March 2, 2021 at 5:24 p.m.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Capsule reports
Appointed
Fort Recovery Village Council appointed a new member to the village’s Tax Incentive Review Committee on Monday.
The new member, Travis Laux, will replace Dan Schoen on the board.
Also Monday, village administrator Randy Diller told council members maintenance supervisor Paul Rohrer will be retiring from the street department April 1. Brandon Wyerick, who started work at the department Monday, will be taking over his duties.
First in science
Jay County High School’s academic team earned one first-place ribbon and two seconds as it hosted a five-team Eastern Indiana Academic League meet Thursday.
The JCHS science team of Isaac Braun, James Larrowe, Lucas Lyons and Alex Ardizzone took first place. Earning second-place ribbons were the English team of Jocelyn Nelson, Lainey Reynolds, Brooke Stauffer and Ava Stockton, and the math team of Tessa Miller, Larrowe, Braun and Lyons.
Edition third
Jay County High School’s show choirs competed Saturday in the Huntington North Midwest Showcase.
Patriot Edition took third place in the mixed division tier II behind the Fusion of Fairfield and New Era of Churubusco. Just Treble finished sixth in the women’s division.
The choirs also competed Feb. 20 at the Homestead Showcase, in which Patriot Edition also placed third. Just Treble finished in fourth place.
Lost control
An Ohio man driving away from police lost control of his vehicle about 10:12 p.m. Friday.
Dakota A. Baker, 21, Piqua, Ohio, was driving more than 100 mph away from police east on county road 400 South, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report. The vehicle he was driving went off the south side of the road and then back across the road to the north side while approaching the intersection with county road 400 East.
He lost control of the 2002 Buick Century he was driving and it then rolled over on its top. The Century is registered to Laura Gade of Piqua.
Baker and his two passengers (Paul J. Treon, 27, of Dayton, Ohio, and Matthew D. Boyle, 31, of Dunkirk) were taken to IU Health Jay for treatment of their injuries.
Baker was arrested and taken to Jay County Jail. (He was later released on his own recognizance.) He was preliminarily charged with two Level 6 felonies for resisting law enforcement and possession of methamphetamine, and a Class B misdemeanor for possession of paraphernalia.
Damage is estimated between $1,000 and $2,500.
Intersection collision
Between $25,000 and $50,000 in damage is estimated after a collision at the intersection of Wayne and Race streets in Portland about 6:07 p.m. Saturday.
Ricky J. Sprunger, 40, Portland, told Portland Police he was driving a 2006 Ford F150 east on Race Street and didn’t completely stop at the intersection with Wayne Street. He attempted to continue through the intersection and his vehicle collided with a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Amanda S. Miller, 31, Portland.
Miller told police she had been driving north on Wayne Street when she collided with Sprunger. A third parked vehicle — a 2001 General Motors Sierra registered to Brett M. Bailey of Portland — was damaged after Sprunger’s F150 flipped on its side and hit the parked vehicle.
Sprunger’s vehicle is registered to Jamie A. Wagner of Portland.
Pole hit
A Portland woman drove into a utility pole about 4:06 a.m. Saturday.
Tina M. Fisher, 52, told Portland Police she was turning right into the parking lot of Medler’s Furniture on Meridian Street when she drove off the street and hit a pole with her 2001 Jeep Cherokee. She told police she couldn’t see clearly because of the rain.
Damage is estimated between $2,500 and $5,000. Her 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee was towed.
Backing accident
Two Pennville women were involved in a traffic collision on Washington Street in Pennville about 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Ruth I. Gaskill, 56, was backing a 1993 Chevrolet 1500 out of a driveway and did not see the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt, driven by Christina M. Fehrenbach, 30, heading north on the street. The vehicles collided, causing between an estimated $2,500 and $5,000 in damage. The vehicle Gaskill was driving is registered to Linda D. Ehler of Huntington.
Walmart crash
Vehicles collided about 1:15 p.m. Saturday in the Walmart parking lot in Portland.
Cassandra R. Clouse, 25, Hartford City, told Portland Police she was backing her 2021 Toyota Corolla in the lot at 950 W. Votaw St. when it collided with a 2007 Mitsubishi Galant that Daniel J. Sprunger, 54, Portland, was also backing.
Damage is estimated between $1,000 and $2,500.
Stolen trailer
A Portland resident reported a missing trailer Saturday.
Tom R. Robbins called Portland Police Department about 4 p.m. to report his 1997 ATV trailer had been stolen from 2822 Butternut Creek Drive, Portland.
Driveway collision
A Modoc man’s vehicle collided with a Portland teen’s vehicle while driving on Meridian Street about 3:55 p.m. Monday.
Seth J. Wilson, 17, told Portland Police he was trying to turn east off the street into the driveway at 1345 S. Meridian St. Jeffrey A. Ison, 41, Modoc, told police he was driving south on the street and didn’t see Wilson start turning.
Wilson’s 2001 Oldsmobile Alero and Ison’s 2006 Chevrolet Uplander collided, causing between $1,000 and $2,500 in estimated damage.
Fort Recovery Village Council appointed a new member to the village’s Tax Incentive Review Committee on Monday.
The new member, Travis Laux, will replace Dan Schoen on the board.
Also Monday, village administrator Randy Diller told council members maintenance supervisor Paul Rohrer will be retiring from the street department April 1. Brandon Wyerick, who started work at the department Monday, will be taking over his duties.
First in science
Jay County High School’s academic team earned one first-place ribbon and two seconds as it hosted a five-team Eastern Indiana Academic League meet Thursday.
The JCHS science team of Isaac Braun, James Larrowe, Lucas Lyons and Alex Ardizzone took first place. Earning second-place ribbons were the English team of Jocelyn Nelson, Lainey Reynolds, Brooke Stauffer and Ava Stockton, and the math team of Tessa Miller, Larrowe, Braun and Lyons.
Edition third
Jay County High School’s show choirs competed Saturday in the Huntington North Midwest Showcase.
Patriot Edition took third place in the mixed division tier II behind the Fusion of Fairfield and New Era of Churubusco. Just Treble finished sixth in the women’s division.
The choirs also competed Feb. 20 at the Homestead Showcase, in which Patriot Edition also placed third. Just Treble finished in fourth place.
Lost control
An Ohio man driving away from police lost control of his vehicle about 10:12 p.m. Friday.
Dakota A. Baker, 21, Piqua, Ohio, was driving more than 100 mph away from police east on county road 400 South, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report. The vehicle he was driving went off the south side of the road and then back across the road to the north side while approaching the intersection with county road 400 East.
He lost control of the 2002 Buick Century he was driving and it then rolled over on its top. The Century is registered to Laura Gade of Piqua.
Baker and his two passengers (Paul J. Treon, 27, of Dayton, Ohio, and Matthew D. Boyle, 31, of Dunkirk) were taken to IU Health Jay for treatment of their injuries.
Baker was arrested and taken to Jay County Jail. (He was later released on his own recognizance.) He was preliminarily charged with two Level 6 felonies for resisting law enforcement and possession of methamphetamine, and a Class B misdemeanor for possession of paraphernalia.
Damage is estimated between $1,000 and $2,500.
Intersection collision
Between $25,000 and $50,000 in damage is estimated after a collision at the intersection of Wayne and Race streets in Portland about 6:07 p.m. Saturday.
Ricky J. Sprunger, 40, Portland, told Portland Police he was driving a 2006 Ford F150 east on Race Street and didn’t completely stop at the intersection with Wayne Street. He attempted to continue through the intersection and his vehicle collided with a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Amanda S. Miller, 31, Portland.
Miller told police she had been driving north on Wayne Street when she collided with Sprunger. A third parked vehicle — a 2001 General Motors Sierra registered to Brett M. Bailey of Portland — was damaged after Sprunger’s F150 flipped on its side and hit the parked vehicle.
Sprunger’s vehicle is registered to Jamie A. Wagner of Portland.
Pole hit
A Portland woman drove into a utility pole about 4:06 a.m. Saturday.
Tina M. Fisher, 52, told Portland Police she was turning right into the parking lot of Medler’s Furniture on Meridian Street when she drove off the street and hit a pole with her 2001 Jeep Cherokee. She told police she couldn’t see clearly because of the rain.
Damage is estimated between $2,500 and $5,000. Her 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee was towed.
Backing accident
Two Pennville women were involved in a traffic collision on Washington Street in Pennville about 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Ruth I. Gaskill, 56, was backing a 1993 Chevrolet 1500 out of a driveway and did not see the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt, driven by Christina M. Fehrenbach, 30, heading north on the street. The vehicles collided, causing between an estimated $2,500 and $5,000 in damage. The vehicle Gaskill was driving is registered to Linda D. Ehler of Huntington.
Walmart crash
Vehicles collided about 1:15 p.m. Saturday in the Walmart parking lot in Portland.
Cassandra R. Clouse, 25, Hartford City, told Portland Police she was backing her 2021 Toyota Corolla in the lot at 950 W. Votaw St. when it collided with a 2007 Mitsubishi Galant that Daniel J. Sprunger, 54, Portland, was also backing.
Damage is estimated between $1,000 and $2,500.
Stolen trailer
A Portland resident reported a missing trailer Saturday.
Tom R. Robbins called Portland Police Department about 4 p.m. to report his 1997 ATV trailer had been stolen from 2822 Butternut Creek Drive, Portland.
Driveway collision
A Modoc man’s vehicle collided with a Portland teen’s vehicle while driving on Meridian Street about 3:55 p.m. Monday.
Seth J. Wilson, 17, told Portland Police he was trying to turn east off the street into the driveway at 1345 S. Meridian St. Jeffrey A. Ison, 41, Modoc, told police he was driving south on the street and didn’t see Wilson start turning.
Wilson’s 2001 Oldsmobile Alero and Ison’s 2006 Chevrolet Uplander collided, causing between $1,000 and $2,500 in estimated damage.
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