2019 Wabash County Progress Edition

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Part of the county's emergency response personnel's designation from the National Weather Service as a StormReady certified county was receiving signs like the one Mayor Hudson holds in this photo. County and city officials liked the signs so much, they ordered more of them to post at various locations around the community.

One of the mainstays and most popular attractions within the Christmas Uptown event held each year is the carriage rides. Due to popular demand, there were three carriages making trips up and down Market Street for Christmas Uptown 2018.

Mayor Bill Hudson waves to the crowds gathered on either side of the Fantastic Fourth parade.

The yearly kickoff to the Ag Days Festival is the Little Miss Ag Days Pageant. Pictured are the winners in 2018. They are, from the left, second runner-up Madison Escobedo, Little Miss Ag Days 2018 Ava Covalt and first runner-up Kylyn Wiley.

Each year during the summer, the 4H Fair is held at the Mabel Courter 4H Center in Mount Carmel. This painting by Maria Kennard took the prize in 2018 for Best of Show.

In 2018, The Wabash County Courthouse wall was adorned with this portrait of Lincoln, one of honest Abe's favorites. Among those celebrating the commemoration of the print was Chief Justice of Second Circuit Tom Tedeschi, Appellate Justice David K. Overstreet, Wabash County Judge William Hudson, Wabash County Circuit Clerk Angie Crum and Mount Carmel Mayor Bill Hudson.

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Wabash County Government Wabash County Sheriff’s Department

J. Derek Morgan, Wabash County Sheriff is serving his second term as sheriff, though he has been employed with the sheriff’s office since 2003. The sheriff’s office provides law enforcement services to the entire county, including but not limited to Allendale, Bellmont, Cowling, Keensburg, Patton, Lancaster and Rochester.

Additionally, the sheriff’s office operates the Wabash County Jail, which houses arrestees for Wabash County and the Mount Carmel Police Department.

The jail has the capability of housing 21 persons, both male and female.

Another aspect of the Sheriff’s Office maintains four county buildings: The Sheriff’s Office/Mount Carmel Police Department, Wabash County Jail, Wabash County Courthouse and the building that houses RIDES Mass Transit.

The sheriff’s office is comprised of the sheriff, three full-time deputies, jail administrator, three full-time corrections officers (three part-time), an administrative assistant and a full-time custodian.

Something new to the sheriff’s office is community service. The office is responsible for assigning and overseeing persons court ordered to community service. If your agency or business could provide an assignment for community service, contact Jean Lockhart at (618) 262-2706. The sheriff’s office also dispatches calls for Animal Control.

The sheriff’s office also provides an outlet for unused/unwanted prescription medications in the lobby of the office.

The sheriff’s office also participates in community events when able, providing educational material to the public and especially the children of the county.

Find the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department on Facebook or their website at www.wabashcountysheriff.com.

the 2017 payable 2018 tax year were $10,997,699.50. The Treasurer’s office does conduct the annual tax sale and is charged with making sure that state laws are followed to protect the property owner and the buyer. As a convenience to the taxpayer, collections are accepted at most local banks, over the internet and at our drop box located in front of the courthouse. The office has implemented a prepayment plan on Real Estate Taxes. The taxpayer may start making prepayments on their next year’s taxes as soon as they get the current year paid.

They can prepay them through June 30 of the next year. These payments are then shown on their tax bill when it is prepared. This was done in an effort to help the taxpayers spread payments of their taxes over a longer period of time.

The program has become very successful and is being offered again this year.

Please stop by or call to find out more information on this.

I am enjoying the challenges and responsibilities of being your Wabash County Treasurer. I have always enjoyed working with the public and encourage everyone to stop by if you have any questions or concerns. My office staff includes Melody Walker, Chief Deputy, and Mindy Batchelor, Clerk. They are efficient, friendly and a great asset to the office. We consider it a privilege to serve the people of Wabash County.

Janet Will, Wabash County Clerk

Janet Will, Wabash County Clerk and Recorder has many responsibilities to the county. The clerk is the keeper of the county seal, keeping an accurate record of the proceedings of the county board and files and preserves all bills acted upon by the board.

Recordings: Records all documents pertaining to land and chattel liens. the Wabash County Recorder’s Office records an average of 2,300 documents in a calendar year. The records date back Deborah Gittings, to 1857. With the new recording system, the index to the records is now accessible Wabash County Assessor online. The website is https://esearch.

Deborah Gittings, Supervisor of cichosting.com.

Assessments office is responsible Taxes: The office files all taxing district for determining the amount of your levies, supervises the Truth-in-Taxation assessment, which has a partial influence requirement and computes tax rates. The on real estate taxes. Another factor is the total amount of taxes extended for the local tax rate calculated by the County 2017 assessment year, payable in 2018 Clerk based upon the levy submitted by was $11,001,582. the taxing district. You may check the Vital Records: Custodian of all birth, accuracy of your assessment by dividing death and marriage records, and the your assessment by the median level numerous other documents of the county of assessment (the ideal level is .3333). and as such, protects, maintains and The resulting value should equal the certifies these records. estimated cash value of your property.

Marriage Licenses: Persons obtaining The office provides property tax a marriage license must be married in the exemptions to eligible taxpayers to help county where the license is issued. A civil reduce real estate taxes. Two examples union is a legal relationship between two are the Senior Citizens Homestead persons, of either same sex or opposite Exemption for taxpayers aged 65 and sex. Effective June 1, 2014, Public Act older, and the Occupied Exemption for anyone who owns their home and resides 098-0597 changed the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act to allow in it. For information on additional exemptions that are available, contact the marriage between two persons, not just Assessor’s Office by stopping in or calling between one man and one woman. This law also allows parties of a civil union to 262-4463. have their union legally designated and The Supervisor of Assessments recorded as a marriage.

Office in the Courthouse is happy Elections: Supervising, conducting and to assist anyone with questions they keeping all records pertaining to voter have concerning their assessments or registrations and elections. Under a law, exemptions. Supervisor of Assessments, effective Jan. 1, 2014, 17-year-olds may Deborah Gittings is assisted by Deputy be eligible to vote in a primary election Clerk Connie Larry and Clerk Elizabeth if (1) that person will be 18 years old on Walker. the date of the immediately following General Election and (2) the person is Beverly J. McBride, registered to vote. These individuals are qualified to vote on election day. Voters Wabash County Treasurer can now register to vote or to update Beverly J. McBride, Wabash County their registration online through the Treasurer is serving her third term as State Board of Elections website. Grace Treasurer, however she is very familiar period registration and voting have been with the office as she has worked there for almost 30 years. The office of County extended to include Election Day. Wabash Treasurer is a constitutional office, which County Deputy Clerks include Theresa Etzkorn and Erin Ledbetter. means that every county must elect someone to serve as their treasurer. The Statutes of the State of Illinois provide Angela K. Crum, guidelines as to what the duties are and Wabash County Circuit Clerk how they must be performed. The first Serving as your Circuit Clerk is a thing one thinks of regarding the County rewarding experience for me. As your Treasurer’s office is collecting real estate Circuit Clerk, I work every day to do the taxes. While the County Treasurer is the Chief Collector of real estate taxes, this is very best I can to provide each Wabash County resident with the best service only one of the many duties of the office. while being in compliance with the Illinois The Treasurer’s office is responsible Compiled Statutes that govern the Circuit for preparing a monthly financial report Clerk’s office. for the County Board of Commissioners.

My office is responsible for the This report includes budgetary status calculation of fines as imposed by the of all departments, money in all bank State’s Attorney and the court, court accounts and monies collected for all costs, collection and disbursement of funds. Other duties include preparation funds to the correct agencies. The fines of the county payroll, all quarterly reports, W-2s and 1099s. The office is also are collected for county traffic/criminal, State of Illinois and the City of Mount responsible for payment to vendors for supplies and services for all departments Carmel. The total fines, fees and costs in the county. The office is the main focus collected through the Circuit Clerk’s office for fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 2018, of the annual county audit.

Treasurer McBride is also responsible were $618, 721.32.

The Circuit Clerk’s office is also for investing all county funds to receive responsible for calling and impaneling as much interest as possible. She is the Petit and Grand juries, and for filing Treasurer for 20 Drainage Districts, quarterly statistical reports and annual The ETSB (911) Board, and the Animal financial reports with the Administrative Shelter Buddies. She serves on the Office of Illinois Courts. county self-funded insurance plan We continue to use the Automatic committee and has been appointed the Deposition Report (ADR) software.

Authorized Agent for the county IMRF This software reports all disposition plan.

As Chief Collector, Treasurer McBride data to the Secretary of State, Bureau of Investigation, State Police and Mandatory is responsible for the collection of all Insurance Division. The system flags real estate taxes and the distribution all cases and evaluates the offense to of collections to the taxing districts in determine if it should be reported, and if a timely manner. The taxes levied for

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so, which agency should have the report.

The Circuit Clerk’s office continues to provide access to the JUDICI software program that was implemented throughout the Second Judicial Circuit which enables subscribers to access public court data via the internet at judici.com. Effective Jan. 1, 2018, by Supreme Court mandate, all civil filing must now be submitted by mandatory filing through Odyssey eFILeIL. Civil and criminal cases appealed to the Fifth District Appellate Court are prepared per the statuses. The cases are then forwarded to the Fifth District Appellate Court in Mount Vernon, Illinois.

Although child support payments are collected through State Disbursement Unit (SDU), the circuit clerk’s office continues to maintain child support records per law as the court of venue.

The number of cases filed for 2018 were: Adoption (AD) = 5; Criminal Felony (CF) = 141; Criminal Misdemeanor (CM) = 108; Chancery (CH) = 26; Dissolution of Marriage (D) = 46; DUI (DT) = 33; Eminent Domain (ED) = 0; Family (F) = 27; Juvenile Abuse (JA) = 27; Juvenile Delinquency (JD) = 30; Law (L) = 3; Law Misdemeanor (LM) 26; Miscellaneous Remedies (MR) = 55; Mental Health (MH) = 0; Order of Protection (OP) = 93; Ordinance Violation (OV) = 185; Conservation Violation (CV) =7; Probate ( P) = 23; Small Claims (SC) 123; Traffic (TR) = 976 and Tax (TX) = 4.

The court calendar setting dates are docketed as to type of case and time needed for the court to hear each case.

The weekly schedule includes Monday - Criminal and DUI cases, Tuesday -Juvenile and Criminal cases in the a.m. and Small Claims in the p.m. and the fourth Friday of the month - pay/appear settings. Drug Court meets once a month on Thursday at 2 p.m.

Jury trials are set the first Monday of each month. Jurors are selected for Petit Jury and Grand Jury randomly by the computer program from names submitted by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts. These names are chosen from voter registration lists, driver’s license records from the office of the Illinois Secretary of State and from the Department of Employment Security (claimants for unemployment insurance). The Petit Jury is composed of 12 jurors and two alternate jurors who are impaneled to determine the issues of face and render a verdict. The Petit Jury is impaneled for a period of 12 months. The Grand Jury members hear evidence against accused persons and determine whether the evidence is sufficient to bring those persons to trial.

The Grand Jury consists of 16 jurors and is impaneled for a period of 18 months.

The Office of the Circuit Clerk continues to process passport applications, although many of the surround circuit clerk offices are no longer procession applications. Effect Jan. 28, 2019, the fees for passport books are: Age 16 and over: $65, under age 16: $50. The passport card can only be used for land and sea travel. If a person is traveling by air, they must have a passport book. Passport applications are processed by the Passport Agency in approximately 4 to 6 weeks. Passports that are needed sooner than 4 to 6 weeks are encouraged to pay an expedited service fee of $60 per application. The $60 fee does not include mailing or delivery service cost.

As Circuit Clerk, it is a pleasure working with Resident Circuit Judge William C. Hudson, as well as numerous other Circuit and Associate Judges appearing on the bench. I also enjoy working with State’s Attorney Cassandra Goldman. My office runs very smoothly with the help of my deputy clerks: Kristine McClane, Loretta Conn and Miranda Bolden.

All duties performed by every Circuit Clark in the State of Illinoi must be performed in compliance with the Clerk of Courts Act 705 ILCS 105/13. If anyone has any questions of would like to speak with me about the operation of the Circuit Clerks’ Office, please feel free to call of come by the office at the Courthouse. One of my deputies or I will do our best to answer any questions.

However, my office staff of I cannot give legal advice. If you have a legal question, you should consult an attorney.

Cassandra Goldman, State’s Attorney Cassandra Goldman, State’s Attorney, is serving her third term in office. The office is managed by Jana Marriott, who also serves as the Crime Victim’s Advocate for the office. Mrs. Goldman and Mrs. Marriott provide assistance to victims and witnesses of violent crimes, by providing information about individual rights as a victim of a crime, the criminal justice system, case status and coordination of services with other agencies.

The State’s Attorney Goldman is the chief law enforcement officer for Wabash County. Everything that is done

by State’s Attorney Goldman’s office, including courtroom proceedings, policy development and programming,

is guided by two concerns: protecting the public and defending the rights of victims. She works closely with local, state and federal law enforcement officers in the preparation of search warrants and other investigative measures that assist in criminal prosecutions.

The State’s Attorney’s Office has the responsibility for all cases involving minors under the age of 18, who are alleged to have committed a felony or misdemeanor, have been neglected or abues, or are beyond the control of their parents. These procedures are governed by the Juvenile Court Act and remain confidential. State’s Attorney Goldman works with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, who refer juvenile neglect/abuse cases and termination of parental right cases to the State’s Attorney’s Office for investigation and disposition.

In addition to work in the criminal justice system, the role of your State’s Attorney includes representing the Wabash County government and county officials. In the course of this representation, she has appeared on behalf of Wabash County in civil litigation matters and administrative law hearings.

State’s Attorney Goldman is committed to supporting and participating in community-based programs which reduce the opportunity for crime and that hasten the arrest of offenders and provide services to victims of crime. This requires frequent interaction with various community organizations, local schools and law enforcement agencies in coordination with statewide resources. Her office maintains a Bad Check Diversion Program. Through this program, State’s Attorney Goldman has recovered thousands of dollars for local merchants.

State’s Attorney Goldman appreciates the opportunity to serve the citizens of Wabash County and has found it personal rewarding to work with and for the people of her community. To be entrusted with the challenges and responsibilities of the Office of State’s Attorney is a true privilege.

Wabash County Health Department

The Wabash County Health Department has a long and distinguished history of providing lifelong health and wellness close to home to residents of Wabash County and the surrounding area.

Their main office is located at 130 West Seventh Street in Mount Carmel and houses Administrative, Fiscal, Public Health Offices. The phone number is (618) 263-3873. the Behavioral Health Division, Depot Counseling Center and Emergency Preparedness are located at the old train depot building at 1001 North Market Street. The phone number for the depot is (618) 263-4970.

The management team of the WCHD is led by Judy Wissel, Administrator/ Director of Behavior Health; Tonya Potts, CFO and Kendra Grounds, Director of Public Health.

The Public Health Division houses an array of programs and services including: Family Case Management; Women, Infant and Children Nutrition Education and Supplemental Food Program (WIC); Illinois Smoke-Free Communities; Breastfeeding Peer Counselors and nationally-certified Lactation Consultants who offer support and guide women through successful breastfeeding; Immunizations; TB skin testing; Infectious disease follow-up; Lead screening; Sexually-transmitted Illness Testing and treatment; Chronic Disease screening and monitoring; Fecal Immunochemical Testing; Low-cost laboratory services (with Physician’s order); and foot care clinics available.

The Health Department is also a Labcard Collection site.

The Environmental Division provides Restaurant Inspections in Wabash and Richland Counties, Potable Water Supply testing; Private Sewage permits/ inspections; Illinois Liquor Compliance Field Inspections for Wabash, Edwards and Richland counties; and other environmental services.

Other Health prevention and promotional activities are available through State and Private funding sources.

Public Health also houses the All Our Kids Early Invervention (AOK) early intervention program/network.

The Behavioral Health Division, Depot Counseling Center, provides quality mental health services to individuals age three and up. Individual, Couples, Group and Family counseling services are provided by highly trained professionals.

In addition to mental health services, the Depot staff also provide Substance Abuse Treatment, Driving Under the Influence evaluations and updates, Drivers’ Risk Education, Individual and group Substance Use Treatment. Crisis services are also provided 24/7 to those experiencing a psychiatric crisis and high level of personal stress.

For more information, visit www. wabashhealth.org, like us on Facebook or contact the Main office at (618) 263-3873 or the Depot at (618) 263-4970.

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Brenda Bobbitt, left, presented Beau Singer with the Employee of the Year award at the 2018 Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Singer was presented the award for his work as Site Supervisor of Wabash Valley Youth in Action.

Wabash County Chamber of Commerce Director Lesley Hipsher spoke at last year's Chamber Banquet about the rise of the Chamber of Commerce's inuence on the community through the years she has worked there.

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Large crowds of hopeful 4Hers and their parents gather all week each year during the 4H Fair at Mabel Courter 4H Center.

Karisa Broster took home the Grand Champion ribbon at the 4H Fair in 2018 with her entry in the swine show.

Making its official debut at the 2018 4H Fair, this John Deere motor turned ice cream machine was serving up treats with two of its creators at hand, Stanley Kelsey and Karl Berberich.

The 4H fair consists of the 4H Fair and Junior Fair, in which At the 54th Annual Corn Days event held each summer, volunteers cook and hand out corn to visitors. Pictured here, children as young as low-elementary school age can parfrom the left, are Karissa, Ella and Emory Turner making their volunteer time family time as well. ticipate in events and exhibitions.

Kiwanis Serve Community service is a Kiwanis strong-point. The Mount Carmel Kiwanis Club hosts many community events and fundraisers throughout the year. Some of the best known events are Pancake Day, the Citywide Easter Egg Hunt, Hillbilly Down Hill Race, Ag Days Dunking Booth, and the Punt, Pass & Kick program along with many other youth oriented programs.

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The Mount Carmel High School Key Club is sponsored by the Kiwanis. The Key Club is a student-led organization that helps to promote leadership through serving others. It is one of the oldest service programs for high school students.

Each Tuesday at noon, the Mount Carmel Kiwanis Club meets in the Eagles Club dinning-room with a guest speaker and work on planning service projects to help the community. Guest are always welcome.

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Above: Each year in the fall, the Knights of Columbus hold a Tootsie Roll Drive during which Volunteers collect monetary donations in exchange for a Tootsie Roll. Each year the Mayor purchases the first one. Pictured with the Mayor is Dan Kieffer.

Right: Taking turns through the season, Allendale Ruritan Club members take care of the grounds there. Pictured is Jim Barger mowing in front a newly-purchased sign.

Rick Marshall, right, owner of Hogg Heaven, has his friends visit on Mondays to play music A project to restore the bricks on Cherry Street in Mount Carmel saw several portions of at the restaurant. The intimate concerts are held on Mondays. Pictured also are Lindel the street re-bricked in 2018. Pictured is Tim Wiser of Wiser Landscapes sweeping a freshly Hume of Princeton, Indiana, left, and Mike Deyhaus of Mount Carmel. laid layer of bricks.

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Now welcoming new patients Stephanie Gordon, Certified Nurse Midwife Stephanie Gordon, CNM has been a CertiďŹ ed Nurse Midwife since 2015. She earned her MSN from University of Cincinnati, and is excited to bring her services to the community. She specializes in all stages of pregnancy care, and enjoys treating women in every phase of life through well-woman exams, birth control management and placement, and more.

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Above: In 2018, The Wabash Emergency Management Agency was awarded the StormReady designation by the National Weather Service. Pictured is Director Gerald Brooks.

Top left: In 2018, the very first Wabash Rally Against Cancer was held. During the event, guests wrote the name of a loved one effected by the disease on ribbons and all of the names were read aloud by volunteers affiliated with Wabash Valley College, Sandy Craig and Scott McCallen.

Bottom left: The entire eighth-grade class can participate in the science fair each year at Mount Carmel Junior High School. Hundreds of family members and friends gather in the gymnasium each year to see the results of local scientific inquiry.

The Mayor and Council continue to work hard to ensure progress for Mt. Carmel

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Keith Reebes and Nancy Blum distribute candy on Cherry Street from a decked out van.

Above: Pictured are the costume contest winners at the Spooktacular 5K event hosted by the Wabash Chamber of Commerce in Mount Carmel. Pictured are, from the left, Nathaniel Selby, Trypp Turner and Nolan Selby.

Top left: A crew of kids dressed as characters from the Trolls move made their way down Ninth with parents intow during Halloween festivities in 2018.

Bottom left: Two years ago, a couple of local folks got a kick out of dressing up as Mayor Bill Hudson and City Clerk Rudy Witsman for Halloween.

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Calvin Seybold delivered the keynote speech during the Veteran's Day program in Mount Carmel.

Left: All Wabash 348 and Allendale schools celebrate Veteran's Day. Case-in-point is this group of youngsters waving the stars and stripes.

Far left: Wabash County does not run short on patriotism. When the occasion arises, citizens of all ages show up to Fourth of July or Veteran’s Day events in a lot of red, white and blue. Pictured is a toddler at the 2017 Independence Day parade.

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Each year, Market Street is adorned with Christmas trees above each intersection.

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County and City road crews get up early and stay up late to make the roads less hazardous as possible.

In coordination with area law enforcement and firefighters, a group of around 30 public officials help little ones in During the 2018 edition of Christmas Uptown in the absence of actual snow, organizers thought up the idea of having a need choose Christmas presents and clothes each Christsnowball fight with styrofoam.

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Above: The Mount Carmel High School football team storms the ďŹ eld during the 2018 season.

Top left: Mount Carmel senior Austin Rager drives toward the basket against Lawrenceville on Jan. 29, 2019.

Center left: Senior Carli Morris goes up for a spike as teammates Kassidy Drone and Allie McPherson watch.

Bottom left: Wabash Valley Sophomore Marie Hunter attempts a drive for the basket at a WVC Women’s Basketball game during the 2018-19 season.

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Friday, February 22, 2019 Building Codes, Rules and Regulations Architects design buildings that are occupied by people. To assure the health, welfare and safety of the occupants in these buildings, codes, rules and regulations are written and incorporated in the construction. Just like an Accountant has to be aware of ever-changing tax laws, the Architects at ADG incorporate the changing building codes, along with materials and technologies into every project.

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An example of changing building codes concerns accessibility for persons who are disabled. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), passed into law in 1990.

In Illinois, a stricter accessibility code was written in 1997, the Illinois Accessibility Code. An even stricter more modern version was enacted in 1991 with the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG). These design standards were updated in 2010. One of the many advancements these guidelines accomplished was increasing the clear floor space around plumbing fixtures, particularly in toilet rooms. Most recently Illinois has written a new and stricter accessibility code which was adapted in October of 2018. A practicing Architect is responsible for ensuring compliance with the accessibility codes in the buildings they design as well as compliance with the International Building Code, National Electric Code, National Fire Protection Association Codes, Illinois Plumbing Code, Illinois Energy Conservation Code, International Mechanical Code, along with local regulations. The implementation of these construction requirements allows the general public to safely enjoy these building spaces.

ADG/Architecture and Design Group, in business since 1986, is located at 512 Market Street in Mount Carmel, Illinois, and provides professional architectural design, plans, specifications and construction administration for health care facilities, schools, churches, banks, libraries, industrial and other commercial entities, as well as residential design. All projects are designed in accordance to federal, state and local code requirements.

Partner Architects are Jason Wright (President), Kale Calvert (Vice President), and founding Principal Tim Raibley. Assisting the partners are Sherry Waddle (Financial Administrator), Andrew Ulrich (Draftsperson) and Gail Kiser (Office Manager).

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In 2018, the year of Mount Carmel’s bicentennial, ADG was fortunate to be a part of several local projects, some of which include: B & D Independence – Building Addition and Loading Dock First National Bank of Allendale – West Salem Facility Remodel Mount Carmel Stabilization Group – Building Addition and Remodel The Roads Church – Mount Carmel Campus Renovation Wabash General Hospital – HVAC Replacement 2019 construction projects will take ADG to many Illinois locations including Albion, Bridgeport, Centralia, Charleston, Clinton, Effingham, Fairfield, Lawrenceville, Newton, Olney, Patoka, Sumner, Vandalia, West Salem, and the firm’s home town of Mount Carmel.

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WABASH COUNTY GOVERNMENT County Commissioners Robie Thompson, Tim Hocking and Rob Dean

Derek Morgan Wabash County Sheriff

Janet Will Wabash County Clerk

Angie Crum Wabash County Circuit Clerk

Beverly McBride Wabash County Treasurer

Cassandra Goldman Wabash County State’s Attorney

Shaun Keepes Deborah Gittings Supervisor of Wabash County Assessments Coroner

William Hudson Wabash County Circuit Judge

Cindy Poland Judy Wissel Wabash County Health Dept.

Business Growth and development in Wabash County – Supporting community efforts to bring new business and industry to our area.

Working with city and community organizations – Cooperating to maintain enhanced 911 system.

Rural Water District – Improving water resources to County citizens.

Dustin Bunting County Engineer

Gerald Brooks WEMA Coordinator

Regional Superintendent of Schools – Cooperating to bring educational services to the county.

RIDES – Supporting mass transportation for county citizens.

Wabash County Animal Control Visitor’s Bureau – Participating with Tourism Bureau IllinoiSouth

Greater Wabash Regional Planning Commission – Continuing support of the Housing Rehabilitation Program as well as the Revolving Loan Fund that provides low interest loans to existing and new businesses.

Resource Conservation and Development Area – Participating with Edwards, Lawrence and Crawford counties.

– Coordinating efforts so more animals will be adopted.