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Let 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…
Read MoreIt’s a shame that it is now January
I’ve come to the conclusion that, if December is the season of Hope, then January must be the season of Shame. I base this conclusion primarily because advertisers tell us it is so. No sooner do the last holiday fruitcakes make the annual transition from Christmas delicacy to New Year’s doorstop, advertisers start reminding us…
Read MoreInteresting thoughts while clearing out a holiday notebook
Here are some thoughts while clearing out my holiday notebook: COVID-19 has recorded its first significant impact of the 2021-22 Big Ten men’s basketball season. Michigan, probably the biggest disappointment in the league, called off games against arch rival Michigan State on Jan. 8 and preseason co-Big Ten favorite Purdue on Tuesday night because school…
Read MoreWolfsies ask themselves if they’ve seen this show before
My wife and I were starting to watch a Netflix series when I said: “This looks familiar. Have we seen it before?” “I’m not sure, Dick. But if we have seen it, I don’t want to watch another eight episodes. That would be a big waste of time.” “But I don’t remember how it ends,…
Read MoreTimmons missing in action
Tim Timmons is missing in action this week, but he must be hiding somewhere warm and out of this chilly weather because we can’t find him or his column anywhere. Hopefully, we’ll find him wandering around and will have his column back and ready for next week.
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