Monthly Archives: June 2024

New Safe Haven Baby Box Opens

June 13, 2024 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS – Franciscan Health held a blessing and dedication on Thursday, June 6 for the Safe Haven Baby Box which was recently installed at its Indianapolis campus. The device allows mothers in crisis to safely and anonymously surrender their infant to hospital staff. The blessing and dedication, held outside of … Read More

Philo T. Farnsworth

June 13, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in August 2011. Last month we took our family vacation to Washington D.C. The trip was ostensibly a journey to retrace the saga of the Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia on the 150th anniversary of the first engagement of the Civil War. It turned … Read More

100 Years Ago: June 14-20

June 13, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, June 15, 1924: Few places in all Hoosierdom offer the joys awaiting the Boy Scouts of Indianapolis in old Camp Chank-Tun-Un-Gi (Camp Belzer). Wedged between Ft. Harrison and Buzzards Roost (Woollens Gardens) amid beautiful shadows of trees along the south bank of Fall Creek, Camp … Read More

Oh, Holey Jeans

June 13, 2024 | by Weekly View

My neighbor stopped at my steps because I wanted to socialize with his dog. Audrey is a miniature dachshund and picky about the company she keeps. Should she deign to spend a moment with you, it would not insulate you from the possibility of an Audrey barkfest. I sat down … Read More

This Week’s Issue: June 7-13

June 6, 2024 | by Weekly View

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