Transcription of Martin County JOURNAL
1 JOURNALYear 9, Issue 22 WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018 Ten ~ ~ 812-259-4309 ~ Fax: 888-380-2761 ~ Box 148, Loogootee, IN 47553 Martin CountyPerhaps you have noticed the Indi-ana s Historic Pathways signs along highways 50 and 150 throughout southern Indiana. Curiosity led sever-al Shoals High School art students to research these signs, installed in s Historic Pathways tell the story of early settlement and transpor-tation in Indiana and westward migra-tion. It began with the footpaths worn by the now extinct Eastern American bison on their annual trek between Kentucky and the Falls of the Ohio to the prairies of Illinois.
2 These footpaths, known as the Buffalo Trace, were later used by native peoples and European the creation of the Indiana Ter-ritory in 1800, a road, constructed just north of the Buffalo Trace, served as a stagecoach and wagon route and even-tually became the 1850s the railroad, along with a parallel road, provided east-west access across the region linking Cin-cinnati to St. Louis. Constructed in the 1920s and 30s, 50 linked the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Today it is still a major east-west federal highway crossing 15 states and the nation s two historic highways merge in Shoals. Even though the Buffalo Trace runs south of Martin County , these highways are historic corridors which were followed for exploration and essential for bison, donated to Shoals Com-munity Schools by the Martin County Indiana State Bicentennial Committee, was painted to honor the rich history of our area.
3 One side depicts the map of the Buffalo Trace and highways 50 and 150 through southern Indiana. The oth-er side is an interpretation of the His-toric Pathways sign (with permission). Both sides also use the color scheme from the Historic Pathways logo. The bison s head and hooves are painted Shoals Community School Cor-poration would like to thank Marie Hawkins and her committee, as well as the County government and other spon-sors, for giving our students the oppor-tunity to participate in this project, us-ing the arts to make history come to be displayed at Shoals SchoolThe following candidates have been appointed to fill vacancies in the Gen-eral Election in November.
4 Dean Crandall (R) - County Council District 1 Aureola Wright (R) - Martin County ProsecutorDemocrat vacancies still open in-clude Martin County Clerk, Martin County Assessor, County Council Dis-trict 2, County Council District 3, Cen-ter Township Trustee, Halbert Town-ship Trustee, Lost River Township Trustee and Crane Clerk-Treasurer. Republican vacancies still open in-clude Commissioner District 2, Perry Township Trustee, Rutherford Township Trustee and Shoals have until June 30 to contact their party chairman and fill vacancies on the ballot. To find out more information, con-tact the Martin County Clerk's Office at recipientsLoogootee High School Senior Jayden Wagoner and Shoals High School Senior Aaron Lents were recipients of Catholic War Veterans Post 1976 Scholarships.
5 They are shown, being presented with the scholarship, by George Bud Erler, Catholic War Veterans Post 1976 providedShown above is the side of the bison, painted by Shoals students and Art Teacher Linda Sherfick, depicting the buffalo trace map of southern Indi-ana. In the front row, from left to right, are Jasie Sipes, Suzi Scott, and Faith Abel. Standing in the back, from left to right, are Zetta Gore, Cassidy Shaw, Lexus Bussell, Gabbi McCarty, and Mrs. Sherfick. See a photo of the other side of the bison on page Day 2018-Photos by Josh HughettThe Honor Guard consisting of vet-erans who are members of the Loo-gootee American Legion Post 120 and Loogootee Veterans of Foreign Wars visited the following cemeteries on Memorial Day: Burn City Ceme-tery, St.
6 Joseph Cemetery, Bramble; St. Mary Cemetery, Barr Township; Goodwill Cemetery, St. John Cem-etery, Loogootee, St. Martin Ceme-tery, Whitfield, Truelove Cemetery; and South Martin Cemetery. The group visits cemeteries each year to honor those lost in military service. They read the names of each service member buried. Shown are the Hon-or Guard at St. John Cemetery in providedPage 2 Martin County JOURNAL Wednesday, May 30, 2018Dr Jay Asdell, a native of Loogoo-tee, is currently running for the Indiana University Board of Trustees. He ran in 2015 and was narrowly defeated by the incumbent.
7 If elected, Dr Asdell would be the first Martin County resident and dentist to hold that position. His father, Dr Ben Asdell, and his grandfather, Dr Ackerman, were both dentists in Loogootee for many years. Dr As-dell graduated from Loogootee High School in 1976. My years at Loogootee High School were instrumental in my leadership development, Dr Asdell said. I held several offices including Senior Class Treasurer. I was active in Boy Scout Troop 484 and attained the rank of Ea-gle Scout which also was helpful with regard to the advancement of my lead-ership skills. Loogootee was an awe-some place to grow up and I feel very proud to be from Loogootee and Mar-tin County .
8 IU also helped me grow as a student and a person. I am blatantly biased, but I feel that Indiana Univer-sity is the best that college can offer. There are so many degree options and opportunities for student growth that are unrivaled. The IU Board of Trustees consists of nine members, three of whom are elected by the alumni and the other six are appointed by the Governor. Those elected will serve a three-year term. The IU Trustee website defines the Boards duties as The Board of Trust-ees is Indiana University s governing board, its legal owner and final author-ity. The nine-member board holds the university s financial, physical and hu-man assets and operations in trust for future generations.
9 The three major issues facing the Board of Trustees are the selection of the new IU President in 2020, the op-tion for educational alternatives with the need to remain competitive and economical and implementation of the Grand Challenges Program which in-cludes precision health, environmental change and the very serious topic of opioid addiction. Dr Asdell s family connection to In-diana University runs deep. His wife, son, sister, brother, sister-in-law, broth-er-in-law, uncle and cousin all attend-ed either IU Bloomington or the IU School of Dentistry or Medicine. His daughter will be a senior at IU, major-ing in Biology and is captain of the IU volleyball team.
10 She plans to attend dental school as Asdell graduated from the IU School of Dentistry in 1983 and he completed a residency in Oral and Max-illofacial Surgery at St Luke s-Roo-sevelt Hospital in NYC. He currently practices oral surgery in South Bend. His IU related activities include the IU Varsity Club National Board, the Herman Wells Presidents Club, the IUSD Alumni board, the IUSD Dean s Board of Advisors, a Life member of the IUAA since 1984, a Hoosier Hun-dred Champion and associate faculty at IUSB. Dr Asdell has served as the President of the Indiana Dental Association, Pres-ident of the Indiana Society of OMS, The Great Lakes Society of OMS, the NC Dental Society and the LaPorte Co Dental Society.
