Showing posts with label Indiana News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indiana News. Show all posts
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
2007 Best Books of Indiana
The 2007 Best Books of Indiana were named last week at an awards ceremony at the Indiana State Library. The following books and authors received the state’s highest book honor:
Best Book of Indiana – Fiction
Triple Cross by Kit Ehrman. Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, Arizona
Best Book of Indiana – Nonfiction
Getting Open: The Unknown Story of Bill Garrett and the Integration of College Basketball by Tom Graham and Rachel Graham Cody. Simon and Schuster’s Atria Books, New York, New York
Best Book of Indiana – Poetry
Cross this Bridge at a Walk by Jared Carter. Wind Publications, Nicholasville, Kentucky
Best Book of Indiana – Children’s Literature
Georgie’s Moon by Chris Woodworth. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, New York
"It is always a privilege to recognize, promote and honor Indiana authors,” said Roberta Brooker, Indiana State Librarian. “This year’s Best Books will be featured in the State Library’s Indiana Authors Room for the next 12 months and all of the 2007 competition’s entries will make outstanding additions to the State Library’s collection of books by Hoosier authors.”
A complete listing of this year’s finalists and past winners and finalists is available online at http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/isl/newsroom/bbiwinners.htm.
Best Book of Indiana – Fiction
Triple Cross by Kit Ehrman. Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, Arizona
Best Book of Indiana – Nonfiction
Getting Open: The Unknown Story of Bill Garrett and the Integration of College Basketball by Tom Graham and Rachel Graham Cody. Simon and Schuster’s Atria Books, New York, New York
Best Book of Indiana – Poetry
Cross this Bridge at a Walk by Jared Carter. Wind Publications, Nicholasville, Kentucky
Best Book of Indiana – Children’s Literature
Georgie’s Moon by Chris Woodworth. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, New York
"It is always a privilege to recognize, promote and honor Indiana authors,” said Roberta Brooker, Indiana State Librarian. “This year’s Best Books will be featured in the State Library’s Indiana Authors Room for the next 12 months and all of the 2007 competition’s entries will make outstanding additions to the State Library’s collection of books by Hoosier authors.”
A complete listing of this year’s finalists and past winners and finalists is available online at http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/isl/newsroom/bbiwinners.htm.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Indiana Seatbelt Law
The Indiana seat belt law has changed.
As of yesterday, everyone in the motor vehicle must be buckled. For more information, check out the Wabash Plain Dealer's article.
As of yesterday, everyone in the motor vehicle must be buckled. For more information, check out the Wabash Plain Dealer's article.
Friday, May 4, 2007
New Indiana License Plate
Blue marks color of next Indiana license plate
bmvseal (27K)
Indiana Bureau
of Motor Vehicles
Indiana's next license plate will feature a dark blue color with a white state flag design serving as the central theme. Images of the new license plate will be available on the BMV's website at www.IN.gov/bmv after 11 a.m. today.
More than 107,000 Hoosiers cast their ballots to choose Indiana's next standard license plate and the winner of the April 3-18 vote edged its closest competitor by about 2,500 votes, or by 2 percent. Voters chose the plate through the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Web site or they cast paper ballots at BMV license branches statewide.
Voters chose plate design #3, the dark blue plate option, over design #1, which featured a lighter, fading background image of the state's flag. All four options presented to voters featured the state flag in various renderings. The winning design, created by BMV staff in collaboration with PEN Products, collected 30,764 votes compared to 28,235 votes for the second place entry.
The new 2008 license plate will replace the current green pastoral "Back Home Again" design, selected in 2002 and placed on vehicles beginning in 2003.
"The license plate is a very visible state symbol, and we are obviously pleased that so many Hoosiers opted to let their voice be heard," Stiver said.
Visit the BMV Website for more information
bmvseal (27K)
Indiana Bureau
of Motor Vehicles
Indiana's next license plate will feature a dark blue color with a white state flag design serving as the central theme. Images of the new license plate will be available on the BMV's website at www.IN.gov/bmv after 11 a.m. today.
More than 107,000 Hoosiers cast their ballots to choose Indiana's next standard license plate and the winner of the April 3-18 vote edged its closest competitor by about 2,500 votes, or by 2 percent. Voters chose the plate through the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Web site or they cast paper ballots at BMV license branches statewide.
Voters chose plate design #3, the dark blue plate option, over design #1, which featured a lighter, fading background image of the state's flag. All four options presented to voters featured the state flag in various renderings. The winning design, created by BMV staff in collaboration with PEN Products, collected 30,764 votes compared to 28,235 votes for the second place entry.
The new 2008 license plate will replace the current green pastoral "Back Home Again" design, selected in 2002 and placed on vehicles beginning in 2003.
"The license plate is a very visible state symbol, and we are obviously pleased that so many Hoosiers opted to let their voice be heard," Stiver said.
Visit the BMV Website for more information
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