Princeton Daily Clarion from Princeton, Indiana • A2

A2 Princeton Daily Clarion Friday, December 14, 2018 FROM THE FRONT PAGE Since that time, HT Painting Powder Coating has been adding color to wire angels. Wallace said he has no idea where they have all ended up, but anywhere they are can be traced back to his shop. Wallace had no hesitation when it came to bringing awareness to the various types of cancer. The disease has affected multiple people in his family and he knows that impact unique to them. has touched nearly everyone in this world in some form or Wallace said.

Wallace and Oakley have also started to explore the idea of larger steel angels that can be used for outdoor decoration or as holders for flowers. Custom Iron Works, LLC started out working in the craft circuit before custom design requests sent them on a different business path. One of the pieces they would sell in the beginning was a steel angel holder for a flower pot or candle. Oakley saw one of those angels on their Facebook page and bought it as a present. That led Wallace to discussing how he could prepare some of the larger angels for donations.

Custom Iron Works, owned by Miranda and Earl Parker, agreed to donate five steel angels for powder coating. Miranda said she lost her mother to cancer and she loved the idea that the colors would correlate to the different types of cancer. are always willing to help out and support those who are battling she said. thought it was a very unique The steel for each angel does come with a cost, so Wallace hopes to put some out online to see if there is a larger interest past the ones he plans to donate. He said if anyone is willing to donate the steel, Earl is willing to make them.

Of the five currently planned, one will go the Christ The King, and Wallace hopes the others will be sent to organizations like Riley Hospital. But the first is headed for Tom Kinnaman, who sure see Christmas this year. already prepared detailed notes of how to create the smaller, wire angels and asked if Wallace is willing to take over for him once he is gone. started out as one person, one Wallace said. think done about 200 and something of (the angels).

We know where they all are, but if you see one like this with color on it, it came from Indiana. A little town of 400 something ANGELS FROM THE FRONT PAGE If you get a new big screen television for Christmas, or you need to get rid of a ratty old sofa, the yard on County Road 175 East accepts residential large household items such as furniture and appliances (no refrigerators or humidifiers), along with brush (which can include real Christmas trees) and yard and tree trimmings. The compost and trash yard also takes some of larger recycle items such as tires (small fee) and metal that regular sites cannot handle. No construction debris is accepted. Other than tires, some television sets and some monitors, this service is free to Gibson County residents, according to the website.

The facilities accept business or out-of-county trash or recyclables. For the Christmas holiday season, all sites will be closed only on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 24 and 25 for Christmas and Tuesday, Jan. 1, for New Day. All sites operate normal days and hours starting Wednesday, Dec.

26 and Wednesday, Jan. 2. The Princeton County Recycle Center regular hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m.

to 3 p.m. Haubstadt site, County Road 1100 South, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Owensville site, West Mill Street, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oakland City site, Madison at West Oak Street, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m.

to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hazleton site, west 2nd Street, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

site, County Road 150 South, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Somerville site, County Road 600 South, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Johnson site, West Ind.

165, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fort Branch site, County Road 650 South, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Patoka site, North West Street, Tuesdays from 10 a.m.

to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Compost Yard County Road 175 East, Tuesday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information about the solid waste district, visit gibsoncountysolidwaste.com/ RECYCLE FROM THE FRONT PAGE state line about 60 miles east of Indianapolis. The school has about 650 students from grades 5 through 8. Bursten said that because of the tip, the responding officers who they were looking for, they confronted him, he shot out the glass door, entered the school and the officers Richmond Police Chief Jim Branum told the Palladium-Item that police and school officials were notified that an armed person was heading to the school with the intention of hurting people. Branum said the boy eventually ended up on the second floor of the south stairwell, where there was an exchange of gunfire before the teen took his own life. Bursten declined to release information about who had placed the call that tipped off authorities, but he said a local family is now suffering.

was a loss of life and always a tragedy and hopeful that that family can get through that, and glad nobody else he said. The Palladium-Item reported that Indiana State troopers and officers with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had gathered at a residence in Richmond believed to be the home. Crime-scene tape surrounded the front yard, which had an inflatable Santa and reindeer outside. By 9 a.m., Richmond Community Schools had declared the school building secure. Students from the middle school were then bused to Richmond High School for parents to pick them up.

Richmond Mayor Dave Snow praised police officers and school officials for their quick, potentially life-saving actions, saying they everything right But he called the shooting another example of gun irresponsibility, poor mental health awareness and that too often leads to youths committing school shootings. is only going to continue until concrete action is taken so that guns do not fall into the hands of our Snow said. irresponsibility that leads to a child walking into a school with a gun is GUNFIRE County Lines SGSC trustees to meet Dec. 18 FORT BRANCH South Gibson School Corp. trustees meet at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Gibson Southern High School. Township board meets Dec. PRINCETON Patoka Township Advisory Board meets at 4:15 p.m. Dec.

19 at the Patoka Township Trustee Office on Outer South Main Street in Princeton. EGSC trustees meet Dec. 17 OAKLAND CITY East Gibson School Corp. trustees meet in public session at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec.

17, at the Wood Memorial High School lecture room. The agenda includes updates of school bus contracts, internet safety policy updates, discussion of the Toyota Teamwork Classic tourney, teacher appreciation grants, staffing actions and other items. Prior to the open meeting, the board meets in special closed session at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the central office conference room to receive information about and to interview prospective employees. Oath of office ceremony will be Dec.

31 PRINCETON Newly and re-elected officials will be sworn in at 1 p.m. Dec. 31 in Gibson Circuit Court. Circuit Judge Jeffrey Meade will be sworn in by a senior judge on Dec. 27.

Renewable Resources holiday trash collection schedule set PRINCETON Following a holiday, all trash pickup days in Princeton will be pushed back one day, to include trash pickup on Saturday. Christmas Day Tuesday, Dec. 25 Closed trash will be picked up on Wednesday, Dec. 26, and trash will be picked up on Thursday, Dec. 27.

trash will be picked up on Friday, Dec. 28, and trash will be picked up on Saturday, Dec. 29. Youth center offers after-school activities PRINCETON Gibson County Youth Center, 129 S. Hart is open to boys and girls for after-school activities from 3-6 p.m.

Monday through Thursday. Children may participate in basketball, billiards, PlayStations and Study Station. Parents should register their children for the free program. GREENWOOD Greenwood wants to allow the property taxes it collects in an economic development area near the mall to be used in partnerships with the county, townships, libraries and schools. Greenwood city council members are considering making changes to the Fry Road and U.S.

31 economic development plan, which would allow for collaborative projects, where city tax dollars fund specific projects for the schools or library, for example. It is the only one of four TIF districts in the city that does not allow for these kinds of partnerships. In a tax increment financing, or TIF, district, property taxes on any new developments are set aside for infrastructure and economic development projects for the city, rather than being spread out among the other governmental agencies. Indiana law allows for TIF districts to collect taxes for 25 years. The goal of the collaborative projects program is to give the redevelopment commission the ability to work with and help fund projects that would be mutually beneficial to both the city and other governmental agencies that have proper ty overlapping with the TIF district, including Johnson County, the Solid Waste District, Pleasant Township, Greenwood Public Library and Greenwood Community Schools, said Greg Wright, city controller.

impetus to make this change came out of meetings between city leadership and leadership of the three school districts that have students in Wright said. options were being explored for ways to allow the city to partner with the schools to find ways to benefit our constituencies, city staff concluded that the Fry Road TIF district did not include the language to support the use of funds for the collaborative projects Other cities also use TIF funds to pay for certain projects for other governments. For example, the city spent $500,000 out of its TIF district in 2014 to purchase Chromebooks for Franklin students. The Fry Road and U.S. 31 TIF district covers 286 acres and includes all properties in and around the Greenwood Park Mall, as well as those located on the west side of U.S.

31, and in the Spring Hill neighborhood south of Fry Road. Although the smallest of the four TIF districts, it, along with the Eastside TIF which encompasses more than 6,100 acres, generate the most money, Wright said. not having it included in the collaborative project program, the (redevelopment commission) was much more limited in the available funding for he said. Recently, the Fry Road and U.S. 31 TIF was used to pay for improvements along Madison Avenue and to purchase and demolish the former Table, 1265 North Madison Avenue, Wright said.

This particular TIF district was established in 1998. Originally, it focused primarily on investments and road improvements, according to city documents. In 2014, the city changed the economic development plan to include new streets and public trails. Last year, they changed it again to include improvements to Madison Avenue, particularly for pedestrian and bicycle traffic near the mall. This new change has already been approved by the economic development commission and plan commission, and will now have to go through two rounds of votes at the city council.

If approved both times, the change could take affect on Jan. 7. Greenwood wants option to fund school, library, other projects through TIF taxes BY JAMES VAUGHN DAILY JOURNAL OF JOHNSON COUNTY KOKOMO The man accused of stealing a calf from an educational program at Maconaquah School Corp. is being sued for allegedly stealing around $400,000 from the funeral home where he once worked. Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home in March filed a civil suit against longtime employee Todd Burns, who once served as a deputy coroner in Miami County, for allegedly writing company checks to himself and his family for around four years.

The lawsuit also alleges Burns, without permission, started to contact clients from the Peru funeral home who had outstanding accounts and offered them substantial discounts on their bill if the clients paid him in cash. Burns received at least $35,000 in cash from these clients, according to the suit. The funeral home is now asking a judge to rule that Burns pay back the money he allegedly stole. In October, Howard County Superior I Judge William Menges, who is serving as a special judge in the case, issued a preliminary injunction to freeze the bank accounts of Burns and his family to ensure they could not access or spend the money they allegedly took, according to court documents. the funds stolen from Flowers-Leedy are easy to hide or otherwise dispose of, Flowers-Leedy believes that without an order from the Court, defendants will transfer or otherwise dispose of these funds, making it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to subject such accounts to the lawsuit says.

Menges has not yet ruled on whether Burns must pay back the money. Indiana State Police confirmed Monday they are conducting a criminal investigation into theft at the funeral home, but could not name suspects. Burns has not been criminally charged in the incident. The lawsuit provides the backdrop to a case in which police say Burns stole a calf from the Maconaquah Cattle a program in which kids raise cattle housed at the school that are then processed and served for school lunches. The 47-year-old volunteered with the program and checked on the cattle on weekends, according to a probable cause affidavit.

On Nov. 23, a teacher with the district reported Burns came to his residence and confessed he had taken the calf after first claiming the cows had escaped from their pen over the weekend. Burns said he needed the money to pay a bill and sold the calf at the Rochester Sale Barn. Investigators later learned the calf was valued at $821. Burns was arrested on Nov.

27 on a warrant for one felony charge of theft and incarcerated at the Miami County jail, where he bonded out the same day. The stolen steer was donated last year by the Merritt family and was scheduled for processing in February, according to school officials. Maconaquah Superintendent James Callane said the theft made him for our students, who work very hard for this Funeral home sues alleged cow thief for embezzlement BY CARSON GERBER KOKOMO TRIBUNE 100 North Gibson St. P.O. Box 30 Princeton, IN 47670 812-385-2525 Subscription Rates 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months EZ Pay Carrier 41.00 75.00 142.00 Motor 41.00 75.00 142.00 Mail-Area 41.00 75.00 142.00 Mail-Other 79.75 133.75 243.25 E-Edition 29.00 53.00 79.00 Subscription Service E-Z Pay Plan: Automatically renew your Clarion subscription by credit card or checking account at our lowest rate.

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