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Thatâs why James Farlow finds it remarkable that three noted paleontologists have called Auburn home.
The first, the late James âDickâ Beerbower, grew up in Auburn and wrote an influential textbook on the field, published in 1960.
Farlow moved from his native Huntington to Auburn when he took a position teaching geology at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and became a nationally recognized expert on dinosaur footprints.
Farlow met Beerbower once in person and corresponded with him several times. However, Farlow had a much more direct relationship with the cityâs third paleontologist.
Auburn native Daniel Brinkman studied under Farlow at IPFW and became the only one of Farlowâs geology students to follow his mentorâs tracks to a career in vertebrate paleontology.
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AUBURN â The DeKalb Chamber Partnership has added three new board members â Pete Kempf, Chad Sutton and Matt Faber â to fill seats left vacant by terms ending and resignations earlier this year.
Kempf serves as a financial adviser for Credent Wealth Management. He previously worked as the head of the Business and Vocational Department, head football coach, Baron Television director and educator at DeKalb High School.
Kempf is a Wabash College graduate with degrees in history, education and psychology. He earned an Master of Business Administration degree from Western Governors University.
He serves the community as a member of the Rotary Club and with the Friends of the Eckhart Public Library. He and his wife, Jackie, have two daughters, Rowan and Lottie, and a son, Peter the 7th. They live in Auburn and have family roots that run more than 140 years deep in northeast Indiana. The Kempfs are passionate about serving DeKalb County and are excited for the future of ou
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Allen Superior Court Judge Charles Pratt talks with two of more than 30 children united with “forever families” at an Adoption Day event in 2019.
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Putting families first
MATTHEW LEBLANC | The Journal Gazette
It s mid-afternoon on a recent Thursday, and Judge Charles Pratt is taking a break to chat.
He has been in cleanup mode – ridding his second-floor office at the Allen County Courthouse of case law printed long ago and stacked on a table toward the back of the room; emptying filing cabinets; preparing to write the final orders of a legal career that s spanned four decades.