September 2, 2016 2:33 am Published by Michael

By working as an supporter for the non-profit sector and by connecting residents and organizations across the county, HCCF enables a larger impression beyond what one individual non-profit or donor can accomplish.

Additional Get Involved sponsors are Leadership Hendricks County, the Avon Chamber of Commerce, the Brownsburg Chamber of Commerce, the Danville Chamber of Commerce, the Plainfield Chamber of Commerce, Trine University and First Merchants Bank.

For more information on Get Involved, visit the website at eventbrite.com/e/get-involved-tickets-26473172973.

September 2, 2016 2:33 am Published by Michael

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Piscataway, NJ While the first day of school for student is September 6, faculty and staff of Piscataway Schools met on September 1 for convocation to officially launch the 2016-2017 school year.

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September 2, 2016 2:33 am Published by Michael

Megan Newman (left, center) was among those accepting a grant from Brian Nation (right, center) on behalf of the Pike County Dental Clinic as Dan Borrowman, Robert Garner and Don Kirk watched on from the steps of the Pike County Courthouse on Thursday.

PITTSFIELD Four organizations shared in grants Thursday through a Pike County endowment.

Barry Food Pantry, Pike County Dental Clinic, Western Community Center YMCA and John Wood Community College were recipients of competitive grants offered by The Community Foundation and selected by volunteers.

“These particular grants came out of our Pike County endowment. The Community Foundation was formed in 1997 and launched the County Endowment Match in November 2012 as a way to develop endowments in the counties it serves.

Blickhan said that the goal is to build permanent charitable funds that serve the community in various ways.

“We build for the community we serve,” Blickhan said. The organizations that were assisted have a broad impact on public health, but the foundation has been known to assist with arts programs, human services, cultural programs, and many other styles of organizations.

Megan Newman (left, center) was among those accepting a grant from Brian Nation (right, center) on behalf of the Pike County Dental Clinic as Dan Borrowman, Robert Garner and Don Kirk watched on from the steps of the Pike County Courthouse on Thursday.

http://myjournalcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_pikefoundation.jpgMegan Newman (left, center) was among those accepting a grant from Brian Nation (right, center) on behalf of the Pike County Dental Clinic as Dan Borrowman, Robert Garner and Don Kirk watched on from the steps of the Pike County Courthouse on Thursday.

September 2, 2016 2:22 am Published by Michael

My View: Highland Community College Foundation seeks distinguished alums One of the things that continues to be amazing to me is the plethora of Highland Community College graduates who live, work, raise families, volunteer and are involved in their communities in northwestern Illinois.This is contrary to the thinking that local high school grads who get a college degree never return, which may be the case sometimes but not all the time.No one has any solid research or documentation with definitive statistics of which I am aware, so during the five years I have been the foundation’s executive director I have been asking this question before various groups: “If you attended Highland or graduated from HCC, please stand up.” Then I inquired, “Would those of you here tonight who have attended Highland, earned a degree or certificate or graduated from the Leadership Institute or Forum, please stand?”From my place on the stage, it was easy to calculate that more than half over 200 of those present were Highland alumni.So now I challenge you to find an HCC Alum and, if appropriate, nominate one or more for the HCC Foundation’s Distinguished Alumni Award.This year is the 22nd annual presentation of Distinguished Alumni Awards. Recipients will be honored during the foundation’s annual meeting and dinner in October.The nomination form indicates that the foundation is seeking persons who have shown community leadership, made their start at HCC and believe in the mission of higher education. The nominee does not have to live in the HCC district and can be self-nominated.To obtain a nomination form, contact Pat Dunn at the HCC Foundation office at 815-599-3413 or by email at foundation@highland.edu. 16.Since the award’s inception in 1995, the HCC Foundation and Highland Community College have recognized more than 100 individuals as distinguished alumni.Page 2 of 2 – Remember, they’re everywhere. There are many forms of financial assistance available to college students federal as well as state grants, such as Pell grants and MAP grants.The HCC Foundation is the major source of local financial assistance for HCC enrollees. mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_credit+”; mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_caption+”; $(‘#art-main-image-credit-container_sm’).css(‘width’,smimgwidth).css(‘padding’,’3px ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding – 3)+’px 0 0’); $(‘#art-main-image-caption-container_sm’).css(‘width’,sm_img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px 0 0 ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding + 3)+’px’); $(‘#art-main-image-caption-container’).css(‘width’,img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px 0 0 ‘+mainImageData_leftPadding+’px’);

September 2, 2016 2:22 am Published by Michael

Sugar Love Bakery opened in the historic Bonnie Kate Theatre in downtown Elizabethton Friday.

“This has been a special place in the heart of everybody in our town,” Sugar Love owner Shonna Peters said. “I get chill bumps just thinking about it,” Peters said.

Months ago, no one knew what the future held for this vacant old building, a former staple of downtown.

“I share like everybody else so many memories here,” Peters said.

Now she runs part of a place where she spent countless hours of her childhood.

“On kindergarten graduation, I remember seeing “ET” in the theater, having my first kiss, watching “Steel Magnolias” in the theater,” Peters said. “So to be able to have a business here it’s amazing, it’s such a blessing, it’s a dream come true, and everyday I have to pinch myself when we come in here.”

She said as a single mom, she hopes making this dream of hers come true sets an example for her three girls.

“That’s important especially in our young girls to instill in them the importance of succeeding and having goals and not being afraid of achieving them, it doesn’t matter what your obstacle is,” Peters said.

Right now she has opened a bakery on one side, and soon Peters will open a farm to table restaurant on the other side.

The city and the Elizabethton/ Carter County Community Foundation are currently working on a restoration plan for the rest of the building.

Earlier this year, the Elizabethton City Council voted to purchase the Bonnie Kate theater after the Elizabethton/ Carter County Community Foundation raised the more than $100,000 to cover the cost.

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September 2, 2016 2:22 am Published by Michael

Some parents whose children attend schools slated to be closed by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board for the 2017/18 school year are vowing to push back.

An OCDSB staff recommends closing seven elementary and middle schools in Ottawa’s west end, and shuttering one east-end high school.

D. Rideau High School

Most of the schools on the list are under enrolment capacity, and extra money that helped keep them open by the province is drying up, according to the board.

Grant Alternative School, for example, is at only 38 per cent capacity, with 101 students in a facility built for 243.

But parents argue it’s one of only a few alternative learning schools in the system, and point out the school’s catchment area was expanded late last year.

“Well it surprises me quite a bit,” said Brent Henneberry, who has four of his five children enrolled at Grant this fall and is a member of the alternative schools advisory council that works with the board.

Henneberry said parents have been phoning each other this week, stunned by the news.

“We [had been] been told there’s nothing in the works about any of the alternative schools closing down,” Henneberry said.

John Mahoney, who has two of his three children enrolled at Grant, said his kids would have to travel to Westboro to get the same kind of education at another alternative school, which includes student-directed learning in a non-competitive atmosphere.

“I think if there was talk of closing Grant there would be a lot of push back from parents,” said Mahoney.

Grant considered for closure in 2007

Grant Alternative School has been on the chopping block before. But the board’s enrolment projections suggest the school’s student population will dwindle to just 78 students by 2025.

Henneberry said the board itself could be partly to blame, because it’s done a poor job of promoting the alternative education model.

OCDSB Board Chair Shirley Seward says she welcomes input from parents on school closures. (OCDSB photo)

“It hasn’t been pushed like the french immersion programs, or anything like that, and I’m sure if it was pushed attendance would go up,” Henneberry said.

OCDSB chair Shirley Seward said she’s not surprised to see parents fight for the schools their children attend.

“That’s what we expect and it’s completely understandable that parents and students become attached to their neighbourhood school and will want to look for other solutions,” said Seward.

“It’s entirely possible that based on the consultation staff may look at all of the input that we have received and may actually have somewhat different recommendations for trustees.”

Public consultations ahead

The board hopes to finish public consultations on the proposed closures by the end of February and make decisions about the seven elementary school before the next school year begins.

There will be a separate process to determine the future of Rideau High School.

Seward said although the short list is by no means a done deal, the status quo spending about $8-million a year to staff half-empty schools is not an option.

“If we don’t deal with the financial problem we’re going to have to pay for that out of our own money, which means cutting other programs and services and jobs.”

Seward warned that if the board can’t demonstrate it’s prepared to make those hard decisions, it could affect how much the province is willing to spend on desperately needed new schools in growing areas.

“It’s probably the most difficult thing that we as trustees have done,” Seward said.

September 2, 2016 2:11 am Published by Michael

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September 2, 2016 — The Santa Monica College Foundation has awarded more than $170,000 in grants to faculty members that will help develop programs in multiple disciplines, college officials announced this week.

The awards include a “President’s Circle Award for Innovation and Progress”, four “Chair of Excellence” grants and 22 “Margin of Excellence” mini-grants.

“These awards represent the truly distinctive and innovative learning experience that Santa Monica College professors provide to our diverse student body,” said Lizzy Moore, SMC Interim Dean of Institutional Advancement.