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Transgender Question Still Up In Air
Less than a year ago I wrote about the controversy of transgendered people in sports. I got crucified over it, but what opinion doesn’t get you that with today’s cancel culture? To sum up, I pointed out the inherent unfairness of allowing male to compete against female. If you have followed the issue, then you…
Read MoreKirk’s Hardware: The end of an era
Just walk in Kirk’s Hardware, it’s like turning back time. Little has changed through the years. The tin ceiling is still in place. The receipts are still handwritten. And service is still No. 1. Customers stop in, looking for hardware parts to fix something at home, a single screw or nail in a particular size,…
Read MoreIt Started With the Chickens AND the Eggs
If businesses were eligible for the Notable Nineties list, the Gatewood Vegetable Farm and Greenhouse would be a Sensational Centenarian. The four-generation family business is celebrating its 100th year in 2022, a distinction few local operations can claim. And to think, it all started in 1915 with 50 baby chicks that came shipped in an…
Read MoreNHS 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…
Read MoreRoutines 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MorePatron 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.…
Read More2022 Honda Civic Si Takes Us Back To Our Commutes
Honda Civics are durable and efficient, the kind of cars you buy for commuting to work and back while dropping Jr. and Little Miss off at early band practice. But, unlike some of their competitors, they also have souls, the kind of cars you buy for a little you time on a twisting two-lane with…
Read MoreHot Flashes
Sometimes I get asked questions in unusual places. A few months ago at church I was pulled aside and asked if I could write my column on the menopausal malady of hot flashes. Hot flashes are usually described as a feeling of intense heat, usually with sweating and a rapid heartbeat. They can last a…
Read More742 Comments from 2,500 Respondents Voice Qualities Desired in a Superintendent
I just read the results released for the Noblesville Schools superintendent survey. And I was pretty much spot-on with other surveyed participants in what they wanted in a new superintendent after Dr. Beth Niedermeyer retires at the end of this school year. Niedermeyer has been superintendent of the district for eight years, since 2014. About…
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