The Carnegie Center for Art and History will host its Family Fun Workshop on August 11 from 10a.m. to 12 p.m. The workshops have been a great success and these drop-in classes are the perfect way for families to spend their Saturday mornings together. All ages have a chance to look around the galleries and are led by CCAH staff as they create art related to the exhibits or an upcoming holiday.
    In conjunction with the new exhibit "Yearning to Be Free: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness," Art Quilts by Penny Sisto, corn husk dolls will be made at the August 11 workshop.
    Penny’s exhibit features the faces and symbols of America’s immigrant families, and the workshop project will teach participants about a different way to make something all children enjoy: a toy. Wherever corn was grown as a crop, children in both Native American and colonial American families used corn husks to create dolls.
    Each participant will need to soak the corn husks in water first to make them more flexible. To create the doll, tie several corn husks together at one end and then turn the bundle upside down, pulling the husks down over the bundle and tying below it to form the head. Another husk is flattened and rolled into a tight cylinder that is then tucked beneath the head to form the arms. The husks are then tied beneath the arms to form a waist, which also holds the arms in place. Another husk is wrapped around the arms and upper body in a criss-cross pattern to create shoulders. Four or five more husks tied around the waist become a skirt, which can also be divided in half and tied to become legs in pants. Small strips of husks can be added to hide the sting ties.
    The workshop is free and open to the first 50 participants; advance registration is strongly recommended but not required. Young artists must be accompanied by an adult.
    Call the CCAH to register or for more information at 812-944-7336. The Family Fun Workshops are sponsored in part by Tri Kappa and the Carnegie Center for Art and History, Inc.

    The Indiana State Police is in the middle of its annual marijuana eradication program. During the next several months to marijuana eradication team will be searching by ground and air for indoor marijuana grow operations, cultivated marijuana plants and marijuana growing wild throughout Indiana.
    During the last several marijuana eradication seasons, troopers with the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg have eradicated thousands of cultivated marijuana plants. Troopers have also discovered numerous indoor marijuana grow operations, made hundreds of criminal arrests and seized millions of dollars worth of assets from offenders.
    To help in keeping these numbers growing Kentuckiana Crime Stoppers have again stepped up to assist local law enforcement and in particular the Indiana State Police. Kentuckiana Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for anyone who calls Kentuckiana Crime Stoppers and provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of anyone growing marijuana indoors and/or outdoors in the counties covered by the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg. The counties covered by the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg are: Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington.
    Marijuana use is a scourge to the society and the Indiana State Police is grateful to have Kentuckiana Crime Stoppers assist them in removing this scourge from the streets in Southern Indiana.
    Anyone with information concerning individuals who are cultivating marijuana should contact the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg at 1-800-872-6743 or Kentuckiana Crime Stoppers at 502-582-CLUE. All callers can remain anonymous.

     The Charlestown Police Department Reserves will be hosting their 11^th annual Car Show and Burn Out Contest on Sunday, August 12. The event will again be held at the Clark County 4-H Fairgrounds located on Highway 62 in Charlestown.
    The Car Show will begin at 9 a.m. with the trophy and awards presentation being held at 5 p.m. The Car Show will feature rods, customs and classics. The judging categories include: First place awards to: Best of Show, Participant’s Choice, Best Chevy, Best Ford, Best Mopar, Best Engine, Chief’s Choice and Custom Bicycles. Trophies will be awarded to the top 50 cars and trucks. Besides the trophies, dash plaques and other prizes will be awarded.
    This year the show will feature something new according to Tubby Purcell, Chairman of the Car Show and acting President of the Reserves. It will highlight custom bicycles. There is no entry fee to show the bikes. The custom bicycles show is open to anyone under the age of 17.
    "The past two years we have had a couple kids with custom bikes entering in the car show," Purcell stated. "Last year we didn’t have anything for them so we ended up giving them the Burn Out trophies for the motorcycles. We decided we wanted to make something for the kids."
    He continued, "Therefore, there is no entry fee for the kids entering their custom bikes and we’ll have plaques for their bikes for first, second and third place. There’s no entry fee and the kids really enjoy it."
    This is the first year Purcell has been the Chairman of the Car Show. Since the inception of the event in 1996 Richard Sawyer was the Chairman.
    "Richard Sawyer and Chuck Ledbetter, now Major Ledbetter, started this whole thing with the help of Arvel Hall and Jim Worley," Purcell stated. "Then Richard was the Chairman and Chuck was the President of the Reserves."
    According to Purcell, Sawyer retired this year after 12 years of service to the Charlestown Police Reserves.
    Also this year, the show will feature a raffle of a 1956 four-door Olds Super 88. Each participant in the car show will receive one ticket for the raffle with registration. Additional raffle tickets for the car may be purchased at the time of registration only.
    "The car is in real good shape. It has good interior, the body is in good shape, it has all the chrome around the windows and the mirrors are chrome. It is really in good shape," Purcell explained. "We purchased it from Mr. Whitsett for $800. The car will be on display at the Charlestown Police Department and the 4-H Fairgrounds the day of the show."
    The rules of the raffle are:
    Must be 18 years old.
    Car shown must be registered to you.
    Car must be present to win raffle car.
    Shown car’s registration, participants drivers license and entry form must match.
    All proceeds from the Car Show and Burn Out Contest will go to fund the Reserves program.
    "The Reserves are self-efficient. We have to buy all of our own equipment like batons, flashlights, bullet proof vests and uniforms. The money from this will go to that, the Reserves are self-funding," Purcell explained.
    The cost of the car show registration is a $20 donation which will include one entry for the raffle of the Olds Super 88.
    The cost of the burn out contest will also be a $20 donation on the date of the event only.
    Purcell concluded, "We will also have food and concessions available in a 2,000 square foot air-conditioned space. A lot of people do not realize that."

     Greater Clark County Schools will again be offering Driver Education classes.
   The requirements for State of Indiana are- Students must be at least 15 years old at least a week before the class starts so they can get a Driver Education Permit at the license branch. They must also complete 30 hours of classroom and six hours of driving.
   By signing up for this class it is agreed that the students will behave, attend and complete the mandatory homework assignments for this class. It is further understood that any missed classes will need to be made up in the next session for meeting state requirements.
   The cost of the class is $300. Payment should be made at the school you wish to take the class. For Charlestown High School classes students should pay Mrs. Hammond in the office while Jeffersonville High School classes may be paid at the bookstore.
   There must be at least 15 students to have the class. The maximum number will be determined by the number of driving teachers available at that time, usually 24-30.
   The class dates are as follows: September 4 at Charlestown High School on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. for five weeks. Sign up when registering for school or until August 31 if the class is not already filled; November 5 at Jeffersonville High School on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. for five weeks. Sign up after January 7 until January 25 if the class is not filled and April 1 at Jeffersonville High School on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5 to 7 p.m. for five weeks.
   A probable date for summer school is May 27 through June 13 at both Charlestown and Jeffersonville High Schools on Monday through Friday in the mornings. Sign up starts May 6.
   Driving times are arranged with the driving teacher. They can be made after school and on weekends.
   Driver Education permit forms may be picked up exactly three weeks before the starting date of the class from Mrs. Nevels at Jeffersonville High School or Mrs. Hammond at Charlestown High School.
   For more information call 283-0701, ext. 305.