Terre Haute
Lunsford to sign books downtown
Mike Lunsford, columnist for the Tribune Star and author of “Sidelines: the Basketball Stories” and “The Off Season, The Newspaper Stories of Mike Lunsford,” will be present from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today — weather permitting — to sign copies of his books at BookNation, 675 Wabash Ave., during today’s First Friday events. For more information, call BookNation at (812) 232-2595.
Terre Haute
Heritage Awards Dinner set Feb. 23
Downtown Terre Haute Inc.’s 2010 Heritage Awards Dinner Feb. 23 will recognize the outstanding accomplishments that make downtown Terre Haute a great place.
“A Night to Remember” is scheduled from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in ISU’s Heritage Ballroom in Tirey Hall. The event will celebrate Terre Haute’s heritage and the new memories that are being created in today’s downtown.
Emcee Tom Roznowski will talk about the changes that downtown Terre Haute has seen, and the Women of Erin will entertain during the social hour.
Tickets are $45 each; tables of eight, $300.
Call (812) 237-2581 for reservations.
Sullivan
Vintage Camper Rally reservations sought
Reservations are now being taken for the 2nd Annual Southern Indiana Vintage Camper Rally in Sullivan. This event will take place June 10-13 (Thursday through Sunday) at the beautiful Sullivan County Park & Lake between Terre Haute and Vincennes. Like last year, this event is open to all vintage campers (25 years or older), regardless of make, year, style, size or condition. The 2009 rally brought in 36 vintage campers of all makes, shapes and sizes from six different states. The farthest arrived from Florida to attend. With the growing interest in vintage campers, we expect this year’s rally to be a complete sellout. This year we are going with a tropical theme, which will make for some pretty interesting activities, decorating, entertainment, food and outfits! There will also be a huge open house for the public’s viewing from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 12. Many of these vintage trailers have been registered with the famous group Tin Can Tourists, providing the spectators with some classy and unusual campers. For more information, e-mail weluvzak@yahoo.com or call (812) 448-3434 or (812) 299-4249.
Robinson, Ill.
Children’s Summer Theater play set
Barbara Shimer, director of theater at Lincoln Trail College, has announced the dates for the Children’s Summer Theater production of “The Music Man Jr.”
The workshop will be conducted from 9 to 11:30 a.m. June 21 to July 16 (excluding July 4), with additional afternoon small group rehearsal times scheduled as needed. Auditions for specific roles will be the first day of the workshop, June 21. The workshop is for youth age 6 through high school freshmen (age 14). Performances will be July 16 and 17.
For more information, contact Shimer at (618) 544-8657, ext. 1431.
Bloomington, Ind.
Woods student’s work in Visual Arts Show
Cheyenne Plummer, a sophomore at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, received word that her fine art piece titled “The Theater” has been selected for the 2010 National Society of Arts and Letters (Bloomington Chapter) Visual Arts Show. Plummer, a native of Owen County and graduate of Owen Valley High School, is double majoring at SMWC in art and graphic design.
Plummer’s artwork will be on exhibit during the Visual Arts Show this month at Gallery North in downtown Bloomington. The opening reception is from 5 to 8 p.m. today. Prize winners will be announced at the reception.
Gallery North is on 116 W. Sixth St., on the north side of courthouse square. It is open Wednesday through Saturday. Visit www.smwc.edu.
Marshall, Ill.
Women of Note to begin rehearsals
Women of Note, the Marshall-based vocal jazz ensemble, will begin rehearsals for its summer show from 6:30 to 8 p.m. (CST) Tuesday, at the United Methodist Church in Marshall. New voices are welcome.
The theme of the June performance is “Your Hit Parade-The Fabulous Fifties.” Rock-and-roll became popular in the 1950s, but Broadway shows and sentimental ballads also had an influence on the music of the decade. The show includes a mix of these different musical styles.
Membership in Women of Note is open to any Valley woman who enjoys singing and performing. The United Methodist Church is in downtown Marshall, across from the Post Office. For further information, contact Priscilla Wieck at (217) 826-5161.
Brazil
House of Hope pancake breakfast set
House of Hope is planning an all-you-can-eat Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 27. A $5 donation will cover each person served. The ministry is at 5525 West U.S. 40, in Brazil. All proceeds will go toward the general needs and bills of the ministry. A tour and explanation of the program will be available.
Amey Takes Aim
Entertainment Briefly: Feb. 5, 2010
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AMEY TAKES AIM: Getting ready for the dance
Terre Haute North got the good news Sunday night — or did it?
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AMEY TAKES AIM: Harrowing path for state hopefuls
The bad news is that the winner of Class 4A Sectional 13 in boys basketball heads northeast instead of southeast for regional play in March — to Hinkle Fieldhouse instead of Seymour as a result of Indiana High School Athletic Association’s changes.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: A superior all-star arrangement
I don’t work on Wednesdays, so I wasn’t able to attend the first Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association draft last week to set up the annual all-star game that will be June 23 this year.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: The biggest & baddest of a holiday classic
There are more things to love about the Pizza Hut Wabash Valley Classic than could fit in this newspaper, but one of this year’s best things was that for an hour or so on Wednesday, it was Justin Paddock’s world and we were just living in it.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: Taking note of ISU’s latest football win
The biggest difference I’ve noticed, as I transition from the high school football beat to quasi-official status as the Indiana State football beat writer for a few weeks, is the length of the games.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: IHSAA playoff draw not as bad as it could have been
First reaction to the Indiana sectional football pairings drawn late Sunday by the Indiana High School Athletic Association? It could have been a lot worse.
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ANDY AMEY: Between the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & a hard place
Just in case any of you noticed — with some anticipation — the recent lack of my bylines, I can tell you that your wish (and mine) did come true. It was vacation week for the Amey family.
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Amey Takes Aim: UFC fighter’s bloodines traced back to ISU brothers
As a mild-mannered reporter from a great metropolitan newspaper — or thereabouts — I admit I haven’t paid much attention to the burgeoning mixed martial arts scene.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: Predators’ win is music to new fan’s ears
For many, many years, the number of live games televised on WGN has been cited as perhaps the main reason for the popularity of the Chicago Cubs (it’s got to be something besides masochism, right?).
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AMEY TAKES AIM: You’ll be having a good ol’ time on vacation with the Ameys
When one of the first people you meet is Tammy Wynette’s stepdaughter, when you’ve stepped on the feet of people you haven’t met while trying to navigate Ernest Tubbs’ old Silver Eagle tour bus, and when the activities director of your resort is, well, Elvis, you might be vacationing in Nashville.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: The Annual All-Amey basketball teams close out the prep season
The most encouraging boys high school basketball event I’ve attended so far in 2011 has been the Lafayette Semistate a couple of weeks ago.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: Family remembers Cheryl Weatherman as caring grandmother
As far as Riley and Keely Davis are concerned, Cheryl Weatherman was simply their grandmother, and a pretty darn good one at that.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: Honor to see Turkey Run girls close out memorable career
I don’t know if anyone in this part of the state could actually say they enjoy going to Fort Wayne and back, but I was glad to see the Turkey Run Warriors play one last time during the girls basketball state finals Saturday.
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So many matches, so many favorites
Go ahead, ask me anything about the 224 wrestlers who competed last week at the Indiana state finals — or at least about the 112 wrestlers who survived Saturday’s first round.
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ANDY TAKES AIM: A sportwriters’s lament: Oh, the games we missed
I was already tired of winter by the time that first bitterly cold snap passed through in mid-December, so it’s safe to say the season hasn’t grown on me.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: Time of the season for teams to tough it out
In the last month or so I figure I’ve seen at least four boys high school basketball teams with legitimate state-championship dreams as the season heads into its dog days.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: It's the fall 2010 Amey Awards
I won’t get to know the kids from Casey and North Putnam until they come to Terre Haute in droves next June for the Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star game, so I guess it’s not too early for the high school football awards from this space.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: An early look at Indiana prep football playoffs
I wasn’t at all surprised to watch Linton pick up a 20-point win over previously unbeaten North Knox in high school football last Friday, one week after the Miners had lost by 40 to North Daviess.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: Baseball season rounding third for an exciting ending
Major League baseball is coming down to an interesting week for the National League, then a couple of interesting weeks for the American League.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: Look for me in the yellow shirt
I won’t be wearing pink or blue tonight for the Terre Haute South-Terre Haute North volleyball match at North, but I’m anticipating that plenty of you will be.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: Little QB had big moments in ISU blue
You won’t find his name easily in the Indiana State record book, but for my money the best quarterback the Sycamores have ever had was Verbie Walder.
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Amey Takes Aim: Biggest baseball pet peeve … Nibbling
Having seen some outstanding baseball — and some not-so-outstanding baseball — at literally every level of play this spring and summer, I have identified what without a doubt is my main pet peeve with the sport. Nibbling. I’m not referring to popcorn or pretzels or nachos or cheese sticks or corn dogs or snow cones or candy or ice cream. Those can also be a serious problem — particularly if the kids are with me — but one that can be solved by simply running out of money.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: Head to the high seas: Ameys’ vacation cruise
It’s good to be king. Abdication? Not so good.
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World Cup replaces void opened when Stanley Cup ended
It’s niche sports day here at the Tribune-Star, so we’ll start with a test of how much you learned while watching the recent National Hockey League season.
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AMEY TAKES AIM: Win or lose, a softball season to remember
Well, this is awkward. I’m writing this late Monday night, with my Tuesday and Wednesday days off in the future, not knowing entirely how happy I am with state-finals softball.
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Amey Takes Aim: Wabash Valley is a softball powerhouse
Greetings from the high school softball capital of Indiana. Your Tribune-Star will be spending all day Saturday at Ben Davis, dominating the press box and elbowing those other newspapers to the back row where they belong. No other paper has as many teams to cover as we do (go Panthers, go Miners and go Patriots); The Times and Post-Tribune get off to a good start with Whiting (against Riverton Parke) and Wheeler (versus Linton), but couldn’t get anything going among the bigger schools (now that my cousin Keith Hauber no longer coaches at Lake Central).
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Amey Takes Aim: NHL playoffs > NBA playoffs
Eavesdropping, as I often do, at a couple of sporting events recently, I heard conversations that warmed my heart. At both the Rose-Hulman baseball game recently and the Terre Haute North-Terre Haute South girls tennis match a week ago, I heard spirited arguments involving — the NHL playoffs.
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Amey Takes Aim: Amey family travels to Astros land
I have an uneasy feeling that I know what I’m getting for Fathers Day. Not sure how your family celebrates that holiday, but mine uses it to get me things I wouldn’t otherwise buy for myself. It’s probably the only reason I ever got a cell phone, and a couple of years ago it was a good excuse for a flat-screen TV for the living room. Yes, I use both of them now.
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Amey Takes Aim: Favorite group for boys basketball Amey Awards ... Most Improved team
As much as I enjoyed the girls high school basketball season this past winter, I liked the boys season even better; something about a team winning its last game — or another team practically becoming the 2010 version of “Hoosiers” — will do that for you. Maybe that’s the excuse for having a record number of captains for some of the Andy Amey teams, as you are about to see.
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ANDY AMEY: Butter your popcorn! It’s time for the Amey Awards!
Yes, you’re right. The high school girls basketball season has been over for awhile, which can only mean the Andy Amey teams are getting out a little late this spring.
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