Monthly Archives: August 2014

Chief Sanford Receives Indiana’s Highest Honor

August 21, 2014 | by Weekly View

INDIANA — State Representative Cindy Kirchhofer (R-Beech Grove), alongside Jeff Cardwell, Special Assistant to Governor Mike Pence, presented Brian L. Sanford, the 41st Indianapolis Fire Chief, with a Sagamore of the Wabash award. Presented only to Hoosiers who have made significant contributions to the state, the Sagamore award is the … Read More

Hepatitis C – Baby Boomer’s Curse?

August 21, 2014 | by Weekly View

Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the Hepatitis C virus. It can be acute or chronic. Symptoms of acute hepatitis C infection include fever, abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting, fatigue, a change in bowel habits, and jaundice (yellow skin and eyes). Symptoms can first appear 2 weeks … Read More

The 150th Anniversary of the Civil War: August 1864

August 21, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

“THE ARMY BEFORE PETERSBURG” was among the numerous headlines that drew readers of the Journal to riveting accounts of “the movement of Grant’s army” — horrific details of the terrific explosion that blew up “one of the enemy’s strongest forts” and the “simultaneous charge in which we lost heavily.” The … Read More

Let ’Em Eat Fish

August 21, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

In 1975, while living in Los Angeles CA, my first bride and I vacationed in Nassau. On our return, we visited relatives in Pittsburgh. During this visit my bride and I went to see a movie. At its end, I said to her, “If I had seen Jaws before we … Read More

To Turn a Phrase

August 21, 2014 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Some of my fondest recollections of childhood were the times I spent with my Grandpa Hamer. I always enjoyed our conversations and the interesting phrases he would use. As we worked together in his raspberry patch, I remember him saying to me “just because your friends are doing it doesn’t … Read More