Daily Almanac: Feb. 10, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset RISE: 7:43 a.m.SET: 6:13 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: HIGH: 42 °FLOW: 33 °F Today is… • Plimsoll Day• Teddy Day• The Inbox Day What Happened On This Day: • 1861 Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America• 1906 HMS Dreadnought, the first…

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Best Equipment Co. Announces New Headquarters in Noblesville

Best Equipment Company has announced plans to build a new 35,000-square-foot headquarters in the City of Noblesville. Family owned and operated since 1917, Best Equipment is relocating its headquarters from Lawrence, Ind. “Best Equipment’s decision to relocate their corporate headquarters to Noblesville continues our strategy to grow our economic base through corporate relocations in our…

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Embracing Black Culture Features Fall Creek Junior High Artists and Local Fiber Artist

Fall Creek Junior High art students, under the guidance of art department chair Michelle Feeney, have developed their own self-portraits inspired by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s unique style. These self-portraits are on display in the Fishers Arts Council Gallery at the Collaboration Hub at the Hamilton County Community Foundation this February. The students captured themselves…

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Applications Available for Indiana Court of Appeals

Chief Justice Loretta Rush announced yesterday that the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission will begin accepting applications for a vacancy on the Court of Appeals. The position on the state’s second highest court will become available when Judge Margret Robb retires this summer. The chief justice encourages eligible Indiana judges and lawyers to consider applying. Applications…

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Left to My Own Devices

Mary Ellen and I compete against each other every evening as we watch Jeopardy!  I usually win because she is also playing Sudoku and is only listening to the show. She doesn’t realize the closed captions come up on the screen to reveal the answer before contestants buzz in. So, when I hear a clue…

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Philip Barkley

March 22, 1935-February 4, 2023 Philip Barkley, age 87, passed away at his home in Sheridan, Indiana on Saturday morning, Feb. 4, 2023. Born March 22, 1935, in Tipton, Indiana, he was the son of the late Theodore M. and Elizabeth F. (Skelton) Barkley. He was a 1954 graduate of Kokomo High School, and worked…

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