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Morning Made to Order
Presley Huffman and his two sons, Lennon, 8, and Paxton, 2, enjoy the outdoor seating Saturday morning at Linne’s Bakery. The chocolate milk and fresh donuts for the Fairland family made the morning complete. BELOW: Inside, iced graduation themed treats were ready for the busy weekend. | photos by JACK BOYCE
Sherwood, Zermeno Receive Boys and Girls Club Scholarships
Shelbyville Central Schools Superintendent Dr. Matt Vance and Mrs. Marijo Snow, teacher and Shelbyville Boys and Girls Club board member, present $1,000 scholarship checks from the Boys and Girls Club to graduating Shelbyville High School seniors Colten Sherwood and Isaac Zermeno on Friday morning. | submitted
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The annual Memorial Day service is today on the courthouse lawn, with the community choir and band performing at 10 a.m. and the program at 11 a.m. This year’s special speaker is Col. Scott Oden, the Aviation Brigade Commander at the Indiana National Guard in Shelbyville.
HOOSIER NEWS: The Hoosier Lottery’s growth projections are cautious this year as worries about an economic downturn are softening lottery revenues. The lottery sends hundreds of millions of dollars each year to the state to help teacher, police and firefighter pensions and reduce the cost of license plates at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. It’s currently on track to send less to the state in 2025 than any year since 2020. Lottery Executive Director Sarah Taylor said that’s in part because the Powerball game never built up particularly big jackpots this fiscal year. But the lottery’s largest revenue source, scratch off games, are also down this year — something more closely tied to economic concerns. (Indiana Public Media)
NATIONAL NEWS: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its projection for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which kicks off on June 1. This year, NOAA projects 13 to 19 named storms, of which 6 to 10 will become hurricanes. At the high end of estimates, that would mean a particularly rowdy hurricane season. However, if this year comes in at the lower end of the estimate, it would be somewhat quieter than a typical storm season. Given that we’re in the neutral phase between El Niño (which tends to have sleepier seasons) and La Niña (which has rougher ones) climate patterns, things look pretty even. (The Conversation/Numlock)
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SHS Courier Archive Highlights
October 1972
Robert Wainscott was the new principal. “I want to make some changes here, but this is a conservative community, so I feel that I should proceed slowly,” he said. He had suggested getting rid of the bell system between periods and just having teachers dismiss.
The football team was off to a strong start, spearheaded by returning lettermen Greg Montgomery, Kim Branam and Kevin Zerr. Randy Hobbs had been the leading rusher so far, with Rod Metts and Dan Calkins the lead receivers.
Golf season had just wrapped up. The team was led by Randy Worland, Kent Laird, Tom Beck and John Jewell.
Former Shelbyville Central School Board president Raymond “Sam” Olinger, of Olinger Insurance Agency, had been named Mr. Mutual Agent of Indiana by the Independent Mutual Association of Indiana.
Gregg Griffey had advanced to tennis regionals.
There had been two girls’ sports teams in the fall. The tennis team had 10 girls, and the volleyball team had 15.
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This Day in Shelby County History
News around Shelbyville and the surrounding area as reported on or about this date in history. Selections are curated by The Addison Times from Shelby County Public Library Genealogy Department materials.
2005: Winners of the annual Sport Stacking Tournament for Shelbyville elementary schools, held at Loper, were Jessica Skiles, Kimber Hazelbaker, Trisha Hastings, Abby Law, Lyndi Martin, Katie Preilis, Hiroki Hirabayashi and Justin Borowitz. Sport Stacking was a unique sport where competitors stacked and unstacked 12 specially designed plastic cups in predetermined sequences. Fifty students had participated.
1995: Twenty-six fourth graders from Loper Elementary stepped back in time with a field trip to the one-room schoolhouse in Hope. Students had to greet visitors with a bow or curtsy, play with marbles and dominoes and learn lessons children would have learned at the turn of the century. New inventions, like the gramaphone, x-rays and the airplane, were discussed.
1985: Vietnam war veteran were invited to march in the Memorial Day parade to mark the 10th anniversary of the end of the war. John Lewis, a retired career Army warrant officer and a Vietnam veteran, took it upon himself to organize Vietnam veterans for the parade since there was no active organization for Vietnam vets locally.
1975: Commencement was held at Shelbyville High School for 240 graduates.
Sheriff Norman Murnan reported that Deputy Charles M. Herndon had graduated high in his class from the 10-week Indiana Law Enforcement Training Academy. Herndon, 30, had previously served as a jailor before becoming a full-time deputy.
1965: Local veterans organizations encouraged vets to march in the annual parade, slated for Sunday afternoon. “Deploring the scanty turnouts for the parade in recent years, the veterans’ leaders said special provisions will be made in the parade formation,” The Shelbyville News said.
Helen Clymer, 59, was cited for driving the wrong way on Howard St., striking a moving car, backing across the intersection of Howard and Columbia across the Pennsylvania railroad spur and into the side of a house. She then drove forward again across the intersection, entered the wrong way into Howard St., went up over a curb, knocked over a city street sign and hit a parked car.
1955: A wanted local man with an outstanding warrant was arrested when he went to the jail to visit his brother.
The circus at the fairgrounds had been a success. “An unscheduled performance was put on early this morning by the Kelly & Miller Bros. Circus when one of the show’s transport trucks became stuck at the Knighthood Grove corner northeast of the city,” The Shelbyville News reported. “When the truck carrying the hippopotamus got stuck, elephants were unloaded from another vehicle and soon pushed the first carrier out of difficulty. It was quite a show, and among those viewing it were a group of youngsters en route to school here.”
1945: The Goodman and Jester Co. in Shelbyville purchased the Daily Department Store in Madison. Goodman also operated stores in Franklin, Columbus and a few other Indiana cities.
1935: Gov. Paul McNutt was announced as the Shelbyville High School commencement speaker, set for May 31, 8 p.m., in Paul Cross Gym.
1925: Most businesses, except a few deemed under the law as “necessary for the public good,” were closed for the first time for Memorial Day, which fell on a Saturday. The closure marked a major sacrifice since Saturday was the “big day” of the week for business, The Republican reported.
St. Joseph High School hired Nathan Kaufman, former captain and star of the Shelbyville High School basketball team, to be basketball coach of the Eagles.
1915: A drunk man who told police he was President Woodrow Wilson was arrested and jailed. The man, later identified as “Frank,” asked police where his band was, because “the president never appears in a parade without a band.”
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