Monthly Archives: April 2021

Financial Aid Filing Deadline Extended

April 22, 2021 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has extended the filing deadline for the 2021-2022 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) beyond the state’s original April 15 deadline. Students who did not file the FAFSA before the April 15 deadline should submit the form at FAFSA.gov as soon … Read More

Scecina Memorial HS partners with ISA on new Crusaders Softball Home Field

April 22, 2021 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Scecina Memorial High School Crusaders softball team is moving to a new home field at McNulty Park. The park is operated by the nonprofit Irvington Sports Association (ISA). The Crusaders opened their 2021 home season on April 21 against Beech Grove High School. McNulty Park is located … Read More

The Joy Of Words

April 22, 2021 | by CJ Woods III

My text to my 17-year-old grandson was this: “What is a herbenerbitz?” His immediate reply was, “A tram car.” I laughed aloud, and sent him a follow-up text, saying that I knew he would remember, and that I had forgotten. About seven years ago, Xavion and Imani spent the last … Read More

100 Years Ago: April 23-29

April 22, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, April 29, 1921: “Spite fences” are not legally recognized in Indianapolis or authorized by Indiana law said superior court Judge Theophilus Moll who ruled yesterday in favor of Dr. Lucius Merriwether, a colored dentist residing at 2255 N. Capitol Ave., who had sued his next … Read More

Time to Move On

April 22, 2021 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Remember that book from the 80s, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus? In my years of assisting seniors with down-sizing I have found this to be monumentally true. Men are practical. They want their recliner, their TV (and of course their remote), they want the pictures of their … Read More