Articles by Mike Rhodes

Soul to Sole Tap Company. Photo provided.

Entertainment November 11, 2015

Soul to Sole Tap Company Possible Performer at Indy Circle of Lights Event

By: Michelle Jones-Haskell— Soul to Sole Tap Company, part of the larger community at Premiere Dance Center, recently participated in the Indiana’s Got Talent audition process for the Circle of Lights event held in downtown Indy on Monument Circle.  The event is attended by over 100,000 spectators and many more that tune in at home to ring in the Christmas season.  Premiere made it through the first round of the process, which narrowed the field from 135 acts to 10. …

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Doug Zook broadcasting live at the 90th birthday celebration of WHBU. Photo: Mike Rhodes

Business, Entertainment November 11, 2015

Woof Boom’s WHBU Celebrates 90 years of Local Radio

By: Doug Zook— On November 9, 2015, the staff of Woof Boom Radio celebrated WHBU’s 90 years of continuous service to Anderson and surrounding communities with a birthday bash held at the Mounds Mall. Amazing Grace’s provided the cake and other delicious treats while Coca Cola provided the drinks for the event. The event was open to the entire community and it was well attended by many loyal listeners, and former guests and employees of WHBU. In 1925, WHBU radio…

Muncie Mission Ministries, Photo provided.

Non-Profit November 8, 2015

Muncie Mission Announces Plans for Thanksgiving Day Dinner

By: Frank Baldwin— Community guests are invited to the 85th annual Muncie Mission Thanksgiving Day dinner. Thanksgiving dinner will be served to residents and community guests on Thanksgiving Day, at noon, at the Mission, 1725 S. Liberty St. “Last year 150 traditional Thanksgiving dinners with all of the trimmings were served by staff and volunteers and another 225 meals were delivered by volunteers around the county to those home-bound. We expect the demands for assistance to be high again this…

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Entertainment November 6, 2015

MSO Presents “Disney In Concert: Magical Music From The Movies”

By: Jennifer Johnson— Be our guest! Bring the entire family and experience “The Magical Music of Disney” with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, November 14, at 4:00 pm. This performance takes place in Emens Auditorium on the campus of Ball State University, located at 1800 W. Riverside Ave., in Muncie, IN. Tickets start at $25 for adults and $10 for youth, ages K-12. Call the Emens Box Office at 765-285-1539. A supercalifragilistic carpet ride through the best-loved Disney scores of…

Vickie Bevans, Executive Director of ARF is pictured in front of the new mural, along with kitty "Emma." Photo by: Mike Rhodes

Non-Profit November 5, 2015

Muncie Artists Guild Members Paint Mural for ARF

By: Dee McKinsey— Members of the Muncie Artists Guild donated their time and talents to paint a wall mural in the entrance of the administration building of ARF (Animal Rescue Fund), 1209 W. Riggin Road, Muncie, IN. Susie Burns, Debra Brown and Jean McCauley painted a rural scene entitled “A Promise of Love,” the title of a book co-authored by ARF Founder Terri Panszi and John Carlson, former Muncie Star reporter. The mural depicts animals who have been or currently are…

Graphical representation of facility named, GearBox: Muncie—A Maker Hub

Non-Profit November 4, 2015

Ball Brothers Foundation Awards Grants to Local “Makerspaces”

By: Jud Fisher— MUNCIE—Ball Brothers Foundation, one of the state of Indiana’s oldest and largest family foundations, awarded a total of $3,620,000 in grants earlier this month. Grants were awarded to 18 organizations that share the Ball Brothers Foundation’s commitment to improving the quality of life in Muncie, East Central Indiana, and Indiana. Building on the momentum of downtown Muncie’s revitalization and growing attention toward “makerspaces” as centers of innovation and entrepreneurship, Ball Brothers Foundation awarded two grants that will…

CBS to directly stream half of new 2017 Star Trek series rather than broadcast them to network affiliates.

Entertainment November 3, 2015

CBS’ Reboot of ‘Star Trek’ will Stream Directly to Viewers, Bypassing Affiliates

By: Ball State Division of Strategic Communications— CBS is paving the way to distributing its programming directly to viewers with the rollout of a new “Star Trek” series in 2017, bypassing its 200 network affiliates, says Dom Caristi, a Ball State telecommunications professor and member of the university’s Digital Policy Institute. CBS will debut the inaugural episode of the untitled new series in January 2017 on its regular network stations, but the remainder of the season may be accessed on…

Project Leadership’s Delaware County team is honored with the Chamber’s Outstanding Contributions in Education Award. Left to right: Kaye Harrell, Sue Godfrey, Tammy Pearson, Dick Daniel, Camille Mosier, and Julie McGee. Photo provided.

Non-Profit November 2, 2015

Top Education and Governance Honors Awarded to Project Leadership Team

By: Tammy Pearson and Sue Godfrey— Project Leadership and its board vice president won Delaware County’s top education and board leadership awards at the annual Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting last Thursday. Juli Metzger, a 30-year news veteran who now teaches for the Department of Journalism at Ball State and oversees a new $4 million student-run newsroom for the College of Communication, Information and Media, received the Ball Brothers Foundation’s John W. and Janice B. Fisher Governance Award…

Sean Mattingly, CBNT (SBE Certified Broadcast Networking Technologist) Director of Technical Operations, Woof Boom Radio. Photo by: Mike Rhodes

Business October 31, 2015

Woof Boom Engineer Sean Mattingly Receives Broadcast First Responder Credential

By: Mike Rhodes— Remember the huge ice storm in January of 2005? Remember when power was out for most of East Central Indiana? For days on end? Remember when one of the few sources of accessible up-to-date information to keep you informed about that storm came through your local radio stations? Among others, you can thank a radio engineer for that. An engineer like Sean Mattingly. Sean is the broadcast engineer for all of the Woof Boom radio stations. (WLBC, WERK, WMXQ, WBKQ, WHBU and WXFN.) He…

A Jason Harlow illustration from Bill and Katie Frederick's new children's book, “Patches and the Delightful Dragon Day."

Education, Entertainment October 31, 2015

Muncie Authors Bill and Katie Frederick Publish Second Children’s Book

By: Katie Frederick— Local Muncie authors Bill and Katie Frederick will introduce their second picture book on November 7th at the Unitarian Universalist annual Bazaar in the Woods. The new book is titled, “Patches and the Delightful Dragon Day.” The star of the book is soup loving Patches Turtle. This engaging picture book for the preschool and beginning reader teaches the importance of being kind to others, adventurous, and careful. Illustrator Jason Harlow also depicts minute details that will keep children engaged…