Monthly Archives: February 2014

Valentines Greetings from the “WV” Sports Department

February 13, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

Paul George, the Indiana Pacers sensational All-Star forward, has recently experienced the underside of fame. He finds himself accused of fathering the child a Miami model/stripper is expecting. He is further accused of offering the mother-to-be one million bucks to abort the baby. George admits to having an intimate relationship … Read More

Your Connection to Indianapolis Jazz this Weekend

February 13, 2014 | by Al Hunter

“Through these portals pass the world’s finest musicians” read the sign above Henri’s bar on Indiana Avenue. A Who’s Who of jazz history walked under that sign, including music legends like Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Cab Calloway, Louis Jourdan, … Read More

Politically Decent

February 13, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

At a gathering in his home, a man I know made an inquiry about a woman I know; after a brief hesitation, he murmured that his comment might not be “politically correct,” then referred to the woman by using a pejorative term. I chuckled in what I hoped was a … Read More

Love Lessons From the Trenches

February 13, 2014 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Ah yes, we’re approaching that happy, sappy day devoted to love, love, love! Surely the economy benefits from the purchases of heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, bouquets, gifts of sexy lingerie, dinners at fancy restaurants, and pretty cards inscribed in gold. And then the love-dust is washed away with the next … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Feb. 14-21

February 13, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, February 17, 1914:  It was an industrious householder who had the snow cleared from the sidewalk in front of his premises today, before the policeman on the beat appeared in the neighborhood to spread the glad news that an 1899 city ordinance requiring the removal … Read More