St. Vincent Salem Hospital is now taking applications for teen volunteers during summer.

St. Vincent Salem Hospital’s teen volunteer program is designed to provide teens with experience in the healthcare field. This serves as an opportunity to gain experience in healthcare, develop job skills, take an active role in community service, meet new friends, develop new interests, and develop high self-esteem.

This opportunity is available to all students between the ages of 12 and 17 years of age. Teen volunteers will sign-up to work 4-hour shifts from 8:00a.m. – 12:00p.m., or 12:00p.m. – 4:00p.m.

Orientation to the program will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. on June 1, 2016. Because of the overwhelming response from our community teens we will again be offering two fourweek volunteer sessions this summer. Session one will begin on June 6, 2016 and will end on July 1st. Session two will begin on July 5, 2016 and will end on July 29th.

Teen volunteers can learn valuable job skills. Some of the job skills teen volunteers learn are customer service, appropriate dress for the workplace, the importance of a positive and helpful attitude, how and when to take initiative and managing increasing levels of responsibility.

Please note spaces are limited and are based on a first come first apply basis. Deadline to apply to become a Teen Volunteer is May 27, 2016. To apply to become a teen volunteer, please stop by the Human Resources office at the Hospital to fill out an application or contact Val Potter at

In conjunction with the Indiana Bicentennial, the Indiana Archive and Records Administration (IARA) is planning to honor the 43 pioneer delegates, who met in Corydon 200 years ago, to compose Indiana’s first constitution and establish our statehood. 

Washington County’s ceremony will take place on Friday, June 17th, 2016, from 11:30 am to 1pm, in the old section of the Crown Hill Cemetery.

This event is free and open to the public.  State, County and City officials and employees, along with youth groups and the members of the historical society are strongly encouraged to attend.

Please come out and pay your respects to these truly historically signific

To commemorate the contributions of our state’s founding fathers, the IARA will be holding public graveside ceremonies between June 10 and June 29, 2016, the same dates as the original Constitutional Convention.

Ceremonies will feature an IARA staff member serving as Master of Ceremonies, a keynote speaker, a flag ceremony, wreath-laying and military honors, where applicable.

Washington County has 2 of these men, interred in eternal rest, at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Salem.

The first of these men was Washington County Delegate; General John DePauw, who laid out the town of Salem, built Washington County’s 1st courthouse, was commander of the county’s militia (1814-16), a Washington County delegate to the state legislature and his descendants donated the ground that today serves as DePauw Park.

The other delegate is Judge Benjamin Parke, who at that time represented Knox County, before his relocation to Salem.

Judge Parke was a veteran of the Battle of Tippecanoe and the War of 1812, he was the first Attorney General for the Indiana Territory, the first Judge of the General Court of the Indiana Territory and the Indiana Territory’s first delegate to Congress.

Later, he was appointed the first U.S. District Judge of Indiana, assisted greatly in the establishment of Vincennes University, the Vincennes Public Library, the Indianapolis Law Library and the Indiana Historical Society, serving as its first president.

You may know him from Wayne’s World, from your last day of school, or you may even know him from your 18^th birthday, but you should know him best as the Architect of Shock Rock! Alice Cooper is coming back to Louisville this summer and it’s going to be one to remember!

Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock. Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock, the group created a stage show that featured electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood and boa constrictors. He continues to tour regularly, performing shows worldwide with the dark and horror-themed theatrics that he’s best known for.

With a schedule that includes six months each year on the road, Alice Cooper brings his own brand of rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new, enjoying it as much as the audience does. Known as the architect of shock-rock, Cooper (in both the original Alice Cooper band and as a solo artist) has rattled the cages and undermined the authority of generations of guardians of the status quo, continuing to surprise fans and exude danger at every turn, like a great horror movie, even in an era where CNN can present real life shocking images.

Cooper was born in Detroit, Michigan, and moved to Phoenix with his family. The Alice Cooper band formed while they were all in high school in Phoenix, and was discovered in 1969 by Frank Zappa in Los Angeles, where he signed them to his record label. Their collaboration with young record producer, Bob Ezrin, led to the break-through third album, “Love It to Death” which hit the charts in 1971, followed by “Killer,” “School’s Out,” ”BillionDollar Babies,” and, “Muscle of Love.” Each new album release was accompanied by a bigger and more elaborate touring stage show. 1974 saw the release of a, “Greatest Hits,” album, and then Cooper, in 1975, released his first solo album, “Welcome to My Nightmare,” in 1975, accompanied by the legendary ground-breaking theatrical, Welcome to My Nightmare concert tour.

Associated with that album and tour was the ground-breaking network TV special, Alice Cooper: The Nightmare. Other film and television appearances include, The Muppet Show, Mae West’s last film, Sextette, Roadie, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and appearances on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, and Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow Show. The original band also made an appearance in the movie, Diary of a Mad Housewife in 1979, filmed the full-length feature film, Good To See You Again Alice Cooper, and Alice appeared in a 1972 episode of The Snoop Sisters.

Alice’s solo career skyrocketed in the late 1970’s, with a succession of hit singles, including, “You & Me,” and classic albums, including, “Lace And Whiskey” and, “From The Inside,” and bigger and even more elaborate concert tours.

In the ‘80’s Cooper explored different sounds, highlighted by the new wavish album, “Flush The Fashion,” the heavy metal, “Constrictor,” and, “Raise Your Fist And Yell,” and then 1989’s melodic hard rock album, “Trash,” which featured the massive hit single “Poison,” and became his biggest selling album and single worldwide. During this period, Alice also appeared in the horror films, Monster Dog and John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness, and recorded songs for the soundtracks to Roadie, Class of 1984, Friday the 13 Part VI: Jason Lives and Wes Craven’s Shocker.

Cooper’s most memorable movie appearance was as himself in, Wayne’s World in 1991. He also played (fittingly) Freddy Krueger’s wicked step-father in,Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, and appeared on Gene Wilder’s TV series, Something Wilder as well as on That ‘70’s Show. The 90’s also saw the release of the albums, “Hey Stoopid,” “The Last Temptation,” and “Fistful of Alice,” a live album.

1999 saw the release of the definitive historical 4 CD box set, “The Life & Crimes of Alice Cooper,” from Rhino/Warners.

In the new millennium, Cooper has been very productive and busy, writing, recording and releasing the albums, “Brutal Planet,” “Dragon Town,” “The Eyes of Alice Cooper,” “Dirty Diamonds,” “Along Came a Spider,” and 2011’s “Welcome 2 My Nightmare,” plus “Old School 1964-1974,” a box set celebrating the original band.

Alice has been touring consistently, year in and year out, averaging over 80 concerts annually, both within the USA and internationally, with his band which features the three guitar attack of guitarists, Ryan Roxie, Nita Strauss, and Tommy Henriksen, plus the rhythm section of drummer, Glen Sobel, and longtime bassist, Chuck Garric.

He also wrote and published a memoir, “Golf Monster,” in 2007, which tracked his life from childhood to rock stardom, and his journey from alcoholic to golf addict, and was featured in the Tim Burton film, “Dark Shadows” in 2012.

Alice’s 2011 album, “Welcome 2 My Nightmare,” featured a return to his partnership with longtime collaborator, producer Bob Ezrin, as well as contributions from former original Alice Cooper bandmates, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith and Michael Brucem and a return to the themes of the iconic 1975, “Welcome To My Nightmare” album.

Alice, Dennis, Neal, Michael, and the late Glen Buxton (posthumously) were inducted into the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame in March, 2011.

2014 saw the release of “Super Duper Alice Cooper,” a documentary detailing the arc of Alice’s rollercoaster ride in the world of rock superstardom. Directed and produced by the same team from Banger Films that delivered the award-winning, Iron Maiden and Rush documentaries, it premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival in NYC, and has since been released on Blu-Ray and DVD by Eagle Rock Entertainment.

With his influence on rock & roll long since acknowledged, there is little that Alice Cooper hasn’t achieved in his remarkable career, including platinum albums, sold-out tours and any number of honors and career achievement awards.

As he heads back out on the concert trail each year, Cooper insists he’s still motivated tocontinue touring and recording albums, as well as making time for such side projects as, Cooper’stown (his Phoenix-based restaurant/sports bar) and his “Nights With Alice Cooper” nightly radio show, syndicated domestically and worldwide on over 100 stations.

Tickets start at $59.50 in advance. Showtime is 8 p.m. – Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All ages are welcome. Service charges not included on ticket prices. Tickets subject to price increases day of show. Tickets may be purchased at www.mercuryballroom.com or at The Louisville Palace Box Office, 625 South Fourth Street. For VIP packages, please contact Mindy Goff at MindyGoff@LiveNation.com or 502-883-5804.