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Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins
My friend Mel just got back from an uncle’s funeral, where he met family members he did not know he had. Personally, I’ve met more relatives at funerals than I have at weddings…but maybe it’s because weddings require an invitation. Last month, my uncle told me that my third cousin had died. No, two cousins…
Read More‘Sense & Sensibility’ Play Offers ‘Something Different’
Bill Smith has always been a fan of Jane Austen’s classic stories. Add that to his love for theater, and his experience locally as an actor and director. So it’s easy to understand why he would want to bring Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” to the local community theater stage. “Typically, I have directed mysteries or…
Read MorePrimary Over, Time to Move Forward
Polls are closed. Voters have spoken. It’s time to get going. It’s been said before – many times – in this space that we’re so lucky here in this little corner of God’s green earth. Politically speaking, we don’t have the issues that our brothers and sisters in Washington, or even Indianapolis, have. For sure,…
Read MoreHolocaust Survivor Eva Kor Teaches Us to Be Forgiving
Eva Kor was about hope, healing, respect and responsibility by shining a light on the story of the Holocaust. I last saw Kor’s picture — a larger-than-life-size color poster — in the hallway at Franklin Central High School on Friday night when our Noblesville High School show choirs were competing there. Her picture on the…
Read MoreCraycraft’s, Penney’s, Kirk’s and Stringtown
Boy, am I late with a reader column this time! I had to go all the way back to February to catch up. Remember when I wrote about the Craycraft’s Dry Goods Company? Pam Ferber had clearer memories of the water fountain in Craycraft’s than I did. She described it as a white bubbler fountain…
Read MoreEarly Voting Polls Slow, Election Day is Here
Poll workers played trivia games, worked on crossword puzzles and discussed their favorite movies and TV shows. They read books, put together jigsaw puzzles and did “a lot of talking.” These are just a few of the ways that poll workers pass the day while waiting for voters to come in. Poll workers kept busy…
Read MoreBringing Me into the Fold
The one thing that you will not find in my underwear drawer is organization. There are no neat stacks; no neatly regimented ranks and files of folded tidy whities, ready to serve the underlying cause. What you will find is row after row of briefs, rolled tightly, and stacked like cordwood, cushioning the top drawer…
Read MoreBiblical Scenarios Surrounding the Despot Putin
Are you losing sleep at night as Russian despot Vladimir Putin continues to rattle his nuclear saber? It’s a question I’ve been posing to Hoosier Members of Congress these past few weeks. “You need to know I am receiving fairly frequent classified briefings these days,” U.S. Sen. Todd Young told me on April 13. “You…
Read MoreThe Job I Want
“Dress for the job you want!” was advice I heard from an early age. I took this advice to heart. I was working a lowly job in a government office while applying for jobs in businesses around town. I had never worked in business, but I had a freshly minted business degree, so I bought…
Read More2023 Solterra is the Electric Subaru for Subaru People
Subaru knows its people, who are among the most loyal to any automotive brand. They love their Outbacks, Foresters, Ascents, and WRXs. They are also among the most environmentally conscious, dog-friendly, off-roading auto owners around. They take their kids to school and hike on the weekends. What they haven’t had until now is an electric…
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