Jones presented with Hoosier Homestead Award
Martha E. Jones, whose Madison County homestead was founded in 1908, was presented with a Hoosier Homestead Award on Friday at the Indiana Statehouse.
Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman and Indiana Agriculture Director Anne Hazlett presented 35 families with the awards. To be named a Hoosier Homestead, farms must be owned by the same family for more than 100 consecutive years and consist of more than 20 acres or produce more than $1,000 of agricultural products per year. More than 4,500 families have been honored with the Hoosier Homestead Award since 1976.
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ClipZone to cut for heart health
ClipZone Salon stylists will provide haircuts and styles for $24 from noon to 6 p.m. Feb. 23 in the salon at 1913 C St., Anderson. The event, called Cuts for a Cause, will benefit the American Heart Association and the Saint John’s Foundation. No appointments are necessary.
Stylists also will perform discounted services like brow shaping, makeup application, Dermalogica face mapping, chair massage and men’s cuts. St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, Saint John’s Health System and the American Heart Association will have displays and door prize drawings during the event.
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Women invited to heart health casting call
Local women are invited to participate in the 2009 Go Red for Women casting call to share their heart health stories. Saint John’s Health System, St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana and the American Heart Association are in collaboration on the event.
Women will be videotaped sharing their stories about heart-healthy lifestyle changes and may be included in a national television special. Call (765) 646-8290 to make an appointment to videotape a story.
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Altairnano joins battery consortium
Anderson company Altairnano is part of a consortium to mass produce lithium-ion batteries for vehicles. The consortium is intended to help U.S. researchers keep pace with their Asian counterparts in lithium-ion battery development.
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Primrose Retirement to sponsor breakfast
Primrose Retirement Communities will sponsor the first Wake Up Breakfast of 2009 on Thursday at Hoosier Park Racing and Casino. Other wake up events will be April 16, June 18, Aug. 20 and Oct. 15. Single tickets are $15 for Chamber of Commerce members.
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Chamber to host second legislative meeting
The Chamber of Commerce and League of Women voters will sponsor another Third House Legislative Meeting 8 a.m. March 2 at the Anderson Public Library. Invited to participate in the free event are Sen. Tim Lanane and Reps. Terri Austin, Jack Lutz and Scott Reske, who will make opening remarks and take questions.
Local Business
Feb. 14: Local Business Briefs
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Gunman robs Old National Bank
A gunman escaped with money from a southside Anderson bank Tuesday afternoon.
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Emmett Dulaney: The tragedy of the insurance commons
In basic economics, students often hear of the concept of “the tragedy of the commons.” In overly simplistic terms, this is a situation in which many individuals share a limited resource.
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Report: Hoosier Park leaves economic mark on county
Tourism has become big business in Madison County and Hoosier Park Racing & Casino is the star attraction, concludes a recent report from the Anderson/Madison County Visitors & Convention Bureau.
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Call answered decades later
Ron Cross' family and friends thought he was crazy for quitting a well-established career, but Cross thought there was something better out there for him. And he wanted to set a good example for his children — now 17 and 24 — by going to college.
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Gerry Dick Business Briefs: Feb. 5
A compilation of business news items of local and statewide interest, provided by writer Gerry Dick.
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'Big Joe' Clark: Housing market yet to bottom out
As housing prices slow their massive drop from the highs we saw in 2006, economists and market analysts alike want to have their voices heard when they call for a bottom in the housing market. It just isn’t time yet.
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Rivals back home, friends here
Football fans began arriving here for Super Bowl XLVI on Friday, bringing together complete strangers, families and old fraternity buddies.
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Members accuse city union treasurer of stealing
Over $30,000 in dues is missing from a city union, according to two members.
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Muncie business sells football-shaped windows
Small-business owner Pat Smith says she created the Sports Collection of Windows and Doors to give back to an organization that saved her son’s life.
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Susan Miller: Big names contradict first-born advantage
Perhaps you’ve heard the stories about birth order and success in life. You know the stories that say first-born and only-children tend to rise to the top in life and in business.
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