Saturday, February 22, 2025
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Bears Take Down Delta on Senior Night
The tension. A close game. Fans responding to every fourth quarter possession. Sectionals must be around the corner. And the Golden Bears’ 48-41 victory over Delta (14-6) last night on Senior Night at Garrett Gymnasium will hopefully prove a worthy warm-up.
Shelbyville (17-5) started strong, with seniors Damon Badgley and Kenny Owens starting, and Mar Nicholson getting a block on the first defensive set. The student section, already making their presence known during warm-ups, were quick to respond. Caden Claxton ended up on the floor in a steal attempt on the next defensive play. That didn’t work, but he got up to collect the rebound, leading to a three-pointer from Brody Runnebohm. Gavin Reed and Claxton also hit three-pointers, and Cole Schene had an inside shot over two defenders with time winding down in the quarter. The Bears finished the first up, 15-8.
Despite a couple of Shelbyville turnovers, Delta failed to capitalize, and with Nicholson scoring 8 in the quarter, the Bears took a 27-17 lead into the half.
The Eagles weren’t done. Their leading scorer, Jordan Furney, who had a quiet first half with 4 points, added 6 in the third quarter. Bronson Edwards also scored 6, and Delta cut the lead to 5 points. Nicholson hit a shot at the buzzer, which the refs ruled too late. The fan section saw it otherwise.
The beginning of the fourth quarter was all Eagles. Edwards opened with a three, and a long three from Furney gave Delta their first lead of the night, 41-38, with 6:37 remaining.
But the Bears fought back.
“We've been in that situation before, in several games, and we came out on top,” Owens said.
Last night was no different. Brody Runnebohm hit an inside shot despite heavy contact. Both teams then drew charges, and Runnebohm blocked a shot. The Bears regained the lead, 42-41, with a Schene make off a Badgley assist. A couple of plays later, Nicholson missed, but grabbed his own board and laid it in.
The Bears were able to kill some time, and Nicholson and Claxton both hit 1 of 2 free throws to give Shelbyville a 46-41 lead. Runnebohm later found Nicholson underneath for an open basket and the final points of the game, with the Bears winning, 48-41.
Owens likes the Golden Bears’ chances as the season winds down with two road games. “I feel like the team has been more connected, chemistry-wise, than it has been in the past years,” he said.
And hosting sectionals in March will be a welcome opportunity.
“We have a family atmosphere here,” Badgley said. “A lot of friendly faces here to see us win.”
Nicholson and Claxton finished with 15 points each. Owens and Badgley were recognized before the game, as were senior cheerleaders, pep band members and others connected to the team.
SHS swimmer Riley Everette was recognized after the first quarter for her recent appearance at the IHSAA Girls Swimming and Diving State Finals.
Blue River Community Foundation Requests Strategic Planning Input
by JENNIFER JONES
History tends to repeat itself. If you are a subscriber to The Addison Times, our community’s history is repeated for you every single morning. “This Day In Shelby County History” is my favorite part of this daily publication. I love being reminded of stories that I may have forgotten and learning of important local news that I overlooked at the time or that occurred before I existed. These chronicles recount the events that have shaped our today and the leaders that made it all possible. As a staff member at Blue River Community Foundation, I particularly enjoy when our current and past donors are highlighted in this section. I’ve learned that the contributions that these individuals made to our organization are merely a small piece of a much greater story of philanthropy and altruism. Like the late appreciation of art, these individuals and the general public likely did not realize the significance of the decisions that they were making at the time and how these events would shape the future. I regularly attempt to hit “Reply All” to this morning email to share with fellow subscribers the additional community improvement and impact that I know these individuals are responsible for. Unfortunately, Kristiaan hasn’t given me that access.
Blue River Community Foundation is starting our strategic planning process this month. When we read The Addison Times, we are reminded of all of the amazing individuals that made a difference and helped to strategically plan the future of Shelby County. To our advantage, we can always look back at what our organization and partners accomplished in the past that worked and what attempts weren’t successful to ensure that history only repeats itself in favorable ways. But when we look into the future, we require the individuals that are living here and now to help guide our direction. Whether you are a past board or committee member, a grantee, a scholarship recipient, or someone who has absolutely no idea what the Foundation does in Shelby County, we need your input. Your responses will assist our staff and board members to better understand our community needs and concerns, build stronger support for our community’s future direction, and create a relevant and impactful plan with diverse perspectives. This questionnaire will only take a few moments of your time, but your input will make a difference for years to come.
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The SCS Aspire Awards program, which recognizes Shelbyville Central Schools students with disabilities, support staff and teachers who support students with disabilities, will be held Tuesday, March 11, 6:30 p.m., at Shelbyville High School’s Breck Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. The Aspire Awards program recognize SCS students and staff in the following categories: The Bear Strong Award recognizes students with disabilities who show courage in taking on new challenges; The Dream Chaser Award recognizes students with disabilities who set long-term goals for themselves and are true go-getters; The Unified Leadership Award recognizes a pair of students (one disabled and one non-disabled peer) who have created a strong friendship with each other and value each other’s contributions; The Super Support Staff Award recognizes SCS support staff who go above and beyond to support students with disabilities; The Educator Award recognizes SCS teachers who create meaningful opportunities for students with disabilities in their classrooms’ The Hal and Sam Gambrel Award recognizes a community member or organization that advocates for the participation of students with disabilities in extra-curricular activities; and The Don Collins Award recognizes a community member or organization that supports inclusive practices in our schools and community.
“Crush: The Bon Jovi Concert Experience” is on at The Strand Theatre, 7:30 p.m., tonight. Tickets are available online or at the door. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Capone’s will oversee the bar.
HOOSIER NEWS: Lou Malnati's, the popular Chicago chain known for its deep-dish pizza, will close its four Indianapolis-area locations next month, citing poor performance at local stores and a lack of population density that a spokesperson said is necessary for the pizza company to succeed. The company will serve its last thick and gooey pizza slices on March 3, ending a five-year run in Indianapolis. (IndyStar)
NATIONAL NEWS: Birkenstock, the company behind the eponymous form-fitting sandal, attempted to stymie imitators by arguing in court that its sandals ought to be considered a form of applied art. A ruling in that manner would be a big boost for the company, which has been manufacturing shoes since 1774 and was seeking to prevent three competitors from selling similar sandals. In Germany, works of art get longer-lasting intellectual property protections than ordinary consumer products. Birkenstock getting its ordinary consumer product classified as art would give it legal grounds to push rivals out. Either way, although a court in Cologne thought the shoes counted as applied art, the Federal Court of Justice sided with a lower appeals court and dismissed the case. (AP/Numlock)
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SHS Courier Archive Highlights
Fall 1965
Jim Hoff, senior, qualified as a National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist. Jim played the organ in the Kandells, a local band.
SJHS teacher and SHS class of 1958 alumnus Roland Stine had married Carole Fricker of Franklin on Aug. 14.
SHS facts: Including administration, SHS has 44 faculty members, including 19 women and 25 men; the daily average number of lunches prepared at the SHS cafeteria to serve both JHS and SHS was 1,300; the SHS cafeteria used two gallons of ketchup daily; the monthly water bill for SHS was $57.80 ($590 in today’s money), the gas bill was $36.72 ($376) and the electric bill was $691.60 ($7,000).
Members of S-Club planted chrysanthemums at the SHS entrance. Each week, two boys were appointed to water the flowers.
Students noted that the “no smoking” rule apparently did not apply to construction workers on the grounds.
The SHS Senior Key was on display in the front showcase. The key contained a letter crest and the graduation year, was finished in star gold and contained the gold and black school colors. A girl’s key with chain sold for $2.50, and the boy’s key was $3.
Tom Dierckman was named the 1965 Kiwanis award winner. Tom had been the only SHS player named to the SCC football team.
Tom Graham, Doug Lackey, Bob Silbert, Sharon Shaner and Susan Warwick, all members of the class of 1961, had recently graduated from Indiana University. Bart Kaufman, class of 1958, had graduated from law school.
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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: The Shelby County Plan Commission voted down a proposal to build a housing development near I-74 at the intersection of County Roads 940 N and 900 W.
1995: Robert Claxton, senior vice president for Knauf and co-chairman of a fund drive that raised more than $2.6 million for a new Girls Inc. building and Boys Club expansion, was named Shelby County’s Outstanding Citizen by the Chamber of Commerce. Chamber President Thomas Rosenfeld made the presentation to Claxton at the annual chamber banquet at the Holiday Inn. Claxton was also a volunteer coach with the Boys Club football program and was co-chairman of the St. Joseph Parish Festival. The award had been presented annually since 1959.
1985: Blue River Vocational Technical Center offered an open house at its student-built home in Berwick Manor.
1975: Compton Dairy began offering “milk in a pouch” to local students. Shelby County students were the first to receive the new product. It worked like this: the user grasped the pouch so that one end provided an air pocket. He then pushed the pointed end of a drinking straw into the air pocket portion. The straw was sealed by the bag and there was no leakage. It could even be dropped to the floor after the straw had been inserted and there was no leakage. The plastic pouch reduced the amount of trash compared to paper cartons, school officials said.
1965: A newspaper ad showed a photo of the local Sears catalog sales personnel. Employees were Janet Kehrt, Dora Ballenger, Eileen Haas, Mary Yoder and Eva Snapp.
1955: Tubby Toms, a Hanover Township resident who was recognized by the newspaper as a “weather prognosticator,” predicted an early and wet spring and a mild summer. He based his prediction on several factors. First, raccoons and possums were being especially friendly to each other; squirrels were building their nests early; and a spring-fed lake near his Morristown home had covered muskrat homes the animals built in anticipation of a lower water table. Toms also said his right big toe was susceptible to weather changes since it had been caught in the spokes of a bicycle years before.
Dust-covered county records of personal property from some 40 years’ prior for the purposes of taxation were disposed of by county officials.
1945: Shelbyville Junior High hosted a program on George Washington in recognition of his birthday month. Ken Fowler discussed the “Purpose of Washington’s Birthday”, which was followed with the story of “Yankee Doodle” by Miss Anne Walker. The student body performed songs with piano accompaniment from Mary Seller and flute accompaniment by Lois Latshaw. Games were organized by W.J. Day.
1935: A Walker Street man was arrested for failing to provide for his family. The man was unable to pay the fine, so he was jailed for 11 days.
1925: William and Iva Clinkenbeard, both 50, filed for divorce in Shelby Circuit Court after one day of marriage. William claimed Iva only “pretended love and affection for him and for his children” during their courtship, but their one day of marriage had shown otherwise.
1915: Mr. Rembusch halted “The Creation Pictures” movie, which had been scheduled for four showings, after two showings. After the first show, Rembusch picked out 30 picture slides that depicted the Garden of Eden in ways that “were not suitable for a mixed audience.” He then canceled the run after the second, modified, showing.
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Mary Ann Beaty of Boggstown, Ind., passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at home surrounded by loved ones. She was 91. Mary Ann, a beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, civic volunteer, church leader, and cofounder of Beaty Construction, went home to meet the God who loved her without measure.
Mary Ann was born on November 2, 1933, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to William and Joan Gemlo West. Mary Ann lost her mother when she was only three years old, but gained another loving mother when William subsequently married Ann Porter.
Mary Ann is survived by Leon Beaty, her husband of 65 years; her children Jeff Beaty and wife Donna, Daniel Beaty and wife Chris, Dana Sherwood and husband Bill, and LeAnne Zentz and husband Randy; her grandchildren Kyle Beaty and wife Julia, Jacob Beaty and wife Whitney, Anna Comstock and husband Anthony, Megan Beaty, Nicole Beaty, Mya Beaty, Caroline Beaty, Zachary Sherwood and husband Scott Ahlborn, Jared Sherwood, Sarah Zentz, Lauren Zentz and Abigail Zentz; her great-grandchildren Cohen and Reece Comstock and Sloane Beaty; and numerous nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her brother Gordon West of Stuart, Florida. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Robert West.
Mary Ann graduated from Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis in 1951 and worked at an insurance company and law firm for several years, where she no doubt organized the office and balanced the books impeccably. In 1958, Mary Ann met Leon Parker Beaty on a blind date, and Leon, being no fool, proposed to her soon after. The two married on July 18, 1959.
Mary Ann and Leon co-founded Beaty Construction in 1965. In those early days, Leon built roads and bridges, and Mary Ann maintained the company books in their home office. Mary Ann went on to raise the couple’s four children while simultaneously achieving her much-earned status as the (un)official Chairwoman of the Board at Beaty Construction, which is located next door to Mary Ann and Leon’s home in Boggstown. Beaty employees may have been intimidated by Leon, but they knew they were really in trouble if they saw Mary Ann picking up trash in the yard or were caught passing Leon a casual cigarette.
Mary Ann was a dedicated member of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Shelbyville, Indiana, where she served as a Sunday School and Vacation Bible School teacher, deaconess, and Treasurer. She also volunteered her time by taking cancer patients to their treatments and serving on the board of SCUFFY. Mary Ann was a Girl Scout and Boy Scout leader, as well as a room parent for most of her kids’ classrooms, where she demonstrated to many that she was exceedingly kind and fair. She was also a pretty strict disciplinarian when necessary and could corral even the most wayward child with her unique mixture of love and calm strength. Mary Ann was very well spoken, and her insistence on using proper grammar and etiquette resulted in many (much-needed) corrections to stories told and papers written by her kids and grandkids. She was also known to write devastatingly pointed letters when (justifiably) angered, which undoubtedly left lasting impressions on their recipients. Mary Ann’s children and grandchildren certainly remember the many lessons she taught them. She was a magnificent teller of stories, champion of the underdog and underserved, and savior of many lost and abandoned puppies, kittens and people. Mary Ann was an excellent bowler and may have occasionally brought her young grandchildren along to a smoke-filled bowling alley or two. She was also, among countless other roles, the official pre-school picker-upper, reader of many books, fount of happiness, wiper of tears and bottoms, and a reliable source of comfort and joy for her twelve grandchildren. She was the best wife, mother, grandmother, and greatgrandmother to her family and will be missed dearly by everyone who was lucky enough to know her.
A gathering of family and friends will be held Tuesday, February 25 from 4:00-8:00 PM at First Christian Church, 118 W. Washington Street, Shelbyville, Ind. Additional visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 26 at 10 a.m., followed by a remembrance service at 11 a.m., with Rev. Ralph Botte and Rev. Beth Crouch officiating. Interment will be at Forest Hill Cemetery in Shelbyville. Services entrusted to Freeman Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, 819 S. Harrison St. in Shelbyville. Memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church, 118 W. Washington Street, Shelbyville, Ind., 46176. A special thank you to Mary Ann’s dedicated medical team and home caregivers and friends Ronda, Kelly, Jennifer, Angela, and Linda – who loved her and learned that she took her often-bitter medicine much better with a bit of chocolate and a hug. Which is a lesson for all of us. Online condolences may be shared with Mary Ann’s family at www.freemanfamilyfuneralhomes.com.
Norman I. Rice, 84, of Shelbyville passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at Columbus Regional Health. He was born November 6, 1940, in Waterloo, Ia., to Irvin P. Rice and Norma I. (Preston) Rice.
Mr. Rice served his country in the United States Army. In his 24-year military career, he served in three full tours in Vietnam. He was awarded many metals and ribbons. He started as a helicopter mechanic and worked his way up to becoming a gunner crew chief, earning the rank of First Sergeant. Norman was a 35-year member of the Waldron Masonic Lodge F&AM #217. He was also a 32nd degree 30-year member of the Indy Valley of the Scottish Rites. He had a love for trains and even built HO single model trains with extremely detailed and elaborate tracks running through small towns with buildings and other distinguishing characteristics. Norman also enjoyed the outdoors. In his younger years he enjoyed camping, but fishing was a passion of his all through his life. He told many fish stories. Family was the most important thing to Norman, and it’s been said that he always had a joke ready, even if they weren’t the most appropriate.
He married Susan Lynn (Durst) Rice on November 4, 1979, and she preceded him in death on November 6, 2023. Norman is survived by his son, Lamont (Joan) Rice of Waterloo, Ia., his daughter, Toni (Mark) Olson of Reinbeck, Ia., his sons, Brock (Kelly) Rice, Brett (Tiffany) Rice, and Bryan (Kim) Rice, all of Shelbyville; his daughters, Amber (Chris) Palmer of Indianapolis, Jennifer (Nathan) Buchanan of Camby, and Hannah Rice (Noah) of Shelbyville; his grandchildren, Holly (Robert), Brodi (Jeremy) , Sam, Mahria, Shawn, Nik (Jessa), Alexandria, Dalton, Keaton, Marlee, Caden, Hudson, Grant, Cael, Madison (Derek), Carmen, Ava, Cooper; and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant brother; his wife; his granddaughter, Jayda Palmer; a grandson, Tyler; mother of Lamont and Toni, Genia Springer; and mother of Brock, Brett, and Bryan, Judy Rice.
A Gathering of Friends will be 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, February 27, 2025 at Murphy-Parks Funeral Service, 703 S. Harrison Street, Shelbyville, Ind., 46176. A Celebration of Life will follow at 6 p.m. at the funeral home with military rites conducted by our local veteran organizations and a Masonic Service. Funeral Directors Greg Parks, Sheila Parks and Stuart Parks are honored to serve Norman’s family. Online condolences may be shared at www.murphyparks.com.