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Charles "Vic" Berry
(Obituary ~ 06/29/14)
Charles "Vic" Berry passed into heaven on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at age eighty-three in Fernandina Beach, Florida. Vic was born in Findlay, Ohio to Eva Shull Berry and Lewis Berry on February 11, 1931. He grew up with his family in Poland, Indiana and attended a small one-room schoolhouse near his home at the Gulf Oil Pumping Station where his father was employed. He was well liked and known for his mischievous antics...
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Nancy J. Reberger
(Obituary ~ 06/29/14)
Nancy J. Reberger, 69 of Brazil, passed away at home with her family by her side June 28, 2014 at 12:15pm. She was born November 27, 1944, in Vigo County, the daughter of F.W. Crosby, Sr. and Betty Fulton Crosby. Nancy graduated from Garfield High School, Class of 1962...
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Gold pulls away for all-star win
(High School Sports ~ 06/29/14)
By STEVE FIELDS For the Brazil Times TERRE HAUTE -- Very few athletes can say they won the last game they played. Six Northview Knights finished their high school football careers with a victory Saturday night. Trey Boor, Corbin Fretz, Brock Gardner, Kelly Hawkins, Daniel Kimball and Tyler Rector played keys roles in the Gold Team's 35-12 victory over the Black Team in the 10th annual Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association Game at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute...
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Fireworks company addresses concerns
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/29/14)
To the editor: I am writing this letter to address some concerns in the article, "Commissioners Select New Security Committee Members, Hear Noise Concerns," posted in the Brazil Times on June 5, 2014. Wayne's World Fireworks, LLC is a local business that has been established for 10 years in Bowling Green, Indiana. ...
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Community foundation executive director gives credit
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/29/14)
To the editor: As the Executive Director of the Wabash Valley Community Foundation, I sincerely appreciate the Clay Community Parks Association's president, Tom Reberger for his recent letter of appreciation for the $10,000 grant to remove dead trees and stumps from Forest Park. ...
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Last Train to childhood
(Column ~ 06/29/14)
It would have been about 1953 when the Cub Scout Den my mother/den-mother led us on the Great Train Expedition. It was a very big deal. We even had some of the grown-up Boy Scouts to help supervise. We left from Union Station in St. Louis. Union was a mammoth, glorious structure from which my father and tens of thousands of other men had left for and returned from war. ...
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Lientz, Halfhill to wed in September
(Engagement ~ 06/29/14)
Lisa Halfhill and the late Byron Jr. of Brazil wish to announce the upcoming marriage of their son, Eric Byron Lee Halfhill, to Kaci RayLin Lientz, the daughter of Raman and Melinda Lientz of Rockville. Grandparents of the future groom are Byron Sr. and Florence Halfhill of Brazil, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brown of Brazil, and Larry and Carol Williamson of Greencastle. Grandparents of the future bride are James and Winnie Warren of Rockville, the late Fredrick Lientz and Betty Lientz of Clinton...
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Saline City truck, tractor pull is Saturday
(Community News ~ 06/29/14)
The Saline City, Indiana National Truck Pull & Tractor Pull is Saturday, July 5. Pulling begins at 6 p.m., weigh-in is 4 to 6 p.m. There is limited bleacher seating, so bring lawn chairs. For more information about the pull or rules, contact Greg Nicoson at 812-249-5903...
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Miller honored as Clay Building Trades unveils 40th home
(Local News ~ 06/29/14)
Don Miller never thought he'd have a street named after him. A charter member of Clay Building Trades, he was honored Sunday as the program unveiled its 40th student-built home on Harry Sherer Drive, which now intersects with the soon-to-be developed Don Miller Court...
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Medal of Honor: Ceremony marks heroic actions of more than a century ago
(Local News ~ 06/29/14)
The U.S. has issued more than 3,400 Medals of Honor since the award was created in 1861. Of those, only 193 were issued for actions during peacetime. U.S. Navy veteran Frank Ebenezer Hill is one of the select few to earn the award in peacetime for his heroic actions following an explosion aboard the U.S.S. Bennington while stationed in San Diego, Calif., on July 31, 1905...
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Firecracker 5K kicks off with a bang
(Local News ~ 06/29/14)
More than 100 people participated in the Firecracker 5K on Saturday. The event is part of the Rotary Club's annual 4th of July Celebration.
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