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Editor’s Note: This Mother’s Day tribute was provided by Randy Lindauer of Troy for his mother, Shirley Ann Lindauer.

Dear Mom,

I’ve wanted to write a letter to you for some time, and I figure Mother’s Day is the perfect opportunity to stop procrastinating. While the words are long overdue, the sentiments are not new to my mind or heart.

... was the instruction emblazoned across T-shirts of the 81 participants of a 4-H color run by the same name Sunday at Tell City’s Sunset Park.

Another 20 volunteers were also involved, and among them were members of 4-H Junior Leaders who worked to comply with the instruction by throwing colored powder.

Admission to the two-mile walk-run event cost a canned-food or cash donation. Cathy Boerste, Purdue extension director and 4-H youth development educator, said four big boxes of food and $61 were collected.

TELL CITY –  Friends of Ed Whitcomb, a committee formed to honor the former governor of Indiana, has announced its future plans.

Donations are being solicited in order to commemorate Ed and his wife, Evelyn’s, lives and time spent in Perry County. The money will be used to purchase a bust of Whitcomb identical to one that resides in the Statehouse in Indianapolis and was sculpted by Greg Harris of Cannelton.

The bust will reside at the Tell City Depot, home of the Perry County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

By KEVIN KOELLING
Managing Editor

Now under construction behind its courthouse, the county’s new jail will move the county from having a Mayberry-level facility to one that is state-of-the-art, County Sheriff Lee Chestnut said March 13, making reference to a television show broadcast from 1960 to ’68.

The current jail in Cannelton was built in 1965.

The sheriff provided the News a tour March 13 of what some are calling the Perry County sheriff’s office and detention center.

Saint Patrick’s Day is a beloved holiday regardless of a person’s ethnic background. Whether you or your ancestors hail from the Emerald Isle, everyone is Irish come Saint Patrick’s Day, when celebrations that offer music, food and beverages combine to make for a festive event.

By CHUCK POEHLEIN
Guest Columnist

Successful people are always looking for an opportunity to help others. And for some that can start at an early age. For Tell City resident B.L. “Louie” Heitkemper, it started at the age of 12 dabbling with a hand-cranked printing press his father bought him. Plunging himself into that endless vat of printer’s ink, Heitkemper learned the printing art through experience, followed his patriotic instincts and later served his community beyond the call of duty.

TELL CITY – St. Paul Boy Scout Troop 192 will sponsor its annual fish fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday 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.

Tell City First United Methodist will offer an Ash Wednesday service will be held at Tell City First United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. March 5.

Bible study, youth and choir will not be held that evening but the youth and choir will be part of the service.

TELL CITY – The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Perry County will host a kickoff event at 5:30 p.m. today, at Tell City Moose Lodge.

The kickoff will honor cancer survivors and caregivers and will feature information about how the community and residents have benefitted from the funds raised at Relay For Life.

Those interested will also be able to register to participate for the overnight event to be held June 14 and 15, beginning at 2 p.m. at Perry Central Community School Corp. and the school track.