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Learning To Read
Do you remember the books you read in first grade? I sure do. And I fondly recall spelling tests, recess, flavored milk, and a girl name Lynne. I still drink flavored milk, but my wife tells me a recess with Lynne today is unacceptable. The best part of school was the “Dick and Jane” stories…
Read MoreFormer Filmmaker Shares Passion for Women’s History
Just visit the Gal’s Guide Library, and Leah Leach will tell you great stories that will inspire just how interconnected we all are. The Noblesville resident — who for a decade made award-winning independent films using her stage name, Kate Chaplin — two years ago founded the first women’s history lending library in the United…
Read MoreWhat Do You Want in a New Superintendent?
Community invited to give feedback on search for new leader Just before winter break, Noblesville Schools Superintendent Beth Niedermeyer announced that she would retire at the end of this school year. She has been superintendent of the district for eight years, since 2014. I admit that she has been one of the most accessible and…
Read MoreHodgkin Lymphoma
Last week I tried to explain the very complex non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL). This week I want to cover Hodgkin lymphoma, more commonly known as Hodgkin’s Disease (HD). It gets its eponymous name from Dr. Thomas Hodgkin who first described it in 1832. Hodgkin’s is a potentially curable malignant lymphoma that carries a much better prognosis…
Read MoreUnder That False Flag
With tens of thousands of soldiers poised to cross over the border into a fledgling independent nation –– a nation only a few years pulled from beneath the thumb of an imperial superpower –– the world anxiously awaited the outcome of military conflict that ultimately will change borders, and skew the balance of global power.…
Read MoreAdequate Accommodations
“I can always sleep in my rain jacket,” my husband Peter announced. Vacationing in rental homes is usually a bit of an adventure. We don’t need luxurious digs, and instead look for apartments offering a hefty discount if we stay for a full month. We did this three years ago in Pamplona, Spain. The apartment…
Read More2022 BMW X3 M Competes For Your Crossover Attention
It’s a conundrum. Do you buy the fast obnoxious sport coupe or a proper luxury crossover for your family? On one side of the driveway, you want a car that can provide weekend thrills and elevate your standing in the corporate carpark. On alternate concrete, though, you really need space and comfort when taking little…
Read MoreDonors Honor Nicholson by Giving to Scholarship
While friends and families today will celebrate the life of Noblesville’s Jennifer Nicholson, the community is also fortunate to celebrate a new music scholarship that has been created in the music teacher’s name. By noon on Friday, the new fund, Jennifer Nicholson Music Scholarship, established this week through Noblesville Schools Education Foundation (NSEF), had already…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – About Survivor Benefits for Minor Children
Dear Rusty: My nephew died suddenly at 50 years of age and left 2 children, ages 17 and 14. He was divorced, but they were married for more than 10 years, and his ex-wife works as a nurse. My nephew worked for more than 10 years during his lifetime. I want to know if the…
Read MoreHearthside Suppers, Carmel Taste, Movie Night Among 25 Things to Do
Movies, plays, live music and more are among 25 things to put on your calendar, from now through the beginning of March. 1. Enjoy Family Movie Night at 6 p.m. today at Emmanuel United Methodist Church in Noblesville. 2. Carmel Community Players presents “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime,” today through March…
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