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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT COURT SUPERVISION

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT COURT SUPERVISION
IN THE WELLS CIRCUIT COURT
OF WELLS COUNTY, INDIANA
ESTATE NO. 90CO1-0808-EU-00045
Notice is hereby given that JERRY L. SHAW was on the 15th day of August, 2008, appointed personal representative of the estate of KATHRYN GREGG, deceased, who died on the 23rd day of July, 2008. She was authorized to administer the estate without Court supervision.
All persons having claims against said estate, whether or not now due, must file the same in the office of the Clerk of said Court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice or within nine (9) months after the decedent's death, whichever is earlier, or said claims will be forever barred.
Dated at Bluffton, Indiana, this 15th day of August, 2008.
    Beth Davis
    Clerk of the Circuit Court
    for Wells County, Indiana
Jon M. Brown
Attorney No. 2911-90
Edris, Brown, Johnson, Antrim & Brown-Stohler, LLP
222 West Market Street
P.O. Box 295
Bluffton, Indiana 46714
Telephone: 260/824-0500
Attorney for personal representative
nb. 8/21, 8/28

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS


Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Wells County, Indiana, that the County Council of said County, will meet at the Courthouse in Bluffton, Indiana at 7:00 O’clock p.m. on Wednesday the 3rd day of September, 2008, to consider the following additional appropriation in excess of the budget for the current year.
    AYE    NAY
COUNTY GENERAL
Wells County Sheriff:
  Office Supplies
  (1-5-2-1)   $2,000.00    __    __
     Wells County Commissioners:
  Public Defender Fees
  (1-16-1-27)   $62,000.00    __    __
  Public Defender Travel
  (1-16-3-3)       $3,400.00    __    __
Wells County Jail:
  Maintenance Supplies
  (1-18-2-7)        $5,000.00    __    __
  General Repair
  (1-18-3-4)      $15,000.00    __    __
Wells County Probation:
  Travel
  (1-27-3-1)        $1,500.00    __    __
  Postage    
  (1-27-3-3)           $500.00    __    __
LOCAL ROAD & STREET
  LR&S-Regular Chip and Seal
  (11-1000-4-22) $164,210.00    __    __
GRANAND CEMETERY
  Granand Cemetery-Misc:
  (151-1000-5-99) $4,111.69    __    __
WELLS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT – PHD
  Office Supplies
  (182-1000-2-1)   $670.00    __    __
  Travel
  (182-1000-3-1)   $120.00    __    __
  Communication
  (182-1000-3-2)   $300.00    __    __      Contract
  (182-1000-3-3)  $7,600.00    __    __
  Equipment
  (182-1000-4-1)$25,715.00    __    __
nb oj 8/21

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
On or about September 12, 2008, the Town of Ossian intends to apply to the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs for a grant from the Office of Community and Rural Affairs’ Community Focus Fund of the State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. This program is funded by Title I of the Federal Housing and community Development Act of 1974, as amended. These funds are to be used for a community development project that will include the following activities: Downtown Infrastructure Improvements. The total amount of CDBG funds to be requested is $500,000. The amount of CDBG funds proposed to be used for activities that will benefit low- and moderate-income persons is $174,000. The Applicant also proposes to expend an estimated $300,000 in non-CDBG funds on the project. These non-CDBG funds will be derived from the following sources: Water Utility, Riverboat Fund, and CEDIT.
The Town of Ossian will hold a public hearing on September 4, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Ossian Days Tent located along Craig Street to provide interested parties an opportunity to express their views on the proposed federally funded CDBG project. Persons with disabilities or non-English speaking persons who wish to attend the public hearing and need assistance should contact Luann Martin at 507 N. Jefferson Street, or by calling 260-622-4251 no later than seven days before the hearing. Every effort will be made to make reasonable accommodations for these persons.
Information related to this project will be available for review prior to the public hearing as of September 1, 2008 at the office of the Ossian Town Hall located at 507 N. Jefferson Street between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Interested citizens are invited to provide comments regarding these issues either at the public hearing or by prior written statement. Written comments should be submitted to Luann Martin at the above address no later than 3:00 on the date of the hearing in order to ensure placement of such comments in the official record of the public hearing proceedings. A plan to minimize displacement and provide assistance to those displaced has been prepared by the Town of Ossian and is also available to the public. This project will result in no displacement of any persons or businesses. For additional information concerning the proposed project, please contact Grant Administrator, Bob Murphy at 260-327-3400 from 8-5, Monday through Friday, or write to Luann Martin at the above address.
Dick Witte,
Town Council President
oj., nb. 8/21

PROOF OF PUBLICATION

PROOF OF PUBLICATION
NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX
ANTICIPATION WARRANT OF
NORTHERN WELLS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Notice is hereby given, that representatives of the Board of School Trustees of Northern Wells Community Schools, on September 8, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) at the Administration Offices located at 312 North Jefferson Street, Ossian, Indiana, will receive sealed bids, or by prior arrangement with the school corporation, telecopied bids, on and let to the highest bidder therefore, the following described time warrants:
Time warrants in anticipation of taxes levied and in the sum of $2,090,000 for the General Fund, $450,000 for the Capital Project Fund and $290,000 for the Transportation Fund, all maturing on December 31, 2008, and dated as of the date of delivery thereof to the Purchaser or Purchasers; all such warrants shall mature bear interest at a rate to be determined by this bidding payable at maturity of the warrants.  Interest shall be calculated on a 365-day basis.  Principal and Interest payable at the office of the school treasurer.  It is anticipated that the time loan warrants will be delivered on or about September 12, 2008.  The Warrants have been designated as bank qualified under Internal Revenue Code Section 265(b)(3).
A bid may be for all or a portion of the warrants but no bids for less than par nor for a portion of less than $100,000.00 will be considered.  Interest rates shall be stated as multiples of 1/100 of 1 percent.  The warrants shall be awarded to the bidder and/or bidders submitting the lowest net interest rate or rates after deducting therefrom the premium bid, if any, for the warrants or portion thereof bid for.  The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to deliver less than the whole issue if an approving opinion cannot be obtained covering the whole issue.  If acceptable bids are not received on the sale date covering the warrants, the sale of the unpurchased portion thereof, may be continued from day to day thereafter, for not exceeding thirty (30) days without readvertisement of the sale.  Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified Cashier's check or Financial Surety Bonds in the amount of one percent (1%) of the amount of the warrants bid for, made payable to the Treasurer of Northern Wells Community Schools to guarantee the School against default by such bidder in complying with the terms of this notice and of its bid.  At the time of delivery, the successful bidder will be required to certify as to the price at which a substantial amount of the warrants was reoffered to the public.
Said warrants are being issued under the provision of Indiana Code, Title 20, Article 48, Chapter 1, to evidence temporary loans for the purpose of obtaining funds to be used for the General, Capital Projects and Transportation Funds for the purpose of meeting expenses of the School Corporation included in the regular budget and appropriations adopted for the year 2008, which expenses must be met prior to the December settlements and distributions of taxes in the year of 2008.  There has been appropriated and pledged a sufficient amount of current revenues of the School Corporation to be derived from the General Fund Levy, the Capital Projects Fund Levy, the Transportation Fund Levy, the State Tuition Support Distributions to be received in the General Fund from July, 2008, through and including December, 2008 and the Debt Service Fund Levy respectively, made in the year of 2007, payable in the year 2008, to pay the principal of and interest on said warrants at maturity.  The warrants are issued on a parity basis with the $2,070,000 of warrants issued by the School Corporation on January 2, 2008.
The approving opinion of Ice Miller LLP, Bond Counsel of Indianapolis, Indiana, covering the legality of such warrant will be furnished to the Purchaser at the Purchaser's expense, together with the usual closing certificates and a transcript of the legal proceedings.  No conditional bids shall be considered.  The warrants for each Fund of this issue shall be delivered at the time set above.  The successful bidder or bidders shall accept delivery of the warrants and make payment therefore at such Bank as such bidder or bidders shall designate.
NORTHERN WELLS
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Board of School Trustees
 nb 8/21, 28

NOTICE

NOTICE
The Uniontown Cemetery will meet Aug. 23, 2008 at 9:00 AM at the Uniontown Church of Christ.
nb. 8/14, 8/21, oj. 8/21

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