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What 8 Men Want for Valentine’s Day
Monday is Valentine’s Day. Is it a holiday just for women? I beg to differ. That’s why I went on a mission in downtown Noblesville to find men to tell us how they really want to spend Valentine’s Day. Here’s what these eight men said: Name: Alexander Glaser Age: 21. City: Fishers. Occupation: Insurance expert…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – Do Medicare Part A and B Backup My Medicare Advantage Plan?
Dear Rusty: I was told that I can use Medicare Parts A and B as secondary coverage to my Medicare Advantage plan. Is that true? Signed: Puzzled Dear Puzzled: Many do not understand how the various parts of Medicare work, and especially how or if “original Medicare” (Medicare Part A and Part B) interacts with…
Read MoreNew Director Shares Importance Of Keeping ‘The Language’ In Play
“Of Mice and Men,” a play by John Steinbeck, contains strong adult language and racial slurs. Some community theater play directors might ask permission from a playwright to cut or change the wording, but not James H. Williams. His intent when he directs a play is to perform the play as-is. While Basile Westfield Playhouse,…
Read MoreQuarterbacks And Leadership
We are witnessing an end to an era of leadership. The NFL quarterbacks we’ve been watching for the past two decades are retiring. There was valiant leader here in Indiana named Peyton Manning, who in February 2007 led the Indianapolis Colts to their lone Super Bowl title. Manning defined leadership on the field and in…
Read MoreLip Smacking Column
Valentine’s Day stresses me out. I never know what to buy for my wife. The worst part is looking for the perfect card. I’ve lurked on the holiday aisle at the Hallmark store, waiting until some guy about my age laughed at a particular punch line. If there was another one of those cards in…
Read MoreSuper Boilermakers In The Super Bowl: The Story of Purdue Football In The Big Game
By late Sunday night, either Ricardo Allen and Markus Bailey of the Cincinnati Bengals or Brycen Hopkins of the Los Angeles Rams will become the latest Purdue football alumni to earn a Super Bowl ring. A former Boilermaker has been on the Super Bowl-winning team 15 of the last 20 years, most recently with linebacker…
Read MoreNew Hyperion Players Theater To Open Tonight With First Play
There’s a new theater in Hamilton County, and it’s called the Hyperion Players. It’s a dream come true for Noblesville’s Ian Hauer and his childhood friend, Adam Fike, who created the theatrical group, which will have its first stage production opening tonight. “The Glass Menagerie,” by Tennessee Williams, will be on stage for three performances,…
Read MoreTimmons Updates This, That & ‘Tuther
Notes found scribbled on the back of an EKG printout . . . * * * In the immortal words of Gomer Pyle, thank you, thank you, thank you! In my wildest dreams I never imagined hearing from so many of you. There have literally been hundreds of messages – and heck, most of them…
Read MoreNoblesville’s Phyllis Davis loved playing her music
Phyllis Davis was a tradition at the Hamilton County 4-H Fair Queen Pageant and Fashion Revue for more than 50 years. We could always count on seeing her smiling face as she was playing the piano. The Noblesville woman never used any sheet music but played the songs by heart. “I’ve loved it, and the…
Read MoreSnow Buddies Business
Ah, alas, the first big snowfall of the year. I love standing on my deck in the tranquil dawning of a new snowstorm, watching the horizontal white blur layer the yard in its downy nuzzle. The quietude of the swirling milky crystals is dis-turbed solely by the howling wind, whose turbulence kicks snow into big…
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