Shelley Swift

Indiana

Reporter at The Daily Reporter

Freelance Writer at Freelance

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FROM BORED TO BOARD: Board game enthusiasts embrace game night unplugged

1 week ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Shelley Swift

By Shelley Swift | Daily ReporterGREENFIELD — Once a month, between 80 and 90 students at Maxwell Intermediate School stay after school to play board games and card games in the cafeteria. Fifth-grade math teacher Redawna Warner rolls in a cart stacked high with games, and clusters of kids take their pick from popular classics like Monopoly, Life, Battleship … you name it, along with newer games. Warner kicked off the school’s first board game club in October, and it’s been a big hit ever since.
ELEMENTARY DECISION: GC school board votes to move fourth grade back to elementary schools

1 week ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Shelley Swift

GREENFIELD — Greenfield-Central School Board voted unanimously Monday to move fourth grade from the intermediate schools to the elementary schools starting next school year. The idea was first mentioned at the March 10 school board meeting. No members of the public spoke out for or against the plan at Monday’s meeting, when the motion passed.
SKATE TOWN: Greenfield Parks invites public to share input on new skatepark design

1 week ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Shelley Swift

By Shelley Swift | Daily ReporterGREENFIELD — A public input session for a new skatepark will take place April 23 at Riley Park Shelter House in Greenfield. Park leaders are working with Hunger Skateparks — a skatepark designer and builder based in Columbia City — to create a new skateboarding park near the northwest corner of Riley Park, on the site of a current parking lot just north of the Hancock County Boys & Girls Clubs.
HIT THE TRAIL: Fortville Town Council approves design of more trails

1 week ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Shelley Swift

By Shelley Swift | Daily ReporterFORTVILLE — More trails are on the horizon for Fortville. This week, Fortville Town Council unanimously approved paying VS Engineering to design the next three phases of the town’s growing trail system. Town Manager Joe Renner said the new trails will match the existing trails — which feature 10-foot-wide paved paths and retro-style black light posts with goose-neck lampshades.
‘YOUR MOMENT’: Friends blend sound bath, gentle yoga experiences

2 weeks ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Shelley Swift

Two longtime best friends, who met as students at Doe Creek Middle School in New Palestine, are on a mission to help others find inner peace. Jami Vezina runs a business called Sound Soul Studio, through which she offers in-person and on-demand classes for yoga and high-cardio dance.
‘MAGICAL’: ‘Cinderella’ musical takes the stage at Mt. Vernon this week

2 weeks ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Shelley Swift

By Shelley Swift | Daily ReporterFORTVILLE — As Mt. Vernon’s production of “Cinderella” takes the stage this week, the young actress playing the lead is paying it forward after being inspired to perform by the high school actresses who came before her.
LOVE FOR THE AGES: Longtime Fortville couple celebrate 79 years of marriage

2 weeks ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Shelley Swift

FISHERS — At 101 years old, Bud Shoults still grins like a schoolboy whenever he looks at the woman he married nearly eight decades ago. He and his wife, Kay, 99, celebrated their 79th wedding anniversary Friday, April 4, with a small group of friends at the Fishers senior living center where they reside. Both bright-eyed and spry, the couple took a few moments before their party to reflect on a life well lived.
POWER OF FOUR: Education foundations unite for countywide fundraiser

2 weeks ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Shelley Swift

By Shelley Swift | Daily ReporterHancock County education foundations have joined forces to launch a united fundraising and awareness campaign called “Education Drives Hancock: The Power of Four in Action.”The two-week initiative, in partnership with Major Saver, aims to support students, strengthen schools, uplift local businesses and highlight the critical link between education and workforce development.
‘STRESSFUL TIME’: Chaplain reflects at five-year mark since COVID upended life in Hancock County

2 weeks ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Shelley Swift

By Shelley Swift | Daily ReporterHANCOCK COUNTY — For Laura Baker, head of spiritual care at Hancock Regional Hospital, it seems not that long ago her days were spent comforting those struggling in the face of a global pandemic — as lives were being lost to COVID-19 each day in Hancock County and around the world. It’s been just over five years since the global pandemic made its way to Indiana, and statewide stay-at-home orders brought life as we knew it to a staggering stop.
GAME ON: Esports club fosters connections, one game at a time

2 weeks ago | greenfieldreporter.com | Shelley Swift

By Shelley Swift | Daily ReporterFORTVILLE — Ryan Kern didn’t expect to get emotional talking about coaching kids in playing competitive video games, but the Mt. Vernon Middle School math teacher knows how much it can mean for youths to feel part of a team. Kern shared his experience with a group of parents, sponsors and other guests gathered at the school Wednesday afternoon, as they celebrated the first year of esports programming.