Whitewater Valley REMC Community Trust awarded grants to 13 local organizations from its second-quarter applications. Here are the grant recipients, amounts and projects funded: Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne County: $750, art supplies for annual show. Centerville Senior High School After Prom: $500 for safe and fun environment Centerville Senior High School Drama Club: […]
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Firefighters renovate N. 8th building
When Richmond Fire Department Engine 1 arrives at a fire, its three firefighters strive to save the burning building. Now, during their time away from RFD, Tom Broyles, Nick Arbogast and Matt Baker work in a different way to save a building. The three formed Buddies on the Block LLC and are renovating a 33,465-square-foot […]
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RCS staff to receive trauma-informed coaching
All of Wayne County’s school personnel soon will have more insights for their interactions with students who’ve been impacted by trauma and adversity. Richmond Community Schools’ board approved a $47,215 contract for Trust-Based Relational Intervention, known as TBRI, through Greenwood-based consultant Hope Alight. TBRI is geared for anyone working directly with children, such as paraprofessionals, […]
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Respected math teacher departs Room 212
When a young teacher took time to explain the lyrics of a song to a student, it created a lasting memory. Julie Drake is that math teacher. She has held forth from the same classroom at Hagerstown Jr.-Sr. High School for 42 years. Now, upon retiring, she is departing Room 212. Those who know Dan […]
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Centerville searches for water leak
Centerville currently has a water leak of 70 gallons per minute that hasn’t surfaced. Town Manager Kevin Slick hired an outside company to investigate the leak’s source, but they didn’t find it. Town employees will continue “hit-and-miss” checking for up to three months because further high-tech investigation is costly, he said. Residents with any information […]
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HELP committee narrows project list
The question of how to spend millions in community improvement dollars is closer to being answered. Wayne County’s Hoosier Enduring Legacy Program core committee will submit its project list Friday to the Purdue Center for Regional Development. Those projects will form the Strategic Investment Plan for American Rescue Plan Act dollars committed by the county […]
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Tri teacher named Apple Distinguished Educator
Amy Stevens, who is in her fourth year of teaching at Tri Elementary School in Straughn, has been named to the Apple Distinguished Educators (ADE) Class of 2023. In 1995, Apple created the ADE Program to recognize K-12 and higher education pioneers who are using Apple technology to transform teaching and learning in powerful ways. […]
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United Way offering new support, fundraisers
United Way of Whitewater Valley is gearing up for its annual campaign to help kids and working poor people in Wayne and Union counties. The organization recently conducted its annual meeting to review the previous year and note upcoming fundraising plans. United Way is focused on helping improve economic mobility for thousands of local families […]
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Livestock auction’s fate to be decided
A decision might be made Thursday as to whether a livestock auction can open next to an agritourism destination, and it’s unclear whether a previously seen standing-room-only crowd will return to share its views. Two of the five members of Wayne County’s Board of Zoning Appeals weren’t present at the May meeting where two petitions […]
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Lead ‘Em Up creates unexpected leadership
In a high school setting, student leadership is often found in student government organizations. But a recently developed program at Lincoln High School aims to instill leadership skills outside of student government. Lead ‘Em Up is a leadership curriculum that engages young people in the classroom and on sports teams with the goal of “turning […]