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Monon Bell football game helps Julian Center

In the weeks leading up to this year’s
big rivalry football game, Wabash College and DePauw University students held various fundraisers to benefit the Julian Center, as well as A-Way Home Shelter
in Putnam County and the Family Crisis Shelter in Montgomery County.

Builders challenge park fee in Zionsville

Zionsville Town Council members have until Nov. 17 to decide whether to appeal a judge’s decision last month that invalidated
the town’s park-impact fee.

Story of creation is beautiful

Teaching the story of creation isn’t “hocus-pocus,” and vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin isn’t arguing how long it took
to create the earth on the presidential campaign trail.

Morgan County passes sign ordinance

The Morgan County Plan Commission has endorsed a new sign ordinance that requires electronic billboards to change no more
than once every 15 seconds.

CORRECTION

CORRECTION A story last week on page 10A should have stated that renovation of the IndyFringe building at 719 E. St. Clair St. was paid for with $45,000 from the Allen Whitehill Clowes Foundation and $5,000 from the Local Initiatives Support Corp.

PROGRAMS

PROGRAMS Indiana Stock Market Game: Used in grades four through 12 to teach social studies, math, business or language arts. Also used as an extracurricular activity. Graduate Credit Programs: Each summer, the ICEE sponsors intensive graduate credit workshops for K-12 teachers. These workshops cover a variety of economic topics and take place at the ICEE’s […]

DIRECTORS

DIRECTORS Mark A. Schroeder Age: 54 Occupation: President, CEO of the corporation Number of common shares: 64,548 Previous year: 72,845 Douglas A. Bawel Age: 52 Occupation: President and CEO, Jasper Engines & Transmissions Other directorships: Steel Technologies Inc. Number of common shares: 7,278 Previous year: 5,493 Christina M. Ernst Age: 58 Occupation: Chairman and president, […]

Jennings County group hires PR firm

The Jennings County Economic Development Commission recently hired Indianapolis-based Brand Acceleration Inc. as its agency
of record to handle advertising, public relations and brand management.

Kimball snags $25M from Kentucky land auction

A timber investment firm has bought nearly 12,000 acres of Kentucky woodland owned by Jasper-based furniture and electronics manufacturer Kimball International Inc. The auction yielded $24.5 million for the property, which fronts the Ohio River near Evansville and has been the scene of numerous outdoor and hunting television shows. Buying the entire tract was Forest […]

Quick notes Friday

I’m still a little groggy from the midnight showing of “Quantum of Solace” last night, so I’m kicking off a new occassional short-attention-span feature here that I’m calling Quick Notes Friday. Welcome aboard.

–This was actually my second time seeing the…

Construction on huge ethanol plant grinds to halt

Approximately 500 workers building an ethanol plant in Mount Vernon were pulled off the project yesterday, according to WFIE Channel 14 in Evansville. The plant was announced in 2006 by Aventine Renewable Energy LLC of Pekin, Ill., with intentions of bringing it online by 2010. Late last month, Aventine said in its third-quarter earnings report […]

Development group fires accused stalker

Directors of the New Castle-Henry County Economic Development Corp. voted yesterday to oust their president following allegations that he stalked his former wife. Bryan Coats was arrested on Oct. 7 on preliminary charges of burglary and stalking after allegedly breaking into the former wife’s home in Randolph County. Formal charges have not been filed. Police […]

Performances Services moving to Boone County

An Indianapolis company that specializes in designing and building schools is planning a move to Anson near Whitestown as part of an expansion that will double the size of its work force, according to the Lebanon Reporter. Performance Services currently is headquartered at 8777 Purdue Road on the northwest side. The new, 25,000-square-foot headquarters is […]

Techies back Ball State football

A group of Ball State University technology students has a plan to make some serious noise for the school’s nationally ranked and undefeated football team.

The BSU students developed an electronic “chirp” for their…

GM bankruptcy could be disaster for Indiana

If General Motors Corp. were to collapse into bankruptcy, Indiana would be clobbered, says Indiana Manufacturers Association President Pat Kiely. Credit markets already roiled by the financial crisis would be unlikely to extend the bridge financing GM would need to survive a restructuring, Kiely said, and most consumers would be unwilling to buy the cars. […]

Kokomo mayor calls for high-speed rail

Kokomo’s legislative delegation should do all it can in the next General Assembly to ensure the city is linked to the Indianapolis area by high-speed rail, Mayor Greg Goodnight told the Kokomo Tribune. High-speed rail could get a boost from President-elect Barack Obama, who has shown support for the Midwest Regional Rail System, an initiative […]