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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 2014 BNC, bnAC & NAE FIRST PLACE, best breaking news photo, daily division, By Chris DeVitto | The Palatka Daily News, Palatka, FL STUDENTS INJUREd—Putnam County firefighters and county emergency medical personnel work on one of students injured when a Putnam County school bus overturned near the intersection of State Route 21 and Baden Powell Road. Amanda Stevens and Allysa Kinder hug after finding out a family member, a student involved in the bus accident near Hawthorne, was safe and suffered only minor injuries at the scene of the accident. Putnam County firefighters and county emergency medical personnel prepare to transport an injured student after a Putnam County school bus overturned near the intersection of State Route 21 and Baden Powell Road. NNA’s 2014 BNC & BNAC OVERVIEW awards. California had the most NAE FUN FACTS literacy and educational news- were selected as winners. Better Newspaper Contest, • combined BNC/BNAC wins with • paper, based in Fayetteville, NC, 80, followed by Texas with 68 sponsored the contest. Better Newspaper Advertising Entries came from 40 states. Entries came from 11 states. 22 BNAC FUN FACTS 193 newspapers sent in a total and Wyoming came in third with newspapers sent in 22 entries; Contest & Newspapers And 55 winning entries. • of 2,245 entries, and 138 news- 14 newspapers were selected BNC FUN FACTS 383 entries were received; 113 Education Winners papers were selected as win- as winners and received a total • were selected as winners. A supplement to Publishers’ Auxiliary ners and received a total of 541 of 17 awards. Kidsville News!, a 1,862 entries were received; 530 B2 2014 BNC, BNAC & NAE WINNERS publishers’ aUXILIARY NOVEMBER 2014 INDEX DAILY STRUGGLE GOD’S RAPPER NEW HEIGHTS • Allegan High School grad finds OpinionOpinion ......... 4A Basketball season Thursday, Dealing with a child’s Decatur High School student Northwest High School OObituariesbituaries ....... 5A HONORING WHICH APPLE previews peace in India—Page A7 $ GRAND autism is a 24-hour-a-day job Kyle Hubbard will perform junior Desiree Freier is Dec. 12, 2013 1 . 0 0 SportsSports . 1B1B for parents and a challenge Sunday at the House of looking to repeat as state IS BEST? WiseWise BusinessBusiness . 8B —Page B1— • Open ‘The Gift’ Dec. 21—Page A9 for schools, as well. Blues in Dallas. 5A pole vault champion. MANDELA We offer a guide OPENINGSee page 5A. See page 10A. See page 1B. President Obama’s speech at before you start the Nelson Mandela memorial that baking. The Allegan 2 0 1 2 brings a standing ovation. FOOD C1 FIRST PLACE WORLD D2 SATURDAY, APRIL 27 BEST LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE 10 AM TO 2 PM County News 940-627-3505 • 2803 S. Hwy. 287 Volume 59 • Issue 41 Serving Allegan County for 154 years Located across from Karl Klement Ford in Decatur Signups for health care continue VOLUME 134 - NO. 34 SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2013 DECATUR, TEXAS 26 PAGES IN 2 SECTIONS PLUS INSERTS 75¢ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2013 SIOUXCITYJOURNAL.COM SERVING READERS SINCE 1864 BY RYAN LEWIS For those who would like their • Wednesday, Dec. 18, from 9:30 they can. required by law can sign up for EDITOR coverage to start by Jan. 1, they to 11 a.m. in the Michigan Room at “It’s impossible for one person to health insurance through the site, WISE COUNTY CASINO DISPUTE need to sign up by Dec. 23. Allegan General Hospital be well-versed on the law and the www.healthcare.gov. Despite weeks of delay when the Allegan County United Way is • Thursday, Dec. 19, from 6:30 to website,” Hancock said. “But we “We’ve extrapolated from the public was unable to sign up for helping spread the word about that 8 p.m. at the United Way office, try to get as many people to the numbers of uncompensated care, the health insurance, healthcare.gov is deadline and about the website as it 650 Grand St., Allegan table with information as possible.” uninsured rates from hospitals and RULING REQUEST IMPACT now up and running. continues a series of forums United Way volunteer coordina- information from the county health Judge issues stay on Hard Rock Argosy owner: Regulators violated Construction likely blocked until The site is designed to provide throughout the county. tor Karen Hancock said the ses- Who should shop? department that approximately 15 information on the Affordable Care They include: sions gather a panel of profession- percent of Allegan County residents gaming license. laws, rights in awarding license. litigation resolved. Act and give the uninsured access • Saturday, Dec. 14, from 1 to als to give a presentation about Hancock said those without have no insurance.” Momentary to the health insurance market- 2:30 p.m. at Henika District what is available through the web- insurance or those whose plans � See Health care, Page A11 place. Library, 149 S. Main St., Wayland site and then answer the questions don’t meet the minimums now Former Merry Christmas! distraction teacher HARD ROCK HALTED ... lifetime of change State judge blocks pleads construction of Hard BY BRANDON EVANS leave. That’s when Rock Sioux City to CSC [email protected] they told me.” “It was the worst Hotel & Casino Everything changed in 15 minutes. day of our lives,” DAVE DREESZEN charges “Every day when Chelsea would leave said her husband, [email protected] to go school, she would always just kiss Joey Norris. DES MOINES | A state judge on Tuesday halted – at least BY DANIEL PEPPER me good-bye,” said Kelly Norris. “That The Decatur Po- temporarily – construction of STAFF WRITER particular day she kissed me good-bye lice Department the Hard Rock and walked to the door. Then, she came determined that Hotel & Casi- Online A former Plainwell High back and gave me a hug and told me, text messaging no Sioux City. School teacher has pleaded The stunning Visit sioux to charges he touched a stu- ‘Mom, I love you.’” caused the wreck CHELSEA LUNT cityjournal. That morning, Wednesday, Jan. 21, that killed Chel- decision sent dent in a sexual manner. supporters of com to read the court’s Kelly Jay Laker, 61, 2009, was the last time Chelsea Lunt, a sea. the $128.5 mil- entered a no contest plea to ruling on 16-year-old sophomore at Decatur High They found that 11 text messages lion downtown two counts of fourth-degree the criminal sexual conduct School, got the chance to hug and kiss were sent between the time Chelsea left project and Hard Monday, Dec. 9, in Allegan her mom and tell her she loved her. home at 6:38 a.m. and when the wreck state regulators Rock County Circuit Court. Fifteen minutes later Chelsea died in- occurred about 15 minutes later. scrambling to Hotel Judge Kevin Cronin read a stantly in a wreck. “I know what the cops say,” Kelly said. decide what to & Casino. do next. police report that Laker’s “She called me every day when she “I don’t agree with it, but I understand attorney and Allegan County Polk County prosecutors agreed would be got to school,” Kelly said. “That day she the message they’re trying to send out District Court Judge Robert didn’t call. So of course I texted her to to kids and adults. From that day I’ve Hanson granted a motion by the Jim Lee, Sioux City Journal used for him to determine Crews work on the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Sioux City on Tuesday. A judge on Tuesday granted Argosy Sioux City a stay of the state gaming owner of the Argosy Sioux City Laker’s guilt. ask if she had got to school. I didn’t get never text messaged while driving. We license the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission issued to the Hard Rock group in April. Penn petitioned to halt work on the Hard Rock venue “I find a sound, factual any answer. So I kept texting her and have Chelsea’s phone. She was texting. riverboat casino to suspend the until a legal battle involving the onshore casino is resolved. basis for this plea,” Cronin Hard Rock’s state license until said. still didn’t get an answer.” I’m not going to deny that, but I don’t the Argosy’s litigation against The plea was made as part Kelly then called Chelsea’s best friend, think that’s the cause of her accident.” the Iowa Racing and Gaming Tracking the News of an agreement with Carmen Cash, to see if her daughter “We checked her phone, and after the Commission is resolved. Sioux City eyes $22M investment in wake of ruling Allegan County prosecutors, made it to school. She hadn’t. Soon Kelly last text, there is a three-minute win- In granting the WHAT WE KNEW: The owner of NATE ROBSON this summer, but is now potential- who agreed to drop felony the Argosy Sioux City floating got a call telling her to go to the Decatur dow up to the time of the accident,” Joey stay, Hanson cit- [email protected] ly delayed until at least 2015. The future of charges of second degree ed the “substan- casino filed a motion to tem- SIOUX CITY | A court order Padgett said he did not know police station. said. “That’s a big window.” porarily block state regulators criminal sexual conduct and tial possibility” blocking a gaming license for the how much of the city’s infrastruc- Sioux City gaming from issuing a gaming license obstruction of justice in “They wouldn’t tell me anything,” Kel- Her wreck was like many others.