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Top 10 signs that your company’s big move won’t include you
By Torry Stiles
10. You’re the subject of the latest office betting pool.
9. Your boss tells you you’re about to advance… the week the rest of the staff goes to the annual retreat.
8. Your reserved parking spot was sold to Starbucks.
7. You realize that your last paycheck said “Your last paycheck” on it.
6. The bowling team scheduled team picture retakes and won’t tell you where.
5. The folks in Personnel whisper a lot when you walk by.
4. You’re no longer required to pitch in for the coffee fund.
3. No one else seems concerned that the laundry guy forgot your shirts.
2. You catch the janitor measuring your desk and “road-testing” your chair.
1. The moving vans are in the parking lot and your co-workers are leaving Baltimore Colts memorabilia on your desk.
At Play Calendar for the week of 1.15.09
MLK Day Downtown • There are a plethora of Indianapolis hot-spots this year who are offering free admission in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Places such as, The Children’ s Museum of Indianapolis, The Indianapolis Museum of Art and The Historical Society of Indiana will all play host to this cost-efficient day of praise to the beloved American Icon. | Info: Log on to www.indydt.com.
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Obituaries for the week of 1.15.09
Ethel Helen (Hicks) Brown, 78, died Jan. 11. She was born March 22, 1930, in Franklin, Ky., to William and Bula (Richardson) Hicks. She was a homemaker. Survivors include sons Steven Thomas, Terry Doyle and Lindell Allen Brown; daughters Dale Darlene Russell, Deborah Lorraine (Jimmy Dean) Rigdon, Brenda Jane Rigdon, Keela Lou Lacy and Sheila Kay Brown; brothers Dillard, Junior and David Hicks; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband William Thomas Brown, daughter Beverly Gay Powell and brothers Joe and Danny Hicks. Calling will be held at Fountain Square Mortuary, today from 11 a.m. until time of service, 2 p.m. Burial will be in Floral Park Cemetery.
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Mandated change to digital TV challenges many citizens
FCC chairman in Greenwood to answer questions
With apologies to Shakespeare, the question is: to ear, or not to ear? Will you still be able to use your analog television and rabbit ears antenna after February 17, 2009?
Kevin Martin, the Federal Communications Commission chairman, spoke to a full room of nearly 70 at the Greenwood Public Library on Monday, Jan. 5. At the first of three education-oriented stops that day in Indiana, Martin took time to explain the options citizens have to be prepared for the switchover to digital-only signals from full-powered stations at midnight on Feb. 17. The Indianapolis area was selected because it is considered an analog-heavy market based on Nielsen research. They estimate there are yet 160,000 households not prepared to make the switch from analog television signals to digital signals. All analog signals stop after Feb. 17.
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Greenwood Council rushes to fill committee: White River Township board follows suit
The Greenwood Common Council rushed to appoint citizen volunteers Monday, Jan. 5, to the committee that will study the Greenwood-White River Township merger for the next year. The White River Township board made their appointments the following evening.
Concern about a potential legal challenge in the timing of the appointments caught the Council off guard and pushed the Greenwood Common Council to hurry and select their three choices representing more than one political affiliation: Dr. Eric Kapke (D), David Payne (I) and Pat Sherman (R). Acknowledging that the members serve at the will of the council, the mayor and the council stated that changes could be made in the future if needed.
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UIndy student prepares for Miss America pageant
The countdown to the Miss America pageant has begun, and University of Indianapolis senior Katie Stam — the current Miss Indiana — already has made her national TV debut.
The four-part miniseries “Miss America: Countdown to the Crown” premiered last week on TLC and will continue for the next three Fridays at 10 p.m. leading up to the televised pageant finals on Jan. 24. The reality show, which features all 52 pageant contestants in various team and individual competitions aboard the Queen Mary ocean liner, was taped in September and October.
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Southside military news for the week of 01.08.09
Army Pvt. Chad M. Copass has graduated from Basic Combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat and field maneuvers and tactics.
Copass graduated in 1996 from Franklin Central High School.
Obituaries for the week of 01.08.09
Ethel June (Sullivan) Damron Birge, 73, died Dec. 21, 2008 in Indianapolis. She was born in Feds Creek, Ky. on Oct. 7, 1935 to William and Tina (Pugh) Sullivan, who preceded her in death. Surviving are her husband, James E. Birge; her son, Gary Wayne Damron; her step-son, Andrew (Heather) Birge; her daughter: Angel (Jeffery) Spiegel; her step-daughter, Tina Birge; brothers, Bill (Rosie), Donnie (Brenda), Walter, John Wayne and Melvin Sullivan; sisters, Judy Scott, Janet (Tom) Fuller, Jean (Ken) Wolf and Rita (Lonnie) Freeman; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her son, Gregory Allen Damron. Calling was Dec. 26 and services were Dec. 27 at Fountain Square Mortuary. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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At Play Calendar for the week of 01.08.09
Tales of Zen & Now Told By Motoko • Tales of Zen and Now is a travel itinerary to places as strange and exotic as ancient China and the interior of our own heart. Motoko takes us on an excursion like no other, including such stories as “Japanese Culture 101: The Art of Bowing,” a comical view on Japanese manners; “Cost of Racism,” a funny yet heartfelt monologue about raising a son in the U.S.; and “Boundless Strength,” a wisdom tale about sumo wrestling. This is the first program in the Creative Street Media Group Storytelling Arts. | Where: Basile Theater at the Indiana History Center, 450 E. Ohio St., Indianapolis | When: Saturday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. | Cost: $15 in advance, $18 at the door | Info: To purchase tickets, call 232-1882 or visit www.storytellingarts.org/store/category/tickets.
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A new year often means new, eye-opening experiences
I suppose I should say something about the new year, seeing as it’s here.
OK. Here goes:
Good luck.
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