KCT takes a trip back to 1962 with ‘Hairspray’62nd season kicks off Aug. 12

She’s overweight. She’s insecure. But all she has ever wanted to do was dance on a local TV show. So when she wins a chance to star on the show, her dreams begin coming true.

After starring on the show, she not only be-gins to gain confidence, but Tracy Turnblad also launches a campaign to integrate the show and help better 1962 Balti-more.

This story has been performed on Broadway, made, and then remade, into mov-ies, and now, the Kokomo Civic Theatre is bringing “Hairspray” to Ko-komo this weekend.

“It’s a big, fun mu-sical. I think a lot of people are familiar with either the John Travolta movie or the Broadway show, so it should be a good time,” said Steve Hughes, director of the Kokomo Civic Theatre.

Landing the lead role of pleasantly-plump Tra-cy Turnblad is 17-year-old Morgan Michel, who is new to KCT.

“I was so excited that I was able to get the lead in this show because it’s such a big opportunity since I’m only 17,” said Michel. “That was re-ally big.” Michel landed the lead after having per-formed only in one show, “White Christmas,” be-fore auditioning.

“It has been amazing working with everyone.

We’re like a fam-ily,” she said.

Speaking of family, Doug Harvey is taking the motherly role in the performance as Edna Turnblad, Tracy’s moth-er. Although he’s a veter-an to KCT shows, he had to learn some new tricks to perfect this role—in-cluding wearing dresses, walking in heals and mastering a womanly walk.

On being a girl, he said, “It’s very different. It’s fun. It’s just different. It’s so weird because I want to stand like a guy and walk like a guy. I get correction and direction from the others, but I’m having a blast doing it.”

As Tracy’s fictional mother, Edna gets to

watch Tracy grow and mature into a strong, young woman through-out the show.

“Tracy is one of those people who’s afraid to leave the house at first because she’s so big and doesn’t really have a whole lot of self-worth until people start tell-ing her to stop listening to what people are say-ing and to listen to her heart,” Harvey said.

As Tracy works to in-tegrate her community, Hughes worked to inte-grate the KCT cast.

“The exciting thing from our standpoint is we have a lot of new people, and because it’s a show about integration,

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Construction woes get costly in countyLocal officials point out problems, but INDOT is making it right; work still on pace for 26 and 31 projects

Road construction isn’t an exact science. Mis-takes are made. Earlier this year, it was discov-ered that an overpass crossing the new U.S. 31 at County Road 50 East was mis-designed, caus-ing the work to be re-done. But that wasn’t the only error.

Last week, acting Howard County Survey-or Greg Lake disclosed that additional miscues costing in excess of half a million dollars recently were discovered. Fortu-nately, local taxpayers shouldn’t feel too much discomfort. The Indiana

Department of Transpor-tation (INDOT) is taking responsibility for ensur-ing the work is done right and stays on sched-ule, and insurance is in place to cover the cost.

“The last two weeks, I have been called out to U.S. 31 project and the State Road 26 project,” Lake told the Howard County Drainage Board on Aug. 1. “The concerns I have been talking about all year long is I need to be out there, looking at this. It finally came to pass. They put a couple of our regulated drains in backwards, where the slope was going uphill. One of our large box cul-verts -- a very expensive project -- they put in over

2½ feet too high.“All of these items I’m

making them take out and put back in correctly. It has been a huge nego-tiation with a lot of prob-lems.”

Lake took his concerns to INDOT immediately, through the weekly part-nership meetings held with the state, the con-tractors and sub-contrac-tors and even interested members of the commu-nity if they so desire. Ac-cording to Harry Magin-ity, public information officer for INDOT, the state will make things right.

“Anything that he has a problem with is be-ing worked out with the project engineer,” said

Maginity. “We have a great working relation-ship, and when we do something wrong or our contractor does some-thing wrong, it gets right-ed. Yes, things go wrong, and they get taken care of. We respond, and we fix it.”

In the case of the box culvert, which is the structure that allows a drainage ditch to flow under a road or drive-way, Lake said he caught the bad installation while it was being performed. But its existence, coupled with his inability to con-stantly monitor the con-struction, has the acting surveyor worried about what else might be going wrong.

“I am concerned that we have missed a lot,” said Lake. “The three sites that I have been to,

one of them had inverse grade on our county tile.

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DO-OVER — Recent mistakes in road construction concerning drainage likely won’t delay the completion date of the projects, officials say.

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Familiar face rejoins surveyor’s office

Jake Grimme hired to pick up slack for missing surveyor Dan Minor

Now this is awkward. The Howard County Sur-veyor’s office has been hobbled for the past two years as its elected offi-cer, Dan Minor, has been frequently absent with health concerns. The problem is so acute that Howard County Storm-water program director Greg Lake has had to serve as the acting sur-veyor for the bulk of Mi-nor’s term.

The county’s business isn’t getting done, and Lake has had to work hundreds of hours with-

out compensation to cover the short staffing. It all came to a head two w e e k s a g o . Lake in-formed t h e Howard County D r a i n -a g e Board on Aug. 1 that he had to hire some help.

“With Dan not avail-able, per our memoran-dum of understanding, I did hire a part-time per-son to run the state road projects,” said Lake. “He will drive every construc-tion site at least once a

week. He’ll look at all the drains and report back to me if anything isn’t looking right so that we can get on top of it and prevent these half-mil-lion-dollar catastrophes. That’s a huge amount of money to start ripping stuff out.”

When pressed about the hiring, Lake disclosed that he had chosen to hire former county surveyor Jake Grimme.

“He’s already out there looking at drains, and we’ve already had to get the attention of the state,” said Lake. “They’re call-ing me now on any tile

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GOOD MORNING, BALTIMORE — The Koko-mo Civic Theater is ready to rock the town with its rendition of “Hairspray” this weekend.

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we definitely have an integrated cast and a lot of new performers from the African American community who may not have participated in the past. So, we’re excited about that,” said Hughes.

Other roles in the show are Rex Swank as Wilbur Turnblad, Chad Huff as Link Larkin, Jillian LaD-ow as Penny Pingleton, Eric Evans as Seaweed Stuffs, David Doucette as Corny Collins, Tonita Price as Motormouth Maybelle, Darrian LaD-ow as Amber Von Tussle, Beth Metcalf as Velma Von Tussle and Cristiana Tate-Price as Little Inez.

The high school coun-cil members who appear on the Corny Collins Show are Marlea Dun-can as Lou Ann, Danny Fleenor as Sketch, Bren-dan Hawkins as IQ, Jesse Salinas as Brad, Elise Schimmelpfennig as Tammy, Nolan Vent as Fender, Victoria Walte-math as Brenda and Ash-

ley Walton as Shelly.The Dynamites, a sing-

ing group reminiscent of the Supremes, are being played by Brooke An-derson, Shay Hinton and Brittany Ussery. Other kids at Motormouth’s re-cord shop are Telisha Da-vis as Lorraine, Kirsten Martin as Cindy, Brycen Morgan as Duane, Peair Richardson as Gilber and Taleah Thurman as Ste-fie.

Other adult characters include: Anita Burkead as Prudy Pingleton, Jeff Pyke as Mr. Spritzerm, Steve Bachmann as Mr. Pinky, Elizabeth Fink as the gym teacher and Ra-

chel Bates as the jail ma-tron.

Show times for “Hair-spray” are 8 p.m. on Fri-day and Saturday, Aug. 12 and 13 and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 14. Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $14 for seniors and $10 for students (through college). Tickets may be reserved by calling 765-454-8800. The Ha-vens Auditorium box of-fice will also be open 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Aug. 9 to 11, and one hour be-fore each performance. Season tickets are also still available for $40.

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Two of the utilities were on top of our tile, which we demand them to be two feet under our tile. We have a 12-inch gas main on top of a regu-lated drain. We have a fiber optic cable laying on top of a regulated drain where it is running par-allel with it. I have a gas line on State Road 26 that has cut through one of our regulated drains and has water backed up just about a mile to the south. It’s blowing up our coun-ty tile. And then there is this culvert situation.”

Lake estimated that the cost to correct the problems could exceed $500,000. This cost, how-ever, will not have to be covered by taxpayers, as insurance policies are in place to cover construc-tion errors.

Lake is not the only county official with con-cerns about the construc-

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SHOW-STEALERS — Morgan Michel and Doug Harvey star as Tracy Turnblad and her mother, Edna.

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No winners in debt dealRepublican chair says nothing was fixed; Democrat

professor sees political trouble on the right

Congress ended its Mexican stand-off last week and agreed to raise the ceiling on the national debt. Conserva-tives howled that enough wasn’t cut from the na-tional deficit as part of the deal. Liberals up-braided their leaders for compromising too much.

Nobody was happy, and that usually means something went right for the nation. But not this time. The stock market and certain commodities immediately went into the tank. Uncertainty and fear threaten to extin-guish the timid economic recovery of 2011.

They don’t like itThe deal, it seems, did

nothing to solve the na-tion’s problems beyond the moment.

“It’s like eating cold mush,” said Craig Dunn, Howard County Repub-lican Party chairman. “We are going to have a $1.6 trillion deficit this year. Even under this bill, the deficit continues to grow. A $1 trillion imme-diate deficit reduction, and even if you throw in a couple more trillion, doesn’t put a dent in the real problem.

“They didn’t address any of the fundamental problems that exist. This is a Band-Aid solution with no pain on the front. Basically, it didn’t accom-plish anything other than maybe calming some of the public they had whipped up in the first place.”

Dunn said he was “grossly disappointed” with the bill that passed b o t h h o u s e s of Con-g r e s s l a s t w e e k . T h e message s e n t to the world by the inability of the U.S. government to find real solutions is that the A m e r i -can peo-ple no l o n g e r have the desire to c h a n g e their de-structive ways.

“Unfortunately, the American people have -- even in the face of tre-mendous crisis -- no will-ingness to make sacrifices at any level anymore,” said Dunn. “Even if the pain is spread equally, I don’t think we have the will to do it.

“The people who are beneficiaries of tax cred-its and depreciation al-lowances and extended weeks of this and that and inflation adjustments to this and that and free-bies handed out like candy to cities and states -- nobody wants to give any of that stuff up. As a result, the problem just gets worse.”

Allen Maxwell, profes-sor emeritus of Political Science at Indiana Uni-versity Kokomo, agrees that the legislation passed last week will help noth-

ing and will mean suffer-ing for the nation.

“I think neither party brought honor to itself in this whole mess,” said Maxwell. “The stock market is obviously im-pacted by this. The reac-tion is that they are not satisfied that this is going to do very much. It’s not bringing about a long-range solution.”

Maxwell predictably pointed the finger at the Republicans for com-mingling issues of the national debt versus the national deficit. By way of comparison, he lik-ened the right’s efforts to a household that tries to cut off spending by not paying its mortgage.

“What the Republi-cans did was connect the deficit to the debt, and I think that’s not wise,” said Maxwell. “They need to deal with the debt. It’s what we already owe. The deficit is what will happen in the next months and years and needs to be dealt with separately. We should not threaten the credit of the country by talking about not paying debts that al-ready have been incurred by Congress. To suggest that we shouldn’t pay that doesn’t make a lot of sense.”

Maxwell accused con-gressional Republicans of forcing concessions on the deficit by putting the risk of default on the debt into play, thereby shak-ing global confidence in the U.S. It may be one of the reasons that the mar-ket reacted so negatively

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tion taking place. How-ard County Highway Superintendent Ted Cain reported to the Howard County Commissioners on Aug. 1 that he has been less than satisfied at times with how the projects are impacting county roads.

“We’ve had issues with the state’s portion of the U.S. 31 bypass at State Road 22,” said Cain. “They closed roads that were our detour routes. It’s been an ongoing prob-lem. County Road 200 North should be open in about six weeks. They’re going to fix some spots they tore up in our county roads.

“This week, I have a meeting with (the design subcontractor). I’m tired of this stuff happening. They’re trying to go too fast, and that’s why mis-takes are being made.”

Maginity vouched for the local officials’ assess-ments, but he is confident that construction will re-main on schedule despite the difficulties.

“Greg is a good guy, and

I would trust that what he says has some accuracy,” said Maginity. “Mr. Cain is very painstaking in his approach to your county’s roads, and that is a credit to your community. He is really involved. We work well with the surveyor’s office. INDOT supervises construction for quality and adherence, and we make sure the contractor or their subs do not vio-late the standards that are set. We have an oversight responsibility.

“That doesn’t mean that everything happens perfectly on construction jobs; it certainly doesn’t. There are mistakes that can be made, but gener-ally things are going very well with construction on U.S. 31. It is being con-structed ahead of sched-ule and under budget, which is really nice.”

The same goes for State Road 26, according to Maginity. In fact, a clo-sure on the highway will take place on or after Aug. 10, involving a 1,000-foot stretch from 3rd Street heading east. This is the third and final phase of construction directly af-fecting Russiaville, and that work is expected to be concluded this year so that the town will not be disturbed in 2012.

However, the State Road 26 project does en-compass 7.38 miles of improvements, and the highway will go under the knife next year to the east of Russiaville, termi-nating near the intersec-tion of Dixon Road. Mag-inity said that the entire project is still slated to conclude on Oct. 30, 2012.

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Taylor Township prides itself on its volun-teer fire department. It has serviced the commu-nity of Indian Heights for decades, but soon that area will fall within the Kokomo city limits. However, the city and the township just signed an agreement to allow the Kokomo Fire Depart-ment to service the area before the annexation takes effect in January.

According to Taylor Township Trustee Di-anne Kuntz, the agree-ment, which is valid

through March 1, 2012, will give Kokomo fire-fighters an opportunity to get familiar with Indi-an Heights’ labyrinthine street layout before they assume full fire protec-tion service.

But there was a sec-ondary motivation for the agreement: ambu-lance service.

“They wanted a tran-sition period to get into the Heights and become familiar with it,” said Kuntz. “It shows that we’re willing to negoti-ate. The main reason I did this is we are work-ing on an agreement to allow Taylor Town-

ship to continue ambu-lance service in Indian Heights. You give a little, you get a little.

“The city will have In-dian Heights in January anyway. Hopefully, I can continue to provide the citizens with ambulance service.”

Kokomo Mayor Greg Goodnight echoed Kuntz’s statements, ex-plaining the concerns that motivated the city to enter an early service agreement.

“On Jan. 1, Indian Heights will come into the city of Kokomo,” said Goodnight. “They have a large volunteer

fire department, and we have the new fire station that will open in the next two to three weeks. The concern was, once we open, that there could be a fire within eyesight of our station, and we would not be able to re-spond to it.

“The original discus-sions centered around making sure that we had an agreement to cover this area between now and the first of the year. We were able to do that. Once the station in open, both Taylor Township and the city of Kokomo fire departments will re-

Pierson was an early radar specialist in Italy

Russell (Russ) M. Pier-son of Greentown was there at Stornara, Italy in WW II. In the sum-mer after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and while still at the Eastern Illinois University, Russ enlisted with the aviation cadets for electrician and radio work. The army let him continue his education at the university until they needed him. In January 1943, the United States Army Air Corps called him for officer training at Boca Raton, Fla. He was sent to Yale University for electronics schooling and on to the Massachu-setts Institute of Technol-ogy at Boston Harbor for radar training. He was transferred back to Boca

Raton, Fla., for teaching electronics, but instead was sent to Norfolk, Va., to be transported overseas. He boarded a French Liner bound for Italy and landed in Na-ples. He was then sent to Stornara, Italy, the lo-cation of the 456th Bom-bardment Group of B-24 Liberator aircraft. He was assigned to the Ra-dar Maintenance Group of the 456th, where he re-paired electronic circuit-ry systems.

While at the 456th at Stornara, Italy, he lived in a four-man tent that had cots and open shelves for storage. Their lights were overhead electric light bulbs. The tent was heated by a 50 gallon drum half connected by pipe to an outside 50 gal-lon drum of gasoline. The gasoline would drip into

the inside half drum lined with a few bricks, and when ignited gave off heat. He ate his meals at the officer’s dining facil-ity. He said that the 456th had a dentist assigned to take care of any dental or simple medical needs, and they had a clothing store for spare uniforms. There were a few Italian families that would take in the airmen’s washings, but restaurants and bars were off-limits to the air force in order to avoid any problems. (The Ital-ians were allies of the Germans during in WW II.)

Prior to the spring of 1945, attempts to foul-up German anti-aircraft fire consisted of drop-ping strips of aluminum foil into the air by the aircraft. The anti-aircraft guns were located on

the ground and would automatically fire in the direction of metal (foil) in the sky. A new radar detection system was made available to Ameri-can aircraft. Russ and his crew installed this new radar detection system into their B-24s. This new system involved the op-erator of the radio tuning in until he found the fre-quency that the German radar was operating. He would tune his three transmitters to that fre-quency, which rendered the anti-aircraft tracking system (guns) useless.

Russ said that being assigned to an aviation group was never dull, and you soon learned to expect the unexpected. He recalls one day when a plane blew a tire while trying to land, and while veering off the runway,

missed the radar build-ing by one foot and then proceeded to the Radio-Conning tower (while men were jumping out) and tore it down. When the war was over Russ didn’t have enough points to return back to the USA, so he was sent to another fighter wing

in northeast Italy. He was later put on a ship bound for the Philippines. When reaching the Panama Ca-nal, they learned the war was over, so they then sailed to Boston, Mass. Russ feels his service time was important, and he was proud to have served his country.

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TAKE BACK THE NIGHT — Dozens of Kokomo residents turned out at Bon Air Park on Aug. 2 to celebrate “Take Back the Night” with the Kokomo Police Depart-ment. The event was one of several held across the city which saw hundreds of people interact with police officers while enjoying food, music and fun. Other lo-cations included Kokomo Beach, Dunbar Court, Pine Valley Apartments, Garden Square Apartments and several other park and public housing locations.

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Kokomo, Taylor Twp. reach fire agreementCity will provide service to Indian Heights as soon as new south station opens; Taylor ambulance agreement in the works

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in the days following the deal.

“I’m not sure we can tell why the market is reacting this way,” said Maxwell. “My guess is they don’t see that the deal solves the problem. On the other hand, to solve the problem, if it in-volves current cuts, they wouldn’t have liked that, either.”

What Dunn is certain won’t be liked by the market is the nation’s unabated march toward insolvency. He believes Congress’ inaction on the larger concerns of the day puts our future secu-rity in jeopardy.

“It is a mathemati-cal certainty that unless you change the curve in terms of the trajectory of the federal debt -- unless you bend it down and

sustain it -- at some point you will reach the status of Greece,” said Dunn. “We are putting a loaded revolver into the hands of people who would like to do us harm -- Russia, China, Middle Eastern oil empires. The day they stop buying our securi-ties, they can bring us to our economic knees.”

Tea Party troubleThe deal pushes the

debate on the debt ceil-

ing past the 2012 election cycle, which should be a good thing, according to Maxwell. There are many more pressing concerns to be faced by Congress and the president. Jobs and the economy are still lacking strength. He also sees a political problem surfacing for the Repub-licans who must now bal-ance the demands of the far-right Tea Party cau-cus against the more cen-trist views of the nation.

“One fallout may be a black eye for the Tea Party,” said Maxwell. “I think they put self-inter-est before national inter-ests. They came to Wash-ington to have an effect, and they certainly had that. From what I see, the public is upset with the lack of compromise.

“It’s awfully early, and voters have a very short memory. By next No-vember, they aren’t go-ing to remember the debt

ceiling debate. The major impact will be a leery at-titude toward the Tea Party. I think they’ll be seen as obstructionists.”

Maxwell believes the Tea Party will have a significant influence on the Republican primary next spring, and that may very well mean rousing victories for the Demo-crats in 2012.

“If they nominate a lot of Tea Party people, I think that will hurt them

in the fall,” said Maxwell. “In the primaries, it is the Tea Party who are activ-ists and get their people out to vote. They may win there, but in the fall I think the more mod-erate Republicans may sit on their hands or not even vote. (Tea Party presidential favorite) Michelle Bachmann may win in Iowa, but she has no chance of winning the presidency.”

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spond to any fire.”Goodnight explained

that the city fire department will not respond to medi-cal runs during this transi-tion period. All services of Taylor Township to Indian Heights will remain in-tact through the life of this agreement.

Kuntz said the city has drafted a letter of intent to allow the ambulance ser-vice to continue beyond the annexation date. She did not have a time frame for when this letter might be finalized and signed.

“This is still in the dis-cussion stage right now,” said Goodnight. “Through

the end of the year, Taylor Township will continue to provide ambulance service. We’re sitting down to see if we can reach on agreement on this and a couple of other issues.”

Goodnight was compli-mentary of Kuntz and the negotiation process, which will result in secured protec-tion for local residents.

“Dianne deserves kudos for sitting with us and work-ing out this agreement,” said Goodnight. “Dianne is very passionate about the work Taylor Township does. It was important to her to extend the agreement beyond the first of the year. That just provides an extra level of coverage for peo-ple in that area. We’re very comfortable with that.”

Delphi demonstrates new technology at ride-and-drive Retired racecar driver Lyn St. James experiences innovative systems firsthand

You’re driving down the highway happily cruising along at 60 mph when a car pulls in front of you going at a slower speed. What’s more annoying than the slower driver? Your messed up cruise control.

Wouldn’t it be nice if your vehicle could magi-cally adjust to that car’s speed and then return to the speed you set your con-trol at once the vehicle is no longer in front of you? Well, Delphi says it can.

Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) was just one of five new products Dephi dem-onstrated last Tuesday at a ride-and-drive presented for veteran racecar driver Lyn St. James.

Delphi has put more than 50 years of cruise control experience and more than 20 years of radar experi-ence into the development of its innovative Adaptive

Cruise Control System. The system is designed to make cruise control more usable in most traffic conditions, resulting in a more relaxed driving experience.

“Adaptive cruise control is a stop-and-go system,” said Delphi senior system engineer Mike Pawlowski. “If you’re following a vehi-cle that stops at a light, it’ll actually bring the vehicle to a complete stop. When you start again, apply gas, and it’ll ramp back up to speed.”

The system is designed to operate under a wide range of environmental conditions, such as dirt, ice, daylight, darkness, rain and fog.

The other products that were demonstrated were MyFi, rear and side detec-tion, collision mitigation and parking guidance.

The MyFi system is be-ing designed as a result of users being overstimulated by devices such as smart-phones. The system takes

the information straight from the device and dis-plays it exactly how it looks on the phone onto the dashboard on a large touch screen.

“Most people can’t leave home without their smart-phones. They like the con-nectivity. They like the in-formation that’s provided. Well, we also want to be safe. We want to merge that all together,” said Keenan Estese, engineering general manager.

But even when the phone is made more user-friendly, it is still a source of distraction, said Estese. To counter measure that, en-gineers have looked to an IR camera as a possible an-swer. The camera monitors the driver’s eyes and head position. When a driver has looked away for too long or becomes off task, LED lights flash to capture the driver’s attention.

The next feature that was demonstrated was the Rear and Side Detection System

(RSDS). This systems sits on a vehicle’s dashboard as a rectangular box where dif-ferent positions light up to show where other vehicles are in relation to it.

By providing an alert when cars are around or approaching, RSDS helps give drivers more time to react to obstacles that may be in blind spots or are dif-ficult to see.

One of the alerts on the RSDS is a lane change merge assist that lights up to show that a car is rapidly approaching from behind the vehicle. If this light is on, the driver should wait for it to pass or be cautious before changing lanes.

“It’s also good for back-ing out of a parking space. If you have two big SUVs parked beside you, you can see who’s coming down the aisle,” said advanced en-gineering developer Walt Kosiak.

Another new type of technology that was dem-onstrated was the Collision

Mitigation System (CMS) can, depending on the car’s speed, completely stop or slow a vehicle to prevent or mitigate collisions.

CMS uses input from its vision and radar sensors to allow full automatic brak-ing power when it senses a collision with objects such as other cars, pedestrians, and animals.

The last feature that was demonstrated was a Park-ing Guidance System (PGS) that uses a rearview camera and advanced algorithms to help make parking easi-er.

“The parking system was incredibly helpful. It’s like having another set of eyes out there,” said St. James. “If you have to parallel park a lot, then that’s a fantastic feature. If you don’t, then it’s still nice to have.”

This system is said to be affordable and easy to im-plement into most vehicles.

“If we can make the ve-hicles smarter and provide the mechanisms in the ve-

hicles to augment the users’ ability to be aware of their surroundings, and when there’s a situation that de-mands it, get them back on task. That’s what it’s all about, and that’s what we’re trying to achieve here,” said Estese.

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that is hit, whether its regu-lated or private.”

Board members asked Lake how the arrangement was made with Grimme. At present, he is using his own vehicles to perform his work, though he declined additional compensation for doing so.

“I talked to him about that, and he didn’t care to be compensated,” said Lake. “His hourly rate was ac-ceptable. I estimate he will work two to three days a week, initially, just to get all of the projects looked after and to find all of the prob-lems. After that I would an-ticipate maybe two days a

week, tops.”Drainage board member

Paul Wyman asked how Lake monitors Grimme to ensure the needed work is being completed, to which Lake responded that Grimme documents his in-spections with photos and notes and is in regular con-tact with the office.

Grimme’s hiring could be viewed as ironic or even poetic by those who understand the dynamics at work. Grimme was the county surveyor from 1995 until 2010, losing to Minor in what some believe was a campaign enshrouding a personal conflict between the two men.

Because Minor has been famously absent and inef-fective in the 19 months of his term, Grimme’s hiring

to pick up the work left un-done by Minor could prove to be a sore point.

But there are plenty of sore points to go around in the surveyor office. How-ard County Attorney Larry Murrell pointedly asked Lake during the drainage board meeting to detail the burden Minor’s inability to perform the duties of his of-fice has caused.

“Even though you’ve hired this extra help, isn’t a fact that you’re still materi-ally under-staffed because of Dan’s absences for what-ever reasons?” asked Mur-rell. “Aren’t you struggling to keep up?”

“I’m not keeping up; it’s that simple,” said Lake. “As of last year, my time was significantly over the allot-ted hours. I ended up losing

all of that time. This year, it is difficult to find me at the end of the month. I’m trying to be at zero at the end. Last month, I lost eight hours. That pushes any work to the next day.”

In 2010, Lake worked 128 hours without compensa-tion. That’s in addition to the 80 hours that the county agrees to compensate em-ployees for additional work over the course of a year.

At the close of the drainage board meeting, Wyman, Murrell and board member Tyler Moore could be heard openly discuss-ing how to handle Minor’s chronic absences. While nothing official was stated, the trio agreed that the surveyor should be ap-proached to discuss his lack of performance.

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School consolidation gets failing gradeCCC to examine fire protection on Aug. 10 at IUK’s Kresge Auditorium

The Citizens Consoli-dation Committee (CCC) wanted some input from the experts on the topic of consolidating Howard County’s five public school systems. They got it, but it wasn’t favorable to the idea.

School superintendents board members warned the committee that the risk of losing quality and funding is present at the heart of the debate. And one speaker -- Indiana University Ko-komo Chancellor Michael Harris -- proposed that the CCC wasn’t looking at the consolidation issue in the proper scope.

“The structure of local government is anachro-nistic and obsolete,” said Harris in his introductory comments to a crowd of about 50 interested citizens and committee members. “We’re dealing with struc-tures that were formed years ago when it was a different world and a dif-ferent economy. In order to compete and assure the American dream for tomor-row, we really need to think in terms of regions.”

Northwestern Schools Superintendent Ryan Snod-dy represented the county’s five school systems in his presentation to the commit-tee, enumerating the many ways in which the schools already cooperate and col-lectively seek out savings

and efficiencies. From in-surance and school buses to pencils and paper, it seems that the schools find part-ners to help bring down purchasing costs.

When it comes to savings from consolidating admin-istrative staffs, Snoddy ex-plained that the superinten-dents compared Howard County to school system closest to its total popula-tion -- Elkhart Schools.

“At the time -- a few years ago -- they had about 12,000 students, and combined Howard County had just under 12,000,” said Snod-dy. “Elkhart had about the same amount of general fund money to spend as the five Howard County school systems.

“The interesting thing was, as we looked at where their expenses went, Elkhart had over 20 more administrators than the five Howard County school systems.”

Snoddy proposed that the real savings from con-solidation comes from fa-cility closures. A central administrative office would save some overhead costs when it comes to maintain-ing one building instead of five. But it is the actual closure of school buildings that holds the real potential for savings.

“This room isn’t big enough for the crowd you’re going to have if you start that,” said Snoddy.

Kokomo-Center Schools Superintendent Jeff Haus-

wald warned about one of the unintended conse-quences of consolidation -- federal funding loss. Kokomo-Center receives a huge amount of funding from the federal govern-ment because 70 percent of its students live at or below the poverty level.

“If we were to consoli-date and our poverty rate would go down, we would see a serious decrease in the amount of money we get at the federal level,” said Hauswald. “When I say decrease, I mean millions of dollars.

Hauswald later pointed out that consolidation of schools is actually the op-posite of what the state of Indiana currently is ad-vocating, thanks to the si-phoning of tax dollars into

school voucher programs and charter schools.

“When you look at the charter and voucher leg-islation, we just created hundreds of new school systems,” said Hauswald. “So, in reality, as we’ve fought our way down to 292 public school districts in the state, we’re going to double that number in the next year. And the finan-cial statements released last year show that it’s about 2.3 to 2.5 times more spent on administrative costs in charter schools compared to public schools.”

The CCC meets again this Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. to discuss county-wide fire protection. The forum will be held at IUK’s Kresge Auditorium.

Haynes-Apperson turned a profit

Paul Wyman, Chair-man of the Haynes-Ap-person Festival, sat down with the Kokomo Perspec-tive to discuss how well the festival did and to look at the festival’s finan-cial information.

Kokomo Perspective: How well did the festival do this year?

Paul Wyman: I don’t have final numbers for you. Overall the festival was a big success this year. We don’t have all the final numbers crunched yet, but it looks like we are going to be profitable. Hopefully we will be able to make a donation to the Automotive Heritage Museum and have some money left over to invest in next year’s festival.

KP: How much do you donate to the Automotive Heritage Museum?

PW: It ends up being based on how well we do as a festival. The board will make that determi-nation next month at the board meeting.

KP: There was some bad weather during the festival. Do you think that affected attendance at all?

PW: Rain moved in late on two nights right at the end of both of our concerts. Overall it didn’t hurt our festival numbers too bad. We are real for-tunate that the rain didn’t come during all of the ma-jor events.

KP: How is your rev-enue generated?

PW: Our revenues are generated by sponsor-ships, the rides and ven-dors. Then we have some other miscellaneous ways we raise revenue.

KP: The festival has a large cash reserve -- around $60,000. How do you determine how much you keep in reserve?

PW: We maintain re-serves in case we run into a festival where we have inclement weather and our revenue is way down. One of the things this board did when we took over this festival was to apply some business principals and part of that business principal was to create a reserve account so that, during the years where we don’t make the kind of money that we anticipate, we can cover those years so the festival can continue on.

We are not raising mon-ey for any specific organi-zation or to raise money for day to day operations. We raise money to put the festival on, and that is it. We have built up some reserve accounts to make up for a year where rev-enues may not be as high as we anticipated. There is no real magic formula because we don’t have an annual operating bud-get from a standpoint of salaries and overhead. We have set aside money

in case there is a year w h e r e we are hit hard f r o m ride rev-e n u e , sponsor-ships or vendor revenue.

KP: Looking at your financials, some of the reserve money gets rein-vested into the festival…

PW: We take a portion of it and put it in reserves, and a portion of it gets re-invested into the festival for the next year. If you look at the festival over the last eight years, the reason it has grown to the level it has is because of the reinvestment of those dollars into the festival.

Our August board meeting is generally a recap for the festival this year, and we begin plan-ning for next year.

KP: Doesn’t the city pay for the fireworks each year? Are those the only public dollars invested in the festival, and is there a goal to phase out the public contribution to the festival?

PW: The city is a big partner for the festival. They help us with the fireworks. The street de-partment guys are really helpful for us. When we had the very first meeting when the Haynes-Apper-son festival was cancelled in 2002, we had a commu-nity meeting with busi-ness people and elected people. We decided at that meeting, for the festi-val to be successful, it re-ally needs to be a public/private partnership. The mayor at the time felt like the city would contribute by providing some be-hind-the-scenes support and the fireworks. That is the commitment the city made then, and they have honored that commit-ment all the way through. And it has been a great success for us.

KP: How important are the fireworks to the festi-val?

PW: It helps the festival tremendously. A lot of the vendors like to see that on the agenda because that is a huge draw for people.

KP: The city is trying to move most of the down-town events to Foster Park. Is that something you can do in the near fu-ture?

PW: We have been dis-cussing it for a couple of years now. We have looked at a variety of plans to do so. It is tough to move it over to Foster Park now because the in-frastructure is not there. We are open to ideas. We aren’t saying no, but we obviously have to main-tain the integrity of the festival.

The pavilion is beauti-ful, but it is a lot larger than our entertainment events.

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LEARNING EXPERIENCE — CCC chairperson Isabella Chism makes opening remarks at the committee’s school consolidaton forum.

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Thanks to Humane Society

I am writing this letter to thank the staff and vol-unteers and those con-nected with the Kokomo Humane Society for their great efforts in show-ing care and compassion with animals.

On July 28, my daugh-ters -- Ava and Lilly -- and their friend, Dharni, and myself came all the way from the Wayne Town-ship area of Indianapolis to drop off a neglected kitten. I called animal shelters and humane so-cieties across a number of

counties in hopes of find-ing a good, safe home for teh kitten, which the kids had already named “Rocky.”

We would have kept the cat ourselves, but our cat has already had the run of the house for a number of years now. I called areas from India-napolis, Danville, Mar-tinsville, Mooresville, Zionsville, Lebanon and other locations until I came in contact with the Kokomo Humane Soci-ety.

I wanted to let the pub-lic know what a great job the facility does there and

on limited resources. This was most certainly a les-son in showing compas-sion to God’s creatures to our children. Thanks, again, as the kids are as-sured that Rocky andthe others are well take care of.

Mark HummerIndianapolis

Upset about catsI’m writing to tell

about a matter that hap-pened a few weeks ago, namely, about the Koko-mo Humane Society.

We placed a very healthy mother cat and five very lively, beauti-ful, playful litter-trained kittens, eight weeks old,

there hoping they would be able to find good homes for them.

We know that there is always a chance that they can be put down if they are not adopted within a given time. We were told that was not the case if they stayed healthy.

They wanted to know the kitten’s names. We did not just take them there and dump them. We were told that they would help us find good homes and to call any-time to see how things were going for them.

So, after a week, we called and were told that they were doing just

In the Aug. 3 edition of the Kokomo Perspective, Todd Ream’s letter to the editor states, “Persuaded by John Floyd that con-solidating the county’s five school corporations could save more money than all other consolida-tion efforts combined, the Citizens Consolidation Committee (CCC) sched-uled its first of five public hearings to address this topic.”

He then charges that I am guilty of trading facts for fiction and uses that term again in his letter. Obviously Mr. Ream is questioning my veracity; consequently, I must re-spond.

Ream ends his letter with the term, “just the facts.” Here are the facts. I have never been an advo-cate, supporter or enthu-siast of school consolida-tion, and certainly never encouraged or tried to persuade CCC commit-tee members to support consolidation of Howard County schools to save money. While I am not re-sponsible for Mr. Ream’s English comprehension, he should pay more at-tention to the subject.

Ream obviously has interpreted my remarks concerning possible con-solidation of the five school administrations as meaning consolidation of Kokomo and Howard County schools. Ream is addressing two com-pletely different subjects. As he stated, let’s deal with “just the facts.” The fact is Ream’s letter to the

editor of Aug. 3 is total fiction.

Ream is not the only one who thinks the CCC is recommending and advocating school con-solidation. At the CCC’s Aug. 3 forum on educa-tion, one superintendent talked at length about the perils of school consoli-dation. School consolida-tion has never been on the radar screen of the CCC, nor is it of any in-terest to the committee.

However, there has been much discussion about the five separate administrations with five school boards, five school superintendents and five administrative staffs. While the subject never came up in the first edu-cation forum, the need for five separate school administrations of How-

ard County schools will be a matter of future dis-cussions. Todd Ream’s letter to the editor subject is closed.

Moving on, this ques-tion baffles me. Why are the United States’ unions in lockstep with the Dem-ocratic Party? I can un-derstand union support for the Democratic Party over Right to Work laws, card check for union elec-tions and the many issues that are to the benefit of the unions as a whole. What I don’t understand is why the unions blindly follow all liberal policies of the Democrat Party.

As a general rule, union members are hard work-ers. They are taxpayers, and have a deep love for our country. I want to emphasize they are hard workers. With this plain and descriptive defini-tion of the union worker, why do the unions sup-port the policies of the Democrat Party that provide for and support a class of individuals in our country that does not work, does not intend to work and is breeding a class of individuals that

will forever be wards of the United States govern-ment? It doesn’t make sense.

My dad was a Demo-crat. I grew up with Democratic values in ev-ery sense of the word. I loved Franklin Delano Roosevelt and still do. John F. Kennedy was the catalyst for my intense in-terest of politics.

But, slowly, an evolu-tion -- not revolution -- of the Democrat Party’s val-ues changed my politi-cal party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, then to an Independent. The Democrat Party left me, I didn’t leave the par-ty. Both parties -- Repub-lican and Democrat-now are incongruous with mainstream America.

The Democrat Party

The office of county surveyor isn’t one that gar-ners much attention. In fact, if not for its inclusion in the state constitution, there is little reason for the position to be elected by the people. It is a functional office, not an administrative one. The public needs a qualified and reliable individual in the chair; politics really has nothing to do with it.

Unfortunately, Howard County Surveyor Dan Minor is sorely lacking in the “reliable” category. In fact, he has logged so little time in the office since taking over in 2009 that it is difficult to acknowledge his existence.

Minor missed most of last year with medical prob-lems. He was on leave for so long that his chief dep-uty, Greg Lake, was named acting surveyor by the county. Lake already has a job. He is the administra-tor of the county’s stormwater management office. The “administrator” part of the title is largely cer-emonial. The guy is in the field more than he’s in the office. That’s how the job works.

Lake worked 128 hours without pay for Howard county last year, ensuring that the tasks the people needed completed were handled professionally. That’s in addition to his normal 40 hours a week and 80 hours in compensated time outside of the normal schedule. The public should thank him for stepping up when Minor fell ill.

When Minor came back to the job last fall, the ex-pectation was that things could go back to normal. He could do what he was elected to do. Lake could go back to devoting time to stormwater manage-

ment. And the surveyor’s office would fade into the background where is typically should spend its time.

That didn’t happen. When Minor was on the job, he was described as uncooperative by other officials who interact with his office. And his “field work” is dotted with accounts of unusual behavior.

Now Minor is absent again with physical ailments. Lake is logging in extra hours, and recently he dis-covered the cost of being chronically under-staffed. Construction work on State Road 26 and U.S. 31 has caused a good number of potential drainage prob-lems that must be addressed. These could have been caught had the surveyor’s office been firing on all cylinders. Fortunately, the taxpayers won’t pay for the mistakes; they’ll only have the inconvenience of construction delays.

The situation has degraded to the point that Lake recently exercised an option to hire someone to help with the workload. The irony in bringing former surveyor Jake Grimme on board shouldn’t be lost on anyone. He is the man who kept the office running relatively smoothly for years before losing to Minor in the 2008 election.

This is not what the people thought they were get-ting when they cast their votes. Minor campaigned on his credentials as a certified surveyor, and he got a 50-percent bump in pay for having that piece of paper in hand. But we’ve gotten next to nothing in return. Illness or no illness, a public official needs to actively serve. If Minor can’t do that, he needs to re-sign.

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great, and they will still do just great and that there was no way they would be put down.

The next week, we called to check on them and were told that they had been put down. When we asked why, the woman then just said, “Sorry, sweetie.”

When my friend came home from work and was told this, she was as shocked and hurt as we were. She said that she was going to call and ask if the kittens were sick or what had happened, to which she was told they just did not have any room for them, that they just had too many cats. To that, my friend stated, “But they were only ten weeks old.” To that, she was told, “Oh, we do this all the time!” Is this what the Kokomo Humane So-ciety stands for?

We can only hope that those little kittens’ deaths were quick and painless for them, for it will never be painless for us in our hearts. If you read this letter, I think you and please believe that we are not catty old ladies or nutcases that dwell on our cats -- just very upset over this matter.

Becky S. HattRita M. Hatt

Judith K. HaskettKokomo

Take on the Humane Society

Cheers for Derick Beroshok. It’s about time someone takes on the Ko-komo Humane Society. It’s long overdue.

I am a cat lover, and where I live, many get dropped off. Some are ready to have babies, and in a two-week period in 2009, we trapped 46 cats and took them in to the Humane Society, only to find out they would all be put down because fe-

ral cats can’t be domesti-cated.

I have four that live inside, have been fixed and are very loving pets. Also, I was told when I called about the strays, do you feed them? If so, you’ll have to trap them and bring them in. They are your responsibil-ity. So, now I find people who need barn cats. At least I know they have a warm place in the winter and have a chance to live.

Also, my daughter went to adopt a dog. She found one she wanted and was told she was an older dog. The fee was $224. That was to get her fixed and six months of insurance. She paid the fee and was told she couldn’t take her. They would take her to the vet to be fixed, and they would call her when she was ready for pick-up.

So, we left, only to be called by the vet’s office the next day to tell us she wouldn’t be having surgery. She was already

fixed, but she did have a tooth that needed pulled and a heartworm test that should be done. The tooth would cost $80, the heartworm test $20 more.

You would think if they didn’t have to do the surgery, they could have pulled the tooth and did the heartworm test at no charge. By the way, they take the animals to the most expensive vet in town. And what was the six months worth of in-surance she paid for? It’s a joke.

I pray Derick Beros-hok gets his wish, for it couldn’t come too soon for me. I’ll even volun-teer to help him any way I can. If the man in the truck that says “Kokomo Humane Society” is too lazy to come pick up strays when asked to, let him find a different job. He’s had it too easy for too long.

Marcia EvansKokomo

The Tea Party set the agenda.

The Republican old-guard reasserted itself in the final hours and forged a deal no one is really happy with. Presi-dent Obama, faced with a 9.2 percent jobless rate, couldn’t afford to let the United States slip into default, which was the universally unacceptable result to everyone but el-ements of the Tea Party and Club for Growth.

Republicans, control-ling a little over half of one chamber in Congress, called the President’s bluff on this “manufac-tured crisis” while manu-facturing plants across the country were quiet. Obama, without a deal of his own, had to swallow this deal while his base grimaced over a “Satan sandwich.”

There were $1.5 trillion in cuts, no tax increases and a new, 12-person, su-per committee that will try to find more perma-nent solutions this fall.

Indiana’s congressional delegation was split five to six over this matter, -- almost in half -- as was the House Tea Party Cau-cus. Two Republicans,

U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar and U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, fac-ing the races of their po-litical lives in 2012, voted for the measure.

Two Republicans in the safest districts, U.S. Reps. Todd Rokita and Marlin Stutzman, voted against the measure, joining lib-eral Reps. Andre Carson and Pete Visclosky, as well as Sen. Dan Coats. And the most vulnerable, U.S. Rep. Dan Burton, also voted no.

“I don’t see this so much as a good deal. I see it as a good start,” said Pence in an Aug. 3 inter-view at the Rathskeller in Indianapolis. “We have a long way to go. This is a first step in a long pro-cess to restore fiscal disci-pline in Washington, D.C. I thought it was worth supporting. I don’t think it was anything to write home about,” reiterating that it is a modest, but meaningful step toward fiscal discipline.

“All we did here was stop digging,” said Pence, who left Washington on Tuesday and ended up at the Morgan County 4-H Fair, watching the bull competition and even standing in the inevitable bovine by-product, which he said he preferred over the Capitol Hill marble.

“That’s all we did. If

you owe debts, pay debts. We had to find an obliga-tion to pay the nation’s bills. But my requirement was to do that in a fiscally responsible way,” Pence said.

The New York Times re-ported: By the end of the 10-year deal, the federal debt would be much larg-er than it is today. Indeed, both the government and its debts will continue to grow faster than the American economy, pri-marily because the new law does not address fed-eral spending on health care.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the federal debt is likely to exceed 100 per-cent of the nation’s an-nual economic output by 2021, largely because of

Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

Opposition ran from the liberal to conservative within the Indiana del-egation. Rep. Visclosky called it “inadequate” and noted that two wars are being funded and a dozen big corporations earning $171 billion in profits pay no taxes.

“It’s important to re-member that this debate is only one symptom of our nation’s larger debt problem,” Stutzman said. “I have consistently sought a solution that is grounded on the conser-vative principles of cut, cap and balance.”

Rokita said, “For de-cades now, we have spent too much money on our-selves and have intention-ally allowed our kids and grandkids to pay for it. It is intergenerational theft – literally stealing from our best asset, our posterity. The correct course of ac-tion, as I have said from the beginning, is to enact permanent and structural reform as the price for raising the debt ceiling.” He said the bill failed to do that.

That may be true. But the alternative, in the end, was not a better bill. The other option was to have the country default on

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This is not what anyone should have expected. Elected with a mandate from the American people to change this nation for the better, President Barack Obama has squandered his time and his political cap-ital by conceding to the demands of the Republicans in Congress.

Healthcare, debt ceilings, deficit management -- virtually at every turn, Obama has turned aside from the path of socioeconomic reform and justice in order to find a middle ground that doesn’t exist.

This new breed of Republican doesn’t compromise. John Boehner, Mitch McConnell and Eric Cantor have no intention allowing the President to prevail on any issue. Unfortunately, he isn’t strong enough as a lead-er to stand up to them.

Of the three, McConnell is the most obvious in his neglect of the electorate. His stated intent -- again and again -- is to defeat President Obama. Nothing else appears to matter. Any time this guy gets in front of a microphone or camera, he’s waging political war.

If he thinks Obama might veto a piece of legisla-tion, he talks about finding ways to freeze discretion-ary spending through recission bills. When it came to the debt ceiling crisis, McConnell was the one ready to pull the trigger in this latest round of Russian Rou-lette. Damn the nation and its needs; McConnell has a President to defeat.

Boehner isn’t much better, with his post-game

“How to blame Obama” speeches after a “compro-mise” on the debt ceiling was reached.

And Cantor? Here’s a guy who initially looked like he might work with Democrats to find middle ground positions to help all Americans. He was willing to agree to fair compromises in December and April. They were so even that the media failed to give much attention to them.

But that all changed this summer. He went from negotiator to the definition of a hard-line political player, joining McConnell and Boehner in opposition to everything that vaguely resembled reasonable dis-course and good-faith negotiation.

Given the Republican leadership’s single-minded focus to ignore the needs of the nation in favor of a dangerous game of political chicken, we need a Presi-dent who will stand with the people. Obama has proven not to be that person.

It’s late in the political season, but the Democrat Party really needs to find someone to run against Obama next spring. The people need a leader who won’t wilt when faced with political pressure from Republicans. In fact, the three Republican “leaders” need tobe sent packing, as do many other politicians is Washington.

Perhaps columnist John Floyd was right when he recently suggested we get rid of them all and start over. They’re failing us.

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of the Kokomo Police of-ficers. On July 20, Chanel 8 news stated that law en-forcement officers were be-ing allowed to wear pull-over shirts and short pants around the state, but Koko-mo Police officers were not allowed to wear pull-over shirts and short pants.

What is the big deal about it? Those uniforms are hot and heavy. What does the city want these cops to do? Collapse from the heat? There is no rea-son why kokomo cops can’t dress as cool as they can in this extreme heat.

Well, people, if you see a Kokomo cop collapse, call an ambulance because they are going to need one. I have only onething to say to Kokomo Police officers. The heat is on. Be carfeul because if you’re not, tax-payers will have to come to your aid. It’s obvious the Kokomo Police Depart-

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Brent BartholomewKokomo

Red Hattersliked the jail

On Wed., July 27, the City of Firsts Red Hatters were given a tour of the Howard County Jail. And we were impressed! We ate the same meal served to the inmates and made by a selected group of inmates. The meal was delicious adn well-balanced. The cost permeal was amaz-ingly small for the quality.

The facility tour showed a self-contained unit with administration, laundry, food services, inmate housing with its appropri-ate divisions, recreation, classroom, visitor, court, evidence and individual processing rooms. The staff was knowledgeable and pleasant. Howard County has every rigth to be proud of its jail andthe remark-able people who run it.

A special thanks goes to our tour guides, civil pro-cessor Diane Howard and SSgt Mark Brackett, and

to Jail Commander Capt. Harold Vincent who took time to speak to our group.

Patricia SottongKokomo

Question about God answered

In response to David Plantenga’s letter of con-fusion about the God of the Old and New Testa-ment. If you asked Jesus to be your savior and con-fessed your sins, then you are a Christian. So, don’t keep trying to be one.

God created all things to be perfect. But he also gave man free will. Adam and Eve brought sin into the world by disobeying God. God’s love never changed for mankind, but, because of disobedience, God had to discipline peo-ple who continually chose not to believe in Him. He rewarded those who did choose to follow Him. In order for us to go to heav-en, God had to send Jesus to earth as a sacrifice for our sin. By God’s grace we have that opportunity to be with Him for eter-nity.

Find a church that teaches that God’s grace through Jesus is the only way to heaven. You do not have to earn your way to heaven. He loves all people, but only a few will choose to follow Christ. God’s love was, and is and always will be the same. The Old Testament is the history of mankind and the New Testament is about Jesus and our salva-tion.

Patty McHattonKokomo

Congratulations to Rhum Academy

I would like to congrat-ulate the Rhum Academy of Music and Performing Arts Center on their third anniversary in Kokomo. I have a great niece and nephew in their program, and I feel they are getting the very best in music ed-ucation, not only in their voice and music instruc-tion, but also by encourag-ing on-stage performances on student night once a month.

Gary and Jessica Rhum are excellent musicians,

both vocal and instru-mental. They have a very knowledgable staff, and I feel Kokomo should be ex-ceptionally proud to have a business of their caliber here in town.

Louise McIntireKokomo

Illegals to blameThe American citizens

have been “hammered” with the propaganda that it was the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bank-rupting us. Now, there is speculation of cuts in Social Security (citizens’ monies, deducted month-ly) benefits, Medicare and Medicaid cuts due to the unstable economy.

I have the following questions: Why is $11-$12 billion spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state government?

Why is $22 billion a year spent on food assistance program such as food stamps, WIC and free school lunches for illegal aliens?

Why is $2.5 billion a year spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens?

Why is $12 billion a year spent on primary and sec-ondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English?

Why is $17 billion a year spent for education for American-born children of illegal aliens (known as anchor babies)?

Why is $3 million a day spent to incarcerate illegal aliens (30 percent of all federal prison inmates are illegal aliens)?

Why is $90 billion a year spent on illegal aliens for welfare and social services by the American taxpay-ers?

Why is $200 billion a year in suppressed Ameri-can wages is caused by the illegal alien benefits?

That is $350 billion plus being spent per year!

In summary, instead of reducing benefits (So-cial Security, etc.) for true Americans (U.S. citizens), begin reducing the above-mentioned and not penal-ize the American citizen and their rights and en-titlements!

Charles WoolleyKokomo

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now represents values that are totally foreign to most working men and women. The party por-trays itself as being the party that represents la-bor, however the Demo-crat Party takes from the

worker his or her hard earned money to give to people who have no desire or inclination to work.

There are individuals in our society who have learned to play a system that was created with good intentions. These individuals get welfare, food stamps, a housing allowance, free health care and a free cell phone

-- all these benefits with-out having to get out of bed in the morning.

In addition, a welfare worker told me, the al-lowance for women on welfare for each child is $600 per month. Some welfare recipients are liv-ing better than ever and have no requirement to contribute to society. There is absolutely no in-centive to leave the wel-

fare programs because of the way the program has been structured by Wash-ington politicians.

Present social pro-grams have created a generation of Ameri-cans who don’t work, will never work and are establishing future gen-erations that will have government handouts as their heritage. Forty seven percent of Ameri-

cans don’t pay federal taxes. The other 53 per-cent carry the burden for social programs that reward someone for not working.

The American unions, made up of hard-work-ing members, are in the taxpaying group that blindly supports the Democrat Party’s social-istic programs. As hard as I have tried to under-

stand the unions’ think-ing on this issue, it just doesn’t compute. I have talked to my friends in the UAW, and they don’t have an answer. Perhaps someone with UAW leadership responsibili-ties could enlighten our readers, as well as mem-bers of the UAW, as to why “all” Democrat Par-ty programs are good for our country.

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its debt. That outcome could have dealt a devas-tating setback to the U.S. and global economy and potentially sent interest rates skyrocketing. Every

Hoosier could have been hurt.

And Indiana becomes a vivid battleground in 2012 over this matter, with Lugar and Indiana Trea-surer Richard Moudock taking opposite sides. Lugar defied political observers, who thought he would cave to the Tea

Party by voting against the debt-ceiling deal. In typical Lugar fashion, he cast a vote for the agree-ment that achieved signif-icant conservative wins in terms of budget and tax policy.

“Initially, President Obama asked Congress to raise the limit on U.S.

debt without any cuts in spending,” Lugar ex-plained. “He then asked for increases in taxes. Re-publicans succeeded in gaining substantial cuts in spending and no in-creases in taxes. We were also successful in gaining spending caps to restrain future spending.”

Mourdock was defi-antly against the deal, embracing a Tea Party perspective.

“The ‘tin can of respon-sibility’ was once again kicked down the road,” he said. “Our debt will grow another four billion dollars today, tomorrow, the next day and the day

after that. Today merely sets the stage for an even bigger crisis.”

This is a debate that will continue through the 2012 elections.

The columnist publish-es at www.howeypolitics.com. Contact Howey at bhowey2@gmail.com.

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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.

July 28Stacey A. Pollard, 48, Warrant: Petition to Revoke Suspended Sentence

Phillip D. Williams, 51, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Paul L. Carter II, 24, Warrant: Possession of Metham-phetamine, Warrant: Possession of a Syringe, Warrant: Visiting a Common Nuisance, Warrant: Conspiracy to Manufacture Methamphetamine, Warrant: Illegal Drug Lab

Jason D. Paul, 30, Illegal Drug Lab, Visiting a Common Nuisance, Conspiracy to Manufac-ture Methamphetamine

July 29Rosanne Weida, 25, Possession of a Syringe, Visiting a Common Nuisance, Conspiracy to Manufac-ture Methamphetamine, Illegal Drug Lab

Ricki M. Sandefur, 29, Conspiracy to Manufac-ture Metham-phetamine, Maintaining a Common Nuisance, Illegal Drug Lab

Tara E. Sandefur, 26, Conspiracy to Manufac-ture Metham-phetamine, Visiting a Common Nuisance, Illegal Drug Lab

Raymond E. Jones, 39, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Amber M. Cottrell, 26, Theft, Warrant: Failure to Appear (5 counts)

Stacy A. Murray, 40, Public Intoxication

Demetrius Taylor, 20, Warrant (Miami Co.): Failure to Appear

July 30Jeremy L. Yockey, 36, Invasion of Privacy, Trespassing

Kyle L. Beard, 30, Domestic Battery

Christopher D. Keefer, 19, Warrant: Theft

July 31Rodney T. Goble, 23, Resisting Law Enforce-ment, Public Intoxication, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Aaron T. Oldfather, 31, Warrant: Theft (2 counts)

Rodney E. Goble, 45, Public Intoxication

Mark E. Sanders, 51, Warrant: Body Attachment

Kathiann Sanders, 46, Warrant: Failure to Appear (2 counts)

Aug. 1Daiquan L. Haith, 18, Robbery

David A. Marshall, 26, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of a Legend Drug

Rubean C. Taylor Jr., 20, Robbery

Daniel A. Scoles, 32, Warrant: Petition to Revoke Suspended Sentence

Tony L. Clemons, 44, Warrant: Failure to Appear (2 counts), Warrant: Body Attachment

Aug. 2Justin M. Welch, 20, Warrant: Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Parapher-nalia

Wilma K. Young, 39, Warrant: Body Attachment

Gregory K. Long, 50, Possession of Metham-phetamine, Theft, Warrant: Possession of Methamphetamine

Tjawanda S. Collins, 36, Warrant (Iowa): Failure to Appear

Aaron J. Day, 31, Posses-sion of a Schedule IV Controlled Substance

Aug. 3Juan Ibarra Jr., 32, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Abran J. Barela, 31, Domestic Battery, Possession of a Syringe, Illegal Drug Lab, Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deal

Evie T. Barnett, 28, Warrant: Failure to Appear (2 counts)

Jonathan P. Jones, 30, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of Precursor, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 7.2 Grams of Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Leslie D. Carlson, 32, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 30 Grams of a Precursor

Katie L. Groves, 27, Possession of a Syringe, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of Precursor, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 7.2 Grams of Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Richard I. Chaplin, 58, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of Precursor, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 7.2 Grams of Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Lona M. Hernandez, 50, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of Precursor, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 7.2 Grams of Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Christopher M. Hunter, 26, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of Precursor, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 7.2 Grams of Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Demario D. Barker, 22, Warrant: Maintaining a Common Nuisance

Laura A. Bandy, 38, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of a Precursor

Jason R. McKibben, 29, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 9 Grams of Precursor, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 7.2 Grams of Precursor in a 30-Day Period

Melissa Titus, Warrant (Cass Co.): Dealing in a Narcotic Drug

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.

July 28Jeffrey D. Durbin, 18, Warrant: Forgery, Warrant: Fraud

Jason M. Jones, 25, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Justin M. Harrington, 27, Warrant: Bond Revocation (2 counts)

Andrew N. Jarvis, 19, Warrant: Residential Entry, Warrant: Mischief

Terry L. Coalburn, 54, Warrant: Residential Entry, Warrant: Battery

Billy J. Clark, 52, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Joseph M. Smith, 26, Warrant: Receiv-ing Stolen Property

Sylvia F. Lacy, 47, Warrant: Theft

Brian S. Begley, 33, Warrant: Invasion of Privacy

July 29Michael D. Himes, 25, Warrant: Auto Theft

Christopher Bennett, 26, Warrant: Failure to Appear

Torrey A. Snow, 31, Warrant: Invasion of Privacy

Joy L. Dufendach, 21, Warrant: Violation of In-Home Detention

Adjani D. Dowell, 25, Warrant: Petition to Revoke Suspended Sentence

July 30Jerimiah D. Shane, 31, Warrant: Body Attachment

Elizabeth Alexander, 26, Warrant: Posses-sion of a Controlled Substance, Warrant: Conversion (2 counts)

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July 31Christopher S. Zook, 32, OWI, Public Intoxication

Heather M. Turner, 38, Disorderly Conduct

Aug. 1Shane M. Crow, 33, Warrant: Body Attachment

Brandi R. Crain, 24, Warrant: Theft

Joel A. Moore, 38, Warrant: Possession of Parapher-nalia, Warrant (Cass Co.): Failure to Appear

Aug. 2Joseph L. Greeno, 26, (Russiaville Arrest), Possession of Marijuana, False Informing, Warrant (Tippecanoe Co.)

Jeromy A. Greeno, 22, (Russiaville Arrest), Possession of Marijuana, False Informing

Nichole J. Reed, 24, (Russiaville Arrest), Possession of Marijuana, False Informing

Destiny L. Nix, 19, Warrant: Theft

Kenneth Dotson, Warrant: Petition to Revoke Suspended Sentence

Aug. 3Kasey R. Hallam, 30, Public Intoxication

Felicia Hedrick, 25, Warrant: Aiding, Inducing or Causing Invasion of Privacy

Denitha A. Campbell, 30, Warrant: Contempt of Court

So Cha, 34, Warrant: Purchase of More Than 3 Grams of a Precursor in a Week

James A. Cockrell, 53, Warrant: Body Attachment (2 counts)

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

Circuit CourtTeresa M. Boyer

Charge: Conversion, False InformingDefense Counsel: Mark DabrowskiProsecutor: Jeremy PeelleSentence: Count I - Howard County jail for 1 year, 6 days executed and remainder suspended, Count II - Howard County Jail for 180 days, 6 days executed and remainder suspended, sentences to run concurrently, supervised proba-tion for balance of suspended sentence, no contact with victim Fees: Court costs, probation fee, public defender fee

Superior IVRobert Weir

Charge: Non-Support of a Dependent ChildDefense Counsel: Andrew VandenboschProsecutor: Scott McClellandSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 3 years, 6 months executed on In-Home detention and remainder suspended, supervised proba-tion for balance of suspended sentence, detention to run consecutively to sentence in 34D01-0911-FD-1006, pay all current and delinquent support as ordered in 34D01-93-12-dr-358, 34C01-0002-JP-18 and 34C01-0103-JP-39

Fees: Court costs, probation fee

Superior IIIGary Powell

Charge: ConversionDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 yearFees: Court costs, probation fee

Christopher Pederson

Charge: ConversionDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 yearFees: Court costs, probation fee

Dale M. BrownCharge: ConversionDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 yearFees: Court costs, probation fee

Stephanie Biehle

Charge: ConversionDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 yearFees: Court costs, probation fee

Joshua JohnsonCharge: Public IntoxicationDefense Counsel: Tiffany RosselotProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, 142 days execut-ed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug program or Intensive In-patient Treatment at Trinity in Lafayette, complete 40 hours of community serviceFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee

Shelby DelonCharge: 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

Honorio Dominguez

Charge: ConversionDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: 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

Rae McQuistonCharge: ConversionDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 yearFees: Court costs, probation fee

Jason Hottenstine

Charge: ConversionDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 12 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, complete 20 hours of community serviceFees: Court costs, probation fee

William LiddellCharge: Check DeceptionDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, court withholds judgment 1 yearFees: Court costs, probation fee

Nicholas Groleau

Charge: Driving While Sus-pended with Priors, Failure to Stop after Accident Resulting in InjuryDefense Counsel: Tiffany RosselotProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Count I - Howard County Jail for 1 year, 2 days executed and remainder sus-pended, supervised probation for 245 days, complete alcohol and drug program, license suspended 90 days, complete Driving with a License program, Count II - Howard County Jail for 1 year, 100 days executed and remainder suspended, sentences to run concurrentlyFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, public defender fee

Reginald PratherCharge: Driving While Sus-pended with PriorsDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 4 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 programFees: Court costs, probation fee

Justin KnappCharge: Driving While Sus-pended with Priors, Failure to Stop after Accident Resulting in InjuryDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Count I - Howard County Jail for 1 year, 90 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, license suspended 90 days, Count II - Howard County Jail for 1 year, 90 days executed and remain-der suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, sentences to run concurrentlyFees: Court costs, probation fee

Clifford Thompson Jr.

Charge: Driving While Sus-pended with PriorsDefense Counsel: Curtis WelkeProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, license suspended 90 days, complete Driving with a License program, resolve six unpaid tickets, obtain a valid license, complete 48 hours of community serviceFees: Court costs, probation fee

Lawrence MartinCharge: Driving While Sus-pended with PriorsDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 6 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 programFees: Court costs, probation fee

Joan MartinCharge: Driving While Sus-pended with PriorsDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 12 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, license suspended 90 days, no driving without a valid license, meet with Driving with a License programFees: Court costs, probation fee

JuanEspinoza III

Charge: Driving While Sus-pended with PriorsDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 8 days executed and remainder 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

Arian BeallCharge: Failure to Stop after Accident Resulting in Damage to an Attended VehicleDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 60 days, 30 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, no driving without a valid license, complete Driving with a License programFees: Court costs, probation fee

Nicholas Oglageo

Charge: Operator Never LicensedDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 60 days, 10 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, no driving without a valid license

Fees: Court costs, probation fee

James Van Buren Jr.

Charge: Failure to Stop after Accident Resulting in Damage to an Unattended VehicleDefense Counsel: Tiffany RosselotProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, 36 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, complete 30 hours of community service or buy-out for $150, complete Driving with a License program, obtain a valid licenseFees: Court costs, probation fee

Norman CoteCharge: Operator Never LicensedDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 60 days, suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, no driving without a valid licenseFees: Court costs, probation fee

Donnie Cox Jr.Charge: Operating a Vehicle after Being AdjudgedDefense Counsel: Randy HainlenProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 18 months, 4 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised pro-bation for 18 months, In-Home detention for 1 year, license suspended 2 yearsFees: Court costs, probation fee

Corey SilcoxCharge: OWI Endangering a PersonDefense Counsel: Stephanie DoranProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug program, attend Victim Impact Panel, license suspended 30 days and restricted 180 daysFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Corey SilcoxCharge: OWI Endangering a PersonDefense Counsel: Stephanie DoranProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug program, attend Victim Impact Panel, license suspended 30 days and restricted 180 daysFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

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Joseph KinneyCharge: Operating a Vehicle with an ACE of .08 or MoreDefense Counsel: Stephanie DoranProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 60 days, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, un-supervised probation for 1 year, attend Victim Impact Panel, license suspended 90 days, pay community service fineFees: Court costs, probation fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Patrick WillisCharge: OWI Endangering a PersonDefense Counsel: Donald J. Bolinger IIProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, unsu-pervised 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

Russell FrakesCharge: OWI Endangering a PersonDefense Counsel: Bradley HamiltonProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug program, attend Victim Impact Panel, license suspended 90 days, complete 50 hours of community service or buy-out for $250Fees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Christopher Zook

Charge: OWI Endangering a PersonDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 10 days executed and remainder suspended, un-supervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug program, attend Victim Impact Panel, license suspended 90 days, no driving without a valid licenseFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Thomas PhiferCharge: Operating a Vehicle with an ACE of .15 or MoreDefense Counsel: Bradley HamiltonProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 1 year, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, unsu-pervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug program, attend Victim Impact Panel, license suspended 30 days and restricted 180 daysFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program

fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

Douglas McDaniel

Charge: OWI Endangering a Person, OWIDefense Counsel: Charles HustonProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Indiana Department of Corrections for 3 years, 1 year executed and remainder suspended, In-Home detention for 18 months, unsupervised probation for 18 months, complete alcohol and drug program, attend Victim Impact Panel, license suspended 2 yearsFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee, Community Drug Free As-sessment

John OsborneCharge: Public IntoxicationDefense Counsel: Bradley HamiltonProsecutor: Mark HurtSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, 2 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 yearFees: Court costs, probation fee

Stacey MurrayCharge: Public IntoxicationDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, 8 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug programFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee

Devaughn Thompson

Charge: Public IntoxicationDefense Counsel: NoneProsecutor: Tracey WilsonSentence: Howard County Jail for 180 days, 10 days executed and remainder suspended, unsupervised probation for 1 year, complete alcohol and drug programFees: Court costs, probation fee, alcohol and drug program fee

Superior IIWilliam Voegtlin

Charge: Probation ViolationDefense Counsel: Bradley HamiltonProsecutor: Lori HittleSentence: Court imposes bal-ance of previously suspended sentence, supervised probation is extended by 365 days

Michael A. HallCharge: Non-Support of a DependentDefense Counsel: Bradley HamiltonProsecutor: Lori HittleSentence: Indiana Depart-ment of Corrections for 3 years, suspended, unsupervised probation for balance of sus-pended sentence, pay current and delinquent support as previously ordered in 34C01-9610-JP-197Fees: Court costs, probation fee

James Maddox IICharge: Probation ViolationDefense Counsel: Brent DechertProsecutor: Joshua McMahanSentence: Court imposes a portion of the defendant’s previously suspended sentence equal to time served, complete Thinking for a Change program

DEATHSScott M.L. Cash, 26Date of Death: 7/4/11Cause of Death: Disruption of Brain, Gunshot Wound

Kelsey R. Comer, 22Date of Death: 7/5/11Cause of Death: Contusion of Cervical Spinal Cord, C1-C2 Cervical Vertebral Fracture, Blunt Force Trauma

Paul L. Bozard, 77Date of Death: 7/7/11Cause of Death: Severe Coro-nary Artery Disease

Carlton J. Hilton, 94Date of Death: 7/20/11Cause of Death: Dementia, Pulmonary Embolism

Eugene Mason, 79Date of Death: 7/20/11Cause of Death: Pneumonia, Hypertension, Dementia

John P. Irick, 61Date of Death: 7/21/11Cause of Death: Ventricular Arrhythmia, Aspiration Pneu-monia

Robert L. Northington, 70Date of Death: 7/24/11Cause of Death: Ventricular Ar-rhythmia, Esophageal/Gastric Cancer

David H. Young, 79Date of Death: 7/25/11Cause of Death: Advanced Dementia

Earl F. Shiflet, 85Date of Death: 7/25/11Cause of Death: Coronary Ar-tery Disease, Failure to Thrive, Aortic Aneurysm

Miller S. Bender, 81Date of Death: 7/26/11Cause of Death: Congestive Heart Failure, Atrial Fibrillation, Diabetes Mellitus

Ruth L. Swift, 97Date of Death: 7/28/11Cause of Death: Lung Cancer, Hip Fracture, Renal Failure

Arthur S. Chase, 42Date of Death: 7/28/11Cause of Death: Acute Alco-holic Hepatitis, Acute Renal Failure

Cecil B. Pickering, 95Date of Death: 7/30/11Cause of Death: Multi-System Failure, Malnutrition

MARRIAGE LICENSES

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

July 28Nathan T. Anderson, Knox, Ind., 24Erica B. Santucci, Kokomo, 22

Kyle J. Denny, Kokomo, 25Lyndsey L. Brumbaugh, Ko-komo, 23

July 29Michael E. Warner, Kokomo, 38Stephanie R. Groves, Kokomo, 37

Loren O. Vereen, Kokomo, 27Kierra S. White, Kokomo, 27

John C. Cochran, Kokomo, 52Cari A. Church, Kokomo, 38

Aug. 1Laurence I. Carlsen Jr., Ko-komo, 80Roberta E. Glaser, Kokomo, 64

Jacob R. Moon, Kokomo, 22Kaylee M. Rabbits, Kokomo, 22

Jeffrey A. Purvis, Kokomo, 45Deani D. Purvis, Kokomo, 45

Matthew D. Stout, Kokomo, 34Amber N. Duffy, Kokomo, 26

Graham E. Sherrell, Kokomo, 24Erika N. Scott, Kokomo, 22

Aug. 3Robert G. Cox, Greentown, 43April Herglund, Greentown, 38

Aug. 4Joshua D. Myers, Greentown, 21Shannen L. McDonough, Kokomo, 18

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.

St. Joseph HospitalEaston Bradley RutherfordDate of Birth: 6/22/11Sex: M Time: 5:36 p.m.Wt: 7 lbs., 7 oz.Parents’ name(s): Lauren (Pat-tengale) and Austin Rutherford

Annalee Stella WatkinsDate of Birth: 7/3/11Sex: F Time: 2:47 p.m.Wt: 7 lbs., 10 oz.Parents’ name(s): Amanda Vawter and Jeffrey Watkins

Kyla Marie CroxfordDate of Birth: 7/14/11Sex: F Time: 10:15 p.m.Wt: 6 lbs., 13 oz.Parents’ name(s): Roberta and Jonathan Croxford

Collier Grayson Baxter-CopelandDate of Birth: 7/22/11Sex: M Time: 2:49 p.m.Wt: 8 lbs., 2 oz.Parents’ name(s): Justine Baxter

Noah Henry WilliamsDate of Birth: 7/22/11Sex: M Time: 9:51 p.m.Wt: 7 lbs., 8 oz.Parents’ name(s): Tamika (Ben-jamin) and Demetrius Williams

Brynlee Isabella Ruth BogueDate of Birth: 7/23/11Sex: F Time: 11:17 a.m.Wt: 6 lbs.Parents’ name(s): Melissa (Hor-ton) and Darrin Bogue

Ruthie Grace BakerDate of Birth: 7/24/11Sex: F Time: 8:23 a.m.Wt: 6 lbs., 11 oz.Parents’ name(s): Kristy (Chism) and Sam Baker

John Edward Runyan IIDate of Birth: 7/25/11Sex: M Time: 6:46 p.m.Wt: 6 lbs., 15 oz.Parents’ name(s): Denise (Selvey) and John Runyan

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

The 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. 12, 9 a.m.Pamela and Reynaldo Cara-veo, Custody HearingRyan and Rebecca Blattner, CitationJennifer and Vincent Phipps, CitationMiranda and Richard Walton, OtherJason and Stacy Hulce, Peti-tion to ModifyTrian and April Barnhill, Petition to ModifyDebra and Timothy Van Meter, Provisional OrderApril and Anthony Willman, Proceeding SupplementalNancy Collins (Black) and Richard Collins, ReappearKimberly and Cary Robertson, Review HearingCari and Chad Rose, Show CauseNancy and Douglas Coffey, Show CauseTracy and Greg Wyant, Support HearingMon., Aug. 15, 10 a.m.Laurie and Edgar Myers Jr., ReappearTue., Aug. 16, 2 p.m.Patricia and Raymond Grigsby, Petition to ModifyWed., Aug. 17, 1 p.m.Angela and Kristopher Cun-ningham, Petition to ModifyBethany Cripe and Joshua Achey, Reappear

Superior IVThu., Aug. 11, 8:30 a.m.Theodore Hanibal and Dawn McKibben, Provisional OrderFri., Aug. 12, 1:15 p.m.Brianna and Christopher Ho-sler, CitationBrianna and Christopher Ho-sler, Final HearingWed., Aug. 17, 11 a.m.Mindi and Robert Cox, CitationBrenda Cass (Stout) and Mark Cass, Review Hearing

Superior IIThu., Aug. 11, 10 a.m.Jacob and Mandy Turner, Citation11 a.m.Pamela and Ronnie Davis, Citation

Mon., Aug. 15, 9 a.m.John and Jennifer Rubin, CitationJennifer and Craig Roupe, Reappear9:15 a.m.Matthew and Wendy Carter, Status Hearing1:30 p.m.Dawn and Troy Ward Sr., Final HearingMelissa Geesman and Paul Bishop, Status Hearing2:30 p.m.Rachel and Arturo Martinez, OtherTue., Aug. 16, 1 p.m.Lisa and Raymond Lawson, Miscellaneous

Superior IMon., Aug. 15, 1:30 p.m.Douglas and Rebecca Pence, CitationChristopher and Deborah Anthony, CitationHeather and Nathan Williams, ReappearTue., Aug. 16, 9 a.m.Edwina and Anthony Long, Other1:30 p.m.Merlin and Lisa Wagler, OtherTamaria and Jim Chester, Other

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.

July 28Allison W. and Rory S. Lindsay

Aug. 1Kerri and Christopher M. SmithRandall and Malisa SweigartTiffany Brogoitti and Todd Stephens

Aug. 3Angaleta M. and Alex Shipp

DIVORCES GRANTED

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

Circuit CourtRonald and Nancy PierceDino D. Halpua Sr. and Amelia A. HalupaHolly E. and Christopher M. SandersMark A. and Kellie A. McMain

Superior IVDavid and Janice MassengillJamie N. and Joshua C. KaylorChristina K. and Christopher l. JohnsonWilliam Hockersmith and Doro-thea L. Bunch

Superior IIGeorgeann R. and Raymond E. Gregory

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Coupon enthusiast teaches others the tricks of the trade

As grocery prices soar, couponing is becoming more than just one of your grand-ma’s favorite pastimes -- so much so that it’s even becom-ing trendy, said coupon en-thusiast Lacy Ingram. She is breaking the stereotypes and teaching classes on how others can join in and get the most for their money.

Ingram, 25, who has been couponing for six years, ends up shaving 95 to 98 percent off every one of her grocery bills.

“It has always been a hob-by of mine. Then everyone else started to catch on, and it became big,” said Ingram.

Ingram started couponing when she decided that retail markups were becoming out-rageous. “When they started

marking up prices, I was real-ly upset because people were talking about it on blogs, on the news and everything. Fi-nally I was like, ‘I’m tired of paying these prices. I’m just not going to do it anymore.’ So I just stopped. That’s as easy as it was.”

After stopping, Ingram, who said she was spend-ing $500 to $700 a month on groceries, now pays only $50 to $100, and that’s including diapers.

The biggest deterrent for people to use coupons, In-gram said, is because they don’t think they have enough time. But Ingram would ar-gue that if she has enough time for it, everyone has enough time for it.

“I have a lot of people that think I’m some crazy 40-year-old woman who hoards. I’m not a hoarder. Look at my

house; it’s blank. I’m still in my twenties. I have another job. I do this on the side. I have two kids. I’m busy. There’s not a lot of time to dedicate to this,” said Ingram. “I don’t spend 40 to 60 hours a week on this. I’m thinking two to seven normally.”

The two biggest questions Ingram gets are “how do you do it?” and “where do you get the coupons?” These are the questions Ingram an-swers in her two-part classes.

“Our classes are what we offer to show people how to do it. It’s where we break it down,” she said. “In the classes, you get the initial starter pack, and it comes with a little bag and every-thing you need to get started from here.”

In the first session, Ingram teaches aspiring coupon en-thusiasts all of her tips, tricks and secrets. Then, in the sec-ond session, she takes every-one out to the stores so they can put what they learned to the test.

“You can come as many times as you’d like, and you’ll only get better. But you can learn exactly what I do in only two sessions,” she said. The two sessions go hand-in-hand. “If you come to the class but don’t go to the store, you’ll have to try to figure

out e v -erything out on your own, and why do that? If you do the second session but don’t come to the class, you won’t get anything out of this.”

Ingram helps each person focus on the goods they re-ally need. For her, it’s food. For others it may be makeup, clothes or even home im-provement supplies.

“I don’t think there’s any-thing that you can’t find sav-ings for. And if you can’t find it, I will hunt it down and find a coupon or a sale for it or something, but it’s defi-nitely do-able,” she said.

Though Ingram has made couponing a staple in her life, she said it doesn’t have to be. “You don’t have to do it for forever. You do it to get what you need,” she said.

Both sessions cost $40, and Ingram is flexible with times and dates. She offers one-on-one classes and group classes of up to 10 people. Contact Ingram at 434-0373 to reg-ister, and registration is re-quired at least one week in advance. Visit her Facebook page, facebook.com/teach-mehowtocoupon, to learn about some of the latest free-bies and browse pictures of Ingram’s savings.

by Alyx ArnettFeatures Reporter

aarnett@kokomoperspective.com

City Series wraps up with Confederate RailroadFinal concert of the season set for Aug. 12 in Foster Park

After a successful sum-mer full of big names in music, The City Concert Series is wrapping the season with a park-rock-ing country performance by Confederate Railroad.

“Confederate Rail-road is a multi-platinum, Grammy award-win-ning, ACM and CMA award-winning band that’s had about 20 top 10 hits,” said event orga-nizer Brett Daniels.

The group first rolled

into the music scene in the early 90s with their unique style and sound. Since then, they’ve had multiple CDs that have been nationally recog-nized.

Their first self-titled al-bum had six hits includ-ing “She Took It Like a Man,” “Jesus and Mama” and “Trashy Women,” a hit that led to a Grammy nomination and one that became the group’s sig-nature song. Nearly three million copies were sold, and the album resulted in the group winning the Academy of Country

Music’s Best New Group Award in 1993.

The group went on to produce more hits, in-cluding one of their most popular songs and No. 1 music video, “Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind.” In total, the group has had 18 charted hits and has sold five million albums.

Opening for Confeder-ate Railroad is Paul Stout Country, a local group that signed with inde-pendent record label Go-Forward Records in Sept. 2010.

Paul Stout Country re-

leased their first county music single, “Storms,” to radio through HMC Nashville, getting airplay on stations in 29 U.S. states and in Europe. The singled reached No. 21 on the Powersource County Music Chart.

Stout said, “Our set list for the night of Con-federate Railroad will consist of almost entirely original music, if not all original music, as it is all ages. And it is the perfect opportunity for the fans to hear us in a ‘concert’ type environment, unlike ENDING THE SEASON — Confederate Railroad will be

performing at the last city concert of the 2011 season.Perspective Photo / Provided— CITY - B3

by Alyx ArnettFeatures Reporter

aarnett@kokomoperspective.com

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Student raises cattle, feeds hungry, awarded scholarship

He’s innovative, cre-ative and generous—three of the requirements for the Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship. After begin-ning the Cattle Project, it was only fitting that Alan Mast became one of the regional recipients of the scholarship.

Mast, a 17-year-old Northwestern High School graduate, has worked on cattle farms most his life. So, when he began to see that his familiarity with cows could help others, he be-gan a generous project to feed the hungry.

“My youth group has a service project in Ko-komo, and we worked with Kokomo Urban Outreach, and I saw that one thing they didn’t

have a lot of was meat,” said Mast.

And that’s what sparked an idea that led to a project that has provided thousands of meals to the hungry.

“I thought it would be good if I could get more meat somehow, and since I had raised cows before and worked on a dairy farm, I had expe-rience with cows,” said Mast. “I thought maybe I could raise cows so they could have meat.”

So Mast approached Kokomo Urban Out-reach executive direc-tor Jeff Newton in the spring of 2009 with his youth pastor and pre-sented his plan to raise cattle. The Cattle Project has provided between 20,000 and 25,000 meals to the hungry around Howard County. Mast said each cow provides

4,000 to 5,000 servings of meat, and so far, he has butchered five cows, all of which have been do-nated to Kokomo Urban Outreach.

Mast raised money to build a fence around the farm where he’s rais-ing the cattle, and mem-bers of his youth group from Howard Mennonite Church take turns feed-ing the cattle.

He isn’t looking to get anything out of the proj-ect for himself, and he was pleasantly surprised by being awarded the scholarship. “I just want people to get fed,” he said.

Newton said, “That’s money we don’t have to spend on protein, and protein is the most ex-pensive part of a meal. So we have most of it ground into hamburger, and we use that for taco

salad, hamburgers on the grill and just anything you can use beef for.”

Mast plans to attend Purdue this fall, major-ing in animal agribusi-ness. He plans to contin-ue the project throughout college.

H e was cho-sen from m o r e t h a n 3 7 , 0 0 0 n o m i -nees na-tionwide for mak-ing a positive i m p a c t on their commu-nities.

As a regional recipi-ent of the $1,000 scholar-ship, Mast was automati-cally qualified for one of Kohl’s 10 national schol-

arships f o r $10,000. N a -t i o n a l winners

each receive a total of $10,000 in scholarships and $1,000 donated to a nonprofit organization on the winner’s behalf.

Since the program be-gan 10 years ago, more than 13,000 youth have been awarded more than $2.6 million in scholar-ships and prizes. For more information on scholarships and the program, visit kohlskids.com.

by Alyx ArnettFeatures Reporter

aarnett@kokomoperspective.com

HELPING THE HUNGRY — 17-year-old Alan Mast has provided over 20,000 meals to the hungry with the Cattle Project.

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St. Joe Hospital to hold blood drive Aug. 17thGoal is to help restore local blood supply to safe levels

When the big disas-ters strike – tornados, earthquakes, train de-railments – communi-ties mobilize to make sure there is enough blood available to take

care of all the victims. People of all walks of life flock to blood drives to do what they can to help the healing begin.

The irony is that one of the times when blood is needed most actually occurs when life is calm and many of us are at our most relaxed.

The fact is blood donations tend to de-crease during the sum-mer months. Maybe it’s because people are on vacation… or maybe it’s that life just has a differ-ent rhythm in the sum-mer. Regardless of the reason, local blood sup-plies have dwindled and there are shortages of all blood t y p e s , e s p e -cially O-negative, the only type of blood that can be given to any patient, regardless of their blood type.

To help increase local blood s u p p l i e s , St.Joseph Hos-pital is holding a special blood drive on Wednesday, Aug. 17, between noon and 6 p.m. The goal is to collect blood from at least 72 people, with special emphasis on collecting O-negative blood. The theme of the blood drive is “Pay It Forward.”

“Every two seconds, somebody in the U.S. needs a transfusion of blood,” said Sandy Herman, Director of Marketing for St.Joseph Hospital. “That blood can come only from a volunteer donor who makes the choice to donate. There is no substitute for the do-nation. Right now, we have blood in our blood bank that was donated by generous strangers who wanted to help. The people who receive the blood will never know the donor and will never be able to say thank you for that gift of life. We believe that the best way to say thank you for such an important gift is by ‘paying it forward.’ If each of us who can do-nate blood will do so, we will make sure that there is enough blood available for the next person who needs it. Together, we can keep our community safe.”

Herman noted that people often don’t un-derstand how impor-tant it is to keep the blood supply at opti-

mum levels. “Many people think that blood is given only to victims of accidents. It’s true that it is vital to have blood already ‘on the shelf’ in the case of an accident – a single ac-cident victim can require a s m u c h a s 1 0 0

pints o f

blood – however, the reality is that blood is transfused for many other rea-sons. More than 1 mil-lion people are newly diagnosed with cancer each year, and many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, dur-ing their chemotherapy treatment. Surgery pa-tients also often need blood. Even prema-ture infants can need blood. Having that blood available when it’s needed is a matter of life and death.”

To register to donate blood at the St.Joseph blood drive, call 765-236-8195. You’ll be scheduled for a time between noon and 6 p.m. “Donating blood is quick and easy… the Red Cross is so orga-nized in their process! Usually people are in and out in about an hour, and at the end you get a cookie. If you’re O-negative, I’ll make sure you get two cook-ies,” Herman said with a smile. “We’re cooking up a few fun surprises and a nice parting gift to help make the dona-tion experience a posi-tive one.”

“If you’ve ever wanted to make a dif-ference, this is a great time to step up,” said Herman. “Our nurses go to school for at least four years to learn to save lives. Our doc-tors go for even lon-

ger. By giving up just one hour of your time on Aug. 17 and a pint of your blood, you can save up to three lives. Some day, you or some-one you love is going to need blood that was donated by a stranger. This is your opportu-nity to say ‘thank you’ for that gift of life -- to pay it forward. This is how we take care of our community. This is how we work together to save lives.”

• The number one reason donors say they give blood is because

they “want to help others.”

• One dona-tion can help save the lives of up to three

people. • D o n a t i n g

blood is a safe process. A sterile needle is used only once for each do-nor and then discarded.

• Blood donation is a simple four-step pro-cess:

1. Registration2. Medical history

and mini-physical3. Donation 4. Refreshments • Every blood do-

nor is given a mini-physical, checking the donor’s temperature, blood pressure, pulse and hemoglobin to en-sure it is safe for the do-nor to give blood.

• The actual blood donation typically takes less than 10-12 minutes.

• The average adult has about 10 pints of blood in his body. Roughly 1 pint is given during a donation.

• A healthy donor may donate red blood cells every 56 days, or double red cells every 112 days.

• All donated blood is tested for HIV, hepa-titis B and C, syphilis and other infectious diseases before it can be released to hospitals.

• Information you give to the American Red Cross during the donation process is confidential. It may not be released without your permission except as directed by law.

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Celebrating the Neighborhood HouseMemories live on of a place where everyone was family

In the late 50s, Ko-komo was a bustling city. It was a good place to live, a good place to have a good-paying job and a good place to raise a family. Of course, we had some problems, but almost negligible com-pared to today--no car-jackings, very, very few murders, very few sexual crimes. There were only a couple of crimes that would even be consid-ered a little sensational. By and large, we lived in relative safety.

It was also a time when very few homes had window air condi-tioners. Central air was a distant dream! After supper, families would sit on their porches when the evenings were a little cooler. They would visit while all the kids in the neighborhood would play games. Parents were neighborly, and ev-eryone knew everyone on the block. We were safe and secure with our parents close. Shopping was done uptown on the square; there weren’t any enclosed malls. Our fun and games were in our

neighborhood with each other.

My mom and dad al-ways wanted us to attend church, but it was too hard to find just the right place. You see, I am one of 12 children. We didn’t own a car, so whatever church we attended had to be within walking dis-tance or have a bus.

Neighborhood House was just what my par-ents had in mind. It was the non-denominational and less than two blocks always from home. The United Women’s Council hired the Lloyd and Lois Salness couple to serve the community as the di-rectors and to pastor Ko-per Chapel. We didn’t say that we went to church at Koper House. We went to Neighborhood House.

They started their family a little before they moved into the Neighborhood House building. They had an apartment upstairs. If memory serves me, there was one bedroom that their daughter, Ruth, slept in. The living room and their bedroom area was one huge room. The kitchen was a nice size, and the bathroom was just at the end of

the kitchen. It was al-ways clean and tidy. A few years later, they welcomed a son, David. They seemed very happy, very busy, but happy.

Pastor Lloyd and Lois took their positions se-riously and soon had activities set up for the youth of the area. They arrived on May of 1958 and set up our first Vaca-tion Bible School in June. Almost anything Pastor Lloyd arranged for the boys, Lois had something going for the girls.

The greatest things weren’t the awards and accolades they received for their endeavors. The things that mattered were the clubs, special outings and game nights they planned for the youth. Lois created many crafts for us to make. She took the older girls camping in the woods where they re-ally learned to “rough it.” She was so much fun.

The boys had stock-ade for the younger boys and brigade for the older teens. Girls had Explor-ers, Colonists and Pil-grims, which were simi-lar to Girl Scouts. Every night of the week was a club meeting for some boy or girl. Both Lloyd

and Lois gave their heart and soul to the youth they served.

I recall that a judge could make it a condi-tion of probation that the offended had to attend two church ser-vices a week. We had several such young men at-tend Neighbor-hood House. Some chose it be-cause it had good basketball teams. Some chose it because of all the activities they could become involved in. We eventually grew up and became retired police chiefs, a retired fire chief, management at the local factories, nurses, teachers and many more in service to their country with the common bond of having attended Neighborhood House.

With the kindergarten already up and running, the Neighborhood House opened the first licensed daycare facility in the county. I don’t know how they accomplished ev-erything they did with all the kids they took re-

sponsibility for. Pastor Lloyd and Lois

were only there for three and a half years, but the impact they had on our neighborhood was im-mense and long-lived. The life lessons they taught, the Bible skills they honed, the love of God they lived and preached have stayed with us to this day. After they left Neighborhood House, Pastor Lloyd and Lois stayed in the area working in Child Evan-gelism. Teaching children about the love of God was their main ministry wherever it took them.

Lois passed away many years ago. Pastor Lloyd has since married a wonderful woman. Barb is full of life and such a sweet and kind woman. I think Lois would have liked her.

Pastor Lloyd is re-turning to Kokomo this month. He soon will be 90 years old. While Pas-tor Lloyd was preaching to our congregation, his legacy is the kids of the neighborhood who still recall activities and songs and camping trips and memorizing Bible verses. It has lasted a lifetime. Thank you, Pastor Lloyd.

by Bonnie PatmoreGuest Columnist

FAMILY — The impact Pastor Lloyd and Lois Salness had on the Neighborhood House is still remembered today.

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some of the clubs where a lot more cover music is performed.”

Proceeds for this con-cert will benefit the How-ard County Literacy Co-alition.

“I think the season has been fantastic. We’ve had large turnouts for all of our shows. We haven’t had any rainouts, and we’re hoping the last one won’t get rained out either,” said Daniels. “We’re hoping to do even bigger and better things in 2012.”

The final City Con-cert Series show kicks off at 6:30 p.m. with opening act Paul Stout C o u n t r y on Aug. 12 at the Ko-komo Arts P a v i l i o n presented by Dan-iels & Al-exander and Whiskey Creek in Foster Park. The headlining act will begin around 8 to 8:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.

To stay up-to-date on

next year’s concert series, visit kokomosummerser-ies.com or the Kokomo Performing Arts Pavilion at Foster Park Summer Concert Series Facebook page.

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OPENING — Paul Stout Country will be kicking off the concert at 6:30 p.m.

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Princess Power donations to benefit Bona Vista’s Early Childhood

Troy Bowers will en-tertain fathers and their princesses at the Cin-derella Ball on Friday, Aug. 19 at the Kokomo Country Club. Troy will perform magic tricks and juggling for everyone at the 2011 Cinderella Ball.

The Cinderella Ball is a three-hour event consist-

ing of a sit-down dinner, horse-drawn carriage ride, ballroom dance les-son, craft, entertainment and commemorative tee shirt. Each family will have the opportunity to purchase a professional photo package from Greg and Deanna Willis. Cinderella and Prince

Charming will also be on hand to interact with their royal guests.

Each princess attend-ing the event is encour-aged to bring a donation for Bona Vista’s Early Childhood Services, which encompasses

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Reminiscing about the days of the 40s and 50s

Where have all the games gone which we played in our childhood? This would be between the 1940s and 1950s. Some of the best times in our lives were when school was over and we went to other friends’ homes and played games.

The girls loved to make paper dolls. We drew out-lines of dolls and carefully

cut them out. Crayons were great for coloring their hair, clothes, faces and shoes. From here, we would make their clothes. We would put their clothes on and leave tabs at the shoulders to hold them together. This way, the dresses would not fall off.

If we had a Barbie doll, we would also pretend that Ken was her boy-friend. They were very popular toys for girls to share the fun time with their girlfriends.

The boys in the neigh-borhood would play cow-boys and Indians. There was always a girl, and she would play Dale Ev-ans, also with Roy Rog-ers. Hide and seek was also a game for all ages. Hopscotch was played on the front sidewalks, and a winner was always

declared at the end of the game.

Jacks, jump rope and tag were a few of the competi-tive activities. You don’t see much of these games in front yards today. Pretty soon, along came hula hoops, and everyone -- young and old -- tried to hold it up. Then, you twisted your body until it came back down. I found out when our grandson, Sam, was playing with his hula hoop that, by the way he was laughing, I didn’t know how to hold it up anymore.

We played Red Rover and dodge ball, using a soft rubber ball. The game playing would end only when you were called to eat or go to bed. Softball games were played in the streets or at the closest school yard. The teams were made up of boys and

girls. They played through grade school, then con-tinued through middle school and on into high school.

PAL leagues make it possible for children to play all kind of sports. From there, they go into high school, college and

professional sports.Now that we are older,

we have sophisticated toys, such as a computer with high-speed inter-net, television with large screens and color, iP-ods, Game Boys and cell phones. What will this generation remember in 50 years, which they will tell their children, grand-children and great grand-children? You never forget your youth.

Remember also walk-ing to school every day? Sometimes it was fun, because you could talk to your friends and make plans for after school or for the weekends.

On the way home from Washington School, you would get a soda, sand-wich or ice cream from Bourff’s Drugstore on West Defenbaugh Street. You could do the same in the north end at Hynds Drugstore on North Web-ster Street. Jim Butcher, the basketball player from the 1950s who was an ex-cellent player, has a lot of memories of the 1940s and 1950s.

On Sunday, we went to Sunday School and sang the old hymns, which

we still remember to this day. It is fun to sing the old hymns at the nursing homes with the people who still remember them and enjoy hearing them again. Children are learn-ing the same songs that we were taught in our child-hood.

Here are a few: “Jesus Loves Me,” “Climb, Climb Up Sunshine Moun-tain,” “Deep and Wide,” “If You Are Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands,” “This Little Light Of Mine” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His hands.”

Places were closed on Sunday. If you needed gas, you had to get it on Saturday, and there were no malls to do your shop-ping. Families ate togeth-er, and around the fam-ily table, questions were asked and answered, and plans were laid out for the rest of the week.

Do you have any of these fond memories from your past, that you would like to share? Please write.

Barb and Tom Hamil-ton, 3801 Tulip Lane, Ko-komo, IN 46902

bhamilton1936@hot-mail.com

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EngagementGuyer-Blodget

Ryan Mark Blodget and Margaret Guyer will be married at Woodland Church of God in Kokomo in Sept. 3 at 4 p.m. M a r g a r e t Guyer is a 2008 home school graduate and current student of Purdue University’s Distance Learning program for veterinary techni-cians. She is employed at Jefferson Road Animal Hos-pital. Her parents are Charles JR and Elizabeth Guyer. Ryan Blodget is a Frankfort Senior High School graduate of 2002 and completed a NJATC Interna-tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Apprentice-ship in 2010. He is a journeyman electrician. His par-ents are Mark and Marna Blodget.

Keys For Kids Preschool, Kindergarten Readi-ness and Early Head Start programs at Bona Vista. Keys For Kids Preschool is a program that provides high qual-ity early childhood ser-vices to children ages two through five. Kindergar-ten Readiness prepares children four to five years of age for Kindergarten through the use of many resources and manipula-tives. Early Head Start provides services to chil-dren from birth to age three to qualifying fami-lies. At the end of the evening, Cinderella will assemble her “Princess Power Circle” around the contributions while a representative of Bona

Vista Programs explains how they will be used to help those in need. Items on the needs list include watercolors, markers, play sand, canning lids, paper towels, ivory soap, stickers, sequins, chil-dren’s CDs, tissue pa-per, construction paper, CD player, simple board games, dress up clothes, art supplies, doctor kits, Kleenex, diapers (up to size 5), colored paper, child size toothbrushes, paint, glitter, Ziploc bags and glue sticks.

Seats are still available for the Cinderella Ball. Tickets are $50 per per-son. Parents may pick up an invitation at all Bona Vista locations and Blye’s Bridal and Kosta’s Tux Shoppe located at 219 N. Main Street. For more in-formation, call 457-8273 or visit www.bonavista.org.

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SUMMER FUN — Kokomo kids cool off, thanks to an open fire hydrant, sometime in the city’s yesteryear.

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Men’s College World Series experiments with instant replay

Umpires at the 2012 Men’s College World Series will be able to use instant replay to review specified calls under an experimental rule de-veloped by the NCAA Baseball Rules Commit-tee.

The Division I Base-ball Committee re-viewed and supported the experimental rule at its annual meeting July 25-27 in Indianapolis.

The rule still must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel (as must all play-ing rules proposals) be-fore being implement-ed. The panel meets via conference call on Aug. 11.

The Baseball Rules Committee had origi-nally proposed using instant replay on an experimental basis at the regionals and super regionals in addition to the College World Se-ries, but the Division I Baseball Committee narrowed its use to the CWS since it’s possible that not all regional and super regional sites would offer the same lo-gistical consistency that TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha affords.

The list of reviewable plays will be limited to:

• Deciding if an ap-parent home run is fair or foul.

• Deciding whether a batted ball left the play-ing field for a home run or a ground-rule dou-ble.

• Spectator-inter-ference plays (only on plays involving home run balls).

“This has been one of the issues that we want to be cautious with and move some-what slowly,” said Jeff

Hurd, the chair of the Baseball Rules Com-mittee and senior as-sociate commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference. “The tech-nology is there. We are not doing due diligence to the sport if we don’t use it. At the same time, there is a fine line as to how far you go with it. That’s the reason for its limited use.”

Division I Baseball Committee chair Tim Weiser, deputy com-missioner of the Big 12 Conference, said it makes sense to take ad-vantage of a facility that is “logistically friendly” to review plays.

“We have 17 cam-era locations available to us,” Weiser said. “If we are really driven by getting the call right, and we have a work-ing model that Major League Baseball uses, it was an easy decision to take advantage of the technology.”

The instant-replay process will operate under the fundamen-tal assumption that the ruling on the field is correct. The only way a call can be changed is if there is indisput-able video evidence to remove all doubt that a ruling was incorrect. Otherwise, the original call will stand.

Any instant-replay review would have to occur before the next pitch or play. If it occurs after a game-ending play, it must be called for before all umpires leave the field of play.

There would not be a formal “coaches chal-lenge” opportunity in the instant-replay

Before the American Legion Post Six baseball season started, the team had big goals. The up-graded season schedule was built to prepare the team for the long haul of the state tournament.

Post Six finished the season with a 23-14 re-cord, which was a record with which manager Don Andrews feels comfort-able.

“If we had went 32 and 5, that would have meant that we haven’t been playing good enough competition,” Andrews said. “If we would have played .500 ball or below, we’re not playing well. Somewhere in between is where I would have liked to be, and we were. With upgrading our schedule this year, I thought 23-14 ended up being a pretty good record.”

The team did accom-plish a rarity this year when it comes to defeat-ing a team.

“We went 6 and 0 against Cass County, which is a feat in itself,” he said. “If you play a team six times, there is a

pretty good chance that you’ll get beat at least once no matter how good or how bad they are. To beat them six times, I felt really good about that.”

However, Post Six could not complete its ultimate goal of getting past Terre Haute Post 346 and reaching the state championship. Post Six lost to Terre Haute 14-4 and 8-1 at the Lafayette Regional. Terre Haute is the defending state champion.

“Terre Haute proved that they are the best,” he said.

Andrews said he is proud of the leadership on the team.

“Of the 18 players, we had 10 players who were playing with us in their last season,” he said. “Of those 10 players, at least seven are committed to play in college baseball. Those 10 players were our leaders. We had great leadership out of them. They are just a good group of kids and a great group to be around.”

The 10 players, who finished their final year with the team, are Matt Adams, Shane Arnold, Bryan Beachy, Drew

Brantley, Jerry Flick, Cody Jansen, Nick Lor-enc, Spencer McQueary, Daniel Salinas and Jake Yager.

Andrews said there will be a strong core re-maining for next year from the current team with eight players who could return. The possi-ble returning players are: Cameron Clark, Kyle En-nis, Jake Florek, Andrew Monroe, Clay O’Neal, Damon Reel, Allen Stout and A.J. Vazquez.

He said he was im-pressed with each mem-ber of the team.

Throughout the team there were many stand-outs and surprises dur-ing the season. One such player was Brantley, who may have done some-thing that had not been accomplished before in Post Six history.

“Drew Brantley had an outstanding season,” he said. “We played 37 games, and he had a 37-game hitting streak, which is just phenomenal at this level. To get a hit every game is almost im-possible.”

Brantley finished the season with a team-lead-ing 66 hits and also had

12 stolen bases, which led the team. He will be play-ing baseball for Ander-son University next year.

Damon Reel was also impressive as he had a batting average of .408. He was a co-team leader in RBIs with 42 and was second in hits with 60. He will join Brantley at Anderson University.

Clay O’Neal also im-pressed Andrews with his batting average of .400. He will be playing baseball for the Univer-sity of Evansville.

Bryan Beachy is a player Andrews called a “student of the game.” He said Beachy remind-ed him of pitching great Greg Maddux with the way he pitched.

“He’s a finesse pitch-er,” he said. “He’s a real student of the game. We had him in the two hole for us because of his abil-ity to get on base what-ever it took. He’s just a very, very smart baseball player.”

Beachy finished the year with a 2.60 ERA in 43 innings pitched. He will be playing baseball for Indiana Wesleyan

Post Six to build on great season

BIG SWING — Post Six’s Cody Jansen knocks the ball into play against Cass County in the sectional round. Jansen led the Sixers in home runs and was tied for the RBI lead for the season.

Perspective Photo / Peter Adelsen

by Peter AdelsenSports Writer

padelsen@kokomoperspective.com

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Legion Golf Course could equalize Liberty CupChippendale pro thinks layout could spell end for country club dominance

The Kokomo Country Club has had a strangle-hold on the Liberty Cup championship since the event’s inception.

Now in its fourth year, the Liberty Cup, sponsored by Liberty Financial, could have a new champion because of the style of the course at the American Legion

Golf Course. The event is slated for Sept. 16.

“The Legion prob-ably sets up more equal for everybody, I would say,” said Jim Humphrey, the PGA profes-sional at Chip-pendale Golf Course. “It may not be as hard of a golf course to play. It’s right there in front of you. If your team scores well that day, you

are going to play well. If your team just goes out there and has a bad day, you are going to have

a bad day at the Le-gion.”

H u m -phrey said this may be the year that the K o k o m o

Country Club could be defeated.

“I think this is go-

ing to be the tell-tale on whether if anybody can beat the Kokomo Country Club with their dominance on the bet-ter players,” Humphrey said.

Golfers from Wild-cat Creek Golf course, American Legion Golf Course and Hum-phrey’s Chippendale Golf Course hope that this could be their year.

“I’m hoping that this

by Peter AdelsenSports Writer

padelsen@kokomoperspective.com

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IT’S A TRAP — Danny Gross hits a shot out of a sand trap during the Liberty Cup held at the Kokomo Country Club. Perspective Photo / File

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The internet can be an asset to outdoor enthusiasts

Computers are a ma-jor asset to outdoors en-thusiasts. It seems like every household has at least one and sometimes more than two comput-ers. I know in our house-hold we have the main computer in the den, and I also have a laptop com-puter that I take with me on the road.

Years ago, much like a cellphone, I stated I would never have one, and I had no use for ei-ther. But I was wrong! Without a cellphone or one of the computers, I would be suffering from electronic withdrawals.

Like most of the inhabit-ants of this planet, I have become increasingly de-pendent upon modern day electronic toys for my everyday functions.

Don’t get me wrong, without the assistance of my grandchildren and some electronically gifted friends, I would be totally lost. When ev-erything is working fine, I am all right, but when a problem surfaces, I have to fly the “I need help” flag.

Since my introduction to computers and the in-ternet, I must confess the “outdoors world” has really been opened up to me. There are hundreds of outdoor websites and forums that can answer questions and give opin-ions on a number of top-ics, from “What is the best bass fishing lure?” to “How to make a bow-string,” and the list con-tinues from there.

I recently had many questions concerning trail cameras, and I vis-ited a number of forums

dedicated to trail camer-as. I received some very informative tips and suggestions that made my selection much easi-er, and I am most appre-ciative for the input.

Once you get used to what you are doing, you can even purchase your hunting and fishing li-cense online and elimi-nate the trip to town and standing in line for service. You can also search the web for pos-sible booking of hunt-ing and fishing trips and to get information and references of available guides.

If you have any ques-tions pertaining to what facilities are available in Indiana for camping, boating, fishing, etc., all you have to do is sim-ply type in the URL for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, and their home page will open. You can find all the information you need.

I use eBay quite often for purchasing both new

and used equipment at fantastic prices. I have purchased numerous items for hunting, fish-ing, camping, boating, photography, cellphones and supplies, and my wife has made many purchases of “wifey-things.” The list goes on and on. It is rare that a week goes by without one of us making a pur-chase.

The internet also has made it pos-sible for me and many of my hunting and fishing associates to remain in contact without the ne-cessity of long distance calling. We can simply email back and forth or contact each other on the social networking pro-grams available. I per-sonally use Facebook, and I have made contact with many friends from the good ol’ days, many of them I have neither seen nor communicated with in over 50 years.

If I have a bass tour-nament coming up in

Michigan, all I have to do is contact one of my friends in that area and g e t t h e l a t -e s t u p -

dates on water level, water clarity and weath-er conditions. I can also check movement pat-terns and weather condi-tions for my deer hunt-ing ventures as well. The list continues to unlim-ited possibilities.

I also use the internet extensively for writing my articles. I write not only for the Kokomo Per-spective but for a number of hunting and fishing websites and also for a

number of my sponsor’s websites, and the inter-net enables me to sim-ply compose the articles

and send them as e m a i l s and at-t a c h -ments.

I must c o n f e s s that I have

b e c o m e electronical-ly addicted, and I spend

many hours in front of the

computer monitor, checking and reply-

ing to over 200 emails daily from friends, spon-sors and readers of my articles. But, I honestly enjoy doing it, and I re-spond to every message I receive.

Whether you own a computer is your choice, but I can assure you there is a world of infor-mation available to you on the internet. Use it wisely, and it can be ben-eficial to you.

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Bud Fields

is one of those years that somebody can sneak in there and knock them off their throne for a year,” Humphrey said.

One thing is for sure: the golf courses will bring the best talent that they have.

“I’m going to bring as many good players as I can bring,” he said. “I’ll bring my best, and we’ll put our best foot forward and see what happens.”

The three previous Liberty Cups were held at Wildcat Creek Golf Course, Kokomo Coun-try Club and Chippen-dale Golf Course, re-

spectively.The details

Each golf course in Howard County will field a team, consist-ing of 15 men and five women. Seven of the men will play scratch, and eight men will play with handicaps (18 max). Five women will play with handicaps (24 max).

The Stableford scor-ing system will be used.

Double Bogie 0Bogie 1Par 2Birdie 3Eagle 4Double Eagle 5Hole in one 6Team scoring will be

six of eight scores of men’s handicap, five of seven men’s scratch, and three of five women’s handicap per hole. The team score will be a hole-by-hole accumula-tion.

The champion will be

the team with the most points. In case of a tie, each team will choose one scratch, one handi-cap and one woman to take part in a playoff using the same scoring system until a winner is determined.

All three players’ scores will count on each hole of the playoff. Liberty Financial is put-ting up a $5,000 prize fund with 80 percent to the winning team and 20 percent to the sec-ond-place team. Team members will get gift certificates to their home course’s pro shop.

The entry fee is $30, which includes greens fees, cart and food.

Each player must have a USGA handicap at the course he or she represents and must have posted eight scores before Sept. 8. This in-cludes players playing scratch.

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next year.The biggest surprise

that came from a player on the roster this year was Cody Jansen.

“Cody Jansen really surprised me this sum-mer,” he said. “I can al-most call him our most valuable player. He played with us two years ago when we won the state championship with the junior team. He had a phenomenal season with us. He had a couple (college) offers, and they weren’t substantial for him to go. He’s registered for IUK so somebody is really missing out on some outstanding tal-ent.”

Jansen led Post Six with eight home runs and had 42 RBI. On the mound, he had a 1.73 ERA through 36 1/3 innings.

With his first season

under his belt as man-ager of the senior Post Six team, Andrews says the team has a great future ahead.

“I feel real good about the talent we have com-ing back,” he said. “Ko-komo Post Six Baseball has a very bright future.”

The season may have just ended, but the 2012 season’s tryouts are com-ing later in the month.

Post Six tryouts for the junior and senior teams will be Aug. 27-28 at CFD Investments Stadium at Highland Park. On Aug. 27, players born in 1993-1994 will be at 10 a.m., and younger players will try out at noon. On Aug. 28, players born in 1993-1994 will have tryouts at 1 p.m., and younger play-ers will meet at 3 p.m. The baseball program is free, Andrews said. The team receives its money through fundraising and donations.

GREAT SEASON — The Kokomo Post Six team gathers together after winning the Kokomo Sectional cham-pionship. The players are pictured from left to right. Front row: Shane Arnold, Nick Lorenc, Daniel Sali-nas, Matt Adams, Drew Brantley, Bryan Beachy and Clay O’Neal. Back row: Jake Florek, Andrew Monroe, A.J. Vazquez, Cody Jansen, Cameron Clark, Spencer McQueary, Jerry Flick, Damon Reel and Kyle Ennis. Not pictured are Allen Stout and Jake Yager. Perspective Photo / Provided

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process. Coaches al-ready have the ability to request a conference among umpires under the “Getting the Call Right” provisions in Ap-pendix E of the NCAA Baseball Rules Book.

The umpire crew chief determines whether to use instant replay.

If instant replay is used, the calling umpire and the crew chief and other members of the crew, as deemed neces-sary, would go to the

designated video-replay area to review all rel-evant video coverage. At least one umpire would remain on the field.

During a video review, the defensive team play-ers would be required to maintain their positions on the field and would be allowed to practice throw if desired. Baser-unners and the on-deck hitter would remain at their positions. All play-ers and coaches would have to remain in the dugout. Any defensive or offensive conferences would be charged as during any other part of

the game.While there

is no time limit for t h e v i d -e o r e -

view,

l e n g t h y r e v i e w s (more than two or three minutes) are dis-couraged and would be considered possible evidence that there is no indisputable video evi-

dence to change a call.The crew chief may

confer and dis-cuss the re-

plays during the review with other m e m b e r s of the um-p i r i n g

crew, but the ultimate

final decision is with the crew

chief. This final de-cision may not be con-tested by either coach.

If a reversal results in the need to decide the placement of bas-erunners, the crew chief

would use his best judg-ment to determine their locations as if the call had been made correctly. Again, coaches cannot question these decisions.

If a call is changed, the crew chief would notify both head coaches and the official scorer of the ruling.

During the 2011 Men’s College World Series, there were a few plays where the committee be-lieves the umpires could have been aided in get-ting the call right, includ-ing a possible home run that ended up being a double.

“We were kicking around this idea before that incident of the play in Omaha,” Weiser said. “It kind of reinforced the benefit that video replay can provide.”

Hurd added: “Omaha is ideal because the new stadium was built to be fan friendly, media friendly, umpire friendly and team friendly. ESPN has cameras to cover all the angles, and you have a room available where instant replay reviews can be done. We can take advantage of that.”

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NCAA right idea with replayStill, much more can be done

The NCAA has taken a page from the Major League Baseball play-book with idea of imple-menting instant replay.

The NCAA plans to begin the use of instant replay to review specific calls, but it will only be limited to the 2012 Men’s College World Series.

The only reviewable plays will be deciding if an apparent home run is fair or foul, deciding whether a batted ball left the playing field for a home run or ground-rule double and spectator-in-terference plays, but only involving home run balls.

This is a start. I agree with this being only im-

plemented for the World Series games. It’s always good to know who the real winner is in the end.

Major League Base-ball has the same instant replay rules, but the re-plays are available all season long.

There has been talk about expanding baseball instant replay. I can see some expansion, but the game is already a slow-paced game. I would be in favor of only a few tweaks.

After what happened in the 19-inning Pitts-burgh Pirates/Atlanta Braves game on July 26, there is a strong case for some expansion to in-stant replay. The Braves defeated the Pirates that night, or morning, when Julio Lugo scored from third base on a ground ball. Pirates’ catcher Mike McKenry applied a tag, but the umpire called the runner safe. This all hap-pened around 2 a.m. at Turner Field.

If there is going to be an expansion, MLB and the NCAA, once they get used to replay, should look at using re-

play for scoring attempts at home plate, and only at home plate. I believe that the umpires should have control on who is safe or out on first, sec-ond or third base. But, when it comes to scoring, these plays should have a chance to be reviewed. If a home run can be re-viewed, why not have a bang-bang play of a base runner attempting to come home be reviewed?

I could go the way of the National Football League when it comes to reviews. Each man-ager could have a certain amount of flags, cards or whatever signal to request for a review. Af-ter that agreed amount is used, that manager or coach can no longer request a review. This could be a total number for the season, or that se-ries, or just that game.

The umpires should have the majority of con-trol in a baseball game. What would be bad if every play would be re-viewed. Hopefully it will never come to that. No-body is perfect, but an expansion is necessary.

STATE CHAMPS — The UCT Baseball 10U All-Star team celebrates as the 10U Town and Country Baseball Junior Division State Champions. The team won Dis-trict and Semi-State. First row (left to right), Gavin Wallace, Levi Hrabos, Justin Hurlock, Garrett Melton, Gavin Eaker and Matthew Arcari. Second row, Elijah Moon, Jaden Armfield, Cy Willis, Logan Bowser, Ryan Deis and Trevor Kessler. Top row, coaches Rich Arcari, Stacy Hrabos, Jeremy Moon and Gerald Armfield. Perspective Photo / Provided

Peter Adelsen

by Peter AdelsenSports Writer

padelsen@kokomoperspective.com

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Community Fall League Howard County Thunder tryouts

KHS all-sports passes

Taylor fall practice dates

Friday Night Couples

Chippendale Swingers League

Monday Night Ladies Golf

Mr. Slam Dunk & Mr. 3 Point

Central Indiana Sports Corporation (formerly Central Indiana Kings), Ko-komo Kings and Kingsway Sports Academy is pleased to announce Community Fall League for baseball and softball.

The league is open to all youth of Howard and sur-rounding counties. Teams will be formed along school and league lines as much as possible. Friend or team-mate requests will be hon-ored.

The proposed age divi-sions are: T-ball/ Coach pitch (5-7); baseball or soft-ball (8-12); middle school

baseball or softball (13-15); and high school baseball and softball (15 and up).

Players may move up where appropriate. Games will be primarily on the weekends with some week-days when appropriate. Games will start Aug. 27 with teams organizing in late August. It will be a seven to eight week season with as a many games as possible.

Fees are $75. The fee cov-ers team t-shirt, insurance, use of indoor and outdoor practice facilities, umpires and all field costs. There will be no gate.

The league will be run by Sean Laird and a staff of collaborating organiza-tions. Sean is a past gradu-ate of KHS and South Ala-bama where he excelled in the baseball programs. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Health Education. This league will be a preparation to a winter development program and 2012 leagues and events.

Register at Kingsway Academy, 3116 West Bou-levard, Mon-Thurs 4–8 pm, Sat. and Sun. afternoon. Questions or information, please call 236-1006 or email seanclaird@gmail.com.

The Howard County Thunder fastpitch softball organization will be con-ducting tryouts at Dar-rough Chapel Park at the times below for the ages listed. The organization’s intention is to have a team at each age group listed providing we have the numbers to field all of the teams. Howard County Thunder is organized by local high school coaches

to provide affordable play-ing opportunities to com-pete at a high level. Players should arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the listed tryout times to register and warm up. Age is as of Dec. 31 at midnight of this year. Any questions may be di-rected to Jim Clouse @ 765-437-8904.

10 and under 8/10@ 6 p.m. and 8/13@ 9 a.m.

11 year olds 8/10@

6:30 p.m. and 8/13@ 10:30 a.m.

12-year-olds 8/10@ 6:30 p.m. and 8/13@ 10:30 a.m.

13-year-olds 8/13@ 2 p.m. and 8/17@ 6 p.m.

14-year-olds 8/13@ 2 p.m. and 8/17@ 6 p.m.

15-year-olds 8/13@ 6 p.m. and 8/20@ 6 p.m.

16-year-olds 8/13@ 6 p.m. and 8/20@ 6 p.m.

Kokomo High School Athletic Department will sell All-Sports Tickets in the Athletic Office Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Ticket applica-tions are available online at the athletics’ website -- www.kokomohighschool-sports.com -- then click the Bulletin Board icon. Ap-plications may be mailed

in or turned in to the of-fice. Adult tickets are $75 each. Student tickets are on sale for $25 through Aug. 19 and then $45 after that. The All-Sport Ticket is admission to all home athletic events excluding tournaments.

The athletic office is also offering two types of pre-sale tickets this year:

Football – Sept. 10, Ko-komo vs. Huntington North at Lucas Oil Sta-dium at 2 p.m. Presale ad-mission is $10 each or $13 at the door.

Boys Basketball – Dec. 30, City Securities Hall of Fame Classic at New Castle Fieldhouse at 1 p.m. Admission is $10 each.

On July 29, area golfers competed at Chippendale Golf Course’s Friday Night Couples. First place gross went to Greg and Lynn Harbaugh with Clarence and Maggie Pridemore with 33. Second place gross went to Bill Deaf-enbaugh and Barb Round with Larry and Bev Cable with 34. Third place gross went to Al and Betty Un-derly with Jerry and Con-nie Basham with 35. First

place net went to Danny and Marcia Mullett with Rob and Reba Hale with 33. Second place net went to Tom J. and Marge Hayes with Ron and Bonnie Har-ris with 33. Third place net went to Hank and Mary Powell with Bill and Dana Osburn with 33. Greg Har-baugh was closest to the pin.

On June 22, many golf-ers participated in the Fri-day Night Couples event at

Chippendale Golf Course. First gross went to Noel Harvath and Kaylee King-seed with Gene and Marty Obermeyer. Second gross went to Randy and Sandy Smith with Dale and Sue Hight. First net went to Charlie Beswick and Ma-linda Grant with Bill and Dana Osburn. Second net went to Gene and Marty Obermeyer with Chris and Julie Rossi. Julie Rossi was closest to the pin.

Area golfers participated in the Chippendale Swing-ers Golf League on July 26. For A-Flight, Gay Hoover won low gross with 45, and Marge Hayes won low net with 35. For B-Flight, Kay Mickelson won low gross with 46, and Bev Cable won low net with 34. For C-Flight, Connie Basham won low gross with 48, and Shir-ley Miller and Judie McCoy tied for low net with 34. For D-Flight, Dorothy Wagoner won low gross with 55, and

MaryAnne Mensing won low net with 43. The gim-mick was for most bogies, which was won by Bev Ca-ble and Sally Masariu with seven. Judie McCoy and Kay Mickelson each had the fewest putts with 14.

On July 12, area golf-ers participated in the nine hole-2 best ball tourna-ment at Chippendale Golf Course. Placing first with a score of 51 was the team of Maggie Pridemore, Ja-net Hawn, Shirley Miller

and No. 1 Blind. Placing second with a score of 56 was the team of Bev Bern-hardt, Joyce Pennycoff, Jan Vostatek and No. 2 Blind. Placing third with a score of 58 was the team of Janie Yun, Bev Cable, Bonnie Harris and Jeanie Leyda. Winning the closest put for hole No. 3 was Carolyn Hayes and closest put on hole No. 5 was Gay Hoover. Winning the longest putt for hole No. 5 was Bev Ber-nhardt.

On July 11, many area women participated in American Legion Mon-day Night Ladies Golf. For A Flight, Jan Turner won gross with 41, and

Lea Street had a net of 32. For B Flight, Lori Kel-lar had a gross of 49, and Kelly Paul had a net of 38. For C Flight, Brenda Hem-bree and Deb Pitcher tied

for gross with 61, and Jean Hitchcock had the net with 41. The gimmick of most pars was won by Jan Turn-er with four.

* Football -- Grades 5, 6, 7, 8 – August 8-12 from 3-5 p.m. at the field house.

* Volleyball -- 6, 7, 8 –

Aug. 9, 11 and 16 from 1-3 p.m. in the Middle School Gym.

* Cross Country Co-

ed -- 6, 7, 8 – can pick up practice times on Aug. 10 at registration from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the middle school.

The Mr. Slam Dunk & Mr. 3 Point will be Sat-urday, Aug. 20. There is a $50 entry fee, and the event is open to anyone at any age. There will

be more than $1,000 in cash prizes and more. For more information, go to: www.facebook.com/mr.slamdunk.com or call 765-865-5412 or 765-252-

6726. Voter registration will be available. A por-tion of the proceeds goes to benefit the United Way for back-to-school sup-plies.

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. 11 with Old Dudes Rock, classic rock music. These concerts will follow: Aug. 25, The Sonshine Boys; Sept. 1, the Dixie Mud Bugs; Sept. 8, talent show; Sept. 15, Koko-mo Children’s Choir and the Acacia Academy Singers.

Friday, Aug. 12City Concert SeriesConfederate Railroad with special guest Paul Stout

will perform at the last show of the season on Aug. 12 at the Kokomo Arts Pavilion at 6:30 p.m. There will be a beer garden available.

Dean Phelps in ConcertDean Phelps will be performing at South Side Chris-

tian Church Friday, Aug. 12, at 7 p.m. at South Side Christian Church. The ticket cost is a free-will offer-ing. Check him out at deanphelps.com. Call 457-9357 for more information.

Kokomo Civic Theater Summer MusicalOn Aug. 12-14, enjoy Kokomo Civic Theater’s Sum-

mer Musical performance of “Hairspray” in IU Ko-komo Havens auditorium. Performances will be at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Call 454-8800 for more information.

KHS Class of ’51 ReunionKokomo High School’s 60th reunion will take place

Aug. 12 at Half Moon restaurant at 6 p.m. On Aug. 13, the class will meet at Kokomo Country Club at 6 p.m. The class meets the first Monday of every month at Half Moon at noon. Contact Tom Sanders at (765)453-2006 if you’re interested in attending.

Saturday, Aug. 13New London Masonic Lodge BreakfastNew London Masonic Lodge serves breakfast the

second Saturday of each month. The next breakfast will take place Aug. 13 from 7 to 10 a.m. Come out to enjoy sausage gravy, biscuits and more. The event is open to the public. A freewill donation is accepted.

KHS Class of ’56 ReunionThe Kokomo High School Class of ’56 invites you to

a get together for our 55th class reunion. The reunion will be held at the Knights of Columbus Banquet Cen-ter, 1631 Foxfire Lane, on Saturday, Aug. 13. From 6 to 7 p.m., a social hour will take place before dinner from 7 to 9 p.m. Then, catch up with your classmates until 11 p.m. Enjoy a cash bar and a buffet style dinner. The cost is $20 per person, which includes tax and gratuity. Please RSVP by Aug. 1 to Becky Whited Silvey, 1321 W. Madison St. Call her at 457-4623 or email silvey-bekka@comcast.net.

Greentown Art and Photography ShowEntries forms and fees are now being accepted for

the Greentown Community Art & Photography Show which will be held on Saturday Aug. 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Meridian Street Christian Church in Green-town. This art show is sponsored by the Greentown Main Street Association. Artwork must fit into one of the following three categories: fine art, photography or 3-D and will be judged in three divisions: profes-sional, amateur and junior (K-12). Entry forms will be accepted through Aug. 5 and must include a $5 entry fee. For more information and a complete set of rules, please call Lisa Stout at (765) 610-8461.

Westside Baptist Rummage SaleA rummage sale will be held on Aug. 13 from 8 a.m.

to 2 p.m. at Westside Baptist Church, 3330 W, 100 S. Boulevard just west of Malfalfa Rd.

Kokomo Downtown Farmers’ MarketCelebrate National Farmers’ Market Week (Aug.

7-14) by attending our local market on Aug. 13. The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter of Kokomo will join us in the non-profit tent, offering a free community class at 9 a.m. on “Alzheimer’s Dis-ease: What you Need to Know.” The Howard County Storm Water District will offer a free community class on rain gardens at 10 a.m. Rhum Academy of Music will perform from 10 a.m. to noon, featuring Eric Hy-man and students. Planet Mind will offer free crafts for the market kids to enjoy from 10 a.m. to noon. Hula hooping and chalk stations will be available as well for the little ones. Kale, the market dog, will join patrons this weekend to show off how much he has grown since joining the market this spring.

Marriage Enrichment ActivitiesTabernacle of Faith Church, in partnership with Pro-

vision Counseling Services, invites you to a morning of fun and relaxing Marriage Enrichment activities on Saturday, Aug. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Hamp-ton Inn & Suites, 2920 S. Reed Rd., in their second floor conference room. Tanika Forestal will facilitate and will be available to answer your questions about mar-riage issues. This is free and open to the public. Bring your spouse with you.

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Birthday Celebration for Bishop GlennOn Sunday, Aug. 14, at 4 p.m. the Pastor’s Aide Com-

mittee, Doris J. Small, president of the Fountain of Life Worship Center, 611 East Jackson St. will host the 15th Annual Bishop’s Birthday Celebration in honor of its pastor Bishop Charles E. Glenn. Invited guests will be the Open Door Church of Deliverance of Indianapolis and their pastor, Pastor Rufus Hicks. Everyone is in-vited to attend. For more information, contact Pastor Emma Glenn at 461-4141.

Help Our Heroes Ride The American Legion Riders post 6 of Kokomo pres-

ents our “Help Our Heroes Ride” on Sunday Aug. 14. Sign in from noon to 1 p.m. Cost is $10, and rider cost is $5. There will be a dinner after the ride of pulled pork, baked beans and potato salad. Dinner is $5 for a non-rider. There will be a silent auction of baskets, raf-fles and 50/50. The ride will be 120 miles with stops at Frankton Legion #469, Pendleton Legion #117, Curve Inn Alexandria, Vietnam Vets Grounds, and it will end at Legion #6, 2604 S. Lafountain St. Hoosier Help-ing Heroes will have their display, and donations will be accepted for care packages for our Indiana troops. Everyone is welcome—cycle or no cycle. For more in-formation, call Onnie at 765-517-1609.

Sunday, Aug. 14

Special 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.

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.

Coming Soon

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.

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.

Taylor High School Class of ‘76Taylor High School’s 35 year reunion will take place

Aug. 20, at Knights of Columbus Hall, 1631 Firefox Lane. A pre-class reunion gathering will be Aug. 19, at The Quarry, 2130 W. Sycamore at 7 p.m. Classmates should contact Jay Beckon (765)432-3332, Troy Holt (765)963-3316 or Joe Cook (765)776-2856 to update 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 more information, call 457-3140.

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 all 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.

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.

Women’s Equality Day at Dunham HouseAugust is the month in which we commemorate

women’s equality in society. The Howard County Democratic Women’s Committee cordially invites you to join us on Aug. 26 to celebrate Women’s Equality Day at the Dunham House in Kempton, Ind., from 1-4 p.m. We are currently taking reservations for this event. The cost is $15 if you RSVP before Aug. 5 and $17 at the door. The ticket includes lunch, speakers (Terri Austin and Jill Donnelly) and a tour of the Dun-ham 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.

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Paul Fausett Memorial Golf ScrambleYou are invited to participate in the Paul Fausett

Memorial Golf Scramble on Saturday, Aug. 27, at 1 p.m. This will take place on the Chippendale Golf Course in Kokomo. Proceeds to benefit Brookside Missions Scholarship Fund and other areas of need. Hole sponsors are available also: Hole Sponsor $100 (18x12). Half Hole Sponsor $50 (9x12). If you would like to sponsor a hole, make a donation or register your team, contact Tim Beck 457-7556 or 765-437-0130 or go to http://brooksidefmc.com/SPECIALEVENTS.aspx to print out the forms located at the bottom left of the page. If interested, please contact us no later than Aug. 12.

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.

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 enrolling

children for the 2011–2012 preschool year. Two pre-school classes are available: junior preschool, intend-ed 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 chil-dren starting kindergarten in August 2012 (children must be 4 years old by Aug. 1, 2011.) Crossroads Learning Corner is located at the corner of Indiana Highway 26 and U.S. 31 inside of Crossroads Com-munity Church. For more information or to schedule a tour, call 864-0307.

Parkinson’s Exercise Program“Ready, Steady, Go!,” a new Parkinson’s exercise pro-

gram, is here in Kokomo. The program is designed to work heavily on balance, coordination, deep breath-ing, re-building strength and adding muscle and bone mass plus endurance. Classes are forming now and are limited in size! Call Terry at 450-6280 if you have any questions or to register now. The course is one hour, two times per week, for six months.

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.

Greater St. Matthew ServiceGreater St. Matthew Church of God in Christ, 424 N.

Apperson Way, holds services on Sundays at 11 a.m. Sunday School is held before the regular service at 10 a.m. You can also attend Wednesday bible studies at 6:30 p.m. and Friday night teachings at 6:30 p.m.

Bunker Hill Fish and Game Club The Bunker Hill Fish and Game Club is seeking

new members. The club was founded in 1954, and the club grounds consist of 30 acres, including a four-acre pond. Membership dues are $50 per year plus a $50 initiation fee. For an application, contact president Dale Sommers at 472-1976 or secretary Dave Smith at 765-689-7211.

Club VClub V, located at 424 N. Apperson Way, hosts Chris-

tian teen hangouts on Fridays and Saturdays from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Attend for lots of games, activities, movies, food, fun, prizes and live music. Admission is $2. Parents are welcome.

Greentown Historical Society ExhibitThe “Early Settler of the Eastern Howard County”

exhibit takes place on Saturdays, Sundays and Mon-days from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free, and group tours and children are welcome. The exhibit contin-ues through Dec. 19.

“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 Pavilion 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.

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 Communi-

ty Concerts will present “American Spirit” with a singing, dancing and storytelling journey on Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will take place in the Kokomo High School Auditorium. Tickets are $20. Students are admit-ted free with a student ticket. Season tickets are $40 and are available at Big Ben Coffee, Compre-hensive Planning, Wind-mill Grill and Herbst Pharmacy locations. Sin-gle tickets are sold at the door only. Call 210-0686 for more information.

George Dyer in ConcertGeorge Dyer will be in

concert at Swayzee Chris-tian Church on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. There will be a free will offering. Call Liz at 455-0938 for more infor-mation.

Kokomo Walk to End Alzheimer’sJoin us for an evening of

excitement as we kick-off the 2011 Walk to End Al-zheimer’s season. Volun-

teers will be ready to share fundraising event ideas, explain best practices and assist with on-line team registration. Team recruitment and fundraising mate-rials will be available. The walk takes place Saturday, Sept. 17, in Jackson Morrow Park.

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.

Victory DaysVisit Victory Days, a living, interactive WWII era re-

creation, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 at Grissom Aeroplex. Victory Days is open from 8:30 to 5 p.m. daily. One-day general admission is $25 for adults and $12 for kids ages 6 to 12 at the gate; $20 for adults and $10 for kids purchased online; two-day general admission is $30 for adults and $15 for kids ages 6 to 12, available online only. Kids 5 and under are free. Group rates are available. Visit victorydays.com for more infor-mation.

Making Strides Against Breast WalkJoin the walk in Foster Park on Oct. 1. Registration

begins at 9 a.m., and the walk starts at 10 a.m. call 455-9905 for more information.

Westside Village Fall Harvest FestivalThe Westside Village Fall Harvest Festival is being

held at First Presbyterian Church on Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Call 457-3227 for more information.

Central Indiana Gun ShowThe Central Indiana Gun Show will be held at the

Kokomo Event Center on Oct. 1-2. On Saturday, the show is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $5. Call 855-1712 for more in-formation.

Barktober Fest Dog WalkThe Barktober Fest Dog Walk will take place on Oct.

8 in Highland Park from 9 a.m. to noon. Call the Ko-komo Humane Society at 452-6224 for more informa-tion.

Kokomo Comic Book ConventionThe Kokomo-Con 2001 Comic Book Convention will

take place at the Kokomo Event Center on Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. General admission is $5. There will be films and games from 10 to 11:45 a.m. Visit koko-mocon.com for more information.

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