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Local horse, pony Ten things to know Michigan coach 4-Hers at state about the Swine Flu denies NCAA claims Area State Page 11 Page 10 Sports Page 6 The News-BannerWells County’s Hometown Connection Bluffton, Indiana www.news-banner.com Vol. 80 No. 256 50¢ TUESDAY Tie1on in Fire damages September 1, 2009 Bluffton! By KAYLEEN REUSSER rural residence Quick Takes Tie 1 on! Go ahead! The city By GLEN WERLING the blaze. The Elliotts had of Bluffton is Three area fire depart- just arrived home when they behind you! ments responded to a blaze opened the door and saw Skiles: Taxes During the at a residence on 1050N and smelled smoke, said month of Sep- about two miles east of Connett. The couple then not the issue tember, the city of Ossian Monday afternoon. called 911. Skiles Company, Inc. Bluffton is recog- An estimated $75,000 The initial call was for president Steve Skiles said nizing the impor- damage was done to the "smoke in the house," said Monday that he has had tance of prostate small brick Cape Cod style Connett, but the first Ossian customers ask him why he cancer awareness residence of Robert Elliott, firefighter on the scene con- hasn’t paid his state taxes. by posting a large 5152E-1050N. firmed it to be a working “That is not the issue public show of Firefighters were on the house fire. here at all,” Skiles told The support via a new scene for about four hours Ossian firefighters quick- News-Banner. A story in month-long pro- fighting the blaze, which ly arrived on the scene. Con- Friday’s edition reported gram called Tie started in the basement of nett then requested mutual that the state had filed a 1 On 4 Prostate the house. Ossian Fire Chief aid from fire departments petition in Wells Superior Cancer. Ed Connett said the cause of from Bluffton and Poe. Court, seeking a “perma- Throughout the blaze is undetermined, The fire had spread up nent injunction restraining the month of but he believes it was defi- the basement wall and had the possession and sale of September, the nitely accidental. burned a hole through the unlisted cigarettes.” tall evergreen tree located on the "The fire started near the first story floor of an interior Skiles acknowledged that Wells County courthouse square clothes dryer in the base- hallway and the bedroom of taxes were never mentioned will be surrounded by oversized ment, but did not involve the house. in the story, “but apparently blue faux neck ties (made from the dryer. We know where The fire also destroyed that’s what people assume,” pool vinyl lining) staked into it started, but we can't deter- an interior linen closet. The he said Monday afternoon. the tree’s dirt beds. mine an exact cause," said second story of the residence “The Skiles Co. has paid The courthouse building Connett. sustained smoke damage. all applicable taxes on every contains blue lights in its win- Bluffton firefighter David Brinneman watches as water Connett also said that The blaze closed 1050N carton of cigarettes we have dows, while a banner announc- sprays from the second floor window of the Robert Elliot's insurance company to through traffic east of ever bought or sold,” Skiles ing the campaign hangs across Elliott residence at 5152E-1050N, Ossian Monday will likely investigate the 500E for several hours. continued. Although he afternoon. Ossian requested mutual aid from Bluffton matter further. [email protected] remains unable to comment (Continued on Page 2) and Poe fire departments. (Photo by Glen Werling) No one was injured in on pending legal actions, he explained that the issue involves the manufacturers of cigarettes and state regu- ‘We are not lations concerning the Mas- ter Service Agreement and escrow accounts that were a result of the 45-state settle- ment between state govern- that different’ ments and the major tobacco Bill Horan and his fellow Purdue companies in 1998. Extension educators learned some Fair’s one-price lessons during their visit to Nigeria hours incorrect By DAVE SCHULTZ peas are a primary source of The one-price wristband Would he go again? For protein in the Nigeria diet, hours for rides on Friday, sure. and they’re susceptible to Sept. 25, were incorrect in Bill Horan has been back insect damage. the Bluffton Free Street Fair from Nigeria for more than Talking about his Afri- schedule printed on Page 2 a week now, and he’s had can experience, he knows of Saturday’s News-Banner. plenty of time to reflect on of a school where some 600 The wristbands will only be what he saw — and who he students were sickened by honored between 3 and 6 saw it with. eating food contaminated p.m. “There are a lot more by insecticide. He knows of Wells County Purdue Extension agent Bill Horan with Onu Anyebe of IITA and the pickup people,” he said as he talked a family that died because truck they took across north central Nigeria. Horan, Anyebe, and Purdue Extension educa- about his two-week visit to the family members ate food tor Maria Restrepo of Pike County logged some 850 miles on the truck, visiting five Nige- Africa. “We went from capi- tainted by insecticide. rian state capitals on a training mission. (Photo courtesy Bill Horan) Inside tal city to capital city, and The PICS system pro- 10,000 farmers by this fall’s some farmers to learn about good, except the pavement Local/Area there were people every- vides bags for airtight stor- harvest,” Horan said during the PICS system. was thin and there were where. Traffic was a lot age of cowpeas, allowing an interview at the Wells It was the rainy season plenty of trucks. Every once Obituaries. 3 heavier than here.” Even out farmers to safely store it County Community Center while they were there. There in a while, he said, it was Police & Courts. .3 on the country highways, he without putting people at Monday. was a thunderstorm every obvious that the pavement said, his group was passing risk. Included in the training two or three days . He fig- had been shattered and they a lot of mopeds. The goal of the mission Opinion was a lesson in protocol — ures that his team — fellow had to slow down to 20 or 30 Justin Peeper . .4 Horan and three other for Horan and the other on that Horan and his group Purdue Extension educa- miles per hour and swerve to Purdue Extension educators county educators was to saw close up. Each vil- tor Maria Restrepo, of Pike avoid potholes. from Indiana went to Nige- “teach the teachers” — each lage has a chief; part of the County, and Onu Anyebe The internal situation in Also... ria earlier this month to do individual they taught, and training was to learn how to of the International Insti- Nigeria was cloudy when some teaching — specifi- they figure they taught about Sports. 6-7 address those chiefs, to get tute for Tropical Agriculture the group left the United Classifieds . 12-13 cally, how to use the Purdue 140, was to go to 10 villages their blessing for what they — drove about 850 miles in States in late July. A group Diversions . .14 Improved Cowpea Storage and teach at least five farm- wanted to accomplish. They their four-seat Ford Ranger known as Boko Haram, (PICS) system to preserve ers in those villages how to also wanted to ask the chiefs pickup truck. seeking to institute Sharia, cowpeas, known in this use the system. if they would recommend The roads were pretty country as field peas. Cow- “We were hoping to reach (Continued on Page 2) Weather Tonight...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. East Debit cards reward winds around 5 mph. Wednesday...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper Medicaid patients 70s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Some Indiana Medicaid Wednesday night...Most- patients can now earn money to spend on health care simply ly clear. Lows in the lower by visiting the doctor or seeking routine preventive care. 50s. East winds around 5 Managed Health Services on Monday announced a new mph. debit card program that rewards patients for making regular Thursday...Mostly sunny. trips to the doctor, taking their babies in for checkups and Highs around 80. 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