By Sherri Coner Eastburn    When Theresa Barnes McCarty graduated from Franklin Community High School more than 30 years ago, she planned to spend her career working in the printing business.   But when one of her older sisters faced brain cancer, McCarty left her job to nurse her sister through two brain surgeries....
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         Story & Photos By: Sherri Coner Eastburn    EVENTS: Dachshund Derby, 3 pm, Oct. 2, Province Park in Franklin Paw Pounder, Oct. 23, Craig Park in Greenwood To become a member of HSJC or to make a donation, visit: http:/hsjc.org         Foster Families Needed For Furry Friends...
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CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind. – “This is a stress fire,” said Platoon Sergeant Staff Sgt. Cody Wooten from a berm overlooking 67 Soldiers and Airmen below him. “It’s nothing personal; we’re not trying to hurt your feelings.        “You’re standing on the 500-yard line,” continued Wooten, pointing with all five fingers...
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100814-A-3843C-146 – Kevin Konetzka of the Southern Indiana Bag Pipers and Drums plays his bagpipes at the 18th Annual Veteran’s Memorial at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Ind., August 14. The ceremony was held in memory of all those who served and have served in the Armed Forces as well as...
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INDIANAPOLIS – August 23, 2010 – The Indiana University World Languages Honors Program is open to high school students throughout the state of Indiana and offers them the opportunity to study abroad during the summer months.  It is a very selective program with students having to make it through a number of rounds of...
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  FRANKLIN, INDIANA – Daniel Pearcy (Shelbyville, KY) watched his crew thrash all day on his Howe-Pearcy Racing/HMK Motorsports/Torq Engines Monza, then rewarded them with a solid third-place go in the 2-Cycle Junior Sportsman run of the RFR Cars Indy Karting Series’ Boys & Girls Club Grand.  Pearcy started third in the six-kart field...
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CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind. – The United States Secretary of the Army, the Honorable John McHugh, toured Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center and Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, both in central Indiana, to visit with mobilizing and demobilizing servicemembers, permanent party leadership and civilian expeditionary workforce contractors and employees.     100818-A-3843C-061...
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Pictured from left: U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth, Johnson County sheriff’s candidate Houston Gaines, former Johnson County Sheriff Tom Pritchard at the Johnson County Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. Johnson County sheriff’s candidate Houston Gaines shared the podium with a former sheriff–Rep. Brad Ellsworth–at Saturday’s Democratic Party fund raiser in Greenwood. And in the audience...
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A primary goal of Playful City USA is to encourage cities and towns to share creative ideas, concepts and programs in an effort to increase play opportunities for children. City initiatives include:6 th thru 8th grade students who no longer have access to play equipment. - Communities Across the Country Prioritizing Play Despite Budget...
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Soldier Competes in Highlander Games in Late Wife’s Honor, Heritage Story by John Crosby, Camp Atterbury Public Affairs  CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind. – Maj. Kenneth Knight is competing in this year’s Scottish highland games, the 2010 Masters World Championships, in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.        The Camp Atterbury, Ind., Installation Support...
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