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Here’s Another Roberts Settlement Success Story
Despite its small size and rural setting, the African American farming community of Roberts Settlement produced a number of successful professionals — doctors, lawyers, ministers, politicians, businessmen and especially, educators. More educators came out of Roberts Settlement than any other profession, a feat that’s all the more impressive when you consider that most of the…
Read More2023 Kia Niro Crossover Finds its Efficient Hybrid Soul
It didn’t look like much from the outside, but the first generation Kia Niro became a smash success, employing hybrid and EV technology far more advanced than its simple two-box shape would indicate. But it always seemed to while away in the shadow of its more flamboyant and taller sibling, the Soul. Not anymore. A…
Read MoreComplimenting Strangers
“I have to say, that is a very nice hat!” I told the man as he passed me on the sidewalk. The man in the snazzy blue fedora had a serious look on his face, as if he was thinking deeply about something far more important than the indigo-blue hat with the red feather sitting…
Read MoreShould We Be Concerned About A Nuclear War?
I spent my first 10 years living in Michigan City, which is 35 nautical miles from Chicago. I was a Cold War kid. Our bogeyman was Soviet General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, who made a lasting impression when he took off his shoe at the United Nations, hammering the podium while threatening to “bury” the U.S.…
Read MoreParty at Lacy Building, Seed Swap, Sneaker Convention, Savor Noblesville and More
Attend an all-ages benefit with live music at The Lacy Building in downtown Noblesville, and find more live music at an array of venues, take in a comedy show, visit the Indianapolis Home Show, take a pony ride, experience a seed swap and a sneak convention and more in our list of 25 things to…
Read MoreKenny Talks Boilermaker Hoops, NFL Draft
It’s such an oft-used phrase, “defense wins championships,” that it’s almost become a sports cliché. But part of Purdue’s downfall in the NCAA basketball tournament a year ago was having a variety of offensive weapons who didn’t always want to guard their man. That is not the problem so far this season for the Boilermakers,…
Read MorePlease Go Away!
My wife is getting ready for our upcoming vacation.. She has already packed and unpacked and packed again. She practices packing because she wants to be sure everything fits in her suitcase. I practice putting on my pants because I want to be sure there will be room for the waistband to expand after I…
Read MoreTry This With Your Credit Card Company . . .
Last week we, as in We The People, hit a financial landmark. We maxed out our credit card. Oh, the uppity ups in the government didn’t call it that. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen explained that the U.S. reached its debt limit, a plain and simple way of saying, well, we maxed out the credit card.…
Read More‘90 NHS Grad is “Dancing Like the Stars’
When Noblesville’s Laura Keith started taking Zumba lessons a couple of years ago, she never dreamt that a few Latin-inspired cardio exercise classes would turn into ballroom dance lessons and an opportunity to compete in “Dancing Like The Stars.” The public performance formatted after “Dancing With the Stars” TV show, which pairs local celebrities —…
Read More“Kitterman International,” the Dairy Queen and the Old Laundromat
We haven’t had a reader column for a while. It’s time to correct that! Going way back to November, my Anonymous Friend commented that the column on Sheridan’s Blackhawk Airport stirred up memories of his four years studying aviation at Noblesville High School with Don Roberts. He recalled that Don used to take his aviation…
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