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By TIM CREASON The wind was howling and snow was blowing on Feb. 14, 2015. As the Merrillville wrestling semistate drew to its close, a blizzard was blanketing northern Indiana. Visibility on some roads was down to zero. Sections of U.S. 20 were closed by police. In the gym, thousands of wrestlers and fans literally didn’t know where to go, or what to do. Many were calling hotels, trying to find vacancies. Others scanned Mapquest, trying to find alternate routes home. In the middle of all this, as I was speaking to a Merrillville police officer about my options for getting
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By TIM CREASON The wind was howling and snow was blowing on Feb. 14, 2015. As the Merrillville wrestling semistate drew to its close, a blizzard was blanketing northern Indiana. Visibility on some roads was down to zero. Sections of U.S. 20 were closed by police. In the gym, thousands of wrestlers and fans literally didn’t know where to go, or what to do. Many were calling hotels, trying to find vacancies. Others scanned Mapquest, trying to find alternate routes home. In the middle of all this, as I was speaking to a Merrillville police officer about my options for gettin
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It is with an incredibly heavy heart that I must report Richard Jay passed away this afternoon. Richard was the publisher of MatBurns magazine, and the organizer of the annual Pick-The-Champions contest at the IHSAA state finals. He was at home, recuperating from a stroke that he suffered earlier this year, a few days after his wife died. Richard, who taught and coached at Hammond Gavit, was a well-known figure at wrestling matches across northwest Indiana, and a longtime fixture in the crow's nest at the Merrillville semistate. There were few, if any, people more knowledgeable
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