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Cancer support group to meet Feb. 17

The Cancer Support Group will meet Monday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church, in the lower level.

The group will show a DVD featuring Dr. T. Colin Campbell, speaking on nutrition and how it impacts health.

There will be testimonies and health news shared.

Anyone interested in alternative means to health is encouraged to attend.

The church is located at 530 Guilford St., Huntington.

 

Fair Board will meet Tuesday to discuss plans for 2014 4-H Fair

The Huntington County 4-H Fair Board will meet Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m., at Heritage Hall, Hier's Park, Huntington.

The board will discuss continuing plans for the 84th annual Huntington County 4-H Fair to be held July 11 to 25.

For more information, contact Julia Miller, jwickert@purdue.edu or 358-4826, or visit at the Purdue Extension-Huntington County office, located in the County Courthouse Annex Building.

354 N. Jefferson St., Suite 202, Huntington.

 

Helping Love


Photo by Cindy Klepper.

The Huntington Knights of Columbus council recently presented two donations to Love In the Name of Christ, turning over proceeds from the council's annual Pitch In roadblock in December and memorial donations given in memory of the late Louis Machall, who was a member of the council. Kyle Miller (left), ministry coordinator for Love INC, accepted the donations from Cory Campbell (center), who serves as the Knights of Columbus liaison to Love INC, and Kevin Rupley (right), the council's grand knight.

HCTPL offers patrons a ‘blind date’ with book for Library Lovers’ Month

February is Library Lovers' Month, and the Huntington City-Township Public Library invites the members of the community to celebrate their love of libraries with two ongoing events at both the Main Library in Huntington and the Markle Branch Library in Markle.

The special events are "Go on a Blind Date with a Book @ Your Library" and a "Why I Love My Library" contest.
For the "blind date" event, library staff members have selected a wide variety of books from the fiction and non-fiction collections, wrapped them in red paper and placed them on display.

Melcher tops in 4-H theme/design contest


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The Huntington County 4-H Leaders Organization has announced the winners of the 2014 Huntington County 4-H Theme/Design Contest.

The following youth received recognition for their participation in this annual contest:

• First place - Emma Melcher, Corn Cob 4-H Club.

• Second place - Rachel Fulton, Crystal Clovers 4-H Club.

• Third place - Katie Melcher, Corn Cob 4-H Club.

• Honorable Mention - Amanda Pugh, Blue Ribbon Riders 4-H Club and Justin Hladik, Crystal Clovers 4-H Club.

GOP will see five county-level races in primary

Huntington County Republicans will see five county-level races on the primary ballot in May.

Democrats, however, will see little action in the primary.

The deadline for candidates to file was last Friday, Feb. 7, and that date passed with only one Democrat signing up to run for a county office.

Local Democrat officials have the option of appointing candidates to run in the November general election for offices where there were no primary candidates.

Senior pair -- and fortune cookie -- know the time is right for marriage

Heritage Pointe residents May Slagel and Floyd Blake have known each other about five years. The couple will marry on Saturday, Feb. 15, in the Applegate United Methodist Chapel at Heritage Pointe.
Photo by Rebecca Sandlin.

The Feb. 15 wedding of a Warren couple may be proof that God speaks in a variety of ways, even using a fortune cookie.

May M. Slagel, 80, and Floyd E. Blake, 86, met when May, who worked at Heritage Pointe as a beautician, styled the hair of Floyd's first wife, Marge. They had known each other about four or five years.

"She became, probably, Marge's best friend, because she had serious dementia," Floyd recalls. "May did a lot of things for Marge beyond doing her hair and nails every week ... I became friends with May because of that."

Psi Iota Xi accepting requests for donations

Psi Iota Xi Sorority is currently accepting requests for donations.

Community leaders and organizations that focus on music, literature and speech and hearing may submit their requests by mail to Mindy Rider, 1601 N. Little River Ct., Huntington, IN 46750.

The requests should include the organization's name, address, phone number, contact person, amount requested and the proposed use of the donation.
Requests need to be submitted no later than March 31.

 

Huntington County election officials attend state conference

Huntington County election officials attended the Indiana Election Administrators Conference Dec. 17 and 18 in Indianapolis to prepare for the 2014 elections.

County Clerk Kittie Keiffer, Voter Registration Deputy Pamela Fowler and Election Board members Lori Guy and Kenneth Zuk were among the 380 election officials from across the state to attend the conference.

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