Twenty eight Woodlan students, community, and farm family members recently united at the Schlatter Farms to help clean-up a soybean field that was in the path of the recent tornado that went through South of Harlan, Indiana. Tornado alley wreaked havoc upon everything in its path leaving debris strewn all over. Harvest is fast approaching…
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Burns Receives Ron Phillips Memorial Scholarship
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The Ron Phillips Memorial Scholarship is from the Harlan Lions Club, with the blessing of the Phillips family. It was set up to recognize a Woodlan Service/Leo Club Senior who demonstrates an ongoing interest in serving others. Ron Phillips, an exemplary member of the Harlan Lion’s Club for over fifty years, graduated from Harlan, and…
Local Church Supports Community Clinic
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Area churches have worked together in many ways since 1997 to support and operate Christian Community Health Care, the free medical clinic located in downtown Grabill, Indiana. One example is the unexpected gift of $1000.00 contributed by North Scipio United Methodist Church. This country church, located on State Road 37 between Harlan, Indiana, and Hicksville,…
Harlan Christian School 2016 Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten Graduation
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The Harlan Christian School had their end of the year program and graduation Thursday, May 12. The students began the program by reciting the presidents of the United States, the states and dates they were added into the union, books of the Bible, the states and capitals, ABC Bible verses, Psalm 100, Psalm 23, and…
Mr. & Mrs. Menger Celebrate 50TH Wedding Anniversary
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Heinz (Peter) and Janice (Ruppert) Menger of Woodburn, IN, will celebrate their 50th anniversary on May 28, 2016. They have a daughter, Ingrid (Harvey) Smallwood and blessed with one grandchild, Noah Smallwood, all of New Haven, IN. Mr. and Mrs. Menger will celebrate their anniversary with a family dinner.
Woodlan Graduate Honored in Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
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Lori Hissong Knoblauch, a 1991 graduate of Woodlan High School, was honored on April 30, 2016 at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle with a banquet following in Indianapolis. Lori was named to the silver anniversary team. Lori helped lead her Woodlan team to four conference championships, three conference tourney titles and…
Harlan Lions Club Donates $500
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Harlan Lions Club recently donated $500 to Jeff Whitacre to help him acheive his goal. Jeff was born legally blind. He has no vision in his right eye and the vision in his left eye is approximately 20/400. Because of this he has never been able to do the things that most people take for…
HARLAN DAYS 2016
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2016 will mark the 69th annual Harlan Days Festival! The festival is planned and run completely by volunteers and its success depends on them. It is the largest fundraiser for the maintenance of the Harlan Community Park and Shelter House. As always, the festival will be the held on the first Saturday in August; it…
Robert L. Thompson
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Harlan, IN Robert L. Thompson, 98, of Harlan passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Parkview Regional Medical Center. Robert was born in Antwerp, Ohio on November 10, 1917, a son of the late Florence (Gustin) and Walter Thompson. He served proudly in the U.S. Army in WW II and was a Life Member of…
Real Life “Catch Me If you Can”
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It’s not Tom Hanks or Leonardo DiCaprio who star in this local story of similar situation to the movie, “Catch Me If you Can” based on a real life story of fraud, deceit and crime. And, luckily, it didn’t take years to catch these suspects! On Thursday, October 22 around 4:00 p.m. Antwerp Police Captain…
Annual Fundraiser Brings in More People, More Success than Ever Before
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What a night September 12th was! Woodburn Lutheran School held its annual Blue & White Night Dinner Auction and Square Dance at Roemke Farms in Harlan to raise funds for the school. The evening began with prayer and a wonderful dinner catered by Wedding Dreams by Linda in Antwerp. We were blessed to have Jerry…
2015 Harlan Days Raffle Winners!
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The Harlan Days Committee is happy to announce the 2015 Harlan Days Raffle winners. Again this year, over 2,500 raffle tickets were sold and we were able to give away the 2015 Chevy Spark! The following are this year’s winners: 1st – Chevy Spark – John Alexander (pictured) of Monroeville 2nd – 40” TV –…
Aug. 12 Soil Health Field Day Promotes Agricultural Evolution
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Soil Health Partnership hosts Harlan event to share environmental, economic benefits of best practices (ST. LOUIS) – Providing food, fuel and fiber for a growing population without harming resources for future generations is one of agriculture’s greatest challenges. But the nation’s farmers are a resourceful lot, with many embracing innovative technology and practices to achieve…
