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Ask Rusty – Widow Stung by Social Security’s “Claw Back” Rule
Dear Rusty: My husband of 48 years died on December 30th, and he received a Social Security direct deposit for December’s benefits in early January, but Social Security demanded the bank return his December payment. I used part of his December benefits to pay for household expenses, so his bank account was overdrawn after his…
Read More‘Great Gatsby,’ Live Music, Gardening, Egg Hunts, Play Auditions, Prairie to Open
There are plenty of things to do this weekend and beyond. Here’s our Times’ list of 35 things to do. 1. Hamilton County Theatre Guild’s The Belfry Theatre presents “The Great Gatsby,” directed by Noblesville’s Andrea Odle, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, at Arts for Lawrence’s…
Read MoreJUST FINE FOR PARKING
I recently read in one of my newsfeeds that an 85-year-old man was fumbling through his drawers (which is a funny image, right there) and found a one-dollar parking ticket fine that he had gotten almost 70 years ago and forgot to pay. Henry was apparently a man with a sharp financial sense. He knew…
Read MoreHere’s Hoping New Purdue Grid Coach Fares Better Than History
With Ryan Walters’ first spring practices as Purdue’s head football coach under way, let’s continue our look back at his predecessors. Purdue’s football fortunes waxed and waned in the first quarter of the 20th century, a direct result of the coaching hires made until James Phelan – a member of the College Football Hall of…
Read MoreHistoric Courtroom Opens For Classical Guitar Series
Imagine sitting in the Historic Courtroom of the Hamilton County Courthouse in downtown Noblesville, listening to classical guitar. Legacy Keepers Music’s new Classical Guitar Series will offer four concerts in 2023 in the Historic Courtroom. The first concert is Saturday, April 1, and features 2021 Noblesville High School graduate, guitarist Santiago Baptista, “who will take…
Read MoreSpring Sprung Surprise On Timmons
With the dawning of spring earlier this week, I couldn’t wait to get outside and enjoy some fresh air. So I threw on the sweats, laced up the sneakers and hit the trail. Oh man it felt good! Did I mention it was oh-dark-thirty? Like a lot of us my age, I don’t sleep in…
Read More4-H Junior Leader president heads up Egg Hunt
I met Grace Allee a couple of years ago when she was named the 2021 Supreme Showmanship Grand Champion at the Hamilton County 4-H Fair. She didn’t think she had “a shot,” the then 16-year-old Noblesville resident, a then junior at Hamilton Heights High School and who represented the Dairy Goat barn, told me. The…
Read MorePresidential Ties, Mayors, and Patents. Oh My!
It’s a little soon for another reader response column, but I have some column business that needs attention. Mainly, I want to apologize to Dan Haskett. He mailed an envelope to me back in December and it somehow got mislaid for a couple of months. I didn’t see his note until a few weeks ago. …
Read MoreThe Postscript by Carrie Classon
“Tourist Town” My husband, Peter, and I are staying in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, which is, according to a lot of folks, a tourist town. Sometimes, the person saying this means it is not a place they would want to spend time. This puzzles me. I’m not sure why a town known for meatpacking…
Read MoreA Transgender Bill Time Out
In March 2022, Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed a transgender athletics bill that quite possibly could end his political career. In his veto letter, Holcomb said that the legislation was a “solution” for a problem that didn’t exist in Indiana. “It implies that the goals of consistency and fairness in competitive female sports are not currently…
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