Today's News

PERRY COUNTY - Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part story published in observance of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Part 1, published Monday, described concerns by Amy Tempel, a supervisor in the Perry County office of the Indiana Department of Child Services, that arrests for methamphetamine possession or production are increasingly behind needs to remove children from their homes.

PERRY COUNTY - Volunteer firefighters, police officers and in one case, the state fire marshal's office, were summoned to separate fires that damaged a Cannelton bar and a rural home. Both blazes remained under investigation Wednesday.

Nearly 20 Cannelton firemen were called to Bulldogs Bar and Grill at 221 S. First Street in Cannelton at 11:42 p.m. Sunday. Firefighters found flames coming from the back of the building, which Assistant Chief John Young said is owned by Chip Schulthise and operated by Amber Fulkerson.

How wonderful the earth is springing back to life in bloom, with more to come. Of course, all of the planted bulbs have bloomed, now the perennials and the flowering almond, with its wonderful full-pink flowers. Forsythia with its bright yellow blossoms with its green leaves is starting to encroach on the yellow, the airy white clusters of blossoms on the sarvis tree.

Now, the redbud trees have joined the display with their purplish-pink blooms, with the dogwood and lilacs following. These are all beautiful while in bloom, but seem to be gone in a flash.

I watched nursery workers plant an oak tree in front of the newspaper office Thursday. I had hoped it would go directly in front of my office window but it sits slightly to the south, easy to see when I'm sitting at my desk but out of sight when I'm front of my computer.

I often watched robins and other birds that loved to eat berries and chat in the old tree that grew for years right outside my window.