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George Piper
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thumb George Piper (born May 28, 1968) is a veteran newsperson and an independent candidate for Mayor of Lebanon, Indiana in the Nov. 6, 2007, general election. He most recently served at managing editor at The Lebanon Reporter and currently works in a writing capacity for Purdue University. Biography A native of Whiting, Indiana, Piper graduated Whiting High School and went to college at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana to pursue a degree in journalism. While at ISU, he worked for the Indiana Statesman, the campus newspaper; was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and met his future wife Leanne Burris. His newspaper career started at the in Effingham, Illinois in 1990. His next journalism stops were at The Republic in Columbus, Indiana and the Post & Mail in Columbia City, Indiana. While at the Post & Mail, he rose from reporter to editor, and, at age 25, was at that time the youngest editor of a daily newspaper in Indiana. Piper and his wife moved to Jefferson, Wisconsin, which he worked as an assistant editor at two aviation trade publications in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. He returned to daily newspapers in 1996 at The Daily Register in Portage, Wisconsin. After moving to Columbus, Wisconsin, they had the first of their four children. At that time, Piper left newspapers to become a free-lance writer and a stay-at-home dad. By 2000, the couple had two children and sought to return to Indiana. The managing editor's position became available at The Lebanon Reporter in Leanne's hometown. Piper worked there until the spring of 2003, when he left to help start a daily newspaper, The Noblesville Daily Times, in Noblesville, Indiana. He served as a the newspaper's first editor and was charged with hiring a full-time staff, designing the newspaper's look and selecting necessary equipment - all within a 90-day timeframe. After 18 months in Noblesville, Piper returned to The Reporter, where he worked until he announced his candidacy for Mayor of Lebanon in June 2007. George and his wife, Leanne, who is a nurse liaison in Indianapolis, have four children. Elected office Piper is on the ballot for the Nov. 6, 2007 general election in Lebanon. His four-point platform includes the following points: *Revitalizing downtown *Cleaning up gateways *Attracting professional jobs and residential growth *Customer service and training for city employees More information is available at his Web site . 
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