Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson is speaking at the Salem Rotary Club as the keynote speaker on Monday, February 23.
She will speak with members of the Rotary about Indiana’s new crowd funding rules, the Business One-Stop project and her ongoing efforts to improve financial literacy.
The Salem Rotary Club meets at Noon on Mondays at the Stevens Memorial Museum.
The Indiana boys sectional draw was announced on Sunday afternoon. Opening round games will be played on March 3rd and 4th with the semifinals set for Friday March 6th and the sectional finals for Saturday March 7th.
CLASS 3 A
Corydon Sectional 30 – Brownstown, Charlestown, Corydon Central, Madison, North Harrison, Salem, Scottsburg, Silver Creek
Salem will face Madison in the first game of the sectional on March 3 at 6p. Silver Creek and Madison face off in game two at 7:30p. The winners of both of these games will face off in the Semi-Final game on March 6 at 6p.
On March 4, Scottsburg and North Harrison battle for a chance to play the winner of the Corydon and Charlestown winner in the semi-final game on March 6 at 7:30p.
The championship game will be March 7 at 7:30p.
CLASS 2 A
Crawford County Sectional 46 will feature Clarksville, Crawford County, Eastern, Henryville, Paoli, Providence.
Eastern will play Paoli in the first game of the sectional on March 3 at 6p. The winner of this game will play Clarksville in the semi-final game on March 6 at 6p.
Providence will face Henryville in game 2 at 7:30p. The winner of this game will play Crawford County on March 6 for the semi-final at 7:30p.
The Championship game will be played on March 7 at 7:30p.
Class 1 A
Orleans Sectional 61 will feature Crothersville, Medora, Orleans, Springs Valley, Trinity Lutheran, West Washington
West Washington will face Crothersville in the first game on March 3 at 6p. The winner goes to the semi-final game with Trinity Lutheran on March 6 at 6p.
Orleans will play Springs Valley at 7:30p. The winner faces Medora in the Semi-final game on March 6 at 7:30p.
To get a look at all sectional action around the state – click here http://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/ihsaa/documents/news%20media/2014-15/022215.BBBDraw.pdf
The Championship game is to be played at 7:30p on March 7.
Admission tickets will be $6 per session or $10 for all sessions.
The second team listed will serve as the home team.
Due to weather conditions several Southern Indiana Girls Regional Competition scheduled for Saturday have been canceled.
The Class A Regional at West Washington was set for Saturday morning but had been postponed to Saturday night early on Friday. However, due to continued winter weather and the Winter Storm Warning being in effect until late Saturday night, the regional games were moved to Monday.
The first game at West Washington will be the Borden Lady Braves versus the Springs Valley Lady Blackhawks at 5p. The second game featuring Wood Memorial and Baar-Reeve will take place about 7 p.m. The championship final will be played on Monday at 7
All of the games from the West Washington Regional will be broadcast on WSLM 1220 AM.
Class 2-A at Paoli – semifinals at 5 and 7 p.m., final on Monday at 7
The Class 3A Semifinal will be at Jasper on Monday night with the first game featuring the Salem Lady Lions vs. the Rushville Lady Lions at 5p. The second game will be Jasper and Princeton.
The first game will be carried live on WSLM 97.9 FM.
The Lady Stars will now host Center Grove, the champion of the Greenwood Sectional, at 8 p.m. in game two of regional action on Monday at Bedford North Lawrence High School.
Second-ranked Columbus North, the champion out of the Shelbyville Sectional, will face the Evansville Central sectional champ in the opener at 6 p.m.
The winners of those games will then play Tuesday night at 7 p.m. for the regional championship.
Single-session tickets are $7, while both session tickets are $10.
The semi-state championship game will be played on February 28.
The championship game will be played at 8 p.m. on March 7 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The game will be aired on all three radio stations 1340 AM WBIW, Super Oldies 105.5 WQRK and Z102 102.5 WPHZ. It will also streaming online at wbiw.com
Indiana Conservation divers recovered the body of a Medora man from Swan Lake Friday night.
The body of 39-year-old Cole Cummins was found at 11:25 p.m. Cummins had fallen through the ice at Saw Lake earlier in the evening.
Officers were able to locate Cummins using a remote operated vehicle prior to divers recovering the body in about 11 feet of water.
According to police, Cummins’ fishing partner saw him fall through the ice, and then attempted to help Cummins before falling through the ice himself.
The partner was able to get out of the water and crawl to his vehicle. He then drove to Cummins’ girlfriend’s nearby home and dialed 911.
Shortly thereafter, Cummins’ parents were summoned and quickly drove to the lake where they were unable to assist their son.
Jackson County deputies and a Brownstown officer quickly arrived, donned life jackets, and crossed the ice in an attempt to rescue Cummins with a throw bag.
That is when a Jackson County deputy also fell through the ice, but was able to make it to shore.
Cummins’ fishing partner was airlifted to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis for treatment of hypothermia and is expected to fully recover.
Assisting agencies at the scene included Indiana State Police, Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, Brownstown Police Department, and Owen Township Volunteer Fire Department.
Registration is now open for the ‘Head for the Hills’ Patoka Lake Triathlon taking place at Patoka Lake beach on Saturday, August 22nd at 8:30a.m.
Head for the hills and race for a cause. All proceeds from this event will go to support Patoka’s non-releasable raptors; a red-tailed hawk, eastern screech owl and bald eagle. Swim 500 yards in open water at the beach. Bike 12.8 miles along ‘hillacious’ paved roads within the property. Run 3.1 miles along groomed gravel roads and a paved bike trail. Go to
http://headforthehillspatokalaketriathlon.itsyourrace.com/ to register today! Visit http://triathlons.dnr.in.gov/ for more information or call (812)685-2447.
If you are interested in volunteering or sponsoring this event please contact the Race Director, Dana Reckelhoff at (812)685-2447 or by email at dreckelhoff@dnr.in.gov .
February 21 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
February 28 at Campbellsburg Baptist Church
March 7 at St. Vincent, Salem, Hospital
March 14 at Southern Hills Church
March 21 at New Hope Methodist Church
March 28 at First Christian Church, Salem
The U.S. Postal Service, once again, is asking customers to help letter carriers deliver mail safely by clearing snow and ice from sidewalks, stairs and mailboxes.
“Snow and ice make delivery dangerous and slow,” said Greater Indiana District Manager Larry Diegel. “Maintaining a clear path to the mail box, including steps, porches, walkways and street approach, will help letter carriers maintain consistent delivery service, and help them get the mail delivered.”
Customers receiving door delivery should make sure their sidewalks, steps and porches are clear. Customers receiving curbside delivery should remove snow piles left by snow plows to keep access to their mailboxes clear for letter carriers.
Delivery service may be delayed or curtailed whenever streets or walkways present hazardous conditions for letter carriers or when snow is plowed against mailboxes.
“The Postal Service curtails delivery only after careful consideration, and only as a last resort,” said Diegel. “Any curtailed mail is attempted the next delivery day.”
Blue collection boxes also need to be kept clear for our customers to deposit their mail, and for the Postal Service to collect the mail for delivery. Residents and businesses with collection boxes near their property are asked to keep them clear of snow and ice. “We want our letter carriers to be safe,” he added. “We can only do this with the help of our customers.”
At a meeting in the Salem High School Presentation Room, engineering sketches of State Road 56 East were taped and stretched from one end of the stage to the other — clearly not to scale and somewhat unintelligible to the general public — but aiming to give an idea of the scope of the project that will bring a wider State Road 56 from High Street to the East 56 entrance to the bypass.
Along the way, residents will be inconvenienced but will have new sidewalks, new retaining walls and new curbs as well as access to the new developments coming along East 56 — namely the largest Super Wal-Mart in Kentuckiana.
The widening of State Road 56 by the Seymour District of the INDOT is part of a larger project to prepare the area for the construction of the largest Wal-Mart Super Center in the Kentuckiana area. Temple and Temple received the bid for the $4.2 million project.
The Salem portion of this project is a complete reconstruction of the highway—including new sidewalks, curb ramps, retaining walls and storm sewer system.
According to Jason Uhl of Temple and Temple, the project is split into three phases.
“Phase one will begin soon and involve putting in a box culvert between Salem Hardwoods and Day Road,” he said. “That will close the road for about 3-4 weeks in March.”
Uhl said once that work was completed, the major portion of the work would involve reconstruction of East 56 from near Cornerstone Hotel back to High Street. He said the work would continue from April through September, weather permitting.
The road will be widened and new retaining walls will be constructed as well as new curbs and sidewalks.
“All the side streets will be closed,” said Uhl. “Those who live on 56 will be able to get to their house through back alleys or we will get them access to their house. The same goes for the businesses located along here. We will make sure they get traffic to and from their locations during the work.”
The rural Washington County scope of this construction calls for repairing and resurfacing S.R. 56—including shoulder widening, building passing blisters and replacement of a small drainage structures. Uhl said this work would take place from about Parkview Drive out to the East portion of the bypass.
A project by the City of Salem to move water and sewer lines would have created a dozen or so road closures along 56 this winter.
Uhl said some of those lines will be moved as part of the overall work to cut down on having to keep roads closed twice.
“We really are trying to main this go smooth,” he said. “But it’s going to be painful for a while. But it’s going to be nice for the next 40 years or so.”
Once the SR 56 reconstruction project is complete, the Wal-Mart project is expected to begin.
Uhl said when this project was created, the Wal-Mart project wasn’t part of it. “It’s not part of this project….this project was designed with Wal-Mart not being there. With Wal-Mart being part of this, there will need to be some things addressed.” He said that could include turning lanes and traffic lights added at a later date.
An update to a story released earlier on WSLMRADIO.COM — The Indiana State Police have identified the driver in a fatal accident this morning.
The driver, Dennis M. Davis, 64, 128 E. Maple Court, Clarksville, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Clark County Coroner.
The driver was the only occupant of the vehicle and was not wearing a seatbelt. The official cause of death is pending an autopsy.
This morning at approximately 7:54, troopers from the Indiana State Police in Sellersburg were dispatched to a single vehicle crash on northbound I-65 near the ten mile-marker just north of Sellersburg.
When Master Trooper Tim Barclay arrived on scene he found a white, 2004, GMC pick-up truck, approximately 12 feet off the east side of the roadway.
The vehicle was heavily damaged after striking a tree. It is unknown at this time why the vehicle left the roadway; however, indications at the crash scene indicate that the vehicle was traveling too fast for the current road conditions.
Troopers were assisted by INDOT Hoosier Helpers, and officers from the Sellersburg Fire Department, Sellersburg EMS and the Clark County Coroner’s Office.
