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Growing Up in Noblesville in ‘60s Special for C&W Superstar
EDITOR’S NOTE: Steve Wariner, a country and western superstar, a Grammy winner, a member of the Grand Ole Opry, a member of the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and the prestigious Musicians Hall of Fame, grew up in Noblesville. Recently, he shared with the Noblesville Times some memories of what the holidays were like when…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – Working Septuagenarian Asks About Disability Benefits
Dear Rusty: I retired at my full retirement age, am now 79 and will be 80 in December. I have been working consistently since. I get a meager Social Security benefit, only about $800 due to my federal retirement offset. Most jobs I have held since filing and collecting SS have involved very labor-intensive work,…
Read MoreDO NOT ENTER
Mary Ellen is always telling me to change. Not my sloppy eating habits. Not my occasional inappropriate jokes at book club. Or the way I make a mess in the kitchen. She wants me to change my passwords. All 200 of them. Mary Ellen reads a lot about identity fraud and password theft. She told…
Read MoreFamiliar Refrain Could Mean Another Great Year for Favored Boilers
It’s a familiar refrain to Purdue basketball fans. “Purdue will be just another team without Caleb Swanigan.” “Purdue will miss Carsen Edwards’ scoring.” “Purdue won’t be able to overcome Jaden Ivey’s departure to the NBA.” “Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer won’t be as good without Zach Edey drawing all the attention.” The first three declarations…
Read MoreAnother Noblesville Fire and Other Reader Feedback
Time for some reader feedback! After the column on downtown Noblesville fires ran, Michael Kobrowski and Larry Cloud both brought up a blaze that took place March 24, 1957 on the north side of the courthouse square. I didn’t include that fire in the earlier column because: A, there were no deaths or serious injuries,…
Read MoreSTILL UNDECIDED
The recent election required a great deal of decision making. Of course, there are still a small number of undecided people out there. I don’t mean about the election —it’s too late for that. I mean whether they are going to waste their time finishing this article. I let my wife make half the decisions…
Read MoreRevisiting an Old Friend – the Bubbling Caldron
About a hundred or so years ago – or so it seems – I created what I thought was a fun little character named The Bubbling Caldron. I was a young sportswriter at the time and used Bubbles to do some off-the-wall prognosticating on high school football and basketball games. After I left the sports…
Read MoreTimmons Gets an Odd Phone Call
How do these people find me? I was sitting at work, minding my own business. Not bothering a soul . . . which translates to the fact that I wasn’t writing a column causing the woke crowd more dilemmas. The phone rings. “The Times, Timmons.” “I am Goose, Dr. Goose if you will. I bring…
Read MoreThe case of the Indian Murders
Two hundred years ago on Oct. 7, a man named James Hudson went on trial in Madison County for his role in what early local historians referred to as “The Indian Murders.” While it’s questionable whether this was, as some have claimed, the first time in this country’s history that a white man was held…
Read MoreDillinger Hysteria Hits Westfield
From Time to Thyme By: Paula Dunn Last week I wrote about my efforts to learn if John Dillinger’s body had really made a stop outside the Westfield Cafeteria on its way to Indianapolis for burial, as Helen (Carey) McColgin had said. That’s not the only time she believed Dillinger visited the Westfield Cafeteria, though.…
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