Huntington North High School show choir hosted the Midwest Showcase on Saturday, Feb. 27. Pictured is Carroll High School’s “Select Sound” performing their last number. Carroll’s women’s division tied with Homestead High School’s “Elite” for second place at the showcase. HNHS will next perform at Bishop Luers Midwest Show Choir Invitational on March 6.
The Huntington County 4-H Junior Leaders Club presents a check for $1,000 to Dan Blocker, president of the Huntington County 4-H Fair Board.
The fair board is using the check to buy new chairs for Heritage Hall. Pictured are (front row, from left): Kole Keiffer, Sam Atkinson, Gwyn Penrod, Elisa Neher, Lawerence Grove and Shaylyn Suchcicki; (middle row, from left): Stephanie Atkinson, Kelsie Ludemann, Lizzie Colclessor, Reece Colclessor, Blocker, Carter Zezula, Iszabelle Howell and Chloe Couch; (back row, from left): Landon Zezula, Nathaniel Alwine and Eliza Wolford.
Beacon Credit Union donated $5,000 to Heartland Adult Education Career Center for their new expansion project. The expansion will include constructing a 37,000 square foot building to create a place that will offer learning opportunities for advanced manufacturing and health credentials for adults. Currently there is no program in the region that supports or has the space for adult learning.
Women’s History Month began as a one-day observance on Feb. 28, 1909, in honor of the one-year anniversary of a garment workers’ strike that saw 15,000 women march through the streets of New York City to demand economic and political rights.
In 1978, an education task force in Santa Rosa, CA, began a “Women’s History Week” celebration on March 8.
In February 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued a proclamation designating the week of March 8, 1980, as National Women’s History Week.
The Parkview Huntington Family YMCA offered up an activity-filled “friendly competition” by hosting the Winter Silver Bowl on Friday, Feb. 26, for active older adults.
Activities started at 10 a.m. and included a one-mile walk, a euchre competition, Wii Bowling and a cornhole tournament.
Lunch was then provided by Miller’s Merry Manor for the participants. Nearly 20 active older adults opted to participate over the course of the day, some choosing to participate in more than one event.
By Katelynn Farley - Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:29 AM
Parents who are looking to start more open discussion with their children now have the option of reaching out to a locally-run Facebook community page titled “Let’s Talk: Building Relationships.”
The page, which is run by Huntington University student Morgan Fitzpatrick, is attempting to help community members build stronger families by “encouraging tough discussions between parents and their children.”
The Huntington County Community Foundation (HCCF) has recently awarded several grants to local organizations.
The first grant was for $5480 to New Life Ministries. The grant will be used towards the purchase and installation of a furnace and AC unit in the Men’s Life House.
The Men’s Life House will operate as a transitional living facility, offering employment assistance and life skill classes including finance, goal setting, safe relationships and certified biblical counseling.
The projected opening of the Men’s Life House is slated for sometime in the spring.
As tax season quickly approaches, EPCO Accounting & Tax Services is preparing by adding a new staff accountant, Valerie Juillerat, to their team.
Though she is new to the tax field, Juillerat has extensive experience in business.
Juillerat graduated from Huntington University with a Bachelor of Graphic Design.
After graduation, Juillerat opened The Art Palette art supply store in Huntington while working for Coaches Connection as a graphic designer. Once she married, she opened a location in Marion where she lived.
Christ’s United Methodist Church will be hosting a drive-thru fish fry on Friday, March 12, at the American Legion Post No. 160, in Roanoke.
The event will start at 4:30 p.m. and last until 6:30 p.m.
The menu is comprised of fish, a baked potato, roll, applesauce, cole slaw and a cookie. There is a fee for adult portions and a smaller fee for children’s portions.
Century 21 Bradley Realty, Inc. welcomes Shelley Shipe to its firm. “We are so pleased to announce that Shelley will be joining our team,” said James Bradley, broker/owner of Century 21 Bradley Realty, Inc. “We believe her experience will greatly enhance the services we provide to our customers in the Fort Wayne community.”
Shipe specializes in residential property sales. “I’m excited to join the Century 21 Bradley Realty, Inc. office and I look forward to sharing all of the great resources Century 21 provides with my clients.”
Nursing students, new graduates and experienced registered nurses are invited to the Parkview Virtual RN Career Fair on Wednesday, March 10.
Between noon and 4 p.m., attendees will be scheduled for 15-minute meetings with nursing leaders from across the system so the candidates can explore areas of interest and learn more about career opportunities with Parkview Health.
By Katelynn Farley - Wednesday, March 3, 2021 10:17 AM
On Thursday, Feb. 25, representatives from Huntington University, along with several other representatives from the City of Huntington and area businesses, gathered at the Huntington Arts & Entrepreneurial Center to launch the second round of the Fortitude Fund.
The Fortitude Fund, which was originally known as the Farnsworth Fund, enables entrepreneurs to gain access to funds while also providing them with a mentor to guide them in their endeavors. It now finds its home at Huntington University through a new partnership.
By Rev. Dr. Marti Lundy - Wednesday, March 3, 2021 10:05 AM
Ruth 1:16: But Ruth said to Naomi, “Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God will be my God.”
Salamonie Church of the Brethren is hosting a fish and tenderloin supper by Dan’s Fish Fry on Tuesday, March 9, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Proceeds will go toward community outreach and needs.
