Archive for July 2022
Daily Almanac: July 9, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 6:23 a.m. SET: 9:14 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 81 °F Low: 65 °F Today is…: • Fashion Day • Call of the Horizon Day • National Sugar Cookie Day What Happened On This Day: • 1877 The first Wimbledon Championship is held • 1962 Andy Warhol’s iconic Campbell’s Soup Cans make their debut…
Read MoreBoomer Bits: Ask Rusty – About Working While Collecting Early Benefits
Dear Rusty: How much would be withheld from my social security benefits? I am 62 and can claim about $1,900 a month now. I’m still working, making about $75K per year. How much of my benefits would I get? What would be withheld from me and when would I get it back? And would there…
Read MoreBoomer Bits: Seniors Gambling on Getting Tech Savvy
By John GrimaldiThe statistics show that a growing number of senior citizens are becoming tech savvy. Perhaps the isolation protocols of the pandemic have helped encourage the elderly set to accept computers as a means of keeping in touch with friends and relations and as a way to shop online. The FandomSpot website, focused on…
Read MoreBoomer Bits: Retirees Are Back to Work
By John GrimaldiMore senior citizens are saying, “I’m too young to retire.” Some simply can’t afford to retire; others remain in the workforce because it makes them feel productive. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that by 2028, nearly one in four seniors 65 years old and older will be working. They’ll be…
Read MoreCentral Indiana Residential Real Estate Market Experiences Significant Inventory Increases as Prices Continue Their Upward Climb
June 2022 was a promising month for central Indiana home buyers with all 16 central Indiana counties experiencing yet again, significant increases in available housing inventory. Monthly real estate statistics from F.C. Tucker Company revealed that central Indiana housing inventory increased 61.3 percent compared to this time last year, while pended home sales decreased 6.4…
Read MoreChill Out at the Hamilton County 4-H Fair Homemade Ice Cream Contest
Bring the family recipe and join the fun at the Homemade Ice Cream Contest at the Hamilton County 4-H Fair, Saturday, July 16, 2022. The contest will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the east side of the Show Arena at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds, 2003 Pleasant Street, Noblesville. The contest is open to…
Read MoreDivorce Care Program, Contemporary Worship at Noblesville First UMC
Noblesville First United Methodist Church is offering a 13-week program called Divorce Care to help those in need of healing from separation and divorce. The program will begin Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and will run for 13 weeks, but people can join at any time. Child care may be provided…
Read MoreFederal Court Rules on Dismemberment Abortions
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita this week announced a historic legal win in his work to protect the lives and liberty of the unborn. After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Rokita filed a motion to lift the current injunction on dismemberment abortions, which occur well after the unborn baby is fully developed. A federal district…
Read MoreGet Your Heart Pumping And Give Blood To Help Prevent A Summer Blood Shortage
The American Red Cross and Discovery are partnering for Shark Week and invite people to dive in to help save lives by giving blood in July. The Red Cross saw a steep drop in blood and platelet donations last month, and donors are asked to make appointments now to prevent a blood shortage this summer.…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Former HSPA Director Thanks Tony Cook for Work on Behalf of News, the Public
EDITOR’S NOTE: Steve Key is the retired executive director and general counsel for the Hoosier State Press Association. Each year, Mr. Key writes legislators and thanks them for the work they did this year on behalf of both the general public and the newspaper industry. This is one of the letters that went to a…
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