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State of Health postponed, still many ways to network
Ever since the day after Noblesville Taste of Business in March 2020, when everything started shutting down, things have never been the same. About 12 days ago, Noblesville Chamber sent out an invitation to RSVP for a State of Health Luncheon for this coming Wednesday at Purgatory Golf Club. However, since then, the luncheon, which…
Read More30 things for your calendars
For our readers who like to open their new calendars at the beginning of each year and fill up the blank squares with things to do, I will share some dates for your calendar: Jan. 21-30 — The Hamilton County Theatre Guild’s Belfry Theatre will present “The Dining Room” comedy/drama, a play by A.R. Gurney,…
Read MorePurdue U: the cradle of quarterbacks, pride of Indiana
Even during the darkest times in Purdue football history (see: Hazell, Darrell. Also see: Akers, Fred), Boilermaker fans and administration could point with pride to the Cradle of Quarterbacks. There’s even a section on the school’s athletic website (purduesports.com) devoted to the Cradle. Three members have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame…
Read MoreNumber, please…
I’d like to share a few numbers with you: 4927262920202826 5736282018082727 9284748495483838 These are some of the tracking numbers for the Christmas gifts I bought online over the past few months. I copied and pasted the figures into the UPS or FedEx websites to be sure they were on the way. By the way, those…
Read MoreLet the show choir competition season begin!
What a great start to Noblesville High School’s show choir competition season. NHS Singers, the high school’s top mixed show choir, on Saturday night took home Grand Champion of the Jay County Show Choir Spectacular, along with Best Choreography and Best Vocals awards. Their traveling companion choir, New Dimension, NHS’s top all-female show choir, won…
Read MoreLife and other deep subjects
Scattershooting about the meaning of life . . . and other deep subjects (like, why do hot dogs taste better with coney sauce . . . and why are some coney sauces sweet while others are not) . . . * * * WHETHER WE are talking about The Times in Noblesville or our paper…
Read MoreNew Belfry director shares fascination of ‘Dining Room’
Diane Wilson had such fond memories growing up of time spent in her grandparents’ dining room that, when she and her husband bought their first home, she made sure they chose a home with a formal dining room. And dining room furniture was their first purchase, because she wanted to make memories of their own.…
Read MoreThe white heat of salesmanship
I didn’t intend to devote two columns to Col. R. C. Foland, but while I was researching his Polar Bear activities, I noticed his auctioneering career was pretty interesting, too. He put as much energy into promoting auctions as THE way to sell real estate as he did in trying to recruit members for his…
Read MoreDemolition man autos proves the future is better than predicted
One of my favorite future sci-fi movies is Demolition Man (1993). Its dystopian future, where everything was filled with joy-joy feelings and toilet paper replaced by three seashells, was dominated by a fleet of General Motors concept cars that provided a sleek backdrop. But when Sylvester Stallone’s character, a brute police officer frozen for crimes…
Read MoreI can put on my fancy car wash dress and not care who sees
I was excited to wear my new dress. It was slimming, I thought: all black and covered with flounces from the neckline to the hemline. I wore it with high heels—which I rarely wear—and red drop earrings. I was feeling much more sophisticated than I usually do when I went over to my sister’s house…
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