Veterans Group Collecting Coats for Veterans, Families

I always like to hear about local organizations doing good for the community. The Hamilton County Veterans Corp. is one of those groups. The HCVC is about veterans serving veterans who are members of our American Legions, Veterans of Foreign Wars lodges and other veterans organizations in Hamilton County. The Hamilton County Veterans, a 501(c)(3)…

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2022 Ford Escape PHEV Makes EVS Normal

This year will go down as the year during which electric vehicles hit critical mass and became normal.  Auto buyers are engaged in all they offer, but many are not quite ready to throw away normalcy for an advanced all-electric future.  They might like an EV that still cradles a gasoline engine for longer drives…

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Shelley’s Beautiful Hats

This past week we attended the memorial for my husband Peter’s oldest sister, Shelley. Shelley went through a long battle with cancer, and Peter lost his second sister in two years. The pandemic had just started, her husband had just died, and Shelley moved 900 miles across the country to live near her kids. Then,…

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What Happened to That $200M Senate Race?

Once upon a time if you ran a U.S. Senate race in Indiana, you would spend between $4 million and $5 million, like Evan Bayh did in 1998. By the time Republican Dan Coats sought his return to the Senate in 2010, the number grew to about $6 million. That was the year of the…

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What You Need to Know About Norovirus

Stomach flu has been making the rounds lately. I have to start by dispelling a common misconception people have that all types of “flu” are the same. “Stomach flu” is not caused by the same viruses that cause respiratory illnesses. Flu shots, given this time of year to help prevent respiratory influenza, will not protect…

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Let the ‘Whistle-Pig’ Run Free!

When I was finally old enough to go get the mail on my own –– shortly after overcoming the dread of being shredded to pieces by Laddie, the mean collie dog living next door –– I still made it a point to run to the end of the long driveway as fast as I could.…

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Marilyn’s Place Non-Food Pantry Having Moving Sale

Old Town Noblesville resident Glenn Conn, with the help of co-founders Marie Marks and Hilary Ricks, started Marilyn’s Place Non-Food Pantry on South Eighth Street in Noblesville two summers ago. For Conn, it has been a way to help others in need because someone once helped him. “I’ve been homeless myself and been in need…

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Kenny Takes a Midseason Look at the Big Ten

At the halfway point of the 2022 Big Ten Conference football season, it’s no surprise that Ohio State looks nearly invincible again and that Purdue is in contention to win its first West Division championship. It was expected by all but some in the national media that Nebraska would struggle and that former hometown hero…

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Sleeping Aground

We had just landed at the L.A. International Airport, excited about our vacation.  As we walked through the terminal I saw a man—I think it was a man—head slumped over, legs draped over his carry-on bag. Normally I wouldn’t have given him another thought. Goodness knows, I have always boasted of my own daytime slumbering…

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