LAFAYETTE, Ind. — On Monday, May 4, 2009, in celebration of the 5th Anniversary of achieving zero
landfill status, Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) will host the inaugural SIA Environmental Stewardship Awards Ceremony, honoring the local individual and non-profit organization or school that best exemplify the meaning of environmental stewardship.

Beginning March 16, 2009, SIA will accept nominations for the SIA Excellence in Environmental
Stewardship Awards. Nomination forms can be submitted on the SIA website at www.subaru-sia.com or call (765) 449-6269 to request a form. The deadline to submit nominations is 5:00pm on April 17, 2009.

On May 4, 2004, SIA became the first US Auto Assembly Plant to achieve zero landfill status.

The awards will be presented at 3:00 PM on Monday, May 4, 2009 at SIA’s Training and Reception Center.

As the industry leader in environmental stewardship, SIA strives to expand its efforts through education, mentoring and community outreach. To further encourage and promote environmental initiatives in our community, SIA will present awards to the individual, non-profit organization and school that have developed and executed the best environmental stewardship program throughout the year.

“Being good stewards of the environment goes beyond our backyard”, said Tom Easterday, SIA’s Senior Vice President, “the more we can encourage others to engage in positive and innovative environmental practices, the less impact we will all have on our environment. That’s the basic concept behind the Subaru Excellence in Environmental Stewardship Award.”

“It all starts with one idea or one initiative and it just explodes from there ”, states Jennifer McGarvey, SIA’s Group Leader of Corporate Communications, “If we can be the catalyst for other individuals and organizations to make that first step, then we’ve accomplished the goal of these awards”.

On May 4, 2004, SIA became the first US Auto Assembly Plant to achieve zero landfill status. Through plant-wide efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle, SIA is able to eliminate the need to send waste to a landfill. In addition, since 2000 SIA has reduced its waste generated by nearly 50%, resulting in millions of dollars in cost savings through its environmental programs. SIA’s entire 832-acre site has also been designated a Backyard Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette is currently exhibiting Through the Lens: A Photographic Mosaic of Hoosier Life and Landscape, the first biennial exhibition of Indiana photography. The exhibited works for Through the Lens were chosen by juror Joe Johnson, a widely exhibited photographer and instructor of photography at Bowling Green State University.

Awards were given for Best of Show, as well as Best of Category for landscape, still life, portrait and urban.

The awards are as follows:

• Best of Show: Chris Bucher, Should I Go Yet?
• Best Landscape: Vincent Walter, Ecology Economics
• Landscape runner-up: Chris Bucher, Welcome to the Neighborhood.
• Best Still Life: Tracy Rivers, Abandoned Spaces
• Still Life runner-up: Amanda Warner Fruits, Family Secrets
• Best Portrait: Sally Wolf, Day at the Races
• Portrait runner-up: Todd Matus, Dave (Under the Bridge)
• Best Urban: Hadley Fruits, Untitled (from National Road Series)
• Urban runner-up: Martel White, Car in Storefront

Through the Lens is sponsored by Lafayette Savings Bank, the Gannett Foundation, and the Journal and Courier.

The exhibitions will continue through March 22, 2008. Museum admission is free; donations are welcome. The museum galleries and gift shop are open Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The museum is located at 102 South Tenth Street, Lafayette, Indiana. For more details, please see the museum’s website, www.artlafayette.org.