Columnists
‘A Man of Strong Convictions of Right’
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn When I wrote about the Neal family a few weeks ago, I deliberately included a mention of Reverend Jabez Neal, the first Neal to settle here, because even though he had nothing to do with the newspaper business, he left his own mark on this county. According to…
Read MoreHeights Superintendent Kicks Off Public Schools Week
Today kicks off Public Schools Week — a national celebration dedicated to recognizing the essential role public schools play in shaping the lives of young people and strengthening the communities they call home. This week invites us to pause and reflect on the profound impact of public education, not just as a system, but as…
Read MoreThe Temper of God
Temper: a state of mind… or to moderate something. Tempering: to let a big, fat juicy steak rest at room temperature before throwing it on the grill! When we hear the word temper, we often think of anger or a deeply frustrating annoyance, often with outward signs of display. It was not the anger of…
Read MoreBoy Scouts Celebrate 116th Anniversary; Columnist Celebrates Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts Celebrate 116th Anniversary; Columnist Celebrates Boy Scouts To do what’s expected of them. It’s human nature to look at one’s own upbringing as the apex of virtue: to hold one’s beliefs and lofty morals in juxtaposition to the worst actions of a younger generation. I’ll admit I hold a similar opinion. A few years ago in December of 2022, I sat at a book presentation in Dana, Ind.:…
Read MoreForget Nights, Spend Days at the Museum(s)
BY THE NUMBERS By The Numbers, a look at what’s in the news . . . by the numbers. These are just numbers, not suggestions that they mean more or less than what they are. We do not suggest that one number is connected to another. These are simply facts with no extraneous details, bias…
Read More50+ Years Later, The Rocket Still Tops List of Boiler Shooting Guards
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone aware of Indiana’s tradition of producing great high school basketball shooters that 70 percent of Purdue’s Top 10 shooting guards from the 1960s to the present are products of Hoosier Hysteria. From Lebanon to East Chicago to Anderson and points in between, these Boilermakers piled up points…
Read MoreA Retirement Nightmare –Annual Earnings Test
By Russel Gloor Association of Mature American Citizens Picture this: You’ve worked all your life in your chosen profession and are getting tired of the rat race. You’re 62 years old and comforted to know that you are now eligible to collect Social Security. You will get a retirement pension from your career, and you have some…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – Why Didn’t My Friend’s Wife Get All Her SS Immediately?
Dear Rusty:Â A friend told me about what he believes is a strange thing in the Social Security system. His wife reached her full retirement age (FRA) of 66 several years ago. She delayed filing for Social Security past her FRA and claimed on her 68th birthday in June of that year, exactly 2 years after…
Read MoreFrom Ice on Morse to Dreams of Olympic Glory
Think back to age 10. What did you fathom as the fate of your future? Had a notion to be a nurse, a tendency toward teaching or aspirations as an astronaut? For me, I dreamed of becoming the next Dorothy Hamill. Every weekend, I strapped on the best Christmas gift ever – a pair of real leather…
Read MoreHortonville Owls Strike Back
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn Although Valentine’s Day is behind us, I recently ran across a story about a Valentine’s Day wedding in the February 15, 1926 Noblesville Daily Ledger that’s just too funny/weird to hold onto until next year. The bride, Ruby Buscher, was Noblesville’s City Clerk from 1922 to 1925, (She…
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