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GRAPE SENSE: Options abound for your holiday wine choice
Even non-wine drinkers find themselves with a glass of wine around the holidays. Many people will pick up a bottle for those bountiful holiday meals and social gatherings.
Rockville Home Tour tickets on sale now
Tickets for the annual Rockville Home Tour are now on sale at the Art Gallery on the north side of the square. Those purchasing tickets before Dec. 5 will save $1 per ticket.
Anniversary: Nov. 22, 2009
• Mr. and Mrs. Billy E. Riley
Weddings: Nov. 22, 2009
• Fagg-Long
• Weihert-Hussmann
• Laycock-Bishop
• Crist-Foster
• Gounaris-Miller
Bridge: Nov. 22, 2009
Our 299ers had less than 300 master points as of Jan. 1, 2009. Margie Kintz won this category last year and is headed for a repeat this year. Runner-up is her regular partner, Connie Shattuck, who has a chance to rake in all the marbles if she just capitalizes on her present circumstances.
ISU Indian Student Association plans Global Night
Indiana State University’s Indian Student Association will conduct Indian Global Night on Saturday at Terre Haute South Vigo High School.
Photos of Valley to be on display at new Union Hospital
When the Union Hospital expansion opens in January, patients and visitors will be visually treated to beautiful photographs of nature, architecture and landscapes of the Wabash Valley.
Send ‘touch of home’ card to service members
The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are teaming up to deliver holiday cards to service members, their families and veterans, many of whom will be far from home this holiday season.
PAW PRINTS: Many elderly cats can suffer from arthritis
A senior cat can suffer from arthritis and you may not even realize it. Often, early signs are more behavioral and can include going outside the litterbox (because it is difficult to get in and out of), poor grooming (because they can’t reach specific areas) and becoming reclusive and irritable.
Harvest days are dragging on in Wabash Valley
Harvest days are dragging on in the area. The delayed crop development coupled with cool, wet weather conditions are making harvest conditions frustrating.
Organic Gardening Day coming up Nov. 21
Organic gardening experts will present five educational sessions to inspire herb gardening at this year’s Organic Gardening Day, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at the Hawthorn Hotel and Suites in Champaign, Ill.
Life experiences helps ISU associate prof to endure deadly situation
When Don Rogers, 53, an associate professor of recreation therapy at Indiana State University, was renting a canoe for a morning at the Myakka River State Park, Fla., in July 2008, he had no way of knowing he was en route to a terrifying adventure that would demonstrate how a man with an extreme vulnerability can survive by drawing on a reservoir of cool self discipline learned over a lifetime.
Raccoon SRA hosts Hunter Chili Supper
The tradition of gathering for a feast on the eve of the big hunt lives on at Raccoon State Recreation Area on Friday.
Outdoor Indiana features Parke County
Although it’s still early to be thinking 2010, Outdoor Indiana magazine’s full-color calendar, a 16-page insert to the November-December issue that’s on newsstands this week, is ready when you are.
‘Take Back the Night’ event coming up
The annual “Take Back the Night” event is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at Indiana State University’s Dede Plaza. This year’s theme is “There’s No Excuse for Abuse.”
Radio host sends Paris girl to Disney
Kidd Kraddick, host of the nationally syndicated radio show “Kidd Kraddick in the Morning,” raised more than $400,000 in funds to send 60 terminally/chronically ill or physically challenged children and their families to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., including Katie Wilken of Paris.
Author Lunsford to read from new book
Mike Lunsford, 53, a teacher and writer from rural southern Parke County, will be at the Rockville Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17 reading from and discussing his new book.
Free trapper education at Raccoon State Recreation Area
A trapper education course will be offered at Raccoon State Recreation Area from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the park’s property office.
PAW PRINTS: Lymphoma is most common cancer in cats
Cancer is the number one cause of death in companion animals in the United States, according to Dr. Laura Garrett, veterinary oncologist at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine in Urbana.
Musician’s Wabash Valley influences flow through her debut album
Terre Haute surprised Christina Blust.
GRAPE SENSE: Spanish Tempranillo super value for a red wine buy
There are so many great value alternatives to the traditional Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, but it’s hard to cover them all.
Valley Briefly: Nov. 1, 2009
Stadler’s Barber Shop, 1919 Maple Ave., will give free haircuts to all military (reservist and active) and all 911 personnel (men only), from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

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