WASHINGTON —
The following are area closings for the Veteran’s Day holiday Monday:
•PACE Community Action Agency will be closed.
•City of Washington offices will be closed. There will be no trash pick up, and the city bus will not run. Residents with trash pick up on Monday are asked to have their trash ready for pick up by 7 a.m. Tuesday. The recycling center will also be closed Monday.
•Daviess County Family Y.M.C.A. will be open.
•The Daviess County Courthouse and Highway Department will be closed.
•Senior and Family Services will be open.
•Daviess County Chamber of Commerce Office and Visitor’s Bureau will be closed.
•Economic Development Corp. will be closed.
•Washington Carnegie Public Library will be closed.
•U.S. Postal Service will be closed.
•The license branch will be closed.
•Retired Senior Volunteer Program offices will be open.
•Indiana Workforce Development Center will be open.
•Daviess County Landfill will be closed.
•The Washington Times Herald office will be open.
•Ride Solution will be open.
All lanes of U.S. 50 to open Monday
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is announcing that on Monday traffic patterns will again change on U.S. Route 50 on Washington’s east side.
Sometime after morning rush hour, all four lanes (two east bound and two westbound) of U.S. 50 will now be available for motorists traveling through the area.
The work in this area has been a part of the I-69 Section 2 corridor construction from the White River to just north of U.S. 50. The contract was awarded to Walsh Construction, Inc. of LaPorte, in February of 2011.
I-69 from I-64 in Gibson County to U.S. 231 in Greene County is scheduled to be open to the afternoon hours on Nov. 19.
ND X-Mas Craft Show is Saturday
The North Daviess Christmas Craft Show is on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There are over 175 booth spaces rented. Parking is free, babysitting will be available, and lunch will also be available in the cafeteria and in the home economics department.
Veale chili supper is Saturday
The Veale Elementary chili supper will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. Chili, hot dog, dessert and drink, $5. Take out available.
Veteran’s Day service on Sunday
There will be a Veterans’ Day service at 4 p.m. Sunday at Beulah AME Church, 805 W. Walnut St., with special guest speaker Rev. Therrie Williams Jr, a Vietnam veteran and recipient of a Purple Heart. He is pastor of Bethel AME in Hammond.
Information will be available regarding a new support group for veterans to be held at the Dunbar School Community Building-Internet Cafe. Refreshments will be served.
Eagles Auxiliary to meet Sunday
The Eagles Ladies Auxiliary will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday, with an initiation.
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Area Briefs
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Police Report
CITY REPORT
Tuesday11:08 p.m. - A female caller reported a power outage on Old U.S. 50 W. Line crews responded, but were not able to restore electricity due to a faulty underground line. The line was fixed Wednesday.
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Shoals graduation set
Commencement exercises will be held in the gymnasium of the Shoals Junior-Senior High School at 2 p.m. Saturday for 36 candidates for graduation. The Junior-Senior High School Band, under the direction of Joel Weitkamp, will open the commencement program with the processional, followed by the national anthem.
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Area Briefs
Williams reunion on Sunday
The Nora and Beve Williams family reunion will be held at noon Sunday at Washington Eastside Park Pavilion. Bring a picnic lunch and any mementoes.
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Police Report
CITY REPORT
Monday
8:49 p.m. - A complainant on station turned in a pouch that contained an electronic tablet. The pouch was found at Eastside Park. -
WC to graduate on Friday
Washington Catholic High School will hold its commencement exercises at 8 p.m. Friday in the gymnasium. Following the procession and invocation, Karie Craney, principal, will make introductory remarks. The salutatory addresses by Hannah Emmons and Steven Holland will follow a musical selection by the WC Ensemble. The valedictory address will then be given by Andrea Onyett. Daryl Hagan, superintendent of Catholic Schools Diocese of Evansville, and Andrew Wibbeler, dean of students, will present graduate scholarships. Bishop Charles C. Thompson, Diocese of Evansville, Daryl Hagan and Karie Craney will then present the diplomas.
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D2DInc moves to WestGate @ Crane
Design To Delivery, Inc., a consulting firm supporting private companies and government agencies engaged in federal procurement and government contracting, officially opened its first office outside of its Washington, D.C. region in the WestGate @ Crane Technology Park on Tuesday.
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High winds hit area; cause damage
Daviess County and the city of Washington were hit hard by storms that passed through the area Tuesday morning.
High winds accompanying the storms ripped through the area damaging buildings, uprooting trees and sending a 20-foot piece of wood through a car parked on the lot of Washington Chrysler Center. -
WHS wins SeaPerch title
Washington’s SeaPerch teams took home gold at last Saturday’s national competitions at the IUPUI Natatorium.
The WHS NJROTC STEM team won first overall out of 100 teams competing at the national finals. The NJROTC team took first in the obstacle course and the deep water transfer portions of the competition, and received special recognition in the technical innovation.
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Washington man arrested on molestation charge
A Washington man was arrested Friday for one count of child molesting. Jacob Tyler Taylor, 19, 603 E. Main St., Apt. 3, was arrested by city police for a count of Class B felony child molesting.
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Lyons gets 65 years
Dressed in a bright green jumpsuit and escorted by members of the Daviess County Sheriff’s Department, Corey Mitchell Lyons, 23, entered the court room, and sat hunched over a table with his family sitting behind. On the other side of the room sat family members of a baby who's was life was taken too soon and the mother of Lyons’ child Savanna Johnson.
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