While temperatures Saturday morning were reasonably warm, the water temperature at Deam Lake in Borden, Indiana was a chilly 41° as 362 participants got set to take the “Freezin’ For A Reason” Polar Plunge to Benefit Special Olympics Indiana Area 2.  The pre-event consisted of a costume contest and the event was opened by Jenna Daniel of Charlestown Middle School signing the national anthem and Susan Wheatley of Sacred Heart Church giving the opening prayer to bless the participants as well as the Special Olympics athletes.

In the afternoon hours of Thursday February 16th,   officers from the F.B.I. Safe Streets Task Force, Kentucky State Police, U. S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force, (Great Lakes Region), and the U.S. Marshal’s Service, (Louisville, Kentucky Office), arrested Ronald F. Graham, 38, from New Albany, IN.  He was arrested after a foot chase in Meade County, Kentucky. Ronald F. Graham had been able to elude law enforcement officers at least six times in the past few months.