The Village Sampler was a monthly newspaper that served the Broad Ripple Village community,[1] a neighborhood located at the bend of the White River on the north side of Indianapolis, Indiana. The community was named after a poem by Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley titled "Broad Ripple".[2] Publisher and journalist Lillian Rose Barcio[3] founded The Village Sampler, served as the newspaper's editor-in-chief, and along with her husband, Bernard F. Barcio, was a founding partner of its publishing company, BLB Enterprises, Inc.[4]
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Lillian Rose Barcio worked as a publications assistant at Butler University,[5] where she received free tuition as part of her employment.[6] Barcio utilized this benefit to return to school at age 50 and earn her journalism degree.[7] After graduating, utilizing her degree and her previous publishing experience, Barcio founded the Village Sampler Newspaper and became its editor in chief. The first issue of the Village Sampler was published in June 1987.[8] The newspaper continued operating until December 1998, when it ceased publication due to Barcio's declining health.[9] Throughout its run, The Village Sampler took special care to document the history of Indianapolis,[10] publishing hundreds of articles and interviews on the subject with a special focus on the Broad Ripple community, where the paper was published out of Barcio's basement in a house at 6026 Indianola Avenue.[11] A complete set of back issues is in the permanent collection of the central branch of the Indianapolis Public Library.[12]
References edit
- ^ "Indianapolis Public Library records".
- ^ Broad Ripple, by James Whitcomb Riley
- ^ "REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF LILLIAN R. BARCIO, from the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office".
- ^ Village Sampler Newspaper masthead printed on page two of Volume 1, Issue 1 of The Village Sampler newspaper
- ^ "Official obituary for Lillian Rose Barcio from March 2, 2004 issue of The Indianapolis Star".
- ^ "Tuition Remission policy of Butler University".
- ^ As told by Bernard F. Barcio in his autobiography, That's Not The Way I Remember It. ISBN 0984915974.
- ^ "Indianapolis Public Library records".
- ^ As told by Bernard F. Barcio in his autobiography, That's Not The Way I Remember It. ISBN 0984915974.
- ^ Bodenhamer, David J.; Barrows, Robert G. (22 November 1994). Referenced in The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. ISBN 0253112494.
- ^ As told by Bernard F. Barcio in his autobiography, That's Not The Way I Remember It. ISBN 0984915974.
- ^ "Indianapolis Public Library collection online".