Behind the Work Release Center a small garden has been slowly taking shape. Planted about five weeks ago, corn, onions, squash, tomatoes, peppers, and all the usual suspects are growing despite the lack of water. Each evening the garden is tended by dedicated volunteers. They are watering and weeding, learning and leading, and it’s a…
The eaglet at Huntingburg Lake is maturing quickly. Notice the black eaglet to the left in the nest. It isn’t flying yet but as Sam Voelkel said to me yesterday, “It’s about as big as a turkey now.”. Sam’s photo gallery can be seen here and he is usually at the lake with a big…
Amy Kippenbrock, chairperson for the county event, stated around $115,000 was raised at this year’s event. All photos provided by Evan Elrod.
by Kathy Tretter, special from The Ferdinand News “Creating a World of More Birthdays.” That is the dream — and the theme of the 2012 Dubois County Relay For Life, to be held on the Jasper Middle School track June 1 and 2. The financial goal this year is $138,000, but by the time June…
Teens from four area high schools are heading to Indianapolis today to compete in the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Contest. The teams are checking in today and the state contest will begin at 9:00 a.m. Friday. Only ten teams throughout the state qualified to compete at the State Competition. Southridge, Heritage Hills, and Pike Central…
I wrote this last year and I had a big “crop” of hummers. We asked the Facebook crowd today whether they had spied any yet and received information some had been seen recently. The article below has some of my own tips for attracting and feeding the little guys. Check it out and get those…
At the first weekly Trivia Night held at the Old School Cafe’ Team Dubsteppers won by default after losing by four points to Team BADK who were disqualified due to being employees at the restaurant. The night may have gone differently but for the fact that after winning the first round of questions, Team Andrew’s…
While walking down Fourth Street in Huntingburg this morning I noticed what appeared to be a string ensemble in the window of the Antique Emporium. Intrigued, I entered the shop and heard the final strands of Precious Memories floating among the antiques. I shot a few pictures and then spoke with the trio as they…
This was submitted by a reader and we like to recognize people in the community doing cool things. The Nancy Hanks VEX Robotics Team was led by 6th Grade teacher Lynn Price. The teams all started with the same VEX Robotics kit, from which they worked for weeks designing their own robots. On Saturday, the…
How can a guy that makes movies with exploding entrails sit in a booth across from me sipping a white mocha? On top of that he uses “please” and “thank you” like salt and pepper; he’s a really polite, white mocha sipping (oh look, whip cream on the tip of his nose) Indiana University graduate…
