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May 26, 2021
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Circus Hall of Fame work week comes to close; more to be done The International Circus Hall of Fame finished their work week last week with much accomplished. Photographer, Regine Brindle, captured many moments volunteers experienced throughout the week. A love of circus and all that goes with it drove many volunteers to the old Circus Winter quarters located off of 3076 E. Circus Lane, off of 124 East, Peru. The International CHOF is always looking for volunteers to help with restorations, handy work and many other opportunities that are available. For more information, contact the Hall of Fame at 800-771.0241. See photos from the week on Pages 4 and 5.
Suspect arrested in triple homicide at Woodland Mobile Home Park On May 21, Officers from the Miami County Sheriff's Department were dispatched to a home at 2834 South, 300 West, Lot 137, Peru. The location is Woodland Hills Trailer Court. The officers were sent to check on the welfare of the residents and found the bodies of Jessica Sizemore, 26, Jessiah Hall, 37, and four-year-old Rae'Lynn Sizemore. All of the deceased lived at the residence. A two-year-old boy was also found at the home but was uninjured. He was transported to Dukes Memorial Hospital in Peru and was cleared of any injuries. He was released into the care of the Indiana Department of Child Services, Miami County Division. The joint homicide investigation by the Indiana State Police and the Miami County Mitchell Page Sheriff's Department led to the arrest of Mitchell Page, 25, Brookston, Indiana. Page was incarcerated in the Miami County jail for three counts of murder. The investigation indicated the three were shot to death. Autopsies have been scheduled. During the investigation, officers found probable cause to arrest Page for three counts of murder. Page was taken into custody at a relative's home in Lafayette, Indiana. Sizemore and Page have a child together. This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact the Indiana State Police by calling 765-4736666 or the Miami County Sheriff's Department at 765-472-1322.
Mobile Food Pantry available today The Food Finders Mobile Food Pantry Truck will be at St. Charles Catholic Church, 80 West Fifth Street, Peru, at 11 a.m. Wednesday May 26th. This will be a drive-thru distribution. The organizers ask that all clients remain in their vehicles at tall times and no one arrive prior to 10:30 a.m. This is being sponsored by Anthem Blue Cross and Shield.
Vol. 2, No. 14
Unexpected Blessings By Don Hurd I do a lot of traveling in my line of work. 60,000 miles a year roughly. That’s an extremely large amount of windshield time. With all that time in a vehicle it becomes my mobile office. Plus, I generate my fair share of trash from newspapers and mail from all my 20 newspapers. That trash usually ends up in the backseat. I really try to make sure I begin each week with a clean vehicle. Nothing worse than having a messy office. As I was cleaning my vehicle for this week, I came across an envelope I totally forgot about. I believe it had been in my center console for several weeks. As I opened up the forgotten envelope I discovered $100 inside. I thought; woohoo! That envelope was one of God’s unexpected blessings. I thought boy my lucky day. I could use that unexpected monetary find to treat myself. I was thinking of a marshmallow malt or two were coming my way. In my travels, I conduct a fair share of business on the road. Many times, I’ll have to stop and check calls, texts or emails. If I have to answer many emails, I’ll stop at a local fast food place to use their free internet. It’s very convenient to move my mobile office inside since I have my trusty laptop and internet. On this particular day I stopped at a McDonalds. Got my half and half sweet tea and found a quiet spot in the restaurant. Got my computer out and started answering emails. Then in the quiet of Ronald McDonald’s house I overheard a couple talking. Mind you I wasn’t eavesdropping, but they were close enough to me I could hear their discussion. OK, maybe I was eavesdropping. You can’t tell me you’ve never eavesdropped on someone’s conversation. Their conversation centered around planning their upcoming shopping trip at a supermarket. They had a grocery insert with all the specials this store was having for this week. As they went through the flyer page by page, they were adding up their planned expenditures. They were very dutiful in counting every penny they planned on spending to purchase gro-
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