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Martin County JOURNAL ~An online newspaper committed to providing quality journalism~ Year One, Issue Thirty-One Wednesday, September 29, 2010 17 Pages Loogootee’s Jackson young lends a hand to Gilda’s Club Gilda’s Club Evansville has joined forces true blessing. To give back to those who with Nashville singer/songwriter, Jackson shaped me into the artist I continue to aspire Young to headline the entertainment at the to be today, is truly a humble blessing.” Cross Pointe Family Fair for Gilda’s Club Taking the stage at 2:30 p.m. will be Evansville on October 16, 2010 at the Cross Janelle Rox (janellerocks.com) followed by Pointe Commerce Center in Evansville, In - Jackson Young and the Muddy Water Band diana. The free fair will be open from 10 featuring Tommy Stillwell (tommystill - a.m. to 4 p.m. and in addition to music will well.com) and Ronni Rae Rivers (ronni - feature “Grillin’ for Gilda Barbeque Cook- raerivers.com). off” and “Cruise-In for Gilda’s Club In 1991, Gilda’s Club Evansville.” was founded in honor of Jackson Young, Gilda Radner, by her can - a former resident cer psychotherapist, of Loogootee, now Joanna Bull, her husband living in Nashville, Gene Wilder, Joel Tennessee, wants to Siegel, Mandy Patinkin, give back to the and several of Gilda’s Perfect Fit misled leaders community. Jackson other friends. In 1995, comments, “I love the first Gilda’s Club coming home for opened its signature to receive tax incentives Gilda’s Club. Their red door in New unique mission is to York City. By JASON DEBRUyN The Monroe City Council approved Per - offer cancer support to Gilda’s Club is a Enquirer-Journal, Monroe, N.C. fect Fit a $31,740 tax incentive August 17 everyone - whether a network of affiliate and county commissioners approved a cancer patient, a cancer clubhouses where This article is being reprinted with per - $19,557 grant Monday. survivor, or friends and men, women, and mission from The Enquirer-Journal in Mon - On August 6, the company announced in family of those suffering children living roe, North Carolina, the headquarters for Indiana that it would “permanently termi - or lost. Randy Moore’s with cancer, as Perfect Fit Industries. nate all of its operations” at the Loogootee, story inspires me more than well as their Company executives misled Monroe and Indiana facility through a WARN notice, a anything.” friends and county leaders about a plant closing to get federally required notice if a company plans In support of his belief for families, meet more tax incentives. to make a major layoff or plant closing. Gilda’s Club, Jackson will to learn how Perfect Fit Inc. LLC received more than The notice did not necessarily mean the plant would close, Perfect Fit senior vice also make a special appear - to live with cancer, $50,000 in combined tax incentives from president of operations John Beliveau said. ance at the Second Annual whatever the outcome. Support Monroe and Union County. Company exec - The company issued the notice just to let the Gala for Gilda’s Club Evans - and networking groups, lectures, workshops utives told both governments that it wanted ville on October 15. That event will begin and social events, as well as structured pro - work force know what might be in the to consolidate business and would close ei - works. at 6 p.m. at the Shoe Carnival Headquarters grams for children and teens, help members ther the facility in the Sutton Park area, or at Cross Pointe. Tickets are limited. build their own unique and customized “You pretty much prepare people for the one in Loogootee, Indiana. worst,” Beliveau said. Jackson is an actor, model, singer, song - community of support. In reality, the company already decided to writer, and dancer. His dreams led him to Private individuals, corporations and Perfect Fit plans to begin layoffs October close the Indiana plant, but still portrayed 5 and close the plant December 31, accord - Nashville, and since arriving there, his ca - foundations fund Gilda’s Club. Please come the situation as an open competition. reer has been on the fast track. He signed a out and support Gilda’s Club Evansville at ing to the notice, but Beliveau said that “The decision as to which facility is songwriter’s deal with ABET International the Cross Pointe Family Fair on October 16. could change. closed rests in large part on the partnership Music Group, Inc. and a recording contract You’ll have a great time for a wonderful “It doesn’t necessarily mean we are going with Platinum Planet Music, Inc. He re - cause! that we can form with the respective gov - to close,” he said. cently released a mini-CD entitled The First And the party doesn’t end there. Jackson ernments here and in Indiana,” Monroe fa - In a August 6 notice, Perfect Fit director Sessions, which includes the song, “Love Young will end the day with a 7:30 p.m. cility production manager Steve Dickens of human resources Dexter Royal alerted Comin’ Home,” which is the theme song for meet and greet and performance “after told the Union County Board of Commis - the Indiana workforce development board the event. party” T.B.A. sioners Monday, September 20. “In this it would close the Loogootee plant. Jackson is very excited to return to Indi - For more information visit www.jack - case, with Union County and Monroe.” (‘PERFECT FIT’ continued on page 2) ana. He comments, “Working back home in sonyoung.com or www.crosspointefamily - Indiana, to be honest, is very surreal and a fair.com Last week of mini-job fairs for Lt. Governor Skillman awards Shoals residents and Perfect Fit employees and Crane with $1.6 million in grants The Martin County Alliance in coop - looking for candidates to fill positions at eration with the WorkOne office located a facility near Shoals. These positions On Friday, September 24, Lt. Governor damage during flooding in 2008, and com - in Loogootee announces the last week of will be responsible for tarping loads of Becky Skillman announced that 38 Hoosier pleting these projects will prevent a similar mini-job fairs for area residents. product on flat-bed semi-trailers. These communities will receive grants totaling setback in the future,” said Lt. Governor The mini-job fairs are an opportunity positions are very physical and include an $34,423,314 for water infrastructure proj - Becky Skillman “Adequate water infra - for community residents to seek employ - extensive amount of pulling, lifting, and ects. Shoals will receive $991,000 and the structure and wastewater treatment is not ment opportunities with area employers. climbing. Pay is $9-$9.50/hour. Express Town of Crane will get $624,524. only imperative to the health and well-being Representatives from the following list Employment Professionals offer benefits These grants are funded by an appropria - of a community’s residents, but it’s neces - of companies will be conducting on-site to all working associates (including med - tion for disaster recovery efforts from the sary for economic growth, too.” interviews at the Loogootee WorkOne ical, dental, vision, life, and short-term federal Community Development Block Grants are awarded through a competitive office located at 123 Cooper Street. disability). Grant (CDBG) program. application process. Community distress The schedule is as follows: The Alliance wants to thank Ditto These funds were made available to aid needs, percentage of low-to-moderate in - September 29, from 1-4 p.m.: Spartan Sales, Inc./Versteel, Perdue, and Master - in economic recovery after several natural come households served, and project’s im - Staffing brand Cabinets, Inc. – Dubois County disasters caused damage in many areas pact on overall economic recovery efforts September 30, from 1-4 p.m.: Express Production Facilities for participating in across the state during 2008. Indiana’s were considered in the scoring procedure. Employment* the mini-job fairs last week. CDBG Disaster Recovery program is ad - OCRA provides technical assistance to October 1, from 1-4 p.m.: Action Tem - You may contact the WorkOne office at ministered by the Indiana Office of Com - community leaders during the 18-month porary Services, Inc. 812-295-2722 or stop by from 8 a.m. to munity and Rural Affairs. implementation of their storm water im - *Express Employment Professionals is 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday. “These communities sustained extensive provement projects. www.martincountyjournal.com • [email protected] • 812-259-4309 • Fax: 877–471–2907 Page 2 MARTIN COUNTy JOURNAL Wednesday, September 29, 2010 PERFECT FIT (Continued from page one) more jobs. “This is to inform you that the Perfect Fit “Knowing what we know now, it would Industries Facility located at 101 West not have changed the staff’s position to take Washington Street, Loogootee, IN 47553 it to the council,” he said. “We stand behind will permanently terminate all of its opera - our decision and still hope to win the com - tions,” Royal wrote in the letter. “It is antic - pany.” Trotter did not return a phone message ipated that 95 employees of Perfect Fit left Thursday evening. Industries will experience a permanent loss Perfect Fit has not announced any facility of employment.” expansions. North Carolina has not an - After the announcement, local workers nounced any state tax incentives. believed the plant would close. The breaks ‘Stunned’ To receive the tax breaks, Perfect Fit must At a Union County board of commission - make more than $2 million in investments ers meeting Monday, Michael Trotter with and hire at least 40 people, according to city the Union County Partnership for Progress, and county reports.