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By VINCE LUECKE
Editor

TELL CITY – Tell City Troy-Township students did not disappoint in the 2013 Indiana Academic Super Bowl State Finals. Students followed up their winning ways at area competitions by placing in the top ranks statewide.

Tell City Junior High School Academic teams competed in Class 3 of a statewide competition held April 27 at Evansville North Junior High School.

TELL CITY – The Tell City Water Department is sending out its annual consumer-confidence reports this week, said Superintendent Dale Poole.
The report is mandated by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and must be sent each year to water customers.
It informs customers of the quality and status of the water.
Customers who don’t receive a copy may pick one up at the water department office in City Hall.

PERRY COUNTY – A hand-made hall chair being raffled to help a police dog can be viewed next to the entrance to the Freezer Café on Main Street in Tell City.
The Humane Society of Perry County purchased a $1,000 police-car alarm that will alert an officer if the vehicle becomes too hot or cold for a dog waiting inside.
The Humane Society of Perry County made the purchase, then launched the raffle to replenish the funds they spent.

More than 100 William Tell Elementary grade-schoolers and their parents packed the school's parking lot for the fifth William Tell Elementary Triathlon Saturday. The event, which featured running, biking and swimming, was offered at no cost to any William Tell Elementary student in grades 1-6. Numerous family members also ran or biked with students.  All participating students were given a free T-shirt, fruit, water bottle, sack lunch and pool party.

PHOTOS: Stuart Cassidy and Wendi Rich, William Tell Elementary School