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August 2011 Archive
Osgood
Journal - August
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Hot
trucks investigated by health dept.
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
More
than $5,000 worth of food headed to multiple
restaurants was destroyed after police and
health department officials worked together.
According to information from Holley Meador
and Traci Bauman, environmental health specialists
at the Ripley County Health Department, the
food was being hauled in semi trailers that
were not cooling properly or not at all.
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Pierceville
post office patrons ask questions about possible
closure
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Kari
Moore
Staff Writer
It was heard multiple times in a meeting
held Thursday, August 24 at the Pierceville
United Methodist Church that the Pierceville
Post Office was “being reviewed”
for a possible closure. Bob Redden, District
Discontinuance Coordinator, answered patrons
questions and explained what is going
on.
The Pierceville branch is one of 3,700
post offices being reviewed. There is
a set list of criteria that makes a post
office eligible for review. In this case,
Redden identified three criteria for review:
office work load, insufficient customer
demand and reasonable alternate service.
The post office in Milan would be the
closest post office if the Pierceville
branch were to close.
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Milan
schools receive state report card...
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Pony
Express to make 45th run...
Special
speaker to be featured in honor of
National Recovery Month...
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The
Versailles Republican - August
25
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Food
pantry is robbed, pastor asks for help
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
Economic
times are tough, but Pastor David Gingerich didn’t
think thieves would actually take from the church.
He was wrong.
Sometime between Sunday, August 14 when the doors
were closed after services at the Cross Plains
Baptist Church until Wednesday, August 17 when
they were back in the church, someone or ones
had broken into the food pantry.
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Versailles
man and woman face charges in Dearborn County
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
A
Versailles couple have landed in a lot of hot
water after police say they burglarized an apartment
in Dearborn County and admitted to attacking and
robbing a woman as she put her groceries into
her cart at the Kroger store, also in Dearborn
County.
Matthew Mark Erne Jr., 25, and Sarah Joe Klue,
26, are both sitting in the Dearborn County Jail
and have been charged with Burglary and Theft
for the Greendale break-in. They are both charged
with Theft in connection with the Kroger incident
with Klue being charged with Battery for attacking
the victim.
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Groundbreaking
ceremony held for courthouse annex...
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Special
food giveaway set for Friday...
George's
Pharmacy has official ribbon cutting ceremony...
Residents
aked to report any tremors from earthquake...
St.
Rd. 62 remains closed for now...
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Versailles Republican at your local store or subscribe
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Osgood
Journal - August
23
Excitement expressed at JCD
meeting
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Kari Moore
Staff Writer
‘Excitement’
was the word at the Jac-Cen-Del school board
meeting on Wednesday, August 17. Every principal,
faculty member and school board member in
attendance couldn’t stop smiling when
speaking of the new additions to the middle
school and high school.
Brian Fehribach, high school assistant principal,
described what he saw on the first day of
school. “I wish you could have seen the
kids,” he noted, “they were so excited.”
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Benefit
brings out best in Holton residents
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Milan
elementary gets new playground...
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Meeting
scheduled to discuss closure of local
post office...
47th
annual Canaan Fall Festival set for
Sept. 9, 10 and 11 ...
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The
Versailles Republican - August
18
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Sports
complex management discussed at Versailles Town
Council meeting
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
“We would have had the same
discussion had they (sports complex board members)
been here,” John Holzer, president of the Versailles
Town Council, stated at the meeting held Thursday,
August 11.
A large portion of the August meeting was about
problems with the management of the town’s
sports complex this past season.
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Marijuana
found in
surrounding counties
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Recently marijuana was found in Switzerland County
and in Aurora. These discoveries have police investigating
and neighbors on the lookout.
In Switzerland County, Indiana Conservation officers
located a large clandestine patch of marijuana.
According to Indiana Conservation officer David
Jackson, the 864 cultivated marijuana plants were
located on private property along Green Valley Road
in rural Switzerland County. The marijuana was gathered
and destroyed near the cultivation site. The crime
of cultivating marijuana is a Class “A”
Misdemeanor.
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Pat's
Bulk Food back in full
force...
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Federal
charges filed against
Batesville company...
Holton
speed bumps fail to do their
job...
Milan
Volunteer Fire Department urges
students to wear seat belts...
North
Vernon woman accused
of taking over $900,000...
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read these and more articles pick up a copy of The
Versailles Republican at your local store or subscribe
by clicking on the link above or by calling 812-689-6364
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Osgood
Journal - August
16
One
step closer to annex
Commissioners
to break ground August 22
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
County Commissioners awarded the bids
for the annex project on Monday, August 8 at
their regular meeting.
The General Contractor will be Bruns-Gutzwiller,
Inc., of Batesville with a base bid of $4,653,000.00.
This bid includes a metal roof rather than shingles.
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Rescue
69 hosts water rescue and
near drowning rescue training
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Caucus
to be held in Sunman for
Nov. 8 election
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Ripley
Co. Humane Society hosts
Bark in the Park
Benefit
for cousins set for Saturday
Event
gearing up to honor fallen heroes
CROP
Walk set
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The
Versailles Republican - August
11
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August 15 is first official
day
Back to school for area students
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
Change is something people often
resist. However, the changes that are taking place
in the area schools are good changes - ones that
are designed to improve the learning process.
JAC-CEN-DEL SCHOOLS
Jac-Cen-Del will look completely different to students
as they return this year. “We are very enthusiastic
about the new Jac-Cen-Del Middle School and high
school facilities that will be available to our
students this year,” noted Dr. Leanna Phillippe,
elementary principal.
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Milan
brother, sister face several felony charges
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
Officers from the Ripley County Sheriff’s Office
helped nab a wanted felon on July 26 as reported
in The Versailles Republican on July 28.
Tony Ray Campos, 42, of Milan, was taken into custody
without any problem after a tip came into the sheriff’s
office that he was in the Napoleon area.
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Funeral
services set for Robert Damm...
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Smokers
now have incentive to quit...
Summer
heat keeps park pool busy...
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read these and more articles pick up a copy of The
Versailles Republican at your local store or subscribe
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Osgood
Journal - August
9
Free
mammograms provided to 40 women
Women team up to fight breast cancer
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
Women in Ripley County
benefited last week from a collaborative effort
of a group of women spanning two states to combat
breast cancer.
The efforts by the SouthEastern Indiana Cancer
Health Network, Inc. (SEICHN) based out of Lawrenceburg,
St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Kentucky, and
the local health department in Ripley County
brought a mobile mammography unit to the county
last Wednesday, August 3.
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Bicyclist
and vehicle collide in Milan; teenager flown to
hospital
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According to information from Officer Phillip
T. Wilson of the Milan Police Department,
a 14-year-old was flown to Children's Hospital
in Cincinnati after being involved in an
accident.
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South
Ripley student enjoys summer
camp at Indiana University
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Police
find items - looking for owners...
Conservation
officers on the watch for drunk
driving on the waters...
Bark
in the Park set for Saturday...
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The
Versailles Republican - August
4
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Ripley
County Triad formed
Attorney general, sheriff, community
leaders team up to fight crime
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
Working together with the Indiana Attorney General,
Greg Zoeller and community leaders, Sheriff Tom
Grills said forming the new Ripley County Triad
completes one of his goals as sheriff. “This
is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time,”
he noted, as he thanked everyone who came out for
the charter signing of the newly formed group last
Wednesday, July 27 in the lobby of the courthouse
in Versailles.
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller addressed
those gathered, which included law enforcement and
community leaders at the charter signing event thanking
them for coming together to form a group who will
be watching for and reporting fraud - especially
those trying to scam senior citizens
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Balanced
calendar to be revisited at Milan schools
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
The balanced calendar issue is still on the table
for Milan Community Schools.
At the regular meeting in July, Superintendent Dr.
Thomas Reale noted that Lawrenceburg schools had
approved a balanced calendar for the 2012-13 school
year, bringing the total of area schools on board
with the idea to six. He also told those in attendance
that the Southeastern Career Center would now adopt
a balanced calendar for the 2012-13 school year.
The superintendent recommended the board consider
adopting a calendar similar to those with the balanced
calendars for the 2012-13 school year.
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All
business unanimously approved at council meeting...
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Fallen
heroes to be honored...
Milan
Wash/Dry opens under new management...
JCD
7th grade orientation set for Monday...
School
supply distribution set for Friday...
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read these and more articles pick up a copy of The
Versailles Republican at your local store or subscribe
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Osgood
Journal - August
2
Do
not sleep with your baby
Infant deaths are preventable
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
A baby dies each week and it can be prevented.
“Please share this information with your
readers,” Barbara Bowling, supervisor at
the local department of child services in Versailles,
told the Osgood Journal.
Bowling said that according to statistics from
the Indiana Department of Child Services, a
death a week occurs because someone is sleeping
with a baby. It’s that simple. The tragedy
can be prevented. Usually it’s a parent
or sibling who share a bed, sofa or chair with
an infant causing them to be accidentally suffocated.
Some have died because a parent rolled on top
of them and some infants were trapped by the
bed frame, headboard, footboard, or between
the bed and wall, furniture or some other object.
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Courthouse
odor problem solved
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Wanda
English Burnett
Editor
At the Ripley County Commissioners meeting
held July 25 it was noted that the bad smell
in the assessor’s office has been pinpointed
and taken care of.
Johnnie Lohrum, maintenance employee, noted
that the State Department of Health had
looked into the matter determining that
a chemical used in moth balls and bathroom
scent bars was the cause of the odor. The
items were removed from the basement area
beneath the assessor’s office, and
the problem was resolved.
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Sunman
man hurt in mowing accident...
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School
supply distribution set for Friday...
Beneift
set for cousins battling cancer...
Man
crawls up to 30 foot embankment...
Fallen
heroes to be honored...
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read these and more articles pick
up a copy of the Osgood Journal
at your local store or subscribe by
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812-689-6364
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