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Cast, Crew, Parents Preparing for NHS Fall Musical, ‘Chicago’
As a parent of a Noblesville High School junior who is involved in NHS Singers show choir and theater, I’ve learned that it takes a lot of people to make a show happen. Getting ready for a high school musical takes months, weeks, days and hours of rehearsals, with cast members learning lines, music, blocking…
Read MoreSpirit & Place – Powerful Conversations on Race
Are you familiar with Spirit & Place Festival? We had an article previewing it in our Sunday edition. If you are not, let me be clear. I believe this is a good thing. According to the web site: “The annual Spirit & Place Festival is almost here! From November 3 – 13 we will explore…
Read MoreNoblesville’s Irv Heath to be Inducted into Military Hall of Fame
I remember how Marilyn Heath was always so proud of her dad’s patriotism and civic dedication. Irving Maxwell Heath was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, 4th Armored Division, 35th Battalion under Gen. Omar Bradley and Gen. George S. Patton. She once shared with me a letter from retired 100-year-old Brig. Gen. Alvin F.…
Read MoreA Visit from ‘The Plumed Knight’
Noblesville has been visited by several past, future and incumbent United States Presidents over the years, but the biggest political rally ever held here might well have been in honor of a man who lost a presidential election. James G. Blaine, a Republican from Maine, lost the 1884 presidential race to Grover Cleveland, but from…
Read MoreKiwanis Sunrisers’ to Host Taco Tuesday Tonight
Enjoy dinner out tonight at a family-owned restaurant while helping community youth needs. Noblesville Kiwanis Sunrisers are serving tacos, rice and beans at Ginger’s Cafe tonight during Taco Tuesday, a fundraiser for Boys & Girls Club, Riley Children’s Health and other youth needs. It’s 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the 10th Street eatery…
Read MoreExercise is Not Just for the Young
“All parts of the body if used in moderation and exercised in labors to which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy and well developed, and age slowly; but if unused and left idle, they become liable to disease, defective in growth, and age quickly.” Hippocrates Few things benefit the body more than maintaining physical fitness…
Read More2023 Genesis GV60 is an EV Fan Favorite
One of my favorite test cars this year was the Kia EV6. While driving it, I realized the world had changed. It’s everything we expected in a future-think EV, but there’s always room for more style, more technology, and a total upscale makeover. For that, we get the 2023 Genesis GV60 from Hyundai/Kia’s luxury brand.…
Read MoreThe State of Illinois
A few weeks before Halloween and many years ago, when I was still married to my former husband, he and I and a couple we knew all decided we would celebrate Halloween dressed as the Midwest. At the time, it seemed like a clever idea. I was from Minnesota, my former husband was from Wisconsin,…
Read MoreDiego and the Press
This much is clear less than two weeks before the Nov. 8 election: Republican secretary of state nominee Diego Morales is getting historic bad press. You’d have to go back to 2012 to find a statewide candidate – Republican U.S. Senate nominee Richard Mourdock – who has gathered as much negative press as Morales, who…
Read MoreThe True Story of ‘Hi When’
Not terribly long ago, I had the opportunity to walk around the campus of my alma mater. I wasn’t expecting to meet anyone. It was the middle of summer, and the whole place was deserted. The likelihood of a chance encounter in this academic ghost town was implausible. So when I walked by the tennis…
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