Newsletter-Late-Week

Club collects food for shelter

TMS Builders Club collected food for the Tipton County Humane Society’s Pet Food Pantry and Rick Chandler, treasurer of the Humane Society, gave the group a tour of the building. This group collects food for the shelter’s pantry each year, but this was the first time to tour the shelter. Picture are TMS Builders Club members and their sponsors, Aiden Smith, Bryleigh Bales, Aubry Walker, Sophie Fakes, Addy Cole, Clare Meyncke, Corvyn Chambers, Mrs. Stone and kneeling in front, Mrs. Cole. Pictured looking at the good food is Mars, a Shelter resident. He is 7 months old and super sweet and currently up for adoption.

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Library art committee at work

Members of the Artwork committee and other interested individuals shared their information with the library board at its March monthly meeting. Committee spokesperson, Gae Henderson Matchette, reported the committee had visited three Indiana art museums to see how other facilities handled donated pieces of art. All museum curators offered tips for the Tipton library, and two curators from the Indiana State Museum even came to Tipton, examined the art and offered suggestions.

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Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans

FRANKLIN, Ind. - Since August 2015, Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans’ mission is to FIND, THANK and REPAY Hoosier Vets. A strategic collaboration with Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution has been a key component to over 250 community events taking place and ensured all Indiana public libraries and high schools have a donated copy of A Time To Honor, Stories of Service, Duty, and Sacrifice.

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Tipton Main Street receives Indiana Accredited Main Street Designation

The Tipton Main Street Association (TMSA) is proud to announce that it has received the Indiana Accredited Main Street (IAMS) designation from Indiana Main Street and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA). This designation reflects TMSA’s commitment to fostering a vibrant downtown and its accomplishments in economic development, historic preservation, and community engagement since its inception in 2017.

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SECTIONAL 4-PEAT!

Tipton pulls out 43-42 thriller over Frankton in 2A sectional, plays Manchester next Saturday in regional By MICHELLE GARMON  RGarmon@cherryroad.com  FRANKTON — Tipton’s varsity boys… Login to continue reading Login…

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Soil sampling program available for Hoosier farmers

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) and partners throughout the state have worked with the Gulf Hypoxia Program (GHP) to develop a no-cost program with a focus on increasing the knowledge and use of soil sampling as a nutrient management practice to benefit farm operations. The program, titled Indiana’s Mississippi River Basin Soil Sampling Program, is open now for applicants.

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