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PERRY COUNTY – It is time again for Perry County Public Library’s annual writing contest, Story Mania! The Teen Advisory Group announced this year’s contest would be short stories. Below are the guidelines for the contest. For more information, contact Lisa Hammack at the library at 547-2661.
Guidelines for Story Mania! :
Any teen in seventh to 12th grades who is a resident of Perry County
Open subject, open genre, but no sexual content, profanity or extreme violence.
Winning stories from previous years should not be resubmitted.

JASPER – The original indie rock band, 10,000 Maniacs will perform at the Jasper Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19.
10,000 Maniacs is world-renown on the independent rock scene and is touring to promote their latest album, Music from the Motion Picture. This is the second performance in the New Directions series, which is designed to appeal to all audiences but most particularly to 25 to 45 year old patrons.

LINCOLN CITY – Glenna Schroeder-Lein, author of the book “Lincoln and Medicine,” will be the featured speaker at the annual Lincoln Day program Feb. 10.  
The program will begin at 2 p.m. and will be held in the Abraham Lincoln Hall of Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City.
The 2013 Lincoln Day program will include presentation of the colors by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, special music and other ceremonial activities to honor the memory of Abraham Lincoln and his family.  

CANNELTON – The Cannelton High School 2013 Homecoming will be held at approximately 7 p.m. Friday, between the junior-varsity and varsity basketball games between Cannelton and Crothersville.

Queen candidates
Alyssa Crowe is the daughter of LaGina Crowe and Charlie Davis. She has been active in cross country, cheerleading and softball. Her plans are to go to college to get her bachelor’s degree in nursing. Crowe hopes to one day be a volunteer in Africa.

The public was invited to a special Christmas dance held at the William Tell Center in Tell City.

In the first picture, Santa and his helper, Ashley Hagan, made a special appearance at the dance. They passed out presents to those in attendance. In the second picture, Gladys Hattenbach got to share a special dance with Santa. The William Tell Center holds weekly dances at 7 p.m. Saturdays. The center will host a New Year’s Eve dance today from 8 p.m. to midnight. The public is invited to attend.

PERRY COUNTY – The Perry County Chamber of Commerce along with 11 participating businesses an-nounce this year’s Christmas Cash Giveaway.
To win, shoppers had to register at one of the participating merchants from until Dec. 21 to win chamber gift certificates.
The promotion is intended to encourage local shopping over the holiday season and give local residents some extra shopping money compliments of local businesses. 

Members of the Goffinet family gathered for their annual family Christmas party Dec. 15.

Pictured in the front from the left are Janice Howland, Carol Taylor, Betty Taylor and Marian Canarie. In the back are Don Goffinet, Stan Goffinet, Harold Goffinet and Allen Goffinet.

PERRY COUNTY – The state organization of Tri Kappa will award a variety of scholarships to college students throughout Indiana in the spring.  Each state scholarship will be awarded in the amount of $1,000.
Tri Kappa has provided scholarship awards since 1914, acknowledging students on the local, province and state levels.
Chapters, provinces and the state organization combined currently give nearly $500,000 annually honoring academic achievement.

Businesses and organizations who were named winners of the annual Tell City Christmas parade and chili cook off received their awards Dec. 13 at City Hall. Tell City Mayor Barbara Ewing thanked the winners and all participants, who she said make the parade and cook off a success each year.