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School corp. board to meet in exec session tonight for training purposes

The Huntington County Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees will meet in an executive session today, Monday, May 8, at 5:30 p.m. at the Horace Mann Education Center, 2485 Waterworks Rd., Huntington.

The purpose of the meeting is to train school board members with an outside consultant about the performance of the role of the members as public officials.

The executive session is closed to the public. The public is invited to attend the regular school board meeting, which follows at 7 p.m. on May 8.

Huntington resident Snyder to run for Indiana 17th District Senate seat

Gary Snyder has announced that he plans to be a candidate in 2018 for the 17th District Indiana Senate seat currently held by Andy Zay.
Photo by Cindy Klepper.

Huntington resident Gary Snyder says he plans to seek the Democrat nomination for Indiana’s 17th District Senate seat.

During an appearance on Monday, May 1, at Café of Hope, Snyder says he plans to focus his campaign on improving the job situation in Indiana — specifically repealing right-to-work laws, which prohibit unions from mandating that nonmembers pay fees to the unions for representing them, and raising the minimum wage.

“You’re going to hear me talking about wages,” Snyder said. “Wages, wages, wages.”

City, County receive awards for streamlining permitting processes

John Sampson (left), president and CEO of the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, presents permitting excellence awards to members of the City of Huntington Community Development and Redevelopment Department including (from left) Director Bryn Keplinger, Miranda Snelling and Shad Paul, along with Mayor Brooks Fetters (right).
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Both the Huntington County Department of Community Development and the City of Huntington Community Development and Redevelopment Department have been recognized for their work to streamline business permitting.

The awards were presented April 19 in Fort Wayne at a reception hosted by the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership and the HPG Network.

Maintenance to start soon on Ind.-5, Ind.-105

The Indiana Department of Transportation announces that roadway maintenance is planned for Ind.-105 in Huntington County and Ind.-5 in Huntington and Whitley counties.

Work is scheduled to begin on or after Tuesday, May 2, weather permitting.

Roadway maintenance will take place on:

• Ind.-5 between U.S. 24 and Ind.-14.

• Ind.-105 from Ind.-16 to Ind.-114.

• Ind.-105 from Ind.-9 to Ind.-124.

During the day, drivers are cautioned to watch for lane shifts, possible stopped traffic and flaggers in the construction zone.

Banks sponsors legislation to keep Congress from opting out of AHCA

Congressman Jim Banks is co-sponsoring legislation that would prevent members of Congress from exempting themselves from the American Health Care Act (AHCA).

Banks says legislators shouldn’t be above the law.

“Congress should live under the laws it passes,” said Banks. “This is a common-sense bill to ensure that the law applies equally to both members of Congress and their constituents.”

The legislation was introduced by Rep. Martha McSally, of Arizona, on April 27.

Leonard law fighting unemployment fraud is signed

Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed into law State Rep. Dan Leonard’s bill combating fraud in Indiana’s unemployment system.

Currently, the penalties incurred by Hoosier employers from late or non-payment on their unemployment insurance taxes go into the system’s penalty and interest fund.

This fund is used to pay for workforce training and employment services and also funds the Department of Workforce Development’s enforcement efforts to prevent and investigate unemployment fraud in Indiana.

Elementary students, teachers to get new iPads for next school year

Elementary students and teachers will have new iPads to begin the next school year, as the Huntington County Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees threw its unanimous support behind the purchases in a meeting on Monday, April 24.

Before the board took action, it heard from Lancaster Elementary School first grade teacher Jeanne Paff, who urged the board to OK the purchase of the devices for students in kindergarten through fifth grades.

New firefighter sworn in


Photo by Rebecca Sandlin

Bryan Lagemann (center) repeats after Huntington Clerk-Treasurer Christi Scher-McElhaney (left) as he is sworn in as a new Huntington firefighter on Monday, April 24, in the city’s council chambers. His fiancée, Jessica Morgan, holds the Bible.

New firefighter sworn in

Andrew Wust (center) takes the oath of office as a newly-installed Huntington firefighter, administered by city Clerk-Treasurer Christi Scher-McElhaney on Monday, April 24, in the city’s council chambers. Wust’s wife, Melissa, holds the Bible during the ceremony.

Council receptive to remodel of open area at county jail

An open recreation area in the center of the Huntington County Jail offers the perfect opportunity to begin providing counseling and other services to inmates, Sheriff Terry Stoffel told members of the Huntington County Council during their meeting on Monday, April 24.

A roof and raised floor could be added to the space for about $260,000, with some additional expense for running utilities into the area, Stoffel said.

Andrews Town Council reduces scope of upcoming paving work

The Andrews Town Council reduced the scope of the town’s upcoming street paving project at its meeting on Monday, April 24.

The board decided to address fewer streets as bids for the project came in more expensive than what the town is able to afford. The town has $92,000 to spend on the first phase of the project, while the lowest bid it received was for $113,296, submitted by E&B Paving.

Council voted to accept the bid from E&B Paving, provided that the Indiana Department of Transportation approves the town’s scaled-back version of the project.