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Ten educators join Cannelton, Tell City, Perry Central staffs

PERRY COUNTY - The students and staffs at Cannelton City Schools, Tell City-Troy Township School Corp. Schools and Perry Central Community School are welcoming new teachers and administrators. Here is a short bio for Perry County's newest educators.

CANNELTON CITY SCHOOLS

Eric Harris

A 2007 graduate of the University of Southern Indiana with a bachelor's degree in secondary education, Eric Harris isn't new to Cannelton High School.

Did we kill 90 civilians in Afghanistan, 60 of them children, or only five?

If it was only five, can we justify their deaths by the need to kill 25 militants, as we claimed?

The "we" in these questions refer to we Americans. We enjoy a representative form of government, meaning decisions like waging war belong to all of us. And when we decide, or let our representatives decide on our behalf, to go to war, we share the responsibility that decision carries.

If our representatives go beyond serving our interests, that's our responsibility, as well.

TELL CITY - The Tell City-Perry County Public Library computer lab will be closed Wednesday and Thursday so PC Cop, a computer-access software, can be installed. Starting Friday all residents in the TC-PC library district must have a library card and less than $3 in fines in order to use the computers and are limited to two hours per day.

TELL CITY - The Orscheln Farm and Home Store in Tell City will sponsor a photo contest to raise money for the Humane Society of Perry County.

Employee Sarajane Damin said a wild-bird photography contest will be conducted Sept. 14-21. Each photo submitted with a $1 entry fee will be attached to a container in the store, and people can vote by dropping money into the container of the photo they like best, she said. Prizes will be awarded for most money raised and for the best photo.