Souder, Rigdon Square Off In Fort Wayne Debate
Voters had the opportunity to see the candidates for the new Third District Monday during a commercial-free debate aired on NBC33 television station. The half-hour-long debate, featuring Republican Congressman Mark Souder of Grabill, Democrat challenger Jay Rigdon of North Webster and Libertarian candidate Mike Donlan of Fort Wayne, was held in the Fort Wayne Area Chamber of Commerce auditorium. Hosted by television personality Linda Jackson of NBC33, the program also was aired on PBS39 and carried by WOWO radio station. Asking questions were Phil Laux, president of the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce; Dave Kurtz, of the Auburn Evening Star newspaper; and Marianne Holland, of WVPE Public Radio. The candidates were quizzed on six topics, from permanently removing the inheritance tax to the recent Congressional resolution of war against Iraq. Kurtz asked if America has done enough to guard against another Sept.11-like attack.
Local Libraries Cope With Theft
Books, magazines, CDs - libraries are loaded with items that are free for the taking. Trouble is, some people forget to check them out. While theft is not a serious problem at area libraries, almost all of them report things that "get up and walk away." "It's one of those ongoing things you have to face in a library," said Carolyn Buckmaster, media services director at Whitko High School."Every library has to face that." Anything by Stephen King is most likely to come up missing at a school library.Other hot ticket items are car magazines, science fiction, the "Goosebumps" series, books on the occult and materials used as research. Sometimes an item will disappear almost as soon as it's replaced."We have a problem keeping dictionaries.Our dictionaries come up missing all the time," said Shirley Gackenheimer, instructional media assistant at Tippecanoe Valley High School.
Syracuse Council Plans 2004 Budget
SYRACUSE - Even though most of the town of Syracuse departments barely proposed budget raises for 2004, the Syracuse Town Council still had to look for $53,124 in cuts. The grand total of the budgets proposed was $2,964,186.To cut the budget down to size and remain no more than $10,000 over the maximum amount the state allows the town to raise, after all the departments presented their 2004 proposed budgets, the town council instructed each of the departments to cut more money from their budgets pro-rated on the size of their department's budget compared to the total budget of all the departments.Each of the departments was allowed to choose where the cuts came from as town manager Brian Redshaw said that is what the departments wanted.
Bourbon Seeks Solutions To Vandalism Problem
BOURBON - A rash of vandalism in this quiet, rural community's town park has the clerk-treasurer shaking her head. The most recent episode resulted in destruction of towel dispensers and stall curtains in the restroom.At the same time shingles were ripped from the roof, picnic tables turned over with attempts made to set them on fire, a security light dismantled and thrown in the trash, a charcoal grill tipped over and litter from trash containers scattered about.Clerk Jacqualine Murphy said recently that a door to one of the restrooms was vandalized last year with a resulting cost of $1,000 for its replacement.During that time, Murphy said, damaged light fixtures were replaced with theft-proof ones, which were then stolen.
Coulter - Democrats Literally Want to Bankrupt America
Democrats don’t want to cut any government spending programs, not now, not ever. The country is on a high-speed bullet train to bankruptcy (the only kind of bullets liberals approve of), and the Democrats’ motto is: Spend! Spend! Spend! Democrats are at an advantage in the “should the U.S. go bankrupt or not?” debate because, based on their economic policies so far, they obviously favor bankruptcy.
Grace College Roundup: Lancers Rally, Beat IWU
WINONA LAKE – Grace College’s men’s soccer team treated the fans at 1st Source Bank Field to an exhilarating 3-2 victory over Indiana Wesleyan University on Wednesday.
