Archive for July 2023
Silvernotes Among Homemakers Making Fair More to Sing About
By: Betsy Reason If you’re visiting the Hamilton County 4-H Fair this week, you’ll likely see a presence of Hamilton County Extension Homemakers. You’ll find them educating, volunteering, leading and making life more joyful. Every year at the 4-H Fair, the Extension Homemakers get up early and make breakfast, then lunch, then dinner in the…
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What makes Jane Sipe smile? “People. Relationships with family and friends make life sweeter. I also love to learn, and meeting new people is one of the best ways to learn different thoughts and ideas from my own,” said the Noblesville resident and Hamilton County Extension Board president. She was found speaking Thursday morning during…
Read MoreSummer Vacations For The ‘Retired’
by Mark Franke I spent my professional career in higher education administration, specifically in the enrollment and finance areas. What that meant was summer was my busiest time with students to enroll, orient and bill, and then there was the fiscal year closing accounting work. Other than a few days over the course of the…
Read MoreHelping Indiana Residents Stay Covered: Understanding Life Events That Qualify For Coverage Outside Of The Annual Enrollment Period
By Kim Sonerholm, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of Indiana Maintaining health care coverage outside of the annual open enrollment period is top of mind this year as the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is winding down. “In addition to those looking for coverage solutions if no longer eligible for coverage through a government program, it is a…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – My State Pension Eliminated My Social Security Survivor Benefit
Dear Rusty: My husband of 21 years died in January 2022 at the age of 70. We were both retired at the time of his death, and they immediately stopped his Social Security payments. After many calls to Social Security asking why I was not receiving his benefits, I was finally told since I have…
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Readers’ Choice 2023
Readers’ Choice 2023
Higher Education Commission Welcomes State’s Authority For Career And Technical Education
Commission has oversight of both secondary and postsecondary career and technical education. As part of House Enrolled Act 1002, Indiana’s authority for both secondary and postsecondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) has joined the Indiana Commission for Higher Education as of July 1, 2023. CTE connects industry, workforce development and education through the development and…
Read MoreThe Line, Like Comedy, Is Subjective
By: Dick Wolfsie Last week, I shared with you some of the most common inquiries I have received from readers over the past 25 years about the writing of humor. Here are a few more. “Are there any taboo subjects in humor?” A well-known comic named Tig Notaro found out the day before a performance…
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