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March 21, 2010

Scott Underwood: We’ll help you to get connected

Now that spring has sprung — Saturday was the first official day of the season — community activities will begin popping up all over the Madison County area:

Festivals, picnics, cookouts, concerts and all other manner of get-togethers.

The place to find these events in the daily newspaper is the What’s Where column, which is generally placed in the middle of the A section. Other destinations for news about community events include the Friday Entertainment Calendar and the Sunday Week Ahead calendar.

If you are involved in organizing an event and would like it included in the daily paper, e-mail newsroom@heraldbulletin.com or call us at 640-4800. It’s best to contact us at least a week in advance of your event to ensure we have time to process the information and get it in the paper in time for interested readers to adjust their schedule.

You can find these community event features posted daily on our Web site, www.theheraldbulletin.com. Our Web site is also a good place to post details on community events that you know about. Look for the calendar at the bottom of any page on the Web site. Click on “Add Event”. The first time you use it, you’ll have to provide an e-mail address and select a password. You’ll be able to log-in when you come back to post your next event.

Of course, you can also use the online Community Calendar feature to search for other local events. Events for the Madison County area and other areas in Indiana are listed. This calendar is based on user-provided material, so the more you use it, the more it will grow.

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In this column last week, I noted that “How to Get Your News into the Newspaper” pamphlets are available at our customer service counter during business hours, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays.

I’ll present the pamphlet to interested readers and organization representatives here at The Herald Bulletin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 12. Along with the printed document, I’ll provide tips — and caveats — about writing press releases and submitting articles for publication.

We’ll have limited space for this presentation, so if you’d like to attend RSVP by April 8 by sending an e-mail to me or giving me a phone call.

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So, is your NCAA Tournament bracket a wreck by now? Though I’m writing this just as the first-round games are getting started, I already see that my bracket is headed for disaster. I seem to have fallen into the trap of picking teams that I like and underestimating their opponents.

Oh, well. The games are full of drama and inspiration, even if your bracket has already flamed out.

Going into the tournament there was a lot for Madison County folks to root for. Three Indiana teams — Butler, Notre Dame and Purdue — were selected to the field. Plus, Highland grad Gary McGhee plays for the Pittsburgh men’s team.

You can find a recent article, plus past articles, about McGhee at www.theheraldbulletin.com by searching for his name.

Editor Scott Underwood’s column appears Mondays. Contact him at scott.underwood@heraldbulletin.com or 640-4845.

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