Those cutting the ribbon at Milton’s Major Moves ceremony included, (L-R) Steve Sweet - CCC, Randy Tutterow -CCC, who oversaw crews, Ken Risch - Milton town board member, Woody Duffin Sr. - recent Hoosier Distinguished Citizen award winner, Pauline Druley - Milton’s very own centenarian (accompanied by Bill Jobe), Greg Griffen - CCC project manager, Steve Beeler - INDOT project supervisor, Jerome Swim - manager at the Cambridge City subdistrict and Steve Milbourn, also of CCC.

by Jenny Pugh
    Harry Maginity, INDOT, served as spokesman for the Major Moves ribbon cutting ceremony that officially opened State Road 1 through Milton, on Saturday, October 10, at 11 a.m. Many excited residents and even curious folks from out of town lined the sidewalks at the intersection of SR 1 and Main St. as the Lincoln High School Fighting Eagles band provided music for the event, under the direction of Kathryn Rea.
    Maginity was quite pleased to open the road ahead of schedule, joking about his own skepticism that the construction project would be finished before the end of this year. He said it’s good to be proven wrong, when things go so right.
    Representatives from INDOT, Calumet Civil Contractors, the town of Milton and distinguished guests lined up in the center of SR 1 under the new traffic signals to each cut a piece of the Major Moves ribbon. Guests included Milton residents Pauline Druley and Woody Duffin Sr.
    Maginity joked that anyone wishing to know what the roads in Milton looked like 50-100 years ago should ask Pauline Druley. Duffin was surprised and happy to be asked to help cut the ribbon. Both residents kept a piece as a memento of the occasion. For more of this story please subscribe!

Leaf Pick-up for the Towns of Cambridge City and Dublin

   Leaf pick-up by town employees will begin Monday, October 19, 2009, and will run through Tuesday, November 24, 2009. Any leaf disposal before or after these dates will be the responsibility of the property owner or renter.
    Leaves for pick-up must be raked to the edge of streets if there is no curb or gutter. For those residents with curbs and gutters, leaves must be raked into the road near the gutter leaving a space between the leaves and gutter for storm water to drain.
    No other locations will be picked up. DO NOT PLACE LIMBS OR GRASS CLIPPINGS WITH YOUR LEAVES. THESE WILL NOT BE PICKED UP.
    NOTE: Tree limbs in front of properties must be trimmed high enough for leaf machine and street sweeper to clear, or that section will not be cleaned. For more of this story please subscribe!

Wayne County Has Been Awarded Part of $1.56 Million Grant

   Wayne County has been awarded part of the $ 1.56 million grant received by Indiana from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The grant is part of the authorized ENHANCE 911 Act.
    The grant money will be used to replace the current 911 system that operates on an outdated legacy system on traditional telephony technology. The new system will be an Internet Protocol IP based platform which enables 911 personnel to receive emergency calls from newer technology devices.
    Currently, E 911 centers cannot receive text messaging, pictures or video streams from callers. These are the communication tools of today and citizens should be able to reach emergency services by those technologies. Known as Next Generation 911, technological advances will allow calls to be received from all populations, including hearing/visually impaired as well as all devices such as cellular phones, VOIP phones and ONSTAR systems from your car. For more of this story please subscribe!

Dublin VFD Now Offers Paramedic Service

   Dublin Fire Chief Bob French announced that beginning Monday, Ocober 12, the Dublin Volunteer Fire Department (DVFD) will be providing paramedic service to area folks.
    DVFD has the ambulance contract for the Western Wayne area and there is always someone at the fire station 24 hours a day. They have four ambulances and now have 24 hour paramedic service. For more of this story please subscribe!