Monthly Archives: July 2016

2016 Indiana Authors Awards Announced

July 21, 2016 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Six writers with Indiana ties have been named winners or finalists of the 2016 Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award, including a first-ever winner in the category of Genre Excellence. Bloomington native Karen Joy Fowler is the winner of the $10,000 National Author Award. She is the … Read More

Give Me That Old Time Rock ‘N Roll

July 21, 2016 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

The first electric guitar, invented in 1934, had an annoying hum which prevented it from being played at high a volume. Sixteen years later the Gibson Guitar Corporation, in collaboration with jazz great Les Paul, used double-coiled wires to cancel the hum and introduce to the world the Gibson Telecaster. … Read More

Nest Trilogy

July 21, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

A robin blasted past my head when I neared my mailbox, landed on a branch of a nearby tree and directed a series of complaints at me. It was late in May, and I realized that I had been strafed on a daily basis for about a week. I glanced … Read More

Indiana — Home of Vice Presidents

July 21, 2016 | by Al Hunter

Speaking as a proud native Hoosier, it has been refreshing to see Indiana in the national political headlines lately. I find it ironic that this most recent national dust up revolves around the selection of Governor Mike Pence by GOP nominee (presumptive at the time of this writing) Donald Trump … Read More

Lots of Auto Racing

July 21, 2016 | by Steve Nicewanger

Will Power is Showing A Lot of….Well…Er… Will Power The  Honda Prix of Toronto has pretty much followed the same script that all but three of the IndyCar races have followed during the 2016 series so far. A Penske driver once again takes the checkered flag. The first five events … Read More