Preview Night
Tuesday, February 7th, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m

Elementary School

Visit the elementary school for Preschool (starting at age 3) through 6th grades and learn about their challenging curriculm, Musikgarten program, band, athletics program, school spirit and traditions, after care program and registration process.

Meet the principal:  6:00 p.m.  -  700 North “A” Street

Junior/Senior High School

Experience the Seton Catholic High School difference highlighting their new technology program – each 7th-12th grade student receives their own netbook.  Learn about opportunities for honors students, band, student-athletes, school spirit and traditions, admission and financial aid.

Meet the principal:  6:30 p.m.  -   233 South 5th Street

Meaning.  Learning.  Leading.

Seton Catholic Schools welcomes students from all faith traditions and is approved for the Indiana State Choice Scholarship (voucher) program.

Game Time is 3:00. Each participant receives a T-shirt, lunch, and ticket for admission into the game. We start at 11:00, feed everyone lunch after we practice, sit together in the stands for the first half, then perform at half-time.

You’ll be with the Devilettes from 11:00 until after you perform.

WHO: Ages 4 through Grade 6

WHERE: Richmond High School—Tiernan Center—Enter Tiernan Center Doors off SW 2nd Street by the Tennis Courts

WHEN: Saturday, February 11, 11:00 a.m. Students should not arrive prior to 11:00 a.m.

COST: $25.00—checks payable to Richmond High School Devilettes.
This includes: free admission into the game for the performer, learning a routine taught by the Devilettes, performing at half time with the Devilettes, and lunch.

HOW: Mail form & money post-marked by Wednesday , February 1 to: Terry Runnels, Richmond High School, 380 Hub Etchison Pkwy, Richmond, IN 47374.

Questions-call 973-3377. OR—return completed form and money in an envelope to your school’s main office or the high school office by Wednesday , February 1.

Registrations not postmarked or turned into the school’s office by Wednesday , February 1, are not guaranteed a clinic t-shirt in your choice of size.

The t-shirt is worn for the half-time performance. The clinic price, however, would remain the same–$25.00. For the performance, wear the clinic t-shirt, dark shorts (black preferred), tennis shoes, socks, and hair out of your face to show your great Smiles!!!!

Registration form is available at www.weRrichmond.com

When

Grades 3-5:  6:30-7:30 p.m.

Grades 6-8: 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Where: Tiernan Center, Richmond High School

Cost:  $30 if registered before February 20th, $40 if registered after February 20th

Players who reserve a spot by February 20th will also receive a T-shirt!  Dads and coaches can also receive a T-shirt for an extra $10

Clinic Details:

All Clinic Sessions will take place at the Tiernan Center at Richmond High School.  Each session will provide quality instruction to both player and coach of his choice.  Focus will be on drills that can be incorporated inside or outside.

Players are to bring own bat and glove.

Each player will get instruction on infield, outfield, and hitting.  Players who would like to focus on pitching/catching will have an opportunity to do so on the last 2 days of clinic.

Program Information:

17 Conference Titles since joining the N.C.C.

16 Sectional Titles, 11 Semi-State Titles, and 3 Final Four Appearances since 1986

The Red Devils take pride in their history and plan on continuing a strong winning tradition.

Focus of program’s activities is to encourage young athletes to perform well on the baseball field as well as in life.  There is a strong emphasis on education before baseball as the key to success.

In order to accomplish these things, emphasis is on respect, dedication, discipline, and teamwork.

For more information and/or to get a registration form, please contact one of the following:

Coach Josh Amyx via email at josh1@rcs.k12.in.us or phone at 765-277-0765

RHS Athletic Office at 765-973-3316

NOTE: If money is an issue, please contact Coach Amyx BEFORE the clinic begins.  They are more interested in teaching baseball than anything else!

Landrum Bolling, speaks today at Earlham College, 1:00 p.m.

Landrum Bolling, president emeritus, 1958 – 1973 is a veteran peace maker. He has had a distinguished career as an informal advisor to world leaders and as an advocate for peace. As former Director of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem he has deep ties to the Middle East.

In 2000, he and Senator George Mitchell, won the Peacemaker/Peace Building Award from the National Peace Foundation. He is a senior advisor to Mercy Corps, Director of the Foundation for Middle East Peace and recipient of the James L. Fisher Awards for Distinguished Service to Education by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Bolling is Honorary Lifetime Trustee at Earlham. Free admission, no tickets required.

He will be speaking in Goddard Auditorium today beginning at 1:00 p.m. on the Earlham campus.

When:  Thursday February 2nd-6 to 8 p.m.

Where:  Tom Raper Center
Wayne County Fairgrounds
861 Salisbury Road North  Richmond, IN

FREE Admission, but please bring a can of soup or other item.  Donations go to the community food pantry.

Wear your favorite team jersey or other apparel!

Activities include:

Cheerleading Clinic ran by RHS Cheerleaders

Football Challenge Stations from Richmond Family YMCA

Fitness Challenge Course from Family Fitnessworks

Face Painting & More from Morrison Reeves Library

Hops Sports Demonstration from the Boys & Girls Club of Wayne County

Ribbie the RiverRat and Jack the Donkey f rom Richmond RiverRats & RMD Patti

Carnival Games from Richmond Parks & Recreation

Inflatable Obstacle Course, Bungee Run, and LOTS MORE!

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For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/richmondparks or call 765-983-7275

Brought to you by organizations, businesses, and merchants listed above as well as Meijer and Wayne County Fairgrounds

Denver Broncos Super Indy Car Showcased At The Firehouse BBQ And Blues, Richmond IN

Super Bowl Village Plans, Indy

Richmond, Indiana – The 2012 Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee announced the Super Celebration Sites, along with key locations around Indianapolis, will be hosting Super Cars during Super Bowl weekend. The Super Cars program will showcase 33 Indy Cars, with 32 cars representing each NFL franchise team and one car representing Super Bowl XLVI. Richmond is proud to host the Denver Broncos Super Car.

The Super Bowl Host Committee, partnering with Indy Racing Experience, will unveil the cars on Friday, January 27, 2012 along Meridian Street just south of Monument Circle, Indianapolis. Then, the Super Cars will race to their Super Bowl weekend destinations where ultimate NFL fans can visit their favorite teams’ car. The Super Bowl Host Committee has partnered with the smart phone application, FourSquare, to use its venue “check-in” feature.

Inside The Firehouse BBQ & Blues, site of the Denver Broncos Super Car, Richmond IN

The Denver Broncos Super Car will be located at the Firehouse BBQ & Blues, 400 N. 8th St. in the historic depot district, Richmond, Indiana. The car will be on display Thursday, Feb. 2 – Sunday, Feb. 5, 2011 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Free admission. Visitors will be able to take their picture with the one-of-a-kind Super Car. A complete list of each Super Car location is below. Richmond has many Kickoff Events scheduled to get NFL fans and locals fired up for the big game . . . from a High Octane Blues Concert, Touchdown Tours @ Indiana Football Hall of Fame, Outspoken Comedy Tour to a Jersey Jog 5K Fun Run and more. Check out www.visitrichmond.org/celebrationsite/ to view all Kickoff Events for the week leading up to Super Bowl.

If you’d like more information and/or an image of the Denver Broncos Super Car,  (or a full list of the Super Car locations) please call Nancy Sartain @ 800-828-8414 or email nsartain@visitrichmond.org.

Talking with hotel managers and other businesses, all are reporting that they are getting prepared and expect a busy week next week.  There is excitement in the air Wayne County…do you have Super Bowl fever?

Because Richmond restaurants and pubs will be natural gathering places for Super Bowl visitors and travelers, and our lodging facilities will be at full capacity, all area staff who will be interacting with Super Bowl Visitors are encouraged to attend a Super Service Training session.

Both Super Service Training programs will be held on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 8:00-10:00 a.m. OR 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Uptown Innovation Center, 814 E. Main St., Richmond (downtown). There is FREE 3-hour parking available at the City Parking Garage between S. 7 and 8 Streets. The presentations will cover:

•  Super Service – exceeding guests’ expectations
• NFL Super Bowl Impact on the area and Indy
• Transportation/parking in Indy
• Lucas Oil Stadium/Game Information
• Where to obtain event updates and resource information
• Fan Events in Indy and the area
• Around Indiana (attractions, restaurants, culture, etc.)
• Telling our Story – key story lines to share with visitors, and give some important  fun facts about Indiana 

Richmond has been designated as a Celebration Site by the Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee because of its location on I-70 and US-40 and its close proximity toIndianapolis.  Two Eastern teams will be competing in the Super Bowl – New York Giants and New England Patriots – so Richmond will have an influx of football fans heading to the big game who will need lodging, food, fuel, etc. The Super Service Training will help frontline/hospitality staff exceed visitors’ service expectations.  A Super Service Training was previously held on January 6^th with 50 participants.

If you or your staff would like to attend the Super Service program and become “Super Service” certified,  call the Wayne County Convention & Tourism Bureau at 765-935-8687.  Or, email: askus@visitrichmond.org to register for the Super Service training session.

Those who attended the January 6th training are encouraged to forward this information on to other businesses and attractions or to their staff members who weren’t able to attend previously.

 

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DATE: February 7, 14, 21, 28 and March 6, 13, 20, 27

TIME: 1:00PM

LOCATION: Townsend Community Center 855 North 12^th St. Richmond

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The Gennett Building in the Gorge

Richmond, Indiana is slowly shrinking- the population has dwindled from 43,999 in 1970 to 36,812 in 2010, a decrease of over 16%. Once a community largely supported by manufacturing, we now find ourselves in the midst of a transition to create a new sustainable economy.

The likelihood of a single manufacturer coming to Richmond and solving all our problems is slim to none; we need to think larger and we must start looking inward holding every citizen of Richmond accountable for the successes and misfortunes of our great city.

As a city we collectively can accomplish great things and show investors that we are an ideal place to relocate, but as a city if we sit by passively we will wither and continue to slowly dwindle into mediocrity- less a city, more a collection of houses – a pit stop to passers by. Using Detroit, another once manufacturing giant now bankrupt city, as a large-scale example, Richmond must change or will perish.

One of the largest problems with Richmond is that we incessantly look backward rather than forwards. “Richmond Like Stepping Back in Time.” We reminisce on the past and how great things used to be “back in the day”. We exchange “remember whens” and tell our friends and families of the glory of when we where kids or of the Richmond of our parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. We market ourselves as “Old Richmond” or “Historical Richmond” or the “Cradle of Recorded Jazz”.

One can only assume that this marketing ploy attracts little more than antique fanatics and jazz historians fewer of which exist than are required to support our city. I suggest we market ourselves to a larger audience, playing on innovation rather than stagnation. Of the college bound residents in Richmond many are leaving and never returning; it doesn’t take much insight to figure out why.

Richmond has accepted a fate of banality. Young people are leaving for cities with a faster paced life, cities full of people who are innovators and trail blazers people who want and need progress and change. Richmond needs these people to return and invest themselves in their hometown. We need to create an environment of entrepreneurship and need to attract entrepreneurs who will then create new opportunities for our college graduates to return home to.

Detroit’s population decreased by 25% over the past decade and without change Richmond may face a similar decline.

The Governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, aware that Detroit’s manufacturing sector is likely in a permanent decline said,

“We cannot cling to the old ways of doing business. We cannot successfully transition to the ‘New Michigan’ if young, talented workers leave our state.”

Richmond cannot cling on the old ways of doing business and Richmond cannot successfully transition into “New Richmond” without the retention of its residents and a change from the old. One would be remiss to think that no one in Richmond has shared similar notions and by no means should anyone trivialize their efforts; they should be commended and our city would be better off with more of such people.

We need to convince more people that there is need for commotion though- we collectively need to strive to push Richmond forward; lets give our city the momentum needed to prosper. Lets start a movement… a movement for the betterment of Richmond, for a guaranteed future for our great city.

This correspondence seeks to start a dialogue of what is best for Richmond and what is needed to progress Richmond forward. We already have people and organizations in position that can make a difference and facilitate change, but the spirit of cooperation seems to be missing and these people and organizations are lacking disciples- it is actually the followers that give leaders their titles and privileges.

We need to challenge each other and our leaders to come up with and implement new plans for the development and progression of Richmond; if we find our leaders wanting it is up to us to search out and elect new people to their positions. We, Richmond, need you- your time and your effort to revitalize our great town, to allow Richmond to reach its potential. The time is now and we are the people to make it happen.

-Evan Blum

About the Author: I was born and raised in Richmond and graduated from RHS. I have since completed an undergraduate degree from Indiana University Bloomington and am currently a student at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

I wrote this piece because I still consider myself a proud resident of Richmond even though I am for the time being living in Indianapolis. I fear that without change in our city there will be no Richmond for me to return to upon the completion of my studies. Recently during a visit to Richmond I had the opportunity to talk with some of my friends who have graduated college and have no plans for return; they have washed their hands of Richmond and do not see the potential that I see in our city. Let’s prove them wrong and let’s together revitalize Richmond into a city no one will want to leave.