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Musician Steve Jeffris
by Sherri Coner-Eastburn
To keep music in their lives, many Hoosier musicians think they have two choices; either schedule weekend gigs around a fulltime job that pays the bills or move to Nashville, Tenn., with the hope of hitting the big time.
For Southsider, Steve Jeffris, neither of those choices was necessary.
Jeffris has achieved the ultimate musician
Field brings Southside parishes together
By Kevin Kane
After generous donations and six months of volunteer labor, All Saints Field saw its first action ever Sept. 22.
Football/soccer field is the product of a collaborative effort between Our Lady of the Greenwood and St. Francis and Clare parishes. OLG has enough players and funding for teams but is without its own field and landlocked. St. Francis, on the other hand, has acres of excess land, but students in grades 3-8 are currently enrolled at OLG and participating on the Eagles
Dr. John T. Coopman awarded District V Superintendent of the Year
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Dr. John T. Coopman, superintendent of Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation, was chosen by the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents as the 2008 District V Superintendent of the Year. District V Central includes Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and Shelby counties.
Winners are chosen by other superintendents in their district who consider the qualifications and accomplishments of area colleagues as well as how well they have exerted leadership with limited financial resources. One of the seven district winners will become Indiana’s representative in the American Association of School Administrators National Superintendent of the Year program.
Shaw named chamber executive
By Mike Alexander
Terry A. Shaw, 47, has been named the first executive director of the newly organized Greater Beech Grove Chamber of Commerce.
A business owner for 17 years, she is not a newcomer to the Beech Grove business community. For the past four years, she was vice president and secretary of the chamber predecessor, Greater Beech Grove Business Association.
Her job now is to promote the Beech Grove business community. She plans to do it with programs, seminars and workshops that will unify area businesses. Members are encouraged to give first consideration to fellow chamber members when buying goods, supplies and services.
Greenwood schools adopt budget
by Sarah True
Transportation issues will drive the 2008 Greenwood Community Schools’ budget that school board members unanimously approved Tuesday night. The school board approved a maximum budget of $36.1 million. That includes about $2.7 million for a new bus garage.
The budget
A little sunshine on a dark day
By Sherri Coner-Eastburn
These are the days when, unfortunately, we can get bombarded with totally negative messages about day-to-day life. Read the rest of this entry »
Turn on the news and hear heartbreaking stories of young men and women maimed forever or lost forever, to the war in Iraq.
Too many incidents of missing children, elderly people beaten by thieves, constant reminders that monsters lurk in our neighborhoods.
I also get downright disgusted with the vicious pot shots taken so frequently at the young entertainer, Brittany Spears.
It seems there is not one single person with a heart in the whole bunch of journalists and photographers. They foam at the mouth, waiting for her to mess up, make another bad choice.
No one comes forward to save this young woman from herself.
Cheesecake Factory opens to great fanfare
by Mike Alexander
GREENWOOD
Perry schools in better shape than most
by Mike Alexander
Despite thunderstorms outside, Perry