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The Garrett Clipper
LOCAL NEWS New art exhibit opens Friday GARRETT — The Auburn Palettes members show will begin Friday and continue through June 24 at the Garrett Museum of Art in downtown Garrett. An opening night reception is planned from 68 p.m. Friday. For more information go to garrettmuseumofart.com.
Youth events at JAM Center GARRETT — A middle school pool party is planned Friday from 8-11 p.m. at the Judy A. Morrill Recreation Center, 1200 E. Houston St., Garrett. Cost is $3 at the door. A bonfire for high school students is planned Friday, May 18 from 7-10 p.m. at the center. The event is free to all Garrett High School students. Activities include a DJ, hot dogs and marshmallows.
Community senior adult choir forming AUBURN — A call-out meeting for anyone interested in singing in a senior adult choir will take place Thursday, May 24, from 5:45-7:15 p.m. at the Heimach Senior Center, 1800 E. Seventh St. Organizer Sharon Servis said the group will be manageable and sustainable and will be kept simple. Music selections will be traditional and include pieces such as old hymns of the faith. There will not be much standing. There is no minimum age limit. Tentative plans call for the group to meet on the second and fourth Thursday of each month during the early evening in the Heimach Center dining room. For more information, contact Servis at 837-2401.
Entertainment at Legion Friday GARRETT — Russ Chandler will provide entertainment Friday from 811 p.m. at the Garrett American Legion Post 178 at 515 W. Fifth Ave. The event is open to the public.
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Tri Kappa Sorority honors GHS students GARRETT — Several Garrett High School students were recognized Thursday at the 54th annual Tri Kappa Honor Program in the Performing Arts Center. Committee chair Christina Gaar welcomed students and parents. Brother Bud Owen of the First Church of Christ was guest speaker for the evening. Awards were presented to: Freshmen — Shay Barry, Nathanael Beerbower, James Benson, Madeline BurlageHaynes, Jessica Carroll Alexa Davis, Bo Davis, Kayla Davis, Alexis Doster, Natalie Duesler, Tiffany Fitzwater, Kristen George, Jordan Getts, Alyssa Goble, Benjamin Goble, Elvira Gonzalez Dumailo, Hollitte Greene, Alexandra Hall, Devin Harpel, Alicia Johnston, Natalie Johnston, Macyra Koble, Katlyn Leland, Kayleigh Mann, Luke Maurer, Tabatha Maynard, Justin McCoy, Ashley Morris, Alice Purdy, Emily Randol, Koty Reinoehl, Braelyn Robbins, Shae Rowlison, Drew Sisco, Sydney Sobieski, Amanda Stump, Julie Thorne, Alea Wagner,
Kelsie Winebrenner, Britmarie Yarian and Sivanah Ybarra.
DenHartigh, Shelbi Favre, Quentin Fiandt, Alycia Gadson, Rebecca Gruwell, Kelly Hall, Daniel Heffner, Justin Jacobsen, Christiana Kurtz, Macey Lapp, Vincent Marshall, Alexis Metzger, Emma Riedley, Zachary Sarrazine, Alyson Skeens, Kaleb Wagner, Logan Weyrick, Dakota Yarde, Samantha Yoder and Charles Waterhouse.
Sophomores — Dustin Alwine, Justice Badger, Olivia Barrientes Ruble, Maleah Baumert, Ivy Birkhold, Morgan Bowley, Courtney Burcham, Ashton Castator, Jennifer Cleveland, Coty Cochran, Christopher Colby, Karsten Cooper, Jessica Cordes, Cassandra Crawford, Alaina Creager, Ashley DeKoninck, Taya Firestone, Stephen Graham, Kimberly Heitz, Rachel Hood, Katherine Hunkler, Keegan Knott, Sarah Lay, Laurana Lehman, Taylor Nelson, Alyssa Patterson, Kyler Poling, Sydney Robbins, Erik Savage, Christian Shafer, Matthew Singleton, Annessa Smith, Rachel Stafford, Victoria Stone, Robert Sweet, Alberto Tapia, Emily Weaver, Molly Wilhelm, Nikolas Wilkinson, Kaitlin Wisel, Tanesa Yoho and Jacquelyne Zahner.
Seniors — David Argast, Ashley Bley, Kaitlin Boger, Logan Casselman, Tori Cox, Glenn Crawford, Joshua Davis, Fallon DeMarco Catherine DePew, Elaine Fleckenstein, Todd Frickey, Jennifer Getts, Latesha Hart, Jarrett Harty, Angel Beth Howell, Meghan Jones, Jordyn Knott, Jordan Lantz, Elizabeth Lay, Ariel McCoy, Laura Moynahan, Allie Murley, Emily Myers, Elizabeth Nguyen, Abby Patterson, Alexis Rigsby, Hallie Snyder, Jacob Stafford, Sammantha Stalter, Cameron Stockdale, Erin Stump, Montana Treesh, James Weber, Janelle Wilhelm, Brandon Woodward, Spencer Yarian and Jesse Zahner.
Juniors — Lee Bard, Caitlan Boltz, Victoria Brown, Ted Christensen, Sierra Davis, Ty Debes, Jessica Delauder, Jacob
COMMUNITY CALENDAR Monday Garrett American Legion Auxiliary, Legion Post, 7 p.m. DeKalb County Council, Commissioners Court, DeKalb County Courthouse, 8:30 a.m. Weigh to Go, First Baptist Church, Garrett, 10 a.m. 3575309 Board of Directors, Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Office, Auburn, 12 noon. TRIM (Try Removing Inches Monthly) weigh-in, Alliance Industries, 901 E. Quincy St., Garrett, 5 -6 p.m., meeting follows. Phone 3573617 for information GHS Choir Boosters, High School Cafeteria, 6 p.m.
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Recreation Authority, City Hall, 7 p.m. DeKalb County Step Ahead/First Steps Council meeting, DeKalb County Office Bldg., lower level meeting room, 9:30 a.m. Rotary Club, Railroad Inn, 12 noon Garrett Public Library Board of Directors, Capitol Room, 6:30 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous, St. Joseph Parish Center, 7 p.m. F. & AM., Garrett City Lodge #537, 7 p.m. Auburn Masonic Temple, Eighth St., Auburn
Support Group, Heimach Center, Auburn, 2 p.m. V. F. W. Auxiliary, 7 p.m. Widows and Widowers Support Group, St. Joseph Parish Center, 7 p.m. Eagles Auxiliary, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday DeKalb County Drainage Board, Commissioners Court, Courthouse, Auburn, 8:30 a.m. Model Train Club, Heritage Park Museum basement, 7 p.m. Garrett Historical Society, Heritage Park Museum, 7:00 p.m. L.O.O.M. No. 566 Auburn, lodge hall, 8:30 p.m. AA meeting, St. Joseph basement, 8:30 p.m. GHS Class of 1941, May 10, 11:30 a.m., Dot’s Eatery, Garrett
Wednesday Shots for Tots/Matthew 25 Immunization Clinic, DeKalb Co. Health Dept., 220 W. 7th. St., Auburn, 1:30-5 p.m. Alzheimer Family
Hannah McIntosh of Hamilton and Orie Foster of Garrett plan to be married Sept. 22 in Edon, Ohio. The bride-to-be has a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She is the daughter of Steve and Claire McIntosh of Hamilton. Her fiance is the son of Stephen Foster and Theresa Davis-Foster of Garrett. He has a bachelor’s degree in health education.
45th annual Auburn Art Show is May 18-25 AUBURN — The 45th annual Auburn Art Show will take place May 18-25 at the Eckhart Public Library hours. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. The show was started by The Junior Federated Town and County Club. kappa Kappa Kappa Alpha Pi Chapter took over as sponsors in 1967 and continued in that role until 2006. The show exhibits the work of local artists. The event was a huge success for Tri Kappa and the sorority now sponsors an art collection at Rose-Hulman University Art Gallery in Terre Haute. The collection of 103 paintings from local and state artists is valued at about $402,000. The first sponsors of the Tri Kappa Art Show were Women’s Club, Culture Club, Auburn Foundry, Ball Brass, Armstrong Floral, Alpha Chi Chapter Tri Kappa of Garrett, Entre Nous Club, JayceeAnns, Auburn Welcome Wagon, Allen Electric and Lucille Smith. The Friends of the Eckhart Public Library took over sponsorship of the show in
CLASS OF 1958 NEWS Class of 1958 meets
POLICE NEWS
BIRTHS Haleigh Danielle Blanton
Officers arrest seven
GARRETT — Haleigh Danielle Blanton was born Feb. 23 at Dupont Hospital in Fort Wayne to parents Daniel and Joni Blanton of Garrett. Haleigh weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces and Haleigh was 19 inches long. She joins her brother Korbin at home. Her grandparents are Rileyene Snook of Columbia City, Bob Snook of Garrett and Gerry Snook of Garrett.
AUBURN — Local police officers arrest seven people Tuesday and Wednesday, according to DeKalb County Jail records. Everett Furrow, 44, of the 800 block of West Railroad Street, Waterloo, was arrested Tuesday at 7:07 p.m. by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department on a charge of visiting a common nuisance, a Class B misdemeanor. He posted $500 bond to be released. Bobbie Bess, 31, of the 100 block of 108 East Willow Street, Butler, was arrested Wednesday at 2:37 a.m. by the Butler Police Department on a charge of
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domestic battery in presence of a child, a Class D felony. He was not eligible for release on bond. Heather Kruger, 23, of the 500 block of South Randolph Street, Garrett, was arrested Tuesday at 6:35 p.m. by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department on charges of possession of paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine, Class D felonies. He posted $2,500 bond to be released. Christopher S. Ritchie, 34, of the 200 block of Park Lane, Butler, was arrested Wednesday at 3:06 a.m. by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated at the Class A and Class C misdemeanor levels and failure to stop after an accident resulting in property damage, a Class B misdemeanor. He was held at the jail for $1,500 bond. Tasha M. Lewis, 31, of
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2006 and expanded it to include the work of local teen artists. This year’s event chairman is Susan Fischer, a retired J.R. Watson Elementary School teacher. Judging this year’s entries will be: • Nina Bennett, artist and owner of Expressions Gallery in Auburn. Her artistic mediums include pencil, ink, painting, sculpture, pottery and fiber; • Rebecca Justice-Schaab, an oil painter of landscapes, still life and abstracts; • Marlene Record, an artist and retired art teacher who currently is working on several book illustration projects; • Orie Shafer, a painter whose recent work combines digital technology with materials and methods of traditional art; • Mary Thiel, an artist and founding member of the Garrett Museum of Art; • Karen Thompson, a photographer specializing in photographic illustration and fine art; and • Lina Zerkle, a fiber artist whose work includes quilts and wall hangings.
AVILLA — Sixteen classmates from the Garrett High School Class of 1958 met for lunch Tuesday, May 1 at St. James Restaurant in Avilla. Attending were Becky (Nelson) Best, Mary Jo (Mitchell) Deihl, Sandra (Nicholson) Ely, Sharon (Hoffman) George, Susan (Ruhland) Helbert, Sondra (Musser) Kolbe, Tony
Kolbe, Janice (Houser) Leas, Mary Louise (Yingling) Mitchener, Carol Sue Reed, Karen (Leech) Severson, Sandra (Godwin) Stryker, Carol (Vice) Shine, Glenda (Hazelton) Troyer, Nancy (Ely) Weimer and Marilyn (Fulk) Wiant; and guest Glenn Helbert Jr. The next luncheon will be Tuesday, June 5 at 11:15 a.m. at St. James Restaurant in Avilla.
CAMPUS NOTES Lapp to graduate with honor Friday CLEMSON, S.C. — Jessica Marie Lapp, Garrett High School graduate in 2008, is graduating cum laude with a degree in pre-professional health studies from Clemson University in Clemson, S.C. on May 11.
NOTICE May brush pick up begins today GARRETT — This month’s city brush pick up will begin in Garrett today. Dates include May 7-11, June 4-8, July 2-6, Aug. 6-10, Sept. 3-7, and Oct. 1-5. Residents with questions are asked to email Jeff Knott at streets@garrettindiana.us.
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