The first phase of the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy will open July 18 in celebration of Red's 100th birthday. Prepare to be flabbergasted! This museum is a fabulous space with interactive exhibits allowing visitors the chance to match Red's facial expressions -- look by look, or paint a virtual clown face or even to try a Red Skelton pratfall. As the Museum's … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2013
New ‘Beach’ Coming
Thanks to a positive vote on a referendum in May, voters in Vincennes agreed that having a municipal swimming pool is a quality of life asset that the city must have. The Vincennes Parks and Recreation Board was expected to decide in June, which of three construction companies would be awarded a contract to build a new swimming facility. But that decision was delayed until … [Read more...]
Fresh From the Garden
Larry and Linda Sutterer of Vincennes began growing vegetables in their own garden some years ago, when their children were little. "We grew a lot of our own food when we were first married," Larry Sutterer said. It saved us a lot of money." The Sutterers and other like-minded persons had gathered for a meeting of the Natural Gardener's Club, a casual group formed around … [Read more...]
Club with a Classic Touch
A short drive to a rural area where a building on a hill with a covered porch that is home for recliners and chairs for an afternoon and evening where cool breezes gently ruffle through the limbs of nearby trees. That was the portrait framed in the mind of CEO and Manager Brett Melton when the new clubhouse for the Country Club of Old Vincennes entered its creative … [Read more...]
July 2013 Issue
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