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Veterans November 7, 2019

‘Letters To Veterans’ From Area Students. Today’s Letter Written By: Diamond Guevara

By: Mike Rhodes— Muncie, IN—Each year, November is designated as National Veterans and Military Families Month. Each weekday during the month of November, MuncieJournal.com will be publishing Letters To Veterans, written by local area students. We will publish one new letter each weekday through November 29th. Feature photos that accompany each letter were provided by the Delaware County Veterans Affairs Office. This week’s Letters to Veterans sponsor is Art Van Furniture. A special message from our sponsor follows today’s student letter from Wapahani High School. “Art Van Furniture is proud to sponsor these letters that truly exhibit our gratitude to all veterans. God bless…

Veterans November 5, 2019

‘Letters To Veterans’ From Area Students. Today’s Letter Written By: Jacey Fultz

By: Mike Rhodes— Muncie, IN—Each year, November is designated as National Veterans and Military Families Month. Each weekday during the month of November, MuncieJournal.com will be publishing Letters To Veterans, written by local area students. We will publish one new letter each weekday through November 29th. Feature photos that accompany each letter were provided by the Delaware County Veterans Affairs Office. This week’s Letters to Veterans sponsor is Art Van Furniture. A special message from our sponsor follows today’s student letter from Wapahani High School. “Art Van Furniture is proud to sponsor these letters that truly exhibit our gratitude to all veterans. God…

Business November 5, 2019

PrimeTrust Soup Crawl Award Winners Announced

By: Brian Watson— Muncie, IN—At an intimate gathering on Muncie’s northeast side last Thursday afternoon, Vickie Copley named award winners from the Soup Crawl event held earlier last month and presented a fundraising check to C.S. Hendershot, Sunni Matters, and Dianne Hovermale of Second Harvest Food Bank. The Soup Crawl on October 3th in downtown Muncie raised $23,192.77 for Second Harvest’s school food pantry program. The People’s Choice Award, was presented to Elm Street Brewing Co for their Smoked Gouda & Tasso Ham with Wild Mushrooms. Elm Street Brewing Co also claimed the trophy called “My Bowl Runneth Over”, for…

We Fly November 5, 2019

Local Food Insecurity Will Be Addressed at Muncie Summit on November 6th

By: Marc Ransford— Muncie, IN— Ball State University will host the fourth Local Food Summit of Muncie and East Central Indiana on November 6, providing opportunities to learn how to shape the food landscape through consumerism, advocacy, and action. The summit has become a flagship sustainable food system event that attracts community organizers, local government, farmers, chefs, residents, academics, and students to talk about sustainable food systems and collectively work toward solutions to issues in Muncie community related to food production, distribution, and access. Food insecurity is an issue in Delaware County, where about half the households live in poverty or…

Veterans November 5, 2019

‘Letters To Veterans’ From Area Students. Today’s Letter Written By: Abby Adams

By: Mike Rhodes— Muncie, IN—Each year, November is designated as National Veterans and Military Families Month. Each weekday during the month of November, MuncieJournal.com will be publishing Letters To Veterans, written by local area students. We will publish one new letter each weekday through November 29th. Feature photos that accompany each letter were provided by the Delaware County Veterans Affairs Office. This week’s Letters to Veterans sponsor is Art Van Furniture. A special message from our sponsor follows today’s student letter from Wapahani High School. “Art Van Furniture is proud to sponsor these letters that truly exhibit our gratitude to all veterans. God…

Entertainment November 4, 2019

‘A Little Night Music’ Opens at University Theatre November 8

By: Sarah Jenkins, Managing Director, Department of Theatre and Dance— Muncie, IN – “A Little Night Music,” a musical about an actress and the men who love her, will open at 7:30 p.m. November 8 in University Theatre on the Ball State University campus. The Department of Theatre and Dance will have additional performances November 9, 12-16 at 7:30 p.m. and November 10 at 2:30 p.m. “It deals with relationships and how we struggle to find the right person to be with,” said Bill Jenkins, the department chair and the musical’s director. “The script it funny, smart, and witty. I think it’s…

Veterans November 4, 2019

‘Letters To Veterans’ From Area Students. Today’s Letter Written By: Emma Schuck

By: Mike Rhodes— Muncie, IN—Each year, November is designated as National Veterans and Military Families Month. Each weekday during the month of November, MuncieJournal.com will be publishing Letters To Veterans, written by local area students. We will publish one new letter each weekday through November 29th. Feature photos that accompany each letter were provided by the Delaware County Veterans Affairs Office. This week’s Letters to Veterans sponsor is Art Van Furniture. A special message from our sponsor follows today’s student letter from Wapahani High School. “Art Van Furniture is proud to sponsor these letters that truly exhibit our gratitude to all veterans. God…

Carlson November 1, 2019

John Carlson: Welcome Back, Bob!

By: John Carlson— Lately I’ve enjoyed some happy little feelings, all over the planned reconnection between the late artist Bob Ross and the city where he rose to international fame. That’s Muncie, of course. The L.L. Ball House on Minnetrista Boulevard, where the iconic show “The Joy of Painting” was shot from 1983 to 1988, is getting a new exhibit honoring the painter, telling his story, and sharing some of the creative magic the man sparked. Granted, “The Bob Ross Experience” isn’t due to open until October 2020, a full year from now. But like they say, good things come…

Non-Profit November 1, 2019

Beata’s Prophetic Visions and Lenape Insurrection Along the White River

By: Jeannine Harrold, Historian, Paul Revere Chapter DAR— Muncie, IN—November is Native American Heritage Month and to pay tribute to the rich traditions and ancestry of the region, The Paul Revere Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Muncie, the Delaware County Historical Society, and Minnetrista are sponsoring a special program at Minnetrista, Saturday, November 9, 10:00 am-11:30 am. Chris Flook, Ball State University Associate Lecturer of Telecommunications and author of Native Americans of East Central Indiana, will present one of the little-known, but fascinating stories from our community’s past. According to Flook, in 1805-06, a series of visions from…

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