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North Central High musicians to set scene for 'Whalesong' screening
North Central High School musicians will set the scene for a movie screening at a Northside church. The North Central High School Bass Ensemble will play three songs Friday before Epworth United Methodist Church has a showing of the documentary...
Pike High School students work with American Indian artists on exhibit
A grant is helping Pike High School students collaborate with Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art and the Sullivan Munce Cultural Center in Zionsville for an exhibit. Pike High received a grant from the Indiana Arts Commission’s Arts...
Washington Township School Board OKs 'tax neutral' funding referendum
Washington Township Schools will move forward with a general fund referendum. The Washington Township School Board on Wednesday approved putting a “tax neutral” referendum before voters that will shift money from the capital projects fund...
Washington Township Schools still waiting for first H1N1 vaccine
Washington Township Schools is ready to start hosting clinics for their students to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine. However, like the rest of the country, the Far-Northside district is waiting for doses to be available. “We’re cooperating...
Cathedral looking to keep pace at cross country state meet
Cathedral High School girls cross country coach Mark Doctor couldn’t tell you who his No. 1 runner is. “Just about everyone of them has been the No. 1 runner,” he said of his lineup of seniors Paige Mason, Katie Cleary and Molly Wallace, sophomore...
Tanker explosion damages 200 feet of rail line
About 200 feet of railroad track — including 400 feet of rail and 160 ties — along the Nickel Plate Road rail line was damaged by heat during last week’s tanker truck explosion at I-69 and I-465. That’s the rail line that...
Feds' initial probe of bridge crash nearly done
Investigators still are gathering facts; cause won’t be decided for a year The National Transportation Safety Board is wrapping up its preliminary investigation into the propane truck crash and explosion last week on I-69. An investigator...
Learning to grapple with life
Take Down Crime program uses wrestling to build confidence, put kids on right path Takedowns and reversals on the wrestling mat are teaching a group of students discipline and life skills. Coach James Tanniehill and vice president Laura Rader started...
Artists, authors to mingle during book fest
One local artist will have a homecoming as part of an annual Northside book festival. Local artist Lois Templeton’s expressionist artwork is hanging in the Arthur M. Glick JCC art gallery and is featured during the 11th annual Ann Katz Festival...
Little altars celebrate loved ones
Indianapolis Art Center adopts Mexican celebration called Day of the Dead Skeletons fill the ARTSPARK at the Indianapolis Art Center, but not as part of a Halloween celebration. The art center will host its 10th annual Day of the Dead Celebration...
Nora students pledge to stay away from drugs
Sporting red T-shirts, the color of drug-free awareness, 850 Nora Elementary students pledged to stay away from drugs. As part of national Red Ribbon Week, students at the Washington Township elementary school took the Say No to Drugs pledge...
Park Tudor graduate's humor appeals to all ages
A whimsical grandmother whose medication takes up all the medicine cabinet space, a dryer that eats socks, and a dog nipping at her heels make up the world of single mom Dotty. Park Tudor graduate Wendy Stout O’Brien brings these characters to...
Meet the Teacher: Chad Wallace
Grade/subject at what school: Third- through fifth-grade COMPASS teacher, Allisonville Elementary, Washington Township. Number of years teaching: 11. Work email: cwallace @msdwt.k12.in.us Background/schooling: Bachelor’s degree, Indiana...
Meet the Teacher: Deborah Daniels Calhoun
Grade/subject at what school: Biology and freshman honors biology, Pike High School. Number of years teaching: 25. Work e-mail: dcalhoun@pike.k12.in.us Background/schooling: Bachelor’s degree, Jarvis Christian College; master’s degree,...
How Katz festival found its authors
Finding authors to present at an annual book festival was almost like speed dating for Larry Rothenberg. Given the task of finding stimulating presenters for the 11th annual Ann Katz Festival of Books at the Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center,...
Lawrence Twp. firefighters to get 10.5% pay cuts
Due to township budget, board cut money, some bonuses, added to health insurance premiums The Lawrence Township board voted Tuesday to approve a major decrease in pay and benefits for the Lawrence Township Fire Department. The firefighters’...
Lawrence board cuts fire department pay
The Lawrence Township board voted Tuesday to approve a major decrease in pay and benefits for the Lawrence Township Fire Department. The decision pleased no one at the meeting, which saw firefighters fill most of the assembly room at the Lawrence...
Cathedral football team gearing up for playoff run
The Cathedral High School football team clearly established itself as the top team in Class 4A when it opened the season by beating the No. 1 team in 5A in back-to-back weeks in Carmel and Warren Central. But after a brutal first four weeks —...
Brebeuf Jesuit football team hoping for tournament run
The Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School football team sailed through the first four weeks of its schedule, beating its opponents by a combined score of 144-28 and earning a state ranking. Then Evan Kroot was afflicted with mononucleosis. The Braves...
2 Pike Twp. Schools media experts win awards
Two Pike Township Schools media specialists received statewide recognition for programs at their schools. Tammie Buchanan from Fishback Creek Public Academy and Lauren Kniola from New Augusta South Public Academy received the Blue Ribbon Program...
Lawrence Twp. firefighters back pay cut without layoffs
When the Lawrence Township Board meets on Tuesday to consider spending by the township trustee, they will be asked to approve a plan to reduce a budget deficit that will cut firefighters’ pay, but will preserve all of the fire...
North Central, Pike high schools schedule open houses in November
Two Northside high schools are planning November open houses for future and potential students. North Central’s annual open house is from 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 1 at the school at 1801 E. 86th St. Families can take guided tours of the campus....
Northside school plans community service day
The entire student body of one Northside school will fan across Indianapolis in a day of community service next week. Bishop Chatard students will spend the entire school day Wednesday at about 40 organizations, said Kelly Lucas, spokeswoman for the...
3 Washington Township elementaries to get new heating, air-conditioning units
Three Washington Township elementary schools will receive new heating and air-conditioning units. The School Board recently approved a $394,540 bid from Indiana Thermal Solutions to order six 120-ton chillers — two each for Crooked Creek, John...
Humane Society has namesake for animal foster-care program
The foster-care program at the Humane Society of Indianapolis will get a namesake Sunday. The society will name the program after Eleanor “Nonie” Krauss, who fostered animals with her husband John. Krauss died in 2007 at age 57, after being struck by...
Bishop Chatard students raise money for Riley Hospital for Children
Dancing to the music, more than 200 Northside students raised more than $33,000 for hospitalized children. Students raised $33,957.90 during the 10th annual Bishop Chatard dance marathon Oct. 11, said Kelly Lucas, Bishop Chatard spokeswoman. The...
Jobs in jeopardy, say Washington Township Schools administrators
Washington Township School Board is readying referendum Washington Township Schools administrators say that if the district’s referendum doesn’t pass in May, 45 teachers could lose their jobs. With the help of residents’ input, the...
Cast for Children's Theatre Institute vaudeville show to come from local schools
The Children’s Theatre Institute in Indianapolis will put on a vaudeville act for its next show, and the cast includes a number of students from Carmel schools. The production of “Vaudeville’s My Home” will be Nov. 20-22 at...
Cast for Children's Theatre Institute vaudeville show to come from local schools
The Children’s Theatre Institute will put on a vaudeville act for its next show, and the cast includes students from local elementary and middle schools. The production of “Vaudeville’s My Home” will be Nov. 20-22 at the...
Beth Ahearn
Grade/subject at what school: Fifth grade, Forest Dale Elementary. Number of years teaching: 21. Work e-mail: bahearn@ccs.k12.in.us Background/schooling: Graduate work, Indiana University and Miami of Ohio; bachelor’s degree, Indiana...
