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  Making a positive change: Healthy Community Awards honor those impacting Hancock County’s wellness By Maribeth Vaughn -January 4, 2023 GREENFIELD – Dave Carver and Nameless Creek Youth Cam p have been named recipients of the Hancock Health Foundation’s 2022 Healthy Community Awards.   The organization and individual were honored at a holiday party in December. Both awards are given annually to honor those who are making a positive change or impact on the health of the community.   Dave Carver has lived in Greenfield 15 years and has served more than 5,000 hours as a volunteer for several organizations including Meals on Wheels, Kenneth Butler Memorial Soup Kitchen, FUSE, Hancock County Special Olympics, Rotary Club of Greenfield, Hancock County Red Cross, Healthy 365, Hope House and a Better Life-Brianna’s Hope of Greenfield.   He received the Bert Curry Healthy Community Award.   “Dave’s mission is to lead others to service by example,” wr...

Question - Why is serving the city that you love so important to you?   Answer - I have had a servants heart since childhood. for as long as I can remember I have had the ability to look inward, to reflect or contemplate upon the energy and efforts that I am putting forth as a way of helping others. I have always been fascinated with the old school self help gurus - Zig Ziglar, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Les Brown, and Ekhart Tolle to name a few.  “You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.” - Zig Ziglar                              I have had Ziglar's quote on my heart since the day that I heard it!   Fast forward to today....Since arriving here @15 years ago, Cindy and I have been involved with this community. I have served on the Board of Directors for the Rotary Club of Greenfield, I have delivered meals and shovelled snow filled sidewa...

    I have always had a keen interest for knowledge and information. No not the useless gossipy type of stuff but rather the topics that every well prepared and forward thinking leader should know. Sometimes the things that I read are things that I will never use but I like to be prepared. I believe that every good servant leader should be a well rounded somewhat worldly sort of individual.   Those that choose to vote for an individual need to know that their choice matters and the person that they are casting a vote of confidence for cares enough to know enough.   I continue to share my accomplishments and continued activities in order to inform each of you as to my qualifications and background.  I recently attended  Indiana Laboratory System Partner Webcast conducted by the Indiana Health Department through the Laboratory Services Commission. The most recent topics were -  Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Update: Brian Pope, Division Dire...

  Question - Why is serving the city that you love so important to you? Answer - I have had a servants heart since childhood. for as long as I can remember I have had the ability to look inward, to reflect or contemplate upon the energy and efforts that I am putting forth as a way of helping others. I have always been fascinated with the old school self help gurus - Zig Ziglar, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Les Brown, and Ekhart Tolle to name a few.  “You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.” - Zig Ziglar I have had Ziglar's quote in my mind since the day that I heard it!  Fast forward to today....Since arriving here @15 years ago, Cindy and I have been involved with this community. I have served on the Board of Directors for the Rotary Club of Greenfield, I have delivered meals and shovelled snow filled sidewalks for the Meals on Wheels program, I have created fundraising items to be sold or auctioned off by local 501 (c...

 How does a person reach icon status? Why are legends important to our culture and society?  All cultures have icons, myths, stories, legends, and folklore. They show what groups of people think about the world and how it is perceived. Regarding becoming an icon - ``It is a combination having to do with their style, makeup, character and performance.” says Jeffrey Wildfogel, a consulting professor of psychology at Stanford. “They are some model of the ideal; something we are supposed to be in our dreams.” If you grew up in Indiana then it is quite possible that you know the meaning of “Hoosier hysteria.” Most believe Hoosier Hysteria to be the IHSAA basketball tourney at the end of each school year. Over time “Hoosier hysteria” has become the general term used to describe our love for the game of basketball.  Its hard to drive across this state and not see a basketball goal in a driveway, nailed to a garage or barn, or just standing in the street weighted down with sand b...

In this election season the local politicians are telling us that the city is in good shape. All is well!  Have no fear because we have selected the right candidates to lead this city starting in 2024 and beyond.  Well friends, all is not well within the city especially since we started coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic -  • Crime is up 50-65% • Arrests are up • Gun violence is sky rocketing • Homelessness is increasing • Drug addiction and overdose deaths continue to climb § Addicts have died inside of local rehab facilities! • Suicide rates continue to climb The self-anointed elite in our city/county would have us believe we are incapable of guiding our own destiny. Incapable because they pick our leaders without your input. I don't believe that those who have been part of the problem are necessarily the best qualified to solve our current problems. I do believe that there isn't any problem we can't solve if we elect the right leaders. Leaders who wil...

 Did You Know?   Dave Carver, candidate for Mayor of Greenfield, was the poster boy for the United States Air Force Law Enforcement Specialist position for over 10 years?  It’s true! I was the “poster boy” for the Air Force and had my picture on display at the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton Ohio for just over 10 years.   I was nominated for Security Police officer of the year in the Spring of 1986. I participated in numerous interviews and examinations along with my fellow nominees. The examinations were designed to establish how much knowledge that each candidate had about the Air Force, their position, and their dedication to serving their nation. The interviews were designed to establish how each airman carried themselves, how they presented themselves (wore the uniform) and whether the candidate would be a good public representative of the U.S. Air Force. All those qualities are necessary for a candidate to be awarded the prestigious...