Trail spring cleanup set for Saturday
BUNKER HILL — A spring cleanup workday has been scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Nickel Plate Trail. Volunteers will meet in Bunker Hill where Ind. 218 crosses the trail.
Waste Management has donated a dumpster and volunteers hope to pick up trash along the entire 13-mile trail. Volunteers should wear old shoes and protective clothing as there are some briars and brambles along the trail. Trash bags will be provided but five-gallon buckets come in handy for gathering trash. Push brooms may also come in handy.
A light lunch will be provided after the cleanup. For more information, e-mail runckrr@aol.com or call (765) 457-2607. For a map of this section of the trail, visit www.nickelplatetrail.org.
Properties issued clean-up action
The Logansport Board of Public Works and Safety approved clean-up action at four city properties Wednesday.
The owners of 716 Race St., 1206 N. Third St., 29-31 Eel River Ave. and 2225 Smead St. were found to be in continued violation of the city’s trash code. None of the property owners attended the meeting.
Mayor Mike Fincher asked code enforcement officer Dee Hileman to visit the properties Wednesday evening to post a door hanger informing the resident of the consequences if the violations were not cleared.
If they fail to cooperate, the property owners will pay a $50 fine, $50 administration fee and $250 per-hour in clean-up costs.
“We have to let these people know that this is not acceptable,” Fincher said.
Sign up for youth baseball at YMCA
The Cass County YMCA will have sponsor a 4- to 8-year old Coach Pitch Baseball League, running May 5 through June 9.
Games will be played 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Riverside Park softball field.
Children need to bring their own glove, and T-shirts will be provided by the YMCA.
Registration ends April 30.
For more information, call Tony Hayden at (574) 753-5141.
Church takes orders for ham loaves
The women of Trinity Episcopal Church will be holding the annual spring ham loaf sale on May 9.
The ham loaves are fresh and may be prepared when picked up or frozen to serve at a later date.
The price is $7 per box, which includes six individual loaves with sauce in each box.
Orders may be placed until May 4 and are to be picked up from 9 a.m. to noon on May 9 at the church at Seventh and Market streets.
To place an order, call (574) 722-9847; (574) 753-4148; or (574) 753-3522.
Local News
Area briefs April 24
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No jail for driver in fatal hit-and-run
A 25-year-old Logansport man admitted Thursday to leaving the scene of a deadly wreck last year, but he will not serve any time in jail as the result of a plea agreement.
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Board backs 51 percent spike in utility rates
For Paul Hartman, the issue facing the Logansport Stormwater Management Board is pretty simple.
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13-foot statue celebrating arts to stand in Logan
Logan’s Landing danced a little closer Thursday to sprucing up the downtown area and crafting the arts and design district it’s been longing to create.
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Stormwater board OKs rate increase
The Logansport Stormwater Management Board this morning approved a 51 percent increase in its monthly rates.
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LHS senior prank
As a senior prank, Logansport High School students moved the cow from in front of Happy Burger West to the Berry Bowl this morning. It was all in good fun, though. Bob Shanks, the owner of Happy Burger, was even on hand to pose for pictures.
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‘It’s not about you’: Local mom shares journey of adopting foster children
Foster parenting isn’t always easy, says Juanita Jackson. Between caseworker visits and baby-sitting restrictions, the 42-year-old balances work and caring for five children as a single mom.
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Longtime Lewis Cass teacher fired over license
Notwithstanding the impassioned pleas on Scott Rouch’s behalf, the Southeastern school board unanimously voted to cancel his teaching contract for “neglect of duty and other just causes.”
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Jeremy Franklin charged with two felonies
A special prosecutor this week filed three charges, including two felony counts, against the son of the Logansport mayor.
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Logan multiplex still in the works
Plans for a multiplex in Logansport are still in the works, but at least one city official hoped the process would move a bit quicker.
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Ambulances moving: Hospital says change will save $200,000
Rural/Metro, Cass County’s newest ambulance service, told Logansport Memorial Hospital that it plans to move out of the ambulance garage at the end of its lease in September.
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