Archive for March 2022
Fishers Elementary School Students Build Box City in Urban Planning Workshop with Fishers Planning & Zoning
The City of Fishers Planning & Zoning Department and Fishers Elementary School will host the Box City urban planning workshop for third grade students on Thursday, March 31 at the Fishers Maker Playground at Hub & Spoke (8100 E. 106th Street). With support from the City’s Planning & Zoning team, students will learn how to…
Read MoreBrian James Carter
March 8, 1979 – March 25, 2022 Brian James Carter, 43, of Arcadia, passed away on Fri., March 25, 2022 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born on March 8, 1979 in Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Carter graduated in 1998 from Hamilton Southeastern High School and worked as an electrician. He was a member…
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NHS Literary Club Adviser Inspires a Creative Spirit
Noblesville High School English teacher Bill Kenley — adviser for the NHS Literary Club — encourages his students to have high aspirations. The club’s newest release is called “Aspirational Picnic Table” and “is a loose collection” of about 50 young writers and artists who have all contributed to the school’s literary magazine. Most of the…
Read MoreDaily Almanac: March 29, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 7:32 a.m. SET: 8:05 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 46 °F Low: 30 °F Wacky Holiday Today: • National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day • Piano Day What Happened On This Day: • 1971 Charles Manson is sentenced to death in the gas chamber • 2004 Ireland becomes the first country to ban…
Read MoreRoutines Are Habit Forming
I was surprised to learn, Tuesday morning, that I was out of milk. I was quite certain that milk was on my weekly grocery list, and I was equally certain that I had walked out of the store with a jug of fodder fuel in my hand. Nevertheless, when I opened the refrigerator door, in…
Read MoreWestfield Welcome to Host Egg-Paw-Looza
After a two-year hiatus, Westfield Welcome is excited to announce the return of Egg-Paw-Looza, presented by Centier Bank. Egg-Paw-Looza will be held at the north entrance of Asa Bales Park (205 W. Hoover Street) on Sunday, April 10th from 12pm – 3pm. This year’s event will feature two pet egg hunts, pictures with the Easter…
Read MoreArts Commission Announces Study on Arts and Culture in Community, Economic Development Strategies
The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC), in partnership with the Indiana Communities Institute (ICI) of Ball State University, has released new research around how Indiana municipalities are utilizing local arts and culture in their community and economic development strategies. The research report, Planning with Arts & Culture, was produced by Emily J. Wornell, PhD and Brian…
Read MoreThe Looming And Crowded GOP Gubernatorial Field
Are you running for governor in 2024? That was the question I had for U.S. Rep. Jim Banks as we had coffee Monday afternoon. Just hours earlier, two Indiana reporters had suggested that U.S. Rep. Trey Hollingsworth was the “frontrunner” for this open seat. “I haven’t ruled anything out,” Banks responded. “I will say candidly…
Read MorePatron Of The Arts
My landlord, Jorge, is a patron of the arts. When I imagine a patron of the arts, I imagine some fabulously wealthy person in the past, supporting the creation of art in Italy or New York—someone with an impossibly luxurious lifestyle, maybe with a couple of designer dogs on diamond leashes standing at attention nearby.…
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