2017

Chocolate Celebration, Muncie’s first chocolate fundraiser. Photo licensed by graphicstock.

Non-Profit February 1, 2017

Muncie’s First Chocolate Fundraiser to Be Held on Friday

By: Karen McTague— Muncie, IN—Chocolate Celebration, Muncie’s first chocolate fundraiser, will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, at Second Harvest Food Bank. (6621 N. Old Ind. 3.) Sponsored by Morrison Woods, 15 vendors will provide chocolate items to purchase with tickets: 2 for $5 and 5 for $10. Food court lunch items will also be available for purchase. Also, prizes will be given for Judges’ Choice,  People’s Choice and Best Table Display. Admission is free! Participating…

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AT&T Fiber Ready announcement at the Horizon Convention Center. Photo provided.

Business January 31, 2017

Four Delaware County Business Parks Certified as AT&T Fiber Ready; Locations Are First Designations for County

By: Traci Lutton— MUNCIE, IND —Joined by local elected officials and business leaders today, AT&T and the Muncie-Delaware County Economic Development Alliance announced that four Delaware County business parks– three in Muncie and one in Yorktown – have been certified as being AT&T Fiber Ready.  This marks the first time in Indiana that four Fiber Ready locations have been announced at once, and the facilities are the first designations for the county. Listen to the press conference below, recorded by:…

DWNTWN Muncie wants your help during their upcoming Valentine’s Day Facebook campaign.

Non-Profit January 31, 2017

DWNTWN Muncie’s Meet the Originals Campaign Evolves for Valentine’s Day

By: Shelley Shekell— MUNCIE, IN – DWNTWN Muncie’s Meet the Originals campaign continues with a chance for the public to be featured in its upcoming Valentine’s Day Facebook campaign. With a tight-knit community comes the desire to keep up with everyone’s day-to-day lives. Where Meet the Originals gave Muncie a view at participants’ favorite things about DWNTWN, Muncie Downtown Development Partnership (MDDP) is looking to now share individuals’ stories. Whether you’re single or taken, we’re thinking the Originals have some great DWNTWN…

Alacia Johnson, Club Kid of the Year for 2017, delivers a speech on what the Club means to her during a past Great Futures event.

Non-Profit January 31, 2017

Boys and Girls Club Hosts Third Annual Great Futures Luncheon

By: Jes Wade— MUNCIE, IN – The Boys & Girls Club of Muncie raised some $20,000 at its annual Great Futures luncheon Thursday, Jan. 26, an event that drew nearly 300 supporters and community stakeholders. Muncie resident Amber Sparks, General Manager and head coach of the WNBA team the Chicago Sky, was the keynote speaker. “When I was in grade school, I saw a unicorn,” Sparks said, describing the first time she saw a female coaching basketball. It was at…

Photo by: Kishel Photography

Entertainment January 30, 2017

Muncie Civic Theatre presents To Kill a Mockingbird

By: Chris Griffith— Muncie, IN—Muncie Civic Theatre proudly presents To Kill a Mockingbird, on the Main Stage theatre. Audiences are invited to see this powerful production beginning February 3rd through February 18th. To Kill A Mockingbird is an American literary classic set in 1935 in the American South. The story chronicles the life and career of Atticus Finch, his daughter Scout, and their family and friends as they navigate issues of social justice in their community. The story challenges its…

Erin Colleen Williams, The Romance, 2017, pen and ink on paper.

Entertainment January 30, 2017

First Thursday, Opening Reception for Ritual, New Drawings by Erin Colleen Williams

By: Braydee Euliss-Gallery Manager— Muncie, IN—Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. will celebrate First Thursday February 2nd from 5 – 8 pm with an opening reception for “Ritual”, an exhibit of new drawings by artist Erin Colleen Williams. The artist will speak briefly about her work at 6:15 PM. Light refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend. Working both two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally, Williams’ uses interdisciplinary media and methods to examine the relationship between the conscious self and hypothetical…

Learn about computer security best practices for this holiday season. Photo by graphicstock.

Non-Profit January 30, 2017

LEAP Managed IT To Provide Free Cyber Security Training for Local Non-Profit Organizations

By: Mitch Isaacs –  Muncie, IN – LEAP MANAGED IT is providing a free cyber security training for local non-profits on Wednesday February 1st from 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at the Innovation Connector. A light breakfast will be offered. The session is offered in light of the recent cyber-attack on Little Red Door, Cancer Services of East Central Indiana.   “This attack has the attention of the local non-profit community” offered Mitch Isaacs, Executive Director for Shafer Leadership Academy.  Shafer Leadership Academy…

Health January 28, 2017

Meridian Physician Receives National Award from APA

MUNCIE, Ind.— Meridian Health Services would like to recognize Dr. Sarfraz Khan for receiving  a distinguished national award honoring his significant contributions to the psychiatric profession. Sarfraz S. Khan, MD, MAAPE, DFAPA earned the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Distinguished Fellowship award, the highest honor the APA bestows upon its members. The award focuses on high achievement in at least five of the following areas: administration, teaching, scientific and scholarly publications, volunteering in socially significant mental health and medical activities, community involvement…

Lack of snow means a lack of sledding trauma. Photo by: Nancy Carlson

Carlson January 27, 2017

John Carlson: No Sledding Today? Yay!

By: John Carlson— I love snowless winter days for any number of reasons, not least of which is this: They eliminate any chance I might go sledding. Oh sure, I used to go sledding. This was when I was a grade-school child. We lived in a city near Lake Erie’s shoreline, meaning it was major lake-effect snow country. On any given winter’s day, my fellow little twerps and I would frolic in snow way over our heads. In fact, every…

Steve Brown celebrated 50 years behind the microphone this morning. Photo by: Mike Rhodes

Business January 27, 2017

Steve Brown “Brownie” Celebrates 50 Years Behind the Microphone

By: Steve “Brownie” Brown, On Air Personality on WERK-FM— Sometime during the first week of June last year, Mr. J Chapman, CEO of Woof Boom Radio, asked me if I would share some of my experiences in radio on the Woof Boom Radio blog. I told him I would be honored…and I meant it. I have often said that the first day I walked into WLBC as an employee, I fell in complete love with broadcasting; and now, some 50 years later,…