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COLUMN: Who lit the fuse? We do...

By ELIJAH BRYANT
Guest Columnist

Editor’s note: This column was written in response to a Thursday column by News Managing Editor Kevin Koelling titled “Who lit the fuse leading to the Big Bang Theory?”

I remember being in the fifth grade in Mr. Gibson’s science class. We had some time to work on a project and I happened to finish early, and thus led me to flipping through the pages of a worn out science textbook.

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Fishing tournaments bring $16...

By KEVIN KOELLING
Managing Editor

TELL CITY – Fishing tournaments bring millions of dollars to Perry County each year, Bev Minto told the county commissioners at a regular meeting March 3 at The Depot in Tell City.

The executive director for the Perry County Convention and Visitors Bureau said she met with tournament organizers, “and they sat down and figured out how many fishermen they bring in and what they spend … throughout the year.”

Perry Central’s defense stops...

By LARRY GOFFINET
Sports Editor

BOONVILLE—Perry Central built a 15-point lead late in the third quarter and used strong defense and rebounding to hold on for a 58-51 semifinal boys basketball sectional victory over North Posey Friday.
The 17-5 Commodores will play 13-9 Mater Dei for the title tonight at 7. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday night but was postponed because Mater Dei’s girls team was playing in the Class 3A state championship game then.

Do we root for the suits? To...

Remember the 1987 football season when the NFL used replacement players for three regular-season games during a player strike?
One NFL team owner then reasoned that they could get away with using the substitutes because “the fans root for the suits,” meaning that a Dallas fan is going to root for whoever wears a Cowboys jersey and a helmet with a star on it on Sunday afternoons.

COLUMN: Harsh winter has been...

By VINCE LUECKE
Editor

The winter nearly all of us want to see gone has been hard on just about everything, people, pets, livestock and most of nature’s other inhabitants.

One of many people’s favorite feathered friends, bluebirds, have taken a big hit, it seems. Two people have come to the News over the past week after finding several dead bluebirds in their birdhouses.

2014 recycling bills due by...

PERRY COUNTY – The 2014 Perry County Recycling Management District annual fee assessed to all home and business owners in Perry County are due Saturday.

Bills not paid or postmarked by the due dates will be considered late and a late fee of $20 will be added to the original $32, for a total of $52, according to Ken Smith, executive director for the district.

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THE TELL CITY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1971 will meet at 6 p.m. Feb. 27 at The Post restaurant. All are invited to attend.­

ST. MICHAEL’S ST. ANN SOCIETY will hold its first meeting of 2014 at 6 p.m. March 17 in Father Marendt Hall. Officers for the year are Mary Ann Wheatley, Kim Reed, Carla Hunter and Jane Zoll-Corley.

Students raise money for shelter

The students at Stepping Stones Preschool raised more than $289 for the Perry County Animal Shelter.

Over the course of two weeks, the students participated in “change wars.” Ms. Jonie’s group, pictured above, won an ice cream party for raising the most money. The children also made toys and a doghouse for the shelter animals.