Tremendous tradition
Family farms play an important role. First and foremost, they provide food for people to eat. And, they contribute to local, state and national economies.
To be able to do that for more than a century is a remarkable feat. The Pruitt and Franke-Thompson farming operations were recently honored by the state for doing so. Each family received a Hoosier Homestead Award from the state, given to family farms 100 or more years old.
The ability of these families to continue a farming tradition for a century or more, spanning multiple generations, is commendable and worth celebrating.
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Great honor
If you want to know where music can take you, look at 1984 Columbus North High School graduate Eric Stark.
The artistic director of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and assistant chair of the school of music at Butler University, he’s traveled the U.S. and the world to conduct choral performances. He’s traveled to Japan, Hong Kong, Greece and Italy, among other international stops.
Now he’ll be making a return trip to Brazil after being named a 2019-20 Fulbright Scholar. The prestigious program offers teaching and research awards, and Stark will use it to teach, conduct and study in residence during 2020 at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
So, where can music take you? Very far.
