July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 20
Postponed
The Redkey Town Council meeting, which was scheduled to be held Monday night, has been postponed until 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26. The meeting will be held in Redkey Town Hall.
Support
A public hearing to provide an opportunity for local residents to speak on the proposed drainage and road project on Geneva’s southwest side will be held tonight at 6:30 p.m.
The town needs support from local residents at the hearing to apply for an Indiana Department of Commerce grant by Friday, Jan. 23.
The project, designed to alleviate drainage problems for residents living on Winchester Road, has an estimated price tag of $600,000.
The hearing will be held in the council room of the G.W. Pyle Building.
Buckle up?
A top federal highway official is backing a bill to change Indiana’s seat-belt law and require drivers of pick-ups and sport-utility vehicles to buckle up along with other motorists, The Associated Press reported.
Jeffrey Runge, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, planned to testify today before a state Senate committee considering the legislation. The bill is being sponsored by the panel’s chairman, Republican Sen. Thomas Wyss of Fort Wayne.
“He is addressing a very acute problem right now and one that is probably under the radar screens of a lot of Hoosiers,” Runge said in an interview before the hearing.
Indiana’s seat-belt law requires that a driver and any front-seat passengers in a car buckle up. It exempts trucks from the requirement, and the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled in September that any vehicle with a truck license plate is viewed legally as a truck.
Attorney General Steve Carter has appealed the case to the state Supreme Court.
Minivans and SUVs make up an estimated 550,000 of the 1.3 million vehicles with truck plates. Some officials believe the vehicles’ owners choose to pay $9 more for a truck plate so they can avoid the seat-belt law.
Wyss’ bill also would require children ages 4 to 12 to wear seat belts when riding in trucks. Current law only requires truck passengers younger than 4 to be in a child safety seat.
It also would limit the number of passengers a vehicle can carry to the number of restraints, which would make riding in the bed of a pick-up truck illegal.
Deaths
Ralph Denver Stroud, 96, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Robert Garringer, 75, 600 S. Meridian St., Portland.
Arthur H. Wendel, 80, New Weston, Ohio, brother of local residents.
Rachel E. Shirley, 92, rural Redkey.
Details on page 2.
Weather
Partly cloudy skies with lows near 7 are expected tonight. Wednesday will be mostly cloudy, and there is a 30 percent chance of light snow in the afternoon. Highs will be in the upper 20s.
There is a 30 percent chance of light snow Wednesday night, when lows will be near 17.
Monday’s high was 20, the low was 11 and the temperature at 7 a.m. today was 11, the Portland weather observation station reported.
On Thursday, look for mostly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of light snow. Highs will be in the mid 20s, according to the National Weather Service forecast.
Friday’s outlook calls for mostly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of light snow. Highs will be in the upper 20s.[[In-content Ad]]
The Redkey Town Council meeting, which was scheduled to be held Monday night, has been postponed until 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26. The meeting will be held in Redkey Town Hall.
Support
A public hearing to provide an opportunity for local residents to speak on the proposed drainage and road project on Geneva’s southwest side will be held tonight at 6:30 p.m.
The town needs support from local residents at the hearing to apply for an Indiana Department of Commerce grant by Friday, Jan. 23.
The project, designed to alleviate drainage problems for residents living on Winchester Road, has an estimated price tag of $600,000.
The hearing will be held in the council room of the G.W. Pyle Building.
Buckle up?
A top federal highway official is backing a bill to change Indiana’s seat-belt law and require drivers of pick-ups and sport-utility vehicles to buckle up along with other motorists, The Associated Press reported.
Jeffrey Runge, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, planned to testify today before a state Senate committee considering the legislation. The bill is being sponsored by the panel’s chairman, Republican Sen. Thomas Wyss of Fort Wayne.
“He is addressing a very acute problem right now and one that is probably under the radar screens of a lot of Hoosiers,” Runge said in an interview before the hearing.
Indiana’s seat-belt law requires that a driver and any front-seat passengers in a car buckle up. It exempts trucks from the requirement, and the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled in September that any vehicle with a truck license plate is viewed legally as a truck.
Attorney General Steve Carter has appealed the case to the state Supreme Court.
Minivans and SUVs make up an estimated 550,000 of the 1.3 million vehicles with truck plates. Some officials believe the vehicles’ owners choose to pay $9 more for a truck plate so they can avoid the seat-belt law.
Wyss’ bill also would require children ages 4 to 12 to wear seat belts when riding in trucks. Current law only requires truck passengers younger than 4 to be in a child safety seat.
It also would limit the number of passengers a vehicle can carry to the number of restraints, which would make riding in the bed of a pick-up truck illegal.
Deaths
Ralph Denver Stroud, 96, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Robert Garringer, 75, 600 S. Meridian St., Portland.
Arthur H. Wendel, 80, New Weston, Ohio, brother of local residents.
Rachel E. Shirley, 92, rural Redkey.
Details on page 2.
Weather
Partly cloudy skies with lows near 7 are expected tonight. Wednesday will be mostly cloudy, and there is a 30 percent chance of light snow in the afternoon. Highs will be in the upper 20s.
There is a 30 percent chance of light snow Wednesday night, when lows will be near 17.
Monday’s high was 20, the low was 11 and the temperature at 7 a.m. today was 11, the Portland weather observation station reported.
On Thursday, look for mostly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of light snow. Highs will be in the mid 20s, according to the National Weather Service forecast.
Friday’s outlook calls for mostly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of light snow. Highs will be in the upper 20s.[[In-content Ad]]
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