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LAWN July • Do not try to control crabgrass after mid-July with a post-emergence herbicide. It is often too large to control well. Live with it until it dies from frost. • To prevent grub damage in the lawn, apply insecticides containing halofenozide or imidacloprid. Or, wait until August to determine if you have a […]
Locally, the long-running FLIP program, or Fund for Landmark Indianapolis Properties, has seen a marked downturn in the
resale of historic buildings.
In a name change that sounds like a merger of perfidy and profanity, Quadraspec Inc. is now called Perfinity.
Actually, the West Lafayette-based company merged itself into a sister company, Perfinity Biosciences Inc.
That company was created to commercialize a new method of biological sample preparation, developed by Fred Regnier, one of
the founders of Quadraspec. The shareholders of Quadraspec will remain the owners of Perfinity, and they have committed an
extra $2.33 million to the company. Quadraspec, which has raised more than $20 million in outside investment capital, makes
DVD-like discs capable of holding 272 samples that can be analyzed by a reading machine, like a DVD player.
Who knew? The Clarian North Medical Center in Carmel—famous locally for its terrazzo marble interior—is
the 20th most-beautiful hospital in the nation. At least according to health care staffing firm Soliant Health. The Georgia-based
firm built its rankings on votes cast on its Web site. In a press release, Soliant noted that beautiful surroundings help
people heal better. Not mentioned was that pretty hospitals in rich suburbs also tend to attract patients with the money and
private insurance plans to make a hospital profitable.
St. Vincent Health finally won the go-ahead from the Lawrence County Commissioners and County Council to
absorb Bedford’s Dunn Memorial Hospital. St. Vincent now operates 19 hospitals around the state and
has a joint venture with Clarian Health on a rehab hospital in Indianapolis. The Bedford hospital will now be known as St.
Vincent Dunn Hospital. Bedford is one of the places outside of Indianapolis where Clarian and St. Vincent, the state’s
two largest hospitals systems, are competing head-to-head. Clarian owns the cross-town Bedford Regional Medical Center.
AIT Laboratories plans to create as many as 160 jobs by 2014 and move its corporate headquarters to the
northwest side. The Indianapolis-based forensics, clinical and pharmaceutical testing firm plans to invest $74 million to
acquire and equip an existing 90,000-square-foot building in Woodland Corporate Park near West 79th Street and Interstate
465. AIT also plans to build a toxicology lab adjacent to its new headquarters. Its clients range from law-enforcement agencies
to physicians.
Clarian Health promoted Todd Stanley to the role of administrative director of Clarian Radiology. In this
new position, Stanley is responsible for oversight of radiology services for Clarian’s three downtown Indianapolis hospitals
and its beltway locations.
Dr. Debra Larkins, an OB/GYN doctor, recently joined the physicians at County Line Medical Pavilion, a new
Community Physicians of Indiana office. Larkins trained at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. Sherry L.
Harmon, a certified nurse midwife, and Debra Taylor, a nurse practitioner, also have joined the
new practice.
The Indiana Health Care Association has a new president. Scott Tittle, an attorney at the Indianapolis-based
Krieg DeVault law firm, took over from Steve Smith earlier this month. Smith returned to Affiliated Computer
Services, where he had worked previously.
Dr. Gaston Dana has been named medical director of the Wound Healing Center at Johnson Memorial Hospital.
More than $30 million in claims have been filed against Marcus Schrenker, but a court-appointed receiver expects an auction
of the financier’s property on Saturday to bring in less than $1 million.
David Stocum is the director of the Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine at the IUPUI School of Science.
He and his team are studying how amphibians regenerate parts of their bodies to see if there are ways to induce humans to
regenerate tissue that is lost or damaged. The center has about 20 researchers and funding of about $14 million to fuel its
quest.
Indiana Secretary of Commerce Mitch Roob’s letter Tuesday to Democrat Pat Bauer details IEDC’s approach to job-creation incentives
and its clawback efforts in the recession.
Hospitals continued to be a stable and slightly growing source of jobs and wages in Indiana—for better and for worse.
The sector paid $7.3 billion to 127,000 Hoosiers in 2008, according to the latest data from the American Hospital Association.
Physician offices will begin receiving payments from the Medicare that are 21.3-percent below
what they’ve been getting so far this year. Doctors still expect Congress to reverse the payment cuts, but physicians
and the Medicare program will have to reprocess claims, costing both extra money.
Indiana state troopers say a traffic stop led to the seizure of 600 pounds of marijuana inside a tractor-trailer in Putnam
County on Monday. A state police officer who pulled the truck over got suspicious after talking with the driver. He brought
in a drug-sniffing dog that helped find the drugs. The 51-year-old driver from North Carolina faces drug charges.
Indiana conservation officers will be on the lookout for drunken boaters this weekend. The Department of Natural Resources
said the state is taking part in Operation Dry Water. Conservation officers will be paid overtime through a grant from the
U.S. Coast Guard. State conservation officers made 15 boating-while-intoxicated arrests during last year's operation.
The DNR made 101 such arrests during the 2009 boating season. The Coast Guard says 17 percent of boating deaths result directly
from alcohol or drug use.
Authorities in Hendricks County are evacuating residents in parts of Avon due to a dam that has failed along White Lick Creek.
Residents living in two mobile home parks were told to head to higher ground. In Plainfield, those living on Crystal Bay East
Drive and Center Street have been asked to evacuate their homes as well due to high waters. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
NFL Hall of Famer turned exec huddles with IBJ about confidence,
hard work, and placing personnel.
A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago finds a strong correlation between pre-mortgage credit counseling and loan
performance after
comparing Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership clients with other low-income Marion County borrowers.
Tony Kanaan took another jab at Andretti Autosport teammate Danica Patrick after his victory Sunday in Iowa. Regardless of
who is justified, this isn't a fight either can win.
New company staging Sondheim’s classic comedy.
Short plays selected by the Bloomington Playwrights Project are featured at the dining event “Vintage Scenes,”
June 24 at Oliver Winery. Details here.
Peace Train and the Flower Power Brass bring back music from the late 1960s and 1970s June 24 as part of the Concerts on
the Canal Series at the Indiana History Center. Details here.
Foreigner and Styx play Verizon Wireless Music Center, June 25. Details here.
The Indianapolis Early Music Festival kicks off with a concert by Artek performing the madrigals of Claudio Monteverdi, June
25 at the Indiana History Center. Details here.
Dr. Noize brings his Preschool of Rock concert to The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, June 26. Details here.
Brady Rymer and the Little Band that Could performs as part of the Indy Parks Family Fun Concert Series, June 26. Details
here.
The Eiteljorg Museum presents its annual Indian Market and Festival, June 26-27. Details here.
‘Front Porches: Reflecting and Connecting’ is the theme of this year’s Historic Meridian Park 2010 Tour
of Homes, June 26-27. Details here.
Lynyrd Skynyrd returns to Verizon Wireless Music Center, June 27. Details here.
311 performs at The Lawn at White River State Park, June 28. Details here.
Michael Buble takes over Conseco Fieldhouse June 29. Details here.
The first part of “White: Part 1 & Part 2,” featuring the work of artist J.T. Kirkland, opens July 1 at Christopher
West Presents. Details here.
June 25-26
Conner Prairie
Earlier in the season, Marvin Hamlisch had to bow out of a Hilbert Circle Theatre concert for a very good reason: He was
expected to be in attendance at the Golden Globe Awards, where he was nominated for Best Original Film Score for “The
Informant.”
The payback is very appropriate, with Hamlisch leading a summer concert celebrating the music of the movies.
His own movie resume runs deep, with Hamlisch-penned music heard in films ranging from “Ice Castles” to “The
Spy Who Loved Me” and from “Three Men and a Baby” to, of course, “The Way We Were.” Details
here.
June 25
Indianapolis Museum of Art
OK, I’ll say it. No Tim Burton film has been as wholly satisfying as “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure,” the
1985 comedy that launched his feature film career. It easily could have been just a cinematic cash-in on Paul Reubens’
then-popular (and, now, about to make a Broadway comeback) goofball character. Instead, Burton and company created a unique
world where a missing bicycle is an epic tragedy; “I know you are but what am I?” passes for philosophical discourse,
and dancing to “Tequila” will get one out of a bar fight. If you need a lift to the IMA this Friday night, maybe
Large Marge can give you a ride. Details here.
June 26-27
Eiteljorg Museum
If you need a break from trying to decide what to purchase from among the more than 100 visual artists showing their work,
there’s plenty of live entertainment at the Eiteljorg Museum’s signature event. Actor Michael Horse (Deputy Tommy
“Hawk” Hill from TV’s “Twin Peaks”) emcees the performance portion of the festival, which includes
storyteller Richard Van Camp, Living Traditions Dance Troupe, guitarist/flutist Aaron White, and hoop dancer Derrick Suwaima
Davis. Details here.
