COLUMBUS
Karla Louise Hardin, 60, died on September 7, 2020.
Graveside service will be 11 a.m. on Thursday, September 24, 2020, in the Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements were in care of Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home.
Full obituary on funeral home website.
COLUMBUS, INDIANA
Charles E. Chinn, 92, died on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. Chinn was a long-time resident of Columbus and served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.
Before and after his military service, he worked for Cummins Engine Company for more than 30 years until his retirement in 1985. Mr. Chinn was an avid and champion bowler. He bowled in more than 50 consecutive American Bowling Association National Tournaments, participated in the Indianapolis Star traveling bowling league for many years, was an officer and member of the Columbus Bowling Association and continued to bowl until March of this year.
In his retirement, he completed a 5 or 10 kilometer walk in all 50 states, all provinces of Canada and parts of Europe with the American Volkssport Association, served as an officer of the local organization, facilitated a number of events and helped develop and maintain a local, year round Volksmarch in Columbus. He was an officer, bingo caller and event organizer of the Cummins Retired Employees and Kin (CREAK) Club for many years. He was a lifelong Indiana Pacers fan and enjoyed attending games with his family.
Born in Madison, Indiana on April 30, 1928, Mr. Chinn was the son of James H. and Mary E. Chinn.
He married Catherine L. Winton on January 15, 1955 and they were married for 55 years until her death in 2010.
Mr. Chinn is survived by his son, Steve (Beverly) Chinn of Columbus; his daughters, Dianna (Rick) Heinz of Hinsdale, IL and Victoria Chinn of Greenwood; granddaughters, Shondra (Drew) Zaborowski of Noblesville and Britani (Andrew) Sepanski of Indianapolis; and four great-grandchildren.
A celebration of his long and full life is planned for a later date. Private inurnment will take place in Section 54 in Garland Brook Cemetery. The family requests that donations in his memory be made to Just Friends Adult Day Services in Columbus in lieu of flowers. Online condolences and special memories may be shared with the family at barkesweaverglick.com.
NASHVILLE
Linda F. (Robertson) Cody, age 60 of Nashville. Died on Sept. 21, 2020. Visitation will be on Saturday from 10 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. All services at Meredith-Clark Funeral Home Cremation & Personalization Center in Morgantown.
COLUMBUS
Pamela S. Barnard, 58, of Columbus, Indiana, passed away on September 21, 2020. Additional information can be found at Collins Funeral Home.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health said 728 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at the state laboratory, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 113,337 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 3,305 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 10 from the previous day. Another 225 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by the state and occurred over multiple days.
To date, 1,322,819 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 1,315,440 on Tuesday. A total of 1,916,433 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
Bartholomew County reported 1,153 positive tests with 57 deaths (no change) on Wednesday.
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To find testing sites around the state, including a site at the FairOaks Mall in Columbus, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
To find other testing sites around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
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Call 888-634-1116 or visit lhi.care/covidtesting to register and schedule a COVID-19 test.
The testing site in Columbus is located in FairOaks Mall at the former JC Penney location.
The Bartholomew Health Department and Windrose Health Network is also offering free COVID-19 testing.
Dates and times may vary, with evening and Saturday appointments available. The phone number is 812-379-1555, Option 1.
Testing will be available to all members of the public regardless of symptoms. Children as young as 2 years of age can be tested with parental consent.
Windrose Health Network is located at 911 E. Main Cross St., Edinburgh. Windrose will also be utilizing a mobile unit at its Hope location. Windrose may be contacted at 317-680-9901.
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Visit crh.org/news/2020/03/16/coronavirus-update-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
Visit the Community COVID-19 Task Force’s website at covid19communitytaskforce.org.
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For more information about COVID-19, including a list of frequently asked questions, visit in.gov/coronavirus or the Indiana State Department of Health at in.gov/isdh/.
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Columbus City Cemetery, south of Donner Park, is scheduled for clean-up on Oct. 1. Those who have family plots in the City Cemetery are asked to pick up any items that they wish to save by Monday.
Parks department personnel will remove and discard worn and out-of-season decorations that remain on the ground on Oct. 1st. The next clean-up is scheduled for April 1, 2021.
For more information: (812) 376-2599.
2010
A field fire that erupted east of Hartsville on the Bartholomew-Decatur county line forced firefighters to shut down a portion of State Road 46.
1995
Cummins Engine Co. became the first independent diesel engine manufacturer to establish a presence on the Internet World Wide Web, www.cummins.com.
1970
Workers tore out cement in the circular drive in front of Bartholomew County Public Library to make way for a concrete and brick base for Large Arch, the Henry Moore sculpture donated to the library by Mr. and Mrs. J. Irwin Miller.
• Lora Coles for always being so helpful in the car pickup line, we really appreciate your help, from the kindergarten TA’s.
• Gordon Starr’s letter.
• a concerned parent advocating for the safety of their children and their neighborhood.
• the day we change voting in presidential elections to reflect the will of the people instead of the rigged Electoral College process.
• Kelly Hawes.
• Joe Biden, who predicted in January that a pandemic was coming that perhaps the top two federal officials should have read, instead of dismantling the pandemic office.
• Jennifer Griffin on FOX for confirming the federal elected official’s comments regarding the military.
• all voters who rely on being educated and well informed about the candidates instead of relying on intuition when voting.
• Grace, Charlotte, Lyla, and Myah for the lovely flowers and their thoughtfulness.
• the guy who paid for our meal at Waffle House.
• Rep. Greg Pence for attending the funeral service of the World War II Marine who was returned home to Indiana.
• true believers in God who know supporting any form of abortion is wrong and against the Fifth Commandment.
• Congress members who are trying to keep Obamacare for the elderly and the no-income people and protecting Social Security.
• local leaders worried about tax revenue shortfalls, yet continuing to spend on conference centers and unneeded road improvements during a pandemic.
• whoever would consider going door to door for Halloween during a pandemic — cancel it like everything else.
• whoever is responsible for patching large sections of Hawcreek Boulevard two weeks ago and now has closed the whole road, wasting time and money!
• the waste of money on a hotel and conference center that may not be used because of the pandemic.
• a city using tax money to build new spaces when there are so many vacant buildings and unemployed people in town.
• people personally delivering absentee ballots to the clerks office but cannot get out to vote on Nov 3.
• school district that actually thinks elementary teachers have time to drive a bus and teach class.
• the vandals in the Parkside school area.
• those who aren’t aware the COVID-19 U.S. death toll is predicted to double by January.
• those who think rioting and looting are OK, but canceled other lawful gatherings.
• people who think other people’s thoughts are drivel.
• the columnist writing a beautiful piece about fall and just had to turn it political.
• a system of government allowing an impeached official to retain any significant authority.
• the candidate, who among other lies, is not telling the truth about marital status and past credit problems.
• the federal elected official dismissing the COVID-19 disaster while the U.S. has more than 200,000 deaths — the most of any country in the world.
• people who haven’t figured out that isolation and loneliness are linked with major health risks in all ages.
• the federal leader who continues to lie and deny his utter failure in stemming the pandemic and his legacy of more than 200,000 American deaths.
• the individual who handed out Russian cash to kill Americans in Afghanistan.
• the very swampy move of a federal elected official in commuting Roger Stone’s prison sentence.
• the columnist who said that emergencies do not last for months on end — the virus is going stronger than it did in the beginning.
• the cruel person trying to bust the little girl’s dreams about the Crump.
• the employer eliminating several jobs but keeping a former executive who lives in another state on the payroll.
• people who cannot keep their cats under control and out of other people’s yards.
• the restaurant plastering menu signs all over the street light pole.
• federal elected officials for trying to take away Obamacare and hurt the American people who need it.
• all the misguided elected officials who put politics before any regard for health and have lost sight of their core values.
• the federal elected official who is not lucid even half the time.
• Jim Lyons, from your family and Donna.
• Sheila Peda, from your family and Donna.
• Darlene Abplanalp, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• Brian Thompson, from Kimberly.
• Brandon Andress on No. 50, from all of us.
• my wife Debra Bailey on No. 60, from your husband Jeff and Justin and Debi Bailey.
• Sean Kerns, from Mom, Dad, and Victoria.
• Patty Brock, from your friends.
• Julia Helen Swegman, love Mom and Dad and all your family.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
Monday
Brandy Brock, 38, Scottsburg, possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia, possession of Schedule 4 controlled substance, 7:42 p.m., by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, $6,255 bond.
Anthony Brock, 19, North Vernon, warrant, possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia, possession of Schedule 4 controlled substance, 7:43 p.m., by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, $6,255 bond.
Jeremia Littrell Sr., 39, Madison, possession of syringe, possession of a controlled substance, visiting a common nuisance, possession of synthetic urine, possession of paraphernalia, 11:02 p.m., by the North Vernon Police Department, $1,055 bond.
Ashley Pruitt, 27, Dupont, possession of methamphetamine, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of paraphernalia, out-of-county warrant, 11:47 p.m., by the North Vernon Police Department, $3,155 bond.
Monday
10:18 a.m. — Theft in the 100 block of Moir Avenue.
12:20 p.m. — Trespassing in the area of North Hickory Circle East.
1:04 p.m. — Trespassing in the 100 block of East Walnut Street.
4:23 p.m. — Threats reported to the North Vernon Police Department.
11:01 p.m. — Fraud reported in the 2600 block of North Street.
Editor’s note: The following information was summarized from the records of city, county and state police, fire, and hospital agencies.
Sunday
Meghann M. King, 35, Greensburg, auto theft, possession of heroin, possession of marijuana, possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia, 10:14 p.m., by the Columbus Police Department, held in lieu of $128,500 bond.
Mario Cruz-Fernandez, 46, Shelbyville, intimidation, 11:40 p.m., by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, released on $5,000 bond.
Monday
Richard G. Bunch, 57, of 34 W. County Road 1050S, Columbus, criminal mischief, possession of methamphetamine, reckless driving, resisting law enforcement, resisting law enforcement-with vehicle, interfering with a law enforcement animal, possession of paraphernalia, 8:12 a.m., by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, held in lieu of $85,000 bond.
Amy M. Baird, 22, Seymour, Bartholomew County warrant, 10:28 a.m., by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, released on $5,000 bond.
Monday
1:40 a.m. — Person injured at the intersection of East County Road 980S and South Jonesville Road.
2:12 a.m. — Person injured in the 700 block of Third Street.
2:08 p.m. — Person injured in a fall in the 5100 block of South Lincoln Village Drive.
11:36 p.m. — Carbon monoxide investigation in the 6000 block of East Pioneer Place.
Monday
12:27 a.m. — Theft in the 2900 block of Lucas Way.
1:08 a.m. — Property-damage accident at the intersection of North U.S. 31 and West County Road 550N.
2:13 a.m. — Property-damage accident at the intersection of East County Road 980S and South Jonesville Road.
8:01 a.m. — Property-damage accident at the intersection of Sycamore Drive and Willow Lane.
8:52 a.m. — Theft in the 2700 block of Lucas Way.
9:14 a.m. — Mischief vandalism in the 1400 block of 10th Street.
10:11 a.m. — Theft in the 4600 block of Foxtrail Lane.
10:40 a.m. — Property-damage accident at the intersection of North County Road 1000E and East County Road 500N.
11:40 a.m. — Disturbance in the 6200 block of South International Drive.
11:44 a.m. — Property-damage accident in the 2300 block of Central Avenue.
12:01 p.m. — Leaving the scene of an accident in the 11400 block of South U.S. 31.
12:41 p.m. — Violation of protective order in the 1000 block of Sycamore Street.
12:57 p.m. — Disturbance in the 1100 block of Industrial Road South.
1:34 p.m. — Theft in the 1600 block of Central Avenue.
2:29 p.m. — Disturbance in the 300 block of Washington Street.
3:30 p.m. — Personal injury accident at the intersection of Hawcreek Avenue and 25th Street.
3:54 p.m. — Fraud in the 2700 block of State Street.
4:09 p.m. — Disturbance at the intersection of Ninth and Wilson streets.
4:47 p.m. — Property-damage accident in the 3400 block of South U.S. 31.
5:07 p.m. — Property-damage accident at the intersection of South U.S. 31 and East County Road 500S.
5:20 p.m. — Property-damage accident at the intersection of Fourth and Jackson streets.
6:10 p.m. — Violation of protective order in the 5800 block of Kennesaw Trail.
6:36 p.m. — Property-damage accident at the intersection of 22nd Street and Sycamore Street.
8:19 p.m. — Leaving the scene of an accident in the 16200 block of East County Road 265N.
8:37 p.m. — Property-damage accident in the 700 block of Whitfield Drive.
9:00 p.m. — Property damage in the 600 block of Third Street.
