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Centralia's Bob Holke with flag "Flag of Honor."

Holke holds flag close

By James Smith | Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:03 pm

Centralia’s Bob Holke has been holding a flag in his heart a long time. A veteran who braved the South Pacific theatre of WW-II as an 18-year-old Seabee, he has supported his flag and his country ever since. So when the call came Friday morning for a veteran reburial at the Centralia Cemetery and vets were needed for an honor guard, Holke, despite the 19-degree temperature, relieved his fellow vet

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Sturgeon aldermen renew business licenses

By James Smith | Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:07 pm

Business licenses, sewer repair and closed sessions were the order of the evening at Sturgeon City Hall the evening of Jan. 23. The meeting started with a discussion regarding a brochure to promote Sturgeon. David Ritchie, representing the Sturgeon Chamber of Commerce, said it would be distributed through the city office as well as various real estate businesses. The cost of printing it could be split, he suggested between the

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  • Park board brainstorming for projects

    By James Smith | Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:07 pm

    Members of the Centralia Park Board are brainstorming about new city parks improvement projects for the upcoming years. During their Jan. 11 and Jan. 17 board meetings, board members broke the projects down into three categories: spring-summer 2012 projects, projects within 1-3 years, projects within 5-7 years and future. “Board members decided to sit down, brainstorm and plan for the future with some proposals and capital projects,” said Tad Dunn,

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  • Big changes for Little League

    By James Smith | Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:07 pm

    By Gina Olsen, Fireside Guard intern The Centralia Friends of the Park baseball and softball rec program will switch from the CMAA to the USSA Babe Ruth Cal Ripken program.  Games will be played either in Centralia or Mexico, saving parents from having to drive long distance to watch their child play. At the season’s end an All Star team will be voted on to give kids a chance to

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Big changes for Little League

By James Smith | Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:07 pm

By Gina Olsen, Fireside Guard intern The Centralia Friends of the Park baseball and softball rec program will switch from the CMAA to the USSA Babe Ruth Cal Ripken program.  Games will be played either in Centralia or Mexico, saving parents from having to drive long distance to watch their child play. At the season’s end an All Star team will be voted on to give kids a chance to

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  • Bulldogs crunch Braves, Wildcats

    By James Smith | Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:05 pm

    The Sturgeon Bulldogs boys basketball team put another notch in their belts when they beat the Scott County Central Braves 73-62 Jan. 21 in Mexico at the Gary Filbert Basketball Classic. A trio of Bulldogs led Sturgeon with double-digit shooting. Lane Arends led the team with 23 points, followed by Spencer Kelly with 21 and Lorenzo Chisholm with 10. Chisholm also led the team with three steals. Arends also led

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  • Sturgeon beats Glasgow, New Franklin

    By James Smith | Posted on January 17, 2012 at 6:13 pm

    The Sturgeon Bulldogs took the sting out of Glasgow Yellow jackets and the bite out of the New Franklin Bulldogs. Tuesday, Jan. 10, was a good night to be a bulldog. Sturgeon R-V’s basketball teams took twin wins from the visiting Glasgow teams. The Lady Bulldogs won 39-24 and the boys won their game 66-54. They came back the following Friday and beat the visiting New Franklin 50-25 on the

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Park board brainstorming for projects

By James Smith | Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:07 pm

Members of the Centralia Park Board are brainstorming about new city parks improvement projects for the upcoming years. During their Jan. 11 and Jan. 17 board meetings, board members broke the projects down into three categories: spring-summer 2012 projects, projects within 1-3 years, projects within 5-7 years and future. “Board members decided to sit down, brainstorm and plan for the future with some proposals and capital projects,” said Tad Dunn,

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  • Big changes for Little League

    By James Smith | Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:07 pm

    By Gina Olsen, Fireside Guard intern The Centralia Friends of the Park baseball and softball rec program will switch from the CMAA to the USSA Babe Ruth Cal Ripken program.  Games will be played either in Centralia or Mexico, saving parents from having to drive long distance to watch their child play. At the season’s end an All Star team will be voted on to give kids a chance to

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  • Kehl: Building musical foundations

    By James Smith | Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:06 pm

    “Do Re Me Fa So Le Te Do,” that’s the sound coming from the Centralia Intermediate School music room as Brenda Kehl initiates a dozen or so fifth grade students into the mysteries of vocal music. SmartBoard at her back, headset in her hair and smiling singing faces at her feet, she is home. Brenda Kehl loves music. She loves it when she plays “To the colors” on her trumpet

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Park board brainstorming for projects

By James Smith | Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:07 pm

Members of the Centralia Park Board are brainstorming about new city parks improvement projects for the upcoming years. During their Jan. 11 and Jan. 17 board meetings, board members broke the projects down into three categories: spring-summer 2012 projects, projects within 1-3 years, projects within 5-7 years and future. “Board members decided to sit down, brainstorm and plan for the future with some proposals and capital projects,” said Tad Dunn,

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  • Kehl: Building musical foundations

    By James Smith | Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:06 pm

    “Do Re Me Fa So Le Te Do,” that’s the sound coming from the Centralia Intermediate School music room as Brenda Kehl initiates a dozen or so fifth grade students into the mysteries of vocal music. SmartBoard at her back, headset in her hair and smiling singing faces at her feet, she is home. Brenda Kehl loves music. She loves it when she plays “To the colors” on her trumpet

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  • Christmas tradition continues at Cornerstone

    By James Smith | Posted on December 27, 2011 at 5:48 pm

    After the morning service at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Centralia, the congregation unwrapped the Christmas cheer. More than 50 people sat together at the tables in the back of church at the corner of Sneed and Allen streets, Christmas morning. They were there for the fifth annual community Christmas Dinner hosted by the Beard and Trentham families and their friends. “To me this is all about good Christian fellowship,” said

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