http://www.andersonfreepress.net/area/local The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11270 <p> <strong>ANDERSON, IN - </strong>During a time of year that lends itself to widespread celebrations, the Labor Day holiday can quickly turn tragic when an impaired motorist gets behind the wheel.  According to the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI), the 2007 Labor Day holiday period (6:00 p.m. August 31 through 5:59 a.m. September 4) was the second most deadly time of year on Indiana roadways, resulting in 11 alcohol-related fatalities and 18 alcohol-related collisions.  </p> <p> In an effort to reduce the number of deaths and injuries on Indiana roadways during the 2008 Labor Day holiday, the Anderson Police Department will join thousands of fellow law enforcement officers representing more than 250 state and local law enforcement agencies to launch the “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest.” crackdown on impaired driving and motorcycle riding.  This statewide campaign will take place from August 15–September 1.   </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <div class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: right; display: block"> <a href="http://www.daylife.com/image/01dc5rx4Pdbhy"><img style="border: medium none ; display: block" src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01dc5rx4Pdbhy/150x105.jpg" alt="MIAMI - DECEMBER 15: Trooper David Casillas, ..." width="292" height="204" /></a> <p class="zemanta-img-attribution"> Image by <a href="http://www.daylife.com/source/Getty_Images">Getty Images</a> via <a href="http://www.daylife.com">Daylife</a> </p> </div> “As we celebrate this Labor Day it is important to remember that driving is a privilege and not a right.  As responsible drivers we must all assume accountability for our actions before getting behind the wheel,” said Chief Darron Sparks, “I especially want to urge all citizens to be proactive by designating a sober driver before celebrating.  Exercising this simple precaution could ultimately save a life.” <p> Through high-visibility patrols, sobriety checkpoints and other enforcement efforts designed to deter impaired driving particularly during the high-risk nighttime hours, law enforcement will be on the look out for those who drive or operate a motorcycle while impaired or intoxicated during this high-risk time. </p> <p> According to the 2008 Indiana Traffic Safety Alcohol Fact Sheet, published by ICJI, motorcycles, pickup trucks and SUVs were over-represented in alcohol-related collisions statewide in 2007 and were more likely to produce injury.  Data also indicates that male drivers between the ages of 21 and 29 killed in motor vehicle collisions were legally intoxicated 43 percent of the time. </p> <p> <em>Source: City of Anderson Press Release </em> </p> Related articles by Zemanta <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2515599/Random-breath-tests-to-be-introduced.html">Random breath tests to be introduced</a></li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/05/12/edm-cop-charged.html">Off-duty officer charged in alleged drunk driving crash</a></li> </ul> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px"> <img style="border: medium none ; float: right" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=0c36823a-0d29-41dc-9268-b702f83f2b38" alt="" /> </div> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11270#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11270 News Anderson Crime / Police Government Local Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:09:16 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11270 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11522 <p> <strong> By K. Paul Mallasch</strong> </p> <p> This is a daily feature that will highlight local news at <a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local">The Herald Bulletin</a> website. Please note that I'm offering these links as a service to the reader and it is in no way officially connected with The Herald Bulletin.  </p> <p> That said, AFP members should feel free to comment about any of The Herald Bulletin stories found below here at Anderson Free Press. </p> <p> Please let me know if you like this service. </p> <hr /> <br /> <p> *<span class="specialstoryheadline"> <a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_238065111.htmlhttp://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_238065111.html">Greeting from Justin Schneider</a></span> - <em><span style="font-size: xx-small">August 25, 2008 06:51 am</span></em> </p> <p> * <a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_238065413.html">WEATHER: Warm, less humid today</a> - <em><span style="font-size: xx-small">August 25, 2008 06:54 am</span></em> </p> <p> * <strong><a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_238100539.html" class="newsblockheader">Suspect charged with attempted murder in southside shooting</a><span class="newsblockheader"> <em>- </em></span></strong><em>August 25, 2008 10:05 am</em> </p> <p> * <a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_238100539.html">3:15 p.m UPDATE: Attempted murder charge expected in south Anderson shooting</a> - <em>August 25, 2008 10:05 am</em> </p> <p> * <a target="_top" class="newsblockheader"></a><strong><a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_238211414.html">9:13 p.m.: Lapel church demolished</a></strong><em>August 25, 2008 09:14 pm</em> </p> <p> * <strong><a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_238211933.html" target="_top" class="newsblockheader">9:18 p.m.: Man arrested after dispute with neighbor</a> - </strong><em>August 25, 2008 09:19 pm</em> </p> <p> * <strong><a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_238221602.html" target="_top" class="newsblockheader">10:14 p.m.: Lawsuit targets welfare rollout</a><span class="newsblockheader"> <em>- </em></span></strong><em><span class="newdate">August 25, 2008 10:16 pm</span> </em> </p> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11522#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11522 News Anderson Local Media Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:28:02 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11522 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11521 <p> <strong> By K. Paul Mallasch</strong> </p> <p> This is a daily feature that will highlight local news at <a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local">The Herald Bulletin</a> website. Please note that I'm offering these links as a service to the reader and it is in no way officially connected with The Herald Bulletin.  </p> <p> That said, AFP members should feel free to comment about any of The Herald Bulletin stories found below here at Anderson Free Press. </p> <p>  Please let me know if you like this service. </p> <hr /> <br /> <strong>* <a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/breakingnews/local_story_237235143.html">Man Shot Outside 53rd Street Business</a></strong> <span style="font-size: xx-small"><em><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span class="copyright"><span style="font-size: xx-small">August 24, 2008 11:51 pm</span></span></span></em></span><br /> <blockquote> <ul> <li><em>This Story started to break on the <a href="/anderson-forums/anderson-news/10537?page=30">AFP Scanner News Thread</a> around 11 p.m.</em></li> </ul> </blockquote> <strong><br /> <a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_237193559.html"></a></strong><strong>* </strong><strong><a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_237193559.html"><span class="specialstoryheadline">Anderson man escapes serious injury in Rushville</span></a></strong> <span style="font-size: xx-small"><em><span style="font-size: xx-small"> <span class="newdate">August 24, 2008 07:35 pm</span></span></em></span><br /> <br /> <strong>* </strong><a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_237185505.html"><span class="specialstoryheadline">Pendleton's State Street on National Register of Historic Places</span></a> <span style="font-size: xx-small"><em><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span class="newdate">August 24, 2008 06:55 pm</span></span></em> </span><br /> <br /> <strong>* </strong><a href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_237175910.html"><span class="specialstoryheadline">Festival an opportunity to show off diversity, pride</span></a> <span style="font-size: xx-small"><em><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span class="newdate">August 24, 2008 05:59 pm</span></span></em></span> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11521#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11521 News Anderson Local Media Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:16:08 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11521 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11454 The Highland Scots defeated the Anderson Indians 41-12 on Friday August 22, 2008. http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11454#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11454 2008 - Entertainment Anderson Anderson Indians Highland Scots Local Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:03:06 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11454 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11453 The Highland Scots defeated the Anderson Indians 41-12 on Friday August 22, 2008. http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11453#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11453 2008 - Entertainment Anderson Anderson Indians Highland Scots Local Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:03:06 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11453 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11452 The Highland Scots defeated the Anderson Indians 41-12 on Friday August 22, 2008. http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11452#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11452 2008 - Entertainment Anderson Anderson Indians Highland Scots Local Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:03:06 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11452 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11451 The Highland Scots defeated the Anderson Indians 41-12 on Friday August 22, 2008. http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11451#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11451 2008 - Entertainment Anderson Anderson Indians Highland Scots Local Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:03:06 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11451 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11450 The Highland Scots defeated the Anderson Indians 41-12 on Friday August 22, 2008. http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11450#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11450 2008 - Entertainment Anderson Anderson Indians Highland Scots Local Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:03:05 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11450 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11449 The Highland Scots defeated the Anderson Indians 41-12 on Friday August 22, 2008. http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11449#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11449 2008 - Entertainment Anderson Anderson Indians Highland Scots Local Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:03:04 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11449 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11426 <p> <strong>ANDERSON, IN -</strong> The City of Anderson and International Association of Firefighters Local 1262 have reached a contract agreement that will govern regulations and policies for the next three years.  The agreement covers 120 Anderson firefighters, and was chiefly negotiated by Steve Priser, Director of Personnel and Insurance for the City of Anderson, and Matt Cole, President of IAFF Local 1262. </p> <p> Highlights of the new contract include: </p> <ul> <li>-longevity pay parity with Anderson Police Department</li> <li>-wellness discounts for active and retired personnel for smoking cessation, weight loss, and enrollment in wellness programs</li> <li>-three percent annual salary increase for 2009, 2010, and 2011</li> </ul> <p> In regard to the bargaining process, Mayor Kris Ockomon commented, “The negotiation took place over the course of only three meetings.  Both sides came to the bargaining table with a can-do attitude that helped to get the job done very well and in record time.” </p> <p> Chief David Clendenen added, “Considering the plight cities around the State are facing, with some announcing layoffs of essential emergency responders, this contract proves the Mayor’s statement that he supports public safety 100%”  </p> <p> Source: City of Anderson Press Release </p> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11426#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11426 News Anderson Fire and EMS Government Local Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:38:19 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11426 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11416 <p> <strong>ANDERSON, IN -</strong> The fall campaign for United Way of Madison County will officially launch Tuesday, August 26 with a luncheon for volunteers and supporters at 11:30 at the Anderson Country Club. </p> <p> Mike Casuscelli, <a rel="homepage" href="http://www.heraldbulletin.com/" title="The Herald Bulletin" class="zem_slink">The Herald Bulletin</a> Publisher and 2008 Campaign Chair will oversee the program that will announce the 2008 fund raising goal, unveil LIVE UNITED community snapshots and recognize volunteers who will assist with campaign calls over the next two months. </p> <p> The 2008 campaign has a focus on what it means to LIVE UNITED. Participants in the kick-off will be encouraged to purchase a LIVE UNITED t-shirt and then pose in a LIVE UNITED photo booth. The photographs will be used for ad campaigns that will run in The Herald Bulletin on the days following the kick-off.  Everyone is encouraged to participate in the festivities and become part of the LIVE UNITED experience. </p> <p> Other team leaders for the campaign are Mike Collette, OPERATION: Weatherization chair; Mike and JoAnna Collette, Indiana Derby Eve Gala Auction co-chairs; Rod and Ava Autrey, Individual Gifts co-chairs and JoDean Washington, LIVE UNITED School Days chair.  Dozens of additional volunteers make up the campaign committee teams. </p> <p> Additional campaign activities include LIVE UNITED-The Experience, which will allow high school and college age students an opportunity to learn about volunteer service, while utilizing the United Way’s Facebook challenge. OPERATION: Weatherization that will send hundreds of volunteers into the community on November 1 to work on approximately 30 to 50 energy inefficient homes of the elderly and low income families; and LIVE UNITED School Days at participating schools during October. The final campaign report to the community is tentatively scheduled for December. </p> <p> The Tuesday luncheon is hosted by Anderson Rotary Club and underwritten by corporate sponsorships from Community Hospital Anderson, First Merchant’s Bank, Saint John’s Health System, St.Vincent Mercy Hospital and W.R. Duncan &amp; Son, Inc. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> There is no cost to attend the luncheon; however reservations are recommended by Friday, August 22.  For more information or to make reservations, call the United Way office at 643-7493.                                         </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p> Source: United Way of Madison County Press Release </p> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px"> <img style="border: medium none ; float: right" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=471bdf17-beb2-4185-bbef-8b6812a50c09" alt="" /> </div> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11416#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11416 News Anderson Anderson Country Club Anderson LIVE UNITED Anderson Rotary Club Community Groups Community Hospital Anderson Family First Merchant’s Bank Health LIVE UNITED Local Mike Casuscelli Saint John’s Health System St.Vincent Mercy Hospital United Way of Madison County Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:30:28 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11416 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11320 <p> <span style="color: #ff0000">&quot;Crack</span> <span style="color: #ff6600">of</span> <span style="color: #ffcc00"><strong>Dawn&quot;</strong></span>,,, Cocktail Cove Geist Resv. </p> <p> By sunrise I couldn't believe my eyes,,,,Nobody uses curtains anymore. <img src="/modules/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-88.gif" border="0" alt="" />  </p> <p> Night <a rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing" class="zem_slink">fishing</a> is always a kick, super dark, just enought moon glow to show you where to steer the boat. All the fish came off <strong>plastic</strong> <strong>baits</strong>, plastic worms. plastic grub, &amp; a jumbo sinko. </p> <p> Summer pattern,, &quot;find grass find bass&quot;. This grass was more like weeds along the bank. You just start picking the weeds apart. Start at the front,,, then in the middle. Your next cast is &quot;<strong>on</strong>&quot; <strong>the</strong> <strong>bank</strong>,,, slowly work your <a rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_%28luring_substance%29" title="Bait (luring substance)" class="zem_slink">bait</a> into the water as a live critter would do. </p> <p> I also threw a crank bait,, a buzz bait,, and a pop-r. <strong>Nothing. </strong> </p> <p> When<strong> </strong>that<strong> </strong>happens<strong> </strong>you<strong> </strong>go back<strong> </strong>to<strong> </strong>your<strong> </strong>bread<strong> </strong>and<strong> </strong>butter<strong> </strong>bait. The ole plastic <span style="color: #ff9900"><strong>Worm. </strong><span style="color: #000000">Long<strong> </strong>after<strong> </strong>daylight<strong> </strong>the<strong> </strong>worm<strong> </strong>was<strong> </strong>still<strong> </strong>producing. </span></span> </p> <p> <span style="color: #ff9900"><span style="color: #000000">I finished up in some thick moss. I found several bass under the moss  (staying out of the bright sunlight.) If you have a plastic frog it is a the perfect bait to throw on top of the moss. Hop it,, skip it,,, work it,,, along the edge line of the moss.  It's just like <a rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus" class="zem_slink">Santa Clause</a> on your roof, &quot;click&quot; &quot;click&quot; &quot;click&quot; The bass will think <span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>santa</strong></span> <span style="color: #339966"><strong>frog</strong></span> is on their roof.</span></span> </p> <p> <span style="color: #000000">Water temp's are still in the 75* range,,,, (cool nights</span>) In Aug the water should be in the high 80's Also with all the rain we have had,, you can see that the water table in droping. Every lawn sprinkler was on high this morning. </p> <p> I'm heading over to Prairie Creek Thur. or Friday &quot;IF&quot; you can find them,, the small mouth there can <span style="color: #800080"><strong>snap</strong></span> your line faster than you can blink your eye. &amp; <a rel="homepage" href="http://www.bsu.edu" title="Ball State University" class="zem_slink">Ball State</a> College starts this Friday. <img src="/modules/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-135.gif" border="0" alt="" /> </p> <p> More in the <a href="/anderson-forums/entertainment/7208?page=20">Local Fishing Reports</a> thread! </p> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px"> <img style="border: medium none ; float: right" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=c64ace39-7734-46bb-be8c-5a57a1889086" alt="" /> </div> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11320#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11320 2008 - Entertainment Local Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:53:25 -0700 Captain Jack Sparrow 11320 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11311 Unusual dunebuggy on Fairview st. Brent Woolard http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11311#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11311 2008 - Anderson Anderson Local Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:29:39 -0700 andersonbrent 11311 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11306 <p> INDIANAPOLIS, IN -  A horrific collision on Satterfield Road on April 29, 2005 changed Vanessa Richardson’s life forever.  Her bloodied head was smashed through the windshield, knocking out several of her front teeth.  Perhaps most compelling, Richardson is an epileptic who was in remission at the time, and the violent collision triggered the return of epileptic seizures, which she has suffered ever since the accident. The defendant in the case has admitted liability.    </p> <p> The 6-person civil jury trial is scheduled to being this Tuesday, August 19 at 9:00am in the Honorable Jack Brinkman’s Madison Superior Court 2.  The trial is expected to last through Thursday, August 21.  </p> <p> Gregory Laker and John Daly, partners with Cohen &amp; Malad, Indianapolis, are representing Ms. Richardson in the lawsuit.  Vanessa Richardson is a respected Speech Therapist in the Edgewood School District. <br /> </p> <p> Founded in 1968, Cohen &amp; Malad  represents clients from throughout the United States in a variety of legal matters.  For more information, please visit the firm’s website at:  <a href="http://www.cohenandmalad.com/" target="_blank">www.cohenandmalad.com</a> </p> <p> Source: Press Release </p> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11306#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11306 News Anderson Crime / Police Local Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:29:50 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11306 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11303 <p> PENDLETON, IN -  Indiana State Police Troopers arrested two suspects for trafficking with an inmate at the Pendleton prison this weekend.  On Saturday, August 16, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Indiana State Trooper Andrew Sparks was dispatched to the Pendleton Correctional Facility and arrested Stephanie Lewis, 39, Indianapolis, for trafficking with an inmate.   <br /> </p> <p> Trooper Richard Clay was dispatched to the Correctional Industrial Facility at 3:27 p.m. in a separate incident in which he arrested Rebecca Sanchez for trafficking with an inmate.  Both Lewis and Sanchez were transported to the Madison County Jail and incarcerated.  </p> <p> Arrested and Charged: </p> <ul> <li>Stephanie Lewis, 39, Indianapolis</li> <li>Charged with trafficking with an offender</li> <li>Dealing cocaine-27 grams</li> <li>Possession of cocaine</li> <li>Trafficking a controlled substance</li> </ul> <br /> <ul> <li>Rebecca Sanchez, 18, Indianapolis</li> <li>Charged with trafficking with an inmate (Cell Phone and Tobacco)</li> </ul> <br /> <p> Arresting Officers: <br /> </p> <p> Trooper Andrew Sparks- (Charged Stephanie Lewis) </p> Trooper Richard Clay-     (Charged Rebecca Sanchez) <br />   http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11303#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11303 News Crime / Police Local Pendleton Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:34:11 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11303 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11269 <p> ANDERSON, IN - Mayor Kris Ockomon cut the ribbon at a ceremony to officially dedicate the upgraded effluent filter facilities at the Gene Gustin Way Water Pollution Control Plant.  Members of the Board of Works and City Council, which approved this project to improve the city’s infrastructure, joined the Mayor and other guests, including representatives from the design firm Greeley and Hansen and the contractor M.K. Betts Engineering and Contracting, at the August 6th ceremony. </p> <p> At the dedication, Mayor Ockomon remarked, “The vital infrastructure we all depend on every day is something we tend to take for granted.  I am so pleased to celebrate the completion of this renovation project, which will improve the safety, ease and reliability of filter operation and maintenance at our <a rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_pollution" title="Water pollution" class="zem_slink">water pollution</a> control plant and help keep the White River safe and clean.”  He added, “I’m also pleased to be here to publicly thank the people from the public works department who are responsible for keeping our treatment systems functioning and for maintaining our water quality standards.” </p> <p> Rehabilitating the 30-year-old effluent filters was determined to be an effective alternative for meeting state compliance requirements to eliminate the plant’s effluent filter bypass at a much lower capital cost than building new filter facilities at the plant. </p> <p> <img src="/files/u1/DSCN5899__Small_.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="480" align="right" />Upgrades made as part of the $3 million project, which was constructed without a rate increase, include: converting the water-only filter backwash system to a simultaneous air/water backwash; using a more effective coarse sand filter media; replacing hydraulic oil actuators with safer electric actuators; and automating the previously manual controls for the backwash system. Nara Manor, Plant Superintendent, said, “This was an important project for the city, because it helped to alleviate a bottleneck that was impacting the treatment process during heavy rain events. Even though Mother Nature has given the facility a lot of tests this spring with all of the rain, I’m happy to say that the upgraded filters have been able to handle it with no difficulty.” </p> <p> In addition to providing greater operational flexibility and reducing maintenance, the rehabilitated effluent filter facilities will provide more dependable filtration under both dry and wet weather flow conditions to maintain effluent quality to meet <a rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Water_Act" title="Clean Water Act" class="zem_slink">NPDES</a> permit limits. The upgraded facilities have also increased filtration capacity, which will allow the city to meet the future needs for its Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Long-Term Control Plan. </p> <p> <em> Source: City of Anderson Press Release</em> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px"> <img style="border: medium none ; float: right" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=5ec0a8df-1fb6-40f7-ad48-81e89cf3b954" alt="" /> </div> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11269#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11269 News Anderson Government Kris Ockomon Local Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:04:41 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11269 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11262 <span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">By </span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">Lois Rockhill</span></span></strong> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">I saw it again in a recent newspaper article. The reference to buying food from Second Harvest Food Bank. It’s a hard concept to challenge as money does in deed change hands! But here’s the deal. We do not sell donated food. Yes, money is paid out, but donated food is not sold. The transaction is called a shared maintenance fee, sometimes referred to as a handling fee.</span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"><span> </span></span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">The idea is that the pantries, kitchens, shelters, child-care centers, rehab, residential, senior and youth programs that agree to partner with us also agree to help support the cost of getting food. Not buying food, getting food. We become a food solicitation arm of each program. We arrange to find donated food from all over the nation and haul it to our central warehouse. Once it is here, we are mandated to store it and handle it safely. Then we make it available to these east central Indiana charities, most often delivering it to their doors.</span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"> </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">All this costs plenty of money. We have a staff of paid employees, a facility with upkeep and utilities, vehicles demanding repair, maintenance, insurance and fuel, inbound freight costs and much, much more. This year we will spend $900,000 helping local charities feed needy neighbors. </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"> </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">Before you gasp at that cost, think of the return. We are on track to distribute 4.2 million pounds of food and product by the end of 2008. The average wholesale value of this inventory will be more than $6 million! Now back to that handling fee. The cap is set by our national office, Feeding America. They are advised by the IRS. The fee cannot be related to the value of the food. The fee was just increased by a penny and is now capped at 19 cents per pound.</span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"> </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">You do the math. If we could charge the full handling fee on all the products we distribute we would be very close to meeting expenses just from that one source. My job would certainly be a lot easier! But, this cannot happen. The market will not bear it. Pantries and meal programs are hard pressed to come up with enough money to cover a fourth of the approved fee. It falls on Second Harvest to raise the rest.</span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"> </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">With that responsibility, we become not only a food solicitation arm for the charities we serve but a fundraising arm as well. In order to provide food for their programs we must raise most of the money the system was designed for them to contribute! </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"> </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">It’s not such a bad idea. A centralized warehouse and a centralized fundraising function. Just as a food donor finds it most efficient to donate to one entity which disperses the product, a funding organization can do the same. United Way has often chosen that path. By funding Second Harvest, they are supporting local charities that reach out with food assistance to low-income residents throughout their county. </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"> </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">The system works best when the charities involved practice the Waste Not, Want Not concept that John Arnold in Grand Rapids, Mich., worked out. This is the idea that the community would be served best if all pantries relied 100 percent on their regional food bank (that would be Second Harvest here in east central Indiana). </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"> </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">The largest pantries in our eight-county service area are Waste Not, Want Not. They use the dollars from their supporters to pay the handling fees for donated food. That’s it. Whatever Second Harvest has is what they distribute to their clients. The clients choose the items they can use and fill in their meal plans with food stamp purchases or money from their own pockets.</span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"> </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">The result is that everybody’s dollar goes further. If someone donates a dollar to the food pantry, instead of spending it on a can of soup, they can pay a handling fee at Second Harvest and get five or six cans of soup. If we don’t have soup, they could get even more servings of chicken bullion or dry-pack meals because they weigh less! </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"> </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">So that’s the story. Second Harvest Food Bank does not sell donated food. We never have. We never will.</span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"> </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga">Lois Rockhill</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tunga"> is executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana. She can be reached at <a href="mailto:lrockhill@curehunger.org" target="_blank">lrockhill@curehunger.org</a>.</span></em> </p> </span> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11262#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11262 Anderson Community Groups Local Lois Rockhill Opinion Second Harvest Food Bank Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:47:04 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11262 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11261 <p> <strong>By Lois Rockhill</strong> </p> <p> September is Hunger Action Month. How are you planning to participate? Food drive? Fundraising? Volunteering? Guest speaker? It would be a great time to involve your business, church, family, club or service organization in an activity that addresses hunger. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> Feeding America, formerly America’s Second Harvest, has organized Hunger Awareness Day for years. Here in east central Indiana, Second Harvest Food Bank did region wide Tailgate Program distributions in each county to bring awareness to the issue of hunger. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> Hunger in America and here in east central Indiana is not easily recognized. You may see someone ahead of you in the grocery line using food stamps. Your church or community organization may sponsor a food pantry or a soup kitchen. Even so, you may not know that 23,538 households in Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph and Wabash counties spent $5.5 million in food stamps last month in an effort to feed themselves and their children. You may not realize that 9,700 of your neighbors in these eight counties ate food from a food pantry or soup kitchen last week and that 35 percent were under the age of 18. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> Second Harvest Food Bank’s Tailgate Program has opened eyes in each of these counties. When residents in need line up 100 cars deep to wait for food assistance, others in the community take note. Many are shocked. They report back to us that they just did not know that so many in their town were struggling to make ends meet. Area pantries have provided food assistance for years. They have done so behind closed doors. The Tailgate Program held in an open-air venue certainly tells the tale of need. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> This year we are being challenged to take action. Awareness is critical but hunger is a problem that calls for immediate action. This year we want you to do something about it during the month of September. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> Here are some ideas: </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> 1. Phone Tiffany Jones at (765) 287-8698 or e-mail <a href="mailto:foodbank@curehunger.org" target="_blank">foodbank@curehunger.org</a> and register to attend our big day Sept. 17 with a ribbon-cutting at 4:30 p.m., a volunteer activity following, and Dinner on the Dock at 6 p.m. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> 2. Go to our Web site at <a href="http://www.curehunger.org/" target="_blank">www.curehunger.org</a> and locate the list of pantries in each county. Call one and volunteer to help. You can also get this information by dialing 2-1-1. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> 3. Skip Lunch for Hunger — donate the amount of money you would spend on buying lunch for one day, week or month to support the fight against hunger. To do this at work you might distribute copies of the menu from a popular lunch location near the office and have employees donate the cost of the item they would have ordered for lunch. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> 4. Hold a Non-Event — there is nothing better than a function you do not have to attend. You are asking participants to be part of the fight against hunger by not coming to your function and making a donation to feed hungry Americans instead. This idea can be done with business meetings, dinners, auctions, golf tournaments, costume contests, 5K run/walk, all that never actually happen! </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> 5. Jeans Days — If your office has a dress code that prohibits jeans or casual dress, find out if you can have Jeans or Casual Dress Days or month. Ask your employees to pay $5 per day for the opportunity to wear their jeans to work. Donate the proceeds to help feed hungry Americans. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> 6. Pledge 100 percent employee participation in your local United Way/Fund campaign. Check the list of programs, agencies and initiatives funded to see how hunger is addressed. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> I know this is only a start. There are many actions you can take to end hunger in your community. We all know that good jobs, decent benefits, dependable transportation, affordable health care, nurturing childcare, responsible eldercare are all components to self-sufficiency. As our communities work toward these necessary accomplishments, we must ensure that our neighbors have enough to eat. Please reach out. Take action. Raise your voice against hunger. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <em>Lois Rockhill is executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana. She can be reached at <a href="mailto:lrockhill@curehunger.org" target="_blank">lrockhill@curehunger.org</a></em> </p> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11261#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11261 Anderson Community Groups Hunger Action Month Local Opinion Second Harvest Food Bank Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:43:37 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11261 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11196 <p> ANDERSON, IN - Governor Mitch Daniels joined executives from Nestlé USA today to announce the company's plans to expand its 880,000 square-foot beverage production facility here, creating nearly 135 new jobs by 2011. </p> <p> The company, which is on track to begin full production at the central Indiana facility later this year, will invest $200 million to add additional beverage production and distribution capacity at the 190-acre site located approximately 45 miles northeast of Indianapolis. </p> <p> &quot;Nestle is making an even bigger commitment to Anderson and to Indiana. The company had a resounding response from Hoosiers who want to work at the new Anderson plant, and now before it even opens, the company is choosing to invest again in the facility and create new jobs for Hoosiers,&quot; said Daniels. </p> <p> The expansion comes two years after the company initially announced plans to site its $359 million Nestlé Nesquik Ready-to-Drink and Nestlé Coffee-mate Liquid manufacturing and distribution center in the Indiana city.  As part of the latest expansion, the company will hire engineering staff, technical support specialists, production associates and warehouse staff. </p> <p> &quot;We're very excited to be expanding in Anderson,&quot; said Michael Strong, factory and facility manager, Nestlé Anderson.  &quot;We are deeply appreciative to the State of Indiana and the City of Anderson for working with us during the evaluation period and making this announcement possible.&quot;   </p> <p> The Anderson, Ind. facility is one of 51 manufacturing operations and six distribution centers the company operates in the United States.  A subsidiary of Vevey, Switzerland-based Nestlé S.A., Nestlé USA employs more than 14,000 across the country.  </p> <p> The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered Nestlé USA up to $1.325 million in performance-based tax credits and up to $50,000 in training grants based upon the company's job creation plans.  The state will also fund improvements to roads serving the expanded facility, including the nearby I-69 interchange.  The city of Anderson will provide the company with property tax abatement, construct two water towers to accommodate the increased demand from the facility and assist the company in recruiting new employees. </p> <p> &quot;The community is using its utility capacity and skilled workforce to fill the needs of today's high growth companies.  We are thrilled with Nestlé's expansion and the jobs and investment it represents,&quot; said Anderson Mayor Kris Ockomon. </p> <p> Nestle's decision to expand its beverage-making operation in central Indiana is the fourth major investment in the state by the company since July 2006.  In August 2007, Nestle Waters North America announced plans to locate a new Nestle Pure Life brand water bottling operation in the central Indiana city of Greenwood, creating more than 60 new jobs. That announcement followed a June 2007 decision by the company to invest more than $30 million in its Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream® facility in Fort Wayne, creating 68 new jobs.  In July 2006, Nestlé® announced its plans to build a combined production and distribution facility in Anderson for its Nestlé® Nesquik® Ready-to-Drink and Nestle® Coffee-Mate® products.  </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt"> &nbsp; </p> <p> Source: Governor's Office Press Release </p> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11196#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11196 News Anderson Anderson Nestle Business Kris Ockomon Local Mitch Daniels Nestle Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:40:55 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11196 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11192 <p> ANDERSON, IN - Richard Mort and the Mort Family have been selected by Mayor Kris Ockomon as recipients of the Chief Anderson award, the highest honor bestowed by the City of Anderson.  The Chief Anderson award recognizes extraordinary leadership that serves to positively impact Anderson’s future.  </p> <p> “Mr. Mort and his family were instrumental in shepherding development to the Southern edge of Anderson, beginning with the location of Interstate 69, and continuing even today with the announcement of Nestlé’s expansion,” Mayor Ockomon explained. </p> <p> Mort lives and does business along the corporate boundary between Anderson and Pendleton; an area which has undergone extreme change in recent years due to development along the I-69 corridor.  Changing corporate boundaries and development patterns could make this area ripe for controversy, but Mr. Mort has served as a leader, peacemaker, and respected advisor to others in the area who are grappling with the changes brought about by economic development projects at The Flagship and continuing to the west.  </p> <p> Ockomon added, “Mr. Mort combines business acumen with the quiet, honest leadership that holds projects together.  Many of Indiana’s economic development projects are won or lost with the grassroots farm families of our rural areas, frequently led by people like Mr. Mort who have a long range view of community betterment and the respect of their peers which give them the direction and the ability to lead.” </p> <p> Mr. Mort and his wife Ellen, now deceased, were the largest landowners in the area where Nestle today announced a 180 million dollar expansion project to its $369 million dollar facility.  Mary Starkey, friend of the Mort Family and director of the Corporation for Economic Development during the Nestle project, said, “The local project team was comprised of over 100 individuals from all walks of life, and Mr. Mort was chief among them.  Unquestionably, that project could not have happened in Anderson without the patience and commitment shown by Mr. Mort and his wife, Ellen, who trusted in the vision of a successfully transitioning economy and who shared that trust and vision with others.”    </p> <p> The Chief Anderson award is a cast bronze work of art created by local artist Ken Ryden.  Some past recipients of the Chief Anderson award are: Chuck Staley, Thomas McMahan, Bill McCarty, Ray McCaslin, Norma Schlossberg, Bill Hardacre, and Bill and Gloria Gaither. </p> <p> <img src="/files/u1/New_0820002.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" /> </p> <p> <img src="/files/u1/Dick___Ellen_Mort0001.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="640" /> </p> <p> <em>Source: City of Anderson Press Release </em> </p> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11192#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11192 News Anderson Chief Anderson award Government Kris Ockomon Local Richard Mort Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:02:32 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11192 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11191 <p> ANDERSON, IN - Indiana State Police Trooper Kendrick Donald’s K-9 &quot;Murtaugh,&quot; who took to the streets in June, assisted the Anderson Police Department on Friday, August 8th with a large cocaine arrest.  </p> <p> Murtaugh alerted on a U-storage bin in the 3700 block of MLK in Anderson.  The amount of drugs located by Murtaugh was 275 grams of crack cocaine, and 235 grams of cocaine.  Officers also recovered $2000 in currency, one handgun, and two ballistic vests.   <br /> </p> <p> Murtaugh is one of 27 Indiana State Police K-9’s utilized throughout the state. Each Indiana State Police K-9 is trained in drug detection, tracking, evidence searches, building searches, and controlled aggression.  </p> <p> Arrested and charged: <br /> </p> <ul> <li>Willie Earl Gosha, Jr., 29, Anderson</li> <li>Possession of cocaine</li> <li>Dealing cocaine</li> </ul> http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11191#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11191 News Anderson Crime / Police Local Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:58:08 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11191 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11184 Media Frenzy @ Sams Wonder Bar 8-9-8 Elwood, Indiana http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11184#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11184 Elwood Local Media Frenzy Media Frenzy @ Sams Wonder Bar 8-9-8 Elwood, Indiana Sams Wonder Bar Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:58:10 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11184 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11183 Media Frenzy @ Sams Wonder Bar 8-9-8 Elwood, Indiana http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11183#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11183 Elwood Local Media Frenzy Media Frenzy @ Sams Wonder Bar 8-9-8 Elwood, Indiana Sams Wonder Bar Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:58:10 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11183 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11182 Media Frenzy @ Sams Wonder Bar 8-9-8 Elwood, Indiana http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11182#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11182 Elwood Local Media Frenzy Media Frenzy @ Sams Wonder Bar 8-9-8 Elwood, Indiana Sams Wonder Bar Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:58:10 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11182 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11181 Media Frenzy @ Sams Wonder Bar 8-9-8 Elwood, Indiana http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11181#comments http://www.andersonfreepress.net/crss/node/11181 Elwood Local Media Frenzy Media Frenzy @ Sams Wonder Bar 8-9-8 Elwood, Indiana Sams Wonder Bar Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:58:09 -0700 kpaul.mallasch 11181 at http://www.andersonfreepress.net