Lauren M. Wilson - Monday, August 20, 2012 7:50 AM
Photo by Lauren M. Wilson.
Originally published Aug. 6, 2012.
Fight? Or flight?
None of us knows which we will choose in a moment of tragedy - until it strikes.
Three Huntington men were faced with the question around 2 a.m. on Monday, July 23, when they saw their neighbor's home engulfed in flames.
Their answer: Fight.
That night, Mike Malies, Robin Hale and Rufus McKee, all neighbors of the Jacquay family, helped Heidi Jacquay and three of her daughters escape from their burning home on High Street in Huntington.
Sarah Johnson - Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:59 AM
Photo by Andre. B. Laird
Originally published Aug. 2, 2012.
For the average Midwesterner, imagining a batch of homemade booze probably isn't the most elegant vision.
Try imagining, though, a Christmas ale flavored with juniper berries and loose leaf vanilla chai. Or a grapefruit and honey India pale ale.
That's the sort of imagining that happens at Mad Farmer Ales, the one-year-old brainchild of Ross Bitzel and Mathew Kendig - a private Huntington-based hobby brewery.
Why the name Mad Farmer?
Lauren M. Wilson - Monday, August 13, 2012 8:28 AM
TAB file photos.
As the school year begins and students hustle through the halls, many will see new administrative faces.
Three new principals have been hired in Huntington County - Chad Daugherty at Huntington North High School, Chuck Werth at Crestview Middle School and Russ Degitz at Lancaster Elementary School.
Each principal weighs in on his hopes on the start of a new year:
Lauren M. Wilson - Monday, August 6, 2012 7:56 AM
Photo by Lauren M. Wilson.
Originally published July 26, 2012.
Growing along U.S.-24, on a hillside between Roanoke and Huntington, are hundreds of grape vines.
Eric Harris and Emily Hart planted them there this spring, and now they are training them to grow according to vertical shoot positioning - a method used by vineyards in California to maximize visual appeal and efficiency of the plant, says Harris.
But why are these plants now a part of the Huntington County landscape?
They are a component of Harris' and Hart's dream of owning a winery.
Steve Clark - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 8:55 AM
Photo provided.
Originally published July 23, 2012.
When people travel overseas, they take in the sights, but rarely give anything back.
This wasn't the case for the group of Huntington North High School band students that traveled to Europe this summer.
Touring Europe with the Indiana Ambassadors of Music, Andrea Shriner, Quentin Lintz, Ali Meyer and Molly Irick were a part of a group of approximately 100 instrumentalists and 50 vocalists, all in high school, who performed at various locations across Europe.
Sarah Johnson - Monday, July 30, 2012 8:39 AM
Photo by Sarah Johnson.
Originally published July 16, 2012.
With summer comes the expected rise in gas prices, with numbers jumping up sky-high around holidays such as the Fourth of July. Everyone feels the strain on their wallets.
Everyone except Joyce McCune, who keeps on rolling around town in his silent Chevy truck.
Yes, silent.
"Your hair dryer makes more noise than that car does," he jokes.
Steve Clark - Monday, July 23, 2012 8:25 AM
Photo by Steve Clark.
Originally published July 9, 2012.
A few weeks ago at a local restaurant a waitress approached Ed Waters, of Huntington, and inquired if he knew somebody.
Waters was familiar with the individual and also with the fact that this individual had once played Police Athletic League (PAL) Baseball in Huntington, which Waters has been affiliated with for quite some time.
"And she said," Waters recalls, "‘Well, he told me that you're his idol.'"
Welcome to life as Ed Waters.
Sarah Johnson - Thursday, July 19, 2012 8:08 AM
Photo by Sarah Johnson.
Originally published July 5, 2012.
If you ask around, some people will tell you Elzie Spencer has performed more funerals and weddings than anyone else in Huntington County.
They may be right.
The 87-year-old retired minister has been a local figure since the 1950s and says he can't leave the house without being recognized.
"Everywhere I go, I am known," Spencer says. "I can't even go into a store without people coming up to hug me."
Steve Clark - Monday, July 16, 2012 8:08 AM
Photos by Steve Clark.
Originally published june 28, 2012.
On Monday nights, you'll find George Juergens, of Huntington, playing horseshoes at the Memorial Park pits with the rest of the Huntington Horseshoe Club.
The club is popular with Seniors, including the 76-year-old Juergens, who have been playing the game for many years.
There are a few members of the club who stand out, though, and among those members are Juergens' son, Dan, 50, and grandson, Brandon, 25, both of Huntington. This is their first season with the club.
Thursday, July 12, 2012 7:43 AM
Photo by Lauren M. Wilson.
It's no secret that Huntington County is a "strong 4-H county," as the county's new youth development Extension educator, Julia Miller, calls it.
Miller has been in that position since June, succeeding long-time Huntington County 4-H coordinator Linda Aldridge.
Miller has been involved with the 4-H community since she was a young girl.
She says she was a 10-year member who went on to become a 4-H leader.
Andre B. Laird - Monday, July 9, 2012 12:48 PM
Photo by Andre B. Laird
Originally publhsed June 21, 2012.
Most people grow up listening to their parents talking about the importance of education.
The Bingham family, of Huntington, doesn't just preach the mantra - it lives it.
The family had four graduates at various levels of education this past spring, with more to come this winter.
Andre B. Laird - Thursday, July 5, 2012 8:02 AM
Photo provided.
Originally published June 14, 2012.
When Huntington resident Rodney Funk first joined Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2689 in 1990, it was simply to join the tight-knit family of fellow veterans.
On June 17, Funk will be the new state commander of the VFW, the first person elected to that position from the local post.
A veteran who served during the Cuban missile crisis, Funk says he was drawn to the VFW after learning about its military burial rites team.
Lauren M. Wilson - Sunday, July 1, 2012 8:21 AM
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Originally published June 11, 2012.
"Live simply so others can simply live - that is my motto. That is how I try to live my life," Steve Widelski says.
The lifelong Huntington resident says he has modeled his life after the advice given by Mother Teresa.
Widelski is a lay missionary and has been working with the Catholic Church in Third World countries for more than 15 years.
Sarah Johnson - Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:05 AM
Photo by Cindy Klepper.
Originally publislhed June 7, 2012.
They say you can't choose your family.
You also can't choose your co-workers.
Sometimes, your co-workers might become your family.
That's the way it seemed to happen for the old gang from Hayes, who have been getting together like clockwork ever since their place of employment shut down six years ago.
The Hayes cast aluminum wheel plant, which opened in Huntington in 1985, was shut down in the summer of 2006. The closure left about 185 employees out of work.
Sarah - Monday, June 25, 2012 8:21 AM
Photo by Sarah Johnson.
Originally published June 4, 2012.
He can remember names from more than 50 years ago, he keeps a paper shredder ready for his Social Security mail, he plays the piano every day and boy, can he tell a story.
Henry McAlister, born Dec. 3, 1914, near Clarksdale, MS, now lives in a little house on the south side of Huntington, a still very independent 97-year-old.
For McAlister, Huntington has been his on-and-off home since the '60s, but the road to get here has been a long, eventful one. And he isn't ready to slow down.