Monthly Archives: October 2016

10 Digit Dialing Becomes Mandatory Oct. 15

October 6, 2016 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS  — All consumers in Central Indiana’s 317 telephone area code will be required to use 10 digits to make local telephone calls, which means dialing “317-555-5555” instead of “555-5555” on Saturday, Oct. 15. If you try to complete a local phone call with 7 digits on or after October … Read More

Community Hospital East Wins 2nd Place in National Pink Glove Dance Competition

October 6, 2016 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Community Health Network’s East Campus wins 2nd place in the 6th annual Medline Pink Glove video dance competition. One hundred members of the Community Hospital East staff and community sported Medline’s pink exam gloves and danced to celebrate hope for a cure for breast cancer, as well as … Read More

Indiana Legal Services Awarded Grant to Help Abused Seniors

October 6, 2016 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Legal Services has received a $400,000 grant from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute to help seniors who have suffered abuse by battery, neglect, or financial exploitation. Funding for this grant was made available through the federal Victims of Crime Act. The two-year Legal Assistance for Victimized Adults … Read More

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose

October 6, 2016 | by Kathleen Angelone

When Nazi Germany invaded Denmark in 1940, the Danish government offered no resistance. This greatly upset Knud Pedersen and his friends. After much discussion, they formed the Churchill Club to offer resistance. Hoosier author Phillip Hoose chronicles their resistance and its effects in his new book, The Boys Who Challenged … Read More

Circumcision in Newborns

October 6, 2016 | by Dr. Nydia Nunez-Estrada

Every new parent of a baby boy is faced with the difficult and personal decision of whether or not to have their son circumcised. It’s a topic that is not widely discussed and leaves many parents in the dark when it comes time to make a decision. Most parents base … Read More