Monthly Archives: January 2013

Fencing: The Ballet of the Swordsman

January 4, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

Humans have been using metal bladed weapons since the Copper Age about 7000 BC. In Asia Minor, China, India, Japan, and the Mediterranean  Basin, when human culture was developing and   civilization developed and evolved, so too did the weapons humans used. Hunting was the primary source of food for … Read More

100 Years Ago – Jan. 4-11, 1913

January 4, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, January 10, 1913:  Miss Goldie Heathco, 337 N. Webster Av, Irvington, has been sworn in as a deputy constable by Irvington Justice of the Peace Albert Deel. The fair-haired, blue-eyed 21-year old, whose face is constantly lit with a smile, does not resemble any image … Read More

A Tisket, A Tasket . . . It’s One Incredible Basket

January 4, 2013 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Many people would have looked at little David Longaberger and thought, “that poor little boy.” After all, he was one of twelve children born into an impoverished family in a small town in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. His father worked long hours at the local paper mill after … Read More

Once Upon a Christmas

January 4, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Though summer turns to winter And the present disappears The laughter we were glad to share Will echo through the years When other nights and other days May find us gone our separate ways We will have these moments to remember The Four Lads — 1955 — the year I … Read More

City Participating in 100,000 Homes Campaign

January 4, 2013 | by Local News Release

INDIANAPOLIS – The City of Indianapolis is partnering with local agencies to participate in the 100,000 Homes Campaign, a national movement of communities working together to find permanent homes for 100,000 of the country’s most vulnerable homeless individuals and families by July 2014. Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (CHIP), … Read More