Monthly Archives: August 2023

Applause!: Sept. 1-7

August 31, 2023 | by Weekly View

• The Green Thumb Garden Club will celebrate their 78th Anniversary by honoring their president Ruth Hartley on her 100th birthday on Wed., Sept. 6th. They will start with lunch at MCL (10th & Arlington) and then a program at the Irvington Library from 12:30 until 2:30 p.m. highlighting Ruth’s … Read More

Third Grade Reading Scores Show Minimal Improvement

August 31, 2023 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) recently released results from the 2022-2023 Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD-3) assessment, which show that too few Indiana students have mastered foundational reading skills by the end of third grade: nearly one in five students are still struggling to read at … Read More

Parky’s Place

August 31, 2023 | by Al Hunter

Recently I wrote an article about a couple of photos of Dick the Bruiser I found along the route of the World’s Longest Yard Sale that stretches from Alabama to Michigan. I have an affinity for old photos (and old paper in general) and always linger a little bit longer … Read More

Somethin’ For Nuthin’

August 31, 2023 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column first appeared in July 2012. When I was seven, Jackson-Perkins, in conjunction with Kellogg’s, offered rose bushes as a premium with box tops from Bran Buds. Being a frugal housewife, my Mom set out to get herself a rose garden by taking advantage of this offer. She needed … Read More

100 Years Ago: Sept. 1-7

August 31, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, September 7, 1923: The Ku Klux Klan unofficially declared today “Klan Day” at the Indiana State Fair. Milton Elrod, editor of the Fiery Cross, announced all Klansmen will gather inside the racetrack at 6 p.m. for the singing of “America” and the recitation of the … Read More