ABOVE: Shelbyville High School senior Emma Miller takes a photo of Layla Kincaid, Shelbyville Middle School seventh grader, with Mayor Scott Furgeson at yesterday’s Shelby Shake competition. | photo by JACK BOYCE
BELOW: A group of facilitators and students - Dr. Kate Garringer, Cora DeBaun, Christine DeBaun, Carmen Fansler, Anne Marie Fansler and Brooke Caldwell - prepare to participate in Shelby Shake yesterday. The annual event featured 55 seventh grade Honors students and 75 community leaders. Additional photos can be viewed here… | photo by JACK BOYCE
Buck Rogers Jr. plays on the east side of Public Square last night while Capone’s Downtown Speakeasy on the west side hosts “Paint the Town Purple,” a fundraiser for Shelby County Active Aging Coalition. | photo by JACK BOYCE
Following the lead of other area school corporations, the Shelbyville Central Schools board on Wednesday approved a memorandum of understanding with AIC TRECS (Association of Indiana Counties Tax Refund Exchange and Compliance System) which allows the district to recover delinquent textbook and cafeteria funds from parents through their state tax refund.
“We’re really pushing right now for (parents) to pay (overdue balances) on their own,” SCS Business Manager Michelle Babco*ck said. If those efforts have not been successful by the fall, the corporation will consider next steps, she said.
The measure was made possible by state legislation passed in 2017 allowing governmental units to collect outstanding debts owed by intercepting personal state income tax.
The board also approved changes to student handbooks for next school year. Following recently passed legislation generally prohibiting student cell phones in classrooms, SCS handbook sections on electronic device usage were updated accordingly.
The revised high school policy further defines portable electronic devices and prohibits their use in a manner that interferes with education. The policy provides exceptions, such as when students are given permission from a teacher to use a device for educational purposes, an emergency or to manage a student’s health care, and to use a device as part of a student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) or 504 plan.
Students will be encouraged to leave devices at home, in lockers or in cars during the school day. “Learning is the focus on the SHS campus,” the handbook states.
Wearable technology, which includes, among other devices, phones, headphones and smartwatches, are “not to be used or visible during class periods. This includes classrooms, hallways, or bathrooms. Students who bring a cell phone to classrooms will be required to stow it in a classroom caddie during instructional time.”
At the high school, cell phones and wearable devices are allowed to be used during lunch and passing periods. At SMS, cell phones, AirPods, earbuds and headphones are not allowed to be used during lunch. During passing periods, Airpods, earbuds and headphones should be limited to one ear. Smartwatches can be worn during the school day, provided they are not a distraction. Elementary students’ devices should not be accessible during the school day or at after-school activities, and the handbook recommends such devices be left at home.
In other action, the board approved job descriptions for positions regarding the early childhood/daycare program for children of staff members, which has six students enrolled and can accept up to 10, and for the summer preschool daycare program, which “maxed out very quickly,” Superintendent Dr. Matt Vance said.
A bridge deck overlay will be performed on N. Michigan Road over I-74 that will require the bridge to be closed to traffic in both directions for about 30 days. Work on the shoulders of I-74 in both directions under the bridge will start Tuesday, May 21. The bridge closure will start the day after Memorial Day, May 28, and last for 30 days.
NATIONAL NEWS: One of the best-performing categories in books is religious-themed literature, which was up 7.8 percent in 2023 compared to the prior year, 9 percent to 10 percent above the rest of the trade publishing market. What’s really driving the numbers is, in fact, Bibles, which have been in strikingly high demand and tend to pop in sales whenever things get a bit weird geopolitically. HarperCollins Christian Publishing has a 42 percent market share in the Bible business. (Publishers Weekly/Numlock)
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2014: Despite a burst of rain and hail, Shelbyville’s Government Day lunch on Public Square was a success. After the lunch, DeBaun and others biked to Blue River Memorial Park and back. The bike ride was added to the event in 2012 as DeBaun promoted Shelbyville as a bike-friendly community.
2004: Dee Bonner, Shelbyville News advertising director and editorial cartoonist, celebrated 26 years in his role. “I’ll say one thing about him,” Ernie Conrad, lifelong Democrat and former city council member, told TSN writer Ron Hamilton, “He’s an equal-opportunity critic. He gives it to Republicans and Democrats alike.” Former Mayor Betsy Stephen said she got “a kick” out of Bonner’s cartoons, despite being their subject many times. Bonner and his sister, Linda, lost their father when they were young and were both raised by their mother, Oriena Thompson, who was still alive in 2004, at age 93. Bonner had been a student at Charles Major and was a member of the first class to graduate from the new Shelbyville High School in 1960. He had been approached by John C. DePrez, publisher of The Shelbyville News, about doing a weekly cartoon in 1978.
1994: The Shelby County Fair schedule was released. A donkey and mule show would kick off festivities on July 16. A gospel sing and annual queen pageant were also part of early activities. The first full day of the fair would be World War II veterans day, with memorabilia from the wartime years on display.
Compton’s Cow Palace, 318 N. Harrison St., celebrated its 10th anniversary.
1984: The Grandview Addition Muscular Dystrophy Street Dance and Carnival was held. Entertainment consisted of country and rock-and-roll music provided by the Country Fire, Four of a Kind, Southern Crossfire and Silent Approach bands. Several area radio disc jockeys were there, including Indiana Jones from WNAP, Big John Gilles from WIBC and Ron Jordan from WENS. Mayor Dan Theobald was a target in a dunk tank to raise money for muscular dystrophy.
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for Shelbyville’s new water tower/fire station. City officials had worked more than two years for the new facility to increase water pressure and fire protection on the city’s southwest side. The facility would be 167 feet tall.
1974: Richard Hartman, 12, was the recipient of the Earl Trees Safety Patrol Award. The award was presented by Bruce Williams of Williams Industries. Hartman was a sixth grader at Addison School. Other nominees were Gary Humphrey (Hendricks), Julie Law (St. Joseph), Tom Mentzer (Loper), Kevin Metz (Coulston) and Terry DeSpain (Pearson).
The Shelbyville High School senior class enjoyed an early-morning breakfast at Sider’s Steakhouse Restaurant on E. Michigan Road. Some 220 class members attended, riding their bicycles from their homes.
1964: Judy Haas was named Shelbyville High School prom queen. She was escorted by Don Wilson, president of the junior class. Prom was held at Paul Cross Gymnasium.
1954: Blue River Inn, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wertz, celebrated its first anniversary.
Plans were completed to hold post-prom at the Elks Club from midnight to 6:45 a.m., ending with breakfast. Prom would be at Paul Cross Gymnasium. Members of the Jaycees and their wives would be chaperones.
1944: George Tolen was announced to be the master of ceremonies for the upcoming Memorial Day program. The combined Shelbyville High School and Farm Bureau bands, under the direction of George Small, would play the “Star Spangled Banner.”
Roy Anderson was appointed temporary police officer to help the force transition from eight-hour shifts to twelve-hour shifts. Also, Raymond Lackey was named city recreation director for both the Kennedy and Laura Morrison parks.
1934: City police and Mayor L.E. Webb met six carloads of gypsies who came here to tell fortunes. The city officials ordered the gypsies to move along.
Over 150 employees and friends attended a party hosted by Goodman store officials held at the Strand Alcazar. Dr. R.A. and Juanita (Haehl) Major, who had recently been married, were among the honored guests.
1924: Bernard Douglass, who held the contract for the collection of garbage in Shelbyville, appeared at the city council meeting to complain that other contractors were “stealing” garbage from him. City Attorney Walter Myers said that if that was true, those responsible would be charged with larceny for stealing garbage. Douglass said someone had even come to his house to take garbage from his can, located behind his home.
1914: Members of the First Presbyterian Church arranged a croquet grounds behind the church. The grounds included electric lights, with wiring done by Walter Stuckey.
Mayor Schoelch gave Theodore Runyan, who had been charged with intoxication, a choice of paying $11 or going to jail for 11 days. “I’m glad to go to jail. I would rather go there than any other place I know of because I won’t have to work,” Runyan replied.
Joey Ray Poole, 48, of New Palestine, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at the Golden Living Center in Greenfield. He was born September 17, 1975, in Greenfield. Joey is survived by his father, Timothy Poole and wife, Tammy, of New Palestine; mother, Kathy Sorrell and husband, Perry, of Greenfield; daughter, Madalyn Poole of Greenfield; son, Mason Poole of Greenfield; brother, Jason Poole of Greenfield; nieces, Timber Poole and Taylor Poole; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
In 1994, Joey graduated from Greenfield High School. He was a machinist at International Harvester, for over five years. Joey was a car enthusiast and enjoyed building engines.
Services have been entrusted to Freeman Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, 124 E. North St. in Morristown. Online condolences may be shared with Joey’s family at www.freemanfamilyfuneralhomes.com.
