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C8 Saturday March 26 2011 jj i Journal Courier wwwjconlinecom National orecast Today Wednesday Minneapolis High: 40 Low: 19 New York 3416 Washington Inice: Rensselaer Muncie 5432 8 jn 10 en Noon 2 pm 4 pm 6 pm World Cities 50 sh AccuWeathercom 5 day forecast for Lafayette 64 48 Van Wert 3818 66 37 73 38 HI 38 38 62 86 34 32 56 35 46 78 54 39 46 38 40 80 36 39 51 45 47 40 52 44 43 75 52 41 30 30 73 46 52 52 39 39 32 63 43 67 42 85 40 54 87 61 58 63 29 50 37 46 Los Angeles Louisville 42 37 77 50 30 37 Anderson 4221 Rliiinn 4225T 4 Mostly cloudy rain possible Charleston 4624 Miami ewes Rather cloudy and chilly UV Index Today The the AcaMkitteam UV kxjei" nurtter the gtan the need for eye and san protection Champalpi 4220 Chilly with partial sunshine City Albany NY Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo Burlington VT Charleston SC Charleston WV Charlotte NC Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia SC Columbus OH Dallas Dayton 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In brief i INDOT will host open houses INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Depart ment of Transportation plans to host two worth of open houses across the state to hear from residents about short and long term transportation plans The open houses are designed to be informal Attendees are invited to speak with INDOT plan ners one on one or have their comments included in the official record The closest hearing to Lafayette will be from I to 5 pm April 13 at North Montgomery High School 5945 US 231 North Crawfordsville Archbishop to begin therapy INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis Arch bishop Daniel Buechlein has been released from St Vincent Hospital and transferred to a rehab facility to begin therapy to recover from a stroke he suffered last week The 72 year old arch bishop is expected to un dergo three to four weeks of therapy at the hospital and will continue to over see the operations of the archdiocese during his recovery Spokesman Greg Otolski said the name and location of the rehab center are being with held because St switchboard was over whelmed with calls from well wishers while Buechlein was being treated there Golden Dome Police question teen about school shooting A said he has been in trouble cal high school said she and the suspect have been did not know why the stu dent was expelled have no motive at all at this point talking to witnesses and school of ficials to get to the bottom of he said Dumil declined to ad dress reports that the shoot Several parents said they heard about the shooting on the news or through calls or text messages from their children and questioned why the school send an alert until more than an hour after the shooting was said think he go through with something like family released a statement riday after noon that said the teen was out of surgery and in stable condition The family asked the public to pray the families of all Police found the handgun used in the shooting in a field near the school which is about 30 miles south of In dianapolis Dumil said He said police were not looking tor any other suspects in the shooting One neighbor reported hearing two gunshots but Martinsville Police Chief Jon Davis said he did not know how many times the victim was shot Dumil also said it was unclear how many shots were fired Michael Adams who MARTINSVILLE 15 year old boy who was expelled this week opened fire at his central Indiana middle school before class es began riday shooting another teen student in the stomach police said The incident sparked an hourslong school lockdown By HASAN DUDAR and CHARLES WILSON The Associated Press heard a helicopter and saw as a precaution me nasning lights or police vehicles whole area was swarming with police and family he said All schools locked down All schools in the district were initially locked down By Darron CummingsThe Associated Press Parents and students gather riday after students were released following an early morning shooting at West Mid dle School in Martinsville Ind A gunman shot a student in the stomach police said A 15 year old classmate who had been suspended was taken into custody ing may have stemmed from a dispute that started at a school dance last weekend still looking at all angles to be Durnil said Classmates said that Jackson and the shooting suspect had a volatile re lationship and had argued before Suspect had been in trouble Morgan Lanfair an 18 as hundreds of panicked year old student at a lo parents awaited word on their children Indiana State Police Sgt friends for two years She Curt Dumil said Chance Jackson 15 was in criti at school but that she cal but stable condition at Methodist Hospital in In dianapolis where he was taken by helicopter after the shooting at Martinsville West Middle School just af ter 7 am Police arrested the former student suspected in the at tack on the south side of Martinsville about an hour after the shooting Police were interviewing him at the county jail Durnil said Morgan County prosecu tors are reviewing possible charges against the boy he said Police still seeking motive Police refused to speculate on a possible motive Dumil said the teen in custody had been suspended then ex pelled from the school this week and was not supposed to be on campus He said he lives catty comer from the school said he was woken by something that sounded like a gunshot followed almost immediately by an other thought it was a car backfiring or he said A short time later Adams bwiiibhif If ft "We have no mo tive at all at this point We're talk ing to witnesses and school offi cials to get to the bottom of it" Indiana State Police Sgt Curt Durnil Sandy Pitman who has a son in seventh grade at the school Assistant Superintendent Randy Taylor said during an afternoon news conference that the school district had a plan in place and carried it out He did not take ques tions A parent who 'lost it' Melissa Payne was just starting her shift as a reg istered nurse at the local hospital when her daughter texted her about the shoot ing son Nathan is an eighth grader He had left his phone at home so she was initially unable to reach him just lost it I was cry she said She rushed to the school and just as she arrived Na than called her from some one phone to tell her he was OK Martinsville West Middle School one of two middle schools in the city has about 600 students and 39 teach ers Contributing: Rick Callahan and Tom Murphy The Associated Press to go dark SOUTH BEND The University of Notre famed Golden Dome and Touchdown Jesus will go dark this weekend as part of the Earth Hour School executive vice president John Affleck Graves says the theme of this Earth Hour is to expand energy con servation efforts beyond the hour So Notre Dame will keep the lights off of the dome and Touch down Jesus for 60 hours instead of 60 minutes Organizers of Earth Hour call on people worldwide to power down for one hour today as each time zone reaches 8:30 pm in a symbolic statement on reducing atmosphere heating pol lution Symphony in financial straits MUNCIE Budget troubles have prompted orchestra to cancel the final concert of its current season The Muncie Sym phony decided it afford the $35000 cost of its scheduled April 30 performance at Ball State Emens Auditorium choosing not to increase the debt and add to its $100000 deficit Symphony board mem ber Terry Walker said the difficult decision had to be made because of the finances The staff has taken pay cuts and its 70 plus musicians have attended fewer rehears als in order to reduce employment costs The Associated Press (SHD.