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The guy everyone wakes up with

By Mark Carpenter People’s Defender Familiarity. For those people in Adams County who religiously turn their radios every morning to C103, the voices they hear have grown quite familiar. One of those voices belongs to [...]
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Heading for a ‘happy’ country

By Mark Carpenter People’s Defender Sea turtles, macaws, monkeys, crocodiles, volcanoes, hot springs, boats, waterfalls. and the sand between your toes. This and much more awaits a group of 13 Peebles High School students and [...]
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Senior Citizens and Armed Services Day at the Fair

Scrappy Quilters present Quilts of Valor to local veterans – By Patricia Beech – The Senior Fair Board hosted its annual Senior Citizens and Armed Forces Day Tuesday, July 10 at the 2018 Adams County [...]
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Carnival owners embrace their ‘carnie’ heritage

By Patricia Beech People’s Defender When Bess Brinkley, one of the owners of Brinkley Entertainment, Inc., agreed to provide amusement rides for the Adams County Fair, she had no plans to further expand her North [...]
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Winners named in Little Miss and Mister Contests

The last time in the dock

July 19, 2018 0

By Mark Carpenter – It’s actually a shame that most families only see each other at funeral services. That was the case for me last weekend as I attended a family memorial service and was […]

In extras, Manchester forces ‘winner-take-all” in 12U baseball tourney

July 19, 2018 0

By Mark Carpenter – After numerous delays and then waiting out the Adams County Fair, two local Knothole squads finally found themselves back on the diamond on July 16, battling it out for the Southern […]

Senior Profile: Cierra Roberts

July 19, 2018 0

SPORTS EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week, The People’s Defender will profile an Adams County senior student/athlete so our community and readers can get to know better these outstanding young people who participate both in athletics and […]