Leland Boren to kick off Ivy Tech lecture series
MUNCIE — Entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist Leland E. Boren, will share his story of success as the first presenter in Ivy Tech Community College’s School of Business Guest Lecture Series on Monday. Boren’s talk will be at 1 p.m. in the first floor auditorium at Ivy Tech Muncie’s Fisher campus, 345 S. High St. The presentation will also be teleconferenced to the Marion and Anderson campuses as well.
Born and raised in Indiana, Boren is chairman and CEO of Avis Industrial Corporation, a privately-held holding corporation for 10 manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico headquartered in Upland, IN. In 2010, he added president and CEO of PHD, Inc., Fort Wayne, a leading manufacturer of electric, pneumatic and hydraulic industrial automation actuators, to his list of business responsibilities. Boren began his career in 1945 at Pierce Governor Co., Anderson.
Local photographer earns top awards
ANDERSON — Nancy Bailey-Pratt of Nancy’s Photography has earned the title of Photographer of the Year at the recent Professional Photographers of Indiana (PPI)state convention. This is the 9th consecutive year she has placed in the Top 10. The presentation was made at the PPI’s annual convention in February held at the Indianapolis Hilton.
In addition to Top Photographer, Bailey-Pratt was first in both the Portrait and Album categories and second in the Illustrative categories with highest total cumulative score. Of her 10 total entries, all 10 received merit awards meaning they scored 80 or above. In addition, she had the Highest Scoring Album in the Show, the highest scoring children’s Portrait, the highest scoring outdoor Portrait. Special awards were given by ASP (American Society of Photographers) and IPPG (Indianapolis Professional Photographers Guild) and Judge’s choice, all awards which Bailey-Pratt also earned.
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Business People: March 17
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Flagship Microloan program expands
The Flagship Enterprise Center is making $500,000 more in loan funds available to local small businesses.
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Hospital dedicates St. John’s Chapel
St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital renamed its chapel on Tuesday to pay homage to its past. About 70 people attended the dedication service of the newly christened St. John’s Chapel just inside the main lobby doors at the hospital.
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Emmett Dulaney: First sports marketing camp starts in June
For the first time, Anderson University is offering a summer camp for high school students who are interested in learning about the field of sports marketing.
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Charo Boyd: Social Security honors all who serve
Every day of the year, Americans across the nation remember friends and family members who have served and sacrificed for their country. Memorial Day is a day when we all come together to honor those who have given their lives in the defense of freedom and the principles we hold dear in this country.
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Study reflects local hospital costs on par
It’s hard to say what’s worse — being hospitalized, or the bill that follows.
But in some places, that bill might be a bigger hit than others: Say, Monterey Park, Calif., for example, where an inpatient being treated for heart failure could expect to pay about twice the average between Madison County’s Community Hospital Anderson and St. Vincent Anderson Regional. -
News of Record: Divorce and bankruptcy filings
Divorce filings and bankruptcy filings recently for Madison County, as published Sunday in The Herald Bulletin:
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Yard sale season means big business
Yard sale season is upon us, again.
In Ginnie Clevenger’s Pendleton neighborhood, it’s been a Pendle Hill homeowners’ association tradition since 1977, marked every year with a big banner and balloons tied to mailboxes. Saturday, between 15 and 20 homeowners had signed up to price-sticker their old clothes, video tapes, whats-a-whose-its and thing-a-ma-bobs, and spread them across their front lawns. -
Business People: May 19
Business People briefs, as published Sunday:
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Big Joe Clark column: Competing with tax policy difficult in a changing world
Years ago, I received valuable insight into the eyes of the Internal Revenue Service.
A client was being audited, and I saw the writing on the wall of the financial impact if the fines were truly assessed. -
Anytime Fitness pumps up with remodel
Anytime Fitness, the Anderson gym in Applewood Centre, is being reinvented.
In less than a week, a massive overhaul has added more high-tech fitness gear, a new color scheme and 1,000 square feet of floor space. - More Local Business Headlines
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Flagship Microloan program expands
