Stories from Thursday, June 30, 2005

Lilly Endowment has opted to renew the Clay County CAPE Grant through an $800,000 extension to continue the efforts to offer every citizen in the community a chance to better their lives through literacy. The grant will be paid in a lump sum in September 2005 to the Clay Community School Corporation, which manages the distribution of the funds...

"This is the place to be if you live in Brazil," Rotary President Sam Glover said Wednesday. People from all over the area are visiting the 70th Annual Brazil Rotary Club's 4th of July Celebration at Forest Park this week. The celebration, with several lines of anxious daredevils waiting at the rides and many of the musical and variety shows with standing room only to see the performers nightly, has more excitement on the way Friday...

Edie Campe photos Parked at the desolate end of Brazil's Wal-Mart parking lot on Wednesday, you could find the car of Wal-Mart's soon-to-be retired Assistant Manager Jerry Price. The Buick LaSabre was barricaded in and covered with toilet paper by employees. The culprits are pictured from left to right: Jordan Moran, Will Woolery, Patrick Lang, Andy Greenwood and Ashlee Morrison...

Ivy Herron photo A sudden rain shower didn't slow down the festivities as The Van-Dells brought down the house with the crowd pleasing favorite "Shake, Rattle and Roll" during their concert last night at the 70th Annual Brazil Rotary Club's 4th of July Celebration at Forest Park Pavillion...