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The Season of Sneezing
It’s once again time to run my annual column on allergies. Some of our readers may already cursing the annual return of allergy symptoms. Tree pollen levels (Oak, Cedar/Juniper, Nettle) in Indiana have been high recently. Spring allergy symptoms can make it even more difficult to differentiate who might have lingering COVID-19 symptoms or just…
Read More10 Local Ways for Kids to Spend Spring Break
A week from today, classes will be out for Noblesville Schools’ two-week spring break. For some, vacation plans have long been made to head out of town. For others, it’s a “staycation” at home, finding things to do here locally. When my now sophomore daughter was elementary age, camps where participants can learn something new…
Read MorePottery Classes, Ivy Tech Play, Book Signing, Bird Walks, More
These are among the 20 things to do this weekend and beyond in today’s list of things to do in The Times: 1. Kiln Creations in downtown Noblesville has eight new pottery wheels and lots of opportunities for folks to create their own art during hour-long class times today through Sunday, and every Thursday-Sunday in…
Read MoreAs Spring Blooms, So Do Our Students
When spring arrives, and everything starts to bloom outside, inside I marvel at how our students at every level bloom. Like the flowers and trees, each bloom at their own pace – some early, some late – but all grow and flower in their own vibrant way. Everywhere I look, I see opportunities to nurture,…
Read MoreAg Day Returns for 2nd-Graders
Anybody who has driven by the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds since Tuesday has likely noticed Reynolds’ Farm Equipment’s big green and yellow John Deere 8370 R tractor parked on the lawn of the Exhibition Center. Hamilton County Ag Day — in its 36th year — is being celebrated three days this week — Tuesday, Wednesday…
Read MoreThe Middle Ages
I’ve been reading old articles we’ve had around the house since the 1980s. I keep a file folder near my desk that holds newspaper and magazine clippings. Some days I read about things that happened last year. Sometimes I read about inventions from 1975, Yesterday I read about the Middle Ages (not mine, but the…
Read MoreA Quiet Hometown Hero
One of the unsung leaders of our community here in Sheridan, it seems to me, is the immediate past president of the Town Council, one Mr. David Kinkead. I have known David for about 10 years now, ever since he was elected to the Town Council. He served as a council member his first year…
Read MoreHammer Pays a Visit to the Missus . . .
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tim Timmons will be returning soon. He underwent quadruple bypass surgery and is on the mend. In his stead this week, his wife Linda reports on an unexpected visit from a very familiar face. As a publisher’s wife I’ve encountered many people with opinions about the news and newspapers, most of them very…
Read MoreThe From Time to Thyme Virtual Museum
Over the years I’ve run across quite a few stories in the old newspapers that deal with people discovering, or disclosing, the existence of various items of historical significance to Hamilton County — objects that, if uncovered today, would probably end up in some museum. In most cases, I don’t know what became of these…
Read More‘The Lilies of the Field’ Play is About Faith, Endurance, Belfry Director Says
It was the “beautifully crafted story about faith in God and how He often provides others as a means to answer our prayers” was the reason that Linnéa Leatherman of Westfield chose “The Lilies of the Field” for her first play to direct for The Belfry Theatre. “We have all needed faith and endurance to…
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