Scott County Treasurer, Sheryl Jent, reminds everyone that Friday, May 10 is the payment deadline for SPRING 2012 property tax, payable in 2013.  The statements were mailed out Monday, April 8.

Jent states the taxpayers have several payment options: 

1. 1) In person at the Treasurer’s office located on the east side of courthouse. 
2. 2) Locked drop-box located at the counter of Treasurer’s office to avoid waiting in line. 
3. 3)  Call 812.752.8414 to pay by phone; however, credit/debit card transaction fees do apply. 
4. 4)  Mail check along with payment coupon to:  Scott Co. Treasurer, 1 E. McClain Avenue, Suite 140, Scottsburg, IN 47170.  Non-sufficient funds will void tax payment. 

Mailed payments must have a Postal Service postmark on or before May 10, 2013.  Receipt(s) can be mailed to taxpayer if self-addressed stamped envelope is enclosed with payment.

To ensure prompt posting of your tax payment, please detach and return the SPRING payment coupon with your payment.
Banks also conveniently accept tax payments and offer Saturday hours that the courthouse does not.

Hours of operations are:

• SCOTT COUNTY STATE BANK
  (Scottsburg and Austin)
  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8:00-4:30; Wednesday and Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 12 Noon; Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• NEW WASHINGTON STATE BANK
  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 12 Noon; Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• STOCK YARDS BANK
  Monday – Thursday 9-4; Friday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• SCOTT COUNTY TREASURER’S OFFICE
  Monday – Friday: 8:30-4:30

The Treasurer says if you can’t pay the entire tax amount due, please come in and make a partial payment to avoid any additional penalty.

Partial payments are accepted year round. Please keep in mind any unpaid taxes will automatically receive penalty after May 10.

Sheryl would like to remind taxpayers the following credit/debit cards are accepted as payments:  Visa, MasterCard, Discover & American Express; however, there is a $2 portal admin fee plus 2% of property tax amount that is added and collected by LoGO Indiana.

If your mortgage company is responsible for the payment of your taxes, please forward statement to them immediately.

Indiana Conservation Officers were called to Monroe Reservoir after a boating accident injured 69-year-old Robert Gilliland, of Bloomington

At approximately 7:30 am Saturday, Gilliland and his fishing partner were motoring across the water near Hook’s Point Marina on the east side of Monroe Reservoir.

Witnesses stated, Gilliland’s 2008 Ranger Bass boat was plowing through the water when it struck a submerged object, causing the boat to stop in its tracks and then swing in a circle.

Officer Jay Nobel says, the spin caused Gilliland to be thrown from the boat, injuring his back, and his fishing partner to be tossed around within the boat.

Hitting the submerged object also caused the lower unit of the boat motor to be ripped off.

A nearby boater was able to help the injured Gilliland into a boat and towed the disabled boat back to Cutright Ramp. Gilliland was transported to IU Health Hospital in Bloomington by ambulance.

According to Noble, “Many of the Bass Tournaments require the participants to wear their life jackets while underway.

Gilliland was lucky he was wearing on Saturday, Noble says.

“With his injuries, the cold temperature of the water and the force with which he hit, having his life jacket on may very well have saved his life,” Nobel says.

Two women who were looking for mushrooms in Brown County Thursday came upon bones believed to be human.

At 3:17 p.m. Thursday, a woman called 911 from a State Road 46 West address to report she’d found a human head in the woods.

Brown County Sheriff Rick Followell says there is not a lot he can report at this time.

“Right now we are in the process of looking into the who and why,” Followell says. “I can not tell you if they are male or female or whether foul play was involved.”

Friday morning, a specialized team went to the 2500 bock of Wise Hollow Road to remove the remains from the multiple acre site, which Followell called “a tedious process.”

Among them is Dr. Stephen Nawrocki, director of osteology at the archaeology and forensics laboratory at the University of Indianapolis, whose expertise includes skeletal age estimation as well as a cause and manner of death.

Authorities hope that collected materials will help identify the body and determine the cause and manner of death, said Prosecutor Jim Oliver, who was notified early on in the investigation in case that it would become a criminal case.

“We have no idea who we have at this point,” said Chief Deputy Coroner Earl Piper, who also has been working at the scene, along with Indiana State Police and Brown County Emergency Management.

Two Pekin men were arrested Friday by the Washington County Drug Team after a search warrant was issued for a house near Pekin Friday afternoon.

The house is located at 5686 S. Eastern School Road.

David Horsefield, 32, Pekin and Jeffrey Givan, 58, were arrested.

Horsefield was charged with Posession of Meth, under 3 grams, manufacturing Meth, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of paraphernalia  possession of precursors.

Givan was charged with Posession of Meth, under 3 grams, manufacturing Meth, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of paraphernalia  possession of precursors.

Police said there were a number of dogs at the residence and animal control was called to the scene.

Stay tuned to WSLM RADO for more information on this and other local and regional stories.

The Washington County Chamber of Commerce is accepting vendor applications for Friday Night on the Square, May 17^th.  The event will take place from  6-10 pm on the Salem Square.

Applications are available online at www.washingtoncountychamber.org or by email at info@washingtoncountychamber.org.  Information is also available by calling 883-4303.

May corn closed at $6.58 and 1/2, up 7 and 1/4 cents
May soybeans closed at $14.13, up 11 cents
May soybean meal closed at $400.20, up $5.20
May soybean oil closed at 49.23, down 54 points
May wheat closed at $7.14 and 3/4, up 17 cents
Apr. live cattle closed at $125.85, up 27 cents
Apr. lean hogs closed at $82.22, up 62 cents
May crude oil closed at $91.29, down $2.22
May cotton closed at 85.58, up 92 points
Apr. Class III milk closed at $17.58, down 1 cent
Apr. gold closed at $1,501.00, down $63.30
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 14,865.06, down 0.08 points

Shortly after 2:00 pm on today’s date, a red 2001 Ford Windstar van
was northbound on Interstate 65 near the 28.5 Mile Marker in Scott County, when
for an unknown reason the van crossed into the median. After crossing into the
median the vehicle then crossed the southbound lanes ending up on the west side
of the roadway in a wooded area.

When troopers and other emergency personnel arrived at the scene the driver,
Mary Lou Gustus, 71, from Paris, TN was deceased. The preliminary death
investigation by the Scott County Coroner, Jerry Buchanan, revealed the driver
likely suffered a medical condition causing the crash. It is unknown if the
driver’s death was a result of the impact of the crash, the likely medical condition,
or a combination of both.

Assisting Agencies; Scott County Sheriff’s Department, Scottsburg City Police
Department, Scottsburg City Fire Department and Scott County E.M.S..

Stop by Salem True Value Hardware today for specials, drawings in each department and sales from equipment reps.

WSLM will be broadcasting live from 10a-Noon and giving away a Family Pak of Reds tickets. The Weather Bird will be there and the WSLM PRIZE WHEEL has some great prizes — including tickets to this weekends SESAME STREET LIVE at the Brown Theatre in Louisville and the CELTIC SONG AND DANCE show at the Lincoln Amphitheatre in Lincoln City.

Also, if you’re a country singer, stop by and get signed up for the Kentuckiana regional contest of the TEXACO COUNTRY SHOWDOWN that could land you $100,000 and a recording contract!  Stop by the WSLM booth for details!

A bi-partisan group of lawmakers says changing the status quo at Hoosier Park in Anderson and Indiana Grand in Shelbyville will be a big economic boost for Indiana.

The group says Senate Bill 528 would do away with computerized games and replace them with live people who would run the games.

Games include blackjack, roulette, craps and poker.  State Senator Tim Lanane (D-Anderson) says the move would generate $20 million in new state tax revenue and create 600 new, good paying jobs at the racinos.

State Rep. Sean Eberhart (R-Shelbyville) says the move would not cost the state anything. Lanane says the move passed the Senate, but the jobs provision was taken out of the House version and they‘re trying to reinstall it.

A student from the International School of Indiana in Indianapolis recently had the opportunity to interview the First Lady of the United States.

13-year-old Grace Ybarra (e-BAR-uh) is a former member of the Scholastic Kids Press Corps. and now writes for Sports Illustrated Kids magazine.

She received the opportunity to interview Michelle Obama at the White House for a story on the First Lady‘s ‘Let‘s Move‘ campaign.  Ybarra says the interview was like talking to a friend.

She says when the interview was over, Mrs. Obama spent time asking Ybarra questions about where she came from, her school and what sports she plays.

Ybarra says she appreciated the First Lady taking the time out of her day to talk with her.  Ybarra says her story will be the cover story in the July edition of Sports Illustrated Kids magazine.