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Politics 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…
Read MoreDo You Remember? . . . 10th and Pleasant
My friend, Pam Ferber, recently gave me some newspaper clippings her late mother, Pat Gibbs, had saved. Pat was very interested in genealogy and local history, and she’d cut out a LOT of articles. Among Pat’s clippings are some titled “Remember When?” and “Do You Remember?” A little research revealed that this was a feature…
Read More’23 Ford Maverick the Practical Antidote for Inflation
I know some people are sad to see 2022 kicked to the curb while Baby New Year takes up residence, but I am not one of them. Inflation was not kind to my paycheck or my family’s budget. Everything became more expensive and $5 gasoline is still felt through salted wounds. Given all of this,…
Read MoreBeauty in the Imperfections
I almost threw away my old lace napkins. They have rust stains on them. In order to cover the stains, I threw them in a pot of green dye and boiled them. The dye was not a success. The napkins all came out in slightly varying shades of green, and the rust stains—while less noticeable—were…
Read MorePlumbing Problems: How to Keep Your Bowels Running Smoothly
I’m running through my list of suggested topics from readers, and this one goes out to a reader from Sheridan. It’s a common problem, but one of those topics that doesn’t usually come up in casual conversation – constipation. There are three usual times in a person’s life when constipation can become a problem. The…
Read MoreParty Switching Candidates are Rare in Indiana
When it comes to switching parties, the list is a long one and recently dominated by the Southland, which in the wake of the 1965 Great Society Voting Rights Act prompted an overt migration from the Democratic to the Republican party, as President Lyndon B. Johnson aptly predicted. The list includes some titanic American figures,…
Read MoreNHS Show Choirs Kick Off Competition Season Today
Noblesville High School’s show choir competition season begins today. NHS Singers, the high school’s top mixed show choir, and their traveling companion choir, New Dimension, NHS’s top all-female show choir, today travels to and competes at Jay County High School in Portland. I know this because my daughter, a NHS junior, is in NHS Singers…
Read MoreNHS Spaghetti Dinner, Live Music, Pancake Breakfast, Craft Show, More
Today is Friday the 13th. And while some might be superstitious, some consider today a very lucky day. Here are at least 13 things to do this weekend, beginning with today: 1. Noblesville Schools brings back a Noblesville classic with Noblesville Schools Education Foundation’s Spaghetti Dinner from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Noblesville…
Read MoreBeing Resolute
For the year 2023, I made 23 New Year’s resolutions. I’ve already broken every single one. Below is my list. I resolved that… 1. In a restaurant, when the waitress sees my totally cleaned plate and asks how I enjoyed my meal, I will not say: “I didn’t like it one bit.” According to a…
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