Monthly Archives: March 2013

News Briefs: March 22-29

March 21, 2013 | by Weekly View

IPS Offers Students Free Meals INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Public Schools students, 18 years old and younger, can eat breakfast and lunch free during the week of March 25 at any of 19 IPS schools. This is the first week of the two week Spring Break. Breakfast and lunch times vary. … Read More

Reading Club Winner

March 21, 2013 | by Weekly View

Isaac Gauthier (age 2) won the children’s winter reading club grand prize at the Hancock County Public Library’s Sugar Creek Branch in New Palestine on March 13. Logan Watts (age 10) won the children’s prize in  Greenfield, and Brad & Kim Brown & their three children won the family prize. … Read More

Arts Briefs: March 22-29

March 21, 2013 | by Weekly View

Hot Glass Infusion Weekend March 23-24 INDIANAPOLIS Indiana Glass Arts Alliance (IGAA) and GRT Glass Design Studio will host the annual Hot Glass Infusion Weekend March 23 from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. and March 24 from noon – 5 p.m. The free event will take place at GRT Glass … Read More

Kitschy and Collectible — The 1950s TV Lamp

March 21, 2013 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

With the war years behind her and the hope of good times to come, America headed into the 1950s. A new spirit of optimism and a zeal for material comforts prevailed. The average household income was $2,992, gas was 27 cents a gallon, and everyone wanted to be the first … Read More

Tyler the Tiger is Indiana’s Big Cat

March 21, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

Right now, Greencastle, Indiana is home to the state’s only undefeated college basketball champions. The DePauw University Lady Tigers with Head Coach Kris Huffman went 34-0 in their regular season schedule including going 16-0 in North Coast Athletic Conference play. They followed up by defeating Wisconsin-Whitewater 69-51 to take the … Read More