Funeral services set for Brown children

Wanda English Burnett
Editor

Kacy Nonaka Indiana Brown, 7, and her sister Grace Nana Brown, 6, of Versailles, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011 as the result of a vehicle crash near their home at Correct.

Wanda English Burnett
Editor

Last week as organizers for a benefit for the Lisa Gehl family were getting things in place, Lisa took a turn for the worst, and passed away on Friday, March 25 at the St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis.

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Commissioners approve designs

Beth Rumsey
Editor

Garry Wright, LWC, an architect for the annex project, presented the final schematics for the building at the regular commissioner meeting on Monday, March 21. Wright utilized the comments and suggestions made in both commissioner and building committee meetings, as well as input from office holders, to create an acceptable floor plan.

The schematics show a three-floor building with a meeting room for commissioners or council meetings. The third floor or attic space, will be utilized for storage, with storage areas on the second floor. Other changes to the design was made.

Wanda English Burnett
Editor

After a request was first tabled by the Ripley County Council members, this month it was denied.

Clerk Mary Ann McCoy had asked for $10,600 to be appropriated for scanning and filing in her office at the February meeting. This was for work for the circuit and superior courts that needs to be preserved, according to McCoy.

Karen Reynolds
Contributing Writer

Water coming from Versailles Street onto a homeowner's property wiping out his dam was the first order of business at the Holton Town Board meeting held March 10.

Town residents Gary and Jeff Wright presented their concerns about a hole on Versailles Street and said that unrestrained water is being dumped onto their property, into their lake from both the railroad and the highway as well as weeds and cornstalks from the nearby neighbor’s field.

Police and firemen fight for children
Guns & Hoses charity boxing set for April 2

Police and firefighters put their lives on the line everyday. April 2 will be no different when local police and firemen take to the boxing ring at the Belterra Casino Resort & Spa - with all proceeds from the event going to help support the new regional Children’s Advocacy Center that opened in September 2009 in Dillsboro.

John Billman of Osgood stopped at the Osgood Food Mart on Saturday, March 12 for coffee and a scratch-off ticket. He quickly turned five-dollars into $130,000 when he revealed the winnings of his Hoosier Lottery Scratch-off. He won a top prize on a Triple the Money scratch-off ticket.

Wanda English Burnett
Editor

As if it isn’t enough of a blow to sustain severe weather damage to property, residents should be wary of scammers waiting to make their situation even worse.

Local Marine honored at ceremony at Camp Lejeune

Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines - the 29 - returned from a recent tour in Afghanistan and were gathered at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for a memorial service to remember their fallen brothers - 15 in all.

Beth Rumsey
Staff Writer

A large group, consisting mostly of educators from Ripley and surrounding counties, gathered at the Batesville High School auditorium to discuss proposed bills in both the House and Senate designed for education reform.

Wanda English Burnett
Editor

Last Friday, March 4 around 2:43 a.m. police responded to an abandoned residence located at 4506 East County Road 200 North to investigate a suspicious vehicle parked there.

Council to consider transfer requests

Beth Rumsey
Staff Writer

A fund transfer request from clerk Mary Ann McCoy was heard by the Ripley County Council at the regular meeting on Wednesday, February 23. According to McCoy, the transfer request of $5800 from clerical to services and charges is part of the scanning of files into a new system used by the courthouse.

Beth Rumsey
Staff Writer

State Attorney General Greg Zoeller visited Ripley County on Tuesday, March 1 to teach residents how to take action to prevent them from becoming victims of identity theft, scams and frauds.

Beth Rumsey
Staff Writer

State Representative Randy Frye (R) spoke at the Ripley County Republican Women's meeting held on Monday, February 28 at the Osgood Town Hall. He updated the group on bills he has authored or supported, steps that have been taken to improve economic development for District 67 and discussed the walkout by Indiana Democrats on February 22.

Candidates in place for primary

Wanda English Burnett
Editor

The last date for filing for for the Primary Election was Friday, February 18. This was for seats on town councils including Batesville, Milan, Versailles, Napoleon and Sunman.
Thirty-four candidates signed on to be considered at polls on May 3. They are as follows:

Beth Rumsey
Staff Writer

Milan was buzzing with activity on Saturday, February 19 due to the 2011 Honeybee Fair held at the Milan VFW and sponsored by the Southeastern Indiana Beekeepers Association.

Those attending the fair had the opportunity to receive first hand information about beekeeping, landscaping for bees and creating products that use honey or beeswax from vendors and special speakers Kathleen Prough, Indiana DNR Chief Apiary Inspector, and Roy Ballard, Hancock County Purdue University Extension Educator.

Wanda English Burnett
Editor

Charges of Child Molest, Class A Felony, have been filed against Darryl E. Simpson of Versailles.

Court records indicate that the charge goes back to October of 2010 when Versailles police officers, Marshal Joe Mann and Deputy Marshal Lee Mathews investigated an allegation of child molesting that involved Simpson.