I OLYMPIAN LEAVES MARK Palubinskas paints Eagle SPORTS, B1 mural at Oak Hill. THURSDAY, JULY-12, 2012 Chronicle ne WWW.CHRONICLE-TRIBUNE.COM Serving Grant County since 1867. Town halls draw qu questions Fred Troxell, D-1st. District, and Joselyn Whitticker, D-At-large, organized the meetings to allow the public to ask questions, especially ahead of the 2013 budget hearings. Though all council members were invited, only Paul Thompson, D-At-large, attended one of the meetings.
In the past month, the council and city administration have engaged in a debate about the often-contentious course of recent public meetings. Troxell and Whitticker, as well as some members of the public, have asked pointed questions about city workings. Some council members and administration members have expressed a desire for more civil and orderly meetings and have accused Troxell and Whitticker of playing politics. During the last council meeting, President Don Batchelor announced he would reorganize council committees and direct more discussion toward them, a move Troxell and Whitticker said was made to stifle questions from being asked. Troxell and Whitticker had two meetings on Wednesday one in the morning and the other in the afternoon which they said would gather questions and concerns from the public that have been unaddressed.
Brad Luzadder, R-Atlarge, wished his colleagues the best with the town halls, Next exit: Daegu JEFF MOREHEAD jmorehead Moffitt, left, and her daughter, Janae, 15, look over travel information as athletes, the Marion municipal building parking lot in the predawn light Wednesday morning International Airport. The athletes are on their way to compete in the International ChilMake this image yours. Go to www.chronicle-tribune.com. une.com. "I got to be here for a week, and now I'm traveling to a different time zone again," Carreon said.
Carreon, who will be the goalie for the girls' soccer team, went to Europe with the group People to People. While in Europe, Carreon visited Ireland, Wales, England, France and Holland. "It was just an amazing trip," she said. "I got to meet some neat people." Carreon hopes this trip to South Korea will be just as memorable. The county will send eight boys' soccer players, seven girls' soccer players, two tennis players and a high jumper.
Luke Owsley, the city's community and project manager who is in his first year organizing the trip, said it's more than a 20-hour trip from Marion to Daegu. The delegation returns on July 18. The delegation had about a four hour bus ride to O'Hare Airport. From there, they are flying 14 hours to Seoul, South Korea. From there, they were going to go on another four-hour bus ride into Daegu.
Owsley said months of planning went from the public, but also about their purpose. Whitticker, Troxell host public meetings BY MATT TROUTMAN Two Marion City Council members hosted town hall meetings on Wednesday that drew not only questions Next LAST MINUTE DETAILS Latrese coaches and family members gather at to board a bus for Chicago O'Hare dren's Games in Daegu, South Korea. Athletes leave for International Children's Games in South Korea BY MATT WILSON Just when Gabrielle Carreon thought she was back in her normal routine, the incoming McCulloch Junior High School seventh-grader is headed to a different time zone again. For the second time this month, Carreon will be traveling overseas, this time as part of the 46th annual International Children's Games. Carreon was one of 18 Grant County athletes who left on Wednesday for the Children's Games, which begin on Friday in Daegu, South Korea.
The athletes arrived at city hall at 6 a.m. Wednesday and boarded a bus to travel to Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Carreon just returned from a trip to Europe on July 3. into the trip. He said he was a little more relaxed on Wednesday morning, but he wouldn't be totally at ease until the delegation all got on the plane.
"I will be a lot more relaxed once we have got past customs and are on the plane," Owsley said. All the parents who were not going on the trip were at city hall to send the athletes off on Wednesday. Doniece LeShore is headed to South Korea to watch her sister, Darice Upchurch, play for the girls' soccer team. "I'm also going there to support everyone else, too," LeShore said. "I haven't really done too much research on South Korea, so I don't really know what to expect.
I just hope to see some good food and some wins for the USA." The athletes won't know who they are competing against until after today's ICG Committee Meeting. Friday will be a practice day for all of the sports except for tennis, which will have boys' and girls' singles competition. Tennis will be played at the See EXIT Page A9 Fairmount fosters Grant County's love of cars MONDAY: Gas TUESDAY: Buren WEDNESDAY: Fairmount Park, which brought its annual spring show from Matter Park in. Marion to Fairmount. t-, Geimer said he.
inherited his love of cars from his father, a "car guy" who always drove a fast car. "I guess I kind of was trying to catch him," he said. Even from a young age, Geimer was involved in car culture. He was among a group of volunteers who "built the Muncie Dragway in 1959 and worked as a flagman from 1960 to 1962 for the NHRA Nationals in Indianapolis. "I could be claimed to be the last flagman at Indianapolis Raceway Park," he 200 N.
TODAY'S WEATHER Sunny Low 90s, Upper 60s Scrapbook: Wednesday's high: 88 Low: 63 Last July 12: High: 93: Low: 70 Record since 1903: High 104, 1936 Low 48, 1918 Precipitation: July 11:0 (as of 7 a.m.) Inside: More weather, Page A2 Jonesboro under boil advisory JONESBORO Jonesboro utilities is advising that water customers, including White Oaks Mobile Home Park, boil their water for at least 5 minutes before consumption. The advisory is in effect until further notice. According to a public notice, because of a water main customers that experience an outage should call 674-1196 or 674- 6961 and leave an address, name and phone number. Matt Troutman Man reports armed robbery BY MISHELE WRIGHT Nobody was injured Tuesday night when two men entered a home and demanded money while armed with a hammer. A man inside a residence in the 1100 block of East 38th Street reported to the Grant County Sheriff's Department at 10:36 p.m.
that two men kicked in a door and forced their way inside. According to reports, the suspects ordered the male victim to the ground and demanded money or else he'd be killed. One of the men was holding a hammer that belonged to the victim, who had been working to remodel the home. After receiving $100, the suspects ran out the back door, while the victim chased them. The men ran to 38th and Houck streets, where they entered a silver SUV that a woman was driving, according to reports.
The man told deputies that he recognized the two suspects from his ex-girlfriend's house earlier that day. He stopped by her residence to give her money for their child, but she wasn't See ARMED Page A10 Follow us on: facebook. www.facebook.com/ chronicletribune twitter) Inside Classified, A5-6 B7-10 Sports, Comics, B5 B1-4, 9. Crossword, B6 Viewpoints, A7 Horoscope, A2 Weather, A2 Local, A3 Obituaries, B5-6 Section designed by: Chuck Fetterhoff 0 40901 05402 Copyright 2009 Chronicle- Tribune Paxton Media Group but said he would not attend. He said constituents have access to himself and other council members by phone, email and other methods.
"I've had people even stop me while walking the dog," he said. "I don't have a problem communicating with Luzadder echoed recent comments by Councilwoman Madonna French, R-2nd District, that Troxell and Whitticker were using the See TOWN Page A8 Marion Schools fills three positions District looks to hire four more before new year BY DEREK BEIGH Marion Community Schools continued rebuilding its depleted administrative team at Wednesday's Board of School Trustees meeting. The board approved three administrative moves at the meeting. Scot Croner will change from secondary instructional coordinator to the new position of K-12 instructional coordinator; Kristi Phillippe will be the district's first TAP coordinator; and Melissa Richards will be Justice Intermediate School's new principal. The district still has four positions to fill: human resources director, coordinator of special services, McCulloch Junior High School assistant principal and a new dual assistant principal position for Justice and McCulloch.
All of those positions are expected to be filled by the end of August, though Superintendent Steve Edwards said the former two could be in place by the board's July 25 meeting. The district has been filling administrative vacancies rapidly since losing six district and building administrators near the end of the 2011-12 school year. Since March, 10 administrators have been hired from outside the district, reassigned to new positions or promoted from non-administrative jobs at MCS. Croner was first approved See MARION Page A9 SATURDAY: News from Grant County's neighbors 18.90 MATT TROUTMAN mtroutman SHARING HIS PASSION Bob Geimer, assistant show chairman for the 9th Street Gang Car Club, discusses the James Dean Spring Car Show and his love of cars in the Outpost Restaurant on June 28. Make this image yours.
Go to www.chronicle-tribune.com. A 1 1 FRIDAY: Marion said, noting that the flaggers during the last race were not informed the track was transitioning to the "Christmas tree" stoplights. Geimer started his car affair. with a 1950 Chevrolet Fleetline. Currently, he has a 1966 El Camino and a 1973 Ford Thunderbird.
"If you want to get. nittygritty, I drive a customized 1985 Astro van," he said. Car shows are hardly uncommon in central Indiana and the Midwest. "In this area, you can go to a car show from Friday night through Saturday and Sunday," Geimer said. See CARS Page A10 Th grant County Character BY.
MATT TROUTMAN FAIRMOUNT Bob Geimer has always loved cars. As assistant show chairman with the 9th Street Gang 'Car Club, he has a chance to gather together the best classic cars for people across Grant County and the region to see. Recently, the club hosted its first James Dean Spring Car- Show. in. Playacres 3.
