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TELL CITY - The Perry County Health Department, Indiana State Department of Health and Purdue University will have a tabletop exercise on pandemic flu today from noon to 3 p.m. in the Perry County Courthouse Commissioners Room.

The pandemic-flu scenario will help local agencies understand and plan for a worst-case scenario.

For more information call the health department at 547-2746.

Newspaper honored again for hard-hitting editorials

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Perry County News brought home five writing awards, including a first-place honor, from Friday's 2008 editorial awards luncheon sponsored by Landmark Community Newspapers Inc.

Winners were announced Friday at the conclusion of LCNI's annual editorial meeting. The Shelbyville, Ky.-based company owns The News and more than 50 other community newspapers.

Managing Editor Kevin Koelling won first place in the category for editorial writing.

Tell City Electric increases begin with July billing

TELL CITY - The Tell City Common Council approved an electric-rate increase Monday that will raise residential customers' monthly bills by an average of 7.1 percent this summer.

Tell City musicians miss gold by 1 point

TELL CITY - Tell City Junior High School musicians captured a silver award at an Indiana State School Music Association organizational festival Friday at Columbus East High School.

Of the three judges, "one gave us gold and two gave us silver," Music Director Barry Reasoner said Tuesday, "and the majority rules."

One of the judges awarding a silver rating said the seventh- and eighth-graders were only a point from earning gold, he added.