The City of Salem Utilities’ Department will be performing flushing of the fire hydrants throughout the entire city. The flushing will begin Monday, April 22, 2013, thru
Tuesday, April 30, 2013, between 7:00am –5:00pm. Customers may experience low water pressure during the flushing period. Please call the City of Salem Municipal Utilities’ office, 883-3937 if you have any questions concerning this process.
CINCINNATI (April 13, 2013) — The Cincinnati Reds and Major League Baseball will celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on Monday, April 15 to honor the legacy of the legendary Hall of Famer and all players and on-field personnel will wear Number 42.
The annual celebration to commemorate the 66th anniversary of Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1947 will feature ceremonies and events at Great American Ball Park that include:
Fans can visit the Reds Hall of Fame & Museum to see highlighted artifacts from Jackie Robinson, including:
“The game of baseball continues to feel the influence of Jackie Robinson on the field and in the stands,” said Rick Walls, Executive Director of the Reds Hall of Fame & Museum. “His courage and determination through extreme adversity serves as an inspiration to us all. The Number 42, worn proudly on our uniforms on April 15 and displayed continuously in ballparks across the nation, serves as a reminder and pays tribute to how one man transformed the game. We are proud to join Major League Baseball in celebrating Robinson’s legacy and immeasurable contributions.”
Additionally, on Monday morning at 9:42 a.m. EST, baseball fans worldwide will be encouraged to commemorate Jackie Robinson Day with a worldwide Twitter thank you using the hashtag: #Jackie42.
St. Vincent Salem Hospital is now taking applications for teen volunteers during summer break.
St. Vincent Salem Hospital’s teen volunteer program is designed to provide teens with experience in the healthcare field. This serves as an opportunity to gain experience in healthcare, develop job skills, take an active role in community service, meet new friends, develop new interests, and develop high self-esteem.
This opportunity is available to all students between the ages of 12 and 18 years of age.
Teen volunteers will sign-up to work 4-hour shifts from 8:00a.m. to 12:00p.m. or 12:00p.m. to 4:00p.m. Orientation to the program will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. on May 29, 2013.
Because of the overwhelming response from our community teens, we will again be offering two four week volunteer sessions this summer.
Session one will begin on June 3, 2013 and will end on June 28th. Session two will begin on July 1, 2013 and will end on July 26th.
Teen volunteers can learn valuable job skills. Some of the job skills teen volunteers learn are customer service, appropriate dress for the workplace, the importance of a positive and helpful attitude, how and when to take initiative and managing increasing levels of responsibility.
Please note spaces are limited and are based on a first come first apply basis.
Deadline to apply to become a Teen Volunteer is May 17, 2013. To apply to become a teen volunteer, please stop by the Human Resources office at the Hospital to fill out an application or contact Val Potter at vkpotter@stvincent.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
The Pekin-Eastern Alumni Association will host their annual banquet on Saturday, April, 27, 2013 in the Eastern High School Cafeteria.
The doors will open at 5:30 and the meal will begin at 6:30.
Speakers for the honor classes will be: Larry Hobson, Class of 1963; Dr. Paul Elliott, Class of 1988; and Dr. J. D. Souder, Class of 2003.
The graduating class of 2013 will be recognized, with a response given by their class president, Kayla Beach.
Tickets for the banquet are $15, and may be purchased at Salem Electric or the Pekin branch of PNC.
Tickets are available through any alumni board member, or you may contact Lynn Neal via email at lneal0104@gmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by cell, 812-620-4461.
All money raised by the Alumni Association is used for scholarships for graduating seniors of Eastern High School.
Rebecca Lauster, the former Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District coordinator accused of taking money from her office, has pleaded not guilty to six counts of Class D felony theft.
Lauster had her initial hearing before Judge Frank Guthrie on Tuesday, March 26, in Jackson Circuit Court, Brownstown.
The woman was targeted as a suspect in an Indiana State Police investigation requested by the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office last November. According to Detective Rachel Eickholtz, allegations had been made that Lauster had misappropriated funds from the office while acting as the District’s coordinator and treasurer.
After an audit was completed by the Indiana State Board of Accounts, a number of unauthorized personal expenditures and what was described as “excess” expenses were discovered on the business account credit card. Those amounted to over $13,000 and were allegedly tied to Lauster.
In addition, the investigation also reportedly uncovered a second, unauthorized business credit card purportedly opened by Lauster. She is alleged to have forged the board president’s signature to open that account, which has a balance of $7,900. Lauster is no longer employed by the soil and water district.
Lauster, 50, has retained Mark Dove of North Vernon to act as her attorney in the matter, according to court records.
She posted a $1,000 cash bond on March 27 and was released. No trial date has yet been scheduled, but an omnibus and pre-trial conference date of May 9 was set by Judge Guthrie, at which she is ordered to appear.
Judge Guthrie also set a plea agreement deadline of August 30.
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:
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:
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 17th. 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.
