Monthly Archives: May 2014

Applause!: May 16-23

May 15, 2014 | by Weekly View

• It’s high weeds and grass abatement season, and Code Enforcement will be looking for vegetation over 12 inches high in the neighborhoods. To report a high weed or grass property, call the Mayor’s Action Center at 317-327-4622 or go online to www.indy.gov/requestindy or through the Request Indy app available … Read More

Gypsy Ghosts in Terry Hot

May 15, 2014 | by Al Hunter

When you hear the term Gypsy, what comes to mind? A vagabond road wanderer? A classic motorcycle? Maybe a Cher song? Let me share with you a gypsy story from a century ago from just up the National Road in Terre Haute. On May 16, 1914 three bodies were interred … Read More

One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Garage Sale

May 15, 2014 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

ave you ever noticed the trucks that cruise your neighborhood the night before heavy trash pick-up? There is an entire community of people in our city who pull items from the trash, and sell them for profit. Maybe it’s time to learn by example? Don’t kick it to the curb, … Read More

That Will Never Fly

May 15, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

In 1986 I came from the advertising department of Stewart’s Department Store in Louisville Ky., to L.S. Ayres in Indianapolis. Some time after that, I met a young lady, a graphic designer who worked in the advertising department with me. She was — and is still — a thoughtful, lively … Read More

100 Years Ago this Week: May 16-23

May 15, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, May 20, 1914: Woodland Cemetery, the new burial ground located 2½ miles east of the Indianapolis city limits, is rapidly assuming form under the watchful eye of superintendent Walter H. Wheeler. The massive granite columns and iron gates guarding the entrance indicate by their simple … Read More