SOUTHEAST Indiana—This is the time of year when many Hoosiers roll up their sleeves and begin the task of “spring cleaning”.  That includes hundreds of Hoosier volunteers “spring cleaning” roadsides along state highways under the jurisdiction of the Indiana Department of Transportation. INDOT’s annual Trash Bash starts tomorrow (APRIL 16).

Adopt-A-Highway groups will be joined by Department of Corrections participants and others in efforts to remove trash, liter and debris from major 4-lane highways, interstate highways and 2-lane state roads over the next four weekends.  Across the state, approximately 2,400 Trash Bashers are expected to clear roadsides along a thousand miles of Hoosiers highways.

Last year, 22,542 bags of trash were collected along with 8,456 cubic yards of loose liter.  Adopt-A-Highway groups alone—representing nearly 1000 volunteers–logged in more than 22-hundred hours worth of “spring cleaning.”  In INDOT’s Southeast District, officials anticipate collecting as much as 2,500 cubic yards of litter.

INDOT encourages all Hoosiers to help keep Indiana highways clean.

• Don’t litter—Set a good example for everyone, especially children.
• Be responsible—Carry a trash bag in your car instead of tossing litter out the window.
• Report it—Report locations where people have dumped garbage to INDOT customer service at 877-305-7611.
• Adopt it—Find out how your group can become involved in helping beautify an area by participating in Adopt-A-Highway, Sponsor-A-Highway or other highway beautification efforts; call the Southeast District customer service number: 877-305-7611.

Motorists can learn about highway work zones and other traffic alerts at indot.carsprogram.org, 1-800-261-ROAD (7623) or 511 from a mobile phone. For highway information, monitor social media sites:www.Facebook.com/INDOTSoutheast and Twitter @INDOTSoutheast.  Subscribe to receive text and email alerts at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/INDOT/subscriber/new.

Unless enrollment increases, Medora Community School Corp. is going to have to cut about $258,000 from its general fund budget for the 2016-17 school year.

Superintendent Roger Bane provided a budget reduction plan during Monday’s school board meeting after briefly discussing the issue during the March meeting.

Medora’s approved general fund budget for 2016 is $1,874,157. If the plan is enacted, that would cut the corporation’s general fund by 13.8 percent

SELLERSBURG, Ind.—Indiana Department of Transportation officials met with its contractor, E & B Paving, at Seymour District offices last week to discuss schedules and review plans for a $4,422,000 resurfacing project along 18 miles of State Road 60 in Clark and Washington Counties.  Traffic at New Pekin, Borden, Bennettsville, Hamburg and Sellersburg will be impacted at times once operations begin in mid-May.

The Clarksville contractor is charged with making a number of full-depth concrete patches and partial-depth asphalt patches before milling and paving S.R. 60 between U.S. Highway 31at Sellersburg and S.R. 335/Fifth Street at New Pekin.  The state’s pavement preservation project includes work at more than 500 road and driveway approaches.

Traffic count for S.R. 60 is 11,390 vehicles per day.

Motorists can learn about highway work zones and other traffic alerts at indot.carsprogram.org, 1-800-261-ROAD (7623) or 511 from a mobile phone. For highway information, monitor social media sites:www.Facebook.com/INDOTSoutheast and Twitter @INDOTSoutheast.  Subscribe to receive text and email alerts at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/INDOT/subscriber/new.

BASKETBALL ALL-STARS SHOWCASE SKILLS ON THE HARDWOOD THURSDAY

The Kentucky Derby Festival’s two-day basketball event kicks off tonight at 7 p.m. with the Horseshoe Foundation Night of the Future Stars at New Albany High School in Indiana.

Admission is free with a ticket to Friday night’s Basketball Classic at Freedom Hall. Thursday’s event is comparable to the NBA All-Star weekend, with players showcasing their special skills.
Some of the nights most exciting moments have occurred during the Slam Dunk, 2-on-2 and 3-Point Shooting competitions. There will also be a one-hour autograph-signing session following the event, with a two-item limit for signing.

The New Albany High School Bulldogs State Championship Team is expected to attend the Night of the Future Stars. The team and their Head Coach, JimShannon, will be honored during the event.

Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County is title sponsor of Thursday’s event, joining Contributing Sponsor Papa John’s.  Media Sponsors are B96.5 FM, Old School 105.1 and SLAM Magazine.

The 44^th annual Basketball Classic presented by Papa John’s tips off at 7 p.m. on Friday night at Freedom Hall and features several new recruits for the Cats, Cards and Hoosiers. Those players include recent University of Kentucky commitment Brad Calipari, University of Louisville walk-on Tyler Sharpe, Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball, Carson Williams, as well as Indiana signees Curtis Jones and De’Ron Davis.

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE:  Basketball Classic Reserved Tickets $18 in advance and $20 at the door. Tickets on sale at all TicketMaster locations, www.ticketmaster.com or call (800) 745-3000 or the Freedom Hall box office at (502) 367-5144(Includes facility fee).

First held in 1973, the Derby Festival Basketball Classic is the oldest high school all-star game in the nation. The game has featured such players as Jamal Mashburn, Rex Chapman, Moses Malone, Isiah Thomas, Dominique Wilkins, Eric Bledsoe, Deron Williams and Nolan Smith, among many others.

The Basketball Classic is presented by Papa John’s, with Contributing Sponsor Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County.  Media Sponsors are 99.7 DJX, B96.5 FM, Old School 105.1 and SLAM Magazine.

2016 KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL BASKETBALL CLASSIC ROSTER

AS OF 4/12/2016

WHITE TEAM

Coach Kevin Klein – St. X (KY)

Coach Richard Gatewood – Taylor Co (KY)

MAROON TEAM

Coach Jim Shannon – New Albany (KY)

Coach James Schooler – Fern Creek (KY)