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4 Trends in EVs Will Change How We Speak in 2023
I finally did it – joined The Grid and installed an electric vehicle charger in my garage. I’m apparently not alone. According to data from Edmunds, U.S. EV market share from January-November 2022 was 5.1% compared to 2.5% for all of 2021. These shares will seem paltry as every automaker launches full lines of EVs…
Read MoreDogs in the Winter
“Aren’t you the cutest dog?” I asked the chubby brindle pit bull mix walking down the sidewalk. Objectively, she was not the cutest dog, I suppose. But there is no such thing as an ugly dog, as we all know. She was wearing a brand-new jacket with colorful pockets and a hood and, to top…
Read MoreRep. Banks Take a Preemptive Swing at Mitch Daniels
In the coming days or weeks, Mitch Daniels will make a decision about whether to return to politics by running for the Senate seat Mike Braun is vacating to seek the open governor seat. After serving as White House budget director, then two terms as Indiana governor followed by a decade at the helm of…
Read MoreMusic, Comedy, Festival of Ice, Winter Farmers Market, More
From live music and comics to the Indianapolis Home Show, a farmers market and Festival of Ice, we share our list of 22 things to do this weekend and beyond: 1. Enjoy live music with Fast Cadillac at 7 p.m. today, Hill and Oaks on Saturday, Jason Salyers on Jan. 27, Craig Thurston on Feb.…
Read MoreWolfsie Getting Testy!
My wife read some troubling information the other day in one of her monthly magazines. You might think the source of this bad news would be a publication like Prevention, where every page is full of things you should not be full of, like red meat, trans fat chips, cakes and pies, and sugary soft…
Read MoreKenny on The Strength of Big Ten Basketball Recruiting
My old colleague at the Lafayette Journal and Courier, Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame sportswriter Jeff Washburn, liked to say winning in college football and basketball is all about the “Jimmys and Joes, not the Xs and Os.” It’s difficult to argue that premise. Just look at the familiar names that seem to make the…
Read MoreRenting or Buying, Which is Best for You?
A retired minister and his wife had never owned a house. They had spent all their married lives living in housing provided by churches. At age 65 they bought a house and financed it for 15 years. They had been frugal and had saved a good down payment. They paid for the house by age…
Read MoreUpdate from Arrowood
In last Friday’s Department of Education Weekly Update from Dr. Katie Jenner, she shared several goals including a statewide literacy goal of 95% of third grade students demonstrating reading proficiency skills and passing IREAD-3 by 2027. Statistics show that students who pass the IREAD-3 assessment in third grade are roughly 35% more likely to graduate…
Read MorePolitics As Usual . . .
A good many of you responded to last week’s babblings about the fiasco the U.S. House went through in electing a Speaker. To a person, you agreed that it was just another example of the ineptitude our government sadly exhibits now. But a lot of you went further. Much further. The anger, the frustration, the…
Read MoreNoblesville Elks Doing Good for Boys & Girls Club Kids
Once a month, Noblesville Elks Lodge members serve pizza to kids at the Boys & Girls Club of Noblesville. Elks members’ greatest satisfaction comes in watching the Club kids come through the door of the Club cafeteria and head to the serving counter to pick up their slice of pizza, and return to the counter…
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