NEW ALBANY
Ghostly events on tap at Culbertson
Culbertson Mansion is again sponsoring Literally A Haunted House, which offers guests a tour of the mansion’s haunted carriage house for $13 each.
Dates Oct. 13, 19, 20, 26, and 27. Tours start at 7 p.m. No closing time is advertised. Kids have a slightly less scary tour option Oct. 19, 20, 26 and 27 when they can enjoy Halloween storytelling in the mansion at 7:30, 8:30 or 9:30 p.m. Admission is $1 per child and $2 per adult.
Also, the Museum’s Halloween tea will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 14. Cost is $15 per adult and $8 per child age 3-8. Children under 3 are free. Reservations are required. The event is a proper Victorian tea with the “Queen of Halloween.” Costumes are encouraged.
Job fair slated for IUS
The Indiana University Southeast Career Development Center is sponsoring a job fair from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Hoosier Room, 4201 Grant Line Road.
The event is free and an opportunity to network with local companies. Professional dress is suggested and those attending are asked to bring multiple copies of a resume.
For additional information, contact Lynn in the Career Development Office at 812-941-2265.
Fulton to speak at Lunch & Learn
From noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Carnegie Center for Art and History, Christopher Fulton, associate professor in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Louisville, will present the program “Portraits of the Nation and Individual in Modern Mexican Art.”
Fulton’s lecture takes an incisive look at portraits of individual subjects and portraits of the Mexican nation and capital city. He will start with some observations on the revolutionary period, before 1950, with reference to artists such as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and then investigate more modern representations that exist in tension with the ideals of the nation and of Mexicanness as propagated by government and its affiliated institutions.
Participants can bring a lunch, drinks are provided. This program is free, but registration is required by calling 812-944-7336.
Aglow group to meet
An Aglow meeting will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, at Covenant Community Fellowship, 727 Rolling Creek Drive, New Albany.
Fellowship is 6:30 to 7 p.m. with the meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Speaker will be Donna McClanahan, vice-president of Financial Development at Lighthouse Aglow, Corydon.
CLARK COUNTY
Meeting event for GOP candidates
Come out and meet Republican candidates Terry Conway for coroner and Ryan Lynch for County Council from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, upstairs at Cluckers, 100 W. Riverside Drive, Jeffersonville.
Suggested donation is $10 per person. Plans include door prizes, appetizer buffet and a cash bar will be available. For more information call 812-590-3662.
Walk to combat addiction coming up
Grassroots Prevention Coalition of Clark County is sponsoring a tragedy triumph overcoming addiction walk from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 20 at Perrin Park, Perrin Lane, Jeffersonville.
All proceeds from the 3.1 mile walk/run will create scholarships for Clark County youth. For more information call 812-288-6451.
SELLERSBURG
Church hosting homecoming series
Hamburg Church of Christ, 8921 Newberry Road, Sellersburg, is sponsoring a “Homecoming and Homegoing” series with evangelist Paul Kitzmiller, the director of Goin Fishing Missions.
A pitch-in dinner Sunday will follow the 10:30 a.m. morning service and a report of mission efforts to Ukraine will be given on Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday services will be at 7 p.m.
Former members, friends and general public are welcome.
JEFFERSONVILLE
Radio personality to speak
Radio personality Les Naiman will speak on “America: Past, Present, Future,” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at the Jeffersonville Elks Club, 1820 Charlestown-Jeffersonville Pike, Jeffersonville.
This is a free event and door prizes will be awarded. The Elks Club will have food and drink available for purchase.
Learn how to quit smoking
Health Ministry team at Catholic Community of Jeffersonville is sponsoring a Smoking Cessation Seminar at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at St. Augustine’s Parish Hall, 315 Chestnut St., Jeffersonville.
Annie Reiss from Clark County Tobacco Coalition will speak about the free programs offered by the state of Indiana to help smokers quit. The public is welcome.
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Local and state graduation rates see a rise for 2012
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Legislature had little taste for alcohol bills
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Debate over state's alcohol laws continue
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Henryville Playground Built In One Day
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Emergency officials stage bus wreck, gas spill at FCHS
A school bus had turned over after being struck by a gas tanker, and as the truck leaked chemicals, emergency crews rushed in to try and rescue the kids who were trapped inside.
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35th annual Starlight Strawberry Festival May 25
When Joe Huber and Daisy Book were looking for a way to honor local strawberry farmers in the area, they probably had no idea that 35 years later, their idea would attract nearly 10,000 visitors each year.
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Rinpoche’s journey to Indiana remarkable
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Floyd County Nutrition Coalition hands out 1,000 tomato plants
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“Caution Light’ the economic forecast for rest of year in Southern Indiana
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“Caution Light’ the economic forecast for rest of year in Southern Indiana
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POLICE: New Albany mother killed two children, then herself
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