Going Local Week is food challenge

Jay County Purdue Extension is challenging local residents during GOING LOCAL week, which begins Sunday and continues through Saturday, Sept. 12.

Residents are challenged to eat at least one Indiana locally grown or produced food at each meal during the week.

Some suggestions to try during the week are to shop at a local farmer's market; visit an orchard or pick your own produce; take a farm tour; or host a potluck featuring dishes made with local ingredients.

For recipes using Indiana produce, call Kristi Henry at the Purdue Extension office at (260) 726-4707.

For more information on GOING LOCAL week, visit www.goinglocal-info.com.

Attends workshop

Two teachers with the Jay School Corporation, participated in "Extending Teacher Creativity," a workshop on Integration, Collaboration and Technology, this summer at Indiana State University.

Leslie Newton and Kathy Ayers attended the workshop for former Teacher Creativity Fellows. The Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program was developed for Indiana public school teachers to design creative projects for personal and professional renewal.

Funding for the workshop was provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.

Cub Scout Round Up

Cub Scout Pack No. 3202 will have its annual Round Up on Saturday, Sept. 19, for boys in first to fifth grade to learn about Cub Scouting.

Boys and their parents will meet den leaders and other parents and scouts and will receive registration information. The round up will be held at Asbury United Methodist Church, 204 E. Arch St. in Portland.

For more information, call Randy Reynolds at (260) 251-9123 or visit www.awac.org.

To play

Former Portland resident Mallory Wright, a junior at Valley View High School in Germantown, Ohio, will compete this weekend in the Queen of Diamonds Showcase South (QDSS) in Rock Hill, S.C.

The QDSS is the second largest fast pitch softball showcase in the United States and is held at Winthrop University in Rock Hill.

Players apply for the event and are selected based on ability, potential, academics, graduation year, coaches requests and referrals.

Mallory is the daughter of Chandra Chapman, Germantown, and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Greg Wright, rural Portland, and Linda Wright, Portland. She plays third base, shortstop and outfield for the Diamond Dominators in Dayton, Ohio, and also plays for the Valley View Spartans.

Blood drive

The Hoosier Heartland Chapter of the American Red Cross will have a blood drive on Friday, Sept. 11, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Asbury United Methodist Church, 204 E. Arch St. in Portland.

Donors should be at least 17 years old, have proper identification, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health.

To schedule an appointment, call (800) GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org.

Scholarship

Sheena Hodgson, Portland, was awarded the IPFW Chancellor's Distinguished Scholarship that includes full tuition and student fees and is renewable for four years.

Hodgson is a 2009 graduate of Jay County High School and plans to study interior design.

Gourd show

The 47th Annual Ohio Gourd Show will be held Saturday, Sept. 26, at Darke County Fairgrounds in Greenville, Ohio.

World Gourd Music will be played from 2 to 5 p.m. The Oxford Gourd and Drum Ensemble from Oxford, Ohio, will play traditional West African rhythms using a variety of gourd instruments; The Circle of Rhiannon Tribal Drum and Dance Troupe features American trible style belly dancing and Judy and Warren Waldren Duo sing and play traditional American and Appalachian folk and minstrel music using a gourd banjo.

For more information, visit www.VisitDarkeCounty.org.

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