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Today's Features

  • Tell City museum's roots run deep

    Editor's Note: This is the first in an occasional series on the Tell City Historical Society Museum. Future installments will profile some of the museum's offerings and projects.

    The building located on the corner of Franklin and Ninth streets was the original site of the Tell City Public Library. This lot was donated to the city in 1916. With the aid of a $10,000 Carnegie Corp. grant, the library was built - the last such Carnegie library built in Indiana.

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  • Nice to meet you, Peter Cottontail

    South Perry Head Start students Heaven Wright, above, and Gavin Kendall, next photo, joined more than a dozen other classmates in Sunset Park Thursday for an Easter-egg hunt and meet-and-greet with none other than the Easter bunny.

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  • Winning show entries

    TELL CITY - The Tell City Regional Arts Association has released a list of winners honored at last weekend's fourth annual art show at the Schergens Center.

    "This year's show had the best work and largest number of entries since it was started," said Cheri Taylor, the group's president. "We received 335 entries - Perry Central with 101, Hancock County with 144, Cannelton with 10 and Tell City with 80."

    Winning entries are listed by category, with award, name of artist, abbreviated name of school and title of work.

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  • Crossroads church to hold Easter events

    PERRY COUNTY – Crossroad Community Church, between Magnet and Dexter, will host Easter services and an egg-hunt Saturday at the church. Thursday's issue had incorrectly published services for Sunday.

    Brother Voyles, minister, invites the public to attend the neighborhood Easter egg-hunt, meal and service. Activities will begin at noon.The events will held inside if it rains.

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  • The Forest Service's turbulent early years in Indiana

    Editor's note: This story was provided to The News by Teena Ligman of the Hoosier National Forest and was taken from the Historical Snapshots Installments.

    The Forest Service was established in Indiana in February 1935 after the 73rd Indiana Congress passed an Enabling Act. Four ranger districts, each managing a purchase unit, were established and land purchases began.

    By mid-1936 the Forest Service had about 35,000 acres in Indiana approved for purchase. The four districts were Pleasant Run, Lost River, Patoka and Lafayette ranger districts.

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  • Grandparents & Science
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  • Leader of the pack
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  • Families meet, reflect at crash site

    MILLSTONE - Relatives of victims of the Electra crash lined the circular sidewalk in front of the crash-site memorial Saturday afternoon to take advantage of an opportunity they never knew would come their way.

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  • Table of Blessings

    TELL CITY - A hot meal is only one of the blessings offered every Thursday evening at Evangelical United Church Christ, where a six-week-old program is drawing people seeking nourishment, fellowship and a sense of belonging.  Called Table of Blessings, the free meals are prepared by volunteers who extend an invitation to anyone who wants to join them, for meals and to assist in the planning and preparation. Though served in the church's fellowship hall and sponsored in part by Catholic Charities, the program is more community service than a church-sponsored

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