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Supporting the PAL


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John Mason (left), a member of the Huntington Metro Kiwanis Club, presents a donation from the club to Huntington Police Chief Chad Hacker. Hacker spoke to the group about the many programs offered to youth and the community by the Police Athletic League (PAL) The Kiwanis donation will be used to help make those programs affordable.

All the right moves


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Instructor April Denney (left) shows the proper style of American Tribal Style of Bellydance during a tribal dance workshop held Saturday, March 25, in Huntington. Her pupils include (from left) Kim Winrotte, of Jones, MI; Sara Story, of Huntington; and Stephanie Rensland, of Grand Rapids, MI. The workshop is part of the women’s program of the New Sotterlee Project, an organization dedicated to preserving the methods and ways of the group’s ancestors and providing education of the interactions of various cultures in North America and Europe in historical times.

Operation Safe Prom to remind prom kids on April 28

Huntington North High School students heading to the prom on April 29 will get a look at the worst possible outcome when Operation Safe Prom is staged outside the school on April 28.

The students will witness a mock accident, the result of poor decision making, distracted driving and alcohol. The presentation includes injuries, a fatality, an arrest, a court scene and a funeral service.

Hewson’s VNT project to benefit Kids Kampus

Alyssa Hewson adds caps and lids she’s collected to the bin located in the foyer of Life Church on Thursday, March 23, as part of her Viking New Tech capstone project. Hewson is collecting lids at the church, located at 900 E. State St., and also at the Pathfinder north campus, 2824 Theater Ave. and Kids Kampus, 435 Campus St., all in Huntington. The goal of the campaign is to collect enough lids and caps to make a bench for the Kids Kampus playground.
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Huntington North High School student Alyssa Hewson is working to help Pathfinder Kids Kampus as part of her capstone project in the HNHS Viking New Tech program.

Hewson is collecting plastic caps and lids, which will be recycled into a bench for the playground at Kids Kampus.

Hewson says it takes about 400 pounds of lids, the equivalent of 10 full 55-gallon trash bags, to make one bench.

Roanoke taking apps for reserve

The Roanoke Police Department is accepting applications for a reserve officer for the Town of Roanoke.

Applicants must be at least 21 years old, have no felony convictions and a good driving record.

Applications can be picked up at 141 W. Third St., Roanoke. Applications will be accepted through April 25.

Pair of HCS students, alumna earn return spots at state science fair

Two Huntington Cath-olic School students and a Huntington Catholic al-umna have been selected to attend the state science fair for the second consecutive year.

The Hoosier Science and Engineering Fair will be held on April 1 at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Jessica Hartmus, a Huntington Catholic graduate now attending Bishop Luers High School, Fort Wayne, won first place in the senior (high school) division of the Northeast Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair, earning the right to compete at the state level.

‘1,000 books’ encourages pre-kindergarten reading

The Huntington and Markle branches of the Huntington City-Township Public Library will bring an early literacy program, 1,000 Books before Kindergarten, to their young visitors this April.

The initiative is designed to help children read 1,000 books before their first day of kindergarten.

Both libraries will provide reading logs so that participants can track their progress to 1,000 and will take a photo at the end to commemorate the accomplishment.

‘Singin’ Skipper’ to bring tunes to LaFontaine Center

Bob Barnes, who performs as “Cap’n Bob, The Dixie’s Singin’ Skipper,” will make an appearance at the LaFontaine Center on April 6.
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“Cap’n Bob, The Dixie’s Singin’ Skipper” will perform at the LaFontaine Center on Thursday, April 6, at 1 p.m.

“Cap’n Bob,” also known as Bob Barnes, is a Huntington native. Barnes is a former Disney sound engineer who owns a recording studio. He sings a wide variety of music, with standards by crooners like Frank Sinatra and groups like the Four Freshmen being his specialty. In addition to standards, he performs songs by more recent artists like Kenny Rogers, Linda Ronstadt and the Bee Gees.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Sharing stories


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Caitlin Crawford, Jacob Ehler, Brionna Decot and Vali Thilmont (from left), students in an 11th grade language arts class at Huntington North High School, read a story they wrote to Roanoke Elementary School second-graders (sitting across, from left) Madalyn Kitt, Aubriana Jones and Hannah Dorsett on Monday, March 27, at HNHS. The class wrote stories using elements of plot and fiction studied in class, while students in the digital design class created illustrations to go with their stories.

Cooperative build


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Roanoke Elementary School students (from left) Sophia Shockney, Syrus Ivy, Matthew Quickery and Sophie Riggers show off the structure they created using Power Clix. Power Clix is one of several stations set up in the school library for students to use during their weekly library class.

LAC recognizes three Crestview School students

Three Crestview Middle School students were named Artists of the Month for March by the LaFontaine Arts Council for their excellence in the fine arts. Pictured are (front row from left) Crestview students Andrew Gillespie, nominated for choir; Mitchell Gerber, nominated for art; and Laney Marshall, nominated for band; and (back row from left) Leisl Haupert, art teacher; Morgan Remisderfer, student art teacher; and Douglas McElhaney, band teacher. Not pictured is Bryan Ringo, choir teacher.
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Three Crestview Middle School students were recently honored as LaFontaine Arts Council’s Artists of the Month for March for their excellence in the fine arts areas of study.

Those students receiving this recognition are Laney Marshall, Mitchell Gerber and Andrew Gillespie.

The daughter of Seth and Erica Marshall, of Huntington, Marshall, an eighth-grader, was nominated by her band teacher, Douglas McElhaney.

“Laney has received two gold medals at ISSMA in both seventh and eighth grades and is an outstanding student,” said McElhaney.

Trinity UM to present musical program for Easter

The Worship Arts Ministry of Trinity United Methodist Church will present its annual Easter season program on Palm Sunday, April 9, at 2 p.m.

The program is part of the church’s Evensong concert series.

The afternoon program begins with selections from vocal and instrumental soloists from the community and from Trinity, including violinist Kristine Papillon, tenor Andrè Papillon, baritones Michael McGovern and Michael Langford, soprano Margy Stinson and pianists Myrna Neff and Greg Otis.

Aiming for the top


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Huntington University mascot Norm the Forester is in the finals of the inaugural NAIA Mascot Challenge, facing off against Pikey the Bear of the University of Pikeville. Voting in the championship round takes place on Twitter over a 24-hour period starting today, Monday, March 27, at 11 a.m. Votes can be cast via Twitter at @NAIA_News. Norm finished second in the Crossroads League mascot challenge and received an at-large bid to the national challenge, winning 51 percent of the vote in the quarterfinals and advancing to the final four.