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FIFTH ANNIVERSARY FOR ART CENTER IN RISING SUN...

Come visit the Pendleton Art Center in Rising Sun, Indiana, for a Fifth Anniversary Birthday celebration on Friday night, May 5th, 5-8pm.

All 30 artists will be exhibiting their works, plus a few will be actually working in their studios for all to see and enjoy.

Also featured will be entertainment, refreshments, cake and balloons, plus some surprise guests for the evening. Bring family and friends to downtown historic Rising Sun on the Ohio River.

Every First Friday of the month, the Art Center opens its doors for visitors and anyone interested in seeing and/or purchasing artwork from some talented local artists; or, who just want to come hang out for refreshments and some great music on a Friday Night in Rising Sun on the Ohio River.

Refreshments will be provided by Lynn Englar (also a local artist) from the Around the Corner Coffee & Wine Shoppe on Poplar Street in Rising Sun.

Entertainment will be provided by local guitarist, Jamon Zeiler from the Zeiler Music Center in Rising Sun, with his 2nd CD release available now!

WHERE - Pendleton Art Center in the historic Pavey Building
201 Main Street
Rising Sun IN

WHEN - First Friday of May, 5/5, 5 - 8 pm and... 2nd Look Saturday, 5/6, 11 - 4 pm

COST - FREE to general public


Ohio County in Ink: Buildings of Ohio County.

An exhibit of pen and ink drawings of buildings both past and present will open at the Ohio County Historical Museum on May 5 at 7:00 p.m. Join Rising Sun resident and attorney, Lane Siekman at the opening. Lane has created over 20 drawings including images of the Presbyterian Seminary, the Ohio County Courthouse, Empire House, and Cass-Union School. Refreshments will be served.


MainSource to buy 5 First Financial banks

Hamilton-based First Financial Bank has agreed to sell five Southeastern Indiana bank offices in Vevay, East Enterprise, Madison and Liberty, Ind., to MainSource Bank, a subsidiary of MainSource Financial Group Inc. of Greensburg, Ind., First Financial said this week.

MainSource already has numerous branches in Madison, Vevay, Rising Sun, Versailles and St. Leon.

The deal includes the assumption by MainSource of about $30 million in loans and property and about $56 million in deposit accounts. First Financial said the sale, expected to close in September, would result in a pretax gain of about $4.5 million.

The company is also selling two branches in Michigan, details of which haven't been disclosed.