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Legislation To Lift Up Foster Children, Families
Foster youth often face numerous challenges that can impact their development and future. Every child deserves a safe, loving home, and this session I’m working on several bills to support and create more opportunities for Hoosier foster children. Keeping siblings together in foster care can put them in the best position to overcome emotional trauma,…
Read MoreShoulder Pain – Part 1
The next two weeks, I’d like to address shoulder pain and injuries. Most people experience shoulder pain at some point in their lives. Doctors see it in mostly in athletes and people who overuse their shoulders. We also see it in those who suffer trauma, particularly from taking a blow directly to the shoulder or…
Read MoreThe Postscript by Carrie Classon
“Fireworks in the Morning” I start noticing the planes overhead when it’s nearing the time to go. Planes don’t fly low over this small Mexican city. San Miguel de Allende doesn’t have its own airport, so the few planes flying overhead are high in the sky, headed off to somewhere else. I rarely notice them…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – Why Can’t I Get Social Security Disability On My Own Or My Husband’s Record?
Dear Rusty: I am considered disabled by State of Washington doctors, but Social Security has turned me down three times when I applied for disability saying I don’t have enough work points. I am the wife of a retired, disabled veteran who served over 20 years in the US Navy. I raised three children, one…
Read MoreNoblesville Transforms Into Fairyville, Plus Comedy, Live Theater, Church Rummage Sale, Wildflower Walk, More
Fairyville takes over downtown Noblesville today and Saturday with tons of activities offered, plus live music, comedy, theater, historical celebrations, train rides and more are among the plenty of things to do this weekend and beyond. Here’s our Times’ list of 25 things to do. Save the date: The Attic Theatre’s production of “Shrek The…
Read MoreWORD PERFECT!!
I have been lecturing my adult son recently on how much time he spends playing video games. I don’t think he was listening, so next time I’ll wait until he takes his headset off. I was going to really lay down the law. Tell him what a waste of time video games are, and how…
Read MoreImagine If today’s NFL Draft Went 32 Rounds
Current projections have four Purdue players being selected in the NFL Draft, which begins Thursday in Kansas City. Cornerback Cory Trice is forecast by The Athletic’s Dane Brugler to go 101st overall in Round 3 to San Francisco. Brugler has quarterback Aidan O’Connell going 109th overall in the fourth round to the Las Vegas Raiders.…
Read MoreSharing Little Modern Humor
For the eight or nine of you who regularly read these scribbles, you know I don’t tend to pass on the modern version of the mimeographed office jokes we used to get back in the ‘70s. But sometimes I get one or three that seem worth passing along. I’m sorry I don’t know the author,…
Read MoreCCP’s ‘True West’ Explores “What If?’
Carmel Community Players’ “True West” is an “entertaining piece of theater.” That’s how show director Eric Bryant describes the Sam Shepard play, which opens Friday and continues through April 30 at The Ivy Tech Auditorium in Noblesville. The play concerns the struggle for power between two brothers, Austin, a struggling screenwriter, and Lee, a drifter…
Read MoreNHS Alumni Banquet To Celebrate Class of ‘73
I say this every year. I think I’ve attended nearly every Noblesville High School Alumni Banquet since I started working as a Noblesville journalist 37 years ago. The banquets are always a lot of fun, graduates reminisce about high school days, the 50-year class is celebrated and an Alumnus of the Year is honored. Plus,…
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