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INDOT: $86M in federal funds available for local projects
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
Beginning April 14, the Indiana Department of Transportation will accept applications from cities, towns and counties for an estimated $86 million in federal transportation funding. In early February, INDOT awarded $86 million in federal transportation funding for local projects that would be bid beginning July 2016. ...
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Bowling Green School reunion set for April
(Community News ~ 03/25/14)
Bowling Green School reunion will be held at Center Point on Friday, April 25, at 6:30 p.m. Anyone who attended school is welcome even if you came only one day. There will be food, door prizes and lots of fellowship. Encourage your classmates to attend. We look forward to seeing everyone...
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Recent Rotary meeting features donation, speaker
(Community News ~ 03/25/14)
From left, Rotary Club of Brazil member John Earlywine and President Dr. Alicia Reed-Thomas present a $100 check to Kathy O'Leary McGinty, Clay County Humane Society shelter manager and animal control officer for the City of Brazil, at the March 19 Rotary Club meeting. Earlywine, who was given the 2013 President's Award was given the chance to donate $100 to a local nonprofit on behalf of Rotary and selected the Humane Society...
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James R. White Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/25/14)
James R. White Sr., 75, of Brazil, passed away March 25, 2014 at home with his family by his side following an extended illness. Jim was born July 16, 1938, in Terre Haute, Indiana, the son of Herschel and Mary (Lawson) White. He graduated from Brazil High School with the class of 1957. Jim worked for Farm Bureau Insurance for over 40 years. Following his retirement from Farm Bureau he received his real estate license and began working for Emmert GMAC as a realtor...
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Alleged bank robber appears in court
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
The Zionsville man police say robbed five banks in Indiana appeared in Clay Circuit Court on Tuesday on a single count of armed robbery. That alleged Class B felony offense is for robbing the First Financial Bank in Poland in 2012. He's also accused of committing three bank robberies in Montgomery County and one in Morgan County, allegations that will be handled in those respective county courts...
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Officials: Use caution this spring when burning
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
Local officials are urging caution to residents as they get out and clean up their yards this spring. Bryan Husband, Clay County Emergency Management Director, said it is very common this time of year for local residents to start small fires to get rid of debris such as grass clippings and tree limbs...
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April Fools' Day fast approaching
(Community News ~ 03/25/14)
The folks in the little blue house at the end of the road sure will be happy to move into warmer weather. Busy days, fun days and more holidays lie ahead. All Fools' Day fits well for all three of the aforementioned times. You, no doubt, will not be surprised to learn that I celebrate April Fools' Day, much in tradition of my Scottish ancestors equipped with joke and tricks handed down through the generations to my dad, Hugh Lynch Jr. and on to me...
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Auditions scheduled for Guys and Dolls musical
(Community News ~ 03/25/14)
Putnam County Playhouse has announced auditions for its first production of the 2014 season, the musical Guys & Dolls. The auditions will be at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre on Sunday, April 6, at 2 p.m. and again on Monday, April 7, at 3 p.m. Roles to be cast include Sky Masterson, a suave gambler; Sarah Brown, a member of the Save-A-Soul Mission; Nathan Detroit, a fast-talking con man; Adelaide, Nathan's showgirl sweetheart; and a large cast of other guys and dolls. ...
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ISU Spring Choral Concert previews Lincoln Center performance
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
Indiana State University's Spring Choral Showcase Concert is 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 28 in the University Hall Theater. It will feature the Women's Choir, Sycamore Singers, and Concert Choir. Admission to the event is free, and attendance by campus and community members is encouraged. For more information, contact the School of Music at 812-237-2771...
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Three Clay County natives make RHIT dean's list
(Community News ~ 03/25/14)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology recently announced the Winter Quarter Dean's List and it included residents from Clay County. On the list were sophomores Tyler Miller and Dillon Reynolds and senior Lauren Reberger. Miller, the son of Joe and Kimberly Miller, is a mechanical engineering major. Reynolds, the son of Bradley and Kim Reynolds, is a civil engineering major, and Reberger, the daughter of John and Jamee Reberger, is a biomedical engineering major...
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Knight wins indoor long jump title
(High School Sports ~ 03/25/14)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview senior Leanna Knight has had quite an eventful start to her 2014 track and field season. The standout jumper has already inked her letter-of-intent to compete for Div. II St. Joseph's University in Indiana next season. On Saturday, she added an indoor state championship to her already sterling track and field resume...
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Program designed to help locals lose weight, benefit charities
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
The Clay County YMCA is launching a community-wide challenge to promote healthy habits as well as collect donations for the Clay County and Clay City emergency food pantries. The program, "Lose a Pound, Give a Pound," aims to have individuals shed the pounds -- in groups or as individuals -- then donate whatever amount of pounds lost in food to local food pantries...
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Family says loved one killed in crash wasn't texting
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
Family of Brazil resident Darrel E. Meaden Jr., who was killed in a single-vehicle crash Friday on U.S. 40 in Putnam County, says their loved one was not texting when the crash occurred. Darrel Meaden Sr. told The Brazil Times on Tuesday that his family received word from a Putnam County deputy coroner that no text messages were sent around the time of the crash...
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Cracker-barrel session set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
State lawmakers are scheduled to appear at a cracker-barrel session scheduled for Saturday at the Bowling Green community building. The session, hosted by Clay County Farm Bureau from 10 a.m. to noon, will allow constituents to listen to and ask questions of lawmakers on a variety of topics...
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John David Megenhardt (1927 - 2014)
(Obituary ~ 03/25/14)
John David Megenhardt (1927 - 2014) John David Megenhardt passed away Monday March 24th, 2014. Better known as Daddy, Papa Davy or David, he was loved and respected by so many. David was born May 27, 1927, to Arndt and Moyne (Stantz) Megenhardt. David's mother passed shortly after his birth and his grandmother cared for him for two years. His father married Pauline Rea, who became David's mother and raised him as her own...
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