Wednesday, May 1, 2024
OLIVER WITH A ST. JOE TWIST
Practically all 117 St. Joseph Catholic School students were on hand to present Oliver Twist on Tuesday evening. The play, based on the 1838 book by Charles Dickens, delighted the standing-room-only crowd. | photo by JACK BOYCE
Officer Recognized for Heroic Actions
Shelbyville Police Chief Dr. William L. Dwenger presents awards to Officer Devin Moore yesterday. | photo by ANNA TUNGATE
Shelbyville Police Officer Devin Moore was on his way to work in February when he noticed a vehicle off Interstate 74 near mile marker 121, about seven miles north of the city. The vehicle was on fire with the driver and passenger inside. What happened next was captured on camera, and left viewers wondering just how one might respond.
“You never know how you’re going to react,” Mayor Scott Furgeson said at yesterday’s Board of Public Works meeting, where Moore was presented the Lifesaving Award and the Medal of Valor. “It’s the reactions that make the difference.”
To Moore, who had been in his police vehicle and on the way to serve as School Resource Officer at Loper Elementary, the decision to intervene required no extra thought.
“Law enforcement and being a police officer gives me the avenue to help people. Actually doing it, it wouldn’t matter if I was in a police car or my personal car,” Moore told reporter Rafael Sanchez.
Moore rescued both individuals from the SUV, which had left the road and hit a tree. The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver was treated and released from an Indianapolis hospital.
Dr. Dwenger said the driver “without a doubt would not have survived without (Moore’s) actions.”
The Lifesaving Award was presented for Moore’s exceptional courage under extraordinary, adverse circumstances. The Medal of Valor is the highest award given by the Shelbyville Police Department.
NOTEBOOK:
The Shelbyville Board of Public Works yesterday approved a contract to paint and seal the bridge on Lee Blvd. near Blue River Memorial Park. The bridge will be painted a color, or colors, different from its current shade of desert rose. In other bridge news, the board discussed plans to replace the fence that once separated the sidewalk from the North Harrison Street bridge roadway with concete ballards that have black plastic covers. A major part of the fence was destroyed by an errant vehicle. In other action, the board issued the property owners of 639 East Jackson and 1216 Elm St. to appear to discuss nuisance issues.
NATIONAL NEWS: Domino’s sells about 1.5 million pizzas every day, and it’s become more and more profitable owing to a number of deals struck with third-party delivery companies and an emphasis on carryout. Same-store sales are up 5.6 percent year over year. As of last year, your average Domino’s location was putting up $162,000 in profit for a franchisee for the year, up from $139,000 in 2022, and poised to track up to $170,000. (QSR Magazine/Numlock)
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This Day in Shelby County History
2014: Shelby County Commissioners received a $350,000 grant from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority to assist low- and moderate-income families. The grant could be used to perform repairs to homes, including new windows, a new roof and handicap access.
Builders Lumber hosted a grand opening in honor of their new 3,500-square foot addition, which held expanded lawn and garden, and tool and equipment rental.
2004: Shelbyville Police started a “Click It and Lick It” campaign, the idea of Bob Cook, local traffic enforcement officer. If police stopped a motorist for a possible driving violation, any child who was buckled up properly inside the vehicle would be rewarded with a coupon for a free child’s ice cream cone at Dairy Queen. Cloyd Linville, owner of the local DQ, gave police 1,000 coupons for the initiative.
1994: The Shelby County Jail took in nine Indiana Department of Correction inmates from Randolph County, earning the county $315 each day. That brought the jail population to 79, which was 27 more than when the sheriff’s department and inmates moved into the building in early March. Sheriff Mike Herndon said he had nearly enough out-of-county inmates to raise the $500,000 needed for the budget.
1984: Harold Isley of Jackson Township announced the formation of a Shelby County for Mondale committee. Frank Schoenfeld and Sheriff Rick Isgrigg were both on the board.
Former State Sen. William Frazier, a Republican candidate for Congress, spoke at the Shelby County Republican Club meeting. Frazier told the group that in the past 10 years, natural gas prices had risen 200 percent and electricity costs were up 300 percent, while Congress had granted themselves pay raises equaling 20 percent. He pledged to fight for the consumer.
1974: The Cambridge Inn celebrated its first anniversary with a sale: country steak for $2.19.
Steven Cummings was promoted to manager of the local Haag Drug Co. Store, succeeding Warren Richards, who was named a buyer with the company’s Indianapolis home office. Bob Plunkett would become pharmacist of the store.
1964: Linda Kelso and David Burgers were crowned Prom Queen and King at Morristown High School. The Queen’s court included Janet Miller, Brenda Andis, Margaret Gabbard and Sherry Whittington. The Harry Burgess Band from Terre Haute provided the music. Post Prom was held at the Eastside Family YMCA in Indianapolis.
Shelbyville High School senior Terry Wagner was named Shelby County Youth Center Teen of the Month. Terry was a Student Council member, cheerleader and member of the Junior Rec Committee.
1954: Savings deposits at the seven county banking institutions had jumped nearly half a million dollars over the first quarter of 1954, the U.S. Comptroller of Currency reported, from $11.3 million to $11.7 million.
The first of two public phone booths was constructed on Public Square, located on the southwest quadrant.
1944: A fire swept through the Sorden building, 115 N. Harrison St., demolishing virtually all wooden portions of the structure. The fire was discovered by Kenneth Heistand, proprietor of a garage on the first floor. Firemen on the scene first removed a gasoline truck parked in the Heistand garage.
International Harvester in Indianapolis put out a call for Shelbyville “men and women for essential war work.”
1934: Ronald McDonald, of Shelbyville, won the endurance roller skating contest held at the Armory. He skated from 10:44 p.m. Saturday to 1:30 a.m. Monday. During those 26 hours and 30 minutes he took no breaks for any reason. There were 17 contestants, and the majority skated at least 11 continuous hours.
1924: Students at No. 4 school building (Colescott St.) presented a play, “The Three Bears.” Miss Lora Pearson, principal of the school, directed. Lead roles were given to Fred Kearney (Big Bear), Donald Sexton (Middle Sized Bear), William Wilson (Little Bear) and Martha Ann Fleming (Peggy).
Warren T. McCray, former Indiana governor who had just been sentenced in Indianapolis to 10 years in federal prison, passed through Shelbyville on his way to Atlanta to serve his term.
1914: Three people were hurt at the home of Wesley Spellman on South Hamilton St. when a dynamite cap that had been set on the stove by Irvin Spellman, 12, exploded. Two window panes in the room were broken. Wesley, Irvin and Fred Spellman, all children, were injured. Irvin had found the cap in front of his home and took it to the kitchen where his father was reading. Irvin asked his father what the cap was, but Wesley refused to look up from his book. The boys set it on the stove and started to play before the cap exploded.
OBITUARIES
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