Greenwood pastor coaches basketball tour in China

By Mike Alexander

Pastor Dean Bouzeos, of The Gathering Place on Greenwood’s Westside, helped coach American basketball team in China in June. - Photo by Mike Alexander

Pastor Dean Bouzeos (Bo-zay-us) of The Gathering Place on Greenwood’s west side has a new appreciation of how the game of basketball is played in China.

He returned home in late June after two weeks in the Beijing area, where he helped coach 10 current and former American college players on a cultural, goodwill tour.

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Elected at 25, Corey urges young people to get involved in community

By Mike Alexander

Greenwood City Councilman Brent Corey (left), one of the youngest politicians elected to office in Indiana, and his former boss, Gail Richards.

Brent Corey, elected one of seven Greenwood City Council members in November 2007, urges other young people to get involved in their community.
In other words, run for office.

Now 26, and with a year of political experience under his belt in representing nearly 50,000 residents of Greenwood, he said he always asks himself two questions when weighing a decision:

• How will this affect economic development in Greenwood?

• How will this affect Greenwood 20 to 40 years from now?

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Theater group teases hair, practices twang for Steel Magnolias

By Sherri Coner-Eastburn

From left: Margi Danz (Clairee) of Trafalgar; Kathy Stokes (Truvy), Shaun Ancelet (Shelby) and Debbie Jones (M’Lynn) of Greenwood; and Heather Jones (Annelle) of Indianapolis. - Photo by Sherri Coner-Eastburn

It is a well-known, heart-tugging story about difficult but loving relationships, sprinkled with humor and good, old-fashioned Southern grit.

That is why, after reviewing more than 40 possibilities, Johnson County’s community theater group, Our Town Players, chose to perform “Steel Magnolias” later this month.

“We love this show because it’s a great story, well-written with strong, well-defined characters,” said Debbie Jones of Greenwood, a longtime member of Our Town Players, who was cast as M’Lynn in the production.

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