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Back when my now-adult nieces were toddling around in diapers, their bedtime routine would sometimes include a before-bed bottle and an episode of
"The Simpsons."
If their mother is reading, I'm pretty sure they weren't old enough to understand the shows ... until one day, they were. And like millions of others, the nieces came to love the intersection of pop culture, commentary and cartoon that filtered onto the screen each week. That seemingly psychic prescience the show's creators have demonstrated over the decades extends from music to politics to sports — which is where Evansville's own Don Mattingly enters the chat.
Mattingly was featured in a "Simpsons" episode long before his hometown would be celebrating his World Series debut, which happens Friday in Toronto. Maybe Matt Groening will be watching, and reading this great story about Mattingly from Sports Illustrated.
And speaking of stories, there might not be one that's captured more Hoosier hearts than that of Amelia Earhart. The one-time Purdue University faculty member's lost plane could find its way back to that campus if an expedition the school is funding finds the wreckage of her ill-fated voyage. Here's hoping the crew is successful, and we can at least know the ending to part of Amelia's story.
Let us know about interesting things happening in your part of the state. And as always, thanks for reading.
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Lisa Renze
Free Press Indiana Director of Strategic Partnerships
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Mid-decade redistricting plans stalled |
Some Indiana Senate Republicans say efforts to redraw the state's congressional maps lack support needed to implement the plan. This week Politico reported the caucus is struggling to gather the votes needed to move the initiative forward. And Wednesday, former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels urged state lawmakers reject mid-cycle redistricting, in a column he wrote for the Washington Post. But party leaders say the plan has momentum and can pass. Read more from Politico.
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Searching for Amelia |
It's been 88 years since Amelia Earhart went missing during her attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world. And there's a fresh fascination with her adventure and disappearance as Purdue University and the Purdue Research Foundation join the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) on a three-week expedition to the South Pacific. Their goal? To see if a tiny spot discovered on satellite images could be the ill-fated wreckage of the Lockheed Electra 10-E airplane that carried Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan. The Purdue Research Foundation funded Earhart's original trip — and if they discover the wreckage, the plane is coming back to West
Lafayette. The crew begins its journey for Nikumaroro Island on Oct. 30, and you can read about it on the Purdue University News site.
Want to hear more about Amelia's ties to Purdue? Listen to the four-part miniseries, "Finding Amelia," on the "This Is Purdue" podcast.
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Capturing the rodeo spirit |
If you've spent any time around horses, you know the feeling you get in your chest as they gallop by, their majestic power, size and beauty undeniable. This stunning Capital B photo essay takes us right to the middle of the action at the Brown Family Ranch in Gary, where young and old gathered recently for the 10th annual rodeo, a day of competition and community.
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Bone found in Fayette Co. is 4,270 years old |
A piece of human skull found along the banks of the Whitewater River is being called a "powerful and humbling reminder that people have walked this land ... for millennia." The bone belonged to a person who lived around 2300 B.C., according to radiocarbon dating results.
WRTV Indianapolis shares the story.
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More great reads |
It's no happy accident that Bob Ross and his paintings are helping public broadcasting. Actually, it's exactly the plan. About 30 paintings created by Ross, the big-haired, soft-spoken artist who painted happy trees and clouds from a studio in Muncie, will be auctioned to help hundreds of stations pay licensing fees after a $1.1B reduction in federal funding. Read more here.
Evansville is celebrating alongside one of their favorite native sons as Don Mattingly heads to the World Series for the first time in his 43-year baseball career. Mattingly is the bench coach for the Toronto Blue Jays, who are going to the Series for the first time since 1993 after a Game 7 win this week over Seattle. Read more here.
The dean of Indiana University's Media School has announced a new task force aimed at ensuring the editorial independence and financial sustainability of student media, including the Indiana Daily Student, IUSTV, and WIUX. But students remained skeptical after the Media School fired its director of student media and abruptly shut down the print edition of the IDS. Indiana Public Media has the story.
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