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Weekly Rewards

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Thumbs up to Seymour Lions Club and Seymour Main Street for staging their Halloween events Oct. 26 on the streets of downtown Seymour. The Lions Club parade is always a fun event for children of all ages and their families. Teaming the Downtown... Full story

About all those ‘saved’ U.S. jobs

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Washington claims 640,000 to 1.5 million jobs have been created or saved by the $787 billion economic stimulus plan. With only about 15 percent of the money spent so far by those intended to receive it, at this rate America might implausibly end up... Full story

President’s pay limits ominous

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He who pays the piper calls the tune. This should be a lesson to companies tempted to get in bed with the government or to plead for taxpayer bailouts because they are “too big to fail” after they have experienced a run of bad luck or... Full story

Stay calm and take precautions

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Jackson County Health Department reported Monday the community had seen its first death related to the H1N1 flu. Statistically, it could well be the last, although no one really knows how many Americans will succumb to H1N1 this winter. Estimates... Full story

Hatch’s bomb is incomplete pass

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Republicans have attacked President Barack Obama mercilessly for his involvement in virtually every issue from Chicago’s bid to serve as host of the Olympics, to the minutiae of health care reform to his harmless but ridiculously overhyped... Full story

WEEKLY REWARDS

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Thumbs up to the people honored this month for their support of Turning Point and their efforts to help victims of domestic violence. October has been designated as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.————Thumbs up to... Full story

Keep eyes open for little goblins and princesses

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Just a reminder to keep your eyes out for children as they go about their trick-or-treat rounds Friday and Saturday nights. Many children will be walking area streets in communities across Jackson County both nights, depending upon where you live.... Full story

Watch out for a big new tax grab at the local level

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Grab your wallets and purses. The Indiana Association of Cities and Towns plans to push for the Indiana General Assembly to give more taxing power to Hoosier municipalities next year. The association, which represents 470 cities and towns around... Full story

Victims’ needs go beyond a month

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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, although of course the scourge of domestic violence occurs each month, each day, of the year. That’s something to keep in mind as attention is paid to Turning Point and other... Full story

Politicians should not sell votes, nor should voters

Political corruption remains a perennial concern for the voting public, and with good reason. Still, this particular brand of dishonesty has something in common with other human failings: People tend to see it clearly in others but not so clearly in... Full story

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