Haiti Fundraiser Sunday at Grace United Methodist Church
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Members of the community are invited to attend a fundraiser dinner, Sunday from 11:30 to 1:30p, Fellowship Hall, Grace United Methodist Church in Hartford City. Members of the church will be serving a pork loin dinner with all the trimmings. Free will donations will be accepted and all proceeds will go to Haiti Relief.
Saturday Meeting for Citizens of Delaware County for Property Tax Repeal
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Citizens of Delaware County for Property Tax Repeal will meet at the Mill Street Inn in Gaston on Saturday at 9am.
LifeStream Celebrating Nutrition Awareness Day
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LifeStream will celebrate the 38th Nutrition Awareness Day today by serving a special menu at the agencys area Senior Cafes and to home-delivery clients.
Deadline for Muncie Soccer Registration
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Today is the deadline for the Muncie Schools Recreation Dept Soccer registration. No late registrations will be accepted. Open to boys & girls in grades K-8. For more information please call 765-747-5446.
Sylvia McNair With Carmel Symphony Orchestra
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The Carmel Symphony Orchestra will welcome back two-time Grammy winner Sylvia McNair on Saturday night. The symphony and McNair will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Zionsville Performing Arts Center, 1000 Mulberry St.
Henry County Youth Center Leased to Private Firm
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The Henry County Board of Commissioners approved a deal this week to lease the county’s youth center to a private firm that will take over operations of the facility. Gibault’s Children Services will make a lease payment of $1 per year. County officials had been eager to switch operation of the facility to a private firm, citing growing expenses.
Cardinal Academy to Open This Fall
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A year after it was approved to open, Cardinal Academy, Muncie’s second charter school, will enroll its first students and open this fall. The school’s board has signed a lease to move into the former Riley Elementary, on Walnut Street in Muncie. The school will accept up to 300 students, 50 in each grade from kindergarten through fifth. It will be the 14th charter school operated by American Quality Schools, a Chicago company.
FHA Warning of Problems if Minimum Down Payment Rises
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The head of the Federal Housing Administration is warning that boosting the minimum down payment borrowers must provide to qualify for home loans backed by the agency could threaten the housing market. FHA commissioner David Stevens said at a House hearing Thursday that his agency would insure 300,000 fewer loans per year if the mandatory down payment was hiked from the current level of 3.5 percent to 5 percent. That’s a 40-percent drop.
Ft. Wayne Trying to Cope With Budget Cuts
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Ft. Wayne School district officials tried to divert the hours of anger at a public hearing by blaming a reduction in state funding. A crowd of some 700 people packed the Elmhurst High School auditorium for a hearing on the plan Wednesday night, with many of them shouting at and berating (bee-RATE-ing) district officials. Besides closing the 840-student high school, the Superintendant recommended closing an elementary school and increasing teachers’ class loads.
Carmel High School Wins Big at Broadcasting Event
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Carmel High School had four first place winners in the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters’ High School Broadcasting Competition and Conference. Carmel was the only Hamilton County school competing. Winners were Kris Norton and Alex Eaton, football and other play-by-play; Sarah Zhang, in-depth and Ty Maguiness, spot production; Scott Stewart and Michael Estridge were third in the football and other play-by-play class.
Deadline for Muncie Soccer Registration
12.03.10Today is the deadline for the Muncie Schools Recreation Dept Soccer registration. No late registrations will be accepted. Open to boys & girls in grades K-8. For more information please call 765-747-5446.
Sylvia McNair With Carmel Symphony Orchestra
12.03.10The Carmel Symphony Orchestra will welcome back two-time Grammy winner Sylvia McNair on Saturday night. The symphony and McNair will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Zionsville Performing Arts Center, 1000 Mulberry St.
Henry County Youth Center Leased to Private Firm
12.03.10The Henry County Board of Commissioners approved a deal this week to lease the county’s youth center to a private firm that will take over operations of the facility. Gibault’s Children Services will make a lease payment of $1 per year. County officials had been eager to switch operation of the facility to [...]