Coming Events

TELL CITY – Perry County Memorial Hospital offers free blood-pressure, glucose (sugar) and total-cholesterol screenings. This is a free community service offered at two different locations every month.
A registered nurse will be at Bandon Tavern from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday and at Stein’s Garage in Lamar from 8 to 10 a.m. March 21.

TELL CITY – The Lafayette Spring Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution announced Kandie Atkinson, administrative specialist with the Kentucky Land Office Branch, will speak at the group’s monthly meeting Wednesday.
This meeting will be open to the public and begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Perry County Public Library – Tell City branch.
This program will be beneficial to anyone doing family research using land records. It is important to note that many first families in Perry County made their way here by route of Kentucky.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Women can choose their own adventure at an outdoor sports workshop with courses ranging from shotgun shooting to fly-fishing at the 18th annual Becoming an Outdoors-Woman event.
The program will be May 3 through May 5 at Ross Camp in West Lafayette. The workshop is open to women 18 years and older and limited to 100 participants. Registration is under way at IndianaBOW.com and costs $185.
The program is designed for women to learn outdoor skills in a relaxed, low-pressure environment.

JASPER – The Dubois County Emergency Management Agency, in conjunction with the National Weather Service in Louisville, Ky., will host severe-weather spotting training Wednesday at the Jasper Community Arts Center, 951 College Ave.
The training will begin at 6:30 p.m. EDT, is free and open to anyone interested in severe weather and public service.
The object of the training is provide the knowledge needed to identify and effectively report key severe weather features and to remain safe during severe weather events, including tornadoes and floods.