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The Washington County Supervisors will meet at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the courthouse.Items on the agenda include: consideration and possible action regarding financial support of the proposed YMCA of Washington County building project, personnel change request - county engineer, quarterly report - veterans affairs executive secretary, quarterly report - general assistance director, quarterly report - ...

The Crawfordsville City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, at city hall.Items on the agenda include: sheriff's report, Roy Felts, sealed bid for fire hydrant, Halloween, employee concerns, other items as necessary, financials and discussion and approve bills on payable list.

The Kiwanis AMers installed new club officers on Oct. 2. From left are Pat Smith, secretary; Linda Wenger, president; Ted Drain, treasurer; and Curt Mayer, president-elect. The board members are Kevin Erpelding, Brandon Long, Holly Mueller, Keith Lazar, Patrick Gavin and Lonny Milligan.

The Highland School Board will meet at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 12, in the Highland Board Room.Items on the agenda include: discussion and action on green controls update, approval of the certified annual report for the 2014-15 school year, approval of special education supplement for the 2014-15 school year, approval of the transportation report for the 2014-15 school year, discussion and action on the 2015-16 ...

The Mid-Prairie School Board will meet at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 12, in the high school library.Items on the agenda include: Latino Youth Conference, elementary therapy dogs, Kalona Elementary associate, elementary study group, setting public hearing date for indoor practice facility, Shive-Hattery fees and construction projects update.

We just recently passed the date for this fall when we begin to move into days with more dark time than light. For some people this time of year presents significant hurdles in their desire to maintain a positive attitude as they go about their daily activities. It even has a medical name: seasonal affective disorder.But sometimes, no matter what time of year it is, we are tempted to let dark feelings and ...

Gerald and Rosemary Pacha of Brighton visited their son, Jeff Pacha, of Wichita, Kansas. They left Oct. 2 and returned home on Oct. 4.They attended their grandson's football game, cross-country meet and baseball game. They also attended one grandson's homecoming game.Trick Or Treating hours in Brighton are Oct. 30 from 5 to 7 p.m.Jeremy Hollingsworth of Packwood held a hayride on Oct. 3. It was held at his ...

The Wyman Community Club met for lunch at 11:30 a.m. at the Frontier Restaurant in Washington on Monday, Oct. 5. Attending were Audrey Finke, Peggy Buffington, Joann Love, Jane Kaczinski and Al and Adeline Sents of Washington; Robert and Lucille Humphreys, Elaine Prom, Ruth Erwin, Margaret Patterson, Frieda Finke and Billie Jo Rose of Crawfordsville; John Wittrig from Winfield and Wilma Vosburg of Grinnell. Randy ...

Jamie Nicolella, of Redding, California, married Jordan Leichty, of Redding, California, son of Lonnie and Wendy Leichty of Wayland, on May 30, 2015. They were married at Bella Sera in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.The bride is the daughter of Joe and Marla Nicolella, of Washington, Pennsylvania. The groom is the son of Lonnie and Wendy Leichty of Wayland.Jim VanWinkle was their minister.The bride wore a white, ...

The Washington County Conservation Board will meet at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 8, in the conservation education center.Items on the agenda include: Fern Cliff forest management, Kewash Nature Trail, Whetstine Memorial Trail, Marr Park road project, Ainsworth to Marr Park trail benches and arches, employee monthly reports and discussion and approval of monthly bills.

The Highland Homecoming King and Queen were announced Wednesday evening. Pictured from left is queen Emily Stewart, daughter of Eric and Deb Stewart, and king Tony Olguin, son of Erendira Cuevas.

The Washington Chamber of Commerce will host a Candidate?s Forum for Washignton City Council on Monday, Oct. 19, from 6 -7:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church?s Fellowship Hall. Candidates invited to participate from Ward 1 include Mr. Kerry Janecek and Mr. Bob Shepherd; At-Large candidates include Mr. Gerald Franzen, Mr. Richard Gilmore, and Ms. Millie Youngquist; Ward 3 candidate is Mr. Brendan DeLong.The...