Now is the time to start thinking about your fall vegetable garden.

Do you have questions about the vegetables to grow in the fall garden, fall vegetable growing requirements as well as pest control and fertilization?

If so, you should plan to join the Planning Your Fall Vegetable Garden Webinar presented by Richard Beckort, Purdue Extension Ag.; Natural
Resources Educator in Jackson County on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 beginning at 11:30 am.

Richard will also be available to answer your fall vegetable gardening questions.

To join the webinar and/or to receive the webinar recording, pre-registration is required by Monday, July 27, 2020 by visiting https://bit.ly/PlanningFallVegetableGardening.

For questions about the webinar, contact Purdue Extension – Jackson Co. at rbeckort@purdue.edu or 812-358-6101,
Purdue Extension – Lawrence Co. at odavis@purdue.edu or 812-275-4623, or Purdue Extension Washington County at dhowellw@purdue.edu or 812-883-4601.

Beginning July 6, hunters can apply for reserved hunts online by visiting on.IN.gov/reservedhunt.

The online method is the only way to apply. No late entries will be accepted. Applicants must possess a hunting license that is valid for the hunt for which they are applying.

Hunters will be selected through a random computerized drawing. Applicants will be able to view drawing results online within two weeks after application deadlines. An email will be sent to all applicants when the drawing is completed.

Applications for the following hunting opportunities open July 6 and must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 17:

• Dove Hunt Draw: Applicants may select the desired date and property. Due to inclement spring weather, other crops may have been planted in place of or along with sunflowers. Participating properties include Atterbury, Goose Pond, Jasper-Pulaski, Kankakee, Kingsbury, Pigeon River, Glendale, J.E. Roush Lake, Willow Slough and Winamac fish & wildlife areas (FWAs).

• Waterfowl Hunt Draw: Participating FWAs include Goose Pond, Hovey Lake, Kankakee, Kingsbury, LaSalle and Willow Slough. Province Pond Wetland Conservation Area and Monroe Lake will also be participating.

• Deer Hunt Draw: Participating properties include Deer Creek Fish & Wildlife Area, Fairbanks Landing Fish & Wildlife Area, Tern Bar Slough Wildlife Diversity Conservation Area and Shrader-Weaver Nature Preserve in Fayette County.

• Military/Refuge Firearm, Primitive and Archery Deer Hunt Draw: Properties participating include Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge and Mascatatuck National Wildlife Refuge. Please note that hunts on military/refuge properties may be canceled at any time.

• Youth Firearm Deer Hunt: Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge will host one reserved youth firearm deer hunt.

• Pheasant Hunt Draws: The Nov. 7 hunt is reserved for youth (ages 17 and younger) only.

Please note that only one application per hunt is allowed. No changes can be made once the application is submitted.

The application process is now consolidated into the online services website along with licenses, CheckIN Game, and HIP registration. An online account is not required to apply, but a Customer ID number is needed.

In this new system, hunts without a registration fee will follow the same process as those with a fee. For hunts with no fee required in order to register, applicants will be asked to “Add to Cart,” “Proceed to Checkout,” and “Place Order.” If the transaction total is $0, the applicant will not be asked to enter credit card information. Applicants must place an order to submit their application.

To view draw hunt results, applicants can log into their online services account or click “View hunt draw results” at the same site they used to apply for the hunt. From that site, they should select “Click here” under Reserved Hunts to see the status of registered hunts. The link will only show upcoming hunts that an individual has registered for. Logging into an account online is required to see the full history of past hunt registrations, including previous years.

More information is available at on.IN.gov/reservedhunt.

In February of 2020, a victim reported the harassment to the Indiana State Police Jasper Post. Starting in late January of 2020, the victim began receiving numerous spam text messages a day to their phone.

The victim had been targeted by people on social media who were against a referendum for raising taxes to fund projects for Washington Community Schools.

Due to this, the victim believed that the suspect may have been one of these people.

An investigation by ISP Detective Jarrod Lents revealed that one of the suspects, Rikki Lyford age 38, of Washington, had allegedly created a Google email in the name of the victim, and then used this email account to sign the victim up for numerous spam text messages.

Approximately 70-100 messages a day were received by the victim for approximately three months.

Two other victims also received messages similar to these, as well as false complaints directed to their employers.

It is unknown if Lyford is responsible for the actions against the other two victims.

A warrant was issued for Lyford’s arrest and she was taken into custody by Detective Lents on Monday, 6/29/2020.

Lyford was charged with

1) Identity Deception- level 6 felony

2) Counterfeiting- level 6 felony

3) Harassment- class B misdemeanor

Lyford was incarcerated without incident at the Daviess County Security Center.

According to Washington County Clerk Stephanie Rockey, the deadline to file to run for the general election in November is today at noon. 

Those filing to seek positions on the ballot are: 

Max Greene, Libertarian, Surveyor

Rhonda Greene, Libertarian, Washington County Commissioner, District 3

David L. Brown- Campbellsburg Town Council (this is a non-party office)

Donnie Williams has filed and is certified to be placed on the ballot for Campbellsburg Town Council.

Darlene A. Hall has filed and is certified to run on the ballot for New Pekin Town Council, as of the hour.

School Board filings for all three schools will start July 22^nd and will end at noon on August 21^st.

Openings for school board:

Salem At-Large (Gibson, Jefferson, Monroe, & Washington Townships)- 4 positions

East Washington- 2 positions- Polk township and Town of Pekin

West Washington- 3 positions- Madison, Posey, and Vernon townships.