COLTS ON A ROLL IS IT THEIR TURN? Indy beats Atlanta in home Improved Woodmen seeking opener; Vinatieri rebounds first sectional championship after receiving ovation in girls golf since 2002 Sports, B1 Sports, B1 DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 Johnson County, Indiana | 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 INDIANAPOLIS 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. Eric Holcomb. 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. Now, she has roundabout at East Main a specially designed bike High: 77 Low: 52 High: 78 Low: 59 High: 80 Low: 57 High: 77 Low: 60 High: 87 Low: 68 Street and River Road for called a Buffalo Bike. She 24 consecutive hours. can save over 30 minutes. Mostly sunny; Sunshine; nice Sunshine, warm; Sunshine and patchy Sunshine and patchy STATE EXTREMES The ride began Friday It lets her stay in school, pleasant, less humid a p.m. shower or clouds; nice clouds; warmer Indiana yesterday: night and ended Saturday rather than having to tstorm High ........................... 87° in Evansville Low ............................ 59° in Richmond at around 7 p.m. The ride spend all her time helping will raise funds for World the family, so she can fur- ALMANAC AIR QUALITY INDEX NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Stationary front Statistics for Indianapolis through 1 p.m. yesterday. Cold front Bicycle Relief, an inter- ther her education.” Showers RainT-storms SnowFlurries Ice Warm front Temperature Indianapolis Today Source: IDPW national nonprofit that Several of World Bicycle High ................................................ 84° distributes bicycles to aid Relief’s specially designed Low ................................................. 67° Shown are noon in poverty relief. bikes were on display at Normal high .................................... 75° positions of Normal low ...................................... 53° “They provide specially a donations tent near the 050, Good; 51100, Moderate; weather Record high ........................ 93° in 2017 101151, Unhealthy (sens.