United Way nearly hits $40 million goal
United Way of Central Indiana CEO Ellen Annala is thankful for the $38.8 million in pledges to its annual campaign, although it didn’t quite reach its $40 million fund-raising goal.
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Questioning the CIB, Brizzi and ‘The Bachelor’
All right, class, put a fresh point on those No. 2 Dixon Ticonderogas, because here it comes, the News Quiz.
United Way falls just short of $40 million goal-WEB ONLY
United Way of Central Indiana fell short of its $40 million yearly fund-raising goal, but CEO Ellen Annala said she was thankful for the $38.8 million in pledges announced today at the not-for-profit’s annual meeting. The last time the organization fell short of its annual goal was in 2001. In the wake of 9/11, the […]
United Way falls just short of $40 million goal-WEB ONLY
United Way of Central Indiana fell short of its $40 million yearly fund-raising goal, but CEO Ellen Annala said she was thankful for the $38.8 million in pledges announced today at the not-for-profit’s annual meeting. The last time the organization didn’t meet its annual goal was in 2001. In the wake of 9/11, the campaign […]
In times of trouble, encountering a chance to let it be
I went to church Sunday night. It wasn’t a religious experience â?? wasn’t supposed to be, anyway.
NOTIONS: In times of trouble, encountering a chance to let it be-WEB ONLY
I went to church Sunday night. It wasn’t a religious experience-wasn’t supposed to be, anyway. It was a concert by my friend Steven Stolen. When I walked into Trinity Episcopal, many pews were filled. But there was an open seat next to my friend Tamara and her husband, and she beckoned me to join them. […]
Review: BodyVox at Pike
Chances are, only a handful of people in attendance when Oregon-based BodyVox visited Pike Performing Arts Center on Feb. 28 had ever seen the group before.
Think about that.
Think about the faith exhibited by the act of buying tickets and showing…
Girl Scouts taught lifelong lessons
Some of Indiana’s most high-profile women have something in common beyond their gender and community status: They were Girl
Scouts.Pulliam Trust sponsors support for addicts
The recovery experts at Fairbanks Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center last year launched a recovery management program, thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.
Celebrate contemporary heroes, too
When it comes time to celebrate African-American History month, wouldn’t we be better served with profiles of young, living role models we can talk to—heroes who can talk to us? Let me submit for your consideration Mercy Obeime.
Let’s promote Hoosier companies
I write to strenuously object to the selective and inaccurate use of my quote in your [Feb. 16] editorial regarding Indiana residency requirements and the state’s liquor industry.
Residency restriction for liquor distributors should go
It’s time for Indiana to get rid of a law that limits liquor distribution to in-state companies.
EDITORIAL: Time to lower liquor barrier-WEB ONLY
Indiana liquor distributors are small and some of their counterparts outside the state are huge, so it’s understandable why the locals are desperate to preserve an old statute banning out-of-state competitors. But let’s be real. Protectionist measures like this one should have been axed decades ago. They make about as much sense as township government. […]
First look: State Fair concerts
More than any other concert series, the Indiana State Fair’s is influenced as much by the atmosphere as it is by the act. Catch a slight breeze on a warm-but-not-too-hot night after a loop around the Fair with friends or…
Coming to work sick
Now that smokers are mostly banished to the outdoors, thereâ??s a new work place pariah â?? those who show up
coughing, sneezing and otherwise obviously sick.In the not-so-recent past, failing to make it to work while under the weather could be…
Fight brews over liquor distribution in Indiana
A Florida firm is suing to overturn Indiana’s resident-ownership law regarding liquor.
Fight brews over liquor distribution-WEB ONLY
The nation’s largest liquor distributor is suing the state in hopes of overturning an arcane law that requires distributors doing business here to be owned by Indiana residents. Southern Wine & Spirits of Indiana Inc., part of a Miami-based company that does business in 30 states and distributes about 20 percent of the country’s booze, […]
Stakes huge for Indiana as feds weigh stimulus
A new report by one of the nation’s leading economists finds that getting the stimulus package through Congress—
and fast—
has huge implications for Hoosiers.
Motorsports marketer assists NBA
The National Basketball Association got an assist from an Indianapolis sponsorship consultancy, who oddly, works solely in the motorsports realm.
NBA officials recently decided to loosen its rules on hard liquor sponsorships, to allow…
NOTIONS: Thumbing a ride on America’s ‘Revolutionary Road’-WEB ONLY
On my bookshelf, there’s an old copy of Richard Yates’ “Revolutionary Road.” The cover illustration shows a pristine countryside with puffy white clouds on an azure sky. Above the hills fl oats a stoppered glass jar. Inside, a woman stands before a house and church, her arms crossed, impatient. Outside, a man climbs toward her […]