By John Carlson— If there is one thing seven years of retirement have taught me, it is that senior citizens are the primary victims of “bed head.” Well, those of us with some hair left are, anyway. Not surprisingly, I got to thinking about this just the other day. What spurred it was I inadvertently caught my reflection in a window and gagged. Then estimating my total length of retirement so far, I calculated that I have walked around with…
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By Corey Ohlenkamp, Director of Communications, City of Muncie— MUNCIE, Ind. – The City of Muncie is holding a small opening ceremony for the splash pad at Cooley Park on Friday, August 13. The park is located at 3120 S. Mock Ave. Cooley’s renovations, which are a part of the City of Muncie administration’s 4-year park plan, include a new splash pad, the construction of a new walking trail, new lighting across the park, renovations to the restroom facilities, and planting…
By Keith Roysdon— DELAWARE COUNTY, Indiana – Muncie Power Products, founded in 1935, has acquired, through a purchase agreement executed on June 3, 2021, a former industrial building at Interstate 69 and Ind. 332, the company and the Delaware County commissioners announced. Muncie Power Products, which makes power take-offs that transfer power to hydraulic equipment — widely used in industry — will consolidate some of its operations into the building. The company will substantially expand the building at 2500 N….
By Mike Rhodes, Editor-in-Chief, MuncieJournal.com— MUNCIE, Ind.—If you follow our MuncieJournal.com Facebook page, you might have noticed a weekly video we experimented with for a while. The video reviewed MuncieJournal.com articles you may have missed. The videos looked like the picture at the top of this story. They were fun to do. What we learned is—producing that weekly video became difficult to manage. Video is time consuming to produce. Audio is much faster and timely to produce, so I am going…
By Lesley DeVoss— MUNCIE, Ind.– An instructor sits at a computer console as a student stands in the center of the room, facing a wall with the projected video of a man with dementia. The man responds to the student volatilely. He’s having a difficult time adjusting to the world around him. The student, a member of the criminal justice program, has to think of the best way to de-escalate the situation. This simulation helps the student develop the skills…
By Jeff Mosier— MUNCIE, Ind.—Fellowship of Christian Athletes of East Central Indiana is very happy to announce that Chris Holtmann, Ohio State University Men’s Head Basketball Coach, will be the special guest speaker for the 2021 FCA Banquet Thursday AUGUST 19th at the Horizon Convention Center. Coach Holtmann’s played at Taylor University. He began his college head coaching career at Gardner-Webb University followed by Butler University, until his move to Ohio State in 2017-2018. There is no cost to attend…
By Andy Klotz— Masks required for all students, staff, visitors MUNCIE, Ind. – Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, Muncie Community Schools (MCS) will require facemasks be worn by all staff, students, visitors and volunteers regardless of vaccination status to start the 2021-22 school year. The school board cited new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Indiana State Department of Health and consultations with Indiana University Ball Memorial Hospital when announcing its decision…
By Ontario Systems Communications— BURLINGTON, Mass.— Ontario Systems, a leading provider of enterprise workflow automation software—which accelerates revenue recovery and removes friction from the payments process for clients in the accounts receivable management (ARM), healthcare, and government markets—is pleased to officially announce the appointment of Raj Sethuraman as Chief Technology Officer. Sethuraman, who joined the organization in May, brings more than 25 years of industry experience, building and scaling market-leading enterprise software solutions and teams for noteworthy brands including, Wolters Kluwer…
By Corey Ohlenkamp, Director of Communications, City of Muncie— MUNCIE, Ind. – The City of Muncie is looking for volunteers to assist with the upcoming annual IRONMAN triathlon on Oct. 2, 2021. The annual IRONMAN triathlon will be even larger this year after the cancellation of last year’s event. Muncie is hosting not only the regular IRONMAN 70.3 race, as it does every year, but a full-distance triathlon on top of that. IRONMAN events are a great opportunity to get your community group,…
By: Steve Lindell— This Week in Delaware County is a radio program produced and hosted by Steve Lindell, Vice President of Programming, Host and Executive Producer of the show. This Week in Delaware County is a public affairs program, with interview topics that range from healthier living, community events, government officials, and topics that generally do not receive as much publicity as they deserve. In short, this is an audio version of Munciejournal.com. The audio below is an excerpt from This Week in…