17 | October | 2011 | Winners Drink Milk!

Indianapolis 500 Milk Bottle

The Drink of Milk in Victory Lane For over 70 years, winners of the Indianapolis 500 have celebrated in Victory Lane (now Victory Circle) with a hearty swig from an ice-cold bottle of milk – a ceremony recognized around the world as unique to the Indy 500. In an interview shortly before his death in 1995, Meyer recalled that his favorite beverage during his driving years was buttermilk and that’s what he asked for following the second of his three wins. Three years later, on the occasion of his third 500-Mile victory, he was photographed drinking milk in Victory Lane. Several years after that, the Bottle of Milk became a permanent part of the post-race celebration when Anton “Tony” Hulman decided that milk was a wholesome and appropriate beverage for Victory Lane festivities. For those who may be wondering what the winning driver drinks, it’s no longer buttermilk. Today, it’s delicious, nutrient rich, ice-cold milk served in a glass quart bottle. The American Dairy Association of Indiana and its Indiana dairy farm families are responsible for ensuring that the Victory Circle tradition endures and prospers. In fact, Sports Illustrated magazine has recognized the bottle of milk given annually to the winner of the Indianapolis 500 as No. 1 among the "sports world's coolest prizes."

Dictionary Day

Posted on October 17, 2011 by crisgoode

By Diane Ruyack

Did you know that October 16th, the birthday of Noah Webster was Dictionary Day in America? Show you’re appreciation for this most useful of reference books by learning some new words, learn how dictionaries came to be. After 27 years of labor In 1783, Noah Webster created what is considered to be the first dictionary of America. He thought Americans should have their own distinctly American (rather than British) way of spelling, pronouncing, and using words. But at that time, Americans in different regions had no unifying standard of language. Webster’s dictionary was the first step in changing that. It had 70,000 words in it. It’s no accident that National Dictionary Day is on Noah Webster’s birthday! He is the father of the American dictionary. How do you define nutrition and calorie?

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