Friends, family pay tribute to Spc. Adam Harting Church members plan to demonstrate at funeral BY JOYCE RUSSELL joycer@nwitimes.com 219.762.4334 This story ran on nwitimes.com on Friday, August 5, 2005 12:24 AM CDT PORTAGE | As friends, family members and strangers paid their respects Thursday to Army Spc. Adam Harting, members of Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., prepared to picket the Portage soldier's funeral. Harting, a 21-year-old Portage native, was killed in Iraq July 25 when an improvised explosive device detonated outside his vehicle. The 100-member congregation, which announced its decision on Wednesday, demonstrates at military funerals and other...