Warm Glow Candle Outlet - February is the month
to appreciate the ones you love! Show them your appreciation by giving them a wonderfully rich scented candle, or a beautiful silk floral arrangement, or how about a purse from one of our popular lines?
The gift possibilities are endless! This Month receive 25% off our candles
of the Month: Snickerdoodle & Berry Patch. So what are you waiting for?? Get Glowing to the Warm Glow Candle Outlet!
Look for the big candle off I-70 at exit 145.
At Home KITCHEN & GOURMET - Let’s get
cooking to help the Girls & Boys Clubs of Wayne County! Join us for a cooking class presented by Gourmet Enthusiast
David Woolpy on Monday, February 16, 2010. Learn how to cook with a
wok and impress your friends at your next dinner! Besides learning this fun way to cook,
you’ll be able taste each course, while sipping on fine wine and following along with your take home recipes.
Event will take place at the At Home Kitchen & Gourmet store located in
the Loft in Richmond’s Depot District. Tickets are $34.95 and all proceeds go to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne
County. Tickets are limited to the first 25. Call today for more
information and to purchase your ticket 765-965-7000.
If you've recently gotten a new puppy, make sure to call Greens
Fork Animal Hospital and ask about our next puppy class. Our Rehabilitation Assistant, Kate Clevenger
is the facilitator for these classes. Kate will help you train your
puppy to learn many of the basic skills that will make being a dog owner a most enjoyable experience. Our puppy classes meet once a week for five weeks. A well behaved and socialized pet that you
can be proud of doesn't just happen. Feel free to callor stop by. We
are located at 8089 State Rd. 38 in Greens Fork. Our phone numbers are 765-962-4389 or 765-886-5191. You may also
find us on the internet at www.gfah.com.
J & J Winery plans a special Valentine's Day
Dinner for Two. Join us for a delicious, five course gourmet meal including Prime Rib, Shrimp Scampi, soup, salad and dessert. A glass of our own Ambrosia Apple wine is included with the meal along with a complimentary
keepsake that will help you remember the special evening. Dinner is served
from 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, February 12, 13.J & J Winery is located at 3415 National Road West in
Richmond. Call 765-965-9463 for reservations. jjwinery.com.
Cope Environmental Center
Tours of the Cope Environmental Center property
are given by Program Director Aubrey Wright on the second Tuesday of the month at 4:00pm. These tours are free to the public, but we ask that you call in advance to reserve your spot. Contact
CEC at 765-855-3188 for details or to make a reservation.
Tours of the
Sustainable Living Demonstration Home are led by Facility and Grounds Director, Jeremy Mussoni, on the 3rd Wednesday
of the month at 4:00. The fee for these tours is $5.00 per person. Come
see the recently installed geothermal system!
Enjoy story time, a brief hike and a craft with your
toddler! Wednesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 11 AM. The fee
is $3 per child. Sign your child up for one or more of our popular
week-long summer programs! Sign up begins March 1st (CEC members may sign up 2 weeks prior) You may sign up at CEC (4910 Shoemaker Road, Centerville) or by calling 765-855-3188. Program listing and descriptions
will be posted on the CEC website in mid-late January.
Cabin fever? Bring your students to CEC for
a great lesson in history and science, Maple Syrup School Programs! Indiana Academic Standards covered with each program from February 16 through March 12. The cost is $4 per child For reservation
and more information call Aubrey Blue at 765-855-3188.
At the Library
Centerville Center
Township Public Library
The
Centerville Public Library board meets Wednesday, February 10, at 4:30 PM in the Orsborn Board Room. The
public is encouraged to attend.
Share
your photography talent with the community! Be recognized for your work and have your photos shown at the Centerville
Library!
Two photo categories:
1. Centerville Center Township scenery, buildings, events, people
-anything that captures the essence of Centerville.
2. General people, pets, still life, sunsets, and more.
The
best photo in each category will be chosen by vote of the community.
Entries will be accepted at the Centerville
Public Library.
Last day to submit Photos
is Saturday, February 13, 2010.
Please come to the Library to vote for your favorites!
Monday, February 15 to Saturday,
February 27.
Come in to see the winners the first week of March.
*Photos
will be displayed in cases in the library.
(The cases are generously on loan from the Centerville Stamp Club.)
*All skill levels of photographers are welcome to enter.
*Each entrant may submit up to five (5) photos.
*Photos
must be submitted by the person who took them.
*Size
of photos can be 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10.
*On
the back of each photo put your name, address, phone number, and email.
*Photos
will be returned upon request.
*By
entering the contest you are allowing the library to use your photos in promotional materials and galleries both online and
in print.
Library
hours are 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Monday, 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Wednesday through Friday
and 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Saturday.
Give to your community by giving of your time and talents at the Centerville
Center Township Public Library. The library is looking for volunteers. You can gain valuable experience and
have fun while serving your community. Especially right now we need help with the following: Updating and maintaining
the library web site, organizing the genealogy collection, shifting the books in the non-fiction and reference areas and working
with the art collection (update the inventory, compile history of the artists, improve display areas, etc.).
Visit the
Centerville Center Township Public Library. It’s time to check out a good book!
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Model T Party CD Now Available
The Model T Centennial T-Party DVD is now available! The 2-Disc Collector's Edition consists of just under 5 hours of the
weeklong event held in July 2008 in Richmond, Indiana.
The event celebrated 100 years of the Model T Ford. With over 900 Ts in attendance (representing all 50 states and 9 foreign
countries), this was the largest gathering of Model Ts since they left the factory.
During the weeklong event, participants toured and attended activities in 9 counties in east central Indiana and west central
Ohio. Those activities, the cars and the people have all been captured in this 2-disc collection edition DVD set.
Disc 1 includes: Arriving at the Fairgrounds, Off to Centerville, Downtown Richmond, Cardinal Greenway, Wayne County Fairgrounds-Part
I, Victory Vintage Clothing, Bob Casey ("The Henry Ford"), Kickoff Party and Dinner with Edsel Ford II and Henry Ford III,
Off to Hagerstown (Vintage Airplanes), and Off to Winchester (Historic Speedway).
Disc 2 includes: Vintage Baseball Game, Covered Bridge Tour, Model T Museum, Vintage Camping, all pre-1930, Model T Games,
Gasoline Alley, Longest parade of Model Ts in History, Wayne County Fairgrounds-Part 2, Closing Banquet with Henry Ford III
and clip from Jay Leno), Hamilton,Ohio Parade, Volunteers' Party (held after the event), and Ragtime Rick & Credits.
The DVD set was produced by Whitewater Community Television of Richmond, Indiana and is being distributed by the MTFCA.
All proceeds benefit WCTV and MTFCA.
The cost of the 2-Disc set is $29.95 and $5.50 shipping in the U.S. Shipping for Canada is $7.50; other countries $8.50.
Indiana residents include $2.48 tax (shipping is taxable).
The DVD set can be purchased at the Model T Museum located at Exit 145 off I-70 (next to Warm Glow Candle Outlet) or can
be ordered from:
Model T Ford Club of America
PO Box 126
Centerville, IN 47330-0126
765-855-5248
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Historic Centerville, Inc.
Interested in the history of our town? Get together with others with these same interests. You
can help to restore and keep the Mansion House Inn a focal point of Centerville. Join Historic Centerville! Call
855-2241 for more information.
Need a facility for a reception, party, family reunion or meeting?
The Mansion House Inn located at 214 E. Main Street and owned by Historic Centerville Inc. is
available to rent for these occasions. One fee reserves both the Mansion House and the Log Cabin. Contact Marie Elstro at
855-2241. Enjoy the quiet quaint atmosphere of this historic Inn.
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Consider a
gift to Centerville-Abington Community Dollars for Scholars®. Your
gift will help Centerville High School graduates realize their dream of a college education. Details >>>
Mail your gift to: Centerville-Abington Community Dollars for Scholars,
507 Willow Grove Road, Centerville, IN
47330
Dollars for Scholars - a
program of ScholarshipAmerica®
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Here 'n' There
(Things to do)
Untouchable Times Speakeasy Gala - Forest Hills Country Club, 2169 S. 23rd St., Richmond,
6:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
765-962-2860 - http://www.stargennett.org. February 20, 2010.
Join us for a benefit for Starr-Gennett. Dine and dance with Cool City Jazz while enjoying
a silent auction and a speakeasy "casino".
Poems of Space-Astronomy and Poetry - Earlham College, Goddard Auditorium, 801 National
Road West, Richmond, 1:00 p.m., February 24, 2010.
765-983-1373, http://www.earlham.edu
World renowed British astronomer and astrophysicist Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell will speak on Astronomy and poetry, she
has discoved pulsars, which are stars that release regular bursts of radio waves; their discovery ranks as an important milestone
in the history of astrophysics.
Admission: Free
Richmond High School Symphonic and Chamber Choir Concert featuring the Purdue Varsity Glee Club,
Richmond Civic Hall, 380 Hub Etchison Parkway, Richmond, 7:00 p.m. Civic Hall Performing Arts Center presents The Richmond
High School Symphonic and Chamber Choirs in concert with special guests The Purdue Varsity Glee Club. Please join
us for the wonderfully entertaining evening of music on Tuesday, February 9 at 7:00 PM. Admission is $10 for adults and $5
for students. Call 765-973-3350 or visit www.civichall.com for tickets and more information.
Punch Brothers with Chris Thile - Earlham College, Goddard Auditorium, 801 National Road
West, Richmond,7:30 p.m., February 12, 2010.
765-983-1373, www.earlham.edu.
Collecting five singular abilities and viewpoints into one musical force, Punch Brothers featuring Christ Thile
have established their place in contemporary music-making. As performing and recording artists, composers and interpreters,
technicians and stylists, they continue to push the boundaries of possibility while maintaining an unerring devotion to the
basic audience experience.
Admission: $8/adults, $5/students and seniors.
Salsa Night - Earlham College, Runyan dining Hall, 801 National Road West, Richmond, 8:00
p.m., February 13, 2010, 765-983-1373, www.earlham.edu.
Welcome to Salsa night! Under the leadership of our new jazz director Pavel Polanco-Safadit, the jazz ensemble
and the Latin jazz combo bring the sounds of salsa to this concert. Salsa dance lessons are offered. Join us for an exciting
night of music and dance.
Admission: $5/adults, $3/students and seniors.
Hagerstown Poetry Slam - Hagerstown Museum and Arts Place, 98 E. Main St., Hagerstown,
5:00
p.m.-7:00 p.m., February 5, 2010. 765-489-4005.
Hagerstown Arts Place will hold the area's first Poetry Slam
as part of its First Friday celebration of the arts. All ages welcome to read or recite a poem of up to 3 minutes.
Encountering India & Bhutan: Paintings by Ray Hassard at Richmond Art Museum, 350 Hub
Etchison Parkway, Richmond - January 24 - April 10, Tuesday - Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
765-966-0256, www.richmondartmuseum.org. Join Ohio artists Ray Hassard and Debra Dawson on their journey through India and Bhutan, and explore the
landscape, people and culture through this unique exhibition of paintings. Both artists are accomplished plein air painters
working in a popular style derived largely from the French Impressionists. Many of the works on display have been done on
site in India and Bhutan. Admission: Free
Friends of Morrisson-Reeves Library Winter Book Sale
Morrisson-Reeves Library, 80 North
6th Street, Richmond
Friday; 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., February 12 & 13, 2010.
765-966-8291, http://www.mrl.lib.in.us/events.
Stock up on your supply of winter reading! Donated material includes a wide range of fiction and non-fiction: books
on biography, cooking, education, history, home and garden, self-help, social sciences and romance novels, mysteries, thrillers
and much more.
"SIDA: A Story of a Country Conquering an Epidemic Photography
Earlham College, Leeds
Gallery, 801 National Road West, Richmond. February 1 - 12, 2010. 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
765-983-1373.
www.earlham.edu. This Art Exhibition features the Photography of Suzannah Hoover Admission: Free
Art is India - Richmond Art Museum, 350 Hub Etchison Parkway, Richmond, February 2 - March
26, 2010.
765-966-0256, www.richmondartmuseum.org.
A unique cultural exploration program for children in grades K through 3, Art Is & focuses on the art and culture
of a different country or region each year. This year the culture of study will be India! Teachers who wish to bring their
class to Art Is India are welcome. Please call the director to set up times.
Admission: Free
American Salute featuring the RSO Singers - Richmond Civic Hall, 380 Hub Etchison Parkway,
Richmond, February 6, 7:30 p.m.
765-966-5181, www.civichall.com.
Join Composers Gould, Berlin, Webber, Gilpin, Wilson & Steffe/Rutter featuring Debra Bordo, Soprano.
Our young artist competition winner will also perform.
Richmond Civic Theatre presents: A Streetcar named Desire on February 12, 13, 14, 19 and
20, 2010. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. The desperate life of a fragile, dreamy
woman collides with that of her crude, sensual brother-in-law in this powerful drama, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and made
famous by the 1951 movie starring Vivien Leigh and Marion Brando.
Tickets are $18 for adults; $17 for Seniors; and $15
for Students. Call 765-962-8011or visit www.richmondcivictheatre.org for tickets and information.
Ancient Echoes in Stone, Photography
Earlham College, Leeds Gallery, 801 National Road
West, Richmond
9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., February 22 - March 12, 2010.
765-983-1373, http://www.earlham.edu
This Art Exhibition features the photography of Michael Godsil
Admission: Free
The Model T Ford Museum will be open by appointment only now thru March 31, 2010.
Please call 765-855-5248 to make an appointment. Visit www.mtfca.com/ for more information.
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New Wayne County 500 piece puzzles
They make great gifts and are only $12 each!!
The puzzles may be purchased at:
Old National Road Welcome Center
5701 National Road E., Richmond, IN 47374
Hours: Monday – Friday
8:30 – 6; Saturday 10-4; Sunday 11-2.
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GO BULLDOGS
Support
the Bulldog winter sports. Attend a boys or girls basketball game, boys and girls swim meet or boy wrestling meet.
Check http://www.centerville.k12.in.us for schedules. Support our student athletes with your presence at their events.
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Promote Centerville, Inc. needs you
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Are your membership dues for Promote Centerville,
Inc. paid? You can now find this information on your address label. Check to see when your membership expires and be sure
to renew so you do not miss an issue of the Connection. If you have not joined yet, be sure to send your membership
form and dues ($25) to Promote Centerville, Inc. PO Box 73, Centerville IN 47330.
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Do you have any time that you might consider donating to help our community? We need persons to volunteer to label and
stamp these newsletters. We also need persons to volunteer to deliver these newsletters to businesses in our area. If you
would be willing to help, please contact Connie Gareiss at 855-2946 or come to the next meeting of Promote Centerville, Inc.
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Promote Centerville, Inc. needs your help! If you are hosting an event (or know someone
who is), we would be happy to promote the event. Please email cjgreads@verizon.net with details on the event. Please be sure to list event, date, time and any other pertinent facts concerning
the event.
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Participate
Now would be a great time to donate to HELP the Animals, Inc. Help them recover from several
months of increased costs. Your tax deductible contribution of $10, $25 or $50 would be greatly appreciated. Your donation
will allow them to continue their valuable work. Send your contribution to HELP the Animals at P.O. Box 117, Richmond, IN
47375.
Want to know what is going on with your town? Visit a Town Board Meeting. The Centerville Town Council meets the
second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 204 E. Main Street. Meet the Board members and see what
is happening in Centerville.
Last updated 1/1/09
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Promote Centerville activities
Promote Centerville's membership drive for 2010 is now
underway. Those who are currently members can help save expenses by paying the $25 membership dues for 2010 now. This will save printing
and postage costs. New members who pay the $25 now will get the rest of 2009 and all of 2010. Those who want to continue advertising can pay the $100
for all of 2010 at this time as well. We will also accept new advertising now and begin your new ad for the remainder of this
year.
If
you regularly pick up the Centerville Connection around town and enjoy the information you receive, will you consider becoming
a member? The money helps with printing and postage costs of the newsletter and is also used for our community service projects.
Remember
our meetings are the first Monday of the month at 5:30 in the Senior Center. Everyone is welcome.
The Board of Directors of Promote Centerville holds its Board
meetings each month immediately following the General Meeting which is held the first Monday of each month at
the Centerville
Senior Center. All members are
invited and encouraged to attend the board meetings.
E-Mail Addresses
Please!!
If you are not getting all the reminders about newsletter
articles and various other important bits of information IT'S BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!!! Please send this
to myrabaldwin@netzero.net as soon as possible.
The Centerville Connection offers business-card-sized
ads to members of Promote Centerville for $35 for a three-month period; and $100 for one-year period. To place your ad, contact
Connie at cjgreads@verizon.net or Myra at myrabaldwin@netzero.com.
If you would like to be a Member of the Month, please contact Connie at cjgreads@verizon.net. It is great FREE advertising!
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