#LovinLebanon Podcast

A pair of great citywide events are set for October 25th. We discuss both Mischief on Meridian and Pumpkins in the Park on Episode 233 of the #LovinLebanon Podcast.

Sarah Howell with The Heart of Lebanon, and Allyson Morton with the Parks Department stop by to give us all the details.

Keep those calendars free to these two great events...happening in our City!

More about Mischief on Meridian: https://heartoflebanon.org/events/mischief-on-meridian/

More about Pumpkins in the Park: https://seashorewaterpark.org/185/Pumpkins-in-the-Park

It's time for our regular progress update on the Lilly Lebanon Project.

Jeff Wagner from Fluor Corporation and Rae Hostetler from Hostetler PR join us. Rae and Jeff pass along project updates, including the details of a second shift set to begin on site.

Jeff and Rae also recap Fluor Corporation's participation in this year's Battle of the BBQ event, and the give back effort scheduled for the holiday season.

Get more information on the Lebanon Lilly Project: https://www.lpgrowsboone.com/news/

Hot off the presses, it's Episode 231. We're dropping this episode just after Ladder 213 was pushed into service. Lebanon Fire Chief Chuck Batts joins us to give us the backstory on why pushing a truck into service is significant.

Chief Batts also recaps last week's groundbreaking of Station 213. He shares why the station was needed, and how it will benefit our community in more ways than one.

We've got a first timer here on episode 230 of The #LovinLebanon Podcast. While it's Lebanon senior Sam Hornbecker's first time behind the podcast mic...it won't be his last.

The City's communication intern shares his thoughts on the school corporation's internship program - and what the opportunity has meant for him, and his classmates.

As a member of the football team, we couldn't resist the chance to ask Sam about the success the Tigers have had on the field so far this season, either.

We're talking insects and other critters on episode 229 of The #LovinLebanon Podcast. Jaclyn Ricci is our guest. Jaclyn is the Founder & CEO of LadyBug Pest & Wildlife Control.

Find out how this journey into the pest removal space got going...and how it's grown over the past six years.

What's the most...unique call LadyBug has ever received? Jaclyn tells us! Ricci also gives us a few preventative tips to help keep critters out of our homes.

LadyBug Pest & Wildlife Control website: https://www.calltheladybug.com/

It's a movie song that's easily recognizable....The Godfather. When you've got the godfathers of U-Stock on your podcast, only this song will do.

Randy Francis, Jeff Godby, and David Lewis join us for episode 228.

The trio just wrapped up the 9th…and largest U-stock yet! With a thousand or so people attending…and $18,000 raised for charitable purposes.

Find out how this event got started, and what's planned for year ten and beyond!

Episode 227 of The #LovinLebanon Podcast recaps a monumental week of citywide news. Parkview Health is moving in, and the Meta project is moving forward. Director of Planning & Zoning Ben Bontrager is our guest.

Ben sheds light on these two projects and updates developments around the Farmers Bank Fieldhouse and new neighborhood growth as well.

This episode is packed with important information.

More info on the Planning & Zoning Office, including current projects: https://lebanon.in.gov/planning-department/

A continued love of cars, and what makes them go, has been fueling Scott's Garage for decades...and now three generations. Scott & Wendy Bean join us from their Coombs Street location for episode 226 of The #LovinLebanon Podcast.

Scott's Garage is getting close to its 10 year anniversary on Coombs location...and gearing up for its third expansion. Learn more about this family affair, and what's planned for the future.

More about Scott's Garage: https://www.scottsgaragelebanon.com/

Carlyle Borders was Lebanon High School's first African American basketball player...he lived and was laid to rest in Lebanon, and up until today, his grave was unmarked.

Episode 225 of the #LovinLebanon Podcast shares how what began as a relatively simple way to honor a pioneer in desegregation - turned into much, much more.

Missy Krulik is our guest. Missy is leading this legacy celebrating charge, and she shares where the history of Carlyle Borders journey has taken her.

Additional Resources:

• Heart of Lebanon Special Initiatives
• Tiger Basketball, a Lebanon Passion
• "From the Cradle" documentary

Episode 224 of The #LovinLebanon Podcast takes a closer look at a couple who are honoring a significant piece of our city's culinary history...while adding some their own *flavor.

Daryl & Wilson Mendoza join us for this episode. The Mendozas recently reopened The Cubbard downtown...keeping the menu pretty much the same, while honoring Wilson's Honduran roots as well.

Hear about this couple's journey, and their ideas for the future in episode 224 of The #LovinLebanon Podcast!