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The Salem Fire Department is in need of volunteer firefighters.

Applicants must be 18-40 years of age, live in Salem or Washington County, possess a valid Indiana Drivers License and be willing to complete state mandatory training within one year.

Those interested should contact Salem Fire Department at 109 North High Street, Salem or call 812-883-4970.

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Press Release from the Town of Orleans

A brief dedication ceremony was held April 24th for the new historic Downtown Orleans Mural created by Chloe Houston, senior art student at Orleans High School.  Chloe created the idea in art class last year and her design was chosen for the mural.  Her idea was also the 2024 Dogwood Logo and was featured on the Dogwood Tabloid.  The mural is located in the Gateway Park across from the Orleans Bandstand (east side of square). 

The mural was designed in art class under the instruction of Dr. Leah Morgan, edited and printed by Nikki Deckard of HD Graphix, and placed in its downtown location by town employees.  It was funded in part by a Simmons/Tegarden grant from the Orange County Community Foundation.  The mural project was also made possible in part by the Brown County Community Foundation and the Indiana Arts Commission, which receives support from the State of Indiana and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Several were in attendance for the ceremony to help honor artist Chloe Houston on her creation including Orleans town and chamber officials.  Also present to take part in the dedication activities was Sen. Eric Koch.

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Hardingsburg Christian Church is hosting "Here's to Our Heath", a program dedicated to learning how to prepare healthy meals, be more physically active and take charge of your health. Each household will recieve a free meal kit to take home each week to create a simple, healthy meal that will feed a family of four. This event is taking place on Tuesdays from 6-8 PM until July 16. If you are interested, please call (812)-883-4601 by May 21 to register.

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By Abigail Shields, Website Editor

Salem, Eastern, and West Washington high schools have announced dates and times for each of their graduation ceremonies, respectively. 

Salem’s is May 25 at 2 p.m. at Brooks Memorial Gymnasium. Salem will graduate 120 seniors in this year’s class. The class president is Brooklyn Davisson. Salem has been very fortunate with scholarships given to the graduating class through the Salem Education Foundation, the Washington County Community Foundation as well as scholarships given to the students through their respective colleges and institutions. Two students from Salem will be going into the military.  They are Draven Miller and Corey Ziegler. The featured speakers for the ceremony will be Brooklyn Davisson and Carolyn Casey.

Eastern will hold their graduation ceremony on May 24 at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium. The senior class will have 83 graduating this year, which is a smaller class size than in years past. Kaden Temple is the senior class president. Anakin McCormick was awarded the Lily scholar and is also this year’s salutatorian. Eastern did not have anyone going into the military at this time. The featured speakers are Anakin McCormick and Glen Gosnell who is the valedictorian for the class.

West Washington’s graduation ceremony is May 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Kermit Tower Gymnasium, also known as the sunken gym. There are 59 members of the senior class who will be graduating this year. The class presidents are Titan Williams and Riley Hall. West Washington has several notable scholarships this year. Katlyn Wingler received $10,000 from JoJo’s Jumpstart Foundation, Eva O'Toole and Audra Loughmiller each received $5,000 from the Kayde Sue Foundation, Riley Hall received the Winchester Scholarship from Kentucky Wesleyan College which is $80,000, and Elliot Nance received the Adam W Herbert Presidential Scholarship from Indiana University Southeast which is $48,000. The speakers for the ceremony are Titan Williams, Riley Hall, Kenton Chase, Jaxson Cambron, Cash Long and Elliot Nance.