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Columns

  • Banks of the Okaw

    This week's photos: This photo of a couple who will celebrate their 62nd wedding anniversary on June 30 was taken 63 years ago.

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  • The Way We Were

    25 Years Ago

    1993 – The Vandalia City Council approved a pay hike of 3 percent for those city employees who are not covered by unions. Union employees in the public works and police departments received the same pay hikes through union contracts. Those given pay increases by the council include workers in the city clerk’s office.
    The list of candidates for chief of police in Vandalia was narrowed from 32 to seven by city officials.

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  • The story of Tom and Tillie Leigh

    Millie Meyerholz of Pana writes for a living, her columns appearing in the Pana News-Palladium.
    More than 35 years ago, Millie wrote a story that I thought was so interesting that I asked her for permission to reprint parts of it here.

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  • Vandalia Memories
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  • The Way We Were

    25 Years Ago

    1993 – A children’s activity area was added to the schedule for the Grande Levée. The area was sponsored by Baroque Folk, and was staffed by members of Vandalia Girl Scout Troop No. 381.
    Tonya Cox was valedictorian of the class of 1993 at Vandalia Community High School, and Arpad Walker was salutatorian.
    Tiffany Slater was valedictorian of the graduating class at Patoka High School, and Jennifer Britt was salutatorian.

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  • Banks of the Okaw

    This week's photos: This resident of St. Elmo and graduate of Brownstown High School served a long tenure on the Fayette County Board, including a stint as its chairman.

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  • Becks among the first to come here

    The log cabin pictured with this column stood for generations in the Wright’s Corner neighborhood, sheltering the Beck family from wind and rain.
    It has seen the birthing of babies and been at center stage as the old folks died and their funerals were held from the front room.
    This particular log house was built by Miles R. Beck in about 1875.  Beck, who was born on March 22, 1846, in Fayette County, was the son of Joseph and Lydia Bankson Beck.

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  • Banks of the Okaw

    This week's photo: These three children were born and raised in Vandalia.

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  • Banks of the Okaw

    This week's photo: This brother and sister were both born and raised in Vandalia. She now lives south of Brownstown and he lives in Altamont.

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