Today's News

PERRY COUNTY – Local high-school students learning the basics of entrepreneurship  this fall may become tomorrow’s  business movers and shakers.

That’s the hope of local volunteers working with Junior Achievement, an international organization that has worked with young people for nearly 90 years, including Perry County students “test-driving” a new pilot program.

INDIANAPOLIS – Dennie Oxley of Taswell was formally sworn in Nov. 18 as 73rd District representative in the Indiana House during organization day activities for the 116th Indiana General Assembly at the Statehouse.

The 73rd House District Oxley was elected to Nov. 4 includes all of Crawford County and portions of Perry, Clark, Dubois, Harrison, Jackson, Scott and Washington counties.

The District 74 House seat covers the rest of Perry County.

FRENCH LICK – Kimball International began divesting its forest assets in Indiana and Kentucky earlier this month, offering approximately 27,000 acres in 224 tracts at public auction. The Nature Conservancy attended the auction and after two days of bidding, walked away with four tracts in southern Indiana totaling over 600 acres.

TELL CITY – December menus and order forms for Angel Food Ministries' discount-food program are available at The News.

The program offers $30 boxes of food valued at $60 or more, as well as senior boxes of 10 fully cooked meals for $28.

There are no age or income guidelines to participate.

Orders are due Dec. 7 with food delivered Dec. 20 at Branchville United Methodist Church.

For more information, call Kenny Ambrose at 843-4685 or e-mail him at bumcministry@hotmail.com. Menus are available online at www. angelfoodministries.com.