Ackley presented Hoosier Hospitality Award
Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Tourism Development (IOTD) announced Friday the Hoosier Hospitality Awards at the Indiana State Fair. Rachael Ackley, executive director of Shelby County Tourism, received a Hoosier Hospitality Award. Ackley has helped organize events such as a NCAA cross country meet and a sanctioned Kansas City BBQ competition qualifier. When Shelbyville had to cut down its historic Linden Tree, Ackley had the wood from the tree made int
Animal shelter officially dedicates new presentation shelter
Less than a decade ago, the Shelbyville/Shelby County Animal Shelter building was nearing condemnation. In the years prior to that, animals were euthanized because there simply was not enough space to house all of them. Those days are long gone now to a city and county partnership that helped construct a larger facility to safely house all of the animals and, now, through a generous donation, the organization has its own presentation shelter on site that can be used for many
Duffy-Warble Celebrates Anniversary with Cincinnati Insurance Company
Duffy-Warble Insurance has represented The Cincinnati Insurance Company for 50 years. Personnel from Cincinnati presented a plaque to Mike Warble And his staff. Duffy-Warble Insurance was founded by our great uncle John Duffy. Mike’s father, Jack Warble, joined the agency in 1946. Mike began His insurance career in 1973. David Warble has been in the business since 1998. Duffy-Warble strives to give their customers the best personal service. They write all lines of insur
Wertz says goodbye to Girls Inc.
Carmen Wertz can relate to young girls struggling with daily turmoil. As a 13-year-old girl living in the Philippines, her family moved her half a world away to southern Shelby County. That made for a hard time fitting in at Southwestern High School. “For about five years I told my dad I really didn’t want to stay,” recalled Wertz on Friday, her final day as program director at Girls Inc. of Shelbyville/Shelby County. “I didn’t want to go to school here. I didn’t want to ride
Golden Bear Preschool receives grant
With the help of a grant through Indiana’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning, Shelbyville Central Schools' Golden Bear Preschool is anticipating quickly moving up from being a Level 1 to Level 3 Paths to Quality school. The preschool was automatically bumped back to Level 1 per procedure when SCS moved to the new location before the start of this school year. Now, with a $144,811.32 grant in hand, principal Lora Nigh said she believes they can quickly move
Animal shelter to dedicate new presentation shelter
When Marjorie McNamara died on Nov. 18, 2014, her will included a sizable donation to the local animal shelter. There were no specific instructions how to spend the windfall totaling just over $75,000 but her attorney, Jason Karmire, did not believe the 1939 Shelbyville High School graduate wanted the funds to go toward vet bills. Karmire pushed the animal shelter to be more creative. On Aug. 24 at 9:30 a.m., nearly five years after her passing, the animal shelter will offici
Taylor Communications donates school supplies
A local company with a long-standing tradition of being community oriented recently made a generous donation to Hendricks Elementary School, just in time for the 2019-2020 school year. Taylor Communications, now in its 51st year in Shelbyville, challenged its staff to donate school supplies over the summer. The employees were encouraged to do better than another Taylor Communications facility did in 2018. And they did. “I think we probably doubled what they did,” said Jill Be
True Community Service
It’s relatively accurate to say that Allstate agent Kyle Henderson spontaneously volunteers. Henderson led a few volunteers Monday evening to mow an elderly person’s backyard so that person could be approved for assisted living. “It was a much larger project than I anticipated,” he said. “The grass was six feet tall.” It had also rained right before they started mowing, so the grass was bent over and wet. Four other volunteers joined Henderson to help with the yardwork. Origi
STUDENT RETURNS FROM ELITE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Thank you to the Addison Times for the use of this article. Makayla Terrell won’t forget this year’s first day of school, even though she was over 700 miles from Shelbyville. The 17-year-old high school senior was instead absorbing all she could at Barnard College, a private women’s institution that is part of Columbia University in New York, N.Y., as an attendee at the Black Girls Lead conference. Makayla, the daughter of Samuel and Nicole Terrell, returned home to SHS last
