Monthly Archives: June 2016

Just Being a Kid or is There More?

June 2, 2016 | by Dr. Nydia Nunez-Estrada

Let’s face it — kids are rambunctious. They love running around, laughing and playing with their friends, but when should that active energy cause concern for parents? Attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) affects approximately 4-to-7 percent of children and is two-to-three times more likely to occur in boys than in girls. … Read More

IPS Celebrates Top 2016 Graduates

June 2, 2016 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Public Schools recently celebrated the academic successes of 18 top scholars in the Class of ‘16: • Arlington Community High School — Valedictorian Yettif C. and Salutatorian Christian S. • Arsenal Technical High School —  Valedictorian James G.  and Salutatorian Jacob S. • Broad Ripple Magnet High … Read More

Bunker Hill And Grissom Air Force Base By Tom Kelley

June 2, 2016 | by Kathleen Angelone

When my family drove north to visit Indiana’s lake country, we always saw the somewhat mysterious Bunker Hill and then later Grissom Air force Base on the west side of the road. I never knew much about it, though, except that it was military and had loads of airplanes. Tom … Read More

The Kinks’ Lola — A Transgender Anthem Revisited, Part 1

June 2, 2016 | by Al Hunter

Transgender questions have been in the news a lot lately, but for Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, and Millennials, it’s nothing new. Forty-five years ago this week, Ray Davies of the Kinks was frantically scrambling from continent to continent on a last minute mission to change the lyrics of the most … Read More

Protect and Serve

June 2, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

Early in 2010 a man and his daughter were on the side of the road near Xenia, Ohio, changing a flat tire. They were returning to Indiana from a visit to Maryland when the yawing of the car signaled distress to a tire, which was flapping as the car edged … Read More