Thursday, March 7, 2024
Aspire Award Recipients Recognized
Coulston Elementary student Myleth Luis-Julian receives an Aspire Award last night from Coulston principal Nicole Terrell. Photos of all recognized students, staff and faculty in attendance are posted on the Shelbyville Central Schools’ social media page. The SCS Aspire Awards recognizes students with disabilities who show exemplary qualities of accomplishments and recognizes support staff, educators and community members who go above and beyond to support students with disabilities.
The following recipients were recognized at the program held in Shelbyville High School’s Breck Auditorium.
Bear Strong Awards: Jackson Heller (SHS), Emina Mrkaljevic-Abbott (SMS), Zayvion Gilbert (Loper), Noah Johnson (Hendricks), Brylee Burton (Coulston), Wyatt Butler (Golden Bear Preschool), and Jocelyn Meggenhofen and Da’Kaya Wells (Especially Kidz)
Dream Chaser Awards: Cassie Reynolds (SHS), Kendra Knopp (SMS), Mathias Richardson (Loper), Camryn Bolin (Hendricks) and Myleth Luis-Julian (Coulston)
Unified: Ben Ottersbach, Brock Kuhn and Ethan Lambert (SHS), Allie Meulen and Maranda McKinney (SMS), Presten Rash and Brynlee Jenkins (Loper), Pyetro Ribeiro-Camilo and Ava Collins (Hendricks) and Addy Scifres, Robert Redd and Eli Redd (Coulston)
Support Staff: Kathy Smith (SHS), Brittany Sinclair and Brianna Sinclair (SMS), Elaine Turcios (Loper), Paul Stevenson (Hendricks), Christy Staker (Coulston), Maricel Brennan (GBP), Genie Shelton (E-KZ) and Jessica Smith and Christina Decker (GBP)
Educator: Royce Carlton (SHS), Heather Miller (SMS), Abby Mullen (Loper), Alexa Kappus (Hendricks), Erica Myers (Coulston) and Diane Seals (GBP)
Community Recipients: Brian Baker/Builders Lumber & Hardware, the Don Collins Award; Michelle Karmire, the Hal & Sam Gambrel Award
DG Market Clears BZA Hurdle
The Shelbyville Board of Zoning Appeals on Tuesday approved a developer’s special exception request, paving the way for a DG (Dollar General) Market store to be built at E. McKay Road and Twin Lakes Blvd. at the entrance to the Twin Lakes subdivision. The request had been continued at February’s meeting to allow planning staff time to consider the input of many individuals who expressed concerns about aspects of the proposed development.
The approval included multiple stipulations.
“There are a lot of safeguards in place; I think as many as can be without pushing them to a limit where they just build it,” Adam Rude, city plan director, said, referencing the fact a standard Dollar General, without the amenities of a DG Market, could be built on the site without any zoning exemption requests.
Stipulations included hours of operation and matching the architectural standards of the neighborhood homeowners association. A right-in-only access point will also be available from McKay Road. Vehicles will exit onto Twin Lakes Blvd.
The developer will now submit plans to city officials for technical review.
NOTEBOOK:
NATIONAL NEWS: Delta Airlines has hiked the price of a passenger’s first checked bag by 17 percent, increasing the price from $30 to $35 per bag. That makes Delta the third American carrier to do so in a rather short period of time, following moves by American Airlines and United Airlines just three days apart in February, which in turn followed Alaska and JetBlue hiking their prices for checked bags slightly earlier. In 2022, U.S. airlines made $6.8 billion in checked bag fees. (Associated Press/Numlock)
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This Day in Shelby County History
2014: Indiana Grand Casino and Indiana Downs underwent remodeling in preparation for its 13th season. A name change was also in place, to Indiana Grand Racing & Casino. Both the casino and track were doing well, with business up 5.7 percent in 2013.
2004: B&H Electric and Supply, 1127 Miller Ave., celebrated its grand opening with members of the Chamber of Commerce and city officials.
Local sculptor Rita Jackson brought back her ceramic bunnies and other creatures for a show At the Richmonds on E. Michigan Road. Jackson had started her business in Rays Crossing over 20 years prior. Her work had appeared on “The Today Show.”
1994: Shelbyville won the boys sectional with a 76-32 win over Scecina, giving coach John Heaton his 9th sectional title in 11 years at Shelbyville. Golden Bears on The Shelbyville News’ All-Sectional team were Danny Moore, Chad Adkins and Collin Hassebroek. Local players who were honorable mention were Jeff Marcum and Kevin Crim, Morristown, and Trent Childress, Triton Central.
1984: Shelbyville Junior High School’s eighth grade basketball team finished 15-0 on the season. Team members were Tom Schooley, Kevin McNulty, Mark Murphy, Jim Sleeth, Todd Ray, Steve Meyers, Tony Martin, Craig Laker, Jim Wilkins, Alan Coffey, Brad Kehrt, Brad Davis and Roger Hickman. Statisticians were David Phares, Jim Pence and Rob Nolley. Duane Milburn was coach.
Coulston’s fifth grade team won the regular season city basketball championship, finishing 13-3. Team members were Mike Murnan, Chris Dovidas, Butch Lipperd, Brian McNulty, Matt McNeely, Mike Carroll, Craig Baker, Herbie Rice, Steven Hughett, Alva Catt, Steve Collings and Kevin Stanley.
1974: A car backed into the Home Appliance building, owned by Robert Wortman, in Morristown. Roberta Longwell was attempting to back into a parking space and her foot slipped off the brake pedal onto the accelerator. Two large plate glass windows were broken and there was damage to a wall.
1964: Sixth grade class members of Addison Township showed off their six-string marionettes made by members of the class at an art exhibit in the school gym. A newspaper photo showed Greg Brannin, Scott Argue, Jim Linne and Debbie Wells showing off their marionettes.
1954: Sandman Brothers offered 24” screen Motorola TVs with a mahogany finish console for $299 (approximately $3,500 in today’s money) plus your old TV set.
1944: Pvt. Hamlin Welling, former Shelbyville resident, won the signal corps photographic center picture of the year award at a ceremony in New York, where he was stationed. His picture, entitled “Peace on Earth”, was a photographic study of service men and women at worship before the Shrine of the Virgin in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.
1934: The Shelbyville Police Department purchased dusting powders and other modern equipment for use in taking fingerprints and transferring prints from objects on which they were left, such as on walls, pieces of furniture and paper.
City Council announced plans to oil the streets in late spring. The council also planned to purchase a roof for the shelter house under construction at Morrison Park, but funds were not yet available for such a project.
1924: Two boys playing on the old cannon in City Park discovered two full-sized quart bottles of white “mule” whiskey. The boys immediately proceeded to City Hall and notified police, who accompanied the boys to the park and “procured the hidden wet goods,” The Republican said. The intoxicants were of “the poorest quality,” the paper said.
The Shelbyville Hatchery Company opened at 15 West Hendricks Street. C.I. Fishel was president of the company and Fred Girton, Flat Rock, was general manager. An electric incubator, with capacity for 15,000 eggs, had been installed.
1914: Douglas Tailoring, in the Cheney block of Public Square, held a “$5 Pair of Pants Free” give-away promotion. They advertised over 1,000 styles available. “We are the originators - others poor imitators,” the ad read.
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