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Today's News

  • Brownstown gets 4th at Turkey Tourney

    Brownstown had the best finish among area teams at the Ramsey/Mulberry Grove Super Turkey Tournament last week.

    The Bombers finished 2-2 to place fourth at the tournament, earning wins against Mulberry Grove and Odin and losing to Sandoval in pool play and Christ Our Rock, 50-47, in the third-place game.

    Sandoval was the eventual tournament champion, defeating Cowden-Herrick in overtime, 75-66.

    Mulberry Grove defeated Patoka, 45-39, to place fifth, and Ramsey beat Odin, 63-52, in the seventh-place game.

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  • Prep scores and schedules (Dec. 1)

    Boys Basketball
    Tuesday, Nov. 29
    Sandoval 58
    Brownstown 46
    BHS: 11-9-11-15—46
    SHS: 15-9-9-24—58
    Points: Austin Hunter, 18; Colten Hunter, 18; Jacob Behrends, 4; Eric Gurtner, 4; Matt Sefton, 2.
    Record: 2-3

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  • Rotary's Christmas Parade is Saturday

    Santa Claus will be welcomed into Vandalia this Saturday as he will participate in the annual Vandalia Rotary Christmas Parade.

    The parade begins at 10 a.m. at the Fayette County Courthouse parking lot and travels east on Gallatin Street to Fourth Street, where it turns south and disbands at the First National Bank parking lot.

    Santa, however, will continue to Lincoln Park, where he will be available to talk with children in the park’s gazebo from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

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  • Olde Tyme Christmas
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  • School Menus

    BROWNSTOWN
    Elementary
    Breakfast
    Monday, Nov. 28 – Choice of cereal, toast and jelly.   
    Tuesday, Nov. 29 – Uncrustable peanut butter and jelly.
    Wednesday, Nov. 30 – Choice of cereal, toast and jelly.   
     Thursday, Dec. 1 – Choice of cereal and doughnut.   
    Friday, Dec. 2 – Choice of cereal, toast and jelly.
    •Milk and juice or fruit offered daily.
    Lunch

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  • Honor Rolls

    The Regional Office of Education No. 3 Alternative Education Programs have announced their honor rolls and perfect attendance for the first quarter.
    Student who earned a B average or better were named to the honor roll.
    New Approach Alternative High School
    Honor Roll

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  • TV Donated to FCH LTC

    Nick Piazza recently honored his late wife, Jean, by giving a 32-inch, flat-screen television to Fayette County Hospital Long Term Care for use by the residents there.

    Piazza, second from right, was, in turn, presented a plaque of appreciation by the facility’s Families That Care organization. Pictured with Piazza are, from left, Tawnya Stout, LTC activities coordinator; Edie Haseley, president of Families That Care; and Gay Aukamp, member of Families That Care.

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  • Rotary Honors GFWC Vandalia Womens Club

    The GFWC Vandalia Womens Club, which has been active in Vandalia since 1913, was recently recognized by the Vandalia Rotary Club for its assistance with the Vandalia Rotary Club’s bi-monthly blood drives.

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  • Schaal & Associates to hold open house

    Schaal and Associates Real Estate of Vandalia will be hosting a customer appreciation open house on Friday, Dec. 2, from 3-7 p.m.
    The event, which is to say thanks to past and present clients, will be held at the agency’s offices at 112 N. Kennedy Boulevard.
    Participants in the open house are asked to bring a can of food to donate to the CEFS food pantry.
     

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  • Holiday Inn Express wins Torchbearer Award

    The Holiday Inn Express of Vandalia has received the Intercontinental Hotel Group’s Torchbearer Award, the company’s most prestigious award.
    Presented during IHG’s Investors and Leadership Conference in Las Vegas last month, the award recognizes the local hotel for achieving the highest levels of excellence in all aspects of the operation.
    In making the presentation, Kirk Kinsell, president of the IHG of the Americas, said:

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