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Molenda USMC

Robert (Bob) Molenda is a United States Marine, because once you are a Marine you are always a marine. Bob grew up in Illinois and joined the United States Marine Corps (USMC) in late 1962 where he trained in San Diego and became one of America's finest, an Infantry Marine in the 3rd Marine Division.
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Marion County Police Beat

Current: January 5 – January 15 Kohut, Ryan Matthews Booking Date: 01-13-2023 - 7:32 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO COMPLY Moore, Jessie Dale Booking Date: 01-13-2023 - 6:01 p.m.; Charges: Reed, Kathleen Booking Date: 01-11-2023 - 7:38 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO PAY FINES MISDEMEANOR Eason, Tony A Booking Date: 01-10-2023 - 3:47 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Tucker, Kourtney Cavell Booking Date: 01-10-2023 - 2:59 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Simmons, Stephanie Louise Booking Date: 01-10-2023 - 11:09 a.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR Cowan, Michael Booking Date: 01-09-2023 - 10:53 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR Ply, Torie Gene Booking Date: 01-07-2023 - 12:06 a.m.; Charges: DISORDERLY CONDUCT, NEED DESCRIPTION Bates, Joshua Allen Booking Date: 01-06-2023 - 11:54 a.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR, FAILURE TO PAY Hicks, Louis Fate Booking Date: 01-06-2023 - 3:38 a.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR, FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR, HOLD FOR BAXTER CO Andrews, James Lee Booking Date: 01-05-2023 - 5:18 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Killian, Robert Booking Date: 01-05-2023 - 4:53 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Released: Hicks, Louis Fate Release Date: 01-15-2023 - 4:45 p.m.; Booking Date: 01-06-2023 - 3:38 a.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR, FAILURE TO APPEAR, MISDEMEANOR, HOLD FOR BAXTER CO, HOLD FOR DOC Rogers, Richard Release Date: 01-14-2023 - 6:11 p.m.; Booking Date: 01-14-2023 - 3:28 p.m. Charges: FAILURE TO REGISTER VEHICLE, DRIVING ON SUSPENDED DL, THEFT OF MOTOR FUEL, FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR Reed, Kathleen Release Date: 01-13-2023 - 8:23 p.m.; Booking Date: 01-11-2023 - 7:38 p.m.
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MC Meeting announced

Marion County Judge, Jason Stumph and the committees have announce dates and times of the upcoming committee meetings. Please note that the meeting time has been changed to 5:00 p.m. in the annex for these meeting.
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The Pool Hall Kid

I went to work at the pool hall one afternoon, straight from school. Ol’ Jim and Ol’ Bill were there, and they could tell I was despondent. I was 13 years old and had just got my first pair of glasses. I wanted a girlfriend awfully bad at that time and those glasses made me uglier than I had ever been. One of the older girls called me ‘four eyes. Now ‘the pool hall kid’ wasn’t my only nickname. Now I was gonna be called the “four-eyed pool hall kid”. I told my old friends there on the front bench that I was thinking on quitting school and just staying there in the pool hall forever. Ol’ Bill asked what brought that on and I told him. I was born too ugly to ever get a girlfriend and now I was uglier because of those glasses.
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