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Monroe City School Becomes Blue Jeans Community Center
The old Monroe City School
stands at 1242 Main Street, Monroe City, Indiana. The main part of the
structure, showing the pillared front entrance, was built in 1910. The
addition, plus gymnasium was added in 1936. Another building had been used
as Monroe City School before this one, so there are records of Monroe City
graduates from 1905 through 1967.
When the building closed as
Monroe City School, it was used for the South Knox Elementary School.
In 1999, the doors once again
closed as a school. The beloved old building became home to the
BlueJeans Community Center.
The name BlueJeans is from
the Honorable Govenor James D. “BlueJeans” Williams. The Govenor was from
this community and being a country boy at heart, acquired this nickname from
wearing home made bluejeans to the Govenor’s office. The Monroe City
Bluejeans basketball team carried his nickname, and the community center
continues to honor him as well. |
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 Newsletter
Posted by bjcc on Monday, February 22 @ 14:43:51 CST (33 reads)
When I get the printer working the newsletter is ready to print. sorry for the delay
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obituaries
Posted by bjcc on Monday, October 05 @ 13:57:57 CDT (223 reads)
Just a reminder click on content for obits and other info.
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festival news
Posted by bjcc on Tuesday, September 22 @ 19:21:30 CDT (284 reads)
FALL FESTIVAL 5K RUN/WALK AT BLUE JEAN CENTER
On Saturday, September 19, at 9:00am the first 5K Run/Walk was held in Monroe City. In a field of 56 participants, Dylan Groves of Monroe City was the overall winner at 21:04. The first place woman was Jeanette Rainer of Lexington, KY, with a time of 22:55. Male and Female winners for the under 20 age group were Chad Thompson,31:48, and Corrine Deffendall,26 ;13. Ryan Holman,25:48, and Megan Deckard, 27:44, were first in the 20-29 group. Michael Edwards,22:22, and Ellen Keyes,25:53, won the 30-39 age group. Heath Gardner,22:39, and Jody Schulze, 30:13, won the 40-49 age category. Paul Truelove of Logootee won the over 50 age group with a time of 22:12. Trophies were given to the first place man and woman, with the winners of each category receiving a jar of Dr. Frank Emert’s Salsa. Each participant received a T-shirt. Bob Turner of Vincennnes started the race and calculated the results.
DOG SHOW AT FALL FESTIVAL The second annual dog show took place in the gym at the Blue Jean Center on Sat. Sept. 19, in Monroe City. Eighteen dogs competed for prizes in several categories. The dog show was sponsored by the Monroe City Feed Mill. The best dressed dog was “Gypsy”. a poodle-mix, shown by Andrea McCann of Carlyle, In. Another “Gypsy”, a Jack Russell terrier, shown by Grayson Keller won for Best Tricks, and Tiffany Twitty of Vincennes and her dog “Chance” won Best of Show and a $50.00 cash prize. All three dogs received trophies and cash prizes. All dogs received doggy bags filled with treats. FALL FESTIVAL QUEENS Three queens were crowned at the first queen contest in Monroe City on Sat. Sept 19. Twenty-seven girls participated in the contest coordinated by Julia Ketchem and Dawn Sparks. The master-of-ceremonies was Chip Sparks. Evan Twitty, 8 yrs, and son of Rick and Jamie Twitty of Vincennes entertained the crowd with country western music prior to the contest. Charli Schultz, 5, won the Little Miss title. Charli is the daughter of Jeff and Lori Schultz of Vincennes. Her sister, Caitlyn, age 11, won Jr. Miss. The over-all queen titled Miss Blue Jean was Madisyn Zeigler, age 5, of Monroe City. Madisyn is the daughter of Andy and Brooke Zeigler.
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award winners 2009
Posted by bjcc on Tuesday, September 22 @ 00:35:57 CDT (198 reads)
Senior King and Queen are Hal D and Freddie Fay Burke
Volunteer of the year Norma Like
Mental Attitude Edman Stewart
Larry Horrall Life Achievment Joan Nash
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a great Fall Festival
Posted by bjcc on Sunday, September 20 @ 20:05:39 CDT (234 reads)
I want to thank everyone who made the Fall Festival a sucess
Will post more on the Festival later.
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Gene Powell
Posted by bjcc on Monday, May 18 @ 11:34:13 CDT (511 reads)
The family of Gene Powell ( a Monroe City Alumni) has asked that contributions in memory of Gene be sent to
Blue Jeans Community Center
PO Box 128
Monroe City, Indiana 47557
812 743-2393
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Spring in Monroe City
Posted by bjcc on Monday, April 06 @ 10:42:16 CDT (563 reads)
Spring
The Redbuds are blooming, Lilacs in bloom, well most Spring trees and flowers are in bloom. Little League has started some practice, people are finding Mushrooms; But the weatherman used that 4 letter word that starts with s and ends with w and has no in the middle. I guess there isn't much that can be done about it. Just wait and see what happens.The Purple plants growing in all the fields is HenBit. It's one of the few plants with square stems.
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Monroe City Fire
Posted by bjcc on Wednesday, April 01 @ 09:24:08 CDT (621 reads)
Cause of Monroe City fire may not be determined Sunday blaze destroyed two downtown buildings MONROE CITY - A large smoldering pile of rubble is all that's left of two downtown buildings following a Sunday-morning fire that some 50 firefighters from 10 area departments battled for hours. A boil order remains in effect for local residents, as the town's water tower was drained by the firemen's efforts to battle the blaze. Chad Hansen, chief of the Harrison Township Fire Department, said it may be impossible to determine what caused the blaze, which broke out around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, due to the extensive damage. Hansen said a member of the department on his way home from work early Sunday spotted smoke coming from the two-story building ( the old Corner Discount) owned by Jerry Kohlhouse at 101 W. Ninth St. Within a couple of minutes the nearly-100 year old brick building was fully engulfed in flames. Hansen said strong winds spread the fire to a neighboring building that housed Phil's Place (Tic's) restaurant at 906 Main St., ultimately destroying it as well. He said if not for an early-morning rain, the fire could have spread throughout downtown. The Kohlhouse building had originally been a commercial property. Throughout the years it had housed a bank, a pharmacy, and grocery store but had most recently been a single family residence. The owners of the building were on vacation when the fire broke out. Phil's Place (Tic's) was also unoccupied at the time of the fire. Both buildings have been called a total loss by firefighters.
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Busy Time
Posted by bjcc on Tuesday, March 03 @ 13:46:37 CST (851 reads)
February, March, and April are busy months here at the Community Center. We have 3 weekends of Basketball scheduled. IBA Shootouts are what they are called. 2 weekends of boys Feb.28, Mar 1 then Mar 7&8 and the girls play Mar. 27,28, and maybe 29. Our Flea Market is on April 11. The Gym is rented twice in March for Wrestling Matches. We do the snack stand for these and the proceeds go in the General Fund. Then there are the regular Sunday Dinners each month. April starts the Alumni Dinner season with the Monroe City High School Dinner April 4 at the South Knox High School. Tickets are available at the MC bank, beauty shops, Cantwell's Marathon and one Vincennes bank. Tickets will be sold all during March; or contact Marlis Day (812-743-2787). Fritchton will have their Alumni dinner April 18 at Green auditorium. Contact Judy Robinson or Joan Nash (812-726-4934) for more information. Decker’s is also on April 18. Contact Ed Kirk (812-726-4917). Decker Chapel is in April; but I could not find an exact date. You can contact Pat Doades (812-769-3341) for that info. Last but not least is Wheatland on May 9; contact either Sue Miley (812-321-2261) or Bill Powell (812-321-5101)
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Local Weather
Posted by bjcc on Monday, February 02 @ 10:17:51 CST (702 reads)
Things are slowly getting back to normal. Last week we had about 5 inches of snow topped with about an inch of ice topped with about another 5 inches of snow.Most of the major roads are clear now. Some backroads and side streets are still very hazardous. The Schools were closed 4 days last week. They went today on a two hour delay. Our area is one of the lucky ones. Vanderburg and Warrick Counties(Evansville and Booneville areas)still have no power since Tuesday. Kentucky was also hard hit.
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| Thursday, January 15 | | · | E-Mail |
| Tuesday, January 13 | | · | Alumni, Friends, and Neighbors |
| Friday, January 02 | | · | Holidays |
| Monday, December 01 | | · | obituaries |
| Tuesday, October 21 | | · | Dog Show |
| · | Fall |
| Friday, October 17 | | · | Fall Festival |
| Thursday, October 02 | | · | New Computer Classes |
| Saturday, September 20 | | · | festival update |
| Monday, September 08 | | · | Marching Band Competition |
| Friday, August 15 | | · | Marching Band |
| Friday, August 08 | | · | Obituaries |
| Monday, July 21 | | · | activities at the Center |
| · | Weather |
| Friday, May 30 | | · | May |
| Saturday, April 26 | | · | aftershock???? |
| Wednesday, April 23 | | · | this and that |
| Thursday, April 10 | | · | Board Members |
| Thursday, March 27 | | · | obituaries |
| Wednesday, March 05 | | · | Sectional Basketball |
| Tuesday, February 19 | | · | this and that |
| Tuesday, January 08 | | · | Just talkin' to you......gini |
| Wednesday, December 05 | | · | contents |
| Thursday, June 21 | | · | content |
| Monday, June 11 | | · | web page |
| Friday, June 01 | | · | Contact us |
| · | web page update |
| · | Center Hours |
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