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VINCENNES – Several Perry County residents were recently named to Vincennes University’s spring 2014 dean’s list.

The list includes students from the Vincennes and Jasper campuses, the Aviation Technology Center in Indianapolis, military bases and other extended sites.

To qualify for the dean’s list, students must complete at least 12 credit hours and achieve grade-point averages of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale.

CANNELTON – Blue Heron Winery in Cannelton invites the public for a free concert featuring the music of Dana and Susan Robinson of Asheville, N.C. from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 13 at the winery.

The Robinsons have played their trademark brand of old-time and modern music for nearly 20 years, incorporating fiddle, guitar, banjo and mandolin. They have performed at Carnegie Hall and have been featured in Ken Burns’ PBS documentaries such as “The National Parks” and “The Dust Bowl.”

TELL CITY – During the same May 28 meeting in which its members hired a new football coach and athletic director, the Tell City-Troy Township School Board approved the appointment of three teachers and a program director.

Jennifer Teague was hired as an English teacher at Tell City Junior-Senior High School. Her husband, Josh Teague, was hired as a technology instructor and will help to oversee the school’s Project Lead the Way program. The opening was created by the retirement of Rick Johnson.

TELL CITY – The Humane Society of Perry County is planning a pilot program in a small section of Tell City to catch, neuter or spay and release stray cats, the group’s president said.

“The area affected borders roughly between Tell Street and the dog park and 16th to 12th Street,” Jim Carter explained. “The society will notify all of the residents who will be affected when the details have been worked out.”