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Andrews council fine-tunes fee adjustment

The Andrews Town Council has fine-tuned the fee adjustment it offers to town residents who use municipal water to fill their pools.

During their meeting on Aug. 8, the council decided to remove pool fills from an ordinance dealing with extraordinary water usage. That ordinance says that residents can receive an adjustment in their wastewater charge in any month where the water bill shows a $25 increase.

SWCD will meet on Aug. 16

The Huntington County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the district office starting at 7 p.m.

The meeting is open to the public.

For more information, contact the office at 356-6816, extension 3.

The office is located at 2040 Riverfork Drive in Huntington.

 

New section of Ind.-16 to be closed

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) Fort Wayne District announces the closure of Ind.-16 between Ind.-105 and Ind.-13, due to small structure replacements.

The closure was scheduled to begin this week and will be in effect until the end of September.

During the same week, Ind.-16 between Ind.-105 and Ind.-5 in Huntington County is scheduled to re-open.

INDOT urges drivers to slow down while driving through work zones.

 

Council reminded that six firefighter spots will be gone next August

Six firefighter positions cut by Huntington Mayor Steve Updike - then restored with the help of a federal grant - will disappear again next August when the grant runs out, the Huntington Common Council learned Tuesday evening, Aug. 9.

That information, which City Operations Manager Ruth Marsh said shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone, was included in a preliminary 2012 city budget presented to the council by Clerk-Treasurer Christi Scher.

Board is ‘concerned’ about HN­ ranking

The Huntington County Community School Corporation has made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for the second year in a row in federal assessments, Assistant Principal of Instruction Charles Grable announced to the Huntington County Community School Corporation board on Monday, Aug. 8.

While the corporation as a whole made AYP, only six of its 11 schools made AYP, while five failed to reach that goal.

Warren council has another vacancy to fill

For the second time this year, the members of the Warren Town Council must fill a vacancy created by a death.

Councilman Ronald Boxell died Wednesday, Aug. 3, after being hospitalized for several days. Despite his illness, Boxell had remained an active member of the council and had filed as a candidate for re-election. Because no one else filed as a candidate for that seat, he would have automatically served another term.

Roanoke can gain income from comm. tower

The town of Roanoke has an opportunity to possibly gain extra income from communication towers at the top of the town's water tower, Jack Squier, site development officer with Unison Wireless Communication, told the Roanoke Town Council on Tuesday, Aug. 2.

Under Squire's description of a possible agreement, Unison would purchase the town's rights to communication towers on top of the water tower for the length of the contract, excluding government towers. Unison would then collect the rent that the cell phone company, AT&T pays Roanoke, which is $2,000 per month.

Nature’s Fuel project moving ahead slowly but surely, Schacht tells county commissioners

Work is slowly but surely moving ahead on the Nature's Fuel project at the Huntington Landfill, Huntington Countywide Department of Community Development Director Nate Schacht told the Huntington County Commissioners on Monday, Aug. 1.

Schacht said that the Nature's Fuel project manager, Dave Solvak, recently paid a visit to the DCD's office, and told the DCD that Nature's Fuel hopes to begin clearing the site in mid-September, beginning the second phase of the project in late September.

Bippus PO officially on study list for closure

These mailboxes at the Bippus Lions Community Building in Bippus, shown here on Wednesday, July 27, are currently serving the community’s postal needs after the local office was closed in late June.
Photo by Matt Murphy.

Last week, the United States Postal Service released another list of more than 3,000 post offices across the country to be studied for closure.

Among the list is one office in Huntington County - Bippus.

Being on the list doesn't mean that an office will close, but the possibility exists. USPS has said that public meetings will take place before USPS can actually close an office, and it is against federal law for USPS to close an office solely for financial reasons.

Council sets August 1 meeting

A special meeting of the Markle Town Council will convene on Monday, Aug. 1, at 7 p.m. at the Markle Fire Station, 150 W. Sparks St.

The purpose of the meeting is to review the budget, discuss the CEDIT plan and evaluate the job description for the police deputy position.

Any and all matters properly brought before the council will be considered.

 

Promise to serve


Photo by Andre B. Laird.

Senior Deputy Clerk Lindsey McNutt (right) swears in Skyler Beard (second from right) as a Huntington police officer during a ceremony on Monday, July 25, at the City Building. Beard served two years as a reserve officer prior to his appointment. Also on hand for the event were (from left) Chief Tom Emely, Beard's son, Hayden Beard, and his wife, Dianne Beard.

Taking the oath


Photo by Andre B. Laird.

Cole Lahr (second from right) recites the pledge to protect as he is being sworn in as a Huntington police officer on Monday, July 25, by Senior Deputy Clerk Lindsey McNutt. Lahr previously served as a reserve for 2 1/2 years. Also on hand for the swearing in were Police Chief Tom Emely (left) and Lahr's wife, Laura Lahr (second from left).