Scholarship applications due
SOUTH MADISON COUNTY — Online applications for 2019-20 scholarship awards through South Madison Community Foundation are available, and completed applications are due by midnight Feb. 15.
To date, the foundation has awarded more than $1.5 million to students to defray the costs of higher education.
Seniors at Pendleton Heights and Lapel high high schools were sent application instructions and link via postal mail.
Students who did not receive a letter can call 765-778-8444 or email [email protected] for access to the scholarship portal.
Gallery offers art classes
PENDLETON — Pendleton Artists Society plans art classes regularly at Gallery 119 in Pendleton:
• Oil painting with Gini Deaton — 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10. Deaton will teach participants to paint a spring robin using the wet-on-wet method. All supplies needed for the painting are included in the $60 fee. It is requested that participants bring paper towels. All levels of painters are welcome.
The gallery is located at 119 W. State St.
People can register during regular gallery hours, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, or by phone at 765-778-0986.
Online registration can be done at pendletonartistssociety.org/events/.
• Nancy Zimmerman from WHBU radio will conduct a public launch party/book signing for her children’s book “Secret of the Magic Stones” from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at Gallery 119.
Illustrations are by Pendleton Heights High School student Elayna Sisson.
The book will be available for purchase.
Junior baseball registration set
PENDLETON — Registration for Pendleton Junior Baseball, Softball and Champions leagues is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 10 and 17, at the Falls Park Community Building.
Additional information is available at www.pendletonjrbaseball.com or by emailing [email protected].
Student project open to the public
PENDLETON — Intersect Inc., along with the Drug Free Southern Madison County Coalition, plan a PhotoVoice exhibit from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at First United Methodist Church, 225 W. State St., Pendleton.
Students from Carnegie Learning Center will showcase images and captions students have created to answer the question: “How has your environment influenced the choices you’ve made?”
The public will have the opportunity to engage with students and view the gallery of images while enjoying light refreshments.
Show choir tickets on sale
LAPEL — Lapel Show Choir and Jazz Band are planning their annual Cabaret in the Commons benefit dinner for Friday night, Feb. 22.
Chef Scott Hersberger plans a menu of a salad, rolls, barbecue pork loin, macaroni and cheese, green beans and dessert.
The cost is $15 per person for the meal or $5 to attend the entertainment only.
Tickets are available from students in the jazz band or show choir or by calling the Lapel High School Choir Department.
Seats are assigned on the basis of when they are purchased.
This year proceeds will be split between two causes.
The bulk of the proceeds will go to a clinic in Haiti run by Dr. Mark Fulton, who practiced dentistry in Anderson for many years and now resides in Haiti with his wife, to run a clinic he helped build.
The remainder will benefit South Madison Community Foundation.
Group continues collecting photos
PENDLETON — The Town of Pendleton Bicentennial Committee is accepting photos and information relating to the town’s past and present for a coffee table book called “A Celebration of Pendleton: 1820-2020 — Then and Now.”
The committee wants pictures and information related to agriculture, buildings, businesses, churches, local events, schools, transportation, and legends and lore.
The book also will have a patron section, which will be available for a charge to local businesses, churches, families and organizations. Those who purchase a page or half-page will be able to submit photos along with a written history.
For more details, contact Jessica Smith at 765-606-0221 or [email protected].