Apple For A Teacher Black Friday Special

November 21, 2014

The holiday season is officially into full swing as the rush of purchasing gifts, decorating homes, sending out season greetings and attending holiday parties is in high gear. One person that is sure to find their name on your Christmas shopping list is your child’s teacher. Teachers are one of the hardest people to buy for but one of the people you most want to find the perfect gift for that says thank you for what they do for your child each day.

Home baked goods, candles, lotions and other goodies fill the desks of teachers across the county each year. While all these gifts are certainly welcomed and greatly appreciated, what if you could give a gift that continued to give each year? Youth First of Washington County would like to suggest that in lieu of these many treasures, you consider making a donation to the Dr. Eddie Apple Family Youth Development Fund at the Washington County Community Foundation in honor of your child’s teacher.

Dr. Apple’s Fund was started at the Washington County Community Foundation to ensure that there would always be funding and resources committed to the positive development of our youth here in Washington County.

Home baked goods, trinkets and the many other treasures will come and go but a donation to Dr. Apple’s fund will last forever and will ensure that there is always a source of positive support for our youth in the years to come—so skip those Black Friday crowds, and get the gift that keeps on giving!

Upon making a donation, a Christmas Certificate will be sent to the teacher of your choice notifying them that an undisclosed amount has been donated to Dr. Apple’s fund in their honor by your student. Your gift is tax deductible and you will receive an acknowledgement letter from the Washington County Community Foundation upon receiving your donation.

Much like Dr. Apple’s fund, our goal is to make a positive lifelong impact on the youth we work with each day.

I-65 Patching, Striping to Cause Long, Daytime Delays South of I-465

November 21, 2014

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INDIANAPOLIS – With the forecasted rise in temperatures, Indiana Department of Transportation contractors and maintenance crews will be completing needed pavement patching and striping on I-65 in Marion and Johnson counties before winter sets in.

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I-65 traffic should expect long, daytime traffic delays beginning this weekend between the I-465 south leg and State Road 252 near the Shelby/Johnson county line. Due to the early arrival of winter temperatures, some of the work cannot be performed at night.

INDOT urges traffic to avoid and minimize I-65 backups, which are expected to extend for miles, by using U.S. 31 and other alternate routes. For more frequent updates, follow INDOT Southeast or INDOT East Central on Facebook and Twitter at http://www.in.gov/indot/3074.htm or access INDOT’s TrafficWise Traveler Information Service at http://indot.carsprogram.org.

Johnson Co. pavement patching

Starting next year, 14 miles of I-65 will be widened between the Southport Road and S.R. 44 exits. But sections of I-65 have deteriorated such that additional maintenance is needed before the spring.

Beginning tomorrow morning, daytime pavement patching crews plan to close the right lane of I-65 between S.R. 252 (Exit 80) and Whiteland (Exit 95). Weather permitting, crews will close the right lane of I-65 southbound one day next week between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., likely Tuesday, Nov. 25.

Striping new I-65 lanes

INDOT contractors will be working to open one newly paved lane in each direction between Southport Road and I-465 as part of the $40 million Operation Indy Commute interchange improvement project.

Motorists should expect double lane closures during overnight hours and single lane closures during daylight hours through the weekend.

Additional improvements expected to open before the end of this year include:

A new I-465 lane in each direction between I-65 and Emerson Avenue,
A two-lane flyover ramp for westbound I-465 traffic entering I-65 southbound to replace the single-lane loop ramp, and
A second lane for the northbound I-65 exit ramp to eastbound I-465.

EAST 56 ROAD WORK TO BEGIN MONDAY

November 21, 2014

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Road work to prepare for the Wal-Mart Super Center project is going to get underway this coming Monday on Salem’s Eastside as the City of Salem begins moving Water and Sewer lines out of the INDOT right of way.

The pre-Thanksgiving work will be focused on two locations spots – Near Parkview Drive and Jim Day Road, according to Mark Sullivan, Project Manager with Midwestern Engineering, the city’s contracted engineer on the project.

IMG_20141121_124121 — Road delays will begin Monday on State Road 56 East with work just west of Jim Day Road.

IMG_20141121_124020 — Work on Tuesday will focus on this area across from Florence’s Flowers just west of Parkview Drive. The City of Salem will begin working to move Water and Sewer lines.

IMG_20141121_123854 — In Spring 2015, the Indiana Department of Transportation will begin reconstruction of State Road 56 from High Street east of Salem past Heritage Chapel Road.

IMG_20141121_124250 — Midwestern Natural Gas has begun work to move natural gas lines along State Road 56.

IMG_20141121_123949 — The third area where water and sewer lines will be moved is Anson Street. There will be 10 other locations along the street that is expected to be completed by April 2015.

Sullivan said the work on Monday, Nov. 24 will be centered on an area west of Jim Day Road.

“Tuesday, they will be working just west of Parkview Drive,” said Sullivan.

He said a third area near Anson Street would be postponed and next Wednesday would be left open in case work on the other two areas needed to be completed before Thanksgiving.

Sullivan will be providing weekly updates to WSLM RADIO on the project so we can keep you informed on where the work will be focused on each day of the week until this project is completed next spring.

“INDOT is the driving factor in doing the project. Their road widening project that will start next spring,” said Sullivan. “Water, sewer, natural gas…any utilities in the way are being moved back out of the way. INDOT has bought a wider right of way. Each utility is doing the contract to move the items…Temple and Temple is being hired by the City of Salem….Salem is paying a percentage…a small percentage…INDOT is paying a larger part of that.”

Sullivan said State Road 56 will be open to local traffic until works crosses traffic. “There will be detours for traffic needing to get around the work areas but local traffic could get to and from their destination as long as the road isn’t fully closed.”

“At that point where the work goes across the traffic, the road would be closed,” said Sullivan. “If they’re coming from the east and the pipe is between them and the house or business, there will be a point when the road is fully closed. We only anticipate the road being closed for a few hours in each case and work on each section is anticipated to be completed in a day.”

Jason Uhl of Temple and Temple is the local construction manager of the project.

Harry Maginity spokesperson for the Seymour District of the INDOT told WSLM earlier this week the state’s project would widen State Road 56 from High Street to east of Heritage Chapel Road.

The reconstruction project will be open to take bids in December and work to begin in Spring 2015.

The Salem portion of this Seymour District pavement project is a complete reconstruction of the highway—including new sidewalks, curb ramps, retaining walls and storm sewer system. 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 structure.

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State Police Plan “DWI” Check Point

November 20, 2014

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The Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg will conduct a Driving Under the Influence Enforcement Check Point in Floyd County beginning in the evening hours of images