Monthly Archives: March 2015

A Thrill I Shall Not Soon Forget, Part 2

March 26, 2015 | by Al Hunter

The inventor of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, was born in 1861 at the outbreak of the American Civil War. He lived long enough to see the game he created become an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as well as the birth of both the National Invitation … Read More

To Sleep, Perhaps?

March 26, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

I saw a program on TV about the business of “sleep.” Apparently, we are a nation of sleep-deprived people, a condition that has spawned an industry to address that. Our choices are many, as long as money is no object. There were special beds priced from $7,000 to $100, 000. … Read More

Making a Case for Books

March 19, 2015 | by Ethel Winslow

In the Enterprise Center on the near east side, employees weave around a maze of tables and mysterious machines, gluing, stitching, applying covers, and trimming books. In one corner, well-loved books are piled — a family Bible, a beloved child’s book, a military book from the 1950s — waiting for … Read More

Color the World With Love Mural Project Gets Underway

March 19, 2015 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Severns and Lisa Boyles are joining forces again to create a mural in the Rivoli Park Neighborhood under the banner of Color the World with Love. In the fall of 2013, they lead a group of painters in the creation of a mural on the southwest corner … Read More

Iconic Signal Box Damaged in Irvington

March 19, 2015 | by Ethel Winslow

The “welcome” to Irvington on East Washington Street got a little dimmer on March 15, when a driver plowed into the painted traffic signal box that was on the corner of Emerson. The box was severely damaged and had to be removed by the Department of Public Works. No one … Read More