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Huge crowd on hand for a 'Motivated for Morgan' county softball game
(High School Sports ~ 04/22/16)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Two county rival softball teams came together Thursday evening in front of hundreds of fans on hand to support the teams as well as come together for a special cause. Both Clay City and Brazil's communities came together to raise money for 10-year-old Morgan Sheese and her family. ...
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Dalton Shaw headed to IU-Southeast to play baseball
(High School Sports ~ 04/22/16)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview senior Dalton Shaw was hoping for the chance to be able to continue playing baseball and on Thursday afternoon it officially became a reality. Shaw signed his letter-of-intent to play collegiate baseball next season at Indiana University-Southeast...
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Big inning lifts Miners over Eels
(High School Sports ~ 04/22/16)
By Terry Schwinghammer For The Brazil Times LINTON -- Just as they did Saturday at Bloomfield, the Linton-Stockton Miners broke open a baseball game with a huge inning. Linton-Stockton exploded for eight runs and rapped out seven hits in the third frame and coasted to a 12-0 victory over Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foe Clay City at Roy Herndon Field Thursday...
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Children leave 'Handprints for Hope'
(Local News ~ 04/22/16)
It started out as a blank wall in Hamilton Center's Child and Adolescent Services building. Nothing much to look at except an expanse of standard neutral color not unlike any other office hallway. The children who are provided services in this building needed it to be more. With the...
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Knightsville Town Council meeting in special session Tuesday
(Local News ~ 04/22/16)
The Knightsville Town Council will conduct a special meeting on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Knightsville Community Center to approve a contractor for the water project and to repeal an ordinance for Stop sign on Tower Road at Chisholm intersection.
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5K to benefit CASA
(Local News ~ 04/22/16)
The 5th annual Wegener's Awareness 5K Run/Walk will benefit the Clay County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program. The event is set for 8 a.m. on May 21 at the Forest Park shelter located at the walking track. Early registration before May 1 is $20, $25 after May 1...
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Indy 500 historian Donald Davidson to speak at Chamber luncheon
(Local News ~ 04/22/16)
Mark your calendar for April 26th .Donald Davidson will be the guest speaker. Donald Davidson is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's historian since January 1998. He is believed to be the only full-time salaried historian for any race track in the world. ...
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Two Republicans seek to become Clay County Recorder candidate on May 3
(Local News ~ 04/22/16)
Two Clay County-born Republicans with strong roots in the community are vying for votes to be the party choice on the fall ballot for the Clay County Recorder's Office. The primary function of any city, county or state recorder's office is to maintain and preserve precise and permanent records of the public transactions of property from one owner to the next...
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COURT NEWS April 21, 2016
(Court News ~ 04/22/16)
CLAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE Superior Court The following filings were reported in Clay Superior Court during April 21: Small Claims Micki S. Buck and Jerry Buck vs Jeremy Phillips SAC Finance vs Joshua Brinson Criminal State vs Samuel P. Zurcher, 34: OVWI and OVWI with an ACE of .08...
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COURT NEWS April 21, 2016
(Local News ~ 04/22/16)
CLAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE Superior Court The following filings were reported in Clay Superior Court during April 21: Small Claims Micki S. Buck and Jerry Buck vs Jeremy Phillips SAC Finance vs Joshua Brinson Criminal State vs Samuel P. Zurcher, 34: OVWI and OVWI with an ACE of .08...
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Eels come up short of Golden Arrows in track meet
(High School Sports ~ 04/22/16)
Times Staff Report CLAY CITY -- Clay City came out in the runner-up spot in Thursday's three-way meet to Sullivan in both the girls and the boys' meets as Bloomfield placed third in each. The Clay City girls got a pair of individual wins from Alisha Steward, who won the 400 meters (1:03) and the 800 (2:35) while also teaming up with Chelsey Smith, Devon Fischer and Avee Jeffers to win the 4x400 relay in 4:51...
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Northview places second in three-way track and field meet
(High School Sports ~ 04/22/16)
Times Staff Report The Northview track and field teams came up second in a three-way meet against a couple of sectional opponents as Greencastle claimed the girls' team race and the West Vigo were the boys' winner. In the girls' meet, a deep and talented Greencastle squad dominated the competition, winning 11 of 16 events to score 101 team points. Northview got wins in the high jump and 200 meters from Eden Siples to place second with 34 points as West Vigo took third with 29 team points...
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Strauch to play college hoops at Salem International
(High School Sports ~ 04/22/16)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Clay City senior Travis Strauch didn't draw a ton of attention during his first couple of season on the Eels' basketball team. But the attention he did garner was from the right person. Strauch accepted an athletic scholarship to play hoops next year at Division II Salem International University in West Virginia after head coach Randy Unger saw him during a camp at Purdue University. ...
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CHURCH NEWS April 23, 2016
(Community News ~ 04/22/16)
St. John's United Church of Christ St. John's United Church of Christ will be hosting a community event entitled "Night of Praise". The event will be held at 6 p.m. on May 15th at the Church located at 3456 East State Road 42, Center Point. Ron Bridgewater, native of Brazil and currently the senior minister at East Columbus Christian Church, Columbus, will provide the worship leadership. ...
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STAUNTON SCENE: Saturday, April 23, 2016
(Community News ~ 04/22/16)
The town of Staunton will host a community-wide yard sale on Saturday April 30 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. A Facebook group was started to share a map of all the sites that will be participating. Here is the link to the group Facebook page, if you want to search for sites and items: (https://www.facebook.com/events/1562254417400792/). Not all the sales will start at 8 a.m., so be sure to check the map!...
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Ted Cruz to campaign Saturday in Plainfield, Lebanon
(State News ~ 04/22/16)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has scheduled his second visit to central Indiana in three days. The Cruz campaign announced Friday that the Texas senator will meet voters at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Oasis Diner in Plainfield, about 15 miles west of Indianapolis, then hold a 6 p.m. rally at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, about 25 miles northwest of Indianapolis...
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Tub Mace has his own field of dreams ... right here
(Local News ~ 04/22/16)
Call it a farmer's field of dreams. A hundred years ago John Butler bought 57 acres of land near Harmony on the National Road on June 3, 1916, and started farming. A hundred years later, his grandson, Tub Mace, has opened a farm implement museum on U.S. 40 on the homestead...
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Indy 500 historian to speak in Brazil
(Local News ~ 04/22/16)
"Ladies and gentlemen, mark your calendars!" On Tuesday at noon at the Clay County YMCA, Indy 500 historian Donald Davidson will be the guest speaker of the Chamber of Commerce. He has been the official Indianapolis Motor Speedway's historian since January 1998. He is believed to be the only full-time salaried historian for any race track in the world...
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John W. Metz
(Obituary ~ 04/22/16)
John W. Metz, 60, of Brazil, passed away at Union Hospital, April 21, 2016 following an extended illness. John was born January 16, 1956, in Clay County, Indiana the son of William Robert Metz and Velera Madge (Modesitt) Metz. He graduated from Van Buren High School with the class of 1974. Following high school he worked for Arketex Block in Brazil. He also worked at the Putnamville Prison and as a parts manager for Midland Implement, in Greencastle for many years...
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Richard Tabor
(Obituary ~ 04/22/16)
Richard Tabor, 92, passed away Friday April 22, 2016 at The Waters of Greencastle with his family at his side. He was born on September 17, 1923 in Brazil to the late Robert Delane and Teacia (Smith) Tabor. Richard graduated from Brazil High School and served his country during World War II in the United States Army and later in the Air National Guard. ...
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Christians get out of their pews and into their city
(Local News ~ 04/22/16)
On any given Sunday morning you can drive past a church building and see cars in the driveway. In the old days before air conditioning, when church windows were open, you might hear the congregation singing or the preacher preaching. If you drove past First Christian Church last Sunday morning, you might have asked, "I opened the doors, where's all the people?"...
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