The Owensboro Community & Technical College Foundation says it is “humming along” toward its goal of creating a $1 million endowment to support humanities enriching activities for students and the Greater Owensboro community.

OCTC President Jim Klauber and members of the OCTC Foundation announced this week that $200,000 had been raised locally to match a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) challenge grant. OCTC is one of only six community colleges in the nation to receive the grant.

Business leaders – past, present and future – will come together on Saturday, January 19 to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce. The Centennial Celebration, presented by Owensboro Health System, replaces the Chamber’s traditional annual dinner. All Chamber members, business leaders and community members are encouraged to attend.

The Celebration will feature a reception at 6 pm at the RiverPark Center. A short program, in Cannon Hall at 7 pm, will recognize all those who have served as a Chair of the Board of Directors, as well as a video capturing the history of the organization and community. Awards will be presented to the Chamber Member of the Century, Director of the Year, Joe Lowe Honorary Communicator of the Year, Ambassador of the Year, and the Chamber Young Professional of the Year. A Dance of the Decades will begin at 8:30 pm in the Jody Berry Theater with music by the Second Street Big Band.

The Foundation for Daviess County Public Schools has received a $25,000 grant thanks to local farmers who submitted the school as the benefactor in a contest sponsored by Monsanto.

The check is coming from the “America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education” program, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund.  

The presentation  is scheduled to take place between the girls’ and boys’ basketball games between Apollo High School and host Daviess County High School, at approximately 7:15 p.m. tonight in the DCHS gym. The Foundation for Daviess County Public Schools will host representatives from the Monsanto Fund, whose mission includes a commitment “to strengthening both farming communities and the communities where we live and work.”