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The Perry County News is pleased to announce events of local interest as a service to our readers and the community. Information should be sent to The News at P.O. Box 309, Tell City, IN 47586.
Information can also be faxed to 547-2847 or e-mailed to lifestyles@perrycountynews.com. Please include a telephone number.

TELL CITY – A benefit for Kathy Tsantis is planned for Jan. 15 at the Tell City Knights of Columbus.
Food will be available at 6 p.m. with an open cash bar. Music will be provided by Bob and Tom from 9 p.m. to midnight.
A live auction is planned with Hawhee’s Auction Service on hand to sell items. Proceeds will go toward Tsantis’ medical bills.
She is a retired Tell City Police Department dispatcher.
Tickets are $15 per couple or $10 for singles.

The Perry County News is pleased to announce events of local interest as a service to our readers and the community. Information should be sent to The News at P.O. Box 309, Tell City, IN 47586.
Information can also be faxed to 547-2847 or e-mailed to lifestyl-es@perrycountynews.com. Please include a telephone number.

ST. MEINRAD – The Sesquicentennial Committee is selling various items to raise funds for the towns’ anniversary event this summer.
The newest items for sale are sweatshirts and T-shirts with the sesquicentennial logo.
Child sweatshirts with no hood are available in sizes small through extra large for $15. Adult hooded sweatshirts, size small through extra large are $25 and XXL hooded sweatshirts are $30. Blue adult sweatshirts with no hoods are available in sizes medium through XXL for $20 each.

FERDINAND – If you live in Crawford, Dubois, Perry or Spencer counties, the Town of Ferdinand wants you to take a survey.
The Town of Ferdinand is releasing a brief Educational Needs Survey for Crawford, Dubois, Perry and Spencer counties residents.
The survey is available on the town’s Web site, and is designed to determine the community’s interest in having an Ivy Tech Community College Instructional Center in Ferdinand.

Perry Central Cub Scout Pack 191 toured the Cannelton Locks and Dam in September. The Cub Scouts in the front row from left are Issac Whitaker, Bryce Halford, Connor Mullis, Joshua Rogier, Devin Moore, Avery Taylor, Ethan Halford and Taylor James. Back row: Russell Collignon, Lane Hilgenhold, Dom Harris, Joshua Dean, Garrett Ambrose and Kortlen Parker.

PERRY COUNTY – The Perry County Community Foundation will host a Trivia Night Jan. 29 at the Schergens Center in Tell City.
Teams, with a maximum number of eight players, will compete in a night of fun to see who knows more about various trivia topics. The re-gistration fee for each team is $200.
Teams are encouraged to show their team spirit by taking their own decorations and decorating their tables in whatever theme they choose.

PERRY COUNTY – The Perry County Extension Office is collecting old holiday cards to recycle and use as new holiday cards for community service projects next year. It is requested that names be cut off the cards and only fronts are donated.
Donations can be made to the extension office during their normal business hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. They are closed from noon to 1 p.m. but donations can be left outside the office.
They are located in the Courthouse Annex in Cannelton, 125 S. Eighth Street. They are on the second floor.

TELL CITY – The Perry County Quality of Life Committee will host a premier party at Capers Thursday, for the DVD “The Art of Living.”
The DVD will be shown on WNIN Channel 9 Evansville at 8 p.m. and committee members would like to invite the public to join them at Capers to review the production of the video, introduce their director and WNIN personnel, and watch the televised production.
Pizza, prizes and posters will be available. The premier party will begin at 7 p.m., with the production being aired at 8.