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Trio of local RE/MAX Results realtors receive hall of fame honors recently

Kittie Keiffer, Betsy Bilyew and Ken Zell, all of RE/MAX Results, have been presented with the RE/MAX Hall of Fame Award.

The award honors agents who have closed more than $35 million in sales volume during their careers with the company. Fewer than 23 percent of all RE/MAX affiliates earn the award.

Sensory bottle session set

Parents, teachers and other adults with young children in their lives can learn to make a sensory bottle on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. at the Huntington Branch of the Huntington City-Township Public Library.

The Sensory Bottle Make and Take workshop is free and all supplies will be provided. Hot water and glue will be used, so bringing children is not encouraged.

Each participant will make one calming bottle and one discovery bottle.

The workshop is limited to 20 participants. Call the Reference Desk at 356-0824 to register.

Bicentennial program to showcase Indiana poet


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Indianapolis actor Jeff Kuehl will recite selections from Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley’s most familiar poems on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m., at Forks of the Wabash Historic Park, 3011 W. Park Drive, Huntington.

The program, sponsored by the Huntington County Historical Society, is the last of four programs organized to celebrate Indiana’s 2016 bicentennial.

The family-oriented performance will include biographical information presented in the first person.

New Hope will set sail with December show

The New Hope United Brethren in Christ Church will present the musical “The Love Liner” in its annual dinner theater production.

The performance will take place Friday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 17, at 6 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 18, at 5 p.m.

“The Love Liner” is an interactive play about the events on an ocean cruise. Dinner theater patrons will “come aboard” as they “set sail” for high adventures on the “1976 Love Liner,” including music and entertainment.

The meal will be a cruise ship buffet.

Getting in some playtime


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Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate Evan Bayh and his wife, Susan, visit with (from left) Kaitlyn Hall, Trinity Ruble and Kenzie Long from Pathfinder Kids Kampus during a campaign stop and tour at the Huntington child care facility on Thursday, Nov. 3. The Bayhs were accompanied by Hoosier Democrat candidates John Gregg, running for governor; Christina Hale, lieutenant governor candidate; Glenda Ritz seeking re-election as superintendent of public instruction; and Lorenzo Arredondo, attorney general candidate.

State Tri Kappa organization has many scholarships

The state organization of Tri Kappa will award a variety of scholarships to college students throughout Indiana in the spring. Each state scholarship will be in the amount of $1,000.  

Tri Kappa has provided scholarship awards since 1914 acknowledging students on the local, province and state levels. Chapters, provinces and the state organization combined currently give nearly $500,000 annually honoring academic achievement.

Hunters can donate deer to help feed hungry families in the community

Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry will accept donations of deer from hunters again this season.

The deer, along with livestock donated by farmers, are processed by participating butchers, given to hunger relief agencies and distributed to families within the county in which it was donated. All processing fees are paid by Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry.

For more information, visit www.HoosiersFeedingtheHungry.org.

Homemakers offer cookies, candy, crafts for holiday

Huntington County Extension director Karen Hinshaw (right) loads a container with cookies for Pam Will during last year’s Extension Homemakers cookie sale. This year’s sale of cookies and candy will include a craft show and will be held in Heritage Hall at the Huntington County Fairgrounds. It will be held on Dec. 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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The Huntington County Extension Homemakers will sponsor their annual Holiday Cookies, Candy and Craft Sale on Friday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Heritage Hall, 631 E. Taylor St., Huntington.

The location of the sale and the craft show are new this year. Several Extension Clubs will offer crafts suitable for Christmas gifts.

Visitors to the event will receive a container to fill with their choice of cookies or candy. Cookies are priced by the dozen, and candy is priced by the half pound.

Overcoming challenges to be explored at Lifetree on Nov. 8

Overcoming physical and emotional challenges will be explored at Lifetree Café on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 6:30 pm.

The program, titled “Choosing Resilience,” features a screening of the true story of Staff Sgt. Travis Mills who lost both his arms and legs as a result of an IED explosion in Afghanistan.

Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Lifetree Café is located at 50 E. Tipton St., Huntington.

For more information, call 356-8680 or email office@huntingtonfpc.comcastbiz.net.

HNHS FFA livestock team places 6th at NC contest

Huntington North High School Future Farmers of America members display awards they won at the Southeastern Regional Livestock Judging Contest in Raleigh, NC on Saturday, Oct. 29. Members are (front row from left) Madison Wohlford, Bailey Irick and Leigh Ann Trickle and (back row from left) Sarah Hunnicutt, Spencer Atkinson, Brandon Will, Savannah Jones and Victoria Keiffer.
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A livestock judging team from Huntington North High School Future Farmers of America placed sixth in the team competition at the Southeastern Regional Livestock Judging Contest in Raleigh, NC, on Saturday, Oct. 29.

The team, whose members were Leigh Ann Trickle, Victoria Keiffer, Bailey Irick and Sarah Hunnicutt, placed first in the meat goat and cattle categories and fourth in the swine and reasons categories.

Another team from Huntington North, consisting of Madison Wohlford, Spencer Atkinson, Savannah Jones and Brandon Will, placed 10th in the cattle category.

GriefShare ‘Surviving Holidays’ seminar Nov. 16 at College Park

The GriefShare “Surviving the Holidays” seminar will be offered on Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at College Park Church Commons, 1945 College Ave., Huntington.

The seminar offers practical, actionable strategies to help those who are grieving make it through the holiday season. It includes a video featuring advice from people in grief who’ve faced the holidays after their loss, as well as insights from Christian counselors, pastors and psychologists.

Congregational Christian Church to honor veterans Nov. 13 at brunch

The Congregational Christian Church will honor veterans and their families at a brunch on Sunday, Nov. 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The event will be held in the Fellowship Hall of the church.

Veterans and their guests are invited to attend the brunch. The community is invited to attend the morning activities.

Those present will be invited to stand and speak the branch of military and tour of duty in which they served. Afterward, the families of those who have served either presently or in the past, will be invited to stand so that their loved ones may be honored.

Holiday Book Boutique Dec. 3 at Hgtn. library

The Friends of the Library will hold a Holiday Book Boutique on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Huntington Branch of the Huntington City-Township Public Library.

The sale will include gift quality books in both hardcover and softcover for all ages and will be sold at a fraction of the cost of new books.

The Huntington library is located at 255 W. Park Drive, Huntington.

Cutting the ribbon


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Employees and friends of Bippus State Bank gather to cut the ribbon to officially open the bank’s newest branch at 1104 Huntington Ave. in Warren on Friday, Oct. 28. Holding the ribbon are bank employees (from left) Kendall Green, loan officer; Sherri Carroll, teller; Cassie Miller, Warren branch manager; Patti Bustos, vault teller; and Ryan Warner, president.

HNHS bands to perform Friday night

The Huntington North High School bands will perform a concert on Friday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. in the HNHS auditorium.

The concert will feature the Jazz Ensemble and the Fall Concert Band, playing a variety of American music including jazz, show tunes, marches, patriotic and more.

Ensemble directors for the evening include Michael Petek, John Gardner, Matt Walter and Grant Ebert.

Admission is charged.