Court building flaws criticized

Decatur Daily Democrat:

Adams County's two courts — circuit in the courthouse and superior in a former library across a street from the courthouse — operate well, but while the courthouse has been fully renovated in recent years, the condition of the superior court building is of considerable concern.
That was one of numerous points made by circuit court judge Frederick A. Schurger as he gave the annual State of the Judiciary address on Monday to a crowd of about 40 people after a Decatur Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Woodcrest Retirement Community.
Judge Schurger, who has been an attorney and a jurist in his hometown for almost 40 years, said the probation department upstairs in the building has over 40 filing cabinets bowing the floor, the chief deputy prosecutor says the building stinks of mold, and jury space is inadequate and probably violates jury-deliberation rules....