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Cope Environmental Center Holding Orientation for Volunteers

January 18, 2012 By constance Leave a Comment

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Cope Environmental Center, a non-profit focusing on environmental education, will be offering an orientation for prospective volunteers on February 4th from 9:30-10:30AM.

Many volunteer positions are available for all ages and interests. Come learn more about how you can help!

Participants in the orientation will take a tour of the property and learn more about the Cope Environmental Center’s robust volunteer program.

Cope Environmental Center is located at 4910 Shoemaker Rd, Centerville, IN 47374.

Photograph courtesy of Cope Environmental Center

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Old Fashioned Christmas Festival in Depot District

December 13, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

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Just a reminder about the Old Fashioned Christmas Festival in the Depot District in Richmond tonight!! There are only two more, next Tuesday is the last of the season, so make plans to head down there.

There will be live miniature reindeer, Santa & Elves, a balloon artist, English double decker bus rides, model trains, kids train rides, face painters, and a luminary walk! And, of course, we can’t miss the horse-drawn carriage rides!

See you there between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m.!

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What’s Happening This First Weekend In December In Wayne County

December 2, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

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It’s beginning to look alot like Christmas……in Wayne County!

FRIDAY

Christmas Parade In Richmond

Starts at 7:00 p.m and will run between 6^th and 10^th Streets. Also enjoy some homemade crafts and foods at the Coop across from Veache’s toy store.

Jazz & Percussion Concert At Earlham College

A night of exciting music as always with Earlhams percussion ensemble and Jazz. This event is free and starts at 7:30 p.m. in Goddard Auditorium.

Grand Opening Of Firehouse Barbeque & Blue

The long awaited (2 years) opening of a really happinin’ place in the Depot District. Live music tonight and Saturday. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. with music from 9-11. Great musicians. Cover charge of 5.00 at door, must be 21 and up.

Hagertown’s Hometown Christmas (Day 1)

Decorations, Craft Bazaar, Cookie Walk, Santa, carriage rides, food, music, shows, and more!

Cookie Walk 4-8pm Trustee’s Office

Grown up Story Time 7pm Hagerstown/Jefferson Township Library

SATURDAY

Hagertown’s Hometown Christmas (Day 2)

Cookie Walk 4-8pm Trustee’s Office

Grown up Story Time 7pm Hagerstown/Jefferson Township Library

Cookie Walk Trustee’s Office 9-1pm

Photos with Santa Nettle Creek Hardware 9:30-11:30

After Prom Silent Auction Across the street Antiques 10-6pm

Holiday Dance Productions Elem. Gym 10:30am

Student Violin Concert Hagerstown Museum& Arts place 2pm

Photos with Santa The Logo Shop 2-3pm

Spagetti Dinner The Meeting Place 4:30-8pm

Bell Choir Main Street 5:30pm

Carriage Rides Main Street 5:30-8:30pm

Carolers Main Street Evening

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Hagerstown Hometown Christmas

November 28, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

Join us in Hagerstown this weekend for a Hometown Christmas!

See event details below:

Friday, December 2nd
Cookie Walk – 4-8pm – Trustee’s Office

Grown up Story Time – 7pm – Hagerstown/Jefferson Township Library

Saturday, December 3rd
Christmas Bazaar - 9-3pm - 11 E. Main Street
Primitive Crafts, Candles, Jewerly, Home decor, food and more

Cookie Walk – 9am-1pm - Trustee’s Office

Photos with Santa – 9:30am-11:30am – Nettle Creek Hardware

After Prom Silent Auction – 10-6pm - Across the street Antiques

Holiday Dance Productions – 10:30am – Elementary Gym

Student Violin Concert – 2pm - Hagerstown Museum& Arts place

Photos with Santa – 2-3pm - The Logo Shop

Spaghetti Dinner – 4:30-8pm - The Meeting Place

Bell Choir – 5:30pm – Main Street

Carriage Rides – 5:30-8:30pm - Main Street

Carolers – Evening -Main Street

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Wayne County Trick or Treat Times for this Weekend

October 25, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

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Wondering which day and/or which town to take the kids Trick or Treating this year? Here’s a nice quick list by days and times so that you don’t have to chose just one!!

Friday, October 28th

Economy 7-9

Saturday, October 29th

Centerville 5-7

Boston 5:30-7:30

Greens Fork 6-8

Milton 6-8

Hagerstown 6:30-8:30

Monday, October 31st

Fountain City 5-7

Richmond 5-7

Cambridge City 6-8

Dublin 6-8

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State Approves Three Loop Routes For Whitewater Canal Scenic Byway

October 13, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

PRESS RELEASE
Submitted by: Candy Yurak

Visitor opportunities in the Whitewater Valley have improved significantly with the recent addition of three “loop routes” to the Whitewater Canal Scenic Byway (WCSB). The primary route of the Byway, which follows the course of the historicWhitewater Canal from Hagerstown to Lawrenceburg, was designated as a State Byway in 2008.

Byways in Indiana are designated by the Department of Transportation, and then approved by the Lieutenant Governor. The primary route of the WCSB travels through Wayne, Fayette, Franklin and Dearborn County in Indiana, and through the western part of Hamilton County in Ohio. The addition of the loop routes also ties in Union and Ripley counties.

The three loop routes will offer Byway visitors a better opportunity to experience the history and scenery of the Whitewater Valley; to visit its towns and stores; and to take advantage of its many recreational options.

Byway President, Candy Yurcak, says that the added route will encourage visitors to spend two or three days in the region, instead of traveling the main route in a day or less. “They can enjoy some fried chicken, stay at a quaint B&B, shop for antiques, and visit local craftspeople.” For those who do not have a lot of time, the loops will enable a visitor to travel part of the historic canal route, and then explore some of the surrounding countryside on the return trip.

The East Fork loop travels east from Cambridge City along Route 40 (the Historic National Road) to Richmond, then south on SR 101, returning to the canal route in Brookville.

The Oldenburg-Batesville Loop travels south on SR 229, through these two distinctive towns, turns east on SR 46 to St. Leon, then north on SR 1, returning to the canal route near Cedar Grove.

The Dearborn-Ripley Loop goes from Lawrenceburg to Aurora, travels northeast on SR 350 to Milan, north to Sunman on SR 101, east to Dover on North Dearborn Road, then returns to the canal route in Lawrenceburg via SR 1.

When the Whitewater Canal was built 175 years ago, it connected the WhitewaterValley to the rest of the country. Today, visitor can come to the valley, explore that historic route and enjoy a wide variety of informative and recreational activities. See the WCBA website http://www.whitewatercanalscenicbyway.org/ for more information.

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Powwow at Goodrich Park in Winchester

September 30, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

by: Kathy Bond

Event Details

DATE: Saturday and Sunday, October 8th and 9th

TIME: 10 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

For our 4th Annual Powwow, we have a Native American Dancer coming in to Dance from Nova Scotia, Canada! Others will be coming in from various places in North America. We have a New Learning Center in The Goodrich Park that will display items that will show how the Woodland Indians lived, including wig-wams and drying racks to see how they gathered their clay and made their pots. You can even throw a tomahawk or grind some grain the Native way. Come dance and try some Native food. This is a Great Family Event!

Community, Family and Spirituality

The Powwow is an event that reflects upon many important aspects of Native American society. Amidst the beat of the Drum and stunning regalia, there are other traditions and activities whose purpose is to communicate and strengthen the ways of the Native American community, family life and spirituality.

Native Americans wear their Regalia’s that are very personal and artistic expressions of the dancers’ lives, feelings, interests, family and spiritual quest. Often elements of the regalia are gifts from elders or treasured people in the dancers’ lives and are honorings to be worn with pride.

Since the regalia expresses the life of each individual dancer, design elements from many different sources are appropriate. At the Arbor the Powwow drum is a large base covered with hide (buffalo, deer, or cow). Forming a circle, eight or more men strike the drum in unison with covered mallets. The men then blend their voices with the beating of the Drum to create the song. The songs are often in the Indian language of the drum members. It is the responsibility of the drum members and especially the lead singer to be able to sing and play whatever kind of song is requested by the master of ceremonies or the arena director for any given event (i.e. flag raising, honoring ceremony, different kinds of dances.

For more information, contact:
Kathy Bond
Park Supterintendent
616 Residence Street
Winchester, In. 47394
765-584-2645

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Boys & Girls Clubs Keystone Club Food Give Away Huge Success

September 23, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

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PRESS RELEASE

Submitted by: Jennifer Ochoa
Boys and Girls Club of Wayne County

This past weekend at Day for Kids in the 10^th street park, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne County Keystone Club were able to give away over 10,000 pounds of food to 252 families. In doing this, we were able to provide food for 926 individuals. This is the biggest community service project that the Keystone Club has done so far. A special thank you to Gleaners Food Bank who partnered with the Club on this outstanding community program.

The Keystone Club is a chartered small-group (8 to 15 members) leadership development club for young people ages 14 –18. Keystoners elect officers, choose their own activities, and plan and implement community/club service projects under the direction of an adult advisor over 23 years old.

A national charter entitles a Keystone Club to participate in regional and national Keystone conferences. The Keystone Club is the leader and fuel behind the Club’s teen programs. Their service to the community and Club help build vital leadership and character skills.

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Historic Tree Planting at Jacob Julian Home

September 23, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

Press Release submitted by:
Richmond-Wayne County Convention & Tourism Bureau

The Wayne County Convention and Tourism Bureau will host an historic Tree Planting and Plaque Dedication on Saturday, Oct. 8^th beginning at 11:00 am. The event will take place on the west lawn of the Jacob B. Julian home, 116 E. Plum Street, Centerville, IN, and is sponsored by First Bank Richmond.

The home is presently being restored by the owners Gail Martin and Mark Redman but will not be open to the public at this time.

Alice Downey Browning, great great granddaughter of Jacob B. Julian, will be present to plant the Indiana state Tulip tree in honor and memory of Mr. Julian. Mrs. Browning resides in Chadron, Nebraska. Several other members of the Julian family from around the country are expected to attend the ceremony.

Jacob Julian, a well known attorney and statesman, served in the Indiana House of Representatives in 1846. He built the present home in 1857. When the Wayne County Court House was moved toRichmond in 1873, he and his brother George W. Julian, congressman from Centerville, moved toIrvington, IN. Jacob Julian, along with Sylvester Johnson, founded the town of Irvington, five miles east of downtown Indianapolis.

Mr. Julian also built the historic Oliver P. Morton home on West Main Street in Centerville in 1848. The Julians are buried in Centerville’s Crown Hill Cemetery.

A reception will be held immediately following at the Centerville Library and the public is invited. Displays and exhibits of the Julian family along with historic pictures will be available to view.

For further information, please contact Event Coordinator Jim Resh at 935-8687 or jresh@visitrichmond.org at the Old National Road Welcome Center, Richmond, IN.

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United Kennel Club’s 52nd Autumn Oaks Convention

September 1, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

PRESS RELEASE
submitted by Stacey Whichard ~ Wayne Co Tourism Bureau

Labor Day weekend means the return of one of the biggest coonhound events of the year, Autumn Oaks®, celebrating its 52^nd year, is an extremely spectator-friendly event free to the public. Taking place September 2nd and commencing on September 4th with an awards ceremony, Autumn Oaks is a highlight event for coonhound enthusiasts and features challenging events showcasing the beauty and function of all seven coonhound breeds.

United Kennel Club’s Autumn Oaks has grown to be the largest coonhound Nite Hunt and Bench Show event in the world. Nite Hunts are simulated hunting events, with no game taken or firearms allowed, in accordance with UKC policy. An amazing 1,038 hounds have entered and are set to compete in one of the most prestigious events in all of coonhunting! No, this is not a misinterpretation or illusion of sorts where the likes of re-entries or otherwise might be thrown in to blow up the stats for whatever reason. There are over a thousand “different” hounds! This is undoubtedly a new record in all of coonhunting when it comes to number of dogs entered in an organized coonhunt of any registry – period.

Autumn Oaks has over 6,800 participants registered and with spectators regularly attracts more than 17,000 total people over the weekend. Both Friday and Saturday feature the world’s largest licensed Bench Show, with over 500 coonhounds expected. Sunday morning’s awards ceremony closes the event with a celebration of the weekend’s big winners.

United Kennel Club thanks Black Gold Premium Dog Food for their support as a return sponsor of this year’s Autumn Oaks. All Nite Hunt participants will be competing for valuable points towards this year’s Triple Crown, also sponsored by Black Gold (blackgolddogfood.com), which awards a prize package worth over $3,000 to the coonhound with the most combined points from UKC’s three largest coonhound events of the year – Autumn Oaks, Winter Classic and the World Championship. In addition, Nestle Purina® proudly sponsors the Bench Show portion of Autumn Oaks, with points accumulating toward the Purina Outstanding United Kennel Club Bench Show Coonhound, awarded at the UKC Winter Classic in January.

Be sure to catch all the action on our website: www.ukcdogs.com

For more information about details of the show, contact: Tanya Raab, traab@ukcdogs.com

See GoWayneCounty’s Event calendar for show times and days that are open to the public.

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Gennett Records Walk of Fame Music Festival

August 30, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

PRESS RELEASE
Submitted by: Starr-Gennett Foundation & Richmond Parks and Recreation

Richmond, Indiana – Starr-Gennett Foundation and Richmond Parks and Recreation are excited to announce the 2011 Walk of Fame Music Festival celebrating “Mo’ Blues”. The September 10 Festival will take place at Whitewater Gorge Park, 201 South 1^stStreet in Richmond, Indiana. The annual Festival highlights Richmond’s legacy as “The Cradle of Recorded Jazz”.

The Music Festival offers a full day of music, arts, family fun, and induction of the two newest artists into the Walk of Fame – Roosevelt Sykes and Bailey’s Lucky Seven. All daytime events are FREE to the public, thanks to major sponsors such as Richmond Baking, Wayne County Foundation, Earlham College, First Bank Richmond, Reid Hospital, and Mosey Manufacturing. Numerous other local businesses, individuals, and volunteers also contribute to the celebration.

FREE concerts include the Jonny Hazard Band with Randy Baker, The Groove Doctors, and a Battle of the Blues. Between the hours of 1:00-5:00 PM, kids will be treated to music, crafts, blow up rides, and their own concert at 4:00 PM. The ever-popular Rubber Duck Regatta will take place on the Whitewater River at 6:00 PM. The Legacy Continues Concert begins at 6:30 PM with the final Blues Battle, followed by Governor Davis and the Blues Ambassadors. The featured performer is Nashville, Tennessee’s Stacy Mitchhart Blues Band. Tickets for the evening concert are $10 through September 9, $15 at the door. Students with ID can purchase tickets for $10 and children under 12 are free.

For a full schedule of the day’s events, visit starrgennett.org. Call 765.962.2860 for more info.

WHO: Starr-Gennett Foundation & Richmond Parks and Recreation

WHAT: Gennett Records Walk of Fame Music Festival

WHEN: September 10, 2011, 11:00 AM – 10 PM

WHERE: Whitewater Gorge Park, 201 S. 1^st Street, Richmond, IN

COST: Free through 6:00 PM, Legacy Concert: $10 in advance or with student ID;

$15 at door; children under 12 free

CONTACT: Terri Hardy, (765) 962-2860

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Last Concert of the LIVE @ the Park Summer Concert Series!

August 22, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

Last chance to hear great music at Glen Miller park this weekend as Richmond Parks and Recreation bring their Live @ the Park Concert Series to a close for this year. See official poster below for all the details! Best of all, it’s FREE!

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Gennett Walk of Fame Music Festival Celebrates “Mo Blues”

August 17, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

For you blues lovers, that time of year is approaching. The Annual Starr-Gennett Walk of Fame Music Festival is coming next month. All the information you need is below. See you there!!

Where:
Whitewater Gorge Park
201 South First Street
Richmond, IN

When: September 10, 2011 11AM-10PM

Description:
Concerts by Randy Baker and the Jonny Hazard Band, The Groove Doctors, Governor Davis and the Blues Ambassadors, and Nashville’s Stacy Mitchhart; induction of Roosevelt Sykes and Bailey’s Lucky Seven into the Walk of Fame, and honoring Blind Lemon Jefferson; performance by the Starr-Gennett Youth Troupe; free kids games and activities; Battle of the Blues Bands; Gennett Mansion Bus Tour; Richmond Pride Art and Essay Contests; Rubber Duck Regatta; music and art vendors; food and beer garden.

Contact Information:
Terri Hardy
765-962-2860
thardy@starrgennett.org

Price:
Daytime events are free. Evening Gennett Legacy Concert tickets $15 at the door, $10 in advance. Blues Battle at 6:30 PM. Governor Davis and the Blues Ambassadors at 7 PM. Featured performer is Nashville’s Stacy Mitchhart at 8PM.

Website: http://www.starrgennett.org/

Ticket Information:

Tickets are available at Starr-Gennett Foundation, Wayne County Foundation, the Tourism Bureau, Richmond Furniture Gallery, Lamplight at the Leland Inn, and online at: http://starrgennett.eventbrite.com

Sponsors: Premier sponsor: Richmond Baking Co. Other sponsors: Earlham College, First Bank, Irmscher Construction, Lingle, Mosey Mfg., Richmond Casting Co., Reid Hosp., Rick and Beverly Garnet, Wayne Co. Fdn., Wayne Bank, Wayne Vincent, West End Bank.

See this year’s official poster below for show times:

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Archway Days Quilt Show Entry Deadline Approaching

August 15, 2011 By constance Leave a Comment

Centerville Indiana Quilt Show, Handmade quilts

Historic Centerville’s Annual Quilt and Handwork Show will be held during Archway Days, August 26 and 27 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Mansion House on Main Street in Centerville, IN.

All entries (quilts and handwork items) are to be submitted on Tuesday, August 23, from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Mansion House. Items may be picked up after 5 p.m. on Saturday.

On Saturday, August 27, Carolyn Lafever, Wayne County Historian, will be in the Court House behind the Mansion House with new displays and information regarding the 6 Wayne County Court Houses. She will be there from 12:30 – 4 p.m.

Admission to the Quilt and Handwork Show is $5 and the money is used for the restoration and maintenance of the Mansion House Inn & Tavern as well as the Salisbury Court House and Railroad Shanty, also on the property.

See ya there!

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