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Arizona campus pushes HU to largest enrollment

Huntington University is reporting its largest-ever enrollment, thanks to the addition of a campus in Peoria, AZ.

HU has 1,321 students enrolled for the fall semester of 2017, a figure that includes 1,234 students in various programs based in Huntington and 87 students in its Center for Digital Media Arts in Peoria, AZ.

The total enrollment for this fall is up 21 students from 2016 and is the largest enrollment in the university’s 120-year history, HU officials say. It includes 266 new enrollments, a 9 percent increase from the previous year.

Pathfinder accepts disaster cleanup kit donations

Members of Pathfinder Community Integration are working with the First Presbyterian Church in Huntington to collect items for cleanup kits that will be sent to the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance program in Louisville, KY. Displaying one of the buckets are (front, from left) Dave Sunderman, Jameson Peters, Ronny Stolte, Dave Maddux, Logan Mealer and Brandon Borntreger and (back) Rebecca Dubuc, Pos’Abilities team leader for Pathfinder Community Supports.
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Individuals served by Pathfinder Community Supports are accepting donations from the community of items that will be used to assemble hurricane cleanup kits to be distributed by the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance program in Louisville, KY.

Donations will be accepted today, Monday, Sept. 25, through Friday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to noon at the First Presbyterian Church, 50 E. Tipton St., Huntington. The congregation of the church will collect donations on Sunday, Oct. 1, at the same location.

Potato bar fund-raiser to help Lange serve on missionary team

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Cassy Lange

St. Peter Lutheran Church, in Huntington, will host a baked potato bar on Sunday, Oct. 1, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the church.

Proceeds from the meal will go to Cassy Lange, who will be serving with the LCMS Mercy medical team in Antsirabe, Madagascar, in July 2018.
The team will be treating thousands of patients at local Lutheran churches.

For many Malagasy people, these clinics held by LCMS volunteers are their only form of health care.

HU receives 16th in mag ‘best college’ ranking

U.S. News & World Report has included Huntington University in its ranking of best colleges in the Midwest.

HU was ranked 16th on the list of Best Regional College in the Midwest and 31st in the list of Best Value Regional College in the Midwest.

The rankings are included in the U.S. News & World Report guide, Best Colleges 2018.

Huntington University ahs been ranked on the best Regional College list for 19 consecutive years and has consistently appeared in the top 20 among its peers, HU officials say.

Senior luncheon Sept. 26 to feature remarks by Huntington’s mayor

Huntington Mayor Brooks Fetters will be the guest speaker following the Senior potluck meal on Sept. 26 at noon at New Hope Church, 2001 Engle St., Huntington.

The community is invited to attend. Those attending should bring a dish to share.

The Senior potluck meal is hosted by New Hope Church on the fourth Tuesday of each month at noon.

For information, call 356-0870.

Helping out a neighbor


Photo by Rebecca Sandlin.

Alivia Eppler (left), of Huntington, and Miah Gruss, of Yoder, work on landscaping at the home of Luke Herrick on Henry Street Wednesday, Sept. 20. Several volunteers from Pathfinder HomeOwnership Center pitched in to do the yard work in celebration of NeighborWorks Week.

Huntington County Veterans Service Office to host second Veterans’ Expo Nov. 7

The Huntington County Veterans Service Office will hold its second Veterans’ Expo, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Huntington National Guard Armory.

The expo is for veterans, servicemen and women and their families. The event is free.

Vendors will be set up to help meet specific needs and go over different resources that are available, including:

• Finding military documents.

• VA health care enrollment.

• Health care benefits.

• Caregiver program.

• Burial benefits.

• Counseling services.

Faith Chapel invites the community to breakfast

Faith Chapel United Methodist Church is hosting a free community breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 30, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the church’s fellowship hall.

The menu will include pancakes, sausage, and biscuits and gravy.

The church is at 2978W-1100N, Huntington, near the intersection of 300W and 1100N in Goblesville.

For more information about the church, visit faithchapelumc.org or call 344-1466.

Books and bags


Photo by Rebecca Sandlin.

Salamonie School second-graders Macy Rittenhouse (left) and Adaira Stockman receive a free book bag from Joan Drayer (right), a Huntington County Literacy Coalition board member, Thursday, Sept. 21, during Drayer’s visit to Kathy Salzmann’s class. The Literacy Coalition gives a book and a bag, made by members of Evangelical United Methodist Church, to each second grade student in the Huntington County Community School Corporation.

Special guest


Photo by Cindy Klepper.

Gib Young, embodying President Theodore Roosevelt, uses the president’s word to stress the importance of leadership as he speaks to volunteer tutors with the Huntington County Literacy Coalition during an appreciation dinner held on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the Huntington County Courthouse. The organization is seeking more volunteers to tutor children and adults in reading, math, English as a second language and individual learning needs. A new tutor orientation will be held Oct. 17 and Oct. 24.  For information, call Dawn Schmidt, the coalition’s director, at 356-0824.

New outlet store has odd name, but shelves full of name brands

Kari Dill Lahr (left)  and Kathy Dill opened What’s the Big Dill Outlet on Sept. 1.
Photo by Cindy Klepper.

The name of the new discount store on Harrison Street — What’s the Big Dill Outlet — may leave you scratching your head.

But when you meet the proprietors, the mother-daughter duo of Kathy Dill and Kari Dill Lahr, you’ll get it.

It actually took them a while to come up with the name, finally taking inspiration from a shirt bearing an image of a pickle and the words, “What’s the big dill?”

“We are going to get pickles eventually,” Dill jokes.

Scarecrow Fest seeks participants

Organizers of the Scarecrow Festival, which will be held Oct. 27 in downtown Warren, are seeking participants for its chili cook-off and the scarecrow contest.

Businesses and organizations are also needed to provide family-friendly booths, organize free games or activities or have treats ready for the trick-or-treaters.

Entries for the scarecrow and chili contests are due by Oct. 25. Entry forms are available at Warren businesses and at the Warren Town Hall.

For booth locations and guidelines for the chili cook-off and scarecrow contest, call 375-3010.

Library sets coloring time

Roanoke Public Library will hold an adult coloring and craft time on Thursday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. at the library.

Supplies will be available for coloring only, but participants may bring their own craft or coloring supplies to use or to share.

The library is at 314 N. Main St., Suite 120, Roanoke.

Habitat for Humanity CEO shares vision for Huntington County

Justin Berger, CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne, says that the merger of the Huntington and Wells county Habitat affiliates with the Fort Wayne group offers a more efficient way to serve more families in both of the smaller communities.
Photo by Cindy Klepper.

Justin Berger, CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne, sees great things ahead for the Habitat affiliate in Huntington County.

Affiliates in both Huntington County and Wells County merged with the Fort Wayne affiliate in April, an action Berger says will remove the burden of back office operations from the smaller affiliates and allow them to concentrate on fund-raising and service.

The impetus for the merger, he says, was a discussion focusing on the question, “How do we serve more families in the region, not just in our own?”