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Earning Earning certification certification can can open open doors doors with employers, Page 2 with employers, Page 2

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Nurse Nurse says says patient patient care, care, administrative administrative work work are are both both rewarding, rewarding, Page Page 33

STANDING OUT FROM THE HERD TRADITIONAL ROLES AS FARMER, FARRIER AND WOODWORKER STILL REWARDING FOR LOCAL EMPLOYEES. PAGES 6-12

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here’s still a need locally for farmers, farriers (who fit horses with shoes) and woodworkers.

Some of the work is done as it was many, many years ago, while other modern conveniences have helped the businesses.

In this issue, we feature a company that has created custom woodworking for hotels and homes around the region, as well as courthouses in Wayne and Randolph counties and the new Center for the Visual and Performing Arts at Earlham College.

Meet a local family raising beef that’s sold at Radford’s Meat Market and find out why they are committed to eating more natural foods.

We also spotlight two men who travel around the Whitewater and Miami valleys to shoe horses, miniponies and donkeys.

Find practical advice on obtaining small business loans or joining the Manufacturing Matters training program inside this issue.

And be inspired by stories about those who’ve succeeded in nursing administration, real estate and higher education.

INDEX Page 2..... Earning certification can open doors with employers Page 3..... Patient care, administration both appealing for nurse Page 4..... Paul Lingle honored by Ohio colleges for his community commitment Page 6..... Couple raises beef that is sold at a local meat market Page 8..... Men go into countryside around Whitewater, Miami Valleys to shoe horses Page 10..... Local craftsman and his crew produce custom woodwork Page 12..... Matchmaking between lenders and buyers Page 13..... Honorary IU doctorate celebrates collaborative spirit of former Ivy Tech leader Pages 14-15..... Photos of local ribbon-cuttings, donations Send suggestions for future articles and upcoming events for our calendar to mmartin@ pal-item.com or call (765) 9734468.

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Brothers Jason Johnson, left foreground, and Charles Johnson, right foreground, both of Cambridge City, compare notes during a job fair for graduates of Manufacturing Matters in 2014, at Ivy Tech Community College. In the background are Eric Matthews, left, and Chris Becker, right, both of Richmond. All four graduated from the training program during a ceremony before the job fair.

Manufacturing Matters: Earning certification can open doors with employers There is a movement in education to work toward educating students about the different pathways that they may take to reach career success.

For some students, this pathway is a four-year college education, for others a two-year program, and for still others Trevor vocational programs Oakerson may be the best route. One such program, Manufacturing Matters, offers individuals of all ages and walks of life the opportunity to become a certified production technician.

Full scholarships are available for the certified production technician program taught by staff from the Ivy Tech Corporate Col-

lege and WorkOne. This comprehensive credential opens doors for employment at several area industries. Students learn about manufacturing processes, equipment, safety, leadership, quality, and today’s latest technologies.

To qualify, students must complete WorkKeys testing — including reading for information, locating information, observation, and applied mathematics, pass a drug screening and participate in a personal interview. Free assistance and testing is available through WorkOne. Manufacturing Matters, East Central Indiana’s fast-track training program, celebrated a successful first year in January. This initiative, a joint effort of Ivy Tech Community College Richmond’s Corporate College, WorkOne, the

Economic Development Corporation of Wayne County and the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce addresses the regional skills gap by providing certified workers trained to meet a common need amongst manufacturers in the area.

In its inaugural year, Manufacturing Matters received 272 applicants, 50 of whom were accepted into one of the four cohorts.

Of those students, 91 percent have See MANUFACTURING, Page 3

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PATIENT CARE, ADMINISTRATION BOTH APPEALING Vanessa Mason doesn’t remember a time when she didn’t want to work in health care.

Now the director of clinical services at Forest Park Health Campus in Richmond, Mason recently was chosen to receive Ivy Tech Community College Richmond’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

A graduate of Ivy Tech with an Associate of Science degree in nursing, Mason, 48, is a candidate for a Master of Science degree in Clinical Systems Leadership at the University of Arizona. She has preliminary admission to the Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree program at Indiana State University.

Mason is also the president of the Ivy Tech Community College Richmond Alumni Association. Mason and her husband, Lawrence, have been married for 11 years and live in Richmond.

What attracted you to nursing?

My mother had a medical background and when I was in 11th grade I went to vocational school to become a nurse’s aide. Patients would say “thank you” for a drink of water. I realized I could make a difference for them with something as simple as a drink of water. It’s a feeling of satisfaction, a feeling you

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received a certified production technician credential, 44 percent have been placed in a manufacturing position and 33 percent of those placements have been with one of the program’s employer partners. The average wage of those placed after training was $11.21, with the average wage of those placed at an employer partner was $11.55.

In 2014, Manufacturing Matters

can’t really describe.

You have worked your way up the ladder from bedside care to management. How did that occur?

I’ve been a CNA (certified nursing assistant), an LPN (licensed practical nurse), and a RN (registered nurse.) At one time I wanted to be a physician, but I really love nursing.

There are so many avenues to choose from in nursing. I’m intrigued with the human body and I like helping people. I also like the administrative piece of nursing. We often think of nursing as only hands-on care. I like both. I wanted a position that integrated the administrative and hands-on aspects.

I manage the entire nursing department at Forest Park and I’m the assistant executive director. I’m responsible for all shifts, staffing and medical records. I’ll finish my master’s in December. Then I’m going to take a little breather. I will start on my doctoral program in the fall of 2016. The doctor of Nursing Practice is similar to the nurse practitioner, but a step higher. A lot of people teach with that degree.

You are in charge of hiring nurses. What do you look for in a nurse?

I look for personal values. What is important to them? I also look for received a $150,000 three-year grant from the Walmart Foundation in support of the Job Ready, Willing and Able initiative to provide skills training and industry recognized credentials. This grant, accepted through Ivy Tech Community College, will be used to increase training opportunities and raise awareness to increase participation from qualified individuals. » For more information about the Manufacturing Matters Program, including partnership and application forms, please visit www. manufacturingmatters.info.

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Vanessa Mason is the director of clinical services at Forest Park Health Campus. She recently earned Ivy Tech Community College Richmond’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

that passion, that flair for nursing.

Do they seem engaged?

I look for a spark. I see it most times. When I don’t see it, I know they are just looking for a paycheck. I’m looking for someone who wants to serve.

We once had a shortage of nurses, but that’s no longer the case.

We now have a shortage of nursing educators and we have a waiting list of people who want to go to nursing school.

You are a member of several nursing associations, including the National Black Nurses Association. Has race created issues for

you in nursing?

My race has been a help to me.

There are not than many blacks in doctoral nursing programs, so it has helped to project me into administrative positions. I participate in a lot of nursing organizations and they each have great flavor. I try to lend my hand to help whenever I can.

I enjoy training and teaching new nurses. I also teach Red Cross CPR classes in community centers. I offer free classes and pay the Red Cross fee myself, so there’s no charge for getting this training, which is so important.

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Nominated by Wittenberg University President Laurie M. Joyner for his “uncompromising commitment to service both in his community and beyond,” Paul Lingle of Richmond has been inducted into the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges’ Hall of Excellence.

He is the sixth alumnus of Wittenberg to enter the Hall of Excellence, which recognizes outstanding graduates from the 34 colleges and universities that are part of the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges.

During the ceremony in Columbus, Ohio, praise for the Richmond resident noted that, “For more than 40 years, Lingle has played a vital role in his Richmond, Ind., hometown, pursuing every opportunity and working diligently to improve the lives of residents. From helping with efforts to promote economic development and health care to serving as a devoted advocate for higher education, Lingle has distinguished himself in his work.”

“I was very, very surprised and honored,” said Lingle, who is president of Lingle Real Estate. “I’m in very special company.”

Some well-known members of Hall of Excellence are Hugh Downs, Sen. John H. Glenn, Coretta Scott King, and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.

Lingle, who graduated from Wittenberg in 1963, said he has benefited from the liberal arts education he received. He said there is a great focus on education and making sure young people go to college. But sometimes, in the haste to get that education, college students get forced into a discipline that doesn’t suit them.

“I believe that liberal arts colleges provide you the overall foundation for self-discovery,” he said.

In Lingle’s case, it was an economics class that lit his fire and set him on his career path. But also important to his overall education was the art appreciation course he was required to take. He said that as a young man, he wouldn’t have willingly taken the course, but now he values what he learned.

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Wittenberg University President Laurie M. Joyner inducts Paul Lingle of Richmond into the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges’ Hall of Excellence.

“My college education taught me how to think, listen, understand, negotiate and accept all kinds of people — to not feel threatened by changing circumstances and different environments, but to seek out the differences in people, places and circumstances. As a result, opportunities showed up everywhere,” Lingle said.

In addition to his bachelor’s degree from Wittenberg, Lingle has a master's degree in industrial relations from West Virginia University.

He received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Indiana University for his support of Indiana University East in Richmond. He has served on the IU East board of advisors, helped lead the fundraising efforts and, in 2005, Lingle and his

wife, Pat, established the Lingle Scholars Program, offered to incoming freshmen enrolled in the IU East Honors Program, to keep the brightest and best students in Wayne County.

In 2014, Lingle received the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce’s Art Vivian Distinguished Community Leader Award and in 2006, he received the Wayne County Foundation’s Charles A. Rodefeld Award for leadership in philanthropy and community service.

The Lingle name can be seen throughout the community on more than just real estate “for sale” signs.

Donations he and his wife have made personally and through the Lingle Family Foundation, have led to the naming of Lingle Hall and Audi-

torium at Reid Hospital, the Lingle Board Room at Ivy Tech Community College, and the Lingle Music Hall for recitals and rehearsals hall in the Earlham College Center for the Visual and Performing Arts.

Lingle has made contributions of time, leadership and money to many other area organizations such as Wernle Youth & Family Treatment Center, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne County, Wayne County Vision, YMCA, Richmond Board of Realtors, United Way of the Whitewater Valley, Small Business Development Center, Richmond High School Alumni Association, the Labor/Management Council, Council on Economic Vitality, the Kiwnais Club and First English Lutheran Church.

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Cows stand together at R Natural Farm in rural Wayne County. Denise and Dean Retz and their children produce naturally raised beef sold locally at Radford’s Meat Market and Deli.

FARMING NATURALLY, FOR FOOD food that we eat, and what it does to our bodies,” Denise said on a recent A slogan used for the product is late spring afternoon, in describing “Our Family to Yours.” the concerns that led to lifestyle And this is truth in advertising as changes for the couple.

Dean and Denise Retz, and their two Dean, a law enforcement officer, children, produce and sell naturally and Denise, the Wayne County Cardiraised beef to be packaged and sold nal Greenway coordinator, live and at Radford’s Meat Market on the west raise their two children on a farm in side of Richmond. rural Wayne County.

This business enterprise is a “It was important to us that we prime example of farming still done raise our own meat,” Denise said. as it was many, many years ago, beThe couple were friends before fore so many things changed for the with Tom and Jen Ferrell, who rebusiness of farming operations, or cently bought Radford’s. Radford’s even the smaller family farm. now offers the beef from cows raised For the Retz family, the nature of on the Retz farm, by the pound. their farming springs from beliefs It’s part of the store’s interest in and ideals the couple holds, and have offering locally grown and produced developed over the years of their products, with this particular beef marriage. coming from cows that are raised “We had started thinking about the free from GMOs, chemicals, horBy Ron Greeson

Fresh eggs at R Natural Farm in rural Wayne County.

mones and antibiotics.

The couple came from much different backgrounds, but found a similar perspective on these issues.

“I grew up on a farm outside of Fountain City,” Dean said of his early life. “But it was important for us (he and Denise) that our kids know where their food comes from. We wanted to be as self-sufficient as we could be.”

This approach is applied by the Retz family in a variety of ways.

“We can a lot, and have two large gardens,” Denise said of the family’s actions to grow its own food products. “I also have an herb garden, and of course, our own meat.”

On this spring day, the family was having beef and noodles to eat, the noodles homemade, as well as the family’s own beef. Milk is purchased

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from other nearby farmers who take a similar approach to farm life.

Denise said there have been noticeable and significant health benefits for Dean since the couple made the change to eating as many homemade foods as possible.

“My husband’s cholesterol has dropped significantly, and he no longer needs to be on medicine for that,” she explained. “Also, his blood pressure has dropped, so his health has really improved.”

Dean takes care of the animals on the farm, and Denise has been a work-from-home mom in her duties for the Cardinal Greenway.

“I am able to work on the computer at home, applying for grants and the like at home, and I am happy to have been able to do this for the past seven years.”

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A calf hides out to stay cool at R Natural Farm in rural Wayne County.

She pointed out the key role Dean plays with the farm.

“He is the feeder of the animals, and takes care of those things on the farm,” Denise said.

Denise did not grow up on a farm, or even in the country.

In fact, she describes herself as a “city girl,” growing up on the south side of Indianapolis, then attending and graduating from Indiana State University. Denise majored in recreation and sports management and came to Richmond to work for the city’s parks and recreation department.

Dean and Denise met, and years later, the pair are forging this unique path together.

“It’s (farming naturally) a fun thing, and we study and learn new things all the time,” Denise said of the couple’s approach to sustainable living. “We also believe in loving and caring for all of our animals. We name each one.”

And it is quite a menagerie of farm animals that call the Retz farm home.

Denise said the current crop of animals includes 13 cattle, with four calves expected to be born this year.

There is a lamb among four sheep, a goat, 13 chickens, including a rooster, three pigs and two turkeys. The turkeys were a Mother’s Day gift for Denise this year, she says with pride.

“We tend to believe that loving and caring for the animals, who live on real, natural farm environments, results in healthier and happier ani-

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Turkey chicks at R Natural Farm in rural Wayne County.

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Lambs look around at R Natural Farm in rural Wayne County.

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Men go into countryside around Whitewater, Miami Valleys to shoe horses

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Terry Taube shoes a horse at his farm in western Wayne County.

It is an art and a profession that is perhaps as old as the world we live in.

Today, in our area, there are still people who make a full-time living by shoeing horses — a farrier service.

They went to school to learn this traditional trade while quite young.

Terry Taube has lived in, and works from, rural western Wayne County for more than four decades.

A new farrier to the area is Nate Crumley, who lives outside of Liberty with his three young sons and his wife, who is a schoolteacher.

On a recent late spring morning, Taube spoke of his farrier work, now and through the years.

“I have to thank my dad, because he sent me to a horse shoeing school in Stillwater, Okla., when I was 16 years old, and I have stuck with it through the years. The business has been good to me,” Taube said.

He estimates that he has been in the business about 41 years.

“I work with a lot of trail riding horses, a lot of 4-H horses, worked on farms across the countryside, and some stables,” Taube said.

“I work on some show horses, but have kind of moved away from draft horses. Shoeing those horses is very hard on your body, so I don’t do much of that any more,” he explained.

“Over the years, I have become acquainted with a lot of people, made a lot of friends, and that is a great part of the business,” Taube said. “I don’t think a machine is ever going to be able to do this job. One of the only things that have changed with this since the 1800s is that now you can buy factory-made shoes that do a pretty good job, in

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really growing, up 30 percent from last year,” Crumley said in a small barn on his Union County property.

“I have been here for about four years. My wife is from here, and in this area, the pricing for my services, the quality and quantity of service and work in my business is very good.”

The Cincinnati area is actually a hotbed for farrier work, Crumley said.

“There are probably at least 20, to as many as 50, farriers around Cincinnati, in Ohio, southeast Indiana and northern Kentucky,” he said.

The World Farrier Conference is slated to take place in Cincinnati soon.

“I work on a lot of show horses,

plus trail riding horses, and horses for barrel racing,” Crumley said. “I have a shoulder injury right now from shoeing a draft horse, who spun around and knocked me into a wall. They are big animals, and you have to be careful. It is strenuous work, working with the draft horses, so I would like to not do as much of that in the future.”

In the business for about seven years in total, Crumley brings an added service for his customers in his business, which is named Crumley Farrier Services LLC. “I travel with a trailer containing equipment to make my own shoes. If something custom needs to be made for a medical condition or an injury, I can make the shoe on the spot, and

that is a special service and skill I can offer,” Crumley said.

“I now travel in about a 35- to 40-mile radius, mostly in the Oxford and Hamilton areas of Ohio, and up to Richmond,” he said.

Crumley was a cowboy for a while, and still has the itch to do that, but hasn’t now for a period of years. He is a busy man now as a farrier.

“I would estimate that I shoe around a total of 360 horses over a six-week period, some only once during that time, others more often than that,” he said. “That number includes mini-ponies, donkeys and horses.”

Crumley likes to spend as much time at home as possible.

“My days are long, but I do get home every night,” Crumley said.

“My three-year old has even gone to work with me sometimes. I enjoy working with the horses, and my business is really good. This is a great business for me.” » Taube can be reached by phone at (765) 886-1262, while Crumley can be found on Facebook, or by phone at (330) 464-0664.

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different sizes and types, so usually you don’t have to forge your own.”

Taube explained the history of the farrier industry.

“Way back, every town had a blacksmith shop, and people brought their animals into town to have their shoes made, and put on the horses,” he said. “It was a social thing, as well as a needed business service.”

His farrier service is mobile, going out into the countryside to service the horses.

To the south and east of Taube’s farm is the home of Crumley and family. From his Union County home, Crumley travels five days a week to the north and east to as far as Piqua, Ohio, then south and east to the Cincinnati area.

Crumley is a native of Wooster, Ohio, and he attended Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio, majoring in back-country horsemanship. He then spent time working on a ranch in Colorado and on a western rodeo circuit before returning to Ohio.

He has worked in the farrier business since returning to the Midwest.

“I have been very blessed with the business, and my business is

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Mark Moran always was interested in making things, and especially in working with wood.

And his passion for that continues after more than four decades of toil in construction, then custom woodworking at The Woodshop, located on Richmond’s west side.

Today, the 1974 Northeastern High School graduate serves as general manager of The Woodshop, a local business that he has been a big part of since it was reopened at 434 N.W. L St. in September 1980.

A small staff of five operate the business, which works on special projects, near and far away. Mark is joined by fellow craftsmen Tarkus Katz and Dave Sanford, plus an installer and an office secretary.

“The work is fun,” Moran said of the very different types of jobs that he and his associates work on daily.

“It doesn’t feel as much like work if

you like what you’re doing, and I still do.”

Among the local locations that Moran and The Woodshop staff have worked at is the Wayne County Courthouse and Earlham College in Richmond and the Randolph County Courthouse in Winchester. They also are scheduled to do work at the Levi Coffin House in Fountain City.

“The Randolph County Courthouse project was probably the biggest project I have ever worked on. We needed to do new woodwork to match the old woodwork that was still in the building,” Moran explained. “It was a very challenging, and lengthy, project.”

Another huge challenge came in the custom woodwork for the recently completed Center for the Visual and Performing Arts at Earlham.

Moran and The Woodshop staff worked on a specially designed auditorium with a wood floor, and

walls with intricately designed slits for the best quality acoustics possible.

“The goal was that this room would be the best room of its type in the nation for sound quality,” Moran said of the project.

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Moran says the company works on hotels and projects for several national hotel chains, and has worked in places as far-flung as Pittsburgh, Pa., and

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install job, and went well. It was quite an experience to work there,” the business general manager said.

He joked that the jobs he likes most are “the ones we get paid for quickly,” but added that “hotels are cream of the crop work.”

The Wood Shop has worked on hotel projects for the likes of Hampton Inn, Spring Hill Suites, Fairfield Inn, and Hilton Garden Inn. Moran jokes that he plans on working “until they kick me out.”

The project at the Levi Coffin House in Fountain City, Moran explains, will involve tearing down the existing Seybold-Price House just north of the Coffin House. Then, parts of the old building will be salvaged and used in the new interpretive center.

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Washington, D.C. While virtually all of the work today is commercial work, Moran said that years ago, it was about 50 percent residential work, custom woodwork on private homes.

Among the more memorable projects of that type, he recalls, was the custom kitchen he worked on for Jackie and Alan Carberry of Centerville, owners of Warm Glow Candle Company. The kitchen project was featured in the October 2007 issue of Country Woman magazine.

“In most of the residential projects, it is matching existing woodwork with new woodwork, both the type, color and texture of older wood, so it is interesting work,” Moran explains.

He also recalls working in a like manner on mansions owned by Ball family members in Muncie.

Early commercial work, including work on university buildings, sprang from dorm restoration work on the Ball State University campus during the 1980s, Moran recalls.

“Much of our commercial work comes from word-of-mouth advertising, as people learn of other projects we have done, and invite us to bid on similar projects,” Moran said.

Recently, The Woodshop staff has been working at the Quaker Heights Care Community in Waynesville, Ohio, and has work scheduled for a second client at a downtown office building in Columbus, Ohio.

“We like to work no more than a couple of hours drive time from here, and rarely go further away,” Moran explained.

One exception was the Washington, D.C., project, at a hotel near a military base, very close to the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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information they need before they’re ready to receive a loan pitch. Based on those talks, we’ve developed a simple online form with 20 questions that takes minutes to fill out. Once completed, the There’s a hunger among entreform is blasted out to participating preneurs to find financing to get SBA lenders in an applicant’s countheir business off the ground or to ty, as well as financial institutions take the next big step in their exwith a statewide or national reach. pansion plan. Across the country, While a positive “hit” won’t enthousands of small businesses are sure entrepreneurs will receive a searching for term loans, equiploan, it will put them on a fast track, ment financing, lines of credit, inbecause they will have been prevoice financing, and screened. If LINC doesn’t produce real estate loans to an immediate match, entrepreneurs help them hire emwill be directed to their local SBA ployees and grow. But adviser for additional assistance often it is difficult to with their loan application. find the time to seek LINC is expanding small busithat lucky break. ness lending options beyond someThis is where tech- one’s local bank. Technology can nology steps in. Onhelp them get their foot in the door CASSIUS line matchmaking on their merits at one of many comBUTTS services pairing lend- mercial lenders. SBA is committed ers with prospective to becoming as innovative as the borrowers comprise a multi-billion small businesses we serve. dollar industry. Perhaps you’ve seen The SBA is connecting small the TV commercial in which a cred- business owners with nonprofit itworthy home buyer goes online lenders that offer free financial and is delighted to find banks comadvice and specialize in microlendpeting to finance her house. Small ing, smaller loans (our Community business lending is the next frontier Advantage program), and real esfor these matchmaking services. tate financing (our 504 loan proUsing the power of the Internet, gram). We have also added more commercial lenders are finding traditional banks that offer an even creditworthy small business borwider array of financial products rowers, while entrepreneurs are into LINC. finding loan officers who are ready In the longer term, we also beto sit down and talk. lieve LINC could be modified to The U.S. Small Business Admini- facilitate government contracting stration (SBA) not only supports by connecting eligible small busithis concept, we are actively imple- nesses with procurement officers, menting it. Recently, SBA Adminis- prime contractors, and federal buytrator Maria Contreras-Sweet aners. The future is upon us, and the nounced a new SBA initiative called SBA is proud to be leading the way.

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mals, and better-quality meat in the end,” she explained.

And the children understand and accept the life process that the animals go through, she says.

“We want our kids to understand the process, not that you just go to a grocery store and buy stuff,” Denise added.

Dean and Denise lived on a small farm in Richmond early in their marriage, with just more than two acres of land. The current farm size is just less than 20 acres.

“We will not expand unless we can remain true to the land,” Denise

said of the chance to add more animals to the operation. “We do a lot of our own hay, but we have to know what type of hay the animals are eating.”

They minimize use of weed killers on the farm.

“We embrace the weeds — we use little spray, or none if possible,” Denise explained. “Dean uses salt to kill some weeds, but we live with others.”

She said that other natural products might be made on their farm in the future, if they can be produced in a similar manner.

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Honorary IU doctorate celebrates collaborative spirit of former Ivy Tech leader lenges that our region has faced, Chancellor Steck helped Richmond set higher expectations and understand the extraordinary new opportunities that exist for citizens of the region. He did this by working in partnership with others and lifting the educational horizons of the communities in eastern Indiana and western Ohio,” Cruz-Uribe said. “Now, more than ever, our state and region need graduates of our institutions, ready to transform society. Chancellor Steck took Ivy Tech to new heights in order to achieve this.”

Ivy Tech Community College President Tom Snyder said, “Throughout his career Jim Steck has demonstrated a dedication to excellence and improving education opportunities for all our citizens, across the state, region and in his community.”

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Respect for the leadership role James “Jim” Steck took to address the missions and meshing of Ivy Tech Community College, Indiana University East and Purdue University College of Technology contributed to the Ivy Tech chancellor emeritus receiving an honorary doctorate at the IU East commencement.

In conferring an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree on Steck, IU President Michael A. McRobbie presented him with the the highest academic recognition Indiana University can bestow.

It is awarded to individuals who demonstrate the highest standards of personal integrity and sincere concern for the public good. In addition, candidates for the honorary degree generally have significant ties to the state of Indiana or to Indiana University. Through this high honor, IU seeks to recognize individuals who may serve as role models for students, faculty, alumni and the people of the state of Indiana.

Steck joined Ivy Tech in 1985, serving as executive dean, dean of instructional affairs, and division chair for technology before retiring as chancellor of the Richmond campus in 2012.

IU East Chancellor Kathryn CruzUribe said Steck exemplifies the highest standards of excellence that the honorary degree signifies, including for his contributions to the social, economic and cultural development of the greater Richmond region and to Indiana higher education.

“Jim transitioned the Richmond Ivy Tech campus from a technical and vocational school to a fullfledged community college. He was and continues to be one of Ivy Tech’s most highly-regarded leaders,” CruzUribe said. “He is widely known for his expertise on some of the most complex issues that two-year colleges face, including student persistence and degree completion, learning outcomes assessment, community engagement, accessibility, and affordability.”

Ivy Tech Chancellor Steve Tincher said Steck was instrumental in lead-

ing the transformation of Ivy Tech Richmond into a comprehensive community college and that he is well-respected in the college-wide system.

“Locally, Chancellor Emeritus Steck was a relentless advocate for improving Ivy Tech Richmond Region instructional facilities. After years of planning and an unwavering commitment to the cause, this was realized with a major capital project on the Richmond campus. Additionally a significant renovation at the Connersville Instructional site was completed,” Tincher said. “As Chancellor Emeritus Steck was my direct supervisor for over 20 years, I can personally attest to his leadership with consistent integrity, vision and accountability for excellence.”

IU East Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Larry Richards said the IU East and Ivy Tech campuses are treated as a model for collaboration between two-year and four-year public institutions in the state, and that is a testament to Steck’s insightfulness and willingness to advance their distinct missions.

“This allowed IU East to terminate its associate degrees and remedial courses well before any other fouryear institution in the state did so, and in a way that benefited both institutions,” Richards said.

As chancellor, Steck expanded programming as well as the Ivy Tech’s facilities. As Ivy Tech Richmond grew, he managed operations in leased spaces in Richmond and Connersville. With the opening of Johnson Hall in January 2006, Steck was able to consolidate the Richmond operations onto the one campus.

“I have heard it said often that this would likely not have happened if it were not for Chancellor Steck’s unwavering determination to realize his vision. The entire community, including IU East, has been the beneficiary,” Cruz-Uribe said.

While chancellor at Ivy Tech, Steck served on the IU East Board of Advisors. The board has played an integral role as IU East reached unprecedented levels of growth and success.

“Despite the many economic chal-

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“Once you are sort of infected with the mission of the institution, there was never another mention of going to another institution at that point.

“Almost everything that we’ve accomplished, we’ve done as a team,” he said in 2012. “They weren’t Jim Steck accomplishments.”

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Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce takes part in a ribbon-cutting at the Embellish boutique at 14 S. Ninth St., Richmond. Embellish offers jewelry, lotions, wine accessories, purses, clothing, gourmet dog treats, gifts and more.

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Becky Studebaker of the Richmond YWCA Genesis domestic violence shelter receives a check from general manager Tim Metcalfe of Premier Automotive of Richmond, left, and Ralph McMichael, sales consultant and HOPE coordinator. Premier Automotive is dedicated to serving the community and has pledged a monthly commitment to Genesis.

Lori Morgan and Linda White receive a check from sales consultant Ralph McMichael and general manager Tim Metcalfe of Premier Automotive of Richmond. Premier Automotive has committed to making monthly gifts to the Gateway Food Pantry, which serves 300 to 400 families in the Richmond area. The Gateway Food Pantry operates the fourth Saturday of each month at 3361 Indiana 227 N., Richmond.

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Sponsors were Boston Bever Klinge Cross & Chidester, First Bank Richmond and RMD/Patti Insurance.

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Robert Boldrey, Lois Daggy and Martha Mosey, three members of the Class of 1939 of Morton High School, attend Platinum Prom at Richmond High School. They are now reunited as residents in assisted living at Arbor Trace. Morton’s Class of 1939 was the last to graduate from that building before RHS was established.

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