Lawrenceburg

L’burg asking for help on 10-year plan

The city of Lawrenceburg wants to know what you think the next 10 years will be like here. Starting on a 10-year comprehensive plan, the city is asking residents and businesses to get involved by giving it input through a webpage, planlawrenceburg.com “The input will be used in the plan itself, if it is a feasible idea,” said Mayor Kelly Mollaun.

The cast of the East Central High School play “Momma Mia!” will perform next weekend, April 9, 10 and 11. From left are: Jazlin Herbert, Erin McKinney, Thomas McKnight, Lori Materson, Ryan Foz, Andrew Watkins, and Olivia Uribe. SUBMITTED PHOTO

ECHS bringing ABBA to stage

Tired of COVID? Treat yourself to a performance of the musical “Mamma Mia!” presented by East Central High School on April 9, 10 and 11. ABBA, pop group from the 1970s, performed “Mamma Mia!” songs written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.

Rumpke recently purchased 466 acres of land in Whitewater Township. SUBMITTED PHOTO BY RUMPKE INC.

Too close for comfort?

A Rumpke Inc. landfill on Bond Road in Whitewater Township, that borders on the Indiana state line, will be improved with the addition of adjacent land.

St. E performing health survey

Important occupational health services can be made easy for new and existing employers of all sizes in Dearborn County. St.

Dearborn County Commissioners

Commissioners aware of landfill, have no say on development there

A statement from the Dearborn County Commissioners on the ladnfill expansion: “It has been brought to the attention of the Dearborn County Board of Commissioners that Rumpke has purchased 466 acres adjacent to the Bond Road Landfill located in Whitewater Township, Ohio. Unfortunately, no elected officials or departments in the state of Indiana or Dearborn County have any control, authority, or influence over projects located in the state of Ohio.

Terry Spradlin

No to school choice expansion; support k-12 public education

The tone of the 2021 budget session of the Indiana General Assembly has been quite different from the last budget session in 2019 when K-12 public education leaders stood with legislative leaders to announce a state budget that devoted $763 million in new funding for K-12 public education. Fast forward to this session, and it has been one consumed with a contentious debate on the proposed expansion of school choice programs that devote significant funds to private education. Indiana already ranks fifth for spending of state tax dollars on private school programs, but now ranks just 39th in the nation for per-pupil expenditures for public schools and the more than 1 million students we serve—down from 22nd among states in 2004. Why this shift in legislative priority has occurred is befuddling, given that the facts neither support the need nor benefit of state funding for private schools.