Sarah Donsbach is one of three new school board members for Hamilton Southeastern Schools.  I speak with her about challenges facing the board in 2021.

 

Construction continues in State Road 37 in Fishers…here is an update on the 37Thrives program, helping businesses along the corridor deal with the project…

 

 

Fishers Junior High School Principal Crystal Thorpe talks with Larry about being named Indiana’s Middle School Principal of the Year, what it’s like to lead a junior high school in the middle of a pandemic, along with a number of other issues, in this podcast.

 

 

Dr. Allen Bourff announced his retirement after about 5 years serving as HSE School Supterintendent.  Here is my podcast discussion with Dr. Bourff on Monday, November 30, the day of the retirement announcement.

 

 

The Shop Fishers promotion begins November 28 and goes through December 31 in 2020.  This time, all those participating will be adjusting for COVID-19, with curbside and shipping options.  Stephanie Perry and Megan Baumgartner join Larry in this podcast.

 

Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness talks about COVID, HSE Schools going to all-virtual classes, State Road 37 construction and a number of other issues in this podcast.

 

 

Brooke Lawson of HSE Schools talks about mental health and counseling challenges in the age of coronavirus.

 

 

It is hard to imagine what it would be like to travel from Moscow to Beijing on the Trans-Siberian Railway, but John & Ann-Craig Cinnamon had that experience.  It resulted in a public TV documentary how showing locally.  I spoke with both of them about their travels in this podcast.

 

Izzy & Casey Alexander, a sister-brother team from Fishers High School, took on the task of producing podcast interviews with each HSE School Board candidate.  I spoke with both of them about that experience.

 

Ron Thieme is a candidate for a seat on the HSE School Board.  Here is Izzy Alexander’s conversation with him in this podcast.

 

Tiffany Pascoe is running for the HSE School Board in 2020.  She spoke with Izzy Alexander in this podcast.

 

Sarah Parks-Reese is running for a seat on the HSE School Board.  Here is her conversation with Izzy Alexander.

 

Sarah Donsbach talks about her campaign for a seat on the HSE School Board in this podcast with Izzy Alexander.

 

Tony Bagato is running for a seat on the Hamilton Southeastern School Bord.  Izzy Alexander talks with the candidate in this podcast.

 

Amanda Shera is running for a second term on the HSE School Board.  Here is her conversation with Izzy Alexander.

 

Jason Arnold is a candidate for Hamilton Southeastern School Board.  Casey Alexander talked with the candidate.

 

Matt Stolle is campaigning for a seat on the Hamilton Southeastern School Board.  He talks with Casey Alexander in this podcast.

 

Suzanne Thomas is a candidate for Hamilton Southeastern School Board.  Here is her conversation with Casey Alexander.

 

HSE School Board candidate Chauna Leigh Holder talks with Casey Alexander about her campaign

 

Clint Wilson is running for Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School Board in Fall Creek Township.  Here is Casey Alexander’s conversation with him.

 

Kathy Richardson is the Hamilton County Clerk, which gives her the responsibility to administer the local election locations.  We talk about the 2020 general election in this podcast

 

 

Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness and consultant Dustin Washington talk about a seminar available to all Fishers residents, Interrupting Racism

 

 

Mathew Socey will once again handle the MC duties at this year’s Fishers Blues Fest….here is my talk with him

 

Janie Ulmer has started a new job as HSE High School Principal in the midst of a pandemic and virtual classes.  She talks about that and much more in this podcast

 

 

Elliott Hultgren began as a Fishers Deputy Mayor in June of 2018.  He is leaving the city and will head to the private sector at KSM consulting.  I spoke with him on his last day as deputy mayor.

 

The Fishers Health Department is very busy with COVID-19 testing and a number of other responsibilities.  In this podcast, I speak with Chief Medical Director Dr. Indy Lane and Monica Heltz about the department, COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and a number of other issues.

 

Lindsey Erdody, journalist with the Indianapolis Business Journal, talks about key political races this election cycle and how state government is grappling with COVID-19

 

 

Katy Rogers & Chris Hutchinson started a new podcast in November of 2019 – they call it Katy and Me (find their podcasts on Stitcher at this link).   I talked with Katy & Chris about their podcast in this episode of the LarryInFishers.com podcast.

 

Hamilton Southeastern Schools Superintendent Allen Bourrf had plenty to talk about in our podcast discussion during the morning of July 10th

 

There has been a lot said and written about the State Road 37 project in Fishers.  Indianapolis Business Journal reporter Kurt Christian did a deep dive on the financial situation surrounding the upgrade now under construction.  Kurt talked to me about his story on this podcast.

 

 

Edra Waterman & Katie Lorton of the Hamilton East Libraries, which includes Fishers and Noblesville, talk about how the local libraries handled the shutdown due to COVID-19 and the process of opening back up….

 

 

 

Richie Hall has had the challenge of editing a newspaper sports section with little or no sporting events.  He talks about that, and the impact of the pandemic on high school sports, in this podcast.

 

 

Scott Spillman talks about the local sports program, Mudsock Youth Athletics, and how COVID-19 cancelled the spring sports program, but fall sign-up is underway.

 

 

Tom Rich, President of the Fishers Arts Council, talks about how his organization is faring in the age of coronavirus, and discusses many other issues.

 

 

Lauren Guynn talks about the work her organization, Shepherd Center of Hamilton County, does with local senior citizens.

 

 

Andrea Davis, Interim Executive Director of the nonprofit group HAND, talks about affordable housing locally

 

 

Megan Baumgartner, Economic Development Director for the City of Fishers, talks about the city’s small business loan program and other issues.

 

 

This is Teacher Appreciation Week, so I spoke with the head of the local teachers’ union, Janet Chandler, about that, virtual teaching and a few other issues

 

 

With all the challenges of nonprofit fund-raising and school buildings closed, I had an talk with Justin Hirnisey, Executive Director of the HSE Schools Foundation, on how things are going his way.

 

 

Township Trustees in Indiana are charged with the task of poor relief.  Fall Creek Township Trustee Dough Allman talks about the expected impact of the economic downturn on his township

 

 

When the economy begins to move downward, in Indiana, the township trustee offices throughout the state often see the impact first.  I checked-in with Delaware Township Trustee Debbie Driskell during the morning of Wednesday, April 22nd, about what is happening locally.

 

 

School buildings are closed locally, so the Youth Mentoring Initiative (YMI) organization had a dilemma – how do their mentors connect with their student mentees when the school buildings are shuttered?  That’s where meetings are scheduled to happen.   YMI Executive Director Alison Gatz talks about how her group is continuing its work under challenging conditions

 

 

With the coronavirus health guidelines closing down many businesses, local families are beginning to struggle financially.  Trish Straus from the Hamilton County Youth Assistance Program tells me what help is available for families in this time of need.

 

Local arts aficionado Ashton Wolf has a new project – a weekly 30 minute television program about people doing creative things in central Indiana….here is my podcast conversation with Ashton

 

 

Jason Taylor is the Director of Engineering for the City of Fishers, and he oversees road construction in the city, including the State Road 37 reconstruction.  Here is my podcast conversation about 37 and all the other Fishers road construction projects planned this year.

 

 

Teachers and students at HSE Schools have been using e-learning since buildings were shut down by order of the governor.  How is this working out?  I talked with Superintendent Allen Bourff and School Board President Michell Fullhart about that and a number of other subjects in this podcast.

 

Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness talks about his actions taken, responding to the coronavirus

 

Richie Hall, Sports Editor of the Hamilton County Reporter, talks about local football, basketball and a little swimming & diving

 

 

March is Disability Awareness Month, and I talk with two ladies heading-up the local events….Kelly Hartman and Cecilia Coble…

 

 

The Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School Board enacted changes in bus schedules and voted to create a committee on what will happen to school start times in the 2021-2022 school year.  To spell some of this out, I spoke with HSE Schools Superintendent Allen Bourff

 

 

I’m back after a short break from podcasting.  In this episode, recorded 2/6/2020, I talk with a local Fishers couple, Emily & Mike Morgan, about their podcast series The Grand Life, all about grand-parenting.  Once you have listened to this podcast, check out The Grand Life podcast at this link.