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Alleged COOLING DOWN failure to stop yields criminal charges A woman who allegedly disregarded a stop sign Thursday, May 9, resulting in injuries to a motorcyclist, now faces criminal charges. Tressie Sue Denning, 41, of 230 Elm St., Lawrenceburg, has been charged with criminal recklessness – use of vehicle, a Class A Misdemeanor; and criminal recklessness resulting in serious bodily injury, a Class D Felony, according to court records. Denning, driving a 2013 Toyota Sienna minivan, ran a stop sign at the intersection of Arch and Margaret streets in Lawrenceburg, according to witnesses and the victim, said the probable cause affidavit of Lawrenceburg Police Sgt. Nicholas R. Myers. When he arrived at the scene just after 6 p.m., he found Robert S. Kumli on the ground near a minivan, with a motorcycle partially on top of him, said Myers. Kumli was screaming in pain, and once the bike was removed, was found to have a lower right leg injury, said the affidavit. Kumli said he was stopped on Margaret Street going west, said Myers. As Kumli went through the intersection, he saw a minivan approaching but thought it would stop at the stop sign. It didn't stop, running through the stop sign, and hit him, he told police, wrote Myers. Denning said she struck the motorcycle, he said. She said she didn't see the motorcyclist until it was too late, and told Myers she was watching the roadway and wasn't looking down or away from the roadway, said Myers. Witnesses walking nearby, however, told Myers Denning appeared to be looking down in the vehicle and not at the roadway. They said the minivan was going south on Arch Street and rolled through the stop sign at what they estimated to be 10 to 15 mph, striking the motorcycle, wrote Myers. Other witnesses in a vehicle behind the minivan said Denning had rolled through a stop sign at Arch and Euphemia streets and they had yelled at her and followed her down Arch Street, said the affidavit. They then saw the minivan roll through the stop sign at Arch and Margaret streets and strike the motorcycle in the intersection. May 15, Kumli told
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With temperatures in the mid-90s and a heat index over over 100, the Greendale Pool was the place to be Wednesday, July 17. Showers and thunderstorms are forecast for today, July 23, with cooler temperatures the rest of the week.
L’burg denies $54K Proximo water main request By Chandra L. Mattingly Staff Reporter cmattingly@registerpublications.com
willing to incur some costs that will mutually benefit both parties. At the same time, Proximo has to be diligent with expenses, especially those that have not been budgeted,” wrote Hrezo, asking the city to consider performing the remaining work or paying the $53,625 bid by the contractor.
A request for Lawrenceburg to pay $53,625 for Proximo Distillers of Indiana to connect to a relocated water main was rejected Monday, July 15, by the Lawrenceburg Utility Board. In other business, the utility board voted to The board, which consists of Lawrenceburg suspend without pay an employee charged with a City Council members, unanimously passed counDUI, but did not name the individual. cilman Bill-Bill Bruner's motion to approve utility “I got five calls today about the utility employee director Mel Davis' recommendation to deny the who lost his license being driven around by a request. co-worker,” said Law“The city has already renceburg Councilman expended $70,000 on Aaron Cook. “Every the tap to their property. (one a) resident of Law“The city has already expended … and we installed a valve to their property $70,000 on the tap to their renceburg. I've not talked to one that's happy line,” said Davis. with this situation.” property. … and we installed a All Proximo has to do Council member Jane is bring its line to that valve to their property line.” Pope asked if the emvalve and install a backployee had yet had his Mel Davis flow device. There was court hearing, and Davis Lawrenceburg Utility Director no back-flow device on said no. He said another Proximo's line previutility employee from ously, he said. the office was assigned The situation resulted to drive the charged emfrom the city's decision about three years ago to ployee that day because his work assignment was abandon a 12-inch water main in U.S. 50, said on Hilltop. Davis. Why should the city pay someone $20 an hour “When that breaks, and it does, it's just an absoto drive somebody else around, asked councilman lute nightmare,” he said. He explained parts of the Mike Lawrence. Cook made the motion to suspend main are over 100 years old and the last section to the man which passed 3-2. Bruner and councilman be replaced is over 80 years old. JR Holdcraft voted against the motion. Proximo's fire suppression system is connected The utility board also approved the low bid for a to that main, which Lawrenceburg replaced in two-ton air handler unit and ductwork for the city's April with a water main from Second Street to pump house on Reservoir Drive, provided the low U.S. 50 on Main Street, according to a letter Lawbidder offer a 10-year replacement warranty on renceburg Water Superintendent Andrew Lyons equipment as offered by another bidder. wrote to Davis. Davis later said Dillard Electric Heating and The work included a connection point, said Cooling, Inc., the low bidder at $5,419, had agreed Lyons. to do so. “We have been waiting for Proximo to finish Other bidders were Gehring, Inc., at $5,637 and their portion of the install for approximately three Seymour Heating and Air Conditioning at $6,750. months so we can proceed with the abandonDavis also said an incident with a contractor ment of the old main and complete the remaining at the pump house resulted in some damage to concrete repairs,” wrote Lyons, who provided a equipment and recommended the city send a letter “conservative” estimate of $70,000 as the city's seeking the equipment's replacement or replaceexpenditures on its portion of the project. ment cost. Mike Hrezo, Hrezo Engineering, project man“When they started taping up the connections ager for Proximo, said in his letter to Davis that to the motors, they left a little piece of wire stickProximo had spent $43,105 so far related to the ing out,” he said. The contractor had not put in a city's abandonment of the U.S. 50 water main. grounding connection, and when the wire arced, it “Proximo has stressed the desire to maintain a caused the damages. partnership with the City of Lawrenceburg and is
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South Dearborn Schools will begin classes on July 31, but the Aurora city swimming pool will remain open from 3 to 6 p.m. daily through Labor Day. Pool manager Debbie Peters told the Aurora Parks and Recreation board at its Monday, July 15, meeting that the pool is going well this year despite recent incidents of vandalism. She said someone had broken into the rest rooms, plugged up the commodes and let water run for several hours. Paper towels had been strung around the park and garbage strewn around the shelter house. The incident happened sometime late on a Saturday night. Parks custodian Steve Turner said there has also been additional vandalism in the restrooms at Lesko park, as well as break-ins at the pop machine in that area. Police are investigating. Peters also asked for simplification of fees for private parties at the swimming pool, citing a complicated formula now in use which depends on party size and the length of time it will be using the pool. Board members approved a new standard fee of $150 for up to three hours of use for private parties. Non-profit fees will remain at $90 unless the organization obtains a waiver from the board. A delegation from Korean Veterans of America appeared to express their thanks for the help the city provided during the dedication of their memorial at Lesko Park, bringing a reply from chairman Mike Peters, that the city is proud to have it. The board gave enthusiastic approval for Mike Woulms to plan an acoustic instrument “community jam” at the park pavilion, on a Sunday afternoon. If it proves successful it could become a monthly event. Woulms said the entire community would be invited, and musicians of all skill levels will be welcome. He added that it would also be an opportunity to offer free lessons to young people who want to learn an instrument. Mike Peters will work with Woulms to find an open date for the first event. Mayor Donnie Hasting plans to meet with the South Dearborn School corporation to see if provision can be made for Babe Ruth baseball on one of their fields. The League had used school facilities in the past but the plan did not work out this year, and there is no where for the league to play in Aurora, It had been hoped to create a new facility on city owned property but the area is too small for a regulation field.
SD schools get Rising Sun Foundation grant for mobile devices Staff Report The Rising Sun Regional Foundation awarded a total of $224,431 in 11 new grants at its June 26, 2013 meeting.
These grants included: ■■$10,000 to the City of Rising Sun toward the purchase and installation of an electronic city entry and message sign at the site of the new Ohio County Community Foundation headquarters building on SR 56. ■■$49,052 to the Rising Sun Ohio County Community School Corporation toward the purchase of iPads for its teaching staff, administrators, and board members. ■■$10,000 to the Rising Sun Municipal Utilities to assist in beginning the relining of several sections of its high-priority problem areas in its sewer system as part of a multiyear sanitary wastewater improvement plan. ■■$5,000 to the Ohio County Convention, Tourism, & Visitors toward expenses for its 2013 “A Roar of Thunder Regatta” to be held in Rising Sun in August 2013. ■■$2,500 to the Ohio County Public Library toward the replacement of its microfilm reader and to increase its digital book services for K-2nd grade level students. ■■$40,000 challenge grant to the Southeastern Career Center toward the purchase of an engine performance test cell and emissions cart for its regional advanced diesel engine training program. ■■$29,919 to the South Dearborn Community School Corporation toward mobile device See GRANTS, Page 10