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May 7, 2021
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RUSHVILLE - The Rushville Public Library will hold its annual fund-raiser on Friday, August 20, 2021 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Library s Discovery Park with Happy Hour from 5:30 to 6 p.m.
Tickets are $20 per person or $35 per couple and will go on sale in mid-July. Price includes a ribeye or chicken breast sandwich grilled by Sam Gettinger, sides, soft drinks, and snacks. There will be a cash bar.
Scott Scrader will provide entertainment and Brian Sheehan will MC. A highlight of the evening will be live and silent auctions.
This year s proceeds will be used to purchase new book shelving. The event will raise money for a dual art contest to honor and remember John Gridley who passed away in 2019.
The Shawnee News-Star
This week Mayor Ed Bolt named his appointees to the city s new Arts and Culture Commission established in March.
“As emphasized in the Comp Plan, the necessity for public art in our community dovetails with the enhancement of our community image, civic health, equity and economic development,” City Planner Rebecca Blaine said when the commission was being created.
The current focus on promoting public arts stems from goals included in the city s 2040 Comprehensive Plan that was finalized and approved in October.
Of the 14 applicants, specific attributes were sought to comprise the brand new seven-member board:
• one member will represent a local art and/or cultural organization;