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Forget-Me-Nots
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Thank you all for a great Holiday kick off weekend. Walk Washington from Forget-Me-Nots north to Gallery On The Square on Sundays with shopping hours 12-4.
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Gallery On The Square
We are open on Sundays 12-4 for Shop Small Shopping. Unique gifts, hostess gifts, home decor and of course, beautiful art.
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The Hendricks County Historical Museum, one block south of the Courthouse is decorated for Christmas. We will be open Friday and Saturday 11- 3. On December 11 is our Candlelight Tour from 5-7.
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Locker Room Sporting Goods
We have Danville and North Putnam athletic jackets in stock. A few more coming in this week. We, your local merchants, appreciate your business!
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Lots of sales happening at Smokey Fireside Creations this week! $5 Drizzle Melt Sale $6 Soap Sale And surprise specials happening in store daily! Follow us on Facebook for the latest scoop!
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Giving a new subscription to The Republican as a Christmas gift? Stop in our office and get a mug to put under the tree - comes complete with gift tag. Give a present that arrives each week for an entire year!
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Lunch at the Legion Post
American Legion Post 118, 856 S. SR 39, Danville, offers a daily lunch menu, open to the public.
Monday - Italian Beef sandwich w/fries.
Tuesday - Chicken Parmesan on spaghetti w/garlic bread.
Wednesday - Breaded or grilled tenderloin w/fries.
Thursday - Beef or Turkey Manhattan w/mashed potatoes & gravy and corn.
Friday - Ham & beans and corn bread.
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FOL Book Sale at DPL
The Friends of the Danville Public Library, 101 S. Indiana St., will be having a book sale on Friday, December 10 and Saturday, December 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.
The sale will take place in the Program Room on the first floor, located on the North side of the library near the new entrance doors. Masks are recommended.
If you have any questions, please contact the library at 317-745-2604 or email dplfol@dplindiana. org.
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Danville Girls Team Crush Crawfordsville
By David Winters
The Danville Girls had just one game since the previous publication of The Republican and it was a road trip to Crawfordsville on November 27 to take on the 3-4 Athenians, in a Sagamore Conference match up. The Warriors would seek to avenge their loss to rival Tri-West just 8 days prior.
This game was never in doubt as Danville jumped out to a first quarter lead of 18-6. The dominance continued in what was a half of great team play and ball distribution. No player finished with more than six points in the first half, with Haley Ancelet and Cameryn Rector each hitting that mark, and the Warriors took a 29-13 lead into the halftime locker room. The team would put the offensive engine on cruise control in the second half and won this one going away, 54-30, to improve their record to four wins and three losses on the season. Leading Danville in scoring was Ancelet with 16 points while Isabelle Wooten continued her board dominance and hauled in a team-high 18 rebounds. Next up for the Warriors is a home game against Indianapolis Crispus Attucks on December 4 and another home game on December 7 against Greencastle.
Bookstore Turns To New Page
CJ Ives Lopez (left) and Debbie Covalt Larkin offer a place for readers and writers to mingle at The Authors Porch.
Hey, Town of Danville, exciting news, Speakeasy Books and More is now The Authors Porch. New owners Educator Debbie Covalt Lakin and Air Force Veteran CJ Ives Lopez are both Indiana natives and excited to serve you.
Please stop by 117 S. Washington in Danville and get to know us.
Melissa Huffman is the new Operations Manager standing in for CJ, since CJ is away in Texas running other parts of the business.
We bring with us a magazine that promotes literacy, a blog and podcast that brings authors and books from around to the world to your fingertips!
Keep up to the date with what’s happenings at the local store here and on all of our social media sites or visit us on the website, www.theauthorsporch.com.
Debbie and CJ want to send a huge thank you to Tommy and Gidget Vickers for the amazing work they have done and are still doing in the Danville community, without them we wouldn’t be living our dream and this beautiful community wouldn’t have an amazing place to hangout!
Local authors, we want to welcome you into the bookstore for signings, meet & greets along with your books for everyone to enjoy. Our local community means the world to us, and we want to share you to the world as well by hosting you on our podcast and magazine.
Email us at theauthorsporch@mail.com with any questions you may have.
Checkout our new door sign, painted by Danville local Katie Vickers, isn’t it the neatest thing you’ve ever seen?
Until next time my friends - CJ
John Ruskin
Indiana Lyons To Face Music City Jazz
The Indiana Lyons are undefeated and ranked No. 3 in the American Basketball Association (ABA), and on Dec. 4, they have a huge Midwest Region battle with the undefeated and No. 5-ranked Music City Jazz.
The game will be played in Bosstick Gym, affectionately known as the Lyons Den, located at 49 N. Wayne Street in Danville. Doors open at 4 p.m., and tipoff is at 5 p.m. Tickets are just $10 per person and $5 per child or military veteran and can be purchased online at In-dianaLyons. com or at the door on game day.
Danville’s own Dillon Ware (#4) leads the team in points, with 115 scored in four games
Photo credit: Antonio Toppin
The Lyons are 4-0 to begin the 2021-22 ABA season and ranked as high as they have ever been in their four-year franchise history. They won the ABA’s North Central Region in the 2020- 21 season and competed in
the ABA Final Eight in St. Louis. The ABA is comprised of nearly 200 teams across North America and Japan.
This season, the ABA moved the Lyons to the Midwest Region, where they compete against teams from Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. Outside of region play, the team’s schedule also includes ABA foes from Ohio.
The Jazz, who are based in Nashville Tenn., boast an identical 4-0 record. This will be the first-ever meeting between the two teams. A rematch is scheduled for Feb. 26 in Nashville.
“This is a huge game for us,” said Tyrone Brown, who shares ownership of the team with his wife, Deborah. “The Jazz are a very good team, so we need the Lyons Den to be full of fans and roaring loudly.”
While the Lyons are comprised of players from across the nation, two Hendricks County athletes shine on the team.
Danville Community High School alumnus Dillon Ware leads the team in scoring with 115 points and in shots blocked with 8 in four games. Ware is in his second season with the team.
Brownsburg High School graduate Kendric Lee, who was a 2020-21 ABA All-Star, leads the team with 34 assists. Lee is in his fourth season with the Lyons.
For more information about the Indiana Lyons, visit IndianaLyons.com or follow the team on Facebook.
2022 Board & Commission Openings
The Town of Danville has several openings availableon 2022 Boards and Commissions. Interested parties must be a resident within the corporate town limits. To appliy, contact Mark Morgan, Town Manager, 49 N. Wayne St.., Danville IN 46122. Deadline for applications is Dec. 28, 2021.
Plan Commission - (4- year term) - 3 positions open: 1 appointed by Council President - Must be registered Republican; 1 appointed by Council Members (Must be registered Democrat; 1 appointed by Council President (Must be member of Town Staff.
Redevelopment Commission - (1 year term) - 5 posititions open (3 appointed by Council President and 2 appointed by Council.
Park Board - (1-year term) - 1 position, appointed by School Board
Design Review Committee - (4-year term) - 1 position appointed by Plan Commission; 1 position apointed annually from and by the Plan Commission.
Board of Zoning Appeals - (1-year term) - 1 position appointed annually from and by the Plan Commission.
Tree Advisory Committee - (1-year term) - 3 positions appointed by the Town Council.
Citizens Advisory Board - (1-year term) - 4 positions appointed by the Town Council.
Police Merit Board - (4-year term) - 1 position appointed by Council President (must be registered Republican); 1 position elected by the police officers (must be registered Democrat).
Youth Sunday at Danville UMC
The Danville United Methodist Church will host Youth Sunday! on December 5.
The Message will be “Who is God’s Favored One?” by DCHS Sophomore Gabi Pigecella.
The youth of the church have planned and are participating in the service.
There will be community service projects be fore and after the service. All are welcome to help.
The church is located at 820 West Mill Street in Danville.
Website: Danvilleumc. org
Ralph Waldo Emerson
New Look For 2021 Christmas on the Square at Danville
With the removal of the old community Christmas tree at the northeast corner of the court house yard, the decision was made to have a new tree planted at a new location, on the southeast corner of the yard. To create a holiday scene, a grouping of seven other trees of different sizes joined the new conifer.
One of Santa’s helpers carefully place a star atop the new community Christmas tree. A measure was added so that families can take a picture each year to document how the tree, and the family, had grown.
Danville Councilman David Winters dedicated the new tree at the beginning of the event.
Families took advantage of the display for photographs that just might end up as Christmas cards.
The chances of getting a photo with a gingerbread man and and a dee? Pretty good, at Christmas on the Square.
An auxiliary Santa with alternate means of transportation stood by in case of a sluggish sleigh situation.
These girls brought their own sparkle to Christmas on the Square.
Trackless Train rides were one of the free activities for all ages at Christmas on the Square 2021.
At 6 o’clock, the moment had arrived. Santa and his helper flipped the big switch to light up the sanopy of lights and signal another holiday season in Danville.
