The Perry County News from Tell City, Indiana (2024)

September 17, 1998

Publication:

The Perry County Newsi

Location:

Tell City, Indiana

Issue Date:

Thursday, September 17, 1998

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1

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TELL CITY INDIANA 50 CENTS 70 YEARS Teen trio charged with weekend auto thefts NEWS IN BRIE of Tell City Police Chief David AH LIESTYLE1B SPORTS6A THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17 1998 THURSDAY CELINE KELLY MARK 70TH ANNIVERSARY the north side Arrested and lodged in the Perry County Jail were Chad Ramsey and Bryan Kames both of 144 14th St and Dallas Mahaney of 1220 Reubens St Mahaney 18 is charged with three counts of auto theft and a sin gle count of theft all Class felonies Kames 19 is charged with one count of possession of stolen property also a Class felony as is 18 year old Ramsey who also faces a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession Tell City Police Chief David aulkenberg said the first event in what would total more than 1 2 hours of following up on one stolen vehi cle after another began at approxi mately 11:30 pm Monday Off duty Tell City Police Detective Greg Cannelton seeks volunteers for in the side of the vehicle apparently caused by someone kicking the panel Police photographed the dent and a noticeable shoe print Tell City Police Officer Marty Haughee later detained Karnes while he was walking near the inter section of 12th and DeKalb streets While questioning the teen he noticed a vehicle driven by Ramsey drive past the scene with a partially obscured Virginia tag Police stopped the vehicle near 14th and Watt streets and while questioning Ramsey discovered a small quantity of what they believed to be marijuana aulkenberg said officers paid particular notice to shoes which matched the dent on the stolen car At 1:56 am police received a call that a vehicle had driven TEEN page 16A col 5 KWKMN RESERVE OOTBALL TELL CITY LOSES TO BOONVILLE 16 0 ON MONDAY NIGHT By VINCE LUECKE Staff Writer TELL Three Tell City teenagers charged Tuesday with par ticipating in the theft of no less than three vehicles last weekend remained behind bars Wednesday while police worked on 'possible connections to other recent thefts on Hendershot reported that a gray 1983 Pontiac had struck a utility pole along Brushy ork Road Hendershot also caught sight of a male subject walking away from the scene and gave a description to dis patchers A check of the registration found the vehicle was reported stolen on Sunday by its owner Danny Zuelly of 1628 Ninth St in Tell City Along with damage from the accident and a ripped out dash board police observed a large dent 'siyme tjjievfesS TELE Car thieves often have too easy of a time in finding Dauby Lane to close for bridge work next week TELL Dauby Lane will be closed on Sept 23 and 24 according to a spokesperson for the Perry County Highway Dept The road will be closed to allow the bridge to be widened If inclement weather delays con struction the closure may con tinue one or more days B8aid AH three vehicles stolen last week had been parked with keys A Witi LZ 5 "I want to come down on persons for having their cars stolen 2 TNit these we pretty easy targets" he saidiW 5 Vehicle ownere are often lulled into a false sense of security by ri living in small safe communities Even with keys removed car doors often left Mocked and valuables left in plain view "vA Police encourage motorists to keep vehicles locked at all times and nos to leave purses merchandise or other items in sight Instead they A should locked in tnrnks and removed promptly when arriving A' hfWtig 4 'J's i 3 Wquld vy tmeves who may not be interested in stealing a vehicle soften pilfer through glove boxes and reach under seats in search of iValuables' Stereos portable compact disc players and mugjc cassettes and CDs )ire often high on the list of items taken" 7 "The best advice is to keep the vehicle said aulkenberg! few stepswill often prevent a crime from taking The Perry County NEWS rr 1 I imple ilp1 i three boards Cannelton City Council met Monday for a brief meeting Agenda items dis cussed included: Appointments are needed to the Cannelton Economic Development Commission the Cannelton Public Library Board and the Cannelton Housing Authority Anyone wishing to be appointed to one of these boards should contact a council mem ber Mayor Mark Gerlach or ClerkTreasurer Pat Glenn Appointees must be residents of Cannelton Roof repairs have begun on the old Cannelton gymnasium Gerlach and Street Superintendent Greg Glenn will be inspecting city streets to determine where patches are needed Patching will begin later this month Gerlach said Cannelton school board president Gary Zellers plans to bring a new agreement proposal for the schools and city regarding the new Cannelton Community Center to the next meeting Maurice Shephard approached the council seeking maintenance work on River Road The county highway department said the City of Cannelton is responsible for the road and the city said the road has never been adopted Neither party is maintaining the road ire destroys Anderson wp hay bam on Saturday ST Anderson Township volunteer firemen worked for nearly 1 2 hours Saturday to extinguish a barn and its contents of approximate ly 200 round bales of hay at the Albert Hagedorn farm on Abbott Road near St Marks Anderson Twp volunteer fireman Chuck Parker said a neighbor reported the fire at approximately 9 am iremen arrived within minutes and worked to extinguish the bam and the hay 1 A nearby pond provided water which was trucked to the blaze by tankers Parker said the biggest chal lenge was trying to extinguish the tightly wound bales of hay Lite Excavating of Evanston arrived with a large track hoe that helped unravel and aerate the bales Parker said the bam was demolished Central Perry Volunteer ire Dept also assisted with its tinker truck and manpower iremen leave the scene until nearly 8:30 pm INSIDE i Obituaries 1 RECORDS 2A RURAL NEWS 4A 10A SPORTS 6A 7A CLASSIIEDS 11A 14A VOL 108 NO 4924 PAGES HMdraiNno with! 7 IISOYINK1 Second Habitat for Humanity home now under construction 11 11 MH 'r i I uOk 1 4 'I I i Is I i 4 rTi LLL feL PHOTOS: Tina Kunkler Laake rizzell builds the framework for a model Habitat for Humanity house at the My amily and Me festival Saturday Nearly 1000 people attended the celebration By TINA KUNKLER LAAKE" Managing Editor TELL CITY raming began on Saturday for the second Habitat for Humanity home in Perry County as the Perry Spencer Homebuilders Association held a community work day With about 70 working hours put in by eight or so workers this past weekend the homebuilders expect to put in another 100 hours this coming Saturday to complete the framing Volunteers interested in working that day are asked to call Evangelical United Church of 5 Christ at 547 7059 are setting up a work schedule and planning for meals homebuilders historically have been very supportive of Habitat for said Bernie Bower past president of the organi zation a chance for the home builders as a group to show com munity support anxious to be good members of the communi The partnership with the home builders association has lent expert hands and minds to the work of Above members of the Perry Spencer Homebuilders Association set the first truss in place on the second Habitat for Humanity home in Perry County Workers pictured above from left are: Randy Hawkins of of Perry Codnty families at the Perry County 4 Southern Indiana Builders Dennis Bolin Bernie Bower airgrounds on Saturday The event was sponsored by and Clint Knepper of Bower Construction and Wayne the Perry County Step Aheadirst Steps Plantz of Plantz Associates Below 10 year old Enc i MW 'I iht Kvf hH K' I it By 1 constructing a home the Rev Ben Keckler said a relationship he hopes continues Keckler is the chairman of Habitat for Humanity of Perry County With a network of 30 to 40 con struction professionals the organi zation can be a more enterprising partner with Habitat than as indi viduals already a commu Bower said At Perry My amily and Me festival also on Saturday Habitat had a booth where children and their parents could frame up their own model home Using craft sticks glue and guidelines provided at the booth1 the families built the frame for a 1 small model house They were encouraged to take their model home and complete it Between Thanksgiving and Christmas Habitat volunteers plan to be helping Brenda McDaniel and her family move into the new home on 12th Street McDaniel has completed her non construction including an introduction to the Habitat program as well as house hold management and budgeting education believe that she will contin ue the excellent reputation that the first family has Keckler said 7 With construction under way on more building lots The first two homes are in Tell City but the next couple of buildings will likely be in another area of the county looking forward tp expanding our Habitat work beyond the Tell City corporate Keckler said und raising has taken more of a low key role in the organization but has far from disappeared Individual solicitation and fund raising events are planned for later this year Habitat is also working to become a not for profit business partner in Perry Keckler said very grateful to the second house work has already Emmanuel Lutheran Church for begun on acquiring land for future' their $25000 gift which provided Habitat homes The organization i the basis for the second house in 2 has an option to purchase three Perry Keckler said 1 5 MMMMMMWiMMMMMMMMMM Perry Central Tell City high school bands march on By CAROL TROESCH News Correspondent PERRY Both the Perry Central and the Tell City High School Marching Bands have begun their 1998 seasons with strong repertoires Both can been seen this Saturday in the Tell City High School Marching Band Invitational The first band performs at 9:15 am with the Commodores taking the field at 9:45 am and the Marksmen performing in exhibition at 1 pm Perry Central High pro gram features the music and choral works of British composer John Rutter Director Anissa Bradley said beginning with the brilliant fanfare entitled Patri et ilio which segues into These openers are followed by a Rose a Lovely and Things Bright and which is unique in that the percussion ensemble is joined by vocalist Leanne Seibert who does a sign language interpretation of the lyrics The Perry Central Marching Commodores began their season in August at the Kentucky State air where they swept their class with awards for best in class' best auxiliary and best drum major were seventh out of 16 bands which is really Bradley said This past Saturday the band competed at Heritage Hills Seibert won top drum major honors again in her class and placed third overall Perry Central placed third in Class A and earned a third in the music category of its class Henryville Ml Mr ENOTO: Tins Kunkler Laake Tell City High School band will host its invitational contest Saturday The band will perform in exhibition at 1 pm won first and Princeton earned a second place trophy The band also placed fourth in marching in overall competition scoring higher than some bands that are triple ih'size hard work over the last few weeks are paying Bradley said extremely pleased with their Besides Tell contest Perry Central has several other contests planned for this fall: Sept 19 PERRY page 1 col 1 Immunize By Two continues with help from United Way By CAROL TROESCH News Correspondent The Perry County Health Dept offers immunizations ranging from the basic childhood schedule of infant shots to tuberculosis tests and flu shots Last year alone nearly 4000 immunizations were given with well over half of those being childhood immunizations As of Aug 20 of this year the depart ment has already given 2892 childhood immunizations Grant money received in 1997 has also allowed them to initiate and expand upon a baby tracking and immunization outreach pro gram that will soon come to an end according to Cheryl Hauser Perry County Health Nurse The department was also able to bring aboard Tammy Hatfield LPN and provide for her immunization training 1 The main goal of the new pro gram is to increase the immunization rate A packet of iMWWMI PHOTO: Tina Kunkter Laake Six month old Ariel James protests the shot Outreach Nurse' Tammy Hatfield is giving her She 's the daughter of Holly Miles and Michael James IMMUNIZE page 16A col1 nV 3 LIESTYLE1B SP0RTS6A THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1 7 1 998 1 I 1.

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