Monthly Archives: February 2016

World War I 100 Years Ago: Feb. 12-19

February 11, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, February 15: The Indiana committee of the Commission for Belgium Relief has been consolidated with the Michigan committee in Detroit. Indiana committee chairman Henry Lane Wilson said Hoosiers have been generous to appeals for help for Belgium. Since the initial appeals, the people of Indiana … Read More

True Love

February 11, 2016 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Good grief! I’ve turned the pages in our calendar twice since Christmas, and here we are at Valentine’s Day. While I was in the hospital, one of the young nurses asked me how long Bill and I had been married. “Fifty-two lo-o-o-ng years! Actually, it’s been 52 wonderful years that … Read More

Peyton Finally Has Two Rings

February 11, 2016 | by Steve Nicewanger

The Big Dance is over. The NFL season ended with kind of a fairy tale finish as the Peyton Manning led the Denver Broncos in pulling off a mild upset in beating the Carolina Panthers 24-10. The  irresistible force (Panther quarterback Cam Newton) met the immovable object (the Bronco defense) … Read More

Applause!: Feb. 12-19

February 11, 2016 | by Weekly View

• Little Flower Neighborhood will be offering a “speed neighboring” event Feb. 16 from 7-9 p.m. at the Shi-Kay Lounge, 1514 N. Emerson. It will kind of be like speed dating, but instead of a date, you get to meet your neighbors in the Little Flower neighborhood. Prizes and light … Read More

Social Literacy

February 11, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

I saw a TV advertisement with this text: “More then (sic) free prescriptions;” another ad’s text touted “signiture (sic) tacos.” A large audience of television viewers were treated to advertisements with gross errors; the first used an adverb in the place of a preposition and the second misspelled “signature.” Where … Read More