Monday, September 9, 2024
Seeing Dollar Signs
National chain Dollar Tree is preparing to open another local location, in the former Walgreens building. \ photo by JACK BOYCE
City BZA to Hear Three Cases
The Shelbyville Board of Zoning Appeals will consider three items of new business tomorrow night.
A3P Logistics Group is requesting a variance to install a fence within a front yard setback at 1325 Enterprise Dr., which was annexed into the city last year. In 2023, the property received a special exception use approval to operate a Truck Freight Terminal. A3P currently operates a small fleet of semi-trucks for materials hauling on the south side of Indianapolis and plans to move operations to Shelbyville.
“The project will be built in multiple phases over a four-to-five-year period as the property owner expands the business,” documents submitted to the city state. Once built out, the development is expected to include a maintenance garage and office building, totaling approximately 5,400 square feet, a 10,000-square-foot warehouse, and trailer parking for up to 38 semi-trailers. Phase I of the project is slated for this year, which will include a parking area for up to 10 semi-trailers, along with stormwater quality and detention measures.
The proposed fencing on the project is intended to restrict access to the site and provide screening and would be 36 feet from the property line instead of the required 50 feet. The fence would still be over 100 feet from the adjacent property line. City planning staff is recommending approval.
The BZA will also consider a request from Gabriel Sundvall to allow an exception from installing a sidewalk in front of 300 Foxridge Court.
In a final agenda item, the board will consider a request from Day by Day Plumbing, 819 E. Jackson St., owned by Gary Weber, to allow outdoor storage of materials, including trucks and trailers, and equipment and utilization of crushed gravel or stone for paving in the storage area. Weber plans to fence in the lot and will install a paved driveway leading from the new lot for outdoor storage to Jackson St. The city planning staff is recommending approval with conditions, which include requiring a minimum 15-foot-wide driveway connecting from the street to the entrance of the storage area, and for it to extend at least 10 feet into the outdoor storage area.
The Shelbyville BZA meets at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 10, in the council chambers at City Hall. A pre-meeting is held at 6:30 p.m.
NOTEBOOK:
Although the central Indiana region as a whole saw a dip in August, Shelby County home sales remained steady, at 42 closed sales, for the third consecutive month, according to the latest MIBOR report. The median home price, however, came down from $272,500 to $226,500, and the average days a home was on the market rose from 29 in July to 41 in August. The average number of days a home was on the market last August was 21, which was down from a recent high of 73 in January 2023. The number of homes on the local market remained steady, at 83 last month.
Pro Bono Indiana, a provider of pro-bono legal services, which has a Columbus office that serves Shelby County, received a $1.65 million grant to provide legal assistance in civil cases to low-income Hoosiers. The organization’s clinics served 6,740 clients statewide in 2023, an increase from 3,853 the previous year.
HOOSIER NEWS: Indiana University’s Bloomington campus set an enrollment record for this fall with 48,424 students, the school announced Friday. IU reported that applications for the Bloomington campus increased 25 percent from last year. (Indiana Public Media)
NATIONAL NEWS: We’re on the cusp of a new generation of plane Wi-Fi, thanks to Starlink and its peers. First, there was 3G Cellular, where planes connected with cell towers down on Earth, usually through Gogo. There are still 1,380 such planes in the air, using Intelsat’s since-acquired Gogo. Nowadays, however, plane Wi-Fi is mostly from geostationary satellites from the likes of Intelsat, Viasat and Panasonic, which require sending a signal 20,000 miles into space to reach the internet but can still pull off 22 megabits per second. Next up, though, are low-earth orbit satellites, which will enable video calls and streaming on planes. (Wall Street Journal/Numlock)
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SHS Courier Archive Highlights:
Sept. 22, 1999
Ashley Barnard and Courtney Long participate in Homecoming activities. | staff file
Changes were underway at SHS. Air conditioning was being installed throughout the entire building. An auxiliary gym to include two courts, a wrestling room, batting cages and a weight room was also underway. The Garrett Gymnasium inside track and concession stands would be renovated the following year. Vice Principal Scott Olinger announced that electrical upgrades would allow teachers to take attendance on the computer by 2000.
SHS Latin teacher Kris Schwickrath had encouraged students to participate in MainStreet Shelbyville activities, and several took her up on it. They were Jenny Brown, Andrew Carter, Ben Dalton, Minta Dolph, Amanda O’Connor, Kate Vaught, Mark Warner and Sara Williams.
The theme for the last Homecoming of the 20th century would be “Millenium,” Student Council president Ashlee Branam announced. The theme song was “1999” by Prince. Activities included a parade, class games, Powder Puff and a bonfire on Wednesday before Friday’s game and dance. Mrs. Susan Burbrink, Student Council sponsor, told the Courier, “It’s going to be fun, fun, fun!”
The SHS football team was using a new offense: Run & Shoot, which Coach Pat Parks was using given the number of young players on the team. The Homecoming game was against Mt. Vernon, which SHS had beat the year before on a last-second field goal by David Miller.
Mike Johnson was the new SHS principal. He and his wife Anita had three children, Adrianne, Cole and Ty. Mr. Rice, who was on the teacher committee that interviewed Mr. Johnson, said the new principal was “well-organized, hard-working and enthusiastic.”
New teachers at SHS included Candis Allen, Scott Fitzgerald, Katharine Gotshall, Jan Hearne, Paul Heidenreich, Kelly Holtman, Matt Holtman, Vicki Johnston, Janet Kirby, Annette Mullen, Susan Rucker and Andra Yocum.
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 from the Shelby County Public Library Genealogy Department.
2014: Sizzlin’ Gregg Bacon performed at Blue River Memorial Park as part of the Music in the Park series.
2004: The Blue River Community Foundation pledged $5,000 to help finance demolition of the false interior walls and return The Strand Theatre to one large theater. MainStreet Shelbyville had purchased the Cinema from the DeWitt family. The organization hoped to eventually turn over management to a separate non-profit group. Several MainStreet board members had received training from Dick Delany and Jim DeWitt on operating the large film projectors.
1994: A clear definition of “dangerous reptiles and animals” was proving difficult to determine after City Council had passed an ordinance requiring owners of such animals to register them with the police. “How do you determine dangerous reptile?” Police Chief Kehrt Etherton said. “I guess it would be up to each individual officer, and then the court would have to make a decision about it.” Ty Simpson, owner of the Pet Emporium, said the ordinance had hurt his business.
1984: Blue River Vocational Technical Center, which had previously paid instructors at the same level as high school teachers, cut teacher salaries by $4 an hour to keep tuition costs down.
1974: Some local girls who had held a home carnival presented their proceeds to SCUFFY drive chairman Gary Coers. They had raised $22.11 from about 50 neighborhood residents at the Bushfield home, 216 W. Hendricks St. The girls were Melissa Linville, Cindy West, Robin Miles, Tricia Linville and Jayne Miles.
1964: A new drag-racing club received the endorsement of court and law enforcement, and a movement led by Morristown Justice of Peace Richard Byrd was afoot to find a suitable location for a drag strip.
1954: The Assembly of God Church, 606 Montgomery St., held a service to celebrate its first anniversary service. Starting with just one family, the church had grown to an attendance of 80.
The Shelby County Farm Bureau and 4-H Band won first place in the Indiana State Fair band contest in Indianapolis. More than 14,000 had watched while bands, floats, pets and hobby displays paraded past the grandstand at the fair’s “Farmers Day” celebration.
1944: Rev. and Mrs. C.O. Carnes, former residents of Fairland, received three cards from their son, Lt. Paul Carnes, a German prisoner of war interned in a prison camp in Poland. Lt. Carnes said he was well and “very busy.” He was a Protestant chaplain and described communion services which he conducted for 150 soldiers on Easter morning. He also played a clarinet and saxophone in a band and spent five hours daily practicing.
The Office Tavern was open at 16 Public Square, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
1934: Free school books were issued at the Administration building to 310 needy children. The previous year, school books had been issued to 555 children. Most of the books were second-hand, which parents had donated to save the school system from needing to purchase new ones.
1924: A dance was held at the Broadway armory for enlisted men in the National Guard and their dates.
An Aurora man was arrested for violating the prohibition law and ordered out of the city. He had been arrested here two years prior, and had been ordered out of the city.
1914: Robert Abernathy and Clarence Crockett of North Miller St., both 12 years old, built a pontoon boat. They named their boat the “White Elephant,” and it was already taking regular expeditions on Blue River.
OBITUARIES
Stacia Ann (Stacy) Fallis, 55, of Shelbyville, passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2024, Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. That is how she died, this is how she lived…
“To love another person is to see the face of God.” - Victor Hugo
Born in Indianapolis on June 9, 1969, she was raised in a loving home with her parents, Troy L. and Anne E. (Flaitz) Clapp. She grew up along the banks of the Little Blue River where her sisters, Jana Favors (David) and Michelle Smith (Scott) would help her learn the proper way of being a kid by fishing, swimming, and getting really wet in the river. To Stacy, family was everything!
Stacy went through school gaining life-long friends along the way. With her caring heart, she always wanted to go into nursing as a profession. She took classes at Shelbyville High School that led her down that path. Upon graduating in 1988, she took a job at the Haven Center (now Especially Kids) as a CNA. She later took classes at Ivy Tech Community College to earn her QMA license. She always worked two jobs. When she wasn’t working full time for E Kidz or for the Blue River Special Education Cooperative, she was working at Morristown Manor two weekends a month.
A month after graduation, she met her husband, Thomas A. (Tom) Fallis at a softball game. The next night they went to a movie (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) and the rest is history. Their marriage blessed them with a daughter, Whitley D. Fallis of Shelbyville. Whitley has entered the “Family Business” by becoming a Registered Nurse. Stacy instilled in Whitley the same care and compassion for patients that she had.
In 2008, Stacy’s health started to decline. For eight years she survived on IV nutrition and determination. On March 10, 2016, their 26th wedding anniversary, she received the gift of life in an organ transplant. Her Angel-donor gifted four organs so she could live. Live she did. She never took for granted the loving gesture of the family of the donor. She did everything she could to stay healthy and did for eight and a half bonus years.
She was Aunt Stacy to Megan, Brycen, Landon, and Gracie. Although not by blood, you couldn’t tell it by the immense love that she had for them.
She loved her fur-babies, Hunter and Cole, as well. She always said that they were the best medicine that she could take.
Stacy never joined organizations or clubs, but she enjoyed being in touch by text or phone, because it was difficult to get out and about, especially in the last three years. Leann, Patti, Cathy, and Diane kept her going and laughing.
She loved everything Disney, especially the Nightmare Before Christmas. She identified with the character, Sally. She would often say, “Sally is like me…we both have scars.” Sally may not be considered a Disney Princess, but to Tom, Stacy was his Princess. Stacy collected Disney figurines, she has exactly 39. She would get one for each time that she had a hospital stay starting back in 2008 until now.
She was very close to her father-in-law, Kenneth Fallis (Marilyn). He would make the trip to the hospital daily to just be there in case she needed something; not just during the transplant stay, but every stay until COVID prevented it. Her other in-laws include James D. Fallis (Sylinda) of Rushville, Pam, Doug and Jeff Schneeman of Indianapolis. She is also survived by aunts, uncles, and cousins that she held dear. Stacy was predeceased by her parents, mother-in-law, Elizabeth “Liz” Fallon; brother, Troy L. Clapp II; and nephew, Ethan Clapp.
If you loved Stacy, you definitely saw the face of God!
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at Freeman Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, Carmony- Ewing Chapel,
819 S. Harrison St. in Shelbyville. Come casual; Stacy would want it that way. PJs are acceptable as well. Funeral Services will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, September 12, 2024, at the funeral home. Interment will be at Second Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Johnson County. Memorial contributions may be made to the Indiana Donor Network, 3750 Guion Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46222. If you can’t make a monetary gift, become an organ donor and save someone like Stacy. Online condolences may be shared with Stacy’s family at
www.freemanfamilyfuneralhomes.com.