Local News Headlines: April 27, 2022

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New hours for MCCSC students beginning this Fall
The MCCSC Board voted to approve a change in the school starting times for School Year 2022-23. The vote was a unanimous 7-0 in favor of pushing ahead High School and Middle School and delaying the start of the school day for 8 of the 14 Elementary Schools in the District. The vote comes after a study was conducted to find a solution for MCCSC being unable to attract enough school bus drivers in recent years.

Although there was a significant amount of opposition from the community, the Board suggested that they would like to continue to engage parents’ perspectives over the coming months.

The new school day time for MCCSC for the 2022-2023 school year:

  • High Schools – 7:45 AM – 2:40 PM
  • Middle Schools – 8:10 AM – 3:05 PM
  • Elementary (Group 1) – 9:00 AM – 3:45 PM / Arlington, Binford, Childs, Highland Park, Fairview, Rogers
  • Elementary (Group 2) – 9:30 AM – 4:15 PM / Clear Creek, Grandview, Lakeview, Marlin, Summit, Templeton, Unionville, University

Indiana State Police Partners with DEA for 22nd Drug Take Back Day
On Saturday, April 30, 2022, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is sponsoring the 22nd nationwide “Prescription Drug Take Back” initiative. The Take Back initiative seeks to prevent prescription drug abuse and theft through proper disposal of prescription drugs.

Collection sites will be set up nationwide for expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs which will be properly disposed of without threat to the environment. This program is for liquid and pill medications. Vaping pens without batteries and vaping cartridges will also be taken. Needles, new or used, WILL NOT be accepted for disposal. This service is free and anonymous with no questions asked.

Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—pose both potential safety and health hazards.

The Indiana State Police will partner with the DEA, and as in the past, unwanted medications may be dropped off at any Indiana State Police Post, except for the Lowell and Toll Road Posts. The event will be on Saturday, April 30, 2022 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.   

To locate the State Police post closest to your home or business, click this link for Indiana State Police on the Map. To find other locations in Indiana or across the U.S. that are participating in the Drug Take Back initiative, click this link to the DEA.

Monroe Lake seasonal flooding update
As of April 19, the lake level was 8.6 feet above normal pool. Areas currently impacted are Paynetown beach, Fairfax beach, Cartop SRA (east access), Friendship Road from hunter check station to Gross Road, Stillwater Wetland observation deck, and the Cutright SRA main boat ramp (the high-water boat ramp is open in its stead).

Please be aware that water levels are delaying the installation of courtesy docks at most ramps. The Paynetown SRA courtesy ramp is in. Call the office (812-837-9546) to check on the status of other courtesy docks as we move into May.

If the water level rises further additional areas may be impacted. Please watch our Facebook Page for updates. To track the current lake level and discharge rate, go to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Louisville District) website and click on Daily Lake Level.

This Week in Hoosier History

1949 – Multi sport athlete George Crowe, a Franklin native and the first winner of Indiana’s Mr. Basketball, became the first African American from Indiana to sign with a major league baseball team, the Boston Braves. This was two years after Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color line. Crowe would spend most of the next two years in the Braves farm system before making his major league debut on April 16, 1952.

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