Daily Almanac: March 31, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset RISE: 7:33 a.m. SET: 8:11 p.m. High/Low Temperatures High: 44 °F Low: 43 °F Wacky Holiday Today • National Crayon Day • National Farm Workers Day • World Tater Day What Happened On This Day • 1889 The Eiffel Tower is opened • 1985 The first edition of WrestleMania is held in New York…

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Kirk’s Hardware: The end of an era

Just walk in Kirk’s Hardware, it’s like turning back time. Little has changed through the years. The tin ceiling is still in place. The receipts are still handwritten. And service is still No. 1. Customers stop in, looking for hardware parts to fix something at home, a single screw or nail in a particular size,…

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It Started With the Chickens AND the Eggs

If businesses were eligible for the Notable Nineties list, the Gatewood Vegetable Farm and Greenhouse would be a Sensational Centenarian. The four-generation family business is celebrating its 100th year in 2022, a distinction few local operations can claim. And to think, it all started in 1915 with 50 baby chicks that came shipped in an…

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Daily Almanac: March 30, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 7:31 a.m. SET: 8:06 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 75 °F Low: 44 °F Wacky Holiday Today: • National Doctors Day • Manatee Appreciation Day • World Bipolar Day What Happened On This Day: • 1867 The United States buys Alaska from Russia • 1964 Jeopardy! is aired for the first time • 1981…

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Purdue Remains Engineering Royalty; Sciences Rise and Analytical Chemistry, ABE No. 1 in Respective Fields

Home to national hubs for hypersonics and cybersecurity research, a sprawling innovation district and graduates who are among the most in demand in professional areas such as health care, finance and consulting, aviation and aerospace, and manufacturing, Purdue University has seen graduate student enrollment reach an all-time high — up 16% from last year and…

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Masterchef Winner Chef Kelsey Murphy Opens New Food Concept, Inspo, Inside Fishers Test Kitchen

MasterChef Season 11 winner Kelsey Murphy officially opened her new food concept, Inspo, inside the Fishers Test Kitchen today.  Inspo will feature food and flavors that have inspired Murphy throughout her culinary journey thus far. The menu consists of small plates such as a lobster roll, Asian sticky wings, avocado toast, and ceviche as well…

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Brian James Carter

March 8, 1979 – March 25, 2022 Brian James Carter, 43, of Arcadia, passed away on Fri., March 25, 2022 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born on March 8, 1979 in Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Carter graduated in 1998 from Hamilton Southeastern High School and worked as an electrician. He was a member…

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