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Council candidates have their say on city services/refuse collection fee

Complete caption: The 13 candidates running for Huntington Common Council on the Republican primary are (top row from left) Rex Baxter, Joe Blomeke, Brad Borntreger, Bridgett Burkhart, Charlie Chapman, Greg Davis, Kole Hacker and (bottow row from left) Steve McIntyre, Paul Pike, Wayne Powell, Brian Sills, Jack Slusser and Paul Tellef.

The Republican ballot in Huntington's May 3 primary election features races for five of the seven seats on Huntington Common Council.

Incumbents Joe Blomeke and Steve McIntyre are unopposed in the primary.

HNHS bands bring home the gold

Two concert bands from Huntington North High School earned gold in the ISSMA (Indiana State School Music Association) Festival at Manchester High School on Friday, April 15.

The Freshman Viking and HNHS Symphonic bands performed three pieces of music each for a three-judge panel. Both HN bands received high gold ratings from all three judges.

Jaycees Easter Egg Hunt


Photo by Jessica Williams.

Maci Campbell, 6, fills her bag with treats during the Jaycees Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday morning, April 16, at Memorial Park in Huntington. She was enjoying the hunt with her younger brother, Grant Campbell, 4. Three age divisions were able to hunt eggs, and the youngest children were treated to a visit with the Easter bunny.

Starter Calf ID


Photo by Jessica Williams.

Mark Mason (left) tags a starter calf on Saturday morning, April 16, at the Huntington County 4-H Fairgrounds as Dave Thomas waits his turn. Those 4-H'ers interested in participating in the starter calf program for this year's 4-H Fair were required to have their calves tagged and put in the system.

ID Day for 4-H members is May 7 at Hier’s Park

Identification day for Huntington County 4-H sheep and goat members will be held on Saturday morning, May 7, at Hier's Park.

Youth enrolled in the 4-H goat project will need to bring market goats to the goat pavilion, the pole building immediately south of the Show Arena, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. for identification and weighing of the animals.

Members with breeding does or pet care entries must complete the enrollment paperwork but do not have to bring the animals to the fairgrounds.

Local officials seek ways to keep algae from becoming mess

Mike Wolf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, draws a water sample from the Salamonie River near Pennville on Thursday, April 14.
Photo by Matt Murphy.

An unattended algae problem could develop into a harmful mess for Salamonie Reservoir unless local officials find a way to effectively combat the problem within the next few years.

Excess nutrients being dumped into Salamonie Reservoir have caused a type of blue-green algae to bloom in the popular recreation destination over the past few years.
Now, four local Soil and Water Conservation Districts are teaming up with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to nip the problem in the bud before it has the potential to harm plant and animal life and pose a threat to humans.

Extreme Book Stacking


Photo by Matt Murphy.

William Bouton poses with a replica of his 40 and three-fourths-inch stack of books at the Huntington City-Township Public Library on Friday, April 15, which won the library's Extreme Book Stacking Contest earlier this month. Participants in grades 6-12 had to stack as many books as possible with one hand, one at a time, in three minutes.

Evangelical United Methodist Church list services

Evangelical United Methodist Church, 1000 Flaxmill Rd., will hold a Maundy Thursday service at 7 o'clock tonight, Thursday, April 21. A Good Friday service will be held on Friday, April 22, at 7 p.m.

On Easter Sunday, April 24, the church will hold a sunrise service at 6:30 a.m.; an Easter celebration at 8:30 a.m.; a celebration for children at 9:30 a.m. and worship service at 10:30 a.m.

 

Diamond ring, Callaway driver are top prizes of Run for Rams bingo

Jolene Paolillio (left), owner of Bowers Jewelers, and Michael Zahn, chief executive officer and president of First Federal Savings Bank, display the diamond ring and golf club that will be given away during Huntington Catholic School’s Run for the Rams.
Photo by Cindy Klepper.

A diamond ring from Bowers Jewelers and a Callaway Diablo Edge Driver will be given away to the winners of a reverse bingo game during Huntington Catholic School's 12th annual Run for the Rams.

The gala fund-raiser, sponsored by First Federal Savings Bank, will be held Saturday, May 14, at the Police Athletic League in Huntington. The dinner, silent auction and live auction of classroom projects begin at 5 p.m.

Warren council to have special meeting

The Warren Town Council will hold a special meeting today, Thursday, April 21, at 10 a.m. at Assembly Hall, 131 N. Wayne St., Warren.

The main item on the agenda is election of new council officers.

The council is without a president following the April 12 death of Bill Cartwright, who was currently serving as council president.

The council will eventually appoint someone to fill the vacancy on the board created by Cartwright's death, but that will not be done in the April 21 meeting.

 

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