• Floyd County

YMCA, St. John’s to host holiday dinner

The YMCA of Southern Indiana and St. John Presbyterian are hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for the public from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nov. 26, at the church, 1307 East Elm St., New Albany.

The community is asked to assist in meeting the needs of those attending the dinner by donating any of the items in the following list: any traditional Thanksgiving food items, such as stuffing, green beans, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, corn, rolls, butter, gravy, cranberry sauce, ham, tea, lemonade, and desserts; serviceware, such as cups, plates, utensils and napkins; any new or gently used winter outwear, including hats, gloves and shoes.

Call 812-945-3531 for more information on donating or questions about the dinner.

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Alzheimer’s Support Group meets

The Green Valley Care Center will host its monthly Alzheimer’s Support Group at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 24, in the main dining hall at the center, 3118 Green Valley Road, New Albany.

The discussion will be on “How to Celebrate the Holidays when a Loved One has Dementia.” The group is informal and refreshments are served.

The meeting is open to those interested in the topic.

Call Wayne Obertate, CDCM, CDP, director of alzheimer’s services at 812-945-2341 for more information.

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DAR hosts Christmas Tea, Scribner House tours

The Piankeshaw Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will host an old-fashioned Victorian Tea and tour the Scribner House from 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 6, at the Scribner House,106 East Main St., New Albany.

Tours of the Scribner House, which will be decorated in 1800s style, will start at 1 p.m. The house is unique in that many of the furnishings are family pieces. Tea and refreshments will be served. The Underhill Trio will provide salon music. The gift shop will be open for special gifts including a new Scribner House pitcher and Scribner House Christmas ornament. There will be no charge for the house tour, which is open to the public only on special occasions, however, donations are appreciated. This event helps to preserve New Albany’s oldest house and provides financial resources for prizes for history projects, essay contests as well as funds for various patriotic endeavors of the chapter.

Visit dar.org and http://scribnerhouse.org/ for more information.

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Historical Society hosts Don Preston on ‘Downtown Occupants’

The Floyd County Historical Society will host guest speaker Don Preston of New Albany’s Preston Arts Center, at 7 p.m., Nov. 24, in the Strassweg Auditorium at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, 180 West Spring St., New Albany.

Preston will speak on “A Review of Downtown Occupants: Two Snapshots.” The Society meets monthly at the library, except next month when they will host a Christmas open house at the Padgett Museum, 509 West Market St., New Albany, from 1 to 4 p.m., Dec. 13. The group will not meet in January.

The meeting and open house are free and open to the public.

Call 812-948-8711 for more information.

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• Southern Indiana

INDOT launches Traveler Web site

The Indiana Department of Transportation announces a dramatic expansion of its free TrafficWise traveler information service to include updated reports for all state roads, U.S. highways and interstates around the state.

Starting today, motorists now have a new tool to plan their travels by visiting TrafficWise.IN.gov or dialing 800-261-ROAD (7623). INDOT’s TrafficWise service is the first to launch new software, developed with pooled federal funds from a dozen states, that provides more user-friendly Web and phone traveler information. Motorists accustomed to dialing the Indiana State Police Winter Road Conditions Hotline at 800-261-ROAD (7623) will now reach the new INDOT TrafficWise service. In addition to winter road conditions, callers will also hear year-round reports of traffic delays caused by roadway maintenance, construction or crashes. Controlled by a caller’s voice or numeric keypad, the phone system provides traffic reports for individual state highways or major metropolitan regions. Links to existing INDOT TrafficWise sites provide traffic speed estimates and snapshots from 80 traffic cameras within the Northwest and Central Indiana urban areas.

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Gutford Road section to close Nov. 25

The Town of Clarksville will be closing a portion of Gutford Road at Providence Way on Nov. 25 to repair a collapsed culvert.

Traffic will be detoured onto Centrailia Court and back onto Gutford Road. The repairs are expected to take one day and the road will be reopened to through traffic Nov. 26.

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