NASHVILLE
Michael Freese, 65, of Brown County, died early Thursday morning at Columbus Regional Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Jewell- Rittman Family Funeral Home.
Ann McQueen Thompson
COLUMBUS
Ann McQueen Thompson, 87, died May 23, 2019.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, July 7, 2019 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, with a reception following. A complete obituary can be seen online.
Air Quality Action Day issued for Bartholomew County
Bartholomew County is among the central and southeast Indiana counties for which the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has issued an Air Quality Action Day today, and is forecasting high ozone levels.
Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Shelby and Jackson are neighboring counties for which alerts were issued.
Anyone sensitive to changes in air quality may be affected when ozone levels are high. Children, the elderly and anyone with heart or lung conditions should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors, IDEM said.
IDEM encourages everyone to help reduce ozone by making simple changes to their daily habits, such as:
- Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation
- Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip
- Avoid refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn equipment until after 7 p.m.
- Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds
- Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air conditioner to 75 degrees or above
Brown County State Park’s campground, lodge reopen
Staff Reports
BROWN COUNTY — The campgrounds, cabins and Abe Martin Lodge have reopened at Brown County State Park, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Modern restrooms and drinking fountains are open. The park’s public pool was expected to open at noon on its regular schedule. Abe Martin Lodge’s Little Gem restaurant was expected to resume its normal schedules for lunch and dinner, the DNR said.
The horsemen’s campground is open, but horse trails are still being assessed for storm damage. Mountain bike trails remain closed and are being assessed as well. Some hiking trails remain closed due to flooding damage to boardwalks and staircases, the DNR said.
Campsites and inn rooms are available for this weekend, and the inn’s aquatic center will be open.
Abe Martin Lodge, pools, modern restrooms, and drinking fountains have been closed since June 17 due to the amount of sediment that washed into Ogle Lake along with torrential rains. Ogle Lake is the park’s water supply, and sediment impacted the filters in the water treatment facility, the DNR said.
Limited day use was permitted beginning Monday, with no potable water supply. A team of DNR and IDEM staff and consultants have worked around the clock to filter out the sediment and produce enough potable water to reopen the lodge and campground.
Two mobile, pre-treatment units continue to filter the water before it reaches the park’s treatment plant. Water production capacity has returned to normal and all required potable water tests have been completed successfully, the DNR said.
Arrested woman kicks officers following domestic incident
Two Columbus Police Department officers were kicked by a handcuffed woman they had arrested following a report of a domestic disturbance.
At about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, officers responded to a disturbance in the 700 block of Wilson Street and observed Columbus residents Clarissa D. Johnson, 36, and Timothy K. Meadows, 39, both of 717 Wilson St., fighting outside a home, said Lt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police Department spokesman.
Officers observed that a window at the residence was broken and a concrete block had been thrown through the windshield of a nearby vehicle, according to officers at the scene, Harris said.
Johnson and Meadows were arrested.
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Johnson requested to be taken to Columbus Regional Hospital. After she was seated in a patrol car, she attempted to break out its window, Harris said.
At the hospital, Johnson tried to remove her handcuffs and kicked the two officers, who eventually restrained her, Harris said.
Johnson and Meadows were transported to the Bartholomew County Jail.
Johnson was booked on preliminary charges of disorderly conduct, resisting law enforcement and battery on a law enforcement officer. She is being held on $16,000 bond, jail officials said.
Meadows was booked on a preliminary charge of disorderly conduct, and released on $3,500 bond, jail officials said.
Traffic stop yields 2 arrests, recovery of stolen car
Columbus Police Department officers patrolling along Cottage Avenue recovered a stolen vehicle from Rush County and arrested the car’s two occupants.
Shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday, a CPD officer observed a blue Chevy Camaro driving slowly in front of him in the 1900 block of Cottage Avenue. The officer checked the car’s license plate and determined that the vehicle was recently stolen from Rush County.
Police stopped the vehicle and arrested the driver, Timothy E. Barrow, 57, and his passenger, Kristi M. Schofner, 43, both of Rushville. Officers also confirmed a warrant for Schofner’s arrest.
Both Barrow and Schofner were transported to the Bartholomew County Jail.
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Schofner was booked on a preliminary charge of trespassing and Barrow was booked on a preliminary charge of theft.
Looking Back – June 28
2009
Shares of Irwin Financial stock, which lost more than $400 million in the previous five quarters, soared by more than 49 percent to reach 76 cents.
1994
A series of late afternoon thunderstorms dumped a month’s worth of rain on Bartholomew County in an hour, making it one of the three heaviest rainfalls in a single storm in the previous 10 years.
1969
Riegel Paper Corp. announced details of a $2.5 million, five-year expansion program for its Edinburgh plant.
Around Town – June 28
Orchids to …
• the very active trap, neuter, release program in Bartholomew County that has resulted in more than 330 feral and community cats “fixed” since Jan. 1 through the Community Animal Rescue Effort TNR program.
• those getting better training to attract more jobs to Columbus.
• Overhead Door for being so kind and prompt to replace parts on garage door.
• Sheryl Nulph for her letter to the editor about sensible use of the riverfront.
• our country for the secular U.S. Constitution that separates church and state.
• the Columbus mayor’s office, city engineering office, Dascal Bunch and Tom Dell for their hard work on getting the yellow stripes at the Ninth Street handicap spot, from John Tinkey.
• Jenny Wallace, for the cobbler and produce, from Elsie and Mary.
• my neighbors, Colleen, Cindy and Jill, for checking on me, for my safety and health when I was having a bad time, from Cheryl.
• people who keep their dogs inside or under a shade with plenty of cold water and care during hot weather.
• those who helped me and prayed for me while I was in the hospital, especially my minister and his wife, my kids and the neighbors in the trailer park, from Betty Lou.
• Rhonda Herman, for fixing my hair and makeup; Dana Bridgewater and Bob Kirby, for the seating arrangements; and J.D. Muir and April Arnold for helping me into the Moose Family Center and for the warm welcome back I received, from Betty Holder.
Onions to …
• Bartholomew County for being too bicycle friendly.
• those with poor taste who believe concrete cinder blocks are acceptable landscape material in a nice neighborhood instead of their intended purpose of keeping mobile homes off the floodplain.
• Democratic presidential candidates for promising the moon for a vote.
• those that think all things should be given to them.
• the idea that everyone is the same: if so, why try to excel or better yourself?
• the shopping center management for planting the tall grass bushes that block driver views of other moving cars, causing accidents.
• the Trump administration for continuing to support the lawsuit that seeks to end the ACA, which will change health care, give power back to the insurance companies, and potentially leave many without health care.
• the person driving down the road who does not understand that we are trying to sleep between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.
• those who don’t take the time to learn that immigrants seeking asylum are not illegal.
• people that don’t realize “middle ground” is not the Columbus way.
• the neighbors in the addition off County Road 150W that leave broken-down cars in the front and back yards, which is a city violation.
• the city spending taxpayer money on the riverfront when they should be spending it on the drug problem in Columbus.
• those who did not listen to the fact that the administration separated children from migrant parents, therefore the parents could not care for them.
• those who do not bother to learn that the asylum seekers are legal immigrants and that one reason they’re arriving is that our president cut aid to their countries.
• those who continue to think that abortion is a political issue when it is actually a human issue and many of both parties don’t support abortion, especially late-term abortion.
• the man in a red Silverado at a grocery store who parked sideways in a handicapped space where an elderly gentleman with a cane couldn’t even get into his car.
• the company that charges a high price when you need a commode repaired and you’re on a fixed income.
Happy Birthday to …
• Joann Sprague, from your family, Bonnie and Donna.
• Roy Stein, from your family and Donna.
• Adam Clark, from your family and Donna.
• Brendan Boewe from Mom, Dad and Jenna.
• Gerald Adams, from Lenora, Melissa, Scott, John, Christi, Sarah and Mother.
• Adam Fish, from Tabitha, Ryne, Baleigh and Spencer.
• Belated Happy Anniversary to…
• Tony and Jennifer Hawksworth Elkins on June 27: happy 21st anniversary, from all your family.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
Regional Hospital, Police – June 28
Region Police
JENNINGS COUNTY
Arrests
Tuesday
Alexandrew L. Mullikin, 26, Columbus, theft — receiving stolen auto parts, 9:52 a.m., by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, $1,055 bond.
Kerry M. Watkins, 38, Uniontown, resisting law enforcement, possession of paraphernalia, probation violation, for criminal trespass, 12:47 p.m., by the Jennings County Sheriff’s department, no bond.
Travis L. Reynolds, 40, Seymour, warrant, 12:50 p.m., by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, no bond.
David Eggert, 18, North Vernon, possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of stolen property, resisting law enforcement, parole warrant, 11:50 p.m., by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, $5,155 bond.
Incidents
Tuesday
12:22 p.m. — Accident with property damages in the 600 block of East Buckeye Street.
3:24 p.m. — Theft in the 900 block of Buckeye Street.
5:45 p.m. — Traffic accident in the 1900 block of County Road 350N.
Local Police, Fire – June 28
Police, Fire
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following information was summarized from the records of city, county, and state police, fire and hospital agencies.
Arrests
Monday
Norma R. Krebbs, 45, of 969 Jonesville Road, Columbus, Bartholomew County warrant, 6:23 p.m., by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, held on $750 bond.
Jeremy T. Calhoun, 28, of 540 First St., Columbus, Bartholomew County warrant, 8:48 p.m., by the Columbus Police Department, held without bond.
Adam S. Mitchell, 23, of 903 Chestnut St. — 1, Columbus, Bartholomew County warrant, 9:57 p.m., by the Columbus Police Department, held on $3,500 bond.
Tuesday
Rick Smallwood, 58, of 656 Clifty Drive, Columbus, two body attachments, 12:53 a.m., by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, held on $700 bond.
Johnny L. Gibson, 51, Scottsburg, Bartholomew County warrant, 2:09 a.m., by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, held without bond.
Tyler E. Burton, 34, 16042 E. County Road 265N, Columbus, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, 2:09 a.m., by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, released on $2,500 bond.
Judy A. Pena, 39, of 2131 McClure St., Columbus, out-of-county warrant, 3:45 a.m., by the Columbus Police Department, held without bond.
Summer D. Jones, 25, of 446 Della Road, Columbus, theft — receiving stolen property, possession of marijuana, legend drug injection devices, visiting a common nuisance, Bartholomew County warrant, 4:06 a.m., by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, held on $81,000 bond.
Courtney M. Jones, 38, 302 Pennsylvania St., Elizabethtown, theft — receiving stolen property, false informing, possession of marijuana, possession of methamphetamine, legend drug injection devices, visiting a common nuisance, Bartholomew County warrant, 4:41 a.m., by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, held on $193,500 bond.
George P. Perez Jr., 32, of 1436 Sycamore St. — 2, Columbus, theft — receiving stolen property, possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, possession of marijuana, maintaining a common nuisance, 7:23 a.m., by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, held on $58,500 bond.
Trey Allen Smith, 24, of 1520 Sycamore St., Columbus, dealing in methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, driving while suspended, 8:07 a.m., by the Columbus Police Department, held on $262,500 bond.
Terry A. Barnhart, 36, of 6780 W County Road 450S, Columbus, probation violation, 8:49 a.m., held without bond.
Fire, medic runs
Tuesday
8:15 a.m. — Unconscious person in the 7400 block of North County Road 825E.
9:46 a.m. — Person injured in the 500 block of Ridgeview Lane.
11:46 a.m. — Person injured in a fall in the 200 block of Coovert Street.
5:33 p.m. — Vehicle fire in the 2500 block of Central Avenue.
8:41 p.m. — Person injured in a fall in the 3000 block of 10th Street.
Incidents
Tuesday
1:02 a.m. — Battery in the 1800 block of Eighth Street.
3:18 a.m. — Theft in the 100 block of Cambridge Court.
4:50 a.m. — Theft in the 2300 block of Meadow Bend Drive.
7:44 a.m. — Property-damage accident in the 200 block of Jonesville Road.
8:53 a.m. — Theft reported to the police department.
11 a.m. — Shoplifting in the 4100 block of West Jonathan Moore Pike.
11:11 a.m. — Property-damage accident at the intersection of 10th Street and McClure Road.
11:17 a.m. — Theft attempted in the 2000 block of Seventh Street.
11:50 a.m. — Property-damage accident in the 2000 block of 25th Street.
12:13 p.m. — Property-damage accident at the intersection of North National Road and Central Avenue.
12:27 p.m. — Theft in the 2500 block of West Appleblossom Lane.
1:31 p.m. — Property-damage accident at the intersection of Jonesville Road and West Jonathan Moore Pike.
1:50 p.m. — Theft in the 2200 block of West Jonathan Moore Pike.
2:07 p.m. — Personal-injury accident at the intersection of North County Road 650E and East Base Road.
2:15 p.m. — Property-damage accident at the intersection of East 25th Street and North County Road 650N.
2:47 p.m. — Shoplifting in the 1800 block of North National Road.
2:59 p.m. — Property-damage accident in the 1900 block of 25th Street.
3:44 p.m. — Property-damage accident at the intersection of 10th and Pennsylvania streets.
4:25 p.m. — Theft in the first block of South Brooks Street.
5:10 p.m. — Criminal mischief or vandalism in the 400 block of Pence Street.
5:37 p.m. — Criminal mischief or vandalism in the 1200 block of Eighth Street.
5:50 p.m. — Personal-injury accident at the intersection of North County Road 325W and West County Road 200N.
5:50 p.m. — Property-damage accident in the 10000 block of South U.S. 31.
6:27 p.m. — Residential entry in the 1700 block of West County Road 650N.
7:49 p.m. — Theft in the 4500 block of Progress Drive.
8:06 p.m. — Personal-injury accident at the intersection of East Southern Crossing and South County Road 150E.
9:45 p.m. — Subject refusing to leave in the 2000 block of Merchants Mile.
10:05 p.m. — Battery reported to the police department.
10:30 p.m. — Theft in the 2700 block of Scotland Drive.
