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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 06:18 |
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FORT WAYNE — The Fort Wayne TinCaps open the 2010 Midwest League playoffs tonight at Parkview Field against the Great Lakes Loons.
The game starts at 7:05 p.m. Fort Wayne pitcher Matt Lollis takes on Great Lakes' Allen Webster. The first 1,000 fans at Parkview Field get a free fleece scarf. There also are postgame fireworks.
The TinCaps beat the Loons in the opening-round series last season en route to winning the first championship in team history.
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BY BOB CULP bculp@kpcnews.net
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Tuesday, 07 September 2010 04:33 |
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AUBURN — Two months ago the future of Auburn’s annual Labor Day car auction looked questionable.
RM Auctions of Canada had just purchased Kruse Auction Park from Dean Kruse and announced it was going to be managed by a new subsidiary, Auctions America by RM.
The company had to assemble the pieces to one of the world’s largest car auctions in 55 days — a daunting task.
But they did it. With more than $1 million spent, 1,000 cars auctioned and more than 25,000 people in...
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By Lindsay Winslow Brown lindsayb@kpcnews.net
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Sunday, 05 September 2010 04:43 |
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AUBURN — A 1935 Model JN Duesenberg that late screen star Clark Gable loved, but refused to see after the death of his beloved wife, Carole Lombard, was driven in the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival Parade Saturday.
The owners of Lombard’s childhood home in Fort Wayne came to Auburn to see the car, which spent time in Canada and at the Blackhawk Collection in California before moving in with its current owner.
The car is valued at $5 million and now is owned by Sam Mann...
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Staff Reports
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 06:32 |
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FORT WAYNE — The Trek the Trails community bike ride set for 6 p.m. Sep. 7 has been moved to the dam in Johnny Appleseed Park near Coliseum Boulevard.
The bike rides ended in August, but 5 additional rides were added after nearly 900 riders participated.
Trek the Trails was a new tradition of community bike rides offered each Tuesday since June, city officials said in a news release. The rides took place along the Rivergreenway, the Wabash & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, the...
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By Bob Buttgen bbuttgen@kpcnews.net and Amy Oberlin amyo@kpcnews.net
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 10:19 |
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FORT WAYNE — Police have arrested two brothers and charged them in connection with the armed robbery of the Ligonier CVS on Aug. 15, and another CVS store in Leo-Cedarville on Aug. 18, according to documents on file with the U.S. District Court in Fort Wayne.
Josiah Davis, 26, of Ashley, and Jonathan Davis, 18, of Delta, Ohio, were arrested by U.S. Marshals last week.
They were arrested in Ashley in conjunction with a federal investigation. Ashley Police Officers assisted Indiana...
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AMY OBERLIN - amyo@kpcnews.net
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 00:00 |
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BALL LAKE — A Steuben County fishing icon sold his bass boat and hung up his favorite poles.
On the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4, at 8 a.m., Paul Oakes will sell more than 500 lures, his canoe, tackle, rods, reels, camping equipment and other trappings from his outdoorsy life. The sale will be held at the home of Oakes and his wife Mary Lou, 800 Lane 201 Ball Lake.
“I sold my bass boat to the first person who looked at it,” said Oakes, of a recent transaction...
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LINDSAY WINSLOW BROWN - lindsayb@kpcnews.net
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Saturday, 28 August 2010 06:03 |
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AUBURN — Dan Phillips and Ame Boehmer were married Saturday, after finding a light in drug addiction’s dark tunnel.
The couple met three years ago while working on a construction site. Both were addicted to methamphetamine, had been in and out of jail and had ruined a lot of relationships.
Today, they are working, going to school and seeking to live Christian lives.
“We’re just hoping our story will help plant the seed of hope,” Boehmer said.
One...
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Staff Reports
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Friday, 27 August 2010 04:42 |
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AUBURN — The first Cars & Guitars event will take place Saturday evening at the DeKalb Outdoor Theater.
The show is the opening event of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival, which continues through Labor Day weekend.
Three bands will take the stage, beginning with Miles High, an Auburn-based group, at 5 p.m.
Double Kik from Van Wert, Ohio, plays at 6 p.m.
Gary Jeffries and his band will perform from 7:30 p.m. until the show concludes at 9 p.m. Jeffries based in Dayton,...
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JENNIFER DECKER - jdecker@kpcnews.net
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 23:33 |
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ANGOLA — Despite heavy rain early in this year’s growing season and the sweltering heat the last few weeks, some farmers and vendors Wednesday at the Angola Farmers’ Market reported it’s been a good year for crops.
Kathy Stayner of Flint tended her vegetables at the market. She said some of her produce is purchased from Amish people in?LaGrange County and her peaches came from Michigan.
“We grew hot and banana peppers and green beans,” she said. “I...
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By Dani Walker
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Monday, 23 August 2010 04:59 |
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KUMPALA, Uganda — One of the major reasons I love being in Africa is that I constantly learn and am stretched beyond my comfort zone, thus I constantly feel alive.
In only a month and a half in Uganda, I’ve learned how to negotiate for anything from the price of vegetables to transportation (Dad would be proud!). I’m quickly learning that Ugandan communication involves more than words; a simple grunt or movement of the eyebrows also convey a message. I’m learning...
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