Besides being called upon to pray for good weather for the upcoming Ferdinand Folk Fest, the Sisters of St. Benedict have some plans of their own worthy of prayer. Alan Hoffman, who serves as the Chief Financial Officer for the monastery, along with Prioress Sr. Barbara Lynn Schmitz and Carla Naum, a principal with Milestone…
In all probability, engineer Steve Grundhoefer will keep his day job and not decide to become a cinematographer. Nevertheless, the Ferdinand Plan Commission member took a camera (and an umbrella) to the Dollar General Store property on Main Street during the last heavy rain event so he could record just where the water goes after…
It came unexpectedly, measuring up to 3.7 inches in 28 minutes — probably a four or five hundred year rain event by most standards. But this is the second excessive rainfall in a short span of time. Seven residents attended the Ferdinand Town Council meeting Tuesday night (June 3) to issue their concerns. Larry Mundy,…
On the economic front, the good news just keeps coming. Scott Denhart and Jessica Heathman, both representing MasterBrand, attended the Ferdinand Town Council meeting Tuesday night to request another tax abatement — this one for personal property/equipment and real estate. One of the largest cabinet manufacturers in the Unites States is growing again and this…
Thomas Gatewood, a seventh grader who attend Western Middle School in Russiaville, may have his father’s eyes, but he has own sense of style. Amid a sea of youth sporting t-shirts and other casual attire, the young gent stood out in a sky blue sweater vest and bow tie. The occasion? The 26th annual Indiana…
The town-wide yard sale is over. Now it’s time for a clean sweep. Paul Voergerl Jr. from Monster Recycling was in attendance at Tuesday night’s town council meeting to discuss a large recycling clean-up event this Thursday, Friday and Saturday (April 10-12). His company will have a manned recycling truck parked at the limb drop…
Ferdinand is going greener and Big Foot has been hiding in plain site for the past 24 years. Such was only a small portion of the news rendered at a two-hour Ferdinand Town Council meeting Tuesday night (March 11). The agenda listed 20 items, plus seven departmental reports. The “greener” comes from the council’s choice…
It’s official. Following a hearing Tuesday night at which no one showed up to object, the Ferdinand Town Council granted a tax abatement to MasterBrand Cabinets that will increase the company’s equipment base and add 135 jobs. Council President Ken Sicard credited Michael Cummings, Interim President with Dubois Strong, for contacting him when MasterBrand was…
Ferdinand — Everyone knows a few dirty words — the ones you can’t say on television or in front of the grandchildren. But for the Town of Ferdinand there’s a new word that equates to dirty, and that word is “phosphorus.” At the Ferdinand Town Council meeting Tuesday night, Wastewater Superintendent Roger Schaefer noted the…
Ferdinand — The Ferdinand Town Council learned that Masterbrand is expanding and adding up to 135 new positions in 2014. Attorney Bill Shaneyfelt has been working with MasterBrand on a project that would include $1.1 million in new equipment at the company’s Ferdinand facility and 135 new jobs by June 1. In return, the company is seeking a…
