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-- IMC Retirees Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Fire Mountain at 5501 S. U.S. Highway 41.
-- Vigo Salon, 8/40, will meet at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday in American Legion Pioneer Post 340 at 2149 Tippecanoe St.
-- American LaFrance Auxiliary, wives of Terre Haute firefighters, will meet Wednesday in the home of Sharon Clark on North 13th 1/2 Street. Jamie Eley, president, will conduct the business session. Members are to bring items for the yard sale on Saturday at the home of Marcia Welker at 21st and Poplar streets.
-- The American Association of Retired Persons, Chapter 567, will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Maple Avenue United Methodist Church at 1230 Maple Ave. Bette Lindley of Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabled will speak. A social hour is planned afterward.
-- Badoura 23, Daughters of the Nile, will meet for sewing day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday in the Egyptian room of the Zorah Shrine Temple at 420 N. Seventh St. Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. For details, call Janet Soules at (812) 243-9008.
-- Hoosier Heritage Spinners and Weavers Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Rockville Community Center. Call Helen Bills at (765) 569-6036 or Peggy Carlevato at (765) 832-7220.
-- Lincoln Trail College Singing Seniors Choir will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday in the Robinson Community Center at Robinson, Ill. To register in advance, call LTC Performing Arts, (618) 544-8657, Ext. 1455.
-- Book Discussion Group, “The Celestine Prophecy” by James Redfield will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays in Books-A-Million at 3370 S. U.S. Highway 41.
-- Vet-to-Vet for all veterans will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the south branch of the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Margaret Streets. For details, e-mail Douglas.Herrmann@verizon.net.
-- Heirloom Ruggers for those who hook rugs or those who want to learn how to hook rugs will meet Monday in the Clinton Public Library at 313 S. Fourth St. in Clinton.
-- Mother’s Own Morning child care and playgroup meets from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every Friday in Maryland Community Church at 4700 S. State Road 46.
-- Terre Haute Adult Chess Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday in Deming Center at 615 Cherry St. For more details, call (812) 299-5111.
-- ABATE of Indiana, Region 12, will meet at noon Saturday in Sycamore Chevrolet at 4444 S. U.S. Highway 41.
-- ACTS (Advancing Christ Together as Singles) will meet at 6:30 p.m. every Friday in the conference room of Maryland Community Church, 4700 S. State Road 46. For details, call (812) 234-7100.
-- Christian Book Club & Discipleship Group will meet from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Room D in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets. For more information, call (812) 298-0758 or (812) 877-9095.
-- J.A.M. (Jesus and Me) Club for children age 4 through fifth grade meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m. every Wednesday in Faith Wesleyan Church at 6751 S. Carlisle. The Youth Group for children in grades six through 12 will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the church. For more details, call the church at (812) 299-8365.
-- Terre Haute SPEBSQSA, Banks of the Wabash Chorus, will rehearse from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in Harmony Hall at 1257 Lafayette Ave. The chapter is open to all male singers. There are no age restrictions. For membership details, call Harmony Hall at (812) 232-4926.
-- Sweet Harmony Women’s Barbershop Chorus will rehearse from 7 to 9:30 p.m. each Monday in Harmony Hall at 1257 Lafayette Ave. Any woman, regardless of age, who loves to sing is invited to visit. For more details, call Betty at (812) 466-4908
-- Vigo County Homemakers Extension Chorus will meet for rehearsal from 7 to 9 p.m. each Monday in Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church at 3092 E. Davis Drive. For more details, call Jackie Reeves at (812) 894-3204 or Diane Marancik at (812) 234-6956.
-- Women of Note choral group will meet for rehearsals from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today in the Marshall United Methodist Church at Marshall, Ill. For details, call (217) 826-5161 or 826-2226.
-- Moms in Touch International, nondenominational groups of mothers meet when schools are in session to pray for the children, schools they attend, staffs and administrations. Sullivan meets every Tuesday; Farmersburg Elementary School group meets from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. For more information or to form a group from other schools, call Gloria Morris at (812) 394-2105. Younger children welcome; Vigo: Woodrow Wilson Middle School group meets from noon to 1 p.m.; Lost Creek Elementary group meets from 1 to 2 p.m.; Hoosier Prairie Elementary School group meets from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday; Honey Creek Middle School group meets from 1 to 2 p.m. every Wednesday. For details on these groups, or to start a group at another school, call Susan Hayhurst at (812) 696-2468.
-- American Association of Retired Persons, Local 567, will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Maple Avenue United Methodist Church at 1230 Maple Ave.
-- Mended Hearts Chapter 236 for heart-surgery survivors will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Dr. Pardeep Kumar will present a program on strokes. For more details, call (812) 299-5430.
-- Newcomers Club special interest groups: Monthly business dinner/meeting, 6:30 p.m. social, 7 p.m. dinner Wednesday, Holiday Inn, 3300 S. U.S. Highway 41; program, “Home For The Holidays”; contact Mary Ann Brockhurst for reservations. Scrapbooking, 7 p.m. Friday; contact chairwoman. Community service, 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sarah Scott Middle School; contact chairwoman. Any adult woman in the Wabash Valley may become a member upon payment of dues and attendance at one regular meeting or at an interest group. For more information, contact membership chairwoman, Marilyn Klug at (812) 299-5979 or President Deanna Gibbons at (812) 872-2236.
-- Indiana Ghost Trackers will meet every third Saturday. Call Shawn Burris at (317) 745-2042 or (317) 437-5227 for time and location.
-- Extension Homemakers dates to remember: Spring Creek Club will meet at noon Tuesday in the home of Mildred Triplett-Ringo at 13059 N. County Road 200 West in Brazil. The hostess will give the lesson, “No Hassle Pie.” Prairieton Young Homemakers Club will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the home of Helen Wright. Chris Nicoson will give the lesson, “Mold In The Home.” A white elephant-item sale is planned. Wright is to bring the traveling basket. Lafayette Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the home of Mary Cox. Ellen Richardson will give the lesson, “Why French Women are Not Fat.” Joan Cox will give inspirations. For details on Vigo County Extension Homemakers programs and activities, call the Purdue Extension Service, Vigo County office, at (812) 462-3371.
-- New Goshen-West Vigo Lions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Lions Den in New Goshen (formerly old firehouse).
--The Kiwanis Club meets at noon each Thursday in the Elks Country Club at 3350 N. Fourth St. Kiwanis Club of Greater Terre Haute meets at 5:30 p.m. each Tuesday in MCL Cafeteria at The Meadows shopping center.
-- Terre Haute Rotary Club meets at noon each Tuesday in the Holiday Inn at 3300 S. U.S. Highway 41. Terre Haute South Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. each Thursday in the Holiday Inn.
-- Breakfast Optimist Club meets at 7:30 a.m. each Thursday in the Clabber Girl Bake Shop in Hulman & Co. at 900 Wabash Ave. Noon Optimists will meet at noon each Thursday in Pizza City at 315 N. Second St. Wabash Valley Optimist Club meets at noon each Tuesday in Pizza City at 315 N. Second St. Make reservations before 10 a.m. Tuesday by calling (812) 232-5253. New members and guests welcome. For more details, call Donna at (812) 466-6979. Clinton Breakfast Optimist Club meets at 7 a.m. each Thursday in Zamberletti’s in Clinton.
-- The Exchange Club of Terre Haute meets at noon each Tuesday in the Holiday Inn at 3300 S. U.S. Highway 41. The Downtown Exchange Club of Terre Haute meets at 6:45 a.m. each Tuesday in Boo’s Crossroads Cafe at 679 Wabash Ave.
-- Veterans of Foreign Wars, Brazil post, and its auxiliary will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the post home at 110 E. Jackson St., Brazil.
-- Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lockport Lodge 500, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Riley lodge hall.
-- Hymera Ruritan Club board members will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Ruritan building in Hymera.
-- Riley Lions Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Lions Den. For more details, call Vern or Linda Tincher at (812) 894-2750.
-- Society for Creative Anachronism will meet to study the Middle Ages at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets. For details or membership, call (812) 533-6771 or (812) 242-9628.
-- Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Glas-Col Apparatus at 711 Hulman St. Membership includes amateur radio operators and other interested people. For more details, call the association president, Dave Pifer, at (812) 466-1005.
-- Knights of Columbus, Mother Theodore Guerin Council 541, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in St. Leonard School at 126 N. Eighth St., West Terre Haute.
-- Wabash Valley Scottish Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets. A program will follow at 10:35. Refreshments will be served. For membership details, call Ray McCreary (812) 238-0897
-- American LaFrance Auxiliary will meet Wednesday in the American Legion Post on Fort Harrison Road. For time and membership details, contact Georgene Dilg at (812) 235-5990.
-- Beta Sigma Phi Sorority chapter activities: Laureate Gamma Beta will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Schelley Hall, east of the traffic light on U.S. 40 in Seelyville. Janet King is in charge of games. The service project for the month is a donation to the Clay County Food Pantry. Xi Eta Zeta will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the home of Helen Vallely with Mable Fouts assisting. The program topic will be “City of Boston.” Laureate Omicron will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets. Emma McCullough and Janet Newman will present a program on calligraphy. Members are to bring canned fruit and vegetables, gelatin and snacks for the 14th and Chestnut “Grumbling Tummies” program. Xi Alpha Mu will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 985 W. Springhill Road. Linda Smith will conduct the business session. Karen Meng and Linda Yatsko will present the cultural program, “Death By Chocolate.” Members are to bring nonperishable items for the Salvation Army Food Pantry. Preceptor Gamma Psi will meet Thursday for a rush party in First Baptist Church on Poplar Street. Psi Theta will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday. Contact Michelle Grable, president, for location. Lindsay Scherb and Grable will present a program on New Orleans.
-- Order of Eastern Star, District 8: Terre Haute 43 past matrons will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday in MCL Cafeteria at The Meadows shopping center, 25th and Poplar streets. Note: Mail yearbooks and chapter news to Shirley Witt.
-- Journeys of the Mind book club meets at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Wabash Senior Citizens Center at 300 S. Fifth St. The book to be discussed will be “Letters for Emily” by Camron Wright. For details, call Susan McCarthy at (812) 877-9837 or the Senior Center at (812) 232-3245.
Given to Fly
September 27, 2006
Groups and Gatherings: Oct. 1, 2006
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GIVEN TO FLY: Come to expect new standards of excellence
Records are definitely meant to be broken; athletes today are faster and stronger than those in the past in many endeavors in athletics.
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GIVEN TO FLY: ISU women have solid recruiting class
The caliber of athletes that the Indiana State women’s basketball coaching staff is bringing in is on an upswing.
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GIVEN TO FLY: Major leaguers John, Dorsett meet up at tonight’s game
Terre Haute’s only two big leaguers of the last 50 years — Tommy John and Brian Dorsett — will catch up with one another today.
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FOOT NOTES: Valley natives perform well on national stage
Several Wabash Valley natives continue to shine on the national track and field scene.
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'Til It's Over: Sycamores ‘in a good place,’ but searching for more in MVC
Can Teri Moren lift Indiana State, last year’s seventh-place team in the Missouri Valley Conference, to one of the league’s contenders in her first year on campus?
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'Til It's Over: Two sets of identical twins should keep North Central baseball a contender
The last high school baseball team standing in the Wabash Valley was the North Central, the Thunderbirds falling short 4-3 in the Class A Semistate on Saturday just one game shy of Victory Field.
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'Til It's Over: Jarvis, Anderson confident Olney, hard work leads to Division I dream
Olney, Ill., population 8,000-plus and known for its population of white squirrels, might not be the dream destination for high school basketball players in Indiana.
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'Til It's Over: Robinson 7-footer more focused in postseason; 6-foot Jones keeps producing
Robinson 7-footer Meyers Leonard is not going to be the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA some day, but his odds of reaching the league are pretty solid if his game continues to evolve as it has during high school.
- 'Til It's Over: ‘Stepping stone’ game points Sycamores in right direction Whether the win comes against a top-25 team or a conference pushover, ending a four-game losing streak is always a relief.
- 'Til It's Over: Indianapolis ISU recruit rolling along in senior season As Indiana State recruit Anna Munn approached Christmas with the Decatur Central basketball team, the senior guard didn’t seem to need much of a wishlist.
- 'Til It's Over: Magic’s still there for '79 Sycamores For the former Indiana State players who visited the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in late November, the weekend was a chance to relive memories with teammates and see Larry Bird’s career with the Sycamores celebrated again.
- CRAIG PEARSON: North has strong history in cross country state finals Vigo County is home to just four IHSAA state championships in team sports. Most recently, Terre Haute South won girls titles in basketball (2002) and tennis (2001).
- 'Till It's Over: It’s been rough year but no need to break up Cubs' core Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry is only in the first year of a three-year contract, and aren’t back-to-back division championships enough to keep him around despite this year’s season filled with bad luck?
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'Til It's Over: Hansbrough, Hibbert give Pacers glimpse of future
You might have heard of the Indiana Pacers’ 2009 first-round draft pick. He was on the television once in a while during his four-year career at North Carolina.
- 'Til It's Over: Bertoli, Moore put on show in abundance of events “Anthony and Erica” may not have the marketing capability of “Dan and Dave,” but neither of Indiana State’s outstanding multi-event participants had let-down performances this weekend in the Missouri Valley Conference Championships.
- ‘Walking wounded’: ISU seniors return to provide spark All three ISU seniors will graduate in May, and all three will be in uniform today as Indiana State battles Bradley in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament quarterfinals.
- Given to Fly: Northview standout runner Thacker coming to ISU Doc Brown told an old-timer in a saloon in “Back to the Future III” that despite having automobiles in the future people run for recreation.
- Given to Fly: Schilli’s Rodman-like performance aids ISU With Indiana State’s women’s basketball team ranking eighth in the Missouri Valley Conference in field-goal percentage (36.5), the Sycamores need as many shot attempts as possible to maintain their standing on top of the league.
- Given to Fly: A classic in every sense of the word What tournament director and co-founder Gary Fears had in mind when creating the tournament came to fruition Tuesday. Marshall, with an enrollment of 438 students, became the smallest school to win the Pizza Hut Wabash Valley Classic in the ninth season of the tourney.
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Given to Fly: ISU women should build confidence off strong outing
Indiana State did not pull off the monumental upset Saturday against No. 23 Kansas State, but the Wildcats are —aside from Connecticut in 2005 — the best team the Sycamores have played in the Jim Wiedie era.
- Given to Fly: ISU women's hoops team slides onto commercial radio Coach Jim Wiedie expects the Indiana State women’s basketball team to have a bit of a retro feel this season, meaning the Sycamores have the potential to get back to creating havoc with their full-court press.
- Given to Fly: ISU vets hope to prove pundits wrong Indiana State’s only two seniors were surprised to see they were picked ahead of just three Missouri Valley Conference women’s basketball teams Tuesday morning.
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Footnotes: In first marathon, former Sycamore comes out a winner
Indiana State graduate Dani Prince made her debut in the event with a victory in the Columbus Marathon on Sunday.
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Given To Fly: ISU volleyball turning things around
It was an extremely busy weekend for Indiana State athletics this weekend.
- Footnotes: Here’s hoping perfect weather is still around for Nationals in November The weather made for a perfect fall afternoon Saturday at LaVern Gibson Championship Course. For what it’s worth, the Farmer’s Almanac calls for more sunny conditions from Nov. 20-24, with the NCAA Championships falling on the 24th this year.
- Terre Haute natives cherish memories of ‘House that Ruth Built’ Yankee Stadium was packed as usual on Easter Sunday in 1979. George Steinbrenner’s Yankees were one loss away from being swept by the Milwaukee Brewers to start the season. That was no way for the two-time defending World Series champions to perform, so the boss had a conversation with his new veteran left-handed starting pitcher prior to the game.
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Footnotes: Oregon men and women have strangehold on preseason NCAA cross countryrankings
The Oregon men and women were almost both unanimous picks as the No. 1 teams in the nation in the preseason cross country national rankings released recently.
- Given to Fly: Bronze medalist has strong ISU ties One of the remarkable American medalists of this 2008 Olympics thus far also provided one of the most sparkling stories in the brief history of the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course here in Terre Haute.
- Former ISU QB gets back to Amarillo This week, Indiana State signed its most highly-touted football prospect in years, and former quarterback Julian Reese is ripping it up for the Amarillo Dusters of Arena2.
- Indiana State track sending strong group to NCAA regional Three sophomore women and three senior men lead a large Indiana State contingent of track and field athletes into the NCAA Mideast Regional this weekend at Fayetteville, Ark.
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