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Obituaries Police Notebook
The following students
were inadvertently omitted
from a list of students receiving
awards at Friday night’s
Norwell High School Academic
Awards ceremony.
• Kaila Taylor, Academic
Honors Medallion, Honor
Cords, Marquardt Farm
Scholarship, Wells County 4-
H Scholarship.
• Haley Toliver, Academic
Honors Medallion, Honor
Cords, Bethel College Faculty
Scholarship, Wells County
4-H Scholarship, Dollars for
Scholars $500 scholarship,
Indiana Institute of Technology
Softball Scholarship.
• Samuel Tomten, High
Honor Cords, Academic Honors
Medallion, National Honor
Society Cords, Carthage College
Presidential Scholarship,
Rudd Family Scholarship,
National Merit Commended
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John Gaskill, 64
John R. Gaskill, 64, of Fort
Wayne, a former resident of
Bluffton, passed away at 6:50
p.m. Monday, May 21, 2012, at
the Visiting Nurse and Hospice
Home in Fort Wayne.
Mr. Gaskill worked for the
Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan
School District for more than 20
years as a custodian. He and his
former wife, Rosemary, owned
and operated the Bluffton Janitor John Gaskill
Service for 24 years. In his later
years, he enjoyed spending time remodeling homes.
He also assisted with the demolition efforts of the volunteer
group Beautifying Blackford County.
He was born Sept. 21, 1947, in Wells County, to
Harry M. Gaskill and Ruth C. Nuckoles Miller. His
mother survives in Liberty Center along with her fiance,
Art Ramseyer.
Additional survivors include a daughter, Cheryl
Gaskill of Fort Wayne; a son, Joseph Gaskill of
Columbus; four grandchildren, Johanna Basinski-Gaskill,
Wesley Basinski-Gaskill, Ashtain Gaskill, and
Kyle Gaskill; a great-grandchild, Benjamin Pedigo;
three sisters, Patricia (Rex) Holloway of Poneto, Mary
Alice Osborn of Shelburn, and Connie Snyder of Indianapolis;
and three brothers, Harold (Leslie) Gaskill of
Bluffton, Bobby (Donna) Miller of Dunkirk, and Fred
Miller of Pennville.
He is also survived by best friends Steve Cotton
and Josh Dunifan.
He is also survived by his friend and former wife
Rosemary (Bill) Elliott, who resides in Bluffton.
He is also survived by his son Joseph’s former wife,
Pamela Gaskill, of Columbus.
A memorial service for family and friends will be
held at a later time.
Preferred memorials are to the family.
Online condolences: www.thegmcfamily.com
Indiana Roundup
Driver slams into
tree during police chase
AVILLA, Ind. (AP) — Police in northeastern Indiana say
a driver was taken to a hospital after he crashed went off a
road and crashed into a tree while fleeing from officers.
State police say that a trooper had stopped the car for
speeding on Interstate 69 in southern Steuben County
early Wednesday, when the driver took off. The trooper
broke off the chase as the car entered Kendallville on U.S.
6.
Police say Kendallville officers later spotted the car
again and the driver fled toward the Noble County town
of Avilla, where the car went through an intersection and
slammed head-on into a tree about 50 yards off the road.
Police say the 33-year-old driver suffered a broken leg
and that investigators believe he had been drinking alcohol.
Small Indiana school
district marks its final day
NEW HARMONY, Ind. (AP) — The dismissal bell
rang for the last time at one of Indiana’s smallest school
districts as students, teachers and parents cried and
hugged.
Fourth-graders at the New Harmony School lowered
the U.S. and Indiana flags and the school pep band played
its fight song during Tuesday’s ceremonies marking the
end of the district dating back to the 1870s in the Wabash
River town in far southwestern Indiana.
The district with 137 students this year is merging with
the neighboring North Posey Schools because of state
funding cuts. New Harmony will graduate its final class
of 13 students on Thursday.
Eighth-grader Devin Hulen tells the Evansville Courier
& Press that he’ll miss the school’s uniqueness, saying its
small classes made it like a little family.
Corrections and clarifications
2275 N. Main St., Bluffton 824-5189
Nancy A.
Bailey
Calling: 2-8 p.m.
Wednesday.
Funeral: 10:30 a.m.
Thursday.
St. Rd. 124 East, Bluffton
824-3852
Student.
• Tyler Ulmer, Wells County
4-H Scholarship, Dollars for
Scholars $500 scholarship.
• Addie Williams, Academic
Honors Medallion, Distinction
Honor Stole, National
Honor Society Cords, Dollars
for Scholars $500 scholarship.
• Mitchell Wilson, Academic
Honors Medallion,
Honor Cords.
• Joshua Winters, Wells
County Foundation Turnaround
Award.
INCIDENTS
City:
Tuesday, 7:25 a.m., officer
requested at the Airplane
Service Station, 407
N. Main St., on a report of
a dispute between the clerk
and a customer.
Tuesday, 12:28 p.m.,
Beverly Markley, Capri
Court. Reported theft of
purse while at Walmart.
Tuesday, 12:44 p.m.,
courthouse official requested
an officer to report a
case of fraud. No further
information available.
Tuesday, 7:27 p.m.,
report of thick black smoke
coming from a burning barrel
on Union Street between
Washington and Market
streets. The person doing
the burning was asked by
an officer to put it out.
Tuesday, 7:40 p.m., officer
stopped a vehicle at
Oak Street and Wiley Avenue.
Arrested was the vehicle’s
driver, Joann Shuller,
of Muncie. See ARRESTS.
Tuesday, 11:06 p.m.,
report of a white full-size
van weaving all over the
road northbound on Main
Street from Wabash Street.
An officer checked the area
but did not see any vehicle
matching the description.
Today, 12:20 a.m.,
report of a verbal altercation
between a man and a
woman at a mobile home in
the Sleepy Hollow mobile
home park. The man had
reportedly left for work
before officers arrived, and
the woman had reportedly
thrown some of his possessions
in the street. An officer
spoke with the woman,
who reportedly agreed to
pick up the items.
Today, 12:51 a.m., a man
brought a cat to the police
department after someone
spraypainted the cat pink.
County:
Tuesday, 7:59 a.m., a
caller who lives on 750E
south of Ind. 124 reported
that a suspicious subject
was at her residence claiming
to be selling textbooks
and wanting to know if
the caller knew when her
neighbors would be home.
A sheriff’s deputy located
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.
(AP) — A suspected case
of tuberculosis at an Indiana
middle school has
health officials preparing
to test up to 1,000 students
and school employees for
the disease.
The parents of Woodrow
Wilson Middle School
students were notified by
phone calls Monday about
the illness, but Vigo County
health officials wouldn’t
disclose whether the sick
person was a student or
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Visitation and Services
Mary E. Smeltzer-Shaw
Visitation
5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Services 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Private family burial will be Friday at the Fairview
Cemetery.
the man and stopped the
vehicle he was driving on
700S. It turned out the man
was indeed a legitimate
textbook salesman, but he
was told to register with the
county before continuing to
sell the books.
Tuesday, 9:53 a.m., officer
and animal control officer
requested on 300S west
of 300W in Liberty Center
to round up an aggressive
stray dog. The dog was
located and impounded.
Tuesday, 5 p.m., Ind.
301 near 400N. Report of
an older model blue car
in the middle of the road
with a man lying across the
hood and a child sitting on
the roof of the vehicle. An
officer checked the area
but did not see any vehicle
matching the description.
Tuesday, 5:24 p.m.,
report of a loose pitbull
running around the neighborhoods
on Market Street
in Poneto. A deputy spoke
to the dog’s owner about
keeping the dog on his
property.
Tuesday, 9:59 p.m.,
report of a fist fight
between two men in a
garage in the 100 block of
South Melching Street in
Ossian. Turned out to be a
fight between two brothers,
neither of whom admitted
that any fisticuffs had
occurred. The parties were
separated with no arrests.
Tuesday, 10:11 p.m.,
report of a verbal altercation
between a man and a
woman at a mobile home
in Kozy Kourt. Officers
responded. Situation
calmed with no arrests.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Tuesday, 4:59 p.m.,
Main Street at Water Street.
Cameron S. Green, 21,
rural Van Buren, was driving
south on Main Street
when he realized too late
that traffic ahead of him
had stopped. His 1999 Pontiac
struck from behind
a 1996 Chevrolet pickup
truck driven by Robert
E. Lemmon, 61, of 1306
Manor Drive. Damage
exceeded $2,500.
Tuesday, 9:06 p.m., the
employee.
County health administrator
Joni Foulkes tells
the Tribune-Star that the
department expects to
administer skin tests to
detect TB at the school on
May 29 and check them on
May 31, which is the last
day of school for the students.
Foulkes said the ill person
is no longer at the
school.
“It’s important to the
school corporation and the
health department to capture
and test the students”
while they are still in
school, she said.
Tuberculosis is a bacterial
infection that usually
attacks the lungs and
is typically passed through
Congratulations
We are proud of you!
Jessica Elwell
We love you,
Mom, Dad, Andy & Matt
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FUNERAL HOME
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north-south alley between
Union and Baldwin streets
near Wabash Street. Angela
R. Carroll, 20, of 80 Sunset
Drive, was driving south in
the alley when she heard
someone yell at her. She
stopped her 1995 Pontiac
Grand Am and the car was
subsequently backed into
by a 2000 Chrysler 300
driven by Isaiah E. Marshall,
17, of 909 W. Wabash
St. Marshall told the investigating
officer he did not
realize there was a car
stopped behind him. Damage
exceeded $1,000.
ARRESTS
Charles Allen Enyeart,
33, Marion; failure to
appear in court and nonsupport
of a dependent
child. No bond set.
James R. Mills, 59, rural
Roanoke; driving while
intoxicated. Bond set at
$500.
Joann M. Shuler, 21,
Muncie; driving while suspended
with a prior conviction.
Bond set at $1,500.
TICKETS
Nicholas S. Mailloux,
32, rural Decatur; seat belt
violation, Main Street at
Wabash Street.
Thad M. Eley, 17, of
518 W. Market St.; seat
belt violation, Main Street
at Wabash Street.
Richard T. Lee, 46, of
287 N. Oak St.; seat belt
violation, Main Street at
Wabash Street.
Madream T. Rogers, 22,
of 320 W. Dustman Rd.;
seat belt violation, Main
Street at Market Street.
Luke R. Frauhiger, 22,
rural Bluffton; seat belt
violation, Wabash Street at
Main Street.
Joyce A. Yergler, 56, of
405 S. Wayne St.; seat belt
violation, Main Street at
Riley Street.
Carrolton D. Fischer, 18,
Pennville; seat belt violation
and child restraint violation,
Main Street at Silver
Street.
Dallas K. Jones, 18, rural
Bluffton; speed too fast to
avoid a collision/unreasonable
speed, alley intersection
in the 300 block of
West Wiley Avenue.
Students face TB tests at Indiana school
Births
Wesley and Kay (Worden)
Yoder of Warner Robins,
Ga., became parents of
a baby girl Makenna Grace
May 1, 2012. She weighed
7 pounds and measured 20
inches. She joins a sister
Brinley, 1 1/2. Grandparents
are Ed and Mary Yoder of
Bluffton and Gary and Terri
Worden of Craigville. Greatgrandparents
are Robert and
Bonnie Worden of Bluffton
and Vernelle Yoder of
Berne.
sneezing or coughing.
Foulkes said the testing
was set for next week so
that school officials would
have time for parents to
return consent forms and so
that the health department
could obtain supplies for so
many tests.
Health officials don’t
yet plan to test school visitors
or other people unless
the school tests find more
possible cases.
“We identify who might
have been in the initial ring
of contact,” Foulkes said.
“When you look at it being
airborne and in a school,
it’s a highly communicable
environment.”
GRAIN PRICES
At closing Tuesday,
May 22
Central States,
Montpelier
1-888-935-1107
Cash corn $6.41, June
corn $6.43, new crop corn
2012 $5.05, January 2013
corn $5.21.
Cash beans $13.71, June
beans $13.71, new crop
beans 2012 $12.49, January
2013 beans $12.60.
Cash wheat $6.81, new
crop wheat 2012 $6.86,.
Agland Grain,
Bluffton
May corn $6.40, June
corn $6.53, July corn $6.55,
S/O/N corn $5.05.
May beans $13.64,
June beans $13.66, July
beans $13.68, S/O/N beans
$13.49.
May wheat $6.93, J/A
2012 wheat $6.87.
BPD begins
seat belt
campaign
Bluffton police are taking
part in a nationwide “Clickit-or-Ticket
seat belt enforcement
campaign on now
through June 3.
In Indiana, more than 250
law enforcement agencies
will conduct special patrols –
day and night, to identify and
ticket unrestrained motorists.
In Indiana, there were
3,322 crashes involving
unrestrained drivers/occupants
in 2011 and 202 fatalities
involving unrestrained
drivers/occupants. Last year
Bluffton officers issued 85
seat belt citations during Click
It or Ticket.
“Although Indiana’s current
seat belt usage rate is
93.2 percent – there remain a
significant number of drivers
who are at an increased risk
for death or injury because
they still fail to buckle up on
a regular basis,” said Bluffton
Deputy Police Chief Nathan
Huss.
Just last year in Indiana,
1,024 people were ejected
from their motor vehicles
due to being unrestrained.
Nationwide, younger motorists
and men are particularly
at risk.
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration data
shows that among teen and
young adult passenger vehicle
occupants in 2010, ages 18-
34 who were killed in motor
vehicle traffic crashes, 62
percent were not buckled up
at the time of the crash – the
highest percentage of any age
group. The number jumps to
66 percent when just men in
this age group are included.
“Bluffton motorists should
be prepared to see more law
enforcement on the roads during
this 15-day period,” Huss
said. “Special patrols will
take place around the clock,
and if law enforcement finds
you on the road unbuckled at
any time, you can expect to
get a ticket. No excuses and
no exceptions.”
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Sat., May 26 & Mon., May 28
so their employees can enjoy the holiday with their families
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Sat. 8 a.m.-Noon (Closed Mon.)
Regular hours will resume on Tuesday
Have a Safe and Enjoyable Holiday!