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Education June 7, 2017

10 Delaware County Students receive 2017 Arthur D. and Josephine M. Robling Scholarship

Muncie, IN—The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc., has announced the following students as recipients of the 2017 Arthur D. and Josephine M. Robling Scholarship.  Recipients must be residents of Delaware County, be of good moral character and display good citizenship, and must have maintained at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average in high school. Hannah Abrell, of Muncie Central, plans to attend Butler University to study pre-pharmacy. She is the daughter of Amy and Tom Abrell….

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Non-Profit June 7, 2017

Muncie’s Habitat for Humanity Receives Grant From Vectren Foundation

By: Sheena Peters— Muncie, IN– Vectren Foundation recently awarded $225,000 to Muncie Habitat for Humanity over the next three years in order to help serve an additional 70 families with housing needs in Muncie, Indiana. These funds will help expand Muncie Habitat for Humanity’s home repair services and their staffing capacity in order for the organization to respond to community housing needs more comprehensively. Muncie Habitat for Humanity will begin a new Critical Home Repair Program focused in the 8…

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Business June 7, 2017

Erskine Green Training Institute Named a Model in 2017 New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Progress Report

WASHINGTON— The New Markets Tax Credit Coalition today released its 2017 New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Progress Report the thirteenth edition of the report—providing a survey of NMTC activities in 2016. As in the past, the report documents the flexibility and impact of the NMTC in meeting the needs of the distressed communities where it is deployed and helping to create jobs and grow business opportunities, from more traditional industry and community sectors to new and cutting-edge technology. Projects which benefitted…

MCHS Principal Chris Walker is pictured with Kaitlyn Jamieson accepting her diploma. Photo by: Mike Rhodes

Opinion June 6, 2017

Opinion: “Thank You Muncie Community Schools”

By: Charles Jamieson— Nearly three years ago, our family moved back to my hometown of Muncie from the Chicago area, due to a series of horribly difficult personal events that were occurring simultaneously. When our move became common knowledge, no less than a half dozen people asked, “Where will you enroll your daughter Kaitlyn in high school?” Yorktown was suggested as was Delta. I remember being surprised that people who lived in Muncie and knew we would reside in Muncie,…

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Education June 6, 2017

Ivy Tech Community College East Central Region’s Dual Credit Numbers Continue To Grow

By: Shawn Carmichael— Dual credit students within Ivy Tech Community College’s East Central Region earned approximately 24,980 college credits; resulting in nearly $3.4 million in college tuition savings Muncie, Ind. – Ivy Tech Community College’s East Central Region continues to see growth in its dual credit program serving approximately 4,700 students in 2016-17. These students earned an estimated 24,980 college credits, which could save families nearly $3.4 million in college tuition costs. Ivy Tech serves 95 percent of traditional public…

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Health June 5, 2017

Triathlons To Be Held at Prairie Creek Reservoir

By: Steven N. Tomboni— Muncie, IN—America Multi-Sport, Inc. will be hosting the 8th annual America’s Half and Muncie June Triathlons at Prairie Creek Reservoir in Muncie, Indiana on Saturday, June 10, 2017.  300 participants from 9 states will be attending. The event is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. and will feature the following races/distances:   Half Tri—1.2mi swim//56mi bike//13.1mi run Half Aquabike—1.2mi swim//56mi bike Half Duathlon—10k run//56mi bike//10k run Olympic Triathlon—1.5k swim//40k bike//10k run Olympic Duathlon—5k run//40.8k bike//10k run…

MWW popular roundtable event with faculty members. Photo by: Gail Werner

Entertainment June 5, 2017

Writers to Convene at Muncie Workshop

By: Jama Kehoe Bigger— Muncie, IN—The 44th annual Midwest Writers Workshop (MWW) is set for July 20-22 at the L. A. Pittinger Student Center on the campus of Ball State University. The conference, geared to writers at all experience levels, offers an intensive genre-specific Thursday workshop followed by two additional days of classes and panels, plus networking opportunities and pitch sessions. “Every year we bring in about 30 of the most talented, successful faculty members we can find from around the…

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Carlson June 3, 2017

John Carlson: Snakes? I Don’t Need ‘Em

By: John Carlson— Snakes scare the bejesus out of me. Not long ago on Facebook I ran into a short video posted by an old newspaper buddy, photographer Kurt Hostetler, that documented him and his boy Owen’s encounter with a harmless garden-variety snake. What a nice father-son nature moment, I thought. Inside, though, I was screaming “Mommy!” My reaction is likely rooted in a traumatic childhood snake encounter. Just eight or nine years old at the time, I was nearly…

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Education June 2, 2017

Selma Middle School 2016-17 Quarter Four Honor Roll

By: Karen Standish— A Honor Roll Eighth Grade: Samuel D. Coffman, Amya L. Hatcher, Andrew M. Shrock, and Madison R. Thompson Seventh Grade: Sydni D. Buck, Kloee I. Felton, Drayden S. Gates, Hailey E. Hagaman, Lucas S. Herbst, Ashland Janelle Kahalekomo, Krystal I. Richman, Kevin Patrick Robinson, Isaac X. Shreve, Emma Gabrielle Stanley, and Luke William Willmann Sixth Grade: Corbin M. Adams, Payton S. Baker, Reese B. Baker, Tyler D. Cadle, Lily G. Carpenter, Coralee J. Dargo, Grayson J. Davis,…

Designer Zach Poor and copywriter Allison Gregory of Intersection. Photo provided.

Business June 1, 2017

Intersection Advertising Agency Adds Designer and Copywriter to Creative Team

By: Allison Robbins— Full-service advertising agency expands creative team by two Ball State University graduates Muncie, IN— As of May 2017, Intersection—a full-service creative advertising agency in downtown Muncie—brought two employees, designer Zach Poor and copywriter Allison Gregory, on board full-time. Poor and Gregory interned for Intersection during the summer of 2016, as a designer and a copywriter respectively. After the ten-week internship, the young professionals were asked to join the Intersection team. Poor, a recent graduate of the advertising and…