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Warren County High School Honor Rolls

Warren County High School principal James Bennett is releasing the school?s honor rolls for the third six weeks grading period. First Honor Roll Grade 9 ? Dylan Blair, Rachel Bleedner, Hayley Bratcher, Keshea Butcher, Daisy Campen, Anastasia Chisam, Lindsey Clayton, Tara Cowan, Rebekah Dorris, Laci Evans, Shanda Ferguson, Brendan Flores, Leah Grandey, Shawna Gross, Amber…

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Parker Hillis, 73

Bone Cave resident and Van Buren County native Marion Parker Hillis, 73, died unexpectedly Jan. 19 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. A mason and farmer and retired from the U.S. Air Force where he served in the Korean and Vietnam War, he was a member of Harmony Church of Christ.The son of James Irving…

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Jamie Leigh Lintz, 20

Ebensburg, Pa., resident Jamie Leigh Lintz, 20, died unexpectedly Jan. 18 at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, Pa. A student and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, she is survived by mother and stepfather, Sheila and John Phillips of McMinnville; father and stepmother, Kenneth and Debbie Lintz of…

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Harold U. Pendergraph, 85

Harold U. Pendergraph, 85, of McMinnville passed away at home on Friday, Jan. 19, his family at his side. He was born on Sept. 23, 1921 in Warren County. He was preceded in death by parents Steven and Julia Kuhn Pendergraph; brothers Merrill, Haskell, Dennie, and Hubert Pendergraph; half brother Hershal Johnson and sister Thelma…

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Anthony Glenn Stiles, 55

McMinnville resident and native Anthony Glenn Stiles, 55, died unexpectedly Jan. 18 at St. Thomas Medical Center in Nashville. An accountant with Jewell Hale Construction, he served his country in the U.S. Navy. The son of Mary Francis Jones of McMinnville and the late H.B. Stiles Jr., he is survived by his wife, Genia Dodd…

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Missouri boy met police to report his stolen bike

ST. LOUIS (AP) ? Ten months after Shawn Hornbeck’s disappearance, he spoke with police to report his bike had been stolen but gave no clue that he was a missing child, a newspaper reported Saturday. That apparently was the first of two encounters Shawn had with police after his 2002 disappearance, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch…

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Hillary launches presidential bid

NEW YORK (AP) ? Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton launched a trailblazing campaign for the White House on Saturday, a former first lady turned political powerhouse intent on becoming the first female president. “I’m in, and I’m in to win,” she said. In a videotaped message posted on her Web site, Clinton said she was…

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News of the Weird – Man takes GPS directions literally, hits building

By Chuck Shepherd Some British and German drivers have over-relied on their cars’ satellite-navigation devices, according to a December Reuters dispatch, sometimes with tragic (or hilarious) results. A 53-year-old German man thought the device’s instruction to turn “now” meant not at the next corner but right that second, and he crashed into a building. Another…

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Keeping track of medications

By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, My 71-year-old mother is having a hard time managing and remembering all the different medications she has to take, and I?m worried she?s taking way too many drugs. Any suggestions? Over Medicated Dear Medicated, The challenges of managing medications can be difficult for many seniors ? especially those who…

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Fabric of history

By MARGARET HOBBS Museum Curator Monty Wanamaker discusses the finer qualities of an early 1900s Crazy Quilt made by Daisy Cleopatra Womack Campen, as Rachel Killebrew looks on. An exhibition of quilts, coordinated by the Lt. James Sheppard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and First Presbyterian Church, proved to be a…

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