CENTRALIA, Ill. — Ellen F. Blanchard, 74, died at 11:37 a.m. Tuesday at her home. Born May 20, 1938, in Centralia, she was the daughter of Frank and Maxine (Myers) Watkins. She married Alan Blanchard in Centralia on Nov. 29, 1955, and he survives. She was a homemaker and a member of the Moose Ladies Auxiliary. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her mother, Maxine Ward of Centralia; two sons, Sandy Blanchard of Fort Branch, and Alan Blanchard and wife Helen of Greenville, Mich.; one daughter, Vicki Woods of Washington; two brothers, Ivan Becker and Larry Watkins; five sisters, Jean Marshall, Anna St. Pierre, Donna Hitman, Dorothy Bryant and Margaret Ehler; two grandchildren, Jeremy Blanchard and Joshua Blanchard; and one great-grandchild, Hannah Blanchard. She is preceded in death by her father; brothers Tommy Watkins and Jimmy Richardson; and a sister, Patty Sloat. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Irvin Funeral Home in Centralia. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
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School board approves new handbooks
Members of the Washington Community Schools Board approved the 2013- 2014 school handbooks. Elementary, junior high and high school student handbooks will now be more streamlined with one another. One major change to the handbooks will be a stricter attendance policy for students. Currently, students in the school district can have 10 unexcused absences per semester.
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Mary Willis
Mary Fay Willis, 85, of Washington, died at 4:25 a.m. Wednesday at Eastgate Manor. Born July 24, 1927, in Vincennes, she was the daughter of Farris and Chrystal (Lamb) Wise.
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Obaseki moving up the ladder
Ben Obaseki was happy with his performance at the three-day rookie mini-camp of the Green Bay Packers. Now it is up to the Packers, or another team, to make a call.
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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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Kia Optima is a hit with the buying public
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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
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