Monthly Archives: June 2013

The Ties That Bind

June 27, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Tenacity, thy name is Vicki! If I were to devise a coat of arms for my daughter, it would consist of an inquiring eye examining some musty, dusty, antique tome of old deeds or other genealogical esoterica and have a tilting tombstone for its background. Nothing stops a genealogical sleuth … Read More

Ayres Advertising Reunion

June 27, 2013 | by Paula Nicewanger

L.S. Ayres Department store closed the doors downtown in January of 1992 — over 20 years ago! May Company had purchased the chain and moved all the management, buying, and advertising departments to St. Louis (over 1,200 employees lost their jobs with that merger). I had joined the Ayres Advertising … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: June 28-July12

June 27, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, July 2, 1913:  Nearly 5,000 store clerks entered downtown streets shortly after 5 p. m. last evening happily enjoying the rule adopted by the majority of stores to close at 5 p. m. weekdays and 6 p.m. Saturdays during July and August. No other city … Read More

The Heat is On!

June 27, 2013 | by Weekly View

Summer’s finally here! And along with summer come burns — sunburns, burns from barbeques, campfires and hot marshmallows, fireworks, scalds, motorcycle exhaust pipes, campfires, ropes, lightning, fuels, and numerous others. Besides immediate tissue damage from the burn itself, the biggest risk of the injury may be infection. Damaged tissue is … Read More

Racing and Pacing with the Pros

June 27, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

The 26 year old, Ontario, Canada-born driver James Hinchcliffe driving the GoDaddy Chevy for Andretti Autosports won the 2013 Iowa Corn Indy Car 250 last Sunday. Hinchcliffe dominated the race and held off a late race charge by his teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay to score his third Indy Car victory of … Read More