Articles by Mike Rhodes

Dr. Greg Pyle: Dental Visits and Your Baby’s First Year

Business March 26, 2020

Dr. Greg Pyle: Dental Visits and Your Baby’s First Year

By: Greg Pyle, DDS— This is the second in a series of articles about ensuring your baby’s proper growth and development. Once your baby has turned 6 months old, you can expect to see baby teeth erupting. The first teeth to erupt (come in) are usually the lower front teeth.  However, it’s not that uncommon for other teeth to erupt first. Baby teeth will continue to erupt for the next 2-3 years. Remember, the baby teeth are very important and need proper care.  The baby teeth set a “template” for adult teeth, and are very important in the health and…

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Shafer Leadership Academy Offers FREE Virtual Programs During COVID-19

Non-Profit March 25, 2020

Shafer Leadership Academy Offers FREE Virtual Programs During COVID-19

By: Shafer Leadership Academy— Virtual Programming begins on Thursday, March 26th. Muncie, IN—Muncie non-profit Shafer Leadership Academy is offering free virtual leadership development programs to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We need leadership now, more than ever” said SLA Executive Director Mitch Isaacs. “In uncertain times people look to their leaders to provide calm, clear, and competent guidance.” Isaacs explained that many leaders have found themselves operating without a road map. It is his hope to provide local leaders an opportunity to discuss how to best serve their communities and organizations. “Leaders need a place to gather in order learn…

Muncie’s Mursix Corporation Ramps Up to Assist Medical Industry for COVID-19

Business March 24, 2020

Muncie’s Mursix Corporation Ramps Up to Assist Medical Industry for COVID-19

By: Mursix Corporation— Muncie, IN—Like other businesses throughout the country, Mursix is feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company, which provides medical components, rapid prototyping services, and stamping solutions, is still open. Mursix is ramping up production to supply medical parts to manufacturers and hospitals all over the country. This aspect of its business is vital to the pandemic fight. Mursix has been deemed an essential business during the shelter-in-place order given by Delaware County authorities and Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb because of its medical component manufacturing capabilities. Mursix will remain open to support the medical industry in any way…

Muncie Community Organization Statements on Coronavirus, Part 1

Business March 24, 2020

Muncie Community Organization Statements on Coronavirus, Part 1

Editor’s Note: We are no longer adding updated items to THIS particular page, as it is getting very lengthy. We are adding updates to the following page now:   http://www.munciejournal.com/2020/03/muncie-community-organization-statements-on-coronavirus-page-2/ Soup Kitchen of Muncie March 22, 2020, 9:01 am—The Soup Kitchen of Muncie is closing. We will not be open until the crisis with the coronavirus is over. Please stay safe. Loretta Parsons   Second Case of COVID-19 Identified in Delaware County and First Death March 21, 2020, 3:34 pm—In an effort to coordinate a message to the community The Delaware County Health Department, Emergency Management, Coroner’s Office along with IU…

Ivy Tech Community College Announces New Dean of Nursing

Education March 24, 2020

Ivy Tech Community College Announces New Dean of Nursing

By: Jennifer Gasiorek— Muncie, IN—Students returned from spring break with a new dean of nursing at the helm at Ivy Tech Community College, Muncie-Henry County campus.  Che’Reese Anderson has accepted the position of dean for the School of Nursing. Anderson has more than 20 years of experience and has been with Ivy Tech for 10 years.  Most recently, she was the nursing program chair for the Henry County site. “In-line with COVID-19 protocol, all of Ivy Tech’s courses are being taught virtually. We know the nursing program is important to get our students ready for times such as these,” said Jeffrey…

Community Foundation Grants k in Early COVID-19 Response Funding to Community Organizations

Non-Profit March 23, 2020

Community Foundation Grants $20k in Early COVID-19 Response Funding to Community Organizations

By: Kallie Sulanke— Muncie, IN—The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. awarded $20,000 to 12 non-profit organizations to support response efforts to the COVID-19 crisis. Last week, Community Foundation staff had the opportunity to connect with and listen to the plans, challenges, and needs of a variety of vital community organizations across Delaware County. Decisions for this initial round of response funding were made in an effort to come along side these vital community organizations with identified immediate needs related to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Emergency Response Grants in the amounts of $1,000 or $2,000 have been awarded to…

Social Distancing Tips: 15 Ways to Stay Both Sane and Safe

We Fly March 21, 2020

Social Distancing Tips: 15 Ways to Stay Both Sane and Safe

By: Ball State Marketing & Communications— Muncie, IN– Practicing social distancing to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic may sound scary or impossible to do, but there are ways to appropriately handle the process, says Jagdish Khubchandani, a health science professor at Ball State University. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidelines to limit the spread of COVID-19 that include recommendations for social distancing—a term epidemiologists use to refer to a conscious effort to reduce close contact between people and hopefully stymie community transmission of the virus. “Social distancing can be tough on people and disrupt the social and economic fibers…

John Carlson: Do Reading And Computers Mix?

Carlson March 20, 2020

John Carlson: Do Reading And Computers Mix?

By: John Carlson— The more reading I do on computers, the more I appreciate books. Not that, under certain certain circumstances, I don’t appreciate some electronic gizmos as well, you understand. Nancy and I both carry around Kindles. Mine is stuffed with so many e-books, if they had actual pages and covers I’d have to wear a truss. For example, in book form, writer Ron Chernow’s hardcover, best-selling biography of Union general and former president Ulysses S. Grant weighs in at 1074 pages, counting its index. I’ve tried reading it before, but my arms got tired. In Kindle form, however,…

Muncie Named a 2020 Finalist For ‘All America City Award’

Government March 19, 2020

Muncie Named a 2020 Finalist For ‘All America City Award’

By: National Civic League— Denver, CO—The City of Muncie has been named a finalist for the All-America City award presented by the National Civic League. The All America-City award recognizes communities that leverage civic engagement, collaboration, inclusiveness and innovation to successfully address local issues. Each of the finalist communities demonstrated civic engagement practices that are inspirational, inclusive and promising in their ability to unite members of the community to collectively and collaboratively help solve our country’s most pressing and complex issues. This year’s finalists focused specifically on enhancing health and well-being through civic engagement. The award, given to 10 communities…

John Carlson: ‘Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye!’

Carlson March 13, 2020

John Carlson: ‘Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye!’

By: John Carlson— I already know what Nancy is buying me later this year for my seventieth birthday. Hearing aids. It’s not that I want hearing aids. Nor do I need hearing aids. Do we have occasional problems communicating verbally? Sure we do. And does she keep blaming this on what she considers my woeful hearing? Sure she does. But as I keep reminding her, I have trouble hearing her because the older she gets, the less distinctly she pronounces words that once sprang from her lips with the clarity of a person who worked in radio, which she did….