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Wednesday, March 30, 2011Year Two, Issue Thirteen

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JOURNALMartin County

Halbert Township next in historical survey

The historical survey of Martin Countybeing performed by the DNR and the IndianaState Preservation Office continues with re-sults for Halbert Township recently being re-leased. Downtown Shoals has been labeledan historic district and some details of thebuildings downtown have been noted belowalong with houses in the district. Severalmore are listed in the survey but not notedbelow.

Tim Miller, surveyor for Martin County, iscurrently doing work in Perry Township andthat work he says will carry him through thespring. More information on all sites in thehistorical survey can be found atwww.in.gov/dnr/historic/4505.htm.

Halbert TownshipShoals Historic District

Plummer-Ross block – located at 207Main Street in Shoals and currently housingthe Shoals Eagles bingo hall; circa 1910.

Commercial building – located at 302Main Street in Shoals and currently housingEthel’s Beauty Salon; circa 1940.

Commercial building a/k/a ChevroletGarage, Sherfick Music Company, and AlcoDime Store – located at 325 Main Street inShoals and currently housing G&R VarietyStore; circa 1926.

Commercial building - located on the westside of the 200 block south of the railroadtracks and currently housing East ForkWater, Inc.; circa 1890/1930.

Star Mill - located on the west side ofWater Street south of the commercial build-ing at the west end of 2nd Street; circa 1857;in 1857, the Star Mill was built on the WhiteRiver by Wilson Chenoweth, Zeno Coffin,and Henry Henley. This made the riverslightly easier to navigate by boat, but theriver was still shallow and dangerous. Themill at the dam later put many smaller millsout of business and continued operating until1935. The dam and the mill wheel are gone.

T.V. Albright House – located at 103 HighStreet in Shoals; circa 1855; listed as a no-table property on the historical survey.

By CouRTNEy HuGHETTMartin County Journal Publisher

Chenoweth House – located at 37 MainStreet in Shoals; circa 1910.

Commercial building - located on the eastside of the 200 block of Main Street in the

north middle part of the block and currentlyhousing The Sugar Shack and Grandpa’sTreasures; circa 1890.

Commercial building – located on the east

side of the 200 block of Main Street in thenorthern third of the block and currentlyhousing Sandy’s Dining Room; circa 1890.

Commercial building a/k/a Martin CountyBank, Shoals Post Office, and hardware store– located located on the east side of MainStreet north of the parking lot on the north-east corner of Main Street and 2nd Street;circa 1890; the Martin County Bank was theoldest bank in the county which was estab-lished in 1887. The second story once had atheatre and a gymnasium. The commercialbuilding to the south is connected to the in-terior of the bank building; listed as notableproperty on the historical survey.

Commercial building – located on the eastside of the 200 block of Main Street south ofa vacant lot south of the railroad tracks andcurrently housing Nu-Tap; circa 1870; thisbuilding is believed to be one of the oldestbuildings in Shoals.

Commercial building – located on the eastside of the 300 block in about the middle ofthe block and currently housing the VFWPost 8589; circa 1890.

Commercial building – located at 431High Street in Shoals and currently housingQueen-Lee Funeral Home; circa 1880.

House a/k/a Martin County Museum – lo-cated at 525 High Street in Shoals; circa1870; the house was once the Martin CountyMuseum; listed as notable property on thehistorical survey.

House – located at 622 Main Street inShoals; circa 1870; listed as a notable prop-erty on the historical survey.

Shoals Public Library – located on thenortheast corner of Highway 50 and HighStreet; circa 1914; listed as an outstandingproperty on the historical survey.

Martin Moore House – located at 501Main Street in Shoals; circa 1870; listed as anotable property on the historical survey.Residential

House - located on the east side of ProgressSchool Road about 1/10 of a mile south of

The body and vehicle of a missing Loo-gootee woman has been located.

Monday, March 21 at approximately 1p.m., investigators received a call from a res-ident in Shoals that lives on the White River.While overlooking the river from his backyard he noticed something under the waterthat normally is not there. After looking atfor awhile he could see that the color kind ofmatched that of Wanda Warren’s vehicle.

Indiana Conservation Officers went out onthe river and discovered that it was a purplecar but due to the currents of the river and thetime of day decided to wait until Tuesday toattempt to recover the vehicle.

Tuesday morning at approximately 11:45

Police locate the body of missing Loogootee woman

County’s joblessrate holds steady

Martin County’s unemployment rate forFebruary rose just a touch from January,going from 7 percent to 7.3 percent. In Feb-ruary, the county held the 87th spot in thecounty for its unemployment rate. The .3percent increase in February, however,bumped Martin to 84th place, tied withTippecanoe County. Seven counties in Indi-ana have a lower unemployment rate thanMartin County.

A year ago, in February 2010, thecounty’s jobless rate stood at 8.3 percentwith 5,078 residents in the workforce and419 without jobs.

By CouRTNEy HuGHETTMartin County Journal Publisher

-Photo provided by the Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and ArchaeologyThe original Star Mill located on the west side of Water Street was built in 1857.

The mill was built on the White River by Wilson Chenoweth, Zeno Coffin, and HenryHenley. The mill at the dam later put many smaller mills out of business and contin-ued operating until 1935. The dam and the mill wheel are gone.

-Photo provided by the Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and ArchaeologyThe Shoals Public Library, shown above, is listed on the historical survey as out-

standing for its historical contribution. It was built in 1914 and has had few alterations.

-Photo provided by the Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and ArchaeologyThe house above, located on the east side of Progress School Road about 1/10 of a

mile south of Highway 550, was built in 1890.

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Highway 550; circa 1890.Cemeteries

Asbel Cemetery - located on the east sideof Hopkins Lane south of the farm at the endof the lane; approximately six stones; earliestburial date 1884; most recent burial date1911; prominent name: Asbel.

Pleasant Valley Cemetery - located on thenorth side of Highway 550 about 3/4 a milewest of Lacy and about 1/10 a mile east ofProgress School Road; approximately 390stones; earliest burial date 1832; most recentburial date 2010; prominent names: Wilson,Cook, Smith, Harner, Crum; grouped burials:Masons.

Spring Hill Cemetery a/k/a Shoals Ceme-tery, Saint Louis Cemetery - located on thesoutheast side of Chicken Farm Road southof Spring Hill Road; approximately 3,000stones; earliest burial date 1832; most recentburial date 2011; prominent names: Horsey,Chenoweth, Raney; grouped burials: Masons.

Albright Cemetery a/k/a Martz Cemetery- is located on the east side of what once wasa part of Goldberry Road southeast of wherethe farm once was along a deer trail under adead cedar tree; approximately one stone;burial date 1860; The stone in the cemeteryis for a pair of infant twins, Elizah and ElishaKimbal that died. At the time of surveying,the stone was illegible. The stone may havebeen moved since it is leaning against a deadcedar tree. According to Nancy Baker thereis another infant named Laura A. Douglasthat died in 1863 buried in the cemetery. Thesecond stone was not visible at the time ofsurveying.

Jesse K. Baker Cemetery - located on theend East River Road along a farm road thatbegins south of the pond at the end of theroad and goes southeast into the woods. Thecemetery is on the north peak south of theriver the along a path off of the farm road;approximately one stone; burial date 1895;name: Jesse K. Baker.Churches

Brethren Church a/k/a Sampson Hill BibleChurch – located on the southeast corner ofLacy Road and Highway 550; circa 1897; thechurch was built in 1897 as a Brethrenchurch at a cost of $500.

Shoals Christian Church – located at 602Main Street in Shoals; circa 1911; the churchwas organized in the Shoals schoolhouse onDecember 24, 1868. The congregation builtits first church in 1889. The first building wasreplaced with the current building in 1911.The church parsonage which was the oldschoolhouse was destroyed in 1954 and anew parsonage built on highway in WestShoals; listed as an outstanding property onthe historical survey.

Shoals United Methodist Church – locatedon the northeast corner of 5th Street andMain Streets; circa 1900; listed as a notableproperty on the historical survey.

Apostolic Word Church – located on thesouth side of 2nd Street southeast of StreetNumber 5 and east of Highway 150; circa1930.

St Marys Catholic Church - located at 128High Street in Shoals; circa 1950;Miscellaneous

Marker – located south of the Crim Enter-prises Building on the north side of Highway50 east of the White River and west of WaterStreet; circa 1880/1932; the marker is a stonefrom Old Pier dated 1880 and marks the lo-cation of the first bridge over the White Riverin Martin County. The marker was erected in1932 by the Shoals Home Economics Cluband the Indiana State Highway Commission.

B&O Railroad Bridge - located over theWhite River in the middle between Highway50 and 2nd Street; circa 1910; the bridge hasbeen altered by replacement ties and anadded railing. The bridge still uses some ofthe original piers from the first B&O bridgebuilt in 1857. Some of the piers have beenreplaced with concrete piers. Next to thebridge is a concrete tower that was used tosupply water for steam engine trains. Alsonext to the bridge is a brick foundation.

According to the report from the IndianaDepartment of Workforce Development,Martin County had only five more residentsin the workforce from January to February.In February, 5,410 were in the workforcewith 393 unemployed.

Daviess County’s jobless rate only moved.1 percent from January to February, from5.6 to 5.7. Last month, Daviess County had14,620 residents in the job market with 830unemployed.

In January there were 14,647 residentsworking and 824 not working. DaviessCounty continues to hang on to the 92ndspot for having the lowest unemploymentrate in the state. In February of 2010 thecounty’s rate stood at 6.7 percent.

Dubois County’s jobless rate droppedonly .4 percent from January to February,going from 6.8 percent to 6.4 percent put-ting them in 89th place in the state. DuboisCounty had 19,728 residents with jobs inFebruary and 1,358 without.

In January there were 20,173 residentswith jobs and 1,461 without. A year ago,D u b o i sCounty’s job-less rate stoodat 8.9 percent.

O r a n g eCounty’s un-employmentrate went un-changed fromJanuary toF e b r u a r y ,stalled at 10.4percent andtied in the rankings at 33rd place withHoward County; a change from 37th placea month before. In February of 2010 thecounty’s jobless rate was 13 percent.

The five state rankings for the lowest un-employment in the state for February go toDaviess County at 5.7 percent, KnoxCounty at 6.1 percent, Hamilton County at6.2 percent, Dubois County at 6.4 percent,

and Monroe County at 6.6 percent.The five state rankings for the highest

jobless rate in the state go to VermillionCounty at 13.7 percent, Crawford andFayette counties tied at 12.7 percent, New-ton County at 12.6 percent, Franklin Countyat 12.4 percent, and Jennings and Putnamcounties tied at 12.3 percent.

Indiana’s preliminary seasonally-adjustedunemployment rate dropped 0.3 percent, to8.8 percent in February. This marks the firsttime since December 2008 the state’s unem-ployment rate has been less than 9 percent.Indiana’s rate is now just below the nationalaverage of 8.9 percent and below that of allneighboring states. Private sector employ-ment in Indiana declined in February, (-1,600).

“The number of Hoosiers claiming stateunemployment insurance benefits is lessthan half the number it was two years ago,”said Mark W. Everson, Commissioner ofthe Department of Workforce Development.“Moreover, new claims for unemploymentinsurance are now at a level not seen since2006.”

Employmentby Sector

S e c t o r sshowing sig-nificant em-ployment gainsin February in-clude: PrivateEducation andHealth Serv-ices (1,300)and Construc-tion (1,200).Sectors show-

ing significant declines are Trade, Trans-portation and Utilities (-3,200) and Gov-ernment (-6,300). Total non-farmemployment decreased (-7,900) in Febru-ary.

This article was written in part with apress release from the Indiana Departmentof Workforce Development.

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-Photo provided by the Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and ArchaeologyThe building shown above is the present-day Nu-Tap located on the east side of the

200 block of Main Street south of a vacant lot south of the railroad tracks. The buildingwas built in 1870 and is believed to be one of the oldest in Shoals.

-Photo provided by the Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and ArchaeologyThe Chenoweth House, shown above, is located at 37 Main Street in Shoals and was

built in 1910. The Chenoweth’s were owners of the Star Mill to the west.

-Photo provided by the Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and ArchaeologyThe T.V. Albright House, shown above, located at 103 High Street in Shoals was built

in 1855 and is listed as a notable property on the historical survey.

RATE

Feb. 2010

Jan. 2011

Feb. 2011

MonthlyChange

Indiana 10.7% 9.1% 8.8% -0.3%

U.S. 9.7% 9.0% 8.9% -0.1%

Illinois 11.1% 9.0% 8.9% -0.1%

Kentucky 10.9% 10.4% 10.4% n/c

Michigan 13.5% 10.7% 10.4% -0.3%

Ohio 10.6% 9.3% 9.2% -0.1%

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CHERyL LAGENouRCheryl A. Lagenour passed away on

Monday, March 28, 2011 from injuries sus-tained due to an automobile accident west

of French Lick. Aresident of Dubois,she was 48.

She was born Au-gust 7, 1962 inJasper; the daughterof James H. andHelen (Kunz) New-ton. She married Jeff

Lagenour on May 16,1981. She was a

graduate of Jasper High School Class of1980 and she also had worked for Kimball

International for 24 years. She enjoyedreading and travelling.

Surviving relatives include her husband,Jeff Lagenour; mother, Helen Newton, ofJasper; sisters, (twin sister) Carol A. Herbigof Ireland and Donna Newton of Dittmer,Missouri; a brother, Richard Newton of ElPaso, Texas; several nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death is her father, JamesNewton.

A Celebration of Life Memorial Servicewill be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2,2011 at the Becher & Kluesner NorthChapel in Jasper with the Fr. John Boeglinofficiating.

Friends may call from 10 a.m. Saturdayuntil service time at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made tothe American Cancer Society or to a fa-vorite charity.

MARVIN MARTINMarvin Ray “Buster” Martin passed away

on March 26, 2011 at 10:17 p.m. at hishome. A resident of Shoals, he was 67.

He was born on September 25, 1943 inShoals; the son of the late Sharman andMrytle (Wright) Martin. He married KathyPate on November 2, 1996 in French Lickand she survives. Marvin was a handyman,and he loved to fish.

Other survivors include a son, Mark anddaughter, Christina; two step-daughters,Kati and Wendy Tuell; three step-sons,Daniel, Everett and Benjamin Tuell; elevengrandchildren; two brothers, Donald Martinof French Lick and Paul Martin of Shoals;and one sister, Pauline Sullivan of Washing-ton.

He is preceded in death by his parents,one son, David Martin; a step-son, DavidTuell; and two brothers, Bob and Ted Mar-tin.

A funeral service was held Tuesday,March 29 at Queen-Lee Funeral Home inShoals with burial following in Spring HillCemetery.

Online condolences may be made atwww.queenlee.com.

WANDA WARRENWanda Mae Warren passed away Febru-

ary 25, 2011. A resident of Loogootee, shewas 56.

She was born August 27, 1954 in Orange

County; the daughter of Hughes and Ruby(VanLaningham) Richardson. Wanda was

the youngest of ninechildren. She marriedGreg Warren on Febru-ary 14, 1998 at theShoals UnitedMethodist Church. Shewas self-employed as ahousekeeper of manyyears, and was wellknown and respected

for her diligent house-keeping abilities. She

formerly attended the Fairview Church inShoals.

She is survived by her husband, GregWarren of Loogootee; one son, NathanRoach of Shoals; grandson, Damon Roachof Shoals; four brothers, Charles Richard-son of Paoli, Raymond (Joleen) Richardsonof Ramsey, Calvin (Joan) Richardson ofMarengo, and Clarence Richardson ofMarengo; four sisters, Ethel (Melvin) Nel-son of Paoli, Mary Knight of Birdseye,Linda (Kenneth) Ivey of Bedford, and Kay(Loy) Doenges of Hardinsburg, mother-in-law, Pat Allbright of Shoals, an uncle, Hazel(Helen) VanLaningham of Milford; sixteennieces, nine nephews, many cousins, andfriends.

A funeral service was held Saturday,March 26 at Queen-Lee Funeral Home inShoals. Burial followed in Spring HillCemetery.

Online condolences may be made to thefamily at www.queenlee.com.

CHERyL LAGENouR

WANDA WARREN

The annual business meeting of theGoodwill Cemetery Board was held lastTuesday, March 22 at the German AmericanBancorp Building.

Those in attendance were President, KenWoods; Vice President Richard Davis; Sec-retary/Treasurer, Joy Ausbrooks; and boardmembers, Glen Crim, Malcolm Allen,Ralph Ausbrooks, Rama Dye, Dick Barber,and James Edwards. Other interested per-sons were Mrs. Donna Allen and Mrs. Bon-nie Dye.

The annual Treasurer’s Report was read

Goodwill Cemetery Board holds meetingand upcoming business discussed. April 2was picked for the Spring Clean-Up datefrom 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a rain date ofApril 9. All grave blankets and Christmasflower arrangements need to be removedbefore that time. Volunteers will removeblankets and weathered flower arrange-ments on the 2nd.

Mowing crews will begin shortly and willneed to have a clear area around all monu-ments for grass cutting and trimming. Theboard asks the public’s help with keepingthe cemetery clean.

a.m. after several hours of planning a conser-vation officer went into the water and wasable to hook a tow cable to the vehicle. Eventhough he was touching the vehicle he couldnot tell if it was Wanda’s vehicle or if she wasin it. Craney’s Wrecker Service slowlywinched the vehicle approximately 540 feetto the Shoals boat ramp. Once at the ramp in-vestigators located a body of a female inside.

An autopsy was performed Tuesdayevening and the Martin County Coroner’s

Office decided to have a forensic dental com-parison conducted to verify the identity ofthe body. Last Thursday, the Martin CountyCoroner’s Office verified that the body in thecar was in fact that of Wanda Mae Warren,57, of Loogootee.

“This investigation was a cooperative ef-fort amongst several agencies,” said Chief,Kelly Rayhill, of the Loogootee Police De-partment. “It is unfortunate that she wasfound like this but hopefully the family cannow have some closure.”

Bridge replacement on 231Recently, many residents have noticed work being done on Hwy. 231 near

Whitfield. According to Cher Goodwin, media representative for INDoT, abridge is being replaced over Friends Creek. Crews are building a runaround,or new roads around the bridge, in order to prevent traffic being stopped whilethe bridge is replaced. Motorists will still be able to travel past the worksite with-out delays. The work is being performed by CLR, Inc. out of Vincennes for $3.1million.

-Photos by Joshua Hughett

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RECORDS4Wednesday,


Journal

Martin County Sheriff’s Department log

Public

Jail bookings

Tuesday, March 227:29 a.m. - Received a request for an am-

bulance in Shoals. The subject was trans-ported to Bedford Regional MedicalCenter.

10:52 a.m. - A female caller reported aproperty dispute with her ex-husband.

12:27 p.m. - Received a report of some-thing suspicious on a subject’s property onBrooks Bridge Road.

12:58 p.m. - Received information aboutpossible drug activity.

2:00 p.m. - Received information on acontrolled burn on Mill Road.

2:15 p.m. - Received a report of a possi-ble impaired driver on U.S. 231, south ofWhitfield.

2:18 p.m. - Received a call about a pos-sible battery in Loogootee.

6:50 p.m. - Received a report of a possi-ble impaired driver on U.S. 231, north-bound from Emmons Cemetery Road area

6:59 p.m. - Received a report of mailtampering.

8:03 p.m. - Received a report from a par-ent that a juvenile had been struck by a ve-hicle earlier in the day at the skate park inLoogootee.

9:22 p.m. - Received a report of a miss-ing child on U.S. 231, north of Loogootee.The child was located just a short timelater.Wednesday, March 23

1:42 a.m. - Received a report of a possi-ble prowler at a residence just west of Loo-gootee. Daviess County Sheriff’sDepartment was contacted.

4:03 a.m. - Received a request to observefor a stolen vehicle from Jasper.

3:37 p.m. - Received a report of a speed-ing and reckless vehicle on U.S. 50, west-bound from Warren’s Curve.

4:28 p.m. - Received a request for a ve-hicle check on Brooks Bridge Road.

4:48 p.m. - Received a call about possiblestolen property.

5:01 p.m. - A female caller reported four-wheelers racing on S.R. 550.

6:09 p.m. - Received a report of a juve-nile speeding on a four-wheeler in Shoals.

8:00 p.m. - Received a request for an am-bulance in Shoals. The subject was trans-ported to Bedford Regional MedicalCenter.

8:28 p.m. - Received a report of a poweroutage on Tripp Road.

Unknown time - A report was received ofseveral branches and limbs on U.S. 50,west of the Martin State Forest.

8:59 p.m. - Received a call regarding cus-tody issues.

10:12 p.m. - Received a report of a bat-tery on East River Road.Thursday, March 24

8:47 a.m. - Received a commercial bur-glar alarm in Loogootee. Loogootee PoliceDepartment was notified.

7:05 p.m. - Received several calls abouta stranded semi on U.S. 231, at Farlan.Daviess County was contacted.Friday, March 25

9:24 a.m. - Received a report of trashthrown along S.R. 450.

10:25 a.m. - A female call from Shoalsreport harassment by a neighbor.

11:30 a.m. - Received a report of a treehanging over the roadway on S.R. 450,near Hickory Ridge Hill.

1:10 p.m. - A male subject came on sta-tion to report a property dispute.

2:28 p.m. - Received a request for an am-bulance in Loogootee. The subject wastransported to Jasper Memorial Hospital.

3:30 p.m. - Received a report of a strongodor of anhydrous just north of Haysville.

4:00 p.m. - Received a report of a miss-ing dog from Jackman Hill Road.

4:02 p.m. - Received a report of a viola-

tion of a protective order.6:25 p.m. - A female came on station to

speak with an officer in reference to a childcustody issue.

7:12 p.m. - A male caller requested tospeak to an officer about a dispute with aneighbor.

10:50 p.m. - Received a report of a sus-picious vehicle in Shoals.Saturday, March 26

12:05 a.m. - Received a request for anambulance in Loogootee. No transport wasnecessary.

12:10 a.m. - Received a report of a pos-sible impaired driver on U.S. 231, north ofHaysville.

11:30 a.m. - A caller requested assistancelocating a juvenile last seen riding a bicycleon U.S. 150.

1:20 p.m. - Received a report of a possi-ble impaired driver on U.S. 50, eastboundfrom Loogootee.

4:17 p.m. - Received a report of tiresdumped on the roadway on AndersonRoad.

4:37 p.m. - Received a report of individ-uals on U.S. 231, south of Loogootee, pick-ing up firewood and possibly being a traffichazard.

5:07 p.m. - Received a call about dogsthat have been left behind and uncared foron Swamp Lake Road.

8:12 p.m. - Received a report of a theft.Sunday, March 27

9:48 a.m. - Received a request for assis-

tance from the ambulance for a subject thathad fallen in Loogootee. No transport wasnecessary.

5:35 p.m. - Received a report of tele-phone harassment.

5:40 p.m. - Received a request for an am-bulance on U.S. 231, south of Loogootee.The subject was transported to Jasper Me-morial Hospital.

6:50 p.m. - Received a report of stolenproperty from a rental property in Shoals.Monday, March 28

4:56 a.m. - Received a request for an am-bulance at Loogootee Nursing Center. Thepatient was transported to Jasper MemorialHospital.

11:00 a.m. - Received a report of a pos-sible trespasser.

11:30 a.m. - Received a report of mailboxvandalism Windom Road.

11:57 a.m. - Received a request for extrapatrol.

2:07 p.m. - Received a report of mailboxvandalism on Spring Hill Road.

2:17 p.m. - Received a report of a possi-ble impaired driver headed north on U.S.231 from the U.S. 50 junction.

2:53 p.m. - Received a report of a possi-ble impaired driver on U.S. 50, eastboundfrom half mile curve.

4:42 p.m. - Received a report of a stolenpurse.

5:35 p.m. - Received several calls abouta possible impaired driver southbound onU.S. 231, headed into Loogootee city lim-its.

6:01 p.m. - Received a report of a vehiclethat is a possible traffic hazard on LynwoodStreet in Shoals.

6:05 p.m. - Received a call about the pos-sible impaired driver at 5:35 p.m. nowbeing located on U.S. 150.

9:18 p.m. - A female caller reported areckless driver in a semi now stopped at theMarathon in Loogootee.

10:27 p.m. - Received a report of possi-ble prowlers at a residence in Shoals.

11:38 p.m. - Received a commercial bur-glar alarm in Shoals. Tuesday, March 29

2:04 a.m. - Received a request for an am-bulance in Shoals. No transport was neces-sary.

7:23 a.m. - A male caller reported unau-thorized control of his vehicle.

10:00 a.m. - Received a call from ShoalsSchool Corporation, requesting an officerfor a student.

11:07 a.m. - Received a report of a con-trolled burn in the Martin State Forest area.

Wednesday, March 234:45 p.m. - Derek Mattingly, 22, of Loo-

gootee, was arrested and charged with op-erating a vehicle while intoxicated.Saturday, March 26

2:00 a.m. - William A. Kidwell, 31, ofShoals was arrested and charged with oper-ating while intoxicated and possession of alegend drug.

1:48 p.m. - Judy R. Archer, 45, of Odon,was arrested on a Martin County warrantfor failure to appear.

4:04 p.m. - David Bobe, 23, of Bedford,was arrested on a Martin County warrantfor contempt of court.

4:59 p.m. - Timothy Norman, 44, ofShoals was arrested on a Martin Countywarrant for failure to appear.

11:00 p.m. - Roy Norman, 32, of Bedford,was arrested and charged with operatingwhile intoxicated.

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Monday, March 212:30 p.m. - Female caller requested to

speak with an officer in regards to an itemloaned to another person.

5:48 p.m. - Male caller stated several kidswere riding bikes in his yard. Sgt. Norrisspoke with the caller.Tuesday, March 22

2:18 p.m. - Martin County Sheriff’s De-partment reported a fight in process on EastMain Street. This fight involved two females.Chief Deputy Tony Dant and Chief Rayhillinvestigated. Charges were forwarded to theMartin County Prosecutor’s Office.

5:57 p.m. - Female caller reported some-one burning near her residence.

8:04 p.m. - A mother called and stated herjuvenile son had apparently been slightlystruck by another vehicle in the city poolparking lot. Captain Akles investigated.

9:04 p.m. - A male called in a parking com-plaint on West Washington Street.Wednesday, March 23

4:10 a.m. - Sgt. Norris located a red FordExplorer that had been reported stolen fromJasper. A traffic stop was conducted. A malewith a thin build fled the scene and was notlocated.

9:08 a.m. - A transient voucher was com-pleted for gas and food.

10:40 a.m. - A female called and statedsomeone was burning something nearBloomfield Road.

4:52 p.m. - Male caller reported suspiciousactivity on North Line Street.Thursday, March 24

12:45 a.m. - Male caller stated he hadkicked out his girlfriend from his residenceand did not want any more problems fromher.

8:49 a.m. - Martin County Sheriff’s De-partment reported a panic alarm activated ata local business. Chief Rayhill respondedand everything was fine.

9:34 a.m. - Male caller reported a potbellypig loose. A citation was given.

11:46 a.m. - Received a report of a loosedog getting into trash near Truelove Drive.

11:41 a.m. - A female reported being bat-tered by a male the previous night. ChiefRayhill completed a case report.

5:32 p.m. - Received a report of a loosedog on Walker Street.

6:05 p.m. - Mike Hopkins, of Loogootee,reported one of his tires had been slashed.Captain Akles responded.

CRIMINAL CouRTNew Charges Filed

March 14David S. Lents, invasion of privacy, a

Class A Misdemeanor.CRIMINAL CoNVICTIoNS AND

SENTENCINGFebruary 25

David R. Espie, convicted of operating avehicle while intoxicated, a Class C Misde-meanor. Sentenced to serve 60 days in theMartin County Security Center with creditfor time served. Court suspends 58 days in-cluding one day served and day for daygood time credit for each day of actual in-carceration. Defendant received one yearprobation.

Shane D. Norrell, convicted of operatinga vehicle with a schedule I or II controlledsubstance or its metabolite in the body, aClass C Misdemeanor. Sentenced to serve60 days in the Martin County Security Cen-ter with 56 days suspended including creditfor two days previously served and day forday good time credit for each day of actualincarceration. Defendant received 8 monthsof probation.

February 28Jared Wayne Welker, convicted of posses-

sion of marijuana under 30 grams, a Class AMisdemeanor. Sentenced to serve 14 days inthe Martin County Security Center with zerodays suspended including credit for twodays previously served and day for day goodtime credit for each day of actual incarcera-tion. Defendant received no probation.

Rodney Neil Finch, convicted of operat-ing a vehicle with a blood alcohol contentof .15 or more, a Class A Misdemeanor.Sentenced to serve 365 days in the MartinCounty Security Center with 361 days sus-pended including credit for two days previ-ously served and day for day good timecredit for each day of actual incarceration.Defendant received no probation.

March 1Frank L. Fields, convicted of operating a

vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .08or more, a Class C Misdemeanor. Sentencedto serve 365 days in the Martin County Se-curity Center with credit for time served.Court suspends 361 days including creditfor two days previously served and day forday good time credit of actual incarceration.Defendant received 12 months of probation.

March 3Tina I. Turpin, convicted of operating a

vehicle with a schedule I or II controlledsubstance or its metabolite in the body, aClass C Misdemeanor. Sentenced to serve60 days in the Martin County Security Cen-ter with credit for time served. Court sus-pends 54 days including credit for threedays previously served and day for daygood time credit for each day of actual in-carceration. Defendant received 12 monthsof probation.

March 4John M. Seals, convicted of operating a

vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .15or more, a Class A Misdemeanor. Sentencedto serve 361 days in the Martin County Se-curity Center with credit for time served.Court suspends 359 days including creditfor three days previously served and day forday good time credit for each day of actualincarceration. Defendant received 11months of probation.

March 7Barbara J. Sanders, convicted of public

intoxication, a Class B Misdemeanor. Sen-tenced to serve 14 days in the MartinCounty Security Center with credit for timeserved with zero days suspended includingcredit for seven days previously served andday for day good time credit for each day ofactual incarceration.

March 9Courtney R. Matthews, convicted of op-

erating a vehicle with a blood alcohol con-

tent of .15 or more, a Class A Misdemeanor.Sentenced to serve 365 days in the MartinCounty Security Center with credit for timeserved. Court suspends 363 days includingcredit for 1 day previously served and dayfor day good time credit for each day of ac-tual incarceration.

March 16Joseph L. Campbell, convicted of posses-

sion of methamphetamine, a Class DFelony. Sentenced to serve 1.5 years in theMartin County Security Center with creditfor time served and remainder of sentencesuspended. Defendant received 15 monthsof probation.

Alan C. Moorhead, convicted of batteryresulting in bodily injury, a Class A Misde-meanor and judgment of conviction as aClass A Misdemeanor. Sentenced on bothcounts to serve 365 days in the MartinCounty Security Center with 275 days sus-pended and credit for 90 actual days previ-ously served and day for day good timecredit for each day of actual incarceration.Defendant received 8 months of probation.

March 17Jacob E. Jones, convicted of intimidation,

a Class A Misdemeanor. Sentenced to serve365 days in the Martin County SecurityCenter with credit for time served. Courtsuspends 307 days including credit for 58actual days served. Defendant received oneyear probation.

CRIMINAL CHARGES DISMISSEDFebruary 24

Adam L. Sermersheim, driving while sus-pended, a Class A Misdemeanor, dismissed.

Dianna L. Freeman, invasion of privacy,a Class A Misdemeanor, dismissed.

February 28Rodney Neil Finch, failure to stop after

accident resulting in non-vehicle damage, aClass B Misdemeanor, dismissed.

March 3Tina I. Turpin, operating a vehicle with-

out ever being licensed, a Class C Misde-meanor, dismissed.

March 7Barbara J. Sanders, operating a vehicle

while intoxicated with prior OWI withinfive years, a Class D Felony, dismissed; op-erating a vehicle while intoxicated with re-fusal to submit to test, a Class D Felony,dismissed; operating a vehicle while intox-icated, a Class C Misdemeanor, dismissed;resisting law enforcement, a Class A Mis-demeanor, dismissed; disorderly conduct, aClass B Misdemeanor, dismissed.

March 9Joshua A. Phillips, driving while sus-

pended, a Class A Misdemeanor, dismissed.March 10

Charles P. Davis, illegal consumption ofalcoholic beverage, a Class C Misde-meanor, dismissed.

March 15Michael P. Cundiff, child molesting, a

Class A Felony, dismissed.March 16

Joseph L. Campbell, possession of aswitchblade knife, a Class B Misdemeanor,dismissed; maintaining a common nuisance,a Class D Felony, dismissed; dealing inmethamphetamine, a Class A Felony, dis-missed; visiting a common nuisance, aClass B Misdemeanor, dismissed.

CIVIL CouRTNew Suits Filed

March 18GE Money Bank vs. Latrisha McKibben,

civil collection.CIVIL CouRT JuDGMENTS

March 21Judgment in favor of the plaintiff Dis-

cover Bank and against the defendant CarlaBesaw in the amount of $1,464.84.

Judgment in favor of the plaintiff TheBank of New York Mellon and against thedefendant Aleva Lucas in the amount of$97,731.78.

March 24Judgment in favor of the plaintiff Dis-

cover Bank and against the defendant ClaraSmith in the amount of $16,029.07.

SMALL CLAIMS CouRTNew Suit Filed

March 17David S. Holt vs. Phillip S. Gabhart, com-

plaint.SMALL CLAIMS JuDGMENTS

March 16Judgment in favor of the plaintiff James

Hart and against the defendant Direct TVOffice of General Counsel in the amount of$449.

March 21Judgment in favor of the plaintiff Heather

L. Kidwell and against the defendant JasonL. Moffitt in the amount of $2,747.26.

March 24Judgment in favor of the plaintiff Shirley

Gibson and against the defendants Rory andCharlotte Browder in the amount of $776.

TRAFFIC TICKETS PAIDMarch 16 – March 22

Dylan Baker, Paoli, speeding 73 in a 50,$124.

Greg Baugh, Evansville, speeding 65 in a50, $119.

Paul Scheuer, North Vernon, speeding 65in a 50; alteration by local authority; school,$119.

Ricky Slough, Worthington, Kentucky,speeding 69 in a 55, $119.

Shawn Smith, Owensboro, Kentucky,speeding 70 in a 45, $124.

Eric Temple, Jasper, speeding 70 in a 55,$119.

Rodger Wilson, Owensboro, Kentucky,speeding 65 in a 50, $119.

Saturday, March 266:37 p.m. - Lacey N. Holmes, 22, of

Odon, was traveling east on U.S. 150 nearNatchez, in a silver 2003 Oldsmobile Alerowhen she lost control of the vehicle andspun 180 degrees before sliding off the edgeof the roadway and flipping over into aditch. The investigating officer was DeputyJoshua Greene.

The Indiana State Police had the follow-ing enforcement activity for February 2011.The Jasper State Police Post covers Craw-ford, Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Orange,Perry, and Spencer Counties.

Traffic Arrests (tickets) - 630Warnings – 1,704Commercial Motor Vehicle moving ar-

rests - 14DUI Arrests - 13Total Criminal Arrests - 105The Indiana State Police would like to en-

courage people to report illegal drug activ-ity to the Methamphetamine Hotline at800-453-4756, the Marijuana Tip Line at888-873-1694, or the Jasper Post at 812-482-1441 or 800-742-7475. Remember ifyou wish to stay anonymous you can.

Jasper ISP Post reports Februaryenforcement activity

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Mary J. Hovis and Delbert J. Howell, ofMartin County, Indiana to Kenneth R.Boyd, of Martin County, Indiana, Lot Num-ber 213 in Daugherty’s Addition to the Town,of West Shoals, now Shoals, Indiana. Excepta strip of 10 feet wide of even width off ofthe North and thereof, subject to right of wayof U.S. Hwy. 50.

Frank L. Fields and Pam Fields (alsoknown as Pamela S. Fields), of HendricksCounty, Indiana to Frank L. Fields andPamela S. Fields, of Hendricks County, In-diana, the west half of the Southeast Quarterof the Northeast Quarter of Section 36,Township 3 North, Range 4 West. Also 8.5acres being a part of the Southwest Quarterof the Northeast Quarter of Section 36,Township 3 North, Range 4 West. Also astrip of land 7 rods wide and of even widthoff of the east side of the Southwest Quarterof the Northeast Quarter of Section 36,Township 3 North, Range 4 West, containing3.25 acres, more or less. Also, a part of theNortheast Quarter of the Northeast Quarterof said Section 36, Township 3 North, Range4 West, containing one acre, more or less.Also, a part of the Southwest Quarter of theNortheast Quarter of Section 36, Township3 North, Range 4 West, containing 18 acres,more or less except 2 acres off of the northend thereof that lies in the bottom heretoforedeeded to Thomas Gormerly. Also excepttherefrom a part of the Northeast Quarter ofthe Northeast Quarter as a part of the westhalf of the Southeast Quarter of the NortheastQuarter of Section 36, Township 3 North,Range 4 West, and containing 15.968 acres,more or less. Also, a part of the NortheastQuarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section38, Township 3 North, Range 4 West, MartinCounty, Indiana, and containing 1.630 acres,more or less.

Robert C. Jerstad, Michael K. Jerstad,Janet Jerstad Ellert, and Susan H. Guer-rettaz to Tim Moffatt and Bill Moffatt, apart of the Southeast Quarter of Section 4,Township 2 North, Range 3 West, containing25 acres, more or less.

Randall J. yoder, of Daviess County, In-diana to John L. Zehr and Ruth A. Zehr,of Daviess County, Indiana, the southeastpart of the Southeast Quarter of the NortheastQuarter of Section 24, Township 3 North,Range 5 West, containing fifty hundredths ofan acre.

Village Apartments of Shoals, L.P. toWilson Drive, LLC, part of the south halfof the Northwest Quarter of Section 29,Township 3 North, Range 3 West, MartinCounty, Indiana, containing 1.514 acres,more or less.

Harold Gene Parsons and Ina LouiseParsons, of Martin County, Indiana toHarold Gene Parsons and Ina Louise Par-

sons, of Martin County, Indiana; Tract I: apart of the Northwest Quarter of the South-east Quarter of Section 19, Township 2North, Range 4 West, containing 2 acres,more or less. Tract II: a part of the NorthwestQuarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section19, Township 2 North, Range 4 West, con-taining 6 acres, more or less. Tract III: partof the Southwest Quarter of Section 33,Township 2 North, Range 4 West, containing100 acres, more or less. Also, the SoutheastQuarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section33, Township 2 North, Range 4 West, con-taining 40 acres, more or less. Also, the northpart of the Southeast Quarter of the NortheastQuarter of Section 5, Township 1 North,Range 4 West, containing 2 acres, more orless. Also, the Northeast Quarter of theNortheast Quarter of Section 5, Township 1North, Range 4 West, containing 40 acres,more or less. Also, the south part of theSoutheast Quarter of the Southeast Quarterof Section 32, Township 2 North, Range 4West, containing 30 acres, more or less. Also,the southwest corner of the Southwest Quar-ter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 33,Township 2 North, Range 4 West, containing21 acres, more or less. Also, the west one halfof the Northwest Quarter of Section 33,Township 2 North, Range 4 West, containing80 acres, more or less. Containing in all ofTract III, 313 acres, more or less.

Harold Gene Parsons, of Martin County,Indiana to Vicki Lee Dills, trustee of theHarold G. Parsons, Sr. and Ina LouiseParsons Irrevocable Trust, of MartinCounty, Indiana, Tract I: a part of the North-west Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Sec-tion 19, Township 2 North, Range 4 West,containing 2 acres, more or less. Tract II: apart of the Northwest Quarter of the South-east Quarter of Section 19, Township 2North, Range 4 West, containing 6 acres,more or less. Tract III: part of the SouthwestQuarter of Section 33, Township 2 North,Range 4 West, containing 100 acres, more orless. Also, the Southeast Quarter of theNorthwest Quarter of Section 33, Township2 North, Range 4 West, containing 40 acres,more or less. Also, the north part of theSoutheast Quarter of the Northeast Quarterof Section 5, Township 1 North, Range 4West, containing 2 acres, more or less. Also,the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quar-ter of Section 5, Township 1 North, Range 4West, containing 40 acres, more or less. Also,the south part of the Southeast Quarter of theSoutheast Quarter of Section 32, Township2 North, Range 4 West, containing 30 acres,more or less. Also, the southwest corner ofthe Southwest Quarter of the SouthwestQuarter of Section 33, Township 2 North,

Range 4 West, containing 21 acres, more orless. Also, the west one-half of the NorthwestQuarter of Section 33, Township 2 North,Range 4 West, containing 80 acres, more orless. Containing in all of Tract III, 313 acres,more or less.

Ina Louise Parsons, of Martin County, In-diana to Vicki Lee Dills, trustee of theHarold G. Parsons and Ina Louise Par-sons Irrevocable Trust, of Martin County,Indiana, Tract I: a part of the NorthwestQuarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section19, Township 2 North, Range 4 West, con-taining 2 acres, more or less. Tract II: a partof the Northwest Quarter of the SoutheastQuarter of Section 19, Township 2 North,Range 4 West, containing 6 acres, more orless. Tract III: part of the Southwest Quarterof Section 33, Township 2 North, Range 4West, containing 100 acres, more or less.Also, the Southeast Quarter of the NorthwestQuarter of Section 33 Township 2 North,Range 4 West, containing 40 acres, more orless. Also, the north part of the SoutheastQuarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section5, Township 1 North, Range 4 West, contain-ing 2 acres, more or less. Also, the NortheastQuarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section5, Township 1 North, Range 4 West, contain-ing 40 acres, more or less. Also, the southpart of the Southeast Quarter of the SoutheastQuarter of Section 32, Township 2 North,Range 4 West, containing 30 acres, more orless. Also, the northwest corner of the South-west Quarter of the Southwest Quarter ofSection 33, Township 2 North, Range 4West, containing 21 acres, more or less. Also,the west one-half of the Northwest Quarterof Section 33, Township 2 North, Range 4West, containing 80 acres, more or less. Con-taining in all of Tract III, 313 acres, more orless.

Harold G. Parsons and Ina L. Parsons,of Martin County, Indiana to Harold GeneParsons and Ina Louise Parsons, of MartinCounty, Indiana, the north one-half of theSoutheast Quarter, except 20 acres of evenwidth off the east side thereof, 60 acres andall the Northeast Quarter lying south of BarnRun Creek, 90 acres, all in Section 33, Town-ship 2 North, Range 4 West.

Harold Gene Parsons, of Martin County,Indiana to Vicki Lee Dills, trustee of theHarold G. Parsons and Ina Louise Par-sons Irrevocable Trust, of Martin County,Indiana, the north one-half of the SoutheastQuarter, except 20 acres of even width offthe east side thereof, 60 acres and all theNortheast Quarter lying south of Barn RunCreek, 90 acres, all in Section 33, Township2 North, Range 4 West.

Ina Louise Parsons, of Martin County, In-

diana to Vicki Lee Dills, trustee of theHarold G. Parsons and Ina Louise Par-sons Irrevocable Trust, of Martin County,Indiana, the north one-half of the SoutheastQuarter, except 20 acres of even width offthe east side thereof, 60 acres and all theNortheast Quarter lying south of Barn RunCreek, 90 acres, all in Section 33, Township2 North, Range 4 West.

Kevin L. Wininger, of Martin County, In-diana to Kevin L. Wininger and Tina RoseWininger, of Martin County, Indiana, partof the Southwest Quarter of the NorthwestQuarter of Section 8, Township 3 North,Range 4 West, containing 25 acres, more orless.

Wanda Hellums, of Martin County, Indi-ana to Sheryl Hellums, of Martin County,Indiana, 45 feet off of the west end of LotsNumbered 7, 8, and 9 in J.P. Arvin’s Additionto Loogootee, Indiana.

Wanda M. Hellums, of Martin County,Indiana to Sheryl Hellums, of MartinCounty, Indiana, a part of the southeast cor-ner of the Northeast Quarter of Section 24,Township 3 North, Range 5 West.

Wanda M. Hellums, of Martin County,Indiana to Mark D. Hellums and TracyStoll, of Martin County, Indiana, a part of thesoutheast corner of the Northeast Quarter ofSection 24, Township 3 North, Range 5West.

Roger W. Roller, of Martin County, Indi-ana to Dale R. Condra, of Martin County,Indiana, a part of the Northeast Quarter of theNorthwest Quarter of Section 19, Township3 North, Range 4 West, containing .46 acre,more or less.


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On Wednesday, March 23 at approxi-mately 11 a.m., the Indiana State Police ar-rested a Huntingburg woman for stealingmore than $22,000 from the Indiana FukangFur Corporation.

On February 3, the Indiana State PoliceCriminal Investigation Division launched acriminal investigation after receiving infor-mation that Crystal D. White, 33, Hunting-burg had allegedly misappropriatedapproximately $22,000 of the company’sfunds.

According to the investigation Crystalhad office responsibilities with the companyand wrote six company checks to herselfwithout the approval of the company.

Throughout the course of the investiga-tion Detective Troy Fischer was able to ob-tain enough information for the DuboisSuperior Court to issue an arrest warrant fortheft for her arrest.

Today shortly after 11 a.m., Trooper PhilHensley went to Crystal’s residence andserved the arrest warrant. Crystal was takeninto custody without incident and trans-ported to the Dubois County Jail. She ischarged with theft, a Class D Felony.

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Exercising our commitment to HoosiersIn what is now the fifth week of the

House Democrats’ strike, the legislators thatfaithfully show up to work every day to per-form the people’s business have been ableto make good on the announcement madeby the House and Senate leaders last weekand work together to make progress onpending legislation. Working with our leg-islative colleagues in the Senate, the Househas begun committee hearings on bills thatare coming over to us from the Senate. Novotes can be taken on any of the bills untilmy Democrat colleagues return, but we areat least able to receive public input and tes-timony on these bills and discuss them atsome length.

I am sponsoring one of the Senate Billsassigned to a House committee that wouldbring about cost savings for governmentagencies. Senate Bill 533 makes changes todesign-build projects undertaken by stateagencies, which are projects in which a sin-gle contractor designs and constructs theprojects.

Current law requires a multi-step processthat state agencies must follow in which theagency must create a committee to findqualified contractors for the project and se-lect at least three after rating and scoring thecontractors and reviewing their bids. Afterthe committee selects three contractors, theagency must then send a request to eachcontractor for proposed designs for the proj-ect. Each contractor must then submit, intwo parts, a proposal containing specificitems that the agency will then review.

This is a long process for an agency to gothrough, and it creates added costs for the

agency and for those bidding on them. SB533 streamlines the process for design-buildprojects that will cost less than $1 millionby combining steps and adjusting other re-quirements. Through shortening thisprocess, our public schools, local govern-ments, and other state agencies will all beable to save some money on these projects.Historical data shows that most projects cansee a five to 10 percent overall savingsusing the design-build process.

Many of the bills that we were able topass in the House before the Democratwalkout began have also been able toprogress through the Senate these past fewweeks. Six bills that began in the Househave already made it through the Senate andsigned into law by the governor. One of mybills, House Bill 1297, was unanimously ac-cepted by a Senate committee and now goesto the Senate floor. HB 1297 allows morefinancial institutions to hold public depositswithout any added risk by changing the re-quirements of financial institutions and howor if they are able to hold public deposits ofthe state.

I am greatly pleased that we have beenable to continue the people’s business in atleast a limited fashion despite the House De-mocrats’ unwillingness to work. However, Ihope that they return soon, because our con-stitutional obligations to enact a state budgetand draw new legislative districts are ap-proaching quickly. By them not returning,they are pushing us closer and closer to acostly special session. I can only hope thatmy Democrat colleagues will soon come totheir senses, end their strike, and return todo the work they were elected to do.

The State Senate continues to move for-ward with legislative business while theHouse of Representatives is still at an im-passe. As the House Democrats’ protest overanti-worker and anti-public school legisla-tion continues to stall House legislative ac-tion due to their absence, rallies at theStatehouse draw hundreds of workers andteachers to voice their opposition to thosemeasures.

In an unusual move by the Republican-ledSenate, members have begun a chaoticschedule of bill hearings in committees.Senate committee chairs have started toamend multiple bills into one bill and allowHouse members to participate during thediscussion. On Wednesday, the SenateHealth and Provider Services Committeeconsidered combining ten different bills intoone bill. Senate Democrats expressed con-cerns that these decisions will add confusionand chaos to the legislative process and hin-der the public’s ability to participate.Hoosiers have the greatest opportunity to ex-press their views and concerns on pendinglegislation during committee deliberations.

Much still depends on whether a compro-mise can be reached in the House that willbring House Democrats back. The followingbrief summary highlights recent action takenon legislation by the Senate and other State-house activities.

State budget now under Senate consider-ation

The Senate Appropriations Committee hasbegun its review of the state budget, whichwill provide funding for state governmentservices for July 1, 2011 through June 30,2013. As a starting point, members beganlast week considering the version of HouseBill (HB) 1001 that passed the House Waysand Means Committee earlier this session,which has yet to be approved by the fullHouse. In a second meeting, the Superinten-dent of Public Instruction provided testi-mony on the major components of his andthe governor’s education reform agenda.The largest percentage of the state budgetgoes toward K-12 school funding. The com-mittee also heard presentations from theCommission for Higher Education, StateStudent Assistance Commission and theHorse Racing Commission. Budget hearingswill continue this week.

In addition, the committee received testi-mony and approved HB 1002, which wouldallow for the creation of additional charterschools around the state. Charter schools arepublicly-funded schools that operate outsidethe jurisdiction of a school corporation andunder different state regulations. Severalchanges already made to the bill include onethat would allow for the conversion of apublic school to a charter school if either theschool board votes in favor of the conver-sion or if 51 percent of the parents as wellas 51 percent of the teachers sign a petitionrequesting the conversion. Another changeremoved language that would allow themayors of second class cities to sponsorcharter schools. The bill now advances to thefull Senate for its consideration.

Other education issues under reviewThe Senate Education and Career Devel-

opment Committee considered several billsincluding HB 1341. Another form of schoolvouchers, this legislation includes a plan touse public funds for tuition at private

schools for special education students. HB1369 was also reviewed which pertains tomerit pay for school administrators andwould eliminate the requirement that super-intendents hold a teacher’s or superinten-dent’s license. In addition, the bill wouldrepeal a requirement that a county superin-tendent of schools must have five years ofsuccessful teaching experience and hold asuperintendent’s license. Both bills are stillunder consideration by the committee.

Smoking banLegislation which includes a proposed

statewide smoking ban received a hearing inthe Senate Public Policy Committee. Specif-ically HB 1018 would ban smoking in pub-lic places and in enclosed areas at work. Asamended by the House, casinos, bars, nurs-ing homes and fraternal clubs would be ex-empt from the smoking prohibition.Testimony revealed that Indiana is the onlyMidwest state that has yet to enact some sortof statewide smoke-free legislation. Thecommittee will continue its review of thebill.

Sentencing overhaul bill in troubleThe governor announced that he will veto

a bill aimed at reforming Indiana’s criminalsentencing laws if approved in its currentform. The original proposal, authored bySenator Lindel Hume, is a result of a year-long study conducted by the Pew Center onthe States and the Council of State Govern-ments, in response to the fact that over thepast eight years Indiana’s prison populationgrew at a rate three times faster than neigh-boring states, due in part to lengthy prisonsentences. SB 561 in its original form wouldhave saved money and lessened the need fornew prisons by reducing sentences for low-level, nonviolent drug offenders. However,the bill now includes an amendment pushedby prosecutors to require those convicted ofmore severe crimes to serve at least 85 per-cent of their sentence behind bars. Theseprisoners are the most expensive for the stateto maintain. According to the Indiana De-partment of Correction, the maximum-secu-rity inmate population today is 8,493. Underthe amended bill, by 2045, that populationwould increase by 15,227 prisoners and re-quire new prisons to be built.

Bills signed into lawThe governor recently signed several

more bills into law including HEA 1133,which provides that an agritourism provideris not liable for the injury or death of a par-ticipant if the cause is an inherent risk of theactivity. The new law requires warning signsto be posted and a warning notice be in-cluded in any contracts signed by partici-pants. Another new law, HEA 1251, requiresthe Indiana Economic Development Corpo-ration to establish a young entrepreneursprogram to promote the business proposalsof students in entrepreneurial programs atstate universities. In addition, the programmust include at least one auction per year inwhich communities bid for the opportunityto locate a young entrepreneur’s start-upbusiness in a particular community.

Upcoming deadlinesApril 8 - Deadline for Senate committee

hearings on House billsApril 15 - Deadline for Senate to consider

House billsApril 29 - By law, session must conclude

business and adjourn by midnight

Week in Review at the Indiana General Assembly

The Indiana Economic DevelopmentCorporation, together with the South Cen-tral Indiana regional economic develop-ment group, Radius, participated in CraneDivision, Naval Surface Warfare Center’s(NSWC Crane) Advance Planning Brief-ings for Industry 2011 this week to recruitmore business for Indiana’s defense indus-try.

The event, which was expected to bringmore than 450 defense industry leadersfrom across the country, provided the pri-vate sector and academic institutions withinformation on future NSWC Crane tech-nology efforts and ways to do business withNSWC Crane. NSWC Crane directly em-ploys nearly 3,000 people in southern Indi-ana and pumps $2 million a day into thestate’s economy.

“Indiana’s defense industry employsthousands of Hoosiers, not only in southernIndiana, but throughout the state and our ef-forts this week will be on growing thatnumber through new and expanded rela-tionships with some of the industry’s topfirms,” said Mitch Roob, Secretary ofCommerce and chief executive officer ofthe Indiana Economic Development Cor-poration.

The IEDC and Radius Indiana delivered

opening remarks at a networking receptionthis evening. The conference continuedyesterday with presentations from NSWCCrane senior leadership. Representativesfrom companies including General Dynam-ics, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, URS andSAIC attended the two-day event.

Indiana is home to a $6.6 billion defensecontracting industry that employs thou-sands of Hoosiers across the state. Just lastmonth, Gryphon Technologies, an engi-neering and technical services firm, an-nounced plans to expand its operations inBloomington, creating up to 60 new jobsby 2013. Last fall, MDV, a grocery distrib-utor for military commissaries, announcedplans to invest $10.6 million to locate anew operation in Bloomington, creating upto 100 new jobs by 2014. The companywill supply Indiana commissaries, includ-ing NSWC Crane.

About IEDCCreated by Governor Mitch Daniels in

2005 to replace the former Department ofCommerce, the Indiana Economic Develop-ment Corporation is governed by a 12-member board chaired by GovernorDaniels. Mitch Roob serves as the chief ex-ecutive officer of the IEDC. For more infor-mation about IEDC, visit www.iedc.in.gov.

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Senate Democrats have launched a redis-tricting website to encourage constituentparticipation in the redrawing of legislativeand congressional district maps. The sitefocuses on public access and visitor inter-activity. Senate Democrats hope that by en-couraging public access to redistrictinginformation and seeking public input, theymay preserve Hoosiers’ best interests andlend accountability to the redistrictingprocess.

At www.SenateDemocrats.IN.gov/redis-tricting.htm, constituents can learn aboutthe redistricting process and share theirthoughts and opinions on how new mapscould affect their representation. The newsite also provides access to interactive Cen-sus maps, Indiana’s 2010 Census data andthe state’s current district maps.

The state has also established three loca-tions where the public can access mapmak-ing software and Census data to draw theirown district maps. On the campuses of In-diana University-Bloomington, IndianaUniversity-South Bend and Indiana Uni-versity-Purdue University Indianapolis,members of the public can design their ownproposals to share with legislators.

State Senator Tim Lanane (D-Anderson),the Democrat lead in the redistricting ef-fort, says public input is vital in informinglegislators how districts can best serveHoosiers’ needs. “Every resident of Indianais affected by state and federal laws, andthey deserve to have representatives in In-dianapolis and Washington who truly rep-resent their interests and their community,”Sen. Lanane said. “Local perspective iswhat will make this the most effectiveprocess in protecting voter interests.”

Each of the four caucuses in the GeneralAssembly will review the data and proposenew district maps to account for populationshifts within the state. After the proposed

maps are made public, it will be imperativefor Hoosiers to review the proposals andprovide input on how the new maps couldaffect voters’ rights and access. Mapsdrawn by this General Assembly will playa part in constituent representation for thenext decade.

As this process moves forward, SenateDemocrats hope to encourage public inputto promote:

-Preservation of neighborhoods-Preservation of communities of interest-Protection of minority voters-Compactness to ensure connection be-

tween elected officials and their con-stituents

-Simply shaped districtsSenate Democrat Leader Vi Simpson (D-

Ellettsville) says the caucus will also con-tinue to push for an independentcommission to redraw district maps. Thisyear, the measure contained within SenateBill 468 did not receive a hearing in the Re-publican-controlled Senate Elections Com-mittee.

“It is disappointing that Indiana has notjoined so many other states to allow an in-dependent group to develop proposals,”Sen. Simpson said. “It would be a greatbenefit for voters if the maps were drawnwith their best interests in mind, instead ofprotection of incumbent officials. Compet-itive races where voters have a real choiceof candidates are best for the democraticprocess.”

Currently 21 U.S. states have a redistrict-ing commission that draws a plan for newdistrict maps, advises the legislature onhow to draw a plan or acts as a backup ifthe legislature fails to draw a plan for newmaps.

For more information on the Senate De-mocrat Caucus visit www.SenateDemoc-rats.IN.gov.

Senate Democrats launchredistricting website

Minutes provided by Auditor NancySteiner

The Martin County Commissioners metTuesday, March 22.

Michelle Carrico representing SIDCopened the sealed request for quotes (RFQ)and request for proposals (RFP) for thegrant for the fire station in Lost RiverTownship. There were four statements ofqualifications: DLZ, Inc., RQAW,Schroeder & Associates., and MidwesternEngineers. The only RFP for grant admin-istration was from SIDC. An evaluationcommittee consisting of one commissionerand two other persons will need to beformed. The commissioners voted to take

the RFQ’s under advisement and to acceptSIDC as the grant administrator upon theawardment of the grant.

Clerk Julie Fithian, along with ChetKlene of Eagle Accounts Group, explainedthe advantages of hiring his company to col-lect the past due docket fees for a percent-age of collections. It was decided toapprove hiring this company to collect onlydelinquent child support monies. Currently,this company is servicing 32 counties in In-diana.

EMS/Civil Defense Director Monty Wolftold of the weather spotting class to be heldThursday at the learning center. He said hewould be meeting with WTH on Thursdayand would check if they can implement aflooding overlay on county maps. DirectorWolf will be attending the annual statemeeting April 19.

Sheriff Rob Street provided a revised con-tract with SRI, Inc. to conduct the sheriff’ssales. The commissioners approved the con-tract. Sheriff Street also reported he is tryingto get ten to twelve department of correc-tions inmates.

Judge Lynne Ellis came before the boardwith estimates for insulating her officeagainst noise. The commissioners voted togo with the lower estimate.

After the second reading Ordinance 2011-04, the Dog Control Ordinance was ap-proved.

Highway Superintendent Jim Williamsgave his two-week work schedule. He re-ported that the tractor and mower has beenordered and a delivery date is expectedaround June 1.

Extension Educator Jonathan Stevens re-ported that an Easter Egg Hunt will be heldat the community building for children upto age 10 before Easter. Also, two huntersafety courses will be conducted for chil-dren in grades 3 through 12.

Martin County Commissionerstake care of bi-weekly business


Public input sought on short,long-term transportation plans

The Indiana Department of Transporta-tion (INDOT) is seeking public input onIndiana’s draft Statewide TransportationImprovement Plan and draft Long RangeTransportation Plan.

The public and stakeholders are invitedto learn more about, and participate in,the short- and long-term transportationplanning process at two weeks of re-gional open houses being held across thestate. The open houses are informal, andcitizens are invited to show up at anytime to speak with INDOT planners one-on-one or have public comments be in-cluded in the official record. Open houselocations and hours are listed in localtimes below:

-East Central Indiana: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.on Tuesday, March 29, at INDOT’sGreenfield District Administration Build-ing, 32 South Broadway Street, Green-field, Indiana.

-Northwest Indiana: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. onTuesday, April 5 at INDOT’s LaPorteDistrict Office, 315 East Boyd Blvd, La-Porte, Indiana.

-Southeast Indiana: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. onThursday, April 7, at INDOT’s SeymourDistrict Office, 185 Agrico Lane, Sey-mour, Ind.

-Southwest Indiana: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. onFriday, April 8 at INDOT’s VincennesSub-District Office, 3650 South U.S.Highway 41, Vincennes, Indiana.

-Northeast Indiana: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. onMonday, April 11 at INDOT’s Fort

Wayne Sub-District Office, ConferenceRoom A-B, 5333 Hatfield Road, FortWayne, Indiana.

-West Central Indiana: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.on Wednesday, April 13 at North Mont-gomery High School, 5945 North U.S.Highway 231, Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Citizens can also review the draft doc-uments and submit written commentsthrough INDOT’s website. The draftStatewide Transportation ImprovementProgram is posted at http://indot.IN.gov/2926.htm, while the draft Long RangeTransportation Plan will be posted tohttp://www.in.gov/indot/div/2035Lon-gRangePlan.htm. A 30-day public com-ment period is one of several publicinvolvement steps in developing and fi-nalizing short- and long-range trans-portation plans.

INDOT is adopting a more flexible andopportunistic planning approach by iden-tifying transportation needs in the time-frame that capital improvement projectscan be developed.

Short- and long-range transportationplanning is designed to support thestate’s economy and environment by se-lecting the most context appropriatetransportation solutions for moving peo-ple and freight.

Public involvement in the planningprocess is essential both to determine cit-izens’ transportation priorities and to de-velop an accountable, efficienttransportation system.

Warmer weather means it is time forspring cleaning in the Hoosier State - andIndiana’s highways are no exception. Thisweekend, the Indiana Department of Trans-portation (INDOT), the Indiana Departmentof Correction (DOC) and Adopt-A-High-way groups will begin a major statewide ef-fort to clean up Indiana’s highways duringTrash Bash, from April 2-24, 2011.

Each year, hundreds of tons of trash arecollected, sprucing up highways in time forspring. In 2010, 11,083 bags of trash and79.5 tons of loose debris were collectedfrom state highways and right-of-way areas.A total of 621 Adopt-A-Highway volunteergroups logged 14,975 hours in this effortalong with additional hours by availableINDOT staff and DOC forces.

“We are happy to be a part of the state’sannual Trash Bash effort,” said Indiana De-partment of Correction CommissionerBruce Lemmon. “Cleaning up Hoosierhighways is one of the ways that offenderscan give back to the community and turn

doing time into doing good.”INDOT encourages all Hoosiers to keep

Indiana’s highways clean by followingthese tips:

Don’t litter: Set a good example foreveryone, especially children. Be responsi-ble: Carry a litter bag in your car instead oftossing trash out the window. Report it: Re-port areas where people have illegallydumped garbage to your local transporta-tion, public works or conservation office.Adopt it: Individuals, families, schoolgroups, sports teams, civic groups, scoutingorganizations, businesses and others are en-couraged to participate in Adopt-A-High-way or other highway beautification efforts.For more information on various programs,please contact Linda Loxley at (260) 399-7338.

Motorists should be on the lookout forclean-up crews during Trash Bash. Whendrivers encounter a work crew they shouldslow down and remain alert for changingtraffic patterns.

Statewide effort to clean up Indiana roadways begins April 2

MARTIN CouNTy GoVERNMENT

CouNTy CouNCILLynn Gee

Mailing address: 101 Southeast ThirdStreet, Loogootee, IN 47553Randy Wininger

Phone: 812-295-3527Email: [email protected]

Lonnie HawkinsPhone: 812-709-0496Email: [email protected]

CoMMISSIoNERSDan Gregory

Mailing address: 2011 Lumpkin Road,Loogootee, IN 47553

Home phone: 812-695-5131Cell: 812-631-2635 Fax: 812-644-7400Email: [email protected]

Paul GeorgeHome: 812-388-7149

Cell: 812-653-2771

STATE AND FEDERAL GoVERNMENT

District 48 Indiana Senator Lindel HumeMailing address: Statehouse, 200 W.

Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204Phone: 317-232-9523 or call toll-free:

800-382-9467, ext. 2-9523Email: [email protected]

District 63 State Representative MarkMessmer

Mailing address: 200 W. Washington St.,Indianapolis, IN 46204


District 62 State Representative Mattubelhor

Mailing address: 200 W. WashingtonStreet Indianapolis, IN 46204


Where to write or call your elected officialsu.S. Senator Richard Lugar

Mailing address: 1180 Market TowerBuilding, Indianapolis, IN 46204

Phone: 317-226-5555Fax: 317-226-5508Form to email available online at http://

lugar.senate.gov/contact/contactform.cfm u.S. Senator Daniel Coats

1650 Market Tower, 10 West MarketStreet, Indianapolis, IN 46204

Phone: 317-554-0750Fax: 317-554-0760

u.S. Congressman District 8 Larry Buc-

shon

101 NW Martin Luther King Blvd. #124,Evansville, IN 47708

Phone: 812-465-6484Fax: 812-422-4761Form to email available online at

https://bucshon.house.gov/contact-me/email-me


Calendar of EventsBowling tourney for Relay team

Relay For Life Team - Crusading for aCure will be having a nine-pin bowlingtourney at Strike Zone Bowling Alley inLoogootee on Friday, April 8 at 7 pm. Thecost is $15 a person. Pre-registration is notrequired, but can be done by calling thebowling alley.

Walking for fitness at LuMCWalking for fitness is held each Tuesday,

Wednesday, and Thursday at the LoogooteeUnited Methodist Church in the FamilyCenter. The program will follow schoolweather closings. There are devotion dis-cussions every Wednesday at 8:30. All agesare invited, and it is free. Call Sandy Hase-man at 295-9822 with any questions.

Humane society meetingsThe Martin County Humane Society

meets on the third Tuesday of the month atLoogootee Municipal Building, at 7 p.m. Tobecome a member, contact Martin CountyHumane Society, P. O. Box 537, Shoals, In-diana 47581, call Don at 296-0952.

youth football meetingsMartin County Youth Football Leaguemeets on the first Wednesday of the

month at Pizza Junction at 7 p.m. Ques-tions, call Audrey Robinson at 295-4773.

Recovery support groupThe Overcomers Recovery Support

Group meets every Tuesday night at 6 p.m.at the Martin County Community Learning

Center.

Martin County ABATE meetingsThe Martin County Chapter of ABATE of

Indiana meets the third Sunday of everymonth at 4 p.m. at Sandy’s Dining Room onMain Street in Shoals.

4-H Shooting sportsThe Martin County 4-H Shooting Sports

will have meetings in April. Participantswill be instructed on using rifles, archery,muzzleloaders, and shotguns before goingto the range to try their skills. Part of thesecond day will also have instruction ontomahawk and atlatl (an ancient spear).Lunch will be provided each day. Everyoneshould dress for appropriate weather condi-tions. The first session is April 2 at the fair-grounds. The second session will be April16 at the American Legion club across fromthe White River Co-Op on Hwy 50. Bothsessions will start at 9 a.m. and last until ap-proximately 4 p.m. Parents should plan onbeing there by 3:30 in case of early dis-missal. For questions and to sign-up pleasecall Jonathan Stevens at 812-295-2412.

uS Route 50 yard SaleThe 12th Annual Great US Route 50 Yard

Sale will be held May 20-22. Organizers areinviting the public and businesses of Route50 through Martin County to participate inthis great coast to coast event. For more infocontact Sara Hornback (Martin and DaviessCoordinator) at 812-254-0480 ext. 111 oremail [email protected].

The Old Northwest Territory Chapter ofthe American Red Cross will present “TheGolden Age of Murder” dinner-theatre onApril 2 at Vincennes University’s Green Ac-tivities Center.

Doors will open at 5:45 p.m. (EDT) anddinner will be served at 7 p.m. A cash barwill also be available.

Tickets cost $50 per person and include a$35 tax-deductible donation to the Ameri-can Red Cross. To order tickets, call or visitthe Red Cross office, 812-882-2204, 316Main Street, Vincennes. The proceeds willhelp the Red Cross provide assistancewithin its local service area.

The performance will feature members ofthe Big-Little Comedy Company of

Red Cross dinner-theatrefundraiser is this Saturday

Chicago as well as local performers LizClinkenbeard, Shannon Dillon, DennisEverett, Amanda Linn, Jim McCarty, HaleySalitros, and David Skinner. The show isunder the direction of Amy Conner.

About the show, “The Golden Age of Murder”

In 1935 Hollywood darling Joan Kelly isat the top of her game - beloved by millions.But her life may not be as golden as every-one thinks it is. On-screen competition,problems at home, an ex-husband, and eventhe mob threaten her every happiness. Andwhen Joan winds up dead, one private in-vestigator will pull out all the stops to dis-cover how Joan became the star of TheGolden Age of Murder.

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The Vincennes University Jasper Campuswill host a performance by comedy hypno-tist Frederick Winters on April 13, at 7 p.m.EDT, at the Jasper Arts Center. Tickets cost$5 per person and are available at the VUJCBookstore or at the door the night of theperformance. The show is geared toward acollege audience but is appropriate for allages.

Winters started out performing hypnosisat small parties in Chicago, then later at re-sorts and on cruise ships. Now he performs200 shows annually. Winters has hypno-tized over 155,000 people and entertainedover a million. His show will have audi-ences laughing from beginning to end.More information is available at www.fred-erickwinters.com.

For additional information, contact AlliBaer, coordinator of Student Activities,812-481-5941 or [email protected].

VU Theatre Department to present “The Tempest”

Shakespeare’s classic play “The Tempest”will be presented by the Vincennes Univer-

sity Theatre Department April 14-17 atVU’s Red Skelton Performing Arts Center.Show times are 7 p.m. EDT on Thursday, 8p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sun-day.

Tickets cost $7 for adults and $5 for non-VU students and may be purchased in per-son at the Skelton Center Box Office, byphone at 812-888-4039, or online atwww.vinu.edu/redskelton.

“The Tempest” is a shipwreck tale thatcombines themes of adventure, romance,revenge, comedy, greed, magic, and for-giveness. To add a modern twist to Shake-speare’s classic, this production will borrowits setting from the television series “Lost.”This show is rated G. Please, no childrenaged five or under.

The all-student cast includes Eric Johnsonand Annalise Miller of Vincennes, BryantSweet of Washington, Claudia Bedwell ofRobinson Illinois, Steven Dickey of Mt.Carmel Illinois, Amber Allen of Indianapo-lis, Jacob Wimsett of Rockville, LaurenMalone of Tell City, Tyler Smith of Velpen,Mike Gatlin of Marshall, Mark Hendershotof Nashville, Randall Goldsby of Spencer,and Evan Glassburn of Peru.

Happenings at Vincennes university

One of the Midwest’s premier Revolution-ary War reenactments occurs Memorial Dayweekend, May 28-29. The 35th Annual Spiritof Vincennes Rendezvous will take place atthe French Commons adjacent to the GeorgeRogers Clark National Historical Park. Thepopular event annually attracts more than400 re-enactors along with an estimated35,000 visitors.

Admission buttons, good for both days ofthe event, will be available for $7 each at allVincennes area financial institutions begin-ning May 1. Admission at the gate will be $8per day for adults and $2 for children. But-tons purchased at the gate will be $9 each.

Rendezvous hours are 9 a.m. EDT to 6p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun-day.

The Rendezvous celebrates the capture ofFort Sackville by Colonial troops and thesubsequent expansion of the United Statesinto the Northwest Territory. Visitors will ex-perience authentic battle recreations, periodclothing, foods, and lifestyles of the era.Over 100 authentic merchant and food

booths will have items for sale, and there willalso be a living history encampment, chil-dren’s games, and a wide variety of enter-tainment.

This year’s Rendezvous will also featureevents surrounding the War of 1812 con-frontation between the Indian leader Tecum-seh and future U.S. President William HenryHarrison.

A series of free candlelight tours will beavailable on beginning at 8 p.m. on May 27and 28. A Friday tour will take visitorsthrough Indiana’s oldest church, the OldCathedral. Saturday tours will take place atthe Vincennes State Historic Sites, OldFrench House, and Grouseland - home ofWilliam Henry Harrison. For those wearingRendezvous buttons, a free shuttle servicewill be available.

A Grand Ball will be held at the VincennesState Historic Sites on Saturday beginning at8:30 p.m.

More information is available atwww.spiritofvincennes.org and the group’spage on Facebook.

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SHoALS KINDERGARTEN RouND-uP DATES

Shoals Elementary is conducting its annualsearch for potential kindergartners in prepa-ration for Round-Up. The Round-Up will beheld for incoming kindergartners Friday,April 8 at Shoals Elementary from 8:30 a.m.to 2:30 p.m. Pre-registration is necessary forall students by April 6.

A child must be five years old on or beforeAugust 1, 2011, in order to enroll in kinder-garten. All eligible children should enrollduring Round-Up. Parents should attendRound-Up with their child and bring thechild’s birth certificate, social security card,and immunization records. Specific sched-ules of times for arriving at school are as fol-lows: Last names beginning with A-I:promptly at 8:30 a.m.; J-R: promptly at 10a.m.; and S-Z: promptly at 1 p.m. Each ses-sion will last approximately one and one-halfhours. Parents are asked to please use thefront parking lot (in front of the gym) andenter through the doors of the elementaryschool by the flagpole.

Physicals will be offered free of charge theday of the Round-Up by a family nurse prac-titioner. Immunizations will be given free ofcharge at the Martin County Health Depart-ment which is located inside the post officebuilding in Shoals. A physical, complete im-munizations, social security card, and birthcertificate are all required for entry into

school.You can pre-register your child for Round-

Up via mail at 11749 Ironton Road, ShoalsIN 47581, fax at 812-247-9913, or phone at812-247-2085 on or before April 6. You needto provide the child’s name and date of birth,your name, address, and phone number.

LooGooTEE KINDERGARTENREGISTRATIoN DATES

Kindergarten registration will be held atLoogootee Elementary on Friday, April 8.The schedule is as follows:

9:30 -10:15 a.m. - Last names beginningwith A-G

10:15-11:00 a.m. - Last names beginningwith H-M

12:40- 1:25 p.m. - Last names beginningwith N-S

1:25- 2:10 p.m. - Last names beginningwith T-Z

Parents and children should report at thestarting time for their name group. Please donot come early.

Parents will drop children off in room 103,and then proceed to the library to completeenrollment forms. While the parents are inthe library, children will be screened for be-ginning kindergarten skills. Parents may picktheir child up after they have completed theenrollment forms.

Children must be five years old by August1, 2011 in order to register for kindergarten.Please be sure to bring a birth certificate and

shot record with you to registration. It ishelpful if you can have copies made beforeregistration; however if this is not possiblewe will make copies for you.

All kindergarten classes at Loogootee El-ementary are all day, every day.

Parents will have the opportunity to ordertheir child a kindergarten t-shirt during reg-istration. Students are encouraged to wearthese shirts on the first day of school. A sam-ple shirt will be available for preview duringregistration, and orders will be taken at thattime. The shirts are $8, and must be paid forwhen ordering. Shirts may be picked up atregistration in August.

Current kindergarten students will not haveclass on April 8. If you have any questions,you may call the Elementary West office at295-2833.

IMMuNIZATIoN REquIREMENTSFoR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST

GRADE STuDENTSThe Martin County Health Department

would like to inform parents of children thatwill be attending kindergarten or first gradethis fall (less than seven years of age) that theimmunization requirements are as follows:

5 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular per-tussis (DTaP), diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis(DTP), or pediatric diphtheria-tetanus vaccine(DT), or 4 doses are acceptable if the 4th dosewas administered on or after the 4th birthday;

4 doses of Polio by age 4-6, or three dosesare acceptable if the 3rd dose was adminis-tered on or after the child’s 4th birthday andthe doses are all IPV or all OPV

2 doses of measles (rubeola) vaccine on orafter the first birthday;

1 dose of rubella (German Measles) vac-cine on or after the first birthday;

2 dose of mumps vaccine on or after thefirst birthday;

3 doses of hepatitis B vaccine, and2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine

on or after the first birthday and separated bythree months or physician written documen-tation of history of chickenpox disease, in-cluding month and year of disease.

Immunizations can be obtained throughyour child’s doctor or The Martin CountyHealth Department. The health departmentwill have a clinic for Kindergarten Round upon Friday, April 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In addition to that date, the health depart-ment conducts immunization clinics everyWednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. andfrom 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. On the firstWednesday of each month the clinic remainsopen until 6 pm. Please note that other thanadvertised special clinics, Wednesday is theonly day a nurse is available for immuniza-tions. The Martin County Health Departmentoffice is located in the Shoals Federal Build-ing (Post Office). Please call 247-3303 if youhave any questions.

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2011

SENIORSpotlights

ShoalsLoogootee and ShoalsLoogootee and ShoalsSChool lUNCh MENUS

JoHN WAyJohn Richard Way is the son of Danny

and Laura Way and Richard and KimberlyCrowder. His favorite hobby is hanging outwith his friends. During high school he wasinvolved in baseball. He says one of his bestmemories was riding the vocational bus toBedford every day with Paul and the guys.He also remembers when Terry Newlindrank almost a whole gallon of milk andfive donuts on the bus and ended up vomit-ing in front of the school. After high schoolJohn plans to work hard and make the bigbucks.

MEGAN MoNTGoMERyMegan Ann Montgomery is the daughter

of Marold and Judith Montgomery. Her fa-vorite pastime is participating in Festival ofBands. During high school she has been in-volved in IMPACCT Club, Beta Club, Ac-ademic Club, Spell Bowl, Spanish Club,Special Olympics, and the talent show. Herfondest memory was traveling around theworld in the third grade. Megan plans to at-tend Oakland City University to achieve adegree in primary education.

LooGooTEE ELEMENTARyBreakfast

Thursday, March 31No School – Spring Break

Friday, April 1No School – Spring Break

Monday, April 4Pancakes, sausage, juice

Tuesday, April 5Breakfast pizza, egg, juice

Wednesday, April 6Biscuit and gravy, sausage, juice

LunchThursday, March 31

No School – Spring BreakFriday, April 1

No School – Spring BreakMonday, April 4

Chicken sandwich, French fries, peachesTuesday, April 5

Hot dogs, baked beans, pearsWednesday, April 6

Chicken nuggets, green beans, mixedfruit, breadLooGooTEE INTERMEDIATE AND

JR./SR. HIGH SCHooLBreakfast

Thursday, March 31No School – Spring Break

Friday, April 1No School – Spring Break

Monday, April 4BBQ rib or pizza, baked beans, cottage

cheese, fruit, salad plate, milkTuesday, April 5

Spaghetti or pizza, tossed salad, fruit,green beans, salad plate, milkWednesday, April 6

Chicken fried steak or pizza, mashed po-tatoes, corn, fruit, salad plate, milk

SHoALS SCHooLSBreakfast

Thursday, March 31Colby cheese omelet, biscuit, juice, milk

Friday, April 1Cereal, sweet rolls, juice, milk

Monday, April 4Cereal, granola bar, juice, milk

Tuesday, April 5French toast, ham, juice, milk

Wednesday, April 6Colby omelet, biscuit, juice, milk

LunchThursday, March 31

Pepperoni pizza, green beans, fruit, milk;choice 4-12: corn dogFriday, April 1

Cheese breadsticks with spaghetti sauce,corn, applesauce, milk; choice 4-12: hot dogsandwichMonday, April 4

Breaded turkey sandwich, French fries,pineapple, cake, milkTuesday, April 5

Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, mixedvegetables, pudding, roll, milk; choice 4-12:cheese pizzaWednesday, April 6

Beef and cheese nachos, corn, apple-sauce, milk; choice 4-12: sausage pizza

An elite group of Indiana senior basket-ball players will convene at Vincennes Uni-versity’s P.E. Complex on April 10 for the23rd annualNorth/South IndianaAll-Star Classic.The basketball dou-bleheader will fea-ture the girls’ teamsat 2 p.m. EDT andthe boys’ teams at 4p.m. Tickets cost$10 per person andcan be purchased atthe door or in ad-vance by calling812-888-4354 ortoll free 800-945-2586.

The North/SouthIndiana All-StarClassic is sponsoredby Vincennes Uni-versity, HoosierBasketball Maga-zine, and PacesetterSports of Terre Haute.The 2011 Classic Game Director is HarryMeeks, VU athletic director. The North girlswill be coached by Kokomo’s Jason Snyder,and Vincennes Rivet’s 2011 state champi-onship coach Tim Young will lead the Southteam. The North boys will be coached byHamilton Heights’ Chad Ballenger, andVincennes Rivet’s Tim Vieke will coach theSouth team.

Three IHSAA State Champions areamong the 24 girls competing in the firsthalf of the doubleheader. Leading the Southgirls are standout Mallory Ladd (22.1 ppg)of AAA State Champion Evansville Memo-rial along with Casandra Brocksmith andSara Young of class A State Champion Vin-cennes Rivet. The team has three more 20ppg scorers as well, including Jama Sharpof Mooresville (22), Shelby Miller of SouthCentral (Elizabeth) (21.4), and Kaila Hullsof Bloomington South (20.1). The Northgirls’ roster includes two standouts thatreached the final four of the 2011 AAAAstate tournament. They are Purdue frontlinerecruit Torrie Thornton of Carmel and Indi-ana State bound guard Jessica Valley of Mc-Cutcheon. The North’s top two scorers areKatrina Blackmon of Marion (20.8 ppg) andJamie Drummer of Muncie Central (20).

Twenty-four boys will compete in the sec-ond game including the state’s leading sen-ior scorer, Austin Richie of Lowell (32.6ppg). Two other 20 ppg scorers on the Northsquad are Max Landis of Perry Meridian(25.8) and Logan Thomas of Monroe Cen-tral (25.5). High scoring South performersinclude Rontray Chavis of Princeton (25.2ppg), Kendall Vieke of Vincennes Rivet(24), Garrett Bateman of Shoals (23.8),Evan Brinkmeyer of Evansville Reitz(22.2), and Eric Stutz of Castle (22.2).

VU to host North/South All-StarClassic April 10

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Computer Applications IIThe Fathers Forever Coalition will be host-

ing another free computer course on Mondaynights April 25 through May 23 from 6 p.m.to 9 p.m. The class will go through MicrosoftWord, Excel, and PowerPoint as well as cre-ating a resume and cover letter. This is a greatclass for those who have some computerskills but would like to advance their knowl-edge of Microsoft Office 2007. Contact thelearning center to sign up.

USAJOBS Workshop (Resume Builder)The USAJOBS workshop is provided by

Bramble Consulting (Darlene Ridgway).USAJOBS is the Federal government’s offi-cial web site and provides access to morethan 30,000 job listings world-wide. This isan online resume training session and willprovide applicants with information and ad-vice needed to apply for a government posi-tion. USAJOBS Resume Builder allows youto create one uniform resume that providesall the information required by most govern-ment agencies. The next workshops will beheld on April 7 and April 19 from 6 p.m. to8:30 p.m. and cost is $40. Choose the datethat is best for you and call Kathy to sign up!

Résumé Writing and career planningNeed help with your résumé? Darlene

Ridgway with Bramble Consulting will offerRésumé Assistance-Level One on April 12and again on April 28. The class is from 6p.m. to 8 p.m. and cost is $25. This is a basiccourse designed for an applicant needinghelp with the application process for govern-

ment civilian and/or government contractorpositions, specifically for NSWC Crane. Ap-plicants need to pre-register no later than theFriday before the scheduled class date. Con-tact Kathy at the learning center to pre-reg-ister.

Sign language classAnyone who has completed the Intro to

Sign Language class and would like to con-tinue learning this beautiful language cancontact the learning center about starting thenext level class. If you still remember the ba-sics from the intro class, you are welcome tojoin. When there is enough interest in theclass, we will set the dates.

Overcomers’ groupIndiana Drug Education and Awareness

Solutions are conducting an ongoing Over-comers’ Recovery Support Group at the cen-ter. Meetings are held every Tuesday eveningfrom 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and newcomers areinvited. There is no cost for participation. Forfurther information, contact Jason Underhillat 812-653-1908.

Adult literacy and educationDo you know someone who could use

some help with his or her reading skills?Anyone interested is encouraged to contactSOAR! at 812-709-1618 for further informa-tion. For GED-Adult Basic Education, callVicki Conrad at 812-936-2881.

Contact: Kathy Kerr, Coordinator, 812-295-2674 or email [email protected] through Thursday 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.and Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Classes, programs at the learning center

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Martial arts students advanceon March 23, Loogootee Martial Arts conducted belt advancement testing. The

students pictured with Master Dennis overall were advanced in belt rank are, fromleft to right, DeAnna Canell (2nd Kup Red Belt), Master overall, and Amanda Fer-guson (2nd Kup Red Belt).

-Photo provided

Since 1970, the Indiana State Police hasoffered summer youth camps for Hoosieryouth. The 2011 camp dates have beenscheduled and are now being coordinatedby the newly created Indiana TroopersYouth Services, Inc. This newly formed or-ganization consists of an active board of di-rectors to include troopers and individualsdedicated to youth services for many years.The Indiana State Police has offered over40,000 young people an exciting, up closelook at law enforcement and the criminaljustice system through its youth camps forover 40 years.

The ISP summer youth camps offer in-formative and rewarding camp experiencesfor youth from 5th grade through their sen-ior year in high school. Listed below are thedates, locations, and costs for the 2011camps.

Career Camp (Grades 9-12)Vincennes University - July 10-15; cost is

$225

Trine University - July 10-15; cost is$225

Lions Law Camp (Grades 7-8)Vincennes University - June 15-18; cost

is $140Anderson University - July 6-9; cost is

$140Respect for Law Camp (Grades 5-6) Vincennes University - June 9-11; cost is

$125University of Southern Indiana - June 16-

18; cost is $125Hanover College - June 23-25; cost is

$125Anderson College - July 7-9; cost is $125Notre Dame University - July 14-16; cost

is $125All ISP Summer Youth Camps are co-ed.

For more information or to download an ap-plication visit the Indiana Troopers YouthServices website at www.trooper.org. It hasbeen said, “The toughest thing about attend-ing an ISP youth camp is leaving.”

The Martin County Humane Society’sDinner and Auction held last Saturdayraised more than $7,500 for the shelter fund.This puts the total amount raised to build ananimal shelter to around $55,000.

The benefit Saturday night was a hugesuccess with more than 400 people attend-ing throughout the evening. Don Greene,humane society president would like tothank everyone for their support, “Withoutall of the donations for the auction, and fooddonations this would not have been possi-ble,” he said. “Most of all I would like tothank The Loogootee United MethodistChurch, Theresa Abney, Courtney Hughett,Noel Harty, Mike Grant from the Channel

10 News, all the members of the humanesociety, family members, all the volunteerswho helped with getting items for the auc-tion, setting up, serving, cleaning up, and allthe people who attended this event.” Headded a big thank you to all the businessesfor the items donated to the auction and thelocal media for the coverage.

Donations are still being accepted for theshelter. Send your tax deductible donationto Martin County Humane Society P.O. Box537 Shoals, IN 47581.

Want to be a member of the humane so-ciety, active or silent? See the applicationform on page 9. Membership is a minimumof $10.

Humane society benefitnets more than $7,500

-Photo by Don GreeneVolunteer Lynn Gee worked the ever popular dessert stand at the humane society

dinner and auction held last Saturday.

-Photo by Don GreeneHundreds of people turned out at the first ever humane society dinner and auction

held last Saturday at Loogootee united Methodist Church. More than 200 items weredonated by celebrities and businesses that took two and a half hours to auction off.

-Photo by Don GreeneLoogootee Mayor Don Bowling and his wife, Patti, stopped by the benefit to show

their support.

Indiana State Police Summer youth Camps

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We are so grateful for the long-term support the Martin Countycommunities have provided

To the editor of the Martin County Jour-nal,

There are a number of high-profile issuescommanding the attention of Indiana’s Gen-eral Assembly. Right now, decisions arebeing made about how much to invest inprograms and services for people with dis-abilities - decisions that affect about 90,000Hoosiers with disabilities and, more specif-ically, Hoosiers with intellectual and devel-opmental disabilities.

In our current economy, many govern-ment programs have been cut or eliminated.These cuts have contributed to what manybelieve is a growing state of quiet crisis forindividuals with disabilities who rely onthose vital services and the providers whosupport them. Right now, the decisionsmade by Indiana’s General Assembly havethe power to worsen this crisis or stabilizeit by preserving the current available re-source and making a commitment to long-term solutions.

INARF, a membership organization of In-diana community providers, has taken thelead in raising awareness of these issues.Right now, the INquietCrisis.org Campaignis educating all Hoosiers about the valuethat people with developmental disabilitiesand the providers that support them bring tolocal communities.

Four Rivers Resource Services is proudto support the efforts of this campaign. Webelieve that an investment in the servicesthat support the inclusion of individualswith disabilities in our community makes abetter Indiana for all Hoosiers. We are sograteful for the long-term support the Mar-tin County communities have providedFour Rivers Resource Services and the in-dividuals we serve. Right now, we ask thatyou continue your support by joining us inmaking INquietCrisis.org heard.

Steve SackstederExecutive Director

Four Rivers Resource Services

‘Doesn’t this violate students andfamilies’ privacy rights?’

To the editor of the Martin County Jour-nal,

Did you know the U.S. Department ofEducation is using its power to force prin-cipals and teachers to monitor your child’s

lunchtime chats? In October, 2010, allschool officials were sent a letter threaten-ing them with lawsuits if they failed to“monitor and curb students’ lunchtime chatsand evening Facebook time for expressingideas and words that are deemed to be ha-rassment of some students.” Their mandatestems from the department’s “new interpre-tation” of civil rights laws dealing with ha-rassment. Teachers and principals alreadyhave enough to do without adding the jobof “eavesdropping” on students.

Doesn’t this violate students and families’privacy rights? Doesn’t this policy disregardstudent’s constitutional free-speech rights?Won’t this bring expensive lawsuits againstschools that take funding away from schoolprogram operation? Why can’t schools con-tinue to choose and use their own anti-bul-lying policies to manage harassment?

The leading force behind the new regula-tion is Kevin Jennings, who heads the Edu-cation Department’s Office of Safe andDrug-Free schools. He founded the GayLesbian Straight Education Network, alsoknown as GLSEN, and raised at least$100,000 for the Democratic presidentialcandidate in 2008. The administration isasking for $365 million of your tax dollarsin the new budget proposal now beforeCongress to conduct bullying “surveys” inschools in 2012.

The National School Boards Associationresponded to the Department of Educationletter in December 2010 by stating thatschools’ legal risks are being expandedunder the new rules. Schools can be suedeven when they do not know students havemade harassing statements! Won’t that taketax dollars away from education programsin schools?

For more information on the new regula-tion, you can check out the Internet usingsearch words “fed instructs schools to face-book creep students”, and especially educa-tionnews.org.

Diana AbellLoogootee

LETTERS To THE EDIToR

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letters to the editor. Letters, however,should refrain from defaming anyone andmust be signed. A phone number mustalso be included with the letter for verifi-cation purposes. Send letters to [email protected] or fax to1-877-471-2907 or mail to P.O. Box 148Loogootee, IN 47553.


Yesterday, the Indiana State Police heldthe Annual Indiana State Police Recog-nition and Awards ceremony at the Indi-anapolis Post. At this ceremony twotroopers from the Jasper Post were hon-ored and recognized. Senior TrooperAaric Correll was named Jasper District“Trooper of the Year,” and TrooperBrock Werne received the Jasper Dis-trict’s Life Award for DUI enforcement.

Correll, who is an eleven-year memberof the Indiana State Police, was chosenfor the award by the command staff at theJasper Post. Criteria used to give theaward included effort in criminal andtraffic enforcement as well as communityinvolvement that was performed beyondnormal expectations. In 2010 TrooperCorrell issued a total of 1,672 tickets andwarnings, arrested 26 people for Operat-ing a Vehicle While Impaired, and had 93criminal arrests and 334 police services.Correll primarily works late shifts inDaviess County. He was awarded aplaque by Indiana State Police Superin-tendent Dr. Paul Whitesell for his out-standing service.

Trooper Werne, a three-and-a-half-yearmember of the Indiana State Police re-ceived the 2010 Life Award for leadingthe Jasper Post in DUI enforcement with80 arrests. Werne was awarded a plaqueby Indiana State Police SuperintendentDr. Paul Whitesell for his effort in help-ing to reduce the number of deaths on In-diana highways.

“Both of the Troopers are an asset tothe Indiana State Police and the commu-nities to which they serve, said Lieu-tenant Don Bolen, commander of theJasper Post.

Two Jasper troopers receive awards

ISP TRooPER AARIC CoRRELL

ISP TRooPER BRoCK WERNE


The 15th Annual Ag Day was held washeld last weekend at the fairgrounds.Twenty ag and educational-related busi-nesses were on hand to display and show-case what they do for the community. TheMartin County Junior Leaders servedbreakfast from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Each year the Ag Day committee recog-nizes Martin County residents for theircommitment to the Ag community.

This year’s winners are George andWanda Aldred, Dan and Barbara Gregory,and Richard and Phyllis Arvin.

The winners of the Martin County SWCDAg Day coloring contest for the 2nd graderswere: Maddelyn Miller, Mrs. Mathies’ classat Loogootee; Mya Miller Mrs. Bauern-fiend’s class at Shoals; Philip Wagler,Mrs. Slaven’s class at Loogootee; MargaretNaumoff, Mr. Inglehart’s class at Shoals;Macy McAtee, Mrs. Kavanaugh’s class atLoogootee; and Alan Cook, Mrs Guinn’sclass at Shoals.

National Ag Day in America celebratedits 38th year.

-Photo providedBriLee Tharp is shown above with one

of the goats from the petting zoo at AgDay.

-Photo providedThe Martin County 4-H Booth at Ag Day was manned by, from left to right, Tia

Pennington, Mitch Green, Ashley Hawkins (Miss Martin County), Audra Deckardand Matthew Bruner.

-Photo providedWinners of the Ag Day coloring contest who were present for the event are shown

above with Miss Martin County Ashley Hawkins. From left to right, they are Mar-garet Naumoff, Mya Miller, and Alan Cook.

-Photo providedShown above are Wanda (at left) and George Alred (at right) accepting their award

from the Ag Day committee for their commitment to the Ag Community.

-Photo providedShown above accepting his award from the Ag Day committee for their commit-

ment to the Ag Community is Dan Gregory (at left). His wife Barb was also honored.

-Photo providedShown above are Richard and Phyllis Arvin accepting their award from the Ag

Day committee for their commitment to the Ag Community.

-Photo providedAmerica’s Farmers Grow Communities is sponsored by the Monsanto Fund to sup-

port local farming communities. The program allows farmers to register to win$2,500 for their favorite community non-profit organization, such as FFA, 4-H,schools, fire departments and other civic groups. one winner was selected in each of1,204 eligible counties in 38 states and the winners were Dennis and Dawn Waltonwho chose Martin County 4-H.. From left to right, are Jim Bruner, Martin County4-H Council President; Troy Clawson, Monsanto Representative; Dennis and DawnWalton, winner; and Jonathan Stevens, Martin County Extension Agent.

-Photo providedMembers of the 4-H Junior Leaders served a breakfast of eggs, sausage, potatoes,

biscuit, fruit, and beverage to those in attendance at Ag Day.

Martin County Ag Day

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New Beginnings Church Weekly Message

Deciding to be a Disciple.John 6:66 – 69

What comes to mind when you are askedif you are a disciple of Christ? What did Jesusmean when He said go and make disciples?

It’s someone who wants to become like theteacher. Unless you have a strong desire tofollow Jesus and become like Him it cannotbe said that you are truly His disciple.

Last week we looked at Jesus living in usand what that reality would do to our lives ifwe would make it part of us. We have talkedabout the word of God and what it can do andabout being a slave to Christ.

Do you remember the story about the richyoung ruler? The young man said to Him,“All these things I have kept, what am I stilllacking?” Jesus said to him, “If you wish tobe complete, go and sell your possessions andgive to the poor, and you will have treasurein heaven, and come, follow Me.” But whenthe young man heard this statement, he wentaway grieving, for he was one who ownedmuch property. Matthew 19:20-22

In the story we saw Jesus does not havelevels of followers. He doesn’t have the de-voted and the leisure and the occasional. Heonly has one standard that He calls us all tolive by. That standard is complete devotion toHim that shows in obedience to whatever Heasks.

Jesus calls us to a life of surrender and de-votion, a life of submission to him. We cannever shake the truth of that. The reality isthat we can’t do it. The truth is we can neverfully be the people Jesus calls us to be, notwhile there is sin in our lives, not while thereis a hint of self-centeredness. Sometimes itseems as though it’s impossible to be a gen-uine disciple of Jesus Christ, to follow himexclusively, love Him above all others, andserve Him devotedly.

To be a disciple of Jesus we need to seekafter what Jesus was offering, true bread from

heaven, the bread that fulfills the spiritualhunger and the spiritual thirsts. That bread isfaith in all that Jesus is suppose to mean to us.True disciples don’t follow Jesus to see whatthey can get. More miracles, more healing,more tangible things, they even asked in John6:28, “therefore they said to Him, “What shallwe do, so that we may work the works ofGod?” Jesus answers in verse 29, “This is thework of God; that you believe in Him whoHe has sent.” A false disciple thinks abouttheir fleshy desires, themselves and their ownneeds rather than looking at the spiritual orbeing kingdom minded.

Being a true disciple comes with the beliefin Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross, whichwas necessary for eternal life. The debt for sinhad to be paid, the consequences for sin isdeath. Total surrender and belief in what Jesushas done out of love for us.

Many get caught up in the works, they lovethe works, they love the character but hateHis word. There are many who like the ideaof Jesus and would follow Him as long as itwas to their benefit. Their lives don’t matchwith the word of Jesus so they hate and twistHis word because it reveals truths about theirown lives and lies.

In John 6:68-69, “Simon Peter answeredHim, Lord to whom shall we go? You havewords of eternal life. We have believed andhave come to know that You are the Holy Oneof God.” Peter’s answer gives us insight intowhat a true disciple is. You have the words ofeternal life. True disciples believe with alltheir heart and lives that the word of God istrue. They abide in it, believe in it and cometo know that Jesus, was sent by God and Heis God. A true disciple understands that He hasbeen chosen to be part of God’s kingdom.

John 13:34-35, “A new commandment Igive to you, that you love one another, evenas I have loved you, that you also love oneanother. By this all men will know that youare My disciples, if you have love for one an-other.”

John 15:8, “My Father is glorified by this,

that you bear much fruit, and so prove youare My disciples.”

John 8:31, “So Jesus was saying to thoseJews who had believed Him, “If you continuein My word, then you are truly disciples ofMine,”

Being consumed by prayer, reading thebible, studying God’s word, loving one an-other, bearing fruit and being a part of theChurch body are characteristics of being adisciple. The whole of being a Christian is

being a disciple of Jesus Christ, wanting to beable to say what Peter said. Lord to whomshall we go?

Practicing the presence of Jesus, knowingHe is right beside you. Praying, Lord sharemy life, share my trials, share my joys, sharemy decisions, share my temptations. Lordconstantly be involved in my life. Amen.Having constant involvement with Jesus isdiscipleship. Have faith, be faithful believethat Jesus Christ is the Holy one of God.

Class attends Bishop’s Confirmation Rallyon Saturday, March 13, the Loogootee uMC Confirmation Class Attended an In-

diana Conference of the united Methodist Church Confirmation Rally led by BishopMike Coyner at Noblesville. This was an all-day event for youth to learn more abouttheir journey of faith in Jesus Christ. Those attending are shown above. In the frontrow, from left to right, are Amanda Stice, Renee Whitman, Bishop Mike Coyner, andBailey Davis. In the second row, from left to right, are Jurnee Davis, Bladen Allbright,Cole Walker, and Seth Wagler. In the back row, from left to right, are Joey Wilson,Aaron Hudson, LuMC Pastor Greg Davis, and Teresa Davis.

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The Loogootee United Methodist Churchis starting a new Prayer Shawl non-denom-inational ministry beginning April 4. Onthat date, all interested participants shouldattend the 1st informational meeting at 6p.m. at LUMC.

Knitters and crocheters, beginners and ad-vanced, are all welcome. Patterns, yarn,needles and hooks will be provided, ifneeded. Completed shawls will be available

upon request.Prayer shawls will be crafted and prayed

over by the members of the group beforepresentation to the recipient. Prayer shawlministry has a long history and are given asgifts of caring, to express empathy, supportor happiness.

For more information, call Dianna Over-all at 295-2639 or Teresa Davis at 295-2947.

Prayer Shawl Ministry to begin

201116Wednesday,


JournalElection

Absentee voting in the Martin CountyClerk’s office will be held on the followingdays:

Monday, April 4, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Monday, April 11, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Monday, April 18 through Friday, April

29, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Closed Friday, April 22 for Good FridaySaturday, April 23 and Saturday, April

30, 9 a.m. to noonMonday, May 2, 8 a.m. to noonAll registered voters in Indiana are eligi-

ble to vote absentee-in-person at thecounty election board office beginning 29days before Election Day.

In order to vote absentee-by-mail, one ofthe following must apply:

You have a specific, reasonable expecta-tion that you will be absent from thecounty on Election Day during the entire12 hours that the polls are open (6 a.m.until 6 p.m.).

-You have a disability. -You are at least 65 years of age. -You will have official election duties

outside of your voting precinct. -You are scheduled to work at your reg-

ular place of employment during the entire12 hours that the polls are open.

-You will be confined due to illness or

injury or you will be caring for an individ-ual confined due to illness or injury duringthe entire 12 hours that the polls are open.

-You are prevented from voting becauseof a religious discipline or religious holi-day during the entire 12 hours that thepolls are open.

-You are a participant in the state’s ad-dress confidentiality program.

-You are a member of the military or apublic safety officer.

Note: Voters voting absentee-by-mail areNOT required to show photo ID.

In order to vote absentee-by-travelingboard, one of the following must apply:

-The voter expects to be confined, due toillness or injury, or the voter expects to becaring for a confined person at a privateresidence, on Election Day.

-The voter is a voter with disabilities andbelieves their polling place is not accessi-ble to them.

The ballot will be delivered to you by abi-partisan absentee voter board who willbe able to assist you with you ballot.

Voters voting by traveling board areNOT required to show photo ID.

Obtain an application for absentee ballotat www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/ABS-1_(2009)_revision.pdf.

Public Law 109-2005 requires Indianaresidents to present a government-issuedphoto ID before casting a ballot at the pollson Election Day.

Your photo ID must meet four criteria tobe acceptable for voting purposes. It must:

1. Display your photo2. Display your name, and the name must

conform to your voter registration record.Conform does not mean identical.

3. Display an expiration date and eitherbe current or have expired sometime afterthe date of the last General Election (No-vember 4, 2008) Including Military IDswith expiration dates of “INDEF”

4. Be issued by the State of Indiana or theU.S. government

Photo identification lawsIn most cases, an Indiana driver license,

Indiana photo ID card, Military ID or U.S.Passport is sufficient.

A student ID from an Indiana State schoolmay only be used if it meets all of the fourcriteria specified above. A student ID froma private institution may not be used for vot-ing purposes.

If you are unable or unwilling to presentID meeting these requirements, you maycast a provisional ballot. If you cast a pro-visional ballot, you have until noon 10 daysafter the election to follow up with thecounty election board and either provide thenecessary documentation or affirm one ofthe law’s exemptions applies to you.

The following is a final list of candidateswho filed for the 2011 Primary Municipal-ity Election.

For Crane and Shoals there is no pri-mary, the deadline is in August. For voterregistration information contact the clerk’soffice at 812-247-3651.

SHoALSLori Denise Butler, Democrat, Shoals

Clerk TreasurerErnest “Earl” Boyd Jr., Republican,

Shoals Town CouncilRoger Lee Abel, Republican, Shoals

Town CouncilCRANE

Bernard Burl Butcher, Democrat, CraneTown Board

Linda Ann Willoughby, Republican,Crane Clerk-Treasurer

LooGooTEEDonald Rick Norris, Democrat, Loo-

gootee City Council District 4James Rich Taylor, Democrat, Loo-

2011 Municipal Election voting, absentee information

gootee City Council District 1Harold Green, Democrat, Loogootee

City Council District 2Ronald (Ron) Gilbert, Democrat, Loo-

gootee City Council District 2Karen Hickman, Democrat, Loogootee

City Council District 3Pat Burcham, Democrat, Loogootee City

Council District 3Dwight Glenn Schultheis, Democrat,

Loogootee City Council District 3John G. Frahley, Democrat, Loogootee

City Council District 3Phyllis Parker, Democrat, Loogootee

City Council At-LargeFred A. Dupps, Democrat, Loogootee

City Council At-LargeNoel Dale Harty, Democrat, MayorJoe Mattox, Democrat, MayorBrian Thomas Ader, Democrat, MayorDonald F. Bowling, Democrat, MayorNancy Jones, Democrat, Loogootee

Clerk-Treasurer

A public test for the 2011 Municipal Pri-mary Election will be held Monday, April 4at 1 p.m. in the commissioners’ room of theMartin County Courthouse located at 129Main Street in Shoals.

This public test is open to the generalpublic, Indiana Code (IC3-11-13-22).

April 4, 2011: First day a voter may votean absentee-in-person at the county clerk’soffice for the 2011 Primary Election

April 4, 2011: Voter Registration Closesfor the 2011 Municipal Primary Election

April 25, 2011: Deadline for absentee-by-mail applications to be received for the2011 Primary Election

May 3, 2011: Primary Election Day October 10, 2011: First day a voter may

vote an absentee-in-person at the countyclerk’s office for the 2011 Municipal Elec-tion

October 31, 2011: Deadline for absen-tee-by-mail applications to be received forthe 2011 Municipal Election

November 8, 2011: Municipal ElectionDay

You have the right to vote in Indiana if:-You are both a U.S. citizen and a resi-

dent of Indiana; and -You will be at least 18 years of age on

or before the next General or MunicipalElection, and

-You are not currently in prison afterbeing convicted of a crime; and

-You have lived in the precinct whereyou vote for at least 30 days prior to theelection; and

-You are registered to vote.Register to vote online by visiting

http://www.indianavoters.com/. Indianaresidents with a valid Indiana driver’s li-cense or Indiana state-issued identificationcard will be able to use this tool to submita new voter registration application or toupdate an existing voter registrationrecord.

In addition to registering to vote online,http://www.indianavoters.com/ providesHoosiers with the ability to validate theirvoter registration status, find their pollingplace location, look into their provisionalballot status information, find county con-tact information, and determine “Who’s onMy Ballot?” for an upcoming election.

Perry 1, Perry 2, Perry 3, and Perry 4polling sites will all be located at St. JohnsCenter lower level. Polls will be open from6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Municipal Election 2011 Calendar

Notice of public test

2011 Municipal Election candidates

Election photo identification laws

Deadline to register to voteis Monday, April 4th!

File online at www.indianavoters.com or visit the Martin CountyClerk’s office in the courthouse in Shoals. For more information con-tact the clerk’s office at 812-247-3651.

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