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by the Indiana Economic

Development Association
(IEDA), found that a county
with TIF related investments
of $200 million generates
$288 million in income
from 180 total jobs more
than a county without TIF
when factors, such as the
Great Recession and national and industry-specific
trends are factored into the
equation.
Thus, the authors conclude
TIF gives counties and cities a unique competitive
BY TYLER JURANOVICH
tjuranovich@chronicle-tribune.com
A recent study on Tax Increment Financing (TIF)

concludes the economic
development tool used in
nearly every Indiana county
provides a positive, unique
impact on a countys income, though one economics professor interprets the
study differently.
The study, completed by
economic professors at the
University of Southern Indiana and commissioned
advantage compared to
non-TIF areas with similar
characteristics.
The IEDA said the study
confirms TIF as a beneficial
tool for economic development.
But one other state economics professor has a different opinion on what the
study reveals.
Michael Hicks, director
of the Center for Business
and Economic Research at
Ball State University, said
the USI study isactually one
of, if not, the most critical

study of TIF as an economic
development tool in recent
years.
If all the 180 new jobs
and $288 million in added
income stream from $200
million of TIF-related investment the study found is
true, that equals $1.1 million
of investment per job, much
lower, according to Hicks,
than the national average of
three or more jobs per $1
million of investment. Hicks
also noted that while TIF
JROTC camp instills confidence in students
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TEAMWORK:Marion JROTC cadet Bo Thomas participates in a team building and problem solving exercise at Camp
Atterbury during JCLC on Wednesday.
Marion High School program has

successful showing in the 2016
JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge
BY AMY SMELSER
ASmelser@chronicle-tribune.com
For the last 18 summers,

cadets from the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
classes across the state have
met at Camp Atterbury near
Edinburgh to participate in a
week of adventure and leadership skills training.
Twenty-two JROTC students from Marion High
School attended the camp
June 27-July 2, and their instructor, Lt. Col. (ret.) David

Farlow could not be more
proud of what they accomplished.
Some of them have
great backgrounds; some of
them have challenged backgrounds. We dont care,
Farlow said. Theyre all my JROTC: Marion High School Principal Keith Burke talks
kids. We affectionately with JRTOC cadets Jada Flowers and Chelsea Townsend
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PORTAGE (AP) Authorities say a motorcycle
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making a U-turn on the Indiana Toll Road, killing the
driver of the motorcycle.
The crash happened
Friday night just west of
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Interstate 90.
A news release from
the state police says the
trooper performed chest
compressions on the motorcyclist, who died after
being transported from
the scene. He was taken
to Portage Community
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in Indiana is only close to

three percent of all parcels,
its nearly nine percent of
the gross assessed value of
property in the state.
As an economic development tool its totally horrendous, Hicks said, adding
that he believes his centers
research, as well as others, shows TIF mainly benefits consulting, legal and
engineering firms at the expense of state taxpayers.
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Marion native Zach Randolph doesnt often have the

opportunity to spend time in
his hometown these days.
But when time does permit,
Randolph likes to have interaction and impact as many
local kids as he can.
Throughout this holiday
weekend, Randolph is in
Marion to help host Z-Bos
July Fourth Celebration,
with his father-in-law RonSCOTT HUNT / shunt@chronicle-tribune.com nie Drake.
1-ON-1: Zach Randolph takes some time to D-up a youngThe event, at Drakes
ster during halftime of the opening game of Z-Bos Fourth of home on the intersection of
S. Boots and 13th streets,
July Celebration hoops tourney
Marions
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is featuring two basketball

tournaments, a youth division and an open division,
but its mostly a celebration of the community his
hometown and an opportunity for people to meet and
interact with the NBA star.
Its what its all about,
being in the community, being out here. This is where I
came from and where I grew
up, said Randolph, who began to develop his deft lefthanded shooting touch, balletic footwork and rugged
style of play underneath the
basket on black top courts
like the one in Drakes yard.
Randolph wants his presence and interaction to send

a message to kids that anything is possible.
It goes to show anybody
can make it, Randolph
said. I came from this. I
was doubted out, against all
odds, but God has been good
to me. Ive been blessed. Being out here with the kids,
interacting with them, were
just having a fun day, really.
The aroma of grilled food
was wafting through the
air in Drakes yard, as the
sounds of laughing kids
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kick them in the butt when

they need that; we hug them
when they need that. Our
whole mission is to get these
kids to be successful and
show them how to do it.
Farlow and Sgt. Maj. (ret.)
John Smith lead Marions
JRTOC program, and they
expect 140 students to participate in JRTOC during the
2016-2017 school year. Between them, they have close
to 50 years of active Army
and active Guard experience.
They do a good job, and
camp is a culmination for
the kids where they can
focus on some things, MHS
Principal Keith Burke said.
(The instructors) push (the
students), but they actually do
care about them.
Lt. Col. (ret.) Brad Spice
serves as the camps commandant and said the curriculum is designed to build
well-rounded citizens. He
said the best part of his job is
watching cadets grow during
the week.
On the camps first day he
gets to tell them that their fellow 228 cadets will become
their friends before the last
day of camp.
Then on the last day, Spice
said he asks students if they
did something that challenged
them, if they overcame any
fears, if they learned how
to relate to others and solve
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The USI study, along with

the 2015 Legislative Service
Agency (LSA) and a handful
of other studies, including a
few by Ball State, regarding
TIFs will likely be looked at
and studied by state legislators to see if the states rules
on the use of TIFs needs to
be possibly reevaluated and
changed. The 2015 LSA
study found the impact if
TIFs is also positive but so
marginal that it wasnt a
meaningful impact.
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p.m. It will feature motorcycles,
trucks and cars. The event will
also feature a dunk tank with
exciting targets, including Wabash Mayor Scott Long and local attorney Alan Zimmerman.
There will be entertainment
provided by DJ Fast Eddie.
The event will also include a
silent auction and 50/50 ticket
sales. The silent auction will
include signed memorabilia
for car-lovers as well as other
items. There will be a Wabash
City Fire Truck for the children
to see, free face painting and
trolley rides to the downtown
area. Goodfellas Pizza will
be at the event selling pizza,
sandwiches, chips, cookies,
drinks and a taco bowl. There
will also be popcorn, hot dogs
problems better.
And across the board, Ive
never run into a cadet in all the
years Ive done this that has
not been more mature in the
end than they were, better developed and excited and wish
they can come back, he said.
Then we know were done
our job right.
Incoming MHS junior Destiny Williams said the repel
tower was the most challenging activity of the week but
also her favorite.
I was scared to death and
(they) made me do it anyway,
she said, adding that she feels
more confident but is still intimidated by repelling down a
60-foot wall.
That activity, from Farlows
perspective, changes the students the most. When youre
standing on that tower, 60 feet
in the air, and your legs are
shaking so bad you can hardly
stand up, and you go over the
edge and you successfully get
to the ground and you realize, I just overcame fear,
he said. And theyre running
back up to do it again.
He said the goal of JROTC
is not to recruit military members but to develop leadership
and citizenship skills in the
cadets. Each success builds
on another, and eventually,
he said, the students become
more confident.
Marions program proved
its success by having the most
honor graduates from this
years camp. Graduating in
the top 10 percent of the 2016
rector of the Grant County
Economic Growth Council
and one of the members of
the 12 person steering committee for the USI study
that offered peer-review of
the study, said TIF, like the
study concluded, has had a
positive impact, specifically
in Grant County.
Eckerle cited Weaver Popcorn in Van Buren, the WalMart Distribution Center in
Gas City and Dollar General
and Cafe Valley in Marion as
some examples of TIF success in the county.
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study to two people, theyre
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and Fairmount. Rain or Shine
event. Tickets $7 each day
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Challenge class were Adriana Aleman, Jenna Mauller,
Hailey Teeguarden, Taylor
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Farlow.
Chelsea was also selected as
the top cadet from her company for the second year in a
row and was one of four graduates to earn the camps most
prestigious award this year.
JROTC pushes these kids
beyond what they think they
do, Farlow said. Our job
is to produce our leaders for
tomorrow. (JROTC) starts
to build these young people
up to where theyre able to do
great things.
ferent ways, Eckerle said,
regarding criticism of the
study. Lets go visit Dollar General or Cafe Valley.
Without TIF they would not
be here. Thats the bottom
line.
The fate of TIFs in Indiana
is unsure at the moment, but
if the state were to curtail,
limit or get rid of the use
of TIFs completely, Eckerle
has one big question for legislators.
My question is what are
you going to replace them
with? Eckerle said. Having a project pay for itself
with public funding makes
perfect sense.
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City could owe GM millions

TIF payments lost
or never paid in
recent years
BY TYLER JURANOVICH
Due to miscalculations
and failures to correct Tax
Increment Financing (TIF)
revenue payments, and in
some cases, failure to send
payments at all, the City of
Marion isowes a substantial
amount to General Motors,
city officials say.
Already strapped for cash,
Senior Farmers
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Vouchers for the Grant
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through LifeStream Services during a special sign-up
session on Wednesday,
Aug. 3 from 2 p.m. to 5
p.m. at Cambridge Square,
Building One, 1525 W.
Timberview Dr. Marion.
Grant County residents over the age of 60
are eligableto sign up
to receive vouchers to
redeem for fresh produce
at local farmers markets.
The vouchers are worth
$20 and can be used
through October. Eligible items include beans,
peppers, tomatoes, and
apples. Please visit www.
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complete list of items.
To be eligible to receive
vouchers, you must be at
least 60 years of age or a
person with disabilities and
also have a picture ID with
date of birth to verify age.
Recipients must also
meet the income guidelines, which are based on
185 percent of the Federal
Poverty Income Guidelines. For income limits,
please contact LifeStream
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the city is at least looking at

six figure sum needed to be
paid to one of the citys most
notable employers over past
failure to properly calculate
and handle TIF increment
payments.
Since GM funded its own
TIF by issuing itself the
bond, according to Grant
County Auditor Roger Bainbridge, GM, through a trustee, should be receiving the
tax increment revenue so it
can pay off its bond and use
whatever is left to invest back
in the TIF district.
Whatever amount of tax
increment funds a certain

TIF district accruedis calculatedtwice a year - once in
the fall and once in the spring
- then placed in the TIF Allocation Fund and then doled
out accordingly, but Umbaughs analysis of the citys
finances, including the GM
TIF, is revealing red flags
in regards to how the tax increment payments were handled the past few years for
the GM TIF.
In the fall of 2013 and in
both the spring and fall of
2014, GM returned the tax
increment payment the city
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this year was roughly double

what Umbaugh calculated
it should have been, Flores
said.
Both Flores and Marion
Mayor Jess Alumbaugh declined to say exactly how
much money the city owes
GM, explaining it only as a
bad number for the city,
but its at least in the six
figure range and could possibly even be in the seven
figure range given how high
of a payment that was supposed to be sent this spring
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The Hoppers
performing
at Epworth
UMC
BY TYLER JURANOVICH
Jeff Morehead / jmorehead@chronicle-tribune.com
FATHER, SON: Marion High School graduate and Memphis Grizzlies power forward Zach Randolph presents his son,
Zachariah, with a state championship ring during halftime of the Giant Challenge alumni vs. athletes boys basketball
game Saturday night.
Giant legends present

rings to 2016 champs
BYCHUCK LANDIS
clandis@chronicle-tribune.com
Celebrating the past and the present,

the second Giant Challenge build up to
a most fitting climax Saturday evening
with the unveiling of another state
championship banner.
It took Marion Principal Keith
Burke a few tugs, but he was able to
pull off the brown wrapping paper and
the purple-and-gold banner with the
words Marion State Champs 2016
was seen by a crowd of around 1,000
for the first time. The banner took

its place on the northeast end of Bill
Green Arena right next to the other
state banners.
There to mark the occasion were
members of the latest state champs,
some now graduated, and some of the
legends of Giants basketball. NBA
standout Zach Randolph of the 2000
state champs and Jay Edwards of
Purple Reign fame were among the
assembled for the alumni team that
played the current Giants.
This is the best basketball in the BANNER MOMENT: The Marion Gicountry, Reggie Jones of the 2016 ants 2016 State Championship banchamps proclaimed. Whether we are ner is unveiled before the start of the
Giant Challenge alumni vs. athletes
See BANNER / Page A8 boys basketball game Friday night.
Taylors new president ready for challenges ahead

BY AMY SMELSER
@Marion_CT
had sent to GMs trustee,

citing the fact the corporation believed the amount to
be too high, anticipating the
city would make a correction
and then send back the right
amount. But that never happened, Marion City Controller Julie Flores said.
On top of that, no tax increment payments were
ever made in 2015, Flores
said. And the payment
scheduled to be sent out this
past spring of 2016 has also
not been sent because the
amount sent over to the city
by the auditors office earlier
On June 1, Taylor University welcomed new President Lowell Haines, and he

said hes ready for the task at
hand.
Were really excited about
being here, he said. Its not
a dream I ever had, but its a
dream come true.
Haines and his wife, Sherry,
both graduated from Taylor
in the 1970s, and their daughter, Hannah, is also a Taylor
alum. Prior to accepting the
PHOTO BY JIM GARRINGER / jmgarringer@taylor.edu
position as president of the
NEW PRESIDENT: Taylors new president Lowell Haines university, Haines served on
talks about his vision for the university and its continued Taylors board of trustees for
almost 15 years.
community involvement.
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25 years of law experience.
During his career, he specialized in non-profit and higher
education organizations, representing several colleges in
Indiana, including Indiana
Wesleyan University. Before
obtaining his law degree from
Indiana University, Haines
earned a masters from Ball
State University and worked
in various positions at Taylor
from 1977 to 1987.
Haines is pursuing a doctorate in higher education
from the University of Pennsylvania and understands the
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A multi-award winning
family group is bringing its
unique take on Gospel music
to Matthews this week.
The Hoppers are performing this Thursday at Epworth
United Methodist Church,
located at 105 W. Eighth St.,
in Matthews. Doors open at 6
p.m. and show starts at 7 p.m.
Tickets are general admission
and are $20 in advance and
$25 at the door.
The Hoppers started singing and performing more than
55 years ago. Since then, the
group has been singing over
the world, including Africa,
Israel Europe, as as making
an appearance at the 1981
inaugural address of Ronald
Reagan.
To order tickets, visit
www.matthewseumc.org/
thehoppers or call/text 765667-0842. There will be a
meet-and-greet following the
concert.
Monday
Madison Grant School
Board Meeting: 7 p.m. in the
administration office, 11580 S.
East 00 West, Fairmount.
Your Friends Closet: will
be open from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. Located at Maple Run
Friends Church, 4460 W. 400
S. Marion. Your Friends Closet
is open the fourth Saturday
of every month and is filled
with donations of clothing and
household items. All items are
shared at no cost. Everyone is
welcome.
Christland UMC: is holding
their vacation Bible school
from today to July 29 from 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. for children ages
five to 12 at the church, 721 E.
Charles St. For more information, please call 664-5844.
Tuesday
The Grant County Drainage Board: dates at the Grant
County Building, at 11 a.m.
These meetings are open to
the public.
Upland Gray Barn: is holding Lightriders Jamm
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was discussed Saturday at a workshop put on by Marions Save Our Stories.
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and the amount of times the

city failed to correct and
send back the increment
revenue.
Bainbridge said the tax
increment revenue amount
for the GM TIF his office
sent the city this past spring
was between $600,000 and
$700,000, meaning the actual payment should have
been between $300,000 to
$350,000if Umbaughs calculation that this springs
amount was roughly double
what it should have been is
correct.
This allraises questions as
to why this mistake not only
happened but continued to
happen, where exactly the
money supposed to be sent
to GM has been spent and
if any there are any similar
problems in the citys other
TIFs, all of which dont
have concrete answers at
this point, but the city is
hoping to have some in the
future.
Were paying Umbaugh
for answers, and we want
answers, Flores said.
To find out how the biannual payment was miscalculated again in 2016, the
city, Umbaugh, the auditors
office and the software com-
pany Low and Associates

are all currently working
together in hopes to correct
the issue.
Somebody was not paying attention, Flores said.
Its still unclear how exactly the city plans to pay
back the money owed to
GM, but Flores said the
city and GM have agreed
on an amount and that
the city will pay it back.
She added she is expecting next years budget to
account for paying back
GM.
Through all this, Flores
said GM is being very patient and understanding
knowing the citys less than
ideal financial state.
GM was very kind to tell
us about the issue, she said.
Theyve been a good community partner.
A message left for Umbaugh seeking comment regarding their ongoing analysis was not returned.
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TIPTON (AP) The
remains of a fighter pilot from central Indiana
whose aircraft disappeared
more than 72 years ago
have been identified and
will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
The Defense POW/
MIA Accounting Agency
said Friday that remains
of Army Air Forces 1st
Lt. Robert McIntosh of
Elwood have been identified after the wreckage of
his fighter plane was discovered in Santa Cristina,
Italy, in 2013.
Young-Nichols Funeral
Home said his remains are
expected to return to Tipton on Tuesday. A public
funeral will be held Saturday, Aug. 13, in the Tipton
High School auditorium.
GM TIF money still not found

Finger
pointing but no
responsibility
taken for
miscalculations
Finance district, the money,

including tax payments returned by GM, cant be
found.
The city hired Umbaugh
in April to study the citys
finances and give Mayor
Jess Alumbaughs new administration a clear picture
of where the city stands financially. At the time, Alumbaugh said he expected the
analysis to last just amonth.
Nowin August, the analysis
is nearly four months old and
still primarily stuck on one
of Marions multiple TIFs
the one made for General
BY TYLER JURANOVICH
While H.J. Umbaugh and

Associates continue to analyze problems with the General Motors Tax Increment
Motors.
The analysis so far has
uncovered at least a six figure sum owed to one of the
citys largest employers
caused by miscalculated TIF
payments over a period of
yearsand a failure to correct
the situation by the city, according to Umbaugh.
Theexact amount owed is
unclear. The city has been
in what the city says are
friendly negotiations with
GM concerning the amount
to be paid but there is still
no agreement. City officials
have repeatedly declined to
comment on the amount of

the miscalculations.
The Alumbaugh administration first learned of the
problem in January when
Marion City Controller Julie
Flores said she was called
into a meeting with a representative from GM, someone
from the Auditors office and
Tim Eckerle, executive director of the Grant County
Economic Growth Council.
Eckerle, when asked Friday, said the meeting was
regarding creating a correct
payment schedule. But he
said he couldnt remember
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Pence stops by chili

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CINCINNATI (AP)
Donald Trumps running
mate Mike Pence is campaigning in southern Indiana and Ohio, including a
stop at a well-known Cincinnati chili parlor.
The Indiana governor
and Republican vice presidential candidate made his
first appearance Saturday
in Lawrenceburg, Indiana,
where he delivered pizza
and a pep talk to GOP volunteers running a phone
bank.
Next he stopped at Price
Hill Chili in Cincinnati
where he shook hands,
posed for pictures and had
a bite of chili. The restaurant is a popular campaign
stop for GOP politicians.
One supporter offered
a riff on the anti-Hillary
Clinton lock her up chant
that has become common
at Trump rallies.
all that was talked about nor

could he recall at what point
he became aware payments
in the wrong amount were
being made to GM.
Failure to fix the problemhad been ongoingsince
the fall of 2013. At that
time GM returned the tax
increment payment the city
had sent to GM s trustee.
The corporation told the
city that the amount sent
them was too much. Officials said GM anticipated the city would make a
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BURN-OUT:A racer performs a burn-out before heading to the start line during the Indy Airstrip Attack presented by
Shift-S3ctor Saturday at the Marion Municipal Airport.
Hundreds flock to airport to watch cars fly across concrete

BY SCOTT HUNT
shunt@chronicle-tribune.com
While it may take some

time to gauge the impact
the inaugural Indy Airstrip
Attack presented by Shift-
S3ctor will have for Marion

and Grant County. But the
crowd and participants who
showed up Saturday at Marion Municipal Airport for
the events first day appear
to be producing a smash
success.
More than 70 driverstraveled to Marion from all corners of the United Statesperformed in front ofhundreds
of spectators, who lined
an airport runway to
watch some of the fastest,

street legal machines in the
world. There were a lot of
smiles surrounding ShiftS3ctors first venture into
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Training for
the unthinkable
Today
Deer Creek Conservation
Club: is holding a Civilian
Marksman Program (CMP)
Match at the Club, 6203 S.
375 E., Jonesboro. Check-in
is from 8-9 a.m. Match starts
at 9 a.m. Cost to participate
is $10 Limited loaner rifles
will be available. Ammunition will be available to purchase for match use at nominal cost. Eye and Hearing
protection are mandatory.
First responders in Gas City learn

how to save lives in mass shooting
BY NAVAR WATSON
NWatson@chronicle-tribune.com
GAS CITY Gas City

Emergency Services personnel, including police officers
and members of the Gas City
Rescue Squad, responded to
a simulated school shooting incident at Mississinewa
High School Saturday as
part of a combined training
initiative.
The Indiana District 6
Medical Task Force hosted
the event, bringing firefighters, police officers and
emergency medical personnel together for training to
respond to a mass casualty
incidents such as a school

shooting. Together the first
responders work save as
many victims as possible.
Were
bringing
fire(fighters) and EMS up
a level in their training and
combining them with law
enforcement
protection,
Jules Ewart, vice president
and deputy commander
of the task force, said, so
were making a team that
combines a medical element
and a law enforcement element that can enter a building and actually get in
and treat patients quickly.
The training allows EMS
and firefighters to enter the
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Brandts I-69 Harley Davidson and the Matthews

Volunteer Fire Department
are both holding memorial
rides this coming Saturday.
From 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
on Saturday, the Matthews
Fire Department is holding
the third memorial ride for
Jerry JD Goble, beginning
at the fire station and ending at the Matthews Covered
Bridge festival area. Cost
is $10 for driver and $7 for
rider, both of which includes
food at the hog roast. All
proceeds to benefit Cancer
Services of Grant County
and the Matthews Volunteer
Fire Department.
From noon to 6 p.m.,
Brandts I-69 will also be
holding their own Jackie
Dudding Memorial Poker
Run and motorcycle ride.
Cost is $10 for drivers and
$5 for riders and includes a
100 mile ride, beginning at
noon. A beer tent and food
will be made available after
the ride
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lectures and then migrated

into different skill stations,
mini scenarios and a large,
school shooting training at
the end.

administration office, 11580
S. East 00 West, Fairmount.
Marion High School Class
of 59: will celebrate their
75th Birthday at Gabriels,
1510 W Braewick Dr., Marion at 5 p.m . There is no formal program just a gathering
of classmates to visit and
share birthday cake. Please
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Gas City police officers protect a group of Gas City Emergency Medical Services personnel as they enter Mississinewa High School in a simulated school shooting scenario.
warm zone, a dangerous

period immediately following the incident, which is
often off limits because first
responders lacked proper
training and protection.
The day started off with
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correction
and
then
send the right amount.
The
Alumbaugh
administration saysthat never happened.
And the city doesntknow
where the returned paymentswent.
GM payments from the city
were also in errorin both the
spring and fall of 2014 and
again in 2015 and once again
inspring this year.
The money is nowhere to
be found Flores said, adding
she discoveredwhen she first
took office that the city had a
serious cash flow problem,
specifically in organizing
where exactly money coming in and out should be allocated.
Questions, such as why
the mistakes continued to
happen, are unclear, and the
adminstration says no party
involved is admitting responsibility.
Its been a lot finger
pointing, Flores said.
For Eckerle, the important
thingnow isnt who or what
is exactly to blame, but how
things move forward.
Im not interested in
knowing how we got here,
Eckerle said. I want to
make sure everyone is on the
right page moving forward.
Moving forward is what
Alumbaugh would like to
do, but seven months into his
term and the financial state
of the city is still unclear and
so far the Umbaughs analysis has raised worries that
other TIF districts may have
more problems. Those TIF
districts will be examined at
some point.
It raises caution flags,
Alumbaugh said. Id like
to start planning for our
future, a growth plan, but
without a clear picture of
where we are, thats tough
to do.
Video shows Chicago police firing at car as it drives away

BY DON BABWIN
Associated Press
CHICAGO Video released Friday shows Chicago police firing repeatedly

at a stolen car as it careens
down the street away from
them, then handcuffing the
mortally wounded black
18-year-old who was at the
wheel after a chaotic foot
chase through a residential
neighborhood.
None of the footage from
last month shows the moment Paul ONeal was shot
in the back; the fatal bullet was fired after he exited
the stolen car and was running from police. Shortly
afterward, ONeal can be
seen lying face-down on the
ground in a backyard, blood
soaking through the back of
his T-shirt.
An officer is heard angrily accusing the suspected
car thief of firing at police.
Another officer asks, They
shot at us too, right? suggesting police believed they
had been fired upon and that
they did not know how many
suspects were present.

No gun was recovered
from the scene.
Attorney Michael Oppenheimer, who represents
ONeals family, said the
video showed officers taking street justice into their
own hands.
In all, nine videos were
released from both body
cameras and at least one
dashboard camera. It was
the citys first release of
video of a fatal police shooting under a new policy that
calls for such material to
be made public within 60
days. That and other policy
changes represent an effort
to restore public confidence
in the department after video released last year showed
a black teenager named
Laquan McDonald getting
shot 16 times by a white officer.
The McDonald video
sparked protests and led to
the ouster of the former police superintendent. The officer who shot him is now
awaiting trial on murder
charges.
The latest recording catches the stolen car being pursued by officers as it blows
through a stop sign. Before
gunfire breaks out, the suspect sideswipes one squad
car and then smashes into
another as officers open fire.
An officer can be heard
explaining that the suspect
almost hit my partner. I
(expletive) shot at him. Another officer who apparently
fired his weapon laments
that he was going to be on
desk duty for 30 (expletive)
days now.
Soon after the July 28
shooting, Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson stripped
three of the officers of their
police powers after a preliminary investigation concluded they had violated department policy. On Friday,
he promised that if the officers acted improperly, they
would be held accountable
for their actions.
Authorities have not said
specifically what policy the
officers broke.
In February 2015, former
Superintendent Garry Mc-
Carthy revised the departments policy on the use of

deadly force to prohibit officers from firing at or into a
moving vehicle when the vehicle is the only force used
against the sworn member
or another person.
But the policy also says
that officers will not unreasonably endanger themselves or another person to
conform to the restrictions
of this directive, meaning
they have the right to defend
themselves if they or someone else are in imminent
danger of being struck.
The head of the Independent Police Review Authority, the agency that investigates Chicago police
misconduct, called the footage shocking and disturbing. She did not elaborate.
The officer who killed
ONeal said he believed
ONeal had fired at him and
he returned fire with three to
five rounds.
The moment of the shooting was not recorded because the officers body
camera was not operating at
the time, police said.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the
officers body camera could
have been deactivated when
the stolen Jaguar slammed
into his squad car and set off
the air bags. He also pointed
out that the body camera
suddenly starts working after the shooting an indication that the officer, believing the incident was over,
thought he was turning the
camera off when he was actually turning it on.
We dont believe there
was any intentional misconduct with body cameras, he
said.
Oppenheimer alleged that
the non-operating body camera was part of a police effort
to cover up what he called a
cold-blooded murder.
Officers seemed keenly
aware that they were wearing body cameras and that
those cameras were recording all of their comments.
At one point, an officer can
be seen telling others that he
did not know who was firing.
Slain San Diego officer remembered as passionate helper

BY JULIE WATSON
Associated Press
EL CAJON, Calif. Jonathan De Guzman constantly

prodded his fellow officers
to excel at their jobs, saying much work to do. Must
catch the bad guys, words
remembered Friday at a memorial service for the San
Diego police officer slain in
the line of duty.
More than 4,000 people attended the public service at a
church in the city of El Cajon, east of San Diego. The
crowd included more than
2,000 police officers and

elected officials, including
Gov. Jerry Brown and San
Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer.
Many did not know De
Guzman who was shot five
times July 28 while sitting in
his patrol car after his partner had approached a man
on a dark San Diego street
last week but said they
were moved to show their
support for police because
of the recent killings of officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Dallas.
Every day all the officers
that protect and serve and

save lives that happens
way more than the other
stuff so I want to say thank
you to them and weve got
your back, said Krishna
Arvan, 44, who watched as a
procession of 200 uniformed
motor officers and 600 police cars that started in San
Diego escorted the hearse as
it entered the parking lot of
Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon.
Residents lined the street
outside the Southern Baptist church, waving flags and
holding signs. A blue poster
board on a pole read Back

The Blue.
De Guzman, who immigrated to the United States
from the Philippines when
he was in his 20s, was remembered for his big smile
and passion for helping others. Known as J.D., he
spent 16 years on the force,
much of it patrolling a culturally rich area of immigrants where more than 50
languages are spoken.
His family initially questioned whether De Guzman
was too nice to be a cop,
Faulconer said. However,
Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said that kindness

helped him build rapport
with the community and
fight crime in his area, where
robberies had dropped by 69
percent.
J.D. was the foundation and strength and set a
daily example for others to
emulate, Zimmerman said.
J.D. never, never uttered
a bad word about anyone,
even the most hardened
criminal that he had just arrested. J.D. believed that everyone could be saved and
improve their life.
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Nearly $700,000 returned; Howmess occurred and problems with other TIF districts still questioned
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The City of Marion has repaid General Motors the Tax

Increment Financing money
the car manufacturer was
owed, but the current administration is continuing their to
look for answers as to why repayment needed to be made in
the first place.
The City of Marion returned
$698,630 from the citys TIF
Allocation Fund to the one of
the countys largest employers
early last month, City Controller Julie Flores confirmed.
Inside:
Three injured in
severe car accident
Two 69-year-old residents of La Fontaine were
transported to the hospital
for treatment after their car
flipped on its side during a
severe accident just before
10 a.m. Sunday morning.
According to a Marion
Police Department accident report, Betty J.
Harmon, 85, of Marion,
was driving a 2002 Cadillac Deville Luxury south
on Sweetser Street, approaching Third Street,
when she must have
missed the stop sign and
crashed into the right side
of a 2013 Buick Regal, carrying James and Sandra
McCoy, both 69, of La
Fontaine.
The McCoys were driving west on Ind. 18 when
the incident occurred.
Upon collision, the Buick
spun out of control, struck
and broke a utility pole and
ended up on its drivers
side, according to the
report.
Both a witness and one
of the McCoys stated
the 2002 Cadillac disregarded the stop sign. Both
vehicles sustained severe
damage.
James and Sandra McCoy stated their chests
were hurting and went to
the hospital for treatment.
Harmon complained of
back pain, according to
the report.
Everyone was wearing
their seatbelts, and the
airbags deployed in both
vehicles.
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Flores doesnt anticipate the

one-time payment, which was
agreed upon by the city, GM
and Umbaugh, will hurt the
city financially.
It was their money the
whole time, Flores said. We
did talk about a payment plan,
but I felt it was their money
and that they deserved to have
it.
However, Marion Mayor
Jess Alumbaugh said he cant
for sure say the money the city
returned was part of the original money GM sent back. The
previous administration, ac-
cording to Alumbaugh and

Flores, didnt do a good job of
keeping track of cash flow, instead lumping all in one big
pot, making it next to impossible to know where money
specifically came from and
went.
Umbaugh has told us
they havent seen anything
like this, Alumbaugh said.
Thats saying something because they have been doing
this for a long time.
In the fall of 2013 and in
both the spring and fall of
2014, GM returned the tax in-
crement payment the city had

sent to GM s trustee, U.S.
Bank, citing the fact the corporation believed the amount
to be too high, anticipating the
city would make a correction
and then send back the right
amount. But that never happened.
On top of that, no tax increment payments were ever
made to GM in 2015. And the
payment scheduled to be sent
out this past spring of 2016
has also not been sent because
the amount sent over to the
city by the auditors office
Rivers Edge offers fall activities
earlier this year was roughly

double what Umbaugh calculated it should have been.
A look at the TIF districts
TIF Neutralization form, a
document prepared typically
by a financial services agency,
signed by a county auditor
and then approved by the Indiana Department of Local
Government Finance, shows
why GM thought the tax increment amounts sent to them
by the city were too much.
In 2013, the base assessed
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RIVERS EDGE:Larry Hale, who is the driver for the hay rides, talks about the fall attractions at Rivers Edge Family Golf
Center.
Business adds alpacas, doubles size of maze

BY NAVAR WATSON
NWatson@chronicle-tribune.com
Rivers Edge Family Golf

Center is closing in on its
last month of business before it shuts down until
spring, and so far, the fall
season has been treating the
small, family-owned business pretty well, the owners
say.
(Business is) going really
well. A lot of families are
coming out and having fun,
Larry Hale, father-in-law of
owner Aaron Johnson, said.
If the weather is good, people will come out.
Hale also drives the hayride, which is one of several
features Rivers Edge has
developed over the years

to attract people in the fall
months.
Founded in the late 1950s,
Rivers Edge was taken over
by the Johnson family in
2004. This is the third year
the golf center has offered
fall festivities, such as hayrides, pumpkins and a hay
maze.
Each year more people
are finding out about it,
Johnson said. Were always
looking at different things
(to add).
This year, the golf center doubled the size of its
childrens hay maze and
the childrens corn box.
The corn box is similar to a
GRAZING: Alpacas are a new attraction at Rivers Edge

Family Golf Center.
sandpit, Hale said, but with travels around the perimeter

about 5,000 pounds of raw of the property, visiting the
corn kernels.
golf centers personal pumpThe $3 hayride carries
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about 20-25 people and
MIER Oak Hill parents

voiced their disappointment
in the proposed policy change
at the regular board meeting
Monday, but it did not prevent the policy from being
approved.
The policy change was in
reaction to Anthony Gibson,
a man charged with child molestation, being allowed on
school property, sometimes at
the same time and place asthe
girl police say he molested.
First to speak on the issue,
parent Kasey Anderson said
that the proposed policy was
not only useless, but offensive. She referenced a similar
case in a nearby school corporation where a teacher was
immediately fired and banned
from the school as soon as she
was arrested and charged.
The father of the victim also
spoke during the public participation portion of the meeting. He said that he would like
the members of the board to
reconsider their policy before
approving it.
I want justice for my
daughter, he said.
Danielle Biddle, another
parent, said that schools are
supposed to be safe havens
for the students, and this
policy will not be enough.
She said that it is not an issue of where to place blame,
but how to find a solution that
works for the current situation
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Young Entrepreneur Program providing real-life experience

Marion, Mississinewa students
participate in sixth annual program
BY ANAMARIA DICKERSON
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The sixth annual Young

Entrepreneur
Program
(YEP) of Grant County is
underway.
The
program,
which
was designed to give high
school students hands-on
experience in entrepreneurship, includes 22 students
from Marion High School
ENTREPRENEUR:Phil Bowers, of Advanced Cabinet

Systems, shares on product
development and industry
analysis at Marion High
School to participantsin
theYoung Entrepreneur
Program.
and Mississinewa High

School. This is the first year
Mississinewa High School
is participating. The 10
week program kicked off
Sept. 6.
I think its a great opportunity to give students some
real world experience with
entrepreneurship and really
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Today
Oct. 13
Upland Gray Barn: is hosting a Jam Session at 6 p.m.

at the barn, located at 168
S. Second St., Upland. Bring
your instruments. Snacks
provided. Public is welcome.
Marion NAACP: is holding
its regular meeting at 7 p.m.
at 3678 Prince Hall Drive in
the meeting room next to the
main office. RSVP at 765662-2680.
Sweetser Town Council:

Public meeting, 7 p.m., town
hall, 113 N. Main St.; agenda
generally available at town
hall or www.facebook.com/
SweetserIndiana by day
before meeting.
Deer Creek Conservation Club: located at 6203
S., 375 E., Jonesboro will
be sponsoring a series of
Turkey Shoots at 6:30 p.m.
Cost is $4 per round and the
matches are set for 12 Gauge
shotguns only. Participants
may win up to twice per
match date. Eye and Hearing
protection are required for
all individuals while on the
range.
Oct. 12
Bend of the River Neighborhood Association:
will meet at 6 p.m. in the
fellowship hall of the McCulloch Masonic Lodge, on
the corner of East Swayzee
and North Adams streets.
The guest speaker at our
monthly meeting will be Chief
of Police Angela Haley. There
is ample off-street parking.
Please bring your questions
and concerns for Chief Haley
along with a few friends. Light
refreshments will be served.
The monthly meeting of the
Grant County Democratic
Party of Indiana will be held on
Saturday morning 10 a.m. on
October 12th at Gabriels Pancake House. Please join us!
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push the boundaries of what

theyre capable of and what
theyre capable of doing,
said Mississinewa High
Schoolstudent advisor Ryan
Armes.
The Grant County Economic Growth Council, who
hosts the program, began
accepting applications last
spring. Each week seven
different teams of students
work on a different topicrelated to what it takes to be an
entrepreneur.
Each session is focused
on something different and
then after the session students start focusing on that
topic for their business, said
Danielle Towne, director of
marketing and communica-
gmail.org.
First Christian Church: is
holding a Pulled Pork Benefit from 4:30 7 p.m. at the
church, located at 1970 N.
Wabash Rd., Marion. Adults
are $9, children 6-12 are $3
and children under five are
free. Tickets are available at
the church office, by phone
at 664-1221 or at the door.
Proceeds to go for church
outreach ministries.
Oct. 15
Marion Parks Department:

is holding a family fun event
that includes the showing
of Its the Great Pumpkin,
Charlie Brown and Hocus
Pocus in Matter Park, beginning at 7:30 p.m. A $3 per
person entry ticket gets you
Oct. 14
endless popcorn, a hot dog,
Sonshine Preschool: is
chips, drink, marshmallows
hosting a BBQ pork fundat the bonfire, and entertainraiser dinner from 4-7 p.m. at ment. Bring your chair and
Sweetser Wesleyan Church.
blanket to enjoy this evening
Advance tickets are $7 for
under the stars. Proceeds
adults, $4 for children and
support the Gardens of Matchildren under 4 are free.
ter Park Endowed Fund at
Take out will also be offered.
the Community Foundation of
Ticket prices at the door are
Grant County.
$9 for adults and $6 for chilFriends of the Library of
dren. The dinner will include
Gas City: is hosting a book
BBQ pork, sides, dessert, and sale from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
drinks. Sweetser Wesleyan
at the Gas City/Mill TownChurch is located at 200 W.
ship Library, located at 135
Delphi Pike (next to the fire
E. Main St., Gas City. Fill a
station on Ind. 18). For more
sack with books for only a
information call 765-384$1. We have a large selection
7232 or email sonpreschool@ of books.
tions.
At the conclusion of the
program, teams will present
their business plan to a panel
of five judges at a competition on Nov. 16. Winners of
the competition will be announced during the Spirit
of Entrepreneurs dinner on
Nov.17.
First place winners will
each receive a $1,500 scholarship prize, second place
winners will each receive
a $1,000 scholarship prize,
and third place winners will
each receive a $500 scholarship. Another winner will
also receive a$100 gift card
for best ethical integration.
We choose non-local
judges in entrepreneurship, Tim Eckerle, executive director of the Growth
Council, said. We give
them a rubric with differ-
ent scoring. Students have

15 minutes to make a pitch.
Ten minutes are questions.
We also are posing an ethics question so students have
to deal with an ethical challenge.
Being in its sixth year, both
Towne and Eckerle have
seen the success the program
has had on students beyond
just their high school career.
Weve heard from students who have gone on to
college to say how much
they valued the YEP experience and how it prepared
them for what life would be
like in college, Towne said.
Eckerle added, Were
all amazed at the quality of
these plans. We see people
crying at the end when they
dont win. This is a lot of
commitment. This young
generation gives you hope.
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A Bazaar and Bake Sale will also be offered. All prowill be held Saturday, Octo- ceeds benefit local missions.
ber 29, at Mt. Olive United
Methodist Church, located Hands of Hope
at 2015 N. 300 W. (at the intersection of Chapel Pike and annual vigil Oct. 13
300 West, Marion) from 8
The Hands of Hope Cana.m. to 1 p.m.
dlelight Vigil, which reflects
There will be crafts, home- on the affects of domestic
made noodles, pies, cakes, violence, will be held on Oct.
cookies, candy, jellies, soups, 13 at 7 p.m. at St. James Lu-
theran Church. Under the direction of Linda Wilk, Hands

of Hope works in our community with issues dealing
with domestic violence as
well as training and educating all people. This will be
an evening filled with great
inspiration and information.
If there are any questions
regarding their services or
about the vigil itself, please
contact Linda Wilk at 765662-9971 ext 123.
GM
vised and financial work for

the previous administration,
Bainbridge, Grant County
Director Tim Eckerle, software company L.L. Low
Associates, Inc. and current
city officials have been meeting periodically throughout
the year to figure ot who or
what was to blame, but the
meetings have been filled
with finger pointing, according to Flores, rather than
answers.
If the steep drop in base assessed value was unwarranted, the city and other taxing
units, such as libraries and
schools, have lost tax revenue
over the past couple years.
The question, now that the
GM has been refunded, was
if London Witte had permission to change the base as-
sessed value seemingly without anyone elses knowledge,

Bainbridge said, or if the
Low Associates software is
to blame and whether or not
the city and other taxing units
can recoup the money they
lost.
Alumbaugh declined to
comment when asked if the
city was looking to recoup
tax revenue through a lawsuit
or some other way.
Though the problems with
the GM TIF has yet to be entirely resolved, it has sparked
the Auditors Office and the
city to begin looking at other
TIFs in Marion that London
Witte oversaw for the city,
starting with the Five Points
Mall TIF.
I am afraid that this may
just be the tip of the iceberg,
Bainbridge said.
foot golf.
Rivers Edge closes at the
end of the day Oct. 31 for
the winter season. Johnson
said he plans to open the

business again the first Saturday in March, weather
permitting.
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value for the GM TIF was

roughly $12.7 million. That
value took a steep drop to
$6.5 million in 2014. It has
stayed at that amount since
then.
While its not uncommon
for the base assessed value
of a TIF district to fluctuate based on new assessed
values or value trends, either upwards or downwards,
Grant County Auditor Roger
Bainbridge said all parties
involved, including GM, the
and the city, believe the decrease, at least to that extent,
was unwarranted.
London Witte Group, the
Indianapolis firm that ad-
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kin patch and lasting about

15 or 20 minutes total.
Guests do not pick pumpkins from the pumpkin
patch but can buy already
picked pumpkins at 40 cents
per pound.
In July, the golf center purchased three alpacas named
Ani, Calypso and Margo.
There are also four pigs on
property, and people can
pet the pigs and alpacas if
they get close enough to the
fence. Hale said the alpacas
will eat hay out of a persons
hand too.
The alpaca are just to
make it more fun, Johnson
said. We will shave them
and get what we can out of
the fur.
Center hosts several work
parties and field trips from
schools, preschools and
daycares. A bouncy house
is available for children to
play on. Hale also puts on
a puppet show for school
groups.
Johnson said the golf center continues to stay busy.
Every year has been a little bit bigger, he said. We
hope people make it out and
have a good time here.
Center, located at 1921 N.
Huntington Road, Marion,
is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Mall TIF district troubled
Someone or software valued property at zero,

causing all taxes to flow only to TIF district
other TIF districts may have

problems as well.
The emails were obtained
by the Chronicle-Tribune
through a public records
request and the contents,
while brief, reveal changes
made in the value of property involved in the TIF district were not expected. A $0
based assess valuation was
used when calculating the
BY TYLER JURANOVICH
Emails between the City

of Marion, Umbaugh and
the Grant County Economic
Growth Council about the
Five Points Mall tax increment finance (TIF) district
reveal worries that taxes
drawn from the district
havent been properly distributed and that the citys
amount of taxes that would

flow into TIF funds.
Based assessed value in a
TIF is the amount of taxes
produced by property before
a TIF project is in place. It is
the amount that goes to fund
government services, including schools, and typically
remain stable and continue
being paid to other entities
while increases in assessed
value go into the TIF district
to finance improvements.
A June 14 email written
by Tim Eckerle, executive
director of the Grant County

Economic Growth Council,
to Roger Bainbridge, county
auditor, shows Eckerle took
issue with a $0 base assessed
value delivered for Five
Points Mall TIF starting in
2012, given the propertys
value was assessed higher
before 2012.
Am I reading this correct? Eckerle writes.
Bainbridge responds the
following day that, while
he doesnt agree with
the change, the base as-
Christmas at the cabin
Indiana
lawmakers
to file plan
for reducing
youth suicide
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)
Indiana lawmakers
plan to file a plan in January aimed at reducing the
number of children, teens
and young adults who kill
themselves.
The effort comes as statistics from the Indiana Department of Public Health
show that suicide is the second-leading cause of death
for those between the ages
of 15 and 23, The (Northwest Indiana) Times reported . The leading cause
is accidents.
Statistics show 119 Indiana teenagers and young
adults and nine children
between the ages of five
and 14 killed themselves in
2014, the most recent year
with complete data available. A federal survey of Indiana high school students
done last year shows one
in six teens considered suicide and one in eight made
a plan for how to do it.
Compared to other states
were right in the middle,
basically, in terms of our
current deaths which
means that we could be
doing better, said Mindi
Goodpaster, public policy
director at the Marion
County Commission on
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sessed value of the TIF was

changed to zero and that his
office had no choice but to
accept the change. He advises Eckerle to contact Bob
Swintz of London Witte, the
accountant that dealt with
some of Marions TIF districts during the Wayne Seybold administration, including the Five Points Mall TIF,
and who filled out the malls
TIF Neutralization Form,
a document that lists a TIF
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CHRISTMAS CABIN: Visitors of the Jones Cabin could enter a raffle to win a real decorated Christmas tree at the Old
Fashioned Christmas in the Cabin open house Saturday in Jonesboro.
Jonesboro Historical Society brings

back Jones Cabin holiday open house
BY ANDREA YEATER
JONESBORO People
packed into the Jones Cabin
Saturday for a holiday open
house.
Members of the Jonesboro Historical Society invited the public to browse
the artifacts in the cabin and
enjoy hot mulled cider, hot
chocolate and cookies.
Wilbur Web, a historical
society member, said that it
has been about seven or eight
years since they opened the
cabin for a Christmas event.
He said they brought it back

as a way to give back to the
community.
We consider the cabin a
real jewel for the community, he said. Its well worth
it to open it up.
The event was not a fundraiser, but was intended as a
way to increase interest and
pride in the historical site.
Elementary
students
helped decorate the cabin
and the Christmas trees FAMILY: Gladys Rhodes, in the red coat, brought her chilearlier in the week, and dren, Phaedra Rhodes, Matthew Rhodes and Persephone
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Rhodes, to the Jones Cabin in Jonesboro Saturday for the

Old Fashioned Christmas open house.
Lilly scholarships awarded

Heidi Davis, Micah Hoeksema
wont have to pay college tuition
BY ANDREA YEATER
Two Grant County high

school seniors received the
2017 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship, which
pays full tuition to any Indiana college for four years.
Heidi Davis from Mississinewa High School and Micah Hoeksema from Marion
High School were chosen by
the Community Foundation
of Grant County out of a
DAVIS
HOEKSEMA
group of seven finalists. Students are selected based on

class rank, SAT/ACT scores,
community service, leadership, extra-curricular activi-
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and an interview with a panel
from the foundation.
Other finalists were Truman
Bennet, Marion High School,
Anne Marie Conrad, Marion
High School, Courtney Hiles,
Marion HIgh School, Samuel
Morehead, Eastbrook High
School, and Nicholas Spitzer,
Marion High School. These
students are still eligible to
win other scholarships from
the Community Foundation.
Both Davis and Hoeksema
said that they were among
good company in this competition.
All seven of the other fi-
nalists were extremely qualified, Davis said. I know that

it could have easily gone to
any of the others.
Dawn Brown, executive
director of the Community
Foundation, said this is the
first time the scholarship was
awarded during the fall semester.
Brown said that the subcommittee from the foundation that is in charge of
scoring, interviewing and recommending the final two candidates look for well-rounded, high caliber students.
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The polar vortex returns

this week, and its bringing
subzero temperatures with it.
Temperatures in Grant
County arent expected to be
higher than the mid-20s beginning this Tuesdayas arctic air travels to the Midwest.
Temperatures will be as low
as 5 degrees on Wednesday
with winds around 10 mph.
With the wind chill, temperatures may dive as low as
-11 degrees.
The frigid cold will come
right aftera light snowfall is
expected throughout today.
Temperatures arent expected to rise more than 30 degrees until Saturday.
Things to do this week include:
Today
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.
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administration office, 11580
S. East 00 West, Fairmount.
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
Yuletide Spectacular atthe
Phillippeat 7:30 p.m. in the
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We want a candidate who

will represent Grant County
really well no matter where
they attend college, she said.
Thats what we got with Heidi and Micah.
The first step in this process
is to have the students submit
two essays. The subcommittee
then grades the papers without knowing the names of the
individuals. Once the essays
are graded, they invite the top
scores in for an interview.
Brown said that the interview process is very similar
to a job interview in that it can
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members of the historical

society baked and prepared
all the food and drinks for
the event. Web said that they
had been planning the open
house for a month and was
glad to see so many people
come out.
During the event, visitors
were able to enter a raffle to
win one of two Christmas
trees. The winners were an-
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districts base assessed value

and its increment revenue,
among other things. That
form is then signed by the
auditor and then an employee at the Indiana Department
of Local Government and
Finance.
Eckerle forwarded the
email exchange to Loren
Matthes, the employee at
Umbaugh that has been
working with the city in
studying its finances since
the firm was hired by the
Jess Alumbaugh administration in early 2016.
HELP what do we do to
correct this new mess, Eckerle writes to Matthes.
In a nine-paragraph response, Matthes ponders
whether the change couldve
been intentional, a human
error or a software mistake
that went unnoticed.
However, Matthes writes
Umbaugh is fairly certain
the problem is one with the
Low Associates software,
which is a software company out of South Bend and
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be intimidating, but they try to

make it as easygoing as possible.
We try to think, what
would I have been like at 17 in
this situation? she said.
Hoeksema and Davis said
that they were both nervous
before going in for the interview.
It was nerve-racking at
first, but it got easier as it went
on, he said.
During the 30-minute interview process, each candidate discusses their academic
achievements, community involvement and writes a timed
essay.
After the interviews each
candidate is scored again on
their performance, and the

subcommittee makes a recommendation to the Independent Colleges of Indiana,
a nonprofit corporation, who
can either accept or reject the
recommendations.
Brown said that they have
been lucky that the ICI has
usually accepted the subcommittees recommendations.
Davis said that she has not
decided on a college or major
yet, but will likely attend either Notre Dame University,
Taylor University or the University of Evansville.
Hoeksema will be attending Taylor University in the
fall and will double major in
Spanish and biology pre-med.
nounced at the end of the

day.
Ruth and Wayne Overmyer live across the street from
the park and the cabin, and
have come to several historical society events.
We enjoy the beauty of
the park and the cabin from
our kitchen window, said
Ruth Overmyer, adding that
visits to the cabin make
them appreciate how people
used to live, as well thankful
for modern technology.
Gladys Rhodes, of Gas
City, brought her three children, Phaedra, Matthew and

Persephone with her to the
cabin for the first time.
We all like looking at the
old stuff they have in here,
Rhodes said.
Web said that the historical society is always looking
for new members and hopes
events like this will get people interested in local history. This is the last event for
the year, but the group will
begin hosting events again in
March.
used by Grant and dozens

of other counties in Indiana,
according to the companys
website, though Matthes
says she cant be 100 percent
certain without seeing base
assessed values before 2012.
LOWW software has
been incorrectly adjusting base values for years,
and, we constantly monitor and re-correct their base
values; and have made the
DLGF aware of this problem (though it has fallen on
deaf ears). In fact, in Grant
County, we had to correct
all the TIF base values for
Gas Citys and Van Burens
TIF areas when the County
changed from Manatron tax
software to LOWW software
on January 1, 2012.
...Unfortunately,
since
we are fairly certain that
there has been a systematic
LOWW tax software problem, this could mean that all
the Marion TIF distributions
since 2012 may have been
incorrect, Matthes writes.
Michael Hicks, director of
the Center for Business and
Economic Research at Ball
State University, is a little
wary that the change in the
malls base assessed value to

$0 is 100 percent a software
problem.
If the change to the Five
Points Mall TIF was a mistake, though, Hicks said he
believes the government
agencies, such as the city,
school corporation, have
a good case that they are
owed some money back they
would have received if the
assessed value was accurate.
Its something that should
be looked at by the DLGF or
the State Board of the Accounts, Hicks said.
What other information
Umbaugh has found since
June isnt being revealed.
Marion Mayor Jess Alumbaugh has repeatedly declined to comment on the
issue until Umbaugh has
completed its study of the
citys finances, which has
been going on for nine
months now.
Dont get me wrong, there
could be a software glitch,
but its people that must fill
out that form, Hicks said.
At some point someone has
to ask themselves Is that
land really valued at $0?
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The Klans official rulebook, the Kloran published in 1915 and still
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Watchdog groups also consider the Klan a white supremacist organization, and
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efforts to make their racism
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The Associated Press interviewed the men, who
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though: He and a Klan
leader from California were
arrested hours earlier on
charges linked to the stabbing of a third KKK member during a fight, sheriffs
officials said. Both men
were jailed; the injured man
was recovering.
Like the KKK members,
Don Black said he doesnt
care to be called a white
supremacist, either. Black
who operates stormfront.
org, a white extremist favorite website, from his Florida
home he prefers white
nationalist.
White supremacy is a
legitimate term, though not
usually applicable as used
by the media. I think its
popular as a term of derision because of the implied
unfairness, and, like racism, its got that hiss
(and, like hate and racism, frequently spewed in
headlines), Black said in an
email interview.
The Southern Poverty
Law Center and the AntiDefamation League, which
monitor white extremist organizations and are tracking
an increase in reports of rac-
ist incidents since the election, often use the white

supremacist label when
describing groups like the
Klan; white nationalism and
white separatism are parts
of the ideology. But what
exactly is involved?
The ADL issued a report
last year describing white
supremacists as ideologically motivated by a series
of racist beliefs, including
the notion that whites should
be dominant over people
of other backgrounds, that
whites should live by themselves in a whites-only society, and that white people
have their own culture and
are genetically superior to
other cultures.
That sounds a lot like some
of the ideas espoused by
todays white radicals, yet
they reject the label. Thats
likely because they learned
the lessons of one-time Klan
leader David Duke, who unsuccessfully ran for the U.S.
Senate in Louisiana this
year, said Penn State University associate professor
Josh Inwood.
(There was) this peddling
of kinder, softer white supremacy. He tried to pioneer
a more respectable vision of
the Klan, Inwood said.
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