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Kenny Ponders Which Boilermakers Deserve to Have Their Number Retired
Ever since the New York Yankees honored the dying Lou Gehrig in 1939 by declaring no one would wear his No. 4 again, retiring uniform numbers has been seen as the ultimate tribute to an athlete. More than 80 years later, the Yankees have strayed off the path of honoring all-time greats. Paul O’Neill is…
Read MoreWorking at Home
Luckily, I’ve got a little home office. It’s a place I can go sleep after my morning coffee. On Monday I had lots of time on my hands, so I took an online test to gauge my maturity level. It said I was “childish, obnoxious, and apathetic.” It said some other stuff, but I didn’t…
Read MoreAddressing Nastiness in Society
My, my. We do tend to get testy as a society now, don’t we? I remember talking to then-sheriff Mark Casteel a couple of years ago. He was telling me about sitting in a line at a red light. One guy actually ran the light (a pretty gutsy move considering the obvious sheriff’s car) and…
Read More‘Fantasticks’ Musical Makes ‘Theater Magic’
Finding the perfect young male and female lead roles for the world’s longest-running musical seems like it was meant to be. The role of the clueless, self-involved Luisa in “The Fantasticks” can sometimes be more difficult to fill. The role requires someone with a youthful appearance ‑- stage age 16 — and yet a strong,…
Read MoreAre Political Sign Ordinances Being Selectively Enforced?
“Rules for thee and not for me.” You might have heard the phrase, which refers to making others follow rules without having to follow rules themselves. In this column, I’ll be referring to political signs in the right-of-ways — and how some political signs are removed by the City of Noblesville and some are not…
Read MoreHamilton County’s Roads to Nowhere
If you’ve ever studied a map of Hamilton County, you can’t fail to notice this county has several roads that go nowhere. Well okay, they actually do go SOMEwhere; they just don’t lead where you might expect because the communities for which they were named no longer exist. In a few cases, like Cyntheanne and…
Read MoreFree Summer Camps Return, Thanks to Township Trustees
When my now high school sophomore daughter was in middle school, I sat at my laptop computer waiting for Noblesville Schools’ annual free summer camps to go on sale. It kind of reminded me of when I used to try to get tickets for popular concerts at the former Deer Creek Music Center, or this…
Read MoreAlmost Never Say Always
I’m never a person big on making New Year’s resolutions. That’s probably a good thing, since it is mid-April. I always complain that my life is still in the same ol’ rut. Yet, I never seem to change the habits that hold me back almost every time. This year, I’m concentrating on removing three words…
Read MoreTen Classic Political Speeches Spoken on Indiana Soil
With the advent of war comes great prose. Just as May 1940 found Prime Minister Winston Churchill rallying his nation at the beginning of the blitz in the Battle of Britain, we have witnessed great oratory from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. There has been great, enlightened oratory over the centuries here in Indiana. Here are…
Read MoreA Lot of Cake
The plan was to buy everyone cake. My husband, Peter, and I are finally getting ready to leave Mexico, and we can’t say we are too happy about it. The last two months in San Miguel de Allende have convinced us that it is a place we want to return to, and now leaving it…
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