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Income tax to be raised to pay for dispatch services
(Local News ~ 08/06/19)
The Clay County Local Option Income Tax (LOIT) will be raised by one-tenth of 1 percent starting Oct. 1 to fund Clay County emergency dispatching services. The ordinance raising the LOIT was passed on second reading by the Clay County Council Monday night as three members of the Brazil City Council, Shane Litz, Roy Kellar and Steven Bell, sat in the audience...
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Trustees meeting in time for the first week of school
(Local News ~ 08/06/19)
The Clay Community School Board of Trustees meeting will be Thursday at the Central Administrative Office, 1013 South Forest Avenue, Brazil. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. In preparation of the new school year, the board will consider revisions to the various handbooks, including those for classified personnel, school bus drivers, and secondary student’s regarding the new Chromebooks...
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Betty Joan Bain
(Obituary ~ 08/06/19)
Betty Joan Bain, 92, of Reelsville, Indiana passed away at Mill Pond Health Campus on August 4, 2019 following an extended illness. She was born on September 12, 1926, in Brazil, Indiana the daughter of Willis and Elizabeth (Walden) Mercer. She graduated from Van Buren High School. ...
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Rita J. Fritsch
(Obituary ~ 08/06/19)
Rita J. Fritsch, 95 of Brazil, passed away August 6, 2019 at 4:28 am at Union Hospital. She was born November 28, 1923 in Brazil, the daughter of Lee J. Deal and Elizabeth Mathis Deal. She graduated from Brazil High School, Class of 1942. While in high school, she was a Princess on the homecoming court her freshman year, and then as a Senior, she was the homecoming Queen. ...
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Ivy Tech to host information session on ways to help pay for college
(State News ~ 08/06/19)
TERRE HAUTE – Ivy Tech Community College will host an event for prospective students to learn about ways to help pay for college on Tuesday, August 13 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. at Ivy Tech Terre Haute, at 8000 S. Education Drive. Attendees will learn about financial aid, grants, free career training funded by the Indiana Workforce Ready Grant, and scholarships...
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Red Cross and Partners Reach 26 Lives Saved in Indiana Through Home Fire Campaign
(State News ~ 08/06/19)
INDIANAPOLIS —The Indiana Region of the American Red Cross, with the help of its partners, reached at least 26 lives saved in Indiana through the national Red Cross Home Fire Campaign. Since its launch in 2014, the Home Fire Campaign saved at least 610 lives across the country and made more than 770,000 homes safer through efforts to reduce deaths and injuries from home fires, which take an average of seven lives each day in the U.S...
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Results of Sunday's Brazil Open golf tournament
(Community Sports ~ 08/06/19)
Chris DeHart was the championship flight winner in the Brazil Open which concluded Sunday at Forest Park. DeHart had rounds of 65 and 60 to finish with a 17-under-par score of 125. Michael Moore took second with 136 and Justin Hopkins third at 137. “That was the first tournament win for Chris,” Troy Farris told the Tribune-Star. Farris placed fourth with 138, finishing with a round of 66 on Sunday...
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Golf Scramble Fundraiser for CRADLES of Clay County
(Community Sports ~ 08/06/19)
CRADLES of Clay County invites all area golfers on Aug. 23 for the 6th Annual Golf Scramble at the Forest Park Golf Course in Brazil. This will be a four-person format, but singles, doubles or triples may register. Registration includes lunch, green fees and a cart. ...
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The Traffic Signal at US 41 and Woodsmall Drive will be Activated Thursday
(State News ~ 08/06/19)
VIGO COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces the traffic signal at U.S. 41 and Woodsmall Drive will be operational on Thursday, August 8. Crews will activate the signal around 10 a.m. INDOT urges motorists to be attentive to the new traffic signal at this intersection...
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BRAZIL BUZZ: School days are back again
(Community News ~ 08/06/19)
It is nice to look out of our patio doors and see Brownsburg High School backing session again. The parking lots are filled to capacity with their vehicles. New construction is moving along, on and ahead schedule. The school will not need to bus some students to temporary classrooms elsewhere...
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CLAY COUNTY THROUGH THE YEARS: From Hendrix to Stunkard Brothers
(Community News ~ 08/06/19)
Brazil was host to a constant stream of wagon trains, making the trip from the east to St. Louis and other western destinations. Wagons of every description and condition were pressed into service in this great migration. It is no wonder that many were forced to stop along the wayside to make repairs on their failing means of travel. The need for these repairs and new wagons gave rise to Brazil’s only wagon and carriage plant that was in operation...
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