Published: November 28, 2008 01:13 pm      

Area briefs Nov. 28

Extended jobless benefits available

The Indiana Department of Labor and Workforce Development has issued their plans for the distribution of extended unemployment for Hoosiers whose unemployment benefits have expired.

Hoosiers will be eligible for 13 additional weeks of unemployment compensation beginning next week.

Claimants who have exhausted their 26 weeks of state unemployment and 20 weeks of federal extended unemployment benefits are now eligible for up to 13 weeks of federal unemployment payments.

Claimants will be able to file for the new federal benefits through the Uplink system starting Sunday at uplink.in.gov/CSS/CSSLogon.htm.

People who do not have computers may go to their local WorkOne office to file. The Logansport office is in Eastgate Plaza next to Ivy Tech.

Cass wrestlers planning fish fry

WALTON — The Lewis Cass wrestlers are sponsoring a fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Walton Lions Den.

The cost is $7.50 for adults, and tickets are available only from Lewis Cass wrestlers and coaches. Tickets will not be available at the door.

Juvenile facility students earn GEDs

Eleven students have earned a general education development certificate through the Vantage Pointe Learning Center at the Logansport Juvenile Correctional Facility.

The school offers regular high school credit classes as well as GED education and testing. Since July, the school has graduated 31 students, with three obtaining honors diplomas. There are 11 students who have taken the test and are awaiting results and an additional 20 students who have qualified to take the test.

The learning center during the same time period has issued 200 high school credits to students who were not involved in the GED program.

For additional information about the facility, contact Program Director Mark Harmon at (574) 753-7571, Ext. 3020.

Scout district seeks uniforms

Do you have an old Scout shirt just laying around taking up space? Chief Logan District is running a uniform drive to help outfit Scouts who cannot afford to purchase them.

The district is collecting any scouting apparel: shirts, pants, socks, neckerchiefs, slides, etc. Donations can be dropped off at Cross–Wind United Methodist Church, CVS on Third Street, the Logansport-Cass County Public Library or the Royal Center Record.

The uniform drive will continue through Dec. 22.

For more information, call Diann Sedam at (574) 722-7470.