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154TH YEAR ISSUE NO. 27 $1
TUESDAY, JULY 8 2014
G’dale man dies in Ohio Co. motorcycle crash
FUN ON THE FOURTH (& 5TH)
Staff Report A Greendale man died in a motorcycle wreck Saturday, July 5, in Ohio County. Larry David Jones III, 23, was killed after his motorcycle went left of center on Nelson Road, just over the Dearborn-Ohio county line, and crashed into a Ford Explorer driven by Edward McCord, 54, Vevay, said Ohio Count Sheriff’s Deputy Dee Smith. The crash was reported at 1:15 p.m. The impact knocked Jones off the motocycle and over the embankment into
Above: Braden & Alaina McDaniel pourdly show off a 9-inch blue gill caught druing the Greendale 4th of July Fishing Derby at Schnebelt’s Pond. Right: The rockets’ red glare light up the sky over the Ohio River in Aurora Saturday, July 5.
Moores Hill council talks redevelopment, paving, yard sale, annexation & more By Chandra L. Mattingly Staff Reporter cmattingly@registerpublications.com
Above: Myiah Beyer, 2, finds the natural night lights preceding Aurora’s fireworks show fascinating as well, as her mom Lori Sonderman, Lawrenceburg, offers a firefly to her daughter at Lesko Park, Aurora. Right: Kain Hedger was happy to reel in a 13-inch catfish during the Greendale Fishing Derby.
PHOTOS BY JIM BUCHBERGER, BOB MATTINGLY & BRUCE MCLEASTER/The Journal-Press Left: Starfire Productions starts setting up early Friday, July 4, at Greendale Cabin for the fireworks. The fireworks drew a somewhat larger than usual crowd this year with pleaseant temperatures and no rain or storms.
Aurora fire dept. busy Fourth of July weekend Firefighter injures ankle
two fires. A firefighter was injured as firefighters fought the first blaze, a fully-involved garage fire at Ernie and Mary By Chandra L. Mattingly Worthington's residence, Staff Reporter 1113 Sunnyside Ave., Aurora, cmattingly@registerpublications.com said Aurora Fire Chief JefFire was in the works over fery Lane. Taken to Dearborn the extended Fourth of July County Hospital, LawrenceSUBMITTED PHOTO weekend as Aurora and other burg, by Aurora Emergency A detached garage on Aurora’s Sunnyside Avenue was a See FIRE, Page 8 fire departments responded to total loss Thursday, July 3.
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the creek, sais Sheriff Eldon Fancher, adding there is a slight curve in the road near the crash location, and with summer foliage it has limited visibility. Jones was pronounced dead at the scene. Assisting at the scene were Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department, Ohio County Coroner’s office, Aurora Fire Department, and Rising Sun and Aurora life squads. A full obit for Jones is on page 2.
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At its Monday, July 1, meeting, Moores Hill Town Council created a redevelopment commission, dealt with a paving issue, learned its revenue from riverboat gambling is down, and decided to advertise a community yard sale. The new redevelopment commission consists of Moores Hill Council President Lanny Dell, councilman Paul Grimsley, Moores Hill Clerk-treasurer Guinevere Emery, John Case, Ray Rodmaker and South Dearborn Community School Board member Bill Lane. A redevelopment commission can establish tax increment finance districts, among other things. Later in the meeting, the council decided to turn over to the commission a blighted property for economic development, once the existing structure has been removed and the site restored. The property, at 14551 Wood St., Moores Hill, has been put on the list by the county for the blight elimination program. Turning to the unsatisfactory paving last year by Globe Asphalt, council members and town attorney John Watson discussed a proposed contract from Globe. The paving company offered to re-do all the cracked pavement on Manchester and Main streets for an additional $2,500, and to apply two coats anywhere over 50 percent of the material applied last year is coming off. “Every time it rains, more comes off,” said town employee Rodmaker. Councilman Jaime Berry agreed. “I say two coats on all of it, and we're not paying $2,500,” said Dell. And the company must use a better barrier system than binder twine to keep traffic off the newly-applied material for the required 24 hours, he added. “A two-year warran-
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ty would be nice,” added Berry, and Rodmaker noted the material is supposed to last seven years. Council members agreed the work must be done before school starts, suggesting Aug. 2 as a completion date. Watson said he would include the specifications in the town's counter offer to Globe, which had indicated July 14 as a starting date for the work. Residents will need to park on opposite sides of the street than their homes while their side of the street is being treated, noted Rodmaker. He suggested they arrange with their neighbors to use each other's driveways. As for riverboat gambling revenue sharing, the town has received $113,216 in the first six months of 2014, said Emery. That compares to $124,792 in the first six months of 2013, a difference of $11,576. “The budget should be cut. It was cut 10 percent last year,” she said. But for 2015, it should be cut at least 15 percent. She noted the budget calendar includes proposed budget publications the weeks of Sept. 9 and 18; the first reading of the budget by the town council Sept. 22, and the second reading and final adoption by council Oct. 7. Council approved spending $150 on advertising a Moores Hill CommunityWide Yard Sale, to be Friday, July 18, and Saturday, July 19.
Recovering $4,000
In other business, the council discussed recovering funds for the Moores Hill Senior Center, how to handle town business when the clerk-treasurer's office is unmanned, took the first step toward annexing Forest Hill Cemetery, and agreed to revise the town's personnel policy, clarifying that the clerk-treasurer and council members may attend training and conferences and be reimbursed.
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