CHALLENGING THE BUREAUCRACY

CHALLENGING THE BUREAUCRACY

State of Indiana Treasurer, Daniel Elliott, focuses on streamlining government   Aggressive is a word that’s been used to describe the office of Indiana State Treasurer, Daniel Elliott. It’s an accurate description, reflecting on Elliott’s intentional effort to...
BUILT BY DESIGN

BUILT BY DESIGN

Engineer Brian Figg turns creativity and persistence into success Like many youngsters who grew up in Speedway Indiana the sound of racecars flat out on the track fueled Brian Figg’s dreams of being a race car driver. The proximity of race shops and the cottage...
Quality of Human Life

Quality of Human Life

In John Lennon’s song, Beautiful Boy, there is a line that says, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Morgantown native Jon Speer was making plans when he went to Rose Hulman Institute of Technology. He graduated in 1998 with a degree in...
Ready to Serve

Ready to Serve

For the last 25 years Kenny Costin says deep down, he has wanted to be Mayor of Martinsville. However, he says, timing is everything and now was the perfect time. “In retrospect,” Costin said, “I was not ready to be mayor when I was 25-years-old. I needed more life...
Put a Focus on Martinsville

Put a Focus on Martinsville

Many times, the choices we make in life as adults reflect our experiences as children. For one person, Dr. Jay Arthur, in his first year as Superintendent of the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville, it was his experiences with a cousin that fed his passion...

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