‘Baskets in Bloom’ provides flowers
PENDELTON — South Madison Community Foundation is coordinating with the Town of Pendleton to decorate downtown with hanging flower baskets.
Since 2010, the foundation has partnered with local sponsors to support “Baskets in Bloom,” adorning decorative light poles on State Street and Pendleton Avenue.
Sponsorships cost $45 for new participants and $40 for renewals; cost includes signage to recognize the sponsor or spread a message of good cheer.
Call the community foundation at 765-778-8444 or email sue@ southmadisonfoundation.org for more details.
Swim club open to new members
PENDLETON — Pendleton Swim Club is accepting new members for the spring/summer season.
Tryouts are set from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 15 at the Pendleton Heights High School pool.
Prospective members for this competitive club should be prepared to get into the water.
People can register to secure a tryout spot at pendletonswimclub.org, where more information is available.
Pendleton library ‘Friends’ to meet
PENDLETON — Friends of the Library will meet at 6 p.m. April 15 in the Community Room at Pendleton Community Public Library, 525 W. Water St., Pendleton.
The meeting will begin with a reception and special recognition of the “Dream Team” that helped build the Friends Lending Library in Falls Park.
People are welcome to come early to see the remodeled library, join in refreshments and learn about upcoming plans.
Library Friends sale starts on Friday
PENDLETON — The Friends of the Pendleton Community Library quarterly book sale is scheduled for Friday, April 16, through Wednesday, April 21.
Sale hours are the same as library hours.
Friends members have early access from 5 to 8 p.m. today, Thursday, April 15.
The sale includes children’s, young adult, and adult books, as well as audiobooks, DVDs and CDs.
Regular items cost $2 or less. On the last day of the sale, a bag of items costs $1.
Congressional art competition open
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The deadline to enter the 2021 Congressional District Art Competition is 5 p.m. April 23.
The competition, which is sponsored by members of the U.S. House of Representatives, is open to high school students.
Winning artwork will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol and featured on house.gov’s Congressional Art Competition page.
Paintings, drawings, collages, prints, computer generated art and photography are all acceptable. Artwork must be original.
For more details, visit house.gov/educators-and-students/congressional-art– competition or contact [email protected].
Gallery 119 offers art classes
PENDLETON — Pendleton Artists Society’s Gallery 119 is offering art classes with a limited number of students.
The next scheduled class is:
• Jewelry With Tracy Davidson — 1 to 6 p.m. April 25. Davidson will teach how to create sterling silver, crystal, pearl and gemstone earrings.
Cost is $45 per person and includes a supplies and tools.
Register at Gallery 119 or by phone at 765-778-0986 during regular business hours, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.
Register online at PASgallery119.org/events.
OHOP grant up for grabs
PENDLETON — Open Hearts, Open Purses will again award a $10,000 grant to a local organization for a project specifically benefiting the residents of Adams, Fall Creek, Green, and/or Stony Creek townships of Madison County.
The grant will be awarded at a special presentation on the evening of June 10.
Tax-supported or educational organizations (parks, libraries, schools) and 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations are eligible.
Other entities — such as private, for profit, faith-based or grassroots community organizations or service clubs — may partner with one or more eligible organizations to propose collaborative programs.
Applications for the grant can be found at southmadisonfoundation.org/open-hearts-open-purses or upon request at 765-778-8444. The application deadline is 4 p.m. Thursday, April 29.
Female golf league to start
PENDLETON — Par-Tee Ladies Golf League will start May 3 at Fall Creek Golf Course, 250 Reformatory Road, Pendleton.
The league plays on Mondays for 22 weeks. There will be 8:30 a.m. ball drops and 9 a.m. tee times; evening tee times have been reserved at 5:30 p.m. for those not able to make the morning times.
FUNday tournaments will take place once a month on Saturdays.
Cost for the league is $50.
League information is posted at fallspark.org (click on “Golf,” then “Ladies League”), or people can stop by the pro shop to learn more.
Library to celebrate Star Wars Day
PENDLETON — Pendleton Community Public Library plans an all-day family Star Wars Day celebration on May 4.
People will be able to browse the facility’s collection of Star Wars books, graphic novels and movies. There will be recipes, crafts and coloring pages for children.
A costume contest will take place with divisions for the 10-and-under crowd, teens and adults, beginning at 5 p.m. Cos-players are welcome.
