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Daily Archives: February 20, 2013

Lady Blackcats fall in overtime at Salem Super Sectionals

By Mike McGinnis The season ended for the Goreville High School girl’s basketball team at the Salem Class 1A supersectional last Monday night.  The Lady Blackcats lost in overtime to Cowden-Herrick-Beecher City, by the score of 70-57.  Goreville finished its season with a fine 31-2 record. The Lady Blackcats trailed …

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Saluki Sports

By Fred Huff   It was a weekend to remember and for several different reasons if you are any kind of a Saluki sports fan. Obviously the most noteworthy event, at least the best known, was SIU’s win over Missouri State.  Just like the Salukis’ earlier-in-the-week win over Evansville, it …

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Buncombe News

By Dolly Hopkins Hello Everyone, Monday was President’s Day and Washington’s birthday was observed. The weather was cold and rainy, so in George Washington’s honor, I thought about baking a nice cherry pie… but I didn’t. The Buncombe Fire Department chief, Sue Davis, reported to the Village Board, that a …

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Top Flight Program Slated

The annual Johnson County Top Flight program will be held on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 at 7 p.m. at the Goreville High School Gymnasium (it alternates each year between Vienna and Goreville). Student sign-up will begin at 6 p.m.  This program is sponsored and organized by the Johnson County school …

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E-editions popularity continues to grow

The Vienna Times and Goreville Gazette are closing in on completing their first year of online services with more than 10,000 unique visitors reaching both sites and logging nearly 60,000 page views between the two. The Times and the Gazette made their online debuts in the beginning of 2012 officially …

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Celebrating 50 years together

Don and Cathy Sanders, former owners of The Vienna Times, will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary Thursday, Feb. 21. They were married in 1963 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ridgeway, Ill. Don and Cathy have three children, Mike (Christie), Tina and Tony (Gayla), and six grandchildren, Grayson, Emily, …

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Vienna approves grant proposal requests for infrastructure upgrades

The Vienna City Council conducted two public hearings recently regarding Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity grant applications, which will help fund upgrades to a wastewater distribution infrastructure project and provide qualifying homeowners with home improvement needs. The two grant application proposals were approved by the city and discussed in …

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