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By Chandra L. Mattingly Staff Reporter cmattingly@registerpublications.com
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Peppertown and Johnson Fork roads, Harrison Township, have a major problem thanks to recent heavy rains.
North Dearborn closed
Other county roads also have serious slips, slides By Denise Freitag Burdette Assistant Editor newsroom@registerpublications.com
A portion of North Dearborn Road was closed down for about two weeks starting Wednesday, April 16, to fix a road slip on Harrison Hill between Haas and Pinhook roads in West Harrison. Dearborn County Transportation Department Supervisor Tim Greive said signs had been up for a couple days warning drivers of the closing. The road will be totally closed, even to local traffic. It will be an inconvenience but the repairs are needed. While the road is closed, additional work will take place at the same time. New culverts will be installed
and trees will be cut back. There are two trees in particular that are dangerous, dropping debris on the road, he said. Cincinnati Bell also will be installing some new line poles and new guardrail will be installed, he said. “We are trying to kill a bunch of birds with a couple stones,” said Greive. Later in the summer the road will be closed for a couple days to complete paving and paint new road lines, he said. Meanwhile, Greive asked Dearborn County commissioners Tuesday, April 15, to sign a letter to Indiana State Conservationalist Jane Hardisty at the United States Department of Agriculture Indiana Natural Resources Conservation Service. The letter will address recent heavy rains that have contributed to road problems in other areas of
the county. He is requesting funding from the USDA to help cover repair costs related to road damage resulting from creek waters, he said. One of the creek-related problems is a road slip at Peppertown and Johnson Fork roads, Harrison Township. USDA approved projects are covered 75 percent by the USDA, 25 percent by the county. Plus the USDA engineers pretty much handle the entire project, said Greive. Road slips can be an expensive fix. The county transportation department can not get in the creek to conduct the work needed as much as it could in the past, he said. But the county must follow the rules and rightfully so. Everyone cannot be in the creek doing whatever they want, he said.
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We owe our veterans and troops a big thank you for all their service, sacrifice and strength. We will salute them in a special section to be published Wednesday, May 21, in The Harrison Press and Thursday, May 22, in The Dearborn County Register and The Rising Sun Recorder. If you have a soldier, sailor, or other military service person in your life whom you would like featured in the special section, 2014 Chevy Silverado V8 4WD LT + All Star
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A public and a parochial school in Dearborn County have just been recognized as 4 Star schools for the 20122013 school year, said Glenda Ritz, Indiana superintendent of public instruction. For St. Lawrence Catholic School, Lawrenceburg, it's the second year in a row. “We are very excited,” said Karen White, principal. She credited “our fantastic teachers who have very high expectations and hold the kids to those expectations, and our wonderfully supportive parents.” Parents not only volunteer at school but they ensure children's homework is completed and the students come to school prepared to learn each day, she said. Nor would such achievements happen without the communica“Our teachers tion between parents and have really done t e a c h e r s , an excellent job she said. Classroom … doing t e a c h e r s everything they inform parents through can to make sure email and our students are newsletters about what's learning at a going on in their classhigher level.” rooms. “They go Dr. Jeff Hendrix S-D Superintendent way above and beyond compared to what I've worked with before,” White said of the 17 teachers at St. Lawrence. She's in her fifth year there as principal. At Sunman-Dearborn Schools' North Dearborn Elementary, principal Jeff Bond credits the school's focus on the whole school not only for its 4 Star rating from last school year, but its A rating for this year. Both are based on ISTEP results, he explained. Teachers focus on what students need at every level, from individual lesson plans for slower learners to challenging gifted learners, said Bond. “When teachers see something that needs to be done they step up,” he said. “Everybody plays a role,” he said, crediting great parents, teachers and teachers' aides. “It's exciting for us,” said S-D Superintendent Jeff Hendrix. He attributed the honor to teachers' and students' hard work and to the the building's leadership. “Our teachers have really done an excellent job … doing everything they can to make sure our students are learning at a higher level,” he said. Teachers collaborate, meeting regularly across grade levels to talk about what's needed to get students to master the material, he added. “Data drives the instruction,” said Hendrix, explaining S-D staff are able to assess students and apply results to how they teach. I'm very proud of our teachers and our students … our principal for moving us forward, getting students where they need to be. … I'm ecstatic,” said Hendrix. S-D Middle School was rated 4-Star the previous school year. To achieve the 4 Star designation, a school must be in the top 25th percentile of schools in three ISTEP-based categories, said Ritz. Throughout the state, 311
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First Baptist Church, Greendale, and Trinity Episcopal Church, Lawrenceburg, are planning special worship services for Holy Week. The community is invited to join I n f o r m a - in worship tion on fish t h r o u g h o u t fries and Holy Week Trinother Lent- at related ac- ity Episcopal tivities is Church, 101 on Page 7B. W. Center St. The parish will observe Holy Week and Easter with special services Thursday through Sunday. On April 17, Maundy Thursday will be observed with a communion service at 7 p.m. The service com-
The ongoing closures of some businesses in Durbin Plaza on Lawrenceburg’s Front Street have more than one reason. City of Lawrenceburg Building Inspector Carl Fryman said two weeks ago following heavy rain and a sewerage back up into the Dollar General part of the plaza he requested and worked with the Dearborn County Health Department to order a 24hour closure. That order has expired, said Fryman. Meanwhile, the antique mall portion of the plaza was closed by Fryman in December 2013 following a roof leak and issues related to the leak. The Dollar store management is choosing not to open, and Fryman said he is awaiting various test results. Fryman would not elaborate on what he and the health department are testing, but expects all results to be back by the middle of next week. Those results will be turned over to Lawrenceburg attorney Leslie Votaw to release, said Fryman. Votaw said condemning the buildin “is always a possibility through the city’s unsafe building ordinance.” Stressing the “possibility” part, Votaw also said the county helath department could also condemn Durbin
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