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It was with great interest that I read Morton Marcus’ [Nov. 30] column encouraging us to spend responsibly this holiday
season, and to “give a check to your local adult literacy program.” It was with added delight when I read Theresa
Rhodes’ column on the same page suggesting that readers consider volunteering by “helping an adult learn to read.
It’s vitally important to have innovative, competitive and successful
school options available to attract and retain middle-class families in the neighborhoods.
My grandson, Nathaniel, recently had his first birthday. Soon thereafter, I took him to a doughnut shop to teach
him the facts of life. If he is to become an adult Hoosier, there are things he must learn.
E-mail marketing provider ExactTarget has in a short span landed what may be a record amount of venture funding for a private
company here—$75 million since October. And that’s on top of the $69.9 million it received in May from three
venture firms on the coasts.
The Anderson school board will vote Tuesday on a plan that’s dividing schools and the community. Board members have two options.
They can close one high school and merge all the students into a single building, or they can keep both high schools open
and combine them with middle schools. Supporters on both sides have created signs, banners and T-shirts, and started petition
drives to make their point. School board members say something has to be done to solve a budget crunch.
A former state representative avoided further jail time by pleading guilty on Wednesday to misrepresenting himself as a lawmaker.
Dennie Oxley Jr., last year’s Democratic candidate for Indiana lieutenant governor, was found intoxicated at a gas station
in June. He was not a state representative at the time, but tried to tell police he had immunity from arrest because he was
a lawmaker. He received a one-year suspended sentence.
Indiana State Police are trying to determine how a wrong-way driver got onto Interstate 70 Thursday morning. The driver died
after crashing into four other vehicles on the westbound side of the road near the McCarty Street ramp. One other person was
injured in the crash. The extent of those injuries has not been released. The highway was closed for hours, but is now open.
Fox 59 will have more at 4 p.m.
A lawsuit aimed at stopping invasive carp from reaching Lake Michigan could bring some forms of shipping to a grinding halt.
So far, Tiger Woods’ sponsors are standing by him. Some of those sponsors are running high profile ads with pretty brazen
(some would say careless) wording.
The U. S. Commerce Department said productivity rose at an annual rate of 8.1 percent in the third quarter, the biggest jump
since 2003.
Indirjit Singh of Greenwood is suing Atlanta-based Air Serv Corp. in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis for religious discrimination.
General Growth Properties Inc., the nation’s second-largest shopping mall operator, said lenders have agreed
to restructure about $9.7 billion in debt. The agreements could put a damper on the acquisition aspirations of rival Simon
Property Group Inc.
Plus, Leguizamo’s show, seen in Indy earlier this year, now has a name.
Collectors and recyclers of obsolete electronics have until Jan. 1 to enroll with the state’s E-Waste Program.
The museum has been facing tight budgets and dropping attendance.
Riley Area Development Corp. is pitching the idea of building a performing arts center in the City Market. The YMCA
of Greater Indianapolis, meanwhile, is in talks with the city about building a full-service fitness center on the site.
“Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World” at the Indianapolis Museum of Art is drawing visitors from around the
world for an unprecedented exhibition
Mary Ostrye, 52, will have oversight of 150 different academic programs at Ivy Tech’s 23 campuses around the state.
Cold storage might become a hot business for a building contractor.
Analysis of Medicare data finds that Indiana hospitals and doctors rack up higher costs to treat the same conditions as the
nation’s model markets.
