Monthly Archives: April 2016

Applause!: April 15-21

April 14, 2016 | by Weekly View

• Congratulations and thanks to all who have participated in the Great Indy Cleanup so far! On April 2, the Otterbein neighbors found a whole sidewalk at 19th and Bosart that had been overgrown with brush and debris. Good neighbors cleared it, so it is now useable. Irvington neighbors cleared … Read More

Spring

April 14, 2016 | by Rose Mary Clarke

“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” — Percy Byshe Shelley Oh dear . . . here we are at Easter, and it seems as if we celebrated Christmas only yesterday! My life has followed an orbit as fixed as any planet’s. Each season has had its own delectable … Read More

Who Is Preserving the Past?

April 14, 2016 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Grandma collected fine porcelain. Mom collected quilts and carnival glass. I collect primitives and stoneware. My kids and their friends . . . they don’t seem interested? Both of my children fall into the group collectively referred to as Millennials, that demographic cohort made up of people born between 1980 … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: April 15-21

April 14, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, April 21: Nine of the sixty Indianapolis public schools are unsafe and insanitary according to a report made public by buildings commissioner Jacob H. Hilkene. In examining the schools from cellars to attics, many deplorable conditions were found especially with the boys’ and girls’ washrooms … Read More

Talking to the Young Trying to Understand

April 14, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

“Mother, mother/ there’s too many of you crying…” —Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On.” On a young day in April, I spoke to a young lady, who asked me to tell her of my experience as a family member of someone in the Armed Forces. She is a student, studying Fine … Read More