• The Eastgate Neighborhood Association will hold its fall meeting on Oct. 22nd at 7 p.m. at the Warren Government Center, 501 N Post Road. Michelle Mayer, of the Attorney General’s Office, will speak on Identity Theft.
• Haven Garden hit an important milestone recently — they’ve hit their one ton mark, growing and donating over 2,000 pounds of vegetables from their plot on the near-northside. That’s a lot of tomatoes!
• There’s poetry afoot at the Lawrence Art Center on the 4th Tuesday of the month. Oct. 22 is open mike night, then on Nov. 26, go out to hear Liza Hyatt. Readings start at 6:30 p.m. at the Center, 4437 N. Franklin Rd.
• NESCO will be holding a Happy Haunted Halloween Trunk or Treat on Oct. 31 from 5-7 p.m. in the School 54 Parking Lot, 3150 E. 10th St. There will be a costume contest, adult pie eating contest, and a prize for best decorated trunk!
• Irvington Development Organization picked up major kudos for the Streetscape efforts. Margaret and her IDO team are doing a great job moving Irvington forward.
• Local IPS students were winners in the Students Against Bullying contest, creating videos to raise awareness of bullying. Winners included Andre Dickerson, 7th grade, Shortridge Magnet Middle School; Dennis Bacon, 12th grade, New Tech High at Arsenal Tech; Deondrea Belton, 12th grade, Broad Ripple Magnet High School; Jena Hatcher, 5th grade, Merle Sidener Gifted Academy; and Catherine Morgan, 8th grade, Harshman Magnet Middle School.
