Monthly Archives: January 2014

Children of Joy

January 16, 2014 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Christmas Eve: Unable to sleep, I started writing at 4:30 that morning and put a batch of mince pies in the oven at 6:30. I always bake mince pies that Bill wants. Bill’s darling mother stands behind me in my mind’s eye while I cut out rounds of crust with … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Jan. 17-24

January 16, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, January 19, 1914:  Approximately 1,200 workers at a mass meeting in Tomlinson Hall yesterday afternoon heard speakers call for establishing a co-operative department store in Indianapolis. “Next to wages, a co-operative store is the best thing for the laborer….With a great advance in the cost … Read More

It’s How You Play the Game

January 16, 2014 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Long before the advent of Facebook or the irresistible draw of an X-box, we, the children of a simpler time, spent many an hour playing our favorite board games. Upon completion of the game Mom would always caution us to “make sure we got all the pieces put back in … Read More

Horseshoe Wrap Up

January 16, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

As the snow melts and the great blizzard of 2014 becomes a memory, so too the 2013 Colts season is now in the NFL history books. It was a great run for the Horseshoe, filled with dramatic ups and downs, unforgettable plays, and hair pulling moments of frustration for the … Read More

Do One Thing

January 16, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I visited my friend Lisa in Clearwater Beach one year during October; a storm had just passed and we were walking on the beach in the late evening. She stopped to examine conch shells — she called them “warrior conchs,” but I think the proper designation is “fighting conch” — … Read More