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Easter Egg Hunt postponed
(Local News ~ 04/05/09)
Due to inclement weather, French Funeral Home's Easter Egg Hunt, scheduled for Sunday, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 7, at 7 p.m., at Lawson-Miller Chapel and Crematory.
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Those mystery shopping days are here again
(Column ~ 04/05/09)
Confession time. Hello, my name is Ivy and I'm addicted to yard sales. My ultimate purchase at a yard sale was purchasing a cut-glass vase for a quarter and getting a working bread machine and a bread cookbook for free. I am a firm believer that one person's trash is another person's treasure and yard sales are the ultimate recycling programs...
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General Assembly in final month of work
(Column ~ 04/05/09)
INDIANAPOLIS -- The General Assembly has now entered into the final month of legislative work. In the next few weeks, both chambers will wrap up work on bills and lawmakers will begin the conference committee process to find common ground on some of this session's most important issues...
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Reader thanks commissioner
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/05/09)
To the Editor: Five dead trees. I pleaded with several people to know the obvious was coming with snow, rain and wind and I had no response. I talked to (Clay County Commissioner Paul Sinders) and he obviously thought it was true also because his response was immediate. I just want to thank Paul Sinders. He jumped on it. People came and removed the problem (five dead trees)...
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Student picks Indiana for project
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/05/09)
To the Editor: I am a fifth-grade student at Oak Point Intermediate School in Eden Prairie, Minn. I have adopted your state as a class project. Please send me one postcard from your state. Please do not send anything but a postcard. We are unable to accept letters or packages due to safety precautions...
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Vegan diet saves animals yearly
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/05/09)
To the Editor: A dairy cow is artificially inseminated to have one calf after another in order to produce milk. Any mother will tell you that childbirth is not painless. The calves are soon taken away from their mothers so the mothers' milk can be sold...
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Reader tired of fighting 'war' alone
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/05/09)
To the Editor: After the last two years, I feel like I've fought a war. In August 2007, the Clay Community Schools Corporation proposed to spend $53 million on a building project that did not include building a new school, but did include an absurd amount for maintenance facility...
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Right to Life organizers deliver thanks
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/05/09)
To the Editor: The Wabash Valley Right to Life board would like to thank all of the volunteers and others who made our third annual dinner possible. The support of our underwriters allowed us to invite David Bereit, co-founder of 40 Days for Life, to speak at our dinner...
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First ones inside
(Local News ~ 04/05/09)
V.F.W. Post No. 1127 Building and House Committee representative Mike Holland opens the door to the organization's new facility, 303 S. Depot St., Brazil, for its oldest members, Luke Erwin and Wilma Burns. The organization officially opened the doors to the new building Saturday at 11:27 a.m. ...
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Roy Stewart
(Obituary ~ 04/05/09)
Roy Stewart, 86, Greencastle, formerly of Cory, passed away Friday, April 3, 2009, at the Asbury Towers Healthcare Center, Greencastle. Born Jan. 5, 1923, in Cory, he was the son of Harley W. and Edith (Modesitt) Stewart. He was a graduate of Cory High School...
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Warren Wayne Grey
(Obituary ~ 04/05/09)
Warren Wayne Grey, 86, Brazil, died at 8:17 a.m., Saturday, April 4, 2009, at St. Vincent Clay Hospital, Brazil. He was born Sept. 10, 1922, in brazil, as the son of John O. and Maggie Smith Grey. He graduated from Brazil High School with the Class of 1941...
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School Board to meet Thursday
(Local News ~ 04/05/09)
The Clay Community School Board will conduct a regular session school board meeting Thursday, at 7:30 p.m., in the auditeria of Clay City Jr./Sr. High School. A second reading of the student handbooks, highlights of the safety and security projects, and social studies textbook adoption, are on the agenda...
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Public Record 4-6-09
(Other Record ~ 04/05/09)
Clay County Courthouse The following transactions took place at the Clay County Courthouse April 3: Clay Superior Court -- Civil Destiny R. Dyer Vs. Todd M. Dyer: Domestic Relations Small Claims Robert Maesch Vs. Michael McConnell: Civil Tort Marriage License Applications...
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Brazil Library to kick off National Library Week
(Local News ~ 04/05/09)
National Library Week kicks off April 13-18, and the Brazil Public Library will be taking part. The following is a list of events going on at the library during the week:...
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Area musician scores big gig
(Local News ~ 04/05/09)
In just a few weeks, local musician Jonny McLain will be rubbing elbows with some of country music's biggest stars. McLain recently competed in the Colgate Country Music Showdown in Indianapolis and with eight others, advanced through the first round...
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Knights pound Clovers and Spartans in baseball openers
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/09)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview Knights couldn't have planned a better opening act to the 2009 season than Saturday's double-dip victories over South Knox and Cloverdale. The Knights scored early and often against both squads tallying 14 runs in the first inning against Cloverdale and six versus the Spartans enabling Northview to cruise to a pair of wins...
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Eels win twice at Braves Bash
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/09)
Staff Report TERRE HAUTE -- The Clay City softball team hit the ground running on Saturday at the Terre Haute Bash, playing three games under warm sunny skies. The Eels dropped their first game against the host Braves before bouncing back to take the final two games of the afternoon to even their season mark at 2-2 overall...
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Happy Birthday!
(Local News ~ 04/05/09)
The academic school year of 1958-59 brings back fond memories for both Denzil Adams and Kenny Crabb. In 1958-59, both became principals at new schools located in Clay County, as Adams became principal at East Side and Crabb at Meridian. "It seems like it was only yesterday," Adams told The Brazil Times recently. "The thing that stands out in my mind is that we were expecting 360-365 students and 406 showed up...
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Excitement, apprehension all rolled into one
(Column ~ 04/05/09)
In all honesty, I'm a country boy. I grew up in a small community and have never lived -- for an extended period of time -- anywhere other than small communities. Like a lot of people from small communities, I haven't made time to go on trips. While writing sports for The Brazil Times (for approximately five years) any vacation I took meant spending time on the couch at home. For lack of a better term, I spent that time refueling the tank, so to speak, getting ready for the next sports season...
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