NHS Literary Club Adviser Inspires a Creative Spirit

Noblesville High School English teacher Bill Kenley — adviser for the NHS Literary Club — encourages his students to have high aspirations. The club’s newest release is called “Aspirational Picnic Table” and “is a loose collection” of about 50 young writers and artists who have all contributed to the school’s literary magazine. Most of the…

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Daily Almanac: March 29, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 7:32 a.m. SET: 8:05 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 46 °F Low: 30 °F Wacky Holiday Today: • National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day • Piano Day What Happened On This Day: • 1971 Charles Manson is sentenced to death in the gas chamber • 2004 Ireland becomes the first country to ban…

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Routines Are Habit Forming

I was surprised to learn, Tuesday morning, that I was out of milk. I was quite certain that milk was on my weekly grocery list, and I was equally certain that I had walked out of the store with a jug of fodder fuel in my hand. Nevertheless, when I opened the refrigerator door, in…

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Westfield Welcome to Host Egg-Paw-Looza

After a two-year hiatus, Westfield Welcome is excited to announce the return of Egg-Paw-Looza, presented by Centier Bank. Egg-Paw-Looza will be held at the north entrance of Asa Bales Park (205 W. Hoover Street) on Sunday, April 10th from 12pm – 3pm. This year’s event will feature two pet egg hunts, pictures with the Easter…

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Arts Commission Announces Study on Arts and Culture in Community, Economic Development Strategies

The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC), in partnership with the Indiana Communities Institute (ICI) of Ball State University, has released new research around how Indiana municipalities are utilizing local arts and culture in their community and economic development strategies. The research report, Planning with Arts & Culture, was produced by Emily J. Wornell, PhD and Brian…

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The Looming And Crowded GOP Gubernatorial Field

Are you running for governor in 2024? That was the question I had for U.S. Rep. Jim Banks as we had coffee Monday afternoon. Just hours earlier, two Indiana reporters had suggested that U.S. Rep. Trey Hollingsworth was the “frontrunner” for this open seat. “I haven’t ruled anything out,” Banks responded. “I will say candidly…

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Patron Of The Arts

My landlord, Jorge, is a patron of the arts. When I imagine a patron of the arts, I imagine some fabulously wealthy person in the past, supporting the creation of art in Italy or New York—someone with an impossibly luxurious lifestyle, maybe with a couple of designer dogs on diamond leashes standing at attention nearby.…

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Fatal Accident 236th and Six Points Road

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a fatal accident at the intersection of 236th and Six Points Rd. The call for the accident was received by dispatch at 8:26 a.m. and involved a SUV and a Semi Tractor Trailer. The Semi was traveling westbound on 236th St. and the SUV was southbound on…

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Gaylor Electric Named as Safety Leader in Construction Community

Gaylor Electric has announced that they earned a National Safety Excellence Award from Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) along with an Diamond-level STEP Safety Award at the 32nd annual Excellence in Construction Awards during ABC Convention 2022 in San Antonio, TX. National Safety Excellence Award winners are selected from ABC member firms that achieved Diamond,…

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