Articles by Mike Rhodes

Boys and Girls Clubs of Muncie Annual ‘Great Future’s Dinner’ To Be Held Jan 16th

Non-Profit December 12, 2019

Boys and Girls Clubs of Muncie Annual ‘Great Future’s Dinner’ To Be Held Jan 16th

By: Amy Logan— Muncie, IN—The Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie would like to announce the 2020 Great Futures Dinner. This event serves as a way to showcase the Club kids’ work, fundraise for future programming, and honor the members of the community who make a difference each and every day. The Boys & Girls Clubs will host the 2020 Great Futures Dinner on January 16, 2020 from 6:30 -8 p.m. at the Horizon Convention Center in Muncie. The Boys…

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Ivy Tech Community College Muncie Campus Gifts Muncie Community Schools the College’s Cowan Road South Instructional Building 

Education December 11, 2019

Ivy Tech Community College Muncie Campus Gifts Muncie Community Schools the College’s Cowan Road South Instructional Building 

By: Jennifer Gasiorek— Muncie, IN—Ivy Tech Community College’s Muncie campus recently announced they will gift the South Instructional Building on Cowan Road to Muncie Community Schools. With Ivy Tech’s $43 million building project in its final stages, the College determined the best use of the vacant building was to gift it to Muncie Community Schools. The gift agreement provides that if Muncie Schools no longer utilize the building, it will revert back to Ivy Tech. “We are pleased to be…

Lilly Endowment Community Scholars Named

Education December 11, 2019

Lilly Endowment Community Scholars Named

By: Kallie Sulanke— Muncie, IN—The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship, who will reach receive a four-year award that grants full tuition to any accredited public or private non-profit college or university in Indiana. The Lilly Scholarship also covers fees and provides an annual stipend for required books and equipment. The recipients of the 2020 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship are Zachary Stanley of Delta High…

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Playing At Muncie Civic

Entertainment December 11, 2019

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Playing At Muncie Civic

By: Michelle Kinsey— Muncie, IN —Narnia awaits. Muncie Civic Theatre will present “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” on the Main stage Dec.  13-15, and 19-22. Performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday matinees will begin at 2:30 p.m.A Sensory-Friendly Performance will be Saturday, Dec. 14, at 2:30 p.m.  Based on the beloved C.S. Lewis novel, “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” follows Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy through a wardrobe…

New Study: More Jobs Might Mean More Flu 

We Fly December 10, 2019

New Study: More Jobs Might Mean More Flu 

By: Marc Ransford— Muncie, IN—Nearly everyone who wants a job has one, but with the flu season upon us, many workers are getting sick. A Ball State University researcher says that businesses should take precautions in advance of the annual flu season to keep sick workers home and reduce infection rates that send people to physicians in droves. “The Effects of Employment on Influenza Rates” found that a 1 percentage point increase in the employment rate correlates with increases in…

‘Victorian Christmas Holiday Home Tours’ To Take Place This Weekend

Entertainment December 10, 2019

‘Victorian Christmas Holiday Home Tours’ To Take Place This Weekend

By: Kim Miller— Muncie, IN—The Christmas season is in full force in downtown Muncie. Come explore the historic architecture of Muncie with the Victorian Christmas Holiday Home Tours. The tour takes visitors through five beautiful victorian houses in downtown Muncie. This annual event runs 4pm-8pm on December 14th and 1pm-5pm on December 15th. On Sunday December 15th only, Santa will be at Emily’s House for free pictures with a purchase of a home tour ticket. While parents take a tour…

Photo and Video Gallery: Secret Families 2019

Non-Profit December 7, 2019

Photo and Video Gallery: Secret Families 2019

Photos, music, and video by: Mike Rhodes, Editor-in-Chief, MuncieJournal.com— Muncie, IN— Today, 357 families were delivered gifts, a tree or both. Ben Smith of the Muncie accounting firm of Estep Doctor and Company said this year’s Muncie Secret Families event resulted in a total of $125,600 in gifts purchased, wrapped and delivered. That’s a whopping $1.1 million over the past 15 years. Congratulations to Al Holdren, Toyota of Muncie, Meijer, Indiana Pacers, Jakks Toy Store, Blood-N-Fire ministries, Woof Boom Radio, volunteers, and…

John Carlson: Sewing Knowledge

Carlson December 6, 2019

John Carlson: Sewing Knowledge

By: John Carlson— In times like these – plastic times, fast times, digital-driven times that often seem like mindless, soulless, heartless times, too – I find a true sense of comfort in the act of sewing. Not sewing myself, you understand. I couldn’t sew a button on a shirt without poking my fingers full of tiny holes that’d bleed all over whatever unfortunate fabric was involved. Meanwhile, knowing my typically colorful vocabulary when under pain and duress, I’d be spouting…