NETWORKING & EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH PROFESSIONALS, VOLUNTEERS, AND MENTORS
Salem, IN – Calling on all Youth Professionals, Volunteers, and Mentors!! The Washington County Family YMCA will be hosting their Winter Youth First Café
for 2014. This great networking opportunity will allow you to mingle with other youth workers, share resources, and learn more about a local service provider.
Please bring business cards, brochures, or other informational items to share on the resource tables.
Come out and learn to identify the signs and symptoms of bullying: if a child is being bullied, if a child IS a bully, if a child is exhibiting bullying behaviors and
strategies to cope with all. This presentation is designed to provide youth workers with a better understanding of bullying: what it is, what it is not, and what it looks
like. This training is suitable for parents, grandparents and other community members as well.
The IU School of Public Health will be presenting on the topic. A free lunch is provided in partnership with the Indiana Youth Institute to those who RSVP to
rosie@wcfymca.org by Tuesday, December 16th held at the Salem Senior Citizens Center located at 1705 North Shelby Street
in Salem, IN. Doors will open at 11:30am for networking and food, with the presentation to begin at 12:00pm and last until around 1:00pm.
Please share this invitation, and bring a friend!
Coffee Club Podcast 12-12-2014
Coffee Club Podcast 12-12-2014
Orleans woman dies in crash on SR56
An Orleans woman who was found dead in a vehicle Tuesday afternoon died from blunt force trauma to her chest.
According to a police report, 51-year-old Amy Jo Stevens may have went unconscious before the accident because of a diabetic problem.
Stevens was driving her 2003 Ford Focus north on State Road 56 West and crossed the center line and struck a 1999 Ford Ranger pickup truck driven by 68-year-old Jack Wetzell of Louisville. Wetzell, told police that he tried to avoid the accident, but was already too close to the guardrail.
Stevens was pronounced dead at the scene.
Wetzell complained of head pain and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Benjamin Kendall, a witness who was traveling behind Stevens on State Road 56, told police Stevens had been following all speed limits but right before the crash Kendall says Stevens did not attempt to avoid the crash or apply her brakes.
Police say there were no signs that Stevens tried to protect herself from hitting the dash or steering wheel.
Further chemical tests are pending to determine if other medical conditions contributed to the cause of the accident.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Orange County EMS, French Lick and Orange County Rural District I volunteer fire departments assisted with the accident.
Former Miss Indiana arrested in Bloomington
A former Miss Indiana pageant winner was arrested in Bloomington Wednesday on several charges.
At 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, officers were dispatched to 300 block of East 8th Street on a report of an intoxicated female knocking on the caller’s apartment door for about half an hour.
The caller said the female was banging on the door and yelling, “let me in.” Officers arrived found Terrin Thomas still outside of the door.
Thomas won the Miss Indiana pageant in 2013.
Bloomington police said Thomas appeared to be intoxicated based upon her slurred speech and abusive attitude toward them. The officer also reported noticing a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Thomas.
Thomas was wearing shorts, a long-sleeve shirt and socks. She told police she was looking for her boyfriend’s apartment.
Officers attempted to get a phone number to call the boyfriend, but Thomas said she did not have her phone or the number.
Thomas then attempted to leave the area. Officers said Thomas kept repeating herself and would not listen to questions.
At that time she was placed under arrest. When asked to sit in the rear of the vehicle, officers say she refused and pushed away. Thomas was eventually placed in the squad car and taken to the Monroe County jail.
She was booked in on charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement.
Final suspect arrested by Mitchell Police
An anonymous tip helped the Mitchell Police Department locate and take Jason D. Blake into custody just after 5:30p Thursday.
Blake was found walking on State Road 37 near Mitchell.
Blake was considered a Person of Interest in the Attempted Vehicular Assault against a State Trooper this morning just before 9:30. Blake was already Wanted on Warrant through Lawrence County for a Probation Violation.
Officers arrested 46-year-old Richard L. Cobb earlier in the afternoon.
Cobb was booked into the Lawrence County Jail on a warrant for failure to appear. Blake is being held on charges of escape and a warrant for failure to appear, according to the jail log.
Police say more charges are pending.
The manhunt for the two men began just before 9:30 a.m. after a trooper attempted to stop the men who were in a green Chevrolet S10 pickup truck for a seat belt violation on Mill Creek Road.
After initially refusing to stop, the driver led the trooper to the Lehigh Cement Plant near Mitchell.
Once the pickup stopped, the driver waited for the trooper to walk up, when without warning, the driver attempted to run over the trooper. The trooper was not hit and proceeded to give chase.
The pickup truck was located shortly thereafter, unoccupied near the Lehigh Plant, off of Meridian Road just north of Ind. 60.
Police searched the Mill Creek Road area and set up a perimeter that includes Mill Creek, Lawrenceport and Sams roads and part of Lehigh Cement Company property. Mitchell Community Schools and Spring Mill State Park was place on lockdown as a precautionary measure, while officers, K-9s and an ISP helicopter search the Mitchell area.
At this time, there are no further Persons of Interest in this case.
The Indiana State Police would like to continue to encourage anyone with any information regarding this case to contact the Bloomington Post at (812) 332-4411. All tips will remain anonymous.
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WSLM raises money for SHOP WITH A COP
WSLM RADIO’s HOMEGROWN CHRISTMAS CONCERT held last weekend at the Salem Middle School raised almost $1500 for Shop With A Cop.
Owner and General manager Rebecca White gave the proceeds of the show — $1,401 – to Salem Police Department officers Eric Mills and Scott Ratts during Thursday morning’s edition of Coffee Club.
This will help approximately 14 needy children in Washington County. 
Mills said the program has been going on locally since the 1970s when Marlon Robertson and Eugene Helm took some money left over from an FOP Country music concert and decided to take some needy children shopping for Christmas.
“I think they helped 25 kids that year,” said Mills. “This year we were able to take 100 children shopping.” Mills said the goal is to help 200 children and they have about three weeks in order to provide clothes and a toy for the remaining hundred.
White said she hopes to do the Christmas show again next year and hopes the community and businesses will support it more in 2015. “People have asked me for a couple of years to organize a concert in Salem. I will continue to organize shows like this, but I really hope they are well attended. The Salem Middle School holds 500 and we had 125. Hopefully word of mouth will help next year and we’ll have every seat filled. After all, it’s for the children.”
Rusty Bladen from Madison kicked things off, followed by Country Bourne and Deb Lyle Doyle from Mitchell, IN. Doyle is the sister of DL Reed, Salem Schools Superintendent. In fact, Reed and Doyle performed together as they sang and danced the “Sisters” song from White Christmas.
Moonshine and Berries, Hoot Von Woot and Short Notice Band also played, along with the Honorable Judge Bret Raper from Bloomington. Two groups from Nashville, Tn were scheduled to attend but had to cancel because of scheduling conflicts.
“I interviewed Pam Tillis the other morning from the Gault House. She said she was going to return to Louisville next December and would be glad to come up and help us raise money at our show,” said White. “But we’ll see. I have some good connections in Nashville for next year and will bring back our local and regional groups.”
“That’s the goal of WSLM’s HOMEGROWN RADIO show . . . to showcase local and regional talent,” said White. “There are enough songwriters, singers, bands, solo acts and musicians in the WSLM listening area that we can have a different person each week for the next four years.”
Reds trade Latos for DeSclafani and Wallach
Cincinnati Reds President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Walt Jocketty today announced during the Winter Meetings the acquisitions of RHP Anthony DeSclafani and C Chad Wallach from the Miami Marlins in exchange for RHP Mat Latos.
DeSclafani, 24, originally was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the sixth round of the June 2011 first-year player draft. In his Major League debut last season, he made 5 starts and 8 relief appearances for the Marlins but also went 6-7 with a 3.78 ERA in 19 starts and 1 relief appearance for Class AA Jacksonville and Class AAA New Orleans.
Wallach, 23, was the Marlins’ fifth-round pick in the 2013 first-year player draft. In 97 appearances last season for Class A Jupiter and Greensboro, where he was a mid-season South Atlantic League All-Star, he combined to hit .322 with 7 HR and 57 RBI. In his 2 professional seasons, Wallach has hit .293 with 7 HR and 70 RBI over 140 appearances.
Latos, 27, last season for the Reds went 5-5 with a 3.25 ERA in 16 starts around stints on the disabled list with right elbow and left knee injuries
One suspect under arrest, second still at large
A person of interest has been arrested after attempting to run over an Indiana State Trooper during a traffic stop this morning in Lawrence County.
46-year-old Richard Cobb of Mitchell is in police custody.
Police are looking for 40-year-old Jason Dale Blake, of 205 South 5th Street in Mitchell.
Blake is 6’0 tall, 160 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Blake is already wanted on warrant on a different case in Lawrence County.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Jason Dale Blake is encouraged to contact the Indiana State Police at the Bloomington District at (812) 332-4411. All tips will remain anonymous.
The lockdown at Mitchell Community Schools has been lifted and students were dismissed at the regular times.
Steve Phillips, superintendent of MCS, through a School Reach message, said the schedules at all buildings are returning to normal. He said ran their regular routes.
Just before 9:30 a.m., an Indiana State Police Trooper conducted a traffic stop on a green Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck for a traffic violation for a seat belt violation just North of Spring Mill State Park.
After initially refusing to stop, the driver led the trooper to the Lehigh Cement Plant near Mitchell. Once the pickup stopped, the driver waited for the trooper to walk up, when without warning, the driver attempted to run over the trooper.
The trooper was not hit and proceeded to give chase to the pickup. The pickup truck was located shortly thereafter, unoccupied near the Lehigh Plant, off of Meridian Road just north of Ind. 60.
Police are combing the Mill Creek Road area and set up a perimeter that includes Mill Creek, Lawrenceport and Sams roads and part of Lehigh Cement Company property.
Several K-9 teams were brought in to search the area, and an ISP helicopter was summoned.
Officers also told radio dispatchers to request Mitchell Community Schools and Spring Mill State Park both go into a lockdown as a precautionary measure until the suspects were apprehended.
West Washington High School Principal Keith Nance said he consulted with Washington County Sheriff Claude Combs earlier. Combs said the situation should not affect them at the school. Despite rumors on social media, the school was never placed on a lockdown.
During a School Reach message issued by MCS Superintendent Steve Phillips at 10:08 a.m., he said no one is being allowed to enter or exit any of the MCS school buildings. He said the school system was advised by the Mitchell Police Department that there are possibly two men in the area who should be “considered armed and dangerous.” Phillips said school officials will continue to monitor the situation.
Currently, the Indiana State Police along with local law enforcement are looking for two unidentified white males that had occupied the S-10. The only description available is two white males, unkempt and unshaven.
