My look at the Top 15 news stories in Fishers during 2021

 

 

Kristen Distler is the HSE Schools’ Teacher of the Year.  I spoke with her in this podcast.

 

 

Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness fields a wide variety of questions from Larry Lannan in this December 1, 2021 podcast…

 

 

Fred Glass has had quite a career in Indiana politics and the business of sports.  I sat down with Fred to talk about his new book, Making Your Own Luck.

 

Justin Hirnisey, Executive Director of the HSE Schools Foundation, joins Larry in this podcast

 

MJ Slaby & Arika Herron discuss recent developments in local education in this podcast

 

Brooke Lawson from HSE Schools talks about the Panorama Survey

 

The Fishers Arts Council has an Executive Director and her name is Les Reinhardt.  She talks about the arts in this podcast.

 

 

Katy Dowling and Kim Lippe are central office administrators for HSE Schools and both joined Larry for this podcast.

 

Andrea Davis, Executive Director of the Nonprofit organization HAND, talks about attainable housing in Hamilton County.

 

Dr. Holly Miller is a 6th Grade teacher at Riverside Intermediate, but is now starting a one-year fellowship working with a senator and her staff in Washington DC.  I talked with her about this new venture in this podcast.

 

 

Brittany Rayburn has been on the job as YMI Executive Director for only a few weeks, but is preparing for the annual fund raising event, The Mayor’s Breakfast.  She talks about that and more in this podcast.

 

Emily Abbotts, Director of Communications for HSE Schools, talks about the new HSEngaged program and more in this podcast.

 

Fishers is putting together an online platform in support of local nonprofit organizations.

 

 

Scott Spillman has navigated Mudsock Youth Athletics through more than a year of the COVID pandemic, but youth sports are back in Fishers

t helps victims of violence throughout Hamilton County.  In this podcast, I speak with the group’s Executive Director, Susan Ferguson, and Prevail’s Primary Prevention Specialist, Sara Roorbach.

 

Fishers is ready to open back up this summer after a long pandemic shutdown.  The city is also building a trail tunnel underneath 116th Street, requiring the busy street to be closed through the end of July.  To talk about that and more, Mayor Scott Fadness and Stephanie Perry from the city’s communications team join me in this podcast.

 

New leadership is coming to the Hamilton Southeastern Education Association as Janet Chandler moves over and Abby Taylor takes the helm.  I speak to both in this podcast.

 

 

Mayor Scott Fadness sits down with Larry for a podcast discussion on May 17, 2021.

 

 

Scott M Fulton, III has been writing about technology since 1984 and has accumulated a national reputation .  He joins me to talk about 5G, how the tech industry got us through the COVID-19 pandemic and much more in this podcast.

 

 

Dr. Allen Bourff and Dr, Yvonne Stokes talk about HSE Schools

 

 

High school sports have struggled to get on the field and the court ever since COVID reared its ugly head more than one year ago.  Yet, Indiana has crowned state champions in football and basketball this school year.  Richie Hall, Sports Editor of the Hamilton County Reporter, joins Larry to talk about high school sports in Hamilton County.

 

 

The Fishers Engineering Department will have another busy construction season in 2021.  Jason Taylor and Hatem Mekky join Larry for a look at the roads and the Nickel Plate Trail.

 

The Hamilton County Democrats have elected new leaders.  Joining me in this podcast – Dayna Colber, Chair & Ronnie Saunders, Vice Chair

 

Nate Lelle has 25 years of experience in the construction industry.  He has taken that knowledge and started a podcast series “IN Construction Influencers.”  I talk with him about his new podcast.

 

 

Monica Heltz talks with Larry about COVID & the Fishers Health Department.

 

 

Molly Connolly is in charge of customer service for the City of Fishers.  Here is my podcast conversation with her.

 

 

March is Disability Awareness Month in Fishers.  I spoke with Cecilia Coble & Kelly Hartman about plans for this year’s series of events.

 

 

Jocelyn Vare talks about her first year on the council as one of only two Democrats serving as council members.

 

Fishers has a new President and Vice President of the City Council.  Selina Stoller and David George appeared on this podcast to discuss council appointments to board & commissions, plus a number of other issues.

 

 

Fishers is beginning a drive to fund a monument honoring Gold Star Families just south of City Hall.  More information can be found at this link, including how to donate.   For more information, listen to this podcast with El Ahlwardt and Brad DeReamer.

 

How does a junior high school social studies teacher address the riot at the U.S. Capitol building January 6?  I talked to such a teacher with years of experience, Fishers Junior High teacher Mike Fassold, about just that.

 

Sarah Parks-Reese will be joining the Hamilton Southeastern School Board in January.  Here is my talk with her.

 

Suzanne Thomas is set to assume her seat on the HSE School Board January 13.  Here is my podcast discussion with Ms. Thomas.