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They may have been worried that filling out the form would mean providing information that could lead to identity theft. They may have not understood that their participation would mean more dollars for their local city and schools.

Whatever the reason, about one-third of St. Elmo’s residents chose not to participate in the 2000 Census.

And area officials want to see that that doesn’t happen again. In fact, those in St. Elmo are a little ahead of the game this time.

Don’t let the fact that all county officer and county board candidates are running unopposed keep you from going to your polling place next Tuesday.

For example, you can be a vital part of the process in deciding who will be on the ballot in the gubernatorial race – and in all statewide officer races – in the general election. The same is true for the state representative and state senator races in November.

The Fayette County Hospital District Board and the company that has operated the local hospital for the past five years on Monday hammered out an amendment to the management agreement between the two entities.

In that new agreement – termed the “first amendment to the use, operating and management agreement” – Heartland Health System Inc. agreed to share more financial information with the board, and the board was given the option to terminate the relationship between the two after giving Heartland a six-month notice.

Entering Thursday  night's game, the Lady Vandals sat at 1-17, as the basketball season headed into the final weeks before the regional. Vandalia needed to make a run soon, and it took the first step toward that with back-to-back wins at the Sandoval Invitational  

Following a 32-point loss to Cowden-Herrick to open the tournament, Vandalia beat Webber Township, 54-35, and Wayne City, 47-41, to get its first wins since a season-opening victory against Roxana.