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DT's anounces new hours
Sunday September 12 2010 DT's Bar and Grill, in Wadesville, will start their
new fall and winter hours.
DT's will be open on Sundays during the professional football season through
the superbowl.
DT's has several large TVs and most of the football games will be available
to watch. Gather your group and join us for all the football fun.
The smoke free dining room will be open from noon till 8 p.m. and the bar
will stay open later.
DT's recently expanded their menus adding several new signature sandwiches
and wraps. All items from the new menu will be available for dine-in or
carry-out.
Grayville goes on the air starting August
Starting Monday, August 30 Grayville, Illinois will officially go on-air
with its first (and so far-only) radio show. This two hour program available
via the Internet will be brought to you by the same people who bring you The
Wanderer magazine. The focus will be on local people and local happenings,
some regional and occasional celebrity guests, names that will be well known
across the country as this show will be available worldwide to anyone with
an Internet connection.
Hosting the show will be Wanderer Publisher/Editor Denny Reese, himself no
newcomer to the world of radio. He has been helping friend Eddie
Allen with his "Cuzin Eddie Allen Show" broadcasts out of McLeansboro,
Illinois, WMCL 1060AM for these past eight years. "Everything leading up to
this is a tip of the hat to Eddie," Reese said. "He has been an inspiration
and offered a sounding board for ideas. To think, when we both started we
didn't know much at all. And after all of these years, we still don't."
Friends and fans of Wanderer Co-Editor and resident "angel" Bowie Buffinger
Webb Hannah will delight in listening to her stories of over ninety years of
life from days on the Dixon Springs Experimental Station to being a
University wife, two years in India, legal secretary and spanning the globe
birdwatching and taking breathtaking photographs. She now spends her time
reminiscing and discovering why we are the way we are and ways for us to
keep healthy. She will run regular segments on wandermag on-air.
That is the name of this experimental venture, wandermag on-air.
The format is interviews and musical selections and looking back at the
recent and not so recent past. "It's made possible by the people at Blogtalk
radio," Reese added. "Through their services, almost anyone who's foolhardy
enough can host their own Internet radio show, and I guess it's our turn."
To find this show should not be so difficult. Simply go to Blogtalk Radio on
Monday night, click on the On Air graphic and then a selection of shows
playing that evening will appear. Click onto the wandermag on-air logo and
you can listen to the show from 7-9PM. Local businesses will also be airing
ads during the duration of this show. Guests for the first show on the 30th
include Mayor Joe Bisch and Rick and Sandy Davis of the Grayville Days
Committee. Upcoming celebrity guests that might be of interest to many are
Dr. David Stanley, stepbrother to the late Elvis Presley, Alison Arngrim who
played Nellie Olsen on the "Little House on the Prairie" series and comic
actor Fred Willard.
"We are trying to build a complex and diverse group of guests, locally and
nationally known and hope all of you will forgive us as we "flub" our way
through these initial episodes, finding our wings, so to speak," Reese said.
"Our main goal is to be entertaining, and if we can't do that, we might as
well hang up our microphones."
For now, the show will be pre-recorded, but that is not to say that at some
future date, wandermag on-air could not go Live. "We have the capabilities,"
Reese points out. "But for the time being we need to focus on getting some
shows put together and see how it all goes."
United Way Pacesetter to begin this year’s campaign on Sept. 16
This year, the New Harmony School Corporation is one of the Pacesetters for
the United Way campaign. They will run their United Way campaign early and
results are announced at the United Way of Posey County campaign kick-off on
September 16th to get this year’s campaign off to a good start.
New Harmony School is the heart of a historic community whose roots go deep
into the past of progressive education in America. A Utopian community
founded here in 1824 attracted innovative intellectuals who believed that
education should be available free to all social classes. New Harmony, a
frontier community along the banks of the Wabash, was the site of one of the
first kindergartens, vocational schools, women's discussion groups, US
Geological surveys and public lending libraries in our country. With this
rich historical heritage, the K-12 school is a focal point of the community.
The present building located at 1000 East Street has been in use since 1987.
The first graduating class was in 1879. Because the school is situated
adjacent to Murphy Park, teachers use the park as an outdoor education
classroom, exercise facility or for recreational fun on the Playtopia
Playground. New Harmony is a small public school that provides a public
education where students can get individual attention usually associated
with private schools.
The entire New Harmony High School travels to Washington, D.C. every four
years to attend the inauguration of the United States president. Plans are
underway for the 2013 trip. This trip is provided free of charge to the
students.
New Harmony School is home to children of all ages, preschool through
seniors in high school. This creates a sense of family among students and
staff as everyone learns to care for each other and teachers watch out for
students of all ages. In the elementary wing, there is one classroom per
grade, a library, and a computer lab. The Junior High/High School wing
includes classrooms, a computer lab, science lab, and library. Shared
facilities in a commons area include the art and music rooms, cafeteria,
distance education lab with teleconference equipment, and gymnasium. New
Harmony High School was one of the first schools in Indiana that provided
laptops for all the students. High school students can earn college credit
through Ball State, Indiana University, Ivy Tech, and University of Southern
Indiana. The graduation rate is often 100%. A full athletic program offers
baseball, basketball, soccer, volleyball, softball, cheerleading, and golf.
Academic competitions also provide students with challenges. Students can
participate in the local spelling bee, National Geographic Society geography
bee, Young Authors Conference book writing, Math-a-thon, and Academic Bowl
Competition. Older students enjoy ISSMA Music Competitions, an annual mock
trial, and the Envirothon Team which has been very successful at the state
level. These programs are open to all students and all students are
encouraged to be involved in school activities to insure a well-rounded
education. Spanish is offered in junior high school as well as in the high
school. New Harmony has a progressive curriculum that focuses on meeting
each child’s need through individualized instruction and the use of
technology. Each staff member knows and works hard for every child in the
school. One of those staff members, Lois Gray, was named the National Rural
Teacher of the Year for 2008.
The New Harmony School is offering a FREE afternoon enrichment program for
the 4-year olds and kindergarten students as well as a FREE afterschool
enrichment program for students in grades K through 6th grades. The
corporation is firmly committed to providing early childhood education and
well as enrichment activities as means to help insure student success.
New Harmony School is committed to producing contributing citizens. All
students are encouraged to be part of an acclaimed extracurricular work--
Ribeyre Gymnasium Restoration Group. Students have adopted the project of
restoring the historic Ribeyre Gym. The students had secured $500,000 to get
renovation started and continue to work to raise funds for further
improvements. The gym can now be utilized as a community center servicing
the residents of the town of New Harmony.
The staff of New Harmony School is dedicated to continuing the fine
educational tradition started by the early settlers of the New Harmony area.
This year’s campaign goal is $620,000. Funds raised in the United Way
campaign will go to support 21 local agencies and more than 75 programs that
provide services to the people of Posey County including Albion Fellows
Bacon Center, American Red Cross – Posey County Chapter, Buffalo Trace
Council – Boy Scouts of America, Catholic Charities, Children’s Learning
Center of Posey County, Christian Church Day Care Center, Community
Emergency Assistance, ECHO Community Health Care, Family Matters, Homeless
Shelter of Mt. Vernon, Indiana Legal Services, Lampion Center, Mental Health
America, New Harmony Ministry Association, Posey County Council on Aging,
Posey County Rehabilitation Services, The Rehabilitation Center, The
Salvation Army, Visiting Nurse Association of Southwestern Indiana, WNIN
Radio Reading Program, and Willow Tree of Posey County. Funds also support
2-1-1, the easy to remember number for assistance and referral, and the new
prescription drug discount program. For more information about services
provided through the United Way of Posey County or volunteer opportunities
available, call 838-3637 or email uwposey@sbcglobal.net.
