Gallery 119 will resume art classes
PENDLETON — Pendleton Artists Society Gallery 119 will remain closed until June 16, but art classes will resume with a limited number of students to promote social distancing.
Register for classes at the new website PASgallery119.org.
Watercolor with Judy Crist — 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 13. Participants will learn to paint a boat, water and boathouse. Fee is $50.
Oil Painting with Gini Deaton — 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20, with a break for lunch. Participants will paint a little girl talking to her calf using a wet-into-wet method of painting. Fee is $55 and includes all supplies.
Lapel food pantry alters service
LAPEL — Lapel Community Food Pantry, 1321 N. Main St., Lapel, has changed its method of distributing food to clients.
Through the current period of COVID-19-related isolation restrictions, the panty will offer pre-packed sacks or boxes of food items to eligible individuals and families on a weekly basis.
The pantry serves Stony Creek, Jackson and Green townships in Madison County.
Clients may visit for food once per week.
The hours for this drive-thru program will be 5 to 7 p.m. Fridays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays.
Volunteers will be on site to direct clients through the line, and volunteers will bring distributions to the car. People are asked to remain in their vehicles.
With increased need, each car can receive only one weekly distribution.
Clients are asked to bring picture ID and proof of address (utility or phone bill, if current address differs from information on ID).
For more information, visit the Lapel Community Food Pantry Facebook page and leave questions in the comments.
Falls Park summer concerts are a go
PENDLETON — Lions Concerts in the Park will take place at the gazebo in Falls Park.
The schedule is as follows:
• 6 p.m. June 28 — Corey Cox
• 6 p.m. July 26 — The High Street Band
• 6 p.m. Aug. 30 — Madison County Band Directors and Pendleton Heights High School Band (pending)
Attendees can bring chairs, refreshments and sun shades and are asked to practice social distancing.
Library closed but continues to operate
PENDLETON — Pendleton Community Public Library, 595 E. Water St., is closed because of COVID-19 until further notice, but the library is still offering a range of services.
It began “contactless pickup” recently. Items reserved online will be available after notification from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Visit pendleton.lib.in.us for more details.
Also, the library will continue its summer reading tradition from June 1 to July 12.
The children’s and teen summer reading programs will be interactive online.
The adult summer reading program also will be online, but there will be a paper version for those who would prefer.
For details about the programs, visit pendleton.lib.in.us.
To arrange for pickup of packets for the paper version of the adult summer reading program, call Chris at the library 778-7527 ext. 2109.
Ongoing activities include:
• Read ’n’ Feed, a combination bookmobile and food pantry, is scheduled to go out on its regular Thursday schedule: 5 p.m. at Markleville East Christian Church, 6 p.m. at Pendleton First United Methodist Church and 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Ingalls Campus.
Drive-thru food pantry pickups at the library and some pop-up locations may take place. Check Facebook and the library’s website for dates and times.
• Streaming children’s storytimes online.
• Patrons have access to digital collections such as OverDrive, Libby and Hoopla. Online resources are available at pendleton.lib.in.us/resources.
For more details, people can email [email protected] or call 765-778-7527.
Pendleton shred day set for July 18
PENDLETON — Due to coronavirus, Shred Day at SecurEstate is postponed to 9 to 11 a.m. July 18.
This onsite shredding service event is open to the public without charge.
There is no limit to the amount of paper people can bring, and all paper is shredded while people watch.
This is a drive-thru drop-off service offered at SecurEstate, 100 S. Main St., Pendleton.
People are asked to enter the parking lot off Main Street.
Museum will not open this year
PENDLETON — Pendleton Historical Museum, which normally is open weekends May through October, is not opening this year because of coronavirus.
“The Pendleton Historical Museum board wants to thank all those who have enjoyed visiting, hosting and donating to the Museum. The museum would not be able to serve the community without their continued support,” a museum press release says.
“Due to the many challenges our community, our country, finds itself in the museum board made the difficult decision in consideration of and respect for our volunteers and visitors to not open this year.”
For more information about the museum, visit Pendleton Historical Museum on Facebook.
