By Rebecca Sandlin - Monday, March 27, 2017 7:52 AM
As the school year draws to its conclusion, the Huntington County Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees approved several plans involving summer school, summer lunches and the cost of next year’s school lunches among business conducted during its meeting on Monday, March 20.
Andrews Elementary School Principal Amy Rudolf presented the 2017 summer school proposal, which the board approved unanimously.
The cost of the program was estimated at $202,621 — a high estimate, Rudolf said, that must be submitted to the state for approval by March 31.
Thursday, March 23, 2017 8:05 AM
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks voted March 16 in favor of two bills affecting veterans.
Banks voted to terminate a regulation that classifies veterans whose disability benefits are handled by a fiduciary as mentally defective. The change would allow those veterans to purchase a firearm, a right that is denied to those classified as mentally defective.
Banks also voted for HR 1259, the VA Accountability First Act of 2017, which makes it easier for the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs to quickly fire, demote or suspend VA employees and recoup bonuses.
Thursday, March 23, 2017 8:03 AM
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Matthew Weill (left) and Carl Danarp (right), both of Huntington, served as pages in the Indiana Senate for State Sen. Andy Zay, R-Huntington. Weill attends Crestview Middle School, and Danarp attends Huntington North High School. Pages spend a day in the Statehouse, touring the historic building, observing debates from the Senate floor and interacting with their state senators.
Thursday, March 23, 2017 7:57 AM
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Danita Clark (right), of Andrews, served as a page in the Indiana Senate for State Sen. Andy Zay, R-Huntington. Clark attends Huntington North High School. Pages spend a day in the Statehouse, touring the historic building, observing debates from the Senate floor and interacting with their state senators.
Thursday, March 23, 2017 7:53 AM
The Indiana Department of Transportation has begun improving traffic signals at numerous intersections along U.S.-24 in Allen, Whitley and Huntington counties.
Michiana Contracting was scheduled to begin the signal modernization project near Fort Wayne on March 20 and will move west along U.S.-24 toward Huntington County, wea-ther permitting.
Thursday, March 23, 2017 7:51 AM
Nicholas Perry (right), of Roanoke, served as a page in the Indiana Senate for State Sen. Andy Zay, R-Huntington. Perry attends Huntington North High School. Pages spend a day in the Statehouse, touring the historic building, observing debates from the Senate floor and interacting with their state senators.
Thursday, March 23, 2017 7:49 AM
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Benjamin Warpup (right), of Warren, served as a page in the Indiana Senate for State Sen. Andy Zay, R-Huntington. Warpup attends Huntington North High School. Pages spend a day in the Statehouse, touring the historic building, observing debates from the Senate floor and interacting with their state senators.
By Rebecca Sandlin - Wednesday, March 22, 2017 2:04 PM
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There was a lot of interest in the results of a district audit report presented on Monday, March 20, to the Huntington County Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees — so much, that the school board meeting was moved to the Huntington North High School auditorium.
The report, presented by Mike Pettibone and Dr. Steve Yager, focused on the school corporation’s strengths, challenges and provided suggestions on how to improve.
By Cindy Klepper - Wednesday, March 22, 2017 1:54 PM
Flooding in Huntington County in 2015 prompted county officials to work to determine how responses to future floods could be better coordinated.
On Monday, March 20, Department of Community Development Executive Director Mandy Woods visited the Warren Town Council to ask town officials for input on areas in that community likely to be flooded and actions that can be taken in response to flooding.
Warren’s input will be included in the Huntington County Flood Response and Evacuation Plan — or FREP, as Woods calls it.
By Steve Clark - Wednesday, March 22, 2017 1:50 PM
The Roanoke Town Council discussed getting reimbursed for a water main break that was caused by a utility contractor last month during its meeting on Tuesday, March 21.
The break occurred at Vine and Seminary streets on Feb. 20 when Utility Solutions, of Ohio, was using a boring machine. Clerk-Treasurer JoAnne Kirchner noted that a few residents in the vicinity of the break did not have water service for two to three days afterwards.
Monday, March 20, 2017 8:26 AM
City of Huntington utility maintenance crews will be conducting inspections and smoke testing sanitary sewers around the city over the next couple of weeks.
The work will generally only last for a few moments and the sewers will then be ventilated, city officials say.
Residents who notice the “smoke” or vapor are advised it will dissipate quickly, they add. The “smoke” is actually a product with very little odor and does not smell like burning material.
Monday, March 20, 2017 8:22 AM
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Representatives of the City of Huntington and the engineering firm that designed a storage facility at the city’s water pollution control plant display the award they received from the American Council of Engineering Companies Indiana for the design of the project.
Monday, March 20, 2017 8:15 AM
The meeting of the Huntington County Commissioners on Monday, April 3, will be canceled.
The meeting will be rescheduled to Monday, April 10, at 8:30 a.m. at the Huntington County Courthouse, Commissioners’ Room, 201 N. Jefferson St., Huntington.
Monday, March 20, 2017 8:13 AM
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Meredith Zay (left), of Huntington, served as a page in the Indiana Senate for her father, State Sen. Andy Zay, R-Huntington. Zay attends Bishop Luers High School. Pages spend a day in the Statehouse, touring the historic building, observing debates from the Senate floor and interacting with their state senators.
Monday, March 20, 2017 8:12 AM
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Isiah Fettinger (right), of Huntington, served as a page in the Indiana Senate for State Sen. Andy Zay, R-Huntington. Fettinger attends Bishop Luers High School. Pages spend a day in the Statehouse, touring the historic building, observing debates from the Senate floor and interacting with their state senators.