Pastor Tim Miller is going to be the guest today on “Ted Hayes Remembers”. Pastor Miller will be leaving Our Redeemer Lutheran Church after a quarter century in the pulpit.
Our Redeemer was known at one time for the number of Junior and Senior High School students. But in recent years there’s been a drop in those numbers.
Tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot is an estimated $201 million. No player nationwide matched all six numbers to win the March 15th jackpot. One ticket sold in Lake County, Indiana missed the jackpot by one number, matching the first five numbers, but not the Megaball. That ticket is worth $250,000 and was purchased at Luke’s in Schererville.
Tad Gentry, of Knox, was arrested Wednesday afternoon after a brief police chase in Starke County.
According to Rob Olejniczak from the Starke County Sheriff’s Department, he spotted a vehicle being driven by Gentry on State Road 8 and 1025 E. in Starke County. He had false and fictitious plates and no driver’s license. The officer initiated a traffic stop and Gentry did not stop and ran from police on 1025 E. After traveling for a mile-an-a-half, Gentry lost control of his vehicle, went off the road, into a field and hit a tree. He then fled on foot for a short distance when police apprehended him and took him into custody. Officers reportedly found methamphetamine and marijuana in his possession at the time of his arrest.
Gentry has preliminary charges of Habitual Traffic Violator for Life, Resisting Law Enforcement by Fleeing in a Vehicle, Resisting Law Enforcement on foot, Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Marijuana.
Rodney Craft was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court this (Thursday) morning.
Craft plead guilty in a plea agreement to Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana with a Prior Conviction, Possession of Methamphetamine, Failure to Appear, Escape, and Possession of Chemical Reagents or Precursors with the Intent to Manufacture Methamphetamine. All charges stem from several different criminal cases in Starke County. Judge Kim Hall sentenced Craft to 10 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections. His Starke County sentence will run consecutively with a sentence handed down in Pulaski County Circuit Court on Tuesday, March 15th. He had plead guilty to Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Cocaine and Possession of Chemical Reagents or Precursors with the Intent to Manufacture Methamphetamine. He received a sentence of four years on all counts. In all, he will serve 14 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections.
Judge Hall also sentenced Gary McCormick in Circuit Court this morning. In an amended plea agreement, McCormick agreed to plead guilty to an amended charge of Sexual Battery and a charge of Strangulation. Judge Hall accepted the plea agreement and sentenced McCormick to three years on each charge. He will serve six years with none suspended in the DOC.
The Knox City Police Department is offering an anonymous tip line to give residents the opportunity to call in crime tips for police.
According to City Police Chief Clint Norem, when you call the Police Department at (574) 772-4122, you will have an option to speak to an on-duty officer, leave a message for an officer, or leave an anonymous tip. Chief Norem said residents who choose the anonymous tip line can leave a message about drug activity, break-ins, thefts, burglaries, or information on individuals wanted on warrants, and an officer will follow through with an investigation.
The North Judson Town Board members approved the third and final readings of two ordinances at their recent meeting. One pertains to an amendment to the schedule of fees ordinance and the second ordinance prohibits the sale and possession of synthetic marijuana within the town limits.
In other news:
Engineers are being interviewed for the State Road 39 sewer separation project. Work on that project could begin early this spring.
State Treasurer Richard Mourdock picked up the support of another county chairman yesterday in the U.S. Senate Race. Mourdock, who claims to have the support of 75% of the Republican chairpersons, also has the support of Robert Foerg in Pulaski County. In an interview with WKVI this week, Foerg said he has not polled the rest of the officers so he was was speaking only for himself.
Foerg, who is a police officer, said he was impressed that Mourdock was for term limits (no more than 12 years), and his stand on protecting second amendment rights.
Mourdock is taking on U.S. Senator Richard Lugar in the Republican spring primary.
North Judson-San Pierre and Oregon-Davis schools will be taking a funding hit in the 2011-2012 school year. Eastern Pulaski School Superintendent, Dr. Robert Klitzman, was asked about the preliminary budget report from the state.
“They [the State] have released the first version of the funding formula and it is very, very unkind to the rural schools and it’s very unkind to those who may lose some student population,” explained Dr. Klitzman. “It has switched now where every single dollar follows the student so if I were to lose ten students, I will lose ten units of funding from the State. In fact, everybody knows that if I lose ten students in the Corporation, I can’t shut off lights, I can’t turn down the heat, I can’t do anything, but yet I’m going to lose all that funding. I really hope they can do some rethinking on that and come up with something that makes a lot more sense.”
The Better Business Bureau is urging you to be cautious when donating to a Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief charity.
The BBB warns that fraudulent charities may scam donations from Hoosiers. When donating to a charity, be cautious when relying on bloggers or other website recommendations regarding charities.
Find out who will benefit from your donation in Japan and what type of assistance will be provided. Be wary of claims that 100 percent of donations will assist Japan. Despite what an organization might claim, charities have fundraising and administrative costs and a portion of your donation will be used for those purposes.
Recently we announced that Pastor Tim Miller of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Knox will be relocating in April to the Clear Lake Lutheran Church in Fremont, Indiana. Pastor Miller has served Our Redeemer, and its congregation, for 25 years which is longer than any other recent mainline pastor.
In an interview with Ted Hayes this week, it was noted that Pastor Miller will be missed when the festival season gears up this summer. That’s because under his guidance, Our Redeemer received its share of award winning float entries over the years.
The North Judson-San Pierre High School Academic Super Bowl team is the 2011 Northwest Hoosier Academic Conference champion. The Bluejays competed at River Forest on Tuesday, March 15, against six other teams: Kankakee Valley, Lake Station Edison, Lowell, North Newton, Rensselaer, and River Forest.
Accumulating 82 points, the Bluejays handily earned first place against rival Lowell which placed second with 73 points and Rensselaer, the third place finisher with 72 points.
WKVI’s Tom Berg and Lenny Dessauer agreed to take the Sibo’s challenge – the consumption of a three pound hamburger! Now, the hamburger patties are three pounds. With the lettuce, 10 pieces of cheese, tomatoes, onions, a piece of ham, and pickles, it actually weighs almost five pounds. PLUS, they have to eat all of their fries AND potato salad in 45 minutes. Did they make it??? Continue reading
This week is National Severe Weather Preparedness Week. As part of the observation of this week, tornado drills are expected to be held today. The Starke County Sheriff’s Department will hold drills today at 9:30 a.m. and at 7:00 p.m. CT. Knox schools will also hold drills at 9:30 a.m. today. Tornado sirens will be going off in Knox, Hamlet and in North Judson at those times. The sirens you will hear during these drills will be the sirens to listen for in case of severe weather in the area. If a tornado warning has been declared and you hear the sirens blare, you are urged to go to your home’s basement or other safe place to take cover.
Is Richard “Dick” Lugar in trouble with his own party? If you talk with the 67 County Chairmen who have endorsed his opponent in the spring primary he is.
Richard Mourdock is the Indiana State Treasurer and a favorite of the conservative wing of the party that considers Lugar too much of a moderate. He is rated one of President Barack Obama’s favorite Republican Senators.
Lugar was first elected to the Senate in 1976 when he defeated then-U.S. Senator Vance Hartke. He has been so popular that in the 2006 election, the Democrats didn’t even run a candidate against him.
Pulaski County Sheriff Michael Gayer told WKVI that the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department has had many calls concerning missing people; specifically those with Alzheimers, Dementia and Autism. The Sheriff would like to start a registry and have individual profiles on file at the Sheriff’s Department so if your loved one is missing, he/she can be located easily.
Indiana University Health LaPorte Hospital again earned Quality Respiratory Care Recognition with a national program aimed at helping patients and families make informed decisions about the quality of respiratory care services available in hospitals.
About 700 hospitals, or approximately 15% of hospitals nationwide, received the award. IU Health LaPorte Hospital has received the award consecutively since 2007.
The Maxinkuckee Players 2011 production is Nunsense-The Mega-Musical and it will be performed on the stage of the North Judson-San Pierre High School auditorium for two performances, Saturday and Sunday, August 13th and 14th. This will be the first Maxinkuckee Players performance on a Starke County stage.
After nearly 30 years of shows on the high school auditorium stage in Culver, this year the Players will present their shows in Argos, in Bremen and in Culver as well as in North Judson. Summer construction work at the Culver site lead to the road production schedule. Some years ago, the annual show was moved to Argos due to construction work at the Culver auditorium.
The American Cancer Society’s annual Daffodil Day is Thursday March 17th. You can purchase your daffodils at the Henry F. Schricker Library in Knox from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and at Pioneer Florist in North Judson from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The donation is $10 for a bundle and $5 for a vase.
