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  Volunteers put power underground
  This week’s rain transformed the construction site of the new Plainfield Youth Athletic Complex into a muddy mess, but the wet conditions didn’t matter to the Duke Energy workers who volunteered there on Friday.

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  Outdoor education program touts environmental awareness
  Jameson Camp’s goal is no longer just to give youth with social and emotional handicaps a positive and fun summer experience. It’s now also to help develop them into stewards for the environment.

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  Plainfield art students aim high
  Plainfield High School hallways are undoubtedly full of activity on a typical school day, but PHS art students are breathing additional life into the halls by using an unusual canvas — the ceiling.

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  Junior Misses encourage other girls to participate
  What was once practically a right of passage for high school girls has become just another event in their hectic lives, but reigning Junior Miss winners from Hendricks County are hoping to bring the scholarship program back to its former glory.

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  Column: So you think you're a patriot? Prove it
  We have allowed political extremists to declare that politics is an “either/or” situation, in which if one does not agree 100 percent with any given position, one is, by definition, evil.
  

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  Harrison present, not talking or practicing at Colts' minicamp
  Wide receiver Marvin Harrison will be in attendance for all three days of the Indianapolis Colts’ mandatory minicamp, which began Friday at the team’s West 56th Street headquarters.

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  Custom paint means patriotic pride
  Jason Smith said he got started in custom paint work when he was just a teen. He said he tried to learn the ropes on his own, but that changed during a visit to his sister’s Danville home.

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  Swedish band revives the ’80s in their music
  Artist types tend to be self-conscious about displaying their influences too conspicuously.

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  Americans may finally be forced to curb gas consumption
  Some signs point to rare cutback in fuel consumption by the nation's motorists. Without some conservation, prices could stay high, and even climb.

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