Articles by Mike Rhodes

Business April 7, 2015

Goals and Facts: The ARC of Indiana

The Arc strives to empower people and inspire change in many ways – including expanding employment opportunities for people with disabilities. We not only advocate for change – we are working to be part of that change by developing a training institute and teaching hotel in Muncie, Indiana. After receiving training at the institute, individuals will have the opportunity to apply those skills through an internship at the Courtyard Muncie at Horizon Convention Center that is being developed by our for-profit affiliate,…

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Entertainment, Non-Profit April 3, 2015

2015 Muncie Three Trails Music Series Announced

The 2015 lineup of performing artists for the Muncie Three Trails Music Series has been announced! Thursday June 25th, 2014 7:00pm – at Minnetrista  The music of Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn embraces a diversity that hardly seems possible with just two banjos and one voice. Washburn’s beguiling composing, playing and singing blend with Fleck’s riveting virtuosity to create distinctive music that sounds familiar, yet is different from anything else to be heard on the North American, Asian, or any…

Misc April 3, 2015

Double Overtime. Yorktown Loses to Hamilton Heights in Sectional Final

Guts. Resiliency. Want. All three of these important words embodied the way Yorktown played in their Sectional Final loss to Hamilton Heights 55-52 in double overtime. The latter of those three words was the message wanted to send to its opposition. They relayed that message well. That wasn’t the reason for their defeat. If anything, no one wanted it more than this group. Quite frankly there was no reason for their defeat. A couple plays here and there, yes you…

Inaugural Morry Mannies Radio Scholarships Announced

Business April 1, 2015

J Chapman Brings Woof Boom to Muncie

With deep roots in Indiana, veteran radio broadcaster Jerry “J” Chapman is moving back to the Hoosier state and plans to return a network of six east central Indiana radio stations to local control by later this summer. A group of local investors, headed by Chapman, have formed Woof Boom Radio, a nod to the longtime dominance of WFBM in Indiana broadcasting from the beginnings of radio in the 1920’s until the mid-1970’s. Once the acquisition is completed later this…