Monthly Archives: November 2018

Education Briefs: Nov. 23-29

November 22, 2018 | by Weekly View

Innovate WithIN Applications Available for Students INDIANAPOLIS — Applications for the 2019 Innovate WithIN pitch competition, a statewide initiative hosted by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), Indiana Department of Education (DOE) and Ball State University, are now open to high school students across Indiana. Student teams are invited to … Read More

Applause!: Nov. 23-29

November 22, 2018 | by Weekly View

• Thank you to Al and Rhonda Hunter for their kindness and many contributions  (including the Bumps in the Night column) to the Weekly View. They are the hardest-working couple who give back in many ways to the community. • Small Business Saturday is November 24. Many local businesses will … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Nov. 23-29

November 22, 2018 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, November 29: Demobilization began today at Ft. Benjamin Harrison with the mustering out of the first 100 soldiers of Company P, 21st Battalion Engineers receiving discharge papers. Other soldiers looked on enviously as the “lucky 100” cheered with joy, threw their hats into the air, … Read More

Lost in the 50s

November 22, 2018 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This is a reprint from the Weekly View, 2011 It was a time many of us recall with fondness. We witnessed the invention of Lifesaver candy, Kleenex, Super Glue and the AA battery. Televisions were black and white and so was the tile on the kitchen floor. Chuck Berry, Little … Read More

Bill “Bojangles’ Robinson & Me, Part 2

November 22, 2018 | by Al Hunter

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson was the most famous of all African-American tap dancers of the 20th century. No wait, he was, race notwithstanding, the most famous tap-dancer of all time. Robinson used his popularity to challenge and overcome numerous racial barriers, becoming one of the first minstrel and vaudeville performers to … Read More