Monthly Archives: August 2019

100 Years Ago This Week: Aug. 23-29

August 22, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, August 29, 1919: With the greeting, “Buddies and friends,” Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. began his address on the plans, purposes, and founding ideals of the American Legion before an overflowing crowd of hundreds of former service men and other men and women at Tomlinson Hall … Read More

Everyone’s Hair is On Fire These Days

August 22, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

In the middle of our phone conversation Lisa said to me, “Bing’s hair is on fire.” She said that about my son-in-love because, “He’s talking to me.” When she was young, my eldest daughter learned from her parents the lesson of patience, and the avoidance of unnecessary interruption. In the … Read More

Floyd Collins-Legendary Spelunker, Part 1

August 22, 2019 | by Al Hunter

Last month Rhonda and I once again traveled the route of the World’s Longest Yard Sale along Highway 127 in Kentucky and Tennessee. Once again we started just south of Cincinnati and made our way to Crossville Tennessee. We set out on Wednesday morning and by Friday we had had … Read More

Pocono Requiem

August 22, 2019 | by Steve Nicewanger

Last Sunday, the final IndyCar race that will ever be run at Pocono in Long Port PA closed with a whimper rather than a bang. Will Power did end his 2019 winless streak by leading the field on the 128th lap when the rains came and the red flag was … Read More

The Whimsy of Holt Howard

August 22, 2019 | by Weekly View

As students at The University of Massachusetts in the early 1940s, they were inseparable. Unlike many of their classmates who were focused on football and frat parties, the Howard brothers and their best friend A. Grant Holt spent their college days planning and dreaming of the ceramics business they would … Read More