Students welcome to enter essay contest
The League of Women Voters of Brown County are once again sponsoring an essay contest for local middle and high school students from public, private, or home-schooled classes. Essay entries must be received by midnight Thursday, March 30, 2023. To highlight the issue of voting in our democracy, and to foster an exercise in developing, defending, and explaining a viewpoint, League members have worked with teachers to select the following topic prompts.
For grades 6-8 the prompt is:
“George Washington was right—political parties are bad for representative government.” Agree or disagree?
For grades 9-12 the prompt is:
“Voting should be made mandatory, like jury duty, so that every eligible person participates.” Agree or disagree?
The essays will be judged anonymously by retired teachers, with cash prizes awarded in each grade category; $250 first place, $150 second place, and $75 third place. To get full information and an entry packet, go to www.lwvbrowncounty.org home page and scroll down to “LWVBC Announces Third Annual Essay Contest.”
To honor its recently deceased charter member, the contest is titled “The Janet Kramer Essay Contest.”
Scholarships open to local students
The Indiana Sheriffs’ Association is once again awarding college scholarships to qualified high school seniors or college students who are pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies.
There will be approximately 40, $750 scholarships awarded to qualifying students throughout the state.
The Indiana Sheriffs’ Association Scholarship Fund was established for the purpose of receiving, investing and dispensing funds to provide college scholarships to qualified students who are committed to pursuing an education and career in the law enforcement field.
To qualify for one of these scholarships, the applicant must be an Indiana resident, be a current member of the association or a dependent child or grandchild of a current member of the association, attend an Indiana college or university, major in a law enforcement field and enroll as a full-time student (12 hours).
Applications needed to apply for the scholarships are available from your high school counselor or the sheriff’s office, 55 State Road 46 East. The scholarship application can also be downloaded from the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association website at indianasheriffs.org.
The applications must be completed and received by the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association on or before April 1.
Classes, resources available at CRC
The Career Resource Center, 260 Schoolhouse Lane, is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays. The CRC is closed on the weekends.
A Job Fair will be Wednesday, March 8 at 2 to 5 p.m. Call Work ONE at 812-988-6968 to sign up for an employer booth.
Looking for a job? Work ONE is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday thru Thursday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Fridays.
Call 812-988-5880 for more information.
