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- State forest new management plans
Hoosiers interested in how Indiana’s stateforests are run can share their views at a series of open houses starting nextmonth. by The Statehouse File Hoosiers interested in how Indiana’s stateforests are run can share their views at a series of open houses starting nextmonth. Seven open houses between March and Septemberwill cover nine state forests and two state recreation areas.… [ Read more ]
- Pity Dick Lugar, his party’s a shambles
State Treasurer Richard Mourdock has decided the time has come to unseat St. Richard. Once, not so long ago, a challenge like this would have been unthinkable. by David Hoppe You have to wonder what DickLugar is thinking these days. Here he is, the longest-serving Member ofCongress in Indiana history, the most senior Republican in the U.S. Senate.… [ Read more ]
- Two weeks notice, Indiana lawmakers
Have youever been in a movie that went just a little too long? Thebeginning was good, the story paced pretty evenly, and it had a great ending,or so you thought.…
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- Girl, in Transit: In despair
This is the fifth in a series of stories by Kimmel, who’s given up her car and is relying primarily on public transit.
It was like a movie. I swear I never believed that this would happen to me in real life.…
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- JJ Gufreda’s LGBT field guide
Indy’s own JJGufreda is president of GEI, Inc., thefirst transgender-owned company certified as a LGBT business enterprise by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. She specializes in business process improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, continuousimprovement, operations improvement, and total quality management services.…
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- The twisted web of church and state
The state and the Indiana Family Institute won’t talk about their $1.5M collaboration to promote “healthy marriage,” while IFI officials lobby for a hetero-marriage amendent. by Andy Kopsa The culture oflegislating morality runs deep in Indiana. Theinfluence of evangelical Christian ideology on Indiana politics can be gaugedby the scores of lawmakers who lined up to support efforts such as limiting thestate’s definition of marriage to heterosexual terms and defunding PlannedParenthood.… [ Read more ]
- What’s It Worth? – February 23, 2012
Type of property: This home is a beautiful two-bedroom, two-bathroom, brick ranch condominium. Age: Built in 1999. Location: Located in Greenwood just off Ind. 135 near Dye’s Walk Golf Course in the Ashwood Community. Square footage: Spread across the single-level home is 2,084 square feet of comfortable living. Rooms: In addition to the two bedrooms, [...] - Business Briefs – February 23, 2012
Former Beech Grove police chief heads St. Francis Health security Richard Witmer has been appointed director of security and safety for Franciscan St. Francis Health. Witmer oversees all aspects of the security operations at Franciscan St. Francis hospitals in Indianapolis, Mooresville and Beech Grove. A Southport High School graduate, Witmer earned an associate’s degree at [...] - Car obsession drives repair career
In the contributor’s notes for 2010’s Best American Short Stories, Wayne Harrison, a writing instructor at Oregon State University, briefly discussed his life before teaching. “For five years after high school, I turned wrenches as a general repair mechanic,” wrote Harrison. “We were genuine grease monkeys with aching backs and manifold burns and hamburgered knuckles. [...] - Chef challenge returns to Taste of the Southside: Food extravaganza Sunday at Valle Vista
Greenwood’s culinary competition will be back at this year’s Taste of the Southside, which will be presented Sunday by Community Health Network. Top chefs in the county will square off in two sessions during the evening’s Chefs Challenge, sponsored by South Magazine. Chef Keith Angell from Hal’s Fabulous Las Vegas Bar and Grille, 2011 defending [...] - Wine offers total symphony of tastes
By Charles R. Thomas, M.D. One of the essential tools used to teach students to learn how to taste wine is a component tasting. There are four basic tastes: Salt (Saltiness), Sugar (Sweetness), Acid (Sourness) and Tannin (Bitterness.) Although all these tastes can be appreciated anywhere in the mouth, there are areas which are especially [...]
- ‘Hilly Hundred’ riders fill up on fried chicken, cider
How much fried chicken does it take to feed 5,000 hungry cyclists? It may sound like a joke, but Greenwood resident Daina Chamness has to know the answer, right down to the last chicken leg. - Public safety director has become a lightning rod
Public Safety Director Frank Straub has four academic degrees on the wall of his second-floor office in the City-County Building, a picture of himself with former President Bill Clinton behind his desk and an Indianapolis Colts hat on a shelf. - 3 hurt when vehicle strikes Eastside house
Three people were injured early today after the vehicle in which they were traveling crashed into an Eastside house. - Kennedy outlines neighborhoods proposal
Democratic mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy on Sunday unveiled a neighborhood plan that she says would take the city back to grass-roots policies. - Divers search Georgia lake for Plainfield man in wheelchair
ACWORTH, Ga. — Authorities say divers planned to resume a search Monday for a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair who fell into a Georgia lake while getting off a large boat. - New app will help you find a place to park
Worried about finding a place to park Downtown? You guessed it: There’s an app for that. ParkIndy, the group that operates the city’s privatized parking meters, continues to tap into the growing market for smartphones. Officials today will announce plans for an app that maps available parking spaces Downtown.
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