Monthly Archives: January 2022

2022 Blaine Jarrett Memorial Scholarship Application Available

January 20, 2022 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Blaine Jarrett Memorial Scholarship Fund, a fund managed by Buck Creek Players, is pleased to announce the availability of the Blaine Jarrett Memorial Scholarship. Any graduating high school senior or college freshman who is currently enrolled or accepted into a performing arts related major/minor at a college … Read More

Time for a Tupperware Party?

January 20, 2022 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

DuPont chemist Earl Tupper had long dreamed of a line of home products made of plastic, but in spite of his endless experimentation, nothing seemed durable or flexible enough to suit his needs. All of that changed with the invention of polyethylene in 1944. Within two years he completed his … Read More

100 Years Ago: Jan. 21-27

January 20, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, January 27, 1922: A nine-hole golf course will be laid out on the former Dissette estate, north of Irvington, following a decision made yesterday by the board of park commissioners. A committee of Irvington golfers asked that a golf course be established on the Dissette … Read More

Hack and Crack

January 20, 2022 | by CJ Woods III

My friend and I were sitting at the bar of our favorite cidery, having a tasty beverage and idly watching the muted big-screen TV mounted on the wall before us. I read some of the closed-captioned words on what appeared to be a cooking show and I suddenly became animated. … Read More

Nellie Fox, Sparkplug of the Go-Go White Sox, Part 1

January 20, 2022 | by Al Hunter

Most who know me, follow my Facebook page, or read my columns, quickly realize that I have a love affair with three things: Lincoln, Gettysburg and baseball. Whenever I travel from Indiana to Gettysburg, I do so via the Lincoln Highway. And while traveling through the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania … Read More