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Marksmen Royalty

Tell City Junior-Senior High School crowned its basketball homecoming king and queen during Friday’s game against Heritage Hills High School. Pictured are King Grant Sanders and Queen Emily Olberding.

EDITORIAL: New education...

An effort to put together new academic standards for Indiana schools continues, as does the move away from Common Core State Standards.

The Indiana State Board of Education is working to develop kindergarten-through-12th grade standards for Indiana separate from Common Core. Our desire is that the standards be challenging and realistic. But just as the old saying goes that a camel is a horse designed by committee, danger exists for the workability of the standards the state board is amassing.

Where Congress falls short ......

Lee Hamilton
Center for Congress

At a public gathering the other day, someone asked me how I’d sum up my views on Congress. It was a good question, because it forced me to step back from worrying about the current politics of Capitol Hill and take a longer view.

Coming Events

Health fair Friday at TCJSHS
TELL CITY – The Tell City Junior-Senior High School will hold a school-wide health fair from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday in the auxiliary gym. There will be many assorted activities as well as booths that will offer information on health and wellness. Free giveaways are available as well as prize drawings. The community is welcome to attend.

Council to host Air Evac program

EDITORIAL: Another step forward...

Word of rental-housing tax credits awarded last week to a future project in downtown Tell City is good news for our community and Perry County. A healthy vibrant downtown is what every city needs and for Tell City, the multimillion project known as River Pointe will bring not only development and construction jobs to the city, but people.

Community Events

St. Meinrad VFD fundraiser Sunday
ST. MEINRAD – St. Meinrad Volunteer Fire Department will hold a Thirty-One Gifts fundraiser at 1 p.m. Sunday at the firehouse meeting room. New Thirty-One items will be available as well as refreshments and door prizes. Products for sale can be viewed online at www.mythirtyone.com/roseklem. For more information, contact an independent senior consultant at (812) 630-6769 or send email to scheller_r@yahoo.com.

Rome VFD chili supper March 8

Living Bread Food Pantry to...

TELL CITY – Living Bread Food Pantry, operated by the Tell Street Baptist Church, will close its doors Friday following 11 years of service to the community.

According to director Michael Rounds, the decision to close came after the church board voted to no longer allow the food pantry to continue its operations.

Scouts to host fish fry

TELL CITY – St. Paul Boy Scout Troop 192 will sponsor its annual fish fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m. March 7 at the St. Paul parish hall. Both dine in and carryout will be available. Proceeds will benefit the boys’ summer camp and necessary equipment for the trip. Cost of the meal is $7 for adults and $5 for children 10 and younger. The meal is all-you-can-eat. For more information, call Janet Damin at 547-7451 in the evenings.

Run For Kids’ Sake 5K Saturday

TELL CITY – The Run For Kids’ Sake 5K, Big Brothers Big Sisters first annual fun run-walk, will be held Saturday. Organizers invite the community to participate in this family-friendly event. Runners and non-runners are welcome and all money raised directly benefits children and families in Perry and Spencer counties.

The race will begin and end at Everbody’s Fun and Fitness Center, 710 Fulton Street in Tell City. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the race will begin at 9 a.m.

Rural News

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BY MARY S. SOMMER, News Correspondent, Phone 719-8423 —Sunday, Feb. 16, Carl and I visited with his sister, Marie Poehlein, at the Golden Living Center Nursing home. She wasn’t feeling very well that day though. The residents were asking when we would be back to play music and we told them the following Wednesday. Little did we know it would be canceled. My brother, Ramon Thomas, plays the lead and wasn’t able to play so we had to cancel. Sorry about that and hope he gets better.