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February 2007 Archive
Osgood Journal - February
27, 2007
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Osgood 'Jazz &
Beyond' show will go on
Volunteers, money still needed
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Cindy DiFazio -
Staff Writer
The Osgood Merchants
Association promised a spring Jazz & Beyond
show, and it intends to deliver. At a February
20 meeting, committee members Tom Greene, Geneen
Ostendorf, Gayla Crowell, and Will and Adrienne
Vincent followed through on their directive
to come up with a cohesive plan. Will Vincent,
an enthusiastic Osgood booster, began, “We
have a date, April 28, where something has to
happen.”
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Eagles are ORVC
Champions with 6-0 perfect season
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Gary Franklin Photo
See photo and details
inside...
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Red Cross director explains
shelters
Battery powered radio a must
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Wanda English
Burnett - Editor
Some of the
reminders of the ice and snow storms that
hit the county this month are the clean up
crews sawing up trees and tree limbs, people
making repairs to their home, and some people
who are healing from accidents caused during
that time.
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The Versailles Republican - February
22, 2007
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Women's hearts are risky business
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Wanda English Burnett- Editor
It had to be big to keep Carol
Holzer from attending the Versailles Pumpkin
Show for the first time ever in her life! “I
could hear the festivities, but couldn’t
attend,” she noted as she remembered the
year she had a quadruple heart bypass the week
before the fall event that draws thousands to
her hometown of Versailles where she and husband,
John, reside.
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Schools come together for county
music festival
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Wanda English
Burnett- Editor
Music students
in the area are gearing up for the Ripley County
Music Festival, which will be held at the Tyson
Auditorium in Versailles on Wednesday, March 7
at 6:30 p.m.
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Snow days
to be made up
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Wanda English
Burnett- Editor
At the South
Ripley Community School Corporation Board
of School Trustees meeting held Monday,
February 19, snow day make-up was determined.
At that point, students had missed five
days due to weather. One make-up day was
held Monday, February 19, Presidents’
Day, the others were scheduled for Good
Friday, April 6, and three added to the
end of the school calendar for May 22, 23,
and 24. Students with religious obligations
would be allowed to attend service on Good
Friday without being counted absent.
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Osgood Journal - February
20, 2007
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Some residents
without electric for days
Power mostly restored in area
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Wanda English Burnett
- Editor
What would it be
like to live without electricity?
Some residents in Ripley and surrounding counties
know the answer to that if only on a limited
basis. After a powerful ice storm swept through
the area last Tuesday into the morning hours
of Wednesday, (February 13 and 14) many residents
were left without power as the weight of the
ice began to snap trees causing them to fall
onto power lines.
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Friends plan benefit for Denny
Summers
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Wanda English Burnett
- Editor
Friends of Denver
(Denny) Summers have been busy organizing a benefit
designed to help him with medical expenses following
a car crash that left him seriously injured.
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Accident injures one, closes
US 50
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See photo and
details inside ...
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The Versailles Republican - February
15, 2007
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Ice storm closes
schools, businesses
Winter weather continues to pound area
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Wanda English Burnett- Editor
Tree limbs and wires encased
in ice took on a beautiful luster as the sun
began to shine on Wednesday morning in the area.
The beauty of the ice is mostly confined to
those who do not have to get out and were not
affected by loss of power or didn’t have
a tree fall from the heavy weight of it.
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Adventure group
brings ideas before Versailles Town Board
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Cindy DiFazio
- Staff Writer
All members of the Versailles
Town Council were present at their regular meeting
on Thursday, February 8. Joining council members,
Sue Meisberger, Jim Taul and John Holzer, was
Clerk-Treasurer Ted Spurlock. Town attorney Larry
Eaton was not present. Minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
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Lee
Matthews installed as new police officer
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Osgood Journal - February
13, 2007
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Vehicle found
near Versailles is stolen from Indy
Police ask public for help
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Wanda English Burnett
- Editor
On
Friday morning a report of a car fire had police
responding to County road 100N, just west of
Versailles. When Indiana State Police Trooper
Jimmy Wells arrived, he found a vehicle in the
ditch that was completely burned, but was still
smoldering.
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Residents can
reclaim lost funds from Grandview Cemetery
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Wanda English Burnett
- Editor
Residents who have
lost funding from Grandview Cemetery near Madison,
now have the chance to reclaim their losses, according
to information from State Representative Dave Cheatham
(D-North Vernon)
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Lady Eagles are "Sweet
16" bound
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See photo and
details inside ...
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The Versailles Republican - February
8, 2007
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Level Two Snow Emergency declared
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Wanda English Burnett- Editor
Just as weather forecasters
predicted, heavy snow fell on Tuesday, February
6 in the tri-state area including Ripley County.
The snow came fast and furious leaving motorists
to combat treacherous roads in a short period
of time.
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Dollar General Store
request granted by BZA
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Cathy
May- Contributing Writer
The Dollar General
Store is another step closer to coming to Osgood.
At the last meeting of the Ripley County Board
of Zoning Appeals meeting, Hurley & Stewart
applied for a variance from the required 57 parking
spaces to 32 parking spaces for 115 Olive Street
in Osgood. Their request was granted.
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Osgood
firemen respond to house fire
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Osgood Journal - February
6, 2007
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Police, school staff respond
quickly to bomb threat at MHS
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Wanda English Burnett
- Editor
The
safety of students at Milan schools is top priority
as was evidenced when personnel took the threat
of a bomb seriously last Friday.
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Sunman teen
fights rare disease
Benefit set for Sunday to help with medical expenses
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Wanda English Burnett
- Editor
“Left untreated
the disease is fatal within 60 days.” A startling
statement made by April Borders brings the reality
of the rare disease her son David has into perspective.
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'The best shelter is a caring
community'
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Cindy DiFazio
- Staff Writer
That is the way
Donna Huffmaster, speaking on behalf of the Ripley
County Humane Society, summed up the society and
its hopes for the future. “We want to get
residents to support the Humane Society,”
Huffmaster explained. She related that she had
become involved with the shelter’s work several
years ago, and that while it has made giant strides
in care and adoption procedures, there is much
more to be accomplished.
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The Versailles Republican - February
1, 2007
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Commissioners hear concerns
Animal control officer requested
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Cindy DiFazio - Staff Writer
The Ripley County Commissioners
met in regular session on Monday, January 29.
Commissioners Robert Reiners, Chuck Folz and
Lawrence Nickell were present. Attorney Neil
Comer and County Auditor, Mary Ann McCoy were
also present.
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Thelma Jackson celebrates
104 years
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Wanda English Burnett - Editor
Tuesday, January
30, marked the 104th birthday for Thelma Jackson.
Along with family and friends, she celebrated
her big day at the Manderley Health Care Center,
where she now makes her home.
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Sheriff
Grills announces changes in the office
Familiar
faces in new positions
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Wanda English Burnett - Editor
A phone call
can change the course of the day at the
Sheriff’s Office and that was evidenced
as Sheriff Tom Grills talked with reporters
last Friday and answered calls at the same
time. On his fourth week of taking office,
the sheriff noted that “things are
going well, busy, but well.”
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