From Time to Thyme

By Paula Dunn Got a case of spring fever? I have just the remedy for you! The Blatchley Nature Study Club will be holding their annual Spring Wildflower Walks next Saturday, April 15th, and again on April 29. The April 15th date has been scheduled to catch early blooming wildflowers. The April 29 walk is…

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Hoosiers unTrumped

By Brian A. Howey For the first time in American history, a former president has been indicted, this time by a grand jury and District Attorney in Manhattan for allegedly making pre-election hush money payoffs to a pornographic actress and a Playboy bunny. In the coming weeks, Donald J. Trump could be facing a cascading…

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Don’t Believe Everything You Hear!

We are definitely living in a post-truth world. It’s not just in the political sphere that we have to be careful of facts and “alternative facts,” it also extends to the scientific and medical realms as well. The public is being constantly bombarded with scientific information via mainstream media, social media, and other internet sources.…

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The Postscript by Carrie Classon

“Burro in Pants” I saw the burro wearing pants and carrying a basket filled with paper flowers. “Oh, my gosh!” I said. “That poor burro.” There are several burros with this job in this Mexican town and, as burro employment goes, it’s a pretty easy gig. The burro wears a rustic basket filled with bright…

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NOT FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT!

I think I just read some great news.  But I’m not positive how to process the information. Here’s the headline: EXPERT SAYS DAD’S TERRIBLE JOKES ARE GREAT FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT Wait a second! The jokes I told my son Brett as he was growing up were not terrible. I resent that.  But even if they…

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Forever Among The Greatest Players In History

Zach Edey’s place among the all-time greatest to play basketball at Purdue was cemented Tuesday by winning his sixth and final 2022-23 National Player of the Year honor, the Wooden Award. Whether Edey supplants All-American Joe Barry Carroll as the Boilermakers’ center on an all-time team will be left to others. Some will want to…

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