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TODAY’S VERSECommit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

– Psalm 37:5

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Tammy Melvin, 46, Crawfordsville was happy to greet customer’s at Culver’s recently. Tammy says in addition to loving working with the public, she enjoys her job at Culver’s because of the awe-some management and fellow employees.

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THE MONTGOMERY MINUTEJazz jam at the ‘Bash

Salter Hall will be full of cool jazz, swing and funk on Tuesday as the college’s Jazz Ensemble takes stage for its Spring Concert. Salter Hall is in the Fine Arts Center and things kick off at 7:30 p.m. The wide range of compositions available for jazz musicians to perform is one of many things that make this music interesting. Highlighting compositions from a broad range of composers, the spring repertoire will prove to be a vast ar-ray of styles and moods. Under the direction of Scott Pazera, the concert is free and open to the public.

OBITUARIESHELEN FRANCES STINSON

FRANKLIN Funeral services are pending

MARTHA ELLEN MORRISON Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 14 at Whitesville Christian Church

HARVEY LEE SMITH Funeral services are scheduled for noon on Saturday, April 15 at Burkhart Funeral Home

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Hot off the pressesof Crawfordsville’s newspaper history!

Compiled by Karen ZachSource: Sunday Star, Feb 4, 1901While Rufus Wells was being tried for selling his

vote, his son, Charley, the next defendant to be tried, sat near a heater where he was warm and comfort-able, watching his father's conduct on the witness stand. There was a loud report in that part of the court room and the sheriff looked around to see who it was that had discharged a revolver in the building. Charley was seen to ram his hand down in an inside pocket and clutch something that sizzled and hissed. Then he ran out into the corridor. A stale bottle of beer that he had picked up somewhere and secreted in his pocket had fermented by the warmth of the heater and exploded the cork. He lost the beer, and great was his sorrow.

The Paper pays homage to Montgomery County’s rich literary heritage with a look at some of the more interesting writings from back in the day.

We’re grateful to Montgomery County history and genealogy expert Karen Zach for compiling these.

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The Paper photo by Lori PoteetSpring has definitely arrived and gave us a beautiful Tuesday for getting out and about. Pictured, Kaiden Goodnight was loving the warm weather and the slide at Milligan Park. He will be two in June and he was not fond of the slide last year but he is a "big boy now” and thinks it’s pretty fun!

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KAREN ZACHAround The County

I’ve had some rollicking good times writing the Around The County articles, but do believe I laughed the hardest at this one. Non-stop laughing. We even laughed in the middle of a deep discussion or two.

Received the name of these two for an interview from three different people. All said because of their unique family, how it is blended so beautifully. That certainly was what the big topic was and there were some hilarious stories.

This, I believe, is the third time I’ve had a younger son join in. All fun, but this one was a hoot. In fact, let’s begin

with him. I knew his grand-father well and thought that he was one of the best men I’ve ever known. Never a time he wouldn’t help anyone with whatever was needed. A lot of time was spent with this young man and his grandpa, and they did something I’d never heard of before and probably won’t again, but I simply loved it. Grandpa’ was big on going to do something, get out and play a sport, or work outside. When our boy’s grandfather would pick him up at school or various places, the young one

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Fusion 54 is one step closer to hitting Main Street. The Board of Public Works voted 3-0 Wednesday on a purchase agreement for the building at $850,000. The board consists of Mayor Todd Barton, Erin Corbin and Susan Albrecht. A timetable on the building wasn’t discussed at the meet-ing. The Crawfordsville City Council passed a resolution Monday allowing the board to purchase the building.

Fusion 54 was originally going to be constructed at the empty lot at Washington and Franklin Street. Barton said that renovating an existing structure could be done at 1/3 of the original cost and free up grant money to be used elsewhere.

Fusion 54 is designed to bring together the local economic development team, Chamber of Commerce, Crawfordsville Main Street, The Montgomery County Leadership Academy’s volun-teer program, Wabash Col-lege’s Center for Innovation, Business & Entrepreneurship and a co-working space for en-trepreneurs and the Montgom-ery County Visitors’ Bureau. Barton said the plan is to still purchase the lot near Franklin and convert it to a trailhead park.

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Robin Morillo, a resi-dent of Crawfordsville and a senior mathematics and physics double major at The College of Wooster, received the Mahesh K. Gard Prize in Physics at Wooster’s 47th Annual Recognition Banquet. The Mahesh K. Gard Prize in Physics is awarded to an upper-class physics student who has displayed interest in and the potential for applying physics beyond the classroom.

WoosterhonorsMorillo

Several area churches have altered services for Holy Week and Easter. These churches have notified The Paper of the following changes.

Crawfordsville Community Church will have Easter service at 9 a.m. with breakfast before service.

Congregational Christian Church of Darlington will have Easter service at 7 a.m.

First Assembly of God Church will have Easter services at 11 a.m.

First United Methodist Church will have services Good Friday at noon and Sunday traditional service at 9 a.m. and contemporary service at 11:10 a.m.

Harvest Fellowship Church will have Good Friday service at 7 p.m. and Easter Sunday service at 10 a.m.

Mace United Methodist Church will have Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. and Easter service at 10:40 a.m.

New Hope Christian Church will have its “egg-stravaganza” Saturday at 10 a.m. Easter Sunday breakfast is served at 9 a.m. with one church service at 10:30 a.m.

New Market Baptist Church will host New Market’s community Good Friday service at 7 p.m. Sunrise service on Eas-ter is at 7 a.m.

New Market Christian Church will have Easter service at 9:30 a.m.

New Ross Christian Church will have Good Friday service at 7 p.m. and Easter sunrise service at 7:30 a.m.

Rock Point Church will have services

Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Easter Sunday services are 9:30 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.

Russellville Community Church will have an Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Russellville Community Cen-ter. Sunrise service on Easter is at 8 a.m. with breakfast to follow. Easter worship service is at 10:30 a.m.

St. Bernard’s Catholic Church will have Good Friday mass at 12:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. Easter Vigil Saturday is at 9 p.m. Easter Mass is in English at 9:30 a.m. and in Spanish at 12:30 p.m.

St. John’s Episcopal Church will have Good Friday Services at 7 p.m. Easter services are at 8 a.m. and 10:30 with brunch between services.

Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church will have service at noon and Easter ser-vice at 10:40 a.m. Easter breakfast starts at 9:30 a.m. with an egg hunt to follow.

Waynetown community Good Friday services will be at Waynetown Christian Church at 7 p.m. Easter service is 7 a.m. at Waynetown Baptist with breakfast to follow

Woodland Heights Christian Church will have traditional Easter sunrise service at 7:30 a.m. and contemporary services at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Easter weekend is here

Wabash witnesses plant phenomenonWabash College

It is not every day that the Wabash College greenhouse displays a rare plant species, and it’s not every day that this plant is in bloom.

Bruce Bowers recent-ly loaned the college an Amorphophallus konjac plant, which is commonly referred to as “Devil’s Tongue.” This plant, which is a native to the tropical regions of Japan, Southern China, and Vietnam, is in bloom only once every five years but wilts after just a few days. It recently came into bloom while on campus.

When the plant is in bloom, it produces an odor that mimics a dead animal in order to attract insects and its color gives the ap-pearance of rotting flesh.

“I am so grateful to Mr. Bruce Bowers for loaning us his flowering specimen of Amorphophallus kon-jac,” Biology Department Chair Amanda Ingram said. “I love how clearly this species illustrates the importance of patience when working and living with plants. Plants live and respond to the world on a different timescale than many animals, and it’s a gift to experience the few

days when this otherwise unremarkable plant puts on a spectacular display.”

Because the exotic plant blooms for only a few days, it garnered a lot of excitement on campus.

“I have been an avid perennial gardener for 25 years and have collected many rare species in my gardens, so for at least 15 years, I have wanted to see one in person,” Chief of Staff Jim Amidon said. “It is an exceptionally rare plant in these parts, and the opportunity for our stu-dents to learn about it and see it up close is yet anoth-er excellent teaching and

learning moment. The ben-efits for Wabash students are many. It’s an incredibly unusual plant, but its uses throughout history — from food to massage oils to thickeners for medicines — makes it well worth study and examination.”

The plant’s student caretaker, Jacob Miller ’18, said that once the plant is not in bloom, it will produce a single, large leaf that is at least three feet tall and three feet wide, which is often mistaken for a palm tree leaf.

Fortunately, Wabash was able to see it – and smell it – just in time.

Photo provided by Wabash CollegeAn Amorphophallus konjac plant at Wabash.

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League highlights Natural Resources PositionsThe League of Women

Voters is nonpartisan and does not support or oppose individual candidates or parties. The mission of the League is to encourage informed and active partic-ipation in government, to increase public under-standing of major policy issues and to influence public policy through edu-cation and advocacy.

In addition to our primary efforts providing wide range of services to voters, the League studies local, state, and nation-al governmental issues resulting in positions the LWV supports in four ma-jor program areas: Rep-resentative Government, International Relations,

Natural Resources, and Social Policy.

Today’s column will briefly highlight Natural Resources Positions in which the League pro-motes an environment beneficial to life through the protection and wise management of natural resources in the public interest.

Natural Resources: Promote the management of natural resources as in-terrelated parts of life-sup-porting ecosystems.

Resource Manage-ment: Promote resource conservation, stewardship and long-range planning with the responsibility for managing natural resourc-es shared by all levels of

government.Environmental pro-

tection and pollution control: Preserve the physical, chemical and biological integrity of the ecosystem with maximum protection of public health and the environment.

Air Quality: Promote measures to reduce pol-lution from mobile and stationary sources.

Energy: Support envi-ronmentally sound policies that reduce energy growth rates, emphasize energy conservation and encour-age use of renewable resources.

Land Use: Promote policies that manage land as a finite resource and that incorporate principles

of stewardship.Water Resources:

Support measures to reduce pollution in order to protect surface water, groundwater and drinking water.

Waste Management: Promote policies that reduce the generation and promote the reuse and recycling of solid and hazardous wastes.

Nuclear Issues: Pro-mote the maximum protec-tion of public health and

safety and the environ-ment.Public Participa-

tion: Promote public understanding and partici-pation in decision making as essential elements of responsible and responsive management of our natural resources.

Agricultural Policy: Promote adequate sup-plies of food and fiber at reasonable prices to consumers and support economically viable farms, environmentally sound farm practices and increased reliance on the free market.

Federal Agricultural

Policies: Provide finan-cial support to subsidize agriculture in specific instances, enforce federal antitrust laws to ensure competitive agricultural markets and apply clean air and water regulations to all animal and agri-culture production. The federal government should fund basic research to provide adequate safety of our food supply.

All men and women are invited to join the LWV where hands on work to safeguard democracy leads to civic improvement. For information about the League, visit the website: www.lwvmc.org or send a message to: LWV, PO Box 101, Crawfordsville, IN 47933.

Keller promoted at Hoosier HeartlandThe Paper

Nikki Keller has moved up the ranks at Hoosier Heartland State Bank and is now Oper-ations Manager / Con-sumer Loan Underwriter. Keller is a Southmont graduate and has been at the bank for five years. She has been in banking for a total of 10 years.

“Nikki is a self-mo-tivator and one that achieves above expec-tations on a consistent

basis,” stated former super-visor, Tammy Harshbarger. “She loves a challenge and has demon-strated creative thinking skills in many areas. I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to work with her and even more blessed to have her as a friend.”

“I am looking forward

to working with Nikki,” stated new manager Jamie McCumber. “I know she will bring new, cre-ative ideas to the operation team and everyone will benefit.”

Keller and husband, Aaron have two boys, Jaron and Griffin, and live in Crawfordsville. Keller says she enjoys spending time with

her family and making memories with her sweet boys. They attend Rock Point Church.

“It is such a blessing to work for a company that truly cares about their employees, along with the communities that we serve,” stated Keller. “Being a part of some-thing bigger than yourself is so rewarding and see-ing the lives that HHSB has and is continuing to impact is incredible.”

KELLER

Harvey Lee SmithOct. 6, 1926 – April 11, 2017

Harvey Lee Smith, 90, Darlington passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Ben Hur in Crawfordsville.

He was born Oct. 6, 1926 in Craw-fordsville to the late Everett and Opal (Love) Smith.

He was a graduate of Advance High School, a World War II Veteran and a farmer in Darlington and Brookston. He enjoyed square dancing, Florida beaches and miniature trains in his earlier years.

Survivors include his third wife, Joan [Hyten] Smith; four sons, Dennis (Kathy) Smith of West Lafayette, John (Diana) Smith of Plainfield, Lawrence Smith of Martinsville and Charles Smith of Hopkinsville, Ky.; step-daugh-ters, Linda (Brad) Allen of Crawfordsville, Sabrena Smith of Martinsville, Allison Love and Terri Thompson; a brother, Herman Smith of Kingman; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Audrey [Savage]; second wife, Betty [Swindler]; a sister, Evelyn Smith; a grandson; two great-grandsons and a step-son, Ron Love.

Funeral services are scheduled for noon on Saturday, April 15 at Burkhart Funeral Home. Family and friends may pay their respects two hours prior to service. Burial will Military Rites will follow at Oak Hill Mausoleum. His memory will always be carried in the hearts of loved ones.

Memorial donations may be made to the Darlington American Legion, PO Box 43, Darlington, IN 47940.

Online condolences may be made at www.burkhartfh.com.

OBITUARIES

Martha Ellen MorrisonDec. 7, 1931 – April 9, 2017

Mrs. Martha Ellen Morrison, 85, Crawfordsville, passed away Sunday, April 9, at 10:15 p.m. in the Fran-ciscan Health Crawfordsville Hospital.

She was born Dec. 7, 1931 in Craw-fordsville to Kenneth A. and Christine (Linn) Ward.

She attended Whitesville School and graduated in 1949 from Crawfordsville High School. She married Donald M. Morrison in Crawfordsville on July 10, 1949. He preceded her in death on May 16, 2000. Mrs. Morrison had worked several years in the late 1960s at the Sportsman Shop and then in 1967 became the Co-Owner with her husband of Morrison Automotive, retiring in 1991. She was a member of the Whitesville Christian Church where her family had been one of the founding families. She had been a member of the Athens Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star; was a Pink Lady; was a Board Member of the Vanity Theater; and in her free time she enjoyed cooking, baking, crafts; sewing, having made 300 bears from donated coats; and in general doing lots of volun-teer work in the community. She also was very involved in her grandchildren and great-grandchildren's activities.

Survivors include a daughter, Linda (Steve) Powers of Crawfordsville; a son, Greg (Nancy) Morrison of Craw-fordsville; four grandchildren, Tiffany (Mike) Roost, Michael (Nicole) Morrison, Natalie (Michael) Ward and Alyssa (Ed) McGaughey; and 10 great-grandchildren, Steven Roost, Mackenzie Roost, Tristan Roost, Lauren Morrison, Garrett Morrison, Carter Morrison, Dean McGaughey, Elouise McGaughey, Mason Ward, and Riley Ward

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; and two sisters, Donas and Evelyn Ward.

Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 14 at Whitesville Christian Church with the Rev. Michael Whitacre officiating. Family and friends may pay their respects from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thurs-day, April 13 at the church. Burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery South.

Memorial donations may be made to The Vanity The-ater, 122 S. Washington St., Crawfordsville, IN 47933 or to the Whitesville Christian Church.

Online condolences may be made at www.powersprie-befh.com.

Helen Frances Stinson Franklin Helen Frances Stinson Franklin, 93, formerly of New

Richmond, died in Pavilion Nursing Center in Lebanon, Tenn. Tuesday, April 11, 2017.

Funeral services are pending at Family and Friends Funeral Home of Wingate.

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News Briefs

BirthsA baby boy, Gavin

Paul Ellis, was born on, April 9, 2017, to Adam and Chelsey Ellis, of Covington. Little Gavin will be welcomed home by grandparents, Lisa and Jeff Wakeland, John Ellis, and Janet and Mark Hoult.

Dear Editor,I want to say thank

you to the Montgom-ery County Community Foundation for the $1,000 grant money that was awarded to the Linden Carnegie Public Library. The money was made pos-sible by the Luella Brake Trust Fund, A Field of Interest Fund managed by

the Montgomery County Community Foundation to benefit citizens who are blind and visually im-paired. MCCF has been very supportive of the Linden Carnegie Public Library and we appreci-ate Kelly Taylor, Cheryl Keim, the MCCF Staff, the Board of Directors and those who make contribu-

tions. We are thankful for the kind words about the library and our programs from Cheryl at the cere-mony. She understands how much this grant can benefit our patrons and community.

With Sincere Thanks, Kathie Watkins, Director, Linden-Carne-

gie Public Library

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The PaperFriends of Sugar Creek,

the group dedicated to “preserving, protecting, and promoting Sugar Creek and its watershed,” will celebrate its 30th anniversary at its annual meeting on Earth Day, April 22 at the Crawfords-ville Country Club. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Guest Speaker Bill Woodall will share re-flections on Sugar Creek based on his years of service as a conservation

officer. In addition to Mr. Woodall’s talk, members of the Friends of Sugar Creek board of directors will report on the group’s work and accomplishments during the past year and outline its program for the coming year.

In addition to dinner and the program, there will be door prizes and a silent auction.

Friends of Sugar Creek executive director Cindy Woodall says she looks forward to a strong turnout of by members of the group and extends a spe-cial invitation to everyone

who was involved in founding the group and its early work. The event is also open to members of the public who care about preserving, protecting, and promoting this beautiful and important natural resource.

Tickets for the dinner are $20. Make reservations by calling (765) 364-0050 by April 15.

Friends of Sugar Creek plan annual meeting for April 22

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SURGICAL SPECIALISTSGeneral Surgeon Joins Franciscan Physician Network Surgical Specialists

welcomes Alexandra P. Turner, MD, FACS to its Crawfordsville office. Dr. Turner joins Dan Stewart, MD, in the Sugar Creek Medical Center on the Franciscan Health Crawfordsville campus.

Dr. Turner is now accepting patients. Please call (765) 361-3011 for an appointment.

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JOHN O. MARLOWEThe Good Sport

Of Monkeys, Gym Socks, Cabin Fever

Each of the past two years you have allowed me the special indulgence of veering away from local sports to take a look at my favorite sporting event on television –– The Masters.

Maybe it is because my Dad was an excellent golfer, or maybe it is because I am not; perhaps it is because my Mother loved azaleas; maybe not. Whatever the reason, I am passionate about watch-ing the world’s greatest golfers try to unriddle the 7,435 yard enigma.

Originally the Augusta National Golf Club course dis-tance wasn’t that intimidating. As late as 1990, the course was a mere 6,905 yards. Even today there are three Par 3 holes under 200 yards.

Yet, the course remains easily the most disquieting golf course in the world.

I’ve attended three PGA Championships, the Senior Open, a U. S. Publinks Cham-pionship, a U. S. Women’s Open Championship, a U. S. Open qualifier, but never The Masters.

Tickets this year were $1,250 … or three car pay-ments. Next year, for sure!

I was surprised how many people I ran into cared little that Sergio Garcia won his first “major” tournament. Some were downright opposed to it. I get it, actually.

When 19-year-old Sergio burst onto the scene in 1999 battling Tiger Woods in the PGA Champi-onship, the teenager captivated the viewing audience. He finished second, but suddenly he was the media darling. Sergio was going to become Tiger’s European equivalent.

He wasn't.And sadly, each close

call made him petulant. It is hard for us to root for sulky multi-millionaires.

I searched the internet for the phrase “Sergio gets monkey off his back,” and got 3,467,345 hits. The best one was from a dude actually named “SergioMonkey’. Don’t know what he was selling. It was in Spanish. I’ll bet his sales skyrocketed this week, though.

Speaking of crabby: What was troubling TV host Jim Nance during the awarding of the famous Green Jacket. I know we are supposed to honor the deep tradition of The Masters, but c’mon! Nance’s saturnine sermon in Butler Cabin took all the life out of an exciting finish.

I despise locker room celebrations on television in general. Even the Super Bowl. It is simply im-possible to communicate that level of pure elation to a viewing audience. So let’s not try.

Next year award the Green Jacket outside in front of the

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The Paper photo by Lori PoteetMatthew Pietsch got the start on the hill Wednesday and gave up just one earned run in North Montgomery’s loss to Harrison.

Big inning dooms North

The Paper photo by Lori PoteetJustin Clary and the Chargers will look to bounce back today.

C’ville netters win second straightThe Paper

Crawfordsville tennis got its second win in as many nights with a 3-2 victory over Lafayette Central Catholic Wednesday.

The Athenians got wins from all three singles spots. Sarah Chalmers won 6-1, 6-2 while Lilly Bushong was victorious 6-2, 6-0. Alli Wagner won 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 3 singles spot.

The Athenians (2-1) welcome North Montgomery at home today in an attempt to win the county title.

Crawfordsville 3, Central Catholic 2No. 1 Sarah Chalmers (CV) def. Lexi

Gaeta 6-1, 6-1No. 2 Lilly Bushong (CV) def. Kenna

Preston 6-2, 6-0No. 3 Alli Wagner (CV) def. Diane

Santos 6-2, 6-1No. 1 Lizzie Cramer and Sami Royer

(CC) def. Emmy Hale and Emily West 7-5, 6-2

No. 2 Jen Mills and Emma Gerrety (CC) def. Andraya Fuller and Alyssa Myers 6-4, 1-6, 6-3

CHARGERS STUMBLE AT MOORESVILLE

North Montgomery lost a close tennis match Wednesday night at Mooresville, 3-2.

The Chargers got wins from No. 3 singles, Sydney Ut-terback, 6-3, 6-2 and No. 1 doubles, Scout Groves and Mary Jackman, 6-2, 6-4.

North Montgomery (0-2) trav-els to Crawfordsville this eve-ning to open Sagamore Athletic Conference and Montgomery County play.

Mooresville 3, North Montgomery 2No. 1 Morgan Fitzpatrick (M) def.

Kenzie Neal 6-0, 6-0No. 2 Renee Majeski (M) def. Jennifer

Guard 6-2, 6-3No. 3 Sydney Utterback (NM) def. Tori

Belton 6-3, 6-2No. 1 Scout Groves and Mary Jackman

(NM) def. Makayla Morris and Emily Neese

No. 2 Nikki Belton and Kate Disney (M) def. Lexi Thomas and Megan Merica 4-6, 6-2, 7-5

The Paper photo by Lori PoteetSarah Chalmers got the win at No. 1 singles for Crawfordsville.

CHS track kicks off with winThe Paper

LAFAYETTE – The Craw-fordsville track and field teams traveled to Lafayette Central Catholic Wednesday night and picked up wins to open the out-door season.

The girls won easily, 84-37. The boys snuck by with a 68-64 victory.

Crawfordsville travels to North Montgomery Friday for the Charger Relays.

Girls: Crawfordsville 84, Central Catholic 38

High jump: Eufrasio (CV) 4-6, Walbert (CV) 4-4

Shot put: Montero Spillis (CV) 26-2, Tomlinson (CV) 24-3.5, CC 23-4.5, Bald-win (CV) 22-6.5

Long jump: CC 16-1, McCandless (CV) 13-9, Walbert 13-2.5

Discus: Baldwin (CV) 73-10, Tomlin-son (CV) 57-9, CC 56-9, Montero Spillis (CV) 56-5

4x800: CC 11:29, CV 11:43100 hurdles: CC 17.7, Swinford (CV)

18.24, CC 14.47, CC 15.07100 dash: Swinford (CV) 13.21, Mc-

Candless (CV) 13.4, CC 14.7, CC 15.071600 run: CC 5:46, Hurt (CV) 5:47,

Claycomb (CV) 6:274x100: CHS 55.04, CC 57.38400 dash: CC 1:08, Baird (CV) 1:10,

Walbert (CV) 1:13, Madrigal (CV) 1:15200 dash: CC 27.81, Rusk (CV) 28.3,

Baird (CV) 31.56, Rich (CV) 32.75300 hurdles: CC 49.04, Swinford (CV)

57.41, Luna (CV) 58.00800 run: Fry (CV) 2:35.6, CC 2:59,

Rogers (CV) 3:06, CC 3:133200 run: Hurt (CV) 12:45, Minnette

(CV) 14:19, CC 15:234x400: CC 4:37.01, CV 4:54.5

Boys: Crawfordsville 68, Central Catholic 64

High jump: Bridgewater (CV) 5-6, Ramer (CV) 5-4, CC 5-4, CC 5-0

Shot put: CC 42-2, CC 39-2.5, Baer

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By Scott Smithsports@thepaper24-7.com

LINDEN - North Montgom-ery baseball head coach Matt Merica knows his Chargers need good pitching and good defense to be successful. Unfortunately, Wednesday, they committed four errors, including three in the decisive fourth inning, giving Lafayette Harrison an 8-4 victory.

“A disappointing loss doesn’t do it justice,” Merica said afterwards. “The one inning was downright embarrassing.”

The errors overshadowed a breakout performance by the Charger offense, as they col-lected, 10 hits led by Gregory

Pietsch’s three and Justin Clary’s two.

“I thought we swung the bat much better tonight,” said head coach Matt Merica. “I believe that’s what we’re capable of.”

Things started to unravel in the fourth for the Chargers. With Harrison (1-3) leading 3-1 in the fourth, they would plate five runs, all unearned, on one hit and three Charger errors to open up an 8-1 lead.

“We had quite few plays in that inning that were unchar-acteristic for us,” Merica said. “We had guys misjudge fly balls, and we threw one away in

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fans. Either that or let Terry Bradshaw do the interview.

I wonder what The Masters outcome had been if World #1 golfer Dustin Johnson had not fallen down the steps in his gym socks at his rental home in Augusta, forcing his withdrawal.

My friend who under-stands my track record for picking winners called to ask if I had placed big money on Johnson to win it all.

“No,” I lashed out. “I’m a better gambler than that!”

I didn’t have the nerve to tell him how deeply I’m invested in the real estate company that rented Johnson the house. For me, that’s par for the course.

John O. Marlowe spent most of his career as a “pine-time” player, and was football's first DH (dummy holder) for Wabash College in the late 1970's. New to the art of the sports beat writer, Marlowe has spent forty years – and nearly $11,000 – following Indiana high school sports.

Þ MASTERS From Page A4

(CV) 28-10.5, Harvey (CV) 35-10.5Pole vault: Whicker (CV) 8-0,

Rojas (CV) 7-0, Justus (CV) 7-0Long jump: CC 19-2.5, CC 17-

4.25, CC 17-2.75Discus: CC 136-3, Harvey (CV)

101-1, CC 96-24x800: CV 9:07, CC 9:58100 hurdles: CC 16.32, Snyder

(CV) 17.61, CC 17.68, Cook (CV) 18.0

100 dash: CC 11.04, Bridgewa-ter (CV) 11.23, CC 11.69

1600 run: CC 5:14, Widmer (CV) 5:18, Whicker (CV) 5:42,

Walters (CV) 5:484x100: CC 46.27, CV 46.95400 dash: Bridgewater (CV)

53.67, Spires (CV) 55.81, CC 56.61, Ramer (CV) 57.18

200 dash: CC 23.96, Bronaugh (CV) 24.21, CC 24.44

300 hurdles: CC 44.46, Snyder (CV) 44.5, CC 48.0

800 run: Fyffe (CV) 2:06, CC 2:19, CC 2:27, Alvarado (CV) 2:31

3200 run: Pryor (CV) 10:29.3, McKinney (CV) 11:29, Hayes (CV) 11:47, CC 12:36

4x400: CV 3:49, CC 3:55

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Game STATSHarrison 8, North Montgomery 3HH 111 500 0-8 5 3NM 100 030 0-4 10 42B: Dearing (2) (LH); Knecht (NM)

Harrison AB H R RBIMcCOY 3 0 2 0BAUER 3 1 0 0HANAS 3 0 1 0DEARING 4 2 2 0LEVESQUE 2 0 1 0 CASAD 1 0 0 0LAGUIRE 4 1 1 1KYLE 2 0 1 0COCHRAN 3 0 0 0 RIFFERT 1 0 0 0DUNWOODY 4 1 0 1Totals 30 5 8 2

North AB H R RBIMERICA 3 1 1 0KNECHT 4 1 1 0FREDERICK 2 0 1 0G. PIETSCH 4 3 0 1CLARY 4 2 1 0DONAHUE 3 1 0 1PLANT 4 1 0 0KOBEL 4 1 0 0HALL 1 0 0 0 SWICK 2 0 0 0Totals 31 10 4 2

HH IP H R ER BB SOROSS 4.2 7 4 2 1 5GOSTIN 2.1 3 0 0 0 4NM IP H R ER BB SOM. PIETSCH 3 3 3 1 2 1KNECHT 1 1 5 0 3 3FREDERICK 3 1 0 0 0 1

a run down.”However, the Chargers

clawed back into the game with three of their own in the fifth to make it 8-4. A leadoff double by Col-lin Knecht was aided by base hits by Clary and Caleb Donahue.

North loaded the bases in the seventh, but a deep flyout to left ended the threat.

Matthew Pietsch made his first varsity start on the mound and pitched three innings giving up three runs, only one earned on three hits. Knecht pitched one inning striking out three and walking three. He surren-dered five runs, but none were earned. Frederick closed the game out work-

ing three innings while giving up just one hit.

“Bryce was a huge jolt for us on the mound,” Merica said of the senior. “He kept them off balance and kept us in it.”

North Montgomery (1-3, 1-0 SAC) is back in action this evening as they travel to New Market to complete their Saga-more Athletic Conference series with the Mounties.

“We’ll learn from tonight, and we’ll show up and be ready to play tomor-row,” said Merica. “I

think tonight, offensively, was a big boost for us, and we’ll look to carry that into tomorrow.”

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Chargers rallyfor win in 7thBy Neil Burkneil@thepaper24-7.com

LINDEN – The North Montgomery softball team is in unfamiliar territory – but they’re more than happy to be there. With its second win of the season Wednesday at home over Turkey Run, North is 2-2 on the year, doubling its win total from a year ago. The Chargers relinquished a 7-6 lead in the top of the seventh, but two singles from Sid Zachary and Caroline Turner put Zachary in position to score on a wild pitch to end the game in the home half.

“Honestly (winning) is a whole new thing for this group. They’re all just really excited with the way things are going,” Charger

head coach Jessie June said. “We have to tighten up and a lot of it is young players. The knowledge

of the game is getting better and hitting is improving.”

While the Chargers won on a walk-off, it was the fifth inning that set the stage. Trail-ing 5-1, Joy Shirar cleared the bases with a triple that put the Chargers right back in the game.

“I think Joy Shirar just won us that game. And Grace Lit-tle stepped up,” June said while spreading praise around.

Zachary fin-ished with two singles, Anne-liese Holder had three hits and Becca Adams

had a single and double. North (2-2, 0-1 SAC)

returns to action today with a trip to Southmont.

Game STATSNorth Montgomery 7, Turkey Run 6TR 302 000 1–6 11 0NM 010 050 1–7 12 02B—Snodgrass (TR) Milliken 2 (TR) Adams (NM). 3B—Shirar (NM). TR AB R H RBIBigger 3 2 1 0Snodgrass 3 3 3 0Milliken 4 1 2 2Marshall 4 0 1 1Long 4 0 2 2Bigger 3 0 1 0Wirth 1 0 0 0 Rush 2 0 1 0Hall 3 0 0 0Long 29 6 11 5Totals 29 6 11 5NM AB R H RBIJohnson 4 1 1 0Hayes 3 0 2 0 Hall 0 0 0 0 Walters 0 1 0 0Adams 4 1 2 0J. Shirar 3 2 2 3Holder 3 1 2 0 Quigg 0 0 0 0 Little 1 0 0 0Zachary 3 1 2 0H. Shirar 2 0 0 0 Turner 2 0 1 0Dyson 3 0 0 0Brewer 3 0 0 0Totals 31 7 12 3TR IP H R ER BB SOMarshall 6.1 12 7 7 2 5NM IP H R ER BB SOHolder 0.1 3 3 3 1 0Hayes 6.2 8 3 3 2 4

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALEBy virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk

of Superior Court of Montgomery County, Indiana, in Cause No. 54D02-1604-MF-000262, wherein Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC was Plaintiff, and Alan W. Crissinger, et. al., were the Defendants, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and costs, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder on the 10th day of May, 2017 at the hour of 10:00 am of said day at the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in Montgomery County, Indiana:

PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE, 3 WST, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID EAST HALF AND THE CENTER LINE OF THE INDIANAPOLIS ROAD (OLD ROAD), AND RUNNING THENCE IN A NORTHWEST DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE CENTER OF SAID ROAD 398 FEET TO AND FOR A BEGINNING POINT’ THENCE NORTH 62 DEGREES WEST 172 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 249 FEET; THENCE EAST 151 FEET; THENCE NORTH 192 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA.

State Parcel No. 09-36-200-016.000-032More Commonly known as: 10435 East New Ross Road, New Ross,IN47968Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, said sale will be

made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws.All sales are subject to any first and prior liens, taxes and assessments

legally levied and assessed thereon. Neither the Sheriff nor the Plaintiff in this case warrants either expressly or implied any title, location or legal description of any real estate sold at the sale. Any prospective bidder should obtain their own title evidence before making any bid on any properties subject to this sale.

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was always asked what he’d like to do. Typical answer, “Watch t.v.” However, this grandpar-ent had quite a different view of how that was done. They’d sit and watch, “Black t.v.;” in other words, nothing was on. Plan well instigated as soon, it was time to go out and do something. When I asked the fellow what he’d like to be (dad had already hinted at such), he immediately piped up he wanted to be a policeman and was going to shadow one for the day yet this week. Also, he is thinking of flying as on a recent vacation, he saw the Blue Angels in exhibition. Something in sports or who knows? After all, he’s a football, basketball, baseball playing Freshman at North so he has plenty of time.

My gal comes from a large family I’ve known for decades, but the first time I remember seeing her was when she was the flower girl and our son, Jay, the ring bearer at a post Christmas wedding. They were adorable. Jay took his role quite serious-ly; however, the young gal got about half way down the aisle, then dashed back crying. So cute.

Originally, it was their mutual friend, Paula Ol-sen, who introduced them at the 5-10-15-20 store when he was 16, she 18. Years later, she saw him at the bowling alley and he told her to come join the euchre group which she did for a couple of hours. Ended-up, he burned her. So, she was apt to do the same the next time around. Finally, Paula stepped in, asking if she had told him she loved him, then asking him the same. With that out of the way and

blessings from her parents, dad saying, “He’s a good man,” and mom noting, “If something happens I’ll take him over you!”

Then, came the blending of the families. “When we married, there was no yours or mine. We were one family. All the kids were mine and all the kids were hers!” Never, was the term stepkids uttered. In fact, the four youngsters were all involved in the wedding at Linden United Methodist Church (Alan Sparks, minister). When they asked his title, dad or his name, he said it didn’t really matter, but they needed to know that, “When I married your mom, I also married you!”

Definitely, they knew what they were getting in to, but, “It was so hard at times.” They credit-ed local counsellor, Dr. Elghammer, for steer-ing them in the proper direction. They took a 10-weeks intensive course. “Sometimes, he was pretty blunt,” she said, refer-ring to when she would try to be in the middle of the fussing and nothing worked. “Butt out! Let ‘em figure things out for themselves!” With that said, they beamed when they told me, “God bless-ed us with five beautiful kids!”

“We had a great support system, as well.” God, her parents, friends. Getting involved playing softball was a good choice, as well. They’re both very sport-oriented. “We’ve become a family with so many great folks at the softball diamonds.”

So, let’s meet those nifty young’uns. Another roar came when they began with the two grandkids, versus the five of theirs. There is Beth Joy, fourteen

months who, they agreed is, “A hoot!” and Alayah Kay age seven months.

Jordan, their oldest works at Demoret Electric, Bill Reed is his boss. Jor-dan’s wife, Trisha’s boss, is Bill’s wife, Amber. They live in Crawfords-ville.

Jessica, married to Brandon (Trinity Mission Counsellor) is the 8th grade volleyball coach and teaches at Wainwright Middle School in Lafay-ette. They live in Linden and mom and dad, beamed as they told me that Jess was Purdue’s 2014-15 Teacher of the Year.

Abigail married Tay-lor, a Wabash College mechanic and Abbi works for Riggens Heating. They just bought a home in Waynetown, just two houses from folks, Adri and Greg Northcutt.

Erika, a Sophomore at IUPUI is majoring in business and when home, works at Buffalo Wild Wings.

Then there’s Ike, whom you met above.

Another thing they love is Montgomery County. Actually, Greg works in maintenance and Adri in the Health Department.

For sure, they are family-oriented. Her brother, Caleb, is the youth minister at Liberty Chapel, and Ike loves this group. Adri noted that Ike is involved in everything the older ones do. “I love to be with my brothers.” Knowing he only had one, I looked at him. He gave me to know that his broth-er-in-laws are his brothers, too. They all play togeth-er, pray together and stay together. Can’t get much better than that!

Shucks, out of room. Hopefully, you know these two a bit better, now. Couple of great kids! Certainly, I want to thank them for being my guests this week in ATC.

Karen Zach is the editor of Montgomery Memories, our monthly magazine all about Montgomery County. Her column, Around the County, appears each Thursday in The Paper of Montgomery County.

The Paper photo by Karen ZachBlending families can be quite a feat - Adri and Greg Northcutt accomplished it with finesse.

Þ TOGETHER From Page A1

CRAWFORDSVILLE FIRE

12:02 a.m. – Report of a medical run in the 200 block of N. Grace Ave.

10:12 a.m. – Report of a business alarm in the 220 block of S. Washington St.

11:20 a.m. – Report of a medical run in the 200 block of Holman St., Waynetown

11:46 a.m. – report of a motor vehicle accident in the 200 block of Maple

12:56 p.m. – Report of a motor vehicle accident in the 300 block of W. Market St.

1:18 p.m. – Report of a motor vehicle accident in the 300 block of W. South Blvd.

3:26 p.m. – Report of a motor vehicle accident in the 1800 block of S. US Hwy 231

3:37 p.m. – Report of a residential alarm in the 3000 block of W. Burning Tree Rd.

4:07 p.m. – Report of a medical run in the 1400 block of Cardinal Ct.

6:14 p.m. – Report of a medical run in the 1300 block of E. Grace Byrd Ln.

7:22 p.m. – Report of a business alarm in the 1500 block of Darlington Ave.

7:30 p.m. – Report of a medical run in the 1100 block of Lafayette Rd. CRAWFORDSVILLE

POLICE3:23 p.m. – Report of

a disturbance in the 900 block of Tuttle Ave.

4:17 p.m. – Report of criminal mischief in the 1700 block of Lebanon Rd.

6:05 p.m. – Report of a theft in the 1800 block of S. US Hwy 231

10:51 p.m. – Report of a breaking and entering in the 2000 block of Rosedale Ct.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF3:33 a.m. – Report of a

motor vehicle accident on W. US Hwy 136 and N. 300 W.

4:53 a.m. – Report of a breaking and entering in the 3400 block of SR 47

4:37 p.m. – Report of a disturbance in the 3200 block of E. 300 N.

4:39 p.m. – Report of a fire other in the 600 block of N. Hickory St., Ladoga

4:57 p.m. – Report of a theft in the 100 block of W. South St., Ladoga

5:09 p.m. – Report of an animal complaint in the 2400 block of Indianapolis Rd.

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Buy. Sell. Rent. Lease.

THE PAPER classi�eds.

The Paper photo by Stacey BaschwitChamber members and guests, welcomed Integrity Mortgage Group as a new member to the Crawfordsville / Montgomery County on Wednesday with a ribbon cutting. IMG is a full service lender. The new office is located at 201 Main St. Branch Manager, Denny Frecker, has been in the lending business for over 20 years. He has done business in Crawfordsville for many years while being located in the Brownsburg area. Frecker was ex-cited to introduce his son, Jake Frecker, as the face of the new Crawfordsville branch. Starting with on the job training about 1 ½ yr ago, Jake Frecker, says “It has been a lot of work balancing work and finishing college. However, having the hands on experience has taught me a lot.” The Frecker duo, hopes to have son, Jake, run-ning the Crawfordsville office within the year.

Chamber welcomes IMG

Jerry Poppaw of Crawfordsville announces the engagement of his daughter, Kerry Poppaw of Reynolds, to Craig Montoya of Reynolds.

He is the son of Diane Rentschler of Crawfords-ville.

Miss Poppaw is employed at Lafayette Vision Co. of Lafayette.

Her fiancé, Mr. Montoya is employed at Newhoff Media of Lafayette.

The couple plans to exchange wedding vows on June 10 at Fruitshine Winery in Monticello. A reception will follow at the same location.

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News Briefs

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Barrels are backRain barrels are coming back

to Montgomery County. Sus-tainable Initiatives (SI) recently announced the return of its pro-gram that helps county residents get rain collection barrels at a discounted rate.

SI works with The Great American Rain Barrel Company to offer 60-gallon painted bar-rels at a cost of $89. Unpainted barrels cost $85. They come with all the fittings and set-up instructions.

The deadline to order through the annual program is May 20 at 5 p.m. Orders can be placed online at www.greata-mericanrainbarrel.com through the Local Programs tabs. Just find “Crawfordsville, IN.” The community’s entire order will arrive at the Montgomery County 4-H Show Barn and pick up day is June 3 from 10

a.m. to noon.

Looking for Crawfordsville Jaycees

A list of former Jaycees in Crawfordsville is being com-piled and organizers need help. If you were a Jaycee or know of people who were, please contact one of the following people: Larry and Diana Man-love (362-3929), Arlene Wilhite (361-9441), Dave and Gayle Sosbe (362-5713) or John and Peggy Dixon (866-8205).

Free diabetes classes at Franciscan

Franciscan Health Crawfordsville is partnering with Quality Improvement Organizations - a part of the Centers for Medicare and Med-icaid Services - to hold free di-abetes classes throughout April and May. These classes are designed especially for people who have diabetes who need ad-ditional support on controlling diabetes, as well as people with pre-diabetes so they can prevent diabetes. Topics include symp-toms and risk factors, living an active lifestyle, managing what you eat and preventing com-plications. The classes will run

from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. over six sessions on Tuesdays, April 18, April 25 and May 2, May 9, May 16 and May 23. Refresh-ments will be provided. The classes will be held at Bonzel Hall, located inside the main entrance to Franciscan Health Crawfordsville. Franciscan Health Crawfordsville is located at 1710 Lafayette Road in Crawfordsville. This program is free, but registration is required and can be made by calling Franciscan Health at 1-877-806-1207.

Looking for Notable Nineties

Our boss Tim Timmons is working on a list called Notable Nineties. He's going to include Montgomery County folks who have reached the landmark age of 90 in his column from time to time. As such, he's gathering up names of folks who want to be included. If you or someone you know of is 90 or above and you want to be included, just e-mail Tim at ttimmons@thepaper24-7.com and let him know. He'll get back to you with details.

Do you Remember When?How much do you remem-

ber about Crawfordsville's past? Darlington's? Ladoga's? Anywhere in Montgomery County? Well, share it with us and we'll include it in our popular feature, Remember When. The way it works is simple. Just send us a note with something from the past in Montgomery County. Maybe something like "Remember When" the annual Sugar Creek Canoe Race brought out Olym-pic kayakers? Or, "Remember When" Hollywood stars Lana Turner and Stephen Crane visited Crawfordsville (which was Crane's hometown)? It can be anything from recalling stores of yesteryear ("Remem-ber When" Crawfordsville had at least two men's clothing stores downtown, Steck's and the Squire Shop? to things that happened ("Remember When" the Rotary Jail was closed in

favor of the new jail on Cov-ington Street? All you have to do is e-mail your "Remember When" (and be sure to include your name, address and contact info) to rememberwhen@thepaper24-7.com or send it to Remember When 101 W. Main St. Ste. 300 Crawfordsville, Ind. 47933.

Civitan would love to have you

The Montgomery County Civitan Club is meeting on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month and they’d love to have some new faces! They meet at the Creekside Lodge in Crawfordsville. The rela-tively new club will talk about their new Montgomery County Young Heroes project and other upcoming events. Civitan is a worldwide organization of service clubs with a major em-phasis on helping people with developmental disabilities.

Field guide available from Purdue now

The 2017 edition of Purdue Extension’s Corn and Soybean Field Guide is now avail-able through Extension’s The Education Store. Copies of the field guide are available for $9 each and bulk orders of 25 are $202.50.

Calling all Mystery Guest winners

Calling all winners! If you’ve been named a weekly winner for correctly identifying a Mystery Guest, then you won $25. If you haven’t gotten your check yet, please get in touch with Editor Neil Burk to get your check. We’d love to have a picture of your smiling face as well!

Walk planned for June to combat suicide

There will be an Out of the Darkness Walk at North Mont-gomery High School on June 17. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 11 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. The event is geared toward suicide prevention. Online registration

closes at noon the Friday before the walk. However, anyone who would like to participate can register in person at the walk from the time check-in begins until the walk starts. Walk donations are accepted until June 30. Registration is available at http://afsp.donor-drive.com/index.cfm?fuseac-tion=donorDrive.event&even-tID=4429.

When you walk in the Out of the Darkness Campus Walks, you join the effort with thou-sands of people to raise aware-ness and funds that allow AFSP to invest in new research, create educational programs, advocate for public policy, and support survivors of suicide loss. As the leader in the fight against suicide, and thanks to walkers like you from cities across the country, AFSP has been able to set a goal to reduce the annual suicide rate 20 percent by 2025.

The Paper offers free memorial ads

Montgomery County’s most awarded and oldest locally owned daily newspaper, has announced another reader-first initiative. The Paper will no longer charge for In-Memoriam or Memorial advertisements. For those not familiar, those are usually notices placed by families to commemorate significant dates involving the loss of a loved one. Under the new policy, The Paper asks that memorials be sent at least a week in advance, are not exces-sively long and that the sender include contact information in case the staff has a question. Photos may be included as well. The ads can be dropped off at The Paper, 101 W. Main St. in downtown Crawfordsville or e-mailed to memorial@thepa-per24-7.com.

Personalize delivery of The Paper

How do you want your paper? Whether you want the print edition, the Online Edition or simply the website, you can now have The Paper of Mont-

gomery County in whatever format you choose.

Simply e-mail mypapermy-way@thepaper24-7.com and let us know. Be sure to include name, delivery address and a phone number in case there is a question.

PALgroup meeting weeklyPALgroup, Parents of Ad-

dicted Loved Ones, is a national organization for parents, family members, and significant others who have loved ones who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. The local group meets each Thursday night from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Crawfordsville. The primary goal of PAL is to provide hope through education and support for parents, family members, and others who dealing with addicted loved ones. Each week there is an educational component that informs partici-pants about addiction and issues related to addiction. There is also a portion for discussion and sharing of experiences. In addition, Palgroup facilitators, although laypeople who must have an addicted child or sig-nificant other in order to serve as such, are trained to facilitate the meetings. Every four to six weeks, a professional addiction counselor or social worker will be invited to speak on a relevant topic or issue.

Check out crawfordsvilleweather.com

Our partner, Mike Berry, has installed scientific weath-er-monitoring equipment high atop the world-wide media HQ that houses The Paper in beau-tiful downtown Crawfordsville. Folks who visit www.craw-fordsvilleweather.com can see everything from current wind speed to current temps, hu-midity and more. And trust us, when freezing rain is forecast, the visitors and page views spike like the crowd heading to buy milk and bread at the grocery!

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HERE WE GROW AGAIN!

The Paper – Montgomery County’s oldest locally owned daily newspaper – is expanding staff and will have both full and part-time openings in the following areas:

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In our sales department, any staff members who worked more than a year never made less than $50k annually! That’s success other media can’t touch!

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