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‘Can’t Tell Players Without A Program’ Clearly Applies to College Football
If there were still such a thing as gameday programs, Purdue football fans would need one to figure out who is wearing the gold and black these days. Name a Boilermaker other than running back Devin Mockobee who is expected to suit up this fall? There have been 32 transfer portal entries from last season’s…
Read MoreIt’s The World We Live In
The world we live in now ain’t what it used to be. A recent national story supposedly detailed the difference between Biden and Trump, using the California fires and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The writer’s take was that Biden stood tall with Newsom and pledged the full weight of the federal government for assistance .…
Read MoreServing Up Some Jim Dandy Memories
I would have liked to have written this column before Noblesville’s Jim Dandy closed, but the schedule just didn’t allow it. Nevertheless, the Jim Dandy was such a large part of my life and of the lives of so many other Hamilton County residents, I couldn’t let its passing go unremarked. When I was growing…
Read MoreHeights Superintendent Shares Update for New Year
Welcome back and Happy New Year. With 2024 in our rearview mirrors, we look ahead with anticipation as 2025 unveils roadways to exciting new beginnings and opportunities ahead of us. As we start this new semester, I want to express my gratitude to our extraordinary educators, support staff, administrators, and volunteers who continuously go above…
Read MoreREPLACING MISSING TILES
I tend to lose stuff. Once, I lost a cell phone and found it in the freezer. Then, I misplaced my wallet and found it at the bottom of the dog food canister. There is a logical explanation for both of those incidents—sort of. My wife has told me many times that I am clearly…
Read MoreHave I Saved Social Security Money by Claiming at 62?
Dear Rusty: I had to start collecting Social Security at 62, and I am 75 now. I believe that in the last 13 years I have saved Social Security money, so I do not know why I cannot draw my full benefits now. If I had started drawing at 65 at $1,200 per month, then…
Read MoreRanking Recruiting Classes for 20 Years Under Coach Matt Painter
If you go strictly by the recruiting rankings, it seems impossible that in Matt Painter’s 20 seasons as Purdue men’s basketball head coach that the Boilermakers have five regular season Big Ten championships, two Big Ten tournament titles and a trip to the NCAA championship game during his tenure. Only once has Painter recruited a…
Read MoreSaluting 2024
Notable Nineties, Sensational Centenarians From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn Normally, I would have saluted our Notable Nineties and Sensational Centenarians in the last column of 2024, but the holidays interfered with that, so I’m paying tribute to them at the beginning of 2025 instead. For anyone who doesn’t know about the Notable Nineties,…
Read MorePecan Pie and the Poinsettia: God’s Recipe of Grace
The anticipation of our first major snowstorm of 2025 seemed to go on for days. All the meteorologists in the area were projecting a huge storm with treacherous ice accumulations similar to the one that crippled Kansas City and millions of other towns on Jan. 4. Yes, we were all waiting for the big mess!…
Read MoreClock Keeps Ticking
One of the folks I hold in high regard reached out a few days ago. Like many of us, he’s upset over the current political reality that is today’s country. He – in my humble – very much hopes that Trump can make things better, but also understands that it’s a matter of time before…
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