Moore Restoration technician Noah Shelley uses a hydrogen peroxide mist to kill any contaminants inside the recovered van belonging to Johnson County Senior Services on July 31, 2019, at the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office in Franklin.
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News from around Johnson County as reported on Aug. 1 in the pages of the Daily Journal and the Franklin Evening Star from the last 112 years.
On this day in 2019, the main story on the front page of the Daily Journal was about a local company helping Johnson County Senior Services restore a previously stolen van.
The van had been stolen in mid-July. By the time it was recovered nine days later, it appeared that someone had been using drugs in it and living inside, leaving the interior an unsanitary, disgusting mess.
Area seniors relied on the van to transport them to medical appointments and life-saving treatments. In the condition it was in, it was unusable.
“This is critical for us. People literally die if they cannot get the life-saving treatments they need,” said Kim Smith, executive director of senior services.
With the help of Moore Restoration, the senior services agency was much closer to having their van back on the road. Workers from the southside restoration company had spent hours on July 31, 2019, decontaminating the inside of the van, using a one-of-a-kind tool called SteraMist. The process kills almost all biological pathogens and disease-causing agents, and neutralizes organic compounds such as those found in heroin, fentanyl and other drugs.
Moore Restoration donated its time and services to clean the van, recognized how important it was to local seniors.
“After talking with (Smith), we know the importance of this vehicle and the safety that is needed. So we made arrangements to come out to do it,” said Clay Oskins, director of business development for More Restoration. “It’s very important for us to know that we’re making a difference for seniors in this area.”
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Other memorable Johnson County stories from this day
2014
Greenwood Cemetery was investing money for its future as the historic cemetery prepared to run of of burial plots within the next 10 to 15 years.
2005
A new Indiana law required each county to decide for itself whether to request a time zone change from Eastern to Central, or vice versa.
1984
A 9-year-old Greenwood girl was found unharmed after she was taken from a Kool-Aid stand by a 22-year-old Greenwood man, who was arrested.
