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HOPE TOWN CRIER
An Exhibit of Hope
Local photographers Joanna Tucker and Colin Hunter will have a featured exhibit at the Yellow Trail Museum this Heritage Days weekend. Both photographers won several awards at the county fair. The museum is located at 644 Main Street on the corner of Main and Jackson and is open from 11:00 …
Jackson Street Closed
Jackson street heading east on the square is currently closed. Another small fist sized sinkhole has opened up in the pavement from the stone hand hewn drain pipes below, with excavation revealing a sinkhole about three feet in diameter below the pavement. Town utilities crews are working in the rain …
Fast 5 R/C Raceway Drag Race Today on Square
Fast 5 RC Raceway is holding a drag race today on the square. Drivers meet at 12:00 and the racing starts at one. Their next event will be held October third.
Heritage Days Baking Contest
Please join us in celebrating the 53rd Heritage Days Festival by competing in our baking contest!! Bake us up your favorite recipe & enter our friendly competition with prizes to win & bragging rights!! Schedule of Activities: 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Drop off baked items at Willow Leaves of …
Hope Ride 2021 Canceled But Hope For Better In 2022
With much thought, Paul Ashbrook, Hope Ride Director, has canceled Hope Ride 2021 due to the coronavirus variant(s). Initially, there were thoughts of making it virtual with no close contact during registration and stops; however, there was a problem in finding event liability coverage. Undoubtedly, our community will greatly miss …
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HSJ Online Partnering With Duck Creek Gardens To Sell Mums
We would like to thank the community for the great support of the HSJ Online Hope Run/Walk. Now, we are partnering with Duck Creek Gardens once again to sell mums. Please consider buying 1 for $8, 2 for $15, or 3 for $20. Cards are for 9" mums. Four cards …
POW/MIA Day
A POW/MIA remembrance day will take place Friday, September 17, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. behind the Bartholomew County Courthouse. The courthouse is located at 234 Washington Street, Columbus IN 47201. For more information contact Bob Miller at 856-981-7828. The Yellow Trail Museum has a POW/MIA table on display for local …
Student's Fund of Hope Movie Night
Student's Fund of Hope will be sponsoring their annual movie night on Friday, September 10th on the Hope town square. The movie shown will be Coco. Admission is free. Bring a chair or a blanket. The movie starts at dusk with a variety of activities leading up to the movie, …
Cruise-in Friday September, 3rd
Ragtop Deluxe is excited to be providing the soundtrack for this great event! Come on out to the square in Hope and enjoy some classic cars, great food, fun and friendship and some of the best Classic and Southern Rock around! Music from 6PM to 8PM - BE THERE ON …
Bringing the World to Hope
Many people stop and ask me, “Why do you host exchange students?” My response is usually, “If I cannot travel the world, why not bring the world to me?” It all started because Shanon Pittman, local coordinator and longtime friend, called and said, “Hey Trina, I need a huge favor; I …
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Hawcreek-Flatrock Area Endowment Celebration Speaker Video Link
Adam Miller of the Hawcreek-Flatrock Area Endowment has issued a thank you to all who made Saturday, August 21st such a success. We served more than 250 individuals with a very steady stream of attendees throughout the 11-2 timeframe. It turned out to be great weather, which allowed people to …
State Road Nine Closure
State Road Nine will be closed to all traffic beginning on Thursdayday, August 28th. INDOT reports the road will be closed between E 300 N and Hauser Drive. The road will be closed to all traffic until September 30, 2021 at about 11:59 p.m. EDT. A drainage culvert is being …
Town Council Meeting August 17, 2021
Council President Jerry Bragg was quarantining due to COVID exposure. He called in over speakerphone for the meeting. All council members wore masks. Everyone in attendance was also masked. John Walstad led the meeting in Jerry’s absence. He called the meeting to order with a reminder to silence all mobile …
Celebration of Life for Tammy Clouse
A Celebration of Life is scheduled for Tammy Clouse on Sunday, August 15th from 2:00 until 5:00 p.m. at the Hope Moravian Church. Mrs. Clouse passed earlier this year. She is the wife of long time Hope Utilities Manager David Clouse. She passed from this life at 9:14 p.m. Monday, Jan. …
HSJ Online Inaugural Run/Walk
The first HSJ Online Run/Walk 5k-ish happened Saturday, August 7th. Around fifty runners or walkers participated in the course set up around the Hauser Campus. Shirts were available for purchase. Bracelets emblazoned with Hope Forever and Always were also available. Participants who wore their bracelets Saturday were able to receive …
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