YORKTOWN, Ind. — Westwind Farm and Fiber, 701 N. Delaware County Road 725-W, will have a Fiber Arts Festival 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, June 25, and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, June 26.

The event will include live fiber arts demonstrations, local artisans, fiber arts vendors, a petting zoo and a bounce house. People of all ages are invited to attend and learn more about the fiber arts.

YORKTOWN —Members of Delaware County’s amateur radio community will join forces June 25-26 at Morrow’s Meadow for a 24-hour test of communication abilities and emergency preparedness. 

Amateurs will set up and operate portable radio stations and make contacts with like stations across North America from 2 p.m. June 25 through 2 p.m. June 26.

The exercise is called Field Day since stations will be operating in situations that might be encountered in emergencies when everyday systems of communications such as telephones or public service radios are rendered inoperative. Often during natural disasters, amateur radio operators are the first to get news out to the world because their radios do not depend on infrastructure to communicate, according to a release.

Members of the public are invited to stop by during the exercise to learn more about amateur radios and to try using a transmitter.

MUNCIE — The Don Wood Foundation has joined the George and Frances Ball Foundation in supporting the Ivy Tech Muncie Campus’s WorkMatters initiative through a matching grant of $79,000 each. These grants, awarded to the Ivy Tech Foundation, will support the WorkMatters initiative through the pilot year of 2022-23.

“WorkMatters is a collaborative effort between Ivy Tech Muncie and workforce partners in Delaware and Henry counties to bolster the economy through manufacturing education, leadership and life-skills training for justice-involved persons," Jennifer Gasiorek, vice chancellor of workforce partnerships and strategic communication, said in a release. "The ultimate goal is to leverage resources to reduce recidivism by providing education, support and earnings attainment for this underserved population while fueling immediate workforce needs. This collaborative gift from these amazing foundations gives us the support we need to get the initiative off the ground,”

Information: ivytech.edu/Muncie or askmuncie@ivytech.edu.

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