> SOUTHERN INDIANA — JEFFERSONVILLE
Award-winning ArchiCamp offered
Indiana Landmarks and the Howard Steamboat Museum will offer a two-day ArchiCamp for children ages 8 to 12 from July 18 to 19 at the Howard Steamboat Museum. Participants spend both days — from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. — discovering the history of Jeffersonville and its landmark architecture.
Campers will travel back in time to the 19th century when they tour the Howard Steamboat Museum and the surrounding neighborhood, try their hand at using historic tools and play steamboat-related games. There will be plenty of hands-on activities, including model building and a scavenger hunt.
This is the second year for the Jeffersonville ArchiCamp. Winner of a prestigious award from the American Association for State and Local History, ArchiCamps encourage children to use their imaginations and powers of observation while teaching them about history, architecture and renovation.
Cost of the camp is $30 and includes refreshments, educational materials and souvenirs. Campers should bring a sack lunch both days. Enrollment for the camp is limited to 20 children. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. Reservations must be made by July 11. For more information, contact Laura Renwick at Indiana Landmarks, 812-284-4534 or lrenwick@indianalandmarks.org.
Claysburg Heritage Days coming up
Claysburg Heritage Days will be Aug. 5 to 7, at Henry Lansden Park, 15th and Thomas V. Bryant Drive, Jeffersonville.
Friday activities will include carnival rides, booths and vendors, with a youthfest beginning at 7 p.m.
Saturday activities will begin at noon and will include a family picnic, booths, vendors and a cornhole tournament.
Sunday, a Gospelfest will begin at 6 p.m.
For more information call 502-649-1773 or 502-751-0274.
SELLERSBURG
Sellersburg Celebrates pageant
Sellersburg Celebrates Prince and Princess applications are now available. The contest will be Aug. 20, at Silver Creek High School. Deadline for the early entry fee of $20 is July 20. After July 20, entry fee will increase to $25. A second child in the same family will receive a $5 discount.
The contest is open to boys and girls ages 4 to 7 by Aug. 1. Dress for the contest is Sunday Best. Children will be judged on personality, dress for the occasion, etc. All contestants will receive an engraved trophy with the prince and princess also receiving crowns and gifts.
Sellersburg Celebrates has added a preteen division to the Sellersburg Celebrates Princess contest. The contest is open to young ladies ages 8 to 12. It will be Aug. 20, following the Prince and Princess contest, which begins at 5:30 p.m. at Silver Creek High School.
To receive an application call 812-246-1561.
CHARLESTOWN
State park photo contest
Amateur photographers are encouraged to enter Charlestown State Park’s 5th Annual Amateur Photography Contest. Forms are available at the park office and the gate house. Entries will be accepted at the park gate and office during open hours until 4 p.m. July 29. All photographs must have been taken of or in Charlestown State Park during 2011.
Individuals can submit a total of three photos from one or any combination of the three categories: Park history; nature and wildlife; programs and family Fun. Winners will receive a 2012 Annual IDNR Park Pass. Results and all photographs will be on display at the Park Office between noon and 3 p.m. July 29. The public is encouraged to stop by and vote for their favorite photograph at that time.
For more information call Sally Malone, seasonal naturalist, Charlestown State Park, 812-256-5600.
NEW ALBANY
Hospital having uniform sale
The Floyd Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will be hosting a Cardinal uniform sale from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 19 in the Paris Education Center at the hospital.
The sale will be open to the public as well as hospital employees. There will be an abundance of items such as uniforms, scrubs, Nursemate shoes, stethoscopes, socks, support hose and blood pressure cuffs. There will also be clearance racks and large selections of value priced scrubs. A percentage of the sales will go to benefit the many auxiliary projects at the hospital.
Five-mile run/walk coming up
The Sizzling Summer Series will conclude July 30 in New Albany with a Christmas in July five-mile run/walk.
The race begins at 8 a.m. at the Riverfront Amphitheater in New Albany and ends at the farmers’ market at Bank and Market streets. Proceeds for the race will go toward the Holiday Fest 2011.
To register visit www.pacersandracers.com.
