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Servant’s Heart prepares for Turkey Drive-Thru
Families struggling to put food on the table this year are thankful for the work of Beech Grove-based Servant’s Heart of Indy. Turkey and all the Thanksgiving fixings have been given to close to 300 families in what Servant’s Heart founder Bill Boone calls, The World Famous Turkey Drive-Thru.
Seventy-five people assembled the food boxes on the Saturday morning before Thanksgiving at Boone’s home church. Whole families, Boy Scouts and individual volunteers rapidly filled the 300 boxes in less than an hour at Grace Evangelical Church on Southport Road. Now in their sixth year, Boone and his team have an effective system in place.
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IVEC collects items for pet Christmas list
They’ve made a list, and checked it twice. Now Indianapolis Veterinary Emergency Center (IVEC) is asking area residents to join them in playing Secret Santa to a very special group of furry friends.
Through December 31, IVEC is collecting pet food, toys, cleaning supplies and other items to benefit animals currently sheltered by Indianapolis Animal Care & Control (IACC). Donors can stop by anytime, day or night, to place their contributions under the Christmas tree in the IVEC lobby.
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Bus driver holds 5th-annual gobble-off
To South Grove Elementary’s bus No. 5 and bus driver Fred Shonk, Nov. 4 wasn’t this month’s only Election Day. On Monday, Shonk and the fourth, fifth and sixth graders he shuttles to school in Beech Grove held the fifth annual Bus 5 Turkey Gobbling Contest.
The students nominated two gobblers from each grade to give their best turkey impressions. “Those participants were encouraged to practice at home, at school, at the bus stop and any other location except on Bus No. 5 until the morning of the contest,” Shonk said. The nominated students included fourth graders Eric Ekis and Weston Taylor, fifth graders Adrienne Heckler and January Campbell and sixth graders Cassidy Bruner and Erich Tetrich.
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Soldiers, airmen graduate basic training, are deployed
Army Reserve Pvt. Zachariah P. Engledow has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches and field training exercises.
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Obituaries for the week of 11.26.08
W.C. Cantrell, 90,
died Nov. 2, 2008 in Indianapolis. He was born Oct. 27, 1918 inSumner County, Tenn. to Willie C. and Effie (Buntin) Cantrell. He retired as a mill operator for Allison Transmission. He was a member of Garfield Christian Church. Surviving are his son, Robert E. Cantrell; and two grandchildren. His parents and his wife, Emma M., and brother, James W. Cantrell, preceded him in death. Graveside services were held Nov. 7 at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood. Arrangements by Fountain Square Mortuary.
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At Play Calendar for the week of 11.26.08
Thanksgiving Dinner for Fountain Square/Fletcher Place Residents • The Beech Grove United Methodist Church is offering a free thanksgiving dinner to residents of the Fountain Square and Fletcher Place neighborhoods. The menu will include turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, noodles, green beans, dessert and beverage. | Where: Southeast Community Services facility, 901 Shelby Street, Indianapolis | When: Thursday (tomorrow) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Info: A limited number of community volunteers are welcome to help in this service. For information, and to volunteer, please call the Church office at 784-5424. If leaving a voice-mail message, please leave a telephone number for contact.
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Who to tax and who should get a break
The election is over. Television ads are back to their non-political boring selves. It is time for me to advise the new president and Congress about some tax changes. You, the reader, have my permission to fax this to your elected official of choice.
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The best times include melted butter and maple syrup
There’s a very old, very subtle Chinese curse that goes something like this: “May you live in interesting times.”
Well, it seems to have happened. These are indeed interesting times. And with that in mind, I’d like to discuss something that concerns every thinking American:
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Reality strikes again
So, it’s that time of year.
Everyone else I know is busy sculpting a door wreath from dried leaves and twigs, or maybe sifting through traditional family recipes or dusting off their most beloved flatware, complete with cloth napkins and table linens.
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The legend of The Back
Before the sun rises Friday, the mad dash will begin.
Once-calm crowds, neatly aligned and patiently waiting, will storm into stores at the unlocking of their sliding glass doors, entering an environment of ‘cross-store darting, shelf clearing and cart thieving. Their quests for perfect gifts at perfect prices will pit these individuals in this chaotic environment, yet while some searches will be victorious, most will yield nothing but empty hands, frustration and disappointment.
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