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could go on a wish delivery, awesome. It just makes your whole LIZ NIEMIEC, founder of Little Wish iz Niemiec remembers seeing the little boy in the asket, his tiny hands clutching a picture of his beloved dog. That dog was the one thing that brought him happiness in the final weeks of his life. I lost my friend Max to cancer when he was 7 years she says while cradling a cup of chai from a neigh- orhood coffee shop. was my fifth-grade son, a dopted from Russia, and he had a rare kidney Toward the end of battle, Niemiec said, his parents new he really wanted a dog, so despite concerns, they got him one.

saw how happy it made him for the last couple of months of his If you like dogs and kids, keep reading. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LITTLE WISH Liz Niemiec granted Wish No. 393 to Carson, who is being treated at Peyton Manning Hospital at St. Vincent. Maureen C.

Gilmer maureen.gilmer@indystar.com MAKING LITTLE WISHES COME TRUE HEART IS JUST MATT STAR THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS II COR. 3:17 STATEEDITION RETAIL $1.00 WEATHER LOW: 47 HIGH: 63 ooler weather returns. Details, 12A THE DWAYNE ALLEN SHOW HILTON ON TAP Catch up with Colts star wide receiver T.Y. Hilton at 7 p.m. today at Neighborhood Grill.

STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER CRASH Children were back in class following the death of their principal and two students. 3A ANNOUNCEMENT SENDS ILLY STOCK TUMBLING The drug maker said it will discontinue evelopment of a key cholesterol drug. 1B IN ST AR Business 4B Class. ads 10A Comics 3-4E Deaths 8-9A Editorials 11A Life 6B Scores 6C Stocks 6A, 5B Lottery 2A Puzzles 1-3E ExploretheTasteofItaly! ingredientsandsampledeliciousfood! Price valid through Wednesday, October 14, 2015 50 With Card Kroger Spices, Select Varieties oz Spice Islands Spices or Extracts, Select Varieties, oz Off GROCER HOMETOWN IS-0000051430 The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles recently admitted for the first time in court documents to overcharging Hoosier motorists for 112 more services, bringing the total amount of overcharges revealed since a 2013 lawsuit to more than $100 million, according to the a ttorney representing BMV customers. Overcharges on the 112 fees amount to $49 million, according to a document filed in September in a class action lawsuit against the BMV in Marion Superior Court by Indianapolis attorney Irwin Levin of the law firm Cohen Malad.

The $49 million tally based on the response to a request for fee data after the troubled agency previously admitted overcharging motorists about $30 million for license ees, about $29 million in excise tax fees and about $2 million in other fees for miscellaneous transactions. Indianapolis attorney Carl Hayes of Bingham Greenebaum Doll, who was hired to represent the state agency in the lawsuit, downplayed the significance of the new information provided by the state. He also questioned the validity of $49 million calculation for the overcharges the state acknowledged in a document filed Sept. 22 in the case. I consider this to be particularly Hayes said.

needs to be said is that it is not new, that acknowledged erroneous charges. been going on for two But Levin said only small percent- BMV OVERCHARGES TOP $100M Agency admits it charged too much for 112 services Tim Evans and Kristine Guerra tim.evans@indystar.com The Indiana State Department of Health has awarded a one-year, $3.5 million contract for pregnancy support services to a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit that counsels pregnant women against aving abortions. he money, which will come from fed- ral Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds, will allow Real Alternatives to offer its services across the state. Real Alternatives had a $1million ontract for a pilot program in the Northe rn part of the state that began last Octo- er. Over the past year, the Real Alternatives pilot program provided 8,452 clients with services over 16,839 visits, according to a news release issued Monday by Gov.

Mike office. The release noted that existing federal TANF dollars given to Indiana will cover the new contract and that this will not entail cuts to any other services or programs. seeing the success of the Real Alternatives pilot program in Northern Indiana, the importance of expanding the contract statewide became Pence said in the news release. announcement marks an important step for the health of Hoosier women and amilies in Indiana, and this additional funding will ensure important organiza- Anti-abortion group gets state ontract Real Alternatives will provide regnancy support services Shari Rudavsky shari.rudavsky@indystar.com.

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