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Paula Shares A Ferry Tale
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn The next time you drive or walk across a bridge over White River, take a moment to reflect on how fortunate we are to be able to come and go from one side of the river to the other whenever we want. It wasn’t nearly that easy for…
Read MoreBranna Shares Buzz on BizTown!
Fancy our forefathers’ fundamental formula for success: finish school, tackle a trade, secure a stable job and build a good life. They knew the need was certain for everything from sales to seamstresses, grocers to gas attendants, bankers to brokers (‘get where this is going?) Then comes the tempestuous uptick in technology and the work…
Read MoreShould I Collect Now Or At 70?
Dear Rusty: I am 67 and 9 months old, collecting a modest SS survivor benefit with plans to collect my own much larger benefit at age 70. I was confident this plan was a good one; but recent turbulent events make me nervous that cuts could come to Social Security at any time without warning. Would it…
Read MoreRick Mount, Joe Barry Carroll chose Purdue; Rest is History
There likely would have been no Big Ten Conference title and a berth in the 1969 NCAA men’s basketball tournament championship game for Purdue if Rick Mount had decided to follow through on his original commitment in the spring of 1966. That probably would have meant a 39-year gap between conference titles for a program…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – Do I need Social Security For Medicare?
Dear Rusty: I turn 65 this November 2026. Someone told me I need to set up a Social Security account at least 3 months ahead of time before applying for Medicare for the first time. I do not intend to take any Social Security benefits until, perhaps, age 67 or later. Please advise and thank you. Signed:…
Read MoreExamining the ‘What Ifs’ Throughout Purdue Basketball History
Books, movies and TV shows have been devoted to stories about changing the course of history, from preventing Abraham Lincoln’s assassination to would John F. Kennedy have pulled the United States out of Vietnam had he lived? While not on the scale of either of those scenarios, I’ve always wondered what if the right decisions…
Read MoreThe Mystery of the Missing Bridegroom
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn There’s an intriguing story in Haines’ 1915 Hamilton County history about a bridegroom who mysteriously disappeared on his wedding day almost 160 years ago. Very few specific details are included, however, so I decided to try to find more information. I wasn’t overly optimistic since no names or…
Read MoreBranna Shares Grief, Transition of Losing a Parent
I did not write the words below, and I cannot for the life of me figure out who did. But these words found me right where I’m at in my life. My passion and purpose is to provide light reading that is hopefully informative with a fun twist. But I named this column “Can You…
Read MoreHabitual Problems
I don’t want Mary Ellen and me to end up like our friends the Rodmans, who, up until their 40th wedding anniversary, couldn’t keep their mitts off each other, but after returning from celebrating in the Bahamas, they sued each other for divorce. They were so happy they didn’t realize how miserable they were. My…
Read MoreAn Architect of This Country Almost Forgotten in Corn field
Photos courtesy Andy Chandler “Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. That it is expedient forthwith to…
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