GARRETT â It didnât take long to fill two dozen openings for a Career Development Camp for youth this summer.
âThis is for exploration to get kids who are interested to consider the Career Development Program in high school,â said director Chad Sutton, likening it to a feeder program for youth football or softball.
Middle school students in grades six and seven constructed eight, six-foot picnic tables with the City of Garrett logo during half-day sessions on held Monday through Thursday mornings. The picnic tables will be placed in city parks later this summer.
The older group made use of all the materials left in stock to build an 8-by-4 foot hunting blind. Anyone interested in purchasing the completed blind can contact Sutton at the school.
AUBURN â The DeKalb Chamber Partnership has added three new board members â Pete Kempf, Chad Sutton and Matt Faber â to fill seats left vacant by terms ending and resignations earlier this year.
Kempf serves as a financial adviser for Credent Wealth Management. He previously worked as the head of the Business and Vocational Department, head football coach, Baron Television director and educator at DeKalb High School.
Kempf is a Wabash College graduate with degrees in history, education and psychology. He earned an Master of Business Administration degree from Western Governors University.
He serves the community as a member of the Rotary Club and with the Friends of the Eckhart Public Library. He and his wife, Jackie, have two daughters, Rowan and Lottie, and a son, Peter the 7th. They live in Auburn and have family roots that run more than 140 years deep in northeast Indiana. The Kempfs are passionate about serving DeKalb County and are excited for the future of ou
Religious Community Services of New Bern has been actively reaching out to cities around the New Bern area through their Operation Outpost initiative. The Havelock stop brought smiles from both volunteers and those in need.
Operation Outpost is a location rotating and traveling group of volunteers who bring food and clothing to those in need to Bridgeton and Havelock in Craven County, Pollocksville in Jones, and Alliance in Pamlico on designated days every month. The program is relatively new and is made possible by community donors and grants. Havelock s visit comes on the first Wednesday of every month.
The services are an extension from what is available out of the downtown New Bern center, according to David Kick, board of directors president, and the Havelock event was held at the Pregnancy Resource Center at 925 East Main Street in the East Professional Plaza.
In some cases, that meant canceling events such as the Heritage Days Festival and Garrett Alumni Reunion.
The annual alumni golf outing still took place, and school leaders throughout DeKalb County worked with county health officials to determine how to conduct in-person classes.
Safety accommodations were in effect that enabled a new queen to be crowned at the annual Miss Garrett pageant.
This article looks back at news events in July and August.
July
As COVID-19 wreaked havoc on nearly every aspect of society in 2020, the Garrett-Keyser-Butler school district invited parents to complete a survey regarding plans for re-entry plans for the upcoming school year.