FCPLD Library Corner

By Susan Knight, FCPLD director Current Hours: Monday through Friday 1 to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Limited Circulation: Our circulation software will be upgraded between Nov. 27 and 30. As a result, we expect to have difficulties searching for books electronically, placing holds, borrowing from other libraries, etc. We appreciate your patience. Expanded …

Union County’s new COVID-19 positive test results are in double digits for Monday, November 30

By John Estridge from ISDH data Union County went double digit in its reporting of positive test results, Monday, November 30. According to the ISDH coronavirus dashboard, Union County had 15 additional positive test results for a total of 301. Fayette County had more, but it is a much more populous county than Union. Fayette …

FCHS releases its weekly sports schedule

From Franklin County High School Athletics Director Denny Dorrel It is a busy week again with FCHS Athletics. Reminder no tickets will be sold at the door at any event.  Events this Week:  Tuesday – Boys Basketball vs Beech Grove @ Home 6:00 JV Tip                 Livestream Link – https://youtu.be/TQvJpcldmrE Wednesday – Boys Freshman Basketball vs …

FC Real Estate Transfers

From the FC Recorder’s Office From July 15 to July 22 Quit Claim Deed: Marci K. Ping and Stephanie D. Moore to Mark A. Davis and Deborah J. Davis; land in Fairfield Township. Warranty Deed: David Hulse to Spencer Sizemore and Paula Sizemore; Lot 9, Bates Farm East Subdivision. Warranty Deed: Keith E. Offill and …

An example of why I feel sorry for My Long Suffering Wife Ruth

A Column by John Estridge Many, many times every day I feel sorry for My Long Suffering Wife Ruth. And I know, without a doubt, my close female friends who know me well, also feel sorry for her. If anything around the house needs fixed, Ruth grabs her tools and does it. I am not …

Indiana has one of its best days number wise

By John Estridge from ISDH data Indiana had one of its best days number wise in a long time. After weeks and weeks of being anywhere from 5,000-plus to 8,000-plus with daily positive test results, on Sunday, November 29, the state’s number of new positive test results “fell” to 4,335. Now, the state’s total number …

Obituary for Rita Glaub Stenger

RITA GLAUB STENGER Rita Glaub Stenger, 89 years old, of St. Leon, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 26, 2020. Born and raised in St. Leon, Rita was a devout Catholic who loved her hometown and her church at St. Joseph’s Campus of All Saints Parish. Her childhood home stood where the Parish Life Center …

Obituary for Brenda Smith

BRENDA SMITH Brenda S. Smith, 71, of Connersville, passed away on Monday, November 23, 2020, at Ambassador Healthcare in Centerville. She was born on May 27, 1949, in Richmond, and is the daughter of Herman Franklin Hobbs and Ruby Louise Ervine Hobbs. She was a member of Crosspoint Biker Church in Connersville. Brenda worked for 30 …

Obituary for James Dean Clark

JAMES DEAN CLARK James Dean Clark, 64, of Connersville passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020, of heart complications at Reid Health, Richmond. One of six children of Robert and Roxie Huber Clark, James was born in Connersville on June 27, 1956. He graduated from Connersville High School with the class of 1976 and served his …

Obituary for Dr. Dorothy M. Wolfe

DR. DOROTHY M. WOLFE Dr. Dorothy M. Wolfe, of Brookville, was born on October 13, 1926, in Iowa, a daughter to Roland and Mildred Linder Galvin.  She obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Iowa in 1946, and was a pharmacist for 50 years. Dorothy married George Wolfe on October 5, 1952, in Waterloo, …