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Many ways to help others in need any time of year
While many of the food and clothing drives are now over because it’s almost Christmas, the need is still there for our communities. More than 26,000 individuals in Hamilton County are food insecure, according to the Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank in Noblesville, with about 33,333 meals needed this holiday season. So there are many…
Read MoreMy Head is Spinning
This week I want to address a specific variant of a condition that I’ve been seeing a lot of lately – dizziness. Primary Care doctors in the U.S. see about six million patients a year who complain of “dizziness.” Dizziness means different things to different people and can be a symptom of many different medical…
Read More2022 Mercedes E450 All Terrain Wagon finally masters geography
Mercedes-Benz had a pretty crazy strategy when it introduced the jacked-up All Terrain E-Class wagon in Europe, home of fast cars and faster highways, and left crossover-crazy America with the more boring Rodeo Drive version. I mean, hadn’t they learned the basic lesson of the Subaru Outback? Americans want to look ready for adventure whether…
Read MoreWorth Waiting For
Yesterday I bought a Christmas tree at the hardware store. I thought it was a good day to do it both because I’d heard the rumors of Christmas tree shortages and because it would keep me away from my email for more than an hour—a near record in the last two weeks. No one tells…
Read MoreOf Christmas, Dads, daughters, and daring
A concerned little eight-year-old girl, Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York City’s third-most significant daily newspaper, The Sun, and a hasty response followed on Sept. 21, 1897, in an unsigned editorial. In a surprising uncharacteristically cheerful response, The Sun’s resident cynic Francis Pharcellus Church, the brother of the paper’s publisher,…
Read MoreRed Stocking donors are in the giving spirit
A lot of things in our daily lives have changed this year. But one thing that hasn’t changed is the generosity of folks in Noblesville who give to Tri Kappa sorority’s annual Noblesville Red Stocking Fund. Every year in November, Tri Kappa asks us at The Times newspaper to partner up in the promotion of…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – I Have VA Coverage; Should I Get Medicare Part B?
Dear Rusty: I am a 74 year old veteran enrolled with the VA. I have never had Medicare Part B. Should I? My only source of income is Social Security. Signed: Retired Veteran Dear Retired Veteran: First, thank you for your service to our country. Like you, I use the VA for certain healthcare needs…
Read MoreThe graying of America
by John Grimaldi We’re seeing more and more people with gray hair these days. But it’s not only because the population is growing old at a fast pace as 10,000 boomer babies turn 65 each and every day and because the population will continue aging at that rate for some time to come. It’s all about the…
Read MoreChristmas ballet, last days to see Santa, Prairie lights
Only eight days until Christmas, and there are still so many things to do to get ready for the holidays. Visit Santa and give him your Christmas list. Go see a holiday ballet. Go ice skating at Federal Hill Commons. Take a carriage ride. See the Merry Prairie lights. Take a train ride. Mark your…
Read MoreSanta, if you have room in your bag . . .
The clock is ticking and I’m minding my P’s and Q’s . . . because we all know Santa is watching. We’re in those final hours where I have been told he is firming up who ends up on the nice list and who goes down to the naughty list. So let’s all be on…
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