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State To Establish 25,000 Acre Conservancy Along Muscatatuck

Governor Mitch Daniels gestures to an area representing 25,600 acres on a map where a nature conservancy is hoped to be established. “We will be buying land from willing sellers,” said Daniels. At right is John Goss, executive director of the Indiana Wildlife...

Festival Royalty

Destiny Hodge, (center) daughter of Eric & Amanda Hodge of Crothersville was named the 2010 Red, White & Blue Festival Princess during the opening night of the festival. First runner-up was Kashmire Kelshaw, (right) daughter of Floyd & Clara Kelshaw and...

Glen Hess Grows First Ripe Tomato

Glen Hess of Crothersville claimed the grand prize in the annual first ripe tomato contest. The first official ripe tomato was duly noted & chronicled at 10: 13 a.m. on Saturday, June 12. It was eaten a short time later. Hess said his secret is to get the plants...

Baby Contest Winners

The Crothersville Athletic Boosters sponsored the 2010 Red, White and Blue Festival Baby Contest with 58 babies competing in ten different categories on Thursday evening. Winners are: 0-3 months, Kylie Marie Hendrix, daughter of James Hendrix; Uriah Barientos, son of...

You Might Be From A Small Town If…

by Curt Kovener Small towns are where everyone knows your business whether you want them to or not. And there are other telltale signs that you are from a small town… •You can name everyone you graduated with. •You get a whiff of manure and think of home. •You said...

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Flag Waving Fun In Crothersville Begins For 35th Time

The 35 annual Crothersville Lions Club Red, White & Blue Festival kicks off tomorrow for a flag waving salute to Old Glory and military service veterans. The year’s even is June 10-12 held at the school grounds. “We’ll be bringing some local traditions and some...

Aisin Chemical Begins Construction Of New Plant

Participating in the groundbreaking ceremony were: (from left) Tim Schwalm of Mussett Nichols and Associates, Masaroni Yuasa, president of Aisin Development of America, Taknobu Ito, senior managing director of Aisin Development, Kenji Tsujimura, president of Aisin...

Mural Depicts Community History, Landmarks

Local grocery owner David Tanner affixes the final panel to the side of his building along US 31 in Crothersville. The mural highlighting Crothersville’s history and landmarks was created by Crothersville High School art students. What started with an idea and a...

Four All Who Reed and Right

by Curt Kovener Summer school session has begun and one of the focuses in the public school is language arts. English is a peculiarly difficult and illogical language…even for someone who gleaned enough to make his living with word from Crothersville High School...