Ethel Winslow’s Story Archive

Reviewing a Year We’d Rather Forget: 2020 (Part 1)

The year began with impeachment hearings and just kind of went downhill from there. Political upheaval, social and racial turmoil, and a pandemic on top of it all —most of us agree that we’d like to forget 2020. This is Part 1 of two parts, because, well, we’re talking about … Read More

Gaia Works Gives a Helping Hand Year Round

This year has been a challenge for everyone — and particularly for non-profit organizations that provide essentials to underserved communities. Now with the second wave of COVID-19 washing over Indiana, groups like Gaia Works in Irvington are pressed from all sides: growing demand for services, and more obstacles to getting … Read More

Passion for Lincoln & Oldroyd Leads to New Book by Al Hunter

Author Alan Hunter graces our pages in his Bumps in the Night column every week, and spends his October weekends guiding folks around Irvington on his Ghost Tours. However, he also is an avid collector of Abraham Lincoln items, and is a collector of items on Osborn Oldroyd, the first … Read More

Spike in State COVID-19 Cases

On Sept. 24, Governor Eric Holcomb announced that he advanced the state to an updated version of the Stage 5 Back On Track Indiana plan and extended the state’s face covering mandate until at least Oct. 17. As of this writing (Oct. 12), the state has not extended the face … Read More

Drive-In Heartland

One of the generational markers is if you’ve been to a drive-in movie. Boomers most certainly have — in large and small towns, the drive-in was the place to be for dramas, both on the big screen and in the cars parked in neat rows. By the time the Gen … Read More