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STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: General Assembly’s shooting the three! Boom Baby!

April 25, 2005

Typically, when lawmakers are this near to reaching agreement on a state budget, it’s some time in early or mid-May, and we’re trying to pepper this column with analogies to the Indianapolis 500. However, we started the year with a race analogy-the one about Mario Andretti suggesting that if you felt like you were under control you weren’t going fast enough-and since the Indiana Pacers seemed destined for a brief playoff run this year, we probably ought to stick to…

SPORTS: Pacers’ comeback year extends post-season roll

April 25, 2005

Or to pile on a landfill. A season on the stink. In the hours and days following that fateful evening of Nov. 19 at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Mich., where a momentary lapse turned into a monumental set of calamitous circumstances, it seemed there would be little for the Indiana Pacers to salvage. A championship was simply out of the question, and with the removal of that “One Goal”-the team’s marketing slogan-it seemed the season would be nothing more…

Two Indiana startups chosen to compete nationally:

April 18, 2005

Two of the eight finalists that will participate in a national competition of bioscience startup companies at Purdue University are from Indiana. Omni Spray and QuadraSpec will compete in the third annual Purdue University Life Sciences Business Plan Competition against companies affiliated with several renowned universities, including Columbia University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Johns Hopkins University. The companies will present business plans for bringing their products to market and be judged by a panel of venture capitalists,…

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Statehouse battles brew as session winds down

April 18, 2005

An awful lot of things need to fall into place between now and April 29 for lawmakers to exit Indianapolis with their heads held high over their ability to get things done this session. Some may quibble (and others flat-out argue) about whether the legislative agenda this session has been active-positive or active-negative. However, there is no question that, to this point at least, lawmakers-mirroring the new governor-have been proactive. It’s a stark contrast to the passive stance of the…

Criminal inquiry targets ex-exec: Brightpoint’s risk manager part of AIG grand jury probe

April 18, 2005

Brightpoint Inc.’s former director of risk management is a target of a federal grand jury criminal investigation into a 1999 deal regulators say allowed the Plainfield company to conceal more than $11 million in losses. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indianapolis filed papers in a Manhattan federal court April 12 identifying Timothy Harcharik, Brightpoint’s director of risk management from 1997 until his dismissal in 2002, as one of the targets of the nearly complete securities-fraud probe. On the other side…

Center offers businesses a challenging experience: Year-old school program adds corporate component to build community awareness and financial support

April 18, 2005

Simulating the events of a real-life space mission is not just child’s play anymore. Decatur Township Schools’ Indianapolis Challenger Learning Center now allows area businesses to participate, too. The center, in Ameriplex Business Park, has been hosting field trips and summer camps for children for about a year. An adult program lifted off last fall. “We do not just want to do school-oriented projects,” said Director Gary Pellico. “We want to be a part of this community and we are…

Design firms involved in midfield terminal project merge:

April 18, 2005

After working together on the midfield terminal project at the Indianapolis International Airport, CSO Architects Inc. and SchenkelShultz Architecture have joined to become CSO SchenkelShultz. Executives of the two announced the merger to employees April 12 during a staff meeting at CSO’s headquarters on East 96th Street. Terms of the deal were not released. “By working together, we found that we have a lot in common,” said James Schellinger, a managing partner at CSO. “We both work in a lot…

Special Report: Flawed funding: Years of guaranteed increases set stage for school crisis

April 18, 2005

Indiana’s decades-long effort to protect shrinking school corporations from drastic cutbacks may well backfire on the very districts that most depend on it-including Indianapolis Public Schools. Critics say the promise of more money regardless of enrollment has allowed some school systems to bloat their budgets, and now state legislators are poised to let the air out. School funding already represents more than one-third of Indiana’s $24 billion, twoyear budget, and lawmakers want to rein in expenses and eliminate a projected…

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: Be yourself-maximize your assets

April 18, 2005

Be who you are. Conversely, don’t try to be somebody you’re not. Focus on what you do best, and you’ll succeed. When we think of people who excel at anything … Joshua Bell playing the violin, Reggie Miller shooting three-pointers, Dr. Lawrence Einhorn treating cancer … we understand they have achieved their success by focusing on their God-given talents, developing them, and practicing, practicing, practicing. Communities are much the same, though the philosophy could be amended to read a more…

Changes sought in Citizens Gas pipeline project: Industrial customers argue that alliance drives up cost

April 18, 2005

Citizens Gas & Coke Utility should build a new pipeline to reap cheaper wholesale gas from the West and Canada, but it should ditch its unregulated partner on the project, say industrial customers and the state’s utility consumer watchdog. The Citizens Industrial Group and the Office of Utility Consumer Counselor don’t want Citizens Gas’ ProLiance Energy subsidiary to be involved in certain financing, ownership and management aspects of the proposed $17 million pipeline. They say the joint venture, known as…

BEHIND THE NEWS: Great Lakes board battled for sweet price from suitor Bulriss not talking Legal costs singe ITT

April 18, 2005

Great Lakes Chemical Corp. shareholders have had a lot to feel disappointed about in recent years. But there’s no way they can feel let down over the board’s handling of the company’s $1.5 billion sale to Connecticut-based Crompton Corp. A new regulatory filing shows directors of Indianapolis-based Great Lakes went to extraordinary lengths to extract every penny possible from Crompton before sealing the sale March 8. A blow-by-blow account contained in the filing shows the Great Lakes board first began…

Charter school leaving train station location for its own ’empowerment center’:

April 18, 2005

21st Century Charter School is pulling away from Union Station. Nearly three years after reinventing 17,000 square feet of space that once housed a bar and Hooter’s restaurant, school sponsor Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation has plans to build a stand-alone facility about five miles to the north. GEO has agreed to buy a two-acre parcel at 25th Street and Capitol Avenue that was to be the site of the Fall Creek Retail Center, an ill-fated project that fell apart in…

New rules, players mean different conference session STATEHOUSE DISPATCH:

April 11, 2005

This is about the time each year when I write about the advent of the conference committee process, the black hole that not even the Stephen Hawkings of the legislative process can fathom. Just when you have figured out the session dynamics-leadership, partisan mischief, interconnections between issues and bills, and the relationships among key lawmakers-conference committees begin and all your presumed understanding flies out the window. Regardless of all the pablum you may hear about rules, what issues may be…

Legislators take moratorium on serious moratorium talk: Effort to curb health care construction much quieter

April 11, 2005

The push to corral health care construction in Indiana returned to the General Assembly with a lower dose of momentum this year. Several bills regulating development in one fashion or another made appearances during the session, but no major initiatives will make it out of the Statehouse, according to advocates on both sides of the issue. Prospects for another push to install a certificate-of-need law or a moratorium next year also appear hazy for now, say legislators who pitched bills…

Wellness provider expands: Summex Health planning bigger HQ on NW side

April 11, 2005

A leading provider of wellness programs for large companies will triple its office space in June to meet demand from employers eager to save on soaring health care costs. Indianapolis-based Summex Health Management Inc. and its 55 employees will vacate 10,000 square feet of office space in The Morley Group building on the northwest side and take up residence in roomier digs in nearby Woodland Corporate Park. The Duke Realty Corp. property provides Summex nearly 30,000 square feet, or the…

Banker fits bill at art museum: Ex-Bank One CEO O’Connor leads facility through final stages of $74M expansion

April 11, 2005

Just over a year after retiring from the top position at central Indiana’s largest bank, former Bank One of Indiana CEO Lawrence A. O’Connor Jr. found himself giving up his newfound freedom to run another big business-the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Making the jump from financial services to arts and culture might seem unlikely, but O’Connor, who’s been serving as IMA’s interim executive director since November, finds himself at home running Indianapolis’ largest arts-related not-for-profit. “This is a wonderful place,”…

SPORTS: Two cities, eight teams and miles of observations

April 11, 2005

ST. INDIANAPOLIS-OK, an explanation of the goofy dateline. I have just finished shuttling back and forth between St. Louis for the NCAA Men’s Final Four and Indy for the NCAA Women’s Final Four. Because of a speaking engagement in St. Louis and an obligation back here on the front end, I made three round trips in six days, covering 1,500 miles. It was worth it. Six games over four days resulting in two national champions, the University of North Carolina…

IUPUI discovers Office for Women still needs to exist: Program uses workshops, discussions and awards to keep the issues affecting women in the forefront

April 11, 2005

While many universities have programs dedicated to women’s equality, the IUPUI Office for Women is not taken for granted by the administration there. “It is important as part of the university’s diversity department,” said Kathy Grove, director of the IUPUI Office for Women. “It helps women to fulfill their potential and ensure that we have an environment free of harassment based on gender.” Established in October 1996 under the leadership of Dr. Kathleen Warfel, who was a professor of pathology…

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: Keep lights on at the Statehouse

April 4, 2005

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary Keep lights on at the Statehouse Every morning I wake up happy that my job doesn’t require getting things through the Indiana General Assembly. I don’t have that kind of patience, and I’m not cut out to deal with that much frustration. I understand that big issues take time to be resolved and that compromise rarely happens overnight, but for a few issues that everyone seemed to agree were critical from the outset, the time it’s taking…

Incubator lures biotech upstart: Fish vaccine biz hoping to land on canal

April 4, 2005

Hatching new businesses is getting to be routine for Indiana University. So it was easy for Richard Wagner to contemplate moving his biotech startup from Columbus, Ohio, into IU’s 2-year-old business incubator on the Central Canal. “It’s an excellent facility. Every time I go up, I’m more and more impressed with it,” Wagner said. “They put a lot of thought into designing it to meet the needs of life science and biotechnology research.” Wagner, who holds a doctorate in plant…

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STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: General Assembly’s shooting the three! Boom Baby!

SPORTS: Pacers’ comeback year extends post-season roll

Two Indiana startups chosen to compete nationally:

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Statehouse battles brew as session winds down

Criminal inquiry targets ex-exec: Brightpoint’s risk manager part of AIG grand jury probe

Center offers businesses a challenging experience: Year-old school program adds corporate component to build community awareness and financial support

Design firms involved in midfield terminal project merge:

Special Report: Flawed funding: Years of guaranteed increases set stage for school crisis

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: Be yourself-maximize your assets

Changes sought in Citizens Gas pipeline project: Industrial customers argue that alliance drives up cost

BEHIND THE NEWS: Great Lakes board battled for sweet price from suitor Bulriss not talking Legal costs singe ITT

Charter school leaving train station location for its own ’empowerment center’:

New rules, players mean different conference session STATEHOUSE DISPATCH:

Legislators take moratorium on serious moratorium talk: Effort to curb health care construction much quieter

Wellness provider expands: Summex Health planning bigger HQ on NW side

Banker fits bill at art museum: Ex-Bank One CEO O’Connor leads facility through final stages of $74M expansion

SPORTS: Two cities, eight teams and miles of observations

IUPUI discovers Office for Women still needs to exist: Program uses workshops, discussions and awards to keep the issues affecting women in the forefront

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: Keep lights on at the Statehouse

Incubator lures biotech upstart: Fish vaccine biz hoping to land on canal