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CLARK COUNTY — CLARK COUNTY
We want your crock pot recipes
With fall just around the corner, The Evening News’ FOCUS magazine is looking for the best crock pot recipes our readers have to offer.
Send your favorite slow-cooked recipe to: The Evening News, 221 Spring St., Jeffersonville, IN, 47130, attention: Amy Huffman-Branham. Or, e-mail them to amy.huffman-branham@newsandtribune.com.
Be sure to tell us what makes the dish a fall standout in your home and include your name, city or town of residence and a telephone number where we can reach you with any questions. Recipes must be received by Tuesday.
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Tea Patriots host Clark County sheriff
The Clark County Tea Party invites the public to the group’s next meeting, featuring guest speaker and Clark County Sheriff, Danny Rodden, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Silver Creek Middle School, 495 N. Indiana Ave., Sellersburg.
E-mail the group at clarkcountyteapartypatriots@gmail.com for more information.
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JEFFERSONVILLE
City Pride hosts River Breeze event
River Breeze, a wine tasting event, sponsored by City Pride, Jeffersonville’s beautification committee, will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 9 on RiverStage, located at the foot of Spring Street at Riverside Drive, Jeffersonville.
The event is open to adults 21 and older. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door and are available at the mayor’s office at City Hall, 500 Quartermaster Court. Call 812-285-6400 for more information on the event.
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Knights auxiliary hosting card party
The Jeffersonville Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary group will host its annual card party at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 225 E. Market St., Jeffersonville.
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City Hall closed Monday
Jeffersonville City Hall will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day. Sanitation routes for Monday will be picked up Tuesday.
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CHARLESTOWN
Block watch meeting is tonight
There will be a special meeting of the Charlestown Block Watch program at 6:30 p.m. today at the Housing Authority facility, 133 Water St.
It will be an informative meeting about the program.
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SOUTHERN INDIANA
Taylor Memorial scramble set
The sixth-annual Hannah Taylor Memorial Golf Scramble will be Sept. 17 at Wooded View Golf Course, 2404 Greentree Blvd. North, Clarksville, with a deadline to register of Sept. 14.
Area businesses can sponsor the event of $100 or donate a door prize.
Entry is $60 per person and includes 18-hole scramble, cart, Texas Roadhouse food, drinks and door prizes.
Call Cathy Wacker at 502-810-8144 or Doug Wacker at 502-338-9248 or Matt Taylor at 502-817-1087 for tickets or more information.
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IUS hosts auditions for ‘Our Town’
The Theatre Department at Indiana University Southeast will host open auditions for its fall 2010 production of Thornton Wilder’s timeless American classic play, “Our Town,” at 7 p.m. Sept. 10 to 12 in the Robinson Theater of the Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center on the IUS campus, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany.
Auditions are open to anyone in the Southern Indiana and Louisville area. Roles for 17 males, seven females and extras are available. Those auditioning should prepare a one-minute monologue of any type.
Contact Jim Hesselman at 812-941-2227 or e-mail jhesslem@ius.edu for more information.
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LOUISVILLE
Alzheimer’s Association hosts walk
The Alzheimer’s Association will host its 2010 Memory Walk at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 11 at Waterfront Park’s Great Lawn on the Ohio River in Louisville. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. Participants can choose two routes, one is a half-mile long and the other is one and a half miles long.
This annual event helps raise awareness and funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease in Kentucky, and is organized by the Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. The Louisville walk is one of nearly a dozen being organized in the Chapter’s service area this year. Register to be a team captain or make a donation.
Contact Alyson Tudor at 502-451-4266 or e-mail alyson.tudor@alz.org, or visit kintera.org/FAF/home/default.asp?ievent=342395
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