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"It's a game of poker. How much do we have to throw on the table to land this fish and we're not giving away the farm?" - U.C. Commissioner Tom McCarthy

A large, glowing ornament sits at the corner of Main Street and Fifth Street in Uptown Marysville ahead of the annual Christmas Walk event this Saturday, Nov. 22 at Partners Park. The event runs from 4-8 p.m. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Students enrolled in the construction program at Tri-Rivers are building houses for low-to-mid income families in Marion through a partnership with the city and the Marion Land Bank. Pictured above at left from front to back, North Union board members Brian Davis, Shelly Ehret and Bradley DeCamp take a step inside of one of the houses as Tri-Rivers assistant superintendent Aaron Stewart, at right, discusses the construction program during a tour of the school’s facilities on Monday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)

Provisional, absentee count pushes issue to approval by three votes

Union County Treasurer Andy Smarra, pictured above at right, explains to the Jonathan Alder Board of Education Tuesday why he sent a tax letter out to residents late last month. Alder officials criticized Smarra’s actions, suggesting he impacted the outcome of the district’s recent bond issue. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Marysville High School students work on the school newspaper, Vibe, during class time. The class is a co-curricular course student can take. (Photo submitted)