Clark County (The Evening News)
The Evening News Briefs Dec. 5
• Charlestown
Donations wanted for holiday season
The North Clark Outreach Center is looking for donors to help give local needy children a happy holiday.
Charlestown’s Elf Tree provides gifts for children — from newborns to 18-year-olds — whose parents or guardians may otherwise not be able to afford gifts. The donors can choose an “elf” from the tree and then go shopping wherever they choose. Participants are provided a list of the child’s needs and wants, including sizes. Typical costs for each “elf” are between $100 to $125.
If someone wishes to donate, but cannot do the shopping themselves, the outreach center will accept monetary donations and then go shopping for the items on the list.
The center is requesting that all items purchased be returned to the outreach center by Dec. 11. About 140 to 150 “elves” are available to be chosen at New Washington Bank or the JayC Food Store in Charlestown.
Contact North Clark Outreach Center Director Ruthie Jackson at 502-773-7474 for more information.
— Staff Writer Braden Lammers
• Jeffersonville
Library putting up ‘heroes tree’
The Jeffersonville Township Public Library will host Heroes Tree Ornament Making from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 12 in the library’s Large Meeting Room, 211 E. Court Ave., Jeffersonville.
The public is invited to attend or to create their own handmade ornament at home to bring in to hang on the tree. Stories about the hero the ornament honors can also be submitted for display near the tree during the month of December.
Our Heroes Tree is a national initiative founded by Marlene Lee and Stephanie Pickup to recognize and honor the sacrifices made by the families of service members, veterans and deceased service members. The tree is sponsored by The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University.
Call 812-285-5630 for more information.
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Basic computer classes offered
The Jeffersonville Township Public Library will host a series of basic computer classes for adults at the library, 211
E. Court Ave., Jeffersonville.
The classes are free to the public. They are:
• Buying a computer, 10 a.m. today.
• Buying on the Internet, 1:30 p.m. today.
• Basic computer II, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday; and 10 a.m. Wednesday.
• Self-paced computer tutorials, 10 a.m. Friday.
• Searching the Web, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15; and 10 a.m. Dec. 16.
• Publisher, 10 a.m. Dec. 19.
• Digital photos, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 19.
Contact Stuart at 812-285-5630 or e-mail sjones@jefferson.lib.in.us or call 812-285-5630 ext. 113 for more information.
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• Southern Indiana
Charity hosting card drive
Almost 1,000 Southern Indiana and Kentucky adults and children surviving intimate partner abuse and sexual violence will rely on The Center for Women and Families’ Holiday Gift Card Drive as the sole means of providing gifts for loved ones this holiday season and individuals, businesses and community groups are urged to purchase and deliver gift cards in increments of $25 in lieu of bringing gifts to the shelter.
Gift cards allow residents living in emergency shelter to safely shop online for their holiday gifts and nonresidential support groups to shop together on designated shopping days.
The center prefers gift cards from the following locations: Kmart, Target, Wal-Mart, Meijer, J.C. Penney, Kohl’s, Jefferson Mall and Green Tree Mall.
Gift cards can be dropped off at the Southern Indiana campus on Charlestown Road in New Albany from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday — call 812-944-6743 for directions — or mailed to The Center for Women and Families, ATTN: Janet, P.O. Box 2048, Louisville, Ky., 40201-2048 and include your name and mailing address with the cards.
Visit thecenteronline.org or call 502-581-7200 for more information.
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• Indiana
Daniels directs flags at half-staff
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has directed that flags throughout the state and at the statehouse be lowered to half-staff Monday in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
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• New Albany
Wiseheart to meet with residents
Lee Ann Wiseheart, Republican candidate for Indiana Senate District 46, invites the public to a meet the candidate’ event from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Main Street United Methodist Church, 516 W. Main St., New Albany.
The free event is hosted by Wiseheart’s election committee and Doug Drake. Wiseheart, vice-president of the New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. Board of Trustees, will talk with attendees and give a speech at the event.
Light food and beverages will be served. Indiana Senate District 46 includes Floyd County and parts of Clark County. The District 46 incumbent, Connie Sipes, has said she will not run for re-election.
Wiseheart will be challenged in the Republican primary by Ron Grooms, Jeffersonville city councilman.
Visit TeamWiseheart.com for more information on her background and policy views.
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Historic homecoming
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‘inappropriate language’ sidelines assistant coach
“I wish the person would have signed it, so I could talk with them, but they didn’t,” Sexton said.
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‘Slew of potato chips’ in local creek
“It was pretty pungent, made you want to hold your nose.”
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The kids dig it: Archaeology Day serves as an educational tool at Falls of the Ohio
“They’re learning a lot about the past and that there’s a value to it,” she said.
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Colgate auction moved to Nov. 2
“I personally don’t like it,” said Clarksville Redevelopment Director Rick Dickman.
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Millions in unclaimed property await locals
“The state’s unclaimed property fund has more than $350 million waiting to be claimed by the rightful owners and we want to make sure they get it back.”
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Man wanted in burglary turns himself in
Floyd County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Jeff Topping said Christopher Paul Brown, 25, is being held in the Floyd County Jail, awaiting extradition to Clark County.
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Attorney General: Redevelopment commissions can borrow on their own
The attorney general’s ruling doesn’t really apply to Jeffersonville because the city has an ordinance in place requiring the council sign-off on all bonding regardless of the amount, Jeffersonville Communications Director Larry Thomas said.
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Tubby’s owner thanks jeffersonville police officers for putting out fire
Salisbury said the fire was a little bigger than they realized when they first entered the building.
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Lessons in the kitchen: GCCS cafeteria employees and managers get trained on new recipes, safety standards
“I think there’s a great opportunity to increase [student] participation [in buying school lunch],”
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