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Library closed Tuesday
through Saturday for fair
The Bluffton branch of the Wells County
Public Library will be closed Tuesday
through Saturday, Sept. 20-24, during the
Bluffton Free Street Fair. The library has
scheduled inventory and staff in-service
events during that time.
The Bluffton branch will be open on
Monday, Sept. 19, until 5 p.m. and will
reopen for normal business hours on Monday,
Sept. 26.
The Ossian branch of the Wells County
Public Library will be closed Wednesday
and Thursday, Sept. 21-22, for staff training.
The Ossian branch of the library will otherwise
have normal hours this week.
Recycling Center closed
next week for Street Fair
The recycling center will be closed Sept.
20 through Sept. 26 due to Bluffton Free
Street Fair.
Normal business hours will resume on
Tuesday, Sept. 27.
Drainage Board to meet
Monday at 200N/200W
The Wells County Drainage Board will
meet Monday, Sept. 19, at a special location.
For this time only, the meeting will convene
at the intersection of 200N-200W in
Rockcreek Township. The board will discuss
proposals to fix the flooding issues that
have been occurring in that area.
The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. Monday.
Bluffton’s Board of Works
will meet Tuesday
The Bluffton Board of Public Works and
Safety will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the
conference room on the first floor of City
Hall.
Included on the agenda is Common
Wealth Engineering with Ben Adams, a
communication tower with Bob Plummer,
and a right of way permit for the downtown
Dollar General store. Mark Baller will
also bring quotes to the board for removing
sludge from the water filtration plant.
Southern Wells school
board to meet Tuesday
Members of the Southern Wells School
Board will meet in a regular session at 5
p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the central office.
On the agenda is a second reading of the
policy regarding corporation vehicle use; a
request for maternity leave; a recommendation
for an extra-curricular position; a
proposal to purchase a small bleacher unit
and a snowblower; a proposal for a silent
auction; fundraiser requests from the athletic
department, boys’ basketball program,
and Partners in Education; an FFA field trip
request; conference requests; requests to use
the facilities by the YMCA Mileage Club
and the Southern Wells Community Church
Trunk or Treat; and approval of volunteers
for the eighth-grade Chicago trip.
Board members will also review the
Southern Wells Elementary School improvement
plan.
The meeting will be preceded by an
executive session to discuss collective bargaining.
Northern Wells school
board will meet Tuesday
The board of the Northern Wells Community
Schools will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 20, in the school district’s administration
building, 312 N. Jefferson St. in Ossian.
Leading off the agenda are three hearings
— on the 2012 bus replacement plan, the
2012 CPF plan, and the 2012 budget. The
Bus Replacement Plan and the CPF Plan are
also scheduled to voted on during the meeting.
Also planned for Tuesday night are a
Family Medical Leave Act request from
Tina Weldy, a teacher at Lancaster Central
Elementary School; consideration of
a $10,900 donation from the Wells County
Foundation to Lancaster Elementary for an
ADA-compliant Touch Accessible Platform
for Interactive Technology system; and consideration
of a contract to work on the roof
at Ossian Elementary School.
The meeting will be preceded by an executive
session which is closed to the public.
The executive session will begin at 5 p.m.
The closed-door session is being called to
discuss collective bargaining, discussion of
confidential records, and to evaluate the job
performance of individual employees.
3 government meetings
called off next week
The Wells County Commissioners, the
Wells County Solid Waste District board,
and the Bluffton Common Council have all
canceled their regularly scheduled meeting
this week because of the Bluffton Street
Fair.
None of the meetings have been rescheduled.
The Wells County Commissioners will
meet again at 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 3, and
the Solid Waste District board will meet
again at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17. Both of
those meetings will be in the Wells Carnegie
Government Annex, 223 W. Washington
St. Bluffton Common Council members
are not scheduled to meet again until 7:30
a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, when they will meet at
Bluffton High School.
Wells Court Docket
Wells Circuit Court
Criminal Cases
Petition for revocation
of suspended sentence and
probation filed against Donald
D. Hesher, 61, of Bluffton,
originally convicted of
child molesting, following
an alleged violation of the
terms of his probation.
Adam T. Dawson, 23, of
Jonesboro, entered plea of
guilty to one count of theft.
Dawson was charged after
an officer from the Wells
County Sheriff’s Department
investigated a report of
someone on a property allegedly
stealing scrap metal
from a property in rural keystone
on May 20. Sentencing
set for Nov. 22.
Travis J. Patrick, 24, of
Bluffton, entered a plea of
guilty to one count of theft.
Patrick was charged after
officers from the Wells
County Sheriff’s Department
investigated a report
of a wallet stolen at Murphy
Oil on June 26. Sentencing
set for Oct. 14.
Initial hearing of charges
against Louis H. Howard Jr.,
32, of Bluffton, filed. Howard
was charged with one
count of failure to appear
after he failed to appear at a
hearing in the Wells Circuit
Court on Aug. 25. Status
hearing date not set. Pre-trial
hearing date set for Nov. 22.
John Clifton appointed as
public defender.
Civil Cases
Decree of dissolution of
marriage filed terminating
the marriage between Gary
D. Lesh and Marlene F.
Lesh.
Marriage Licenses
Joseph Robert Beste and
Laura Michelle Gompert.
Chad Michael Davidson
and Katherine Ann Davidson.
Wells Superior Court
Civil Cases
Decree of dissolution of
marriage filed terminating
the marriage between Christine
E. Harrington and Paul
D. Harrington.
Release of judgment filed
in favor of Tye and Amy
Walton of Poneto who have
settled their account with
AAA Acceptance Corporation.
Release of judgment filed
in favor of Calvin Archbold
who has settled his account
with AAA Acceptance Corporation.
Release of judgment filed
in favor of Megan Berry of
Markle who has settled her
account with AAA Acceptance
Corporation.
Release of judgment filed
in favor of Candace Barkey/Martz
of Columbia City
who has settled her account
with AAA Acceptance Corporation.
Judgments in various
amounts filed in favor of
Collecto Services against
Kristan Cogar of Markle
(547.04); Naomi Kipp of
Bluffton ($589.06); Denver
Murray of Bluffton
($1,528.45); and Lily Lopez
of Bluffton ($1,238.47).
Default judgment of
$4,018 filed in favor of
Douglas L. Todd against
Amy Arnold of Bluffton.
Judgment of $1,490 filed
in favor of Futures against
Amanda Prebble of Ossian.
Default judgment of
$932.53 filed in favor of
Bluffton Plumbing and
Heating against William and
Melinda Foreman of Bluffton.
Complaint for payment in
the amount of $1,792 filed
by Trenton Markley of Liberty
Center against Robert
Hunnicutt of Liberty Center.
LAND AUCTION
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 • 6:00 PM
Farmland,
Indiana
75 ±
Acres
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PROPERTY LOCATION: From Farmland,
IN, travel north on SR 1 for 5 miles to CR
600N, west 1.5 miles to the property.
AUCTION LOCATION: Albany Lions Club,
215 S. Water Street, Albany, IN.
TRACT DESCRIPTIONS:
TRACT 1: 35± Acres with approximately
550 ft. of frontage on CR 600N. Mostly
tillable. Soils are Pewamo and Glynwood.
TRACT 2: 40± Acres with 50 ft. of frontage
on CR 600N. Approx. 29 acres tillable along
with an 11 acre woods. Soils are Pewamo
and Glynwood.
Wind farm land lease in place.
CALL THE SALE MANAGER FOR PRIVATE INSPECTIONS
SELLER: BRADLEY SPARKS
AUCTION MANAGER: AL PFISTER, 260-824-5850, 260-760-8922 (cell)
800-451-2709 • 260-244-7606
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AREA/STATE
Recycling crafters
Members of the Good Things Craft Club put together a recycled fall craft project this week
at the Wells County Public Library, as they created leaf wreaths and swags from the pages
of old book. The leaves were cut from yellowed page, had wires glued to them, and then
were attached to a wire wreath or swag. Emily Marshall, at right, of the library staff, led
the Martha Stewart project as she worked at fashioning a ribbon bow. Crafters left to right
were Sheryl Brown, Susan Ealing, Mary Ellen McEvoy and Pat Dyson. Next meeting for the
Good Things Club will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, with a floral arranging demonstration
planned. There is no charge to attend and no reservations are needed. (Photo by Barbara
Barbieri)
5 power plants could be mothballed
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.
(AP) — Duke Energy
expects to close much of a
coal-powered generating
plant in western Indiana
within the next few years.
The company is watching
new federal environmental
regulations that are due for
release in November and
considering shutting down
several of the six units at
Wabash River Station near
Terre Haute as soon as 2014,
Duke spokeswoman Angeline
Protogere said.
“While we haven’t made
any final decisions, our units
at Wabash River Station are
likely to be retired earlier
than expected,” Protogere
told the Tribune-Star (http://
bit.ly/pjhl9g).
The power plant was
completed in stages between
1953 and 1968. Duke owns
five of its generating units,
with the other owned by
Wabash Valley Power Association
and SG Solutions.
Duke has about 100
employees and 40 full-time
contractors at the plant, but
Protogere said the company
didn’t yet know how a
shutdown would affect the
workforce.
The review of the
2011 Street Fair
WEDNESDAY
$15 Wristbands on Rides
5 p.m.-Closing
High School Band & Wells Co.
Alumni Parade
6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Heavy Weight
Horse Pulling
(Minitures to follow)
Wabash plant’s future comes
as Duke is completing construction
of a nearly $3 billion
coal-gasification plant
near Edwardsport in south-
Come and see us at the
September 20-24
TUESDAY
Grand Opening
Parade 7 p.m.
Grand Marshal - Don & Mona Strong
SATURDAY
Poor Jack Amusements
ENTERTAINMENT
FRIDAY
6 p.m. - Street Fair Band Concert - Market & Johnson
7-8 & 8:30-9:30 p.m. - Spike and the Bulldogs - Stage - W. Washington
7:30 p.m. - Street Fair Band Concert - Market & Marion
9:00 p.m. - Street Fair Band Concert - Main & Market
SATURDAY
5-6 p.m. - Sounds of Worship - Stage - W. Washington
6 p.m. - Street Fair Band Concert - Courthouse Plaza
6 p.m. - Garden Tractor Pull (weigh-in at 5 p.m.) - 4-H Park
7-9 p.m. - Street Fair Idol - Main Event Stage, W. Washington
8 p.m. - Street Fair Band - Marion & Market
9 p.m. - Street Fair Band - Main & Market
9:30 a.m. -
4-H Park
western Indiana. Duke is the
state’s largest electric utility
with about 780,000 customers
covering much of the
state’s midsection.
Bluffton Street Fair!
All Trees
Planted, Staked, Mulched &
GUARANTEED
for one full year.
SEPTEMBER 20-24
Large Shade
Trees
- Locust
- Bradford Pear
- Autumn Blaze Maple
- Silver Queen Maple
- Norway Maple
- Red Sunset Maple
- Northfire Maple
- Crimson King Maple
- October Glory Maple
(When purchasing 2 or more)
SPECIAL FINANCING
AVAILABLE!
Now is the time to Weed and Feed
your lawn for fall.
GERBER LAWN SERVICE
(260) 565-3128
1:30 p.m. -
4-H Park
Heavy Weight
Pony Pulling
For a complete schedule, check out the News-Banner on Mon., Sept. 19