JCPL bus ride set (08/05/2008)

Jay County Public Library will have its annual school bus program "Don't Miss the Bus" on Monday, Aug. 11, at 10 a.m.

Any child entering kindergarten, who will ride a bus to or from school or latchkey, is invited to ride a Jay School Corporation bus from the library to Bloomfield Elementary. The children will be greeted by teacher Carolyn Scott, play in her classroom, listen to stories and play on the playground.

The bus will arrive back at the library at approximately noon. Registration is required. For more information or to register, call the library at (260) 726-7890.

Orientation

Jay County High School will have freshman and new student orientation on Thursday, Aug. 14, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the high school. Students can sign up for orientation when registering for classes or by calling the high school at (260) 726-9306.

Kittens named

The Jay County Humane Society recently announced the winners in the "Name the Kittens" contest held at the Jay County Fair.

Ashland Davis won with the name 'Puddin' for the female tortoise; Raylan Shull was chosen as the winner for naming the female striped cat 'Miley' and Samantha Homan chose the winning name 'Bubba' for the black male cat.

Fair results

These are some results from the Pennville Legion-Lions Fair Home Ec. Exhibits:

Division I - Anyone above school age

Special class: start with a mix - Kathy Mosser, blue for rhubarb nut bread; Bonnie Cart, red for devil's food cake.

Bread: Inez Hutchison, blue for cranberry apple; Bonnie Cart, red for banana fruit.

Cookies: Joni Robbins, blue and Div. I baking and Sweepstake for iced sugar; Bonnie Cart, red for snickerdoodle.

Misc. cookies: Laurel Walter, blue for chocolate cherry; Phyllis Jacobs, blue for oatmeal, peanut butter, sugar free snickernoodle, chocolate chip and red for sugar.

Candy: Bonnie Cart, blue for chocolate fudge and cereal; Joni Robbins, blue for caramel; Phyllis Jacobs, red for cereal.

Noodles: Inez Hutchison, blue; Bonnie Cart, red.

Canning fruit: Rosetta Shawver, blue for applesauce, pears, peaches and Sweepstake for Div. I canning; Sylvia Shawver, red for applesauce, pears; Martha Geesaman, blue for cherries and raspberries.

Canning vegetables: Vicki Miller, blue for beets; Phyllis Jacobs, red for beets, blue for mixed veg.; Rosetta Shawver, blue for green beans, red for tomato juice; Sylvia Shawver, red for green beans, mixed veg., tomatoes and tomato juice; Bonnie Cart, blue for tomatoes.

Meat: Rosetta Shawver, blue for beef; Sylvia Shawver, red for beef.

Preserves: Phyllis Jacobs, blue for raspberry jam, orange marmalade; Sylvia Shawver, red for gooseberry jam; Rosetta Shawver, blue for applebutter.

Jellies: Bonnie Cart, blue for cherry; Sylvia Shawver, blue for apple; Rosetta Shawver, blue for raspberry and red for strawberry.

Pickles: Phyllis Jacobs, blue for sweet pickle and green tomato; Rosetta Shawver, blue for beets; Sylvia Shawver, red for beets.

Relish: Phyllis Jacobs, blue for green tomato and zucchini; Bonnie Cart, blue for pickle and red for zucchini.

Salsa: Phyllis Jacobs, blue for salsa.

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