NCL Crossroads Chapter Announces 2022 Scholarship Winner, Recognizes Moms, Daughters for Community Service

The Crossroads Chapter of National Charity League (NCL) held its annual awards ceremony to recognize its 2022 scholarship winner along with mothers and daughters (grades 7-12) for their community service efforts, which culminated in the chapter donating 4,530 volunteer hours over the past year. The chapter awarded Abigail Thomas, a Lebanon High School senior, as…

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Ala Carte

On the Wolfsie refrigerator, next to a photo of me hugging Goofy at Disney World (I was a mere 57 years old at the time) is Mary Ellen’s list of items to be purchased on her next trip to the supermarket. Needless to say, there is frequent updating, like if we consume the last of…

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Grand Run Returns on Memorial Day

Runners and walkers can once again lace up their shoes for Westfield Welcome’s 8th annual Grand Run presented by Centier Bank on Memorial Day. Grand Run boasts a 5k, 10k, half marathon and a special kid’s fun run at Grand Park Sports Campus. Participants will run on Westfield’s expansive trail system winding through Grand Park…

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Grants Available for Recycling Markets, Manufacturing Capacity and Job Creation

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) today announced the availability of grant funding for recycling projects from the Recycling Market Development Program. Eligible candidates may seek a grant ranging from $50,000 to $500,000. Proposals are accepted now through June 15, 2022. Public and private businesses, local government, solid waste management districts, and nonprofit organizations…

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One Man’s Ranking of Purdue Football’s Previous First Round Draft Picks

George Karlaftis became the 24th Purdue football player taken during the first round of a professional football draft, going 30th overall to the Kansas City Chiefs last week. His selection ended an 11-year first-round drought for the Boilermakers, whose last first-round pick was another All-American defensive end: Ryan Kerrigan. Those 23 first-round selections include three…

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New HSPA Executive Director and General Counsel Amelia McClure Begins Tenure

Amelia Dieter McClure begins her tenure this week as executive director and general counsel for the Hoosier State Press Association. HSPA represents 142 daily and weekly paid-circulation newspapers across Indiana. The trade association was founded in 1933. It lobbies on behalf of the state’s newspapers, provides legal information, training and other services to its members.…

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Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins

My friend Mel just got back from an uncle’s funeral, where he met family members he did not know he had. Personally, I’ve met more relatives at funerals than I have at weddings…but maybe it’s because weddings require an invitation. Last month, my uncle told me that my third cousin had died. No, two cousins…

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Senate Votes to Support Sens. Young and Hassan’s Bipartisan Provision to Strengthen Research, Development

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted on priorities for the upcoming conference committee on the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, a bill led by Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.). In an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 90 to 5, the Senate passed a bipartisan motion offered by Senators Young and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) to promote American research…

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