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Former Andrews resident performs in TN

By Rick Henly on Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Marceline Dyer, a 2005 graduate of Huntington North and a four-year member of the Huntington North Varsity Singers, is currently performing at the Grand Majestic Theater in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Miss Dyer graduated from Ohio Northern University in 2009 with a BFA in Musical Theater and moved to New York City... Read More...

Boys & Girls Club receives honors

By Rick Henly on Friday, July 9th, 2010

The Boys & Girls Club of Huntington has had great success in the past year, and received some honors by the Boys & Girls Club's Indiana Alliance.

Les Graham received the honor of the Boys & Girls Club of Indiana's Board Member of the Year.  Les has been a Board Member for the Huntington Club for 8 years... Read More...

'Cell phones for Soldiers' very popular

By Rick Henly on Sunday, July 4th, 2010

“Cell Phones For Soldiers” is a program started by two Massachusetts teenagers. Their idea has become a national program with several national sponsors. By collecting old cell phones and trading them for telephone calling cards, the organization currently sends about 25,000 one-hour phone cards to overseas military personnel each month... Read More...

Help clean up the neighborhood!

By Rick Henly on Friday, June 11th, 2010

The First Street Neighborhood Association is having a Neighborhood Clean-up Day on June 12 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

They will be meeting at the corner of Second and Leopold Streets (Yeoman Park) to begin the cleanup.

Come meet with your neighbors and help clean up the neighborhood... Read More...

Military Appreciation Day is July 5

By Rick Henly on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Veterans and active duty individuals serving our country in any branch of the military will be recognized at the Tin Caps game on Monday, July 5, 2010 during the Military Appreciation Day.  The Northeast Indiana Military Assistance Network is collaborating with the Tin Caps organization to provide a memorable and educational event... Read More...

Essay and coloring winners named

By Paula Kimmel on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Many entries were received by the Chamber of Commerce of Huntington County for the first annual Heritage Days Essay and Coloring Contests. Winners were chosen in several categories and are listed below:

Essay Contest:

First Prize: Cameron Phillips, received $50 savings bond from First Federal Savings Bank and a small pizza from Pizza Hut... Read More...

Cook receives BAE Systems scholarship

By Rick Henly on Monday, June 7th, 2010

Seth Cook was the recipient of a $1000 scholarship from BAE Systems, selected by Huntington County 4-H Mentors and Engineers.

Seth Cook is the son of Mike and Cindy Cook of Huntington. Seth plans on attending Trine University and majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Aeronautical Engineering... Read More...

Optimists award three scholarships

By Rick Henly on Friday, June 4th, 2010

Taylor Allred, Kayleigh Mower, and Maria Santa are the recipients of $1000 scholarships from the Huntington County Optimist Club. 

The Huntington Optimist Club offers scholarships to Huntington County residents who are High School Seniors or college students... Read More...

Optimists have Youth Appreciation Awards

By Rick Henly on Friday, May 28th, 2010

The motto of Optimist International is “Friend of Youth”.  In keeping with this motto, the Huntington Optimist Club has designated its Optimist Youth Appreciation Award to recognize a few of the outstanding young people in our community. The Youth Appreciation Award is awarded to two (2) students from each of the Huntington County Middle Schools and three (3) students from Huntington North High School who demonstrate outstanding dedication and service to their school, the community and its citizens... Read More...

Chamber awards scholarships

By Rick Henly on Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Fifteen students in Industrial Technology, Business, and Family and Consumer Science programs from Huntington North High School, were honored Monday, May 10th, at the Huntington County Chamber of Commerce Board meeting/luncheon held at Huntington University... Read More...

Empowering Humanities review history

By Rick Henly on Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

The Huntington County Empowering Humanities group has been addressing the needs of Huntington County for the past six years. The group began meeting in 2004 through the “Vision in Progress” process sponsored by the Huntington County Community Foundation... Read More...

Parkview Hospice in need of volunteers

By Rick Henly on Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Parkview Hospice is seeking compassionate volunteers who will spend time with patients who are at the end stages of their life. A volunteer records videos of patients who want to share their life stories, plays musical instruments to entertain and comfort patients, and sits at the patient’s bedside to provide physical, emotional and spiritual support to the patient and caregiver... Read More...

'Drive Alive' can help save lives

By Rick Henly on Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

Leon Hurlburt, coroner of Huntington County is the person in the spotlight with a local program to help teens when they are driving.

The mission of the 'Drive Alive' program is to reduce the number of deaths and injuries among Huntington County teen drivers by providing the resources and support for parents to efectively communicate with their teens and guide their behavior by creating a year-round emphasis on safe driving and by collaborating with existing teen safety programs... Read More...

2010 Kappa scholarships announced

By Rick Henly on Friday, May 21st, 2010

The Laura Blackburn Scholarship is awarded yearly to a high school or college student majoring in education. This award is in honor of long-time teacher and Tri Kappa member Laura Blackburn. Alison Spahr, and Kayleigh Mower have each been awarded a $500 scholarship.

Spahr is attending Grace College where she is pursuing a degree in Spanish Education and is active in a wide array of student and extracurricular activities at Grace College... Read More...

Home school class of 2010 graduates

By Rick Henly on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Four Home School families will graduate their High School class of 2010 in a ceremony provided by the Huntington Area Home Educators at the Mount Etna United Methodist Church auditorium on Saturday, 5/22/10  2:00 PM.  Each graduate is the Valedictorian of their respective class... Read More...