WASHINGTON —
Pet pics at Jamestown
Jamestown Square Apartments will host a pet picture day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring your furry best friend for fun and photos.
Because certain breeds do not adjust well in social setting, no pitbulls, dobermans, rotweilers, akitas or chows.
‘Drug Take Back’ slated
There will be a Drug Take Back Event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday.
Bring in expired or unused prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, needles and inhalers to be properly disposed.
Collection sites are Washington Fire Dept., 200 Harned Ave., Washington, and Odon Volunteer Fire Dept, 625 W. Elnora St., Odon.
RTL banquet on Oct. 4
Daviess County Right to Life has announced the speaker for the 2012 Right To Life Banquet on Oct. 4 will be Jennifer Polimino of Denver Colo.
The banquet will be held at Simon J. Graber Building off the Odon/Cannelburg Road. Jennifer is the President and Founder of www.PrayForYourBaby.com an online organization/ministry that helps and encourages parents to live godly lives, pray for their children and prepare them for parenthood.
For more information you may contact Louis Kavanaugh Jr. at 486-3658 or Delores Padgett at 295-2720. For more information go to the Right To Life web site at www.daviesscountyrtl.com
Reservations are needed for the banquet before Oct. 1.
Allisons to hold reunion
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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