Daily Almanac: June 3, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 6:16 a.m.      SET: 9:08 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High:  78 °F Low:  54 °F Today is…: • Chimborazo Day • Love Conquers All Day • National Egg Day What Happened On This Day: • 1973 The world’s first supersonic airliner crashes • 1982 The Israeli ambassador to the U.K. is shot • 2013 The…

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Reflections and Updates with Dr. Arrowood

As our school year draws to a close and we prepare to celebrate the 57th graduating class of Hamilton Heights, I can’t help but think about the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas last week. A community is devastated, and families are in mourning because of this senseless act of violence. Our…

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Spreading the News

Whenever I read a newspaper article that begs to become the basis of my next humor column, I cut it out and save it.  Then I forget where I put it.  (I also do that with car titles, birth certificates, and my life insurance policy.)  But here’s one rich article I did find on my…

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Patricia Males

April 23, 1932 – May 31, 2022 Patricia Males, 90, of Lapel, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at Rawlins House in Pendleton, Indiana. She was born April 23, 1932 in Fishersburg, Indiana, to Leslie Teeters and Lela (Martin)Teeters. Mrs. Males graduated from Lapel High School in 1948. She retired from Guide Lamp, division of…

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Memorial Day Ceremony ‘An Honor, Privilege And Duty’

U.S. Army Vietnam veteran James Martin always calls it his “duty” to emcee the Noblesville Memorial Day Ceremony at the Hamilton County War Memorial in downtown Noblesville. He welcomed the crowd — this year a larger crowd than even before COVID — to Monday morning’s ceremony. Martin was pleased “to see this many people,” he…

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Daily Almanac: June 2, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 6:16 a.m. SET: 9:07 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 74 °F Low: 59 °F Today is…: • American Indian Citizenship Day • National Leave the Office Early Day • National Moonshine Day What Happened On This Day: • 1946 Italy becomes a parliamentary republic • 1953 Queen Elizabeth II is crowned • 1979 Pope…

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While Argument Rages, Innocents Die

I have written several times about school shootings in the past. If there is a more heinous crime in today’s world, I do not know what it is – and that’s saying something. What I fail to understand is the outcry every time for more gun control laws. STOP! Before you take me behind the…

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USDA to Allow for Voluntary Termination of Contracts for Conservation Reserve Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allow Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) participants who are in the final year of their CRP contract to request voluntary termination of their CRP contract following the end of the primary nesting season for fiscal year 2022. Participants approved for this one-time, voluntary termination will not have to repay…

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