July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.

Museum chosen for CAP (07/01/08)

Taking Note

Jay County Historical Museum, 903 E. Main St. in Portland, has been chosen to participate in Heritage Preservation's 2008 Conservation Assessment Program (CAP).

CAP assists museums by providing funds for professional conservation and preservation specialists to identify the conservation needs of their collections and buildings and recommend ways to correctly improve them.

Professional conservators will spend two days surveying the site and three days writing comprehensive reports that will identify conservation priorities. The consultation will enable Jay County Historical Society members to evaluate its current collections care policies, procedures and environmental conditions and help make appropriate improvements of its collections and structures.

Jay County reads

Anyone wanting to get a head start on the Jay County Reads program at Jay County Public Library for this fall can starting reading this year's selection "Icy Sparks" by Gwyn Hyman Rubio. The novel centers around Tourette's Syndrome and its effects on a young girl growing up in Eastern Kentucky in the 1950's.

The author will visit Portland in October.

Applications available

The Portland Foundation Women's Giving Circle grant applications are being accepted. The grants focus on enhancing the capacity of Jay County's not-for-profit organizations to provide programming that addresses critical needs in the area of education for toddlers to senior citizens.

Applications are available at The Portland Foundation office, 112 E. Main St. in Portland and are due by Sept. 3 at 5 p.m.

For more information, call Pam Rogers at (260) 726-4260 or [email protected].

Baking contest

The Swiss Heritage Society will sponsor the Seventh Annual Swiss Days Bake-Away contest on Friday, July 25 at the Swiss Heritage Village/Museum in Berne. Check-in time is from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. and judging begins at 10 a.m.

Entries will be accepted in four different categories: kids' cookies or brownies (six), cupcakes (six), pies (one or two crust and no cream or custard) and preserves.

Items must be made from scratch accept for kindergarten through second graders who may use a box mix.

A recipe card must be provided, but no name should appear on it.

For more information, call (260) 589-8007.

Dean's list

Rachel Kathryn McKee, Portland, has made the dean's list for the spring semester at Anderson University.

82nd Airborne

The 82nd Airborne Division Association from Ft. Bragg, N.C. will have its 2nd All Indiana Days Aug. 21-24 in Indianapolis.

For more information, write to 82nd Airborne-2008, 5459 Northcutt Pl., Dayton, OH 45414-3742; call (937) 898-5977 or email srgabn.aol.com.[[In-content Ad]]
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