Indianapolis, IN
Ivy Tech scholarship to honor late pioneering Indianapolis chef
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A coalition selling Indiana meals is trying to maintain the legacy of certainly one of Indianapolis’ most distinguished eating champions in entrance of the subsequent generations of cooks.
Culinary Crossroads is establishing a scholarship to honor chef Greg Hardesty, the chief within the unbiased eating places scene, who died in June 2021, the group introduced Tuesday night time.
The annual Culinary Crossroads Chef Greg Hardesty Scholarship will go to college students at Ivy Tech Neighborhood School Faculty of Culinary Arts.
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Particulars of the scholarship are nonetheless being labored out, however it is going to be out there by Ivy Tech campuses all through the state, mentioned Culinary Crossroads founder Larry Dickerson forward of saying the creation of the Greg Hardesty Scholarship Fund, which is funding the award.
Culinary Crossroads is seeding the fund with cash from varied occasions, together with these that includes cooks who have been educated by Hardesty’s outlets. It should start with not less than $10,000 and is open to donations.
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The group unveiled the trouble Tuesday night time on the conclusion of its spring dinner collection at Highland Golf & Nation Membership. Hardesty was the featured chef on the finale of the 2021 dinner collection in the identical house.
“We need to work with the management at Ivy Tech to verify it is in keeping with what they need to be sure that their college students have once they depart. And in addition we’re hoping to include a few of the key features of what Greg delivered to the business; his ardour for educating others,” Dickerson mentioned. “Our intent is to have an affect of Greg’s accomplishments constructed into the Ivy Tech culinary faculty’s programming by this scholarship.
Culinary Crossroads was fashioned in 2019 to showcase the state’s eating places, produce and artisan meals merchandise and help Hoosier cooks competing within the World Meals Championships.
The group lured the World Meals Championships’ The Ultimate Desk competitors to Indianapolis in 2020.
A legacy in culinary Indy
The announcement comes practically a 12 months after Hardesty died following a year-long battle with leukemia.
An everyday semifinalist within the regional greatest chef class for the James Beard Awards, the 52-year-old had been the chef-proprietor of the acclaimed restaurant Recess, in addition to H2O Sushi, farm-to-table restaurant Parts, and Studio C espresso spot-dinner membership.
He educated a lot of Indianapolis’ greatest cooks — together with Bluebeard’s Abby Merriss and Milktooth’s Jonathan Brooks — who contributed to a collection of fundraisers earlier than his loss of life, and have been among the many roughly 500 that celebrated his life at a memorial weeks after.
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Dickerson mentioned the trouble to commemorate Hardesty’s contributions to Indianapolis’ meals scene has been within the works since final 12 months.
The scholarship is an apt tribute, mentioned Susan Hardesty, the chef’s highschool sweetheart and spouse of 27 years.
Hardesty was a proponent of conserving culinary careers accessible, with out the necessity for expensive formal coaching, she mentioned.
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He taught loads by volunteering, workshops at his areas, taking over interns and mentoring in his kitchens, she mentioned.
“It’s simply sensible as a result of it does actually match with what Greg talked about,” she mentioned. “To know that there’s a culinary scholarship for an schooling that is so costly; I simply know he can be actually happy with that.”
Ivy Tech will start accepting scholarship candidates for any of its six campuses later this 12 months, with the primary award anticipated for the spring semester of 2023.
For extra data, go to CulinaryCrossroads.org.
Contact IndyStar reporter Cheryl V. Jackson at cheryl.jackson@indystar.com or 317-444-6264. Observe her on Twitter: @cherylvjackson.
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Indianapolis, IN
Josh Downs expects big jump in second year with the Colts
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WESTFIELD, Ind. (WISH) — Josh Downs dazzled in the wide receiver footwork drills, making cuts that were on another level compared to the rest of the group.
He rifled his feet through the ladder.
And on Saturday’s practice, him and Anthony Richardson connected for a nice pass and catch down the sideline between two defenders.
Downs has been impressive at training camp and got off to a good start in his first year, hauling in 68 receptions on 771 yards and two touchdowns, but he expects more this year.
“Year one to year two, it’s always been a big jump for me,” Downs said. “High school, college, it was both the same.”
He’s not exaggerating. In his freshman year at North Carolina, he had seven catches for 119 yards. That skyrocketed to 101 receptions for 1,335 yards in his sophomore year. His touchdown count also jumped from three to eight.
Offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter agrees with Downs’ confidence. He’s been impressed with Downs so far at training camp, and thinks he’s learned a lot from his first year in the league.
“Josh (Downs) is going to make the most of that from a route running perspective from a defensive coverage identification perspective,” Cooter said. “Josh (Downs) is primed and ready to have a big camp out here and do some really good things.”
Downs is processing the game better this year. He said he’s not thinking about the route he’s running as he gets set up at the line of scrimmage. Instead, he’s analyzing the defense and determining what coverage they’re in.
Someone that has helped him with this is cornerback Kenny Moore II. Downs considers Moore II to be at the top of his position in the NFL. He said Moore II is really smart and likes to mix it up with Downs when they’re matched up together, disguising whether he’s in man coverage or zone coverage.
Downs says he has the best slot receiver job in the league because he gets to go up against Moore II every day.
Downs has also been building his chemistry with Richardson. It’s now getting to the point where they’re running plays that aren’t in the playbook.
“We’re seeing different plays, it might not be in the playbook,” Downs said. “He’ll (Richardson) be like, ‘hey, JD, do you see this? Do that.’ I’m like, ‘I was thinking the same thing.’”
“I know Anthony (Richardson) trusts me. I trust him. We’re clicking before practice, after practice, even off the field. That’s my dog,” Downs said.
The Colts return to practice on Sunday at Grand Park from 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Indianapolis, IN
PHOTOS | Indy sneakerheads line up for the new Air Jordan 4
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Indianapolis, IN
IMPD: No suspect in custody in officer's shooting, but there is no 'ongoing threat'
This article will update.
A police officer was injured in a shooting on the city’s far east side Friday and police were searching late into the night for whoever pulled the trigger.
Police said the event started unfolding shortly after 8:30 p.m. in the 3600 block of North Wittfield Street, near East 36th Street and North Post Road in the city’s Northeastwood neighborhood. The shooting happened after officers responded to the area on a “shots fired” call.
Shortly after the shooting police said the immediate area was not safe and residents were asked to stay inside their homes and avoid the neighborhood. About 11:15 p.m. police said a sweep of the area — including with K-9s — did not surface a suspect, but they did not believe there was an ongoing threat any longer.
Anyone with information or video footage is asked to call 911.
“There’s a lot that we don’t know about this incident. And we’re hopeful that we will learn more later on,” Capt. Shane Foley said during a media briefing at the scene.
The 8-year veteran officer was taken to Eskenazi Hospital in stable condition.
Shortly before 1 a.m., during a briefing at the hospital, Asst. Chief Michael Wooley said a house also was hit by gunfire but no residents were struck. Wooley said no officers fired their weapons and body cameras were activated throughout the situation.
The injured officer suffered gunshot wounds to his abdomen and right arm and was stable after undergoing surgery, Chief Chris Bailey said.
“He is expected to make a full recovery, although (he) is going to be in the hospital for some days,” Bailey added.
Police have not released a description of the suspect in the shooting, who remained at large early Saturday.
“Right now, officers are all over the city, looking for the individual or individuals responsible for what happened,” Bailey said.
Officers will remain in the neighborhood collecting evidence likely past sunrise, he added.
The K9 sweep of the area is complete.
IMPD is not aware of any ongoing threat to the public at this time, however, no suspects are currently in custody.
Media should stage at 36th/N Post Rd just east, but park on the NW corner. https://t.co/Es3zCovZrU
— IMPD (@IMPDnews) July 27, 2024
Second Indianapolis police officer shot this year
This is the second time this year an Indianapolis police officer has been shot. In March an off-duty officer working security at an east side bar on East Washington Street was hit in an exchange of gunfire with at least one suspect. A man who was injured in that shooting died at a local hospital.
The bar where that shooting happened, 11:11 Bar & Grille, located at 9439 E. Washington St., was closed by unanimous vote of the Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco Commission.
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This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indianapolis police officer shot. Suspect at large late Friday
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