Saturday, December 21, 2024
Correction: Readers - We are getting an occasional auto-correct on “free throws” to “three throws” in Substack, our publishing software. I noticed this error the other day and presumed I made a typo. When it happened again - twice - in today’s edition, I recreated the edition and, sure enough, the auto-correct occurs when re-pasting back in. (I paste my text into Word first for spell check.) I will contact Substack today to see if this can be fixed. At the very least, I will re-check work once it goes back into Substack. Thanks to eagle-eyed readers for bringing this to my attention. - Kristiaan Rawlings
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A home at the corner of Berwick Dr. and Pebble Point Dr. is elegantly decorated for the holidays. | photo by JACK BOYCE
Bears Take Tough Home Loss
Shelbyville High School Junior Varsity cheerleaders Emily Kiefer, Amara Lewis, (stuntman) Garrett Morace, Faith Palmer, Amelia Deng, Serenity Gross, Mayah Knopp, Kirah Wiedersatz and Ella Breedlove lead a cheer during the junior varsity game last night. | photos by KRISTIAAN RAWLINGS
The Golden Bears (5-2) took their second tough loss of the week last night, 64-57, in a game that came down to the wire, with Mount Vernon hitting late free throws to extend the lead. Despite trailing by 19 in the second half, the Marauders (6-1) battled back, led by Purdue University commit Luke Ertel, and key shooting from Max Vise, who both finished with 21, Ertel with 11 and Vise with 8 in the final quarter.
“We played the perfect game, just didn’t close either of them out,” Coach John Hartnett Jr. said. “This one hurts because we were up so big, and then at the end of the game we made some silly mistakes.”
The Bears started hot, with Brody Runnebohm hitting a three from the top of the key to draw first blood. Caden Claxton stole the ball and laid in a contested shot. Runnebohm hit another three, and Mount Vernon called time-out, down 8-0.
Runnebohm finished the quarter with 10 points, Claxton scored 8 and Mar Nicholson with 4 to give the Bears a 22-12 lead, which included the Marauders holding the ball for a successful final lay-in.
The Bears’ strong defense continued in the second quarter, giving up only 8 points, while Claxton and Nicholson each added 6 and Gavin Reed hit two free throws. Shelbyville led 36-20 at the half, and the student section, despite being smaller due to the holiday break, came alive.
Coming into the second half, Claxton, trapped down low, turned around for an open shot. A subsequent three by Claxton gave the Bears their largest lead of the night 41-22. But Mount Vernon battled back, and by the end of the third, the lead was 48-37, and Ertel started the final period with a three.
Shelbyville worked the clock and maintained the lead for several possessions, but Ertel rattled in another three to bring the lead to 57-50. Vise hit two free throws, and Mount Vernon’s Elijah Parra hit a three to make it 57-55 with 1:33 left. After the Bears missed a three, Ertel hit another three to give Mount Vernon the lead.
“He’s a Division I (commit) for a reason,” Hartnett said.
After a couple of missed opportunities, the Bears began fouling, and the Marauders hit their free throws to take the win. Claxton finished with 21 points, Nicholson had 16 and Runnebohm scored 10.
Shelbyville returns to action tonight in their final game of 2024, at home against Yorktown (3-3).
NOTEBOOK:
The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce announced award recipients and business nominees for the 2025 Chamber Awards Gala, to be held February 27, 2025, at Horseshoe Indianapolis Racing & Casino. The Award Recipients are as follows: “Dick Kitchin” Volunteers of the Year: Stephanie Amos and Joshua Georgen; Shelby County Community Lifetime Achievement: Tim Barrick; John A. Hartnett, Sr. Business Person: Brian Brammer, Brammer & Yeend Professional Corporation; Face of Shelby County (Customer Service): Jeremy Jones, Boba Cafe; Golden Apple Outstanding Educator: Kristiaan Rawlings, Shelbyville Middle School; Outstanding Citizen: Dyan Current; Beau Browning Maverick Award (Under 40): Alison Everhart; Rising Star Award: Noah Schoolcraft; Business Nominees: Business of the Year, Capone’s Downtown Speakeasy, Infinity Home Care Plus, Inc., HIGH BARR Realty; and Non-Profit Champion: Boys & Girls Club of Shelby County, Shelbyville Central Schools Education Foundation, and Shelby County Active Aging Coalition. “We are honored to celebrate our Shelby County community each year at the Chamber Awards Gala,” Chamber Executive Director Courtney Chapella said in a statement. “We received over 50 nominations this year, and we’re proud to honor those nominated for the great service they give to our community.” Banquet tickets are on sale, $55 per person, $550 for a table of 10, available at www.shelbychamber.net or by calling the Chamber at 317-398-6647.
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NATIONAL NEWS: The era of free returns appears to be careening toward an unceremonious stop, as online retailers that were once as openhanded when it came to their return policy as they were with their delivery costs realize that they may have created a monster. While shipping costs might, for all intents and purposes, come out in the wash for a retailer of significant size, returns still bite. A return of a $100 item might cost a store $30, which is tough economics to crack. In 2024, total returns are projected to hit $900 billion, up from $309 billion in 2019; the average return rate doubled from 8 percent in 2019 to about 16 percent these days. (The Atlantic/Numlock)
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SHS Courier Archive Highlights:
April 17, 1957, Part II
Prom court had been chosen. One of the following would be crowned queen by Fred Clayton, president of the junior class: Bev Lane, escorted by Jay Walts; Diana Page, escorted by Gary Long; Nancy Stine (no escort was listed, but when the announcement was made, she was in history class, and she said that due to the excitement, she doubted she passed the test she was taking).
There had been reports of screams coming from 205J. Turns out, Speech Class members were making a recording to be used in their play, “I’m a Fool.” Another screaming incident occurred after the bell rang. The shrill sound was Carol Ballard shrieking at what she thought was either a bee or a mouse. The cause of the incident was merely a paper wad made by one of the “SHS playboys.”
George Stubbs and Bill Wheeler were tasked with carrying benches from the girls’ gym up the west stairs, to be used as bleachers in the Speech Class play.
Jay Walts had been sent home for a brief time after a chemistry lab in which students made chlorine went awry. He returned later that day, recuperated from the “gas attack.”
Former Shelbyville Junior High student Larry Huffman was on the Boyd Bennett Show, Thursday nights, 7 p.m., on Channel 4, WTTV. Huffman was a junior at Warren Central.
In an experiment to discover whether they were flat-flooted or not, girls in fourth period Health class took their footprints by standing barefoot on a sheet of paper. They put Vaseline on the bottoms of their feet to make the print.
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.
2014: The Shelbyville Board of Public Works continued to deal with dog bite issues. The latest involved dogs attacking each other in the 200 block of West Taylor St. One dog was put down due to it being a repeat offender.
Editor’s note: Yesterday’s 2014 item should have been classified under 2004. A correction was made on the digital edition.
2004: City Council approved annexing land south of Clearview addition into the city. Bill Blocher was designing the homes and said they would be similar to those already in Clearview.
1994: Shelbyville Mayor Bob Williams cast a tiebreaking vote, giving an investment group preliminary approval for a tax break at the old Shelbyville High School. “If we turn this down, it speaks badly of our credibility as a city council and of the city administration,” Williams said.
Mayor Williams appointed Brian Davis to be the city’s electrical inspector, a part-time position. Davis said he would keep his night job at Libbey-Owens-Ford. Davis replaced Ralph Kuhn, who had resigned.
1984: It was “Men’s Night” at the Belaire Center. Men got free gift wrapping from 5 to 9 p.m.
Maurice Hart presented a piano recital at First Presbyterian Church. He played works by Bach, Beethoven and Schumann.
1974: Long John Silvers offered free fish and chips and pirate hats at the Cinema’s showing of “Treasure Island”. Santa Claus was at Long John Silvers, on E. Michigan Road, later in the evening.
1964: David Muck, 14, ninth grade student at Southwestern High School, placed first in the Junior Division of the 1964 Shelby County Five-Acre Corn Crib Contest. His winning yield of 201.3 bushels to the acre was the fourth highest on record here. Robert Everhart of VanBuren Township was the Senior Division winner.
1954: Mary Starks organized a Christmas party, held at the Booker T. Washington Recreation Center, attended by 62 children.
Chester Junior Hatton, local seventh grade student, pounded out a large pane of glass during a fire at his family’s one-room downstairs apartment at the old Hord Sanitarium building, corner of Franklin and Maple Streets, and carried his two sleeping infant brothers outside. Chester suffered cuts to his right forearm. The boys’ father, Bob Hatton, had gone to pick up their mother, Eleanor, who was employed at Monte Glove Co.
1944: The Morristown Lions Club was officially chartered. Chester Sandman, president of the Shelbyville club, was in charge of the meeting, and George Yarling acted as toastmaster. Officers of the new club were I.V. Hauk, Curtis Smith, Paul Williams, J. Harvey Snider, L.E. Tucker, Richard Newhouse, Cecil Carmony, R.E. Dugan, H.M. Unger, Floyd Unger, F.E. Harcourt and John E. Harper.
Final plans were completed for construction of a sewage plant in Shelbyville. Actual construction would have to wait until the end of the war. “It was pointed out that Shelbyville is considerably ahead of other cities in planning such a project,” The Republican said.
1934: Two unmasked bandits staged two holdups in Shelbyville, stealing a new V-8 coupe from Robert Billman on West Pennsylvania St. and jewelry and cash from Oneida King on Shelby St.
1924: The Shelby County Jail was empty for the first time in seven months. The only inmate had been a Smithland man acquitted of murder.
Freight trains on the Big Four and Pennsylvania were lightened in tonnage due to the cold temperature, which was just 10 degrees.
1914: A local woman was granted a divorce. The woman claimed her husband was “insanely jealous” and forced her to fish with him on Sundays, although she objected.
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