RHHS Prom Mackenzie Tennis, the daughter of Mark and Marsha Tennis, and Adam Padilla, the son of Tracy Padilla and Neftali Padilla, were chosen as the queen and king of the Red Hill High School Prom on Saturday night (pictured at right). The Prom Court was as follows (pictured above) Tyler Scaggs, the son of Peggy and Garry Scaggs; Kelsi Perrott, the daughter of Bob and Bobbi Perrott; Patrick Blocher, the son of Todd and Tracy Blocher; Brooke Sams, the daughter of Billy and Andrea Piper; Aaron Rusher (2011 prom king), the son of Bill and Tracy Rusher; Jessica Blair (2011 prom queen), the daughter of John and Regina Blair; Padilla, Tennis, Taylor Paulin, the daughter of Eric and Gerry Paulin; Corey Burkhardt, the son of Joe and Nicki Burkhardt; Lexie Blue, the daughter of April and Mike Shouse, and Elliott Neal, the son of Mike Neal and Freda Neal. (Photos by Barbara E. Allender)
  

Red Hill High School’s valedictorians, Katlyn Baker and Gary Newell and Salutatorian Abigail Williams receive their honor cords. (Photo by Barbara E. Allender)

RHHS Class of 2012 Commencement exercises

  The Red Hill High School Commencement Program was conducted on Sunday (Mother’s Day) at 4 p.m.
   The RHHS concert band performed, under the direction of Kent Ingrum, to usher the graduation candidates into the south gym.
   A slide show featured the ‘then’ and ‘now’ photographs of the seniors, followed by a welcome address by salutatorian Abbie Williams.
   A musical selection by the junior and senior choir was also directed by Kent Ingrum.
   Farewell addresses were given by valedictorians Katlyn Baker and Gary Newell.
  

St. Francisville prepares for bi-centennial event

  The city of St. Francisville is preparing for an event! As the July 5-8 bi-centennial celebration becomes nearer, committees organizing the event are seeking support for proposed activities.
   During last week’s meeting of the St. Francisville City Council, requests were made for city support with the use of its facilities. The school gym is one such area that the committee hopes to utilize for the comfort of those attending the event.
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Hospital surgery center addition construction is underway

  By Barbara E. Allender
   Significant changes are occurring to change the face of Lawrence County Memorial Hospital.
   A 10,000-square foot surgery center is being constructed onto the former front entrance of the building. The $4.3 million project will feature two modern operating rooms and a procedure room.
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Price Reduced for Great Home in Sumner From $100,000 to $75,000    (Click on property for more information)       50l S. Christy, Sumner -- $75,000       Lawrence County is 240 miles straight south of Chicago's Navy Pier, l35 miles east of St. Louis' Arch. Moderate climate, rare zero degrees in winter, equally rare summer days above 95 degrees. Ringed by community colleges in historic Vincennes (l0 miles from Lawrenceville), Robinson, Olney and Mt. Carmel, each 20 miles. Stable employment--Automobile Technologies (seat supplier for Toyota largest American factory, Princeton, IN., 40 miles) and Lawrence Correctional Center, Sumner, l0 miles from Lawrenceville, 2500 inmate capacity. Excellent medical facilities, largest number of skilled care beds per population in state. Low real estate taxes. Minimal crime. Red Hill State Park. Prize winning modern schools. Recreational boating on Embarras & Wabash rivers.

As the “Friends Forever” song played, Macey Hayes and Brilyn Earnst joined hands to walk under a hoop of stars during the Bridgeport Grade School Pre-Kindergarten graduation ceremony. Students gave each other ‘high 5’s’ to congratulate one another. A couple of songs and photo slide show, as well as special awards completed the program on Monday.

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City of Lawrenceville looks for ways to save

  The city of Lawrenceville is not passing up any opportunities to manage financial burdens in the best possible ways. With the water filtration plant trickling down final bills, the Council chose to lock-in a two percent interest rate by issuing bonds via a local bank in order to close the Rural Development loan. According to Mayor Brian Straub, this action will save the city $1 million over the course of the 37-year bond life.
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