Kokomo Grand Prix cancelled
Also, drug take-back event April 21; Tuesday@theTech features transfer programs; Kokomo Native Initiative event April 29
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Kokomo Grand Prix cancelled
The Kokomo Grand Prix, which was scheduled to open the racing season at Kokomo Speedway April 21-22, has been cancelled. Speedway organizers have called off the event due to low temperatures and rain in the forecast on both days.
The Grand Prix will not be rescheduled.
Community Howard Regional Health holding drug take back event April 22
Community Howard Regional Health is hosting a drug take event on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Working in collaboration with Kokomo Police Department and the DEA, Community Howard will accept over-the-counter medications, prescription medications, and pet medications in the form of pills, liquids, ointments, and lotions.
The free and confidential drop-off event is being held outside the Community Surgery Center, located on the main campus at 3503 South Reed Road in Kokomo.
All materials should be labeled to identify contents. Names can be crossed out to protect privacy. The medications will be collected safely and processed according to Indiana law. No identification or signatures are required.
The program is for residentially-generated waste.
Finding a 'new Lyndsey' at Ivy Tech
Transformation. It’s more than a word at Ivy Tech. It’s a goal, a commitment … and for students like Lyndsey Stewart, a life-changing reality.
Lyndsey will graduate from Ivy Tech Kokomo on May 12 and by her own account, “Ivy Tech has been the largest transformation I have ever had.” Along with an Associate of Science in Business Administration degree, she’s leaving with experience, confidence, accomplishment and prospects she could never have imagined when she began her Ivy Tech journey two years ago.
A native of Logansport who now lives in Walton, Lyndsey is a 2015 graduate of Pioneer Junior-Senior High School in Royal Center. After high school, she joined the United States Navy, serving on the maintenance crew on the U.S.S. Nimitz, an aircraft carrier and one of the largest warships in the world, then stationed at Bremerton, Wash. Then came a stint in maintenance at the Tyson plant in Logansport. When she came to Ivy Tech, although she had never worked in a professional environment, she was interested in learning more about business careers. Looking for part-time employment on campus, she was encouraged to apply for an internship with Ivy Tech Kokomo’s Resource Development office. She was surprised when she was accepted, but it has meant the world to her future.
Two years later, Stewart is a confident young member of the Resource Development team; one who eagerly communicates with donors; who can step in front of any crowd and share her thoughts; who helps plan and execute events; who has helped the Student Government Association create a new scholarship; and who, on her own initiative, has created a partnership with Valvoline that offers a 15-percent discount on services to Ivy Tech students, faculty, and staff.
Without the Resource Development team of Kelly Karickhoff, Miriam Thomas, and Patti Moore, Lyndsey says, “I wouldn’t be where I am today. They definitely pushed me out of my comfort zone, in a positive way.” She also credits Kim King, her Public Speaking instructor, for “the new Lyndsey.”
Kelly Karickhoff is excited to talk about Lyndsey’s transformation.
“Every year, Resource Development selects one student to serve as a ‘student fundraising associate,’ a paid internship opportunity to work 10 hours a week with the Resource Development team to thank donors,” Kelly said. “Our donors love to hear from our students and Lyndsey has written hundreds of thank you notes sharing the impact of their giving from a student’s perspective. She has watched the generosity of so many donors who believe and invest in our students and will pay it forward in the future.”
While at Ivy Tech Kokomo, Lyndsey has racked up the accomplishments – selection for Phi Theta Kappa international honor society, which she served as vice president of communication, and National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS). She also has served as secretary of the Student Government Association (SGA).
“I give a lot of my success here to those around me,” she said. “I am forever humble for all that I have accomplished because I was never alone. People were always supporting me.”
On May 12, Lyndsey will share her story as a student commencement speaker.
“Without Ivy Tech, I know I would not have the steppingstones that I will need after graduation,” she says. “I had barriers that became accomplishments, and I am forever thankful for Ivy Tech.”
Tuesday@TheTech
Lyndsey Stewart is one of hundreds of students who complete their first two years of college at Ivy Tech each year, earning credits to transfer to bachelor’s degree programs around the state – and beyond.
Our next Tuesday@TheTech open house will focus on such transfer programs offered through the School of Arts, Sciences & Education. If a four-year degree is in your future – or the future of someone you know, come out to Ivy Tech Kokomo
from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, and learn how you can get the first two years of that degree close to home, with great faculty and small class sizes, and thousands of dollars in savings.
Explore the many options at Tuesday@TheTech and find out how you can take your Ivy Tech associate degree and start as a junior at many Indiana universities. For more information and how to register for Tuesday@TheTech, go to Tuesday@TheTech or email kokomo-enrollment@ivytech.edu. Walk-ins are welcome.
‘Serving Natives, Educating Communities’ is aim of third Kokomo Native Initiative event
On Saturday, April 29, at 2 p.m., the Kokomo Native Initiative presents “Serving Natives, Educating Communities” at Indiana University Kokomo.
This two-hour information session and panel discussion in Kresge Auditorium KA 105 will cover topics, resources, and information important to Native people in Indiana. The event will also offer details about current laws and legislation.
“About two-and-a-half percent of Howard County’s residents identified as Native or some portion of Native on the last federal census,” said Kokomo Mayor Tyler Moore, a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. “The Kokomo Native Initiative was created expressly to educate and inform not only these Native families and individuals, but also to help the overall population better understand the issues and legislation affecting our community today.”
The featured guest at the event will be the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma (scheduled to attend). The Peoria will share information about tribal history and effects of removal, services for tribal members, and traditions and customs.
Also, Indiana state agencies and local representatives will share up-to-date details on topics such as Department of Natural Resources protocols and procedures. The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis is slated to provide an update on current programs and activities. Plus, information will be shared about laws and legislation regarding the marketing of Indian art and craft products within the United States.
“We’re honored to be joined by the Peoria Tribe and the statewide organizations,” said David Foster, president, Kokomo Early History Learning Center, an alliance member. “The Native-focused information to be shared will be so valuable for this community.”
This event, the third in a series, is sponsored by Kokomo Native Initiative, an alliance of organizations in Howard County, Indiana, including the City of Kokomo, the Howard County Historical Society, Indiana University Kokomo, and the Kokomo Early History Learning Center, Inc. The group supports the social, cultural, community and economic development initiatives of the Indiana Native American Indian Affairs Commission (INAIAC) by creating programs and activities to educate the local community and to help Native people learn more about services and support available to them in north-central Indiana.
Kokomo has a unique place in Indiana history, being the last-named county seat of the last-named county on the last communal land of the Miami Tribe of Indians. All of Howard County (originally named Richardville for Maawikima Jean Baptiste Richardville) lies in the residue of the Great Miami Reserve. Although tribal government was forcibly removed from these ancestral homelands by 1846, removal could never erase Native identity and culture. Miami tribal names remained for Indiana’s last county and its county seat at Kokomo.