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By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsA flyer announcing the Red Flag Horseless Carriage tour this week (Sept. 25-28) asks participants and interested parties to ?join us in celebrating the beginning.?Although the event is still in its infancy, the beginning was last year and the cars will rumble through the area countryside for the second year beginning Thursday.Jeff Krug, president of the tour board of directors,...

DEAR ABBY: I'm a 23-year-old woman who still lives at home. I have been working for the last five years and have saved enough to live comfortably on my own. Unfortunately, my parents have forbidden me to do it because they think I'm being manipulated into it by my boyfriend, that I just want to "do whatever I want" and be out until late (although I'm rarely up past 9 p.m. and they know it), and because I "can't ...

By MEGAN COOPERMt. Pleasant NewsMental health affects everyone in some way. Whether it is depression, a loss of a loved one or just trying to simply fit into society, mental health affects you.Angie Goodpaster, a representative from the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI), spoke during the Henry County Board of Supervisor?s meeting Thursday. Goodpaster asked the board for a donation, of any size, to help ...

Reconstruction of Grand Avenue is scheduled to be completed by Oct. 7, according to Warner Engineering Associates Inc., engineer for the project.The final pavement pour on the street is planned for Monday, Sept. 24, weather permitting. The final pavement pouring will require closing Grand from Winfield Avenue to north of James Avenue.Grand will be blocked off at Winfield to the north and flaggers positioned at ...

By MEGAN COOPERMt. Pleasant News?In the last two-and-a-half months we have had 12 investigations in health events already, last year, we had a total of 13. So we?ve been busy,? Travis Johnson, community health director, said during Thursday?s Board of Health meeting.?We have had five salmonella cases already, four of them we know are somewhat linked together, but we don?t have all official lab results to put ...

Note: All meals served with milk.Mt. PleasantCommunity SchoolsMONDAY: Sept. 23: Chicken Tetrazzini, tossed Romaine salad, steamed carrots, WG breadstick, strawberriesTUESDAY: Sept. 24: Pork rib/bun/lettuce/tomato, tri-tator, green beans, kiwi, WG cherry crisp (6-12)WEDNESDAY: Sept. 25: Lasagna, garden spinach salad, WG garlic bread, fresh appleTHURSDAY: Sept. 26: Orange chicken/rice, fresh broccoli, crisp ...

We feel blessed to have received some much needed rain tonight. It wasn?t that much but it will help. We haven?t had any rain in quite some time, so everything was dry.Today daughters Susan and Verena and I went to sister Emma?s house to assist them in preparing for the upcoming church services they will host at their house. Lord willing daughters Elizabeth and Susan will be baptized that day. Susan?s special ...

By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant NewsProgress is being made ? slowly ? on the dispute between the City of Mt. Union and the Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS).The City of Mt. Union and RUSS had a hearing on the current litigation yesterday at the Henry County Courthouse, ending in mediation. Judge Mary Ann Brown ruled yesterday that it would be in the best interest of both parties to try and negotiate a ...