WASHINGTON —
The Friends of the Washington Carnegie Public Library will hold a board meeting at 5 p.m. today in the large meeting room of the library at 300 W. Main St.
All Friends of the Library members and anyone interested in the group is encouraged to attend.
Boil order from DCRWS
Daviess County Rural Water System has issued a precautionary boil water advisory for those customers on Bussard Road, CR 75S, customers on SR 257 north of Bixler Road, including Bixler Road, and Fox Run Drive.
Zoning appeals board to meet
The Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday. On the agenda: a request for a variance on garage construction at 13 Old Orchard Lane
ND requests plants
The North Daviess Agriculture Department is looking for flowers, ferns, and houseplants that you no longer want. The agriculture students will use them this winter to learn propagation techniques to make plants for next year’s plant sale.
You can leave the plants by the greenhouse door that is located on the northeast side of the high school.
If you have any questions contact Gary Stuckey at 636-8000 Ext. 3128.
E-book, e-reader session
The Washington Carnegie Public Library, 300 W. Main St., will offer an update on its e-book collection and how to use e-readers.
The session will be at 2 p.m. Thursday. Call the library at 254-4586 for more details.
Reeve Oak Grove meeting
The annual meeting of Oak Grove Cemetery of Reeve Township will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 14 at Oak Grove Church, with the election of two board members. The public is welcome.
Allison reunion on Sunday
The descendants of Joseph and Mary Ragsdale Allison will hold their 47th reunion at noon Sunday at Eastside Park screened-in pavilion. Bring a well-filled basket. For more information, call Lisa at welch5876@hotmail.com.
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Loogootee graduation scheduled for Friday
Loogootee Junior/Senior High School will hold its 2013 graduation exercises at 7 p.m. today.
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Police Report
CITY REPORT
Thursday2:19 p.m. - Debbie Fields, 520 S.E. Second St., reported that her black moped was taken from her residence. The moped had been padlocked.
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Refugee overcomes barriers to graduate WHS
Seh Reh, like many who has come to Washington as a Burmese refugee, found life in his new home daunting. The language was so intimidating that he dropped out of high school in 2010.
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Pike Central to hold graduation
Pike Central High School will hold its 38th commencement exercises at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the high school gymnasium.
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Closings for Memorial Day
The following are area closings for the Memorial Day holiday Monday:
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North Daviess still facing budget cuts
Members of the state legislature gave schools a two percent increase but North Daviess Community Schools Superintendent Robert Bell said the corporation will still get funding cuts over the next four years.
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Three injured in accident
Three persons were injured Thursday afternoon when a driver ran a red light on the U.S. 50 Bypass south of Washington at SR 257.
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Wrestlers for relay
The Team Todd Relay for Life team will be joining with Tri-State Wrestling to bring an event to the Old Petersburg Gym on Saturday. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with bell time at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 and children under 4 are free. All proceeds from the event go to the Daviess County Relay for Life Team Todd.
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Dollar General focuses on reading
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation announced an award of $7,800 to the Washington Carnegie Public Library to support the new adult literacy program being now being offered.
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Letters returned after 55 years
Fifty-five years ago Jerry Decker wrote letters back home to his sweetheart, Carol, from Camp Pendleton, California where he was based in the Marine Corps. Fifty-five years later, Jerry still had his letters from Carol. But Carol, now Jerry¹s wife of 52 years, had, well misplaced a few of hers.
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