Everyday Heroes

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BY DENNIS NARTKER
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The ordinary man is involved in action,
the hero acts an immense difference.
author Henry Miller
KENDALLVILLE At age 16, Jim
McClure saved the lives of four people in a
plane crash at the Kendallville Airport.
Seven years ago he pulled a sleepy,
intoxicated man to safety from a burning
automobile in a U.S. 6 West lot.
In April this year, along with two others,
he saved the life of the Francis Vinyard
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2749
bartender, who had collapsed, by
performing chest compressions.
McClure, 63, was wounded by an
exploding grenade in the Vietnam War and
spent two months recuperating in hospitals.
The pain from his wounds is so severe,
even today he undergoes acupuncture
treatment every two weeks at the VA
hospital in Fort Wayne to get relief.
I was on morphine pills until I tried
acupuncture about a year ago, and it
works, he said recently.
Today, as VFW post commander,
McClure is working on projects not only to
boost the post membership but to make it
more community-minded.
You should give back to the
community, he said.
In 1965 McClure and his father, the late
Dean McClure, were at the Kendallville
Airport watching aircraft land and take off.
The young McClure had obtained his
pilots license and soloed when he was 15
years old. The late Dick Fritz, his wife,
Helen, and their daughter, Pam, of Kendall-
ville decided to take a plane ride on that
day.
Dick had never been in a plane before,
and he didnt want to go, but he joined his
wife and daughter, said McClure, who
knew the family.
The Fritzes took off in a twin-engine
aircraft. Later, watching the plane approach
the airport to land, the young McClure told
his father the plane was coming in too fast.
It touched down briefly, then became
airborne again.
The pilot intended to climb, go around
and try again, but he must have climbed
too steeply, McClure said.
About 150 feet in the air, the plane
stalled and fell to earth, crashing in a corn
field beside the runway.
It did not make a sound when it
crashed. You could not hear a thing,
McClure said. He got in a car and drove to
the scene. The windshield was busted,
fuel was leaking and the electrical system
was making a clicking sound, he said.
That indicated the engine was still on.
McClure turned off the ignition, then
helped Dick Fritz and the pilot get out.
Pam Fritz had escaped the wreckage and
was safely clear in the corn field. Betty
Fritz was trapped in the plane. Dave Miller
of Miller Trucking arrived on the scene
with tools, and they freed her from the
aircraft. There was no Jaws of Life back
then, said McClure.
All four of the aircraft occupants were
taken to a hospital for treatment and
released.
Dick never flew again, and its been
hugs and kisses from Betty every time I see
her, McClure said with a smile.
After graduating from Kendallville High
School in 1966, McClure enlisted in the
U.S. Army with the 173rd Airborne
Division. He spent nine months fighting in
Vietnams jungles before he was wounded
in his shoulder and stomach by an
exploding grenade. He spent two months in
hospitals in Vietnam, Japan and the United
States before returning to active duty at
Fort Gordon in Georgia. McClure received
a Purple Heart.
After being honorably discharged from
the U.S. Army, McClure returned home,
joined the American Legion Post in Rome
City and the VFW Post in Kendallville and
became a professional truck driver.
In 2004, he was returning home from
work early one morning on U.S. 6 West
when he noticed what looked like sparks
shooting from a parked vehicle in a lot off
the highway. He went to investigate and
saw the front end of the car engulfed in
flames. Through a window, McClure saw
the silhouette of a man inside, slumped
over the steering wheel. He opened the
drivers-side door.
There was smoke everywhere. The
dashboard was starting to melt, he said.
McClure shook the man and told him
his car was on fire.
I think I scared him, because he tried to
close the door, but I pulled him out and
kept pushing him away from the car until
the police arrived, he said. The man was
intoxicated but not injured. In a few
minutes he would have been toast,
McClure said.
He was honored by the VFW for his
heroism.
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A lifetime of saving lives
Jim McClure is
the right man in
the right place
at the right time
Jim McClure
DENNIS NARTKER
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree
of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Bob Dylan
Singer - Songwriter
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Everyday Heroes
Thousands of heroes came forward
in the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001.
Ten years later, we honor their
heroism and remember that heroes
come in many forms.
We asked our readers to nominate
people among us who are everyday
heroes, quietly making our communi-
ties better in a variety of ways.
In this special section, our writers
profile people you nominated. We hope
their stories will inspire you.
Dave Kurtz, executive editor
Sept. 11, 2011 KPC Media Group Inc. kpcnews.com Everyday Heroes 3
One day in April this year, McClure
was in the Francis Vinyard VFW Post
2749 along with fellow Vietnam veterans
Allen Countryman and Pat Fraser and
bartender Jim Buchanan, getting the place
ready to open for business.
Buchanan was sitting on a stool behind
the bar when McClure went up to him to
say good morning. Buchanan started
falling forward, and McClure grabbed him
to prevent his head from crashing into the
bar. The others helped him place the
unconscious Buchanan on the floor.
He didnt look good. His face turned
gray, his eyes rolled back, he was
sweating like someone poured water over
his head, McClure said.
Countryman called 911. None of the
three knew cardiopulmonary resuscitation,
but McClure decided to give Buchanan
chest compressions the way he learned in
the Army. The three of them kept the
compressions going until Noble County
EMS paramedics arrived. Buchanan was
hospitalized and recovered.
In May 2010, McClure was elected
commander of the VFW post in Kendall-
ville. Along with the house committee, he
started a campaign to raise $50,000 to
replace the post buildings roof. Approxi-
mately $44,000 has been raised.
Were almost there, he said.
The post gave two $1,000 scholarships
to East Noble High School graduates and
raised $10,000 for the state VFW
orphanage. He directed a recent food drive
for the Friendship Food Pantry, and the
post donated $500 to the Boomerang
Backpack program.
McClure is retired and volunteers at
Trinity Church United Methodist taking
care of the outdoor landscaping along with
his friend, Wendell Fritz. McClure and his
wife, Becky, have been married 38 years
and have two children and five grandchil-
dren.
Asked how he accounts for his life-
saving adventures, McClure said he just
happened to be in the right place at the
right time. He didnt think about the
consequences of getting involved, he
acted.
Bob Dylan, the famous singer, once
said, I think of a hero as someone who
understands the degree of responsibility
that comes with his freedom.
From Page 2
MCCLURE
BY BOB BRALEY
bobb@kpcnews.net
ALBION Kristi Bachman believes
children should have a voice, no matter
what.
Bachman serves as head of Northeastern
Indiana CASA, an agency that seeks to give
children a voice in court hearings in Noble,
LaGrange, DeKalb, Steuben and Whitley
counties.
Bachmans hard work and passion have
made the agency what it is, yet she is
largely invisible in its operations, said
Northeastern Indiana CASA board member
Margo Phillips.
Its like she bears every childs pain in
her heart, Phillips said. She will fight to
the end for these kids.
If no one speaks on behalf of a child,
that childs voice and needs can sometimes
be lost, Bachman said.
Bachmans interest in helping children in
need started when she volunteered in
classrooms at schools, she said. She saw
how some of the kids were suffering
because of things outside the school setting
and wanted to find a way to help.
In 2000, Bachman heard about the Court
Appointed Special Advocate program,
which gives children an adult to speak on
their behalf in court proceedings
something needed in many Child Services
and other cases.
The Department of Child Services and
parents come into such hearings with
attorneys, Bachman said.
Theres no one there just for the child,
she said. CASA volunteers can bridge that
gap. They become the eyes and ears of the
judge.
Living in LaGrange County, Bachman
started volunteering through Northeastern
Indiana CASA. Two years later, she was
made a part-time staff person.
When the director before Bachman left
the agency in 2005, Bachman was named
interim director. The 12 judges of the five
counties courts at the time unanimously
named her as the new executive director in
their last act as the agencys board.
At the same time, the judges stepped
aside and created a board of directors for
the local agency that includes citizens from
all five of its counties. That was when
Phillips first came met Bachman.
You would not believe the passion and
the energy that is in that little body for
these kids, Phillips said of Bachman.
When Bachman trains volunteers, she
knows theyre representing children who
are our areas future.
Kids will know their CASAs name,
Phillips said. They wont know Bachmans
name, but shes behind all of them.
Shell talk about how wonderful CASA
is which is true but she takes no
credit, Phillips said of Bachman.
Bachman said her reasons for her actions
stem from her faith.
We all have a responsibility to do our
part to make this world a better place, she
said.
Bachmans work with CASA has
changed her, she said.
What I view as important now is so
much different than what it was, she said.
She wants all children who need a
CASA to have one. She has been in
courtrooms where there was no CASA for a
child and seen them feeling like they did
something wrong, when they hadnt.
Bachman has listened to hundreds of
parent situations, hearing about poverty,
substance abuse and domestic violence.
So many people dont have a support
system, and they dont know where to go to
get it, she said.
Sometimes a CASAs role is to be that
support system for a child, such as when a
child leaves the home suddenly and doesnt
have the glasses they need for school.
The work is hard and sometimes
emotional, Bachman said. It isnt for
everyone.
When she feels the strain, she thinks of
the children, she said. As angry and
frustrated as she gets, how must that child
feel? Thats what fuels me, she said.
She remembers the successes, like when
a former CASA and her now-grown former
case child were honored by Indiana
Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T.
Shepard in his annual State of the Indiana
Judiciary address.
Bachman has been acknowledged by the
Indiana CASA organization, which named
her Indiana State GAL/CASA Director of
the Year in 2009.
This was totally unexpected and a very
humbling experience for me, she said.
She feels the judges, board advocates
and staff she works with are the real heroes,
and greatly appreciates their work and
support, adding, I just feel Im truly
blessed.
Bachman plans to keep working with
CASA.
Ill keep doing it as long as theyll let
me, she said.
She will fight to the end for these kids
Bachman seeks
to give children
voice in court
Northeastern Indiana CASA Inc. executive director Kristi Bachman stands in front
of the five-county agencys office on West Main Street in Albion.
BOB BRALEY
BY CRAIG HAUPERT
chaupert@kpcnews.net
EMMA A Westview High School
junior is trying to steer his peers in the
right direction when it comes to safe
driving practices.
Thats because Luke Pamers best
friend and cousin, Greg Chupp, died in an
automobile accident five years ago, leaving
Pamer without the person he looked up to
the most.
According to Pamer, Chupp was riding
shotgun in a car with three other friends in
February 2006 on a road in Middlebury.
The vehicle was traveling at 120 mph
when it went over a hill, lost control and
hit a tree.
Chupp was killed instantly, while the
other passengers were unharmed, save for
some scratches and bruises.
Chupp was just a sophomore at
Northridge High School when his life was
cut short. He was popular among his peers
and a standout athlete, Pamer said.
Pamers mother, Kathy, told him the
news shortly after the accident.
I didnt cry, and I didnt know what to
think, Pamer said. I just sat there for a
while and went to my room. I remember
lying in my room all day not knowing
what to do. He was the one kid that was
older that I always felt cool hanging out
with. He was my best friend, and I just
couldnt believe he was gone.
Pamer was 11 years old when his
cousin died. He wanted to do something,
but in his words, At 11 you just dont
know what to do.
Even at 11, Pamer knew his cousins
death was going to have an effect on him.
Pamer made sure it was a positive one.
It made me hold life more dearly,
knowing how easily it could be taken away
from you, Pamer said. Since then, as Ive
grown up, Ive realized how much I have
to go after life and take advantage of
things and not wait for them to come to
me.
As time passed, Pamer continued to
think about Chupp and what he could do
to honor his memory.
Pamer found the inspiration in a reality
documentary show called The Buried
Life on MTV. The show features four
friends who are attempting to complete a
list of 100 things they want to do before
they die. The friends also help a random
stranger do one thing theyve always
wanted to do.
After watching an episode where they
crashed a parade, I just felt like I had to do
something, Pamer said. Thats when I
thought doing a safe-driving presentation
here at school would honor Greg and help
others along the way.
Pamer rounded up a few of his friends,
and together they formed what would
become the safe-driving presentation.
Pamer gave his first presentation in
front of faculty and students in the
Westview High School Auditorium on Jan.
29.
During the presentation, Pamer talked
about what Chupp meant to him and about
how Chupp died. He also showed a video
created by Chupps friends who were in
the car with Chupp the day he died. The
video includes pictures of Chupp and a
message from the cars driver.
It is really sad, but I feel like it is a
really good thing for people to see, Pamer
said. It makes you think.
Pamers presentation also includes
numerous facts and statistics about the
importance of safe driving. More facts and
statistics can be found on the Facebook
page: Luke Pamers Safe Driving Page.
Pamer is taking his presentation on the
Westview teen teaches safe driving to honor deceased cousin
Luke Pamer gives safe-driving
demonstrations at his and other high
schools.
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WOLCOTTVILLE A passion for
helping and coaching young people has led
Mike Isaacs to contribute hundreds of hours
each year to the Wolcottville Youth Sports
Association.
From softball to basketball to soccer,
Isaacs helps young people in his community
grow and develop as young athletes. He was
a standout football player athlete for East
Noble High School.
Isaacs also is involved with the Sunday
school program at Rome City United
Methodist Church.
Isaacs and his wife, Mindie, have three
sons who also excel in sports
Hes just a very dedicated person, said
Patti Armstrong of Ligonier, who is one of
Isaacs biggest fans and his sister. Mike
loves working with young people. He will
do it all for them and their teams.
Hes also modest.
Im not really into self-promotion,
Isaacs said. But I will tell you what I
would like you do. I am a member of the
Wolcottville Youth Sports Association and
would like you to do a story on our group.
We are in the middle of a serious
fundraising campaign to build a new
concession stand building and could use
some publicity.
We want to show the local communities
what we are about helping young
people, he said.
Isaacs asks that people support local
youth sports associations as a way to help
their community.
Im not really into self-promotion, but I am into helping young people
through coaching. I am a member of the Wolcottville Youth Sports Associa-
tion, and would like people to always considering helping our local youth
sports associations. We are in the middle of a serious fundraising campaign
to build a new concession stand, and could use some help. We want to show
the local communities what we are about helping young people.
Mike Isaacs
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presentation at Oregon-Davis High School
sometime this year.
I am always looking for more schools
to go to, Pamer said. I think this is great,
and if any school would ask me to come, I
would go and talk.
Pamer hopes his presentation will help
others avoid the pain of losing a loved one
to unsafe driving.
He also hopes his cause is noticed by
the people involved with The Buried
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I would love to have them do
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TEEN
BY MATT GETTS
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AVILLA In many ways, they are the
forgotten ones.
Locked in their minds are memories as
fleeting as sparks from a fire. They might not
recognize relatives. The simplest of mental
tasks may be impossible.
A couple times a week, youll find Ursula
Ley, 79, among them, volunteering in the
locked Alzheimers unit at Provena Sacred
Heart Home. And if shes not in the unit itself,
she may be leading bingo for all the residents
at the facility. Or shell be at home, sorting
the cards and items people have donated to
the residents.
Some of the Alzheimers patients have
even taken to calling Ursula Mother for her
gift of spending quality time with people who
may not have anyone else.
She sits and listens to the residents and
helps them feel better, said Provena activities
director Kim Ley, who has known Ursula Ley
for four years. That can be as simple as
getting a cup of coffee, or being a shoulder to
cry on. This lady has shown me what true
love is. We just celebrated her 79th birthday,
and she wanted to take 16 ladies to Richards
in Auburn for lunch. Ladies that never felt
comfortable leaving the nursing home left just
to be with her.
Its remarkable for a woman who has
every reason to keep her thoughts as far from
Alzheimers as possible. Ursula Leys own
mother was afflicted with the disease.
From 1988-1999, Ley ran the kitchen and
served as deputy matron at the Noble County
Jail. She remembered many nights stopping
by Provena after work to have supper and
visit with her mother in the locked ward.
Like many people, particularly back then
when so little was known of Alzheimers, she
was wary.
I was afraid of it at first, she says.
But it was her mom, and the visits
continued. There were other patients in that
wing of the facility who she became close to.
When the families of some of these patients
went on vacation, Ley would visit their family
member. Those families would return the
favor when she was unable to visit her mom.
Relationships formed, and Ley and her
husband, Vic, continued to visit the
Alzheimers wing even after her mother died.
We just got used to being out here,
Ursula Ley and her husband, Vic, sort greeting cards on a table in their rural Avilla
home. The cards are destined to be given out to residents of Provena Sacred
Heart Home in Avilla.
MATT GETTS
Avilla woman volunteers
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BY AMY OBERLIN
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ANGOLA Many know him as a face
of the Angola Police Department.
Others may know him as a Steuben
County 4-H leader, but Ed Ralston does
more than that.
He is very dedicated to the many
different causes in which he serves, said
Ralstons wife, Susan. With all of these
commitments, he still finds time to be a
great husband and father.
Ralston has been on the Steuben County
4-H Fair Board for more than 15 years.
Hes served five three-year terms,
including two stints as treasurer and two
turns as president of the board, which
promotes the county 4-H program and
organizes the annual fair at Crooked Lake.
Im enthusiastic. I think its a fantastic
organization, said Ralston, who is also the
Steuben County 4-H goat superintendent.
We went from having goats in a tent to
one of the nicest barns there, he said of
the improvements hes seen over the years.
Others include aluminum bleachers and the
modern Lions building. Ralston said he
would love to see a new fairgrounds as
well, as oft has been bantered.
In addition, through the Steuben County
Extension Service, Ralston is assigned to
the Purdue University branch of the
national Council for Agricultural Research,
Extension and Teaching.
We go to the state and meet with our
state legislators once a year, said Ralston,
noting that the organizations goal is to
keep agriculture a priority for lawmakers.
He also serves as a tour guide in
Washington, D.C., for the 4-H Foundation.
Ralston works as a dispatcher for
Angola Police and Fire departments, which
he has done for 31 years while he and
Susan raised their son, Justin, now 28.
Justin Ralston is a special education
teacher in a suburb of Washington, D.C.,
and started a program called Refugees
Read in Uganda. He created the outreach
following an eight-week teaching trip and
recently completed his eighth trip to Africa
to disburse books.
I credit 4-H with it, said Ed Ralston.
I think 4-H turned him into a leader.
His parents are glad to support him and
at the Ralston residence, one bay of their
garage is filled with books along with
empty rooms at Jacob Insurance in Angola,
where Susan works. Many of them are
textbooks donated by local schools, others
are novels and biographies.
The books are used to stock libraries in
refugee settlement camps in Uganda. One
of the most popular books, said Ed, who
serves as the Angola-based organizations
treasurer, is the English dictionary. Ed and
Susan Ralston have been to Africa once to
do some hands-on work for Refugees
Read.
We have shipped books over there
twice, Ed Ralston said.
Its been a learning experience, he said.
For the second shipment, Ed Ralston built
wooden crates. Enough books have been
collected for a third shipment from Angola,
this time in a commercial shipping
container. That, however, is going to take
some fundraising, as the shipment will cost
around $8,000.
Ralston encouraged those interested in
assisting to check out the organizations
website at refugeesread.org.
Ralston is face of Steuben
County 4-H and more
Ed Ralston has served 15 years on the
Steuben County 4-H Fair Board.
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KENDALLVILLE About three years
ago in the midst of the economic recession,
East Noble High School teacher Mark
Cockroft learned about local children going
hungry.
Every morning I read in the paper about
plants closing, people losing their jobs and
the unemployment rate going up in the
county and thought: This is getting serious,
he said.
Then at an East Noble school board
meeting, he heard an emotional report by
East Noble food services director Pat St.
Clair about the school districts free and
reduced-price lunch program and how young
students were coming to school hungry.
I didnt realize at the time we had so
many students receiving free and reduced
lunches, Cockroft said.
Cockroft discussed the situation with two
high school administrators after the meeting,
and came up with the Boomerang Backpack
concept. He would find a way to provide
hungry students with free food to take home
on weekends. Could he persuade local
businesses to help? Could he raise the funds
to get started during economic hard times?
Cockroft approached the Kendallville
Kraft plants new manager, Mike Hughes,
and contacted the Olive B. Cole Foundation
with his idea. Both said yes.
Kraft gave $3,000, and the Cole Founda-
tion gave $3,000, and without that seed
money it never would have happened, he
said.
Boomerang Backpack began at South
Side Elementary School in Kendallville,
because it had the highest number of
students receiving free and reduced lunches.
Backpacks were purchased. Kraft provided
nutritious food items, and other items were
purchased from a local grocery store. High
school students packed the backpacks and
took them to the school. Teachers distributed
them to students on Fridays. Students
returned the backpacks on Mondays.
Shepherds auto dealership employees in
Kendallville joined the program and
supported the Boomerang Backpack effort at
Rome City Elementary School.
Boomerang Backpack expanded to other
school districts in Indiana and throughout the
country. Today it serves 400 East Noble
elementary students, and Boomerang
Backpack chapters operate in Noble,
LaGrange, DeKalb, Steuben and Kosciusko
counties, and school districts in North
Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia and Iowa.
New chapters are scheduled to begin in
Cleveland, Ohio, and Franklin Community
School Corp. in Franklin, Ind.
The program was featured on NBC News.
Today Boomerang Back Operations Inc.
is a nonprofit organization with a board of
directors and what Cockroft describes as
dozens and dozens of volunteers. The
central organization helps chapters get
started, but its up to those chapter volunteers
to raise funds, find sponsors and distribute
food.
What Cockroft finds most rewarding with
the program setup is the volunteer participa-
tion by high school students.
They buy the food and pack the
backpacks, he said. Its all about teaching
the kids to give back to their community.
The strength of a small-town community is
the people who volunteer and give back to
it.
Kraft, Shepherds, Courier Kendallville
and Dow Corning STI are supporting the
program for East Noble schools.
Bill Stockberger, a member of the
Steuben County Community Foundation
board of directors, nominated Cockroft as an
Everyday Hero.
Mark saw a problem with childrens
hunger and is working to resolve it,
Stockberger said. Its people like Mark that
have a tremendous impact in our communi-
ties.
Its all about teaching the kids to give back
Mark Cockroft founded the Boomerang
Backpack program.
DENNIS NARTKER
Mark saw a problem with childrens hunger and is working to resolve it. Its
people like Mark that have a tremendous impact in our communities.
Bill Stockberger
Member of the Steuben County Community Foundation
BY NI CHOLE HACHA-THOM AS
nthomas@kpcnews.net
AUBURN Andrea Stieglitz doesnt
feel she is much of a hero. Her involve-
ment of the Boomerang Backpack program
in DeKalb Central schools was a
byproduct of her former job as the food
service director for the district.
I was responsible for processing free
and reduced lunch applications, and saw a
need, Stieglitz said of how she became
the face of the program in DeKalb County.
With more than 70 percent of children
qualifying for free or reduced luches at
Waterloo Elementary School, and numbers
rising at other schools, Stieglitz inquired
about the Boomerang Backpack program.
The program provides backpacks filled
with food to be sent home with students
over weekends.
Each Friday, students take home two
breakfast meals, one lunch and a few
nutritious snacks. They return the empty
backpacks the following Monday.
I think this (program) is important for
kids and families, she said. When kids
arent hungry and dont have to worry
about filling their bellies, they are better
learners, better test-takers. It really does
make a difference.
In addition to getting the Boomerang
Backpack program off the ground and into
several area schools, Stieglitz was instru-
Andrea Stieglitz is
the face of the
Boomerang
Backpack program
in DeKalb County,
serving as the
liason between
the program and
the DeKalb
Central schools.
She takes care of
various adminis-
trative duties,
including speaking
engagements,
fundraising and
more. Here, she
accepts a check
from Don Cross of
the Auburn Rotary
Club.
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When kids arent hungry they are better learners
See STIEGLITZ page 8
BY AMY OBERLIN
amyo@kpcnews.net
ANGOLA Some childrens stomachs
growl a little less these days, thanks to
Angola Middle School special education
teacher Kara Conrad.
Conrad is in her seventh year teaching,
she is the mother of three children between
the ages of 3 and 9 and coordinates
Steuben County Boomerang Backpacks.
She also serves on the board of directors
for Boomerang Backpacks, started in
Noble County by Mark Cockroft.
She puts in hours and hours of time
and effort, Cockroft said. It helps out
families that she will probably never
meet.
When Conrad learned about the
fledgling backpack program at East Noble
schools, she started working to bring the
initiative to Steuben County. Working with
Bill Stockberger at the Steuben County
Community Foundation, she began
drumming up funding to send backpacks
filled with nutritional food home with
needy children on the weekends from
school.
With Cockrofts business model,
Conrad organized a backpack assembly
line with the CHOICE students who study
at the First Congregational United Church
of Christ, a special needs work-study
program headed by Jodi Eatinger. Angola
High School students assist as mentors.
Trine University students
deliver the backpacks to
Carlin Park and Hendry Park
elementary schools, and
Harold Chevrolet gets the
backpacks to Pleasant Lake
Elementary School.
Last year, Conrad said,
about 210 backpacks a week
went home with Metropolitan
School District of Steuben
County students on the
weekends. She plans to
expand the program and
wants to slowly incorporate
Angola Middle School.
Conrads eyes fill with
tears when she considers her own schools
students going home at night and receiving
paltry, unfulfilling meals.
Theyre just not getting what they
need, she said.
Conrad has been driven to help children
in need since she was a high schooler. She
remembers guidance counselor Jack
Vrana, now an Angola High School
counselor, encouraging her to be part of a
peer-helping organization at Fremont High
School. She met a girl named Angel with
cerebral palsy.
I loved her, Conrad said. Angel, now
around 20 years old, helps pack MSD
backpacks through CHOICE.
Conrad lauded local contributors, from
regularly donating Univertical employees
and their boss, Chuck Walker, to those
who give $5 checks.
I am just so thankful for all the help
that I get, she said. Every little bit
helps.
Besides keeping an eye out for local
youth, Conrad is pushing for more schools
to do the Boomerang Backpack program.
Cockroft said Conrad is equally helpful
on the local and regional scales. She puts
heroic efforts into making the program
work, he said.
mental in getting the administrative
process streamlined.
When I came on board, everyone got
their food from different sources. When I
got started, the program began taking bids
and looking for special pricing, Stieglitz
said.
Now, two vendors provide the bulk of
the food to each school, and a nutritional
analysis is available for every item sent
home. All invoices are sent to one
accountant and paid from each schools
individual account, a process that makes
things much easier for administrators.
That makes it great, too, because we
can monitor all the food purchases and
know how much we are spending per
bag, she said.
Stieglitz said organizers try to keep the
cost down to $3 per bag per week,
because of her tireless support of the
program, fundraising efforts and service to
the programs board of directors.
Mark Cockroft, Boomerang Backpack
program coordinator, nominated Stieglitz.
Andrea gives so much of herself and
never asks for any attention in return,
Cockroft said. Her work and effort make
her community a better place.
Stieglitz, though, says the program
works because of a dedicated team of
people.
There are many more people who
donate time behind the scenes to make the
program work they really deserve this,
Stieglitz said.
From Page 7
STIEGLITZ
Kara Conrad feeding children
through Boomerang Backpack
Kara Conrad holds one of the Boomerang Backpack bags filled weekly during the
school year for more than 200 Metropolitan School District of Steuben County
students who may otherwise not get a decent meal over the weekends.
AMY OBERLIN
She puts in hours and hours of time
and effort. It helps out families that
she will probably never meet.
Mark Cockroft
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publishing plant in Kendallville, Corey
Kline is busy making sure his community is
a fun place to live, work and raise a family.
Kline has become an ambassador of sorts
for the city of Kendallville. He loves to take
a hands-on approach to some of the
community events that happen nearly every
month in Noble Countys biggest city.
His involvement focuses on fun- and
family-oriented happenings that help make a
small city seem like a much bigger place.
Through his work and dedication to
following through on the small details,
Kline has made a success out of ideas.
Whether its the citywide Water Fight at
Bixler Lake Park, the Arts on Main Street
event or a classic car show in the downtown
area, Kline is getting more people involved
in their hometown.
Kline is multi-talented and lends all of
his skills to any event he becomes involved
with. That includes the Polar Bear swim on
New Years Day and Zombie Walk through
the streets of Kendallville. Hes also active
in the Kendallville Rotary Club.
Hes also a talented graphic artist who
can build a promotional poster to help draw
attention to any event.
Hes even been known to whip up a
poster or flyer for an event that is months
away and does so without being asked.
Klines skills on the computer are
demonstrated by his eye-catching posters
that can give a big-city feel to a small-town
event.
John Bry, executive director of the Noble
County Convention and Visitors Bureau, is
familiar with Klines talents and the
succcess he brings with it.
Corey shows his passion for his
community and hosting fun free events for
the youth and people of the area, Bry said.
During these tough times, it is nice to know
that there are people still out there who
think of their community first, and
themselves second, such as Corey and his
wife, Nadine.
Kline and his wife, and their children,
Gage, 15, Ethan, 10, and Sophia, 2, are seen
at most every community event in Kendall-
ville.
One of his biggest fans is his son, Ethan.
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community, Ethan wrote in his Everyday
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ANGOLA Kathy Aldrich has lived in
Steuben County all her life and has taught at
the Metropolitan School District of Steuben
County for 35 years.
I dont know that Ive ever thought of
anything else, Aldrich said with a smile.
Aldrich is a hero in many regards, but her
impact now spans generations through
teaching. She estimates shes had 4,000
students and does not balk at meeting more.
Christopher Schuler said she is a
phenomenal teacher at Angola Middle
School. She is in her third year as the director
of Angola High Schools Mainstage Players
theater group. Having acted during high
school herself, Aldrich said she tries to keep
in mind the young thespians are kids and
need leeway and guidance. Her triumphs
have included watching Kara Olsen sing and
the performance of Alex Dafnis and Carissa
Taylor in Beauty and the Beast.
I keep sneaking out on stage. Sometimes
they catch me, sometimes they dont, said
Aldrich, who has appeared as a member of
the chorus and other bit characters in the high
school plays.
She also has been a teaching mentor, said
Schuler, though Aldrich will tell you she had
excellent role models, listing MSD alumni
such as Art Ryan, Phil Hull, Joe Sirk and
Olive McKeever.
Her musical background dates to the
fourth grade, when she started playing violin.
Aldrich fondly remembers learning from
music teacher Elwood Nichols and the
marching band directed by Barry Frisinger.
Though she played a large, upright stringed
bass, she had a niche in the marching band
playing cymbals. She marched beside
drummer John Day, she said, and would
smack the shiny orbs together whenever Day
said now.
Born Kathleen Rose in the Elmhurst
Hospital in Angola, Aldrich was raised in
Pleasant Lake and received her bachelors
and masters degrees from Indiana Univer-
sity-Purdue University Fort Wayne. She has
remained interested in local history and loves
her hometown.
She is a genuine friend, mother and hero
in my eyes, said Schuler.
Aldrich and her husband, Gregory, have
two sons, Ron and Brent, who both remain in
Steuben County. She said she can trace seven
generations of her family in the county.
Among her community pursuits is the
renovatation of Powers Church, which was
done by a committee of people interested in
retaining the antique atmosphere of the rural
sanctuary. She studies history and enjoys
sharing her stories.
I think Im a good storyteller, and Im
deeply interested in the people and the
history that goes with that, she said.
Being part of a community means going
to local celebrations, buying chicken from
charity organizations and letting youth
groups wash your car, Aldrich said. And she
does, with a smile, a chuckle and obvious
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Ursula Ley said. After mom passed, we
missed the place.
Vic and Ursula Ley have volunteered ever
since. Sometimes its two days a week.
Sometimes its more. Recently, Vic joined
other volunteers in taking some patients to a
minor league baseball game in Fort Wayne.
The couple have even welcomed the
patients into their personal lives, entertaining
them in the sun room of their rural Avilla
home.
They love it when we load up the bus,
Ursula Ley said. They just love to come out
there and sit and have iced tea and talk.
Ley also organizes a weekly card distribu-
tion program, offering greeting cards free of
charge for all residents. She takes a cart
around, stopping in each room to see if the
resident needs a birthday greeting to send that
week, or perhaps an anniversary is coming up
for a loved one.
If they cant sign them, I sign it for
them, Ley said. I dont know how many
Christmas cards we wrote.
Ley also organizes a Christmas store every
December, offering very low-cost items to
residents so they can have gifts to give to
friends or relatives.
But Leys impact on the residents goes
well beyond gifts and greeting cards,
according to Kim Ley.
Ursula is a real hero in my eyes and to so
many residents at Provena Sacred Heart
Home, Kim Ley said. There is nothing this
lady will not do for you. She gives all of
herself in everything she does.
Ursula Ley said it is a calling.
I am convinced God put me here for
this, she said.
She gets the strength for it, she said,
From God and from my husband. God
blessed me with good parents and a great
man.
Working with Alzheimers patients is a
challenge, she said. People who are sharp one
day may be painfully forgetful the next. Many
are lonely and struggle emotionally, along
with their mental struggles.
I do sometimes cry at night if somebody
has had a bad day, Ley said.
She says does everything she can to keep
their minds in a pleasant place. The majority
of them are so thankful for the slightest thing
you do for them, she said. When you go
home from here, you have very few
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HUDSON To her neighbors in
Hudson, Louise Brock, 70, is known as the
lone gardener.
But to many residents such as Joyce
Straley, Brock is a hero for all the good
deeds she does around town.
Straley, also of Hudson, nominated
Brock as an Everyday Hero. In her
nomination, Straley wrote: She takes care
of flowers, weeds, waters all over Hudson.
(She is) real active in all sports her
grandkids are in.
She goes by here to take care of the
flowers. She picks up (garbage) and
sweeps the street, Straley said. Shes a
workaholic. I couldnt keep up with her.
She works circles around me.
Straley said Brocks late husband had a
green thumb and enjoyed taking care of
flowers in the town. Louise has continued
that tradition.
She does the same thing, Straley said.
We want to thank her for everything she
does. She planted some flowers by the post
office. She bought plastic chairs and put
them there for people to rest on.
Brock said she doesnt think what she
does is a big deal.
I like to be proud of my town, and I
want it to look nice, she said.
Years ago, her late husband, Ben, built a
mound by the Hudson town sign. He loved
flowers and attended to them around town.
Louise Brock took over the beautification
efforts after he died.
I was mad at him for going off to
heaven and he left me with the flowers,
she joked. Her favorite flower is a hibiscus.
Sometimes she spends her own money,
but Brock recognized the mound needed
attention. She has seen to it that rocks and
other flowers were added to the mound:
petunias, mums, morning glories, hen and
chicks and a sweet potato vine.
I get a lot of compliments on them,
including 13 in one day. Im not a hero.
Im a little lone gardener, Louise said.
She also put 13 13-gallon jugs of water
in the back of her car to drive around and
perk up the flowers in the summer heat.
Recently, to make the effort easier, the
town bought Brock a trailer with a water
tank on it to attach to her lawn mower. She
also lugs water on her moped to attend to
other flowers around town.
In addition to flowers, she is known as
Brownie Nana in Hamilton
in the eyes of her two
grandchildren and their
teammates.
Im at every one of their
ballgames. I make
brownies, she said.
Brock is also a member of
the Church of the Nazarene
in Auburn, where she helps
young people with their
finances.
With all her volunteering,
Brock figures shes planting
a seed.
I want to get everyone in
town to volunteer one hour a
week, she said. Then wed
have the nicest little town.
Brock is known as
Hudsons lone gardener
We want to thank her for
everything she does.
Joyce Straley
Hudson resident
BY JENNIFER DECKER
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HUDSON Lee Marki doesnt think all
her volunteering and sharing of health
knowledge is a big deal.
She said she assumed everyone helps
everyone else or at least felt it should be
that way.
Marki was nominated as an Everyday
Hero by Bonnie Miller of Hudson.
Miller wrote about Marki: She is a true
hero and friend, but in spite of her full-time
teaching job at Brown Mackie College, she
finds time to teach Sunday school, help with
Kids Club and help with church activities at
Prince for Peace Lutheran Church in
Hudson.
Miller said Marki sometimes checks on
her, and she appreciates that.
She always has a smile on her face,
Miller said about Marki. Shes a pillar at
church. Shes such a help and a wonderful
person. She helps with Kids Club at church.
She and her husband, Paul Marki, run the
activities.
In addition to teaching health, Marki is a
registered nurse, a parish nurse and teaches
health at a day camp. She also visits
members of the church congregation when
they are ill often to reinforce the fact they
are changing their own dressings correctly or
to give them a little boost.
Originally from Milwaukee, Marki also
plays handbells and has chaired Christian
ministries at church for the last six or eight
years.
What Ive enjoyed the most is seeing the
flame of faith grow in little kids, she said.
You water the seed and provide them with
the opportunity to learn more.
Marki said she was taken back by being
nominated as a hero by Miller. Marki said
about the honor: It really warms my heart.
I assume everyone does what I do, she
said. Everyone should help like I do.
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ANGOLA Larry Curtis Jr. doesnt call himself a
carpenter, but that doesnt stop him from building things.
He doesnt call himself a hero, either, but that doesnt
stop him from helping people.
Thats something his son, Chuck Curtis, has seen his
father do most of his life.
Hell take people to Veterans Affairs appointments,
doctors appointments he once took someone to the
Cleveland Clinic for a cancer treatment, Chuck said. He
has built ramps for the elderly and wheelchair bound. But,
he never asks for anything in return ever.
Larry Curtis, 67, is modest about his efforts. He doesnt
consider his actions special in any way. Theyre just acts
of good will, he says, that he hopes others will pay back
one day.
People dont do enough of these things, he said. A
lot of folks need help, and if I can help them, I do my best
to do so.
Curtis lives in Angola, but attends church across the
border in Edon, Ohio at the United Methodist Church.
He hears about a lot of his jobs through word of mouth
and the church.
Someone will come in and say that someone else
needs a helping hand. I just go where they point me, he
said.
Through the church, Curtis attends many mission trips
going to places where his help is needed.
It makes him feel good on the inside knowing hes
helping someone else, Chuck Curtis said.
In 2006, Larry Curtis traveled to Vietnam almost 40
I just go where they point me, Angola helper says
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ALBION To a certain extent, Danyel
Wagners success could be measured by the
number of people she never has to see again.
As the assistant chief probation officer and
coordinator for Noble County Drug Court,
Wagners life is about making a difference in
some of the most challenging circumstances
possible.
Wagner was nominated as an Everyday
Hero by an inmate at the Noble County Jail.
She has played a huge role in my
recovery from methamphetamine, the inmate
wrote. She invests several hours on people,
helping them battle addictions and helping
change their lives.
Some of the people Wagner deals with
have never experienced a sober lifestyle.
Theyve never lived without being high
on some kind of substance, Wagner says.
Were asking them to change everything.
Wagner, 41, is all about seeing those
changes happen, either in her role as a
probation officer or through Noble Countys
Drug Court.
Noble County saw its first graduate from
the program in 2006, and since then, 27 more
people have successfully completed the
rehabilitation program that emphasizes getting
offenders to become productive citizens again.
The program uses intensive supervision to
help nonviolent offenders overcome addiction,
with input from prosecutors, defense
attorneys, law enforcement agencies and
agencies working to help with recovery
throughout the process.
Wagner had been a child-abuse-neglect
investigator and a juvenile probation officer in
Ohio before moving to Indiana in 1999. In
2001, she became a full-time probation officer
in Allen County and was there when that
county set up its drug court.
In 2003, Wagner took a job with the Noble
County Probation Department and, based on
her experience in Allen County, was all in
favor of Noble County starting its own drug
court.
I was able to see how it changed peoples
lives, she said.
Wagner is now helping to change peoples
lives in Noble County, helping transform
people addicted to drugs, who normally
would be incarcerated, into people with the
skills necessary to lead a sober, productive
life. When the changes do come about, it can
make for a very rewarding experience.
People come back, and theyll say, I just
wanted you to know Im doing OK, Wagner
said.
She admitted those check-ins by people
shes helped dont happen every day, but
when they do, they motivate her even more.
You can see youre really making a differ-
ence, she said.
Along with the successes come the
occasional hard times when someone she has
been working with has a relapse. This can be
particularly difficult when it involves someone
in the drug court program.
Some of them are really hard, she said.
Its hard for the whole drug court team.
Wagner said she gets through the
disappointments by drawing on her positive
experiences and with the help of co-workers.
We have a really good department,
Wagner said. Theyre supportive. I think
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ANGOLA Ed Wise gives.
He has been very active in the Land of
Lakes Lions Club, Elks Lodge and waterfowl
organizations. He also is the father of three
and grandfather of four.
Over the years, the thing that I like the
best is working with the youth, said Wise.
The Elks have hosted hoop shoots, Shop with
a Cop, fundraisers and fishing derbies. Wise
has also been involved in drug awareness
activities geared toward area youth.
He serves as treasurer of the Elks Lodge
in Angola and was exalted ruler in 1985.
Ive been through about all the chairs,
said Wise. He joined the charitable organiza-
tion in 1980 and became the lodges
youngest-ever exalted ruler five years later.
Wises daughter, Amanda Cline, extolled
her fathers giving nature.
He helps our church by volunteering his
time to portray the man in red and to help a
little with landscaping maintenance, said
Cline, of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic
Church in Angola. I cant keep up with him
and his passion to give.
Wise has remained very active with the
Elks and has served in a number of capacities
with the Lions in the past, including the
scholarship committee. A top accomplish-
ment with that group was helping to start a
dictionary distribution program for area third-
graders. The program has been going on the
past eight years.
Its a book that they can keep forever,
said Wise, espousing some of its special
pages and informative features.
Wise joined Ducks Unlimited in the late
1970s and was active with that organization
until Delta Waterfowl became the reigning
waterfowl organization in the area few years
ago. Wise helps out consistently with Delta
Waterfowl initiatives, which also often
involve youth. Among the hands-on work is
gathering molting geese for relocation from
local lakes to the Mongo Fish and Wildlife
area.
During his Ducks Unlimited days, Wise
got to take youths hunting and fishing
through the Make A Wish Foundation.
I enjoy teaching kids history and stuff
like that, Wise said with a smile.
Whenever he can, he spends time with his
granddaughters, pulling them on sleds in the
snow with his four-wheeler and other outside
activities. He said he plans for even more in-
depth outdoors fun with the new addition to
his family a grandson.
Taking time to explore and fulfill their
needs and teach them about the little things
that matter to them plants, bugs, tea
parties this is why my dad is a hero to me,
not to mention others, said Cline.
Wise gives to kids
Ed Wise
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BY JENNIFER DECKER
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HUDSON The Rev. Jim Elsner said
the funny thing is, he doesnt think of
himself as a hero in all he does in serving
the community and spreading the word of
God.
Elsner is pastor of Prince of Peace
Lutheran
Church in
Hudson.
Kenneth and
Bonnie Miller
of Hudson
nominated him
as an Everyday
Hero.
Im
honored they
think that of
me, but you
dont think of
yourself as a
hero, Elsner said. I look at my style and
servant leadership. I try to lead by serving.
Im really honored to be nominated. I seek
to be faithful.
In their nomination, the Millers wrote:
Pastor Elsner is always available day or
night for anyone who needs him. He is
truly an Everyday Hero, and we are all very
grateful to him.
The Millers have been attending their
church for about 25 years.
Hes a wonderful, wonderful pastor. We
have some seminary boys, and he mentors
them, Bonnie Miller said. I fell last
October, and my husband called because
we couldnt go to church for two or three
weeks, and Pastor brought us Communion
twice. Our daughter has ovarian cancer, and
he prayed for her.
Bonnie Miller said their church is small
enough that everyone knows each other.
(Elsner) knows his Bible, and hes very
strong with his speaking voice. We need
more people in general like him, she said.
Elsner takes an active part in his
community. Bonnie Miller said one time he
even allowed a neighbor who was burned
out of his house to live with him and took
up a collection for his neighbor, too.
In addition to being pastor, Elsner said,
hes also a preacher for the Worship for
Shut-ins broadcast and is an adviser to the
Womens Society of Lutheran Churches.
I want to be available to people and
their life situations, Elsner said. Our
church has made an effort to reach out to
the community through the childrens
ministry and to be involved with parents.
Elsner formerly was a Lutheran school
teacher and administrator for 25 years. He
has a bachelors degree in education from
Concordia College in Seward, Neb., and
two masters degrees one in education
from Cincinattis Xavier University and the
other in religion from Concordia in Fort
Wayne.
Elsner spreads word of God
Rev. Jim Elsner
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Pastor Elsner is always available day
or night for anyone who needs him.
He is truly an Everyday Hero, and we
are all very grateful to him.
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FREMONT Linda Korfel doesnt think
anything of whipping up some meatloaf,
mashed potatoes or chicken noodle soup to
feed her neighbors or whomever needs
feeding.
And its always been that way, seeing as
she comes from a family of nine.
Linda is a heroine to her granddaughter,
Mary Korfel of Holland, Ohio. Mary
nominated Linda as an Everyday Hero for
being caring and neighborly.
Mary wrote: Linda is a hero because she
helps and feeds everyone in our neighborhood
that needs food or help.
Shes my grandma, Mary Korfel said.
She always helps everyone. We live in a
trailer park and we have potlucks. She always
bakes cookies for older people.
Linda Korfel said the fact Mary, her oldest
granddaughter, nominated her as a heroine
made her want to cry.
But Korfel said what she does in caring for
others is no big deal. She is used to caring for
and looking out for others, since she is a
retired security guard. She said everyone in
her trailer park looks out for each other.
I think comfort food is meatloaf and
mashed potatoes. We have potlucks three
times a year, Korfel said. We have 60 to 100
people at them. Everybody brings a dish.
Aside from potlucks, Korfel brings food to
her homebound neighbors who need an extra
hand now and then. She said she enjoys
sharing food with them.
Korfel used to have a garden, but said she
winters in Florida and comes back too late in
the season for planting.
When I cook up a storm I make
chicken noodle soup. I come from a nine-
member family, so my mom was pretty liberal
with letting us cook (growing up), Korfel
said. When I was growing up, we didnt eat
out a lot.
Korfel said people in her trailer park
definitely dont go hungry. And she is glad for
that fact.
I like my stir fries. I like stuffed cabbage.
Cooking is fun, Linda said.
Neighbors dont go
hungry, thanks to Korfel
Linda Korfel
JENNIFER DECKER
She always helps everyone.
Mary Korfel
Resident of Holland, Ohio
BY BOB BUTTGEN
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LIGONIER Since immigrating to the
United States from Ethiopia more than 20
years ago, Daniel Alemu has submerged
himself into American life.
He went through the legal process of
becoming a citizen of the United States and
has operated a small restaurant in downtown
Ligonier for more than 15 years.
Most importantly, he has become a hero in
the eyes of many.
Daniel has fed hundreds of people, from
shut-ins, poor people, church groups, civic
groups and others, wrote Larry Baker of
Knapp Lake, who nominated his friend as an
Everyday Hero. And a lot of that is done out
of his own pocket. His generosity is amazing.
Daniel has become a friend to many. He
loves the United States and he loves helping
people, Baker said of the tall man with a
welcoming smile and a big heart.
His eatery on Cavin Street may not be the
busiest place in town, but over the years,
Daniels Ligonier Cafe has managed to attract
a large group of regular customers who take
delight in helping to make the restaurant a
success. There have been times when Alemu
has been out of town and friends run the
restaurant for him, in his absence.
Alemu doesnt like to be in the spotlight.
Instead, he works hard to get things done in
his community while keeping his name in the
background.
That became rather difficult to do
recently, when Alemu was selected by the
Ligonier Chamber of Commerce as its 2011
Citizen of the Year. The award came as a
surprise to the recipient, who was tricked into
coming to the chambers banquet on the
pretext another friend was receiving an
award.
Thats just the kind of guy that Daniel
is, said Baker. He does a lot for others and
is a very welcome addition to his community.
We need more people like him.
Ligonier restaurant owner
feeds shut-ins, needy people
Daniel Alemu
BOB BUTTGEN
Daniel has become a friend to
many. He loves the United States
and he loves helping people
Larry Baker
Resident of Knapp Lake
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BUTLER Rural Butler resident
Becky Slentz doesnt consider herself to be
doing anything special.
She sees herself as the vessel for Jesus
good work.
For the past five years, she and her
husband, Mike, have helped organize the
community food pantry each month at
Butler United Methodist Church.
For several years before, the Slentzes
helped fellow Butler residents Duard and
Grace Bellamy, joining many volunteers at
the pantry the last few days of each month.
In most months, the last Wednesday is
distribution day (the pantry is open Sept. 21
to avoid conflicts with the DeKalb County
Free Fall Fair).
Its that day when the last-minute items
are gathered milk, bread, eggs, vegeta-
bles, fruits and meats to go with nonper-
ishable items, cereal, cleaning and paper
products.
Monday evenings, volunteers gather at
the church to set out food and begin filling
grocery bags.
If we dont have things on our shelves,
we go out and buy food, Slentz explained.
Tuesdays, more volunteers show up to
organize the pantry for the following day.
Each month, the pantry serves more than
100 families in the DeKalb Eastern school
district.
There are so many volunteers, Slentz
said. At least 20-25 show up every month.
They are so dedicated. We couldnt possibly
do that without all that help.
Slentz, a teacher at Butler Elementary
School, was nominated by fellow teacher
Sherry Crisp-Ridge.
Shes the first person that came to my
mind, Ridge said. Shes a quiet, gentle
spirit who comes in wherever shes needed,
and then she goes away without getting the
recognition she deserves.
I really feel like were making a differ-
ence, Slentz said of the food pantry.
Theres so many little kids that are hungry,
and theres a lot of people who dont have
enough food to make it through the month.
Each year, food pantry organizers
include a survey with the December
packages. Without fail, several are returned
with thank-you notes to the volunteers.
Theyre really touching, Slentz said.
Were always taught to be Jesus to the
world, she added. This is a way I can do
that.
Slentz just doing Jesus work at food pantry
Theres so many
little kids that
are hungry
Butler resident Becky Slentz has volunteered at the
community food pantry at Butler United Methodist Church
for several years. She sees it as doing Jesus work.
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KENDALLVILLE The Sept. 11,
2001, attacks on America helped inspire
Sgt. Michael Hughes, 25, of Kendallville,
to become a soldier and todays hes
serving in Iraq.
He felt it was something that he needed
to do. Hes proud to be serving his
country, said his father, Mike Hughes of
Kendallville.
He was a freshman in high school
when 9/11 took place, and I think that
really impacted him, said the soldiers
mother, Julie Hughes. Her son mentioned
9/11 when speaking at his high school
graduation, she added.
Michael Hughes earned acceptance to
the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
while he was in high school, but he turned
it down to attend the University of
Michigan, where he joined the Reserve
Officer Training Corps.
It wasnt enough Army for him, his
mother said about ROTC, so Hughes joined
an Army Reserve unit in Iowa, the 389th
Engineer Co.
The time commitment slowed Hughes
progress toward a college degree, but the
military virtually paid for his education, his
parents said.
He graduated from the University of
Michigan in March, just before his unit
deployed for a year in the Middle East. He
arrived in Baghdad, Iraq, in May
While in college, Hughes studied Arabic
for three years and became certified by the
Army as an Arabic translator. He also is
trained on computerized equipment that
can detect roadside bombs up to two blocks
away and block remote detonation signals.
This deployment worked out great for
him, his father said. This will help him
decide where he wants to take his life.
Hughes attraction to military service
came partly from admiring his grandfa-
thers. One grandfather served in World War
II, and the other served in the Korean War.
Sgt. Michael Albin Hughes carries a
middle name that honors his paternal
grandfather. During World War II, Albin
Hughes hid in a French barn to escape
capture by German forces, eventually
returned to his unit and took part in
liberating the concentration camp at
Buchenwald.
As a sergeant in Iraq, Michael Hughes
commands 15 soliders. He passed up an
opportunity to start his military career as an
officer.
He wanted to go the enlisted route, his
father said. He wanted to be a soldier first,
years after serving in the Vietnam war. It
was deemed a trip to bring closure to that
time in our lives, he said.
A group of seven soldiers and seven
pastors went on the trip. They met with
former soldiers of the North and South
Vietnamese forces.
Curtis admits he didnt know what to
expect going into the meeting, but he soon
realized that everyone could move past that
difficult time.
While on the trip, Curtis helped build a
United Methodist church, once again
leaving his mark on the country.
We felt we were all on the same
playing field, he said. There was no
anger. The war was a time in our lives
where our government put us on opposite
sides.
Larry said he has led his life from a
belief: If you work from the heart, youll
be fulfilled.
You never know when, but you always
get repaid somehow, Larry said. If not in
this world, then in the next.
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BY BOB BRALEY
bobb@kpcnews.net
ALBION Hes the treasurer of a food
pantry, the unpaid pastor of a church, the
face of 4-H for the Noble County
Community Fair and active in Drug Free
Noble County, the Lions Club, the county
park board, Activate Noble County and
KidCity.
Hes come through a family tragedy, and
still he greets every day with a positive
attitude because, for Doug Keenan, its all
about the people.
Keenan came to Noble County as an
educator for the Purdue Extension Service,
but hes become far more than that to the
people of the Albion area and beyond.
Extension is people-oriented, Keenan
said.
Were not plumbers or electricians. We
do people work, and I love my work, he
said.
Doug is a very selfless person who has
everyone elses interests at heart, said
Janeen Longfellow, the Noble County
consumer and family services Extension
educator.
A Southport native, Keenan joined the
Extension Service out of college. He came
to Noble County after about four years
when there was an opening for an agricul-
ture educator in 1986.
I left Extension for a time to go to
seminary, Keenan said. During that time
he became pastor of Berean Baptist Church
in Albion, then a paid position. He started
at the church 17 years ago.
Then the Extension opening came up,
and Keenan stepped back into his old post
in Noble County. He became the 4-H and
youth Extension educator in 1999, and later
was named the director of the county
Extension office while continuing with
those duties.
Since Berean Baptist is a small church,
and with his children grown, Keenan
started doing the work there without pay.
When Val Hague was working to start
the Central Noble Food Pantry, she asked
for Keenans involvement. He became the
nonprofit agencys treasurer, a role he still
holds.
Keenan is also the secretary of the
Albion Lions Club, the chairman of the
Faith Committee and on the Prevention
Committee for Drug Free Noble County,
the secretary for Noble County Parks and
Recreation Board and on the Health and
Wellness Team for Activate Noble County.
Longfellow said he also is a strong
supporter of KidCity, working with the
electrical part of the annual August event.
He also does programs for youth in
schools, as well as working with more than
700 youth in 4-H, she said.
Through it all, Keenan always has a
positive attitude, greeting people with a
smile on his face, Longfellow said.
Tragedy struck Keenan on Sept. 2, 2009,
when his wife, Stephanie died. That loss
had an impact, and still does, but she is one
of the reasons he continues on, he said.
Stephanie was a people person, just
like I am, he said. She loved Noble
County, and I love Noble County.
For that reason, hes continued to work
with the things they loved doing together,
such as the church and food pantry, he said.
Hes honored his wife with a $1,000
scholarship.
I was able to start a scholarship in the
name of Stephanie at the IPFW School of
Nursing, he said.
Asked if he was comfortable being
called a hero, Keenan instantly answered,
Oh, heavens, no!
Anyone can be a hero, Keenan said. The
key is to see a need and take action to
address it, he said. Just start talking to
people and get involved in the community.
Noble County offers many ways to get
involved, and is a very generous
community to those who want to help,
Keenan said. He thanked the people of the
county for making it the kind of
community it is.
On Keenans office wall is a small piece
of paper with a quote that he called one of
his quotes to live by. It reads, No one
cares how much you know until they know
how much you care. Don Swartz.
We do people work, and I love my work
Extension educator Keenan labors
tirelessly for Noble County residents
Noble County Purdue Extension Service director Doug Keenan stands in his office
in the Noble County Office Complex-South. His role with Extension, which
includes 4-H and youth work, is just one of the many hats he wears.
BOB BRALEY
Doug is a very selfless person
who has everyone elses
interests at heart.
Janeen Longfellow
Noble County Consumer and Family
Services Extension Educator
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AUBURN As executive director of
the DeKalb County Council on Aging,
Meg Zenk says she has the best job in
DeKalb County.
Her passion for her work is noted by
many and has earned her a nomination as
an Everyday Hero from Evelyn Johnson.
She is always ready to help you with
whatever problem you might have. She
comes to work early and leaves late,
Johnson said in her nomination form.
I just love my job, Zenk said. I
believe totally in our mission.
Shifting the spotlight from herself,
Zenk described Johnson as a mentor,
supporter and friend.
Zenk has been with the agency since
1984. Humbled by the nomination, Zenk
said her heroes are the employees,
board members, volunteers, clients and
senior center participants. She also credits
the late Rev. William Heimach, her family
and those who provide funds for the
agency for their assistance in making the
missions at the council on aging possible.
I can truly say that the folks I work
for and with are among the finest people I
have ever met, Zenk said. It is a joy to
come to work.
Zenk said she fees especially fortunate
to work for an agency that enables many
people to remain living in their own
homes and offers many services and
activities in a welcoming environment.
In her nomination, Johnson noted that
Zenk has continued to work, despite
going through chemotherapy treatment for
leukemia.
On July 25, Zenk said, she went for
her monthly chemotherapy treatment and
was told she could go back to work
instead.
Dr. Gize said, Your cancer is in
remission! Zenk happily reported.
Thanking all those who had supported
her during her illness, Zenk said, Your
prayers, along with so many others, were
heard, and I am eternally in your debt.
It is a joy to come to work
BY KATHRYN BASSETT
kathrynb@kpcnews.net
AUBURN Betty Lou Stomm does
not hesitate when explaining why she
volunteers in her community.
I love people, she said.
Stomm, of Auburn, worked as a teacher
for 33 years. She has continued to work as
a substitute teacher for 20 years after
retiring in 1991.
I cant be idle. When I volunteer, I
want to be doing something, Stomm said.
Idle is something no one ever could
accuse Stomm of being. She is deeply
involved in her church, the First Christian
Church in Auburn, where she can be found
working on projects such as rummage sales
and carrying out bottles of water to the
Rieke Park Trail during the summer for the
churchs Water on the Walkway program.
Stomm also volunteers with the Retired
Volunteer Senior Program, as well as at the
National Automotive and Truck Museum
of the United States and the National
Military History Center. Stomm is a blood
donor and runs a Christmas table at the
Indian Village Food Bank.
Cathy Armstrong of Auburn nominated
Stomm as a Everyday Hero, citing
Stomms dedication to volunteerism as an
attribute worthy of recognition. Armstrong
was a student in Stomms home economics
class shortly after Stomm graduated from
college. Armstrong went on to become a
teacher herself, and had Stomms daughter
and grandson as students in her elementary
school classroom.
Stomm said she receives a sense of
satisfaction from helping others.
I get thank-yous but I dont need
thank-yous because Im happy doing
what Im doing, Stomm said.
I cant be idle. I want
to be doing something
Meg Zenk stands under a portrait of the Rev. William Heimach, for whom the
DeKalb County senior citizen center is named.
KATHRYN BASSETT
Mary Lou Stomm stocks bottles of water for walkers on the Rieke Park Trail in her
churchs Water on the Walkway program.
KATHRYN BASSETT
She is always ready to help you
with whatever problem you might
have. She comes to work early and
leaves late.
Evelyn Johnson
Mentor, supporter and friend
I get thank-yous but I dont need

thank-yous because Im happy
doing what Im doing.
Betty Lou Stomm
Retired teacher and volunteer
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260-854-2251
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Kendallville
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Join us any weekend:
Saturday - 6 p.m.
Sunday - 9 & 10:30 a.m.
www.NewHope.in
Thank you, Heroes.
A Special Thank You To
Our Pet Therapy Volunteers
The Noble County Humane Society comes each week for pet therapy
with our residents! We appreciate their efforts and the many benets
that it has on our residents.
It can help people feel less lonely
A welcome change from routine
People become more active & responsive
Welcome distraction from pain
Residents talk with the dogs
(260) 347-4374
1802 Dowling Street Kendallville
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Resident Andy Pyck and Noble County Humane Shelter Volunteer
Sue Walkup spending time with visiting dog Violet.
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