Stories from Monday, June 16, 2008

Michael T. O'Hair, current associate dean for engagement at Purdue University and a member of the Bainbridge High School class of 1962, will be the featured speaker at the 94th annual Bainbridge High School Alumni Association banquet on June 28. The event will take place at the Bainbridge Community Building. Social hour will begin at 5 p.m. with the buffet dinner following at 6:30 p.m...

Mike VanRensselaer and Steve Terry will perform at this Tuesday's ParkFest at Robe Ann Park beginning at 7 p.m. Robe Ann Park will be filled with the sounds of a folk duo this Thursday at 7 p.m. Duo Mike VanRensselaer and Steve Terry play acoustic old time folk sounds with guitar, mandolin and banjo all intertwined with harmonizing vocals...

Verna Gaskin, a Master Gardener and superintendent for the flower project at the Vigo County 4-H Fair, gives tips on how to prepare cut flowers for judging during a "Grow 'Em and Show 'Em" workshop held Saturday at the Putnam County 4-H Fairgrounds. The event was sponsored by Putnam County Master Gardeners, and also featured a workshop on preparing vegetables for judging...

In preparation for this summer's Read to Understand discussion groups, a free screening of the movie "The Color of Fear" will be offered today at 7 p.m. at the Prindle Institute of Ethics at DePauw Nature Park. "Color of Fear," directed by Lee Mun Wah, was released in 1994. The movie is a documentary that focuses on eight North American men of different ethnicities -- Asian, European, Latino and African -- and their take on the state of race relations in the United States...

Five current DePauw students and one graduate of the university have been accepted to participate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program. All six of the DePauw-affiliated applicants who received an interview for the program were accepted. They are Kelly M. Gagnon, Kim Ryan Harper, Jeremiah T. Lee, Lauren E. Li, Corinne McWilliams and Madison B. Murphy...

Brian W. Casey, who will become president of DePauw University on July 1, will be the keynote speaker at this year's United Way of Putnam County's Kick-Off Breakfast and Day of Caring event, United Way executive director David English has announced...

BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is enjoying that old winning feel and he doesn't much care what his detractors have to say about it. "I can understand how it might look, especially if you're not Dale Jr. fans," Little E said Sunday after ending a 76-race winless by stretching his last fuel load beyond the limit at Michigan International Speedway. "I know exactly what they're going to say Monday...

The Emmaus Christian Church will welcome WISH-TV's meteorologist Randy Ollis this Friday evening. Ollis will be presenting slides and talking about the field of meteorology following the 6 p.m. cookout. Joan Billman, the Emmaus' minister's wife said, "Join in the fun and fellowship starting off with a cookout, followed by some good old gospel singing. Then the highlight of the evening is a presentation by Channel 8's weatherman."...