Indiana celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
The celebration comes after a period that saw a rise in violence against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. Author: Emily Longnecker Updated: 11:44 PM EDT May 20, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS “What is Asian American history?” asked Rupal Thanawala, president of Asian American Alliance Inc.
That’s just one of the questions Thanawala hopes people will seek the answer for as Indiana and the country mark Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
“We want people to celebrate the culture,” said Thanawala, who said there are 170,000 Asian Americans from various countries living in Indiana.
“When we all come together, there is a lot of different cultures, so we are not monolithic, but we are all coming from a vast continent from Asia,” Thanawala said. “That’s a common thread we have.
Designer Looks only at Value City Furniture Donates Furniture to Ohio Hospitals for Caregiver Respite Rooms
Frontline caregivers will use respite rooms to decompress and recharge amid the ongoing battle with COVID-19
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Ohio-based furniture retailer
Designer Looks only at Value City Furniture is giving back to its home state by supporting Ohio hospitals and its caregivers who have gone above and beyond throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Designer Looks announced today the company donated furniture to three hospital systems across the state to be used in respite rooms for doctors, nurses, and hospital staff. The respite rooms were built this year due to the pandemic in order to create a quiet, relaxing place for a moment of composure and reflection while on their shift.
The empty Steketee s store inside Maple Hill Mall (date unknown) - Unknown credit from Lablescar website
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) Anyone who has spent a significant amount of time living in the Kalamazoo area knows that there were a lot of malls around town decades ago. At one point, there were five indoor malls in the metro area, not including the outdoor walking mall in downtown Kalamazoo.
Maple Hill Mall in Kalamazoo, Michigan (date unknown) – Unknown credit from Lablescar website
They included Crossroads Mall and Southland Mall in Portage, as well as Eastowne Mall on the city’s east side, and West Main Mall and Maple Hill Mall, directly across the road from each other on the city’s west side. It was a shopper’s dream. But we all know the era of shopping malls has ground to a halt in recent years and currently only one of those indoor malls remains as it was constructed. That being Crossroads Mall in Portage, which is itself struggling now.
Beverley Schottenstein isn’t exactly sure when she suspected her grandsons were cheating her.
Perhaps it was when they shredded her bank statements. Or maybe it was when she discovered they had created an email account in her name. Or when she noticed hundreds of thousands of dollars spent from her account.
But by the end of 2018, Schottenstein, a member of one of central Ohio’s most prominent families, was confident something was wrong.
The following year, she made the momentous decision to take action against her own family members, grandsons Evan and Avi Schottenstein, and their employer, JPMorgan Securities, for mishandling an account worth more than $80 million.
Loves Furniture to close 9 more Michigan stores
Loves Furniture plans to close nine more of its Michigan stores as it struggles to keep many former Art Van Furniture locations in business and stocked with inventory.
Loves CEO Mack Peters said Wednesday that the company will be consolidating its footprint after the holidays to 13 stores 12 in Michigan and one outside Toledo. Loves Furniture went into business in late summer with a total of 32 stores in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, employing nearly 950 people. Other stores are either closed or slated to close.
Some of the Michigan stores it is shuttering are only about a 10-minute drive from Loves Furniture locations that are staying open, he said.