Monthly Archives: June 2015

Suicide Knobs

June 25, 2015 | by Al Hunter

I lost a favorite uncle last month. David A. McDuffee was my mother’s brother and a helluva man. He graduated from Ben Davis High School in 1958, as did my mom two years before him. He was a fixture in my life for as long as I can remember. I … Read More

It’s In the Cards

June 25, 2015 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Remember the packs of sports trading cards that were a “must have” for the pre-teen crowd in the 1970s and 80s? I recently stumbled across several boxes of them that I thought my son had taken when he bought his first home 12 years ago. But there they were, still … Read More

The Seasons of Our Growing Up

June 25, 2015 | by Rose Mary Clarke

This isn’t just an attack of nostalgia. It illustrates the differences between the lives of children then and now. The changing seasons determined our activities. On a warm day of Spring, Wanda Frazier and I would get out our steel, ball-bearing sidewalk skates, and use a key that we wore … Read More

The Dancer’s View

June 25, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

My granddaughter was sitting on a bench in the lobby of New York’s City Center, swinging her legs and patiently waiting for me to finish my conversation with the lobby manager. When I came to sit down with her, she asked me some questions and I answered them and we … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: June 26-July 3

June 25, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, June 30, 1915: Appropriate exercises will mark the official start of the 1915 season and the 25th anniversary of the Summer Mission for Sick Children at Fairview. The summer mission is known throughout the United States as the Indianapolis plan for caring for sick babies … Read More