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May 20 - June 16, 2017 Center Grove ICON COMMUNITY myICON.info 3 THE RUDD FILE Center Grove NAME: gymnastics and track Jordyn Rudd and field but gave up News Quiz HIGH SCHOOL: those sports to focus Words words on softball COLLEGE PLANS: How well do you know your YEAR: Junior Verbally committed Center Grove community? SPORT: Softball to continue softball Test your current event career at Northwestern POSITION: Catcher University knowledge each month EXPERIENCE: with a little Q&A! Three-year FAVORITE TV SHOW: varsity starter Grey’s Anatomy FAVORITE MOVIE: Tried & True Alehouse owner ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: Laura Gladish said it had been Begin playing Benchwarmers 1 her husband’s dream for more than softball at age 9; PARENTS: formerly competed in James & Michele Rudd 30 years to own, a what? Jordyn Rudd. Submitted photo ❏ A. Brew pub ❏ B. Restaurant ❏ C. Cleaning Business Athlete of the Month ❏ D. Greenhouse Center Grove Middle School Jordyn Rudd 2 Central teacher Andrea McCoy was named Teacher of the Year by the By Rick Morwick The top slugger in a lineup packed with state championship as their sole objective. corporation. What does she teach? firepower, she is hitting an astonishing “We’ve got a good chance of reaching Some teams talk about state champion- ❏ A. English .696 with team-high totals of 10 home state, and I think we can do it as long as ships, and others dream about them. ❏ B. Science runs and 29 RBIs. She also has two doubles we keep working,” Rudd said. “Our confi- Not so for the Center Grove softball ❏ C. Special Education and, as a result of her dynamic junior sea- dence level is high right now. We just want team. The Trojans neither talk nor dream ❏ D. Physical Education son, has a career batting average above to keep working and getting better. That’s about state titles. 500 and 20 career home runs. our goal right now. They expect them. How many meals A Northwestern University recruit who “We believe we can win every game as “Our goal every year is for state,” said did Mount Pleasant verbally committed as a freshman, Rudd long as we all work together and just keep 3 Jordyn Rudd, a junior catcher who speaks Christian Church intend to attributes her production to a simple the confidence up and our energy up.” from experience. pack during its Change the source: dedication. Center Grove has been to the state One of the state’s, if not the nation’s, World meal packing event? “I work a lot outside of practice and finals an IHSAA-record 12 times and top high school players, Rudd helped with the team,” she said. “I work a lot on reached the championship game a record ❏ A. 500 ❏ B. 3,000 lead the Trojans to their IHSAA state-re- my technique, and it’s paying off. My goal 10 times. Of their six championships, five ❏ C. 400,000 ❏ D. 1 million cord sixth state championship in 2015. is just to go out there and hit the ball and have come under the leadership of 26th- She was only a freshman. move runners around for my team, we all year head coach Russ Milligan, the win- The Jasperstrong Shootout Today, Rudd is a junior and well-steeped take part in that, too… We all work on our ningest softball coach state history. 4 Cancer basketball event held in the Trojans’ sterling state championship hitting just to be better for the team.” In light of that legacy, it’s easy to un- in April was to benefit 6th grader tradition. And if they accomplish their mis- Collectively, the Trojans are hitting a derstand why the Trojans don’t talk about Jasper Lenglade. Who did Jasper say sion of winning a seventh this spring, suffice staggering .433 and have scored 150 runs championships. They go about the busi- he was excited to watch play it to say Rudd will be a major reason why. in 14 games. Little wonder they are, again, ness of winning them. in the tournament? A three-year starter who put up stun- poised for a run for the Class 4A state “That’s our goal every year,” Rudd said. ❏ ning stats her first two seasons, she is pro- A. The high school championship. They are ranked No. 3 in “Milligan wants to win state, but we also ducing Star Wars numbers this campaign. principal the 4A state poll and have set the winning want to. We’re doing it for our whole team.” ❏ B. The Chick-fil-A cow ❏ C. Organizer Olivia Wright ❏ D. His dad VFW and American Legion 5 Posts of Johnson County will host a Biscuits & Gravy Breakfast on Memorial Day, 7:30 - 10:30 a.m., to benefit the Johnson County 317-887-0800 Community ______ Fund. ❏ A. Veterans ❏ B. Van CENTER GROVE ❏ C. Senior ❏ D. Access IndyHonda.com ANSWERS ON PAGE 27 May 20 - June 16, 2017 Center Grove ICON 4 myICON.info COMMUNITY LEADING AND COMMUNICATING ACROSS GENERATIONS An Access Johnson County van. Photo courtesy of Access Johnson Co. Facebook Provide a ride Understand the science of generational differences and Johnson County VFWs, Legions raise money with how people can differ along Biscuits & Gravy Breakfast, for disabled veteran transportation generational lines. Diagnose FEATURE By Nicole Davis May, with funds managed by the Johnson your own generational County Community Foundation. Veterans For 12 years now, VFW can request transport to the grocery store, worldview and learn best and American Legion Posts of Johnson pharmacy, doctor’s office, Johnson Coun- County have partnered to provide a Bis- practices to communicate and ty Memorial Hospital, Community South cuits & Gravy Breakfast, in support of a Hospital or a nursing home. They must call lead across generational divides. cause that helps disabled veterans in John- Access Johnson County, (317) 738-5523, 48 son County stay healthy. hours in advance. The van service is avail- This year’s breakfast, on Memorial weekend, able Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to May 27, 7:30 - 10:30 a.m. at the New Whiteland Franklin College Dietz Center 7:30 p.m.