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Are you looking for a job? The 2012 Hoosier Job Fair may be the place to find employment. According to a recent article in our local newspaper, Journal & Courier, there will be at least 80 employers attending and offering 3,000 or more jobs.

The job fair will be May 30 at the fairgrounds on Teal Road 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

You can find directions and a few more details here. If you are looking for work – good luck! We hope you find what you need.

This is an event sure to make for a cheery day in Tippecanoe County. Lemonade Day is May 19, 2012, 11 am – 3 pm. Local children from kindergarten – high school will be setting up stands to learn about running a business. This has been a fun time in the past. (My husband and I drank way too much lemonade one year because we stopped at every stand that we saw.) Registration is open through May 18th. You can read more about the event and sign up on the Lafayette Lemonade Day site.

This Saturday is the 20th year for Stamp Out Hunger, a national food drive. Just put your nonperishable food items in bags and/or boxes and sit them near your mailbox for pickup by your mail carrier. When we all give it will make a difference. Lets load those mail trucks down with food this weekend!

Our local Lafayette Indiana donations will go to Food Finders Food Bank.  I have copied the list of most needed items from their web site. This list may help to give us ideas when looking through our pantries.

The Round the Fountain Art Fair has something for everyone.  From our experience at past events there will be more types of artwork than anyone can possibly imagine – look for the usual AND the unexpected. We have always enjoyed ourselves and plan to be there again this year. You are encouraged to attend at the Tippecanoe County Courthouse Square, Lafayette Indiana on May 26, 2012 9:00 am – 4:30 pm.

For photographs and more details please see the Round The Fountain web site.

Just a quick reminder to everyone. The Duane Purvis burger from the XXX Restaurant in West Lafayette Indiana is in the final four of the Super 46 Indiana favorite sandwich contest. Voting in this round ends tomorrow morning, Friday the 27th at 9:59 am. I have already voted for my favorite and you need to vote too. A win by the Duane Purvis burger would be a great thing for our local community.

Just in case you are wondering, the Duane Purvis burger actually tastes very good. My wife and I had the burger and fries platter this evening for supper to show our support. The addition of peanut butter to the burger is not something I would have thought of myself but it is honestly a great idea. As you can see from the picture I took this evening of the burger, it is a decent sized meal. The photo doesn’t look like a publicity shot because it isn’t. I pulled out of the “To Go” bag and clicked a couple of shots so that I could give you a look at the real thing.

Don’t forget to vote and spread the word to everyone you know to get them to vote too. Vote at the following link: Super 46 Sandwiches.