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August 2010 Archive
Osgood
Journal - August 31
Several
injured in school bus crash
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
Fourteen
students from the Jac-Cen-Del School Corporation
didn’t make it to school Monday morning,
but were instead taken to the Margaret
Mary Community Hospital after the bus
they were riding on was involved in a
crash.
According to information from Sgt. Noel
Houze of the Indiana State Police Versailles
District, the crash occurred Monday morning
about 7:30 a.m. when the bus driven by
Dorothy J. Huskey, 60, of Osgood, failed
to yield, pulling out into the path of
a dump truck.
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JCD
elementary ISTEP+ scores improve
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Beth
Rumsey
Staff Writer
Jac-Cen-Del
Elementary School Principal Leanne Phillippe
updated the school board on the spring ISTEP+
scores at the regular board meeting on Wednesday,
August 18.
According to Phillippe, all grades saw an overall
improvement in their scores from the previous
year.
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Crash
at school zone has officers urging motorists to
slow down
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
Although
Officer Blake Roope was wearing a neon green
traffic vest, using neon green traffic wands,
and had his fully marked police car with
emergency lights on placed at the side of
the road to slow traffic down, he still
was nearly struck by a motorist that caused
a crash on SR 46 last week.
According to information from Batesville
Police Chief Stan Holt, the school resource
officer (Roope) was directing traffic at
the intersection of SR 46 and Huntersville
Road about 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, August
25 when the incident occurred.
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The
Versailles Republican- August 26
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Library
meeting draws large crowd
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Beth
Rumsey
Staff Writer
The Osgood Public Library Board held a special
meeting for the first reading of the 2011 budget
on Tuesday, August 24. A large crowd gathered,
with many standing and several standing outside
the doors, to ask questions regarding the proposed
increased tax rate for residents of Osgood and
Milan or to show support for the library.
Board president Gene Pitts explained to those
attending that the board cannot answer questions
regarding the tax rate at this meeting as the
information will not be received until after
the submission to the state for review.
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Soil
testing results heard at commissioners mtg.
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Beth
Rumsey
Staff Writer
Rob Walker of ATC Associates was on hand to answer
questions regarding recent testing of soil on property
owned by the county at the regular commissioner
meeting on Monday, August 23. The property is where
the county hopes to build an annex in the future.
According to Walker, a degreasing solvent used in
the former dry cleaning business was found in the
soil eight feet below the proposed annex property.
The chemical prevents any basement in the proposed
annex to prevent any health issues in the new building.
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Versailles
Council hears possible water solution
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Beth
Rumsey
Staff Writer
Good quality water for the town of Versailles is one
step closer to a reality, according to town board
President John Holzer. At the regular meeting on Thursday,
August 12, Holzer explained that Hoosier Hills Regional
Water District has prepared a proposal that would
provide water from Brookville at a very reasonable
cost to the towns of Versailles, Napoleon, Holton
and Osgood.
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Osgood
Journal - August 24
Gas leak in
Osgood causes concern
Always call 811 before digging
- it's the law
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Wanda English Burnett
Editor
Last Thursday, August 19 Osgood utility
crews responded to a call of a gas leak
at 132 East Eckert Street just before
noon.
According to information from Steve Wilhoit,
street superintendent for the town, the
homeowner had cut the plastic service
line in half. He said he was replacing
a water line when the incident occurred.
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Missing man is
found quickly;
volunteers thanked for their help
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Wanda English
Burnett
Editor
A man who walked away from the Manderley Health
Care Center on Saturday caused quite a stir.
According to information from Shawn Negangard,
owner of the facility, a male resident was
discovered missing about 4:00 p.m. An alert
went out immediately.
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Moores Hill women
killed in tragic accident
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
An accident on Chesterville Road in Dearborn
County has claimed the lives of two women
from Moores Hill.
The Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department
said the accident occurred Saturday, August
21 about 4:50 p.m. where both drivers,
Abigail Redwine, 23 and Misty Bressert,
39 died at the scene of the head on crash.
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The
Versailles Republican- August 19
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Economy changes face of homeless
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Karen Reynolds
Contributing Writer
Do we have homeless people in Southeastern Indiana?
Consider this. The Heart House near Aurora, which
serves a five-county area of Ripley, Dearborn,
Ohio, Switzerland, and Franklin counties, has
served a total of 1500 homeless people in the
past eight years.
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Vandalized
buses cause delay
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Beth Rumsey
Staff Writer
Students at Batesville Community Schools experienced
a delay to their school day on Tuesday, August 17
after 16 buses had the valve stems on the front tires
cut. The vandalism occurred in the bus lot, a secured
area behind the Batesville High School.
BCSC Transportation Director Ed Krause received the
phone call a few minutes before 6:00 a.m., almost
too late to call a delay. After hearing the news,
local businesses stepped in to help make the repairs
to the 30 bus tires including Koch’s Auto Repair
and Pierson’s Marathon in Oldenburg; Bedel’s
Marathon; Tom Linkel’s The Shop and Laudick Trucking
in Sunman.
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Osgood
Journal - August 17
New
information released for voters
Polling places change; deadline nears for school
board candidates
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Wanda English Burnett
Editor
Ripley County Clerk Mary Ann McCoy noted
there are some changes taking place that
voters need to be aware of for this year’s
election.
First, voters can now register to vote
online by going to www.indianavoters.com.
You can submit a voter registration application
electronically.
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Making way
for Gold Star Chili!
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Bruns
Gutzwiller awarded JCD bid
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Beth
Rumsey
Staff Writer
A special meeting of the Jac-Cen-Del School
Board was held to award bids for the building
project on Wednesday, August 4. The bids
were awarded for the outdoor dining area
and the replacement of the chiller, boiler
and controls at the elementary.
The board unanimously approved Bruns Gutzwiller,
Inc. as general contractor with a bid
of $3,226,000; Star Electrical, Inc. as
electrical contractor with a bid of $587,594
and HFI, Inc. as mechanical contractor
with a bid of $1,269,934.
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The
Versailles Republican- August 12
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Family suffers from arsenic poisoning
Nightmare on McGuire Lane
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Wanda Burnett
Editor
What began as the dream of a lifetime would quickly
turn into a nightmare of gigantic proportions
for the Arthur McGuire family of South Old Michigan
Road.
The McGuires purchased several acres of land with
other family members all with the intention of
building homes together to be close.
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Kwiki
Car Wash serves community for 40 years
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Beth Rumsey
Staff Writer
As anyone with a dirty car knows, the Kwiki Car Wash
has been a part of the Versailles landscape for as
long as one can remember. It was the desire of Melvin
Meisberger to provide a service to the community when
he first got the idea to open a car wash in Versailles
in the fall of 1969.
During his commute to Indianapolis, Meisberger noticed
that there was not a car wash between Versailles and
Madison. He purchased three lots on the corner of
US 50 and High Street as well as a Kwiki franchise
to build a car wash offering both self-service and
automatic washes.
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Osgood Journal - August 10
Crash
claims life of SR senior
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Wanda English Burnett
Editor
A crash on Saturday, August 7 has claimed
the life of Tanner Lee Tucker, 17, of
Versailles.
According to information from Lt. Randy
L. Holt of the Ripley County Sheriff’s
Office, Tanner died as a result of a single
vehicle accident on SR 101 at the intersection
of CR 600 North, about two miles north
of Milan. The crash occurred about midnight
when his vehicle left the roadway on the
right side colliding with the large oak
tree at the intersection.
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Osgood
firemen help a brother
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ISP
gives school bus safety tips
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Wanda Burnett
Editor
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As schools begin this week, motorists will
be contending with more traffic on the roadways.
Buses will be picking up students in the early
morning hours and again will be on the roadways
in the afternoons as they bring them home.
Also, there will be an increase in traffic
around the school areas as many students drive,
and teachers and other staff come into the
schools.
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The Versailles Republican- August 5
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Area
youth experience trip of a lifetime thanks to AYOU
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Wanda Burnett
Editor
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“Never ending awesomeness,” were words
used to describe a recent trip area youth took
to the Yellowstone National Park.
Ethan Back, Stephan Horne and Darren Gibbs were
three students from South Ripley who were fortunate
to be chosen for the inaugural trip sponsored
by American Youth Outreach Unlimited, Inc., a
non-profit organization begun by Kendall Hankins
and Jim Waldo.
The three boys were accompanied by Hankins, Waldo
and Anthony Mathias, a senior at South Dearborn,
who coordinated the trip.
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Versailles,
Osgood marshals take alleged drug dealer down
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Wanda Burnett
Editor
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Jacob M. Brown, 23, Versailles, has been arrested
and charged with Dealing in a Schedule III Controlled
Substance.
According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, Brown
engaged in the illegal activity on June 15 when police
got wind of the deal.
Brown went to his supplier, who was living at an apartment
complex in Versailles.
Then Brown went to Osgood where he went to another
residence. He later made the delivery of 15 blue oblong
tablets, identified by police as schedule III controlled
substance.
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Osgood Journal
- August 3
Altercation
leads to gunshots being fired; arrests made
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
A
disturbance involving gunfire sent one
man to the hospital and two to the county
jail.
According to information from Deputy Abraham
Hildebrand of the Ripley County Sheriff’s
Office, the incident took place on Saturday,
July 24 about 8:55 p.m. He responded to
a report of gunfire on Hopewell Road near
Dabney.
According to police, Amber Thompson, 20,
and Thomas Livingston, 27, both of Holton,
were traveling eastbound on Hopewell Road
when their vehicle was overtaken by another
vehicle that was occupied by two men,
Douglas M. White, 19 of Sunman, and Gabriel
(Eddie) Seitz, 20, of Dillsboro. The White/Seitz
vehicle forced Thompson to stop. In the
Thompson vehicle, was the couple’s
one year old child.
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Bookstores
open beginning Wednesday
Area
schools begin next week
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Beth Rumsey
Staff Writer
Summer
vacation is quickly coming to an end. The 2010-2011
school year is scheduled to begin on Wednesday,
August 11 for students attending South Ripley,
Jac-Cen-Del and Milan schools.
For South Ripley students, the bookstore will
be open on Thursday, August 5 from 1-7 p.m.;
Friday, August 6 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Monday,
August 9 from 1-7 p.m. and Tuesday, August 10
from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration will take
place in the new cafeteria.
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Funeral
services set for Esther Demaree
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Funeral
services are set for 11:30 a.m. today, August
3 at the Stratton Karsteter Funeral Home,
Versailles, for Esther A. Pierce Demaree,
89. She passed away July 30, 2010, in Miamisburg,
Ohio, with her family at her side. Visitation
will be held from 10:00 a.m. until time of
the service that will be officiated by Dale
Day. Burial will be in the Grandview Memorial
Gardens, Madison.
Mrs. Demaree lived in the Rexville community
for the majority of her life, but had resided
for the past two and a half years in Ohio,
to be near her son, Gene.
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