The Indiana University men’s basketball team will host its ninth annual Haunted Hall of Hoops on Friday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
The event is free of charge, and doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
The team will have a full scrimmage that will begin at 7:30 p.m.
“This is something that everyone in our program looks forward to,” IU Coach Tom Crean said in a press release. “We hope Hoosier fans will come out to take in our scrimmage and help us in our preparation with our first exhibition game a few days later.”
After the scrimmage, children in costume will be allowed to participate in a parade on the court. Group pictures with the coaches and players will be taken after the parade.
There will be an autograph session for kids only after the parade. The players will be limited to sign just one item per child.
Everyone in attendance at the event will receive a free men’s basketball calendar poster.
IU’s season will begin November 1 with an exhibition game at home against Hope College. Its first regular season game of the year is November 11 against Kansas in Honolulu.
The Bicentennial of Indiana’s statehood offers a chance to look back on 200 years of Hoosier history, including the pageantry and spectacle surrounding its 100th birthday.
The Stevens Museum will host The Hoosier Centennial: A Look Back at the 1916 Celebration, one of the Indiana Historical Society traveling exhibits.
It will be on display at the John Hay Center located at 307 E. Market St. Salem, IN. from Nov. 3 through Nov. 30.
Indiana became the 19th state on December 11, 1816. The statewide Centennial in 1916 would prove to have a lasting effect on Indiana, including steps toward an improved road system, the production of lavish historical pageants and the development of a seven-reel film titled "Indiana," which featured James Whitcomb Riley.
Each of these stories is covered in The Hoosier Centennial, but the Indiana Historical Commission, the agency responsible for coordinating the celebration, considered the development of Indiana’s first state parks its crowning achievement.
Through the efforts of Richard Lieber, who chaired the IHC’s parks committee, the state was able to purchase the property that would become McCormick’s Creek in Owen County and Turkey Run in Parke County.
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State Senator Erin Houchin and District 73 Representative Steve Davisson met with four members of the Salem School Board and the both the assistant and superintendent Tuesday morning to discuss the school’s budget.
State Senator Erin Houchin and District 73 Representative Steve Davisson met with members of the Salem Community School Board to look at funding and budget issues. Superintendent Lynn Reed, left, and board president, Steve Motsinger, took part in the discussion.
In recent months, the school’s budget has been at issue – particularly at odds with teachers who haven’t been receiving raises.
In a meeting with teachers in September, Superintendent Lynn Reed and Assistant Superintendent Kim Thurston gave an overview of the past years’ budgets and financial information and told teachers in attendance that state funding had declined and legislators were at fault for that.
Houchin, who said this morning she (nor Davisson) were invited to that meeting, took issue with a comment from Reed when she noted, ” We’re getting less money for what we can do.”
“That’s not what you said in the meeting,” said Houchin.”What you said, you’re getting less funding. That’s not an accurate statement. When you make statements like… ‘The state is killing us’…’The state is reducing our funding’….that’s not an accurate representation of the facts.”
Both Davisson and Houchin presented figures from the Department of Education that showed Salem Community Schools had received additional funding increases each year since at least 2012.
“That’s not responsible to push that out there in a meeting where the [Indiana State Teacher’s Association] was involved in and we were not. I accept the apology that you and maybe others made a statement that we don’t care. That’s very offensive to a parent of a child. My three children are in a school system you claim I don’t care about. Their teachers are fantastic…they have gotten a great education at Salem,” said Houchin.
Both Reed and Thurston commented that funding had been cut.
“I’m speaking to the fact a public meeting was held with teachers, led in part by the ISTA, that I certainly was not invited to. In that meeting, a statement was made that I don’t care, that Steve doesn’t care, about Salem Community Schools. On the face, that’s ridiculous. Why would I send my kids to school here and not care about the success of the school system where my own children are being educated? That doesn’t pass the laugh test,” noted Houchin.
Reed commented that Houchin and Davisson’s figures included monies for programs, including Special Education, which could not be used for salaries.
“It’s not our responsibility to manage that portion of it,” said Houchin. “Our responsibility is to pass a budget at the state level that adequately funds…that balances [the budget] and doesn’t raise taxes….The state spends roughly 52 percent of its $30 billion budget on K-12 education. That’s more than everything else in the state combined. Higher education gets 12 percent….41 percent of local property taxes goes to Salem Community Schools.”
Another meeting between Houchin and Davisson was set for teachers at 5:30p
Mr. Robert E. Spurlin age 71 of Salem passed away Saturday, October 22 at Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany.
Mr. Spurlin was born April 21, 1945 in Jacksonville, Florida the son of Otis E. Spurlin and Lucille W. Westerfield Spurlin.He was a former custodian for Spurlin School in Florida.He was a Vietnam War Air Force Veteran and a member of the American Legion.
He is survived by two daughters:Laura Spurlin of Salem and Lindsay Spurlin of Alpena, Michigan, a brother:William Spurlin of Orlando, Florida, 4 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Cremation was chosen and a memorial service will be held at a later date.
Mr. Jack Floyd age 83 of Pekin passed away on Friday, October 21 at his home.
Mr. Floyd was born October 25, 1932 in Horry County, South Carolina the son of Ethelle and Idell Hooks Floyd.He was a retired Brick Mason and a Korean War Army veteran.He was of the Baptist faith and was a member of VFW, American Legion and Moose Lodge.
Jack was preceded in death by his wife:Sharon Warren Floyd, twin daughters, a granddaughter: Jami Webb and his parents.He is survived by two sons:Donald Floyd of Pekin, Todd Floyd of Key West, Florida, two daughters:Patricia Mullins of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Sonja Booker of Hardinsburg, 7 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held Friday, October 28 at 1:00PM at Weathers Funeral Home.Visitation will be before the services from 10AM-time of service.Burial will be private at Stampers Creek Cemetery.
Mrs. Charolette R. Lykins age 71 of Pekin passed away Sunday, October 23 at the Villages at Historic Silvercrest.
Mrs. Lykins was born August 27, 1945 in Salem the daughter of Noble Ray and Margaret Tincher Buchanan. She was a member of Enon Baptist Church.
Charolette was preceded in death by her husband:Herbert Lykins in 2001, a brother:Donald Buchanan, two sisters:Norma Spears and Peggy Spears, one grandson and her parents.
She is survived by four sons:Jeff Buchanan (Tammy) of Blanchester, Ohio, Brian Lykins of Goshen, Ohio, Mark Lykins (Veronica Kelley) of Salem and Roger Lykins (Jacinda) of Salem, two daughters:Karen Odum of Pekin and Teresa Meenach (Mike) of South Lebanon, Ohio, a brother:Charles Buchanan of Missouri, two sisters:Dorothy Fleming of Pekin and Carol Raisor of Salem, 21 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00PM at Weathers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Cavetown Cemetery.Visitation will be Wednesday from 11AM-time of service.
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