Street Talk

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Name: JB

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"EVERY STORM RUNS OUT OF RAIN"

Added: April 2, 2025 02:11:44 PM

Submitted by
Name: Wtf

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There’s a run on the social security office this week. I went in Monday and today and it was backed up. Lots of problems with people getting checks.

Added: April 1, 2025 04:13:41 PM

Submitted by
Name: admin

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FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff is expected to result in flooding of
rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone
locations. Low-water crossings are likely to be flooded. Extensive
street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers is expected.

Added: March 31, 2025 03:19:25 PM

Submitted by
Name: More scholarship info.
From: Madison

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I’d like to provide a little additional information regarding our experience with scholarships… local and otherwise.

First. Need based scholarships.

Scholarships, local or otherwise, tend to decrease the federal aid a student will receive. So in all honesty many times they may be of little net value to a student with a high financial need. Obviously all situations are different.

Second. Scholarships are set up. This is something the donors may want to address so their generosity can really help students.

Many scholarships within the community foundation are tuition only and do not assist with books, fees, computer, or room and board.
Our child received an offer for full tuition from a university (prior to any community awards). Our child received very generous scholarships from the community foundation…. Tuition only.

When the university found out, they wanted my child to accept them and give the money to the university. All this would do is decrease the amount of tuition gift the university committed to awarding.

Neither the university scholarship or the scholarships from the Jefferson Co Foundation would help with room and board ($20,000 plus a year). My child had earned those scholarships by hard work… grades, community service, leadership, etc.

We contacted the Community foundation to see if it could be applied to Room and Board or deferred to graduate school. Both options were denied.

My child decided to turn down the local scholarship so another student could benefit from it rather than letting the university reduce the financial commitment.

Food for thought.

Added: March 31, 2025 10:42:46 AM

Submitted by
Name: @8

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Well thank goodness you aren’t in charge. Who deserves what and when is not your decision and some kids are brighter than their grades imply. B students make great college grads as do many C students at smaller less competitive colleges. Your D and F students need some extra guidance. So if you are looking for factory workers and desperate people that will work for nothing then stick to the bottom levels who don’t even bother to graduate school. But I do agree an “education” in Madison is pretty marginal. Even our best straight A students struggle against students who graduated from better programs

Added: March 31, 2025 10:29:32 AM

Submitted by
Name: The Ancient Eight
From: Cambridge
E-mail: Contact

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Scholarships to middle class students with a 3.0 GPA ?!? I think I see the problem. The 3.0 GPA from any of our local high schools does not need nor deserve a college scholarship. They need to learn a trade or career that requires no college education. They would likely be quite successful and the opportunity costs of earning experience and income during those four years will vastly outpace the college coursework, potential debt, and lack of experience they would suffer at university. To be bluntly honest, a 3.0 GPA Madison graduate is just not a very bright kid and scholarships should to go to bright kids, regardless of their financial status. Sapienta est potentia.

Added: March 31, 2025 08:15:27 AM

Submitted by
Name: admin

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Jefferson County Alert:

Tornado Watch issued March 30 at 6:46PM EDT until March 31 at 1:00AM EDT by NWS Louisville KY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 76 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT /MIDNIGHT CDT/ MONDAY

Added: March 30, 2025 06:51:14 PM

Submitted by
Name: col bogey
From: corrupt Villiage on the river

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thanks for the info recent post have provided. Large projects and budgets provide money that can be scammed in many ways. How much will be diverted to other uses and miss-uses ?. The sneaky little mayor is well versed in such things. How much will end up in Hanover college bonuses? A trail to nowhere. Will be a golf cart road within 5 years

Added: March 30, 2025 02:59:12 PM

Submitted by
Name: T

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TODAY: the proposed route – less than affectionately known as the “death trail” is up Hanover Hill next to the cut outs which often experience rock or mud slides. The state may or may not know that the city is hoping the state will repave the road and then the city convert it to a trail. It’s not very honest but it is seen as a way to cut costs on an option that now exceeds 13.5 million in expected costs. Again, this is a use/misuse of public funds depending on one’s point of view. However, Eli Lilly awarded Hanover College 10 million for the trail connector which the college hopes will run from a trail head at their new “vet center” to the state park. To be clear, Hanover College only got the grant because they were to collaborate with the town of Hanover and the town was supposed to be on board with all projects. I can post more on that unfortunate situation later. But it is clear Hanover College is not working the town to develop the projects. In addition, overwhelming outcry from the public that the trail is ill conceived and will only be used by limited people, over limited time continues to be an issue. Many remember the bloated promises about the Hatcher Hill Trail and city bullying county officials to turn over land for a trail that city officials swore was going to be used by large groups of people year-round. As it turns out, Hatcher Hill “trail” has turned into nothing more than quick golf cart access from downtown to the hilltop golf course. It’s understandable that tax payors are angry about another trail that only serves a few with an unsafe and undesirable route.

But here’s the truth-we can be angry about Readi or Next Level Trail grants or even INDOT maybe being scammed into repaving a trail when they thought they were repaving a road and the 100 thousand in local dollars because the money for those things all come from tax dollars. But Hanover Colleges funds come from a private donor. Screaming about how Eli Lilly spends its exorbitant profits and who and why they give money to small town colleges doesn’t get us anywhere- nor should it. It’s their money. However, we can be disappointed with Hanover College because they have essentially scammed the town of Hanover into going along with a grant application and failed to keep the town board informed and engaged. Perhaps the college will contact Lilly about the issues and ask Lilly to allow the 10 million to be spent on other projects that both benefit the town and colleges. 10 million isn’t enough to get up Hanover Hill to the new vet center but it is certainly ample funds to consider other major projects. tjh

Added: March 30, 2025 11:50:11 AM

Submitted by
Name: admin

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“death trail” update

HISTORY: Approx Sept. 2022 Hanover College submitted a grant request to the Southern Indiana Regional Development Authority- (READI grant) I believe the request was for 2.7 million. At the time Kay Stokes from Hanover College, Jim Olson Heritage Trail representative, IKE general manager and maybe one other person served on the small committee. The request was for trail connectors to and through IKE to allow Hanover students bicycle access to downtown. Obviously, that would be for April, May and Sept., Oct. as the weather would deter cold season cycling. At some time, a request was submitted for Next Level Trail program through Indiana dept of natural resources. According to Readi website $440 thousand of Readi Funds were awarded for the trail with a local match of 100 thousand for design, engineering and “construction gap.” Readi also awarded funds for the bridge gateway and parking project downtown. Both Readi and Next level trail are publicly funded programs, and the public certainly has a say in how tax dollars are used.

Added: March 30, 2025 11:38:00 AM