Sunday, September 7, 2025
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Kendra Knopp, Leo Schaekel and Johnny Dishman volunteer at Arts in the Park yesterday at Blue River Memorial Park. Below, Allison Angeles, Sarai Rawlings and Kadence Beat prepare an activity for the annual event. | photos by KRISTIAAN RAWLINGS
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The Shelbyville Board of Zoning Appeals will discuss setback and sidewalk standards at this week’s meeting, set for Tuesday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m. Mark Stevens has requested variances before building at 401 Foxridge Court. The property is a vacant home lot in a subdivision that was first developed in the early 1990s but not fully built out at that time. No new homes were constructed until a few years ago. Recently, several lots have been sold to different developers and construction companies. Stevens is requesting the home be placed with a 15-foot yard setback instead of a 20-foot setback due to the curved shape of the cul-de-sac lot. There is also a request to exempt the requirement for a sidewalk to be installed. Currently, none of the lots within the same subdivision have sidewalks, and numerous lots have been granted similar variances. All of these previous cases included a condition that if an adjoining property owner installed a sidewalk, the subject property would then be required to install a sidewalk. These conditions were recorded against the property as a written commitment, so that future property owners would be made aware of this stipulation. The planning staff is recommending approval.
The Shelbyville High School cross country teams turned in strong performances Saturday at the Rick Weinheimer Invitational in Columbus. The boys placed 18th out of 21 large-school teams, just four points shy of 14th. Shia Veach led the way with a 27th-place finish, followed by scorers Logan Reinhart, Anderson Mollenkopf, Kendryk Pike and Eden Ortega. Also contributing were Tanner Jones, Kenneth Wright, Jackson Garrett, James Melvin and Lucas Price, several of whom set lifetime personal bests. The girls placed 17th of 21 teams despite missing one of their usual top five runners. America Leon-Torres ran to a 46th-place finish, while Macey Robbins was close behind in 68th. They were joined in scoring by Aerin Garcia-Santiago, Kat Seal and Avery Keller. Elizabeth Nicolas, Belle Orem and Ana Felipe also turned in strong efforts, with six girls overall recording lifetime personal records.
The Shelbyville High School boys tennis team yesterday defeated Hauser 5-0. Singles winners were Reece Prickett, Kashton Laycock and Bram Kolkmeier. Doubles teams Aiden Smith and Wyatt Armstrong, and Aiden Alton and Jack Van Wye, also picked up victories.
Shelby County Reads has selected “Winter Soldier” as its 2025 community read. This year’s theme highlights superheroes, with special events planned throughout the fall. Highlights include a presentation on comic book writer Roger Slifer by his sister, Connie Carlton, at the Grover Center on Sept. 18, a countywide writing contest with an option to create a four-panel comic strip, and an author visit from Rob Harrell, creator of “Batpig and Wink,” who will lead workshops with local youth. In addition, children’s author Janna Matthies will appear at Arts Fest on Sept. 6. More information is available by contacting Shelby County Reads at shelbycountyreads@gmail.com.
Shelby County residents are invited to “Pack Your Local Pantries” during Hunger Action Month 2025. The food drive will take place Saturday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kroger, 1601 E. Michigan Road, Shelbyville. Donations will benefit Shelby County Pantry Pals, with most-needed items including canned chicken and tuna, canned vegetables and fruit (low or no sodium/sugar), oatmeal, cereal, soups, peanut butter, flour, sugar, baking mixes, cooking oil and spices.
HOOSIER NEWS: The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is cutting voucher reimbursement rates for the Child Care and Development Fund. The agency said the cuts are meant to address a $225 million funding gap. The cuts range from 10 percent to 35 percent depending on the child’s age. Infant and toddler voucher rates will drop 10 percent and voucher for children 3 to 5 years old decrease by 15 percent. Vouchers for school-age children from kindergarten to 12 years old will see a 35 percent cut. State officials said the prior administration used temporary COVID-19 relief funding without a “sustainable” plan to keep people on the program once the money was gone. That left FSSA to choose between slashing reimbursement rates for providers or removing children from the program. There are currently 55,000 Hoosier children on the state’s CCDF program — a decrease from December 2024 of 68,000. (Indiana Public Radio)
NATIONAL NEWS: A new study published in Nature Human Behaviour analyzed data on 14.8 million people in Taiwan, Denmark and Sweden, seeking to study people who had one of nine psychiatric disorders. It found that people with a given disorder are more likely than not to marry someone who has the same condition as themselves. (Nature Magazine/Numlock)
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SHS COURIER ARCHIVES
April 1974, Part I
Student Council finalized plans for Flicker Nite. Selections were “Dial M for Murder,” W.C. Fields shorts, a Laurel & Hardy silent short, a Spanky and the Gang short, and three “Tales of Terror” by Edgar Allan Poe. The council also discussed how best to spend the money made from when the Cincinnati Reds had come to Shelbyville in the fall of 1973.
Junior Laurie Cadieux would be traveling to Mexico over the summer to study Spanish. She would live with a host family while attending a university.
Junior Tracy Brunner had been chosen Squib editor for the next year. Mrs. Ferris was the sponsor.
Six SHS groups would perform at the 51st annual May Festival. Sharon Ballard and Mark Gobel would serve as emcees, and solos would be performed by Bruce Everhart, Rhonda Peck, Mike Phillips and Jean Chappelow. Tom Wilkinson was the Lord Mayor. Candidates and escorts were Jane Agler and John Stieglitz, Connie Walton and Kevin McKenney, Sheryl Murnan and Lee Sorrell, Gina Alvis and John Coffin, Becky Jones and Wilkinson, Terri Plymate and Brad Warnecke, and Christi Orem and David Oeffinger. Tina Sexton would be the train bearer, and Scott Brunner the crown bearer.
Spanish teacher Miriam Copeland had reached the mandatory retirement age and would be stepping down at the end of the year.
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This Day in Shelby County History
Local headlines reported on or around this date in Shelby County history. Selections are curated by The Addison Times from Shelby County Public Library Genealogy Department materials.
2005: The Triton Little League girls’ junior division team (ages 14 and under) won the District 12 tournament in Martinsville. The team consisted of players from both Triton Central and Shelbyville school districts. Members of the team were Ashley McQueary, Autumn Gahimer, Lauren Crum, Tara Holland, Andrea Brown, Aleigha Simerly, Melanie Riggs, Anna Arbuckle, Katrina Vannoy, Erika Anders, Kelsey Larkey and Tiffany Robbins. Todd Larkey and Tim Simerly were the coaches.
1995: A newspaper photo showed Robert Theobald feeding two carp bread from his hand from his boat ramp on Shelby Lake. Robert fed the fish from his ramp every day at 8 p.m.
1985: A newspaper photo showed George Arthur beating the heat by sitting outside his gas station at the corner of South Harrison and Fourth streets. Arthur said there was usually a breeze outside the building.
1975: Marian McFadden, 28 W. Mechanic St., a well-known Shelbyville author and former director of state public libraries, died at Major Hospital following an extended illness. McFadden, 71, had also served as director of Indianapolis Public Library. She had retired from the state in 1956. She had served on the Shelbyville Central Schools board of trustees for four years, serving as president for two years. She was named Citizen of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce in 1974 and was the first recipient of the Rotary Club Arts and Humanities Award. She was also author of the book, “Biography of a Town,” a history of Shelbyville. McFadden was a graduate of Columbia University in New York City.
1965: Three prosecution witnesses took the Fifth Amendment 53 times in city court in the trial of James Rickey Sandefur Jr., 226 Goodrich Ave., charged with keeping a gaming house in Shelbyville. It was believed to be the first time in 15 or more years that a witness had refused to answer questions in local court. Bob Good, special judge in the case, took the verdict under advisement.
1955: Shelby County officials and local pharmacists received their first commercial shipments of the Salk polio vaccine from Eli Lilly & Co. The first distributions would be limited to children 5 to 9 years old.
1945: Local bank officials said the new steel pennies would be in circulation for a long time. The mint was working hard to make enough bronze pennies to fulfill demand, they said. Steel pennies had been minted for a time until January 1944. Since then, bronze coins had been made from discarded shell cases and a limited amount of virgin copper.
1935: Dr. R.M. Nigh, a former Shelbyville resident who had practiced medicine at Economy, Indiana, for the last three years, returned home to open an office at 58 West Franklin Street. Dr. Nigh had graduated from Shelbyville High School in 1923 and from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1932.
1925: Shelbyville Business College, owned and operated by W.R. Terhune, opened, with courses offered in business and shorthand.
1915: A resolution had been introduced to City Council in July asking for construction of cement sidewalks on both sides of a small section of South Pike Street. The move, however, was promptly blocked by a remonstrance signed by more than 80 percent of property owners within the section. Area residents then presented the matter again, asking for sidewalks on both sides of Pike from Washington to Van Ave. Only a small percent of property owners of the street would be affected, since most had installed their own already. Thus, the odds of success were good. This created an argument before the council by the remonstrators regarding how to calculate the 80 percent. The remonstrators also disagreed with the city engineer over whether existing brick sidewalks needed to be replaced. The Republican ran the headline, “Pike Street Armies Prepare for Battle.”
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Jill Carrie Clegg Crohan, 67, of Waldron, Indiana, died unexpectedly in her sleep Sept. 5, 2025. Born in Chicago on Aug. 7, 1958, Jill lived a life defined by strength, compassion and unwavering dedication to her family and her nursing career.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Shirley Clegg, and her brother, James David Clegg. Survivors include her spouse, Floyd Lyster of Waldron; her children, Ellen M. Cartee (Joe L. Cartee II) of Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Jason P. Crohan (Shivali Crohan) of Simpsonville, South Carolina; her granddaughter, Raina Jade Crohan; her brothers, Jack Clegg and Jay Clegg; her sister, Julie Lancaster; and many nieces and nephews.
Jill recently celebrated one of life’s greatest joys—becoming a Nonnie—with the birth of her first grandchild, Raina Jade Crohan, in July. Holding Raina for the first time just a few weeks ago brought Jill immense happiness and pride.
She was a lifelong nurse, dedicating more than 40 years to health care. She began her career after earning her licensed practical nursing diploma from the Chicago Board of Education in 1976 and her associate of science in nursing from Marian College in Indianapolis in 1990. She held certifications in wound care, diabetic wound care and was a certified director of nursing administration.
Her career spanned long-term care, critical care, wound care and nurse management. She served as director of nursing at both Heritage House Convalescent Center and Morning Breeze Inc., where she was a nurse leader, caregiver and educator. Jill later worked in adult critical care at St. Francis Hospital and spent more than a decade at Hancock Regional Hospital’s Wound Healing Center, where she led clinical operations and hyperbaric treatments with excellence and compassion.
Jill was the first call for family and friends whenever medical questions or concerns arose. Her knowledge, calm presence and willingness to help were a source of comfort to many.
She approached retirement with the same energy and purpose she brought to her nursing career. Jill discovered new hobbies, including mosaic art, beading and painting, and rediscovered her green thumb with African violets. She found joy in birdwatching—often sharing her favorite bird photos on Facebook with friends and family. Jill loved life on the farm with Floyd, where she was known for her fresh eggs and spoiled chickens.
She loved attending Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre shows and treasured shopping trips to Costco, TJ Maxx and Marshalls with her best friend, Brenda. She enjoyed fishing trips with her brothers and delighted in girls’ trips and international travel to places like Ireland and Greece. She especially loved sharing charcuterie boards and prosecco with friends and family, as well as quiet moments reading her latest fiction series.
Jill was known for her strength—and for never holding back her opinions. Whether you agreed with her or not, you always knew where she stood, and that honesty was part of her charm. She instilled in her children a strong work ethic, a sense of purpose and, in Jason, a passion for nursing that mirrored her own career.
She will be remembered for her strength, humor, and her deep compassion and love for those around her.
There will be no formal services. The family encourages you to share memories in your own way. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Marian University School of Nursing at www.marian.edu/give-to-marian, honoring her lifelong dedication to the nursing profession.