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Wanda Get Your Gun
Deer hunting season opened this week. To some, those six words trigger the same autonomic response as waving a liver and onions blue plate special under Hannibal Lecter’s nose. After spending months waiting, an army of glassy-eyed hunters is charging into local fields and forests with enough firepower to topple Honduras. They are toting tree…
Read MoreNEMS ‘Music Man,’ Winter Market, Ham & Bean Dinner and More
Noblesville East Middle School’s “The Music Man,” Westfield Playhouse’s “Mothers & Sons,” a Winter Market in Sheridan and new Northview Church services start up this weekend in Noblesville. Here are more details of my list of 20 things to do this weekend and beyond: 1. Noblesville East Middle School Drama Club presents “The Music Man”…
Read MoreMary Ellen in Jeopardy
Mary Ellen and I watch “Jeopardy,” and the other evening we discussed how Ken Jennings chats with the contestants, giving each one an open-ended question to prompt a funny or interesting personal story. Mary Ellen feared that if she ever got on the show, she’d have trouble coming up with five entertaining anecdotes, assuming she…
Read MoreKenny Remembers Purdue Legends, Plus News and Notes
Purdue football lost its second legend in 2022 when Hall of Fame defensive tackle Dave Butz died Nov. 4 at the age of 72. Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson passed away on Aug. 24 at the age of 87. Butz is the third former Boilermaker great to die in 2022. Basketball All-American…
Read MoreActivities, Perks to Honor Veterans
It’s time to celebrate our military veterans and thank them for their service. Veterans Day will be celebrated Friday during an array of events in Hamilton County. On Friday, most county government offices will be closed. Here at the county seat in Noblesville, a Veterans Day program will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at the…
Read MoreGoing from Bad to Worse to . . .
When it comes to health, I have always considered myself a lucky guy. When I tell my family that, they roll their eyes and ask if I’d forgotten that my heart was laying on a table while some nice medical folks played around inside my chest earlier this year. Oh pshaw, I say. My daughter…
Read MoreWestfield Playhouse Celebrates New Diversity, Inclusion Play Offering
Main Street Productions in Westfield is expanding its horizons to include a new “Artist’s Choice Production” that celebrates inclusion, diversity and new voices. “Mothers and Sons,” the first play offering in this “category,” opens Thursday at Basile Westfield Playhouse. Adding this “Artist’s Choice” production may not be a moneymaker for the Playhouse, however, the theater’s…
Read MoreWooly Worms, Persimmon Seeds and the Lacy Building
It’s a reader feedback week! The 2022-2023 winter forecast column prompted responses from several people. Nancy Lacy emailed that WISH-TV weatherman Randy Ollis reported seeing a dark brown wooly worm, and Lisa Hayner and Mari Briggs provided the first sightings I’ve received of striped wooly worms — the kind that are mostly brown, with black…
Read MoreGet Out and Vote Today
It’s Election Day. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. So get out and vote. But make sure you’ve done your homework on the candidates. The school board race in Noblesville is probably the most important race this year in many eyes. As a voter, you should make sure to vote for the…
Read More2022 Toyota GR86 Sports Car is a Fun, Affordable Last Ride
As Toyota confronts the end of the gasoline era, it goes all-in with Subaru to produce the second generation of two nearly identical sports cars that revel in their classic heritage. Think of the GR86 as a front-engine MR2 or scaled down Supra, crisp to the touch and pleasing to the eye. Toyota will not…
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