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  • Patoka, St. Elmo and South Central to play for regional titles

    The Patoka, St. Elmo and South Central High School volleyball teams will all be playing for regional championships on Saturday.

    Patoka, the No. 3 seed in the Raymond Regional, will face No. 1 Raymond-Lincolnwood at Raymond-Lincolnwood High School at 2 p.m. The Warriors defeated No. 6 Mt. Olive and No. 2 Morrisonville to advance on Thursday.

    St. Elmo, the No. 1 seed in the Strasburg Regional, will face No. 2 Neoga at Stewardson-Strasburg High School at 5 p.m. The Eagles defeated No. 8 Brownstown and No. 5 Stew-Stras to advance on Wednesday.

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  • Reunion - Porter

    The Porter reunion was held on Sept. 19 at the American Legion Home in Shelbyville, with 49 present.
    It was decided to hold the reunion at the same place next year. Officers elected were: president, Sam Sims; vice president, Joe Martin; and secretary, Terry Martin.
    The afternoon was spent taking pictures, visiting and playing games.
    Those present were:
    From St. Elmo: Lavern Buff; Tony, Lisa and Andrea Koberlein; Matt, Becky and Matison Koberlein; and Terry and Joe Martin.

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  • Birth - Trivitt

    Joshua James William Trivitt
    James Trivitt and Dana Kirkland of St. Elmo are the parents of a boy born on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2010, at St. Mary’s Hospital in St. Louis.
    He weighed 4 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 17 inches long. He was named Joshua James William Trivitt.
    He has two brothers, 4-year-old Michael and 3-year-old Daniel,  and one sister, 1-year-old Danna.

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  • Birth - Wollin

    Aunika Kaylee Wollin
    Tony and Heather Wollin of Vandalia are the parents of a girl born at 9:24 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
    She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 20½ inches long. She was named Aunika Kaylee.
    She has one sister, 14-year-old Autumn Kay.
    Grandparents are Kay Kistler and the late Wayne Kistler, and Earl and Dee Wollin, all of Vandalia, and David and Kay Ennen of Greenville.
    Great-grandparent is Maggie Davis of Vandalia.

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  • Anniversary - Verdeyen, 30 years

    Mike and Emma Verdeyen of Altamont are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary on Oct. 31, 2010.  They were married at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Vandalia, by the Rev. James Schroeder. 
    Parents of the couple are Esther and the late Loren Stine of Brownstown, and Henry and Dorothy Verdeyen of Altamont.  The couple has two daughters, Megan (Devin) Althoff of St. Joseph and Molly Verdeyen at home.
    They also have one granddaughter, Loren Althoff.

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  • Four Generations - Emerick Family

    Four generations of the Emerick family are shown here. From left to right are Gabe Emerick, father, holding Preston and Ryker Emerick; Larry Emerick, grandfather; and Frank Emerick, great-grandfather.

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  • Anniversary - Price, 50 years

    Ronald and Mary Lou Price of Vandalia celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by renewing their wedding vows at First Baptist Church of Vandalia, followed with a dinner hosted by their children.
    Ronald and the former Mary Lou Dean were married on Nov. 4, 1960, in Quincy.
    They have three children: April Homes, Angela Graves and Brian Price.
    They have eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

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  • Halloween Spooktacular

    Vandalia Main Street held its Spooktacular Saturday on Saturday in downtown available. In the first photo, Linda Kelly of the Evans Public Library staff, right, reads Halloween stories to a group of children. In the second photo, JoAnna Helm, owner of Word, Wicks and Wood, hands out candy to some of the children trick-or-treating at downtown businesses.

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  • 2010 Electoral Candidate Profiles

    Sheriff Candidate - Aaron Lay (R)

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  • Book a look into the past

    Betty Miller recently presented the Friends of the Brownstown Branch Library with a photo album that holds a part of Brownstown’s history, a part of her late husband’s legacy.
    It is inscribed: “Presented to the Brownstown Branch Library, Aug. 24, 2010; Celebraton Memorial of the 125th Anniversary of Brownstown, June 24-25, 1995, Brownstown, Illinois,”  presented by the family of Mayor Jesse Miller, Betty, Julia and Ted.”

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