Area PTO offers booths for sale
ROYAL CENTER — The Pioneer Elementary PTO is renting out booths for a school-wide rummage sale.
The sale is planned from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 2. There are 39 booths available.
Booth rent is $20 and each participant will receive a 12x12 booth with one table and two chairs. Booths will be rented out on a first-come basis.
The last day to rent is April 24.
To rent a booth or for more information, call Teresa Montgomery at (574) 722-1381.
Volunteers needed at wildlife center
DELPHI — The Wildcat Wildlife Center in Delphi is looking for volunteers who can work four hours a week to help with baby feeders, animal care, maintenance, rescue, clerical, data entry, phones, grant writing and accounting.
Anyone interested in helping Indiana wildlife should call Sheri at (765) 463-5724 or go to www.wildcatwildlifecenter.org.
Pulaski Co. animals weigh-in announced
WINAMAC — The retinal scanning and weigh-in for Pulaski County 4-H animals will be at the Pulaski County Fairgrounds at the following times:
• Goats — 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 24;
• Sheep — 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 25;
• Starter calves — 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 25.
Enrollment forms will be due at that time.
Fundraiser planned for Relay for Life
ROYAL CENTER — A yard and bake sale to benefit Relay for Life is planned from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday across from Whallon Machinery on U.S. 35 in Royal Center.
Everything is priced for quick sale.
All proceeds go to support the Cass County Relay For Life.
Local VFW holding dinner at post home
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3790 is hosting a chicken and beef and noodle supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Post Home, 1023 Erie Avenue.
The cost is $7 for the all-you-can-eat meal, and non-members are welcome.
Big Band concert planned in Rochester
ROCHESTER — The Fulton County Choral Club and Sentimental Journeys Band will perform at 7 p.m. April 25 in First Baptist Church in Rochester.
The performance is titled “Main Street Saturday Night.”
Tickets are $10 and include Big Band music, song and dessert.
For ticket information, call (574) 223-2657 or (574) 223-6493.
Saturday fundraiser will support troops
Organizers of “Supporting Troops, Boxes for Heroes” will be selling hot dogs, chips and drinks at $1 for all three from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in front of Martin’s Supermarket, 3420 E. Market St.
Money raised from the event will be used to help send priority, flat-rate boxes of items to troops serving overseas.
Local News
Area briefs April 16
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No jail for driver in fatal hit-and-run
A 25-year-old Logansport man admitted Thursday to leaving the scene of a deadly wreck last year, but he will not serve any time in jail as the result of a plea agreement.
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Board backs 51 percent spike in utility rates
For Paul Hartman, the issue facing the Logansport Stormwater Management Board is pretty simple.
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13-foot statue celebrating arts to stand in Logan
Logan’s Landing danced a little closer Thursday to sprucing up the downtown area and crafting the arts and design district it’s been longing to create.
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Stormwater board OKs rate increase
The Logansport Stormwater Management Board this morning approved a 51 percent increase in its monthly rates.
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LHS senior prank
As a senior prank, Logansport High School students moved the cow from in front of Happy Burger West to the Berry Bowl this morning. It was all in good fun, though. Bob Shanks, the owner of Happy Burger, was even on hand to pose for pictures.
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‘It’s not about you’: Local mom shares journey of adopting foster children
Foster parenting isn’t always easy, says Juanita Jackson. Between caseworker visits and baby-sitting restrictions, the 42-year-old balances work and caring for five children as a single mom.
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Longtime Lewis Cass teacher fired over license
Notwithstanding the impassioned pleas on Scott Rouch’s behalf, the Southeastern school board unanimously voted to cancel his teaching contract for “neglect of duty and other just causes.”
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Jeremy Franklin charged with two felonies
A special prosecutor this week filed three charges, including two felony counts, against the son of the Logansport mayor.
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Logan multiplex still in the works
Plans for a multiplex in Logansport are still in the works, but at least one city official hoped the process would move a bit quicker.
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Ambulances moving: Hospital says change will save $200,000
Rural/Metro, Cass County’s newest ambulance service, told Logansport Memorial Hospital that it plans to move out of the ambulance garage at the end of its lease in September.
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