News and sports in the Whitewater Valley

By John Estridge

Bridges are not made over night. And state and federal regulations concerning the building of a bridge add years to any bridge project.

That was the unfortunate reality for a River Road resident and other residents along River Road as they are enduring extensive detours because of a closed bridge on River Road.

Doug Graf, an engineer with USI Consultants, presented information about the bridge project in question during the Tuesday, July 7, Franklin County Commissioners’ meeting.

Graf said the engineering firm’s contract for getting permits from Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the Army Corps of Engineers, planning the road realignment, stream bank stabilization, utility coordination, bid services and bridge plans is not to exceed $107,700.

At that meeting, the commissioners had to take the contract under advisement to make sure there was enough money available to cover the $107,700 bill.

“I’m all about getting this project done, but we’ve got to make sure our money is in place first,” commission president Tom Linkel said at the July 7 meeting.

With the COVID-19-caused economic shutdown, income from the gas tax dropped dramatically. Also, the state refigured the formula of what gas tax money goes to the state highway and what goes to the counties, and the counties have lost out with the refigured formula, according to commissioners.

At the Tuesday, July 14 commissioners’ meeting, commissioners said there was enough money in place to sign the contract and get the process started.

According to Linkel, the county has already expended $44,000 for a hydraulic study. The other costs include: E&H bridge superstructure is 180,000, and the estimate for bridge construction is somewhere around $500,000 to $600,000, according to commissioner Tom Wilson.

With all the expenses added together, the River Road Bridge project will be close to a $1 million project.

Even before the COVID-19, it took a long time to get a bridge from the planning stages to spanning whatever water it needs to span. With the River Road Bridge, construction is not expected to start until spring of 2022.

This did not sit well with River Road resident Mike Fehlinger.

He was surprised commissioners were not going to start construction this year.

Graf explained it takes a couple of months to come up with the plans and then nine months to a year to get the necessary permits once they send in the applications to the state agencies. And it takes time to do the applications.

Fehlinger talked about the terrible roads people have to drive to make a detour around the closed bridge. River Road, at its best, is deplorable and many of the other roads may even be worse, he and others have said.

“I’m disappointed,” Fehlinger said. “It’s going to be three years before we have a bridge, the way it sounds. Three years before we have a bridge?”

“It’s not only that bridge; it’s any bridge,” Wilson said.

Fehlinger said the commissioners and the county have not done anything to alleviate the bad situation for traveling in the area.

“In the meantime, I would like commissioners to get the same group we had together last August and meet down there,” Fehlinger said. “We’re driving out of our way miles. We’re driving, to go south, east or west, we have to take Long Hollow Road and Long Hollow Hill. Long Hollow Hill, I would bet, it’s either the worst or the top three worst stretches of roads in Franklin County. It’s almost impassible. It’s bad enough the River Road thing has been put off for years. But it’s really bad we can’t get out of there. River Road itself, even getting to Brookville, is bad enough but that one stretch is an insult to the highway department; it is that bad.”

Fehlinger asked again for a meeting to see if conditions could be made better. He said one of his main concerns is even getting reliable access for fire departments and other emergency vehicles.

“It’s not getting any better,” Fehlinger said.

“First of all, I take offense when you said we haven’t done anything,” Linkel said. “We’ve come a long ways in working with USI and getting to this point. We’ve gone a long ways. We’ve got a bridge plan in play. We’ve taken a quote for the bridge. We’ve done a lot. We are working to putting a bridge in place.”

Fehlinger said he appreciates what the commissioners have done to that point, but he wants something to help the situation right now and not in three years.

“Let me reword this,” Fehlinger said. “What I’m getting to is the point I’m trying to emphasize we don’t have any access now. I understand you are making every effort now to get a bridge built. But that doesn’t help us now. That’s what I’m getting to.”

Linkel said he understood what Fehlinger was saying.

“If something can be done so we can get through there and not have to take long routes around,” Fehlinger said. “The worst thing is the emergency vehicles. That’s what I’d like to see if something could be done there.”

Linkel said he would not have a problem with another meeting. However, he said another meeting is pointless without officials from IDEM, DNR and the Army Corps of Engineers.

“That’s what I want,” Fehlinger said. “I want them to look at me and tell me ‘nothing can be done.’ Last August they wishy washy around and said it should be fixed temporarily.”

However, Fehlinger said nothing has been done. He asked if it was because the commissioners could not get the necessary permits.

Linkel explained they are in that process even while the meeting was occurring.

“We can get the permits, but it takes time, about as much time as it takes to get a bridge built there,” Linkel said. “It’s not going to be free. We have to pay a consultant to get those permits.”

Fehlinger said the state officials said it could be done in an emergency. However, the state officials did not put it in writing. Fehlinger acknowledged the commissioners probably could not make a temporary fix without something in writing.

A few years ago the state agencies came down hard on the county because work was done on Big Cedar to alleviate chronic flooding and erosion; however, the county did not have the necessary permits before the work was accomplished.

It cost the county a lot of time and money to get out of that situation.

Linkel asked the county highway engineer Larry Smith to contact the state and federal officials to see if another meeting can be arranged on River Road.

“Keep going,” Fehlinger said.

By John Estridge

It took 13 weeks due to the COVID-19 shutdown, but Whitewater Commons is once again allowing immediate family in-person visits to its tenants.

Melissa Spillers, her sister, Ginger Brown, and Melissa’s mom, Ginger Dearth, were able to visit Melissa’s grandma, Norma Paddock, on Monday, July 13.

According to Spillers, that was the first day the nursing home opened in-person visitation for immediate-family-only by appointment.

Until Monday, they had visited Paddock through a window.

“We have visited at the window for 13 weeks, and we are thrilled to have been able to be at the end of her bed on Monday,” Spillers said. “Even though it was hard for her to figure out who we were since we had the masks on, it was great to see her and hear her giggle.”

While it has been hard not to see their loved one in person through this pandemic, Spillers said she and her family are very thankful to the nursing home and all who work there in keeping the people living there safe.

“We are thankful that she was kept safe during this pandemic and that the facility kept my mom (Ginger Dearth) informed on my Granny’s (Norma Paddock) condition,” Spillers said. “It was rough as a family to visit during Easter, or really any day since this started, at the window.  We were able to make phone calls to her while we were outside the window, and the staff would hold the phone and let us talk.”

Family members got inventive during the 13-week hiatus and did a number of different things outside her window.

“On several occasions, the family brought musical instruments and played outside her window for her,” Spillers said.

However, Paddock could not clearly hear them sing through the window. And that was done Monday, with family members singing in person.

“She really missed hearing my Mom, Ginger Dearth, sing,” Spillers said. “We have really missed being with her.”

But again, Spillers said the wait was worth it since Paddock and others remained safe through this perilous time, especially perilous for the older population.

  “We definitely wanted her to be safe, so we did what we had to do to continue to visit,” Spillers said. “Since my sister, Ginger, was home this week, what a blessing that she was able to visit on Monday too.”

For immediate family only and visiting by appointment only is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday and 2-6 p.m., on Saturday and Sunday. Call 765-458-5117 for an appointment.

From the Cedar Grove Volunteer Fire Department

After much consideration the Cedar Grove Volunteer Firemen have made the decision to hold a drive-thru chicken dinner on Saturday August 29th in lieu of our annual festival. This will allow us to ensure we do our part to follow state guidelines while protecting the public and our dedicated volunteers in these unprecedented times. We will provide further details once we finalize plans. We hope to see everyone come out and get a delicious chicken dinner and we want to thank everyone in advance for your continued support.

By Jim Reese

Hey John, I may be wrong, but it seems to me since everybody is getting their precious feelings hurt, especially the so-called native Americans over a few pro teams mascot who they deem as racist, I think our state and capital city should follow suit and get rid of our state’s names. Let me see, the word Indiana means “land of Indians” so the state needs to change it’s name to “land of native americans” and change our capital city to”land ofnativeamericanspolis”. Let us not hurt no ones feelings.

Nuff said. Jim Reese

Jim Reese, Franklin County

By John Estridge

Luckily, for me, the worst thing that has happened to me in this pandemic, and it’s really not a bad thing, is my coffee addiction has gone amuck.

Amuck, sometimes spelled amok, is one of the words I really savor, but I rarely, if ever, get to use it. If Godzilla ever attacks the Whitewater Valley, — and hey, 2020 doesn’t have too far to go with pandemics, Saharan dust storms, the murder hornets and flying snakes so anything is possible – the word amuck will be in the headline: like “Godzilla runs amuck through the Whitewater Valley.”

Like many adult beverages I now savor, coffee was an acquired taste. In the fall of 1975, my then-skinny butt was at Indiana State University. Why I chose ISU is a long story involving my sister, Karen, but it was not a good choice.

Many stories of my youth begin with “my sister, Karen.” It is sort of like “hold my beer and watch this.” At least, there are usually the same results in both.

ISU is in Terre Haute. Anyone who has been to Terre Haute should understand I don’t really have to say anything else. Whenever the sun shone, or didn’t shine, or it was dark or the opposite of dark, Terre Haute stank. I was told it was from the Mrs. Paul’s Fish Sticks Factory. I have never been a lover of that product because of that.

The campus is very urban and at that long ago time I was there, the locals loved to play “try to kill the walking, sleepy, hungover college student” as they tried to cross the busy street to get to class or back to their minuscule dorm room.

ISU is in the middle of the hood, but that is like saying a street in Oakland is in the hood. One had to watch oneself when they were out at night. I’m not talking black and white. A chapter of the Cloven Hooves motorcycle gang had some houses close by the campus. They were always fun to encounter on a dark night while one is having trouble walking.

Anyway, I started drinking coffee as a freshman at ISU. One thing is I thought it was expected of a college student to drink coffee, and it made me feel grown up to have a cup of coffee with my breakfast. In my first semester, I actually got up in time to eat breakfast. I was a good student with goals, and I tried to get good grades and learn things.

The second semester I met drugs and females who actually liked me, the females not the drugs. I had never experienced the latter before so it sort of had my head spinning, and not in a good way, well maybe in a good way.

Again, anyway, I did not like coffee, but it was really my first experience so I soldiered on to the point I am today where I LOVE coffee and would drink just coffee if possible, well, except for beer and bourbon.

When I was very young and I got sick, I slept on the couch in my parents’ living room, which was downstairs. That was so I was closer to the toilet if anything came out either end. As parents with little kids know, nothing really helps with the two bad things that leave a child’s body when he or she is sick. Rarely does a young child make it to the bathroom. But I guess they wanted to give me a fighting chance.

Mom and dad got up very early because we lived in Liberty, and dad worked first shift at Perfect Circle in Richmond. He was a self-taught toolmaker. Usually, when sick, I did not sleep well, but even if I were asleep, the smell of coffee percolating would wake me up and I, more often than not, would go into the kitchen to sit with them while they ate breakfast. Doing that was sort of foreign to all of us and was more than a little awkward. However, I was always taken with how they seemed to enjoy coffee. They would each drink a couple of cups at breakfast and then dad would take a green metal thermos full of coffee with him to work.

A few years ago I read an article that drip coffee, think pods and Keurig-type coffee makers, is far superior to the percolator of my parents’ time. However, a recent article I read said the percolators are making a comeback. Sort of like with the COVID, I don’t know if I can believe anything I read, because the experts’ informed information seems to keep changing.

However, I really like my Hamilton Beach pod coffee maker and my flavored coffee.

My paternal grandparents, Henry and Stella, poured their coffee into the little saucers people sit their coffee cup on and then would drink from the saucer. I had to wait until we left the house to ask a question of my parents because in the early 60s in my family, children were supposed to be seen and not heard.

So on the ride back home, I asked my parents why they did that and was told my grandparents did that to cool their coffee before they drank it. I have not seen anyone do that after they left the earth. It might have been a thing with that generation or people from southeastern Kentucky. I do not know.

My first mother in law did not like me, and I really did not understand that then, and I still don’t understand it now. What’s not to like? However, my second mother in law really liked me, and I think coffee was a big part of that. I don’t ever remember drinking coffee and talking to my ex mother in law. However, I always was drinking coffee when I talked with my second mother in law. Coffee seemed to be always brewing at her house, and the words flowed with the caffeine.

Before I got fired, I was a newspaper editor for many years. I drank a cup of coffee before going to work and then I would drink a second around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. I usually had to proofread stuff or type stuff, and I would just fight sleep. But if I could drink a cup of Joe, then it gave me a needed lift.

An aside here concerning the word Joe for coffee:

Driftaway.coffee gave four possibilities on why coffee is sometimes called cup of Joe. The one I like the best is Martindale Coffee trademarked the term as its founder was Joe Martindale. He was a larger-than-life person, and people began calling for a cup of Joe.

Anyway, during the shutdown, I had one cup after I got up with a little cream added, well a lot of cream. If I had time — and what did we all have much of during the quarantine, but a lot of time – I would drink a second cup. Most of the time, I take my second cup of coffee on my porch. My Long Suffering Wife Ruth purchased some too comfortable slider rattan chairs for the porch, and I am spending too much time sitting there doing nothing. Well, maybe not nothing because I usually have a Kindle in hand or I am writing something like I am doing now.

Then, came my traditional time of 2 to 3 p.m., when I always drank my second cup of coffee before I was fired. I kept up that practice during the shutdown but now it is my third cup. Again, if it isn’t too hot, the porch is a nice place to watch the world go by as I sip that wonderful liquid. And after supper, a cup of coffee seems like a nice dessert since I was diagnosed with diabetes in October 2019, and I can no longer eat good-tasting, sweet desserts.

During the shutdown, Ruth and I were able to keep our coffee supply stocked without asking family members to purchase it for us when we had family members going to the store for us. We ordered from Amazon.

We thoroughly washed our hands after opening the packages for the coffee.

So, I am up to four cups of coffee a day. I have been considering five. I will probably have to cut something out of my schedule to do it, but I really do like my coffee.

By John Estridge

With the development of Whitewater Memorial State Park and then the Brookville Lake, Union County lost 9,606 productive acres off the tax rolls, according to Union County commissioners.

Not only do Union and Franklin counties not receive any tax money from the acres made into parks, the former with property purchased by the state and the other by the federal government, but they often see their respective expenses increase due to the influx of visitors and other factors. The Brookville Lake/Whitewater Memorial State Park Complex is the most-visited park in the state’s inventory.

Almost annually commissioners and council members from several different counties, that host state parks, lobby for a new law that would require DNR to give a certain amount, per paying visitor, and send that to the host county to offset the amount of property tax loss and the increased costs that come from visitors.

Those bills never make it out of the DNR Committee to get a vote from the entire legislature.

Thus, those are some of the facts that tend to make commissioners from both counties upset, especially when there is a problem apparently caused by DNR properties, and it negatively affects the counties’ residents, and the state seems reluctant to spend money to fix the problem.

Case in point is the flooding of properties near where Silver Creek feeds into Whitewater Lake. The properties are off Snake Hill Road/Huntington Road and where the road intersects CR 125 and on toward the lake.

Commissioner Tim Williams discussed the situation near the end of Friday morning’s July 10 commissioners’ meeting.

Silt is filling in Whitewater Lake, Williams and commissioner Howard Curry said. In the past, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources dredged the lake to keep the silting under control. Recently, a drone with a good camera was flown over Silver Creek, Williams said.

Where Silver Creek empties into the lake is now a delta with weak fingerlings for the creek’s output. In the past, the water was in one stream and actually dropped to the lake. However, the state discontinued the dredging program at some time in the past. There is no elevation change now, the commissioners said.

Land around where Silver Creek runs into the lake has become a marshland, commissioners said.

Add to that the ash borer nemesis and wind storms, and the ash trees and other fallen trees have made mini dams along the creek.

According to Curry, one of the huge log jams is on the state’s property.

And the creek is silting in along many sites up and down the creek, they said. Thus, if there is a hard rain, the water in Silver Creek backs up onto privately owned property along the creek and the county road. This especially affects those who live near where Silver Creek meets the lake; they are having to contend with several floods every year, commissioners said.

In the past, flooding was a rarity, the commissioners said.

“It’s never been an issue until recent years, water going into Whitewater Lake,” Curry said. “It used to be it took a catastrophic flood to make it back up to the owners’ properties (and) to our (county) road. Now, any kind of rain is making it back up. They quit dredging the lake so, instead of running the water into a hole, you’re running water into a flood plain.”

“There’s a big problem there,” Williams said. “Not only what’s going on with the state not taking care of their property … I met with DNR in one of those Zoom meetings. The first thing out of their (DNR officials’) mouth was ‘that’s going to be expensive to fix.’

“And you (DNR) used to do it (dredge), but you stopped doing it,” Williams continued on what he told DNR officials at the Zoom meeting. “Now we have a county road flooding and people’s houses flooding.

“And they said ‘we’re not sure that’s the problem,’” Williams continued.

Curry said the drone footage flown by a local resident showed a sandy swamp, and the resident told Curry the sandy swamp was a cornfield 12 years ago.

Williams said a resident’s barn had 18 inches of water in it while her finished basement had four.

Curry said his next statement may not be spot on with the numbers, but it is close.

“In the last 35 years prior to the last five years, it happened twice,” Curry said. “And it’s happened every year in the last five years. It’s the same time they quit dredging the lake.”

According to Williams, the DNR official said they are going to fly a drone along the area, and it will check on the level of the land to see how much the silting has affected the creek and surrounding areas.

“They did that about five years ago,” Williams said. “They are going to see what all switched.”

Williams brought up a previous meeting that both Williams and the DNR official attended concerning the latest bill that failed in the legislature.

“You know I’m upset there’s a large swell of land we get no tax dollars for, but you have the No. 1 most-visited park in the state,” Williams said.

The DNR official acknowledged he remembered the meeting.

“How mad do you think I am that you’re not taking care of the property you are getting for free?” Williams asked.

The reply was prolonged silence, Williams said.

These are sentencings from Franklin Circuit Court Clerk’s office.

Operating while intoxicated

Dakota L. Burgess pleaded guilty as a Level 6 Felony and was sentenced to 18 months in the Franklin County Security Center (FCSC) with 17 months suspended to probation with the remainder to be served on work release if approved by the sheriff. He was fined $250 and $185.50 costs. He was placed on probation for 17 months and was ordered to pay the Probation Users’ Fee (PUF) of $100 plus a $30 monthly fee. He was ordered to pay a $100 Administrative Fee and a $200 Countermeasure Fee. He was ordered to pay $300 to the victims. His Operator’s License was suspended for one year retroactive to the finding of probable cause on June 25, 2019.

Possession of methamphetamine

Phillip D. Horn pleaded guilty as a Level 6 Felony and was sentenced to 18 months in the FCSC with 12 months suspended to probation to be served consecutive to a sentence imposed in another Level 6 case. He was given one-day jail-time credit. He was fined $250 and $185 costs. He was placed on probation for 12 months and was ordered to pay the PUF of $100 and a $200 Countermeasure Fee. As an additional condition of probation, the defendant shall schedule an appointment for evaluation at a treatment facility approved by probation within seven days of release from incarceration and comply with all recommendations.

Minor consuming alcohol

Blaze K. Propes pleaded guilty as a class C misdemeanor and was sentenced to 60 days in the FCSC with 58 days suspended to probation. He received credit for one day served. He was ordered to complete 20 hours of community service in Franklin County. He was fined $1 and $185 costs. He was placed on probation for 58 days and was ordered to pay the PUF of $50 plus a $20 monthly fee. He was ordered to pay a $50 Administrative Fee and a $200 Countermeasure Fee. As an additional condition of probation, the defendant shall schedule an appointment for evaluation at a treatment facility approved by probation within seven days of release from incarceration and comply with all recommendations.

Passing a school bus when arm signal is extended

Glenn H. Glardon pleaded guilty as a class A misdemeanor and was sentenced to 180 days in the FCSC with all time suspended to probation. He was fined $250 and $185.50 costs. He was placed on probation for 180 days and was ordered to pay the PUF of $50 and a $20 monthly fee. He was ordered to pay a $50 Administrative Fee.

Reckless driving

Suzanne L. Smith pleaded guilty as a class C misdemeanor and was sentenced to 60 days in the FCSC with 58 days suspended to probation. She was given credit for one day served. She was fined $250 and $185.50 costs. She was placed on probation for 58 days and was ordered to pay the PUF of $50 plus a $20 monthly fee. She was ordered to pay a $50 Administrative Fee.

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By Pastor Adrienne Greene

Dear Pastor,

I see references in scripture to Christ as both judge and mediator of our eternal disposition. How can He be both? 

A:

Thank you for asking such an informed question! I’ve been writing about this recently yet welcome the opportunity to dive deeper into this important topic. In our world today, it is vital that we have a firm grip on who Jesus is, what He’s done for people, what He’s doing right now and what He’s yet to do. Jesus is the keystone of our Christian architecture. All things in the world, the Church and the Spirit are held together by Christ. The Apostle Paul put it best: “For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:16, 17, NASB.) Without the Savior, the Church is just another Elks Club or Moose Lodge full of good deeds and fellowship.

First, we need to understand exactly what a mediator is: “a person who attempts to make people involved in a conflict come to an agreement; a go-between” (Google Dictionary.) Google describes an earthly middle-man. Our Jesus is the spiritual one who now lives in heaven praying for us day and night. His life on earth was voluntarily given as a final sacrifice which settled a debt owed to God Almighty. As a result of Jesus’ earthly death and subsequent resurrection, nobody must die now, who calls upon the name of the Lord. Surely our earthly bodies give out and cease to function, but with Jesus, our essence (the spirit of who we are) goes forth to another realm. Jesus became the go-between…the middleman…who lay down and is the bridge we now walk over to get to heaven. (John 1:51)

Yet, the Bible also explains that Jesus is our judge at the end of human history: “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad” (2 Corinthians 5:10.) Using these verses, the Apostle Paul is teaching one of his church-plants about the fate of a Christian. We are saved indeed by Christ’s sacrifice, but we are definitely not off the hook in terms of having our lives evaluated and judged at the end of time. The purpose of this is to avoid what we call cheap-grace: taking advantage of our Savior’s blood, accepting his forgiveness and then pleasantly living our lives like Christ’s death made no difference at all. Everything we do, say or think still matters even after our sins are wiped away.

So which is it, you ask? Is my savior the open door I hope He is at the end of my days? That I’ll be ushered across His bridge into heaven with His name on my lips and His blood covering my sins? Or is He going to judge me into a lesser eternal fate, God forbid; perhaps a hellish one? How can Jesus judge someone He loves and is partial to? As I’ve stated many times, my readers love to ask me unanswerable questions. I’m not God, so I don’t know how it all works exactly.

I’ll declare, however, that Jesus as Judge and Advocate at the same time speaks of His holiness. Holiness implies perfection, fairness, justice and purity. Human beings were given carte-blanche free will, so while we accept Christ and are cleansed, washed and eternally saved…we still must answer for how we live in comparison to our God. Our life’s intimate details, by the way, are all recorded in his heavenly books. Not to cruelly call-down we unrighteous sinners (we know who we are), but rather to highlight what will be celebrated in heaven when we get there. I dare say Billy Graham, for example, will have a State-Fair-sized festival in comparison to my cake and punch reception.

We are tasked to live for Christ as best we can; quick to repent with out-loud praise and testimony to the King of Kings. Jesus defends us in the heavenly courtroom along the way, and will welcome us in.

Do you have a question or comment for Pastor Adrienne? Send your inquiries to: info@adriennewgreene.com or write to P.O. Box 214, Harrison, OH 45030. For more information, please visit www.adriennewgreene.com or tune into the “Ask Pastor Adrienne” YouTube channel.

These are real estate transfers from the Franklin County Recorder’s Office. I want to give a thank you to FC Recorder Connie Bischoff. It begins with Jan. 1, 2020, and this installment ends on Jan. 9, 2020. More installments will be published in the near future.

Karla Bauman, auditor, Michael Burkhart and Karen Burkhart to JK7 Properties LLC; land in Springfield Township.

Karla Bauman, auditor, and Wilbur Burdett Branam to JK Development LLC; land in Laurel Township.

Karla Bauman, auditor, David R. Tingle and Shannon Pennekamp to JK Development LLC; Tract 3, land in Highland Township.

Lisa M. White to Andrea Sara White; land in Butler Township.

Thomas A. Reeve and Connie G. Reeve to Thomas A. Reeve, Connie G. Reeve and Taelor Reeve; land in Laurel Township.

SE Indiana Title Inc. to James R. Merrell and Bonnie W. Merrell; two tracts, both tracts in Metamora Township.

William F. Hendy Jr. and Connie K. Hendy to James R. Crafton and Jessie Crafton; Lot 3, Circle Terrace Huntersville.

Jeffery D. Sherwood to Robert G. Barngrover; Lot 64, Town of Andersonville.

Maureen E. Schmidt to Constance A. Peace; Lot 131 Wilderness Way, Brookville.

Constance A. Peace and Constance A. Schmidt to Keith M. Peace; Lot 131, Fox Run Campsites.

Benjamin Wiese to Sara Louise Wendel and Brent Mitchell Longlois; land in Brookville Township.

Brian L. Patterson and Lyle B. Anderson to LAC Properties LLC; two tracts, Tract One: Lot 19-20, Butler’s Run and Tract 2: Lots 19-20-21, Butler’s Run.

Daniel Main to Jason W. Robinson and Sydney Robinson; Lot 35, Riverview.

Sandra Brooks to James L. Bowling; Lot 9, English Woods Plat.

James L. Bowling to Jessie W. Barrett; Lot 9, English Woods Plat.

Karla Bauman, auditor, Joshua Steen and Allison Steen to Hobell LLC; Lot 13, Town of Laurel.

Ernest R. Knecht to Jeremy L. Knecht; two tracts, both tracts, land in Highland Township.

Debra Hertel to Kyle L. Hertel; land in Laurel Township.

Jeffery Tincher and Colleen Tincher to Shari Bartish, Rachael Morgan Bartish and Shelly Jean Sherrard; Lots 73-76, McWhorters Addition.

Melissa McMillin and Aaron M. Leffingwell to Earl E. Keim and Kathy D. Keim; Lot 54, John Allen’s Addition.

Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr., Sara H. Wadsworth and Sallie Wadsworth to RBWB LLC; Lot 49, Amos Butler.

Restored by Wards Investments LLC and Curtis Ward to Erika N. Rasnick; Lot 21, Jesse B. Thomas Plat.

Charles P. Ratz to Charles P. Ratz, Peggy A. Ratz and Charles P. Ratz and Peggy A. Ratz Joint Revocable Trust; land in Brookville Township.

Michael E. Reynolds to Michael E. Reynolds and Michael E. Reynolds Revocable Trust: Lot 115, Hickory Woods Inc.

Kevin D. Kopp and Jacqueline J. Kopp to Adrian Duane Kopp; land in Butler Township.

Karen Dole, Leroy L. Wiwi, Mildred Rose Wiwi and Leroy L. Wiwi and Mildred Rose Wiwi Trust to Kenneth R. Harmon and Margaret Harmon; Tract 12, land in Whitewater Township.

Karen Dole, Leroy L. Wiwi, Mildred Rose Wiwi and Leroy L. Wiwi and Mildred Rose Wiwi Trust to Barry Anderson and Leah Anderson; land in Whitewater Township.

Karen Dole, Leroy L. Wiwi, Mildred Rose Wiwi and Leroy L. Wiwi and Mildred Rose Wiwi Trust to Gary Wayne Scott and Charlene Scott; Tract 4, land in Whitewater Township.

Karen Dole, Leroy L. Wiwi, Mildred Rose Wiwi and Leroy L. Wiwi and Mildred Rose Wiwi Trust to Robb Edward Klawitter; Tract 3, land in Whitewater Township.

Edward Obermeyer and Robert Obermeyer to Oldenburg Service LLC; Lots 61-63, Oldenburg Town.

Jody L. Biltz to Kevin J. Brown and Lynn A. Brown; land in Brookville Township.

First Financial Bank, Mainsource Bank, Karen Jean Eckstein IRA and Karen Jean Eckstein to Daniel Lee Eckstein and Karen Jean Eckstein; Tract 13, land in Metamora Township.

English Hill Partnership LLC to Jerry W. Minges; land in Whitewater Township.

First installment ended on January 9, 2020. More real estate transfers will be published in the near future.