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Today's News

  • VNA health fair Thursday

    TELL CITY - Visiting Nurse Association will offer free or low-cost health screenings at its annual health fair from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday at the VNA office on Indiana 37 in Tell City. Health-care agencies from the area will provide screenings, educational materials and information about their services during the event.

    Plan to attend this free community fair to take advantage of the health screenings, enjoy refreshments and win door prizes. For more information call 547-7967 or visit www.vnahc.org.

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  • Memory Walk Saturday at TCHS

    TELL CITY - The Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk for Perry, Spencer and Dubois counties will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Tell City High School.

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  • Bridge-to-Bridge Bicycle Tour coming Sept. 27

    ROCKY POINT - Perry County Parks and Recreation, Blue Heron Vineyard and the River Valley Bicycle Club are sponsoring the third annual Bridge-to-Bridge Bicycle Tour Saturday, Sept. 27. The tour includes routes of 100 and 80 miles that travel across the Ohio River at Cannelton and Hawesville, Ky., and at Maceo, Ky., and Rockport.

    These longer rides pass through Kentucky and Indiana towns and rural areas. The lesser rides of 40, 20 and 12 miles tour the hills of Perry County and at times travel through the Hoosier National Forest. The 12-mile ride is well-suited to young families.

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  • Spotting animal abuse

    Demonstrating on a healthy animal owned and held by Tiffany Adams, Jodi Lovejoy of the Indiana Horse Council explains to law-enforcement officers and others Thursday how to determine that a horse has been abused. In the event sponsored by the Humane Society of Perry County and a recently formed large-animals committee, participants were also taught skills such as how to approach a horse they need to investigate. Two horses being fostered by members of the committee are recovering from abuse and were used to demonstrate signs investigators should look for.

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  • Meth forum Wednesday at PCHS

    LEOPOLD - The Leadership Perry County Class of 2008 will hold the first of three methamphetamine forums called "Every Child ... Every Chance ... Every Day" Wednesday.

    The forums will focus on how drugs affect children, more specifically a lack of foster parents in Perry County to take care of children after their caregivers have been jailed because of drugs. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. a light meal will be served in the Perry Central cafetorium with speakers to follow.

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  • Spencer County candidates to converge Oct. 9

    CHRISNEY - The Spencer County Regional Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a Meet Your Candidates event for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 9, at the Community Center near Chrisney.

    The event will begin with candidates greeting voters. The forum starts at 7, with Perry County News Editor Vince Luecke moderating.

    "This is a wonderful opportunity for the folks in Spencer County to get to know the candidates and become educated voters" explained Barbie Brown, executive director of the chamber.

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  • Scientific demonstration

    Daisy Suters, top photo, tries to capture layers of colored water in a straw during a back-to-school open house Wednesday at Tell City Junior High School as her mother and brother, Amanda and Dax Huff, look on. Parents were given an opportunity to run through their children's schedules. Sixth-grade science teacher Kyle Miles said the demonstration involved making and testing hypotheses. Parents and students could enjoy a chili supper during the event, served up by, among others, cook Erin Parker, at left in lower photo, and cafeteria manager Sheila James.

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  • Final Music in Park performances this weekend

    TELL CITY - This Sunday marks the season finale of the Tell City Regional Arts Assocation Music in the Park series with performances by Boom Squad Inc., CJ and the Grey Cats and Elliot Sublett.

    Boom Squad Inc. is a performing drum line consisting of students from Evansville Metropolitan Area schools. Studnets are between the ages of 4 and 17 years old.

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  • Autumn's approach kicks off county's fall tour

    Bear Hollow hosting first events on Hoosier Heritage Fall Tour

    PERRY COUNTY - Demonstrations by world-class chain-saw carvers Friday through Sunday in St. Croix will kick off Perry County's month-long Hoosier Heritage Fall Tour.

    Other events include Troy's Pioneer Days Oct. 3-4, Cannelton's Heritage Fest Oct. 11 and Bristow's annual Octoberfest and classic car show Oct. 12. Headlining the final weekend of the festival are Oct. 18's return of last year's popular Route 66 Yard Sale and an open house at the Shubael Little Pioneer Village.

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  • Visitors center dedication set for Oct. 15

    CANNELTON - With the building project at Eagles Bluff Park nearly completed, the Perry County Parks and Recreation Board has scheduled a dedication ceremony for the new visitors center-restroom building Oct. 15.

    Perry County Recreation Director Dan Adams told the board Wednesday, "It looks like everything's done except the asphalting. They're currently scheduled to pave Friday, weather permitting."

    The project's architect is scheduled to do a "punch list," which is basically a final inspection, Thursday.

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