Monthly Archives: August 2023

“Food and Fund” Drive in Cumberland

August 3, 2023 | by Weekly View

CUMBERLAND : There will be a food and fund drive including a rummage sale for the Community Outreach Ministry Eastside/Cumberland First Baptist Church on Friday, Aug. 4 and Saturday, Aug. 5 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Cumberland First Baptist Church, 116 S. Muessing St. Part of the funds from the … Read More

ACTION Health Center Offers Walk-In Sports Physicals

August 3, 2023 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Students who want to play a sport at school are required to get a sports physical each year before they can participate. In August, students can get a low-cost sports physical through the Marion County Public Health Department’s ACTION Health Center. Sports physicals will be offered for just … Read More

Keep Eyes Open for Spotted Lanternfly

August 3, 2023 | by Weekly View

INDIANA — Spotted lanternfly is an invasive insect first detected in Pennsylvania in 2014, and has since spread throughout the eastern USA. Its preferred host is the invasive Tree-of-Heaven, but it also feeds on a wide range of important plant species, including grapes, walnuts, maples, and willows. There are two … Read More

A Family Tradition

August 3, 2023 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column first appeared in September 2011. I remember when my husband gave our son Sean his first pocket knife the Christmas he was twelve. “This Case knife was carried by my grandpa, then my dad, and I have carried it for thirty years” he told him. “Now it is … Read More

Chicago Cubs: The Curse of Billy Goat Sianis

August 3, 2023 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in May 2013. On April 10, 2013, a box arrived at the friendly confines addressed to the club’s owner Thomas S. Ricketts. Ricketts has been making noise recently with threats to move the team out of Wrigley Field unless the ballpark is updated and a newer … Read More