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Roses
• 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.
