WITZ NEWS ARCHIVES
KIMBALL PROMOTIONS
March 08, 2010 - KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL INC ANNOUNCES THE PROMOTIONS OF FOUR KEY LEADERS WITHIN THE COMPANYS FURNITURE GROUPD OF BRANDED COMPANIES.
DON VAN WINKLE HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT OF OFFICE FURNITURE GROUP, AND VICE PRESIDENT OF KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL INC, RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL OFFICE FURNITURE, KIMBALL OFFICE AND THE FURNITURE GROUP SHARED SERVICES.
KEVIN MCCOY WHO HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL MANAGER, NATIONAL OFFICE FURNITURE. MCCOY PREVIOUSLY WAS VICE PRESIDENT, SALES FOR NATIONAL.
KOURTNEY SMITH WHO HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING FOR NATIONAL OFFICE FURNITURE BRAND, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MARKETING ORGANIZATION AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF NATIONAL BRAND GOALS.
STAN SAPP WHO HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO PRESIDNET, KIMBALL HOSPITALITY, AND VICE PRESIDENT, KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL INC. HE PREVIOUSLY WAS VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL MANAGER, KIMBALL HOSPITALITY.
FIRE
March 08, 2010 - DUBOIS VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO A PAIR OF BRUSH FIRES THIS WEEKEND.
AT 6:30PM SATURDAY, THEY WERE CALLED TO THE ARTHUR MCBRIDE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 10574E 625 N.
ACCORDING TO ZACH EICHMILLER WITH DUBOIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, MCARTHUR HAD SMOTHERED BRUSH AND LEFT IT UNATTTENDED. WHEN HE RETURNED IT HAD BURNED APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE.
THERE WERE TWO TRUCKS AND 14 MEN ON THE SCENE FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR.
DUBOIS FIREFIGHTERS WERE THEN CALLED TO THE CHRIS GLASS RESIDENCE AT 6PM SUNDAY LOCATED AT 9833N HILLHAM ROAD NW.
INVESTIGATION REVEALED, GLASS HAD BEEN BURNING BRUSH WHEN GOT OUT OF CONTROL. THE FIRE BURNED APPROXIMATELY HALF AN ACRE. THERE WERE THREE TRUCKS AND 21 MEN ON THE SCENE FOR ABOUT 15 MINTUES.
VARIOUS CHARGES
March 08, 2010 - WASHINGTON CITY POLICE ARRESTED 46-YEAR-OLD GREGORY TINCHER OF WASHINGTON ON VARIOUS CHARGES SATURDAY.
TINCHER WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE THREE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE TWO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN WITHOUT A LICENSE, FALSE INFORMING, POSSESSION OF TWO OR MORE PRECURSORS WITH INTENT TO MANUFACTURE WHILE POSSESSING A FIREARM, DUMPING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WASTE, AND MAINTAINING A COMMON NUISANCE. TINCHER WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH DAVIESS COUNTY WARRANT OF FAILURE TO APPEAR FOR POSSESSING A SWITCHBLADE KNIFE AND ALSO A MARTIN COUNTY WARRANT.
TINCHER WAS LODGED IN THE DAVIESS COUNTY JAIL.
OWI
March 08, 2010 - JASPER POLICE ARRESTED 23-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA L. WANINGER OF
EVANSTON, INDIANA, AT 3:05 THIS (SUN) MORNING AT THE 1900 BLOCK OF
NEWTON STREET FOR OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED. HE WAS STOPPED
FOR DRIVING LEFT OF CENTER AND NEARLY STRIKING A CURB. HE WAS
LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER. HE TESTED . 17%.
THEFT
March 08, 2010 - JASPER POLICE RECEIVED A CALL SATURDAY AT 12:30 PM FROM RURAL
KING ADVISING OF A MALE SUBJECT THAT HAD TAKEN SEVERAL ITEMS
WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM. EMPLOYEES ATTEMPTED TO DETAIN
43-YEAR-OLD ROBERT E. TAYLOR OF LOOGOOTEE BUT HE ESCAPED ON
FOOT. OFFICERS LOCATED TAYLOR TRAVELING ON THE RAILROAD
TRACKS AT 12TH AVENUE . HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY 35-YEAR-OLD
SHELIA TAYLOR. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED
THAT SHELIA J. TALOR HAD SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WERE STOLEN FROM
RURAL KING IN HER POSESSION. ROBERT TAYLOR WAS ALSO IN
POSSESSION OF ITEMS STOLEN FROM RURAL KING. BOTH SUBJECTS
WERE LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER.
OFS HONORED
March 05, 2010 - OFS BRANDS PLANT NUMBER SIX IN HUNTINGBURG WAS ONE OF SEVEN INDIANA COMPANIES PRESENTED WITH THE GOVERNORS WORKPLACE SAFETY AWARD.
THE ANNUAL AWARD IS BASED ON EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE JOB RELATED INJURIES AND ILLNESSES.
THE COMPANY RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR BEST OVERALL SAFETY FOR A MIDSIZE COMPANY IN THE GENERAL INDUSTRY CATEGORY AND THE PLANT WAS ALSO CHOSEN FOR ITS USE OF A SAFETY VIDEO PLAYED DURING NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION.
CHIEF DEPUTY FIRED
March 04, 2010 - DUBOIS COUNTY CHIEF DEPUTY PROSECUTOR DEBORAH SCHROEDER DYSERT WAS FIRED TUESDAY BY PROSECUTOR MIKE FRITCH. THIS COMING AFTER THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DECIDED MONDAY TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THE MATTER.
DYSERT WAS SUSPENDED BACK ON FEBURARY 12TH WITH PAY FOR ALLEGEDLY ACCESSING, COPYING, AND DISTRIBUTING THE COMPUTERIZED TIME CARD SUMMARIES OF DEPUTY PROSECUTOR KURT LEINENBACH.
SVBT AWARDED
March 04, 2010 - Springs Valley Bank and Trust Company was nationally recognized for its contributions to the communities they serve at the American Bankers Association National Conference for Community Bankers. Springs Valley Bank and Trust Company was awarded the ABA Community Bank Award in the category of "Revitalizing Your Community"
SVB&T raised money and made monetary donations for the MDA, Relay for Life, March of Dimes, Riley Hospital, Susan B. Komen, Angel Tree, and the Humane Society. SVB&T has also been largely involved in making bracelets to raise funds for cancer research for various organizations including the March of Dimes.
The ABA selection committee awarded seven banks from a field of over 100 nominations based on innovation, creativity, and effectiveness of the banks approach to making a difference in its community. The ABA Community Bank Awards program was established in 2005 to recognize community banks outstanding charitable achievements.
CONSERVATION OFFICER OF YEAR
March 04, 2010 - Indiana Conservation Officer Tony Mann has received the Conservation Officer of the Year Award for 2009 by the Indiana Bow Hunter Association at their annual banquet which took place on Feburary 27th in Columbus.
The IBA, established in 1965, is a state wide organization that, amongst its other natural resource interests, assist state government and sportsmen in the conservation of game and its natural habitat.
Officer Mann, who is an archery hunter himself, has been a Conservation Officer since 1990 and is assigned to Martin County.
ACCIDENT
March 04, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ON THIRD AVENUE IN FRONT OF K MART.
INVESTIGATION REVEALED, 61 YEAR OLD PHYLLIS SERGESKETTER OF JASPER WAS SOUTH ON THIRD AVENUE AND IN THE TURN LANE INTENDING TO TURN EAST INTO JASPER MANOR WHEN SHE FAILED TO SEE 38 YEAR OLD JACKIE HARRIS OF JASPER WHO WAS NORTH ON THIRD IN FRONT OF JASPER MANOR, AND THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED.
NO INJURIES TO REPORT FROM THE 2:37PM ACCIDENT. $7,000 TOTAL DAMAGE WAS DONE. SERGESKETTER WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THEFT
March 04, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE ARRESTED 20 YEAR OLD JOEL LEE OF HUNTINGBURG WEDNESDAY MORNING.
LEE IS AN EMPLOYEE AT AUTO ZONE IN JASPER AND HAD STOLEN APPROXIMATELY $355 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
HE WAS LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER.
HUNTINGBURG CITY COUNCIL
March 04, 2010 - THE HUNTINGBURG CITY COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MEETING LAST NIGHT.
FIRST ON THE AGENDA THE COUNCIL AGREED TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CITY OF HUNTINGBURG FOR REPAIR OF SLIDE AREA ON SR 64, NEAR THE STYLINE OFFICES.
AND FINALLY, IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARDS ATTENTION ABOUT TEEN OUTBACK MONEY TROUBLES. COUNCILMAN GLEN KAYS SAYS WE CANT HAVE ANYTHING HAPPEN TO THIS PLACE, WE NEED IT FOR THE KIDS. MAYOR MARVIN BELCHER SAID, IF THEY DON’T HAVE THIS, KIDS WILL GET BORED AND START DOING THINGS WE DON’T APPROVE. THE TEEN OUTBACK IS LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF DONATIONS AND/OR VOLUNTEER WORK. THE PARK BOARD WHO USUALLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE TEEN OUTBACK SAID THEY DON’T HAVE ANY EXTRA MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO HELP. THE TEEN OUTBACK HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 10 YEARS
DRUGS
March 03, 2010 - WASHINGTON CITY POLICE ARRESTED 22 YEAR OLD KEVIN WILLIAMS OF WASHINGTON MONDAY. HE WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, RESISITING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER.
WILLIAMS WAS LODGED IN THE DAVIESS COUNTY JAIL.
ACCIDENT
March 03, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT BADEN STRASSE AND NEWTON STREETS.
INVESTIGATION REVEALED, 34 YEAR OLD TINA LAWSON OF JASPER WAS NORTH ON NEWTON MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO BADEN STRASSE WHEN SHE WENT LEFT OF CENTER AND STRUCK 44 YEAR OLD ALBERT HAUG OF FERDINAND WHO WAS STOPPED AT RED LIGHT AT BADEN STRASSE INTERSECTION.
NO INJURIES TO REPORT FROM THE 4:13PM ACCIDENT. $5500 TOTAL DAMAGE WAS DONE. LAWSON WAS CITED FOR CROSSING THE CENTER LINE.
LEAVING THE SCENE
March 03, 2010 - A SHOALS MAN WAS ARRESTED BY DAVIESS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES TUESDAY FOR LEAVING THE SCENE OF A PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENT AND BATTERY BY BODILY WASTE.
25 YEAR OLD DEMETRIUS GREER WAS LODGED IN THE DAVIESS COUNTY JAIL.
NO ACTION CONCERING DYSERT
March 02, 2010 - NO ACTION WAS TAKEN CONCERNING THE REQUESTED TERMINATION OF CHIEF DEPUTY PROSECUTOR DEBORAH SCHROEDER DYSERT AT MONDAY MORNINGS DUBOIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING.
SCHROEDER DYSERT WAS SUSPENDED WITH PAY BACK ON FEBURARY 12TH FOR ALLEGEDLY ACCESSING, COPYING AND DISTRIBUTING CONFIDENTIAL, PASSWORD PROTECTED PERSONNEL FILES AND VIOLATING A DIRECT ORDER BY PROSECUTOR MIKE FRITCH.
DYSERT DENIES THE COMPUTERIZED TIME CLOCK SUMMARIES SHE TWICE ACCESSED WERE CONFIDENTIAL AND SAID SHE WAS AIDING AN INVESTIGAITON OF POSSIBLE FRAUD AND SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE.
COMMISSIONER JOHN BURGER SAID HE DIDN’T THINK THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WERE THE APPROPRIATE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION.
MISTAKE FOR ELLSPERMANN
March 02, 2010 - SUE ELLSPERMANN’S BID FOR THE INDIANA HOUSE IS IN JEOPARDY AFTER FINDING AN INACCURACY IN THE PAPERWORK SHE FILED FOR CANDIDACY.
AN INDIANA ELECTION COMMISSION HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY IN INDIANAPOLIS TO DETERMINE WHETHER HER NAME WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE BALLOT OR NOT, WHICH WOULD END CHANCES OF ELLSPERMANN DEFEATING INCUMBENT DISTRICT 74 REPUBLICAN RUSS STILWELL.
ELLSPERMANN ADMITTED THE MISTAKE SAYING SHE CHECKED A BOX ON HER CANDIDACY FILINGS INDICATING SHE VOTED IN THE 2008 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. THAT YEAR, SHE WAS ONE OF MANY REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARTY’S STILL COMPETITIVE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.
DOMESTIC
March 01, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO A SECOND AVENUE RESIDENCE ON THE REPORT OF A PHYSICAL DISPUTE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.
WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THEY ARRESTED 23 YEAR OLD AMANDA STREET AND 34 YEAR OLD MARK OPEL BOTH OF JASPER. BOTH WERE CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC BATTERY AND LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY
March 01, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO FLICKS DRUG STORE SHORTLY AFTER 2:30 THIS MORNING ON THE REPORT OF A BURGLAR ALARM ACTIVATION AND ALSO ADVISED OF A GLASS BREAKAGE IN THE DRIVE THRU OF THE STORE.
OFFICERS ARRIVED AND FOUND 45 YEAR OLD MARK DENU OF JASPER IN THE AREA AND HE FLED ON FOOT. DENU WAS APPREHENDED AND CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED BURGLARY AND RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT.
HE WAS LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER.
ACCIDENT
March 01, 2010 - FERDINAND POLICE WERE CALLED TO A CAR/DEER COLLISION AT 9:21PM SATURDAY ON CLUB ROAD.
66 YEAR OLD MARY KNIES OF FERDINAND WAS SOUTH ON CLUB ROAD WHEN SHE STRUCK A DEER WITH HER 2007 DODGE CARAVAN.
THE ACCIDENT CAUSED OVER $3,000 DAMAGE.
YMCA ANNOUNCEMENT
February 26, 2010 - A very large crowd gathered at the Ferdinand Community Event Center last night for an important announcement concerning the Tri County YMCA.
It was announced by Chief Executive Officer Roger Corley that construction would begin this summer on the new facility, which will be placed next to the new Ferdinand Library. Corley also announced that they are at 90% of the phase one goal, raising $2.8 million. The next phase is to collect $250,000 in community gifts to hit their $3 million goal.
Corley mentioned that designs for the new facility are still being worked on while design and construction firms are still being interviewed.
BRANCHVILLE ESCAPEES SENTENCED
February 26, 2010 - Two of the three men who escaped from Branchville Correctional Facility last spring have been sentenced for crimes they committed while fleeing from authorities.
59 year old Jerry Sargent was sentenced recently in federal court for the weapons violations that occurred during the escape. He was sentenced in the U.S. Eastern District Court in Frankfort Kentucky to a term of 327 months, a sentence that will run consecutive to all other sentences he receives.
31 year old Bobby Cockerell was sentenced to 120 months earlier and has begun serving that eight and half year federal time. 49 year old Christopher Marshall is scheduled to be sentenced in late March under the same charges in federal courts.
Sargent, Cockerell, and Marshall escaped March 20 after assaulting a maintenance worker and cutting through two fences.
The trio eluded a manhunt, stole a vehicle near St Croix and traveled to Kentucky, where they allegedly beat three brothers near Sanders Kentucky. The escapees fled westward into Nebraska, before they were caught in the city of Alliance, located in northwest corner of the state.
CHILD MOLESTING
February 26, 2010 - On Wednesday, Indiana State Police detectives arrested 23 year old Paul Froman of Paoli for child molestation.
On Feburary 9th, Indiana State Police launched the investigation after receiving information from the Orange County Department of Family and Children that a four year old female had allegedly been molested by Froman. Throughout the investigation detectives were able to establish enough probable cause for the Orange County Circuit Court to issue an arrest warrant for Froman.
Froman was located at his residence. He was lodged in the Orange County Jail.
DRUG CHARGES
February 26, 2010 - Indiana State Police arrested a Washington man Thursday on various drug charges.
25 year old Matthew Bunch was charged with manufacturing meth, possession of meth, possession of syringe, possession of paraphernalia, maintaining a common nuisance, dumping controlled substance waste, possession of two or more chemical reagents with intent to manufacture.
Bunch was arrested and lodged in the Daviess County Jail.
HTV
February 26, 2010 - A routine traffic stop lands a Jasper man in jail Thursday night.
Jasper City Police stopped 20 year old Joshua Mattingly at third and Mill streets. Further investigation revealed Mattingly to be a habitual traffic violator. Mattingly was then arrested and charged with being a habitual traffic violator. He was lodged in the Dubois County Security Center.
ACCIDENT
February 25, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 9TH AND MACARTHUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
20 YEAR OLD ZACHARY MONROE OF JASPER WAS STOPPED IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF MACARTHUR AT THE 9TH STREET INTERSECTION AND DID NOT NOTICE 17 YEAR OLD KELSEY BLACKGROVE OF JASPER WHO WAS EAST ON 9TH AND THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED.
NO INJURIES TO REPORT FROM THE 6:16PM ACCIDENT. OVER $1700 DAMAGE WAS DONE. MONROE WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD.
FATAL ACCIDENT
February 25, 2010 - A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT NEAR HERITAGE HILLS HIGH SCHOOL WEDNESDAY MORNING KILLED ONE TEEN.
ACCORDING TO INDIANA STATE POLICE, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:20AM 16 YEAR OLD ALEXANDRIA HAMILTON OF DALE WAS DRIVING A 2000 FORD MUSTANG EAST ON CR 1600N NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL. AS THE MUSTANG EXITED A CURVE, HAMILTON LOST CONTROL ON THE SNOW COVERED ROADWAY CAUSING HER VEHICLE TO SPIN SIDEWAYS INTO THE WESTBOUND LANE AND INTO THE PATH OF A 1997 CHEVY SUV DRIVEN BY 36 YEAR OLD MARY MESSMER OF DALE. MESSMERS CHEVY HIT THE MUSTANG IN THE PASSENGER SIDE WHERE 14 YEAR OLD DANIELLE REINKE OF DALE WAS SITTING.
ALL THREE WERE TAKEN TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. REINKE WAS THEN TAKEN TO ST MARYS HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE WHERE SHE LATER DIED DUE TO HER INJURIES. BOTH HAMILTON AND MESSMER ARE LISTED AS STABLE, WITH HAMILTON COMPLAINING OF ARM PAIN AND MESSMER COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN.
BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALED AND SEATBELTS WERE WORN BY ALL THREE.
BEST PLACES TO WORK IN INDIANA
February 24, 2010 - A total of 70 Hoosier companies from throughout the state are being honored this year as a "Best Place to Work in Indiana" for their strong workplace environment that values employees. The program, now in its fifth edition, is managed by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
From the large companies, recognized was Trilogy Health Services from Petersburg and from Small to Medium sized companies Matrix Integration of Jasper.
ACCIDENT
February 24, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT US 231 AND HOFFMAN ROAD.
INVESTIGATION REVEALED, 75 YEAR OLD CHARLENE MOORE OF WEST BADEN SPRINGS WAS SOUTH ON HOFFMAN AND FAILED TO SEE 37 YEAR OLD JOSEPH CHRISTMON OF HUNTINGBURG WHO WAS NORTH ON 231 AND ATTEMPTED TO CROSS 231 ONTO 5TH STREET AND STRUCK THE CHRISTMON AUTO.
NO INJURIES REPORTED FROM THE 2:36PM ACCIDENT. $7500 TOTAL DAMAGE WAS DONE. MOORE WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY.
HUNEFELD SEEKING REELECTION
February 23, 2010 - JERRY HUNEFELD ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT HE IS SEEKING RE-ELECTION TO THE POSITION OF DUBOIS COUNTY COUNCILMAN DISTRICT 4. THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, THREE WERE ELECTED AT LARGE IN 2008 AND FOUR WILL BE ELECTED FROM DISTRICTS THIS YEAR. DISTRICT FOUR CONSISTS OF CASS AND PATOKA TOWNSHIPS.
HUNEFELD HAS SERVED ON THE DUBOIS COUNTY COUNCIL SINCE 1974.
JASPER SCHOOL BOARD
February 23, 2010 - THE JASPER SCHOOL BOARD HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING THIS AFTERNOON AT 5TH STREET SCHOOL.
THE BIG NEWS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS FROM SUPERINTENDENT JERRILL VANDEVENTER ANNOUNCING THE RETIREMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF 5TH STREET SCHOOL DR BECKY EWIN. EWIN SAID “IM SURE THERES SOME YOUNGER, MORE ENERGETIC PRINCIPAL OUT THERE.”
IN OTHER BUSINESS, THE BOARD APPROVED TRAVELING REQUESTS FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND TO WHITELAND HIGH SCHOOL MARCH 5 AND ALSO TO BALL STATE THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR A JAZZ FESTIVAL. ALSO JASPER HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE AND CHOIR GOING TO CINCINNATI OHIO APRIL 18 TO WATCH THE BROADWAY SHOW OF MARY POPPINS AND 10TH STREET 5TH GRADERS TRAVELING TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO THE SCIENCE CENTER. THE BOARD APPROVED ALL THREE TRIPS.
ALSO SNOW MAKE UP DAYS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED APRIL 2, APRIL 5, APRIL 16, APRIL 30, MAY 3, MAY 14. ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING MAKE UP DAYS CALL DR TRACY LOREY AT 482-1801.
FIRE
February 23, 2010 - HUNTINGBURG FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THE LOUIS RITZ RESIDENCE AT 209 EAST 12TH STREET AT 8:39 LAST NIGHT ON THE REPORT OF A LAWNMOWER ON FIRE.
WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEY FOUND A RIDING LAWNMOWER FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. ACCORDING TO FIRE CHIEF GLEN KISSLING THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL CORD ON THE LAWNMOWER AND IT IS BELIEVED THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE CORD, IGNITED GAS FROM THE LAWNMOWER.
THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FURTHER DAMAGE. THERE WERE THREE TRUCKS AND 15 MEN ON THE SCENE FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES.
DRUGS
February 22, 2010 - AT APPROXIMATELY 1:11 SATURDAY MORNING, INDIANA STATE POLICE AND MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRIVED AT A CEDAR STREET RESIDENCE IN LOOGOOTEE TO SERVE AN ARREST WARRANT.
ONCE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WAS NOTICED IN PLAIN SIGHT. 45 YEAR OLD ROBERT ALLBRIGHT OF LOOGOOTEE THEN SHOWED OFFICERS VARIOUS ITEMS OF METH AND METH MANUFACTURING PARAPHERNALIA.
ALLBRIGHT WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO THE MARTIN COUNTY JAIL.
POSSESSION
February 22, 2010 - EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, INDIANA STATE POLICE ASSISTED WEST BADEN POLICE WITH A TRAFFIC STOP ON SR 56 AT BALLARD AVENUE.
DURING THE COURSE OF THE TRAFFIC STOP, 21 YEAR OLD ANDREW DRUIEN OF BATTLETOWN KENTUCKY WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSSION OF MARIJUANA UNDER 30 GRAMS INSIDE HIS VEHICLE.
DRUIEN WAS LODGED IN THE ORANGE COUNTY JAIL.
RESISTING
February 22, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE RECEIVED A REPORT LAST NIGHT OF A SUSPICIOUS SUBJECT THAT HAD BEEN SITTING INSIDE HIS TRUCK IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE NORTHSDIE CITGO FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF.
OFFICERS THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUBJECT, 42 YEAR OLD DARIN ATKINS OF BIRDSEYE, WHO REFUSED TO COOPERATE WITH THEIR REQUESTS. ATKINS REMAINED UNCOOPERATIVE UNTIL SUBDUED AND PLACED INTO CUSTODY. ATKINS WAS CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION, RESISTING, PUBLIC INTOXICATION, AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WITHOUT A PERMIT.
HE WAS LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER
CORRECTION
February 22, 2010 - As previously reported on our website, the titled story "Firing of Chief Deputy Prosecutor" was incorrect. Chief Deputy Prosecutor Deborah Schroeder Dysert has not been fired from her position. She was suspended by County Prosecutor Mike Fritch who recommended termination of her employment to the Dubois County Board of County Commissioners. We regret any inconvience this may have caused.
DUBOIS COUNTY ONE OF HEALTHIEST
February 18, 2010 - DUBOIS COUNTY IS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE HEALTHIEST COUNTIES IN THE STATE, ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE AND THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION. THE COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS ARE THE FIRST TO RANK THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE COUNTIES IN ALL FIFTY STATES, MORE THAN 3,000 TOTAL, BY USING A STANDARD FORMULA TO MEASURE HOW HEALTHY PEOPLE ARE AND HOW LONG THEY LIVE.
RESEARCHERS USED FIVE MEASURES TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF OVERALL HEALTH OR HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR INDIANA BY COUNTY: THE RATE OF PEOPLE DYING BEFORE AG 75, THE PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO REPORT BEING IN FAIR OR POOR HEALTH, THE NUMBER OF DAYS PEOPLE REPORT BEING IN POOR PHYSICAL AND POOR MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE RATE OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS.
HAMILTON COUNTY WAS LISTED THE HEALTHIEST IN THE STATE OF INDIANA WITH SCOTT COUNTY LISTED AS THE MOST UNHEALTHIEST COUNTY. AREA COUNTIES IN BETWEEN INCLUDE DUBOIS AT NUMBER THREE, WARRICK COUNTY 6TH, GIBSON 19TH, POSEY 28TH, HARRISON 39TH, SPENCER 44TH, DAVIESS 48, ORANGE 65TH, LAWRENCE 66TH, VANDERBURGH 71, KNOX 76, CRAWFORD 83, PERRY 86, SULLIVAN 87, PIKE 88, MARTIN 89
FIRE
February 18, 2010 - HUNTINGBURG FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THE ESTHER KENDALL RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 802 EAST 9TH STREET AT 7:18PM WEDNESDAY ON THE REPORT OF A STRUCTURE FIRE.
ACCORDING TO FIRE INVESTIGATOR JOHN SMITH, KENDALL HAD A PAN OF GREASE CATCH FIRE AND ATTEMPTED TO TAKE THE PAN OUTSIDE AND DROPPED IT, CAUSING FIRE DAMAGE TO THE FLOOR AND CABINETS. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THAT AREA.
SMITH ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A NON WORKING SMOKE DETECTOR IN THE HOME.
THERE WERE THREE TRUCKS AND 24 MEN ON THE SCENE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
HBURG CITY COUNCIL
February 17, 2010 - THE HUNTINGBURG CITY COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MEETING LAST NIGHT.
MAYOR MARVIN BELCHER WAS ABSENT DUE TO ATTENDING A MEETING IN INDIANAPOLIS BUT HE WAS THE MAIN TOPIC AT LAST NIGHTS MEETING.
CITIZEN AL BRYSON CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL SUPPORTING MAYOR BELCHER FOR USING CITY EQUIPMENT ON A PRIVATE PROPERTY RECENTLY. AT THE FEBURARY 4TH MEETING, IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARDS ATTENTION THAT SUCH AN ACTION DID TAKE PLACE. BELCHER TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTION. CITY ATTORNEY PHIL SCHNEIDER SAID THAT WHAT BELCHER DID WAS TECHNICALLY ILLEGAL. BRYSON SAID IT’S A SHAME YOU CANT HELP OUT WHEN HAVING A BENEFIT. BRYSON WENT ON TO SAY THE CITY SHOULD SHOW INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY. BRYSON SAID IT TOOK 15 MINUTES AND NO EMPLOYEES, SO WHATS THE PROBLEM. THE MAYOR DID PAY $35 CASH IN LABOR COSTS AND $30 FOR EQUIPMENT USAGE. THAT MONEY WAS PUT BACK INTO THE CITY. BRYSON SAID “I THINK THE MAYOR SHOULD BE REIMBURSED”. COUNCILMAN KEN SPARROW, THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO BROUGHT THE SUBJECT TO THE BOARDS ATTENTION FEBURARY 4TH SAID NOBODY MENTIONED THE MAYOR REIMBURSING THE CITY. SCHNEIDER SAID “HE JUST DID WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT.” ONE CITIZEN IN THE CROWD ENDED THE DISCUSSION WITH “KEN SHOULD OF DISCUSSED THE ISSUE WITH THE MAYOR BEFORE MEETING AND NOT MADE PUBLIC”.
IN OTHER BUSINESS, UTILITY SUPERINTENDENT TONY TRAYLOR RECEIVED APPROVAL TO HIRE FOUR SUMMER PART TIME HELPERS. TRAYLOR SAID HE WILL BE HIRING BACK TWO GUYS FROM LAST YEAR AND FOUR IS SMALLER NUMBER TO THE SIX THAT WERE HIRED LAST YEAR.
AND FINALLY, TRAYLOR INTRODUCED NEW EMPLOYEE TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT, CHAD TRENT. TRENT REPLACED RYAN KING WHO WENT TO THE METER SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS
February 17, 2010 - JASPER MAYOR BILL SCHMITT GAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION OF HIS STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS IN FRONT OF THE KIWANIS CLUB AT VFW EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
MAYOR SCHMITT TOUCHED BASE ON NUMEROUS DEPARTMENTS AND PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHICH INCLUDED THE SPIRIT OF JASPER TRAIN. SCHMITT SAID THE SPIRIT OF JASPER TRAIN HAD FIVE SOLD OUT TRIPS IN 2009 AND THE TRAIN WILL START UP AGAIN ON GOOD FRIDAY IN APRIL. MAYOR SCHMITT’S PLANS IS TO HAVE A RIDE AND DINE TRIP ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH WHICH WILL COST $42 AND TRIPS TO FRENCH LICK ON SOME SATURDAYS COSTING $47.
ANOTHER BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE CITY OF JASPER IN 2009 WAS THE MILL PROJECT. THE MILL WAS BUILT WITH GRANT MONDY AND HELP FROM ROJAC. RON BROSMER IS THE PART TIMER MILLER WITH MIKE OEDING FROM PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT ALSO HELPING OUT. IT OPENED THANKSGIVING WEEKEND AND IS OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS. SCHMITT HOPES TO EXTEND HOURS WHEN THE WEATHER GETS BETTER.
SCHMITT ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S NEW FEATURES AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ADDITIONS. THE POLICE STATION ADDED NEW RADIOS ALONG WITH NEW DISPATCH AREA AND ALSO STARTED UP A NEW TIP LINE FOR PEOPLE TO CALL IN INFORMATION WITHOUT REVEALING THEIR IDENTITY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO ADDED FIVE NEW FIREFIGHTERS TO THE CREW IN 2009.
WITH THE RECENT SNOWFALL IN THE AREA AND ROADCREWS OUT AND ABOUT CLEARING ROADS, SCHMITT TALKED ABOUT SALT AVAILABILITY FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT. SCHMITT SAID FOR 2010 THEY HAVE ALREADY SPENT ALL THE MONEY THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THE SNOWFALL. SCHMITT ADDED IF THE SNOWFALL DOES NOT LET UP THEY WILL HAVE TO DIP INTO THE BLACKTOP FUND.
FATAL
February 16, 2010 - At approximately 11:25am Monday, Indiana State Police and Warrick County Sheriff's Deputies responded to an accident on SR 261 south of Center Road that killed a Boonville woman.
Preliminary investigation revealed that 17 year old Chase Hunt, of Newburgh was driving his 1988 Chevy pickup north on 261 approaching Center Road. 49 year old Bridget Ganey of Boonville was driving her 1994 Saturn south on 261 when she lost control of her vehicle, went left of center and struck Hunts vehicle head on. Ganey was taken to St Marys Hospital in Evansville where she later died.
According to Trooper Ryan Wilson, Ganey was not wearing her seat belt correctly. Ganey was only wearing the shoulder harness of the seat belt. Hunt was wearing his seat belt correctly and was not injured. Both vehicles were totaled. Troopers report that 261 was slushy and snow covered at the time of the accident. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.
BAYH NOT SEEKING THIRD TERM
February 16, 2010 - Senator Evan Bayh announced Monday he will not seek a third term to the US Senate. At a news conference held at IUPUI he reflected on nearly a quarter century of public service as Indiana's Secretary of State, a two term Governor, and a two term US Senator.
The short list of candidates Democrats hope to recruit to replace Bayh includes US Rep Brad Ellsworth, US Rep Baron Hill, and Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel.
OWI
February 15, 2010 - AT 4:37PM SATURDAY, A MOTORIST REPORTED A BLACK SUV STRUCK A GUARDRAIL AND CONTINUED SOUTH JUST SOUTH OF HUNTINGBURG. THE VEHICLE WAS REPORTED ALL OVER THE ROAD AND POSSIBLY INTOXICATED. THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF US 231 AND HEADED EAST ONTO CR 900S. THE VEHICLE WAS REPROTED HAVING ANOTHER ACCIDENT AT 900S AND AIRPORT ROAD. THE VEHICLE THEN TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK NORTH .
DUBOIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES MET THE VEHICLE ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF HUNTINGBURG ON US 231. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT OF CENTER AND HAD DAMAGE TO FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEPUTY ACTIVATED HIS LIGHTS AND SIRENS BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND HUNTINGBURG CITY POLICE. THE VEHICLE THEN TURNED NORTHWEST ONTO CHESTNUT AND STRUCK A CURB. POLICE THEN BOXED IN THE VEHICLE.
THE DRIVER, 40 YEAR OLD JACOB VOLZ OF HUNTINGBURG WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT, OWI, TWO COUNTS OF LEAVING THE SCENE OF A PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENT AND HAVING AN OPEN CONTAINER.
VOLZ LATER TESTED .33% ON THE BREATHALYZER, OVER FOUR TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. HE WAS LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER.
ATTEMPTED MURDER #2
February 15, 2010 - AT 4:42 SATURDAY MORNING, HUNTINGBURG CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE WILMER ROMERO RESIDENCE ON HILL LANE ON THE REPORT OF A MALE SUBJECT BEING STABBED WITH THE PERPERTRATOR NOT AT THE RESIDENCE.
HUNTINGBURG POLICE LOCATED THE 26 YEAR OLD ROMERO SITTING ON HIS STEPS TO THE RESIDENCE. ROMERO HAD A STAB WOUND TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS CHEST NEAR HIS HEART. ROMERO WAS TAKEN TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. ROMERO IDENTIFIED HIS ASSAILANT AS 28 YEAR OLD ROBERTO CAMPOS OF HUNTINGBURG.
CAMPOS WAS LOCATED ON EAST 7TH STREET AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
CAMPOS WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AND BATTERY WITH SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. HE WAS LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER.
ACCIDENT
February 15, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT US 231 AND SECOND STREET SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
INVESTIGATION REVEALED, 79 YEAR OLD CLAUDETTE KRUGER OF JASPER WAS STOPPED ON 2ND AT THE 231 INTERSECTION. KRUGER THOUGHT SHE HAD THE GREEN LIGHT WHEN SHE DID NOT AND DROVE INTO THE INTERSECTION AND COLLIDED WITH 55 YEAR OLD DUANE KIEFFNER OF JASPER.
NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED FROM THE 4:35PM ACCIDENT. $11,000 TOTAL DAMAGE WAS DONE. KRUGER WAS CITED FOR DISREGARDING AN AUTOMATIC SIGNAL.
ATTEMPTED MURDER
February 15, 2010 - A HARRISON COUNTY MAN ARRESTED SATURDAY FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER.
ACCORDING TO INDIANA STATE POLICE, AT 8PM FRIDAY CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RESPONDED TO A RESIDENCE IN MILLTOWN AFTER RECEIVING A CALL OF A MALE BEING STABBED. THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION THE CRAWFORD COUNTY OFFICIALS WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE STABBING OCCURRED IN MARENGO AND AFTER BEING STABBED, THE VICTIM, 34 YEAR OLD TODD MATTHEW MANSHIP, DROVE HIMSELF HOME WHERE HIS WIFE THEN CALLED 911.
CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND INDIANA STATE POLICE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH ENOUGH PROBABLE CAUSE FOR ARREST WARRANTS TO BE ISSUED AGAINST 32 YEAR OLD DONALD JASON EMBRY.
EMBRY WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY MORNING AND CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AND BATTERY. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CRAWFORD COUNTY JAIL.
MANSHIP WAS TAKEN TO LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL WHERE HIS CONDITION IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
SNOW
February 15, 2010 - THE SNOWSTORM IS COMING TO AN END AS IT IS MAKING ITS WAY OUT OF ILLINOIS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE WITZ STUDIOS HAVE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES AND ITS STILL SNOWING.
WITZ NEWS SPOKE WITH DUBOIS COUNTY DISPATCH AND THEY HAVE REPORTING WORKING AROUND 12 SLID OFFS AND ACCIDENT SINCE THE OVERNIGHT AND NO INJURIES
FIRE
February 12, 2010 - ST ANTHONY FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THE JIM WEISMAN RESIDENCE THURSDAY MORNING WHEN HIS CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS WERE ACTIVATED.
FIRE CHIEF SCOTT UEBELHOR SAID THE DEPARTMENTS DETECTOR REGISTERED AN ELEVATED BUT MODERATE CONCENTRATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE INSIDE THE HOME. UEBELHOR SAID WITH HAVING A GARAGE BELOW A COUPLE OF BEDROOMS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT EXHAUST FROM A VEHICLE WEISMAN WAS WARMING UP WAS CAUSE OF SETTING THE ALARMS OFF.
TWO TRUCKS AND 20 MEN RESPONDED AND WERE THERE FOR 20 MINUTES.
THEFT
February 12, 2010 - AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30PM WEDNESDAY, HUNTINGBURG CITY POLICE WERE CONTACTED BY THE OWNER OF CARQUEST, CHRIS KONERDING, ABOUT SOME AUTO PARTS AND OTHER ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM THE CARQUEST STORE.
AFTER INVESTIGATING, AT AROUND 8PM LAST NIGHT HUNTINGBURG POLICE AND DUBOIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WENT TO THE EARL CHILDRESS RESIDENCE LOCATED ON VANBUREN STREET.
UPON ARRIVAL, OFFICERS FOUND THAT CHILDRESS WAS NOT HOME BUT SEVERAL QUESTIONABLE ITEMS WERE LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY.
INDIANA STATE POLICE THEN SERVED THE WARRANT TO CHILDRESS AROUND 10PM IN THE FRENCH LICK AREA.
CHILDRESS WAS TAKEN TO THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER WHERE HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND OF THEFT CHARGES.
HUNTINGBURG POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THEM AT 683-4111.
THEFT #2
February 12, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO WAL MART AT 6:43PM THURSDAY ON THE REPORT OF TWO SHOPLIFTERS BEING DETAINED.
28 YEAR OLD ANGELA CAREY OF DALE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE VARIOUS ITEMS VALUED AT OVER $670. 21 YEAR OLD CASSIE EVANS OF DALE ALSO ATTEMPTED TO TAKE NEARLY $286 WORTH OF ITEMS WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM.
IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT CAREY WAS FOUND TO BE A MILITARY DESERTER FROM THE US ARMY.
BOTH WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THEFT AND LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER.
THEFT
February 11, 2010 - Jasper City Police received a complaint last Friday from personnel at Circle A Food Mart located at 14th and Newton that they had witnessed 30 year old Allen Worley of Jasper on video reach behind the counter and take $45 worth of scratch off lottery tickets. Worley had diverted the cashiers attention prior to the theft.
After investigation revealed the subject in the video being Worley Jasper Police arrested him Wednesday afternoon. He was charged with theft and was lodged in the Dubois County Security Center.
LOCAL VU STUDENTS RECOGNIZED
February 11, 2010 - Two Vincennes University programs and eight students are the recipients of Indiana Career and Technical Education Awards for Excellence.
The awards were presented in Indianapolis at the Indiana Government Center on Feburary 9th.
VU Programs that received awards include Drafting and Design/CAD, presented to Professor Gary Shaw, and Electronics Technology Computer Networking Specialist, presented to Instructor Micheal Wehrman.
VU Student award recipients included locals Hanna Sparrow and Micheal Weisman.
Sparrow who is from Huntingburg, received her degree in Aviation Flight in December. She plans to enroll at Purdue to pursue a degree in Aviation Management.
Weisman, who is from Jasper, is a 2009 graduate of both the Injection Mold Tooling program and the Commercial Art and Graphic Design program. Although not majoring in the field, he served as president of the VU Automotive Club in 2009-2010.
INDOT AWARDS $658 MILLION
February 11, 2010 - INDOT announced it has fully advertised or awarded all $658 million of Indiana's highway and bridge allocation under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Recovery Act has funded 1,082 transportation projects spread across all 92 counties, with 62 percent of the funds invested in economically distressed counties.
In Dubois County, SR 56 Infrastructure Improvement Project for SR 56 asphalt resurfacing from SR 257 to 231. Calcar Paving of Jasper will be in charge of the project for $1.2 million. Also Dubois County Infrastructure Improvement Project which is an asphalt resurfacing on Jasper Dubois Road from 164 to 545. Calcar Paving of Jasper also in charge of this project for $1.1 million. And SR 56 Infrastructure Improvement Project which is intersection improvement with added turn lanes at CR 500W. Knies Construction of Jasper in charge for just under $744,000.
ONE VEHICLE CRASH IN PERRY COUNTY
February 10, 2010 - The snowy road conditions triggered a one vehicle accident in northern Perry County Tuesday morning, seriously injuring one person.
Indiana State Trooper Troy Fischer reports 44 year old Laura Martin of Leopold was northbound on State Road 66 approaching West Orange Grove Road in the far northern section of Perry County.
According to Trooper Fischer, Martin lost control of her 1998 GMC Suburban while trying to round a snow covered curve. The vehicle went off road, struck a tree and came to a stop in a ditch filled with icy water. Martin was removed from the wreckage and transported to University Hosptal in Louisville for treatment of internal injuries. She was last reported in serious, but stable condition.
State police credit the use of a seatbelt for preventing Martin's death in the 10:02am accident.
KNOX COUNTY FATAL CRASH
February 10, 2010 - A one vehicle accident on State Road 67 in Knox County early Tuesday morning claimed one life.
Knox County Sheriff's deputies report Daniel Hooper was southbound on State Road 67 near Bobe Road just before 5am, when his car slid across the center line and into the path of oncoming traffic. Hooper's car was struck broadside on the driver's side door by a northbound pick-up driven by Tyson Hawkins.
Hooper had to be extricated from the wreckage and was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital where he was pronounced dead from his injuries. Hawkins was treated and released for lesser injuries. No charges were filed by law enforcement.
HOUSE FIRE CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED
February 10, 2010 - The Warrick County coroner has revealed the cause of death for a rural Tennyson man following a house fire late last week.
Coroner Ron Bacon reports 51 year old Kim Burton died of smoke inhalation during a fire at his mobile home on Folsomville-Degonia Springs Road Friday night. Bacon did acknowledge that Burton sustained some severe burns, but felt those occurred after his death.
Officials still have not released a cause for the fire itself. An investigator from the state fire marshal's office was called in over the weekend to study the blaze. Chief Deputy Brett Kruse says the fire appears to be accidental in nature.
STENDAL METH LAB ARREST
February 09, 2010 - A rural Stendal woman was arrested on numerous felony drug charges Sunday night.
Indiana State police Sgt. Todd Ringle reports troopers and Pike County sheriff's deputies responded about 10pm to the home of 38 year old Lillian Jones, after receiving a complaint of illegal drug activity at her County Road 900 South residence.
Once inside, officers located small amounts of meth and marijuana. A further search of the property revealed a meth lab in a yard barn, approximately 60 feet from the home, plus other drug related paraphenalia.
Jones was arrested without incident and lodged in the Pike County Jail on several felony charges, including a "B" felony count of manufacturing meth, a "C" felony charge of possession of pre-cursors with intent to manufacture meth. She is also facing multiple counts of neglect of a dependant, as her three children were in the home at the time of the arrest. They were taken into protective custody of the Pike County Child Services and later released to other relatives.
KIMBALL ELECTRONICS NEW PARTNERSHIP
February 09, 2010 - Kimball Electronics Group, a subsidiary of Kimball International, announced Monday it has partnered with Water Optimizer, LLC to produce that company's smart irrigation technology systems to serve North American markets. Electronic water optimizers monitor and control water distribution for public utilities, landscape professionals, golf courses, homeowners and developers.
Designed by water conservation professionals, the Water Optimizer is a smart system that provides benefits to regional and municipal water utilites as well as individual homeowners. The system allows the home or business owner to better control their water usage by using only the water they need, which can equate to 70% water savings to the owner of the system.
FATAL WARRICK COUNTY HOUSE FIRE
February 08, 2010 - Warrick County authorities are continuing their investigation into a fatal weekend house fire.
Chief Deputy Brett Kruse reports police and fire officials were dispatched around 8:20 Friday night to the report of a home on fire in the 5800 block of Folsomville-Degonia Springs Road. When units arrived just ten minutes, the mobile home owned by 51 year old Kim Burton was fully engulfed in flames.
Burton's death and the cause of the fire are still not known at this time. The Warrick County Coroners office conducted an autopsy Sunday, but details have not been revealed at this time. A member of the state fire marshal's office was called in to investigate what may have triggered the blaze.
HUNTINGBURG INTOXICATED VANDAL ARRESTED
February 08, 2010 - A Huntingburg man is facing several charges following an early Monday morning incident on 4th Street.
According to Huntingburg city police, officers were contacted around 12:50 this morning about an intoxicated male doing acts of vandalism around City Hall. Officers and sheriff's deputies arrived to find several persons were detaining 20 year old Joshua Mattingly. Mattingly had allegedly busted out several windows at the New & Used Bookstore.
The investigation by city police found that Mattingly had gone into Self Illusion of Art about 12:45am. Witnesses say Mattingly became impatient with the staff and started arguing with them. After noticing Mattingly appeared intoxicated, he was asked to leave. Once outside, Mattingly allegedly became irate and started to bust out the windows of the bookstore.
A breathalyzer test found Mattingly had a blood alcohol level of .14%. He was lodged in the Dubois County Security Center on "B" misdemeanor charges of public intoxication, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor. No damage amount for the windows has yet been determined.
THREE TEENS INJURED
February 08, 2010 - Three southern Dubois County teens received minor injuries in a one vehicle accident Sunday afternoon.
Indiana State Police report 17 year old Broc Roesner of Holland was westbound on Division Road, just west of County Road 450 West, when he left the southside of the roadway for an unknown reason. Roesner's Chevy pick-up struck two mailboxes, several wooden fence posts and a utility pole before coming to rest on its side.
Roesner and his two passengers, 18 year old Andrew Long of Huntingburg and 17 year old Ethan Meyer of Ferdinand, were all transported to Memorial Hospital for treatment of head and neck pain. State police say none of the three were wearing seatbelts at the time of the 12:26pm accident.
No charges have been filed at this time, as state police are continuing their investigation. The Roesner pick-up was a total loss.
ACCIDENT
February 04, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT JUST BEFORE NOON TODAY AT US 231 AND HRJ LANE.
62 YEAR OLD RANDALL EASTRIDGE OF TASWELL WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON 231 APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION OF HRJ LANE. EASTRIDGE WAS SLOWING TO TURN WEST ONTO HRJ LANE AND WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR BY 28 YEAR OLD PAMELA JAMNICZKY OF BRISTOW.
NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE 11:57AM ACCIDENT. OVER $7,000 TOTAL DAMAGE WAS DONE. JAMNICZKY WAS CITED FOR FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY.
SWERVE TO MISS CAT
February 04, 2010 - SWERVING TO MISS A CAT, CAUSES SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT ON CR 600W.
ACCORDING TO DUBOIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES, 44 YEAR OLD DENNIS ZACHARY OF JASPER WAS NORTH ON 600W AND SWERVED TO MISS A CAT CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF HIS 2000 DODGE NEON AND TRAVELED OFF THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD AND COLLIDED WITH THE EMBANKMENT.THE VEHICLE THEN ROLLED TWICE AND CAME TO REST ON ITS WHEELS.
ZACHARY COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN FOLLOWING THE 6:50PM ACCIDENT. HIS NEON WAS TOTALLED.
HIT PEDESTRIAN
February 04, 2010 - A LOOGOOTEE MAN WAS TAKEN TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR IN JASPER.
ACCORDING TO JASPER CITY POLICE, JOSEPH MADDOX WAS CROSSING BEHIND A VEHICLE ON BARTLEY STREET WHEN THE DRIVER, 85 YEAR OLD DONALD LANNAN OF LOOGOOTEE STARTED BACKING UP TO LET ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM AND STRUCK MATTOX.
MATTOX COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS ARMS AND LEGS. NO DAMAGE TO LANNAN’S AUTO WAS DONE FOLLOWING THE 2:16PM ACCIDENT.
ACADEMIC EXCELLANCE AWARD
February 03, 2010 - This weeks award goes to Kyle Begle and Nicholas Hurst of Forest Park High School. The pair recently won the robotic camp competition in Petersburg. They competed against fifty other sudents from the surrounding area.
DOMESTIC
February 03, 2010 - HUNTINGBURG CITY POLICE ARRESTED 25 YEAR OLD BRADLEY DEARING OF HUNTINGBURG MONDAY ON CHARGES RELATED TO A WEEKEND DOMESTIC INCIDENT.
POLICE WERE CONTACTED SUNDAY BY A WOMAN WHO ALLEGED A SATURDAY DOMESTIC INCIDENT INVOLVED DEARING POINTING A HANDGUN.
DEARING WAS CHARGED WITH INTIMIDATION, POINTING A FIREARM AND DOMESTIC BATTERY.
HE WAS LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER
WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT
February 03, 2010 - A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT FILED BY THE FAMILY OF A FOUR YEAR OLD JASPER GIRL WHO WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A CAR IN THE K MART PARKING LOT IN 2008 IS SET FOR A DECEMBER JURY TRIAL.
JOHN AND JEANNE BOTTORFF HAVE FILED A CIVIL SUIT AGAINST K MART, A MICHIGAN CORPORATION, AND JASPER STATION LLC, AN OHIO BASED ENTITY THAT OWNS JASPER MANOR SHOPPING CENTER AND THE PARKING LOT AT THE CENTER OF THE LAWSUIT.
THE BOTTORFF’S DAUGHTER DEMIAH WAS FATALLY INJURED OUTSIDE K MART ON APRIL 22, 2008. ON THAT DATE, JEANNE AND HER FOUR CHILDREN HAD LEFT THE DEPARTMENT STORE AND WERE WALKING ACROSS A PARKING SPACE THAT HAD JUST BEEN VACATED BY A CAR DRIVEN BY 89 YEAR OLD JEROME KLEIN OF JASPER.
KLEIN MISTAKENLY TRAVELED BACK INTO THE PARKING SPACE INSTEAD OF PROCEEDING IN THE DRIVING LANE OF THE PARKING LOT. HIS CAR STRUCK DEMIAH, HIT THE FENDER OF A SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE, DROVE OVER A CONCRETE PARKING BLOCK, SIDESWIPED A CONCRETE POST HOLDING A HANDICAPPED PARKING SIGN AND STRUCK A PARKED CAR.
THE BOTTORFF’S INTIALLY FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST KLEIN AND HIS INSURANCE COMPANY THAT WAS SETTLED IN THE SUMMER OF 2008. THE LAWSUIT AGAINST K MART AND JASPER STATION LLC WAS FILED JANUARY OF LAST YEAR.
THE CURRENT SUIT IN DUBOIS CIRCUIT COURT ALLEGES BOTH JASPER STATION LLC AND K MART HAVE CONTROL AND POSSESSION OF THE PARKING LOT AND A DUTY TO MAINTAIN IT IN A REASONABLE AND SAFE CONDITION.
LAST MONTH, THE COURT ANNOUNCED A SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AUGUST 26TH. IF NO SETTLEMENT IS REACHED, A JURY TRIAL WILL BEGIN DECEMBER 6TH.
METH CHARGES
February 02, 2010 - WASHINGTON CITY POLICE ARRESTED A WASHINGTON MAN MONDAY AND CHARGED HIM WITH POSSESSION OF METH.
47 YEAR OLD JEFFREY GRAY WAS LODGED IN THE DAVIESS COUNTY JAIL WITH NO BOND AMOUNT SET.
VARIOUS CHARGES
February 02, 2010 - A MONTGOMERY MAN WAS ARRESTED MONDAY ON VARIOUS DRUG CHARGES.
WASHINGTON CITY POLICE ARRESTED 20 YEAR OLD LUCAS YODER AND CHARGED HIM WITH POSSESSION OF HYPODERMIC NEEDLES, POSSESSION OF METH, AND POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA.
HIS BOND AMOUNT WAS SET AT $7,000 AND HE WAS LODGED IN THE DAVIESS COUNTY JAIL.
SCAM
February 02, 2010 - PSC IS WARNING CUSTOMERS TO BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE SCAM THROUGH EMAIL. THE SCAM EMAIL IS WANTING ACCOUNT INFORMATION, SUCH AS NAME, EMAIL, USERNAME AND PASSWORD. PSC STRESSES THAT THEY DO NOT ASK FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION BY EMAIL.
PSC ASKS IF YOU GET AN EMAIL LIKE THAT TO DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY.
ACCIDENT
February 02, 2010 - AT APPROXIMATELY 2:14 THIS MORNING, HUNTINGBURG CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE FARBEST FOODS AREA IN REFERENCE TO A VEHICLE LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT.
UPON ARRIVAL, OFFICERS SPOKE WITH SEVERAL WITNESSES OF THE ACCIDENT, THEY ADVISED THAT A WHITE TOYOTA TACOMA HAD BACKED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND THEN INTO THE FRONT END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. WITNESSES ADVISED THAT THE TOYOTA LEFT THE SCENE HEADED NORTH ON CR 400W. THE DRIVER OF THE HIT VEHICLE, TINA QUILANTON OF HUNTINGBURG WAS NOT INJURED. HER VEHICLE RECEIVED $1200 DAMAGE.
DUBOIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND JASPER CITY POLICE WERE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE VEHICLE AND DID FIND THE SUSPECT, 22 YEAR OLD NAVID MENDOZA OF WASHINGTON DRIVING THE TOYOTA TRUCK THAT DID HAVE DAMAGE.
THE TOYOTA WAS LOCATED NORTH IN FRONT OF IRELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MENDOZA WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT MENDOZA HAD AN INDIANA ID CARD WITH A DIFFERENT NAME ON IT IN HER POSSESSION.
MENDOZA WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGEDWITH FAILURE TO STOP AFTER DAMAGE TO UNATTENDED VEHICLE, POSSESSION OF FALSE GOVERNMENT ID AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
SHE WAS LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER
ACCIDENT
January 30, 2010 - DUBOIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE INTERSECTION OF CR 300N AND 125E WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ON THE REPORT OF A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
18 YEAR OLD RILEY MEHRINGER OF JASPER WAS DRIVING A 2005 PONTIAC G6 AND HAD STOPPED FOR STOP SIGN SOUTH ON 125E AT INTERSECTION WITH 300N. MEHRINGER ATTEMPTED A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO 300N FAILING TO NOTICE 53 YEAR OLD BRUCE SCHILLING OF JASPER TRAVELING WEST ON 300N, CAUSING THE VEHICLES TO COLLIDE.
SCHILLING VEERED TO THE LEFT IN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE COLLISION AND TRAVELED OFF SOUTH SIDE OF 300N COMING TO REST IN A DRAINAGE DITCH.
NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE 4:50PM ACCIDENT. MEHRINGER’S G6 WAS TOTALLED WHILE SCHILLINGS 1984 CHEVY RECEIVED $2,000 DAMAGE.
TWO FATALS
January 30, 2010 - HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WORKED TWO FATAL ACCIDENT WITHIN 24 HOURS OF EACH OTHER, ONE ON SR 64 AND THE OTHER ON INTERSTATE 64.
AT 5:24AM WEDNESDAY, 69 YEAR OLD LARRY CECIL OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY WAS TRAVELING WEST ON I-64 NEAR 99 MILE MARKER WHEN HIS VEHICLE LEFT THE ROADWAY, WHERE IT TRAVELED 41 FEET AND HIT A ROCK WALL.
CECIL WAS TAKEN TO HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED OF INTERNAL INJURIES. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THEN AT 6:02AM THIS MORNING, 40 YEAR OLD JAMES BRATCHER OF DEPAUW WAS TRAVELING EAST ON SR 64, WHEN HE TRAVELED OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, STRIKING A TREE HEAD ON.
BRATCHER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORTS, BOTH ACCIDENTS WERE ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS.
POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN COMMUNITY
January 30, 2010 - WITZ WANTS TO COVER SOME OF THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. TODAY OUR SPOTLIGHT FOCUS IS MEMBERS OF THE DUBOIS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS DURING THE H1N1 VACCINES.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVING AMPLE SUPPLY OF THE H1N1 VACCINE FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW AFTER ONLY HAVING LIMITED DOSES OF THE INJECTABLE AND NASAL MIST FORM OF THE VACCINE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO GIVING VACCINES IN THE SCHOOLS TO HELP CHILDREN WITH THE VACCINES AS WELL. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT THINGS HAVE SLOWED DOWN AT THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNING PEOPLE COMING IN AND GETTING VACCINES, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, MEANING PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS TO ALL THE MEMBERS INVOLVED WITH THE H1N1 VACCINES AT THE DUBOIS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT’S MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY SEND US AN EMAIL AT WITZAMFM@PSCI.NET.
SHOPLIFTING
January 30, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO WAL MART AT 7:27PM THURSDAY ON A CALL FROM A SHOPPER CLAIMING THAT AN EMPLOYEE STOLE HER CELL PHONE.
WHEN POLICE ARRIVED 35 YEAR OLD AMY BLESSINGER OF ENGLISH WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF THEFT.
SHE WAS LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER.
BURGLARY
January 30, 2010 - ON THURSDAY, SOMETIME BETWEEN 3:45AM AND 2:30PM, SOMEONE GAINED ACCESS INTO 25 YEAR OLD EVARISTO MENJIVAR OF HUNTINGBURG RESIDENCE LOCATED IN THE 600 BLOCK OF BRETZ STREET.
ACCORDING TO HUNTINGBURG CITY POLICE, THE PERPETRATORS ENTERED THE RESIDENCE AND REMOVED JEWELRY AND A 42 INCH FLAT SCREEN TV.
ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CRIME PLEASE CONTACT HUNTINGBURG CITY POLICE AT 683-3003.
DRIVING SUSPENDED
January 28, 2010 - LOOGOOTEE CITY POLICE ARRESTED 35 YEAR OLD KEITH WILLIAMS OF LOOGOOTEE EARLY THIS MORNING. HE WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED WITH A PRIOR.
WILLIAMS WAS TAKEN TO MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WHERE HE WAS RELEASED INTO THEIR CUSTODY
BATTERY
January 28, 2010 -
JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO AN EAST 36TH STREET RESIDENCE AT 11:40PM WEDNESDAY ON THE REPORT OF A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE.
WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY ARRESTED 54 YEAR OLD ANTHONY FINCH OF JASPER WHO WAS CHARGED WITH STRANGULATION, BATTERY, AND INTERFERRING WITH THE REPORTING OF A CRIME.
FINCH WAS LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER.
MAN FOUND DEAD
January 28, 2010 - A Silver Alert was issued Tuesday for 91-year-old Raymond Rodenhouse of Francisco.
The alert was canceled Wednesday morning after Rodenhouse was found dead in a field near Princeton.
The coroner said he was found outside of his truck.
An autopsy will be performed Thursday morning
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
January 27, 2010 - This weeks Academic Excellence Award goes to the area schools that achieved Four Star ratings. Celestine, Ferdinand, Ireland, Nancy Hanks, Otwell Elementary Schools, Truman Education Center, Cedar Crest Intermediate, Dubois, Heritage Hills Middle School and Forest Park Junior and Senior High School.
LOGGER OF THE YEAR
January 27, 2010 - The Indiana Tree Farm 2009 Logger of the Year is Tim Werner, of Werner Sawmill in Ireland. This award is presented annually to recognize loggers who do an outstanding job of logging Indianas forests. The award will be presented at the Indiana Hardwood and Lumbermans Association annual meeting Wednesday at the Marriott in downtown Indianapolis by Bob Burke, chair of the Indiana Tree Farm Committee.
Werner produces apporximately 3.5 million board feet of logs and 11,000 tons of pulpwood annually for his family owned sawmill.
WARRANT
January 27, 2010 - POLICE LOOKING FOR A LOOSE DOG ENDS IN A JASPER MAN GOING TO JAIL.
JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE 1400 BLOCK OF BRIARCLIFF PARKWAY IN REFERENCE TO A LOOSE PITBULL IN THE AREA. OFFICERS WENT TO THE RESIDENCE IN WHICH THE DOG BELONGED TO. 25 YEAR OLD THEODIOUS TYRONE ROBINSON ANSWERED THE DOOR. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT ROBINSON WAS WANTED ON TWO WARRANTS OUT OF VANDERBURGH COUNTY FOR FAILING TO APPEAR IN COURT ON VARIOUS DRUG CHARGES.
WHEN UNITED ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ROBINSON AGAIN AT THE RESIDENCE, THERE WAS NO ANSWER. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ROBINSON HAD LEFT OUT THE BACKDOOR. ROBINSON WAS LOCATED A SHORT TIME LATER AT 38 CEDARCREST COURT.
ROBINSON WAS ARRESTED AND LODGED IN THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER JUST BEFORE NOON.
CELESTINE DISTINGUISHED AWARD
January 27, 2010 - CELESTINE PARK INC FORMERLY KNOWN AS CELESTINE JAYCEES, NAMED 64 YEAR OLD JOEL JOHNSON THE RECIPIENT OF THE ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD.
JOHNSON WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH ST CELESTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE HE VOLUNTEERS TO CLEAN, MAINTAIN THE BUILDING AND DO ODD JOBS. HE ALSO HELPED WITH THE CHURCH CEMETERY GROUNDS.
JASPER SCHOOL BOARD
January 26, 2010 - THE JASPER SCHOOL BOARD HELD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT.
FIRST ON THE AGENDA WAS THE SPOTLIGHT, FOCUSING ON THE MIRACLE STORY OF 13 YEAR OLD FAITH SENDELWECK. FAITH WAS AT SOCCER PRACTICE IN ONE OF THE GYMS AT JASPER HIGH SCHOOL NINE DAYS AGO WHEN SHE COLLAPSED AND HER HEART STOPPED BEATING. DR DEAN BECKMAN AND HIS WIFE VICKIE WERE PRESENT AT THE PRACTICE AND WERE ABLE TO PERFORM CPR ON FAITH. WHEN DR BECKMAN SAW THAT CPR WAS NOT WORKING, HE CALLED FOR THE AED MACHINE. AFTER THE USING THE MACHINE, FAITH’S HEART STARTING BEATING. KOSAIR HOSPITAL HAS ALREADY ASKED FAITH TO BE A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE AED MACHINE, BECAUSE 99% OF THE TIME THE AED MACHINE IS USED, THE PERSON DOES NOT MAKE IT. FAITH WAS PRETTY QUIET WHEN SHE WAS ON THE SPOTLIGHT BUT SUPERINTENDENT DR JERRILL VANDEVENTER HAD TO ASK FAITH WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF DR BECKMAN, ALL SHE COULD SAY IS “HE ROCKS MY SOCKS”.
IN OTHER BUSINESS, DR TRACEY LOREY ANNOUNCED THAT IRELAND ELEMENTARY HAS BEEN NAMED A 2008-2009 FOUR STAR SCHOOL AND ALSO JASPER HIGH SCHOOL WAS ONE OF 101 TO HAVE OVER 90% OF ITS STUDENTS GRADUATE.
AND FINALLY, THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE ST PATRICKS DAY COMMITTEE USE THE IRELAND ELEMENTARY GYM FOR ACTIVITIES MARCH 11-14 AND ALSO PRECIOUS BLOOD SCHOOL USE THE JASPER MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM FOR A PLAY ON MARCH 18.
ACCIDENT
January 26, 2010 - JASPER CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH NO INJURIES AT 15TH AND NEWTON MONDAY AFTERNOON.
39 YEAR OLD SANDRA STOLL OF JASPER WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON NEWTON WHEN SHE DID NOT SEE STOPPED TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION OF 15TH AND REARENDED 57 YEAR OLD LAWRENCE HADLEY OF CORYDON.
$5,000 TOTAL DAMAGE WAS DONE IN THE 1:32PM ACCIDENT. STOLL WAS CITED FOR FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY.
ACCIDENT #2
January 26, 2010 - NO ONE WAS INJURED IN A THREE VEHICLE ACCIDENT MONDAY AFTERNOON AT 13TH AND NEWTON STREETS.
ACCORDING TO JASPER CITY POLICE, 19 YEAR OLD JAMES GARDNER OF JASPER WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON NEWTON JUST NORTH OF THE 13TH STREET INTERSECTION WHEN HE SAW STOPPED TRAFFIC AHEAD AND APPLIED HIS BRAKES BUT SLID ON THE WET PAVEMENT AND REARENDED 34 YEAR OLD HOLLY WEYER OF JASPER WHO IN RETURN HIT 32 YEAR OLD MELISSA KORTHAUS OF JASPER.
OVER $3800 TOTAL DAMAGE WAS DONE IN THE 4:16PM ACCIDENT. GARDNER WAS CITED FOR FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY.