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🌱 How Hollywood recreated Huntingburg for Hard Rain's enormous flood set
Huntingburg, Indiana Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Huntingburg! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Hollywood recreated Huntingburg for Hard Rain's enormous flood set
- Remembering Julie Stenftenagel, teacher and preschool founder
- Remembering Brenda K. Brown, Huntingburg native and longtime Jasper worker
Also on today's calendar: Your Brain Is Listening: How Thoughts Shape Health.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A t-storm in the afternoon, with a high of 69 and low of 45 degrees.
- Thursday: A shower; breezy, cooler, temps: high: 53, low: 32.
- Friday: Cloudy and chilly, with a high of 45 and low of 27 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Hard Rain: How a $70 Million Action Movie Became One of Hollywood's Biggest Disasters (joblo.com) — Huntingburg's Fourth Street got a flooded Hollywood double for Hard Rain, the 1998 thriller that filmed locally but shot most scenes in a California water tank. A retrospective explores how crews recreated downtown inside an aircraft hangar, while reshoots and release troubles helped turn the $70 million production into a box-office disappointment. 
• Julie Stenftenagel, 83, St. Anthony (duboiscountyfreepress.com) — Julie Stenftenagel, a Huntingburg native who taught at Ireland and Celestine schools before opening her own preschool, died November 6 at 83. The St. Anthony resident also volunteered with the community's fire department. Visitation begins at 9 a.m. Thursday, November 12, at St. Anthony Catholic Church, followed by Mass at 11 a.m.
• Brenda K. Brown, 73, Jasper (duboiscountyfreepress.com) — Brenda K. Brown, a Huntingburg native and longtime Jasper worker with family in both communities, died November 3 at 73. She spent 25 years at Jasper Laundry and later managed AT&T. Visitation begins at 10 a.m. Monday, November 16, at Becher-Kluesner North Side Funeral Home, followed by a 1 p.m. service.
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LHPL Friends Holiday Party →
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Happy Time Yoga →
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Baby Storytime Ages under the age of 2 →
Jasper Public Library, 100 ..., Jasper
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Genealogy Lunch/Learn/Listen →
Jasper Public Library, 100 ..., Jasper
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Jasper Public Library, 100 ..., Jasper
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JDCPL Board Meeting →
Jasper Public Library, 100 ..., Jasper
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Curiosity Cafe →
Jasper Public Library, 100 ..., Jasper
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TRI-CAP Homebuyer's Series - Jasper - Session 2 →
Jasper TRI-CAP office, 607 Third Avenue, Jasper
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Basketball (Girls Junior High) at Forest Park Jr-Sr High School →
Forest Park Jr-Sr High School, 1440 Michigan St, Ferdinand
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Basketball (Girls JV) - Springs Valley - 2Q →
1440 Michigan St, Ferdinand
6:00 pm
Thursday November 12
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🗞 Nearby News
Jasper
- Deaconess to celebrate Deaconess Behavioral Health Pathways (duboiscountyfreepress.com)
- Jasper Rubber returns to work as new owner plans $4 million investment (wbiw.com)
- Ferdinand Christmas Pyramid honored with 2026 German Heritage Site Award (duboiscountyfreepress.com)
Oakland City
- Gibson County Community Foundation awards $160K in local grants (pdclarion.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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