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As I grew up in Muncie, the only place my parents told me never to go to was Westside Park after dark. My folks, like many local residents, were horrified at the 1985 murders of Kimberly Dowell and Ethan Dixon in the park that fall. In the 1990s, when I was old enough to bike and later drive around our fair city, I avoided Westside Park after sundown, recalling my parents’ injunction against it.
But I don’t remember the actual murders, as I was only 5 at the time. Nevertheless, I do remember the stories that followed. By the time I was in high school, I’d heard a dozen different theories about, opinions of, and supposed insider information regarding the real story of the killings. These near-folklorish accounts of the tragedy, as ridiculous as they were bizarre in retrospect, became the narratives of the homicides. Much to my chagrin now, I accepted some of these bogus renditions as fact, falsely embracing them as accurate explanations of what happened so
LA GRANDE â The bustle of sixth-grade students again filled the halls and classrooms at La Grande Middle School.
This past week, because of changing state metrics, was the first time in 10 months the school could offer in-person instruction to all sixth graders. The large number of students coming to the school was a most welcome sight for educators.
âThey are bringing music back into our school,â said LMS librarian Keri Myer.
LMS sixth-grade teacher Marissa Rainsberry also said having students back in school has been a delight.
âIt has been super fun. I have loved it,â Rainsberry said.
Deanna Comfort, a paraeducator at LMS, was excited to have the sixth graders actually in school because she said she believes they benefit enormously by being in an educational environment rather than at home online.