Monthly Archives: August 2017

100 Years Ago: Aug. 4-10

August 3, 2017 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, August 7: The Automobile Row Association was organized at a meeting of North Capitol Avenue merchants and business men yesterday afternoon in the offices of the Cole Sales Co, 343 N. Capitol Av. Carl Fisher, a pioneer in the automobile industry of Indianapolis, was named … Read More

I’m Still Learning to Live — July 2017

August 3, 2017 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Drink deeply of this life, my friend. Don’t sip to make it last in fear of running out. The waiter keeps coming by, refilling our glasses. Drink deeply of who you are, the magnificent happening of you. Drain the glass. Take big swigs of this day, swish it around in … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Aug. 4-10

August 3, 2017 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, August 8: A campaign to enroll all Marion County boys between the ages of sixteen and twenty in the United States Boys’ Working Reserve will begin tomorrow. Carl B. Fritsche, assistant state director of the reserve, spoke to a group of fifty men from the … Read More

Applause!: Aug. 4-10

August 3, 2017 | by Weekly View

• Congratulations to all the  hard working engaged citizens who were honored on National Night Out Aug. 1. Each of IMPD’s Districts and the IMPD Community Engagement Office presented an award to those “Who through their voluntary and demonstrable acts and engagements have either helped to make their neighborhoods safer, … Read More

An Advocate For Health Care

August 3, 2017 | by CJ Woods III

A friend sent me a text when I was visiting my grandbabies in in New Jersey, saying that we should get together, soon. I had not heard from Cris Henderson in a while, but we have a flexible friendship, one that does not require constant contact. When I returned to … Read More