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Rummage sale set at CC Church

Central Christian Church will have a rummage sale on Thursday, April 20, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and on Friday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A sack sale will be held Friday from noon to 3 p.m.

The event is sponsored by the Christian Women’s Fellowship.

The church is at 500 MacGahan St., Huntington.

Five generations


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Joan and Charles Klenke (front, from left), of Fort Wayne, hold their great-great-granddaughter, Brooklyn Simmons, whose birth on Sept. 4, 2016 — 14 weeks early — completed five generations of their family. With them are (back, from left), the baby’s mother, Chelsea Kinzie; grandmother, Dawn Anders; and great-grandmother, Dianne Diehl, all of Huntington.

A helping hand


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Jan Williams (front row, second from left), executive director of the Youth Services Bureau of Huntington County, accepts a donation of $270 from the advanced child development classes at Huntington North High School. The students raised the money through a Kids’ Night Out movie night, and the gift will be used in the YSB’s On Your Way Up program. The classes also participated in a  school-wide diaper drive earlier this year.

Local man recipient of iAB Employee Scholarship award

iAB financial bank and the Fort Wayne Community Foundation have announced the four recipients of the iAB financial bank Employee Scholarship award.

The 2017 recipients are:

• Trevor Szelis, who will be a freshman this fall at Trine University in Angola pursuing a degree in civil engineering. He is the son of Trent and Amy Szelis, Huntington.

• Alyssa Garver, a sophomore pursuing a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at the University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne. She is the daughter of Greg and Dana Garver, of Harlan.

Success


Photo by Cindy Klepper.

Assistant Alexandra Forsythe (left) watches as (from left) Hannah Grove, Isaac Smelser and Ben Covey check out the “magic orbs” they concocted from household ingredients during a science workshop put on Tuesday, April 11, by Purdue Extension-Huntington County. Forsythe and Extension Educator Rae Ann O’Neill also led the group, which also included Ren Grove, in an attempt to concoct heat-sensitive slime, but that experiment wasn’t as successful. The workshop was part of a six-session series of hands-on science activities sponsored by the local Extension office.

Winans launches new lawn, landscaping service

Mike Winans is the owner of Superior Scapes Lawn and Landscaping LLC, in Roanoke. The business, which officially began in January, offers an array of services from weekly lawn maintenance and weed control to residential snow removal.
Photo by Rebecca Sandlin

Michael Winans will receive his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Indiana Tech in May.

But already the Roanoke resident and Huntington North High School graduate has opened his own business, Superior Scapes Lawn and Landscaping LLC, because that’s the kind of work he really likes.

“It started when I was a little kid,” he explains. “I started doing it on the side and then I decided that it’s something that I really enjoyed doing, so I went on to get my license to do fertilization and weed control.”

Markle library to start book club

The Markle Branch of the Huntington City-Township Public Library has announced the start of its first official book club.

The club will meet every fourth Monday of the month at 5 p.m., starting April 24, and meetings will involve discussing the book chosen for that week over coffee, provided free by Barkley Builders.

Geared toward adults, this book club will read fiction and non-fiction, with all titles selected by its members.

All are invited to attend.

‘Pioneer Granny Doctor’ to be topic of Salamonie Senior Lunch May 1

“Millie: The Pioneer Granny Doctor” will be the featured program for the Salamonie Senior Luncheon at Salamonie Interpretive Center on May 1.

Millie will be portrayed by Laura Whiteleather, an interpretive naturalist with Upper Wabash Interpretive Services.

The character of Millie goes back to a time when doctors were few and far between. Pioneers depended on knowledge of medicinal plants passed down from generations to help relieve symptoms from illness.

Rabbits before Easter


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Huntington North High School FFA members (foreground, from left) Cheyanne Karst, Savannah Jones and Kiara Dominguez display a pen of rabbits to kindergartners from Northwest Elementary School during a visit to the Tom and Rose Wall farm on Thursday, April 13. The FFA-coordinated trip to the Wall farm is an annual event. Photo provided.

Quayle Center brings back designer purse Bingo

The Quayle Vice Presidential Learning Center will hold its annual designer purse Bingo night, Spring Flingo, on Tuesday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m.

The event will be held in Rieder Auditorium of the Huntington Catholic Sch-ool Primary Building, adjacent to SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 860 Cherry St., Huntington.

Admission covers 20 games. Each game’s winner will receive a designer purse.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Light snack foods will be available for purchase. Participants must be at least 18.

Warren Scouts to serve lunch April 23

The Warren Scouts will host their first Sunday Luncheon on Sunday, April 23. The meal will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Knight Bergman Center.

The menu includes ham, chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, coleslaw and desserts. Children younger than 6 eat free.

Profits from the luncheon will be used to pay for boys to go to camp over the summer, new Scout equipment and an upcoming Eagle Scout project.