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Iconic downtown pharmacy closes
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Johnson County, Indiana
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014
Challenge competing with chains, construction cited as reasons
Today
Skies: Sunny; possible shower
Temps: High 58; low 38
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014
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THERE IS SOMETHING TO DO. SAVE THIS SECTION, PICK AN ACTIVITY, HAVE A BLAST.
Free Time
BY RYAN TRARES
Henderson
Drugs owner
and pharmacist
Travis Richey
counts medication Monday.
Richey is closing
the store after
more than 130
years in Franklin.
courthouse square became a meeting
place for neighbors to catch up.
But as of this morning, the pharmacy
becomes a part of Franklin history.
Henderson Drugs has closed its downtown location effective this morning.
The owners cited difficulties for an
independent business to compete with
larger chains, including navigating
reimbursement requirements recently imposed by the federal government
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
rtrares@dailyjournal.net
For more than 130 years, Henderson
Drugs has been filling prescriptions in
downtown Franklin.
Generations of customers have come
for their medications, chatting with a
pharmacist who knew them by name.
Children have stopped in to buy candy
or soda, and its location just off the
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for patients with Medicaid and
Medicare.
Downtown Franklin, with the recent
road construction that has blocked off
streets and parking and façade work at
multiple buildings, including at Henderson Drugs, also became too disruptive
to business, owner Travis Richey said.
“There are just too many obstacles
for a small business to overcome these
(SEE PHARMACY PAGE A5)
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FESTIVAL, noon to 3 p.m.
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refreshments, church tours, celebrating more than 10 years in
Greenwood, all are welcome
Johnson County Park will
host two events this weekend
aimed at getting locals into
the park to enjoy the season.
From 3 to 6:30 p.m.
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Franklin police discovered a large
marijuana growing operation in this
building at Hurricane Road and
Eastview Drive on Feb. 22 during a
traffic stop.
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Accent..........................A6-A7
Classifieds....................B5-B7
Comics...............................B4
Editorials............................A4
Obituaries..........................A5
Police, fire.............................A3
Sports.......................B1-B3, B8
Southside............................A3
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Weather..............................A8
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CONFIDENCE
Few contested
races translates to
drop in spending
BY STEVE GARBACZ
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
sgarbacz@dailyjournal.net
F
ewer campaign signs line roadsides, and voters shouldn’t expect
much more
promotion of local races
as the election
approaches.
2014
With few contested
races on the ballot this
fall, candidates aren’t
INSIDE:
spending much on
■ Franklin
fliers, advertisements
Community
and billboards.
About 40 candidates school board
whose names will be
candidate
on ballots didn’t spend Q&A, A2
any money on their
■ Board
campaigns between
candidates
April 12 and Oct. 10,
according to campaign address
finance reports
budget
recently filed with the shortfall, A8
county election office.
Most of the candidates who spent money
put in only a few hundred dollars of
their own money for yard signs or
donations to events.
Election
The election is two weeks away.
Here is what you need to know.
Where to vote now
If you’re busy on Election Day, or just
want to get voting out of the way, you
can vote now.
You can cast your ballot at the county
courthouse, located at 5 E. Jefferson St.
in Franklin, on weekdays from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
On Saturday and Nov. 1, between 8 a.m.
and 3 p.m., you also can vote at the
courthouse; Mount Pleasant Christian
Church, at 381 Bluff Road, Greenwood;
the Trafalgar Public Library, at 424 S.
Tower St.; or Jonathan Byrd’s Cafeteria,
at 100 Byrd Way in Greenwood.
And from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 29 through
31, you also can vote at Jonathan Byrd’s
Cafeteria, Mount Pleasant Christian
Church, Trafalgar Public Library, Franklin
Community Center, at 396 Branigan
Blvd., or the Edinburgh Wright-Hageman
Public Library, at 119 W. Main Cross St.
Any changes in voting?
What you will need
Most voters will notice little to
no changes from past years
— as long as you have cast
a ballot since the county
switched to vote centers.
County officials wanted to keep
vote centers as similar as
they could since voters are
still getting used to them. The
idea behind vote centers is to
allow voters to cast their ballots at any of a handful of vote
centers in the county.
State law requires voters to show their identification
before voting.
The county uses electronic poll books. So no matter where you vote in the county, election workers
should easily be able to look up your name and
address and what ballot you need.
As in the primary, voters will sign an electronic
signature pad before casting their ballot.
(SEE SPENDING PAGE A8)
Top: Voters in Johnson County take advantage of early voting in October 2012 for the
2012 election at the voting center at Mount
Pleasant Christian Church.
Will there be any contested races?
This year, voters in Johnson County have few
contested races on their ballots.
The only contested races are for eight school
board seats, and for state senate and representative and U.S. Congress.
None of the county offices on the ballot, including sheriff, prosecutor, county commissioner
and council, are contested this fall since all
the challenges were determined in the spring
primary election.
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Major pot
grower
gets home
detention
Prosecutor: Indiana
law doesn’t account
for operation’s size
BY STEVE GARBACZ
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
sgarbacz@dailyjournal.net
A Franklin man was sentenced
to six months on home detention
after police said
he was growing
more than 500
marijuana plants
in an elaborate
operation.
Jonathan
Z.
Baker, 31, pleaded guilty to a single charge of posBAKER
session
of
marijuana. He will spend six
months on home detention, followed by six months on probation.
Despite the large bust that occurred in May at Hurricane Road
and Eastview Drive in Franklin,
Indiana law doesn’t have a range
of charges for people who grow
marijuana, Johnson County Prosecutor Brad Cooper said. The
Class D felony charge would have
been the same even if police had
found a million plants crammed
into the building, he said. That
type of charge is punishable by up
to three years in prison, but Baker
has no criminal history, so he
wouldn’t get a maximum sentence,
Cooper said.
Changes in the state’s criminal
code have lessened the penalties
for growing marijuana even more,
Cooper said. If the same crime occurred today, it would be only a
misdemeanor.
“We charged him with the most
serious charge the law allows,”
Cooper said.
As part of the plea, Baker
agreed to forfeit all of the equipment that police seized when
(SEE DETENTION PAGE A5)
LIVING
A
DREAM
DAY
Colts reward 10-year-old for working to overcome obstacles
BY RYAN TRARES
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
rtrares@dailyjournal.net
I
ndianapolis Colts quarterback
Andrew Luck lofted passes to
receivers Reggie Wayne and T.Y.
Hilton as part of their pregame routine.
Other players ran drills and warmed
up as the clock clicked down toward
Sunday’s kickoff. Coaches watched and
helped them get ready, and stadium
staff prepared the field for the game
against the Cincinnati Bengals.
In the middle of it all, Franklin
student Braidon Jamerson watched
with wide eyes. He played catch in the
Colts’ end zone with the coaching staff
and helped the grounds crew make
sure the yardage markers were correct.
Braidon and his family were given
the MVP treatment by the Colts as a
reward for his hard work this school
year. They rode to the game in a
limousine, sat in special box seats
with a perfect view of the field and
Pictured: Braidon Jamerson poses on the field before Sunday’s Indianapolis Colts game. SUBMITTED PHOTO
(SEE DREAM PAGE A5)