The Southsider Voice
Visit us at these places!
  • Home
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • Sports
    • Car Nutz
    • Stilley Goes Trackside
    • Southside Deaths
    • Personal Recollections
    • Reminiscing
  • About the Voice
  • Advertising
  • Contact
  • Newspaper Archive
  • Classifieds

Doctor surviving Ebola isVoice’s top story of 2014

1/21/2015

0 Comments

 
By Al Stilley
Southsider Voice correspondent

International news events of 2014 that involved Southsiders made a lasting impact upon readers of The Southsider Voice.
You, our faithful readers, ranked three international stories among the top 10 news stories based upon a record number of ballots.
It was fitting that the ongoing story of Dr. Kent Brantly, whose religious and educational roots go back to Southeastern Church of Christ, was the top news story of 2014. Seventy percent of those who submitted ballots selected Brantly as the top story.

The Southside native served as a missionary physician in Nigeria, where he contracted the deadly Ebola disease. He was flown via a special medical air charter to Atlanta for treatment at Emory University Hospital. His arrival there was televised internationally.
Brantly survived and became a prominent spokesperson for international aid to countries where Ebola flourishes. 
He is married, has two children and is the son of Southsiders Dr. Jim and Jan Brantly.
Brantly also was recognized on one of the year-end covers of “Time” as the publication named the Ebola fighters as its People of the Year.

Here are the rest of our top 10 news stories of 2014:
2)  Indianapolis police officer and 20-year Southport resident Perry Renn, 51, killed in gunfire exchange on the Northside. 
3)  Franklin Central High School graduate Valerie Rockey wows the nation with her dancing skills and becomes runner-up in Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” competition.
4)  Around-the-world flight originates from Greenwood Municipal Airport but ends in tragedy with deaths of father and son Rabar and Haris Suleman of Plainfield in small plane crash in American Samoa. 
5) New year greets Southsiders with snowstorm.
6) Greenwood pilot William Michael Gilliland killed in a small plane crash upon takeoff from Greenwood Airport, narrowly missing nearby homes and businesses.
7) Controversial plan for plasma center at Madison Avenue and Southport Road is withdrawn by developers after Southside opposition led by Greater Southport Business Alliance.
8) Separate multimillion dollar developments in Beech Grove include expansion of Kinetrex Energy and ADM Mill, development of the Rockpile and plans for Community Health Network pavilion. 
9) Southport Redevelopment Commission and Partnership for Affordable Housing announce $10.8 million, 93-unit complex for senior citizens on long-vacated Davidson Industries property. 
10) Southside teachers Sharon and Erin Ancelet, Nancy Meyer and Lynn Baumann share their teaching practices with teachers in the remote and underdeveloped town of Arua, Uganda. 
We are humbled, yet proud, to provide our readers with news of Southsiders and of the Southside every week.
Thank you for reading The Voice, and congratulations to Mary Schembra for winning $25 for entering our contest to vote for the top stories.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014

    Categories

    All
    Arts & Entertainment
    Lead Story
    Sports: 500
    Sports: Basketball
    Sports: Track

    RSS Feed

 DROP OFF: The Toy Drop 6025 Madison Ave., Suite D
Indianapolis, IN  46227  |  317-781-0023
MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 17187, Indianapolis, IN 46217

ads@southsidervoice.com | news@southsidervoice.com
Website by IndyTeleData, Inc.