Sunday, November 17, 2024

Nov 17, 2024

THAT’S A WRAP

“Elf: The Musical” cast members wrap up a final scene at Shelbyville High School this weekend. In front of the stage (L to R): Joy Rivera, Joan Price, Raya Sizemore, Kyler Bayless, Ben Cox, Talia Edwards, Eloise Shepherd, Serenity Gross, Edith Wainscott, Aubree Hercamp and Ki Bechtel. On stage: Ava Borchardt, Collin Lee, Sophia Wainscott, Alex Bunton, Adam Hoover and Darcy Greene. | photo by KRISTIAAN RAWLINGS

Courier Photo Archive: Oct. 24, 1967

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Recycle Center Puts Items to Good Use

Community members tour the Shelby County Recycling District building, 1316 N. Michigan Road, Shelbyville, on Friday, which was America Recycles Day. | photo by ANNA TUNGATE

Commemorating both America Recycles Day and one year in a new facility on N. Michigan Road, Shelby County Recycling District officials gave a public tour on Friday and shared information on the latest initiatives.

“We always used to say, ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,’ but now we add ‘Rot,’ because we have our compost program,” Lisa Carpenter, SCRD Executive Director, said. “So we do the four R’s here.”

Since the compost program began August 1, SCRD has collected 2,260 pounds of food waste, which includes not only residents bringing SCRD-provided compost buckets back for emptying, but also items such as pumpkins and flowers.

The facility recently began accepting other items, including 141 car seats and 18 pounds of alkaline batteries. It’s also the time of year for discovering non-working Christmas lights, which can be deposited at the Center.

Ann Warble Haehl, SCRD Educator, said work remains on educating the public about plastic: Shelby County cannot recycle No. 6 plastics, such as Solo cups and Styrofoam. But some manufacturers are now producing party cups as No. 2 and No. 5, which can be recycled.

Glass recycling has also been a recent local success. All types of glass deposited at SCRD are purchased by Knauf and reused in insulation products. (Glass put in the comingle dumpsters throughout the county is taken out-of-county to be recycled.)

The tour was a timely opportunity to remind residents of other recyclable materials.

“We accept household hazardous wastes, such as oil-based paint, fluorescent lights and antifreeze,” Haehl said. “Everybody make sure your antifreeze is good, because there might be snow next Thursday.”

Hours for the Recycle Center are Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., and Saturday 7:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.

NOTEBOOK:

NATIONAL NEWS: A team of archaeologists has discovered the location of the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah in present-day Iraq, a battle that took place sometime in 637 or 638 CE and was a crucial historical moment in the spread of Islam beyond the Arabian peninsula. What’s interesting is how they found it: by poring over declassified American spy imagery from the 1970s to pinpoint the battle to 30 kilometers south of the city of Kufa on the Euphrates. The researchers spotted a six-mile-long double wall, which corresponded to a detail in the historical sources that describe the battle and the routes taken on the way to it. (Durham University/Numlock)
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SHS Courier Archive Highlights:

October 1983

“Camelot” was coming to the Breck Auditorium stage. Diane Pruitt, Tonya Napier, Ken Smith, Danny Crafton and Brad Morros all had major parts. The Knights of the Round Table were John Bogeman, Todd Gavin, Tony Glaub, David Jordan, Kevin Nolley, Jody Parrott, Eric Rogian, Phil Shadley, Michael Taylor and Dennis Thomas. The Ladies of Camelot were Gina Buron, Tammi Buron, Susan Chesebrough, LeAnn Christian, DeAnna DeBaun, Lorie Hirschauer, Judy Jordan, Rene Luck, Donna Owlsley, Shirey Rogian, Angie Weintraut and Sharon Caudill. The dancers were Jennifer Branson, Judy Justice, Michelle Kuhn, Vicki Pottinger, Michelle Robbins and Linda Wiley.
The Spanish Club elected Lori Chaney, Debbie Favors, Jenny Morrow and Keith Waterman was officers. Latin Club officers were Scott Tillison, Oliver Abeleda and Kim Stamm. The French Club had no officers. Students were elected for certain activities as the year progressed.
The schools “maintenance engineers,” (a title recently changed from custodian) were Dorothy Kinney, Rick Woolard, Vernon Ross, Charlotte Williams, Sylvia Miles, Barbara Hamilton, Wayne Hamilton, Sonny Leffler, Glennadine Slusser, Brett Sullivan, Frank Robinson, John Krouse, “and probebly the most famous, Don Baumgartner.” Sullivan said he got along with everyone, but the teachers were a bit “bizarre.”
Mrs. Judy Wydau had moved from teaching psychology to being a counselor at Shelbyville High School.
Patty Holdren joined the cross country team, the first SHS girl to participate in the sport. She had been encouraged to join by Mrs. Karen Bowman, girls track team coach. Patty was allowed to run with the boys since SHS did not have a girls team.

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 High School alumni game was held at Garrett Gymnasium. Gary Long, 75, hit 10 of 15 three-point shots in a contest, a mark that held until later in the event when 2011 graduate John Hartnett nailed 11. Long said he hoped to be back the following year for another attempt. An alumni tournament featured four teams and big plays from Troy Johnson, J.D. Lux, Todd Anderson, Patrick Ellis, Andrew Livezey, Kevin Credit, Zach Phelps, Brian Asher and James Douglas.

2004: Developer NorthPointe Land Co. announced plans to build 450 houses on S. State Road 9 across from The Overlook. C.P. Morgan was already building a 400-home subdivision just south of Kroger.

1994: Work began on adding another exit onto McKay Road and some new sidewalks at Shelbyville Middle School.

1984: Rumors circulating around town had Shelbyville Mayor Dan Theobald and County Clerk Michael Hauk resigning, to the point they had received calls from concerned friends and even other government officials. Neither had resigned, nor had any plans to resign, they said. Theobald attributed the rumors to “political detractors.”

1974: The Shelbyville News profiled Leonard Bogeman, 79, who was “the last of smitheys.” Although he used to shoe horses, most of his work was forging and sharpening plowshares and cultivator shovels at his shop on Old Franklin Road. Bogeman had learned blacksmithing from John C. Miller in 1911. Miller’s shop was across from the site of the former Monte Glove Co. Bogeman bought Miller’s business and moved to the Graham Lemmon building on E. Jackson St., where it remained 22 years. Leonard had been married to Faye for 48 years.

1964: A 15-year-old Shelbyville boy with no record who had organized a youth gang called the “Jets” was sentenced to the Indiana Boys School until he turned 21. The gang had been involved in a shopping center brawl, but it was not clear if the 15-year-old was part of the brawl.

Members of the St. Joseph Church Brownie Troop took a train to the Children’s Museum and the city-county building in Indianapolis. They were accompanied by Mrs. Martha Keith.

1954: Cpl. Dick Poe, of Shelbyville, had grabbed a fellow soldier’s faulty parachute mid-air to save the man’s life. Poe received bruises, and the rescued buddy got a fractured leg in the fall. Poe and his wife (Phyllis Wiley) lived in North Carolina, where the incident occurred.

1944: Local Boy Scout Troop 201 hiked to Brown County, accompanied by their Scoutmaster, George Anders.

Sergeant Darrell Douthit, 21, of Shelbyville, was awarded the War Department’s Distinguished Unit Citation Ribbon for “extraordinary heroism, gallantry and determination.” Sgt. Douthit was a photo lab technician whose assignment had been to fly at dangerously low altitude over Normandy the week before the invasion to take photos of German troops.

1934: A local semi-pro basketball team was organized, with games to be played at Paul Cross Gym. Ralph Schofield would be manager of the new ball club. Team members were “Dutch” Richeson, Don Phipps, Lorenzo Linville, Bill Reimann, “Doc” Schofield and Joe Schofield.

August Baker, 92, a Civil War veteran, died at the American Hotel on East Washington St., where he had lived for several years. Baker, who was born in Germany, had no surviving relatives.

1924: Ardist Kehrt, won the Shelby County Corn Shucking contest after cribbing 532 bushels in five days.

1914: The Union State Bank of Flat Rock opened for business. Thomas Wooley was president. Louie Cover was cashier.

OBITUARIES

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