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Loving the colors red, white and blue, Tri-Lakes resident Brenda Huyghe knew exactly how to have her pole barn painted utilizing her favorite colors. As a salute to Huyghe’s nephew, Christopher Martin Arender, of Columbia City, she commissioned local artist Kathleen Davisson to paint one

side of her pole barn expressing her sentiments. The expert job took Davisson approximately four weeks to complete, displaying silhouettes of 12 soldiers fronting a large Ameri-can flag. Arender is now stationed at Fort Campbell Army Base, located on the border of Kentucky and Tennessee.

STAFF & WIRE REPORTSCOLUMBIA CITY – Fire departments

in Whitley County, as well as electric util-ity companies, fought high winds that fanned sparking downed electrical lines and whipped grass fires Wednesday.

The wild winds topped 55 mph at times locally.

Despite the problems caused in Whitley County, they paled in comparison to what firefighters encountered Wednesday in

nearby downtown Huntington and Wabash.A half-block building in Huntington at

the southeast corner of Market and Cher-ry streets, directly across from City Hall, caught fire at mid-morning. The attic fire above businesses, including a law office and barbershop, spread and caused significant damage. Firemen fought the blaze for hours.

In fact, Whitley County fire departments were placed on standby to assist Roanoke and northern Huntington County for fire

calls. Grass fires were fought on a mutual aid basis in northern Huntington County.

At about 5 p.m. Wednesday, another sig-nificant area urban fire erupted in Wabash.

Yarnell Lumber Company, located on West Canal Street in downtown Wabash near the popular Honeywell Event Center and the Wabash YMCA, was consumed by flames.

Fortunately, there were no injuries report-ed in the Huntington and Wabash blazes to

the public or firefighters.The high wind warning for the area is-

sued by the National Weather Service ma-terialized about 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, with steady winds of 35 mph and gusts over 50 mph recorded throughout the day and sub-siding after 6 p.m.

In Whitley CountyWith wind gusts up to 55 mph in Whitley

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Annual Chamber Expo isthis Saturday from 9 to 3

By RACHAEL ROSFELD

The Post & MailCOLUMBIA CITY— In-

dian Springs Middle School will be “the place to be” this Saturday, according to Whitley County Chamber of Commerce Executive Di-rector Jennifer Romano, as the chamber hosts its annual Whitley County Expo.

Indian Springs Middle School is located just south of Columbia City on Ind. 9.

“Our annual Whitley County Expo provides such a wonderful opportunity to learn more about our com-munity’s outstanding busi-nesses, non-profits and, this year, many of our local art-ists,” said Romano.

“There is truly something for everyone,” she said. “This event draws together so many great aspects of our community in one place.

Not only is this event ideal for someone who is new to the community, I think it offers a lot to residents who’ve been here for years as well –enabling them to gain more knowledge and information about what we have to offer right here in Whitley County.

“Hopefully, that results in important new connections being made, more dollars spent locally and local ser-vices being utilized.”

The Expo will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admis-sion and parking are free and no RSVP is required.

Participants will be treat-ed to live entertainment, activities and lunch and snacks for sale – all while learning about products and services from a wide-variety of vendors.

Visitors will have a chance

to enter to win door prizes.Business and non-profit

vendors attending this year include:

Rabb Water Systems, DeMoney-Grimes Funeral Home, Andy’s Car Wash, Miller’s Health Systems, United Way of Whitley County, Blue River Digital,

Passages, Inc., Agnes & Dora Clothing by Heather and Tracy, Western & South-ern Life, Caliber Home Loans-James Prentice, Bow-en Center, Purdue Extension - Whitley County, Mayor Ryan Daniel, Indiana Physi-

File photoThis Saturday’s free Whitley County Expo at Indian Springs Middle School will again attract large crowds from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Waste surveydistributedin Col. CityBy RACHAEL ROSFELD

The Post & MailCOLUMBIA CITY— A

survey is being distributed to residents within Colum-bia City regarding waste pick-up days.

In a previous meeting with the Whitley County Solid Waste District, repre-sentatives from Columbia City noted that several in the community had made complaints on their recy-cling waste pickup sched-ule, with many saying that once every two weeks is not enough and their recy-clables pile up.

To accommodate for these community concerns, officials are considering dif-ferent options.

One solution could be having homeowners pur-chase an additional recycle bin for $65.

Another option would be to add $2 to residents’ monthly bills in order to have a weekly recycling pick-up schedule.

City officials are asking residents within the city limits to make their opin-ions known through a sur-vey sponsored by Survey-Monkey.

Questions asked include:1. Are you a city resident?2. What is your housing

status?3. How long have you

lived in Columbia City?4. Do you receive city

trash and/or county recycle services?

5. Do you typically have a full recycle bin on each bi-weekly pickup per month?

6. Did you know you could purchase a second re-cycle bin from the Whitley County Solid Waste District for $65?

7. Would you be willing to spend an extra $2 per month on your utility bill to receive weekly recycle service?

8. Did you know that residents can discard TVs, computers, light bulbs, most appliances and batter-ies at the Whitley County Solid Waste District FAcil-ity on South Line Street for free?

9. Do you typically have

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans scored a pre-dawn triumph Thurs-day in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama’s health care over-haul, but it masked deeper problems as hospitals, doc-tors and consumer groups mounted intensifying op-position to the GOP health care drive.

After nearly 18 hours of debate and over two dozen party-line votes, Re-publicans pushed legisla-tion through the Ways and Means Committee abolish-ing the tax penalty Obama’s statute imposes on people who don’t purchase insur-ance and reshaping how millions of Americans buy medical care.

It was a victory of high symbolism because Obama’s so-called individ-ual mandate is perhaps the part of the statute that Re-publicans most detest.

Even so, the White House and Republican leaders confront a GOP and out-side groups badly divided over the party’s high-stakes overhaul crusade.

The American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association and AARP, the nation’s larg-est advocacy group for older people, were arrayed against the measure. Seven years ago their backing was instrumental in enacting Obama’s health care statute, which President Donald Trump and Republicans are intent on erasing.

The hospitals — major employers in many dis-tricts — wrote lawmak-ers complaining about the bill’s cuts in Medicaid and other programs and said more uninsured Americans seem likely, adding, “We ask Congress to protect our patients.” America’s Health Insurance Plans, represent-ing insurers, praised the legislation’s elimination of health taxes but warned that proposed Medicaid changes “could result in unneces-sary disruptions.”

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You want to go on a mission trip to Haiti with your church group and aren’t sure what kinds of immuniza-tions you need before you go. Where do you get information?

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You heard a commercial on televi-sion about a new vaccine for meningitis and you wonder who in your family is supposed to get it and when. How do you find out?

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You have an elderly neighbor who doesn’t have any family around, who has trouble getting out of his house. You are concerned that he isn’t getting the help he needs with his medication. How can you get him some assistance?

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Perhaps it is obvious to you that the answer to all of the above scenarios is our local Whitley County Health De-partment. Or, maybe you are like most people who have very little idea of all that your local health department pro-

vides “behind the scenes” on an every-day basis, services that focus on mak-ing Whitley County a safer place to live and work.

Most people know that they can get their children immunized at the Health Department’s immunization clinic. Not everyone is aware that if you want to travel to far flung parts of the world, or take a shorter jaunt to a Third World country in the Caribbean or Central America that you can get immuniza-tions for things like Yellow Fever or typhoid.

Most of you have enjoyed eating at a local restaurant, a school cafeteria or shopping for groceries locally, but probably aren’t aware that the health department regularly inspects all of these food locations to make sure that food is handled and prepared in safe sanitary ways. Even the safety of food being transported through the county falls under the purview of the health department. If food borne illness oc-curs, your health department is first on the scene to investigate and make corrections needed to prevent further spread of disease.

If you have had a well or septic system installed, you know that the Whitley County Health Department (WCHD) issues permits and does in-spections of these installations.

You may not be aware that the WCHD also inspects swimming pools and tattoo parlors, investigates com-plaints about unsafe water conditions, mosquito borne illness, bed bug infes-tations, or junk and trash complaints that can impact health conditions in our county.

Tuberculosis, HIV testing, ancestry birth and death records, lead toxicity investigations, immunization adminis-tration home health services for medi-cation assistance, travel vaccine clinic, nutritional assistance for low income young children and pregnant women are just a some of the myriad services available through your Whitley Coun-ty Health Department.

The Health Department hopes to use this column to bring you information about current health issues in our com-munity.

In the coming months we will ex-plore the rising number of children testing positive for lead exposure, the drug addiction epidemic, vaccine pre-ventable illness and vaccine safety, bed bug infestations, and preventing food borne illness.

We want to let you know how your health department can be a resource for you.

Dr. Lisa Hatcher is the Whitley County Health Officer and member of the Whitley County Board of Health. Her column is scheduled to be published monthly in your Post & Mail. The Whitley County Health Department is located in the Whitley County Government Center, 202 W. Van Buren St., in Downtown Columbia City., and maintains regular hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Phone num-ber is 260 248-3121.

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Residents report boost in caution after slayings

DELPHI, Ind. (HSPA) — Rocky and Sara Escobedo, who between the two of them have eight children ages 13 and under, said they used to let their kids play out in the front yard at will.

“But now that this happened, we’re just really scared ourselves,” Rocky Escobedo said.

The bodies of Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, and Liber-ty “Libby” German, 14, were found just outside of town near Deer Creek Feb. 14 in what police are calling a dou-ble murder. Law enforcement continues to search for the person or persons responsible. The crime has community members reporting a boost in caution both exercised by themselves and observed in others.

Rocky Escobedo said he and his wife keep a closer watch over their kids now, adding he doesn’t want them heading outside without permission or talking to some-one they don’t know.

Sherri Hinton, who lives in Delphi with her son and young grandchildren, said the slayings have had a simi-lar effect on the way she’s helping raise her grandchil-dren. “Keep the kids close to home,” she said of the change in status quo as of late, adding visits to friends in the neighborhood are no longer permitted.

Hinton said that mentality appears to have spread among older kids in the community, explaining she no longer sees as many teenagers out around town as she used to. The amount of adults out and about even ap-pears to be decreasing, she added. “It’s just a sad situa-tion, it’s scary,” Hinton said.

Greg Briles, superintendent of Delphi Community School Corp., said reactions like the Escobedos’ and Hin-ton’s are likely shared across the area.

“I’m sure that everybody in our community right now is sitting down with their kids right now and having those talks with their children,” he said.

He and his wife have had such a conversation with their own sons, Briles continued. They’ve reinforced to their 18-year-old the importance of knowing his where-abouts and encouraged their 22-year-old away at college to always be aware of his surroundings while ensuring others know where he is when he’s away.

Briles went on to say the community’s demeanor will likely challenge the notion that kitchen-table conversa-tions are becoming a thing of the past.

“I think it made us more aware of what could happen,” he said. “...As parents, teachers, administrators, it was a wake-up call for all of us. It could happen to us and it did happen to us unfortunately. They were our girls too as a school corporation... They were our family.”

Students and faculty continue to back law enforcement working to resolve the case, Briles said.

“We’re continuing to support the people who are look-ing for the person or persons responsible for this mon-strous crime against two little girls with the thank-yous and appreciation banners at their headquarters,” he said.

Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby, head of the agency leading that effort, said he’s noticed a change in the demeanor between parents and their children as well.

“I have seen parents drawing closer to their children and actually have heard instances of the street going the other way, where kids are drawing closer to their parents for that sense of security,” he said.

“You want to trust your neighbor . . . but to a certain degree you’re not real sure if you can,” he said.

Mitchell Kirk, reporter, (Logansport) Pharos-Tribune. HSPA InfoNet.

Panel takes up bill allowing praying aloud in schoolsINDIANAPOLIS (AP)

— An Indiana bill that reaf-firms students’ right to pray aloud in public schools is prompting debate over how students of minority reli-gions would be affected by the practice.

The proposal requires school districts to adopt a policy allowing for a “limit-ed public forum” for prayer at school events such as sports games or assemblies. The idea, Democratic state Rep. John Bartlett said, is to put prayer back in schools in the hopes that exposing students to religion could lead to better behavior and a more prayerful life.

But lawmakers and advo-

cates are questioning how a school community would respond to non-Christian re-quests and how students in the minority might be bur-dened. Some say they have a “hard time picturing” that the religious expression of minority religious groups would be treated the same as a Christian one.

“What if a group of Mus-lim students wanted to pray right in that ceremony? How would that have been ac-cepted — or would it have caused an outcry?” Demo-cratic Sen. Mark Stoops said.

Under the bill, students who don’t want to partici-pate would be given “rea-sonable accommodations”

if they want to be excused from a religious speech.

Still, to some, that move gives more power to the ma-jority at the expense of the minority.

“The onus” would then be placed on “the one who does not consent to the prayer — to leave the room or bow their head in shame and quietly mumble ‘Amen’ — rather than where the onus is currently, and should be,” Rabbi Shelley Goldman said,

“with the faithful person, to find a moment and space for private prayer in public school without imposing such prayer on others.”

To protect from one reli-gious viewpoint dominating the forum, the proposal in-structs school districts to se-lect students who may speak based on “neutral criteria.” A model policy would be drafted in cooperation with the state’s attorney general and schools chief.

Logansport Pharos-Tribune photo / J. Kyle Keener

Throughout Delpi, pink, purple and teal ribbons are hung as a tribute to homicide victims Libby German and Abby Williams. The line for their Feb. 17 viewing was hun-dreds of people long at times. In the aftermath of their deaths, families have become more cautious, locals say.

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Public legal notices are published on Page A8 in today’s edition and include:

•Two Notices of Unsupervised Administration;and •Notice by the Whitley Co. BZA about a hearing for a variance in Jefferson Town ship.

Legal notices CorrectionIn a Post & Mail Weekend

Edition front page photo of a Mayoral Proclamation cel-ebrating “Disability Aware-ness Month,” the first name of a Passages, Inc. celebrant was incorrect.

The correct name should have been published as Vince Kramer.

The Post & Mail regrets the error.

STAFF REPORT The Post & Mail CHURUBUSCO — An ac-

cident in Smith Township left one injured and three vehicles damaged Monday.

Just after 4 p.m., the Whit-ley County Sheriff’s Depart-ment arrived to the scene of a three-way crash at the intersection of Ind. 205 and County Road 450 E.

In a crash report, George Bullion, 75, of Huntertown, said he was traveling west on Ind. 205 in a 2014 Chev-rolet Silverado when a vehi-cle failed to yield at the stop sign on the south side of the intersection and pulled into his lane of travel.

He struck the 2000 Buick Regal driven by Samantha Fulk, 18, of Columbia City.

Bullion said he then lost control of his vehicle and collided with Peggy Oyer,

64, of Garrett, who was driv-ing a 2015 Nissan Rogue, and was parked north on County Road 450 E.

Extensive total vehicle damage was estimated be-tween $50,000 and $100,000, and all vehicles were towed away.

Emergency medical re-sponders arrived at the scene to assist any injured persons. Both Bullion and Oyer reported no injuries.

Fulk complained of neck pain, and was transported to a nearby hospital for evalu-ation.

Later that day, another crash occurred in Union Township.

At approximately 8 p.m., officers from the Whitley County Sheriff’s Depart-ment responded to the scene on U.S. 30 near County Road 500 E.

Amy Rogers, 20, of Fort Wayne reported she was driving east in a 2011 Subaru O2P when she took her eyes away from the road.

When she looked up again, she said she saw brake lights, but was unable to stop before striking the vehicle in front of her.

The vehicle, driven by An-drea Davis, 43, of Columbia City was a 2009 Dodge Ram 1500.

Davis said she was slow-ing down to turn into her driveway when she was rear-ended.

Davis complained of chest pain, and was transported to the hospital for further test-ing.

Rogers reported no inju-ries.

Total vehicle damage was estimated to be between $25,000 and $50,000.

Two accidents resultin injuries Monday

Tri-Lakes Sewermeeting cancelled

TRI-LAKES – The Tri-Lakes Regional Sewer Dis-trict’s monthly meeting for March has been cancelled.

Officials note that the next monthly meeting will be Monday, April 10 at 5 p.m. in the district office.

By LINDA THOMSON The Post & MailCOLUMBIA CITY – Whit-

ley County Prosecutor D. J. Sigler will serve his county position in a full-time ca-pacity as declared and ap-proved by the Whitley County Council at Tuesday mornings regular monthly meeting.

Funded by the State of Indiana, the county council

also approved Cory Spreen as chief deputy prosecutor and Lindsey Grossnickle as deputy prosecutor for Whit-ley county.

Both of these positions are also full-time.

Whitley County Treasurer Laurell Hodges was also in attendance and requested a part-time position in the treasurer’s office.

“This would be a part-

time position to work one to two days a week in the trea-surer’s office,” Hodges said.

Currently, Hodges said she has four part-time em-ployees who are considred seasonal help, working one month before May 10 and Nov. 10 when property taxes are due.

Whitley County council members approved Hodges’ request.

County Council approves prosecutor, treasurer posts

a full trash bin on each weekly trash pickup?

10. Are you satisfied with two junk pickup days per year?

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can buy a special trash bag in the Clerk-Treasurer’s Of-fice for $1 to handle any ex-cess trash?

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Physical Therapy, Everdry of Northern Indiana, Colum-bia City Police Department, Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, Northeastern REMC, Renaissance Village, Century 21 Bradley-Tim Tower, Ruoff Home Mort-gage, Peabody Public Li-brary, Parkview Health.

Also Orizon Real Estate, Daniel Menu & Party Con-sulting, Bruno’s BBQ & Ca-tering, Humane Society of Whitley County, The Impact Center Food Pantry, The Center for Whitley County Youth, Indiana Tech-Col-lege of Professional Studies, South Whitley Community Public Library, Camp Whit-ley, Whitley County Literacy Council.

Also Whitley County Fam-ily YMCA, Youth for Christ of Northern Indiana, Hun-tington University, Cancer Services of Northeast Indi-ana, Right to Life of Central Indiana, MD Wise, Whitley County Farmer’s Market, Brightpoint, Artist Michael Lude, Old World Fudge, Purdue Extension - Master Gardeners, Whitley County 4-H, Thrivent Financial-Er-ick Keirn, Summit Hearing Solutions, Key Exteriors and Minear Real Estate.

Stage presentationIn addition to more than

70 booths featuring local businesses, services, non-profit organizations and local artisans, the Indian Springs Middle School Carv-er Center stage will host a variety of entertainment and presentations, including a discussion by Columbia City Police Department Detective Chip Stephenson.

He will talk about the dan-gers and consequences of online interaction.

“Over 90 percent of our youth today are involved in some sort of online/social media interaction,” cau-tions Detective Stephenson. “Parents should know the dangers out there awaiting them and how to prevent both short and long term consequences of such inter-actions.”

Romano said, “We are pleased to partner with the Columbia City Police De-partment in presenting this helpful, informative presen-tation in hopes that it helps our residents, young and old, develop a more positive online presence.”

“Interacting online is something more and more of us engage in,” she added.

“We need to arm our young people with the skills to handle the responsibility that comes with using social media.”

Following the presenta-tion, there will be time for questions and answers.

Other entertainment and vendors Saturday include:

•9 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Art in the Alley at the Whitley County EXPO: peruse an as-sortment of artisan booths featuring handmade jewelry, artwork, pottery and more.

•9 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Artist Michael Lude will be draw-ing portraits at his booth throughout the day.

•9 to 10 a.m. - Emil Harris with jazz piano.

•10 to 11 a.m. - Detective Chip Stephenson

•11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Dance performances with Dance Til U Drop!

•1 p.m. - Visit and learn with Louie the Lightning Bug, sponsored by North-eastern REMC

•1 to 3 p.m. - Keith Roman with acoustic guitar.

For more information, contact the Whitley County Chamber of Commerce & Visitor’s Center at 248-8131 or visit online at www.whit-leychamber.com

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county on Wednesday, Columbia City Electrical Su-perintendent Shawn Lickey reported on numerous out-ages.

“There was significant wind damage in areas of Whitley County on Wednes-day,” Lickey said. “Trees were falling on some lines.”

Lickey said distribution lines in rural areas were out around Loon and Big lake, along with an area on Ells-worth, Market and VanBu-ren Streets in Columbia City.

Lickey said power was out from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. for residents north of Ind. 109.

“In the area of Ellsworth Street, the wind broke two poles with power going out at 3:30 p.m. and restored at 5

p.m. ,” Lickey said. Lickey said 30 percent of

residents were without pow-er in the Ellsworth Street vicinity and some residents did not have their power re-stored until 9 p.m.

According to Northeast-ern REMC Vice-President of Distribution Services Doug Ferrell, the utility had re-ports of small outages but no major damages from the wind.

Across the regionNorthern Indiana com-

munities are cleaning up and making repairs after high winds damaged busi-nesses, schools and homes.

The National Weather Service at North Webster says wind gusts of between

50 and 65 mph buffeted the region for about eight hours Wednesday as a strong storm system swept across southern Canada.

Those winds forced the closure of a Meijer store in the far northeastern Indiana city of Angola after its roof was damaged and a natural gas leak was detected.

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Hawaii sues over travel banHONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii has become

the first state to file a lawsuit against Presi-dent Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, saying the order will harm its Muslim popu-lation, tourism and foreign students.

Attorneys for the state filed the lawsuit against the U.S. government Wednesday in federal court in Honolulu. The state had previously sued over Trump’s initial travel ban, but that lawsuit was put on hold while other cases played out across the country.

The revised executive order, which goes into effect March 16, bars new visas for peo-ple from six predominantly Muslim coun-

tries and temporarily shuts down the U.S. refugee program. It doesn’t apply to travel-ers who already have visas.

“Hawaii is special in that it has always been non-discriminatory in both its history and constitution,” Attorney General Doug-las Chin said. “Twenty percent of the people are foreign-born, 100,000 are non-citizens and 20 percent of the labor force is foreign-born.” Chin, who noted the state has bud-geted about $150,000 for an outside law firm to help with the lawsuit, said people in Ha-waii find the idea of a travel ban based on nationality distasteful.

Today is Thursday, March 9, the 68th day of 2017. There are 297 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. The Amistad, ruled in

favor of a group of Africans captured by U.S. authorities after they had seized control of a Spanish schooner, La Amistad, that was transporting them to a life of slavery in Cuba; the justices ruled, 7-1, that the Africans had been illegally enslaved, and should be set free.

On this date:In 1796, the future emperor of the

French, Napoleon Bonaparte, married Josephine de Beauharnais. (The couple later divorced.)

In 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Vir-ginia (formerly USS Merrimac) clashed for five hours to a draw at Hampton Roads, Virginia.

In 1907, Indiana’s General Assem-bly passed America’s first involuntary sterilization law, one aimed at “con-firmed criminals, idiots, imbeciles, and rapists” in state custody. (This law was struck down in 1921 by the Indiana Su-preme Court, but a new law was passed in 1927 that was repealed in 1974.)

In 1916, more than 400 Mexican raid-ers led by Pancho Villa attacked Co-lumbus, New Mexico, killing 18 Ameri-cans. During the First World War, Germany declared war on Portugal.

In 1933, Congress, called into special session by President Franklin D. Roos-evelt, began its “hundred days” of en-acting New Deal legislation.

In 1945, during World War II, U.S. B-29 bombers began launching incen-diary bomb attacks against Tokyo, re-sulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths.

In 1954, television newsman Edward R. Murrow critically reviewed Wiscon-sin Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s anti-communism campaign on his show, “See It Now.”

GOSHEN, Ind. (HSPA) — Goshen College is now the home of a collection of antique Amish quilts and other household memorabilia, part of the once extensive collection owned by Goshen entrepreneur and antiques collector Dave Pottinger.

Moving from Honeyville to nearby Goshen in 1989, Pot-tinger became known in the city through his many reno-vations of historic downtown build-ings. Prior to that, he was known nation-ally as a collector of antique quilts from the Amish commu-nities in northern Indiana and central Illinois.

Three books were published about his collections, and hundreds of his quilts were acquired by major U.S. muse-ums, including the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis, the Illinois State Museum in Springfield and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, according to information from Goshen College. In 1983 an exhibit of Pottinger’s Indiana quilts toured museums in the United States and Europe. The exhibit was especially popular in Zurich, Switzerland, the historic homeland of the Amish.

According to Pottinger, he had always hoped to be able to display a portion of his collection locally. That desire was fulfilled this past December when donors presented 242 ob-jects from his collection to the Mennonite Historical Library at Goshen College, which maintains a large collection of Mennonite and Amish items developed by the Mennonite-Amish Museum Committee.

“The major museums all had a collection, but there was nothing local, and I always felt bad about that,” Pottinger said of the origins of his recent partnership with Goshen Col-lege. “So I finally talked to the college, because we’d been setting up shows for them for a number of years of different things, and so we worked it out. They found a donor, and it’s a small collection... but it’s all local material, some furniture, quilts and so on. So I felt really good about that, that finally Goshen — or this area — has part of that collection.”

Pottinger said he has probably collected more than 1,500 Amish quilts from across Elkhart and LaGrange counties over the years, though a good number of those have since been sold or donated to museums and institutions. The re-maining 242 items now housed at Goshen College represent the last of his once vast collection, he explained.

In addition to full-sized quilts and comforters, the Goshen collection includes doll quilts, decorated knitted women’s stockings, sewing caddies, children’s and adults’ clothing, strawberry pincushions and rugs. The collection excels in paint-decorated furniture, including a chest of drawers dat-ed 1871, a blanket chest by Sam Miller (1903), an unusual one-drawer stand (1880) and hickory rockers.

Pottinger began buying Amish quilts in earnest in 1977, when he moved from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, to the Gos-hen area, and he continued to do so until about 1996, when it became more difficult to find them, according to information from the college.

“I was in the antique business and had been more or less most of my life, and quilts were always a part of it. But Amish quilts have an added feature, and that is that they’re more artful. They’re not just bed quilts,” Pottinger said of what first drew him to collecting antique Amish memora-bilia. “Now of course that’s not true for all of them. A lot of them go with traditional designs, but a lot of them are very abstract and interesting, so I was attracted to it from that standpoint.”

Pottinger’s collecting years centered primarily around his Honeyville Store, which he renovated and re-opened to serve the rural LaGrange County Amish community.

According to Pottinger, a majority of the items now housed at the college came from a one-mile radius around Honeyville, with most dating from 1900 to 1940.

Reporter John Kline, Goshen News. HSPA InfoNet.

Breaking news! Breaking news, Dear Reader!

The National Academy of Sciences has been conducting a study for 32 years. For 32 years top brains in the world have been focused on one issue and one issue alone.

The manpower (that’s not politically correct but it sounds goofy to say, “hu-manpower”) that has been poured into this study is incredible. Many folks have devoted their whole professional life to this one topic.

And here it is, the big reveal:After 32 years, the National Acad-

emy of Sciences has concluded chil-dren who are disciplined grow up to be better adults.

Yep. That’s the study.Do you feel like all those big shot sci-

entists could have just come to Whitley County and talked with a few of us and arrived at the same conclusion? Shoot, we would have given our thoughts and opinions on the matter for free and it wouldn’t have taken 32 years!

Yep, it’s now a proven study that children who are told “no” when the answer should be “no” – and do not get what they want all the time – grow up to be more well-adjusted adults.

Now, I would suspect, there’s a large portion of simple Midwestern folks who think this study was a no-brainer. But, if you’ve spent any recent time around families and children, you will find that not all will agree with the National Academy of Sciences on this study.

I was born in 1970 and this is about the exact time American society began to be ultra-concerned about a child’s self-esteem. Self-esteem started to be-come more important than self-control. We decided we were more concerned with how a child “felt” than how a child “lived.”

Now, before someone who doesn’t know me too well goes off the deep end, I will be the first to say, as a par-ent, my number one job is to introduce and establish showing my children my continual love and the love of the Lord.

(Not necessarily in that order.) I, in no way, advocate violence or be-

rating.But children may not always inter-

pret discipline as love. When I was a bull-headed teen-

ager and my Mom would correct me, I would often times say, “Stop yelling at me!” In hindsight, Mom wasn’t yell-ing at all. She was simply instructing me and trying to help me be more wise and thoughtful. But in all my “infinite teenage wisdom” (that was sarcasm, Coach Fahl) I associated the correction with “yelling.”

Thank the Lord my Mom stayed the course and persisted in her parenting! I am so grateful my parents realized they were my parents and not my friends and that only through structured, lov-ing and disciplined parenting would we be able to have any sort of friend-ship as adults.

Somebody is going to discipline our kids.

It’s usually best if that is handled by you and me, the parents. But if we, as parents, abdicate our disciplinary responsibility, it will shift to someone else. It will shift to a teacher, a princi-pal, another relative or, eventually, law enforcement.

My favorite radio host said one time, “Children should receive 100 percent of what they need and 25 percent of what they want.” Wow. That sure doesn’t match up with how society works to-day.

I’ll never forget my first year of teaching and the first time I gave a spelling test. A little sweet gal came up and said, “Miss Snyder, I got an A+ on the test. What do I get?” I didn’t miss a beat, “You get the A+ and the joy of knowing you did a really great job!”

That wasn’t what she wanted to hear.It’s why I struggle with the concept:

“everyone is a winner.” Everyone is not a winner. Everyone is incredibly important, valuable, irreplaceable and created by God to do His will – but not everyone deserves an award for volley-ball, or academics or 4-H.

We are all gifted and talented in dif-ferent ways, but I think we sell our kids short if we lead them to believe they will be a winner at everything they try simply to cater to their self esteem. How does one determine his or her tal-ents and skill set if every time he or she does something, they receive a trophy?

One time a woman laughingly point-ed out another woman’s child for being listed in the “jail bookings” section of the newspaper. I looked her right in the eyeballs and said, “I’m not silly. That could be my child one day. I pass no judgment.”

Children are children. They are not robots. They have free will and they don’t always do what you and I in-structed and modeled. (I know from personal and painful experience on that one.) Please, don’t think I think I’m an expert on child-raising. I’ve got a long, l-o-n-g way to go through some tumultuous years to even begin to think I’ve done a good job of parent-ing and rest on my laurels.

Lord willing, if my children, Alissa and Cameron, do turn out to be decent adults, it will only be because of God’s grace . . . and a healthy dose of “vita-min N-O” here on earth.

But it’s nice to know the National Academy of Sciences and all those super-smart scientists concluded disci-pline will pay off in the end.

Amy J. Jagger is a Whitley County

wife and mother who wishes the National Academy of Sciences had spent 32 years conducting experiments on reversing the effects of paralysis rather than 32 years dis-covering that children who are disciplined grow up to be better-functioning adults.

She is sure, somehow, someway, our tax dollars paid for the 32-year “science” ex-periment.

A4 Thursday, March 9, 2017 ThePost & Mail • www.thepostandmail.comMusingsSure glad they studied this topic!

Amy J. Jagger

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Today in History

Today’s Birthdays: Singer-actress Keely Smith is 89. Singer Lloyd Price is 84. Actress Joyce Van Pat-ten is 83.

Country singer Mickey Gilley is 81. Actress Trish Van Devere is 76. Singer-musician John Cale (The Velvet Underground) is 75.

Singer Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere and the Raid-ers) is 75. Former ABC anchorman Charles Gibson is 74.

Rock musician Robin Trower is 72. Singer Jeffrey Osborne is 69. Country musician Jimmie Fadden (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 69. Actress Jaime Lyn Bauer is 68. TV newscaster Faith Daniels is 60. Ac-tress Linda Fiorentino is 59. Actor Tom Amandes is 58. Actor-director Lonny Price is 58. Country musi-cian Rusty Hendrix (Confederate Railroad) is 57.

Actress Juliette Binoche is 53. Rock musician Rob-ert Sledge (Ben Folds Five) is 49. Rock musician Shannon Leto (30 Seconds to Mars) is 47.

Actor Emmanuel Lewis is 46. Actress Jean Louisa Kelly is 45. Actor Kerr Smith is 45. Actor Oscar Isaac is 38.

Rapper Chingy is 37. Actor Matthew Gray Gubler is 37. Rock musician Chad Gilbert (New Found Glo-ry) is 36. Roots rock musician Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes) is 34. Actress Brittany Snow is 31. Rapper Bow Wow is 30. Rapper YG is 27. Actor Luis Armand Garcia is 25. Actress Cierra Ramirez is 22.

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Famed Amish antiques collection finds home at Goshen College

By John Kline

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Ervin Beck, left, professor emeritus and member of the Mennonite-Amish Museum Committee, and David Pottinger are pictured with a donated quilt.

Ongoing event•T-shirt fundraiser for ‘Help

Find Marcus Wolfe’Help Find Marcus Wolfe is holding an

ongoing T-shirt fundraiser. People can or-der a T-shirt at BP Gas, 571 N. Line St. in Columbia City. Sizes range from small to 6X. Cost is $10 per shirt with X sizes costing $11. All orders are cash only.

Thursday, March 9•Passages art exhibit and

silent auction - 5 to 7 p.m.Passages is hosting an art exhibit and

silent auction Thursday, March 9 at The Eagle Glen Event Center, 125 S. Eagle Glen Trail, Columbia City, from 5 to 7 p.m.

A wide variety of works will be featured from the Creative Arts Program. The event is free to attend and hors d’ouevres will be served. Proceeds will support the art pro-gram and the artists.

RSVP to Tammy Nickolson by March 1 by emailing tnickolson@passagesinc.org or calling 244-9317.

•Manchester kindergarten round-up

Kindergarten round-up for Manchester Elementary School for the 2017-18 school year will be held Thursday, March 9.

Students must be 5 years old by Aug. 1 to attend kindergarten.

Enrollment times correspond with last names:

A-I: 4:30 p.m.J-R: 5:15 p.m.S-Z: 6 p.m.Manchester Elementary School is locat-

ed at 301 S. River Rd., North Manchester. Call 982-7541 for more information.

•Amateur radio clubmeeting - 6 to 8 p.m.The Whitley County Amateur Radio

Club will be hosting a meeting about emer-gency preparedness Thursday, March 9 from 6 to 8 p.m.

The meeting will take place in Commu-nity Room A and B of Peabody Public Li-brary, 1160 E. Ind. 205, Columbia City, and is open to the public.

Call Roger McEntarfer at 503-9008 for more information.

Friday, March 10•Fish fry - 4 to 7 p.m.

St. Patrick Church, Arcola, is hosting an all-you-can-eat fish fry Friday, March 10 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the church’s Parish Hall.

The menu includes fish, potato salad, coleslaw, baked beans, applesauce and dessert. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich-es will also be available for children.

The costs is $10 for adults, $9 for senior, $5 for children ages 5 to 10 and children 4 and under eat for free.

Carry-outs are available for this event. The church is located at 12305 Arcola Rd., Fort Wayne.

Saturday, March 11•Whitley County Chamber

EXPO - 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.The Whitley County Chamber is hosting

its annual Chamber EXPO Saturday, March 11 at Indian Springs Middle School, 1692 S. Ind. 9, Columbia City, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public.

•Pancake brunch- 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Zion Lutheran Church Youth Group is

hosting an all-you-can-eat pancake brunch Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Free-will donations will be accepted and this event is open to the public.

The church is located at 101 E. North St.,

Columbia City.

•Tenderloin / fish fry- 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.Cornerstone Christian School located in

Merriam and one block north of Ind. 9 and U.S. 33 is hosting a thenderloin and fish fry Saturday, March 11 from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The cost is $9.50 for adults with a pre-sale ticket or $10 at the door, $5.50 for ages 6 to 12, $3 from age 3 to 5 and children age 2 and under eat for free.

Sunday, March 12•American Legion

bingo - 2 p.m.American Legion Post #98 hosts bingo

every Sunday with warm-ups beginning at 1:30 p.m. and regular bingo beginning at approximately 2 p.m.

The Post is located at 430 W. Business 30, Columbia City.

Thursday, March 16•WCCS kindergarten

round-upKindergarten round-up for the Whitley

County Consolidated Schools corporation will be Thursday, March 16 for the 2017-18 school year. Children must be 5 years old prior to Aug. 1 of this year.

To set up an appointment parents should call the school their child will be attending:

Coesse - 244-3351Little Turtle - 244-3343Mary Raber - 244-5857Northern Heights - 691-2371Parents need to bring their child, as well

as the child’s birth certificate and shot re-cords to the event.

Those unsure of which school their child will attend can call WCCS office at 244-5772.

Friday, March 17•Farmers Mutual annual

meeting - 10 a.m.The annual meeting of the policyholders

of Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Whitley County will be held in the office at 510 Branch Ct., Columbia City, Friday, March 17 beginning at 10 a.m.

The purpose of the meeting is to elect directors for Etna Troy, Union and Smith townships and the hear the report of the officials and any other business.

All policyholders are encouraged to at-tend.

•VFW fish fry- 5 to 6:30 p.m.VFW Post #5582 hosts a fish fry every

first and third Friday of the month from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

The Post is located at 425 E. Chicago St., Columbia City.

•4-H fun night- 4 to 7:30 p.m.Whitley County’s 4-H will be hosting

its annual fun night Friday, March 17 from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at the 4-H Center, 680 W. Squawbuck Rd., Columbia City.

An all-you-can-eat fish and tenderloin supper will be held in conjunction with the 4-H Council silent auction and 4-H carni-val.

The cost for the supper is $10 for adults, $7 for children age 5-10 and children under 5 eat for free. Carry-out costs $10.

•Passagesperformance - 7 p.m.Passages Performing Arts Program pres-

ents “Spotlight Avenue: Dreams Aren’t Just for Sleeping” Friday, March 17 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Peabody Public Library, 1160 Ind. 205, Columbia City.

Admission to the performance is free, however a free-will donation is appreci-

ated. RSVP to Tammy Nickolson at tnickol-

son@passagesinc.org.

•Saint Patrick’s Dayparty - 7 to 11 p.m.American Legion Post #98 is hosting a

Saint Patrick’s party Friday, March 17 from 7 to 11 p.m. at the post.

There will be karaoke by Rhonda and at-tendees are asked to bring at covered dish to share.

For more information, call 244-5821. To post is located at 430 W. Business 30, Co-lumbia City.

Saturday, March 18•Passages performance

- 2 p.m.Passages Performing Arts Program pres-

ents “Spotlight Avenue: Dreams Aren’t Just for Sleeping” Saturday, March 18 at 2 p.m. in the auditorium of Peabody Public Library, 1160 Ind. 205, Columbia City.

Admission to the performance is free, however a free-will donation is appreci-ated.

RSVP to Tammy Nickolson at tnickol-son@passagesinc.org.

•Spaghetti dinner / silent auction - 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Grace Lutheran Church, Columbia City, is hosting a spaghetti dinner and silent auction Saturday, March 18 from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

The cost for the dinner is a free-will donation. Proceed will go to benefit Girl Scouts traveling to London.

Sunday, March 19•Hannah Schaefer concert - 10 a.m.

Award-winning local singer / song-writer Hannah Schaefer will return from Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, March 19 for a special praise concert at Thorncreek Bethel Church of God, located north of Columbia City on Ind. 9.

The 10 a.m. performance is open to all.

•American Legion bingo - 2 p.m.

American Legion Post #98 hosts bingo every Sunday with warm-ups beginning at 1:30 p.m. and regular bingo beginning at approximately 2 p.m.

The Post is located at 430 W. Business 30, Columbia City.

Tuesday, March 21•Churubusco Rotary Club auction - 5:45 p.m.

Churubusco Rotary is hosting its annual free-will donation buffet and auction Tues-day, March 21 in the Churubusco Senior High cafeteria.

The buffet is at 5:45 p.m. with the auc-tion beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Churubusco Senior High is located at 1 Eagle Dr. in Churubusco.

Saturday, March 25•Easter egg-stravaganza - 1 to 3 p.m.

Miller ’s Merry Manor, 640 W. Ellsworth Street, Columbia City, is hosting an Easter Egg-stravaganze Saturday, March 25 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Attendees will have to chance to partici-pate in free Easter egg coloring and pic-tures with the Easter bunny.

Call or text Audree at 437-0808 to RSVP.

•SW Lions fish/tenderloin fry - 4 to 7 p.m.

South Whitley Lions Club is hosting an all-you-can-eat fish and tenderloin fry Sat-

urday, March 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. The fish fry will be held at the Cleveland

Township Fire Station, 217 N. State St., South Whitley.

The costs is $9 for adults and $4 for chil-dren ages 6 to 12.

Friday, March 24•Fish fry - 4 to 7 p.m.

Leathernecks and Knights of Columbus are hosting an all-you-can-eat fish fry at St. Paul’s Joe Zickgraf building, 315 S. Line St., Columbia City, from 4 to 7 p.m..

The cost is $8 for adults, $4 for ages 6 to 10 and children 5 and under eat for free.

Proceeds will go to the Vietnam Memo-rial.

Sunday, March 26•American Legion

bingo - 2 p.m.American Legion Post #98 hosts bingo

every Sunday with warm-ups beginning at 1:30 p.m. and regular bingo beginning at approximately 2 p.m.

The Post is located at 430 W. Business 30, Columbia City.

Wednesday, March 29•CCHS college information

night - 6 p.m.The Columbia City High School counsel-

ing department is holding a college infor-mation night Wednesday, March 29 begin-ning at 6 p.m. in the CCHS Media Center.

This is an opportunity for students and parents to gain knowledge on paying for, selecting and applying to colleges.

Thursday, March 30•Red Cross blood drive

- 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.The American Red Cross bloodmobile

will be at Columbia City United Methodist Church Thursday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a blood drive.

The church is located at 605 N. Forest Pkwy., Columbia City.

•FCA preschool open house - 5 to 6:30 p.m.Faith Christian Academy located at the

northeast corner of U.S. 30 and Ind. 205, Columbia City, is hosting a preschool open house and registration from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30.

Parents will get the chance to meet the teacher and see the classroom.

Call 248-4872 for more information.

•FCA kindergarten round-up - 5 to 6:30 p.m.Faith Christian Academy located at the

northeast corner of U.S. 30 and Ind. 205, Columbia City, is hosting kindergarten round-up from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30.

Parent will get the chance to meet the teacher and see the classroom.

Call 248-4872 for more information.

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Dear Readers: ALLERGIES can be a big problem year-round in most places. (Please see my P.S.) Most think of spring, when everything’s in bloom. The cul-prits? Pollen, dander and dust, along with plants, trees, flow-ers, grasses and tiny pollen spores, all of which can make your eyes itchy and nose runny. Here are some hints to help keep pollen out of your home: •Vacuumoften!UseaHEPA(high-efficiency particulate air) filter. •Batheanimalsregularlyiftheygoout-side. •Removeshoesatthedoor. • If pollen is really high, shower andshampoo when you get home. • Change air-conditioning filters moreoften, or rinse them off if they are that type. Ahhhh ... choooo. — Heloise P.S. Here in South Texas, we have “cedar” fever (mountain juniper), which can start as early as mid-December and run aslateasmid-March!

FINGERPRINT REMOVER Dear Heloise: When my grandchildren visit, they always get sticky fingers on thewoodpaneling inmyden—help!— Mildred F., Sarasota, Fla. Hi,Mildred!Somemaycall thatfinger-paintingandartwork!Here’sahinttohelp:Mix one part vinegar (apple cider or white) with two parts water. Dip a towel (the best type to use is a microfiber cloth) in the solu-tion. Squeeze so it’s not dripping, then wipe the area, going in the direction of the grain of thewood. Buff drywith a clean towel.Commercial cleaners do work, but whyspend the money? There are a few items you probably have on hand that can make

safe cleaners to use. That is why I put together a handy pamphlet filled with these safe and cheap formulas. Visit www. Heloise.comto order, or send a long, stamped (70 cents), self-addressed envelope, alongwith$5,to:HeloiseHCS,P.O.Box795001,SanAntonio,TX78279-5001. Remember, vinegar is cheapand environmentally friendly. Want to kill a little mildew on bricks? Just pouronthevinegar!— Heloise

GREEN HINT Dear Readers: Bottles of olive oil andbalsamic and red-wine vinegar can be repurposed as vases. Some are quite beau-tiful, with colored glass, wonderful shapes and artwork of greenery, rolling hills and flowers on the label. Use them for flower vases when yougive fresh flowers. A single rose, a few flowers and a little greenery makes a per-fect gift. Also, it’s a nice display for a bed-sidetable,readingareaorbreakfastnook! Next time you’re shopping, check out the attractive-looking oil, vinegar and wine bottles. Two for one: salad dressing and a vase. — Heloise

HINT FROM HIM Dear Heloise: I have some pain in my hands. My hint concerns the small slit on jeans and pants to put the button through. I take a small knife or scissors and make the slit about 1/4 inch longer.Thismakesit easier when your fingers don’t want to work!— Dan B., Rapid City, S.D.

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Dear Annie: I am absolute-ly at my wits’ end and seri-ously thinking of divorcing my husband. My hus-band and I have been married for 11 years.My stepdaughter is 26.She married three years ago after living with her boyfriend for a year. The problem is that she still places her dad over her husband. Her poor hus-band takes it because he is very meek and does whatever she wants. She definitely wears the pants in the family. She wants to be married, but she still wants to be Daddy’s little girl. It goes beyond that. She still has him so high on a pedes-tal that it is ridiculous for a supposedly grown woman. She is driving a defi-nite wedge between us, and it is serious. They live about two hours away. She and her husband both have jobs. Yet she

calls and cries tears that she misses her dad. They still have date nights; he has offered to go places with her if she does not want to go alone. If she

calls and has a problem or something that needs to be fixed, he drops everything and runs to her. In my opinion, she chose to get married and have a husband. She needs to rely on him for things and cut the apron strings with Daddy some and be an adult. I am not begrudging visits; in fact, I encourage them. But I refuse to changeour plans simply because she decides, spur of the moment, to make an appearance. He always takes her side that we should let her come and change our plans. This makes me the monster if I dare say no. I think plans should be made accordingly. We should all four do things togeth-er. We could do a dinner

out, a day out, etc. My pleas fall on deaf ears. How do you deal with a26-year-oldwhothinksthe world revolves around her? I don’t see where she and her hus-band make any attempt to create their own friendships and have their own life. These are supposed to be the happy years when we can go out and do as we please, but it is far from that. I am about to give up and start taking vacations by myself. — Desperate in Montana Dear Desperate: You can take a vacation, but these problems will be waiting for you when you get back. So before you get out the suitcase, try getting in your hus-band’s head. He seems to have a guilt complex that makes him feel the need to bend over backward to make his daughter happy. His fuzzy-head-edness on the subject means that you end up having to be the voice of reason — a voice unwel-come to his daughter and therefore unwelcome to him. (He has the over-whelming need to keep her happy, remember.) If you keep fighting the battle this way, you’re destined to lose. Instead, you need to get him on your side of the issue, whether by going to therapy togeth-er or just by putting on your own therapist cap and talking it out. Why does he feel compelled to help his daughter all the time? How does he think this will impact her and her marriage in the long run? With some clarity, he should see that this codependent behavior is unhealthy and does his daughter a disservice. She needs to learn how to rely not on her dad or even on her husband but on herself. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com. To find out more about Annie Lane and read features by other Creators Syndicate colum-nists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web-site at www.creators.com.©2017 CREATORS.COM

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Ingredients½ cup unsweetened apple sauce¼ cup almond butter1 large egg¼ teaspoons vanilla2 tablespoons honey½ cup rolled oats½ cup all purpose flour½ teaspoon baking powder¼ cup ground flax¼ teaspoon cinnamon⅓ cup shredded coconut plus more for tops2 cups shredded apple (2 small apples)

Instructions: Heat oven to 350°F.Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. In a large bowl, stir together all wet ingredients until smooth: apple sauce, almond butter, egg, vanilla and honey. Stir in the rest of the ingredients until completely combined. Using ¼ measuring cup, form cookies on the parchment paper. The dough will be wetter than traditional cookies. Sprinkle tops with 1 teaspoon of shred-ded coconut. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until coco-nut is golden and toasted and cookies are baked through. Allow to cool completely.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given, that the Whitley County Board Of Zoning Appeals shall hold a public hearing on Petition 17-W-VAR-4 filed by Terry & Patricia A. Rhodenbaugh requesting a front yard variance to allow construction of a detached garage for the following described real estate, to-wit:

PT S2 SW4S32 T30 R102.493 ACRES

Located on the east side of Raber Road, 540 ft north of State Road 114, in Section 32 of Jefferson Township.

This hearing will be held at 220 W. Van Buren Street, Whitley County Government Center, Columbia City, Indiana on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 7:30pm. All interested person are invited to attend and be heard. Written comments will be considered if they are received in the office of the Columbia City/Whitley County Joint Planning-Building Dept located at 220 West Van Buren Street, Suite 204, Columbia City, Indiana no later than 12:00 Noon on the day of the hearing. A copy of the proposal is on file in the office of the Columbia City/Whitley County Joint Planning-Building Dept for examination before the hearing. The Board may continue the hearing from time to time as may be found necessary.

Danny Wilkinson, ChairmanWhitley County Board Of Zoning Appeals5629/3-9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------hspaxlp

IN THE WHITLEY CIRCUIT COURTWHITLEY COUNTY, INDIANA

IN THE MATTER OFTHE ESTATE OF CASE NUMBER 92C01-1703-EU-16EVELYN M. FAHLDeceased

NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION

Notice is hereby given that Lake City Bank was on the 1 day of March, 2017, appointed personal representative of the estate of Evelyn M. Fahl, deceased, who died on January 27, 2017. All persons who have claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the Clerk of this court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred. Dated at Columbia City, Indiana, this 1 days of March, 2017.

/s/Debbie Beers Debbie Beers, Clerk Whitley Circuit Court

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INDIANS 14, SEATTLE 6Adam Moore hit a grand

slam, and Jose Ramirez had a three-run homer for the Indians. Edwin Encarna-cion hit a two-run double and 36-year-old catcher Erik Kratz also homered. Cleve-land starting pitcher Car-los Carrasco pitched three scoreless innings.

Third baseman Kyle Sea-ger had two hits and dou-bled for Seattle. Hisashi Iwa-kuma pitched two scoreless innings in his camp debut.

CARDINALS 9, NATIONALS 3Stephen Strasburg was hit

hard in his second start, giv-ing up six runs and seven hits in two innings. Jhonny Peralta hit an RBI ground out in the first, and Matt Adams, Patrick Wisdom and Harrison Bader followed with run-scoring singles. Aledmys Diaz had an RBI double in the second and scored on Adams’ sacrifice fly. The Cardinals’ Michael Wacha allowed two hits in three scoreless innings.

ASTROS 12, METS (ss) 2Houston said 2015 AL Cy

Young Award winner Dal-

las Keuchel pitched a simu-lated game Tuesday with no issues and he is to make his exhibition debut Sun-day against Miami. The left-hander did not appear in a game after Aug. 27 last year because of pitching shoulder inflammation. Against New York, starter Charlie Mor-ton struck out four in three hitless innings. Mets starter Robert Gsellman allowed two runs and five hits in five innings, and Asdrubal Cabrera homered off Tony Sipp.

METS (ss) 8, RED SOX 7Mets starter Noah Syn-

dergaard threw 47 pitches and lasted 2 1/3 scoreless in-nings, and Bruce hit his first home run of spring training and had three RBIs.

YANKEES 10, CANADA 4Former AL MVP Justin

Morneau had a single and struck out twice for Canada, and Seattle’s Tyler O’Neill hit a two-run homer. Matt Holliday hit a two-run hom-er and Gary Sanchez had a solo drive for the Yankees.

BRAVES 3, PHILLIES 2Bartolo Colon allowed one

run and one hit in three in-nings, striking out three, and Nick Markakis hit a two-run double.

Jeremy Hellickson gave up two runs and five hits in four innings, leaving him with a 5.00 ERA.

ORIOLES 6, BLUE JAYS 4Craig Gentry, battling for

a roster spot, hit a three-run homer as part of a two-hit day. Mat Latos, trying to earn a job with Toronto, al-lowing five runs, five hits and three walks in two in-nings.

ANGELS 9, REDS 0Ricky Nolasco went three

innings, starting off a com-bined three-hitter. Mike Trout hit an RBI triple.

Amir Garrett gave up five runs, none of them earned, on seven hits in 2 2/3 in-nings.

BREWERS (ss) 7, DODGERS 2Dodgers starter Rich Hill

allowed three runs and walked four in 1 2/3 in-nings. Joc Pederson hom-ered for Los Angeles.

Milwaukee reliever Nefta-li Feliz struck out two in a hitless inning.

BREWERS (ss) 5, WHITE SOX 4Milwaukee newcomer

Eric Thames doubled to raise his spring batting average to .167. Lewis Brinson, Travis Shaw and Ivan DeJesus Jr. each homered for the Brew-ers. Avisail Garcia, Tyler Saladino and Rymer Liriano homered for the White Sox.

DIAMONDBACKS 10, MEXICO 4Arizona ace Zack Greinke

struggled, allowing two runs and six hits in 2 2/3 innings. Luis Alfonso Cruz had an RBI double and scored a run for Mexico and Efren Navar-ro had an RBI single.

TWINS 3, TEAM USA 2Nick Gordon left off the

sixth inning with a double and scored on a Byung Ho Park sacrifice fly to right field. The Twins got two-out RBI singles from Jason Cas-tro and Jorge Polance off An-drew Miller, who relieved USA starter Luke Gregerson.

Team USA started the game with singles from Ian Kinsler and Adam Jones and a double from Nolan Are-nado off the top of the fence off Twins starter Trevor May.

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DALLAS (AP) — Tony Romo’s star-crossed career as the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys will soon be over.

A person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that the Cowboys will release Romo when the NFL year opens on Thursday. The person spoke to the AP on Wednesday on condition of anonym-ity because the team hasn’t announced a decision on Romo, who will get a chance to pursue a starting job else-where.

Romo will leave the Cow-boys as the franchise leader in yards passing (34,183) and touchdowns (248). But he could never match the postseason success of Hall of Famers and multiple Su-per Bowl winners Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman.

A 10-year starter who joined the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2003, Romo lost the job last season to rookie Dak Prescott after breaking a bone in his back in a preseason game.

When he was healthy again, Romo conceded the job to Prescott during a franchise-record 11-game winning streak. His depar-ture has been expected ever since.

A trade was unlikely be-cause Romo turns 37 next month, carries a $24 mil-lion salary cap hit and has missed most of the past two

seasons with injuries. But he should be attractive as a free agent to contenders want-ing a quarterback, a list that could include Denver and Houston.

A release will free about $5 million in cap space for the Cowboys, who can split the dead money from a $19 million hit over two seasons.

Romo was 78-49 as the starter, but his playoff debut 10 years ago illustrated the postseason struggles ahead when he infamously flubbed

the snap on what could have been a winning field goal in Seattle.

The four-time Pro Bowler went 2-4 in the playoffs, never winning on the road or reaching the NFC cham-pionship game.

Owner Jerry Jones and Romo talked “Cowboy for life” when Romo signed the franchise’s first $100 million contract in 2013 — a $108 million, six-year extension through 2019.

And there wasn’t any rea-

son to think it wouldn’t hap-pen as recently as two years ago after Dallas won the NFC East at 12-4 in Romo’s last full season as the starter. The Cowboys beat Detroit in the wild-card round before losing to Green Bay in the divisional round after the famous catch that wasn’t by receiver Dez Bryant.

In the second game of 2015, though, Romo broke his left collarbone when he was sacked, and the Cow-boys went 0-7 without him.

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Churubusco vs. Michigan City Marquette Catholic

Saturday 10 a.m. at North Judson

LAST GAME: “I don’t even know if I can put this into words,” said ‘Busco first-year head coach Chris Paul on the court after the Eagles’ 65-56 win over Eastside that gave Churubusco its first-ever sectional crown. “I didn’t know what to expect coming to Churu-busco but as soon as I walked in to the gym they embraced me and Jalen and our our family. It felt like home.”

Paul commented on the contribution of Colin Mullins, who came off the bench to provide the Eagles with a needed offensive boost in the game. “Colin can score. They were sagging off of people and we felt like we needed another shooter out there,” said Coach Paul. “You can’t write that script.”

Mullins scored back-to-back three-pointers to spark the Eagle offense.THIS WEEK: The Eagles face Michigan City Marquette Catholic, the winners of the Win-

imac sectional in Saturday’s Class 2A regional.

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George’s 21 leads Pacers past Pistons 115-98INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —

Paul George spent the first half Wednesday night trying to get his teammates started.

Then the four-time All-Star finally took charge.

George scored 13 of his 21 points during the second half of the third quarter, leading the Indiana Pacers on a decisive run and a 115-98 blowout over Detroit.

“We needed him to knock down some shots in the third quarter and he did that to extend that lead to about 20,” coach Nate McMil-lan said. “The second unit closed it out.”

Indiana trailed only once all night for a total of 22 sec-onds and finished with its largest victory margin since

a 21-point victory Feb. 4, also against the Pistons.

Before the game, Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy made it clear he was still search-ing for solutions to defend George, who had scored 26.3 points in the first three meet-ings this season and has rou-tinely decimated the Pistons defense each of the past two seasons.

It still didn’t work.“They destroyed us,” Van

Gundy said “We didn’t play defense at all. They scored on anything they wanted and we didn’t guard at all.”

George was 7 of 12 from the field and finished with eight rebounds — taking the entire fourth quarter off with the rest of Indiana’s starters.

Five other Pacers also scored in double figures, but it was George’s third-quarter flurry that turned the game after Detroit took its only lead, 63-62 on a step-back jumper from Marcus Morris with 7:39 to go.

C.J. Miles answered with a 3-pointer on the ensuing pos-session, and George broke a 65-65 tie with a 21-footer to start a 25-8 quarter-closing run. George had nine points and three rebounds over the final 6:25 of the quarter, which ended with Indiana leading 90-73.

“We needed to get some stops but it seemed like they had a pretty good offensive rhythm, so I left them (the starters) in a little longer

than usual,” McMillan said.Detroit never got closer

than 15 the rest of the way and was swept in the four-game season series.

Tobias Harris led the Pis-tons with 22 points, Stanley Johnson had a season-high 17 and Andre Drummond wound up with 14 points and 15 rebounds for his 43rd double-double of the season.

TIP-INSPistons: Have lost five

straight in Indianapolis and 16 of the last 18 road games in the series. ... Harris stayed in the game after appearing to take a nasty spill while finishing a dunk late in the second quarter. He only scored four points after the play. ... Morris got his 100th

career block in his 400th ca-reer game.

Pacers: Had two turnovers in the first half and finished with a season-low five. ... The Pacers were 11 of 23 on 3s and have now made 11 or more in five of seven games since the All-Star break. ... Before the game, NBA Slam Dunk contest winner Glenn Robinson III was presented with his trophy. Former Pac-ers star Darnell “Dr. Dunk” Hillman, who got a check but no trophy when he won the NBA’s unofficial dunk contest in 1976-77, also re-ceived a trophy.

TURNOVER TURNAROUNDOf all the gaudy numbers

in the box score, two were of

particular interest to McMil-lan

Five turnovers, a season-low, and 27 assists. Their previous low on turnovers was six, also against Detroit on Feb. 4.

“We wanted under 10, so we did a solid job offensive-ly,” McMillan said.

Detroit wasn’t bad either, finishing with 10 turnovers.

UP NEXTPistons: Host the defend-

ing champion Cavaliers on Thursday. Cleveland has won five of the last seven in the series.

Pacers: Will try to snap a two-game losing streak against the Bucks when it heads to Milwaukee on Sat-urday.

Post & Mail photo / Mark Parker

Whitko senior Kaity Reed has signed a letter of intent to continue her volleyball career at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. While at Southeastern, Reed will pursue a degree in Marketing. Pictured front, from left: Brent Reed,

father; Kaity Reed and Jamie Stidham, mother. Back: Head Whitko Volleyball Coach Mike Howard and Whitko Athletic Director Josh Mohr.

Volleyball standout to Southeastern

Post & Mail photo / Mark ParkerThey’re still runnin’ against the wind. Columbia City High School boys track team members Dominic Planchon and River Shearer were among those who braved Wednesday’s high winds to get in their workout prior to this Saturday’s indoor meet at IPFW in Fort Wayne.

Against the wind

Top-seed Purdue to play motivated foe in B10 tourney

WAHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Regular-season champion Purdue will play its Big Ten Tournament opener on Fri-day against a very motivat-ed opponent, be it Michigan or Illinois. The Wolverines and Illini, the Nos. 8 and 9 seeds, play today after split-ting their regular-season games. Michigan (20-11) has closed strongly and should be safely in the NCAA Tour-nament field. If the Wolver-ines can beat Illinois, they’ll be able to improve their NCAA seeding by knocking off a Boilermakers team they beat 82-70 on Feb. 25. The Il-lini (18-13), if they get past Michigan, would help their chances of sneaking into the NCAA Tournament if they avenge a 23-point loss to the Boilermakers in January.

LOOKING AHEAD: Ohio State coach Thad Matta and Penn State’s Patrick Chambers got statements of support from their athletic directors earlier this week. Nebraska’s Tim Miles did as well, right after the Corn-huskers’ 76-67 overtime loss to the Nittany Lions on Wednesday. Athletic direc-tor Shawn Eichorst tweeted that he looked forward to next season under Miles’ leadership and that the fu-ture is bright. That leaves two coaches with uncer-

tain futures. Indiana’s Tom Crean, the 2016 conference coach of the year after lead-ing his team to the regular-season title, is getting static after the Hoosiers dropped to a tie for 10th place. Illi-nois’ John Groce appeared to have saved his job with a late run in which the Illini won five of six. That was be-fore a road loss to last-place Rutgers on Saturday, and now it might take an NCAA bid to bring him back.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:Six schools have won the Big Ten Tournament. Michi-gan State has claimed a conference-best five tourna-ment titles. Ohio State has won four, Wisconsin three, Illinois and Iowa two apiece and Purdue one.

Conference player of the year Caleb Swanigan needs one double-double to tie Jer-ry Lucas (three times) and Brad Sellers for the Big Ten’s single-season record (26). Wisconsin won at least 12 Big Ten games for the eighth consecutive season, the lon-gest active streak in the con-ference.

PLAYER TO WATCH:Michigan has won nine of its last 14 games, and senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. is a big reason, averaging 17.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.4 assists over that stretch.

Cowboys to release QB Romo