July 3, 2016 9:41 pm Published by Michael

The local foundation now spans 5 counties in East Mississippi, working to ensure an increasing quality of life by helping people give back in the region they call home.

“It allows anybody in the community to be a philanthropist and to shape or sustain something that they feel very passionately about,” explained Becky Glover, Executive Director of the Community Foundation of East Mississippi.

There are currently seven community foundations in the state of Mississippi and every one of them is funded by various local people and groups.

“Not only is the Community Foundation unique because anyone can start a fund,” said Glover, “All of our funds are considered open funds which means anyone can donate any amount to them at any time.”

With the smallest donation being around five hundred dollars and the Community Foundation will take that money and invest, manage, and use it in the intended way brought forth by the donor.

The community foundation currently has 45 different funds right now with a majority being endowments and anyone can donate to the funds or set up a new fund for something they feel passionately about.

As foundation leaders explain, through every dollar given to the Community Foundation, it can help make a difference in the lives of those in East Mississippi.

July 3, 2016 9:41 pm Published by Michael

Lake Eola Heights is getting a community garden – bungalower

July 3, 2016 9:28 pm Published by Michael

“McKnight Approves $15 Million in 2nd Quarter 2016 Grantmaking.” McKnight Foundation Quarterly Digest 06/28/2016. June 25, 2016 McKnight Foundation Names 2016 Distinguished Artist
June 8, 2016 2016 McKnight Fellows in Visual and Performing Arts Announced
January 16, 2016 McKnight Foundation Announces $20.8 Million in Fourth-Quarter Grants
September 29, 2013 McKnight Foundation Awards Nearly $29 Million in Third-Quarter Grants
January 11, 2012 McKnight Foundation Announces $30 Million in Fourth-Quarter Grants
Barr Foundation Awards $13.3 Million in Grants June 26, 2016 Hilton Foundation Awards $22.9 Million in Second-Quarter Grants June 28, 2016

July 3, 2016 9:07 pm Published by Michael

Grant allows expansion of Community Health dental clinic – Columbia Basin Herald: Business Grant allows expansion of Community Health dental clinic

EPHRATA a New exam rooms and another dentist will be added to the Ephrata Community Health dental clinic, part of a grant from the federal Department of Health and Human Services.

The $295,000 grant was awarded to Moses Lake Community Health, which operates the community health clinics in Ephrata and Quincy as well as Moses Lake. The money will be used to ado some remodeling to add two exam rooms,a and community health officials already were recruiting another dentist, said community health director Sheila Chilson.

The grant to Moses Lake Community Health was one of 420 grants awarded nationwide. Community Health officials will ask for an extension if necessary, she said, and think they will get it.

Currently Community Health employs 10 dentists and six part-time hygienists, with offices in Moses Lake, Ephrata and Quincy.

Community Health dental clinics offer oral exams and cleanings, x-ray and fluoride treatments, fillings, extractions, root canals, crowns and bridges and professional whitening, among other services. Community Health provides general dental services with an emphasis on children and pregnant women, according to their website.

Community Health also offers medical services in Moses Lake and Quincy and a pharmacy in Moses Lake and Quincy.

Copyright 2016, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA.

July 3, 2016 9:07 pm Published by Michael

Kingston Library among area libraries receiving state Education Department grants Kingston Library among area libraries receiving state Education Department grants >> Eight local libraries and the Mid-Hudson Library System were among the recipients of a total of $14 million in grants awarded statewide to public libraries by the state Education Department.

The Kingston Library received a $179,936 grant to renovate its children’s room.

The Morton Memorial Library in Rhinecliff received a grant of $17,096 to rehabilitate and weatherproof windows, and update the main library space and community room with energy-efficient lighting fixtures. The Claverack Free Library received a grant of 488,500 for a building renovation project that will include asbestos removal, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, and a fiber optic network.

The Hudson Area Association Library received a grant of $3,206 for three single-user/family restrooms that are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A grant of $35,002 was received by the Catskill Public Library to upgrade the heating, ventilating and air conditioning system and insulate the attic.

Project activities eligible for grants include financing construction of new library buildings, construction of additions to existing buildings, and the renovation or rehabilitation of existing space.

July 3, 2016 8:56 pm Published by Michael

Ends: July 4, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Morrill Community Building

Description:

Free coffee and goodies. Ends: July 4, 2016 – 10:30 am

Location: Sabetha Manor, 1441 Oregon St, Sabetha, KS 66534, United States

Ends: July 4, 2016 – 8:00 pm

Location: 15 E Main Street, Sabetha, KS, United States

Description:

Sabetha Community Animal Protection Society meeting. Ends: July 5, 2016 – 12:00 pm

Location: Brown County Courthouse, Hiawatha, KS

Ends: July 5, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Sabetha Manor, 1441 Oregon St, Sabetha, KS 66534, United States

Description:

Free to the public.

Ends: July 5, 2016 – 12:30 pm

Location: Nemaha County Courthouse, Seneca, KS

Ends: July 7, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Morrill Community Building

Description:

Free coffee and goodies. Ends: July 7, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Sabetha Manor, 1441 Oregon St, Sabetha, KS 66534, United States

Description:

Free to the public.

Ends: July 7, 2016 – 8:30 pm

Location: 1116 Main Street, Sabetha, KS, United States

Description:

Room between Sabetha Family Pharmacy and Community Building

Ends: July 9, 2016 – 9:00 am

Location: Old Community Center in Morrill

Ends: July 9, 2016 – 12:00 pm

Location: Mary Cotton Library Park

Ends: July 10, 2016 – 8:30 pm

Location: 100 North 1st Street, Sabetha, KS, United States

Ends: July 11, 2016 – 12:00 pm

Location: Brown County Courthouse, Hiawatha, KS

Ends: July 11, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Morrill Community Building

Description:

Free coffee and goodies. Ends: July 11, 2016 – 12:00 pm

Location: Nemaha County Courthouse, Seneca, KS

Ends: July 12, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Sabetha Manor, 1441 Oregon St, Sabetha, KS 66534, United States

Description:

Free to the public.

Rural Mobile Food Pantry
Starts: 10:00 am
Ends: July 13, 2016 – 11:00 am

Location: NorthRidge Church, Lincoln Street, Sabetha, KS, United States

Description:

by Sabetha Community Food Pantry at NorthRidge parking lot.

Ends: July 13, 2016 – 8:30 pm

Location: 301 S 12th St, Sabetha, KS, United States

Description:

United Brethren in Christ Church

Ends: July 14, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Sabetha Manor, 1441 Oregon St, Sabetha, KS 66534, United States

Description:

Free to the public.

Sabetha Chamber of Commerce Meeting
Starts: 12:00 pm
Ends: July 14, 2016 – 1:00 pm

Location: Sabetha Fire Department, 805 Main St, Sabetha, KS 66534, United States

Ends: July 16, 2016 – 12:00 pm

Location: Mary Cotton Library Park

Ends: July 17, 2016 – 8:30 pm

Location: 100 North 1st Street, Sabetha, KS, United States

Ends: July 18, 2016 – 12:00 pm

Location: Brown County Courthouse, Hiawatha, KS

Ends: July 18, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Morrill Community Building

Description:

Free coffee and goodies. Ends: July 18, 2016 – 12:00 pm

Location: Nemaha County Courthouse, Seneca, KS

Ends: July 18, 2016 – 10:30 am

Location: Sabetha Manor, 1441 Oregon St, Sabetha, KS 66534, United States

Sabetha Hospital Guild Meeting
Starts: 12:00 pm
Ends: July 18, 2016 – 1:00 pm

Description:

Call 785-284-1535 for more information.

Ends: July 18, 2016 – 7:30 pm

Location: Hiawatha Community Hospital, Utah Street, Hiawatha, KS, United States

Description:

Call 785-742-3989 for more information.

Ends: July 18, 2016 – 8:00 pm

Location: Brown County Court Services Office
601 Oregon St, Hiawatha, KS 66434, United States

Ends: July 18, 2016 – 8:30 pm

Location: Seneca Library, Main Street, Seneca, KS, United States

Ends: July 19, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Sabetha Manor, 1441 Oregon St, Sabetha, KS 66534, United States

Description:

Free to the public.

Ends: July 20, 2016 – 8:30 pm

Location: 301 S 12th St, Sabetha, KS, United States

Description:

United Brethren in Christ Church

Ends: July 21, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Morrill Community Building

Description:

Free coffee and goodies. Ends: July 21, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Sabetha Manor, 1441 Oregon St, Sabetha, KS 66534, United States

Description:

Free to the public.

Ends: July 23, 2016 – 12:00 pm

Location: Mary Cotton Library Park

Ends: July 24, 2016 – 8:30 pm

Location: 100 North 1st Street, Sabetha, KS, United States

Ends: July 25, 2016 – 12:00 pm

Location: Brown County Courthouse, Hiawatha, KS

Ends: July 25, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Morrill Community Building

Description:

Free coffee and goodies. Ends: July 25, 2016 – 12:00 pm

Location: Nemaha County Courthouse, Seneca, KS

Ends: July 25, 2016 – 10:30 am

Location: Sabetha Manor, 1441 Oregon St, Sabetha, KS 66534, United States

Ends: July 25, 2016 – 7:00 pm

Location: Sabetha City Hall, Main Street, Sabetha, KS, United States

Ends: July 26, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Sabetha Manor, 1441 Oregon St, Sabetha, KS 66534, United States

Description:

Free to the public.

Ends: July 27, 2016 – 8:30 pm

Location: 301 S 12th St, Sabetha, KS, United States

Description:

United Brethren in Christ Church

Ends: July 28, 2016 – 10:00 am

Location: Sabetha Manor, 1441 Oregon St, Sabetha, KS 66534, United States

Description:

Free to the public.

Ends: July 28, 2016 – 8:00 pm

Location: 201 South 4th Street, Hiawatha, KS, United States

Description:

In Morrison Speech Clinic

July 3, 2016 8:56 pm Published by Michael

Soon, area residents will be able to add stargazing to the list of recreational activities they can enjoy at Moundsville’s Grand Vue Park.

Wheeling business owners Robert and Libby Strong have plans in the works to place a public telescope, and eventually an observatory, at the park.

“When you look up at the night time sky that we have here in West Virginia, if you truly understand what you’re looking at, you don’t feel that you’re a tiny insignificant part, you feel that you’re a part of something greater than you,” Robert Strong, a member of the Near Earth Object Foundation, said.

The 16-inch telescope, which weighs several hundred pounds, will have four times the light-gathering power and two times better resolution than the 8-inch telescopes they currently use.

“To look through a 16-inch telescope, you’re going to see fainter galaxies, more stars and star clusters, colors in nebulas and gas and dust clouds, and the planets are going to be bigger and brighter and clearer,” Strong said. “The concept of having a 16-inch telescope that’s going to be a public access telescope is really exciting.”

Additionally, the $3,700 Orion telescope will be available for research purposes including following up on asteroid, comet and supernova finds that experts need a large telescope to see. This particular telescope also has a digital database of over 43,000 objects that it can track through the sky and does not need to be adjusted to account for the rotation of the Earth like other telescopes.

The new telescope will eventually be a permanent fixture in Grand Vue Park, although the exact location and other details are still undecided. Strong received a grant from the Chevron Community Foundation for the telescope, and now he just needs the funds to house and maintain it as well as to hook up a power source.

According to Strong, Grand Vue Park is an ideal location not just for the high altitude, but because “they’re doing a lot of innovative things there. It’s attracting people not just local people, but from long distances,” he said.

Additionally, Grand Vue is in the process of becoming a “dark park.” This means not having any extra lighting at night and using specific types of lights that are aimed at the correct angles in order to put off only what light is necessary for safety.

“We’re hoping that the dark sky venue that Grand Vue Park is going to be having is going to leak out to Moundsville itself, and if the observatory becomes another one of those attractions that makes Moundsville an interesting place to come spend more than just the afternoon or the day, that would be awesome,” Strong said.

The telescope at Grand Vue will be building upon other starwatch activities the Strongs currently hold on weekends.

July 3, 2016 8:56 pm Published by Michael

You might remember a few months back when the Victorian state government announced the ‘Good Music Neighbours’ program a an initiative designed to help live music venues better control sound emissions and maintain strong relationships with neighbouring businesses and residences.

Venues can apply for up to $25,000 in funding, which goes towards engaging with a sound proofing service, the installation of acoustic insulations in walls, ceilings and floors, installing acoustic glazing, sound absorbing materials and air-lock doors, as well as capital investment in sound equipment and room design to reduce sound emissions.

July 3, 2016 8:56 pm Published by Michael

“It’s like his real happy place.”

Blake is among the 100 area youngsters and adults with special needs who benefit from the horse riding program offered at the Mane & Taill Therapeutic Horsemanship Academy in Poplar Branch.

Samantha Iull, a special education teacher at First Flight High School in Dare County, started Mane & Taill in 2009 and the group became a nonprofit in 2010.

Roughly half of the horsemanship academy’s students live in either Dare or Currituck counties. She said the grant, which was awarded in May, will help families of academy students who live in Dare and Currituck counties afford the school’s tuition costs through 2017.

Iull said many students develop confidence learning to ride horses, and it shows them they can accomplish things despite their disability.

Iull says she got the idea for the horsemanship academy when she took her students to see some horses and thought it would be a great idea to develop a program to teach them how to ride.

“I saw how students could benefit being around horses,” she said.

Patricia Rippin, one of Iull’s co-workers in the Dare County Schools, said she always appreciated her friend’s passion for helping people with special needs.

Rippin’s daughter, Abigail, participates in horse shows, so she thought bringing her experiences to the academy could be of some benefit. She said Bubby enjoys riding horses and the academy gives him a chance to feel part of a community.

Barkley is also a member of the Monarch Beach Club of Manteo, an organization that serves people with special needs.

Mary Liberman, also a member of the Monarch Beach Club, said she brings center members who want to learn to ride a horse to Mann & Taill.

Liberman said she remembers when Iull started the academy with only a few people.

July 3, 2016 7:48 pm Published by Michael

The members of the Inner Wheel Club are one such group of people who keep themselves busy undertaking philanthropic activities.

Recently the installation of the New Team of Inner Wheel Club (Nagpur East) was held at a city hotel. The Inner Wheel Club has entered in their 51st year of social service.

The Installation ceremony began by felicitating the Guest of Honor and Member of Legislative Council Girish Vyas and Chief Guest and District Secretary Inner Wheel Club Gauri Dhond.

During the installation ceremony Jyoti Chhabria was installed as President while Dr Vimla Jain was installed as Secretary, Aruna Pasari as Treasurer, Varsha Panbude as ISO. Past President Nisha Dua related the past history of the Club.

Former District Chairman (PDC) Vijayatai Diwale and Former District Chairman (PDC) Meena Kulkarni, Former President Vandana Sharma, Former President Meera Khullar and Former President Swati Sarda were prominently present on the occassion.

Guest of Honor and Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Girish Vyas gave an assurance for all kinds of help required by the Club.