Airport gets $62,510 grant

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Anderson Municipal Airport-Darlington Field with a $62,510 grant to aid in replacing a perimeter fence.

“I’m pleased that the FAA is helping to upgrade the fence at the Anderson airport,” said U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind. “A new fence will help make the airport safer for the community.”

For more information on this grant award, visit: http://grants.ost.dot.gov/public/ViewMessage.cfm?MsgID=3li0r7eg0s .

Crews doing work along Indiana 13

Crews from E & B Paving are preparing driveway and mailbox approaches while adding stone to shoulders and placing pavement markings along Indiana 13 between Fortville and Interstate 69.

The work will continue throughout the week during daytime hours. Flaggers will direct single-lane traffic around worksites.

This week’s construction activities along Indiana 13 is in advance of milling and paving from the Hancock-Madison County line to Interstate 69. E & B Paving submitted the $424,343 low bid to the Indiana Department of Transportation last fall. 

Liberty Christian School to exhibits quilts

On Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m., Liberty Christian School will have a quilt show with refreshments served to be held in the gym of the Hillcrest Campus located at 2025 Hillcrest Drive. Students of the Pins-n-Needles Club will have their quilts on display as well as some adult quilts for the public to enjoy.

There are 26 fifth- through seventh-grade students that participate in the quilting club. Prizes will be awarded with a sewing machine awarded to one of the students as the grand prize.

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