2017

Coldwell Banker Lunsford's ribbon cutting at their location at 400 N. High St., Muncie, IN 47305 File Photo.

Business April 17, 2017

Coldwell Banker Lunsford Announces 2016 Sales Award Recipients

Muncie, IN – Mike Lunsford, President and Susan Miller, VP of Sales, from Coldwell Banker Lunsford awarded the following agents with national designations: Steve Slavin, Ryan Kramer & Kathy Smith all earned membership in the company’s International President’s Premier. This award represents the top one percent of all sales associates / representatives worldwide in the Coldwell Banker® system qualified for this distinguished award. Donna Polcz has been named to the company’s 2016 International President’s Elite. Only the top two percent…

Business April 14, 2017

Delaware County, Indiana Celebrates National Travel and Tourism Week

By: Shonda Kane— National Travel and Tourism Week takes place May 7-13, 2017. The Muncie Visitors Bureau planning is well underway for this year’s Delaware County events. April 10 – May 1 Faces of Tourism Awards – What faces come to your mind when you think of tourism in Delaware County? Nominate that person for the Faces of Tourism Awards. Go to visitmuncie.org or the Muncie Visitors Bureau office at 3700 S. Madison St., Muncie to place your nominations. Nominations accepted…

Business April 14, 2017

MITS Offers Free Rides for Veterans

By: Payton Corn— Muncie, IN—Muncie Indiana Transit System (MITS) is proud to announce that effective immediately all veterans with a valid Department of Veteran Affairs identification card will ride MITS buses for free. Previously only disabled veterans were offered free rides with MITS. This change is intended to reflect the MITS commitment of providing the community of Muncie with exceptional public transportation service. The MITS organization and Board of Directors recognize and appreciate the service of all veteran men and women….

Carlson April 14, 2017

John Carlson: Recalling the Amish Cook

By: John Carlson— One cool thing about working in the newspaper business is it affords you experiences you might not otherwise enjoy, like meeting Elizabeth Coblentz. Name ring a bell? If so, it’s because she was the original Amish Cook who first authored the newspaper column that has run for years in Muncie’s Star Press and other newspapers scattered around the country. While her column was well traveled, Elizabeth herself mostly lived and worked just up the road near Geneva,…

Students at South View Elementary School engage with James Whitcomb Riley re-enactor, Chadwick Gillenwater. File Photo.

Business, Education, Opinion April 13, 2017

Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce Offers Support to MCS, Urging Legislators to Act

Earlier today, the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce sent a communication addressed to Senator Luke Kenley and Representative Tim Brown regarding the possible insertion of Muncie Community Schools in State Bill (S.B.) 567. The chamber, which represents more than 1,000 member-organizations and the thousands of people that make them up, is united in asking that MCS be removed from S.B. 567 and offered this letter of support to the Muncie Community Schools (MCS). The insertion of MCS in S.B. 567,…

Photo: Jessica Van Ness, John Pugsley, drive coach, Mike Koch, Garrett Clausen and Moriah Schlenker. Photo provided.

Education April 13, 2017

Delaware County Robotics Team Earns Spot at World Championship

By: PhyXTGears Media Team— Muncie Delaware Robotics, known as the PhyXTGears team 1720, is one of only 14 teams from Indiana to earn a spot at the FIRST World Championship Competition in St. Louis, Missouri. They earned their spot as the top-ranked team in Indiana after finishing as a finalist in the Indiana State Championship Competition this past weekend and winning the Rockwell Automation – Innovation in Control Award for the programming on their robot for the second time this…

Entertainment April 12, 2017

Celebrate Easter at Minnetrista With a Glass Easter Egg Hunt

By: Sam Condon— Muncie, IN—Grab your Easter baskets! Things are getting egg-citing at Minnetrista! Friends and families are invited to a Glass Easter Egg Hunt in Oakhurst Gardens, this Saturday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Minnetrista is happy to host this Ball State Glass Alliance Easter Egg Hunt,” said George Buss, Director of Experience & Education. “For just $15, visitors of all ages will receive a glass egg, candy-filled eggs, and get to take photos with the…

Opinion April 12, 2017

Can a School District have a Brand Identity?

By: Trish Rubin— School districts have a lot to gain by developing and promoting their own brand identities and a lot to lose if they don’t. A brand can help schools tell their unique story, improve performance and build necessary resources, cultivating important beneficial relationships. Brand has long been built around three key elements: image, promise, and result and schools today can now adapt this historic model of brand and make them fit the needs of schools. Achievements, big and small,…

Education April 12, 2017

Academy of Model Aeronautics and DJI to Host Drone Training for Public Safety Officials

Muncie, IN – The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and DJI, in collaboration with Fly-Robotics, will host an introductory small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) course, called UAS4PublicSafety, open to public safety officials from June 21 to 25 in Indianapolis, Indiana. UAS, also known drones, have quickly become a valuable tool for firefighters, police officers, search-and rescue-crews and other emergency responders, with at least 59 lives saved thanks to drones already, according to a recent report from DJI. Drones provide an aerial perspective on…

Members of the Muncie Rotary Club are pictured with Muncie Community Schools sports team members with their checks. Photo by: Mike Rhodes

Education April 10, 2017

A Retrospective of Positive Articles about Muncie Community Schools

Let’s take a look back at some of the positive articles MuncieJournal.com has published about Muncie Community Schools and students since we launched on July 1, 2015. The Muncie Journal has always been #Allin4MCS In no particular order, here are a few headlines and stories you may or may not have missed. This is just a very brief sampling of MCS content from munciejournal.com Southside Middle School’s Panther Pantry Sends 9 Days of Food with 160 Students for Thanksgiving Break Photo…

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