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July 23, 2010

Anonymous Pharos-Tribune Sat Jul 24, 2010, 06:11 PM EDT

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• To Logansport High School graduate David Beachler for taking

time to visit youth involved in the Zoo Crew at Little Children’s

Ministry. A National Weather Service meteorologist, Beachler tried to

demystify thunderstorms for the group of 28 children. The 10-year

employee of the weather service answered a number of questions

for the children. He also gave them advice on what to do in the case

of a weather-related emergency and told them how important it was

to have a weather radio and a safety plan.

• To the four members of Double Take, a local band that parlayed a

$200 performance fee into a $1,200 donation for the Logansport

School Music Boosters’ campaign for new instruments. As part of its

Keep the Music Playing promotion at the Cass County 4-H Fair, the

Cass County Community Foundation offered to match dollar for

dollar donations to each of the county high school music programs

up to $500 per school. Double Take, playing as part of the

entertainment provided by LPL Financial, received $200 and

donated it to the Logansport music program. The foundation

boosted that to $400 with its matching funds, and it will become

$1,200 as the McTaggart Charitable Trust is offering $2 for every $1

the Logansport boosters raise. The band also put out donation

buckets so its audience members could add to the amount of

money raised through the performance.

• To Detective Rob Smith and the Logansport Police Department for

their continued efforts in identity theft and deception cases. Andy

Miller, the commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles,

recognized that work with special BMV Fraud Prevention awards.

Through the work of Smith, the department has apprehended 29

suspects in identity theft cases. Smith and Police Chief A.J. Rozzi

received the awards during a security symposium hosted by the

BMV where Smith spoke and answered questions about the

department’s efforts.

Thorns

• To the Utah man who reportedly tried to work around a protective

order by sending letters to his estranged wife’s cat. Authorities say

32-year-old Ronald Charles Dallas was ordered not to contact his

wife, the alleged victim in a domestic violence case against him.

Prosecutors have accused Dallas of mailing from jail 11 letters

addressed to her cat, Molly, and a neighbor. They say the letters

asked his estranged wife not to testify against him. Dallas now

faces 11 counts of violation of a protective order and two counts of

tampering with a witness.

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