Although Celestine and Chrisney Elementary Schools were two of 21 schools in the state to get perfect scores on the recent I-Read 3 testing and most area elementary schools achieved the over 90% required to pass the test, Tenth Street School in Jasper and Huntingburg Elementary along with Dubois Elementary were unable to achieve the…
This Sunday is the twentieth annual running, or floating, of the ducks down the Patoka River. That day hundreds of little bobbing plastic ducks will take a short journey and potentially win a couple of lucky “ducks” some prizes. The race was a brainchild of Shari Meneilly, an original member of the Patoka 2000. She…
According to Earl Shelsby, the hardest part of making turtle soup is cleaning the turtles. “You start by chopping off the turtle’s head,” Shelsby said with a warning. “Be careful because the head will still bite even after it is removed from the body. And the body will still crawl away after the head is…
Anna Mae Dittelberger, age 89 passed away at 9:12 p.m. Wednesday (May 16, 2012) in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born April 8, 1923 in Ireland, Indiana to Urban and Margaret (Hopf) Gerner. She married Harold Dittelberger in 1942 and had recently celebrated their 68 wedding anniversary. Anna Mae was…
Judy Walton, age 74, of Dale, Indiana, passed away at 2:35 a.m., Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at the V.N.A. Plus Charlier Hospice Center in Evansville. She was born October 26, 1937 in Providence, Rhode Island to Gerald and Anna T. (Long) McCauley. She was united in marriage to Doug Walton on August 23, 1980 in…
Nine months ago the Jasper Wildcat Motorsports Team began to turn steel tubing into highly competitive racing machines. Their successful season is now behind them and they are celebrating with an open house on May 23 that will allow the public to not only see the winning cars but also watch a special Formula exhibition…
The Indiana Sheriff Association and Sheriff Donald Lampert presented Ms. Teresa Marie Bowling a $500.00 scholarship from the Indiana Sheriff Association on Wednesday. Bowling is a Senior at Southridge High School and plans to attend the University of Southern Indiana where she will major in Criminal Justice. Bowling is the daughter of Richard and Christi…
The Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission has teamed up with the wireless industry to offer a wireless emergency alert system. The system is expected to be available by the end of May. Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), also known as Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) or Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN),…
An 82-year-old Jasper man crashed a 2003 Dodge into a large grain bin on Tuesday at 12:35 p.m. Eugene Goodman was driving east on SR 164 when he fell asleep and ran off the north side of the road. He went down an embankment and struck the grain bin. Goodman complained of chest pain. The…
Jasper – Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center’s Gastrointestinal (G.I.) Lab has been recognized with an “Excellence in Professionalism” award by The American Board of Certification for Gastroenterology Nurses. The award was received because 50% or more of the hospital’s G.I. Lab staff is certified in gastroenterology. Currently, six of the nine nurses in the…
