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Spotlighting Famous Visits to County
Writing about the woman who created a stir by being mistaken for Carrie Nation started me thinking about all the famous people who actually HAVE set foot in Hamilton County. I’ve covered some of the most obvious ones — presidents, movie stars, etc. — but I’ve also run across several whose connections to Hamilton County…
Read MoreRiding the Wave With Branna
Wave. What’s the first thought that pops into your mind? A kind gesture or a ripple in the sea? How about you lovely ladies or gents out there that long for locks of slightly curling hair? Could your mind be meandering about a sudden occurrence of, or increase in, a certain phenomenon or activity? It even…
Read MoreBonnie: Are We Worthy?
I used to think ill of the term “we are not worthy” of God’s love. I think I may be getting it- understanding this way of thinking. The part where we were made in God’s image is often thought of in the physical sense. What a wonderful miracle it is. That’s the part we call…
Read MoreIDEA WIFE
For the past 25 years, my wife has been crucial to my success as a humorist. She’s complained about my napping, sense of direction, and messiness. She’s told me how scatterbrained I am. She has been the well I went to when I needed material for my weekly feature. I don’t know what I’d do…
Read MoreThe Season of Sneezing
It’s once again time to run my annual column on allergies. Some of our readers are likely already cursing the annual return of allergy symptoms. Tree pollen levels of maple, ash, and birch are high and climbing. Spring allergy symptoms can make it even more difficult to differentiate who might have an upper respiratory infection,…
Read MoreLOONY CYCLE
“No,” I said to my wife. “They can’t do that again. It will completely mess us up.” She knew I was correct. When it first occurred seven years ago, I lamented about the problem in this column, and now it was happening again: The city was changing the pickup day for recycling. It was going…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – Will My Social Security Increase if I Keep Working After Applying?
Dear Rusty: I am going to be 67 in a few weeks & I plan on working for another year or two. According to Social Security, they count the best 35 years to come up with your benefit. I currently have 30 years, with 2024 and 2025 taxes yet to be filed. If I take…
Read MoreThings Looking up for Purdue Basketball and Maybe Football
November can’t get here soon enough for Purdue men’s basketball fans. Not since the Troy Lewis-Todd Mitchell-Everette Stephens Boilermakers in 1987-88 have expectations been higher in West Lafayette. Now that the Final Four curse has been broken, a national championship does not seem out of the question to a normally pessimistic fan base. Some even…
Read MoreDr. Arrowood Shares Update
With less than 30 instructional days left, we are in the home stretch of the 2025-26 school year. As we wind down our school year, Whitney Gray and Mitch Street are moving full steam ahead in their new roles as our high school principal and assistant principal. Together, Gray and Street, who began their careers…
Read MoreClose Encounters of Famous Kind
Nope, I’ve never met E.T. But I can definitely say I have had some close encounters, if not actual face-to-face contacts, with people who have seen their time in the limelight. First off, there’s our very own hometown hero, Steve Wariner. I have vague, but memorable morsels of meetings with Steve, who was a few years…
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