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L’burg council talks trash (collection)

Cafe hosts Thanksgiving for lonely, New truck means switch for residents’ garbage needy, working cans; loans and concrete controversies

Staff Report One Lawrenceburg business is taking giving thanks to heart this year. Lil Ank’s Walnut Street Café is giving thanks by providing meals to folks who may be alone, working or unable to afford dinner Thursday, Nov. 28. Instead of spending family time around the dinner table, manager Carrie Ankeman and her family will be spending it serving others, she said. They are hoping to serve about 50 people from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. She recommends folks arrive early to enjoy their traditional Thanksgiving feast. “We really just wanted to help those who are in need of a Thanksgiving meal or simply in need of some company,” said Ankeman. The cafe is also offering a delivery or pick up service to those who simply cannot get out or do not have a ride to get to Lawrenceburg. While a free will donation is appreciated, it is not required. Call 1-812-577-3050 for delivery or pick up service.

council’s meeting Monday, Nov. 4, and Cook requested and brought the records to the Nov. 18 meeting. Civil city foreman Brad Massey the announcements portion of the By Erika Schmidt Russell said the old TV is in city storage meeting brought up two “trash” reEditor lated items. The first was records of and will be included in the next city erussell@registerpublications.com a television purchased for the city auction. Lawrenceburg City Council spent garage break room. Cook also brought up folks having part of its Monday, Nov. 18, meeting Money for the TV came from stickers put on their garbage cans talking trash. a pop machine purchased by city telling them they need to purchase Councilman Aaron Cook during employees. The issue came up at a new can. Councilman Mike Law-

rence noted there is no city ordinance requiring purchase of the city cans. City attorney Leslie Votaw asked who had put the stickers on residents’ garbage cans, and Massey said he instructed it be done. Massey also noted an ordinance requiring the city cans is needed “or what’s the point of the (new) truck?” The city placed an order for a

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Rising Sun bicentennial features bricks & booms

The City of Rising Sun continues to prepare for a year-long bicentennial in 2014 as they officially approved a bid for $120,000 for the riverfront brick program at its Nov. 7 meeting. The path will be on the city’s riverfront and approximately 3,600 bricks will be sold for $30 (which includes $15 for engraving). The walkway will be done by Jonas Monuments which has done numerous monuments around the country, including the brick layout at the Ohio County Courthouse display. Bryce Kendrick reported Tracy Winters has been working on the bicentennial book and getting cooperation from Cliff Thies of the Ohio County Historical Society. Kendrick added that a website is being developed and ideas of merchandise are being explored. The idea is to tie events in 2014 into the bicentennial. It kicks off with fireworks on New Year’s Eve to bring in the new year using funds from fireworks

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Lawrenceburg crews have been busy in recent weeks putting up holiday decorations. Stacy Mucker, in the bucket truck, works with Jerry Vinson and David Booth stringing lights on a tree in Newtown Park. Lawrenceburg will kick off its Winter Wonderland holiday festivities Saturday, Dec. 7.

Under construction and expanding in G’dale By Chris McHenry Contributor One of Greendale’s newest industries is still under construction, but the Polycraft Products company is already planning to expand. Kay Landers, one of Polycraft’s owners, and executive Jon Lehn told the Greendale Redevelopment Commission Tuesday, Nov. 19, the company has already exceeded the 55 employees it had predicted it would have within the next five years. It now expects to have 80 workers by 2020, said Landers. The company, which supplies parts to the aerospace industry world wide, grew by 36 percent in 2011, she said.

Related... The Dearborn County Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner Thursday, Nov. 14, saw two Greendale businesses and their owners honored. See Page 8A As a result, Polycraft, which had originally expected to build a 30,000 square foot building at a cost of $3.9 million, is now expanding to a 40,000 square foot building at a cost of $4.9 million. The company originally received a total of $800,000 from Greendale and Lawrenceburg. The redevelopment commis-

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sion will recommend an additional grant of $250,000 from the Lawrenceburg 10-County Regional Grant Program. Polycraft, which is currently located in Cleves, Ohio, expects to be in its new Greendale facility by late spring. In other business, legal constraints forced the commission to rescind a grant of $15,900 they had approved to help the Southeastern Indiana Martial Arts facility move into larger quarters. The property which is to be improved is privately owned, and therefore does not meet requirements for infrastructure expenditures by redevelopment commissions.

The repaving of Ind. 56 in downtown Aurora should be done and the road opened to traffic around Thanksgiving, Aurora City Attorney Jeff Stratman told Aurora residents and officials at the Monday, Nov. 18, Aurora City Council meeting. The paving was to start Friday, Nov. 22, and be followed by some striping, depending on weather, he said. “Hopefully just after Thanksgiving everything will be open. … Traffic will be flowing again,” said Stratman, referring to the third portion of the Ind. 56 renovation project in Aurora. The work on that portion, which consists of Importing Street between U.S. 50 and Main Street at the George Street Bridge, won't be entirely finished, however, with contractor Paul Rohe Company to complete the state highway project in the spring. In other business, Aurora City Council revisited the issue of an optional fee for emergency medical services, approved a resolution establishing port authority appointments, discussed streetscape work for Market Street, and heard about alternates to recent telephone service purchases. Aurora Emergency Rescue President Ed Opp distributed the nonprofit's financial information, including its 2012 tax return and federal tax status, to council members. “You can see where we're at today,” he said. “If anybody has any questions about the squad's finances and can't get your questions answer off of that, give me a call.” Eight AER emergency medical technicians are taking the fourmonth bridge class, ending in February, so AER will be able to continue to provide advanced EMS services, he said. But AER members still will have to meet national requirements, test out on Indiana curriculum and take some state heart monitoring tests, so the new services won't begin right away. The optional $3 fee to be posted on Aurora Utility bills will fund a night-time EMT, as one of the new requirements for advanced EMS is providing 24-7 staffing, Opp said previously. AER already pays two daytime EMTs, and a third paid EMT covers a split shift, 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily. A fourth paid EMT, Tracy Underwood, began covering the night shift Sunday, Nov. 17, Opp said Wednesday, Nov. 20. AER should be able to cover the staffing costs until the optional fee begins in January, he said. Meanwhile, AER volunteers who help cover runs, whether a second daytime run or as the second person on a morning, evening or night run, are offered $25 compensation, said Opp. “Within our organization, most of the people who make those night

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