Porter County sports briefs: Valpo football scrimmage Friday
Westville orientation meeting Wednesday; Middle schools slate first practices; Baseball, softball tryouts scheduled

LOCAL BRIEFS: Calvin Christian hires Hollingsworth as boys basketball coach
Brad Hollingsworth, a veteran of the high school and juniorcollege ranks, has been named head boys basketball coach at CalvinChristian High.

Sports briefs
Linton Youth Football will conduct sign-ups for players in second through sixth grades for football and in first grade for flag football on Tuesday, Aug. 17 and Thursday, Aug. 19 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and again Saturday, Aug. 21 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Dave Russell’s house.

Local Business Briefs
NCOIL adds Holdman to leaders State Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, has been elected to the National Conference of Insurance Legislator’s executive committee.

Sports briefs: Stampede to play rivals more often
For the first time in franchise history, the Stampede will open the U.S. Hockey League season on the road, at Sioux City on Oct. 2. The Herd’s home opener is Oct. 15 against the Under-18 U.S. Development Team. The 2010-11 USHL schedule was announced Thursday. The Stampede will play Fargo, Lincoln, Omaha, Sioux City and Tri-City eight times during the season and all other teams twice. This is …

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Business news briefs for 07/20/10
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Sports briefs: Two drivers placed on probation by NASCAR
Although his new salary wasn’t immediately known, the Spurs will be paying less for the 30-year-old Jefferson, who was San Antonio’s fifth-leading scorer last season while earning a salary second only to Tim Duncan.

Police and local briefs
A Fort Wayne man was killed in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday morning in DeKalb County.

Education briefs
CHESTERTON Logan Koch makes dean’s list: Logan Koch was named to the dean’s list at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Summer program: Duneland Montessori Academy, 109 W. Porter Ave., offers weekly activity classes for ages 4 to 8 during summer. Classes meet from 10 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday. The cost is $60 per week. “Tour de France,” combining learning about cycling with the …

Local Briefs
Two valedictorians recognized after GPA error Because of a calculation error made by Christian County High School, two seniors were not recognized as valedictorians during this year’s graduation ceremony, district officials announced.