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I-69 cable barrier

to be installed
OnThursday, INDOT
crews began installing
cable barriers in various
locations along I-69.
Cable barriers are used in
medians to prevent crossover crashes and absorb
collision forces, reducing
the impact on the vehicles
occupants, according to a
statement from INDOT.
Daytime and overnight
lane restrictions should
be expected during the
installation phase.
Areas affected will be
between mile markers 271
and 278 in Grant and Huntington counties, between
mile markers 330 and 334
in DeKalb County and
between mile markers 341
and 348 in Steuben County.
INDOT reminds drivers
to exercise caution when
traveling through construction zones.
City investigates old YMCA
Records on failed project hard to come by

and still lack supporting documentation
BY DAVID PENTICUFF
dpenticuff@chronicle-tribune.com
The building sits lifeless,

sturdy but deteriorating,
staring across Third Street
at the CVS Pharmacy downtown a multi-million
dollar boondoggle for taxpayers with an inside story
left largely to the publics
imagination.
The overhang on the front
of the brick structure provides shelter from the rain
for people on the street. No
other benefits show themselves. It is a quiet place.
Still, the new city administration is looking for someone to talk and appears
determined to find out how

the old YMCA came to be
an unfinished community
burden.
I am not going to stop
until I find out what happened, said Mayor Jess
Alumbaugh last week when
he was deep in the struggle
to find complete financial
records related to the project. A tax increment financing bond for $2.5 million
was made and spent in the
stated effort to create restaurants and a boutique

hotel downtown at 418 W.
Third St.
Alumbaugh is working
with Umbaugh and Associates of Indianapolis in
their effort to do an analysis of city finances and look
at the size of debt the city
had piled up in recent years.
Part of that involves retracing expenditures of bond
money that the city and its
Marion Splash House drops

non-residential pricing
Marion Utilities
discussing charging
large item, additional
trash bag fees
BY TYLER JURANOVICH
tjuranovich@chronicle-tribune.com
was necessary for future

maintenance of the water
park. The profitthe Splash
House makes also covers
chemical expenses, electric bills, water bills, food
and paying the 100 employees who work there.
What a lot of people
dont understand is that we
are not funded on taxpayers dollars. Everything we
make goes directly to the
Splash House, Rosales
said.
Like the Toilet Bowl
Slide that was repaired last
month, other equipment
on site endures normal
wear and tear, but Rosales
doesnt foresee any equipment in the near future
needing temporary closure
for maintenance.
Marion residents soon

may have to pay additional
fees for disposal of additional large items and trash.
The Marion Utilities discussed implementing additional solid waste collection
fees for residents who want
to throw away large items,
such as couches and desks,
and extra trash bags that
cant fit inside the trash containers and are then left on
the curb. No formal action
was taken on any agenda
item Thursday since a quorum was not met.
Marion residents already
have the disposal of one
large item per month included in their monthly
$13.80 solid waste disposal
fees.Since the Utilities took
over solid waste pickup at
the beginning of this year, it
has ignored the citys more
than two decade old ordinance that lays out what
residents will be charged
for the disposal of additional larger items. Instead
residents have been permitted to dispose of those
items for free but at a cost
to the Utilities.
To keep the business
solvent and so we dont
have to raise that $13.80
rate, we need to make sure
we can cover those additional costs for those additional items, Chuck
Binkerd, Marion Utilities
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trash
collecting
fees may
be coming
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A resurfacing project
in South Marion begins
Monday.
A resurface project on
Ind. 15 (South Adams
Street) is scheduled to
begin Monday, July 11,
weather permitting. The
resurface work will take
place between the south
junction of Ind. 9 and
East 48th Street.
Work on this project also
will include the upgrade of
some curb ramps through
the City of Marion in compliance with the Americans
with Disabilities Act. Curb
ramp upgrades will take
place between East 45th
Street and Prince Hall
Drive.
During the day, drivers
should watch for lane
shifts, stopped traffic and
flaggers in the construction zone.
Work on the $638,000
contract is expected to
be completed by late
October.
taxpayers continue to be responsible to repay.

Public records show that
on Dec. 18, 2009, $2.5 million of tax increment finance money, approved by
the Marion City Council,
was deposited into an account at First Farmers Bank
and Trust, and 14 months
later all of the money was
gone. Work on the interior
PHOTOS BY Jeff Morehead / jmorehead@chronicle-tribune.com
ENJOYING THE WAVES:Swimmers enjoy the wave pool at the Splash House on Thursday.
Director says
customer feedback
led to changes
BY BRITTANY TWIGG
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ANAMARIA DICKERSON
ADickerson@chronicle-tribune.com
The
Marion
Splash
House has dropped its
non-resident pricing for
admission to the park.
At the beginning of the
season the Splash House
listed prices at $8 for an
adult resident and $10 for a
non-resident adult, and $6
for a child resident and $8
for a non-resident. However, the changes in pricing
compared to past summers
were not very popularwith
the public.
This year was a test run
DIRECTOR: Carlos Rosales, director of Splash House,

talks about the decision to drop non-residential pricing.
to see how things would

pan out, Carlos Rosales,
director of the Splash
House, said. The new
prices were not getting the
right reception from the
public, so we decided to
listen to our customers and
drop the non-residential

pricing.
Prices as of July 1 are
listed at $8 for adults and
$6 for students, children
and seniors.
Rosales said the initial
new pricing adjustment
Online registration open for Marion, Oak Hill students

BY AMY SMELSER
ASmelser@chronicle-tribune.com
Two Grant County school

districts have opened online student registration for
the 2016-2017 school year.
Parents of students attending Oak Hill United
School Corporation can access the registration forms
through their Skyward accounts. Both new students

with siblings already in
the system and returning
students can be registered
through the system.
Registration for current
Oak Hill families is available through July 26.
Families new to Oak Hill
can register through the

Oak Hill website, www.
ohusc.k12.in.us, by clicking on the new student registration box and following
the instructions given at the
bottom of the Welcome to
2016-17 Oak Hill Registration! page.
For those unable to ac-
cess the online system, registration will be available

at the high school cafeteria
on July 26 from 2 to 8 p.m.
Those wishing to apply for
free/reduced lunch or textbook rental assistance need
to bring all necessary documentation to complete the
application process.
Textbook fees for the

school
year
include
Chromebook
rentals
for students in grades 5
through 11, but all students
in grades 5 through 12 will
use Chromebooks in class.
Payment of fees is
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of the building, which included some plumbing, carpentry and masonry work,
as well as the creation of an
upper story patio, had been
done in that period but the
current administration has
not gained entry to the old
YMCA to see the amount
of work done with the $2.5
million.
In 2014 the ChronicleTribune requested records
of the spending from the
city and from First Farmers. First Farmers did not
provide documents and the
documents provided by city
government gave an outline
of expenditures but few or
no supporting documents
such as receipts for purchases or actual invoices for
supplies, material or labor.
Umbaugh found no additional records at City Hall,
according to Alumbaugh.
They then turned to First
Farmers.
According to a memorandum dated June 22 from
City Attorney Tom Hunt to
Mayor Alumbaugh, First
Farmers attorney, Stephen
Wilson, has refused to release the documents even to
us unless we pay his hourly
of $100/hour and 30 (cents)
per page for copies.
Hunt had taken the matter
to Luke Britt, the Indiana
public access counselor,
who told him that since the
city is obligated to pay the
bonds, all the documents associated with the bond issue
and the construction that
followed are public records,
according to the memorandum.
Moreover, the charge for
reproducing those documents cannot exceed the
statutory rate of 10 cents
per page for black and white
copies..., reported Hunt.
Alumbaugh released the
memorandum to local media outlets on June 22. The
Chronicle-Tribune
contacted Tade Powell, vice
president and director of
communications for First
Farmers, by email on June
24 to ask why the documents were not released
since they were public.
Although Trust Division
has sold, our Legal Department retained documents
of record pertaining to the
Marion Bond issues, including the Taxable Economic
Development
Revenue
Bonds, Series 2009, which
is also known as the YMCA
or Global Investments bond
issue, Powell said, First
Farmers provided to the
City of Marion those documents and information regarding the Marion Bond
issues during March, April,
June and July 2014. We
have additionally responded
to and complied with any
other legally authorized requests for any documents in
our possession.
The
Chronicle-Tribune
asked Powell that since the
city is now asking for all
records associated with the
bond issues and construction and if there was a
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expected at the time of registration online. Payments

also can be made in person at the Oak Hill Central
Administration Office or at
the high school cafeteria on
July 26.
Parents can also add
money to students dietary accounts prior to
the start of school. Meal
prices are as follows:
$1.65 per day for elementary breakfast, $2.05 per
day for elementary lunch,
$1.65 per day for junior
high/high school breakfast and $2.30 per day for
problem with just making

public records public?
In his response, Powell
said documents the city had
asked for were forwarded
at that time to the city attorney. At the request of the
Chronicle-Tribune Alumbaugh released those documents to the C-T and other
local media on June 25.
A review of the documents
show much of the same information released by the
city in 2014, including very
general invoices from Global Investment Consulting
Inc., the company that took
ownership of the building
upon buying it with $54,754
of bond money, according
to one invoice.
Again, other than invoices from local professional
firms including law firms
and title work for the property, there was no supporting documents for the expenditures.
Global Investment Consulting was owned by
Michael An, a California
businessman and native of
Korea who died late last
year. Chad Seybold, the
brother of former Marion
Mayor Wayne Seybold,
was at the time employed
as Ans representative in
Marion.
Major requests for disbursements of money from
the First Farmers account
to be spent on YMCA construction and other related
projects include an invoice
dated Dec. 17, 2009 for
$481,097 to cover the cost of
buying the building, asbestos abatement for $28,333,
roofing for $46,933, windows and doors for $70,540
architectural drawings for
$15,000, attorney fees of
$20,000 and rough carpentry, among other expenses,
in the amount of $237,258.
All total, the 2009 invoice
from Global Investing came
to $481,097.
In March 2010, an invoice from Global Investing asked for $1.15 million
for various items, including
$350,000 for rough carpentry, $186,667 for asbestos
abatement, $31,000 for an
elevator, $127,754 for electrical work, $125,942 for
plumbing and $104,941 for
heating and air conditioning.
Another invoice from
Global Investing from
February 2011 requested
$352,543.16 for plumbing,
heating and air conditioning and finished carpentry.
Again, there were no supporting receipts for building materials among the
released documents.
Alumbaugh said he has
just started the search for
answers and is prepared to
go to court to find out more.
Im going to get to the
bottom of this. This is just
one of the areas, Alumbaugh said, referring to
all issues surrounding the
citys finances. We are going to get to the bottom of
things... There are all kinds
of questions.
*The documents provided to City of
Marion by First Farmers Bank & Trust
can be viewed at the online version of
this article at chronicle-tribune.com.
junior high/high school

lunch.
Marion
Community
Schools also offers online
registration through the
PowerSchool Portal. Parents unable to access the
internet can utilize on-site
registrations on July 19 and
20 at Marion High School,
Door 4, from 10 a.m. to 7
p.m. New students need to
register on-site.
Textbook fees and deposits can also be paid online
or at the on-site registration.
More information about
the
Marion
Community School enrollment
process is available at
www.marion.k12.in.us.
Indy suburb sued over deleted

social media comments
BEECH GROVE (AP)

An Indianapolis suburb
removed social media pages for the city and its police
department after a lawsuit
accused it of violating residents First Amendment
rights by removing posted
comments.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed
the lawsuit last week against
the city of Beech Grove on
behalf of two women who
say the city removed their
critical comments from the
police departments Facebook page.
The social media pages were taken down on
Wednesday. ACLU attorney
Jan Mensz said removing
the pages is another blow to
free speech.
When a government entity opens up a space for
public comment, it cannot

regulate those comments
based upon someones
viewpoint, Mensz told
WTHR-TV. The City of
Beech Grove has put all
public speech on its social
media sites at risk of further
censorship.
The women are not seeking compensation, but want
their comments reposted.
According to the ACLU,
the two womens posts posed
valid questions about crime
reporting in the city, as well
as police action and inaction
related to the removal of political yard signs.
The police department
said it was advised by its
legal counsel to remove the
page, but said its a loss of
the departments most effective tool for soliciting
tips on unsolved cases.
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RIVER QUEEN: The Elkhart River Queen is shown along the St. Joseph River.
Elkhart River Queen debuts on

St. Joseph River after repairs
BY AMANDA WILKINSON
The Elkhart Truth
ELKHART Residents from all over Elkhart

County came to ride on the
Elkhart River Queen on
its maiden voyage Sunday
after receiving $75,000
worth of repairs.
For most, this was not the
first time theyve ridden the
historic paddle boat. Being
on it once more invoked a
lot of nostalgia for the passengers.
Jolinda Zook of Middlebury clearly remembers
the summer evening she
first saw the boat nearly 60
years ago.
We were just sitting
there (by the water) and
saw lights and music, she
said. All of a sudden it
came around a bend and
Bam! It was just gorgeous.
She knew she had to
get on that Elkhart River
Queen after she saw it that
day.
Its an icon. Im glad
that its been rejuvenated,
Zook said.
For the Captain Jeff Zavatski, driving the 32-ton
boat is fun. The new captain said he drove the boat
for about 30 minutes in
2003 when his family chartered it for his grandparents anniversary.
Its fun having a his-
torical boat that has a lot

of meaning to these people
and to the community, Zavatski. Everybody knows
the River Queen.
As the boat made its debut on the Upper St. Joseph
River Flotilla, Ed Smoker,
the previous owner of the
boat from 1975 to 1997,
said he was happy to see
the red and white boat
wasnt just scrapped when
it needed repairs. The
nonprofit Save the Queen
group that now owns the
historic vessel was able to
raise $75,000 for the repairs.
Its really a part of history, he said.
In fact, the Elkhart River
Queen is celebrating its
60th year since its inception, along with the Upper
St. Joe Flotilla celebrating
its 40th anniversary this
year.
Not only is it a part of
history for the people who
have ridden on it but its
a part of Elkhart history,
Mayor Tim Neese said.
Its one of the many
positive faces for the city
of Elkhart, he said.
Dave Dickman helped repair the leaking hull since
the boat was lifted from the
water in December. Small
holes were repaired in the
hull to fix the leaking, he
said as he rode along the
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to held at 5:30 p.m. on
Aug. 4 in the conference
room of the Marion Utilities Administration Building, though a special meeting may be scheduled for
some time later this month
to vote on Thursdays action items.
1:52 a.m., Wednesday, 600

block of West Second Street,
Marion; theft. A woman
reported her moped was
stolen.
5:44 a.m., Wednesday, 1500 block of South
Western Avenue; theft.
A woman reported that
someone stole money from
her purse.
block of North Washington
Street; theft. A person reported that a trash container
was missing.
block of West Westwood
Drive; criminal mischief. A
man reported damage to
lawn ornaments.
11:51 a.m., Wednesday,
700 block of East 26th
Street; threats of harm. A
woman reported being afraid
of her boyfriend.
1:04 p.m., Wednesday,
2200 block of South Brownlee Street; motor vehicle
theft. A person reported a
van stolen.
1:32 p.m., Wednesday, 600
block of West Second Street;
license plate stolen from a
moped.
4100 block of South Carey
Street; criminal mischief. A
person reported a pool had
been cut.
block of West Second Street;
trash container missing from
a property.
1100 block of West Fourth
Street; overdose, investigation. A woman reportedly
overdosed on a narcotic.
1100 block of North Park
Avenue; harassment. A
woman reported that her exboyfriend has been visiting
her residence.
block of East 29th Street;
investigation. A boy reported
that a minivan swerved and
almost entered his yard
where he was playing.
Second and Delphi; investigation. A woman reported
that a known sexual offender
was approaching young girls
offering them rides on his
moped.
3200 block of South Western
Avenue; investigation. A man
reported he lost his wallet.
1300 block of West Second
Street; theft. A man stole
items from a store.
Arrests
Bill NMN Jones, last known
address 1903 W. Brandon
Ave., Marion; theft, burglary.
He was being held in the
Grant County Jail on a $1,005
bond.
Jonathan G. Mathias,
homeless; domestic battery.
He was released from the
Grant County Jail on a $505
cash bond.
Jerry Lee Pattison, last
known address 1765 E. Old
Kokomo Road, Marion; fugitive from justice, operating
with a blood alcohol content
of .15 percent or above. He
was being held in the Grant
County Jail on a $605 bond.
Nathan Wade Whitehead, last
known address 401 N. Fifth
St., Gas City; burglary. He was
being held in the Grant County
Jail on a $1,005 bond.
Grant County Jail Count

Total: 270 (capacity 274)
Female: 56
as of Thursday at 2:58 p.m.
Juvenile Detention
Center Count
Total: 18 (capacity 46)
Female: 2
Male: 16
as of Thursday at 5:09 p.m.
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There was even a 3-by5-foot hole in the boat that
needed repair, Dickman
said. Besides the fixing the
leaks, the boat was repainted, cleaned and had a new
floor installed.
Were pretty proud,
Dickman said. Hearing
the motors run, it brought
tears to my eyes. Its a labor of love.
Now that it is up and
floating, the boat will make
public tours and can be
booked for events.
A group of passengers
took advantage of the return to celebrate their own
special event a birthday.
Nancy Woodford decided
to spend her birthday on
the Elkhart River Queen
because she loves being
on the water.
Woodford said she felt
sentimental when she heard
the Elkhart River Queen
wasnt running. As a lifelong resident of Elkhart,
shes taken a few trips on
the boat and watched the
progress.
When asked about spending her birthday on the
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against the lawsuit, but will
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with the ACLU because of
the cost of litigation.
The police solved a lot of
crime. Theyve got a lot of
tips and now weve got to
take it down, Wiley said.
Thats the casualty in this.
Indiana University constitutional law professor
David Orentlicher said a
government agency is not
required to create a social
media page but once they
open it to public comment,
it cannot discriminate based
on the comment posted.
According to Wiley, a
settlement with the ACLU
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social media policy.
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Tour of building finds no elevator,
no major HVAC in unfinished work
that cost taxpayers $2.5 million
Evidence of major purchases, such as an elevator

and new HVAC equipment,
by Michael Ans Global Investment Consulting from
2009 to 2011 for renovation
of the old YMCA is nonexistent, according to photos
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Going back in time
Indiana,
Illinois still
working
on Illiana
Expressway
plans
MUNSTER, Ind. (AP)
Transportation officials
in Indiana and Illinois expect to complete a revised
environmental impact assessment for the proposed
Illiana Expressway between the two states this
fall.
Environmentalists have
fought the 47-mile tollway plan, arguing it would
threaten the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
south of Chicago. Some
planners also question the
need for the roadway and
its financial viability.
Illinois shelved the $1.5
billion project when Gov.
Bruce Rauner took office
in 2015.
But the (Northwest Indiana) Times reports the Illinois Department of Transportation is cooperating
with the revisions while
making it clear it wont
pursue the road without a
determination that the project is financially viable.
Marion.
More than 100 photos
taken during a July 13 walkthrough of the old YMCA
by Building Commissioner
Jerry Foustnight and Mayor
Jess Alumbaugh were provided the Chronicle-Tribune
by the City of Marion after
a public records request.
The two city officials were
given the tour by Bryan Har-
BY TYLER JURANOVICH
ris, property manager of the

building and former Marion
Board of Works board member.
The more than 100 photos
obtained by the ChronicleTribune give the public, for
the first time, a glimpse inside the unfinished economic
development project now being paid off by public money
through TIF and CReED
funds. To seeall the photos,
read the online version of
this story at www.chroniclePhoto provided
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OLD Y: City of Marion Building Commisioner Jerry Foust-
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READY FOR BATTLE:People dressed up as the American Army prepare to march to the battlefield at the Mississinewa
1812 event on Saturday.
People experience
the battle of
Mississinewa
1812 firsthand at
annual event
BY ANAMARIA DICKERSON
Thousands of people
piled onto the Mississinewa battlefield to go back
in time as they passed tents
and old-fashioned shops
where people sold merchandise from soap, animal fur, french beignets,
and more.
For many its an annual
event they come to year
after year, but for couple
Norm Bontrager and his
wife Lori, they traveled
to the event from Goshen
for their first time.
We had never been to
Mississinewa so we decided this year were going to come and see what
its like, Norm said. The
best part of it is getting acquainted with new people
and the reenactment folks
here.
Martin Lake, executive ENTERTAINMENT:The Strolling Singers, of Layfette, sing
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to a group of people at the Mississinewa 1812 event on

Saturday.
New Pilot Flying J opens to big crowd

The Pilot Flying J Travel Plaza is finally open in

Marion.
Dozens of people came
to the opening at 6252
Ind. 18, where they satisfied their sweettooth with
something from Cinnabon
or something salty from
Auntie Annes. The new
plaza also features Wendys, PJ Fresh, as well as
offers coffee and cappuccino.
People can also fill up on
gas at any of its 16 fueling
positions and eight diesel lanes with high-speed
pumps for quicker refueling. According to an Oct.

3 press release, the new
facility will add 70 local
jobs to the community.
Blanca Leon, and her
aunt Lina Galvan, both
of Marion, came to check
out the facility as it is on a
route Leon uses frequently.
Everyday, going to Ivy
Tech and then going to Fort
Wayne for work (at GM),
Leon said said about how
often he will drive near the
new travel stop.
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at the new Pilot Flying J Plaza,6252 State Rte. 18 E.,on

Saturday afternoon.
The Marion Parks Department is showing two

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weekend in Matter Park
kick off the fall weather.
The classic Its the Great
Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
and popular Disney movie
Hocus Pocus this Saturday, Oct. 15 in the Meadows of Matter Park. The
cost is $3 per person and
gets one unlimited popcorn, a hot dog, chips, drink
and marshmallows. Movies start at 7:30 p.m.Make
sure to bring your chair and
blanket.
Proceeds support the
Gardens of Matter Park
Endowed Fund at the Community Foundation of
Grant County.
Other events happening
this week include:
Today
The Iris Growers of
Eastern Indiana: is holding their October meeting
at Minnetrista, 1200 North
Minnetrista Parkway, Muncie, Indiana. The meeting
will feature a program entitled Ensata Gardens presented by John Coble and
Bob Bauer of Galesburg,
Michigan. Ensata Gardens
has the largest collection of
Japanese iris varieties outside of Japan. John and Bob
have been growing, hybridizing and selling Japanese,
Siberian, Species and Pseudata beardless irises for
over twenty five years. This
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about these types of irises.
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feedback hes received so

far has been positive.
The communitys been
very receptive and has done
a good job ofat least coming out and looking at the
new site, he said.
Paul Ferguson, Marion,
and his 12 year old grandson Tristan Chambers, Indianapolis, alsocame to the
opening to enjoy an afternoon sweet snack together.
We just wanted to see
what it was like. He loves
Auntie Anne so he wanted
to see what it was like,
Ferguson said. Its really
nice.
The new facility is Pilot
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Wall studs, some of which

lack any insulation or drywall, show were rooms were
planned. Bathtubs, showers
and plumbing work are scattered around the building
and the beginning construction work of what look to be
reception desks can be seen
in some photos.
But what the photos dont
show is any evidence of
construction or existence of
an elevator or new HVAC
equipment
Public records show that
on Dec. 18, 2009, $2.5 million of tax increment finance
money, approved by the
Marion City Council, was
deposited into an account
at First Farmers Bank and
Trust, and 14 months later
all of the money was gone.
Before the bond was issued,
An had told the city council that he was planning on
turning the old YMCA into
a boutique hotel that would
create 80 to 90 jobs when
complete.
By 2013, construction on
the building had come to
a standstill with no development or job creation to
show for it. The city later
refinanced the $2.5 million
bond in 2011, letting An off
the hook for repayment of
the public debt.
Invoices provided by First
Farmers earlier this year
show that $2.4 million of the
$2.5 million bond was disbursed from the First Farmers bank account to Global
Investing Consulting and
then given to World Enterprises Group, Inc, another
company owned by An, for
construction work. World
Enterprises Group, Inc. was
at the time employing former Marion Mayor Wayne
Seybolds brother Chad Seybold. Chad Seybolds position under Ans company
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WALKTHROUGH: Marion Mayor Jess Alumbaugh and

Property Manager Bryan Harris tour the old YMCA this past
July. Photos from the tour show an unfinished economic
development with no elevator or new HVAC system.
and construction, according

to a LinkedIn profile in his
name.
Invoice totals include
$729,801.18 for rough
carpentry, $103,500 for
an elevator, $249,941
for HVAC, $212,754 for
electrical work, among a
handful of other construction work, including swimming pool repair, asbestos
removal, roofing work and
plumbing.
In February of 2012, An
told the Chronicle-Tribune
that construction in the old
YMCA was 80 to 85 percent complete with the only
major work left to be done
was the installation of a new
HVAC system.
If the HVAC system ever
arrived or was ever installed
at the old YMCA, its apparently not there now.
Despite the six-figure sums
doled out for some of the
construction items, Foustnight said he did not see any
evidence of a new HVAC
system, elevator while he
toured the building this past
summer. When asked how
much construction work
he thought was put into the
building, Foustnight declined to comment, saying
he wasnt qualified to answer
that question, adding that the
building department has not
sought out an estimate from
a third-party.
A full picture of what
construction work had been
done in the old YMCA at
what cost has not been disclosed. Questions regarding
how and where money from
the $2.5 million bond were
spent have been asked by
the Chronicle-Tribune since
2014 after it was discovered
the City of Marion had no
detailed receipts for any of
the work that went into the
building or how the $2.5 million was spent.
The July 13th visit raises
more questions about how
the public money was spent.
When contacted for comment regarding construction
done in old YMCA, Chad
Seybold declined to comment, saying that he doesnt
talk or give statements to the
Chronicle-Tribune anymore.
Attempts to contact Bryan
Harris were unsuccessful.
What information gained
by the brief inspection
means for the City of Marion
is not clear.
Alumbaugh told the Chronicle-Tribune in July he was
prepared to go to court find
out more about what happened with the building
project. When asked Saturday if the city was prepared
or preparing to go to court,
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liberty to talk about it.
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Somebody call the authorities

A lack of outrage about what
we know happened with public money thrown at the empty
former YMCA on Third Street
might be the most disturbing
thing about the story of this
failed development.
We know $2.5 million in
Tax Increment Financing
was made available in 2009
to the late Michael An and
his director of operations
and construction at the time,
Chad Seybold, brother of
then Mayor Wayne Seybold.
We know that in a little more
than a year, 14 months, all the
public money was gone, according to records from First
Farmers State Bank, the trustee for the $2.5 million raised
by a public bond for the project meant to renovate the old
YMCA into a hotel and retail
center.
We also know that the development of the building isnt
complete and isnt close to
complete after years of inactivity. We know that An was
taken off the hook for paying
back the $2.5 million in Tax
Increment Financing by a new
bond issue created in 2011,
which taxpayers are now repaying.
Meanwhile the Old YMCA
sits vacant as a testament to
much that has been wrong
with the way this community
has conducted economic development with TIF under the
group of leaders we have suf-
fered under for much of the

past generation.
We also know that if anyone
ever kept any detailed records
of where the YMCA money
went, they are not letting go
of them in spite of multiple
requests from the city and the
public. The few records that
have come to light include
$95,000 in draws from the
bond money for an elevator.
But we now know there is no
elevator in the building. There
is the original shaft, according
to Jerry Foustnight, city building commissioner who toured
the building this past summer,
but no new equipment.
We now know that An himself said that most work on
heating and air conditioning
at the building was completed
and $249,941 in public money
for HVAC was disbursed to
the contractor, but no major
HVAC work that appears to
have been done in the building, according to Foustnight.
Millions of dollars are unaccounted for in this project and
public money taken for one
purpose was apparently not
used for that purpose.
Please call the cops.
There needs to be an official
investigation the FBI, Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Attorneys Office, Indiana State Police, the
Indiana Attorney General, the
Grant County Prosecutors Office somebody with author-
ity needs to care about what

happened with the publics
money and what happened to
our community by officials
using TIF as a way of getting
money to people who chose
not to spend their own money
on development.
The YMCA funding, $2.5
million, might not mean much
in the large scheme of government expenditures, but for a
community consumed by poverty in many places, $2.5 million is real money. And abuse
of TIF represents real corruption.
We cannot suffer a business
as usual mindset any longer.
We deserve better in Marion.
We are not going to improve
as a place to live unless we
draw the line on cronyism and
hold the people responsible
accountable.
It isnt just the people who
did the deeds there are people still in position to spend
more taxpayer money who
could see what was happening
and did nothing. No whistleblowers here. We need to hold
the get along to go along
people accountable too.
This is nothing to wait for
an elected official to do for us.
Those of us who really want
a better place to live need to
stand up and demand a criminal investigation of how economic development has been
done in our community. Its
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On Saturday, Oct. 1, the editorial, Time to adjust

to cold weather was a good piece of advice.
Clean your closets and consider donating those
items you did not wear for a season or two. I noticed in the editorial there were several agencies
listed as places to donate. One very valuable agency
was sadly missing. St. Martins Community Center
was not mentioned. Ihighly recommend everyone
donate your items to this most worthy agency.
St. Martins is the agency every Grant County
resident can trust to serve those most in need in
an honest and caring way. Recently St. Martins
was featured positively in state-wide media. They
proved that we can trust them to serve the poorest
of residents with integrity and honesty. Anyone can
visit and see that the staff at the Center work tirelessly to serve those in need, including the homeless and those served by other Grant County agencies that cannot provide the help needed. No one is
turned away and every donation is used to benefit
those who need it.
Please consider giving your used items to St. Martins. Better yet, donating a one-time monetary gift
or consider a monthly gift. Unfortunately, due to
the recent negative exposure of one Grant County
agency, St. Martins and other agencies have suffered unfairly. You can rest assured your donations
to St. Martins are used to serve those in need.
Thanks to those of you who donate to St. Martins
and a huge thank you to the staff at St. Martins for
the fabulous job they do each and every day.
Barbara Erlewine Winters, Marion
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Trumps vile candidacy is chemotherapy for the GOP

Freedoms just another
word for nothin left to lose.
Me and Bobby McGee
WASHINGTON What
did Donald Trump have left
to lose Sunday night? His dignity? Please. His campaigns
theme? His Cleveland convention was a mini-Nuremberg
rally for Republicans whose
three-word recipe for making
America great again was the
shriek Lock her up! This presaged his Banana Republican
vow to imprison his opponent.
The St. Louis festival of
snarls was preceded by the
release of a tape that merely
provided redundant evidence
of what Trump is like when
he is being his boisterous self.
Nevertheless, the tape sent
various Republicans, who until then had discovered nothing
to disqualify Trump from the
presidency, into paroxysms of
theatrical, tactical and synthetic dismay.
Again, the tape revealed
nothing about this arresteddevelopment adolescent that
todays righteously recoiling
Republicans either did not already know or had no excuse
for not knowing. Before the
tape reminded the pathologically forgetful of Trumps feral appetites and deranged
sense of entitlement, the staid
Economist magazine, holding
the subject of Trump at armslength like a soiled sock, reminded readers of this: When
Mr. Trump divorced the first of
his three wives, Ivana, he let
the New York tabloids know
that one reason for the separation was that her breast im-
plants felt all wrong.

His sexual loutishness is a
sufficient reason for defeating him, but it is far down a
long list of sufficient reasons.
But if it rather than, say, his
enthusiasm for torture even
if it doesnt work, or his
ignorance of the nuclear triad
is required to prompt some
Republicans to have second
thoughts about him, so be it.
For example, Sen. Richard
Burr, a North Carolinian seeking a third term, represents a
kind of Republican judiciousness regarding Trump. Having heard the tape and seen
Trumps apology (Trump
said, essentially: My naughty
locker room banter is better
than Bill Clintons behavior),
Burr solemnly said: I am
going to watch his level of
contrition over the next few
days to determine my level of
support. North Carolinians
will watch with bated breath
as Burr, measuring with a
moral micrometer, carefully
calibrates how to adjust his
support to Trumps unfolding repentance. Burr, who is
chairman of the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence,
has not received this nugget of
intelligence: Contrition is not
in Trumps repertoire. Why
should it be? His appetites,
like his factoids, are self-legitimizing.
Trump is a marvelously efficient acid bath, stripping away
his supporters surfaces, exposing their skeletal essences.
Consider Mike Pence, who for
the privilege of being Trumps
poodle, and he expresses his
canine devotion in rhetorical

treacle about this good man.
What would a bad man look
like to pastor Pence?
Still, some journalists, who
seem to have no interests beyond their obsession with
presidential politics and who
illustrate Kiplings principle
(What should they know of
England who only England
know?), are so eager to get
started on 2020 that they are
anointing Pence the GOPs
front-runner. Perhaps Republicans will indeed embrace a
man who embraced a presidential candidate whose supposed locker room banter
merely echoed sexual boasts
he published in a book.
Today, however, Trump
should stay atop the ticket, for
four reasons. First, he will give
the nation the pleasure of seeing him join the one cohort, of
the many cohorts he disdains,
that he most despises losers. Second, by continuing to
campaign in the spirit of St.
Louis, he can remind the nation of the useful axiom that
there is no such thing as rock
bottom. Third, by persevering
through November 8 he can
simplify the GOPs quadrennial exercise of writing its postcampaign autopsy, which this
year can be published November 9 in one sentence: Perhaps
it is imprudent to nominate a
venomous charlatan. Fourth,
Trump is the GOPs chemotherapy, a nauseating but, if
carried through to completion,
perhaps a curative experience.
George Wills email address is
georgewill@washpost.com.
Today is Thursday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of

2016. There are 79 days left in the year.
Highlight in History:
On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was
laid during a ceremony in the District of Columbia.
On this date:
In A.D. 54, Roman Emperor Claudius I died,
poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife,
Agrippina (ag-rih-PEE-nuh).
In 1775, the United States Navy had its origins as
the Continental Congress ordered the construction
of a naval fleet.
In 1843, the Jewish organization Bnai Brith (buhNAY brith) was founded in New York City.
In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for
the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington.
In 1944, during World War II, American troops
entered Aachen, Germany.
In 1957, CBS-TV broadcast The Edsel Show,
a one-hour live special starring Bing Crosby designed to promote the new, ill-fated Ford automobile. (It was the first special to use videotape technology to delay the broadcast to the West Coast.)
In 1962, Edward Albees four-character drama
Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opened on
Broadway.
In 1966, actor-singer-dancer Clifton Webb, 76,
died in Los Angeles.
In 1972, a Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45
people crashed in the Andes; survivors resorted
to feeding off the remains of some of the dead in
order to stay alive until they were rescued more
than two months later.
In 1981, voters in Egypt participated in a referendum to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the
new president, one week after the assassination of
Anwar Sadat.
In 1999, the Senate rejected the Comprehensive
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, with 48 senators voting
in favor and 51 against, far short of the 67 needed
for ratification. In Boulder, Colorado, the JonBenet
Ramsey grand jury was dismissed after 13 months
of work with prosecutors saying there wasnt
enough evidence to charge anyone in the 6-yearold beauty queens 1996 slaying.
In 2010, rescuers in Chile using a missile-like
escape capsule pulled 33 men one by one to fresh
air and freedom 69 days after they were trapped in
a collapsed mine a half-mile underground.
Ten years ago: The United Nations General Assembly appointed South Korean Foreign Minister
Ban Ki-moon the next U.N. secretary-general.
Banker Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh won
the Nobel Peace Prize for using microcredit to lift
people out of poverty. U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio,
pleaded guilty in an influence-peddling investigation of Congress. (Ney served nearly a year and
a-half of his original 2 1/2-year prison sentence.)
Arnold Palmer tearfully said it was time to stop
playing competitive golf after withdrawing from a
Champions Tour event in Spring, Texas, early in the
first round.
Five years ago: Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund
billionaire at the center of one of the biggest insider-trading cases in U.S. history, was sentenced
by a federal judge in New York to 11 years behind
bars. The Detroit Tigers took a 3-2 lead in the AL
championship series, defeating the Texas Rangers
7-5. The Milwaukee Brewers tied the NL championship series at two games apiece with a 4-2
win over the St. Louis Cardinals. American Jordyn
Wieber won another gold medal, beating Russias
Viktoria Komova for the all-around title at the world
gymnastics championships in Tokyo.
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Stabbing suspect
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A man who admitted
to stabbing another man
during an altercation
earlier this week has been
arrested.
Daniel Ray Clem, 29, of
Marion, was arrested on a
charge of being a fugitive
from justice Thursday
and was being held in the
Grant County Jail without
bond. Details about the
chargewere not available
from the Grant County
Sheriffs Department
Thursday night.
Clem admitted to police
earlier this week he was
involved in an argument
with Kenneth Haynes, 47,
of Kokomo, in Swazyee
Tuesday morning, which
resulted in Haynes sustaining multiple non-lethal
stab wounds.
Clem told investigators
he was defending himself
and had stabbed Haynes
in an attempt to escape
the situation, according
to a Sheriff Department
press release. Haynes
was transported to
Lutheran Hospital in Fort
Wayne, where he was
listed in stable condition.
Navar Watson
Ruling for Oradat in old Y work

Following death of Michael An,
lawsuit over nonpayment ends
with judgement for contractor
BY TYLER JURANOVICH
A judge has ruled in favor of Ermas Home Improvement Inc., the private
company owned by Larry
Oradat, former building
commissioner for the City
of Marion, in a civil lawsuit
Ermas filed against the late
Michael Ans Global Investment Consulting Inc. over
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Seybold, brother of then

Mayor Wayne Seybold, was
project manager for behalf
of An.
In an Oct. 22, 2015 affidavit by Oradat, he claims
that once he had completed
substantial portion of the
work in the old YMCA that
his companys work had to
stop and wait for another
sub-contractor to complete
the installation of a new and
updated HVAC system, as
well as drywall, before Oradat could finish. That included, according to Oradats
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ISTEP
replacement
delay no
surprise
BY ANDREA YEATER
ayeater@chronicle-tribune.com
able for them, and there

needs to be more outreach
efforts.
Another issue was lack
of federal funding for the
Veterans Service Office,
which would help Veterans
Service Officer Michael
Houser carry out more initiatives.
My benefits depend on
him (Houser) being able to
do his job, U.S. Air Force
veteran Frank Stotts said.
Young said hes also noted inconsistent standards
of care across different VA
facilities. Some veterans
Within the last few weeks

it has become clear that a
replacement for the ISTEP
test will not be ready for the
next school year as originally
planned.
Instead of using the new
test for the 2017-18 school
year, the replacement will
likely not be ready until at
least after the spring of 2018.
Until the alternative is finalized, ISTEP will remain in
place.
The delay didnt come as a
surprise to some local school
administrators.
They were on an incredibly tight timeline to come
up with a new test, said
Scott Deetz, superintendent
of Madison-Grant United
School Corp. It was impossible at best.
When Gov. Mike Pence
signed a bill in March that
removed ISTEP, the plan was
to put together a 23-member panel to come up with a
new test by Dec. 1. Panelists
included four appointments
from Pence, Superintendent
of Public Instruction Glenda
Ritz and her four appointments, the commissioner of
Workforce
Development,
the commissioner of Higher
Education, the chairperson of the Senate Education
and Career Development
Committee, the chairperson of the House Education
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LISTENING: U.S. Representative and 2016 Senator candidate Todd Young, center, hears concerns from local veterans
at the Abbey Coffee Co. Thursday afternoon, along with senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Dan Sullivan of Alaska.
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courthouse as evidence,
details compensation and
the scope of work the two
agreed Ermas would do.
That work includes dozens
of light fixtures, more than
half a dozen ceiling fans,
28 exit signs, one water
tight exterior exit sign, and
numerous other electrical
related items for a total of
$184,680.
The work was funded by
a public bond issue through
the city to be paid by tax increment financing. Oradat
was working for the city at
the time his company was
contracted by An. Chad
Candidate Young, senators hear local vets
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nonpayment for construction work in the old YMCA

building.
Superior Court I Judge
Jeffrey Todd, through a
summary judgement, ordered World Enterprise
Group Inc. to pay Ermas
$24,269.14 plus 8 percent
per annum interest and
$144 in court costs, according to court documents filed
this past summer.

The lawsuit stems from a
complaint filed by Oradats
company on Nov. 14, 2013
which accuses An of breaching a contract, which states
Oradats company would
do more than $184,000 in
electrical work for both
material and labor costs
and $25,998.06 for data
service in the old YMCA
building as part of Ans nevercompletedredevelopment
project to turn the building
into a boutique hotel.
The contract between the
two companies, which was
filed in the Grant County
Todd Young, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senate

candidate and Marine veteran, visited with dozens
of veterans across the state
Thursday, including Grant
County vets at a round
table discussion at Abbey
Coffee Co.
He was joined by U.S.
Senators Tom Cotton of
Arkansas and Dan Sullivan
of Alaska, both of whom
serve on the Senates

Armed Services Committee and are supporting
Youngs bid for the Senate
from Indiana this fall.
Young, a Republican, told
veterans he would make
their concerns a priority if
elected. He said he would
continue visiting with veterans across the state during his time as senator.
People want reassurance that youre going to
show up, that youre go-
NAACP hosts 86th annual

Freedom Fund Banquet
Current National NAACP

director of the environmental and climate justice program, Jacqueline Patterson
addressed a crowd of over
150 people explaining how
social and enviromental issues often intersect with
each other.
We cant have racial justice and health when it is
too often our communities
and homes that dont have
infrastructure to deal with
increased heat, and when
our health is already com-
prised, leaves us most vulnerable to the impacts. And

when we are more likely
to be affected by disaster,
which affects our physical
health as well as our mental
health and well-being, she
said.
Patterson was this years
speaker at the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored
People 86th annual Freedom Fund Banquet at Indiana Wesleyan University
Barnes Student Center on
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ing to continue to show up.

That this isnt just a drive
by, Young said.
Young said one of the
biggest concerns he heard
from Grant County veterans Thursday and several
others before them was
the significant technology
issues present at VA hospitals that are preventing
veterans from getting the
care and benefits they need
in a timely manner and
without mistakes.
Local veterans also told
Young that too many of
the 5,500 veterans in Grant
County are completely unaware of the benefits avail-
House fire under investigation

BY NAVAR WATSON
A house fire on North

Pennsylvania Street Wednesday morning resulted in no
injuries or fatalities, but the
cause of the fire is still under
investigation with the Marion Fire Department.
MFD responded to a fire at
a large brick house, located
at 117 North Pennsylvania
Street near the Mississinewa River, shortly after 4:30
a.m. Wednesday. A family was home at the time of
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M A R I O N C H R O N I C L E - T R I B U N E / F R I D AY, O C T O B E R 2 8 , 2 0 1 6 / A 4
Kris Allen Madley

Dec. 31, 1957 - Oct. 14, 2016
Kris Allen Madley,

58, Marion, went to
be with the Lord at
9:40 p.m. on Friday,
Oct. 14, 2016, at Wesleyan Health and Rehab Center, Marion.
He was born in Marion on
Dec. 31, 1957, to Lester and
Verna Belle (Snow) Madley.
Kris was a lifelong resident of Marion. He graduated from Marion High
School and Purdue Extension in Fort Wayne. He
worked as a technician at
Hamilton Standard for 20
years and was previously
a TV repairman in Marion
for two years. He attended Brookhaven Wesleyan
Church.
Kris was a former member
of the Isaac Walton League
in Jalapa. He was an avid
shooter and archer and,
therefore, a member of the
Hunting Safety Association.
Kris enjoyed photography
and took photos at weddings for many people in
the community. He loved a
well-cooked meal and also
enjoyed watching television
in his later years. Despite the challenges

that Kris had physically, he always maintained a positive attitude and strong work
ethic.
Survivors include his
daughter, Deah Lynn Madley, Elwood; three grandchildren; siblings, Dennis
L. (Debbie) Madley and
Ellen (late Richard) Smith,
both from Marion; several
nieces, nephews, and cousins; and his church family.
He was preceded in death
by his parents.
Services will be at 11 a.m.
on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016,
in the Community Room
at Brookhaven Wesleyan
Church, 2960 E. 38th St.,
Marion. Pastors Ron Forsythe and Joel Gearhart will
be officiating.
Memorial
contributions may be directed to
Brookhaven
Wesleyan
Church, 2960 E. 38th St.,
Marion, IN 46953.
Online condolences may
be made at www.ifccares.
com.
Max L. Weaver
June 9, 1941 - Oct. 23, 2016
Max L. Weaver,
75, Marion, went to
be with the Lord at
8:08 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016,
in his home. He was
born in Marion to the
late Jasper and Opal (Boatwright) Weaver.
Max was U.S. Army veteran. He retired from General Motors as a supervisor and was a member of
Greater Second Baptist
Church, where he was very
active. He loved spending
time with his family and
friends.
He will be greatly missed
by his children, Roxzann
Weaver, Marion, Jodie
(Larry)
Weaver-Smith,
Indianapolis,
Jill
(Joseph) Butler, Indianapolis,
Constance (Larry) Little,
Romulus, Michigan, Leona (Alvin) Cranford, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Jeana
Flournoy, Marion, Danielle (Elliott) RodriguezWhite, Virginia Beach,
Virginia, Aschlee Johnson,
Marion, and Aric Johnson,
Marion; 13 grandchildren;
six great-grandchildren; sister, Lillian

Faulkner,
Marion;
aunt, Glenna (Roger)
Smith, Marion; and a
host of nieces, nephews, and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents and brothers, Richard and Harvey
Weaver.
Visitation is from 9-11
a.m. on Monday, Oct. 31,
2016, at Greater Second
Baptist Church, 705 W.
26th St., Marion. Services
will begin at 11 a.m. with
Elder Robert Jones officiating. Burial will follow in
Marion National Cemetery.
Arrangements are entrusted to Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service, North Chapel, 1341
N. Baldwin Ave., Marion,
IN.
Memorial contributions
may be directed to Greater
Second Baptist Church,
705 W. 26th St., Marion,
IN.
Online condolences may
be made at www.nswcares.
com.
Pending services
Eugene L. Cultice: 89, Marion, passed away at 1:25 p.m. on
Oct. 27, 2016, at his residence. Funeral services are pending
at Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service, North Chapel,
1341 N. Baldwin Avenue, Marion, IN.
Emergencies
Marion Police
Department
3:31 p.m. Wednesday, Kem
Road and Lincolnshire Boulevard, two vehicle accident
involving Starla Dobbs, 35,
Marion, and Diana Wiecking,
71, Marion. No injuries.
6:03 p.m. Wednesday,
Home Avenue and South Colonial Park Drive, two vehicle
accident involving Misty L.
Crabtree, 41, Marion, and
David L. Bounds, 19, Marion.
No injuries.
Marion Fire Department

6:14 p.m. Wednesday, 2900
S. Carey St., fire alarm. Clear
6:42 p.m.
8:57 p.m. Wednesday, 441
N. Wabash Ave., ambulance
assist. Clear 9:04 p.m.
1:18 p.m. Thursday, 3107
S. Race St., open burn. Clear
1:32 p.m.
3:03 p.m. Thursday, 1700 E.
38th St., lift. Clear 3:28 p.m.
Center Twp. Volunteer

Fire Department
8:07 a.m. Thursday, 3605 S.
Home Ave., Marion, carbon

monoxide. Clear 8:13 a.m.
3:33 p.m. Thursday, 1794
S. 350 E., Marion, ambulance assist. Clear 3:37 p.m.
Converse Volunteer
Fire Department
7:35 a.m. Thursday, 9420
W. N. 00 S., Marion, accident type unknown. Clear
9:22 a.m.
Mill Township Volunteer

Fire Department
10:17 p.m. Wednesday,
20 W. Old Kokomo Road,
Marion, ambulance assist.
Clear 10:31 p.m.
S. Home Ave., Marion, carbon monoxide. Clear 8:13
a.m.
Swazyee Volunteer Fire

Department
W. N. 00 S., Marion, accident type unknown. Clear
9:22 a.m.
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Marion Police
Department
suspended. He was being

held in the Grant County Jail
without bond.
12:17 a.m. Wednesday, 800
Randy Lee Berry, 55,
block of West 31st Street,
last known address 523 S.
burglary. A garage door
Barclay St., Fairmount, posshowed signs of forced entry. session of syringe, visiting
8:47 p.m. Wednesday, 1000 a common nuisance. He
block of West Third Street,
theft. A woman reported
County Jail on a $10,005
items were taken from her
bond.
vehicle.
Dustyn Deshon Bowlds, 35,
Arrests
David Louis Bounds, 19,
Landess St., Marion, court
last known address 453 N.
order return. He was being
Adams St., Marion, leavheld in the Grant County Jail
ing scene of accident. He
without bond.
was released from the Grant
Daniel Ray Clem, 29, last
County Jail on a $505 bond.
known address 1402 E. 40th
Zachary Edward Parker, 20, St., Marion, fugitive from
last known address 2100 N.
justice. He was being held in
B St., Elwood, driving while
the Grant County Jail without
bond.
Stacy Jo Haley, 30, last
known address 300 N.
Barclay St., Fairmount,
maintaining a common nuisance, drug court violation,
manufacturing methamphetamine. She was being held
in the Grant County Jail on a
$10,005 bond.
Feron Morris Hunter, 59,
Larry Lane, Muncie, maintaining a common nuisance,
possession of syringe, fugitive from justice. He was being held in the Grant County
Jail on a $1,205 bond.
Shane Allen Smith, Jr., 39,
Vine St., Muncie, maintaining
a common nuisance, manu-
facturing methamphetamine,
fugitive from justice. He
County Jail on a $60,005
bond.
VETS
After meeting with the

veterans, Young and the
two senators moved on to
Fort Wayne to meet with
more veterans for dinner.
He had come from Kokomo, Anderson and Indianapolis earlier in the day
doing the same.
Houser said he hopes to
bring in more people from
Congressto hear local concerns in the future. He said
he appreciated Youngs interest.
I didnt feel like he was

campaigning, and that was
my concern that they
were just coming here to
campaign, Houser said.
Todd Young has some
genuine concern for the
veterans.
On the local front, Houser said the Veterans Service Office is attacking the
countys veteran housing
problem at full force.
A county ordinance that
would require veterans
housing
organizations
to be licensed is in the
works, Houser said, and
was met with approval by
Congresswoman
Susan
Brooks office. He said the
ordinance will soon go to
the Grant County Commissioners board for a vote.
If passed, Grant County
would be the first county in
the state to require veterans housing organizations
to be licensed, Houser
said.
results.
Im skeptical, but hopeful, she said.
Superintendent of Marion
Community Schools, Brad
Lindsay, said that he gives
no value to the ISTEP, or any
standardized test, because it
does not measure the whole
person, and puts too stress
on the students and teachers
to perform well.
Its just a false measure,
he said about ISTEP. Indiana should not be using
that...When youre putting so much pressure and
weight on this one standardized achievement test, why
wouldnt you be teaching to
the test?
As for what the teachers
and adminstrators want to
see in the new test, Winter,
Deetz and Lindsay had several ideas.
Winter said that teachers
at Mississinewa are looking to have more of a say in

what the new test looks like
because it affects them the
most. She said they want
more accountability, as the
standards tend to change
frequently. They also want
more individualized student
assessment to see where certain students are at in their
education.
Deetz said that the two
things Madison-Grant teachers are looking for is a reduction in the amount of time
students spend taking the
test, as well as a reduction in
the amount of time it takes
to receive the results. The
corporation has had to wait
on its accountability grades,
which are part of what determines funding, because
they have not received spring
ISTEP scores yet.
While Lindsay said he was
opposed to a standardized
test, he said that he thinks Indiana should have one grade
instead of each corporation
getting individual grades.
Ritz announced her proposal for an ISTEP replacement on Oct. 11, and said
in a statement that the panel
has come to agreement on
a vision, and that vision is
that Indiana should develop
an assessment system that
is student-centered and provides meaningful and timely
information to all stakeholders...
In the proposal for Indiana OnTrack, Ritz said that
it would cut down testing
times by about eight hours
and save about $12 million.
Ritz is currently taking feedback for Indiana OnTrack in
the form of a survey on the
Indiana Department of Education website.
for a total of $32,687.01.

The notice says that the old
YMCA project has experienced significant delays
and that those delays were
at no fault of Ermas and
that for reasons beyond
our control progress has
completely stopped.
An received $2.5 million
city-backed bond. By February of 2011, all that money
had beenspent, according to
documents provided by the
city and First Farmers Bank.
Two of the handful of purchases listed on invoices included an HVAC system and
an elevator, both of which
are not currently in the old
YMCA building, according
to current Marion Building
Commissioner Jerry Foustnight, who, along with Marion Mayor Jess Alumbaugh,
toured the building on July

13.
More than 100 pictures
taken during that tour do
show new electrical work
but no ceiling fans or new
exit signs, two items Oradats company stated it was
paid to install.
When contacted by the
Chronicle-Tribune
by
phone to ask about the
lawsuit, if he had received
the money he says he was
owed and to detail the work
he did in the old YMCA,
Oradat only said Thats
my own personal business
and hung-up.
Ans only response to Oradats lawsuit was a response
to the original complaint
filed on Dec. 10, 2013 and
said that Ermas is not due
the owed money because of
the low quality of work.

The work that the plaintiff did do was of a shoddy,
unsatisfactory and unworkmanlike quality, the document reads. Plaintiff is in
breach of the said contract
and, due to such breach, defendant has no duty to pay
any amount to plaintiff.
After that, An or his estates
participation in the lawsuit is
nonexistent. Neither An or
anyone from his companies
showed up for a May 7, 2015
hearing. An died in December 2015. No one representing his estate appeared at a
court hearing May 20 of this
year. Following a request by
Oradats lawyer Evan Hammond, Judge Todd granted a
summary judgment on June
8, 2016 in favor of Oradats
company.
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are forced to wait too long

to receive the care they
need and die in the process, he said.
One veteran voiced concern about doctors constantly changing, giving
way to inconsistencies in
prescription practices. He
said hes had 13 doctors in
five years.
ISTEP
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Committee, a member of the

State Board of Education,
four appointments from the
president pro tempore and
four appointments from the
speaker of the house.
Panelists were officially
announced about a month after the bill was signed, which
cut down on the already limited time they had to develop
an alternative test.
Assistant superintendent
at Mississinewa Community Schools Lezlie Winter
said that it seemed like the
panel did not go into replacing the test with clear
expectations, so she was
also not surprised by the
delay. However, she said
that maybe giving them
more time will yield better
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affidavit, installing fixtures

and hanging a grid ceiling.
Oradat also claims in his
affidavit that An never contacted him to complete the
work and, thus, had not paid
him for it, a clear breach of
contract Oradat claims.
Court documents reveal
Ermas other employee,
Joe Moore, who is currently employed by the
Citys Building Department, wrote a demand notice for final payment to
An and Chad Seybold for
the old YMCA project, in
May of 2012 telling the
two that Ans companies
owed Ermas $24,269.14
plus $8,417.87 in interest
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City sues over old YMCA

Lawsuit charges fraud in uncompleted
redevelopment of downtown building
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be playing Alice in
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and 11. Shows on Friday
and Saturday are 8 p.m.
Shows on Sunday are at
4 p.m. Tickets are $15 for
adults and $5 for children
12 and under.
BY TYLER JURANOVICH
The City of Marion is suing the estate of the late developer Michael An and two
of his companies Global
Investment Consulting Inc.
and World Enterprise Group
Inc. charging fraud and
breach of contract over the
spending of a $2.5 million
bond the city gave An for redeveloping the old YMCA.
This is a beginning, said
City Attorney Tom Hunt

Thursday.
The civil lawsuit, filed in
Superior Court I Thursday
morning, will begin a legal
effort to account for what
happened with public money spent on the project that
was planned as the creation
of a boutique hotel along
Third Street.
The
Chronicle-Tribune
first reported a lack of invoices, contracts or receipts
to document how the money

was spent on the failed project in 2014 after requests
were made for the records
from the City of Marion and
bond trustee First Farmers
Bank and Trust.
The records are part of the
evidence the City of Marion
cites in its complaint filed
this week. Public records
show An and Chad Seybold,
brother of former Marion
Mayor Wayne Seybold and
at the time director of operations for World Enterprise
Group, took out at least
$2.39 million in four install-
ments from December 2008

to February 2011 for various construction projects,
such as HVAC, Elevator, Plumbing and more.
As reported by the Chronicle-Tribune in October,
photos taken inside the old
YMCA this past summer
show only the beginnings of
hotel room construction and
no evidence of any HVAC
system or new elevator being installed.
The city, in its complaint,
accuses An and his companies of deliberately misrepresenting the purposes
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and/or amount of the draws

made on the bond money, as
well as breaching the loan
contract the developer and
the city entered into by failing to complete the project
and by failing to comply
with the bonds repayment
obligation. The complaint
contends An and his companies did not use the bond
proceeds strictly on construction costs.
The complaint says the
city has been damaged in
the amount of at least $2.3
BY NAVAR WATSON
Photos by Jeff Morehead / JMorehead@chronicle-tribune.com
SNOWMAN: Winterland, Inc.s, Tarah Fredd talks about the work that goes into refurbishing displays as production
employee Phillip McDaniel, at left, refurbishes a 3-D lighted snowman on Thursday.
Family-owned business, Winterland, Inc. continues strong after 25 years in business

Tarah Fredd knows what

it takes to create a one-ofa-kind holiday light display.
Fredd, director of marketing at Winterland, Inc. and
daughter of owners David
Fredd and Melanie Street,
has been working in the
family business full-time
for the past eight years.The
business first opened its
doors 25 years ago.
But Fredds interest and
passion for the business began long before that when
she just was 8 years old
and attendedlight shows at
the Indianapolis State Fairground with her dad. Now,
their designs a reality.

At Winterland were all
about, If you can dream it,
we can make it happen. We
will build to your specifications and help you realize
your dreams when it comes
to holidays, she said.
What started out as just
one building where the family-owned business serves
residential and commercial
customers, has since expanded by having 10 additional warehouses added to
TIS THE SEASON:A Winterland, Inc., wreath hangs on the its property.
Its really been a tenfold
front of STAR Financial Bank downtown.
over the last five years,
not only does she manage ucts to buy and carry at the Fredd said.
the business online store, business, as well as helps
See WINTERLAND / Page A2
she oversees what prod- customers create and make
JONESBORO The
Jonesboro Police Department may be hiring a new
full-time police officer
soon.
Officer Dennis Conrad,
formerly chief of police,
has expressed interest in
retiring next year but has
not set an actual date, according to current Police
Chief Joel Thomas,
The department plans to
advertise the position once
it opens.
Thomas is in the process
of finalizing an application process, which he
presented aspects of to the
Jonesboro Board of Works
Thursday night.
The process would include a physical test,
100-question written test
and interviews with Thomas and Board of Works
members, who ultimately
approve the applicant. Applicants must be at least
21 years old, have a high
school diploma or GED
equivalent and reside in
Grant County or a touching
county.
Jonesboro Mayor Robert
McNutt said he would feel
fortunate to receive at least
three or four candidates,
but Thomas said quite a
few people have already
expressed interest in applying for a full-time position.
Thomas said police departments across the nation
are struggling to hire.
Less and less people are
See POLICE / Page A2
Two Marion officers recognized for saving mans life

BY ANDREA YEATER
ayeater@chronicle-tribune.com
Two Marion police officers saved a mans life after

he was pinned under a Jeep
earlier this year.
In recognition of their actions on May 7, Officer Leland Smith and Sgt. Eric
Randle were chosen for
Decembers City Employee
Spotlight, which aims to recognize outstanding cityemployees.
Its appreciated. Being a
police officer is a thankless
job, Randle said.

Smith was the first responder to the scene in the
1700 block of South Branson Street after a dispatch
call said that something
heavy had fallen on Wadie
Harwood, the owner of the
residence. Smith said the
call he received was not entirely clear on what the situation was.
Harwood had been working on his friends Jeep Liberty when it slipped off the
stand it was resting on after
sinking into the soft dirt.

The vehicle then fell, pinning him under the gas tank
area. He said that he passed
out almost immediately.
The next thing I remember is I was being taken to
Fort Wayne, Harwood said.
Im never working on a
Liberty ever again.
When Smith arrived at the
house, he saw a Jeep with no
wheels on top of Harwood
and knew the first thing
he needed to do was find
something to lift the vehicle.
Smith found a jack on the

other side of the vehicle and
used it to begin lifting the
vehicle off of Harwood, who
was lying motionless on his
left side.
Randle said that he was
near the area on patrol and
arrived shortly after Smith
requested another officer to
the scene. Smith said that
they had to work fast to get
Harwood out from under the
Jeep because the jack was
also beginning to sink into
the ground.
It was just long enough to

get him pulled free, Smith
said.
Randle administered CPR,
but Harwood remained unresponsive. He then started
chest compressions and
Smith gave breaths to Harwood until he began breathing on his own again. He
was then transported first
to Marion General Hospital
and then to Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne,
See OFFICERS / Page A2
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Jonesboro Historical
Society: invites you to An
Old Fashioned Christmas in
the Cabin. from 2 p.m. to 5
p.m. at the Jones Cabin in
the Jonesboro Park. This will
be an open house with period
decorations, refreshments
and games for children.
Gray Barn: is hosting
Carol Moses and Psalm 100
Quarter at 6 p.m. at the barn,
located at 168 S. Second
St., Upland. Everyone is
welcome. There will be free
snacks and drinks.
Allen Temple AME Church:
is hosting a Christmas Bazaar/Rummage from 8 a.m. to
3 p.m. at the church, located
at 3440 S. Washington St.,
Marion. There will be multiple
vendors, Christmas treasures,
quilts, household items and
baked goods. An evening of
Gospel jazz begins at 5 p.m.
YMCA
Continued from A1
million. The city also argues, in its complaint, that

An, by signing a personal
guaranty on Dec. 17, 2009,
was taking full responsibility for the repayment on the
bond.
In February of 2011, while
Wayne Seybold was mayor,
the city refinanced the $2.5
million bond that was issued to An, along with other
bonds issued to companies
owned by Seybolds business partner Jim Swan,
Winterfield Realty and JSG
POLICE
Continued from A1
applying to be police officers every year, it seems

like, Thomas said. You
turn on the TV, and you can
see why now.
JPD also has about 13 reserve officers, who work 16
hours per month on a volunteer basis.
Thomas said the depart-
WINTERLAND
Continued from A1
While the main factory

of the business is located
at 1101 S. Miller Ave., in
Marion, it also runs several
parks across the country and
has representatives in several states across the United
States. The company offers
a wide range of products
and services includingLED
light displays, silhouette
displays, life-size statues of
bears, penguins and even18
OFFICERS
Continued from A1
where he was treated for a

punctured lung and two broken ribs.
Smith said that they did
not know for about one
or two weeks if Harwood
Have questions? Call Ann at

765-603-7709.
Road Rubber Comedy: is
hosting Donnie Baker, from
the Bob and Tom Show, for
a night og unique comedy
from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at
Eventually Yours, located at
5243 S. Adams St., Marion.
General Admission seating
is $25. Meet & Greet is $10.
VIP tickets, which include
seating upfront and waitress
service for a group of 8) are
$30 each.
Jeannettes Flea Market:
is having a chili cook-off from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the business, located at 811 N. Western Ave., Marion. Cost is a
$3, which will go to the Grant
County Sheriffs Chaplaincys
Kids for Christmas program.
Dec. 11
AmVets Post 5 Ladies
Auxiliary: is having a Kids
Christmas Party from 2 to 5
p.m. at the Post, located at
705 W. 37th St., Marion. The
Post is looking for donations,
such as food. Santa will be
there for pictures.
Main Street Marion: is putting on the Indiana Statehood
Celebration from 4 p.m. to 6
p.m. at 322 S. Washington
St., in downtown Marion.
There will be light refreshments, music, displays from
the Grant County Museum
and a silent art auction.
Dec. 12
Madison Grant School
Board Meeting: 7 p.m. in the
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Auxiliary: will be helping
cooking a meal to all veterans
in memory of Pearl Harbor.
They are in need of food, dessert and drink donations.
Allen Temple AME Church:
is hosting a Christmas Bazaar/Rummage from 8 a.m. to
3 p.m. at the church, located
at 3440 S. Washington St.,
Marion. There will be multiple
vendors, Christmas treasures,
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The Grant County Tea
Party: will have a meeting at
the Sirloin Stockade on Monday December 12 at 6 p.m.
Dec. 13
The Mississinewa Valley Band: will present their
Yuletice Spectacular atthe
Phillippeat 7:30 p.m. in the
Phillippe
Auditorium of Indiana
Wesleyan University: The
show will include the Mississinewa Valley Concert Band
and the
Dec. 14
The Marion General
Hospital Auxiliary: will
host a chocolate candy and
confection fundraiser featuring South Bend Chocolate
Company, beginning today
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The sale
moves to the lobby of building 330 at the hospital on
Thursday, December 15 from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
South Bend Chocolate
Company: makes homemade
quality gourmet chocolates
and treats such as classic
turtles, mint meltaways, sea
salt caramels, pretzels and
chocolate peanuts. They offer
sugar free chocolates and
holiday gifts and goodies.
The public is invited to attend
this event. Proceeds from the
chocolate sale benefit the
MGH Auxiliary and hospital
needs.
Processing, into a $5.8 million bond now being paid

through community revitalization enhancement district (CRED) revenue. The
refinancing of the bond is
not mentioned in the City of
Marions complaint.
Philip Whistler, an attorney from Indianapolisbased Ice Miller representing the City of Marion,
declined to answer questions Thursday citing the
ongoing litigation.
The city doesnt ask for a
specific amount of money in
its complaint but rather an
amount to be determined at
trial, an award of prejudge-
ment interest, attorney fees

and other expenses.
The old YMCA, located
at 418 W. Third St., has remained vacant since 2011.
Its still owned by Ans
company Global Investment
Consulting Inc., though An
died a year ago this month.
The City of Marion has
sent a summons request to
the companys registered
Agent, Claude Brock of
Santa Ana, Calif. The defendants have a little less
than a month to respond the
City of Marions complaint
or a judgment by default
may be given against the
defendants.
ment, which can have up

to 20 reserve officers, is always looking for new ones
but faces competition from
Swayzee, Fairmount, Van
Buren and other smaller
police departments that can
afford to pay for vests and
other equipment JPD cant
cover.
Thomas noted two instances where JPD lost
two good, potential reserve
officers to surrounding
communities because they

covered out-of-pocket expenses.
McNutt said the city
will continue to search for
funding opportunities and
solutions for JPD.
Well continue to struggle and do our best and
get through the hump. We
just cant give up, McNutt
said. Our top priority is
the safety of the citizens of
this community.
foot tall Nutcracker statues.

It also offers custom designs
catered to the customers
wants and needs, no matter
how intricate the details.
I like bringing happiness
and joy to others, Tarah
Fredd said. Everyday I
wake up and Im like, Okay,
who can I make happy today? Its about making it so
other children and families
can enjoy the holidays.
Employee Vicky Killian,
whoworks a variety of roles,
including office manager,
account representative and
product developer, has been

working at the business for
10 years. She has seen the
business evolve and had the
opportunity to build a good
rapport with many of the
companys customers over
the years.
I love dealing with my
personal accounts, Killian
said. When I first started I
did the office work by myself. I processed sales order,
shipped sales orders. I did
inventory and that was all by
myself. And now we have a
full shipping staff.
would be all right. One day

while Smith was patrolling
the area, he saw Harwood on
his front porch and stopped
to say hello and the two have
become friends.
This was the first time
Randle said he had ever had
to give CPR on the job, and
the second time Smith said
he had to. Smith said that his

first experience with CPR
training was in elementary
school, and was glad to continue with it on the police
force.
Never take training for
granted,
Randle
said.
Were always happy for a
good, positive outcome.
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beverage by suggesting the
cola can accompany a wide
range of meals, rather than
just the fast food and pizza
with which its a mainstay.
Its why a recent TV ad featured a young couple grabbling mini-Cokes while
making paella, and why
food bloggers were paid to
post photos on Instagram of
various dishes, paired specifically with glass bottles
of Coke that might appeal
to the aesthetic of foodie
culture. One photo showed
a bowl of chicken chili with
the soda.
The ultimate combination of two of my very favorites! wrote the blogger,
who has more than 53,000
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got about 430 likes, was a
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Although Coke has often
been marketed as a good
companion for food, the
company is trying to make
sure it isnt left behind as
American tastes evolve and
people move away from traditional sodas. The worlds
biggest beverage maker is
particularly trying to update
the drinks image among
people in their 20s and 30s
who may associate soda
mainly with places like McDonalds and Dominos.
Its an Amateur Move to
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which was designed to read
like a news story, talked
about famous food pairings
and how tastes like CocaCola go with everything.
A digital video series with
Univision also showed people enjoying Cokes with a
variety of meals, including
sushi.
An internal briefing about
the campaign with Vox obtained by The Associated
Press said Coke has long
been associated with hamburgers, hot dogs and other
classic American dishes,
but that the focus of the push
was sharing Coca-Cola
with family over a healthy
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BASEBALL

Little League tournament gears up.

Serving Grant County since 1867.

I-69 cable barrier

City investigates old YMCA

Records on failed project hard to come by

The building sits lifeless,

determined to find out how

stated effort to create restaurants and a boutique

Marion Splash House drops

was necessary for future

Marion residents soon

See PRICING / Page A4

See TRASH / Page A5

See YMCA / Page A5

taxpayers continue to be responsible to repay.

PHOTOS BY Jeff Morehead / jmorehead@chronicle-tribune.com

DIRECTOR: Carlos Rosales, director of Splash House,

to see how things would

drop the non-residential

Online registration open for Marion, Oak Hill students

Two Grant County school

through their Skyward accounts. Both new students

can register through the

cess the online system, registration will be available

Textbook fees for the

BUY ANY PIZZA + BUY ANY BREAD

1325 WEST 4TH ST.

2014 LCE, Inc. 45476

CHRONICLE-TRIBUNE, MARION, IND.

expected at the time of registration online. Payments

problem with just making

junior high/high school

Indy suburb sued over deleted

BEECH GROVE (AP)

public comment, it cannot

Elkhart Truth photos / Sam Householder

Elkhart River Queen debuts on

ELKHART Residents from all over Elkhart

torical boat that has a lot

ing residents until the topic is

We do our own work and bring the best equipment to

Commercial & Residential/Free Quotes

Family owned business.

The Utilities next meeting is currently scheduled

1:52 a.m., Wednesday, 600

Grant County Jail Count

Michaels Farm Market

FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES

NORWOOD CARPET CLEANING

2 rooms Couch and chair

Gator Cam Camera

St. Joseph River.

City attorney Craig Wiley said he believes Beech

FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016 A5

Answers, equipment scarce in Old Y

Evidence of major purchases, such as an elevator

night inspects construction work done in the first floor of the

Going back in time

ris, property manager of the

Photos by Anamaria Dickerson

to a group of people at the Mississinewa 1812 event on

New Pilot Flying J opens to big crowd