Bluffton resident Chandler Gerber appeared on the Today show Wednesday morning to talk about his experience texting and driving that left three children dead. (Video courtesy of NBC'S "Today.")
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
N-B Flashback: Gerber will tell his story on the ‘Today’ show Wednesday
Bluffton resident Chandler Gerber will appear live on NBC’s “Today” show Wednesday to warn an estimated 6 million people about the dangers of driving while distracted.
“Today” is broadcasting the interview at 9:14 a.m. on Channel 33 in Wells County as part of a series of segments for National Distracted Driving Month.
Gerber was texting Tuesday, April 17, 2012, when a van he was driving hit a horse-drawn buggy in Adams County, killing three.
After the incident, Gerber appeared in a nationwide documentary AT&T created as part of its nationwide “It Can Wait” campaign to prevent distracted driving, and when “Today” producers contacted Jennifer Smith, who coordinates speakers for the campaign, and asked to interview a male, she recommended Gerber.
Learn more in the Tuesday, April 22, News-Banner, and watch the August 2013 documentary below.
Surveyor talks flood insurance, EMA talks grant funding
County Surveyor Jarrod Hahn told the Wells County Drainage Board Monday that he was going to meet this week with Area Plan Office Director Mike Lautzenheiser Jr. about the county's flood program community rating system in an attempt to get a 20 to 25 percent discount on premiums for those residents who are required to get flood insurance.
To learn more about the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Flood Insurance Program CRS, click here.
Meanwhile, the Wells County Commissioners gave permission to Wells County Emergency Management Director Wayne Grove to apply for a Department of Homeland Security grant to put a parkwide PA system in at the 4-H Park.
To view the Facebook page of the county's EMA, click here.
Learn more about these stories in the Tuesday, April 22, News-Banner.
Monday, April 21, 2014
N-B Video: Man chomps his way to victory in annual Peep-eating contest
Rex T. Huffman devours 12 Peeps in 31 seconds to win the Bluffton Parks and Recreation Department's annual Peep-eating contest on Easter weekend. For more stories and videos, go to www-news.banner.com. See a photo slideshow of county Easter egg hunts at www.news-banner.com. (Video by Dave Schultz)
Friday, April 18, 2014
N-B Video: Lancaster Central students practice football with the Colts
The Indianapolis Colts visited Lancaster Central Elementary School Thursday to set up a football clinic to encourage students to stay active and eat healthy. Students in the second through fifth grades maneuvered around obstacles, plowed through dummies and lobbed footballs while representatives of the Colts cheered them on. Norwell High School graduate and Colts quarterback Chandler Harnish also visited to rally the kids. (Video by Chet Baumgartner)
N-B Video: Speaker — Wells has shortage of mental health care providers
Dennis Banas, president of South Bend-based Praxis Strategies and Solutions Inc., whose company studied the area’s mental health needs for The Lutheran Foundation, says Wells County and others in the area could use more mental health care providers. Learn more in the Friday, April 18, News-Banner. (Video by Dave Schultz)
N-B Links: Fire chief: Plan before you burn
With no rain in the forecast for the next few days, the potential for grassland and field fires will be heightened and that has Bluffton Fire Chief Chris Broderick concerned.
Broderick said that he believes that all of the county’s fire chiefs would agree with him that people living in the county need to take special precautions when burning.
Learn more in the Friday, April 18, News-Banner, and read through the state's open burning law by clicking here.
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