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Retired Southport teacher volunteers
Reading The Voice at WFYI SUBMITTED PHOTO Mary Jungemann reads The Southsider Voice to listeners every Wednesday. By Tabatha Fitzgerald Southport High School intern Southport High School English...
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Finalist for award
SUBMITTED PHOTO The Indiana Department of Education has named Kelli Sommers, a teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary, as a state finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and...
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Children's book full of suspense
Dr. Bill Buffie Joel Dale served as the illustrator for “The Blue Ape.” PHOTOS COURTESY OF DR. BILL BUFFIE Dr. Bill Buffie shares “The Blue Ape” with his grandchildren (from left), Max, Milo, Logan...
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High-Five Friday at Abraham Lincoln Elementary
Building police, school relations SOUTHSIDER VOICE PHOTOS BY B. SCOTT MOHR Perry Township Schools police officers (from left) Doug Rather, Tom Shambaugh and Alex Hernandez chat with Lincoln Elementary...
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Scifres, Tully inducted into Football Hall of Fame
SOUTHSIDER VOICE PHOTOS BY NATHAN PACE Former Roncalli football coach Bruce Scifres (second from right) was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame Friday. He is seen with his wife, Jackie,...
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Raising Funds for Firefighters
SUBMITTED PHOTO Southport Elementary second-grader Eli Thompson honored the firefighters who died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, by climbing 110 flights of stairs during a memorial stair...
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Girl picks football over cheerleading
PHOTOS COURTESY OF TIFFANY BOWMAN Charlotte Bowman is off to the races Charlotte takes the ball on a run sweep. By B. Scott MohrEditorHUT 1! HUT 2! HIKE! And the adorable chaos continues with another...
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Celebrating her 80th birthday on the Pickle Peddler
SUBMITTED PHOTOS Lifelong Southside resident Josephine Kelly Cadwallader celebrated her 80th birthday with her family. The day consisted of a ride on the Pickle Peddler, which featured an array of her...
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Celebrating her 105th birthday
SOUTHSIDER VOICE PHOTOS BY B. SCOTT MOHR Ella Keller (left) turned 105 years old Sept. 1, and a birthday/tea party was held in her honor Sept. 6 at Beech Grove Meadows. Seen with her 94-year-old...
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Benefits of quilt-a-thon far reaching
SUBMITTED PHOTO Mabel Schwark enjoys sewing quilt tops. Ruth Fuhrmann The hum of sewing machines and chatter of friendly voices will fill Calvary Lutheran Church Oct. 2 as volunteers team to assemble...
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Beech Grove High School court being named in coach's honor
SOUTHSIDER VOICE FILE PHOTO BY NATHAN PACE Beech Grove basketball coach Matt English offers advice to a player during last season’s sixth annual Coaches vs. Cancer game. By Al StilleySenior staff...
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Retired railroader wins $50,000
Jim Gibson was working with his tools when he needed a break, so he decided to take his Powerball ticket to the store to check if it was a winner. “I went into the store I normally go to, I scanned it...
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Special Olympians ‘strike’ up a good time
SOUTHSIDER VOICE PHOTOS BY B. SCOTT MOHR Allyssa Pence (from left) Dana Spalding and Bryce Ryan are teammates. Christopher Sullivan averages a 125 and has a high game of 166. By B. Scott...
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By Al Stilley Senior staff writer Sometimes dreams come true, especially for Center Grove High School senior Erica Shepherd, a member of the USA golf team that won the 11th Junior Ryder Cup...
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Girls’ engineering skills take control of Robotics
PHOTOS BY PLOY UNCHIT Athena Henderson (from left), Rachel Borho, Savannah Hale and Jade Germann from the Cyber Cards celebrate winning a match. Perry Meridian Cyber Blue 234 members Raechel Johnson,...
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Center Grove Fire department building new facility
SUBMITTED PHOTO Breaking ground for the new fire station are (from left) engineer Tim Smith, Mike Shoemaker, Capt. Jeff Smith, Fire Chief Jeremy Pell, Matt Whalbring, Andrew Green, Battalion Chief...
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Perry Township Schools: Award comes with big payday
SOUTHSIDER VOICE PHOTOS BY B. SCOTT MOHR The oversized check, which represents an equally large sum of money, is held by (from left) Josh Barnett, National Institute for Learning co-president and...
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Reaching out to young cancer survivors
SUBMITTED PHOTOS Now cancer-free, Maddie Fernandes reaches out to other young cancer survivors. Maddie Riffle married Phillip Fernandes at the courthouse in Madeira in May 2016. She had completed her...
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Gardeners celebrate their harvest
SUBMITTED PHOTO Volunteers for the community garden sponsored by Bethany Lutheran Church gathered Oct. 16 for a pitch-in dinner to celebrate the garden’s inaugural year, during which more than 500...
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Court named in honor of coach
SOUTHSIDER VOICE PHOTOS BY AL STILLEY English met several supporters and spoke briefly Saturday at the unveiling of Matt English Court. He is with wife Angie and assistant coach Mike Renfro....
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