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Firm to reclaim wood from historic Lebanon opera house
Wood from the historic Brown’s Grand Opera House and Theatre in downtown Lebanon will be reclaimed for use in future projects.
Cannon Salvage Inc. has been hired to assist in the wood reclamation efforts.
“We are proud to have been selected to help with this important project,” said Kyle Clifton, general manager for Cannon. “Buildings such as this opera house are a testament to times gone by, and we feel it is important to preserve as much of that history as possible.”
The opera house was constructed during the summer of 1885 by J.C. Brown & Co. While the plan had always been to create a theater, for the first year, the upper floors were used primarily as a roller skating rink.
Over the next 30 years, the theater hosted a wide range of events from theatrical performances to boxing matches. Now, due to fire hazard concerns and the costs of refurbishing, the building is now considered useless for modern business.
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Ounce of prevention
The health department began giving these free vaccinations last April, and as of the beginning of the clinic Wednesday, McNutt said she had about 105 students left to check off.
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Unused seat belt leads to foot chase and arrest
Carroll Wethington may be wishing he’d buckled up.
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Community leaders join forces to start mentoring program
The Boone County Mentoring Collaborative, with the help of consultant Tracy Butler of the Indiana Mentoring Partnership, is working to create a high-quality mentoring program to help at-risk children
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McCraw faces four new charges
Charges that he had been using marijuana before he drove a car into a home, killing a woman, have been filed against Joshua McCraw, 22, Lebanon.
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Off-duty cop catches burglary suspect
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Building blocks
Perry-Worth first-grader Ryan Keith counts his fingers to add a math sum while playing an educational computer game Tuesday afternoon as classmate Scout Langley, right, also intently plays during Perry-Worth Elementary School’s intervention block.
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Boone benefits from Indiana’s conservation program expansion
Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman recently visited Starkey Farms here to announce that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted an expansion of Indiana’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program , a partnership between the USDA and the State of Indiana to address agriculture-related environmental concerns.
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Leap placed on unpaid suspension
Lebanon Police Patrolman Jason Leap is on unpaid suspension pending the result of an Indiana State Police investigation into allegations he pointed a handgun at a bar patron while off duty.
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West Nile pops up in Boone
The West Nile Virus has been detected in adult mosquitoes in Boone County.
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A cross-country summer
Lebanon resident Richard Lyons flew to the Pacific coast in Oregon in June to explore the area on his bicycle. He told his family he was going to ride around for a while and then head back home.
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