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Enterprise Woman, Man, Youth of the Year named

Enterprise Woman, Man, Youth of the Year named

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, 2023-04-29 11:00:00,

Stacy Thames, James Tarbox, and Ella Hogan have been named the Enterprise Woman, Man and Youth of the Year at the Enterprise Pilot Club’s annual Civic Night reception Thursday night at the First Baptist Church of Enterprise in the Fellowship Hall.

Thames is Altrusa of Enterprise’s nominee for the 2022 Woman of the Year. Thames is a native of Enterprise and a graduate of Enterprise High School. She and her husband Berry have two children. Thames works for M1 Support Service and owns her own small business, AccountAble Tax and Finance.

Thames attends Grace Place Church and has served in a variety of roles throughout the church. She is a member of the Finance Committee, organized the church’s Vacation Bible School, and currently teaches the junior and senior high Sunday School class each week.

While completing her MBA in 2022, Thames was also an active member of many civic organizations in Enterprise. She currently serves as a director on the board of Altrusa International of Enterprise, and she serves on the M1 Management Club Board of Directors which blessed more than 600 families with gifts and food items through partnerships with local agencies this past holiday season. She is a member of the Main Street Alabama Organization Committee which is tasked with recruiting volunteers from the community and fundraising for the organization. She is the president of the Dauphin Parent Action Team which supports both teachers and students at Dauphin Junior High. Thames can also be found supporting the Enterprise Expressions, a combined choir of Coppinville and Dauphin Junior High students traveling to competitions and also traveling to state and national BETA Club conventions. She has also served as a Girl Scout Leader for several years and has received multiple awards for her tireless work to support the girls of her troop and those across the region.

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Tarbox was nominated by the Oscar Club to be the Man of the Year for his dedication and commitment to selfless service and the Enterprise community. He is married to Mallorie Tarbox and they are expecting their first child in June, a daughter they have named Mary Helen. They…

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Woman, Man, Youth of the Year to be named Thursday

Woman, Man, Youth of the Year to be named Thursday

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, 2023-04-25 13:30:00,

The Enterprise Pilot Club is hosting its annual Civic Night reception to honor the newly chosen Man, Woman, and Youth of the Year for 2022.

The event is Thursday night at the First Baptist Church of Enterprise in the Fellowship Hall at 6:30 p.m.

Woman of the Year nominees are Heather Jones, Stacy Thames, Kimberly Hoobler, and Sonya Wheeler Rich.

Man of the Year nominees are James Tarbox, Jason Berry Thames, and Rodrick Caldwell.

Youth of the Year nominees are Celesia Page, Ella Hogan, Emily Turner, Faith Lett, Arianna Johnson, and Tyler Mitchell.

Heather JonesThe OSCAR Club nominated Heather Jones, who has lived in Enterprise since 1998. She graduated from Enterprise High School and studied at Troy University.

Jones attends HighPointe Church. Jones is a Coffee County Habitat for Humanity board member serving on the Family Selection Committee. She helped plan the Father Daughter Dinner and was a volunteer member of the kitchen staff, service, and clean up.

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Jones was selected by the Coffee County United Way Representative as a loaned executive with Wiregrass United Way Campaign. She has served two years as a loaned executive speaking at schools and businesses to assist with their campaign. Volunteering with the Enterprise Chamber of Commerce she is a member of the board of directors and was selected for the Enterprise Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Team serving as a member for three years and Team Captain for two years. She shares her expertise as a volunteer marketing director for the Alpha Elite Lions basketball organization. Serving with the Wiregrass Board of Realtors she worked with blood drives and as a Salvation Army bell ringer. She gave her time to make Christmas better for seniors and children at Christmas. She worked with AUSA in 2022 to plan and host a trivia night and run their local social media pages. She worked to clean up neglected areas for the Day of Service.

Stacy ThamesStacy Thames is Altrusa of Enterprise’s nominee for the 2022 Woman of the Year. Thames is a native of Enterprise and a graduate of Enterprise High School. She and her husband Berry have two children. Thames works for M1 Support Service and owns her own small business,…

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Parks Committee approves Playhouse events, security camera donation | News

Parks Committee approves Playhouse events, security camera donation | News

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, 2023-04-24 00:00:00,

MURRAY – The Murray Parks Committee last week approved two planned Playhouse in the Park events for later this year, as well as accepting a donation of security cameras and renewing its lawnmower lease.

Playhouse in the Park Executive Director Lisa Copeland spoke to the committee about a “ghost light walk” the community theater would like to do toward the back of the park in conjunction with Halloween. She said the Playhouse Board of Directors has tentatively planned to hold the family-friendly event from 5-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14, and they would ideally like to put a traffic barricade up next to the Saputo Playground to ensure safety for the participants. 

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Carrollton Mayor and City Council Election Preview 2023: Meet your candidates | Carrollton Leader

Carrollton Mayor and City Council Election Preview 2023: Meet your candidates | Carrollton Leader

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, 2023-04-23 08:00:00,







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Select Board receives updates on senior center, memorial | News

Select Board receives updates on senior center, memorial | News

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, 2023-04-15 16:00:00,

WILMINGTON — On Monday night, the Select Board received presentations from Elderly Services Director Terri Marciello and Veterans Services Director Lou Cimaglia before they went through their communications and appro­ved various requests.

Elderly Services Direc­tor Terri Marciello re­por­ted that programs are back in full swing at the Senior Center during the week, with over 100 seniors attending programs daily. She invited Case Manager Laura Pic­kett to speak to the re­cent programs for Alz­heimer’s and dementia.

Pickett mentioned their series of programs fo­cusing on Alzheimer’s and dementia from Au­gust through October of 2022 educating residents on things like warning signs of dementia and understanding dementia behaviors. These brought in 35-40 people each time. She said that she appreciated the chance to in­crease awareness of the senior center’s services.

Pickett also shared some upcoming events including a session on healthcare proxies and power of attorney on June 1 and a session on the dementia experience on June 6. These will ad­dress some of the physical and emotional hardships of those struggling with dementia.

There is also an ongoing caregiver’s support group that meets at the senior center, for which they had recently started up a volunteer program of support with home visits.

Marciello went on to name some of their popular activities such as wood carving and groups playing chess, cribbage, and cornhole. They are starting up a Civics 101 class and resuming Cof­fee with a Cop. The senior center had just concluded a tax program with volunteers from AARP to service residents. She invited anyone interested in being a home-delivered meal dri­ver to reach out to the senior center.

Chair Judy O’Connell said that she looked forward to even further ex­pansion of services with the new senior center being created.

Marciello replied that she was glad to provide intergenerational programming. She’s also looking for more connections for volunteering opportunities with Wil­mington’s schools, not just at the high school. O’Connell told Marciello that they could come back at any time with more updates.

Veterans Services Di­rector Lou Cimaglia in­formed the board about funding made available to the town to create a World War II memorial. Through discussion with Town Manager Jeff Hull and Director…

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Susan Marie Rathke | Free

Susan Marie Rathke | Free

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, 2023-04-03 15:20:00,

Susan Marie Rathke of Emporia passed away on March 31, 2023, due to complications from cancer. She was 67.

Susan was born on October 19, 1955, in Kansas City, Kansas to Milton D Merritt and Shirley Marie (Cowgill) Merritt. She was the third of four children. Susan grew up in the KCK area, winning spelling bees, belonging to 4-H, the Camp Fire Girls, the Presbyterian Church and its youth group, and other clubs and groups. She truly enjoyed working on her parents’ Christmas tree farm.

She was a Water Safety Instructor (WSI) for high level swimming skills, gave swim lessons, and was a lifeguard for several pools in the KCK area throughout her high school and college years assisting with many AAU swim events. She was also on the Washington High School girls swim team and was involved in theater productions. Susan was an avid softball player in her early years and continued to play through her twenties and early thirties.

Susan came to Emporia in 1973 to attend KSTC and never left. She graduated from ESU in 1977, being one of the rare students to attend KSTC, EKSC, and ESU. She worked in banking for 16 years, starting at Citizens National Bank and finishing her banking years as the Office and Supply Manager at Columbia Savings. She joined the Emporia Chamber of Commerce office team and enjoyed over 28 years working with the public, eventually retiring as the Convention and Visitors Bureau Director.

Susan was instrumental to many community groups, serving on numerous boards including the Emporia Rec. Commission, ESPI, Twin Rivers Festival, and many more. Susan was often called upon by various organizations due to her knowledge and experience in planning successful activities and events. Some of these include such notable events as the All-Veterans’ Tribute, many disc golf tournaments, and the (DK) Unbound Gravel biking races. Susan will long be remembered for her dedication to making Emporia a great place to visit, live, and play. Susan was also involved with many state and regional groups for tourism including the Travel Industry Association of Kansas and the Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, where her opinion was requested, respected, and appreciated.

On June 25, 1977, she was married at the First Presbyterian Church in KCK, to Edward J. Rathke. To this union three children were born, Leslie Ann Seeley, Russell (Rusty) Edward…

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DAHS teams qualify for VEX Robotics World Championships | News

DAHS teams qualify for VEX Robotics World Championships | News

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, 2023-03-23 04:00:00,

DuBOIS — Based on their performances at the state championships, two DuBois Area High School teams have qualified for the VEX Robotics World Championships which will take place in Dallas, Texas, April 25-27.

This achievement was announced at last week’s DuBois Area School Board work session by Superintendent Wendy Benton and high school physics teacher Jen Keith, who is also one of the advisors for the robotics teams.

Keith, explaining the road which led to the World Championships, said four teams from DAHS recently competed in the Western PA State VEX Robotics Championships at the PennWest Clarion campus. Fifty-eight teams qualified for the state championships and competed in the VEX Robotics game, Spin Up, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation. Spin Up, she said, requires students to design, build, and code a robot to gather and toss foam disks into an elevated goal (similar to disc golf). They must also turn rollers on the field to specific colors and then expand to cover as much of the field as possible in the last 10 seconds of each 2-minute round.

“The Mad Scientists” team of Jack Stringer (grade nine), Aiden Via (grade nine), and Derrick Weber (grade eight) was undefeated in the preliminary rounds and went into the elimination rounds in second place. “Unfortunately, they lost in the quarterfinals but still qualified for the World Championships by winning the Innovate Award for their approach to their robot design,” said Keith.

The team of Tyler Baughman (grade 11), Madison DeLarme (grade 12), Justin Rake (grade 10), and CJ Mowrey (grade 10), nicknamed “99 Problems,” qualified for the World Championships based on their skills’ score. Keith said skills are when the team is on a game field by themselves and has 60 seconds to score as many points as possible. Keith said they must complete a 60-second round with a driver controlling the robot and a 60-second round of the robot running autonomously. With the highest autonomous score at the state competition, team 99 Problems finished third overall in skills. Because other teams double-qualified by winning an award and reaching the finals match, 99 Problems was invited to the World Championships.

“It was very shocking but also very exciting,” said Keith. “I definitely would like to commend the students for what they did these…

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A ‘bittersweet’ change: Bjerkaas to take role with PDGA | Free

A ‘bittersweet’ change: Bjerkaas to take role with PDGA | Free

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, 2023-03-22 14:59:00,

More changes are coming to Dynamic Discs, with the exit of longtime events coodinator Doug Bjerkaas.

Bjerkaas announced in a blog post to Dynamic Discs’ web site Wednesday that he will be taking a “director-level” position with the PDGA beginning April 1.

“It is with bittersweet emotions that I am announcing my run with Dynamic Discs is coming to an end,” he wrote. “On April 1st, I have the privilege and honor of working for the PDGA. Working for the sanctioning body of the sport I love is an exciting opportunity. The Director-level position I will be assuming will allow me to work with the outstanding team of PDGA employees, the PDGA Board of Directors, and many of my fellow PDGA members, to help shape the future of major PDGA events. This collaborative effort will further the growth of disc golf and continue to increase professionalism in our events. In addition, this new position provides me with the perfect platform to grow the sport of disc golf in an area I have been very close to; competitive disc golf.” 

Bjerkaas said he first met Dynamic Discs founder Jeremy Rusco at the 23rd annual Frontier Open in Hays in Sept. 2007. He lauded their budding friendship and Rusco’s primary sponsorship of a small women’s event Bjerkaas started, which grew over time. 

“In the fall of 2015, Jeremy sought someone to be the Tournament Director for the Dynamic Discs events hosted in Emporia,” he said. “Again, I was fortunate that he called me. After a few phone calls with Jeremy and the ability to continue my primary job remotely, my wife and I relocated to Emporia. I became the part-time Events Coordinator at Dynamic Discs in January 2016.”

Bjerkaas said his time with Dynamic Discs has been a “rollercoaster ride” where the “excitement never really slowed down.”

“From running the annual PDGA National Tour Glass Blown Opens, a few DGPT editions of the Dynamic Discs Open, three PDGA Junior Disc Golf World Championships, two PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships, and countless other events, my experience as a tournament director grew,” he said. “Dynamic Discs also grew rapidly, creating an opportunity to add to my responsibilities. Over the last seven-plus years, my position evolved into a full-time role that included the duties of community relations, special projects, and human resources. In the fall of 2021, I was named the…

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Mayor, other primary contenders gear up for candidate forum | News

Mayor, other primary contenders gear up for candidate forum | News

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, 2023-03-20 01:30:00,

Logansport residents running in city elections this year are gearing up for the May primary election with a candidate forum at 6 p.m. Tuesday at McHale Performing Arts Center.

The forum will feature candidates running for city council, clerk-treasurer, and mayor. The mayor race, which currently has seven candidates running between the Democrat and Republican parties, is of particular interest because of the number of people vying for the position. The Cass County League of Women Voters is working in conjunction with the Logansport Chamber of Commerce, Iron Horse Broadcasting, the Pharos-Tribune and Cass County Online to host the event.

The Indiana primary election is Tuesday, May 2.

Mayor’s race

The Republican candidates for mayor include James McKeever, Johnny Quinones, and incumbent Chris Martin. The Democrat candidates for mayor include Larry Hood, Dave Kitchell, Terry Doran, and Jacob LeDonne.







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Mayor Chris Martin

Martin said his team faced difficulties after he was sworn into office because some plans were delayed for nearly two years due to the pandemic, but he believes his administration was still able to accomplish a lot. During a second term, he hopes to continue building the industrial park, addressing environmental concerns on the west side of the city so it is ready for redevelopment, creating housing at places like Chase and Davis roads, and seeking federal grants for infrastructure improvements like those planned for city sidewalks around local elementary schools.

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More than $1.2 million in grants to benefit Crawford County projects | News

More than $1.2 million in grants to benefit Crawford County projects | News

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, 2023-03-17 05:45:00,

More than $1.2 million in state grants have been award to municipalities and municipal authorities around Crawford County to support public interest projects.

Funding came through the Commonwealth Financing Authority via the Local Share Account grant program. That program is funded by the state’s gambling revenue and is used for projects in the public interest. The grants were announced by Republican state Sen. Michele Brooks and GOP state Rep. Brad Roae, whose districts include Crawford County.

The borough of Springboro received $680,940 for a water filtration replacement project. It will replace the existing potable water filtration pressure vessels, interior plumbing and various treatment equipment components and add a third potable water filtration pressure vessel.

The borough of Conneaut Lake was awarded $200,000 toward a sanitary sewer rehabilitation along Sixth Street.

North and South Shenango Joint Municipal Authority received $150,000 to aid in extending public sanitary sewer lines along First Street in North Shenango Township.

The Economic Progress Alliance of Crawford County received $150,000 to help complete water infrastructure improvements, including replacement of a 3,600-foot waterline at the Keystone Regional Industrial Park in Greenwood Township.

Blooming Valley Borough received $30,000 to purchase snow removal equipment. The borough has contracted for the service and the grant will eliminate that cost.

Pine Township received $100,000 to purchase a new tractor and boom mower.

The city of Meadville received $50,000 to assist in the continued renovation of Huidekoper Park. The project will create a 0.65-mile walking trail to include a small stream crossing bridge, interpretive nature signs, exercise areas, a dog park, a nine-hole disc golf course, a multipurpose field, and a new basketball court with an improved drainage system and lighting. A horseshoe court, cornhole courts, a barbecue pit and parking area will also be added.

Titusville Redevelopment Authority received $58,744 for upgrades to Titusville Opportunity Park, including making the restrooms more handicap accessible.

To receive funding from the Commonwealth Finance Agency, it takes a majority vote of the CFA board and a unanimous vote of the four members appointed by the legislative caucuses.

It means…

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