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CLARK COUNTY —
• JEFFERSONVILLE
JHS council collecting books
Jeffersonville High School’s Student Council is collecting new and gently used books through March 19 to give to patients at Kosair Children’s Hospital.
Books may be dropped of at the front office of JHS. Call Katherine Clark at 812-786-3188 for more information.
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Bridgepoint hosting literacy event
Bridgepoint Elementary School will host family literacy night from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the school, 420 Ewing Lane, Jeffersonville.
The event is open to parents and guardians of prekindergarten through fifth-grade Bridgepoint students. Students have been reading the book, “Frindle,” by Andrew Clements, in order to gain a common foundation for completing literacy-based activities during family literacy night.
Early childhood education students from Ivy Tech Community College, under the supervision of Rebecca Jones, have been planning literacy-based activities for students and families. Bridgepoint staff will supervise the college students as they present their activities as part of Reading First and Title I’s annual literacy night.
Contact Denise Ellnor at 812-944-8617 for more information.
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City gets money for vehicle filters
Jeffersonville has received nearly $143,000 in federal funding to retrofit 13 diesel-powered vehicles with a filter system that will decrease the pollutants that they emit, according to a press release from the city.
The grant is from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for National Clean Diesel Assistance Program. The city was involved in a grant application submitted by the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest, which is based in Springfield, Ill.
The 13 vehicles that Jeffersonville will retrofit were manufactured between 1993 and 1998, including 12 from the Streets and Sanitation Department and one from the city engineer’s construction team.
Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, commonly referred to as economic stimulus funds, the EPA issued $156 million in clean diesel assistance grants. The $3.72 million grant included funding for Jeffersonville’s vehicles will retrofit 502 vehicles in 22 fleets in Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin, according to EPA’s Web site.
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Library hosts special events for March
The Youth Services Department of the Jeffersonville Township Public Library, located at 211 E. Court Ave., Jeffersonville, will offer the following programs during the month of March:
• Wacky Wednesdays — from 4 to 5 p.m. today and March 31 in the youth services activities room, for anyone in grades kindergarten through five who likes to try new things, play games, talk, read, eat or glue stuff together. Bring a book you like to each meeting.
• Family Game Day at the Library — from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday and 4 to 6 p.m. March 18 for school-agers and up in family — adult and child — bundles. All you need to do is have a library card and preregister in order to guarantee your spot. Nintendo Wii and other games, along with snacks, will be provided.
Call 812-285-5636 or visit jefferson.lib.in.us. for more information and to preregister.
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• CLARKSVILLE
Middle school to serve pancakes
Clarksville Middle School will host a pancake breakfast from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the school’s cafeteria, 101 Ettels Lane, Clarksville.
Proceeds will benefit the eighth-grade class trip to Washington, D.C., in spring.
Cost is $5 for a pancake stack with a choice of toppings and orange juice or milk. Contact Cynthia Jones at 812-987-2534 for more information.
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• SOUTHERN INDIANA
JA’s online auction wrapping up
Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana’s third-annual on-line auction is open to the public through Thursday, building on a reputation for spirited bidding and good-hearted competition for more than 400 items.
Proceeds will provide JA’s award-winning financial literacy, workplace readiness and entrepreneurship programs for more than 44,000 children in Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington counties in Indiana and eight counties in Kentucky.
Sponsored by Republic Bank, the JA Achievers Auction is accessible on the Web at www.jaky.org, where people may bid as well as donate additional items that will be posted immediately. Genentec will provide free shipping of all items, which are listed in a variety of categories that appeal to all bid amounts and ages.
The items and experiences include a 2009 Pure model of the smart fortwo car donated by Sam Swope Auto Group; Indianapolis Colts suite tickets; a 32-inch LCD HDTV; Louisville Bats tickets; Southwest Airline tickets; and vacation accommodations.
JA officials hope to outdo last year’s 66,000 hits from all over the United States and world. The first two Web-based auctions collectively netted $100,000 for JA’s programs, so this year’s goal is to surpass $50,000 in bidder’s spending.
