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Poll sites should not be located inside churches
To the Editor: As I entered my voting place Tuesday, I was upset that I needed to enter a building owned and operated by a religious organization. There were paintings on the walls with the words "Jesus" that I could see during the time I was voting. However,...
Weekly rewards
Thumbs up to poll workers for this week's primary and school board elections in Jackson County. They worked a long day and kept their heads with a higher-than-normal turnout and, for some, the problem of running out of Democratic ballots.----Thumbs down...
Crothersville Class of 2012 offers thanks
To the Editor: The Crothersville Class of 2012 would like to send a "thank you" to Aisin Drivetrain and Aisin Chemical Manufacturing of Crothersville. Because of their help, our eighth-grade formal will be one they'll never forget. The class would...
Congratulations and a challenge
We offer congratulations to those elected Tuesday as trustees for Seymour Community Schools and Crothersville Community Schools. We also thank those candidates who opposed them in the election. Running for public office is a big commitment. Doing the...
People need to be involved in youth, voting
To the Editor: I do have to agree with a recent guest writer column by Dick Rumph concerning alcohol, youth and our community. But the sad part about this is, we can't get a decent percent of the people to vote. Just like schoolwork. When kids don't...
Clinton, Obama both claim progress toward nomination
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton narrowly won Indiana and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won North Carolina in Tuesday's primary elections. Did the balloting resolve the Democratic Party's choice for its presidential nominee? Pundits and supporters have...
Changes on the way for reader comments; join the community conversation
Tired of wading through the mire of what can sometimes make up a segment of online reader comments at our Web site, TribTown.com? You're not alone. That's why we'll roll out a new reader comment tool - Pluck - on Monday, May 12. The new tool will require...
We must protect dogs, get them off of chains
To The Editor: I agree with the lady about dogs on a chain. Dog lovers, write to your governor, state representatives, your congressman, your senator, whoever you can think of. It's election time, the best times to ask for a no-chain law. In my neighborhood,...
Counting votes the old way
Could we be in for a long night awaiting election results in Jackson County? Maybe so. With a number of Jackson County's 33 precincts running out of Democratic paper ballots -- and many voters preferring not to cast their ballots on the touchscreen...
Crossovers and Operation Chaos
In talking to a number of precinct inspectors and election officials today, it seems pretty clear there's a whole lot of crossover voting going on across Jackson County. Nearly every precinct has ran out of Democratic ballots, Carolyn Hurt of the...
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