Mayor David Bower will hold his annual breakfast for the community coming up on Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Salem Senior Center.
The event will host a public question and answer session with Mayor Bower.
The meal is free but donations are encouraged to help the Senior Center.
There will be a drawing for a $50 gas card.
The City of Salem will be showing “Christopher the Christmas Tree”, Saturday, November 30, 1:00pm at the Salem Middle School Auditorium.
George Bowers, creator of Christopher the Christmas Tree will be handing out free posters to the children who attend the 30 minute movie.
DVDs, coloring books, and CDs will be available, featuring Christopher and all his friends from the Valley of Hidden Hollow,
No reservations are required and this is free to the public.
At 2:30pm we will be planting a 12” White Pine dedicating it as Christopher the Christmas Tree. This will take place in DePauw Park.
At 6:00pm the Christmas Parade begins and the theme is once again “Christopher the Christmas Tree”.
The parade will begin at the Legion Bingo Hall, travel north around the Salem Square. This will take place Just before lighting of the Court House and Christmas lights around the Square.
The Salem Rotary Club is raising funds to assist with disaster relief in the Philippines as a result of Super Typhoon Haiyan. The storm destroyed entire coastal towns with record winds and tsunami like waves as much as 16 feet in height. The city of Tacloban was nearly destroyed. Over a half a million people are estimated to have lost their homes.
All funds raised by Salem Rotary will be given to ShelterBox USA. www.shelterboxusa.org. Each shelter box contains a tent, thermal blankets, water purification supplies, a basic took kit, a multi-fuel cook stove and utensils, and a children’s pack. ShelterBox USA is a Rotary affiliated organization.
Each Shelter Box costs $1,000.00 and weighs approximately 120 pounds. Each Rotarian has been challenged to raise $99 towards this effort. This will fund three shelter boxes. Salem Rotary Club is seeking additional donations from the community to purchase additional boxes.
President Mike Motsinger stated, “Anyone wanting to contribute to this huge relief effort and who wants to be sure that their donation is used for the purpose for which its given can donate through Salem Rotary Club”. All donations are tax deductible. Donations for this purpose can be given to any Rotary member, dropped off at Old National Bank, First Savings Bank, Regions, First Harrison, Mead Law Office, Loy & Fordyce, or mailed to Salem Rotary Club, PO. Box 593, Salem, IN 47167.
If you have questions about the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) and the options they may have for insurance beginning in 2014, then plan to attend one of three information sessions at the Salem Public Library over the next few weeks.
Licensed Indiana Navigators will be available to do on-site screenings to see if a potential applicant may qualify for Medicaid first, then will assess them for the Health Insurance Marketplace plans and help guide them through their available options. **Licensed Indiana Navigators have the responsibility of remaining neutral when advising people about their options; they will present all of the available options to the individual, then leave it to the person to make their own choice about which insurance carrier and plan they wish to choose, if any.
Representatives from MDWise will be there to assist with specific questions about their plans which are being offered in Washington County and surrounding counties where people may see specialists or other providers.
Sessions are:
Friday, December 6th, at 11a-1p and Wednesday, December 11th at 4p-7p
SHS Studio Theatre students re-tell the Christmas story, “It’s A Wonderful Life”, in vintage radio play style in front of a live studio audience on Sunday afternoon, December 15th, at 2:00 p.m. in the Presentation Room.
The iconic story of George Bailey, Clarence the angel, and Bedford Falls is being presented live and will be simulcast on local radio station WSLM 97.9 FM.
The script, adapted from the classic Frank Capra film, requires voice actors to portray multiple parts and create analog sound effects to underscore the action.
Theatre Arts teacher Bill Spencer-Pierce admits to being a “little” stuck in the 1930’s and 40’s.
“After last year’s group wrote and performed ‘The Night Before Halloween’, it seemed that a nice sequel would be ‘Wonderful Life’. When we approached Becky White at WSLM, she was on board right away. It’s fun to be doing a radio play and actually broadcasting it. This is one of my favorite Christmas movies and it’s going to be a blast!”
The production includes Greg Burris as George Bailey, Abby Corbin as ingénue Mary Hatch, and Kennan Hemmingway as antagonist Henry Potter, whose self-serving motives threaten the “good life” in Bedford Falls.
When events turn against Bailey, he begins to second-guess his own decisions and even the value of his own life, until guardian angel Clarence steps in to straighten him out. Clarence is played to a “T” by Roman Whitener.
Supporting voice talents include Ian Fetz, Willow Rumley, Keenan Bowles, Hannah Ingram, and Ashtynn Ready, who doubles as a radio singer for the event. Courtney Kelley serves as Stage Manager and mixes sound for the radio feed. They are joined by other class members in secondary voice and SFX roles.
See the live broadcast on Sunday afternoon, December 15 at 2:00 p.m. at SHS.
Admission at the door $5 adults, $3 students, Grade K and under free. Or, stay in your pajamas and pull up a cozy spot next to the radio and catch it on WSLM 97.9 FM.
During the month of November, the Washington County Family YMCA has been leading Washington County in A Salute to our Soldiers campaign to honor our local service members and their families; recognizing the many sacrifices they and their families make to secure the nation’s freedom. The prayer on the Square was held this afternoon.
Commissioner David Brown led singing, and there was a Special address from Sid Dye, and Prayer led by Bob Holler will outline the service to thank our brave men and women. A group of students came from West Washington High School to support the project.
“In November, we all are reminded of the many things we have to be thankful for,” says Rosie Morehous, the Youth First Director organizing the event, “Our soldiers, past and present, have done so much to make our blessings possible, and we look forward to honoring that with our Prayer on the Square Meeting.”
The Washington County Family YMCA is also selling 2013 Salute to our Soldiers t-shirts. Contact the Y at 812-883-9622 to order yours today! Adults are $15 and children are $12 each. Orders must be placed by 11/30/13 to guarantee a shirt.
If you would like your active duty service member to be recognized by either prayer list, letters of support, thank you cards, or care packages please contact Rosie Morehous at the YMCA at 812-883-9622 or by email to rosie@wcfymca.org.
It looked like Indiana University was going to be the winner of the 4th annual WSLM IU-PURDUE FOOD CHALLENGE as food was collected earlier this afternoon at the Washington County Family YMCA.
They collected 49 items of food for IU and only 33 for Purdue.
Next stop was Rebecca Marshall and the Salem Apothecary. Purdue was trailing the friendly challenge to help predict the winner of the annual Oaken Bucket game each year 2-1, having lost the past two years to Mid Southern Savings Bank, who collected food for IU.
“I’m feeling good about this year,” Marshall said when the drive kicked off a the end of October.
Marshall and her fellow Boilermakers collected 351 cans and $775 in cash donations, including a matching donation from a department store.
Unloading items from the 57 Chevy out in front of the Apothecary, Marshall asked about the collection at Eddie Gilstrap Motors – “Have you counted up their food yet?”
Gilstrap’s was the final stop where IU out-canned the Boilermakers with 855 total items. However, when the cash was added in, Purdue took the victory, $1159 to $904.
WSLM uses the similar method of counting as is done during the annual Feinstein Challenge, valuing each item donated as $1.
The total food and money raised during this promotion was $2,063.
Becky White, owner of WSLM said this brings the total amount raised in food and cash for the Washington County Food Bank over the past four years, to just over $8,000.
“I’m extremely happy to be encouraging our college football fans to donate to the food bank in honor of their favorite team,” said White. “We try and predict the outcome of the game with this friendly competition, but the real winner each year is the food bank and the people we’ve helped.”
Marshall will claim the WSLM Oak-urn Bucket for the coming year and bragging rights. IU along with Eddie Gilstrap Motors will no doubt be on the hunt to collect the trophy next year and break the tie in the series, which now stands at 2-2.
Tune in to find out who wins the real game this Saturday at 2:30p on WSLM 97.9 FM and WSLM 1220 AM. Don Fischer will call the game on FM and Tim Newton will have the Boilermaker’s call on AM.
