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For the last 26 years, though, Brown has been able to have her most direct impact on young people as the housemother for the DePauw chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. It’s no understatement to say that Dorothy Brown casts a long shadow when it comes to education in Greencastle. Brown was the first African American to teach in Greencastle schools, a one-time principal of Ridpath… Read more »

When first announced last August, the proposal to relocate departments within the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of Washington, D.C., opened a floodgate of reaction. The idea of moving a part of the federal government out of the D.C. beltway caused uproar among some in as well as praise from many of the millions of Americans who work in the field of agriculture in the remaining 99.9… Read more »

More than 30 people from Boone, Hendricks and surrounding areas recently participated in a special volunteer training opportunity at the Hendricks County 4-H Fairgrounds in Danville. Baird’s office has partnered with the Library of Congress in a project to collect and preserve the oral history of veterans in the Veterans History Project (VHP). “The Veterans History Project… Read more »

Indiana 4th District Congressman Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) has been named co-chairman of the Congressional Research and Development (R&D) Caucus, a bipartisan group that advocates on behalf of continued U.S. leadership in research and development. Baird will co-chair with Congressman Bill Foster (D-Ill.). Primary caucus activities include hosting briefings to better inform members… Read more »

Local military veterans will have an opportunity to share their stories through a project that preserves their memories in the Library of Congress. U.S. Rep. Jim Baird (R-4th District) is assisting the library with the Veterans History Project, an archive of oral interviews with former service members dating back to World War I. Later this year, Baird’s staff will travel across the… Read more »

Congressman Jim Baird, representative for the fourth district of Indiana, stopped by the Brownsburg Flapjacks restaurant for coffee with the community Wednesday afternoon. Constituents were able to meet the Congressman, ask questions and share the issues most important to them. “I’m always excited to meet members of the community, to hear their ideas and share my experiences… Read more »

The infantrymen whom Jim Baird led in Vietnam fondly called him “pig farmer” because of his passion for breeding pigs. Now, nearly a half-century after he was helicoptered out of a firefight in which he lost his left arm, Baird answers to a new moniker: congressman. He’s the only rookie legislator with a science Ph.D. on the newly reformulated science committee of the… Read more »

Freshman U.S. Representative Jim Baird, a Republican from Indiana’s 4th congressional district, was recently appointed to the House Ag Committee, a committee that hasn’t had a Hoosier on it in quite some time. “I have to tell you. I’m really excited and pleased to have this opportunity to serve on the agriculture committee in our U.S. Congress, and I look… Read more »

A freshman congressman from Indiana posed in a touching photo with two other wounded veterans elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Brian Mast tweeted the photo Thursday to welcome Rep. Jim Baird and Rep. Dan Crenshaw to Congress with the caption “5 eyes. 5 arms. 4 legs. All American.” Baird lost his left arm serving combat duty in the Vietnam War, Crenshaw… Read more »

Republican lawmakers who were wounded in combat gathered on the first day of the new Congress for a group photo and to highlight their military service, saying they are “All American.” Rep. Brian Mast (Fla.) shared a photo with freshmen lawmakers Reps. Dan Crenshaw (Texas) and Jim Baird (Ind.) on the day of their swearing-in ceremony. … Read more »