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Vol. 12 No. 14
Including the Cultural Districts and Midtown: Meridian-Kessler, Butler-Tarkington, and Meridian St.
DUCK RACE 2015
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Jul 10 - Jul 23, 2015
The second duck race in the canal was held on June 28. Over 1300 rubber ducks were dropped off of the Monon Trail bridge. Well over 1000 spectators lined the bridges and the banks of the canal to watch the ducks travel toward the finish line, just west of the rainbow bridge. An Indianapolis Fire Department team caught the ducks past the finish line for later distribution to the race entrants. There were three prize packages of gift certificates donated by local businesses. The winners were Joe Wiesinger, Brittney Harlan, and Traci Willis.
Thanks go out to the crew at IFD station 32 for resetting the boulder and plaque in the station’s garden to an upright position. The plaque commemorates the listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
Columbia products for sale at New Paradigm Christian Church.
photo by Joan Wristen
New Paradigm ministry - The Empowerment Exchange By Mario Morone
mario@broadripplegazette.com
Banner Artist of the issue Austin Gabriel Pittman is the banner artist in this issue. Pittman is a painter and draftsman living in Broad Ripple. He specializes in portraiture of all kinds and works in a variety of mediums. He earned his Master’s Degree in painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia where he focused on oil painting and drawing. He now produces private works and commission works that reflect his unique artistic sensibilities. Pittman takes part in a variety of international shows and exhibits in Philadelphia at the Newman Gallery. He is currently searching for a gallery home in Indianapolis where he can explore his own imagination in addition to commissioned artwork. To view Pittman’s portfolio and commission information please refer to austinpittman.com.
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To celebrate the 11th year of the Broad Ripple Gazette we started featuring a year of local artists by allowing them to interpret our banner, while incorporating the words “The Broad Ripple Gazette”. Contact us at info@broadripplegazette.com to inquire if any open issues remain. Still looking for cartoonist, tattoo artist, pen and ink, etc.
The Empowerment Exchange is part of New Paradigm Christian Church’s ministry, located at 6202 N. Carrollton Avenue. Their efforts benefit overseas citizens who may never have heard of the Broad Ripple place of worship. “Very recently we started a small, not-for-profit boutique where we sell items that have been hand-made by seamstresses and artisans from four countries: Columbia, Cambodia, Kenya and Zimbabwe. A network of missionaries supplies us with the merchandise and volunteers run the store. That means that 100% of the proceeds from the sales go back to the people making the items. These folks are being empowered to make a living for themselves and as a result, one village has been supplied with clean drinking water, another group of otherwise abandoned women are able to feed themselves and other women have been rescued from forced prostitution and/or the tragic choice of selling themselves or their children into slavery. I became involved in the Columbian mission through my wife. She was part of that mission when she was with me in Barranquilla in 2007. It’s a fairly large city where we were working New Paradigm Christian Church with people who lived in the slums,” Pastor Jerry Sizemore 6202 N. Carrollton Ave. [I3 on map] explained. Parishioner and program www.npccindy.org coordinator Joan Wristen said, “We are going out to the festivals around the area during the summer. We will be at the Broad Ripple Village Association in front of their main office during the sidewalk sale on Sunday, August 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. On July 23, we will be at the Brookhaven Senior Community in Greenwood.” These are just a few places where unique ethnic clothing and accessories will be available. Ms. Wristen described her participation with the project: “I met Lynn Asbury who works
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1 Banner Austin Gabriel Pittman
4 Buzzing Around Town
8 64th Street bridge query
11 Land Use meeting
13 Random Rippling Toolbox
1 Duck Race 2015
5 BR Brewpub Quiz
8 Mistakes winner
11 Random Rippling gas
13 Crossword
1 New Paradigm
6 State Fair query
9 Random Rippling gardens 11 Random Rippling sewer
14 Howling at the Moon
1 Random Rippling boulder
6 Classified Ads
9 Random Rippling Greek’s
12 Random Rippling book
15 Directory
2 Random Rippling blueindy
6 Public Notices
9 Where in the Village?
12 Hidden History
16 Maps
3 Calendar
7 Local Contacts
9 Wine Scene Jill A. Ditmire
12 Sudoku
19 Random Rippling rock
4 Poetic Thoughts
8 ‘Round the Ripple
10 Random Rippling Sangrita 13 Historic Ad
19 Right in my Own Backyard