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Homers propel Raiders past Perry...

By LARRY GOFFINET
Sports Editor

BRETZVILLE—Southridge scored five runs on two homers to beat Perry Central 6-4 in the first round of their Class 2A girls softball sectional Tuesday.
Perry Central led 2-1 going into the bottom of the fifth inning. But Kassidy Mundy singled to left field and with two outs Kendyl Dearing hit a high fly ball that barely cleared the left-field fence for a two-run homer.
Shelby Kippenbrock led off the next inning with a single up the middle and Kayley Main followed with a single to right.

Basket weaving class June 1 at...

ROCKPORT – The Lincoln Pioneer Village in Rockport will host a basket-weaving class from 9 a.m. to noon June 1 as a part of First Saturday events held at the village.
Participants will be able to make 7-inch tall, wood-base baskets with a 7-inch diameter and handle. Cost for the cost is $15 per person and registration is required.
To sign up, call the village at (812) 649-9147 by May 27. Entrance to the village is free to Spencer County residents the first Saturday of the month.

Memorial Day Preparations

His baseball cap drawn down to block the sun, Corey Waninger marks the graves of deceased veterans with flags Tuesday as part of a annual project by Troop 192 Boy Scouts. The early-evening work in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Tell City was to be followed by a similar rite in Greenwood Cemetery Wednesday. Members of veterans groups will conduct graveside services across the county Sunday and Monday to mark the holiday. A joint American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars service is planned for noon Sunday in City Hall Park. 

Braves bop Cannelton in sectional

DUBOIS—Tiffany Summers threw a one-hitter as Tecumseh beat Cannelton 23-0 in the first round of the Class A girls softball sectional Monday.

PAD, AAA, stroke combination...

JASPER – To bring more awareness to cardiovascular diseases, Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center is sponsoring a combination Peripheral Artery Disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm and stroke screening May 29 and May 30 at Memorial Cardiovascular Services, 440 Scott Rolen Drive in Jasper.
These screenings allow individuals with certain risk factors the opportunity to assess their health status.  The screening takes about an hour to complete and appointments are scheduled between 8 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. A

Perry Central grads’ eyes on...

By VINCE LUECKE

Carter offers research to...

TELL CITY – The president of the local Humane Society chapter addressed the Perry County Council April 25 to offer research he said shows the county needs to employ more sheriff’s deputies.

No TC players make All-PAC

By LARRY GOFFINET
Sports Editor

FERDINAND—No Tell City players were named to the All-PAC girls softball team elected by conference coaches Sunday.
Tell City senior first baseman-shortstop-pitcher McKenzie Hayes was the highest vote-getter among those receiving honorable mention as a utility player on the team.
Had she made the team, she would have joined Krista Blunk as the only Tell City girl to make all-conference in three sports in one school year.

Bridge reconstruction begins at...

ROCKY POINT – Memorial Day travelers en route to or passing through Rocky Point accustomed to stopping and looking before crossing a bridge on Indiana 66 will now have a stoplight navigating them through the construction zone. 

Tell City robotics team places...

TELL CITY – The Marksmen Robotics team shined in both technical and oral presentation skills in the VEX Robotics Competition in Evansville March 16.  The competition, sponsored by the Alcoa Foundation and Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, was held on the college’s Southwest Campus. Broken into two separate, but equally scored sections of competition, Tell City’s team placed second overall out of the 25 southern Indiana teams competing.  

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