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FRANKLIN – Franklin College has announced the president’s and dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester. Senior Alex Reinoehl, the son of Jon and Anna Reinoehl of Brazil, earned Dean’s List recognition. Students named to the dean’s list have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours with a grade point average of at least 3.5 but less than 4.0...

INDIANAPOLIS — To help Indiana schools and teachers celebrate Earth Day 2021, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is offering free virtual classroom presentations to students across the state. Every year, IDEM staff offer live presentations to discuss their careers and share STEM-based lessons on air, land, water, and recycling...

The regular meeting of the Alpha Omega Chapter, Delta Theta Tau Sorority, Inc. was held February 16, 2021 at 7pm on Zoom. The meeting was opened by Chapter President Shannon Loughmiller with Delta Opening Ceremony. Shannon called roll with 12 members present. Treasurer’s Report was read and will be filed subject to audit. All dues are current...

1853 Agricultural Society became Trotting Park Association During the Civil War, the Agricultural Society begun in 1853 at Center Point; it waned for a time, but the following year the accommodations on the ground were removed to Bowling Green, where several efforts were made to revive the interest and hold the usual exhibitions. However, very little was accomplished, and fairs were abandoned for a time...

The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) would like to alert tax professionals about a tax scam reported by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This scam is sent through email and impersonates the IRS in an attempt to steal Electronic Filing Identification Numbers (EFINs)...

“Eating high on the hog” is an expression which meant we are eating a very good meal. What could be better than a good Indiana corn-fed hog? The Oak Restaurant was a place to eat high on the hog with big boiled ham served with plenty of sweet fat for seasoning on the platter. The proprietors sliced the ham generously so that it hung out of a fresh, sweet bun, all for a nickel, was a remembrance of the popular restaurant. A sign in the restaurant read, “Eat Here or We Both Will Starve.”...

This morning I was admiring my beautiful amaryllis plant on the plant table by the window. The lily is almost in full bloom. I wondered how to care for the plant after the petals fall. While looking through my plant guides and gardening books; I came across a story I think you will enjoy...

Rotary Club of Brazil recently welcomed Brazil City Police Chief Clint McQueen (top photo) and heard an update from him about the police department’s recent move into the former Duke Energy building, along with the Water Utilities department. Club President Rob Dispennett (botom photo) also gave the Chief a check for a $500 donation to the police department’s “Shop With a Cop” program. The club has regular noon lunch meetings every Wednesday at Cilantro’s meeting & banquet room.

TERRE HAUTE – Ivy Tech Community College is launching monthly virtual information sessions to help individuals learn about tuition-free and low-cost career training. Sessions are open to anyone looking to skill up for a new career, including displaced workers, or those whose employment situation has changed due to the pandemic...

TERRE HAUTE – In 2021, Hamilton Center, Inc. commemorates its 50th anniversary. Founded in 1971, originally as Katherine Hamilton Mental Health Center, the organization has served communities and individuals across west central Indiana with progressive and community-focused behavioral health services...

INDIANAPOLIS – Military retirees and surviving spouses may experience a larger tax deduction from their military retirement funds this individual income tax season due to a 2019 Indiana tax law, advises the Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR). Gov. Eric Holcomb signed House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1010 in the summer of 2019 to allow eligible taxpayers to deduct up to $6,250 plus an additional 50% of their military retirement income or survivor’s benefits for the 2020 tax year. ...

The drum and fife were contemporaneous with the violin as musical instruments. Cabbage’s Grove was the scene of many picnics where fife and drum enlivened the occasions with stirring music. Decker’s Sheepskin Band was a noted combination dating back to the 1850s...

Thrive West Central, an innovative regional driver dedicated to enhancing community assets while improving the overall quality of life in West Central Indiana, announced the launch of Resilient, a regional recovery and resiliency plan to help our communities thrive...

DECATUR, Ill. — Chloe Hayes of Brazil was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2020 academic semester at Millikin University for attempting at least 12 credit hours with a minimum of a 3.5 GPA. The senior is majoring in musical theatre in the College of Fine Arts...

Images were caught recently of a roofing project at the home of a Brazil veteran, and at a Knightsville health care facility where friends, family members and community members decorated windows to brighten the day of residents.

Is your community working on a project that focuses on recycling and household hazardous waste (HHW) collection and disposal in Indiana? If so, they may be eligible for grant funding from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s (IDEM) Community Recycling Grant Program (CRGP)...

TERRE HAUTE — CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center is reopening to the public later this month. During the grand re-opening February 19-20, there will be many opportunities to see the changes, learn, shop and get free goodies! • “In Their Own Words: The Mengele Twins Tell Their Stories” is a brand-new interactive, digital exhibit that is ready for visitors to guide their own learning, listen to survivors tell their own stories, and build a connection to the history of the Holocaust...

The waiting time — a quiet world When snow is all about, No grass of green, no singing birds, No warmth without a doubt, It surely is the time between With winter dreams to share, A frosty morn, an evening cool, And snowflakes everywhere. February sometimes lends...

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) will start accepting filings for the 2021 individual income tax season on February 12, 2021, in concert with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Individuals have until April 15, 2021, to file both their state and federal income tax returns and pay any taxes owed...

From written information after the fact, it appears that Private Robert Gay of 71st Indiana Regiment, Company D was unnecessarily executed. Captain Thomas M. Robertson, wrote: “There was some talk at the time that an example was needed to deter soldiers from deserting, and that Gay, having no family and no relatives in the country, was a fit subject for such an example.” How appalling and horrible is that?...

Monday we celebrated our daughter Starla’s birthday. She was born January 25, 1959 at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, Calif. She moved back to Indiana last fall, after living away from home several years ago. Years passed, birthdays came and went since she celebrated the special time with us...

Huldah Long became associated with the first Mutual Telephone Company, forerunner of the Harrison Township Company, shortly after its inception. Huldah began her service with the first country system, which was merely a couple of lines installed by Dr. Henry Rufus Vandevier and some friends to take care of country residents back about 1890. There was not any switchboard, only two boxes in the wall in the Vandevier home, and Mrs. Vandevier took care of them...

The sun is shining this senior is feeling happy and thankful for living so many years on this earth and more; America. On Wednesday, we were glued to the screen watching the events in our nation’s capitol take place. It is a much different picture than we viewed several days ago, peaceful and beautiful...

GRADE 7 ACADEMIC DISTINCTION – Harper Dorta, Alex Edwards, Kambryn Rhodes, Emma Vansickle. HIGH DISTNCTION –Aiden Boyce, Liam Pair DISTINCTION – Keegan Neiswinger, Karlee Smith, Tessa Stagg GRADE 8 ACADEMIC DISTINCTION – Marlee Blankenship, Ethan Edwards, Adalynn Schopmeyer, Luke Swearingen, Connor Tucker, Amelia Withers...

FIRST GRADE ALL A’S: Abigail, Gibson, Abigail Greenwell, Jacob Greenwell, Sadey House, Lennon Sanabria, Haisley Smith ALL A’S & B’S: Eli Biddle, Matthew Fisher, Rylan Hood, Kinleigh Knight, Danika Roberts, Aniyah Shaw SECOND GRADE ALL A’S: Korra Boller, Paisley Davis...

Dear Editor: The CRADLES of Clay County, Inc. Board of Directors wishes to express their deep appreciation for the donations and support from individuals, organizations, agencies, churches and foundations. These generous donations and grants to this family learning ministry have made it possible to advance the mission of CRADLES which is to provide children with developmentally age appropriate learning experiences while providing parents with the support they need to further their education and/or continue in the workforce.. ...

Second Nine Weeks First grade All A’s: Katherine Allen, Lynlee Burns, Wyatt Gilbert, Juliana Jabbour, James Lodge, Elyse Powell, Lilah Scully, and Ava Solomon All A’s and B’s: Camden Haltom, Trey Montague, Bella Moody, and Sadie Wheeler Second grade...

Donaldsonville is now a memory! It was a small community of unpretentious homes with privies and coal sheds along the alleys at the back of the lots. It was six blocks long and three blocks wide. It was isolated from Brazil proper by Stout’s Furniture Factory on the west. ...

Grade 1 All A’s: Landry Booe, Toby Hofmann, Hadleigh Ludwig, Kace Okulovich, Jimmy Walters, Payden Brown, Aubree Camp, Nova Hummer, Matthew Jacobs, Khloe Reece, Ellie Reeves, Landon Scott, Sydney Steiner, Rylan Thatcher, Anna-Marie Vaught & Gannon Wines...

1ST Grade All A’s: Lillian Allen, Taylen Altepeter, Elliot Beasley, Autumn Canchola, Brandt Craft, Malayna DeWeese, Nora Graverson, Daxton Hansell, Naiya Hood, Tessa Horn, Lynix Horner, Charleigh Jones, Joseph Kinsey, Mayven McCoy, Josey Moore, Madyson Query, Cora Riddell, Reid Robinson, Emilee Saathoff, Felicity Stamp, Alexandria Straw, Mia Woodruff...

2nd Grading Period 1st Grade All A’s — Gavin Boling, Cole Cesinger, Logan Conder, Ivelynn Dyer, Lukas LeMay, Emmery Lorenze, Oakley Lorenze, Braelyn McGee, and Carson Oliver All A’s and B’s — Michael Brunett, Wendee Dickison, Blake Douglas, Nevaeh Ferrell, Oakleigh Lucas, Emma McCurrey, Noah Morris, Adalynn Porter, Isaac Staley, Cohen Vanatti, Karson Wells, and Landon Wheeler...

Grade 6 High Distinction —Alexis Eden, Peyton Esker, Evan Hoover, Jakub Jedynak, Tatom Lookebill, Ailia Mcvay, Shaydn Mullenix, Sophie Phillips, Ruth Price, Daniel Russell, Carlee Schrader, Raygen Stewart, Amelia Tony & Makayla True. Distinction — Isabella Bailey, Kayla Barnett, Abigail Burris, Kieleigh Burrows, Jayda Buza, Carlee Corona, Kamdyn Edrington, Lillian Escott, Lucinda Etling, Larry Faulk, Ava Frazier, Allyssa Frye, Mayi Graverson, Jensen Hayes, Mackenzie Heaton, Lily Hughes, Kennedy Hunsucker, Ashley Jones, Avery Kirkpatrick, Jaxton Lafary, Peyton Mccollom, Elijah Mckillop, Hadley Mcpike, Samuel Miller, Mia Modesitt, Gracelynn Patton, Kaden Riehle, Aidria Smith, Anna Smith, Sophie Swan, Sophia Tipton, Annie Trout, Lucas Whitman, Cash Willmore.. ...

1st Grading Period FIRST GRADE All A’s: Caitlin Olah, Alexandria Romas, Gannon Stearley, Madison Swearingen, Hess Beasley, Lilla Brown, Calista Compton, Allyson Murphy, Makenzie Sebastian, Bryson Sutherland, Oakleigh Wells, and Ella Whitman. All A’s & B’s: Wyatt Benskin, Kyliey Burk, Isabelle Gregory, Jase Hammond, Kayli Lucas, William Matthews, Ansley Myers, Kenzie Pflueger, Emme McCoy, Kallee Vanatti, Reese Clements, William Coffey, Chandler Knust, Khloe Lark, Hunter Ooley, EmmaLynn Roe, Kenzley Sciotto, Cree Staley, and Shaylee Warner.. ...

It has been said, “Age is just a number.” I was not sure what that meant years ago when folks spoke of the elderly in such a manner. Now I am elderly, 81 years of age, it is often said to me. I still embrace each day with fully felt ambition, a smile on my face and a song in my heart...

The current Center Point United Methodist Church began in a hewn-log building known at that time as Shiloh. On March 25, 1850, a small group of people met in Carrithers Township in Clay County for the purpose of electing trustees to receive a donation of land on which to build a meeting house for the Methodist Episcopal Church. ...

1st GRADE ALL As – Miley Edgell, London Hall, Kason Keith, Everleigh McGlaughlin, Chandler Westfall ALL Bs — Cecelia Gallion, Oliver Marks 2ND GRADE ALL As – Sarah Acre, Nalee Coil, Celia Parkins, Owen Smith ALL As & Bs – Cameron Barnes, Jazsper Moon, Szavanah Moon, Ryker Payne...

For end-of-the-year columns, it’s customary to recap the events of the past 12 months, usually highlighting a mix of the good and the bad. Because this year has been dominated by health, in particular COVID-19, and my beat is health, it seems fitting to reflect on where we are. Where we are is not good...

New Year’s Eve was rather low key for us. We watched TV, ate good food, sang “Auld Lang Syne” and waited for a blast from a shotgun or two and sparkling lights of fireworks to light up the night sky. We heard no fireworks and only one shotgun fired in the distance well before the hour...

2020 needed its own page. We usually recap each program as School Program, Summer Program and Christmas Delivery, but this year we thought 2020 needed a page of its own. This year it all has been different. If you are a stories person, please continue reading and skip the last part. If you are a numbers person, please skip the last part. If you are both, please be warned this is a rather long message. It is 2020 after all...

TERRE HAUTE – Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s free AskRose Homework Help service has received a $1.46 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to utilize expanding online technology to help middle school and high school students understand their math and science homework problems...

Many of us probably felt that 2020 lasted a very long time. But now that 2021 is upon us, we can make a fresh start – and one way to do that is to make some New Year’s resolutions. Of course, you can make these resolutions for all parts of your life – physical, emotional, intellectual – but have you ever considered some financial resolutions?...

Catharine (Veach) Robbins was the only daughter of a Clay County physician who served in the Indiana legislature. She was born in Staunton, Indiana, on October 13, 1903. She was a descendant of four generations of physicians and educators in the early days of the Midwest. ...

Contact info 5525 W. US Hwy 40, Brazil, IN 47834 Director: (812) 443-1177 Office: (812) 446-1717 http://mama.indstate.edu/mis/mis21/ Purpose It is our goal to direct the people to the Lord, to find love and purpose for their lives, and to make disciples of them as the Bible directs. ...

The future in 2021, a time of hopes and fear, highs and lows and who knows? So, do not be a maker of your own misery, think positively and forge ahead! If I were a ray of sunshine, I would brighten up your life every day. If I were a springtime breeze,...

Dr. Timothy Marion Weaver was born January 10, 1871, in Marshall, Illinois. He was the son of Henry and Percilla (Rardin) Weaver. During his childhood, the family moved to Clay County and located in Dick Johnson Township where he spent his early years on the family farm and received his elementary education at Beech Grove School. He then attended Brazil High School after receiving his diploma in the old Meridian Street School building...

This time I would like to share with you a beautiful Christmas story, a warm poem. Mama’s Christmas Miracle By Kathy J Parenteau Mama told me a story a long, long time ago, not like any that I had ever heard, all about a little girl mama used to know, but I remember every word...

Local history was made at 10:15 a.m., May 19, 1938, when Flying Postman Louis Lynch, a 16-year postal veteran, volunteered to pilot Brazil’s first airmail flight. He was accompanied by O. W. Jones, owner of a Waco 7-cylinder motor plane of Terre Haute, and left an alfalfa meadow of the Casassa Dairy Farm for Indianapolis Stout Field with the first airmail to leave Brazil...

I am seeing in various places where pet owners are searching for lost pets. It certainly would be nice if all lost pets could find their way home on their own or by an act of kindness. Hearts are broken every day. Wouldn’t it be good if no one mistreated or abandoned their helpless unwanted, so called “pets”?...

The Clay County Youth Food Program will be delivering two weeks of Christmas break food on Saturday to 795 children in 317 Clay County families. If you know a family in Clay County who could use a bit of help over the Christmas break for their children 18 years of age and younger, program administrators encourage those families to contact them either through their Facebook page ("Clay County Youth Food Delivery Program"), by e-mail at clayyouthfoodprogram@gmail.com or by calling the Clay County YMCA at (812) 442-6761.. ...

Brazil Rotary Club presents donation and 2020 scholarship awards.