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A Perspective on Poverty
(Local News ~ 02/27/14)
More than 40 people gathered at the Clay County YMCA Thursday morning for a lesson in poverty. Jerry Laue, St. Vincent Clay Hospital Director, coached 14 mock families in the day-to-day tribulations associated with living at or below the poverty level during the Clay County Poverty Experience, a simulation created to bring awareness to the poverty experienced at a national and local level...
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812 area code users will be using longer numbers
(Local News ~ 02/27/14)
Telephone users in Clay County and elsewhere in southern Indiana's 812 area code should dial 10 numbers beginning Saturday. State officials are instructing them to include the area code any time they make a phone call, not just on calls to different area codes. Local calls without the area code will still work until early September to give people adequate time to adjust to the change...
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City to change the way it handles trash collection
(Local News ~ 02/27/14)
City officials are requesting the cooperation of local residents as it implements changes in regards to heavy trash and brush pick up. Brazil City Mayor Brian Wyndham said the city does not have the resources to collect heavy trash and tree clippings of private citizens on a regular basis. ...
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Getting started with your garden
(Column ~ 02/27/14)
The amount of daylight we are experiencing is increasing every day, possibly making you develop the urge to garden. Yet that might not be the best idea since our chances for frost are not over. On average, the last date for a frost, temperature at or below 32F, is between April 21 and April 30. ...
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Club News
(Community News ~ 02/27/14)
Tri County Extension Club The February meeting of the Tri County Home Extension Club met Feb. 18 at the home of Jane Williams with Claralou Thompson as her co-hostess. Julie Pell gave the blessing and a meal was enjoyed. Ruth Timm and Julie Pell won lucky plate and lucky napkin gifts. As a special interest, all enjoyed a tour of Jane's beautiful new home...
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FACT to host donation breakfast
(Community News ~ 02/27/14)
The Fontanet Action Community Team is hosting a donation breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon on March 8 at the Fontanet FACT Building. For more information, contact Annette Turner, 877-1093
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Women's Club to meet March 18
(Community News ~ 02/27/14)
The Christian's Women's Club of Terre Haute is hosting "March Into Spring" at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, in the MCL meeting room at Meadows Shopping Center. Music will be provided by Jackie Reeves of Terre Haute. The speaker will be Nancy Frable of Lindenhurst, Ill., discussing "Why Worry & Fret When You Can Have Inner Peace."...
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Terre Haute Veterans Expo is Saturday
(Community News ~ 02/27/14)
The Fourth Annual Terre Haute Veterans Expo will be Saturday at Stark Industries, located at Hulman Airport in Terre Haute. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development Veterans Employment Services Program and the Indiana Air National Guard 181st Intelligence Wing Family Readiness Program, in conjunction with Congressman Larry Bucshon, is sponsoring the event...
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Fire Runs
(Police Logs ~ 02/27/14)
The Brazil Fire Department responded to the following calls: On Feb. 15, at 9:59 a.m., firefighters were dispatched for an unresponsive male at the intersection of Hendrix and Vandalia streets. Firefighters began CPR on the patient. An ambulance responded from central Clay County, and firefighters assisted them in loading and transporting the patient to St Vincent Clay Hospital...
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Court News
(Court News ~ 02/27/14)
The following transactions took place at the Clay County Courthouse Feb. 25-26: Circuit Court State Criminal Charges Christopher Gene Mack, 31, 1: Driving while suspended Lolita Marie Griffith-Harney, 33, 1: Identity deception 2: Driving while suspended...
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Accident Reports
(Police Logs ~ 02/27/14)
The following accidents were investigated by the Brazil Police Department between Feb. 18-20: At 4:40 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, officers were called to the scene of an accident at the corner of U.S. 40 and Davis Street involving a 2007 Chrysler 300 Touring and a 1997 General Motors pickup...
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Brazil house fire causes extensive damage
(Local News ~ 02/27/14)
Firefighters were able to rescue three dogs from a burning home in Brazil on Thursday -- a blaze that resulted in minor injuries to both fire personnel and the home's two residents. The cause of the fire, which was first reported at 5:03 a.m. at a rental home on Mechanic Street, was electrical and it originated in the attic, according to Brazil Fire Chief Jake Bennett...
- Lots of Laughs (Local News ~ 02/27/14)
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