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Scholars Inn Bakehouse opens
Broad Ripple Avenue & College
Apr 19, 2004

Beautiful inside and great food!

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Avril Lavigne Free Concert
Glendale Center
Mar 25, 2004
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An hour before the concert


The crowd gathers
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Avril performs
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Sk8r Boi and Complicated
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Christmas in BR
Dec 19, 2003
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Flamingo - next to Kroger

BR Animal Clinic

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54th and New Jersey

Chelsea's


Veterans Day Program
Glendale

Nov 9, 2003
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WTHR's Don Hein and Mr. Kite of Kite Realty


Indianapolis Symphonic Band
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BRHS Golden Singers perform
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Day of the Dead
Indianapolis Art Center

Nov 2, 2003
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Huge crane
Oct 24, 2003
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Broad Ripple Park Family Center Open House
Oct 4, 2003
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Indy Parks staff


Class demonstrations
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Dance Class demonstrations
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Food and Fun
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Middle Eastern Dance Class
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BRHS Homecoming Parade
Sep 19, 2003
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Here They Come

Led by IPD escort

Flags presented by JROTC


Marching up College Avenue
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Putting on a show for the audience on Broad Ripple Avenue
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Appreciative Parents and Teachers
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Heading back to the school
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The Papesh-Mobile
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IPD escort signals the end of another great
BRHS Homecoming Parade
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Jazz in the Park
Aug 26, 2003
Monika Herzig Acoustic Project
piano- Monika Herzig
sax- Ariel Alexander
bass- Frank Smith
drums- Danny Deckard
guitar- Peter Kienle
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Peter



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Peter and Ariel

Peter, Ariel and Danny

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Frank, Ariel and Monika


Jazz in the Park - Aug 19, 2003
Jason Curry Quartet
sax- Jason Curry
piano- Steven Jones
bass- Frank Smith
drums- Kenny Phelps
This quartet is great! The audience really appreciated the music and the performers.
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Jason and Kenny


Jason and Frank

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Steven and Frank


Jazz in the Park - Aug 12, 2003
Rob Dixon Quintet
sax- Rob Dixon
trumpet- Mike Rodman
piano- Steven Jones
bass- Frank Smith
drums- Kenny Phelps
The quintet played an impressive collection of original compositions and some jazz classics
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Rob and Kenny

lawn chairs and picnics

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Steven and Frank


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Ron and Frank

Mike


Touch a Truck - June 20, 2003
Broad Ripple Park
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Check in

Hard hats for the kids

School bus

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Indy Park Ranger

So many keys!

A huge semi trailer

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"I'm a truck driver"

Delivering the mail

A long line for the fire truck

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Everyone gets a fire hat

Adjusting the controls

"But I don't want to get out"

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Working the hoses

Heavy trash pickup

Shiny cement mixer

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Delivering the concrete

Progressive van

The littlest bus driver

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Indy pickup

Twinkie the Kid

Search dogs are very friendly

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Nikki the dog

A little doggie kiss

Peaceful search dogs

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Delivering the Coke

Exterminating the bugs

An 8-door Checker Cab

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Bart Simpson Checker Cab

A big Indy truck

IPD motorcycle

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IPD mobile van

On patrol with Officer Ben

Moving dirt with a Bobcat

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Trucks of every kind

Which one to see next?

Balloons from Donato's Pizza

See you next year!

Broad Ripple Village Walking Tour
June 18, 2003
Led by Chuck Hupert

Whistle Stop
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Monon Trail


School 80
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Old School 80 library

BR Post Office


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Knights in the park
June 17, 2003
Broad Ripple Park

For more information www.midrealm.org/sternfeld
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Artist Indy 500 car
June 11, 2003
in Glendale IMCPL Branch

Artist Indy car - Garfield
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Taste of Broad Ripple
June 7, 2003
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BR Ave entrance

line goes around corner

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rainbow bridge entrance

IPD on the scene


A view from above
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Guilford

Westfield stage

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Westfield and Guilford

Rainbow Bridge


Selling tickets and history
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Steve Ross selling tickets

Beer Garden

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Band Line-up

History


Face Painting and adorable doggie
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Face Painting

Red Room
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Jazz Cooker

cute puppy


Music and Food
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Dave and ...

... Rae

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Plump's tent

Ice cream


Animals, Kids and bi-ped pie
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Sleeping Dog

All ages

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Balloon animals

Walking Pizza


In and above the crowd
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Thickening crowd

Shoulder Rides

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Chumley's

Yat's


Taste of Broad Ripple After Dark
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Guilford

Westfield

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Toward stage

Can't wait until next year!

BRHS Reunion Classes of 1930s and 1940s at Rivi
June 8, 2003
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Morris Conly 34

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Fred and Irene Richardson Westerfield, Dick Smith


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Shirley Atkins 36

Bill Wendling 38

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Kathleen Burrows Moore 39

Betty Murnan Smith 39

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Lee Wood

Mary Jane Baxter 39

Jo (Redinow) and Bob Kleis 37

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Lois Rusie Smith 39

Betty Collins Atkins

Dorothy Jansen Rossebo 38

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Eloise Risley 37

Jeanette St Clair 39

Margaret Smith Reese 37

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Betty Beaver Roberts 42

Dick Atkinson 42

Mary Yount Armantrout 42

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Charlotte Boone Negley



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Gus Cravens 35

Bob Hindman


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Bernice Kopp Shaffer 38

Morris Conly

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Marge Schweinsberger Sheagley 40

Chuck Baker 40

Merton Brooks 40

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Wally Scott 38

Joe Talbott 40

Dorothy Steinmeier 34

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Marcella Reynolds Negley 36

Edna Thixton Koonce 36

Margaret (Van Meter) Melcher 36

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Fred Melcher

Elsa Stromberg Youngquist 42


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Sherrill Boardman 35

Mary Francis Kessler VanDerMeulen 33

Patricia Risley Alloway 36

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James Nau 42

June Anderson McGhehey 42 and Fritz

Jane Brown King 40

Willifred Perry Burrows 40

Barbara Cline Baldwin 40

Jim Mcclure 40

Alex Christ 40

Bob Hunter 40

Betty Reeve Swain 40

Kenny Harvey 40

Bill Wendling 38

Bob and Jane Hunter 40


Faces Sculpture moves from Governor's house
June 1, 2003
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on the Monon Trail


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north east corner

south west corner


High water on the White River
May 11, 2003
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Normal level April 3

Same deck today

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Watch that first step

The Mighty River


33rd Broad Ripple Art Fair
May 11, 2003

Over 280 artists and more than 40 food booths
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Kid's golf

Hay for the walkways

Glass blowing demonstration


Central Canal Weed Harvesting
May 5, 2003
by the Central Avenue bridge
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Broad Ripple Clean-Up Day
May 3, 2003
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Lots of volunteers

Graffiti to remove

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Graffiti gone!

Pounding in nails and staples


Artist Indy 500 car
May 5, 2003
in front of Indianapolis Art Center
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Artist Indy 500 car
April 16, 2003
in front of Fire Station
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Artist Indy car

Artist Indy car plaque


Patio gets hit
April 16, 2003
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big crack in Patio

Patio gets repaired


Olympic Torch in BR
Jan. 7, 2002
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at Kessler and College