July 29, 2010
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SMH Earns R.I.S.E Award
(Sharon Love)
Scott Memorial Hospital
will be presented the R.I.S.E Award
today. The Rural Indiana Smoke-Free
Environment Award (R.I.S.E.) is a joint
award presented annually by the Indiana
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Agency
and the Indiana Rural Health
Association. The award is intended to
recognize smoke-free healthcare
facilities who serve Indiana’s rural
population. The award acknowledges
management and staff who have taken
necessary steps to lead Hoosiers toward
a healthier lifestyle. The award will be
presented at 11 a.m. today at Scott
Memorial Hospital.
Woman Accused of Stealing
Dozens of Identities Again
(Sharon Love)
A woman who has already
served time in prison for identity theft
has struck again. Kimberly Irvin is
accused of stealing about 25 different
identities of women with the same first
name. She did this by working at a
Lexington medical facility where she had
access to patient’s names and
birthdates. Irvin would allegedly use
these to obtain credit cards all over
Kentucky and Indiana. Currently Irvin
is only charged with one case of
identity theft for a loan at a Shelby
County bank. More charges are
expected.
Fake Money in Jackson
County
(Sharon
Love)
In an update to a story
I105.3 brought to you yesterday about
fake money being passed at the Jackson
County fair; the bogus bills have been
spotted all over the county. Fake $100
bills were being passed at the fair, now
a $20 bill and two $10 bills have been
passed at area businesses. Two of the
bills had the same serial number of
DJ35561482A. The U.S. Secret Service
has been contacted about the case.
Meanwhile, police ask anyone who believe
they may have a counterfeit bill is
asked to report it to the Sheriff’s
Department at 358.2141 or the Seymour
Police Department at 522.1234.
KDH Loses Malpractice
Suit
(Madison
Courier)
King’s Daughters Hospital
in Madison will have to pay hundreds of
thousands of dollars to a family in a
mal-practice suit. The jury found the
hospital negligent when a 4-year-old
girl died in 2002 from dehydration after
being treated for diarrhea and nausea.
The girl died at her home, however the
mother claimed Alexis Ritch died because
of too strong of a prescription drug and
negligence on the hospital’s part. The
autopsy reported dehydration as the
cause of death with intoxication
relating to a prescription drug as a
contributing factor. A jury awarded the
mother $200,000.
Child Molesters Mistrial
(Sharon Love)
A Clarksville man’s child
molesting trial ended in mistrial
yesterday morning. 62-year-old Jerry
Askren was arrested last August with
child molesting and being a repeat
sexual offender after a mother of a
3-year-old girl found blood in the
girl’s panties and on the commode. The
mother took the girl to the hospital
where she was checked. The hospital
reported injuries that were highly
concerning for attempted penetration.
Askren failed a polygraph. The
mistrial occurred when the mother made a
statement about Askren drooling on her
daughter was ruled inadmissible. Askren
will be tried again on November 15 and
could face up to 50 years in prison if
convicted.
Brown County Gets Largest State Nature
Preserve
The Indiana
Natural Resources Commission has
authorized establishment of the largest
nature preserve in the DNR system. The
Ten O’Clock Line Nature Preserve at
Brown County State Park is 3,339 acres
that features a large, intact block of
upland and floodplain forest that
provides habitat for many species that
are dependent on forest interiors,
including the cerulean warbler,
whip-poor-will, broad-winged hawk,
timber rattlesnake and red bat. “This
nature preserve provides permanent
protection for some of the rarest
wildlife in Indiana, as well as one of
the rarest trees in the state, the
yellowwood. It also preserves one of
the largest unfragmented forests
remaining in Indiana,” said John Bacone,
director of the DNR Division of Nature
Preserves.
As part of a state park, the land
already was protected by property
regulations. Nature preserve status
represents an additional commitment by
the Division of State Parks and
Reservoirs that the land will stay
natural, meaning there won't be a lodge,
picnic shelter, new parking lot or other
development in the acreage. Horse
trails located in the Ten O’Clock Line
Nature Preserve will remain open to
equestrian riders, and hikers can access
the preserve from Trail 9. The history
of the new nature preserve’s name dates
back to 1809, when the Treaty of Fort
Wayne was negotiated between William
Henry Harrison, then governor of the
Indiana Territory, and Little Turtle, a
Miami chief. The secondary name for the
treaty line, the “Ten O’Clock Line,”
which became Indiana’s northern boundary
at statehood in 1816, remains today. The
treaty line passes through the heart of
the new nature preserve. The next
largest DNR nature preserves are Rocky
Hollow-Falls Canyon in Turkey Run State
Park at 1,608 acres and Dunes Nature
Preserve at Indiana Dunes State Park at
1,530 acres. There are 233 nature
preserve sites in Indiana encompassing
nearly 39,000 acres.
Kentucky State Fair Hiring Hundreds for
Temporary Work
The Kentucky State Fair
will be hiring several hundred people to
work temporary positions this year.
Applications will be accepted beginning
August 9 for several positions including
maintenance staff, grounds,
housekeeping, admission gate keepers,
tour guides and tram drivers. The
positions will run from August 18
through August 29. For information on
when and where you can apply for these
jobs, log on to our website at
I1053online.com.
Wages start at $7.25 an hour, with some
positions paying slightly more.
Temporary positions run from Aug. 18
through Aug. 29, and the Kentucky State
Fair runs Thursday, Aug. 19 through
Sunday, Aug. 29. The first two days of
hiring, Monday, Aug. 9 and Tuesday, Aug.
10 will take place in South Wing C,
Rooms 105-108 at the Kentucky Exposition
Center. Hours for South Wing C location
are as follows:
Monday, Aug. 9
7 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 10
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
On the remaining days, applications will
be accepted at the Kentucky State Fair
Employment Trailer located behind the
Armory and Cracker Barrel (near Gate 4
of the Kentucky Exposition Center) off
Crittenden Drive. Hours that
applications will be accepted in the
Employment Trailer are as follows:
Wednesday, Aug. 11 – Monday, Aug.
16
8
a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug.
17
6 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 18 – Thursday, Aug.
19 6 a.m. –
Midnight
Friday, August 20
6 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday, Aug.
21
6 a.m. – Midnight
Sunday, Aug. 22 – Friday, Aug.
27
6 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday, Aug.
28
6 a.m. – Midnight
Sunday, Aug.
29
6 a.m. – 2 p.m.
All applicants must apply in person and
be at least 18 years of age. For
additional information, call (502)
367-5235 for the Employment Trailer.
Temporary jobs will also be available
after the Fair. Those interested in
working after Aug. 29 can apply at the
Kentucky Exposition Center’s
administrative office in the front of
Freedom Hall.
For more information about the Kentucky
State Fair, visit
www.kystatefair.org.
SMH Guild to Host Jewelry Sale
(Sharon Love)
The Scott
Memorial Hospital Volunteer Guild will
be hosting a Jewelry Sale to help raise
money for patient care equipment. The
sale will feature items from Masquerade
Jewelry and Accessories. A
variety of fashion bracelets, necklaces,
pins, rings watches and gifts for men
and children will be available. All
items will be $5. The sale will be held
Friday, August 6th from 7am to 3:30pm in
the hospital conference room. For more
information call 752-8542.
Proposed Changes to Indiana Deer Hunting
Rules
(Sharon Love)
The Indiana Natural
Resources Commission gave preliminary
approval to a comprehensive package of
proposed changes to deer-hunting rules
in Indiana. The DNR Division of Fish
and Wildlife developed the rules
proposal to focus deer-herd reduction in
a strategically targeted manner to more
adequately balance the ecological,
recreational and economic needs of the
state’s citizens.
Key points of the proposal include:
–Changing
the deer firearms season to nine days
beginning the Saturday before
Thanksgiving
–Adding
a two-day antlerless-only firearms
season in October in designated counties
–Adding
a statewide antlerless-only firearms
season from Dec. 25 to Jan. 1
–Shortening
the muzzleloader season to nine days
–Extending
the urban zone season through Jan. 31
–Expanding
the use of crossbows
–Requiring hunters to take at least one
antlerless deer prior to taking an
antlered deer in an urban deer zone
“For the last several years, Indiana
deer management and associated deer
rules were designed to stabilize or
slightly grow the deer herd,” said Mitch
Marcus, wildlife section chief for the
DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife. “We
are now experiencing record-setting
harvests, record numbers of deer damage
complaints, constituent complaints to
legislators, and record numbers of
deer-vehicle collisions. The intent of
this deer rule proposal is to move
Indiana toward a focused, strategically
targeted deer-herd reduction.”
Hunters have harvested more than 100,000
deer in the state in 15 of the last 17
years, topping 125,000 in four of the
last five years, including a record
132,752 in 2009.
Further changes would add a new
nonresident youth deer license, add
license requirements for the new special
antlerless seasons, add requirements to
the use of ground blinds, allow a rifle
cartridge to have a maximum case length
of 1.8 inches instead of l.625 inches,
and require youth hunters to wear hunter
orange during the youth special season.
A complete summary of the proposed
changes is at
http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/2362.htm
The NRC’s
preliminary approval moves the proposed
changes into the public input phase of
the rules-making process. Comments on
the proposal can be submitted online at
www.IN.gov/nrc;
by mail to Division of Hearings, Indiana
Government Center North, 100 North
Senate Ave., Indianapolis, IN, 46204; or
at public hearings. Dates and locations
for a minimum two hearings will be
announced at a later date.
After the public input process is
complete, the NRC will consider final
adoption of the rule package.
If adopted, the new rules
would take effect in 2011 and would be
evaluated over a five-year period
to determine if the intended result of
reducing the deer herd is being
achieved. Success will be measured
through maintaining an annual deer
harvest sex ratio of 60/40
(females/males), landowner and
deer-hunter survey responses, reduction
in county antlerless quotas, and
reduction in deer-vehicle accident
rates.
The
proposed changes to deer-hunting rules
are a result of the NRC Advisory
Council’s Comprehensive Fish and
Wildlife Rules Enhancement Project and a
DNR review of Indiana deer management.
The NRAC project drew more than 1,000
suggestions from the public, and the DNR
review included discussions with
representatives from several stakeholder
groups—Indiana
Sportsman’s Roundtable, Indiana Wildlife
Federation, Indiana Deer Hunters
Association, Indiana Bowhunters
Association, Quality Deer Management
Association, The Nature Conservancy,
Indiana Farm Bureau, Bloomington City
Council, Indiana Forestry and Woodland
Owners Association, and a sporting goods
retailer.
Leaders or representatives of the
Roundtable, IWF, IDHA, IBA, QDMA, The
Nature Conservancy and Indiana Farm
Bureau spoke in support of the proposed
rule changes at Tuesday’s NRC meeting.
“We are pleased with the amount of
public input given through the
Comprehensive Fish and Wildlife Rule
Enhancement Project and the agency
review of deer management with
stakeholder groups,” Marcus said. “We
look forward to additional public input
as part of the rule-making process.”
Those interested in
submitting a comment on the deer rules
proposals
that received preliminary adoption from
the Natural Resources Commission
yesterday and were released earlier
today, or on the catfish, or
furbearer possession rule proposals that
also received preliminary adoption, can
do so at
http://www.in.gov/nrc/2377.htm
and
clicking on “Comment on Proposed Rule."
The only other means by which comments
will be accepted is by regular mail sent
to this address:
Natural Resources Commission
Division of Hearings
Indiana Government Center North
100 North Senate Avenue, Room N501
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2200
New E-mail Scam
(Wave 3)
The Better Business
Bureau has issued a warning about a new
email being sent in an attempt to get
your personal information. Wave 3 is
reporting the senders are making it look
like an order confirmation from Amazon
complete with logo and an order number.
If you receive one of these emails and
you know you haven't ordered anything
from Amazon, you can be sure it's a
scam. If you have ordered something from
Amazon just hover your mouse over the
highlighted links in the email, but
don't click them and the web address
should be from Amazon. Any other
address, simply delete the e-mail.
County Fair Safety
(Sharon Love)
The Indiana Department of Homeland
Security (IDHS) and Indiana State Police
(ISP) remind all Hoosiers to remember:
·
Don’t board a ride if you
see signs of improper maintenance, an
inattentive operator or something that
just doesn’t look safe. Report your
observations to the ride operator or
call the IDHS amusement ride hotline at
1-888-203-5020.
·
Every ride should have a
current permit issued by IDHS. The
permit is about the size of a business
card and typically located at the
operator’s station. Permits are good
for one year.
·
If the ride has no permit
or the permit has expired call the
amusement ride hotline at
1-888-203-5020.
·
Keep a watchful eye on
children. It’s easy for children and
caregivers to become separated in large
crowds.
·
If you do become
separated from your child, notify local
security immediately.
·
Teach children to stay
put as soon as they realize they are
lost. Wandering children are more
difficult to find because their location
keeps changing.
DNR Photography Contest
(Sharon Love)
Photographers who are 18 years of age or
older may participate in the DNR
Division of State Park and Reservoirs’
photography contest, which runs through
the end of this year. Photos of plants,
wildlife, scenic beauty, events,
historic facilities and features, and
individual or family outdoor recreation
images taken at Indiana State Parks and
Reservoirs in all seasons may be
entered. A winning photograph will be
announced each month during the first
week of the following month. Winning
photographs will appear in the DNR's
photo galleries online. Many other
prizes will also be awarded.
www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/5997.htm
Austin Man Still Missing, Large Reward
Offered
(Sharon Love)
Family
and friends of the missing Austin man
continue the search. 50-year-old Paul
Graupe was last seen November 24, 2009 around
2:00 p.m. It is alleged Graupe went to
collect a debt from a former co-worker
when he disappeared.
Graupe is described as
standing about 5 feet 7 inches and
weighing about 170 pounds with brown
hair and wire-rim glasses. He is usually
wearing a camouflage baseball cap. A
$15,000 reward is being offered for
information leading to the discovery of
Graupe’s where-a-bouts. Anyone with
information about Graupe is asked to
call the Austin Police Department at
794-2496 or the Scott County Sheriff’s
Department at 752-8400.
Be Prepared for Disasters
(Sharon Love)
I105.3 and the Indiana
Department of Homeland Security are
urging Hoosiers to be prepared to care
for yourself and your family during a
disaster. IDHS advises all Hoosiers to
take responsibility for their families
and communities before a disaster
strikes. During or immediately following
a disaster federal, state, and local
emergency management agencies will be
working extremely hard to provide
emergency relief, and promote public
safety and wellbeing. During wide
spread or severe emergencies, however,
assistance from these agencies may not
be immediately available due to the type
of emergency or number of persons
affected. You are urged to get a kit.
Make a plan. Be informed. And get
involved. A kit should include enough
food, water, and medicine for your
entire family and pets for three days.
More information can be found at
www.in.gov/dhs.
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