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Obituaries for the week of 12.04.08
Patricia Lou Broaddus, 67, Indianapolis,
died Nov. 27, 2008. She was born Dec. 12, 1940 in Springfield, Ill. to the late James Hamilton Broaddus and Helen Louise Burris Broaddus Freeberg. She is survived by her brothers and sisters, James L. Broaddus, Curtis G. Broaddus, JoAnna Grimes, Harry Broaddus, Nancy Morton, George A. Broaddus, Dorothy Small, Charles E. Broaddus, Pauline K. Jones, Fred A. Broaddus, Pamela Sue Bylsma, and Paul Freeberg. She was preceded in death by her brothers and sister, Frank L. Broaddus, Mary Louise Dorton and Jerry J. Broaddus. Calling was Sunday and services were Monday at Daniel F. O’Riley Funeral Home. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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At Play Calendar for the week of 12.04.08
Breakfast With Jesus and Santa • Christ United Methodist Church is sponsoring a “Breakfast With Jesus and Santa.” Sausage and pancake breakfast, Santa available to hear wish lists, families can meet Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus. | Where: Christ United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 8540 U.S. 31 South, Indianapolis | When: Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. | Cost: $4 adults, $2.50 children, $3 Santa pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
RISE Learning Center Breakfast With Santa • RISE Learning Center is hosting their annual Breakfast with Santa. All you can eat pancakes, sausages and beverages and numerous activities for children and gift raffles for those of all ages. | Where: RISE Learning Center, 5391 S. Shelby St, Indianapolis. | When: Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. | Cost: $3 adults, $2 children under 12. | Info: All proceeds go to fund programs for children with special needs.
Tia Today: Broken but not crushed
How do you break your ankle, lie on your back for weeks, but get physically stronger and lose weight? Sue Stauffer of Franklin would know.
The owner of a landscaping company and a grandmother in her 50s, Stauffer was in the early weeks of a Totally Fit Life (TFL) program when she fell and broke her ankle during the middle of August. Sue said she couldn’t walk again on her own until September 29.
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Eat sensibly and avoid holiday gluttony
Are we passing to left to the right?” Aunt Anna Faye would ask.
Bowls of steaming food circled around the dinner table. Silver serving spoons groaned from the weight of mashed potatoes, releasing their cargo with a plop onto Grandma’s filigree holiday China, followed by ladles making gravy reservoirs. As forks laden with Christmas Ham, broccoli casserole, sweet potatoes drowning in marshmallow and surreal Jell-O molds entered our drooling mouths, our stomachs hit their boundary.
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As soon as dinner’s over, Christmas has officially begun
The Thanksgiving leftovers weren’t even in their Tupperware yet when my brother-in-law sighed, pushed himself away from the table and began trudging away, in the general direction of the attic.
“Where’s he going?” my brother P.D. asked our sister Amy, John’s wife.
John overheard and hollered … well, what he said was not exactly in the spirit of Thanksgiving, if you get my drift.
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Let’s give something really valuable this holiday season
A few days ago, I spoke with some very wise people who lived through the Great Depression.
When I asked about favorite Christmas gifts they received as children, all of them had an immediate memory to share.
One woman stated that her father made a doll cradle from an orange crate. Her mother sewed a baby blanket to fit the cradle.
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Athletes should keep guns
If you’ve watched any national news in the past few days, you’d think that after Mumbai, Plaxico Burress shooting himself in the leg is the most important story out there.
At a Manhattan club last Friday night, the New York Giants wide receiver accidentally shot himself in the leg. It’s unclear how this happened, but today he is fine. He reportedly laughed about the incident to teammates after being released from the hospital, and without even a limp, today his biggest problems are legal ones — not physical.
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Top 10 elf complaints for 2008
10. Gary Coleman is working again and still hasn’t filled his quota of bouncy balls.
9. The reindeer union is all fired up after the Democrats won.
8. They had to work overtime last week and missed the “Dancing with the Stars” finale.
7. The only shoes in elf size at WalMart have cartoon characters on them.
6. Depreciation of the North Pole 401k program means they’ll be hammering wooden horsies for another hundred years.
5. After Christmas Eve they’re all out of work until St. Patrick’s Day.
4. The big pointy ears make it hard to wear iPod headphones.
3. They warned everyone about those cheap Chinese toys, and now we gotta work 12-hour shifts to make up for all the recalls.
2. Gas is back down under two bucks a gallon, but magic flying corn has doubled since last year.
1. The guys in the candy cane department are singing the “Lollipop Guild” song all day, every day.