WASHINGTON —
The Compassionate Friends will hold their monthly meeting from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Daviess Community Hospital, 1314 E. Walnut St. You may enter through the main entrance of the hospital. We’ll have greeters to direct you to our assigned room. This month’s topic is “Halloweens With Your Child....” Even parents with grown children should have Halloween memories of their children.
The mission of the group is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others to be supportive.
For more information please call 254-3108.
Blue Knights to hold charity ride
The Blue Knights Kentucky Chapter 9 are sponsoring their third annual benefit ride Saturday. The event benefits Christmas programs for underprivileged children in western Kentucky and in southwest Indiana.
The Blue Knights is a non-profit fraternal organization consisting of active and retired law enforcement officers who enjoy riding motorcycles.
The event starts and ends at Bud’s Harley Davidson, 4700 Morgan Avenue, Evansville.
Registration is from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. First bike out at 10 a.m.
Cost: $15 for each rider and $10 for passenger. (Meal Included)
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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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Makenlie Robinson (Lakatos)
Makenlie Jean Robinson (Lakatos) was granted her angel wings Friday, following a short illness.
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Washington Catholic High School is seeking coaches for the fall season.
Coaching positions open include: varsity and junior varsity volleyball; junior high volleyball, and junior high boys soccer.
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Washington Catholic High School is seeking coaches for the fall season.
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IU still working towards sixth banner
Monday night in Atlanta, Louisville won the school’s first National Championship since the year I was born - 1986. This accomplishment is significant to Indiana basketball fans, because the last two times the Cardinals cut down the nets (1980, 1986), the Hoosiers did it the following year. The stat, of course means nothing, other than both schools had strong programs in the 1980s.
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Photos: Aftermath of massive tornado in Moore
Storm victims were pulled from the rubble and residents began surveying the damage late Monday and early Tuesday in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, where a powerful tornado destroyed entire neighborhoods and left dozens dead.
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Movie preview: “Star Trek Into Darkness”
Plot: When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within that has left Starfleet in ruins, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
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Indiana’s high school grad rate continues upward
Indiana’s reported high school graduation rate continues to improve, moving from 77 percent to more than 88 percent in less than a decade, but there are still significant achievement gaps marked by race and income.
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Indiana’s high school grad rate continues upward



