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Martin County Year 8, Issue 20 JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2017 Nine pages www.martincountyjournal.com ~ [email protected] ~ 812-259-4309 ~ Fax: 888-380-2761 ~ P.O. Box 148, Loogootee, IN 47553 Commissioners choose roads for upcoming grant BY COURTNEY HUGHETT -Dover Hill Road to Rama Dye Martin County Journal Publisher Road – 2.8 miles -Indian to Cale - .87 of a mile The Martin County Commission- -Cale to Mt. Olive Road – 2 miles ers met in a special meeting Mon- -Graded Road to Sawmill Road – day morning, May 15 to discuss and 1.6 miles of chip and seal approve the roads slated to be paved The total estimated grant funds to be with the funding from the Community received is $1.25 million, with $1 mil- Crossings grant. lion from the Community Crossings The following roads are on the list Grant and $250,000 from the county to be paved when grant funding be- as a match. Highway Superintendent comes available (chip and seal where Leo Padgett said that the cost of the noted): road paving and chip and seal is with- Roads in Commissioner Dan Greg- in $50 of the total funding. The com- ory’s district: missioners had originally thought the -Mt. Pleasant Road – 1.5 miles matching funds would be $333,000 -Photo by Bill Whorrall, -100 South – one-half mile and had already incumbered that Indigo Bunting www.billwhorrall.com -250 North - .1257 of a mile amount. Padgett said he plans to use -Mt. Calvary Road – 1.07 miles the leftover funds for patching. Like all other blue birds, Indigo Buntings lack blue pigment. Their jew- -Beard Road/Rutherford Road - .66 A district meeting was held yester- el-like color comes instead from microscopic structures in the feathers that of a mile day in Vincennes to finalize the grant refract and reflect blue light, much like the airborne particles that cause the -350 North - .26 of a mile process and provide information to sky to look blue. -950 North - .19 of a mile cities and counties. HWC Engineer- -Goodwill Cemetery Road - .23 of ing, who is working with the county Shoals School Board makes staff a mile on road management, accompanied -Old School Road/Rutherford Road Highway Superintendent Padgett to changes, preps for year-end events - .9 of a mile the meeting. The Shoals School Board met last $350,000. Roads in Commissioner Kevin Highway Superintendent Padgett Thursday, May 11. Austin Malone, elementary principal, Boyd’s district: provided the commissioners with a The board approved the following reported on the following: -Windom Road – 7.4 miles of chip list of all the other paved roads in the personnel actions: -Upcoming Events in the elemen- and seal county and asked them to look it over -Tim Howell as varsity girls’ basket- tary building: May 15 – Science and -Butler Bridge Road/Ridge Lane – to set priorities for next year’s round ball head coach Learning Fair; May 19 – Field Day; 2.58 miles of grant funds. -Kelsey Hert as varsity girls’ assistant May 22 – Summer Send Off with the -Abel Hill Road (the hill only) – The commissioners also approved basketball coach Beach Boys; May 23 – 6th Grade Honor one-half of a mile the highway department to purchase -Bryson Abel as varsity boys’ basket- Breakfast and Awards Day; May 24 – -Mill Road/Sherfick School Road - a 2011 GMC truck from Bailey Bros. ball head coach last student day .7 of a mile for $13,900, to replace one of the de- -Alan Abel as volunteer varsity assis- -ISTEP Testing Is Complete! -Anderson Road (the hill only) - .63 partment’s older models. tant coach -The “Rox Report” has hit a mile- of a mile The commissioners will meet again -Tim Sorrells as freshman boys’ bas- stone of nearly 40,000 internet views Roads in Commissioner Paul in regular session on Tuesday, May ketball coach -Thank you to the Shoals Parent As- George’s district: 23 at 5:30 p.m. in the commissioners' -Rebecca Harmon as volunteer vol- sociation, parent volunteers, and Jean -Killion Mill Road – 1.57 miles of meeting room of the courthouse in leyball coach (focus on elementary vol- Survance chip and seal Shoals. leyball) Dr. Roush reported on the following: -JD Turpin as junior varsity boys’ -The school is looking into a safety basketball coach and assistant basket- grant to help fund a school resource of- State health department publishes ball coach ficer. -Audrey Gibson as junior/senior high -The new laws that were passed that county opioid profiles Family and Consumer Sciences Teach- will have an impact on the school. The Indiana State Department of The county profiles cover data from er -The school is getting ready to sub- Health (ISDH) has posted new online 2011 to 2015 and include rates of HIV -Resignation of Teri Kerr from po- mit the Lilly counseling grant. profiles that show the rising toll the and acute and chronic hepatitis C, as sition of Health/PE Teacher effective -The school is partnering with Orle- national opioid epidemic is taking on well as rates of opioid overdoses and May 31, 2017 ans and Mitchell for a new career path- Indiana’s counties. sexually transmitted diseases. They -Resignation of Linda Hawkins from ways grant. The profiles, which include data on supplement ISDH’s recently released position of cafeteria cook effective May -The school will be adopting new opioid-related overdoses and infec- Stats Explorer, which also includes 25, 2017 science curriculum at the next school tions related to drug use, aim to help provisional data from 2016. The Stats -Approval of Susan Sewell as Speech board meeting. communities better monitor trends Explorer can be found at https://gis.in- Language Pathologist for the 2017-18 -The band concert went really well. and plan and evaluate intervention ef- .gov/apps/isdh/StatsExplorer. school year -Good luck to all spring sports. forts. The profiles show a nearly 60 per- -Approval of Louton Hager as a sub- -Awards night will be on Wednesday “Governor Holcomb has made at- cent increase in non-fatal emergency stitute on summer cleaning crew the 24th at 6 p.m. tacking Indiana’s drug epidemic one department visits due to opioid over- The board held a second reading and -The board will review the 8000-se- of the five pillars of his administration, doses from 2011 to 2015, while opi- approved updates to the elementary ries board policy at the next board and these profiles are an important way oid-related deaths increased an aver- student handbook and junior/senior meeting. to better understand how opioids are age of 3.5 percent each year. high student handbook for next school -Dr. Roush will be attending a state impacting every corner of our state,” The number of acute hepatitis C cas- year along with the music department meeting in Indianapolis for school said State Health Commissioner Je- es, which can indicate that injection handbook. leaders and prosecutors. The Martin rome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H. “By drug use is occurring, increased by 67 The board gave permission to award County Prosecutor will also be attend- knowing what’s happening in their percent, while soft tissue infections as- a contract for upgrades to ceilings and ing. counties, local health departments, sociated with drug use more than dou- lighting. -The high school talent show will be hospitals, first responders, members bled in that period. The board approved course changes May 23 in the afternoon. of law enforcement and community The county profiles are available at for the junior/senior high school sched- -Graduation will be May 27 at 2 p.m. organizations can better assess their www.in.gov/isdh/26680.htm. ule for the 2017-18 school year. -The school administrators will at- needs and protect Hoosiers from the For important health information The board approved the recommen- tend a leadership workshop at the end devastating effects of opioid abuse. and updates, follow the Indiana State dation to award contract for the parking of the month. I strongly encourage all Hoosiers to Department of Health on Facebook at lot improvement project to Don Gress The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 take a look at where their community www.facebook.com/isdh1 and Twitter Construction for the total bid amount of p.m. stands.” at @StateHealthIN. Page 2 MARTIN COUNTY JOURNAL Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Lady Lions Tennis finishes regular season with two wins The Loogootee Lady Lions Tennis #1 Doubles Eden Jenkins/Breanna Team played Vincennes Lincoln on Fri- Hollaway (L) defeated Kelly Hernan- day, May 12 at home. The varsity girls dez/Abi Fowler 6-0, 6-0 won 3-2 and the junior varsity tied, 2-2. #2 Abbie Williams/Kashten Burch “Eden and Breanna turned in a near (L) defeated Andrea Vieck/Nina Kru- perfect Senior Night performance at #1 ger 6-4, 6-2 Doubles. They hit their strokes, played Junior varsity results aggressive, and maintained their level #1 Singles Caroline Frey (VL) de- of play throughout. We got off to slow feated Brittany Potts 7-5 starts at the Singles spots but picked #2 Singles Kaylee McKnight (VL) up our level of play as the match went defeated Clair Kunovich 6-1 on. Katie pulled through for us with #1 Doubles Madisyn Wade/Leonna a clutch 3 set performance to seal the Hedrick (L) defeated Caroline Frey/ victory. After taking it on the chin last Kaylee McKnight 8-6 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) co-host- weekend at the Jasper Invitational, we #2 Doubles Elly Wagler/Alicja Ack- ed the 9th annual Electronic Warfare (EW) Capability Gaps and Enabling turned in three good performances this ermann (L) defeated Fatima Ayalla/ Technologies Conference with the Association of Old Crows (AOC) from week and have some momentum head- Kathleen Frey 8-0 May 9-11.