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Heady Times for Purdue Basketball As Boilers Start Season No. 1
It’s a season of great expectations for the Purdue men’s basketball team, starting with yet another first for Matt Painter’s program. Until Monday’s release of the preseason Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll, no Purdue team had ever began the season ranked No. 1. The Boilermakers earned 35 of 61 first-place votes to edge…
Read MoreLETTER PERFECTwolfsie column
There should be a law against having phone numbers that denote words instead of, well, numbers. It’s a phone number, not a phone word. For example, there is a national organization dedicated to educating people about a common, but potentially serious illness. Their phone number spells the name of the disease. Is that an incredible coincidence,…
Read MoreThe Stephenson Jury Delivers Its Verdict
Concluding the trial of D. C. Stephenson and his bodyguards, Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck. . . With the jury finally selected, the trial began in earnest. Emotions were running so high that Hamilton County Sheriff Charles Gooding took to sitting behind the defendants to ensure their safety, something he’d never done before. Although nothing…
Read More‘Soleful’ Sojourn into Solace of Sensational Shoes
Before I wander into this week’s whirl of wonder, let it be known that we, in this United States, have a fond fascination with footwear. So, let’s take a sneak peek into the sanctity of sneakers, slippers and all other sensational shoes and the obsession surrounding them! As far back as I can remember, the…
Read MoreTHE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT
(CURRENT) It’s already October, and I haven’t seen my Christmas Hammacher Schlemmer gift catalog. This historic company is closing. Their publication is 144 years old. And I have been making fun of their quirky gifts for more than two decades. The company has had a good sense of humor about my ribbing. In fact, they sent me…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – Should Spouse Get Half of My Social Security Amount?Â
Dear Rusty: I was referred to you to ask a question about Social Security benefits. I receive about $1,700 a month from Social Security while my husband receives only approximately $750 monthly. Is he entitled to file for half of my Social Security as a monthly benefit without touching my amount? Signed: Curious Wife Dear…
Read MoreLooking Back at Recruiting, Players, Coaches Under Joe Tiller
After back-to-back 9-win seasons and coming off an upset of fourth-ranked Kansas State in the Alamo Bowl, Joe Tiller and his coaching staff thought it was time the Purdue football program reached for the stars: the four- and five-star recruits who could lift the Boilermakers into national prominence. Tiller learned a hard lesson with the…
Read MoreDon’t be a Collywobble, Read Branna
If you haven’t figured it out by now, I am the ultimate, often indulgent, word nerd. I pray not to appear as a fopdoodle, making idle claptrack. Oops, there I go again! While we are bringing back the vestige of vintage clothing, why not revisit the vocabulary of days gone by? For those of you not…
Read MoreAsk Rusty –
Like to Retire Early, But Don’t Want SS Reduced Dear Rusty: I will be 65 this year and my husband is 72 (he retired in 2019 at age 66). I would like to retire and enjoy some time with him before he gets too much older. I do not want to have my benefits cut…
Read MoreStrolling Through Rose-Colored Memory from 25 Years Ago
Purdue honored Drew Brees and many of his 2000 Big Ten Championship teammates a few weeks ago to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Boilermakers’ journey to their second Rose Bowl appearance. Unless he was overlooked in the media reports leading up to the reunion, former head coach Jim Colletto should have been invited to…
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