Monthly Archives: June 2017

Applause!: June 23-July 6

June 22, 2017 | by Weekly View

• The Marion County Public Health Department and the Northeast District Health Office will be hosting an Eastside Community Day on Wed., June 28 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at 6042 East 21st St. (corner of 21st and Arlington). There will be free health screenings, fun times, food trucks, giveaways, kid’s … Read More

Other People’s Children

June 22, 2017 | by CJ Woods III

On a recent trip to my “washateria,” a four year-old boy was gamboling about the aisles, roaming from the arcade machines to the folding tables. His mother circled through, occasionally crossing paths with her child as she unloaded washers and loaded dryers. The boy was a bright and happy sound … Read More

Collectible Luggage

June 22, 2017 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Antique steamer trunks, vanity cases and even that old Samsonite suitcase you carried off to college in 1987 are at the top of the most wanted collectibles list for the summer of 2017. Collectible vintage luggage is sought by repurposers who turn it into furniture, interior designers who stack it … Read More

Pages of Life

June 22, 2017 | by Rose Mary Clarke

“Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is.” —Henry David Thoreau    Walden Last week I wrote about turning flip-flops through time. The capacity that humans have of venturing into the … Read More

Gus Grissom and Apollo 1

June 22, 2017 | by Al Hunter

Al is on vacation. This column is reprinted from the February 17, 2012 edition. I’m a space kid. I was born just over a year after America launched her first man into space and I was named by my mother after that man, Alan Shepard. Many of my earliest memories … Read More