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• To The Pulaski County Health Department, volunteers and officials from Elkhart, St. Joseph, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke and Fulton counties for coming together to conduct the point of distribution drill at Winamac High School Saturday. A timely event with the H1N1 flu outbreak, the exercise was a requirement of a grant the health department received from the state for disaster emergency preparedness. Groups participating included hospital staff, emergency medical service workers, the Red Cross, health and sheriff’s departments and emergency management and mental health agencies.
• To Jaclyn Slusher, the Cass County Family YMCA and the Cass County Community Foundation for the new playground at the YMCA. Slusher, a senior at Logansport High School, and her mentor, Tony Hayden, oversaw the development and building of the new playground as part of her senior project. The playground, which took two weeks to build, offers a safe, secure area where children can play. The YMCA had been without a playground for seven years. The project was funded by a grant from the foundation and received the support of a number of companies that donated equipment to build it.
• To students from Century Career Center, Dave Schlick and Schlick Crane Co., Cole Hardwood, the city of Logansport and Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana for replacing the roof on the Tower House on Eel River Avenue. The students began work in February constructing the roof, which added eight feet to the tower’s 46-foot height. Cole provided the wood materials for the roof while Schlick donated the use of one of its cranes to life the new roof into place. Students have been working on the renovation effort since 2006.
• To Senior Trooper Joe Swisher of the Indiana State Police. Already used to protecting Hoosiers through his civilian job at the Peru post, Tech. Sgt. Joe Swisher of the 72nd Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base helped to aid and protect American service men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan during a two-month tour overseas that included 40 missions. A 14-year veteran of the state police, Swisher was the boom operator, refueling coalition aircraft covering those troops on the ground as well as intelligence gathering aircraft and bombers.
Opinion
Thorns & Roses May 15
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Taking the cow to school
Managing editor Kelly Hawes says a recent highly publicized prank shows the quality of kids in Logansport.
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Public forum
Letters of up to 400 words may be submitted to Public Forum, Pharos-Tribune, 517 E. Broadway, Logansport IN 46947. The email address is publicforum@pharostribune.com, and the fax number is 574-732-5070.
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More than just an extra day off
Monday is Memorial Day, a time when the nation pauses to remember those who have given their lives in defense of the freedoms we all enjoy. It’s great to have a long weekend, but let’s not forget the holiday’s original meaning.
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Have fun, safe start to summer
Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of the summer season. Have fun this weekend, but be sure to keep it safe.
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Thorns & Roses
Thorns & Roses is our staff’s compilation of the best and worst of the week, but if you have your own nominations, feel free to send them along for publication in our Public Forum. Submissions of up to 400 words may be addressed to Pharos-Tribune, 517 E. Broadway, Logansport IN 46947. The fax number is 574-732-5070, and the email address is publicforum@pharostribune.com. Don’t forget to include your name, address and daytime telephone number.
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Meeting students where they are
A mall-based alternative school in Indianapolis is working to reach students who weren’t able to succeed in a traditional classroom. The approach is similar to the one now being taken by Logansport schools.
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A woman on both state tickets
Columnist Dave Kitchell writes about the running mates for gubernatorial hopefuls John Gregg and Mike Pence.
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Public forum
Letters of up to 400 words may be submitted to Public Forum, Pharos-Tribune, 517 E. Broadway, Logansport IN 46947. The email address is publicforum@pharostribune.com, and the fax number is (574) 732-5070.
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Postal service listens to small towns
The U.S. Postal Service plans to keep smaller post offices open by scaling back the hours at those and other offices. The postal service deserves credit for listening to the concerns of its customers.
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Public forum
Letters of up to 400 words may be submitted to Public Forum, Pharos-Tribune, 517 E. Broadway, Logansport IN 46947. The email address is publicforum@pharostribune.com, and the fax number is (574) 732-5070.
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