Archive for January 2025
Ask Rusty — I Use only VA; Can I Get Back Medicare Taxes Paid?
Dear Rusty: I’m 72 years old with 20 years of military service. I am retired collecting Social Security, my military pension, and State retirement benefits. According to my SSA statement, over my working lifetime I paid $14,302 into Medicare, but I never used that medical plan. I only bring in $33,000 in annual income. Can…
Read MoreBe a Weather Watching Gardener
by Melinda Myers Each gardening season seems to offer new growing challenges. Our gardens are exposed to more drastic and variable weather with changing weather patterns. Floods, droughts, wind, temperature extremes, and unseasonable weather episodes can have immediate and long-term impacts on our plants. Monitoring and noting these occurrences will help you diagnose immediate and…
Read MoreExpert Tips for Staying Healthy This Winter
What older adults and caregivers need to know (Family Features) As the colder winter weather settles in, rates of respiratory illnesses like flu, COVID-19 and RSV can rise. These infections pose higher risks for older adults and can cause severe illness and hospitalization. “We all like to gather indoors in the winter because of the…
Read MoreMontgomery Medicine #791
GERD Part 2 I left you hanging last week wondering about the treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). First, a quick review: Recall that acid from the stomach (gastro) can enter the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach (esophagus) and flow backward (reflux). When I see someone complaining of GERD symptoms, I review…
Read More‘Can’t Tell Players Without A Program’ Clearly Applies to College Football
If there were still such a thing as gameday programs, Purdue football fans would need one to figure out who is wearing the gold and black these days. Name a Boilermaker other than running back Devin Mockobee who is expected to suit up this fall? There have been 32 transfer portal entries from last season’s…
Read MoreWhere’s Chuck? Getting Ready to Retire
WTHR-TV Channel 13, the TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate in Indianapolis and the news-gathering partner of The Paper of Montgomery County and the Noblesville Times, recently shared that meteorologist, Chuck Lofton, whose 40-year career at the station has made a lasting impact on the central Indiana community, is going to retire in June. Lofton joined WTHR-TV with…
Read MoreEmmanuel United Methodist Church
Hello, My name is Jesse Mullins. I am the appointed pastor at Emmanuel United Methodist Church in Noblesville. I have been the pastor at Emmanuel UMC since July 1st of 2023. Prior to my appointment at Emmanuel UMC, I was the pastor for Cicero United Methodist Church from July 1st of 2020 through June 30th…
Read MoreSpotlight On Churches Debuts Today
The Times, Hamilton County’s oldest newspaper, is proud to share another new feature. Spotlight on Hamilton County Churches debuts today on the back page of The Times. Periodically, we will shine the spotlight on our local churches to share not only the good word, but to go into a little more depth on the church…
Read MoreNoblesville Council Awards ‘Stake in the Ground’ To City Engineers
The Noblesville Common Council recognized Assistant City Engineer Jim Hellmann and Project Manager Andrew Rodewald as the 2024 Stake in the Ground honorees at their meeting Tuesday night. The “Stake in the Ground” Award recognizes city employees – typically at the director level – who go above and beyond in their roles by “putting a…
Read MoreWestfield Winter Market returns toWest Fork Whiskey Co. Saturday
The Westfield Winter Market, presented by Duke Energy, will kickoff the 2025 season Saturday. The indoor, family friendly market will run every Saturday through March 29 (excluding March 1) from 9 a.m. to noon at West Fork Whiskey Co. More than 50 vendors whose offerings include fresh produce, coffee and breakfast foods, locally sourced meat…
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