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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 Johnson County, | DAILYJOURNAL.NET $1.00 YOU SHOULD KNOW Hospital Road closing for erosion repairs A road on the southside of 2 weeks left to register the county will be closed through the beginning of October. Voters will select city, town leaders, decide on Center Grove tax hike Hospital Road from Stone BY JAMES VAUGHN Arch Road to South Tipton | DAILY JOURNAL they want to lead their cities normally vote in a municipal and towns as mayors, clerk- Trail, east of Nineveh, will [email protected] ARE YOU REGISTERED? election will be asked to head to treasurers or members of their the polls to decide whether to be closed starting today There are two ways voters can Voters who want a say in who city and town councils. The approve a Center Grove schools for Camp Atterbury’s road check their registration status: will lead their cities and towns candidate pool was narrowed referendum, which would raise crew to begin lane shift Visit www.indianavoters.in.gov for the next four during the May primary elec- property taxes in the area construction to address years have just two ELECTION Call Johnson County’s voter tion, when Republicans selected by 11.5 cents for every $100 erosion caused from a weeks to make sure 2019 registration office at 317-346- their top picks to advance to the of assessed value, and would nearby stream. they’re registered. 4450 between 8:30 a.m. and upcoming general election. generate $24.8 million over the The road closure is The voter regis- 4:30 p.m. daily. Most voters in the county have course of eight years starting in expected through Oct. 2. tration deadline is Oct. 7. Voters decisions to make, except those 2020. have until midnight that day to who live in New Whiteland, The goal of the referendum During the construction, two weeks of early voting op- which has no contested races, register online, or until 4:30 p.m. is to increase live monitoring Camp Atterbury’s perime- to register in person. The fall tions starting Oct. 21. and some who live in unincorpo- of facilities, including a wall ter fence will be located election is Nov. 5, and eligible This fall, voters will choose rated Johnson County. of footage at the Emergency further south of the road, voters in most cities and towns among Republican, Democrat However, in White River making room for an throughout the county will have and Independent candidates who Township, voters who would not SEE REGISTER PAGE A5 extended gravel shoulder to be constructed. The road has one lane open and is managed by a traf- Police report: fic light. EDUCATION Motorists can take Nineveh Road to State Woman took Road 252 to Schoolhouse Road to bypass the construction. child with her on drug deals BY MAGEN KRITSCH | DAILY JOURNAL [email protected]

A Franklin woman was arrested after she sold drugs while her child watched on two occa- sions, police said. DIG INTO Hannah Cearing, 29, 1271 E. Adams Drive, THE PAST was charged with dealing a schedule III Need to fill in the gaps on controlled substance your family tree? Searching with a child, a level 4 CEARING for obituaries and learning felony, and dealing a about your ancestors has schedule III controlled substance, a never been easier. level 5 felony. The Daily Journal’s news- Police gathered evidence that paper archives have been Cearing sold pills twice in August. Her 8-year-old daughter witnessed digitized, put online and are the deal on one occasion, according now available with powerful to court documents. search features. Franklin detectives began an in- You’ll have a couple of ways vestigation after receiving a tip that to access the archives. One Cearing may be selling drugs in the is through a six-month sub- presence of her child. scription at $74.90, or you Cearing is accused of selling pain pills. can purchase digital access A warrant was issued, and she for $19.90 per month. was arrested this week and taken Go to dailyjournal.net/ to the Johnson County jail. She was archives to find out more. released on $19,800 bond. The Department of Child Services ON THE WEB has been contacted, court docu- ments said. Join us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter ON MY WAY facebook.com/ Young tech exec dailyjournalnews Statewide program helps parents pay for pre-K could stir election BY RYAN TRARES twitter.com/ | DAILY JOURNAL dailyjournalnet [email protected] for state governor nside the colorful class- BY TOM DAVIES DEATHS room at Early Learning Community preschool, The Associated Press Franklin Ithe building blocks of a Sharon Jeter, 63 successful education are A young tech business executive’s coming together. Greenwood jump into the Indiana governor’s Students sing songs to Maurie Pentecost, 99 race could lead to a big learn about letter sounds shake-up in the campaign. ELECTION Hendersonville, N.C. and rhyming to help them Josh Owens became 2020 Matthew Young, 62 better understand reading. this past week the second Puzzles and question games Indianapolis Democrat who’s formally entered strengthen problem-solving Vincent Piccione, 67 the 2020 race seeking to unseat abilities. Children practice Republican Gov. . Shelbyville recognizing numbers, begin The 34-year-old CEO of Indianap- Duffy DeRoy, 74 to understand basic science olis-based online retail strategy ideas about plants, rocks Spencer company SupplyKick casts himself and animals, and work Craig Hunter, 62 as bringing new energy to the cam- together to clean up at the paign with “a bigger, more inclusive end of each session. vision” for Indiana’s future. CALL US The skills these kids learn While Owens is a little-known can- every day will help lay the Main switchboard didate and has never held elected foundation for kindergarten parents are able to take program that helps fund 317-736-7101 office, he already had hired several and beyond, said Dawn Un- advantage of preschool for preschool for 4-year-olds experienced Democratic campaign Delivery: 317-736-2777, derwood, director of Early their children. from low-income families. aides before posting an online video 888-736-7101 Learning Community. As of July, Johnson The program offers an Monday announcing his campaign. Advertising: 317-736-2700 With the help of a new County families are eligible important tool to parents, Health care business executive and statewide program, edu- to receive funding through News tips: 317-736-2712 former state health commissioner cators are hoping more On My Way Pre-K, a grant SEE PROGRAM PAGE A6 DAILY Woody Myers is the other declared Democratic candidate so far for the Pictured from top: Four-year-old Elouise Lewis plays a numbers learning game Tuesday at the Early May 2020 primary. Learning Community preschool at Northeast Elementary School in Greenwood. The Early Learning Com- Holcomb has a big front-runner munity is one of a number of local schools that are included in On My Way Pre-K, a statewide program advantage while he seeks re- helping low-income families pay for preschool that only recently became available in Johnson County. // election with at least $6 million Four-year-old Lucas Kline pretends to be an astronaut. SCOTT ROBERSON | DAILY JOURNAL in his campaign bank account as SEE GOVERNOR PAGE A6 A6 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 DAILY JOURNAL, JOHNSON COUNTY, IND. WEATHER Noblesville cyclist ® ACCUWEATHER FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR JOHNSON COUNTY REGIONAL SUMMARY Today Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Indianapolis: Partly sunny today; beautiful. Clear to partly cloudy tonight. sets world record Greenwood: Partly sunny today; nice. WIRE REPORT 12-year-old girl who lives Clear to partly cloudy tonight. in a little village, and the Edinburgh: Mostly sunny today; less Noblesville resident closest clean water is a humid. Clear to partly cloudy tonight. Dave Schweikert set a couple of miles away, so Franklin: Mostly sunny today; pleasant, less humid. world record by riding his it takes a couple hours to bicycle around a Carmel go get water. 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PROGRAM to a 2018 report from the Office Way Pre-K takes into account, ON MY WAY PRE-K of Early Childhood and Out of and there’s no cost to apply,” Porter County CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 School Learning. Underwood said. What is it: Indiana’s But those students were found Families who qualify then can state-sponsored pre- plans to offer ensuring that all children to have gained significant skills, choose a pre-K program in their kindergarten program have access to quality pre-K said Nicole Norvell, director community. In order to be part available in all Indiana schooling. of Indiana’s Office of Early of On My Way Pre-K, a school counties. Grants for genetic tests for Months after becoming avail- Childhood and Out-of-School needs to be a Level 3 or 4 in the eligible families allow able in the county, local leaders Learning. state’s Paths to Quality system. 4-year-olds to enroll in juvenile offenders are concerned not enough people “Our research tells us that On The statewide system helps a high-quality preschool recognize how much it can help. My Way Pre-K children make parents find the highest program at no cost. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Johnson County only had 25 higher gains than their peers quality care, with require- Who is eligible: Families VALPARAISO children enrolled in the grant in important aspects of school ments including planned must meet the following curriculum to guide child The juvenile court for north- program at the end of August. readiness such as language eligibility requirements: comprehension, early literacy, development and school western Indiana’s Porter County Eight children were signed up ■ executive functioning and a readiness, and in some cases, The family must have is partnering with a laboratory in July, and another 17 had been reduction in behavior problems national accreditation. an income below 127 per- to offer genetic testing for young accepted into it in August. in the classroom,” she said in a In Johnson County, 21 child cent of the federal poverty offenders to help see what psy- “It’s very exciting for Johnson news release. care providers are considered level. chiatric medications might help County,” Underwood said. On My Way Pre-K was ex- to be high-quality, according ■ Their child must have them. “What’s really important is that panded to 20 counties. Then in to the Indiana Early Learning turned 4 years old by The county’s juvenile court families in this county know that May, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Advisory Committee. Aug. 1, 2019, and starting will collaborate with Valparaiso- this is an opportunity for them. legislation making it available in One of those is the Early kindergarten in the based Great Lakes Labs to offer We need to make sure families all Indiana counties. Learning Community, which pro- self-styled pharmacogenetic tests know this is new, we have it, and 2020/2021school year. In order to be eligible, chil- vides services to children ages 3 ■ Parents or guardians to youths in the criminal justice they can take advantage of it.” dren must be 4 years old as of to 5. The preschool is based out system, The (Northwest Indiana) in the household must be On My Way Pre-K is the state’s Aug. 1. They must be residents of a pair of Greenwood Com- Times reported. preschool pilot program. The of Indiana, and their parents or munity schools, Northeast and working, going to school “Mental health for our kids is project was originally founded in guardians must have a service Westwood elementaries. or attending job training. really, really important for us, 2014 with 381 randomly selected need, including working, going to As they’ve honed the tech- How to sign up: Links to because they grow up,” Porter 4-year-old children in Allen, school or attending job training. niques to ensure children are electronic applications in County Circuit Court Judge Mary Jackson, Lake, Marion and The families must earn less ready for kindergarten, it has both English and Spanish Harper said. “We need to help Vanderburgh counties. Out of than 127 percent of the federal only emphasized the importance are available at OnMy- them, and we need to help our this pilot group, 57 percent of the poverty level. of a program such as On My WayPreK.org community, by helping our kids children had not attended any “But I would encourage all Way Pre-K. Information: Families come out as healthy as possible.” childcare or preschool program families who have a 4-year-old in “What that means is that may call 800-299-1627 for Pharmacogenetic tests analyze the previous year. Johnson County to apply. That children who otherwise wouldn’t assistance from an early patients’ genetic codes to decide which medications are more They represented some of 127 percent poverty rate can fluc- have access to high-quality kin- learning referral specialist likely to be ineffective or cause the most educationally needy tuate, depending on how many dergarten can now come to early or for other questions Indiana children, with lower skill children you have. There are a childhood programs at no cost at damaging side effects. The testing about On My Way Pre-K. levels than their peers, according lot of factors that this On My all,” Underwood said. is also done on drugs to treat conditions such as heart disease, pain and erectile dysfunction, but GOVERNOR lower taxes,” he said. “I am and currently run one of the The 65-year-old Myers has Porter County intends to use the supportive of our balanced faster-growing businesses in kept a mostly low profile since psychiatric screening to address CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 budget structure. I think a Indiana.” announcing his Democratic the high rate of mental health lot of what I’m talking about Holcomb’s campaign de- bid in July, with one of his few disorders among its juvenile Republicans hold all statewide isn’t tax based, it is about our clined to comment on Owens, public appearances being at offenders. elected offices and superma- priorities.” while the Myers campaign the unveiling of a historical Officials estimate that 70-80% of jorities in the Legislature. Before joining SupplyKick in voiced skepticism about his marker honoring teenage youths who enter the court system Holcomb, 51, has touted what 2015, Owens worked in mar- entry into the race. AIDS patient , struggle with mental illness. he says are record hiring keting positions for Angie’s “We look forward to hearing whose right to attend school Amy Beier, executive director commitments from businesses List and online retailer One how and why Josh now wants Myers defended during his of the county’s juvenile ser- since he took office in 2017 and Click Ventures, and taught to serve everyday Hoosiers,” time as state health commis- vices, said the testing could be a numerous infrastructure in- economics and statistics Myers spokeswoman Kate Shep- sioner in the 1980s. “game-changer.” vestments while protecting the courses at Butler University. herd said. “We have not yet seen Another potential younger The county hopes to start of- state’s top-level credit rating After an unsuccessful 2014 him on the campaign trail nor Democratic candidate is fering the testing Nov. 1. and $2 billion surplus. campaign for an Indianapolis seen him actively engaged with 38-year-old state Sen. Eddie Some in the medical community But Owens said he would Public School board seat, he our Democratic Party.” Melton of Gary, who has consider the tests unsubstantiated push an aggressive agenda on was appointed in 2015 by Gov. Owens, who is openly gay held several public meet- because of a lack of a research. issues neglected by Holcomb, Mike Pence to the Indiana and married to his husband, ings around the state since The U.S. Food and Drug Admin- such as raising teacher pay, Charter School Board, serving could give the Democratic announcing in June he was istration has cautioned the public decriminalizing marijuana, as its chairman before his ballot a fresh face after the considering a gubernatorial that the agency has not evaluated expanding LGBT civil rights term ended this summer. party has fallen short among run. Melton has yet to for- many of these tests and therefore protections and seeking “I do think I bring a dif- voters with its experienced mally enter the race. they “may not be supported by tougher background checks on ferent set of experiences than old guard in recent elections Indiana Democratic leaders clinical evidence.” gun sales. others. That’s partly because — including former Indiana for many years have worked But Great Lakes Labs officials “I think there’s actually a I think I have accomplished House Speaker John Gregg’s to avoid primary contests for noted that America’s largest lot of hunger in Indiana for a a lot in a short amount of unsuccessful 2012 and 2016 statewide races, seeking to private insurer, United Health- diverse set of policies, policies time,” he said. “I have been campaigns for governor and maintain party unity and pre- care, recently announced its plans that aren’t just exclusively an educator, I have helped ’s failed 2016 U.S. serve campaign cash for the to begin covering the testing for about balanced budgets and build a number of businesses Senate comeback bid. November elections. psychiatric medications.