These dogs were waiting patiently for their owners to finish inside Skyline Chili in Lawrenceburg. No doubt they all wanted a three way, hold the onions. Photo by Jenny Awad

Waiting patiently

These dogs were waiting patiently for their owners to finish inside Skyline Chili in Lawrenceburg. No doubt they all wanted a three way, hold the onions.

A Dearborn County resident is administered a COVID-19 vaccination on the first day of vaccinations to the public Jan. 11 at the Lawrenceburg Event Center. SUBMITTED PHOTO BY DEARBORN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

County vaccinations are ‘going well’

The Dearborn County Health Department is vaccinating 600 more people this week to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. The administering of the vaccine is scheduled for those 70 years old, and older, and for health care workers and for front-line EMS personnel.

A fourth-grade student from Bright Elementary School uses a STEAM activity set. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Discovery grants will help in STEAM

Kids Discovery Factory has received a $5,000 grant through the Youth Program Resilience Fund of Lilly Endowment Inc. Kids Discovery Factory will use the grant to create classroom activity kits and purchase reusable desktop activity sets to enhance hands-on STEAM learning for students.

Pence supports FCC rural broadband funding

U.S. Congressman Greg Pence (R-6th District) has announced that Indiana will be the recipient of $169 million to improve access to high-speed Internet service through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction. The announcement today came via the Federal Communication Commission.

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Christmas singing

The second-grade class at Manchester Elementary prepared for a virtual Christmas concert before the holiday. The class chose to sing, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.” The students had to learn the words and pitch. They did a great job and learned that hard work and dedication, when coupled with practice, pays off. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Greendale meetings

The Greendale Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan.

A replica of a flatboat that might have been one of the first vessels to reach this area will be on display at the Ohio County Historical Society and Museum. SUBMITTED

Flatboat replica being built in Rising Sun

Construction of a 36-foot x 12-foot life-size flatboat replica in honor of Rising Sun’s founders is underway at the Ohio County Historical Society and Museum. The replica will be 8 feet tall with a one-room cabin and was inspired by an 1840s flatboat similar to the one that people in this area would have used to settle the Western Frontier.

Mayor Kelly Mollaun

A virtual State of City address

Lawrenceburg Mayor Kelly Mollaun will give his 2021 State of the City Address virtually at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb.