Oregon-Davis Students Honor Veterans With Breakfast, Convocation

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Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School
Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School

Oregon-Davis students are continuing a longstanding Veterans Day tradition of inviting members of the community who have served in the military to school for breakfast and convocation. High school principal Tim Pletcher says the sophomore class hosts the program as a way to say thank you to the men and women who have defended our freedom.

“It’s a nice way in a small community like this to let the community and the veterans know that the students and the staff here at Oregon-Davis appreciate everything they’ve done for us, and we realize we couldn’t do without the sacrifices they’ve made,” said Pletcher.

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O-D School Board to Hold Public Hearing Concerning Superintendent’s Contract

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Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School
Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School
The Oregon-Davis School Board met in executive session Monday night where they voted to hold a public hearing on Monday, Nov. 18 at 6:15 p.m. This will be a time for members of the district to voice opinions on the proposed contract of employment for the Superintendent of Schools.

The salary and benefits will be published for review by the public and your support or opposition will be called upon during the hearing.

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Indiana Adjutant General Honors Fallen Indiana National Guardsmen

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Personalized shadow box displays of seven fallen soldiers are unveiled to family members and friends during a remembrance ceremony at Valparaiso University.
Personalized shadow box displays of seven fallen soldiers are unveiled to family members and friends during a remembrance ceremony at Valparaiso University.

Shadow boxes in memory of seven Indiana National Guardsmen killed in combat are part of a permanent memorial to their sacrifices at the Indiana National Guard Valparaiso Armory. Each one contains items belonging to the soldiers from the 113 Engineer Battalion who were killed in January of 2012 when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. Spc. Robert Tauteris of Hamlet was among those killed, along with Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Chavez, Sgt. Brian Leonhart of Merrillville, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Metzger, Spc. Christopher Patterson, Spc. Nicholas Taylor and Spc. Sergio Perez. Indiana Adjutant General Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger unveiled the shadow boxes during a ceremony for the soldiers’ families yesterday at Valparaiso University.

 

Town of Hamlet to Celebrate 150 years

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Hamlet 150 YearsThe Sesquicentennial celebration for the Town of Hamlet is tonight.

Clerk-Treasurer Kristina Pitts and the town board members invite all Hamlet residents to take part in the celebration which includes opening a time capsule. The time capsule had been buried at the site of the Hamlet Town Hall for decades. It will be interesting to see what has changed in the town and what officials thought should be remembered during that time period.

Another time capsule will be filled and buried.

The celebration begins at 5 p.m. CT at the Hamlet Town Hall.

CR 750 E Closed Due to Disabled Train

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Traffic to the Oregon-Davis Schools will be re-routed today due to a CF&E train that is stuck on the tracks. County Road 750 East just south of U.S. 30 will be closed most of the day, according to dispatchers with the sheriff’s office. They advise the train broke in half, forcing the temporary road closure.

Hamlet Set to Celebrate 150th Anniversary

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Hamlet 150 Years The residents in the town of Hamlet are celebrating the town’s 150th anniversary this Thursday, Oct. 24.

 Clerk-Treasurer Kristina Pitts tells WKVI that a time capsule buried at the town hall decades ago will be opened. Another time capsule will be filled and buried to be opened at another milestone celebration.

 The celebration begins at 5 p.m. CT at the town hall. Hamlet residents will enjoy cake and ice cream along with the reveal of what is in the time capsule. A lot has changed in the area of Hamlet over the past few decades so it should be interesting what was included in the time capsule.

Oregon-Davis School Board Adopts Budget

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Greg Briles
Greg Briles
The Oregon-Davis School Board met in a special session Monday night where the board members approved the 2014 budget. The budget includes the general fund, three-year capital projects plan, the transportation plan and other funds.

Oregon-Davis Interim Superintendent Greg Briles said the budget will now be sent to the Department of Local Government Finance where it will be reviewed. The budget will come back with no changes or cuts that need to be made.

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O-D School Board Sets Budget Adoption Meeting

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Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School
Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School
The Oregon-Davis School Board is meeting a couple of weeks early to adopt the corporation’s annual budget for 2014. Typically the board meets on the third Monday of each month, but they’re set to meet in a special called session tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the administration room. Agenda items include the adoption of the 2014 Oregon-Davis Corporation Annual Budget, which includes the general fund, three-year capital projects plan, the transportation plan and other funds. The agenda also includes moving the corporation’s certificate of deposit from the Bank of Indiana to First National Bank of Monterey in order to receive a more favorable interest rate.

ISTEP+ Scores Released, O-D Students Perform Well

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Greg Briles
Greg Briles
The ISTEP+ results were released to schools this week and Interim Superintendent Greg Briles said in a preliminary review that the Oregon-Davis students did fairly well.

“I’m very pleased that through all of the adversity the students in our elementary performed exceptionally well and our junior high students performed average,” said Briles. “As the same with the elementary school, there’s always room for improvement.”

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Oregon-Davis School Board to Hold Public Hearing on Proposed 2014 Budget

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Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School
Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School
The Oregon-Davis School Board will hold a public hearing tonight on the 2014 proposed annual budget which includes the General Fund, Capital Projects Fund, Transportation Fund, Debt Fund Plan, Retirement/Severance Bond Debt Service Fund, Referendum Fund/Exempt Operating and Rainy Day Fund.

The board will also discuss two facility use requests, several personnel leave requests and field trip requests, among other regular agenda items.

The Oregon-Davis School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. CT in the Susan G. Rowles Board Room in the Administration Building on the school’s campus in Hamlet.

Oregon-Davis to Advertise Budget

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Greg Briles
Greg Briles
The Oregon-Davis School Board approved the advertisement of the 2014 budget. Interim Superintendent Greg Briles noted that there weren’t any big changes.

“Nothing significant in our budget,” stated Briles. “We’re looking at all of the things that we’ve done in the past. We’re kind of status quo. We’re going to see what the state is going to allow us to do and we’re going to stay within our means.”

Oregon-Davis Hog Roast a Success

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Greg Briles
Greg Briles
The Oregon-Davis School Corporation held a hog roast prior to the start of school which Interim Superintendent Greg Briles deemed a success.

“It gave the students and the parents an opportunity to come and see the grounds and the buildings prior to the start of the year,” stated Briles. “A lot of times we have some issues with our students when they come in on the buses with all of their materials for the start of school. They’re just overcrowded. We opened the building up and they brought in all of their school supplies and then we had a free hog roast.”

School board member Lee Nagai donated three hogs toward the effort and Elementary Principal William Bennett donated more than 300 ears of corn.

Hamlet Man Arrested on Child Molesting, Solicitation Charges

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A Hamlet man was arrested after the Knox City Police Department took a report on Aug. 11 involving inappropriate contact between the suspect and an underage female.

An investigation was conducted by the Indiana Department of Child Services and on Aug. 15, officers from the Knox and Hamlet Police Departments executed a search warrant at 408 W. Davis St. in Hamlet.

Lonzo Jackson Jr., 21, was taken into custody at that time in a cooperative effort between the Knox and Hamlet Police Department. Jackson is being held on preliminary charges of Child Molesting, a Class C felony and Child Solicitation, a Class D felony.

Oregon-Davis Has Successful Start to New Year

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Greg Briles
Greg Briles
The Oregon-Davis School Board had a good report on the start of school from Interim Superintendent Greg Briles.

“Our bus drivers have been great in mornings in getting our kids to school, our buildings look great – they’re nice and clean for our students,” reported Briles. “We also passed out our computers this week. So far the start of our school year has just been fantastic.”

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Oregon-Davis School Board Approves Contract with Elementary Principal

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Greg Briles
Greg Briles
The Oregon-Davis School Board approved a contract with Elementary Principal William Bennett Monday night.

Interim Superintendent Greg Briles explained that the board was happy to renew the contract with Bennett.

“It was a rollover that had been put off last year in the midst of everything that was going on,” said Briles. “We’re very excited about Mr. Bennett continuing to be our elementary principal. He’s done an excellent job in the past three years that he’s been here. We look forward to bigger and better things in the future.”

Miss Yellowstone Pageant Winners Featured in Sunday’s Parade

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The winners of the four categories for the Miss Yellowstone Pageant were featured in Sunday’s parade in Winamac as part of the Yellowstone Trail Festival, held in conjunction with the town of Hamlet’s 150 year anniversary. The pageant took place Saturday at 11 a.m. CT, giving girls between the ages of 5 and 22 in Starke and surrounding counties the chance to participate and become Miss Yellowstone.

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Three Arrested at Koontz Lake Home

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A three-month investigation led to the arrest of three people in Hamlet on Monday.

Officers from the Hamlet Police Department, with the assistance of the Starke County Sheriff’s Department, executed a search warrant at 7733 N. Kickapoo in Walkerton where they found items from multiple burglaries that occurred in Hamlet.

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