The Huntington Lady Eagles varsity volleyball team fell to the Plymouth Lady Crusaders in five sets, with scores of 25-23, 20-25, 25-16, 17-25, 11-15, on Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Tuesday's game was the final match of the regular season for the Lady Eagles, who ended with a record of 15-2 for the year.
The junior high Lady Eagles also lost their match, finishing the season with a 2-6 record.
The varsity Lady Eagles will participate in the Indiana State Homeschool Volleyball Tournament on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9-10 at the Spiece Fieldhouse in Fort Wayne.
Marianna Monsey, 83, of Huntington, IN, died Thursday Oct. 8, 2009, at 11:42 p.m. at her daughter's residence in Huntington.
Mrs. Monsey graduated in 1944 from Huntington High School. She attended Columbia University and graduated from Indiana University in 1948 with a B.A. in education. She was a teacher at Central Elementary and Crestview Junior High School, both in Huntington.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Huntington. She was a past president of the Psi Iota Xi sorority in Huntington.
Eighteen saves by goalkeeper Kaylie Dunn could not keep the Huntington North High School girls' soccer team from a 2-1 defeat by visiting Warsaw on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
The lone goal for the Lady Vikes was earned by senior forward Alyssia Williams.
Wednesday's match took the team to a 6-10 season record.
Crestview and Riverview Middle Schools, as well as Salamonie School, sent teams to three different events at the Huntington County Cross Country Meet at Riverview on Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Twenty-eight runners took part in the seventh and eighth grade boys' 3k cross country run, which Crestview won with 21 points.
Caleb Stoffel led Crestview, placing first overall in 10:53.97. Alec Justice placed second, Landon Underwood finished fifth, Tyler Henline ended in sixth, and Dylan Mower placed seventh.
The Harlem Ambassadors will test their skills against a group of Huntington basketball standouts next month, promising both a good show and a carefree night out for a worry-weary Huntington community.
"This has been a bad year for a lot of people," says Steve Kimmel, a Huntington County Chamber of Commerce volunteer who is working with the sponsors of the event. "We're just trying to give people some entertainment and let them forget their troubles for an hour."
Sara Mowery takes a picutre of a monster truck on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Hier's Park during the annual Kroozinationals event. Throughout the day there were numrerous activities, and vehicles which were awarded prizes in various categories.
The Huntington County Health Department will have a flu shot clinic at the Warren Pharmacy on Oct. 16, from 1 to 4 p.m.
There is a cost for the shots.
Medicaid patients may obtain the shot without paying the co-pay if they present a currently active Medicaid card.
Medicare patients may pay for the vaccination and send their bill to Medicare for reimbursement. The Health Department will issue a receipt of payment.
The Local Anti-Drug Coalition Effort (L.A.C.E.) is accepting funding requests from or-ganizations whose programs will address the inappropriate use of alcohol and drugs, in-cluding prescription and over-the-counter drugs, and tobacco use in Huntington County.
L.A.C.E. is an arm of the Governor's Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana and is funded through fines paid by people convicted of alcohol or drug related offenses in the Huntington County courts.
Qualifying agencies can apply for grants of up to $3,000, which will be awarded in 2010.
Even without No. 2 runner Natalie Spahr, the Huntington North High School girls' cross country team swept the competition at the 2009 North Central Conference Cross Country Championship Meet on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion.
