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A little more than two months after a county electoral board ruled that a Greenville attorney could not run as the Republican candidate for states attorney in November, it is being asked to determine whether he may run as an independent candidate.

Not only is that Greenville attorney willing to fight for the right to be on the November ballot, but he is also alleging that the incumbent states attorney has abused the power of his office in an attempt to keep him off the ballot.

A barbecue to raise funds for the Vandalia Community High School marching band will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday on the parking lot of the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Mattes Ave. The proceeds will be used to pay the band's expenses related to its performance in the Outback Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Fla., on New Year's Day 2009.

Instead of changing the law governing parking along Gallatin Street downtown, a Vandalia City Council committee has decided that the city will enforce the law currently on the books.

And the Vandalia Police Department plans to begin stricter enforcement of that law on July 1.

That law limits parking on Gallatin Street between Third Street and Sixth Street to two hours, 24 hours a day.

Contrary to rumors that were circulating in the community late last week, Orgill Inc. has not yet determined where it will build a new distribution center.

That means that Vandalia is still in the running for that center, which will measure about 700,000 square feet and employ up to 350 people.

It also means that the company has not yet decided to close its distribution center on Veterans Avenue, which employs about 140 people.