#LovinLebanon Podcast

With the school year in full swing, we thought it was a good time to check in with Superintendent Dr. Jon Milleman. Lebanon Community School Corporation recently held its State of the School address - filled with exciting updates to every campus in the corporation.

Dr. Jon details these projects, and so much more from LCSC, in Episode 182 of the #LovinLebanon Podcast!

More State of the School Info:

https://www.leb.k12.in.us/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=936&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=8813&PageID=1

The Back to the Fifites Festival is turning 30! To help us celebrate three decades of poodle skirts (and so much more), four of the event organizers join us for Episode 181 of the #LovinLebanon Podcast.

We recap humble beginnings, and look to how the event might be changing in years to come.

To learn more about the Back to the Fifties Festival - click the link:

https://www.fiftiesfestival.com/

The Cabin Couseling & Resource Center along Monument Drive continues to thrive in Lebanon.

A quartet of Cabin counselors stop by, including a couple of new additions to the team.

Learn about the continued growth and communitywide resources that are being offered.

Contact The Cabin:

Website: https://www.thecabin.org/

Phone: (765)859-3110

Savvy Sliders Opening in Lebanon - Wednesday, August 28th.

The restaurant is located along Lebanon Street/State Road 39.

Click the link to view the menu!

https://www.savvysliders.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GeekTown_Vert_Menu_NoPrices-SM.pdf

It's always an....interesting time when Deputy Planning Director Derek Warren stops by to record a #LovinLebanon Podcast episode.

This time around, Derek shares the details behind the new wayfinding signs that have been added throughout the city.

He's also asking for your help - what to do with the former Street Garage along Lafayette Avenue. A new park? Skate park? Another citywide water feature? Find out how you can share your thoughts.

One of Lebanon's most heavily traveled east/west roads is getting an upgrade, and if you've driven on Anderson Lane lately you know it's needed.

To help update the work that is planned, we bring in City Engineer Kevin Krulik. Kevin breaks down the updates, and passes along the completion timeline.

Kevin also gives the latest on Stone Eater Bike Park. It's nearly complete, and almost open for biking, walking, and running.

More about Stone Eater Bike Park: https://lebanon.in.gov/community/stone-eater-bike-park/

Episode 176 of the #LovinLebanon Podcast has a little bit of everything. C. Shane Conner from ATEC Electrical Contractors joins us. They do a lot of work with the NFL and in the auto racing world, too.

In this episode we cover where Shane's business began, why he's expanding into the former Bottom's Up establishment, what it was like to buy Joe Montana breakfast.....and why a certain famous like from Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark clip gets mentioned.

More on ATEC: https://atec-electric.com/

Lebanon City Councilman Mike Kincaid has stories...and he shares several of them on Episode 175 of the #LovinLebanon Podcast.

From growing up as a Lebanon kid with a paper route, to opening up a fitness center, to a world karate championship, to attempting to meet Chuck Norris - Mike shares the stories.

See Mike's Indiana's Own Segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duCUmyvWBjE

Episode 174 of the #LovinLebanon Podcast is on location...from the third floor of Samson Historical in downtown Lebanon.

Casey, Abbie, and Payton Samson take a break from their busy travels to join us. The family shares where the love of leatherworking began...and what the company has planned next.

Visit the Samson Historical website to learn more! https://www.samsonhistorical.com/

If you didn't know already, BIG changes are coming to the BIG Ten athletic conference, now with 18 member schools. What does this mean for Purdue, IU, and the rest of the "old guard?" In Episode 173 of the #LovinLebanon Podcast, ESPN host Matt Schick joins us to give us his perspective. Matt is a play-by-play man, a radio host...and was Joe's boss in central Nebraska more than a decade ago.

Matt shares insights from the "world wide leader in sports," and the effects we could feel here in the Midwest.

More on Matt Schick: https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/matt-schick/