September 2011
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Shipshewana Town News
by Sheryl Kelly, Town Manager — September 2011
It’s back to school time!
With all the local schools starting back in August,
the Shipshewana Police Department would like to
remind motorists to drive carefully. The Shipshewana
Police Department will be providing extra patrol in
the Shipshewana school zones.
Back to school means more children walking and
biking on our roads. Younger children often have
limited experience with traffic and lack the skills to
negotiate traffic safely. Motorists need to take special
care while driving.
Help our children make it safely to school by
following these important safety rules:
• Be aware of school zone signage.
• Reduce speed in school zones
• Be ready to stop at all times.
• Always try to make eye contact with children
waiting to cross the road.
• Be patient and wait for children to complete
their crossing before proceeding.
• Stop when directed to do so by crossing guards.
The official opening and ribbon cutting for the
Pumpkinvine Nature Trail between Middlebury and
Shipshewana will be held Tuesday, September 20 at
1:30 p.m. at the intersection of the trail and County
Road 900 W, just north of County Road 250 N. Parking
is available at Lifegate Church at the corner of CR 250
N and CR 900 W.
Officials from the Town of Shipshewana,
Middlebury, Elkhart County Parks, Indiana Department
of Transportation, and Friends of the Pumpkinvine
Nature Trail, Inc., will participate in the ribbon cutting.
All interested people are invited to attend.
The construction of this six-mile section of the
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Pumpkinvine Nature Trail,
which more than doubles
the developed portion of
the trail, was a coordinated
effort of Elkhart County
Parks and the Town of Shipshewana. The engineeringconsulting firm for the project
was DLZ Indiana, LLC, and the
contractor was Walsh & Kelly, Inc. Funding came from
federal transportation enhancement funds, with the
local match coming from the Town of Shipshewana,
Elkhart County Parks, and the value of the land donated
by the Friends of the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail, Inc.
The Middlebury-Shipshewana portion of the trail
has a small gap from York Street and State Road 13
to east of the Dairy Queen in Middlebury that will
hopefully be finished next year.
When all the phases are completed, the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail will connect Goshen, Middlebury
and Shipshewana with a linear park 17 miles long.
In Goshen, it will also connect to the 10-mile long
MapleHeart Trail to Elkhart.
Please do ride the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail with
your family and friends and take some time to enjoy
the Shipshewana community and the LaGrange County
countryside this season.
Shipshewana Police Department
The Shipshewana Police Department reports the
following activity for the month of June 2011:
Police Services:
Funerals.............................1
VIN/HIN Checks............14
Alarms..............................14
Open Doors.....................11
Accidents
Personal Injury............... 1
Property Damage.........16
Assist Agencies.................23
Medic Assist.......................3
Motorist Assist.................11
Pedestrian Assist................0
Arrests:
Traffic.................................7
Criminal.............................7
Warnings............................8
P.I. / Minor Consum.........1
Investigations:
Details............................265
Criminal...........................92
Thefts...............................20
Burglary............................. 2
Criminal Mischief..............1
Battery................................1
Drug...................................1
K-9 Activity.........................2
Town Ordinances:
Animal Complaints...........1
Officer Information:
Tom M. Fitch II.......201 hrs
.................... 883 miles
J. Carlos Jasso...........203 hrs
.................... 730 miles
Nicholas Byroad......169 hrs
.................. 1040 miles
Austin L. Bontrager. 64 hrs
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Brandon Hooley........20 hrs
...................... 55 miles
Otis Winslette............17 hrs
.................... 159 miles
Steve Van Mol............16 hrs
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