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FARMERS MARKET OPENS
City officials and community leaders Adam Rude, Courtney Chapella, Brandy Coomes, Lillian Gant, Lucinda Franklin, Linda West, Kent McNeely, Mayor Scott Furgeson and Janet Wallace hold an official ribbon cutting yesterday to celebrate the first Farmers Market of the year. The market runs Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon, through Sept. 27. | photos by JACK BOYCE
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NOTEBOOK:
Walser Road (W 200 N) will be closed beginning May 19 to through-traffic due to construction at the new intersection with N. Tom Hession Drive. This closure is anticipated to last through June 30. Drivers should anticipate the closure of Walser Road (W 200 N) between N. Michigan Road and N 200 W for construction; Access addresses west of the railroad only from the west, and addresses east of 1408 W. Walser Road will be accessible only from the east, including addresses on White Oak Court and Beechbrook Dr.
The Shelby County Board of Zoning Appeals will discuss the following agenda items on Tuesday, May 13, 7 p.m.: a variance request to allow construction of a residential accessory structure prior to construction of a single-family residence on land located south of and adjoining 670 PR 230 W, Shelbyville; a variance request to allow for a self-storage facility, including outdoor storage, at 449 E. Brookville Road, Fountaintown; a variance request to allow for construction of two new single-family homes with front-loading garages projecting forward of the main living area of the home at 5654 and 5684 N. Vinton Hills Dr., Fairland; and a variance request to use existing trees as a landscape buffer along property lines at 9295 N. Frontage Road, Fairland.
HOOSIER NEWS: Indiana schools will not be allowed to expel students for chronic absences — at least for the next school year. State lawmakers adopted legislation that aims to tackle the state’s chronic absenteeism problem. SEA 482 officially defines chronic absenteeism as missing 10 percent or more of the school year for any reason. It also tasks the Indiana Department of Education with creating a framework for excused and unexcused absences and further studying absenteeism. Lawmakers said they will base future legislation off IDOE’s findings. The rate of chronically absent students in Indiana decreased slightly to 17.8 percent in 2024. IDOE released a dashboard in November as one of its most recent steps to tackle absenteeism. (Indiana Public Media)
NATIONAL NEWS: De Beers, the diamond mining colossus, is currently sitting on a $2 billion stockpile of unsold diamonds. The company is blaming the increasing popularity of lab-grown diamonds for its troubles. Walmart said that sales of lab-grown diamonds are up 175 percent last year compared to 2023. De Beers itself tried to get some action in the trend with Lightbox, a fashion jewelry label introduced in 2018 when synthetic diamonds were about 10 percent cheaper than mined diamonds. However, now that synthetics are about 90 percent cheaper than mined diamonds, De Beers is skittish and announced this week that they’re killing off the Lightbox brand altogether. (New York Times/Numlock)
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SHS Courier Archive Highlights
Nov. 9, 1955, Part II
Norman Krebs, class of ‘39, spoke about careers in pharmacy with SHS students. He said requirements had changed. “Pharmacy now requires four years of college and one year of apprenticeship,” he said, noting that in 1960, another year of college would be required. Krebs had served in the Air Force after high school and had fought in World War II. He entered Butler University on the GI Bill in 1946 and finished his Pharmacy degree in 1950. He suggested those interested take chemistry, botany, economics and Latin. He said a high salary was a benefit to the career, but long hours were the drawback.
Carrie Moulton was leading the Advanced Typing class a 57 words per minute. Karen Thompson led the Beginning Typing class at 51 words per minute, followed by Paul Meltzer at 43.
Fifty boys were initiated into Hi-Y, hosted in the girls’ gym. Rev. Melvin Phillips, First Baptist Church, was the guest speaker. Tom Toll was the Hi-Y president. Other officers were Jim McKeand, Bob Cowherd, Ron Mitchell, Larry Phares and Bob Bishop. Faculty men were guests for the initiation.
Barbara Kuhn was elected president of the SHS Future Nurses’ Club. Mrs. Strait, Miss McDonald and Mrs. Simpson were the club sponsors.
The SHS B football team finished the season 11-0. They had blanked Rushville Greensburg, Columbus and Connersville. Vaughn Drake was the coach.
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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 Triton Central Tigers defeated Waldron to win the Shelby County Baseball Tournament. Members of the team were Ryan Craig, Nate Cangany, Ross Stackhouse, David Early, Kyle Knapp, Troy Hughes, Nick Green, Luis Chung, Jay Broughton, Travis Childress, Adam Persinger, Brandon Thomas and Cory Popplewell. Rob Robertson was the head coach, and Dave Early was the assistant coach.
1995: Stephanie Poehner was named Outstanding Girl at the Girls Inc. banquet. John Werbe presented the award in a ceremony held at the Carl McNeely Center.
1985: Delta Theta Tau donated a cardiac printer and recorder and a bilirubin light used to treat infants suffering from jaundice to the Major Hospital obstetrics unit. Carolyn Haywood presented the equipment on behalf of the sorority to Jean Chandler, OB unit manager.
Former Shelbyville resident Jimmy Rogers, the brother of Ellen Waltz, Linda Isgrigg and Geraldine Yost, was “on deck” during the televised Miss USA Pageant. Rogers, who worked for Angelers in Action, showed Miss USA his favorite fishing spots in Lakeland, Fla., during the show.
1975: The SHS Courier received a first-place award from The Columbia Scholastic Press Association of Journalism in New York. Mary Agler was the paper’s sponsor. Editors were Mark Campbell and Susan Shisler.
1965: Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sprong purchased the partnership interest formerly held by Wilmer McNeely Jr. in their store operation at 120 S. Vine St. The store, which handled confections, patent medicines, tobacco supplies, toys and greeting cards, would be known as “Sprong’s 29 and Vine” moving forward. Sprong and McNeely had operated the store in partnership for over two years.
1955: Frank Coulston donated land north of Forest Hill Cemetery to the city school board to be used as a new elementary school location.
1945: The Junior High School held a program recognizing VE (Victory in Europe) Day, organized by W.J. Day, Frances VanTuyl, Fannie Orebaugh and Mary Sellers. Dr. C.A. Bowler, First Presbyterian Church, gave an address. Ronnie Lummis led the pledge of allegiance.
1935: The “Fun and Fumble” softball league was formed, with six teams set to play at Kennedy Park.
A successful “shoot” of a natural gas well occurred on the Horace Davitt farm near Prescott. Pressure was reported strong, after the gas was reached at a depth of 890 feet. Forty quarters of nitroglycerin were used in the drilling process.
1925: Major Hospital celebrated National Hospital Day by offering tours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Norma Pearson, superintendent, had organized the activities.
Conrad Schroeder, who had operated a drug store on South Harrison St. for years, announced he had leased a building under construction that was adjacent to his present location. John Banschbach was building the new store.
1915: A trailer on the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company freight car jumped the track at the turn at Harrison and Pennsylvania streets. The car bumped along over the roadway for about 200 feet before the crew noticed the issue. It took about an hour to put the car back on the track.
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