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Christmas Walk coming up in December
(Community News ~ 11/17/17)
Vigo County Parks and Recreation's Christmas Walk is set for Dec. 2, 4-9 p.m. at Fowler Park's Pioneer Village. Admission is free. "Walk through the village and visit our pioneer volunteers in their cozy 19th-century cabins," said Amber Slaughterbeck, naturalist. "For a small fee, enjoy carriage rides, crafts, hot drinks, and sweet treats. Stop into our Gift Shop for many homemade items."...
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Center Point church news
(Community News ~ 11/17/17)
Center Point United Methodist Church I must say this every year: Can you believe next Thursday is Thanksgiving?! It always seems to sneak up on me. How about you? Have you been looking forward to the holidays? If we truly celebrate the holidays, really remember what each one is all about, I believe we can all look forward to and enjoy them. ...
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During holidays, be extra vigilant about protecting financial data
(Local News ~ 11/17/17)
To help achieve your long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement, you should save and invest regularly. But that’s only part of the picture. You also need to protect your financial assets in various ways. One such method is guarding your personal information – especially any information that could be linked to your financial accounts. ...
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Darrell E. Williams
(Obituary ~ 11/17/17)
Darrell E. Williams, 69 of Brazil, passed away suddenly November 16, 2017 at his home. He was born July 22, 1948 in Clay County, the son of Herman and Mildred Schopmeyer Williams. He graduated from Van Buren High School, Class of 1966. He served in the U.S. Army from 1975-1979...
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Festival of Trees: Passing on the joy
(Local News ~ 11/17/17)
When Gary Baysinger, partner in STAG Enterprises, goes to the annual Festival of Trees each year, he bids on trees to win for a different reason than most of his fellow auction participants. He likes to help St. Vincent Clay Hospital Foundation by bidding on the trees, but he doesn’t plan to take one home to enjoy. ...
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SNAPSHOTS 2017 Festival of Trees
(Local News ~ 11/17/17)
Getting ready for the annual St. Vincent Clay Foundation’s Festival of Trees event at the Clay County 4-H Fairgrounds takes a group effort. Decorators and organizers were out early Saturday preparing the many magical holiday decorations for the benefit that night, including 10 full size trees, numerous wreaths and other types of decorations as well as many silent auction items...
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Piecing together unique gifts, history
(Local News ~ 11/17/17)
Historians believe quilting, piecing and the use of appliqué techniques have been around throughout history to create unique clothing, blankets and other items around the world. Today crowds of people with an appreciation of the ornamental designs created either by hand stitch or by the use of sewing machines flock to quilt shows...
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Local project provides hope beyond city limits
(Local News ~ 11/17/17)
A sewing project began in a local church has taken on an international flavor. In 2000, a group of ladies began the Sewing Seams of Hope project at First Christian Church. The purpose was to provide clothing for children in third world countries. Not long ago, Leah Schuch took the program to XI, the local chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honorary organization for women educators...
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Christmas Walk
(Local News ~ 11/17/17)
Vigo County Parks and Recreation’s Christmas Walk is set for Dec. 2, 4-9 p.m. at Fowler Park’s Pioneer Village. Admission is free. “Walk through the village and visit our pioneer volunteers in their cozy 19th-century cabins,” said Amber Slaughterbeck, naturalist. “For a small fee, enjoy carriage rides, crafts, hot drinks, and sweet treats. Stop into our Gift Shop for many homemade items.”...
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Holiday Coffee and Sock Drive
(Local News ~ 11/17/17)
The Wabash Valley Community Foundation would like to invite you to its annual Holiday Coffee and Sock Drive. They are collecting socks again this year to give to organizations in Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties that provide such necessities to others...
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Meet the new reporter
(Local News ~ 11/17/17)
Connie Adams is the newest member of The Brazil Times reporting staff. She grew up in Brazil and many people know her dad, Denzil Adams, retired educator and long time member of the Brazil Rotary Club. She has written two stories for The Brazil Times to date, her second story is published in this edition...
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Neglect case settled quickly
(Local News ~ 11/17/17)
Brazil man pleads guilty to Neglect of a Dependent. Shortly before noon on November 2, emergency responders were called upon to provide medical assistance to a Brazil man after he had passed out in the doorway of his apartment. A neighboring resident had witnessed the man collapse and called 911. The same resident had also discovered two young children wandering in the parking lot, who were later found to be the children of the incapacitated male...
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STAUNTON SCENE November 17, 2017
(Community News ~ 11/17/17)
The annual Staunton Community Center Craft Fair, organized by the Lady Volunteers, is going on today, Saturday Nov. 18, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free, and refreshments are available to purchase. This is a great opportunity to buy special Christmas gifts from a wide variety of vendors selling unique craft items...
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Slow down, yet keep awake. Are you watching?
(Community News ~ 11/17/17)
“Keep Awake, therefore, you do not know the day or the hour of the Lord’s return!” These are the words of Jesus as recorded in Matthew 25:13, where Jesus is reminding the disciples not to worry about His return, but to “keep awake!” How are you at keeping awake?? Isn’t it hard sometimes? I can remember as student the fatigue would come on so heavy, I put my forehead in my hand and pretended to write while catching a quick nap!!...
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Gospel group performing locally
(Community News ~ 11/17/17)
The McNeill Family Gospel Group is playing on 25 November, which is Turkey Weekend. They have a brand new album release of songs and hymns - and they will only be performing one show in our area before leaving again...
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CHURCH NEWS November 18, 2017
(Community News ~ 11/17/17)
Greetings from Pastor Marlin Betts and the Congregation of the Brazil Nazarene Church. We are located at 1002 E National Ave. Our phone number is 1-812-446-0371. We are on Facebook. This past Sunday we honored our Veterans. Thanks to all Veterans everywhere for serving their country,...
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COURT NEWS November 11-16, 2017
(Court News ~ 11/17/17)
The following filings were reported in Clay Superior Court during November 11-16, 2017: Stephen T Stapp - Request vehicle title LVNV Funding LLC vs Jacob McClelland Philip Sinclair vs Circle P. Saloon LLC Clay County School Corporation vs Macrea and Justin Mitchell, Kimberly and Eric Mullinix, Moira Nichols, Samantha and Steve Nichols, Sandra Gibson, Rose O’Neal...
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