Great Parks host Kids Bike Rodeo

Join the Great Parks Rangers for a day of bike riding and safety. A free Bike Rodeo will take place from 1 to 3 p.m.

Classroom auctions

The Southwest Local School District is auctioning off, May 14-24 online, contents of classrooms from the five school buildings the district is decommissioning this year. The district plans to offer lots containing the entire contents of the classrooms.

Daniel Cole of Cole’s Mobile Car Wash, cleans a car during the Splish Splash fundraiser at Aurora City Park. The fundraiser was for the Fill the Pool fund in the city. MATT POPOVICH/THE JOURNAL-PRESs

A watery way to help

A festival-like fundraiser organized by Realtor Blake Haag and Daniel Cole, of Cole’s Mobile Car Wash, this past weekend will help “fill the pool” in Aurora. The fundraiser, Splish Splash, May 15 and 16 at Aurora City park, raised money to buy amenities for the city’s new pool to provide a more enjoyable experience for patrons.

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Final farewell

The parade sirens of numerous Moores Hill emergency vehicles sang a final song in remembrance of the town’s soon closing elementary school May 16. Set to shutter its doors at the end of the school year, past students of all ages attended a community event celebrating the school.

Railroad work closing streets

CSX Railroad has a tie team that will be replacing ties in the railroad crossings starting in Butlerville and are working toward Lawrenceburg. The team will have to close down several crossings for two to three days while they replace the ties in the railroad crossings.

INDOT has hiring fair

The Indiana Department of Transportation will host hiring fairs at 10 locations across the state on Thursday, May 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Greendale changes recycling day

The Board of Works for Greendale approved one day recycling pickup unanimously at its meeting on May 12. City Manager Steve Lampert said the pickup will be on Thursday as opposed to picking up the north end on Thursday and the south end, Valley Woods, Oberting and Ind.

Everybody in the pool

The Greendale Pool is opening on Saturday, May 29. Located in Greendale Park at corner of Nowlin Avenue and Park Street, city officials decided not to open the pool last year during the pandemic.