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• Clarke County Farmers’ Market for the 2015 season begins Tuesday, June 2, and runs through Saturday, Oct. 17. It is located on the southeast side of the courthouse square in Osceola. Times are 3-6 p.m. on Tuesdays and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. The market will not be open July 4.
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OFF THE RAILS Train cars blown off tracks in Clarke County By AMY HANSEN
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An early morning thunderstorm had enough force to blow off approximately 80 Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train cars in Clarke County. “It was here one minute and gone the next,” OST photo by AMY HANSEN said OsceBurlington Northern Santa Fe railroad cars are blown off the tracks near Lacelle Road Sunday, May 17. ola Police Chief MarDuffus ty Duffus. W h a t was thought to be a potential tornado touchdown is now appearing to be straight-line winds. According to Allan Mathias with Clarke County Emergency Management, his last update from the National Weather Service showed a storm with straight-line winds of 65-70 miles per OST photo by AMY HANSEN hour. The winds could have Approximately 80 Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks were blown off the tracks near Lacelle Road, Sunday, reached 75 miles per hour at
one point. The storm caused the damage between 3 and 3:30 a.m. Sunday, May 17. Most of the damage is in the rural parts of the county, west of Osceola. The empty train cars blew off the tracks near Lacelle Road. According to BNSF officials, there were no reported injuries and no major financial losses in the accident. However, because of the mud the storm created, clean up is going to take many hours. At approximately 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 17, BNSF officials said a track would be openfor train traffic. Inside the town limits, there was reported damage to trees and aluminum car ports. No warnings The severe thunderstorm appeared to take many people by surprise, and Duffus Please see TRAIN, Page 4
May 17.
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A railroad crossing bar near Lacelle Road is damaged after a storm during the early A tree is completely uprooted from the ground near a house on Lacelle Road after a morning hours of Sunday, May 17. storm during the early morning hours of Sunday, May 17.
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Kaelynn Fugate, right, receives her Contributed photo by CHRIS ROBINS diploma from Gerard Linskens, Clarke School Board president, during Clarke Community High School’s graduation ceremony Murray graduation: Matt and Ben Rockhold smile with retiring teacher Pat Ratashak at Murray’s graduation ceremony Sunday, May 17. Sunday, May 17. SINGLE COPY PRICE: 75¢
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