Community Food Drive
•April 21, 2021• Bethany First United Methodist Church is sponsoring a food drive for the community food pantry on Saturday, April 24 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Please drop-off food items at the food pantry, which is located on St. John Street next to the First Christian Church in Bethany. … Read More
Obituaries 4-21-2021: Mary Lou Dickens
Mary Lou Dickens Mary Lou Dickens, 79, of Sullivan, passed away at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in her residence surrounded by her family. … Read More
Loop Lake Shelbyville Bike Ride
•April 21, 2021• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Friends of Lake Shelbyville are excited to be hosting the Loop Lake Shelbyville bike ride on Saturday, June 12th, 2021. The event was cancelled last year due to COVID-19, therefore dust off your bicycles and join us for a fun ride! All rides will start from the Lake Shelbyville Visitor and will include options for a 22 mile, 34 mile, 48 mile or a 65 mile ride. Proceeds for the ride will benefit the Friends of Lake Shelbyville (FOLS). The FOLS provides education, historical interpretation, recreational and environmental improvements at … Read More
Southern Gospel Concert
•April 21, 2021• There will be an evening of southern gospel music featuring Roger Crews on Saturday, April 24 at 6 pm at the Allenville Christian Church, 201 S. Allen Street in Allenville. Roger has been traveling and singing southern gospel for over 40 years. He just released a new solo cd project and wrote a book about his 40 years in gospel music. Finger food fellowship following the concert. … Read More
LLC Women’s Bball Team Seeded No. 2 in National Tournament
•April 21, 2021• The Lake Land College Women’s Basketball Team earned the No. 2 seed at the 2021 NJCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship. The Lady Lakers will begin the tournament facing off against the No. 15 seeded Lackawanna College Falcons. “I’m excited and I’m sure the team is,” sophomore player Tresoir Newson said. “We’ve been working hard all year.” Ranked third in the nation behind Johnson County and Kirkwood, the Lady Lakers’ record is 21-2 with a 12-game win streak leading up to the national championship. Head Coach Dave Johnson said the team has consistently played at a high … Read More
Check Presented to Bethany Fire Protection District
Safety Training
American Legion Fifty Year Membership Awards
Okaw Valley Math Class Applies Book Knowledge to Real World
•April 14, 2021• By Crystal Reed NP Writer Sheri Bruyn’s students are taking what they have learned in her math classroom and using it to build cornhole boards and bags in the shop at the high school. The creation of the bean bag toss game utilizes several math concepts. Pythagorean’s theorem is used to make the board a perfect rectangle, surface area is used to calculate the amount of paint needed and volume is used for the cornhole bags which are filled with corn. Another math concept, a quadratic function, will be used to record the path of the bags … Read More