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Saluted as‘gentle soul,’‘great man’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital embraced George H.W. Bush in death Monday with solemn cere-mony and high tributes to his service and decency, as the remains of the 41st president took their place in the Capitol rotunda for three days of mourning and praise by the political elite and everyday citizens alike.

With Bush’s casket atop the Lincoln Catafalque, first used for Abraham Lincoln’s 1865 funeral, dignitaries came forward to honor the Texan whose efforts for his country extended three quarters of a century from World War II through his final years as an advocate for volun-teerism and relief for people displaced by natural disaster.

President from 1989 to 1993, Bush died Friday at age 94.

In an invocation opening Monday evening’s ceremony, the U.S. House chaplain, the Rev. Patrick J Conroy, praised Bush’s commitment to pub-lic service, from Navy pilot to con-gressman, U.N. ambassador, envoy to China and then CIA director before being elected vice president and then president.

“Here lies a great man,” said Rep. Paul Ryan, the House speaker, and “a gentle soul. ... His legacy is grace perfected.”

Vice President Mike Pence and Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell also spoke.

But political combatants set aside their fights to honor a Republican who led in a less toxic time and at times found commonality with Democrats despite sharp policy disagreements. Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, past and incoming House speaker, exchanged a warm hug with George W. Bush and came away dabbing her face. Bush himself seemed to be hold-ing back tears.

Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, placed wreaths in the short ceremony before the rotunda was to be opened to the public. It was to remain open over-night.

Sent off from Texas with a 21-gun salute, Bush’s casket was carried to Joint Base Andrews outside the cap-ital city aboard an aircraft that often serves as Air Force One and designat-ed “Special Air Mission 41” in honor of Bush’s place on the chronological list of presidents.

Cannon roared again outside the Capitol as the sun sank and his eldest son, former President George W. Bush, stood with his hand over his heart, watching the casket’s procession up the steps.

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FIGHTING CANCER Beaver Dam United Methodist Church’s Wheels on Fire–Cancer Crusaders, who raise money throughout the year for area cancer care funds, presented checks Sunday, including $11,000 to the Fulton County Cancer Fund, managed by the Northern Indiana Community Foundation. From left: Front – Fulton County Cancer Fund donor advisor LeeAnn Pollock, Wheels on Fire

president Lori Miller, Buni Leininger; middle – Karen Clark, Jill Lewis, Joe Lewis, Linda Tucker, Tiffany Adams, Amy Murphy, Kayla Leininger; back – Rob Clark, Bill Leininger, Pat Perry, Lisa Tucker, Diana Powell, Alton Perry, Linda Heighway and Angie Black. See Dateline: Akron in Wednesday’s Sentinel for more presentations.

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All-Sentinel fall teams, Part 2Soccer, volleyball, football teams recognized

BY VAL TSOUTSOURISSports Editor, The SentinelWe complete our All-

Sentinel fall sports teams with the list of top girls and boys soccer players, volleyball players and football players.

This list was compiled after watching a lot of corner kicks, headers, kills, sets, double reverses and off-tackle runs.

We wish to thank all area coaches for their help in enlightening us about players in the area. Having said that, we take full responsibility for this list. All decisions were ours and ours alone.Girls soccer

Alaura Stone (Argos) – What was most impressive about Stone was that she transformed into a complete-ly different player from her juniors to her senior years, from a top defender as a junior to a playmaking offen-sive player as a senior. She was the strong, savvy leader for an Argos team that made the regional final.

Jordan Jennings (Rochester) – Jennings was devastating on free kicks, and she could dominated a game running from the right flank. She could look for her own scoring opportunities, but she was even better when setting up a teammate. She led RHS with 19 goals and 13 assists.

Bailey Keim (North Miami) – Like Jennings, Keim

was also lethal on free kicks, capable of scoring from 35 yards in. She led North Miami with nine goals.

Kenzie Binkley (Culver) – Binkley had pure speed run-ning from the left side that made her dangerous every time she touched the ball. She led Culver with 21 goals and 12 assists.

Lilly Sayavongsing (Culver) – Sayavongsing was Culver’s playmaker from the center midfield area

Dallas Holloway (Rochester) – Holloway was second on the Lady Zs with 15 goals, and her goal was the difference in RHS’ 1-0 sectional win over Culver. She also scored the game-winner against North Miami in per-haps the season’s most excit-ing game.

Morgan Dunlap (Argos)– A quick, strong forward, Dunlap scored a team-high 13 goals, and she raised her game during Argos’ state tournament run, including

a game-winning goal against Hebron in the regional semi-finals.

Lillian Scott (Rochester) – Scott’s speed made her one of the area’s top defenders. She could charge up to the mid-fielder and break up an oppo-nent’s play before it started, or she could move back and cover a lot of area laterally.

Hailey Sanders (Winamac) – Playing against the boys, Sanders shined with her cre-ative dribbling and playmak-ing.

Honorable mention: Parker Baughman (Argos), Adriann Shepherd (Rochester), Sarah Eckrote (North Miami), Kaillie Woods (Rochester), Tessa Brooks (Rochester), McKenna Burkholder (Argos), Madison France (North Miami), Alynna Richard (Rochester), Carinna Savage (North Miami), Lily Hayes (Culver), Siera Weathers (Rochester), Hannah Hall (North Miami), Paris Butler (North Miami), Payton Betz (Argos), Alyssa

Bailey (Culver), Corina Peterson (Rochester), Madi VanDerWeele (Argos)Boys soccer

Will Thonn (Rochester) – Thonn was a nightmare for opponents when combining his strength and speed. He graduated holding RHS’ sin-gle-season and career goals marks.

Chino Roque (Argos) – Roque’s footwork showed that he had a flair for the game, but he also was a fundamen-tally sound player.

Noah Howdeshell (Caston) – Howdeshell was the Hoosier North player of the year, and we liked him too. He was a creative finisher for the Comets.

Bryan Hernandez-Rios (Caston) – Hernandez-Rios was also an outstanding cross-country runner for the Comets, but he also had time to score 13 goals on the pitch.

Trevor Blakely (North Miami) – Blakely was a com-plete offensive player with both his ballhandling and finishing skills. He was often a one-man offense for North Miami.

Owen Nifong (Argos) – Nifong combined great speed and a booming shot that he could connect on from out-side the box.

Roman Zupin (Winamac)– Zupin was Winamac’s top goal scorer and had a wicked

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Jury decidesnapkin promiseis good enough

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska jury has ordered the buyer of a news website to make good on a payment promise she had scrawled on a cocktail napkin.

The Anchorage Daily News reports that jurors on Thursday ordered Alice Rogoff to pay more than $850,000 to Tony Hopfinger.

Rogoff purchased a major-ity stake in the Alaska Dispatch website from Hopfinger in 2009. Her com-pany bought the Anchorage Daily News in 2014 and merged the businesses.

Hopfinger sued Rogoff, claiming she failed to pay him $100,000 annually for 10 years as promised in a note on the cocktail napkin.

Rogoff’s attorney argued that terms were stated to commit Hopfinger to work for a decade and that he deserved nothing when he left.

Talk of the TownWednesday papers

Subscribers to The Sentinel will not find Wednesday’s newspa-per in their mailbox because the U.S. Postal Service is not open or delivering mail on Wednesday due to a national day of mourning for President George H.W. Bush.

Instead, the Wednesday Sentinel will be delivered with Thursday’s newspaper.

Subscribers to the Sentinel’s online E-edition will get their news-paper at the same time Wednesday as normal.

Sales of papers at the news-stands also will not be affected.

School concerts• The Rochester Middle School

choir concert is today. Sixth graders need to arrive by

6 p.m. at RHS and will perform at 6:30 p.m. Seventh- and eighth-grade choir members need to be at the high school by 7 p.m. to perform at 7:30 p.m. Students need to wear their choir polo, black dress pants and black dress shoes.

• Riddle Elementary’s fifth-grade concert is 7 p.m. Dec. 12 in the RHS auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and students should report to their assigned rooms between 6:30 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.

• The first-grade classes of Kim Beall, Mandie McCarter and Sheryl Weil will present “Christmas Around the World” at 6 p.m. Dec. 13 in the Columbia Elementary gym.

Students should plan to arrive between 5:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. and report to their classrooms. Students are asked to wear festive Christmas clothing and a Santa hat if they have one, but it is not neces-

sary to purchase one.

Ceremony slatedThe Veterans of Foreign Wars

Post No. 1343 will hold a ceremony in observance of Pearl Harbor Day at noon Friday on the south side of the Fulton County Courthouse. Rochester Mayor Ted Denton will speak.

Mt. Zion graced by swansThe Sentinel report

Eight mute swans spent the weekend on Mt. Zion Millpond, puttering, preening and feeding as if they owned the place.

Perhaps we should say at least eight. There could have been more, but eight were visible at once for quite a while. More than a few cars slowed to watch.

Of course, the big birds have graced Lake Manitou and its watershed for years. But they always strike a special chord.

Early Monday afternoon five of them took flight in concert and headed north, perhaps to Manitou. With wingspans of 7 feet or better, they composed a memorable image as they rose from the water.

Three remained on Mt. Zion. Two of them stayed mostly within a few feet of each other. Love birds? The third patrolled at a dis-tance, perhaps 80 yards.

Scientists tell us that mute swans can be dangerously aggres-sive – quite a contrast to the idyllic scene they paint while moving regally through calm water. Even so, we hope they return.

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