian

Church on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. There will be a free will offering. Call Liz at 455-0938 for more information.

Kokomo Walk to End Alzheimer’sJoin us for an evening of excitement as we kick-off

the 2011 Walk to End Alzheimer’s season. Volunteers will be ready to share fundraising event ideas, explain best practices and assist with on-line team registra-tion. Team recruitment and fundraising materials will be available. The walk takes place Saturday, Sept. 17, in Jackson Morrow Park.

Bikers for BridgesBikers for Bridges will take place Sunday, Sept. 18,

to support Bridges Outreach. Bridges Outreach exists to build communities, schools and churches through after school programming that feeds, tutors and men-tors youth. Bridges Outreach creates windows of op-portunity to youth with hopes of developing each student academically and spiritually. The scenic ride begins at Walt Moss Barbershop, 301 N. Main St., and registration takes place at noon. Bikers will depart at 1 p.m. Freewill donations are accepted.

American Veterans Traveling TributeThe DAV and AVTT proudly present the American

Veterans Traveling Tribute Cost of Freedom Tribute from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 at GM Components Holdings at U.S. 31 and Boulevard. Opening ceremonies begin at noon. For more details, visit avtt.org/events/2011/kokomoin.html.

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An evening at the Royal PalaceBall promotes relationships, encourages charitable giving

Once upon a time at a County Club, there was a little ball -- peaceful, prosperous, and rich in entertainment and tradition. Here at this stately Cinderella Ball, came many gentlemen to the royal castle with their little princesses.

This year, the Cinder-ella Ball is back again, and many families have been prepping for a magical evening at the father-daughter event designed to help foster positive family relation-ships and encourage charitable giving.

“I don’t think there are many other father-daughter events in this area,” said Bona Vista’s Marketing and Com-munity Relations Coor-dinator Meredith Platt. “I think it’s unique in that we let fathers and daughters come togeth-er and enjoy something the daughters like do-ing, and the dads get the chance to see their little

girls enjoy being a prin-cess for the night.”

The three-hour event also consists of a horse-drawn carriage ride, ballroom dance lessons, crafts, entertainment, a souvenir photo and a commemorative shirt. Cinderella and Prince Charming will be in at-tendance to roam the ball and entertain the palace guests.

A sit-down dinner is provided, and the girls will enjoy a meal fit just for little princesses—chicken nuggets.

Last year, Pedro Cas-tillo took his daughters Sarah, 8, and Abby, 6, to the ball, and they will be returning again this year.

“Relationships are, of course, something you build over time, but it’s a nice event to have just for a father and daugh-ter,” he said. “The daughters get to dress up and do something really nice that they feel is really special. I know my own kids have talk-ed about it since then,

and they’re really ex-cited that we’re going to go again.”

While the event is for fathers and daughters, the mothers are often called upon as personal stylists. “We get them dresses, and their mom makes up their hair and all that kind of stuff. You’ve got to do a little bit of preparation, but it’s just all part of the fun for them.”

Sarah and Abby said their favorite part of the event was making their own princess crowns, just one of the activities that takes place at the ball.

In addition to fathers, grandfathers are also welcome to bring their granddaughters to the event, as well as uncles and nieces. Frank Ren-fro, who also attended last year, is looking for-ward to another year at the ball with his grand-daughter Alanna, 5.

“Especially in today’s environment, fathers are extremely busy trying to earn a living for their

families, and I’m sure, as in my time as a father many years ago, I missed a lot of stuff that I see that I now get to enjoy with my grand-d a u g h t e r , ” he said. “This evening gives us a chance to be away from the rest of the family and just share the eve-ning together, so I think it is extremely im-portant.”

A l a n n a ’ s whole fam-ily took part in getting ready for last year’s ball. “Her mother is a beau-tician and nail expert and has her own shop, so Alanna spent the af-ternoon preparing with her. My wife Kandy bought her a gown and shoes, jewelry and an orchid corsage,” s a i d

Renfro. “It was a gala affair.”

This year, Alanna said she is looking forward to the carriage ride the most. “The carriage ride is something no little princess should miss

by Alyx ArnettFeatures Reporter

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Enthusiasts visit Kokomo landmarks this weekendFirst ever Moveable Feast sells out

Kokomo’s unique his-tory will be put on dis-play for Indiana residents coming from all around the state this weekend during the Moveable Feast, an event put on by Indiana Landmarks.

Indiana Landmarks is a one of the largest non-profit organizations in the country that works to preserve unique architec-ture and historically sig-nificant and communally cherished properties.

“With this Moveable Feast, they’re trying to draw attention to the

landmarks in our com-munity that have his-torical significance,” said Kelly Karickhoff, execu-tive director of the How-ard County Historical Society.

During the event, guests will visit differ-ent places with historical significance and enjoy food along the way. The tour will begin at Ko-komo Opalescent Glass, the oldest glass company in America, founded in 1888.

“They connect the community to the world by shipping opales-cent glass all over,” said Karickhoff. Glass from

Kokomo Opalescent Glass is used at the Vati-can, Disney World and even in Barbra Streisand’s house. Guests will get the opportunity to watch the ancient practice of glass blowing and see how the factory operates. Appe-tizers will be served here at 6 p.m.

From there, the feast will continue at the Elliot House, where dinner will be served. Then guests will head next door for a tour of the Seiberling Mansion, a property that was constructed in Oc-tober 1889 for Monroe Seiberling for $50,000.

The feast will con-

clude at the Elwood Haynes Museum where guests will enjoy des-sert. Haynes, along with the Apperson brothers, is credited with manufac-turing the first commer-cially made car and is the inventor of stainless steel.

The Moveable Feast has room for 75 partici-pants and sold out two weeks before the date. “It’s the first time to do this in the community,” said Karickhoff. “And we filled all the openings.”

The Howard County Historical Society part-ners with Indiana Land-marks to help keep

Kokomo’s history well preserved. “It has grown to be a really outstand-ing organization for the state of Indiana. They’re a great partner to us here. When we have repairs to

the buildings, they give grants and help us out,” she said.

Indiana Landmarks’s north central represen-tative Cathy Wright has

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FEASTING — Tourists will make their final stop on the Moveable Feast at the Elliot House.

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PRINCESSES— Frank and daugh-ters Abby and Sarah before last year’s Cinderella Ball.

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Noah’s Ark Animal Hospital provides pet-care to those in need

When the economy started going south, some pet owners were forced to put their pets’ needs on hold to free up some extra cash.

To help with that, No-ah’s Ark An-imal Hos-pital held its first ever Free Wellness Clinic for cats and dogs whose owners had fallen on hard times. After a great turnout last year, the clinic is beg-ing held again on Aug. 19.

The clinic is targeted toward people who have lost their homes or suf-fered disasters, veterans who are experiencing financial difficulties and others whose financial situations limits their ability to provide health-care for their pets.

“What we do is we have people fill out an application and then re-quest a letter from their case workers or a minis-ter telling us of their situ-ation,” said Sandy Fen-ton of Noah’s Ark Animal Hospital.

Last year, the clinic provided help to about 50 applicants. “The turn-out was wonderful,” said Fenton. “This year, we’re running about the same amount of applicants.” Due to an overwhelming response to the clinic, not all applicants can be ac-cepted.

The wellness exam that’s given at the clinic provides pets with a ra-bies vaccine, preventive deworming, a flea pre-vention pill, heartworm testing for dogs and a complementary dose of heartworm prevention.

“It’s totally free to them,” said

F e n t o n . “With a lot

of our m a n -

ufactur-ers that we go

through, we get them to donate some of the things we need like the heart-worm tests and the flea prevention pills. And, of course, what they don’t give, we give off of our shelves.”

Snacks and drinks provided by Coca Cola® will be given out to ap-plicants during the four-hour clinic. The doctors and staff will be donating their time.

All goods and ser-vices are free of charge, although donations will be accepted to be put to-ward the Noah’s Ark Ani-mal Hospital Angel Fund that cares for stray pets that are sick or injured.

For more information on the Free Wellness Clinic, call Noah’s Ark Animal Hospital at 868-8140 or visit www.noah-sarkkokomo.com. Noah’s Ark Animal Hospital is located at 1719 Faith Rd. in Kokomo.

WWII China-Burma-India theaters: I was there

Harry W. Dishon of Kokomo was there at Ledo for the completion of the “Burma Road” during WW II. Harry was drafted into the army in April 1941 and complet-ed his medical training as a surgical technician at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. Upon completion of his train-ing, he was put on the USS Monticello and a 43 day trip to New Zealand, Australia, and Bombay, India. He then traveled by train to the Assam re-gion of northeast India to a place in the middle of a dense jungle called Ledo and the 20th General Hospital.

The Burma Road was the primary supply route into China until the Japa-nese invaded China in 1937. China had millions of troops but not sup-plies. When the Japanese cut-off the Burma Road, the only way the allies could deliver supplies to the government of Chiang Kai-shek was by transport planes over the Himalayas Mountains. This proved to be costly as well as dangerous.

When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor they also in-vaded and occupied Bur-ma (now called Myan-mar). By late summer 1943, the allies had retak-en Burma, and the U.S. Corp of Engineers began

building a road connect-ing Ledo (India) to the old Burma Road (Kunming, China). The 20th General Hospital was activated to provide medical care for the Americans, Chinese and British soldiers who would retake Burma and extend the Burma Road.

The 20th General Hos-pital had both surgical and medical wards. Har-ry’s duties included that of a nurse and ward mas-ter. He accompanied the surgeon on ward rounds and carried out doctor’s orders accordingly de-spite the 110 degree heat.

Once the Ledo por-tion of the Burma Road was completed in 1944, the U.S. Transportation Department asked for volunteers to drive in a 100 truck convoy to Chi-na. This was a 500 mile journey from India thru Burma and to connect with the original Burma Road at Kunming, China. Harry volunteered. He drove a 6X6 truck which was loaded with 55 gal-lon drums of high octane aviation fuel. He said the scenery and the view of the winding convoy both above and below was in-describable. He said the road through the Hima-laya Mountains was very narrow; it had hairpin curves, with one sharp turn after another both uphill and downhill. The road had no guard rails, and there were drop-offs

of thousands of feet. They had to cross the Salween River in Bur-ma. There had been no time for the e n g i n e e r s to build a permanent bridge, so p o n t o o n s

were chained together, which he said resulted in a “rocking motion” when driving onto them. He re-calls that they could only travel 50 miles a day or less and that the journey took two weeks to com-plete.

Once reaching Kun-ming, China, the convoy delivered the trucks and fuel, supplies which the Chinese generals were glad to receive. The con-voy drivers were happy to board a plane to fly the “hump” back to their units. Harry said the

plane passed over moun-tain tops which seemed to be as close as 50 feet below and then valleys 10, 000 feet down. He says he knows now why the pilots call this journey the “hump.”

Harry says he will nev-er forget the happiness and pride Americans had when WW II was over. He feels we need to recapture that ‘Spirit of 1945’ by uniting as one happy nation and to honor America for what she is.

by Joyce AlpayGuest Columnist

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VETERAN — Dishon served as a nurse and ward master in WWII. He also there for the construction of the Burma Road.

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out on,” said Renfro. In addition to foster-

ing healthy family rela-tionships, the ball also helps teach the young girls about the benefits of charitable giving. “Some-thing we incorporate is we give the girls a chance to bring a donation for Bona Vista’s Early Child-hood Services, and we call that Princess Power,” said Platt.

“There’s a time at the end of the evening where the girls get to gather around and learn about what the donations will do for the kids here, so they get to give back, as well as have a good time that evening,” she said.

Donations that are needed include watercol-ors, markers, play sand, canning lids, paper tow-els, ivory soap, stickers, sequins, children’s CDs, tissue paper, construction paper, CD players, sim-ple board games, dress-up clothes, art supplies,

doctor kits, Kleenex, colored paper, child size toothbrushes, paint, Zip-loc bags, diapers (up to size five), glitter and glue sticks.

This year’s Cinderella Ball sponsors include The Wyman Group, Cen-ter for Early Childhood Education at IU Kokomo, Hayes Advisory Group, Printcraft Press, McGo-nigal Buick GMC, But-ton Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, Griffon Alarm and Security and Brian Oaks, attorney at law.

Tickets for the Cinder-ella Ball are $50 per per-son. Parents may register to receive an invitation online at www.thecinder-ellaball.com.

Invitations are also available at all Bona Vista locations and Blye’s Brid-al and Kosta’s Tux Shop-pe, 219 N. Main St. Reser-vations will be taken up until the day of the event.

The Cinderella Ball takes place Aug. 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Kokomo County Club, located at 1801 County Club Rd

Nothing compares to Syca-more Street’s old Sipe Theater

Nothing could com-pare to the Sipe Theater, located at 127 E. Syca-more. It was a beauty to behold. On a scale of one and ten, I would give it a ten.

Carter & Bousam’s Bar-ber Shop was just one building west. The build-ing is still there. Hard to believe, isn’t it?

When you wanted to take your girlfriend first class, the Sipe was it. The inside was fantastic -- the carpet and the concession stand. The usher would take you to your seat with his flashlight shin-ing on the floor.

The night was like a lovely tune, as I held her tiny hand. There was some kind of electric go-ing from her body to mine. A sensation I could not explain. The palm of my hands were sweat-ing. I could smell her hair through the breeze of the night. I wanted to say the right thing but was lost in the magic of the night. Once inside, I asked her if she wanted popcorn and coke. As we sat down, she looked at me and smiled.

We were young, and cupid shot his arrows and scored a bull’s-eye. How can you explain young love? There is a thin line between love and fascination, for they both give the same sensa-tion when you’re lost in

the magic of a kiss. True love will take you into that other dimension. A place where you cannot stand to be apart.

When her knee touched my knee, chills and goose bumps ran up and down my spine. Sweet six-teen, oh what joy. The perfect age. Every thing was free that mattered. The moon belonged to everyone. The stars, the rainbow, the morning mist and the songs of the ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s -- songs that meant something. Words of young love and soft sounds of love. Per-ry Como, Eddy Fisher, Vaughn Monroe, Tony Bennett and many who will never be replaced. Who is going to fill their shoes? Doris Day, Jo Staf-ford, Kay Starr, Kitty Kal-len and Patti Page. There are many more that were

of that generation. Remember when

couples that were mar-ried in the movies always slept in twin beds? A cuss word was never heard. Clark Gable shocked the whole nation when he used the word “damn” in Gone With the Wind.

I remember in 1945 when a couple was living together without being married, the Police came and arrested them.

Gene, Hoppy and Roy, we need you. We also need Father Knows Best, The Walton’s, Little Bea-ver. We need the Fox, Sipe, Isis, Wood, Colonial and the Indiana Theaters with the old movies of the ‘40s and ‘50s. Those were the days my friend.

Sincerely,Tom Hamilton3801 Tulip LaneKokomo, Ind. 46902

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FIRST-CLASS — Boyfriends treated their girlfriends like royalty with a trip to Sipe Theater.

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CINDERELLA — Princesses at last year’s ball take a picture during the charitable event. The Cinderella Ball is held each year to benefit Bona Vista programs.

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AnniversaryRawe

A n t h o n y Robert Rawe and Beth Anne Ramer are cel-ebrating their one year anni-versary on Oct. 9. They were married at Sa-cred Heart of Jesus Church in Fairfield, Ohio by Father Larry Tharp. Beth was given in marriage by her Parents Thomas and Beverly Ramer. Beth is a Lewis Cass Jr. and Sr. High School Graduate and has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Bachelor of Science in Manage-ment from Northern Kentucky University and Xavier University. She is a sourcing leader in Fairfield at GE-Aviation. Anthony, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is a graduate from Badin High School. He has a Bachelor of Architecture from University of Cincinnati. He is a project man-ager at SHP Leading Design. His parents are Robert and Barbara Rawe of Fairfield, Ohio.

AnniversaryPodwell

Thomas W. Podwell and Carole M. Re-bernak celebrat-ed their 50th wedding anni-versary on Aug. 12. They were married by Rev. Dr. Kenneth Seim at First Congregational Church in Western Springs, Ill.

They have two children, Susan and husband James Jenkins of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Sharon and husband Scott Huska in Highland Village, Texas. They have three grandchildren, Grant and Jack Huska and Ford Jenkins.

Carole is a retired teacher from Kokomo Center Schools. She retired after 40 years of service, most of which was as an ESL instructor in adult basic educa-tion. Thomas is a retired administrator from Delphi Automotive Systems. Thomas retired after 40 years of service in finance and finance administration.

They had a celebration of their 50th anniversary with their daughters and their families in Hawaii on the island of Maui.

been working to get sev-eral of Kokomo’s own landmarks on the histori-cal registry, such as the railroad depot, the court-house square and the old silk stocking neighbor-hood.

“The people who have become part of that dis-trict,” said Karickhoff

about the silk stocking neighborhood, “if their home meets the require-ments, there are tax cred-its available for them to do improvements on these buildings in keep-ing with the original look of the buildings. There are a lot of benefits in working with Indiana Landmarks in our com-munity.”

The Moveable Feast is sponsored by Russell De-sign, Bucheri McCarthy & Metz, Howard County Historical Society and Kokomo Opalescent Glass.

For more information on Indiana Landmarks membership, tours and events, visit www.indi-analandmarks.org.

Rhonda Eastman joins The Productive Assistant

Kokomo, IN – The Pro-ductive Assistant, LLC, is pleased to announce that Rhonda Eastman has joined the staff.

Rhonda brings her marketing expertise from more than 30 years of experience with the Ko-komo/Howard County Chamber of Commerce to help businesses and non-profits succeed. “Rhonda will be focusing on developing marketing programs and strategies

for The Productive As-sistant clients, as well as corporate event planning services,” states The Pro-ductive Assistant owner Lisa Girton. “I’m excited to have Rhonda work-ing with me. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience.”

The Productive As-sistant seeks to provide small business owners with a resource for back office support, focusing on marketing and com-munications, account-ing and secretarial sup-port functions. Typically, these businesses are small enough that the owner is hands-on, providing the product or services for the company as well as all the administrative functions. Depending on the scope of the job, The Productive Assistant can step in for a few hours a

week or month and free up the business owner to focus on the tasks that make their business money. The Productive Assistant charges by the job not the hour, so cli-ents always know what to expect.

The Productive Assis-tant, LLC, was founded in October 2010 with a mission to provide back office support to small business, aiding in their growth and success. Owner Lisa Girton turned her years of experience in office management, marketing and sales into a program to help other businesses grow, prosper and succeed. For more in-formation about The Pro-ductive Assistant, contact Lisa Girton at 765-434-1528 or on-line at www.theproductiveassistant.com.

Cleaning out the clutter

From all indications, relatives and friends are trying to get a point across. Our younger son has offered to place a dumpster at the front door and fill it as a gift. My sister-in-law sent a lengthy article about how to cut clutter.

Her article suggested tossing what you don’t use, recycling, having assigned places for like items, putting things where they belong, do-nating, returning, tak-ing pictures of cherished items you give away, fil-ing, shredding personal information and repair-ing or throwing away broken items. In other words, get organized!

To help the cause along, I bought a book entitled “1,001 Timely Tips for Cutter Control.” It made helpful sugges-tions on what to save, toss, donate, sell or store items you decide to keep.

So much time is required to make decisions. This is especially true for people who remember the last depression and are pro-grammed to save.

When I scanned the table of contents, every chapter had a section telling the reader to “cut the clutter, increase stor-age, get organized, and

then keep it clean.” Some anonymous person said, “Clutter is anything we don’t need, want or use that takes our time, ener-gy or space and destroys our serenity.”

I’m relatively serene until unexpected guests ring the doorbell, and the kitchen, which is adja-cent to the front door, is cluttered.

Years ago a friend wired our house for my

first computer. His wife later told us he had never seen anything like our at-tic. He spent more time moving “stuff” than wir-ing. Another man offered to insulate our house free of charge if he could have the attic contents. He even said he’d carry all the “stuff’ out and haul it away at his expense.

That was all it took for us to get rid of many things. Before these two people were in the attic, we had asked our son to take pictures for insurance purposes. He snapped 30 pictures. Today four would be more than ad-equate.

Through the years, we’ve learned contact-ing Coordinated Assisted Ministries, Kokomo Ur-ban Outreach, the Res-

cue Mission, Goodwill, the Salvation Army and other worthy organiza-tions can increase closet, cabinet and attic space quickly and easily. Most of them will come to the house and take items no longer wanted or needed.

Piles of paper current-ly create the worst clutter in our house. Too much time is wasted looking for a certain piece. In-variably I rush through stacks of paper and have to repeat the process un-til the search ends in suc-cess.

To impress friends and members of the family who are more organized than we are, most of the house will pass inspec-tion with a bit of warn-ing. The pantry, however, is off limits until I spend several days discard-ing and rearranging ev-erything from cans and boxes of food to rags and buckets of paint. The worst area to orga-nize will be the two tall file cabinets containing valuable records, worth-less papers and numer-ous items that have been saved too many years.

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Life with Laura Thought for the Day:

Time needs to be spent daily putting things where theybelong and tossing the nonessentials.

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More legends to be added into Hall of Fame

The Howard County Sports Hall of Fame has named its 2011 induction class.

Seven Howard County sports legends will join the Hall of Fame in a cer-emony on Oct. 29 at the Kokomo Event Center. The inductees include a basketball standout, a multi-state champion-ship coach, a baseball state champion, a state runners-up cross country coach, a multi-state track champion, a state swim-ming champion and a

former sports editor.The inductees for 2011

are Heather Cusick, Jerry Haines, Mike Smith, Bob Rodibaugh, Ken Toye, Brooke Taflinger and Robert “Bob” Ford.

This is the ninth class inducted into the How-ard County Sports Hall of Fame.

Heather Cusick joins the hall of fame because of her prowess on the basketball court. She was a Kokomo High School and Miami University basketball standout. Dur-ing her time at Miami of Ohio, she was named the Mid-American Confer-ence Player of the Year.

Jerry Haines has been a huge part of the success of softball in Howard County. He coached the Eastern Lady Comets to two state championships. Eastern defeated Tecum-seh High School in 2002-03 to win the Class A state championship and Frankton High School in 2004-05 to win the Class 2A championship.

Mike Smith was a suc-cess at multiple sports. He was an IHSAA state baseball championship coach for Kokomo High School. He was also an all-state football player.

Bob Rodibaugh had much success with

coaching at Northwest-ern High School. Dur-ing his tenure, he was a

two-time IHSAA cross-country state runners-up coach.

Ken Toye had ample success while on the track for Kokomo High School. He was a two-time IHSAA state track championship hurdler

while for Kokomo. He was also named an All-American.

Instead of on land, Brooke Taflinger was quite an athlete under water. She was an IHSAA state swimming cham-pion for Kokomo High School. She was also a two-time Big Ten swim-ming champion for Indi-ana University. She was also an All-American.

Robert “Bob” Ford will also be recognized for this service to the How-ard County sports com-munity. He was the for-mer sports editor for the Kokomo Tribune. Ford will receive the 2011 Howard

County Sports Hall of Fame Distinguished Ser-vice Award.

Tickets are $25 each for the Howard County Sports Hall of Fame ban-quet on Oct. 29 at the Ko-komo Event Center with the social hour at 5 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Tickets will be on sale at the following lo-cations: Kokomo High School Athletic Office, Eastern High School Ath-letic Office, Northwest-ern High School Athletic Office, First Famers Bank & Trust on Lincoln Road, Liberty Financial or by calling Ron Barsh at 765-453-4739.

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Play it forward with ‘Little Wildcat’

Wildcat Creek GC offering new ways on having fun on the course

Wildcat Creek Golf Course has added anoth-er way on enjoying your day out on the golf course.

M a n y g o l f e r s have be-come dis-contented out on the golf course, said Art Stonebraker, president of the Wildcat Creek Golf Course, so Wildcat Creek has cre-ated a way for golfers to have more enjoyment.

After an initiative by the PGA and USGA back in July, Wildcat Creek Golf Course has decided to play it forward.

“If you play a golf course that allows you to have a better score, it generally means that you play a shorter course,” Stonebraker said. “So what I did is I put in new tees on our golf course, and I call it an executive course. I nicknamed it ‘Little Wildcat.’”

The “Little Wildcat” has shorter tees than the women’s tees.

“That golf course plays only at about 3,600 yards, where the shortest golf tees that we had prior to that was 5,200 yards,” he said. “I shortened the golf course considerably so that people could play and get more enjoyment out of golfing.”

The shorter course is encouraged for older people, ladies and begin-ners to start on a shorter golf course and develop

themselves as a golfer, he said.

“The Little Wildcat is an executive length golf course which is a par 66,” he said. “It is just a more manageable golf course

for the la-dies, the beginners and the elder peo-ple who are losing their dis-

tance because of age.”This course also comes

with a reduced price. The cost is $22 for 18 holes or $72 for a foursome. The fee includes green fee and the golf car.

Stonebraker said the shorter course has caught on.

“We’re finding that every day the interest is growing,” he said.

Wildcat Creek Golf Course has also created a par 3 course on the cur-rent course and an event called Family Golf.

For the par 3 course, all holes are par 3 length. This course is only avail-able for play after 6 p.m.

“This is also very good place for people who can golf to go and practice their short game because the short game is where your score comes down,” he said.

The par 3 course costs $1 per hole. He said he would like golfers to pay for at least three holes.

On Saturday and Sun-day evenings at 6 p.m., the golf course offers Family Golf. This costs $20 for the parent and children, and there is a limit of four players. This is a nine-hole event.

by Peter AdelsenSports Writer

padelsen@kokomoperspective.com

by Peter AdelsenSports Writer

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Golf fitness performance helps golfers with flexibility, strength

St. Joseph’s program has seen much success

Many area golfers have turned to a golf perfor-mance specialist to help them with their game.

This person is not a trainer, but a perfor-mance specialist.

Chad Bradley of St. Joseph Physical and Sports Therapy in Forest Park Plaza, who is also a physical therapist, is a certified golf fitness per-formance specialist who helps golfers with their flexibility and strength.

Bradley said that as we get older, we lose much of our flexibility, espe-cially in men.

For the golfers who have noticed some pain or would like to become more flexible or gain more strength, Bradley is the person to see to possi-bly improve that person’s life and their game out on the golf course.

“I get (the person in) and do an initial golf screen,” Bradley said. “I know enough about the golf swing so I can tell if a person’s body is moving the way that it should. Most amateur golf swings are not repeat-able, just because they have so many compen-sations built into their swing. The compensa-tions are more than likely from physical limitations that they have, whether it be mobility or stability restrictions. When I put them through the screen, the different phases of the swing address back-swing impact and finish. I look at their posture, their weight distribu-

tion. I take some mea-surements to try to find out if I can help them out or not. More often than not, I can help them with something. From that, I can’t really determine what’s not moving right; I just know that their body

is not moving right.”The youngest person

Bradley has seen has been about 14 years old, he said, and he has seen a person as old as 93, he said. At any age, he can help with that person’s golf ailments.

He also works with many high school golf-ers.

“I’ve had a lot of suc-cess with high school female golfers,” he said. “All of them who I’ve

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GETTING FLEXIBLE — Golf pro Jim Ousley uses the P3 ProSwing Golf Analyzer at St. Joseph Physical and Sports Therapy. Perspective Photo / Peter Adelsen

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seen so far have been given Division 1 college scholarships. This has not been just because of me, but women have a ten-dency to be very flexible, but not as strong, so those strength gains in being able to hit the ball a long way off the tee is what a lot of college coaches are looking for. In that aspect, they have become a lot stronger and have con-tributed a lot hopefully to them doing well.”

He also worked with many PGA professionals in the area. One of these PGA professionals is Jim Ousley, who is the profes-sional at the Tippecanoe Country Club in Monti-cello.

“Purely from the physical standpoint, he’s helped me with flexibil-ity and strength,” Ousley said. “I’m more flexible than I probably ever have been in my adult life and stronger by far. In turn, it has helped me with my overall weight and endur-ance. It has helped from start to finish.”

Since Ousley began the program in December of 2008, he said he is proba-bly 30 to 40 pounds light-er than when he started the program.

“There’s no doubt that this got me going, and Chad’s a motivator,” he said. “He pushes me and that’s why I like to come.”

Through the program, Ousley said he can now play golf at any time of

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the year.“Flexibility is the hard-

est thing to overcom. When you are inflexible, your muscles don’t do what the golf swing needs it to do. That’s probably my biggest benefit -- that I’m loose where I’m more flexible at the beginning of the year than sitting around all winter do-ing nothing. It just goes throughout the season. I’m ready to play no mat-ter what time of the year it is.”

Through the program, Ousley has drastically im-proved his game.

“When I started in 2008, I had just won one tour-nament that fall,” he said. “In 13 years as a pro, that’s the only tournament I’ve won, and I have won four times since then. Is there a correlation? I think so. I don’t think there is any doubt about it. I am more physically fit and capable now. There is no doubt that I am playing the best that I have ever played.”

Bradley said before anybody can start the program, they must have good mobility before you can add stability to it.

“Before we start any stability training, they’ve got to be mobile,” Bradley said. “Their joints have to be mobile.”

Bradley said that ev-ery joint has a job to do, and the lack of mobility increases the chance of disease or injury. Many of the people who have seen Bradley have re-lieved their back pain or foot problems or other ailments.

“We want healthy ath-letes,” he said. “We want healthy people playing good golf.”

For those interested in the program, the initial screening is free. If Brad-ley can help the person, the next evaluation is $225, which other places charge upwards of about $500, he said.

For a nine-session training session, it costs $30 apiece. For an 18-ses-sion package, it costs $25 apiece. For one session at a time, it costs $40. Brad-ley said he can also do a group rate for families.

STRETCHING — Chad Bradley works with a stretching exercise on Jim Ousley. Perspective Photo / Peter Adelsen

Joe Thatcher has played two games since coming back from the DL. He has allowed three hits and two runs since his return.

Brandon Beachy al-lowed two runs and struck out eight in 5.1 innings against the Cubs on Sunday. He left the game with a no -decision. He has a record of 5-2 and a 3.43 ERA for the season.

Follow them onlineThe best way to follow the exploits of Joe Thatcher and Brandon Beachy is online. Check out kokomoperspective.com for updates whenever they pitch. Check out sandiegopadres.com or at-lantabraves.com to track their stats.

McCauley named NCC coach of the year

The North Central Conference has named its recipients of the 2010-11 N.C.C. Coach of the Year. For the boys’ sports the top coach was Kokomo High School’s Brian McCauley, and for the girls’ sport, the top coach was Mun-cie Central’s Wes Lyon. The North Central Conference Coach of the Year award began in the 2004-05 school year and recognizes

the top coach for both a male and female sport. McCauley, who led the Wildkat b o y s ’ b a s -k e t b a l l team to a 2011 C l a s s 4A State r u n -n e r - u p f i n i s h , a 23-3 record, and an N.C.C. championship

becomes the third Ko-komo High School coach to win the prestigious Coach of the Year award. Charlie Hall was the 2006 NCC Girls’ Coach of the Year, and Brett Colby was the 2009 NCC Boys’ Coach of the Year. For Lyon, the longtime volleyball coach for the Lady Bearcats, it was his third N.C.C. Coach of the Year honor, also winning in 2005 and 2010.

McCauley

Try-outs for Post 6 baseball will be held at CFD Investment stadium in Highland Park on Sat-urday Aug. 27 and Sun-day Aug. 28. On the 27th, try-outs for players born in 1993 and 1994 will be held at 10 a.m, and try-outs for the younger

players will start at noon. On the 28th, try-outs will be at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. with the o l d e r p l a ye r s starting first again.

Players need to pro-vide their own equip-ment and only have to at-tend one of the two days.

Anybody with ques-tions can contact Don An-drews at (765)453-5569 or at andrewsgto@comcast.net.

American Legion Post Six try outs

HCA Hurricanes call outs

The Howard County Aquatics Hurricanes are calling out all swimmers to come and join them for another exciting season. Call outs will be from 5-7 p.m. on Aug. 23 and Aug. 24 at the Kokomo High School pool.

Swimmers must bring a bathing suit, goggles and a copy of your birth certificate. If you are an existing Hurricane, you must come to sign up for the new season. The Hur-ricanes are now offering Masters Swimming for adults. Call head coach Donita if you have any questions at 765-419-1211.

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theForce announces 2012 tryoutstheForce, a Kokomo-based travel softball organization has scheduled tryouts

for its 2012 teams. Tryouts will be held on Aug. 21 with 14U starting at 3 p.m., 16U starting at 4 p.m. and 16U will start at 5 p.m. each day. Tryouts will be held at Kingsway Sports, 3116 W. Boulevard. Participants are asked to arrive 30 minutes prior to start time to register and warm up. Questions should be directed to Lyle Snyder at 765-437-8592 or to theforcesoftball2012@yahoo.com.

Kokomo Beach extends seasonKokomo Beach will be adjusting the hours of operation for its final days. The

final schedule for public swimming hours are as follows: Aug. 13,(11-6 p.m.), Aug. 14 (12-6 p.m.), Aug. 20 (11-6 p.m.), Aug. 21 (12-6 p.m.), Aug. 27 (11-6 p.m.) and Aug. 28 (12-5 p.m.). On Aug. 28, the day will be followed by “Pooches in the Pool” from 5-7 p.m.

Monday Night Ladies’ GolfMany women participated in American Legion’s Monday Night Ladies’ Golf on

Aug. 8. For A Flight, Jan Turner had gross with 44, and Stephanie Frye had net with 35. For B Flight, Lori Kellar had gross with 51, and Kelly Paul had net with 37. For C Flight, Brenda Hembree had gross with 51, and Deb Pitcher had net with 37. Kelly Paul won the gimmick, which was the longest drive on hole no. 15.

Kokomoan places 8th at AmateurBrian Harris finished tied for eighth place at the Indiana Golf Association’s In-

dianapolis Amateur held at the Sahm Golf Course. He finished with a score of even. He shot 68 on Aug. 6 and 72 on Aug. 7. Fellow Kokomoans Tennis Guyer and Andrew Roe finished tied for 61st at 11 over par and tied for 91st at 16 over par, respectively. Indianapolis’ Sean Rowen won the event at 5 under par.

Hole-in-onesMichael Baldwin hit a hole-in-one on Aug. 7 at Wildcat Creek Golf Course. He

achieved the feat on hole no. 3, which covered 204 yards. He used a 4 Iron.Doc Dowden accomplished a hole-in-one on Aug. 8 at the American Legion Golf

Course. He achieved the feat on hole No. 6, which covered 148 yards with his 7 Iron. This was his second hole-in-one. Witnesses were Don Farrington, Stubby Lear, Joe Zuppardo and Charlie Hackett.

Garry Williams Ladies Invitational resultsArea golfers recently competed in the annual Garry Williams Ladies Invitational

at Chippendale Golf Club. Winning low gross was Amy Stearns with 74. Winning low net was Becky D’amico with 59. Placing second in low gross were Nila Damitz and Sheena Smith, who tied at 83. Placing second in low net was Diane Shoptaw with 60.

Marge Parrott had the longest putt on hole No. 4. Nancy Clingaman was closest to the pin on hole No. 5. Melissa Ellis was closest to the pin on green on second shot on hole No. 9. Amy Stearns had the longest drive on hole No. 14. Lisa Overton had the closest to the pin on hole No. 16. Sheena Smith was closest to the pin on hole No. 17.

Friday Night CouplesOn Aug. 5, area golfers participated in Friday Night Couples at Chippendale

Golf Club. Ben Marvin Egel and Maggie Talbert with Jeff Seagraves placed first in gross winners with 31. Gene and Marty Obermeyer with Mark and Sally Ma-sariu placed second with 31. Bill and Kate Humphrey with Jeff and Karen Thatcher placed third with 33. Dale and Sue Hight with Bill and Dana Osburn placed fourth with 33.

Larry and Vickie Starbuck with Randy and Sandy Smith placed first in net win-ners with 30. Danny and Marcia Mullett with Dave and Lana Granson placed sec-ond with 31. Brent and Arlene Earlywine with Larry and Bev Cable placed third with 32. Jim and Shirley Miller with Darrell and Joyce Pennycoff placed fourth with 32. Vivian Heronemus was closest to the pin.

AL Monday Night Ladies GolfOn Aug. 1, American Legion held Monday Night Ladies Golf. The event fea-

tured an 18-hole league championship tournament with winners in two divisions. For A Flight, Jan Turner won gross with 81 and Lori Kellar won net with 60. For B Flight, Pam Eads won gross with 95 and Kelly Paul won net with 70.

5th District TournamentArea golfers participated in the 5th District Tournament on Aug. 6 at the Ameri-

can Legion. Placing first with 54 was the team of Duke Butler, Denny Butler, Bill Hecht and Brian Hecht. Placing second with 56 was the team of W. Wells, J. Reinke, Altini and Wanker. Placing third with 58 was the team of Dan Laxen, Zach Laxen, Chris Thompson and Jake Morgan. Placing fourth with 59 was the team of B. Bals-baugh, C. Balsbaugh, L. Overton and H. Overton.

Wildcat Club ChampionshipOn July 30 and 31, area golfers played in the Wildcat Club Championship. For

men’s gross, Bob Elkins placed first, Jeff Rudolph placed second and Greg Lorenz placed third. For men’s net, Mark Waldron placed first, Creg Lorenz placed second and Bob Dunn placed third. For men’s senior gross, John Hodson placed first and Mike Dyer placed second. For men’s senior net, Dave Durfey placed first, Mike Dyer placed second and Jim Lasley placed third. For men’s super senior gross, Jeff Rudolph placed first and Ron Delph placed second. For men’s super senior net, Ron Delph placed first and Terry Uttinger placed second. For ladies’ gross, Julie Wagner placed first and JoEllyn Hufford placed second. For ladies’ net, Karen Swan placed first and Pam Durfey and Shirley Hamilton tied for second.

American Legion Pro-Member/Guest resultsOn July 30, golfers participated at the American Legion. Placing first was the

team of Matt Blair (Pro), Nick Irish, John Bowman, Larry Beaty and Roger Colbert. Placing second was the team of Dick Beck (Pro), Bob Elkins, Chris Linville, Dan Laxen and Rick Weir. Placing third was the team of Cary Hungate (Pro), Nick Cardwell, Tom Abney, Brian Cossell and Terry Heltzel. Placing first in the Pro-Pro results was the team of John Andrews and Brad Williams with 63. Placing second was the team of Cary Hungate and Curt Corey with 64. There was a three-way tie for the Low Pro results with Tim Holt, John Andrews and Matt Blair with 66.

Callaway Golf Assistant Professional resultsBradley Williams of Kokomo finished in 32nd place at 20 over par at the Callaway

Golf Assistant Professional Championship at Woodland Country Club in Carmel. The event took place from Aug. 1 through Aug. 2.

IS THERE SUCH A THING AS TOO MUCH TACKLE?If I had a dollar for

every time that question was asked of me, chances are, I would be driving a brand new Dodge Ram Quad Cab and piloting a brand new bass boat and own a condo somewhere that whitetail deer and huge bass inhabit every square inch of property.

Being an avid angler that fishes for just about anything that has gills, swims and tastes good in a skillet, I must be honest with you in confessing that I possibly have too much tackle, but don’t tell my wife. I can go to the sporting goods de-partment claiming that I don’t need a thing and come out needing to rent a moving van and three pack mules just to get what I don’t need out to the truck or Jeep.

Like many of you read-ers, I have fishing tackle for bluegill, crappie, perch, catfish, carp, but when it comes to bass fishing, I am hooked! (Pardon the pun.) I have probably 12 different

plastic tackle boxes in the storage compart-ments of my bass boat,

and each tackle box is filled with totally dif-ferent lures such as four plastic worms, six plastic worms, trailer grubs, jigs, tube baits, spinner baits, crank baits, lizards, etc.

I must also add these lures are assorted sizes, colors, shapes and for a specific application. There are also boxes of assorted hooks and sink-ers, again of different sizes for different uses. There are also plastic boxes containing assort-ed fishing line of mono-

filament, fluorocarbon and braid of all different sizes.

I guess it could be com-pared to being depen-dant on drugs or alcohol, purchasing fishing tackle can be addictive. Any-thing new that comes out claiming to make you a better, more successful angler is purchased, and, many times, those claims are not always what they are proclaimed to be. I have always stated, fish-ing tackle is designed to catch people, not fish! To be realistic, the only time having too much fishing tackle is a prob-lem is knowing what do you need to use to catch the fish now. The angler has to be able to analyze precisely what lure to use and when. This might appear to be a simple decision, but it is not! Many anglers, including myself, get hung up on certain lures, or confi-dence lures because they have caught fish before, and we naturally assume they will catch fish again,

ut that is not necessarily the correct assumption.

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columnist

Bud Fields

Summer Fishing Program — Bud Fields and a group of kids at Eastern Elementary School after conducting a fishing seminar.

Photo / Provided

TOO MUCH TACKLE? — Outdoor columnist Bud Fields shows off his large amount of tackle.

Photo / Provided

Russiaville Fall BallRussiaville Youth Baseball League will have fall

ball league this year. The league will start the week after Labor Day. It will have three divisions, Rookie (8 and under), Minor (10 and under) and Major (12 and under). The ages will be based off of next year’s ages. Rookie games will be on Tuesday, Minor and Major games will be played on Sunday. They will allow individuals ($40) or teams ($225) to sign up. There will be a single elimination tournament at the end of the tournament. This league will be geared towards development of skills.

Sign-ups will be at Russiaville Ball Park, Aug 20, 9 a.m.-Noon. For more information, email Rob Gifford at giffcolts@gmail.com.

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Kats return depth as they aim for titleKokomo will play at BSU, Lucas Oil Stadium this season

Some things never change. One of those is the Kokomo Wildkats and their dominance over the North Central Conference.

The Kats have not lost a conference game dur-ing the coach Brett Colby era, which is now in its fifth year.

“Our goal every year is to go undefeated and win the conference,” Colby said. “That never changes. We would also like to win sectional. That doesn’t change ei-ther. Hopefully we can attain those things. Our non-conference games are very competitive this year with Mount Vernon and Plainfield.”

Even though the Kats have not lost a game, the NCC has improved. Last year, Marion and Ander-son came closer than in years past on knocking off the conference power.

“I think we’ve raised the level of play of every-body in the conference, and we are definitely the target on everybody’s schedule. So we better come out and give ev-erybody our best effort,” Colby said.

For the second con-secutive year, the Kats will travel south on U.S. 31 to Indianapolis’ Lu-

cas Oil Stadium on Sep. 10 to take on conference rival Huntington North Vikings at 2:30 p.m. The game will be a part of the Horseshoe Hall of Fame Classic. Last year, the Kats opened up the sea-son by defeating Mount Pleasant (Fortville) at Lu-cas Oil Stadium.

“There will be some good teams down there that day, and we are a part of it,” he said. “We’re honored to be selected by the Colts to play there. Our kids have been there before, but it will be a neat experience for the kids who didn’t get to play last year.”

The week before Lucas Oil, the Kats will travel east to Ball State Univer-sity’s Scheumann Stadi-um to take part in North Central Conference Day.

Kokomo will take on the Muncie Central Bearcats at 1 p.m. on Sep. 3.

“Muncie is kind of a central location for our conference,” he said. “That’s a good weekend for the North Central Conference.”

Last season, the eight Mid-Indiana Conference schools played at Scheu-mann Stadium.

On both sides of the ball, Kokomo will have a lot of depth this year.

“We return eight start-ers on defense,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of kids back on that side of the ball. We are expecting some real good things on defense, and we were pretty good last year. We have great team speed, and we fly around the ball. Bo Butler and Cam-eron Colby and Isiah

Young will lead our front seven. Tayler Persons, Armon Bridgeforth and Michael Clifton will be good players for us in the secondary this year.

“Offensively, we don’t

have as many returners, but I think our depth is better. We have some smart kids up front who can adjust too many things.”

The Kats open up the

season hosting Mount Pleasant (Fortville) at 7 p.m. They open the NCC portion of the season against Muncie Central on Sep. 3.

by Peter AdelsenSports Writer

padelsen@kokomoperspective.com

RUN THIS PLAY — Coach Brett Colby talks to his team during a practice last week.Perspective Photo / Peter Adelsen

Kokomo WildcatsCoach Brett Colby’s record at KHS: 36-5

Aug. 19 Mount Vernon (Fortville) 7 p.m.Aug. 26 at Plainfield 7 p.m.Sep. 3 Muncie Central (BSU) 1 p.m.Sep. 10 Huntington North (LOS) 2:30 p.m.Sep. 16 at New Castle 7 p.m.Sep. 23 Richmond 7 p.m.Sep. 30 Logansport 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 at Marion 7 p.m.Oct. 14 at Anderson 7 p.m.

KOKOMOKOKOMO

August 17, 2011 Kokomo Perspective Page E3

Panthers look to go deep in seasonWestern opens up season with two tough non-conference opponents

WESTERNWESTERN

Last year’s Western Panthers were somewhat of a surprise with the success they had with the youth on the team. Like previous years, the Panthers competed to the very end of the season for the conference cham-pionship.

“We want to win our conference champion-ship and win the sec-tional championship,” Western coach Alix Engle said. “Our goals haven’t changed. In the past five out of six years, we have played for the confer-ence championship in week nine. It’s the same goals every year; the only things that have changed are the names and faces.”

This year’s Panthers re-turn a strong nucleus.

“We return a good nu-

cleus of seniors,” Engle said. “We’ve got some experience. We have good numbers in our se-nior group, and they’ve got experience. We’ve got some pretty good foot-ball players in our junior group. Our sophomore group is pretty strong. We have 24 kids, I think, in our sophomore group. There’s going to be a va-riety of grades playing. It will be mostly a senior/sophomore type group if you look at it. The se-nior leadership is going to play a key role into the development of some of our young guys.”

Among the returners, the Panthers have many key players.

“We return Quin Fields as quarterback, Hudson Featherstone returns for

us at fullback, James Da-vis at our other running back position, Jake Bo-swell, Brad Penning, Bri-ar Shoffner, Ronnie Smith and Jacob Hopkins,” he said. “We’ve got some underclassmen fighting for jobs, as well. On the defensive side of the ball, Jake Wiechmann, Jake Boswell, Brad Penning, James Davis, Jacob Hop-kins, Hudson Feather-stone and Briar Shoffner return at the linebacker

position. We have four band new defensive backs, three sophomores and a junior this year. We return maybe eight of-fensive starters and six or seven defensive starters.”

As for the Mid-Indiana Conference, Engle said Western has a strong shot at the championship as long as the team remains healthy.

“We are definitely in the top quarter in the conference,” he said.

“We know that Eastern is returning some good players and Hamilton Heights and Northwest-ern. I would think that we are in the top quarter of the conference right now, and if we can stay healthy, I think we can stay there and have an opportunity to put our-selves into position for the conference (champi-onship).”

Western will open up the season with two

tough non-conference opponents. The Panthers kick off the season host-ing Frankfort, which is always a hard-fought game, and then travel to Eastbrook the following Friday.

“Eastbrook put a pounding on us last year,” he said. “They lost 24 seniors, but they have a pretty good program and they are going to re-spond.”

LET’S TRY IT THIS WAY — Coach Alix Engle discusses how to run a play with his team during a light practice on Friday.

Perspective Photo / Peter Adelsen

Western PanthersCoach Alix Engle’s record at WHS: 49-20

Aug. 19 Frankfort 7 p.m.Aug. 26 at Eastbrook 7 p.m.Sep. 2 Taylor 7 p.m.Sep. 9 at Northwestern 7 p.m.Sep. 16 Maconaquah 7 p.m.Sep. 23 at Peru 7 p.m.Sep. 30 at Eastern 7 p.m.Oct. 7 at Hamilton Heights 7 p.m.Oct. 14 Lewis Cass 7 p.m.

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Tigers bring back depth to the line upNorthwestern looks to improve each week in prep for deep run

The 2011 Northwest-ern Tigers will be bring-ing back much of the skill they had from last year’s 8-4 team that went to the sectional championship.

“Offensively, we’ve got a lot of our skills’ guys back,” Northwest-

ern coach John Hendryx said. “We’ve got our quarterback back, Tanner Martin. We have two of our running backs com-ing back, Kylan Dub-bels and Marcus Sala-zar. We’ve got our wide receiver coming back in David Alexander. We have a lot of skills’ guys returning that we are re-

ally excited about.”The preseason prac-

tices for the Tigers went rather well, despite the sizzling weather at the start.

“The two-a-days went great,” Hendryx said. “The kids worked well. At the beginning it looked like the weather wasn’t going to be too cooperative, but it ended

up being great, so we didn’t have any practices where we had to go out wearing half gear. We got to have our full-padded practices, and so we were really happy at how the two weeks have gone.”

The only goal North-western has this year is to continuously get bet-ter and then see where

that takes them.“We just want to get

better week by week,” he said. “We don’t ever want to take a step back-wards. By the time the tournament rolls around, we want to be the best we can be at that time. We just don’t ever want to take a week where we take a step back.”

He said this how a team wins a sectional.

“To win the sectional,

you have to keep im-proving as the season rolls along,” he said.

Hendryx said the strength for the team will be on the line.

“I think that our strength is that we have a lot of depth, especially up front,” he said. “We plan on playing a bunch of kids, especially on our defensive line.”

On offense, the team will have tremendous

depth. “Offensively, we’ll

probably play about 20 people every Friday. We are just expecting contri-butions from a lot of dif-ferent kids.”

Included in the depth will be the leadership brought by the juniors and seniors, who make up most of the team, he said.

The Tigers will be a force to be reckoned with

for all of the teams in the Mid-Indiana Conference this year.

Northwestern always finds a way to

Northwestern opens up on the road at 7 p.m. Friday at Frankton. Last year, the Tigers downed Frankton at home 35-7. They open up the Mid-Indiana Conference sea-son on Sep. 2 on the road at Lewis Cass.

by Peter AdelsenSports Writer

padelsen@kokomoperspective.com

ON THE LINE — The Northwestern Tigers work on scrimmage drills last week at practice.Perspective Photo / Peter Adelsen

Northwestern TigersCoach John Hendryx’s record at NHS: 31-17

Aug. 19 at Frankton 7 p.m.Aug. 26 at North Miami 7 p.m.Sep. 2 at Lewis Cass 7 p.m.Sep. 9 Western 7 p.m.Sep. 16 at Taylor 7 p.m.Sep. 23 Maconaquah 7 p.m.Sep. 30 Hamilton Heights 7 p.m.Oct. 7 at Peru 7 p.m.Oct. 14 Eastern 7 p.m.

NORTHWESTERNNORTHWESTERN

August 17, 2011 Kokomo Perspective Page E5

TAYLORTAYLOR2011 Titans adjust to new expectations

New Taylor coach hopes practice style translates to success on Fridaysby Peter Adelsen

Sports Writerpadelsen@kokomoperspective.com

After a season that was a struggle, the 2011 Tay-lor Titans have a new coach and a new set of expectations.

Last year’s Titans fin-ished the year at 1-9, and new head coach Eric Davis is familiar with turning around teams. Last year, he helped turn around a 1-9 Greencastle team to a 6-6 team.

So far during the sum-mer time practices, it has been a learning experi-ence for the Titans, Davis said.

“It’s been a learning situation for our kids from the standpoint that we’re teaching funda-

mentals like blocking and tackling and it is in a two-a-days format,” he said. “Our kids are battling through a new perspective on how to do things and a new set of expectations on how we want them done.

“We’re trying to in-crease the commitment level that you have to be here, that you’re go-ing to be held account-able when you’re here, and we are practicing in a way that is high tem-po that mirrors a game. The kids are adjusting to those expectations.”

With the high tempo practices, Davis said he hopes that translates onto the field.

“I know that we’re go-ing to get after it at prac-

tice, and we’re going to practice up tempo and make practice as much like game situations as we can,” he said. “From there, hopefully that translates to success on the field.”

In the couple weeks of practice, Davis said the team appears to have a couple leaders who are helping to convey the new style of the program to their teammates.

“Our team leaders seem to be Kalob Bitner, a junior, and Bo Bollinger, a senior,” he said. “Both of those kids understand what we are trying to do, and they really are work-ing to relay that to the other kids.”

Davis said that Titans will have some goals this year and into the future when it comes to the pro-gram.

“I think we have two

sets of goals here,” he said. “Our short-term goal is competing ev-ery down, every play on Friday nights. Our long-term goal is to crack the top four (of the confer-ence). If you can be in the top four in our league, you are a pretty darn good football team.”

For quite some time, schools like Lewis Cass, Hamilton Heights, Northwestern and West-

ern have dominated the Mid-Indiana Conference football landscape.

“We are just trying to change the culture of the team in a positive direc-tion and build on what we have.”

Taylor opens up the season at 7:30 p.m. at Clinton Central on Fri-day. They open up the MIC season at Western on Sep. 2.

HARD AT WORK — The Taylor Titans work on punting drills during practice last week.Perspective Photo / Peter Adelsen Taylor Titans

Coach Eric Davis’ record at THS: 0-0

Aug. 19 at Clinton Central 7 p.m.Aug. 26 Tri-Central 7 p.m.Sep. 2 at Western 7 p.m.Sep. 9 at Peru 7 p.m.Sep. 16 Northwestern 7 p.m.Sep. 23 at Hamilton Heights 7 p.m.Sep. 30 Lewis Cass 7 p.m.Oct. 7 Eastern 7 p.m.Oct. 14 at Maconaquah 7 p.m.

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Comets bring back experience for 2011Eastern seeks to get over the hump against tough MIC opponents

EASTERNEASTERN

The Eastern Comets have a lot of momentum at their backs entering the 2011 season.

Although the 2010 overall record was 5-5, the Comets were only mere points away from a possible 8-2 record.

“We’re pretty excited because we are basical-ly around seven points away from being 8-1 last year versus 5-4 in the reg-ular season,” coach Josh Edwards said. “We’re close, but as we talk in our locker room, the hardest part getting over the mountain is the last thousand feet. We’ve got to struggle still to get to

the top of the mountain, and that’s what we’ve focused on since last November in the weight room. That’s what we’ve been focusing on all sum-mer. We’ve got some high goals, but we know getting to those goals is pretty difficult.”

The Comets began last year at 4-0, but hit a snag against the “meat grinder” in the middle of the schedule, he said. Eastern put up a good fight against Hamilton Heights at Ball State Uni-versity and narrowly lost to Lewis Cass and West-ern. They also narrowly lost to Northwestern at the close of the regular season.

The positive experi-ence of last season serves

as a good lead in for the 2011 Comets.

This year’s Comets re-turn 17 starters, so the experience will be on the field.

“Our skills positions are all seniors,” Edwards said. “We’re starting all kids who are seniors and four-year letter winners. We’ve got a lot of experi-ence.

“These seniors were

1-9 as freshmen and each year after that they have improved,” he con-tinued.” They were 5-6, then 5-5, and now we are hoping to get over that hump.”

The Comets will also enjoy a large freshmen class, as well as play many of the sophomores and juniors this year.

“We are going to be playing a lot of sopho-

mores and juniors this year, too, to kind of blend in with (the seniors),” he said. “We have a huge freshman class with 22 freshmen who only lost two games in two years in junior high, so we’ve got a pretty good mix go-ing. We are pretty excited about the future.”

As for the Mid-Indiana Conference, Edwards says he sees Hamilton

Heights, Western, Lewis Cass and Northwestern at the “top of the moun-tain” of the conference.

Eastern opens up the season against Oak Hill Eagles at 7 p.m. on Friday at Eastern High School. The Comets open up the Mid-Indiana Conference season against the Peru Tigers at 7 p.m. on Sep. 2.

by Peter AdelsenSports Writer

padelsen@kokomoperspective.com

READY FOR ACTION — The Eastern Comets work on blocking during a running drill last week.Perspective Photo / Peter AdelsenEastern Comets

Coach Josh Edward’s record at EHS: 11-30

Aug. 19 Oak Hill 7 p.m.Aug. 26 at Madison-Grant 7 p.m.Sep. 2 Peru 7 p.m.Sep. 9 at Maconaquah 7 p.m.Sep. 16 at Hamilton Heights 7 p.m.Sep. 23 Lewis Cass 7 p.m.Sep. 30 Western 7 p.m.Oct. 7 at Taylor 7 p.m.Oct. 14 at Northwestern 7 p.m.

August 17, 2011 Kokomo Perspective Page E7

IU/PU/BSU/NDIU/PU/BSU/NDState’s four FBS schools ready for action

Indiana HoosiersAfter finishing the 2010

football season, the Indi-ana University Hoosiers can only improve from their last place finish in the Big Ten Conference.

However, that finish was one win more than the 2009 campaign.

Head coach Kevin Wil-son told the media at the Big Ten press conference that this year’s Hoosiers have high expectations.

“We have had a lot of the kids here this sum-mer,” Wilson said. “A lot of guys have embraced our values, or are trying to, but we have a long way to go in understand-ing the subtle things in how to be demanding of yourself or having high expectations. We are con-tinuing to try to gain mo-mentum in those regards.

“They were all here this summer; that is a voluntary time. They made the commitment to be here, and we had a number of guys in sum-mer school. (Our players) have leaned up, and we look to be in good shape. I see a lot of positive deals.

“Now, we have had one practice, and it was a helmet-only practice. For a first go, it looks pretty good, but there is a long way and a lot of water to go across the dam before we play a game. I like the attitude and hopefully

we can keep building. It should be better as we go, but that will be tough because as you get into two-a-days they start to hit that wall and have to grind. It will be nice to see that energy and at-titude in days 10, 11 and 12. That would be great to see.”

With the addition of Nebraska to the Big Ten, IU will play in the new “Leaders” division, which includes Illinois, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin.

The Hoosiers open up the season versus the Ball State Cardinals at 7 p.m. on Sep. 3 at Lucas Oil Sta-dium.Purdue Boiler-makers

The Purdue Boiler-makers had a rough 2010 campaign. Oddly enough, the Boilers have not participated in a bowl game since 2007.

“We have an unbe-lievable group of young men,” Purdue coach Danny Hope said at the Big Ten Media Day. “We believe as a football team that coming into the sea-son that we are further along in almost every phase of our team and al-most every position than we have been in the last couple of years.”

Although he said the Purdue team is young, but they are experienced with the several fresh-men who played last sea-son.

“We feel like we have

potentially more fire-power on offense and little more firepower on

defense and a little bit more firepower on spe-cial teams than what

we’ve had the last couple of years.”

He said that if the team can stay healthy and take care of football, that they can be a team to watch for this upcoming season.

Hope said he has two really good quarterbacks, Robert Marve and Rob Henry, who are both great players.

“A lot of people talk about our quarterback situation saying that if you don’t have a starter that you don’t have a quarterback,” he said. “I disagree. We have two re-ally good quarterbacks.”

Purdue opens up the season at noon on Sep. 3 hosting Middle Tennes-see State. In the usual clash of powers, they host Notre Dame on Oct. 1. And, this year’s Old Oaken Bucket game against IU will be Nov. 26.Notre Dame Irish

The Notre Dame Fight-ing Irish are coming off of a decent 8-5 season, where they defeated the University of Miami (Fla.) in the Sun Bowl.

The Irish still have some need for improve-ments, but they are mov-ing in the right direction under head coach Brian Kelly.

The team finished the 2010 year with a four game winning streak af-ter starting at 4-5.

Coach Kelly spoke about his team at the pre-season press conference.

“Certainly if you look at our football team and

the way we came togeth-er at the end of the year, a lot of people would say, ‘That’s the momentum that you want to carry,’” he said. “I think what’s happened more than anything else is when we come into this camp now, we know our foot-ball team so much better. I think year two is a year where you’re not as con-cerned about what your personnel are going to do. You know your play-ers. You know what to expect. They know what to expect. It allows you to get to football. It allows you to get to the fun-damentals of the game. It allows you to start to look at your scheme par-ticularly situationally.”

The Irish open up play hosting South Florida on Sep. 3. Ball State Cardi-nals

The Ball State Cardi-nals will open up the 2011 season on Sep. 3 at Lucas Oil Stadium against the Indiana Hoo-siers. The Cards will do so with new head coach Pete Lembo.

Lembo previously served as a head coach for Lehigh University and Elon University. He has a career head coach-ing record of 79-36.

The Cardinals look to improve on the 4-8 record they had in 2010. Notable games on the schedule include hosting Army on Sep. 25 and traveling to Oklahoma on Oct. 1.

Purdue’s Robert Marve

by Peter AdelsenSports Writer

padelsen@kokomoperspective.com

New BSU coach Pete Lembo

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