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Arts & Rummage sale booths available
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Line dancing event to benefit local schools
Take your best shot
The Mt. Vernon Wind Ensemble recently performed at the Indiana Music Education Association’s Professional Development Conference. The event, Jan. 13-14, was in Fort Wayne. Band director Jackie Nason said the group was selected through an application process that involved submitting a recording of the group almost a year ago. It was the first time in the program’s history to perform at the convention, Nason said, and it was a tremendous honor.
Golf fundraiser coming up
HANCOCK COUNTY — Join Meals on Wheels of Hancock County and Hawk’s Tail Golf Course on Saturday, Jan. 28 for a day of golfing to raise money for Meals on Wheels’ weekday meal delivery program.
Flags to be flown at half-staff
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags to be flown at half-staff in honor and remembrance of the victims of the tragedy in Monterey Park, California.
Drug crime lands two California men in prison for many years following sentencing
HANCOCK COUNTY — The two California brothers who were stopped with 55 pounds of methamphetamine worth $2 million in July 2021 will both spend multiple years in prison following the acceptance of a plea agreement last week in Hancock County Superior Court 1.
Haines: This became more than just a singing party
You’ve probably been invited to a holiday sing-along before. Maybe it’s while everyone is still gathered after a big meal, belting out family favorites. It might involve bundling up and roaming the streets, caroling for the neighbors. But I was invited to a “Messiah” sing. Yes, you heard that right—performing parts of Handel’s choral masterpiece in someone’s living room.
Feeling groovy: Volunteers celebrated at ’60s themed Meals on Wheels event
GREENFIELD – A 1960s-themed breakfast celebrated volunteers for Meals on Wheels of Hancock County recently.
Back when: Jan. 24-30
Jan. 24
THROWING STONES: Greenfield men embrace the sport of curling through local club
ANDERSON — Three or four times a week, Dan Ivers makes the 20-minute drive from his Greenfield home to the Circle City Curling Club’s new facility in Anderson to compete in the sport of curling — in which competitors glide a granite “stone” across an ice rink as their teammates “sweep” the ice, directing the stone to the scoring ring on the opposing side.
