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April 10, 2009

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Easter egg hunt set in Fulton County

FULTON — An Easter egg hunt, sponsored by the Fulton Liberty Lions Club, has been rescheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Liberty Township Park on the northeast side of Fulton.

More than 1,500 eggs will be filled with candy and quarters. there will be one $5 egg per age group.

The age groups are 3 years and under; 4 to 6; 7 to 9; and 10 to 12.

Resurfacing begins in Fulton County

ROCHESTER — Motorists traveling on Ind. 14 in Fulton County will likely begin experiencing delays on the highway that cuts through Rochester.

The Indiana Department of Transportation recently announced the beginning of asphalt resurfacing on the highway between Ind. 25 and Ind. 19. Travel will be restricted to one, 12-foot lane as directed by flag persons during daylight hours.

The scheduled completion date is July 1.

Tax protest set April 15

WINAMAC — Winamac will be the site of one of many “Tax Day Tea Party” events scheduled across the country next week.

The event will take place at the Pulaski County Courthouse from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on April 15.

For more information, to make a donation or to volunteer, contact event organizer Douglas Roth by e-mail at getengaged@ymail.com.

Recovery program marks graduation

Logansport Juvenile Correctional Facility’s Clean Lifestyle Is Freedom Forever unit, or CLIFF, recently conducted a graduation ceremony for eight participants. The students’ parents, grandparents and siblings attended.

The graduates are part of an intensive drug recovery program that focuses on offenders with, or at risk of methamphetamine use or addiction. To complete the program each student must participate and complete approximately 450 hours of treatment work. The program includes substance abuse education and process groups in addition to maintaining a full-time high school academic schedule.

The CLIFF unit, launched in December 2005, is the only unit of its kind for male juvenile offenders. To date, the facility has graduated 149 students from the program. To date only 9.9 percent of released students have returned to the Indiana Department of Correction.

For additional information on the CLIFF program, contact program director Mark Harmon at (574) 753-7571, Ext. 3020.

Hoosier highways get spring cleaning

INDIANAPOLIS — A statewide effort to clean up more than 3,000 miles of Indiana roadways is under way.

Last weekend, the Indiana Department of Correction, the Indiana Department of Transportation and Adopt-A-Highway groups kicked off Trash Bash, which continues through April 26.

Each year, hundreds of tons of trash are collected, sprucing up highways in time for nice weather. In 2008, 39,677 bags of trash and 9,960 pounds of loose debris were collected from 3,000 miles of state highways and right-of-way, and DOC work crews alone helped collect more than 10,000 of those bags of trash across the state.

For those who would like to adopt a highway, more details can be obtained by calling (317) 232-5509 or visiting www.indot.IN.gov/7008.htm

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Cass County commissioners recently passed an ordinance giving three departments the authority to issue tickets to individuals whose properties are in violation of county codes. Do you support this move?

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