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College Mentors for Kids won $80,000 in products and services from a host of local companies in the Indy Business Makeover
Competition. The winner was selected from among 10 finalists through online voting.
Indianapolis-based Miles Brinson Brown, also known as MB2 Advertising, is opening an office in Chicago Sept. 1. MB2 will be
represented by Account Coordinator Victor Tinnish in the Chicago market area.
The $100,000 Indianapolis Prize, given every other year for achievement in animal conservation, said novelist and Miami
Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen and actor Harrison Ford will be co-chairs for the September 2010 award.
Even the most hard-core local-restaurant advocates make exceptions when they hit the road. But on a recent drive, I found
an alternative to fast-food pit stops.
By definition, the non-juried IndyFringe festival has a crapshoot quality. My advice to new Fringe-goers is usually to
go to at least three shows and be fully prepared to hate at least one of them.
Even as one of Knight’s most ardent critics during the latter half of his tenure at Indiana, I concur with the majority
of opinions expressed on the subject.
There are cruises to the Antarctic in large luxury ships that go near the islands—close enough to afford
magnificent views. But those ships are too big to get close enough to go ashore.
Jerome Peribere shifted Dow AgroScience’s focus toward what he calls “revolutionary solutions."
Erin Slater might be considered an over-achiever. The 32-year-old CEO of College Mentors for Kids boasts
a laundry list of accomplishments in her relatively short life.
Indiana’s top education official, Tony Bennett, ruffled feathers last month when he proposed increasing teacher expertise
in math, science and other subjects, and stripping red tape from teacher certification and hiring of administrators.
Three music events with direct visitor spending estimated at $28 million that were hosted at Lucas Oil Stadium offer proof,
city officials said, that the expense of the retractable roof and other features of the $720 million facility are paying off.
Despite recent investment by Major Health Partners, Shelbyville’s technology park is about as far from meeting state
standards as it was two years ago.
Long-time radio veteran Charlie Morgan is leaving his post heading up broadcasting for Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy
Racing League to lead Emmis Communications Corp. radio stations in Indianapolis.
Some 1,200 guns surrendered or seized in recent years have been melted down in a blast furnace of an East Chicago steel mill.
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More reviews from the Mass Ave. festival.Last night I only made it to one Indy Fringe show, due to my misreading of the program (my fault, not the designers). This
led to the last minute pick of “The Stetson Manifesto,” presented by Lebenon, Indiana’s Happy Holler Productions.
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The federal government’s popular Cash for Clunkers program that ended Monday gave a boost to Kokomo’s Chrysler
plants.
I just want to thank you for [Bruce Hetrick’s] insightful article in the Aug. 10 issue regarding health care reform.
You say it well.
[In the Aug. 17 editorial] IBJ accuses elected officials of making decisions based on partisanship rather than
good judgment. This superficial pronouncement of the reasons behind Proposal 285’s vote tally lacks thoughtful evaluation
of why councilors cast their votes the way they did at the August 10 council meeting.
