Cleveland Dietz

Five years ago, Greenwood resident Carol Dolen and her family went on a seven-mile canoe trip down the Blue River in southern Indiana. She was in a canoe with two girls; her grandson was in another canoe with his wife; her husband, Mike, was in another with two people; and two older girls were in … Read more

Trails, trails, trails. Residents have an insatiable appetite for them, according to Avon Public Works Director Ryan Cannon and Parks, Recreation and Beautification Council President Charlotte Martin. “Every time we do anything, everybody, all the input we always get is people want more trails,” Cannon said. Avon has partly tried to meet the demand through … Read more

At the beginning of November, former Center Grove High School coach Carol Tumey called Nikki Cerbone. She asked where she was and if she could sit down. Cerbone told her she was at home, and she could. She wondered what terrible news was about to be delivered. Then Tumey told her. Cerbone was selected for … Read more

Sister Mary Bede Betz wasn’t alone when she passed away on Dec. 12. Another sister was with her. It was the end of a journey that began when she entered the habit in 1943 at Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Indiana. She was 18 years old. Seventeen years later, she moved with 112 other nuns … Read more

When Beech Grove police officers remember former chief Dan Challis, they remember an even-tempered professional. Challis served as Beech Grove’s police chief for 11 years. He also served as a member of the department’s pension board. One of the people he hired was current chief Mike Swartz. “He never raised his voice or yelled at … Read more

Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced on Dec. 20 that Monserrate Shirley was sentenced to 50 years in prison for her role in the Richmond Hill explosion. She was the fourth conspirator sentenced. Shirley, her then-boyfriend Mark Leonard, his brother Bob Leonard Jr., Gary Thompson and Glenn Hults conspired to and ultimately blew up the … Read more

Two Hendricks County residents published books recently, but aside from both books being the products of Hoosiers, they couldn’t be more different. Plainfield native, columnist and author Jeffrey Kamm’s book, Classic Restaurants of Indianapolis, is a chronicle of restaurants with staying power. The 35 restaurants featured all lasted more than 30 years. About 12 of … Read more

The Avon Plan Commission approved the construction of 48 homes as part of the Regency subdivision development at its Dec. 19 meeting. This is the second phase of development for the property near the intersection of County Road 200 North and County Road 900 East. The commission approved the first phase – 62 single-family homes … Read more

The line at the Hendricks County Convention Center Expo Hall is long. People in it carry empty boxes and reusable grocery bags. Some have carts. When they get to the sign-up table, Bill Matlock or Teresa Muncie asks for the number of people in their household and their ages. Then, Muncie gives them a clothespin … Read more

Not everyone who went came back, and those who did didn’t want to talk about it. That’s what Charlie and Harriett Muston remember about the soldiers who went to World War II. Charlie lived in Avon in 1945 on a street with four houses. Harriett lived in Indianapolis. When the war ended, Charlie was 9 … Read more