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Today's News

  • Marriage Licenses-April 14,2011

    The following marriage licenses have been issued by the office of Fayette County Clerk and Recorder Terri D. Braun:

    Darren Ray Sullens
    Odin
    Donna Faye Simpson
    Odin
    Roger Lynn Mosley Jr.
    Vandalia
    Tara Joyce Rittis
    Vandalia
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    Anthony Leon Hebenstreit
    Ramsey
    Kendall Rae Washburn
    Ramsey
     

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  • Sheriff's Arrest Log-April 14, 2011

    • Daniel J. Durbin, 27, 304 N. Pine St., Apt. B, St. Elmo, was arrested on April 12 on an alleged violation of an order of protection. Bond was $5,000.
    • Ronald L. Patnode, 50, 1502 N. Eighth St., Apt. 15, Vandalia, was arrested on April 12 on a charge of pedestrian under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Bond was $120 cash.
    • Stetson W. Stokes, 19, RR 2, Brownstown, was arrested on April 11 on a charge of driving while his license is suspended or revoked. Bond was $1,500.

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  • Community Calendar

    Thursday, April 14

    ✔ TOPS IL 2490 will meet from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Ramsey. Weigh-in is from 9-9:30 a.m. For more information, contact Dovie Heaton-Bergin at 283-1729.
    ✔ TOPS IL 1872, Ramsey, will meet at the Christian Church in Ramsey. Weigh-in is at 6:20  p.m., and the meeting is at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Donna Morell at 423-2916.
    Friday, April 15

    ✔ Patoka Junior High School students will be observing Earth Day by helping to clean up the Patoka Park and Patoka Cemetery.

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  • Vandalia softball to play at home on Tuesday

    The softball game between Vandalia and Altamont scheduled for Tuesday, April 12, has been moved from Altamont to Vandalia.

    The game will be played at 4:15 p.m. at the fields between VCHS and Vandalia Elementary School.

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  • Willow Grove holding two meetings on Tuesday

    Martin Culik, senior project manager, announced that Willow Grove Carbon Solutions will be hosting two meetings for landowners in the Loudon area on Tuesday, April 12, in St. Elmo and Beecher City.

    The St. Elmo meeting will be held at 1 p.m. at the First Church of God at on North Walnut Street, while the Beecher City meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Kluthe Center.

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  • Church Briefs

    Living Way of the Cross is Wednesday
    The youth of Mother of Dolors Catholic Church in Vandalia invite the public to join them in praying "The Living Way of the Cross" next Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the church.
    The path of Jesus' suffering and death will be dramatized, with responses and a familiar hymn after each station.
    The "Via Delorosa" or "Sorrowful Way" is a centuries-old commemoration of the work of salvation that Jesus accomplished through his suffering and death.
     

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  • Evergreen Outreach-April 7, 2011

    By Joyce Mueller
    Finally, we have moved into the spring season. The days are longer; the songs of birds are heard; the fields will soon become dark patches for planting; and new life is all around us. Very soon, it will be Easter, and everyone attending Evergreen Outreach has expectations of the special afternoon presentations.
    This past Monday, we had a capacity crowd of 150 or more.

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  • Schumacher speaks at third Lenten Luncheon

    By Panzi Blackwell
    The fellowship room of St. James Lutheran Church was filled with the piano music of Richard Tucker as the guests  were entering, being seated and greeting friends at the third Lenten Luncheon on Wednesday, March 30.
    Mike Lewis, in the unavoidable absence of the Rev. Viktoria Halmagyi, welcomed those present, and invited them to join in singing  “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed.” Lewis asked the blessing for the meal.

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  • Ask yourself: Is it a conviction, or just a preference?

    Paratrooper! There is something about that word that still excites me today. “Back in the day,” it meant being different from the rest of the Army. You were no longer just an ordinary “straight leg” soldier – you were a paratrooper! You wore highly shined jump boots with your Class “A” dress uniform.  You wore the highly coveted “silver jump wings” on your chest. And you wore the beret! Of course, now everyone in the Army wears a beret.

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  • Frogtown News

    By Belinda Harpster

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