Monthly Archives: June 2020

State Economic Recovery Initiatives Announced

June 11, 2020 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The state of Indiana announced it will allocate nearly $44 million to provide support and resources including approximately $37 million in direct funding through grants and investments to small businesses and manufacturers — two key drivers of the Hoosier economy. Gov. Holcomb approved $30 million in federal funding … Read More

100 Years Ago: June 12-18

June 11, 2020 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, June 17, 1920: The Kiwanis Club building fund for a hut on the Boy Scout reservation near Ft. Benjamin Harrison has been increased to $3,500 (2019: $45,409). The original plan of building a “bunk house” consisting of a large living room with a fireplace across … Read More

De-Cluttered? Now What?

June 11, 2020 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

If the is anything positive to be found from our recent shelter-in-place experience, it may well be that we came out of it much more organized than when we went in! Garages are free from unused tools, closets are de-cluttered and the attics of America have never looked better. But … Read More

A Hoosier Wedding in Lincoln’s White House

June 11, 2020 | by Al Hunter

Sometimes, I need to dig up a historical story for no other reason than I need a smile. And nothing makes me smile more than sharing a story with an Indiana connection. A story that many of you have never heard before. This is the story of Abraham Lincoln, the … Read More

Texas Tornado at the Genesys 300

June 11, 2020 | by Steve Nicewanger

Last Saturday evening the 2020 IndyCar racing season finally got underway at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth for the Genesys 300. Twenty-three cars took the green flag in the cool of a Texas evening. Basically Scott Dixon and the Ganassi Racing Team gave a clinic on how to … Read More