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face to face Southsiders answer the question, "Do you have a memory of New Years Eve or New Year’s Day that stands out from the others? What did you do, what happened and why does this come to mind?" Page 2 BEECH GROVE • CENTER GROVE • GARFIELD PARK & FOUNTAIN SQUARE • GREENWOOD • SOUTHPORT • FRANKLIN & PERRY TOWNSHIPS FREE • Week of January 5-11, 2017 Serving the Southside Since 1928 ss-times.com FEATURE Four Johnson County residents presented the Distinguished Hoosier award. PAGE 7 WHAT IS PAGES 12-15 YOUR FEATURE REALITY? Sarah Taylor is Beech Grove native Kent Bye interviews named executive leaders in virtual reality technologies director in his Voices of VR Podcast PAGES 4-5 of the Hoosier Lottery. HAUNTS & JAUNTS FEATURE MARKETPLACE Signs you’re being visited Beech Grove Gene Davis awarded Franklin Township/ by a deceased loved one. Sagamore of the Wabash. Garfield Park/Fountain Square PAGE 12 Page 3 Page 8 Page 11 Love LivesReserve your Here new apartment in 2017! home today! ASCSeniorCare.com 2 Week of January 5-11, 2017 • ss-times.com COMMUNITY The Southside Times Contact the Editor THIS Have any news tips? Want to submit a calendar event? on the Have a photograph to WEEK share? Call Nicole Davis at WEB 300-8782 or email her at ndavis@southsidetimes. com. Remember, our news Bailey & Wood Financial partners for deadlines are several days new Greenwood Community Center prior to print. Bailey & Wood Financial Group and the City of Greenwood announced a new partnership providing support for renovation of and ongoing maintenance for the “Courts” at the new Want to Advertise? Greenwood Community Center. Executed through Greenwood’s Parks & Recreation Department, The Southside Times the agreement will fund a major renovation of the area. The Community Center is being reaches a vast segment of completely reimagined, currently undergoing a multi-million dollar, top-to-bottom renovation. our community. City officials will soon announce plans for a grand re-opening. For information about ss-times.com/bailey-wood-financial-greenwood-community-center reaching our readers, call Brian Ruckle at 300-8782 or email him at [email protected]. YouthBuild Indy recruiting for 2017 session spots The 2017 YouthBuild Indy class is recruiting to fill openings available for Opportunity Youth to complete high school and begin a career pathway. Marion County residents between the ages of 18-24 should sign up now. In Marion County, an estimated 30,000 "Opportunity Youth" residents, are without a high school diploma or equivalent, not in school or not in the labor force, and are on a path to crime and sustained poverty. A product of Gerald Sargent ss-times.com/youthbuild-indy Publisher Emeritus Rick Myers, Publisher Brian Kelly For more information on these articles and other timely news,visit ss-times.com. Chief Executive Officer To join the conversation, visit our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter @southsidetimes. Haleigh Inscore Director of Operations Nicole Davis, Editor Members of Asha Patel Complete Production/Art Mgr. Graphic Design Burial Package Kaitlyn Clark, $2000 face to face Graphic Designer Q: Do you have a memory of New Years Eve or New Year’s Serving the Southside • Any Gravesite You Choose Day that stands out from the others? What did you do, Since 1928 • Opening & Closing what happened and why does this come to mind? For more information, contact us at: • Concrete Container [email protected] "My most memorable "My husband was a pastor Tel. 317.300.8782 • Fax. 317.300.8786 • Tent & Chairs New Year’s Eve was of a church in Redkey, Ind. the eve of the new We had a one-year-old 7670 U.S. 31 S. • Purchase At Need millennium, 2000, and daughter. It was New Year’s Indianapolis, IN 46227 I was on a cruise with Eve and normally he did a www.icontimes.com my whole family in the New Year’s Eve service. of Caribbean: My dad, my course the congregation Times-Leader Publications, LLC mom, my sisters, my was invited. The problem ©2017. All Rights Reserved grandparents. We got to celebrate was it was a very very cold evening. We the new millennium on the deck, just lived next door to the church in the overlooking the ocean. There were parsonage and so we bundled our little The views of the columnists in The Southside fireworks. I didn’t understand at the girl up and went next door. We waited and Times are their own and do not necessarily time what a big deal it was celebrating waited. Nobody came. We had hopes one reflect the positions of this newspaper. the new millennium. It was cool to or two might show up. We went home and experience it there with those people." had a happy new year." 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IN 46225 – (317) 786-7733 advertisers interested in sponsored content should call: www.concordiacemeteryinc.com Connie Crane, former Southside employee (317) 300-8782 or email: [email protected]. The Southside Times COMMUNITY ss-times.com • Week of January 5-11, 2017 3 HAUNTS & JAUNTS GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG BEECH GROVE CITY COUNCIL Meeting, Jan. 3 What happened: Beech Grove Police Department. This Ordinances 26 and 27 was approved on evens up their position pay with the fire third and final reading. Ordinance 21 department - from $3,000 to 3,250 annually was added to the agenda, just in case for police department law enforcement councilors wanted to amend what was certification. This comes from within the passed last month. No amendments were police department budget. made. Ordinance 22 was approved. Christmas 2016 at the Hinton compound. Family, opening presents festivities and foggy blurred figure in the In brief... upper right photo. Family or apparition? Photo by Laura Hinton What it means: • Buddy Templin was re-appointed as Council Ordinance 26 relates to one-way streets and President Pro Tem. alleys, and sets a fee for not complying. Ten most common signs you're being • Jay Oswald and Donald Webb and Ordinance 27 establishes a fee for heavy were appointed to the Redevelopment trash pickup of box springs and mattresses. Commission. The next RDC meeting is Jan. 9. visited by deceased loved ones There will be a minimum charge of $20. • Julie Weaver, Dawn Whalen and Diana By Rick Hinton A Phone Call: Ordinance 21 establishes a new Hendricks were appointed to the Board of Another manipulation, only using a employee manual. Zoning Appeals. Being visited by one who has died? A phone. Following the passing of a loved one Southside Times reader brought a You- Ordinance 22 is an amendment to the you may receive phone calls with nothing Compiled by Nicole Davis Tube video to my attention recently. It but static on the other end. It's the thing hor- salary ordinance concerning pay for the would appear to put all ducks in a row. ror movies are made of! Ten most common signs from your de- Receiving A Symbolic Message, Sign, ceased loved ones: Coincidence Or Synchronicity: Dream Visitations: This can come in a variety of ways, yet These are different from regular dreams, will have significance only to you. It could and offer some form of comfort. And... the be small objects: feathers, coins or stones DO YOU HAVE TIRED, ACHY, HEAVY-FEELING LEGS? most common way to be visited. that suddenly end up in your path. Possi- Sensing Their Presence: bly animals doing strange things with no COMPLIMENTARY PHYSICIAN VISIT It may not be visual, just a feeling. You reasonable explanation. Or pranks. Read- might notice a change in energy or move- er Sharon Kinder reported the appearance ment in the air. Possibly a presence in the of piles of bird seed and cat food after her Thursday, January 12th bed next to you or someone sitting by your husband's death (it would seem, the prank- side. This is a visitation. They're of the same ster in life doesn't necessarily end after 5:00PM - 7:00PM essence when living bodily, now only with- death). Possibly people are used to deliver out a physical body. messages from those departed. These peo- 33 E. County Line Rd. Suite D ple become an integral part of your life, in Feeling Their Touch: one form or another. Greenwood, IN 46143 Physical contact: taking your hand, a Movement: nudge, hug, a breeze or stroking your hair. Meet with Dr. Luis Barajas and receive Sometimes objects will move getting immediate feedback. Smelling Their Fragrance: your attention (keys, counter objects, cloth- Is there a particular smell associated with ing or furniture). those no longer with us? Could be cigarette Seeing Their Apparition: or cigar smoke, perfume or cologne, flowers, At Center for Vein Restoration or even the smell of cooking? Full bodied apparitions are rare.