The following public meetings will air live or in replay on Whitewater Community Television’s WGTV cable channel 11. For more information, call (765) 973-8488 or visit www.wctv.info. Replays of government meetings are available on WGTV Online, WCTV’s Video on Demand site. Sunday, September 29 8am & 1pm IN Focus Candidate Forum: City of Richmond Clerk […]
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Special programs, public meetings on WCTV, Sept. 27-28
Friday, September 27 3am Advisory Plan Commission (09-26) 5am Dublin Town Council (09-10) 8am Richmond Parks Board (09-12) 10am RCC Committee of the Whole (09-23) 12pm Board of Zoning Appeals (09-12) 2pm Centerville Town Council (09-10) 4pm Hagerstown Town Council (09-09) 7pm Board of Public Works and Safety (09-26) 8pm IN Focus Candidate Forum: City […]
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Suspect sought in arson at vacant Cambridge City home
State and local investigators are seeking the public’s help in finding the person(s) responsible for starting a fire at a vacant rental property located at 415 W. Front St. in Cambridge City. Cambridge City Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire during the midafternoon hours of Sept. 22. Investigators with the Indiana State Fire Marshal […]
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Wayne County death notices, Sept. 23
Allen, Sharon A., 68, formerly of Richmond, died Sept. 7 in Altoona, Pennsylvania. A celebration of life will be at The Conservation Club in Williamsburg, Ind. Coon, Clyde Clinton, 78, of Economy, died Sept. 14. Arrangements: Culberson Funeral Home, Hagerstown. deCourcy, David Alan, 46, of Richmond, died Sept. 13. Arrangements: Ogle and Paul R. Young […]
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Fayette County death notices, Sept. 23
Arrangements by Miller, Moster, Robbins Funeral Home, Connersville: Jackson, Peggy Jo, 76, of Alquina, who has family in Cambridge City, died Sept. 20. Krepp, Joshua Andrew 43, of Indianapolis, formerly of Connersville, died Sept. 16. Moore, Susan Darlene, 77, of Connersville, died Sept. 15. Neel, Dale Sidney, 92, of Connersville, died Sept. 13. Neukam, Jean, […]
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Make time for a visit
Last week I told you about the farm auction we attended and the perspective it brought to my life. But I wanted to share something more. My Grandma Jean ((Moyer) Shafer) spent some time at The Springs, an extended care facility in Richmond, over the winter and early spring. We made regular visits when Grandma […]
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Farm Auction
On Saturday the kids and I went to a farm auction. It was just south of where I laid my head for 18 years, at a farm that I closely associate with my childhood, as I spent many days there playing with the granddaughter of the occupants. I paused while pushing the double stroller up […]
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Camel Ride at the County Fair
I took our two small children to the Wayne County Fair last week. The county fair always feels like going home. Except we don’t keep our fat rabbits in cages; ours apparently like to set up camp in the garden. When I was in 4-H, a week at the fair was spent exhibiting our livestock […]
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Alexa: Plug Your Ears
My niece, nine-years-old and pretty as the day is long, emerged from my old bedroom at Mom and Dad’s farmhouse not long ago. “Alexa, what time is it?” she asked. Not a sound followed, except my mom shuffling through cattle registration papers downstairs. Marlee stretched and raised her voice. “Alexa, what time is it?” Again, […]
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Mowing the yard
I’ve seen many houses with “Family Rules” signs hanging on their walls. Some of those family rules are things such as: Always tell the truth Pay with hugs and kisses Do your best Keep your promises I have yet to see one that reads, “Don’t bother me on the lawn mower unless there is blood,” […]