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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…
Read MoreSleeping 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…
Read MoreTwins, ’44 CHS Grads, Preparing to Turn 96
Imagine getting readying to turn 96 and having a sister who looks like your mirror image. Yes, Rosemary VanCauwenbergh Griffin and Marjorie VanCauwenbergh Miller are identical twins and mirror images. I wrote about the twins just before their 90th birthday in 2016, and I’m sharing the story again. The twins were born during the Depression,…
Read MoreA Few Quarters Made the Difference
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away . . . OK, wrong story line, but looking at the gorgeous new NHS tennis facility got me thinking back on tennis in the early 1970s and a small but dedicated group that helped get things going in Nob City. Some of you remember how…
Read MoreGordon Family Cuts Ribbon on City’s Bridge of Flowers
Noblesville’s Dick Gordon smiled as he looked around at the beautiful new Bridge of Flowers on the Logan Street Pedestrian Bridge overlooking the White River in downtown Noblesville. Gordon dreamed big, and now his vision has come to fruition. “It’s something that I thought was going to be great, but it’s greater than I expected,”…
Read MoreWe’re Back to Square One
When I took over Jerry Snyder’s column space in the Times 12 years ago, I made a conscious decision to emulate her conversational style and — especially — her positive outlook. Occasionally, however, something really wrong arises that affects the community as a whole and I feel obligated to speak up about it. When I…
Read MoreCCP’s ‘Tick, Tick, Boom!’ Tells a Story in Music
The popularity of “Tick, Tick, Boom!” musical on Netflix in 2021 gave Kathleen Clarke Horrigan of Fishers the idea to direct the musical at the local community theater level. “I decided to hop on with the hope of some name recognition,” she said. “It is especially popular with young people who are in love with…
Read More2022 Mercedes-Benz GLE450 Plants Fat American Tires on Luxury Crossovers
Mercedes-Benz once built its reputation on rock solid sedans that ate German Autobahn for snack. Of course, the traits that made them great at speed also made them delightful family cars and executive perks for Americans. A quarter-century ago, the German automaker debuted its first crossover – built in Alabama. While the plant will soon…
Read MoreAutumn Came Late This Year
My husband, Peter, and I are spending time “up north” with my parents at their cabin by the lake. Fall is late this year. I mentioned this to Peter on the drive north. “Aren’t the leaves supposed to change color at the same time every year?” I asked. “I thought they changed when the days…
Read MoreMany Hoosier Republicans Are Refusing to Debate
In 2019, Republican General Assembly leaders declined to pass legislation that would have created an independent redistricting commission. In 2021, they drew congressional and legislative maps that burnished the lop-sided GOP advantage that has them controlling 71 of the 100 House seats and 39 of the 50 Senate districts. Last summer, they passed Senate Enrolled…
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