Indiana University’s Surplus Store will auction off all of the 24 original turnstiles one-by-one through the last week of March Madness.
The details, per the IU Surplus Store:
“We will be auctioning all 24 original Assembly Hall turnstiles known to be in existence. The public will be offered an opportunityto own a great piece of memoralbilia from Assembly Hall that witnessed three National Championships. This turnstile will be auctioned first in the coming days and is numbered #24 of 24. These turnstiles will come with a letter of authenticity from the Indiana University Athletic department. We will post on FacebookB and Twitter when the first auction goes live, we anticipate that auction to begin this week.”
Bids start at $500, and proceeds go to the Surplus Stores and the university’s athletic department. The first sale ends Thursday.
The Herald-Times reports the turnstiles were first used at football games at Memorial Stadium before being moved to Assembly Hall when itopened in 1971.
The red-and-chrome turnstiles remained at the fieldhouse until 2014.
It’s not clear whether this is part of the Assembly Hall renovation clear-out or not, although it would make some sense.
The next wave of renovation is set to gear up as soon as the basketball seasons end in Bloomington.
A Pekin man died late Saturday night in a head-on collision in the 2100 block of Mapleturn Road in Morgan County.
36-year-old Leslie Ashby IV was taken to Indiana University Health Morgan Hospital to be flown by helicopter to another hospital, but died before he could be transferred, according to a Morgan County Sheriff’s Department Police report
A passenger in Ashby’s vehicle, 36-year-old Joshua Underwood, told police Ashby was attempting to pass a westbound vehicle when their vehicle collided head-on with another vehicle driven by 30-year-old Evan Kerkhof of Martinsville.
Kerkhof and his wife, Rachael, were taken to Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis
Underwood, of Martinsville, was also transported to Methodist Hospital.
Martha L. Karnes, age 85, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2016.
Martha was born April 10, 1930 near Milltown, IN to the late Floyd and Eulah Baylor Pirtle. She was the former owner and operator of the Old Green Acres Restaurant, Milltown, Indiana.
Also, preceding her in death were her husband, Richard A. Karnes; siblings, Lendell & Russell Pirtle, Mary Newlin, Betty Routh & Junevera Bary.
Surviving are
Daughters: Lana S. McCutcheon (Rick) of Brandenburg, KY; Sisters: Shirley Seacat of Clarksville, IN; Linda Hudson (Doyle) of Bedford, IN; Carolyn Senn of Shelbyville, TN; Brenda Coy of Milltown, IN and Nancy Clemons (David) of Greenville, IN.
3 Grandchildren: Jill Ann Smith, Jason Meriwether & Derrick Hudson and 4 Great Grandchildren & 1 Great Great Grandchild
Funeral will be 2 P.M. Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016 at Swarens Funeral Home, 1405 Hwy 64 NW, Ramsey, IN. with interment in Palmyra Cemetery, Palmyra, IN.
Visitation will be 10 A.M. – 2 P.M. Thursday at the funeral home.
James Lee “Jim” Edrington, Sr. age 81, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 15, 2016 at Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky surrounded by family. He was born August 23, 1934 in Louisville, Kentucky to the late Coleman and Florence (Ludwig) Edrington.
He was retired from the Louisville Post office where he was a supervisor and was the former Post Master at the Fredericksburg office. Jim was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force and was a member of the American Legion Post 42, V.F.W. Post 1693, and the La Societe Des 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevauk 1250 40-8 all.
Being a very social person Jim loved being a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church. He enjoyed being around a lot of people and volunteering at the St. Michael’s picnic every year. He also enjoyed Karaoke and golf.
Jim married Mary “Joanne” McCormish Holmes on October 16, 1964. Besides his wife he is survived by four daughters: Marcy Knox; Deiadre Dery (Brian); of Louisville, Kentucky; Sharon Brown (Dwain) of North Carolina; and Jamie Harris (Donnavon) of Greenville.
One brother: Coleman Edrington (Nadine) of Lanesville and one sister: Sue Hellmueller (Walter) of Louisville, Kentucky. Eight grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents, one daughter Dawn Edrington and one son James Lee Edrington, Jr. Two brothers: Donald Edrington, Robert Edrington, and three sisters: Dorothy Byron, Barbara Owen, and Mary Cunningham.
Funeral services will be held Friday, February 19, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church Bradford 1140 Farmers Lane N.E., Greenville, Indiana 47124 with interment to follow in the Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be Thursday, February 18, 2016 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church Bradford and from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of service on Friday.
All arrangements are being handled by Love Funeral Home, Palmyra.
Despite fog advisories in the area, work continued on Kentuckiana’s largest Walmart store, which is located on Salem’s east side.
In fact, workers installed sections of pre-constructed concrete walls on the Walmart storefront today.
Despite the cold weather and fog advisories on Tuesday, the construction continued on the Walmart store in Salem.
Plans were announced in in 2014 for the 151,000 square foot building which is expected to open this year before the Holiday shopping season.
The Walmart Supercenter will be located on Kimball Drive, off Hackberry Street (State Road 56 East).
The company plans to employee between 300 and 400 people.
Rick Hayes of BRR Architecture said the firm is excited to be in the county and said the new store will be about the length of two football fields and will include an auto center, a garden center and a pharmacy that will have a drive up window.
Customers will enter the store off Kimball Drive where traffic lights are currently being installed at the intersection of Kimball Drive and Hackberry Street. A second set of lights will be placed at a second entrance across from Coral Street.
Randall Hake of Cedarwood Development, a national real estate company said construction would begin in late spring 2014, with an open date of fall 2015.
That was moved forward with much of the land development only beginning last summer during reconstruction of State Road 56, which continued up into October 2015.
Land development has begun for Murphy USA, a fuel station located along Hackberry Street, across the street from WSLM.
The fuel tank area has been excavated and gravel laid down last Friday for the road into the fuel station. In fact, INDOT added what they call a “pork chop” to the right turn lane on 56 last fall that will direct traffic into the area and also offer a right turn lane back out onto SR 56.
Workers dig a hole to pour a footer for one of a pair of stoplights that will face Kimball Drive.Walmart wall sections sit ready to be installed at the new store in Salem.Pre-fab wall sections were installed this morning on Kentuckiana’s largest Walmart store.This large crane lifted sections of wall for the new Walmart store into place. You can see the light poles that were installed last fall.The new Walmart store will be two football fields long making it the largest in Southern Indiana and Kentucky.
The 27 acre site will also leave room for additional retailers, restaurants and financial institutions.
There will be approx. 640 parking spaces in the parking lot.
Mr. Eugene Elmer Fox age 66 of French Lick passed away Sunday, February 14 at St. Vincent Hospital of Salem.
Mr. Fox was born March 27, 1949 in Paoli the son of David Alfred and Locia Proffitt Fox. He was former employee of Childcraft and a retired employee of Mi-Linn Wood Products. He was a member of Youngs Creek Church of Christ in Paoli and an Army veteran.
He is survived by his daughters: Jeannie Russell and Carrie Lewis both of Salem, a brother: Carl Fox of French Lick, a sister: Christine Nelson of French Lick, 6 granddaughters and 4 great-grandsons. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers: Hughie Fox, Hobert Fox and Edward Fox, and three sisters: Geraldine Crowder, Ruby Collins and Viola Nelson.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00PM at Weathers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, French Lick. Visitation will be Thursday from 10Am-time of service.
Celebrate spring with an egg-cellent adventure on the south lawn of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site during the 2nd Annual Presidential Egg Roll.
Dress the kids and grandkids in their Easter best and enjoy vintage fun with spirited egg rolling, stories, crafts and a continental breakfast. (Plus, they’ll get to make their own keepsake wooden Easter egg!) And, what egg roll would be complete without a visit with the Easter bunny?
Saturday, March 19 | 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Rain or shine
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, South Lawn (with some activities inside as well)
1230 N. Delaware St., downtown Indianapolis
TICKETS:
$14.95 Member Adults / $12.95 Member Child
$17.95 Non-Member Adult / $15.95 Non-Member Child
Over the weekend, several drug arrests were made by Scott County Sheriff’s Deputies.
During the late shift on Friday, February 12, 2016, deputies received information that activity, consistent with drug activity, was taking place at 150 Blunt Avenue in Austin, IN.
Larry BurnettChristine SmithJohn WattsRenea Clark
Deputies along with officers from the Austin Police Department responded to that address and made contact with the occupants of the residence.
While speaking with the occupants, it was learned that there was a camper also being occupied on the property.
Deputies responded to the camper and made contact with a LarryM. Burnett, age 43, and a Christine N. Smith, age 29.
While speaking with the pair, deputies located a hypodermicsyringe lying on a shelf inside of the camper.
Deputies investigated further and located more hypodermic syringes, marijuana, paraphernalia associated with intravenousdrug use, and heroin, inside of the camper.
Chief Deputy Don Campbell, who was out during the late shift assisting deputies, described that one of the syringes was “loaded” for use.
Burnett and Smith were both arrested charged with possession of a narcotic drug, possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia, and for visiting a common nuisance.
On Sunday, February, 14, 2016, a Scott County Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a 1994 Tan Buick near Marshfield Road and Slab Road.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as John B. Watts, age 35.
It was discovered that Watts had a warrant out for his arrest through Scott County for strangulation. Watts was asked to step out of the vehicle and initially refused the deputy’s command.
Watts then stepped out and began resisting by pulling away from the deputy and then fled on foot. Watts was subdued by an ECW (electronic control weapon) and subsequently taken in to custody.
The vehicle was occupied by a passenger identified as Renea C. Clark, age 32. Inside of the vehicle, deputies located two handguns, ammunition, paraphernalia associated with drug use and drug dealing, and approximately 10 grams of suspected methamphetamine.
Watts and Clark were both placed under arrest by Scott County Sheriff’s Deputies. Watts is being charged with resisting law enforcement, possession of methamphetamine, possession of a handgun without a permit, and possession of paraphernalia.
Clark is being charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of a handgun without a permit, and possession ofparaphernalia.
All subjects arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
Chief Campbell explains that the Sheriff’s Office has received an overwhelming submission of tips from the public.
Chief Campbell encourages the citizens of Scott County tocontinue their efforts in reporting criminal activity and explainsthat a great number of recent drug arrests are adirect result of deputies investigating the tips received.
Report any suspicious activity, including drug activity, to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s Office maintains several options for reporting criminal activity anonymously, including the department’s website, Facebookpage, and a tip line, 1.812.752.7898.
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